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SHENANDOAH HERALD.
J. GATEWOOD & J. S. TROUT, Editors and Proprietors. "GOD AND OUR NATIVE LAND." TERMS: Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, in Advance.
VOLUME 2. WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1867. NUMBER 26.

THE SHENANDOAH HERALD, IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY GATEWOOD & TROUT, AT $2.50 per Annum, in Advance.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate of $1 per square of ten lines or less for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each insertion thereafter. All notices or communication of a personal or private character, or which are intended or calculated to promote private interests, will be charged as advertisements.
YEARLY RATES.
1 square one year............$12
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Agents will add their commissions to these rates
[[strikethrough]]20[[/strikethrough]] No paper will be discontinued, except at the option of the editors, untill all arrearages have been settled.
THE SHENANDOAH HERALD having a large and rapidly increasing circulation, it is confidently recommended as a medium for advertising surpassed by no other. It numbers among its patrons those who are able to buy liberally and pay promptly, and who rely, principally, upon the HERALD as a Business Directory.

Business Cards.
J.H.Williams, Attorney at Law. HY.C. Allen, Attorney at Law.
WILLIAMS & ALLEN, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.
Particular attention paid to the Purchase, Sale, and Renting of Real Estate.
OFFICE, COURT-HOUSE YARD.
We have bought out the firm of Holt & Co. and will prosecute the business undertaken by us with energy. We are in correspondence with Real Estate Agents throughout the North and our system of advertising we believe to be as good as that of any similar agency in Virginia.
On account of the extensive business acquaintance in the West of one of the members of the firm, he having resided for four years previous to the war in Iowa, and having been engaged in entering , locating and selling land, we will have superior advantages in selling Western lands.
December 20, 1866--tf

J. C. McKay, Attorney at law. J. S . Trout, Ast'e Ed. "Herald."
McKAY & TROUT, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, FOR THE VALLEY OF THE SHENANDOAH, LOCATED AT WOODSTOCK, SHENANDOAH, CO., VIRG.
Office, IN COURT-YARD, OR HERALD OFFICE.
Persons desirous of Purchasing, Selling or Renting Real Estate will do well by applying to our Real Estate Agency.  Our System of Advertising is very comprehensive and we have effected such advertising arrangements throughout the States of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and the West, and by this means we expect to find purchasers for all property placed upon our Books.
We will keep full Descriptive Circulars for Free Distribution, which will also contain carefully prepared Essays on the Quality of the land, Mineral resources, &c, of the Valley of Virginia. 
Dec. 27, 1866 - tf.

WALTON & WALTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WOODSTOCK, SHENANDOAH CO., VA.
MOSES WALTON.  DAVID WALTON.
MOSES WALTON also practices in Warren and Page Counties.  
P.S. Land Warrants wanted, if furnished by 10th of August, 1866, at a fair price.  Any arrangements made with A.G. Walker in relation to such warrants will be satisfactory.  July 20th, 1866.

J.C. MCKAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA, 
PRACTICES in the courts of Shenandoah and Warren Counties.  January 12, 1866. - tf.

Dr J. L. CAMPBELL,
WOODSTOCK, VA. 
Having resumed the practice of Medicine, respectfully offers his professional services to the public. Office one door above the Virginia Hotel. 
Oct. 4.

VIRGINIA HOTEL, WOODSTOCK, VA. 
This popular hotel has been newly fited up, and the proprietor is now prepared for the entertainment of the traveling public. This is the only Hotel in the town that was kept open during the war; all others were closed, to the exclusion of travelers. The proprietor feels that he has some claim, from this fact upon those who visit or pass through our beautiful Valley. He has an abundance of GRAIN& HAY for horses, having a large and commodious stable, and experienced ostler. His table is always furnished with everything desirable to the most fastidious. In short, his best efforts will be used to make his house always a PLEASANT HOME to all who may be pleased to stop with him. He feels it unnecessary to say a word to his old patrons. The treatment they have heretofore received at his house is a sufficient guarrantee of a continuance of their custom. 
Oct. 4, 1865. H. S. G. ALBERT.

