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-, I , From tho Bdwardsrllle Republican. My Experience with a. VeutriloquUt. sr iiu HiWiioax. ' And tarn an old bachelor. If yon suppose I make this statement for the purpose of BWakeniDsr your pity, joa mistake. I : don't want it. If you know any one who aoes, you have my permission to consti tute yourself a coinoiittee ofoneto be tow it on him without limit. But I don t. I deliberately chose a life of single bless edness, because I would rather live on raw cutlets, burnt coffee, and bread ot a melancholy nature, than eurtain lectures and milliners' bills, 1 , V - I once had a friend who wildly plung ed into the quicksands of matrimony. In vain I urged, implored, entreated. Tbe g-xls must have decided upon his destruction, for he was mad beyond a doubt. His friends could do nothing but go with him. to the sacrifice, and then with a farewell clasp of the hand 1 and a tear in each eye, leave him to his sad fate." ..'-.-.... . I met him three weeks later. Poor fellow I ; Id the halcyon days of our youth he was stout and ruddy alas, what a chanire! Now bo could only have weighed two hundred and seventy pounds and his complexion, write! inisht once . have successfully rivaled that of a boiled beet, had faded to the shade of a brick. In his hand he carried a bill for five hun dred and sixty dollars, and on his classic brow the distinct impress of a fire shovel. I fled to my room, where I shed tears f sympathetic grief. From that moment my resolution was formed. I should "never marry. Of course it was a great Clow to ma young ladies or our town when my determination became known but I could not sacrifice myself for the luppineas of one of them. V I regret to say r that they survived the shock. One of them should have gone into a decline and 1'ouod peace in an early crave, so that a second Madame de Staei - might have pat us in a novel, a la Coriu Butshe didn't. ' I expected to sail calmly, serenely down the quiet stream of - life, without one opposing ' ripple "to mar my perfect pa;e. Was my experience a success Kot any. . j I failed to irrsrpess my sister witty proper-idea ot the beauties ct celibacy She cot married-. Girls most alwav do I don't know what's the reason. Now if ' she .had chu?cu some one with the slight est business faculty, I shouldn't have cared. - But she must tie herself for life to a poet, ons whoso store of greenbacks was rather scanty, and whose stock of silver and gold - conjisted entirely of volume of rhyme about silvery waves and golden suae"s. xhey jingle well cnoucrh, but I - wo j' J rather have heard the jingle of hi wash.; Well, he died after awhile, of a parox ysm 'occasioned bj readings Swinburn's poems. My sister saom followed, leaving her only child, a little girl of ten. to the guardianship of her "dear brother George who she knew woai J be glad to receive . her little Erna, as the last proof of the love and confidence of his sister-" How did she know it? I didn't know it. . But I was very , sorry for ; the - little thing, orphaned so soon, and promised to do for it all that lay in my power. The heart of childhood is ever buoy ant, and ere ; many weeks had elapsed she had recovered from her grief. : Such an incarnate imp of mischief I think I never taw. : A dozen demons-seemed lurking in those great black eyes, and that curly .head, always concocting some' - . scheme for tbe torment of others. ' She played pranks on the-servants, threw ink bottles at the governess, and surrepti tiously abstracted her curls from the bureau drawer for the adornment of her pet kitten, hid my slippers and pipe, fell into the mill pond, and nearly drowned herself, and tumbled off her pony at the imminent risk of breaking her Beck, every day of her life. - - . ; She kept tbe entire household in con fusion, until the time came that she could be sent to school. Then I breath ed freely once ui ore. Four years of peace and quiet. At the end of this time, she came . back to me a bright, winsome maiden, with just enough of the old mischief to make , her gay and charming. She was installed mistress of my bouse, and a pleasant home she made it with her happy ; music and sunny - smile. . ,', - -- , . -. -:,r - b AnJ all went merry as a anything until finally Erna concluded to Fall iu love. , You may have observed that young people have a habit of falling ; in love. Abont ten hundred out of every thousand of them do. -Now, I should not have objected, if she had only displayed any discretion in the selection joT an ob ject upon which to bestow her affections. Bat they never do. Tha millionaire just over the way would have been the proper one fir her, and be loved her - fo distrac tion. To be sure he was forty years her senior, but wba of that ?. ., . "Better to be an old man' darling," cte. r as I frequently remarked in Erna's pres ence. , But Frank. Hall most step in be tween her and the diamond and bank stock of Mr, Bullion. . It was very un grateful after all I had done for him. He had studied ' law with me, during Erna's absence, and my bouse had been his . home.