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NO. 36, BOWMA Business Directory, PuSICIAN, ACCOUCHEUR, King Street; Oshawa. i idence and Office Nearly opposite. Hobbs el. 1-1, Pt 2 FRANCIS RAE, M, D., PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, ACCOUCH- eur, and Coroner, King St, Oshawa. 1-2 C. 8, EASTWOOD, M.D, ARADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY of Toronto, at present at Black's Hotel, Oshawa. 12 J. FERGUSON, J ISENTIATEer DENTAL SURGERY. Office over the Grocery of Messrs. Simpson Bros, King Sth Oshawa. ry ig ~All operations preformed in a skilful manner. Residence in the same building. "Veterinary Surgery and Drug Store, ENRY'S BLOCK, KING STREET, Oshawa. Horse and Cattle Medicines of a superior quality. All drugs warranted pure, A careful Dispenser always on the premises. Pro- tor---W. G. FITZMAURICE, Jate of Her ajesty s 7th Dragoon Guards and Horse Artil- FAREWELL & McGEE, Y ARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS, SO- LICITORS, Conveyancers and Notaries Public, Oshawa, South-East Corner of King and Sinfcoe Streets. iz MONEY to Lend. Mortgages bought and sold. . J. E. FAREWELL. @ - R. McGEE. S. H. COCHRANE, LL.B, ARRISTER, ATTORNEY-at-LAW, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, &c.-- . Office In Bigelow's New Building, Dundas st., Whitby. 2 JONN McGILL, . ICENCED AUCTIONEER, OSHA- wa. All orders left at this Office will be promptly attended to. 1-2 P. R. HOOVER, Issuer of Marriage - Licenses ~ WHITEVALE. =: OSHAWA LIVERY STABLE, WwW H. THOMAS, PROPRIETOR. -- ® First Class'Horses and Carriages always on hand; also, Daily Line of Stages from Oshawa to-Beaverton, connecting with Steamer at Lind, say. 1 , CW. SMITH, RCHITECT, PATENT, INSUR- ance and General Agent, Simcoe Street, awa. Agent for the Inman Line of Steamers to and from New York and Liverpoo], REVER- ENCE Messrs. Gibbs Bros, F. W. Glen, Esq., S. B. Fairbanks, Esq. DOMINION BANK! WHITBY GENCY, J. H. M CLELLAN,Aent RB. SHERIN & Co., V of HOOP SKIRTS. . Fagtory -King Street, East, Bowmanville. 3 ». HOLLIDAY, ROOKLIN, ONT. of Canada, Toronto, a purel tion. ies, capital £2,000,000 each. Also. A at low rates of interest. DR.CARSON'S MEDICINES. The Greatest Publje Bemefit of the Age ND FOR WHICH, NOTICE THE ¥ 3 Testimonials, (a few of them enclosed in wrapper around each bottle) with a numerous list of respectable vig: -- d Lung Syrup, Constipation. Bitters, Liver Compound, Cough Drops, Worm Specific, Pain Reliever, Golden Ointment, &e. The above Medicines can be obtained at all SPRING STYLES {n great profusion at the Dominion Qutfitting STORE, Latest Styles in Hats and Caps. Latest' Styles in Neckties & Collars, Latest Styles in Whiteol'C&d Shirts . A LARGE STOCK OF Men's Under-Clothing : VERY CHEAP. A large and attractive stock of Men's& Boys 'Ready-made CLOTHING. * UMBRELLAS, CARBET-BAGS, + SATCHELS CRICKET and LACROSSE BELTS, CHEAP at HODDER. G. HODDER, ---- &F One door North of McLean's Cheap Grocery : Btore, S8imooe Street, Oshawa, April 2, 187), : ~ W. R. Climie, SSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES. By authority of His E oF General. rir' $s at the llency the Gover ateemanofice. SURGEON, AND ery. ~ 1-1y i PAPER COLLARS, NECK TIES Bowmanville, Oct. b, 1871. : -- 1871. --AT | VERY Invites the attention of his friends in Oshawa and 'vicinity Business and his Superior Stock of Goods. NEW FALL COODS. THE- TEMPLE OF FASHION! MARKUS MAYER, NVILLE, . LS His long experience as a PRACTICAL HATTER AND FURRIER! And his strict attention to Business, has guaranteed him in Enlarging his Stock, and he is now offering GREAT INDUCKMENTS to buyers. heavy, and his assortment of Hats, Caps, Furs and Buffalo Robes! His fall purchases have been y GENTS' FURNISHINGS, &c., Are well Worthy of Inspection. When You Want a Nico Set of Furs for Your Wife or Daughters, CALL AT M. MATER'S. Furs Altered and Repaired. for Raw Furs. Highest Price Paid M. a MAYER." 1871. (26) LARGE SUPPLES |! BEAUTIFUL STYLES! CHEAT! A Most Comprehensive Stock of Staple Dry Goods, Flannels, Blankets, 'Winceys, Dress Go yds," Linens, Damasks, Carpetings, Curtains, Towelings, Hosiery, : Gloves, &e., &e. > > JUST TO HAND! | to his enlarged place of | | | Two Cases of Beautiful MANTLES, made expressly for our' Fall Trade, | in Silks, Velvets, Plain and Satire Cloths, Velveteens, together 7THOLESALE MANUFACTURERS | Best New York Ma- | terial used. The trade supplied on best terms. AGENT FOR the Isolated Risk Fire Insurance Company Canadian Institu- Also, for Queen's and Lancashire Compan- 4 nt and Appraiser for the Canada Permanent Building and Savings Society, Toronto, for loans of mohe¥ y with an assortment of very Elegant Waterproof. Suits. » MILLINERY. MILLINERY. The patrons of the Temple of Fashion (who