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moments previously, Beized his pencil, an dVddeti these . words MIf , you will , .. ; A Iauel BiotMB A charming face, indeed t io bright and s happy. Who is she Mrs Ruther- ' "Mary Mtfrrison one of oar -village belles." - "And like most belles, somewhat of a coquette," said the gentleman somewhat interrogatively. ' '"Indeed I never thought so tin til late ly,"' answered the lady, rather gravely. It is a pity." ",::y-- "Yea," said a young lady standing by. "It is a shame. ; I'm ; sure we have all considered ner engaged, or as good as ens-aged, to Hugh Shirley and now only look at her ! A gentleman, too, whom she has not known but a few days I "But rich, and so handsome."' said another young lady. "A city beau, too. ijuue a distinction in our rustic com-. xnunity," she added laughing. Not worth Hugh Shirley, by half. . A mere fashionable coxcomb, I dare 'say. I am surprised that a girl so. good and sensible as Wary Momsou would act "Poor Mr. Shirley 1 One may see how nt be is by it." Hugh Shirley seated a little apart from this group of pic-nickers, and concealed by the intervening shrubs, had heard very word of this conversation. !- He now rose and moved slowly away, but first looked' back to where 'Mary Morrison was seated on a mossy hill, smiling and chat ting with ber new admirer a Mr. Wes ton. "from the citv ' '" . How pretty and graceful she was, as with a flush on her face, and an unwont ed light in her eyes, she glanced Jip arch ly from beneath the brim of the jaunty - little gipsy bat which she wore. But - the flush seemed feverish, and the bright eves restless and uneasy. - 'Was she as happy and satisfied as she appeared Had she really turned away from him to whom she had almost plighted ber love and bestowed it upon this comparative stranger:, this acquaintance of a few days? -.'-.i-;.v , Hugh .; Shirley turned away with sharp bitter pang in his heart. And then he compressed his lips and walked on with a hrm, determined step. 'I will know at once," he muttered to Himself, resolutely. '':When out of sight of the rest "of the party, he seated himself on a fallen tree tore a slip From a leaf of his pocket-book and wrote m a style perfectly characters Sis oi himself t -.".'- . 5 'Mahy You know how I love you. must now know, once for all, whether von love iac, or prefer another. W heth r you win, in a "word, promise to be mine my wife. - - HUGH. npw to get this scrap of papsr to her? There was no one by whon he could send it; and now, whenever he approach' ed her, she was not only shy and restrain ed towards him, but their every look and notion became so conspicuously the mark for a dozen pairs of eyes, that it would be - impossible to convey the paper, howsoev r small, into her hand, without it being perceived by others. And yet he could not wait j he mu.;t have ber answer this very evening, for he had a plan in view -depending upon it. Hia friend Wortham would leave to-morrow for . New York, and thence to California. He bad en deavored to persuade Shirley to accompa ny him, and it had been alone his love for Mary which had held him.- ... . Hugh, holding in his hand-the slip of paper upon which so much depended, was startled by the sound of approaching gay voices, and hia heart thrilled as the next moment Mary Morrison stood before him, accompanied by Mr. Weston and a young lady. - ' "Oh, Mr. Shirley !' exclaimed the latter, "hope we don't intrude or inter rupt any poetio frenzy.' We are hunting for flowers to wear in ', our hair at the dance to-night. Of course youn be there? I really think they must have appropriate d all the wood flowers ' to decorate, the .festive hall,' for we can scarcely find one won't you help ns 7" V ; Miss Morrison had colored at the sight ( of Hugh, and - had then turned abruptly 'toward her escort. - '-.,?.. "Oh V Hugh heard her exclaim sud , denly, "there b a laurel the first I have een, and - my favorite flower. See I high up on the summit of that tree. If I could only get it I ' r i "It is quite out of reach, unfortunate ly," observed Mr. Weston, glancing op wistfully, "and the ground below so wet and marshy. .And yet I would give any thing to obtain it, since you wish it." -' "Oh, never mind ; I dare ; Bay it is oat of reach. . Yet it seems so pure and lovely, and would be bo pretty to wear in one's hair. Don't you think tot". "In hair Such as yours," he replied in a low voice, and with an admiring glance : at the rich clusters of wavy brown bair, which she wore swept; carelessly from her forehead. "But any - flower would appear well there J " and most fortunately here are some wild rosesquite as pretty as tie laurel. Will these do?" " . -1 suppose r,-for want bf -something; better," she answered, laughing coquet tishly. "Come , we will not intrude lon- ger upon Mr. Shirley, since he appears inclined for solitude'' i'tf.,Vy. She happened Co be standing closer to aim at that moment than the others. ! "Is that my fault, Mary V ; Jie replied in a low voice, to her remark. .... She-turned upon him, her face flushed her eyes flashing, through half-tears. "I at least, sir, do not seek (or other's society," she - said, warmly. "Perhaps ft's your opinion that I should?? J "J-ni Despite the '..indignation, there, was something of reproach in her tone,-which eent a thriil of hope to Hugh's heart. . " VSJay a moment," he said quietly, perceiving the -attention of thb others directed toward : them, ! "and you shall have your laareL" . .. ,.' "I don't care for it. I won't inconven ience you " i ' But Hugh, waa already threading his way over tbe marshy ground, and. the , next moment was half-way op , the .. tall and slender laurel tree,, which bent be neath hi weight. Reaching up ,.to the topmost branch he drew it downward. broke off the coveted laurel-blossom, and - with it descended.'