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tgjEP^?*. >upimii ?ii|ji,iiij[iiW<W||Mi|jni IWII i*?-. ? miin^i'i cm mi.,, ,,,, -,the Lancaster ftHtx. TOLIMG XV. LANCASTER C, H., S. ,C? JULY 25, 1866. PMBER 24. WHAT IB WBALTK.t TP with U aometh Lag mora than gold, . lfora thaiiiuiurj or mm; TrtilutM n#tftp t<? K? Ia1<I May be found apart fro n there. Man who great poaaaMlana own May be weedy none the leas; They are rich, and they alone, Who hate atorea ot nublcuew. Patacea are dreary dotnea ; Fair demeane, but deeerta wild ; If there be uol happy hoinee, Gentle thought* and manner* mild. Truat ma, though hit lot be aaaall, And he make* but alight pretence, lie who lireg at peace with all, Dw'clla in true magnificence. If you'd prove of noble birth, O beware of judgments rath; Bcern to tneaaure human worth By the eerdid rule of caah. Gold and ailrer tway depart, Frobdeat dynaatiee may fall ; lie who haa the truaat heart la tha richeatof ua all. THE POISONED iFLOWKB. t r i J t :o; A* INCIDENT IN Till LIT* ON ONE OF THE . ? ? i: i XAP.LY KtNOB OF FRANCE. X ' . N ' Tliart art varioua IradilioRa na to tlie orj^ii of tba Obldab Lilijr upon tliaabield of Franca. Among thtaa it tha following incident, enid to bat# occurred in tbe lat tat part ofthe 'alavtnib ceniurj, during tha reign of f'bilip Auguatua. " The pr'nca waa only fifiaan whan ha nacepddd tha throne; hut\be a'.rofrg hand with which ba aaix d tha reina of tha Oovarnikiaut, awing tba turbulent ooblaa, aad protecting tha common people againat thair aggraaaioaa, ao?a convinced thana tli At ha-waa aot to ba da a pie ad for hia jouih. ' Though Hr tbia couraa ha grat'ly andaarad -tmnaalf lo iba iriaaa of hia fcuhjoota, kia lifa ?aa naora 'than onca thraatantd, and avao attamptad; but thaaa plota ia . ariablj crtgife'atad among tba proud and haughty ' noMfa,' fcba a#ra rril'rk undar tba raatrainta impaaad upon tliam by iha Kmg'a atroag arm, tad his juat and kind kaart. Ia (ba aammar of tba. alavaath yaar of bia raignt aisar'y of iW 'carat of atata, Philip raiirad with Ida court to bia total raaidaaca at Chaoiooot, which wta a fat torita raaort to him. ' Among' kia train traa GaofTry, Count <]? Havilta, the natural ton of Louie VII, the Kiag'a half brotb<-r Ha ?iaa a mild i T, mod inoffrnlivm ih*nf apparently * !! coo Uitld with the title and aatata conferred by fb* lata Km? upou hi* mothar, and which ha had' inbaniad upan htr death, but uafortunately ba married a haughty, fcmbitiaua woman who Waa but illy ioclia* ?d to forego h'er'elaiina ta ray ally. At thb death pi Louia, aba openly aa aartad tbat there had beaa a aecret marriage between hit* aad the lata Couoteaa da Navtllh, aad upon iba head of bar aoa thodld raat the crown "of ^raace, ba ba Ing'lbe'eldeet born,' aad uVged bar hue band la aaaert hia claiola. Bat thie the Colint refueed to fie, beicg ill fitted by natara to act A part requiring mora tbaa Usual anargy and abiliiy, bat id at anlaruia. lag too atroag an affaetion for tba young JC'og Who had trsatid him with anusual kiadntaa, to saak to dtprirt hint of bia rightful iaharitanea. ' If Philip board of tbo prataaaiooa wbiah tba Conntaaa aat forth, ha manifaalatf ao but ward lob an of displaaaura or diatrutt. On tba contrary, bo fata bia bfethar t'oany aridaneoa of ragard, appointing him (o honorary offieaa aaar bia paraOo, at' tboogh ho took caro that tbay wara aueh as confarrod bat littto powar. This waa a now aourca of grioaanea to tba haughty Coontoaa, who naror ratio* qsiabad tba idoa of baeomiag a qnttn, Oad had fondly inygiaod that, on account of Phillip's youth, bia brotffar would oh talo anah o strong aacandancy osar bia tutad aa would roako bim Kiag ia roalitj, U owl ia aanaa. Tbia duappaiatmaal waa Call wiib toeraaaad bmaraaaa wboa aba baeaaa lha toolbar of o aaa, ia wbaaa aba oantarad bit bar ambhloua bapaa, aad ail tba tora aba waa eapabfc of footing for ooa. * unlike our tnodarb Gee ladies, the dames of high degree of tliat remote pe riod were eerl* risers ; end the Countess r do Neuille often took long rides on horse back before the dew wee otf the grata, unattended, except by her groom, who kept at respectful distance, just t.eer enough to be wiibio call, should his lade . I * I require Msistaace. On# morning, she paused in front of e little sottage, aituated in a perfect wilder I eaa ot bloom. A? an involuntary ejaculation of surprise and admitation escaped ber lipe, n pretty, intelligent firl raised her bright eye* Upm the roae buah she wmr pruning. 