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THE LOST BROOCH.
BY nAP HAZARD.
OtsT. So you, here she comes! and upon niy
life, fast asleep 1
Dour. Y'ou see, her eyes are open.
U est. Ay, but their souse is shut.
hukepenr.
Tlie slanting beams of the summer
suu found us strolling along tlie cliff,
at whoso feet tbo white capped billows
came turabliug in in endless succes
sion, awaiting his going down amid
the tossing waters of tho lake. The
bright disc sunk lower and lower, un
til it kissed the watery horizon, dip
ped below it, slowly, majestically
passing from view. Tlie pathway of
gold, which stretched acros the wa
ter, gradually becoming uarrower and
lct brilliant, uutil with the disappear
ance of the orb, it faded entirely lrom
the wave.
With a sigh of relief. Halcyon turn
ed from the spectacle whose graudeur
had held her appreciative soul en
tranced, and thoughtfully we resumed
our walk along the clili.
A little further on wo came to an
old gnarled tree, which hung far out
over the water, so that its trunk was
nearly horizontal.
'What a cozy little nook!" exclaim
ed my companion, as her eyes fell up
on a place among its branches where
the limbs grew so as to form a sort of
rustic seat : and springing from my
side, she ran and placed her foot upon
the trunk, extending her arms, as if to
balance herself while she walked out
to the seat.
"Halcyon ! Halcyon P I cried warn
ingly, as I hastened forward to pre
vent her from attempting what was
imprudent if not actually dangerous.
She turned round with a light
laugh.
"I'm not afraid," she said, aud look
a step on the trunk.
"Don't! dou't! Ilaalcyon," expos
tulated several ol the ladies, turning
pale with apprehension.
Hut disregarding them, 6he took
hold of a limb, walked along the
trunk, and was soon seated ia the
fork, calling upon us to do homage to
our queen.
As she let go the branch with
which she had steadied her steps, it
flew back, brushing across her throat
and breatt with some violence.
"Oh, my brooch?" bhe exclaimed,
placing her haad where the jewel ha 1
been. "The branch brushed it off,
and it has fallen upon the ledge be
low. Yho will recover it for me?"
'Your own true knight!" I replied,
springing forward, aud swinging ray
self to the ledge, with the aid of some
saplings which grew on the spot.
I looked under bar direction lor
roaie time, without success; aud she
called upon me to assist Ler down
that she might join me. But our
search proved fruitless, and was final
ly postponed until the morrow, when
there would be more light.
Wo now turned and looked out
over the like. The agitated waters
were of a purple hue, save where the
breaking crest of a wave tofrsed its
wreath of foam in vivid contrast with
the surroundings. The billows fol
lowed in tireless chase, to tumble
over and over one another on the
beach.
"A hundred feet below P said Hal-
cyoa, as she gszed down the sheer de
scent.
Then, in the growing shadows, we
returned to the houne. which ao old-
time hospitality had filled from floor
to garret with a throng ol guests, in
oaor ol Hilcvon s eighteenth birth
day.
The festivities of the day were
done, as all things will have an end.
1 had returned to the can lor a quiet
stroll, alone with my thoughts. And
pleasant ones they w ere of her who,
of late, was seldom long out of my
mind.
In fancy I livd over again all the
bright moments of that day. I re
called fleeting smiles, like flashes of
sunlight, gone ere their presence is
fully realized sudden glances little
ripples ol laughter: and memory in
vested them with a seet significance.
Only one shadow arose to mar tbe
rerfect serenity of my thoughts.
lalcyon bad felt more concern at the
loss of her brooch than 6he had ex
pressed. Hut this in itself was flat
tering to my love, since the tnnket
was my present to her. Moreover,
I bad bo doubt of being able to find
it in the morning, and 60 banished all
unpleasant thoughts from my iha'jpy
dream.
The wind had lulled to a gentle
breeze, and the surface of the lake
looked, in the moonlight like a sheet
of frosted silver. I stood eazinfr out
uron it, wrapped iu reverie, uutil i
distant bell tolled the hour of mid
night. ' Then I smoked my cigar into
a bright glow, tossed it out into the
air. and watched it descend until it
struck fheater and went out.
Strangely enough, a sort of chill
crept over me as the light became ex
tinguished, and I turned away with a
feeling as oncomfortable as it was un
accountable. fcSrnilinar that I should
be so affected by such a trifle, I leis
urely proceeded toward the house.
J had forgotten the transient de
pression that had fallen upon my epir
its, ana was again rearing those airy
structures which lmd place only m
lover's brain, when a footfall sudden
ly aroused me .from my meditations,
I paused in the shadow of a tree, and
the next moment a white figure flitted
before me in the moonlight.