--As his foot touched the ground an idea occurred to him. He took from ' Lis vest-docket the sligj of answer yes,' Mary, give me this token t wear the laurel, and don t wear the roses. TheD he careluUy, though With trem bling fingers, separated tbe- pure white, half-unfolded petals -of the laurel-blos soms, deposited the folded popet within, closed over it the petals, and placed t in Mary a lsnia-M,-.r.,ra "Look; within," : he said, "It bears a secret at it a heart." : i;; When Mary reached the old farmhouse close by, at which the picnic supper and oancing were. to be held, , she went up directly into a little dressing-room.. She was excited, angry. t f ' "lo neglect me so, she said to herself. "To become jealous and doubt- me as he has done ever since Mr. Weston has thought proper to pay me some attention. V hat could 1 do but pretend not to eare I And the impudence of this insult 1 'Look within. Jt heart a secret of its heart V " She threw the laurel blossom from her and burst into tears. These apparently calmed her. ' '" 1 '-r'"1' ' - -i "Yet he loves me after all. It will, it must come right in tbe end. I will let him see this evening that I don t care for Mr. Weston." v ' . "I wish t had not broken the flower. so that he might have seen me wear it this evening. Xsut 1 will tell him, and sometime when we are happier 1 will show him how carefully I kept it." Hugh Shirly was standing at the door of the dancing-room as sh entered. She wore in her hair the cluster of wild roses that had been given her by Mr. Weston but there was no laurel there. As she passed him their eyes for an instant met. He was pale, and his face wore a still stern expression such , as she had never before seen there. .Conscious of her own changed feelings towards him in the past hour, and unwilling that he should read it in her face, she turned away her head as she passed. And when she again glanced in that direction, he was gone. On the following day she learned that Mr.: Shirley bad t left liiverside bad started for California and this - without a word, a message, a token of farewell to herself - So years, passed by two, five, ten years. . Mary Morrison was a tall, ele gant, dignified woman of twenty-seven verging upon old maidenhood the youog girls said, -though the older people insist ed that she was ''handsomer than ever, and they were right. :-,v ;. ; . In this time Hugh Shirley had often been heard irom. lie was prospenog becoming wealthy and . influential but was 8 till unmarried. And when ten years. had passed since he had left River side, be wrote to his friends there that business would soon require, his presence in New . York, and that he would visit them before returning to California. i Mary Morrison knew when he came, and it was noticed that she stayed away Lfrom church the next Sunday. Yer, avoid him as she would, they could n-t help meeting. Very quiet was the inter viewvery - cold even those -present thought it. A few 1 polite - inquiries, a few commonplace remarks, and a perfect ly composed demeanor on both sides this was all. It was plain to be seen that each was perfectly indifferent to the other. v; Several times again they met, with even less interchange of remark than on the first interview. Some peoplo thought that there must even exist a feeling of -dislike between them. - ; j ? One evening when it would have been twilight but for the full moon,' Mary Morrison stood resting upon the little gate of her front garden, enjoying the beauty of the hour, and the aweet breath of the flowers around her.' " ; 1 : - " Suddenly, as she leaned pensively on the gate ..the sound of an : approaching step caused her to start. The thick laurel hedge cotfcealed the' person, but she knew by some rare instinct that the step was that of Hugh Shirley ; and the next moment he stood before "her. ; t , On seeing her lifted Jbis hat and seem ed inclined to pass on, as Mary hoped he would ; but this under the circumstances would have seemed - almost .. rude so he hesitated, and finally stopped, with a com monplace remark upon the beauty of the evening. : He looked very handsome as he stood there a tall, dark man, bearded and moustached, with T his; broad brow bared to the evening breeze. So Mary thought. What other thoughts she had or what were his thoughts of her we can not tell, but after a while almost a silence fell upon the two,', though Hugh . still lingered. i He made an effort to break the coo. 8traint. - ,. ; ,. . - .. . . "The laurel is still your favorite I per ceive,", he r observed, glancing at the shrubs -.whose glossy , green leave and pure white blossoms gleamed brightly ia ,the moonlight. ;. "- -.