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TEE OLD BCHOOL-HOrSE.
Where the old school-house stood, at the edge of the wood; I oft love to wander, old times lo recall. And I seo each loved face In Ihc old wonted place, Aud 1 hear spirit 'voices respond lo my call.
Even everj- old stone, now .stained and moss- grown, Tlirown down from tlie wall  bj- the rudo weight of j-ear-s As tliej- lie .scattered round 'iiiiil the weeds on the Kroiind,- Seems worthj-of being embalmed in my tears. And tlie peal of the bell, I remember it well, l-'or It still seems lo linger and haunt the still nlr; 13nt the music is low. for 'Us long, loug ago. Since the last Invluition was rung from it there. ,
And the bright happj' throng that came bound- lug along, 'to answer Its suniliions; where can thcj' be found'.^ Some their pilgrimage tread, and, alas; .some .are dead, I
And arc <iuielly sleeping benealli the cold ground.
The seats that were pressed by forms now.at rest. Are rotting beneath the green Ivj-'s embrace. And thewlnds heave a slgli as thej' go rushing by. For llie dear little phij'mates who onee filled the place.
To onr life-deeps are in funeral tl-ainif tliej-
"11 might liavebeen." cast Those sad.slow words movo
Within our souls; the deserts wehave pass'd AVe cross again—from Eden dreams of Love!
"It might have been," wo sigh. aiuI then we give To the still grave our coJlins silentl.v: But 'mid'bnr tears, some soft voice liids iiope llve- We lift our ej-es and .saj', " It still niiij- be."
theIkey to a iife.
" Whiuli llu you raney to bu the iiriii- cipal elemoiithore, tragedy or comedy. Colonel Kotbschikl'?" asked tlie bright- faced girl with wliora he sat playing backgammon, in the mid.<l of a gaj- Christmas party.
"You had heststudy yoiirgamc, young lady! The tragedies of life are only to be guessed at^-wliile thej' are pa-ssing ; anil the cumedie.-i youstill act apart in;" and he -shot a kindly glance from uiuler his shaggy brows al tlie sparkling eyes lifted to his.
" But just please look around you and see who are here."
"Jlrs. Lawrence uuderstauds combin¬ ing peoplel" he ejaculated, with a rap¬ id survey of the room. . " She does not invite a rheumatic uncle to bore tbat pretty widow, Jlr.'-. Harland; uor, be¬ cause I am a bachelor, introduce dear Aunt Louisa—a century wall-plant— for me to revive. Abit of a match-mak¬ er, like all women, too. Captain Harris and Miss Field arc lo wind up their long Uirtatiou with agranddeuouementmat- rimouial; iand thoro is the inevitable poet, Guild, making lovo lo Jliss I'jvc- leth. Why isu't that girl mai-ried'.'" * " Sure enough! I knew that the ma¬ terial for a volume oulj' ueeded collect¬ ing. Shall I leave you to lind if? the game is yours." And closing the board, the little maiden rustled away to join a group at the piano, while Colonel Xlotli- schild leaning back iu his chair, repeat¬ ed the puzzling query, which had uo apparent solution. A curious and pa¬ tient student of human nature, he en¬ joyed probiugqdietly, any depth of mys¬ tery which sent a ripple to tne surface, and many times this beautiful girl, or rather young woman, whom he had known from childhood, had aroused questionings in his mind for whidi he could in no wise account. Jnst now she was standing by the open fire, looking attentively at the clear blaze, quite oblivious to the devoted re¬ gard of the romantic youug mau with very tumbled hair, who huug upon her movements with amusing pertinacity. Possibly no two people read that faee alike; it was as changeful as the capri¬ cious J'et fascinating element whieh Miss Eveleth liked best to wateh, and her admirers differed widely in-their de¬ scriptions of its claims to loveliness.— But whatever mood darkened or shone through ils lineaments, I think it was never without a peculiar charm.
The mesmeric influence which in¬ forms oue when made the subject of ob¬ servation, presentlv led to an exchange of glances betweeu Colonel Rothschild and Gertrude Eveleth. He half rose to meet her, but sho anticipated the movement, saying—" Let me come to you; I like your position ; but are you always an observer'?"
" This tableau is a lino one," he an¬ swered with a sweej) of his hand, indi¬ cating the long, handsome drawing- room, brilliantly lighted and agreeably filled at intervals with knots of people chatting and otherwise amusing them¬ selves, each in his or her own fashion free to enjoy the wealth of books, and pictures, and articles of vcrlu «iiich their host and hostess had collected, or to wander unquestioned tlirough the suite of ajjartmeuts opening in pleasant perspective beyond.
" I have never visited Jlrs. Lawrence until now," she remarked; " but I ad¬ mire both herself and lierstirrounding.s. You, I presume, are an old acnuaint- ance?"
" Rather ao. Wc met abroad three or four years siuce; but I had uo intention of making oue of their present party till the day before I came. I always inteud- ed to give the holidays to my friends in some quarter, so I yielded to Judge Iiaw- renee.
" Do you reoolleot our meeting at a Christmas gathering eight or nine years ago"? I hiid just cntereil society—late lo be sure, aud you danced with me, for which I waa verj- grateful, as I was thereby relieved of a stupid partner!"
Colonel Rothschild laughed, looking admiringly at the speaker who dared confess such maturity. "You are forc¬ ing me lo a terrible conclusion as lo your age," he said jestingly. " I re¬ member you well, however; you were dressed iu pink gauze, and wore curls, moreover; you were very pretty, and a bit of a co(iuette, ifl am uot greatly in error."
"lam twenty-nine to-day," she said, smilin"  yet a pained look crossed her face like a shadow over and it was duly the other.
you bent upon picking flaws in us of the weaker sex?"
" I am too useful as beau general to devote myself to one in particular," he said lightly, "Havoyou not eolleeted a mountain of wisdom in your mingled experiences? I should liko to jxissess myself of aj'eayournaldetailinga-felrl's tlioughts and adventures."
" I could accommodate you wilh oue, waiting only au access of courage upon niy.pai-t to meet a fiery doom :"
''Are vou aware what the world says of you,"JIi.ss Gertrude! You are an enigma."
"Probably it reinaiks thai 1 am an old maid; but what of that'.' Ishall never marry merely for the name or position ofa wife."
She looked steadily into his eye.^, whieii replied rather doubtingly to that assertion: but there was uo doubt lu her own. Some one passiug stopped to address her, and she turned her head away to replj', but there floated before the vision of her older friend the image of that other girl in pink gauze, with the blossoms in her shining hair, the sunny gladness in her eyes. A frank, dariug, impulsive being, forever sinning and repenting, undisciplined but strong. So had she looked or seem¬ ed at that festival long ago. A finer and rarer woman stood in her place to-day; but the true gold of natures like tbis is only disclosed by tbe hottest flres. And wefl aware of the fact. Colonel Rotli.s- child wondered how Gertrude Eveleth had developed so nobly. .4. summons from Mrs. Lawrence drew all her guests together for a grand contia dance, and then as they were separating for tbe night, she announced in ber mo.st audi¬ ble tones—" We may expect an addition to onr numbers to-morrow ;• a part of my invited guests were unable to appear before the last moment, but I have re¬ ceived a note from Jlr. Hildreth—do you hear. Amy?—assuring me that I may look for him with my nephew Russell and Jfr. Wendell at dinner. I dare say the young ladies will sleep bet¬ ter for this intelligence," slie observed, witha smile; "I have-made such ef¬ forts in their behalf!"
Miss Eveleth's chamber was shared by Ainy Harland;. but a pressing invi¬ tation to sleep with JIi.ss Eield, rather reluctantly aceeifted, left lo the other the boon of solitude for which she ar¬ dently longed. She wished to recover from the shock of asurprise as powerful as it was unlooked-for. The floodgates of life are often opened by tlie idlest touch of unconscious fingers. It was of this she v.-iguely thought .'is Gertrude turned up the gas and looked eagerly into thcmirror toseeifhercountenance had betrayed her—as usual. Ko; the Janiiliar hues aud outlines were not al¬ tered ; it was singular that just when .she felt most she was calm as the mar¬ ble Shelley glancing out from its niche with tho piuisiotiless grace of a dream.
Ten J'ears beforo, tit a small partj', for which her sister, Mrs. • Vivian, was an.-ciouslj' responsible, she had met George AVendell, a slij', reserved, hand- soiiio fellow, whom Jlr. Vivian was es¬ pecially anxious to eultivate, and who hail been presented witb a beseeching whisper tiside, " Praj-, make him talk, if you can!" and her ellbrts were crowiieil with success, as JIi-s. Vivian remarked with astonislimeiit.
I'nini that lime thej- met frequenllj'. Gertrude Eveleth, the junior of live or six married brothers and sisters, a pet¬ ted and bDWitchiug girl to whom the world accoriled its readj' patronage, c.i- priciously slighted the homage of more oulspoken admirers lo win llie lesist promising of them all, a clerk in a large importing house, and poor at that, al¬ though a gentleman by instinct and ed¬ ucation. Jlr. Viviau, his guardian, performed his duly scrupulously to¬ wards the son of an old plaj'inate and friend, aud presented him to his own circle of associates wilh a desire to help him forward. . But il was not set down iu the jirogramme tbat Gertrude, who waa to make Wc eligible marriage of the faniily, should fall iu love with Wen¬ dell ; and Mr. Vivian, if such an idea entered his mind, was confident that bolli pride and honor would rebuke any advances upou the part of his ward. Occasionally her companions rallied her upou her fancy for her brother's protege, but these attacksshe laughingly parried, and kept ou as before.
As fov Wendell, he was puzzled and surprised atthe frank preference of Jliss Eveleth, whose entrance to society had been an event, and whom the kindly fates conspired to bless with so many external advantages. Possibly a tinge of bitterness toned his flrst impression that the j-oung belle enjoyed patroniz¬ ing him, and that her vanity, already too well'fed, demanded the increase of llis homage also. Yet Ile watched her from a distance, and gradually the study of characler—which had boen his sole amusement, narrowed down to one sub¬ ject, as lie found to his dismay.
