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v Mini's VEU CLEMK.
.-. ukins Mt Siuith. hi. senior ,.»rtner.
t the Ji-isn, wuo had been abseut on a
( . r
How s htiMOe-.r' inquire 1 the latter.
..I right; got a new clerk "
■* ioi a new clerk, eb? Where'. Jones?"
D'scliarged Inin. An idle, extravagant
youiig dog* ^
• I rue enough, and tht> new one won t do
t.nv Utter. Drinking, gambling, late
hours, last home.—that’s the way with
them all. 4 \
And Smith groaned.
Jen kin's eyes twinkled. He well knew
tv |wH*iiliaritlpH of li i* good-hearted buteo
centric lachelor partner.
‘AVell the new clerk don't drink nor
gsrnhle I m certain of that, nnd haatlius
ur been very attentive and industrious.
“Ihu. far? Oh,yes. Wait a month.
New broom* twerp clean.”
Oh. wrlf, it the new clerk don’t unit
von. you can mud the new clerk adrift.
i hat I* all 1 only took her—nh’m—the
l ew clerk on trial
Mr Smith stared at hi- partner
1 suppose till* tiew clerk baa a name?’’
he remarked, dryly."
**)*» J*1. Her, that is to say, the new
« «erk f name is Gardner Hut here we
are."
Ah was hi- usual custom, Mr. Smith
vent through the store |m.-t the urrav of
i li rbon cither side of the counter, without
glancing to the right or left. Hut when
he reached hia private office, at the fur
i iit r end, he looked through the glass
t.m.r, which wao h> situate*! that lie could
jil! that wan going on in the i*tore.
A - hia eye fell u|k>h the occupant of a
t.i -k near the door, lie Hturted.
: \N hat h that? he -aid, turning sharply
Vj hi* partner who had followed him.
Jcnkitm gazed composedly at the slender
Jorm, whose graceful head was bent iutenl
h' over a ledger that lav ojkmi upon the
1 hut* W hv, that s the new clerk.”
Smith ruhl»ed hi* eves, and looked
again.
• W hy, its a woman! he exclaimed,
' *than air of incredulity and horror.
‘ I should aav it win.'' Haiti Jenkinn
<.-oily, *'nud a confoundedly pretty one at
»i»nt.”
Smith gave his partner a look of virtu*
•♦a- indignation.
Mr Jenkins, this is no place for a wo
Think not? Now it strikes me that
•h* :'.is ilu* place very nicely."
* I he proper place for a woman is the
sanctuary ol home.”
Th - was a pel observation of Mr fcniith 1
which he had read somewhere, und which
hr considered as a clincher in such un ar
gun e t.
But -apposeshe has*tit any.”
this was a |K»ser, and in his efforts to
mu ? ount it. Mr Smith got excited
‘'Ilast!,t any? Wl»v, tdr,she must—she
ought to have one.'
“Very true. In fact, socontiJrnt tun 1
«n thi? point, that 1 have thought of offer
ing her mine—or, al least, to share it with
litr."
“Mr Jenkins, this is not a fit subject
for jeHu"
‘ It's a Notion* matter, 1 know; so, on the
w hole, perhaps I had better think it over
i while longer. Besides there is no know
ing if she would accept mv offer together i
with the incumbrance that goes with it.
“Jenkins,*' returned Smith, severely,
4 n il/ you cease trilling and attend to the
business in hand? This woman must
#50.”
‘ Very well: you told me you wanted a
clerk who was faithful and iuduMriou*
tiiat didn't spend his salary, and all he
could steal, on lii-t horses, and the like,
and I got you one. It s an easy matter to
send her off**
“Ol course x is." rejoined Smith, bright*
< ning at the suggestion. “Just tell her -he
dun i exactly suit, and that we shan't net I
her after to-day.*'
“But she due* suit—me: and if you are
not suited, all you have got to do i* to If 11
her so.”
“You hired her."
‘ And no that reason f wont discharge
her w ithout some good caue^
No mfltter, returned iin.lh, itJliifcf
t r'tly. “I cun discharge her 1 think I
am c<|iin) to that much.”
