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STORY OFA TEAR.
rRaM TIE rl,ENcn.

Imagine yourself, good reader, to be
present in one of the crowded green-rooms
of the city of Paris. Many persons are
there sscmbled--actOrs, actresses, mana
gers, dramaists, and dramatic critics,
Jest and story are passing in abundance,
and all seem TO be animated and merry
yet n grave story sometimes flows from
the lips Of those who are there met toge-
tbcr, aud it would be injustice to say that,
il did not meet with sympathy from, or
was inexperienced by, the laIkaiive party
to which it was addressed. One such
story we shall relate, as it was told in that
temple Of merriment.
A new performer was complaining of
her inability to present herself before the
public without the most distressing agia-
ton. Some Of those present encouraged
the poor beginner, but rhe majority cX-
pressed an opini0n of different kind.
Such tremors are incurable, said the lat
ter class mature has made us originally
either bold or tmid.' Yes said others
who concurred in the sentiment expressed,
Just as she has made us cold or ardent,
grave or gay. We remain what we were
made at first. show US an aspiring man
cured Of his ambition, or a miser con-
yered.'
Some of those who listened to these
observations exclaimed against them as
having tendency to make men material
lists or iatalists. One individual, howe
yer. gave.lhe last remark a more decided
answer. 'You ask for CONVERTED miser,
said he; Il. can show you one. There
is such heiltg among us now il is my
self |! The person who said this was a
popular dramalst, noted for his geuerosi-
~ Of feeling 'What !--you miser ?
said one Of those who heard him non
sense ii is impossible Not So, an.
swercd he calmly i speak but the truth
Iacds miser, though now thoroughly
cured, hope, Of the falling And what
pray, operated cure upon YOU return
cd one of the auditors. Listen, and
will tell answered he; 1T was an in
tants tear All present crowded rount
him Immediately, and heard from his lips
the following story:
s'rhe incident which | am about TO re
late said the dramalist, occurred il
1894. had then just given TO the thea
tire of the Porte. Saint Martin one OF my
pieces---lhat which brought me the greal
est share of fame and emolument. 1--WE
letters were sent TO me at that period
One was from the manager of the Mar
settles theatre, informing nc that he wa
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VOL. V.-NO. Is.

quarters, turned tin cup inside down OH
The middle Of rickety table, got vial Of
vinegar, pc, of tar, bottle of whisky,
and various other well-known odoriferous
affairs, arranged around him; and, with
black skull cap on hIs head, aud red
stick in lis hand, he made no bad
'splnrge' at the presentation of a modern
Faust. Madame Ludwig nigh, have Ia
ken a lesson from him, ('you un'stan' me
now y and Herr Alexander should have
seen him. lie drew mystic ring on the
ceiling, with charcoal, filling il up with
most ndescrbabIe 'carlecucs,' right over
the table, and business soon commenced.
In struggled an open-mouthed enquirer
alter the mysteries of guessing.
Stranger, good morning; walk up and
prescribe yourself as a true enquirer, after
the irrevcations Of Gesseology. Put
your left hand upon the converted tin cup.
Very well. Lift your right hand to the
ceiling, and fix your eyes upon the mag
lc circle. So Now, if you wink. or
remove your eye, you'll ruin the hui bu-
slncss, stranger so, jest hold still.
Now, | percede TO pcrvoke the gessing
spert 10 descend upon. Wha, is this
hold under your nose 2
Vinegar
'Crimiai lingo! you larn fast! What's
this !.
That's tar
Right again, my pupil; what's this 2
Birthstone.
Good; you envelope the faculty raaly
amazing can You guess what this is'
Whisky, by thunder!'
'Al creation! how quick you take it!
are you sure it's whisky!'
Sure? well, | reckonr
You'd better taste it and see. Is i,
whisky|
We'll i, is
Take good swig, then; you'll do.
stranger; you're ready to graduate. Come
in, next. Halo mister, don't take that
bottle away
One after another, as fast as he could
dispose of them, the Professor found his
customers sdeliDg half shyly in upon him
all day long. and when, now and then,
one would exhibit "A belligerent spirit, be-
tween good humor and whisky, the New
England Magician still managed to send
him off satisfied. Every body coming
out was questioned by the eager crowd in
waiting, as 10 what sort of show it
was, any how? 2 and the answer was
pretty generally the same ,--'First rate,
and no mistake, and the last experiment
is worth half the money!
The Professor counted his receipts that
night, finding round sum 10 help him on
West; sold his insitool' for a premium
to his enterprising assistant, and the next
morning he was of, jinglng the silver in
his pockets and blessing deyoully the ben.
Gifts of science!
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Real Grt.-At the dinner given TO
Speaker Jones, at Richmond, Va, wo-
man, who said she had twelve children,
sent this toast:
'Wm. S. Archer, our bachelor Senator,
and our Benedict Brooks, The Clubhouse
orator: The high tariff cuts us off from
foreign markets for our produce, and yet
they tell us. we want mouths for our
bread Will Senator Archer inform us
where the mouths are to come from, when
he shuts out migration? What has HE
DONE Cor his country! Where are MS
Jewels =
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BY HISE & OSNAN.
TIE nEGCiH.GIn,. AND WIDOW.
BLGGAR GiuI.

