Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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THB .M0TKE£8 PBATEH.
They ileop;'Atliwart my while Moon-marbled caaenieut, with   her .lolomn
lulen. Silently Wfltehlng o'er tlielr reft spreno, •Qazeth UlO Biar.*yed night.
^ ^ My elrl, sedate or wild ,      ,„
By tumu—na playful as a Kuinmor lirPcr:o, OreraToasnlght on Ktar-Ilt «outliorn Huaa—
Sereoa^ airange womau-chllu.
My bopy. mv twmhiing star! Tho whitest iniiib In Ai)rll'« tonderost fold, The blue.1t llower-bell fn U.o shniUest world,
His nttlns emblems are.
They are but two, and aH Mr lonely hearfaarlthmotlp Isdone Whnn these are counted. High and Holy One,
on, hoar ray trombllng call I
I ask not wcnltli nor fame For theue. my Jewels.   Diadem and wreath Hootlie not llie aching brow that UirobH bo- uunth, Wor cool Ita fovcr-flanie.
I ask not length of life, N«ir earthly honors.  Weary nre the ways Thegirted tread,unsafe the world's best pralso.
And keen Ita strife.
J a-sk nnl tlmt tn mo Thon spare tlieni, tliough tlioy do,irer, dearer
be Than rain IQ deserts, Rpring Ilowers to tho beo
Or sunshine tn the sea.
Bnt kneeling at tlielr feot. While smiles like suiiiincr light on shaded
streams Are gleaming from their gjftd nnd sinless dreams. I would my prayer repeat.
In thai alluring land.. Thefuture—wliere.amld gnien. stately bowei-s, Ornate wilh prondandcrlnisnii bUi.shliig ;^?r•r- ers,
IMeaanre, with smooth whllo hand,
Beckons the yonng .iwny From glen and hillside lo lior lianciiiot fair— Mill, the grim she wolf, cronclietli in lier liilr.
Heady to seize lu-r pruy.
The briglit and purpling bloom or Nightstinde nnd Apanlhns caunot liliie 'J'hoeliarred nnd bleaching bontvi that arc de¬ nied
Taper, and chrism, and tomb.
Lord, in this midnight honr I bring my lambs to Tiiee.  Oli! by TIij' trutu. Thy mercy, save tliem from the onvennmed tooth
And tempting poisnn.llower!
Oh, Crucmed and Crowned, Koep ust   Wo have no siileld, no guide but
Thee! Let snrron's como—let Hope's last blossom bo By Griefs dark tempest drowned.
But lead ns by Tliv hand. Oil. geulleSlieplierd. llli wu rest beside The still, clear waters, In the imatures wide
Of Tliiiieown sinless land.
ETOBEEIESS.
San and Eve lived together at Ap- pledecombc. This is not a very respect¬ ful way to speak of them, because, while Nan was but a girl, Eve waa a inarried woman aiid her mother, but then she was so young, so absurdly youug, to be the mother of a grown-up dnughter like Jfan, that it seems more natural to call her so, than by her pret^ ty, and rather romantic appellation of Mrs. Ashley. And should it be object¬ ed that Nau is too obviously put into the more honorable position, I can only plead that Nan was by far the more im-, portaut. Why, look at their lives. ] Kve had married while still but a child— a very pretty lialf-grown-up child; she had then had Nan, and her husband had died; after which, as. to all chauge, all excitement in her exist¬ ence, thero waa written up against it the one word Finis. She waa very sweet, very gracious, and the country all around loved aud cherished her, as something of a gem; but it had come to be an understood thing that tha glo¬ ry of her life had beeu told, and she was now only liviug for Nan. But a woman can be quite as lovable, and very otten a great deal more useful, when the story ot her lifo has been told, and Bhe has leisure to devote herself to othera, audEve was, with many, to tbe full aa popular as her littlo daughter. Truth tit say, sho waa utterly unselflsh, .sympathetic by nature, and very foir to look uiMin. It was so delightful to talk to Eve, aaid thc Kills, whilst giv¬ iug her u minnCe account of thoir last faiii:y fair, because slic know all about it; who h.id walked from the school- rouui to the church, and had entered iiit« woman's estate without ever hav¬ ing ouee shared iu tlieir pleasures. And the mcii, all young men from tho vil¬ lage, poured into her ears full aceounta of their latest love all'aii's and gathered fmm her sympathy that sho well un¬ derstood theiu from experience; Eve, tlio courso of whose lovo had run fiii)«othl3', np to the hist aad ending, aud who was innocent as a very child of the endless little channels throngh whicii it may flow.
Much more so, indeed, than her own child; who was gaining a vory fair knowledge of the troubles and pleasures of that passion, upon the axis of which it is said the world that wo live in turns rouud. For though Nnn was guarded like a Uot-houso flower, and held sa¬ cred as a link between the living and tho dead, Eve eould uot entirely shield her from a great many ovila ahe brought on herself. By no rule that applied to other girls could you read Nan. She would say ono thing, mean anothor, and expect that her thouglits ahould be divined. Sho would alt and sparkle at her mother all her little quaint say¬ ings an evening throngli, then au or¬ gan in tho street, touching. In some dreary old tune, one of Naii'a moat del¬ icate chords, she would burst out cry¬ ing where she sat, and when her moth¬ er, alarmed, astouialied, pained, would take her in her arms to comfort and console, the room would be ringing with laughter, beforo the tears wero dry on lier cheeks.
" Can't help It mamma," she would .says, "Igo up and down aa though all of my inside were made of elastic. One moiuent I am down iu the depths, and next, some absurd aprlng Inside me goes up, aud it seems so ridiculous for me to be aitting howling on the floor jibout nothing, and you looking at me M'itU auch a long face, that I am obliged to laugh."
Which, for one of Nan's statements, %vas unusually correct. If there had .only prizes beeu given for laughter and tears, how many of both Nan would iiavo gained in u year.
Only it will be aeen that she was in «naie sort an anxiety to her mother, while Eve believed there was not, among girla, her equal in the world. Her whole heart •waa wrapped up in her ehild, except suoh portions of it aa were buried in the waters with her hus¬ band, and the oue great triumph ofher life was Nan's first ball.
On that eventful night it was difficult to say whether she or her daughter waa the mostexcited. She would iet no one but herself put tbe finishine touch on Nan's fresh toilette, and old-fashioned jewels that had belonged to a bride, now sparkled and shone on the girl's fair neck. But what would any of Nan's subsequent admirers (putting out of the question thoae who might possi¬ bly be artists) have thought of the pi¬ quant belle of an eveuing could they have seen the picture before she atart¬ ed for her ball. A bed-room' fitted up like a boudoir, and hung round with glasaea. A girl standing up straight amoug a feathery mass of whiteneaa, long glistening lines of drapery falling from, and lying bright beside her on the ground, and a ligure scarcely less pretty kneeling in a half-dressed con-1 dition, and fnaleuing ou to her skirt hoMiouse flowers.
Nan, herself, looka not unlike a flow¬ er, with her bluo eyes, and her lips and cheeks stained into color; but ahe still requires to be looked at artistically, else you might seo that thu blue eyea are flashing light, mid the red cheeks blaz¬ ing with impatience.
"Butseo, dear; now look yourself. Nan. It ia exactly aix inches wide; you couldn't havo one broader tban tiiat."
" What does it matter if it's six or sixteen," retorts Nan, " if it isn't broad enough? It's no use,-mamma, if Jane .can't go out in the ViUage and get me another, I won't wear a sash at all."
''Butyoiirdresa looks so unflnished «dew, without.",,
" Ves, I know thit, of course," said Nonidquite unmoved, " but if tfs to be :a question of looking .iinflnisUed, or .¦wesuxaelhai'HHthat," was" of icourse •lho saai&Md up lligb in the air), "all I can'say is, it'll havo'to look unfln- dshed."    • ¦¦¦¦
" Jfow scan, darling, 'don't be ;so im- jwtaona." ¦' ¦ ¦.•   ;'
"I'm not in the least impetDous," -.aaWWan-T-.v^b; while she decllqml ad¬ vice aiifl. r^Jpetod hibtsi'always' denied ;accQ8Sttbii6'^'Nm!y>ifitbinK' on {earth, you ki>6w_mdn^^ 'wonId makeime^io
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Aiia ^'b^.'^jn 'fact.decapo, itneiiik AhechanWil-.BntfEvtf'roigot iAthlS was'iidt.jan'en^ihitts'in' iTiiii, when ortthSierowiihe»it beating'jpainftiuy,'
she obaperoned herifliBough the .open door of the boll-room ¦and foond there no faoe that was sweeter-tteH'ith* one that had inherited the^beanty or, the dead. AndEvehersilfhadiieverlook- ed more like the rirljoong Ashley h^ chosen, aiid'who had been so adtqired, ^^ lie had taken her with" hlin half over the world.,, ,   ,     "
That evening was. a glorious success' for Nan, but £ve, even while she'glo¬ ried in it, yet trembled for^restiltej She has ensconsed herself close to a i'VlSli- dow, where she could always see the well-knowTipafflne of Nan's dress, and where she could even catch little wafts of her' talk, as the revolving dances brought her round that way.
'Nan had a knack of sajring tbe most unflattering things; with ber caressing voice, and all the dimples in her face contradicting them flatly, so that no compliment could be so delicious aa Nan's little quaint attempts to «et peo¬ ple down, and the descent was for them easy, while the blue eyes softened the sentence, and the very mouth laughed at its rudeness. But all this, though pleasant onough, and a sort of intoxica¬ tion to Cavendish, a young War Offlee swell, now swinging around with Nan, and inwardly vowing she was " the niceat girl out," was a considerable source of uneasiness to Eve, whose dis¬ like to the old idea of the moth aud the caudle was constitutional, and who took no pleasure in watching any game, where, as well as a spider, a ily ia also reiiuisite. " This is our dance, Mias Ashley." Thia moth was known among his fel¬ lows by tho name of Pophain, and for liim to have been scorched would have been deemed serious.
" Tho noxt, you will remember. Miss Ashley, is mine."
So Hjioko young Cavendish, wholly ignorant of tlie existence of a rival.
" If you will look at your card, Miss Ashley."
" How foolish 1" aaid Nan, balancing ou ono foot, to the great amusement of a woulJ-be ulaimaut behind her, and with all the dimples iu licr face in full play.
" Well, you muat settle, you know ; It can't possibly signify to me."