While her liking remained only a persistent fancy, Gertrude did uot hes¬ itate to manifest it. She was unused to concealment aud felt no necessity for it; but there is a point beyond whieh no friendship between the sexes cau proceed without shaping itself moro de- flnitely for the future. To this they had come on the Christmas evening alluded to, nlneyears previous to tliedateof our story. A year's acquaintance more or less intimate, pursued half clandestinely amid the forms of societj-, increasing r.apidly when they met at Jtrs. Vivian's, and ahvaj-s diirering from others of its kind iu some indelinable waj-, reached its climax quito unexpectedly. And here George Wendell committed the mistake which hundreds have made be¬ fore him, in till good faith aud intent. He was not in a condition lo marry ; years raight elapse before ho could at¬ tempt it, while Gertrude Eveleth could choose whom sliepleased from the weal¬ thy and honorable men of licr circle. If she loved him, a girl's dream had lit¬ tle substance (so he reasoned by way of consolation,) and very soou its ])lace would be usurped by another. At all events, the most honorable method of proving his owu ad'ection was lo con¬ ceal it.
Probably he ditl remember that lan¬ guage is tlie last expression that love seeks; th'at verj- commonly all is told by looks, and tones, and acts, before any avowal in words is made; but liaving dicided to withdraw as far as possible from her, ant forget, if might be, that she had cro.ssed his path, circumsttuiees aided him. One of the " trifles that make or mar" our peace, turned the w.averiu g scale ; it was only a word nol said when all inight have beeu told, and afterward the remorseless currents which fling apart, but rarely unite the dearest upou eartb, surged in between tlicm also. There was no chance per¬ ceptible to the eyes that too carelesslj' noticed their movements. A coiivo- nieiit illness, resulting from exposure and the fatigues ofa season in town, for a few weeks, released Jliss Eveleth from her duties lo societj-. A long journey followed, and so it became easy toavoid tlieone per.son who-sei>rescnce had be¬ come till in all lo her, whose motives she guessed at, but, piqued and wound- "•'  believed insuniciont to account for
ed.
wheat fleld, nuulo a note of" bj'
"Falleninlo the sere and yellow leaf already, Miss Gertrude! No oue woulil suspect it, upon mj- word. These rose¬ bud misses are very sweet iutheir way, but I prefer a half-open rose. I never originated a thought as poetic before," he added; give mc credit for this at¬ tempt."
," Admirably done!" was the rejoin¬ der. " Your talents need cultivation. Aro I an inspiration in mj-self ?"
" Poor Guild can answer. He is com¬ posing a sonnet to you at this moment. How unhappy it makes him! Really, I believe you are invulnerable to all ap- peols in such directions."
Miss Eveleth was silent while she toyed with a scarlet fan she had taken from the table.
"Speaking of that party at your un¬ cle's ; do you recall auy other persons who were present ? That exquisite Mary Yane over whom we were all distratited, attd who married a banker as ugly as Satan because he was abie to gratify her taste in dress "
"¦Yes, indeed; It wassuch a shame!" answered .Gertrude, interrupting him.
"Vickers, the artist, was just creating a sth', and that shy, entei'prishig fellow wbo is uow a partner in au East India house, George WerideJI; have you for¬ gotten him?"
:-^iJ,^ **H®Jf °°'»a'le returned, rath r coldly    " wi^t became of your spe- ci^favorito^HelenBeed?" -^
'V,   t^^J Jones, and the mother pf BlxMd-headed chU&ren."
hot fw;' * ^^ *''»*^ yo" ^i"J not rescue her from snch a common fate! I wonder
that you are not married, Colonel. Are
his clianged conduct. Never had she lookedjis blooming and full of life as when, lifter three months' absence, George Wendell encountered her at .an artist reception, escorted by Colonel Rothschild, becomitiglj' dressed, aud chatting :is merrilj' as if no shadow bad darkened her life. She hesitated and appeared confused for a inomenl, and tlien very coolly asked his opinion of the pictures they were discu.ssing; remark¬ ed upon her recent travels, and invHed him to call at her mother's.
" I ueed not be anxious .on her ac¬ count!" he murmured lo himself, as he mixed with tho crowd; and so they separated, both miserable, and eom- pletelj': misunderstanding each other. Ere long he waa despatched to India as agent for the firm who employed him, and calling to bid farewell to tlic Vi¬ vians, with whom Gertrude Eveleth was staying, fouud the house closed, and tho family gone for a week. He wrote a fow lines, expressing his regret and dis¬ appointment, enclosed to Jlr. Vivian, but destined for the sister-in-law, who neversaw or heardofit. Audthe years drifted ou, each bringing some higher development to the woman's nature whose depth had beeu reached first by the divining rod of sorrow. Instead of fading, she became beautiful with more than the freshness which is but a prom¬ ise of something to be. Yet, to the dis¬ may of her relatives, she declined all propositioiis to marry,, giving as her reason, simply,.'.' she had rather not." And for this Gertrude Eveleth was " au enigma," as Colonel Rothschild de¬ clared.
The test of her acquired- self-control so abruptly forced upon her, seemed at first more thanehe could meet, .as Mrs. Lawrence so cheerfiilly ftnnoUnced the names of her favorite gu^te, " positive¬ ly " to appear on OhristmBS day. .Since returning from a prolonged residence on
the Continent, nothing had transpired to mako her tiwaie of Jtr.'Weudell's vi¬ cinity, although he hail again establish¬ ed himself lu the cily -A'here tliey first met. She shrank from the mere men¬ tion ofhis name with a peculiar ;seiisi- tiveuess. One may outlive the bitter¬ ness of early grief, but not the memory; and that rankled sorely in her heart.—; A woman's strength ia proverbially, «qnal to themost trying emergency, aiid when Jliss Eveleth descended to break¬ fast moro elegant in lier toilette thaii^ was habitual, and more talkative, also,' who should suspect that she had uot. .slept, or, that fiiiili.shly enough,shehad given tbe niglit to waking dreams?— X'arious weighty matters pertaining to the evening'sentertainmentof charades and tableaux wero under discu.ssion when sbe entered lb'.' room, and imme¬ diately her laste and skill were appeal¬ ed to from all sides. The morning was given to adding tlie finishing touches here and there to the dresses, and deco¬ rations of the stage, and then the whole company sallied out to walk, througli the evergreen woods,bytheriverbanks, aud amid the picturesque scenes to whrch winter added a jewelled setting. The keen air, and vivid, golden light, were like wine to the senses, and under that inspiring draught of nature Ger¬ trude Eveleth was herself again.
Colonel Rothschild stood before the fire, talking nonsense to some young ladies, and with un indirect glance be¬ yond them regarding a tableau ¦vivant, probably rehearsing for the grand ex¬ hibition. Theho.ste.ss,apretty woman, quite'in her element, sat conversing with a foreign-looking man, bronzed bj' the heat of tropicsuus, a tall,slcnder, gentleiuaulj- person, who could listen as well as talk .appreciativelj--soheper- ceived; bearingnolikeness to the George Wendell whom he had seen waltz with his frieild JILss Gertrude at thai other Christmas party. Yet it was he. Amj' Waring hail eominenced an eagerflirta- tfiiu with Jlr. Hildi'ctli, her bouquet- holder in town, and Jlr. Lawrence was depositing before Jliss Eveleth a splen¬ did illustrated volume, which ho was sure she would admire.
Ten minutes after, the Coliiiiel quiet¬ ly left his warm corner and .sauntered round to the baek of a certain easj- chair ; he was very fond of engravings, aud the book was heav.v for a lailj- to hold , but Gertrude Eveleth did not hear bis aiiproach, and the volume she clasped was completely reversed.
" Good!" was his mental ejaculation. " This is a key to something; I wonder what it will unlock ?" But he did not disturb her revery, of whatever charac¬ ter. And it was Jlr. Wendell who found her a.ssigncd its his paitiicr down to dinner.
No allusion- to the past was made, and the veriest commoiiplaee marked this momenlous. meeting. They had so ma- teriall.v altered ; there wtus uo middle ground upon whieii they iui{jht stand with comfortable freedom, and the chill of that painful distance which proves tbat two people must be more or less friends,, oppressed thein both.
After dinner, the neigliboring fami¬ lies who wore to increa.se tbeir audience, arrived, and then tollowed the hurried and fussy task of dressing in antique and outlaudisli costumes, flying from scene lo scene, until Jliss Eveleth's head was giddy with superintending aud iidvising, aud ahe would have beg¬ ged oir from her part in the concluding scenes from Ivanhoe. But her plea was useless, and " Rebecca" was loudly com¬ plimented and encored.
" She is a handsome wnmau—but not my Gertrude," one of the spectators mutely reflected. Neither had been conscious that changes were inevitable, and thus both wero disappointed.
We have limited ourselves thus far to a single act in the drama unconsciously plaj'cd by Jlrs. Lawrence's Christmas gutjsta ; but tiie whole was moving for¬ ward with the usual iiccompaniments. Amy Harland and Jlr. Hildreth pur¬ sued their flirtation under the most fa¬ vorable auspices. iSkimmingthe "Son¬ nets from the Portuguese" and practis¬ ing duet-s in tlie mornings. Sleigh rid¬ ing in llic sunny uoons, and looking unutterable things while occupying the bay-windows iu the moonlight even¬ ings..
Caplai 11 Harris aud Jliss Field having duly flnlshed this prepartory discipline, and hovered for an uncomfortable length of time ou the briuk of serious love making, finally declared them¬ selves " engaged," and wore congratu¬ lated and lionized to their heart's con¬ tent.