; I could hardly repress an exclama
tion of astonishment. It was Halcy
on. She had evidently just arisen
from her bed, and come out, only tak
ing the precaution to thrust her feet
into silken slippers, and throw a shawl
over her head.
. v A single glance at her eyes, as 6ho
passed, sufficed to inform me that she
was in. that strange state which we
call somnambulism. As she hurried
toward the cliff, I conceived that the
loss of her brooch had so wrought
upon her mind,.-as to cause her to go
in search: of ifi when; her. faculties were
partially locked in slumber.
Delicacy prevented mo from awak
ening her, eveu if I had not been re
strained by a vaguo dread of tho con
sequences which arc generally suppos
ed to attend tho arousing of any one
from tho state in which sho then was.
On the other hand, concern for her
safety prompted mo to follow her,
and pruvent her from naming into
danger.
Vith her Biiowy raiment falling
about her person liko tlm drapery of
Rome classio statuo, sho flitted before
me as silently as a shadow, save when
her long gown caught in a twig, or
brushed over dry leaves. She moved
so rapidly that 1 had to follow with a
brisk step to keep her iu sight.
With no little anxiety I saw her
approach the spot where tho jewel
was lost. What if she shoald at
tempt to descend to the ledge I I
shuddered at the consequence of otuj
false step, and determined to go for
ward and awaken her at all hazard.
Hut just then she gained tho tree and
stopped, and began to walk slowly
back and forth.
I thought sho might now change
her mind, aud return to the house. Iu
that case, 1 would let her go undis
turbed. As she walked to ar.J fro, sho ap
proached quite near to mo and then
receded to a distance of some yards.
The further end of tho turn was near
the true. This presently struck me.
If she attempted to descend it would
be at this point. I determined to fol
low her the next time, aud if possible
get between her and the precipice
But as she reached the end of the
walk, instead ol turning as I expect
ed, she suddenly disappeared among
tlie trees which fringed the brow of
the cliff.
For a moment I stood motionless
with consternation. The next, 1
sprang forward just in time to sec
her vanish down the declivity !
I cannot express my feeling at that
moment. My braiu as in a whirl.
A deadly sickuess came over me. I
loaned against a tree.
Tlie fevling was but momentary.
Then I bent forward in agonized sus
pense. I was listening lor the dread
splash ! Oh, how tho time dragged !
It seemed like an age, in every mo
ment of which my brain done the
work of days.
llcr words recurred to mo so vivid
ly that it seemed as if a voice repeat-
d thtm in my ear:
"A hundred feet below P
I shrunk within mvaclf with a sort
of superstitious horror, at thu recur
rence of the htruugo feeling, which
had crept over mo when my cigur
was extinguished in the water, and
I seemed to bee iu it something pro
phetic.
Then I threw o2 the incubus that
paralyzed my faculties, and sprang
forward with a hoarse cry :
'Halcyon!'
Slipping, falling, catching at the
bushes and sapnhngs in my precipi
tate descent, 1 reached the ledge and
gathered myself up from the heap iu
which I had fallen to look around for
the object of my solicitude.
Jly cry, and the noise of ray body
crashing through the bunhes, aroused
icr, and she stood in bewilderment.
As she caught sight of me she utter
ed a low ejaculation of terror, and
turned to fly. In her confusion and
alarm she would hare thrown herself
from the cliff; but strength deserted
her limbs ; she had tottered on the
brink ! I sprang forward and caught
her falling!
With a wild jealousy of death, who
had so nearly snatched her from me,
I clutciied her to my breast, a limp
and lifeless burden, and shiauk away
from the fatal verge. Again and
again I pressed her to my heart. I
showered kisses upon her face and
hair. I laughed iu wild self-gratula-tion
as I whispered : "Sale ! Safe P
Then her death like stillness recall
ed me to myself, and gathering her
carefully in my arms, 1 toiled up the
declivity and mado my vrny toward
the house.
On the way I had time to collect
my thoughts. The stir which would
be occasioned by my carrying lier in
to the house in that condition occur
red to me ; and the thought of her
wounded delicacy, should such an ad
venture become the subject of com
mon gossip, determined mc to change
my course.
Turning, I followed the cliff until
it finally sunk to the, level of tbe wa
ter. I here 1 laid her on the turl, and
tried the simple means within my
reach to restore her to consciousness.
"What is the matter? Where am
I?" she asked, when she regained
command over her faculties.
I trentlv explained to her, and she
listened with her hands - covering her
glowing face. Then she silently took
my arm to return to the house.
