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fl M?SCE?-LAKTT ( The Oftine of I .ifc. This lifo is bat ft ga-inc or card*, Which mortals nave to learn; Each, simules, cuts ami deals the pack, And each a tramp doth turn; Home bring a high card to the top, And others bring a low, Some bold a hand quito Hush of trumps, While others can none show. Some shuffle, willi a practiced band, And pack.their cards with care; So they may know when they arc dealt Where the leaders are; Thus fools' aro made tho dupes of rogues, While rogues each other cheat, Apd be is very wiso indeed Wno never meets defeat. When playing, some throw out tho ace, The counting cards to save; Some play tho dence, and somo tho ten, But many play tho knave; Somo play for mouev, somo for fun, And some for worldly fame, Hut not untd tho game's played out Can they count up their game. When hearts aro trumps we play for love. And ploa8uro rules tho hour No thoughts of sorrow chock our joy, In beauty's rosy bower; Wc sing, wc dance, sweet versos malu-, Onr cards at random play, And whilo our trumps remain on lop, Our game's a holiday. When diamonds chanco to crown thc pack, Thc players stake their gold, And heavy sums are lost and won By gamblers young and old; Intent on winning, each bis game Doth watch with cager eye, How ho may sec his neighbor's cards, And beat bim on thc sly. When clubs arc trumps look out for war, On ocean and on land; For bloodv horrors always come When clubs aro held in baud; Then lives arc staked instead of gold, Tho dogs of war arc freed Across tho broad Atlantic now, Seo! clubs have got thc load! Last game of all is when tho spade Is turned by hand of Time; Ho always deals thc closing game In every agc and clinic. No matter how much each mao wins. Or how much each man saves, The spade will linish np tho game, And dig tho player's graves. A TEmtf&LE VISITOR It was in compliance with tho man? date of my medical man that I found myself late ono autumn, about a dozen years ago, at the little town of Quimper in Brittany, surrounded by the usual impediments of a married man on his travels. Not, indeed, that I intended my journey to extend much further at that time, for I had taken a faucy to the quaint old-world Breton country, and so long as I escaped the keen Easterly winds of our English winter, I had free choice left mo to pitch my tent for the next few months at whatever spot I might think best; and it seemed, both to myself and to those who wero with lue, that we might go further and fare worse. About eighteen miles from Quimper there stands an old fashioned house of considerable size, with high-pitched roofs, twisted chim? neys, and dormer windows, known, appropriately enough, as Maison Gris. The rent demanded was mo? derate in amount, and as wc could hud no other place that promised to suit us equally well, a bargain was quickly struck; and three days later, ourselves and baggago were comfort? ably installed in our new homo. Tho house, to be sure, was far too large for tho requirements of our sundi family, which consisted only of my solf aud wife, and our little girl Mini, eight years old; my wife's sister Laura, and two stout Breton lasses to wait upon ns; but wo put such of tho rooms un we did not require under lock and key, and feminine tastes soon gavo tho others a comfortable home-like appearance. Our life at Maison Oris was, of necessity, a very quiet one. Our mornings were va? riously occupied-my wife's in look? ing after tho needful domestic econo? mies; Laura's in instilling into Mini's mind some of those multifarious items of knowledge which go to form the sum of a modern young lady's accomplishments; while I worked on steadily at my great picture, growing more in love with it from day to day, as, bit by bit, thc idea I was striving to work out took simpc and color under my brush. I had chosen ouc of the best apartments in tho house for my painting-room. It had boen tho dining-saloon once on