nrGGAR GinI.
Thirteen years ago, mother,
a little child had you
Its limbs were light-its voice was soft
lis eyes were-uh, So blue!
Il was your last, your dearest;
And you said when it was born,
1t cheered away your wdowhoud,
And made you uniororn.
Thirteen years ago, mother,
You loved that lIlte child;
Although its temper wuyNard was,
And its will so strong and wild;
You lkenei il to the free bird
That flies to the woods to sing,
To the river fair the unieticred air,
And many pretty thing.
Thirteen years ago, mother,
The world was in its youth
There was no past; and the all to come
Was Hope, and love, and TRUTH
The dawn came dancing onward,
The day was ne'cr too long;
And every night had fairy sight,
And every voice song.
Thirteen years ago, mother,
Your child was an infant small;
But she grew, aud budd,d, aud lluomcd at last,
Like the rose on your garden wall:
All! the rose that you loved was trod on,
Your child was lost in shame;
And never since hath she net Your smile
Aud never heard your NAME!
DE dunno, thou gpSey sandercr
w nat Is Eiy ch'ld I" 'h'e
What are my troubes-What my jrysl
Here take those pence aud fec
If thou will frame a story
"hlch 'ele'h ct me oF NINE
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:
eye iowards the top" The boy didn't
lock darn. Ills eye was fixed like a
! flint towards heaven. and his young heart
on him who reiens there. lie grasps
again his knife. lie cuts another niche,
and another foot i, added To the hundreds
/ that remove him from the reach of human
/ help from below. How carefully lie uses
his wasting blade How anxiouslv he Sc
Iccls the soltest places in that vast pier
How he avoids every ninlv grain, How
he cconomises his physical powers--res
ting a moment at each, again he cuts
How every motion is watched from be-
low. There stands his father, mother.
brother and sister, on the very spot
where, if he falls, he will not fall alone.
The sun is now half way down the
west. The lad has made fifty additional
inches in that mighty wall, and now finds
himself directly under the middle of that
vast arch Of rocks, earth and trees. lie
must cut his way in n new direction in
order 10 get from under this over hanging
mountain. The inspiration of hope is
dying in his bosom; its vital heat is fed
by the increased shouts of hundreds
perched upon ellis and trees, and others
who stand with ropes in their hands on
the bridge above, or with ladders below
Fifty gains more must he cut before the
longest rope can reach him. His vast
ing blade strikes again into the limestone.
The boy is emerging painfully, foot by
foot, from under that lofty arch. Splccd
ropes are ready in the hands of those
who are leaning over the outer edge of
the bridge. Two minutes more and all
will be over. That blade is worn to the
last half inch-The boys head reels
his eyes are starting from their sockets
His last hope is dying in his heart; his
life must hang on the next gain he cuts,
That niche is his last At the last faint
cash he makes, his knife, his faithful
knife, falls from his nerveless hand, and
ringing along the precipice, falls at his
mothers feet. An involuntary groan Of
NN'I"'i lNhN llNN d NtdlIl-hUIll luIpNBH
the channel below, and all is still as the
grave. AT the height of nearly three hun
drcd feet, the devoted boy lifts his hope
less heart and closing eyes TO commend
His soul TO God. 'Tis but a moment
there !-One foot swings of he is reel
ing-trembling-toppling over into eler-
nifty Hark shout falls on his car
from above The man who is lying with
halt his length over the bridge, has caught
a glimpse of the boys head and shout
ders. Quick rs thought the noosed rope
is within reach Of the sinking youth.
No one brealhcs. With faint, convul-
sive effort, the swooning boy drops his
arms into the moose. Darkness comes
over him, and with the words, God! and
mother whispered on his lips just loud
enough TO be heard in heaven, the tight
ening rope lifts hIm out of his last shall
low niche. Not lip moves while he is
dangling over that fearful abyss; but
when sturdy Vlrginian reaches down
and draws up the lad, and holds him up
in his arms before the fearful breathless
multitude, such shouting. such leaping
and weeping for joy, never greeted the
ear of human being so recovered from the
yawning gulf of eternity. T.. b.
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IN Eloquent ea.-During the course
of his remarks at the grand rally in New
Market, Gen. Gordon alluded to his ac.
Qualntanco with Col. Polk. Il was
said Gen. G. intimately acquitted with
Col. Polk for more than six years, hav-
ing rOOmed with him---and had every op.
porlunity 10 know him thoroughly. lilo
is a man of the pures, morals, exalted,
talented, and refined virlunes.' lie also
alluded to the lady of Col. Polk--spoke
of her as every way qualified to adorn and
dignity the White House. The speaker
then humorousIy alluded to the fact of
their being chldlcss, and referred TO the
same coincidence in the history of sevc-
raj of tho best, wiscst and most patriotic
or our Presidents. But added the eo-
qucnt Gordon, elect Col. Polk Presi.
dent, and the Union will be their child
the whole nation will be their family I!
And well and molly is he qualified, both
in morality and talents, TO take charge Of
such glorious family
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a ybriliiu,r sketch,

