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Come to me, O yc chlldron!
For I hear you at your play. And the questions thnt perplexed me
Have vnnl.'iliert quite awny.
Ye open theeastern windows
That look toward the sun, \7here thoughts are singing swallows.
And the brook of morning ruu.s. In your hearts are the birds nnd-sun.s]iine,
lu your thoughts the brooklets flow. But lu mine the wind of autumn.
And the first fall of the snow.
Oh ! what would the world be to us
If the children were uo more ? We should dread the desert beliind ns,
Worse than the darlc before.
What tbe leaves are to the forc.st,
Witll light and air and food. Ere tlieir sweet nnd tender Juices
Have been hardened Into w.iod,
That to the world nre children ;
Through them 11 feels the gli>u- Of a brlghtand sunnier climale
Than reaches the trunk below.
Come to me, oyo childien!
And whisper lu my ear What tlie birds and winds are slugiug
In yoursimuy atmosphere.
For what are al! onr contrlvlug.s.
And the wisdom oftlie books, AVMitn compared with your care-sse.s.
And the gladness of your looks.
Ye are better than all the bnllnds
That ever were sung or said For ye are living poem.s.
And" all the rest are dead.
A. FIATTESIKG aEMnriSCElTCE.
'A boauty! an heiress! an eeccntiic guardian, wliose invitation includes any friend you lilte to take with you for a few days' shooting. Why, my dear Fred, you have bound me to you forever by your selection ofiny.seIf. Ifeel ijuito a new man already; for I must confess that, wheu j-ou came in just uow, I was suffering from an unusually desperate ntofthe blues.'
' Cousequent, in a remote degree, ou last night's supper,' suggested Fred Clayton, ' and a good deal also on the way you remain cooped up in these dis¬ mal quarter.^.'
Fred glanced cdiitemptuoiisly round my dingy Temple chambers as he spoke, —a survey scarcely necessaiy, consider¬ ing their intimate resemblance to his owu adjoining rooms. However, I for¬ bore any remark ; indeed the delightful prospect just presented to me absorbed all my attention, and I grasped my friend's hand in a fever of gratitude.
' Tell me all about it,' I said, ' and how you came to think of me.'
'There is nothing to tell,' replied Fred, seating himself ou the corner of the table and swinging his legs back¬ wards and forwards lazily. ' This morn¬ ing I got a letter from an old fellow in the country, reminding mo—as ifl could remember it—that he aud my father had been friends thirty yeai's ago, and asking me dowu to his place for a few days' .shooting, with permission to bring a friend if Hiked.'
' And his niece that you told mo of,— the heiress ? ' said L
' O, ofcourse he did not mention her,' said Fred; ' and I merely tell you be¬ cause, if you choose to put yourself un¬ der my guidance, I may be tbe means of helping you to a good thiug. You know,' he added more deliberately, ' how disinterested my assistance can he after the littleconfidenees we exchanged last night."
' True,'said I, charmed with the re¬ collectiou,—' your pretty  cousin,—the •  secret engagement—'
' Yes,' interrupted Fred ; ' you kuow allaboutit; and we know more about each other than most fellows; so it was natural I should think of you as compa¬ nion for my holiday, and I'm right glad you're inclined for the trip.'
So saying, and silencing mj- rene^y•ed protestations of plc;isure, Fred left me, appointing a rendezvous of thefirsttrain leaving for our destination, some two or three hours later.
Fred Clayton and I had been school¬ fellows iu oiTr carlj' days, and many of his vacations were siient in my father's Iiouse. Of late years, however, he had lived exclusively in London; like me, a young aspirant to the uncertain hon¬ ors of the bars, but, unlike me, possess¬ ing a large circle of friends and acquaint¬ ances, and never withouta superabund¬ ance of invitations to dinners, balls, and eoncijrts;. for Fred was said to be very popular, especially in ladies' so¬ ciety.
E-Kcept in the mere fact tlmt we' were both younger sons without any expec¬ tations, there w.ts bnt little resemblance between Fred Clayton and Jack Harris. • My residence in London   only  dated back a few months,  and already the great city possessed uo charm for mc . I jiined for the country,  for freedom, and for the active life of liomc. I might, indeed, with tho assistance of Clayton, or through letters of introductiou from members of my own family, luive pro¬ cured fashionable invitations, and re¬ ceived partial toleration in society ; but the prospect of a crush, heated rooms, and strauge face.?, was a thought of ter¬ ror to my timid nature, especially with the underlying chance of presentation to a young lady,   and   the   unhappy knowledge that my deficiencies in the art of small talk would make such a chance a perspective martyrdom.   No; I confessedin my own heart that socie¬ ty was not my forte; other talents I cer¬ tainly had, deeper, more intrinsic mer¬ its than those that passed for genuine la a ball-room,—but they were merits to develop in au atmosphere of peace- fulness and repose; qualities to expand in the quiet of a domestic hearth; and a thrill ofjoy sbot through rae as, cram¬ ming every available article of clothing into a small portmanteau, I took leave of my comfortless chambers, and allow¬ ed my fancy to dwell on a brilliautpos-. slbility,   that   Clayton's   words    had «voked.   An heiress, and a beauty, —a country beauty of course; blushes and simplicity,. and  rich, — how  rich ?— Rich enough to live on a grand estato; to keep a large stud; to dispense prince¬ ly hospitali^ ? i must ask Tiefl. Thia, however, was secondary.   I would not of ^course acknowledge myself to  be mercenary.    Love must come flrst; love independent of fbrtane,—
" Like Dian'B Idss, tmaslced, unsought.
Love gives itself, bat Is not bought."
So I assured myself; bat tben, in all
candor,!did not anticipate 'any vei'y great difficulty on this score, for. I itutd ever been painfully sa8Ceptlbl*'*r* -Itiq tender passion. . Finally, for. saixi&uJ^ must trust somewhat to my-ownf *Mllj i^ualattractions (and, ^feife a.jwac?^^ tremor seized me,) andno'taUtHfliowe cd-operatlon of my fiiehd,-fo?'^*Flw»d pre-cngagement I' was' iapti 'if^^ned than I liked to.-«ok.«hwleilge<oimy«i«Kj
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'Fifty Ihou.saud pounds,' said Clay- (011, in answer to my inquiries, when wc liad secured a coitj)e to ouisclvc..', and were preparing it for tlie comloi t nl' all future tr.tvfUers by lighting nur cigars; ' flfty thousand, my hoy, ami the.estate, ifyou consent to take her name./
'Her name! Wliat is hur iiimieV 1 iiSiketi,
'Bmng,—Miss Elling,' he replied. ' And now, if you think the attempt worth making, I will let you know how the land lies, and give you a sketch of your campaign. The time is shorti and of course I cannot insure you.a sec¬ ond Invitation if all is not concluded during our present trixi. Now theii, old fellow, jjfo or coji .^'
My reply was given with a fprvor quite warranted by the occasion.
Fred Clayton threw himself back in his seat, and after arriving, by much perseverance, at a sufficiently comforta¬ ble position, ho began his instructions, interrupted only by an occasional puff at his cigar, whieh momentary pause rendered Iiis words all the more im¬ pressive ; at least I fancied so.
' Our great dilTieulty,' said he, ' is the uncle, Mr. Merrick,—his name is Mer¬ rick. I told yon before he was eccen¬ tric; but that is not (he word,—' exact¬ ing' describes him better. He is aw¬ fully exacting, anil possesses immense influence over his niece; an Influence so great that his choice would be here, even weresl'ie not still under age, which I believe she is. My dear fellow, all depends upon the impression you make iu that quarter. I cannot exaggerate the importance of devoting yourself from the very lirst to Merrick,—study¬ ing his tastes, sharing his ple.nsuies,aud attaching him firmly to your interesls. The old fellow is .so selfish iu Insisting on these attentions that I dou't think, were I even freo, I eould stand enough of his societj- to insure success. But there's no knowing, the prize is well worth winning, and perfectly attaina¬ ble through him, and througli him alone.' ' And about Jliss Efliiig?' I iuquired. ' iliss Effing is a charming girl,' said Fred; ' quite young, and ready to be¬ lieve anything bad ofa lover her uncle condemns. Being an heiress and a beauty she has already received several proposals, but all have been .rejected in consequence of the suitors luiving had the egregious folly to pay more atten¬ tiou to the niece than to the uncle.'
