Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 52, Brookville, Franklin County, 24 December 1869 — Page 1

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LOVE vs. COQUETRY. iniiy uiuviniro "u,c" Aunici ( iwas the orphan niece of Miss Pene-! lore Turner, a dear, sweet old maid, who a -.11 1. :r. I Ii-ll .iV.i Mia I mlia T.avnoB ! overflowed wnn iove ana cuimj ior every ; body, and called each individual thief and .cl in the neighborhood "poor fellow!" always insisting that, if it were not for nine opposing circumstance, he would be

doted on Dilly, and saw in the pretty j n the United States, he spoke the Unvoting creature all the charms and virtues j guage like a native. Still, he looked very under the sun. Undoubtedly Dilly was j Spanish, and as he could speak that lanlAcahle: she was bright, good-tempered, guage also like a native matters wereouke

niOt WOTV"Y I'Cl'n. vi vumcs rue , nd very winning; but she had one failing , she Was a most thorough coquette. A . . J C I ll... cjnicsl re"on pnce re,,T i . i she would have coquette ,uu uer great- , Grandfather, if no one else could be got, j just to keep her hand in. uut as this j cyme was one 01 i.u u, i i . . . . f li i a .ot-aa-a iiMffmanl ti'hi be classed with those coming under the term, "sour crapes. Hut DC U understood that, though Diliy had a wonderfi,ln;ount of knowledge in the art of j usin? eve, smues, pouts, ana wnes, sne i sed it witnout any wau mieni; lor, tuougn j as subtle as a serpent in coquettish ways, i she as as innocent-hearted as a child j cr Aunt Ten. SU coquetted before she j a ?. .r ., al. could w:k or ta.k putting her baby head i onone sue, giancin- ut. wm.uu un long hshes, and then finishing the matter by turning np her rose bum ot a mouin ior a vis. I'o vow wonaer sue coniinuea it as a girl continued it till stern experience gave her a le-son that touched the i-eutre of that wilif il little heart, and rent away the net-work of folly and trilling that enveloped ii? Pil'y could not remember either ti e father or mother whose hearts had clung londly together in life, and now rested side l-y sitie in far distant India. Brother and iter !e never hid; but when the little treat ore wa brought to Miss Penelope by Ter faithful nurse Susan, under the cre vl an old iriena m ncr unier, .vum t en hci to her warm heart from that lime i lonh. AH the little boys with whom Diily came ia contact .-uttered more or less from her, lewitchiiients. Mauv were the oherings 1 ,ai I at her shrine; and Svisan, wno remain : ti aith them, had olieu to put a positive j veto upon pet qiirre!s, tame mice, and various choice specimens of anim ated in- ' ture. Aunt l eu would have allowed the; louse to be oveirusi with them; hot lor. tunsN iv for her, Su-an possessed tu ne frc ,4" vhn.ictev, and, though loving Pi.'y dearly, could make a stand at times ! tU-j ts, in tar, to lu'ing power in the 1i.r, and .Jenny, the mail'- d'-all work, tooted uj4 to l;er as a superior being. ; Among 1'iiiy's you:l.f.l captives was; cne .livk-exe l little fetiow, who remait.ed faithful shroug'v ail the up and downs vf ' clii-Jish love. Oil ers withdrew, or quar-l ttied, fr f.xmed xiolent attachments in ! nther qttjrtfi-; hut he never changed; and si, when she w ts see:i!rei an. I he twenty. Stephen l.itinore loved her even as l, r father had loved het m th-r. Bat the tin.e had not yet conic for her to eHur' value er understand this love. Therefore, ' hen Stephen came to her one flay, hinshing and treitib'ti g like a girl, to tell her , that it was decided that he was to go put West with his une'io. to remain a year, and ', wou'd she vould she Dilly looked in his l ice with laughing : etes. and asked, would she could she 1:1? And when Stephen sf ltu'iterod out souse i thing, so very union confuted thit no one l ot a coquette could have understood, she replied that she neither would nwr contd. lierenpon Stephen left her without another u.ud, hut with a lo k in his datk rjes that haunted her for days. But the iitght kf.to S.cp'i.ni left ho drow Dilly "lit under the o:d c'.icstoiiv trees and repeated the question more steadily and i:!."ut staicpeting. II or heart thrilled little at his earnest tone, but she rc-fj-ed i.im, saving, sweetly, that she would no ss him imu li as a dear liictul; upon Uch Stephen started asido as though sturg: then catching her hand he pressed It to his breast, and with a brketi "tloodIt. Ddiv! disappeared from lur sight. Aunt Pen wasdi zing in the parlor when T - r Su lu n roused her. To her au.bze. t!tsl e I nind l.ci self elapsed in a pair ei s.iut young aims aud warmly pressed to a throbbing heart. In a second more -!-e as most tenderly kissed, and felt two tms dtop mi her cheeks; ami then, bcfretlio words, -tJood-by, dear .Miss Pen!' d Ci-ased to ouud in her cars, she was mere V.one. ," was standing at the gate, mcdilatin j,, t;,0 uioooiight; Stephen wrung 'ff l'-i:.l hjtd as he Passed her. She ei l.i;u s.,dly as ho hutttcd up the t "Ml IMly as given him a sore heart "Ah, wel.! I : Righv she thought. 'I come vet And so it ; I hoti did not return in a year s time; lis t t.ever i'.'lo l to loeeivo letters he 2! c.iiU fveck, .-nd many a token remeui! rame w.s sent them; but f ed away till three y e.'rs had pass".tftJ lb. he came. As far as outward 'fiUrat!, e eu-t a was a very different V!T:-v!i hou: the Llusliing, a kwarJ hoy , ",t then.; ho was now a tall, wei.man, with a face that had force r.d , 0 'iaKtCtor ! :i everv line asi;? val uirh I . ..j ...... . ...... ft r:j;!l touch of tani lerness about the 'Uat.la kindly gleam in the eyes . 'j m. the liking and good, will of those hnlt d on. Hut if his feelings for DiltC,,e !! 0 !i;n3ie be concealed thetu n tr'1-)' ''bcugh they were often togetht' '!'5'e eequci'e- could not discover "'d.in l., stiU Ved her or not. I aut li iY? llllt 'b.e three year had net f.-i - tl-ccl tu coquetting in nV K iua-i!fic - '' mere than ever, Vi e irso was a greater proaeiout in co-ars lu art vl. was prettier too, and that withher cllal l'iili r sir of 1'nv.li nn cut J. ;lllg AiUr i-t, pb.en bad been ho we about a COlitii a new actor I'ldi was a appeared upon the young Cubau, whoso

