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Having oeretofuie earned on notblug but
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STRAW HATS 1
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Sardanelles Hat. . ,
' Craaville Hat,
King William Hat,
- Germania Hat, ,
Xvannoo Hat,
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PARIAN MARBLE VASES
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work boxes.
bird cages, ! '
' ; . pianos, ": -' ;
Vr ' ORGANS, .
VIOLINS,
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s . : FLUTES,
. .. , And many other- ' "
MUSICAL "INSTRUMENTS
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ATTRACTIVE TOYS ! !
Inslading the Champion Mechanical
Velocipede' All of which, as a matter
' ' of courts, ty be bad on Kimonabl Term.
T6BlyI
"WOUNDED."
BY TBS AUTHOR OF "TUB OLD BQUSB OJ4
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Down to the banks of the Thames
slopes the lawn ut AVoodlauds,' the
residence of Mra. Chriatopher Lane,
widow; and beneath the bhad y limes,
on what in termed' the "Croquet
Ground,'4 far though sway from the
geranium and verbena beds to do no
mischief" to "thou,3 stood a party of
four, mallet in hand, on a certain
September evening, not very long
agO. i . ,V. r: ;J-:'s; . . 1. . :
"Well," said Carry Lane, "we had
better make haute and choose bides,
or we shall not have time for another
game before we are benighted, lie
member , tho evenings . are ; shorter
than they were a month ago." . .-
With a clever stroke of her mallet
Carry sent her, croquet bail bounding
up to the spot . where Mr. Hale, the
curate,' stood talking to Major War
der, of "the Blues,'4 ;audMi3 IIol
royd, who, like himself, were guests
at Woodlands for the evening. He
gave a brink jump as. the ball came
ith lull force , against;, his .ankle,
looking hastily round at tlie pretty
culprit, who laughed quietly beneath
the shade of her dainty little hat and
plume, her bright young face radiant
with bloom and happiness. -;
"You are a hard enemy, Miss Car
ry," he said, coming towards her;
"ho if we are to choose sides, I shall
have you on mine." ,
"Very well," said Carry, no way
displeased. "Let us bogin at once.
Come, Clare, and Major Warder."
: So the battle began in real earnest
Clare Uolroyd and i he Major on
one bide; Carry Lane and the curate
on the ot her. Keport said this young
curate, of Thamestown, wus courting
pretty Carry Lane. Perhaps he was;
at all events Carry knew 1est; and no
one bad any right to set reports going
until the fact was confirmed. But if
it was true, then we can only say the
curate was a man of good taste, and
he might have gone very far before
he would have found a prettier wife
or a warmer heart than this little
Carry Lane's.
The other girl formed quite a con
trast to her; t?arry was all brilliance
aud color, with richly tinted cheeks,
sparkling roguish eyes, and jet-black
ocks; but Clare. liolroyd was t ale,
wonderfully r alo and fair; it was on
ly now and then that a faiut, soft
ige of color would come into Iter
cheeks and lighten up her deep gray
eyes. Iter natr was very beautiful;
it formed quite a glory round tbe
pale face such real, bright, waving,
gold-colored hair. A little rare
smile would sometimes part tne deli
cately curved l;ps, and linger there
a while, and then it was , that you
would call Clare Holroyd very lovely.
She was tall and slender, and on this
September evening her drc-ss was all
white. Carry I dine had placed a b.t
of bright scarlet geranium in the
golden hair, which formed a fitting
contrast.
Carry had been telling the curate
all - about Miss Holroyd, for that
young lady nad only lately arrived
on a visit to some mends in a names-
town, and was not known iu tbe
neighborhood. She had just passed
tnrougn a "season in Aiondon,
where Carry said she was "raved
about." People called her a flirt, but
Carry couldn t see it. unless tnat
careless, bnlf-absent way in . which
she allowed tbe assiduous major to
arrange her croquet ball, watching
bim with a look of calm indifference
in her beautiful eyes, and sometimes
tnat rare, sweet smile on her lips
mii'ht be called flirtin". Tbe major
was a sincere admirer of Alias liol
royd's, but Carry denied there being
anything in it. The curate shook
his head, and "wasn't sure but what
there might be."