So theu the uncle was the only real difficulty; not a very grave one, I thought. At all events, forewarned was forearmed, and I Inwardly vowed to tax my patience to the utmost for so great a stake. At the moment it never occurred, to rae how remarkably well- informed Clayton appeared ou all that concerned our future hosts. I was only too glad to flnd him so'well able to "ad¬ vise me, and iierhaps a little relieved that the great result did not involve much courtship or attendance on a young lady.
Wc were not long iu airivlug at the station, where a dog-cart was in wait¬ ing to receive ua; aud after a rather cold drive ofa couple ofmiles we reach¬ ed our dcstinatlou.
Mr. Merrick's, orMiss lining's, house, —fori did not know lo whom it actual¬ ly belonged,—was a large handsome building, situated in a fine park, with uudulatinglawn and well-plauted trees; so much I was able to perceive in the growing darkness.
Our arrival hjid beeu heralded by a handsome pointer that we fouud repos¬ ing on the terrace ; and on alighting, we were mot by Mr. Merrick, who treated me to a long aud most unequiv¬ ocal stare, aud after greetings and intro¬ ductions, hurried ua oft' to our several apartments to prepare for dinner.
I shall never forget that dre.^sing. I had heard so much of flrst impressions, I believed in them so implicitly, that my anxiety to produce the proper effect almost amouuted to frenzy, and I could have staiigled Fred Clayton for his cool¬ ness and equanimitj', wheu he good-na¬ turedly came into my room to accom¬ pany me down through tho ordeal of a first appearance iu the drawing-room
Jliss Efling was there ; and the mo¬ ment I saw her, I understood the fail¬ ure ofall former suitors ; I realized the almost superhuman effort that would be uecessary voluntarily to resign such companionship for that of the superan¬ nuated uncle, and resolved to steel my¬ self by the constant recollection of my predecessors' fates. Graceful, witty, and lively to a degree, no wonder the old mau dreaded to lose the sunlight of her presence, and the affectionate charm of her manner towards himself.
With exemplary fortitude I dashed at my task, and before the eveniug was over found myself, to my great surprise, established as the chosen companion of Mr. Merrick. I listened with admlra- blj'-got-up-interest to long, dreary anec¬ dotes of his past experiences comprising minute details of the dates and even the hours at which people, long since dead, had been born,—the memories of these old people are always prodigious ! —and submitted to an account of his preseut devotion to the collecting of mioerals, which now occuiiied all his time, except during tlie shooting season, for the old geutleman was very proud of stili being able to carry a gun.
Of course  I Immediately professed inyself an enthusiast on the subject of mineralogy, and was forthwith carried off in triumph to a largo cavernous den, to admire what he called his specimens. The examination of these hideous lit¬ tle bits of tiu and stone lasted, what ap¬ peared to ine, about two hours; and when, ultimately, we returned to the drawing-room, human nature asserted its rights, and unconsciously I stole over to the piano, where liliss Efl[ing's fairy fingers wers wandering listlessly over the keys; while Fred Clayton stood be¬ side her looking through some music. Immediately a  warning glance from Fred recalled me to a sense of danger, and turning in the direction ofMr. Mer¬ rick I perceived an unmistakable scowl upon his face, as he watched the party. Hastening to his side, I succeeded par¬ tially in removing it, by the proposal of a game of chess, whieh absorbed all his faculties, and agonized all mine, till the geueral move was made for retiring. As I approached Sliss Effing for wish her good night, I overheard the old ty¬ rant remark, condescendingly, to Fred, ' Your ifriend is an intelligent fellow ; we sympathize, and I like him ; rather Buperflcial in mineralogy, but we must try and remedy that by making the most of onr Ume, as your stay will not extend beyond a few days.   Iu fact the young man quite Interests me : I wish yon hadhls tastes, Frederick.'
So virtue was .rewarded, and I had made a good impression.
1?lie iicxtmornliig we started early,i ^^Uffpt, ,en the wholesale ijlaught^j ofj ipartildges ; and on this occasion Fred) hurt-hiti hand severely as to incapaci- ^te.iim.Crom joining our future expe-' ditlmsl; -Infeet, every possible combi- rii«tion'y(f'.',circatnstance3 favorable to' pny 'wvi^niaeii^eijt ii^' \\\p 'good' graces i¥ iiziMwHiHeeameiltiv 'iitiitfutnd^me.^ To say what an effort it required to sub- init chccrftillj'tohls perpetual presence would bo Impossible. He appeared af¬ ter a little, to regard my continual com-' paiiioiishi]) as a matter ofcoui'se ; .nnd so well had I acted my part, that the mini actually believed I enjoyed his so¬ ciety. Presuming, therefore, on my established .piipularity, 1 ventured ca¬ sually oil un occasion thut appeared fa¬ vorable, to introduce the subject of his niece into one ofour conversations.
'Ah,' said lie, and his face grew hard Instantly, 'IJella requires to be watched closely. She Is so honest and noble- miuded hei-sclf, that she cannot under¬ stand the mercenary designs of the but¬ terflies that flutter about her. But I never lose sight of her; I am always there to ward off artful attentions, and keep woukl-be suitors at bay. I am always there, and I shall be always there; but,' he added, changing his tone, which had been growing excited, ' it is well we are free from such Intrud¬ ers at present. I have never seen so liltle of my niece as during your visit. You have made mu forget niyself and her; but Ihuu it is only oncu In.allfe- tiinu that one may meet so congenial a spirit as you re; and, as for Frederick, liclla knows,—and Ue would not dare noiv.—He stopped with a growl.
Mr. ilerrlck w;is then aware of Clay¬ ton's secret engagement. This account¬ ed for what had ah-e.^dy smiie\vli.lt puz¬ zled me,—his apparent iiullflerenou to the young and fa.seinatlng lawyer's eon- slant ti:le-a-fcle with his niece; but his marked emphasis on the word nota solved the incongruity, and also be- traytd what'woulil have been his tac¬ tics, had he uot felt secure; and yet suoh knowledge argued a moreintimat'C association with Fred's aftairs than I should have expected from a man whose present liospitality was founded ou a thirty-years-ftgo acquaintanceship with his father; but, on reflection, Idi.tected in it an net of generosity on the part of my friend, who had evidentlj' taken the old man into his confldence, to set his mind at case, and leave him per- lyeetly free to be won over by me.   .
.So time wore ou, and, as the daj'fixed for our departure approached, I began to feel a trifle qualmish. In siiite of the undeniable favor shown me by Mr. Merrick. It was all very well to have secured the uncle,—if I had secured him; but was I certain of securing the
niece. I had scarcely exchanged half a dozen words with her. Old Merrick had remorselessly absorbed every sec¬ ond of my time,—the covers all day, mineralogy and chess all the evening, till the very sight of a che.s.s-board gen¬ erated a nausea that I have never since got rid of; and the suspicion that the lady had been too rauch overlooked in our calculations, suddenly struck pie with au uncomfortable sensation of doubt.
I determined to speak to Fred, and seized the opportunity that evening, when Miss Effing had retired, to pro¬ pose a cigar on the terrace,—a proposi¬ tion to which Fred readily consented. The eas(^ was speedily represeuted, and Fred's answer, as usual, concise.
' You have been admirable," he as¬ serted, ' and deserve,'! must admit, im¬ mense credit for so fully Carrying out our plans; and I feel that I cannot con¬ gratulate myself or j'ou too heartllj'. Now, perceive Iho result: the old fellow swears bj' jou, and I have drawn Miss Elfing's attention to the high opinion entertained of j-ou by her uncle. Of course, to alter j'Our line of conduct now, would be to destroy everything. You would be accused of a ruse, suspect¬ ed of intentions, andsummarilj^ ejected^ Consistency, my dear fellow, believe me, unvarj'ingconsistency, isyouronly course,—unremitting devotion to the ogre; delicate diffidence towards tho niece; and on the morning of our de¬ parture, when the near prospect of los¬ ing his congenial spirit, as he calls you, has unnerved our frieud, a solemn in¬ terview in tho library, a formal propo¬ sal, and J'OU returu to town au engaged mau! Is it uot as clear as daylight ?— slraiglitforward aud inevitable in every poiut, because so-simple. Y'ou retain your pedestal, remain consistent, and the result comes about quite naturally, through aud in consequence of that very consistency.'
