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SONEBOIIT'K NCKVANT 6IRL.
She stood there leaning wearilj
Against the window frame,
Her face was patient, sad and sweet,
Her garments coarse and plain ;
"Who is she, pray V I asked a friend,
The red lips gave a curl,
"Keally! I do not know her name;
She's some one's servant girl.1
Again I saw her On the street
With burden trudge along,
Her face was sweet and patient still,
Amid the jostling throng;
Slowly but cheerfully she moved,
Guarding with watchful care
A market-basket much too large
For her slight hands to bear.
A man, I thought a gentleman)
Went pushing rudely by.
Sweeping the basket from her hands,
But turning not an eye;
For theie was no necessity,
Amid that busy whirl,
For htm to be a gentleman
To "some one's servant girl."
Ah, well it is that God at-ove
Looks in upon the heart,
And never judges any one
By just the outer part;
For if the soul bfl pure and good,
tie will not mind the rest,
Nor question what the garments were
In which the form was dressed.
And many a man and woman fair,
By fortune reared and fed,
Who v ill not mingle here below
With those who earn their bread,
When they have passed away froul life,
Byond the gates of pearl,
Will meet before their Father's throne
With many a servant girl.
THAT "SIIAUr," SMITH.
The Austen coacli had left Murphy's
ranch, and was climbing tlie steep hill just
this side of the t!cho canyon, when a man,
springing out Iroui under a bisj pinet hailed
the driver;
The solitary pnssenger in the coach, when
he heard the shout of the stranger, drew
his revolvers, clinked back the hatnmersj
end peered earnestly out of the w iudow.
This passenger was a man of thirty-five
or thereabouts, slenderly built, with a
smoothly shaven face, clear gray eyes end
dark brown hair:
He looked nervous ani excited, and the
hands that griped the revolvers trembled
visibly, as he peered through the window
and looked earnestly up.in the stranger
who had sprung from the shelter of the pine
just as the driver of the coach had eased
his horses up on the "rest,' preparatory
to encountering the still st'ejer incline
which lay beyond, extending td the hill
summit.
The person who had hailed the coach was
a man just about the size of the passenger,
and singulaily like him in appearance; Ha
had the same cool gray eyes, the same dark
brown hair and long, oval face. He was
bearded, though ; a little mustache and
goatee ; and was dressed in a neat, dark
business suit; As he sprung forward, his
coat-tails swaying with the motion, the
butts of a pair of silver-mounted revolvers
peeped out.
The occupant of the Coach seemed relieved
when he discovered that there was bat a
single man in the road.
"Say, old 'man, hey you got room for
another pilgrim inside your hearse ?" quoth
the pedestrian, addressing the driver.
The solitary indiidual shuddered at the
word, hearse.
'I reckon I kin accommodate you inside,
as the whale said to Jonah afore he swal
lwed him," replied the driver, with a
friendly nod of recognition. It was evident
that he knew the stranger.
"All right ; I've been waiting foT you at
Murphy's, and I really reckoned that you
never would come: sol walked along the
road apiece, thinkin', uiebbc, you'd ketch
me at'ore sundown."
"Mighty nigh that time now, ain't It?"
queried the driver, with a look to the wet,
where the sun, now a great ball of fiery ,
hue, was sinking slowly behind the far-off
peaks.
"What kept you? Getting lazy old
man?"
"No; heap of excitement down to Spuf
City ; had to wait fur the mail ; the people
were jist risin' onto their hind legs and
"howlin' about the lionds i-vued to this new
narrow gauge railroad that s to colne np
through the valley. Thar's been a heap
of gougin' by somebody, and the loys were
talk in' to Judge Lynch pretty hoi when I
left."
And here agarn the solitary passenget
juddered" and nervously grasped hi re
volvers they lay on his knees, concealed by
the folds of hw cloak which he had east over
the weapons.
"This durned excifemcttt jest kills busi
ness," growled the stranger, preparing tor
get into the coach. ."I gincrally rake the
sport down in the ralley for a1 trifle when I
peel and go far 'em, but, really, this time
they're all talkiV railroad and fight, and
won't see the 'blind' nary time."
