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h & INSURE YOUR LIFE
IN THE
BBOOkLYEsLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
goF NEW YORK.
tS->Opo.D"'
AND RAPIDLY INCREASING.

ASSETS. go, G00. 900
AND RAPIDLY INCREASING.
|. Because It Is Acknowledged TO be perfectly col
rent BIZ all Insurance commissioners.
2. Because It Is the cbstspest.
8. Because II endorses the surrender rdtne on Its
policies, in dollars and cents, for ten consecutive
years, and ten years thereafter, if desired.
According to the statement ri the rates of the DIFF
Frent Life Insurance companies of tlrst-cass stand
ing in the United States n,sle by 1.-The Universal
In its advertisement entitled ,Facts are Stubborn
Things" and published recently in southern news
paper |, appears that tho Mutual Rates IF the
Brooklyn are cheaper than those Of any named
company
For instance, according 70 that statement:
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CLOTHING.
HLOSING-OUT SALE.
$50, 900 WORTH OF CLOTHING.


In preparation for u change the coming season,
will from the FIRST DAY OF JULY, 1872, offer
my entire stock oil
GENTLEMEN'S, YOUTHS, BOYS, AND
CHiLDREN'S CLOTHING
ut 4 REDUCTION of my former prices of tho ssa-
son. II Is Important that the stock of SUMMER
WEAR should bo closed ont entire. and induce
mcuts will he offered To that end. Among the few
things 1 woulltGnumcrate are
DRESS SUITS,
CIIEVIOT SUITS,
q CASHMERE SUITS.
rs LINEN SUITS.
BLUE FLANNEL SUITS.
WHITE DUCK SUITS,
YOUTHS SUITS,
BOYS SUITS,
Il CHILDREN'S SUITS,
and everything that SUITS tho wants of the people,
alplata JabulouSiy to,o fyurc.
| mem all Say, and those IN want Of good, gen.
tccl, audwcll-Inacc CLOTHING will find that the
best place to get them Is the o-estabslicd (thlIty
years. house of ..
WILLIAM IRA SMITH, Agent,
1109 hlaiu street, sign of the Big Flag.
n. R-See detailed advertisements rs they daily
appear. iy l-eodtIy2
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EyRNsTUgE. DC.
HARDWOOD Il RITTER.
IL ERNoR SlBf6
RICHMOND, VA.

Until LIST as September next We VII Will, "y;
4ntnremeuiS O, ali Ii. need OF FuEAlftiI..
MATTRESS Our H'treroUDiS ar" ri
with goods made OF seasoned aud Aiiii-df'ei'
and warranted 10 stand In any climate.
We would call particular attention ~ on,
WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS, when sa ".
nisled from SIS tn 500. and IN all ciseS M1i'
Our stock of PARLoR FURNITURE =
eomplete, and II We hays not the style on u
Will make any pattern to order.
All I'm need win find it tn their Interest," y
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EXCURSIONS, kc..
tRAND MILITARY EXCURSION TO
W NORFOLK AND RETURN.
NO TIME LOST FROM BUSINESS.

COMPANY i. LEE GUARD, FIRST FlR-
GINA REGIMENT, will give Il GRAND MILL
TARY EXCURSION TO NORFOLK AND RE
TURN. leaving the city in the elegant steamer W.
=. CLYDE or WEDNESDAY NIGHT at o'clock,
arriving: In Norfolk carly the morning of the Ith
and leaving Norfolk at o'clock L. NJ, returning
to the city hv curly dawn on the 5h, giving all an
excellent opportunity OF spending pleasant holi-
day.
NIcmhcrs Of other military companies joining III
will rest assured of Il cordial greeting by the Lee
Guard.
A FINE BAND will accompany the cXcursio!nsis
Tickets for the round "trip, $50.
Tickets can he procured 1T the stores of Nesl
Johnston & Co., Andrew i'izzini, ,lr- 5o!ek,l
Brothers. Ecrrian 4 Mcl'hail, a. y. seoul .. W.
Farrar, and mcmlcrs OF the company.
Committee Of acknowledgement O. I
Hunter. l.. c. Noise. Lieutenant ). ". t'ihbous +.
w Cunningham, Sergeant W. Ill. Taylor, ". II.
j
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este:
IRA. SHEPHERD, JR., C. C.
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, I