I looked at Fred with admiration: everything appeared so feasible when detailed by him in a few simple words, his verj' tones ofsemi-indifl'ereuce had a wondrous power of conviction ; and, moreover, mj' own common seuse res- pouded to the assertion that a change of manner would bo falal.   I saw my waj'
xxavi* uhrilisUt boforo liio, plnin anil easy
as an ordinary transaction of life, and the horizon grew bright with hope.
Warmly thanking my friend for the invaluable beneflt of his shrewd sense and couvinciug advice, I withdrew to mj' room, my mind fllled with more sanguine projects, more tangible hojics, than I had yet indulged in, since the beginning of mj' adventure.
IV.
At length the momentous moruing dawned. We had prolongeil our few daj's, stay to a week, and our host had evideutly determined not to renew his invitation, spite of the manifest pleas¬ ure my company gave him; so, almost before I could realize it, tlie eventful day arrived.
I passed a sleepless and   disturbed uight, several times startlngfromacon- fused, dreamy rehearsal of the inter¬ view I  intended  demanding  in  the morning, to fancy I heard whispering voices and confused sounds about tlie house, quite impossible at that lateliour. Visions floated before me of the already approaching future; the events of the last few  days seemed  to spread back over half my life, so great was the im¬ portance attached lo  their issue ; and now the culminatingpoint was reached, I felt already the foreshadowing of my victory ; for, had I not fullilled every condition?—had I   not  accomplished the task in which every other competi¬ tor had failed ? And the question of the young lady's possible opposition was merelj' doubtful enough to give excite¬ ment to the denouement.   Did not all young ladies liret oppose, ami ultimate¬ ly yield, with very little pei-suasiou, to all parents and guardians ? How much more so then In the present case, where the circumstances were so exceptional¬ ly strong in my favor!
I had not been long awake, and was debating iu my own mind whether or not to start on an early walk, and by a dose of fresh air to bract up my shat¬ tered nerves and stimulate them for the coming scene, when I was startled from my cogitation by a tap at the door, and almost Lmniediately Mr. Merrick's valet stood before me. This was a most un¬ precedented occurrence; hitherto a ser¬ vant had never entered my room with¬ out being summoned, and this man seldom, even then
A vague presentiment of'evil seized me, and I turned ^U|neaa^ily' to look at him. ' One glancf^.siifflfied';, he was ghastly, paie,, ^nd ,spejne<J ',l>alf irisane 'with alarm. TJtterly ,umible-to conjec¬ ture the cause, hut,oeiWft,that some¬ thing terrible mhsthava hajjpenedy-il
gasped, 'What.ls-it?'i.:.ii'j:;."'V,' .
' O, Sir! don't yoii: know ?i said' lie,— ' are you sure you don't know ? 'JPhey're goiie, sir,—Bolted,— r.M Fred and MlSs Bella,—the two of them, anil the new maid,—off iu a post-chaise three good- hours ago; and who's lo toll the gover¬ nor I don't know; I daren't.'
The man might have gone on speak¬ ing forever,—in fact he did go on; but beyond those fuw first wor<ls, not a syl¬ lable was iulelllgible tojme. My flrst imjuilsc was to bound up aud strangle him then ahd there, but the effort was amiserable failure, and Ifell back pow¬ erless, paralyzed.
No suspiciiiu of a possible mistake; iio^crumb of comfort in a momentary feeling of incredulltj', sustained me; the mail's manner bore the stamp of truth ; his terror was too real, his state¬ ment too concise to leave room for a doubt. It was by no process of reason¬ ing, by no mental review, by no reca-, pitulation of events that the light broke In on me, but suddenly, in an instant, with the violence of a galvanic shock, X realized how completely I had been sold, utilized, taken in!
At last, a movement ou the part of the serv.ant attracted my attention ; he was handing me a letter, and had prob¬ ably beeu desoribiug how It came into his possession, but of this I had not heard a word. My sensations can be neither imagined nor described when, on looking .at it, I recognized the writing of my tralloroiis friend. Had the viper left his sting there? I hesi¬ tated to touch the dishonored paper. At that moment a violent ringing of bells announced Mr. Merrick's levee,: and throwing the note on the table,-.the distracted valet rushed from the room, muttering 'I cannot tell It,—I Ciinnot; Thomas must go to him.'
Alone with mj' enemy, I screwed up my courage and broke the seal. The note was short, and ran as follows:
' Deaii Jack.—Pray accept my best thauks. But for your efficient aid we could never have successfully hood¬ winked old Argus. You arc an apt pu¬ pil, and I sincerely wish you equal suc¬ cess in all j'our future undertakings.
' Yours, bj' all the bonds of gratitude, ' Fred Clayton.'
' P. S.—Bella insists on .npologizing; so I enclose.'
There was then another epistle! I looked about: it had fallen on the floor. I oiiened it mechanicallj', and read:
' Dear Mr. Harris, — I hope you will forgive Fred. Wliat he did was for my happiness. We have long been attached aud secretly engaged; but my uncle was so obdurate andso vigilant, that an elopement was our only refuge, and, but for your assistance, could uot have been efl'ected. Trusting soon, to receive from your own lips pardon for a harmless stratagem, believe rae, yours (by the time j'OU receive this),
'liKiA.x 'Clayton' Efping.'  •
'Please, sir, Mr. Merrick wishes to spoak lo you..
The door of my room was wide opeu, and ou its threshold stood the old but¬ ler, grave and severe of aspect. I fol¬ lowed him silently,.too full of bitter¬ ness for words, but solacijog myself with the reflection that In my host I should flnd a thorough sympathizer iu my over¬ whelming anger aud indignation.
I was ushered into'a small sitting- room, where Mr. Merrick, iii a flaming rod dressing-room, and absolutely pur¬ ple with fury, was pacing up and down like a wild beast in a cage. Before I could open mj' lips he turned sharply round ou me, and roared out,—' So, sir, do you know I have sent for the police ? Do you know j'ou can bo taken up for this conspiracy? I see itall now,—the infamous plot, and the part you were brought here to play. Fool that I was!' —' But, Mr. Merrick,' I began.
'Silence!' he exclaimed. 'Do j'ou dare to taunt me? Have I not forbid Frederick Clayton this house scores of times? au'd, in letting Bella ask him here for a few days, could I refuse her first request on coming of age? Could I turn a guest, though uninvited, out ofa house that was not my owu? A guest, indeed!—a swindler, a black¬ guard, probably paid to amuse the un¬ cle, aud keep him off the scent.'
His voice rose higher and higher as he proceeded; at the end he actually shrieked. But this was unbearable.— roy own temper had beeiiseverelj' tried, and endure more I could not.
' Mr. Merrick.' I said liotlj', ' such language, even under the cireumstau- cesi—'
' Can'tyou leave off acting even now?' he burst in. ' Confound j-our gapiug look of innocence! Do you see this?' he cried, exhibiting a crushed letter, which he kept cleneheil in his haml.— 'They are married by this time, aud your villany has so far succeeded ; but the triumi)h shall not last long. I will hunt the scoundrel ami his contempti¬ ble accomplice—yes, you—through cv- I ery law court in Europe; I will publisli his infamy in every newspaper, and proclaim it throughout the civilized world! You shall not escape me,—you shall uot!'
The madman shook his flst in mj- face, and glared at me like a tiger; but, staggered as I was by such revelations and accusations, I nevertheless made one more attempt at a protest. ' Y'our nephew—' I began.
' Mj' nephew ! ' he j-elled, ' do j-ou think that reptile Is my nephew ? No, mj- fine keeper, I am no longer your dupe; I can sue now through j'ourshal- low sliamniiug, and I order you to leave mj' house. Do j-ou hear ? leave it in¬ stantly, or I will bid my servants kick you out,' lie cried, pointing to the door as he spoke.
I hesitated ; Fate seemed loo cruel.— I felt that the smallest justification or e.'cplanation would lessen my misery; but before-a sound could pass my lip.s, he had raised his hand with the savage menace,—' One word more and I give the order.'
There w.ts nothing for me but to re¬ treat; and retreat I accordinglj- did from the room and from the house, leav¬ ing instructions witli the servants to send my belongings to the railway sta¬ tion,—that station from wliich I had driven only a few daj-s before with such pleasurable emotions and ambitious hopes.
