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StSSY POWER.
The lady's son rode by the mill,
The trees -were mnrmuring on tlie hill.
Bnt In the valley they were still.
And seemed with heat to cower; They said that he shonld be a priest. For so had vowed his sire, decea-sed. They should have told lilm loo, nt lojisl,
To fly from Fanny Power. The lonely student felt his hrca.st Was Uke an dhipty linnet's ncsl. Dlviiaely moulded to be bleat,
Tet pining hour by hour; For seo, amid the orcliard trees, Her ^eeu gown Ulrtlcd to her knees. Adown thc.bralco, liko whispering breczo,
"Went lightsome Fanny Power.
Her eyes cast down, a mellow light Upon her neck of glancing white, Iilkestarshino ou asnowj- night.
Or moonshine on a tower; She sang—he thought her songs wtTi')iyran.s— An angel's grace was in her limbs; The swan that on Lough Erne swims ¦   Is mde to Fanny Power. -
Betnmed, htf^ought the convent dull. At liest a lieavj', heartless lull— No hopes to cheer, no flowers to cul i,
No sunshine and no shower; The Abbot sent him to his cell. And spoke of penance and of holl. But nothing in his heart to quell
The love of Fanny Power.
He dreamed of her the livelong day— At evening, when he tried to prny. Instead of other saints, he'd s.ny
O holy—Fanny Power! How happlerseemcd ou exile's lot, Thau living there, unlov'd, forgot— -\nd, oh, best joy! to share his col
His own dear Fanny Power.
"Tis vain to strive with passion's might- He lell llic convent walls one night, Andshe was won to join his flight
Before he wooed an hour; .So, flying to a froer land. He broke his vow at love's command. And placed a ring upou the hand
Of happy Fanny Power.
new; J»iW::the..xemaiiis<{)t loneiiday's dlnneriisiue bbok bnthe iiext j letoaefefd, and:eiilivened,.8o as to be morp sat*iy tluMi'WhCn- first cooked J- how (r^tty--
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THE TWO HOUSEHOLDS.
A DOMESTIC SKETCH.
Bartholomew B'.ii!ey was as merry as a cricket. Tliat is to say, he was merry when abroad from home, and surround¬ ed by boon companions. And here we must make still another exception.— There were times wliou the enemy that "steals away the brains" made Bar¬ tholomew quarrelsome in his noise. Iu the main, however, he was merry enough, save wheu at home. In his own family, cheerfulness was the ex¬ ception ; moodiness and captious fault¬ finding were the rule.
Now, there is certainly no harm in being cheerful. A hearty laugh is good medicine—alwaya provided tliat the mirth, is honest and natural, and that it does not lead to such trifling with the actual duties ot Ufe as leaves the laugh¬ er, at last, in the lurch. That is no genuine cheerfulness which tempts to wickedness and wastefulness. Disre¬ gard for the proprieties, and carelessness of'-the duties of life, waste of time, of means and of health, cannot be compen¬ sated for by the reputation ot being a " good fellow." Nor is it auy excuse for a man that he is " his own worst enemy." He should be his own best friend. If he is not, he is furthermore the worst enemy that his family and those who depend upon liim can possi¬ bly have. It did not a particle ofgood to Bailey's widowed niother; or to his wife, worse than widowed (sinee she had a graceless husband); or to his children worse than orphaned (since they had a mere sham of a father); it did none of them a particle of good that aU the "fellows" said that " Bart Bail¬ ey was a trump."
He commanded good wages. He could do more in less time, and do it better, than any man in his line. If overwork was wanted, or great expedi¬ tion, or remarkable neatness, Bart Bai¬ ley was the man—if you could flnd him. He never lacked employment^not even when his vagaries had rendered him almost intolerable to his employers. And yet his average pay was less thau that of the merely Industrious plodder who had the sole and commonplace re¬ commendation of being alwaya ready and always reliable. He could com¬ mand credit with tlie tradesmen, be¬ cause he bought carelessly, and paid any price that was asked. That is, he prom¬ ised to pay, aud, wlien pushed, would manage that Paul should be quieted, though Peter had to sufTer for it. With a constant proclivity to dilemmas and difficulties, he had a wonderful adroit¬ ness in squirming out of them. And that, I take it, is about the most dan¬ gerous ingenuity of which anybody can boast.
Samuel Thorpe, his shop-mate and acquaintance, was notliing remarkable. His work was well done, but it was by extraordinary pains and dlUgence. He could not readily get out of a diiflculty, and he was therefore careful never to get into one He had a horror of debt, and therefore earned his money before he spent it, and took especial care that his incoming wages should not be mort¬ gaged in advance for what he Iiad al¬ ready eaten, or drank, or worn out. Nobody said he was a " trump;" and if any one liad paid him that dubious compliment, he would not have known what was meant by it. People of the Bart Bailey stamp said he was "mighty ' mean." Perhaps he uever knew what they said. And if he did know, he did not care; for he would rather take something home for all the housebold to enjoy, than "stand treat" for Idlers who cared nothing for him, and for
8cbO(>li_and-takiag .Mi')«>fciVMM^<t' ¦ woa' readjr' in. the house for their busy hands to"do; as if tlie house were Jirst, and tli6 school were secondary. Ho saw themiiie away toschool, when tiie hoiir came round, as if there were nothingin the world so important as llieir books. They engaged in amusement, as thoilgli for the time it were the business of life; and they attended to their work or their lessons, as if play were something for which tliey had neither leisure nor vo¬ cation. No doubt much of this order, system aud economy was due to his wifo. But the wife of Bart Bailey never could have accomplished it with such a husbaud, even had she been twice the manager tliat Mrs. Thorpe was.
And how fared it, meanwhile, with Bailey and his surroundings ? He had retained employment among the latest, both because he was a good workman, and because he always managed to keep on the wrong side of his employer's books. He had a back account to work ofl; and such accounts, like national debts, though they seem iu process of liquidation, dissolve very slowly. Bail ey's. family diminished nothing oftheir expenses; for if his credit was not strictly A.l, his creditors Iioped for ulti¬ mate payment by keeping him in a good humor. This is a dangerous pro¬ cess, by tile way, when it involves con¬ tinued credit, wliilo the old account re mains uiiiiaid. As to Bart himself, idleness was a very expensive condition for him. He knew of no way of spend¬ ing time, but by spending money; and tlie fact that he was earning little, and might soon earn less, was so discourag¬ ing that he sought relief in wasting Avhat little lie could lay his hands upon. Thorpe's family, tlirough the long winter, never seemed to come to waut; and Thorpe, all the time an invalid, coaise-minded peoijle would have con¬ sidered that he received charity; and coarsely-speaking people called him a beggar, though lie never asked for money, for aloan, or for credit. He did live, in part, by the charitable good wishes and acts of his friends .and neighbors. AVIiere there is a will there isa way, and Mrs. Thorpe found many little modes iu whicli her Iiands, and those of her children, eouM be turned to account. Even Thorpe liimself man¬ aged, prisoner in the house tliough he was, to add some trifle to their earnings, and more to their savings. Small su¬ perfluities which had been gathered in his prosperity, were re-converted to money; and the purchasers being friends, for he had no false pride, paid fair prices. His employers, unsolicited, found a place in their counting-room for his oldest boy. Thorpe's dinner often came from the same source, with the innocent dissembling of an apology— "that a siek man's appetite is capricious and he would probably like something not cooked at home," But the senders ot the dinners evideutly judged that though delicate as to quality, quantity would not disgust him, and Mrs. Thorpe's clever science made the sick- man's dinner feed the household. The children of his friends seemed all af¬ fected with an abnormal increase of stature, for they were constantly out¬ growing their clpfhliig, just "in season for his children to take up the still ser¬ viceable garments.
The clergyman, whose ministrations Thorpe attended, put a certain sum— not large, but very convenient—in his hands at stated intervals. At first tbe invalid was inclined to object; but the parson, kindly but summarily, put him down. " If this is not a right use to make of my relief fund," snid the cler¬ gyman, "then you have boen abetting wrong ever since I knew you. 'You have regularly contributed, and are uow only receiving back your owu mo¬ ney. You may re-deposit it with me when you get to work again, if you see flt, and I will give it a new turn, with somebody else."