"All they want to see is that Judge
Dureil, th fellow that got the bonds and
hadn't put down na.y rron hoss yet. I
reckon he'll hev to fork or fight. I heered
say that they were on his track. A big
party passed Murphy's this afternoon ; on
the war-path, too, I reckon."
Again the passenger started, shivered,
and cast a nervous glance around.
The stranger got into the coach, took
mat opposite to the solitary passenger, and
the steady horses commenced to climb th
bil1'
"How are ye ?" said the stranger, nodding
to the passenger, and looking euriously into
bis face. "Kinder dull traveling, isn't it?
I reckon now tlinf tliou'll .hnt t i
- auvu. au iiv? ur
more of light, and if you happened to have
sich a thing as a pack of keerds about you,
we might have a social game, jesl to pass
away the time."
The passenger merely shook his head.
"Ain't got no keerds, eh? W ell, I hev ;
illers travel with 'em," and the persuasive
stranger drew out a pack of cards from his
Docket and shuffled them with a dexteritj
that gave evident proof of long practice
"Won't yon take a hand jes' for fun, if
you hev any objection ag'in' Hskin1 monej
on keerds?"
"Thank you : I never play," replied the
passenger.
"Aha?" cried the stranger, bringing the
cards together with a lond felap ; "I reckon
ed that you were my man. How are ye,
Judyt?"
Quick as thought the Judge for it was
Judge Darell in person drew a revolvei
from under hid cloak and leveled it at the
head of the stranger;
"Hold on, Judge!" cried the stranger.
"What ia thunder air you arter?"
"You are on4, of these ruffians who" fere
talking about hanging me to the first tree!'"
Cried the Judge, trembling with groat ex
citement. "Nj sich thi tg !" replied the stranger;
"I'm a gentleman, I am, arid a -port ; I'm
that 'sharp' Smith, as the b ys in Austen
call mo. I follow the festive poker and th
frolicsome faro fur a livin'. Now. je-..
put up your shooting-irons; wl y, I'm
riht hyer to help you out of this little
difficulty'
"I don't umlcr-stan V said tLe Judge,
dubiously.
"Let me corral the facts and sprfhd 'eih
out Cor J"ou. 1 was to meet a pard of mine
at Murphy's to-uig'it, for to talk over o lee
t'c plan to wo-il some of these s'..arps down
to Spar City; tt was hot this afternoon,
you know, and I lay out under some pine
just above Marphi's r ttic'ie. amusing my--olt
like a gentleman with iiamllin' the 'p t
pc.s,' when ten or fifteen fellows rode by,
all stringers to rtii; li.it iroui rijJar City ail
tiiarnbouti as I jj-Igad f.-om their talk ; anu
t' e l'thg and short of it is that thej- know
that you're comin' up ia this hyar coach,
u::d they're goiu' to lay in wait for you
sijiiiewht'.r ar.f.ind Silver Crej't. Jest as 1
heur'd this air leetls game, 1 kinder reckon
ed I'd t ike a hand in myself ; so I've bin
waitm" for yo.i to arrive"."
"Wliy sliould you take any interest in
this matter?"' a-ked the Judge, just a
littL- suspicious.
'" Jodgc, d you remember Tuskegce, Al
a'ia;i.a, in "5'J ?"
"Certainly , 1 practiced law there at that
timet"
"Coirnet ; and do you reniemWr a young
-lip of a boy. Charley Wincliell, who had a
narrer sq ieezo of it for sticking a knife in
to a man in a quarrel over a game of
card- r
"Of course; T defended him."
"And got him acquitted, too, and nary
cent Would you take from his poor old
mother," and 5US l'ere Smith's voice be
came a little choked and inaudible. "Well,
Jedge. I Iteer'd one of Vih Kpe1 sharps' say
onc't fometliiu' 'bout casting your bread
upon the waters; I disreineinber exactly
how the chrtp he spoke of played his hand,
but I know that he beat the 'bank' at last.
Now, Jedge, Smith, the 'sharp,' will jest
squar' up Charley Winchell's debt."
'I should riot have recognized you."
