The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 02, 1866, Image 4
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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. ELLICOTT A- soNH,
No. :; Spear's Wharf,
I March 1 i?mo Baltimore, Md.
Kew York Advertisements.
mir Bunn
BY THE
ESTAIiMSHKO is 10.
180 Broadway, New York.
Rosewood Pianos, Melodeons, Fine
Oil Paintings, Engravings. Silver
Ware.'Fine Gpla and Silver
Watches, Diamond Pins, Dia
mond Rings, Gold Bracelets
Coral, Florentine, Mosaic,
Jet, Lava and Cameo Ladies'
Sets, Gold Pens with Gold and
Silver Extension Holders, Sleeve
Buttons, sets of Studs, Vest and
Neck Chains, Gold Rings, ?fcc, ?
VALUED AT
,000,000.
DISTRIBUTION is made in the following
manner: Certificates, naming each
ai t ?ele ami it H value, are placed in scaled
envelop???, which aire well mixed. Ono of
these envelope?, containing the certificate
<>r order r?<r some article, will he delivered
at ??ur oflicc or sent by mail to any address,
without regard t<> choice, on receipt or 25
cents. 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.