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J. o - "' Fth of Column........ .. Ic. n, Cards, (occupying slpace ul eight lines or less.)......., 0,4 THE FALSE FRIlEND. BY COLONCI.! LL'(N LI.'ITTE. The astMrays of th satltitg in i 'u upnm a large gilt crosn. :.: .:.l; the steplc of a country chur..h,. :: tl:' 8tte of Connecticut, causing it to look like pure gold set in the dlairk blse sky. The church st ,i,,l ,,ia, the' bank of the Conbecticnt i\e:-. tYa:,t here ran through lovely scenery: of rolling hills, ntsadow-latlandt aii "i iti vated farmu, dotted with the ha;:l; omei country-seats of the wealthy anid the cottages of the poor, that added lit; to the scone. (sliding slowly down the river was a sail-boat, containing too pelrsnis, a lady and gentleman, the fori'er a ha 'id some, v -c girl oa (i¶-ihten. i-i latter a young manl at ;a'. i% i (e. " See, Preston, th, re is a giol oln.nii fur us," exclaimed the . ontag lady. poiantig at the same time with her gloved hand to the shining cross. "Yes, Gertrude, it does seem like a good omen, for it is only visible from this position; but the sun is almost down, and I must not keep you out af ter dark," answered the geutlenman, taesi g the bow of the boat toward ita distant landing, in boat of a large and handsome mansioo, nearly bid by a bhey feest that surreonded it, While ts, beat isag4paehing the landing 1, will p.seat to my realers its ii,aitAs. Gertrude Clyde was tUt.' i.",:1,. it ot a lady of eosiderable weals i, %Aia. u her early uauied life hald i:.c in tihe world oftdflien in the ci;y ,! oN,. Yorkt buat ipon the dal.th ,, ,r ;,J band-that occurred w"heu (;tertlraudt was quite yoang--had ietire.d to hlir old homestead, left her b heri :er tar. and pased her days inthe eil ecar .l:a l ,,t her daughter. Togther is quiet e'uapyment Mrs. Clbead Gertrude hat .splnt maty plasSt years, and suirLutUdled, :as they were, by elegalice atnd eoalnltat, sad living in a rflia.d ttigha In ,iod, their ives glided lhnakaxntl oi , i tl out a ripp:y of discontenct or tuni':.appi to distord them. At the time this story cwmmens ; Gerwtde was eightetn. HIand aia\nlg receivedl a tl4urough edalc.tijn aid poasesdag majty accwlaani.1aw..s, atd detshbasy and wl..It.ad , renderi ad be a pea favorite with all who haew r. Mrs. ('yde htantug rile(t the kbhmahi worldl ot htr set, asa atbitios, and looked forwuri to her daight aking a brilliant nmateb, whom Jb would occ;ly a aaeitint for whlch e waa so wall fitta-l. lying sear Mrs. Clyde na a M.r. Wentworth, a man forty year, af ag, a bache or, and earama-'ia~!y v c:at!,. 1, .. . . . .is , ofa g (Htd ta 1nily, au1 ha. - ing thav'le(1 all of iis ecia . li. ', halkl returned holime to spend hI .-4 i s in lenjo lniellt, fuedin g his apl. ti;e tuI ipl n, v:re" withltat 14 ma~l to (l) !. !-I, tart. he wasl cotlsiilhrl d 1,3 " i:1.1 . ;.', l\e a ll m llliIulu " iasL the ll't " c,' , 1: " t' the countl y. A tfew inotllh;s tle'ore the oipll n I this story, Mr. Weutworth hau i;:vi ted to visit him a dist:lnt rel.ti ie, Prestou S lvester, who had just. re turned from Europe after complellting his educ'ition. t( i'leston was )no ordinary tl;itn, (Ifintl; I '. l .t h n il m e, tai,!il, ,0, anti l , . ,g : I u tinl1e na; urt', the hid tair t,, t trax, e tt n hi t 'rill t !n :ia '"' . ':. ,. B:.ill 1. ft .il orlph n.