"Well, I reckon I don't look much as I
used to, but the heart's the same You've
kinder changed yonr looks someway since I
saw you aliout a month ago in Austen."
"I've shaved off my mustache and goatee'
so that I could escape from the valley;
These men t!re hot aft-r my blood ; they say
that I have made a fraudulent use of the
bonds issued by the new railroad. I am
president of the Company'
"Now, Jedge, you want to slip quietly
otlt of this Iyer coach, and hide in the bushj
make for Silver Creek, and strike off to the
left so as to reach the hills. After you pass
the crick you can come back to the road
again, and go" Tor Austen.- When they over
haul this coach j I'll jest sw'ar that you got
out jest this fide of Murphy's, and id
course they'll go piling back there arter you.
Now, Jedge ; now's your time !"
Smith leaned over and opened the coach
door, and ats fie did so the Coach came to a
sudden stop, and Smith caught sight of a
group of masked horsemen blockading the
road beyond.
"Fard," he cried,- as he drew his head
into the coach, "they've tramped our
trick f"
"I'll sell my life dearly !" the Judge ex
claimed, grasping his weapons.
"Hold on; 1 know a trick worth two of
that !" and Smith, as he spoke, grabbed the
semi-military elotfk which the Jodge wore
and wrapped it around his own shoulders ;
then, before Durell could say a word, Smith
lumped oat into the road.
'What is the meaning of this outrage 1
t)o you know that I am Judge Durell, of
Austen ?" Hte cried, apparently in great in
dignation "Get on, driver!" yelled the masked man
a the head of the coach horses, giving them
a violent lash with his whip.
Away went the coach down into the defile
at headlong speed, the driver perfectly sat
isfied that the single passenger inside was
fhat "sharp" Smith, and that the Judge
Was in the hands of the masked men.
"Two minutes to say your prayers in!"
cried one of the brandishing a rope.
There were' twenty at least in the party,
all masked and brandishing weapon in
their hands. - .
"Two minutes to send you to biases!"
yelled Smith, suddenly producing a pair of
self-cocking revolvers from under his cloak,
and opening fire upon the crowd.
Crack, crack, crack !
The sharp, quick reports sounded upon
the air. Down went a masked man, shot
through the temple; away dashed a fright
ened horse, dismounting three or four more
of the masked men in hia headlong progress.
Into the bushes at the side of the road
went Smith, a dozen bullets pattering
around him, and not one inflicting even as
much as a scratch;
The lynchers returned to Spur City in sad
disorder. On the return of the coach from
Austen they learned that it was not Judge
Durell who whipped them single-handed.
The Fellow that Looks Like Met
Max Adeler, who writes for a Philadel
phia paper, has a friend named Slimmer,
who deserves pity He was going up td
Reading not long since and when reaching
the depot he happened to look in the ladies'
room; A woman sat there with a lot of
baggage and three children, and when she
saw Slimmer she rushed at him, and before
he could defend himself she flung her arms
about his neck, nestled her head upon his
breast, and burst into tears. Slimmer was
amazed, indignant; Confounded ; and ere ho
could find utterance for his feelings, she
exclaimed,
"O Henry, dear Henry! We are nnited
at last. Are you well? Ls Aunt Martha
still alive? Haven't you longed to see your
own Loui-a?"
And she looked into Slimmer s face and
smiled through her tears.
"Madam,"' said he solemnly, "if I am the
person alluded to as Henry, permit me to
say that you have made a mistake. My
name is Lemuel, I have no Aunt Martha,
and I don't own a solitary Louisa. Oblige"
me by letting go my coat, it will excite re
mark."
Then she buried her lwnnet deeper into
his waist-coat, and began to cry harder than
ever, and said,
"O Henry, how, how can you treat me
so? How cau you pretend you are not my
husband?"
"Madam," screamed Slimmer, "if yon
do not cease popping my shirt bosom, and
remove your infernal umbiclla from my
corn, I shall be obliged to call the police:
Let me go, I say."
"The children are here;" she persisted.
"Thej- recognize their dear father. Don't
you, children?"
"Yes, yes' they exclaimedj "it's pa, it's
our dear pa."'