- ri, r "Yes," she answered, simply and cold ly. For this allusion brought back the recollection of that evening. . ten years ago, when she had last seen him; and of the gift of a laurel blossom; , . the cold cruel parting, .-i;.-.,.,.; .-.:'.( - . : "And I,": he answered, "of all the flowers and trees on earth most dislike tbe laurel." . " She made no answer, but lifted her eyes as if expecting him to give a reason. "Uecausc, be continued, ia a lower voice, "because I cinnot forget how the fortune of my whole lite depended ' upon a laurel blossom and how I lost it." - There was just the faintest' tinge lof bitterness in ' his " tone ; yet he looked down with calm cold eyes into her own as he spoke. : -.-., .. t': " "How was it?"she'a)ked.",' ; "Have you theu forgotten ? Hs it all brighter as he looked the darkness. "Mary," he said,' "there tu a note lower. I)id you you to look." . i .:. She stood into hers in now i At length there uickly and hoareety. ceatcd witluo that. it? I requested breathless and very - pale dawned upon his con eciousne8s the shadow of a great calamity ik gicai uiisiaktt wdivu aaa nung iiae a cloud over their two lives. ' : "I did hot know it," she murmured taltertngiy. :t "Uh, Mary!". What a bitter pain. wbnt an eager trembling joy was' there in those two spoken words. . " "Come with me, she said. ; And ho followed her into tbe house; - A little rosewood cabinet which stood in the parlor, she unlocked, and opened small drawer within. rom this she took a little box, containing some tissue paper, which she unfolded, and in it lay the blackened and dried leaves of a laurel blossom. . '"! .f.".Y':'v:'.-;4y!'-5"i; 1 This is , what ; you gave me,", she said. "1 put it away, as you see it, on that night, and have never since touched it." - . . "Look within," he said. . Tremblingly she parted the withered petals Yes, there was something with in a nanow slip of paper, closely lolded. stained and old, yet on which she could still trace the words written ten years before. ''j;--! "i- s-s "Oh 1" she cried, passionately, "if had but known this!". . "Would you have worn the flower, Mary ?" he asked as anxiously as though bis fate depended upon it. . She only bowed, her face upon her hands; but he could see the flush upon her forehead and temples. , He took one of the hands and gently removed it. "Look at me, Mary look up and answer mer!: r.s-f,'! ,s';,. She , raised ; her; eyes, lustrous with tears.- - Never in her early youth had she appeared so beautiful as now. ?' We' have suffered for ten years through a mistake a misunderstanding. Is it too late to make the rest of our lives happyj? v i.L f.r . r k-,.- We need not record her answer. Something Scandalous about Birds. from the New --Jiadeven I, so entirely passed awav from your memory ?--' , i ."If it is this to which you allude," said Mary, slightly coloring in the moon light, and speaking yet more coldly, .I remember your, giving me a laurel blossom on the ovening when I last saw you -at a picnic.", "Yes a laurel -blossom. 4 "A J slight thing to be the harbinger- of a man's fate.' A laurel blossom which you re fused to wear." . "I did not refuse. -1 J, I did. not think that, you wished me to wear it,' she replied, ia embarrassment. . - . , , "But the paper the nete ?" ; t , f 'Whnt note what ntMr?". '. . . a l His eves grewi BUd4eniy larger and Orleans J'icoyune : . - - .; Some families are such good actors, and so stimulated by pride, that they are generally looked upon as patterns of do mestic propriety, even' 5 felicity. They arc slick, genteel. : self complacent, soft- voiced and smooth-tongued ; they hold, J in- fact that place in the human . kind that birds do in the brute kingdom. ' : -, Those who know them best can tell some very different things about "them ' how they wrangle in ' private, have their own genteel way of fighting, arc. fierce and tricky, in a word, imperfect, like every thing on earth, and not the same their friends would make them. The most . universally . ill-tempered things in the world that make any show of decency are the birds.' With all the talk about their pretty manners, they are ruder than dogs;; and as for their hymns of haok.cgiving-and woodland notes of praise, they, never fail to quarrel at a feast like pirates. Their -gentlemen can fight harder for the fun of the thing.aod their ladies scream and scratch worso about the possession of an empty knot hole, thao is by: any means respectable; while, as for connubial bliss,i the Itride groom beats aud knocks hia wife about in a manner that is a disgrace to his fine clothes. i " -'r . About half, their, pretry songs are given in angry 'defiance of each -other. The jealousy of musicians ia proverbial, and nowhere stronger than among the "songsters of the grove "i ... J A -f'i a tiii An out-sung bird is apt to die of tbe most unworthy chargin, and when a pre sqmp nous warbler "puts in" with atiother song, be is notified, in a burst, of melody, that "if he don't shut ' up he'll get his nose pecked off." Wt have seen the supposed-to be-rocr-. ry little singer of our suburban 'gardens the pap with scarce a feather on him and his head 'bunged' np" like a prize fighter's.'