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I i . tTr :.J3 - i ...TSIAIMJPAL. "jr a lrrat " E. CHAMBERS, Editor rl'BHSHBEVBBl lilt ADAI ' AT PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO. ryCoKiiM Hot d Publication Office , , . , . Stockwell Hons Block, Xo. 114 Main St. . , Yearly, by ina'iFoTlarrier .42,0 ' Six Months, by mail or Carrier t ; Three Months, bv mail or Carrier. i5 "--I mil cm mem AHrace rmWmt " ,. ttrrqired. ., .. JOB DEPARTMENT. 1 1 fi 1 f ' '"ttook: and Blank. Work, Circulars, Letter "i"5" HKBin HWs Cards d err dcr ipttoa , . of Job Work, executed wit dispatch aa4 ia the Beatest style of the art- Having an entire new outfit of Types-Press, ' and Mwdii.ery. er wi a torof eompe 1 tent and skllfull workmen,, we feel that ojtr fa cilities are second W those of no other establish ment In tne place. ' a'THK .dats or Tmv Movuntnm SHALL Be EUDBB." - J. , . Oh! weep not for the joys thaCfude , " Like evenine lights away : . For hopes that, like the stars decayed, ..,...,)-' . Have left thy mortal day, For cloud s-of sorrow will depart, ii.t : .And brilliant skies liegiwsj . And though on earth the tear may tart, , ,., U -f et bliss awaits the only heart . ,, M)(-,, .f-Amkt the holy boweraof hearenl Oh! weep not for the friends that pass , ; . Into the lonesome grave, . - i i H i . A braeaes sweep the withered trass, i tn-.rrr Alone the restless wave; - I a .-.. .. . " For though thy pleasures may depart, . And darksome days be given, , , -And lonely though on earth thou art, . va bliss awaits the holy bear -,1 it 8y7 Whea rrieaa rejoiu ro heaven. ,r , ., ' ' r..: .-. THE BVSTUttt IWOBB. m.:,.,... . , Just where we hung it on the wall,..: tt'-y His sword may now be seen, , Though time has bleached our locks ilaea taea, And rust becUamted ktaaaeenv i J An eating sorrow since that day 1 , , Has made our old hearts sore, . v ' " " And tears perhaps have helped to rust The sword our dead boy wore. Hi braver hand than hfs e'er bore ;' In Strife a soldier's sword, V Our country had bo truer heart j ... Upon her alters poured; s v Aadiatrsotic pride illume oar grief ; - " For the child we so deplore, ' ', -' And the glory of our lone old age the gallant sword, ba.were, . j . a .- ;;; ; (Wold lives flounder in the stream -' Of rapid social change. . . , And the nerveless heart is feeble bow - To strive with customs strange, A fit companion for the lives That have out-lived their day. Is that lone sword upon the wall, ' "Busting Itself away. ' ' ";:, WHO IS MY HEI6HBOB weuti'siv4 t " " Thy neighbor? It Is he whom thon I Hast power to aid and Mess, Whose aching heart or burniac brow, TBy jootbtug hand may press. ; c '. .;. . Tby BeighborT Tto the fainting poor,';. Whose eye with want Is dim. Whom hunger sends from door to door Go thou, and succor him. Thv neighbor Tig that weary man KX i Whose years aw at-theh- brim r Bent low with sickness, cares, and-pain; (so thou, and comfort him. , Thy neighbor? Tis the heart bereft r ' Of every earthly gem, "' -Widow aailervbaB, helpless left;, i Uo thou, and shelter them. . t i a WhenVir thot aeetast a human form. Less favored than thine own. Remember 'tis thy neighbor warm, Tby brother, or thy son. . ' . a a vOnl pass. nut, pass net haedleas hyj : Perhaps thou can 'st redeem The breaking heart from misery to, share thy lot with him, n THl LAND WHICH NO MATT KNOW. 9IOHTA.L ' Thougli earth hat many a beantiftit spot, As a painter or poet might show, " ' ' t ' "Tet mora lovely and beautitn I, holy ami bright To the hopes of the heart and the spirits glad sbjbt, . jf Xs Ue land that ao mortal maykapw. ' " mier thecrystallne stream bursting forth from ; the throne, Flows on, and forever will flow, -ui..j JU waves, as they roll, are with melody ripe. And its waters are sparkling with beauty and life, ' " " i, la the laud which no mortal may knew. . . ; Aad 'there, on Ite margin, with leaves ever green. With its fruits, healing sickness and woe, tTbe tairitraaof life, ia it glory and pride, 3s fed by that sleep, inexhaustible tide, ., . . . Of the land which no mortal may know. . There, 'too, are the lost! whom we loved on this , , a ,, -earth, . -i , ..: I With whose memories onr bosoms yet glow; Their relics we gave to the place of the dead, -Bnt their glorified spirits before us have lied; . j o the land which bo mortal may know. , " - ' ''Then the pale arch of night, andjthe.fountaln of day, Korl beai .nty nor splendor bestow, . But the presence ol iceoi mm, tua uiiviibuisiuk aw the pure, the Immaculate Iambi And the hoi' Ugbt the land which no mortal may know, Oh ! who but must pine,ln this dark vale of tears From its clouds and its shadows to go? To walk in the light of the glory above, And to share iq the peace, and the joy, and the to- Of the land which no mortal may know. h ' .'V J it 1 1 BIDDEN (CROSSES. - j1 ' . h I do not ask from thee, O Lord, , . . A cup of resident wine; J do not ask for brightest beams Upon my path to shine; " -1 do not ask io fullest fields Mr bnsv scythes to sway; I only ask for strength to lift The crosses in my way. .1 :?l Those nameless crosses thon alone. By any power, cast free, eeubtlyuovered from all ken Thy clear eyes only see, . ' Those dim-lined crosses, wreathed, with flow ' jf'A -ers,. ; - ' ? :n - Which friends unwitting weave, -S. . And by imperfect human act . , The wounded spirit grieve. , .... ht .A ' , . s . i . . .-. ' - - I do not ask, O graciousiliord. For bliss bestowed on none To know and to be fully known By each beloved one;- . ' . I only ask, oh! tenderest Love, Since none our hearts may guess, : . . For bravery to bear the thorns That 'neath the roses press. Ti,!.., That ponderous cross we cannot. hide ; .; Incentive to despair Invokes the martyr iu onr breasts, ' ' Which sternly helps to bear - . . ..... A measured burden all deplore; , . , r ' , But human apathy ' '., ' Is slow to touch the hidden cross, :- Which meets thy sympathy! Thou who alone of all our friends ' Hast tasted every cup, !-; " T And by the bltteraess ef each T rj Knowest to bear ns up; Oh ! give me grace to wear my cross, i it ' A seeret still with thee, ,. , ,A .'. - -mi -ad live in the sustaining power j v.'9t sufficiency, ;, ,u , 4 ; The Test 1 of - the Heirs; ,"' Tfce .Secrets of , akMdlpK , Aaaey, '"" ."7"','i".LX.THE ACTHOR OP "The Wrecker' Daughter;" "The Vettci- i! iae'a Story;" "The Maid of . Arline,' etc., etc. rill irep v ri hvmii" yADY RANDOLPH took leave of Lilias at the door of her room, and she having, wtUi Infinite treniditlon,-declined' the Mn ices of the ladv's maid, who seemed to I.m rather more awful and stately than the lady herself, soon remained alone in ha ivmomlrlnent nnartinent which had 1 I been assigned to lien , She S looked, all around It with a glance of some disquie tude, for the vastness of the room, and the dark oak furniture, made it look ' wrv' crlooniv. " She contemplated the hinre bed. Which bore an unpleasant re semblance to a hearse, with the utmost uuro It seemed to her that there was room for a dozeu concealed robbers within the, massive folds of the sombre f r, ,n, t and the reflection of her own person In the tall mirror, looked strange f iik a whlterhost Wandering stealthily to and fro. The only gleam of comfort that shone in upon her, was from the glimpse of the miduight sky that could be seen through the chinks of tlie whi tlow shutters. As the night was not cold, she went and threw the window open, feeling that the companionship of the t,,r would destroy all these fantastic f,lnlM and verv sooiv. her sense of J loneliness aud oppression passed away, for there came a soft wind that lifted the . urla of her long, fair hair, and kissed , her cheek carressingly, aud she could not help believing it was a breeze from the . Irish hills that bore to her the blessing rw kind old grandfather. . Gayly the window and went to i, Hr,,o wondering if ever she should feel inclined to sleep again after the ex ..IVn.no,., nt tllO lSt. tWO daVS. She had unbound her hair and let it fall around her like a golden veil, when .suddenly asound came floating towards . Jier. on tne stui nigui air, wincu s.i .oo-orl TiAr iitrentlmi. I,, , m i. t.L . 