PALMYRA, June s, 1872. :
The parties Interested in the foregoing decree are
hereby notified tint have fixed uEon the ELE-
yENfH DAY OF JULY, 1872, I'd tile time, and my
office, at Fluvanna Courthouse, the place, for the
taking of the several accounts directed 10 be taken
by the said decree; mt which time and place they are
required to attend with all the vouchers and papers
necessary, to enable mt TO take the said accounts.
Giyon under my hand as commissioner OF the Cir
cult Court OF FlIyanna the day and year aforesaid.
THOMAS III. TUTWI!EB,
10 ll-sLtW Commissioner.
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MARRIED.

On 9th June, 1872, in Halifax county. n. c., by
Rev. +. Il. Owen. MIR. JOHN W. FISHER Of Pc
tcrsl,urg, Va. to Miss SALLlE l.. BAG " ELL, of
the former place.
Petersburg papers please copy.
In Nottoway county, Va. on the 2Th ulimo, by
Rev. L. Pryor, ID. d. GEORGE WATT, Jr., of
i;ichmond, Va, aud AMANDA G. SWAMI, Of
Nuttuway county, Va.
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! The Tribune has stepped into the place
formerly occupied by the New York World
as the organ of the Democracy Washington
Republican.
The Democracy, then, have exchanged a
worthless paper for Il very valuable one. a
few more trades of the same sort would l.styc
the Republican party bankrupt.
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NY THE BEST COD-LIVER OIL.
MEADE & BAKERS
INCIDENTALLY PURE CuD-LlVER OIL,
imported direct from New Foundand.

Approved aud prescribed by the most eminent
physicians In Virginia and North Carolina as the
BEST. PUREST, AND MOST ACCEPTABLE
TO THE STOMACH" A fresh supply just received.
MEADE & BAKER,
importing Pharmacists,
apo 919 Mlin street, Richmond Va.
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DOCkBRiDGE ALUM SPRINGS

This favorifc and celebrated ~ ATFEiS:. &;
will uifr additional II ,,cti"nS this s"ts"n. *
other improvements. Incrr HIT! hrru a,iicd s
CANT and spacious lgll-room, u!j"inInS the W
the lEirlnr has been enlarged and improved, > S
proximity al the two renders each Easily ace ~
IL will be kept In Il lyle not SURPASSED any wig
Virginia.
The WATERS al these special Springs ri.hr {
or greatly relieve most eases ~ scrotuli. E.
Consumption. Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic la
gifts, Chronic Pneumonia. Chronic Dy.Ip'
Chronic Diarrf'ra. Chronic Dysrnicry, The,
also great value in those affections which are
liar to the female constitution. anl M an appel
u tonic. and general restorative. they are, per
uurivalled amongst mineral waters. The pr"pL
will have provided for the lawns ami llI-I"
lirst-ciass Band OF Music. and in general al
sources nf amusement and recreation usually {;
at our best summer resorts viii lc 1t tire
the guests nj "ROChBllDGE ALUM" TG.
Is within eleven To- thirteen hours "f Rit in
Washington Baltimore, etc, ny raj. all In dan
Passengers leave The cars of the C,..@Ip,ak..
Obi" Railroad 1T Guhen depot, and nrw ..Ipd ,!'
Stage coaches, passing rapidly over \ smooth
hV"l rTtd "f Only eight miles. sci down tic 81
AT I'll" Springs tn ttst.
JAMES a. FRAZIER, rropirt
Persons maxim; ,t>c oI the grounds, &C.. q"
Springs, AMI not stoppin" at my lutl, vi
charged haif my regular rates.
The EOckhri,gc wafer i Tor sale hy rt'R' \
IhBD 4 co. Richmond. and GEORGE NJ,
tNfIRE.. charlottesville a
Descriptive pamphlets sent free on applica'a
my l1-3m Z
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The New Tobacco Law and the
Planters.
We have received the following note:

