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pumorous Department. j A MODEL LOVE LETTER. My dear Mrs. M?; Every time I think of j you, my heart flops up and down like a churndasher. Sensations of exquisite joy caper over it like young goats on a stable roof, and thrill through it like Spanish needles through a pair of tow linen trowsers. As a gosling swimeth with delight in a mud puddle, so ; swim I in a sea of glory. Visions of extatic rapture, thicker than the hairs of a blacking 1 brush and brighter than the hues of a hum- j ming bird's pinions, visit me in my slumbers, and borne on invisible wings, your image stands out before me, and I reach out to grasp it like a pointer snapping at a blue I butter-fly. When I first beheld your angelic perfec-; tions I was bewildered, and my brain whirled j i ? ? * m l - _ - 1 a. 1.1 arouna use a Dumoie-oee in a giass luuiuier. j My eyes stood open like a cellar-door in a { country town, and I lifted up my ears to ! catch the silvery accents of your voice. My i tongue refused to wag, and in silent adoration I drank in the sweet infection of love as : a thirsty man swalloweth a tumbler of hot ! whisky punch. Since the light of your face fell upon my life, I sometimes feel as if I could lift myself up by my boot straps to the top of the church steeple, and pull the bell-rope for singingschool. Day and night you are in my thoughts. When Aurora, blushing like a bride, rises j from her saffron-colored couch ; when the jay bird pipes his tuneful lay in the apple-tree by the spring-house; when the chanticleer's shrill clarion voice heralds the coming morn; when the awakening pig ariseth from his bed and grunteth, and going for his morning's refreshments ; when the drowsy beetle wheels to droning flight at sultry noon-tide ; and when the lowing herds come home at milking time, I think of thee; and like a piece of gum elastic, my heart seems stretched clear across my bosom. Your hair is like the mane of a sorrel horse powdered with gold ; and the brass pins skewered through your waterfall fill me with unbounded awe. Your forehead is smoother than the elbow of an old coat; your eyes are glorious to behold. Iu their liquid depths I see legions of little Cupids, bathing, like a cohort of ants in an old army cracker. When their fire hit me upon my manly breast, it penetrated my whole anatomy, as a load of birdshot through a rotten apple. Your nose! is from a chunk of Parian marble, and your mouth is puckered with sweetness. Nectar lingers on your lips, like honey on a bear's paw; and myriads of unfledged kisses are there ready to fly out and light somewhere, like blue-birds out of their parents' nest. Your laugh rings in my ears like the wind-harp's strain, or the bleat of a stray lamb on a bleak hill-side. The dimples on your cheeks are like bows on beds of roses, hollows in cakes of home-made sugar. I am dying to fly to thy presence, and pour out the burning eloquence of my love, as a thrifty house-keeper pours out hot coffee. Away from you I am melancholy as a sick rat. Sometimes I can hear the June hugs of despondency buzzing in my ears, and feel the cold lizards of despair crawling down my back. Uncouth fears, like a thousand minnows, nibble at my spirits, and my soul is pierced with doubts as an old cheese is bored with skippers. My love for you is stronger than the smell of Coffey's patent butter, or the kick of a young cow, and more unselfish than a kitten's first caterwaul. As a song-bird hankers for the light of day, the cautious mouse for the fresh bacon in the trap, as a mean pup hankers after new milk, so I long for thee. You are fairer than a speckled pullet, swee- j ter than a Yankee doughnut fried in sorghum j molasses, brighter than a topknot plumage on I a muscovy duck. You are candy kisses, rais- j ins, pound cake and sweetened toddy altogether. If these remarks will enable you to see the inside of my soul, and me to win your affections, I shall be as happy as a woodpecker on a cherry tree, or a stage-horse in a green pasture. If you cannot reciprocate ray thrilling passion, I will pine away like a poisoned bedhiirr nid f<? 11 mvnr from a flnnrishinrr vine of ""b> *"" j e> ?- ? life, an uutimely branch ; and in the coming years, when the shadows grow from the hills, and the philosophical frog sings his cheerful evening hymns, you, happy in another's love, can come and drop a tear and catch a cold . upon the last resting-place of Yours affectionately, H. SCENE IN A RMORING CAR. The following amusing incident occurred recently in the smoking car of a C. C. and J. C. Railroad train, between Shelby and Cleveland. Says the Cleveland Times: A woman with a poodle dog entered the car just prior to the departure of the train from the former poiut, and after depositing her dog on the seat, turned over the back of another one, so that each seat faced the other. Together, she and her canine compauion thus monopolized two entire seats. Appearances seemed to indicate that the car was oue ex-; elusively for the convenience of those addicted to the use of the "weed but of this fact she was soon apprised by the conductor, who advised her to obtain a seat in another car, informing her at the same time that the accommodations in the way of seats in the other \ coaches were superior to those where she was ! TT i\ wniror nn rpmninincr IIIV!.. * to> urging that her presence would deter the occupants of the car from smoking, and she would consequently experience no discomfort from tobacco fumes. Long before the train reached this city, however, a gentleman sittiug directly in front of her, produced his case, and taking therefrom a cigar, began puffing away at it in a manner which seemed peculiarly calculated to aggravate the woman back of him. In an instant strategic movement, she wrested the obnoxious cigar from his mouth and threw it1 out of the window, saying, "If there is any-; thing I do hate, it is tobacco smoke." The passengers who had witnessed the affair were couvulsed with laughter, but the offending I smoker suppressed whatever emotious may 1 have been struggling for expression in words or action, and maintained throughout the same imperturbable gravity which had characterized him from the first. Calmly rising from his seat, he opened the window nearest him, fastening it up, and reaching over the seat-back, took that woman's poodle dog and threw it out of the window as far beyond as \ possible, at the same time exclaiming, "If .1 r inert; is auvmiug i uu uuic, us it puuiv Jo g!" Not the One Wanted.?Pittsburg has had a modern comedy of errors. A young wife suspected her lord of too great intimacy j with the comely mulatto cook, and so one I night, when he acted suspiciously, she laid for him. Sending the cook off, she covered her ' head with a shawl, and waited in the kitchen for the confirmation of suspicion. Some one rapidly entered, shortly after, and she felt an arm around her waist and warm kisses on her ' lips. Then she threw off her disguise to transfix the villain on the spot, but instead of her husband, she beheld the biggest, blackest negro in all the city. It was the cook's sable "particular," and he had kissed her. Oh! she no longer suspects her husband. 