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-<tsl away. lawyer
I>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<rmlrl Hint- In ihr Horttl *Trn
W 111 !••% MIKI it 11<I fln Our I nir
The ltelcher gold and silver mine in
the < < mistook hale, Nevada, is without
douht the greatest bulliou priMlncing
mine in the world. It haa produced in
the last tw o and a half years the im
tnetise sum of $ 16,772,005. In 1873 it
produced #111,779,171 and paid out as
dividends fti,79o,(NM> 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|<o
*un. His raven locks, long ami glossy,
are often shaven around tlie temples, in
accordance with the Mohamm-<iau re
• piirement. His eye is blai-k. pierce
ing, and resile*.-. His dress simple,
•■oiisistiug of a cotton shirt, soun-timcs !
white, but ofleuer blue, w boar louse
fold* IISMWIIII to the ankles, ami which .
is couliiietl with a leathern girdle about
Hie loins. Thi* shirt, tunic, or robe i* ,
open In front down to the waist, and
serves as a spacioua and moat conveni
ent poeltet, where the wearer stows;
away alt manner of thing*. Till* ar
rangement of the garment Is common ,
to ait Oriental*, ami is called "the !
tiosoiu," am! we have an example of it j
lit the case of Mu*c in the desert. He- 1
sides the girdle, however, both sexes j
wear from Infancy a leathern girdle
around the naked wrall, adorned w lilt
amulets, and also with shells <'gpr<ru). J
Neither --x w ear draw ers, either under
or over the shirt, which usually con
stitute* the entire w ardrotie of both ; i
and they are ridiculed by their neigh- j
burs for "going naked." This I- also
the custom among the |*iorer class in j
Kg) pi. It would seem to have tiecn the
practice of the Hebrew* during the Kx- |
otitis. If 44 e utav judge from tlie urgent
rvjM-tition of the coiuiuaud that prn-st*
wear "lit.ett tireeches to cover tbeir
nakedness, reaching from their bdus to
their thigh*, w hen they coiur into the ,
tabernacle, lest they the." A wooieu |
cloak, generally of camel's hair, Iti
broad utripri, brown and while, |s
thrown hMMn-ly tocr the shoulders of
the de-rl Arao, and is his only cover
ing at night. M'iih it he also improvi
se* a tent, w bile traveling under the
burulng *1111; in- sto|*s. punting wlthlhc
beat, ami spread* bis cloak 011 the |>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
n<itW, signifying samlal, is translated
*W In Kxtaiu* HI., 5; lh-uleronumy xx
v., 9; xxxlx., 8; Joshua v., Ii; Kutli iv. j
7. -s; I Kings 11., Isaiah, xx.. J; E*c
kle.l, xxiv., 17. The wont bif.-fcet also
indii-atea the samlal wherever It occur*. '
a in Genesis xlv,, 23; Isaiah v.,27;!
Mark 1., 7. Ail of the foregoing de
scription of the Arab i-o*tnme is not ap- i
plicahle UI the |M*irer cla*, WIIOM *de |
garment Is the looar cotton liirt ir tu
nic already mentioned, generally the j
worse for wear.—farad*, l"iia /o-n
--nr/..
■loots in Warfare
Those admirer- of the Hermans who,
since the in ies- achieved ly the I'rua
aiaus iu I*7o-71, would have u* intro
duce into our army everything Prus
sian . even to the pickichaulie and long
IssitS, will do well, the Itn-ut .trroie
aays, to examine the medical statistics
recently piilili-hfd relative to the late
war. Kroui these utiles, pr*'|iarcd with
that painstaking ami lalioriou* care
which i* an marked a trait iu tiie tier
man character, we learu tliat no less
tiian nearly 40,000 men were placed
ii|Min the sick li-t during the campaign,
-offering from Injurle* caused by the
long Is*i* worn liy the infantry, ami
thai in several oases tlie laceratlous
were of so serious a nature that tetanus
termiiiatiiig in death, supervened Un
doubtedly the ammunition b sit at pres
ent Issued to our Infantry i* by no
means a |ierfect clothing fur liie foot,
and we hops* ere long to *ce an im
proved pattern liltrisluced; tint stili It
must Is- admitted tliat, taking it ail in
all, It Is a far more serviceable article
tiian either tlie long hoot of tlie Herman
or tlie shoe of tin* i- renoh soldier. The
former is made to fit over the Instep,
emu with difficulty le taken oil' when
wet, or when the feet are swollen with
much marching; if made liaise, to facil
itate nutting on and off. chafes tlie h*el
which has too much play, while the
latter fails to keep out either mud or
dust.