The game proceeded slowly, owing
to the repeated "bad strokes of tne
major and a slight absense of - mind
on tbe part of tbe curate. :
Presently there' came out through
one of tne library windows wliicu
opened on tbe lawn, a tall, handsome
old lady, to look at tbe players. -
"1 nave just left my invalid to him
self for a little while. Poor fellow 1
I wish be was able, to be out here.'
she said, ensconcing herself in a gar
den cnair under tne lime trees.
"Invalid awI".;Baid the major, ar
ranging nis tawny moustacne, . and
gazing sleepily at the speaker. "Who
is he aw .airs. .Lane JJidn tknow
you bad any one staying here.",.
"lie nas been with usa week now,
replied Mra, Lane. . 'He is a sort of
connection of mine Captain Uuallo
per, of the the just home from In
dia, where he was wounded in the
arm during the mutiny. - He is re
covering that, however, though tbe
arm is still in a sling; but he is suf
fering from frightful depression and
weakness, j after an ; attack of bruin
fever. I got him here as soon as
could for a change of air iuis is
rather a romantic story."
: "Like to hear it aw," .. murmured
the : major, indefatigably smoothing
his moustache.
"Before he went to India,", said
Mrs.. Lane, "his mother told me he
met at a friend's house in London, a
young lady she ' did not kuow ber
name to whom he became attached
and, in coarse of time, engaged. The
wedding : day was nxed . and every
thing arranged, when suddenly", to
the surprise of all, the engagement
was broken off, . The young lady
went to Brighton, and Charley Coal
loner to India. , No one knew exactly
how it was, .and -Mrs. Challoner
thinks it was because the girl flirted
with other ' admirers, and Captain
Challoner grew jealous; bo they quar
reled, and however the girl may have
felt after it, I know he has never got
over it. and it is just that , wtuab is
keeping him weak and depressed, and
X much fear, he will never bs any
better. He has only been away from
England a year, ana here he is a per
feot wrec-. ...It is. miserable to see a
Hue Landnoina youDg; man . like that i
at weak as' an iufunt. hardly able to
move from the sofa, and so perfectly
listless and indifferent," sighed the
kind-hearted Mrs. Lane.' , ,
"He is such a downright good fel
low, I don't know how any girl could
have quarreled with bim," exclaimed
Carry, -enthusiastically. -- "; '
The curate .looked around some
what quickly. Was he growing sus
picious? .Carry pretended , not to
see the look he bent upon Iter, but
she did see it, aud felt rather pleased
than otherwise. i - !
"The girl must have boen a heart-
ess coquette,. or. I do not believe he
would have given her up. on any
slight provocation, continued Mrs.
Lane1. "Yet I think she could hot
but reproach, herself for her conduct
if she saw him now." , .
."Aw," said the major, "quite ro
mantic. Lhall we aw see this hero,
"Don't laugh at him, Major War
der," cried Carry; "you i would give
your, eyes to be half as handsome."
rtgain the curate looked uncom
fortable, but Carry relieved him
somewhat when she added, "I have
an idea that he is still devoted to tbe
girl, whoever she may be. I have
watched htm gazing out oi tne win
dow, with such a far-away look in bis
eyes, as 11 be were tuiuking oi nor
and other days.
"Aw shall we aw see him to
night f" asked the major again.
"I'ti haps you may induce him to
come into toe drawing-room alter
tea," said Carry. i
Don't you feol interested aw
and curious, Miss Holroyd ?' asked
the major, going up to where she
stood.
She was p&le stall times, but at
that moment Clara liolroyd s fuce
was ghatly.
"My dear, you are cold, said Mrs.
Lane. "Curry, you must leave the
game and come tuto the dining-room;
there is a small fire there, and we
will have some tea. Come, Clara, I
cannot let you catch cold on my
awn, or you will not be allowed to
come here again."
Mrs. Lane rose, took the young
girl's arm aud led her to the house,
the others following slowly.
An hour afterwards, when the twi
light mingled with moonlight, and
cant shadows upon the stone balcony
qutside the library windows, Captain
Cbitlloner rosu up from the sofa,
where he lad been lying all the after
noon, and with weak, wavering steps,
he strove to pace the room. He was
growing weary of that tedious con-
buement day after day. and be strug
gled I'&rd agaiuetthe weakness which
overcame bim. His left arm was
bound up in a sling; with the right
he steadied himself in !is walk, hold
ing on by tbo bookcase, the table and
chairs.