&l titte ni. -ilnI having Io i "ow-T to Eve , htt:p . i ,.I . :it owit''- ['h .I It Ilpoil bi::, w'., it i t ! : i ll 1 Ot n iai lltain himnself, h l.:1; h Ili t ';g 't"'. I . util! Mi '. WV tn r t l', ' , i' wtorth i cei ed a thorough -ol!egiate .a't't{, 'ile t tn'tl l t' , i i .'i t im t 'I r: t.. ;to n i a" it:.1 l!t i. iT:0 ' -ihti l ,a ili r , tu' ll his al i' i t I' all t ii . rtuth oa . twl uplaoi tt : evi:as of I it, irt e t.:r ,lore never run m, t h." i hi." it : : r t::el ,hi: 1 " t ioie ( I ir l. t " t .1 'I.. Iv t e , *i a , :it. "i't .i ui Il'. y:l.o .; i f, h tm u. l l,; .I . Liotl. .:l" '.. iilto her. n t be the ' rt' i i itntwotrnth vast elr taelI , t h ,ei, tlio eli 'to h larve W hi " h'aIir ieo.r to 'rs. LIt.', tu his r os t h:is dV. ot4' lo.e' t"r ter iaugle d to go out We. ha t I. : iwasgh uonthe eve of hsl tho &tI i I a'. h was Clitrolu d toittn uirtly itor., a hl 111 t ia . I ' turnil! g w it i ( itt ' i it.. i, to gitza th ie. r ( \, i in,: t tI''l , to cea it ,ti' .l . "t1r " I .t'Ii atzI t, '\ 1 . ' 1,i i. " .1 0. t il' irlllpu l Arri till at Rivetiti , ht, itn.lil autIr. i tn U'.n in tl ,i," :i. tl it. vedand told hl i ei of h i t : tit' is al t taiºitnig so lat i ct to l .r' . ,'e t o.i. tit : Icoldly ,\to etIrnr weth l;tiiy. l; 's ! ,Grttrt entered the houseri , li PI esti ii it rwing tis nir "ler to o , .l t l ) 1ie, tol' her of his det ohid lote for . iher daughter, sI d - egg-d that t2' il. .I might ett dy hope to cl im her. Mrs. Clyde pllteneld quietly 111 all hr Ih l: a lt 't l l 2 ien2 t! e d it eii' t t " , ' '. t'roio and ,utt.ing iter dteo .orl ied higd t, ai t h e hil: i I:." .. Iiý j d,:ii,a.1 :;l e for N, w Yoi'k, r' )1 fcn'll t'it 1.,1' a few dayS itftr r, ; .,i :,1 mSan 1t II* 4 ic('o. if N..,r I N(o tyear- had gone by, and ht iitO uh (,ert:ude hiad heard no word At 'l 4n I 'i"u,'st she remained tinle to her :,,v,. it s A s'di:g all who si ulghlt her -l .\Vc.,a.orth was a ilt'requellt risi- c 1i, . tI., th" t.iiink. Mrs. ('iClyde's plate, ; ;1,,, I tTle (' er asked by (ertrn tl, it !h1 , : i:. ; ird irii Pritstol always re - t plied il the tiiegatiave. tE One evening while taking te at et 1i:?le Lialuk, hle annilUnled to Mrs. d. Li, ,.:I._;ttlI ('ertrudle that he would b lcav a it W !afe t orI 'iEurope, but Si. t-nIimsii a ishori't t iime iwly ; aid si S, - !'rvi g ..it ugiii. ul e he l la thiea e 1 at -'ingl A' euts s're sOntl !,t ite, . .. ..- ; .i l 1, III r i ct. ,i': l. t . ,svi r l l. I e I Y a k l te't, ihe : I ,.,; !.: i i. ai l l fi tl ii .tatero lll. "i' dI ',,lir. he ,';ailed at a bar1ber 1h0,. ... 1d pru'iiiig a wig of long is.w hiilr, and at h;earvy beard, tried , is onu. and liiinhij' satisfied himself v .ll, ,'t1[ lnsikI or ~etuliinelne , he or :i " c i I i'.1t to his tiuLrR5. ,. , ir. returnl to my hero. ,," I... Lle.e dtoir of a st nIll lbr.l in , i,." i" l4tpit parts of t'alitot'niita,. . li:gh brownled by long , .. :,;1 haviiing lonig, ct iici ih I iia .. I ,.. ;.k eil b 'ea d, i1t easily re- . 