LAMENT. *Y lUW BAVAOK LINWW. I loved him not. and yet, now he is gone. I feel 1 am alone. I checked lum while he *|mke . yet conKI not speak. Alas ' 1 would not check, For reasons not U> love him once 1 sought. And wearied all my tliowglit To vex myself and him ; 1 now would give Mv love, could be but live Who lately lived for me, and when he found "Twee win, in holy ground H hid his fsoe ainnl the shades of death 1 waste for him my hreath Who wasted lus for uu>' but mine returns. And this lorn boeoui burns With stilting beat, beaviug it up in aire)). And waking me to weep Tears Uiat had un ited bia soft heart, for years Wepl he w> lilt,t teals 1 "Merciful Hod such sas lus latest prater "These may she uever share Quieter is his breath, his hr> asl more <\lJ Than daisies in the mould. Where children spell, athwart the church ai\l gwte. Ills name and lift 's hnyf date Tray fir him gentle stmts, whoe'er you be. And Oh. pray too for me ' Mrs. Gil nil's Vision In tiie days of which we write there was no tow ii in tin- land where the apii >t of politics vv a- mole acrimoniously exhibited liian in I* . Those were the times of Whig ami Iviitociat, of free-trwde theories and high tarifl dog mas. lawyer Ihiwaon was the leadei of the Ih'mtH radc taction, and IVs tot* Limn vi a* die champion and standard- Iwarer of the W big-. Lawyer law-on lia.l a large practice, ami was wealthy. lhnT.tr buiui was wealthy, ami he lot had a vohunluous "visiting Us.k," w herein the liaiuc- ot his paticuta were ins. riU-tl. llie-e two men, in |mint of intellect ami -ta'ial |s.-i --tiou, were pretty nearly tspial. 1 awyer l*aw son had an only daughter named Kate, ami lhaTor liunn ha.l anoulv son called Sam. lu a tow II numbering only -even thousand -ouls it w is not strange that Sam liunn -bould tie iutinialeiy scvpi unl.-d vvidi Mi— Haw-on, and a- Kate w .i- Very pretty, ii follow < ! alnio-t as a matter of course, diat -lie shouhl haw a t*an, ami that he should be >.iin tU UU. Xow although thf House of liotto ami iMnsmi vat in tin' same dmivh, ami heard the Mum> spiritual exhortations Sunday after Sumlay. though they met at social gaiheriug-. ami exchanged tin* ivurii**ii*s ami clTtlltirtof lite, yet there was a spirit of rancor in tin- breasts f tin* respective hcail* of these worthy lamiln--, engendered by |>olitics, ami kept alive ami active bv i: It w as evening, ami the broad harvest uioou bad jn>t risen over the tree top*, when Sam Dunn ami hate 1 >aw->n, aim in arm. sauntered along the river bank that skirts the town, ami made their way to an old time-worn rock that had served as a seat for weary travelers ami lovers for generation*. Sam Dunn was the first to speak w hen they hail taken tlieir seats. ••Kate," he said, 1 have beeu a good deal troubled of late, hut I think I can see away out of our difliculties; I say oar, because you are concerned in my (Wiilexities. " Kate Daw son iucliueil her head in the attitude of attention; ami Saui Duttu proceeded. "When I was born, my mother had a visiou, a vulgar person would style it seeing a ghost; but we'll call it a vision. She w as iu formed that the sou to lie born of her would be a remarkable child, and have a remarkable destiny; that he would fill the laud with his fame, etc.. ete..*' and Sain laughed. "Proceed," remarked Kate, "I'm all attention." ••Well," continued Sam. "it is un necessary to say that my mother reli giously believes tills is no nonsense, ami imagine* ft will all come true. In a few months 1 am to enter some lawyer's office to read law . Now .of course 1 wish to enter the office of Lawyer Daw sou ; hut how is that to U' accomplished ? My father is very stubborn on certain matters, and so is your's, Kate. Though they are friendly they are at -words' point* in politic*." "It will be a difliviilt thing to accom rlisli your purpose," she replied, "and can -uggest nothing to aid you. You will have to break down and root out prejudice before you tain lioja* to achieve your plan." "My mother is very superstition*," continued Sam; "1 have thought of sending tin* ghost to visit her, and in form lief that her darling son Samuel <*an only come to honor ami distinction by reading law in tjie office of Peter Dawson, Ksj. A white sheet and un earthly voice are all that i acquired. I think 1 can play ghost." Kate Dawson lookeu up ami Sam Dunn knew, though he could not see, that her cheek flushed as she spoke. ••Would you deceive vour mother?" she asked. "l)ear me, Kate," lie replied, "don't s|Mak DO seriously. What harm ran it del* Mother believ *in -ignsand omens and such ridiculous stuff, no one can persuade her to the contrary, and"—he lowered his voice—"mother has more influence with father than any one on earth. If she once becomes convinced that iter ghostly visitor is in earnest about the matter, siie'll never rest until she has |>er*ii:uled rny fat Iter to plate me in your father's office as a student." "1 cannot consent to it," replied Kate; "deceit is very repulsive to my mind. Kvil consequence* might follow . Your idea is that when you are my father's student they would withdraw opposition to our marriage. I don't see how that cau be brought about by the course you propose." "I think