The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, January 05, 1872, Image 1
' CkrbbMt. The Mia which ashcr ia that mora, —. flirt ever drawn tny mind *way To Bethlehem, where Chrtat wu born, And the low eUble where He ley, And braking down wfth Tow sinew, Sack thought* t rtog ChraUnee one* a year. At tarty day tho youthful voice, j,S IT ESRTESSXTR^IR 1 To know the children of the poor For once are afl day long; If a amile and lieten to the aong, The burthen still remote or near, "(MOhHetmae wm Hot once a year." Upon a gavrr, happier scene. Meter did holly berries peer, Or ixy throw iu touting groan. > On brighter forma than there are here, Nor Chrtetmae in hia old arm-chair Smile upon Upe so ', brows gnwr fan t J i1lw *etrg tm id oarfcer| I | Ohl Chissur Sua coiuei o %yep. Annta art u una. oornia r, aieow. Twaatheere before Chriatmaa ; *" Good-Bight" had been eaid, And Annie and Willie had crept into hod ; Thwwjreto tears on ttn*r aad tear* in And each little boeern wae hearing with niirha. For to-night their stem tether's command bad been gjivn That thee should retire precisely at seven Instead o! at eight; for they troubled twin more With nneethuis unheard of than ever before; He had told them he thought this doluttau,*.. sin, m I No snch creator, as "Bant* Ciana" had ever' Arid ha levied, after this, he should aevwrnrare How he scrambled ilown chimneys with pree ente. ach tear. And this was the' reason twp littk heads Bo maUtMy toensd an thctr beds, and the cfoek on the atcsg>k> tolled Hot a aronl had been spoken by either till then. When Wilke s ead face from tie blanket did peep. And whispered. "Daar Annie, is Vu teat aaleepT" *• Whv, no, brother, Willie," s sweet -voire re plies, r*e tried long in vain, but I cant shut my eyre, Ft* aoanehew it makes me so sorry because Hoar papa has said there is no 'Santa Clans. Now we Know there is, and U cant he denied. Far he name every year before mamma died ; But then, Pve been thinking, that she used to pray, And God would hear everything that mamma would sa v, And maybe ahe tshod hifo to send Santa Clans With toe sock foil he brought every year." 44 Well, why tan'l we pray'dnat aa mamma did Aad ash Dod to send him with prsacnis sdenT" - rve been thinking en too," and without a word mem. Fwar little bare feet bounded out on the floor, And font little tares the eoft carpet prcaaM, I And two tint hands were clasped dote to each breast. Now, Willie, von know we must firmly believe, That the preeenu we ask for we're sure to re ceive ; Ton most watt jnst as etiil.till! eey Amen,' • 44 Dear Jesus, look down on my brother and 9M And great us the fkttw we *re asking of thee. I want a wax doily** tea e4, and hug. And an ebony wcrk-bga that shuts with a Btons SgJaTdear Jesus, and cause him to see That Santa Clans Vovee as an much as dues he; J Dont let him get fretful and angry again At dear brother Wilis and Annie. Amen." "Please, Doe us, ft Santa Tans turn down to night. And; btng us some parent* hafor it's light; I want he should JSC me a nice jttle sed, With bright shinin wnr.er*, and all painted red! j A box fan ot tandv, e book, and a toy. Amen, and then, besua, I'll be a dood boy." j Thru r-raverw being ended thoy raised up their And, with hearts, light and cheerful, again nought liicir bfd* They were soon met in slumber, both peaceful sad deep. And with teiries in dreamland were roaming in sleep. Fight, nine, and the little French dock had Ere the tether ted thought of his children •"* again; He seems now to tear Annie's halfraappraaeed sigh-. j And to seethe stand in Willie's blue . eyeo. "I was harte witM my darlings," he mentallv said, "And should not have sent them ao early to j bed; • But then I was troubled; my teehngs found vent; For bonk stock to-day has gone down ten per wet a' But of course they 've forgotien their troubles , ace this. And that I denied them the thrice-askcd-fcr kiss; . | But juat to make eme*ru steal up to thar door. Foe I never pok* harsh to mv darling* before." ; , So saying, be softly ascended the stairs. And arrived at tte door to hear both of their . JpiSjFßXll X Hie Annie's " Bless papa" drvw forth the big tear*. *7 -- Aad WUhe'a grave premise fell sweet on hi* sore; nttnuge— nd tefgoSten," said he 44 Hw I whwi a child to halve Christmas drawntgh." * : . "11l atone tor my haxsbncar, he inwardly; •aid, - ... " By auawering their prayers pre I sleep in my bed." iriit F Thms ho tnrned to tte stain aad softly went down. > • Throw off velvet slippers aad sfflt dressing I H-anM*t, cost, and boots, and was out tn the street- A mHtioosire. facing the cold, driving sleet. Nor stopped lie until behadbnugix everything. From tha box full of sandy to the tiny gold ring; Indeed, bo kept adding so mwet to km store That the various prescnte outnumbered a score. Then homeward he turned, when hia holiday With Aoat Mary's help in the surhfry was dewed. Miss Deily was seated boscatii a pine tree j By the ride at s table spread out for her tea \ A work-box well flUec tn tteeentrc waa laid. And on H the ring for which Annie had stayed:] A soldier in uniform stood by n Sled, ' > Z, " With bright shining runners and all pointed reck There were balls, dogs and horses, books pleas- UUF |0 9M, And bird* of all colors ssereperehedfo Hie tree; While Santa Clans, Janghing, stood up in the As If getting ready mow presents to ,; And as the mod father the picture *urr>xsl. He thonght for hia trouble ne bad amply been And he said to himself, ae be brushed oft s tear. * " I'm happier to-night than rvwteen for a year, Pre enjoyed more true plaaaare tlj*qe'r be- What' care I if bank stock falls ten per cent. Hereafter, I'll make It A ruin. I teberui *' I To hare Sent a Ciaua visit us eve." And, trippmg do*n ririrs'robrvdfor the nlgfct. if soon aa the beuiaW thrtrfghf -foorniflg aftn Put the darkness to flight, and the stars our Four liUle blue eyee out of sleep opened wide, And at the eamc moment the prcsents-eepieC Then out of their bede they sprang with a bound. vl And the very gifts prayed for were ell of tbem found. They laughed end they cried, in their innocent And shouted for papo to come ouiokand see. What presents old Santa Claosbrongbt in the they wanted,) and left before tight; ' And now,'" added Annie, tn voiee soft and low. " You'll believe there's e fianta Claua, papa. 1 know While dear little Willie climbed up on bis knee, Determined no secret between them should, be, , And told in soft whispers how Annie had said That their dear, blessed mamma, ao long ago dead, Used to kneel down and pray by the side of her chair, And thai God up in heaven had answered her prayer, "-Ti " Den we dot up and praye d dust as well aa we tould, ! And Dod answered our prayers; now wasn't he doodr : J I i . ! r/ "J should any that he was if he sent yon alt these, Aad knew just what presents my rikfldrem would (Well,'well, let him think so, the dger little elf, Twould be eruel to tell him I did it mrg!f.) • : ; -V ■ / Blind father! who sensed your riern heart to relent, Aad the hasty words spoken so soon to repent? Twa* the bng who bade you steal softly up f / 1 And made you hia agent to answer their prayers. Ladies who have iuat retained from abroad report that large peniers have gene entirely out of fashion, and over afcirta are made shijrt and plain. They alao report that the latest style c|f dress ing the hair is in a simple coil at the bide, and the front hau smoothed over the forehead aad put back pluinly be hind the ears. BBTCBKS received at the Agricultural Bureau indioate that the cotton crop will yield threea4 one-third miihou buk. : { ' Wg 1 FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. V. THK MYSTERY OF PETCRINHLRY. k riiKISTMAt STOAV, 110 to liclcbinglry tor the Christmas! awny from mv h|<t>v homo awav in the iKetsat North! Ido not