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LOVE I THE HAREEM. ' THE BSTJJll. AND THE ROSE. 5iLt bad fallen upoa tho citr of Cai ior and the shadows projected , lrom thw fall houses into tb4 narrow streets, looked like solid massed of blaefc stone, ao clear and brilliant was the moonlight. The tara, largeand lustrous like great lamps suspended from n azure dome1 shone witfk that dear, white light peculiar to hir lustre i Eastern heaveos unknown tn t& watchers of the cloudy skies of Europe or America. It was on such trigWs, and through similar &tet and scenes, tfcat th good Ilarown el Heschid was wont to take his rambles with his Vizier, Giaffir, in search ef strange adventure. ISo let us now fol low the footsteps of one of his in-niHiiera-hle imitators in nocturnal rambles under Eastern skies, whose mission was very dissimilar to that of the famous Caliph, tikough not without its romance and its danger, too-. . About mi J night might have been seen a man, apparently joirr; awd vigotoue, weeding his way through the outskirts of Boolak, choosing the most obscure streets, as though to avoid observation, until he reached the high stone wall of the palace f the Princess Nezle Khanuin. which faced on the Kile. There was nothing in this man's appearance and dress to- dis tinguish him- from- ob ef the ordinary eeapaota- of the Quartet, exeept that on his left ha mi, when he raised it, there sparkled a precious stone, and that the hand itself did not resemble that of the common laborer. What was unusual was, that he bore no-lantern to- liht hi way; which both law and custom, as well as safety, required. "- Concealed under tho shadow of the wall, he carefully groped along in the obscurity occasionally disturbing sotne prowling e slumbering wild dog, which smtrlfng fiercely and menacing the intru der with its sharp white teeth, suddenly and reluctantly retreated before his steps. But, a the Egyptian wild dog never " Datks partaking of- the savage nature of its ancestor, the wolf, in that respect no warning of the visitor's stealthy approach, j ' was" given to the gardiana of the hareem; if, indeed, any person in his vicinity was awake at that late hour; the Orientals all retiring early to rest. At length the man stopped and tapped' Shree times at a particular spot on the walk. Iaamiecuately a small gate, invisible liefbre-, swomg within noiselessly, opened by an unseen hand ; and, as he stepped into the garden, the door closed as swift ly and noiselessly as it had opened un dretrngaishcble as before from- the wall. The man. softly clapped his bands three times, and suddenly appeared before him a -veiled female figure, shrouded from head to foot in the abba, a voluminous black silk cloak, worn by the Cariene women in the streets. "Salaam A leikottnt f You are waited for," she said, in Arabic. "The Sitta b.as long been expecting your arrival. Gome quickly ; for you know she likes mot to be kept waiting, and if her impa tience rises to wrath, it is a consuming fire I" . : The untimely visitor returned her salutation, but followed her footsteps in. silence through the solitude of th garden- ; to- which- the black, shadows of the trees gave a gloomy and sinister aspect that reflected the shadows i his own soul. For his was not the mein, the Bearing, or the step of an impatient lover hastening to his mistress ; but rather that ef one who reluctantly performs a duty not to be avoided, or who responds to an invitation ho may not refuse. They passed through the shrubberies into the palace by a small door, which his conduc tor opened with a wooden key; followed many winding passages, and ascending a narrow stairway, when the visitor found himself alone in a lofty chamber, furnish ed with all the luxury ef the East a chamber which- be, unfortunately, knew only to well. It was the private boudoir of the rais-br-ees- ojf -tho hareem ; and the lattieed window, overlooked .the rushing torrent of the N-ilo, was open, giving glimpses of the waters which- boiled and bubbled be low as they raced hoarsely past, glittering like gems la the bright moonlight. The man cautiously approached the open lat- - tice, and peered curiously for ao instant on the rushing river below, whose waters, as it was high Nile, rose to within twenty fleet of the window. He turned away after a mement, how ever, and, seating himself on one of the silken divans, was soon sunk in so deep a reverie that he did not hear the rustling sound that announoecLa woman-' pres ence, and started when a soft, band was laid caressingly on- his brow and a soft toice inquired c . " :.' Is -my youog An tar dreaming or asleep, that he needs waking ?" The " young man started xip, made a profound and respectful salutation as he answered t''-&--. -v " The night if . always dark fo