differentlv," said Sam, in a persuading tone. "Your father'sJiery views as a 1 letnocrat.aud my father's as a Whig, have to a certain decree en stranged their feelings. Mow, Kate, when once 1 am in your father's otllee, and he comes to know me well, 1 think he'll not be so severe on you for your preference for toe; and mjr father, w lien he finds the benefits that yours is lie stowing on me, w ill |>eriiaps soften ids aspirations." "Vain hope," responded Miss Haw son. "I cannot eon-en t to it, because I will not eotiiiteiiance wrong." Just as she uttered these words, there was a sound of feet and snapping of twigs among the bushes, and Kate started. "What is thai?" she cried in alarm. Sam Gunu darted in the thicket, but returned in a moment. "I could see nothing," he replied. "Some animal straying, perhaps, noth ing more." But It was something more. Doctor Gunn had au Irishman named Dennis Toole, who drove his gig ami attended to the horse. That evening Dennis had strolled down to the river and was lying 011 the bank gazing at the moon, when Sam and Miss Dawson came to tlie rock. Dennis heard their conversation, and as he was very much attached to Sam, he instantly made up bis mind to play the ghost. In his retreat from the s]>ot lie startled Kate as we have seen. It was a favorite pastime of the doctor to walk down every evening to the Green Tree Tavern, where a knot of politicians nightly assembled. Thither be wended his way 011 the evening in question, leaving his wife to doze away in her large stuffed chair until his return. There was no light in the room where the good lady rejiosed, and the moon beams, as they struggled in the window, made an uncertain light. Suddenly starting from Iter nap she rubbed her eyes and sat holt upright in her chair with her eyes wildly straining towards the door, in which stood a figure draped in white from head to foot. Mrs. Guun held her breath. The visitor raised his long arm above his head, and exclaimed in a deep and husky tone: "Place your son without delay under the instruction of Lawyer Dawson, as this is the only way he can sjieedily rise to distinction. Do this and the fame of Samuel Gunn shall lie known to the uttermost parts of the earth. 1 have said it." With that the figure disappeared, and a few minutes later Mrs. Gunu was screaming for Dennis Toole. "Here, ma'am," he cried. "I've been asleep, ye see. Is it any one wanting the Doctor?" "I wish him directly. Tell him to come home." FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietoi vol.. IX. "b it sick v* arc?" kol IVnni*. "I've not time to explain. (In to the tiroen Free ami bring liiin al muv," -In answered. "Sure an* I will," -aid I ten tils, who linrrioti oil", laughing in hi- sleeve. later, vi licit Vim entered the house, he wa* thunderstruck at 111- niotlier telling liiut dial she liatl, a little while la-fore, hail a vision, In which a spirit had told her to place liini to read law with lawyer IVIM-011. Sam's eon-tt r natiou was veiv intrust-, and lie "|soh l>t>lnwl" it. Mrs. t.unn. however, treatel the mailer in a -erlous light, aliti w ;v- clttseletl with her husliaml the entire evening. Frequently Nam iviiltl hear In-lather'* voire raised high, then ig.tin lie could tli-lingui-ii the pleading tones of his mother. i'lte follow ing day the iKa'tor called Satu to lii- -Ith'. "Your mother wishes you to read law with I'aw-.ui," he salt I. "He i a good lawyer, tuit a -tuMs'in Whig. Now I won't have anything to do with it. I have given a reluctant consent to it, hut you'll hav c to make the terms v ourself." "But why siioiiut I read law with IMw wiu f" a-ketl the deceitful -on. "Itecause your mother wishes it," re plied die doctor. "She's had another v islon, and if we don't humor her. she'll go crazy, anil that will la* worse than reading law in the oilier? of a Whig." "Very well, sir," said the dutiful Sam, "It" my mother is in danger of he eetning deranged by uiy refusal, I'll go ami see Nlr. Haw sou, ami tell him tiiat 1 come with your approval." "Ye- - no—yes," -tamuiered the doc tor; don't say more than you can help, Sam." Sam dunn went to Mr. Ibtwsou as a student. Very Avon after a marked change ti*ik plats' in IknTor tiuun*- fi-elings toward- the lawyer. "How do you think IUV -on will auc cved ?" asked the doctor one day when he met M r. i law son. "lle has a tine mind," replied the lawyer, "and 1 think lie will make a brilliant man." The doctor elasjied Ibtw'soiT- hand and pressed it warmly; from that day the two rival- lieeatue lietter friend-. Fifteen year- pa-awson and lhvtor liinn were both gadiered to a land w iiere politics is unknow u. Sam and Kate had been married a long time ami true to Mr. Haw sou'* predic tion, the former had made a brilliant reputation as a political shaker, but he didn't trouble law much. lVuiiis Toole was -till continued in Satu's servicv; he had t.ow la-come an old man. One day he wa- talking to Sain, w hen he said: "Sure, Mr. Samuel, It i to me that you're tiehcilding for your wife." "Vi hat do you mean? askcsl Sam, witli a quick glance at tin* old man. "That it was meeself that played the ghost, sure." Satu broke out into a laugh w hen I tenuis told hiiu how he had heard his conversation hy the rock. "It was the be-1 thing that could have hap|>ened, sure," said i*ennis; "the doc-tor and the lawyer were ina-le mure peaceable ami I'hrUtiau-Uke by iuv ghost business, and no harm ha,- ever come of it." Poor Mrs. (iunn clic'd without ever knowing that her ghostly visitor was the doctor's driver, ivuiiis Toole. Vmrnllat Hlrknc-u. Some months ago a sensible bu-inc.