a time, and had a largo mullioned window front? ing tho North, consisting of small diamond-chape? panes set in lead, with thin iron bars running across at intervals, and having thc family lozenge let in, high up, in painted glass. After the fashion of tho period from which this window dated, a small casement opened out of its middle compartment; but the hasp of this casement being defective, Mim had found out a ready way of opening it from tho outside by means of a bit of crooked wire; and sometimes when I was busy with my brush and pallet, thc minx would cease from trundling her hoop in thc garden, and wait with lier nose pressed against the window for tho encouragement with a nod or a half-smile; taking which as permission, she would manipulate for a fe^ moments with her bit of crooked wire, which she kept on the sill oufcsido ready for such emergen? cies, till thc hasp yielded, and the casement opened, when she would creep demurely through, and steal on lip-toe to my side. The doors open ed into this room; one from a corridor which ran through the lower part of tho house, thc other from a corner of the verandah which led by a descent of two or three steps into the garden. Why T am thus particular in my de? scription of this room, will appear by-ond-by. s * * One autumn morning, 1 got up, as ? had Often done before, just as tho sky was begioniug to purpj^witkvthe coming day; and slapping qtnetly down stairs, I opened tko frontdoor, and stood for a moment cr two ou tho steps, enjoying tue delicious freshness of tho morning. Whilst standing thus, the thought carno into my head that it would bc as well to take a peep into my painting-room, and see that everything was right there. On leaving off work the pre? vious evening, I had left open the door leading into the verandah, in order that the room might be purified by, morning from the smell of some turpentine Which I had accidentally spilled. This door I had afterwards forgotten to shut before going to bed ; and the idea now struck me that it would bc as well to sec that no stray cat or dog had been playing any pranks among my brushes and colors during the night. Tho door leading from the verandah into the painting room Avn.s at an opposite anglo of tho house from that at which I was uow standing, so I descended the steps leisurely, and walked across the grass plot towards it. As I stepped mirier the verandah, 1 saw with some sur? prise that tim door in front of me was shut. It was a swing-door, that shut of its own accord, unless fas? tened back, and, on leaving it over? night, 1 had propped il open with :i chair; bat tho chair was now gone, and tho door closed. Wondering a little by what means this had come about, 1 pushed open thc door, and went in. As I entered the room, 1 : mechanically lot go the door, whicl swung to, and shut me in; and tin sumo instant J. felt, rather by intui t-ion than by thc action of any mort positivo souse, that I was shut uj with something that lind no business there- with something terrible, i had but ono brief instant to lo?il round; the next, my wandering ga? fixed itself upon two great blazing eyes staring balefully out at nm fron a dusky corner of thc room; bul ii that one second of tune, my min? took in tho fallen c hair, tho groa cheval glass in the centre of the room my easel iii one corner, a broken do] cd" Mini's on the floor; while otho familiar objects further away in Iii big room still showed indistinct! through the dim gray light creepinj through the thick panes of tho ol window; then the eyes took me, an in that lirst awful shock with whic the sight of them thrilled me, I thin that I could hardly have turned m head away even to save my lib They glared at me unwinkingly froi the semi-obseurity of tho corner wit a sort of concentrated ferocity i their glare which chilled my ver heart's blood. To what strange moi ster crouching there, but half seen i that dim comer, did those fiery orl belong? Not long was