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Under the blue of the mid-May sky, luder the shadow of beech and lime, Watching cloud-shallops drifr Idly by. Free from the thraldom of fate anil Ume; Lulled by the murmur of breeze and stream, Twitter of aougHter, flutter of spray, That sweetly blend with the walking dreatu, And whisper one magical word alw.ty; Held by the spell of au exquisite face, A voice that la dearer thau all thiugs dear, Ah, but the world Is a fairy plsee lu the b.ooiu of the heart, the May of the year! Sitting alone in the waning light, lu the dead November's leaden dearth, Watching the mists rise ghostly watte, And bleud lu the shadows ami quench the earth; Musing for ave on the might-have-been- Sweet might-have-been that tuay uot te ! The tender hopes *ud the faueies green That faded and fluttered from life a fair tree ; Haunted alway by a vanished face, A voice that Is hushed in the midnight drear, Ah, but the world Is a weary place In the gloom of the heart, the gray of the year! A DUPLEX ACCEPTANCE. * Young Sclviilge came of a father who hal always looked out fr himself most industriously, but who, having always lived in a poverty-stricken village, left his son little but good advice when he died, ilia advice made up by repetition what it lacked in quantity; it was simply this : "It is eusier to marry money thau to earn it." The young man, like a dutiful sou, rolled his father's favorite precept over and over iu his mind, and the more he thought of it the better he liked it, for he could not help seeing that in his native town of Pumpville, at least, money was so hard to earn, that no other way of getting it oould be harder. Most of the currency in circulation came from the Big Penis pump faciory, and the workmen were so poorly paid that when they came to spend - part of their scanty wages at the store iu which young Selvidge was sole clerk, they bought iu such small quantities and hesitated so long over each purch se j that Selvidge had to work yery hard for his small salary. Selvidge did not wait until his father's death to act upon the old gentleman's injunction ; indeed, he began long be fore, with his father's assistance, to cul tivate the acquaintance of young women who had money or prospects, and it was by his father's advice that Selvidge, instead of learning the parental trade of blacksmithing, had become a clerk in a village stk re, and thus placed him self where he might frequently see the young women of the vicinity in great variety, without subjecting r himself to expense or even loss of time! As Selvidge was not bad looking and wore better fitting clothes thau am i tef..ttui well enough, but as none of them exact ly answered his purpose, he careiully abstained from love-making. Many ol the daughters of farmers and miilhauds were buxom and pretty, and a few were clever, but on the short list in winch Selvidge had included the name of every girl who had any money, or could hope to have any, there was not a name tluat represented five thousand dollars, and although five thousand dollars is not to be sneezed at, Selvidge had set his heart on a much larger sum. He had almost made up his mind to change his base of operations and go to New York, which the two or three thousand dollars realized from the sale of his father s property would enable him to do in fair style, when an unex pected chance fell in his way. Old Perris, the sole owner of the Pumpville pntnp factory, had an only dauguter, who, thanks to the laziness, luxury and indulgence peculiar to the families ol rich men who are rather coarse-grained and vulgar, changed in a single year from a school girl in short dresses to a full-blown young woman, who scarcely knew what to make of the change and had no one at home to inform her— Mrs, Perris beiug an invalid whose only treatment for any unexpected state of affairs was to fret at it. So Miss Perris, as people began to call the young woman who a year before had been merely little Kate, did about as she pleased. There was no bad com pany in the village for her to fall njto, for her father did not allow her to as sociate with the village people except at school and in church, and tnere was no •'set" of young people who could give evening par ies lor the sole purpose of dancing and flirtation. There were no young men in the vicinity whom her father would have allowed to visit her, even had he realized that at fifteen years a girl may be something more tliuh a child. Miss Perris was, therefore, thrown upon her sell for all her diversions, and sue sometimes grew desperate over her inability to use up her time. She read