Mr. Merrick's unexpected rending of the ease has indeed brought my wrongs to a climax. It was not enough to have been the tool, the dupe, the catspaw of oue I believed ray best friend ; 1 was also to be stigmatized as the confede¬ rate, the paid agent ofa jilot of which I was tbe principal victim. Truly I had reached the summit of human wretchedness.
The whole of the scheme which Miss (or Mrs.) Bella so obligingly called a ' harmless stratagem,' unfolded Itself by degrees to my mind's, eye; and, struggle as I would, I could not banish the thought of how the designing pair must have chuckled over my. credulity, and watched with malicious amuse¬ ment my unremitting devotion to the avuncular conquest. The last drop of bitterness had been poured into my cup; a lifetime ofesperlence bad been crowd¬
ed liito the space of a few iVysj' afid swallowing my humiliation lus best I could,'I returned to Loiidon,—a wiser, iifnot a better man.  ' .
It Is scarcely necessary to add that long before the return^ of the bride and bridegroom, Mr. Merrick had resigtied himself to submit peiteoably to the iu¬ evltable; and nothuis:.more was heard of the terrible vengeance destined to overtake Fred Clayton and his guilty accomplice.—i-'aHh'i^y Herald,
DOMESTIC  ARITEHETIG;
OK, STRIKING AN AV£lt.ia£.
extrava-
WILE TStSX OF IT.
' Womeii  :ue le-mark-ably gant now-a-daj's!'
So Mr. Pinkster saj's, and Mr. Piiiks- ter ought to know, if matrimony aud milliners'bills can post a man np in such things. Twice a year Mr. Pinks¬ ter takes an accodnt of stock at tbe storet and g;reat is the turmoil thereof. ''Of course it is necessary to know just how much he is worth; but it never occurred to Mr. Piijikster to investigate maltqjB at home, and attach a proper valuation to his wife!"
How mucli is Mrs. Pinkster worth en grandc toilette(iii full dress), ' anyhow,' as tho little ones say—that is, setting her own intriusic value (Golconda is nothing tb' it) aside. Take out your pencil aud tablets, raodllative husband, and see! Silk dress, seventy-flve dol¬ lars at least—Mrs. Pinkster i^ not a be¬ liever ill ' cheap silks'—cloak, fifty i bonnet, twenty-Mr. Pinkster selected il himself—don't 1,1^- to hftye ,lt!s wife looklnglikeadowdy.Fiira—nice mink that will last ten' years—oue hundred dollars; watch and chain, one hundred more. Lace vail, flve; gloves, two; linen collar and sleeves, two: sleeve buttons, six; crinoline and other sun dric's, about ten dollars; boots, five (aud verj' neat Utile Number Twos they are); and you have Jlrs. PInlister complete, valued at three hundred and seventj'- five dollars!
' Three hundred and seventy-five dol¬ lars!" says Jlr. Pinkster to himself, slowly wagging his head backward and forward overthe incontrovertible num¬ bers—' that's a great deal of money^a —groat—de.al—of—monej' i''
So it is. Nobody thinks for an iu¬ stant of denying that fact. And uow, Mr. Pinkster, since j'ou are so mathe-^ malically inclined this eveniug, suii- pose we go Into another liltle calcula¬ tion.
'Who made j'ourlastset of newshlrts? "Whj'—Jlre.   Pinkster;   but  that  is nothing."   Nothing, eh? Do j-ou hap¬ pen to know that the making of a dozen shirts at a dollar and a half each—the least J-ou eould have hired them made made for—is eighteeii dollars?   'Who nursed   j-ou   through   the  w-carj'  six weeks of tj'phoid  fever last spring'?— ''Jlrs. Pinkster;  butit was her busi¬ ness."   Yes, and If it had been a hired uurse's business, it would have cost you, seven dollars a week.   There's  fortj-- two dollars on the "per contras." Who luus kept house so daintily for you dur¬ ing the last year?   "Jlrs.   Pinkster; but Isn't she my wife,?"   Yes; but you must remember that Jenkins'  house- keeiier—Jenkins  is  a forlorn   wretch whohas uever inarried^demaiids twen¬ ty dollars per month,  and grumbles omniously at that.   Let us see—twelve months, at tweuty dollars per month, isjust two hundred aud forty dollars! Who rjppedyour overcoat all to pieces last week, and re-lined and re-trimmed it  so neatly? a job that  your  tailor would have asked ten dollars for,, and not have completed it half so artistical¬ ly?   Jlrs. Pinkster, to be  .sure.   Who made your last summer's suit of white linen, w-ith such exquisite finished aud pearly stitches, to the seamslrcis'   bill df fifteen dollars ?   Wuo goes into tlie kitchen aud burns her pretty face to the color of carmine, to inake the pies and puddings you delight In ? because a regular cook would demand flfteen dollars a month for wages, and Bridget does very well atteu.   Is fi ve dollars a month, for twelve months, nothing?— Verily, itis a saving of sixtj' dollars in the Pinkster pocket:
There is threo hundred and eightj'- five dollars at once I What does that look like? Is Mre. Pinkster au advan¬ tageous possession, or is she not? Re¬ garded merely as an investment, docs not Jlrs. Pinkster ' paj' ?'
It would take ink enough to fill the river Styx to detect all the trifling little economies that she practices about the house, while Jlr. Pinkster is readin^ the newspaper dowu at the sloro, witli his heels several inches higher than his head; and no pen that ever was manu¬ factured could describe the small, en" couraging ways slie has, and tho cheer¬ ful atmosphere she dift'uses around her, like a perpetual .stream of artifici.'il sun¬ shine ! All, Jlr. Pinkster, j'ou might hire J-our shirts raade, and your iilum puddings seasoned, but money won't buy those other things. They don't happen to be marketable commodities! A...1 now, 3sti-. I'liiKstcr, tio j'uu en¬ tertain any objection to 'being added up' yourself? You are not extravagant, oh, no!   iNIen never are.
Your suit—a verj' nico quality of bro.adclolh-a geutleman cau't woll wear anything commoner—was eighty- five dollars; j'our overcoat, a year ago, cost sixtj-. 'Your big 'Cooper' watch, with its cable chain, was ' a bargain' at two hundred and fiftj', and j'our pet seal ring was ten. Your hat cost eight dollare, and your double-soled boots fourteen; gloves, three, and gold-headed cane, twelve; while j'our scarf was four, and the carved coral head of Bacchus that fastens It, was ten. Put down ten dollare more for flannel under-garments, super extra hose, and othor necessaries for keeping the 'humaii form divine' comfortable, and you will find that the outer case inclosing Jlr. Pinkster amounts to nearly four hundred and seventy dollars!
'You'never would supposed It could couut up so?' Perhaps not, but wheu you made that sweeping assertion about women being so ' remarkably extrava¬ gant,' did you take the trouble to make any supposition on the subject ?
Jlr. Pinkster, there are too many of your stamp in the world. W^omen have enough faults to criticise, and enough mistakes to atone for, without bearing the burden of your unnecessary com¬ ments aud false assertions 1 A woman can't very well defend herself unless she happens to own a pen and knows au editor. Theu, indeed, she stands some little chance! But women in general have to suffer tliese floating slanders meekly and in silence. Job was undoubtedly a ijatlent man ; but if the manifold endurances of women iu this century could be made known. Job would be nowhere at all '.—American Phrenological Journal.
A STOET FOE iTHE IITTIE FOLKS.
' I will think of it.' This is easy to say and simple to do; but do you know what great things come of iast thinking? And jret' thought itself, though very mlghtj',' is iiolliln'g .^ve can see or smeU,. hear, taste .or. feeL., ..¦'.:,;
A boy nain«d James Watt satHjUietly by.the'll.re'Olie^*eping, walchthg the, tea-kettle lid 'dance,' as it moved up and dowu by the steam from the boil¬ ing water. He did not say anything, but lie was thinking how much power there luusi: be in steam, if it could move the heavy lid.
He kejit thinking about it, and yeare and yeara after, when he was a man, he ao greatly improved the steam-engine, as to make it do us much work as a great many horses. By tli9steam of boiling water wheels and rods were moved, Vhlch thus moved machinery. When you eefi steam mills, steamboats, and railroad carriages, you raay remember thnt they never would have been built if ft were not for Ihinkhig.
