Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XL¥I
(I
EXAMINER AND HERALD."
FVBLISH£]> EVEET  ¦WEDNESDAY. At Ho. 9 Kortli Uaeen Slreet, Lancaster, P«.
AY, NOVEMBER 15. 187j.
NO. 1.
TEnMSH»200"A tear'IX ADVANCE
John A. Hiestand & E. M. Kline,
EDITOnS AND PROPRIETORS.
I WONDER WHY.
I wonder why Ihls world'.« good things
Hhould fall In such nneqaal shares- Why some should taste of all lho joys,
While others ouly reel the caves! I wonder why the sunshine bright
Shonid fall lu paths some people tread. While olhers .shiver In the shade
Of clouds that gnthcr overhead!
I wonder why the Iroes'that hang
Ro full of luscious fruit should grow Ouly where some may reach nnd ent,
While otliers faint aud thirsty go! Whyshonld sweet lloword Uloom forsomo
For other."; ouly thorns he found? Aud some groiv rich on fruitful earth,
While others till hut barren gronnd?
1 wouder why Iho hearl.s ol some
O'erllow with Joy and iiapplness, Wliilstothersgo their lonely wny,
Ilr.hlessed with aught of tonderuoss ! I wouder why the oyes or some
should ne'er be nutlsteued with a Icir, Whilo olhers wci-p Iroui morn till night.
Their heartssocrilslu-il with sorrow horel
All. Avell I   We lusy not know, indeed,
Tlio wliys, tlie wlieiefores of each life; IUU this wo Unow—Ihoro's Ouo who sees
And watches ns through Joy or si rife. Eiieli life Its ini.sslon hero fullllls,
And only Ho may know the eud; And loving Illiu, wo can bo slrong,
Tlirongli storm orsuusliino He may send.
(For tlie Examiner.!
LIGHT.
"UdllT, MOltlC I,I(: [IT .STILL." These aro saul to liavelicoii tlioiljiiig wonls ot GOETiiE.   I5iit were tlioy the c.xi)re.ssiou3ofllic.''onseora fadiitsiiwoy of iiliysii'al light, a.s tho moment  of jihysieal   ilis.wIutioii   up|iioapliciIV   or were they tho foiesleaiiiiiiK.s of  that more iraiisccmlaiit light, whioh he cn- couiitereil on the bonnilarics of another world?    The.ae   aio  (jiicstioii.s   whioh miglit involve some iiileiestius; sjiecu- lations, Imt sueh f|ieculatioiis are not germaiiilo the pinpose.s ofthia paperin any special .sen,=ie.   Onrobjeoti« iiiain- Iv to itidilesonie random rellcnlioiis on phi/sical light; il3 cd'ect-i on physical development;  the power it  exercises upon menial and material heallh, and incidcnlally, the analogies existing be¬ tween it and inlelleelual and sjiiritual light—more often (eimed inorul light. Tt is not at all necessary to enter inlo a lengthj' disquisition npon  the cause of the phenomenon of light,  for ijot- withslaiiding the splendid  discoveries of Newton, aud the long train of dis¬ coveries, and interesting and important facts wiiich have been developed and investigated since his lime,   tiie trne theory ot light remains an enigma far as tho philosophies of mere men are concerned.     The   essentiality   of   lhe son's light in the development of physi¬ cal nature, maj' he inferred  from   its visible eflects, aa well as iVnm  the fact that   it   travels   nearly   two   hnndred thousaud miles in a .second of lime; and tho   rays   of all ollur   luminous bodies   travel   iu   the    same   ratio.— Another deduction from tlie phenom. enon of light is, that its rays are straight —it cannot shine around a corner, or througb a bent lube, uor through any opaque intervening   object.     The   re¬ cipient of light must he on the plaue of its rays to receive the benefit of tlicm. And here, at the  very  threshold  of our   suhj'ect,   we   may  introduce   the moral analogue, that no one cau receive the rays of intellectual light, who is standing out of the plane of its efllux.— Agreat many people in the world ex¬ pect intellootual  light to shine  round a corner and reach tbem where they are, instead of co-operating wllh tbe laws of liglit, by standing in its way, Light, and ila cogener heat—the out¬ going correspoudeuecs of   which are knowledge, or wisdom, and love,—are free gifts from the Creator to the creat¬ ed, and .nre elements tbat are essential to a healthy development of his physi¬ cal and moral nature;  and whatever creatnri manifosLs a jirnclivity, or  a ruling aflectiou for coldness aud dark¬ ness, will also c;:hibit a corresponding low  degree of intellectuality.   Tho.se animals whieh shun the light of day, andiirowl ahout iu ilarkness, are usu¬ ally   carnivorous,   iiredaoeous,   hlood- thir.sty, or destruclive, and  wantonly cruel.    Although it liy no means fol¬ lows that those animals that are par¬ tial to (he light of day aro universally of au opposite character, yet when we Iind au animal that ovoitls the light— unless of a vory low and simple organ¬ ization—ami prefers darkness, we may infer tbat it is not the oulbirth ofau angelic aHeclion—and  tbat it " lovea darkness rather thau light, because its deeds are evil."
If we ii.se in tlie scale, unlil we reach the liiimau family, wo will fiud it veiy little ilifiereiit from tho animal world in generul. All other tilings being equal, tlio.so persons, who, from choico, carry on tlieir operations nnder cover of darkness, are apt lo be indulging in thut whicli is illegllimalc, if nut in absolnle crime. It is true, (here nif.y be legitimate and laudable night occu¬ pations, and persons engaged in tbem may have acquired that "second na¬ ture" whicii leads Ihem to do so from choice ; but Ibis, at best, ia bnt an ex¬ hibition of lliat " order of disorder " in whicli nil things are not equal. Be this as it may, a life of physical dark¬ ness cannot fail lo have au evil cflect upon the physical and mental organi¬ zation oftho subject of it; if it does uot proximately atreet his wiorni nature, ludeed, travelers in foreign countries, have ofteu noticed tbe intellecluul dif¬ ference between the pe.iaants who re¬ side on tlio nplanila aud mountains, and those whose rosidenco was in the deeply shaded narrow gorges and valleys, where tbe light of the snn scarcely ever penetrated. All the mis¬ sionaries iu the world could never ele¬ vate the inhabittinLs of the cold aud semi-annually dark regions ofthe frigid zones, to the civilizatiou whieh char¬ acterizes the temperate zones, whatever exceptions may exist.
But let us turn to the vegetable king¬ dom and compare the higher organic ¦ structure, tho gorgeous beauty, aud the domestic vnlue of those subjects of tbat kingdom, which live and nourish in the pure light of tbe glorious sun; wilh thoao whose most cougenial cle¬ ment is darkness, or approximations to darkness, and we cannot but be im¬ pressed with the immense preponder¬ ance tbere is on the side of light Lighi is always necom panied by Aooi, but it ia through the laws or principles of light alone that all the phenomena of colors are developed and explained. It is true there may be light accompanied by cold; hut all other things being equal it would not heso cold as it might lie if light waa absent and darkness reigued instead. Few, indeed, of only ordinary habits of observation, but muat bave noticed the effects of light on the vegetable kingdom—how sickly and colorless plants become which are denied tbe light; and if, perchance. Ley ahould eveu haveVi^af, their thin,
feeble, tender^ and'effeminate condi¬ tion only becomea enliuiced, and, therefore, the more apparent Plants, the ordinaiy height of which are, nor¬ mally, pnly a few inches, when germi- uaVtpg.^j^^be. :j]aik,: bf!^^^ eiongated to tbree or four times their natural length in the effort to reach a few rays of light that may be shining through a crevice or a knot-hole. Some of the moat gorgeous beauties of the floral realm only expand their flowers and dispense tbeir richest fragrance during the most brilliant light of a sunny day. At night they are in re¬ pose and silently distill tho perfumes and nectars that aro to be evolved on the followinii day. Some there are that cannot bear the aeaicbing light of the sun, and these prefer the twilight in which to reveal their hidden bloom; but these bear no comparison in num¬ ber, in beauty, and in quality with the day-bloomcrs. AU practical house¬ wives appreciate the value of light on the health and beauty of their plants, and avail themselves of every oppor¬ tunity and every convenience in facili¬ tating their growth and sanitary condi¬ tion. The great pity is, that they do not all seem lo appreciate the value of light upon themselves, and the health, beauty, and jibysical and mental de¬ velopment of their children. These are often not treated with a tithe of the consideration, the caro, the anxiety and the labors which distiiigulsli their clTorts in behalf of their floral iiro- tegea.