- I "intended to take htm in as partner next year. 'i" Frank was talented, energetic, perse rering. Jnst the kind of yonog man whom 1 should have been delighted to see mar ried to my neighbor's neice or daughter, as the case might bec and should have . pronounced, tbe aforesaid ;, neighbor ;a most unmitigated brute if ho had raised . the slightest objection. - But my Erna ah, well, that was al together a different affair, you know. I have other views ' for my niecef I said, when he stated his hopes and wishes "As s man I respect you, as a' friend -1 like rem Bat Erna can never1 be more ' to vou than she is now." : It is customary in sensation novels' for disapproving guardians to conduct offend' - ing joong men to the door, an'f ob&erte mtbSS' expression of hiso tragedy, at . the seme time striking an attitude appall ing. "From henceforth and forever--more tbeso doors are closed against yon Never cross this threshold again. Uo !" in trying to am use I went into the there excepting then to consign the despairing to ine-atiis. " - water, Iut I woulU oot oo mis. x re solved to display my christian forbear ance, trusting to their goodsense that all would come out right in the end. - j TTnannhistioated. wasn't I f to trust to tho good sense of a pair of lovers. later. I was sitting alone Khrnrv. The sun was setting, and as its last rays looked lovingly on the dis tant mountain-tpp, then sank into a sea of gold, my thoughts went back to my far away childhood, when I really believed that its parting smile was, the light that radiated from the Homo of the Blest, when the gate of Ileaven was opened to receive creation's lamp. Then from jojy childhood through my youth, my busy manhood, memory led me ; on until I awcit witn a proud satisiaction on iiuv present position.. The shades of twilight were gathering around, and I was in that delicious dreamy state, half way between steeping and waking, when 1 was aroused Dy nearmg turce gbostiy sounding raps above me, and a sepulchral voice calling my name. 1 am not superstitious, j but tnat voice,: so dincrent from any X ever heard before, frightened me. But after a moment s reflection. 1 concluded that it was only some one htmseit at my expense, parlor. No one . was Erna. . " 'Is there any one but ourselves in the house; r i - , "2io, uncle, she replied, looking up in surprise. vV hy do you asK i , Uh I nothing, ouly 1 thought 1 beard some one up stairs, a little while ago. There is no one but ourselvts and tbe servants.. But 1 nave learned- tlie song vou brought me Yesterday. Shall I sing it for vou r The spirit .of music exorcised the spirit of evil, and by the close ot the evening had almost forgotten my singular adven tare. : The next day Frank called to see me We were the best frieuds vet. He did not cherish any resentment a'gainst me We were in the hbrarv. when aain that -, mysterious voice was heard started un. thoroushly alarmed." i "What is that ?" I asked Frank. ! "Did you hear anything ?" "No, what kind of a thing ? What is the matter?" . ! "Nothing," I replied, not wishing to show tho terror I felt. "I am a i littlo morose to day. It will pass away direct- ly." --l-vv But it did not pass away. The' next morning, at the breakfast table, I; heard the voice aain ; this time pronouncing the solemn warning. " "Prepare fop thine end."' : : 1 I looked at Erna. She had not; heard it evidently. ' -' j This continued for a week, but no one else ever heard it. I knew that my earthly course was nearly ended. jEvery day I felt life slipping away from, me. At last there came a day I thought would be my last. .. ' j "Is there anything I can do for you, any provision I cau make for your com fort?" I asktd of Erna, after J I had told her that I mnst leave her so soon. "Oh, dear uncle ! she sobbed, behind the little cobweb she called a handkert chief. "Nothing can be of any value to me, when you are gone." j I sent her away from me then, and sent a messenger for Frank. As he came to my side, I clasped his hand in mine and Faid. "Do you still lovo Erna ?" j . "Better than my life," he replied in an earnest tone, that convinced meof his sincerity. ; . .. . j. . - "The scales have fallen from my eyes. As I near the boundary of the unseen land my vision becomes clearer, and I am enabled to see wauy, things differently from what .1 have ever done before. I know, now, that it was wrong to part you and Erna. I shall soon be gone, and my poor little dove will have no protector. If she loves you I give her to you,- and may you be happy." ; ! e "Sly kindest, dearest friend ! I cannot thank you as you deserve. But it may not be as yoa think. You may live to see the happiness yoa have coufWred on me. If you would have medical advice." "No, do," I interrupted, "it (ill soon be all over.with me. I have felt since I first heard that' warning, that ' my days were numbered." . I "Do you pledge your word that, whether you live or die, Erna shall be mine I" j - " ! "Yes, I cannot trifle in so solemn an hour." ' t Was this the sound you heard?" Again that voice fell upon my'ear. ' "There it.isngaid," I gasped, feebly. "Calm your fears," said he.'