The mansion-house at The Cedars was ample enough to admit of all the merry¬ making desired and its capacity in tbis particular was fully tested during that fortnight's campaign. Gertrude Eve¬ leth was uppermost, aud after a day's ordeal Mr. Wendell had been declared by the lady critics decidedly worth no¬ ticing. " So gentlemanly aud agree¬ able—and so very well ofl!'!"
There was nothing in this shining circle to indicate where tbe links of iu¬ terest or feeling were imperceptibly joined—where they refused to unite, or to come apart when united. Thu fine workmanship which so carefully cements in one ponderous chain the tangled coil of human affairs, works iu secret, and is a mystery past finding out. The coquetry, and vanity, and shallow sentiinentstudiously displayed, glanced upon the surface, and served to hide the disturbed flow of the deeper tides.
Flora Grej', querj-ing gayly as to pos¬ sible romance and tragedy to be devel¬ oped, like the majority of observers, looked preciselj' where it was not. And Jliss Eveleth and Jlr. Wendell were re¬ marked as being at the antipodes, evi¬ dentlj- far from sympathetic. Studi¬ ously courteous, farther apart than with the desert of acns between them, there WlUi a tacit ivvoidaiice of awkw-ard tele a-lclcs, tuid rather uncalled for devotion to the societj- of others. Once looking casually iuto a mirror, Gertrude detect¬ ed the scrutiny of eyes which she half dreaded to meet; once, also, Jlr. Wen¬ dell fouud her anxiously perusing his face from a retired seat; and after these embarrassing incidents both of course endeavoreil to look unconscious and more icy tban before.
The day preceedlng the general ad¬ journment of this most charming partj'-, was distinguished by a blocking snow- slorm, darkening the windows, and roaring down tlie chimneys, aud drtiw- ing iuto social nearness the scattered elements within doors. It proved as gre-at a success as if .specially hired by their liberal host to contribute novelty to the waning festival. In the twilight music was demauded, and ueariy all joined in a round of familiar songs. Some one, wearied aud rather ilisjiirit- ed, left the drawing-room for a walk in the sliadowy corridors and unlighted rooms, pausing at last in the study where letters were written and business transacted. It was au iinprctendiug apartment, but co.sej' and cheerful, with a flre burning fitfully on the marble hearth. There wan but one obstacle to her occupying Uiearm-chairshe intend¬ ed drawing forward for a chat with hei-self; it was alreadj' monopoli'/.ed by Jtr. Wendell.
" Do not go," he said, rising as he recognized her.   "Ihave stolen a nap
nook: but, pray don't
ject to forget, Gertrude liste'ned to Jlr. Wendell's story, and waa thankfnltbat the night screened - thein from each otiier's sight. -
" I never accused you of an intended wrong," she-answered, falteriug.' ',']' believed that you were niisled—h«w, I| knew not; thnt if jnuutppreeiuted my character, j'oji must be awareliow deep^ lysttohnn experience must afl'eotme: It'CDuld not be set aside or supplanted Unless my nature was materially chang¬ ed." ,      .
" Possibly I have read, youlijorc cor-, reetly since. You. were such a etjutra- diction lo yourself then ; and when I looked for some revealing of regret or disappiiintincnt, yini were more bril¬ liant ami inscrutabl.i tban ever.
" Do J'OU understand that now ?" she asked, with a .smllo which tlie fire-, flames suddenlj'discloijod.
"Partly."
"But J'OU wauled me to commit in.vself at a venture; in otltei- words, you desired mo to answer a question wliieh you were uot prepared to ask. When I liad any emotion to hide, I was womau enough to hide it, in spite of my carffleas frankness, and you were baffled in.attempting 'to reconcile the two thing!."
" Shall I tell you about my life since I went away ?" aaid Jlr. Wendell, tak¬ ing a chair near her, and leaviiig her statement unanswered.
"Do."
And he began:—" I was glad to ac-, cept my appointment as clerk in the' Indian branchof our house.   Any new
Ehase of being is pleasant when the old- as become sad, audi hurried matters uutil I was actually upon the water; then I had time to think. I was wretch¬ ed enough, if that is all, to have made you supremely happy; but that you did not know. When I airived at Cal¬ cutta, I wrote some letters—afterward burned—which would have given tbe plainest picture of inj- condition ; j-et whenever I was tempted to send them, I recalled j-our cool, nonchalant man¬ ner and your fresh face, aud felt that I' should be making a "fool of myself un- necessarilj-. I became absorbed iu bus¬ iness, and devoted myself to that; and as my home eorresiiondeuce was limit¬ ed, I heard of you only at rare intervals. Mr. Vivian mentioned onee in a nice, ^osslpj- letter, that you were making a fine woman, and had refused some ad¬ vantageous oflfcrs of marriage. So, as the J'ears slipped by, I fancied it would be an act of presumption to laj- claim to your noticeon tlio score of our friend¬ ship, and this accounts for my sileuce. Wheu I had leisure at command, I was drawn into society, mostly English, and amused myself with studying human nature—an old trick."
" Yes; I remember it of you. What did you gain?"
"A gre.it deal. Oh, J have known so many women of all sorts—pretty and ugly, stupid and piquant, learned and foolish, fascinating and repellant—but never one like j'ourself. You have changed from my ideal of you so faith¬ fully kept, but are le.is metamorphosed tban I at first feared."
"Have you not thought of man-yiilg?'j Gertrude Eveleth was a womau, ana she asked tho question witll uo slight feeling. Mr. Wendell was a mau, and therefore did not perceive it.
"I raight have been caught, but mj- meinory w.is haunted by your face. I confess it was very vague and dream¬ like, and I had abandoned the hope of meeting you again; still, it rose between mc and my later fancy."
No " later fancy " had stirred the pul¬ ses of the other; however blind, and foolish, and unrequited, sbe had beeu faitiiful to her flrat love. It was doubt¬ less unreiuionable to expect as much of him; the active duties into which meu. plunge, lead directly out of the sphere of emotion and imagination; if thej-' speedily forget, there is tiiat apology for tbem, as she charitably reflected du¬ ring the slight pause whicli ensued.
The smouldering logs kindled Inlo a iiia.ss of golden flames, and with the en¬ couragement, her lover continued—" I Iieard that you were at The Cedars, when I supposed you still abroad, aud so I came, half dreading, half longing tosee you. Your voice wus natural, butyour face, and figure, and manner belonged to a stateLy lady I had never pictured in my mind. I hardly dared address her."
" You have been very respectful," she replied, with an arch glance. " I trust that upou my part I have not lacked deference toa very dignilied aud inLtpproacbablegentleman with whom I have been forced to chat now and theu -much to my discomfort. I never met with him before."
"Verj'well; then weeau sympathize— take a step farther, perhaps. Gertrude, did you ever love me? Could you love me now ? "
She looked at him questiouingly, while the color rose to her cheeks, and a glad light shone in her eyes. "How strange that you should uot know; I have loVed you always! "
" What abominable weather! " Col¬ onel Rothschild was saj'ing, rubbing his hands meanwifile, and looking rue¬ fully at the gray, cold sky, over which the clouds were swept by gusts of wind.
Jliss Eveleth coming up at that mo¬ meut inacrimson morningdress, which had never appeared as becoming to her, remarked iu a lively way—" Our storm is over; Uow pleasant the sunshine is!"
" Pleasant! " echoed lie, with a shrug of his broad shoulders. " I am glad you seo any." Aud as a keen,glance at her conscious face gave the clue to her rainbow vision, he said—"Then your sun has risen. Miss Gertrude?   Wtis il
felt a strange chill creeping .through me, and I shouted to break the horrible stillness which was more awe-inspiring than tlie Niagaras. I frequently found mj'self imagining that I was dreaming, aud I wa.s.onlyassuredbypinchingmj- liiiibs or conversing with my guide.
Drawing my blanket around me to shelter me, from the chilling atmosphere and carefully puncturing tlie ground wilh my sharp pointed stick before me, to make sure of nij' footsteps, I began to |iick my way over piles and heaps of lava, and pitfalls aud patches of ice aud snow, mj' guide keeping near me, and often warning mo when he imagined my footsteps were leading me into dan¬ ger.
Occasionallj- I struck the fragments of lava that rolled down behind me, aud as yet discovered no signs of the crater, which, eighty j-ears before, had vomit¬ ed forth its tremendous volume of melt¬ ed black sand. At length, however, I reached the summit, aud looked down into a sort of basin, open at the lower side, and having several deep seams or chasms in tlie centre, into which the melted snow or ice on its sides were runuing iu small streams. A repulsive odor, iu thejshape of ti tbin, smoky, va¬ por, came, up, and I fancied I heard a distant rumbling noise tliat sounded far down iu tho earth. I turned to m.v guide, ;ind was about to speak, when I observed he was trembling, tiutl as pale -ns death.
" What's the matter?" I asked, "j'ou seem to be frightened."
Oh, my God!" lie gasped, "there's going to be another eruption."
"How do you know tliat? Htive j-ou ever been here before?"   •
" Yes; but I never saw it look like this. When I w:u> hero last there was no hollow there, but a level piece of snow aud ice."
niue j-etirs coming up ? "
" Colonel Rothschild! "
" I am a magician, so you need not deny anything. I amgralilied thatj-ou have come to the sequel of the story T had composed, in wliicli you figured as heroine with a hero who shall be name¬ less."
" But I have said uothiug! "
He replied by leading her up to the mirror, in which through Hie softened light she beheldaglowing, telltale coun¬ tenance, from whicii the shadows had passed, for that time, at least.
" I do uot despair of seeing mice inoi'c the girl who wore pink gauzcanddanced witll me at the Christmas party. Arc J'OU engaged to Jlr. WeudelU' "
" Yes; buthow did you chance to sus¬ pect—what have you heard?"