Perhaps the most important consid¬ eration of light in its various physical relations to the human family   is in¬ volved in its iutroduetion or exclusion from human habitations.   How often do we aeo adults gossiping, or pokftig ab'oiit in darkness, or in semi-darkness, whilst their briglit little children, true to tbo legiliraate impulses which fiod has imjilanted in their natures, are im¬ ploring their ciders to let tbem have light—daylight, sunlight, gaslight, can- dle-Iiglit—in sliort, any kind of light, ratlier than darkness.    Tho habit of keeping hnuses closed up, so ils to ex¬ clude lho light and fresli air, is a most pernicious one, no mailer how popular or universal it may be.   I'ersons who make it a habit of tlieir lives to be grop¬ ing about iu darkness, will  find  the "crow's feet" fiirmed at the outer cor¬ ners of their eyes, aud tiie care-worn and jaded wrinkles vertically diverging between them, long before these out¬ ward   indications   of   advancing age shonid made llieir appearance; if there were no olbcr evil cflecls, perliaps less conspicuous but more pernicious tlian these.   Aiid what is all this sacrifice upon an   idolatrous altar for?    Wh.v tn bar out a few flies, tbe warm or cold air, or to save the colors of a clieap piece of carpet, of tapestry, or w.all-paper; never thinking of llieir own colors anil beauties, which, under such suicidal trealmeut, are rapidly passing away, never lo return.   It is pitiful, some¬ times, to see the ghostly countenances peering ont into lhe street, from be¬ tween two partially opened  window shutlera.   Tliere is no real health, no lii'e or clicerfiilne.ss in sucli a bouse, for under Ihe moat rigid discipline, the joy¬ ful aud aclive mind of childhood nnd youth will shun tbem, and if there ia no enclosure or play-ground, the only alleruutive. ia the street. Parents somc- tiroca wonder why they cannot keep tbeir children more Ht home, aud olT the street. The greatest wonder is, that they can keep them in auch houses at al).   Tbe impulsea of childhood, to ex¬ ercise their fuuelions in the develop¬ ment of a sound physical body, are al¬ most irresistible, and when unrestrained by " bolls and bars," their inclinalions will lead them in thnt iliroction, (piite as natural us yudug ducks take to waler, and the aame infinite wisdom dictates the conrse of both.
But the sensible   impressions upon the human family, caused by the ab¬ sence  of   light, are  not   confined   to merely  jibysical eflects, however ad¬ versely tliese may affect the human system ;—they also influenco the men¬ tal and intellectual coudition of mau. There can be no moral and intellect¬ ual imiuovementof the mind throngh a literary channel where there is no pliyaical light—except  it be through that involunlary discipline by means of whicii instruction is imparted in asy¬ lums for the blind.    But thut is au exception due to misfortune, aud not a common rule.    Those who only "owl it" Ihrough life, in darkucsa ;or semi- darkness, soon   exhibit a diminislied inlelltct, if Ibey ever hnd a bright or active one, for llie reason llmt they, perhaps,   nnoonsciotialy   fall   inlo  an aversion for Imoks and reading; dis- quallify  themselves   for   enlightened consecutive thinking; and are entirely dependent upon tbe superficial go.<isip of the day, for llieir ideas and Impres¬ sion of things. No life can be conceived of,  more gloomy and. moro objectless, than that of being cooped or cagcti iu darkened rooms, without tho ability to see things as tbey are, to examine and compare; and when sucb a life is vol¬ untarily imposed, it ia little more than merely vegetating.   It ia true Ihut tho coudiliona of the organs of vision may be such,   that  they cannot bear  the light, bnt then that is uot their normal condition; tbey arediseased,.and, there¬ fore, llie fault is not in the light, but in those organs themselves.   In like man¬ ner, wlien intellectual and moral llEbt is shut out or shunned, it is because of iutellectual and moral disease, and, con- seqnently, mental and moral darkness supervenes.   It is also true that moral aud mental liglit may exist, where phy¬ sical light is iib.u-nt, or where the sub¬ ject is not cou.scioua of it, or ia unable to recognize ita iirBsonco; but the ele¬ ments of that light may have been ob¬ tained during a previous active condi¬ tion,    or   through    present    artificial meaus.   iSuch considerations, however, have not a special relation to Ibis .sub¬ ject, and are only admitted to antici¬ pate any   groundless cavil that  may arise in tbe minds of the superficial. We arc discussing tbe abstract phase oj the subject, baaed upon   the  normal equality of tho thinga relatiug thereto, Finally, if we cannot bear or avoid phyaical light—the light of the niagni- flcent sun, the centre of our phyaical aystem; if we caunot bear moral and in- lellectnul light—becauae, perchance, it may reveal that whicli we are uuxioua to have bidden-how shall we ho able to bear that inlinilely more resplendent sijiritual light whicli characterises the heavenly world—that world which we, par excellence,  are wont to style onr spiritual Canaan. Does it ever occur to us, as impressively aa it ought, that if we cultivate only a love of darkness here, we may be disciualifying ourselves for the enjoyment of the light of that world where there is no need of^aun, moou, or atars to illuminate it, because " the Lamb of God is the light there¬ of?"   Do we expect to find nooks and dark corners iu heaven, iu which we ean—from love or  inclination—mope aud poke about in^ juat as we are doing uow upon earth ?   There is doubtless darkness in tbe eternal world, but we will uot find it in tbat realm where we bave been flattering ourselves we would like to be when we get there.   Have
we been liuggiiig .the fatal.tinclion' tq our souls that we shall be <t&ing arid loving those things there, that we could not, or would not, love and do.in free¬ dom] heref Dp'we suppose wo Bljal! .be cogapelljgcU^^ Joyj^- ^« ^ iight^MaM^i on the other side of Jordan, when we have been spending all llio energies of our lives in groping about in tbe oppo¬ site element that ison this aide? " Can theEthiopeaii cbnngo his skin or the leopard hia spots?" These are ana¬ logues we cannot wel! ^resist when we rightly contemplate anything which God has created or made. There is nothing iu the visible world thatstanda alone and disconnected wilh the In¬ visible world, for .all the phenomena of lhe former are bnt cj)'ects which havo their origin or cauaea iu tbe lat¬ ter. Phyaical light waa not origiually given !us a simple element that was not co-rolaled with spiritual light which proceeded it; and whilst temporary darkness may legitimately supervene aa an evidence of the unavoidable ab¬ sence of light, yet that should be con- teinplated as a contingent means and notoaan ullimato or final entl. It is the invisible substance which consti¬ tutes the heart of the world, and " out of the heart arc the iisues of life," antl " the life is the litjhl thereof."
OjlANTKr.LUS.
THRItLING   CALIFOENIfl.   INCI¬ DENT IN 1849.
Spindle was   a   new   arrival.    Q'lie camp, with cnstoniaiy propriety,  hail dubbed him  thus, becauae he wtis so slim.   Ou thesame principle hia awk- wardnesaaoongave him notoriety. Nor tbis only: liko One-eyed Tom, Spindle had made one of the happiest liits of the ilay.     Yonng, pn.ssionatc,   elated beyond degree wilh the .splendor of his prospects, it was no surpriso that he sbouid court tbo favor of the pale-faced gamblers, who were the aristoerala of Uie camp.   Itwas no wouder th.'it tlicy sliould discover his weakness and de¬ termine to "salt" bim.   Play?   No, nn;   Spindle did not  play;   he only camo  in  to watch  the gamo; it was tiresome, sitting   there   in   lhe  lent, alone.    " Try it; donble your slake on ' threes,'triple it on  a 'full,'" .said a pleasant-faced   fellow,   who   w:ui juat rnUiiig iu a huudred  aluga or more. Spindle waa inclined lo lisleii.    "Toll you what you do," said the gambler, contiuning, "go me halves foran liour and see how you come onU"   Spindle did so.   At the eud of the hour he had won a "slake" of .several  thousand dollars.   .Spiudlo w.is  fnsuiiiated.    " I will donblo thia to-morrow night," said he, mentally, as he left Ihe gamblcia' tent,   lie doubled it.   " Thi.s muat ho tripled," said Spindle, asheaought the lent again, two nighia aflerward.   It was tripled.    " Spi ndle means to break, or he broken," said the hyslanders, one uight, ahout a week after his original veutnre.    " Look at the dust he ia bet-: ting."   He is, indeed, belting heavily. The rattlesnake has charmed him. Bet: afler bet, lill the v/inuingsof the h-eek have lelthim; betafterbet,lill ilsearn- ings are also gono—till the last "slug" is np, and he has but a simple "sight" for it.   Woo to him, for bu wilts 1   The tide is fiooding agaiu, and liipindle is even.   ".Safe, safe,"he iemarks,belting a iiuudred "aliigs'Jjis a"blind,j^mithe^ atreifgth of liia^couliilMice." One liy one the cards go round lo I ho play era. Spin¬ dle does not look al his, but gathers them under hia bniiii on the lable.    "I see your •blind" and go you a hundred betler." It was "KnKle-nose"who spoke —"Eagle-nose,  lho lucky."    .Spindle looks at his canls.   He has a first-class liaiiil—four queeiia and a king;   four aces only will heat him.   Engle-noae can have hut three of theae, for he saw oue of them on the bottom of the pack, as the gambler laid the cards on the ta¬ ble; tbe gambler meant that he should see it,    "I aee your bet, and raise yon a hundred better," reauondeil Siiindlo. Eagle-nose ia uncertain. He looks wist¬ fully at the gold, furtively at his antag¬ onist, aud very carefully at the cards iu his band,    " Ho waits, he weakens," aaysSpindle lo himaelf.   "I thought be was' blulllng.' "   Spindle does not see tbe .smile on the face of the bj'- staiider back  of the gambler, or   he would think difrerenlly.   Kising from the rough stool ou which heails. Eagle- nose steps baek in tbe tent, aud opens a strong wooden chest.   Two bags of dust aro taken fiom it, nnd the gambler ataggera under the heavy load, aa he briugs it  toward   the   table.    Spindle sees 11 $10,000 mnrk on each of Ihcm.— "Bet  you   tbom   'ere   thinga,"   aays Eiigle-nose, as he luys the two  bags with tho other gold.   It is now .Spin¬ dle's turn io hesitate.   Cun it be tbat lie has the other ace?   No, he will not think it; hut what sball be do?   He h.as nol money enough on hand to "call" him.    lie does nol wish lo do this;  it would be cowardly.   " Ha," .says Spin¬ dle, " I|liave it now; will bet iny claim and  the   few  thousand  I   have  left, agaiust his pile,  if  it   only   bo   large euough."   This ia to himself.   Then to Eagle-noso,   " What'a your  jiile ? "— " There are live more Imga iu the chest," .said   the gambler, quielly; "what do yon   do?"    " Uet  my  claim   agaiust yourjiile," said Spindle, iiiteu.sely ex¬ cited.    Tho bet was taken.    Spindle throw his curds ou tho table,wilh a half- paralyzeil moiion, und a face whiter thau tha lent above  him—four queens and a king.   Eaglc-iuise filed hia otr, one by one—three ticcs, u It ing and au uce.   Not a word was said  Ijy either; Spindle could not huve spoken, und Eagle-nose had no rouson for so doing. A fow minutes afterward,' the ruiued miner staggered blindly lo   the door <if the tent, passed out iuto the moon¬ light, aud tlie game wont on aa ever.