. "," . j - We do not think one person in .fifty appreciates the fitness of the slaDg phrase so often applied to wild and unonncipled young men, "He v ia a' bird." ' It is meant generally as a pet name; but really, it's a hard name to give to any man. ' Ak Unbecomino Bustle. An ex change says: fMrs. Victoria C. Wood hull has been visiting all the principal cities of the North, and making a great bustle among tbe newspapers, in prepare tion for her elevation to the Presidency of 1872. We have constantly supported the claims of Mrs. Wood hull for that po sition, and to a. certain extent we. have been in her confidence, but we are grieved to say that she never informed us of her intention to decorate herself with one of those things when she began her duties at the White House. And why, indeed, should she consider f such an article nec essary for a f President. Washington never wore a great bustle made of news papers ; nor did John Adams, nor James Buchanan, nor Andrew Jackson, nor any of them. Mr, Buchanan, indeed, in his inaQgural address, distinctly repudiated the suggestion ; that .it was incumbent upon the President to wear such an arti cle, and we need hardly- tell the, student of history that his position was precisely similar to that taken by Washington in that immortal paragraph upon -' bustles contained in bis farewell address. We ask Mrs; Waodhull, tbeovto abandon her design, : It is unconstitutional, it is in cendiary, it is revolutionary, it is suici dal, b be must either retract, from her position upon the subject, or suffer defeat; for we will ithdraWiOur support if she persists in her wicked project.,,- Let her undertake to base her claims "upon this peculiarity, and in less than a week we shall have Oeorge Francis Train, and all other idiots who are ; running " for the White Ilouae, -' prancing - around the country with exactly the same kitfd of O . t. One Rail ' Railways ' A TRAIN RtJNNINO EASILY AKD SAfELt OS A SINGLE RAIL.. , Much has been said and written about the respective merits . and demerits of broad guage and narrow guage railways, buta railway with no guage at all, and only a single rail, Is a new feature in modem enterprise, and, therefore, pos se; ecs considerable interest to .. the public generally. We will endeavor to give our readers some idea of this rather curious invention, which owes its origin to the busy, brain of Monsieur Larmanjat, a rrench civil engineer, who has not only suggested the idea, but put it into prac tical operation in France and other por tions of Europe. : K, THE LARMANJAT THEORY is this, that railways as they are now con structed with two rails and the wheels of the locomotives and- cars solidly fastened to the shafts, are on' a wrong principle, and create resistance in the curves which might be avoided by establishing the read with but a single rail put in the plane with the longitudinal axis of the locomotive and cars. Forty per cent.' of the weight of tbe engine and tender goes on the driving wheels, and as the adhe sion or friction produced by that weight between the line of the wheels and the rails is smaller than it would bo on macadamized road,' it is claimed that the adhesive power of the engines necessary to araw. the train is only obtained Dy materially increasing their weight, es pecially when The road has heavy grades. and tt at sixty per cent; of that weight is born by the locomotive, and does not in crease the tractive power due to the' ad hesion on the rail. 1 In building railways with to rails, and fastening the locomo tive and car wheels to the shafts, Larman jat lays the Fame mistake has been made as if wheel-bariows were constructed with two parallel wheels pinned to a sin gle shaft. His invention' works the driving wheels 'of-the locomotive on macadamized' road, or oak planes laid alongside the tail, which gives him tractive power of six or seven times great er than iron can furnish, and causes the whole train to run easily and, safely on a single rail, i his rail is ot American pat ern, and is spiked in tbe usual manner, but. in - the middle '.' of tbe i ties while the planks : alluded to are bolt ed fast to either, end of the ties. For i turnpike railroad having a grade' of five hundred feet, and where the train is to weigh fitly tons and the locomotive ten. tbe ties require to be nve teet seven inches long, and a three inches thick. If on a turnpike with the above mentioned grade the same weight is to be , drawn, and the driving wheels to tun on the macadam instead of plank, the rail, in stead of resting on ties would rest on oak planks, one foot wide and three inches thick laid in the same direction as the rail. The planks and part .of the rai ; A student at Yale atartled the at recitation the other day; "What atare never set ?' ftsked'the Professor. Ios waa the prompt rpry sotto-poem? 1 wonld be buried in the ground ; the rails weigh about 81 pounds to the square foot. and the macadam on either side, would be one foot wide. ' TOE LOCOMOTIVE' for our one rail railway has four wheels being placed." the oue at the front and the other at the reat of the engine, bear ing on the rail.' 