are legion) will be pleased to learn that MRS. REDMAN (late Miss M. J. Thomas) continues to superintend the Millinery Department, and that great pains have been displayed in the selection of our Fancy Goods, Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers, Trimmings, &c., so as to render this Eestablishment the Great Fashionable Emporfum for all who desire Stylish Goods. Temple of Fashion, Corner King and Simcoe Strects, i » Oshawa. SEPTEMBER 14, 1871. S. TREWIN. ' WM. DICKIE'S f = FALL AND WINTER STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE IN Dress Goods of the Very Latest Patterns, Irish Poplins in all Shad¢s and Prices, from & to $9 2 Shawls of Choicest Styles, in Stripes and Clan Tartans Blahkets of the Warmest Make, and Woolen Knitted Goods of Frery Description. MILLINERY! In great variety, very cheap. Dress and Mourni: io Furs, Ete. Kid Gloves, Two Buttons, in iL..ca aud Colors. TAILORING ! Clothing niade to orDER by First-class Workmen, and a Good Fit Guaranteed. Pants and Vests, Ladies' Bayard rsons' names, who testify to the superior qualities of his various'Compounds, | from $1.5( BOOTS AN A large assortment of every description fo | { | + i AUCTION] Commission Business. | rear TNey | HE SUBSCRIBER IN RETURNING | his sincere thanks for the many favors be: Boatman hogs Jouve to state that he is still pre; Vv e e * i Lt) to Sales wherever desired, and | would also state that he has leased the Sore Se | longing to A. Farewell, armegey, for tly purpose of keeping on hand Ri Kinds af | MACHINERY AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, | SUCH AS THE I CLIMAX DOUBLECYLINDER)| THRESHING MACHINE, = | Manufactured by Mac, rson, Glasgow | which is the best Machine ever introduced | Ontario, th e 1 | LITTLE GIANT THRESHER AND | | SEPARATOR, for a Farmer's own use, made by Joseph Shar- man, Stratford, t g Col | into | | ; THE BUCKEYE COMBINED, © SELF-RAKE, THE OAUGA CHIEF JUNIOR MOWER, THE FAR PAMED PARIS GRAIN RILL, CULTIVATORS, GANG PLOWS, AND ALL OTHER PLOWS. ALSO CLIFTS PATENT MANGLES THAT TOOK TH PRIZE AT TORONTO, AND FANNING MILLA, --t Ando om ol oe ent for the sake af] JOHN McDONALD'S TOMB STONES AND MARBLE, MADE AT NEW- CASTLE. As Marmont and Side M FIRST of 'repairs. 08. w Points den kept oye d 0) : DAVID BISHOP. Overcoats and Pea Jackets, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AND PRICE. '| JOHNSTON SELF-RAKE REAPER, | THE OHIO COMBINED WOOD'S! Fancy Flannel Shirts and Drawers, all Colors. (Collars, Ties, Umbrellas, Carpet Bags, Valises, and Trunks, ) to $16. Hats and Caps Cheaper than Ever. D SHORES r Fall and Winter. Overshoes, Rubbers, Etec., Good and Cheap. Buy the Lockman Sewing Machine and tho Self-Baser from W. DICKIE. G. B. Stock's Celebrated Extra Machine Qil 15 NOW USED IN ALL THE PRIN. CIPAL Manufactories and Mills in' Ontario and isgiving entire satisfaction, and all unite in sayingithere is from 2 to three hundred per cent, saving over all other Oils, and as the quality of this oh is well known, it is unnecessary for me to state the reasons why it supercedes all other Oil, as it is a well known fact that it will neither gum nor get thick in the coldest weather, TESTIMONIALS : Tue Josepi HALL MacuiNe WORKS, Oshawa, Ont., April 14, 1570 GEO. B. STOCK, Esq., Brougham, DEAR SIR, We have been 'using your Lubri- cating Oll for the past four months, and can say without hesitation, that it is the best oil we have ever used. It is also cheap, and lasts longer than any other oll ; we have run our large 14 foot Iron Planer 7 days with one oiling. It keeps the tools clean and bright. We do not want anything better as a lubricator. 2 . 4 Yours truly, F. W. GLEN, Pres't. 1 will run Stoék's Oil against any other oil in the Dominion, and I prefer it to either Sperm or Olive oil, or any other used on machinery. A.HENDERSBON, Forefnan Joseph Hall Works. Loriry. SATURDAY EVENING. It was Saturday night! The busy world All its cares were putting away, And 1 sat mending the children's clothes, To wear on the next Sabbath day. The baby had only just gouge to sleep § He'd been wakeful and (retful too jut he could'nt be toosh Was trying to push its way through. a blamed, for 1 know a My arms they were tired, but Tommy's best pants . Were minus some buttons, he said ; Willie's new coat had a rip in the sleeve He told me on going to bed, The heels of the stockings had all stepped out, To mend them I couldn't refuse ; For indeed it was not the children's faut, "Fwas the pegs In the shocinakers shoes. My mending Was left t1I Saturday nighi, Because Nellie (only just four) Had said she must have an overskirt Or not go to church any more. 1'm sorry to see a love of dress shown In Nellie, so young and so small ; But she patterns children "of larger growth 1 ought not to wonder at all. wide, While stitching so fast, I thought how the hours 3 Of the week hail stolen away What sheaves had I brought from the world's great fleld i To be bound at the Judgmént Day ? I could not get out last Sabbath ® church, All the week was crowded with care ; And the moment's were few I found to spend Alone, with my Saviour in prayer. I think that's the wrong: That-1 was impatient and tired ; That 1 spoke s0 cross to the children, too, When baby was restless and cried. 