VABHTTS MARRIAGE. "ft*? to th*'ftfeg . 1 will Dot ootaw, hi* Queen Th*i 1 un not, uJ nm y*t hire been '•Bay to the King: I will not iluid it*in A kwuUoui U* taoiii; hi* princely nwii , "H*v to the King: Cold pomp and regal atete. And glittering nermud* bat mock my fat*. "fl*j to the King : I *m hi* elave. my lite M*d* *ll * bitter irony for wlte. "Yet **y y* to the King . Twer* it to wear A aaok.loUi gown *neak the truth; yon never did. Hut oh, that you could deceive me *,>! that you could promise Vour hand when no love for lur dwelt In vour heart. Was It for this I ho|>cd and prayed ? A mockery, a hollow houic. a form without soul? O Ood, forgive her !" She trembled as this low wall broke pitoousty from his litis, her fai*e grew white, but she would not allow her natural (feeling* sw ay . She sjaike, how ever. "1 preferred you, Herman, to all others." That cut him—lt seemed*sneer at hi* love, at all lore. He regained control o! himself, his features took on a look of scorn, and the words burst from his Ups.- "I'aulliife! You have made me your slavfe— have cooled lue Into the U-liet that you loved me—and now vou defy tne, now you tjicitly acknowledge with out shame that our union was to be one of form—a meaningless ceremony. 'Tis over! 'tis the last! You are free. I have no claim upon you, no lIO|N* in regard to you; nothing but pre-feut sorrow. If in the future you can find one to love, marry him; make him liappv. 1 can not lake an empty heart. Hod bless vou." lit sprang forward, pressed one kiss upon her brow,and fled froui the house. She heard the door close, then her senses became confused; the walls seemed closing in upon Iter, and -he sank in sensible upon tiie carpet. Five minutes later, lier father found her there, her head resting upon one arm, her face a deadly white. Lifting liar in his arms, he bore her to a sofa, and iu< almtit to ring for assistance, w lien she opened her eyes. "Slop! 1 am well uow," she -aid, impulsively. ••But, my dear child—" "Enough. 1 will prose my words." And seating herself at the piano, she dashed off a brilliant air, and then paus ing. looking up into his face with au animated smile. "You're a strauge girl. Pauline. Ilut tell uie the cause of your fainting; there must have been a cause," searehinglv. "1 ate too much dinner. 1 think," she answered, quietly. Disarmed of his suspicious. If any he had, he gate the subject no further con sideration. The following evening, Pauline accompanied George Neville to the ojwra Every eye was bent upon her with wonder and admiration, and her escort felt a glow of pride as he thought of the absent Aldrieh. Tbe next morning at breakfast, her father glanced at her several times in a regretful, half reproving way, and Pau line becoming aunoyed, at length de manded au explanation. "1 have good reason to be both sail and vexed." he said, gravely. "You v. ere at the opera last night, with Ne ville." "And what of that, pray?" "Nothing, of course—decidedly no thing—you wilful girl. Onlv—mark 1 say only—Mr. Neville had laid a wager previously that you would go with hiiu, and he boasted of it last night at the Manhattan club." •■Dared he?" she cried, her bosom heaving with indignation. "Ob, yes, he dared, and was kmn-ked down for his juiius." "By whom?" "Herman Aldrieh," answered the father, watching his daughter's fea tures narrowly. But they revealed nothing. Her self-control was simply wonderful. Presently Mr. Seaton left the hoty-e and started for his office. He reached Wall street at 9a. m. From that hour until four he was in a state of terrible excitement. There hail been a panic In stocks—gold was rising—the market was feverish —the financial world was shaken to Its very foundation. For tunes were engulfed in an instant. Men worth millions in the morning w ere hut little better than beggar- at night. Mr. Seaton rushed into his oflice to consult a moment with his partner. Dropping into a chair, he requested him to ascertain the amount of stocks in a certain company, which they had on hand. Richard Marden hastily re ferred to his books, and then his spare, sallow face seeuied to grow whiter and thinner; his pen trembled in his fin gers, he could not speak. "Well, well, out with it, for God's sake!" exclaimed Mr. Seaton, in a trem ulous, hollow voice. "We are ruined—utterly ruined!" groaned Marden, dropping his head upon his little desk. Henry Seaton sprang to his feet and ran from the building, bis face blanched, his eyes gleaming wildly. But no one noticed him. Too many men acted like tuauiacs that terrible day to have a fresh case occasion much alarm. "Oh, my child! My Pauline! Ixist all lost! Oh, heaven! can it be true?" He daggered against a building and gazed fiercely around. There was a fashionable liquor saloon at his left. His strength was nearly gone—he must have stimulant. Entering the gilded hall, he called for brandy. It was brought to lilin, and he drained the glass at a draught. "Again! Another! it gives me life." The waiter placed a bottle upon the table, and the bankrupt filled his glass to the rim, and tossed it off with a sav age delight. He was growing beside himself, and as he went out, the waiter muttered : "He's used up by the 'corner' to-day." Three-quarters of an hour later, Henry Seaton stood in his chamlier at home. Its elegance seemed to mock him with weird voices, for he knew his house must he given up. And Pauline, so tenderly reared ! how could she bear poverty? The |><>or man shrieked aloud, and tore his hair ami beat his brow. Then bis eye fell II|K>II H silvered re volver lying upon tlie table. He took it up and examined it, strange, wild thoughts torturing his brain. Anon low, hollow muttering" left his Hps, his laxly trembled, his inflamed imagina tion, aided by the stimulant he hail ilrauk, pictured fiends about to attack him. Like lightning his arm went up —the barrel pressed bis ear. be pulled the trigger—and the next instant lie lay on his back dead, his brains scattered ateut him. Only oue of the many vic tims of Black Friday. The explosion was heard by Pauline, who was going to Iter boudoir at tiie time. For a moment she stood motion