And theri they grabbed Slimmer by his
trowserlcgs and hung to his coat tail.
"Woman,"' he shrinked, "this is getting
serious. Unhand me, I say."
And he tried to disengage himself from"
her embrace - while all the brakeine'ri; ami
the baggage master, and the he'wsboys stood
around, and said his conduct was infamous,
(n the midst of the struggle a stranger en
tered with a carjet bag. He looked e.vnetlf
like Slimmer and when he saw his wile in
Slimmer"!? arms ha fjocamc excitedj and
floored Slimmer with that carpet lag, and
sat on hitn. and smote his nose and caromed
on his hea'L, arid asked him what he meant.
Slimmer was removed on a stretcher, and
the eticiii3- went off with his w ife and famii3'
in a cab. He cal'ed next day.to apologize.
!Ii- wife hail made the mistake because of
Sliinmer's likeness to" him. And now Slinv
iner wishes he may soon be kicked in the
face by a mule, so that he will resemble no
other human being in the world.
Amusing Incident at Cards.
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The author of "Soma Time in Ireland" is
responsible for this story :
My father, being no card player, found
these meetings not at all to his taste.- Accordingly,-
he he'ver attended those which
were held at ot'ter houses, and expressed
his desire of absenting himself from those
at our own.
"But, my dear Mr. Rock ford," argned
my mother, "'surely commotf politeness de
mands that you should receive your guests
at your own house ; yutt cau vanish iu half
an hour if you like.'! -
"Agreed. I consent, therr; for half an
hour to bevictimrzed at the shrine of polite
ness." One evenmg a laughable mistake' occurred.-
Among otif guests was a middle
aged Spinster remarkably prim arid stiff
named Lambert. My father, impatient to
be off, and yet not quite sure whether the
ttipjlated half an hour had expired, stole
up softly to the table where the whist play
ers were intent on their gante, and taking
it for granted that he was addressfng his
wife, stooped down and whispered in Miss
Lambert's ear:
"My dear, may 1 go to bed now?"
Down fell the offended spinster's cards
up she started from her Chair.
"What have I got to do with your gomg
to bed, sir? What do you take me for?
nw daVe you insult me thusand in your
own house ?"
The whole company was convulsed with
laughter. My mother immediately compre
hended the situation, and as soon as she
could recover her composure, explained the
mistake.- ft was long before Miss Lambert
could be pacified, or brought to believe that
it was either a" bad joke or a deliberate
affront. She had not learned the lewon
that if, through malice or mistake,-onejf a
company is wade ridiculous, the wisest
course is to fall in with the humor of the
BBvment.
CATCUISG A. TJLATJLB.,
There were four of them and they were
young bloods : young bloods. You have
seen a young blood. He is the son of bis
father and his father is rich. He is called
a young blood because he bleeds the old
man-. The young blood toils not, neither
does he spin but his head spins once in a
while. Well, there were four of them. It
was Sunday night. They bad been out to
Rinkle's and were coming home oa the St.
Charles rock road. TLey sat in a two
seated buggy, drawn by a dashing span of
bays. Presently they come to the large
open common at the intersection of the
rock road and King's highway.
Here an episode occurred; You have all
seen an episode.
It is something sudden;
And so unexpected.
It seizes you with amazement. Trans
fixes you with awe. In this instance the
episode masbed your nose.
A countryman was driving home in a
lowly truck-wagon drawn by au aged aud
methodical gray horse. The young bloods
came dashing up with their prancing bays.
The young bloods were beery.
But the countryman had about two
drinks of whiskey in him and hence bad
the advantage;
A gill of whiskey contains the same
amount of fight as a gallon of beer; aud
then it is se much handier and less cumber
some.
The young bloods drew -rein and the
countryman hallooed whoa I The y.' b.
asked the c. if be could tell them where
they, were going.
The profane c. told them "to belL"
Then one of the y. b. said "you're a
blank d liar."