1 - - -- It was the souud of music deep, a;i. rislnp- with a rjower , sol- and richness of melody she had never heard . whpm-e it came, or how it was produced, she could not conceive, for.it "i ' seemed to her unpraeticed ear not to pro .wwi frnm one instrument, but from many, and yet there was through it all jm tv or narmouy nui "" WM . . . A VOLUME I. from the influence of a single mind lone. . Now it swelled out'Jnto soft tbuoderstbat vibrated through the lonjr passages up to the very roof of her vaul ted room, and deep into her beating heart then it died away to a whisper faint as the. sigh of a child, only to rise again more glorious than before. Aud,- over all, heard distinct as the larlc in heaven at morning's dawn, there thrilled a voice of Buvh unearthly sweetness that she could not believe it belonged to an inhabitant of this world. . , , ;- 1 ' Lilias had one of those sensitive,1 pas sionate soals, over whom music had an uncontrollable power, but as ret she had heard no-other instrument than an antique harpsichord of her grandmother's and such singing as the village girls - re galed her with when they stood In the fields. - Xo wonder, then, that this won derful strain had au effect upon her like that of encnantment. It seemed to - take posession of her whole soul, and absorb every faculty. She became, as she lis tened, utterly unconscious of all things save that this entrancing melody drew her towards it with an irreai table attract ion, i The sound was so distinct, and yet clear; she could not tell if even it were within the home at all, but she did not ponder upou its position, or on the nature of It, only, like one who walks in sleep, she; rose mechanically on her feet to go to iw If her mind, steeped in that marvellous melody, could reflect at all it .was to conclude that she bad fallen asleep sod was - dreaming, so that she had no thought but the longing not to awaken from a dream o beautiful. Slow ly drawn by the sweet sounds, as by in visible chains, site, moved ' towards . the door and opened it. Then, sweeter, louder -than before,' floating into her very soul, came that angel voice, with the full swelling chants, that seemed,- as it were, to clothe it, filling her with a sense' of enjoyment so intense, that she would have felt coustraiued to follow it, even had she known H would lead her ta some dangerous precipice, like the mar derous voices ef Uermanie. . ' j . . v '' It s contisuki. J V CELIE. . -j BT 6KOBGX BAKU. I ! THIBD FAST CONCLUDED. . -.! t pr.waa only noou, and the acci dent prevented him from work- tog; out lie would not leave me, and after haying made me give him an account of the Interview, he said : "That's a hard pebble in our soup! But that man has a spider in, his. He will never swallow it. He'll . have to die or be taken to Charentou," . , r ... ! . .j ,. "Let us hope that he will surrender to so much patience and firmness." ( , ., ;. "My dear Fellow, you run aground. He has not intelligence enough for such a situation; and beside, if the head is sick the body is also. He has a fever. and I am going to send for a doctor. It wont do to let any mischance happen to him here: I see the thine clearlv now. Mile.' Merquero has created duties in re gard to him, aua she must rautii them to the " end. .' Not only does her great and excellent heart require it, "but, still more, the opiuion or tne people wno surround her. As for , . you, you cannot dispense with the moral cure of this gentleman. He'll not die of real , grief ; but. never theless, if he should' blow up In suicide or frenzy, people would look on your happiness as something odious.'"' There' nothlug to say': that's the way the world is made, and we must submit." I ran to And the doctor, who entered Montrozer's room, examined his .face. ana felt nis pulse, witnout nis Knowl edge. During the consultation, in which Stephen assisted, I was called out, and started at finding Cello Williamson there. who shook hands with me in silence, and made me a series of masonic, signs f anionic the friends of La Canielle design ed to express a supreme command.: 1 i . 1 1 . t .1 : . . .. i .1 : i. . must ioiiuw uuiueuuiteij, nuu wuuuut asking any questions, the brother who had come for me. I had had leisure to study my' little vocabulary, and obeyed with beating neart ana ciosea moutn. Cello led me to the beach, where I saw his great barge at anchor, and the whole crew, which was composed of his father and his brothers, taking breakfast on the snore. J They received me with signs and symbolic words which directed roe to go on board the barge, without ex plaining anything. I made haste, and, ia the midst of a.. little cargo of straw, which formed a sort of retreat, I found Celie sitting, and in a glow of tenderness and happiness ., ' Victory !" said she, of fering me both her hands and drawing me to her feet. "We triumph ! our gen tleness and our - patience already have their reward. Our poor friend has made much resistance, but he yields; he sees his duty, and admits that bis dlimity ts saved if he pretenda to take the initiative in our union. He gave me his word last eveninir that he felt consoled and calmed by his good resolution, ana no lnrenas to come . tor , you , tumseu : to-morrow, wanted to give vou; notice beforehand, I knew that William had gone to Fe camp. I joined him there,; and he will take me back again without; any one's havinir kcii mo iiAFs. ana wiuionr, anv one at La Canielle, , except my old vants, having . known of my ,. absence, Till to-morrow evening, then, be calm and prudent. . The good Montroger nas yet some toucnes oi ut-numor. .. i connue to you the delicate task of curing hint onrlrcW hv the force of vour . deference and friendship. He will do his duty do not doubt iu Be Is generens at bot tom.1 1 have'-strsTjected -him-too much, and have been too careful with him, per haps;, but, in .seeing bhu, so good and grateful. I do1 not repent itl' and I feel that my happiness would have been pot-' soned by nis opposKion. " tms--coir age,-nntll to-morrowi ;-11 me -go oacK it is necessary. ' , ... n - ... . i I could not resolve to let go ner nanas, whkh I, covered with klsse.. . either could I make up my mind to tell her that Mojitroger woom ne oeiieveu to oe perfectly tranqjiil . and ' resigned In his chateau was then, not far from her, sick of rage anCgrieO J3h believed that her cause was gained, and was in a sea of joy. But everything was once more in a state or snspense, ana my neart 1 icit broken., Nevertheless I was going Ic keep silent, to let her depart, and to take upon myself alone the difficult, perhaps Impossible,' task of bringing her tyrant back to-her, appeased at last, when I saw the doctor passing, -who had just come from mv . room. . I asked Celie to wait for me a moment, and leaped on shore to run after him. He answered me that the patient had a violent fever and an overpowering weakness, which render ed mm lncapaDieoi answering my que. tiohs. He would go ana maico another visit, and would return to give nio notice in case the illness took a decided turn. Till then, he could not say if It was ser ious, or if it was anything more than a slight attack which it would De easy to get tne netter or. ' ' ! , " . , ... . . ...'. l couia not conceal mis Bituauon iroiii Mile. Merquem. As soon as she knew what had happened, her resolution was taken. A sudden paleness effaced her rosv color; but she took hold of my band as to help her to rise, and said to me ns we descended to the shore: "There is no longer anything to conceal,' and our task hecins again. My place is at hi. bed side, if he is seriously 111 ; if not, I must be between you in order to allay the storm, and I shall be discouraged by ni.v.tr.rv .- Tjar1' nip to vriiir HirnnnJ' S he took leav of William and the rest. and went with me to see the patient. whom Stephen kept watch of, and who seemed finite unconscious. The dav passed without his waking. The doctor seemed a little uneasy in the evening. Celie passed the night , in watching over him and in sharing the care that we took of her friend. The doctor returned at daybreak, and found a him better. He was calm, and was sleep- nesv: FAMILY PAPER, PAIKESVTLTaE, LAKE COTJXTY, OHIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ing wltliout fever. He woke after hav ing slept- for eighteen- hoars. Celie thought that she ought not to show her self to him, except in case - ner interven tion might be useful. At the present moment it might be dangerous. She went with Stephen and Celio to secure a lodging in a house near by, ana l remain ed alone with the invalid'. He bad a confused reccollection of the events of the evening before, and was unconscious of hating been seriously in disposed. "Where the devil ami, then?" fixing his eyes, rounaea witn ascoiiisu ment, on me. ..:-;' You are in my lodging, at Yport." 1 "In your bed, perhaps?" -" - "It was the best I had to offer.-' "So you receive me in your room, you dUturb yourself for me. It seems," he added, with a smile of bitterness, "that we are a pair of friends. Singular situa tion 1 very ridiculous for me, you must admit! But what does it mean ? I do not feel very weak. Have I been iu your bed long?" ' ; - He would not believe that he had been there sinee the evening before ; and after having made some vain efforts to rise and dress, in spite or my remonstrance, belay down in despair. He had a dread ful fear -of sickness and - death. This puisillanimity reassured me for the rest, aud I succeeded in calming him by as suring him that quiet alone would cure him. . The fever returned, however, af ter .some hours; but M. Bellac, whom Celie had sent for in all haste, and who was thoroughly acquainted with Mon troger's organization, reassured us, and assisted the hesitating physician in mak ing himself master of the case. , A pros tration for twenty-four hours confirmed the convalescence ; and the patient show ed himself, on coming out of the crisis, as gentle and submissive as a child. On seeing Celie and Bellac by his side, he easily persuaded himself that Celie had been seat for by me; thit she had come only on his account, aud manifested to ward both of us the liveliest gratitude. ' Fonr days after his arrival at Yport, we found ourselves, one evening, alone together.