Wheu a.man is lyiug awake ut night, very quiet, would ydu believe he can be doing what may change the life of a piilliou of people ? But he may be plau- ulngsome terrible battle that will bring sorrow into a multitude of homes, aud change thu fato ofa whole nation.
You have heard of Napoleo,n, wlio was such a great, soldier. About the time lie wa.s thinking of tho glorj- he would get lo himself and to the French, people, and planning long marches and vietOEies,^J.liei:e..wo8. a^ man living In Gloucester, England, who was thinking just as eainestlj', but of something very difl'erent. He was a good man, and be¬ lieved that we should work for the glo¬ rj' of God and the best good of men ; .-iud so he was thinking what he could do to prevent the rude children who lived in Gloucester from toking God's holy name in vain, from breaking the Sabbath, and from stealing. Some of them had sliifuffathera aud mothera, who did these wicked things them¬ selves, and there was uo one to teach the children any better.
Oue Sabbath day Jlr. Ealkes had oc¬ casion to go to a part of the city where was a large pin factory, and a great ma¬ ny people wlio worked there lived near it. He was shocked and grieved to see the swarms of dirty children -in the streets, who were playing rough games, fighting and swearing. He heard that the farmers who lived a little out of town were obliged to staj' at home to watch their fruit trees on Sundays.— They said they had more trouble by thieves on that day than on any other. Mr. Baikes thought if he could get these poor little degraded, ignorant ones into a school bn Sundays, thej' would be kept from mischiei", and taught some¬ thing whieli miglit make them good men and women. He resolved to ti^'. It was veij' hard work, but he succeed¬ ed; and other people i-cuing what a good ami blessed thing it was, .started other Sunday 'schools, till now, a hun¬ dred years after, there is one conuecled with alifiost, overy place of worship Iu England as well as Aracricii.. So you see what Jlr. Ealkos brought about by thinking.
HOW PBEdIpRICE C.A.M'URED .    , .^lOHOST.   . .
Oiie day,III June, 1865, as Dick Smith, aged fourteen, a resident of Stubtoe, Mas8.( a place wi^iich oui-'young readers had better not I<pok foroh4heir maps, for if-theydo ttieyprobably will" notj find It),; was weeaitig hisfatheH'gistriiw-' berry patch, he saw a young gentleman of about his own age coming up the walk which led i o his father's house.— On perceiving tjiis young gent, Dick mother, and exclaim-
rushed in to his ed,
' Jlother, here' the walk; an he'i
' i a city feller comin up
.•i got a vest, an a watch, an—an—an everything jes like a man— tiiat's how I kilow he's a city fel—.' Dick was here interrupted by a warn¬ ing ' .S-s-s-h-h-hilsh ' from his mother, who had been looking out of the win¬ dow, and knew that 'the eity feller' was  withlu earihot.    The next mo¬ ment thej' hearijl a low knock at the im,' said Dick,  In a Diclv's mother hastily and went to the door, he said.
proper nice court ?sj'.'
' Why, don't y Mury? I am y
door.    ' That's I hoarse, whisper, wiped lier hands It »«M 'lilni,'an(:
' Does Mr. Renbeif Smith live here, ma'am?'
' He does, sir, Jlre. Smith;', am S. mado what sin
.said Mre. S. 'Iam as iihesald this, Mre. afterwards called ' a
u remember me, aunt ephew, Frederick
yc u re ('oijr 11
MES..BI,tnE.
Mra.Bluiis anlunbappy woman. Life to her.IsB barren desert, contain¬ ing-nothing'but sands of unhappiness.; Out of little troubles she forms moun- i tains of^e.vils; and every moment of -happiness.i^ considered a forerunner of some great calamity.>. I have seen her golntchysternja/over-a-Bleedlng nose, and cry for hours over a ciit finger, fearing it would produce the lockjaw. If Blue attempts a joke she thinks hira intoxicated, and forthwith bemoans tho manhood of her husband and preaches unto him a sermon of morals, interlarded with her owu hardships and trials. Her friends have ceased to visit her, leaving her to brood over troubles alone and undisturbed. Poor Jlrs. Blue! 1 pity her, but her husband more.
Now there are a great many Jlrs. Blues in this land of ours, who go through life a dissatisfied, miserable, and despised, crowd. And, in their eager grasp after tlie thistles of life, they never observe or tliink of the beautiful flowers of happiness that grow beneatli tho thistles'shade. The sweet ¦smile of innocent childhood and the ap¬ proving words of old age are unlmowii to them. They "have set their lives, upou a'cast,", and think they "miist! stand the hazard of the die." The cast, is the suppression of all that is good aiiiL I noblo iu their nature, and tho die is lii^u of misery and unmourued iluath.
LEGl^iEife^lCES.
AVDITOH'H KOOHCE.
Estate of John -GrHSl,i^e.o'd., late of
JIarietta Boi-., Lancaster Co., Fa. nihe nn'dersfgn'eii A6cllt<if,''apii6lirte<f to Sis- i. tribute the balance remalnlag in the hanils of John WoKiier.execntorl 6rfh'aBlUira»c'il., to and among iaoae legally entitled to the Kame. ¦wni Rllj-for "that nnrpoSB-on        ' '— ""^
l50Kttha7Ui,ftt2,o'elo(*/P.SI,, tothe Jjbrary Room OF «>» dSSevSSmiSblidmna^t laa- caster where allperxonsInterested In sold dls- tribotlon may attend.    ¦-''¦¦--
JuIy3-lt-33 ,.,,¦:•¦:•; ¦¦-< * ^-Anai'tor.
AVtnTOB.-H StfftCE,
Estate of JIartin Ulrich, lateof Ephrata
township, deceased. -"HE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dis¬ tribute the balance rcmolDlng in Uie hand.s
orisaJieStrohl.Tru.stee. appointed by tho Or- lilmn.s' Court to .sell the real estate of said de¬ cea.sed, to and iimon^ those legally entitled to
the .same, will attend for that purpose on FRI.
"   IT, A.	
 .11.11 	
House, fu  tbe City of Lancaster, where all
D.VY, Ihollth dai- of AUGUS'r, A. D. 1887.ata f/clock, ji.ni., lit the Library Room of the Court
Price!' exclaimed the new comer.
'Lord-a-inassyi! so you be, now I come to look at Ij'erl' exclaimed his aunt; ' but it's ntjthln but natural that you sliud grow, Ijliiee I haven't seen you since you wqz—le'm-me see; how old wuz you theii ? Five j'ears old, I b'lcove ;• whj'; yoii mus be bout fourteen uow; hope j-er a-jjolu to make us a good long visit; you ouglit to, since you come clear from Bostlng. But lem-me Intro¬ duce you to Dick. Richard, my son, this is j'our cousin Fred, from Bostlng. Frederick, this Is j'our cousin Richard, of Stubtoe.'
So saying, Jlre, Smith left the boj'S. Dick'at first was father bashful, whioh waa quite natural'; but the easy conver¬ sation of his cousi [I soou took away that feeling, aud before long, Dick was sur¬ prised that he wi^ couA'eraing with as much ease as hlsf companion. He be¬ gan to think that J city fellers' were not at all the sort of bipeds he had set them down to be. Th'i'jt evening, after Fred had retired, Dickl said to his mother, ' Jlother, this ere j[;oiisin o' mine's very good to talk; he u^akes a feller feel easy in spite of 'emscK-es, an. ho don't talk nonsense, like I j thouglit city fellers did; but I doubt Itc's got as much pluck as he has tongue.'S
A 'WOMAN'S HABIT:
The eyeing of women by wonieii ia one of tho raost oftbusive inauifestations of superciliousness now to be met with In society.   Few observant persons ean have failed lo notice the manner in whioh one woinan, who is not  perfect¬ ly weU=bred, or perfectly kind-hearted, will eye over another woman, who she thinks Is not in such good society, aud above all, not at the time being In so costlj' a dress aa sho hereelf is iu.   It is done every wliere, at parties, at church, in the stre.et.   It is done by women in all conditions of life. The verj' servant- girls learn it of their mistresses.   It is done Iu au instant. ¦ Wlio cannot recall hundreds of instances of tli.at iweep of the eye which takes iu at a glance the whole womanand what slichason from top-not to shoe-lie?   It cannot be a new fashion of behavior; but the diiil'y In¬ creasing preteuce of people to suiierlor- ity, because thcj- cau afford to spend more moncj' upon their backs than oth¬ ers cau, makes it at once more common and more remarkable even than it was ten or fiftecu j'ears ago.   Men are nev¬ er guilty of it, or with such extreme rarity, aud then in  such feeble and siuall-souled  specimens  of tlieli; sex, that it maj' be set down as a sin not masculine,   or at   least  epicene.   But wonien of sense, of some breeding, and even of some kindliness of n.ature, will thus eudeavor to assert a superiorltj' upon the meanest of all pretences, and ihflict a Wound In a inanner moat cow¬ ardly, because it cannot be resented and almost of no retort.- If they bul; only knew how unlovely, how positively of¬ fensive they make themselves in so do¬ ing, not ouiy to their silent victims, but to every generous-hearted mau who ob¬ serves their manceuver,  tliey would
give up atriUmpil  utonooao iMon,, nnd
so cruel, which is obtained at such a sacrifice on their part. No other evi¬ dence thau this eyeing is needed that a woman, whatever be her birth or breed¬ ing, has a small and vulgar soul.