At this the countryman laid down his
lines, and got out of hi3 truck-wagon right
iu the middle of the road, and made a
speech as follows : "You roosters has lit
on the wrong fence. Just one of you 6tay
in the wagon and hold the horses and the
other three git right out here. I ken lay
all the du6t between here and town with
ye. Oh, I'm the feller that ken keep the
fliet off. I'm better than eny muskeeter
bar. Just one of you hold them horses
my old mare'll stand without hitchin' and
the balance just waltz to Joseph right here
now Come on ! git out 1" And the irate
countryman announced bis firm belief iu
the caniue parentage of the young bloods.
Then he danced and pranced up and down
the road and kicked at the horse cars and
gyrated his long arms aud threw his old
slouch hat high up in the air; ''Oh, I'm
a catamount, I am. I like to be stopped
in the middle of the road, I do. I'm a
four-year-old bull pawin' up big cloods
rightout of the ground, lam. I'm a whole
menagerie of royal Bengal tigers, and a
cage of grizzly bears. I've fit in the ring,
I have. Git out here 1 Git out, I say, and
I'll show you whar you're goin' 1"
Then three of the young bloods pulled
off their coats aud accepted the pressing
invitation. The other sat in the buggy
and held the horses. He was the lucky
one. He could go to see his girl the next
night; if he wanted to, and uot have to tell
her that he had been out to the base ball
match and got hit with the ball. The best
place in that vicinity was in that buggyj
holding the horses.
Well,- the three bounded out. Then the
countryman set those long arms going, and
the three immediately imagined that the
hot spell bad bro't on a tornado, accom
panied by an earthquake and enlivened by
rapid strokes of light ning.
That countryman seemed to have about
fifteen fists.
"I'll tell you whar you're goingj" be
yelled, as the first of the three tried to !
climb over the fence on his east ear.
"Thar's whar you're goin'," he shriek
ed, as the second of the three executed a
back somersault in the ditch.
"An' this is the way for yon to travel,"
he yelled, as the last of the three tried to
balance himself on his nose in the middle
of the road.
He started for the lircky fellow who was
in the Wagon holding the horses,- but the
lucky fellow let the horses go and got ont
of the way.
Then he made another speech, as fol
lows? "Oh, I'm an earthquake, I am. I'm
a volcano right from the bowels of the
earth. Give me some more nuts' to ciack !
Give me some more raw meat to chaw np !"
The three slid off behind the fence, down
to where number four sat holding the
horses, and then slid softly into that buggy,-
and the buggy slid quietly iuto town,
and then the three slid furtively into a
drug store. They had been out to see the
base ball match and got hit with a ball.
Tbey knew where they were going the
balance of that trip. At all events they
did not inquire of any more countrymen,
quietly driving home in their truck-wagons.
SL Loui Republican;
Where it Camts FROf. It is stated
that the tomato wis first grown in this
country at Portland, Me., in 18145, from seeds !
brought from Cuba, wbicn were called
golden or love apple seeds, and winch were
planted with the expectation that a nice
flowering plant would be the result. From
this place seeds fonnd their way to naver-
hilh Mass., where the discovery was maae
that 4the tomato was good for salad w hen
eat up and dressed like a cucumber. 1
George Wilson.
Some yeais ago, as Mr. Galljudet iraa
walking in the streets of Hartford, there
came running lo hlui a poor lad, whose in
telligent eve fixed the gentleman's attention.
The boy inquired, "Please, sir, can you tell
me of any one who would like a boy to
work for him and learn to read?"
"Whose boy are you, and where do you
live?"
"I have no parents, sir," was the reply;
"and have just come away from the work
house, because they would nut teach me to
read?"
The gentleman made arrangements with
the authorities of the town; and took George
into his family, where he soon acquired his
benefactor's confidence by his faithfulness
and honesty.
George soon learned to read, and was al
lowed the use of his master's library, where
by he made rapid progress in the acquisition
of know ledge.
It became neeesary, after a while that
George should leave Mr. Gallaudet. when
he was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker In the
neighborhood. There the same integrity
won him favor;
To gratify his inclination for study, his
kind master had a little room fitted up for
him ia the upper part of the shop, where
George devoted his leisure time to his favor
ite pursuits.
He made rapid progress iri mathematics,
as well as in French and in Various branches
of learning.
