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MY FRIEND THE CAPTAIN.
'Kitty, let me look at that ring,
and in the nama of all that ia non
sensical, what ia it doing on your
finger. You haVd known McDonald
just one week and are wearing1 hia
ring already. It tlooa scorn tome
that you have reached an age now
when a little more discretion might
bo looked for."
"Eighteen last month, Tom," was
my sister's saucy rejoinder; "too old
to play with dolls, you see, and not
quite old enough to take to parrots
and heavy teas. So , what can I do
but flirt ? Indeed, how any one can
help flirting in such an atmosphere
as this," continued Kitty, stepping
out upon the flower-decked balcony,
"is a marvel and mystery to me.
"Why, the very flowers are coquetting
with the sun, and opening their bright
eyes in answer to his burning glance,
only to close them again as soon as
his rays aro withdrawn. Ono ought
to bo "a bivalve or a fossil to suit your
ideas, Tom."
"We were waiting for breakfast, my
sister and I, in the ealon of our
charming apartment on the Kisselef
Strasse, Ilomburg, at the season
when that fairest and wickedest of
watering-places puts on her most be
coming attire, and displays such
varying charms, and throws out such
toils and nets to entrap unguarded
vouth.as must inevitably make ono
?u . i
n Ove wuu wicsrunetm loruvurmore.
We had been wintering in Homo,
and ha J purneyed slowly northwards,
after tho mch overrated festivities
of Easter w;ek were fairly at an end,
until we reached" Dresden, when I
had rather shabbily turned my back
upon the family ! n Parted
on a pedestrian tour turoPgh the so
called Saxon Switzerland aL'd up to
Ttrnntland. with the undcrvta.nding
that I was to resume my complicated
role of protector, courier, and duenna J
. . i . -
at Jtioraourg, wncn my six weexs
"leave" should have expired.
I needed the change and relaxa
tion badlv: for, truth to say, my fam
ily cares, consisting as they did of a
maiden aunt, a younger brother, and
a very troublesome, pretty and co
quettish sister, had weighed heavily
upon my nerves ana spirits uuncg
the Roman campaign just ended.
She was the pndo or my life and
the darling of ray heart, this little
orphan sister, and had been voted
unanimously tho sprightliest, wick
edest, most captivating girl who had
graced the Papal Court that winter;
and yet I never knew one hour's
peace of mind when I had Ler under
my care.
Enjrht, witty, thoroughly wH-ircd
and self-possesKcd, and with a capa
bility for taking care of herself and
rigidly enforcing tho law of "so far
shalt thou go and no further," which
is the savinsr clanso of an American
gill's creed at the present day, Kitty
was yet possessed 01 a uemon 01
flirtation, which not all the saints in
Christendom could exorcise.
I knew that under all her froth and
folly, she kept hidden away, quite
out of anybody's sight, the warmest,
truest little heart that ever beat; and
still she would outrage decorum, and
trample on conventionalities in away
that .sent English spring chickens
shuddering to the maternal wing,
and my own poor Aunt Mary and
myself to tho verge of madness.
vith a figure so mignonne tu.it it
would have been insignificant but for
its perfect symmetry and grace; a
foot that the "heathen Chinee" would
fall down and worship, and a head
so daintily set upon her shoulders
that every turn of it was a study,
Kitty went singing and dancing over
the rough places of existence, very
much after the fashion ol the moun
tain brook, which makes all the noise
it pleases, and lures every passer-by
to listen to its voice in spite ot the
grim precipices and overhanging
crags which have been frowning
sternly upon it eince the beginning
of the world.' :
Her lovers were as tue sands of the
sea-shore for multitude, and it made
little difference to Kitty whether they
claimed nationality with England,
Franco, Spain, or Italy. She would
chatter to each in his own language,
and smile, con net, and bedevil them
untu they were made her auject
slaves.
Just .now she was deep in an "af
fair" with an intimate friend of my
own. a.vouncr Scotchman, whom I
had met on tar bachelor excursion
and had presented to Kitty, with a
malicious, and, as it turned out, most
mistaken confidence that ho would
be proof against all her arts. - ,
"We had met in a rickety "einsfan
'nor " which had Given me a lift dur
ing my progess through tho Oden
wald; and attracted by his easy, gen
tlemanly ways, and familiarity with
the whole beautiful district through
which I was walking, : we had soon
rt-ot. mon intimate terms, and had
made the whole journey to Homburg
together. - 1 - .' . ;:.;f" " '
I learned from his own lips that he
was an officer in 1 the Ninety-third
Highlanders, the regiment which had
become 6d' famous in poetry and ro
mance for 'its timely deliverance of
the "perishing garrison of Iiucknow
during the Indian mutiny, and many
and harrowing, were the tales that he
told me; of . .the ghastly, massacre at
Cawnpore, and of the outrages com
mitted there. ' .