| an incident which occurred some years since a
I the Natural Bridge in Virginia, comprises pas
, sage in a lecture an genius, delivered by the eel
ebratcJ Etruu BuaHlrr, the learned blacksmith
of Rhode Island
The scene opens with view Of til,
grea, Natural Bridge in Virginia. Their,
are three or four lads standing in lht
channel below, looking up with awe tC
that vast arch Of unhewn rocks, whicl
the Almighty bridged over these cycras
ting .abulmenls when the morning stars
sang together The liite piece of sky
spanning those measureless piers, is full
of stars, although it is midday. 1t is al
most five hundred feet from where they
stand. up those perpendicular buIwurks
of limestone, TO the key rock of that vast
p. arch, which appears to them only of the
size Of mans hand. The silence Of
death is rendered more impressive by the
little stream that falls from rock to rock
dawn the channel.-The sun is darken-
ed, and the boys have unconsciously un.
covered their heads as if in the presence
chamber of the Majesty of the whole
earth. At last, this feeling begins to
wear away; they begin TO look around
them. They see the names Of hundreds
cut in the limestone abnlmens. new
feeling comes over their young hearts, and
their knives are in their hands in an in.
slant. what man has done, man can
do is their walchword, While they draw
themselves up and carve their names q
foot above those Of a hundred full grown
men who had been there before them.
They are all satisfied with this feat Of
| physical eXerlion, except one, whose cx-
ample illustrates perfectly the forgotten
truth, that there is no royal road to intel
lectual omincncc. This ambitious youth
sees name just above his reach, name
that will be green IN the memory of the
world, when those Of Alexander, Cesar,
and Bonaparie shall rot in oblivion. 1t
was the name of Washington. Before
he marched with Braddock to that fatal
field, he had been there, and left his name
foot above all his predecessors. Ii was
a glorious thought of the boy, to write
MS name sue oy sue with that OF the
9tea' ia'her OF ms country. lie sFasps
MS ""''c WIN d ''l''er ''"nu' aho' c''hg-
ivy !" '''"c Ju""g cFas' nc GUS again
''," ''Io ''"'es'"he' ABOUT io"t ABOVE
where he stands; he then reaches up and
'''' "'''''''' '"' MS ""''us' u Is uah-
so'""' adventures o"' is ne P"'S ms iee'
','u MINUS ''''" ','ose cams ana draws
'.'',S''' up T"'''",'Y W MS 'u'' 'enS'U' ne
mus "'''iSe" " 'o"' ABOVE every name
, I." ~ '''"' '"'s"'y wall " nue.
~ o'''' i'"'''' arc ''sa'"'"s n'." WIN
o'"'','' anu "u'i','"''o'' ne GUS ms name
~ u. '""' G"P''"'S' ,"'sG anu u'eP' ,n'o ua'
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"'" "'''""' ""'-
''''lv"'"'''" ny NI !, -, n n%5 '"''"
'f"'"'-- "' ! 'y .0'O'o -'''''''''
A seedy son OF New England found
himself, recently. all alone unknown and
hard up IN New Orleans vi course,
he soon set about guessing some way 10
get out oil tAe serape; ahu' oeiore nc i'au
quite whItlleu HIS SUCK away nc became
absorbed IN the inception OF grand lhot.
1t seems s''ung down TO guess MS as'u'e
o'"'" "'"u' P'"'s', AZ U"''' "'""'s VIZ
,e'"P"9 ''''' "''| so' ,,
VI S",''"s "''' WV us ''..'' " '"s ~
nave U'e" '"'''''"' WV; 80 -. so' : "
'W'''"'' !" no ~ ,''I i,. a. '.' - Wv
hG''c' "PP''e"'' '0'"'"s IVA " "'''e
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Wicked Boy.-In Broadway, New
York, mischievous boy was seen the
other day walking behind lady, and
tossing pebble stones (unperceivcd by
herr towards her person. He did not de-
sist until nearly peck of them had been
lodged upon the Sfeyfformed by her bus
tie, tina, projected some iiieen inches.
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Il shall retire in dis gust as the mig
ger said TO the burricane.
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a young lady having purchased an as
sortment of music at a warehouse, on re.
turning to her carriage, recolIeclcd piece
which she had neglected to buy. Sir
said she, on re-entering the shop, rhere
is one thing which had forgotten, and
which NOV require you to give"
And what is lhat!' inquired the young
music-seler.
4, is, sir, One kind Kiss dSforc are
part
The gay youth vaulted inslantaneously
over the table, and salued the fair stranger.
TO make Raspberry Jdm.--Put sixty
four raspberries in goosd.qull, and your
ium is complete.
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WILMINGTON MARKET
---------' :
EX CONSTABLE'S
Sale.