a gre.it many novels, selected by herself, which increased her trouble rather than diminished it; slie drove her ponies lunously about tiie country roads, set the family servants by the ears so fre quently tnat they had to be changed every month or two, dressed expensive ly and in shocking taste, and made of herself the stock topic of conversation and joke among tne mill hands and their wives. As the store in which Selvidge was clerk was the only one in the village that kept any of the small dress goods and little things that even the poorest women imperatively demand, Miss Perris sud denly began to do a great deal of shop- I ping ; ana at the same time Seividge be j gan to notice that Kate had ceased to be i a little girl. He hesitated a long time before adding her name to his list of can didates for the position of wife, for the awe in which he had been taught to hoi J old Perris and his money was not easy to ovtrconie. Gradually, how ever, he began to notioe that Miss Perris, while discussing possible articles I of purchase, sometimes looked more at him than at the goods. This was inueed unexpected luck; instead of falling in love with money and having to labor hard for his end, money was falling in love with him, ' and doing almost ail the work. Sel vidge did not forget that it was old Perris, and not the daughter, who had V MILLIIEIM, PA., Til USD AY, SEPTEMBER 28,1882. the money ; but he determined that if he could secure the daughter lie could afford any amouut of effort to gain the consent of the father. Naturally Solvidgo wtw impatient, but he was also discreet, so he did not jeopardize his prospects by uudue haste One day, however, when Miss Perris was aim essly handling some g H*lM that she had been looking at, she'mixed them so inextricably that she had some trouble in rearranging them. Sclvidge hastened to assist her, and wheu his hand met hers under the folds of the material, he did not resist the tempta tion to indulge in a little squeeze. As the hand was warm and toft, and its owner showed no iueliuatioh to with draw it, Sclvidge continued to hold it. Suddenly, after a quick glance at the door, he withdrew it and kissed it, Kate gavo liiui a shy look, without a bit of reproach in it, from under her upper eyelashes, and this so embolden ed him that he leaned across the counter and kissed the youug lady's cheek. The counter would have been too wide for such an operation had not Kate considerately helped the young man by leauiug slightly toward him. Then, with cheeks aglow, Belvnlge looked ardently into the face that was of deeper crimson than his own, and murmured— | ''Forgive me, my darling, but I couldn't help it, for I have long loved you—oh, so long !" Kate was uot equal to the situation, for she said, with downcast eyes : "I guess I've loved you, too; I've only just fouud it out. But what will fatli' r say ?" "Don't tell liirn, my precious oue," replied Selvidge quickly. Leave mt to do that, at the proper time." Kate promised, and then, rather frightened, left the store, but not until Selvidge, leaping over the counter, had followed her aud given her a close embrace and several kisses behind one of the front doors, which, by the merest accident, of coarse, Kate partly closed by touching it witli the toe of her boot. During the fuw weeks that followed, the course of love ran smoothly though secretly. Tiie couple met daily at the store, aud occasionally in the Perris garden at an hour that should have louud Kate asleep iu bed. But the young man's prospects were rudely alighted one night, when old Perris, unable to sleep on account of the heat, left his bed and strolled in stocki lged feet, and with a pipe in liis mouth, about his garden. Au unusual appear once of a shaded rustic seat tiiut at tracted his attention proved, on in - vestigation, to be due to Selvidge, with the head of Kute piilowed conlid- Wgly on his breast. Then there was a orew, •Aiinuwe 1 ' bir.valfec uad made an humbly apology, in which Ue took all the blame to lnmself, and Uad also promised to leave the towu at ouoe and forever, old Perris kindly giving him a thousand dollars with whicn to set himself up as a village mercnant somewhere else. Selvidge departed, without saying good-bye to his employer, within, twen ty-four hours, but not before he had bribed one of the Ferris servants to give Kate a letter containing Horn! piotestations of eternal devotion; it ulso coutained his photograph and his address, which he had determined should in future be at New York. Within a week, old i'erris suddenly took Kate off for a trip, the uuannounc • ed destination of which was a country