- Celie, who had cared for him with an indefatigable zeal, had retired after dinner, in-order, at last, to get an unbroken rest. Stephen, tired of being shut up, had gone out to breathe the sea air with Bellac. " Montroger. seated be fore the fireplace, where a wood-fire was burning, trying to smoke a cigar, and declared, in a tone of complete melan choly, that it did not seem good to him. He was still uneasy about his condition, which was the most satisfactory possible ; and I confess that 1 was mortally tired of having to reassure this great child, who seemed .to have forgotten everything that concerned ethers, in order to think only-of himself.!' " - - ''I see,' he said to me, perceiving the languid character of my answers, "that I make you wretched ! But what can I do? 1 have given proofs of my courage, and like any other man, I can look death iu the face; but for me to wait it tran quilly in bed, who have never known what it is to have more than a slight in disposition, that is beyond my strength. Will ' von give me your word of honor that ii. Bellac and the doctor are no longer uneasy about me?" "1 will 'give it to you twice tor 'once, and without hesitation, as you see." ' ""Thanks; I believe you. Now f am easy.' In not recognizing the taste of my cigar, I thought I must be going totiave another attack.' since I can think of your affairs without danger, let us talk of them." - "It is useless.' ! Mile. Merquem should tell you her intentions. I have only to acquiesce in' them, whatever they may be?' " '' ' "Well, she has granted me a vear's re spite, as you know, don't you?' ' I did not know it, and came near for- ' getting and being carried beyond invself, But I restrained myself. Perhaps his mind was wandering. Jferbaps he was lying, for the sake of trying me. ; I kept silence. "Don't you think it very lone?" he continued. ' "I think it very long indeed." ""And that such a demand, on my part. is black ingratitude, after the care that you have taken of me?" ' tiow does it Beem to you?" It is your opinion that I wish." j- rf you resolved to make no account of it, It ts useless lor me to express it. "1 am resolved to make some account of it." Well, then I must confess that you might show yourself more grateful to the very great TevotiO! of' your friend, and more generous to a rival who has not be- liaved 11 Ke an enemy to you. "You are right. I say so to myself. but I do not persuade mvself. Some thing in The-r-love or pride revolts and kicks against it; but 1 would conquer this demon,-'and as I see clearly that he would slay me, 1 wish to slay him. .Let Ms, then each one return to his own house. "1 wilt say nothing I will make no complaint, i will suiter in silence and you shall announce your marriage when and how you think best. ': Are you satisfied wtttt tner .' "' " "No." ' ' ' -:; '!;,:' ? "Why not? ' What more can I do?" ,i .Yott can, by suppressing your spite and by fighting against your grief, give yoTir menas a complete ana real nappi- sef-Jness, which, without that,, they cannot renjoy. ' ?1 can- I eanJfiiBeally you are crazy, my dear sir l" - ' ;.'!. "I am in the right, on the contrary.1 ' "No, you are in a dream! Itts with such romances thafvou have turned Celle's head. She thinks every miracle natural and possible which you promise ner, and which you will not be able to pass for ner. JN either vou nor she can ever persuade me that I ought to be en -ehanted with a happiness which she re- ruses me, and which you roD me or. l can sacrifice myself for a point of honor, for propriety's sake ; but that I shall not become frantic with rage and grief, that is what it is impossible for me to promise you." , "It is evident - that if you speak so to Mile. Merquem, it is the same as to say plainly to her to her, who wishes to spare you the pain of the sacrifice '1 ac cept everything on condition that you do not prom ny it in any way. Do you mean to say that 1 am a selfish egotist? - You have said so alreadv. aud very harshly, 1 remember ; and it wound ed me so deeply that I nearly died of it. Do not begin again . 1 have taken a most solemn oath not to fight with you. You can kill me, then, with words. - It is your turn to think if that would be gen erons!" . . , 'Well, then! since the charge that I bring against you appears unjust to you, make me repent of it. I am ready to ask your pardon, irom the bottom or my hwirt, if you will abjure all personal reeling." "Yon wish me to become a saint ; is that it?" ... "You require me to be a very angel you who subject me to trials which. In my place, you would certainly not en- uure." ' : This answer seemed to strike him. He pressed my hand in silence. I wished to leave him with this impression, and beg ged him , not to tire himself by talking auyionger.J"- h "lfl tire you yourself," he answered. "leave me alone. 1 have slept so much for the last four days that I cannot sleep any longer; I will reflect! But I do not conceal from you that it is useless. I cannot reflect alone; I excite myself. Come, be as patient as Celie. Do not scold me; speak to me as to an invalid : help me to think. I am uot used to talk ing with myself. The devil that Is in me always gets the upper hand . I followed the course that he suggested to me, aud spoke to film with as much in terest and friendliness as was possible for me to do witli sincerity. He did not Interrupt me. The hour uf pacification hud come.' He was soltened. and shed tar, amklug; me the warmest protesta tions of friendship. It was. a little too DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE, soon to reassure me entirely. His tears resembled those of a drunken man ; and as for four davs he had drunk nothing but wine and water, I asked myself, with a little uneasiness, if his reason was not threatened. - M. Bellac, to whom I reported our conversation the next morning, made me a surprising revelation. "This good man," he told me, "has a vice wnicn evervbody is ignorant of, except his val et, ill lie. Merquem (whom I felt it my duty to tell of it fifteen years ago), and myself, who discovered it by close ob servation. He gets drunk every day at dinner, without any one's noticing it, and without being conscious of it him self. He does not drink enormously, but he drinks steadily and quietly. His habit is sluggish, and, doubtless, he needs a certain daily stimulus. It is a fact that it does not disturb his physical equilibrium, and that he has good physi cal health; but his intellect sutlers tin der this system; and it is unnecessary to seek elsewhere for the cause of the alter nate elevation and depression that vou remark in him, He has acquired such a habit of having recourse to an exterior agent to restore himself, that every day, at the same hour, he is drunk, even when we restrict him to diet. JSaturallv, this drunkenness is empty, if I mav so speak is painful and bitter, instead of being satisfied and pleasant, like that which he is used to. Naturally, also, when it passes off, instead of leaving him quiet and drowsy, it leaves him maudlin and affectionate. So long as we can not allow him to govern himself according to his humor, yon must expect a crisis of unjust spleen every evening, followed by a crisis of exaggerated tenderness." I asked M. Bellac If," when things had resumed their usual course, reason and equity would triumph. "I hope so," he answered; "but great patience is necessary. Does that dismay you ? It seems to me that devotion is nothing else than patience." w hat right has this man to mv devo tion?" "None whatever; but Mile. Merquem has the right to require you to assist her in the ungrateful and unhappy task that Is Imposed upon her by her love for you." When I was not obliged to busv my self for others I became again a poor lov er, hardly my own master, and was car ried away by the fame weaknesses and passions "which I reproached in others. Bellac had to calm me, and I had occas ion to make a melancholy discovery in human nature by realizing that his tran quil reason irritated my sufiering. V hen Celie rejoined us and oflered me her hand, asking why I was agitated, I was ashamed of myself, and begged Bel lac not to repeat my foolishness. .No." she said, "he must tell me noth ing. Let me not think that you are giv ing way to weakness, and that I may have the pain of being taken in the toils between your cowardice and that of Mon troger. I am not sure that I should have the strength to strive against the twofold evil. Who, then, will sustain and eon sole me against selfishness, if the one who is aevotea to me aoanaons mer "Never! never!" I cried. '-Have you promised a year's grace to Montroger? I accept It." Certainly not, 8he answered. "1 promised him nothing; he has dreamed it ; ' but I am firmly resolved to cure him. though it be necessary to wait even long er." .