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LANCASTER PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1867.
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TH4.HKSGIVIR0.
How lirlalil and glad Hie langliiug rills went siiigiinr, „
"W'lien Winler pcrlsUcd iu tiic .Spring's warm breatll, And fair, frail liowers llironKli all the wood- laud sprilmiug' To resurrection rose from nature's deatli. Then Icaf-erowncd Summer, rosy-clieolccd aud
sniiiint;, , ,
Sweet incensi; waftinfrfrom lior downvwlngs, 111 irav .apparel came, lho Iiours bcguillns With music, soa as Iloals fi-oin angel strings.
Next Auluinu, clad in rolies of regal glory, Uer lengthening .siiildow viewed across the plain.
Pondered her hrief career's Uisa-strous slorj-. And wept Her fading empire nil in vaiu.
Now AVinter onee again, his mournful dirges, (Mvisic in chains, and beauty in her loiiib,)
Sounds, as his gliding siodgc he swilUy urges O'er snowy wastes that feeble suns illume.
.So tile gaunt lion, mvenons witli fasting,.
Roai-s'nlid lhe solitude himself hath made. On everv shle malignantglauces casting.
New hon-ors adding to tho gloomy sliade. To Him who paints the Inlip's chalice slender.
Arrays  the lields in Suinmcr's vestment green, ...      .,   ,
Tours on Aiilumnal woods and skies their splendor.
And robes in uriuine AV inter's dreary scene— 'J'lianksgh-ing ho to 11 im, and adonation,
Wlio guides above Hie clouds His viewless
iris rnIe'acl:nowleilge everi* land and nalion— Kellcct his glory every burning star!
SI ill, as In ages pa.st, he Thou our hanuer, uiirsli-ougXIeliverer iu thedayof wrath;
.So shall our shihholelli be still llosaiina 'XIU earth's last .sun Illuminate our patii.
EAKIKG HAY.
9      " Jr.auil ariillfi' to the life!"
The exchiniation was made by Sahine AVest. Its .luliject wiis Jliriam lioytl, who chanceil to he in the licld with her graudfatiier raliing hay.     :
If the girl Iiad liuiud tho exelaniatiuii ils allusion would havo conveyed uo idea to her miud. Maud LIuller and all otiier creatious of poetry, were alike uiiUuown to her. She lived with her grandfather,iu a little hut-liUe cottage, lilaced nearlj' iu the centre of the lield where they worked. The house—if it were wortiiy of the uame—was hare of linisli within and without; incomiuo- ilious .ind unattractive. Miriam had lived there all her life. If she had a childhood, it was spent there. But there had heen no period when her life W.1B riotous withtlie exuherant playful¬ ness and graceful vivacity of childhood. There was a school a mile away, and once, in the time when her childhood should have been, Miriam was seut there. She weut a half of one week; and learned that, there at least, Gamal¬ iel Boyd's reputation was unsavory; that liviug in a hut is unpopular; and that meanness of dress is a very puis- .s.ant source of ridicule among children whose attire is reguLated by the latest fashion-plates. Thnt is what Miriam • Boyd learned at sehool. Her pride rose - in arms, and she never went again. .She was taught at home to read aud write, and reckon simple aceouuts. That was all. And she was now nine¬ teen.   God pity her!
For the meagre lore she had acfjuircd, there was liltle \ise. Her reading was limited to a battered volume of Pope's " Kssay ou 5Ian," aud those fragments of newspapers which, after their brief day of importance, in the reduced char¬ acter of wrappiug papor now and then found their way into the hut. Writing she used still less. She had never re¬ eeived nor written a letter in her life. Whether tho mail came early or late, or if it failed to come at all, it was nil one to the Koyds.
If the old proverb about" all work .and no play" liasauy siguiiicance, Mir¬ iam must have been a marvellously dull child. In sullen submission to her des¬ tiny, .she workeil on—workotl ftom (lawu until dark, in the house or field, as need was; taking no pleasure—she scarcely knew the word—living out in Jl hard, unconipromiaing way tlie en¬ actment, "By the sweat of thy brow .shalt thou cat bread." Havingknowu 110 other life, she yet did not take kindly * to her own.
Ifit will add to any one's interest in 'Jiat dreary life to know that its Inher¬ itress had beauty—she might have had. It would be absurd, perhaps, to speak of a regal poise and a queenly bearing in connection with the untaught raker of haj'. But with the accessories of a brilliaut toilet, and the polish acquired in society, such phr.ases might, not in¬ aptly, have been used in describing her. It mattered little to Gamaliel Boyd whether or not the girl had beauty, so that she did not shirk the drudgery for which he prized her; aud concerning that source of feminine vanities,heart¬ burnings, and ulluncharitii beuess, Mi¬ riam herself knew so little the cstimato set upou it, tiiat if sbe had been told her complexion was strangely brilliaut, and her face one that a jiaiiitcr would de¬ light to study, she wonld have sighed. Avearily, perhaps, ami wondered Mliat It was all about. l''or, not having beeu educated in the Gradgrind .system, Jli- riam wondered at many things.
Baliiue West had the .soul ofan artist, though he had never touched brush to canviLS. Ill driving by, his artist's eye was struck by the uiicominon beauty of the fair haymaker, nemadoahalt.and got down from his buggy, pretending there was something wrong about the harness. To make the most of tliis pre¬ tence, he parlej'ed several minutes wilh a strap aud its correspouding buckle. But in reality he only desired to make the girl look up. .She did not. He might have beeu inilesaway forany conscious¬ ness she showed of his proximity, or of the adniiring glances ho cast upon her. If she had ouce looked toward liim, he would have mado a pretence for speaking to her. As she did not, with a reluctance forwhich he coulil scarcely have giveu a reason, he mount¬ ed lo his seat again and drove slowly away.
From his coming and going, not a ripple broke over the sluggish current of Miriam Boyd's life. She worked.on at her haymaking, ignorant that in one artist soul, she realized au ideal conception of a jioet's rare creatiou — Maul Muller.
So the haying season passed. A scan¬ ty crop of barley, beans, and potaUies was harvested by the Boyds. A por¬ tion of the liayhig-lield was broken in- ^ to furrows for the uext year's crop, and winter set in.
Gamaliel Boyd always attended to the marketing, such as it was, of which in¬ deed there was little enough. But ear¬ ly this winter he was sharply attacked with rheumatism. Consequently, he one day found it necessary to send Mi
snood deliberating, she was often jostled by "people hurrying.on, all in the same dlrebtlori. ¦ She stepped out into the Bfireet at last, gotmixed with the moving mass, iind, with gao thought or volition of lier own, went where the crowd led r-fthat was'into the lecture hall.
Sabine Wosrtj'the lecturer, had just l)MUiatl«4uced,.aiidwas annpuncing hMBnljSdtSsome scientmo topip. di¬ vested ofJta dry technlcaUUea, aud irra¬ diated'with the scintillations of hlsown genius. To the mass of those who lis¬ tened it was a brilliant lecture; not quite eqnal to Professor Grayle's per¬ liaps, dr Doctor Ganne's, but very cred¬ itable to a young man. To Miriam It was arevelation ofa newlife—agllmpse jntoauotherworld. Thelectnrer, who, to the others, was only a young mnn of imcomnion smartness, and likely to niake his mark, was to her tbe apostle ot a new faith—tliatof the intellect—a herald from an unknown universe, the universe of knowledge.
Was there really anoUier sort of life than that of daily loil for daily bread? n life of studious tbought, investigating tbe mysteries of oartli and sky, reading liistories in the rocks, digging up buried records iuthe deep places of the earth ? Ob, it wns wonderful! It was delight- fill ! Miriam could have weiit that she had been so long shut out from this eii- chanled region of knowledge. Adam's brain, when he had ealeii of the tree of knowledge of goml and evil, could scJircely have been more turbulent with uew ideas th.an lier.s, at this chance discovery of a.state of higli Intelligence, iu coutr.ist withher own uowly-reeog- uized ignorance.
But soon the spcukei's eyes, which, to Miriam, were likedeepwellsof pene¬ tration, rested search ingly upon her face. Was he reading there lier own destitution oflhe wonderful knowledge in which he .ibonnded'' She shrunk back into the seat at the thought, and drew hcr hood more closely about her face.
The old life, to wliieh Miriam had uever taken kindly, acquired a new elementof iliscontont from that even¬ ing's glimpse beyond. It would have taken ii more potent inlluence than that of thesnuU-bo.K bcslowedupon Yorlek by the niouk of St. Francis, to keep bit- teriiess out of her heart in taking up its dreary routine again. The wlieel of domestic drudgery to wliicb, Ixion-like, she was bound, grew moro than ever tedious in its rounds.
Not long after, Miriam was again sent ofl"to the village.
," (lall at Squire Fernall's olTiee and tell him tocomeuplierethisafternooii," said Gamaliel Boyd, as she set oil'.
Miriam looked around quickly, doubt¬ ing whether sho bad heard aright.
"Goalong, .anddoaslbidyou. What are you loitering tliere for'." cried the old man, gruffly.   .
Wondering much, Jliriam performed her grandfather's bidding; and left the two together when the man of law had come. True, tliere was only ono room at the hut in Which a lire was kept, but she had to bring w.ater for the cow, and break up wood for the evening's flre, so she had uo diliicully in keeiiing out of tlieir way.
Some boys, in p-assing, li.ad seen the Lawyer enter the hut, and called out, jeeringly, "Old Giimblehill is making his will!"
" I say, old Mud", just leave me your splendid country residence, will you?" bawled another.
" And me your bank stock and hard cash," cried a third.
The boys laughed immoderately at these jests, and, no doubt, thought their couceils were vastly absurd, ns in¬ deed they were. Miriani warned them oil' the premises, and, in bitterness of spirit, resumed the nufeininine tasks their rudeness had interrupted.
Squire Fernail reniained an hour or more, and, after leaving, returned again fora few miuutes with two other gen¬ tlemen. When they were gone, Miriam asked no questions, but went about her work, grave and silent as nsual. Her grandfather followed her about with his eyes, smiling grimly, as if on tlie point of perpetrating some joke, whose
enjoyment he yet could not briug him- self
self to share with a second person. Mir¬ iam had some experience of the old man's wickedjests, and was not anxious to overcome his reticence.