And so iu many ways, wliich it were tedious to particularize, was the wolf kept from Samuel Thorpe's door. If be chanced txi shn-o^ i.;<. *cccu, and peep in with a snarl, somebody was sure to see or to hear of it, who knew how to drive the beast away. Au honest man, pru¬ dent and Industrious, Samuel Thorpe found the dreaded winter gone almost before he thought of it. The seed he had sown in charity and probity, bore fruit, and spring found him restored in health, and with even a kinder sympa¬ thy for human nature than he had pos¬ sessed before his illness. He had learn¬ ed, moreover, who were his friends.
The largest charity could not prompt him to include, among those friends, Bartholomew Bailey. Neither did Thorpe think of him as an enemy; or indeed, think of him at all. Bailey did nothing to keep himself in his memory. He could not go and mope in such a dull, prim house as Sam Thorpe's. " They ought to go to the poor house," he said, " provided for sucli people. He had enough to do for his owu, and he could not help those who had never liad any life or cleverness."
Bartholomew, indeed had enough to do. But the worst ofit all was, he did not do It. Bart was a great politician and declaimer. He took refuge against the consequences of his own idleness aild want of thrift in complaints and mu rmurs. He sou ndly rated and blamed society, aud all existing things, for what was nobody's fault but his own. He liked theatres, balls, concerts, and sup¬ pers, and when not iu some place of amusement, was misspeudiug his time, and ills money, if he had any, in some worse position. I am afraid that when people said that Bart.Baiiey was a good fellow, they must have meant good for nothing.
Like master, like household. Bar¬ tholomew Bailey's boys were " rough," and his girls . were slatterns. They never were at school,. and yet they never seemed to be at home. They never worked, and yet, never seemed to amuse themselves in any orderly manner. They were indolent, listless, and when not inmiscbief, were simply
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It came to pass that Samuel Thorpe 1 vegetating.   They never read, and of fell sick, and the misfortunes could not,   course could nottalk; except of things
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it would seem, have befallen him at a worse time. It befell at the end of » period of " slack work," when his earn¬ ings had been small, and his savings had of course been less. Whatever he. had, however, waa clear of the world. There were no unpaid accounts to harass him in his Illness and his poverty. As he sat by his fireside, in constrained idle¬ ness, it comforted him to see, as he had tiever before seen, and to feel, as he had never before felt, what a crown to her husband was his;virtuous, cheerful and busy wife. His joy may seem a homfely Joy to those who iWk more of sentiment thantJiey feeXof!Teallit(y.;;bnthe had a' pleasure which -kin^ might .have ea vied In.qnteUy'watchingthesimpleand anpoetip detail of the Uome^iiDianBge- menfcol^-ijbeft^ howlds'ljHft con- verte<gtl»p j^-jfrStn oIoflUiii,;qf..ttte boiu^ioldr.'into.gMinenia'as'good as
^^;'«nd;'iai.*ltir';f^Tflbltftaii'q^^ jwfem. he had succeeded ,'l'u.'.)«)i ' ' money; seemed to glower upon htoi; and " Pay me! Pay me! " followed hlini everywhere; the. clock ticked It; the liella jingled it; llie wheels rattled it; the footstep paced it; and the wretched man saw uo shadow of peace, except while swrtliowiug tlie liei'y draughts wliieli he eould still .sometimes obtain, for old acquaintance' sake. He might have worked at his busine.-a every day; but whatever he did, Saturday niglit brought only a petty dole, from employ¬ ers out of patience at the long arrears in which he stood upon their books.— Wherever he loolced, and T^hichever way he turned, he saw no hope; and his cup was full when a positive notice to vacate his tenement was served upon him by his long-suSering landlord.— And yet, Bartholomew Bailey had not been for one day Incapacitated by sick- ne-is. Nor had there been a time when some eiiiployincut was not ready for him.
" I saw Sanimj' Thorpe going by this inoniing," said one of the Baileys, at their meagre breakfast.'
"What! iiave they turned liim out of the almshouse, then?" asked Bar¬ tholomew. " He must have spent the winter there."
"Ifthey have," said his wife, "it was done a week ago. 1 have seeh him go by every day for that time; bright aud early, too—before some lazy folks were out oftheir nests."
"Sam Thorpe's bed is not the only quiet place in his iiouse, i.erhapa," re¬ torted Bailey. " And may-be he can manage to get out of it without ruu- iiing agaiust a dozeu dirty children, and meeting a wife, who gives him growls and dark looks for breakfast." "Oh, yes!" rejoined the help-meet, '•he has good health, is a full hand, commands good wages and work, while there is any. Of course his wife is pro¬ vided with all necessaries, and some¬ thing extra."
" Ifyou envy a pauper," said Bailey,, snatcliing his hat, " I don't." And he rushed out, deaf to his wife's inquiries what they would have for dinner; whether he would have the boiled tur¬ key served with oysters; or wlietlier he preferred an alderman in chains—which is to say, a goose, garlanded wilh sausa¬ ges.
Bailey's flrst thought was to push for a barroom ; but he could remember none near where the ofilciating genius would not too7; " pay," if he did not say it.— And to go to a strange tavern without money, was of no use whatever. -So he determined, by way ofa i-liange, to go to the shop.
Samuel Thorpe was there, one of the fow hands emplo.ved. Bailey, without a word of greeting to liini, orany one else, sauntered oil to his own place. His unfinished job was gone. He looked round with a eoDipouud stare of anger and perple-xity. .Tust then the foreman passed.
"Oh, Bailey'" he said, " is that you? I have not seen you before for a fort¬ night. That work was wauted, and I gave it to some one else to finish."
"To Thorpe, I suppose," growled Bartliplpmew. ..There was no, merri¬ ment in the voice iu which that was spoken.
" Yeis, to Thorpe. He came back, and right glad we were to see him out again. And Iputinhis hands the job we want¬ ed most, sure he would not quit till he finished it."
" Joy to him, then, if he is well enough already to work off his dead horses."
" Ifyou mean by that to pay by labor for money already advanced, Samuel Thorpe uever had such a thing to do, since I've known him."
"Oh, well, kissing goes hy favor I suppose; and if you like a botch better than a good mechanic, it's none of my business."
" Come, don't be moody, Bailey, and vent your spleen upou poor Thorpe.— Itwas not by his n™"-"^"- '"'"• °® i^uB. your work. And you shall have a new job, now, provided you will engage to keep at it until it is done."
Bailey.somewhat mollified by his ten¬ der, took hold of the work, though lan¬ guidly enough.    Nobody would have selected him for the fast workman—the admitted boast of the establishment.— He was depressed, and absolutely with¬ out strength, in default of tiie stimulus whieh had become to him a necessity. His head ached, his hands trembled, his tools were mislaid, and, when found, unmanageable.    He   started   once   or twice forthe door, and stopped, recalled by the thought that he had   neither money nor credit.   He thought of his comfortless home, and of the sad pros¬ pect of no dinner, and abundance of re- proaches.   At last he dropped down on a seat, and hid his face in  his hands, the complete victim of despair,   and forced at last to confess that he was in a difHculty to whicli he saw no outlet. But, though Bailey had no greeting for Thorpe, Thorpe knew nq reason why he should not speak to an old shop- mate ; so he came up, commencing a conversation with an apology for hav¬ ing undertaken to finish wliat lie knew he could not do as well as the man who begun it.   Bailey would have repelled him, and indeed made an impatient gesture  or so that way;   but Thorpe would not be beaten ofl", and in a few moments the two were In a busy con¬ versation ; Bailey, the well man, whim¬ pering like a child,  Thorpe, -the inva¬ lid, seeming manly and cheerful incom- parison.   Will it be .credited?   Bailey asked to borrow a ddllar ! and Thorpe loaned it, making onlly one condition— that Bailey should forthwith buy and take home something for his own din¬ ner!