suppose ! kH.Wtil plenecvl at this prvpnaal of mv father's, which he announced to me at the luvokfasi table ouc Noveuilior morning,hut notwith standing my juvjuiiicro, n* Auut Dorothy, j the prceidiug genius <f Detchiugley was my n other's bftefoi sister, it was only a | fe th*e 1 UUffM good-tgr e to * tlfo flenr old home circle, and was traveling rapidly northwards, through the falling leaves and the fading flowers of the dywig ! year. Aunt Dorothy came out Into the great hall to meet me as I alighted from the carriage, and my heart turned tow ard* her with a loyal love. j u You "have another aunt, you know, Ellis, dear," she said, " t'ome, now, and ;, sew her." Aunt Mvra We.itwood sat all alone br ibe great log fire in the drawing-room. 1 1 saw at once that Aunt Myra was not a , pretty woman, nor aught that is beautiful or lovely ; but coldly, defiantly handscme; | and the quick eye of youth told me that there was a mystery about her, aud that j I we should not be good Iriends until it was unraveled. i Ido nor snppose 1 shall ever forget my 1 first evening at Detchiugley—the small dinner party of three ladies; thequaiut, dark, wainacotcddming-room; the qusiuter and darker fr.mily portraits hanging round us on the walK like mates at a lunvral ; j the metallic voice of Aunt Myra failing lecbok-ss on my ear, and the sweet, tremu lous one of Aunt Dorothy, like notes of: the dear home music. 1 was very glad when we rose to go into the drawing-room ' As we were crossing the hall, just by the fcot of the stairs, 1 noticed bo h ladies ( glance quickly and mast uneasily up them, j 1 followed their glance, but the only thing taat att!acted mv attcution was a portrait rtthe fulUltngth |->rtrait of a lady tn a flarvod oaketo (MMAI yeflrniig, wistful face, shadowed by rich, eoft, hair, and lighted by eyes that bad a storv in them. " Isn't it a lauitly portrait f' I asked, " or only an ideal subject I" ' sp[waled to Aunt Mm. * Ideal you will find it, Edith, tn every sense," she , replied, but there wss something in her tone, something in the wav in which she covered her eyes with her hands as if she would shut out the picture from their gase, that for an instant startled mc, but 1 , "only replied. " It is a very wonderful, beautiful paint ing. 1 should love Uncle Charles toaev It.' The tangled netting at this moment fell from Aunt Dorothy's nervous fingers and she sprang before me towards her sister ; j for the cold, white hand had fallen pulse- i loss to that lady's side. Aunt Myra had ! fainted. Aunt Dorothy turned suddenly cm me j —suddenly, almost sharply, it seemed to j me ; and said : 4 ' You must be tired, Edith, j with vour long journey—cams to bed now, child.* 1 I slept Tery little that night, and many, I many times wished myself home again. Three or four days peas-d awsy very monotonously. I devoted myself to Aunt • Dorothy, but I shrank intuitively from ! Aunt Myra. I felt that she repelled me— only endured my presence because I gave pleasure to her sister Dorothy. My mother had made me a little acquainted with her lamilv history. 1 knew she was what is ( called '• well-bornbut that oiw had de- 1 scended frotn such an ancient line as the j ( asmes recorded on the old church walls , told me she bad, was quite unknown to me. I left Detcbmpley church that Sunday afternoon under the impression that I bad been sojourning for s brief while in a Taut charnel -house vl tue temily <>f West wood ; fod mmdst fnittn}>erk**, tit appeared to me. were the tablets, scrolls, and ''storied urns" wbeieon were traced the names of mv mother* ancestors. As 1 walked slowly akg, a white mar ble cross, rising from among the green , mounds, attracted my attention. 1 read upon it: "TO THE MEMORT OF KATHARINE WESTWOOD, Who departed this life, Dec. 24tb, 18—, AGED 20 TEaas." I A West wood lying ct in tie open 'graveyard! Was "there no roots' in the ' church for this young girl to sleep benosth the dust-rovered lunr.er-" and rusty tnnor ? My mind was dwelling on tha discovery I bad jest made. It seas only natural that II should tarn to my companion ami say: " Who was Katharine West wood P' Short and prompt was the answer I re ' ceiTed: 1 " Tour uncle Cbtri' "'* wffr." ' f literatlv stood still with astohwhment. A " How very strange," I < bserved—" 1 never knew Uncle Charles had teen mar ried at all." " That is a proof, Ei itb," replied Ante Myra, "that your mother did not thif k ! you sufficiently judicious to be cntnrited with thO knowledge. It shows great wis dofn on btfr part; <H6*btes judged of you as Ha" : t i " Aant Dorothy," 1 said to her, as she wa 1 about to leave mv room that evening, "why have 1- not heard before that Uncle I'Harie* wa married V " There are some natures, Edie," replied ' Aunt Dorothy, slowly, " that never ran endure tb hear these great sorrows talked teMuU Your Unrie"Charles ha* amch a ' nature. Kdith. He loved his Wife so dero- U-fHy.anil oheriahai her memory so even at j this time, that hi* family never apeak of ! her to save him the p* n g" which mention ofher would call forth. I was quite by myself one bright, wintry morning, and was making my way home through the cbnrcb-yard, when a respecta ble-looking old woman, standing by the grave with the marble crosa, caught my attention. It was a kind, good face, motherly and soft, and it seemed to me that she looked lovingly down on the green turf, and was caressing with one : i band the polished surface of the vt bite marble. " I knew ber, my dear young lady !" she exclaimed; * nearly all her life I knew her. Hlie was just a poi.r young thing, left without any parents when quite a baby ; end she was sent to the Hall to be taken care of. Mr. Wcstwood—the father of the ladies there now, roiaa—was her guardian; and when she was about seven teen, Mr. Charles who was a cousin of the famjly, aud who, they all hoped, would marry Miss Myra Westwood. eame down to stay at the Hall, and fell m lose with my Katharine, and married her, and took hpr ott to where hU regiment waa for two ypart- And then he was sent away to i some foreign place, where there Was fight ing going on, so he could not take bis wife with him ; and she came down to live at the Hall again with the ladie*. But she was ill and weakly like, poor dear--fretting after him, I aoppose. So thev took her off , to France, somewhere; but she soon died, ard then tbey brought her back here in ' her coffin; but she wasn't buried at once, miss. I wanted to ask more—to learn all that the woman knew, but just then Aunt Myra csmc along, and in her cold, distant 1 way took my arm and we went home. ' That evening as I groped my way to my room, the lamp not being lighted, I made a discovery—the recess between two of ' the portraits was not a recces, but a door, 1 and the door was open, only juat a little way, and behind it was a dim sort of light which glimmered on to the landing. My vulgar curiosity," as Aunt Myra would doubtless have termed my very natural de . sire to know more on the subject, prompt ad me to push the door a little further , open, and look in. Just then I heard the THE CENTRE REPORTER. I firm, unmistakable fboMeps <f Aunt Myra ronitug from hct na-iu above. Slow ami meamrvd It seemed at flint, then suddenly became quicker ; and, from my gloomy |>- *ition on the lowest stair, I could see her hasten acrusa the landiug, lookiug quickly aud furtively around her a* ahe wvtit, ami disappear in the aeceo*. 