Half an hour later. Spindle sat iu hia tent ulone. Before him wua thoiiiclnre of a fuir, aweet fuce, that bad won hia love but a lew yeara back. Nobody sees him weep, while he watches Ihe play of light in its eloquent eyes. You could step in, and step heavily, loo, without startling bim. He is lost in reproach¬ ful thought, leading down to despair. All that he bad hoped lo do has van¬ ished. Last niglit, rich in gold; to¬ night, bankrupt. Wli.y should be live? He can hear the roar of the Yuba, aa il tumbles over Ibeclifronlyamile ahove him. He steps out iuto the open air; tlio cataract glimmers in the distance, and the sound of its waters snuthea anil faacinales bim. Nobody will misa him? why should he hesitate?
He moves toward it, with eager bound and determined purjin-ie. Up tbe rocky bill—up, up, up, till he standa on tho edge of the precipice, far above the fall. He looks at the white tents in tbe dis¬ tance; hate is blazoned ou every one of them. He looks at the wliite spray, fur, far lielow hiin; a iiuudred iilmntoius beseech him to come to them. A pause, for an instant ouly ; a whispered .somc- thipg—was it a prayer? A quick, terri¬ ble leap—theu, thesaiue, soft iiioonli!;bt asbefore.on the flower-clad hills around, on the wite tents ofthe sleeping camp, and on the whiter face of the cataract. —From " Rose's Bar," itl llie November Overland Monthly.
Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.
" Mias 'Violet, will you give this let tertoMra.MaItby?" ¦        < .ivJiii^^mjr/itgQhi^SiJt^r'idr^^ tefliiia, but I received the letter, and continued on my way to Mra. Maltby's dressing-room.
The drawings were little studies I had made while down at the seaside, where I bad speut my vacation, made for Mrs. Maltby—to whom I had been companion fora year—and Mrs. Maltby had been inlerested in them, saying: "Toucli lliem up a bit,'Violet, aud I will get a portfolio for lliem and keep them." I usually sat wilh her In her dressing-room through Ihe mornings, and thither I now repaired to touch up tliediasvinga.
I gave her the letter, nnd went to a low seat in the deep bay-window. I sliarpeued a pencil, and theu.happened to glance toward my companion.
Her face was ashy wbite. The letter was clenched in her haud. I had •brought her bad news.
I wna shocked, but silent. I tried to remember what I knew of her family relations. She waa a handsome, black- haired woman of flfty, who had been early widowed, and returned to her fatber'a house. Her parents were dead Her mother had died in her infancy, and she had been the mistreas of Bed- burn ever aince. It was not long, how¬ ever, since her father's decease. She had never bad a child. She had uo brothers ur sisters whom I had ever heard of.
I saw her burn tho letter, aud then she roso aud left the room.
A week passed. They were quiet and comfortable, but rather monotonoua weeks at Redburu.
We had compauy to dine. I was dressing her liair, as I sometimes did. iSuddculy, without k.-.ockingor warn¬ ing, the door was flung open, and a 3'oung man walked in.
I felt Mrs. Maltby start nnder my hands. I, myself, was frightened, the intruder looked so bold and reckless. ^ He was very haudsome, but be look-: ed to me lo havo been travelling long, or to have come out of somo revel.
Mrs. Maltby did notspeak to Itim. He .sealed himself before, and not far from, ber, however.
" Go on, Violcl," she said. " Certainly. Let Iho yonug lady jiro- ceed wilh lierta.sk," ho said. " WhatI huvo to .say need not interfere with her employijient. I uuderstaud that she ia your companion and confidante, though 1 have not bad the pleusurc of meoting her before.
"You refused roe," he said, in a far different lone from thnt in which be had first .spoken. " Certainly,'' she auswered. "Do you want my blond upon your head ?" he exclaimed.
•' I waabed my bauds clear of yon loug ago," she answered composedly.
He got UJl, and commenced walking the lloor.
" I tell you, Winfrcd, I muat imve this money," he said. " I must iiove it, and to-night."
Mrs. Maltb.y waa silent. I caught a glimpse of her face. Flint was not harder.
"Let me nave it, \Vinfred." hesaid, P.SHSif'.B, Ji^sXafe JieJL;_'.'_anil-iLi.pi om iee you liiat it shall bti the lust time." She mnde no reply. "Tbe last time. Imean it, Winfred," His  voice   faltered.      She   did   not apeak. "Will you?"
" No," she replied, with no emotion whatever. " I told you, more than a year ago, that I should pity no more debts of yours. I meant it; .you knew that I meant it. I have given you fair warning. I shall not change. I have done my duty by you, Guy—yon know thatI have."
" Yes, you have been just—but you have uever been merciful," he replied. "Oh, God;" He flung np his arms with a bitter cry, that wrung my heart. I looked ut her. No, she did not re¬ lent or go to him. He had flung him¬ self into a chair, uud with his head dropped iu his anna folded upon the back, waa the molt hopeless figure I had ever seeu.
Hn gave a groan, and started up sud¬ denly. He remained but a moment longer. Wrapping hia cloak about liim, he gave lier one look of reproach, aud left the room. I looked wistfully at Iier; she did not speak to me, aud I, too, went away.
Sho wna ill the next day, but on lho day following sho appeared much as usual.
Of all that I thought and felt I, of course, said nothing. The matter was no affair of mine. I understood that the two were brother and sister—that the young man waa named Gay Sed- ley—that he was dissolute aud in dis¬ grace, thnt Mrs. Maltby had taken care of him in boyhood, butnow ignored the relationship. I was iu no way allow¬ ed to learn any more.
But on that second nigbt I was awakened by alight shining into my chamber,
Jt was something unusual, for tho little clock on the mantle waschiming twelve.
Afler a moment I slipped out of bed and glided toward the door. Tlie long, embroidered folds of my night-dress tripped me, but i made no noise with my bare feet upon tlio deep velvet of the carpel. I don't know whom I ex¬ pected to see—certainly not Guy Sed- ley, kneeling beforo a sundal-wood chfist,wilbpupcrsstrewn arouud him on the floor. A taper, burning in its silver sconce upon the wall, showed his face perfectly cool aa bo went ou searching for something.
He mustbavo come tbrough my room to reacli this apartment, for it had no opening but iuto my chamber. ¦ I waa aware that the papers In the chest wero v.iluable—thnt there was money placed tliere. I aaw that he waa robbing hia aister.
I saw, too, a dirk-knife ou the floor, close at hia side. »
I looked at him an instant—then glidetl forward, snatched the knife,and leapt hack to llie door.
I was mistress of Ihe siluatiou, for I had come from behind him, done all as iu a flash of light, aud as he rose to his foet I stood Willi my back lo tho closed -door, with a calmness that showed it was uot my inteuUon to immediately arouse tbu house.
With apiesence of mind equal to my own, he pnt the roll of bills he had been aearcliiug for into the fob of his waistcoat, and wilh a glittering eye re¬ garded mi! speculatively. I waajjclile, aud I haii nobscreamed. I kuow now, that he was not much afraid of me.
"You have been robbing your sister," I said, " bnt if you will put the money back I will let you go."
His intent altentiou of mc ciianged lo a look of wonder.