. "You must know that I have been taking les sons of a ventriloquist. Whed you re fused to let me have Erna," I resolved to make you revoke that decision. 1 knew of no way to do it but to work upon your tear.', so .1 muttered the words that have frightened you. so. Dear Mr. Stan wood, don't be very angry. You know every-. thing is fair in love or war." i Jupiter . Ammoo ! Wasn't I furious ? I lay there for about ten seconds glaring in impotent rage at Frank hall, j At the end of that time, a young . man might have been seen hurriedly descending the stairs, with poker and boot-jack in close pursuit. . I didn't die, thought I was very angry. If I had had the small pox, I should have survived it. But I unani mously voted : ventriloquism a humbug and a nuisance. - . ' The Little Peddler. One raiuy afirnooa,; in the earliest part of autumn, I heard a low knock at my back door, and opening it I found a peddler. Feddlers sre a great vexa tion to me ; they leave the gates open ; they never nave anything I want, and I A young man wrote to a Boston paper asking whether it would be advisable for him to marry a "young and tender angel, who had never done her own washing and dressmaking." In reply, the editor advised him to do so by all means, and mentioned a similar case in his own ex perience, where the bride had never done ber own washing, bat after marriage she became sv fond of the wash tub as not only to work" for her own- family, but for several families among her own acquaint ances. ' , "; . ; , . - The Worcester (Mass,) py is. down on ,the British sparrows. It charges them .with neglecting the devaMing worm for the sake of rioting in ' the tempting grain of the honest farmer, and also with much rudeness to their hosts, the robin and the oriole, which are driven away from their ancestrial huuntt ' by th don t like the faces that belongs to the most of them, especially ; those of the strong men who bo about with little packages of coarse' goods j and I always close the door upon them. Bavinir to'mv- self, "lazy.": ' .u---H ii;.; This was a little boy, and he was pale and wet, and looked cold, I forgot he was a peddler, and asked him to come in by the fire. I thought he appeared as though he expected I was going to buy, some thing, for' he commenced opening.' his tin box, but I had no such -intention. 'He looked up in my face very earnestly and sadly, when I told him to warm himself by tbe hre, and that I did not wish to purchase anything. '' He Tore slowly from his seat, and there was something in his air which reproached nic, and I detained him to inquire why he was out in ...the rain. He replied : r ..: ,-rr "I am out every day, and can't stay in for a little rain ; besides, most ,, peddlers stay at home then, and I can sell moro on rainy days. .: "How much do you earn in a day ?" - "sometimes two nillmrs, and some times one, and once in a while I get noth ing all day, and then, ma am, 1 am very tired. Here he gave a quick,-dry cough, that startled me. "How long have you had that cough ?" "I don t know, ma am. . "Does it hurt you ?" "Yes ma'am." , "Where does your mother live ?"' - "In heaven, ma'am," said he, unmoved "Have you a father ?" : "Yes, ma'am, he is with mother." h replied, in the same tone. , "Have you any brethers or sisters? "I had a little sister, but she went to mother about a month a-ro " : "She wanted to see mother, and so do I, and I guess that's why I cough so. "Where do you live ?" - "With Mrs. Urown.on N street. "Does she jrivo vou anv medicine - for your cough?" "Not doctor s : medicine ; she is, too poor ; but she makes soiuethioir for me to take." " - - "Will you take something, if I to you?" "No, ma'am I thank you ; mother took medicino, and it didn't hep her, though she wanted to stay, and you see I want to 20 ; it would not : stop . my coui-ht Good-day, ma'am." "Wait a mioute," I said, "I want to see what you carry. . He opened his box, and for once found what I wanted Indeed, I don' think it would have mattered what he had. I should have wanted it,' for the little peddler ; had changed in my eyes he had a father and mother in heaven and so had I.,' 11 ow strange; ' that ped dlcrs had never seemed people human soul-filled beinsrs before ! How thankful he was, and how his great blue eyes-look ed into mine when 1 Yaiu htm ! "You don't ask me' to take a cent less," said he. after hesitating a moment "I think you must be very rich "O, no," I replied. "I am far from that, and these things are worth mora to me now than what I gave you for them Will you come again ?" ' "Yes, ma'am, if I don't go to moth soon." ' . " "" "Are you hungry ?" . ,,. r "No ma'am. I never feel "hungry now I sometimes think mother feeds me when I sleep, though I don't remember it when I am awake.