boarding-school where the espionage was reported to be very strict. But a fortnight did not elapse before, in spite of sly father and strict school principal, the lovers were exchanging letters that bore double or treble postage. Arrived at New York, Selvidge did not make haste to go into business for his capital—now about $4,000 —was too small to enable him to buy an in terest in any tirni strong enough to command the respect of old Perris in the good tune that Selvidge assured himself must oome sooner or later. On the other hand, he aould afford to live well and keep up appearances; and as aDy well-dressed adventurer of passable manners can readily find his way into some New York sets that-contain many respectable people, Selvidge soon found himself in a grade of society where all the gentlemen wore dress coats w hen making evening calls. Then it struck this discreet fellow that it might be well to have two strings to his bow. Kate was a darling, and must be her father's heir ; but sup pose she were to die, or the old man were to fail hopelessly, as he saw some New Yorkers of high standing doing? To think was to act, so after tkilllully informing himself about the young ladies in nis set, belviige began to pay special attention to Miss Florence Wernton, who was the reputed beiioss, iu her own right, of one of the hand somest estates in Western New York. Miss Florence was the counterpart ol Kate in almost every respect; she was slight, sentimental and retiriug ; but as she had a heart and had not an accepted lover, she soon succumbed to Beividge's attentions, while the young man, who never before nad met a lady of her kind, really lost the heart which he had given to Kate ; so he declared his love. He more than hinted that there was a temporary obstacle to their union, but there was just enough mystery about this to bind the sentimental girl more closely to him. Meanwhile he was not neglecting any promising opportunities to pick up any lortune that might be had before mar riage. He went West to look at a mining adventure tnat promised well, and some letters that were forwarded to him went astray, so when he re turned to town he was greatly aston ished and disappointed to find that Florence and her mother had left the boarding house iu which they had lived, and no one at the house could tell where they had gone. Before he could inquire elsewhere, however, he was delighted by a letter from Kate, who said that ner father had settled $50,000 on iier in order to reconcile her to Loardmg-fchool life, but the school was horrid, the principal a tyrant, and fosrself—she simply could live no longwitliout him. "And she sit," said Selvidge vigorously to him. Within half au hour he had aured her letter by proposing an ehuont. Forty eight hours later he rectd a reply warmly aeceptiug his praitiou, and saying that Kate would at him at the angle of the Plum YalliFemale Seminary grounds that was rked by a huge elm tree, the time to hue following Sun day night and the lr midnight. Selvidge was sily beside himself with joy, yet he tended strictly to business. He reaal a town not far lrorn Plum Valley 1 Friday evening, and took with him young preacher of his acquaintance—to of the sancti monious young lows, without a parish, who infest liety, aud are as ready for a ohanoj-ib as any iin- pecuuious burgh' Ou Sunday evening he hired aarriage with four seats, and he and t preacher went out for an evening dri, the ground hav ing first been icoooitred by dayligli\ Tne carriage btopjl a few huudred yards from the stiuary, which was on the outskirts of e village, aud Set vidge piocejded ou<jt and Alone. Ar rived at tne elm U, Selvidge softly whistled a bar or t\> of "Empty is the cradle," which was he signal agreed uj>on. lusta.tly u jure enveloped in a waterproof cloak merged from be hind the hedge, and well-known voice ejaculated, "Aly darling!" Selvidge was aboino clasp his fifty thousaud-dollar lovewheu another fig ure, also draped u a waterproof, emerged and exclaim!. "My darlfng J" In the voice of thoecond figure Sel vidge recognized the cceut of Florenoe, but before he had tiin to think about his situation, tweur more girls in waterproof rapidly apeared before him, and exclaimed in chuus: "/<rn'f he a darling" '"Kate—Florence !'gasped Selvidge, "what does this mead*" "It means," said late, "that when you make love to two;irls at the same time you ought to kn-w better than to select two pupils of tie same boarding school." Kate emphtsixed this injunc tion with a smart bhw at Selvidge's ear, and at the same time Floreuce's small hand fell with geat weight upon the other ear. Then