Mrs. Lane bad called Charles Chal
loner handoome; but strictly speak
ing be was not so never had been.
It ai a fine face, a noble face, ooe
vou could trust in, one you might
like to have near you in time of dan
ger, doubt, difficulty or trial. There
was intellect in tbo broad, high
brow; there was tenderness and
truthfulness in the large, sad brown
a. ... . a
eyes, which at times seemed to ue
looking "far away, as Carry JUane
said, and there was a brave firmness
in -the mouth sad masnive c'tin.
Presently Captain Challoner stop
ped in the middle of his walk. His
ear caught the sound of music in the
serosa the hall.
Young, sweet voices Bang "Annie
Larrie." Slowly be staggered back
to his sofa again, carrying a horde of
half-forgotten memories with him
memories which bad cone to India a
year a?o with Jim, following him all
through the scenes of war and death,
and returning home again, only to
bo banished by fever . and uncon
sciousness. Back they flowed with
double force as "Annie Laurie" broke
on tbe stillness around. . .
"Her song! her song!" ho mur
mured. "I hoped I was forgetting
her,"
The poor wounded band strug
gled hard to cover his face, but only
the right arm, was able to do its
work, and the man -who had once
been so strong and brave groaned in
anguish perhaps for bis , helpless
state, but me.hinks it was more at
the memories which that old sons:
recalled.
"I could have borne it all had she
not married him that fellow that
f ool !" he trroaned.
Ah, there was a wound' in Charles
Challoner's heart far deeper than
that in bis arm a wonnd which time
did not heal. . -The openinor of 'the
door caused him to look round;; then
trembling, staggering and ghastly.
be rose to his feet. Was it tbe ghost
of his former love that came to him
there in that moonlight silence, rob
ed in white, with her pale, beautiful
face rivaling her . dress? A moment
she paused , then with outstretched
hand Clare Holroyd came towards
him.
"Captain Challoner," she'said, "I
beard vou were here, they told me
you were ill. I am come to see you
to to say I wronged you once in
my cruel foolishness, but I ask you
to forgive! ... ; v h
Broken, disappointed and . almost
incomprehensible as was her speech,
na understood it. . ; . ...
It was .no ghost then; it was re
allv Clare Holryod bis first, his
only love. !And the ..face he had
wearied and pined to see was there
now,, st his side, the moonlight play
ing upon it, and upon the soft, gold
en hair Clare Holroyd: more beau
tif ul than ever, because of the pride,
nauteur tnat was gone, and the gen
tie, tender humility which had come
Captain Challoner saw the danger.
and remembered she was another
man's wife. - Be took the outstretch
ed hand, felt the' slender fingers
clasp his own, then carelessly ooldly,
he let it go, And Clare stood there
looking, at him with a yearning, sor
rowful pity in her face; she could
boo how ill La Lad bean, how weak he
was, and when her eyon ion on the
'at. a a' t a .a
poor, helpless, wounded .arm, great
tears -swelled , into, them.. How dif
fooent to the Charlie Challoner of
old! Bright, true hearted; noble
Charlie Challoner,' who had gone
away and left . her I because she had
flirted "with PSir ; hilip .Fairfax,; in.
stead of being contented . with ' his
boucut love. . " - -
" ''Qh, Charlie, Charlie, forgive me;
sayou forgive me!'" she cried, in a
low, sweet, blaiutive voice, forget
ting all else but the memory of that
old true love. - "Charlie, you should
trot have gone away without a word
that time. I know I deserved it;
but I was true to you indeed, I was.
I-ilevefreared foe-"ip;:t win- '...'
t-'Hushrsuidhe- ... -r
.. .Cold, stern and proud the. soldier
threw her hand from his arm. It
was the ' first word ; he bad spoken,
and there was so sound of love or
forgiveness, in the tone; it nearly
broke Clare Holroyd's heart.
"Hushl" ho , repeated. "He is
your husband npw, Lady Fairfax.
Do not prove your "truth to me by
being fahW to him. 2 It is ; too late!"