41., I- i'r'ston 8ylvester. Hlei S, ::!i:1 is he ,looek'-i 1 from the I S 1., .. . :!" l ,o k ,is lc', nl l 1 ris-t " 1 , ' , lilt' ll:l 1''" i l Vt" - i0 1 u a r, ? t a ;k4al thie strantiger. '" I i 1 :i 4 a tl oi iet: .,ilt. 1et , I :l . ath i 1'. Lh j,i ' , i ,t4Z4'iiln .: \o, . *i l i ,i . , a letter ie tfit . " t º ,ii f' , i o. l r . !' 1 t i igl iu t SIi'n, , you art wel ansne. C oie il :i!iil r .V pla youlr things awayi. How .' . 1,: l'. : w , ".i and t ehit'lie did i. 1 , ti us l; ,. j' " I' i, tilliA i. th _. andi le Was I. 'erV i. ,: 'i ; '.' ..r to ) .t.' r l li $ o1 i t'1 1, -. ' ti "Iii 'lore than tor . . !: l t ( ii,'* 4lol'y do g out at S .,..,,t ." .". I,':: ;:1% t'ra l coll aniplnu, who , ,i . also. 1i'ii'ig ifromi , I - i t., e iti, hadl di tl l leftll ui l ..... :l 4 , .1 t' Is/ti 'te, iiim le DIte him 1,hIr. Ih' ,lvin witili fie ill his earnings; -.i i ", , i linI l .cwk ill a liw titay." S.di'. . a ... hs l of the night thI t",tt ''i ",'t conve"rsing. :and theni re An lour ano n 'el and tbei the F"l'is gr s ..1;1t '!hisnelf from his blak*ret, nid s'ucig tibnt Prcstn slept, drew a longi, -:e1ll4er knite. a 0l drov 1* | ep i t, i!1, side oi rthe Rleiping main. O(ise , rToiln et:+ ins" himu. ani agalin :as qluiet. The s tlralng,r arose S ip d hl i kiif i, tl ot tue tisl ktlt, alidl ii1k1in. uip hii i l'i raps !ett the clbill. ,ik, 14i.', ihl. .ist returned from . i. 11 iN (' eri 1iL with .Mrs. ... 1,, l;'. ,s junst received by SIhh]letI 1t cr'y3 escapes her, and -1h, i falls ftoi'waird iipotl the ceaater tabhl. ih:thl 1.:r iather and Mr. Went, ',,,. iS, i'hesi to her, lumt ahe atager. *.' pifet, aiin cried: "" aih, ,l loir Pieston Mother, hei 444 4k-4l ! J*1&' at'e h !" ' ii (ilvde seized the paper, and • A .iii i~ililtclit~t'o journal ciltains i4 tisitt.. of th" death of Mr. Priston .4: r, ,,f New York, he having I44,i . ,rn .tlly niisur ltere l hi bib eathin in is...,,l,-. .'sJ ctinu to the murderer 4... Cli ' iS ,ico e,'ed, anti lhis Iid.\' was onlh. hi4od sOnme house ' after th ! dced, i.a a .bad eI" hldiams. Mr.I bviltt.c' is isetter known under- the ::.; dr 4,,,m e ofa ' Tanlhuser.'he having i c'., ri,!'uls' a number of pithy sketchesi :ii Sil4,' po5mil. t i the preMs i ider that' ia IIN dleath will ho univer:ally n regretted by hib nuIlnu ous amJirers"t Mr. W\en'worth turned very Hpale asI Mrs. Clyde read tLe account, and I rising Iwgged to be excused, saying he had loved Prestoa as Idi own c son. Time rolled on and Gertrmule again mighled in ws'iety, though a sadnessa had crept ovel her lovely fat* and ·eat out the sun1shine from it. " 1adaie Rumor" said she w1as .noon to marrt Mr. Wentworth, and for ouuce th l , attalous Uadame's tolgue did aot lie, for she had yield ed to his entreaties and the expressed desire t~ her tmher, and routiuel to, becomlne his wife, It was eveiing and Mr. Wentworth sat in Ilis '!egant library, his lace Vct,A'd aiad a bitter look hcvcrinz .trouid his rioutlt. 1'11 r:ead ,iiis precious letter again,' h, sail 9ll ,king lioud, and opening a lt1;',: he hie ' in his htanid e read:i .Yonl will no dou!t bwi greatly I r,,ried to fitl tahat he that was i 'lat is a'ive al.ain. but it is evlen so 1 Vl . t il. 1 i)i .'tlLda 111d liduit, 4.1 iAtj ti ,.oed tI .4 dleadl, btl tinili, atter at w hile that 1 yet lived, th''y c:Lritld Wur to their vilhage, and thongh I lingered for mouths between life and death, I retov'tred, thanks to thiier care. 1 will stop in N'w lYok tfi :ra few days 1illd the joili ,yol, but do not tell (icrtrun!e yet. I ha:ve a large fortnne at my olumand, atnd aim hencefor'tlh i itepiindeut. ' ~iiucerely yours, PItkESTON SYLVESTEg. " So lie has come to ilie agtilt, has he !" mused ML. \Wntworth. k " lt lhe cates too late, fr in four d'lys Geatl'r;de tlil b1. 