A'1 together I had found him a ge-
. , jTlv' well-informed "compagn-
mal, Jv ,ni 1,0,1 fnTroit all th
on do yoyax t, . . Rilftl,lers
reRponsiUui y u. ; .
.ii 0,f,'ulnr -'set" in t-.nlDUrg
Ull UUl yai.v. --- r-' . 4 a7
Certainly,'.' I'-had not 1 anticipt.ei!
that he would prove such an easy
victim to Kitty's wiles; and the sight
of a very costly and peculiar signet
ring that he' wore on Kitty's finger
had first opened my dyes to the rapid
progress of their acquaintance; . '.
, "Weil, there is no reason why we
should not have our breakfast, any
way," replied my sister, after glanc
ing impatiently up and down the
street, under cover of inhaling the
perfume f the heliotrope . and mig-
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H ' il""' 111 1 nil mi ..I
.ALBANY, OREGON,
honnetto which bloomed on tho bal
cony, s, 1
"I can't flirt with tho teacups, so
you can lay aside your admonitory
jooks lor at least hair an hour. Tom.
Ah! hero comes Jack; that's a relief
at any rate," she said, as our rough-
headed, loud-voiced, and utterly un
manageable younger brother lounged
into the room. "What makes you so
late? and where is Aunt Mary, Jack?"
bug RBKOd, an he stooped to give her
ft very emphatic and resounding kiss.
"Dyspeptic this morning, which
means cvouh. replied Jack, solemnly.
"Also, it's Sunday, and nbe's doing
tho regulation amount of groaning
over the sins and offenses of this
heathen place. "So, j-ou'd better
send up all the delicacies of the sea
son, and bo careful not to notice,
when the tray comes down, that ubo
has eaten them all up."
"Hallo 1 what's tho matter with
you, brother Tom?" ho continued,
turnirg sharply around upon mo
with that provoking abruptness which
seems inseparable from half-grown
boys. Been giving Kit another
lecture, I suppose-, and captured
her last trophy, I see," glancing at
the ring which lay beside me on tho
table. "It's a porfoctly hopoless un
dertaking, my dear fellow," lie added
with a patronizing air; "you might
as well try to prevent the cat from
mowing, or tho dog from barking, as
to prevent Kit from flirting. ' As the
little hymn, which I would never
learn, says, "It's her nature to," and
to say that she delights in it abovo
everything else under the sun, is put
ting it very mild indeed."
"You'll bo good enough to f.nitdi
your breakfast immediately, Jack,"
I remarked in a very stern, elder
brother tone, "and leave Kitty and
inyrelf for a while. No noutientic,
now. Ho off with you. Sharp the
word."
"II is really too bad of you, Kitty."
I continued, as the door cloned upon
,'acJc, "to Uirtwith Captain MacJUon-
alu o desperately. Do you know
that iVank Wilton may bo expected
any day ? I have a letter from him
thiti moming, dated London."
"It rcfc'ly is too bad of Frank,
pouted Kilt, to come so soon. He
promised roe ft year, ana iuo year s
not out till tho lth. I'm a great
mind not to speak to him wheu ho
docs come."
"Kitty," I saidia my gravest tone,
'do you intend to marry Frank Wil
ton ?"
"I don't know. I supposo I do."
said Kitty, crosnly. "I don't waul
to much, but you've all been telling
mo that 1 vo been engaged to him
sinco I was fifteen yearn old, and I've
been brought up to think it rude to
contradict inv elders. Hut it'a very
tiresome of him to eomo just now,
for Hike CaptafftlucDonuld so much,
and a he's your friend, Tom," tdie
added, giving roe a look from under
ler long eyelashes, "I m doing niv
best to tc civil to him for yoursake."
1 smiled, and the next moment the
ittle arms were tight around my neck
and Kitty's check pressed close
against my own. It had ended, as
our contests always did, in my being
completely worsted and beaten off
tho held.
"Well, little one;" I said, as soon
&9f was permitted to speak, "don't
carry your civility too far, that's all.
This ring," I ad Jed, as I held it up
to the light and looked through the
magnificent ruby to decipher the
motto and device that were engraved
upon it, "it is far too costly and con
spicuous to bo seen on your finger.