. "Who told you that I was mar
ried?'' she criod, with a breathless
gasp. . . ,
A bitter smile curled bis lip as he
replied, "You forget that English
newspapers travel to India; and
though they may not always be the
bearers of pleasant tidings, at least
they are truthful. It was through
them that I learnt that Clare Holroyd
was married at Brighton, in January
last, to Sir Philip Fairfax, the-owner
of Duuedea ' Hall, Staffordshire,
the -
"The greatest fool in London," he
would have added, in his bitter scorn;
but he . checked himself, sinking
wearily bock upon his back. '
There came a light over Clare
Holroyd's face, the old glad light,
which left it when Charlie Challoner
went away so suddenly to India. It
came back now, slowly, but surely.
Standing there before him, with her
bauds elapsed close together, trem
b.ing with a strange new ' agitation,
she questioned bim : 4 '
"if if I bad not married, could
you have forgiven me, Charlie?
Could you have loved me?
He looked up to her. Was she
trying to tempt bim? Why was her
voice so sweet, her tone so gentle?
Speak! tell me I she cried; "but
for that, could you have forgiven
me?"
"I could," he replied.
The light on the girl's face was
creeping down to her heart as she seat
ed herself on the sofa beside him. The
twilight bod died away in the clear
moonlight. There was no need of
gas to reveal those two faces to each
other. Clare's was not pale now; it
was burning with a lovely color.
" lou bad better leave mo now; I
am not quite strong yet, he said,
with a little effort.
He was right; tbe old wouud was
opened afresh, and tbe pain seemed
greater than the old man could bear.
"I know it," she answered. "In
one moment I will leave you if you
wish it. I want to ask you another
question. Captain Challoner, do
you remember my aunt and cousins at
ILuley street? I think I introduced
you to thera once."
lie bowed his head. - J
You ' remember the Kirls?" she
continued. , There were four of
them Grace, Mary, Julia and
Clare." "
"I never heard their names," he
replied; "I only saw them but once,
the day we met them in the park. 1
think you introduced Sir Philip Fair
fax to them at the same time." . He
spoke somewhat sharply, and with a
weary impatience. '
Clare s voice trembled as she said,
"I did; and four months; after he
married the youngest girl, my oousin
Clare. I am Clare Holroyd still."
Then she rose up from her sofa,
and he sat there alone. Tbe moon
passed behind, a cloud, and there
came intense darkness and silence
over the old library at Woodlands,
but it was only for a few minutes;
then the clouds were gone, and there
came flooding into that stillness a
wonderful light, which found its way
into tbe heart of the wonded soldier.
"You will forgive roe now," said
Clare; "you will tell me so before I
go; it would make me feel happier,
much happier, to know I am forgiv
en. ' And may Heaven grant you
may soon recover from this terrible
illness, and yourself again."
lie tried to raise . himself, but be
had aire tdy tried himself to the ut
termost; and now when this great
joy, streaming, into his soul, .when
the old wound was healing, be felt
how miserably : weak and helpless he
was to battle, even against that ' un
speakable joy,' he looked at her,
standing there in her beautiful young
strength before him one earnest,'
yearning, hungry look. ' ' - -" i ,
.. Clare saw the look. I She caw the
weak, vain efforts to rise, and with a
womanly tenderness she knelt down
by bis side; two - warm, round arms
were about his neck; andasbecaught
her to his breast, she . heard tbe deep
gasping sobs whjch rent the onoe
strong brave man's heart.
r "Charlie,' my own, my'- darling,
don t, don t, she said,; and burnin
passionate kisses were pressed on the
pale, thin face, over .which the pent
up tears fell.' ......... - f;r
, How strong she was in his hour of
terrible weakness, and how suooess
fully at ' last , she soothed away those
bitter sobs! ' With all the power of
his right arm he held her there, and
with her sweet' young face raised to
his, het golden hair falling loose and
unbounded upon his shoulder, and
her lips now and then returning the
caresses pressed upon them, "Clare
Holroyd mads her peace with Charlie
Challoner. v . . -. ,,; , . . .. , I f-
Strakoscb intends touring Adalifja
Fatti hete next Besson".""' - ;
' ttvnsv.wn MABltlED LIFE.
. The Washington, correspondent of
the. New Orleans 2'imef says; ... ;
.Any reference to Senator. Sumner's
domestic affairs create what tbe re
porters call a . sensation'. He lives
alone, in a very handsome style; in a
house that was fitted up for. Mrs.'