4lmiy wi-'e. So Iny i'. itentled trip to Elulirope aid 'loua g v- oitge to S:1tu 'i'urici.co alnid iakli was usel L . iHere, you Ilhack ra.scl, what do ,ou wanit I" 1T 1..as reruark was to Ja:k, who, unll)4,itAc i:. by his waster, hiad euter e i thle room. SS.ilper is ready, sir," returned. t Leat Pe IC froo., sir, and see that oui kuock alnother tille." '1TIw negro turneed away ,.utttering "I'll write to Master Preston at once to comne here. low glad I am I opei~t tlmnt letter when I thought it was frosu.him. So Master We twuor.a did int go to Europe, but to Wtliforniai '-and tried to kill poior Prestou. Nev\er mind, I'll outwit him." It was upon the eve of Mr. Went worth's marriage with Gertrude, and : the lovely moonlight night meoemed to promlie a tine day for the, morrow. SSt3andiug.upou the side of the road, where it Wotud along the lbacks .of the river, was a man with a lhea.vy cloak thrawn around him, while near him, holding two horses by the briald.es, wias the uegro.-Jk, who has Mercer, let me speak with you." Soon all was ready, and Wentworth, lighting a tresh cigar, took his stand, while Preston drew the rim of his hat over his eyes in a manater that showed " he nmeant his alt should bh deadly. usa M",rcer gave the words, which rang out clear in the cool night air tifu , Gentle-men, are you ready " lool "' RLady." said Wentworth, in deli answer, wvhile Pritton bowed a re- of spouse. All Mlirere continued: •" Fire ! One-two-three !" she The last word was lost in the re- ma pIrts of the two pistols. amt Went- ap worth fell heavily to the ground. The "a'n gronp gathered around him; but the is i ball from Prestont's pistol had dealt the him a mortal woand., andt he was dy- ano tea Rla.in~itg imsinelf on one elbow, Mr. r.i Wentworth held out his hand to Pres Io toU, saytiug: th " I did wroug, in.y detr boy-forgive tin ,he, for I am dying !'' ti :1 1o forgive ,oni, as I hope to be th( f ,, e,"' sa;td P:' s: ',. holding hard art to ti'e iand of \oatiwo:th. l " 'Thi.oNk llou l - len But the head fell back, and he was cad'. enj • .Mr. Sylve..er, we will t tk his fre Sbod houLe, and break the news to- * mortrow to Mlrs. (Cly3de; so yolt had beat leave at ol-e ," said Wright. ter Thanking the two gentlemen for no their kitdness, Prestou wmouted his tih horse, and followed by Jack left the tli fat al Sj t. lie The affair created a treat excite- an: wment in the uneghiorhood, but when all the ti th was known ow Mr. Went 'r worth hadl treated Preston, and at teinlltt 41 to murder him, few felt much jo5 sympathy for the dead man. Gertrude grieved deeply over the w sad end of Mr. Wentworth, though Ia she had never loved him; but her joy he at knowing that Preston was alive an again overcame all other feeliugs. it Mr'. /'ylyde was lromsrated at the sh news, and, feeling that her ambitious 1o1 detligns or her daughter had easeed wI t the death of