Give it back to MacDonald to-day,
and recollect, Kittv, that I know
very little of this new friend, and
would rather not see my sinter on too
familiar terms with him. And cow
I'm going out for a stroll, and you
bad better raakedutiful inquiries into
the nature of Aunt Mary's dyspep
sia" And got another lecture on my
evil ways," said Kitty, as sho pirou
etted out of tho room.
II.
From that time for moro than
three weeks we went on in the regu
lar routine ot Ilomburg life. "JJrun
nen" of nauseous flavor in the morn
ing; "brunnen" more or less naus
eous at night; the gardens, with ex
cellent music and crowds of gay
promenaders in the afternoon, and
the Kursaal, with our little ventures
on rouge-et-noir, for evening diver
sion. Frank Wilton , f or som e unexplai ned
reason, lingered in London, and
Kitty's flirtation with Captain Mac
Donald 1 was tho talk of the whole-
English and American clique at Horn
burg. ,: '' ' : " ':' - ;,.
Aunt alary tooJi to her bed in a
chronic state of dyspepsia, and left
mo to bear the whole burden and
heat of the day. - ' . . . . .
"It was no uso talking to Kitty,"
as Jack said; wherever she appeared
MacDonald waa her shadow always
unexceptionable in manner and ap
pearance, always ; deferential to my
aunt, and the prince of good fellows
with me, but assuming an air of quiet
proprietorship, with, my sister that
roused Jack's fiercest indic-nation.
and Occasioned no end of disquietude
to myself.'. 1!" ' ' '.
At last my misery culminated in a
formal proposal from Captain Mac
Donald for Kitty's hand, and the
same day Frank Wilton arrived. It
was an immense relief to me , to see
Frank's honest : face and feel, the
friendly grip of hia hand once more;
but I soon discovered that, for any
influence he Was likely to exert over
my sister's destiny, he might as well
have remained where he was. , '
Kitty looked her . prettiest and
smiled her winsomest, and played off
ir whole retinue ol adorers against
.,11 wzra a sum ana grace wortny oi
- v.str: caCe; but Jc rank met her
;fV. nn nnnr.scVcsness and indiffer
ence that complexly routed her at
her own, game. . : , -
Every particle Of hia " early V lTi5
seemed to have died out of hia hari,
and I made - up my mind before he
had been twelve hours in the place
that I could put no reasonable obsta
cle in the way of . the Captain's suit
should Kitty choose to smile upon it.
Fill DAY, APRIL 7, 1871.
I had requested, however, a fow
days graco from him, wherein to
mako further inquiries, and to talk
mo matter over with my sister; and
it waa with a very heavy heart that I
prepared to give her to a stranger,
and to consign myself to a lifetime
of loneliness witnout her.
It was tho inorninrr nffar VrnnVa
nrV.Vnl ntl1 nirnin n Unmlan 41. l .
satin that samo saloon wlicrn m
story opened Frank Wilton, Mac-
uonald, and myself smoking our
miuunai cigar lutty having just
3ft us, and Jack occupied in whit
ling and whistling "Ten little In
ians" very softly to himself at a dia-
tant window.
"Will you allow mo tolook at your
ing, Captain MacDonald?" said
'rank, in ono of the pauses of the
conversation; "It is a very curious
ring, ami fancy 1 have seen ono like
.ii.,
ueioro.
he slipped the rinc off hm ilr.wir iln.l
handed it to my friend. "It has
been in our family many hundred
years; and I can tell you a very cu
rious story connected with it. At
he massacro of Cawnpore that ring
"Eight lltllo Indians, on the way to bsaren 1
vnc ri mere uri incn mere w seven."
chanted Jack from tho other cud of
tho room.
I cave Jack a wilherincr look.
which inoant "leavo the room." but
which, "not sccinjr it exactly in that
light," tho tracelobS boy took no no
tice of whatever.
'Ah, you were at Cawnpore, then?"
said I rank. riHiuL' as he nnoka and
takink a seat directly oppoaito th9
Captain.
"Certainly I was." replied Mac
Donald, with an air of gurprbo.
Ihe Ninety-third wore on active
sorvice during tho whole tioio of the
mutiny. Wo relieved the trarrison
of Lueknow, and wero the first to
entci Cawnporo after that frightful
massacre. I can scarcely think of it
now with any composure, Mr. Wil
ton; tho mutilated remains of wo
men and children tho blood ankle-
deep it makes my hair stand on end
to speak of it.