"dUNE 20, 1917.
tspear Sir,--I write to request you to pub.
fish the late act of Congress putting restric-
lions upon the sale Of tobacco by farmers.
Those engaged in the cultivation of tobacco
are not familiar with this act, and will be
much interested in its publication. When
does It take effect?
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u i i l. IN " OOL.
The heavy fall IN wool ncccssitatS the closing on
Of nil woocn goods before the coming season. ant
The place to find REEDY-MADE CLOTHING; n
corresponding prices IL
VIM. IRA SMITHS, Agent,
jc"a-@t 400 Main street, sign Of RIG FLAG.
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MILITARY NOTICES.

"OWIrZERS.- Assemble at your A,In
1 L arnlory THIS (londayl EVENING III ~ ,
hill-lmsi oclurk rrcnpty In full uniform lItTfSN
and with side arms, for muster and inslicc- oSz=4
ton.
Iiy order of Captain CARTER. ~
Il. G. WORTIihM.
" l-uK Orderly Sergeant.
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DIED,

On Thursday morning, June 27th, WILLIAM
EHRErT TYLER. youngest child of Robert ID. and
the late Lucy Jane Tyler, aged four mouths and
twenty days.
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A RTHUa ROONEY, .o.,,,s

IN fURNtftfkE w aRkR(s,Als,
GOVERNOR AND FRANKLiS sth RI,
--latest styles of handsome Na!na. EA
}Clasnber, and Dlnlng- isoom Sefs me toM
P..iu.ed and hsnaiaelita COtGs and otns';
10 tio,erlor and Ia0f RrsnkBh stress
VA. Call before Sois buy my price MI =
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STOCK RATES

Ra,,ucc In favor of the Rrook-
ir, ~ atat r,, ~ '''' s,5a 10 s,s5 ~
is' Nv ''''" i'''>' '
The 1reniIu ddrdntugcous lecture Of tie Brook
,vu In endorsing tho Svrr,udcr Iu,u,s upou Its
49, ~ - ,,,J a,js t, te,, ,,,,s-,,,;i.-
Hoh'iea' 90 "'tf"'e "'" ''''"' ''' g" ~
HcHrS, lns met WITH umI'Etiliicu praise from Inc
most celebrated American actutrics az also from
In. pr,s, North and South.
MA H., ,,I,.,r wr,o,,, ,,, J., ,,,,,,,oJ,ohor IN,
Inc i'"''' '"~'' is"'' ",' !"
greatest Insurance mathematician anu actiary In
America concentrating ihr RrookIyu upou This
1000 mad ,u.,;,,,.,,r c,.,,,, .a,. .,,,,,, o,hnr
M" "'' wv t,''"''' '"s '"''''a ''''''
thli'ES, II am particularly pl':'"h ny your "ci'ft-
urc I'm the right direction from the 0riiaGry mih0d
If cop,,,J;uu m, S,,.r,uyar r,J,,.~ son. ,r ibo
" ,"'e","3 &C." '". ' .' ,',. NV, Y, WV
urdWlEtfkS Oh lie llSil-
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The fact that Congress has made the tax
upon manufactured tobacco o uniform ole
of twenty cents per pound ought to satisfy
every one that that body has not intention
ally done anything to injure either the
growers or the manufacturers Of tobacco.
Bearing this fact in mind, the reader will be
better able to form an unprejudiccd opinion
of the new law than he would be il he were
TO look upon it as the work of an enemy.
We copy SO much Of the new law as our
correspondent wishes to seas follows:
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DRY GOODS.