by virtue of writ of venditioni ey-
ponaS issued by David Bnrnite one of,be
justices Of the Peace in the Safe of Ma
rE!and at the suit of j. s J. Sinners -
@a'Ast The goods, challleS. lands and ten
tnents of Thomas b. Gamer and JOHN
i<lrAelt and TO me directed. have seized
and taken into execution all the said
Thomas b. Gamer and John Barne,ts
right, title, interest and claim both a, law
and IN equity in and +" fifty acres of land
and one Grlst Mill thereon. living and be-.
ing III Elk Neck, wherein The SAID john
barnett now resides and hereby rive
notice that ON Thursday the Nth dav of
November at 2 O'Clock, p. NJ. a, Mrs.
Lnm"'s sarern IN North East will offer
at Public Sale the above property to the
highest bidder for cash to satisfy said writ.
a. PENNINGTON. Ex Constable.
October l9h. lS}I-ls
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a5-Owing 10 remark that has come to

95-Owing 10 remark that has come to
our ears, in regard to our observations
last week touching applications for office,
we are induced to disclaim any invidious
ness, or wish TO give them a personal d.
rection. The signs indicated that We
should say something, and we said what
we did. We are neither for Cesar nor
Tor PomPey, but for Rome. We are
neither for this man. nor tina, man TO The
making oil schsm, or the slightest weak
enIng OF the party. We only meant to
signify our disappobation, on political
and not on personal grounds, of election
eerlng at this early period for the Offices
In question, whether by petitions or by
asking pledges, whats the dillerence?) or
in any other way Whatsoever We
thought we were right. There will we
think, be an abundance of Time a:ser the
November election.
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Or2SaniSe.

Make ready, Wings of Cecil, :os the
gred, Presidential battle on the IL! Of No
vember. Prepare yourselves to 90 man-
fully through that contest. Let Us see
which district will most increase It's whic
vote over that OF the last election in pro
portion to the wing vote then cast. Here
Is a glorious field for emulation. Let us
see which will be the banner district.
Hold district meetings-taIk to your
neIghbors. Let the farmers know that
we are for Home market which will
raise the price of their grain, and that we
are for distribution Of the pro c. eds of
The Public lands, which will take away
The Direct tax. Let the working NJ en-
know That we are for protecting American
Industry from a ruinous competition with
the pauper labor Of Europe. Show the
people all, the truth and beauty of wing
principles, and TIE advantage of having
them to prevail. b. active, be vigiIant,
Iarry not an hour I'LL after the lsl Mon
day in November and you will have the
graf ficaIion to know that Cecil has zone
Tor Clay and Erclinghuyscn.
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" EEVEyza for Polk! HES the
ssEaN who saws MOI