-s man, while traveling at the Smih fell in with an invalid gentleman. In the course of conversation tiie latter re iii.irked to the former, "1 sup|o*e you also must if something of au invalid, as you are devoting so much time to traveling." "Not at all," replied the business man; "I aiu in the la-t of health; hut I am traveling so tiiat I may retain mv vigor." "But your business, my friend—doe* it not sutler during your abaence?" "Ib'ttcr that my busine-s should suf fer a little than that by over application 1 -iiou 1,1 !• totally inca|iacitated for at tending to it," wa the reply. Tliv exhausted invalid pondered a while and then -aid, "1 wish I could have reached that mncludou twenty years ago." Here is a lesson. A summer's vaca tion ikies not always repair mind or body weakened by rxo---ive exertion; rest itself is not always rest, and re creation sometimes seems only weari ness to the overtired mind. Thousands who are simply slaves to business are ever-looking forward to a time when they shall relax the strain and rest. That time seldom comes until tt*> late. They subject themselves to a pressure which common sense should tell them is almve tiie limit of safety. Little sleep, hasty meals, and constant business anx ieties w ear out tlie life. Hard work is not injurious in itself; hut Americans seem not to understand liow tliev can work hard and yet obey the physiolog ical demands for systematic relaxation. Ismg vacations are well, whenever they can lie taken, hut a short time given to pleasant, w hoh-some rest and recreation every day, free from thought of busi w ill keep tie-|M>wcr of life fresher and brighter. I*i*per ol lar*. But there is even a graver accusation brought against the pa|cr collars. Tiie man who once begins u> wear them continues to shed them daily. They are furnished with a tough spinal col umn of muslin, and are thus rendered indestructible. The result is that the wearers of pa|ier collars are gradually covering the surface of the earth with a new geological stratum which every year grows deeper and broader. The discarded paper collar lurks in the closets and corners of boarding houses, where it mocks an honest servant girl who hastily picks it up under the delu sion that she hits found an available ar ticle or portable property. It eddies around the hack yard, dancing iiefop the breeze; and luring the passing cat to pause and notice eligible platforms for nocturnal concert*, she might other wise never have observed. It lies in wait on the sidewalk, and taking sur reptitious passage beneath the skirts of passing laauity, emerges to view upon crowded corners to the confusion oj the innocent victim, if thrown into drains, the discarded pa|>er collar joy fully braces itself to the work of choking the pipe. If tossed Into the tire, its muslin internal structure burns slow ly, giving off vast quantities of odorous smoke. 111 the tipper part of the city it nourishes the predatory gout, who hav ing thus formed a taste for clothing pro ceeds to gratify it by lunching on skirts of unwary children, and liy dining with a select party of invited guests of acces sible clothe- lines. Cast into the river, the paper collar refuses to sink, hat fioats with the title until it is stran ded on some otherwise romantic shore which it straightway makes vulgar by its presence. It is a repulsive falsehood while it was worn, hut it is a vast and imperishable nuisance when it is throw n away.— Xtne York Times. Different K Inds of Tongnes. Tiie tongue of kindness Is full of pity, love and comfort. It loves to cheer, console ami encourage. The tongue of discretion knows where to speak, and where to be silent, careful, what, when ami to whom it s(>eaks. The tongue of kwnoleilge retails no small talk, scandalous reports, or small afairs of any kind, but tries to please, enligliteu and do good. The tongue of truth never stretches itself like Indian rubber to tell a good story. It dreads all lies, white, black or yellow. The tongue of humility , does not speak great swelling words, nitwit astonishing exploits. It boasts not of its own great deeds, has nothing to say of its own merits. THE CENTRE REPORTER. !*• I •• Icl I ni-ri ral.it i not (MtifltttHl to tin* .it Hlllt maturing tieaulir- W ll<> HI l-doubling tin' i ritual dl tin' thirties Hint the furtli'n, luit I* reaching tin'ti| ilu< \ w 111111*11. riii* painting ut tiio llli I- matter ul regret, fur 11>>* Aineri can woman l known lu nil civilized land* fur tin- brauti Af lier complexion, tin' delicate HMitiii rut It tiring recogniziM! in ilu' term ut • • tlie American tint." To tini\i' away frum ilu' artiktli- aide ami look UII tin' mural one. It appear* till wor-e. Tin ui ftticoii fr ago tlio calling ut tin' woman wliti worn a I'.iliili-.I vUugewa* undoubted, it Mas lu nccrlatu extent ilu- it uf hi*r coui nii'-ti', and there are yet old fashioned I ample M liu judge a painted Imv MIIII tin- eve- uf tin* |uMt. I lu* motive MIIII'II lead* lu*r TU till* : 1m \ I alt u-c uf color l*. uf course, thai '•tie mat Income beautiful, ami If she really > I ill lavotue tin objection might In" iiiaih', at least frum an artistic point uf if lew. Itni her mistake la radical -lie doe* nut become su. Virwiil as an ob ject of art. she is unlovely to look u|iuu —Utterly tinkis- .hie, ami the osculu tnrj test Is supreme. It !