"I had long suspected; I saw the in¬ terest with wbicli you examined a book held upside dowu the night of his ar¬ rival, and that his flirtation with Jliss Grey wasa cover for his ob.servatioii of yourself; cniiugh lo satisfj' my curios¬ ity.
"Ab, 1 .shall letiirt bj- lurning my alteiilioii to your conduct-. I may be so fortunate a's to open the casket whicii liolds your treasure."
" You will not succeed, luy child. I am careful not to droji -.the key, aud that is carried iu my bre.xst-pockct."— Arthur's HoYiie Magazine.
in this invitiu; let me
" Certainlj'," Gertrude rejiliod irrel- eviintlj-. " 1 thonglit tho room quite empty;" :ind slie turned to retire, but he intercepted the move by placing himself in the waj-.
"I want lo talk with j'ou, and we leave here lo-inoiiiiw," he aililed, in apology.
She hesitated, and then sat down, while he remained standing, opposite her, leaning against tbe mantelpiece,- and looking shadowy in the dim light. Sbe shivered, waiting for him to begin whatever he had to saj'; but he was twisting a paper-cutter ,"in his fingers, and succeeded in reducing it to frag- mfiits before lie ulti'rcd a word.
" Gertrude!" he exclaimed abruptly, atlength, " do j-ou remember the Christ¬ mas party at your uncle's, niue years ago ? I am doubtful whether you care for an explanation of my conduct then ; but I owe it to myself to make it, and I hope you will hear me." She did not stir, tuul Im wentiiu : " Perhaps you were not tiwure how much I loved you, and that my reaaon for not avowing that feeling was an honest, if a misguided one. My pros¬ pects were totallj' unsettled, and it seemed selfish to ask j-ou to share them, by binding yourself in any wise to my future. Eveu had I beeu positive that J-our happiness depended upon me, I could not have acted differently. I was iuexperienced, and the view which so¬ ciety takes of such matters I conclud¬ ed to-be correct. But from that hour the estrangeinent between us began ; it haa been a loii^ one.''
Quite puzzled as to what was proper
for her to say, and agitated by tW re-
[ vival of that past which it was ber oh-
AH-ADVEKTTOE Iir ICEliAjSp.
Jlouut Hecla, on the island of Icelafid, Ji! slightly nnder a'mile in height; It has threo peaks a little elevated'aliove ils botlj', stud along its sides arc numer¬ ous craters, the seatsof former eruptions. The crater of the principal peak is about one hundred feet in depth. It is com¬ posed" chiefly ofbassuft audiJj^va, but slug-.sand and ashes cover a great paVf of its surface, and obsidian is among Its most'reiharkable products.
There have heeiV forty-three eruptWii's of Jlount Hecia recorded within thela^t; thousand years, five of wiil'cU have Hefenj I simultaneous with Vesuvius, fourwitli those of Etna, and oiic witli those of both. •
The la.st eruption began'September 2,i l.Si3, and lasted until April B, 181C. . On; the 23d of Novem bor the torreut o^ lava,' two miles from the crater, w'tia a'lhlle in width, and fro.m 40 to 50 feet in depth.' , Carl Steinman' visited Sdola jlist pre¬ vious to this terrific eruption, ahd hiid one of the narrowest e'scapes.froni'a hor¬ rible deiith that ever befel an adventur¬ ous man. ^ ¦ We gi^e his narrative jn almost I^Is own words: i. i -', • On the next moruing after my arrival at the small village at the foot of tlio volcano, I engaged a guide, a faithful, hflnestielloW, and set out for a visit to the'noted ctatcr. •
¦ From the very first it seeuied as if Ii Iiad passed the confines audwds, enter-, ing the new w-orld, so entirely di'n'efeiit! w-iis the scenery.' '    ''. '!.,. '
As j'o'p' press ui)ward toward the fo'cii's of all the horror pf burning stuff, you flnd the peril, dreariness aud desolalioii increase, until at length, its awfulness becomes sublime; and, at length when J'OU stand on the topino.st point of this burning world of chaos, you instinct¬ ively raise your heart to God, with a shudder of terror, to restore ypu to the great living world tbtit you have left be¬ hind J-ou.
Fur six mortal hours—tlirec on horse¬ back and three on foot—I fiad been clambering upward from tlie lower world, and now, among the clouds ami mists that rolled around me, I stood iji a world of lava moiiutains, ice au'd snow, the lava' black as ink, the snow of daz¬ zling whiteness—and uot in all llie re¬ gion the slightest brush, shrub, plant, or living creature except the guide and niy.sslf, •      ¦   ¦ ."., '  .,
As far as the eye could discern, wheu the swceiiing clouds afforded a view, was a succession, of dark hil Is,-glisten¬ ing glaziers, snow-capped peaks, and frozen streams—a world devoid,of.life, the aw'fnl solitude of itself—filled with gapping caverns, terrific abyss audStry- gian eaves, which echoed only the sul¬ len reverbcrati'oi'is of tbuuder or tho groaniugs ofthe troubled earth benealli. So impressive was llie' scene th.at I
amine the other. E^n this purpo.se I pulled', bff a sniall h'lece of lava, an'd stepping to'lhe very fb'rge of the chaSrh- drowjeor Jt;»tlowii/'urtd ilist^ed to .tlic hollaiVf.,i:ey«ajbptaUflU3ft3.?t,W'CUthQrnud- ing from side to.si" lost''" ir.;.'A!.»-'-"*
from side to,sldn, long, after it was tb the'eye;- Thd tfenth'\vas so iiii- se tlmtTKc'iiHWot'Silry'a minute, uiiu theh the sourid seemed rather to die out: from distance, than to cease from th.e block having reacheil its destination. Itwas a terrific depth,,and as I drew back With a shudder, a gtist'of hot, sul- pluicooa :aiti>)>nfKJct iup\vara, followed impefjlfttel|ijby..» steam-like vapor, and
HojiK A I'TEU BU.S1NESS Uouii.s.—The road along which the mau of business travels iu pursuit of compcteuce or wealht is not a macadamized one, nor does it ordinarily lead through pleasant scenes, and by wcll-spriitgs ol^delight. On the contrarj', it is a rough and rug¬ ged path, beset with . " wtiit-a-bit " thorns, and full of plU'alls, which can only be avoided by the watchful care of circumspection. After e\'cry day's journey overthiaworse than rough turn¬ pike road the w.ayfarer needs something more thtui rest; he requires solace, aud he deserves it. He is weary of the dull prose of life, and a thirst for the poetry. Happj- is the business mau who cau find that solace and poetry at home.— Warm greeting from loving hearts, fond glances from bright eyes, and .welcome shouts of children, the mauy thousand littlo arrangements for comfort aud en¬ joyment that silently tell of Hie thought¬ ful aud expectant love, the gentle min¬ istrations that disencumber us into an old and ea-sy scat before we were aware ofit; these aud like tokens of ad'ection aud sympathy con.stitute the poetry which reconciles us to the prose of life. Thiuk ye of this ve wives and daugh¬ ters of business men ! Tliink bf the toils, the anxieties, the mortification and wear that fathers undergo to secure for you comfortable homes, and -com¬ pensate tliem for their trials by making them happy by their own Urcsides.
Beak and Fobbeau.—If we would have life" move bn smootlily, we must learn to bear and forbear. Wc must indulge tho friend we love iu the little peculiarities of saying and doing things which may be important to him, hut of little momeut to us. Like children, we must suffer each ouo to build his play¬ house in bis own way, and- uot quarrel with him because he does uot think our way the best.    ' -    ¦
One of the pimples on the face bf the man in the moon, say the astronb'mere, bas disappeared.
p, heavyvjlwjlojv, hoomt as if - a. pipce of drdnande' had heen disbharged in the libSVeW bf the! jiibuiitiiin.' 'By tliis' time
".Indeed!" lexclainieil, with inlefise interest; "aud you judge tiiat faot to be decisive, with regard to an eruption ?"
" Oh, my master," said he, in the greatest agony, "what else could have caused this change? There must bcfire below, or what has melted this glacier? Y'ou see the ice is nearij- gone, and what is left is fast melting, and will soon fol¬ low it."
I observed at this point that my feet had a sensation of warmtli, and stoop- Iiiiig dowu found the ground quite hot.
" How is this ?" I inquired.
He shook his head.
" All wrong, there's trouble brewing, master, as sure as you live. You had better leave.
I recalled the fact that the last erup¬ tion of Hccia occurred SO j'ears-befbre, long previous to the birth of mj' guide, and consequently he could know aslit- tleofthatasldid. Thisfoolish thought prevented me from puttin.g the faith in his words that I ought lo have done.
" There is no hurry," I replied, " I've been so long finding my wtiy lo the top, that I am hardly flisposed fo leave until I have seen more of the volcano."
I observed his paleness and trembliug incrcasej if possible, but I still felt a re¬ luctance to retreat So" ignominioiislj'; after toiling so hard to malce llic sum¬ mit.
He-stood a moment in silence, and then ventured again : "Let us go while there Is time. I am afraid to remain here. We may be overwhelmed atanj' moment."
"Hold on!" .said I, conscious of a curious fascinaliou, such as somclimcs comes over one when ou the brink of themost appalling peril. "Itis true tho ioe has -melted, but it has done so very gr.adually. I have spent a. great deal of time to reach Iceland, and when I started it was with the resolve to seo Hecla."
" Heaven knows I have seen too much already," he replied, " more than has ever been scon before by liviug man." „
"How do J'OU know that?" I de¬ manded, .somewhat annoyed at llm dog¬ matical manner bf my guide.
" At least X think so."
" Aud I think j'ou are mistaken. I cannot conseut lo go back uutil I have descended into this basin and looked down into one of the chasms."
" Let me beseech you, do not. It will be the death of you 1"
" If you are afraid, you can return," said I, with an unfeeling tone, forwhich tliere was no justification.
" Oh, no, my master, I will not desert
J'OU."