J* nkiio, who had left the room, put hi*
head hack a minute later
“lh*t voii a hundred dollar* you d-•?
do it
With this parting shot he disappeared
Now. Smith had a nervous horror of
women, a- In* partner well knew—esprg*
tally young women—and never spoke to
die il he could help it.
Had if born a man he would have
l.nown what Y<> sav, and experienced no
difficulty in sii mg it, hut a woman wa*
<piite a nothi i thing.
But l.is purifiers last worJ< had touch
«• 1 hi- pride, and sumiiioiitng all hi* r<*o
Ittfi »n h* opened the door and walked irv
But his coo rage tailed h in as he came
#,pp« s te the desk where she s:X, and he
1 '■ I bv, glancing sidt-wi-c at the uncon
•- "*ii* occupant, who did not lilt her head
- he approached.
A tier -peskuig to a cl rk ii tin* further
1 I of the room, he walKed*!* w!y back to
where the young lady .-at, and who, as he
passed rirsed a pair of -oft blue eyes.
?■ ‘ noting a bewildering g m» •• in 7*mith s,
that he felt to the toe of Ins hoot.
Mihs—Miss —he stammered.
My name is Georgians. •aid the young
lady -Hiiiing • ail m George for
elinrt"
y •!!» Mi*s George—'Georgian a. 1 am
r‘ rH’d that you || find your situation rath
<r utiplea-aut.
Not hi all. sir. On the contrary I find
* M*ry pleasant ami e mi fort able.
Ahem'—hut I fear you will hardly be
< ptHl to lhe discharge of its duties.
1 hope not It \o i wd! run youf eye
°'er the balance sheet ymi wil! find «rv
thing correct.''
With <ln(*rnle Ii0|«. that Him"- would
■"in.tl,in|» niiiinx. Mn.tl, did n, I
ui-np|wiitite«l.
1 '"’I* y<"> Hav, no fan'll to find.' ta d
r lerk. rather an tions’v, oti wrccc;
that he hesitated.
1 »r. » «omui~"
rrr. whMlirr al. nliod 1., a Mi id.Ti
<"*S-y "I d ni | , t|„ i.mk rink., Hint
J-r- w Mill inor. pink at tin, rn'.l.t r nntue
ca no to at. a'.oi
At this theMniling face settled into an
expression of demure gravity.
“I must plead guilty of tl.'e charge ofbe
, mg a woman llut though it may l^a mis
lor tune. Itgafi scarcely K called a laulu
at mu rate it is oue lor which 1 am not
answerable."
••You misunderstand me. ma'am. What
I meant to any was. that them are certain
duties connected with your office, such ns
opening the store, gotnp to the post-office,
etc., which you cannot very well per
lorm,” j
“I assure you, sir, tint I like nothing
better tlian an occasional walk in the
open air. Audi* to opening the store,
and sweeping and dusting. I don t know
w hy it should la hauler to perform llinl
office for a store than (or a house.”
fl claim no consideration lor my »cx.'
resumed the young lady, casting a re
prohchnil glance ill the |erplexid counte
nunoe of her employer, "hut 1 qsk in com
mon justice, that 4' 1 jieriorm tny duries
satisfactorily. that von will not discharge
me fim/ihf bteaust I am a woman!' ■'
Muttering a disclaimer of soniakiml, he
hardly knew w hat, Smith bval a sudden re
treat to his own room, assuming a hold
irutit as he met his lan tilers inquiring eve,
but with an inward consciousness that lie
had been completely routed by the enemy.
"Going'' said Jenkins, with iionclinl
ence most provoking.
“Well, no. not to-day. What the deuce
art- you grinning at? ’
“Oh, nothing—nothing at all. ’ respond
ed Jenkins, throwing hitnseil tiaek in his
chair, and regarding intently a fly on the
1 ceiling
"What 1 was going to remark was." re
I sumed Smith, with quite an unnecessary
u-Buinplion of dignity, “that I have con
cluded t i allow the young lady remain till
I can find some situation lor Iter more in
accordance with her sex.”
"Very kind and considerate ol you said
Jenkins, drylv, ‘ especially taking into con
sideration that site does her work belter
than any clerk that we ever had. and less
puy, too."