" You cliild, are you  not afraid of rae?" ho asked. " No," I anawered, truthfully. " I watched you in your sleep, a mo¬ ment ago, debating   whether  it were necessary to kill yo u or not." "You must have been glad io finl
ary.     Put tho ify.   " I will mur-
tbat it was money backi'-!'!' .  " No," he iaiil der you first.?'     "
iJ>onii^ii)<i>'|>)[^|PI^I, " I am your ^siras'si^^foryou that'-d^." He did not speak, but a troubled look disturbed the pale fixedness of his face. "How much money havo you there?" I asked. " One hundred dollars." "Andyou ueed it very muclt ?" " Very much," lie replied," with a bitter smile.
"Pleaseput it bask," I said.   "She has been just to you, I would like to be merciful.   I will giveyou the money." " Youf"
" I iiave it—yes—have it in m.v room. Let me show you."
I flung open tbe door, went to my writing desk, and came back.
"These I wlil giveyou freely," I said, opening tho roll. "You said lo her that it should be the last lime, nnd I hope—"
Ue had taken the bills inlo his hand, looking at them iu a kind, unbelieving way.
" You may hope that you have saved me," he said, in a low voice. We were silent for a moment. "You know now that I was very sorry for you," I said, with tears in my eyes.
" Yea," lie said gravely, " and I love you for it."
He put Mra. Maltby'a mouey back and re-arranged tbe chest. I begun to listen, nervously, for voices ubout llie house, hut all was very .still. He lock¬ ed tbe chest and gave mc the key. " You know wliere it is kept?" "Yes; in a drawer in her dreaaing- room." I wondered how he had got it. " Hurry, and get away."
"There ia no danger; I paved my way carefully. Pure, bravo little girl, careleaa you are for yourself!"
He looked at mn earnestly, as if ho wislied to carry away a clear memory of my features, theu wrapped his cloak about him, flung up the saslj, and leuii- ed soundlessly out into the durkne.as.
I extinguished the taper and crept back to bed. I did not hear a .sound about the liouse until daylight.
A year later I was the niistiess of Bedburn; the beautifnl lioii-.i', lhe .'•pn- cious grounds were all mine. Mrs. Maitb.y had died und bcqiieuthed them tome.
I wns youug; I wus fond of gayety; T had now the uieniis at my disposal:!, Every summer my house wa's1[fillcd fl'itlt guests.   In  the wintei   Iwas in New York or abroad.      ' ~
Three yetirs pa.sseil. 1 h.id nevci heard a word of Guy Scdley, wheii,i one duy the Bromle.v3, of New York, who were coming lo visit mc, asked leave to liriug a friend ; I extcudeil tbe solicited invitation, and Guy .Sedlcy camo.
It waa a shock, but ho ,i.ive no lokeu of Hie past. Beelaimed Horn hi-i eiiors, he waa su refined ami manly that bo was tbe most dislinguished of my guests.
I loved him, but I thought, "he iiiust hate me, the n.surpei of bis estate. He is poor bocauso 1 liavo his'palii- nione.v. I have no right to Uedburn, and I will not keep it. I will givo it baek to him." ~"Ah. opporfuriit.v ^am? ou the terrace oue bright eveuiiig.', I went and took a seut iie.ir him.
"How lovely luis vie>i" is!" lie ex¬ claimed, pointing ton .ml tbo distant hills.
"Yos, and yon shall \\\i\\ foi j-our right no longer, Mr. Sedley. Bodliiii ii ia yours, 1 have no claim to it." He dhl not spenk, and I went on : " Your "ister was jnst; and she would have made you tbe heir if she hud liv¬ ed to see you what you ai o to-day."
"But it was your inoicy, not lior jus¬ tice, Misa Seeley, that saved me. Violet, I love you, nnd I tvill lake iledburn with your hand, not else."
I put my hand iu limliusLing him, loving him utterl.y, and jiroud, very proved, to make him lbo niastei of Redburu.
FIRE AND EAIN.'
Thirty yeara ago, Mr. Epsy, a philo¬ sophical American, ingeniously at¬ tempted to account, Jn^a^ciMfific man¬ ner, fbr the theory that greatftres are a cause of rain. His belief was that no¬ thing but nn immense fire was necessa¬ ry to bring down rain, in an artificial manner, and that, therefore, at tbe cost of a few thousand dollars in the way of fuel, a rain might he caused to fall worlh millions in a time of drought. He hud noticed that, after the burning of forests and prairies, there usually waa a heavy, fall of ruin, aud he be¬ lieved tli.it the frcfjuent showers in Loudon aud other great cities bad a similar origin. It had been noticed, long ago, that rains were supposed to be drawn down by great battles (said to be by the concussion in lite air by can¬ nonading), and it has long beeu believ¬ ed that tbey were also induced by vol¬ canic eruptiona. It was noticed that the burning of large tracts of heather in Scotland had generally been followed hy rniu. In nn extant letter, dated Angust 1, IKjO, from the Earl of Pem¬ broke to the High SheriflT of StaflTord- abire, staling that tbe King (Charles I was about passing tbrough tbatcount,y, it was staled that, aa tbe burning of fern was reputed to cause rain, ho de- aired tliat the practice might be dis¬ continued during the visit of the King, so "that the couuiry aud himself might enjoy fair weather aa long as he remains iu these parts." The late con¬ flagration in Chicago broke out on the night of Sunday, October Sth, raged all the next day, aud uutil an early hour on Tuesdaj-, the lOtb, when, the report says, " a heavy ftrc fell, extinguishing the flames."
He ifAD KO FEKLlNfJ.—A mull was sick wilh rhenmatiam, and a fellow went round to the professors and lold them it wns the queerestcase on record. He suid tbe man bad no feeling. You conltl slick a pin iu his body und he paid no ulteution tu lliem ut ull. Ue waa perfectly numb. Bo the doctors got together, und called un the sick muu to experiinc'iil.. All arrived with pins aud needles and budkius. Tlieman waa :i.-<loep, uud thoy nil goturound him and e.icli one stuck his piu iulo the patient. The man rolled over and looked at lho ciond, and'thought they hud como to dissect liim, so ho took a chair iu one liaud and a bed posl ill the olber, anil diovc the ciowd thence. They are uow aimiiid with tbeir heada lied up looking ftii.ibf mau,who .said Ihesick man liad iro'fei.liiig.
LEaAL  NOTICES.
ATDITOB'S   NOTICE.
Estate of Maria Flowers, late of Eph¬ rata twp., Lancaater co.. Pa. THE TMAMstisiird Auditor, appointed to distribute the balance remaining In the hands of William Becbtel, Administrator of Kstate, to and amoug tbose legally entitled thereto, will sit for that purpose at the Public House of Martin Grooa, lu the village of Kphrata. on 8ATUBDA'r, NOVEMBER 25th, 1871, at I P. M.. where all persons Intorestedln said distribution may attend.
SAMUEL H. PRICE, nov ltd ,511 Auditor.
ADMIMISIKA-I'OR'S NOTICE.
Eatate of John K. Harman, Iateof Con¬ estoga township, deceased.
LETTER-S of Administration on said estate bavint; been granted to the underslRned, all porsons Indebted thereto are reqnested to make Immediate payment, nnd those h.iving claims or demands ngalnst thn estate ofthe decedent, will make the snino known to them without delay.
CABPER Hn.LEB. Conesloga townsliip. R. W. Shenk, Attorney. nov 1 flt-ol
EXECUTOR'S XOriCE.
Estateof George Hauck, late of Man¬ heim towuship, deceased. LETTER-S TeEtamenlary on said eshile liaviui; been i;ranled to the tiudcrsigned, all persons Indebted thereto are requosted to make Immediate payment, and those havluj; claluas or demands against Ilie same will pre¬ sent them for settlcuieut to the undersigned, residing in said townsbip.
MICHAELS. HAUCK, ELIZ-IBETU H. UAUCK, nov l-G»l-jl Exeeutuis.
ACCOCJJTS OFTBCST ESTATES, AC.
rnHB accounts ofthe followlnc named estates J.   will  be presented for conflrmatlon on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27tb, 1871: David M.   Holton,  trust estate,   Alexander
Holton, committee. Aaron Quod, assigued estate, E. G. Groff, et al.
assignees. Obarlos Krelg, assigned estate. Geo. Levan
etal. assignees. Jeremiaii  Kepperling, a.ssigncd estate, Jno.
M. Stebman, assignee. Sahiuel   Krelter,  as,ilgned  estate,   Jno.   M.
.Stelimau, a,4slgnce.
W. D. STAUPPEIl, I'noruoNoTOttY'a Ofi-'ice, 1
October 30tn, lS7l.f sep 1 td 31
MISCELLANEOUS.
1871!
1871!
Skltz & Bro„
1^ THEIR NEW A.ND KT.K«.\NT MTOHF,
Jio. ;U & XX (new) N. <lnecii S«.,
OLD  NO. 20!.
FINA2JCIAL.