" All I .ask, theh, is that j-ou will merely wait for me."
I had uo right to ask eveu that, and I considered the guide a simpleton be¬ cause he heeded my request.
"I will wait," he replied; but re¬ member wheu J-ou go down, th.at I kept entreating you not to do so."
"I hold you blameless, whatever should occur ; .so have un apprehension upon that score."
The cr.ater w-as about twenty j-arda in depth, with sides that sloped so grudu- all.v that it could be descended without dlHicultj-, if ordinary care was only ex¬ ercised. I first felt tho lava, and fouud it quite hot, but uot unpleasantly so, aiid, using my stick with great jpreeau- tion, I began tho descent. I observed the temperature of the lava beneath iny feet constantly increase, but I had thick shoes and I knew they would be un¬ harmed. I noticed, also, a thick, sul¬ phurous odor, but cousidered this noth¬ ing unusual, although it left a thick, disagreeable taste iu mj' mouth, aud gave au uupleasaut tinge to my olfacto¬ ries. The rill of water made by the melting ice flowed hissing down, and was lost lo view iu the dark chasut, from which came puffs of hot air, ac¬ companied bj' a rumbling and tremb¬ ling of the ground. The place, the scene, and withal the sense of danger connected with it, held me there by a sort of magnetic fascination, aud I soou fouud myself strongly tempted to make a fatal plunge into the awful abyss. Conscious that reasou frequently loses her power at such times, I iorceil myself backward a few feet, but still remained fearfully hear tbe opening, heedless of the frantic entreaties of my guide. Giv¬ ing no heed, therefore, to his earnest solicitations, I now determined, if jios- sible, to souud tbe depths ofthe chadm I before me, .and .then.^oeeeded to es-
I had'regained mycomraou seii.'ie, and became impressed with the, danger that hung ovor me. I t.urncil. to fly, wlien all ift oiicb there came a rumbling crash, a'nd fli6 ground, heaviiig aud shaking l-anrt rolling under hie, began to crumble loff into the dread abys^. ¦ I was thiown dowu, and ou.my hands and, knees was scrambling over it, and upward, to save mysflf'from' a horrible fate; when two blocks-rolling'together caUglit my feet and legs between them, and without acti^ally-ctushing, held them as in a vice. Then came another criusli and cruhible, the'laraslidaway from buliiiiil me, and I \vak left upon the veigo of the awful gulf; nmv widened to some flfteen or. twenty-feet,, dowu' into which! looked with horror-strained ej'es, only tosee darkness and death below, aud breathe.the nlmost suffocating.vapors thn.t rushed up from that; seeminglj" bottomless pit. Oh, the horrors of tbat awful realization! What pen or tougue can portray them? There, over the mouth of that black and Iieated abyss, I Was held suspeiuled, a helpless and eonsciotis prisuuer, to be hurled down¬ ward by tliu next greal throe of Ireinli- ling uature.
Help! help! liilp!—for the love of God, liclp!'' I shrieked, iu the very agony of my despair. I looked up and around lo catch sightof my guide, but be, Willi a commendable i>rudeiice I eould but admit, in my dire extreniity, had sought his own safety in flight. 1 had nothing lo rely on but the mercy of Heaveu, and I praj-cd to'God .as I had never prayed before for a lorgivc- ness of my sins, that they might not follow me to the judgment. It might be a secoud, it might .be a miuute, it might be an hour, that I should have lo undergo a living, death ; but, for the time, longor-short, I felt there was no escape from a doom which eveu now makes me grow pale and shudder when. Ithink ofit. Abovo me a clear blue sky—beneath me a black and horrible abj'.s.s—around mo sickening vapors that made my brain grow dizzy. Rum¬ bling and hissing sounds warned me that another convulsiori niight take place nny moment, and auother would be the last bf me. Homo and friends I should never-see agaiu, aud my tomb would be the volcano! I strove with the madness of desperation to disen¬ gage my imprisoned limbs, biit I might as well have attempted to move the mouuuiin itself. Therel was fixed and fastened for.the terrible death I- was wailing. Oh! God of Heaven ! whtit a fate!
All at once I heard a shout, and look¬ ing around, I beheld with feelings that', cannot be described, my faithful guide hastening down Ihcshlejof the crater to my relief. He had fled in terror nt the first ominous demoii.stration, bul had iioblj' returned to save mc, if pos¬ sible, by risking his life for mine.
"I warned J'OU, nia-stcr," .said lie, us he came up, his ej'cs startin;:, and his countenance expres.sive of coniiiiisera- ¦tion and terror.
"Y.iudidlyondld!" cried i, "but forgive and save me, fori am perish¬ ing ! "
" I will save you if Icmi, or perish with you."
The uoble fellow iiislaiitl"y set to work with his iron-pointed stick to break the lava around my limbs, but had scarce¬ ly made lUiy progress when agaiii llie earth trembled and the rocks parted, one of them rolling dowu Hie chas.iu with a dull booming souud.
I sprang forward—I seized a hand of the guide—we both struggled desperate- Ij', and the next moment we had fallen, locked in each other's tirms, upou the solid eartli above. I was free but still upon tho verge of the pit, and any mo¬ ment might see us botli hurled to de¬ struction.
"Quick! quick!—there's not a mo¬ ment to be lost! "cried llicguide. "Up! up! and run for your life! "
I staggered to my feet with a wild cry of hope aud fear, and lialf carried by my liiithful eompaniou, hurried up the sloping .sides of the crater. As we reached tlie ridge ab'ove, the ground shook witb a heavj- explosion, and look¬ ing back I saw, with a horror which uo pen cau describe, the dark, smoking pitwherewehadso lately stood. 'WitlL- outwaiting tosee more, I turned and fied over the rough grouud as fast as my bruised limbs wouUI permit. "We reached our horses in safety, and hur¬ rying down the mountain gave the alarm to tlte villagers, who joined us in our fiight across the country till a safe distance was gaiued. A few days later, wheu the niightyandlongexlinet Hec¬ la was convulsing the island, and pour¬ ing forth ¦ ils tremendous Volume of melted lava, I was out u|ion the Atlan¬ tic, on roy way home, wliere I devotit- Ij' thanked God again aud again, that 1 had lived lo tell my wonderful csciipe from a death in its burning crater.
THE LELUSiONS OF BEINK.
The most prevident ofall delusions is self-delusiou. No one humbugs us so thoroughly as wc' humbug our.selvcs. Andin uo particular are we more self- deceptive thau in the habits that are born ofour appetites. Weare continu- ally umking excuses for them, instead of openly avowing and jusllfyingour inclinations. Thus they become forbid¬ den fruit, aud thus the danger of illicit indulgence is heightened. So much of artificial stimulus enteia iuto our lives, moral, mental and phj-sieal, that periods of reaction and depression aro inevita¬ ble, practically unavoidable. Therefore recourse is had to the inspiriting devices idluded to iu the following from the London Lancet :
Tho growing tendency of those whose lives aro gentle, and whose minds are educated, to indulge in alcoholic stimu¬ lation, is a fact -which the profession would do well to recogni-ze and to pro¬ test against. The vice is nottne viceof our grandfathers; the bottle or two of port which often laid them under the dinner-table, and alwaj-a sent them reeling into the drawing-room. Tho sin of our day is less obtrusive, and eveu more disastrous. .It takes the form of an occasional glass at odd times during the day, an extra dose at lunch, a glass of sherry or two more or less frequently- in the course of the afternoon, unother from the table wlien the cloth' is laid for dinner. Not uncommonly a fiask of sherry accompanies the blue-book In the carriage. Aud it is worth noting that this-kind of tippling is not done in secret. So far; indeed, from this, it is rather a matter of boasting on the part of those who indulge in it, and they press others, often warmly, to follijw their example. Sometimes, it is true, a mild kind of excuse is offered. The dose is takeu "just to keep one up, you know," or as a " whet before dinner." Just as often, when soda or seltzer water suggests itself as a refreshment, the question arises whether its accompani¬ ment shall be brandy, sherry or liquor. Tbe idea of taking it alone is not enter- taiheil. It Is deserlbedas "weakening" " too cold for the stomach," and so on. Not so frequently, it is to be hoped, but still, often enough to be of serious mo¬ ment, these odd glasses of sherry, bran¬ dj' aud soda, dry curacoa, &c., are taken in the inorning between breakfast and lunch, sometimes oven before breakfast. Iu the course of time tho results ofthese indulgences do not fail to preseut them¬ selves in the nausea and retching which accompany the morning toilet, the husky forenoon voice, the waut of ap¬ petite for breakfast, the vagtie dyspeptic symptoms Whicii lurk about duringthe day. Jlore remotely it is foi: a shattered nervous system that the patient—or " pei-sou"-seeks relief from the physi¬ cian. Society is on its knees just now confessing, alwaya in a polite and" re¬ spectable" way, its sins of omission or- commlssion iu regard to dress-luxury, paiut and demimonde. It behooves the medical profession to see that the vice described Is included iu the list.
IfOT dOOD lEBrOTTGH FOE HER.
„ In the days .ot.tlie good.colftuy., of, Virginia, (:he' distinctions betw.een jrichj and poor \ve/e''lj'aseu'u'pbn''Ia'5v'3 "whicli, like those of lAb^JKdes aii'd 'Persfan^, •aliened not.  -Oneof; the mbat-'devout| fiillpwers o.iC)this.;Cod.e,.>ya3;a wealthy!, planter,  living'in what is kuown, aa the Nbftli'e^ii Neck. 'He viriis in iill re- S|)ects'ii isiank, open 'libarted, mti'uly gentleman ; but his estimate df his fel¬ low men was founded uppu-the princi¬ ples that governed his selection bf his hoi-ses—bl'obd.   Wealth', totj, was by no! means  an Tinimporfivht---featilre -witlii him.   Ho-had our hutaafa'-weakness, and, like all of. us, wii,Hi»fluejiced more than   he   .cyen.beije.ved   by,., pounds, sliilliiig-s aiidpciice.'". ¦
Tills Jlr. IJ luul quite  a  large
family,aiid among thcni was ji daughter whose beaut.v was tluj slanding toast of the counlry. She was just eigliteen, ami budding iutn lovely womanhood. Not oiily was she beautiful in person, but ber iimiable ilisiiositiou and many iiccomplishmenls made her more thau ordInariI.y attractive, and half the goii¬ tlemen bf the Northern Neck were al¬ readj-sighing for her love.
