Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1870, Page 2

EV ENIN | be a good barber. However, I will aa; more—only that thou must play out of doors A STRIP BY LTE [ Frem tie Atlantic Month! for December.) 1 donot own an inch of land, But all I see is mine— tchards and the mowing-fiek The be dawns and gar; ‘The winds my tax col! Wild seen: And. more magnitices My window keeps for me A glimpse of blue tm: A little strip of sea. Kicher am I than he Great fleets ant ve a share in Won by the inland ‘To loiter on you airy road, Above the apple trees. I freight them with my untold dreams, ars my own picked wait for them | m Each be: And nobler car; Than ever In My ships that sai Across the outlet b Sometimes they seem like living shapes— je of the ak: The hey bring me tithes divine, ‘and subtle esences, A tribute rare and free; ery skip, nto next time.” But all the discouragements of the old ()2a- OF BLUE. ener could not represa ben's love for music. He cut and curh d shaved, a= ‘in duty bound, ¥ LARCOM. | and then fled away to his violim. From w roofof the house his musie went forth; and this most original concert-roem, with the open sky above him, and the pert city sparrow, now used to his melody, hopping by hisside. dit the boy gradually aequire the firet secrets of bis science. is needless to enumerate the co: trivances he resorted to for instruction —| Wa dered through the streets at night with violin, to gain afew cents wherewith to pur chase old music; and bow he gradually acquired skill, 80 as to be admitted as a sort of supernu- merary into a wandering b: One night when this prim for = ball at a privat city, the first violin mysteriously dipappeared. In this dilemma you: to offer himself as a su! dens tine, lectors are, nt than all, mensity, who owns ‘itate. It wasa daring ‘ing to do. breeze one otber musicians first laughed at him, then heard him play the part which no one else would take, and finally saffered him to try. For the frst time in his life the barber's boy witnessed a ball. It seemed to him a fairy scene—he was dazzled, dewildered, excited, a1 in enthusiasm he played excellently. The night wore away; the dancersseemed never weary— not so the aching fingers ofthe musicians. Rea- | b n eapecially, to whom the excitement was new ew more and more exhausted, and at last wt as he had finished Vey, waltz, fel tainting from his chair. Most of the gay couples passed on—it was only a poor musician; bat one young girl, in whom the compassionate and sim- le nature of a child had not been swept away by the formalities of young ladyhood, held a crew; East ha giass of water to his lips. aimed from gloom, “‘ Cora Dacres is bringing to life a fainting Since on life's itable sea, fiddler,” said a tittering voice. “Oh, wi a All souls find sailing room. story when we get back to a le ; ‘ and indignantly, sa; ‘The ocean grows 8 wearincas «< Gore Dactes in uever sshamef of dolag Sink Its cast and west, its north and south, pl MES ola Ping RE ele ge Spread out from morn to night; ‘We miss the warm, caressin, Its brooding shade and light, A part is greater than the whole; By hints are mysteries told, ‘The frjnges of eternity, God's sweeping garment-fold, In that bright shred of glimmering sea, I reach out for, and The sails, like flakes Float in upon the mist; ‘The waves are broken precious stones, we phire and amethyst, gently to peer uben, who had opened his The youth recovered, and she di ared among the dancers; but many a time the | auburn curls and soft, brown, sympathizing = the little school girl float betore the ¥ of Reuben Vandrest; and the young musician often caught himeelf repeating over poner y a hgges> oe — ¢ had heard on w: » and dimly d he om waking Fecogu Long before he was twenty-one Reuben had entirely devoted himself to the musical pro- fession. The turning point in his career was shore, hold. Of roseate pearl. from celestial basement walls, given by a curious incident. One moonlight By suns unsetting kissed. night, as he was playing on the roof as usual. Cut through the utmost gates of space, Past where the gray stars dritt, ‘To the widening {ntinite, my soul Glides on, @ vessel swift: Yet loses not her anchorage In yonder azure rift. Here sit !. asa little ‘The threshold of God's door Is that clear band of chrysopr ase: ; r | to be attentively listened to, even - Now ae vast as known neighbor over the way. He threw all his eps, ty oh mie soul into his violin, and played until midnight. rae Sata 0 God, Is home, Next day, while at his duties in his master’s Taheight of depth to ma | oppeatie.” cuten oon pesntan sie oe Nae Yet hoes seen og cere green | his lowly trade; but instead of & ent cca. Glad when is opencd to my need | Mbatrayortoaaiec Sentieman, who smiled at | Some sea-like glimpse of Thee. | #1 d'd not send for yon to act as barber,” said +s0e- be saw a head peep out from the uppermost window of the opposite house. ‘This head was withdrawn when he ceased ying, and again put forward as soon as he recommenced. A a feelin, child; the stranger, in English, which was stro! centert. 