Yneertnlnly of Vtrnllh
"The absence of the law of primogeni
ture cau*es a frequent change of owner
ship ill the private residem-es which
contribute so much to the adornment of
our cities. While the head of the family
lives, the home may lie retained—
though very often a reverse of fortune
eom|>els 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 >uu<lay inoruiug
rqm'iilly tiie clturch going profession,
is something curious to nee. There are
(lie ladie- and gentlemen looking like
picture* from a fashion book of ever au
long ago; (M-a-aut men in their sack
coals of colored linen and rei or grcon
hat*; their wivea in short dresses ami
tall black can*, with long ribbon
streamer*; and. !e*t of all, the pretty,
frrh-faeed Madrhent, with tlieir hair
deeoroualy pinned in tight braids flat
acroa* tile Itack of their liead*. as Haul
bach sometime* show them to us. Then
ootne* the llerr Pastor, who, happening
to la- a man of Luther's build, and
wearing a rolie and velvet hat strikingly
similar to Luther's, conflrtn- tiie itii
preasion that this i* Iftftg, ami the brave
old reformer Is here on hi* way frout
Wart burg, In nelghlioriug Klseuach, tii
quiet hi* to zealous follower*. We
have every reason to lieiieve that the
door* of the old ehtitvh wer' not *o
fr-ely o|HMteTi to him us to his niivH'Mir,
ami yet if we follow- the |ieople Into the
ancient -lone htiildiug, the tinpreaaioii
that we are living in day* gone tiy it
not weakened.
tit" lleraled 11, lie tea t cider tile W Irro-
Ir. K. I'. I'ijmr lectured in Chicago
recently on the subject of the adultera
tion of article* in common ue a food
or in the art*, and the u*c of the micro
*co|>c 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-<ve<ra'#
re|ort of the lecture.
t'andlr* are colored with chroma!** of
lead aud other |*iioimii rhrnilt'jiU and
drugs. Vermillion, a coni|>ouiid of
mercury and sulphur, is n—d In iargv
iiuantlllr* for coloring fancy M>a|i* t <V> .
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 |HMIII<I in the market; Uie
starch is worth four cents, perhaps.
I al-o show sugar adults-rated with
stars' h.
On tills slide is seen American ver
milion, bicromate of lead, adulterated
with rorn starch, red lead aiid 4 *ulpli*te
of haryte*. I also find sulphate of lime
in many samples of so-oalled English
vermilion (mercury vermilion) In
w liich there w as not one particle of ver
milion of any kind. This article varies
in prices from fi to $2 or s3.*>o 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 <u was of th- j
opinion that it was one of die must cruel j
tilings tiiat could lie done to an old I
<saltier.— J'rr**.
Isasslsi Hoars
I an art in which tact and talent play
a conspicuous part. IVeouce heard a
hrupecked husband declare that a mar
ried man had nothing to do. w lien the
honeymoon was over, hut to sit down
and wait lor death! lie did not know
tiial a man who fails to conquer with
his tongue puts hi* brains to little do
mestic use. John Wilkes, confessedly
the ugliest man In Ixiudon.ouce boasted
(lint he would give tle handsomest fel
low he ever saw an hour's start w itli a
w omau and distance him any day in the
rai-e for her good w ill, lie proved the
assertion, if all accounts be true. The
I Miches* of Uordou said the conversa
tion ol the poet Burns almost carried
her off her feet. Mirabeatt, whose
face was terribly pitted with-mall-pox,
captured the beautiful Sophie, capti
vated Maria Antoinette, and managed
women at will: Tlieae men knew what
jmwer lay in the tongue, that coaxing,
"sllrer-sweet" little instrument which
give* those soft answers which turn
aw a) w rath, ami can say, if used
ad roil 11 , such flattering pleasant, sooth
ing and happy thing* as no shrew can
long withstand. It is far more |>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 |<wer of seeing her often.