"I do not hold auy lady to an en¬ gagement, which.she doea not herelf indorse."
So said young Cavendish, magnifi¬ cently choice in his words, sitting dis¬ consolately down by Eve.
" Then the dance is mine," says Pop- ham, and Nan flred a Parthian shot.
" Mamma, this ia Mr. Cavendish, and he is very nice if you talk to him of horses. I don't thiuk he earea much about anything else."
Cavendish amiled.a little sulkily, and Eve, rather shocked, hastened to apolo¬ gize. And thus it fell out, that two people very much interested iu Nan were first made acquainted.
" It was not at all fair, you know," says Cavendiah, addressing Eve, and quite ready to talk, when the aubjeet was Nan, and the listener waa the jiret- ty-looking mother. "Tliat's tbe third time this evening Miss Ashley has done the same thing."
" It's only her waj', Mr. Cavendish." returned Eve, a little absently, with her eyea aomewhat out in the distance, and her pretty lipa set together firmly. She did not Uke the looks of that Mr. Popham, and sbe did not much fancy Nan's father would bave done so either, and that was, with Evo, the safest of all standards.
' I am ao glad to know you, Mrs. Aahley," young Cavendish goes on; " your daughter and I aro very old ac¬ quaintances."
And Eve came back from a somewhat long journe;^ into the future, with all n mother's quick instinct of danger prick¬ ing round her heart. "Oh; I did not know." " You don't rememher mc," says Cavendish, blushing-like a girl. I've been away such a time, but ono of my earliest recollcctioua is your duuglit«i'. I danced with her at a children's bail, eleven yeara ago, in this very houso. I remember her perfectly. She had on a white frock and black ribbona. Now, had she not, Mrs. Ashley ¦?"
Eve smiled. He wiua quite right, and she liked him for remembering. At llie time of whicli be ajiokc. Nun waa in niouruiug for her father, but Eve bad made it alight liceause her child was such a babj', and had dressed her in a white frock, and ytut on her a black sash (as to whose width there had been no question) and sewn black bows on her littlo short sleeves, aud ])assed a black libbou through her gold-browu hair. And now it aiipeared the little picture was vivid to another as woll aa to herself. Nan floating towards thera, Popham in the background.
"Mamma, I dou't at all suppo.so it's true—dou't you move, Mr. Cavendish— but we've juat been told there isn't a carriage to be had, and if it's a questiou of walking home, wo shall have to start before suppor." This waa the time for Cavendisn. "My dog cart is put round the corner, not ten minutes from here. Mra. Ashley will you do ine the un¬ speakable favor of allowing me to drive you liome. And thus, though Popham took her in to supper, Caveudiah drove Nan home at night.
And now, though the tale T would tell may aeein that of a coquette, I must here beg fora distinction. It was not coquetry in Nan that made her ait througii theaiippcrwith her elbows on the table and her white teeth gleaming brightly with every sally that sbo ut¬ tered. It was simply that in tho weak lovableness of her nature it came nat¬ urally to Nan to pleaae. There waa in ber mind uone of the flxed resolve of a coquette, to make people love her and heartlessly throw them over. Nor was it mere thoughtlessness causing the same results, but rather a responsive power within Nan, that made her for the time in the aame mood as those wbo were with her. Aud tliis was how it was that while, through supper. Nan's little quaint short sentences seemed composed of white froth, highly adapt¬ ed to Mr. Popham's undetstandlng, tne drive hon^e found her ao softened and geutle, thatCavendlsh|wouId have then and there fallen in love with her, had not tbe poor fellow already accompliah- ed that desirable end with the most commendable zeal some time pre%'ious. And this was acting in Nan. Honor ¦when honor is due. Wliatever Nan did, at the time, was natural, even though her modea Were aa changing aa the wind, and the thoughts of oue hour incdnsistent with the next.
To-night, in the star-lit drive, she waa so aubdued aud ao lovable in the calm that came near her ao rarely, and became her ao well, that poor Caven-/^ dish had enough to do not to let Eve and bis horse shift for themselves while he clasped Nan'a little hand to him closely, and implored her to give it bim forever. But this, though for once the danger passed over, was what actu¬ ally came to pasa, bringing Nau home in the gloaming from a haymaking gathering hard by. Eve had herself been atthe gathering, but had been per¬ suaded, much againat her wUl, to drive home, leaving Nan to walk, escorted by Cavendish, who, of course, found him¬ self going tbeir way. This went very much againat Eve; but then it is diffi¬ cult to say what little project of tbis kind would have pleased Eve.
In the abstract, she by no means dis¬ approved of early marriage; her own early life had been too happy for that. In the abstract she entirely wished that ber daughter ahould marry; Indeed, no known posaibiiity would have so griev¬ ed Eve, aa for Nan to have been con¬ demned to a life shut out from the full¬ ness of content she had herself knowu with young Ashley. Bhe had e%'eu told herself that of all those who were aigh? ing for Nan, none were so worthy aa Cavendiah. But all thia was quite in the abstract, and it went very much against tiie graiii that tbis desirable young man should thus got a ehauce of pleading his cause. This, liowever, did not much trouble Cavendish. The gloaming and Nan were both uuusuallj' pretty, and the combination, I suppoao, was Inspiring. Anyhow, lie began, al¬ most before poor, anxious Eve was car¬ ried too far to watch theirproceedings, or gather from their gestures what tbe subject of conveisation might lie.
"Oh, Nan, Nau, you dou't know how I love -you."
Did she not 7 Nan's little heart," though it certainly beat fast, was scarce¬ ly, I think, throbbing with surprise. And Cavendish conjugated the most popularofyerhs,alwaj's,however,lnthe first peraon singular. Aiid Nan walk¬ ed beside him with her ungloved hand >r>>lte on his arm; and her sweet'.eyes !owered,^^and all the dimples around her mouth imperoepUble—feft'beUiid, |iertiaM.in,the charge of'MB,'P<*Kain.
:f mteptteC^Tendish flnlshed up iii tUe  . „ ^. .   •- h^^j^n
:, He had
possessed Hbthibg, neVer had -posted anything, did nbtmuch'thlnk'heaboald piisaeas anything of snfllii|e»it ihagi^l-
tiide to enable him' to siippprf ft SoUng'
'"      ¦"       bliidLbg.h^tself to
"" Nan gijv^i.to
mean me to stajr,'yon must wear a red popham haunted^he
wlfe'j stlll„wlfbRUt him In any, .way,' woiild him grounds' for hope? : Vague,! per¬ haps, but where would'^Nanrs^delicittp peroeptionahavebeai ifat this-nibmetab she had failed to nJieratatfd hliii? ;" ;;' ' -Andiiow, am'l! expected iii unrayel | Nan's heart? Itwer^beybhaiiie. Any ordinary mortal'wbnld hairel'sald that aho loved him. Cavendisli ttibught'so, and even Nan herself, yet we judge :from' results. But it la not fairiuow thus to look forward into the future. Cavendish did not do so, nor did Nan. At his flrat word, " Dearest," Nan's whole heart was stirred; the loving, unstable heart, that ao many were lonu- liig to gain, though lieaven only knowa whether the magical word, pronounced by Mr. Popham, could not have bad much the same eirect. At last, when thoy separated, they were ueither of them, they said, in any way bound.,! Poor Cavendish 1 Not bonnd? He wss bound, at least, to a shipwrecked life, whether he forever remained constant to Nan, or whether in lils manhood he found there not suffleient to satisfy whatever in himself was true, and so, marrying lately someone far more wor¬ thy, wouid yet have lost hia first sweet conception of woman in the last look he took of poor Nan.
Ah, Nan, why wore your gifts so many, ifyou, foolish, could only thus uae them? The love of your mother for Aahley had sanctified both their lives. Cavendiah lit uight, alouo and musing, " Darling little Nan. what would I not give to be able to call her mine now !'f Quito right, Cavendiah. Had tliat been ao, then might both of your UycS; have been different. Nan would most certainly have beeu true to her hualiand, thongh it ia opeu to question whether ahe would ever have turned into anoth¬ er Eve. Still I om not at all preparod lo say that for Cavendish Nan would uot have been sufiicient.' He would have beeu aometbiiig out of tho com¬ mou who would not have been aatialied with Nan at her beat.
Eve, when ahe heard of what had oc¬ curred, waa at onee in a tumult of emo¬ tions. Cavendish, in her mind, was not equal to the husband that had so i long now been dead. Thia granted, I was it not snd that Nan muat put up with auything'that was thus proved to fall short of porffection ? But thla aug-1 gostion, when hinted at to Nan, by no meana met. witb her approval. Uood gracioua me, mamma, I am aure he is good enough in all conscience. I do not know liow inauj- thousand timea better than me already. That was not aaying mueh, but Nan waa alwaya to Eve young Ashley'a tiauglitcr, and hia virtuea were supposed to have descend¬ ed, though perhaps even Eve perceived they had leaaencd in the descent. Nau looked as if ahe thought her mother unkind, aiiJ Eve took her child in her arms, nntl aang to iier Cavcudiah's praises, the sweetest of all lullabies to the girl.
But now, tbis story that should run so straight, swerves and diverges aadly. Cavendish threw up his home appoint¬ ment, having a much better ono ofTer¬ ed him abroad, and his last walk with Nan before starting was through flelds that lay white beneath a harveatmoon. Poor Cavendiah! through all the chan- gea of his after Ufe, that walk stood out clearly before him. A flood of light 11- luuiinating the hills, and the very pretty lines of Nan's clinging figure, sliowing, too, lier face, witb real traces of grief, aud glistening on tho wet fringes of her eye. Dearly aa lie loved her, ahe had never appeared to him ao sweet .ia nowin her aorrow. "Nan, my good, darling Nan'." And poor littlo Nan put up her cold bauds liefore her face, and sobbed aa if lier very heart would break.
Breakiug! Eve's heart h.id not brok¬ en when young Ashley had died, aud Eve was a true woman, with a true, loj-nl lie.irt tlmt had never once swerved in ita allegiance, and knew not tlie meaning of turning. Breaking! Nan's heart would never break. It was com¬ posed of too slight inatcriala, was too ei.istic, had too much aprlng; poaaessed, in short, Um much pliable jiower. But liir all tlmt, hor grief W!ia real, and her teara verj' hitler, and tho wound that they flowed from very painful.
And Cavendish weatofi', beiug bound for foreign sliores, and all the passage out hia tlioughts flew quicker than tlie aea-guUa buck to England. Back to England? Back to a countrj', back to a village, back to a. dear old fuiuiliar apot wbere Nan lived.