I left in donb With a snarl, low, dex1]) and fen cious -with an arching and hristl?ii of its immense back-with ils mou! grinning murder-with one crone] ing step backward, as if to give itsc more leverage for a spring-and wit ono mighty rush, the tiger was upc me. I fell as though smitten by thunderbolt, a blood-red liglit dance for an instant before my eyes, ai then came a darkness as of death. My senses came back but slowly, awoke by degrees to a conseionsne of life, but of a life utterly dissever? from that of my former self. Where had 1 been, and what h: happened to me? Ab, tho tiger! remembered everything now. li even this reality, bad as it was, seem* hardly as terrible as tho doom whi< threatened me in my dream, if dream it could bc called. Thal du ?lead weight inion my dust, wilie even in my half-conscious state, lr seemed ponderous enough to grad ally crush tho breath out of me, w nothing more or less than thc ii meuse paw of the anima!, iii who power 1 now was, ami the shifting it had broken my vision just at t point where endurance cuds, a madness or death supervenes, that first moment of scmi-eonscioi ness, after opening my eyes, I groan slightly and tried to turu over; 1 scarcely had 1 stirred a limb, wh tho tiger, which was crouching on t floor close by my shoulder, put foi his paw again, as though afraid were going to escape him, a brought it <lown on tho upper part my right arm. At thc same mome his claws shot from their heaths 1 so many hidden poignards, and pei trated through the thick cloth of : slio?ding-coat deep into my flesh, shriek of anguish involuntarily caped my lips, to which tho be responded with a muffled roar; s then, for the second time, I faint My poor scattered wits, on draggi themselves painfnUytogcthcr for second time, seemed intuitively c nizant of the danger that beset i livery nerve and fibre in my Ix seemed to whisper, '.beware!'' 1 1 conscious of the presence of my I ri bio adversary before i opened eyes; { felt that to mow even an ti or a leg might be my death-warri I lay there like one dead. slo gathering my energies to meet ordeal still before me. At lengtl ventured to open my lids a little v\ and to take a silent observation the enemy, and of my own positi Thc tiger was still crouched at length within a couple of feet of right shoulder one paw protract little further than tho other, res doubtless, to grasp me again, in c of any sudden movement on my p Every quarter of a minuto or so gave his huge t-.ii! a slow, sole whisk, bringing it down with a thud on tho nnearpetcd floor, seemed to me butpcrhaps I was fau?i?ul7ri?tm,ti theos wa* ? look o? quiet satisfaction, of grim enjoyment about him, as he lay thus, gazing at lue through, contracted luis, with eyes of yellowish green, that never "wavered or turned away for a single instant. He soe rued to fool himself so tho? roughly master of tho situation, that he wa? in no hurry to proceed tc extremities. Perhaps it was gratify? ing to his feelings to find ono of tiU hated race of men so completely ir his power. Occasionally, ho opened his mouth to its fullest extent, and yawned silently; and it makes m( shudder even now, -when I rcTuorubei tho terrible array of teeth visible a4 such times. Once and again, he wonk' givo his lips an anticipatory lick witt his great rod tongue, whilo his whis kera quivered like those of a cat tba is watching a bird. It was broad daylight by this time and such of tho familiar features o thc room as I could sec without stir ring my bend, were; just as they bu? been left lust night. The tiger, whicl I could only conclude to have escape? from some menagerie, lrad doubtles como prowling about tho house ii search of shelter, and finding th .studio door invitingly open, Ino walked JU, overturning the chair ii his passage, and made for himself snug lair on some discarded draper; in one comer, till roused by my en trance. But for my carelessness i leaving open thc door of the painting room, 1 should never have found m> sell in this sad plight. Instead c being close t<> the door by which wns standing when the tiger spr.ui upon me, I round myself lying on square <>f LVrsian carpet, und in dos proximity to tho second door, wliic opened out of a corridor in thc hons? Immediately opposite to me, on tl) oilier shh- of Um room, wits tho larg old-fashioned window, of which have already spoken, towards wine thc tigers buck was now turned. 