•Smith was hy no mean- the ogrr he
seemed. Add?from hi* prejudice lie wa
ft sensible, kind hearted man. Georgian!!
was not called U|«m to 0|ien the’store or
run errands, though she oili-red to do both.
Curious to relate, as days and wetk- pu
sed, Smith's repugnance to her presence
not only vanished with them, hut lie Lg
gan to regard it w ith po-itiv a pleasure.
lie used lo olten look through the glass
door, watching the graceful |ioist ol the
head and the motions ol the deft little fin
gers ns lligy glided over the paper, until at
lu-l curious IntmieK seemed to creep into
his brain, and In- began to indulge in glow
itig dr cap ib ol how wonderfully -uch a lit
tle woman as that would brighten Up his
lonely and cheerless home.
tut he determined to proceed cautions
ly. lie had it. Ills luuiaeln-eper was
about to leave, he would other Mi.-s Gard
ner Hie situation—and then.
Having formed this resolution, his next
step was to request the young lady 's pres
ence in his private cilice, a sutiituoiis that
was promptly obeyed
“Miss Gardner, don't you think tliesiiu
ation as housekeeper in a quietjlioine, like
mine, fur instance, would be (irclfp'itble to
your situation here0”
, ... rv 'MV II
-uni (ieorgiaim, coloring nt this abrupt
in<|tiiry nnd the look which accompanied
it \
Was tin?old gentleman about to make
ber an offet?
IJut bia next words relieved liar ol this
apprehension.
"My housekeeper is about to leave me,
and 1 -bo l d Lc giad to have von supply
her place."
t.eurgiaua s face grew very red. and her
mouth dimpled the smiles that she strove
vainly to supples*.
"You are very kind, sir, but the tact is,
Mr. Jenkins ha- spoken to hie first. '
"Mr 'Jenkins?"
i es, sir He asked me lobe bis house
keep, r, and I sai l I would.’’
“H it. my child, Mr. Jenkins is:t ung
man—it would not he projter tor you to
Keep bouse tor l.im Mow nidi lue ii j„
different" *
Ami lie rjfci’.a iuwatdlv ugreed with
him In lai: t, thei<- was all the did t retire
in the world to hi r
"Hiikdieasked me to |,u bis wife as well
n- buusekeep' r
"• n If
Smith’- fir«: feeling wit* that of intense
m-;..ill iiprtik hit next, of rpiite as strong
■ k a - f i 11.i: it all ended irt mi emotion ol
ihai.ltlnlnesi that he bad not committed
hims.lt
I nt hi- disnpfiohrtment could t.ot liar e
rankled very deeply, lor lie alien.led the
we.I bng. Viewing, with smiling Ifampiility
• he cernm.uy that, tr.inslarfficl hi* new
clerk into Hie happy wife of hi* fortunate
partuir. Jenkins.
< if the eighteen I’resideni* oftheT i.i
ted Slates, Si-ven were Isifn in the veriiiil
seasons ol lit" ye'if. % is James Ma li-on
on March ->ih li.il, Aiulivw Jackson r.n
March J nil Ilf..; John I'aylor on March
‘doth, 119t) llioin t- J. tlerson on April
‘-’nd 1743 .lamp* Monroe on April !£Mli
175H; Jamtv Buchanan on April 143 1791;
and lily Me* K lirant on April 2rih ISJ'g
The only incumbent ol the Presidential
chair horn in the summer Season, was John
tyuinev A.lans, whose birth dates July I lib
lit'.*, those of the Presidents who were
born in the season ol AultlHin were John
Adamson October d ull I73A; Jmne* K
Polk on Koran bn 1 i TVS Zachary
I av lor on X. vein her ‘.Mill list ami Krai, k
. lin I’teroe on November 'J.t.l Inrit. The
I'rr-idirits that were liorn during the win*
• r ui Ji.tli- were, tirnrgt Washingt.in on
f-iTuar) litli 17’JH. Martin Van" Boren
n JWr n.bef, I7'J William Henry llasri
i sti’i on Kehruary 9th 1773. Millard P ill
. more on January 7tll l*tm Andrew John
4 'v On rtecemhiT JVth 1'**. ami Ab.ahsn
l.iucoln on Krhrnury Pith IJWKI Ihesi
dent Washington died in Ids irdtb tear
John Adam* in his 74lk, jeSri >n in Hist
Mad,so i in h - Haiti, Monro in hit 7 ; I
Jacks.mi in In- 7.Mh. Joan 1/ A lam* in i.i
71*:. 4 in Ibiru. in H rth flair.-n. in his
1 ;b Ty rr in lu« 731 lay! >r i . Ini fi'ith,
| I’. in bis with, Kiiluwrf is *tlP ai.ee ami
in lus 7.3d vine. Bierce d «w4w his R’-lh
, Iliicliunan in h s 77tl I.ine.do in his Sb:h
Johnson is alive anj in his fp.hyear ami
I’rati dint »• ) y cuts 0f a," tbit
mm.!. ,
For the third time lion. Tito* A. H»n
drirks is put si th« head ol the Democrat
ic ticket.