1 heard no dour close, but the faint, dim light faded in stantaneously ; ami in the silence ami dark ness 1 made mv way to my room. tin entering, my heart teemed to cease (•eating—for there by the fire sat a woman, her face partly hidden from me by the long brown hair that fell over it. The closing of the door had startled her. She half rose from her chair; then appeared to • lie reassured in route way, and sat down again. Frightened as 1 waa—terror-#truck, I may nay—aa 1 stood in the shadows, and watches! the firelight flicker over the pale, beautiful face, the thought stole into my mind instantly that the face before me was the exact counterpart of the picture banging in the hall, and which had so at i Iraetrd mv attention. I went a lew step* nearer. T made up a mighty mind, and opened my mouth to apeak. The bright, wonderful eyee were fixed on me a* 1 did *o. But I heard no sound i*aue from my , hp*, though they tried te form the words ; i " Who are you P The face smiled—looked tnto the fire— posited away with both hands its long, shadowy hair—then rose from the chair, ! and eame a step nearer to m aa it uttered j these terrible words : *' I am buried in Detchfnglev church ! yard." Well, I suppose I shuddered, and turned : white, and felt as any other young girl ' under the same circutustaucca might hare done; bull do not remember anything i distinctly, except shivering very much I over a tireless grate, ami wondering how tit was that 1 was found lying senseless ou ' the hcarthiug. Time stole on; a fortnight had passed away; it wanted juat a week to Christ mas, but the strange face had not yet reap peared. I had not been inactive all this time, for 1 bad most persevering!)' attacked daily the door in the recess, but it never once yielded to my edbrt*, and 1 was al most beginning to despair of accomplishing the work I had laid out hw myself. One intolerable dull day I proposed so lacing myself ri ha little muric, and was . about to commence; but, hearing my amiable relative mutter something about being " bored," and " that horrid march," ' I thought it as well to spare her the inflic tiou. I remember she informed me that | night, before going to bed, that my uncle I Charles was exptctod to arrive the follow ing Thursday—Christ ma* Eve—and that lit was proposed that 1 should return to town with him after hi* short visit of two jor three day* was concluded. Both piece* of intelligence gave more real pleasure than I cared to express. That night I had fallen into my first sleep, when I was suddenly awakened by a soft, warm band being laid on mine. "Yea, Aunt Dorothy," 1 said, starting up, and endeavoring to look extremely in- I tclliyent. at the same time being awkardlj sensible that I felt uncommonly stupid. But the voice that replied to me wu not Aunt Dorothy's. " I vrai married once," it said, in a low murmur, " a Jong time ago now—when I wu alive. And in the church, that day they played as you did to night. But it wu on the organ, yon know—the organ in the great church in the valley. But I am i Imricd now—buried in Detcbinglej church ; yard. Myra said it would be better for ; iiw it I died. Ha would be rich, and i great, and grand ; and people would love : and honor bim. It wu I only that kept him back—because 1 wu poor and not j clever." 1 knew all now ; there was no Katherioe Went wood in the churchyard—no one at all in that grave! Christmas morning at Detcbinglej. It bad been my intention to meet ray Cacle Charles at the station, to (irepere hint for the strange announcement; hot, on reflec tion, it occurred to me that he would not allow mc to accompany him to the grave; tberefore, 1 resolved he should have no opportunity of refusing me, aud so would meet him. Thus I came upon bim just aa he was entering the churchyard gate. I saw be wax surprised, and not aito getner pleased ; but he greeted me affec tionately, and a a he walked by my side up the narrow-pared pathway, lie remarked that I did not look well. We bad just reached the marble cross, and the difficulty of my undertaking rose before uie in al lit* magnitude; Tiewcd from a distance, it had not appeared formidable. I stood at ill, re solved to enter on the subject at once, ami said : 44 1 am not very well, Uncle Charles. I have something on my mind that I ought to tell you about. I could not speak ot it at the Hall, so have come here to do so." lie frowned, and-looked annoyed, mut tering something sbofit: " Would not an other time do as well 7" , 44 Nt not Fell," J mhdej answer. r- This ta ttra Only r%bt fime, aixi'thv only right 'place, T ncfe Charles. You most listen to me"—for he w* turning angrily away, ° I would not intrude on yonr sor row if 1 could not lighten it—" i 41 1.iffktcn it, child P* he iaterrupted mo by 4 ) Bo yon know what the sor row is that you speak of 4 lightening ? 4 [ Can you bring the dead back to lite, or , brighten the gloom of ten long years 7 Can you tell that cold, dark grave to give me Uck my young wifow-" > It wa* my torn tdlnterrnpt now. 44 Yes, yes, I can, Uncle Charlt*. That is what 1 have to tell you." Sternly be looked at me a* he firmly grasped my arm, and drew me from the grave on to the pathway, i 4l This gloomy place has weakened your mind, Edith—it ie only chanty to think so.". 44 Oh, Uncle Charlea, if yon could but believe that wha# 1 oey 1* real and true! There ia no one in that grave—never ba* been. A terrible deceit has been practised noon yon all these year*, and unec my virtt here I have discovered It. Ask Aunt Dorothy, ahe will tcdl you what I have.'' There was a dead silence when I ceased speaking, that seemed to last a long time. Anxiously I waited for a response; but none came. He stood with his wee averted at lint; then turned suddenly on me, and •aid: 44 <tome, come—quick !" ' We had reachrfl the Hall: we were in the drawing-room. Uncle Charles folded his arma on the mantelpiece, and leant bis face upon them; then said, almost in a voice of command— 41 Fetch your aunt Myra, Edith ; tell her I am here." 44 1 can't Uncle Charles—f can't indeed." Rut he only repeated hia words in a still sterner tone. And then I went—but not to fetch Aunt Myra. I went straight to my own room —for the dusk of the early evening was closing in rapidly, and that wa the ac customed time for the stranpe woman to meet me. She waa there, standing by one of the windows, aa I entered; and greeted me with tbeae words— 44 This Is Christmas Eve. I died on Cbristmaa Eve." 44 That is gone by," I replied. 41 You sre dead no longer. Come now, with me'" 1 slid by hand into one of bers, and led her to the drawing room ; only saying, as I closed the door on her, to my uncle Charles— 41 Remember, to-day you have come back to life." Then I rapidly returned up-stairs; hut this time I made way'to Aunt Dorothy's room. I knocked; no reply. 1 entered the room ; it was tenantless. She would be with Aunt Myra, I naturally thought; so turned my footsteps that way, { softly tapped, but softer still was the low voice that replied—though iu tones were firm and concentrated— 44 Come in, Edith." 1 went in. I closed the door behind me, And then I shivered. I don't know why I CENTRE HALL, CENTRE co., PA., ERIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1*72. did so—the room iva* not cold ; and Aunt Mi r* wa* lying ou the U-d, with lit-r rhin renting on the c!a*|ad hand*, ami her tare turned to the riding light, Bculptured from a block of mat hie *hc might have Uen, for aught of lit* that wa* visible in the proud, majestic form. " Come closer to me. Edie, child," aid Auut Dorothy, with a rort o! wail iu her voice"; " lor I am alone iu the world—quite alone. 