1 a direct lin.? between tho tiger an tho. window, supported by two woo? en uprights, und covered with grc< baize, stood an old fashioned chev glass, behind which thc window \v? partly bidden, ono side of it oh being visible from where I lay. .\ this time, I had been gathering v my energies to meet tho fate 1li loomed so imminently before ino wit whatever <>f courage and composu was possible tonio. My chances escape seemed very faint, indeed, l> nono the loss did 1 keep rovolvii ono scheme after another iu my brai only to reject theta ono by one utterly hopeless. Alas, forme tho seemed to bo n<> help on earth! dull, vague despair, in spite of my ? torts to thc contrary, was Ijeginnii to settle down over my soul, who bringing my eyes t<> rest once mo on tho bruto beside mo, 1 saw, will thrill of Impo, that those nnwaverii eyes Int?I closed at last. Ile w asleep, with ono paw laid against i shoulder, ready to grasp me shouh offer to stir. A small matter, tnt to causo me to thrill with hope; bu could not help accepting thc fa trilling as it was, as an augury good promise. Lightly and delicab tho tiger slept. 1 ventured to op my eyes a little wider, and :t inonu afterwards, a sight met my gaze whi stirred my soul tu its very dept! and would have drawn from mc so: cry or movement of surprise, liad i the painful lesson of a few ininu before boon still so frosh in my fl mory. What I saw was thc white agoni; faro of my wife peering in thron that comer of thc window not hid?, by tho cheval glass, and Laura's fa scarcely loss anguish-stricken, p,a/.i over her shoulder. They had i covered my dangerous posit! would they be able to help nie? wife's eyes and mino met iu a lo: yearning, heartfelt gaze across little space that kept us asunder, had learned to read the language those (bar eyes years before, : their meaning was plain t?> tuen? They toll of love anti pity in a \ that no mero words could have do and yet breathed, withal, a spiri hope and consolation almost divi as though wishing me not to foi that both her fate and mine wen tho hands of a merciful Power, wi out whose permission not eve sparrow can fall to the ground. S denly, Laura whispered something my wife's car, and a flash passed( the faces of both. Then Laura 1 up her hands in a way that made grasp her idea in an instant, was going tu communicate w ith by means of tho "deaf and dnml phabet," with which wo wcro 1 acquainted. Ono by ono 1 sin out thc words as she formed th letter by l.-ttcr, with herlingors. first communication ran thus: ..( rage. We are praying for you \ our hearts, and working for you \ our beads. Weare trying to de some means of rescue, and do despair of success."' Then they ! kissed their band- to nie, ami \ back out ol' sight. I know that 1 would come again in a little wi that they had morely left mo in <> to bilk over sumo scheme ol' ese Ihil what chance of escape vast indeed for nie? None, none th could discern, Presently, they turned, and Laura lind Mini ia arms, whom she lifted up to through the window at poor p The child was frightened when saw thc rival brute beside me, turning away, put her arms r< her aunt'.'; neck, and hurst into ? A low prowl from the tiger warm lili that the least disturbance ll bo fatal to mo. Laura took tho c away, but my wife remained by wintlow, her hands clasped <5fioin tl ie other, her head drooping againstthc stone-work, gazing at me through the Enes with toarles*, despairing eyes, a little whilo, Laura and Mini came back; and Mim, no longer