Ho would sit up liigli on the ship, lying his length on the paddle-box, a cigar between hi.s lips, and his eye.s on tho silverj' rettcctiou of the mooiibeauis playing on the w'avea. But who sluill nny what ho thought of or the images that roae up before him ? All I know ia, the belle of the ship, iiaving taken a fancy to hia aunburnt appearance, aud got herself up to tho utmost of licr pow¬ er anil flashed firo at liinifromout very darlc eyes, decided at last it was ull uaelo.Ha since tho good-lookiiig awell smoked steiulily, and would nut look down from the post he had chosen, or even relax tjie inuaelea of hia face. Wliat woudpr ? There wero other eyea shilling before him. Quieter eyea as laat he had aeen thein, and the tunes of a voice sweeter far tlian the belle's were ringing in his ears.
TUe whole of the little picture he did dare conjure np. The chnging hands, the quivering lips, the piteous little face raised towards him. Through the | long summer nights, when the ship waa asleep, the spirit of his dreams kept him company.
And iu England, there was Nan cry¬ ing her eyea out, for once totally disre¬ garding her personal appearauce. Eve • was distressed beyond measure at this, half-and-half sort of engagement. It waa wearing the girl out, who was querulous now when sbe apoke, and by no meanaeaay to please. Poor Eve ran¬ sacked her brain wherewith to pleaae Nan. She brought her all the elevereat books of theday, books that would once have delighted Nan, but now ahe onlj' juat looked at them, and tossed them unread on the floor. Preseutly, how¬ ever, there came help to Eve. " Please, muro, Mr. Popham's regards, and the flowera, he says, are for Mias Nan." A large, fragrant bouquetof white flowers; eameliaa, jeaaaminc, stephanotes, white roses. A faint tinge of color in Nan's pale cheeks. The bouquets eame daily, but after a while, aa waa perhapa natu¬ ral, tile message changed. The maid aaid, " If as bow Misa Nau felt well euough, Mr. Popham would like to corae ill." Mr. Popham waa by no means a bad specimen of Nan'a numer¬ ous admirers. An athletic young man and very well made. He owed a good deal to nature, but hia tailor put on the llnishlng touches. Fresh, giving you the idea of a man that was fond of hia tub; and his liiugh spoke well for his digestion.
" How ill she looka, Mra. Ashley.   I
never saw any one so much changed.
Not a bit more color than her flowers."
"I dont care about white flowera,"
aaid Nan, petulantly.
'.'Oh,Nan! Don't mfnd her,Mr.Pop¬ ham, she has been so 111 you know." " I alwaya mind ber," said Popham. And Nan, undergoing a sudden change, caught up the flowers and kiss¬ ed them. "I don't mean it in the least," alie aaid, holding out iicr Iittle hand to him, "not in the very least. Say, you know I don't."
" I know you dou't. What flowers do you really likf>, Misa Ashley?"
" Poppies," said Nan, and ao long as they laated, Mr. Popliam went almiit with a field-flower faateuod in hLs coat, although it must be owned that he picked out the little ones.
After whicii Mr. Popham's visits be¬ came frequent, and aboutthe same time Nan's clastic spriug'went up, and the sunshine of her nature returned. All thoughta of Cavendiah seemed to havo fled from her miud, or the vail of sepa¬ ration, through which aho uow aaw him, threw a general iudiatinctneas. And so, because a blue sea now rolled between tbem. Nan turned from Caven¬ dish to the fair-haired suitor atanding ready by lier side.
Eve did not approve bf it, though she would not forbid anything that gave Nau back her old auimatron.' She bad no especial dislik^ tio Pophdm; liked him, indeed, for his kindness' to Nan'; but her sympathies were with tb'e ab¬ sent lover, partly, no doubt, becanse of his ¦ absence. But Popham, one day, catchtug Non ¦ alone, made aii open cpnfessfon oflove. And Nan feltpl^s^ antly toward'Popham, eVeii ds'stie'liad done toward Cavendish, and, fell! no In- cUnatlon'totell hlm:tb desist."  !
poppy, Jn ryour 4rep8..''
3?ne next dayP.opL ,_	
Bfelds, Ibrig before' thtf' hbtir that Nan
and :Eva wait*; but at last he tow them-r^Nan:; iii"tiie background, iwith
«aWd'8A;tli?iB$ppy:iii her dress. I And Oavisliauh 1 'einiiKe at ypur ease, dl: flirt
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Entflaiid. And 'What'.'pafaessea Naii 7 l^nieiiiber the title of the sketch.; The girl was rUddftl'Iesa, Every Impulse that she'feit she giive way to.       ;
But now, how waslt that, with two such lovers OS Popham and Cavenillsh, poor Nan ahould presently have been no better ofl" than many a girl who had not even had ono? I am afraid it was that she bad tho fault of
the Dntch- ¦Whlch is giving too utile and asking too much,
Anyway, Cavendiah, on hia return at lafit, chancing to fall in with Popham before ho met Nan, heard, and for the matter of that gave, such a dismal ac¬ count of Nan's conduct throughout, that the result was, both men gave up their pretensions to her band: though, aa Cavendish said wheu again he met her, he had something to do not to re¬ commence wooing as of old. For one especial point In Non was the valuo that she set ou what was passing out of reach. But Cavendish was aware ofthe almost magnetic power Nan possessed, and would not put himsolf in her way. Popham, too, waa perplexed at the whole revelation, and no louger anx¬ ious td undertake Nan. So both men abaconded. Popham 8cbrched,yet ^ap-
ally opep to JBon^atlbn; and Caveh- Isli, h^ayy: at' hda^t iind bitter in his wprds,y«^sUU,fOT^eroArer,a locket; that hnug"from his chain', and >irliicU con- (aiiied'a little m hlature. A face set rouud with a long sunny curl, eyes as bluo OS a summer's day, looking re¬ proachfully out at him, and lipa tbat seeraed struggling to plead their own cause. Underneath were three golden lettera, which, put together, spelled Nan.
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" Mamma, did you ever know any other girl so bad ?'' "Hush, Nan."
" Mamma, no one else bas ever done as I have done; so foolish, so vain,>eo weak." " You are always my darling, Nan." Thia was in the twilight. Nan lying all down on the floor, her brown head resting agaiust ber motner, the fringes of her eyes turned toward her.
" Momma, do you remember wben I was a little girl how you used to give me texts? You uever gave me mine, mamma—the one that applies to my life." "Whatisit, mydorUng?" And then, in the darkness and quiet, and even while Cavendish held her locket close pressed to his breast. Nan's quivering lipspronouftced her own sen¬ tence—
" UnatablB aa water, thou ahalt not excel."
" Ob, Nan, Nan, j'OU will break mj' heart."
" If I were to die, mamma, you could write nothing else up againat me."
" They shall never write it up. Nan ; never.
How dreary it all seeraed to Eve. It was young Ashley's daughter, thia aad Uttle gir^, who woa thua apeakiiig of her lifo as all past. So the years rolled on, and aa they passed, there carae news to Appledecombe. Popham, tho same Mr. Popham, who long ago had worn a fleld flower in hia coat iu honor of a aweetheart, waa now bringing home a young wifo to walk in those very lanes wbere he had once walked with Nan. Nau took it very quietly; so quietly that people put fortii an old idea—" that pretty Misa Aahley had no heart."
She was atill " that pretti/ Misa Aah¬ ley," though tho aspect of her beauty waa perhaps a littlu changed. There were fewer diuipica around the mouth, ami it waa only on rare occaaiona now that theold light fljiahed from heroj-e.a. Yet, atill, after all, it waa Nan; Nan, sweeter lu her saddest moments tlian any otlier girl at her brightest und best. " Mr. Popham's bride waa a very or¬ dinary J'oung lady, with uot lialf little Nan'.s'altractioii.s, Imt tlion alio had not played fast and ioo.se like tlie blue-eyed girl, who, with her mother, w;ih among tlie flrst to call on thu bride. Nau liad insisted on ))iiyiiig tiiis viait, and, aa Nan's word wna law, Evo had to ac- comiiany hur; and thus, mudi aguiiiat lier will, slie waa agaiu brought into contact with a quondaiu friend. Both Popliam and Nan behaved very well, but Eve felt cuiiatraiiied, and wua glad to get her daughter out on the clilla, that took them a shortcut buck to their side of Aiipledccombe. Tlio moon had silvered for lierseir a bright path acroaa the waters, and Eve's thoiigiita hod, as usual, strayed across the channel to the apot where her hualiand had been drowned, wheu she i'elt Nan'a grasp tighten on iier arm.
" See, there, iiiamma, does not that remind you of mo?" ^
So Evo looked where Nan pointed, out amoug the silver waves. Just be- r.iic tliem waa a clear bright space, and lliere, emerging from the durkneaa, wits a little boat, drifting with uo aim or object, rudderlesa. Eve's heart ach¬ ed with iiaiii. Was tliere, indeed, arc- aeniblauce between the little boat that was tossing before her and the dear lit¬ tle figure that was clinging to her side? One scene more, and I bavo done. A hero is coming into my story—a hero who has been in it before; but who, on his own accord, dropped out. He is coming back now, not that he haa for¬ gotten Nan's sin, but that he haa for¬ given it, and the longing upon him grows intense, to ait himself nt thebelm, and steer the little lost boat safely through calm waters to a haven.
So this last picture shows Cavendish possessed, at last, of a bome of his own. A house looking out ou the beach, a garden to which, as the night comes on, he can take himself aud the cigar that be is forbidden indoors, and dream over all the strauge chances of hia life. He is uot there uow, but leaniug over a little table in the drawing; room be¬ side him atanda a blue-eyed girl, and thej-are both looking down afa pic¬ ture—adrawing-o little sketch by Nau. The wreck of what wils oiicu a gay little boat, toaaed upon the waters, clearly at the mercy of the waves. Un¬ derneath, there ia the name written, 'Rudderless."
Not riiddurle.'is now. Dearest, dear¬ est Nan, Willi all the old i.liai'iu rouud the sweet face and figure, with more than theold loveshlniiigfromthecyea. Not rudderless now. And Eve's heart was at rest.
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lirlglit it beams
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obmftinall. jtoUaofday, f>ia, orfame.
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That luvioE hearu will gnet hliu thoro, And safely throngh his bosom stcnia The Joy and love lhat banish care '   Around.tho light al home.