mother was an American. Sh hd pnm IniUlnt In IL. .LI 1 .a a iuc McijfiiDornooa, ana naa requested her son to make them a visit. Sebastian Torredos was at once an otject r,P :a a. . . I, .. ... ""fitfi 10 an me young ladies and gentlemen, too, though not tor the same reason. To be sure, the Jcong ladies would have "iiked it better had he spoken broken English; but, unfortunately, harms passed the ' ' . . v i ilia uvtuvuii satisfactory. lie and Diily met on equal ground, tor both were accomplished in the . r .1 -II . . -.1 . : j .-' - ne"ner were - j e,ng injured. Stephen still made no siffn, and poor ' Dilly experienced a heart felt anxiety be- j cause ne aia not, before she was in the ; least aware tbat she entertained such at feeling. To drive it away she flirted with i the Cuban, for that reason and also with an unacknowledged desire In ?!in Ste. 1 r. i , Ji J . 1 :iL phen, if he cared enough for hPr in l stun Each day she grew more anxious! to nnd some mark of interest, and each day was as far from discovering it as ever, In the midst of it all Stephen was obliged to be absent for several davs on some mat- . ters cf business, and in his absence Dilly j iouna i.erselt slowing learlullv tired of , Don Sthastian Torredos. One afternoon sne set out on a long walk and staid till i uusk, lest he might lounge in in his usual listless way and spend hours with her. Before she returned Jenny came trotting in from the village. "Here, Mrs. Susan," said she, "is a letter for Miss A me'iia.'' t ut it on the mantic in the dininp- ; room replied Susan. Xow there was a i reu'iaritv about that mautle-tdf.ee, a minor stretched aionj it. i leatirg a st;:U space unoccupied at each j end, on winch it was well to place letters, t.ut oehtnt tins mirror luikcd a crack, in- j to winch, it anarti. ie slipped, it pcared as completely as though disap- j it had i jgitne into a crevasse on Jenny knew .d' the crack placed the letter by the side cf the mir-! ror. but when D ttiy came in, knowiiig iKMinng o i it, sne laid some wild uowers she had gathcted in the same p acc, aod in doin, so pushed the letter a little too fir, and down it went. She heard it. and . 1 r . r a ,-a -.. l.cgan to impute into the matter, hut a a when Susan le.'id ker, said, indifferently, "It is no mtitf.r, !iie letter must he from Mary Wilcox, who is in N.-vv V-. ik; she always ntius 1 ht of' tul! i-h. I knowit is from her, f. r she said she. vviuid send inc an account u! a partv that was lo come . fV this wet k.' i ne next aav cti i.rn rctriJ f .! 1 evening mot She was rath g lock in his hisjoumcy, and the s;;m Dtlty at a Sictie gatlietiog. er puzz'cd by a question! uaik eyes a look in vvl.ieh; in spite of himseil", there was cecasionaiiy ini:g!e.l a g banco ot tenderness. This only ;nouscd Ditty to mote active tinting with the Cuban. She Knew- S cj hen disliked hint, aud when .she saw his troubled g; zc she assumed a cot h dential air which Iter companion instantly caught Up. Towatd the close ot the evening Dilly was seated by an open windevv, the Cuban by her, and Suphvii standing opposite. itic coiiveisatiou turned up to loiters. "I received vine vestordav," said Diiiv, laughing, -written upon a most important subject at loat to the wri'ei; hat I shall not answir u, n r a velv goo l reason. it, f "And what is that, prv?" Cuban. "IVri.-tps I nil! teTI you when yu bring thit s"iviev :. S la C d til to tmi trow, vou spo'e of showini- roc. ' letutt ed she. with tl confidential air that Was intended to distract Stephen; hut ou giving htm a side glance she shivered at the change in his countenance. So cold, so d.tt k and stern was his expression, that her beari sunk vviihtti her, and as she turn, d her head to nunc fully see him he leaned forw.it J, and fixing on her a look if contempt, said, slow Iv : "Vou speak of jteturcs do you remember the one wo were looking at hist week, and tl ie wot d.s underneath it, 'Love desecrated dies Then he turned from her and addressed a gay remark to a young lady near hint. Diily saw him no more tiii the following week; but she heard in the mean time that, much to the regret of his parents, he had decided not to remain at home, but agiain to go West. When she did see him it was hut for a moment, and with others around them, the cl;sp of his hand was loo,e and carolcs. the look ho gave her as he bade her good-by one el quiet indifference. Stephen vver.t, and Diliy, st ite cf her best cliorts, drooped. Some persons at-j lut-uted tins to t t,o departure of the Cu- ; ban, who tuaJe his a iieux at this time. He ! favored Dilly with a complimentary speech ' and a very tender pressure of her hand, ho would have kissed it in Fieneh fashion. I but she, fast losing Uer ro.idtttlith ways, restrained him by a look. rl-l...- .1- 1 ,,,. jl ue inoiuus passed on, sn i iiy grew ;