- 1 only know 1 qod t wish to eat now, since my sister died. . "Did you feel very sad ?" "I felt very big iu my throat, and was choked : but I didn't , cry a bit thontrh I felt very lonely at night for while: &ut I am triad, she is op - there now." i - ' - "Who told vou vou were going to die ?' "Vohoilv : but I know ' I am. 1'er baps I'll ko before Christmas." I could not endure that, and tried to hare him stay ; but he. would run and fall Mrs. Brown whatluck.be had" met with. lie bade me good day again, cheer fnllv. and went out into the : cold rain while I could only say, "God be wit you my child." ' , ' lie never came again, tnougn l loone for hint every day. At length,- abou iNew 1 ear, 1 went to tho pUee he oalle home. Mrs. Brown was there, but th little pil-rrtni a weary feet were at rest and never more would his gentle knock,' be heard at-the doors of those, wlo, like myself, forgot the necessary and stern way that often sent about these wander-. ers from house to house, and their em ployment might be unseemly to then than annoying to us. ,- . ... It is pleasant to read-once in a while of a man who doesn't make a row - over the slight- disappointments of tL is life. There is a fellow living in this city who found his wife in receipt from a '"friend of letters almost as "passionate as those which C wrote to " his 'jdarling love." ; But this man wasn't of the McFarland stripe. - He put the letters, icstead of a pistol, in his pocket, and went in search of the destroyer of his peace, with a very serene ! countenance, lie found him, and said i"My dear sir, you've taken a liking to my wife, and she appears to reciprocate. 1 have taken a dislike to' my wife, and I dou't object to your taking possession of the property. If you get her outside of my house witt -iu twenty-four hoars, I'll call it square.' If you don't, I'll commence 'suit for dam ages. : Aro .you agreeable ?"- The vile seduecr was agreeable, and there was no shooting, nor any pleasant reading for the, papers to publish, j.' , : : . , 4"And here is another case where the man didn't cut up rusty, but made light of his loss : A-man was divorced from his wife, and she married anotber. wbere cpon husband No. 1 inquired of husband No, 2. " What relation are you to me"?" 'None that I know. of.;,. .".Yes you are," said No. 1 ,"youare my step husband--I stepped out and you stepped in."..,..- A well known clergyman was crossinsr Lake Erie, some yearsago, npon one of the Lake steamers, and seeing a small lad at the wheel steering the vessel, he ccostcd him as follows : , . '3Iy son, yeu appear to be a small boy to steer so large a boat?" "Yes sir," was the reply, "but you see can do it, though." . . Do you think you understand your business, my son ?" yxea sir, 1 think I do. : . "Can you box the compass ?" "Yea sir eri'J- s frf-t'S "Let tne hear you box it ?" : " J he boy did as he was requested, when the minister said ; - . . "Well really you can do it. Can - you box jt backwards ?" "Yes sir." . . , .. .... 4i Let me -hear you ?" Tbe boy did as requested, . when the minister remarked : "I declare,' my son ! You do seem to understand your business." The boy then took bis turn at question ask in g.' begi n ni ng : Tf'Pray sir, what might be your busi ness .7.; -.-I. ., 1 - "I am a minister of the gospel." "Do you understand your business?" "I think I do. my son." - "Can you say the Lord's prayer?" "Yes." "Say it." The clergyman did so, repealing the words in a fervent manner, as though trying to make an impression on the lad; "Well, really, said tho boy upon its conclusion, "you' do know it, don't you ? jNow say it backwards. "Oh,. I can t do such a thing as that of course." ' V .'You can't do it, eh ?" returned the boy. "Well, then, you see, I understand my business a great deal better than you do yours. The clergyman acknowledged himself beaten and retired. Youug- America at the Wheel." New Textile. The Jkrmers of Illi nois have had great trouble with a weed called tire iodiau mallow, which grows iu great abundance on tbe rich prairies and bottom lands, and which has been considered even a greater nuisance than the Canada thistle. , If it once gets on farm, it remains in spite of all efforts to exterminate it. The Springfield Register says that this obnoxious weed, which per cists in thriving in dehance or all at tempts to exterminate it from the soil, destined to become one of the most valu able productions of tbe State, i A youiu man named J..1I. O'Conuel has discover ed that the fibrous formation of the stalk of the mallow is capable of being brough into use, and has taken out a patent cov ering the right to use this pjaut tor man ufacturitig &ll kinds-1 of cordage, textile fabrics, aud paper, and has exhibited specimens of paper made therefrom. The fibre which is seven to ten, and some tunes even twelve leet in lengtn, comes from the stock with less labor than needed to dress hemp. When ' rotted the fibre separates entirely from the glu tinou3 and woody matter," so that the tedious and expensive process of hatchel ling is not required. - It can be bleached to a snowy whiteness withont Iostng any portion of its strength; and readily and firmly" holds any color