• uiure ur less a matter uf Indiffer ence tu uiaii that the ugly woman should In- given over tu such a practice fur she may nut Is- saved in an a—thetle •a'ltse; Inrt when the young woman en dowed by nature with a pure skin, re sorts tu it, he Is moved tu coiniulsera tlon and regret, lie ii wuutides) lu hi* uatlunal pride, fur Kuropeau tinkers have pointed tu the complexion ul • olumbia's daughter as something utt attaluatde tu her sister across the sea. The rose* are tno ml, on the British cheeks ur the tthie is too rough; there i- lack of clearness in the French skin, and that uf the Italian is too sallow . Remarkable purity and delicacy In-long alone tu the typical American girl, ami these characteristics will continue tu IK> hers if she wilt avoid the vauda iie paint-box and kuhel |ietieils. The tir-l arllA of llie world lias already* draw u tier with his gracious lines and l>aiuteil tier ith tils tieauiifiil colors, and his name is \ature.— /\r i< ila /. fans} lor lite it I s In the Pulpit At a clerical dinner party Some time ago, say- Af/tlrl"*'* Jtmrntl, the ■pii'stlou went around tu each, as fol lows; "Were you ever •*> placed in public in the |>erformance of a service as to lose all sense of the solemnity of tiie occasion and la- compelled to laugh in spite of your more serious -elf?" and the following arc souic of the replies that were made: A very Solemn clergy malt and his assistant, who were dis turU'd in their chancel by a miserable looking street cat, which had come in in some unknown way, and was rub bing itself up against their legs, uie-ow - ing plteously. The rector Ut kom*d to thu assistant Ui put the eat out, which In- did, hut in a few moments she was liack again. I ton this the very solemn rector placed tiie |mnr creatitre under one of the heavy lox stools in the chan cel, and, placing Ids foot mi this Im provised kennel, gave out tiie hymn beginning: "A ctksiar lu ksrj- I Usvr " The last experience mentioned was tiiat of a clergyman at his first baptism of infants, fie was then very voting in years, and had never before held a baby that he could rememher of, much h— hold a bahy and a book in the presence of a church full of people. The tlrst infant given Into his arms was a big, -qulriiiiug loy of tlnrieen mouths, w ho immediately began to corkscrew his way through clothes and wrapping-. The minister held on bravely, but ins few moments the child's face di-ajs peared in the wraps, and his dangling iegs licucath were worming their wav to tiie floor. Seized with tiie horrible impression that the child wa- tunnel ing his way through his clothes and would soon lie on tin' floor in a stab' of nature, he clutched the clothes violcntly by the sash-liaud, and, straddling the child ii |HIII the chancel-rail, SAID to the mother. "If von don't bold that baby he will certainly lar through his clothes, and 1 shall have nothing left but the dress Ut baptize." Thr 4 during the year, a large surplus tx-ing earrhsl forward, ily adding the dividends under the old organisation and deducting the a.*-o*- nieuts levletl, we have the following re sults up to March, I>*7l; dividends. June |Bo| to May 1865 in (Mn ..$ til^N IHvidends to IH7j ..2, 1H4,000 •' " 1873 ..6,970,000 " in Jan. and Keh. 1874 ljMnjMl Total dividends $10,405,300 Assessments. 1805 to 1871 two. It Ml Stockholders profits fy,*il,BUo The cost of crtishing the ore was sl2. 10, and the cost of milling Was $S.."d |ier ton; total $2t1,91. The number of tons worked in 1873 was 154,904; the total receipts of tintlion ill 1*73 were $ 10.77'J,171.07 ; the average yield Jier ton in 1873 was fti'.i.t;'.!. The bullion statement is as follow s, from the stamped value of hullion as per assay certificates : Value in gold, $5,725,2i7.50; value in silver. $5,000,620 51; assay grains, $11,403 06; total, $lO,- 770,171 07. Number of ounces of re fined bullion. 1,173,535-74.100. Aver age fineness of gold, fit; 1 j thousandths; average fineness in silver, 0-020 thou sandths. Value per ounce in gold, sl.- 37 10 100; value per ounce in silver, sl. 20 2-100. Value of hullion per ounee, $2.57 21 100; average value per tun In gold $37.10; average value in silver, $32.53; total value ja-r tun, 69.69. Tills statement will appear strange to those who iip|s>se the t'omstock lode produ ees nothing but silver, as it shows that in this, the greatest producing line on the hale, thu gold predominated. This mine has no parallel in the world, tin- Crown |Hiint, adjoining it, lieing the only one approaching it in richness. The mine produced in two ami a half years nearly seventeen mil lions of dollars, and since its opening has paid nearly ten millions of dollars as dividends al>ve ail assessments. The success of this and the Crown Point has encouraged mine owners on the whole Couistock to pursue develop ments at greater depths. The circum stances connected with the develop ment of the Kelchew into a first class mine furnish an example for other mines in similar circumstances, After their ore gave out,they worked system atically and uninterruptedly until they develop the largest ledge ever opened in anv mine iti the world.