'I have tome handeomsr within, arrar. gad in bt>quets,' the aaid, smiling, 'if inadatne would like to examine thero.' Throwing the reina of her borae to ber attendant, the C ua'ata alighted, much to thr surprise of the aerviter, who had never known bit haughty mistress to lie guilty of so much condescension before. , As the Countess entered the little, tow room, the prelt^ (lower girl displayed her beautiful collection of boquela with pardonable pride. 'All or aay of them are at your aervice with the excepnou of this,' she said poin ting to on# composed of gnMen lilies and white roses, and raliaved bv a few leaves of green ; "it is for the King.' W: T>1 __V -t * ou x.ik k limp uuya m? co*?ri, prat If maiden.' iYm, madams; I hava nrdara to b.-ing them to tha pafaca daily. Tha golden lily ia liia favorite flower, and tliara are only llioae in bloom to dav.' i , , i ' 'I will take thia,' aaid the Couateaa.ee lading ana of ilia boquets. an 1 taking from liar purae a cold piece of more tkf a double the value, 'but firet bring me a cool draught df water from tbe epring yonder.' With a light atap the young girl took pitcher and paaaad out to the spring that wae but a abort diatance from the door. Aa alia glided by tbe window on returning, alie glanced in and eaW, much to her aurpriae, liar viaitor banding over tbe stand of flowers, and apparently sprinkling something from bar hand upon those she laid aside for the King. When l . . _ i eae toon ii away, i.er aye ealight a glaam of a tinnll golden flaak.aucb aa the ladiea of that period uaed'for than coametiee an? perfumery But when alia entered tlia room, aha found liar ib tha aarae poaitien io which aha bad laft liar. .1 , Sha could not forhaar an eiclamalion of aurpriaa aa tfhe 'ohaar?ad bow daadlj pala w?a tha ladt'a couatanance. 'Tie but the odor of the flowere' aa:d tha Couataaa, a* drawing bar robe around her aha turned to lha door. Take my ad*ice, my good girl; place tha aland nOarer tha window, and be not much over (bam ; their perfume ia quite too atro'ng for an amail a room.' There waa aomething about thaaa worn*, cart eaaly spoken tbough they ware, that daepanad tbo undaSnad *o* piciona' in thfe young girt'* haart; and. fo'lowlag har suggestion, aba placed the at*nd of floware directly in front of tlia wiiidoW. Than, by a eloao summation of the b<>q?ai destined for tba King, aba detected tba praaanca of a fina white pow. dlr, 'impalpable (o ilia eye upon tha white petals of tha roee, but claarly eiaible upon tha flliaa, whose peculiar tha pa. by as posing (lie laaraa to tha full ray* of tha ami a* wall as thair ri*id coloring, threw itf'into strong relief; and aa aba beat over I them, tha faint but penetrating odor tbat arosa aaada bar *o Kiddy that ah* would h*?a Ullaa had it sot t>*an for tha tall bapaly youth who had joal oatarad and whoaa lirary at.owad bira to ba in lha arrica of tha It ?u har larar, Francoii, Ring Phil* ipa'a body aarvant, and who, patting by tha hauaa, aallad ta ha?a a abat with bia batrrflhad. ' How, now, Maria t' ha aaid, loaking iato har faea. 'What haa frightanad'iha roaaa fiam your cbaak, and girat' yon aaoH a atraaga look I' Tha honaat haartad fallow waa aincurt* > ly attacbad to hia royal cnaatar, and ha liatoaad gravaly ta llaria'a account ot tha atraaga coadoat of tar aiatlor, and tba auapiclona ta which it gaaa riaa. ill L - 1 1 > 1 - ?? M?? MM WUI, D? MIO ',IO?