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Selfrf Stury.
Whitehall Review.
JACK AND DOLLY.
A DAY IN IRELAND In 1881.

"A DAY In lhELAND In lools
The air is soft and warm, like Spring,
and "the sou.herly wind and the cloudy
sky proclaim a hunting morning" 1t
is breakfast time at Ballyhague, and the
master in his red coat is standing on the
hearthrug. Breakfast comes soon
enough; and with it the post-bag and q
minute later his wife.
"Any letters, Jack ?"
"Here, Dollyr' Captain Trevor tosses
q letter to his wife and then reads bis
own correspondence. Everything about
the house bespeaks comfort and ease.
There is q wide stretch Of park and
woodlands beyond the windows. Capt.
Trevor and his wife are young, comely,
and strong; yet over their faces hangs q
cloud, q something that looks like dread
in Dolly's soft brown eyes, and more
like anger and disappointment on her
husbands stronger features. With her
own letter unopened beside her plate, she
watches him tearing open his envelopes
and glancing at the contents, and the
fear never leaves her eyes for second.
Suddenly across his face sweeps GRIM
son flush, and, muttering something that
is not q blessing, he thrusts letter into
his pocket and attacks his breakfast With
savage energy.
Dolly turns white.
"What is it, Jack9''
sob, nothing J"
"Jack tell me, was it"
Captain Trevor tries to laugh IS be
meets bis wife's eyes, but it is failure,
and he answers hastily: "Ouly another
threatening letter, Dolly. You mustn't
be frightened don't mind them bit. y
But Dolly does. and her lips tremble
II wish you wouldn't 60 out hunting
Jack; it isn't safe. Supposing-"
"You mustn't suppose, Dolly. l mus
have a day with the hounds, and no one
can possibly know am going; beside
I'll come home by different road there
is really no danger, dear, or / wouldn'r
CO."
Take the police with you, them" she
urges, pitifully; but Jack laughs.
"Nonsense They couldn't follow
me across the country, and l assure you
I'm all right"
But there is moody, dissatisfied looh
on bis handsome face, and presently he
burst out: "Hang it all! What beastly
country this is! A fellow can't even 60
ont with the hounds without chance o.
being fred at from behind hedge"
"Jack," she whispers, "what are We to
do, dear ?"
"'Pon my honor, don't know. W.
can't live without the rents, and there
doesn't seem much chance of getting
Them"
"Won't they pay anything ?"
"Only 'Grifith's valuation Iwon't
take that, so I'm to be shot because
want my rent-the rent they paid to my
father and grandfather before me. I'll
deuced hard, but l won't give in"
Dolly looked up at the stalwart si1
feet of manhood, with his flushed fac,
and kindling eyes,and her heart goes on
to him with o great cry. He is her lord
her king, the father Of her children, ant
he is in danger of his life-not from ,
foreign enemy, not from war, but in dan
ger from his own countrymen, the peo
pie he has lived with since he was born
yes, in danger OF being murdered, and
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A BOLD sPECULATOR.
How q Fortune Was Acquired I'm
Thirty Days in the Oil Region.
T;kusvi1lo Horoyd

Titusville Herald.
During the first oil excitement q young
man came to Oil City with but 925; hut
he wore good clothes, bad good edu-
cation and plenty of cheek. After sur.
veying the situation for day or two he
concluded to speculate, and finding .
farmer who bad not yet leased or sold
his land, be represented himself as an
agent for wealthy company, with in
structions to buy up land. The farmer
was rather reluctant about selling, but
finally terms were agreed upon and the
papers were drawn up and signed Twen-
ty dollars were paid down to bind the
bargain: $4,000 were to be paid in 80
Gays and $1,000 more in six months.
He had but IS to meet an obligation OF
$10,0 900, but not desparing he quietly
awaited the completion of q well that
was being drilled near his new purchase.
The well was finished in Eve days after
the sale snd proved to be a good one.
He was offered $4,000 for the farm:
but SIC. 900 clear in five days did not
tempt him to sell. for another we'll was
being drilled on the adjoining farm, and
should it prove to be big producer,
his land would be very valuable. On
the other hand, should it be "duster"
he could not even get as much for the
farm as he had agreed to pay for il.
Still he did not sell, and the time passed
rapidly away. Only few days remain
ed before he would bave to pay 5000,
or the sale would be cancelled. Twenty
eight days had passed and the well was
not down yet, although they expected
to reach the oil rock every hour.
On the night Of the twenty ninth day
he sat up in the derrick with the drill
lers. for they knew they we're within .
few feet of the sand, Midnight came,
and the hands were relieved by another
force His last day was come and was
wearing away, and he knew that the
farmer would not wait one minute longer
than the law required him. for he had
several times been offered large amount
for the land. At2 o'clock the sand was
reached, and the well proved to be the
largest producer yet struck in the new
field. The news Of the new well rapidly
spread, and by noon the next day q
number Of wealthy oil men were on the
ground anxious to secure the adjacent
territory. That day the young man sold
his farm for 81 900 per acre, clearing in
80 days 100000, with capital OF only
S25 to start on.
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4nehp.
WHAT MY LOVER SAID.