4ST A witness in a late divorce suit kept saying that the wife had a very retaliating disposition?that she "retaliated for every little thing." Did you ever see her husband kiss her?" asked the wife's counsel. "Yes, sir, often." "Well, what did she do on such occasions?" "She always retaliated, sir." [Great laughter and wife triumphant.] + JST An Irish peddler asked a poulterer the price of a pair of fowls. "Six shillings, sir." "In my dear country, my darling, you might buy them for a sixpence a pace." "Why did you not remain in your dear country, then ?" "Case we had no sixpence, my jewel." I gfpaftmcttt. ' [Driiiiniil.] LANGUAGE. Many learned men have devoted much time i and A great deal of hard study and laborious research, in attemptiug to discover the language that was used by the first inhabitants I of the earth. So far, the conclusion arrived at has not been very satisfactory. It is very j probable that the language which was used by the first pair of the human family, has long since been entirely out-rooted by those that are now spoken. Perhaps there does not even a trace of it remain. Like the place where, they were first located on this earth, their j original language is entirely unknown, and j in all probability, will so continue. Strictly speaking, man is the only inhabit- ; ant of this world that is endowed with lan- | guage. The lower order of animals are able I to utter certain sounds which amongst them-; selves are understood. The dog barks and I growls, the hog grunts, the cow bawls, the j sheep bleats, and the horse neighs. The ut-1 tering of these various sounds is by no means j language as used by man. They are similar j to the crying and laughing of a baby. No ! animal ever learns to make a new sound or j to add to the stock which it had when first i brought into existence. It is true that par- j rots and some other kinds of birds can be ' taught to utter certain words, but not in the ! sense that children are taught to speak, j Neither birds nor beast are endowed with the j organs of speech, as the word is applied to those articulated sounds uttered by man. Whatever may have been the language which Adam and Eve spoke when placed in the garden of Eden, all that the humau fnmilv nnw nnsspss. is the canabilitv of learn- ! -v" r ? r -y ing to utter articulated sounds. No language or dialect now spoken by any of the inhabitants of the earth is natural, in the sense that men are born able to speak it. Children are born with the faculty or capability of learning to speak any language or dialect with equal ease. The only language that is natural to the child is crying and laughing. This is evident from the fact that those who are born deaf never learn to talk; but, instinctively, they laugh and cry. The same thing is true with respect to the lower order of animals. The naturally deaf puppy , barks and growls as distinctly as those that | hear. Talking or speaking is nothing more than imitating those sounds that are heard. Any natural deficiency about the organ of hearing is manifest in the speech. The organs of speech are the palate, tongue, teeth, lips and nose. There are some sounds that cauuot be made without moving the tongue; in making others, the lips are moved, others again cannot be made without the teeth. The nose is not esteemed very highly, still there are some sounds that cannot be properly made without *1- ? Tf ntur nnn mill folro hnlrl nf his LUC UUOCi XI iUij vuv ITU* vm?v ??v?v V* ...v nose and close it, aud then repeat the alphabet, he will discover that he will experience no difficulty until he comes to the letters m and n. In enunciating these letters with the nostrils closed, he will discover that the sound is materially changed. Those sounds that require the aid of the palate to make them, are called palatals; those made by the aid of the teeth are called dentals; those by the lips are called labials, and those sounds affected by the nostrils are called nasal. If a community saw fit, it could invent a language totally different from any language iu use. The words we use have no meaning in themselves. Their meaning is wholly arbitrary. These words might be attached to different objects without, in the least, changing the nature of the object. Thus we might call a dog by any other name, and still the nature of the animal would be the same. In fact, this is the real state of the case. Scarcely any two nations call a dog by the same name ; still, all over the world the creature is the same. Be Kind and Forgive.?Charlie was very angry. "Mother, I can't and won't stand it any longer. The boys say I'm mean because I don't tell them when they fail in their lessons ; and because I wouldn't smoke a cigar they said I was a coward, and tied to my mother's apron-strings. Now I do try to be a good boy; but I believe if they had a little of the muscle of that fist," said Charlie, shaking it, "it would do them good." His mother saw he was angry, and bade him bathe his face and prepare for supper. The meal over, she said, "My son, do you remember our talk about 'overcoming evil with good?' Joseph forgave all of his brothers. David, too, was so kind to Saul, that his worst enemy became his hest friend. Poor Stephen, you remember, when those heavy stones were bruising him to death, prayed the Lord to 'lay not the sin to their charge.' And best of all, when a whole nation persecuted our loving Jesus, he was still kind and forgiving, and said, 'Father, forgive them." "My son, remember these glorious examples. Do not yield to anger, but be kind and forgiving, and in due time the boys will respect you more than if you were fighting with them. Let your prayer be, 'Father, forgive them, and help me to forgive them too."