— Scfontijtr awl Mining I're**. An Anelenl HOJHI tosrb. A Paris correspondent writes: •VVliiie demollalilng an old house at Montinarte and clearing the site for tiie Church of the Sacred Heart, the workmen made an interesting discovery; they fyund tliat the wainscoting of one of the rooms w as composed of wood elegantly carved and glided. The various pieces, when put together, showed that it was an old royal coach, whose panels had been used 'to stop a hole to keep tl>e wind away.' There is no knowing how lids relic of tiie ancient regime, came to be employed for building purposes, though the probabilities are that some Hrutus or Aristides of the revolution of '93 seized U)>on the royal equipage, and con temptuously used the materials where with to construct it dwelling. Nor is there any clue to show to what epoch the gilded coach into which laxda XIV. may have told Isird Stair to CENTRE IIA I.E. CENTRE CO.. I'A.. TIII'ItSDAY, JANUAHV '27, IS7(i. ■ step, belonged; M mi'. l* . ilmii itit*> have rlllii in it; it mi have M'l'Vcd at till' 44 edllillg MrtllC Vll lnlni'iii', or Imvn I'diivi'vwl laiul# \IS to till" Siafl'old. Till' |mltc|* 141 • *uil| to Jirt'VtS that ill** etlNi ll was 4c I'V old, I'lit It could iiti <-lI have Ix-en la-fore the fifteenth 4-<*niiiiy. for iii liift iht* only MlsjM'lldt'd CINII'II 44 11111 l (lU(l4l t€*loll|{**l : in (jiireii 1-als-au, mill ii a !• i Ki.incl* I. tlllTl* I'M* OIIIV tIITCC, Olll* Hi 44 111 11l l-. ' IOII|[IMI tu tlic >iinlhi'r tn i'laua Hi I'oiticrs. mill tin* tlilril In .lean ilt* 1444 at. Ac<-o riling tn linl aII ri*. there ii i-i i* a good man 4 coache* 111 I'aria 111 HhiH, ami tin* t*arllaiii<*iit jtctilioHed the King tn ]irnliitilt tlirm, a* tliey timk u|i tin* 44 hole *1 n-i*t ami splashed ladles ami gentlemen riiliug to court. Tu ward tin cud of tin* reign ot Henry IV, lla**om picrre liail a carriage built with ili*ir ami 44 liiiloM *. Ditnula) I*l Kiiwr. I.nril Mui aulai , 44 lien a young man 44 a 4 lulling Kiiuii*, ami uin- nigliWwenl tii are tin* i oliseum by moonlight. While alum* under the daik arctiea, 44ben* It in a* black an night, all nl' a, •udilfti a man In a large cloak brushed by tiini ratlifr rmli*li, an Macau lay thought, ami passed into tin* darknc**. Macaulay's ilrsl IIII|IUIM* was to ilap hU haml to hi* 4 ale h-| socket; ami *ure enough hi* found that tin- watch 44 a not thi-rt*. lli- liMtki-d after the man, who lit* ilniibti-il nut hail stolen hi* watch an ht* brushed |iat him, ami |>cer ing into tin* darkness, eouhl just ilt-tln guisli the outline* of a rtgurt* mol ing away. Maet-ulay rushed atti-r hiiu, ami, ftelxltig him by the collar, deuiauikal hl watch. Macau lay could *i*-ak very little Italian, ami understood none 4* hen spoken, MI In- 44 a* ohligitl to limit hi* attack 011 the thief to 4 iolently shaking him by the collar, ami an angry re|n ti tion ot Ho- ileinainl, "t irologio! Orolo gio!" id' Watch ! WaU-li!" The man jut attacked pouretl torth a torrent of rapidly *|oki'ii worda, of which Macau- ; lay uiiilerntiMMl not one ay liable. Hut he again adntlnlU-ml a shaking to 1 hi- captive stamping til* fool angrily on 1 the ground, and incite rating, "Orolo gio! I irologio'" Whereu|Min the delec- : ted thief drew forth the watch and han ded it to the captor. Macatilav, ati*- 1 tleil with hi* prowe> in having thtu I recaptured hi- property, and not caring j for the trouble of piir*ukng the matter '< any furtln-r. turtle*! on hi* heel a* he , pocketed the watch, and saw nothing more of the man. lint 44 hen he re-' turm-d to hi* apartment at night hi- 1 landlady met him at the door, hobilng j out -omething in tier haml, ami saving. j "Oh, sir, you left your watch ou the. table, *0 I thought It better to lake care of it. Here It la." 'dotal gracious", What i* this then? What 1 the mean ing of it f stammered Macau lay, draw iug from hi* JMM kct the watch he hail I *0 gallantly recovered in the Coliseum. j It 44a* a watch he hail never *eeu I**- fore. The truth 44 a* plain—lie bad l**-n the thief! The jioor man lie had vio lently attacked ami apostrophised In the darkacM and aolitude of the Coll •emu arrlie* hail been terrified into surrendering Id* 01411 44 atch to the; rutiian w ho, a* he conceived, hail pur sue*! him to rob him. Thi- next uiorti- ' ing Macaulay, not a little cre*tfhllen, , hastened to the oltleeof the jue*tor with the watch, and told lit* story. "Ah, 1 see," said the ipieator, "you had lettcr leave the 44 atch. I Will make your ex cuse* to the 014 ner of it: he ha already been here to denounce you." kloluc lmo*| the tm lmi frrtlsa*. Xenoplion y, in "Atigi-ailau*" (v. 1' , that it wa* a national custom 4%ith th Persian* to kU* w hums*M'ver they bono nil. And llcrodotu* (1. 