Had a messenger eome to Gamaliel Boyd, and bid "liim set his house in order, saying, "This night thy soul shall be required of thee ?" It miglit be so, for the next morning he was fouud dead in his bed. A sealed paper was clutched in one hand, and the grisly smile of J-esterday was upon his face, as if he and Death had played out the joke between them. The sealed paper was his will, and the joke was, that though he had retained"tlie appearance of necessitous poverty to the last, he had lived and died a rli'h man. Miriam was Boleinlieritre.ssof his vast wealth.
There is no iieeii to acseribe the girl's grief when sho found her grandfather dead. 'Pliere had been little sympathj', and still less show of aH'oction, between the two; but he was her onlj- relative, and. they were used to each other. Withoutliim, she was all alone. Some of ns have stiid in our Iie.arts, " We are all aloue," when one whom wc loved AVas removed, though many were loft to care,for us. Heaven pitj- those who, in their bereavement, may cr.v without hyperbole, " I am all alone."
Mr. Fcrnall made all necessary ar¬ rangements, and walked b.ack  to the hut with Miriani, when the funeral was over. "What areyou going to do now ?" ho inquired. "You williiotgoou liviug here at the hut I siqipose ?" "Ifo. I snpiioso not." " Have J-on any iilaus ?" " How should I have? I never made a plan in my life."
" But you must learn to do so now, my girl," said the lawj-cr, gently. "Your xiosltion Is one of great rcsiionsi- bilitj". Never fear that, with the ueces¬ sitj', will come, the powerof self-reli¬ ance."
" Wben the power comes, I sball willinglj' uso it."
" No answer could be belter. Aud, in the mean time, perhaps I can help j'ou to a plan. AVould j'ou like living in our village?" " Notif I can live anj'whero else." "My dear girl, you can live where J'OU like. It is a wide, wido world. But 1 thought J'OU might prefer to remain among your friends."
" I sliould have toseek them in anoth¬ er world, theu," replied Miriam, bit¬ terly.
" AVhlcli you would find quite in¬ convenient at present," returned the lawj'cr, smiling. "Well, ifyou are determiued lo shake thc dust of this unworthy town oil' j-our feet, I would recommend that jou go to Delllield; chiefly, because I have a lialf brother living there, the Rev. Mr. Hepthwaite, who would take pleasure in Interesting himself for any one who went hither as my ward.   Shall I -write to him?"
"If you will. T know no other place witb so much to recommend it."
So it was settled tbat Miriam waste go to Delllield. The ne.xt claj', Mrs. Fernail drove out to the hut in her car¬ riage, and took Miriam home with her to remain while the arrangements were inaking. Of tlie necessary interval several daj-3 wero speut in shopping, which wits one of Mrs. Fernall's chief deliglits. She also instructeil Iiliriam as to what youug ladies aro expected to wear—the one thing needful in modern society, from a feminine point of view— and gave hcr much jiractical infoima- tion upon various points. Thusfortified, aud with a trunk full of new clothing, made up by Mrs. Fernall's dressmaker, Miriam was at length ready to set off for Dellfield.
A suite of rooms had been taken for her In the honse occupied bj' the familj'
Agapinthe conversation seemed in¬ evitable. Mr. Hepthwaite hastened to fill it; and taking np an open volume of Pendennis from a table, said :—
" I made bold to borrow a book from a shelf In your library, Miss Boyd. Not quite the right sort of reading for a cler¬ gyman, youLmay think. .But, in my opinion, one must be very good indeeil, who can get no good from a book by ¦Thackeray.   Don't j'ou think so?"
" I have not read his book," Miriani answered, briefly.
"Perhaps you have not indulged yonrself in flctltloua reading. A'on maj- have been taught that such literature is pernicious."
"Sir," said Miriam, "I have been taught  nothing.    Yon seem lo have made the mistake of supposing me an educated young lady.   Make it no long¬ er.   I know no more of books than of music; andof everything else tlmt is useful or desirable, i know as little of either." " This is extraordinarj'." " I supppse so, but it is the truth; nnd it is as well you should know it ull at once.   I am quite at the mercy of the world.   If people choose to tell me ab¬ surdities for facts, the absurditj- becomes a fact to me." "And yetyouuse language correctlj'." " Do I ?   I use words as I heard them from  ray grandfather.     I  remember hearing him say once  that  he was brought up a gentlemau."
" Are you willing to tell me some¬ tliing of j'our history ? It is not to gratify an idle curiosity that I ask."
" I have no history. But I eau tell you how wo lived at the hut, if you care to liear." " That isjust what I wish to hear." So Miriam gave a brief outline of lier former life of want and of work; Sfrs. Hepthwaite was so oppressed bj- its drearj'loneliness thatshe drew Miriam close to herself' during the recital, bj- an arm around her waist. She, gentle woman, had been so tenderly loved and cared for all her life, that no want seemed to her insupportable like the want of loving friends.
" I am glad they sent j-on to us," she exclaimed, eagerly, wben Miriam was done. " You cau never be so alone again. Y'ou belong to us now. She belongs to us now, doesn't she Law¬ rence?"
" Margaret Is always adopting some new favorite," said Mr. Hepthwaite, smiling. " I infer. Miss Boyd, that you are not satisfied with the very limited education you obtained at thc hut.";
" I was, until I heard tbe lecture I lold J'OU of; since then, I alwaj's grow bitter in thinking of it."
" I must consider this, Margaret; we mnst see wliat we can do to remove the bitterness Miss Boyd complains of."
" Lawrence is aiwaj's removing the bitterness out of some one's life," said Mrs. Hepthwaite, who, for the world, would not have missed this opportuni¬ ty of retorting upon her husbaml. AVhat woman ever would ? But if all retorts had as soft an edge as this one of the minister's amiable wife, there would be little slashing done by their means.
Mr, Hepthwaite marked out a course of reading for Miriam, and arranged a set of lessons, which he proposed to her at regular hours. Learning etymolo¬ gical definitions nnd the rules for vul¬ gar fractions is not quite the ideal life fora beautiful heiress at twenty. To Miriam, who had never formed a habit of committing to memory, these tasks were ueither easy nor agreeable; but she set about tliem with n resolute spirit; and, after a few weeks, began to. make wonderful progress. In tlie mean¬ time all Dellfield was exciting itself about the young heiress.
" Her beauty is reallj' wonderful," said Mrs. Dr. Granbj'.
"And she wears such beautiful dresses," lisped Miss Ai'r.i Brauch.
" And she has such stately grand- duchess ways," chorused some one else.
" So literary, too. She seems alwaj'S to have a book In lier hand," one opin¬ ed.
" Mrs. Bliss Is certain she is an au¬ thoress. She often finds her at her writing-desk," another quoted.
" Doesn't she remind you of Marian Holcombe?" queried one j'oung ladj', who had just been readlngthe "Woman in White."
" Oh, no; not Marian Holcombe. Her sister wits tlie beauty and the lieir- ess. Don't j'Ou remember? I tliink sho is as like her as possible."
"In my opinion, sbe is more like AuroraLeigli," interposed Miss Braneli, who affected to adore poetry.
A hearty burst of laughter from aciir- taiued window-recess interrupted this deluge of similes, or, for aught I know, in their zeal t.) show the extent of tlieir reading, our Miriam, lately of the liut, might have been likened to every lier- oine of every author whose writings have amused the readers of this book- ridden age. The ringing laugh was chorused, in littlo femiuine screams, by halfa dozen voices. As many hands drew the curtain aside; and, from tlie window recess, a young man stepped out.
" Where is this feminine phainix; this marvel among women," he cried, while shaking hands right and left, " who embodies, in oue self, three char¬ acters as different from one another as possible; and is herself a literary wom¬ an, and a beauty, with stately grand- dnchess ways, and wears beautiful dresses besidea ?"
"You here, Chanuing Gray!" cried Mrs. Dr. Granby.    " AVhen did  j'OU come? Truly, I thought our travelled young gentleman would make his first appearance among us in another char¬ acter than that of the Jpaj'.   On your knees, air! On your knees! or this high offence will uot easily be forgiven j'ou." And Mrs. Dr. Granby, who was  a very determined woman, and uot over- miuded of the proprieties, when their autocracy interrerod with her desiro for fun, contrived, by an adroitmovement, to throw an ottoman in the way of the advancing Channiug Gray ; in stumb¬ ling over whieh he was brought to the Erecise position she had enjoined upon im.   Amid the screams of laughter which this proceeding  evoked,   jMra. Hepthwaite and Miriam Boj'd entered. It was at  a  tea-drinking  at  Mrs. AVard's whoso brother, Chanuing Gray, had arrived the previous evening from Europe.   Early in the afternoon he had established himself greatly at cose up¬ on a seat within the parlor window.   I think be must have dozed there; for he became conscious, all at opce, that the room without was half-filled with wom¬ en.   He was quite too indolent to go out among tbem aud encounter the del¬ uge of greetings to which he would thus subject himself.   So he remained quiet iu his position, until his keen sense of the ludicrous drew from him that be¬ traying burst of laughter.
Mrs. Granby had the graco to be a little put out of countenance by  the
onnninCT in   of tlio niiniofjir'a  wifo ii>,(\ii
riani to the village for some trifles in-  of the Bev. Mr. Hepthwaite, and a r^ ','ilP^"!?^lf-." 'ipusekeepj^ng.   The -yil- | speetable elderly lady provided as com¬ panion.     Mr.  Fcrnall,   himself,   had
Iage was three miles away; and having much to do first, she waa late In start- i ng. So it chanced that it was evening when she arrived, and the ihap at which site wished to mako her pur¬ chases, although nsually open until a later honr, was now shut. She tried the laleli two or three times, then stood before the unyielding door, irresolute. It was a small village, and had but oue other grocery store, witli the keeper of which her grandfather was at deadly feud. Itwould never do to go there; and Miriam wondered what she should do. Just then a man who had seen her fruitless efforts at the latch, spoke to her in passiug:—
" It's lecture night, and Haekett'snp al the hall. He won't open ogaiuhefore nine o'elock."
The man passed on, andMiriam won¬ dered the more wbat she sliould.do. Not. go back until she bad procured what Bheeamefor. Thatwasnottobathpught of. She must wait; but where? .She had no acquaintance in the village at; whose house she could stay; and she could scarcely stand sliivering there in
made a journey to Dellfield, to super¬ intend the furnishing of tbe rooras.