1 mt-ait. Edie, there wno uue now to whom my love ia ncccasary.' I understood what she meant. I wi-ut up to her by the bedside, and took her in my anus, pressing the dear face, vith it* dowu-l'alling tears, cke to mine. " tli, Auut Dorothy, what have 1 done V' " Right, rhtid," she taltl in a utern, cold voice, sttange to her, and startling to we. And then we were quiet for some time, until Aunt Dorothy spike again. "It wa* a* 1 tenred. Edith. (iradoaHy a* the truth broke upou her, the shock was too much ; hut *he died aa she lived—to herself. She made no sign, uttered no word; only lay down and died. One yearning cry for pardou, one word of *or , row fortho sad btttei ps*t never pa>cd her lips; aud now her trial tune is over, aud h* ha* entered on the never-ending lite. Whether it was woman's jealoudy— for if she ever loved a human being it w* vour Uucle Charles—or family pride, which lia* been the curse of her existence, that induced her to act the cruel port she ha*, 11 cannot nay. She ha* passed beyond human judgment. We must leave the creature with it* Creator, Kdith; for to llira alone we either stand or fall." u Oh. Aunt Dorothy, if she should find !uo panhn! and I have hurried her there!" " Hush, hu-h, child! It ia not for u* to limit the mercy of Heaven." And then we sat together a long time silent, with our arm* clasped round each other, iu the dark, auk-uiu room. I have been aw uuan ever since that Christmas Eve at ltetcinngiy. It wasl he turning piant in mv lite- it made me dis cover the true mission of woraau upon earth ; to bring comfort and peace into the aching, weary heart* of our tellow- crea tures. Katltariue Westwood, with the love light softening the mild, wonderful beauty of her eyes, told me this a* we all sat together in the drawing-room, when the evening lamp* were lighted ; L'ncle Charles, with a gladness in hia voice I had never heard before, told me the sain*; and Auut Dorothy, dear Aunt Dorothy, a* she stood bv my side in the great hail, listening to the Christina* belli ringing their joy-toned menage over mountain and valley, Aunt Dorothy whispered " The an^cL —the angel*—fcdic, that *pqke ao long ago to troubled hearts, tbey are speaking to us, child, now—the same word*. Let u* listen—and learn i" The New Year. '• We take no note of time but from its toss." The y<-ar* come and go, and wc mark their commencement and their termination, the one following bard upon the other. Whether we have been immersed in cares and duties, or whether we have experienced vivid pleasure*, or whether the time has jwrea so quietly that we have taken but little notice of its flight, we have y<-t gone ouce more through the round of mouth*, aud again the New Year comes up to claim its |uaco ia the coming history of tho days lliat are to lie. In the short interval that comes be tween Ckrutnut* and the New Year we have an opportunity of reviewing the past and anticipating the future. We Sinse, and look hack ward* and forwards. 'e look before and after, aud pine for what ia not. Porhapa this in so, or perhaps we re joice in lite attainment of sum* object we have desire*!. There sre a few jw*>- plo—we wish there were manv—who can say that they have reached the summit of their ambition- It was our chance to meat with one of theso fortunate people the other dav, and she said : " I im wry happy; I have everything I wish for. " It aoen one coot! hi hear now aud theu of a person whose utmost wish has been gratified. Wo trust that aiming our readers there arc some to wltoin the Old Year has been tlni* bountiful. There are no doubt others who will have to aay of the passing time, 44 He gare mo a fiiond, and a true, true-love. And the Now Year wdl take them away.' Let us hypo that iu such raw* as these the New Year will not only take away, bnt will give also ; will give abundantly, so thnt it shall he rcmcmlwred more for its gifts than for what it has taken. Lot us ull turn to it with anticipations of better things in the time that is to come. We hope that the now leaf which is te be turned over will make a wonder fnl difference in fhe Htyh- of the cliapter that is nlKHit to lie written. Of ooume we arfr sure that in many instances it will not, bnt the prcaont ia a season of looking forward with hojm and confi dence, and we would not spoil pleasant anticipations by any gloomy forelKxlings, For our readers, and for all those who are dear to them, we wiali a Happy Now Year in the fulloU aud beat sense of tun phraac. THE liroiax ARROW.—From the small branches of tho dog-wood, or some other hard wood resembling birdseye inapk, simply with their knives and a flamo of fire, the Indian women work out the haft, which is smooth tunl al most n* straight n* a sunbeam. This done, by the aid of a piece of h< Bp-iron, sharpened upon a atone, they make n point, whicn, with the feather*, i* (winnd on the shaft. The next atop ia to ornament it, by means of pigments, with the national colors of the tribe, and to so mark the polished aides with lines, that the completed arrow, to the Indian's eye, is the very representative of the armorial bearings of his people. Armed with his bow. and a qniver of these ar rows, he will mount his favorite horse, and dialling into a drove of buffalo, he will drive these feathered messengers through the hard rib* of n veteran bull with snnli force that it will pans Irayond. and make a second one bite the dust; end do this too against walled side*, which flatten the rifle bullet into a pel let that falls harmless to tho ground. AA IATEREHTTNO RAI.K.—The farm called Hazel Plain, iu Prince William county, Y*., (bettor known an tlraChinn farm), containing fiVe hundred and fifty aorea, belonging to B. T. Uhinn, was sold for eight dollars jer acre, to Mrs. Mary A Downman, exccntrix. This farm is a portion of tho plateau upon which were fought the first, and second battles of Msnsasas. When the war commenced it wa* under a high state ot improvement, and the dwelling house upon it wns one of the finest in this sec tion of the State, but war devastated it, and the open fields, aud the young pines snd shattered mansion all now boar evi dence to the bloody conflicts of which it waa tho seene.— Charleston News. DECIDED. —Covington, Ga., has a Debating Society. The question last discussed by this august assembly was, 44 Which is the more useful, paper or gunpowder." The President was for a tang time in great doubt as to which side had produced the- strongest argu ment, when one of tlie powder side arose and veiy gravely eaid : 44 Mr. President: Spose oar was a bar out dar at do door, and you was to go dar and shake de paper at him, you'd sec what do bar would do. But jes shoots cannot at him and mark de result. I calls for de ques tion." The President forthwith decided in favor of powder. January Iu old lloiusu mythology J<mm wa* a , royal doorkeeper, au appro|iriiite name for such a pi-raonsge, iunsnon h as the Latin word jusM, from which Jonus is derived, menus a trior. When Nutuu Puuuiiliua, a hose reign dosed about ix hundred and seventy two years B. D. I I before Christ), took it into his hsad to wake a new " time table " for the world; he ujiset tiring* generally. The Aticieut' Jewish, KgypUnn, and (ireok Calendftrt begau tile year ou the 2.*ith of March, aud this system rati onward info the OhriKtiu!! cenUirtc*. But Nurna Pom pilitis phuwsl two new months before the > ( previous ten, and culled the first Jauu- j ary in honor of Jtotus; and very appro- ( I pi iat' ly, for as the old mult-.logical deity ; was a door-opciMtr, ao Jauuarv open's ' j the year. This Janus, by the way, had j two faoea (ami the two tared people of 1 i these days show that the nice is not *x tincl), one looking forward and <>nai backward, into the future and into fhe < , jmat Occasionally he waa represented j with four teres, ami thus he had U>4 , double name Junws liifrons ttwo-fuocd), ami Jouut (Jnoilrtfrim* (four-faced). The Romans worshipped Jon us as the ' guardian of the year and the seasons; of | gate* aud doors ; aud the beginning of I th day the people praycxl to him, aad at , j tho beginning of tho year •aerifies* were offered to htm on twelva alters, ou* for each month. Tho first day of January lias for many' ■ centuries been celebrated hj fasftngs' , and rejoaiug*. aud the ou*tom of mnk -1 tug presents ilate* book so fu into the dim past that we cannot trace iWongm. j Early Latin Authors mention it, aud jt | is piactistnl to great excess in the far *dT . years of English and Prench history. , The fsihiou was, in those days, to giro such articles sa were rare, and tre; 1 read of ireaeut of " glove-money," or i gloves, when gloves were expensive, t About the beginning of thn sixteenth I j century metallic pins were invuuted, doubtless to the grert joy aud oouvoui- j once of the ladies, ami these useful lit i tie artictea were often given aa New Year's presents, and money with which to pwrcosse piu*, and ao 44 pin-money " I | became a common gift. In proceas of j time the phase came to uraan any money ; to b# expended for triflt *. Preserrs It. Few readers can be aw are, until they have lid occasion to test the fact, how much labor aud research i often aavt-d ' by such a table as the following, the work of on# now in hi* grave. If his tory ia poetry, then here is 44 poetry I {leraonified : 1 1607—Virginia settled by th* Etighah. 