The third lime is the cliarm—there is
luck in odd numbers.
A man who sailed around the world and
carried h Philadelphia newspaper in his
pocket, said it was the most widely circu
lated journal in America.
The total reduction of revenue bv the
new Tariff and Tax bill is $5:1 .U37,25y.
If you want to make a Kadical squeal,
ask him whether he has seen Sumner's
speech.
Judge—“Well, you are fond of stealing.
If 1 should let vou steal now, what would
• ou steal?” Prisoner—“1 would steal
away, your honor. '
General A. C. llarding, member of Con
gress from the Hock Island District, de
clare* for Greeley, and says there nre live
hundred Republicans in Warren county
who will Tote that ticket. *
A convention of the counties interested
lias been called to inert at Marietta. June
H, in regard to a railroad from liellair to
1 ronton.
'A good old man dowru in Massachusetts
I eing Ur-hed to vote tor the noted lobhler
(declined, remarking, 'I would like to show
vou a bad job ol cobbling he done for me
forty years ago, that's all."
_ Colfax was made the Jonah of the
Grant Kadical Convention, and thrown
overboard to appease public opinion. Poor
Smiled
There were l,(i29 births. 437 marriages,
and 1,552 death# in Kichmond, Ya.. last
year.
A strawberry lias been raised in Raleigh,
N C . that weighed an ounce and a q ar
tcr.
W lien Pleases and the great Stuiler
were nominated the Kadical ticket was
U hiI. and prui.ellu. Ily the substitution
"I the Natick cobbler fort'idlax it has be
come awl leather
The Kentucky War Claim vvift no doubt
now lie settled, a bill having recentlv pass
id Congress for that purpose,
An Indiana patriarch 1ms lived to form
. the acquaintance of Lie great greal-grcal
grandchildren.
Young society men in New York now
ape lord Gordon, and pul s ertsi on their
v isiting cards.
Some one savs tiiat the lobster is a posi
i liiiiuoqs work of creation, lor it is onlv
re-ad alter its death
Ohio claims to have three million more
acres of land under cultivation than Penn
sylvauia.
The Bible has been translated into Es
quimaux by the Moravian brethren in
l-abrador.
• lie annual income of the In.ly who pr»
Hnfi-s over the lb-public ot'tionniis in l’arts
ta $dUO,<MX>.
A penknife was found in the heart of a
' tree lately felled in New Haven
'I'li* Noble County, Ohio. llt)iMiran
says: **A wool-buyer in this county in
r<>rins its that lie is [paying not to exceed
o">c for the t<esi grades ol wool, anil 7dc
lor tub-was lied.”
A Danlmry, Connecticut, man has not
slept out of the town for thirty years.
A tame crow in (.ausing. Mielugar,
lives with the liens and crows each matin.
_ Seventy-eight acres in the I eart of
I.vansvillc, hid are in litigation.
A ‘gnrilin or devil ’ is scaring- the rail
road laborers near Muscatine, Iowa.
) ^ Baltimore minister is deponed just lor
playing whiskey poker ami auction pitch
for the drinks in a lager beer saloon.
A Chicago court recently Condemned a
| small hoy If. three rears' imprisonment for
stealing twenty five cents from hie mother.
I An alligator la feet in length nnd Weigh
ing Mf'J pounds was recently killed near the
mouth of the Ocklawha river in Florida.