me, until the evening, star comes to light it with her presence. But one thought can fill the soul of any mortal happy enough to be admitted here ; and thai is of her I see before me.". "Well uog, my bulbul V said he lady, unvailing as she Spoke, and disclos ing, the imperious beauty and bold bright eye- of Nexle Klianum herselfl. "But thou shwuldst not compare me to aught so old and distant as a star L The bolbul ever chants- his lovcsoDg to the- rose. And am I not worthy to be deemed a rose?' she added softly, glancing down over her own veluptioue form) and fast ening upon him the unholy light of eyes iuuoisen8uain.ro. "A rose thou art, indeed I" ' cried" the youth, with genuine passion in his voice. " ; "A rose, indeed ! a full blown rosej whose perfume and whose loveliness in- j ! , . 1. , . 1 1 a r. wuw cue senses ana me soaii. lot song ef the bulbul must ever be addressed to thee, O light of mine eyes and bloom of my heart V '. .;.-,-. . . . The face of the princess glowed" with gratified vanity at these impassioned words poured out with baraing ardor either felt or feigned by the lips she ; loved beet. 'With all the. abandon and recklesca-asa of an Eastern woman who Sings all modesty and all reserve to the wiads, and whose sense of shame seems utterly to disappear witfer thr veil that has concealed her far she threw her self ob the divan beside her lever, and lavished upon him all those terms of en dearment, of which the Eastern tongue is so profuse. She retroved the fe cap' that he wore, and toyed with the short clustering curls of his hair ; and reposing her head uptfn his breast, looked up into his face with a soft glow on her features and a tendernss in her eye, that trans formed her, into another woman from the eagle-eyed and imperious Nezle Khanuin of every day. Sbi seemed to renew her own youth with proximity to this young lover, the beauty of whose face and form were well calculated to iaspire admiration i the heart ot wonts. The hours glided away, and. the inter view had been prolonged until the first faint streaks in the Eastern sky heralded the approach of daws. " The youtig man glanced up through the open lattice and said: . "The morning hour approiche3, and I must tear myself away from Paradise be fore dawn-; and the bulba-l has not yet been told why the rose summoned him to her bower so urgently on thismost fa vored of all the days- of his. life" As he spoke, the face of the princess, so radiant and loving until now, suddenly changed its expression. The smile faded away from her lips,, the light of love from her eye, and the soft glow of gratified passion was succeeded by the red flush of anger. She half withdrew her form from the encircling arm of her lover, and removed her hand from- his brow, where it had rested carelessly. Then a cold, cruel expression crept over her counten ance, and gleamed out of her glittering rt . ,,1.1 -eves, one seeuica suuaeniy to nave re called some painful and irritating memo ry, which the- presence of he lover had caused her to forget, but which his words recalled. Her tone grew measured and hard as she resumed : - "There was a time when the bulbul needed no messenger to summon him to the bower of the rose ! When the "gar den where she dispensed her perfume was haunted by his presence ; and when his wings eould not bear him swiftly enough back to her, from wanderings. But now it is different. The bulbul must be lured back ; and no sooner has Be been snared, than his wings flutter impatiently to fly again. But the pretty bird should know" and she cast upon him a look full of menace and of mockery "that this cage is ttrong. and1 ho may be made to sing in captivity, as other birds have before him. For the rose has thorns as well as sweetness ever ; and those who have tasted the one. may feel the other, tool There was no love now in- the face or in the eyes that looked upon Kim, and the man felt his peril saw, too late, the trap into whieh he had walked blindfolded. But he summoned all his courage and his craft to meet the emergency and baffle the danger. "Why is the star of my night so sud denly overclouded ?" be asked, with, rea! or feigned anxiety. " Why is her liht drawn from her worshipper ?" What sin has her servant committed, that the ire of the Great Lady should visit him ? He is innocent of intending offence ig norant of having'given any and why should the Khanuin speak as though to one who had provoked 'her displeasure? If h'm visits have not of late been fre quent, it is because be feared to iutrude without invitation ; for it needed but the intimation that he would be welcome, and behold him at the feet of her, who has honored him wills, lies favor 1" - "Thou hast the tongue as well as the sleek skin of tho serpent," answered the princess, half