OLD AMERICAN HOTEL, 
Corner Market and Water Streets, WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA. 
The above House has been re-opened, and the proprietor solicits a share of the public patronage. Stages and Omnibuses will convey passengers to and from the House. LEVI. T. GRIM,
Sept. 27-1y.  Proprietor. 

SIBERT HOUSE, 
NEW MARKET, SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA. JOHN McQUAIDE, - - Proprietor. 
THIS House having recently been re-furnished is now open for the accomodation of the public 
THE OFFICE OF THE VALLEY STAGE LINE IS AT THIS HOUSE. 
Dec. 4, 1866-tf.

MARQUIS & KELLEY'S Valley Marble Works, AT STAUNTON, HARRISONBURG, CHARLOTTESVILLE AND LEXINGTON. 
Jan. 10TH, 1867-tf.

$90 A MONTH! - AGENTS wanted for six entirely new articles, just out. Address O. T. GAREY, City Building, Biddeford, Me. May 31, 1865-1y.

ROCK POWDER, for sale by CAMPBELL, DANNER & CO.

COTTON YARNS. For sale by C. D. & CO.

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Baltimore Advertisements.

Pianos.     Pianos. 
CHARLES M. STEIFF, 
MANUFACTURER OF 
1st Premium Grand and Square 
Pianos. 
Factories - 84 and 86 Camden Street, and 45 and 47 Perry Street; Warerooms - No. 7 N. Liberty St., above Balto. St.,
 Baltimore, Maryland. 
Our New Scale Pianos, with the Patent Agraffe Treble, are now pronounced by the best Amateurs and Professors to be the best Pianos now manufactured; we warrant them free of every fault, for five years, and the privilege of exchanging within twelve months, if not entirely satisfactory to the purchaser. 
[?]Second Hand PIANOS always on hand from $50 - $300. 
Melodeons and Parlor Organs from the best makers. 
[?]We refer to the following parties who have our Pianos now in use : 
Gen. R. E. Lee, Washington College, Lexongton; Gen. Robert Ransom, Wilmington, N. Carolina; Samuel Moore, Chas. Moore, G. W. Rosenberger, Chas. E. Rice, Mrs. M. J. Meem, Dr. P. Belew, John Wissler, and Jas. L. Miller, Shenandoah. Terms liberal. A call is solicited. 
December 9' '66 - 1y.

COAKLEY BROTHRS, 
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 
Leather & Shoe Findings, 
No. 16 S. Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland WE HAVE on hand a good selection of SHOE FINDINGS and LEATHER, such as Spanish, Slaughter and Hemlock Sole, Skirting, French and American Calf-Skins, Kips, Splits, Buff Patent Leather, Morocco, Sheep Skins, Kid Skins, Enamelled Leather, Lastings, Galloons, Webbs, Laces; also Shoe Tools, Lasts, Sewing Machines, &c., which we will sell at the lowest market prices. All orders from the Country promptly attended to. COAKLEY BROTHERS. 
May, 17, '66 - 1y 16 Calvert St., Balto.

MM'E E. BASTIEN, 
LADIES' HAIR DRESSER, 
AND 
CHILDREN'S HAIR CUTTER 
No. 74 LEXINGTON STREET, 
Between Charles and Liberty Streets BALTIMORE. Hair Braids, Bandeauxs, Curls, Wigs, &c., Toilet Articles, Fancy Goods, Perfumeries, Combs, Brushes, &c, 
May 17, 1866 - 1y.