Sumner, . who prefers . a residence in
Boston.'., She was a gay, fashionable
widow, of rare beauty and. accom
plishments,' when the' Senator was
weak enough to woo and win' her
He was about tbe last than o marry,
or if marrying, she was about the last
woman to select. ' Like all eminent
men, Senator Sumner has more egot
ism than intellect. Unless a man be
lieves ia. himself he cannot make oth
ers believe in him,,: And such was
Sumner's creed in the worship of
Sumner, that be wanted a wife to sit
at his 'feet while at home and pour
out unceasing praise, and during his
absence , read ; bis speeches in the
Globe, or those heavy volumes called
bis Wvrka. Mrs. Sumner, however,
had other notions connected with do
mestic bliss. She married the Sena
torthe ' distinguished Senator of
Massachusetts', and proposed to en-
I'oy tbe advantages, in a social way,
ler position gave ber;'. ..;..,,. ..-.'
Balls, parties, suppers, receptions,
dinners; and bops; were her enter
tainments, and the works of ' the
statesman were nauseating to ; her.
Instead of poring over musty , tomes
and heavy state papers, and prepar
ing from them tremendous speeches
and reports, the Senator found him
self dragged into entertainments he
despised, and all his valuable time
frittered away. Domestic incompat
ibility began to manifest itself.
1 was wedded to my books before
I married you," said tbe Senator,
grandly and gloomily, when his wife
asked u these entertainments were
disagreeable, why he sought . her
hand. - .....
Such like scenes as tbe following
were common, and repeated by social
gossip with a gusto:
bumner and wile at a party time,
past midnight, Mrs. S. whirling
through round dances, excited and
merry; the Senator grand, gloomy
and bored.
Sumner (loquitur) Mrs. Sumner,
your carriage waits.
Mrs. aumner Well, Senator, let
it wait.-
Sumner But, Madame, I wish to
go home.
Mrs. Sumner Well, Senator Sum
ner, you have my full permission.
Do, pray go home. You look weary
and exhausted. By all means go
home. r
Probably the Senator would have
accepted this advice both on this and
other occasions, and returning to his
studies, and left the charming wife
to the gayeties of the season, but that
a certain handsome diplomat readily
took his place and became her com
panion. Tiiis became so marked that
at last the gossips took up the fact of
tbe intimacy, and tbe saloons not
lager beer but social rang with the
talk.
Senator Sumner was not only
Chairman of the Committee on For
eign Affairs in the Senate, but he
was an intimate friend of the Secre
tary of State, and one day the hand
some diplomat was suddenly recalled.
Whether Mr. Sumner bad anything
to do with this or not, Mrs.' Sumner,
it is said, so believed. But whether
even this is sure, it is known that she
was enraged And mortified by the
report. She leit Washington for
Europe. Her brsiher reached the
steamer in time to prevent a scandal
by sauicg with her. And when she
returned it was with the positive de
termination not to resume her place
as Mrs. Sumner in Washington City,
and she has since lived up to this.
leaving ' this eloquent statesman to
occur y bis handsome residence aione
This is tho story of Senator Sum
ner's married experience. . How true
it may be I am not prepared to say,
forlorn not acquainted with either
party, and only gather up the gossip
of society for your entertainment.': '
A correspondent of the Massachu
setts Ploughman, has been testing pigs
of the Berkshire and White Chester
varieties side by side, to find out
which is the best breed. His two
lots of pigs were . selected from the
best ; breeds or each, and were led
separately with the same , food, and
both lots were fed all they could eat
without' leaving or wasting food.
Tbe following is his report of the re
sults: ,'
The Berkshires were thoroughly
fatted and killed at two hundred days
bid, weighing two hundred and forty
pounds and two hundred and fifty
pounds respectively, making a gain
of one and one-fifth pounds for each
day's existence. -
. The White Chesters were killed at
two hundred and forty-nine days old,
weighing, two hundred and and seventy-five
and three hundred pounds
respectively, making, a gain of one
and t no-sixth pounds for each day's
exiatenoe. . : v . ;
His conclusions are that for one's
own use and for home consumption.
where average weight,, and' where
sweetness or fineness of gram Or
texture is desirable, where one' wishes
to mature the quickest with the same
amount of . food in a givnti time, he
knows of no established breed more
desirable' than the Berkshire; but for
heavy-pork: for shipping purposes
he knows.' Of no better amOng ' the
large breeds where fair returns ore to
be realized than from the White
Cheters.