which flax will no' do. It is said that the new fibre will yield twice as much hemp, say a ton to the acre.. It will grow readily on medi um sou. and alter the first vear will nec no cultivation, as ineo uBtablished on the lapd there is no method known by which it can be killed out. If the merits of this fibre arc not - exaggerated, Mr. O'Connell has made,'a discovery of ineal cutable value. i We extract the following interesting octdent from "Sketches of the Olden ime," contributed by Mr. J. A. Dacus to the St. Louis Bepublican : In the year 1838 the Autocrat took on board at Vicksburg - FOUR PROFESSIONAL DESPERADOES as passengers bound to St. Louis. The boat had a large number of passengers aboard, and the "professionals" could not How an opportunity so promising of fruitful results to . pass unimproved. Among the passengers was a young man, who had been intrusted with a large sum of money by friends iu the East to invest in real estate in t ho .West,' Being of an unsuspicious disposition and wholly un acquainted with the state of society then' prevailing in the southwest, the courte ous and specious rascals very soon . ob tained a kuowledge of tbe fact that lie had money. " He was "WORTH CULTIVATING and immediately an tneir arts were brought into play, tors fleece their' fellow passenger. Games were proposed. The young man did , not play. They finally succeeded in getting him to drink wnu them. They then felt certain of their prey ; but to their astonishment he was more cautious than ever, and rudely re pelled every euort to engage him in a game ot hazard. Days passed on yet they made nothiog out of him, but a few drinks. Something must be done. .The four confederates at last resolved upon murder as the best and only means ot getting this obstinato young man's money. One night he as seen to enter his state room. The next morning the room, was vacant : the out, or guard side door was oocn,a few drops of blood in the bed unen, and a pool ot the same on the floor was all that gave" any clew to ; his fate. I he passengers, however, fixed suspic ion upon the four Vicksburg accessions. There was no evidence, but : CIRCUMSTANCES POINT STRONGLY toward them. A deputation headed by entleman who was still alive two years ago and living in Louisville, Ky., waited upon tho officers of the boat and de manded the speedy disembarkation of the tour worthies. . 1 he Captain cheerfully complied. The boat was brought to at Island No 34, or Miller's Island, about seventy five miles above Memphis, and the passengers from Vicksburg were or dered ashore. The island at that time was supposed to be uninhabited since tbe departure of Fred. Frankenstein, the woodman, who had for some years before kept a wood-yard to supply passing steam boats. For some mouths he had been' away! as he was the only known resident ot the island, it was now supposed to De destitute of human inhabitants. But Fraokenstein who had only journeyed for a bhort time on the main land bad returned the evening before from Ran dolpli with a small boat load of supplies for his island cubiu.. 11c was well known to many of the people of Randolph and was known to possess a considerable sum ot money. xne caoin or me woodman had been generously tendered to the exiles from the Autocrat. That night, in tho still and shadowy hours when no -sound ; broke the silence that brooded over the German's ilaud home, his guests lose np A3!) MURDERED tUJI there as he lay asleep, perhaps dreaming peaceful dreams of the far off, vine clad hills by'tbeiUiiue. f -...When his friends from town according to promise previously made came to visit him on' the following day, they found his skull cloven assunder, and he Jay welter ing in his own blood, a ghastly corpse. Some years afterward, a felon under the gallows at Marshal, Texas, told bow Frederick Frankenstein died on the island that night.- 11 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 3E-A17:XZS3N-'E' S HEREBY GIVEU, THAT' I BlZ opened a lAvery ana fc'eea stable ! in tbe town of LEBANON, where I will be eon. tantly on Band to attend to tbe . waota of the X Will run m bkc i rum aiiwh w muhw uq Soda Spring, oo Saturday of each week. All bouDose extracted t mjr can will be prompUv attended to. - - - ' ; - - ' ' . VV ; . JB. JJVJiXJXJA. tebnon, Sept. 10, 1870 lrSmS A FEW REASONS WHY TIIE- A New Hampshire young lady, Mary Brockway, recently celebrated her one hundred and fourth birthday jn East Washington, by splitting and " carrying iLto llie bouse hall a cord vrwooq, Attachment to . Newspapers. Th'e.etrong altaclimeut of subscribers to well conducted newspapers is fully con firmed by publishers,. . f'rftop my paper!" words of dread to new beginners Jo the business, lose their terrorafter, a paper has been established, 'for' a. term,of years. So long as a paper pursues a just, honor able aud? judicious cowse, meeting the wants Of its customers in' all respects, the ties ot friendship between the subscribers and the paper are as hard to break by any outside third party as the links which