We are afraid that Bartholomew de¬ ducted on the way home the price of one drink ; but as lie did invest the residue as he promised, and did return at once to his work, it is best not to be too inquisitive. Neither is it worth wliile to record the sarcastic greeting which he received from his wife, inas¬ much as the cooking of the dinner put her in good humor, and the eating in due time restored partial peace in the house. And Bailey came back punctu¬ ally in the afternoon, also. He was surprised, and not overmuch pleased when requested to call at the counting- room before he went home, for he ex¬ pected no good from it.
He fared better thau lie had expect¬ ed. His emyloyer became security for his rent while he remained steadily at •work, deducting weekly from his wages the amount. In fact, he took the house hfinself, becoming Bailey's landlord.
And this -wiis the turning point in Bartholbmeiv Bailey's career. .He has done better;Bince,..an(l iiis nearly re-, moved.bis oidiadebtedness.. Whether he will; ever beqoitp,ont lof.d^t, is yet to be .8»Q{i-; bn(;tben: Is hojie: of.him,' siaoe at aaia^a^il soggsptton lie has glv-
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Samuei'Miorpe, ha-ialvcn the worthy parson an oppoctiiuity to give that money a turn, antl a.s inucli more ivith it, and. he has circulated among his friends in need, the good ofSces which he himself received in hia necessity. He is now foreman where once he was journeyman, and his boy has heen ad¬ vanced from grade to grade as clerk, till the next move, and that not far oflT, will be to an interest in the firm. All his family are doing weil, and his good wife is the more notable as a housewife, since she has more means to work with.
iira. Bailey seems to have borrowed a leaf from her neighbor's book, and all are better for the good influence of Thorpe's unpretending but most excel¬ lent character.—.4)'M7(!-'» Home Maga¬ zine. 	
DAN HOLIOWAY^lJOTIlTSHIP.
said.
A dreary house, indeed, was Bailey's, and the winter waa a long one. To-day tiiey were out of fuel, and to-moirrow out of flour. Bagged, garments and shoeless feet made the childreh uncom¬ fortable, and the parents, were in no better.case. AU the .mother's and the daughter's finery still, iinp^d for, liad found.'ita ,Sv8y ,'to the' pawnbroker's.— Aii the fatirert vjatenlaiiiW jcwiery— for in good times' lie wore stunning or- nameiits';a^n'''a'.red> sbiitr-had^lieen .dlspoasdofiii;Ij%,lnaiiii».' Thei'fipute 5?as stiippeKi' pi j whatever .cquldr;;,fee eparedtaadbfittulyUilngs .which siioaid not hEtve'beenb-!Eiie pimc^^fkif''tiie pledga'g:Bmoviat0^:ffi^ac^^^ wholeiD9oiue!of^imiii«^I[^JiM^i^i^_.. .. , ^ Bad aU,ud7rt 4H-nab?hilC:'iMi&td»'; .coii^p^e^UUtMataUapMnldii^yls btf
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" Dan, supper is ready." Dan Itnew it, but he had not stirred from the old flve-barrod fence where be leant, plucking the loug grass spears in the field on the other side, and chewing them as though they were hia natural food. His trousere were tucked iuto his boots. His coat was somewiiere in¬ doors, and hiastraw hat had a hole in it. No one unused to farmers' ways could have guessed that, giving Dauhis mon¬ ey value, he was worth more than many an exquisite promenading thesidewalk of Fifth Avenue. Hehadagrand, well tilled farm, a bank account of value and a homestead solid as an old castle with ita massive granite walls. Yet, as he lounged there, chewing straws, he said to himself, with a kind of savage scowl, " I wonder what I was made for ? I'm nothing. I haven't got anything worth having. Every one is better off than I. I wisli I was at the bottom of the mill pond—I do. Hang it! what's the use of living such a life ?,'
And all that, because, an hour before, he had seen Miss Lucy I^eo pasa up the road in a gig with young Morris, both 80 deeply interested in tiieir conversa¬ tion that they did not even see him.
" It's just what I might expect—ex¬ actly my luck," hesald savagely. " I've always had it so. Otlicr boys have had mothers—mine died before I knew Iier. Other boys have had. slaters—I never had one. No woman ever cared for me or ever will—and why should they ?— A clumsy clod-hopper, who knows nothing bej'ond sowing aud reapiug and driving the plow. I'd rather be the preacher with hia four hundred dollars a year and Iiia pretty wife. I'd rather be. the little lame schoolmaster who teaches the young 'uns In the hollow yonder, for I saw him with his arm round Kitty Dean's waist, laat night— and poor and lame as he is, I expect fhe'U marry him. Nobody ever loved mc—nobody ever toill.- I wish I was dead." "Dan, tea is ready." "Confound it, I know," muttered Dan, and slouched in, old nurse Pea¬ body greeting him with a "Iiawful. sakes, things is all cold ! Why will you shilly-shally so?"
She sat pouring out the tea, an old grim-looking woman, who might have been made of cast iron, so hard were lier features. After the first remark, she said nothing more, but helped Dan, as she had done ever since the time when she came to. the farm to keep the house and see to the motherless child-rand ate her own supper in silence. Dan shov¬ eled his in as only a Yankee farmer could, leaving no time to chew, and left the table the instant he was done.
He was not in the habit of finding a social  occasion  In   a  meal  at home. First he fed the " critters"  and then himself, in much the same spirits.   In his actions there was no tinge of ro- manccrrln Jiis aneech. less.    He wan burly and brown, and haa a way of an¬ swering strangers that made them shy of speaking a second time.   First he started, then he paused—then he put his answer into tho shortest words capa¬ ble of the longest abbreviations to be found iu the English  language, and muttered them without looking at the party addressed—and all because, in his inmost heart, he fancied that do what he would, nobody could like him—Iiucy Lee in particular, who always seemed to him the best and prettieat thing in the whole world, and as far above him as the stars are above the muddy earth. Her father was the village banker, a geutleman who stood high in the esti¬ mation of the best families; and Lucy was accomplished, iieautiful and good. But for ail that, Dan  Holloway need uot have despaired as he did, for Luoy, from her pew In church, had often cast a sly glance at the brown, broad-shoul¬ dered farmer, with his glittering black curls and glowing cheek, and thought him the handsomest fellow there.   So he actually was, in his Sunday toilet, for,.to quote the words of old nurse Pea¬ body, " Dan Holloway became dress." Ouce, too, when the dun cow in the meadow fiighteueil Mis.s Lucy, Dan had proved himself quite a liero, and had afterward actually escorted her home, thougli all he said was " Not at all," when ahe thanked him.   He wtis in his Sunday dress, too, that morning, for he had been to'town, and was just driving through the gate of iiis own garden wheu the dun cow lowered her horns. He hadno time to thiuk what lie should do, and had done it all the better for that, and since that day Luoy Lee had liked   him more than  before.   Some¬ times, going to the bank to deposit mon¬ ey or to draw some sum he needed, Dan used to see her at her window, or in the garden, for the   house and bank were near each other, and then he al¬ ways  bowed, sometimes apoke—juat a few wordSrin his old sulky way.   But Lucy felt aure thia apparent sulkiiiess was only shyness, and that there was a great deal ofgood in Dan if one eould but come at it.
For months after tlie affair of the cow she felt that he was quite a friend; but even her good nature failed at last, and ahe was piqued by his constant si¬ lence into taking no notice of liim, un¬ less it was absolutely necessary. Oth¬ er men were anxious to talk to her. Other men admired her, and it was ab¬ surd to oare for one who never took any notice of her. Notice? Ah! if she had pnlyknpwn. He used to steal across the fields at night, and sit under the great elm by the roadside staring at the windows ofthe house, and wondering wiiich room was hers. He used to watch her coming and going, and once liad been so anxious to s^e her ride awaj^ that he had gone upon the roof pf his'iiouse, am stayed thereuntil she 'and ho'pret^ black;horse had faded into si-iwikmsfiii in: ithe idisiance, and ';«fHen''8&« :^tist'd -l>iiii^,-^itli''iiome ose^
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So the time passed ou'.'^ Dan niore and more in love.. Lucy mtrteiih'd inore Indifferent, (ta Dpn cbntlriued'hfs sulky silence, and young Morris,; aaevPry one :calledhlmbecai»8 there-were three older Morrises, grew, deeper Iri lier liking. She wasnot ofa suspicious nature, and she kn^v herself handsome, and it never entered; her mind that the re¬ puted <\-e»lth of her father had any¬ thing to do witli this wooing, or that, being poor, yojing Morris would have sooner thoughiof one of thcplain Miss¬ es Greens, who were known to be great- erhelresses, thou of herself. She be¬ lieved all that was said and looked and acted came from the heart, and when a girl once thinks herself beloved it is easy for her to love in return. The thought of being Mrs. Morris, once by no means an attractive one, grew daily pleasanter.