OPRING STi'LE.S NOW.KE-VllY, CING   ALL   TUE   NOVELTIES SEAJJON. ; '¦¦'  -' •
CM bra:
OF   TIIE
OFFICE  OP
JACOB B. LONG,
WOTE, GOLD, BOHD AHD SIOCK BEOKEIi,
No. 10 NORTU QUEEN .STREET,
Adjoining Assessor's OIIIcc, over Drug .Sloro
of Jno. F. LongAIjon.
r OAN.S AKD COMMERCIAL PAPER NE- lj OOTIATED.
aoVKU:4.MKNT nONPfl, GOLD..TLVERand (Ji.iLIl CliUl'ONS, lioUOIITAND HOLD AT .MAItlCfcT ItATPX .¦ITMCICS   ANU     BIINaS    OF   EVERY   DE-
 lOitiprioN   luiuuiir   and  koi-u o.v
CO.M.MIS.SION.
Being ill constnnt Telepraplih: rnnimnnica- tlon Willi lhe Now "i'ork aiock Iloiinl. I nm pi-epareil lo oirer psnifs onoratiiig in l-:toclts niilimili-d nioillllcs. Tl':i.KOUAI'Ill(;    tlUOTATIONS    OP    ALL
TIIE     I.EAUI.Sti      STiiCKhi     RECEIVED
HOURLV. LIUKItAL   AllVANCEiS   AT   ALL   TIMES
MAllH iJI'lIN bTOCICS   ll.VVING A MAR¬ KET VAI.UK LdCAL .s 101 ;k.«,SUCH  A.S   BANKS. INSIf-
RANCK,      TUItM'lKE,      AND       OruKU
MociCM r.ouoiir ai- hest i-itirE.
DRAF1'.S   ON   ENULANli, IRELAND AND
.SCO'l'I.AND.
^p('CiIll iiltoulion i'/ivi'ii lo mnj:in;{ Invcsl- inonl, tiiid (•\<'lr,ii;;iii4 Oovoriiiiient lloniis now (lne. for oilier iinino iuvesliii,-nl Si-i-nrl- tics. any of which I .¦uu pii-i,,-trt-tl lo iitniisli at suh.-oiipiioi, prices lri;e of ironiinissioli.
The attoitl lull of psri ies ilt-si ring tooxcliansc tilt^irOoveriinielit Uonds t<t illroelcd lo tlioad- viinlsge reiailting from uu e'xcliunge for those of tho BOllLISOTON. CEDAR BAPIHS AND .MIN-
NMSlVrATOGOLl). Uune 10If3U  ItneplOll
AUDITOR'S   NOTICE.
Estate of Jacob Fritz, late of East Done¬ gal township, deceased. THE undersigned Audllor, aiipointed todis- tilhilte tho balanco reiiiitinlngln thehands of Uoorgo Long, adiululstralor of said doceius- od, to and among tboso lugally entitled to the same, will attend lor that purpose on TUE.S- DAV. tho -Jist day of NOVEMBKR, A. D. IS71, at il o'clock, A. M., at his ofllcQ In tho borongh of Mount Joy, lu tbe couuty of Lancaster, wbereall persous interested insald distribu¬ tion may atlend. JOHN II. :^E|jLEK, Oct ¦2.1 td CJ Auditor.
AI>.HISiIS'ruAT«ll-S NOTICE.
Estate of John 1'. Kopp, late of Tjan¬ caster cily, deceased. JF.TTER4 of Adiiiiiilslratlou on said eslalo i haviug been graiileil to the uuderslgned, all persous Indebted thereto are requesled to ni.'iso imuiedlute payuieul, and those having clalois or demands aguinst tlte eslato of tUi docodont. will make thesamo known to them without delay. W. B. WILEY,
Adminlstralor. No. 19 North Dnke St., Laucast*»r. oct il Ct 50
OurHele.'tinu or the Spring Trade surpasses
iu Elegance of Deslj^il and Finish anything
heretofore oU'ered to onr Patrons.
Oentleineit's Fine I*rc.<i.s
SILK  HATS
EA.SY PITTraO AND VI'.N'I'Tf.ATf.N'G A  NPEC'IAI.ITV.
We are prepared toolTercxIra luiincements to all who favor us with a call..    ' PRICE.S REDUCED TO CONFORM TO THE TIMI«.
SHULTZ & BRO.,
NO. Sf. A :tX X. tlVKT.y .HT.,
  LANCASTER. PA.
BANK E Ii S
H.AVK FEEMOVEn TO 'ntli^IK NEW RANK¬ ING JIlllJMK. N. E. A.NOI.:-: OK CF-NTUi?; KtiUAltK. liANCArtTI-^t, Va.
SI'iCCrAJjuUtjniUiii iilv»:n iinhc jMirciir.SD td Uovci'iitnctiL ]:<»r>ft.Hiii)it SrctirltifH. l)r:i\vKlllH .»r Kxcliunj-c vu Kii^Munil, Jn- land. i''rjiin-e, O'lrnntny, (.*rp.
Huy anil «i;Ii OoIil uud Knver.and will rfinI:o :iilvjtricn.s on nppiuvi-il .sociiriileK.
(JtirjionitiotiH, Kirnis, ur ininvlilil:tI.(|l;Tptn'4 Iholr iircouiiiH u'illM!.-t, win be aMuwCil luttri- fcijLtlf ^o(Il¦pu.*'(lC¦(l): •4 piircriil,. 1 iiKUiLli.l.T pr-r CRnt. (J inonlh.s.
¦t'.4^_  •*     ::     "     )»,'.; .  ••    i-i     •• iairij tf n
rCJ^'JH
Goliiiiibia Dcpojiit; Bank,
He •.\as sit-
Old-Uncle H. was a .se.xton, and a good deal of a wag. A friend meeting biiii one morning said :." Doctor B. dead." "Yos," leplied tbe old grnve- diggei, " and ita a liad business for rae; be sent me morn balf my customers." Untie II. li\cd to be over eiglily .years old, but wjla full ol jokes to tbe last. One dny in bis later y«ir.s, meeting an a'equaintauce wbo waa leading a borse wlibsebroken-dowu condition indicated greater lengtli of yeaia tliau bis owner was willing to acknowledge, be stopped sbSrt, and looking eirneatly at t!io ani- lu'nl'said: " I bate tbat horae, aud f al- wayi bated hira." " Wlij' so ?" said its owuer. "Recajue he hit meiohen I teas a boy^and I bavenated him eversinee!"
Witb « hat ardent love ought we to regard the woid of God as our eulight- eniug in-itiuctor and regulator. It ia neces'-aiy lo receive, retain and im¬ prove it as a poweiful means to pre¬ serve ua fiom fleshly lusts, v.-hich war against both bod.v- anil aoul. But ter- iible and f.itnl snares aro the flattering words and looks of wicked and light women. It is impos-,ible to avoid de¬ struction ifoiice we are entangled by thcni. And itissbockiugthatso many indulge themselves lu a crime so infa- nions and destiuclive.
KXI'X'IITOR-N NOTK^K.
Estate of William   F. Miller, late   of Iiancaster cily, dec'd.
IETTEIW Testamentary on said esiate ..haviULf been granted to tlte uudersigued. all persons ilidrjuted tliereto are requested to make immedlato paynient. aud tlioseliavlu<{ olalnis or ilouiautls ugulnst the same will present tlieiti I'or settleiiiont li, tliu uuder¬ sigued, residing iu said uity.
C. 0. IIEKR, 'Ocl!!l 01-19 Execuior.
A)iniTOIC-.S   NOriCE.
Estate of John Swelgart, late of Earl
township, dec'd. fnHSunderslgned Auditor, appointed Io dis- X trihule the balance remivinlngIn the bauds of Charles wu-elEart and Jacoh S. t*hirls, ad- ininlstralors,;to and among thosetlegally enti¬ tled tu thesu lue. will Bit for that purpose on •lUESDAV, NOVEMBER H,li>7l, at IU o'clock A. AL, In the Library Kuom of the Couit -House, lu tho Clty^^of Laucasier, Iwheru all peisnlis iutci-estcil In said dictributiou may attend.
IS. FRANK E.SHLEMAN, octlS-Itll) Audiior.