bind old friends iu business or social lite. Occasional defects and errors in a news paper are overlooked by those who have become attached to it through. its perusal tor years. They may sometimes become dissatisfied with, it on account of 'soms thing which has slipped into its columns, and may stop taking it; but the absence of the familiar sheet at' their house or effice for a few, weeks becomes an ipsup portable deprivation, aud they hasten to take it again, , and possibly, apologize for haviug stopped it. ' This we believe t? bp tbe common experience in the history of all established newspapers." No friend ship on earth' is more constant than that contracted - by the reader fofcik-; journal which' makes an honest and earnest effort to merit his continued support. - . FRENcn Politeness. i-A young gen tleman, lodging iu a narrow- street : of Paris, lately conceived himself enamored of a lady who appeared occasionally at an opposite wiudow. With, the freedom of modern Lovelaces, he enclosed a copper coin in a billet-doux, to give it the nec essary weight, and threw it with sufficient force, against the closed .sash, to, break a pane of glass and go through. - His own window was left open, and, in a few min utes after a cold roat chicken - entered from the opposite side, to the leg of wfiich was attached the - following note : "Monsieur, You., take advautage ot a means of correpondiiig with my wife which proves 'you to have read the Span ish romances to" some profit. While I allow your ingenuity i however pnllow me to express a wish that, jourj Juture love-letters to her by tbe same post, you will let the .enclosed weighrs be pt tUver instead of copper, thai I may be able to repair the broken pane of glass at your expense, kx'tt 'i:'0"'"'-'""' ' t Your-humblojservant, ... j. . ; -s r Louis Napoleon is reported ill at Chisel hurst confined to his room. His hair is said to have ' grown ' white since tho surrender of Sedan, and he ascribes the change fo bis confinement at Wilhelnis hohc and . the absence of his favorite ba'.r dye." " " -"". A R I O IM : P I A NO SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. THE ARION PIANO-FORTE baa Greater Power than any other other Piaifo-Forte mana faotnred. - , IT- WILI,; STAND IN TUNE LONGER and in its mechanical construction it it more per fect, and therefore, more durable than any instru ment constructed in the usual modern style. The arangement of the Agraffe, the manner of stringing. the peculiar form and arrangement of the Iron frame, . ; . Supersedes all oilicrs. The nse of a hart. (which is a part of - the Iron Frame) on a line with the heavy steel stringing gives Great Strength Where most needed, and in this respect all other Pianos fail. The construction of the WREST yLASK, Into which the Tuning Pins are inserted, is such that it s impossible for thq pins to become loosened, or the Wrot Plank itself to split, as is too often the case in other Piano-fortes, TUB EXTRAORDINARY EVEN . NESS, Throughout the entire scale, the excellent Singing Quality, tbe Length and Purity on Vibration, AH go to prove what we claim, vix. : that the Arion Piano-Forte Is tbe Best Instrument ' Manufactured f A III O N P IANOS ' .Are used Exclusively in the AMERICAN CONSERVATORIES OF MUSIC of 3few York city. Toe most severe test a pann can receive is con ttant u?e in a Conservatory. Tails , Our. During our travels in Oregon, says , a tourist, we heard , some fuouy stories, and this is one of thoia ; A couple of travelers, who were lock ing lor land, chanced to stay over at a tarui house in a sparsely settled district. The house had ouly one room, and the accommodations were of the most prime val character. When bedtime approached a piece of- blanket was - hung across the room, the,. travelers took ' their moiety of the apartment, and darkness and silence reigned through the dwelling. Ie ap peared that the chickeus, for want of a better place, roosted on the flour barrel; and wbeo it was supposed that "Nature's sweet restorer" had got hold of the guests, tho good wife addressed her liege lord : "I say, John, if you'Pc going to keep a hotel, you must make different arrange tuents." - . -"-'- -' - "Why, Sarah Jane?" returned , the sleepy husbaud. "Because I'm not going to get up in this fix to turn the tails of theiu chick ens." , Baggage Smashing. A revengeful traveler on a certain railroad in this State packed a .carpet-bug full of revolvers -aud gave it to a gentlemanly baggage smash er, who had ruined three or lour- trunks for him already. The smasher flung the bag up against the wall savagely, and hen threw icon the floor and stamped upon and jumped up and down upon it as usual. At about the fourth jump firing began along tho whole, line. Forty-six revolvers went off in rapid succession, distributing bullets along the car with disgusting carelessness, hitting the legs of the smasher, who wa3 shot iu six places before he could get ' out of tbe car. . lie rode upon-the platform during the whole trip, and when he, did euter the car he encased