1614—New Y'ork settled bv the Dutch, j i lftilO—Maiwachnsette settled by the Pu- j ritens. 1624 —New Jersey settled by the Dnteh, 1 1627 Delaware aettled by the Sjmh# ' and Pinna. 1635— Rsnlaod settled by the Irish | OsthoUos. ISB6—Connect!cut settlivl by the Pari- ( tana 1639—Rhode I*l*ud aettled by Roger WrQisnp. 1650—North Carolina settled by the* English. 1670—Soiith ('xrolina settled by the Hugnauote. i 1682-rennaylvauL settled by YYUlism , Pinn. 17S2—Ueorgia Kettlctl by Honoral Ogle- j thorpe. 1791 Vermont admitted into the Unlou. 1793—Kentucky admtite I into the Union ! 1796—Tcnneasoe admitted into the Uniou . 1802—Ohio admitted into tn* Union. 1811—Ix>uiaaa admitted into the Union. 1816—Indiana admitted into the Union. 181ft—Illinois admitted into the Union. 1819— Alabama admitted into the Union. 1830— Maine admitted into the Union. 1821—Missouri admitted into the Union. 188ft—Michigan admitted into the Union ' 1886—Arkansas admitted into the Union 1845—Florida admitted into the Union. 1846—Teise admitted into the Union. 1847—Iowa admitted into the Union. . 1848—Wisoooaia admitted into the ' Union. 185G-—California admitted mtotbe Union Is9—Oregon admitted into tha Uni^a. A Pri*on Romance. Ever* prison has ita romance, and that of the f'enitentiaiy at Kingston.t 'anada, i worth recounting. In 1842, uear To ronto, the serving cum of a Caption Kin near murdered hia master to obtain a sum of monsy which wa* in the honre. After killing bim, the vrretrli sl*o slew the housekeeper. He waa arrcsti-d. and at lii* trial implicated a girl of fifteen, named Grace Mark*, who was living in the house, as an accomplice, alleging that she knew of tho murder of the mas ter before that of the housekeeper took fdacc. Her story wa* that he threatened ler with death if ahe gave the alarm ; but as she hail bean ou intimate terms with the murderer, it was discredited. He waa hanged and sbo sentenced to the Penitentiary for life. Almost thirty years have elapsed. and she is stfll n pris onor, no more a blooming girl, but an old woman, pale, silent, sad, and prema turely gray. From time to time some newspwjMtr correspondent, visiting the iustitotioa. hears and jmblishi-a her stoTy. Hiere is a talk of a petition for her "relcnie; people say 'tis strange, 'tis Sussing strange, *ti* pitiful, 'tis roua pitiful, and then thi' matter tliifs away. Whore she lived and the cryof murder went tro are now acres of teio.: and mortar ana miles of dirty strfcete. Her kindred are dead, her crime forgot ten, aud her very existence aad history unfamiliar. Eclipse for 1872. In 1873 there will lie four eclipses, two of the sun snd two of the moon. I. May 22, a partial retapse of the, mooa, invisible in tho United .States, and therefore not especially interesting to the majority of our reader*. 11. June 5, an annulsx oolipne of the sun, subject to the same disadvantage* ss above. An 44 annal.-.r" eclipse is when s part of the sun's disk projects as a brilliant circle around the dark shadow of the moon. . r 111. November 14 and 15, a partial eAlipre of the moon, invisible in tbeUoi-' ted fttate*. At Boston ?—it begins st 12:15 (midnight) and ends at 12:53. IY. November 30, ao annular eclipse of the son. not visible in the United States. Should ws lo "doubling" Gap* Horn at that time, the darknesa will be visible to iw. Ait F.XAMPI.E WORTHY OF IJOTATIOTC. —The Legislature of Pennsylvania Is to lie culled on daring the next session to pass an act providing for the destruction of weeds in thnt State. Owners, occu piers or lessees of lands are to lie com- Klled to keen not only their farms free im Ml sncli weeds 'as mulleins, wild carrot, Canada thistle, horse nettle aud oxeye daisy, but tho-e portions of tho public roads which pass through or ad join their properties. Railroad compa nies are to be amenable to the provisions of this act. As very much mischief has been done by selling grass seed foul with all these and more vilo seed, persona who knowingly or even inadvertently do so should be brought within the scope of this act If it is true that 44 the de struction of the poor is their poverty," it is equally true that weeds produce poverty both of the farm and the farmer. limn, -to uting lUlCalocs. I utu a unlive A merit an, write* a ft#- reap iudi<ut, and justly proud of ray country, so fur n* there M uoyiliiug ti> be proud of, utul brim without worth is more damaging than wu soraetimoa think. The wosU-ru tormot Deeds oomwtiou , *W<t hf fluuri* more lhaii hi* due. Sow, in the matter of douiestieaUng the buf falo, of utilising lifts raw material, of working this vast field of wealth, what does llw (arwara say ? If yott ak him, ' Will the taming of the buffalo pay ? he almost uaivcraally ajra he thinks it will. Hut why don't Ire uudurtake it 7 " Well, he's to, aa soon aa he kin eonre 1 round to It -, the farm's so "big, and ' axraev'a so scarce, and times is so hard i that ha hain't had ojiportnaity jet, but j he'a agtun' to." II ul the axpurinreut is being tried, and so far as 1 know anything of it, with auceuss. I know of sutne buffido, (or I bison.) heifers aud bulla, two years old, ' which promise well for geutleneas and ' trotting fat under conditions that the i native stock suffer from. The feet te I the buffalo will fatten easier, be worth j mure in hide and flesh, can be cultivated , into a good milker, and will b* kind and gentle. Hut the difficulty of taking the , calves retards fhe process somewhat; ' they are kept fn the centre of the herd, 1 mid in all cases of danger tha bulls flank the herd. To capture thm it is nv mry to break through tha 11 inkers, , through Ui* rnoks of oowa to tire calves, ami thou, riding at full galop, either iparo them or catch them by the tails, which stiuk straight up iu the chase, and . npset ana tie them. Bht why don't they 1 trap tliein 7 you mar ask. Because they I have no trap's which insure the litre of tha eolvre. A pit-fall night do to get buffalo steaks but the Ufe and limb of ; j lire CAIVO* would be greatly endangered, i and, of e utrro, the calvea only mnat he iakea. lira old fellows are too stiff in . Hicir pr j;idio;M for ojven prairie free dom. It ta a problem vet nusoived. Ttra ftpamsh fever, brought up by the fliM drove* last summer, has depopu lated tha Country of the Durham*, nod jll vpaa, aad Ji rreya. Milk and butter ia scarce , Is f i plenty, such as it is but one who ka triod a Texas steak from s creature which has exercised its inum-lre 'over a 1,20" mile journey, sigh# for a tender, jtecv Wt of good sirloin. Some thing milt lie done to replenish our I stock. Tiioas who pretend to know say I i-uffslo re prrferalik- to Texas cattle, and |1 have an idea that the taming of the ' ormtyrv is an outerpriso which will, ueit year aud anvci-eding year*, receive such on imperii* M will soon place it among the legHimnt# endoavora