both girls fell back and the whole pirty began to pelt the discomfited man with eggs, which, tuutigh not stale, were harder and stick ier than Selvidge hal ever imagined that auy kind of eggs could be. F*l Time to Europe. who love European travel but uess ana rmneau voyage, with its seasick tied to learu that trsamcea, will be grati gurated which when completed wnfsubm l * lilt sea voyage from heie to Liverpool uaarly one-half and reduce the time a*>out one-third. The plan seems to be entirely feasible and does not involve,as one might <tt first suppose, some cheap Yankee meth od of compressing the Atlantic Ocean into naif its present compass, but simply pro poses to utilize the whole amouet of prac ticable laud transportation, leaving to be cotnoa&wd by the steamship voyage only the distance from the eastern point of New foundland to Gal way, Ireland, which is about 1,640 uiues. A company has lately been organized called the Great American and European Short Line Railroad Company. It propo ses to utilize routes already in existence from New York and Boston to Oxford, Nova Scotia. A new line seventy miles in length is already under contract to com plete the connection to the Strait of CADSO waich is to be bridged, and one hundred aud twenty miles of new road built from there to Cape North, the eastern extremity of Cape Breton Island. A steam ferry is to be a link in the chain across the Straits ot St. Lawrence, a distance of fifty-six miles to the west coast of Newfoundland, from which point a railroad 320 miles in length across Newfoundland will complete the route. On the European side the rail and ferry connections from Gal way to Liverpool are already co i plete. Tuere is very liitle doubt but this enterprise is des tined to prove a success, as the company 19 amply able to carry out its designs and has already procured the necessary char ters and has part of the line under con tract, When it is completed they propose to run a daily line of steamers each way, so that persous desiring to go to or come from Europe can start on any given day and will not need to be delayed for the suilrng of a first-class vessel, as Is often the case at present. The company expect to have the road completed in less than 5 years. The advantage of this route are two fold —the lesseuing of the tune requiaed tor the trip aud its consequent discomforts, and the avoidance of the daugers of the coast from New York to Newfoundland during the stormy seasons. When this route is completed a considerable more than one-third ot the present distance to Europe uiay be compassed in a palace car and the ocean trip reduced to lour days or less. A trip to Europe will then be hardly more thaa a journey to Omaha or New Orleans. Doepnea Sounding. It is claused that, for oidirary purposes of navigation while a ship is at full speed, Sir William Thompson's new apparatus for deepsea sounding has proved its pecu liar superiority. In its construction a glass tube filled with air is hermetically sealed at the top, but open at the bottom, and prepared with red prussiate of potash, It is placed in a brass tube, closed at the bot tom, but allowed the free ingress and pressure of water from above- The brass iube is partially filled with sulphate of iron, and wherever this comes into con tact with the interior of the glass tube it turns into a Prussian blue. The pressure of the water compresses the air, forcing the sulphate of iron up the glass tube ac cording to the depth to which it descends. The gliss tube, part of which retains its o.igiual color, Is then measured on asca'e, and thus the depth of the sounding is in d ax-d Trust not the polished stone or smooth-tongued stranger, both ar , ippery. A National Rogues' Gallery. The headquarters of the Secret Di vision of the Treasury Department is one of the most interesting places for sight-seers in Washington. The "rogues' gallery" will serve well to entertain the visitor for au hour. On the walls hang portraits of most of the noted counter feiters who have l>oen detected, the collection numbering about 2.000. In one corner of the room stands a large safe in which is stored SBOO,OOO in spur ious money. Near the safe is a press UHed by Charles Uhlrich, an ingenious German who thought it easier to make counterfeit plates, thau turn an hones* penny, though lie was a skilled artist and could command a handsome income almost anywhere. ; A curious article rests upon Uhlrich's press. It is a miniature representation of the old bell and tower of Indepen dence Hail, from which was rung oat the decree of liberty in 1776. It is made from redeemed greenbacks after they