If you always leave her with tiie wish
in tier heart that you had staid longer,
you gain so much. Never ruu the rl*k
of wearying her with your presence,
lie just a* earnest and straightforward
as in your honorable dealing with men.
Impress your friends with the worthi
ness ami M-riousmw* of your love, so
that vulgar and senseless bantering
w ill apjiear to them a* Mich. I/ove is
religion the supremest happiness;
wear It manfully and proudly, but
hotily. Woo a woman bravely. If
there 1* anything humllatiug to a w ..man
It is to have a lover whom site wishes to
honor, weak and vapid, ever yielding
half afraid of her. She longs to tell
him to "act like a man!" The man
who conceal* or denies hi* love for fear
of tieing laughed at Is a coward. A
love that ha* no element of divinity in
it Is uot love, but passion, which of it.
self has nothing enohling. That was a
beautiful inscription on an engagement
ring. "Each for the other and both for
tiisl."—-Wis* AM** J. Terry t in Sen.lf
II".-rl.
How SddlMst * was ApptaacteU
It was reserved for liter times to or
ganise applause and reduce success *o a
*y stem. Of old, houses were sometimes
"packed" by an author's friends to in
sure a favorable result to the first rep
resentation of lii* play. When, for in
stance, Addison,* "Cat©" was first pro
duced, Steele, as himself relates under
took to pack an audience, and accord
ingly tilled Ibe pit with frequenters of
the Whig coffee-house, with student*
from the Inn* of Court, and other eeal
ous partisans. "This," says Pope,
"hal liecn tried for the first time ill
favor of the 'Distressed Mother,' (by
Ambroae Phillips, and was now with
more efficacy, practiced for "Cat©.' "
Hut this way only an occasionalclaqtie.
The "liand of applauders" dispersed
after they had cheered their frieud and
achieved their utmost to secure the
triiiuiph of his play. And they were
unconnected with the manager of the
theatre; they were not his mends; still
less were they his servants, receiving
wages for thslr labors, and boiiml to
raise their voices and clap tlieir hand*
in accordance with hi* directions.—All
ikr Ytar /l<wsil.
The Tss-I.lsr.
Oftentimes 1 have seen a tail ship
glide by against the tide, as if drawn
by some invisible tow-line, with a hun
dred strong aruis pulling it. Her sail*
limig unfilled, her streamer* drooping,
she had neither skin-wheal nor stern
wheel; yet moved in stately and serene
triumph', as if with her own life. But
i knew that on the other side of
the ship, hidden tteneath the great hulk j
that swam so majestically, there was a
little, toiling strain tug, with a heart of
fire and arms of Iron, that was hugging
it close and dragging It bravely on; and
I knew that if the Tittle steam tug uu
twined her aruis and left the tall ship.
It would roll alKHit, and drift hither
and thither, and go off w itli the reflu
ent tide, no man knows whither. And
s© I have known more than one genius,
high-decked, full-freighted, wide-sailed
gay-petitioned, that, but for the here,
tolling arms, and brave, w arm, beating
heart of the faithful little wife thai
nestled close In his shadow and cliiug
to hint, so that no wind or wave could
part them, would soon have gone down
the stream and la-en heard of no more.
—". H'.
A Clever Test.
The Worcester .spy revives an old but
good story concerning the wife of John
Adams and the mot her of John Qulncy
Adams. This noble w oman wal Abigail
Smith, daughter of Rev. William Smith
of Weymouth, Mas*. At the tiuie of
tlieir courtship John Adams did not
appear to be satisfactory to her parents.
The story goes they neglected him, left
tiis horse standing at the hitchnig-|M*t
when lie visited Abigail, and ifenled
him the hospitalities of the house, iler
oldest sister was married to a Boston
merchant, and her father preached for
her a "marriage sermon." Finally they
consented to Abigail's marriage to John
Adams. After the marriage Mr. Smith
said to her, "Well, Abigail, 1 suppose
I must preach a marriage sermon for
you; but you must choose the text."
Iler quick-witted reply was; "Very
well, 1 choose this text: 'John came
neither eating nor drinking, and ye
say be hath a devil.' " it is a good
story, and very characteristic of the
Wife of John Adamq,
NO. 4.
lorTi* rou ii.