of the western farmer. An Eastern here Story. Kum-JaUkaya, a Buddhistic legend, has been rendered for the first time into English verse, frotn the Hinhalea. by Thomas Hteele, of the Ceylon Civil Ser vior, and published in iem'doa by Trnb per k A'a. It is the story of an Indian i'riuco, son of the greatest aovvrt igu of Ihunbadiva (India;, who is gifted with "Very intellectual and moral quality, but ill-favond in hb personal arancc. asks in marriage a priocews of great tieanty, and ha* her hronght in pomp to the court of the king, his father. As soon as the krrely I'rabasati has seen her Iwtdagroom. Prinoe Kusa, in broad day-light, she takes to flight and returns to hr father's house. Kuaa follows her, and after practising various trade* in the town where her father reigna, ends by obtaining acre* to the palare. where, aa a cook, he dwtingnii- he-l himself by his uncommon talent But neither hia enli naiy skiU nor hi* lamentations move the heart of Psabsvati ; and. being imnilt vngfy rifltttted, tio.ift induced to return to hu native town. Immediately after bit departure, seven kings arrive, each at the livid of an army, to demand the hand of PmbavatL The father of tho prince** is mnoh embarrassed ; if he be stows bis daughtf up"D one of the sevee, the other six will nmte against him in a war which may niin lus country. Iu this dilemma, the king, touched with compassion, for hi* people, decide* that Ina daughter shall he ent into seven nieces, and the portion* carefully equal, izefl so that the seven suitors' any be satisfied, and no one ma le j .-aloufl. The prospect of this sevenfold marriage causes Prattsvaii to reflect; ahe begin* to consider that Prince Kuaa, whom ahe so arrugantlv rejected, is certainly not handsome, W fnl! of intelligence, of constaWy, and love : that he la the *<w of the most powerful king, and at the head of the most bnllwat court to be found ; she declares herself therefore reedy te accept him aa ber spouse. Kusa hits in the meantime returned ; by I>L *ti]N-ior talents, without shedding of I dood, I* l defeats and takes prisoners the seven kingly suitors ; and as his clemency equals his bravery, aad Pra lie rati fortunately ha* seven sister*, he gives one in marriage te each of the conquered kfogx. As for himself, his ugliness is suddenly transformed into beauty, he in married to Frabevati, " and they both live happy ever afterwards." A RIT -Boraarkahle stories about the sagneita- of rata abound, and rats 44 of the period" wn to he improv ! ing ott the wisdom of thefr aiirestors. A , lady Brunswick, Maine, vouches for the a talo a* strange as Any we have heard lately. Tha lady waa greatly annoyed by rat* in herccltnr, where phe , kept, anmng other thing*, several downs of bottle* of preserves Ou shelves, She often found the oOtks out of anaie of tha I Kittle*, aad an evident deereane of the Km rve*, a eirmmatanoe which pnezh-d meh. fine day, sa she was In the yard near the cellar window, ' ahe hap pened to suv an old gray rat ran across lbe cellar and climb ou the shell. Stand ing on his hind-tag*, with hia fore-tag* around the neck of the Itotita, he nosed out the stopper, sn 1 drawing n quart box that Wo* eu the shelf to tho side of the botiie, not up on it. He then turned about and dipped hia tail full length in to the preserves. Carefttlly drawing his 1 tail ont, he doubled himself up, and drew Hiis tail through hi* mouth until he had i removed all of the preserve*. He rtn jiested this satneproooss, and the lady i wwtohed thi* bailing, for nearly half nu , hour, tttrtil tiie liad settled thepre lervcs tomft two inches. A UFLAFRT, OBOW.—A orow owned BY a farmer iu 8 tan ton, Va., has constituted himself superintendent of the cußnarv department of hi* master'a household,' , and when tha dogs invade tho premises, clears them out He destroys every frog about the well ; allows a mouse ao chance for hi* life; drives away hawks from the poultry, and bids fair to act as the best squixrel dog in the country. With lus argue eyes he readily spiea a squirrel ei thernpon the fence or on trees, and, with natural antipathy te the whole squirrel tribe, liis shrill, keen note is readilv detected by hi* owner, aaeom pauiei'l by rapid darts np and down, and the owner is thus led to the game. CONTEHTBD.— Indiana has one editor who is thoroughly content with this world and it* belongings. Indeed, he is inclined to 44 brag" stiffly of his com t fortable situation. He says: " The editor is now in the possession ot the prettiest and the smartest daughter in the State, the handsomeet and most in tdligent wife in the State, the fastest and beet horse in the State, the best cow in the State, the best pig in the State, he prints as good a paper as any body else does in the State, and in this state of affairs he is happy." We sljpuld say lie oofbt to be- t en# mine t hri-lmsa. "Yawning for a Cheshire eberee" ia lucutiunod in the Atectttfor as s Chrlsl mss garnboL It wsssustomary for the King of Prunes to give preMsau to their soldiers at Christ rasa rime. It was formerly thought that bread baked on Christmas Ere would not turn mouldy. Within the lsst hundred years the freti vitire appropriate to Christens* bav# ranch fallen off. In the North of England a goose is slwsya the chief ingredient in the com position of a Christmas pie- In Ui* arUur age* of the church** the hi*hop* were accustomed, on Christmas Dav, to sing carols among the clergy, The young girl* in Kuaua are the her oines of the Christmas festivities which atMun invented hut for their amiwement. In the Roraau Catholic ohurch three maaere are preformed at Christinas—one at midnight on* at daybreak, aad one in the morning. The Christmas festivities celebrated with more or loss brilliancy till Candle* ma* ; aud with great spin! kill Twelfth dav. By the Itaritan parliament ChrtenH was abolished altogether, and holly and ivy were made seditious badges. Chriatmaa Day,in the Prion!i ve obureb, was always observed as the sabbath Day, and like thai proceeded by an ore or vi gil- "Oiorisin Exetaia," the well known hymn sung by the angel* to theaheparas at the Lora'a nativity, was the earliest < 'hri*ttnaa carol. Christmas was called the fsl of i Lights tn the Latin cbw eh, bars use they used many lights or candle* at the feast. It is the saying in Lincolnshire. Eog ' land, that if there is as much io before Christmas as would bear a gooee, there will not be so much after aa will bears i duck. 44 The mistletoe. magical shrub," ■ays the Gmrirmrm's M ttjasonc, in 1871, 44 appeared to bo the forbidden tree in the middle of the trees of Eden." The yak-Dough was a kind of baby, or htu* imago of part*, which bafcera used formerly to bake st Christmas time, am! present to their caatomera. Mistletoe was abolished in the Christ mas decking of churches because it was found to set the young ladies and gen tlemen a reading the marriage service. Mtaleto* waa formerly bung in the kitchen or servant'shall * More recently it has bees raised totbe parlor and deal ing-room, without, however, reducing the quantity of kissing in the lower region*. The UmtUmum's Mtvftums for Asguat, 1790, save that at Kippon, in Yorfcjinm\ <n Chnatmav Eve, the grocers send each of their customers a pound or half-w --pouod of corrants and raiwna to xtttks a Christmas pudding. In theScilly lafland* they hare a cus tom of nngrng carols on Christmas I ay at chnreh, to which the congregation make contributions by dropping money into a hat carried about Die chnreh when the performance is over. It us the pnsctiee ia England to ewt ashen fagots for Christmas eve. The ' nah ia said to be the only wood that will burn green, and it Is the policy of the wood cutter* to by on as many 44 hinds" upou tha fagot* as possible, as it b an aid established custom that every bind should represent a jug of eider, riot that thi* ia the limitation of quantity con sumed on the occasion, only that thm ia part of the oeroinoaial tiambUng Helta la New York. According to the estimate* of police officials, based on report* and special in i formation colooted in the discharge of! their duties, there are at least 211? gam- 1 bliag houses in New York, and at least 1560 person* of known bad character ' i make their livings through conaeotion aa owners, backer*, dealers, ropecs and i servant*, with these illegal establish- \ maati The number of victims who, j are robbed of tho tueaaw by which this . tanre criminal class Uvea e.tanot well be 1 .