- I was unable to respond. A cloak of lead seemed to fall on my shoulders. Montroger, without conscience and with out character, seemed to me incurable. Hope took flight. Celie was pale and seemed utterly prostrated. I had never seen her thus. He was killing her, the wretch ! and my passion had entered upon the road to so high an ideal that it was no longer possible for me to de scend to a selfish love without being ut terly disgraced in the eyes or my idol. I took refuge in the country to wrestle alone with the furies that preyed upou me, Ah! what an argument would the posi tive Stephen and tiie obstinate Montro ger have had against me if they had seen me a prey to this torture: : xney wouia have said that sublime love is a dream, since those who give it a place in their souls, and consider it a science and a religion to preserve it pure , from every earthly stain, are, at a giveu moment, more cowardly and more utterly disor dered than the sensualist. I asked my self if the exalted worship which I had vowed to Celie was not the work of my pride, and if, vanity for vanity, that of Montroger was not more human and more worthy ot success than my own. Those who have loved will pardon these weaknesses in me. The comple ment of love is passion, which, notwith standing, seems to fight against it ; it is the burning thirst of a wounded man, who aspires to live, and yet cannot ab stain from drinking the water which kills him. , ; r I was returning toward the village in a state of utter dejection, when I saw Montroger coming along the path with Stephen, Mile. Merquem, and Bellac They had advised him to take the air. and he was supporting' himself by Ste phen's arm and a cane. I had such a grudge against him that I accused him to myself f trying to appear interesting, ana ot making the most or nis snort ill ness in order to soften Mile. Merquem, or make her uneasy. I was not altogeth er unjust, for, on seeing me, he was afraid of appearing old or broken down, and began to walk as erectly as myself. l affected, on my side, a nrmness ot soul Which I was far from possessing, and we began to talk together like people nn- vexed of any cares whatever; but Celie was not deceived ; her look penetrated to my soul with au expression of dread and heart-rending pity. Stephen and Bellac made great efforts to remove the cloak of ice which envel oped us. We stopped at a little farm. where Montroger tooR a lancv to (irlnK cider'and offer it to us. This Norman dy cider, when not detestable, is deli cious, and foams and sparkles like cham pagne. Stephen did not HKe it in its fcamy state, and, for mv part. I was sus picious of it, bnt Montroger drank it like water, and una entire connaence in ir. He was very thirsty. He swallowed a pitcherful of it almost at a draught; his tongue was loosened almost as soon, aud he became very talkative and gay. Bel lac, who was observing him, said to me, in a low voice, that a little excitement would only do hhn good, and we contin ued our walk as far as to a path which ran along the summit of the cliff to re descend to Yport. Ah, well!" suddenly exclaimed Mon troger to our faces, "before returning to the house, let's consider matters and de cide something. I feel entirely cured. I've never felt better in my life. I can't see, then, why we shouldn't return to La Canielle this evening, or, better, get to my little manor of Montroger, where wc can all dine together. Will you ac cept, Mile. Merquem ? Do me the honor aud the pleasure of coming to my house to celebrate vour espousals." He spoke seriouslv; but seeing Ste phen's and Bel lac's embarrassment to whom he had never explained himself. and who were supposed to be ignorant of everything he added, with a sudden sourness: "Come! it is time to have done with the secrets of this comedy ! All those who have a friendship for the happy lover are well aware the great lady has made choice of him, aud that in three days the whole country will be Inlorined or it." "Perhaps you are deceived," answered t elle, indignant at his manner of speak ing;, "you must allow me to be the judge in this matter. 1 have not yet authoriz ed you to do the honors of my future in this way. ' "Indeed! I thought to fully satisfy you by taking the initiative; it seemed to me that that was rully agreed upon." : "les, but you have changed your mind," said Celie. "1'ermit me, In my turn, to change mine." "Then you want me to have the dis agreeable part to play 1 see that." Yon will have no part at all to play," she answered, oft'ended and Indiguaut. I do not intend to marrv vet, and I beg you to replace things on the same footing that they were oetore l haa confided my project to you. I shall return to my own house this evening, and 1 shall receive no more special visits up to the time that I make known my resolution. Till theu, be on your guard against betraying ' to anv one the confidence which I have giveu you. I have no need to address the same request to the other persons who hear me." - 1 She rose in a state of indignation against him, but with a rapid glance at me, which seemed to say, "Sustain me in my digni"y. I count on you." J .Bellac took her arm ; but Montroger darted toward her, and, without caring to avoid being seen by whoever might pass, threw himself on his knees In the middle of the road, asking her pardon for having afflicted her, and swearing that he had misunderstood ' her Inteution, He was resolved to look upon her happi ness with joy; and, to convince her of it, made use of just expressions aud a siu cere tone. He entreated her to forget his folly, which he attributed to the fe ver, aud to treat him as her next friend by accepting the invitation s which he liad made her and myself; to come to his house, to receive there, in - presence ot our two friends, his word of honor and his pledge of fraternal friendship. Celie was obliged to pardon mm once more, and we had to promise in order to per suade him to rise ; for it was almost nec essary to use force to make him quit his ridiculous attitude in the open field, and to put a stop to the flow of words now laughable and now touching-which came from him in this novel crisis. , As soon as he saw himself restored to graee, he manifested a puerile joy. which was not far from delirium ; he began to dance on the grass, to talk incoherently iu a par oxysm of joy, and suddenly, darting to tne eage ot tne curt, ne maae a douiici, before any of us could prevent liiin, aud disappeared. , - Ceiie's piercing cry gave me wings. I darted after him at all hazards,- with out thinking what kind of fall 1 might have, aud found myself at the same time with Stephen in a grassy crevice, where Montroger had fallen softly five or fix feet down, and in which he -asked to be allowed to take a little nap.- Had he had a vague desire to commit suicide, or had he made sport, of us? Stephen -had much trouble to persuade hint that the place was badly chosen for sleeping, for a little, less lucky . leap would have pre cipitated all three of us into the sea. While he was seriously scolding mm aud forcing him to rise, I ran to rejoin Celie. whose cry had pierced my heart. She was already reassured by hearing our discussion: but her paleness and her nervous , trembling alarmed me. She spoke shortly aud bitterly : ., ' ' Did he want to Kilt himself?" she said to me; "and have you not just' es caped killing yourselves, you and Ste phen, by preventing him ?" "Chance willed ' said . I, "that we should all three escape the danger. , As to the intentions of a drunken man, who can guess them ?" : v t .. i . - ' it he is drunk, uoa - forgive mm," she answered, "the pleasure he takes In degrading himself! If he is not, and If he wished to frighten me, I will never forgive him for having exposed .your life my me.". The words could tiara ly pass her pale Hps, and she struggled to restrain the tears ot anger and anright which ran down her checks. . . "Calm vourself," said M. Bellac to her; "sit down a moment. All this does you much harm, I can see. Wheth er Montroger be drunk or crazy, the time is come to folio w my advice."- I will follow it," she answered, and offered me her baud with an attempt to Smile.- - -.. i st . - ' -!..; :!'