Mr. Hepthwaite wits a cultivated gen¬ tleman of middle age ; liis wife was a quiet, lady-like woman, somewhat J'ounger. Thej- greeted Miriam with unafiecled cordiality. AVhen rested from the fatigue of her first journey, they showed her through the rooms, and hoped she wits pleased with their arrangement.
"Well pleased," replied Miriam, not liowever knowing the use or design of half the elegant articles with which tbe apartments were furnislied.
'.' You are to live with us; hut in these apartments yon are monarch of all you survey," said Mr. Hepthwaite, with a genial smile, as they returned to the parlor.
Mrs. Hoptliwaito opened iSIiriam's piano, and hoped they were to have some music, now that Miss Boyd had come.
"Not from me. I know nothing of music.'?.
Mrs. Hepthwaite was a little taken
the street two hours more.   Wliile She | aback by the brusqueness of the reply,
coming iu of the minister's wife upon her frolic. But she explained by jiro- testing that Mr. Gray and herself had been actingthe tableau of " The Lover's Beconcillation." Having thus brought everything within the pale of tbe prop¬ er, she presented Channiug Gray to Miriam Boyd.
I suppose Mr. Gray did not exactly say to ijimself: " And nowletusluves- tigate the'literary excellencies of this feminine anomaly," hut he acted verj' much as If something of the sort were in his mind. Many men think it a short road to the end of the wisest woman's knowledge. Perhaps Mr. Gray was one of these.
Miriam soon became aware that this new acquaintance did not mean to talic for grauted her iutellectual pre-emi¬ nence, but was determined to put ev¬ erything to the test. Mrs. Hepthwaite also divined the ungenerous purjiose, and tried to think of some pretext for calling Miriam away. But she was too truthful to have the readiness of a strategist, and nothing occurred to her. After some sparring, in wliieli Mir¬ iam had certainly sustained herself wonderfully, bringing aglow of triumph to Mrs. Hepthwaite's cheek, Mr. Gray determined u^on a new mode of attack. He had, by this time, become obstinate¬ ly resolved to prove that Miriam was no literary prodigy.
" By the by, Miss Boyd," he remark¬ ed, " that was rather a remarkable sen¬ timent put into the mouth of his pil¬ grim by Bonyan, asserting that' what¬ ever is, is right,'"
It has already been stated that the one book Miriam had read at the hut, waa Pope's "Essay on Man." So, if Mr. Gray wished to catch her tripping, he ahould not have chosen a passage from that admirable poem.
" I was not aware, until now, that Pope was Bunyau's Pilgrim," she an¬ swered.
A general laugh foUowed this absurd concTuBion. "There! Chanuing Gray," cried Mrs. Dr. Granby. "After such an eztingnisber, I think you had better return to your rustication in the rural
hamlets of Rome and Paris, ifyou have only come home to astonish us bj' mak- In'gdjumbleof Bunyan and Pope on Man. If I were a gentleman, now, I oould turn Miss'Boyd n compliment, vory neatly—something in this faahion. In presence of the literary aun, stars, even of the first magnitude, have to sing small." ¦•
" If J'OU were agentleman, withyour preseut knowledge ofthe flatteries your sex delight In most, all we Dellfield beau.x would Iiave to sing small, I dare SIIJ-," replied Mr. Graj-, with a mock complaisant bow.
AVliile Mrs. Granby, witli a lively repartee, parried this thrust at the van¬ itj- of her sex, Mrs. Hepthwaite drew Rtiriam awaj'. There was a brilliant lliisli on the girl's cheeks, and she could not repress a sigh of weariness, in taking the .seat to wliieh she was led by her friend. She felt that she was some¬ how ill a false position. Truthful al¬ ino.st to bliintness, it gave her real pain to receive praiso for characteristics wiiich she knew she did not possess, ¦Admirers began to crowd around her; but tlieir magnet turned them the re¬ pellant pole. Slic was in no mood to be amused tij' thoir insane llntteries; so, witll curt speeelies, sho seut one off af¬ ter another, until she wits left quite alone.
Chanuing Graj', who was still en¬ grossed by Mrs. (iiauby, happened just then to turn his ej-es towards Miriam, and saw hor sitting apart, her royally beautiful face shadowed witli thought- fulness. " I did not know she was so lovelj'," lie murmured, and, as if irre¬ sistibly attracted, went straight to Mir¬ iam's side.
How blind are philosophers, in enu¬ merating tile various kiuds of attrac¬ tion, to omit the mostiiotentofall—the attraction of beauty.
" Astar is allowed to have a plnce in the same sk.y with thesun, even though its own liglit be put out by being so placed," a voico spoke softly in Miri¬ am's ear; and, looking np, slie saw Clianniiig Gr.aj' bendiug over her.
"If bj'the auu j'ou mean »ie," re¬ plied Miriam, " tiiere is nothing to hin¬ der J-our shining with undiminished splendor. Y'ou seem to bave desired to prove me ignorant. Take tbe acknowl¬ edgment from /?«!. It was only by the merest chance that, in assailing me, J'ou chose the single poem of whicii I liave some knowledge, instead of one of tiie manj' that I know notliing of. If, after my confession j'on think it neces¬ sary to renew the attack, you will have all tbe ground before j'ou."
"My dear Miss Boj-d," the young man tuiswered, " wbat you call your confession, is infinitely more humilia¬ ting to rae than to j'ourself, since it was drawii fromyonlby ray own ungenerous conduct. Praj', forgive me, aud let us bc friends.'.
So a new infiuence began to work up¬ on the crude masa of thegirl's intellect. Miriam Boj'd and Chanuing Gr.aj' read more than one poem together after the mutual confessions ofthat evening.
At first, Miriam had no great love for the books of poetry lhey read. Unless a storj' were braided into tlie work, she thought the finest iioeiii .a little dull But, gradually, appreciation of the beauties dear to thc Muses dawned up¬ on her, awakening a love for tlie works and for their .luthors. Correct taste in literature and art may sometimes be intuitive; but much ol'teucr, I thiuk, itis the result of cultivation. There aro natures, however, in which uo aimount of culture will produce fiue taste; just aa, in a desert soil, no useful growth can be induced. Miriam's was not such a nature.
" What a pilj'," said Ch.inning Gray to Afr. Hepthwaite, oue daj', "if this fine iiilellcet had never been aroused from the lethargy iu whioli it slumber¬ ed at the hut."
" Havo we not here another proof tbatProvidencencverw-astes materials?' returned the otiier.
" You don't believe, then, in 'mute inglorious Miltons ?' "
"JMost empliaticallj' no! I believe that if a nature contains tlie elementsof distiuction, it will someliow, by the aid of a helping Providence, worlc its waj' to distinction.
" Perhaps j'ou aro rigiit. I dare say J'OU are I'iglit.—Y'et there are some of us who have the petty v.aiiity to think that, under other circumstances, we might have grasped nt fame, and made ita triumphs ours."
jMIriain coming in at that nioineut, at le.ist one of the gentlemen forgot to pursue the suiiject under discussion, in looking'nt lier. Cliniining Gray was getting vioIeiitl.v in love'.witliMiriam Boj'd. But then he had been as vio¬ lently in love, nt dilferent times, with half n dozen other j'oung Indies. So there wits iio lelliiig how long this would remnlii an absorbing passion.
Mr. Heptliwaile, knowing the ante- codenla of his young friend, watched Miriani witll .some anxiety ; but could not tell wliether or not the angel of love had troubled the slill waters of her nf- fuction. He could only liope she was so much in love with lier intelleotuai pursuits. Hint her heart would remain untouched.
Not long after, Sabiiie AVest came to spend n week or tw<i with a friond in DclHIeld. Jlirinm met liim nt n picnic a few miles out of town. It lind been arranged that nil the pnrtj' were to ap¬ pear in costumes representing assumed characters. Miriam went as Maud Mul¬ ler.
As, mindful of Maud's "torn hat," she made several breaks in her iiretty Florence straw, and tore angular rents in hcr brigliL plaid skirt to represent a " brier-torn gown," she tliought of her¬ self as, scarcely two j-oars before, she had, not as now, iu merry-malving, but in bitter reality, appearcil a tanned raker of liny; ll'ioughtof herself witli a kind of grave wonder that she could ever have been the Miriam ISoj'd ofthe hnt.
I5ut she looked wonderfully like the Miriam of old, when, witli her light ralce, sbe expertly heaped up a pile of new-mown haj-; whicb a wicked-look¬ ing Nemesis—Mrs. Dr. fjlranby—tum¬ bled down as fast as it was riiked to¬ gether. It wns at Bucli a moment that Sabine AVest appronehed.
" JIaud MuUer to the life ! " he ex¬ claimed ; and inslnntlj-, diatinet to his remembrance, came up that other scene, iu whicii a fair hay-maker—the same— J'CS, he was sure of it—had, once before, drawn that exclamation from him. In expression, the faee was changed, bnt it must be the same. There could be uo counterpart to n face like tbat.
" I am glad Mniid hns not forgotten to bring *liflrsmall lin-cup,'" he said, glancing at one tlmt wns suspended by a girdle at Jfirinm's wnist. "Come awaj'totliespring.niidgivomendraught of water, pleaso."
" With pleuHui'e, if j-ou were onlj' the judge that camo rid iig bj'," was the merry niiswer.
"Then I will be thc judge," said Sa¬ bine AVest.
Jlirlam threw Iiei'Irake down, and led the way to n pl.ace where a spring bub¬ bled uji, uuder the shade of nn old elm tree. The gnarletl roots of the tree were exposed, making a convenient seat.— Sabine West drank water froni the cup which Jliriani oll'ered hiin, and as be returned It, pointeil to tbe seal just now alluded to. " Sit down," he snid. Miriam did so ; and he flat upou the grass just below her.
"Now lell me abont yourself—how J'OU have learned to be so expert at raking li.aj-—for Instance."
II seemed ao nulural to obe.v tbe com¬ mand, given with much bru.squeiies3, tliali\ririam had not fairly started in herstoij- before it occurred to her that slie had a right lo consult her own pleas¬ ure about relnting her liLstory to n str.anger. She stopped in the midst of sentence. ' " I will not tell j'ou. You h'ave no rigiit to ask," she said.
" If I ask it, not as a right, but as a very great favor, will you not proceed? " pleaded Mr. AVest.
"AA'lij' shonld I? It is nolbing to 3'OU."
" It m:iv be nnicli lo me. But why should yo'u not, since it will amuse me? See! "i'ouder all the actors in this gay revel are amusing each other. Let it be j'Our part, nt this stage of the comedy, to amuse me."