0! sadly in need of mending to-night Is my life, so ragged and torn ; I've no excuse, like the children, to make, Because it is threadbare and worn. reason the week went Perhaps, though, Jesus knows all my cares, Will put in a plea there for me, And the father will mend my life again So that stronger next week I'll be. He knows we cannot afford to keep help, For John's salary is too small ; And It costs so much in these high-priced times, For the food and clothes for usall. I thought to-night, that so seldom I find A tigse and a place for prayer, That if I abide in Christ as I should, 1 could speak to Him anywhere. The spirit is willing, though ,flesh is weak . 1 know I shall fall by the way, ' Unless I lean harder on Christ's strong arm, O! help me, dear Saviour, I pray. Selections. A WONDERFUL CLOCK. HOW NAPOLUGN, BONAPARTE'S LIFE WAS 2 SAVED, , During the summer of 18--, there might the Tuileries, a spare, shabbily aressed man, past the prime of life, restless and discon- certed in his movements, but wearing, in have been observed loitering about spite of his humble garb, an air of faded respectability and character. He was a decayed-Spanish nobleman. Don Monsen Chavarri by name, and one thing notice- able about him was his persistency in en-- deavoring to obtain an audience of the em- peror. Foiled in every attempt, either i through accident or thé suspicions of the attendents, he invariably received his re- | buffs in silence, and withdrew --merely to | | renew his importunities. Repulsed to-day, to-morrow found him at his post. | He haunted the palace like a spectre. "Even the gamins soon grow familiar with the | story of his hopeless quest, and he began | to be treated with a sort of pitiful consid- | cration, which is usually accorded to those | of unsound mind. At length, however; there came a day when, in the Bue de Rivoli,.as the em- | peror was returning from a review, a pis- | tol shot rang out from the corner of the court, and the bullet, whistling through" the line of outriders, buriod itself in a panel of the imperial carriage. lice at once charged the crowd, and among the number arrested was our friend the Spaniard. At the trial, their being no evidence against Lins, he was acquitted, but warned to instantly leave Paris. Acting upon the warning he disappeared, and for the time | all-traces of him were lost. It was some two years after this occar- | rence that there began to circulate among | the quid manes of the capital reports of a | marvellous clock to be seen in that city, | which illustrated by means of automat- | ic figures, an ¢pisode in the life of the em- peror, and was designed for presentation | to that. personage. | Itwas paid to be the work eof a famous | | artisan who had lately arrived incognito | from foreign parts, accompanied by | young lady, his daughter, who, in a sup- posed fit of eccentricity, had taken lodg- ings in an humble and obscure quartet of | of the Faubonrg St. Antoine. The reports | of the wonderful--almost supernatural -- | performances of this piece of mechanism, | and the mystery surrounding its owner | and inventor, gave rise for a short time, and in certain circles, to no small amount 1 find Stock's Oil to be the best oil I have ever | of gossip. This gradually died away, and had in my Flouring Mill for lubricating purposes, | find 1 had used olive previous to Stock's, and Stock's to be the best. Moses SyiTH, Duffins Creek, Ont. 1 would rather have Stock's Oil than any ever used in my experience of 20 years. : GEORGE BLAKE Foreman for Brown & Paterson, Whitby, Ont. 1 have used Stock's Oil and I find it to excel | the artisan and his clock were alike for- gotten when an event occurred 'which re- | stored them to more. than their former { profuinence, and entitled then to a place { in history.y ; Fouche, the Chief of Police in Paris, all oil 1 have ever used in 40 years mapuiucturing | one morning in his office, received a letter experience, and have used Castor and Olive Oi bed A previous to using Stock's Oil. JACOB STALTER, Greenwood. ny other oils ever used, for experience shows i any SPAIGHT & SON, Markham, Ont. We prefer Stock's Oil to either Sperm, Olive, or { important character. 