less, Controlled by a nameless terror. Then she rang the ball bell violently, and tottered rather than walked toward her father's room. The door was locked. She trieil to push it open, and then fainted from the horror that was fore shadowed on her soul. Presently the servant came rushing up stairs. The maiden was carried to her room, and then Mr. Seaton'■ door was burst open. With cries of fear and dismay, the attendants beheld the life less body of their master. And while they gazed upon it, a heart-rending shriek broke upon their ears, and Pau line, nearly frantic with anguish, darted by them and threw herself u|xn her father's body. Wildly she called upon him to live for her sake, and pressed warm kisses upon his face, while the servants wept and wrung their hands. But at last she realized that he was dead ; and then a despair terrible to te liold settled upon her face, and exist ence, for the time, became a rankling curse. ••••• "You don't remember a thing about it, deary, and I'm sure I don't want to talk about it, for it was an awful day, and that's no name for It. Your face w a* w liiter than It i* now , though you're far frout twdngover U yet; and 1 thought you'd die hi spite of all we could i|o. Ulfe* me how tliaiikl'ul I am thai we can't live these things but once." Hood Mrs. Hartley panned low ipe lier S|iectaclea, and to clear her eyes from the tears that would come whenever she looked at the |wl-, thlu girl before her, and thought what had brought Iter Into this plain, country home. "l>o tell me, auntie. I can bear It, I know 1 can," murmured the uialdeu, raising her dark, dreamy eyes to her companion's face, and gently taking oue of her hands. *"You're a blessened, he sent for me; and 1 went and brought you here. You were out of your head then, |mor dear, aud so you didn't suffer so much, I hope. There, that's all; and I do hop* 1 shall never hate to *|>e.tk on't again." "And there was nothing of papa's fortune left, nothing?" said the girl, in a low , sad voice. "No, deary; hut 1 wouldn't think altout it, lacau*e t want you to get well a* soon as you can," answered Aunt Hester, patting the shapely head with a great deal of affection. "You'll enjoy yourself here, when the weather gets warm, ami you'll mS? much that's new to you. It'll be much la-iter than la-lug a governess In the cllv, among them that you use,l to be on a level with. 1 said at first I'd have none of that, and I'll keep my word. Mv birdie shan't la- plagued by anybody. *' And otl cmiio tin- gl.i—e# again, to be wiped, ainl the earnest old eye# to l>c cleared tit tears. l':ilt ruilo, but Oat oral love .-auk deep into Pauline's heart, ami leaning Iter head upon the ol>l lady's knee-, (lie wept softly. "Let the poti her father's sister, and that father dead. Ami Her man, where was he? Site trembled, -iglied wearily, and passing Iter hands across her brow, moved slowly out upon the law u. The sun was sinking to rest, and the western horizon was dyed with crimson and gold. The gentle south wind brought the odor of wild violets in its breath, and tlie birds were tinging their evening liyms UIHIII the tree-tops. Pauline slit down in a rustic chair, and, folding tier hands, gazed upon the pastoral scene with something like a wonder. At tinn-s her life seemed like a vision, from which she must awake. Across the garden the looked now, and saw, in tlie lane beyond, the cow* coin ing iiouie, and heard the bleatl: g of the ealvet in the barn, ami the shrill voice* of the cocks as they went to their nnist. Then she rested her face upon her hands and directed tier eyes to the green gra-, and in lining to stie saw her calico dress ami her thick boots. An expression ol surprise went over her face. "Yes, 'tis I, Pauline Seaton. It's all true: but oh, lleaven) shall 1 ever learn to realize it? Shall 1 ever become accustomed to invself as 1 am? Shall J ever forget myself as I was? It may be for tbe best. 1 must think it Is, or I •hull lose uiv reason." "it's a kind <>' pleasant twilight. Miss Pauline." The words were uttered in a coarse hut kindly voice. The maiden looked tip, ami beheld Enoch Bangs, oue of the farm-hands, leaning on his tu>c, hi* bright blue eyes bci t up'o her admir ingly. There was something in lip we eye# that recalled old memories, and so Pauline liad-|>oken to their possessor occasionally. He called her Pauline, too, while all the others attlicted hei with "l'ollv." "Yes, Enoch," she answered, me chanically. "An* von very tired to night?" "Xo, Mi-s Pauline, not very, though I've hoed a matrr sight tn-ecu liar to hint. She nodded and smiled faintly, and then went in to help her aunt get nip per. Employinent she mu*t have, and anything she could do she took hold of with avidity ; it served to keep her ndnd from herself and the past, and that was the great desideratum. What would the belles and beaux of New York have said, to have seen the queenly Paulina Seaton in the midst of a brood of chick ens, feeding the dough to them with her own hands? June came—June, with its roses of all kinds and lines. 'Twas evening; the fields were silvered with moonlight; a light breeze mitigated the summer heat; the whip-poor-will's weird song echoed from the forest on valley and hill. Pauline, in a white dress* with a crimson sash, sat on the lawn, medi tating. Presently Enoch, resplendent in white pants and vest, with dark roat. rams out and took a seat by her side. She was glad of his presence; he would amuse her. "You are looking finely to-night. Enoch." "Thank you, Miss Pauline. I don't believe you'd say that, if you didn't mean it." "Miss Pauline," said Enoch, timidly. "I kinder thought may he you could tell us a story about the city, or some thing, ami so I came down. Could you now think of something, and won't it be too much trouble?" "A love story, Enoch?" She tried to speak laughingly. "Yes, them are the best alius." "Well, I'll make up oue, if I can't think of a real one. Then* was once a very proud girl, who was loved by a most worthy man, a man noble of heart and purpose. She became engaged to him, and the time was set for their mar riage. Well, as I said, the girl