By the merest chance, in the twilight gloom,
In the orchard path he met me
In the tall wet grass. with its faint perfume,
And I tried to pass, but he made no room;
OIL tried, but he would not let me,
30 stood and blushed till the grass grew red
With my face bent down above it,
While he took my hand, as he whispering
said
How the clover lifted its pink sweet head,
To listen to all that my lover saidl
Oil the clover in bloom-I love It'll
In the high wet grass weat the path to hide.
And the low wet leaves hung over,
But I could not pass on either side,
For found myself, when vainly tried.
In the arms of my steadfast lover.
And he held me there and he raised my head
While he closed the path before me.
And he looked down into my eyes and said
How the leaves bent down from the bough
o'erhead.
70 listen to all that my lover said,
Oh! the leaves hanging lowly Ger mel
Had he moved aside but little way
! could surely then have passed him,
And he knew never could wish to stay,
And would not have heard what he had to say
Gould only aside have cast him.
twas almost dark and the moments sped,
And the searching night wind found us;
Ruk he droup paarar ~ oofk1,
How the pure. sweet wind grew still instead
To listen to all that my lover said.
Oh! the whispering wind around usl
am sure he knew, when he held me fast,
That must BE- all unwilling,
For tried to go and would have passed.
As the night was come with its dews at last,
And the sky with its stars was filling;
But he olasped me close, when I would have
fed,
And he made me hear his story;
And his soul came out from his lips and said
How the stars crept out when the white moon
led,
To listen to all that my lover said.
Obi the moon and stars in glory!
I know that the grass and the leaves will not
tell,
And I'm sure that the wind, precious rover,
Win carry his secret so safely and we'll
That no being shall ever discover
One word Of the many that rapidly fell
From the eager lips Of my lover.
And the moon and the stars that looked over
Shall never feveal what fairy-like spell
They wove round about us that night in the
dell,
In the path through the dew-laden clover;
Nor echo the whispers th-t made my heart
swell
sAs they fell from the lips of my lover.
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ny-uPrisoner Won are cbaroed With

~"Prisoner, you are charged with
drunkenness" said his Honor. 81 guess
I was" "Have you any excuse ?:' II
have. 1t was on account of my family
troubles" "What were those troubles p
"Well, sir, ! kindly allowed my wife to
earn two dollars by washing, and then
she wouldn't whack up. Such ingrati-
tude so disheartened me that Jew to
drink to drown my SORROWS" He was
given sixty days in which to recover his
foimer cheerfulness. a 81
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WIN. SMITH, JR.,: Proprietor.
~-sr1EG NUN
NOTICE.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOB SALE
SARDIS, MONROE CO., 0.

TWILL OFFER at private sale the follow
i irg named property: Lot No. 4; lot No. Is
ana west half Of lot No. "a, with large
2.story dwelling containing. eight rooms. in
ssod repair, wash hcuss, stable aud other
-eut buildings; good cistsrn on the premises,
Also, one store house aud grauary situate on
iet no. 10. JOS. RICHARDSON.
. may s,'sim2.
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Farming and Timber Lands
for Sale.