\ .Similar school [phenomenon in New
, * anaan. ( onm, cixiuiuilted to inemorv .i.70
I verses of Scripture in one week.
or the (.rant [wees in Iowa 2> journal*
are edited l,y men who hold office under
<ira.it, or receive his official [patronage.
I wo of (irant * retainers in the I'nited
I States .Senate have attempted to answer the
, -[s-ech ol Mr. Sumner, hut have failed.
The Philailt-lpliia /’nnf. one of tlo muni
Had leal sheet-, here!-.fore, in that city. Imp.
repndiat-d (irant, a I com. ..-it forfi.-ti
Dr. Ilnston has been acquitted, and now
will [,riss Ins soil (or libel agin.-: the Bal
timore American.
An ounce of mother, t.in a Spanish
proverb, it worth a pound of ilergy
I nna Aurora Borealis Smith i* the eu
1 phoneotis name of a western female.
A deadly [letroi: ilruggi-t advertises
1'ariit green, for suicide* and |«>tato hugs "
The Sandwich 1'lar ders get-rally look
with ilisfaror m the woinet s r glifs mote
uteiit
ft ;e man op Bloomington, Illinois I . s
•olu one iniiliun grape vines fh'» year.
I lie w its- is the still of tile Social *ys.
'<•111. I nle-s--he attracts tlii)i i-is noth
iilg lo keep heavy Implies, lib. |,n
luuul*. frdni fly ing ofl lnlo s|pite« .
‘ It h'k" I’otni-roy iletllics a Lib ral
11-ptililiciiti a- * tsiit. vyho is willfuy a
I* Mineral shonhl vote a Ksptiblii-iin
into office, so the I h inoera s Cali In
ki pi out.
Thirty -t w o of f|,o rilitor- of tin
lifly fivcGriut newspapers of Minin
■ota are office-holders The rtt. l’aul
published the list.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Drug Store.
WALL & BUFFINGTON
Would respectfully inform their friends and the public, that
thc\ are carrying on the above business as formerly, at the
Cor. of Eighth, st. and Third Ave.,
irrxnxG TON, w. Vi.,
in all its branches, and that they have now on hand, and intend
keeping lor sale, a full line of
Drug* and Medicine*,
DYE-STUFFS,
Paints, Oils, Tarnishes,
BRUSHES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES.
SOAPS
of every sort, and a thousand and one articles too tedious t.»
particularize; all of which they arc ottering to sell at
*>f i « t vr ut .1 h *otf
Very Low Prices for Cash!
Their stock embraces almost every article usually found in *
Drug Store, and they will be constantly making such additions
as may ho necessary to keep their stock complete and attracts o
prescriptions ^arcfullp Jfilled st all Jours, J|;.jjor Jjigljt,
THE ARGUS
!
ROOK ASI> JOIt
PRINTING HOUSE,
AVAL F. WALLACE k CO., PROPRIETORS.
I lii.- new ftnd extensive establishment is supplied with all
the necessary presses, machinery, type, and other material. to
jenable the proprietors to execute at short notice and upon the
(most reasonable terms, every description of
i 3 * ^ *i* < i # 9 ,
i in as good style and at as low prices as work of like character
can be done in any of the Eastern or Western cities; and they
’are, at all times, ready and willing to duplicate Cincinnati
prices. Long experience in the business enables tlum to exe
cute their werk in the neatest and most fashionable style known
;t<> the Art, and they will he thnnkfui for public patronage.
Special attention will l>c given to all Kfcamboat and
Rsiliosl Printing, and to nil Mercantile or other Job
Work, with which they may be favored, such ns
Hill-Haul*. Cord*, Circular*, Letter
anti Mule llrndinf/e. f*rof/rtlmuice. Center*,
Auction mil*, mill nod Clenlf Tivkrtn, En
relo/te*, Invitation*, dr.
Statements, Legal Blanks,
Druggists’ Labels, Wedding Cards,
Pamphlets, Shipping Tags,
Visiting Cards? Mourning Cards,
Shipping Cards, Funerol Notices,
Catalogues, Sale Bills.
Checks, Call Cards, See,
J hose in want of neat Printing at low prices, have nothin
to do but bring it on, or send in their orders to
WM. F. WALLACE & CD.,
HUNTING0 ON.
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