" As you will, sir. Itcan do no harm," and, witll no more delnj', Mirinm went on Avith the recital she bad so suddenly broken oil'.
" You utcra there, tlien ? " Rtr. AVest interrupted, when she came to speak of the lecture. "I thought I had n glimpse ofyour face, but you drew itoutof sight so quickly, I could not be sure."
" You! Oh, I see, now. Y'^ou were thc lecturer."
"Yes. Rcvcnonsahosnioutons. Let ua return to your story."
."How. strange I did not recognize you atonce.'^
" Aud ifyou bad, would you have re¬ fused to amuse me with your history ?"
Are you not sorrj' ? " Miri-
" Perhaps.   I think so." " But now that I know a part, you will notrefuae toletmehearthewhole?" " Not if you care to listen." AVith   no  other   interruption,   she brought her story down to the date of their sitting by the spring, under the old elm tree.
"Now, sir judge, ace J'ou satisfied?" she asked.
"Notquite.   ThisChanning Gi'ay,of whom you have spoken so mucli. AVhat Is he to you?" "The one I have promised to niarrj'." Sabine AVest sprang to his feet.   A squirrel waa scrambling nimbly up the trunk of a tree, at a little distance.   He drew a pistol from his pocket, and firing, brougbttlie smnllanimal to theground. After this triumph of tlie sporlsman's craft he returned to his seat, slowly re¬ peating, as be came— " 'Ofall sad wordsof tongue or pen. Tile saddest aro Ihese-lt might have been.'" "Cruel! am asked.
" Sorry that j'Ou are lo marry Clian- nlng Gray ? " "No; that you killed the squirrel! " " If I am not, what then ? " " Then you ought to be." He laughed half scornfully. " Which do you think the more cruel sport ofthe two, sliootiiig squirrels, or breaking hearts ? " he asked.
" A broken heart is so mucli more easily mended tban a broken life," re¬ plied Miriam.
" True, quite true. It is conclusively proved that a broken heart is less to be regretted than a dead .squirrel. So tbat polntissettled. Butthis ChanningGray —I think I knowsomethingof him."— He stooped to pick up a brightly-colored feather, which some bird of gay plum¬ age had dropped in its flight. Then having scribbled his address upon a card, he placed the two In Jfirlam's hand. " If Chanuing Gr.ay should ever play you false," he added, "will j'ou promise to enclose the feather directed to the address upon tlie card ? " "Why?"
" Oh, for a whim of mine. I play at reading the stars sometimes, and I like to know whether mj' readings come true   AVill J'OU?"
" Cau you read tlie stars in broad dav- light?" •'
" Never mind tbat.   AVill you ? " " The contingency for which j'ou pro¬ vide will never occur.   But, if j-ou wish it, I will promise." " I do wish it.   Thank you." Certainly, it seemed  most unlikely that the contingency thus provided for would ever occur.   There was never a more  devoted lover  than   Channiu" Gray.   Mr. and Mrs. Hepthwaite-were soon apprised of the atate of tliiip's andyoung Gray pleaded with tliem°io help him persuade Miriam to name an early marriage day.
But Miriam pleaded in return. " Tlie sunny timeof childhood has but just begun for me. Don't set me to house¬ keeping yet. Let me have one year more—to study, and be free."
"One year!—a dozen years, if you like," replied Channiug. "Only let it be as my wife. I hope j'ou do not ex¬ pect to find me a domestio tyrant, wiio will take a strict account of every mo¬ ment of j'our life, nnd require a corres¬ ponding period to be devoted to do¬ mestic cares."
Miriam remained flrm, however, in spite of all her lover's eloquence, whicli went through the various stages of wouuded affection, conciliation, angry expostulation, repentance, nndcaresses, after the most npproved mnniier of lov¬ ers iu suoh situations.
" For my life," said Mrs. Heptliwnite, " I cnnnot mnke out wliether she loves him or uot."
Perhnps jririnm herself was equally nt a loss. But no shndow of a doubt troubled Channiiig Gray. How could she, or, for that matter,'aiiy j'ouiig lady whom he chose to look npon with fa¬ vor, help loving hira ?
One fine dny iu October, Clmuning took Miriam for a drive about tho town. Their ride was prolonged until a hazy sunset glow softened the gorgeous tints of the autumnal foliage. Mirinm, in childlike glee, whicii was only tbe more irrepressible, that It had been so long petrified when mirth is the natural e.x- presslon of the hpart, laughed out her gladness at every fresh appearance of beauty in themifdly glowing landscape. Channiug Gray liad never found her so charming. At length tbey entered a busy streetwbere, seemingly, there was not room for the tall buildings to cast their Icngtheued sliadows. Miriam left watching foi-rival beauties in tints of clouds and uptiiinii leaves, nnd gave her attention to the people liurrying up .and dowu, or across the street. One little pale-faced girl, upon n crossing just ahead, particularly nttracteil her notice. A moment later, in avoiding a cart upon theright, tlieir carriage shaft upon the left struck against tlie child and threw hcr down. A cry of distress followed. Miriam begged Channiug to let her get down, and see how much the child was injured.
"Nonsense," said Chanuing, throw¬ ing a silver piece iu the direction from wliich tho ory proceeded. " She was not at all hurt. Don't j'on see it w.as a little beggar girl ? The howl of dis¬ tress is a part of their stock in trade." "Nevertheless," replied Miriani, with proud decision, "Ishall go back to aee whether or not tho child is injured.— Beggar or not, I suppose a blow would hurt her equally. If you do not choose to stop, I shall jump out nt nny risk." Her flushed face and excited manuer showed how much she w.as iu earnest.— Channiug whistled a stave, aud seemed to think It best to yield. He helped Miriam from tlie earriage, and she went
auickly baek to the scene of the aeei- ent.
A bystander bad picked the child up, stunned and bleeding. No one knew to whom she belonged.
These facts were elicited by Miriam's iuqulries. Going biick, slie communi¬ cated what she had learned to Chan¬ uing Graj-. That young autocrat stood at his horse's bead, holding the bridle with one hand, and irapatieiitly whip¬ ping irregular marks in the dust of tbo street, with the whip held in tlie other. That he had been coinpelled to yield his win to a woman's, did not incline him to amiability, seemingly.
" AVhat do j-ou jirojiose to do?" he inquired.
" Take tiie girl home with mc and take care of her."
" Not If you go with me"
" Then I shall go by mj-self," was the quick response.
She signalled a cabman, and, before Chanuing Gray half comprehended the situation, had the child put inside the cab, got in herself, and was driven off.
" Sbe couldn't have shown less re¬ gard for my wi.shes, if we had been married. But she'll be on her knees for me to forgive her, by to-morrow," Channiug muttered to liimself, as lie drove slowly home.
She was uot, however, nor the next day. The third, Chanuing called at her rooms, and was told she bad gone into town with the child.
"Confound tbechild,!.' was his not very amiable conclusion.
He called agaiu that evening, and was received by Miriam hei-self.
" I wonder whieii of us two owes the other an apology ?" he began, witb a good-humored laugh. " You, rae, for your wilfuiress, or I, you, for my sel¬ fishness ? Yon must own, yourself, Mi¬ riam, it was too bad to spoil tho pleas¬ autest drive of all tbe year, for a street beggar."
" There are times," returned Slirlam, gravely, " when even greater pleasures than a pleasant drive muat yield to the claims of humanitj'."
" Oh, if you put it In Ihat waj', the apology must eome from me. I am well aware that, from the humanity stand point, my position wits a very ungener¬ ous one."
" If either of ns owes the other an apology, Channiug, it Is due from me to J'OU ; not for anytbing that paased that uight, but for wliat I have done since, without asking your adviee. I have taken measures to adopt Aiinnt Meredith." • "Y'ou hnve!"
" She wna destitute, and more friend¬ less even than I, in the old tiines o f des¬ olation I shudder to recall. A Provi¬ dence has brought her in my way: I cannot leave her to go baek upon the
street." " There are other waj's of providing
for destitute children, than by adopt¬ ing tbem." * " Not for a clinging, affectionate child
like this oue." "1   suppose   you   have  con.sidered
which you care for most, this beggar
girl or me.   Oue of us you must give
up."
^"O, Chauning! I cannot give up the
"Very well, then! That settles the matter. I congratulate you npon the exchange.  And, so w© part."
" Oh no! not so! Not iu anger, Chan¬ uing I"
Then came surging up themeraory of his great love for ber, and of his pride in her wouderful beauty, and he cried : " O, Miriam, Miriam! Do as you will. Adopt half the destitute childfen in town, if J'OU will, but be my Miriam." Miriam put her baud in his. The re¬ conciliation seemed complete.
But the bone of contention, though laid out of sight, was not effectually buried. Channiug took no pains to conceal that he disliked Annot Me. e- dith. She necessarllj' engrossed raucli of JSIiriam's time, which he wished de¬ voted only to himself. He showed the utmost indifference to all Miriam's jilaiia for tlie child, so that she ceased to consult bim about tliem. Something like the film of restraint grew between them.
To Jliriam, who had never known an.ything of children, this new care was both interesting audamusing. She weut less Into society than before, because Annot complained of loneliness when she was away. She reraembered her owii desolate childhood, and could not bear that the blight of isolation should settle npon this cuild of her adoption.
About this time a new star appeared ill the Dellfield horlzou. Miss Dell Duncan was a dashing beauty, who won hearts as if by magic. Not Saul's thous¬ ands, but David's tens of thousands, would exjires the number of her slain. Channiug Gray met her at a brilliant party given by Mrs. Dr. Granby. Un¬ fortunately for bis constancy, Miriam was not there. He made a few Inef¬ fectual struggles, then surrendered in- gloriously to tho witcheries of tbe all- conquering siren.
Tliat night he wrote to Miriam. In view, hesaid, ofthe coldness tbat had gradually been growing up between them, she could not be surprised to hear tliat he thoughtthe future peace of cacli would besafor if their engagemeut were discontinued.