3 be t accent, THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION, Stctu"ed with, a torelen accent, “but to woeak night. Am Dprightl: rmed that the per: BY MISS MULOCH. Between ten and twenty years eee re. material—there was in the cit Ms cise date is im: ew York a barbe: 5 mamed Keuben Vandrest. His Was indicated by his surname, ations, hi from Vander Dest to V: scriptural Christian name he was indebted to & worthy Quaker. his maternal grandfather, come over with William Penn. ere, in truth,all the boy owned to his ors, as from his cradie be had been an orphan, cast on the charityof the wile world. Bat the excellent seet to which Reuben’s mother of years and gener, who bay rame progeu: had belonged is one of the lambs from their child was not deserted. ef Lim, and when he was able to earn aliveli- hood. one of their number received him as an Sach was t apprentice story of the barber’s bo = his earliest childhood \ andrest had deen music. itineramt musicians of street after another, ofte his rest, everything exc precious benelit he was too wise to for even music. He made friends wi th blind eee burdygurdyists, and, above all, with wandering fiddlers; for, with intuitive percept lin—the prince of stringed his chief favorite. Fro: wandering musicians ng something. T! dish manners and re of property ot all orchestral varieties used to ear or to ment others. Bat in ¥ "very human being ha= some inner life, which ide world knows came amiss to bim, but his sole private ‘as an old fife; reep to his garret and there strive, wit! d retentive me: es which be had heard in the streets the grand era in the boy's life was com- (Une day as he stood wistfully looking at a hp which be held in his arms fondly and lin- Sering, prior to returning it to its right owner, former wes yourself = + It was, sir,” answered Reuben, trembling with eagerness. — of Eppes — you?” @ young boy “* T, myself.” itch lineage “ heen you love music’ “With my whole heart and soul!” said the ad been corrupted your man, enthusiastically. » while for his > "ye stranger drew from Keuben the littie history of himself and his violin, and talked to him long and earnestly. “ You have a true fee! to which L, too, belon said. “ You may have many diffculties to encounter, but never be discouraged; & will surmount them al! You have many Bindrances; but listen, and | Will tell you what I went through with at your age. I once came,a poor boy like you, to the greatest capital in Europe, my heart full of music, but utterly without means. My only Wealth was my violin. I leftitone day in my poor chamber, while I went to buy a loaf with muy last coin. "When [ came back my violin was gone; it had been stolen! May God forgive me for the crime I contemplated in my mad de- spair. } rushed to the river; | planged in; but { was saved from the death I sought—saved to live for better things. My friend,” continued the musician, after a long silence, during which his face was hidden by hix hands, “in all the trials Of your career, remember this of mine— take warning.” “TT will, E will!” eried Renben, munch moved, “ And now, aiter having told you this terrible secret im my life, it is well that f should not re- veal my name—and besides, it couid do you no good, as I set out for Europe to-morrow. Bat should you ever be in Paris come te this addres leave this writing, and you will hear from me.’ The gentleman wrote some line in aforeizn language which Reuben conld not make out though among his musical acyuaintances he had ‘ained a little knowledge of both Fi bh ant tallan. He then gave Vandrest the address and bid him adieu. ‘The young man long pondered over this ad- ‘are, aud it was the final crisi«e which made bim relinquish a trade so unpleasant to him for the practice of his beloved art. These for that noble art the few who never cast bosom, and the orphan The Friends took care he short and simple - nothing of. Thus from he ton of Keuben le would follow the the city throagh one m thus losing bis meals, ept his schooling, which throw away t . Italian ion, the vio- instruments_was wm all and each of these Keuben was intent on hey were won by his earnest admiration—for to play. No instra- and with this simplest the poor barber's bo: mory,to make One may turn who has a distaste ‘for more s: pursuits. In po calling is intellectual activi id ty & Foor street musician, the idea of its constrae- He who wo.1ldattain to even moderate eminence tion first entered Keuben’s mind. He had been in it musi devote years of daily, patient toil to Accustomed to regard a violin as @ mysterious dry and uninteresting branches of study. A thing. and never once had he Now be began to peer to tind out that it was it after all. He ‘juestioned his friend, the fudter, must dig the foundation and enrich the soil | but the man scraped away during @ lifetime befora be can form his garden and plant hix without once casting ® thought on the mech- flowers. Thus did our young exebarber. H+ anism of bis instrument. True he could replace studied scientifically what he had tirst learned a broken string and at times even man! through the instinct of genius, and rose slowly a bridge with ‘knife, but that was all. and gradually in bis profession. Sometimes his When Reuben inquisitively wantedtoknow how slicht and ordinary appearance which male violing made, the fiddler shook his head | him look