A stranjro look came over Frank
Wilton's faco, and he fixed hia steel-
bluo eyes upon MacDonald with an
expression that curdled tho blood ia
my veins, and caused ma to eprinar
to my feet and approach nearer to
thera both. Then ho tsaiJ. slowly
and deliberately:
.r, you are a ;ar and an imp6S-'
ter! Y'ou have never been in India:
or if you have, you held no honora-
iiio iioHiuon iiiero. captain ilac-
dcnald of the Ninety-third Highland
ers waa killed at tho storming of
Lueknow. I havo seen hia mother
within tho last ten days, and heard
from her own lips the story cf her
son's gallant death. This ring ia
tha signet-ring of tho MacDonald
clan. Who and what you are. and
how tho ring came into your poses
sion, is known best to yourself.
hat I havo said I reneat. and am
frcpared to prove that you aro a
iar and a scoundrel. Now. sir. what
havo you to say in your own de
fense?"
Tho Captain had risen at Frank's
firKt startling announcement, with a
look of indignant defiance oh hia
faco; but when he felt hia whole ed
ifice of deceit and imposture crumb
ling beneath hia feet, ha sank back
upon tho sofa and buried his face in
his hands. There was profound si
lence for a few seconds, durins which
Jack crossed the room on tiptoe, and
seated himself where he could stare
comfortably unrestrainedly at his
fallen enemy.
Ube presence of Jack, whom he
had always disliked, seemed to act
as a sort of tonic upon MacDonald,
for ho arose, and turning to Frank
and myself, said, with an amount of
straightforwardness I hardly expect
ed from him:
"Gentlemen, I havo nolhinar to
say in my own defense, but that, like
trany a better man, I have been the
victim of my own ambition. I waa
the confidential servant of the late
Captain MacDonald, and when he
fell at Lueknow, I dur hia crave
with my own hands and laid him in
it. Some devil prompted mo to ap
propriated his worldy belongings,
take ha name, and pass myself off to
the world tor what x had always
longed Rnd burned to be a centlo-
man. In the flight and confusion
that followed tho indiscriminate
slaughter at Cawnporo, it was never
rightly known who bad escaped and
who had cot. I am not without ed
ucation, aa you may havo obtained,
and daily intercourse with my master
and hia mends had accustomed me
to tho manners and
ety -"
usages of soci-
"And entitled you to imposo upon
an unsuspecting gentleman like my
self, and ask the hand of. his sister
in marriage 1" I exclaimed, my
wholo soul in a blaze of indignation
as I thought of Kitty and what she
had so narrowly escaped. "Begone,
sir, and be thankful that I do . not
send the police to escori you to
where you properly belong; And
now, -Frank," 1 continued, as' the
door closed upon , my quondam
friend, "tell me how in the devil's
name you made ' all theso discover
ies?"
'"Through tho queen of imps and
fairies,: your sister Kitty," replied
l' rank, throwing himself into an arm
chair with a sigh of relief. "She
saw moro than you did, my dear fel
low, and declares the Captain had
not the ring to , her fane preceptiona
from the first. Har suspicions were
conhrmed by hia unwillingness or in
ability, to explain the device and
motto of the ring to her, and she
wrote to me in London to mako in
quiries for the family and friends of
uapuun jjiaouonaid, of tho Ninety-
iuira, ana ascertain wnere that tral
iant soldier was supposed to beat
the present time, i did so and you
i .n- - ....
,unuw uio result. r - ;
. "Then you and Kitty are'
"The best frienda in the Vorld,
vou dear, ' darlinpr. eredulona " old
donkey 1" exclaimed Kitty, who had
entered unpreceived. and. after
squeezing my head till I am certaia
Ail
she uiado three or four dents in it,
bcrran canerin? about tha room wWii
an animation which showed anything
but regret for the loss of her late ad
mirer. .,,,.. !
"And now, brother Tom," she
flaid. dancinc back to ma. and uhrdr.
ing her small fist in my face, "don't
you ever dare to play the mentor to
mo airain. or eaold ma alx-int. - flirt
ing, or assume to-know more than I
uo upon any subject whatever."
Tin; i'otato ruvEn.
One of tho best aniirea nru-in ft. a
mania for running headlong into tho
cultivation oi now varieties of rota
toes and seeds said to doshch mar.
velloua dualities, in tha following
from tho 1'rairie Farmer:
MAliK TWaIS's WOHDEUrCL POTATO.