As we parted, she looked steadily
into my eyes for a moment, and then
said in a voice that thrilled me:
"Mr. Dent, I thank you! Good
night."
Then 6he was gone.
The next morning I was unsuccess
lul in lindint? the brooch and leu a
little piquod at the lack of concern
she displayed when I announced my
failure, especially since she nrmly neg
atived mv proposal to replace , the
jewel.
"Hut, Halcyon," I expostulated
"surely, vou will not deny me the
pleasure of repairing the loss V
"Mr. Dent." she reolied. laviner her
band on my armt "oblige me I
, ,
I yielded, though not without an
earnest protest at heart, and there thb
matter dropped
-
A year had passed, and Halcyon
was now my wife. One day 1 came
upon her tovinsr with a iewel which I
immediately- recognized as the lost
brooch. . " - ' v
"Why, Halcyon," I said, "where did
you get that V". " , . ,
She looked up with a flushed cheek.
"I found it on the night of its loss,"
she saidi- - "Jt. was sticking on' my
ALBANY, OREGON, FJU
gowu. I must Imvo found it before
you appeared. "
!"15ut why didn't you let us know
that yon had recovered, it""' I asked
in surprise, thinking of tho proverbial
mystery iu tho working of tho femalo
heart.
Ktit tho explanation was simple
enough.
"llow could I make known its re
covery without the necessity of re
vealing tho circumstances under which
it was found?" she asked.
Then with a sudden gush, as sho
leaned her head against my arm
"Oh, Ned! how thoughtful of you !
You know I should have died of
shame to havo had it known, aud you
managed it so nicely that nobody but
you and I ever knew anything about
It. It wus your tact und delicacy iu
that affair, more than almost anything
else, that made me love you, Ned."
i:.ti: aoxchi a u v n i:n v,
iivr.vui.vss cucucii.
"As Rev. Henry Ward Heechcrgavo
out thu lut hymn this morning, a
woman about forty years of age,
wearing spectacles, and ultired in a
faded urcs. a well worn shawl and a
bo.'inet of the last century, over which
which was thrown a green gauze veil,
mutinied a bench in the vclibu'e,
near the iiaiu entrance, aud flourish
ing and ol 1 coltou umbrella began
h:ti rauguing tho immense gathering
'' Oh, you old .Free-lovers! said she,
"here you are iu your Una silks and
satins! You como to worship tho
God of Free-love, Mid yuu care noth
ing for the .Saviour of mankind. Mr.
Beecher, the great puttor, has jum re
sumed his seat. Vou can't fool me;
you're a Free-lover, and so am I.
Free-love is tho"
Hero a venerable Mher approached
the now frantic woman, and requeued
her to keep quiet and depart. 'IVe
woman refused to move, and flourish
ed her umbrella more wildly than be
fore. "Don't put a hand onto me, old
man! Git! Gil!"' said bhe, poking
her umbrella at the uaher.
"Come down, will you? if yon dou'l
I'll cull tho police," aaid he nervously
twitching his fingers.
The would-be preacher twirled the
umbrella about lu-r head, and with a
shrill cry swooped down upon the de
fenseless Usher, and throwing her
arms around his neck, gave him a
hearty smack on the cheek, exclaim
ing "Thank the Lord, the old Gen
eral kinsed me."
Uv this time a vast multitude had
gathered iu the vestibule and ttreet,
ami the scene provoked itiueh laugh
ter. 1 li u.sher could not tlsenga:',e
himself front the wo nan's grap. .sLe
forced him to the hurtli entrance
thu blushing official using all his
strength to free hiiiim-lf from her as
m congregation began pouring from
the church. "J'leaso let mo go do
let go of mv, or I'll tall the police.'"
uli one vigorous eiloi t he Heed him
self from her, and thoutcd, "Hegone!
Away with you! "Oho! General,
that's it, is it ! ' und she made another
dive for him. but the verable gentle
man escaped her clutches ami was lost
in the crowd. Cincinnati JJinjuircr.
rXUXKD UVi VAX Mill.
It so happened that while Major
Campion was traveling in his own
conveyance, and accompauicd by bis
wife, during a pleasant day in the sum
mer, ho camo to a halt on the margin
of a certain river, and shouted f or the
ferryman. In due lime tho indis
pensiblc gentleman was ready, and
while inquiring the news of the day
ho was suddenly smitten with a new
thought, and dropping tho painter to
the old scow, looked inquiringly into
the Major's face, when the following
dialogue ensued:
"Stranger, ain't your name Major
Campton ?"
"Yes, 6ir, it is. "What business
have you to transact with me':"
"xou are the very man I nave been
lonir wanting to sec, for you must
know I am the Hully of the North."