( hmrsr Frays.— All of you have heard
the nmrarU with which the hop- frog*
of the little country stream* nen-nade
then neigh bora and viaitnra after
night-fall. I >'onfeaa Uiat next to the
croak of a raven, 1 would ratlier hear
that of a frog than liaten to all the
grand art of all *or muaieal swells. in
the great muaieal halla. Hot there ta a
limit to all thinga. and I moat aay in all
! candor that I would ratlier liaten to
almost any operatic aiuger, than to a
j chiuiae frog, flu! any of you ever
hear Ouet Well you needn't coax your
father* to take you to Chins juat on
i (hat account. It won't pay 4 You know
, that Hitaiighai fowl* are much larger
than tin- one* of I hi* country. Well,
I Juat in audi proportion, or indeed more
I Ml. i I lie croak of a Chinese frog Ui one
we heat ou tin* aide ,ol the water. It
j don't croak—lt grunts, and sack a
grunt! It la aa big in ante (the grunt 1
mean) aa a good aiaed barrel, and aa
rough mm the aide of an ungtoend mill
atone. I )h, the Chinese, the Chineae ! If
they want to bring tbeir frog* with
| them to Una country, keep them off, or
take a lesson from California and tax
(be owner* and the frog* no highly that
(hey will both be glad to stay away.
/mespemsirt Ckaritv—' "Ah, Xedl what
a wicked wot Id till* i-, and what
mounter* men are f said Muoly, the
I cow, to the donkey.
' Ned prirked up hia ear* and looked
foi an explanation.
"Ah, my friend ! Can you believe it f
luKiead of feeding innocently on gram
ami ihiatlea, aa you and I do, they kill
creatuiea like u*. and eat our flew 1
*aw the butcher with hi* cart full of
what the mounter* call meal, going the
round of the village thi* very morning.
Neil! can you go on grazing f ahe de
manded, angrily, aa thedoukev mourned
hi* hit*.- at a thi*tle.
"Well," *aid Ned, "it** very cruel—
rrry; ami I'm *orry people do it: hut,
mm >ou justly observe, ft M a wicked
world, and I suptsoac people have got
into the way of doiug it and can't get
out of it. Man i* but au imperfect Be
ing. and it* hard to break from old
hahita.
Hi* air was so phd>H*otdiicai, it greatly
provoked Mooiy. "I'll tell you what,
Ned, you aie mighty wise and eh an ta
ble, hut when the knife come* to your
throat, you'll have another mind."
"Ah f- but you sec— they don't rat
dohkryt replied Ned.
Soreity't The I'm mi ; (>r, A St me
Ikty* M omdar. —"Wlwt are you •taring
at'"? a*ked Rock, the shepherd's dog, as
be noticed the cows walking one alter
auoUn-r up Ui i corner of the held,
w here they stood with their face* fixed
in tlie same direction.
"At the new KMC." Mid the white
cow.
"Why it'a exactly like the old one,"
said Rock.
"Exactly," replied the white cow;
and stared on.
"And lead* into the aame lane," aaid
Bock.
"The name lane/' answered the white
cow . id ill staring.
"Then why in the world do you stare
at it f aaked Hock.
"It'a new/ Mid the white cow, and
never turned her head.
"What incomparable dolts!" ex
claimed Rock ; "if the old gale had re
mained standing, they would never
have given it a look, but this, that is
not aw bit better, and leads the same
way, just because it is new, takes the
eyes of the whole field.
What I* Tke BiMe hie f-lt is like a
large, beau lit ul tree, which bears sweet
fruit for those that are hungry, and af
fords shelter and shade for pilgrims on
their way to the kingdom of heaven.
It ta like a casket of jewela and pre
cious atones,which is not only to be
looked at and admired, but used and
worn.
It is like a telescope, which brings
distant and far-off things of the world
very near, so that we can see something
of their importance.
It is like a treasure bouse— a store
house of all sorts of valuable and use
ful thing*, snd which are to be had
without money and without price.
lr is a deep, broad, calui. (lowing
river; the banks are green and flowery,
where bird* sing and lambs play and
dear title children are loving and
happy.