Thb light at honie—how still nnd sweet
It peepa from yonder cotuigo door. The weary laborer to greet, ^
When the roUBh tolU of iiay nre o'er! Sad Is the soul that doea not know
The blessing* tbat tho beams Imparl, The cheerful Hopes and Joys thai lliiw,
And lighten up the heaviest heart ¦" sllgr
Around the figttTat'lTdtnb.
what caine afterwaird •,¦h6y^ was; that tnistfolfllled?"   ¦ '     ; ;'     '^
"O, this is getting serions, Allen," re¬ plied tbe water-uymph^smillngtbrbdgb her'tears; "I -wish I had not meddled with my sister's tninor. But'if you wUl have It, leiuetnber i Fancy, not Truth, holdAlt^befoie you.'.'   '     |
Scarcely,bedding her words, AUen t^Hei J)itpi<iiaaQ>ri'iiti> {h6 foniitain. wheil to!' aU "viinklMa' ftom<' bla light,
and^ withraFa'tboaght (tf wond«]£) tii^hllta >rft^^
1. i'^yS" c^Iove ine/'.Mldtpbham, t^I.'ShaU stay bere.idf,ci>m»e,;and..be .happy.,but ir you cannot, -Iiwu^ lesik g^PJace; .Hot 'don't answer i^ nbw, Napiil shall: know to-morrow.TjIfi yon
Ho.^iE POLiTB.NEas.—Should an ac. qualutunce tread on your dress, your best, your very beat, and by accident tear it, how profuseyour " never minds —don'tthinkof it—I don't care at all." If a husband does it he gets a frown; if a child,he is chastised.
Ah! these are little things, saj- you 1 They tell mightily on the heart, let us assure you, little   as they are.
A gentleman stops ata friend's house, and flnds it in coufuaiou. " He don't see anything to apologize for—never thinks of such a matter—everything ia all right," cold supper, cold room, .cry¬ ing children," perfectly comfortable."
He goes home, hia wife has beon tak¬ ing care of the slek onea, and worked her life almost out." Dou't aee why things can't bo In better order; there never were auch cross children before." No apologies except awoy from home.
WhynotbepoUteathome? Whynot usefreoly the golden coin of courtesy? How sweet they sound, thoso little words, " I thank you, "or " you are very kind." Doubly, yes, trebly sweet from the lljis wo love, when heart- smiles make tbe eyo sparkle with the clearlight of afl'ection. Be polite to your children. Do you expect tbem to lie mindful ofyour welfare, to grow glad at yoiir approach, to bound awaj' to your pleasure before your request ia half aiiokeii ? Then, with all your dignity uud authority mingle polileiicss. (Jive it a niche in your liousehold temple. Only then willyou havo the true secret of sending out into the ; world really finished gentlemen aud ladies.
•Hints poii the Hodse.—Alwaya lay your table-neatly, whether you have company or iuot.''Eat slowly: and you will uot'ov^r eat.    .
•Beat liiadh.pains to keep children's feet warm^and dry. Don't.bury their bodies in heavy flannels and wools, and tben leave'their le^ naked." ; : . it DIrty'windows and curtains tied np in l:notB, always speak to the passer-by of the bad taste and bad. habit of the InmateB.—     -.    ,
' iNever put away plates, fcuivesand fork8,>etc.^< uboleanedv br aad incdnyeni- lence ds sure to arise! when, the. articles ord'Wiuited.': ••: ,..,!!¦ :-.,-:i ] .;,•   ,
A STOET POE THE UTTLE FOLKS.
THE FIRST STEP.
" You'll be sure and come, won't you, Allen ?" asked Corny Brown, the Ting- leader of a troop of fcolicsome lioya. " Nine o'clock 8haty>, remember. It's a bright, mooulight night, and we'll have to creep round under the hazel bush, on the south side of the old mill. I know the ins and outs, perfectly."
"But," said Allen, rather dryly, I never'did steal cider, aiid^"
" Steal cider! Ha! ha! that's n good one," cried Clemray .Tones; "as if any¬ body called it stealin', to suck cider through a rye straw! Why, you don't carry away any to hurt, and tho dea¬ con 's got lots of it."
" Besides," continued Allen, "I prom¬ ised my mother I wouldn't bo out latc nights, aiidl alw.iys keep my promise." '"Pshaw !" said Cornj', impatiently; " don't bej a spooney, Al. Can't you moke believe' a little ? Hay you go to bed. If you choose to get up afterwards for a pretty early walk, whose businesa is It?   We'll call it ten."
" I'm coin' to meetin," drawled Joey Dillon, the wag of the companj', "down tothe Hall—powerful speaker, inter- cstiu' subjec', seats free—catch me al a cider bust.'"
Even Allon couldn't forbear smiling at the ludicrous seriousness ot this speech; and •the boj's, following up their advantage, pressed tho siege so heavily that be appeared, at least, to yield, and thus escaped further impor-
If there was ever a boy who keenly enjoyed a frolic, that boy was AUeu Morrow. Nature did not give hira his bounding pulse, mirthful spirit, aud supple limbs, to go moping through the world, sullen and sour. Gay, gener¬ ous, and social, that is just wliere Al¬ len's danger lay. A fatherless boy, luft much to his own, will, and fond of jileii- aure, he waa also a great favorite with bis companions. If pleasure lured inlo forbidden paths, or comrades beckoned him to evil, what but aclear sense of duty and a fixed principle of rectitude could keep him from drifting down the current of temptation into the yawning abyas of ruin? And, alaa! Allen'a prfnciplea were not-fixed. Notbing was fixed witb him but hia love forbisgood mother.
Even now, aa ho went whiatUngalong home, he waa inwardly debating wheth¬ er he might not, this once, be hia own master. Visions of enchanting moon¬ light, rollicking fun, luscious cider, and the very mischief and aeercsy of a uight raid upon the deacon's barrela, enticed him.
"It would bo so jolly," sighed he, throwing hiniselfdown beside the little, half-way spring, hia usual rcatiug place; "it would be ao jolly ! but it won't do; I can't deceive luy motlier; I eould never look her in the face again, and ahe thinking nie true alid honorable all the time. And, what's more, I had for¬ gotten entirely the otlier proniiao I made her on mj' birthday, ciilerinclnd- ed. I wonder what Curuy would say to that? Yea, I reeoUuet now ; sho .said, ' Cider is geuerallj' considered an iuno- cent|beverage, I suppose, Allen'; but I wish ray son to lie a leelolalitr, and then he can sing—
'* My hand is steady, my eye is true, ror I, like the Unwurs, drliilc iiimalit liut dew."
I wonder what made her so jiarticu¬ lar?" continued he, drowsily, and set¬ tling himself iiioie comfortably ou hia niral couch. " I wonder—paliaw! I ilou't see wliat harm—I don't aee—"
"What? wliui'e? whospoUc?" cried Allen, given liia eyelids a ti'eiiiciidoiis jerk, and IdoUiiig round in a iierfect maze.
No wonderl waa he dreaming? or had he never befoio noticed tho beaulj' of thisquletnook? Tlie tall l.irche.s, iii- tcrtwiiiiiig their boughs overhead, roof¬ ed in the ailencii. Ijilce the silver mir¬ ror of some goddess, lay tho sliiiiing fountain, set iu the emerald green of the luosaea. How cool and fragrant was the air!
Allen listened—no sound disturbed the sweet solitude save the drip, drip of thc crystal rill that fed the mos.sj' baaiii. "How lovelj'!" cried Allen, witli ile- liglit; " this muat ho the homo of aome water nymph or fairy."       _.
Well ajioken ; for at this moment from the center of tho fomilaiii rosu a lovely, littlu niaideu, with oj'oa iif li¬ quid'blue, aud sliining, golden hair. Bhe waa wrapped in a uiaiitlu of atany apraj', that glitteiuil in tlic liglit ot a atray sunbeam.
Fair na a water lilj', tliere ahe sat, nodding familiarly at Allen, who, for his part, dropped hia eap and made a handsome bow.
" Gueaa my name, if you e.iii, young gentleman," aaid ahe, laughing.
"Undine," instantly replieil Allen, remembering the storyof that fantastic nymph.
She shook her head, gleefully, scat¬ tering a ahowcr of diamouda from her locka.
" Then you nre Helen, or Ariadne, or Minerva, or Cleopatra," said he, bringing out oil hia lore. He thought of Queen EUzaheth, but tho Unknown waa minus the atiff ruir iu which that princesa always appears.
" You'll never gue.ia " said ahe, mer¬ rily.
Allen threw himself daspondently on thc grouud, held hia head in both hauda, and Ihought.
" I have it," he cried at last, spring¬ ing up; " They say Truth Ilea in a well —but I think ahe prelera tbis fountain —ond ahe must be very beautiful—is that it?"
"No, indeed!" said the little one, dashing a handful of spiaj' directlj' in hia face; "not Truth, indeed; she is lor too grave and dlguified for me; but I confess to some relationship—and, do you know, she sometimes lends mo her mirror? Would you like to aeo your¬ self?" with a mischievoua amile.
".See myself—ill the mirror of Truth. O no, no, I tliank j-ou ;" rc|ilied Allen, auddenly conscious of so manj* petty faults, auch grievous short-comings, in¬ deed, that he waa fain to hide his face very low among the wild flowera that frl nged the fou u tai n.
"Come! come!" continued the sprightly little lady; " never mind, I'll show you the one j'ou lovo best; ond hefore Allen could wink he was face to face with darling, little Minnie Grow. There sbe was, done in woter colors; laughing eyea, flaxen curia, roay mouth, dimples and oil; and, what wos charm¬ ing, she returneil Allen's glance of ad¬ miration to tho full. But she vanished juat in time to save him from a plunge bath, whioh ho certaiuly would have taken a moment later.
" Ha! what a deUciouaaimpleton you are, Master Morrow!" exclaimed tho laughing sprite; now you ahall aeo the one who lovesyou best.
Then, mirrored in the glassy foun¬ tain, waa a face ao calm and beautifiTM so loving, kind, and holy. Allen claai>- ed his hands, and sighed, " My motli¬ er !" And gazing down, he seemed to behold, as in a panorama, all her lov¬ ing, tender care for him ; all her mid¬ night vigils; her -houra of weai'y toil; her niomonts nf anxiety and iiain; he heard again her words of counsel and reproof, of love and hope, ami confi¬ dence. Could he betray that confi¬ dence? disappoint those fond bopea? return that pure, unselflsh lovo with boae ingratitude ?   Impossible!