DIETER READ THiS.-We have on
ID hand very good stock of goods for the season,
and are still getting In something new and chelI,
every few days: and without making any i,iG fuss
about II In the newspapers can sell goods at SmuIi
prqfts alI ask and then sell them lower tha1 those
who sell at cost and less than cost Bctter clIl and
see for yourselves. G.. T, BARBEE, successor Ia
Duckwal L Rouss, No. 500 broad street, Eichnond.
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OATH ALUM SPRINGS,

w ARM SPRINGS. BATH co.'s
W Va, iay" hs'n much improved, ami
| open ON the 18th June. Pamphlets Ia IL,
NcSSr'. t'ol,'nanS Rogers, baltimore rurrI.
| 4 Co. Richuond, ~ III tlm pr"rri"iors.
TERMS: IS r"r III! 500 per month at n
| eight days.
EUEANE. REYNOLDS -
my "T-2m nrnnILrl
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TONEW ALL COUNCIL, No. 7i,
- FRIENDS OFTENTPERANCE-Iou are here
by earnestly requested 10 attcnda regular meeting
ri v"ur Council TO NIGHT promptly at o'clock.
Election and in.tanrnt Of officers aud other I'M
nortaut business demands your attention.
nv order of President.
:. II LANES r. hINST.IE. Secretary.
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RSION SEASONEEHne
IL OPENED rS,srr-. rsssx
FOR OLD POINT, "VUE DE L'EAU" HOTEL
tsEWELL'S POINTl, NORFOLK,
AND PORTSMOUTH.

Excursion tickets are now issued ut Carriers En-
press aud on board steamer 10 either of the above
places and return for 81 ny the James River Stealth
boat Company. Tickets good until used.
Passengers leave here at 81 A. ii. MONDAYS,
WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS.
Their elegant and fast steamer JOHN SYLVES-
TEN is now on this route, with 1irst-cass table and
accommodations.
Connection made ut Norfolk for Cohlis Island.
ie l3-lm j.. Il. TATUM, General Agent
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WOOD-WORKERS' UNION, No. L.
wv There win bc n regular meeting OF this
Union at Monticello Hall TONIGHT at ) O'Clock
business of importance viii come before the meet
ing and full attendance is desired
By order Of the Prcsidcnt , ,i e.,.,rr
iyl-lt& W. IL. liNbb' 't'i''h' =
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sfEErrNGS.a

CT.aALBA ANS ROYAL ARCH f ssysg
NJ CHAPTER, No. s3.-.ffe nstnieTs o. ss.IkE;S
ST. ALBA N Is ROfA1. ARCH CtAf!fEhi ssasIsG3
No. ga are requested to attenl = sta,ed rI.u
comyoc,tion of their Chapter at Vt hiban i1aii
THIS Monday EVENING, July ls. a, .o "a
All Royal Arrh Masons In good stanuihg a'e ii"
ternally invited 10 attend.
BY order of the NJ. T.. IL r e,,.r,
jy i-1t* =. u. JACOibc, EecIcs.n
MASONIC NOTICE.--rhe stated H.
Ifl meeting of II ENnICO UNION LoigiE, w
No. 100, will take place THIS Monday Esh am,
MING; ut o'clock at Masonic Hall. on TwenIy
street Memfers OF sister Lodges ana tr;aia i
brethren In good standing gre frlterlnlly ih'i''u =
hS order % w w WILSON Secretary.
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. PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK,l
=. RICHMOND, VA, June "p, 1877.
yE,HE BOARD OF DIRECTORS W
l. THIS BANK have declared senii-alill'Ial dHl-
drud of FOIrR PER CENT, free from tax, payable
N the holders on and after the 9Th of July next
VIII ". X. QUAELES, Cashier.
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TIME MEMBERS OF SIIOCkOE HILL
l I,JvIsION SONS OF TEMPERANCE are
r,rnIstIy invited TO attend especially those who
have not attended the piyisonl Is , v Gi 1c
Utmost importance An sbarn o'clock.
Nmbcrs of sister divisions cordially inyitGd to at
ted. ""iiN wi, ~, ntri,rc,,
/ Is l-It* N"'toy ..i ''
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M X. AND MRS. j. YANCEY will
4'l ccivc at their residence. near Grrc,wooI
or three fainil as BOARDERS during The
mer. Terms for single month, $50. VIC
.,,..s,, j. YANCEYi
Greenwood Depot, AIirmar!e, n
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HCGEENoT SPRIS
PowiihTAN COUNTY, VA, June |, ls7
THIS CELEBRATED WATER
4 PLACE will bc opened for the accommf
Of visitors on the 18th instant.
Mr. j. NJ. GRAVES. formerly Of For,I's
late of the Dot Springs. will have cIur;rul In
TIC table VIII he abnndan'ly supplied with
dclicaries the market can afford. The B
choice wines and liquors.
TERMS: Sa5 per month. Sl2 per week {. NJ
COMFORTABLE COACHES will meet n
train from Richmond daily AZ Cualiirid a
Richmond and Danvillc railroad. Tickets III
return. Tl.5O.
jc!-lm j. u. FERGUSON. prnrx
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-30