"Indeed. What do I care for that."
"I've heard tell that you arc a fa
mous fighter. I should like to have
you give mc a thrashing, if you can.
"YV by, man, 1 have nothing against
you, and I do not wish to make a fool
ofmvself."
"Hut you shall, though, my honey,
and you don't cross this ferry until it
is decided whose cock of the walk."
I icmons trance on the part of the
Major was all in vain the ferryman
was determined to fight. Tho Major
held a short consultation with his
lady, who was, of course, in great
trouble; but taking off his coat and
unbuttoning his straps, he stepped out
upon a grass spot aud waited the fer
ryman's attack.
To shorten a long story, the fight
was a tedious one, aud ended in the
total defeat of the challenger, who
presented in himself,al'ter the strug
gle, an admirable picture of a mis
spent life. He had, however, strength
enough left to ferry the boat across
the riverAand when the Major offered
to pay tho accustomed fare, tho latter
held not out,, his hand, but, making a
rude bow, exclaimed :
' "Not a dime, sir. Good afternoon."
An Episcopal Horse. In! one of
his tours Elder John Leland came
up at night to a public house where
he was acquainted and where be pro
nosed to pass the night. The land
lord met him with a smilling counte
nance, and told" him that, bavins
built a new barn, ho was nicely pre
pared to accommodate . the clergv
"I have, said he, "a nice stable
with all the improvements, for Epis
copal horses, a good sort of stables
for Presbyterian horses,, while I keep'
the old barn for Baptist horses; the'
feed is according to the style of sta
ble."; "Well,", replied the Elder,
"Everybody knows that I am a Bap
tist, but my horse is an Episcopalian."
"My lord," said the foreman of an
Irish jury, when giving in a verdict
,lwe find the-man whor stole thehofse
not gulltj.''
DAY, JULY 5, 1872.
USuClt'KOC.tL. TSaXr'ff.
HUN SET COX OH THE T.ltUFff.
Mr. Cox I do not propose so much
to antagonize tho gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. Duller) in regard
to making salt partly frco. I should
liko to seu it entirely free. I speak
on this side of tho House standing
near Mr. Dawes because my sido of
the house is somewhat demoralized
on iho tariff judging from some of
tho votes given ou coal there yester
day. They go far to disturb some of
my principles, if not control my vote.
A gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.
Gritlilh) appealed to my friend from
Indiana (Mr. Kerr) not to oppose the
coal tax because hu was boru above a
formatiou in Pennsylvania and his
playmates were honorable men, I feel
thu force of that ad Ikjiu'uuiiu. I was
born near the suit wells of the beautiful
Muskingum, Ohio. Heforo that stream
had slack water before- it was con
sidered hardly worth a dam its
banks spouted salt water like a Massa
chusetts member of Congress. It
was evaporated by bituminous coal
I mean nothing personal to the gal
lant member from Massachusetts (Mr.
luniks) I mcau the salt water, not
the batiks. Around the) well aud
kettles of my native river cluster those
sweet saline associations which have
preserved me ever young. They are
hard to resist.
hTllUUtfLIXO IV FA NTS.
Another argument has still more
force. The gentleman from Mary
land (Mr. Kicl.ie) begged me not to
ll.iolile the infantile coal iuieresis of
h;s beloved Cuumberlaud. Although
that unhealthy baby h;ts been fattened
by a "paternal government" on "pap,"
or, us I ought to say, by a neutral
government on milk for so many years
its power of suction is -at least forty
tiiv-usaud horse power. These are
statistics. Yet, with rare economical
rejiiu, followed by the eloquent isca1!
manager from the Kaaaivha salt
works, he appealed to us to let
him steal, so long as other sections
stole fro;tt him. Was there ever such
an illustration as that just made ou
the gentleman from Massachusetts
(Mr. JimlerJ? The gentleman from
.Mif-souri (Mr. 1 itikeluburg) wanted to
be so honest as to keep pork by cheap
sa!t. Ihegenutmau from .Massachu
setts (Sir. Uutler) wants to cheat the
treasury by free aalC lor codhsh. iiiis
is all
LARCENY".
What could bo more reasonable or
ethical? Let us be to each other in
struments of reciprocal i-ajoine! Mich
igan steals on copper; .uas.ie on lum
ber; Petiiisylvauia ou iron; North
Caiolina ou peanuts; Massachusetts
on cotton goods; Connecticut on b;iir
pins; New Jersey on spool thre.td:
Louisiana on sugar, and so on. Why
not let the gentleman from Maryland
steal on coal from them ? True, b it
t comparative few get the benefit,
aud it comes out of the bodv of the
people; true, it tends to high prices,
but
DOES XOT STEALING" ENCOURAGE IX
DUHTUV ?