?Child"s Paper. ?. Saying and Doing.?"If you love me, keep my commandments," the Lord Jesus says?that is, try to please me by your eonduct. I know a boy and girl in a family where I often go, whose different ways of showing their afTection I will describe. The boy hangs about his mother and often says, "Mother, I love you so dearly. Mother, I love you ten bushelsful;" but he is stubborn and disobliging, and does not go on errands with a willing heart. His sister, on the other hand, often says, "Mother, send me. Mother, what can I do for you? Mother, let me do something for you." She thinks it a great pleasure; perhaps ! her greatest pleasure to do something to help her mother and make her happy. Which child do you think gives the best proof of its love ? Which comforts its mother's heart most. Saying and doing are excellent when they go hand in hand ; but if we can have but one, let it be doing, by all means. "If you love me, keep my commandments." Love, to be worth any thing, must show an obedient and willing spirit.? Child's Paper. John Knox and Maky Quekn of Scots. "You interpret the Scriptures in one way," said Mary to Knox, "and the Pope and the f'nrrlinftls 111 another: whom shall I believe. and who shall be judge?" "You shall believe God," replied Knox, i "who plainly speaketh in his Word ; and ; further than his Word teacheth you, you I shall believe neither the one nor the other? neither the Pope nor the Reformers?neither i the Papists nor the Protestants. The Word of God is plain in itself; if there is any ob-! scurity in one place, the Iloly Ghost, who is ! never coutrary to himself, explains it more j clearly in other places, so that there can re- | main no doubt but unto such as are obstinate ly ignorant."?Stewart's liccollectlons. ? * * The Frog and Toad.?A frog sat by a clear pond, admiring his reflection iu the water. "Dear me! I had no idea before that I was so handsome," said the frog. "What nice plump cheeks I have, and, oh, what an j exquisite complexion !" | Happening to take his eyes ofTthe water for a moment, he saw his neighbor, the toad, also looking at himself in it. Whereupon the frog hopped away chuckling. "That ridiculous old toad !" he said to him. "Did anybody ever , | hear of anything more absurd ? Who'll turn I conceited next, I wonder?" i finding for the $ahhath. \ CONDUCTED BY KKV. ROKERT LATHAN. [Original.] BIGOTRY. Man is a strange creature?a compound of j inconsistences, full of opposing principles and ! contradictory practices. At one moment, we see the same individual presenting the characteristics of a meek and humble Christian ; and the next moment, he exhibits the well-1 1 I defined features of a bigot, moved and impelled by blind zeal. Some one has said that all men are crazy on some subject; and really, it does seem as if such is the case. We constantly strain at gnats, and swallow, without an effort, camels. Little things that are indifferent both in themselves and in all their tendencies, are regarded as matters of vital importance; and weighty matters, such as judgment, mercy and righteousness, are regarded, both in theory and practice, as matters of but little importance. Bigotry is a blind zeal. Its foundation is laid upon ig norancc. Aside from the fact that it is a dangerous thing, it is the generator and forerunner of a vast amount of real misery. We often fret ourselves about evils which have no existence only in our imagination. No doubt there are many who are ready and willing to die in opposing the supposed errors of their neighbors, who have no anxiety to promote the growth of piety in their own hearts. The religiou of the bigot seems to have for its object the subjection of the opinions of every one to his creed. If every one cannot see things as he sees them, the bigot is distressed in soul. He seems to think none are right but those who do as he does, and think as he thinks. None are on the road to heaven but | those who espouse his sentiments. Firmness in an opinion is characteristic of well-informed Christians; but bigotry, although it may sustain us at the stake, and bequeath to us the reputation of a martyr, is still nothing but blind zeal, and is unchristian. Give the bigot power and he would promulgate his principles with the sword. All he wants to crush his opposers is the power. 1 , ... [Original.] THE CREATION. Scientific men have attempted to explain the manner in which the world which we inhabit. was created. No two of them, howev er, agree. V.'liat one class or school advocates, another class most positively denies and cries down as foolish and absurd. The only satisfactory account we have is that which is contained in the first chapters of the book of Genesis. From this account we learn that the first thing that was created was the heavens and the earth. The earth is described as being without form and void. The word which is translated "without form," literally means "wasteness," and the word which is rendered "void," signifies "emjrtiness." The idea seems to be that the earth was a desolate place devoid of inhabitants, rather than that it was without form or shape. The next thing brought into existence was light. Before this we may infer that all was night and chaos. The light God called day, and the darkness he called night. This completed the work of the first day. The work of the second day consisted in making an expanse between the waters. The object of this expanse was to divide the waters from the waters, so that a part was above and a part below the firmament. The expanse God called heaven. On the third day the waters of the earth were collected into particular places. The collection of the waters was called seas, and the place from which they were removed was called dry land. Up to this time neither the vegetable nor the animal kingdom was brought into existeuce. There was no grass nor any living animal in the universe. On the third day the vegetatiug principle was bestowed upon the earth, and God planted in its fruitful soil everything that we call a vegetable. Before the creation of the animal kingdom, God created lights in the firmament of the heavens. The sun, the moon and the stars wore made. The sun was constituted ruler of the day, and the moon and stars rulers of the night. Before this period, light