THE SOUTHERN MAGAzlNE.-The Febru.
airy number of this popular magazine fail.
ed to reach us, much to our regret, as j Is
one of our decided favorites. The March
number is before us AMI equals lis prede.
cessors in interest. We miss the quaint
pen Of our friend, Holt, of Natchez, but
his place is occupied by worthy successors,
and what we have read of the present
number impresses us most favorably. Mrs.
Prestons review of the Legends and Ly-
RIGS" of Paul II. Hayne, is very creditable
to her, and just to the Southern poet,
whose illusions, so far as they have come
to our notice, are deserving Of all the praise
she has bestowed upon them. My "Sister
and | is pretty story well told without
prolixity, and ending when the writer got
through with it. The other articles we
have not yet had time 10 read. Again we
call upon our friends throughout the
South 10 sustain this excellent monthly
magazine, greatly superior to most of the
Northern periodicals, with all their pre-
tentious blowings. Send on your S4.00 to
Murdock, Browne Il Hill, Baltimore, Nd,
and get magazine worth reading, free
from cant and immortality.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-30

A CURIOUS IScIDENT.-The fol-
lowing curious incident in the life
Of the present Emperor of Russia, is
related in a recently published biog-
raphy.l One day the lato Emperor
Nicholas hearing a great noise in
the room in the Winter Palace
where the children W IRE playing,
went to see what was the matter
found Constantine holding down
his brother by both knees, and pull
ing with all his strength at the
knot of a cravat which he had tied
around Alexander's throat. Alex
ander.. who was nearly throttled,
was begging for mercy, and his
father camc just in time to save
him. On being asked the meaning
Of this strange scene, Constantine
explained 10 his father that they
were rc-aciing a well-known event
in Russian history-the assassiua-
ton af the Emperor Paul I. Con
stantine was put under arrest for
having attempted to stranglo the
rowiteh, and Alexander was
sent TO prison because he cried for
mercy .isf
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buying Seats in the Sennte.

The Kansas Senators feel the force
OF the grave charges against them
so deeply that they have taken time
by the forelock a5d brought tho
matter before the Senate. If an in
vestigation shall be ordered and
honest men chosen rs committee
there will be story of bribery and
corruption unfolded which will
startle the nation, There arc other
Senators who gained their seas by
similar foul means. 1t will be re-.
membered that Simon Cameron is
believed 10 have purchased u posi-
tion in the chief legislative body of
the country twice. No one pre-
tends to deny that he deliberately
bought the votes of Lcbo. Manner
and Wagonseller, when he defeated
the aspirations Of John ", Forney,
in 1857 and numerous Republicans
newspapers Of Pennsylvania have
charged that he purchased tho seat
he now fills. How many more of
the Radical majority in tho Senate
of the United States owe their seats
to bribery we know not, but in
these days of political degeneracy it
is well understood thatthe mcr,bers
Of States Legislatures hold their
yotes,upon the most important qucs-
tions as a purchasablc commodity.
to be disposed of to the highest bid.
der. Descriptions men afford to
pay a arge sum of money for u seat
in the Senate of tho United States,
and can realize immense profits up.
on the investments thus made. 1t
is we'll understood at Washington
that a number of Radical Senators
have made immense fortunes by the
by the practice of arts which are
utterly inconsistent with an honest
discharge of their political duties
Lancaster, (Pa) hteitigencer.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-30