The Monumental Book Store. 
WM. F. RICHSTEIN, 
No. 178 W. Baltimore St. Baltimore, Md. WHOLESALE and Retail dealer in BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY ARTICLES, Photograph Albums & Cards. 
[?]Send for our wholesale price circular. Album Cards and Large Photographs of all Prominent Southerners. Wholesale and rectail, 
[?]Send for a list. May 3, 1866-y

A M'CAFFERTY,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
BONNET FRAME 
MANUFACTURER, 
No 86. LEXINGTON STREET, Near Charles St. BALTIMORE, Md. May, 17, 1866-1y 

N. BARE, 
WITH THEODORE S. BANTZ, 
WHOLESALE DEALER IN 
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, & Straw Goods,

 No. 322 West Baltimore Street., Baltimore. N. BARE wil give special attention to the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise, &c., for country merchants and others, for a small commission He respectfully solicits their orders. Oct 11’65

GEO. S. CLOGG, 
One Door South of Baltimore Street. Respectfully invites the citizens of Woodstock, and the Valley to call and examine his large and extensive assortment of FINE BOOTS, SHOES & GAITERS. 
For gentlemen, ladies and children, all of the best quality and selling at reduced prices. Wholesale and Retail. 
GEO. S. CLOGG, 
No. 2, S. Calvert St. 
June, 7 – 1y. Baltimore, Md 

Empire Shuttle Sewing Machines
 Are superior to all others for 
FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. 
Contains all the latest improvements; are speedy; noiseless; durable; and easy to work. Illustrated Circulars free. Agents wanted. Liberal discount allowed, no consignments made. Address, EMPIRE S. M. CO., Broadway, N. Y jly 19 ’66 – 1y

$1,500 PER YEAR! we want Agents everywhere to sell our IMPROVED $20 sewing machines. Three new kinds. Under and upper feed. Sent on trial. Warranted five years. Above salary or large commissions paid. The only machine sold in United States for less than $40, which are fully licensed by Howe, Wheeler & Wilson, Grover & Baker, Singer & Co., and Bachelder. All other cheap machines are infringements and the seller or user are liable to arrest, fine and imprisonment. Illustrated circulars sent free. Address, or call upon Shaw & Clark, at Biddeford, Main, or Chicago, Ill. May 31, 1866 – 1y.

A. F. Mering & J. T. Grayson, 
dealers in 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
SHRUBBERY, GRAPEVINES &c, 
AGENTS WANTED! 
Address, with good reference. (No others need apply.) A. F. MERING & CO, 
Winchester, Va., 
Or call upon us at our Office, on water, St. Dec. 13, 1866 – 1y.

Plastering. 
CISTERNS! FLUES! Having LOCATED 
IN WOODSTOCK, 
I am now prepared to execute every description of Plastering, the building of Chimney Flues, &c. I ask my friends to give me a call. 
April 5, 1866. E. C. HAAS.


An extra lot of Cassimer  For Sale by 
Oct. 18,                    C. D. & CO.

TO THE LADIES! 
Cloaking cloth just received by 
CAMPBELL, DANNER & CO.

A lot of new cassimers, and goods generally just received by C. D. & Co.

WANTED to trade for 300 bush’s corn by C. D. & Co.

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POETICAL.
 A LESSON IN ITSELF SUBLIME. - 
A lesson in itself sublime,
A lesson worth enshrining,
In this: "I take no note of time,
Save when the sun is shining."
These motto words a dial bore,
And wisdom never preaches
To human hearts a better lore
Than this short lesson teaches:
As life is sometimes bright and fair
And sometimes dark and lonely,
Let us forget its pain and care,
And note its bright hours only.

"There is no grove on earth's bright chart,
But has some bird to cheer it;
So hope sings in every heart,
Although we may not hear it;
And if to-day the heavy wing
Of sorrow is oppressing,
Perchance to-morrow's sun will bring
The weary heart a blessing;
For life is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely;
Then let's forget its toil and care,
And note its bright hours only.

"We bid the joyous moments haste,
And then forget their glitter;
We take the cup of life and taste
No portion but the bitter;
But we should teach our hearts to deem
Its sweetest drops the strongest;
And pleasant hours should ever seem
To linger round us longest,
As life is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely,
Let us forget its toil and care,
And note its bright hours only.