was wilful, haughty and obstinate, and so she promised to go out of an evening with a man whom her lover disliked, ami who was not really worthy of her society. Her lover remonstrated with her, pleaded with her, but all to no purine. She would have her way. At this her lover reminded her of her duty to him and lu-r love, but she as much as told him that she never loved hiui. Then he left Iter, not in anger, as she deserved, but In sorrow and for giveness." "But did the girl really love him, Miss Pauline?" "Yes, better than her life, but she was too proud to confess It. She pre tended to scorn love, but in consequence she has learned the value of it. To night, she is trying to till the aching void in her heart with hope—trying in vain." "Xo, not In vain, my loved one—my teautiful Pauline!" The false whiskers were cast aside, and the radiant faceot Herman Aldrich I learned down upon her. The old pride flashed up for an instant, and then It was lost in the torrent of bliss that swept over her heart. "O Herman ! m v own, my own I" She sank upon his breast, and his lips met hers in one lingering kiss. Two months later Mrs. Herman Al drich appeared In society at the metro polis, but with softened pride.— Wavtrly Maya tine. AN EXCHANGE says: "Formerly, when a man got tired of the world, he went into a cave and dwelt alone; now he accomplishes the same result by opening a store and neglecting to advertise. CENTRE 11A1.L CENTRE CO., l'A., TIICRSDAY, Hhv . xIBKU *23, 1875. ■br llmtti Ir* ot l lnrliU Spain* Urof on I nk# Urr|f 1 luvf lx-*u it-ked in w rite dow ii my Impression* of .spring Grove, which Mr. Kiull thdliiger, of New York city, Mr. Banton Greeiileaf and Mr Samuel I. 11l ill);!', of Jacksonville now cull tht'il' (I* 11. .spring lirnvc 1* itunt!il in Orange County, on lit); I..ike (iniripi, which 1* twelve mill's wiili' liy fifteen In length. I( ha# olio ami a lialf miles lake front, three quarter* of a mile creek front, and lined all along Its hanks /.for It Is on rising ground' with fruit trees, cy j lire**, oak, magnolia, and palmetto. I'll* eiistal water* of the creek, or j "Springf HUB," a* it 1* called, and the I i I leant y of the spring itsi'lf, are marvel- I ' ou, ami it astonishes all that so small a i spring, only UN) feet across, should l make such a stream, proiielllng its pe culiar silvery waters half a mile Into! the lake. You have seen Wakulla, Blue Spring, and Sliver Spring, on the Ock law.tha? I wa* luld by a gentleman on my way home, who has lived In Florida forty year*, thai by the expenditure ol a little time to clear the leaves and mils* I'rolll the oilier edge ot ."stiver i Spring, it would exceed In lieaiitv am | of the lliree named. From the ill uuetil , the boat touches the "run" in the lake, j come* the sense of "floating in ait" that j 1 many have deacrilied of other famous springs in the State. Far helm* us, as j we rowed on, awaiu the golden, ruhy, and emerald tidies, and near at hand j thev seemed, i almost lost my reaped j for the trout that were licguileit from ! these glorious deptiis liy our tin spin- , I tier, hut there i- something alioiil glil- I ler, even if it i hut tin, that ha* lie- , ' gulled many a creature of higher order i than a trout, sometime* Mimllng them, ! and the cause of their destruction. How t would like to describe siH-ariiig fl-h ■ by moonlight, ami also ,which 1* belter} by lamplight, the lantern hanging over the bow ol the Isiat. This i* one of the sport* of til* "run," ami e\eiiiug it l to see the tisli, iiiiitionle-' underneath | ami at the aides of your boat, blinded , by the glare, so easy a prey that some- , times thev Can he taken out by the hand if not by the j>eir. One moonlight night the boat |a*sed over countless lidi and number* of alligators, and it wa* j a strange, exciting scene. On the laud are orange trees In such ] a wihlerness of profusion that tiie eye ! wearies in counting them, though It ; can never lire in looking on their i beauty. Thousands follow thousand* : over many acrt-s, and one sees on tiiem : the rlieited fruit, tiie green promise ol i tlie coming harvest, and here and there the bridal blossom. Nature's quiet in | theae grove* ha* ln"eit disiurtied. One j hear* lar and near the sound of the axe and (lie brush-hook, and the voice* of men cheering each other on to their ■ work which destroy* all thought of *o|- ! I ttude. Ten lalairer* have already made : ; for themselve* a home, where a lew weeks since man could hardly walk. Outside of the grove*, in the Ham mocks, are beautiful vim-* and flower* - of various kinds, while near the lake a | high shrub grows with a waving stalk lof pink flowers. Thev have something , (lie ap|iearance of *mall hollyhock* and | it si "clued as if the jieacc of ttiose tieau- | , liful days was folded away in their j pink depth*. They haiked iniliiigly toward the north, south, east, and west and U|MUI the grand soil that gave tiiem birth. t hi the lake there i* an Infinite variety j of hrauty, now like a mirror, w itli not j the w hUper of a wave; now like a deep blue liasiu hollowed out ill the earth: j now white with the quick rain; now ! roaring and foaming with the wind. The shower# •ometloie#eh**e each other over the lake, waiting now and then to let a rainbow air itself an Instant. Again they march slowly around the horizon, a* if drills-rating where thev would give the ln'iicfit of their abtimi a lice; then in quiet dignity, *.dllng far away, leaving only added brightness behind I There are bird* of all kind* in the ! i wood* and near the shore. Tiie sad, grey litubkiu i* there, which, since IUJ J return. I Ami named IIMMIS by Captain ! laind, twenty-live year* ago, from its reaetuhlwiice, in it* limping gait, to n set of Georgia "crackers," whom *ome | i wild young bloods 'Captain 1.. Is-ing i one of the iinmlier itickuaineil ItmJ-k ,n. . When he tirst saw the bird iti Florida. ' limning off lie said to a friend : "That ; ■ bird walk- like our liiuhkinaln t.corgia. i ami lieuce the name. There are quail*, I reial bird*, wild turkey • eagles, owls, • and heron* of all kinds, also bird* stmi I lar if not the same, as the sea-gulls. Sometime* the shore looks white with t the crane*, as they rest among tin- t gra.