— Mark Twain tells a capital story. Here is one of his beat:   One day when I and my brother went into the woods, he shot a chicken-hawk and a crow, and while wo were lolling in tbe ahade under a tree, he pulled the tails out of the birds, and tlicn fooling round and talking, he finally built the crow's tail into  tbe  chickBii-hawk'.a   transom.— Wben wesaw what a neat job it was, we thoHght we would keep ic.   When we got home, we were late for supper, and we juat dropped it on tbe porch and  rushed  in.   We  had a   sort   of sneaking hope that the old mnn  and ourunclewould get bit with it any¬ way, because they were always potter¬ ing over geology or natural histor.y, or aomething they did not know anythiug about.   While wo were at supper, they came along and found the bird, and we heard tbem discussing it, and talking all   kinds   of iLStonlahment-.   Directly the old man came in, -having the bird by tlie leg, and s.iid:   "Koi's,  wliere did you gel Ibis bird?"   " Shot him in the woods, sir."   "Did you ever come acro.ss any other birds liko tbia, liere?" "No, air; tbis ia tlie first."    "Boya, do you know what you  bave done?— You have di.scovered something  tbat will make you  known  everywhere.— Tbe bird ia a new specie.a."   Aud be walked out, and we heard bim  and uncle conclude tbat they would  label it witb their own names, and send  it to Profeaaor Hagenbaum, at Albany.— Pretty soon, tbongli, the old man  took hold of the tail and pulled it out, and we heard both of tbem swear a little.— When we came out tbe bird was lying on one side of tbe fence and the tail on theother.   We did not dare to laugb, nor to let on about overhearing their talk, eilher.   But about a month after thia, yiere came along one of the rnt- tieatspeci mens ofa boy you ever saw, and wanted to stay with  ua.   He waa all raga and tatters, aud tired out wilh ruuning away from his master some¬ where.   His shirt waa hanging at half- maat through hia trowsera, and two- thirda of tbe tail of it was a piece of blue flannel that had been sewed on.— While the poor fellow was eating hia dinner, uncle aud the old man  were studying what they had belter do wllh him.    Aud  Iinally  tbey   aaid:    " By George! tliey did not know what to do witli him."   Just tbenthoboy ro.seand swung bis colors iuto view, and brother Bob aaid:   "Father, you might iseud him to riofesaor Hngenbanm, at Al¬ bany."   It waa the first time the old man knew we had overheard tho talk, and .so be whaled us both.   He suid: " I will learn you to play jokes on j'our old father."
A f.irinerin the Empire State is at- tenVptiiig to establish tho faet that ani¬ mals pan live without water. Some time in June last ho put iu au enclosure a number of hoga and a small calf. Noilber the liogs nor the ealf have had any waler during the entire period, and yet, strange to aay, tliey are all as fat as moles, aud arc in an exceeding thriving condition.
Anuri'<»H'.s NO'iTor.
Estate of Christian ICilliefner, late of East Earl township, deceased.
THE undersigned Auditor, appointed liy the Orphans' Court of Lancaster county. Pa., to distribute tho Imiauce reinaininglntliohauds of Daniel S. Geist aud George Do flavcn,'E.\o- ontor8*'or UhB last will ol salil deiteased, lo and among tbose legally entilled to tlie same, will attend lor that purpose on WKDNKa- D.\Y, NoVE.MBEB 15,1871. at Kl o'clock, a. m., in the Library Itoom of t,lie Court House, lu tile Cit.v of LttuciLiIer, where all psrsons In¬ terested in snld distrlhntion may u'Lenil. UEOROE NAU.MAN, oetlSlt-IO  Anditor._
K.VKCCTOK'.S NOTICE.
Estate of Joliu Frilz, late of West Earl township, dec'd.
IETTER.S Testamentary on said ostale jhavlngbceu granti-d to the oudersigned, all persons iudebtod thereto are requested lo make Immedia'.o pa.r]Ueut, and those having claims or deuiands against tlio sumo will pre¬ seut Ihem for settlement to the nndelslgued. residing Iu .Said townsliip.
ABM. U. MilEinLV, Residing iu Upper Leacooit twp. OCIJ9 u*t-19
m iieici iiiB!
1»RICJG, .^5.*50.
THEAMKRIOAN WAHHEKSAVES JIONEY T1MEANI>UHUL>CJEUV, Ttio  KrttiKu*! ol*   Wushl!!^ iJuy no LonKur Drended, but Economy, J-.Hit.'ieiji-\-. lUnI (^leaii Cloilitnf;, Hurt'.
In <-:lltUig pul>Uc :iHi'iiVinn ;o VnU lil'.lo mucliino, )i fou'ol' tho invfiiiMhii! ijUHiints, (nMLp.ise.-i.sGil hy uny ullu-i- wiishiiti; muclihic yeliuvfiiln'-tjiire liure c-nniinTiilcij.
Jt In Uh: Muinllu.'d, lunsL coinpitcl, iiiust pi>r- tabli', nio.sL sliiii>I(' Iil );«ni?.inii;iloM, initMi ed.sily Op(!ruli;il. A child tonye:ir.s old. Willi ii few hours' pruclice.euu thnionglily rompie- liend iiinl cilVtmniHy use ii, 'i'ljci-u Is ni> sid- jtistinjf. noKcrews ionmioy,nodol:iy iniiilnpt- lii;;! It i.H aiu-jiys rendy Jor uhhI Jl Js :i perlecL U'onder! It l.s ji ininjiitun! hIuuI, doing inorc work nnd oi'iibccierqimliiy.Lnnu tlio most ciaUovHtc und custlyi oue-iinii oi tbe liiUor is fully Kuved by lis u.se, und Mie cloLliH u-ni Inst urie-liiiir luu;:(^i' limit bv Iht; old plan ofthe rub board. Jtwill wo.sii lhe hirgt^tjtblnnket. Threwshirlsutn tlini-, wa^ib- in^ thoroughly! Jn ii word,thu sibiuiinii ol any rubric, iroin ii <luilt to ii Linui Curinin iir Cambric Hand'<eiehi(-i; are L-qnulIy witbin thecapuclly of ihi.s J..rrrL.E UKM ! ft can be fu.'fieDcd to any tub uud lakeu olfnt wtll,
i\o inal ter how deep rooied ii prcjudict- mav exlRUiKHlustWtUihiitKMHchinc.slnenioinenL tills little iniichluc is Keen loperlurm tin wuu- duis.Hlt tlouULs of ils elpnnsing elUtacy iind utility iirubunlKhcd.and tl)«* doubter anddti- tructoratoi'ce become Ihe fast Irieiidsof''-v iDHClilne.
We havo testimonial.^ witJiont cnd,sctilii'» forlh Us numerousadvantu^'ea overall oiiier-s and from bnndreds wlio imve ihrown ;.sidt' the unwieldy,u.sele!>s niachnii'!':, which b!»ve .si,t;niilly failed lo atcoinplisb the object proni- ived 111 proniiucut anrl h>ud sounding adver- tLstmeut;;.
Jtis as perfect for wa.slilncr Jisa wrin-jc-r N Ior wriiiyinij. The price, auolher pTiraui'.uul indncemiMilto purclitisers, hi.s bi;eii phiceil ko low tbat it is within the reach oi ^vcrv bou-^e- Iceeper and tliero Is no arlielo (d iloiDcslic economy iliai will repay the sm'jili invtst mcnt.su soon.
&S.SO.
AU mat is nsK.,.1 I'.ir this UIIKAT L.\l!l1ll
SAViCK, is a'I'air Iiial.    Wu iruaranli-.. e:	
luacliino lo do its work perfcctir;
Sole Agi-:>ts fohtiik Ukitko Kiwriis, A. II. F«,*]VCI.SC'JIS A CO.. Sl» jtlarUct Mrce«. t*lii!;».,»»;., Tbe largest and ciieapcst WOOOliN w'AItW HOUSE in tho UnUed .-iUites.    Oiui-ao.lm-c
c'»c.v.i!i:i.i, IM.
:   KIllECl'OltS:;:;:,;: Kdward IC..Smilh,    . }    llaniel II. Uelwller, Iiutil ,M. rToi'tll,       .^    .   Hoioinoufl. UetwIU-r
Ileury N.lCehler,;;
«tf- Who are i-espoi:'sihI»> foriill liabilities of I !   Ibis liank. , ,
The   CJ»lii:juI)i:i  Scjiosit, ISanU
Pays Iuierest ou llcposlls as fcllows: For      \ c:: :: .Monlhs, a    i'er cent.
••  r.,   I ft i".      •• ^i,:
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OM money deposiled subject to clieili iM, at the rale ol',| p.,,r cent, pi
haliinci
Intor-
iiutini
reiuaijiini;
AnM(XIS'I'KAT<kn°N A'OTIUK.
Estate of J-ieab McMulliii, late of Cou¬ estoga townsbip, deceased. IBTTElW or Admlulstralion on said Es- j tatu having been granted to tho uudcr- si-'nod. all persons Indebted thereto are re- iiuosted to make iiiiineiliale payment, and tiiose liavini; claims or deuiands ai;aliist the same will present thein for settlement lo the undcrsiaiiud, residing lu West Lampeter towuship.
JOHN nOHRER oct 11 (it 13 Administrator.
wlii ho iiilo»-e.l ou the I'non lime to nine.   .
TlieEuslncss or tho IJsnk is lo UUY ANU Sj;i,l, UllNlXS M¦r^)UK^!, C!ljVi;itN.Mhj\'l' .Sl:iJUIllTIF,S ANI) GOLD. A.VU UIKCOUNT l"ltOMI!?Sl>ltY >.OTi*> A.M) I;ll,l,a, and traiisacta General Uankliit; Uilsiiioss.
aii!!l2 ly u-j O.K. Ol'.AVillLL, Cashier
iAfe Jliai.«jiirati«<.- f.'tuztpnii'y
Qf I'llILAUKLPilJA.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, l're.sideut.