(B( f?lly ; 'thoogk I iImm it Mtbiaif is il. Df good luci, I b?v? to attend JJit M-je*>ty in bit private apart merits an hour hence. 1 will put him od his guard, titan surely bo harm can come of it' Somewhat to the surprise of Francois, the King manifested no disquietude at this disclosure, though the grave look and attentive manner with which he listened showed that be considered it of bo light import. t:? bad* him charge Marie? 'To tell do on? what aha had diacov .t %), but to coma to tha palace with her flowara an hour earlier thao wan Lar wont, by no inaaaa formatting har golden lih iaa.' Kmg Phi'ip aat in hit audieaee hall, aurroueded by hia retinue. A number of the royal.family atood near him?among tham Count Neville, hia wife, and tha litt tie aoo, a awaet boy of three, whoaa win ning and eprighilv w*ya made him a fm voriie with tha King. 'And pleaaeyour M*jeaty, Maria, the flower girl, iaa waiting without,' aaid one of the guard. 'Admit har,' aaid the K;ng. Maria had nevar teen King Philip in hie rohea of atata, and (ha royal pomp that aurrouiidad her induced a feeling ol awa aa ahe entered. Hut thia wm quick* I* diaaipated by the King's gracious manner aa he had* her approarh. 'I aee you hare not forgotten my favor ile flower,' he aaid taking the baakel irom her hand, and turning to tha Count* ras d? Neville, "put admire theaa queenly Iiliaa, fair Counts**, and iubsia iLe fra? grnnca of lbs roita.1 'Put why do tou start and turn pala 1* h# ad iad, aa with an ioroluntary shudder ha draw bark from ilia f.owara ha would hare placed is bar hand. I?I era?# your Majsatv's pardon,' ha aUrainarad, 'but tha orJor of roaa* allacts ma thua.' Tha King'* ayaa fVdowad tha Coumaaa aa aha ratraaiad to tha window, at tha fur thar and of tha hall, undar the prataxt of obtaining fraah air. Us then fixad them ifttt^rhtnialr l?u.K--J'- ? ?1 ?M ? wufl/HUU IHCV, W ri mind seemed to be entirety occupied by the laughing boy bo bold in irmi. Attracted by ibo bright color of tho lilies, the child stretched out its bond for them. A sudden thought atruclc tbo ilmg m ho obaarvod this. N *>e# bow eagerly Louis is regarding them !' ho said, turning to Count Neville. 'Lot hiin have them.' 1 With o fond smile tho father took tho flowers and hold them before the boy, who caught tbein with both hie dimpled bands and raised them with a gleeful shout to hie lips. instantly a deadly pallor overspread his face, and with a fainting gasp be fell deaJ in hie lather's artuo. Tit* Couata?t had kapt a furliva watch oa tha Ki' K*a moaatfcauts from bar ra traat, u&d, formatting a*arv thing ia bar tarrcr, apraa^ forward to a?ra?t bar bua. band'a arm. 'Morater,' aba axclaimad, glaring upon him lika a tigraaa ro had of bar youog, 'you hn*a doatroyad your child.' And you,' aaid Philip, pointing aignb laantly lo tha fiowara, atill elaapad in lha child'a rigid Angara. Sou would bava rourdarrd your King.' '! tbia tha woman that eallad at your eoltaga thit morning,' ba ioquirad, tutn ing to M *ria. 'Tha aama, your Majaaty.' At aoon aa tha Count camprahanaad tha full moaning of thaaa worda, ha oaat a look of horror and datamation upon hit wift, tbao taking hio daad boy, ha laid him on tha pila af eushioaaat tha King't foot. 41 e?B lay baforo yon no ttonngar proof, air#,'ho f?Morod, 'that I woo ignorant of tbo ax-.atenco of lb? baao plot ogaioot yoar lifo.* At Piiilip lookod upon tho till a wool featurto of iho child, and (lion upon hi* falhar. kit *tu aofionad. You art right. Gad kaowa (bit I outd fam harf aparad yoar loyalty aueb a aarara tail.* 'I wiab you all to baar wi(aaaa,' ha aaid, addraaaiag thoaa around him, *ibal I fully axoaarate Count da Navilla from all eomplieiiy with bia wife in thia attempt upon tha lifa of yoar King.' <A? to yaw,* bo addad, turning to guil* ty woman, 'I giro you twanty day a to Itavo tha kingdom. If afmr that you art found in ray domains, you shall suffer the full p?n?l?y of your crime.