134), In *|M'ukiug of tlieir manner* and custom*, says: "If Persian* meet at any time by accident, the rank of each party I* easily discovered ; If they are of espial dignity, they salute each other 011 the , mouth ; if one I* an inferior, they ofily ; kl-- the cheek; if there he a great difference in situation, the inferior falls . prostrate on the ground." Ke|iecting the niisle of salutation between relatives, the following pa*-age from the "Cyro j jvailla" of Xeuophoii (I. I is worthy transcribing: "If 1 may l>e allowed to relate a *|>ortive all'air, it t naid that when t'yrus went away, ami he and hi* rela tion* parted, thev took their leave, and dismissed him with n kis, according to the IVrdan custom —for the i'crsian* practice it to (hi* day—and that a cer tain J Mode, a very excellent persons, had ong been struck with the beauty of Cyrus, when he win Cyrus's re lations ki-s him he -laved ladilm), and, when the re-t were gone, accosted Cyrus and -aid to him: 'And am I. < yrns, the only one of all your relation* that you do not know ?" 'What!* -aid t'yru-, 'are yon a relationV 'Yea,' said he. 'This wa-the reason then,': -aid Cyrus, that von u-ed to ga/.e at me for 1 think 1 recollect lliat jrou frequently did so.' i wax very desirous,' said he, 'to salute you, hut I wa* always ashamed to do it.' •Hut,' aaiil Cyrus, 'you that art* a relation ought not to have IMM-II so.' So, coming up to hiin, he kissed him. The Mede, having received the Wis-, is said to ha\e asked thl- ipicstlon: 'And is it a custom among the Persians to kiss relationsV* 'lt Is so,' said t'yru*, 'when they see one mioflier at -ome distance of time, or when they part.' 'Then,' -aid tin- Mede, 'it -com* now to be time for you to ki** me again : for, as you see, I am ju*t going away.' So t'yru*, kissing him again, dismissed him, and went Ills w ay. Tliev had not gone very far before tlie Mede came up with him again, with Ids horse all over iu a sweat; and Cyrus, getting sight of him, said, 'What! have you forgotten anything tliat you had a mind to say to me?' 'Xo, by Jove,' said he, 'but lam come again at a distance of time.* 'Dear relation,' said he, 'it is a very short time.' 'How a short one?' said the Mede. 'l>o you not know, Cyrus, that the very tw inkling of my eyes is a long time to lie without seeing you, yon who are so lovely?' Here Cyrus, from Ix-lng in tears, broke out into laughter, bid him go his way and take courage, add ing that in a little time lie would Is with him again, and tliat then he would IN- at lilicrtv to look at him. if he pleased, with steady eves and without twink ling.— Frvui the "Literature of h'inniwj." The I'rolnncntlnn of I.lfr Attempts have IMH-II made to build up theories aiming at the prolongation of] life. Some have dwelt upon climate influences alone; others haveprcscrltK-d just the diet suitable for each uerhsl of life from the cradle to the close of a century of existence. M. Floiirens states that the length is a multiple (five) of the length of growth. TnU period of growth usually terminates when the liones IM-COIIIC united to their epiphyses. Then, assigning twenty years for such a |M-riod, he argues tliat one hundred years Is a normal limit of life. Experience has declared that an active, even a fatiguing life, during tin first half of a man's life, is conducive to longevity; hut tliat in tlie latter half his existence should IK- is-accful and uniform. Coruaro, an Italian noble man ami a centenarian, who died in 1566, stated that a man of fifty years had attained only half his age. Tills author Is-came a writer of repute on vital statistics, and in his work entitled "Birth and Ih-ath of Man," among some of the causes of longevity lie re feres to "divine sobriety" in these words "It Is pleasing to God, friendly to N'ature, tin* daughter of Reason, the j sister of Virtue. From tills root spring life, health, cheerfulness, bodily iu ! dustry, mental lalmr, and a well-disci plined iuiud. From it, a* clouds from the sun, fly repletions, Indigestions, gluttonies, HujM-rfluities, humors, fevers i distem|M-rs, griefs, and every ill of ! humail flesh. —The citizen* of Natick propose to erect a monument to Henry Wllaon. THK SiITUKKS CHAKUK. "Itoliolit. 1 taauiull HIT tlaughlcil Ulito IliM uf s(aitMsi 11 list. " i'nxioiui sutl lovely. I ti,M her to thee ' lake her, the a flu uf Uiy ttvtelluit; tu be ' Kite who wm evei mv etilace and pride. (elides frt'iu ui) btss.iu tu tiiug tu tliv side. Ituard hn with care which imtal never daehue Make her thy day-alar site loug hath IMMIU tin ne . I smell henceforth te ruv ilsoolale lot. What is the caskel where the jewel lii not t l'ake her end prey that thine arm way ha altuug, Safely to shield her f 10m danget and wrtiug ; He to her all that her heart hath portrayed, 1 Wen o'er thy |wtl> there will gather no ahade. Now alie dutli lave thee as oue without spot lirearun of no eurruw to darkeu her lot Joyful, yet tearful. 