After being in this situation some years,
as be sat at tea w ith the family one evening;
he all at once remarked that he wanted to
go to France.
"Go to France !" niid his master; sur
prised that the apparently contented and
happy youth had thus suddenly become dis
satisfied with his situation "for what pur
pose?" "Please, sir. will you a-dc Mr. Gallaudet
to call?" continued George, "and I will ex
plain." Hls kind friend was invited accordingly;
and at tea-time the apprentice presented
himself w ith his manuscript, in English and
French, and explained his singular intention
to go to France:
"In the time of Napoleon," said he, "a
prize was offered by the French Government
for the simplest rule for measuring plane
surfaces. The prize has never been award
ed, and that method I have discovered."
He then demonstrated his problem, to
the Surprise and gratification of his friends,
who immediately furnished him with means
of defraying his exenses; and with letters
of introduction to Hon. Lewis Ca-s; then
the American Minister to the Court of
France, lie was introduced to Isviis Phil
ippe, and in the presence of the king, no
bles and plenipotentiaries, this youth de
m'instrated his problem, amid the plaudits
of the court. He received the prize; besides
valuable pre--ents from the king.
lie then took letters of introduction, and
went to the Court of St. Jaiiics, aud gained
a similar prize; offered by the Royal Society.
He then returned to the United States.
Here he was preparing to secure the benefit
of his discovery by patent, when he received
a le'tter from the Emperor Nicholas himself,
one of whose Ministers had witnessed his ,
demonstrations at London, inviting him to
make his residence at the Rassian Court,
and furnishing him with ample means for
his outfit.
He coinpfivl with the invitation, repaired
to St. Petersburg, and became professor of
mathematics in the Royal C dlege, under
the special protection of the Emperor of all
the Russias !
One to-day is worth" two to-morrows,
Boys! a?' your spare moments well ! Had
George Wilson been an idle boy, spending
his evenings in the street8, or in bad com
pany, he would never have "stood before
kings.'
Trelty Snperstltlonfc
Torre is a pretty superstition current that
when a honey -bee enters a room be brings
pleasant news, which seems to have come
down to us from the days of Ovid, who
make a hamadryad despatch a bee to warn
her careless lover that she pined in his ab
sence. Once when a child, I visited an aant in
the country, where an apiary had been for
years in a lovely green enclosure, under
large, overhanging elms, whose graceful
branches cast a tender shadow over the in
dustrious and quiet community. Though J
scarcely nine years old, i was iona ot taung
a book and stealing away to this secluded
spot, where only the birds, the squirrels
and the' bees, ever intruded; The hitter
liked me, and perhaps the former, more
than I can tell just now ; for they alighted
on my shoulders or book as they passed to
and fro, and f imagined I stood in beautiful
relation to all Gd"s dear creatures.
There had been a sudden death in the
family, and as there was no one who seemed
to need my companionship, I songht my
moss-grown stone in the apiary. Here, all
was commotion.- Bees flying about in wild
disorder, not like swarming bees, but as if
all were in the air. Some one afterward
tied black badges to the hives. I was" fold
that onless this was done at the demise of a
member of the family, the bees would desert
their hives! Do not be to incredulous;
what power comes from simple belief, based
upon a sympathy with men in all lessee
creations ! .
A familt of Iowa frogs has been found
over one hundred feet nnder ground, aud it
is supposed that they Lave been nest-hiding
there for at least a century.
A Lady Lawyer;
About the year 1776 Nicholas Linguet,
the celebrated Pari-ian journalist and law
yer, was at the height of his fame. He en
joyed a greal reputation for his skill in
getting up cases and surrounding them with
such dramatic accessories as were likely td
tell on the minds of excitable French judges.
One day a beautiful Lady, Madame de Be
thune, came to a-k his professional services
in an action about some land, Which she
wished to bring against the Marshal Duke
de Broglie, a gr.-at-grandfather of the present
miui.-U.-r. Linguet had scarcely heard her
to an end when he said,
"You are so lovely, madame, that your
face is Worth a speech in itself. What I'll
d is thi : I will write a speech, and yon
shall lcam it by heart and then rehearse it
tome. When you deliver it in court, yoa
must be dres-cd in a light blue silk, thecolor
best suited to your tyle of beauty ; and if
you speak as I shall direct yoa, I defy any
bench ot Frenchmen to find hope for the de
fendant." The event proved that Lingaet knew hu
man nature and bis own countrymen well.