1 use Stock's Oil on my machinery, which 're volves bolt hed times dos Anu ves " the only oily y ORURCHELL, Bangor, Ont. Oshawa, Feb. 7, 1871. GEO. B. STOCK, Esq., from his secret agent in Spain, which con- tained information of a most startling and Its perusal threw him into a state of very unusual excite- . | ment, and its result was | shop in the Faubourg St. Antoine, with | orders to arrest the artisan and his daugh- | ter, secure the premises, and carefully SIR,-- Your extra machine oil comés nearer to perfection for lu icating pu thing wed, 30 and wares satisfactory, Very truly yours, SOLE PROPRIETOR : GEO. B. STOCK, BroveHam, ONT. AGENT FOR THE DOMINION © gum nor. ads SRR Me JVINANS, oronto. T.GIBBS, Ohawa, Ont A. FAREWELL than and | guard all the stock, tools, implements, and far as" known to me, it will neither | other contents from being touched or dis- | a thorough investigation. | lacked & few minutes of noon. The po- | ' | the wall. The aisles were carpeted : With | an immediate de- | r minute, and find it | scent of the police upon the mysterious officer charged with the arrest appeared empty handed. His report was soon made, | daughter, had that morning, at an early hour, left her house in the Faubourg, ac- companied by a young lad who bore a heavy black portmanteau. The two had been traced to the gates of Montmartre, beyond which point no clue to theirjmove- ments could be obtained. The old workman himself had left the shop an hour bafore the visit®of the po- lice, locking doors and barring windows behind him. He borg in his arms; what was apparently a great square 'box, cover- ed with oil-skin. It gpemed heavy." He sat down awhile on his doorstep, when a | caleche éame by, into which he put him- self and box with the assistance of the | driver, and was driven off at a rapid pace. The caleche was brown, and the driver in | green livery. A gendarme was following { him, another was guarding the shop in the Faubourg, where, however, nothing re- | mained but a piece of furniture, and a great many scraps of brass and iron. Fouche reflected a moment, when his | | face suddenly whitened. Without a} word he dashed down the stairway to the street, | and sprang into a passing fiacre. the Tuiileries !" he shouted. *' Double | wages for double speed." { Arriving at the palace he hastily alight- ed, and demanded. to be shown intp the presence of the Emperor. Napoleon was in the boudoir in which he frequently re- | ceived private visitors, and thither; the | ushers instantly conducted Fouche, who, encountering some delay in the anteroom, | impatiently pushed open the folding doors, and entered unannounced. The Emperor greeted the intrusion-at first with a frown | of displeasure ; but, instantly recognizing his visitor, resumed his customary expres- sion, and nodded affably. : Fouche took in the situation at a single | glance. Four of these were officials of the palace--chajuberlains| and armed valets--who frequently attended when he gaveaudience, to prevent attempts at private assassination. | The fifth was a man habited ina common workman's blouse standing apart from the others, in a re- spectful attitude, and holding inl his hand It needed! but a glarice to assure Fouche that this person | persons in the room. a workman's red fez cap. | was none other than the old familiar ' gob- { lin of the Tuilleries--Don Monsen Chav- {arri. But how metamorphosed! 'His hair, which was formerly grey, was dyed to a glossy blackness, his face was despoil- ' ed of its moustache and pointed beard, and his once smooth hands were roughen- ed as if by exposure and toil. At his side stood a large lacquered" table, supporting an object on which Fouche's attention; was | immediately fixed. This was seen at once to be an exact model of the church of | Notre Dame, wrought in metal, in: the highest stylé of the art, and serving jevi- dently as the case for a clock, since just | above the folding doors, which were per- | fect imitations of those which barred 'the principal entrane to Notre Dame, were two dials, on one of which the hours land | minutes were 1:easured, while on the other a long sweepin ; hand described the sec- | onds. Foucl, by a natural impulse, no- ticed the time indicated by the dials. | It Immedi- ately thereafter he started with nervous alarm, as the clock gave a warning note as though about to strike ; then suddenly there was a clank of complicated machine- { ry, and the great doors folded slowly |in- wards, exposing the whold glorious irter- iorto view. i The mimic church was decorated as | though for some great fete. Banners and hangings of the richest material and niost | co ork ip, fluttered from the | : : Jovstly: workmanship, Huttered fro the | hand on the spring of the mechanism, read | stroying of what can not be estimated by | 8° ceilings and flaunted from the niches. in tapestry and velvet, and