Tliere was in ithe country at this lime ayouiigmaU who was alretuly rising high in the eslponiof his neighbors.— He came of good family, but was, as yel, a poor young surveyor, who bad taught liimself his profession, au'd who had spent rauuhjof his time in traversing unknown forests, with nothing but his eoinpa.ss for his guide, and his chain for his companion, locating lands and settling disputed titles. Hewas amodcl of manly "beauty, and excelled iu all the varied feats of strength iu which the olden timei Americans took such pride. He was calm and reserved, and there wits about him a dignified sweet¬ ness of demeanor tlnit accorded well with his frank independence of elMirac- ter. Hcwasagreat favoritewithallwlio knew liim, und there was no gathering to which lie Wii.4 not asked.
Jlr. G seemed especially to  like
the J-oung man, and it was uot long be¬ fore heinsisted that the teller .should abandon all eereinonj' In his visits lo hiiii, "and come and go wheii he pleiused. The iiivitatloii \yas heartily given, and as promptly accepted. The young man liked  the planter, aud he found the
society of the betititiful JIary G a
verj' strong atti-actlon. The result was that hewas frequenllj- at the planter's residence ; so frequently, indeed, tliat
Jlrs. G felt called upon to ask her
liusband if hedid ubt think it wrong to permit him to enjoy such unreserved intercourse witli their daughter. The father onlj- laughed at the the idea, and said ho hoped his daughter know her posiiion too welllto allow anything like love for a poor siu*vej-or to blind her to her duty to her familj'.
Nevcrlhless JIarj' G was not so
fullj- impressed with this couvictiou of dutj' a-s was her fatlier.. She found more to admire in thelpoor surveyor than iu all her wealthj-and arlstoferatie suitors; '¦¦"'   almost before she knew it;  lier
and.
heail jia.iissd outi of Iier keeping, and wiLs given to Iiim., She loved liim with all tlie hoiicsliy and devotion of her [lure heart; j and she would have thought ita happiness to-go out with him iulo the back woods and share his fatigues and troubles, no inatter how much -sorrow thej' might bring to her.
Nor dill she love In vain. Thej-oung man, whoswknowledgeofthe world was afterwards so gi'iiit, had not then learn¬ ed 111 consider as' binding the distinc- liiMis which society tlrcw betweeu his posiiion and thaljp'f.lbe Itidj-. He knew that in all that niakcs a man. In luteg- rilj'and honesty of purpose, he wits the equal ofany one. He believed that,-ex- cept in wealth, he stood upon a perfect equality with JIary G , and he lov¬ ed her lionestlj' and manfully, aud no sooner had he satisfied himself upon the stjite of his own feelings than he confessed his tlevolion, simplj' and truthfully, and ri^ccived from Uic hidy's lips the assiirtince that she loved him very dearlj'.
Scorning lo occupj- ;i doubtful |iosi- tiou, or to cause the lady to conceal aught from her parents, tbe young man franklj' and manfully asked Mr. G-^— for his daughter's hand. Very angry grew the planter as he listened to the audacious propo.sal.   He stormed aud
swore  furiously J'oung mail as aii un lent upstart.
"Jly daughter customed to rlili 11,
aud   denounced  the laleful and iii.so-
liiui always been ac- in Iierowii Ciirrltige,"
hesaid.   " Who iire j'oii, .sir?'
A geiitlemai , air," replied the young nufu, quielly; and he left the house. -
The lovers were parted. The lady married soon after a wealthj- planter, and the young man went out again in¬ to tlie world to batllo with his heart and conquer his unhappy passion. He subdued It; biit although he afterwards married a womanl whom he loved hon¬ estly and -truthfully, and who was worthj' of his love, he wtus never whol¬ ly dcitd to his lirst love.
Tlio time passed on, imd the j'oung man began to reap the reward ofhis la¬ bors'.   He had never been to the house
of Jlr. G sincehiscruelrepulsebytho
planter ; but the latter could not forget him, as his naine|soon became familiar In everj' Virginia household. Higher and higher he ros|e every j'ear, until he gained a position from which he cbuld look down upon the proud planter. Wealth came to liim, tog. When the great struggle for iudepcudeuce dawned, he was in his prime, a happj' hiisliaud, and one ofthe most disttnguishcd men in America. The struggle• went on, and soon the "pobrsurvej'or" held the highest and proiidest position in the land.
When the Aui'erican army jiassed in triumpli trough the streets of Williams¬ burg, the ancient capital of Virginia, after the surrender of Coriiwallis, the ollicer riding at the head ofthe column chanced to glance up at one of thu neigh¬ boring balconies, iwhicli wim crowded witll ladies. Rcognizing one Of them he raised his hat and bowed profoiindlj'. There was a commotion in the balcony, and some one called for water, saj-ing Jlrs. Lee had fainted. Turning to a young man who rode near him, the of¬ ficer said gravely,!—
" Henry, I fearyouruiother has ftdnl- ed. You had belter leave the column, and go to her."
The speaker was Georgo AVashington, once the "poor surveyor," but then commander-in-ehief of the armies of the United States.! The young mau was Colonel Henry Leb, the commander of the famous;"Light C.ivalcy Legion:" the ladj- was his mother, and formerly
Miss G , the belle of the " Northern
Neck." I	
Hiii'i-; A.N'i) CoOBAdE.—True hope is based ou energy of character. A strong mind alwaj-s hopes, and has always cause lo hope, because it knows the mutability of human affairs, aud how slight a eircumstauce may change the whole course of events. Such a spirit, too, rests upon itself; it is uot conflned to particular objects; and if at last all should be lost, it has saved Itself its own integrity and worth. Hopo awakens courage, while daspoudencj' is the last of all evils ; it is the abandonment of good—the giving up of the battle of life with dead nothingness.
He wlio call implant courage in the hiimtin soul is the best phj-slcian. To seek to govern men bj' their fears and their wauta is au unworthy purpose ; the desire to rule bj' means of coward¬ ice. Love inspires courage and hope, and thisis doubly the giver aud preserv¬ er of life. Whatsoever teaches bold¬ ness to combat the manifold evils and assaults of life, enables us to win the crown of victory. Special care, there¬ fore, ought to be takeu in education to leacll what true courage Is—as well iu social aud domestic as in public afliiirs —and bj' what means it maj' be best sHstaiieil,
THEY. SAY.
They Sav--All.' well, suppose thej- do; But can they prove the story true? Snsplclon may arise'from-nanght Ilutoi(Ulco,«uTy,.viant.o£thought: Wliy connt yourself nniong the " tliey' Who wlil.sper what tlioy dare not say ?
.Tiio'sajT-^bnt-why the tale rehearse.- Aud iiulp tQ make,tli9 matter worse'.' No good can-p'osslbly (ij:enie From telling,vhat inny benntrue; And is It not ft nolild'plnn
. To speftli.of ail the best you can ?
Tliey saj-—well. If It should be so, Wiiv.need .vou tell the tale of woe ? WllUt tiie blttcrivrongredresa. Or make onopang of sorrow less? Win Itthe erring one re.store, Heucefortii to "go and ain no more?''
- They s:ij--Dli! pnn.se and look wUliln I .Ve liow thine heart Inclines lo slu!
'  Wntcli, lest in darlc tcmpiation's'hour 'i'iiou, Loo. sliuuldst sink benqatli its pow.T I ritv tliu frail, weep o'er tiieir full, IJuL.si.t-alcol gooil, or not nl all I
A STOUT FOETtHE'iiTXIE POIKS.
Tfll-; DIllTllUAV l>UESKN'r.S. . .\ hard lime of it had Kitty Warner: so all the little girls at .school said ; for when tbey were outplaying and romp¬ ing to their heart's content, she had dishes tb wash, the floor to sweep, water to bring, potatoes to scrub, apples to pare, and every tiling else that a little girl could possiblj- do. Aud then such a home it w.as, too: neat enbugli, per¬ haps, but not a bit like tlie other giris' homes. The woman she lived with ( for iioor Kitty had neither father nor mother) seemed lo think tliatneillier grown folks nor children ought lo do aiij'tliing but work, and though Kitty used to look longingly when she saw the children go troojiiiig by with their lioops aud balls and skipping ropes, for a merry game on the green, she did nut very often ask to go wilh them. 1 falie did, she received for thing like this:—'
Rki'Knt.vxcb.-Nothing is more mis¬ understood than the nature of repent¬ ance. Too many imagine it is merely to cry for mercy; or, at most, only to be sorry for what is past. But true re¬ pentance is a thorough changp of mind, which always produces a corresponding change of conduct..
LEBAL ^NOTICES..
ABxtsiiHiATiafn iroxn^
Estate of James C. nuulap/late of East
La'mpetei: twp., deceased. T ETTERS of AdmlnlstTOtion on-sttld atate JUhnvlng be?n grantad. to the nnderslgned. nil p«rsoii8 Indebled thereto are reqnestSd to make iramcdlate payment, and those having claims ..OC demandsj against tbe said decedent will matte known the same, -withont delay to theurtderslgned, residing In paid towiishln.io;
¦¦ ¦¦ DANJBbBUCKW.iU.Tint,
- rjal^nstygl-  -   u-.i, -AOxaiialiAntaT.
.     .     AIIDITQWS KOIICE.