The darkest shadows of the night
Are just before the morning;
Then let us wait the coming light,
All bodiless phantoms scorning;
And while we’re passing on the tide
Of time's fast-ebbing river,
Let's pluck the blossoms by its side,
And bless the gracious Giver;
As life is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely,
We should forget its pain and care,
And note its bright hours only.


[From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.]
A MISCHIEVOUS WIDOW.
a masquerade would not be much of an affair if there were not some ludicrous scenes attached to it, or connected with it. Last evening that of the Musical Society was no exception to the general rule, and any number of funny incidents transpired.
No person failed to notice a conspicuous costume present, a gentleman dressed as a Spanish cavalier - a very neat and tasty dress, set off upon a well built and athletic frame. The gentleman, whom we call X., paid particular - indeed, most devoted attention to a pink domino, enshrouding a sylph-like form, acting as her escort at all times, and paying no attention, worth noticing, to anybody else. In promenading or in resting they were in earnest conversation, and the ladies, who could not fail to notice them, thought he must be a duck of a fellow to pay so much attention, while the gentleman thought  she must be a divine little angel to listen so devotedly to all his soft things. Perhaps both of them were just what they had the credit of being.
The cavalier was a legal gentleman of our city, and pink domino was - no matter who just now.
The gentleman is married and has a small family. He loves his wife, but people do whisper that sometimes he loves other people's just as much. The cavalier proposed some time since to go to the ball, but his wife insisted that her health was not very good, and as there would be something of a crowd present she would not go - to her masquerades were very tedious affairs at the best. That X, was delighted with the determination there is no doubt. He did not say so, however, but the day his wife decided not to go he met in his company a young and pretty widow, and in the heat of the excitement he asked her to accompany him to the masquerade. The widow was possessed of a bosom full of fun, and she consented to go. X. fitted her out with a costume and a pink domino, and as everybody saw, who noticed it, very pretty and very expensive. 
Now, in concluding to go, the widow had some object in view, evidently, for yesterday, so runs the story, she saw X go away from home, when she sought the presence of his wife and told her the whole story, and in conclusion she said: 
Now you've heard the whole thing. That good for nothing husband of yours has been paying too many attentions to me of late, and I do not like it. If you are a woman of spirit you will play a trick on him for this, and if you are not, why I'll - I'll - just go with him to the masquerade and I will flirt with him all the evening just as hard as I ever know how.” it is presumed the wife is not a woman of spirit, for last evening about nine o’clock a carriage drove up to the widow's house and a Spanish cavalier, very gentlemanly, very devotedly, and very lover-like assisted domino into it and it drove to Music Hall.
At the hall the couple paid little attention to the funny scenes about them. If they laughed at all it was at their own wit. Prying eyes tried hard to find out who they were. They sauntered about until tired. They took refreshments and occasionally a glass of wine. They made no attempts to peep beneath each other’s masques, for it was evident they knew each other well. At all times the cavalier seemed whispering the softest things to the domino, and a close observer might