'These give the direc tion. and are double flanged. The other pair of wheels are placed in a traverse plane, passing on a line in front of the firebox. They run on the oak planks or macadam, as tbe case may be, and are the driving wheels.- By the aid of screw ingeniously contrived, ti.e.,"engio eer can incline his machine more or less, and thus the wheel can be put on or taken from. the .driving wheels. The wheels are not we lged to the shaft, but turn loosely; they have coiled .springs, one end of which is fixed to the shaft, and the other to the hub of . the wheel so that tbe engine moves ouiy alter so many revolutions, the spring Coiling itself till the tensioo is equal" to the power ' neces sary to start the train. By this arrange ment, when the engine is going: around a curve, one of the springs discharges it self of all the difference which its . wheel has to roii greater than the other so that the strain on the shafts and wheel, mi troublesome in the - two rait system. avoided entirely. The directing, wheels being on a pivot, can be turned in any direction. The cars have only four wheels, two to run on the rail, and ( wo on the' plank or macadam; and all the weight bears on the rail and side wheels, the latter being smaller than tbe d erect ing wheels, and intended only to main tain the equilibrium - .5. But after all, theorizing .and specula tion, the proof of the soundness of pud ding is in the eating ol it and Monsieur Larmanjat 'has a one rail railway run ning, between Raney end Montfermeii near Paris,1 which :,.:!"--" -. "-S: C "isSa. HAS BEEN IN. SUCCESSFUL. OPERATION two years. '"On this railway a locomotive weighing three tons draws two; ears with twenty passengers in each, np grades equal to 370 feet in a mile and through curfee of 1& feet radius. This sort of a railway can be built iu France for about $1,6U0--. per mile-:.: The locomotives weigh six and ten tons ; the former runs fourteen miles an hour, drawing besides its own Weight thirty-five tons up a grade of two feet in a hundred," and costs 95, 0001 On a leve! it would draw 180 tous. The Uars. are correspondingly cheap. - Many practical men believe that the .Larmanjat systecu, is the true sola' ion of the problem pf putting railways on turn pikes with thu grades and curves which the common -highway usually has, and it is not impossible that the experiment will soon be tried in t bis country.'" : Should it be us successful" here as in Europe, it would be of immense benefit, especially in mountainous regions, or even in such hillv localities as New rEnziand.--i.Ve. Jjouis RepuhHea.' J . A late press dispatch from La Salle, III., says : The recent rain,1 with inter vals of intensely hot weather; baa pushed forward all kinds of crops with 'unusual rapidity, Farmers in this viulnity re port the b"est stand of corn - obtained for many years. The seventeen year Jooasts have appeared quite numerously south of the Illinois river, and seem to; be moving in a westerly direction. The weather is much cooler to-day r; - i High Water. Tbe Columbia rivef ftt latest dates was on he tamjiago- ' " : Puzrjed Chinamen at Versailles. About two hundred years ago a Japan ese ambassador , came on a mission to Louie XrVY When asked by the cour tiers what-astonished him most in the city, he ffphed t "To sen myselt in it." If M. Ihiers Were to ask the same ques tion of the Chinese ambassadors who are now her, it is probable they would answer, "To see yod in it i' "for having been sent by bis Celestial Majesty on a mission to that particular Son of Heaven Who was supposed to be reigning in Fans when they left Pekin, they are greatly perplexed to know to whom they sh uld ofier the magnificent presents they have brought with them. Instead of a son of Heaven in the Tuileriea they find an assembly of mandarins in Yersaillex, and instead of one government, they have to. choose between two for tbe transaction of their business. According to Chinese notions : France is. a dragon with two heads attempting to devour itself. The youngest oi the ambassadors is a very gentlemanly man, as far as Chinese gen tility goes, well up in bis Confucius, and ot an . observant turn of mind, . and is writing an account of the events taking place under bis eves. His notions of - - t rench politics are somewhat obscure and it has been impossible to make him un derstand the difference between 1 the social and non-social republic. - Having been favored with a reading of the origi nal manuscript, I give a translation ot oue of the most striking passages : "Hu man sacrifices, savstbe writer, "have not been abolished by these barbarians At certain epochs they slay - each other, that none of