J. B. WIL.SON, ar.erctary.
aitOWTU 01' THIi .'.MISillCAN.
ISIill, Doc. Ml,
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l,Sfi7,
No.rollcie.s.
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1,120
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Aml.Insnrcd. $ l,liyO,-1.50 OU
i,a)fi,oco 00 I8,sii,.n.?i 0.1
24,7.5S,Wil 5»
Tbe successful men of tbis world are not tliose wbo go off nt full gallop, but if I may use racing pbraseology, tliose who "stay." It often bappens that those whose early career is slower and gentler thnn tbat of otbers, exhibit a greater amouut of mind, and tougher staying power, and come iu at tbe win¬ ning-post at laat.—Huxley.
A negro wonian was relating her e.'c- perience to a gaping congregation of color, aud amoug other thiugs she said she had been in heaven. Oue of tbe ladies asked her: "Sisler, did you see any biaeUsiu heaven?" "Oh! gitout! you s'pose I go iu de kitcbon when I WHH dar '*"
KXECUTOn-.S   NOTICE.
Estate of I'Vedeiick Uoller, late of Lan¬ caster Gity, deceased. LETTERS testamentary on said estale hav¬ ing heen granted lothe undersigned, 11. persous Indebted thereto aro retiuested to mako immediate payineut, aud those having claims or demands iiij;ainst the estate ot tlie decedent, will make tiio same kuowu to tbem wltiiout delay.
UisN,rA.\IIN SCHAUBEL, Executor, Kesldlng ill Colnmbia Avenue, oct II lit IS Lancaster CitJ-.
TO AD.VIIVISXKAT01CS
GUARDIAN.S,   ASSIGNEES,    &c.
APKA(^"IC.4L Guide to Adnilnistr.ltors, Guardiaus, aud Assignees, containing full and cnmpieto instruetioos for tbo settlement of estates; together with all Ilio neccs-sary furms,expianationsanddlrectlous. PriceSL.'iu
AT
J. M. westhabpfee's
CHEAf BOOK STOKE,
So. U Corner of N. Qneen nnd Orange street aprjll"- tf
JOHN BAER'S SONS,
B00KSKLLER3 aud STATIONEHS
NO. 10 NORril CitTEKN" STRHin', LANCASTEK, PA., Invite altontion to Ihelr "Jtock of
IncludlQi?   Leds**rs,{ Day ^Mook-j,   Mcmorm- dums, P.1SS Boot", Ao
WRITINQ PAIJ'JlRS,
Poolacnp, Legal Caps,'HUii Papers, Nule Pa¬ pers, flat Ciipi*'^itc. -
i   'iPt.
ENVELOCES,    -
1  -,, >''«»¦ \ It, Canary,  Orangi*,   Wliile,   EIi'Sii   'lint I.lunlll i, .(<,.% ^     -
QUARTO BIlJIiES,   . At all prices, to bult*'every oue.
THR AMKiUOAN
I.csuesPoiielesoh all desirable plnii,s, al low r.'ttrs, and lor secnril.v and (trf»iuplne,is in mci-tinir Io.s«esisni,siiriut.si:eilliy:'iiy ronipaiiy in Ihe United «Iait-..^.
IiO.\K11 OP TRU.'iTKE.S.
nn.-!..rAMi^;S I'lil.l.Ol.'K, E.i-Oov. of PBnn'a,
IJilTCIOi I!. .K. .Mint, J. EiXfAltril.l.MMJS, rresliicnt Penn'a R.r..
'J:ts Solll ll Third St.
fjl-;'>:ii.li'; NiJtiliNT, Gcnllunriu, residence Cormattlowli.
Al.iiKUl' i:. UIJiinETa.PresidvUtF.-inrlu Na¬ llonal Haul;.
I'll 11.11' IJ. .Ml.N<lLI!,.=lced .M;r.:hanl,Ill3 >.I.ir- l:i!t street.
nos. ALK.'C. O. CATrKI.L.IJ.H.Senntor, Mcr¬ chanl,,::; Koilh Wnlorsl.
ISA,\C IIAZLi-;iIlIii--iT, Attoreey-nt-Lnw, iKiS Walniil St.
L. Jl. Wllll.LIlIN. >lerclianl.'.'ilauU 22 Soulh l-'mai. nt.
llF.NltY IC. EK.N'NETT, -Vorchant, rt'-Sonlh Konrlhst.
Gi^liItGE W. TIII.L, l'ro»id.-Kl Heveulh Na¬ llonal Haul;.
IAME.S L. CLAGliOUN, President (.'orarner- ciiii Njilioiiai U'liilr.
JOii.'i W.lNAMAKi:i:, i;aic Uoll Clothing lionse,^. i-:. coni.T.-ilxlIi ami Market sts., a od .sis and ^^-t) l.^liestni.t st.
HiB-lvsepSltr
II. H. OAKA, .Agent, OtV,; IC. Kiagst..l.uiicaster.
A little boy, wbeu asked by a lady if he studied hard at aehool, said, "I don't hurt myself at it!" "Ah," said tbe lady, " you must study bard, or you'll never be President of tbe United suites." ""No, ma'm" cried the boy, " but r dou't expect to be—I'm a Uemo- crat."
PROPESSIONAL.
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p. ntMENMII.I.F.B. Jk..
ATroBNKy AT IxiW. No, 18 Nortii Duke Street. 41 tf
JF.FIlUEArPF, ATl'OllNEY-AT-LAW,
OlUce, Colunihiu, Fu.
[fobll l»y 1.1
EFUAKIl EMIII.KIIASr, _ Ari'OKNKY-AT-L.\W,
Omco Willi I. K. Hiesler, street, Laucaster, Pa.
No. ivi Noi til JlnUe [ilec2Jly7
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Here is a good oue ou the "tatur bugs:" Three men were comparing notes. Ono aays, " Tbere is two bugs to every stalk. A second one says, " They have cut down my early crop, and sitting down ou tbe fence waiting for tlielatecrop tocomeup." "Pshaw," said the third, you don't know any¬ thing about it. I'pBBsed a seed store theother day, and the bugs were look¬ ing over the booka to see who had pur¬ chased eeed potato^."
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Coiupluiu not of tlie shorliiessof life, but employ that time usefully.
One grea!t secret of a physician's skill con.'iiaU in the allowing of bis paLiunIs to get well.
A humorous apothecary in Boston exposes a oake of soap iu bis sbop wiu¬ dow, wilh the pertinent inseriptiou, " Cbeaper tlian dirt."
A fashionable mamma's advice to a married datigbter, Kever take your husband lo an evening party; there is nothiug tbat is always so much in the way.
What is lhe difTeience between the manner of death of a barber and a sculptor? One curls up and dies, und the other makes faces and busts.
A western editor has been sent abroad by his subscribers on account of ill- health. Tbe tirst instance of the kind ou-record.
" It may be a matter of consolation to a woman who bas buried her hus¬ band, that she knows where he is at nigbl-s," says an exchange. How dots she kuow that?
Au old lady who sawa noticeof "The Dead lilarch in Saul," said, "'Well, I declare to a man, ef I ever knew tbat tbedead marched iu Saul, or anywhere else."
Susie, darling," .said a mother to her little daughter of flve summers, " what would you do witbout your mamma ?'= "I'd put ou just such a dress us I pleased every day," was tbe afTectionate reply.
Au old bachelor aaj's he would uot object to boarding houses if there waa no piano there, but he says tbe prac¬ tice of poeple's practicing for seven hours out of tbe twelve on a piano wbere the walls are scarcely lliicker than a sheet of note paper. Is more than haman nature.can endure.
AI.I-LlkANnEK II, IIUOD, .VlTOUNKY AT LAW, Olllce, No. 9 I'ourt Avenue, West side of Court Houso. Jun ¦!-> t*f .-W
DMf. P,\TI'I}ltN«>N, A-noKNEY AT LAW, Uioi removed bis ollico to No.titj KastKiug-St,
apl 15      i.Y-'im-ar
BIBLES AND,TES,TAMENT3
Fur.'Sunday-Schools and sluily.
I
:SUNDAY-SCtCOOL L1BR.\UIK5,
Tho best assortment In Laucmtt r.J
Prices as low as anywhere else. mm 22 It
SrO'OtlE TO r.4RSJEKS.
fnlll: atlenlion of farmers is called to tho fol- X lowiint low rules cliarg.'jd i,-y tlte LANGilW- 'If.ItClTV A.VnClllINTY KIKlSlKt;UU.\NCE CO.MPAi? Y ou l''nriii liarus and couleuts;
1 yr. 5 yrs, Uriel; or.meiiiell,ariis.i^O fl. or more
It om houso, Iier tf 1(H)  ijc       73e
rrame* Uarns. mi feet or iii<>i-.t iroiu
Ilouso, por tlW ¦JSc    SI OU
Cr :i I en l.s at .same rates. l)\voninf;sandeou- Iculi also insured.