Who would have fancied that that queer crafty-looking cashier, Peter Aps- ley, whose nose and chin nearly met, who seldom spoke, except on the sub¬ ject of money, and who was Lucy Lee's grand detestation sUould have anything tb do witb-her-deatiuyv'^specfally'When love affairs were on the carpet? But so it was. And no one guesaed it, cer¬ tainly not the thief himself. The night on which, sinking down to the bank vaults from his little room in an upper floor, Mr. Apsley unlocked the safes, and perpetrated a gigantic rob¬ bery, was the turning-point in Lucy's life. But for that, on the morrow Mr. Morris would have ¦ been accepted and found herself, iu a mouth or so.
But for thai^-tor in the excitement of the hour, the servant girl, who flrst heard the news, rushed all about Ap- plebiow with it, aud over his breakfast Mr. Morris heard that " Lee, tlie bank¬ er, was ruined."
He started up with a flush on his face, and he muttered, " I've ten thou¬ saud dollars in the bank," aud set off in quest of certain tidings.
As far as he could learn, the girl's words were correct. Tliere would be a run oil the Imnk that day, and some were calling Lee a rascal already.
Morris posted hot haste to the bank and drew his ten tiipusaud. He saw from the faces around him that some¬ thing actually was wrong, aud heard from oue or two that Apsley had posi¬ tively decamped.
In his selfish heart he had but one thought—joy that he had saved his money, and that he had not already gone too far in his coui'tsliip to draw back.
The example of young Morris had its effect. Everybody rushed to the bank to draw tlicir savings. The banker was 111 despair. Time would have saved him; but time he could not have.
Tliere was oue man whose coming he dreaded more than that of any other, and that was Daniel Holloway. There were twenty thousand dollars to hia ac¬ count, and hia call for them on that day would have beeu the fatal blow.
Lucy knew this. And when, at high noon,she saw Dan riding on his pet horse, White Beauty, up the road, her heart sank. She had no imwer to leave the garden paling where she stood, and fell faint with anguish.
He tied his horse to a post and came on toward her.   Close beside the gate he stopped and touched his bat. " Good day. Miss Lee," he said. " Good day," she faltered. "I thought I'd speak to you first,'; he said, looking anywhere but at lier as he spoke.* " There's trouble In there, ain't tliere?"  and  he  nodded at the bank. Lucy's teal's fell despite all her efforts. " Is it serious?" he asked. " It need not be," said Lucy.   "Pa¬ pa says he only needs time; but no one will give him that.   They are afraid." " That's natural," said Dan. " Yes," said Lucy; " but they needn't be." " Tell me all about It," said Dan. He looked at her now.   She looked at him.   As well as she could she told liiiirtne'ea.act"iiruia». He listened quietly. " Miss Lucy,"   he  said,   when   the story waa done, "I thinls I understand I think it's all right with the old gen¬ tleman, and nu fault of'his if it ain't. Now tell me tliis—if I don't draw my money, as I came to do, won't that help abit?   I should  think   It would.   Of course I shouldn't like to lose it; but I can't believe I will, aud, the truth, is now, shan't I ruin the bank ifi draw my^oney?"
" Yes," said Luoy. " You can ruin or you can save us."
Then, by George!" .said Dan, Hol¬ loway, " I won't ruin it. I'll trust in your father and go home. Good-bye, Miss Lucy. Tell him, iilense. It might keep him from worrying, and at his age worry does no good."
He turned  away, but Lucy stopped liim. " How shall I thauk you ?" she said. Dan looked more sheepish than ever. " Don't say anything," hesaid. "I've had an old father myself," and he fair¬ ly bolted, leaving Lucy In a state of mind quite indescribable.
The run continued; but only for small sums, which were promptly paid; and when Beal the butcher stopped on his way to the bank to warn Dan Hol¬ loway, he found him ready to go to town.
" Aa for drawing ray money, I shan't,' said Dan. " Let others be fools if they will." •
And Beal, who knew the sum Dan had there, actually faltered in hia pur¬ pose, and rode home. So matters grew more pleasant at the bank, and the hour of closing found no sign of failure. Before the hour Dan was in New York. Something which he mentioned to no one took him there.
On the previous week he had buainess with the captain of an ocean steamer ly¬ ing on a certain dock, and sat talking with him in the office where passengers puroha.sed their tickets.
Aa he aat there, hidden by a screen he heard a voice he knew, and looking around the desk saw Apsley. He was engaging a passage for some one of the name of Smith, and came back twice to be aure of the hour for starting.
As he departed Dan also arose, and the cashier saw him.    He looked up in aatartled, disconcerted way and nodded. "Pleasant day, Mn Holloway," he said.    " I've been engaging passage for a friend.   Not for myself, thank for¬ tuue.   Ishould dread a sea voyage." " I ahould like one," said Dan. "Ah, you are young," said Mr. Aps¬ ley.   " And then I'm ao sea-sick—wo- fully sea-sick."
There they had parted, aud Dan had thought no more of the matter until to¬ day. Now he felt sure that for himself and no other had the cashier engaged the passage. The day 'oh. which the Tcsseliieffcport was tlie next^the hour, sunrise;! '-If he were rigiit, he could oTKrtaieMmjyet.' ¦':;'¦¦•;';, ¦'.' ''.:¦.. ';.'''
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"ThejfB'is Mr. Smitli," said the cap¬ tain.   "Is he your man?"
" No," said Dan, with a sigh.
Theii he gave a start.
" By George! it is,: though—In a red wig and'speotacles, and a mustache that don't belong^to him!" and spoke so loudly that the soi disani Mr. Smith hearing, made a dash shoreward, where his' prpgriess was cut short by the po¬ liceman there on guard. ¦ Late in the day, the bank of Lee & Co., still open and the run still continu¬ ing, a carriage stopped at the door, and Dan Holloway sprang from it, his face beaming, his eyes aglow.
" Come for his money at last," groan¬ ed the banker, and stood mute and mo¬ tionless as, marching into, his very of¬ flce, the young farmer doii'ed'.'his hat.
Thebankercould hardly gasp; "What can I do for you sir?"
The answer was an unexpected one: " You can come and talvc a look at Mr. Apsley, ifyou like, air. We've got him out there—moiiey and all," and then Dan Holloway told hia stoi'i'.
So the bank was saved and no one ruined, and Lucy, happy as a' bird, could have kissed Dan Hollowaj- in¬ stead of merely shaking liands with him ; aud he, conscious of having done great good, and being really liked, if only for that, was quite a difl'erent per¬ son from sulky Dan, who had no worda to spare for anybody.
The banker would have him dine with liim that day, and in the evening he walked with Lucy in tlie garden. The moon was rising j'cllow and round behind tiie dusky poplars.
" It will be a;^splendi<l niglit," said Dan.
" Yes," said Lucy ; " and to tliink what a wietclied niglit il miglit have been for ua.
Dan looked at her.
"The idea of your being wretched," he said- " Why, I'd rather die myself than think ofit."
Lucy shook her head. .So Morris liad often said and she knew all about him by tills time.
"Dying Is no easy malter," said she.
"It's easier than Uving sometimes," said Dun ; and believe me or not, I'd be willing to die to night ifi could be sure you would never care."
Lucy looked at hini with tears in her eyes, and something in her face set Dan's shyness quite to fliglit. He caught her hand.
" Lucy," said he, "ifyou could only like me well enough to be my wife, I'd be the best man to make you liajipy as long as I lived. Can't you, Lucy ? If you only knew how long I have loved J'OU, I think you would."
He waited. She made no answer. A moment more hebentoverlierand ki.s.s- ed her.   She kissed hiin back.