-ses, and It seems as if they had j gathered all tiie sunshine and purity ol ) Nature Into themselves, and. as they i ' lift their bodies lazily up,floating away. : 1 they haik lis) Is-autltul to die. 'Tt* true 1 t at spring Grove there are no lectures 1 t save what tiie grand old trees, gnarled and hoary with the experience of htin- < dreds of years, ran give; no concerts, ( hut wltat the lake, the birds, and the - palpitating air produce*; no churches • *ave the great one w lioc roof i* the t sky, and whose floor the rich, warm- i hearted, charitable earth. There are no galleries of pictures painted by i mortal hands, hut a shitting panorama I of scenes, moonlight, suuliglit, tire light, ami storm-light; no streets, no I stores, no conservatories of music, no < neigh!>ors,no interruptions—all Is peace t harmony, ami eonoord, ami I love to i lt and muse on what has been there, as i well as what is, aud listen to the wou- I derful melody of the waves, straining • my ears to lose none of their tones ami, i my eye* to catch all of their life, color, I and sparkle. t Having hut one more Incident, and > that counected with my departure, • your patience will IK* taxed hut little I longer, it ruined slowly all the day ot t tny leaving, and a* the Volusia did not t comeat her usual hour, Mr. Bridge started out with a lamp 111 a boat to tiie i hulk-head, to signal her. As lie went t down the hill lie shouted to me to "come > and see the rainbow;" so hurrying past i the camp-fire, where all the men w ere I getting their supper, one of the hunters ' said, "look out for the |s)t ot gold, in arm, at the end of the rainbow. When I reached the centre of our little temporary wharf, I saw a sight 1 hud i never seen before, and probably never i will again. Before us was one brilliant < hand of color from horizon to horizon, i spanning the entire lake, anil resting j tieyond, straight In front of the wharf upon which 1 stood. All at once the ( colors crept across the waters as bright as those above, and In an instant the rainbow was at my feet, showing hril < liantly on the shilling wet wharf. In- , voluntarily 1 looked for the pot of gold but tin- bow staid hut a second ami was gone.— M. A. H. Apple P*rl*z* A Ullmpw Into a Farmer's Kllrhen "Apple-parings," or "paring tiees," with the many other pletisnnt old cus toms with which our ancestors, our grandfathers and grandmothers, were wont to pass their leisure evenings after the harvest wo* o'er, are rapidly dying away before the onward march of time; but in a few towns they are still in vogue, and the young (ample enjoy themselves at these gathering* with ail the wholesome heartiness and vivacity Characteristic of the meetings in the olden time. It is atiotit this time that Invitations to tin-so "bees" are ho ing issued, and eight o'clock ill the evening sees some well-to-do farmer's kitchen tilled with the lads and lassies of the neighborhood, eager to commence their attack upon the pans of rosy cheeked apples heaped high upon the shining tables. Knives are produced, long aprons are donned hy the blushing girls, whose cheeks reflect the color of the luscious fruit, the modern apple parers are uftixed, the party separate into groups around the different pans, aud in a moment flashing fingers vie I with if#tle* tongue* In the rapidity of ] their movement*. Huge idles of apple* 1 melt awav as If hy magic, and, pared, 1 quartered and cored, they list- white and ti-mptliig In the bucket* prepared for tliein. The conversation and laugh ter Increases In a ratio as the work de creases, until hy and hy some maiden ! throws a "paring" over her head and there I* a tush to see the letter It forms a* It fall* 111*4v11 the floor -sure to In- the initial letter of the one sin- love* the beat. The fun then waxes hot and in- j rlous, others try their fortunes with this Infallible test, games of forfeit* are Introduce)!, a rousing slum k I* heard from the corner of the room, another and then another, and we see that the < i forfeits are tielng paid w Ith good honest I kisses that resound throughout lite : kitchen; ki**es given with a iieartllirs* ! tfiat leave* no doiilit as to the pleasure ' left in their sincerity. At last the fun ! i* over, the maiden* retire to dim ihrii - wraps, and the youths, with palpitating heart*, range thetti*< lie* in a row to . aw alt their coining. Form afirr form, multh-d to their ear* with only flie to iglit face* appeal ing, trip iUiw n stair* land "May 1 see you home?" "Yes, ' thank you," or "No, th ink you, I have ioai|Mliy," decide* sonic pisn- lud's fate, I ami the fortunate one* arm-in-arm pa* I out together while the "inhumed" one I with an assumption of indifference a*k* to lie allowed to sit on tin- fence and see | her go hy. The light# art- turned out, j the farmer's family soon are asleep ami : the young walk slowly along the snow j clad road, glistening with it* myriads 1 of diamond* in lite bright moonlight • ami re|M-at ihe old story thai i never | old, hut always (lie story of stories to . each succeeding generation. And (Ills, i I in brief, is UII '"apple-paring." llritenl ol fsln. I.lie w • ill Id he a Mike* of di-aslers, w it lien t tin- warning voice of pain. In fancy Would be planned or |H-ri*h be fore exjM-ricncr could Inform it of it* danger, l.ud faiaiiue* advlxd parents to eut (he lingers of their childeru cun ningly with a knife, Dial the little in | noceuU might associate suflrritig with | the glittering blade liefure Ihev could In ihcuiselves a worse injury ; but if no siuart accompanied the wound, they , would cut ii)) their own finger* w Itfi , i die sailll' glee that lliey cut Up a stick, I and burn them in a candle with the ; same delight that tliey burn a piece of I |tu|K-r in tiie tire. Without pain we. , iKitihl not proportion our acthm* to the -trength of our frame*, or our exer tion* to Its (tower* of endurance, in the iui|ietuo*ity of youth, we *hmi!d sti ike blow* that would cru-h our hand* aud break our arm*; we should take leap* that would dislocate our rib*, and , no longer taught hy fatigue that the | muscle* need repose, we should con- j tiuue our *|Kiri* and our walking-tour* j iill we had worn out the living ti*ue j w iili the unconsciousness thai we now wear out our coat and shoe*. The verv j nutriment which i* the sup|M>rt of life would frequently prove our death. Mi rabeati said of a uian, who wa* a* Idle a* he was corpulent, that hi* only IIM* a* to show how far the skill would i stretch without bursting. Without pain . this limit would le coilstautlv exceeded and epicure*, experiencing no uneasy sensations, would continue their festiv ities until they met with the fate of the > frog in the falde. w ho w a* ambitious of . • -uiulating the size of t lie ox. An etui- j nent physician mention* the c**e ot a gentleman who had ht the SCIIM- of heat in Ids right hand,and who. uncoii*cioii* that the cover of a juin w lib Ii had fallen into tiie Are wa* burning hot. took it out and deliberately returned It to it* . place, to the destruction of Ihe *kiu ul the palm and Anger*. This of Useif would l>e an accident of Ini-cssanl oc currence If the monitor were wanting which makes us drop *uch thing- ! quicker than we pick them up. I'aln t the grand preserver uf existence, th aleepies* sentiucl that w alcliea over uur j safety, and make* us both start awav from the injury that i* present and guard again*! it can lolly IN the lime to come. (•riling a ftsrrrTuMl lonrnp Wlalr* It I* a matter of conscience with u* never to laugh or make fun of another ( fellow's misery, owing to the titieer- •, taiuty of affair* gi-nerally. Ton can ' never tell w boc "turn may come next.' i A man put hi* head in our wimlow with a patch over hi* eye, hi* nose , i skinned, hi* tlngi-r* lied up, and a j general as]M-et of having called some- , < FMMIV a liar. We looked at him and in quired If he had the names of the other killed and wounded. "Vow, h>ok here, von; I don't want j none of your tnakin' fun of me, now mind that," and he looked vicious; hut continued: "It wa* a barrel of flour did It. You ' see It wa# sent home yesterday, and j ' when 1 got home last evening, the llr*t thing the old woman said was: '1 want j that barrel np garret." "All right," says I, ami I just grabbed , the old thing and rolled it to the foot of j tin' slalr# ami up-ended it onto the j second step, but w hen I Went to over end it again, it flew hack and harked my shins about four inches, s<> that I dropped it quicker than you ever see. , i Then i roiled it up till I got it to the tiltli step, right on the turn, and the blamed thing wouldn't go any further; o I ii|>-cndcd It again, hut it flew back, hit me In the Stomach ami jammed me i up In the corner so tight that I ootildu'l move till the old woman hel|ied me out. i ami together we worked the wretched ( nuisance up until we got nearly to the top at the stairs, when nothing would do her but she must climb ov ir it to got 1 a chance to pull. Mir was Just about on the top of it, the la*t I saw of her. Then there was a screech and a howl, and a mixture of two human# anil a flour barrel all the way down stairs and out Into the kitchen, where It pitched (he old woman over the stove, ami smashed the supper table into kin lling-wood, ami then bu-led Itself against the chim ney. Now we aim got no dishes, and , the stove don't ait easy on three leg*, ami the old woman's got the longest mad on I ever see; so I'm afraid logo home, and I don't feel very well my self."— Free I'm*. i A Hepnhllr not I.lke Onra The head of the government, the (•rami Caliph, was elected for a term ol twenty years. 1 questioned the wisdom of this. I was answered that lie could do no harm, since tin- ministry aud the ' parliament governed the land, and he WR# liable to Impeachment for iniss>n duct. This great otllce hail twice been aid*- tilled hy women, women a* aptly ( titled for it as some of the scent red queens of history. Memlwr# of the cabinet, under many administrations, had been women. i 1 found that the pardoning power was lodged in a court of pardons, consisting of several great Judges. Under the old regime, this Important iwivver was vested In a single official, and he usually took cure to have a general jail delivery In i time for the next election. J inquired IIIMIIII public schools. There were plenty of them, and of free colleges too. 1 Inquired nliout compulsory edu cation. Thl# was received with a smile, ami the remark, — "When a man's child is able to niukc himself powerful ami honored according to the amount of education he acquires, don't you suppose that that parent will apply the compulsion himself? Our free schools ami fiee colleges require no law to till them." There was a loving pride of country about this person's way of speaking which annoyed me, 1 had long been unused to the sound of it in my own. The (tondour national airs were forever dinning in my ear#; therefore I was glad to leave that country and come back to my dear native land, where one never hears that sort of music. The difference between perseverance ami obstinacy is, that one often cotnes from a strong will, aud the other from a strong won't. TO THE "BOI'QUET CLUb i It host-hud garland of glila' tt Uu aak tor a >ii{ from ma. To a I tat swoot air *hall i aat my lay t What shall tta key-outa ha/ | Ths fluents hsvr gun* from *uod and lilll ; Tits ri|>|tliii|i rtor ilea alius aud still ; Ami llto lard that sau* uu lbs tuaplr hough. Afar In lite auulhiaiid slU(>Ui bus ' (I 110-rhud garland of glrla ' If lbs eboi* glad vtou evie May i If atiid* uu# low in the ojusurm* !