Tue above systmn -.rill provo in tiio end Ul 1)0 eh&a}ter than an insurance in mn- tUKl coinpanle.H. NO AH^l'>iIS>l KN't's AUK M.VDK.aiid amide securily is guaranleed in a well invested caiiilal ofSl'iJlMKhl, wlilclt, togetli¬ er \ itit a largesiiriiiits, is hold tor the prolec- I ion of those Insuring iu thecompany. Losses ato settled as soou as adjusted—no iieetl lo w lit nntil tl!(j monoy is collected by assess- ntouts.  Anlidc funds on haud.
niUECTOnS: Tlios. K. Franlcliu,      li. i'. Shen k.
President. Treasurer.
John L. JVtlee, M. U.,   It. Cari.entir, M. l.i., [    Jiicob I'rfinsiaan, J. M. FraMtK,
(I unrge K. Keed,' A. K. Itohcrls,
F,.Sliroder, .lohn C. Ilngor,
E. nitOWN,.'Secretary. J'll 21 IS)-tf I..ancaslnr.
NEW GROCERY STORE.
FKED, N. PYFEU, ATIORNEY AT LAW, Office In Wldmyer's Uow, No. 4 South Dulto Slreet, Lancaster, Pa.   Pensions nnd Bounty Claims promptly attended to. f jy 19 'fiS
/"(A.ST Alirn STKIWJIKTZ,
VT               ATrOBNKY'S AT LAW. Offlce. No. 12 ijoutli DulLO ^jt., Lancaster, Pa apl) '70 tf  	
JOUN P. KEA, AITORNEY AT LAW. OlHce with O.J. Dickey, esq.. No. 2is.ttueer street,Lancasl«r,Pa. 11-tf
WASUINflTONW. HOPUINN, AITOKNEY AT LAW, No. 28 North Dnke Street, Lancnal er. Pa. angao tf-<n
SH. PKttX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office No. 6, north  corner of Conrt Avenne, Dear Conrt House, Lancaster, Pa.        f je2'oo
SIMUN P. EBT, ATTOUNBY AT LAW. Office with N. Ellmaker, esq., North Dufee st. Lancastor, Pa. [sep 21 '87
WA. Wii.sojr, ATTORNEY AT LAW, lately with.*^Tmuel H. Ilcvnolds. Ksq., bus re¬ moved his OiSce to Ills residence. No. :tl c^onlh Duico street. .''!tP''"!l^{:'*'L_
Jail's n. ZELLER. S0UVEYOII AND CONVEYANCEK. Also Kivefl particular atteution to clerking sales ot real nud   personal property at aiiy distsnco within the connty,
Offlce in .Sprlnirvillo, Mou'dt Joy township r.ancaster no.   Address Hprlng Garden. i'n.
JOUST   JJAK'SIE,
(iS'ucct.f.sO)' lo Wal.ion JI. ililler.)
IT WILL P.B SEEN UY THE AlWiVR Hint I liavo talieii tlie HTOllK Ml'.\Kll Ist.ly occupied Iiy Mr. WaUsoii II. iMItler. I wntthl most respectfully aslc tif his iiuiuerotis custo¬ mers tllKt they will coutinuo the patl-oiiai^u to inotllat wiLS.so lihet'Uily exteudtsl to tuy pto- ileee.s.sor. Mvttelortiiinallou is to beep a mii llue of HOOD UltoCKltlEs, such as: SOGAItS,
PEACH R.S, TEAS,
rnUNRS, COKFEISS,
P..\>;jCINO HOUSK.OK
KKKD, JdcGRAKK"  & CO.,
I'I V.VNOI.VI. A«KST.S OF THK CSfl'KU
ST,Vri2S.
bee'i appoinli'fl bv II . .Vuenwf.ir Ihescillnijor Ihu New
floreni-
Iltu New
uh.stirlptions.
UAVir. Iiietil, Loan, lire now tfjid.v in
Itoiiils anil Slocks of I'virv flcscriiilidtt Uuii*;ltttiti,i sold. Wo soli Ilrans on Irelanil, tiertttjin.v, Kniiland. ,Vi-., and i..site i'lissus,, TicIti:I.s loiitid trom tlifl.ild Cotiiilrv.
liohl ttiid .sneer Dottalil and sold. .Money ioaticd on tlooii ,-tccurit.v.
WIII pa.v Inlorest on siuail or larKO sums ol money di'po-iled Willi us ^if .so dfjio.-Uisi): 1    percent, •.•ii c.-ill.   I.'i    percatt. I! months. 1!.J       •• !•,     ••      vy.       " 12     ¦>
an 1 71 ly S K tiiarlll 211
MOLAS.SE3, HIJICES, APPLES.
I«AMIN.^,
BROOM.S,
EUCKE'fS,
CO.\L OIL..VC.,
ALL or wlileb will he sold nt tho LOWEST CAiSU PlilCES or ishort Credit.
.lOHX BAKEK,
NO. ai (NEW); OR, NO. IS (OLD);
WE5(T mar20
.KINS   iSTKEBT, LANCASTER. I'.A: If III
13 espectfully Informs the public that he will
Ob Y<?s !      Oh YeBl      Ob Yes I
DAVID BRENNEK
nil J attend to
CRYING SALES of Real nnd Personal property, la any part ot the couuty. Persoas wlsiilng his services will please call nt his resldenoe on tho Columbia turnpike road, three milos west of Lancaster, or at Brenner's Hotel, West King streeu
«^Letters addressed to him at Lancaster P. O., will he promptly attended to sepT "70
».vvi» aiii.Es,
LATE MILES tt AU-Vnn, :  .'
TIN AND SHEBT-inoN WOllKKK-S. No.22 Wost King Street,   Lancaster.  Feiin.
CONSTANTLY in slorea general assoiiine'r.t of TIN   ASU  JAI'^VNBD   WaUE,   ASD HOUSEHOLD GOODS,
TIN ANDaHEirr-lKON WORK of ail uiliil promptly made to ortler, at nioderale pri(;os. ¦TIN  ttOOKlNU, aPOUTlNlj s. JtlOfAlUlN
ofall iclnds oxecnied nt the lowest cash prlces.anii in the l-'csi, w^irkniiMiliice inunnu,
GAS KITIINO AND I'LU.MltlNlj Alleodcu lo with I'unctnalily iiuil at Low PriCts. antt isz
SI. U. KRKIȣK^
REAL BiTATE and INSOKANCE AQE.N'T
(formerly of I.anipeter, Lancaster county. Pa.)
PERSONS moving Westwlll flnd it lo Ihcir adviintaito liy giving him a call, either iu Serson or writing.   Office coruer of yrd nnd lulberry streets bterling, Whiteside c-iunly Illinois. riuue;l.)'70 iv
FylNCOAST ct MAULE,
Third, and Peitr  Streets, l^nrLADELPIlIA,
WKOJJOHT IRO»r -rUBE-S
LaP-W1:LDED   UOILEK   TUUl'il.
BU.\S.S an.I Iron Valves and Cocks; Fitlingi liir fl;ts,:5tc;im and Walei-; Itotlgll auu Fin- isiied Bra.ss Woric; 0:ls auti Sle.iin Killi-r.-.' T'Kds.elc. .Soil I'ipeailfl Kitilngs; ilatllTnbsA: .SItiks. Hsrli il.iilers. Etiiinicllofl Wasli It.isiu rilands, etc.. Coils of Tunc; .steam Kettles and Tnip.s.   Ji-Pipe of ail .Sizci lit led lobtielcb.
Successors loWOKItl.S.TA.eiir.i: .fc t'<>., OS
CONTRAOTOES
For ihi! Healing of Buildings of ali Cla.sscs
:   with !^ti;tim oi- Hot Wnler, by the most
approved Alcllio4l.>^.
KKTi.ii.vriN t'nc.vissfcn mkatik.
felil lvl2
Jt> AUCTIONEER,
Jtcspectttally informs the public that he will att«nd to Crying Salea of real estate and per¬ sonal property In Bny part of tbe connty.
I.stterSHddressed to him atSmltbvllleP.O., Lancaster county, will be proiuptly attended to.
TJILESI r PII.ESil
ME3. BINDER'S German Vegetable Internal
PILE CURE Cures all cases of piles.  Sold byall Druggisui. Price, 'JS cents.
Principal depot, 731 North Second street, PtalladeHihla, and 230 West King street, Lan- ouur. aplStmoa
\-:l^^a-A-ii^"-.'t^--i4^->qy,-^'f^
aiSila£!!&»iSi:;^i.ii:Si
Pojmlai' Prices for Dry Goods
727 CHESTNUT STREFT,
I'hilndclpniii,  £>n.
— .\Mn —
DRESS   GOODS
IN CHEAT VAUIETV. AT WnoI^KSAI.T: AND KETAII,,
Sto«;Ic uurivalled fur oxteut, virietr. nnd general iulii.t>titiii to the wants of buyer*, and dnily rt'pl'-'iiislK'il witn the cheapest and. clinicentutroi'lnt:"* of tliis und oilier murket*".
Visitors will receive L-ourtcons attention, whether tbey purchase or not.
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