Let us as moralists, if not as politi
cians, rewrite the eighth command
ment; "Thou shall steal because steal
ing is right when common." As I am
a representative of New York, and
Onondaga, with the aid of tbe foreign
solar artisan, evaporates salt, ought I
not also steal to help Onondaga?
Stealing by tariffs, Mr. Chairman, is,
as DeQuincy proved of murder, a fine
art. If. everybody is a burglar, is
there any need for anybody to lock
up their houses? Tho mining com
panies out West send ther ores to
Wales to be so refined as to get more
wealth. It ought to be stopped. Let
them steal capital out of Government !
Why not pilfer something out of
somcbod's earnings, and build works
iu Colorado and Nevada like those in
Wales? How happy we should all
be when'
THE RKPltOACII OF GOAT ISLAND
is removed from the Pacific, and from
tho gentleman .from California (Mr.
Sargent) by a grander steal for wool
and blankets! llow happy we should
bo when we can look each other in tho
face here, clasp hands as I now look
into tho face ot the gentleman from
Massachusetts' (Mr. Dawes) aud say,
"God bless you, my brother; you
hare stolen from me, and I from you,
let us love one another. Then tho
LITTLE UNPROTECTED PIGS, '
who are crowded by big pigs, quietly
eating out of tho trough, will squeal
no more to be let in, for on this idea
shall all bo fed by swallowing each
others food ; and when all are fed no
one loses and we shall bo happy.
How beautifully this' thought is il
lustrated by the well-laid table of my
collcaguo (Mr. Brooks). ,. The happy
family gathers around it, grace is said,
God is asked to , , '
U PROTECT". US TN OUR JOINT AND
' SEVERAL EFFORTS TO STEAL
One , guest pockets' tho knives and
forks; another the salt and saltcellar;
another the cream jug, plates and su
gar bowl; another the potatoes, an
other the plated , ware, another the
mutton chop; a brawny Kobcrt Ma
carie from down East lifts out the ta
ble, while a sly Jean Jacques, to en
courage domestic cookery, slips into
the kitchen, puts out the tire and car
ries out the stove and , coals.' Tho
guests look at each other innocently,
and say, "We have done all this to in
erase the I general comfort and to
make free with the breakfast table.
Are not our wolfish appetites assuag
ed? Though we have not each a
general glut of nourishment, are we
not happy? Is there not left cofieo
unground and nnbul-ned, and tea un
distilled, sweetened by the memories
of sugar upon an absentclotlK and
covering an invisible table ?" j '
Lord Baxfield, the Scotch Judge,
once said to an eloquent culprit at
the bar. ' 'You're a vera ; clever
chiel, mbn; but I'm.thinking ye, wad
13 nana5 the vruur o' a1 hangiD.V'
M.'iooii Tellium pb und JISBnifwr-
iaow c 1.1; v came to ntus
OAVI.V J1.
: 1IK;1. DAVIS CONCKaNINO IT.
The accompanying communication
cotnen from a source of tho most un
questionable authenticity, aud reflecti
honor upon the nominee of the Cin
cinnati Convention. No true South
ron can peruse it with . uumoi'slened
t-ye, and the rebuke to Mr. Vooihees
itt most withering and complete;
l'.ijUor TvUiyrnjih und Mntmrnycr:
Mr. Yoorhoes, in Ids recent attackon
Mr. Greeley, styled his signing of
Mr. Davis' bond uu "imperimeut in
terference." Allow me to give you
the true history of that luattar h 1
recently learned it in New' York,
from, a gentleman who ' knew all
about it. Mrs. Davis went to Now
York to consult with Charlea O'Cou
or, Mr, Duvii.' counsel, m to the best
manner of effecting his release from
prison, ill. O'Couor told hor that
in bis opinion there wan but one way
iu which it could bo done, and that
win to get the repfeaoiitutivo man of
tho llepublican party to sign his bond.
Mm. Duvin inquired who that man
was, Mr. O'Couor replied that it was
Horace Greeley. Sue then asked
him if ho would not bee Mr,Grfccley
and get btra to do it. He replied
that ho had no icfluonco with Mr.