have been destroyed and converted into paper, the structure representing about a million dollars. Among the pictures desplayed is that of Hal leek, who robbed the Treasury cash room of $47,000. He was employ ed iu the cash room, aud by making a false package for the Adams Express Company he was enabled to extract the money from the building. Another picture is that of Bixley, the counter- Liter, who Beveral times succeeded in evading the law. When 'captured no money could be found upon him, but one of the officers noticed the peculiar look of a OAH3 the prisoner carried, and on examining the stick it was found to be hollow and filled with bad coin. Other portraits were those of tlie Rev. Dr. Thomas and his wife, who for a time too successfully carried on their operations ; Bailey, the only man who ever made a good imitation of the paj>er on which money is printed; Brodwell, on whom was captured 1.000 counter feit s*2s notes of the Spanish Bank of Cuba; Doyle, Brockwav, the priuce of counterfeiters, and Smith, the engraver, the famous trio whose counterfeit 81.000 bond is so neatly done that it is almost impossible to tell it from the original. M' at counterfeit gold pieces are made of platinum. The value of a $5 piece made of this metal is 84.60, the coun terfeiter only realizing 40 cents for his labor. The manner of making couuter plaater take * block of cast of the genuine coin in the" and after binding the pieces together make a hole on one side through which to pour in the metal. When this is finished, a thin sheet of silver is pressed upon it, and after putting on the serrat ed edge, the work is completed. Most counterfeit silver money is made of brass, which produces a good ring, and a counterfeit fifty-cent pieoe of this kiud weighs nearly the same as genuine coin. A specimeu of fine work done with a p>en and ink is a twenty-dollar bill, the difference between it and the genuine note being so small that a non expert could not detect it. Another in teresting exhibit is some raised money. The V on a five-dollar bill has been carefully scraped off, the "fifty" stamp ou a cigar box nealty pasted on, and in some way the whole bill changed. Most of this class qf work is done by Chinese counterfeiters, and their photographs occupy considerable space in the gallery. A raised check which hangs upon the wall attracts considerable attention. The original was a check on the Third National Bank of New York for $451. All of the writing except the signature was removed by acids and the amount changed to $26,968.75. The check was presented at the bank and paid. The plates, by which any fifty-dollar bill in issue can be counterfeited, are also shown. A Corner Ornament. A pretty ornament for the corner of a room is made of three ebony shelves, or three shelves that have the appearance of being ebony, because of a little ebony railing at the back of each shelf. To each of these shelves a narrow lambre quin is attached. A handsome set of these shelves has a lambrequin, five inches deep, of drab satin ; on this is painted a spray of violets, with leaves and stems ; the bottom in fringed ont for an inch, the lambrequin is tacked to tho shelf, and the tacks are concealed by a velvet ribbon, on which is worked a Grecian pattern in shaded yellow silk. A dot is worked in the centre of each square. The next shelf ha? a lambre quin of old gold satin, on this is painted a spray of scarlet and white dowers with delicate foliage. The edge is fringed, and the top finished with rib bon ; but instead of the Grecian pattern use other fancy stitches. On the bot tom shell put a cardinal satin lambre quin of the same depth and style and finished in the same way as the others Daisies and grasses are pretty for the painting. Velvet may be substituted for the satin, and silk embroidery for painting. If velvet is used, a tiny gilt oord, or braid, should be used for a heading; it must be broad enough to cover tho tack. The shelves, unless they are ebonized wood, should be cov ered with black silk. Tlie Ghost* of Rod Creek. To the northward of Mississippi city and its neighbor, Handsboro, there ex tends a track of pine forest for miles with but few habitations scattered through it. Black and Red creeks, with their numerous branches, drain this re gion into the Pascagoula river to the eastward. With the swamps of the Pascagoula river as a refuge, and the luxuriant and unfrequented bottoms of the Red and Black creeks to browze upon, there are few choicer spots for deer. Knowing this fact, a small party of gentlemen, on the day before a crisp cold Christmas, started from Handsboro in a large