relenting, half-offended. "But thou knowest I possess the serpent cl.arm, and can handle thee with impuni ty. Thou hast not spoken truly to me ; thou has acted falsely and treacherously, too. And to the pale, scentless Ingleez lily thou hast chanted thy love lays, in place of the full-blown rose ! Lie not to me, for I well know how the shameless face of that un vailed . woman hath been seen with" thine on the Kzbekieh, day after day ! To the scorn and shame of womanhood, she hath cast love looks on tby dainty face in the sight of all men ; even to the mockery of the donkey-boys of the streets.., Further do I know, how the shameless Infidel, in defiance of all modesty and decency, hath passed a whole day in thy house !" and the prin cess spat upon the ground in token of loathing. "I know too, the story of the tame serpent, with which thou did deceive the poor silly Ingleez, and thatother tFick of upsetting the shameless thnsg in the Nile mud, to parade thy bravery again before her!- Yet, with her kisses 'warm upon the false lips, thou-darest come and talk of love to me, while I am weak fool enough, to listen, forgetting all of these things, and all my just resentment, like a silly girl I Have I not spoken truly ? Answer, O man of double face and forked tongue ?" Over the face of Askaros fbr it was he to whom the princess . spoke there had, in spite of his self-control, passed many changes, as the furious woman went on. Apprehension, indignation, rage, shame and disgust rapidly chased each other over his expressive features y and when the princess eaased, from sheer exhaustion, overpowered by the passions that raged within and tore her like so many devils, he raised bis crest haugh- ;.- ; : . .... No-trace of humility or of reverence in his face or voice now, but with asteadfast light in his eye, and resolve written en his dilated nostrils, ho stood like some wounded lion- brought to bay, and con fronted the proud princess with a pride equal to her own. "Lady," he said, for the first time since we, have known each other, yo have spoken words of scorn and insult to me, which no man might utter and live. Those words I might forget and forgive, possibly pardon, tor I know they spring from- a jealousy fierce as it is unfounded. But. you have coupled my name with that of another, which has bo-connection with either of us the name of one, the purity of whose life and thoughts neither of os can imitate, scarcely comprehend -one as widely 'apart from us and ours, as though she were one of the houris of whom, your Imaums speak 1 your suspi cions are unfounded ; fori am nothing to this Ingleez woman, nor she to me. And furthermore, if that will not content you, that when I, in my mad folly, dared to speak of my admiration, she repulsed it, as you? would that of the meanest of your slaves I If,, then, -I have had a short madness, and been unfaithful to you for few brief moments, the folly is past and xr t ii r Buuo' w x resutne my allegiance, ana ask forgiveness from the most eehanting of her sex. Well do you know, feat never could move me ; or I never had entered here, or, having onee entered and escaped, would never have returned." : Neither by word nor gesture did the princess interrupt him while he spoke, but she -drew a deep long breath when he had finished, as though her patience had been sorely tried, and again burst forth in stormy wrath. " Uog el Giaour t and sou of a line ot dogs !"'. she screamed. "Rightly have" I been punished for stooping- to defile my self with the society and presence of a wretched Copt, lowest, meanest and basest of the mongrel spawn ef Nile, which my great father trampled under his victori ous foot, and used as nieu use other rub bish, to aid i building the empire whieh his line rule to-day ! Was it not enough that my condescension should be abused and my kindness betrayed,, but that thou shouldst dare eom pare to my. disparagement, thy Infidel paramour from the barbarous lands of the West, here to my very face, and in my own palace ? Dearly shall that insult cost thee! I am a woman, it is true, but a woman of the blood of Me heme t AH 1 and never did man or woman do him .wrong, and live to boast it t Never again will thy pale faced mistress, with her hair of with ered straw, look on- that girlish face 5f thine, or kiss those dainty lipsJ The Nile, from which thou rescued her tbut yester day, shall sport with thy graceful form, and be thy -bed to night I An Infidel like thee, whese doom must be tho fall from the Narrow Bridge of Al. Sirat into perpetual fire, needs no time for prayers, as a Mussulmau might." She paused again, exultant malice and fiendish hate stamped upon every feature of the face, which seemed suddenly to have sharpened and grown old, under the fiery heat of the simoon blast of passion