THE CLOCK OF SANS SoUcI.-It is
related of Frederick the Great, of
Prussia. that going through the re-.
ception-room of his palace at Sans
Souci, he encountered workman
who busted himself to get on top of
q ladder to take down a clock from
the wall, but owing to the smooth
ness Of tho marble floor the ladder
could not be kept firm.
"What art thou doing there, mon
amir" inquired the King. Il am a
Matchmaker answered the work
man, "and l have received orders
from the superintendent of the pal
ACC to repair this clock l have been
trying TO take il down, but cannot
succeed, as the ladder does not stand
firm"
"Ascend tho ladder" replied
the King, "and l viii hold it while
You are at work. This done, the
workman departed with the clock.
On the following morning, the king
was informed the clock in tho recep-
tion-room was stolen. No sooner
had his Majesty heard this, when he
found to his chagrin, that instead,
as he believed, Of assisting a watch
maker, he bad been made the dupe
ofa thief The king at once Issued
an order, saying "Let him run, |
was an accomplice to the theft. p
CkFisfiaH UHi0n.
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To These Ahoutto nl,v,lyy.

My advice is TO marry M quickly
as possible, for mono but those who
are, unhappily, vcrscd in such msr.
ters can be aware of the inanffnlI
minor to say nothing ofaraior,
evl's which II long cngagcnicntT on.
! tails, The position ofan aflinTccd
pair, after II time, becomes Ehbost
ridiculous. Premature coHyu,u-
atlons arc poured forth by Como
ovor'enthusiastic friends. whilNbth.
efs cease to believe in the ronIity of
an ultimate settlement. and bec5m,
suspicious Of the sincerity of your
professions, and almost pcrsonally
aiironted at your delay. Thcm tho
uililcnlty OF sustaining, with nppro.
pirate effect, the character ofan,cn.
gagged man is something enormous.
say nothing of the difficulty
which u lady in that delicate 20
sitron has to encounter, for wo all
know that they experience but lii.
tie difficulty in making themselves
perpotnally agreeable ut least be-
fore marriage; but with regard to
man, think Of the amiabc and
eXcnsdblc deception he is forced to
be guilty of-the real distastc, but
prolessed pleasure, with which he
accompanies "tho beloved object
TO tho festive board of some oppres.
slve family friend, whore, for two
mortal hours at least, he has to sit.
the observed Of all observers, next
to the idol to whom ho has been
paying unceasing devotion for the
greater portion Of the day, and to
whom now he has to make himself
agrccable-having exhausted every
scrap OF news. every conceivable
subject ofconvcrsation! He is afraid
to venture upon any tender aside,
for fear he should be thought silly;
or to keep much to gencralties, for
fear he should be considered slow.
L have, indeed, remarked engaged
couples who nave been content to
sit in blissful silence, wrapped in
contemplation of their approaching
happiness but such state of oui.
escence is rarely observable. and
can scarcely be preserved for an
indefinite period.
One of my earliest rccolections
of such u couple is when they wcro
sitting in this state of tranquil calm,
and forming a very limited hand-in.
hand mutual assurance company of
their own; but their example is
scarcely to be quoted, as the par
tnership was shortly afterward dis
solved forever, and the lady and
gentleman arc at present thousands
OF miles apart, and each belonging
to another firm.
1t is impossible for a man of bus
mess not to sym pathize with an
physician, who informed
hs future wife that he had no time
tor courtship; but that if she would
marry him, and be ready on GER
tain day, he should be happy to
meet her at church and make her
his bride. - Iemple Bar.