quiet and thoughtful. Much she ponder- i words mat nigiu. and iter neait sanK uown , ed on the expression of Stephen's conn- l"om its height of joy when she reflected tettancc, but the onlv cause she conld find! bat contempt he must have looked; washer tinting with ihe Cuban. Onelf" ber when he imagined that she

night she sat tausing, just belore going to! bed On the table by which she sat " lay a little book in which Stephen, when he j first returned, had written her name at

her request. He wrote a peculiar hand, ; bear, Ins love, perhaps, had passed from j poetic temperament, replied: "U.t! he is otic that at once attract attention. While ; her forever, but his respect she would not ! one of those men who have s-oarings after thus sitting J etitiy came in to consult her j lose, he should k now that she was no dis- j the infinite, and divings after the unfathon the color of a dress she had purchased j honorable flirt, he should give her a place I omahle, but who never pay cash." that day. lauding by the table, her 1 in his esteem, if not in his affections. She !

eves fell 0.1 the writing 10 tU,? book. "Land's sskes!" she eselaiu.iid. ' that is for all tho world thai sams writing that 1 11. 1.. 11.,. .S. was on your letter, Miss Pi'-ly, that slid iJovru tho eracw. Dilly turned pale. "Are you ure, Jenny j" she asked, quietly, but with a rreat effort. "Xes, replied jenny, taking up tbe book. "1 was looking at the way the A and T were made as J. brought thp letter

THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS."

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-.a ,,..., .u .. . a . "L'erhaps they are,' Eaid Dilly, and then, turning to the dress, drew Jenny's attention to it. But when the girl left the room she started up, and with hands pressed tightly on her breast walked rapidly up and down. She saw it all now. Stephen had sent her that letter, the let - ter she had written to all correspondents about without finding the writer; and now she understood why he looked at her as he did that night, lie thought she had read the letter and was making a jest of it. Oh, how her heart throbbed and pained as she thought of it all! Aunt Ten was sleeping the sleep of the . . " t"b just, when she was roused by the voice 0f weeping. Sitting up, she saw Dilly in tbe pale moonlight standing by her bed "Uh, Aunt Pen! dear Aunt Ten! you do love me, don't you?" Aunt Pen instantly embraced her sob bing darling, and drawing her beside her i.i,,a.i.n.,l ,a t.J r I . ivuvcau'icu m uuu uui me iau ui iicr I tears. She was alarmed, as Dilly was not ; given to such outbursts. "I know you love me very much, dear Aunt i en, and you will do something for me mat i win so very much, won t you dear Aunt Pen?" And then lollowad such a flow of tears! that poor Miss Penelope promised. t hat is , mv Uarliucr she asked. "Have the dining-room mantlepkee l ulled down." sobbed Dillv Aunt 1'en shook with terror, fche took I

it for granted that her niece was losing and died for want of room and moisture, her senses, but hoping the derangement) Stephen had asked for silence in case was temporary she repeated her promise I Dilly had no love to give him; but when, in a quavering voice, and asked Dilly tOjiu answer to her letter, he arrived, deshare her bed an. t ffer that was accepted. 1 termined to make one more effort, he was

onss I enelone was fuliv resolved to keen i ja diiigen t watch all night, but before she I had the least idea cf tfoirg such a thing i dtot l ed sound asleep, and when she woke i the morning found that she alone oc- i joupicd the tea. before she had time to ie Diily entered the room, calm and si- , reue, though a cettJin anxiety lurked in; tier eyes. Aunt l'eu wisely thought she