A Quaker lately popped the question
to a fair yoaag Quakeress as follows:
"Hum Yea and verily ' Penelope, the
spirit argeth and tnoveth in e wonder
fully to beseech thea to oleave nntd me.
flesh -of toy flesh ahd hone of mj bo&e.
Ham- truly, Qbadiah, thou hat wisely
said; inasmuch ap i s wfitte;tbariit is
not good for. man to be tlouerhl l- will
.nUnn'M. lt;i i . -
Pl'J rf.VM WVI. - .
' THE- LOVE CllAftE. ? , , -
A Brldo Abdactext by m Railroad
"". Train.' ,
Stories fit rabaway . wivt are of fre
quent sccarretict, bt it is seldom that
sueb ,dccrtieos. occur oo'a wedding day.
Yet such an event aoiually took 'place
yesterday over io New Jtrntj." A food
couple were regularly married, slid af
ter only receiving the congratulations of
their friends steppod into a carriage sad
were driven to the ,depot ot the New
.Jersey Railroad, t Jersey City, .fiK
tendiog from there to set out on if heir
bridal tour. !; Carefully sod tendftrly the
happy bridegroom escorted hi bluehiog
bride to a palace cr, SDd .tbeo .steppsd
bacVto the depot furs 'monienfV'' ;r:
Wheo be retnrocd, to his : consterna
tion be foood that the train had started,
bearing with; it hi bride, who was,' thus
couipulsorily flyiog sway from him at
the .rate of thirty miles so hour. De
tcrmioed,' however not to be separated
from her who had: so reeeotly been
joined to him for life, he rushed to tbe
office of the Superioieodeot, crying, not
"My kingdom for a horse-' but, "Ooe
hundred dollars for your fattest locomo
tive." The Superintendentmore moved
by the hapless plight of the bridegroom
than by the pecuniary offer, ordered the
iron steed brought forth, sod the hus
band mounted it in company with an
engineer and fireman, sod swift as tbe
wind the locomotive aped out of the de
pot sod flew along after the preceding
train. . ; , , '
Many precious moments had beeo lost
in the negotiation with the Superintend;
eot and in tbe preparation of the' loco-,
tuutive, and it was not until after a run
at full speed for thirty minutes that tbe
anxioaa eyesof the husband were blessed
with the sightof the pursued train; couk
iog up with it when it stopped at the
Hah way station. The meeting between
tbe loviog pair mar. to use bard-
worked reportial expression, be better
ituagioed than described; but there is
no doubt that that bridegroom mentally
resolved that if be left that train, or
any other, duriojj tbe nridal tour, fur
any pnrposo whatever, his wife sbwuki
accompany htm, ...
WE COXC17B, A WD BISE TO EX
. SA.A1X.
An article in a late number of the
Slatetman devoted to vilifying W. II.
Watkiuda, contained this:
"The credit of tbe State is involved in
the character of tbe men' who fill responsi
ble poaiiions under it." , .
True, every word of it. And now let ue
analyae the character of the men who
have filled respvtsaiLle positions in this
State under Hetiuhlicsn rule and see
whether or not tbo credit of tbe State baa
suffered. We wilt commence with Geo.
L. Woods, late Uuvernur. .. Who was he,
and what wash's character wbereheia beat
known? Jlo went into office a mend.cant
and came out a capitalist on a $1,500 sala
ry. His private character is that of a
lecher and a hypocrite. . So vile were
some nf his association tbat when he held
tbe office of Governor, a certain Ship Cap
tain refused to reenguize him, on his way
home from San Franriaca. W bile on the
canvass with Col. Krlley. crior to his
election, at' Oakland, Wuods bod to be
called away, by a friend, from the assocu-
iiou oi an uia laviirue upon wnom be waa
laviitbins; lascivious . endearment. As
Governor of the State, ho received a bribe
from a ring of speculators off the Govern
ment to to t Washington and secure the
removal of G&n. . Rouseau and tbe re
turn of Gen. Steele to the command of the
Department of Columbia that tbe aforesaid
rinj mipbt fleece the Government bv se-
tunnjc fat contracts. For thia niece of
official pronitution . and . perjury, he .re
ceived $5,000. It is currently reported
and rcnemlly lelievsJ that he received
money for tbe release of cwn riots frcdn the
Peuitentinry. It is alo stated bv those
who ought to know, that he was bribed to
report favorably on certain military roods
by which means the people were de randed
out of immense oodios of tbe public land
and certain incorporations made rich.