.: Montroger returned to ns dejected and sullen. We re-entered Yport without exchanging a word, and without his ap pearing to remember his invitation, which, for that matter, no one would have accepted now. His state of intox ication was evident. .'' .:! "; "Let ti3 profit by it," said Bellac to us, as we reached the village. "Put him iu a carriage, and let M. Stephen take him back to his valet. On my side, I will take Mile. Merquem back to La Canielle. Do vou," he added, addressing . me, "listen to what she has to say to you." . . While he was gone with Stephen to art range the means or transportation,- and while Montroger was asleep in my room, now become his, Celie took my arm, and together we entered the little oi chard ad joining the house a delicious disorder ot wild plants and interwoven Pushes, a charming, profound sanctuary, worthy the first moment or complete enusion which came to the lips of my divine mis tress. She was still pale and trembling with emotion, but she seemed to recover life In sneaking to me. "See. we are. in a piace or mystery,'; said she, leaning on nie and plunging deeper into this labyrinth or verdure It is a good omen, tor we are sailing straight into mystery, i It is there, per haps, that true happiness is. l had not dared to aspire to it. It seemed selfish and unworthy of us to conceal our love; but they force us to It, and you see that the reason or the life of a wretched man depends upon it. I : made a vow to God and the memory of my grandfather that he should not be sacrificed ;- ne will not be: but to sacrifice von to him would be senseless and odious on my - part. ' That shall no longer be. . We will;. marry iu secret: and if thev discover our. relation to each other, I . shall be clear of it by passing for your mistress, r I shall 1 not be humiliated, aud shall bear : my pre tended fault gayiy, habituated as 1 am to finding my happiness in 'the approval of my conscience." : -. And as I hesitated to hope that, this middle way ; would - satisfy the " now aroused jealousy of Montroger.1 "Have no rear or him now on my ac count," she answered. "I have liad pa tience and pity, and 1 have only aggrava ted his disease. ' 1 shall know how to place our friendship on the same footing that it was before he abused my conde scension. By only seeing me hereafter in public, and by seeing me apparently free from all tle3, he will easily recover his habit of thinking me bound to him. He lias revealed enough of his underly ing bitterness to me, in a month of alter cation, for me to be well acquainted now with the nature or his sentiment for me. He ia tormented only by the affront that mv preference tor yon might put upou him before the public, - He has not beeu able to please me, and he is unwilling to have any one -please me. ' This has hu miliated him almost to fury, and he has gone so far as to acknowledge to me that he would not re leaious ; or a lover re ceived in secret. It is an avowed, hus band that he dreads and detests. Well. then I to spare myself the odious sacrifice of the life ot a fool, will you be, until he is cured, the lover or your wife?" "Uutltis impossible, - in the life that you leads" l exclaimed. "You have never had anything to conceal ; you have formed the habit of living iu a house of glass, which belongs to everybody." : "1 will learn," she answered, with a smile that intoxicated me, "what all oth er women know. No fouger living only for one person, I will exclude myself troin tne control ot an others. I had a long talk with Bellac about it all, and have thought It over carefully. I have a right to have business at Paris" " "But our marriage! Do yon not know that it is impossible to conceal It?' "I am not Ignorant of that. We can only contract an Irregular' marriage. which it will be necessary to renew at a later period, iu order to make It legal. We will go to Italy, where a religious formality is at the same time a civil con tract. Honor is everywhere-- bound by an oatn in good laitn, whether it be a magistrate or a priest who receives it Kverywhere It is necessary to- publish the buns; at Rome, where everything is nought ana sold, we can- im exempted irom iiifin ny means ot money, ' AGRICULTURE, , "A marriage so contracted is repulsive tome. I am a philosopher and you are a deist. . Shall we . confide the purest Im pulse of our passion, .our oath tlmt sa cred thing to a venal benediction which would not blush to trick its own legali ty." : - ..... She made no answer, and seemed not to understand the development which I gave to my thoaghtv Was she uneasy or afflicted by' my scruples? Her face ex pressed only reflection, but as if she were listening to an inner voice. ' ' ' - "What Are you thinking of.iCelie?" said I; "yon no longer seeiu to bear me!" I heard you," she answered. '"I have- listened - only to you.-' ' Have I at present any other brain, any other con science, than yours ? - Yes, 1 see plainly that Bellac is not practical enough, and I should have some trouble to become so ; but what nse for -me to become so, since vou are w7 will took through your eyes, and consequently it will not be dif ficult to act, f AVell, then, we, will satisfy the social law when we cuu ! '.What mat ter? Were we not married on the day we said we loved each other? i Shall a man like you and a woman like me' be afraid that they canuot keep their word ? and is it necessary for them to take men to witness iu order to rely upou each oth er? Hold! place your "hand in mine; we will belong toeach other for evert" j- "Yes, my adored godmother, I believe I am sure I am happy aud proud, but but I am intoxicated, aud ". ; ' - - " - , ," "Be still,'? said she, blushing ; "this is not the place to remind me that I belong to yon." ...,.:.,! . , i " . "Will you . belong to me' from this day?". I cried, . with a passionate and overwhelming joy. ' "You shall not put oft to the undetermined and, perhaps, far distant time of publicity I the complete avowai. ., ,, . i . i Site put her hand over my niouth and her eyes alone made answer to me. .t tint what a profound took it. was how ar-1 deut. how brave! . , ' . .. i ns-.;, W e heard the bells of the post-horsos that had been sent for to Fecampj .We exchanged a single kiss, aud she: fixed a wnite flower or bindweed on her Dreast, saving: "Soon! I go first; remain here till the last, that Montroger may set out. aiwrme, ana return to-morrow u u Plantlerthat shall be my first rendez vous. " ' 5ifliS.ii.ssr' '.-.- ,ri- 1 .,;(; It was arranged with Stephen that he should go to wait me at the lunatic of La Canielle, and I saw Celie' set out with M. Bellac. Another post-chaise,, ten minutes after,'-took off Montroger . aud Stephen, " The neor gentleman had in stinctively waked on seeing Mile,- Mer quem going. "And i you!"-said he to me, as he was making ready to enter xne carriage.--'.. ; ..,.::! (..,,... "llo not go to-tlav. 1 answered cold A gleam of satisfaction lit up bis dull face, and after three revolutions of the wheels ire was asleep: again on 'his last illusion. I.;:-: ,' - .; . ..... 1 learned the next morning, from Ste phen, all that had taken place daring the evening, and am able to follow tliein, , TO W CONTISCW). "J I ',,,! '',:i; BANK ETIItTJETTG, i ! ' We have received a communication on this subject Which may be found of val ue as it gives, minute instructions upon the manner in which persons should act in transacting business at a banKing house. The writer says: J's ' "On requesting 'loans from, a bank, if declined, demand a full explanation why and wherefore, stating that after having ail your business for years, .(buying all your stamps and getting ail yonr bills changed at that bank) you .feel , it a se vere wow to oe , rerused . a -small ravor. If still refused, call hourly and, ask as though you had never ;spokeir on the subject before. If this does - hot avail bring your dinner to the president's room and remain , there all day.! Faint heart never wins, and if you fall at this point yoaiacE grit.:' -! i t . ; vv hen your notes become due and par-- meut is requested, ask why i they 'can't wait, and what they - Intend to do 'with the money when they- get . it. If they still persist ItHi aire if the bank Is (hard up that they should be In such want lor money. Never pay protest fees, but say yon lorgot when this note matured, and that you never pay protest fees anyhow yon would be t u ttrst. ... ; When you present in tlie bank; a draft payable to your order,, never tail to ex hibit profound surprise and fierce indig nation that you should be required to be identified as the proper person to receive the money. If the teller persists: in this eccentric request affirm boldly how long you have lived at number -Brown street, and how Timothy Snodgrasa haa known you all - his life; Stand up for your rights like a man and never say fail. -; ' s iss - 1 ;;. .1.1. - In banking money spread yourself be fore the r bank counter and. count out yonr shinplastera bottom side tip, one by one, showing them, to the teller in sun dry parcels, entertaining him meanwhile by a general report ot your private af fairs. In this manner you not only as tonish the bank otnclals with the display of your money, but by exercising the patience of such nervous customers as may be waiting for their turn, yon ac- i p, - ; .... if you wish to get change from a bank where you keep no account, march in as though you were Secretary Boutweli af ter a bank report, slap your greenback on the. counter, cast a withering stare at the teller and say . nothing. it will be seen that you demand fives, which you receive.'