Mr. Wentworth, abe oe- 0 ceived a shock from whick abe never m' t recovered, and, after lingering for a feiw weeks, died, a penitent woman. ni SGertrude received a lbag letter l t'roi Preston, telling of himself, and 0. bogging for her love again. So after the leath of her mother, she closed lup the house, sad, aecompanuie only w" orv bher"-,maid, Jack's wife, went to at Richmontd, where Ahe met .Preston, s L, and allowed bim to ulad her to the , alter and made her his loving wife, u w being still inr'yr evoted to him for ri e t sorrows and maloeriuge he had . gone thlrougb t lovte of -er. - a In a-happyihome in the far soath w reiton and his wife ire living, aad seat to thevaelves the two atest in- t ltqta ltasumlu e on the pl*tat·tiou re Jack and hli wife-lJack being to rnlented to b Ithllshed ftrom his old a' otne in Connecticnt, for he still be ieves the pIUrt he enacted Io the fatal it luel was toO important to allow him el Sreturn there ' unwhippd of jastice." LAsoR-SATvl I ECEIPTB FO g AlB WIEATIIER.-A party who pro tes to publish a ntew LHousnekeepett' nide, aetndus to the lBoaton Uommir. im l Bulletin the l wiug extracts -uu the lorthrolinlg work: Plain aut--an interview with a ;aratoga hotel cerk. To nmake a gnomd juae--sk any horse 9, cuductor. To toil a tougue--driu k scalding "To wake a good brofl--leave letter ron otne of your old sweethearts your wife can lind it. How to make no nladian loat-give Ui a gallon ot whisky. I"hb+'to make good uIff -send the ubltsher ftfl. cents a line for theti. A plain loaft-a visit to the wprairies. How to make pi-jostle a printerd' To "bone" a turkey-take it when the ipalterer is not lookiag. To orn beet--fteed y)-our cattle at a brewerv. How to Releet a tbal-ask the am pire ot a baise ball mat'h. A plai stew--a trip in an old-fah reed street railway car on a warm day. Hlow to dress bents-a horsewhip is a good thing to drees beata with, es ipeoialy if he be a dlead beat,. 1Wheant is a man not a man i WTbh( _ . .; ~.' -·ll The Grandmother. BY nhAS ClR TII AINDXSON. ,randaapima is so old, she has ao many wrinkles, sad her hair is quiTte white; but her eyes shine like two stars. Yes, they are much more beau tiful; they are so mild, so blessed to look into. And she can tell the most delightful stories; and she has a dress of thick silk that rhtCles; it iscovered with large tLowers. tGrandmnammna knows so much, for she lived long before papa and mam ma, tiht is certain. Grandmanusm has a psalm book, with thick silver clasps, and she reads in it otten; in it lies a rose; it is quite pressed and dry. It is not so fine as the roses she has is the vase, and yet she always smiles most kindly at it; there even comes tears in her eyes. How can it be that, grandmaufita hoks always so fondly upon the witheamd rose in&..ha old book ! Do you know ! Each time that graLinaimmwa's tears fall upon the flower its color revives, it fresheus igain, andt the whole room is tilled with the st'elt of it ; the walls dli.ppear as thounhi they were ouly fog, and all around is the green beautiful wood with the sun shining through the leaves, and grilndmaunma-yes, she is quite youngI She is a beantiful girl with goblt locks and blooming cheeks. engaging and lovely; no rose is more