•*•>. And ruses lOootitcd si**y , If yuulh sue ail Uial Unis is of life, , If the years tl-.ughl nothing of care ol sir.fa, Nu( e*ru a cloud to tbr etiirl blue. , It Urro easy to aiu* aso tig for you ■ iel U tny garland of gtria! I la dure ooUnug t-utter than May / 1 lie gu-dt U glow of Iba barvoal-litue The real of Iba A uluuin day i l'hla lliuuglit 1 #l* to vou aft to keep; U bo m>aetb good seed shall surely reap ; t he year groa* rich as It groaelh old. AnJ lifr'a latest aands are its samla uf gold! AicAA-r A Christmas Tale. "t liristiua* Kve, Aunt KUra. <>ur fltet ( hustings at home for ten long, ! years. '1 en long, lonely yeara. Only | , you and ilo wtsli eai-h other a Merry ('biisluiaa, with htaru tar iciuoved from merrinn-ut. No little- cltildreu to gleet Saiila (laus with tinging shouts of jov. No family to gather round the ' Christum* Tree. We will give torwlt other tiiuketa to muik out love, we will eat iuikey and wince pies, ami in the nfteilinou 1 will go over to the Stimiav -aehiHil ehildten. Aud so the . duV will glide by. a* it hasyeai after < year, in Fan*. >n Italy, in l.ondon, in •>t. iVbrdmif—wlwrv have w uot upeiit u ('hi Ist mas 1' "Hut we are at home home now, dear." WHS the reply. "Irue. There t some comfort in that. 1 have longed so for home think ing tliat we might find in New Yolk some trace of our lo*t oue. Surely she j will couie home' Net, it is ten years' that the house h.v# la-en ill the Imuda ol stranger*. \\ ho eau tell that she , ha* not be< u turned auay from the ! door T it break* my heat I, A nut I .lien —it break* my heart!" The woman wlio stHike was pacing slow ly up ami down a long, handsomely furnished drawitig-roniu, tier small jeweled liand*clasped tightly together, and her eves misty with unshed tears. Mie wa* richly dressed in heavy #ilk of 1 a deep wine-color, soft flue lace, aud tasteful jewelry, aud she was very Iteuutilul. She was not very young, juutt thirty hut her soft fair complexiou and deli cate fra'tirra made hei appear younger than ber acttlal age. Hei eyes, of deep violet. w-re laigeaud exprewslv e, aud her hair, worn in close curl* round her shapely head, was of theiicliest blown, throw ittg I tack golden light* in the bright glare fioili tiie chandelier. She was t.i I ami sleuder, yet gracefully j proportioned, aud her movement* Were ea*v and dignified. Her companion, who was half hidden in Ihe depth* of a velvet armchair, wa* small aud very pretty, hut old enough to have her snowy hnir folded away under a Mift lace cap,and to wen* tin- aU-Mf drew* ot black silk ami , white muslin, with a show I of Mieltaud wool mound bet shoulder*. She look tupa- . tliv in evcrv tone. "Heniemla-r,darling," kheaaid, "thai it is less than a v ear we returned here. It IS too early to IK- discouraged." "lam riot diacouragid, but it i* so hard to wait. Tlnnk ot the happv fam ily that gathered year after year in tin* j room, ot ottr lather, Fnele iiarrv* and MaU-ll All (foue. Nothing left me hilt your precious love, aud the grwMt I can do the (lOor." "And Mini, speaking of that, did roil not 1.11 me you had Mill some pnrtlia sea to make for your cla to-ni!r row f" " True. Mr. Moriison's call drove it from my mind. There were uioru toy* nei-ih-it. I can go now. It i* ot seven o'clock. I will unlet the carriage, and IK- hack la-lore nine." She tang tiie IK 11 a* she spoke, or dcred the etc riage, and sent for her uiaul aud w tap*. The old lady waited until ther were once molt* alone, and then said, wist fullv : "You would hare told my if Mr. Morrison (nought any uew*T" "indeed I would!" was the earnest reply, ami the old lady felt a cat easing hand ;ipoii her own. "There waa only the old story of failure. (li. Aunt F.llen. I would s]wud every dollar I own if it would biiug her once more into my aruis. bring her face ngainst my own again ! U lien- is the this cold ' Ct'iii-tmas F.veT How do we know she is not cold or hungry, while we have luxury ! How do we know wluit sor row sin- may endure! Oh, Mabel, Ma- IK-1 '. where are you T" "Slu- may IK- dead," tlie Gordon Hlanehard \v;i# so far pnrdon | able, that lie lost his parents at an early age, had had the control of ample means, ami been free from all restraint since boyhood. Sir. Cresswell. alarmed for the happi- 1 ness ot his child, opposed lier choice as aoon as he liecamc aware of her attach- i meut, forbidding all intercourse lie- i tween the lovers, ami using his |>ater- . nal authority with rather injudicious strictness. The daughter, who had j lived in nil atmosphere of love and sunshine from infancy, resented the tin- S usual severity, umi, yielding to the so lieitatjoii of her lover, eloped frotu her father'* liouae. 11 Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance. Ilefnrr Mini had rwoverwl from tint I hitter grief of iliis flr*t violation of ata j >l|v Hive and confidence, she waa ; (looi upon to mourn the death of! lies*. wcweJl, after a abort sudden ill* I The gtrls . ~ , , . ciiiii iilation uHll' broke under (ho ac \ ire of her pliVMiW*; u ' ' ,v i mined to retire Irnli*' father drier- ; flat el in Kuro|to. His ," d t**r. vntli Mita, oiia{Mi*Mr < ' l r *" | and they aailrd (tout New HJ}",/' I f all following Mabel's elopeuieTr , "* sis yeai the father forbaafe the in , of hi* erring child helng spoken in iif J preat uie, hut he Itrrame ill lu Flor ence, ami upoii hi* dealhlied he forgave her, giving Mint hi- living wonla ot (•R asing to cherish in iter In-art until •lie met her slater. Yet, hi* will, drawn up iu New York Iteforr he sailed, left In- fortune mutely u Mua. It w a* the gill'* eat Ileal deslle lo re turu lo her own tiomeaftei her father** death, hut lot uncle Harry, who waa alo hei guardian. waa mling, aud fan cied Ihe ait of Italy or France wa* tie ccasaiy to hi* life. So, lot three more weary year*, the travelers lingered abroad, till Hariy <'lesswell, too. died in Itaiy, and waa hinted la -ide hi* btother. Hut by hi* will. Mala-), could site be found, was left equal heitewa with lit-r *iater of lit* handsome iiiopertv, lii* own mu-t LI ten la tug already independent. The litst gild la-ing over, tlife (wo women felt return the weary homesick ness the) had conquered for the ask*-of those who were gone, and returned to New Yolk. As soon as they writ settled in then old home, M ira instructed hei lawyer to spate no money or time to find iier ais'er; tiut lu-r rflorta were unavailing up to the tune when site i* introduced to Hie leader, a little more than six tuoii i hs having passed since her return li> Sew y ill k. As she drove toward hei destination, Mira ("res*well prated silently, us abe hart so often prayed, that, before ano i hei New Yeardawued upon her lonely life, tout would itwunr to her the stater whose loss she unturned mot <- than that of uncle father, or lover. Il t dead weto, she trusted, safe ic the eternal butiic of Christian*; buther Mster, living.yet lost. wa* perhaps suf fetttur want trhi-u plenty ww Iter odd bv mtkl—wiui lourlv when lure await etl Iter. With sal thought* for company, Mini •Blend the toy ibop, cfinroW witii purchaser*. and a* her foot d the threshold. a weight seemed to tall from her heart and limbs. She a> daxxled by the light, she waa bewildered by the stiangv ndciplatred happiness that •tented pourtug into her heart. I'urousrioualy she spoke the thought that flllt d her brain and heart, and atauy to that tray crowd turned, aa the •meet, clear voice spoke one word, "Mabel!"