sweeping over her soul. " ; Her destined victim did not quail. He felt his peril, but, like a brave man, braced himself to meet it worthily, if he could not avert it. Yet he did noc seem desperate, as his eye glanced warily round the room, it rested for an instant on the open casement, and he drew nearer the princess, who, pacing rapidly up and down the room like an enraged tigress, had now paused near the window. - And through it now softly came the first fresh breath of the awakening morn. "Khanum," said Askaros, '-'are you very sure your spies have not deceived you ? that the things they have told you are'not lies, coined out of their own false hearts, to wiu gold and favor from you, and to destroy me, whom they hate, for many reasons known to you V A cruel smile convulsed the lips of Nezle. "There spoke the craft of the Copt !" sho snarled "ever more resembling wo man than man, and striving to escape by ' artifice-, dangers he has not the courage to avert ! Kuow then, O wise youth ! that ; my informants were not my spies, but of thine own household ay, even supposed to be of thy own household ! The girl EI Warda, whom the world deems tby sister. was my informant i-- Sbe came to me : and a derisive smile again curled the cruel lips " to pray me for a love philter to win back the most precious affections, stolen away by this Ingleez, as the silly child believed. I gave the philter to the fool; but I repaid myself by obtaining all her secrets, and thine ! " This revelation fell on. the young man with a stunning shock. For the first time, as by a lightning flash-, he saw the real state of the heart of his reputed sis ter. Of this he had never dreamed. But at the same time he saw how the danger of his position was aggravated, and how useless, after all she had heard and knew, would be any attempt to con ciliate or mystify the princess. Rapidly he made his resolve, and prepared to act. ;. "Princess," he said,;' drawing still nearer, until he stood close beside her, "these recriminations and -explanations are useless, and can only tend to make us both say words we shall regret hereafter. I have made confession of my fault, and implored thy forgiveness. Give it to me, by the memory of our past love, which will renew itself, warmer and fresher after this short storm, and then let me go, for the day already begin? to dawn in the East?" , "That day thou shalt never behold !" fiercely answered the princess." " Slave ! dog ! Giaour ! thy blood be on thine own head ! An hour hence, and thou shalt feed the fishes of the Nile, and thy vile name and vile treachery be jv ashed away from my memory, even, as thy carcass shall be washed from my palace-door by those rapid waters."" 'And she pointed to' the window to where the rushing tide, swollen and tur bid, raced past in its sullen flow. , ; Swiftly she turned away from the win dow, confronted the Copt, and raised her two hands, as if to clap them together to summon her slaves. But rapid as was her movement, the young man's was more rapid still. Ere she could bring the hands together, ho had seized her left wrist and held it, as in an iron vice, close down to her side, preventing the medita ted summons. Her next movement was as sudden as his had been. Her right hand flew to her bosom, and a small keen poinard flashed over- his head, aimed full at his heart, ere he had time to- suspect, or avert the act. Instinctively he threw up his left arm to- protect his heart. Down upon that guard the sharp steel descended, driven with the whole strength oE a maniao fuiy ront its way through outer jacket of thick cloth, and through the folds of shirt and undershirt; then, glancing, tore open the fleshy part of the muscular forearm- round and white as that of a womam ; The blood spouted from the wound, as hand and dagger dropped to the side of the baffled murderess. Her faeed changed from rage to fear, as she cowered before the roused wrath of her destined victim the feverish fitful rage of woman yielding to the more concentrated wrath of man,. For tho face of Askaros had un dergone an alteration as startling- as that in her own.. The devil that slumbers in the depth of every human heart had been unchained ; and the magnetic contagion of evil had been communicated from her leprous soul, to the bkbertfr Untainted heart of the- young man, stained already by her with sin, and now on the verge of being black ea-ed by irremediable crime ' ; From the predestined victim he sud denly rose over her as the doomsman the avenger. And, with the lightning like rapidity with which thought can travel in moments of immediate peril and impending death, the long catalogue of her crimes rose like, accusing angels be fore the mental vision of the wicked wo man, whoce life had been a long defiance to' the laws of God