Regarding her highly, desiring her liappiuess moat sincerely, he neverthe¬ less feared there was an incompatibili- tj' of diapositlona, wliieii would make their union avery grave mistake. He therefore gave her back her freedom. In answer, Miriam wrote :— " My Friend : How glad I am that your note to me was sent this morning Insteadof delaying until a later hour, otherwise, you would have heard that frora mc, wbicii might have made it difficult for you to propose that our en¬ gagement be discontinued, without ma¬ kiug yourself appear mean and mercen¬ ary. Neither of those epithets could ever belong to you, my friend ; and, tbnt no one mny, througii malice, try to fasten them upon j'ou, I shall take cnre to have it well known that our eu- gagemeiit was broken ofi" before it was discovered that I have lost my property. " Yes, Channiug, it was a Providence tliat brought Annot Sleredlth in iuy way. I havejust discovered, from jia- pers belonging to her, that all the prop¬ erty I thought miue, in equity is hers. " Gamiliel Boyd was secretary to her grandfather, Garfield Meredith. There was cruel treacliery and fiight. I need not give myself the jiain of entering into details.
" My adopted cliild will hear of no change in my style of living, sinee we are both to live together. But nil I late¬ ly had I hold in trust for her. Congrat- ulnting J'OU tlint the future peace of your life is not likely to be endangered by a iiiiioii of our inconipntible disposi¬ tions, lam, jSIostsincerelj',j'ourfriend, MiitiAM Boyd." It; is probable tbat, in being thus cool¬ lj' set aside as soou as a newer attract¬ ion hail appeared, INIirlam's vanity suf¬ fered somewh.at, though she had as lit¬ tle as most women. Nevertheless, I think this termiuation of tlie engage¬ ment was rather a relief to hcr than otherwise. She bad not failed to see thatMr. Graj''sstandard of right and wrong was greatly below that whicli, bj- the teachiugs of thc excellent Mr. Hepthwaite, she hnd led to adopt for herself. Besides slie had long (since lur personntion of JNIaud Muller the last summer, perhaps) had an unacknowl¬ edged fear that hcr allbotiou for Chau¬ ning was not the all-engrossing lotvc of which sho had felt herself cnpable.
Some time afterward, lier promise to Sabine AVest was recalled, by lluding the card tmd feather he had given her in an unused drawer.
IMIriam bad never broken a promise In her life. Bnt she hesitated a littlo .aboutkeeping thia one. "Mr. AVest has uiidoubteill.v forgotten it, and j'ou were very nearil.oing so ; let it be as if nothing had recalletl It to j-our mind," she said. In debnting the question with lierself. Then, like Lawyer Tongue, in the famous case of the Nose and liyea, she shifted her side. " But you have always held that a promise hits all tho sacredness ofa vow. It was only in fun that he asked it. AVIiy should you eare ?" So, takiug fun as the spirit of tlie thing, she wrote upon the card : " Bead the stars for rae again, to-niglit. Your last reading has come true ;" in¬ closing it and the feather, addressed the parcel to Sabine AVest, and sent it off. Three days later Sabine AVest, arrived iu Dellfield. Miriam's surprise, wlien he was ushered into her parlor, was VCI'J' great.
" I have come to read the stars for .you and for me," he answered,  to her
A STOEY FOR THE IITTIE FOLKS.
look of wonder.   " O Maud! O Miriam I love J'OU !"
It Wits apleasaut future that, betweeu tbem, tliey rend for themselves in the stars, that summer night. Heaven send one as blesaed to eacli of j'ou, my read¬ ers.—Godey's Lady's Book.
Tub AA'oui.d not so A'eby Bab.— Amid all the bustle and toil to get rich, the avarice and crime which are eontluunllj' beiug talked and written about, there is,after all, much unselfish goodness in the world—even in New York city. One among the manj'objects of charity whicii have grown up to be necessities, and are daily doiug good to hundreds of ragged boj-s who are eking out a scanty support for tbem¬ selves, nud perhnps a widowed raother, la the Newsboy's Lodging-House. The Posl says it has doue a useful service I'or manj' j'ears, but the demands upon it now "exceed its capacity. Thirteen yenrs ago it was established by thc Chil¬ dren's Aid Society, aud during this pe¬ riod It has furnislied to the tiny nnd vociferous Inds raore tban tliree hun¬ dred thousand lodgings and two hun¬ dred thousand meals. The boys, who onee had no shelter and no iiiduce¬ meiit tosave their earnings, have beeu stimulated by this excellent charity to habits of tbrlftand care. Tbeir savings since 18.54 have amounted to 514,501; and the few pennies they have paid nightly for n meal and n bed have con¬ tributed nearly .?15,00U towards the i^ peiiaes of the Lodging-House—so tliflr in the space of thirteen j-ears nearly 830,000 have been paid or saved by tiie boys. The Lodging-House is not self- sustaining, for tlie small suin eliarged tho boj's does not cover the actual out¬ lay ; but an appeal is now made for a fund witb which to erect a new build¬ ing. The sum required is 350,000, aud the objeet is excellent.
DISOBEDIENCE AND AVIIAT OAME OP IT. "Mother! mother!" called up Hor¬ ace from the yard, " can't Benny and I go out in the allej' a little while to piny?"
" Out in the alley. In all this mud!" cried my sister Lou from tho chamber, w-liere we sat sewing: "niy dear boy, j-ou're crazy!";
" No I ain't, mother: let na go, just for a litlle while—please do!"
"No Indeed—not for a moment." The mother's voice was clear and decisive, and Horace argued the mother no fur¬ ther.
"The crazj' child!" said my sister, turning to me. " AViiat attraction can there be in that thick, black mud ! But I do believe boys arc something like pigs, the dlrlier thej' get the better tbey likeil!"
"Homustbolnsnneonthatonepoint," snid I. Aud Indeed it was a matter of raucli marvel to rae, that a boj', witli :i nice garden to play in, could still look longingly at the mud bej-ond; but it was ao. Horace had takeii hia stand at the opeii'back gate, putting the gnrden, with its i>lensures, resoliit'elj' behind him.
Little Benny, whom somo kind fairy had metamoriihosed Into a hoi-se, for his own esjiecial bouelit, was cantering, running, trotting and galloping, by turna, every now and then administer¬ ing to himself smart blows with his wliip.
"Dear little Benny," said I, "he's .al¬ ways liaiipy."
"A.'es, bless his heart," said my sister, fondly. " Horace," she called, " j'on'd better shut the gate now, and don't stay out much louger. Remember, Cousin Robert comes this afternoon, and we must have clean faces and hands before he gets here"
Louise sat baek in her rocking cliair, and I, busy with sewing, thought no more of the boj-s, until I heard tbe gale creak. Tlien I looked out. Could 1'be¬ lieve my ej'Os? Tliere was Horace sneak¬ ing out the gale on tiptoe, and worse J-et, denr little Beunj' following iu the samedisgrneel'ui slyle. Once fairl.y out of the j-nrd, a high fence hid Ihem'from mj' view.
1 wasamnzed—for the children though often nnuglitj', were seldom wilfullj' disobedient; but I wasalso nm used and could not help laughing a little to my¬ self. Their liltlo figures hnd such a eomienlly menu .and nnnatural look.
Louise Wits nodding In herclmir; my first impulse was to wake her, but I finallj' concluded lo let her sleep. -I wns curious to know what tlie bo,vs would say for themselves when they came back; Avhetbcr tliej"^ would con¬ fess their wrong doing, or, tbinlcing that no one knew, .s.aj' notliing about il. So, for Iinlf nu hour, Lou slept nnd I sewed. Once I caught glimpse of Ben- nj''s straw hnt up in the air, then a few short worda of caution from Horace, re¬ minding him that they were upon for¬ bidden ground.
Anotlier quarter passed. Lou started up. "How- still thoso children are! Do J-ou .see them, Caddie "i"'
" No L don't," I anawered deiiiurel.v', and wns folding up mj- "ivork to leave the room—
AVhnt was it ? A screech,, a shriek, a scream, n yell, n howl! All tliese ini.\- ed, mill mingled, aud multiplied bj' two, might iierbaps give one* n fniiit iden of the noise we heanl. More than all, it came from llie alley. Lou rushed to the window, her cheek blnncbed; wc boili stood trnnslixcd.
Into tho J'ard crept two little woe-be- goiie figures, one liivrdlj' to be recogniz¬ ed for mud, tbe iitlier for passion.
" Whaton earth!" ejaculated Louise. " Can tlicae be inj' children?"
It reallj' seemed a matter of doiiVit.— Bennj' (orwbatwetookforBenn.y) wius covered with mud, from eap to shoes; not a white place ;to bo seen, from the crown of his head tn the solo of his foot; ,yet he was walking composedly alon.g, while Horace (on whom the onlj- traces ofniiidseeined tnbe a fewsti'eaks on hia face) wassereeeliin.g,shrieking,screnni- iiig,j-ellliigniid howling,asl hnvesaid. It wits reall.v un.accoiintablo. Beiin.y had nil the mud, j-et Horace was mak¬ ing nil the outcry.
'The mother Hew down to the kitclien. " Horace, for mercj-'s snkc, what is the mntter? Are j-ou killed? Are you hurt? What ia the ninttor? Not iiiiiitlier step till J'OU gel oirtho.se shoes."
Tills litst Wits addreaaed to Beniij-, who wits makiii.g for the kitelieii as fast, as he could, eniisidcriiig the weight of his armor.
¦ Beuii.v, thus brought to a aland, look¬ ed dolel'ull.y at me out of the corner of llis ej-e. It AVas too niuch ; nij'gravitj- wtts completely iipsel. I laiigiieil louil nnd long, ami Louise wits nt litst com¬ pelled lojoin, though Horace's serenma still resounded through the kilchcn.
"Benny," .said I, its soon na I wits ablo to spealc, "what is thematter with Horace? ]s he killed?" "No !"fanswereil liciiuj' soleninlj'. " Is he hurt?"
" No!" nnawered Bcuiij- as solcmnlj' a-s before. "AVell, what is it then-;" "AVhj", you .see," said Beunj-, "wc were plnj'iiig out in the "——here he stopped nnil looked doubtfullj' at his mother,  but she snid not a word, .so he
shouting to Bobert, as he left the house, "Bob, if the neighbors think we've liad a great railroad accident in here, and ask you how many were killed, you'll relieve their anxious minda wont you?"
"Yes," aaid Bobert, "I'll tell them nobody killed, but two boys seripiisly wounded.
The two boj's never forgot that after¬ noon's adventure ; ever after that, they
preferred their nice, clean, pretty gar¬ den, to the dirty alley. Occasionally, when the subject ia meiitioin'J, Beniij' with a.slj- glance at Horace will ex¬ claim, "Diiln't somebody make a noi.se, tliough."