So before long there was a wedding, and the world of Appleblow went to church to witness it, and a few wonder¬ ed " what Miss Lee could see in Dan ?" and others whispered howwell he look¬ ed and how happy. And youug Mor¬ ris—now engaged to the plain Miss Green, who had the moat money—shut himselfup that day with his cigars, un¬ der plea of bad tooth-ache, and was in no pleasant mood for long clays after.
As for the brief courtship,, it was not repented of at leisure, for if ever there was a happy couple and a happy home, they are to be found at the Holloway farm, now happy and homelike as a mortal dwelling may be.
fSOltEDAT,
You smooth the tangles froni ihy hair With 'gentle touch and tend'reat Cfcre, And count the years ere you Bhall .tnark bright silver threads amtuigitlie dt]ric—. Smiling the while to baaridib aa^-^. --' >     '^,'-
¦ '¦ •'¦ ' 'Staneday!"
I do not scorn the power of time. Nor count on years of Ihdeless prime: But no 'wMte gleams will over shins Among those heavy locks of mine. Aye, langh as gaily as you.may, You'll think ofthis again some day- Some day!
Some doy I shall not feel ns now Your soft hands move nbout ray brow; I shall not slight yonr light commahd.s And draw your tresses through my hands; f shnllbe-fllent and obey— .Vnd you—you will not laugh thai day- Some duy!
I know how long your loving bauds Will linger with the.sc glossy bauds, Wlion you shall wenv*" my latest crown Oftheir thick mn!*.se«, long and brown"; Hut .vou will seo no toncli of gray .¦Vdorn their shining length that day— .Some day'.
Anil while your tears are falling hot Ujion the lips which answer not, Ytju'll take from these one treasured tress And leave the rest to pilentness— nemembor, that 1 used to say You'll thlnlcof this again some day- Some day I
LE^AL N OTI CBS-.
. ABKESXSThA'rOB'S HwnCE.
Estate.pf ChTlatiAn Kurtz, late of Sal- Isbnrv twp., deceased. ^^glS'of ivd^lnU6«tlou oi; said Rstate ¦fentttCtMen ntnted to tb* andenli^ad^
 iBiiejiinithLu,i»,mm yegnestM to
edlate^ayment.aad- those hnvl
:e'immedlate-jii claimAordeihandSi^^alnst'the-samewlll pre^
.sent them for settlement without delay to the nnderslgned, resldlngin said township.
HENRY H. KUETZ, AdminlslratoT, SalLsbury P. O. mar 23   |)t»18
ADnnnS'TBATOB'S XOTICE.
Estate of MatthiasLaupplinfor Lively), lata of Lancaster city, dec'd.
LETTERS of administration on s.ild estate havingbeen grnule4 to theunilersignod.nU ftersons Indebted thereto aro requested to make mmediate settlement, and thoseliaving claims or demnnds against the same will present tlicm without delay for settlement to the unilt-r- signed, residing in said cliy.
HENRY T.IVEf.Y, Adm'r. mar 21 Bt-lS.
AIlnlTOB-.S SOTIiJE.
Estate of Abraham S. Eby, late of Up¬ per Leacock twp., dec'd.
rnHE undersigned Auditor, .ippolnted to paH X upon the exceptions, tiled Io the nccount r Jucoli S. Eby, uuminlstrator of the teslate of
upon tlie exceptions, tiled Io the nccount of oucoli S. Eby, uuminlstrator of the teslate of Abraham S. Kby, late of Upper Leacock tw-p., dec'd.,and to distribute the lialance rem.-ilulng In tbo hands of said nilmlnlytrntor, to and among those legally entitled to the same, will attend for that purpose ou l-'HEDAY, tlic Ithti dayofAPRIL, A. D., 16n7, .-It 2 o'clock, p.m.. In the Librarj-Room of tlie Court House, in the city OfLancoster, where all persons inter¬ ested in said distribution mnv attend.
n. ti. E.SHLEMAN, mar27-lt-10 Auditor.
¦^Manners and Moraxs.—Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals. As childhood advances to manhood, the transition from bad manners to bad morals is almostimperceptible. "Vulgar and obscence forms of speech keep vul¬ gar and obscene objects before the mind, engender impure images in the imagi¬ nation, and make unlawful desires pru¬ rient. From tiie prevalent state of the mind, actions proceed, as water rises from a fountain. Hence what was orig-
ginally only a wo.nl "- - .»; ""' ""^ "--..oo u mOughl, la meretriciouly em¬ bellished by the imagination, is inflam¬ ed into a vicious desire, gains strength and boldness by being alwaya made welcome, until at last, uuder some ur¬ gent temptation, it dares, f<)r once, to put on the visible form of action ; it is then ventured upon again aud again, more frequently and less warily, until repetition forges the chains of habit; and then language, imagination, desire, and habit bind their victim in the pris¬ on-house of sin. In this way, profane language wears away the reverence for things sacred and holy ; and a child who has been allowed lo follow, and mode, and hoot at an intemperate man in the streets, is far more likely to be¬ come intemperate himself than if he had been accustomed to regard him with pity, as a fallen brother, and with sacred abhorrence, as one self-brutified or demonized. So, on the other hand, purity and chasteness of language tend to preserve purity and chasteness of thought aud of taste ; they repel licen¬ tious imaginings ; they delight in the unaullied and untainted, and all their tendencies and aptitudes are on tlie side of virtue.
What is Pleasanter than Social Singing.—When friends meet and the lively word and social jest areintermlng- led with the .song, the spirit throws off care and thought and creates itself that it may be better fitted for the hour of toil. Those who are able to meet at atated times and spend an hour in the practice of music, lose much by neglect¬ ing to do so. There is not a hamlet or a village, hardly a country place,. where a singing class may not be form¬ ed and music practiced; and this, too, not as a task, but as a source of deep, heartfelt pleasure. The desideratum for such classes is simple, home music, such as stirs the heart, and causes its depths to well forth In gladness and joy, or to sympathize in pensive thought. And this music should be uew, else we tire by too much repetition; and va¬ rious in kind and subject, else some chords of the heart are left untouched, —What can supply this desideratum but periodicals devoted to the cultiva¬ tion of the art ? And who would fore¬ go such advantages when a little exer¬ tion would secure them?
A SIOEY FOE THE LITTLE FOLKS.
OLD DAVE'S PET. , '
I never knew anj' other name for him tliau that of "Old Dave." He wasa Texan liunter, who, during his long and eventful life, Iiad been the liero of many woiKlerfuI exploits, iu which lie exhib¬ ited those traits of dash and daring which had given him so high a repula- tion for bravery among his fellows.
Old Dave had had many encounters with the Indians of South-western Tex¬ as in the course of his life, and was most cordiallj- hated by the red men, who thiisted for vengeauce upou him. But tliey feared tho old man quite as heart¬ ily as they hated him, and kept out of his way pretty carefully, aa a general thiug. Tile cowardice of Indians is now beginning to be known as it should be; aud the boys and girls of this generation are very likely to grow up withaounder ideas concerning the red man than tliose wliich wc older heads learned from the books perused in our childhood. Poet¬ ically, the Indian may be full of courage and .spirit; but practically, he ia a per¬ fect .specimen of pusiilanhuity. He's a " fraud, " as the Bowery boya aay.
" I uever kiiowed a Injin tq stan np to a squar fight," said Old Dave, " e.s longes he could git ofl' by uain of liis legs lively. He'll ahute from behind trees; lie'll crawl along in the perarie grass liko a snalce; he'll come down on one man in a crowd of a dozen or more; buthe never likes the look of a squar fight. Le.i.stways, that's my e-xperience uv 'em."
Old Dave had a queer iict, that lived with him all alone in his cabin in South¬ western Texas. This pet was nothing less than a panther. Not a tame panth¬ er, that would eat out of Dave's hand, or lie down by his side, as tlie blasts in the menageries do, but a huge, furious, wild creature, with a body fully flve feet long. Dave kept the panther chain¬ ed to the floor in a sort of cage that he had built in a corner of liis " parlor," as he called it, and he used to feed it and tend it very carefully. But he made no effort to tame it. He preferred it to re¬ main wild, he said.