The next morni|ng, Dick's father told him lliatho mlgh| have the day to him- aelf—that he iiecijn't do any work on the farm at'all. l^ick was glad of this; a'nd about seven o'clock, A. JI., he and his cousin started iofl' for a walk. They went quite a dLstaiice from the lionise, till Dick waa 'sa|isfled. that he had shown his cousin ViU the '.sights' in the village, Iricludlng'tthe Stubtoe mineral springs aiid the SijUbtoe natural cave.— After Dick had shown all the curiosi¬ ties, thoy. started, homeward. On the way back thej' paifsed by a small house, which stood in th^. midst ofan orchard ¦hear the road. Everything around it showed: that it was unoccupied. The shutters were clos^iil, the paint was dlr- tj;, and evcrythijig about the house seeraetl to give testiinoiij' that it had no inhabitants. ;
' WIij' in the world don't somebodj- live iu that housuj!' exclaimed Fred.
' Why,' saitl Diuk, ' thal's what thcy^ call a haunted hqusc; folks sees ghosts and sich like there.'
' Did J'OU ever see anj', Dick ?' txsked Fred.    '    . [
'"^''all, j'ls, I hey. I've'scen the shut¬ ters bust open, aiijii inaii stick his he.ad out cif the winder,! an say, ' I'm a wan- derin spirit; when shill I hev peace?' Then he shet the|slielters. Folks used to go and sec hinj do it every uight.— And soinetlmos he used to saj- olher things; but hardly auj'buddj- goes now' —thej-'ve got slceercd, sumliow.'
Fred was aboufrlo speak, wheu Dick grew yerj- red in |iis face, and exclaim-
"'.— [ .   '      ¦    .
' I aaId/oM.i gotiskeered; I didn't my¬ self, in coorsu; J'jtuu't skeered. Now go on; what wasjj'er goiu ter saj'.'
'Dick, what do j'ou say .to this? Shan't we go thisjeveuing to this house, and see if we caii't flnd out the mean¬ ing of all this'?' asked Fred;  .
Dick looked atih'is conipauion with a
very tpieer expression on his face,'and
be skeered—wouldn't.
Wn.VT Avi'ECTED Hur.-When ,l)r. Dodge, au eccentric phj'siclan, was luc- turiug'through this State on the evil of tea and coffee, he haiipened to meet one morningatthe breakfast table a witty son of Erin, of the' better class. Coii-j veisation turned to thi doctor's favorite subject, and he addressed our friends an follows :
."Well," said tlie doetor, " if I con¬ vince you that thcj' are injurious lo J'our health, will you ab.ilainfromtheir use?"
"Sureandi will, sir," .
'How often do 'you use cotl'oe aud tea?' asked'the doctor. ' ,
' Jloriiing and' night, sir.'
'Well,'said the doctor, 'do j-ou ever experience a slight dr/.zine.ss of llie bralii upon going tq bed ?'
' Yes indeed I do,' replied Erin.
' And a sliari) lialii through.the lem- jiles, in and about the eyes, iu the morn, ing?' asked the doclor.
'Troth I do .so.'
'Well,' said the doclor, with an air of confidence aud adsuhince In hi.s man¬ ner, ' that is the tea and coU'ee.'
' Is It, indade'? faith ami I am tluuik- ful, I alwaj'S thought Llial it wali the whiskj' did that sanie.'
The companj' rimreil with laughter, and the doctor quietlj' rulired.
persons inlui-csted lu said distribution may attend. D. O. ESHLEJIAN,
Jun2S-Jt:l2 Andltor.
.VUDITOR-.S XOTICE. .
Estate of John Brandt, late of Conoy
townaliij), deceasbd. f IllIK tindci-slsned Auditor, appointed to dls- J. tribute the balauce remaining In the hdntis of Jacob C. Ni.ssley, Administrator, to and auiong tho.so legally entitled to thesame, will attend for that pnriKjse on TUE.=JD.VY, AlIO- IJST !3th, 1807. at 10 o'clock, a, m,, lu tho Libra¬ ry Ibiom of the Court iiouse, in the City or Lnni-astcr, n-liere all persons interested In .said distrllaitiuu may attend, jun-il-lt a2J , SA.M UEL URV, Auditor.
.lupi-rou-N NOTici:.
Assigned J'Islate of Silas Weiler and
Wife, of Ciernarvon twi).. Lane. Co. r|llIKunderslanedAudltor, apt>olnted to dls- X tribute the balauce remaining la tbe hands of iiavid .Styer, the A.sslgiico, to and axaoae tlio..;elegally enlitlej lo the same, will attonil riti-lbut purpose on TllUtWD.VY, the Sth day or.VU(iU.-ir, l.Sl.7,at lu i/cloclt, A. M., In the Court Ilousi". In the cily ttf Lancaster, whdre all persons interesled In said distribution may alleiul. -  ItOIjAND UILLKR,
.iuih!-'ll-ll-:K .\udlIor.
.VUniTOIfS XOTICE.
E.sl:ilo iif John  Sheafler,  lale of  the
City ofLancister, deceased. rnllE undersigned .Vuilitor appointed to dis- Xtrlbiite the balance remalnfng lu the lia'nds of Josiah ir. Slieairer aud David Hochstetter, Administrators of   saiil   dccea.sed.    to   nu,l among tlio.sc legally eiitillcd to tiie same, will attend for that purpose on H.Vl'UUDAY, tho 3rd day of AUO'T, 1S«7, at HI o'clock, a. in., lu tbe Library Kuuni of tne Court House, in the City of Laii'jaster, where all persons Interosteil In said estate and distribution may attend. II. B. BWARll, Juiie2;-lt-31 Auditor.
.VUHIXINTKATOB-ti XOTICE.
Estate of Joseph Jlarkley, lateof Upper Leacock twp., dec^d.
LirrTErWof adminlsti-atlon on said esUate havln<; been granted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted tberetoare requested to make Immediate payment,and those having claim:: or demands a<'alnst tbe .same will present tbem wlUiout delay for settlement to the un¬ dersigned, residing in sai I township.
JACOII .s. BUY, Jnul2-6l* 3«) Adminliitiator.
ADMIXISTK.ITOR'N XOTICE.
Estate  of Salome Huebener, late  of Warwick twp.; deceased.  •
LErrEli-Sofudmlnlslratloli on .said Kslat« having been gmnted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted thereto are retiuested to make iminetUatepaymt;]!!, antl tho.se Having claims or demands against tbesanio will pre¬ sent tbem forsettlement wlthoutdehiy to the undersigned,'residing In said township.
\t   'P   TTT7»..III..VK.r
Iuiil2-lit«:)0)
.M.T. IIUBUEXEP., Administrator.