had existed ; but as yet it had not been located in any particular object. This was the work of the fourth day. On the fifth day the fish of the sea and the fowls of the air were brought into existence,' and on the sixth the living creatures which populate the earth. The last creature that God brought into being was man. If we examine the history of creation, we will discover the iufinite wisdom God displayed in every step. No creature of any kind was brought into existence until ample provision had been made for its wants. The material earth was first made, then the fruitproducing principles were communicated, and its surface was covered with vegetation of all kinds. The animal creatures were not created until light and food had beeu provided for them. We might say, without any figure, that God provided a home for all sentient beings, and stocked it with provisions before he brought them into being. With regard to the creation of man, the account is more minute. His body was made of the dust of the ground, and God breathed into his nostrils and man became a living soul. Han was designed to be the lord or deputized governor of this world, and he was prepared in body and mind for the station which he was to occupy. He was created like God. In bodv there was no creature | like him, and he was gifted with a soul which made liiin superior to all the other auiiunls, and placed him in the scale of creation but a little lower than angels. FAITH IX JESUS. I have read the greatest works of the human intellect, reaching after God if happily it ; might find him amid the wonderful manifes- j tatious of his wisdom and power in the mate-1 rial universe, in the workings of our human mind, and in the laws of our moral nature. I have been carried away by its mighty sweep of thought, and recognize them as among the sublimcst influences which act upon the human mind. They arc of them- j selves evidence enough that God has not left! himself without a witness among men. But; one sentence of love and promise from the mouth of Jesus, takeu in connection with what he did and what he was, brings me i nearer to God than they have ever taught. | One sentence from him who lived in the bosom : of the Father, and who was filled and anima- j ted by his Spirit, and yearns with tenderness toward us, is a dearer and truer expression of God's love than all that we can know be-: sides. It cherishes in us a more loving faith, j It makes prayer more an act of vital inter- j course with God. It makes us more than children of God. It opens within us a holier and diviner life. It throws the refining and endearing sanctities of heaven round our j human affections. It removes our friendships from the sphere of perishable relations, and makes them sacred and immortal. Beneath the shelter of God's love it brings us into union with him, and fills the atmosphere around with the melodious harmony of a peace which the world can neither give nor take 1 away. I lUiswllatteous Heading. A FAMOUS BANKING HOUSE. Everybody has heard of Lady Burdett Coutts, the wealthy English woman whose ; munificence and hospitality have given her a j world-wide reputation ; but few people know j anything about the family to which she was indebted, both for her name and her property. She was the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, ! the eminent Whig statesman, who left a large i family aud a small estate. He had married j the daughter of Thomas Coutts, the founder of the fortune now possessed by his grand- ' daughter, and of the famous banking-house that bears his name; but as the old banker left his property to his widow, who married again, his granddaughter's chances of being a rich woman were by no means flattering. Fortunately for her, Mrs. Coutts, whose second husband was the Duke of St. Albans, secured her vast inheritance in her own hands, and, afher death, showed her respect for the memory of old Thomas by leaving it to his favor- j ite granddaughter on condition that she assume the name of Coutts. TIIE BANKING HOUSE. Down in the Strand, near Temple Bar, 19 the great banking-house of Coutts & Co., as solid and strong as in the lifetime of its founder, and retaining and increasing the aristocratic patronage which he first secured for it. The building occupied by the firm is massive and gloomy looking, and the smoke which has blackened its walls for more than a century has deepened the substantial aspect of the old pile. Inside and out, everything about it is heavy and solid. Gilding and filagree work may do for the bankers of the nouveaux riches, but the aristocracy of something besides wealth prefers substance to show. So thought Thomas Coutts when he built this structure. The strong room where the safes are kept cost him ten thousand pounds. The walls, floors, and roofs are made of solid blocks of stone, carefully dovetailed together, and the doors and panels are of wrought iron. Here are safes within safes containing the title-deeds, rent-rolls, and priceless valuables of the highest nobility in England. More coronetted carriages drive up to this smoky old building than to all the other banking-houses in London. You may elbow a duke in these quarters, and brush against royalty itself, if you are not careful. TIIE FIRST DEPOSIT. The first article deposited in these safes was a magnificent aigrette of diamonds which the Sultan of Turkey took from his turban to place it in the hat of Nelson. Lady Burdett Coutts, whose vast fortune is mainly invested in the bank, keeps here all her valuables. Tom Moore writes in his diary, that, on calling one dav on the heiress whom he had seen in all her splendors the night before, he found her preparing to send it all back to the bank. She asked him whether he would like to see it by daylight, and, on his assenting, took hira to a room up-stairs where the treasure was deposited. Among it was the famous tiara of Marie Antoinette. On the poet's inquiry, as to the total value of her dress, she answered in her quiet way, "I think about a hundred thousand pounds." A SIIREWD MOVE. It is curious to know how Thomas Coutts first secured for his banking-house the patronage of the aristocracy. Not long after his establishment in business, he determined to increase his own influence with moneyed men, and, as one means of accomplishing his object, gave regular dinners to the leading bankers and other financial magnates. At one of