Such ia tbe character of thj Ute Renublt
can Governor, and yet the Statesman never
tires in its laudations of him. "
' Kext ia tbe list, we will call the atten
tion nf the Statesman and ita party to Sam.
. May, late Secretary of State. What is
he, nna where is be now? He is an em
bossier and a fugitive from justice, . Not
loss than $20,000 of the peoples' money he
squandered in putting on aristocratic airs
and supporting bimsell in regal splendor.
lie even robbed orphan children bv steal
ing from tbe escheat fund, and but for the
vigilance of our. present Secretary., he
would have got away with his spoils.
these roots are notorious, and tbe Re
publican papers of the State cannot 'suo
cesslully controvert them. With what con
sistency then, can tbe statesman cast re
flections 'upon Democratic -office holders
and at the same time cover : up such fla
grant thieving hj its own friends?
tins is chapter first in the conr?e we
propose to reed the. Republicans in the
history nf the men they have supported in
office. Mercury. ' ' - ... . ,
Tbx t "W6au8 -- Woksebs. This
world of ours is nlled: with wonders.
The microscope to veals them not less
than tbe teleseope, eaoh at either ex
tremity; of creation, la the insect
creation, - particularly; there1 is so
much to' know that has never, been
dreamed i ofWwbeels within wheels
without computation of number.' Let
us take a rapid glance at the proofs
of this statement. r The ' polypus, it
is said, UKe tne tabled hydra, receives
new me trom the ttnilw which is lifted
to destroy it. The spider-fly lays on
egg as big as itself. " - There are four
thousand and forty-one muscles in
the' caterpillar, i Hooke discovered
fourteen thousand mirrors m the; eye
of a drone; and to effect tho respira-
three hundred arteries. Vessels, veins,
bones, etc. ,' are necessary. - The body
of a spider contains four little masses
pierced with a ; multitude of. imper
ceptible boles, each hole permitting
the passage of a single thread; all
the threuds, - to - tbe - amount ci
thousand la each' mass, join; together
when they come out, and 'make the
single , thread with which the spider
spins its web? so. that what w a call
spider's thread consists of more than
four thousand united, Xceu wbenock,
by means of microscopes; "observed
pidersj no- bigger 'than-si '-graia 'of
: sand; and which spun 'threads so: fine
I that it took foar thousand -of them, to
euai in magnitude aEiagiepa-in
LEGEND Of VTHE RED BREAST; .
. 'There' kt a nftle birdj sssantna, .' A
, " Upon oar holly tree. , ' " t
. I And witH his twieklis mat black y
lis look sq shy at ue..
;I love tbat Hula- bird, aaanma, '
So gentle and ao still, . "
To sae bim pluek the berriea brlgbt,
' Between t's slender bill.'
' jfXhnt ) wGpft irh bird naaaa
Tow very ot have aald j -'''
tfhy is bl Tittle eye so bright, j
- his littie breast so red 7,
It fa a pre try tela, ray chid",
, . Come stand beside my knot. ...
- And t will tell my little Kate
irrur.Red KoWo's history, - . I .
oTTbeaT Jneas for my little gtr - '
And all tila rKIM. -
t.7. if Sailed fast and erocified ; :. '
"There eme a jreatle tittle Wrd, 4
Who with bis eftbrU weak,
FWked one from oat the erown ef theros
.-t; .Witbi bisi ttoy beak. ; ' '
''And as he pall'd, (be erleiseej stream,
Tbe holiest and tbe best,-. -r
Flowing- from where the tfforo bad bees,
- Staio'd Bobie's dewny breast j' ;
"So ever whea the snow eomes rood
To end this wintry year.
Perched bib upon the bully bough
, . Tbe Redbreast warbles clear. . . " '
"Vo other sonftter on tbe sprsy
At Christmas tims Is beard;
Bat when tbe Savior' birth we ksee
,; ,W bear tbe Savior's bird-
CISMOBIXC9.