Madame de Bethune turned out the most
apt of scholars. She learned her speech
thoroughly, and she delivered it with all the
graces of style and manner that might have
belonged to a finished actress. It lasted
seven hours, and for seven hours she held
her judges enthralled.
Midway in the speech, and probably with
gallant care for the lady's fatigue, they ad
journed to dinner, but it was already pretty
evident which way the judgment inclined.
Irascibility would seem indigenous to the
De Broglie family. During the interval
that the sitting was suspended, the marshal
sought out Linguet in the Pleader's Hall;
and shaking his cane Id his face, cried,
angrily,
"Just you make your client speak lief
own words and not fours. Master Linguet,
or it will be worse for you do yon hear?"
Linguet bowed luw; aud replied, with
ready wit,
"My lord, yoa have taught French-Tien
never to fear their enemies, and I mean to
rcmemlier the lesson."
The delicate piece of flattery more than
counter-lialaneed the unpalatable determina
tion it conveyed, for we hear of no unpleasant
consequencci to Mai ire Linguet, and we are
told that the ln-autiful Madame de Beth nne
carried her suit w ithout a dissenting Voice.
What will lef'all the lords of creation when
we have lady law5ers as well as lady physicians?
Livixo Alone. The Elmira Gait'4
says : It may be very well to be an arg d,
and with the angels staud, but this being
a hermit and living alone, is not quite so
fne. At the present writing we don't
know much about the angel business, tut
as to living alone ''we know how it is our
self." For two long dreary weeks we have
tried it. For two long dreary weeks we
have been the only soul in the house. We
have bad no one to love us, none to ca bug.
All alone we went to bed, not a word to us
was said. We got up in the morning just
as quickly as we retired at night. There
wasn't much bouse work to do, and the
barn chores didn't consume much time.
For the first fe w days we studied economy
and boarded ourself. We soon got tired
eating the outside slice of bread at every
meat, and threw the loaf away and bought
Crackers. Remembering the dificulty that
Brother Beech er had with his dishcloth a
few years ago, an account of which he gave
in bis miscellany at the time; we resolved
not to wash any dishes, but just put the
dirty ones to soak and use clean ones. As
long as the dishes hold out, we shall get
along with thut part of housekeeping all
light, but they won't last always, as the
pile of clean ones is daily growing smaller,
and the pile of dirty ones larger. The
crisis in this particular is approachiog, and
unless "the folks" come home pretty soon ;
we shall have to borrow some dishes,
For the first few days we made the bed up
nicely every morning. For the next few
days we put if off till night, arid for the
last few diys wo have not made it at all.
We were charged particularly to water the
bouse plants, and take cai-e of the bird.
The plants have caused us a great deal of
trouble,- but we left the door of the cage
open about the first time we curried that
animal off, and be hasn't troubled us much
since. Of course, We'll '"catch it" when
the folks come home, but that is a good
deal easier than it is to catch the bird. On
the whole, we are free to say that we don't
like housekeeping, and if every we should
be "born again" and according to wy
good authority, we hare all got to undergo
that operation we earnestly hope we
shan't be born a woman, and especially a
housekeeping one. We would rather be
an angel.
Mtrojv B. Adams of Detroit, is a phi
losopher ; Charles Taylor; of the same
city, is not.; Observe the difference be
tween the two men. In the alienee of
Adams, Taylor fell in love with Mrs. Ad
ams, and, anxious to possess his charmer
in as tnhny editions as bad been issued,
elo;ed with herself and six children, the
eldest a girl ef fifteen, capable of choosing
for herself. Adams, on returning home,
decided to take back his children, a being
comparatively decent, and told Taylor,
that, as his wife was old, weak-minded,
vain, and none too good-looking, he mieht
keep her. The proportion "as accepted,
and further trouble and expense saved, to
the satisfaction ef all parties.