Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1856-10-16
Prom the Nov Orleans Pieaypno.
THE LOAN 0FFID: WIDOW,


Tho pawnbfoker Is an 'institutioa' in every !
.Igs oily vi the world, audi his window 10 acatiOsiy
He iscallsd "my uncle" BY the needy and Heeiy !
young gentlemen who are fond of making q show,
and whose only means Of raising the wheiewi,hal,
occasionally, is by aNtst to their ooiging 6uancia
relative Bat needy aud ssedy nephews are not
my uncle's" only epstomsrs. BE has many others,
ranging rsn the highest circles Of aristocratic pride
to those who re but ene remove from begsaryi and
well does he knew how TO accommodate himself to
theT ever varying peculiariues A keen shrewd
calculating man ia "my uncle," ard pootical withal
for instead of the prosaie title Of "pawnbroker's
shop, he has changed the name Of hia shop to The
Loan Once" and no assumes the benevolent duty
of making loans to the needy "for consideration.
Truly, an accommodating man is ''my uncle"
On favoiite street of this good city of ours, a
Loan office has fer some time fourished, aRd as we
have passed IL almost every day for quite number
OF years, our eyes have become familiar with its
show window. The window Is one of the most eE.
ressive OF lis kind, Every article through it.
Is full Of mysterious eloquenoe, which conveys
world OF meaning.
We have often stood by 1t to tread as from an
open book, the storiea which the various articles on
deposit had to lmpart. to contrast them with one
another and to speculate concerning the cireum
stances Of the parties who deposited them.
Perhaps 1t may not be so to Others but 10 us every
article in pawn individuali2es itself, and becomes
extremely suggestive offs associations. There are
| Tor instance, number Of watches in tho window,
| all OF which mark different hour, AMI tell a diff
ferent tale.
That large, heavy "goid lever, with the full OK
preaaive face, belonged eRce to plain solid, sub.
stantial old gentleman. There is no trekery or
tinsel about 1t no brazen attempt at imposition
no humbug. While he lived, the old gentleman
paid his debts honestly but sickness and misfortune
left him at his death but little OF this worlds goods
Years passed away-the widowed partner oil his
| youthful joys became helpless aAd belridden, and
an only daughter was left to the supper. vi her ID
age. And what could she do to carr money, when
help less mother demanded her undivided care and
| of I'm
except the old, honest full faced watch, had lonG
since been sold and that watch the fond dnugh-
ter determined never to part with. But necessity
knows no law. A mothers wants must be provided
for the chill winds of Autumn cause her to SILVER,
and she looks piteously, frat at her daughter and
then at ta.
"The CRATE. unconscious ofa Ere"
And the dauRhter, poor thing, knows we'll enough
the meaning OF The mute appeal.
There Is tear In her, eye as she takes the old
watch from us hiding place. She kisses it, while
the memory Of other days crowd thick upon her
aud places it fOndy 10 her bosom
IL Is wearsomo journey TO the Loan ohiie,
though the posr deposition knows but too we'll the
way. She has been there often enough, perhap:
too often for the place has to her an extremely re
Pusive and In "a lstorial sort of look. She knows
that the dear old watch will be sandered and
oheapened by the of 10 ms and will sting hei
20 tue heart 70 her his fppansy OF tongue such
SUBJECT fet 20 she must
AT length, summoning all tho energies she can
command, she enters
And how much do you expect on this old fash
Toned turnipf' asked tile inqusitor.
The poor girl could scarcely command her utter.
anee but q length she managed TO say ''Forty
dellars, it you please, ir--it cost four hundred
Forty doiars, hn! ha! hal '-laughed The man
OF loans-'torty dollars for such an old thing as thsl
Ycu must be joking Half the amount would he a
large advances. can't afIId 1t; business is bust
ness my dear"
And thus uecrying the pledge, wagged the ready
tongue OF the stern keeper Of shop till the POOR
al IN I'D -
"Well, give me what you will, but as much as you
can, for it Is the last Thing have to pawn and my
| poor slck mother is 10 much in want!'
| Grayey and deliberately the lender on pledge
| counted out SIS, and laying it down beside him,
proceeded as deliberately to examine the Interior OF
| the watch
At length he remarked: "Wby this has been
| pretty good old ticker in her day, but hheI very
oil, anu sadly out OF repair. did think I'd be
able TO let you have S25 on her but TN cost IS 10
place her in proper runping order, and when that
Ia deducted, it will leave you just S22 The iBterea
you kuow is u dollar month on every ten-that its
$500 tor the S25-Rnd the old rule, mind; we keep
nothing over three menths tor any body"
Any attempt tU dive II better bargain, the poor
grief ladeu girl knew would be useless and so slut
received tSe So that were rendered her, and viii
eager step FASTENED back to the cheerlesa room
where her auing parent lay, and provided for he
many wants, ms pest hho oOnid, out OF her soRnt.
sore
; A 1--we SNAKE IN LIVE MAN. - A genllt man
whose name we did not learn. arrived in TIL
$ city fIom Birds Hill, for the purpose Of procu
ring surgical advice in relation to the pos,ibilIt
Of rtmJying from his stomach large snake
which has inhabited that locality lor the pas
fifteen years. Exactly at what time the replil
was taken into the stomach, the sufferer is TO
! aware. He fe.t its presence 10 The vicinity o
tue Kidneys many years ago !; but the pain ex
perienced, although SOMETIMES acute and trou
Al
years since, when one day, feeling quite unwc
he placed his hand upon his bowels, aud dis
tlIcty felt the snake crawling within hlm
Since then il has grown enormously, and ha
attained lJngth Of ~ least fifteen inches. III
proportions can be- pretty accurately ascertain.
ed, as It's entire shape IL earfulIy obvious to TIL
touch 1t is quite active, and possesses au in
saiiable appeule, judging from the amount o
iuOd aud water Consumed by the sufferer, WIN
IS continually patehed with thirst, and not IN.
frequently requires from three TO four GALLON
fuid daily. Through the recommendation Of q,
Indian. he has lately found considerable reke
from the incessant thirst. by drinking wpte
Literally diitfIsed with vinegar,
he has made several Intellectual atte.hpis Il
dslodge the "varminL" by starvation and tn,
free use of stimuls Is. On one occasion. b.
abstained from both food and water for thre
days, In the hope of bringing the occupant t
sone srt Of terms. The first day, the snalS
became uneasy; the second bOislorous, AID TIT
third furious. but still the man held out. A
the end of the thiId day, however, his snake
ship commtnted an attack upon the walls o
his Prison, with what appeared to be u tolera
J bly, full set of teeth, and the result was an inn
mediate supply Of food more agreeable to bal
parties. AS may be supp Used, the man IN re
| lLQpd a 1lxaIa h.,
torture o. mind and body preying upon bin
) night and day, but he does not despair Of finS
ing surgeon in the city sufficiently skilltul I
make an incsion in the abdomen, and remop
! tue reptile. We have read Of similar cases, tai
. this is the first that ever cama under our ow
/ observation and we hope this may be the las
for We have felt ''all overish" ever Stree Sd
Francisco Golden Eagle.
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i A SAD pIcIDEE Coming down from Ransa
The misguided emigrants VINO crowded to Kanss
early the spring, continue to leave that Territon