* King Philip did not forget the debt of eraiitude he owed to Marie and hie faiths , ful attendant. lie wae present at the marriage which occurred a few daye after, bestowing a dowry on the bride, and other substantial marks of favor; and ' ever afterwards, in commemoration ofliis Providential deliverance, he bore upon hil shield ?li? OnU?? r ;i Neatness. I j TV. mother who train* her son* and I i daughters to habits of neatness confer* * | lasting benefit upon lb or* who may come ] after her. Tli* mother who neglect* to do thi* leave* half her task undone, h*i side* transmitting to her posterity a laet, i?g disgrace. I* it not cheering for a husband to find ( in selecting a wife, one who can arrange hi* Louie with taste and neatti*** f I* not the cnowiwhit* cloth and brilliant China pleniant ! Are not lb* well sw*pt carpet and polished store charming I ? And are not the kisses from littl* lips sweeter if the face i* clean, and the hair brushed nicely f Some tell toe it is <m* possible to keep things tidy ; but certainly if everything cannot be clean there can he order. Is it not just as easy to put things in their proper places as to throw tliem "heller skelter" about the hour* f ? hiii! then if a friend chances in come in, what a source of mortification, beside the effort to put thiols to rights. Tench sour .little ones to put up their things, .Have Balls driven low, acd hoar soon children learn to hang up their things. Thev like to imitate their parents ie this as well as other things. And then when your sons end daughters marry they will not make comes unCi for inorlsla to live in, or more w., i~ | , like pig styes than 4"*ll>nga. They will not treat their guests to repulsive sighte at the table, or lodge them in beds whose linen looks as if it had been used a month. Ood made man perfect. Order was Law, and I'cannot believe that diserder and its consequences please a being so pure and holy. There are a great many things requ'site for corap'eteness in a home?patience, forbearance, courtesy, kindness and religion; but if all these abound and disorder presides, their channs art le?sened, their beauty dimmed, and we tee only ibe skeleton ol what might have beea a pe'feei home. M. Canandai^ua, N. Y, 1860. Poultry. The value of poultry and ere* raised in France annually, ia t2C.000.0CQ, and in Filmland only t|.000,000. In thia we are doubtless far behind our French cou eine. Tbe K-njlieh climate te against tbem, hut ours it doubtless as favorable as ibal of France or any other country. Manv good far mere team to suppose (hat poultry and a garden are inconsistent, and yet a liule exper.ee in fortifying the garden lence with pickets, or a few lath will reaeedy that at once. In cities, haaa may !> kept confined, but this i* not the profiuble method. Give them a wide rang* for grass and ineecta, ar.d you will find no invMttaant pay half eo trail, and for tbia vary reaeon, if for no oiber, that by thair maana eo much valuelee* matter combined with a little grain, it converted iato the choicest human food. They need warm qnartera and low rooete, and a place far roosting devoted to themaelvee where they will he undiaturbed. In raiaing chick* ena weahould notice that it ia wet that dealt eye more than all other canaea, e* pecially ie thi* the caae with turkeys? Tbe heat plan we have tried ia to ootifir.e the mother bird inatde a ^ouae or abed with a lattiee which allowa the chicke to go out. But thie they ere not allowed to do natil the dew ia thoroughly dried off in the morning?nor at all whan it raine, until they arrive at the age whea they be e#iw? auffictently atroag. Young turkey* should ho fed tho eurd of lopporod milk eooked rather hard, aad young chicken*, scalded Indian maal ? In all thia there it a good dfal of trouble a a gr?