LEGAL   NOTICES.
.V UJIININTUATWK'N NO-1'IC'i:.
Kslnte of Joluin Amour lllirig, late of Earl township, dec'd.
JI.aTKItS of administration on salil e.slate J having been gnanted lo the nmierslgneil, alt persons IndelJted thereto, aro reriuested to iinille Iniraedlate payment aud those having cIaiin.<lor demands against tho same, will pre¬ sent tlioiu without delay forsoltleinenl. to the undersigned, residing in New Holland.
norj.-vNi) Dir.r.KK.
dec I lit* S
AUIUTOR'.S NOrHIE.
xVssIgiied Estate of B. H. Zercher and wife.
TItKnndersIgnod Auditor, appointed to dis¬ tribute thu balance remaining In the liands of .T, H. Zercher, Assignee of 11. H. Zercher and wife, to nnd among tliose legally enllMed to tile .same, willattend for tliat pnrposeon PKID.W, the'ilthday of UKCEMBlitt, 18K7, nt2o'cloel<, p. ra., in tiio Library Roomof tlie CourtHonse, in tiie City of Ijineaster, where nil persons Interested In .said distribution may attend. D. a, liSHLBMAN, dee.l-.ll-;t Auditor.
PBOFESSI0K.^SE.
SinOS V. KBV.      • ¦„•    J,
ATTOBNEY AT LAW. ODioe with N. EUmul^er, esq.. North Dalsc st., LaneastHr, Pa. t.sep'iX '(,7 jy
w.
WIIJtON.
.   _ A'l'rOKNIiY AT LAW,
onico No. HI Ea-Ht King St., Lancnster Pa. octl8-'li(i-Iy«IS
A   J. HANOEIUiON. ATTOKNEY AT r.AW, oaiuowllh W. W. Urown, Es<i., No. al. North 13lll£e Street, I-rfincaster, Pa.   -       Jan Ii;-ly-9
RiaiovAT. OP V. s. cTiAiin J^titaicx. J. B. KAUPKMAN, Uas removed his Law and Collecting olHro to llis new residence, at So. IKJ East King street.
*a- Pensions. Honnties, Back I'ay, .tc, col¬ led ed as usual. fell 17 ly'lll
W"-"• •^~"'''''''''" ATTORNBY-AT-LAW Kplirata, Lancnster Coiiuly, Va., betweeu tba i::innj;id and Knlirala JloniUaiu WpringH. Jan 17-  ly-0_
Emm:x x-'ranici.ix* , „, A'lTOltNKYAT riAW, iiiLSromovcd his ollico (o Wortli Duke street, dIrccUynptwsUo llie ea.sUfni lUturof the Court Hoiu;e. LanwLsUr, I'a. AU pvofcSHlonal h\w\- nt'KH ontriiHled li> Iii-s earo will meet -Willi proiiii>t attentUni. demi-tf--'i
AUIHTORS' NOTICE,
Trust Estate of Mrs. E. Y. Conj'ngh am late of Laubaster city, <lcc'd.
rpJrEmnloralKneil Auditor, appointed to dl;;- X trilntte tlie Imlaneo remaining In the lianel.'i of A. K. Witmer, Trustee, as shown Uy liisKcc- ond and supplementary account, to and among tho.sc leijally eutitled lo the same, will sH for tliut purpose on WHDNI'-SOAY, UKUKMIJKIt JS, 1SI»7, at two o'clock, P. M., in the Wln-ary Jtooni or thc Conrt House, in the City of l,:in- caslL-r, where all persons inlen-stcd in said dis¬ tribution may atteud. \V. LEAMAN, nov2;-lt-2 Auditor.
A3>3[IXI.STRAT<>lt-S NtKl'ICE.
Estate of David Lebkichcr, late of Lan caster city, deceased.
LETTRUS or adirtlnisiratlon on said estate liavinc been granted to the undeniigned, all persons indelited thereto aro requcHted to make Immediate payment, and those having elalms or demandH against the same will pre- utMitthem without delay for settlemeut to tlio undersigned, rcsidiugin said eity.
JACOli ItOTJlAUMEL, Administrator. nov2-i fit* 1
^ A'rmrtNPTV at law,
Uilicc in Wldjnycr's Kow. Ko. 4 South Uukest., I.jiucaster, Piu IVusUms and i;onnty Cialm-H promptly attended to.     fjy l»-tf:t5'U»
ATTOIIXRV AT LAW, OIIlco with O. J. liicluy. S<iutli tiueen sircpt IjiJirastur, Pa. Uy :3'i;Vti
B€.I£KEAI>y. A'iTOltNKY AT LAW.       , omco With Hon. I. K.  HlcrtUir, No. ;W North DukeKt., Lanuasti'r, I'a.	
CIIARLKN 1>£XUEM. ATTOnXFA'AT LAW. omco South Duko Htrcot, Lanca-ster, -'nd U*mr north oftlie Lutheran Church.    Iniat'^lv'
ATioU-XEY AT LAW, OIHce in Sonth Buke-Ktret't, ^ dooru buiow tho Farmers' Pauk, opposite Luthcrau Church. Janl'tSMf _^
WASill\4i'S:0S \V. IXOl'KlXS. ATTOUXEYAT LAW, No. 2S North Duke Street, Lancaster, I'a. aug 30  tf-;i)     ¦
\,iriir. Alio. ATf.EK,
VV A'lrrultNEV A*l' LAW, Oflice. No. 1.1 Ka.-;t K.''ig St., oppo.-iite Jonathan .Sprct^ier'^* ilol-i, LiiUja-ster Clly. i'a.  oct ly-lv"*IS
'PJIK subscriijer is prwjiared to cry sah'S of X Iteal or IVr-sonal j'ruporty on reawnabic terma.  Appl\- to or address—
S. W. ROWE. ian 0-tf-S Xiancaster I'a
AO-UIXISTRATOI&'N NOTICE.
Estate of Annie  Stauirer,   (widow of
llavid K. Staufier), late of Bapho
township, deceased.
Il-rrTJi^RSof administralton oa said estate Jhaving been granted lo the nnderslgned, all persons indebted theretoare reqnested lo make lintnediatesettloment, and those haviug claims or demands against tliesame will pre¬ seut them forsettlement wlthoutdela^' to the undei-sigucd, residing in said township.
CHRI.STIAN GINORI(^ri, nov"0-(i'^t-I Administrator,
EXECITTOIW NOTICE.
ErtCate of Samuel Y. Blank, late of Sal¬ isbury townsliip, deceased. 1'KTTRR.S testamentary on said estate _ili:ivlng been granted to tlio nndorslgned, all persons Indebted thereto arc reqnestrd tomake Immudialc payment, and those having claims ordtrmands aualnst theHainu wilt prcsenttlipin witliout delay forsettlement to tUe undersign¬ ed, residing insald townslii)).
CHRISTIAN BLANK, STEPHEN STOLTZKUS, nov IG-li*'t-52 Executors.
AMOS II. jirvx.i9r, A'rrORNEY AT LAW. OXUce, No. 8 South Q,accn street, east side, a few doora below Centretiquare, Lancaster, Pa.
mar 20 '65 ly IS
JOIIN IT. ZEM^ER, SURVEYOR ANU C0K\T3YANCER, Also gives purtieular atten tion tocterkiugsalcs of real nnd personal property nt any dlslatire within the eounty.
Olliee in SpringviUe, Jfount Joy township Lancaster county. Addre/fS .Spring Garden P^ lOct'a3-lv*-IJ
AI.EXANDKK JI. Il001>, A'ProitXEY AT LAW, Will attend to all i)rofessIonai busiucss on- trusted to his care.
Havingbeen U..M. Collector for fonr ycar.s, persons uaviuy eases nnder the Itevenne Law.s may lind it to iheir advantage to consult bim concerning the same.
Otlice—No. -JU North Uuko St., opposite tin; Court House. [ocixtrn -1:1
Al>^IIMSTRAT4kIl'>*^ NOTICE.
Eslate of Mellon Douj^herty, late of .LiilLle Brilaiu township, deeeaaed.
rl-riTERS of administration on said estate J liaving been granted to thc undersigned, all persons iniloliLed thereto, are requested lii mako Imniediate payment,and those having claims nrtleinand.s against thesame. will pre- .•^(¦ni. Ihem without delay forsettlement lotiie undi-rsigned, re.sidlng in said twp. nov Iii-ii't-i: ROBERT PATTON.
Al>»1 NIS'l'RATOK'S N0TI«:E.
Kstate  of George Hutt, Iato of Manor township, deceased.
IKTTElt.S of administration on said Rstate jhavina been granled lo the nndersiguetl. al persons iiidebleil theretoare requested tomako imiiUMliali*|)iiynicnt, and tlio.'ie having claims ordemands agaiust tlie same will present them I'or seltUMiieitt (•> tho uudersigned, residing in s.iid lownsliip.
nnv i:)-Gt-62
REUBEN BERTZFIELD,
Adininistnltor.
A VCriONEERING.
A. BENJAJIIN F. ROWE
respeetfully informs the public that he will at¬ tend to Crying Sales of real and persouai prop¬ erty in any part ofthe county,
Tho.se wishing his services aro reqnested to apply to GERARDUS CLAUirsON, Ksq., at the Prothonotary's Ollice, who will promptly al¬ tend to the matter.
Letters addressed to mo at SmitlivlUe P.O. Lancaster eounty. will be pr>nnptly ntt.Mided li>
EXECUT4>U*.S NOTICE.
Estate of .Tolm Eroy, sr., late of Jfanor townshipj-deeetised.
TETTERStestamentary on Slid estate h.aving- J been granted to the uudci'signed, all per¬ sons inrlebicd tlioreto are requested to make iiiini<jdiale payment, and tlioso tiavlng claims or demands against the same will prt-sent Ihem ri>r settlement to tho undersigned re¬ siding in L;ineaster townsliip. iiuvli-litiill        JACOIJ K. ERKY, Executor.
.VI>MINIS'l'KATOR*S   NOTK^E.
iJ^stattMjf .fohn .K. Eiuy, htt(M>f I^fanor township, deco!Lsed.
Tl^'ITI^IRSot* administration on said ostate jhaving lieen granted U> theundorsigned.all persons Indebloil thereli>aro requesictl lonnike Imniciliali; payment, and tho^ehavingclalms ordemaudsagainsttliesame will present ihein witiiout dehiy for soil lenient to tin: under¬ signed, residing In LancjLstcr township.