"Uo onl".'cried Allen, with deep in¬ terest ; " ahow mo something moro; aud,aa if answering to hia very thought he beheld a Scene of such mournful in- terostihat the tears flowed, unwitting¬ ly, down his cheeks. It was his fath¬ er's'death-bed,
"My son,!' said tho dying parent (Allen seemed to hear it once again), "yoa wlUinot always be a child; to your loving, thoughtful care I com¬ mend thia dear mother and precious sister. ! QodhSlp you to be theij com¬ fort and protector wheni am gone." ; Thia acene vanished, like the preced¬ ing, leavinK.A]len BtUlnnsatisaed. H " Oo oni:beantlfal maiden r show me
„•' Anything, hapnenad I'i. , shrieked Alien;''havn't I MUed my mother, an'd.drl^eli' tnyinnocedfaister out a wanderer in tbe world! 'Havn't! I dis¬ appointed evei^body'shopea, and tafn-^ ed itraitor to aU that's good and holy? .One:inoiethJogIcanVdo," lie added,: Insttntly «4iltchlni? s'iiih thBf'8tobd,ln, onecorner'; "-Icmsend'my own: soiil
screamed   Corny,
how he came tbere, he found hitaiself just balancing upon the back bed-room window sIU, overlooking the Wood-' sbed; mentally agitating the question whether to go or not io go with Corny. It was but a little thing. A harmless frolic on ono side—on the other, hum¬ drum duty. It was scarcely worth the anxiety with which he deliberated up- on it. Alas! he forgot that, in siich a case, " he who deliberates ia lost," that a atop oue way, ia peace, and safety, and honor; a step the other way is perdi¬ tion.
The household waa asleep. From his mother's room, which stood ajar, seem¬ ed to eomo unspeakable, holy influen¬ ces, bidding him pause. Prom round the low couch where Bessie slept in her iunocence, angels seemed to beckon witb warning gesture.
But from without como a sound more potent tlian them all; it was Corny Brown's low whistle, from where the whole truant clan awaited bim in the shadow of the lindens. At tliat magic uote, better thoughta vanished, and gliding quickly over the low roof, he leaped lightly to the ground and joined tliem. Foremost now among the frol- ickers, more madly gay, more reckless¬ ly bent on mischief thiin all the rest, was Allen. Cornj' himsolf, who plan¬ ned tbo expedition, und " by Iiuok;, und by crook," literally, had got t»)getlier a sumptuous little supper, felt his laurels entirely overshadowed.
Some hours later, when Allen laid his head upon bis pillow, it wus with a glorious sense of having cut his " lead¬ ing strings," and ventured for himself, But moonlight is a gay deceiver, clothing things ugly nnd uncanny in eliaruiiug mystery and softening shad¬ ows. Dayliglit reveals all their deform¬ ities. At least so thought Allen, oa ho dreased himself, Insplte of aduU, stupid headache, and wont down to a late breakfast. The splendid littlo escapade of the night before, nowseomed the ex¬ treme of childish folly; nay, more ; with hia enlightened conaeience he al¬ ready began to aufl'er all the panga of remorse.
" Ynu ore late, Allen," said his moth¬ er, pleasantlj'; tben noticing some¬ thing unusual in his appearailee "Wllat ia the matter my son ; are you iil ? did you sleep well?"
" Heailache," was all the replj' Allen gavo, and that, without lookiug up.
It was useless to try to eat, and his mother in her kindueas, arranging the pillows ou the lounge, insisted upon hia lying down. Then darkening the room, alio moved quiutlj' about her household toaka.
But littlo Bessie, glad to havo Ally at home, whatever the cause, drew her rocker up beside him, and laid her aoft, little hand on his hot forehead, cooing her aweet words of sympathy in his ear. It was too much. Allen turned hia face to tliu wall and feigned aleep, while bitter tears forced themselves between his abut eyelids. What would he not give ouly for the courage to confess and be forgiven.
In the afternoon ho was better, and went to school. But oven here con- scieuce pursued and tormented Kiui'. "My son, if ainnera enliee thee, crtli-^ sent thou not," stared at lilm from his' copy-book.
"O. what a tangled web we weave, When Iirst we practice to deceive.'' Tli.it was thu parsing lesson ; and siirolj' the niaster'a ghiiicu mo.int something when he colled upon Allen to give tlie unalyBia. But a good romp with Coruj' and tile rest, in the course of the after¬ noon, did iiiueli to restore his spirita ; and lie linally concluded that it wus all iionseu.su to torment himself about auch trifling sins, if aina they could be called. As Corny aaid, " Why need boj'a mako old fogiea of thomsulvoa."
And ao, tho llubicon Avas ))a.s.sed. Al¬ len waa fairly in thu eiiuniy's country, not Ul coiKiiier—but to bu conquered ; not to light, but to yiehl almost witliout a. strufjglu. Til b.U'Uir truth and honor fora luw tioiiaiuiit lioiira of giddy ple.i¬ sure.
Huncpforlli Allen'a course iiieliued to evil. He j'ieliled luore and more to the lierauasioua of his Imwii eompaniona. He stilled more and more the better voice witliin. Hu ahrank moro and more fi'om his mother's earnest glance, treating Iier reproofs, first witli indif¬ ference, then with open eontemiit.
He wua to Bessie no longer her ideal hero, though ahe clung to him witli oil a .sister's love. Neighbors shook their heads Willi ominous signs, and liis mother carried in her heart a ceaseless burden of .iiiguiah.
Aireu waa fully .iwaie of it all, but irrusistiblo fascination lured him ou. The cigar and wiiie-gljiss lent their baneful inlluence, nnd ns lie neared thai, nge wheu young people ao often are far wiser tli.iii their aeiiior.s, reproof and eutreatj' were alike lost upon him.
11 Wius no nucommon tiling now, even in a bi'ief college vacation, I'or Allen to prefer the society of diasipated and uii- prlncipled j'ouug men, to the puro oii- joymuiit of home. Alius ! he knew not how aoon tlioso sweet restraining in¬ fluences he so much hateil would be re¬ moved forever.
Ho was just going out ou one of these occaaiona wiien his mother'a voice arrested liim.
"Allen, c.in't J'OU give ua the pleaa- ure of j'our compauy this evening? Bessie and I apend manj' lonely houra together.
Her tone, whicii conveyed something like reproach, atruck painfully on Al¬ len's ear.
" Some other time, mother ; but to¬ night I would rather—"
" Allen," exclaimed his mother, clasping ber handa, and suddenly giv¬ ing vent to her pent-up onguiah ; " AI len, have j-ou ceased to love us? Are mother and aiater less prized than strangers? Have j-ou forgotten yourdy ing father's bequest?"Ob," and she be¬ gan pacing the floor ropidlj', " ja it for thia I hove wept, and prayed, and toil¬ ed, and suflvred? fs this the end of oil raj' Iiopes ? Where is my innocent Iioj', my noble, ingenuous AJlen ? Is he lost —lost to all souse of dutj'—to tiie voico of love and tendernesa—to everything monlj' and good?"
"M<ither!" cried Allen, angrilj'; " what ia this all about? what have I done? Confound .such nousense! When you are reasouable I'll listen to j'ou."
" Oh ! mj' son, j'ou hove broken my heart," sbe groaned ; but Allen heard only the slamming of the street door behind him. '
Wlien he awoke from the long aleep that followed that night of drunken revelry. It waa to find his mother's eyes forever cloaed; her voice forever silent. No more tears; no more upbraidings; his guardian ongel hod fled.
O, why did ho not pouae here ? Why not, for hia orphaned Bister's sako, re¬ sist the tempter, and prove himself a man ? Alas! iii the agony and shame of his remorse, he flew to tbe wine-cup for relief. Besaio clung round hia neck, and, aa a last appeal, held his mother'a likeness np before him, hoping tho aight of tbat angelic face would recall lllm to himself.
He atruck her rudely from liim, and throw tho picture-Aid mother's picture —in the flre.
Palo aa ddhtli, nnd trembling in ev¬ ery limb, Bcaaio wrapped a mantle around her, and with one glance of re¬ proach and woe, fled from the houso.
Horror-struck at hia own act, and full of wretchedness, Allen aot cower¬ ing before tlio embers ; with what bit¬ ter, bitter memorlea aurging through hia soul! O, tliat.^rj!< truant act—t\mt first broken promise—that first step in the wrong direction—how clearly he aaw ill it the beginning of his everlast¬ ing ruin! Oh, that ho were again the light-hearted. Innocent boy! Not for worlds would he then swerve from tho straight and narrow path. ,
A heavy step disturbed hia unhappy revery. A young man entered., it waa Corny, hia bosom friend, who tempted him to evil, and laughed at hlsremorse. " How now?" sold Corny; "glum aa ever? What's the matter? Where's Bessie?" •        ,
" Dure to take my sister's narae on your vile lips, and I willfeU j'ou to the earth," cried Alien, in sudden rage; What are you here for?. Is it not euough that you ~flr8t 'tempted me astray, and have dogged me ever since, until 1 have becom&ten-fold worae than, yourself, but now you'- miist ciime. to gloat over my ruin ?" ',
"Come,- come," said Corny, sobthipg- ly; " you are a Uttle beside yourself, ,1 think. . Has any thing happeneil ?"
Ihntj onS a" crash
hurtftle the'iWeiipon with throngh the window, i ¦ ¦ They grappled with each other. Al¬ len's passion had quite exhausted him. He-felt Comy'Bflngers tightening their hold on his throat—'       .
" HaUoa, youngster, wake up here! a Uttle more, and you'd ha' wriggled yoarself clean into the water."
Itwas a good-natured teamster, wbo, stopping to qoenoh his thirst at the half-way spring, fonnd Allen writhing in that agony generally termed night¬ mare. Seeing tbe boy well awake,- he went on, gee-hawing to Ills asehX   :-.
Allen sprang np as buoyatttSy i^ a newly innateoftoy-balloon. IIe,-'< oiild with difficulty refrain fronflfetar (irig the echoes, far aud near, withiihie bip- hlp-hurrah I Wasn't It a bleabatdiing to be young, fresh, and Innoeeqt!! To have life before him, full of ihopo; and promise, and no evil shadows ftom tbe past, goading lilm to madness.
Would Corny, or any other boy, over have power to lure him into truant paths of sin while the raembrj^of this hour remaiued ?
