Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-10

rudely shown how little he understood play.
Towards evening Sir Hugo returned and in
quired with suspicious haste whether Fathe
Nicholas had been there
| "Oh, yes, he was here" answered Angelica
''but ventured to refuse his admittance."
The Knight cast triumphant glance at hi
squire and whispered TO him, "Now, old Wis
dom, do YOU see the use of my orders 2"
Conrade, who, as may be supposed, had sail
nothing of the alteration he made in the sub
stance of his embassy, shrugged his shoulder
with smile unperceived by his master, who
had turned yapain to his consort, and first per
ceived tbst she wore q bandage upon her sof
hand vHe Immediately inquired the cause.
"Sultap bit me-" said Angelica, "and it is al
. your fault. Sir Hugo" added she, sobbing.
"My fault" cried the knight.
eyes. your fault. and nobody's but yours, re
torted his spouse. "If you had not sent IN
word by Conrade not to ride the nasty, mis-
cbieyols brute such mad trick would neve
have entered my head"
In mute astonishment the knight hurried t,
seek an explanation from his squire, who hat
slipped away when Angeos began her complaint
'What message did you uf.ng yosr lady?" de
manded he.
| OODTHu0
"Wcre these the orders gave you, you scoun
drel?" said the enraged Sir Hugo.
"Certainly not" replied the squire; "but yol
will own that have made my point good
You may now see how it would have been hat
given your order about the young priest NJ.
noble lady is a model for her sex, and almost al
angel, but still she is daughter of Eve, VIII
meant to have bequeathed to all her lineal fe
h.. ,;t ofr acc
And we have only to remember the Lady An
gelica's pleasant ride upon Sultan, to be con
vinced that it had lost none of its vigor in tn
descent"
THE BRIGHr SIDE OF TRANSFORMATIONS
"They'll transport this man Redlines, Isuppose,
said Dunn after pause "That they will bu
my opinion is, they'd rather he had got clear a
way there is always something dark in thes
affairs" ''Take my word for it, you'll see tha
the others-the man on the Board-are no
clear of it, Shares were declining this many {
day, in face of an eight per cent dividend. y
"And now he will be transported!" broke in
Dunn, from the depth of regerie. "Many
don't mind it! said Hankes. "How do yor
mean-not mind it," asked Dunn, angrily. 81:
deportation 20 penal colony no punishment
81 wont go that far" replied Hankes "but wher
man has left things comfortable at home it.:
not the bad thing people generally imagine. y
81 don't understand YOU" said Dunn shortly
"Wel take Sir John Chesham's case as an in
stance. He was the founder of that great swim
die, the Greenwich Royal Bank. When they
transported him Lady Chesham went out with
the next mail packet, took handsome house
and furnished it and then waiting till Sir John
got his ticket of leave, she hired him as foot,
man. And what's more, they that used TO quar-
rel all day long at home there, are now perfect
turtle doves. To be sure, there is something in
the fact that she has to send in quarterly report
of his good conduct and it's q fine thing to be
able to threaten short rations and wool carding
to a refractory husband. ."-Dacenport Dunn,
By Charles Lever.
IMPROVEMENT OF TME.-The celebrated Earl
of Chatham performed an amount OF business,
even minute. which filed common improvers OF
tin,e with utter astonishment. He knew not
merely the great outlines Of public business, the
polSey and intriQues of tpregn nourts, bat his
eve was on every part of the British dominions
and scarcely man could move without bis
knowledge of the man and his object. a friend
one day called on him when Premier Of Eng
land and found him down on his hands and
knees. plaving marbles with his little boy, and
complaining bitterly that the rogue would not
play fair; galy adding, ''that he must have been
corrupted by the example of the French" Ihe
friend wished to mention q suspiclons'iooklng
stranger, who for some time had taken up lodg-
ings in London. Was he spy, or merely pr.
yate gentleman2 Pitt went TO his drawer ana
took out some scores of small portraits, and,
holding up one which he selected, asked, us
that the man ?" ..Yes, the very person" "Oh,
have had my eyes upon him from the time he
stepped on shorel" All this was accom-
plished by rigid observance of time; never
suffering a moment to pass without pressing II
| into service. No one will try to improve hls
time unless he first be impressed with the ne
cessity. Remember that at the very best calcu'
lation we can have but q short time in which
to learn all and do all that we accomplish IN life
| TocllFS Students Manual.
| The VIRTUES OF BoRAx--The washerwomen
of Holland and Belgium, so proverbially clean
who get up their linen so beautifully white, use
refined borax as washing powder, instead OF So
da, in the proportion of large handful OF ooraS
powder to about ten gallons of boiling water
they save in soap nearly half. All large wash
| ing establishments adopt the same mode. Fol
laces, cambrcs, &C., an extra quantity or The
powder is used, and for crnones (required to
be made stiff a strong solution is necessary
Borax being neutral salt does not in the slight.
est degree injure the texture of the linen It's o.
feet is to soften the hardest water, and therefore
it should be kept on every toilette table. 10 the
taste it is rather sweet it is used for cleaning the
hair, is an excellent dentrifce, aud in bot coun
tries is used in combination with tartarlc aciL
and bi.carbonate of soda, as cooling beverage
Good tea cannot be made with hard water, al
water may be made soft by adding q tea-spoon
tul of borax powder to an ordinary sized Kettle
of water, in which it should boil. The saving
in the quantity of tea used will be at least one
fifth.
ANEoporE. Billy P was making journey il
stage coach over the billy roads, in the ives
tern part of Massachusetts,, and amused himsel
on the way by frequent resorts to the comfor
| of mysterious black bottle which he ha(
with him. Suddenly the coach came in con
tact with large stone, which, without doing
any other damage deprived Billy Of bis equiib
r;nm. and down he rolled on the ground
"Wot'n thunder are yer doing2" said Billy
chow come YOU to tip the stage over?" The
driver informed him that the stage had not beer
ovanturned ut all, and the passengers assured
RilIv that Jehu was right. Billy approached
the vehicle again, and remonnted slowly to hi u,
former seat outside. "Did notupset d'you say 2
Not at all" replied the driver. "Well, if II
known that" said Billy. II wouldn' he got off!
PRENTIoE's JoKEs.-The following are taker
from one column of the Louisville Journal:
sJames G. Jameson, nephew Of Ex-Presiden
perce out his throat with q razor and died, il
Boston, on Thursday. y."-Eechange.
We really do not think there was suficien
reason forEe young man to Ggt his throat. liz
might have removed to foreign country, where
bis relationship would neysShaTe been .n known a m