J.VLOii I*'. l-'ltliV, Administrator. nnvC ' lit-fd
AIWI! XISTRATOR\S NOTICE.
Estate of Uarbani Uanelc, late of East Earl township, deceased.
rE'ITEUS of adminisiration on said estate jhaving heeugianted to tlio undersigned,all pi'i'si.ais  indebted  therelo, are  requested  to make immediate settlement, and those haviug claims or domands agaiust the same, wlU pre- seiitlhem withontdeiayforsetllemDnt to tho undersigned, residing in saitl township,   r SAMUEL ItANCIC, JOHN ItANCIC, nov2-0t*-iW Administrators,
A very worthy flslierman by the name ofGrizzle, was drowned some timesince, and all search forhis body proved una¬ vailing. After it had beeu in the water some months, however, it was discover¬ ed floating on the surface, and taken to the shore, whereupon Mr.Smitliwas dispatched to convey the intelligence to the much afflicted widow.
" Well, Mrs. Grizzle, M'e have found Jfr. Grizzle's body."
" You don't say so ! "
" Yes we have—the jury has sot on it, and found it full of eels! '*
" You don't say Mr. Grizzle's body is full of eels?"
" Yes it is, and we waut to kuow what 3'OU will have done with it? "
" WIi;r. liow many eels do you think thore is iu him?"
'* WIi,v, about a bushel."
" "Well, then, I think you had better send tho eels up to tlie house, and set Ilim again."
Tn a recent trial in tlio eounty court at Dover, England, the judge having asked the witness: " What is an An¬ thony ?" he replied: "The littlest pig, your honor. Tl»e Uttle pig is always * Anthony.' " On an inquiry why the pig was so called, the attorney replied : " I believe your honor, it is associated with the saint of that name, from the factthatin his unhappy time thc small¬ est and least valuable pig was usually piclced for the Church."
A distinguished minister of the gos¬ pel of California, but now a resident of an Eastern city, was frequently heard to remark, while a youth at college, that he would never marry a woman who had " loved another man;" that he wanted the "first warm gush of woman's love." He married a widow with two "sets" of children.
went on. "We were playing out hi the alley, and I was his horse, aud he whip¬ ped me, and I fell down, and there was a dead eat tiiere, and she went into my face, and 1 got up, and Horace laughed, and I just gave him a little slap in the face, and ni.y Jiand w:ts all mud, aud"— "That will do,Iienny,".said his motli¬ er. " Horace, stop! iCow toll me how you Iiappened out there at all, when I told you not?"
Little Benny said nothing, atul Hor¬ ace, who, athis mother'scomnKiiulhad "stopped," hung his head.
" Whose fault was it?" iisked their motlier.
Slill Benny was silent, and Horace hunj^ his hoad.
" Come, Horace," said Jjouise, " be
a mail! Weren't you tho one to blame?"
Horace looked up.   "Yes, motlier; T
was," said he.   "X made Benny go; he
said he'd rather play in the yard."
"Butl needn't have gone," said hon¬ est little Benny ; twiusu't all his fault." ' Well, we'll talk aboufc that another time," said Bouise. "Comein, Benny, "f your shoes are ofl* before that nuni gets balced ou your face, .lane," added she, as the girl maile her appearance, " wont you bring me the largesUtub from the cellar?"
" O, mother what ff>v?" aslccd Hor¬ ace, anxiously. "J^oletuHgo up tt) the bathiug-rooni."
The mother made no reply, but lock¬ ed resolute—so thc tub oame.
" Now boy.s, oU'with your clothes." "Why, mother, I don't need it," said poor Horace.
" I thinlc you ueed washing, Horace, quite as much as Benny, though we don't see as much dirt on you," said Louise, Avith a queer puckering of her lips. " Come, Aunt Caddie atul .fane will step out; pH" with your clothes."
Obedient to this very broad hint, I went up stall's, and iii about half an hour heard Louise calling,-" AuiitCad- dic, please bring lliose jackets and pants ofthe boys from the nursery."
I  seized  the garments iind rushed
down stains; both boys looked ruefully.
" O, mother you don't mean thoso old
things?   Wo haven't worn thom for a
long timo." ' .
" It is very fortunate," said Louise, with the .same queer pucker, " that I didn't give them to .Timniie Lane hist week, as I intended ; they will be just the thing for my boys to play in the al¬ loy."
"We won't go there again, mother, never!" said Benii.v ; but motlier was lirm, and the old clothes went on.
" Cousin Hwbert, too !" cried Horace, as tbo door-bell ran&. " What will he thiuk!"
Cousin Bobort did think it vory strange, when the boys came .slowly lo welcome him, instead of rushing, tum¬ bling heels over head, as wtis their usual custom. It Wits so strange that he cou Id not ac(!ouut for it. Sucii looking clothes, too. Tlie hoy.s at last, seeing his per¬ plexity, thought tliey might JIS well tell him the whole story, whieh they did— Lou aud I listening, unobsurved, until they came to that act in the tragedy, where the dead cat and Horace's shrieks came in ; then we betrayed ourselves by laughing, and all three boys joined. " Come, boys," said Kobert, when he was about going, " come up home Avith me and see my new rabbite,"
The boys looked first at their clothes, then at their mother. " O, mother, can't we puton ourother jackets now?" "Not to-night," answered Louise. Robert looked <li8appointed, and Hor¬ ace was almost inclined to pout, buthis inother said quietly, "You know you deserve it, Horace," which mado liim feel a little ashamed ; and Uttle Benny restored good humor   all round   by
NOTH'E,
In the Court of (^jmmon Picas of Lancaster co.,
ClIIMSTIAXA WKOKN-AHT,"
?;A WKnKN-A9T,1
vs. Y      In Divorce
Jons W. Wr.fJENASi*.   ) '
TO JOHN Sn::—Yoi
W. WEGENAST, Respondent, are hereby notilled that witnesses will be examined on liehalf of Libellant In the above tMiiso, at the ollleo of the undersigned. No. 1(! Norlh Tiuki> Street, in the City of Lan- cjisler, on SATIHlUAY, the llth day of JANU- AltY. A. JJ. IWW, ats o'clock. A. M., when and where yuu can attend tocross-esamino. If you think proper. WM. JJ. WII-EY.
decl-It-.'[ Commissiouer.
¦J^ EUCEN IC. T.ON<;.
Ix A'lTOftNEY AT LAW.
No. S.South Duke st.. Lancastor. Si.ccial at¬ tention paid to procmringtn-opposing discharg¬ es of debtorsin l>ankru|)tey, proufand presL-ni- atiou of claims, rendering proiesslonal assls- tauco to assl^uccs, and alJ business in short connected with proceedings in volunlnry or Involinitary bankruptcy, whether bofon* lho llegisleror the United Slates Courts, Parlies intendingto bike tlie bem-dt of the law will usually find It ailvantai^uuus to have a prelim¬ inary consultiitiun. jun I'Mf-'-il
JDr- J. B. MeCiiHltey,
SURGEON DENTIST,
CONTINUES the praeUce of his profession athis olllce in EastKingStreel.nearCenlru Square, aud over the i''ii'.it .Natlttnal Ijaiik, Lancaster.
While in Operative Dimtistry ho 3*ields tho palm to none, iu tlie particular departmeut of Artitlcial Work, heclialleni-es theproressUm— whether for artistic liiilsh ahd substanlial ex- eellent^cof wtirkmausliip, uatunil appearance nf teeth, perfect adaptjition of plato it> thc month, or the modemte character of his cliarges.
TEETH lOCTRACTED WITHOUT P.MN
nv THK USE OF
N IT B O H S   OXIDE   GAS.
Having just put np one of TiAUKIi;U'.q GAS- OMI-rrElt-S of largest slKe, mauufaetured by linlieiicaniet&Stoekton, with all the latest iiu- provcTiiients, he invites Ihe allenlion i>f .-ill parties intercsti-d, believing it lu bo lhe only Iirsl:-class nieliM* In (jaiiiMsIcr eliy or vicinily. Uy thtt use t>f this ap|>:iraliis lln* gas is obUtln- eil inabsolutt; purity; aud it is ailuiinisten-d dircelly from the meter, thi-tiu^h a lle^ilde tube, witlmnt the intfrveiilion of gas bag or any other euinhersomo piece of apparatus. The natient sits down, takes tho polished monlti-pieee, hi'calhes d^-eply and didiberately of thc swt-et-iaslcil Kas, p:issL'srapitlIy under its exbil.irating inilueiiep. and ina few moments Is ready for ihe painless oin-ridii,n. Ils Inhala¬ tion fs much more pleasant ihan thatof ?:i her or (,'liloroform, and Ils iiiJluenee pusses uU'al¬ most instantaneously. No one lU'i-d Inngi*r dread thc ttpei-.ition of extracting deeayed teeth.
KUIIEDULEOFCHAIUJKS: ArtiliLlal Teeth on Clohl plate, fuil set, ^"aMHI; Full upper si-r. S4{).)Hl: Silver plaletn-Vuli^anized Itubbcr, full set, S-li): Knit upper spt, i'Jt). t,'hargcs proimr- tlonately loweribr jiarlial sets i>ii gtdd or sil¬ ver. Oold Illlings, Sl to 5::.tm; silvi^r fillinss, 50etoS1.00: UleansiU}:Teeth, sl.oO; JCxtraCting Teeth, each, ilc.or wiiIi Nitrous O-r.'dc ^VM,si.)m» forllrst tooth. undyi//.vrc/(/.vfi)reach additioual looth,whicii laltereharge is
A REDUCTION OE 50 W.K CEXT.
upon cliarges herelofore made In this cltv, A furtlier liberal rcducllon upon these last iiam- ed rates whou artlilcial teoi hare to be inserled.
Satisfaction Is guaranit:ed in all cases, nntl all work i.v icarranlcd llis patrons niay thi-re- fore rely npmi obtaining tlie best of work at the very lowest rates.