1 yield her to thee lake her. the light of thy dwelling to he ' I he Unlaw In. 11l person tile lb-daw y is well-built, muscular, often tali, though thin, with regular features, a alight board, and a complexion hronxed by lieal and ex|oiut* of tils *|Mars stuck into the ground, and waits for the evening. Hl* head-tlreas ! consist* of a gav handkerchief of cot- j ton, or of silk mixes! with cotton, strijs-.l rest and yellow, whose tamler Is orna mented Willi a long braided fringe and tassels, worn In such a manner that mi* corner hang* lisMOll the hark, ami two other* fail on the shoulders, while the folds of the fourth shade the fore head and face. This handkerchief I* tiouud around the head with a thick Conl br<>w n camel's hair, considered the IM-1 safeguard against a still trokr, j and thus float* In the w I ml, or it* fold* are w rapje-d about the ta-e to protect I it from the auu or conceal it from an < enemy. The ib-daw y generallv go-- barcloot. btt, w hen he can ff< .rd It. ' buy* from the town, or -u-al* from a passing traveler, a jwlr of red morocco shoe* or twait*. u-ually verv large, and with the hie* turning up like a skate; { or he make* him*elf a tvalr of oamlal*, \ generally of caiuel's kin, which he liinds with toug* around his foot. These samlal* are ai way* made after one model, and ap|tear to derive their forui , from high antiiplitv. We have abun dant evidence from the Itihle narrative* that thi* Identical form of aamial was long worn by the Hebrew*. The word nels him to seek humbler quartern —but when lie dies the heirs are obliged to get rid of the too expensive luxury. How many of the houses built in St. Ixuiis twenty years ago are now owned by tlie men who erected them, or their descendants y How many of later date, now occupied hy their builders, will be in {Missession of their present tenants, or tiieir descendant*, twenty years hencef Other influences beside the lack of primogeniture contribute to thi*, In some res|iecls, unfortunate result. There are more u|is and downs in life in the new world than in tlie old. For tunes are made much more iiiticklv, ami disappear much more rapidly. Wealth Is seldom transmitted beyond tlie second generation, and In many instancies does not la*t through tin* first. Tlie Un born with a silver spoon in his mouth frequently lias to taste pewter before ids pilgrimage is over, and lie may have tlie pleasure of U-ing sploshed with mud from tlie carriage wheels of the man who was once his father's tstrter. Tills is a free country, very free Indeed, and among the consequences of that freedom Is tlie exceeding uncertainty of financial matters. Yet in no country Is less provision made for the evil dav so far as our children arc concerned. The wealthy parent brings up his sens and daughters as though there w ere not the remotest isissiliility tliat they could ever be poor. If a rich father should insist upon his U>y learning a trade lie would lie set down as a mild-mannered [ liinutic. If a rich mother should Instil i Into her ilanghM-r rigid Ideas of economy and Industry,she would IN* LOOKED ti|ioii a either very mean or very foolish probably lioth. Yei every day we are taught the necessity of this preliminary discipline; every dav we nee men ami i women falling from altlneuce to |s>verly, who, if pro|a'riy trainci, might not have fallen al all, or. If they did fall, could have risen again. It Is a shame | and disgrace that, in a land w hero lalsii : I* aiip| a .set I pi lw honorable, and where j the law recognizes no distinction of ; caste, so small a proportion of the sous jot the wealthier classes learn trades. No young man iiaa a right to consider lilui-elf dioruughly iiide|wmleiit unless 1 he lias some av.M iitloii hy vv liich, health i |M-I inittliig, lie can alw ay s niakc a living. ! Ami the Iwst ami surest avocations arc j those for which there is always a de- I mand. Lawyers, doctors, preachers, i professors, clerks.—all these anil their kindred are frequently a drug lu tlo | market; but bow seldom Is it that a i go. N I carpenter, blacksmith, machinist, , wagon maker, shoemaker, tinsmith, i Umk binder, or printer has to travel far in search of rcuiiiiieralive employment! W> shall never be thoroughly republi can until there are few er genteel drolies in the national hive," There Is probable no subject on w lin li more bus la-en written than die above. I Almost everybody has seen ev Idenrssa of die fact about theiu; and how many | w bo w ill read this article can realize its I truthfulness! iussr t.rrmaa I Mslutoa. A oorrespondeiit of die New Y'ork f. i riung I'ual, writing from Malsuiigen, thus pleasantly refers to die customs of that city, which are the same as those prcceditig the time of l.uther; .Some of the customs of die city are nearly as old as its U.wrrs. The night waUii calls die hours of the night from | each corner in the very -arue words, we j stip|sise, to which these streets echoed j long before Luther's time, and his hril! | horn and deep inotioumoiis sing-song, breaking the perfect -tillneas of the night, seetn not unlike a voice from (lie remote past, a- he calls: I.tsleti sud bear ur. geoUsmeii ; Tin balls bsT# rung lln Uuur uf ln . Tske USTS of the tire sud c-soJlo-llgtiL Hist au bsrtn befsil the city And bos prsise • lod b s Iztrd." Indeed, 1 doubt if the city would aeem strange lo it* inhabitant* of the six teenth century, of a >uuc in delec ting the presence of lm {irojier substance*. The lecture wa* ll ustrated by nicatu of the niicroacotM* and magic lantern. He condense the follow lug from the Chicago /a(er-ouiid of mercury and sulphur, is n—d In iargv iiuantlllr* for coloring fancy M>a|i* t . One prominent firm Iu thU city inform U* that they m-II hundred* of |s>utid* for this tmrjie everr year. • 'ocoa is adulterated with iard and starch, certainly to the extent of more than fifty per cent. Tea i have not as yet examined to any extent. !