Tlien Allen remembered bis good mother's teachings. He realized bow nearly he had yielded to temptation, and ho was not ashamed to kneol righfr there, in that ahadod nook, and aak be'aven to keep him from the, flrsi. wrong step.
Happy is the mother who sees in her boy's face tbe beaming candor and in¬ tegrity of soul that shone in Allen'a as he recounted at home, all the scenes, real and unreal, of tbat day.
Happy is the boy who' deserves sueh worda of sweet approval aa fell from hia mother's Upa, with the dear good night. —The Little Corporal.
liB&AL   NOTICES.
ADXnriBTRATORlS' UOTICE.
Estate OfHenry M. Eckert, late of In- tereohrae, Leacock twp., dec'd.
LKTTEBaor admlniatrauon on said -estate njTlngbeengrautedtotheundei'algned.ail £SSSil,™2f?^ theretn ara requested to n^lmmedlala payment.and those having ^."Sfi.™iS?i?°'J",'^'"'""H'o same will pro-
S2KSflS!il1f^^J^?a"ti'S?l'p^° "'^ ?o^Hl?,SKggKEl^T,
marliiwf
JOHNSIDSi;
Adminlstriitors;
AD]U.VI.STKA'r»R9i< N<ri'IVE.
Eatato of Henry Shenk, late ofManor
twp., dec'd. "I"".«TTEB3 of administration nn said estate Xjhavlng been granted to lho undersigm-d, all persons Indebted thereto are n-qUL-Klcd to make immediate settlement, and tiiose li.ivlng claims or demands ngainst tue same will pru. sent them forsettlement lo the undersigned, residing in said township.
IIENJAJIIN NKKI,'. mftra-flt*-16 AdinlnlHtriitors,
ADSISriSTUATOIW NtoTICK.
Eatato of Wealey Taylor, late of IjCO- coek townahip, deceased.
LI?rr£R8 of administralion on said estate having been granted In the iindersigned, all persons indebted tlieretoare reiinesled tumake lmmodlatepayment,aud tliose iiaving elaiins ordemands agaiusl the same will presenl tiiem for seltlement to tlio uudersigued, resUliug lu said township.
AMOS LONHENECKEll, LEWIS U. LYTl-;, mar IT-Ct-IB AilmiiitstnUors.
ADHININTRA'rORH' NOTIOE.
Estate of John Herahey, lato of Salla¬ bury townahip, deceaaed. . IETTEns of administration on said estato Jhaving been granted to the undersigned, nil
persons Indebted   tlierulo  are   n-ijiiestt-d   lo make immediate settlemeut.aiid those liavinir elaims or demands against tlie samo present-theni without delay for seltleiae the uudersigned.
JOUN M. HEKSHEY. residing in .Suiisbury townslilp, JOSp;pa HBRSHl'lY, mar 27-1,1*19 residing In LeuctHik twp.
A EOTAI WEDDING-rEAST XS CASHKEBE.
The goal woa reached; we were at last up the fllmoatintcrmiuable hill and in tbe precincta of tbe poloce-yard. Nor, I oan aaaure you, were wo sorry for it.
Ou our right as we entered, lay a vast
Elle of bulldinga, brilliantly lighted up; efore us, a dark wall and another arch¬ way, leading to the abiding-place ofthe Zenana; and on tbe left, long terraces, ascended by broad steps and sheltered frora the night air bj' brilliantly color¬ ed " shemianabs" of bright hues. At the foot of these steps our elephants were hiilted and made to kneel down— overy one descending to the ground and following the Maharajah, who pi^ced- ed bj' his greist ollicers of state, mouut- ed to the seat of royalty—o " musnud" aet for hia reception.
At thla point a more cordial recep¬ tion wua made us.    HIa majeaty abook hands witb all, motioned us to take cboira whicii were brought out for our use, ami theu gave the aigual for the procession   to   move   on.    Instantly, .with beat of drums and sound of trum¬ pets,  rode in a atreum of horsemen, some attired in only o bad iinitation of the   British   eavolrj'   dress,   looking craiuped up and very ill ot ease, but the greater number lu loose-fitting Orien¬ tal garments—wild-eyed Pathons, Ap- edia, AUghuna, and tall, gaunt Teah- mpjcls from many a long day's marcli boyond theKhyber. After thom march¬ ed paat- infantry, matcblockmen, and guna, until, flnoUj', the glittering ar¬ mor of the body-guard, flashing bock the torch-light blaze of flre from tlieir helmets, and preceded by a croah of discordant muaic, announced the  ap¬ proach of tbe bridegroom tho heir to the tlirone of Caahuiere.   Borne aloft in an open palanquin of elaborate de¬ sign, inlaid with aiiver, the boy, al¬ though   only  thirteen,  aeemed   thor¬ oughly to realize the pageant given iu his houor;   and, ns lie passed in front of tho Maharaja, gravely inclined his licail before his sovereign and father. He was simply dressed in wliito and gold, the liuron-pluiuu bein.g fiusteueil by a magiiillc:eiit aigrette of precioua stoiioa to thu fuld.s of his voluminous turban ; but tho moat curious part of hia coatuniu conaiated of a veil of pearla duscendin.g almoat to tho chin, coni- meneiug with some  of priceless size, and    gradually   tapered   ott'   with   a fringe of tho smallest seed-pearls—a veil, indeed,  worth a king's raiiaom. Thla appeared to bo tho indiapeusable part of royal nuptial attire and dcriyii- eur at tlio Caahuieriaii court.   The  lit¬ tle prince soon after appeared on the terrace, aud gravely seated himaelf be¬ fore tho Muhunija, arriviug juatin time to acu ilia bride, or rather his bridu'a palamiuin, pass in reviuw througii the courtj'urd and enter tho Zeuoua, there to remain until  the  final - ceremony ahould toko   place  aome yeara   later, when he would publicly claim her h.iiid ami lead her in regal state to hia own abode.   Surrounded by women, closely veiled iu tlic long white .sari, the juve¬ nile bride—eight years,  the.v told ua, was hur age—muat, I ahruwdly suapent, hove beeu tired out and asleep; not that it waa poaaible to even gueaa at her movenieuta, for thu cloae aiiver lattice¬ work of lier Utter wns evidently con¬ structed witli the intention ot diaup- pointiiig prying eyes and securing per¬ fect isolutiou, .ia woll, I thought at the time, oa perfect darkness and extreme heat!
More warrior.s, more elephants, more firdworks, more firing of connou ensu¬ ed, and then it was graciously intimat¬ ed to us, greatly to our satisfaction, that bla highneaa hud iirepared a dinner for tbe Irish raja and his companions, to whicii permisaion was given us to pro¬ ceed forthwith.-Putnam's Magazine.
AnMUriNrBATOB'S NOTICE.
Estate of Martin H. Kreidoi-,   Inte of Weat Lampeter township, dec'd.
LKrrKBS of admlnistation on said estate hav¬ ing bceh granted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted thereto nre reriuesteU to make lliiinediate payment, and those liavlngciiUms or demands against tl o sam e will preseu t them williout'deiayfor sett emenlto tlie undersign¬ ed. JOUN ilEL'AUTNEY. Peiiueu township, ap3-6t31 Administrator.
EXECBTOKS' NOTICE.
Estate of Adam Doerstler (miller), late of Manor twp., dec'd.
LETTERS testamentary on said e-state hav¬ ing been granted to the undersigned, all personslndebted tlieretoare requested tomake Immediato   settlement,   and   those   having olaims ordemandsagalnst Ibesaine, wiU pre¬ sent them without delay for seltlement to llio undorslgnGd, residing In said townslilp. HENBY F. HEBlt. JOHN K. DOERSTLER. mar21-llt»J E-'CP,-ot*,rs.
EXECOTOn-S NO'riGE.
E.state of Elizabeth Hildebrand, latc of Ephrata township, deceased.
I' ETTKR-S testamentary on tho estateof said J deceased having been granted to tlie un¬ dersigned, nil persons indebted thereto are reqiicslea t.o tntilic lliitilediato payitlutit, and thoso having claims oi'deiiiaiulSiigaiiiKt the SHinewlll Iiresent them for st'ltleinent to the nnilei'signeU. residing In Karl township. WlLl.I.V.M 11. HK.VM, inurl7.tlL*-ls I''..xi^eiili,r.
PBOFliSSIOlfAL.
vr   £. Sf-AIIUlKEB, nt..
i>. '     ATTORMEy'aT LAW.
OIHeo with N. Ellmaker, esci.. North J>ako-«t l..ancastor. Pa, doc i>.flm*-4 '
P. ROSENHII.I.EK. JR.,
ATTOKNE-Y AT LAW. ifflce with A. Herr Smith, esq., South Queen atreet. ll-tf
Oiflci
JNO. P.BEA, ATTOUNKY AT LAW. OlBcewlth O.J. Dickey, esq.,Ko.418,Queeu street, Lancaater, fa.     .    , . , -   *l-lt
r\   W. PA-nXBAON.     ,
IJ.                          ATTOUNEY AT LAW, Hius romovcd lils olllco to No. 181 East Kiug-Ht. api ir,    ly-'Us-'l!
SIJION P. EBY. ATTORNEY AT LAW. omcewlth N. Ellmuker, esq.. North Uuko at., Lancaster, Pa. IsepL'I '(i7 ly
BC. KBEADT. ATTOBNEY AT LAW, Ollica with Hon. L E. Hleater, tHo. as North Duko St.. Lancaster. Pu.	
k     J. HANnESNOX,
A. ATroBI^EY AT LAW,
Ollico with W. W. Hrown. Esq., No. Ill, North
Duke streel. l.aiicasler. I'a. Jau l6-iy-9
i.mEU.S. PYFER." ' A'lTOBNEY AT LAV/,
Offlco m Widmyer's Kow. No. 4 bouih Duke at., Lanca-ster, Pa. I'enslous aud Bounty Olaims promptly attonded to. [Jy IB-tril'Hi
T>   W.HIIEJTK,
It.                        ATTOUNEY AT LAW, OlUco with O. J. Dlekey, South (iueen street Lani-astnr. Pa. ^^^ (Jy a '(Vi-tl
SAMtlEI.II.PRI<1E, A'lTORNEY AT LAW, O/lleeIn.South Duko street, 3 doors below the Farmers' itauk, opposite Lutheran Oburcli.
lanl'it't-tf	
WM. «. HKL!r'£.KH', ATTORN EY-AT-IJIW Ephrata, Lancoster County, Pa., betweeu tha ILtlirortd and Ephrala Mountain Springs. Janii- ly-^
ARTIN M.BIITT.