. Hand these back, aud ask for ones and two, and when you get tliem ask for change so that you can get sev enty-nine cents, and return the bill with one, corner torn off. "4, W hen yon go out slam the door or leave It open, and nl wavs whistle. ' If on your way from the bank your hat blows, off and you lose part or your change, return ana demand that the ' bank : rectify ' the mistake in counting. ' If a demur is made, swear to the truth ot your statement ana impeach the honesty, of the inslt.utlon before all who may he present. - ? Banks have high notions, but show them that yon know, what is what, and don't let tnem-rooi you.; , ' tjNK-WHO-HAS-BEKN-THEItK." ANECDOTES OF PtBLIC MEN. u I By poL.,'i.. W. FOBNKY,' !;.r. ::;!7. . ;."NoTxrvv;. ;:- One Saturday afternoon in July. 1S61 ueorge it, iKtwer, now on nis way as American ruiuiaier to Constantinople, visited Washington city and called with me upon freauieiic Lincoln, it wa. a meet interesting period, of the war, just previous to the battle ol Bull Run. When X presented. Boker to the President, in his reception-room, up stairs, he said, "Are you the son of Charles .S. Boker. ot fniiaueipniar- jiy iriend answered, That is.. what lam believed to be. "Well." said the President. M was vour father's lawyer iu Springfield, and I on ly wish l naci an tne money l collected and paid to hlni.for I would have a very handsome fortune.'. The murine Band was playing on tlie firreen. south of the Presidential Mansion, surrounded by a gay and glittering crowd., Mr. hlncolu said : "The Kentucky commissioners are waiting tor me on thu bulconv below They are here to protest' against mv sending troops through their State to tlie relief ot the LuiouisU of Tennessee, and l would liue to have you and Forney to come down and see them. -Thev want Kentucky to decide her relation to tlie lieneral Uovernmeut for herself, and Mint any toree sent through their Stute to the Unionists of Tennessee would cer tainly arouse the elements of revolt." Then lloker told the President an anec dote of tlie British minister at Court of rederickthe Great, who was anxious to persuade the Knijieiw to take part in tho British conflict With other Enronean powers. Old Fritz steadily refused to be Involved. His policy was against nil part in the quarrel. At a formal State AND GENERAL NEWS 10. 1872. dinner, when the British minister was present, Frederick said : "Will my Lord Bristol" the name of the British pleni potentiaryfallow me to send him a piece of capon?" to which the latter in- dignentlyi replied, "No," sir; I decline havinganythingto do with neutral ani mals." i The President enjoyed the joke hugely, and we walked -down stairs, where, on the balcony- overlooking the joyous throng, stood the two Kentucky commissioners, one of them the- eminent Judge Robertson, lately deceased. They renewed their appeal against sending troops across their State with much earnestness and ability. Mr. Lincoln quietly, but resolutely combatted their views, assuring them that ."neutrality did not become any of the friends of the Government that while the citizen en joyed his rights and the protection of the laws, he must also recognize his obliga tions and his duties. . Then turning to Boker, lie asked him to repeat the inci dent between Frederick the Great and the British minister, which, though It made the Kentuckiaiis laugh, was evi dently not agreeable to them. - Mr. Lin coln added: "Gentlemen, my position in regard to your State is like that of the woodman, who. returning to his home one night, ' found coiled around his beautiful children, who-, were quietly sleeping in their bod, several poisonous snakes. - His first impniso was to save his little ones, but he feared that if he struck at the snakes he might strike the children, and yet he dared not let them die without an effort.. So it is with me. I know Kentucky and Tennessee are in fested with tlie enemies of the -Union; but I know also that there are thousands of patriots in both who will be persecu- cuted even unto death unless tlie strong nuuu .-oi ino uovernmeut is interposed for. their protection and rescue. We must go in. . . , The old flag must be car- j into Tennessee, at 'whatever hazard." Upon that-the commissioners - retired with unconcealed dissatisfaction. : Un-( happily for the good cause, it was many mouths 'before relief could be extended to the - clamorous people of Tennessee. Kentucky lay athwart the road to their rescue, a dark and stubborn obstacle, aud now, six years, after, the overthrow of the, rebellion thanks to the daDgerous doctrine of neutrality the State most obdurate and obstinate iu its , opposition to all progress, inoec ready to resort to violence against the laws, most eager in its opposition to (tie liiuoa people, most intolerant to free opinion, most qualified to: throw the largest vote against the liepublican party is this vary State of Kentucky. So much,' for neutrality: in politics a-Kl , iu war.' i In a few days came the first battle of Bull Run with all its attendant horrors, teaching to as the severest lesson of the great, conflict the lesson , that a great people,, armed for their t. own, defence and for their, own liberties must . he oreoared at all noi'at. J ust at this period the geuius of Boker "". iu a great vocui, uateu je fore Centerville, July ,21,. 1861," from which I extract the following ; , , . Awake, my countrymen, with me ! i Redeem the honor which you lost, . . . . . With any blood, at anv cost; ' I ask not how the war'bejfiin, I 3for how the quarrel branched and ran To this ilretul Heights, The wrong and right StandB clear before God'i faultiest sight. I onlv feel thu shamnfiil liuttr. .... -' i I only see the setnlul foe, - j ... ii -. tn ahu veng-enace ourus in every vein ; ; To die, or wipe away the stain, I The war-wise hero of the West, ' 1 f ' v " Wearing his glories as crest .... . I .!:,(! Of trophies gathered in your sight, j , . Is armin& for the comic? tiirht. Full well his Wisdom norohends !it, The duty and its-mighty ends;. ( ! f xiie ucoupiuii oi tueiiour, , f,,i - ,,,, - That never lay in human power ' ' ; . Siuue over YorktowHV tented plain- '" ; " -The red cross fell, nor rose again, j , .-: My bumble pledge of faith I lay, Dear conirade ot my school-hoy day, - Before thee, iu the nation's view; - , ' : -And if thy prophet prove untrue, ''---- t: v Aud from ourcountry's grasp be thrown The seeuter and the Btarrv crown. . ' i And thou and all thy marshalled host ' ' ' - ue oameu, ana ia rum lost . ! - Oh! let ine not outlive the blow, . , That seals my country's overthrow! ' ' ' Aad, lest this woful-ead come tone, ' ' ' ! iipiay your vaunteu nag once more, . , " ' Southward youreager columns pour! -iwunu crump ana uie aua rallying arum;. , .From every hill aud valley cornel Did men, yield up your treasured gold; , ' Can liberty be priced and sold? " '' Fair matrons, maids, and -tender brides, ; Gird weapons to your lovers' sides; ' -, , And though your hearts break at tlie deed, -' Give them your blessing and God-speed; Theu point them t a field of fame, -.With words like those of Sparta's dame! .And when the ranks are full and stronar. '-' And the whole army moves along, j 1 jl vi-tt result oi uaru auu xkih, , ; - . -. Ubediont to the master will ; ' . And your young hero draws the sword, ! And gives the last commanding word :: ' - That hurls your strength upon the foe- , Oh! let totem need o second blow! Strike, as your father's struck of old, " Through summer's heat and winter's -cold; . 