and man a warfare against humanity. ' - .. For in the set and! rigid face, with eostraeted brow and. pitiless eye, that bent above hef, she saw no mercy no hope ; and iu his right hand was raised the dagger, wrested from her, ready to strike the moment ho apprehend treaehery in any call, or gesture, or effort to summon aid. . - So stood those two beings, whose criminal tie had been so suddenly and so violently severed lovers, lisping en dearment to-each other in softest whis pers but a moment since sow' foes, whom the death of one, or both, could only separate to all human seeming; one a baffled homicide in act, the other a predestined murderer in intention ; with the shadow of their mutual crime hanging like a pall over both. Askaros spoke first, though the silence seemingly so long to both had been searee a minutes duration, "Is this dagger poisoned ?" he hissed into her ear. "Is this wound of mine mortal? I must know for two lives depend upon the truth." "It is not!" sho sullenly responded ; "though I wish it were. I had meant my stroke to be too sure to need poison ; else had I supplied it, to. make my ven geance certain I" "Will you swear it T Will you but folly ! What oaths are not worthless to you t What in earth, or heaven, do you hold sacred ? Will you hold out your arm and let me scratch it, to prove the truth of what you say 1" With a return of her former haughty and defiant bearing, the princess silently stretched out her right arm for the test; a slight, scornful contraction of her mouth, indicating her contempt for what she considered the Copt's cowardice. But the movement' seemed to satisfy him without further proof. "I will not shed one drop of your blood," he said, "I am satisfied there is now no other poison running riot in my veins, save what my unholy love for you has left there. No; the dagger was not prepared with your usual forethought. Had it been otherwise, two corpses in stead of one would have been found -in this chamber ? which has doubtless heard the death groan of many men better and braver than 1 1 For now I, know that Cairene gossip lied not, when it told those tales of Nezle Khanum, that I disbelieved until now; Prineess, farewell! for never will we look upon each other's faces in this world again,'' "You speak confidently," replied the Klianum, whose audacity rose as the im mediate danger receded, "you seem to forget that egres3 from this palace is not so easy without my permission. As well might a lost soul cross the Bridge of Al Sirat o.ver the fiery gulf, as any strange step pass in safety through this palace, or those gardens, to the outer world. You may slay its mistress a daring act for a brave man-, opposed by an unarmed wo man ! but hence you cannot and you shall, not pass by my free will, or or ders !" "Trouble not yourself for my safety, O charming hostess I" answered the young man calmly cutting a strip of linen from his sleeve, and binding his bleeding arm as he spoke ; "I know my password and need ho password from you. Nor fear I any pearl from your armed mercenaries to travel it -if not in safety, at least un molested by you or yours. Repent your past life and strive to amend it, that the rude lesson I had to give you may not be lost. Neither in love, nor in hate shall you look upon the face of Askaros again who now shakes from his feet the dust of this palace of abominations, and bids it and you farewell for ever !" As' he ceased, and the astonished woman stood spellbound and bewildered by bis words and meaning, he vaulted lightly on the framework of the open lattice, stood for . a second, and then plunged headlong into the raging and rushing flood that howled beneath ! Recovering from her stupor of. aston ishment at the suddenness of his disap pearance, the princess rushed ' to the window, and by the uncertain light of the early dawn, peered with mingled curiosi ty and anxiety on the flood, into which the daring youth had so rashly precipita ted himself. She strained her visicn to discovor ought beside the turbid surface of the stream, whose current swept down rapidly, with a hoarse murmer, some few floating pieces of diift-wood ; but she did not see anything resembling a human head or a human form, within the range of her visiodv t Wearied by the useless search, and chilled by tho raw morning air, with- a shudder she turned from the window and closed the lattice, as though- to shut out the memory as well as the sight that was passing below. A softened sentiment, almost of pity, blended with her exulta tion at her own escape from peril, and the destruction of her old lover and new foe, who had thus executed her vengeance on himself, and spared her a new crime. ."Poor boy 1" she muttered; "he was very young to end so soon ; and so hand some, too," she added, regretfully, "while the men seem to me to grow uglier and more stupid every day.