ter? rified, now lookod through the win? dow at me, and smiled and kissed her hand. Then came another message, worked out by Laura's nimble fin? gers: ""We have thought of ? pinn, which, with Heaven's help, we hope will succeed. Tiie perfectly still, ami do not be surprised at anything you may sec or hoar. God bless you!" A minute or two later, my cars preternaturally alert during those ter riblo moments-detected a faint rasp ing sound, which I hail heard many.' time before, only this time it wa; fainter and more cautious than usual It was the noise made by Mim whei she opened thc casement from tin outside by means of her piece o crooked wire. Faint as thc noise was the tiger pricked up his cars, au? pave utterance to another low, deep throated warning. The noise ce.osei for a little while, to commence agaii about a minute later; and this tim thc beast did not deign to notice sue] a petty interruption of the prevailinj quietude. In a little while, the nois ceased, but whether the casement wa now open or shut, 1 had no means o judging, hidden from view as tba part of the window was behind th cheval glass, lint (nen if they ha succeeded in opening the easement in what way could that fact eondue lu ni) deliverance? Mad 1 even p<^ sessed the tiger's full permission I nse sueh a mode of e\it, thc rascmeii was far too small to admit of in; plussing through it. Laura comiu buck to the window, telegraphed I me for thc third time with ber lingers "All is prepared. Wait and be silent Our hearts are with you." Den ones! thal their hearts were with nu 1 never for one moment doubted; m that whatever womanly wit, shari Oiled by tho lnost devoted love, colli do for ray deliverance, would l>e ai j eomplished by those two. My wif< I Laura, and Mim were now all gora and 1 was left alon?? with thesleepiu tiger. A short space of the mo intense silence followed, and then ni eal", hungering anxiously for son sound, detected a faint rustling in t l direction of the window, but so fail that in any ordinary mood it won] liol have reached inv senses at ai Although bi^ eyes wore still eloso< und be was to all appearance asloo I saw, by a slight pricking of tl tiger's ears, that thc noise bad ii been unnoticed by him. lt was w i a feeling of sickening anxiety, \vhi< I should vainly try to describe, that awaited whatever might happen nos Suddenly, my heart gave a gre bouml, and I felt that 1 liefe was soi one in the room besides myse There had been no noise, no mov mont, further Hum the one of whi I have just spoken, and yet ;ill once 1 knew that I was not alone knew it by some delicate, intuiti sense, which is as much a mystery me now as it was then. The tipi too, seemed to have had his sus] cions aroused. First, his whiski twitched nervously; then he lui opened his heavy lids, ami glared me with his yellow-green eyes, which there w:ts a smouldering fej I city that might h ap inte? a blaze a moment; whilo his tail began to eui uneasily, and from bis cavorm throat, there issued a mullled growl menace, long drawn ont. Oh, t soul-wearing anxiety of those f moments! liven now I shudder wi 1 recall them. With half-shut eyes, 1 watched a waited. The intense silence of 1 room was unbroken. At once, wi out an> wiur?iiiig SUU?U or intimai* of what was coming, I saw a \ white hand and slender arm protri od from behind thc cheval ghi "Great Heaven!"' I cried to myst "that is the hand and arin of darling Mim!" and my eye-, blur over with tears, and :dl my he went forth in a great silent cry Heaven to protect and save my ch: ' When T could bear to look again, hand and arm were gone, but the ject for which so milch had been v turcd was safely accomplished. I tened to tho curtain of groi n 1?; which covered the cheval glass \v two brass rings, and to one of tb rings Mini's little hand had now ? Ceeded ill hooking a thill eofd much I ai once discovered, althoi for what purpose the cord bad 1> thus attached, 1 w:is utterly at a to conceive. 