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 have seen that occasionally the words were very soft, for they made the fair domino start and tremble just a little, but she seemsd to have good control of herself, but there is no doubt that could her face have been seen, there would have been traces of blushes.
It was not a very late hour when the cavalier and the domino had disappeared from the scene. When the masks were removed at twelve o’clock, anxious ones were looking to see who the couple were, but they were gone, and all were dis appointed. Let us follow them to the home of the widow, where they drove in haste, the cavalier very happy, very talkative, and almost beside himself with joy - the domino very quiet and very reserved. They were shown into the drawing room, and the domino throws himself upon a lounge. The cavalier steps forward to turn up the gas a little, but a pleasant voice says, “I will do it for you, Mr. N.” and the room is ablaze with light. The voice was that of a young widow, and the blaze of the light showed the lawyer leaning upon a chair, perfectly aghast with astonishment, looking from the widow to the domino, yet unable to utter a word.
“Why, what is the matter with Mr. X?” - asked the widow, “you look astonished. I expected you, and have been waiting for you for some time. Your wife told me she would come here.”
“My wife!” Gasped the cavalier.
“Yes, your wife. Why, what is the matter? Are you unwell?”
The cavalier scarce seemed to know whether he was unwell or not. He turned to the domino. She had removed her masque, and he saw his wife sitting before him. His astonishment was greater than before. Still he could say nothing. His wife was too indignant to speak. The widow came to the relief of both.
“I tell you what it is, Mr. X.,” she said, “you’ve one of the best women in the world for a wife, and you abuse her worse than any man I ever knew. I just wish I was in her place about five minutes.”
The cavalier looked as if he wished nothing of the kind.
“You insulted me in asking me to go with you. If I had a big brother able to whip you, he should have done it, and if it had not been that a woman cannot do those things, I would have done it myself. You deserved it anyway, you - you ugly monster. As I could not do it, I told your wife and we determined to punish you, and I guess you [[?]] [[?]] a pretty good lesson, and one which will last you sometime. I know, from the way your poor wife blushes, you have said all sorts of insulting things to her, thinking it was me; but it was not, and I guess you have found it all out. You've had a lesson; now go home, and if I ever hear of your neglecting your wife again, or running off after other women, I’ll tell the whole story, and have it published in the papers, With your name in great big type – oh! you big monster you!”
Poor X. was suffering terribly. He had never been caught so fairly before.
The perspiration was pouring down his forehead, and the air of the room seemed terribly confined. He mentally cursed masquerades, dominoes, bewitching widows and his own stupidity, and it was a relief when his wife, who evidently felt that he had been punished sufficiently, intimated that they had better go home, and the poor cavalier slunk away like a whipped schoolboy. We trust the lesson will be a lasting one to him.

PERILS OF FRONTIER LIFE. – Flake’s Galveston Bulletin gives the following account of an adventure in Texas:
The El Paso stage had stopped for supper at Live Oak creek, not far from Lancaster, on the outward trip. The mules had been unhitched and were being led to water, one hundred yards distant, when about forty Indians, concealed under the bank of the creek, opened fire. The men with the mules instantly retreated to the stage, and the whole party fought the Indians two hours, before dark, beating them off and killing three. It was decided to remain and fight again in the morning if the Indians choose to renew it. Just as the Mexican cook announced breakfast a reinforcement of over two hundred Indians came up the road. But seven rounds remained, and this resulted in the final safety of the whole party. It was decided to abandon the stage and animals and retreat into the mountains, since so little ammunition remained, although some still desired to remain and fight, believing it afforded a better chance of escape. Finally they started up the hill. The Indians delayed the pursuit, perhaps twenty minutes, in securing the mules and plundering the stage. This described, as seen by the escaping men from the hilltop, as a fiendish and horrible scene. One of them who has been through the whole war, says he never saw anything so like the description of hell as that pell-mell charge of human wolves, tumbling over each other in their eagerness to seize upon the contents of that poor-enough coach and its long-eared but defenseless mules.

The Paris Patrie contains a most mysterious anecdote. Young married women - rich, elegant, lovely -- on the point of death, to her husband: “I must confess something. You'll be astonished that I have proved unfaithful.” To which he remarks: “not more astonished than you will be to hear that I knew it, and for this reason poisoned you.” 