- Was he mad, to take that leap ? ' No living lover of mine took it before though-many have passed through it without their knowledge or consent 1" ' ; ' She yawnod wearily ; then- after a mo ment added : rv-";v- "But he will keep my secret now, that is consolation ; though I do feel a foolish softness about his fate, I never felt for another's. But Allah made this world for the living, not for the dead; so 'tia useless to think ; andv doubtless it was his kismet to. die-. Ingleez-. can never steal him from me now f But I shall look a witch for want of sleep ; so now for a pipe of haschish, a good sleep, and to commence a new experience and. look for a new lover to-morrow " "" : ; ' Then yawning again : and wearily stretching her graceful limbs, the Egyp tian princess glided to her own private chamber, to forget in the fumes of has chish and the death-like slumber it would summon the agitations of the last few hours ; to forget the tragic fate of the youth she had first tempted and seduced, made a plaything of, and finally hunted to his doom. Let us drop1 a veil over the waking and, sleeping thoughts of that incarnate evil in woman's form, to whom siar 'was a solace, and crime a pastime a Circe who brutalized the souls as well as tho bodies of men, yet who died peacefully in her bed at last. ' NEWFOUNDLAND.-Newfoundland is the port on the American land that stretches out farthest toward the shores of Europe ; the distance between St. John's, the capital, and Valencia,' in Ire land, is but a little over 1,600 miles, or four and a half days steaming. Were there a railroad asross the island, from St. John's to St. George's Bay, and a steam ferry thence to the Bay of Chaleur, where a braneh of the Intercolonial Railway is to be constructed, passecgers and mails would roach that point in five and a half days from Valencia,' and be in New York in sixteen or twenty hours more ; thus securing the shortest sea route, and avoiding the fogs, rocks and storms of the American coast, on which all the perils of an Atlantic voyage are to be encountered. In regard to size, Newfoundland Lolds a respectable posi tion, having an area of 86,000 squaro miles, and being. 400 miles in length and 250 in breadth or not far short of the area of England proper. The wealth of the country is derived mainly from its inexhaustible sea-harvest, to which there is nothing elsewhere to be compar ed. About 40,000 Newfoundland 'fish ermen sweep the the seas around the island catching codfish and seals fn enor mous quantities, as well as salmon, her ring, halibut, etc. On the " Banks, at some distance from the shore, some .20, 000 French and American fishermen are at wors, during the summer months. The total value of the fish taken in this way from the seas around Newfoundland is 12,000.000 per annum. Although these fisheries have been carried on for more than 300 years, there is no falling off in the supply, and .the great cod col onies appear to have suffered no diminu tion by the immense drafts that are annually taken from them. In multi plying its species the- cod' is the most prolific of .all animals; 8,000,000 of eggs have been found in? a single cod roe. Letter from. Ht. John. Wyo.mig Items. The last Wyoming jury-women were all challenged. What does that mearr? The Sentinel thinks : Laramie will double her population ia the next six mouths. The- Laramie Sentinel says an Indian killed near that place was not wasted. After tbe boys' got a scalp apeice off him, they sent what was left : down to Fort Steele to tho surgeon, who will use it to good purpose in studying and dem onstrating comparative anatomy. A man named Keif was garroted and robbed of 8500 at North Platte, by three men whose real names are' unknown. Two of them were caught and hung by the citizens. .Tho other escaped, but was afterward seen on the prairie dead. The women of Wyoming now take the courting business into their own hands, footing all the expense of marriage. The Wyoming police magistrate is se vere in her judgements. If a man is up ford run ken ncss,he is given full extent of the law, and no amount of pleading or promises will soften the judicial heart. Then, if a weak sister is caught there is an end of her sinning, for she is locked up hard and fast, and kept in durance vile until she is ready to immigrate to other lands, where no are. Sho is a Jewess. female Judges Progress of the Railroad. We learn that a large number of hands are now employed on the railroad grade this side of Aurora. The lino of the road goes directly through Aurora. The stage stable has been moved' to give room for the track ; the store is being moved also, and the line of road has been changed on French Prairio so as to. go