Greolty, and that sho wu theprojer
porxou to do it. Sho said she would
go und see him. She went to .his
of.'u o, sent iu her curd and was invi
ted into his private ofSc. Sho said
to him, "Mr. Greeley, my bus
band U con fined in u casemate at
Fortress Monroo, Ho has been there
for many long, weary months. , He
is a feeble old man, aud be is gradu
ally sinking under bis rigorous im
prisonment' 1I will dio if he' re
mains there- much longer. I came
hero to consult Mr. O'Couor as to
tho mean of getting him released.
lit) has told me that is to get tbe
representative man of the llepubli
can purty to sign his bond, aud says
that you are that man. He has ad
vised ia to apply to you. He says
that you have a kind heart, and that
you will do it, if you believe it to
be right. My husband bt dying, Mr.
Grefeley, may I hope thai you wll
favorably consider my application."
Mr. Gr-ek-y arose, txt-nded bis
hand to Mr. Davis, and raid: "Mad
urn, you may, for I will sign k'"t
boud." Mr. Greeley was then a
prominent candidate before th& Leg
islature for the United States Ser.ate.
S;toe of his friends heard that bo
bad agreed to bign Mr. Davis' bond.
They went to Lim and protested
against it. They told him that they
bad made a count, and that he would
le elected by six majority, but that
if ho signed this bond, it would de
feat him. He replied, "I know it
will." They told him that h was
one of tho owners of the Tribune,
and if he signed this bond ho would
lost thousands of subscribers. He
replied. "I know it." They said,
" Mr. Greeley, you have written a
hiiftory of the war, one volume you
have out, nnd have sold large num
bers of it. Your second volume is
nearly out and you have large orders
for that. If you sign this bond,
these orders will be countermanded
and you will loso a large amount of
money." Ho replied, "gentlemen,
I know it, but it is right, and I'll do
it." He did do it, and I am inform
ed that he lost a seat in the United
States Senate, and over thirty thou
sand dollars.
To my mind this does not look like
"impertinent interference."
TIIK BOY THAT PlStnF.D
ts:e i'kixce of wales.
The Paris paper, are indulging in all
kinds of pretty stories about tlie Queen
and the Prince of Wales. The Avenir
Xalional tells one that is certainly
not generally known. During his
Uoyal Highness' illucss, a robust
young juau, half countryman, half
gentleman, was always remarked
at tho Chateau Sandringham; ho was
always admitted to the patient's bed
side, and tho Prince appeared to be
deeply attached to him. Everybody
was piiza at tbo preseuco of the
stranger,'whose name aud position
were kept a secret. However, all has
sincts been discovered, and here is the
enigma explained: In 1S55, during
the stay ot tho royal family in the Isle
of Wight, the Priuce of Wales kicked
over a basket of shells which a boy
was gathering. The boy red with
rage, dared bis Iloyal Highness "to
do it again," and ho would . see -what
ho, would get., Tho Prince did it
again, and the boy thereupon landed
his fist upon hisKoyal Highness' nose,
giving him a pair of black eyes. The
Queen, on seeing the Prince, insisted
upon, knowing the truth. "You have
only "got what you deserve1' said her
Majesty, "and Avere you not not al
ready sufficiently punished, I would
punish j'ou myself. , I hope you will
always be served in tho same way
when you are guilty of such conduct."
The " Queen then sent for the boy's
parent's, aud offered to brincr him tin.
Tho parents consented;-tho boy has
grown up with the Prince of Wales,
and, is . now treated- as his foster
brother.
" Is Switzerland they ' give' salt to
cattle in the form of little bricks,
composed of nine-tenths salt and
one-tenth potter's clay. These bricks
are placed in boxes at the foot of the
manger.'and within easy reach of the
animal, which will take what instinct
prompts, and no more. t Some use
them' iu the pasture in the same man
ner, when the animals will lick them
at their pleasure." , , " " '
.: Hebe is a 'Quaker toast that has a
thought in it: "This is me and mine
to thee and thine, I wish when thee
and thine come to" see ine and mine
that me and mine will treat thee and
thine as kindly aa thee' and' thine
have treated me and' mine;
NO. 47.
, Is it not a gad thing that the follow
ing lines may be written and pub
lished about a President of the
United States and under such cir
cumstances that the mass of the peo
ple who read them, friend or foe,
are forced to believe them true.
' We copy from a "Washington let
ter of the ICth to , the St. Louia
Timet!
11KUE WE AhE MH. MKKBYMAX.
Incidentally I mentioned that Mr.