these dinners, a city man, gossiping about his business, said a nobleman had applied to him that very day for a loan of thirty thousand pounds, which he refused to make, because the security offered was notsufficient. Coutts said nothing, but after his guests had gone, sent a message to the nobleman, requesting the favor of his lordship's attendance at his banking-house in the Strand on the following morning. The next day the banker was gratified by receiving a call from the peer, who was himself equally pleased by the tender of a loan of thirty thousand pounds. As the notes were handed to him, he asked? "But what security am I to give you ?" "I shall be satisfied," answered Coutts, "with your lordship's note-of-hand." The astonished nobleman gave the note, and said that at present he should require only ten thousand pounds, and wished the banker to open an account with him for the remaining twenty thousand. Coutts consented to this arrangement, and had the satisfaction, not long afterward, of renpivincr in nrlrlit.irm tn t.lifi nmniint hnrrnwed. a deposit of ?200,000, the proceeds of a sale of some family estates which the loan had ennabled the nobleman to effect. At his recommendation, other members of the aristocracy transferredlheir accounts to Coutts, who now became the favorite banker of fashionable London. George the Third banked with him till he found that Coutts had lent ?100,000 to his son-in-law, Sir Francis Burdett, to pay the expense of his election to Parliament. A LUCKY LANCASHIRE LASS. Elizabeth, or Betty Sharkey, as she was called, was the daughter of a small Lancashire farmer, and to good looks added the more valuable attractions of good sense and good humor. A few days before her marriage, she was scrubbing the stairs, when one of her master's clerks was about going up to change his clothes. It was a rainy, dirty day, and, being anxious to have the work look well, Betty told the young man to take off his shoes so as not to soil the stairs. Instead of doing so, however, the clerk took especial pains to stamp and scrape at every step in order to dirty them as much as possible. This was too much for Betty, who shouted after him? "I'll make you pull off your shoes, and your stockings too, whenever I choose it." On hearing of the approaching marriage, the young man expected to be dismissed or made in some way to suffer the consequences of his indiscretion. The young Mrs. Coutts, however, so far from showing her displeasure, was particularly gracious and friendly to him. Such was her tact and capacity, that, notwithstanding her deficiency in culture and refinement, she soon became the equal in manners and intelligence of the ladies to whom her fortunate marriage introduced her. Her daughters were so well brought up that they became the ornaments of the aristocratic circles into which their liberal dowries helped to gain them admission. Sophia, the oldest, married Sir Francis Burdett; Susan, the second, became Countess of Guilford ; and Francis, the third, was made wife of the first Marquis of Bute. Coutts' liking for bright as well as aristocratic company drew to his dinners many wits, especially those of the theatrical profession, of which he was very fond. In this way he became acquainted with Harriet Mellon, the well-known actress, whom he married on the , death of his first wife in 1815. She proved an excellent wife to him, and at his death, seven years after their marriage, at the age of ninety-one, was left in unrestrained possession , of all his personal and landed pioperty, including a very large share in the immense an-1 nual profits of the banking-house. Though 1 she afterward married the Duke of St. Albans, Mrs. Coutts did not part with the control of her vast property, which she left, in supposed accordance with her first husband's wishes, to his favorite grand-daughter. LADY BURDETT COUTTS' FORTUNE. Lady Burdett Coutts still retains her interest in the banking-house, and her valuables are stored in the strong boxes built by her eccentric grandfather. Some ten years ago, it j was estimated that her wealth, in the form of j sovereigns, would weigh thirteen tons, and fill! a hundred and seven flour sacks. The old firm of Coutts & Co., in which she is the principal proprietor, is still the most aristocratic 1 of London bankers, and has just admitted as a partner Lord Walter Campbell, the brother of the Marquis of Lome.?Boston Commercial Bulletin. I A Divorce Romance.?Some twenty years since, says the Cincinnati Times, the daughter of, at that time, one of our wealthy merchants, i was married under the rao9t flattering auspi- J ces. It was not, however, very long before I the pair discovered that there was not any-j thing congenial between them, and, after living together some nine years, and having three children, they were, by mutual agreement, divorced, the children remaining with the father, who shortly afterward died?helplessly bankrupt. The woman, who previous- j ly the child of luxury and the wife of opu- j lence, had never known what it was to want j for a single thing, suddenly found herself thrown upon the world, and forced to seek a j livelihood as best she could.. At first she undertook sewing for shops, then attending j stores, and finally keeping a very plain board-! ing house, in none of which did she succeed.; One day, when almost driven to despair, she j mustered ud couraore and went to her former I home, and asked the one who had succeeded her as the mistress of the house if she would . not befriend her, even ever so little, as she was on the point of starvation, which her wan i and haggard condition too plainly showed, j Women's ears and hearts are ever open to the i sufferings of their more unfortunate fellow- j beings. The unfortunate woman was invited ; to remain until the husband returned, which j she reluctantly did, and when he came it was i thoroughly discussed. It was then mutually I agreed for wife No. 1 to remain and make her , home in the house over which she had once j ruled as mistress. And there she is found to-1 day, seemingly satisfied with the change, and j apparently not caring that the love that was once pledged solemnly to her alone is now bestowed upon another. Very Amusing.?Detroit has what it calls a funny man. An old man named liregg, who mends furniture for a living, was sitting in his shop recently, when a stranger entered and asked the loan