neartr the road, and makes through the timber in stead of going through the praire farms of Judge Grim and others. The arrival of large quantities of iron at San Francisco intended for this road, give an assurance that the iron horse will soon be. cavorting over French Prairie and towards Salem. Statesman. Hahneman, tho founder of" the Hom oeopathic school, was one day consulted by a wealthy English lord. The doctor listened patiently to the statement which the patient made him. , He then took a small vial, opened it, and held it under the lord's nose. "Smell !. Well you are cured 1" The lord asked, in surprise : "How much do I owe you?" "Thousand francs," Was the reply The lord imme diately pulled out a bank-note and held it undor the doctor's nose. "Smell!, Well, you are paid !" ; Camp Meeting. The Cumberland Presbyterians will hold a camp meeting on the Abiqua, near the residence of Sam Allen, Esq., about two miles and a half trom buverton, to commence on Friday, tho first 'day of July. There will be a number of clergymen-o that denomina tion there, and as ample preparation has been- made for . campers, and pasturage good, a large attendance is expected. Staletman. . - A remarkable instance of constancy culminated in the recent marriage, at Galesburg, of Samuel Crosby and Mrb. Ann Hurr, aged respectively 83 and 81- Their engagement had endured for OO years, during all of which time she remained true to him and he to Hurr. A New Orleans polioeman named Bibb dressed his wife , in his uniform and. placed her on his beat while he in dulged his- bibulous- propensities elsewhere- . '. An exceedingly paternal man, living; in Dennis Lake, Florida, aged 87 is tho father of 60 children, the youngest of whom is nine months old. , i. i V VARIOUS ITEMS. IJocky Mountain coal is taking tho place of all other at Omaha. , - Elko is troubled witb snowffics." a little black gnat whose bite is venomous as mosquitoes. Lumber-men are being arrested in Minnesota for cutting wood on govern ment lands. A spring in Traverse county (Minn.). petrifies all vegetable matter with which ; the water comes in contact. A Scandinavian was killed in- the vi cinity of Long Lake by a tree falling on r r l . ... . . , mm. tie naa just eut money to tne old country to bring hia family over. Sir. Dalryple, tho great farmer ef Minnesota, is said to have made $150,000 clear gain in three years farming. Gen. Von Moltke, the great Prussian soldier, is nearly blind. Queen Victoria is opposed to women suffrage :"-;:; Wm. M. Evarts has been paid by the Government $5-7 ,545' lawyer a fees dur ing the past six years. ; Charles O'Connor has been elected President of the New York Law Insti tutc. Richard Tattersall, head of the "well known London firm of Tattersall, ia dead. A letter from Rome says Harriet Hosmer has become rich; by her artistic career. - r;:, ; The New Yoik JlfatVsays Mr. Graham received 810,000 for his services in de fending McFarland. A Halifax woman has been arrested on her' husband's charge of "leading a desolate life' A girl at a party was asked what made her face so red. , She replied "them horrid chaps." The most pleasant reflection some young ladies have is in the mirror, A masked ball has been defined as a merciful instituton for plain women. "You don't look amiss," as tho lady said to her beau when he got- her bonnet on. The Queen of Madagascar wants to marry an American clergyman who is young and tender, A Burlington, Iowa, lady has advanced so far in woman's rights as to go to the barber's shop regularly to bo shaved. : No citizen of Japan .can leave that country without giving bonds that he will return at the time specified. A Boston medical journal relates the history of a woman about forty years of age, who was much affected with sleep lessness, resulting from nervous prostra tion. " Sbe" passed a whole week without more than an hour' sleep each nighf. Opium and Various other drugs were ad ministered, without producing any affect. Fifteen-grains of hydrate of chloral were given every night for a week, and the pa tient slept each .time seven hours, calmly, aud without any disagreeable after effects. lion. S S. Fisher, Commissoner of Patents, says that though over a third of the applications for patents are rejected, nearly as many patents are issued in the United States as in the whole of Europe. He also states that ooly about one tenth of all patented inventions prove valuable to flieir projectors or the public. ...... . i i n ' A servant living in the country was directed- to get the mail. After her return, her mistress inquired : did you get the mail ?" "Faith, mum, I did not; for you forgot to tell me whether it was Indian meal or corn meal you wanted.'' Miss Susie Netter, a very smart "girl of the period," having arrived at the ma