A Fearful Picture. At a certain town-meeting in Pennsylvania, the question came up whether any persons should be licensed to sell rum. The clergyman, the deacon, and physician, strange as it may appear, all favored it. One man only spoke against it becaus of the mischief it did. The question was about to be put, when all at once there arose from one corner of the room a miserable woman. She was thinly clad and her appearance indicated the utmost wretchedness, and that her mortal career was almost closed. After a moment of silence, and all eyes being fixed upon her, she stretched her attenuated body to its utmost height, and then her long arms to their greatest length, and raising her voice to a shrill pitch, she called to all to look upon her.
“Yes,” she said; Look upon me and then hear me. All that the last speaker has said relative to temperate drinking, as being the father of drunkenness, is true. All drinking of alcoholic poison as a beverage in health is excess. Look upon me! You all knew me, or once did. You all know I was once the mistress of the best farm in the town   You all know, too, I had one of the best, the most devoted husbands. You all know I had fine noble-hearted, industrious boys. Where are they now? Doctor, where are they now? You all know. You all know they lie in a row, side by side, in yonder church-yard; all - every one of them filling a drunkard's grave! They were all taught to believe the temperate drinking was safe; that excess alone ought to be avoided, and they never acknowledged excess. They quoted you, and you, and you - pointing with her shred of a finger to the minister, doctor and deacon- as authority. They thought themselves safe under such teachers; but I saw the gradual change coming over my family and prospects with dismay and horror. I felt we were all to be overwhelmed in one common ruin. I tried to ward off the blow. I tried to break the spell, the delusive spell, in which the idea of the benefits of temporary drinking had involved my husband and sons. I begged, I prayed, but the odds were against me. The minister said that the poison that was destroying my husband and boys was a good creature of God; the deacon, who sits under the pulpit there, and took our farm to pay the rum bills, sold them the poison; the doctor said a little was good and excess only ought to be avoided. My poor husband and my poor boys fell into the snare and they could not escape; and one after the other was conveyed to the sorrowful grave of the drunkard. Now look at me again. You probably see me for the last time  My sands have almost run. I have dragged my exhausted frame from my present home - your poor-house -- to warn you all! To warn you, deacon! to warn you, false teacher of God's words!” end with her arms flung high, in her tall form stretched to its utmost, and her voice raised to an unearthly pitch, she exclaimed: “I soon shall stand before the judgment seat of God. I shall meet you there, you false guides, and be a witness against you all!”
The miserable woman vanished. A dead silence pervaded the assembly; The minister, deacon and physician, hung their heads, and when the President of the meeting put the question, shall any licenses be granted for the sale of spirituous liquors? The unanimous response was – ‘No!’

I’ll Keep ‘Em Awake. – Near Newark lived a pious family who had adopted an orphan, who, by the way, was rather underwitted. He had imbibed strict views on religious matters, however, and once asked his adopted mother if she didn't think it wrong for the old farmers to come to church and fall asleep paying no better regard to the service. She replied she did. Accordingly before going to church the next Sunday, he filled his pocket with apples. One baldheaded old man who invariably went to sleep during the sermon, particularly attracted his attention. Seeing him at last nodding, and giving usual evidence of being in the “land of dreams,” he took the astonished sleeper a blow with an apple on top of his bald pate. The minister and aroused congregation at once turned around and indignantly gazed at the boy, who merely said to the preacher, as he took another apple in his hand, with a sober, honest expression of countenance, “You preach; I'll keep ‘em awake!”

A Deceitful Cuss – A down-caster who had the cause of the freedmen and humanity much at heart, and who represented himself as a minister of the Gospel, lately made his appearance at Springfield, Ill., where he started a school for the blacks. His school was well attended, and he got the entire confidence of his pupils by his oily gammon. He set himself to work to rob his pupils and their parents by borrowing all the money he could of them, giving his promissory notes in return. When he had borrowed all he could, he suddenly decamped for parts unknown. - Dayton (Ohio) Daily Empire, March 26.

A Yankee proposes to build an establishment which he may drive a sheep into at one end, and have it come out at the other as four quarters of mutton, a felt hat, a pair of drawers, a leather apron, and a quarto dictionary.

Night came brooding over the broad face of nature - the stars began to sparkle in the blue sky - and the holy calm seemed to invite repose, when Ichabod sailed forth on the dark purposes of death. Many a raccoon that night met an untimely death.