of a dollar. Gregg bounded at the impudence of the request, and the stranger began laughing uproariously and shut and bolted the door. The stranger then took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and stepped up and seized Gregg by the hair and lifted him up a foot or so. Gregg attempted to call in the police, but the funny man seized him by the throat and nearly choked him to death. "Why don't you laugh?" said the stranger; saying which he began to twig his nose. A stair-rod then came into requisition, Gregg being constantly requested to laugh. Seingthat his life was in danger, he did laugh, but it was not a hearty laugh, and accordingly the stranger began hitting at his feet with a hatchet. A pair of shears was then procured, and the man began cutting off his hair until his victim was left bald. He then cut off the man's whiskers and tickled his feet with an old curry-comb, threatening to stab Gregg if he made any alarm. Growing tired, at last, the stranger said he guessed he would go. He was not in need of any money, he said, but he liked to meet a man who could appreciate fun, and he went out. The carpenter was alive at last accounts, but the funny man is still at large. It is thought that the case is one of emotional insanity. + ? One of the Light Brigade?A survivor of the "noble six hundred" who rode "into the mouth of hell" at the famous charge of Balaklava, lives in Chicago. He entered the British service as a private in the ranks, and served in India and in the Crimean campaigns. He was frequently promoted for his soldierlike qualities until he finally attained a captaincy. In the "charge of the light brigade," he received eleven wounds, six of which were severe enough to leave permanent scars. His story is that of the "noble six hundred," when ordered to "charge for the guns," all thought they had an easy task in the capture of a few field-pieces. They never dreamed, he says, of the 30,000 Russians who were lying in wait behind the batteries. Five hundred were killed on the field, and only one escaped unwnnnrtort vat in snita of flip storm of shot. and shell they spiked the guns, and all that were left of them found their way back to the British lines. Of this memorable charge three are now in England, two in Canada and one in Chicago. They each receive a pension of ?100 per annum from the British government. + + The Greatest Tilt-Hammer in the Woijld.?The Woolwich workmen have lately been getting into place the great plate upon which is to rest the anvil block of the new 35-ton hammer. This plate weighs of itself one hundred and three tons, and had to be cast, of necessity, in an open mould. The surface which is to receive the anvil block lay, therefore, downward, and when, many weeks after, the colossal casting grew cool, it was needful to turn the huge mass completely over. On April 17th an army of sturdy smiths undertook this task with hydraulic jacks, and a combination of the strongest tackle; before night they had lifted the monstrous lump of solid metal, twenty-two feet square, and since then they have laid it on its bed upon the rock-like structure of concrete and piles made to receive it. The anvil block to be mounted on the huge plate will weigh only a trifle short of 200 tons, and the steamhammer which will strike upon it is made of 35 tons of metal. The whole weight of metal in the hammer is 500 tons. A Strange Incident.?A Pennsylvania woman, who has for four years been afflicted with a cancer, and has been treated by eminent physicians without obtaining relief, dreamed that a stranger came to her house and gave her some medicines saying that they would effectually cure her. Next day, on going to the door and looking out, she saw the identical man of her dreams approaching the house. He offered her a bottle of medicine to cure her cancer. She took it, followed his directions, and is now?as bad as ever. Golden Thought.?The man who never failed is a myth. Such a one never lived and is never likely to. All success is a series of efforts, in which, when closely viewed, are seen more or less failures. The mountain is apt to overshadow the hill, but the hill is a reality nevertheless. If you fail now and then, don't be discouraged. Bear in mind it is only the part and experience of every successful man, and the most successful men of| ten have the most failures. I fisaT A Detroit boy knocked at a door and J carelessly enqu; ed of the man of the house: i "Are you going to move to-day ?" "No," was j the answer. "I'll bet you $25 you are," re| sponded the boy. "Why, you impudent i dog!" "Cos, your roof's a blazing," screams j the adolescent rascal, as he runs for life ; and | it was true. jlltc ?0tMh! (fruquim. teums in advance: One Copy, oneyear, 3 00 One Copy, Six months, 1 50 One Copy, Three mouths, 1 00 Single Copy, 10 Two Copies, one year, 5 00 Ten Copies, 44 44 25 00 jSirTo persons who make up clubs of ton or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished onoycar, free of charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents i per square for the lirst, and Seventy-live Cents ; per square for each subsequent insertion-less than j three months. A square consists of the space oc- I cupied by ten lines of this size typo, or one inch. | No advertisement considered less than a square. ! Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advor- ; tisemonts, will bechargod'Two Dollars per square | for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts j will be mado on liberal terms?the contract, how- i ever, must in all cases be confined to the immedi- j ate business of the firm or individual contracting. I Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages and Doaths.and noticesofareligiouscharacter,inserted gratis, and solicited. yJ3r Personal Communications, when admissable; Communications of limited or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as advertisements. PIEDMONT AIR-LINE RAILWAY. * RICHMOND AND DANVILLK, Richmond and Danvillu R. W., N. C. Division, and r< North-Western N. C. Railway. COND15NSKD TIME-TARLK, In effect on and after Sunday, June 15th, 1873. ~ GOING NORTH. I STATIONS." MAI I,. ACCOMMODATION. c a Leave Charlotte 2.50 P.M. ( " Salisbury > 5.02 " J " Greensboro 8.15 " . " Danville, 11.17 " 0.15 A.M. 3 " Rurkville :t:UA.M. 11.40 " " Arrive at Iticliiiioiitl....| 6.1)5 " I 2.55 P.M. t GOING SOUTH. 