Some of our readers, or their
neighbors, may be in want of a form
of certificate to append to a descrip
tion oi soino vegetable novelty, real
or imagined, and we offer the follow
ing aa one of the best:
Mark Twain has been yisitinc
Beocbcr'a farm, Greeley's farm, and
the farms of many of our lcadincr city
farmers, so that he has fallen com
pletely in love with the business, and
especially the part of it which raises
tho wonderful new seedling. He
stated hia agricultural line by the
announcement of a new potato. He
thus tolls ltsonsnn: "I obtained it
by crossing the yam of the tropics
with the Canadian thistle, and by
carefully selecting and cultivating
the specimens for several seasons I
havo secured a product that perma
nently combines the earlincsa of the
former and tho endurance of the lat
ter; in other words, my potato is a
rare combination of speed and bot
tom, and it will do to bet on. I
christened it tho Early Stunner a
name suggested by its extraordinary
qualities and performances."
air. iwain, however, not havin?
had much experionco farming,
thought best to place in tho hands of
some reliablo man in which the pub
lic has confidence, and publishes
heaps of testimonials. We giro a
specimen from Mr. John Smith, a
respectable butcher, whoso reputa
tion for veracity is so well known.
He says:
"I am perfectly salu.Ced with the
Early Stunner. The pound that I
purchased of you will do me. In
fact it has already done me, so that
I shall not want any more. Tho day
nllZT I planted tbera my swine made
a raid on the patch, and I supposed
had lost my crop, xoa may im
agine my disappointment, when tho
foremost hog. after briskly opening the
first hill, suddenly dropped the tlice
of Stunners he bad found there, and
with an expression of disgust and
mortification walked off on his ear, a
sadder and a wiser hog, followed by
tho remainder of tho drove. My
hogs usually range on my potato crop
and a hog-proof potato has long been
my hope. I hailed tho Stunner with
enthusiasm aa being tho thing for
poorly fenced fields."
Dr. Jones, tho celebrated physi
cian, alao gives the follwing testimo
ny: .
"Having no ground of my own, I
planted a pound of tho "Early Stun
ners in the macadamized road, op
posite my residence. Ono of my
neighbors recommended an amplica
tion of plaster, as he thought the
road had been "summer followed"
too much to raise crops without stim
ulant; as this was my first experi
ence in agriculture, I acted upon hia
gestion, and applied one of Ai-
cock'a porous plasters to each hill.
The result was amazing. On the 1st
day of July I had " ten bushels of
Buck-eyes; July 2d ona hundred
bushels of Pinkeyes; July 4th, a pair
of black eyes; July Cth, twins; July
7th, had to dig my potatoes or give
bond to keep the peace.
"Accordingly 1 hired a couple of
Irishmen, sunk a shaft in my front
yard, tunneled undor the road, and
soon struck a magnificent vein of po
toes. I shall never know how many
bushels there were, for a rumor got
abroad that there waa an irruption of
of predatory x eruans. Before the
morning s sun burst, the last potato
had disappeared, and I waa ruined."
From the St. Louis Times.
CCOXOJIICAL lsUIDEGUOOSI.
Bridal chambers, bridal staterooms
and bridal cars are expensive ' luxu
ries, ihe young Benedict paya an
extortionate price for elaborately em
broidered curtains, grotesque mold
ings, a gaudy display of paint and
an immense amount of discomfort.
That musical adjective- prefixed ea
haiices the value of everything three
or four fold; ' With. an impression
that theso things ought not so to be
and that it ia simple folly to pay for
more than one gets, a young gentle
man lately hitched himself to 150
pounds of aa charming femininity as
one often sees, drove up to the
hotel a good ' one, the name beinir
left blank for obvious reasons-knight
oeioro last, ana was Bhown by hia
blushing -bride to , the parlor. He
wanted tho bridal chamber, but not
untu alter midnight, aa ; ho had an
engagement with a party outside
that would prevent hia occupancy
until the night had turned tipon its
hinge. Ui course, he said, it he
didn't use it he wasn't going to pay
for it. The Tinea waa hierh enousru
at tho best and too high for a man
to pay and then not use. - How much
would the landlord take for it from 1
o'clock? That was the question.
Tho poor girl all the time was blush
ing aa red aa the curtains which she
was pretending to ; look throgh into
. ... . i ;ii l -i m
the ptreec, uu& wiuious ;avau. xo
humor tho thing the clerk entered
into an accurate calculation of the
value of the bridal chamber per hour
and struck it off to the calculating
bridegroom, for the time he thought
it would be required. 'Next to the
man who beat his undertaker down
$2 on his own. coffin just aa he wa3
about to expire our youthful friend
must ever stand aa the synonym for
prudence, economy and thoughtful-
nS$t in trift mirflaf: fnrinn. - Mi..n-rt-
stances.