his legs in a stovepipe, and run an irou-clud snow-plow in front of him to puidt the the baggage out with, lie smashes,' perhaps, fewer carpet bugs now than he did iu the punt much fewer and he is filled with horror. The only boon he craves is that he liiay be present when the carpet-bag owner calls with his check. . He says there will be a conflict which will make the Euiopean war: ap pear ridiculous. ' - - . - r The Rev; Benjamin Eaton, of Trinity (Episcopal) Church, Galveston ,Texas, while preaching on the suddenness and awfulness of death, on 4 recent Sunday, full in the pulpit, and died almost imme diately. h : . - . ... .. r , . , .. A Chicago minister, after repeating the story ofJoseph and Potiphar's wife, said there was not a joang man to the 5t tt i try that would not pronounce Joseph a foolc-:-j. .-V -ti--tii-.- fa,-t--t&':&i-. f Read The Following:: It affords me much pK ante lo give yon, in iLesa few lines, a very sinecretestimiminl for tho Piano Vorles of your laanul'm-tiire. We have now used the 'Tateut Arton Viiinos" in our Conferva fc riut torn year, and have had a furr yportanity of test iu their durability during tkat time. The Piano have lecn plarc-d npon almost, constantly, from m..mi:i j till nicht. and a Piano mnst indeed be "ood one when it will bear such constant use with out showing S'K"4 of defection. -As for fcnuminy Ai huM. it. .ut rltJn anv Piano known to ni 1 Thnir ruviitiar wui,:ess of tnne hi the treble fas compared to other Pianos with oe ordinary metal aprafle arrangement ) ii so striking tnat have had pupils remark, while taking thei'rlRsun iliHt altouuiib they had at home what tbey fcuT posed to be ono of the best makes-of Pianos, si ill thetreble was very wirey toned compared with the "ARIOX." :- -' - - - - Wbat makes them still more desirablo is their uniform volume of time, wbii h enables an Attist to perform a composition in i-s true character.. In total, I cau conscientiously eadone all that is claimed by the Arion Pran - Forte Company for their superb instrument, as I consider them su perior to any ether make. s " . " Cone;ratnlattne you apon the great success you t ave obtained in tbe manufovture of so perfect an instrument, I remain yours, - - , ... .' .'.".- . Verv truly, ' . HEJJKY SCHIIQEDKR, . . . Director. New Tork, Scptcinhcr 3, 1ST0. WEW TO-lAY. $3,000 BET ON TUE ELECTION I Any oaetafct KfcMsl Jia. ean de ao hy vi'te the attention of Linn eonnty el ., to : their unequalled stock of j DRUGS, M'EDICINfeS, CIIEMICALS, PAINT & VARNISH BRUSHES, PAINTS, QlLS,iVARNISnES, AlfGOHOW KEROSENE, WINDOWfIiASS, ' ,TR U"S-ES, FANCY - AND ' TOIEET ABTICXBg, ETC. Aeents for Dr. D. layoc k Pon's preparations, H. II. II. Horse Med vein as, etc. Do yoa like medicine for its bitter ot nauseat ing taste? - We have that description. I9 yoa want the enact witn an aromaiio xasnar Alter taking a few doses of onr Elixir, 'twill be" SO very pleasant luairyour prejuuivca . r .MuBtnrelytrB.awryi -J" and the preparation ". H ' .' - n m lose tbe name o" poyaio. (bat not thoeffecU)--s- r mi v ... !-.;. Physicians and customer from - tha esnotry may Test assured that their-orders will be prompt ly attended to. Presoriptionvcorefiuly and eor- rect1y,componnded. ' , ., f .. .. r . Wave you tbe impolite guest called a corn T wo sell "Cera Blayer," which surely "does the work, without pain IM yu desire a book of any kine, a Hold Pen,-an Albntu Statisnery, or aneb-T W. S. lripes is with ttm, tor tbe accommodation of all favoring him with; eall.' -' s''-' ' Do you wanl-a tine Watch," a. 'et of Jewelry, cheap or dear? J.D.-1itus st-lls the some, under tbe same roof.' Come and sec us, - Buy a Boolu- ' Buy a Watch. Buy a Pill. Buy something oraotfainirrbnteome and soo us, any way, A well sprinkled 4wr and a cool drink of water in tbe summer, aad a warm stovo surrounded by eomfnrtable e-hnirft in winter constantly kept for tho aeeomerodatioB of all. Albany. May 14,.'70-3B . .... '.. , . . R.H.r.icD0H alii aco., f DRUGGISTS,? Call the attention of Dealers to their 1rr V"' ment of " Kewly Arrived " Gooo. com ryovA to mrt tyf tho followlnK articles, tofwtner witn everr thlnv kept in a well supplied WHOLK BALK BEl'U STOKE. , v Falun Dnrros, Patkxt Manicrsrae. -Tsunna SnppoaTUU Essaa-riAi. Oils, Tii.rKK' warJtA'a Divsenrs' Bmrnaixa, PurcMinu. Paikt ajid Oils , AGENTS WANTED We want llrst-elast and responsible Agents in every city and town where we hare not already ap pointed them. ,; XV e liave just Published Our annual Illustrated Pamphlet, which contains a full description of the interior construction of the Patuut Arion PumVForte, and all tbo other lead ing Pianos of the principal makes; illustrated with cuts, thus cotraatiug the Arion with all other first-cla-'s Pianos, ond proving Why and Where . Our Pianos are superior to any in the market. Onr pamphlet contains engravings of all tbe dif ferent styles ef instrumenti that we manufacture, giving a full description of cadi, so that a person can select the style they may desire to order, with the assurance that