*i dMl of profit. It should b? rtmtmborsd thft' after til, t groat ittm of tiis profit of farming it tuntmod op in tbo iism ; "support of family,N tod that til tbaao littlo mantra of which poultry tod oggt bra to important t part go a groat waya towards that ood. How to Foretell the Weather. % In a manual of lha barometrr, coroi piled by admiral Fitzroy, and just pub lt%Ued by the Hoard of Trade, the follow* itig useful observations occur. Whether clear or cloudy, a rosy sky at lunset denotes fine weather?a red skv in the morning bad weather, or much wind, perhaps rain?a high dawn, wind ; and a low dawn, fair weather. .Soft looking deheate eloude, foretell fine weather, with moderate or light breeze*?bard edged, oily looking clouds, wind. A dark, gloomy blue sky, windy, but a bright blue ekr, moderate fine weather. Generally, the softer cloud* look, the lens wind, but peri hap* the more raio may be expected; end the harder, more 'greasy' rolled, tufted, or regged, the stronger the wind will prove. Also, a bright yellow tky at luntel ptesages wind ; a pale yellow, wet ; and thus by the prevalence of red, yellow, or grey tints, the coming weather may be told very nearly?indeed, if aided by in itrumente, almost exactly. Small inky looking cloude foretell rain; light scud clouds driving across mantes, sLow rain *Dd wind; but if alone, may indicate wind only. lligb upper clouds, crossing the sun, moon, or stare, in a direction different from the lower coulds. of th? wind th??. felt below, foretell a change of wind.? Whea the eea birds flv out early and far to seaward, moderate and fair weather may be expected. When they hang about the land, or ever it, sometimes flying in' I tnd, expect a strong wind with stormy weather. .There are ether.eigna of eomin* change in the weather knewn less generally than may be desirable, and are, therefore, worthy of notiee?such as when birds of long flight?rooks, swallows, cranes, and others, bang about home, and fly up and down, or low, rain and wind may be expected. Also, wben animals seek sbel tered places, instead of spreading orer their usual rang#; when tinoke from chimneys does not round readily, or start upwards during a calm, an unfavorable change it probable. Dew it an indication of fine weather, to it fog. Neither of these formation* occur under aa overcnet eky, or when there i* much winJ. One teea fog occa sionally rolled away, as it were by wind, but eeldoro or never formed while it it blowing. "On! thk Siiamk, thrKhamk"?The Washington correspondent of the Com mereial Advertiser, ttyt : I )t Pru vwn't aielamanl ' o-n'tmcm <11 ill* irOLIIlg of Jeff pavit, ?t Fortreftt M<>nro? it pub lit))*] her* to day, and hot excited mucli comment. Jl it well known that it wm pot done by order of lb* President or ol t'pe Cabinet, or of General Grant; but that the reapouaibility retts on Edwin M Stanton, who tent bit right bind man General Lafayette C Haker, down tin Potomac on a epecial eteemer with writ ten authority to have the tnaaaelet *p plied.. A friend of ourt withe* to know what bat become of the gold watch the 5t) Iowa Cavalry took from hit bout* it 1862. It it oot accounted for in the at teaeor't return* of that Stat*, at hereto fore publithed. He resetted ut to tay to the fellow that relieved him of it, thai he hold* hirotelf ready to eatitfy all tlx tax gatherer'* claimt tipon it, and than) him to boot, if ht will return it. Pari? Intelligencer. At Demopolia, AU., n negro mad< application to tba Bureau to rcoover bit runaway matter. It aeema that a Yan kee aettler bad employed a number o aegtoee to work a cotton plantation, bui tha crop got to much "ia lb* grata" tha bo found bo wat doing a loaing butine*a and decamped. Tbo coaaaa roluroa abow tbat tha tola number of Indiana ia tho United fitatoa ia 307,000. About 6,000 were ia tba aorviaa of tbo Government, during thi war, and aomo tbouaanda mora vara on tbo aido of tbo iato 0 >nfedaracj. Lkmon Cakb 'Three oupa of aogar ono cup of butter, four capo of flour, om cup of oailk, oaa teaapeonful of aoda, th< juioo aad rind of obe Ucaon, and fire egga i tbo whitee obd polka to be bootao tape Irotolp. Domestic Receipts. Rittn T wnttv Ptmnrtn Hn? ??