N0.34.
WAITING FOR THE SPRING. '
As the breezes stir the morning
A filonoe reigns In air; i ,
Steel bine the besrens above me, -
Motetes the trees and bare ' '
., t : Yet unto mo !Le stillness - . f . ' .
Tbis harden seems to htng
"Pstlsneef the earth 1 waiting, "f- i'-
' Waiting tut the Spring," , . v. i
.- s.
Strong ash and sturdy ehestnnt, '. . y .
, Hough oak and poplar high.
Stretch oat their sapless tiroitebef ' ; .1
Against the wintry sky, . v
Eren Ihe gullly apen ' ' ;
Hath cease i her quirering,
At though she too wero waiting, , !
' Waiting for th Spring. - , -
I s.traln mine ears to listen,
- 1 baply wbere I stand ' 7 J ,
' But one stray nuts of musls ,
May sound in all the land. '
'-Why art tbon canto; 0 blackbird t : '
, 0 tbruth, wby dost not singT" ;
Ab 1 sorely tbey are waiting, - ; .
Waiting for the Spring. ; ?? , .
.0 heart I thy days aro dark some; 'J ' f.
O heart I thy nights are drear ; .
- But soon shall streams of sunshine -Proclaim
tbo turning year.
Soon shall the trees be leafy,
- Soon orety bird shall sing; ' ,y
Let tbem be silent, waiting, . t
Waiting for the coming Spring.
OATE3 AJAR.
Ooue be; ond the darksome river;
Only left us by tha way
, Gone beyeod tbe night lorever ; .
Only gone to endless day I ;- :
Oooe to meet the angel faces, '
Wbere dor lorety treasures are;
, dons awhile fross our embraces
Oooe within the gates ajar I . ,
There's s sister, there's a brother, : '
Wbere our iorely treasures are ;
. There's a father, there's mother,
, Oooe within tho gates ajar.
One by ono they s;o before as;
They are fadiog like the dew ;
But wo know they're watching o'er ns,
Tbey the good, tbe fair, tbe true !
They are waiting for os, only,
Wbere no pain can ever mar;
Little once wbo left os lonely,
Watch ns tLrosgb the gates ajar.
Gone where every eye is tearless.
Only gone from earthly ears;
0 the waiting, sad and cheerless.
Till we meet our loved ones there t
Sweet the rest from all our raring.
Land of tight and hope afar I
Lo I ear father's hand so loving
Sets tha pearly gates ajar !
Gtorjt Coop.
HOW TOM CORITIX APPEASED
THE PREACHER.
Don Piatt tclla this funny story of
Tom Corwln In the Cincinnati Commer
cial: I heard a cood story of tha bite Gov.
Corwln last night. It seems that
while this pentleman was in tbe Sen
ate be sat at dinner one afternoon en'
tcrtalningr the mesa with amusing sto
ries and witticisms, such as Corwin
only could throw out, when the ser
vant, a new hand at the business, an
nounced a visitor in the parlor desirous
of an interview with the Senator. Cor
wln paid no attention to the man at
first, but after a time, irritated bv the
continued interruption, said impa
tiently, "O, tell him to ko to h 1."
Corwin continued his dinner, and at
the end, suddenly recollecting hU vLs- i
Itor, hurried into the parlor and found i
no one there. He rang for the servant,
and when the man appeared, said:
"John, didn't v-ou tell me thero waa
some one here?" i
"Ye, sah." '
"Why didn't ho wait?" !
"Well, sah, I took him your mes-
eajre."
"What messasre?" asked tho aston
ished Senator.
"Wby, sah, I told him that you said
he should go to h 1, and he went."
corwin'a inaiimatlon at the etUDidltv
of bis servant was only equaled by his
anxiety lest tbe person Insultod should
prove a constituent, or perhaps a broth
er Senator. Ho heard nothing, how
ever, for two weeks when ho was call
ed upon by an old friend who belonged
to the ministry, and waa created by
wise Providence to look after the char
ities and welfare of other people. The
Itev. Mr. Spook wore a white choker
ana a white hat, with the usual seedy
clothes pertaining to those good men
who look for their reward in another
and better world for the work done in
this. When ho saw Senator Corwin ho
burst into tears. The political humor
ist, thinking that Mrs. S. or soma of
their numerous relatives had departed
this life, hastened to ask the meaning
of hia grief.
"An. uov. corwln," responded the
poor old man. "I thought never to call
upon you again. Tho last time that I
was here you sent word to me to to go
u n l."