more boyish than he reall: was, his and said he did not know. the anxious boy. A burst of laaghter, se cuttingly derisive that Keuben’s face grew c unswer. “Why, you little simpleton,” cried the fiddier | when bis mirth had subsided, “sarely you'il not be 80 silly as to try. You could as svon builda house as a violin. «Bat violins must be made by somebody!” “Yes, by people who know ‘Take my by alad like you attempt impossibilitie: Reulhen said no more idea trom bit patience and ardor, which be borrowed from the good natnred car- ven him tas wood, he suc- eeded in forming the bod cessation too toil; for be had not even the few pence necessa- enters who had bere a lon ry to purchase strings; -ould-not make, it was @ sell creating, soi ink I could make one?” Every n, the sort of wood used, and the thickness and fashion of the strings; and, T weeks, of consideration, he at las! eo) to try and make one for himself. the long, light. summer night ha worked hour er hour im his garret or on the root of his +, bis natural mecbanuteal poet may be one by nature; it is itterly impos siblethat a musician can be great without as deep science as ever puzzled mathematica! brain. He must work—work every inch of his way— upd acing bet — considered of what it into its mysteries, and only wood and c quaint, old-world name, and above all, a sim- pursued | plicity and Quaker-like peculiarity in his dress and manner, Tidicule of his com- panions, who followed music mere for show Timson, was the only tian through real art. But the story of | Bisearly perseverance always disarmed them: and it was s common saying, with reference to young Vandrest, that he who, untaaght, conld | make @ violin, would surely learn to play it. | By degrees the young violinist rose into note and became received into society where he could hardly have dreamed that he should ever set bis foot. Many a rich citizen was pleased to welcome to his house Mr. Vandrest, the young and unassuming musician, whose gentle manner and acknowledged talents were equally prized. The barber's apprentice Was atterly forgotten or else on!y thought of asa proof ot bow much a man’s fortune lies in hisown hand- if be will oniy try. i in one of these elegant reunions Vandrest again heard the name which had never ben gove from his ean tee Gk all his vicissi tudes—Cora Dacres. turned round, and saw the altered Likeness of the girl who had held the cup of water to his lips on the night of the ball. had groan into womanly beauty, but he remembered the face still. She had not the faintest memory of him. How could it be soy Lightand darkness were not more differ- ent than the pleasing, intellectual gentleman- about it; not vice aud don’t but he could not get the lin that be saw he examined the varie- t deter- } Daring u skill was aided ; and, with the few tools of the violiw. Bat place in Ksuben’s 4 and the bow, which he utterly out of his power ¢ man who was introduced to her, and the to buy. He sat looking in Fatthe half | pale, angular il-clad little boy whom she had nished instrument—a body without @ soul— | pitied and alded. and even bis fife could not console him. Some times would re- But one ‘9 kind hearted customer noticed | mind her of the circumstance. but then a vague the sligh* looking boy, who arranged his | fee! se" ame pI veks so gente and carefully that Reuben be- | him: “He went home, and again his old violin ome the glad lent Of @ dollar’ He flew to | might have been heard breathed over it the Say catgut and an old bow. and with trembling | name of ; but this time not in boy- band strong his in trument. ish im for wi ver wi B Whe can the im moment? | beautiful, but in the frst strong, all-abso: emniei's crowning for the new | love , awakened in anature whic! Lord Rowe's first peep through his was in every way calculated to receive and re- ‘¢ telescope are little compared to poor | tainthet sentiment in tts purest, and rst sttempt to draw sounds trom his meet eotaring Dae The rounds came: string after string} Reuben V: ,, who had hitherto cared for yas tuned: the bow was applied, and the violin | nothing om earth bat his violin, soon learned Feeble She pie ware, but | love, and with the enthusiastic attachment of “tilt they were distinct musical a ee For, with all 1 treasure to his beating allurements eareer, Reuben heart, actually sobbing with joy. rr and no! Reuben found courage | ardarous study more imperatively required. | at other time the very complimentary ° fsion would hare made Renben «mile, but he ovly answered, while the color deepened on his cheek “¢ - + ds it because of my early life? was of good family. atit may be, yoa would blush 4g remearbor that — daughter's hus | din a barber's shop.” bao) ‘dear sir, said Mr. Dacres, “you forget we are Americ ins, and talent and we: are our only aristocracy. The tirst you undoubted- ly porsesg, hot without the second you cannot marry Cora d there is no chance of your becoming a richman z “Will you let me try 2” eagerly inquired Van- | dreat. would be of no use. You could not sac- conld—t could !” exclaimed the young man impetaously. “Only let me hope. 1 would try | anything to win = nd in this earnestness of love did Reuben pursue his less way. He had ledged his word that he would not try to win er—this her father imperatively demanded— but Mr. Dacres also promised that he would leave his daughter free, nor would he urge her | to accept any other other h during the | three years of absence which he required of Reuben Vandrest. kw parted—Keuben and Cora—with the outward seeming of ordinary | acquaintance; but wasit likely that a love so | deep as that of the young musician should have | been entirely sup; by him, or unappre- | ciated by her who was its object’? open confession; w the wanderer he sailed towards England’—did she not up his tog go and repeat his unmasical name, as though it had contained a world of melody in itself?