Estate of.Samuef Hbrhing, late ofWar- wiek twp., deceased.;.
THE undersigned Auditor, appolnteil to dls- tTibiilo tiie balanco remalnliu In the lianOii orJosi>pUHc!(s, A'drallllstratdf^th'the WUl naiie.Ted, of saliPdeceniiBd, tb ihi oimong thoso legnlly enlltledto tbo snnte;.«Ul.«lt!for that purpose on KBIDAY, 8EPTE>JBBB Oth, IS87, at 10 o'clock, A. M., In the Llbrarjr Boom oftho Court Uouso, In the. Uity of Lancaater,' where .all persons Interested in saiddlstrlbutfonmny .attend. •'
July31-lt-itr
BENJ. F. BAEB.   . .   Andltor.
In Cleveland there are females who fasteu shoes to their lioops while the clerk is looking for' another pair and walk off with the bootee.
An affectionate husbaud Ju Kauka- kee couuty, 111., whose wife while tem¬ porarily insane ha4 committed sqictde by hanging,, objected to her being cut down too soon, " Ko," said be, "let ber hang; make a sure thing ofit."
Rabies resemble wheat iu many re- s]ie(jts. Elrst-^neither are good for muuh till they arrive at matnaity ; sec¬ ondly—both are-bred iu tho house, aud also-the flower of the family ; thirdly— both have to bo cradled; fourthly—both are generally well thrashed-before they are done with. .
Au exquisite diviueput the finishing -touch to a marriage ceremouy when he concluded by sdying: "I now pro^ nonnce you husband and lady."
It's rather remarkable that while sev¬ eral thousand feet laro requiretl to make one rood, a single foot, properly appli¬ ed, isoflenaafflcieht to make one civil.
an answer some- It's no kind o'  u.se for children to bc romping and rticing all the time, wearing out their clolbes for nothing,—I never did!"
Then Kitty was always dressed so oddly that it would almost iiitike one laugh to seo her. Her auut (for Kilty called her auut, allho'ugh she waa only a very dfetant relative of her fallier's) dressed Kitty just aboiit as she herself was dressed wheu she wasa child, in plain, (hiU-colorcd clothes, chosen be¬ cause lhey were stout, and made up so quecrly! '      ' .
"It'snokiiid ..' use to .spend all one's time iu following fasliion," her aunt would often say ; "if your clothes are clean and whole, tluit's enough."
Rut Kitty had one bright Spot in her lifo. She went to school excepting on very busy. d.aj's it-heii her aunt kept her at home for helji; and she loved her tciichor, Jliss Alice Rtiy, with all the wsirmth of her loving heart. She loved the school girls too; andin .spite of her old fiUibioned clotlies and still ways, sbe Wiis !i great favorite, ami they were all kind and gentle to her. Tuey used of¬ ten to .say among themselves that j-ou eould not qnaiTcl with' Kitty Wai'iier, she wius so good and .gentle, with such a sweet smile for every-lwdy. A sweet- faced child sbe was ; mi one could help loving her just bJ- Iniiklng at her. Her soft blown bail', wliiili ber tinnt kept .short because she could not spend lime to ttikc care of it, curiud up in little soft rings aroiiiiiriier white forehead, her eyes were of a bcautil'ui lil'uc, and her face generally pale, would light up with such a lovely color when she .spoke.— She was verj' fond of her books, and uiidci-stood her lessons so quickly.
Oiioholiday tinieagrotip of the school children were in a corner of the yard busily talking. They hud found out iu some way that the next Saturday w-eck was to be Jliss Alice's birthday, and they w-ereplanningasurprlseforher. It was this: each little girl was to get a present for her, nnd all would go to¬ gether to her Iiouse, Vvith a beautiful wreath with which' Uiey would crown her, after .singing, "A ro.sj' crown we twine for tlicc," and tlieu they would give ber their presents. ,
They had talked il over with their motliers, and now tbey were telling each other with great glee w-liat their presents were to be.
" Jliue will be a beautiful .book wilh gilt edges," said oue. " Aud mine a pretty willow basket with a cover," said another. And mine said a third, "will be a pair of beautiful lamii-niats that sister 13 going to crochet forme."
" What shall you give'.'" said a liltle girl lo Kitty Warner, after all the oth¬ ers had spoken. Rut Kitty stood silent, :uid tears rau down her cheeks.
Then llie children knew iilic wtis weeping bscause.she had no present to give, and as lhey did not know what comlort to oiler, lhey said nolliing, but quietlywalked towards the school room.
Jliss Alice eould not imagine what had happened to Kitty Warner, slie looked so sad all the rest of that daj'.— .She shook licr head when her teacher askeil her if she was sick, but did not speak. The next day, and the next, it Wiuijlist thesame, aud Jliss Alice was mucli troubled lo tell the truth,, though she loved all her scholars dearly. Kilty Warner wius the pot lamb of her (lock, and .she often found herself wi.sliing tlial she was her own little sister. Eor, although Jliss Alice had a vory pleas¬ aut home and a dear lallicraiid mother, she was often lonelj-, and wished there was a child In the familj- lliatshe couhl pet aud love. Because she loved chil¬ dren ao dearlj- was the rasson why she took the village school that suiiinier.
Now the eliildren had a great manj' meetings about the .sclisol-lioii.se and yard to talk over the plan of the birth¬ day present'i, and though they thouglit thcj' were keejiing their secret fanious- Ij', thej' were not tilwaj's as careful to speak low as llicy niight have been, and ill spile of their many warnings of "Hush! Jliss Alice will hearyou!" she could not help hearing eiioiigli to know pretty well what Wa.t going on. .She now began to think what might be troubling poor Klttj-. .So one day, af¬ ler school, she told her lo slop a little while alter the other children were tone, and then .she asked her if she would like lo go home w-ith ber and spend the uiglit. Kitty's face grew ra¬ diant wilh delight, but tears came into her eyes immediately afterwards as she said, "IJutauntcaii'tsparcme, T know.'
"I will go home with j'oii and lusk her," .said Jliss Alice, " and I liave uo doubt she will let you gii when .she knows I really waut j-oii."    .
So tho auntletKitty go. Tlie.scholar aud teacher had avery pleasant walk over the lields, aud soon came to the farm-hoiuse, the home of Alice Raj-.- Alice's motber was very kind to Kitty; and after tea Alice took Kitty to see tlie hens, and dueks, and geese, luid pigeons.
When she was in her own rooiii, Alice asked Kitty what had made her so sad'? Rut Kitty's only answer waa a flood of tear.^. Then Alice said, "Never uiind, my dear child, you hivve .¦'oniething to givemc!" Kitty said, "I have'? Why I have nolliing iu the worid!" Then Alice told her that her love, dear, warm, and true, avius what she wished; that Kilty was going to live with her always.
Kitty's visit did hera world of good. The smile came back to her face, but she found herself wondering every day and every liour what she could possibly have that JIuss Alice could want. One day, when she went home from school, i she found Jliss Alice's father there talk¬ ing with her aunt, but when they saw her they stopped talking, tind Jlr. Raj- took her up in his lap and kissed her. After this her auutsecmcd kinder than usual lo her.
The longrlopkcd-for Katiirday came at last; antl the children. Kilty among the number, went, dressed in their best, lo their teacher's honse with their pres¬ ents and their beautiful wreath. Jliss Alice came out to meet them, and tlie children sang their pretty song which ended, "Take,oli! taketherosy crown," and one of the girls, the very smtUlest of tho group, came forward and placed the wreath upon the hetul of their be¬ loved teacher tus she bent to receive it. Theu lhey came forwtird, one by one, and gave her their pretty presents.— ¦She tlianked them, and then said, " Come, Kitty, and give me the present which I told you that you had for me."
Then she took the bewildered child by the haud and led her forward. "The Jiresent I waut you to give me," con¬ tinued she, " is your own sweet self.— Saj', will J'OU give it lo nie, and will you come and live with me, iiiiil be mv own dear little sister''"
And for joy and wonder, Kitty could not speak, but stood with the tears run¬ ning ovcir her cheeks. Jliss Alice drew her to her side, and told the children how her father aud mo.tIier were glad and willing to take Kitty as their owu child, how the aunt had consented to give up all claims upou her, and how ¦it only reraaiued for little Kitty tb agree to itall.
Then the childreu shouted for joy, and Kitty, with tears aud smiles, threw herself into her teacher's loving arms, saying, " Take me if you will! I will be your birtb-day present!''
AVDITOB'N  NOTIUE.
Estiite of Jacob Koch, late of Warwick
twp., Lancastercounty, deceased. 'PIIE undersigned Auditor, appolntod to dls-
X ti'ibute the balance remaining In the hands nf Hannah Koch, admlnlstrainx ot said dec'd, lo and among those legally entitled to the same, will sit for tliatpurpose on Friday, tlin ¦r.'\ Iti Ananst. isra.ntll) o'clock, A. Jt., lu the I'ourl House, In the Cily of £.ancnster. wiiere .-til personsinterested in said distrlbntlon may atteud.
July a'-ll-.50       JACOII KE3IPER. Andltor.
CIECIiXOIW iroTlCE,
Estate of Dr. P. A. JIuhlenberg, late of the City ofLancaster, deceased.
rKl'TRU.S Testamentary on siild estato hav- iliig been granted U> the undersigned, ull persons Indebted tlicreto arc requested lo iiiiike Immediate snttlement, and those having eliiirns or demands against tlie same-will pre¬ sent tlieiii M-ltliotit lieliiy for settlement lo KenjiinilnH. MnhlcHb.-rx, No. S South Queen stiecl. ii. I-;. MUHLENBEKO.
K. A. llIJlII.ENBERIi, 1!. .'i. 5IUIII.ENUERO, .July :ll-(il--:w Executors.
-vu-iti.vis'rBAroR.s' notice.