-ale ilatcd ; bnt, in view flf the extrara-' qant habits of the gamblhr. and the , great axpemtft of aaintAiaing the konsaa, < ; the victims are at least fifty times j |as nnmerous a* the thieves. Doabtira* i the aggregate looses of mors than ibff,- i 1 600 dupe* coatribnta to the support of, I these 2.500 rogue*. . Most of UM hell* are located brer 1 (Moras to whiatal ladies and ehildren re- : i sort for purchases, and ia entering and , leaving are comjmUed to fare thminsaiti i . tag store of impertinent, : ed gamMcrw wh lounge atxral the au- I ' trance* Thrv are for this reasou prjo- , tieally niriwinces in the eyes of Imriness mcn.'ittid as soeli ought to be abated hy being snppremod. Down-town the. "hnlta" are often found on the'wsme floors with the nffioas of reiqmatablnl dealer* and professional mru, and tile j envlomere of there are tcring and teflvinp, to risk having their, (fnctiti picked by the freqnetifarMtf the 44 heNa " —for these gamblers by prof es aiou ore thuwoa by nstaro. sod often dosparnto bunntan by noeossity. " ~ \ Many of the princiival and aevwrsl of the worst gambling house* have 4 t <tey " i or 41 d.iwn-towc games for the aerrau im<xta*ion (ami ruin) of the merchanU whose infatuation for gaming leads them te neglect business for a fete tatmra of the day. Naturally puv dark* anl even the MI HOC agcr boys of marohanta an drawn into luoae ptaooa, and tore targe amount* of who! thoy have probably previously stolon from employera^—Jvu •jT. Pwpor. , , s Doctor* at Fault. The Louisville Conrirr-Jowrmit gives the following : It will be remembered by many that on the 24th of December last the wife of a well knowu German <nti r.en, on PresMta street, between Green and Jefferson, was secidentlr shot in the abdomen with a pi*tol by a* man named limbic, who fired at a man while in a dif ficulty. and missed his turn- shooting the lady. Biebio waa alao shot on- the same day. and lied a few days ufterwaeda. The lady w* in a very delicate rendition nt the tffor of tlie shooting, which mqde the wottnd doubly dangeroa*, and caused a very seriohs remit soon after. An eminMit physician prononnesd her iti jnrim of such a nature as to preclude the possibility of her ever again beeom- 1 ing a mother. A woek-or two passed after the most serious conscquanow of the affair were over, when the wound began rapidly to heal. She soon re gained her former health and strength, and in on ineredibiy short spare of time ahe was in the performance of her do mastic duties, hale add hearty as ever, and to the astonishment of hex friends, in due time brought ajxiut a circum stance that was the astonishment and the sensation al topic of all the neighborhood yesterday. Sure enough, on Monday evening this same lady gave birth to a boy baby weighing twenty ponuda. ' ' " j A Viarr.—Mrs. Wilson, the woman in whose company Pet Halatead lost hia life, has made two visits to the murderer Botts in his cell. She went at the re quest of Botfs friends, and against the wishes of her father. The interviews between them were vary affecting. Both ware in tear*. At the laat interview they embraced and kissed aaeh other, and made other demonstaatiena of svxa pothyj and of affection until separated by the jailor. d *if¥ twm.i * d*ta li*. j TKBMB* Two Dollars a Yegr, 1h Advajwjc. Withered Marss. " ; ' Walking in the wood# ow eoM, krk 4*7 fort Full, with * gloomy beted, I gtb -4 together * frf! of the dead leaves that covered tic- ground, and rifting down, gave myself up to wd thought*. Ail the world looked leaden-colored, | UJM sky, and *ll life a* joylm M th .'lull, brown leaves. Th* dower* hung their liooe, lifeless bead*; aotn bird-song fell lag, and I walked the fart in the and company *1 taanrtten, feeling it WffJPJ, right ptaee. for f mounted' mare than tb *j *' Kooo a faint, sweet odor came to am from the crushed leave* ; after listening : long to the wind m it aighnd, through th* trees, I found there WAS M the sound, so undertone of hope below all the end- ; AMM ; a little insect, spared by the frost, •poke to ne with its tiny voie*; far I away I heard the fatal aoaai of a little lirook as it babbled ewer th* atones. 1 Grado-Sy and sweetly the finer, bidden < tones of nature spoke to me, and km the Wiles# branches of the trees earn* a breath which my heart interpreted: "Wc iurget net tb" grata leaves that xeem kissed, Wnt end swung on thou tender atmns tkroqgfcail long anm mer days; happy birds flew in and oat unong them, HttJe rhildten played un der them, and tared men lusted in ibr eool 'shadow. Now they Ha, the poor dead things, broken and brown at onr fcv>t. Shsl! We, therefore, be ondlewdy t eadr for their loes t. t lurelj no, sfobe we j kuow that joy cometh in the' #ihgf" We will TejotM again to harean* bright and strong and been dial. . ho, dear -km uiiu - nit. (tad any Use take* (busya* cherished hopes and plana, krtwilg on ftm tee# of your Iff* only leafless branches, through which the winter winds mean drearily. Tet Maia*t Curtly joy will eome for you in (tad's springtime—if not on earth, in heave*. And ai our fallen J cares aw not. useless#, j but make the earth fruitful, so j flowers have stronger US* by means of , Übeir death, and green leaves am stronger' for those that have lived aad died before i them. So your dead hopes may make sweet flowers Mnaaorn mote frnaMy in year soul, mey make your Ufa eumugnr j aad larger and more beautiful" t I Pertly comforted. I raised my hand, ( but th* memory of * great grief beat At | down again, as I thought: " The trees have only • little time to wort, end the I sweet sunshine and gsmfla rainorill give them bask their leaves : bat nenaeehtae. nor eny nun ens of tears—can give tee beck me friend, and below all, ether sorrow Hem the deep, hopeless longing ' for a buried face.* Kt!B the ertoet mur- Luur went on, cbangeleeslv, tender and j hopeful . Tb/coid winter V* Wan ' not to have been long. Lookiug bask, liu the blessed light of Godfs awwet, heavenly summer, with th* dear ftet user your own, it wfll eeem bat n little while, after all that yen have waited.", . A voice within see said : ** Waft on the I Lord. Be of good courage, sod Be abfjl strength ,'n thiac heart." What pleated a bird that suddenly be •ouniledhis sweet note calling to bis mate ? Where bad the ateudsgort*, that : the sky was blue * How gently' th* 1 wind whiypered in the pro* tajeeat Far j away the little brook leaped and denned b * smile of the sushght played eger it for a moment. At my feet Use ground | from which I bed gathered the ksyns was bright with soft, green mow. Had the earth chkngeJ her aad tone for one 'of happiness ? Or bad my heart g&wn ! reconciled, learned, if not to stag'in unison with her great song, at tatet to , understand its hsrmoay. M. F. IX /;. r ßuiliUuglee flftoea. ; . U tuigiit be morooamfertnhle t> gpcnk of ice and tee-ho awes when madimmmcr heals ;:re oppressive than when Itacem- Insr** frosts are nipping onr cam, Jl 1 ussy be unfortunste 'told Nature d<>-a riot make tee fbv us whka we feel moei to need it. Itni the procpeek now i# that •be will give uch a Iwmntiful fupply this araaoa that there will be notate when tee sultry day* oI Aagurt, lfeTL call for froqucmt cookng patol*oo rind SSra.TlL^' , Aa site loe-fiouw may be made : any for mer can construe! bis own without diffi eultv." Several Amities An a riltegs might unite in storing (heir tee in one bo a nr. And if country pespte should data form (be lishit of pnorwliifg this so-called luxury for their iuwt nee. they wo*ld reriinir its value- The BOon --tey Qeollenum gives, in substance, £be folk)whig (hrecflooi tar makiui- *' very Hrmple structure, which will rirw. a tear nortiw purpose j Lav entne e!