Mint Blanc ; would not allude to tle subject of the matiof covirsc. and i tie piece, trusting that Dil'v had been

dreaming, but she was atot.ee reminded I oi uer promise, and saw sue was to pe j strictly held lo it. tu vain did the qttesj tion Diily as to her reason. At last Mis ; Pen said: j ''Diliy, my dear, it is out of the ques- : tion to pu!l down the wall in that manner j without saying why. What do you sUp- ; pose that Susau and everybody else would i think?' ! Dilly surveyed her aunt thoughtfully. I "That is very true,'' she replied and Iclt 1 tho room. j Whiie Miss Penelope was still congrat ulating herself upon her success, Dilly rej turned. j "It is all right now, Aunt Pen," she 1 said, "I have slipped your great-grandfather's silver watch down the crack, aud ' i!ot( is reason enough." Tor once in her life Aunt Pen was in ; dignant. "Amelia!"' she cried, ' how dare i you do such a. thing as that? ' i IUHy threw her arms around her aunt's ' luck and pressed her solt cheek to hers. ; -Dear Aunt Pen," she murmured, iu caressing tones, "you know you said you j must have a reason, and you had promised me the mantle piece should be taken down; you wouldn't wish to break your promise to y our own little Dilly who loves e - , t you so? j Miss Penelope endeavored to be firm j and remain indignant, for the insult to ; the treasured heir-loom was not to to' patiently submitted to; but it was of no i ' use, and she finally y ielded, as she always ; did. Miss Amelia coolv informed Susan that, 1 she had dropped tiie watch down the ; ctack; and although Susan listened with : upraised hands and eyes, she declared she was not in the least astonished; Miss Dilly would do mischief, she supposed, to the lend cl her davs. i ken the precaution to drop! I in a few old advertisements; so when the j j chimney piece was taken down, and while Miss Penelope and Susan were anxiously 1 examining the witch, she secured the precious tetter among ine advertisements, and no one noticed it. When nlotte in her room she carefully fastened the door, and then sat bieathlessly gazing at the important document for several momouts be lore daring to open it. But when she did, and read in it how deeply and dearly Stephen loved her, how she was the only woman in the world to him, her heart stoo l still for very rapture, she was conscious of but one thought, and that filled her 5 the exclusion cf ail others Stephen loved hei! Alter a time site read the letter more attentively, for at fitst the words swam in a golden fight, very beautiful but very bowiulenug; and I lien 1...II1..' a aa . 1 then sh'i totlll.l till! hi re. uuested her, it her answer was unfavot:.k. or write to him on the would, he said, he utioiibio. not to spe: subject, words duiablc: if she could not accept his fovo j let turn know it by utter silence he would i j endeavor to bear it. Then she saw how , ;P , fr K iiiiiii,l.nti.i.i iir i.wlin.r i ,;v 1 ..v. .-.,v,.. ,.s. ; iu u ade a mockery of his love, and iutonded, telling the Cuban of it as a matter of amusement. j This thought was more than she could j snatched up pen and piper, and dashed off a few hasty lines, telling him how the t the letter was lost, and that it had just i i .. - .1.. 1.1...:. . . 1 . . 1 then Icon discovered by the taking down ! of the chimney -j iece, that when it fell in ; tho crack she supposed it was from a fi jetid iu New York on the subject of a j party, and that her idle words applied to! nhat. M;o never mentioned love but told, him she could not bear to forfeit the esteem of so dear tj friend. Then, tromb-

ling with excitement, she hurried to the

, village and mailed her letter, after that ; she sought a secret nook deep in the ; woods, to which she sometimes, resorted, and lying on the soft, crisp leaves, wept i as though her heart would break. Doubts ; seised her had she done something bold lmd unwomanly? She could not te'il; all was in a mate; and finally, sick at heart, and in body too, from lengthened weep ing, she dragged herself home, and was in bed two days; during which time Miss j Penelope, Susan, and Jenny stole up and down stairs and about the house like ; frightened mice, and in a great state of ; anxiety. Miss Penelope was firmly ctn1 vinced that Dilly was going into a brain fever, and that the pullint do n of the ; chimney.piece was the first eynitutu of it., ; Of course she sent with all speed for the! doctor, who indignantly informed the ! anxious aunt that he considered it rathpr i an attack of irritabilitv than tnv thins i ' I . l ' , eise. jjmy naving rcceiveu nun very uii'j ! graciously, flatly telling him she would! I not swalfnw one atom his nasfv. nsn. I j less, poisonous doses. Heingof a positive' nature she did not; and in a lew days! emerged from her room, lookiug much as j usual, though a shade paler. Suspense is hard to hear, and so Dill v found it; but she also made another dis rnvrrr ianil llmt w lliuf ail'.o lm-nit StA. phen "more and more each day, and that this love had stuck its roots so deeply in her heart that poor ronuetrv had withered not onlv satisfied with his DilU's silence but thought it more speaking than a thousand words. Tor when he stood hef'010 her. and she started nn Oiv ircmh. ling, pale, he saw in her swiftly falling 'glance the look his heart thirsted for; and when he opened his longing arms Dilly answered him without a word by simply nestling in them, and holding her lac r j upon his faithful breast. j Pail creatures dairy maids. Home stretches family varus. Mammoth caves hue failures. Mocking birds whistle venders. ! (Joideu fruit California products. Harmless pugilism Striking attitudes. Tho public sin best A mosquito. :cr that "draws" the What is the grcatesl want of :lt of fo nds. the Bi't? Why uu.hieili is an over-worked hotsc like an i.' lueause it is useu up ip. Men of Mark Those their own names. Why is the word " Yes" Because it's an onscnt. who can't write like a mountain? Why is it easier to be a clergyman than j a physician? Because it is easier to preach thau to practice. i , , ..','" , . ' . . . ! Will they ao'ouiit ior the spots on its face? What is aul a hill? the othcr is the di fie re ucc between a One is hard to get up, hard to get down. pill and