the pillars@vere | . : re] | On the opposite side of the great | nave two thrones were erected, the éne monds. ered steps, and canopied with a cloth; of | gold and scarlet velvet sprinkled with golden bees. { And now the great bell in the tower struck ome, with a 'heavy, revérbating clang ; there rose a swell of triumphal music, and a mimic procession, clad 'in gorgeous robes, moved into view from dne of the hidden aisles. At the head of this cortege walked an old man wearing, a triple crown, who as the bell tolled for | the second time, ascended the steps of the al smaller throne. It was the ceremony of the coronation performed by automatons. Napoleon looked on with unusual inter- | est. -¢' Confess, Fouche," said he, " that this is as admirable in its way as the police system of Paris." | "There is one mistake, however," he | continued. " The great doors of Notre Dame were not open on that occasion.-- | The throne was built against them, and | the only entrance was through the trans- | verse hall." | "True, sire;" said the fictitious artisan, | casting a side glanse at 'Fouche, whose {| name he had just heard pronounced.-- | "True; but your majesty will see that it | is a mistake unavoidable here. Like the rest of the world, we have been obliged to sacrifice truth in order to gain effect." The Emperor smiled and remained si- | lent. Meanwhile Fouche was revolving a di- lemma in his mind with the rapidity of one accustomed to act in a dangerous crisis. There are situations in which a slight vantage in the hands of a danger- ous man set at naught the strength of | thousands, and in which the most extra- ! placed til] further opportunity offered for | ordinary means must be employed to se- i | cure what are apparently trifling results. The party detailed for the duty having | Fouche adopted the course which seemed | departed, Fouche reseated himself and | BUTLER & Co. jNo. 77, Front St. awaited with ill concealed anxiety the ar- ! rival of the prisoners. the consideration of first importance was, in this instance, time. After a considerable lapse of tifae the | The young lady in the case, the "Toi Besides Napoleon there were five | clustered with gold and blazing with dia- | being approached by a flight of velvet cov- | at first most speedily practicable, since " Your? majesty," said he, advancing, | and speaking rapidly, "may [I request | your immediate attendance in your cabin- et toa matter of the utmost importance-- a matter which will not admit of a mo- ment's delay I" The emperor turned in surprise, and frowned. Chavarri looked up sullenly and silently, and made a suspicious movement toward the clock. With the rapidity of thought Fouche changed his plans. "Your majesty," said he, loudly and more rapidly than before 'the lady Isi- dore Chavarri has just been arrested near the Cemetery of Monmartre, charged with a capital crime. She has already been | found guilty by a special tribunaland con- demned to death. I come to implore your | majesty to grant her pardon." | ™As he spoke, he fixed a painful, search- | ing glance upon the Spaniard. This time | the bolt had struck. The old man's tawny face was taking on a sickly, hue, and his limbs trembled. "This is a most unusual proceeding," said the Emperor in amazement. *' Who | is this lady and what is her crime " 'ouche, bent double with suspense,still | keeping his cyes rivited upon the tawny, | changing face, spoke almost immediately. "You have trusted me before, sire, I beg you te trust me now. Ask no ques- tions, but write the pardon--quickly." | There was an'instant of silence, bfoken | only by the ticking and low, fair music of | the clock. The second hand was measur- ing off the sixtieth minute with a rapid steady sweep. Almost unconsciously | Fouche drew a pistol from his pocket and cocked it unobserved, and with a face like that of a corpse was raising himself to fire --when Chavarri, whose mind seemed | torn by contending emotions, bent sudden- { ly over his mechanisin, touched a spring concealed in the rear of the tower, and in- stantly the whole machinery of the elock | stopped with a sudden metallic ring. The music ceased ; | standing like statues, each in his place ; the mimic emperorfstretching out his hand | for the mimic i of the Cmsars ; and | the great bell in th [ midway in its " final stroke. the automatons paused, tower above poised , for the twelfth and " Parbleu!" muttered Fouche, pocket- ing his pistol, and wiping the perspiration | from his brow, " Allow me, Monsieur," | he said, advancing to the table, "to in- | spect this beautiful work of art." : "" It is so delicate, Monsieur," said Chav- | arri, hurriedly, still keeping his finger on | the secret spring, and waving 'Fouche off with his unengaged hand. '" Here is the