fresh; yet the eyes, the mild, b'ess.d eyes, they are still gr:ndmamma's. By her side Is seated a youth-so young, haiulsoinc and strong' ILe o ters e.r the rose and she smails, but not than smiles grandmammal Yes tlhi smile comes. lie is gone; many tum,:ghts and many forms pass by; the Ihaudsome youth is gone, the rose lies in .the psalm book, and grand-, nammua-yves, there she sits again as an l.ld lady, gazing at the withered rose that lies in the book. Now Grandwmamma is dead. She set in the easy chain, and to~dl p long, long delightfuil story. "And now it is over," she said, "and I aqn quite weary ; let me sleep a little." Then she Jay back, drew a heavy sigh, and slept; but it became more and more still, and her ftee was so full of peace and joy, and it was as it the sun shined upon it; then they said she was dead. Shie was laid in the black cotin, en shrouded in pure white lien ; she Iooikel so beautiful, and yet her eyes I were closed. But all the wrinkles were -une; a sweet smile played on her month ; her hair was so silver white, so honorable, no one could be atraid to look at her; it was still the same be nigh kind grandmamma. And the Spsarih book was laid under her head as she herself desired, and the nose lay r in the old book; and so tha buried On the grave, close under the church wall, they planted a rose tree, and it stoodl tul of blo(m1ns; the nightingalo sang over it. and tromt within the church the organ played the most e beautifrl psalms i-tthe book that lay e, under her head. And the min)n shone r right down upon the grane; but the dead one was not there; every child coultl tearlessly go there at night and dhark a rose, there by the church yard i wall. d One that is dead knows more than all we living know; the dead know the dread we should feel at anything 1 so strange as that they should come to us; the dead arie m ttr than, we allr r and so they do not come. There is earth over the coffin, there. is earth in i it. The psalm Itook with its. leaves is a dust, the rotse with all its associations Iha c.rulbll. Ptd into dtust ; ut above freas roas bhlm--above the nightin gale sings, and the organ playai; one thilnks o the old gramelmother, wuith the mild blue eyes ever yound. E3es can never dii! Our :haJl one, r day see her, young ~tl beautiitl as w ien tiw the knt time she ki-ed fresh a red rose that lieth now dutt in the grave Jnidge Jerry 8. Black, who has late. lv come out for Greeley, once bndl: S'Oh all the prominent men in the conllitly, G(reeley is the oil iall;i Cr iwhose- iamte has been mnentioneld in c-nniletlrill with tile Presidency w\ ho is ntterly uutiL to receivec it. I -------~------- - Cololnel J. SI. Clark, of New Orleans, le was at tihe Fifth Avenue anld ('ohrnel EF. L.e. Jewell of New Ortanss, at time ?. (Grrlald ,tral Hotel, New York, last r Satlu day. - -~L- f --- en The smokers wbo ride in ears set apart espeially few them on the Eight a avenue railroad, New York, eelaMt of the lntruuion oi ladies. Lie-~ ~ ______ Since Greeley fans have matd theil h- paraue in Noolk, Virgiia, the Sgirls now say, instead of "Chu wIles, fian thine owp," "Augutts, dear, please Gtrrey tnd." A blA City gave bi 'e 'f twins, one he of which weighed dqp/Alund. .nd - tbe ,thi"- , rteen a