—turned to are a shabbily dressed woman, at the counter,devoted to cheap torn, drop her tritliujt uur chase, and tix Iter rye* upon the lady wtupiwd in costly raiment who had spoken. tven in the contrast of dress, the likeiie*a Iwtweru the two conld not lie hidden. It was a. if It laced a mir ror, though one tare M thinner than the other. Both were pale., deadly pale, a* lite h*hhy figure. draw U by lite |towerof the other'* dilated eyes, alowiy croa-ed the store, never aeetnit anything of the woudeiiiig gioup. and found betsrlf ia a carnage, with Mira sobbing and caressing her. "Mattel, Ma I tel. Mabel !" 'I hat was all Mira conld say, feeling her *i*ter'* kisses on her lips, her aia ter'a laarson ber tare. Hut alter a mo tile 111 of ut to In* taken hv a Mr. Moriison." "My lawyea—you know papa's old lawyer is dead, and Mr. Morrison acta forme. He wa* prepatiiig for our re turn. when he (ire the family you saw notice to vacate the premises." "1 tievi r returned ilu-re. Indeed, 1 bare bad my hands till-d, toearn In cad. This is the reason 1 have not seen the advertisement* you have had pub lished. Hut, here we ate at the onlv home I have known siuce my return.-'* Hut for the brightness the future promised, Mira felt as it her heart must have broken, as, after ascending three long flights of rickety stairs, the sis ters stood in the dismal attic of the wretelied tenement house. In a small o|eii grate weie the emliers of a scant tin-.and the miserable furniture seemed u* if actually fulling to pieces. I'pon the low Im d. where their poor garment* eked out the aranty covering, were two children, w hose fair faces and brown curls wete miniature copies of the fa ces bending over theni. Kven by the light of the miserable tallow caudle, those faces looked tteantif lll. I'pon the U'll-iMMt hung two tiny stockings, amlM-ilsT# teais ruM- as she w bispereu: "I have inn! two dollar# in the world. Mir#, and 1 li ill told the children I was atraid Santa Clans would not coiue lirrv to-iiigbt. Tlirjr have never Ix-en without some toy, however poor, and, Mira. the older one, a# she aald her prayer*, added a little jietitiou to the saint ot Christmas. When she rose from her knees, she told me, with atieh perfect faith, that Santa Claua would surely come now. that 1 could not hear to picture her disappointment. 1 re solved to take a trifle from my money to buy a few cheap toy*, a little candy and fruit, ami trust to Providence for the future. kissing my little one#, I stole out. leaving them asleep, uncon scious for the hour, at least, of cold and hunger." "Oil. Mahel! Thank God for the child's prayer." "To think that in answer I found you —found a home, wealth, and Christmas happiness! Mira, my heart is too full!" There was a moment ot deep silence, and tlieu Mira spoke, with a look of merry mischief in her eyes, that they had not worn for years! "Mahel, let me take the children home, asleep, just as they are. Wrap the ravers round tiiem, and we will carry them down-stairs. There are nlenty of warm robes in the carriage. t>o, do let me carry out a little surprise I have iu my mind for the waking of the dear girls." j V.Just ns you wish." A rapid drive home to greet Aunt Kllen's delighted surprise, to put the little ones, still sleeping, in bed, and wrap Matiel iu warm, handsome gar ments, and then there Was a shopping expedition through the busy, crowded NO. 51. UnrM, that threatened t overflow the carnage. Little garments of daintiest make treasure* of fiook*, game*. and toys' templing packages of fruit and •***- meats, ami wonderful machinery 01 all sort* f*r Mira'a Mpriae. It w Iaat midnight wlten tbe *- tei* stole from the room where the child ten lay aieepiog. to aliar* once more the loom they had ocetiplod B girlhood. I lay waa just breaking when the* erejt iu oftlv ttgaiti for final pre l>arial inns, and then hid tliwuaelvna u> m cl f Mime | what old-fashioned uliafie, -ill. wtm outer*. held to lillie Ugure 4 -url-i •rosily mi'ler the softest of i while t wo lirown head# reeled kivitigwj fgotlier upon the pillow a Grateful aat luiii lilted the room, and every ap ] |>oiutiuctit wan jH-rf.-rt. Hut iter now h ni|r irtory *tM variety; hooka.filled w itL the moat won 1 dei Inl ot fairy tomaaeea ; arts of ex tjuiaite pictures, in pretty envelopes, variMie* of caudiua, fruit, and dainties of every kind. And over all hana the brilliancy of the rialn fc sun Urn china i every ot.jeet with warttsgoldcn light. Suddenly, aa children often waken from dtw-iMtat aieep, one airly, brown bead waa lifted from the pllow, and a pair of great blue eyes opefted wide, Ui d lighted surprise. "That ta Mira, your namesake," Ma bei w btapered low. in the eloaet. Great gasping sol* of perfect happi uea* held the cbild silent a moment, tbeu tint joy became too great for soli tary pleasure. •May! May!" she cried, the sweet voire rippling with delight—"oh, May, wake up: Santa Claua came! I told oismoia be would come. May, wake j up!" Two blown heads wore upraised now.' two pairs of blue eyes sniutog with j ph-ssnre. rovhig from tbe tree to the . wonderful room, the furniture.tbe mir- , roi*. the little bed. aud ever hack again ' to the marvelous display of toys and treasure*. I "Oh, May, it is like heaven! How warm I am ; and aoe our nightgo* lis. all milled, aud with la-eou ti.em ! And, oh. May! see the lovely blue drr**ea on that chair, and bronze hoota! Tbejr mud ba