Such is the exclamation of the New
\ ork Journal of Commerce.; after stating
that document has been sent 10 that office,
containing list of imporan, questions in
Congress upon which Mr. Polk voted
No! and 80 the journal cries out. "lluzza
Tor Polk He's tie man who says No.
OF course he is. Do the war-worn
veterans, whose sacrifices and daring
chloved the independence of our nation.
pres ent themselves at the door of Con-
sress, and ask Tor some little pi,lance to
sustain themselves between The DAYS nI
hard labor and the grave-somelhing to
prevent the disgrace of the national de-
lenders becoming tenants of the aims
house? Dir. Polk excIams, No.
Do men ask that these fathers of our
liberty may be remembered at leas' with
gratitude Mr.. Polk exclaims, No! Nom
Do the manufacturers of the nation i
1IIat their capital and industry may be-
protected against the superior capital, and
the miserable vassal labor Of Eulopc?-.
Mr.. Polk says, No,
~ VI" '"''iS'S SSCN pi'!tSlibf III the
provisions of home markct2 Mr. Polk
says, No! Mo-!
Does the patriot ask that our country
may be saved from ali immediate Gnrcegul
connection with Texas? Mr.. Polk SAYS.
No!
Does humanity plead against a war
with Mexico. that shall white, our coasts
with the sails of plcaroons and privateers.
of all countries and Of no country? Nj,
Polk says, No! MOI!
Do the Safes, unforunaietv ~ Aey,.
ask that the public lands, heIl IN aust f,4
them by the nation, may be made usaiu!
to them in rrdeemlng their honor, aud
saving them from the disgrace q :"padia-
ton? Mr. Folk says, No!
Do the afflicted the suIe,ns. ill.,"
houseIess, in mid-win,cr, Oh the height
of Georgetown, stand amid the a,hes O.
their burnt habila,ions. and ask lule o.,
the surplus GIewood in the vaults ol ,ht
Capitol? Mr.. Polk says, No! Not l.
dollar TO help The poor, not suck ui
wood to warm the shlvering sufferers
No! MOI! No!H
Mr. Polk asks to be elected Presiden,
Of the United States. The people, igno.
rant of his abilities for good, and inform
ed of his negative upon every measure lor
beneiiuing the country upon which he
has been called to act, respond to him in
his own iavori,e monosyliable, No! No /.
No u. S. Gazette.
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BRITISH GOLD.

Our Revolutionary fathers resisted
British bayonets, and 1t remains for those
who enjoy the blessings Of that liberty
winch was purchased with priva,ions and
blood, to demonstrate their worth, bv
spnrr'ng from their touch, the base brides
That England has sent here TO corrupt on.
people, and break down the industry of
The nation. Let all recolIeer, that James
* Poh is the candidate of England, and
that she means to use him as her inslru-
ment to repeal The Tariff.
.qilcrican U'Mg
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Eaats and Cans.
Sheriff $ Sale.

BY virtue of ii writ Of Fieri Facias. is
sued out of Cecil County Court at the
s1nt OF Martha A. Miller and John Nj. Mil
Ter, Administrators of Augustus Miller
Decd, against the goods and cha,,les.
lands and tenemenls of William Edmund
son, 10 me directed, have seized and ia
ken IN execution, ali the right, title. claim.
interest and estate, at law and IN Equity
oil the said William Edmunds on, in and
to all that Farm or tract of land on which
The said Edmundson now resides silua,e
IN Cecil County aforesaid and adjoining
lands of Elijah Reynolds and Others, and
hereby give notice tina! on the
9Th day Of November
next between the hours of II O'Clock A.
NJ. and O'Clock P. NJ. a, the Court House
door IN Elkton, will sci! the said pro.
perry, at public auction, to the highest bid
der for Cash.
EDW. L.FoARD, Shf.
Oct. 18th IS44-ts
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StOvess StOyoss

The subscriber thankful to the public
Tor FAST lavors, would again inform them
that he is now ready to furnish them with
stoves Of every description for burning
either wood or coal, which he will sell
as cheap as they can be had cIseu here.
lie would be pleased TO show his stock
to his old customers and The public Gen.
orally before they make inclr PURCHASES.
Call at his Tin Ware and Stove Store.
next door TO DR.. Wallace's Drug Store.
JOHN II. GRAHAM.
EIktOn Oct I0.h 1871
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The day of the Election.

The Presidential election in this state
is held on the first Monday in November,
that being the 1lh day of the month. Many
are under the impression that it is
she~ Monday, which is not the fact.
Mr. Greeley put it SO in his Wing Alma
nae for the present year, but though mos,
generally very correct, IN this case he is
in error.
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FREE TRADE

If the Tariff should be repealed, the
support of The Government will have to
be sustained by DIRECT TAXES. Are
the people prepared 10 be taxed twenty
Millions of Dollars year, To crafty John
& Calhoun in his stuck notions
abou, Free Trade? We should ,hink not,
and speaking for Maryland, we will say,
that her people would not consent to ii.
.amer Wing.
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MEr. GHay's Letters.

On our first page will be found the
much talked of letters to Blair They
trlumphantly refute the charge that they
contained evidence Of the Bargain and
Sale" Gone 10 the winds, forever gone,
Is that base calumny. and mean and con-
tcmptbIe is the man, who in the face Of
the facts that contradict it, will ever again
repeat it.