Exploit of Vidocq.
Last exploit of Vidocq, the famous French detective, is said to have been as follows:
a rich merchant went to him to consult on a deficit of $150,000 francs which he had found on his books. Vidocq demanded:
“What is the age of your cashier?”
“Twenty-five. But I am as sure of him as myself; he has also been robbed. He is a victim like myself.”
“Are you married?”
“Yes”
“How old is your wife? Is she handsome? Is she honest?”
“Oh, yes, my wife is virtue itself- honorable, Attached to me above-“
“Never mind all that; your cashier is twenty-five. Is your wife handsome?”
“Since you insist upon knowing, she is handsome, but-”
“But! but! No matter about the butts! You wish to find your money, don't you, and you have confidence in me?”
“Of course I have since I am here.”
“Very well, then, go back home, make them believe that you are going on a journey, and introduce me into your house.”
this was done, the merchant left home, and Vidocq hid himself in the closet near the Chamber of the lady. Breakfast was served, a young man was shown in an addressed thus by Madam:
“Very well, Arthur; he’s gone, but he suspects us.”
The rival of Carpentier went over a long tirade of love and desolation, concluding with these words:
“Only one road is left open for us: let us take what is left and embark for--”
Vidocq stepped out of his place of concealment.
Tableaux!
“My children, be calm or I'll break both your heads.” said Vidocq. “We understand each other I suppose. Now tell me where is the stolen money?”
“We have only 100,000 francs left,” replied the woman.
“Are you telling the truth?”
“O, I swear it.”
“Very well, give it to me.”
The money was given over.
“Now, then, let this affair be forgotten; never speak of it to your husband, and he shall know nothing. As for you Sir, give me your delicate little thumbs.”
He placed handcuffs on the gentleman, conducted him to Havre, put him on a ship bound for America, and left him go with the French adieu “Go hang yourself somewhere.”
Vidocq came to Paris and handed the 100,000 francs to the merchant, saying: “your cashier was the thief, but he had spent about 50,000 francs of the money with a danseuse - I embarked him to New York. Afterward no happier family was known than that of the merchant.

We form singular notions of foreign peoples countries and commodities. I have read somewhere of the landing of a cargo of ice in the tropics. The natives looked at it with wonder. They touched it and were filled with awe. When the ice dissolved under their touch they believed that they had wrought a miracle, and that some demon was in the mystery. Descriptions of snow, frost and winter had great attractions for them.

The rose of Florida, the most beautiful of flowers, emits no fragrance: the bird of Paradise, the most beautiful birds, gives no song; the cypress of Greece, the finest of trees, yields no fruit. In like manners dandies, the shiniest of men have no sense; and ballroom bells are often Ditto-not unfrequently a little more so.

Jones, who is engaged in the real estate business, was riding along the other day, when he saw this sign: “This farm for sail.” Seeing a woman picking up an apronfull of chips at the wood-pile, he politely asked her when the farm was to sail. “just as soan as the man comes along who can raise the wind.”

An exchange in speaking of the magic strains of a hand-organ, says: “when he played “Old Dog Tray.” we noticed eleven pups sitting on their haunches, in front of the machine, brushed the tears from their eyes with their fore paws.”

Weak doses of washboard are now recommended to ladies who complain of dyspepsia. Young men troubled in the same way may be cured by a strong preparation of woodsaw.

An old lady refused to let her niece dance with a young graduate because she had heard that he was a Bachelor of Arts, whereby she understood that he was an artful bachelor.

A human voice has nine perfect tones, but these can be combined into 17,592,044,414 different sounds. A remarkable scientific fact which probably accounts for the amount of discord there is in the world.

“My good fellow,” said one man to another, slapping him on the shoulder. “you are one of the men we read of!” How so?” inquired the other; “where do you read of me?” “in the police report.”

Never chew your words. Open the mouth and let the voice come out. A student once asked: “Can virchue, fortichude, gratichude or quechude dwell with that man who is a stranger to rectichude?”

Copy of the sign out West: Freeman & Huggs: Freeman teaches the boys and Huggs the girls.

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