>r. Ilas aall. In his re|irt before the ltrili-h Parliament, la-fore alluded to, aav*: "Tea Is adulterated not only here but still more in China, while as to rhwis late the processes employed in corrupt ing, the manufacture are de-crihed as 'diabolical.' it it often mixed witli hrickdiisi to the amount of ten per ivnt ochn- twelve |>er cent. and peroxide of Iron twenty-two ja*r cent, and animal fats of the worst description." t'hocolatc i* made up prioci|ta!ly of clay, starch, iron in some form, and Mime kind of hard gri-a-e; a |a>und of the mixture may coat about five or six cents. The firt article of {laint I show is adulterated with |M>tato starch. This pigment goes under ttie name of < 'liinese idue. 'lids bine, which is a form of the so-called Prussian blue, is produced hy mixing solution* of fcrro-cyaulde of potassium and |*-r sulphate of Iron. 'l*he article I exhibit I- sold for seventy five cents a |HMIIIo a IKIOUU and indeed tlint u*ed hv artJs's costs several times this last amount. We should think tliat this last surely might Is- kept pure, as it doc* not cost more to manufacture it than any good article of the kind. Tlie only adulteration found in this vermilion, that is tliat put up for artists' use, as yet is red lead, and this is tlie worst possible material for the purpose, a* It Is sure to blacken iu j time, ami thus spoil tlie picture. The other forms of adulteration would 1 merely weaken the color, and this! might be obviated; Indeed tlie vermil ion might Is- made more |>ermaiiieiil by mixing some of the madder red with it. Thf IIIMI *r WaukooU The |M-riod of complete manhood is fixed hy law at twenty-one. But physio logically that is certainly not universally correct; for although development may be regarded as accomplished in every respect at tliis age In the healthy Eng lish female, and vertical grow tit may have terminated even In tin- male, a man's vital power cannot lie regarded as having attained its maximum develop ment until altout the age ot thirty. For some years after tlie youth has ceased to grow, iu tlie ordinary sense of the word, the dimensions of ids chest—the great index of vital jHtwer —continue to expand; and numerous are instances derived from military experience show ing that riH-ruits at the age of twenty arc unable to undergo tlie fatigue of active service that is tmmc witli impunity hy men of a more mature age. i'hey are, lib-rally, not as yet well knit together. Several important lames are not per fectly consolidated; and it may le spe cially mentioned that the sternum which has to bear so great a strain in labored respiration, and which is specially taxed liy tin- weight of the soldier's knapsack, is not converted into a single plate of lame until after the thirtieth year. It is not until lite sixth quinquennial period of life tliat our leading anatomical authorities find tliat the following events connected with the consolidation of tlie Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance. skeleton, take place: I. t "ompletlon of the vertebral column; 'I. ompletlon of the sacrum; ii. Coalescence of the third ami the second otcce of the sternum; 4. ' < oinplrdnii cf die riles; and, ft. < oa I es sence of die haiiuch-bonca with their crests. An I n lee Una Kla(. 'll ie I'run oh King Izmls XIV., at one |wriud of Ida relgu, in addition to Ids caher accomplishment*, uuderutok to j make verses, and received from two ut I the literary men of the day instructions I as to die la-si medical for succeeding therein. He made one day a little madrigal | which even lie hilim-lf did not think j any too g.sai of It* kind, and tbeu said i to die Marecbal de (iramoiit: "Maiechai, ! beg of von to Is* good enough bo read Lists little madrigal, ami see If von ever saw a more inlseiabie j aflair, la-oictlse |wople have lately learned | that 1 am fond of verses and Uiey bring do m to me of ail kinds." , The Marec hal, alter having lead them, { said to the King, "Sire, your Majesty ] judges divinely well of every tiling, It j is true that this is die stillest and meat j ridiculous madrigal that I ever read." The king Is-gau U> laugh, and said to I him, "I- it m>( ti ue thai di one who | made It must have been a great cox- j I i*oinb>" "Aire, it i impossible to give hiui any 1 otliei name." "<)h, well said die King, "1 am de- j lighted that you have s|atkcu so hon estly to me atsiia ft, for i am the one 1 who made it." "Ah! Sire, what treachery! let your j Majesty give It back to me, lor I read it carelessly and hi a hurry." "No, M. Ie Marchal; flrst sentiments are a)wars most natural. The King laughed a great deal at this little joke, ami every ower ful than the whiplash of IVtruchio. Mew s* tax era In the fir*l place it is an Imposition on anv well-bred girl to keep her up later than half-pa-i ten o'elock, when you have the |