"SwKKT, SwKiri' Ho.^iK."—A Boston mau, who waiiletl lo trade in mahoga¬ ny, sugar, honej', beeswax and hides, lived at Btc:!a, a liltle palm lown on the coast of Eucador, .South America, near lliu beautiful plains and mountains of Annti.    He Inula little house thatwas built of palm-true barkand covered with palm Iciavcs.    At last lie hod a house made of iiiiic boards at home, all fitted reailj' to put up. This was put on a ship¬ board and carried to B;ez:i, antl he i)ut it up, had it nicely ceiled, and Ibought he was verj'grand.   BulUiesuiishiunIc the boards, and verj' soon the seams in his nice new Iiouse .we're large enough to let in a bee ;  and iu the bees went, between thu coiling and wualher-board- ing, into his closets, under his chamber- floors, up his chiniuej', everj'whcre ; and befoie three montlis, so delighted were thej- wilh this new lioiue,  thej- had filled everj- crack and crevice over¬ head ami roundabout with eoiiib and honej', till it pourcl tlirougli the cracks antl streaiueddown on his head, and his house bee.ime such a "sweet, sweet homo," that he had to run awaj' and leave it, or be stuck fast and ilrawn out, like a llj' in a cup,  froni, his own great beehive.
.vMuixisricvroic'N xotice.
instate of James K. Alexander Esq'i-., late of Laneasler city, dec'd.
L1'"rrEK.Sof aflmlnislralltni on said estate having been gninletl to the underslgned.ul] licr.sf>iis Indebted thereltiai-u requested to malce Imiiicdlatc payment, uud those havingclalms rH-tlcmandsiigalnsttiies;iiiie will present tiiem wlllitnit tlebiy for settl'.'iiient to the under¬ slgnetl, resitliiig In .stiitl cltv.
W. \\   I'lOl'KlX.S, Adm'r. Juile7-Ct-27
EXBCIiTOK.S- XOTICE.
Eslale of Daniel lloj-er, late of Jlan- heim towuship, deceased.-
JiJT'l'I'.^Il.S tcslamenhiry on a»id estate hiM'- J ing been grantetl to the undersigned, all persons intlcbtctl thereto arc requested to make Immediate payment, uud tliose having claims or tlcninnds against the .s.ime will pre- .sciittlicm for settlement to the undersigned, residing in saitl tou-nsliir,
K-V-MUELBOTEEE.     . EJlANUf;f. GBA'VER, may 23-ti--t-il Executors.
EXECl'TOK'S XOTICE.
Eatate of Levi  PItrcu,  late of Eden township, deceased.
LETTER-S testamentary on said estate hav¬ ing been granted to tbe undersigned, all Fiersons Intlebted thereto are requL«teti tomake mmediate payment, antl those Iiavlng claims ordemands jtgiiinst the .same will present them fo'rsettlcineiit to the nnderslgned, residing In said towushln.
W.M. DUN'GAX. may31-2;>-G^t E.\eculor.
CO-P.HITSEK.XIIII' XOTICE.
THE underslgnetl have entlTCd Into copart¬ nership under the Ilrm nf A. Bitner, Jr., .S: Co., for the purpose ttftlciingawholesole antl re- tall Coal IJu.sIne.ss. Yanlattiie Pennsylvania Rallroiitl atljoiuing Illtner A Uro's Deoot Lan¬ caster, Pa. .V. ISlTXElt.Jr.,
II. II. HOSTETTER. apl :!-3m-2l) J. E. ItlCHAnDSON.
Two young; princes, the sons of Arch duke Charles of Austria, had a warm debate in the presence of no less'a per¬ son than that of the august Emperor himself. Greatly excited, onesaid to the other: "You are the greatest ass in Ve¬ nice!" Highly offended at a quarrel in his presence, the Emperor interrupted them.aajriug.withindignation: "Come, come, young gentlemen, you forget that I am present."   ,
THE EMPTY OEADLE.
Many a mother's heart will respond to this sketch:
We met Jolin ou the stairs.   He waa carrying an old cradle  to be stowed awaj' among what he termed ' plunder' in the lumber room.   One rocker was gone, and the wicker work of the sides broken; but we could not refrain from casting asnd look into its emi)ty depths. "Gone," we said dreamily, 'all gone!' What golden heads were once pillowed here, heads on which curls grew moist in slumber, and the cheeks- and lips flushed  to the hue of  rose leaves.— When sleep broke the slumbrous eyes, smiles flitted like sunbeams over the face; the white fist-vv'as thrust into the motith, anil when mamma lifted the muslin and peeped in to see if baby was awake, what cooing and crowing was heard!   The little feet began to kick out of pure delight, ond kicked on until both of the tiny red shoes were landed at the foot ofthe cradle. Where aro those now?   fiome that were un- biowned  by vigorous   manhood   ore sleeping  on  battle fields;  some  ore bleached with time and cares ; and the feet have grown sore and weary on the rough paths of life.   Perhaps  somelit¬ tle one once tenderly rocked here  is sleeping iu the coffin.   Over it grows heart's ease  and  vigorous   box, aud white, candy-tuft, and starry jessamine. The blue bird flutters its bright wings through the willow^ boughs,  and the cool summer wind  whispers to   the green leaves and grass blades on the grave.   What of?   Perhaps of its mor¬ tality.   Sleep on, little dreamless one! "Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."
" Gris," soys when he was asked to write a ' take off' on the Black Crook, he replied that he couldn't see any¬ thing to take ofi:
" Am I not a little palo ?" inquired a lady, who was short and corpulent, of a crusty old bachelor. "You look more lUce a big tab!" was tbe blunt reply,'
he said,    ' You'd yer?'
Fred looked rather hurt, but he an¬ swered,— 'No, I shouldnjt.   Will you go?' ' Yes, I'll go, ifyou will,' was the an¬ swer. . j ..
So, when evening came, the two boys stole out of the house (on the sly, I am sorry to siiy), wept round to the barn, and got a smalf ladder belonging to Dick, which thejr carried on theirshoul- ders till lhey earae to ' tho haunted house." Tliey then climbed over the fence, aud went round to the back of the house, and placed the lailder .against the wall, near oiie of the windows on the second floor.; Dick tlien opened the window, aud then crept in. But no sign of tv gliost. could they see. ' I guess the ghosts are down below,' whis¬ pered Dick. .So Jown stairs tliey went.> They opened tlitj door which led to the sitting-room; hpfore them stood the ghost. He was! completely enveloped in a white sheet: He was about ojicii- ing the window', and did not see the boys; and thej- instinctively kept still to see what he would do. He opened the shutters, gave a yell, and theu shut thera again. I^c then turned around and confronted the boj-s. As soon as he saw them, he' gave a IcrrifiQ aeries of yells, whicli was probably intended to frighten them away. .Seeing that this had no effect, the ' ghost' spoke as fol¬ lows. In overy theatrical tone, and with numerous gesturjes:
'Young men, who do you seek? Can' me sperit have no rest ? Depart, young men! depart In peace from the presence of a tired sperit, who can find no rest. ¦Vermin, depart! Verminj I loathe j-e; I respect ye not.'
Atthis point I?red drew his revolver, aud the ' tired Sperit,' though he did not respect tlie boj's, seemed to enter¬ tain a very hearty respect for Fred's re- ,volver, for he begged for mercy. He confessed he wa? a notorious thief, for whom the police were continually ou the watch, and that ho had taken this ingenious mauuer to hide, aud at the same time get if lodging-place free.— He had lived 051 food whieh he had stolen from the neighbors' houses In winter and aprlrjg, and from their gar¬ dens and orchards lu summer and au¬ tumn. '
Thus it was th(it Fred Price and'DIck Smith gained thp respect and esteem of the whole vlllag,^ of Stubtoe.
AjiEUro.vx Feet.-^.Shoes, InaiUi for
onelocalitj' arc not adapted for all.—
For instance, a broad shtie, wide in the
shank, is best adapicd to the Eastern
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trade, .a narrow solo raettijig with but
little favor. Rliode Island, though the smallest State Iu the Union, cau boast of some of the biggest feut that ever trod sole leather. The Jliddle .Stales require slimmorshoes, and higher in theinsteii, tliau the East. The instep grows higli¬ er as we progress southward, commeuc- iiig with Virginia, an,d tlio foot shorter and more plump. Barely, at.theNorth, does a full-grown man wear less than a No. 0, running up iu tho scale of size's
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.ToitN-GKtiSK. )   WrKofPomcstieattach-
v-s, i-     iiitait to April term,
llENltv llKKIlc'iri'.    \ I.S(I7, No. 22?.
ALL persons Intlebled tti the above named defendant. t>rhohllng properly belonging tohhn are requested to pay autl dell ver ajlsuch sum OrsuniH of inoney autl property duoand be¬ louging to saitl defenilaut: nnd all- having claims will jircsent their amounts and de- maiitlsttilhe iiiitlersigiieil Trustees apltolnted nnder above writ; S.VJIOEL ECY.