'Through pain, disaster and defeat, ' . Through marches tracked with bloody feet; Through everv i)l that could befall The holy cause that bound them all! - - Strike as they struck tor liberty! : - n strike as they struck to make you free! . . Strike.for the crown of victory! .', "The war-wise hero of the West" . was George B. MeCiellan, son Of the great surgeon, ueorge a. mccieiian ot: .Phila delphia. . He hart heea Boker's "dear conirade of the school-boy days," and af ter the nrst null Kun was the nation's hope, ' His victories in West "Virginia . i ., . l. r , 1 , .i . . i avu uuu me oijpui tunity wniuii ouiers had ; lost, to be. lost ;by him in his own turn. Boker wrote several great lyrics afterwards, but whatever he may . have said of other soldiers, the tribute he paid to Jlecieiianin lSbi was tne outnourinir oi a sincere aiiu uopeiui neuri ,. . , , . . . - LOVE JLK1 TERS. The words recall blue ribbon, locks of hair, miniatures and dead roses, and they are as various as are the hands that Write them and the eyes they arc meant to bless, sometimes thev carry balm: sometimes they hear disguised poison. : They may be traced in honest truth and fealty by a rougn red nanu mat nas no grace to lend the niislmpen ' letters save the beauty of true-love in coarse disguise; -and then again a soft white - bit of . symmetry may hide a lie m glowing tenderness, and send it like au asp hid iu a rose's heart, to carry aentn to some neueving breast, (some. yellowed by years and rendered absurd by altered circumstances, , nre bronerht out of forgotten nooks to nil the evening Hour witn laugnter attneir polysyllabled vows and verbose - adjectives, and others neversee the uglit except in tearful eyes, and no touch except a passionate pressure to a tailed nrciist that claims uo other Idol Love letter! There are women whom the world calls single who are as truly wedded to a - tear-stained package as if it really were the beingthatit represents to them who live in the sweet time these missives once belonged to, and who keep their hearts apart,, from the dull reality that makes up their present world. ' l ears may have past, and nothinz mav have remained the , same save the dear dream that never knew reality, yet, held in their love-uvo by this fragile . paper- ooiki, tney u w-eji m that tair, unsubstan tial springtime, while autumn fades and winter cold and heavy reigns abroad lti all their world.,! . . j. -..-. We pity dreamers and their moonshine pictures, their bits of memories and me mentoes, their love-words written or re called as spoken, : and. laces whose lim ning fadesas tlie ruelone bus faded lonsr ugo under the eolllnlld.' And yet such t l ilies are lieart-treasures as surely as gold aud silver are riches of the nurse aud as. long, as there is a world of f.ncy aud of. feeling as well as a world of dry gootis anil roust neet, so long shall old love letters find hoarders and prizers, and so louar shall the past and present be briiigeil by heart-dreams of the words felt and written iu the bygone times. . . j.;. I I, . ' : Show ns the family where srood music Is cultivated, where the parent and child ren are accustomed otteu to mingle their voices together In song,:,nnd we will show you one. In almost). every Instance where peace, harmony, and love prevail and. where tho great viees have no abid ing place. - . ,- " ..'i-'-.i ' ' Persons who nro annoyed by their neighbors keeping parrots are iu favor oi l no imposition ol a heavy poll-tax, NU1SIBER 31. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. The wife of Richard Eausman, of Ter re Haute Indiana, was tatally burned by the explosion of a can of kerosene, on Sunday. 'A little seyen year old daughter of Mrs. A. Orissam, Shawneetown, Illinois, was burned to death on Sunday by her clothes taking fire. -'' Joseph Horgenterthier was Intoxicated on Sunday, and stepped before a railroad train near Fort Wayne. Ind. He leaves a wlte and three children. H. T. Butnsey, a prominent citizen of Lacrosse, died at Chippewa Falls, Wis consin, on Saturday, from an overdose of laudanum taken to produce sleep while suffering from a nervous affection. " :i i At Tullahoma, on the Nashville and Chattanooga Kail road, on Friday, An drew Martin, a quiet and respected citi zen, was shot and killed by Mat Darwin, a notorious desperado, who escaped. Michael Madlgau, a prominent rail road contractor at Pittsburg, while going home intoxicated, fell from the steps leading to the Fort Wayne Railroad bridge., on Sunday, receiving injuries from which he died. i . ' John A. Hancock, aged fifty-five years, residing with his son in the town of Pelt, Wabash county, Minnesota, while his son and wife were absent, burned his house and barn and hanged himself iu the woods, In a fit of insanity. - Mr.. B. W. Tomlinson, late assistant city editor of tlie New York World, shot Mr. Byas, a colored member of the State Legislature at Columbia, on account of Byas' trying to cowhide Tomlinson. The affray took place at the Court-House. Byas is dying. At Belleville, Ontario, a fire occurred early on Monday morning in the Boys' Home building, which was totally de stroyed, and one boy burned to death. The night was intensely cold, and the in mates barely escaped in their night clothes, Loss 8,000. , " Jenerson Cating has been convicted of the murder of James Townsend, at Chi cago, and sentenced to Imprisonment for life. This is known as the "pigeon bole murder," Coating having deliberately1 shot Townsend while the two were en gaged In playing "pigeon hole.": On Wednesday evening a man named Newton went into a saloon at Ironton. Ohio, and asked for - whisky. On being refused by Louis Fisher, he drew re volver and shot him. ' The bullet went in about 'the collar button, glanced, and lodged in the collar bone, being a narrow escape. : -' - . . J. H. Bowman, and two women calling themselves L.6. Bowman and Belle Bow man, were held to ball iu Louisville, on Friday, the latter in $1,000, and the two former in $2,000 each, on the charge of arson, iu setting fire to a' millinery store on Preston street, kept by the women and insured In Cincinnati. ; .. Dan Shumway, a notorious rough, shot and fatally wounded Daniel Campbell at the Union Pacific Junction, Minnesota, Tuesday. .. ad old quarrel was the cause pf the affray. Campbell came in on a train from St. Paul, and seeing Shum way attacked him. A fight ensued, during which Campbell was snot. Sh urn- ay is under arrest. An altercation occurred last Wednes day night at a stage station, nine miles from Newton, Kansas, betweeu an em ployee of the Southwestern Stage Com pany and a. man named Taylor, which was arnica liy arranged, bnt subsequently thestase man fired at Taylor, but hit and killed a man named Merrill, a friend of Taylor, whereupon Taylor shot and killed the stage mau. On Wednesday last, John McKenzie. a miner working in the Kenosha . coal mines, about three miles from La Salle, Illinois, was Instantly crushed to death by the fall of an immense mass of rock upon him from the roof of the mine. His body could only be rescued after blast ing the rocK. ue was so badly crushed that his body had to be gathered in a sheet. The deceased leaves a wife and four children.' - - Ilenry Williams, a colored stone ma son, insulted an Italian woman, keeper of a fruit stand in front of the Maxwell House, at Nashville, on Sunday after noon. William Hyronemus, a respecta ble citizen, interfered, and was knocked down by Williams. Hyronemus drew a pistol aud fired at Williams, but missed and was again knocked down. Hyrone mus, on rising, was advanced upon by Williams with a stone, when he contin ued to use his pistol, firing some four shots, and eventually killing his assail ant. A coroner's inquest was immedi ately held, and a -verdict of justifiable nomicioe rendered.; ' As & passenger train on the North Missouri Railroad, due at St. Louis on rriday - morning about seveu o'clock. reached a point between Jtfridgeton and uranam,-fourteen miles troni st. Ixmis. a rail broke in six pieces under the loco motive. The baggage and smoking cars were thrown down an embankment fif teen feet high and the ladies' car slid part way aown . out witnouf turning over. Daniel Riley and a brakenian were badly bruised about . tlie head aud legs by trunks, and several passengers in the smoking car were severely: bruised and out, and one or two had ribs broken, but none were fatally injured. - The smoking anu naggage car were wrecKea. : ... As the passenger train on the Louts ville Short Line Railroad, was passing JSagie station, about fifty ' miles from Cincinnati, a most terrible accident oc curred The depot platform contained number of passengers who had been Waiting for the train and just after the locomotive anu express car had passed the switch at that point safely it broke and the remaining cars of the train were 8 wept across the platform, mowing down a number of persons who were upon it. The express car was totally wrecked and caught fire but was speedily extinguish ed.1 Among the injured were John Mc- Dermott, Postmaster at the station, badly bruised; George Rosswell, citizen, several ribs broken: Joseph Johnson, Station Agent, leg broken and head and ooay oadiy bruised : jar. Hampton, citi zen, light foot crushed ofl", arm broken in two piacesaiui otnerwise badly injured The two last named persons are not ex- peeted to recover. K'.chard Kups, ex press messenger, sngntiy bruised; the latter was Drought to this city on iaon day. It was fortunate the weather was so inclement, otherwise there would have been a much larger number standing on me piauurui. A most brutal assault, winch culmina ted In the loss ot life, occurred Sunday night in Kendall, a part of Massillou. Some persons were, in the early part of tne eveniug. in tne grocery of Jacob Hose, and, while the proprietor stemxd out for a moment, two boys aged eigh teen, r.uwirj lennii-fl anu Joseph V ei- senoacn uy name, piuereu some candy iruni ueiuuu ine counter, unon .Mr. Hose's return, a bystander. George Hoff- ecker, informed him ot the conduct of the boys, at which they became great! v provoKeu, and declared that they would punish him, when he went from the gro cery, for his interference. The man was intimidated and afraid to venture out. but finally about midnight started for nome, cioseiy loiiowed by the two boys. He had proceeded but a short distance, when tney began to throw stones at him and one ot which hit him upon his left temple, caused him to fall to the ground. He was soon approached by persons at- tiiifteii uy me noise, irom the grocery, who at first supposed he hud simply been made insensible for a moment, 'hut a closer examination revealed the fact that he was dead, aud that he must have died almost immediately after the stone struck hliu. The boys made no effort to escape, but were apprehended and safely lodged in the city prison. A coroner's Jury waa Miiiiiuoiieu anu an inquest had wncu me tacts siibstantiallv as abov given, were developed. ADVEBTIIsING BATES. gfAOB. 