A IHffrremcc In Ton jut*. —' W hat's the
mattwi' cried a bluebottle to an
angry tly wasp, that flew furiously
about. hardly knowing what to attack
first.
"Matter!" retorted the wasp; why ia
it that I rati not be seen or heard on a
window-pane without the whole room
rising to kill uie, or at least turn me
out; while yon, who make twice the
noise I do. may fly alamt and buzz with
impunity r
"Why is it, replied the bluebottle,
"I'll tell you. When people hear yonr
voice tliey tremble for yotir sting, bat
thev are indifferent to my burring, be
cause tbey kuow the worst I do is to
tease and tickle; I don't sting."
lAgkt Burden* 1/omg Born Htatf. —
'What a fuse you make, Ted,'' aaid the
ollicr's horse to a donkey with a pedd
ler's pack. £"Jtist look at the loads we
have to carry from the pit to the carta
every day. Your Pack is a feather
compared t our coal sack*."*
"That's true," said Ted, "but you
carry vour narks only a little way, and
theu Moot them off'and have a rest be
fore you take the next. Now I never
get rid of my pack from morning till
night, it is lignt, I know, but you rao't
think what a weariness long is-ariug
makes it to me !*'
Humility A Ttmt Of True Scrrirt.—"l
notice," said the stream to the mill,
"that you grind beans as well and as
cheerfully, as tine as wheat."
"Certainly," clacked the mill, "what
am I for bnt to grind T and as long as 1
work, what does it signify to me w hat
tile work is ! My business is to serve my
master, and 1 am not a whit more use
ful when I turn out tiue flour than
w hen I make the coarsest meal. My
honor is not in doing fine work hut in
performing any that coiues as well as 1
can."
The h'-anon HAg.—"Why does father
scrapeT" said a chicken hi his brothers.
"Ihi look, he is close to the liarley, and
there is a measure of corn just by ; vet
lie seraiie* and scrapes as if he hadn t a
grain but w hat he scratched out ot the
ground."
"It's his nature, my dear," said Mag
from her wicker cage; he was bom a
scratcher. and whatevi r lie has he will
scratch on till he dies."
Fit Work To The laborer.— "lf you
are wise." said the old trunk,"you will
let me alone in this corner. Standing
here in peace, 1 will hold your clothes,
and keep them safe from dust and loss:
but carry me over the country and I
shall go to pieces on the way. Vol! had
belter la- satisfied with the little I can
do well than injure me and yotimelf
too by putting on me work to which I
am not equal."
A Fawclfnl Fan.
The Parla correspondent of the Boston
Journal says; Mr. t'harles I,eland,
"Hans Breitmann," is writing a work
on fans; "The Language of * ana." 1
have recently seen a collection of fans,
oue of which was made by a Normandy
lady of title. It consisted of a beautiful
pattern of lace woven of golden hair,
"said to be her own," and the sticks
ornamented with small, delicate,
polished crescents, inlaid iu tortoise
shell. These little mosaics were made
of finger nails, which she carefully
stained and saved. There's romance
and sentiment in every tiling, and a very
great deal in fans; yes, and even iu
Fogs. For you can close your blinds
light the gas, draw up to a blazing fire,
and have your quiet tea and muffins.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT,
Men have their winnowing days, *"'
God has hit.
The rich xhould remember what they
owe to tlto poor.
The great aiMc* of the race are de
pendent on society.
The miserable have no oilier medi
cine, hut only hope.
The religion that costs nothing la
worth exactly what it cost*.
We let our blessings grow mohly,
ami then call them ctiraea.
It la a great art to be able at all tiroes
to tell lew than you know.
Human life la a conatant want, and
ought to lie a constant prayer.
In the journey of thin world the man
who goes riglit 1a apt to get left.
Wplgii other* aa jrmi would be
weighed yourmdvea, ami the acalea
would have a ainecure.
If you become famed lie ware of the
fools, for they alway* gather around
the people who are stared at.
"(JullU are things that are MMnetime*
taken from the pinion* of one gooae to
spread the opinion* at another."
Glasgow has a church in which thi*
notice l* con*plcuouly posted: "Ser
mon* for People In Working Clothe*."