"Blesa my soul!" said Corwin, "waa
that you? I am so glad. I feared it
was one or my constituents, - and my
constituents are such d n ' fools,
while you are too sensible to mind such
a message. Here let me give you ten
dollars for the ready relief of aged
clergymen."
HORACE GREELEY AGAIX.
he rniLosormzEa ox auoub
hole.
The proprietor of a tanyard in the
outskirts of Brooklyn concluded to
build a sort of a store. In Cliff street.
lathis city, for the purpose of vending
nis learner, nuying raw nio.es, etc. : Al
ter completing hia building, he began
to consider what sort of a sign it would
be best to put up for the purpose of at
tracting attention to hia new establish
ment; and for weeks he Was sorely
puzzicd on mis suujeeu oeverai aevi
ces wero adopted, and, on further con
sideration, rejected. ?
At last an idea struck him. He bor
ed an augur hole through - the door
post, and stuck a calf's tail into it with
the bushy end out.. After a whlla he
noticed a grave-looking ! personage, in
white coat and slouched hat, standing
near the riOor with hia spectacles on,
gazing ou tho sign, . . And there ho con
tinued to stand, dumbly absorbed, gaz
lnsr, until the curiosity of the dealer,
who had never seen Sir. Groeley. was
greatly excited. Ho stepped out and
addressed the individual: J ? . , . ?
"Good morning'." ... , . .
"Morning,", said the other, without
moving hia eyes from tho sign.
'Do you want to buy any leather!"
Inquired the dealers . i
, rtNo. , .'.
. "Do you want to 6oll hides ?'
"No.r . .
"Perhaps you aro a farmor ?"
"No." . .
"A merchant, may be ?" ' ' :
4 Aro you a doctor ?" .
"No." . - ' . -.. '
"What are you, then?"
"Hm a philosopher. I havo been
standing here for an hour, trying to as
certain how that calf got through that
augur hole!" . c . -
Xt is scarco necessary to add that the
hide-dealer gets a gratuitous advertise
ment every week In the Tribune.
JA recently j married lady consulted
her lawyer on the following questioa:
"As I wedded Mr. Smith for his wealth,
and that wealth is now spent, "am I not,
to all intents aad purpesea, a widow, and
at liberty to marrr again ?"
riAt?3,0y APYEKtlSiyO i' i tsai
Ops Column, $100 ) fl3t Column, $60 1 Char
ter Column, $35.
Transient Advertisements per Square 'of, to
Tinns or loss of this sized type, first insertion
$3 '; escb tntxeqtient insertion, $1; - - -
,A iqasrS Is ar)0 jnch in specs down tho vol
mid, counting eats, display lines, blank, Ac., '
solidmatter. K9 advertisement to ho eonsidered
less than a square, and all fraction counted
full square, ' All' advertisement inserted for a
less period thaa three month to ha regarded a
transient. ' ; j t -
"Polverizel hog" is. the latest val
garism for sausage. ' ! ' '
' Th ' most heartless eonnundrom
BiddliDg a caDnoa-shot. t. j.-...
- - Tha best' of frienda fall out. . . Oar .
teeth are bo exception. ; - ,
The price cf excellence is labor, and
aod.timo that of im mortality.
TLa value of a posieseion ia in the
U3 which is made of it. " ' '
If you ki!f a fowl shortly after ' fad
ing time, yon will have- a full crop;
J An Irish editor ' eongratnfates him
self that "half the lies told about him
ain't trot." ; ' I u - ? sl.-T
v II yen are not .the.- head or. tail of a
donkey, .what are joaf No, end ef a
donkey. . .' , ...
It ia estimated that . nioe jocnea of
dry soow on, the greaod ia eqaal to 00
inch of water. - -
The man: who triad to tan leather
with the bark -of a dog has gone) into
the sausage bnainees. , ;r; - T
A Lesven worth paper announces, tho
marriage of a young htdy ; named . ''Si
erra Nevada Latta." ' , , '"
Mere thaa two' hundred ' etaJenU of
the' German Universities have bee a -killed
dnriag the war.j ; - ; ' 2
"Jaoe," sid a wag, It'a '-all over
towa." ."What's all ovef toWn?"