them may 4e massacred by a tyrant. These occidental customs recall 'he customs of our Western, savages who put their parents on the spit to spare them the inconvenience of old age. In dividually, these barbarians are mild in their manners and of agreeable inter course. United in assembly, " they can never agree. " There- is one; word that makes them frantic. That is the word Liberty. We cannot give the exact meaning of it. because the learned men to whom we applied for illustration do not themiolvcs understand it. perfectly, and we have not found two who interpret ed it in the same way. I he commonest interpretat'on of the woid 'Liberty' is, that it expresses the right to free one s self and enslave others. This people treats us as barbarians because our lamas rip up their bellies in honor of Buddha. With them tbe whole nations tears itself with its own hands in the belief that it is serving the idol 'Liberty 1 bey call that civilization. norld. ... . n :V.'(...-. The Chicago Times of June 1st says "McFarland is determined to make him self obnoxious to his and the late Mr, Richardson's wife. He has had the Iu diuDa divorce suit re opened, and is in fair way, it is said, to have the verdict set aside. If this should be the result his criminal affairs will be in a sad state of contusion. His killing of . Richard son has been decided in Court not to have . been murder, but. in this case would it not be suicide? lie killed Mrs.' McFarland's husband ; ' that is a well known fact.' Now if another Court de cides that McFarlat.d is that husband, it will be clearly demonstrated in law that Mr McFarland is dead. " This would be a pleasant way of disposing of the whole matter, though the lady in the case, like most ladies in most cases, is enjoying herself just now in California, in sweet oblivion of any cx-husban 1." . HEW TO-DAY. Aoricultckal. That great and good man, Horace Greeley, is constantly working for the benefit of the agricultu ral community, and it has become a common thing for laruiers all . over the country to consult - Horace the same, as they would an almanac for information. Here is the latest effort ascribed to bim : An Elniira farmer wroto to Mr. Greeley for his experience in racing geese for market. Horace- said there was no trouble at all about it if the goslins were not weaued too young. I He says they should be allowed to run with' the old cow and suck until their horns got out an inch or two, when they will.- be hardy enough to pack and salt down for mar ket. , . , : Persons who have not been in the habit of drinking buttermilk consider it disagreeable, because slightly acid ia consequence of the presence of the lactic acid.' There is not much nourishment in buttermilk, but the presence of the lactic acid assists the digestion of any food taken with it. The Welsh peasants al most live upon oat cake and buttermilk. Invalids suffering from - indigestion will do well to drink buttermilk at meal times. ' ' ; A Landlord's Experience. A Virginia landlord, in commenting on tbe statemeut that, tight lacing saves the country 82,000,000 annually in board alone, says ir is a villainous and habitual lie. He knows a girl who laces so tight that his arm will go around her twice and lap over clear -to the elbow, 'and. one wouldn't thiuk, to look at her, that she could eat anything except soup; but she's got an appetite like- a cross-cut saw, and she mows a swath at a table like a sclf raking reaper. , l Literary Food. Poetry is the flow er of literature ; prose the corn, potatoes and meat ; atire,is the aquafortis ; ' wit is the spice and pepper ; love letters are the honey and pugar, and letters, coutaiu ing remittances are the pluuis: ; -v Gentleman about to pay his ' doctor's bill "Well, pbctor, a my little ;dtoy gave the tneaseld to all-tba neighbors children, and as they were attended by you, I .think you can afford to deduct tea per cent irom the amount of my bill fr the increase of the business we gave you.". ,. - ; - ' A gentleman traveling on a steamer, one day at dinner, was making sway with a large pudding close byv when he waa told by a servant that it -deatrt, fit matter not to me," eaid he, "I would eat it if it was a wilderness." - f -'if, 1 ' ' When our cup runs over,' we let others drink the drops that .fall, but not a drop from within the ri m ; ' and we compla- f cently cail this charity. -.-..