We owe the ereatatt debt of gratituda
to.thoas who tell ns the truth. ' .
Why is love like asootca plaid. Be
cause it is all staff, and often crossed.
i . It baa been said that pantaloons . ob
tained oo credit are "breeches of.troat."
It ii bard to respect o'.d age when -ono
gets sold on a venerable pair of chick-
Language ?was civen os " that we
miht say pleasant things to and of each
other. .O .51 r ax .r '' r.o" L
Why is intoxujation. like s wash
bowl?" asked Sambo. "Caaa it am. de
basin " " " ' ' . ....
No man is .always wrong: a clock
that does not go st all is right every 12
Don't sigh for some imaginary field of
labor. , All hills look romantic at a dis-
Mrs. Partington savs the starfibz
French may need a plebiscuit-em before
'.Why is a donkey which cannot hold
np its head like next Monday? Because
its neek's weak.' ' ''--
Mrs. Partington says the gets up
every moi ning at tho shrill crow cf tbo
chandelier. T ' : , s
My wife," said a critic, "is the most
even tempered person in tbe. world; she
is always mad." v ' ; ' r
Never rely on the world, for if vou do
the world will jump aside and von will
get a tumble. ,- -
The Wilmington (X. CSforning Star
priuu its State news under the head of
Spirits of Turpentine." . . '
As brass sometimes passes for gold.
so it is that impudence occasionally
passes current for braini. .
The only commonplace thing you need
not be afraid of runninc into the
ground". The plowshare
Tho distinguished author of "Lines
to a Waterfall", is said to be engaged
now on '-Lines to a Hairpin.".
The latest fashion at weddincs is to
present a box of wedding cake to all tho
departing guests' st the door. ; f
'Mother' said a little poet of four
summers, "just bear the trees .making
music for the leaves to dance by."
Happy the child who is suffered to be.
and Cuuteol to be what God meant it to
be a child while childhood lasts. ' '
There are two ways of reaching truth
by reasoning out and by feeling oat.
All tbo prolouudcst truths ore felt. out.
A paper has this advertisement: "Two
sisters want washing." We fear there
are millions of brothers in the same pre
dicament. '"" ' -
A new spirit medium, with a view to
inducing editors to commit suicide, im
parts tbe information ' that newspapers
flourish in the spirit world.
A temperatics editor, in drawing at
tention to an article; against ardent spir
its in his paper, says: "For ths effects
of intemperance see our inside!"
Death, or c a VrreaAS. Colonel
Cbas. S, Todd of Kentucky died at the
residence of his graud-danghter, Mrs.
Posey, at Baton Rogue, La., on the 17th
at tbe age of eighty years." He was a
son-in kw of Goveoor Isaao - Shelby of
twentucky served through, .the war of
1812, a portico of tho time as aid-de
camp to General Harrison. He was a
participant ia Perry's victory, and at the
laying of the corner-stoue of the ' Perry
monument at Cleveland, two years ago,
delivered the address of . the occasion.
He was Minister to Russia durin? tha
adiuiuistrations of Harrison and Tyler.
-Ta? Crust i the Eabth. If wa
bury a thermometer fifty feet below the
surface of . the eart h, the mercury will
remain at the same' point the year
round, showing that the influence of tha
sun does not reach : below that depth.
If we earry the thermometer fifty feet
lower, the. mercury will rise one degree,
and will rise in the same ratio for every
fifty feet we go down. It can' be easily. .
calculated at what depth all known sub
stances would melt iThis would not ex
ceed fifty -miles. It will thus be seen
that' tha crust or . solid . psr t of the
earth is exceedingly thio.'in proportion
to the diameter j not so thick as an e?g
shell, in ? proportion to the sixe of tha
eg, t Wi'h a crust so thin, constantly
cooling and producing a pressure unon
the" internal masses," it is not s trance
that the bed of oceans should be" ele
vated ink siijgleVday, and whole cities
have been ; eunk,ii the same' space cf
time.. -, Tha side of a volcanio 'mountaia
onoe broke' "away, and the livid masse
flawed out, forming a river twelve railss
widev which, In its coarse, melted dog
f-ix hills 6QQ, feet high, filling np ralj
SQO feet deep, and epreaki&i ever a i -r.
! face of 1,100 saare miles: . -