Dave's cabin was situated in a wild, out-of-the-way spot, on the edge of a forest. He lived there alone, with no companion but Ills pantlier, at the time of my story. He was now at least sev¬ enty-flve years old, and his hair was as white aa anow. His friends used to tell him that he was foolish to live in such a place as that, where he waa liable fo beattaeked by tndians any day or night; and in hia old age he was not the stal¬ wart, strong, ahd active man he had been. But tlie old man was not to be frightened.
"Let 'em come," said he; " tiiey won't come but once."
One bright moonlight nightDave was lying asleep on his couch of skins In the loft of his cabin. This loft was loosely floored witli rough planks that the old hunter ha/1 l.i™=-a* —-" ¦""°- "saxe, ana was reached by a ladder, which he always drew up after him when he went to bed. Suddenly he was awakened by hearing light footsteps out doors, for his ear was yet very keen. Looking out he saw a .swann ofa dozen Indians groping about, and approaching the house cau¬ tiously, sheltering tliemaclves behind atunips and bushes.
"Thar they is," muttered the old man; " I's ready for 'em."
So S'tiying, lie felt for his rifle and re¬ volver, and then, slipping down to the floor below, unlocked tbe chains which bound tlie panther. The beast waa asleep, but the rattling of the chains awoke it, and it glared upon Old Dave witli its red eyes in the semi-darkness. At the same time the savages ou&ide heard tlie rattle of the chains, and tlie sound was a signal for them to burst open the door with fearful yella. But Old Dave had succeeded in clambering up into his loft again.
Looking through the wide crevices in the floor, he saw the painted fiends rusli iu at the door. Quietly he pulled a string connecting with the bolt of the panther's cige, and the ferocious ani¬ mal .sprung out with a bound and a howl that struck terror to the souls of the savages. One was torn to pieces with frightful .speed, while Old Dave at the same time quietly " picked Joff" two or three of the foe with his uner¬ ring aim.
Such of the savages as were so fortu¬ nate aa to be near the door fled with howls of terror into the open air, and ran for dear life. Those who escaped returned to their tribe to tell the story of Old Dave's pet; but many of them were torn and lacerated by the fangs of the panther.
Old Dave's pet of course returned to its wild lair; but the old man was never again molested in his house, and died peaceably in his bed a year or two later. —Our Roys and Girls.
XDitiyiStaATOH-K NOTICE.
Estate of Caroline Sheafler, late of East ilarl twp., deceased.
Letters of administration on said esuite having been granted to (heundersigned.all patsonR indebted tberetoare requested to 11111 k e' innnedlote settlement,and thosehnvlngcluinis or demands against the .tisme will present them withont delay for settlement to ttie un¬ derslgued, resldlngin said twp.
A. B. SHE.VPFKIi, Administrator, re.-^iding al Kplii-iilti. mar 2:! Iit-«ls
ACt'OrXTS OF TRUST ESTATE.S, ttO.
THE accounts ofthe follou-lng named c^talc.-* win be nresented wr confirmation on MON¬ DAY, APRIL 22, 1867.
M'illiam P. Cooper's estate, Genr;;e I'iert-e, assignee.
John Wise & wife's estate, Uolierl A. l-:vaiis, assignee.
Samuel Cramer's estate,   John Armstrong, Committee.
^y. L. BEAU, Proth'y. Prothouotary's Ollice, Lancaster, Mar. -iT-Jt-lft.
jA3tE3 Cooi'KR,"!     Alias .Sub. for Divorce
vs. ^ to .\prll T. 1»H,
Lucy Cooper. J No. ¦!.
NOTICE.—LUCY COOPKR, you are hereby commanded to he aud jijipear iu ynnrjirop- er person beforo our judges at Lancaster, at the Countj'Court of Common Pleas, to be held on thoTHIItn MONDAY in.\l'IlIL, A.».. lar;, at 10 o'clock, a. m,, to show cause, if any you have, why tlie said .Tames Co<iper shall not be divorced from the bonds of niatrlmony con¬ tracted with you.
.1. F. I'REY, Sherim Slierlirs Oflice, Lancaster. mar 2:1-11-18.
Al>.1Il>'ISTKA'TOIC»>- iv«'ri»:E.
Estate of Fiances Baer, late of Lanca.s¬ ter City, deceased. < Letters of ailrn'mlstratlon on .said estate having been granted to the undenslgued, all persons  Indebted   llierelo are   requested   lo make immediate liaymcul, aud those having claims ordemands aKaltiH*.. tlic same will pre¬ sent tbem wltlionl dclu.v I'or .settlement to the uiidei'slgiied, rcstiliiii' iu Lancaster city. ;          .liiHN A. l!Ai.:it, 1          I'. It. ItAKlt, inar-2ll-l)l-lS            1               Adniliiislral/>r.s.
PIN'AN-.CIAI.
Interest on Vepoaltfl.
THE COLUMBIA NA'HONAI, BANK, At Columbia, Pa.,
WiJ'i,".'?5t*"P''^'>J?I'«?«'tjand pay Viz- °'*"'°' 'herefor at the RjuSwVhg rates, Sji'Per Cent for 12 Months.
¦ty.    " "6    ••
4 " "3      ••
7-ao Trea.TOrj-Notes exchanged for 5-30 Gold Bonds. SAMDBL .SHOCH,
mar 23-3ro-18 Cashier.
Reed, M'Oranii A Co.,   -'
B A XKERS,
WILL o.-ccliauge7 :t-lo Notes for New 5-SM) IJONIls on sameterms as in Philadelphia .
INTEBIi'iT ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS: J Month-1 Per Cent.   1   0 Months 5 Per Cent, a            *'A  "           I la     "      BK   " j"'^^__  .°.m-lB
BANKIXG HOUSE
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iiSvaiLS, illcSlvoy & Co.,
No. ](i EastKingSt., Lancaster, Pa.
IN'TKllllST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.
I>E.\LEas JN GOVERNMENT SE9UBmES.
.STOCKS BOlICillT & SOLD ON COMMISSION.
Drafts on all the principal Cities.
1^^Collections promptly attended lo.
IIOIIT. A. EV.A.N.S,
p.vrnicKMcEVciv,
feb K
ITKNRY CABPENTEB S.\-M. H. REYNOLDS, tf-lfi
850,000 WANTED.
rnirEVii-st National Banlc of Mouut Joy, will i-pay the full value for compound interest notes ofall dates, with the interest due there¬ on at the rale of .SIX iicr cent, per annnm.
Al.so pays Interest on special deposits as fol- iuu's:
3, -1A ."S inonths a p,-r cent, per annum. 6. 7"8      "       4 •' "
<l. 10, II      •¦' 4 1.'J   " "
and Vi     •*      .¦> l-',i " »*
A. CiEUBEB, Cashier. Mount .To.v, I'n., February 5, IStli. 3m-i'J
Rec<I,   JntcOraun & Co.,
B A If K K R S , AND DEALF.n-S IN UOVEIINJIENT BONES
RbCEIVE Money on Deposit—subject to check-.same as National Bonks.
Allow Interest on Deposit according to time.
Make Loans ou liberal terms.
Bu.v nud sell UovcrniiienC Bonds, Stocks Coupons, Gold, Silver, and Foreign Exchange.
Passage Certillcntes luSleam or Sailing Ships to or from Etiglaud and Ireland, for sale.
jUl liuslncsslntruKted tous will receive our personal attention.
Wc arc now exchanging 7:1-10 Bonds for United States .")-20 Boud.s. feb ]e-3m-13
As.siaNCE-s .\»Ti<'«:.
As.sigiied Estate of J. Jind .T. V. Herr, of W. Lampetertwu., Lancasterco., Pa.
J and .T. F. Herr, of West Lampeter twp., hav¬ ing by dceil of voluutar.v a.sslgnmcnt, dated March 12, 1S(17, assigned anil transferred all tlieir Joint'pvoiierlv to the undersigned, forthe beneflt ofthe crcdltorsof tiicsaid flrmof J.and J. F. Herr, he therefore gives notice to all per¬ sons Indebted u> said assignors to make pay¬ ment to the umlerslgned without delay, aud those having claims to present them to
D.iNIEL HEUii. <Pc(Hiea,) A.ssignee. R&sldlng in Strasburg twp. i&- CreiUtors and others will flud the As¬ signee .at Cooper's Hotel on Monday of each week. mnr20-lit-18
EXECCTOIt'S XOTICE.