1 was, however, far anxious just then regarding Mi safety to give more than a pass thought to any oilier subject, bow? strange. I >ut so cautious, as wei brav?1, was my little darling, thal the faintest sound betrayed her sonco, till, as I was afterwards t she hail reached ibo casement, was about to lie drawn through it her anni, v. hon her foot slipped, ber hoad Coining in contact with stone-work of the window, she ; utterance, lo a low cry of pain. 'I cry thrilled through me; bul nos er did the t iger hear it, than he ; ed up with a roar that - em' shake tho room, and the .ame in tho claws of his righi fool br lli'Miisclvos in my shoulder, onl bc wit In! raw n the uox! moment, ; enable bim lo turn himself aro which he did w ith one sudden sw ii his lingo body, standing now w ill face to thc ein val glass and the dow, from which point he ovid? sniffed ?langer. Fortunately, In in>t attempt to go mar the win otherwise poor Mini's fate must I II .< II sealetl before she could ba\ caped through the casement. A? it wa?, tho brute contented himself with; standing directly over my body, and giving utterance to a sorics of terrific roars, snob as might well havo ma?lo thc stoutest heart in my position quail with fear. Did somo instinct dimly apprise him that he was in danger of losing his prey-that the dainty dui? ner of mart-flesh which he had mado his own so easfly, and over which he had luxuriated for tho last hoar or two, dwelling in imagination on tho delicious feast to come-was alrout to bo spirited from him? Bc that as it may, tho tiger was quiescent no long? er; the crisis of my fate, either for salvation or destruction, was evi? dently at hand. Mini was safe by this time; I bail a glimpse of her white face as the Breton nurse hurried with her past tho window, andi could now afford to turu my mind to thc consideration of my own danger; and truly my prospect of deliverance seemed at that moment a faint one indeed. The tiger's suspicions were thoroughly aroused. Ho had now taken to walk? ing round and round mo in au un? bending circle, sniffing at mo from tiree to lime, and growling to him? self, while I lay with shut eyes, simu ' luting death ?us closely as possible. Suddenly he stopped in his walk, and foll hark a pace or two from mo; and ; at the samt; instant lhere burst from his throat aloud snarling yell, half of : rage and half of fear. The cord : booked on to the ring by Mini had j boon pulled from outside tlie window; ? the shoot of green baize had boen re inovcd from before the cheval glass, and the startled beast, turning at the sound, saw reflected therein another tiger und another man. Wit h him to i soo and to act were on?*. His tail I lashed his sides once or twice as he I stood gazing for a moment at this in ? tinder ou his territory; then, stil' 1 snarling viciously to himself, with j contracted body, and all Ids huge i muscles quivering with excitement, j ho worked bis way backward almost ; b> tho door, so as to give himself ; moro room for his spring; then all at , once curving his body into an arch, and bringing" ois grinning muzzle ' nearly h? th? ground, ho shot over I mo lil-.o a flash of yellow light, aim l iug straight at the reflection of him I self in the glass. Carried by the immense impetus of his spring, he | shot clean through the glass and the ! wood-work behind it. coming out on i ; tin- otherside, bleeding, and partially j ; stunned, and quite as much fright- i i ene 1. 