"Mod!''j j Jane's eyes dropped. ,
The winter has .been, so severe ia
England that birds are dying of . hun
ger. Among blackbirds tbe mortality
hi great. " - :- . -'
The Sceond Regiment of Prassiaa
Landweher, composed almost entirely of
married men. kit over 8,000 'children
at homo. ',
"Yon have very striking comnte-
nanee, as tbe donkey aaid te the ele
phant, when he hit bun over the "back
with hia trunk. ; '.' v:l
A farmer eoraplaina that when he
takes hia wheat to have it ground ho
finds a Tery lare portion of itis sub-
jeet to mill dew. .."' -' "
Gov. Sentar finds the Tennesseeans a
very polite people. ' They are asking
bis pardon about five times a day for
convicted criminal. - - --.
The floor of one of the Lichfield
(Conn.) -churches ia eo uneven that in
passing np one . of the aisles, a person
goes out of sight thirteen times. So
ssys a locat paper. - ' ? '.-
A country girl coming from the field.
was told by her cousin that she looked
as fresh as a daisy kissed. . "No. in
deed," waa her simple reply, , "that .
wasn t hut name. . , ' ,
A Western man who vtas recently in
vited to a great test on the floor of tho
House at v ashington, indignantly re
fused, sayin that he waa accustomed to
sit on chairs at home. .. - .
Illinois most bear o3 the palm, for -
virtue. A saloon keeper in that State -
keeps a temperacco pledge behind tbe.
bar, and does his beat to induce -bad
paying customers to sign it. ,
A near-sighted man in Peoria rot on
hia knees, and proposed to his intended
father-ia-law, who in his wife's apron
was peeling potatoes. He asked for a
quick decision "before the old folks
came in." - Uo then kft in advance of
a botcher-knUe.. . .
Hearing a physician - remark that a
small blow would break the nose, oar
Daniel exclaimed, "Well. I dnnno'boat
that.' Tye riven my nose a - good
rasoy blowa, and I've never broken it
yet. iiy a quick moTcmest he avoid'
cd a blow on the bead. - " ;
There is a paper printed in the Chero
kee nation in the "native dialect." An
Arkansas editor says : "It is the worst
specimen' of pickled tongue we erer saw.
. a - . . t. 1 .
It 10OK3 aa tnongn a nicro-giycerine ex
plosion Lad occurred in a type foundry .'
Two little boys were met after . dark
by a fellow who demanded their money.
Said one of them, "I have no money."
This might have been a sufficient an
swor; bat the - other, made assurance
doubly sure by. adding, "and I haye'ni
any pocke t to put money in." '"
A Cocknoy at the Falls of Niagara,
when asked how he liked them, replied:
"They, are 'anaome qnito eo;' br.s
they don't quiet hanser my hexpaja
tionsj besides, I got vetted and lost my
'at. I prefer to look at them in tha
hengraving, in 'ot vothcr, and in do
'oose." ;
'A gentleman by the name -of Pepper
had been thrown several times from a
spirited horse, and was relating the cir
cumstance to a friend, at the same time
observing he had never given hia" horse
a name. ; "I think," observed his friend
"you should call him 'Pepper-castor.' "
c r An Irishman waa traveling on hia
road to Manchester, N. Hi, He arrived
at the forks -of t&e road where there
stood a sign board,'. which read, Man
chester four miles.." ''Man chased her
four miles!" cried Paddy j' "be Saint
Pathrick, I could havo caught her me
solf in half tho time." - , .
Tbere were Iwenty-lkfee battles dir.
ing the late Franeo German war j
aides, there were fbrty-uioe 0Dgag(:a;ent3
and combata, which had almost tna pro.
proportions of. hattlos , here : wero
twenty sieges, comprisio the threfj La-
mense ntrongholds of fctrasbotrg, Uctz
and rarisi" -; ''r:'-" '- .i.-
- A litth bay, Vhoso mother had prou:-.
ised him a present, was saying his pray
ers preparatory to going to bed, but hia
mind running on a horse, ho -began aa
follows : "Our Father, who art in heav
en mi, won't you give me a hcrsc
hallowed bo thy name with a string oa
itr:.;:;:.-.'.;;r: ;;.
A-Fittsburgh (Pa.) paper t of recent
uate , oontaina . this r aavertiisemect :
"Three young ladies of Alleghany v"
to engage three young gentlemen tot ' -them
to the lecture this Winter. fj.
faro and" ticket" faruished, and; rtfres'
menta at the homes of the ladies after
wards." i:'cr-A-4r. ' A :
A gentleman,' whose ."aousa "tad been
burglarized no less thaa vthree'i time;.?
withia the last bis months, bad the torr
story of tbe aforesaid house burned cil
rcceatly. In a poscript to a letter aa,
noano'mg the fact, ha ' philosor hlcaiN
adds:' -
"The dearest place on earth ti 'a i
hrt-P. vrpfr ririTTin'"