1 1 w. 8 w. 8 w. m. m. 1 ia 1 iuch. 1.U0 $8.00 3.a0 I $!! I t8.U0 I f 12.UU " I 1.75 I 8.00 I 5.25 7.00 18.00 17.00 " 9.50 1 4.001 6.00 1 8.50 1 15.00 1 23.00 4 " 5.00 1 7.00 10.00 1 17.00 28.00 5 " 8.75 6.50 R7& 11.00 18.50 I 32.00 X col. I 4-BO I 100 I 10-00 I 1 00 I M.00 87.50 H " 5.85 8.00 12.00 18.50 25.00 45.00 X " 8.00 12.50 16.50 81.00 85.00 S5.0W X " 10.50 16.00 83.00 85.00 55.00 85.00 1 " 12.00 20.00 30.00 47.50 75.00 130.00 Business notices In local columns will be charg ed for at the rate of 15 cents per line for flrst insertion and eight cents per line for each 6ub sequent insertion Business cards (1.9S per line per annum. ' Yearlv advertisers discontinuing their adver . tisements before the expiration of their contract will be charged according to the above rates. - Transient advertisements must invariably be paid for in advance. Regular advertisement to be paid at the expiration of earb quarter. MELANGE, Holland has just commenced to eat mince pies. Two prisoners dugout of a Wisconsin jail with a pine shingle. ' The Empress of Russia is gone to Kiew after P's and quiet. " Torkvtlle tried the panel game with its first colored juror last week. - The Lords are afraid that they are to be put upon short political Commons. "His Imp. Highness" is a headline over some Alexis matter in a Chicago paper. A young lady has been forwarded from San Francisco to Maryland by express; ;A Chicagoan, horrible to relate, has id the smau-pox twice within eight years. An Illinois charivari party actually tore down the house of a newly married couple. What should a man always keep, es pecially after he has given It to another t His word. For rail way-travelers when the engi neer whistles"down breakes" look out for breakdown. Two Connecticut girls annointed their chapped lips with croton oil by mistake lor glycerine oil. "A lot of the prettiest little coffins for Christmas you ever saw'.' was a Ken tucky advertisement. Two large spots can now be seen on the face of the sun. Admittance free to those having smoked glass. To prevent his being rejected by an other woman a Michlgander vaccinated himself with a shot-gun. The Dying Prince Hat" is among the atest and funniest - conceits of the Cin cinnati bat manufacturers. Since "Boss" Tweed's real character has been discovered, is it more appropri ate to call him Bosh Tweed t - - The Romen women are subscribing liberally for a monument to Garabaldi but he wouldn't take tne mnr. A large roll of unpaid bills In his breast pocket saved the life of a Florid ian from the knife of an assassin. A Provldenee virago, having taken a glass more than she-needed, threw tlie spare tumbler at her husband. A California ruffian is said to have "a wonderful talent for bereaving any fam ily lie does not happen to like." ' Mrs. Annie Buckley, a Cairo woman. has achieved an infant which starts with twenty-one pounds of substance. A Connecticut woman's grief for her husband's death, was increased by the thought that the parlor curtains were in wasn. " Congress still seems inclined to regard the income tax as a regular due, anu the tax-payers generally tnuiKit a "regular do," too. Little bovs at Rockford, Illinois, break through the ice and tlie citizens fish them out and warm them with bits or scantling. and the messenger who was charged with her delivery was heard to regret that he couldn't express his sentiments at the same time. ; ; ' Industry and perseverence will ac complish wonders. We have known men to make great progress in a station ery business. , In assuming that the ancestors of the human race were monkeys, does not Dar win : virtually assert that he "could a tale unfold ?" The Supreme Court of Massachusetts having decided that suicide is not a crime those who nave committed it need not be afraid to return. Mr. Tweed hasn't quite made up his mind whether he'll be in the Delavan at Albany or In the prison van in New York this winter. : v t An Illinois preacher lays not up for himself riches on earth since three suc cessive thieves have broken through his house and stolen. It is suggested to Mr. Gilmore to Intro duce at the coming jubilee the "Song of thu Shirt," performed by a sewing ma chine a fainger, or course. . A Swede named Larsen is reputed to to be the best billiard player in Europe. Nobody ought to imitate his style of play for that would be Larseny. Says an Irishman of Chicago: "Shoor. there are no people at all in the most dens- ly populated districts, and tne sidewalks is in the middle of the street." The rumored intention of the Emperor of Austria, to "dissolve the diet" of the Galllcians Is supposed to indicate his de sire to make"supes" of them. Theinfetive quality of man's nature Is aptly illustrated at the theatre when so many go out on tne lowering ot the act drop to take a drop themselves. Game is very plentiful about Greelrr, Col., the colonists haying all they can do in keeping antelopers and jack-rabbiu from taking possession oi tne city. James Russell Lowell has invented what he calls a new beatitude which is. Blessed are they who have nothing to sav and who cannot be persuaded to say it." ' It is to be hoped that Minister jaw- Kura, who heads the Japanese embassy now on his way hither, will spend some time in Washington. They need a law cure r there sadly. It is only by the most unwearied per severence and the strictest attention to business that Lord Courtenay has been able to accumulate, belore he has reached the age of thirty-five, f 4,000,000 of debt. The Queen of Holland latelv did Ves uvius the honor or visiting it in a sedan chair. It offered her "summit hot," but she declined its proffered "drop of the crater," having brought her own sup ply of porter. Professor Hale and Harkness. of the Washington Naval Conservatory, after close examlnaton of the spectrum ot Etike's comet, find no new clues to the secret of its composition. In fact, they say that it hasn't any nuceus. A Chlcagtoan last week killed himself by blowing out his brains with a gun loaded with water. This should be a warning to temperance advocates that even water may go to a man's head and produce as serious results as alcoholic liquors. - The Chicago Republican says: Mil Alexander Simpsou of Towanda is dead. He was bilious, Mr. Alexander Simpson was, aud he saw the following paragraph from the pen of Dr. Hall : "'If a bilious man wants to get well, and Is in no special hurry, all that he has to do is to lie down out of doors, between iwo broad beards. until ne gets grievously hungry." Mr. Simpson followed this advice, and calmly fell asleep with a broad board on top of him. Under ordinary circumstance there would have been no trouble, but there was a fat men's ball in the laser beer saloon next door, that day. and tho two champion fat men got over therein- and sat down with a jerk on the top of Mr. Alexander Simpson's upper board, wltliout knowing lie was there. It squelched the breath out of him at the first blow. And the fat men, you under stand, thev sat and sat there, and dis cussed tiolitics and the Alabama claims, and the legal tender act, and the weather, and woman's rights, and the Harrison boiler, and metaphysics, and they kept on drinking glass after glass of beer, and getting heavier and heavier, until one of them happened to look under the board aud there was Alexander Simpson, ns dead as Nubiu-haduczar,aud mashed nut so thin that you could pass him under a closed door without scraping his vest but tons! He does uot suffer from bile now. But does anybody know where lr. Hull lives? Because Mrs. Simpson is making inquires, aud she Is anxious to snatch a few silver hairs from his brow, and to necessitate the purchase of a pateut glasa eye.