—and did she not feel as certain in her heart that he loved her, as if he had told her so ws Vand ews ‘ing for the vo; hi Vandrest was preparing for the voyage, he accidentally found the long-forgotten note of the stranger musician. It directed him to Paris, and to Paris he determined to proceed, as all tg was alike to one who knew not a single soul inthe ex] of the old world. He errived there, and found in his unknown friend the ki and talented Swede. the death of Paganini, had become the first violinist In the world—Ule Bull. The success of the young American was now made sure. The great violinist had too much true genius to fear competitors, and no mean | Jealousy kept him from advancing the fortunes | of Vandrest by every means in his power. Reuben traversed Europe, going from capital to ere makin; lends, and what portant tohim money. He al- capital, er more im| of life, and laid uP ject of his care—t! Cora. He rarely heard of her; he knew not but that her love mmght change; and some times a sense | of the utter wildness of bis project came upon him with freezing reality. But intense love like his,in an otherwise calm his gains for the grand ob. passing impulse. And Reuben’s love “by its fulfilled itself.” Er ree years had expired to America, havin, he retarned realized a competence. With a beating heart the young gousician stood before his mistress, told ‘her all his love, and knew that he was loved. It was aes sweet to hear Cora reveal in the frankness of her true heart, which felt no shame with having loved One s0 worthy, how her thoughts had contin- ually followed him in his wan leringt. and how | every success of his had been doubly her. Bat human happiness ig never unmixed with pain; and when Cora looked at the altered form of her betrothed, his sunken and colorless face and his large bright eyes, a dreadful fear took possession of her, an@ she felt that joy itself might De parchanes With too dear a price. It was so, indeed. Reuben’s energy had sustained him until the | reaction of hope fulfilled came, and then bis health failed. A long illness followed. But he , had one blessing—bis afflanced wite was near him. Amid all her anguish Cora felt thanktal that he had come home first, and tliat it washer hand and her voice which now brought comfort to her beloved, and that she could pray he might live for he And Reuben did live. Love struggled with death, and won the yictory. In the next year, in the lovely season of an American epring, the musician wedded his betrothed, and took her to a sweet Leena | home, such as he had often dreamed ot when he used to sit on summer eve- nings on the house top in New York, looking at the blue sky, and luring sweet music from his rude violin. And in Keuben’s pleasant home there was no relic more treasured than this same violin, which had first taught him how much can be done with a brave heart. ssee- The Hon. Brigham Young on the Ex- travagance of Women. From a Recent Sermon ly Brigham Young. I do not like to charge the ladies with extrav- agance, but how many yards of cloth does it take now to make a dress’ If Brother Heber C. Kimball were here he would tell you he used tobuy six yards of calico for his wife Vilate, who was atal! woman. That used to make a dress, and it was a pretty large pattern; then it got up to seven since my recollection, then t) eight, then to nine, then to eleven, and I hav- been called upon to buy sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen yards for adreas. I know there a cause for this. My wife will say: “Dear me, Sister so and 80 wears such and such a thing, and I want to look as well as she ‘ioes; and you have plenty of means, Brigham— U yes, you have plenty of means, and you can bos? as well as not.” ‘ell all that J have said, and my general re- ply is, “If Tam tare to the necessity of i dulging my family in these nee/less articles, the responsibility must be upon themselves, not upon me.” Mpg father | lowed himself no pleasures, only the necessaries | e acquiring of a fortune for | sweet to | Trials of a Witness, Mr. Punchineilo: As all peorts ssem to ¢ to yOu With thelr troubles aud grievances, 1 hope you will not refuse to listen to my woes. And whether thay are woes or not 1 leave to judge for yourself. At the beginning ot last week I made my Orson, im-which the appearance in any court room im the character ot @ witness, in the case of Valentine against Int in dispute was the | BALLOOY FAMILY SUPPLIES, ETO. — STEAMBOAT LINES. OVER FRANCE. ome The Perils of the Air. — HOBTEST ROUTE TO WILMINGTON _ ri STO! PAVANNAH, Sew CK Considering the great number of balloons eek! Leok LooK Ee eit rote sure " which have left Faris during the siege, the acoi- L A YO" | dents resalting from them have been very few. | WASHINGTON, NORFOLK, AND : first The cable a few days ago reported a balloon as AT THESE PRICE BOSTON =T HiP COMPANY lost in the Atlantic. We now have an account of a balloon captured by the Prussians ne of the prisoners, an Pasiichean named Worth, as fol ows DAY, Octebar wy ‘OF TH and after MONT OLA GROCERIES Cy L to his | ownership or a tract of land in Wyomng-terc, | WTHOS (0 his momen a ietoms, cows bare tory. i Knew something tn regard to the sale of | «On October 2 I left Paris ailoon. in | FAMILY FLOUR Shari, foot of 7th street, at Ap. ™..reaching Mort atk these lands, and was fully prepared to testify to | company with three others. We left with a | EXTRA * | the toll.-wi mpectiag with thes ani the extent ot my knowledge in the promises; bat | northeast wind, which would have carried us A> | kB judge of my utter surprise and horror on being | into Belgium, but, the wind changing to direct | j of th ante and & | obliged to go through such an ordeal as the fol- | east, we'were carried on to the Pracsan lines v pan toe, wich tears ov lowing extragts from my examiuauien will | We fort Paris at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and “49 por pound | FKID 4 p.m. | indicate: a | as at half-past 4 it was almost dark, we were as Fare to Nortcik, @5, mound trip. SS. | g,rhe counsel for the plaintift commenced by | ghliged to come down to the earth. Just as we rig as son Par to Botton iSading ‘meats and state-room | asking me if i was a married man, and when f ia from tht clouds, ¢ 250 yards from & MeAT = = 6T gis. Si: Aen: | had answered that I was, he said: the ground, we were weicomed bya shower of | BEST K10 COFFEE, Green. B cay tor, Pamenas, apply to, 2 aor | |, “ls your wife @ believer in the principles of | prussian bullets, some of which pierced the bal- | Ath, Occ om a Lu gtr “3 the Woman's Kights party. loon, and in order to avoid being hit, we were | /AY4 Green semana a SY e"RRown 2 sos, { could not for the life of me see what this had obliged to come down at a as pace. | nest BUTT sane 2 Hannan dow tte to do with the land in Wyoming, but [ answet- | When we touched the und there was ol WHITE SUUGABS.. . throagh tickets to all prieciew | ed that I was happy to say she was not. coursea terrible shock. I, tortunately, did not BROWN fe ta south can be procured s | The exayaination then proceeded as follows: | jose my presence of mind, and held on by the | You cannot do beiter - = | __@. You are happy, then, in your matrimonial | coras, ao that I did not fecl it so much in jams | Will save money and get a su BRCHANTS LINE OF STEAMBHLIPS | relations? A. Yes—(and remembering the oath) ing from the balloon. However, | was thrown BRAY BROTHE BETWREN reasonably so. Q. Is your wife pretty? A. (Witness remem- some thirty feet into the air, and fell all of a | 351 Pepnsylvenia avenue. heap without being hurt in the least. Two WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK between M = bering st once his oath and his wife's presence after me, Mr. Udin and Mr. N. B.—Goorls delivered free of char Hereafier the tine Stoamsbips & | Im coure)—She is pretty pretty. Guson, nether of them hurt; the fourth: how: | — wo | 2ehewiktow! aa Vabow aN a i elie psec eT aes | Over; leethis presence of mind, a Mr. Manclare, | 6()8 s pros. O08, Sev Vouk sire membering only his wife's presence)—I have | Snd did not follow our example, so that he O. BRYA - * UNGTON AND GEORGETOWN. as fdlow never been able to discover them. carried away in the balloon. Daring all this, —— nines Leave NEW from Pier 29, Bast River. ovary Q- Do you wear flannel? A. Yes, in winter. | which only occupjed some seconds, the WE ARE RECEIVING A LARG: PATUBDAT at 4p ieee eee Q. Can you testify upon your oath that you | Prussians still continued their firing, and EESH CANNED GOODS: pin. Oe do not wear flannel summer? A. | can. it is only by a miracle that we escaped. On FEES! sess - tame day at 12 m A DEN Q. Now be careful in your answers. What do | waving a handkerchief, however, “they ‘at | 250 dozen Winslow # Portiand Sucar Cora. eg fet imormintion E you wearin thespring and fall? A. II wear | fan’ cemed, and. we were made prisoners. | 189 go: Freaker Loser, Gores towns’ rat tie cornet off my common clothes. We teil just outside Verdun, w ” . Tor jlzmall and York avenue. . With flannel, or without flannel? A. Some- | Jefeuded by the French.” From Verdur we “eer “eat Big —~ 3g SET" aw. THOMPSON. Provident times with, an mes without. have been brought to Versailles (it lias taken us 2. No evasion; you must tell the court exact- N EXPERI UNE. VIA CANAL, eight days to, get here,) and, although prison. EW EXPRESS LINE. VIA CA ly when you wear flannel, and when you do not. | ers, we have been wel ‘AS hone of us 8. PHILADELPMIA. ALEXANDRIA VA .WASE 7X verica of questions ov this subject brought | (2s. ‘any political mission, it te possible they | "S#NCH PEAS. oy PEL AUTON ARD GEORGETOWN, Do cut the fact that 1 wore flannel when the | may give us our liberty ina few days, but