.T.t. ! I ten .Inli.re fill f sell mw!VCt another UllCIVal tl folir mltlUtCS, tl0

dorg?" 'Jake replied soothingly Bt,a j svmptithetically: "O Jim I 1 wouldn't , sell him.' A story is told of a young man who j W!,s P0,n Wot to open a jewelry-store, j When asked what capital ho had, he re-! l',iod: i-bar." - Have vou a sistet? Then love and j cherish her If you have not a sister of 1 vour own, then love somebody else s sis-! ter. A gitl in Wisconsin swallowed forty percussion caps, ller mother renamed from spanking her for fear v fan explosion. Spriggins says he once prevented a severe case of hydrophobia by simply getting on a high fence and waiting there until the dog left. The proprietor of a Boston hone-mill advertises that "persons sending their own bones to be ground will be attended to with punctuality and dispatch." Pat Deolan, at the battle of Chanecllorsvilie, bowed low at a cannon ball which whizzed just six inches above his head. 'Faith," said Pat, 'one never loses anything by being polite." Bobert Hall did not lose his power of a -f nrnn in nii.lnivjo A li 1 tt ii r 1 1 1 1 I colulolov willl llis misfortune once visited ,ijm n ,ho maJlunl,0 ani snij j,, tl .... . . , v.-hiuin-tone: "W hat brought you Hero, Mr. Hall?" Hall significantly touched his brow with his finger, and replied:! "What will never bring you, str; brain." too much A gentleman ia Boston, who takes a business view of most things when recent ly asked respecting a person of quite a Theorv supposes the origin cf earthnnakes to be due to the high temperature of ' : , . .v. ., ? . - l deep seated niolton strata in the interior which generates gases, the accumulation of which overcomes tho resistance of the earth's crust. This would n aturally exhaust the supply, and it would be some years, especially as the cooling process is constant iv coing on. before another accumulation sufticient to cause trouble would lot? given off.