four-wiieeled wagon for a thirty-mile drive into the wilderness of pine and a week's sport after the deer. The guide was Jiin Caruthere, a true woodsman, and the driver a general tactotum, a jolly negro named Jack Lyons, than whom no one could make a better boe-eake or cook a venison steak. His laugh could be beard a quarter of a mile, and his good-nature was as ex pansive as the range of the laughter. The usual experiences of a hunting camp were heartly enjoyed during the first days of this life out of doors; but its cream did not rise until about the fifth night, when, from familiar inter course, Jack Lyons became loquacious, and after the day's twenty or twenty five-mile walk, would spin yarns in front of the camp fire, wliich brought forget fulness of fatigue. The night before New Years was in tensely cold. Ttie cold north wind of the afternoon had subsided at sunset, and only a gust now and again touched the musical leaves of the pines, making them vibrant with that mournful score of nature's operas which even maestroe have failed to catch. In front of two new and white tents two spertsmen reclined at length within reach of the warmth of the fire, while opposite them rested at ease the guide and the worthy Jack Lyons. Wearied with the day's chase four etaucli hounds—Ringwood, Rose, Jet and Boxer—were dreaming of a future quarry. The firelight brought out in bright re lief the trunks of the tall pines like cathedral oolnmns, and sparking through the leafy dome overhead the scintillat ing stars glistened with a diamonp brightness. A silence which added its influence to the scene rested about the borders of the creek below, and gave more effect to the story of the veteran -yd<y than perhaps it otherwise would have 44 If de deer run down de creek," saia old Jack smacking his lips over a care fully prepared brewing of the real Cam bolton punch, 44 wese boun to see fun to-morrer, for dey'll take us down thar by do old Gibbet's place. In daylight dar's no place like it, but after nightfall, you bet you wouldn't catch dis niggar d&r." Old Jack was naturally asked why he didn't care abont visiting the Gibbet's place at night. Asking to be excused until he filled his pipe, the silence was unbroken until his return. He piled on more pine knots and commenced. 44 Yu' kno' gemmen, dat when de gun. boat was in de sound we folks had to travel way back byar on dese roads ont un de range of dere big guns. I was gaged by Mr. Harrison in hauling salt from de factory at Mississipi City, oa de beach ober to Moblie, an' I had been making a trip every week or so. Dis back country road was neber thought ob by de federals, an' we bad good times along de way, no shells and no shootin'. '•De nite, gemmen, I's speakin' of was a Friday dat yous all know is un lucky. Well, you see, I . hitched up Be hue and Rose in de lead an' ole Fox an' Blossom at de pole, an' takes in de biggest load ob salt dat team eber car ried. I starts out an' crosses de Biloxi riber at Hansboro just as de moon was goin' down. Yes, boss, dese roads woren't no better den dan now, an' de rain had made 'em mighty rough when yer comes to de holes. "I sat in de seat whistlin' 'De Cows is in de Pea Patch,' and a thinking of Sarah Jamison, what was afterwards my wife, when I felt de off fore wheel go •kerseush !' in a hole up to de hub. I'd made 17 mile out of Hansboro. I did some cussin', anl den went to de fence about 20 yards off" and took out a rail to pria 3 up de wLeel. Den I saw I was at Mi - ter Gibbet's place. I try and try on a j de wheel, but no go; so I sez to myself, I'll go on up to de house and get old Mr. Gibbet to give me a turn. I had done gone by dyar two weeks afore and seed de old man. "Now, gemmen. yer listen to me, for what l'se tellin yer is as sure as Jinny'U blow de horn on de last day. I walk ed up to de house and dar I saw a bright light inside. It showed out fro de windows, and I saw shaders ot Miss Gibbet and Mrs. Gibbet on de window curtain —shore honeys, shore. De front do' was shet, and I steps up on ter de gallery and knocks wit de but end of my whip. I didn't knock loud needer. God bless us all, gem'men, de ligh went out like dat, and I hear set up a laugh, ha-ha-ha-ha. How dat set my knees a-shaking. I opens de do' and dare was no sign of anybody. I struck a match and all de furniture wa^moved out, an' de old red curtain dat I fought I seed was in rags. 1 didn't kno' eactly what to think 'bout dem b'range voices, but I started back to de wagon when it lightened, and bress God, dar in de front yard was six graves just made. Something wrong here I sed; and I builds a fire by de wagon and digs