there TRUFFLES. oa eagus 24 Morte Wherves weather was re or cool: and did not wear it | js just a prokabailey at our bei sont into Ger. aes * Begular oats Jaz, Bem 26 Be 5 when it was mild, or warm. as prisoners of w: in this latter event “WR "ER LN. yadepbia. BA 5 . Q. Have you alightning-rodon your house? | You won't hear irom me for some time. The COLUMBIA RIVER 8A. WRDEECOLT ces eree Comrenewe, %. How much did it cost you to have it pat | M03, of aware ot Feat Asectoest of Apply to HYDE &£ TYLER, 63 Water trees . yw mic} pal ited to get home an yusiness. te a rs wpe it has not cost me anything yet—I | bingy = wal GOBDON’S PREPERVES AND JELLIES, nD € ELDBID¢ Alexan owe for it. = " 0 d retail, by | 'G.'Ts that all. you owe for? A. No. 1 | waatans ase teceecoe eter eas oe ene a : | BAY? Glave sou nay money with you now? A. 1 | put them to work in the plow, hatrow, culti 608 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, TEST AND, QUICKEST LINE soUTE, | have. Not "A storia might arse and the whole eee ot Opposite Metropolitan Hotel, | oo J"'Rasomac Tome cotounre | @. How much? A. (Counting contents of Beventh porte-monnaie.) Sixty two cents. rop of - x ols hay be ruined, if they bad to depend on 2:40 street Whart, twos. daily | horses FRESH FRUITS, ETC. Sunday p m.excepied, et? a.m end T pm ot oy | hh to haul itin. “There is but one use that ‘4 enue. iT tt | petra ners, did, Zou get that? a. (With em- | Vecam ce that a farmer might pat them to— LONDON LAYER RAISINS ~ a_i | : $ dan | sending for a doctor; but as farmers have ver, Layers—Whole, Half, arte einstein be eis eae eee | ete oecario mn OF Shi professional gentleman, BOXES CITRON: rg RAILROADS. | and never very sick, a a1 rer - i ’ . ——— oe “ [a Ganaye ¥en uver vote ymsclaataar a: 1 beowe wal Stawer oe ay then Parade | PORE ees MinCE MEAT At tHORE AP Ollie RAILROAD S- Hane 7m ore ‘accinated? A. 1 | these horses at the head of the lista at agricul ATMUKE 5 MIBCE MEAT | a | ar which arm? A. The left. | tural fairs, and give them ol big, pre- DRIED APPLES. ae easy NezO™. scenes, Mam @: At the time of the firat mention of this | miums No wonder our practical farmers eom- QLD MARYLAND HAMS—Saperior. 1nGTON Pete So] ides, | unknown to those who are not stirred by every | land to the plaintiff, who wore present? A (Wit- | and WASHINGTON for walking horses, which are a thousand times NEW LEAF LARD WEST are now ran as follows, vi ness speaki. with hopetul vivacity, as if he ~ | hoped they were now coming to the merits oy | OTe useful.—Germantown ‘ Just received and for saic by datty ee MAL TINOES | the ease.) The plaintit, tho defendant and | ieee RYAN BROS. oss mand ao0,4 10, bao | PU SDo sou use the Old Dominion coftee-pot in | ANNOUNCEMENT as cdtu’ Oppeaha Metspeliten Meta._| Sapmealer enen Sete at Tatas cae, | your house? A. (Dejectedly) No, sir. | NNOUNCEMES 2023 co? pon w., 3-90 aod ae |” Q. What kind of a coitve-pot do you use? A. | A A common tin one. i. Q. You are willing to swear it is tin? ite any sisters? A. She Q. Are they married? A. They are. A. (Quickly.) No, sir. - Have you any children? A. Two. |. Q. Hi | bi Has any other person in your house A. Lbave had them, and my em. @. How do you know wife has had them She told me ro. i ae Then you did not see her have them’ 0, sir. «. We want no hearsay evidence hi | can youswear that she had them when you bot see her bavethem’ A. She told me so, I believed her. (). Did she take an oath that she had them’ » Site 'Q. Then, sir, you are trifling with the court. Do vou understand the obligations of an oath? | A. Ldo. «. Beware, then, that you are not committed Is you gas-metre ever frozen’ A. for perjury. yea, sir. Q. What do you do use when the gas will burn? A. Candies. Q. How many to thepound? A. Nine. Q. How do you know there are nine to pound? A. They aresold as nines. { A. Q. Are either of them as pretty as your wife’ e they had the measles’ A. They Then you never weighed them yoursei{.’ EXTRAORDINARY! Choice N. Y¥. Butter. BALYiM Siem. Wh Srestons Leave at = 0% 2 TE Se FOR & UPAR or hy eer fy, except Sunday, at * @, and 2S0and? opm JUST RECEIVED, +d 5 Sunday 2:60 ant 7 . ly, commest. hag | Ati desire to make a change in my business, FERIET POERATE gn hel y Riaiion ith traine teow Baltimore ad ersbun | SHALL COMME: ar etween Belay ff see wei tee ia a5 ALSO LOWER Grapes aT onmarss | eg-icar® at 2:50 pts coouectag et oa! THIS DAY BALES. as louse with Beresburg end Winchester accom m 3 | = . ENTIRE % j he ete to the West be hac at the 2a. | TO SELL MY ENTIRE STOCK ach gest |p TUreeeh tickets te the West oan be bac at the how ae, ee Coen, “For New York, Philadelphia, @2a Boston, ane ad did | and 1 would particularly impress on the minds of : ————_ eee FW, and | iy numerous patrons that there is ELPHONZ®O YOUNGS, Master of iransportation L. M. OOLB, Genera! Tick gout NO SHAM 0.8. KOON TE, Gew i Apt. Wasbtnevon. yelt in this announcement, and it is not made to improve dail trade, as precreons: knows that 1 do perhap= the largest business in a) duriog the holidays To show that I am in earnest, 1 shall sell GERBMANTO WOOL, in all colors, at 12% cents per ounce. BERGMANN S BERLIN ZEPHYR, White and black, 15 cents; colors, 2) cents, in