pardon," said the |emper- | or, affixing his signature to a paper as he | spoke. {' I'hold you, Fouche, responsible, l for the results. Well, what next!" + "Our worthy frends clock is broken, it appears," said Fouche, awkwardly. " Broken, sire," said the Spaniard, | 'and | with it the plans of a lifetime. And" he | added, casting down his eyes and speaking Fin a querulous broken voice, " since, when one's hopes are broken, one cares but lit- tle where he goes, I| wish a passport to leave France." | Fouche took up the cue immediately. "1 have to request, sir," said he, {' that you also make out a full and free pardon for the accomplice of the lady Isidore Chavarri-- her father Don Mosen Chavarri of Seville." - The Emperor smiled bitterly. His" ac- tive mind had already compased the sit- uation, and without a word either of ex- postulation or enquiry, he seized 'a pen and wrote. Then, having finshed and signed the double pardon, he advanced with it in his hand. "Our friend here," said he, " doubtless | knows, where these parties are to be found, the hour of noon; but a spring on the outside of the case gave ,the manipulator power to alter the * set" of the works, and discharge them sooner if necessary. A few months after the occurrence nar rated above, Fouche received a letter from Chavarri, thien in England, written in the vein in which men who have played a des- perate game and lost, occasionally write to those who have outwitted them. ~The writer stated that the clock was entirely the work of his own hands, and that he and lis daughter alone were concerned in the plot, which had been frustrated by Fouche's promptness. : As for himself, he had little expectation of escaping, having freely resolved to in- volve himself, if necessary, in the destruc- tion which should overwhelm the Emper- or. His daughter, however, the only per- son on earth for whom hae. retained any affection, he could not afford to sacrifice. He had made provision elsewhers for her future support, and according to the orig- inal plan, she was to have left Paris some thirty days before the consummation of the plot, thus having abundant time to pass the frontier and reach a place of safe- ty. This had been foiled by an unfore- seen event. On the evening before the final fiasgo in the Tuilleries, they had re- ceived information to the effect that Na- poleon was on the point of departure for the frontier, and the period of his return being uncertain, it was determined to make the attempt at once. On the follow. ing "morning, accordingly, the. daughter had departed at as early an hour as pos- sible, trusting for her escape to good fortune, and he himself, fortified with let- ters from prominent officials, had proceed- ed to the palace at eleven, and given his daughter all the time it was possible to spare. - Fouche himself knew the rest. No personal danger, no promised honor --nothing, in short, but the cunningly de- vised fable regarding his daughter--could TT PSI IES RR ov ennytl 3 feller haz found out this sim 1m meso. ic bie trieing tp' get a number eight foot into a number six boot. Virtue, in one respekt, is like munny, That which we work hardest for sticks to us the longest. I hav often heard there was men whe knew more than they could tell, but I never met one. I hav often met thoze who could tell a grate deal more than they knu, and was willing to sware to it be. sides. - To be proof agin flattery, a man must hav no vanity, and such a man never ex. isted. Ef he did he iz now one of the lost arts. : Sum people are good simply because they are too lazy to be wicked, and others bdkause they hant got a good chance. In munny, interest phollowy, the princi- pal. In morals, principle oftener phol- lows the interest., . "In time of peace prepare for war." This is the way sum families live all the time. i} The vices which & man kontraks in his youth, however much he may shake them oph, will often call on him thru life and seek to renew his acquaintance. Every mau haz Lis puonys, bub wes is this difference--in the poor man they look like crimes, while, in the rich map they only appear tew be exentricitys. Old age inkréases us in wisdom and also in ruma'ism. . I kno lots ov pholks who are pious jist bekause they waz born so. They kant tel when they got religion, and if they should lose it they wouldn't know it. Thare iz only one kind of folks who kan' keep a sckret good, and they never take any to keep. 3 r The man who iz wicked enough tew be dreaded iz a safer man in community than the man who iz virtewous enuff not to be suspekted. : Hypockrasy iz always humble. Gravity don't prove ennything." If a man iz really wise he don't need it, and if he ain't wize he shouldn't hav it. : CLERK WANTED IN A DRUG STORE. : Jem B----is a wag. A joke to Jem is both food and raiment, and whenever there is an opening for fun he *' goes into" SAMPLE have induced him, Chavarri, to stop . the hands of the clock. Jem was recently in a drug store, when a youth, apparently fresh from the "moun- He also confessed that it was he who, two years before, had firel the shot in the ting," entered the store, and at once ac- costed Jem, stating that he was in search of a job. 