> ? of milk scalded; while boiling itir in a cupful of Indian meal; sweeten with rooI*wm; two eggs well beaten ; wait, spice, butter. Bake half an hour. , Plaih McFTiNt.?One pint quite warm water, seven large tablespoonful of yeast, one egg, salt, flour enough to make a baiter. It must be beaten a good wkile. Rise in the morning if for tea, at night, if for breakfast. Bread Cask.?Two cups of bread dough, three eggs, two cups sugar, two* thirds of a cup of butter, one tesspoonful of soda, one cup of flour, two of raisins, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmnw. according 7 ? t o to the taste. Dough that has stood ser? eral hours after becoming light, or till the acetous fermentation commences, will make the best cake. Bbnton Savor?Ooe tablespooofulof scraped horse radish, one leaspoonfdl of made mustard, one teaspoonful of pounded sugar, four tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Grate or scrape the horse radish very fine and mix it with the olhtr ingredients, which must all be well blended together. With cold meat the sauee is a very good substitute for pickles. Carrot Frittxrs.? Beat two small boiled carrots to a pulp with a spoon, add three or four eggs, and half a laudful of flour; meisten with cream, milk, or a little while wine, and aweeten to taate; heal all well together, and fry them In boiling lard. When of a good color, take them off, servo en a aerviette, busing squeezed over them the juice of en orange, nod strewed them over with finely siftefl sugar. Unrivalled. Steakkd or DoiL*n Tcddiso.?One cup sour cream, or milk, in which dissolve a halt teaspoon of soda; two cups qf sweet milk ; make a baiter a little thicker than for griddle cakes, and add t*p eggs and a half teaspoon of salt. Putin a basin -end steam an hour and a half, er \ ' boil in a tight vessel, immersed in the hot water. Dried cherries or fresh English currants stirred ia the better are aa improvement. Ssuce, the seme ae for Bally Lunu ; or, for farmers, rich, sweet* snsd cream la excellent. Sorghum Vinkoar.?To six gallons warm soft water add one gallon sorghum syrup. Standing in the sun or bj a firg, it will become good in about thre^ weeks. The bung of the cask thould be left open for the admission of air. A piece of straw paper, or if you have it, tome mother, will batten fermentation. The abcse makes excellent pickles, though too dark f colored to look nicely upon the table.? i A stronger article (which many perhape would prefer) can be made by a larger proportion of syrup. Grapes.?It is a curious fact that eery rich and h'ghly manured land has rarely produced a grape that would yield a b igh , quality of wine. The grape that contaiaa ( the most saccharine matter will make the !..?? - -.I . I.. A.er . * * v..> " >uv. puu iuv uiuitaiit urmiH Uil* I ' i* far widely in the proportion of sugar.? In Italy end Sicily tbe very finest end r sweetest grapes grow on the rocky rub* t biah of volcanoes, end those thet grow on ( looae rocky toile or elong hillsides covered ; with rocks ere often the beat. These faets ought to teach us not to select the ricbeet soils, end not stuff them with orgenie manure, for the grape.?Ploughman. Calf's II?ad Soop.?Boil the bend 1 until quite tender, in salt and water.? Take tbe meat fr</m tbe bones and cat ' in small pieces. Strain the wn^er, and 1 then put in tbe meat with a teaspoonfal ' of cloves, two pounded nutmegs, a little black pappyr, and as much red pepper aa will lay on a five cent piece. Add a, I piece of butter tbe size of an egg, aad one pint of browned fluur, rubbed op ie , cold water. Boil all together for balf , an hour, then add two chopped egga.? A whnU kuit J ?L , llfVI auu II^UM IU?M bout tbraa galldfta of aoup. Tbo livor should ooly boil half an boar. A akia, ood baad, with tba ^oaaa of a lag of ? vaal aril] maka about at muck. Thia aoup, if wall mad a, eaooot ba aurpotaod ; ; bat any aoup poorly mada, of wbick . thara ia tnoob, ia tba Uaat palatabla ofajl dtabaa. mft