TlIvR or six farms and two or three timber
n lets near Stewart, on the MARIETTA and
Cincinnati B. B. in Athens County, Ohio
The timber is No. l timber and good land.
The farms are in good repairs and hare good
crops of wheat growing. The land Is all
fresh, and is No. l tobacco land. Good wa.
ter. schools and churches handy. For sale
low on reasonable terms. For further par
ticulars enquire Of
J. A. PLUMRR, Agent,
mch2s 80 Marietta, Ohio.
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L. p. FARQUHAR. M. d.
formerly Of Zanesyille, Ohio,l

Physician and Surgeon,
Once and residence in the Walton property,
WOOD SFI Ell D, o H 10.
Having located at the above place, offers his
Professional services, where he hopes BY
close attention to business to merit public
confidence and patronage.
Chronic Diseases viii receive specisl
attention. may4,.bY
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

THIN undersigned, having been appointed
/ Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to ill Pensioners Blanks. admin
is.sr Oaths, take Depositions, acknowledge
Deeds. Mortgages. and other instruments Of
writing. JOHN JKFFBRS.
sprls, ,'76y 3sallsvills. Monroe Co. Ohio
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Why don't you try Carter's Little Liv.
er Pillsp They are positive cure for
sick headache, and all the ills produced
by disordered liver. Only one pin q
dose.
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A young lady hopelessly insane in the.
Middletown IN ~ Asylum is worth
"a ,O0O, 600 in her own name.
Women that have been bedridden for
years have been entirely cured OF female
weakness BY the use. Of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Send to
Mrs. Lydia E. Piukham, 233 Western
Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets.
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DR.. i. w A Y.
Physician and Surgeon,
ELM COVE, Washington 7P, Monroe
County, Ohio.
All calls promptly attended to, during the
day or night. feb2S'6s.
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DIR, A. M. COVERT.
Physician and Surgeon,
Antioch. Monroe Co.. .OhlO.
mayll ,'sor.
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DIR. .. l.. STEWARD.
Physician and Surgeon,

MILTONSBURG, OHIO.
AL calls promptly attended during the day
or night Office one door south Of Stout's
Hotel aprl3, '80Yl.
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PHYSICIANS,
w.. EO 8 + Il r., m. ID.
Physician and Surgeon,
Malaga, Monroe County, Ohio.
july /, 1871.

ID R. b. ID Il N u i Il .
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
BEALLSyILLB, OHIO
l 09es in fss ARMSTRONG properly.
apfSo, ,'78Y.
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as he did, for it was a slap in the face
to his friends in the Senate. But if he
means by this resignation to show his
intention to abandon his relations with
a corrupt party he was right, and what
ever partissns may say Of him, or how
ever he NAV derange the plans Of mere
spoiIemen, if this was the meaning Of
his resignation the public win stand by
him and open q wider career for him.
Mr.. Conkling has never been accused Of
political corruption. He has the enmity
of the railroads and other corporate
rings. He is somewhat unmanageable
politician-what the public justly con.
plans of is that some, indeed many
others in the republican party, are but
too plant too ready to serve private in.
terests at the expense and to the loss Of
the people.
While the sages Of Albany are busy
therefore, and anxiously putting theil
heads together to plan compromise
which shall in some way save theil
chances for continued spoliation ans
miseovernment, the public looks on will
disgust and the belief and hope that nc
arrangement is possible. 1t begins t.
be understood that all such compromise
will compromise only the public inter
ests and that the general welfare can b.
served only by continuance of the civi
war which has begun to rage among th,
army of spoilsmen. Let it 60 on by al
means. This quarrel should be welcom
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-03-25

The sun peeps DER the eastern heights.
And nature wakens at his glance.
In rosy riffs the frowning clouds
Are parted hy lsis slisisais,,r iup~es
The hills that crouched against the sky,
Like grim and ghastly ghouls Of night,
In dazzling splendor mount aloft,
To meet the coming Of the light
The sylvan tresses, dark and damp.
That clung around the mountain brow.
In golden glory falling down,
With radient beauty clothe it now.
The stream takes on a blushiug face.
And ripples on in glad unrest,
While weeping willows, bending low.
Drop brilliant pearls upon its breast.
The sober cattle on the slope,
That through the night had drowsy lain
With msek-eyed homage greet the dawn.
And grassy lowlands seek again.
From leafy depths Of tangled copsc.
The featherod tribes fit out their wavs.
And opening wide the gates Of song.
Flood all the air with tuneful praise.
The notified lark calls to his mate
While poised above the tasseled corn.
Awake awake my love, awake
And hail the birth of tn infant morn.
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MARYLAND NOTES.