President Grant was very sick
that what the Administration pa
pers said, but every one understands
what Grant's uicknesa is. It really
was not the delirium tremens, but it
really wa not very different. When
the niadim was at home he was
maintained in a very respectable con
dition; at least so far tt the public
knew. . But she's away, now, you
know, and he s taking every advan
tage of it. The only time he has
been out tho whole week was when
he went to the circus. His brother-in-law,
CuHey, of New Orleans, was
ut the V.'biu House early in the
evening. TLey hod both been drink
ing, and Graut insisted upon going
to the circus. All of Casey'a argu
inentH to the contrary Were invain
the President insisted, and arm in
arm the two started oat. They at
tracted attention all along as they
walked to tho show, but their condi
tion shortly af;er arriving there was
perfectly beastly. If any one than
tho President of tho United States
had appeared thus lr uoken in a
place of public entertainment, he
would Lave been thrown out and
handed over U tie police. Grant's
face is bloited and red, and the
White Houe thse days i.s famous
for iu orgies. J. H. L
A Feu. D.w's Wotai. Mr. II., of
SmithSeld, don't object to baviug a
roan do a full day's work, at least, so
we would judge from the following
story:
A abort time ego a man went to
his place for work. Mr. M. set him
to plowing around a forty acre field.
After he bad plowed faithfully all
day, until t'ie sun was about half an
hour high, be expressed his opinion
that it was about time to quit work.
'Oh, no," said 31., "you can plow
around eix or eight times more just
as well as not."
So the hired man plowed around
six or tight timea, then went to the
house, took cars of his team, milked
nine eow, ato bis supper, end found
ten o'clock staring Lim ia the face
from the clock.
Sr.id tho hired man to Mrs. ZI., j
"Yi'here is Mr. M?" !
Tbe good woman answered. "He
has retired. Do vou wiidi to see
him?"
He replied that he did. After be
tng conducted to the bed-room he
said: "Mr. M., where is the axe?"
"Why," said M., "what do you
want with an ax ?"
"Well," said the hired man, "I
thought you might like me to split
wood Ul breakfast was ready."
How Hiks Got Evex. Once on a
time there lived a jovial Dutchman,
whose name was Hans Yon Shrimp-
cunei. lie nad a wile. . lie bad a
little grocery where he sold beer.
He gave credit to a parcel of dry
customers, and kept his book with a
piece of white chalk on the head
board of the beadstead.
One day Mrs. Shrimpetifiel, during
a neat fit, cleaned up the house, set
tling the old rlan's accounts by wip
ing away every chalk mark. ;
Pretty soon the old beeif vender
come home and saw what ruin his
frau had wrought. Then he said:
"Mein Cott, Frau Shrimpetifiel,
what for you make ruined man mit
me? I guess not. You make wipe
away all derar names and figures what
I owe dem fellers what's going to pay
before dey get ready, and , I loose
more as zwi huntret tollar!" .
His frau left the room in disgust.
When she returned he had recovered
the head-board with chalk marks.
Then she said: .'
"Hans, you have make dem all
right, don't it?"
"Well, meih tear frau, I make ter
figures all right, but I put town some
petter names as deuv old fellers vot
you viped out." - i
. Your Village Paper. We fitid
the following sensible little article in
an exchange, and produce it, hoping
that all the people m this vicinity may
read and note its moral: Do the
city papers say anything in regard to
your own county? Nothing. Do they
contain notices of your schools and
churches, meeting, improvements, j
and hundreds of matters of interest '
which your paper publishes without
pay? Not an item. Do they ever
say a word calculated to draw atten
tion to your county and its numerous
thriving towns, and aid in their pro
gress and enterprise ? Not aline.
And yet there are those who take such
contracted views of this matter,' that
unless they are getting as many square
inches of reading matter in their own
paper they think they are not getting
the worth of their money. It reminds
us of a person who took the largest
pare of boots in-a box because they
cost the same as a pair much smaller,
but a fit." , ,
A Persian emigre, recently arrived
at Boston,- states that his father was
122 years old, and delighted in 150
grandsons and granddaughters.
After some years the train extended
to such a length that the great grand
pa could not ever; make out who it
wa3" addressed him by the name of
grandpa.' His usual question was,
"My dear, which of lay daughter's
sons are you ?" ' -
The hair on a camel weighs about
ten pounds,-and sells for more' than
$100, which shows that , it , was not
only in' the days of Mohammad that"!
I the animal bore a gveat prophet.
Business notices in the Local Columns, 2i
cents per line, each inrertioB.
for legal aofi lransiont advertisements $2 50
per square of 12 lines, for- tbe first io-eriiuo,
and St 00 per square for each subsequent in
os'tion. , .
HOW
A PltKSIOEXT IS
ELECTED.
Each State is entitled to as many
electors of President and Vice VtuL.
ident as it has Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress.
In each State the electors aro cho
sen by a plurality vote; Tbat is, if
there are three sets of electors voted
for, the set having, the highest num
ber of votes i chosen.