_ A'rrORNEY ATLAW.
OllK-e of late Ilon. T. Mtevens, No.SOHoutli liueoQ slreet. Lancaster, Pa. dec 9-11-1
M^
rililOMAN £. FIIANKMN.
I ArrOKN'KY AT LAW,
}ln.*i removed lila oflico to thnt InUily occupied by Will. Ca.rpeuter, usq., iu Kast Oniugo hi reet, oppo.sito the Genniin Itcforiucd Cliurch. Lunuabter. Vvc. id, ItHiS. 6m-5
EatLEN FBANKI.TX. ATTORNEY AT LAW, H)i.iremoved his offlce to North Bnko fltrect, ilJrL'ctly oppoaite the caatorn door or the Court Xluuiie, Liiu<:a.stcr, Pa. All prori'Ksloual buKl- nosH entrusted to bin care will meet with prompt Httoutlon. doc(t-tf-»
AVDITOir.H NOTBCK.
Estate of Hilas OaJobundro, lute of the
city of RichmoinU Virginia, dec'd. rpHt underKlgne»l Auditor, nppolnted hy tho LOrphaus' Court of LnncustHri-wunty, Pa., lo dlHtrlbutothe bulaiico reniiLEuiug in thu IuiiuIk or W. Ciirponter, admiulNtralor witli tho will annexed of wild.deceased. arlKiug from lho Ralo of real rstato owued hy tho dotiedenl In tho State of Ponnnyl vauln, to and anionic tho^^e luf^alty entitled lo tUu liunie, will allend fnr that parpoHO on FUIDAY, tho :JOth duy of APUIL, ISUU, at 2 o'duek, P. ai.. in Hio Library Roomof tho Court Hijuse, iu tho Clly iifX..an- cOHtor, whero all persmiH inture^ited. In said distribution may altend.
H. B. KWAHIt, mariM-^L-lil Andi((tr.
rl ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. SSonth Buke st.. Lancaster. Special at¬ tention paid to procuring or oppotdng dincharK- es of debtors In bankruptcy, proofand present¬ ation of claims, renderlni* profeaNloaa! oksI.i- Umee to a.ssiKneoa, and all business in short ronncrted with proceedings in volnntary or Involuntary bankruptcy, whether before tho rii'Rister or the United States Conrta. Partien luiendingto take the beneilt of the law will usually flud ll advantageous to have a prelim- Inarv consultation.         Junll»-tf-8J
AUCriOM£EBIMG. BENJAMIN F. ROWE reHpcctfnlly informs the public tliat he will nl- UMid to Crj'ing Sales of reul and poftona! prop* erty in any part oftho counly.
ThoKo wlshlnc; bi.i Hor\'lce.s are reonested to aii]»ly to GERARDUS CLAIIKHON, £sQ.,at tho Prothonolary's Ofllce, who will promiitly al- ten<i to the matter.
Lettorsaddressed to roe at Srolthvllle P.O. r^tn<-iwt<freonntv.wlllht*pic>?n ptly attendedto
JOHN M. ZEI.I.EK, SURVEYOR ANI) CONVEYANCER.
iHOKl ves particular altentlnninolBrklnn Hal08 olrealand personal property al any distance within thecounly.
OUice in Springville, MonJt Joy township Lan<-ii>itor couuty. AddrenK Spring Qardhn. Pa
AUCnONKEBING.
THE aubacrlber Is prepared tocry sale« of Real or Personal Property on  reasonable term.s.  Apply tooraddres.'i—
8. W.ROWE. ^  Lancaster Pft
ANSIONF.KS' XOTICE.
Aasigned Estate of yiiiuiiel Hc.^s and
wife, of "Weat Xjampcter townahip,
Ijaneaster county.
AMUEL Hl'>« and wile of West Lampotor signment,diit('ill''ebruary :r7tli, IWHI, Asslined
> township, Jiavinj; l>y dejM of volnntary as-
aml transferred all llieir eslalo and elltew-io tho undersigned. (or tho benelit oftho creditors of tho said Samuel Hcsii, tlicy iherefore ffWo notice to nil persons indebteil to wild ii.ssi;:nor, to make paynient to the nudorHlgnod without delay, and tho.feiuivln'iclnlnistn presenithent b) llOllKaTA. KVANS. ( t„.|.„,„„^
mar i:i-(it-17 Residing in Laneaster clly.
BOOKS,   STATIONERY, &C.
NOTKX.
To tho Creditors of lho hUe lirm of Trewitz & Jlartin. rnuR undorsigned having been appointed Ity X tho Oiuit of Comnion Vlons nf I,jim-;i.-Jter i-otinty, Ueeolvor Ui enlliNd. all out-slundlng moneys due suhl llrm,and disii-iliiile thesamo amcmg lho creditors duly entitled therein, lieroby gives notiee I'i nil t»er.sons having elaims againsi the lato Urm orTrewliz *t Alar- lin, ti> presenl tho same tohiin, dulyatlthen- tieated, al tho Library Uoom in ilie Court HouKoln thooltyof »,:inc:i.stef. im FItlDAV. llie itith day of APRIL, ISiii), iil :;n*cIo.ik, n. in.
WM. P.. Wil.KV, Koceiver of tho late flrm of Trewit/. A Mnrtin.
MureJi 21, IHti'J. :;i-lU
<;oMMZ'rrEE'M NOTK^E.
Estato of AtJain Trout, of tlie city of Lancaster, Pa,
TlIEfindorsIdned having been appoliiteilby lhe Court of Common Ple:is, Committee til' tho person and estiiU* of Ailam Tronic (who Itaslieon duly declared a luuatle.) all porsous indebteil to said osUito nro reiiuesteil tumake Injmedlato st'tllemunt. and Ihoso haviug elainis or donninds against the same, will pnt- seiii thom forsetMeineitt, In lho undersigned, reiildlng at Paradise, Laneiuiter ctinnty. Pa., or to John II. IjlvinKslon.esti., Attorney, at Lan- easl4.>rclly. Pa.
A. IC. WITMKU, ninr.'I-Ct-lfJ Coniniit.teo
lEAEH TO KEEP HOUSE. '
No young lady can be too well in¬ structed in anything which will affect the comfort of a family. Whatever position in aociety ahe occupies, she needs ii practical knowledge of house¬ hold duties. She may be placed iu such circumstances that it wiil not be neces¬ sary for her to perform much domestic labor; but on this accouut she need^j uo less kuowledge than if she was obliged to preside personally over the cooking siove and pantry. Indeed, I have thouglit it was more difflcuit to direct others, and requires more experience, thau ll) do the same work witli onr owu hand.s.
Mothers are frequently so nice and particular that they do not like to givo up any part of the care of their children. This is a great mistake in their manage¬ ment, for they are often burdened wilh labor and need relief. Children should be early taught to make themselves use¬ fnl; to assist their parents every way in their power'and to consider it a privi¬ lege to do so.
Young people cannot realize tho im¬ portance ofa thorougii knowledge of house-wifery; but those who have suf¬ fered the inconvenience and mortifica¬ tion of ignorance cau weil appreciate it. Children should be early indulged in tbeir disposition to bake and experi¬ ment In various ways. It Is often but a troublesome help that they afford; still it is a greatadvantage to them. I know a little girl who at nine yeara old made a loaf of bread every week during tho winter. Her mother taught her how much yeast, salt and ilour to use, and she became quito an expert baker. ¦Whenever aho is disposed to try her skill In making simple oakea or pies, she is. permitted to do so. She is thus, while Hmusing herself, learning an im¬ portant lesson. Her mother calls her little housekeeiwr, and often permits her to get wbat is necessary for tlio ta¬ ble. Hlie hangH the kei's by ber side, and very musioai la tho jingling to licr ears. 1 think before sho is out of her teeuH, upon which she lias uot yot en¬ tered, tliat she will liavo some idea liow to cook.
Some mothers give their daughters tho care of housekeeping, each a week by turns; It seema to me a good ar- rungenoent and a most useful part of their education. . Domestic labor is by no means incompatible with the high¬ est degree of.refiuoniient and mental oultursi
Ecoppiny, taste, skill in cooking, and neatness of tbe kitcbon, have a great deal,to dp in makiug life happy aud prosperous. The obarm 6( good: liousc- keeptug ig in order, economy, and taste diaplayed in attention t4> littlo things; and these ibings. haye awondetful in¬ fluence.; A difty kitchen and.bad cook¬ ing have, drlvenmaDy a.bnefrom home lo seek'comfort, and I hapfiness somc- virliere«l8e.: None of pur excellent girls ore fit to:be niarried,oatlI't1iey are tlio¬ rougliiy; educated,ip ilie deep and._pro- I found mysieriesjof the kHJoUdiii—Pres- Ibgterian. ¦, . . i
IN TllK M.V'lTBK OKTllK AITLIUATION OV KKKUEIUC'K WAh'IV,, fcr llti'ime to Imitp im KiLLlng Houso in 111" St^vuiilli Wuril, Lancflstor.   April SifK.sii>nK. It^HI.
l>UtiLlU HO'l'lUE Is hcroby ulvcii llmt ilB- p(isUloit.*< ol wlUu>s.s'(\s lo liaretKl lit oviiletti'c on llio liL-Hring in Huppnrl of t«iltl :ipitlittittioti will liu Uikcn bufore W. G. V.viins, t-sci., iin Al- derraan. nt lilH ollluo, In tlto city of l.jincii.sli>r, on S.vrUKIl.W, till- luth Ony of AI'UII,, 1,S(». bt-tween tiio hours of'J antl S <r<^Ioeic. p. in., of said liny. FREBBKIUIC WAL'l'Z.
inai-Jl :!1-11P
Jl E M (3 A^ A L
J. If. .SHRAFFKR,
ItookMcUcr aii«1 Stationer,.
HAS UEJIOVEU HIS
LAROE STOCK  OF
KOnMiH  & HTuVTlOJiKKV,
NU. .'ii; NqjiTir auEEN street,
OPPOSITE .SHOBER'S HOTEL.
Four tloors Nortb of Orfingo Streel,
ma'!« rl       LAXUASTRR, PA.
IN THE MATTER OK THE APPLICATION OF BACHAEL McLlARDLE. for liuoilse to keopl'ftvorn iu lliovillagcof Marticviilu.Litii- ca,sli'r rnuuty.   April Sessions, IslRt.