for aa, for they will surely tit ua." Hut Mat's eyes were drooping a little, in the midst of all thia hapaineoa. She uusaed something, dearer than all. "Hut I want mamma!" she said io a grieved lone. "Did Santa Claua take away mam mat" The Hotel-door opened, and the two ladies slepth r criel Mira. aa the door opened, "hne is a fairy godmother rotning!" There wa* a merry laugh then, for Auui Kllen waa so small and pretty, that tin# was not a new name for her. " I could uot w ait longer to see your children. Mabel."she said—"our second Mira and Mabel!" It w a day the remitted family oati never torgK. Th w ctnhlreo. youug la dies now, thiukiug ot mci) ana ac complislimetits, have pae#st many happy anniversaries, hut never otV quite so startling aud bright as the one when "Santa Claus brought mamma home." W IsOntti lu Brief. An exchange give* thv following sensible hint* for 1973. whirl) we com mend to the consideration of all con cernetf: "It Is la tter to live in a little, tnean, two ttory frame house, tiian iu a jail; it I# a gosted." To drop your fork means: I am des perately ui love." To wipe your knife on the table-cloth means: "All right." To stir your coffee wltha fork means: "How sweet you are." To eat your soup with a fork tueaus: "You are very beautiful." To whet your knife on your fork means: "You sec I am sharp." To cut your uiouth with a knife means: "1 ant very impatient." To pick your teeth with a fork tneaus: "I am the pick ot the lot." To wipe your uose on a napkin means: "1 am making a fool of myself." To drum on your plate with your knife and fork means: 1 aiu almost crazy." To scratch your head with a fork means: 1 itch for an acquaintance with you." To dip your own knife into the but ter means: "1 ant not very particular you see." To let your knife slip and knock the gravy out of your plate means: "lain exceedingly uappy to be here." To draw the knife half way down your throat means: "I atn enjoying my self very well, I thank you." IfIWS IK BRUT. —James Knox of Knoxrille, 111. ha* •eynti |IO,dOH for a Swedish college In that rily. * -The attrseatr dtrlnkage of mining , •dnuks on The Pacific coast Ir estimated at —Gen. K. E. Spinner—he of the meandering autograph —ran ahead of hi* ticks* In Kew York. —Alexander It Stephens now weighs two mora Mututd* than he did. Ha weighs Only abortlloo all told. —A Kentuckian thinks at tained the bright of human happiness In tba paaswiTon of a wife 8 feet 3 iiu-haa tail. Political sueceas hi nS without lu panaltler. A retmytr*nla Senator uject had to kls* I,UW Utile* during the recent canvas. - —Thg Tltusfill" Courier thinks tbe ,ooo won't maka his character shine as It did before. —A CincJßMatti merchant has • pair of shoes made In 1778, during the times that tried men's souls, and be proposes to exhibit them at tbe Centennial. —Dr. Liadesoan teti mates the proba ble yield of (be gold and alive r mines of this country for 1878 to be $100,000,000 atHKit iwjce Gie average yield alnoe 184 V. —lt U estimate*! that the Government ra ill recover sl,.**i,ior> of the amount of m tiivofred in the St. Louis Whisky fraud*. This is about oae-halt of the total loas. -Tlicrt Is a bullfrog farm in South eastern Wisconsin, * acres of swamjp fen nod in, and the proprietor senda thousand* >4 these fentherless birds to New York. —At the annual hunt of the Ss bniftka City bperissnen club, held re cently, there were 1.135 anion Is slaugh tered, consisting of ducks, hares, quail, snipe, plover, ate. —Maggie Davis, daughter of the ex- Triwldent of tbe confederate sutea, Is, it is reported, about to marry A. J. Hayes, Jr., cashier of the National Bank of Memphis. —A sea turtle captured on the Mary land coast recently, measured 10 feet in length mud t feet from tip to tip of fins, it look 12 men with t sets of halyards i lo haul him shore. —Auburn, S. \\ claims more bach elor* ami old maids than any other.? place of its size In the country But then, you know Auburn ha# a well-pop ulated Stale's prison. —General Meredith, who died lately In Indians, was six feet seven inches high, end President Lincoln used tossy that tbe 4*eeral was awe of the few umu be looked up 10. —The Palmetto Guard, of Charleston South Carolina, ha* determined to cele brate the centennial of the battle of by ere*-ting a f 11.000 monument. —The hones of over 1,000 Chinamen have hern gathered together at Sacra mento, Cai.. from all parts of the state, lrpar*tory to their bring forwarded to Chiua, In a frw days, by a clipper sbip. —Sixteen beds of cannel coal, aggre gating -Wo feet in thh-fcneas, the largest !"dug Mtvenlr feet thick, and fully equal to the English article, have Just been discovered in IMntxh. Wyoming. A Mark duck flew against the ligfctbauasatftankary. Nantucket, the other day. with aunt# force aa to tweak > in a Jaxga plate g!x- window almost lis If aq inch thick, killing itself in • -Uutiy. t —A uew tnow-ball organisation for , the eeaaon of 1878 ha* been perfected in "*t. PaOf under tbe name of the Gopher j idutx They expect to gopher every thing isi the mate and visitor* fromout #lde regions. , —The old bell which called togetber ibe Virginia Gnoveutinn of 1775, Ir. Bichtuond, wheu Patrick Henry ut- 9j tvretl his -tlrring eentenoe, "Give me tthertTorgive me "b-ath," is still in u*e hi Mcninsvitle. in that State. 1 —The annual production of leather gloww in France is eatiauted at about 2AUI.WB daunts of pair* of first second aud third snru, the average price being t Itllty-flvc francs per doxen. There are •O.fWI person! employed in this in dudtyT * —A colored w oman of LxirtonvUle, fit., lately died at the advanced age of 112 years, f-he was supposed to have !ea the oldest person in that State. She wa# burn on Koauoke Island, and was rwenty years old wbeu the war of 1778 romtweiKWif. lVserves success. A new steam ship crtinpsuy is organizing iu New York which will not a-k Congress for any ahl whatever. The steamers are to ply between New York, St. Thomas and Veutssucla, and are to depend w holly upon the legitimate profits of commerce for support. —A Wyoming paper priori a stato menttotiic effect ibat a Metiean mus '•nf reli