But a candidate for President in
order to be successful, must hae a
majority of all the electors. .The
electoial college, at now constituted,
consists ol 6L i. lJ therefore, are
necessary for a choice.
If tbera ba three candidates frrr
rresident, and neither ol them re
ceives a miioritr ' of the eler.tnra.1
college, then there is no choice, and
me election goes to the itou:;e of
Representatives.
The House must : t-nnCnet Oi-
choice to the three highest candidates
voted lor bv the elector Th Ttn-
resentatives vote by States, and each
tate naa out one vote; so that tbe
power of Deleware is as great as that
of New York. Each State has one
vote. The majority of the State del
egation costs its vote. A candidate,
to be successful, must receive a ma
jority of all the States, or nineteen
States. If the delegation is divided,
the vote of the State cannot be cast
and is therefore lost.
As the present House is constitu
ted, and it is upon this House that
the election will devolve in the event
there is. no election by the people,
nominally the rennblicana hold twen
ty State4; but its majority in Un of
mese it noias Dy tne sienaer luure
of one siugle vote.
Ey and Br." There's music
enough in these words for the harden
of a song. There's hope wrapped up
iu them, an articulate beat. of the
human heart. . -
T?y and by. We heard it as long
ago as we can remember, when we
made a brief but perilous journey
from chair to table, and from table to
chair again. .
We heard it the other day when
two parted that had been "loving ia
their lives," one to California and the
other to her lonely home.
Everybody says it somehow or
other. The little boy whispers it
when he dreams of exchanging the
little stubbed boots for those like a
man. , ,
Tl e man mariners it, when ia life's
middle watch, when he sees his plans
half finished, and his hopes yet in the
bud, waving in the cold, late spring.
The old man S2ys it, when he thinks
of tha mortal for the immortal, to-day
for to-morrow.
The weary watch for the morning,
and while away the dark with ' by
aud by." '
Sometimes it sounds like a song ;
sometimes there is a sigh or a sob in
it. What wouldn't the world give to
find it in almanacs, set down some
where, no matter if ia the dead of
December, to know that it would
surely come! But fairy-like as it is,
flitting like a starbeaai over the dewy
shadow of years, nobody can spare it,
and we look upoa the many times
words have beguiled us, the memory
of the silver "by and by, as like the
sunrise' of Oasian, pleasant but mourn
ful to the soul."
Freaks of Cupid and Mammon.
Coleman T. Robinson, a Wall street
broker, having amassed a splendid for
tune and bought a palace at Brewster
station, Westchester county," fell in
love with a child, daughter of Mr. Lit
tle, of Carmel, and proposed mar
riage, but was rejected. He pressed
his suit upon the ambitious fatheryand
was promised the paternal consent if
he would will the bulk of his fortune
to the child. Afterward Robinson
took a duplicate ot his real will to Lit
tle's" house and destroyed it. Next
day he west on a spree, was thrown
from his carriage and soon after lay
on his death-bed. He sent for the
child" to nurse him, but her father
would not consent except orr condi
tion of marriage. To this Robinson
agreed, and the ceremony was per
formed. Within twenty-four hours he
died. After the funeral the Littles
installed themselves in the Robinson
mansion, but soon relatives appear
ed with the real will and ousted the'
family, giving the child-widow only'
the piano, which her husband ot s day
had given her on his death-bed. A dis
pute was kept up until a settlement,
was effected, the Robinson relatives
giving young Mrs. Roblnsou $500 a
vear. . : . ' .
There lived in Maine an old far
mer named Ransom, who was one of
the most fearful old reprobates that
ever lived. .H had two sons, whose
moral sens was fully a3 bad as that
of the old man. One tim6 a revival
meeting took place in the neighbor
hood, and many converts were added
to the roll of the faithful. 'Among
others who were induced to come to'
the meeting oue night were old Ran--,
som and , his boys. The old man
looked on with considerable interest
until the minister gave ont a hymn'
and "lined" it in good old Methodist
fashion. When he came t? the line,
"Return ye ransowi-ed sinners home,"
the old man seized his hat and shout
ed, "Come, on boys; I know d si
will they didn't want us here."
; - A Missouri couple who couldn't
agree agreed to disagree. They live
in a double dwelling, and one daugh
ter of eighteen, keeps house for the
mallei m ulb Blue, u:i lud jujocLier
and two children live by themselves
in the other part of the building,
the iitchen ami pantry arrangtmut
only being used in common. The
husband provides the provisions,
fueli'&c, and the cooking is done on
the same stove. - i '
A ctusty old' bachelor 6ays that
"love is a wretched business, con
sisting of a little sijhinor; a little
crying; a little dying aaJ ajrreatdeai
! of lying."