1 suspect, as either. But at j the first sound of shivered glass, and I bi i'oi o t hc scared beast had time to ? recover his presence of mind, tho I door behind mc was suddenly opened, j and my two good angels rushing in, seized me asl lay, and w i th a strength which at any other time would have astonished themselves, they lifted me lightly ii[>, and swung mo ont ot the ! room, lt was thc work of a moment. | ' Laura's bold device had succeeded, j j att i 1 was saved. Tho vag<; of the tiger was some- i ! thing fearful, when he found out how he had been tricked, and that his prey had really escaped him Later on iii tho day came the caravan-peo? ple, from whose custody 1rs had es? caped on the previous night shortly alter feeding-time, and in such a I quiet fashiou, owing to ono of the j ke< pt rs having imperfectly fastened a siiKill grating at the top of his den, I that his departure was not discovered till daybreak. Ho had subsided into i a lit of sulks by the time, the keepers reached Maison Gris, and neither coaxing nor threats could stir him out of the corner in which he had : taken up his quarters, and there was no keeper bold enough to venture into tho room to him. Ultimately, he was captured by means of a tempt? ing shin of beef fixed in an iron cage, w hich he was obliged to enter before he could get at it, and once inside tho cage, his liberty was gone. I was very ill for a long time, and nearly a year elapsed before my arin and i shoulder were sufficiently recovered to enable mo to use brush and pallet again. The scars I shall cany with mc as long as I live. [Chambers? J * mr ind. Tax Notice. Abb persons, white and colored, will please take notice that i have extend? ed the time for making returns to the luth day of May next, al which time they will positively 1 closed. All free persons of color (ina;. -, between tho agon of twenty one and sixty j . ars i will take duo notice of ilus. and com. forward, make their returns i and cay their capitation tax, as the white? ar<- doing, and ?av? being double-taxed. ? Tib >s. lt. WALE, I. C. ll. I). ? April I-'._j Internal Revenue Tax. THIRD DISTRICT s. c., M viten ls, IS?;. VI.I. pi rsons in business, trad.- or pro l'< S.-M..I! of anv hird sin.. Suth of .May, isti?, an- i -quired to p.iv their licenses forthwith. W. A. HARRIS, Collector lor Richland District. ???.Office Court House square. March ls HAKE VOl It llTw SOAP ! //,/ Stiring and figing your Waslr Grrasc. I I'd V ONE box OF THE Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing j Company's S A PONIFIERJ OR CONCENTRATED LYE. ! I II' will make lit pounds of excellent HARD SOAP,or 23 gallon? of thc very best I SOFT SOAP, for only abo / Xi CENTS, i I Hr? <-t ions on each box. For ssh- at all i hrng and Crocery si..res, mid m lota al ! wholesale by w M. M. 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On riicoiving tho certificate*, the purchaser will s<-c what arti<-le it draws and itu value, and eau then s?'inl ONE DOLLAR andreceive th?;article named,or canchnos< anv other one article on our Hst of tho same vaiue. Purchasers of our HEALED ENVE? LOPES may, iii this manner, obtain an artille iixirtii j nun. Our to Fire Unwired JJoUars, For Ono Dollar, Which they need not pay until il is known what. ia drawn and its value. Entire satis? faction guaranteed iii all <-asos. THE EUREKA GIFT ASSOCIATION \V<'ul.1 rall attention to Ute fact of itu being U?e original ..nd largt?st Gift Association in the country. Wo are, therefore, enabled to HI nd (Liter gm^ls and giv?i better chauces tu oh I am the m??r? vulnaltle prizes than any ot lu i establishment of tb?; kimi. The L>n - siness continues to IM- eotnhich-d in a fair and honorable manner, ami a large ami greatly increasing trade ; 1 proof that our patrons appreciate this me hod ol obtain? ing rieh ami elegant goods. Dnring the past year, this Assoeiation has ?cut a very large number of valuahle prizes ti> all parts of the country. Those who patronize us will receive tin- full value nf their money, as no article on our list is Worth less than tine Dollar, retail, ami there ar.- no blanks. Partien dealiug with us may depend ot? having prompt returns, and the article drawn will he immediately neut t?> any ad <lr. ss by return mail or express. 'Jin- billowing parties have recently drawn valuable prizes from theEur?