JtSt" Cnt this out. IJuuc o-ly-2;>
ICE(iE.*iiTEIl*S NOTICE.
rilHE Accounts of the following persons are 1 itli:d In tlie Uegister's OlUeo ot Lanensltir counly ffircoulirniation and allowuuce. at an i:^rph:ins' Conn to be held In the Court Iiouse, in tlio Cityof Lancastor. on the THIRD MO.N*- J)AY IN DECK.MUEK, llilli, 1SG7, at 10 o'cloek, A.M.:
Jat'ob IC, (lootl, administratorof John K.Ciood. Margaret Sensenieh antl David K. Plank, nd-
minislrators of David IT. Sensonifh. Willijim It. Ih-owu, administrator of Thomas
Wright. .\d:nn I'tortzfield, administratorof Jane Ilag-
erty. William  Vou Nieda, administrator of I^vl
Lmish, wlio was guardian of .Solomon Dilller
and Isaac Dilller. Emma .lane Loag aud Charles II. Loag, excc-
utoi-s of Robert Loaii. Jacob lloyer, guardian ofJohn Ludwig, Ja<*ob Landis and lloniy Frey, e.vccutors of
Ja--ob II. Kroy. .bums n. JIartin, late guardian of Lucinda M.
l-'ife. (!ottr;ie IC. Ueod, guanlian of Alice It. Frazer
and Chm-lus it. Frazer, IVtt-r It. Nissley, guardian of Abraham Hofl¬ man. Truman   Cooper,   guanlian   of   Elizabeth   U.
Mooiv, (now wlfcof Kllpliaz Mercer.) Jolm i;. Ki>rn,adiiilnistruti>rof.Jnhn Kern. Edward M«uhm,jr., administrator of ilaehcl
Jairksou. Ch.-isiian Iveller. guardlanof Elvlna Wenger. Pt'itM-i;. Wanuer,gunrdhmof Samuel Wanner,
-Mary A. Wanner and Abralmm Wrtiinor. Davhl Wi'iilman, guardian of Harriets. Grn.'U*. llenjamin   Hess,   administrator   of   Martha
Wimer. Jtilm I.. Miller, guardian of Jolm F, Swarr, Heury F. llerr.cxecnturoCJIugdalena Witmer. Jonas Hcrr, executor of.Siunnel Young. Jacob Miller "uardiau of ^Martha Young (late
Martha .Miller). Geoi';;e W. Garsl. trnsleo to sell real estate of
Anna Mar;;arel. Nauman. John F. Steinman, executor of CatharinePhil-
iip.-^. Andivw L, L:inft aud Abraham I*. L:ine, ad¬ ministrators of Abniham Lehn. Oaljricl Hear, adm inistral^ir of Hamuel R.Bear, Mary Kolp ami John Kolp, administnilors of
Jatrob ICtdii. Samuel S. Wolf, administrator of Jeremiah
Wolf. F. .Vugustns Slrcln, administrator of Joseph
l-'onira. .rohu Trissler, admlnisinitor of George Miller. .lat-'ob IJassier. jr., and Ronjamin li. JCiiuirman,
executors uf Jacob Bassler. ,. William A. Morton undHeiiryR. Fahnestock,
administnilors of sablna Lambcri. John S.Miller,ailmiulatrator of tsamuetKU-
kmgh. Slartfn W. Nissly, executorofGeorgCP.Grosh. Uo.sauua .Mcasby (lute ItosannaShelly),admin-
Istratrixof Christian Shelly. Dr. Henry E.iInUlenbcrg, guardian of Margie
Itear. John Uushong, one of the oxccutor.i of Eliza¬ beth nUsllOUK. William windle and William B. Hoopes, ex¬ eeutors ofAbner Baldwin. Aun Sliarp antl Emanuel P. Keller, athuinis-
tralorsof .Tohn Ij. Sharp. •fncob Foose, guardlanof Emma Anilersou. Jtdin  Foudersmith,  administrator  of John
Keudrlck. Martin .S. Harnlsh, gimrdlun of Su.s:iuu.t. Krei
der and Kanny Kreider. Johu IJ. Good, gu.trdlan of Jeremiah Bambor¬ ough anil William Eamljorough. Christiau RiuR.actlngtrustecof Knimresltear anil Sojib hi Ehicr, uuder the will of Christian icin*^. sr., deceasod. A. Jt. Witmer, administrator pendente lite of
.laeob Olweiler. Benjamin NelT, administrator of .Tohn Netr. Clarkson Pleasant, Jidmlnlslrutorof Nicholas Pltjasant.
E. A. Cottmll, Joseph F. Cottrell and J. Duncan CottreIl,cxecutorsof JoH. W. Cottrell.
Jaeob Fassnacht, executorof Philip Fassnaeht.
John Erh, guardiun of Christlann itoyer (for¬ merly Christlann Erb).
Johu M, Ensminger, ndministrator de bonis uon nf Joanna Ilahn.
William Harm, Administrator of Ferdinand Miller,
, DAVID aiILE.S. Register.
Register'^ onico, Lancaster. Nov. IW 'Si,      -it-l
TO  ALL WIIOH IT .IIAY C<>NCi:i:X I
Xhavo now completed my orticc and rocop- tlou rooms In suchamanner, as for the lirst time since niy return from thc service, to suit myself, and Lake tiiis opportunity of inform- ini; my numerous patrons that in future they wiil tlml conveniences attachod to my est.-ib- lishincnt,not lobe surpassed in tin/state, for performing perfect and noat opemtions, and giving entire satisfaction tti all. The Increase of business nnd liberal patronage 1 havei-njoy- ed, have Indncetl me tomake tiiesc improve¬ ments, anil witll these superior fiuillitirs for pcrlbrinlng operations, I shall ondi>:ivor to make my work In tlie fuinro as it bas been in the pnst—seemiil to none in tluM-ily, both for neatness, accuracy ami durability, ami wlll competo with wliatever reductions shall bi- raadc, and nt any time shalt come to my knowledgeof having been mado by any Den¬ tist in the vicinity. I have also emloavor- ed to study In the arrangement uf my rooms the eomfort and eonvenlciiee of those visiting me, nud have made such arrangcinenis a.s to glvt* o:ich one an opportunily of heing <.p.*ra- ted upon withont being annoyed by the iin- plca.sant sensatit>n experienced from feelin;: that ft half dozen others are lookers on.
As com|>osnrc is indlspeusahle to a pnT]>cr inhaling t»f the gas, I have so ariauged it that tlio patient shall be removed from anvlhini; that calculates lo annoy, and bu at JHTfeel freedom while being placed under Its ciletits, ItisaU ackuowledg.M f:u;l. of science thatthe greater liie body tif water that giLses paNs through, the purer the stale. Iiaving cxperi- eticed the inconveniencesn-sultim; from nmn- ufacturlng my g:is with asmall bulk t>f ^raIl-l', I h.avo been Inilucetl to erect a
MA.M.MUTH GASOMETER, eontaInlng<Mio hundreil and f*irty-sixg:i!li>ns of water, ttoing one liundi-t-d .an«l six ;:all»ns moro than anv otlntr gasometfr-In Lantrasier, Also, having dispensed wilh the Ruhhi-r Hag apparatus on .atrconntnf its nnwieltly nature. I now utlmlnister tlic uas tUrct-t from the receiv¬ er thronj;hallvn-eightli ini'h ttihir, bciim oile- quarler larger Ihan thosu nsuall.v cmployeil. The ailvatitage arising from this is alsoobvi- t>us. Oil account t>f thc e:is,r giveu to n'splra- tion,
W. M. WHITlvmDF.. D.Milisl.
Oniee and rcsldcncr East Kinii street, ne.vt door to tile Court Ilt)U.<e, Uincasler, Pa,
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ROOriNCJ   SIulTi: IMIK'EH   KEUl^CE:*
TO SITIT TIIE TI3IRS.
riiHE undersigned having constantly on hand XafuUsuppIv of Lancaslerand York ciHinU' HOOFING SLXTE of THI-; URST QUALITf MI wIiltHi he Isscllingatreduced piict,>s,and wlilcli will be puton by thesriuarc, orsoldby tho tiui, on the mostroiLKonublcterms. Also,eonslanl- Ivou liand, atl extra liglit Peach Bottom .Slate, intended fnr .Slating on shimmied Rtvifs.
Having Ul my employ thc best Slaters iu the market—all work will bc warranted to be exe¬ cuted In the best manner. A.s theso Qualities of.State aro tho lte:tt in the market, Jhiilders ami others will Hntl It to their interest toeall ami examino nt my At;rieullural & Seed Ware- rooms, No. 23, EiuitKfng St., twodoorswest of the CourtHouse.
marlO-tr-lC GEO. n. SP RECTI KK.
TIIE CSREATRST IVVEVTf(»N .SINCE TIFE .VE\VIN<I-HACIII.YE.
VAN GAASBEEK'S SASH STOPPER AND LOClC; Convenience,. t:omfort antl seciir- itv, combined with economy. The Stopper aud Lock can be applied to any window in a few miuutes, and, is a j<<:rfeet and secure lt»ck in itself. Co.^t—Stopper ami r,oci:,SI,t!Oinplcte. (.'ounty urTownshiii Rights forsale bv
W.M. J. UOOPKR, nl'J-tf''M)|      Cooper's Hotel, r^ancaster. Pa.
HAGS WANTED.
FIFTEEN  CENTS A POUND will be paid for  i-ags, nt tho LANCASTEB COUN'   ' PKISON,   •*¦¦¦-¦¦
, nt tho LANCASTEB COUfiTV t is to the interestof every taxpay¬
er to SCO that thl8 want is 8UT>plled.'   L, SENSENIG, Keeper,
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Vlii.s i.s no lEmubug:::
LIGHT I      LIGHT ! !      LIGHT ! .' l
cintYSTAi* oiri
Better, Cheaper & Safer Ihan Coal Oil.
NO SMOKE! NOR.MEIX!   NO GREASE !
WE, tho undersiKiictl, aro inannfaetnrlng CHRY.STALOll^wlifchhas.inwmnectlon Willi the Light House Burner, every possible advantage over Coal Oil, viz: Tho Iniujis cau bc lighted without the removal of thc chim¬ ney* It burns brighter; has no offensive'odor In burning: and, what is best ofall, it Is'NOT EXPLOSIVE-to which all will attest who have seen tho exiierlments.
Forlnrther Inlormation as to its qnalltles, &c., cull on D. B. & J. S. BURSK,
No. IS East King st., Lancaster, Manufacturers of Clirystal Oil. N. B.—Tho Chrystal Oil can bo furnished In any quantity to dealers, whose Interestit Is to Jcnow Wliat it IB, 0 A   oc23-tf :19