Eatate of Peter iliiler, late of Upper Leacock twxi., dec'd.
LETTERS testamentary ou said estate iiavlng been granted to the undersigned, all per¬ sons indebted thereto arc reauested to make immediate payment, and those having claims ordemands against tlic sameivUl present them for settlement to the inidcr.si;nicii, residing in said townsiilp. E44AS ENCK,
lUariU-tit^IS Executor.
IN TIIE COVUT «F CO.W:««S l'I.EAS iif I<ANCAN'r£Il COC.VTY.
IN the matter of tbe Application of the Lan¬ caster Law Library A.ssucialiou for a char¬ ter of incorporation.
February -2."), ISII7.—Chart^ir presented and the Court direct the same to bu lUed, aud notice to be given that If no sufflcient reason is shown to uiocontrary, the said charter will be granted at the next term of said Court. marJMt ISJ       W. L. BEAK, ProtlionoUiry.
Wm. E. Peteiis, )       Alias Muii. for Divorce
vs. y to Jan. T., JstiT,
Marv Peters. J No. 7.
-vrO'HCE.—MARY PETBR.S, you are hereby i>l commanded to be and appear in your pro¬ per person before our Judges at Lancaster, at the Counly Court of Common Plen.s, to be held on the Third MONDAY in Al'RIL, A. D. lS(i7, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to show cause If any you havo, why the said Wiillam E. Peters shall not be divorced from the bondsof matrimony con¬ tracted wltli you. „   „-    .
J.F. FREY, Sherln, Sbcrin''s Olllce, Lancaster, -March W-ll-17
EXECUTOnS' XorlCE.
Estate of Isaac Sprech-^r, late of Earl township, deceased.
LETTERS Te.stameiitary on said estate hav¬ ing beeu granted to the uuderslgned, all per¬ sons Indebted thereto arc reiiuestcd to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will present tiiein without delay for settlement to the nndorsign- "-1 v..Kiiiine iu said^J<»\v;nsliij).    	
.lOHN s'PBECHBlC""''' I.S.\AC SPRECHER, mar (j-6t*I0 Executors.
BiLsIiong & Brother,
B A IS- K E B S ,
Reading, Pennsylvania.
DEALEitS IN V. .S.  BOND.S AND .STOOK.S,
GOLD, .SILVER .\ND COUPON.S, Drafts on Ifew York und Philadelphia.
INTKllKST PAID t>N AI.I, D1-;P0SITS.
Per.snnskeeplng accounts may deposit and draw as they please, antl will be allowed Inter¬ est on their dally balance at :l per cent.
¦I per cent, with Sfl'dav.s' notice; 5 per cent.for oue year.
Opeu at n A. M. f :iose at .1 P. M.
mar 20 Om-18
The Fir.<it National  Bank  of Coliiiiibia.
Paid In Citpitat S15U,000
E. K. SMITH, Pntsil^r.
ROBERT CRANE, Vlci;PaEStDEXT.
WE OtTer our services to the public general¬ ly.   Interest paid on Special Deposits, vlr:
For lii Montlis 51 per cent, per annum.
"     9       do.   4?.       " "
"     6       do.   4"       "
"     ii      do.   3        " "
UNITED STATES .SKCCBITIES
Of'every description bought and sold, also.
GOLt), SILVER  i  f:o.Ml'OaND  INTERE.ST
NOTES.
We are prepared to draw Drafts on the prin¬ cipal cities 01 the United States, als» on Eng¬ land, Ireland, Scotland, France, nud all parts ofGermany;
¦r-aO TRE.1.SUK\' NOTES.
Holders of First Issnn aEVEN-THIRTIES, w'lil do well to cail and exchange tbem for the nc«- 5-20 GOLD BO.VDS—the Five-Twenties delivered at ouce. S. S. DETWILER,
mnr IC-3ml7 Cashier.
WANTED!   'n'ANTED I!
f IlHE subscriber wanLs 200.000 HICKORY JL .SPOKES, 23 Inches hing, for which a fair prlci will be paid.
ALSO, SO.OOO feotofll ICKORY PLANK,!}(; and 1)1 inch.   Apply lo—
SA.-MUEL KEELER, Corner of Lemon Si Water Sts., near Baum- gardncr's Coal Yard. Laiicastei'; Pa. feb 20 4W*I4
INSURANCE.
ADMINISTRATOK-.S NOTICE.
Estate of Jacob Mentzger, late of Earl twp., Lanc'r co., dec'd.
LETTERS of administration on said Estate having been granted to tbe undersigned, all fiersons Indebted theretoare requested tomake mmediatepayment.and those haviug claims ordemands against the same will iiresent them for settlement to tiie uudcrsisned, residing tu
said towu.shIp. ¦ti«t-15
MARY 5IENTZBR, Widow.
ADMINISTUATBIX NOTICE.
Estate of Andrew Enck, late of Eph¬ rata twp., dec'd. LETTER.S of ndmlnistratiou ou said estate having been granted to tlie undersigned, nil fiersons indebted thereto arc requested to make mmediate payment, and tiiose having claims
or demands against^ the same will present tlicm for settlement to llie undersigned, lug Insald township.
feb 2r-0t»l.';
MARY ANN ENCK,
Admlnistcatrix.
ASSIU.VEE-S NOTICE.
Assigned Estate of Samuel W. Wan¬ ner, of Warwick twp., Lancaster co.
SAMUEL W.'-VANNEB, of Wanvick twp. baving by deed of voluntary assignment dated FliBRDAUY 22, ISBT, lusslgned aud trans¬ ferred all Ills estate and elfects to the under¬ signed, for the beneflt of tlic creditors of the said Samuel W. Wanner, he therefore gives notice to all persons Indebted to said assiguor, to make pnvmcut to the nndor-slgncd without delay, and I hose hnving cliilms to present Ihem t o— .1ACOB L. ERB, AssfRuee,
feb 27-llt*l.'>) Residing in West Earl twp.
EXECIITOICM' NOTICE.
Estate of Christian Brandt, late nf Ra¬ pho twp., dec'd. LETl'EItS Testamentary on said estate having been grauted to the nndersigneil, all persons Indebted thereto nre requested to make Immediate scttlemcut, and those having claims or demands against the same will pre¬ sent tlicm withontdolav lop settlenient to the uiKlorslgncil, residing lu said township.
CHRISTIAN BRANDT, East Hempfleld twii., mar i:!-Ot.«n Kxccnlor.
Home Insurance Company,
OP NEW HAVEN, CONN. C-ASH CaIPITAL     -    $1,000,000
INSURES against Loss or Damage by Flre or Inland 'I'ransportatlon, ou terms adapted to the hazard and consistent with sound and relialjle undervrrltlng.
VVSSI5TS, JANUARY 1. 1887.
U. S. and .Suite Bonds 8   433,200 00
National Bank .Slock      358.485 OO
Real Estate oiv-ned by the Coq'p       75,00O 00 TjOans ou .Mortgage.s,.StoeUs,atVl
on'Civll _ .-^
Cash on hand, in Bank, lu Agts'
„}!ifs"!)8!AWa')flS,5£j'¥,'!'J"j;!S
Inland .Salvages	
Interest and Rents Accrued _
All other Property belonging to
the Compans* „
54,444 IS '
3S4,8IS oe
.IS.TSO 79 44,501 32
Losses udpaid and in process of adjustmeiif	
30,868 37 81,410,110 00
0S,5»0 80
I.OSSE.S PAID. $ 20,7Sil 20 -10,190 IB 9-2,180 HI im.4ii 30 278,483 (M -l/iLZM 96 1,128,301 2U
E.XECCTOIW NOTICE.
Estate of Jacob Kurtz, late of Ephrata twp., dec'd,
LEITTERS testamentary on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons Indebtea thereto are requested to mako Imme¬ diate payment, aud thoso having claims or demnnds against the same will present them without delay for settlement to the undersign¬ ed. DAVID SHIRK. West Earl twp. H.-IMUEL NISSLY, Clay twp., feb 2r-Ct*I5 Executors.