-- f&biClpiwt; CHARLEi A. DAXA. Editor. - .A Newspaper ot tfce Present Ttaa. - tntecded fmr role Kw Earth. toelfldtng Frmc . JIrbulc. Herclisat, Pro RMienal Men, Wot Iter, TSilaMl, aod ll Man. tar of Honst Faiki. aad th W1V 8on. Bad Paasb:sr ot all inch. , ONX.S ONE COLLAR A VEAIt t ONE BJPNSRCD COPIES FOB 0. Or 1m t&aa One Coat a Copr- 1 tttera s a ' SJO CiU! iH warr PoH Offlc. SBHllwEBKIr trj, 8S A TBAB, -? of the aume nisi. ao1 general character J J. TBK TIEELT. tint wltta irreatel-variety of BUaeelianeaas readme, and fnraUhlnj tae urw to IU aeaeribeia with greater fresnneas. becaiir It oomei twice a week taatead pf ooea oalr . TAB DAILY 8CK, 86 A VBAB. A praSralMnttT read ibis newipaeer. witB ie amn eireaiatloa in the world. Free, inae eeideat, and tearlen In pontic. Ail the from eTtrrvbera. Tw- eeata a oopy DJ auul. fta ceata a moata. orfSt year. . TERMS TO CX.TJBS. TBI DOLUS VTEIK.LT BUS. Five ebpiei. one year, aeoaratelr aodmed. ' ' FeuOeUui, Tea eonte,'OM Tear, eeonrately adrtrened aad an extra ob tote getter a of elan . T3ir eap!e.' ne Tear, eeiKiratelr addreered ad aa ex ra ti to too etter op of c:6), rifteea llellar. PMrr eoptPB. one veer, to one aldre nnd tbe Sam-Meekly oaeycnr t eetur bp of lnb). Thlrty-tbreo lolian. FiftT popleejj one Tear.vepvratel aidreet (nd tue SemlWeeklytaeye.ar.o ettr m o r.ln-.)r( Thirty-are Dollar. One nli ed eoclea. one rwtr. t na adfren (tad the lal)y for one year to tha tciur nr of c!ns. Fifty Oollara. One bnndred o4e. one y-nr. parotfly i- dre'sed aail UteOally tor oue rftctr to ( he vetter. upofelnb), -..r Maty Dollar. . TBB : SE3IIWEBrlLT SCX. ' ' Five eoplecoae year, Cratcrv Kdtw.e. '- ... .. r ; ....... Uivbt Cellar.. Tea eopfet, one rest, ceparafeir alnrramed (mh. aa extra copy to setter t of rl in), bixteea Pallnra. "" BIXD TOCtt MIKET ' ! - fa Pobt Offl.j orders. nhnAhs, or disft onXew York, wherever convenient If not. tneo rezisicr toe tatten eoouiulne timney. Addree ' ' : , L W. E2U.Wn. PnblUbeir. V." ; ! -; " ." ttn office. Mew Tork City. B ILL-HEAD PAPER,-an'lire, jut received aod for rale att&U OGlee, jow lor cut. , R. H. McDON ALD & CO., WltOLGtUE DRUGGISTS J3 EAH rSASSKCO, CAW a.ti ... BtiMtlrin nfTVaalra tn Mlr lakm UfOTC. merit of "XcwIt ArrtTod w Goods, coinpotwil eVI'IT LOIIflC l" Cil ouywiww t wwa gALE DDIU 8TOUE. Fbksh Dura, I Tra.jmre Psctt' Fatist MaDictitB. I DBCOoia-rsSca-oniaa, TBFssis&SrppoBTiiBa J Bnittt Rkbb. F.sBiNTiAi. oiu, I PaarcnaaiBp. KtEOMXI OIL, , I PtKT Oita. . WTilch we offer at tbe lowest Cash Prices, and are determined not to be undersold. b. n. McDonald a co aa FaAxcuco, cait- NEW ADVUSTICI.. :ti. 1 r-1 A IEW REASONS T7T . TIIX . ; a n i oij p i r- ::o supcRicn to m ct::z:3. Power than any other other Piano-Forte ssaaa- fac tared. - v - - IT TTILL STAND I TPXE tDSGK-.' and in its meebaaieal eonatntrtioa It U x er per- T r ..j ik...flkr. durakla than m inatrah. . meat eonstrmeted ID the avaal aaedeta -Is.: .The aran cement or tbe Agraae, tje w .. striDKing.tbe peeuliar farm and arraa; aeat of - tbe iron frame, , 1 - Supersedes all Otl. r. - Theaseofa Wt.(wlilcbja a pSrtorv Tron. Frame) on m lino wiui wo nemrj awes rs,ixt-x. Great, Strensrtla I Wbere most aeodod, and in tbis res peel a J etaer Piano fail. 1 - Tbe constrnetioa of tbo WBEST PLA. . into whkh tbe Toning; Pins are inserted, is tax "St it Is impossible for tbe pins to beeom loos mI. or tbe Wrest Plank itself to split, aa ia too s a tbo .ease in other Piano-Fortes, ' I : .-. THE liXTltAORUINARY EN- NESS,- - h. Throughout tha entire scale, the excellent xliig Quality, the v - - "f ':" -'' : - . Length and Purity ,m .1 tZmit. V - f AH ro to prore what wo claim, vis. t tJL V Arien - Piano-Forte I tba Bt Iustrument Haonfact X' I-i n I-tVT23l!3-"I? ' A R I O IS" PIANOS - z3 rOR SALE,' Our Drag Business located in San Fran cisco, t.'al Aticr our bcrt vfit-hes, and express ing onir thanks for the liberal patronage we have received for more than twenty-one years, durinjr which period wc have been steadily engaged in tbe Drug business in California, we beg to say in consequence or tne rapvi growtn oi Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters, now spread over the United States and countries far beyond, we are necessitated to aeroto our entire time to said business. We are the Oldest Drug firm on the Pacific Coast and tbe only ono, continuous tinder the same proprietors since 1819, and have determined to sell our larste, prosperous, and well established business on farorablo terms- . This is a rare opportunity for men with means, of entering into a profitable business with advan tages never before offered. - For particulars enquire of R. U. M. IOXAr.D A CO.. R. It. McDoxAt.n, Wholesale Drucgii'ts, . J. C. fpFCRB. J - Pan Froneiwo. t'al. K. 1!. Until a sale is made we shall continue our importations and keep a large stock of fresb good constantly on band, and sell at prices to defy competition. Tbe Great Medical Disceveryt Dr. WALZSB'8 OALTFOBNIA : VINEGAR BITTERS, YTnnrlTwrla rf Thnnitnjlda P Bear testimony tothrtr Wonder. On - ful Curative Jmeets. S WHAT ARE THEY? Is p-o .i e"eS oo , 15 oh CIS THEY ARB VOX A V1LB elF. A N C Y D R I N K . lfado of Poor Raw, 1 Whlakoy, Proof BoiritsKadatefaae LlejaHroaoetored.spieed ' and sweetened to please the taste, called " Ton. lea,"" Appetlaers," " Beatorers," that lead tha tippler oa to drunkenness and rain, bat are Woo Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs of C&Ufbroim. free Trans all AleoholM BttaawlaMscav Tnoy are tfce&BKAT BLOOD PCRIFIEB. asd LIFE GIV1KO PKIM. CIPLK a perfect Renovator and Invigorate of tbo System, earrylna off all poisonous matter and restoring the Mood to a healthy condition. No person ean tako these Bitters according to dlreo Uon and remain Ions; nnwell. ; ". ' ". . For laflaaasnutory nnd Ckronlo R.he asitlaaa' nasi