When You Were Seventeen. When tae bay wag mown. M iff, In the year U'tfg ago, Arl while th western lty Werrieh With sunset rosy glow, Then hand in hand close linked we pfttiecf The dewy ricks between, And t was one and twenty, May And jeu were eeventeen. Your voice was tow and sweet, Mary, You wavy hair was brown; Your cheek was like the wild red rose . That showered its petals down; Your eyes were like the blue speedwell, With dewy moistuao sheen, When I ti one end-twenty, May, And you were terenteen. The Spring wn in our bearU, Mary, And all its hopes were ours:' And wo were children in tho fields. Among tho opening; flowers. Ay! Life was like a Summer day APiid the woodlands green, For I was one-and-twenty. May, And you were seventeen. The years have come and gene, Mary, With sunshine and with sonde, And silvered in th.; silken hair That o'er your shoulders strayed In many a soft and wayward tress The fairest ever seen ' When I was one and twenty. May, Aud you were seventeen. Though sjcntly changing Time, Mary, lias touched you in his flight, Your Voice has still the old woet tone, Your eye the old love light; And years can never, never change) The heart you gave, I weon, When I was one-and-twenty, May, And jcu were seventeen. The Sun in a Fever. Th astronomer of the London Spectator is still finding wonders in the sun. Ue has now been examining some photo, graphs by Dr. Zollner of the "colored prominences" in the solar atmosphere, and is justly amazed at the immensity and ! violence of the forces whoso action is in-j i dicated by theui. ! "Here" he says, "is a vast cone-shaped j flame, with a mushroom-shaped head of enormous proportions, the whole otject standing 1G,000 or 17,000 miles from the sun's surface. In the cone figure we sec t . . ... I uprusli ot lately imprisoned gnsscs, in tue I outspreading neaa inc suuueu uiminuiion i j of pressure as these gases reach the rarer j upper atmosphere. But turn from this j j object to a series of six pictures placed! ; , i ,.i ..ii. - . J besufe it and we see the solar forces in j action. First, there is a vast flame, some 18,000 miles high, bowed toward the right, as though some fierce wind were blowing upon it. It extends in this direction some four or five thousat.d mi'es. The nest picture represents the same object ten minutes later. The figure of the prominence has wholly changed. It is now a globe-shaped muss, standing on a narfow stalk of light above a row of flame hillocks. lit is bowed toward the left, so that iclt, so that in those short minutes the whole mass of the flames has swept thousands of miles awny from its former position. Only two minutes Utter and again a complete change of s ppearunce. The stalk and the fiaaiej hillocks have vanished, and the globe- ' shaped mass has become elongated. Three i minutes later, the shape of the prominence! has altered so completely that one can hardly recognize it for the same. The star is again visible, but the uncr mass s bowed down on the right so that the w,ole figuie resembles a gigantic A, without tho cross bar, and with the down stroke abnormally thick T his great A is some twenty thousand miles iu height, and the I whole mass of our earth might be howled between its legs without touching them! Four minutes pass, and again the figure has changed. The flame, hillocks reapper, the down stoke of the A begins to raise itself from the sun's surface. Lastly, after figure of the prominence has lost ali resemt.ance 10 an a, and may now oe mrn led lo a camel's head lookin right. The whole scries of cfia nges has occupied but twenty three minutes, yet the flame exceeded our cartu in volume tenfold at the least. The same wtiter begs those who consider this subject to bear in mind the onormous size f the sun; so great, that if he were represented by a globe two feet in diameter, the earth would appear no lar ger than a cherry stone. Feed stores public oltiecs. War fare Army loud. Sca-fareing Fating, salt horse. Brogue Anns come from Ireland. Can a little girl weeping be called .crisis What fairs should most? Fair deceivers. young men fchun 'I say. sheriff.' said a culprit condemned to be hung, "at what hour does this little affair of mine conic off?" "My Lord," said the foreman of a Welsh jury when giving in the verdict, "we find the man who stole the mare not guilty." To Catch Mice. On going to bed put crumbs of cheese in your mouth, and iio with it open: whoa a mouse's whiskers tickle your lips, bite . "If people knew beforehand all the miscry it brings, says a Japanese pci, there would be less going out with ynnng ladies to look at the 11 awcra at uight." a Toung man; do you know what relations vcu sustain in this world?" said a minister ti a young man of his church. "Yes, ftir," said the hopeful convert 'two cousins and a grandmother. Mouse soun ii a Nevada luxury. It ; served ud as a pleasant surprise, the mouse not heinsr down on the bill of ' . . . . ., . fare, nut lurking privately in tne coup kettle. Gentlemen (to boatman) You must often, I should think, get wet, do you not? Artiesa boatman Yes, yer honor, we docs, werry wet, werry wet, indeed; but I'm werry dry jut now, yer honor, and no mistake.

WHOLE NO. 408.

From the Eaaminer. How Things Look in the United Stales. It is but four years since the close of tbe ciril war, and' already its deep wounds seem to be in a fair way of healing, and the recuperative energies of the Commonwealth appear to be fast et?cir2 tbe traces of ruin and disaster. A good harvest satisfies the West, while a fair trade contents the East. Manufactures, if not as profitable as they used to be in New England, by reason of the higher price of labor, are nevertheless carried on at a reasonable profit, while the agriculture of the South, which, by the logic of secession, ought by i thiamine to have been finally annihilated

through the want of bondmen to till the I , position as the world' standard of Talsoil, is not only reviving, bat t actually . ue!i lrer triiJe and ie p3JnjcriIS asp. to a great extent renovated acd restored vt juc!t in InJs Wfr)d' LUtory, iU U U,e Thrco million bales of cotton will, it m i belief and practice of a class of men who said, be garnered in this fall, in as good ! in all othcr jejiitimaje busiucss mnler. condition as that lucrative crop was wont . ,Aings. and so thtorhv for a livelihood. to be. The negroes, tired witb the toy- a,.t-iii i t r , . . i . i .ii ut should there be no action by Conslnp of liberty, are besrinnin to understand ; . . i- . J , , . , r. ,r ft , .i- . ; gross upon those matters? 1 e : there should what it really means, and are taking to f , . ,. . . ,. . i r . u- ..s ..I .V . be a wi-e and ludicious rcMsiou ol our tawork for the hire "just the same as white , , , . . e ,. r - , , ,na and revenue laws, the bearing of which, men. Carpet baggers are jeered, and'. , , . .i i , .i .v. 1,1 many points, arc clearly oppressive. iF sometimes jostled when they come south . , J 1 . ' , . 3 . . ' , r. , . .. , , , . not destructive to the luterest vl thecounin search ot bargains ot land, but they ' .. ,. , .. . ,, , . v- . " ... , i try. lielict gained at this point, would bung Northern mouey wilU them, and by i J , . .. . , , ' , ' , , , , J . .1 tiiatci tally ittd the finatices ut the nation.degrees shake down into vacai t places .... , J .. . , , .. . , , . , .,. , , i there should be u removal oi the limit which their energy, tkill, and cash con ; , . . .. . , ,, . ., . . ,, J r ... ,, ii'"' issues for the .National t urreiicy, giv tribute rapid y to fer i ize. Uy the d . , . H .