single, double or split. @BOCER AND “T” MEKCHANT, ‘PP UROCUGH LINE PHILADELS BEN Wastin ABD NEW YOu 2%, Jumez 1570—n008 ER FOR PHILADELPAIA (except Sunday?at > O8 am. tyes ™ oN SUNDAY aTOR K Wasn Tratus petwoon WASH TON and NEW YORE ran a follows, vie MASONIC TEMPLA, not mn OTR AND F the ; Leave for New Yusk at 9:00 p.m.,an4 Phiindes ches 4d) Sie court May it please your | ea * 15 See Counsel, to rt: 2 your | g cars for New York on 9 p.m. lionor, this is the second time that this witness |. Dried Beet. Through tickets bP = itively testified, under solemn oath, to | , It is impossible for me to ennmorate all my goods, Py ah ve seachinsrsoncna:A 4 4 ain | hut Lwitl only say that my stcck comprises one of of the day important points of which he has no certain | [itt Lwill only say that n . Se Eases Shh Gas adiinnd Lorian knowledge. I ask the court for protection tor CHOIOEST, TENDER SLE for schedule between Washington re myself and my client. FANCY GOODS AND TOYS napolia, aod the West JL Witsoe: io Ineyory tna thodudge, nod ne tha eed ore found he h of LM. COLE. Genera Ticket Reet ee the lawyers and the judge, and at the end of it | ever found together, aud every one in search of aa ILE. General Ticket Acer the case was postponed dor tour anauten, Tsup- | Holiday Preseuts should cail atoace and iuake se SELECTED AND POT UP BY ASDEREGG GEO.S. KOONTZ, Agent. Washinein ele pore it is expected that | will then reascend the witness stand; but | have determined that when 1 enter a court room again I shall ap) as a criminal. adays, that their position is far preferab’ that of the unfortunate witnesses.—[ Puchi: a see Unwilling to Editor's Farewell Friends. i « defense of shooting or killing suspected lants, the San Francisco News Letter sa These fellows bave much the easiest times, and they run so little risk, now- be Shot—A California to his Lady Emotional insanity having been so often leaded succesetully by busbands in California leotions. BOTH, G1NULNNATL pear EDUCATIONAL Yours LADIES SOHOOL, ™ 101% New York » ue S7-SEOOND QUARTER commences MONDAY November 2: Terms : $10 to$15 per quarter Good references gvon | OWARD UNIVERSITY, HY’ USIV ES EDIOAL DREPAKTMENT of Clinical Lectares in le to B. SILVERBERG, neilo ELPHOSZO YOUNGS, | 312 SEVENTH STREET, nots Im* @EOCER AND “T” MEKCHANT, n029 tr Near Pennsylvania avenue. Freedmen's WEDNESDAY, Vowber ls, til the following March: MASONIC TEMPLB, gal- cortinuing unt SURGICAL CLIN | | j 10—Wodnesdays at 3.5) p. m , by 3 — Gon: orn P Sresers | : m1 = Lwill venture to #ay, that my mother wore | ““All’ men’s wives who have, hitherto enjoyed | 7a) 72) Ld vote Sew | sania Cis ty: thic- the cloak and hood that her mother before her the advantage ot our acquaintance are hereby H. B. Fuovs: ERED"! j 7 | Wore, and wore them until the day of her death, | notified that this ceases to-day, never to be re- All grades for bakers, | | when she had to wear a closk; and | newed. It is with deep grief that we disrupt All grades for fami RRY CHOICB. | dn eee ee poce ai ma ees wat to har | Ont we teal Impotied theres we hen ct law HEAVY MIDDLINGS for horse feed, seni | she was 49 years ol and they went to her ut we feel impel rel y the first Ww ” | daughter. 1G not know what has become of | of mature. Our lady friends who have the ONLY THIS, AND NOTHING MORE: asd “BILL WEED of alt kinds, + | them. She did not take a cloak worth $25, $30, | misfortune to be married to other and in- THAT VERY Low Ra’ ‘all general ticket, $10. | $40. or $80, and sit down in it with schild with | ferior men will please stick like a leech to eet W. M. GALT 2.00. aay be procured {rom # piece of meat in each hand to grease it all | their legal protectors, and not recognize us | THE MOST FASHIONABLE. . » soup TASER Zoanees. 3 over. Bat now, let some woman geta silk or | on the street. We have taken considerable — —————— by | Faculty, corner ie | tatin dress and they will, perhap-, while wear- | pleasure in their society—a pleasure which THE MOST DURABLE, WOOD AND COAL. aes. : ing it, take up a child with a of chicken | we flatter ourselves has been mutual—but this uf E 8H. FRENCH. ST CLASSICAL IN in one hand and & piece of pork inthe other, or | thing can no longer be permitted to go on, THE LARGEST STOCK AL AND woop ANGELO SCR COR See ote wee fk a cup of milk to drink, and aslikely a8 notsome | We trust that our motiveswhich is pure cow: F aveous. Prot BARRE, Teacher'e! Frosch ect sat of it is spilled on her dress, and then they say: | ardice—will not be imisconstrued. Somebody or aving bought and rescived seven hendre4 tons = _ ‘ a “Weil, I declare, my dress is spoiled.” perishes ingloriously day for being upon BED AED UEAY ASH GURL suc tiedeceens | T PABORNE YOUNG Us J recollect very well, and so do others in this | speaking terms with married women, an: dwe do; Fall and Winter Cloth prices at the mines, I will sell coal from this date at | . References:—Hon ax nod the wool; and when itwas carded wine | Couche] forthe (ak eres roam, Deeply tons Tek Tetuoed plows, 220 pounas to the | ard: qx Secretary of Buin: Gon. Joke 8 ‘ax and the wool, en it w d 01 on: 7 hand-eards, Epun on and-wbcels aad) woven Rusbands, we. make our bow and retire. Hore: | AN DRESS SUITS, LYRENS