'What kind of a job?" inquired the " Oh, a"most anything --I want toget a kind of a genteel job ; I'm tired o' farmin', an' kin turn my hand to almost any- thing." " Well, we want a man--a good, strong healthy man, as sample clerk." *' What's the wages 1" '" Wages are good ; we pay $1000 to a man in that situation." *' What's a feller got to do 1" Oh, merely to test medicines, that's . all. It requires a stout man, one of good | LIQUOR STATISTICS. 3 Sonstitusion-ahd after he gets used to it, | _-- e doesn't mind it. You see, we arp very | In a letter from Dr. Young the chief of | particular about the quality of our medi- | the Reyenue.of Statistics at Washington, | cines, and before we sell any, we test every | to the Rev. Mr. Thayer, we find the fol- | parcel. You would be required to take-- lowing estimate of the sales of liquors in | say, six or seven ounces of castor oil some the United States, ending June 30th,1871. | days, with a few doses of rhubarb, aloes, Whiskey, 60,000,000 gallons, at $6 per | croton oil, and similar preparations. , Some gallon, retail, £360,000,000. Imported | days you would not be required to test spirits, 2,500,000 at 810 per gallon, retail, | anything; but as a general thing, you can 125,000,000. Imported wines, 10,700,- | count upon--say, from six to ten doses of 000 gallons at 85 retail, $53,500,000. Ale, | something daily. As to the work, that beer, and porter, 65,000,000 barrels, at | does not amount to much--the testing de- 820 retail, $130,000,000. Native brandies, partment, simply, would be the principal wines and cordials, quantity unknown, but | labor required of you, and as I said before, estimated value, $31,000,000 making a | it requires a person of very healthy organ- | total sum paid for liquors by their con- | ization to endure it--but you look hearty, sumers, for one year, $600,000,000. This and I guéss you would suit us. ~The amount, six hundred million d.llars, would | young man (pointing to a very pale faced, furnish 2} barrels of flour to every man, | slim-looking youth, who happened to be woman and child in the United States: -- | present,) has filled the post the past two Think of this, ye political economists who | weeks, but he is hardly stout énough to Rue de Rivoli, and stated that it had long been the sole aim and purpose of his life to assassinate Napoleon. He added that they need have ne fear of his repeating the attempt, as the magnanimity 7of the Emperor on the last occasion had com- | pletely disarmed him. Chavarri subsequently died in - extrem | poverty in London. Of the after fate of | his daughter nothing is known. The won- | derful clock, despoiled of the murderous portion of its machinery, was preserved for several years in the Tuilleries, and was finally destroyed by an accidental fire and the falling of a wall. regard alcohol merely as a source of rev- enue, blind to the fact that one dollar of and to him I confide this paper.» aloud: | "A full permission to Don Monsen and | | Donna Isidore Chavarri to leave France | immediately without hindrance or ques. | tion." "Add," said he, '"and alive." "You would make a good diplomat," said Napoleon, as he made the required addition. Chavarri hesitated for a moment, re- moved his hand from the machanism, and, bowing his head, glided toward the door. Just upon the threshold he turned in sud- den dismay: "Where shall I find my daughter?" he asked. , * When she is found we will let you know," sneered Fouche. An expression of the most iLtense ma- lignity overspread the old man's face, and with an oath he sprang back toward the table in the room. But a pistol confront- ed him. ; "The pardons are forfeited!" cried, Fouche. '" No," said the Emperor. pass." "" Let him Chavarri, with a look of wonder, turned slowly and departed. After his departure, Napoleon stood for a short time in the centre of the apart- ment, lost in profound reverie. Then, as his gaze fell upon the clock and the automaton standing beneath the suspended crown within, he bent forward and regarded the figure attentively. "So," he said, " this was to have been my successor." : It is scarcely necessary to add that the clock proved, on examination, to be an in- fernal machine of the most deadly descrip- tion. Concealed beneath the metallic slab, which formed the pavement of the niimic chapel, and which was "constructed to fold back at the proper