Estate ofDr. John K. Raiib,late of Prov¬ idence twp., deceased. iKlTElW of administration on said estate jliHVing been ginnted to the undersigned, Qll persons Indebted therelo. are reqnested to make immediate settlement, ami those having elainis or demands against the same, will pre¬ sent lliem without delay for settlement to the iiiidersl<riied, residing In suld township.
UIBAM PEOPLES,- HUNUy E. RAUB. ,[iil,V 2l-liH-y(i Administrators.
AVDI'TOR'H NOTICE.
Estate of Christiana Hess, late of West
Lampeter township, deceased. rnllE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dls- 1 t i-lliutc the baluncc remaining in the hands of Abraham Burkholder, to and among those IcgallJ- entitled to tbe same, will attend for that pnrpose on FRIDAY, August Oth, ISttr. at •i o'clock. I>. JI.. in tlie Library Room ofthe Court Houso, in the Citj- of Lanc-uster, wliere all per.sous interested I n said dlKtrlbutlon mav atttnd. UANIEL G. BAKER,
July 17-11-3-5 Audllor.
AVDITOR'S NOTICE.
Assigned Estateof William P. Cooper, of Hart twp., Laneaster countj-.
THE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dis¬ tribute liie balance remaining In the h.inds uf George Piorce^ tlie Assignee, to and among tlio.sc legally entitled to tiie same, will sit for that purpose on THURaUAY, Aufmst Sth, 1SC7, at -2 o'clock, P. M.. In the Library Room of the Court House, lu the City of Laneasler, where alt persons Interested in said dbitributlon raay •¦•"•¦¦•' J. W. JOHNSON,
July 17-ll-'i-,
Auditor.
EXECfTOlf.S NOTICE.
Estate of William Wlilteside, Esq., late of the City of Lancaster, deo'd.
LETTEPuS teslamentar>- on said estate hav¬ ing been granted to the undersigned aU persous Indebted thereto are requested toni'ake immediate payment, and tliose having claims or denial ds against the same, will preseni tiiem wit lout ilehiy lor settlement tothe un¬ dersigned, residing in Xorlii IJuke St.. in said eity. J. B. LIVINGSTOX,
Jul lO-lil-ai E.\ecul»ir.
AnjIINISTIlATBIX' NOTICE.
Estate of Christian N. Shirk, late of E. Donegal twp., dec'd.
LETTEltS of administration ou said estato liaving been granted to thenndersigned,ail persons Indebteti tliereto are requested tomake Immediate payment, and those having claims or dcinauds against tlie same will preseut them for setllcinent to the nndcrslgnetf, resid¬ ing ir. Rapho tow-nship,
STEPlIK^f GRISSINGER, Agent for BARUARA SHIRK, Jul IO-i;t<ai ' Administratrix.
EXECUXOUS' NOTICE.
Estate of Johu Slieafl'er, late of East
Donegal twp., dec'd. ¦T I-TTTER-S testanientary on said eshite liitv- I I liig been graiiled to the nnderslgned, all persons indebted thereto arc requested to mako iinmedlalc setllenieut, nnd those hav¬ ing claims or deinaiuls agaiust tliesame wiil present lliem witliout delay for settlement lo the underslgued.
SAJIUEL FRY. Warwlclc twp.. DANIEL FRKY. East Donegal twp.. Jul u>.|it»31 Execulors.
.w
ADMINISTJtATOirS NOTICE.
EsUUe of Win. Thoinpaon Harris, late of Little Britain twn., deceased.
JE'lTKRaof udmlulstrntfon on sdW eatato J Iiaving been gnintea to the undersigned, iiH ncr-sons indebted thereto, arc requested to niiike Immediate setLlement,and those Imvlns L-laims or demuuils against llio Kame, will pre¬ sent tiicin witliout delay for sotticmcnt to ttie undersiaued, re.sitlini; in Fnlton twp.
JUSEl'il BALLANCE, July (i;at^-y:{ Administrator.
COITIIT PIlOiri.AMATI03tf.
UKUEAS,   tlic   Honorable   JIENKY   U.
. . LONG, PrtsldtMit; I Con. A. L. Hayes nud Pi-rri-:u AlAKTi.v, Esii., Asjiociate Judges ofthe CouitofComuiouPlea.slnandfor tho Couuty ol" Lsincaslcr, and Assistant Justices of llio Courts of Oi-ur and Terminer uud General JaU Delivery aud Quarter SchhIous of the Peace, iuand for the Countyof Uiuca-ster, liavhi;; is¬ sued their Precept to nu; dirceteu, requiring me, ainongolher tliluKs, itnuakcpnbHcProcIrf- niatioii throughout my bailiwick, thataCourt ofOyer HudTcrmineraud a general Jail delive¬ ry, also a Court of Cieneral ti,unrter Sessions of the Peace and JaU delivery, wilt commouce in tho Conrt Iiouse lu lUei'ity ol* Laneasler, In the Cominounealth of Pennsylvaula—
ONTIIKTHIHUMONbAYIN AUGUyT, (THK hU'lI) lSb7. In pui'snaiiee of wliich pr^i.-opt Puiim»; Xotick ts IIKKKUV civEN*, to tile Afayor aild 'VIdermcii of the City of Lancaster, Ju the said COuniy, and all the Jnslieesof the Peace, the Coroner andConstablt'S, of the sahl City and County of Lancaster, that lhey ho thcji'and there in their own proper persons with their rolls, records and exatuinallous, and Ini|UisUiouK, and their other remembrauces, tu d<> those thiugs which to theh" onices appertain, in their behalf to bo done; and also aU tIio.se who will prosecute agaiust the prisoners who are,or then shall be iu thejail of the said Ouuity of Lancastor aro to bc then auU there to pro.secutc against tliem as .shall bo Jnst. • Dated at Lanc:islcr, IbeWlhdjiy of JuIy.lJHR'. JAC(JI[ K. FKEY.Sherin;
jiily:il-td-:tr ¦	
CiOKBOXVII.I.B
A G K I C U L T U K A L ^IIOPS.
ffinE undersigued oilers to tho farming com- X ^nunlty thefollowing unproved Machines forLSOT:
E. IIALL-S -J-Wlieel RE.VPER J: JIOWEU. w Ul Iteel for cutting gras.s, and the Brua Pat¬ ent Sclf-Uakc. Tills lUikc aud attAChmcul to the Reaper Is claimed by competent Judgen to lie the beat ever oirered to tbe public.
The A. B. DAVIS PATUNT THUESUER & CLEANER stauds uneniiallcd to-day for dol nj; good work aud for light draught. It is war¬ ranted to not have more draught tlum the common Tiiresher and Shaker-
l h.ave fall setts ofpatterns forthe JEILSEY .MACHINE, and willattacli.Self-Rakes.knlvivi, complete or In Rcctlous, nud ull other repairs that are required, nt reduced prices.
As there ure many rumors nlloatrespcctiuiiC hifriugenicnls ou puteuLs, I Indemnify all per¬ sons from paying puteuLs on inachlnes that I makeorsell.
Tiiese machines, together with repairs, will Ijc kept at the Hardware Store of A. W. UUrt- SEILD, Laueaster, where fanners can see thcni aud Jtidge for themselves.
For fnrther Infonnatlun call on or nddress S. M. BRUA. OordouvlUe. Lanciujtor eo., Pu.
mayis-:tin 2(;i  ^	
NOTICE TO Tin:   PUBLIC.
Ijauca.9tcr ITuion Spoke au«l Agrlcultui'ul YTorlcs.
IH.WE removed niy place of business from Churcli street to llie corner of AV'ATEU and LI3M0N streets, lorincrly Shirk ARoyerV Warehouse, on the Railroad, near Banmgard- ner's Coal Yard, and two seiuares west from the Railroad Depot, where I manufacture the lates Imprpvod GRAIN DRILLS, ROCICAWAY FAN9, CIDER
MILLS, CRUSHERS AND GRATi:R.S, for horse or iiand power, which will grind a bushel ol applea i>cr miiiute byltorae power and arc warranted to do It well.
I would inform Coaeliraakers in general tlmt I have put up In my shop two ofthe latest im¬ proved SPOKE MACHINES, or Lathes, manu- liietured, and am prepared tofarnlsii the best quality of Spokes of all kinds, nnd of all si-^es. dry or part dry, nnd warrantetl to bc a goo»l article. 1 buy none but the best split spokes. aud have now on hand 100,000 Spokes. Rent Felloes of ull sizes, SliafLs and Carriage PoIcm, Rows. Al-., of sc'Lsonetl stuii; constantly ou hand.
I wonld also Inform my old customers thut I am prepared to do all kimis of SAWING, such ius scroll sawing and ripping lumber of all kluds, having lately put up ono of the latest Improved .Scroll S^ws, wllIi Gig attachment. PlauiUK of all kinds dune, aud sluft' caUcd fur and delivered frei; of cliarye, and satisfation guaranteed to all who favor mc with their work. .
As I havehecn in thisbu.'iliiesslGorlSy^irs, and understand it thoroughly, having served aaapi)rcntlcestiip at Coachmalcing, [ know what the trade wants in thut line. AU kinds ' of BeutStuif for sule or made to order, and Spokcsofnllsi7.es turued for persons haviug them 011 hand'in the rough,
(Jive me a call aud judgo for y.ourselvcs be¬ fore purchasing elsewhere.
r SAMUEL KEELER,
Corner of Water Sl Lemon streets, lui 10-'imos*-ai Lancnster. Pa.
MOEA VIAN SEMINAE Y,
FOB YOUNG LADIES,
At  Litiz, Lancjtster Couuty, Penn'a.,
FOUNDED   SEITEMBER,   1796,
AFFORDS superior advantages for tliorough and accomplished female education.  Tncf 74th aimual term opens Tnesday, August 20ch, 1807.  For circulars nnd information ftpply to Rov, W, C. REI^&L, jylS^m-^l Principal.