de wheel out. Jest den old Squire Pasture keru along de road from Mobile and he tells me de news. Ole man .Gibbet cut de frosts of his wife and fore chillerns and shoot hisef in de head out un jealously of his wife. Dey was all buried in de front yard and de house was deserted ten days befo'. "Gemmen, when I hear dat, dem mules make de quickest time to Mobile you eber s ed, an youse can tell me dar'a no ghostes, but you don't catch me oun dat log house of Gibbet's oeptin sun's an hour high." Jack looked suspiciously over his shoulder into the darkness and crawled into his blanket, muttering: " It scares dis nigger eben now to tail 'bout dat night" Bleep soon fell upon the camp, but the impression of old Jack's story sur vived the night, and the next day he still asserted its truth. Publlo Baths. ■ V It is only people like oar own, that claim the best of civilization, to whom the public bath is almost a thing un known. We have here and there a sw milling school, which is a mere pri vate exercise and amounts to but little at the most; and we have in the hot summer a few inclosures at the head of a wharf or on the side of a bridge, which one needs the bath bitterly before entering. Acknowledging this, we.claim that we have instead private baths in private houses for those that can afford to pay the rent of such houses. But 10 had the ancients private baths beside their public ones, and of a beanty far exceeding the visions of onr extravagant dreams, with pipes of silver and floors of precious stones. When even the rude Russian in his inland village, the Lapp, the Mexican, the Japanese, has a public bath,buta 1 toough of mean descrip tion, it seems incredible that we, who boast ourselves so near the top of possi bility in all improving things, should hardly be on a par with, if we are not actually beneath, such as they. One may say, with truth, perhaps, that emperors built the vast and superb affairs to divert public attention from the loss of liberty, that they ran into fearful abuses when one ruler indulged in ciarht or ten baths a day, and where another sdl but dwelt witnin their walls, and where they became at last the theatre of disgraceful scenes. But it Jmay be said to all the latter, as we are very well aware, that the abuse of the thing is no argument against its use; it is to be hoped that our knowl edge and religion would be of better proof than what answered for those things with those ancients who so de graded themselves, and for the former, if the enjoyments of the bath really could divert the Romans fromthe thought of liberty, if an emperor could win devo tion by building them, then it was because the people prized them and desired them and held them even aboye the worth of liberty. Heaven forbid that our people shonld ever follow such example so far! But one cannot help seeing that if we, as a people, showed but the first thrill of such a desire for these public baths—that is, if we showed any desire for them at all—we should have them. For it is we who are the emperors and rulers here. It is our own voices that govern, and if we want public baths, and when we want them, they will rise like an exhalation. That it is not advisable, is not desira ble, to have tbem made vehicles of mere luxurious sensation and objects of magnificence is evident Bat if cleanli ness is next to godliness, then it is a shame that the masses of our popula tion are kept so remote from godliness, and onr unwashed millions—even our board shanties on wharyes and bridges , being miserably insufficient, and onr Turkish and Russian contrivances being too costly for any but the rich and reckless—cannot obtain at any price what the Roman citizen, at a time when money was worth far more than now, obtained for the eighth of a penny. How to Fill a Picnic Basket. A prize beiug offered for the best as sortment, it was awarded by the judge to the following: Olive ard sard n > sandwiches ; cold salmon with horsera dish saace, eaten with salad or plain let tuce ; aspic of prawns with brown bread and butter; plovers' eggs au nature 1; galantine, quail pie in layers of fricandeau veal; eggs, jelly, truffles, usual seasoning. Subs ti tut J capon and out out truffles if economy is un object; the crown artichoke or asparagas cold, eaten with oil and Tarragon vinegar; fruit tarts ; cold plum pudding with Devonshire or other cream, cream cheese and strawberries ; iced coffee or chocolate a chasse of Curacoa for cts dames, and tine champagne for the men. He that hears much and speaks none at all shall be welcome in both tower and hall. NO 39.
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