-ka Aa sm-iat ion, and have kindly allowed the use oi their names; many other mum.s might lu- published w< re we permitted: Andrew Wilson, Custom House, Philadel? phia, Penn., (?il Paintbig, valne $100; Ja?. Hargraves, 821 broadway, New York, Oil fainting, value (100; E. F. Jones, barrett, Marshall Cu., Kansas, M<-lod?-ou, value $200; P. J. livrnes, Waterhurv, Ct., Gold Watch, value $125; J. F. .Shaw, 224East 24tb street, New York, Piano, value $350; Mrs. Chas. J. Nevis, Elmira, N. Y-, Piano, valu? $:J0O; Miss Lucy Jam-way, Elmira, N. Y., Cluster Diamond bin:;;, value (200; Mrs. K. Pen 11'iver, Cit v Hotel, Nashville, Tenn., M?-lo d. i.n, vahie $125; Oscar M. Allen, Co. Ii. 112d Reg. Ind. Vols Nashville, Tenn., Watch, value $86; Howland S. Patterson, Cn. 1>, loth Iowa Vet. Vols., Oil Painting, value $100; Mrs. Abbey J. Parsons, Spring? field, Mass., Melodeon, value $150; Jas. L. Dexter, City Surveyor, Syracuse, N. Y., Gold Watch, valne $150; Mrs. James Ely, ITT Wooster street, cor. Blocker, N. Y., (Jil Painting, value $100; Mrs. J. C. Coles, (?rand Rapids, Michigan, Silver Castor, value $40; Dr. J. lt. Sim-lair, No. 4 Main st., Utica, Ns, XL^ Framed Engraving, value J2.">; Hon. LntMjfc Detmold, Washington, D. C., Oil Painti?iA valne $lt)0. Letters from various partum throughout thc country, acknowledging thc reiv-ist of very valuable gifts, may be seen on lue at our office. To be Sold for One Dollar Each, WiOlOnt regard to Vallie, ami not tt> be paid for until goa knoir trfnil i/on trill receive. 50 Eleg't Kosewood Pianos, EACH. worth from.$250.00 to 500.00 50 Melodeons, lios'd cases. 125.00 to 225.00 100 tine Oil Paintings. 25.00 to 100.00 100goldH'g Case Watches 75.00 to 150.00 150 Diamond Ringa. 50.00 b) 2OO.G0 250 Ladies' Gold Watches. CO.00 to 85.00 450 Silver Watcb.es. 25.00 to 50.00 200 fine Steel Eng's, fr'md. 12.00 to 25.00 KM) Music Poxes. 12.00 to 45.00 100 Sil'r Rov'g Pat .Castors 15.00 to 40.00 100 " F't andC'kcB'keis. 15.00 to 35.00 500 s? ts Silver Tea and Tablespoons . l?.OO to ".0.00 2,500 Vest and Neck Chains 5.00 to 25.00 2,500 Ladies' Silver Porte monaies. 8.00 to 15.0? 3,000 Silver Butter Knives :t.00 to 7.??? 2,000 pr Ear-rings, 111 \v style 1.50 to 0.00 :>,000 Cold Pencils and Toothpicks. 3.00 to 8.00 3,000 Onyx ami Amcthvst Brooches."... 4.00 to 10.00 3,000 Lava and Florentine Brooches. 4.00 to COO 1,000 Masonic Pins. 4.00 to 6.50 2,000 fine Gold Web Keys. 3.50 to 6.50 5,000 Children's Armlets.. 2.50 to 8.00 2,500 sets Bosom Studs . 1.50 to 5.00 2,500 En'd Sleeve Buttons. 2.50 to 10.00 lo.IMO Plain (?old and Chased Rings. ?.onto 5.00 5,0oo Stone Set A S'l Bings 2.50 to 10.00 5.0OO Lockets, all sizes. . 2.00 to 7.00 10.000 sets Ladies' Jewelry 8.00 tu 20.00 4,000 Watch Charms, each ?J.no to 5.50 5,000 Goldltns, SilvEx C's 4.0o to 0.00 5,000 (?cut's Breast and Scarr Iritis. rvooto 20.00 .2,0011 Ladies' New St\Ie belt Buckles * 4.00 lo C>.50 2,000 Chatelaine and Guard Chains . 0.00 to 20.00 1,000 Gold Thimbles. 7.00 to 14.00 2,000 set Ladies' Jet & Gold Hi.no to 20.00 10,000 Gold Crosses .. . 1.50 to ??.00 0.000 Oval band Bracelets. 0.00 to 20.00 4,KIHI Chimed Bracelets 5.00 to 16.00 2,000 Ball Ear-drops, all colors. ::.i?> to 5.00 5,OOO tine G?"?ld Pens. . . 2.no to ?J.50 2,000 New Stvle Jet and Gold Ear-drops. 3.00 to 7.00 2,500 N? w St vie Lom; Crys? tal Ear-drops......... 4.00 to 8.00 2,000 Gobi Pens. 3.00 to o.tHi ?t?' A chance to obtain any of tba above articles for ONE DOLIA R hy purchasing a Sealed Envelope, for 25 cents. 43" Five Scaled Envelopes will be sen I for $1.00: ? leven for $2.00; ihirty for $5.00; sistv live for $10.00; ono hundred for $15.00. ARGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. Our patrons are desired tosend United States ninney when it is convenient. Loni; letters are unnecessary. Orders for Sealed Envelopes must in every case bc accompa? nied by tho cash, willi thc name of thu person' tending, and Town, County and State plainly written. Letters should be addl es:ni tu the Managers as follow??: GOODWIN, HI NT & CO., Feb 10 75* box 5,706 Pt>st Office, N. Y.