I theory it was impossible that men ot white I I - j . if. i ii i .i ' iskt ii sand straight hair could woikialhc, ight fields iu these hi?h latitudes, but the con- . - Irire 1J nnu nnln-ililt' nrArnil 1 ii 11 ilai n it n ui lurius uuu uu euu oi garuens arc uow ,, i.- . i im . i actually thus cultivated. I he spectacle is, i ., , better tor the negroes than all the preach- , . i ., ,j ii.. ing and teaching in the world, and better . i i i. , i , , ..... .t.... , paling them from the cruol fear of depen dence for existence upon the whim or the ! abasement ot others. la the Middle States great and important progress is likewise taking place. In Kansas, which for the two years previous to the revolt was the scene of fierce and j pitiless contention between free-foiler? and j defendcra of the ' Divine Institution," , there now reigns tranquility: and the re- ': suit is seen iu a form every wav notable.' The following letter is extracted from the New i oik Times, utider date Aug. 12C: Sr. Lorts, Aug. 20. The .National Land Company completed a sale to day, for the Kansas Pacific Kailroad company, of 000 acres of Und to the representatives of an Knglish Immigration Society acting for a proposed colony of 1,200 fauti lues. It is mostly rolling prauie land, land is in one body lying liciu lour to I twenty miles from the line of the road t northwest of J unction City. The average j price paid was about ?J.75 per acre. ; Kightcco me u. hers of the col onyjiixe alI ready arrived and commenced tbe improvenicnt of the lands. The colony is compo- ; sed of a good class of emigrants, and each member is represented to have sufiicient i means to stock his larm Most of them will reach Kansas during the coming fall and spi ing. This is w hat comes of "bubble of democracy (i"') having buist," as certain foolish politicians prognosticated it would during the. war. Had Secession succeeded, the Border line would now be bristling with bayonets, and men's thoughts, instead of being fixed an woiks of peaceful development and progress, would have been con centrated on systems of strategy, works ol fortifioation, aud schemes of vengeance and destruction. What a blessed tiling both lor Auiericaatid Kog'and it is that most wl our noble and right honorable prophesied loolishly. llow satisfactory it is to thitik (hat iu all that great continent from (Jreetiland to Honduras there ii not uow

woman, or child that quails baneathlcie will have to he paid out by the banks, apricious frown of a so-called owner. J and Treasury Notes will be at pur. In

man tho capricious 1 rr u i ,i,-., .1. 1 A couple of fellows, who were thorongh-1 . 1 i -.i 1 1 i 1 V soaked with bad whisky, got into the 1 gutter. Alter 11 oundering about tor a lew minutes said: "Jim, let's 50 to another house, this hotel leaks from below."

A story is told of a voungladr teacher1 Whatever plan be adopted, none will at a Sunday sthool, who a few" Sundays I bring permanent relief lhat does not pro-a-o asked a youngster what was matrimo-1 'bic for a larger volume of currency to n. He mistook the question for purga j ect be necessities of the business of the torv, and promptly answered: "A piace or eo';,rystate of punishment in this life, where, nh this simple legislation: a careful souls suffer for a abort time before they go revision of revenue law-, foreign and in-, to heaven ternal, a continuance ot the present econJ omical administration of the government.

fJentletiien," sni 1 a candidate, a having given his sentiments on tbe "Con- , stitution." ihe "Monroe doctrine," a ; such like topics, "gentlemen." and jj,. , put his hand on the region of his heart, ! . !

'these are my sentiments, the sentiments, "" " . J - gentlemen, of an honest politician; but, 'J Pas' P'f ,,ce. ' stable in the coogentlemen and fellow-citizens, if they -Wnee f all because based uPona gov-

don't suit yoo, they can he altered!" "James! James!'' cried an author's wife, "I have been calling you this last half hour, and dinner is getting quite cold." Olis'u? Well, you know, 1 have just killed the cruel old unele. His property, of course, comes to his nephew Charles, and lam marrying him to Kmily. Keep the mutton hot till the ceremony is over, there's a dear." -- '

' Oood morrow, Mrs. Fogarty !"' "Thin great town. In nine cases ot often, good morrow, kindly, Judy, I hope 1 see ; " proved by actual -tatistica' they are you well this mornin ?" '"So, Mrs. Fo- ; betier off as they now are. Independence, garty, you married your daughter?" "I knowledge, culture, character, the good did, praise be to goodness! ' "Did she ! opinion of others, are all as easily acqui get a good match?" "Faix, thin, 'tis her- red in the countiy as in town; und so, in. self lhat did. Didn't she Ret blind Mike, ! the great majority of instances, is wealth, lhat makes more money than any three ; that attainment which is now prized abovebeggars in Cork?" "I'm delighted to bear ' 'l others. How many, who have wade itTlrs. Fogarty, I assure you. Tbat the , 'he change, have regretted it all iheir world may wonder at the luck they'll - lives, and iheir children afiar thcui. Therehave. Did you give her any fortune? "' s uothing iu ottr social condition more t ''Any fortuuo is it? Ah! thin, now, Judy, ! be deplored than the haute to be rieb is it after insuliiDg me you'd be? Sure 1 which has taken such hold 011 the A mar vou know in your heart that a child of can people, and uow prompts this fomi-

1 mine was never married without. Didn't

I give her the beat side of Quiucy street, 1 atimuiaUU Dj our 11 tl.tet) currency, and which if well bogged, ia worth seven and j t can now be commM' d only by moral sixpence a week?" I agencies of tbe luoist tftectual kind. Tl.er ' m j are many things more desirable and reThe best printing machine feeder The spt-etable than wealth. JNew York lix.jublii. aii.iucr.