Tho reported lynching of Frank j.
Wright, of Washington, son OF Isaac
Wright of Westminster, extensively
published weeks ago, proves to be in
correct, though the report came from
source that was so reliable that the
young mans family and friends all had
full belief in it.
Governor Hamilton has appointed
Hon. John Richie, of Frederick, to sue
ceed Judge Bowie as chief Judge of the
Sixth Circuit, and as a member of the
Court of Appeals.
The peach trees in Sassafras Neck and
along the bay ar [ tributaries in Cecil
county have not been injured by the
frost, and there is every prospect of a
good crop.
The measles are prevalent on Taylor's
Island, Dorchester county. The disease
is not confined to the juvenile popula-
tion alone, but the adult population is
also afflicted with it,
On the 18th instant some of the stu
dents of Washington College, hear Ches-
mated in the partition between tworooms
in the west building, and succeeded in
putting it out. This is the fourth time
that fire has occurred in pretty nearly
the same place.
Affairs in Cumberland regarding the
crossing difficulty between the Baltimore
and Ohio and the PennsylvanIa ralirolss
n, NTar-yIand s,orl1nin in statu quo ~
The point of crossing the Baltimore anu
Ohio have seven cars posted and the
track obstructed with heavy stones
Both roads have special officers on duty
at the spot
The iewelry store of B. S. Gitt, of
Union Bridge, was broken into by
thieves and robbed Of between twelve
and fifteen hundred dollars worth OF
tewelry.
Mr.. Herman Stump, ST., Of Hartford
county and the uncle of Hon. Henry W.
Ac her, and also of Hon. Herman stump,
Jr.. president of the State Senate, died
in the SD year of his age.
Hon. d. G. H. Emory, exjudge OF the
Circuit Court for Baltimore county, died
at Lutherville, March 19, aged seventy
three years
The Crisfeld Leader predicts great
scarcity Of crabs this spring. The rive1
shore is strewn with dead crabs, and 1t
/ is therefore concluded that it will be
late in the season before they become
plentiful again.
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XLVIIth CONGREss--spcciaI Session.


SENATE
MAR. 15-In the United States Sen
ate the resolution of Mr. Voorhees,,
offered on Monday, calling on the Attor-
ney General for certain information rel
ative to deputy United States marshals
at the elections in Indiana last October
was agreed to. Mr.. Pendleton called
up his resolution relative to the reorgan-
/ ization of the Senate, but seeing that the
\ RePuOlieans were inclined TO delay
action, moved an adjournment, which
was carried at 1870 p. NJ.
MARCH 16-The Senate was in session
for about an hour The Republicans
endeavored to have an adjournment i'm
mediatelv after reassembling, but this
the Democrats refused to allow. The
reorganization resolution was called up,
and during a short debate on 1t Mr..
Groome urged the Republicans to allow
the appointment Of committees at once,
The Republicans declined, and moved to
60 into executive session. This was
negatiyed by the Democrats Malone
voted with the Republicans. Mr.. Beck
/ Dem, KY then stated that the wisest
4 course for his party to pursue would be
to yield to the Republican majority, and
moved an amendmentw which was adopted.
MAR. 1S.-In the United States Sen
ate, a resolution organizing the standing
committees on a republican basis was
adopted, the vote standing 81 to 81, Mr.
Malone voting with the republicans,
and the e-President then casting the
deciding vote. A resolution was also
adopted, by a vote of 81 to 80, organic
ing the special committees on a repub-
lican basis.
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The Rooster and the Rat.