ture age of thirteen years and six months, eloped from a good home in Rush county, Indiana, lest week, and was married to- worthless fellow named Richards. '': NEW TO-DAY. Notice. THE CO-PARTNERSHIP of tho undersigned doing business in Albany, Linn county, Ore goo, under the firm namo of O. P. Tompkins A Co., is dissolved by mutual consent, to take effect from tbe 5th instant. W. II. McFarland has purchased the entire stock of merohaudise, also the notes and accounts due the firm. He will continue the businc js under the firm name of W. II. McFarland A Co. Either party will sign in liquidation. O. P. TOMPKINS, w. h. McFarland. Albany, May 8, 1870-1136 STOCK HOLDERS ELECTION. NOTICE. The stockholders ia tbe Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road Compaay, will hold their annual election- for m Board of Seven Directors, at the Court House in Albany, Oregtn, on the socofid Tuesday, the 12th day of July, 1870, at 1 o'clock P. M. JASON WHEELER, Pres. James Elkihs, Bee. . Albany, June 17, 1870-41 w3 CHEAP SEWING MACHINES. (5D HOME SHUTTLE SEWINGQ JjJs&Cj Machine. A double-thread jJO lock-stitch Shuttle Machine ;. atitoh alike oa both sidc. -t - :- - - - .-- -(tG Celebrated Common-Sense ttt(5tf fpXJ Family Machine. Both ma- 7J)LI chines fully Warranted for years. Machines sent to any part of the coast by express, C. O. D. Agents wanted in every town on the Pacific coast. Liberal commission. Home Shuttle Sewing Machine Co., 2y O. O. T RAVER, 131, First St., Portland. kEZjf MAKING THE wSg EVERY VARIETY 0Ff ( fVlR.c.c.,:c;yN,ACT.rJ GILCERT CmO., ACENTff. SALEM oimaun.. NEW ADVEBTI8EI3ENT9, NATIONAL UFE Insurance Oompany" ;. . . of the ' . UNITED STATES ef AMERICA,- WASHINGTON, . C ? Chartered by special Act of Congfeaav Apprar4 . i.... ..July JS5t 18OV , Cash Capital, : 1,000,000.00' DIRECTORS s CLARENCE H. CLARK, JAY COOKE, W. a. MOORHEAD. GEORGE F. TYLER, J. HINCKLEY CLARK, i E, A. ROLLINS, HENRY D. COOKE,- , W. F. CHANDLER, JOHN D. DEFREES, EDWARD DODE, H. C. FAHNESTOCX. OrWCZKS-f CLARENCE E. CLARK, Philadelphia, P" -dent. JAY COOKE, ChainMn Finanoe & Executive Committee-. HENRY D. COOKE, Washington, Vice Presi dent. EMERLON W. PEET, Philadelphia, Secretary & Actuary. E. 8. TURNER, Washington, "Assistant Sec retary. i FRANCIS O. SMITH, M. D., Medical Director. J. E WING MEARS, -M. D., AsiiiUnt Medical Director. - THE attention of persons contemplating la- soring their lives, or increasing the amount of insurance they already have, is called to tbe -special advantages offered by tbe NATIONAL. LIFE INSURANCE-COMPANY. . THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED : A R" E : " The National charter, the large capital, the Low Rates, the common-sense plan, the definite contracts, the honorable and fair dealings, the Non-Forfeiting Policies, tbe perfect security, tbe liberal Terms of the policies, ete., etc., rend- -ers the NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY of the United Slates of America worthy of the patronage of every busines man. This company, during the sixteen months of its existence, has issued 8,825 FOLIOIEa, covitmso ' " $20,800,000 INSURANCE. The extraordinary rapid progress of the eom pany attests the estimation in which It ia held by the public,. and the large amount of new business transacted it is the beat evidenoe or the popular ity or tta principles, nod Its adaptability to i the requirements of its Assurers. , ITS POLICIES ARE NEGOTIABLE. By the Charter of tbe Company, eertificatea of obligations will be issued, agreeing to purchase -its policies at their value which, when accompa nied by the policy duly assigned or transferred, are negotiable, and may be used as collateral se curity, in making- loans from' the Company or from other parties. The Hon. Jao. E. Sanford, Insurance Commis sioner of Massachusetts, in his Report for 18ASr speaking of Dividends Lire Insurance Compa nies, says , " The sooner such guarantees eease to be made, and such expectations created, the sooner Life Insurance will come to rest on its true motive, and men insure tbeir lives for security, and not for dividends. The best and" the moat popular companies will then be those that prom ise only equity, and render all that they promise, and furnish the . best security, with the most op right and judicious management." "By the Stock plan the full cash effect of the premium U immediately secured to the insured, the Company taking ill the risk. By the Ma tnal plan, the full value ia insurance of the pre mium paid, is not secured to the policy-holder who takes a portion of the risk himself." Policies Issued In Gold or-.' Currency, V.7..e E. HALE, MANAGER WELLS, FABG etc CO., GENERA AGENTS FOR THE. PACIFIC COAST. I TRAVEiucr. AUKnnr Fta 0sras sm waafaiafftoa TexrHstrx- Ajbaoy, September. H,.U63.