1 TER MS OF AO V E R1J 5 IN TRANSIENT. - j Oae square, (19 Maes.) oae insertion ........ ......Sfa I " equare, two insertions. 1 if One -ouare, three Ja-rtioa. .""I I All mbseqneat insertions, per square ! YEARLY.

One eolrea, eianjeaUe quarterly $ tt-Three-quartera .f a ooluaea 6 One-half of a cclama.. 3 fs One-quarter of a eolumn M ew One-eighth of a colama ,.,... 1 MTransient advertiteeaenU sbemld in all eaeet b paid for ia advisee. Unless a particular time la saeciCed when landed in, advertiaemaats will b pabliahed until der4 oat and eard accordinslj. 'Bli,B"-" ajaBMaaBaaBBBB BBBBBBsjBBBBBBBMaBBaaBaalHaBBBBaaaBBBBa. " Coin vs. Paper. Tt is said wa ean not do tho business of the country upon soatid principles ual we return to, and maintain, specie jay--meots! That proposition, abstractly considered, is a true one. as is the doctrine f .'absolute free trade. We believe in both. aua pray aiui labor to their adop ioi; yet we woold make haste slowly. To force theexistance of either now, by abrupt legislation, would be to ruin the entire industrial and financial interests of the nation. Both are well as a theory, and pretiy and plausible to advocate; but uiVil the lion and lamb lie down tonthir nr I'nlil rn l.aa. picked up iu the streets, and vet maintain , p. .. , J . , i . , y hott of, and musi have, to contluct with , . ' , . , . . case us ccna ngos. I no unuei ia fcing, ty i a ti v ' J man or set ff men, to tay just how ; iiiuvii vuutiivi lUtiiJii 1 linn, nr us , . ... , - , business, is being vi.-e nbove what 1 writx t i .ten, or cu be known; lur nutber present . . . . , experience or past fiiftory tives any date .. 1 . . - '. J , . . 'or such knowledge or iieil iu, the bust j ness operations of the coual ry, and their, developments nlnr, can determine thi waul; and our sy stem of National bunkiug is now such, that lo its workings, as responsive to the wants f the people, this mutter of the exact volume of ihe currency needed fit any period can ho safely lelt for equalization aud adjustment. Thi point is proved to day by the titter absence of bank reserves of surplus circulation, one of the most alarming features of our monetary condition. Should the opportunity be given for more extended banking operations, the country van look with confidence upon the system under whose government it shall be conducted, as tho be it in its safeguards and operations of any known system ul finance in the vvuild. Not in Intglatid; not in France, whose bank in perhaps the best managed or any iu the world ;uot any were else, is the holder of the vernment piomises to pay, so secure by obligations resting upon all panic connected with their issue, as is the poscssoi of our national currcucy iu the. United States of America. If this be so, and that it is nu intellgent man will deny, why not invn-n- these facilities, aud .in nisi) one of the most vital ' elements needful to bring relief to the country, thus tiffnding one, and perhaps ihc cn'j one needed, of the means by which surely and speedily paper dollars shall be rated as wottii one hundred cents in coin. For ihe absorption lor bank reserves of ho Treasury Notes in Ihe operation of thi plan, with the healthy business inipc'ns it would give, would bring us forward to resumption of spec:e pay men's in Ihc ordi nary course of thing. II it were uecided to f und the gi embarks, 'h s process would be accelerated, lor ail the banks being by law ob iged to have twenty five per cent, reserved on the amount id' their c'uculution and deposit, when these reserves tdiall amount lo ? 1 ih,000,0lM1 the holts S::iK),000,000 of Treasury Notes will haVij been jabsotbed in nnrrcm Then of crc spethe meantime the pro c-" might be lacililated by enactment of Congress that the , JP .. . ... banks of Ihe country, upoo the maturity ", , , vi i w ivu-a?-! 1 in 1 1 1 u 1 e , u 1 va v- j.' vft the same with the United States Treasurer as reserves, drawing interest, to be held as good until the day of resumption.

-,cr'and the energetic development of the conn

"J f m i.s n.anu.ac. ure-, eouon, gold and grain the States would easily. surely, and without convulsion, emerge no ciouaa now Hanging over mem. int., n ..lour atLtt t.t nrn.rirlt v manA M CI llilll.ijb e-a itw'VB--t -, a t . 1 v - rraeia known unlimited resources of a wide and diversified country as their possession. -The Bureau. ! The Passion For City Life. I The generation that is now rising to in- ! dustrial pursuits in ihe rural districts of i the Uuited States ought to he impressed ; with the idea that they ean not better I their condition bv hastening awav from their homes, aud trying their fortunrs in css lor cities.. It has been wonderfully