W.M. IT.ETCIIKU, J.\.MI-3 WILSCIN. Je5-lr l-i=i Klizabetlitown.
c.virriox.
VLf. pel-sons arc hereby cantiouetl against luivlng to* ncgotialing for a l*roinl-s.stjrv Xotedntwii In ftivor of Jtiiiii I'uilly, fttr SITO.OH, payable in sl.vl.v day.s. ttatt!tl June '22, lAw, ami signed by .Samuel Kbersole, as nti value wa-s i-ecelvtal ftir the Kiime. Juiia-:Jt«S-2) a.VMUEL El!El!.St>LE.
TUllXriKE HIVIKEXn.
rnHE Presldeal and jraiuigcrs of the I.aiicas- JL ter, Elizabethtown ami Middletown Turn¬ pike TORtl have this day tleehiretl a divitleutl of two dollars uiul lifty cents per share, on each share of stock, ptiyabletiu tlemand.
J. Jl. LOXCi, Treasurer. July isi, 1,%'.  ¦ .'it-:!:!
UIVII>EXI>.
"I'lrE I'resldent and Managers *of. the LAX-
ICASTEU i EPHR.\TA TURNPIKE CD., toNo. 11; but, at the South, many a have thia d.ay declared u'dlvldefld of SEVEX- ,,,    .      ,' , I   .. TY-FIVE CEXT.S per share, equal to TUKKK
full-Sized man wears fours and lives,   i.^R CENT. fi,>r ihSinstsi.x moiiths.payai.leai and seldom e%'er nines-    The ladies of
the South,saj's a Southern journal, have confessedly always hod tliesmallest and prettiest feet of anj' race In the world.
  ,paya  ..
the'BanlUug Iiouse of Iteetl. Henderson Sl Co Jul l-3t) JOHN MILLER, Treasr.
A clergyman jgave a toast that waa not very gallant^ ata late fireman's cel^ ebration: "Ourfire engines—may they be like old maid^—ever ready, but never wanted!"
'J?Uci-c -tvuii Wurizt a lititii wlic/ -\Yna iii-
cbrlated, and that he might iiresent himself iu a state' approximating sobri¬ ety to tlio partner uv his buzzum, he wuz essaj'iu to vomit, trj'Iii thus to re¬ lievo llis stumick uv the cause uv the oniilcasaiitncss therein contained, but lie coodent do it. Hu hcaveil and heav¬ ed, but there wuz,no result. At this kritllcic period another man aiqiroacli- cd, who kindlj' remarked, that if lie desired lo voniitthe best thing he could do was to turn his finger down his *tliroat. The drunk indlvidooal looked Ul) indignant. " Bhist j'oiir cj'cs, sir," aed he, "are .you or rao liosslii thia j'crc jiuku?"
Old Cooper Is a Dulclimaii, and like manj' another of whatever nalio'nalltj', has a wife that is " some." One day the old man got into some trouble with a neighbor, which resulted in a fight.— The neighbor was getlliig the bctler of thu oUl man, who was resisting hia aii- ttigonist bravelj', when his wlfu broke out with ;"Lie still, Cooiier; ifhe kills you, I'll sue him for damages. '
Ahouseinaid who.wiL<! sent tocall a gentleinon to dinner, found him en¬ gaged in using a tooth brush " Well, Is he coming?" said the ladj' of the houso, as the servant returned. '" Yes, ma'am, directly," was the reply; "he is a jist sharpeniug his teeth."
" Papa," said .lohn Smith's j'oungest son. Last Thursdaj', "can I go to the circus?" " No, my boy," afl'eclionatc- ly replied Smith; " if j-ou are a good boy I will take you to see j'our grand¬ mother's grave this evening."    ,
(iullp thinks it rather remarkable that while several thousand feet arc re¬ quired to niake one rood, a single foot, properly applied, is- often sufUcIent lo make one civil.
What is the difl'erence between a ri¬ fleman who shoots wide of the target, and a husband who blackens his wife's eyes? The one misses his mark and the other marks his misses!
The following Is the true copy of a sign upou an Academy for teaching iu one of the far Western Statea: " Free¬ man and Huggs, school teachera. Free¬ man teaches the boya, aud Huggs the girls."
SIOO. AUEXTS AV.VXTED. 8IUU.
JfALE .\NI1 l-'BMALE, rpo Introduce a new ami useful invention of I absolute utility In ever.v hou.seliold.    Onl.v Three Pollai-s Ctipital retiulrctl.   For particu¬ lars, addre.ss with stamp.
JIlllN-K. WILSON .t 1:0.. .Jul 3-3m-S;: .-/JlAreh ^^l^cet, Philada., Pa.
1V.VXTK1>.
rpWELVETEiVClIERSillve m.-de antl seven JL female), to take cUargt; of the publicschoul--' in .Mlddlettiwn Dlstrit-t. The exaininatltiii will be hehl on I-n.II)AY.-U'LY lOlh.IfW.nuhe new llrlck School House, in Ihebouth Wnrtl. W.». niUTNKY, .Secrclar}-. Juiilll-3t:a
A c.iiin.
I'et itbetlistiiictly uiiiler.slotid, fund I hereb.v jcaiilioii liitise that art; not aware ofthe fad ¦
UOIlUElf.S
EXI'KCTORAL WILII ClIEllUY TOXIC
is no elic:ip liar TJlttcrs, so eommonly usetl cv- crj--wliero, but It Is an ttltl sltindanl remedy fer almost every complaint that llesh is heirto. It is a niootl piirifler that has uo equal. Eorills- etLses of the Chest, Liver. ICItlneys. Lnng.-', Stomacli and IJowels, Indigestion, Dy-spepsia, Iliitrrltte, Dvscnterv, Cholera Morbns, General IJobillty, Ac. Everv family should hnvo It. Delicate ladles and ehiltli-en should useit. It will Invlgm-ate the systein, give clear anil healthv cdlor to the skin, anil strength tothe bodv. *--Vll children are subjeet to chollc, dlar- rliolantl pains. Insteatl of using those prep¬ arations uf ttphim, so injurious to the Uroin and ftital in ils results, uscllhorer'sWildCher- ry Ttmic, which will relieve the sufl'erer of all pains autl allmeiils, ami Instead of being an liijurv. will benl.-.sting bfuellt: no Injury cttn resull from Ihis lnvalutil.lt; coinpouud. OM. Inllrm aiitl feeble persons should use It. Nt» fan.ily sliould be wiUiout It. Every Hotel, antl Ueslaunuit should have It. Everj- vessel go¬ ing to sea.sliouhl he provltletl with It.
J. ROHREIt, Sole Proprietor, aprl7-tf-2:2 Lancastcr.Pa.
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PURPLE TOP AND
WHITE FLAT DL'TCll. RUTA U.VO.\, WHITE
AND YELLOW OLOBi:. and all other vniieltcs at
JL A. THEER'S Heed ¦Warehouse. 711 Cliestnut St.. Philadelphia. Forwarded by mall 10 et.s. Per oz., SO cts. per lb. July:! lm-:»
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I..\XI>IXO ox  THE   COXE.STOU.V
CIIEEIC.
fllilE sub-sia-lber Iiavlng lately  introdiicetl JLsteam, Is now prepareil to do all kintls of
PL.VIX f!.\WlNCi. .SLI'II'INO
ANll Rf^SAWlNO
tor Cabinet .MaktM-s, Trunk Makers and others.
I am prepared lo haulstun'fi:ir He-.SawIng to and from the Mill, 10 nil parts of Lancaster city. If requiretl.
iriCKORY AND 0.\K WOOD
on hand by the cord or less quniillly.
«3-Sawed any required length.
All orders left nt the Post Offlco In I.aneaster city, prompUy attcniled 'o. june2)-ti-3^ SvvjIUEL IIES.S.
EKAXCEI. KTONE,
Informs his friends and the public generally that he Is prepared to deliver to any part of the cltv, the beet brands of FLOUR, CORN. BRiVN.'SHIPSTUPP, tie. at the lowest market price. .83-Don'tforget the place, Harrisburg Pike, 2pd door from Jnmes street, LaQoiuter.