The following scene lately occurred in one of the courts of justice in New Orleans, between the Judge and aDutch witness aU the way from Rotterdam: " What is your native language ?" " I pe no native; I'se a Dutchman." '' What is yonr mother tongue ?" " Oh, father says she is all tongue," " wiiat language did you first learn ? What language did you speak in the cradle?"
" I did not speak no language in de cradle; I only oiled in Dootch!"
Aii.IrielimBiiliaviiig.been told that| Qie. j^s^joX&Deadiliwl'jEdlenVexc^
In one of his recent sermons. Brig- ham Young invited the attention of his hearers to tho text which says: " In that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying—"Wewill eat our own bread and wear our own apparel, only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. The Govern¬ ment of the United States," the elder continued, " do not intend that that prophecy shall be fulfilled, and the Lord Almighty means thatit shall.
JOHN SIIEAFF£n'.S
IMPROVED APPLE MILL, AND CIDER PRESS. rriHE Subscriber has now flnlshed a lot 1 J, these superior mills, and offers tbem to tho public at the lowest prices. They cau be ope¬ rated by Hand, Horse or Steam Power, as de¬ sired.
*f;!Sba,t is the flist time I Iyer rejlced Bt Kew York, sought the proper anthorl- [ ihe fall of my beet friend.
a space of about two aud a half feet square, and weighs about flvo hundred pounds.   They  are Fnarantecd to give satisfaction.   Addre.ss JOHN SHEAFFER, Manufacturer and Patentee, Lancaster, Pa. He has also on liandasupply of Wine Presses, targe and small that cannot be equalled. Auk l-tf-37
A bankrupt merchant, returning home one night, said to his noble wife: " My dear, I am ruined; everything we have is in the haniis of the sherifii" After a few moments of silence, the wife looked calmly into hia face and said: "Will the sheriff sell you?" "Oh, no!" "Will the sheriff sell me?" "Oh, nol" "Will the sheriff sell the chU¬ dren?" "Oh, no !" '^en do not say we|hayelost everjrthing. All that is most valuable remaii(is tons—manhood, .'i^oiiianbbpd,,<diiIdiio6d,,. We;haye'lost -bhttife i^iiltkorowetjiiiji^iBdu tWb'can'm^fr^anotbier faitane, if otir hearts and hands ate left iu."
GIBSON'.S ATHOSPHEBIC   CHURN   OA.SII.
T>Y tho use of which
BUTTER
Can bemade in Jess time and more per cent, than with any other churn now In use.
COSTS ONLY THREE DOLIARS.
Will chum either milk or cream.   Can bo seen or had at any Umo, at the Fountain Inn, South Q,aeen St., Lancaster, Pa.      ,.,^„.,„ H. CIlAY DANNER, jnnl6-3m-9]   Proprietor for lancaater county.
ASKBIOAH KCAD PEHCUSI
1 MERICAN LEAD PENCILS 11
AMEBICAN LEAD PENCII.S! 1
Just received a fine iissortmeat ot
AMERIGAN LEAD PENCILS.
At J. M. WEBTHAEPFEB'S Cheap Boole Store, ftl>ao-tf-14 Lancaster.
81.371,510 74
.•^t-alcincnt of Premiums received and Losses paid duriug each year since the organization ofthe (Company:
pnEMltr.MS nnr'D.
ISO) s  itr,ss7 ••»!
isoi     8i,sio 00
186-2  HK,-28!I 11)
iSlB  2W.ira .»
leiH  170,17:1 TS
18f>5  773,SI."i liS
i«tiG  i,47.i.-iua »;i
D. R. SA'ITERLEE, President. DANIEL TROWBRfDISE, CHARLES WILSON. SA-MUEL L.TALCO'I',
Vice Presidents. Wm. S. GooDEt.1,, .Secretar.v.
Policies written for any time fr.om flve days to flve years on Bulldlinfs, Merchandise, etc.. and perpetually on Du-ellings, C^ourt Houses, Cliurches and School Houses, by
A. li. KAiri'KM.IN, Agent, Otllce, No. 1 1-1'i.st Orange street, marilMt 17] Ijincaster, Pa.
"A Good Han Leavotli an Inheritance."_
PllOV. XIII—i.
Oiiardiau   I<if'e - Iii-siirance Compuiiy
OF NEW YORK, NO. li)2 lino.\DWAY.
A.SSETS     ovcrSSOO.OOO.
ANNUAL RECEIIT.S ••      eoo.OOO.
ITBECOMF-tTHEDUTY OF EVERYMAN to provide for his famll.v. "He that provl- dctli not for hlsoivn iioiLschoid is worse than an infldei." Snch arc the teachings of Holy Writ. Life Iiisuraucc is one of the means af¬ forded to man whereby be may secure to hin fitmlly a sum of monev sutlicient for their ntalutcuance ill life in till-event of his death.
nC luay VOll n,, jvm:.   Y«lit,..t.t.   lnrl,.g  n^Uto n
dollar, and then be talcen away suddenly from ills ftiiiilly and leave tln-iu destitute, liy .saving from live t<» twenty-flve cents aday, ac¬ cording to his age, and appropriating that amuuiit to Life Insurance he win secure the sum of t'1,000 to ills family. Hesitate not a nioineullii performing nn act which will glvi* yon satisfaction and huiipiucs.s.
The Guardian Life Insurance Company Is exceedingly prosjierous and economical in Us iiiauageiiienl. All the profits of tho Company are dividetl among the Policy Holders.
It is conducted by some ofthe most wealthy and prudent business men in the City of New Y'ork.   Their names are familiar to many.
Xt Issues all the dlli'erenl Itlud of policies as LlfoEudowmeiitandJoiiitLlfe. All its poli¬ cies are nouforfel table and can be paid In ono, live, teu, Ilftcen or twenty payments or du- ringUfc. If desired the Company will lend the insured one-half the aitiount of his premium ' eachycar, and yet give him ills full dividend every year in tlieiirollts. Call and Inquire be¬ fore insuring elsewhere.
DIRECTORS; Hon. JOHN A. DIX, New York. Hon. JAS. HARPER, Firm Harper i Bros.,
Ex-Mayor, New York. JOHN J. CRANE, PresWont Bank Republic. W.M. T. HOOKEil, Wall Street. W.M. M. VER.MILYE, Banker(Vcrmllye&Co.) CHARLES G. ROCKWOOD, Cashier Newark
Banking Coiupan.v. Hon. GEO. OPDYKE, E,v-Jfayor OfNew York, MINOT C. .MORGAN, Banker. 'fHO-S. RIGNEY, Firm Thos. Rigney i Co, PRiVNCIS SKIDDY, Merchant. A. ARNOLD, Firm of ,\ruold. Constable & Co. CH-V3. J. COGGILL,^I6^chant. E. V. HAUGHWOU'r, Firm of E. V. Haugh-
wout & Co. W.M. WILKENS, Firm of W. Wilkens & Co. FRED'K W. MACY, New York. WM. W. WRIGHT, Merchant. CHAS. J. 8TARR.Merchant. WILLIAM ALLEN. Merchant. E. T. H. GIBSON, Merchant. H. W. T. MALI, Merchant. JOHN H. SHERWOOD. Park Place. WILTON H. PECKHAM, Cor. Fifth Avenno 4
Twenty-second St. Hon. WM. WRIGHT, Newark, New Jersey. GEO. W. FARLEE, Counsellor. WM. L. COGSAVELL, JlerchanU
WALTON H. PECKHAM, President. HENRY V. GAHAGAJ., Secretary, nJiiN ±t l^ v_. g^pp^iti,AN, General Agent,
¦ PHILADELPHIA REFERENCES. JAY COOK i Co., Bankers. DBEXEL i Co., Bankers. JOHN WOODSIDE i Co., Tea Merchants. sfA. MERCER, Preaident Farmer .SMechaii.
T.'b.'mtERSON, Publisher.
THEO. W. HEBR, Agent, Ho. 3 North Duke Street, Lancaiter, Fa. feb» tl-M