VUBLIC NOTICE is hereby eiven tliat ile- positlons of witnesses will bo tuken before Ju¬ cob S. Lehiniin, esq., or somo other Justice of lho Poace, nt tiio olllce of Jacob B. Lehman, iu Martlc towushlp, Lancaster countv. on S.Vl'- URUAY. the limi day of APRIL, islll, between the hours of a o'clock in the forenoon anil ti o'clock in the afternoon of salil day; said do- poslclons to bo read lu ovidencc ou tiic hear¬ ing in support ofsald application.
niar21-ai-li)l RACHAEL McCARDLE.
IN THK .MATTER OF THE .\l'PLICAriON OFOEOKOER. SENSENIG. for licen.sc to Keep Tavern iu Ephrata, Lancaster county. .\prll sessions, 1S«1.
fuilLIC NOnCE Is heteliy eiven that de¬ positions of wituessea wilt be taken before "NV. K. Seltzer, esq., at his oIHcc. iu the vllliiec of Ephrata. Laucuster eonntv. on VHIDAY, the Mh duy of .VPKIL. KO!), between lhe liours ofll o'clock in the forenoon and 4 o'elock In llie afternoon ofsaid day; tlie said depositions to be read in evideuco ou tlie hearing iu support ofsaid application.
niar'2 l-;itjllj GEO. R. SENSENIG.
IN TIIK tHlCBT OF <:03I]I0>' PI,K.\S OV I.,%NCAST>:R t'OUNTlT.
IN tlie matter of tiinapptiention of the MARI- ETT.A. BUILDlNli ANU LO.\N A.1SOU1.V- TION.
March 27, Iftl'l. Charter presenteil I»y II. if. North, e.Hq„ ami tiie t'ourt litrect the same to bo nieil, ami notiee to be given that If no sulli¬ cient reason is sliowu to the contniry. the said charter will he granted nl the next lerm of .sidd Court, W. L. BEAR.
Jdareh 2i, Kisa. l'iothonotar.v.
mar :ll til-'Jll
OOUBT PROCL.\H.lTIU.\.
"^irilKliKAs, the Honorable HENRY G.LONG, TV President, aud Ilonoralilo ai,k.v.vnoek L. Ha YK3 and Joii.v J. LinHATiT, .\s.>)ocialc Judges of the Court of Comnion Pleiw in aud for the County or Lancaster, and A.sslstaiit Justices of thu Conrls of Oyer and Terminer and Gonerul Jail Delivery nnd (inarlcr.Sc.s.sious of the Peaee in aud for the Couuty of Laneasler, have is¬ sued their Precept, tomo directed, requiring me. ainongotlier things, to malte public Pniciu- niatlon throughout my balUwiek. tliat a C'ourt of Oyer and Terminer and a geueral Jail deli ve¬ ry, also a Court of Geueral tiuarler Sessions of the Peace andJail deli very, will coniiueuce in the Court House In the Cily of I.a:ieiistor. ill the Commouwealtli of Pennsylvania—
ON THE THIRD MONDAY IN APRIL, (THE liffH). ISSU. In pnmnanco of whicli precept Public Notick IS iikheiiy oiven to tiie Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Laucaster. in tite saitl County, and all tiio Justices of tiio Peace, Lho Coroner nnd ConBUlbles, of the said City and Couuiy of Lancaster, that thoy ho tlien nnd there in thei r own proper persons with their rolls, records and cxamlnatiouK.aud inquisitions, nudlhelr othor reraorabrances, lo do those things whleh to their OlUces appertain. In their beiialf to be dono; and al.so all thiwo who wilt in'aseeute iiKaluHt tlie pristiuers wlio are, or tlieu sliall he in tho Jail of tiio said County of I.aiie;i,sler ai-o to be then and there tn prosecute iigalustthiun au slmll heJuiA.
Dated at Lunoiusler, tho 211 ilnv of March, IIM). JAW lli F. FREV. .Sh.-rlll'.
mar2I id I'J
>'cw BooIm!     irew Book.s!
AMONG which nro somo from tho PARIS EXPOSITION. BlIlLliS. Prayer nnd Hymn Books of nil de-
noiulnallolis. POETS In Blue nnd Gold. *c. ANN0A1A W1UT1N6 DESK.S. WORK BOXEJ. JEWELRY BOXES, RF.GRNOY MKIC^, • LADIES' COM1-ANION.S, l)ItE.ssrNG CASES, PORT FOLIOS, .VI.BDMS. NEW (lAMF.S. AUTOGRAPH BOOKS, ClII-SBMEN * BOARDS. It.VCKGAMMON BOARDS, ENGLl.'JH TOY BOOK.S. .MOVABLE TOY BOOKS. LINEN ROOKS, SWISS BUILDING BTflCKS, UNION COLLEGE BIXIOKS, JACKSTRAWS. JERSEY BUILDING BLOCKS. PICTURE HUICKS, ABC Br.OCK8.
TBANBPARENT8LATES, OOLD PENS. 8HELT. BOXES, POCKET BtXJKS. MAGIC L.VUTEKNS. Pleanc call and oxaxnlne at
J. -M. WtXTHAEPFER'S Cheap Hook Store, No, -11, corner of Nortii Qneen and Oniiigc sis. , Lancaster. Pa. Cilee U-tr-4
CARD!
UEIGART'S OLD WINE STORE,
Eatablished in I7S5.
NO.:lB EAST KING-ST., L.VNC.VSTER, PA.
ipIIE'repntat ion of REIGART'S OLD WINES lANDIiKANDIES for pnrity and excellent quality havingbeen fuliyeslabiishod for neur¬ ly a eentniy. wo regret that Iho eondnet of some unprincipled ilealerM. who re-llll with uml sell from Viurlabeled holtles their delete¬ rious compound]^, compels nH to adopt lho an¬ nexed trado mark, which In future, for the protection of ourselvoH and our customers, will be found on nil oar old botlied Wiues, Brandies, Gins, Whlskles.lAllers, .tc.
nOOFINU ST,.tTK.
PRICHS REDUCED TO SUIT TIIETIMRS.
rilHE nnderslgned has conslantly on hand A B ful! snpply of Ijineasterfliid YorU connly BOOFING SLATE oftho BEST tlUALITII->i which he Im selling at reduced prices, and which will be pnt on by tlie square, or Hold liy the tou,ou the most reusoiialile terms. Also, constantly on liand,an extra light Peach Bot¬ tom Slato, Intended for alatlug on nhiugied
Haviug In my omplor tho hestsialersln tiio market—all work will be warranted lo he exe¬ cuted in the host manner. Aa tiieso quaiilies otSlate aro tho Itetlintlu! market. Builders and others wlllUnd itto thelrlntercst to cull und examine at my Acricultuml & Seed "Ware- rooms, No. US, EastKlnKSt., two doora west of tho iXmrtHoone. OEO. D. 8PKECHEB.
as-Wo Imvo also tho AZBESTOS ROOFING, luteuded for flat roofs, or where slalo or shin¬ gles cannot be ubmI. It Is far superior to PIik- tic or Gruvel Rooling. lanl-'lis-ll
Seea Onis!   Seed Onis I
JU.ST rocclvort sir vnrlotloa of SUPERIOR , SEED OATS.  Abio, ftirley, Clovor,Timo¬ thy and other field nud garden seeds, at SPfikcHER 4 CO'S
Seed Store, 29 Eaat King St.. Lancaster, Pn.
And further. In ordor to protect the same, we hereby announce our ilelermlnatlon lo pfoaectUe to thc/uUeniextent of Uie Aet of As- Homhly, approved :llst day of Murch, ISt^o, auy persons or persons who shall vloIuCo the pro- visioli-s of said act as aiiplleable to our trudu mark.
N. a—Wo respectfully request the public.
when tboy have occasion or desire touse old
Brandy at the Hotels or Itestaurauts to ask
partlciila»lv for Relgart's Old Brandy.
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UOHIIRR'H
KXPEOTOItAl.1 Wn.l) ClIEHHY TO.NIC
Is no chtap Unr PllIcrH, ko cornmonjy uho(! pv* ury-wli*'re, but It Ih nn nlrl HtjinilHrd romiHly for ulnuwtttvm'y complainl-tliJttllt).il) liihvlrto. It Ih a Ulood purillur that linH no t'qual. KordiM- eiiMC-H of the Clit-'st, Hvlt, KlilneVH, Lunu-s, Htoiiiarh mtd Itowols, Inill^usLlon, IiyKnepHiji, Uiiirrho', PywunltTy, (Jholnra MurboH, Ucuural Ilebllity, tCi', Kvery duully Kltuuld liuvo U. lJi>llcjittiI]idlrK:ind ehlldron Hhould u.-iolL, It wll) Invigonito tho Hystoni, kIvo ch'ur itiul lipiilthy citlur to thi! skin, und HtrunKlh to Uiu iHidy. All c)iildr(!n aro Hulijoct lo cliutlc, diur- rluuiind i>aln«. In.stend of uHiuf2thoNoitr4ii>- nratlonK of opium, so injnrions fo thu bruin andfutui in lis r4*su)t^.n!iuUliorer'K Wild Uhur- ry Touic, whicli will rctiovo thu Huflererof ull
ItiilUB und nllniPiits, aud inKttuid ot being un njury, will hu u Iimtint; benollt; no Injury can rosnll fronithlM invjilnublo uomronnd. OKI. inlirm uud tovlAo i>on;4iui bliuuld une ll. So ftin.ily shouhl bo M'ltliont it. Kvery Hotol, and lli'Hluurani uhnuld Uuvo 11. Kvery ve-ssoi go- ini! tosounhuuld Iw pruvlded with tt.
J. UOmiEU. a«lo PropriKtor, nprl7-tr-2i '   Lunca»Ujr. P»
M'ANTF.D
EY a nrst-clasa UFE INSCllANCE COMPA¬ NY, Ueneral uud Unail Aseiila for this uud surroundlug counilos. Ihe dlvldund of thU Companj' In Ja-nimry wa« 50 per cent. Among itsreuturcHare: :»dnys'^aco In paymentof prpmiumu; iinnuuldlvldeudti;Hll policies uou- forfciiublo; does not limit inivel. Addresa with refiTcnci'M
Insurance, P. O. Bor 187;, mar i:i-lm-l7 PH1LAT>ELI'HIA, PA.
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