1 ? .sta'Fi ons7" maTLT accIimm oijaT'ionT Leave Richmond 1.05 P. M. 9.45 A. M. " Burkeville 4.10 ? I 1.20 P.M. n 11 Danville 8.45 " Arrive 0.10 ' " Greenslioro 11.38 " ? a-ii?i....? o nrt a \t Arrive nt Charlotte 4.0.*> " | fl EAST AND WEST | DOING EAST. | GOING WEST. ' STATIONS. "j MAIL. ; MA7l7~ * s " Leave Greensboro 5 8.20 P. M. Arrive 10.18 P. M. t " Company Shop:)..: s. 10.00 " ?. 9.30 " g " Ilillsboro S- 11.10 ? = " f " \ 1.40 A. M. 5 5.36 ? Arrive at Goblsborn = 4.30 " ~ Leave 2.30 P. M. NOKTII-WESTERN N. C. RAILROAD. (SALEM BRANCH.) Leave Greensboro 3.40 P. M. Arrive at Kernersville, 5.10 P. M. Leave Kernersville, 9.00 A. M. Arrive at Greensboro 10.30 A. M. Mail trains daily both ways over entire length of roads. Accommodation daily between Danville and Richmond, (Sundays excepted.) On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leaves Richmond at 8.2o A. M.; arrives at Rurkeville 11.28 A. M.; leaves Rurkeville 1.10 P. M.; arrives at Richmond 4.17 P. M. DiilltMAn D/ilnoApntto AM oil nwvltf fnuStlQ ItAtlL'nnn Charlotte and Richmond, (without change.) For further information, address S. E. ALLEN, General Ticket Agent, T. M. R. TALCOTT. Greensboro, N. C. Engr. and Gen. Supt. 1 | f BuihknlhrdxirtanRSnpjiusJGaLlmg*, fc i BrjLihelsywvls RdiLBdliutcrj.Wij* 6'iunB\ i Slite&ni Marble ManlLea;Floor dndJ)riui\ $ Tdinjr-WhitePine.WalmitRniyLiunbery \ A CdbindM<ikerjKntWoo(Ls,&.c. \ V) AU WorhWirrsntei. I J LOWEST PRICES. ( a Bend for Price L iat. [ \ I. H. HALL & CO ! ?J bUnufttfurerr & Bnlu-r. J 2,4,0, 8,10. M^rAet Street. 2 23,225, JiastB&y, gl '$3 CHARLESTON, S. C-gj This Cut entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, hy I. II. Hai.i. & Co., in the office of the Librarian of Congies*, at Washington. July 3 27 ly Ms HiwMl Mm II WW? w C3 W I" an original, flrst-ctnas, Dollar Monthly. Il la H Ofreih ami sprightly, nail will interest the entire household, including lovers nnd maidens, hus- w O hands and wives, parents and children. Itsug- p gesta the importance of securing a union of p n hearts and purposes In life, twt'ore there shall t f be a union of hands. It helicvos that, while it A S Is woman's privilege to purify and comfort nnd | H adorn, It should be mail's pleasure to provide *1 for, cherish, and protect. It would have chU- O Odren treated as feeling, thinking and growing creatures?perfectly created,but not full grown. T (J Yet In advocating these doctrines, the Maga- aj Jj zinc does not employ doctrinal sennons?long *J ? and dreary disquisitions which do not Intc-est O i E and therefore do not profit the reader. On the p contrary, it would rather preach as though It U preached not?an Interestingstory.for Instance, [ r " being made to serve the purpose of a long dls- o. Q course by giving the reader something real, lu- OC , L (cresting and profitable to think about. J The worst as well as the best feature of the /C n Magazine Is Its price. Tho idea of getting a U " really flrst-class Magazine at one dollar a year, V M scents absurd to most people. Yet It employs ?. A some of tho best contributors In the country? H Including Gail Hamilton, its leading editor, ft Cwho receives a salary of three thousand dol- ] Alars, equivalent to about ten dollars per day. p . Each number contains nearly eight hundred tm Z dollars' worth of matter, which costs the sub- y scrlbcr about eight cents. A I Hope and Joy?two beautifully tinted crayon portraits worth Four Dollars?will be mailed <1 N free to every subscriber to the Magazine ntjl SO ft E Specimens free. Agents wanted. Address 8. 8. WOOD * CO., Ncwburgh, N. Y. Y Hone M JoF-Hone aid Joy U United Voice of the Press.?Wood's 111 53 magazine Is one of the monuments of busluoss O enterprise which mark the age.?MeAodlM Hunt ft P Journal, Phils., Pa As its title promises, It n Is devoted to the Instruction and entertainment V E of the family circle,and,In order to place It with- ft &!n the means of rcuders In moderate eircumJstances,it Is furnished at a remarkably low rate S In proportion to the Interest of its contents.?AT. /\ Y.Tribune. . .It isessentlally a home magazine, M V and Is Just the thing lhat one would nioat desire ft Y to place In the hands of his wife and little ones, w m or that a man of business would himself take II 0 up for the employment of a leisure hour.?Port T ft Wilmington. N. C Were we out of our o X chair editorial, as a "private citizen," cut off n r from our exchange list and all that, one of the E> E first magazines to which we should subscribe U would he Wood's Household.?RnjiMrr, Hart- *3 CL ford, Ct It Is an Intellectual and moral O educator, highly prized by all who become no- . ~L quailllcd with it.?Christian Adromtf. ....If L | ft popular writers are, therefore, good writer", r\ 1 Yand If high prices prove the merit of literary wares, then Mr. Wood's tnagaziuc Is a pcxsl M I H one.?The IntlrptnilmL, New York Its artl- V ft clcs breathe a spirit of economy, morality and A 1 if virtue which Is highly refreshing lu HiLs nge of f\ < P fashionable folly and extravagance.? Sentinel, ? EEdlna, Mo It Is undoubtedly one of the A freshest, liveliest Journals we have examined. 5? A ?Rernril, Spritigncld, Teun The urtlclcs 2, 1 arc short, piquant, and of such unquestioned i ?J excellence, that this periodical ought tola-lH>th _J ! ft familiar and welcomo in verv many house- N holds. Wood's Is a marvel or cheapness and v T Unit-class quality combined.?Jfta York Timet. C, Wood's HiiiiiM igin ' DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, MOULDINGS, Brackets, Stair Fixtures, builders' Furnishing Hard- , ware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire , Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Marble and Slate Mantle Pieces. j WINDOW GLASS A SPECIALTY, j Circulars and Price Lists sent free on application, P. P. TOALE, 20 Hayne aud 33 Pinckney streets, Charleston, S. C. * t Orders received by my Agents, , Messrs. JEFFERYS & METTS.atthe Citizen's Savings Rank, Yorkville, S. C. pit" Whito Pine Lumber for Sale. Octobers 40 ly ROSE'S !HOTEL, (FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.) COLUMBIA, S. C. T1IIS HOUSE is in tlio centre of the city, convenient to all the Public Olliecs and Business Houses, located on the south-west corner of the State House Scjuaro, has been recently re-opened ) [ and renovated, and will now compare favorably I with anv Hotel at the South. BOSK'S OMNIBUS will convoy passengers to ! and from every train, free of charge. Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommodation of ladies. TRANSIENT BOARD $2.50 per day. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor. A cvpiitM may learn something greatly to their advantage and obtain [ specimens and full particulars free, byaddressing WOOD'S LITERARY AND ART AGENCY, ; New burgh, N. Y. WRAPPItfG PAPER. A LOT of TIDDY'S large-sized WRAPPING PAPER on hand and for sale, by W. L. GRIST, Agent. I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF 0HE8TER-C0URT OF COMMON PLEAS, f. C. H. Clansaen and Win. Ufferhardt as Executors of the last Will and Testament of John Campsen, deceased, Plaintiffs, against Win. R. Robertson, Theodore D. Kline and James Doig, Defendants.?Summons for llclief. To the Defendants, ffm. R. Robertson, Theodore D. Kline and James Doig: FOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is iled in the office of the Clerk of the Court ofComnon Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy ?f your answer to the said complaint on the sufieri liers at their office, in the town of Chester, S. Carolina, within twenty days after the service lereof, exclusive of the day of service ; and if rou fail to answer the complaint within the time iforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply o the Court for the relief demanded in the com>laint. Dated Juno 13th, 1873. McLURE <fe McLURE, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. TO THE DEFENDANTS?William R. Robertson, Theodore D. Kline and James Doig: You will take notice that a summons in this lotion, of which the foregoing is a truecopy, was lied in the office of the Clerk of said county, at Chester Court House, in the county and State iforesaid, on the 13th day of June, A. D. 1873, and hat ifyou fail to answer, as required in the said lummons, the Plaintiffs will apply to the Court or the relief demanded in the complaint. McLURE <fc McLURE, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. June 19 25 fit Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar. t 10 TEARS t PUBLIC TEST Dr. Crook's WINE TAR To liave more merit tliau any ximilar preparation ever offered tlie public. Tt in rich in the medicinal qualities of Tar. ami unequal*! for diseases of the Throat and Lungs, performing the most remarkable cures. Coughs, Colds, Chontc Coughs. It effectually cures tliem all. Asthma and Bronchi is. Has cured so many cases it lias been pronounced a specific for these complaints. For pains in Breast, Side or Back, Gravel or Kidney Disease, Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Jaundice or any Liver Complaint, It has no equal. It is also a superior Tonic, Restores the Appetite, Strengthens the System, Restores the Weak and Debilitated, Causes the Food to Digest, Removes Dyspepsia and Indigestion, Prevents Malarious Fevers, Nives tone to your System. TryOr.Crooli's Wineof Tar October 3 40 ly THE HOME SHUTTLE sewing""machine. THE best Cheap Machine in the Market. If the number sold is a criterion of merit, it is the BEST MACHINE in use, as there have been more HOME SHUTTLE MACHINESsoldin the State luring the last twelve months than all other Sewing Machines combined. You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE for about half the money you will have to pay for i first-class Machine, "so-called." W. L. GRIST, Agent. geor s. hackert DOOR, SASH AND BLIND FACTORY, CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS is as large and completea Factory as there is in the South. All work manufactured at the Factory in this city. The only house owned ind managed by a Carolinian in this line in Charleston. Send for price list. Address, GEO. S. HACKER, Post-Office lwx 170, Charleston, S. C. Factory and Warerooms on King street, oppodte Cannon street, on line of City Railway. Decembers 49 ly charlotte, col.tnd augusta rT?. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,) Columbia, S. C., June 13,1873. ) rHE following Passenger Schedule will be run over this road on and after MONDAY, 16th ustant: going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 2. Leave Charlotte, 4.20 A. M. Arrive at Columbia,...9.30 A. M. Leave Columbia 9.45 A. M. 3.15 A. M. Arrive at A igusta 2.00 P. M. 8.20 A. M. going north. Leave Augusta. 3.52 A. M. 5.50 P. M. Arrive at Columbia,...8.27 A. M. 10.47 P. M. Leave Columbia 8.42 A. M Arrive at Charlotte.... 2.00 P. M. Standard time ten minutes slower than Washington ; six minutes ahead of Columbia. No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sundays jxcepted. Both trains make close connection "to ill points North, South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. E. B. Dorsey, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agent. June 19 25 tf KING'S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD. DAILY TRAIN. HEREAFTER the trains over the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD will run daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making close connection with trains on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Raili'oad: Leave Yorkville, promptly, at 4 o'clock, A. M. Arrive at Chester at 6 o'clock, A. M. Leave Chester at 2 o'clock, P. M. Arrive at Yorkvilleat 4 o'clocklP. M. All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by 1 o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the departure of the train. GEORGE W. MELTON, President. OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH "OLD SOL" STILL continues, and we are prepared, better than ever, to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC ' .--I- .-?* A.1M mil1n.1t in 44 A #1 l unas OI overy itl uui ganoijr iu vuc auiekes' Building." A lot of nice ALBUMS always on hand. Also Stereoscopes and Views. J. R. SCHORB & SON. TO C^6)A PER day! Agents wante<l! xpD All classes of working people of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for us in their spare moments, or all the time, than at anything else. Particulars free. Address G. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. October 3 40 ly conIjndrum. WHY is the Home Shuttle Sewing Machine bound to please all tho ladies? Because it is the best feller in the world. Sold by W. L. GRIST, Agent. dime novels. A LARGE lot of ORNUM A CO.'S Ten Cent A Novels. Just received by \V. L. GRIST, News Agent. who burnt columbia ? A FEW copies for sale at the ENQUIRER Office at filly cents per copy.