The Portsmouth (N. H. Chronicle
mentions a rooster that did something
to prove his right to crow:
Mr.. Gard. OF Fort Point. NeYeastle; s.,,tl,s
chickens, and rooster which weighs
ten pounds and two ounces, the master
of the coop and the hens favorite. One
morning this feathered Mormon was
placidly Watching his numerous family
eat their breakfast, when large rat
darted out of place of concealment
and snatched up a chicken. Before the
plunderer could make his escape he was
seized by the rooster, and firmly held
until thoroughly killed by two old
mother-hens, which furiously attacked
him the moment he was caught by their
husband. None of the fowls We're hurt
in the melee.
After the rat was killed the old rooster
dropped him, and then. walking sew
eral times around the vanquished foe,
sagaciously examining him out of one
eve all the while, finally mounted the
body, clapped his wings, gave three
loud crows, and walked off to keep
his wives out of mischief. The rai
weighed three and one-half pounds attel
the fowls had got through with him.
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TO think she bad allowed this man tc
make q fpese plnythip0 Of her ~ tlirt
J 81 h1ftt rrueiiv neglected the no1,Ie
0taacd ~, ld Carge for the sake q
", ginpty Sc. ~ Aartles< fop Foi
insane. She rushed from the house
into the darkness Of the night and made
her way tsgthe river. Why should she
not end it there? She had lost Arnold.
she had been Tilted and sneered at bv
the hne gentleman lodger; she would
be the laugh of the village. Had she
committed an act of dishonor such rs
stamps women as bad in the worlds
eyes, she could not have thought worse
If herself.
She stood on the towing-path, and
prepared to take a fatal plunge.
Heaven forgive me" she sobbed
forth. " Arnold, Arnold, forgive NV
cruelty; think kindly of me when I am
gone"
As these words escaped her lips she
sprang forward, but in that same mo.
ment strong arm held her back from
what would have added a crime to her.
comparatively speaking, trivial folly.
Clara what, in Heavens name
would you do p exclaimed her rescuer
and IN the sound of his voice she learn
ed that Arnold Carew was with her n
the hour of her despair.
A week later Mr. Cox left the village.
During that week, however, Clara Moore
never set eyes upon his face again.
Hls conduct deserved what he did not
5et-a good horse-whipping; but at the /
same time 1t taught our heroine lesson
hat pretty and humble village maid |
sns may take to heart, viz, not to as
pa, PIE to the dignity of becoming grand |
young swell halSl,enss 10 ~ ;ts,s's,anse |
'csa. 4 s a wnle those peNflemen ars
zoo selfish, ana too great slaves of con
'entlonality, to marry out of their own
set, unless it be for heaps of money"
A year later Arnold Carew was mar /
led to Clara Moore, and a better wife /
never lived than she who was known as
The Village Belle"
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NO. 80.

/ Official acknowledgements by Russia Of
Ameflcas sympathy.--A London de-
spateh says that the late Car had finally
aetermlned IN sfrrniag a representative
go Fninent 'ttcmps. wsrs 4is-
vJysr6d IL bloa N-s-s+4., -, u. -..l,l...s
London, the official residence of the
Lord Mayor. policeman found boy
containing fifteen pounds of gunpowder
IN which was lighted fuse. The au-
tho1tles have placed extra guards at
Parliament House and at all 1ublic
buildings, and have offered a large re-
ward for the arrest of those who execut-
ed the plot. Sir Charles Dixie, in the
House of Commons stated that the
charges Of fraud made 10y Prof Hind
regarding the Fishery award, were IN
worthy of any attention. The latest
news from Africa is favorable for
peaceful solution of the troubles with
the Beers.
Dispatches from St Petersburg in.
dlcate that a commission will be an.
pointed at an early day to perfect
scheme Tor representative government in
hussla. religious monument is TO be
erected on the spot where the Gar was
aSsasslnated. Roussakoil, the assassin.
confessed, and implicated number of
ms confederates, wi o have been arrested.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has is.
sued an Imperial circular to all Russian
'onsuls and ministers in foreign coun-
tries, defining the policy Of the new
Emperor, which, it is stated, will be
peace with all nations and the rapid de
yelopment of internal improvements.
The Arms bill was passed bv the House
Of Lords yesterday. The Turkish pro
posals regarding the Greek frontier have
been rejected 10y the ambassadors. The
,.rniAtsce with the Beers hf.4' lsccra OK
t....,As-fi 'ass,sl che 2iet inst. 'rlasrss ~.
grave doubts Ni-sther the Beors will
- y. 1T the terias of peace offered by
Great Britain
The peasants are to be specially IA
vored by the intended reforms in 5ssis-
sia The preliminary inquiry into She
murder of the Gar has been concluded.
Three men and one woman will be put
On trial before the special tribunal Ii
S said that Russakoh, who threw the
irst shell, is being tortured. Further
lrrests of parties implicated have been
nade.-The news from Turkey is omin-
'us of Negotiations between the
British and the Beers are still in pro
sress. A large lot of arms has been
eized by the Austrians in a mosque at
}anJaluka, Bosnia Reports of French
abinet crises are rife-A meeting is
allied for July 1 III London to recon
titute the Workingmen's International
Association.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

A Nihilist proclamation has been DIS
covered by the police in st. Petersburg,
which warns the new Gar that the work
of assassination is to be continued. A
duplicate of the bombs by which the
Emperor was killed was found on Rous-
koff's person. 1t was enclosed in zinc,
contained all sorts of explosive materials
and weighed six and three.quarteer
pounds. Dispatches from Berlin state
that the assassination was beyond any
doubt done under orders from the " In
ternational Society for the Murder OF
Monarchs and Overthrow of Govern
ments." United States Minister Foster
al st. Petersburg, has telegraphed the