VALLEY RED Asi Masson, teacber of Pronche nto cloth on hand-looms, and in this way the after our and smiles wil javished upon . v1 - wants of the family had tobe supplied, or they | girls und_widows exclusively; no, othors need IN BUSINESS SUITS, LOMBERRX GRAY AS. MOS: Beptek Oren oct tons had to go without. But now | apply. Whovoever shall attempt to introduce 18 WORKING SUIB8, RUrouse | manehip, at netiatn tah eet two beter on 3 ee b map ee ner = to oe, Ts Sint of Auocier mA, will ive toma will we = BONDAY, Oot sewing. Well; but she can do a hundred times | be regar as mspirator against our pre- x ”, t sland . ms > as much sewing with & machine as she could by cious lire, and subjected to abive in tho col- 4570 85 FOUND at W OUD AMD CvaL | seme abec Soccer en | band, and she does not need a machine more | umnsof this journal. Nature is st ‘ong in us, . d ee | Huan one dey in two or three weeks. und we do not wish to die. | Whenever we sail | HASBLE BROTHERS, pas hiaad im | LIPPINCOTT FEMALE INSTITUTE | 1, Ob. yes)" says she, “1 want my sewing ma- | feel a desire that way, weshalltreat somebody's | _ NOW Is TAE TIME To BUY. 3 chine Grerg day in my Ife | mite with common ‘courtesy, get shot, and go | UOBNEE SEVENTH AND D STREETS Ny. w. cc Seiect Boarding and ay BALTIMORE, > “* What are you gotng to do w' oid | quietly to our reward.” . « - nite oF the irenteut of ~ orp going to new. A eae eet Jee ae es nie ck PWHite vet COALS, Taglion an Preach edocs And when the sewing machine is procured, Fan Among the Generals. ; they want a hundred times a3 mucu cloth as they used to have. Now, too, they want a hired girl for ever; child, anda hired man to every cow in the yar —_—_—_—_-+ee-- Five Hundred Weddings a Day. ‘The London News says:—'* Marrying and giv- ing in marriage are such characteristic occu- ty that they probably went on of starving é, and we the wall: are going on wit! f Pari There is, however, | e know the: of bel hin pag art ‘aris. certain deiinite relation betweeu the number of | tions, General i og aa mg along fet” Sod and the prosperity of the people. Even English men and women. ata rule, ouly marry when they have somethingto marry on, ih ote "weddings the long de- and in hard times they put oft till they are better off. Da pression of commerce the es dec! A and it is one proof of reviving trace that daring spring of ene Cerne The number of weddings in May June was oe arerege ofa ittle os more than % it ncaa pacar gaa J and comfort. set up every da: increase of the have to CAS 'y na The soldiers bad a Cy meeting in Cleveland. called up, ont of order, for a speech, | represented the spirit of the occasion in’ t i time at their ‘Gen Gartield bein; STOCK. Higher than the moun| Deeper than the ocean's ronger than the rock-bou! More numerous than the Phili hi we whi detiver direct from the vessels at BE- DUCED PRICKS. ; Particular attention is invited to our SAWED AND SPLIT Woop, specie! attention given to Music 0¢ Ornames ‘ple tm Bnglish devertmest circulsracontetning {ali information edéress coast. — istine host, hese preparid for stoves grates aud fireplaces Also, | i | amusing points :—1 am in ae seme fix that a coLors. cur KINDLING WOOD, by the Cord or in Ban ic SWie BEV. 3 ui detachment of ca’ was that Gen. Sherman Co! tint and hue, - " ; , once met. He thought they were not going | Fuser than Hoannms bee Best cuales gad idee Sone | LOAN OFFIOKS. | fast enough, and told the commanding officer to Jndelible ss time and space, *"Utice, 1209 FebeetN. Ww. | — . * But where shall! gallop to?” said | ‘The hottest sun can’t eface. ne2s-eodw iT and Dope | (74ROS WASHINGTON LoS OFFICE AND | irgatlael® Taerianben Temata. | SIZES. (OAL AND Woon. | Removed to 914 Poaneyivesie’ erenwe, between | tide osiey secures ‘Gao tar a We'll Ait the lad from eight to ten, Cc ob h «trecte we were all hard at work building forti | the lines, making short speeches to the | There was a tall, lank fellow, with the fa wore off by hard campaigning, sit | log ‘out of # | y” rode lowing, and | army word for swine’s fiesh}—would | me a durned sight better!” How we felt as wo saw it without t .] We are ail equal | = r has said. We kno’ | we used to im the army, « Bul” voice, “ Tecumseh !"’} and “Joe” “ Tommy Wood, and“ Bob” Granger pata nara tented ‘Wr SHOULD BB CHaRrot ching” for = ser: ; of “ou dhe secal evi.” men. tall T heard the fetlow exclaim :— more—(the technical Hooker hobbling assistance! M. my | SO-Rev. Dr. Stone, of San Francisco, visited Init tae brocncie te tase cite seer eee ee | ed lot! be wd fen, — (irs. OA BO, formerly Mire’ B Wetnatine.) Money Losned on Golt, Silver and Die- mond Jewelry, adi ‘ eontiemen's Wear ods af all descriptions, oy hey tthe crooked: fay and lea, 1 have recetved the inst week 8 ‘all the shapes that come between. goa RED ant WHITE ASH O z fhe egy imsy dave ata mall advance ov Best quality OAK and PINE WOUD. Orders left at office corner 1sth strect and syivapia svenue, or st the Yard, @-strest JANES GLEASON, | rates in the ti Poeun whert suit all ay STILL BXiste. And In coazection thereto, anderneets the same @8 handsome room for the sale of bargaigs of every. &in__worthy the stteation of all ent LUMBER, &c. OF OUE OWN MANUFACTURE.