Gout, DyaaepoJav or IbmU--watlao, piUaaa, Remittent and later salttomt Fewera, Pteeoeeo of tfco Blood, Liver, Kidneys, and BtsuUer, these Bit ters) have been most succesefal. - Sack Dls roero are eaaaod by Tttlaxted Bleed, which Is generally produced by deranjremeqt of Uyj Piawative'Orro.na. . (.. ' 'Jr ' DygPCPBUOB 1ND1GRSTIOW. Headache. Pain In tha Bhonldors, Concha, Tight ness of too Chest, Dlzxlneas, Bonr BraetatRma of the Btomach, Bad taste In too Mouth Bilious At. taeka. Palpitation of tne Heart, Inflammation of tns Lungs, Pain In the regions of the Kidneys, and - a hundred other palafol symptoms, are tbo oft -Springe of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate the Btomach and stimulate tbo. torpid liver and bowels, which render them of so opjualled emcacy In cleansing the blood of alt taapuritlcs. and Imparting new life and rigor to. the whole system. - - -. rOBSKIN rrSB4SR8.:"PIOM'Teter' " Bait Rheum, Blotches. 6 pole. Pimples. Pustules. Bolls. Carbuncles, Blag. Worms, 6eaId-Bcad, Bora ' lyes, Erysipelas, 1 too. Scurft, Dlseolorations of ' tteSBn. Humors and Diseases of too Skin, of whatever aam or nature, are literally dug np aod carried out or the system la a short time by '- bo oae of these Hitters. One bottle la ouch eases will con vinos the most Incredulous or their ' eursttve elfeets. - -. -.- . . cleanse tha Vitiated Blood whenever yon find Its Impurities banting through tbo skin in Pim ples, Kruptlons or Bores ; cleanse It when yon ; and it obstructed and sluggish In the veins j cleanse It When It ts font, and your feelings will Salt yod when. Keep sue blood pare snd the health of the system will follow. - PIN, VAPB and other WOSm lurking la the system ot so many thonsanda. are effectually ' destroyed and removed. For fall directions, read ' carefally the otrcalar around each bottle. , ., J. WALSXB. Proprietor. R. H. UcDOKALD CO., Draggists andQen. Agents, San Francisco, CsU, and Si andM Commerea Btrect. Kew fork. -0W BT.ALI. EKyaOISTI ASD pXAUCES. Are used Exelasivcly ip tus i AMERIQAN" CONSERVATORIES i. ..... .. : - r ---- W. ; - - - Oi! MUSIC i of New Tork city. ' , ) a u MUM ra-era m pmno can weervm l vov WW Read Th llorins:: It affords mo ranch pltaure to jrire yon. In tbeso few linos, very siuecre testiuiuninl for tha Piano Fortas of. your manufacture. . We have now sved the "f'ateut Arion pianos" in oar Conferral) r ..-. for a year, aod bare bad a fair opportunity oftoU ing their durability during that time. Tbe Piaaod have been played upon almost constantly, ftoar morning till nigbt, and a Plane must indeed bo a good one wbeo it will bearsorh ooawtaat aeawi -ont showing signs of detection. As for rwawrto.. :. in rnae. it ont rivals any Piano known to vac. r Tbeir peeuliar sweetness of lone ia tbo treble ,5 (as eompared to other Pianos with tbo ordinary 1 metal air ruffe evrransemeat 1 ia so alrikiM that 1 . Bare hal pnpilsreranrk, white taking tbeirlessoov, -that although they had at homo what they sup- : nosed to he An nf I itn Km, w.iru, r: : l tbe treble waa very wirey tuned compared with tbo , nn . , , , .... . . . i mawos uwa nui mora aesurauu is tnelp uniform volume of touc, wbktb enables aa Artist to perform a composition in its trae ebaraeter. Ia total. I eaa conscientiously endorso all that is claimed bjr tbe Arioa Piano . Porta Caanui fur j tbeir superb ferStruDkents, as I consider them aa.. pervur to..aay othor make - CongratuUting yod upon the great sneeess yo - wve imsmm iu too ssniaram, ofao perfect aa inrtrameat, Iremaia, years. -T'y-: : , ; Xery traly, " - HKSXX gCHROEDER, ' Direetog. jXqw Tork, September 3, 18"0i. ; ACJEWTS" TATT'EI We want nrst-eTasa and rrspoaatble Agents ia every city and town where we have not already sp-. pointed them. - . . We have jutjt Published " . Our annual IUustrmted Pompbiet, which eoatalna a full description of tbe interior eoastraetiua of tbo Patent Arioa Piano-Porte, aad all tbo other read ing Piaaoa of tbo principal autkast Illustrated with, cuts, thus uo trusting the anon wU alt other first ' clais Piaaoa,. aad- proving v ,'. '. .... .... J Our Pianos are superior to any ta the market. " Onr pamphlet contains engravings of all the dlfa ferent styles of instrument that wo manufacture, giving a full description of each, so that a person, ean select the style they may desire to order, with tbe assurance tbat they will receive just as rnod a Piano as if they were in ear warerooma to aaWnfT" We have sold oyer Fivw Thoasaad Pirwbs.many oi thorn being shipped great distauBea 'and we fear never yet received tbo first eoaplaiat. As we rive a written guarantee with rery piano we maaofae-. turn, fpr Bve years, tbo purchaser runs no riik.' Pre, mui yea wrvie stole KS( paper yew aass N. B.-.Wo eanlloa the public from purchasing a ebcap Piano, which has recently been pat ia tha "market, bearing the name "Arioa." All gennino Arion Pianos bear tbo name Patent Arioa " and can only be purchased from oar New York Waro-ro"- aothorlsed Agents threarhout tha United State, - . ' AU hinds of - Abvnass Tar, ' ss r- a m " 'V,,K. 854 Broadway-, rw Turk City. f