moment, was found a triple row of small wrought iron barrels, loaded heavily with slugs and machine. revenue means the destruction of twenty money. s-- 0 i ---------- A LAWYER once said to a countryman in a smock frock, who was undergoing an ex- | amination in the witness box, " You in the | smock frock, how much are you.paid for [lying 1" ¢" Less than you are, unfortunate- | ly, or you would be in a smock frock too,' | was the quick reply. Tue Cornersville (Ind.) Times, tells of an old rail-splitter in that county who put a quietus upon a young man who chaffed him about his bald head, in these words, "Young man, when my head 'gets as | soft as yours, I can raise hair to sell." | Tug son of Mayor Manson, of Chicago, was in Troy last Saturday buying stoves. -- He is a young man, who just commenced business. life. Married a little more than a year ago, he was established in a pros. perous stove trade,and had just completed a new house for himself and wife. Every- thing was swept away, except his wedding presents, which were at the house of his | father. The house was saved. The fires | were hardly "extinguished before young | Mason gathered these presents together { and started with them for New York.>He | sold thes to Tiffany & Co. for 85,000. With | this money he will establish himself with a stove store for the time being in the basement of his father's elegant residence. | A car load of stoves was shipped to him on Saturday. The young man shows thereal Chicago pluck. Hiram Hicoixs appears to te a man whose knowledge oflegal is phrases some- what 'circumscribed. --Hiram had been settling a little difficulty witq ong¢ of his neighbors, named David Hughes, and was asked by his honor whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty, Hiram scratched his head, and remarked deliberately: --*' Well, judge, how do you mean? Why, judge, you have known me long enough, I r 5 stand it. Wao should like fo have you take right hold, if you are ready--and if you say so, we'll begin to-day. Here is a The old man, still jealously keeping his | dollars of property, and moreover the de- | new barrel of castor-oil just come in; I'll and draw an ounce--" | Here verdant who had been tently upon the slim youth, inte: him with, 3 \ '" N-no, no, I g-u-ess not, not to-day, anyhow. I'll go down and see my aunt; and ef I 'clude to come, I'll come up ter- morrer and let you know." : He has not yet turned up, in- ped EE a N------ "SAVING A TRAIN. A run-away train of cars is certainly a novel addition to the chapter o' accident Yet that is the odd and undesirable experi- ence to which the passengers en the Syra- cuse and Binghamton Road were treated about a week ago. The story was told yesterday in our news columns--how, when the train was going at a high rate of speed, the engineer suddenly discovered that an entire section of rail was missing from the track, a short distance ahead; how, as a last desperate resort, he put on all steam in hopes of jumping the broken place, and then, with his fireman, leaped" from the locomotive, leaving the train to its fate; how the train did clear the break, jolting and lurching fearfully, but still keeping the track, and then went whirling on at headlong speed, with no hand to check it, and certain destruction ahead. -- Our readers also know how, in this pain- ful crisis, the conductor proved himself a real hero. - Clambering to the top of the rear car, he ran along the eatire train of twenty-five cars--itself a feat requiring no little nerve, at that rate of speed--reach- ing thie cab of the locomotive safely, seized the trottle, and the danger was over.-- Probably not one of the passengers realiz- ed for a moment how imminent the danger really was or how great were their obliga- tions to the man whose presence of mind and courage had saved them. -- Times. A MaN in Baltimore was recently urged | to know that I never done anything to be | guilty of --mever was guilty, and never will balls, and arranged to cover an. arc of 45 | be guilty in my whole natural born life. degrees, at a distance of 20 yards from the | I don't know what you mean by sault No one within that distance | Butter ; but ef you mean to ax ef I licked : could possibly have withstood their dis- | David Hughes; and licked him good, too, | judgment; but, in case of your decease, it charge, lo explode simultaneously, exact- | I say at waust, and without another word, | would make me a rather more desirable ly when tho hands on the dial indicated ' I did; and I'll do it again." L by an i agent to take out a policy for the benefit of his wife, to the amount of $5000. Before deciding, he asked 'his wifé's opinion, 'when she replied, with charming frankness: " Why, my dear,you will of course act according to your own | widow." ~ ; :