|rails or poles on R piee* of ground sufll-icntly inclined to carry off water, All tits'or* - vices trite snwdwA, end ouwr old boards qr slabs. Get from the saw mill s tew load# of slabs, take four about twelve feet long, notch the oonuwnpn for * log-house, sett! cm On the phUJosm and vou have * erth about teb and a half feet square by the width of MttdMHb deep i fill this amb with MMritug end pack it down hard. Gut your is* so that it will pack close, lay it on the sawdust, put on another crib of slabs, end fill up nd pack with sawdust all round, tndeo gd on till you gt t up Si* or eight feet j then put'* foot and * half of sawdust cm top. Over tbt* jmt • shed roof of slabs —cms end of • the slabs nearly on the iea, raising the oilier .Afaroe leet Ice will keep in fnch house as weft as in a more elaborate strnotur*. . v ! :.v , It i-1 , ,i. L LMKIHSBLK.— A pwtty good etonr is told of s arisen of W J.; who went oh the cars oh T1 ion k sariring Day tp see his daughter Having secured * seat for her, he left the car and went round to her window to **y si porting word. While he was prosing out the daughter left the seat to speak, to a friend, and at the boa* rims a pripi looking isdy who occupied the neefrwith her moved up to the window. Vnawaro of the import-ant change inside, oar veneralde friend hastily put his face up to the window and hurridly rodlniaMfl : "One more kits, sweet pet" In another instant the point of a blue edtton um brella caught hi* seductive lips khcoitr panied by the passionate injuricrionu " Soat, yougrey-hended wretch." He 'scattcd. -II II < 111 II Si I lirtir iii Ill' ' ■ i J'l Aoiccia!f*kV SXATMTWS.—'.Tie total vmlue of farm products in United States and Territpiies during the year ending June 1, 1870, according to th* tansus statement jnst publisiicd, was 82,445,000,006. The largest product wSs in New York, and the net! largest in Ill inois. The total wool ahp for the same yew is stated at 1U1,234,678 pounds, of which about one-fifth is credited to Ohio. WosAmim wataHteg taws* Of the trt*grtHswbs; UnMtoVM* AmUmwyear 1 Anrthwr gnttl •'>ollo7, we will est mmm, * <WMjjj r-l. Bat rttt! #y afceer rite gtsd taw Tear, $ Witkh lied Bceva em** tax eat. Pacta ntal' Faacim. . A country editor my* that when he looks at woman's bead be Is poaaled to teßvrtrtehiansritahw - sssea. # . dtaofiaroro *1 -- The MM aw a tswsi m uwiasiy a I'mse of the fuirer hmvyeiHWgb toreneb down ■JMk* pnWlc nortioa in Mornflrid. Ify., he other day, Urn (kmaty Jail sold for and the Cowrt House, lor fTh The very deatmrt piece, is the star* rtstsWt Uesta.se .. Vnut oas, iwptaa ata. prism, and then thank us for H-ltiag the truth. IjrtUkrshJ Hale i* rtiU, i bar 94th year, at on Tk. An#ta Book, with which she has Imen nnsocitaed during half *f hsur Jifs. > Mother of she tamQlr ayysto the motor : ••JTea, 1 make it* point of never using our own hum-# or onrriagea oh Sswdny. When weHtaeduteri tone day, we nlwnya hbe." I -f i i' *.Woman is ahltan, mmla!"• churned a crusty old bachelor to a witty young lady * And man fa ahmya ham aiwg vrn tkdueism er other," was the qurtahri oncrsamfMrthm* day, ** who Imm all ■Mf, j " Xun uussus," was the ansa* Heeled answer. A few Ay "t who had sr^s, u, AS-^asrs.i°£ had, contrived tortat>oa( on* third of * I'lankst that covered him. tot to"ine * 31m Wtart "mrtlf ii tor the tadtaa to color^M^SliSkZ theogmida. WhpAnntfl Silver neeklnem in theehsf* of daseiee rtixhkd wish small rut steel heads or tort* Mm ssiitaj nrttliwtabeor tarlatan dress, atone grwetadan Qwmswcml. to.he ready ekstluvsl Ilenft what I pane I have." ft* estimated flhntntltorttoOiOOeent- Ue lew* been driven from Texas this year ' into Kansas, Ncliraadta, end the , Western States. It takes abcrit 800,000 han*ta( beef to feed the Indians every Two prominent New York beflea, who were reemtly married, aad went to Knriipe, 'have test their hoihsads One died of heeri drteito on tb® vpjpge over, aad the r of typhoid fever in Ham- MflKtal lo iHlef u ,-s,.ii.F ZtaJS teT h25" fin? S ten yearn i for al : l*efci on Asm* Wetidril Fhiffipe any* he la himself n oMtah*t, and ta flMarm-r?'l would only hsv* enengh to hw eomfartsbiy HP,- . , n ..t it^Tifsn Dm yoang men of Wnterville, M*., hsvr orgmmrcd *n sntt-eoreck society. They tdcdgeibeoitalven to merry no girl who* w*>Aieo right''that ii will not a strong arm is .tou^p an faakmndnpin, ahnu thu luflils mvycf Tvrtaty te grids®- hair, but 4 nol •"in deck, Vrpata or Nnck, i ■ . i r \ Kacmmento aeeemor took of a run on s saving* bank to übeerve Vriri wlfethgn depoMts. sa caught iipicce wha Had vrom. ,two dnyy briore, Oil they did not own a eepl V *l told iti a St. Lcmia tnesuh " tUve me ttae krt gmin of truth rtjt*i*wwVr ihtarismaA ad ttoy will be brwaghtto n raaltasttaa el tin troth. b Two women wees naked whiah of two woa woa chpom wvm phe com ttriled to marry one of them. One • piled: •* Tlfl. ridWrt, that I aright be the Mxeaer rid afl km!'' 33m etlmr—"The la^himMkel m Ttta*Af<ta#ltiiy "ay be Made fire ptnaf by apeinkhaa n layer ni salt bw twwu each isyecof hey, This proem* u> recommended at wrriaa tike double pnTfwm of a igaiuld Are, and naiti 'ring tf itisay Mere immUnrive to the benlth.wf jorttta *aA more appeable th their pakites. ( *fhc pafive birds on Bositm Common aredisptavms-adog-in-thewnakger spirit. The.* woa't. themaritaa kill the worm* (list infest the trees, no? allow the Eng- to do' it. and kOI the latter ihirtirif Theemrrew* arc fast dianp cennM bdw the comhined atteeks of the robins and the otL. r winged enemies Of toe fitflri ihuxfigniute. A Wrra's Daemon —Mr. Jacob Stal w. eome time ago, thought "proper to a*****tetter " Omaha from the United States mail. The letter oontaiued a draft on wtrich the rash wne'gnrt bjHa forged umtarieetentk' A tonehing feature of the 3< cousisteil in live fact Stale.?'a > went upon the stand and swore that n MM frigwr. Her hopwwte to save tartensOMßi. and she appnrwiUy pr jure d ut i*elf to compass Uiat end. The effort was vaih, and the in peee tag aeatenee, said he wee enrivMy satis- As woman waa not guiltv of the crime with which she charged her self. ' "ttke sentence was a heavy one, be •ing that fltakij ahoukl be confined in the o|,gorreetion farten w*ars. In concluding his remnrks, the Judge made the following singular bbaemtton: " I walleag to you that yaUwih.be enabled . materiidlyte) shorten this term if you are careful ko to conduct yourself As to win the approbation of yewr keepcrt," M tagri' ofl was first " strack," on the 26th of August, 1859, teW pWple imagined the vast wealth it manto bring t* the country, ant the mil- Honrirm it waa, to make. One of the not ablest of these, James Tarr, died a feu*day* ago at Meadville, Pennsylvania. The history of the "Tarr Same," as oil proiljirinA 1 861 - rt emoracekl93 acme. In August, 1861, Ite TarraoM half of it for PfiO.OOO to# Clarh h Hnmner, uf New Ymk. They,, tapfd-ttaeliM in -the price of oil mad* them their pnrebas*. mri they re sold > C. Ut S. for the price they gave. New wells were oontinuaUy developed, end Mr. Terr aamuwpl&ted great for gold for the fee aimdte'm lib farm— ebuivnhml to 112,006,000. He rriused it. Oil la still a success a* a steady business in the oil region. We know ooe gffltib man whoee income from teat .ioarce if About P day. #. • -..1 !*, , # -j. ' '