they will receive just as good a Piano as if tbey were in onr wareronms to select it. We have sold over Five Thousand Piauos.many of them being shipped great dirtanres, and we have never yet received the 6rst complaint. As we give a written guarantee with every Piano we manufac ture, for five yean, the purchaser run no rifk. Zhm'tfail tieriUfor or nattphUl w)iichvesiail LVre, and mIm yoa ierf( tate want Jx'ptr go saw X. 11. We caution the public from purchasing a. coeap riano, woicn nas recently been pot in the market, bearing tha name "Arion." All genuine Arion Piano bttar the name "Patent Arion," and ean only be purchased from onr Kew jfork Ware rooms, or our authorized Agents throughout tbe I'nited States. -. ' T , All kind of-. SIcsIcal Instruaenls r Snppliedi ASbBBSS TUB ""a d ..4 ,.;. Ar,:::j n ::3-rcTE cc: .' . K.'iM Broadway, yew"Tih rny. Whietiwe oer at -the lowest Cask Price, anoj 5 are decenmneo. nos to oo dquckwiu. B.H. MCDONALD CO., Sax rsAVCUCO, CaI rOB SA3UB, Our Dne Bwslneaa, located in San Fran riseo, Cal. Atter onr bet wUhea, and express ing our thanks for the liberal patronage we have received for "more than twenty-one years, during which period we have been steadily en-aged in the Drug business in- California, wa beg le nay in consequence of the rapid grewtA of Dr. Walker s California Vinegar Bitter, aow spread ever tbe United Statoe and countries far beyond , we are neeesf itated to derpta .r -entire time to said bnint . 'J"' ll";' ,' - ' ' We aro tlie Oldest Drug firm "Eti tlie rciflc, Cit and the. only one. eontinnens nnder tio same proprietors since! 184S, and hove determmtd to sell our lirge,prorpeTo, and well established , bnifincsa rtn' favorable terms. ' This is a rare opportunity for men with means, of entering into a profitat-le business with advent topes never before offered. ,c . For particulars entnifre ef -, . K. 11, M-lOXAI.D A CO., R. n. JleDojralB ' Wholesale. Druggists'. J. C. KPEner.n, )t - Pan Franeiaco, Cal. N. B. Until a sale is made we sbaH continue . our importation end keep a large stork of fresh roods coBfltawlly on feaad, and sell at prices to defy competition. i .( '- ':' - ' The CreaUMcdicAl Biscorery I Sr. TALKEa'S OAXJ&OB&XA ; YIREGiVa BITTERS, rS-.- Hundred of Tltoxisands x ' ii f --v Bear tenOia jy t thrtr Woo4e- & 3 o'S tot Cnrattvw umrtm. - - t g , ia VVHAT.i .RE .TIIY?f5 Bzl s, v: si Z Z ' ' 'A - ' viiL ' . Eg gls - -cy hit Si! Vy' , lit i THET ARK NOT A VIXE D R I N K ,U 'a rj Is F A N C Y Mad of Pssr ltia, Wallksrr rrsrf ' Bptrtta andfifaa lie.siraloctore!.plced , and sweetened to ploese tho taste; called "Ton. ' les,"" AppetUera," Beatarers." ac tnat lead , the tippler on to drnnkennesa and rate, but are a true Medicine, made from theXatlve Boota aad Herbs or California, free flran sill Aleonvlla Btttnalanta. They are UwUKIATBLOOD PCRIF1EK stn4 L.IFE QITIMU FttlN- . f!TVl V TMrCAAt IteBAVAla, and tantnittlor of : restoring he blood to a healfny eondtOon. Ko . person can take these Bitter aceordlng to dlree- . " tlon and remain long nnwelL. - - - For Iataaamtuori' nad Chronic Rhaa . aasttlasB srael Usat, . Uraoeaola. mr lm4lm reottoa, Slltosw, Becnltteat nad later ; mitten Fever, Dleooeea of tlse Blood, 1,1 ver, Kidneva, and Dlaalaer, these Bite , . tor have been, moat nooessToU Back IMaa. emaea are canndyby Vitiated Blood, whlca. - la geaerany prodneed by deraiuremant of the. Tlaettv Orsasi. DYSPEPSIA OB 1NDIGKBTIOX. Beadacbe. Pain in the Saoaiders, Coagbs, Tlgbe nes of the Chest, PIzxiness, Soar Eructation of the Stomach, Bad taste la tlie Mowta. BiUons At. ' tack. Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation ot tlio Lunfi.Pmln In tho regions of tlie K.ldney. and ., bnndred other patnfnl symptom, are the off- - springs of Dyspepsia. ' They Invigorate tbe Stomach and stimulate tha - torpid liver and bowels, which render them of ua aquallod efficacy la eleanalng the blood of alt Impurities, and Imparting new life and vigor to '... the whole ystBT. . ".ii "- FOB SKIN BI8 ABBS, ErnptlomuTetter, - Salt Bbeum, Blotches. Spots. Pimple. Pastolea, Boils. Carbanclos, Blng-Worma, Seald-Bead. Sore : yea, Zrvalpelaa, ltcb, Scnrf. Dhwoloratloa of th Skin, Humor and dMaease of the Skin, of -i whatever name or natnre, are literally dag anv, and earned oot or th ytem In ebort time by the via of thee Bitter. . Ona bottle-In toea cases win ooavlaee the moot Ineredolous of thalr . v ' earatlv effecU. " '" , -doaaao too Vitiated Stood whenever yon Hod , - Its Imparltte ooisUaa: throeurlt the ikla to Pha- . ; plea, BrBptieaeor bores t oeaaaeU when yoa' And It oestnieted and slaa-iah In the voinsi , . dranai It wboa It la foal, and yow feeltag will . ell yoa wbosw; Imp the biooo) prr- and th. . health of thrrtoow1Ufo"'w. i PIK, TArt and other rvIS,1orlrna-la, taotrstataof ww-t - are eooetaally . " doatrojrod and rvaoved. ror t u direetlons, read -arefUlythcuBarjoad ehbotUo. - -J. WAlJtJt3. Propriety. rt rcDONAXD CO., DrrU a4 Oon. A. a. haa rraaclaco, CalsUaadMComittarosStsW. irew York. soLP vr aiv iuircaiTs atd healers-