I>o not |iermlt yourself to l led away
by the multitude, for you will be alone
when you die and when you render
your last antnuul.
A fool in a high station la like a man
on the Pip of a high mountain—every
thing appear* small to him, and he ap
pear* small U> evcryliody.
The best capital for young men to
start wilii in life la industry, good
sense, courage and the fear of God. It
U better than all the credit or cash that
was ever raised.
•My son," said an old man, "beware
of prejudices; they are like rats, and
nan's minds are like traps; prejudices
creep In easily, but it U doubtful if
tbey ever get out."
Time is pointed with a lock before,
sod bald behind, signify lug thereby
that we must take time as we aay) by
the forelock, for w hen it la once passed
there la no recalling It.— , Swift.
The *nsliest dewdrop that rests on a
lily at night holds in iuelJ the image of
a shining star, and in the most humble
insignificant person something good
and true can always be found.
Although British India has an area
of hut 1,150,744 square mile*, or about
one-tbird the area of the United .State*,
it has a population of *38,890,1138, or
nearly six times that of the United
State*.
In a pest manufacturing district of
Sweden |*-*t W being made by a new
C-oceas, which consists In making it
to small tubes. This quickens the
drying process and adds to the ootnbus
live element.
An expedition 1* being organized un
der the aUMilce* of the Geographical
Society of Holland for the purpose of
exploring the Interior of the island of
Sumatra, some parts of which are un
known to Europeans.
The Marechal de Faber at a siege
ma* pointing out a place with hi* linger.
A* he ejwk* a musket bail carried off
the finger. Instantly stretching out an
other he continued hi* discourse,"Gen
tiemeu, as 1 waa saying"—
* arlyie say* there nay 1* a courage
which in the absence of fear. There is
also the courage which U the result of
excitement and manifests iteeif in the
presence of coward*. Such bravery
fall* Immediately below true courage.
Infinite toil would not enable you to
►weep sway a mist; but by aaceuding
a little you may ofteu look over it alto
gether. So it is with our moral im
provement; we wrestle fiercely with a
vicious habit, which would have no
bold upon ui if we attended Into a
higher moral atmosphere.
Sharks are said to have done consid
erable damage to the fisheries on the
lower St. Tawrenee. So numerous
have they been that 37 were taken in a
single system of nets at the mouth of
the Sagueoay hut week. They had fol
lowed a school of porpoises Into (he
nets and became entangled.
Ilwre are two distinct aorta of what
we call baahfuinem—this, the awk
wardues* of a booby, which a few
stejis Into the world will convert into
the pertoess of a coxcomb; that a con
sciousness, which the most delicate
feelings produce, and the most exten
sive know ledge cannot always remove.
There is no outward sign of polite
nes* w tiich ha* not a deep, moral rea
son. The education teaches both the
sign and the reason. Behavior 1* a mir
ror in which every one shows his own
image. There is a politeness of the
heart akin to lore, from which springs
the easiest politeness of outward beha
vior.
Contentment produces, in some men
sure, nil those effects which the niche
mist usually nnrribes to whnt he cniU
the philosopher's stone, and if it does
not brins; riches, it does the same thine
by banishing llie desire <t them. If U
cannot remove lite disquietudes arising
frt.Hu a man'a mind, body, or fortune, ft
makes him under them.
Ramsey in his "Scotch Reminiscen
ces," relates this anecdote: "How 1*
it, sir," said a Scotchman, who had all
the aversion of his country to the sight
of a psjwr in the pulpit, "bow la It that
you read instead of preaching your ser
mons?" "1 read them because I can
not remember them," "And sir. If ye
that mak' them canna mind them, how
do you think that we can ?"
The women of the Karen tribes in
Chinese Burnish wear riugi of thick
bras* wire bent round the wrist and
elbow and again round the knee and
ankle, confining them so in every mo
tion that they cannot possibly ' squat
down on the ground in the usual Ori
ental fashion or kueel to pray as the
men do, while In walking tlieir feet
make two separate tracks a foot or so
a|wrC
Experiments have been made at Bor
deaux for the employinent of cork in
ga* for lighting. The results were so
Favorable and tut economical that it ha*
been decided to fit up work* for light
ing up the town of Nerac on that
system. The waste obtained from cork
manufactories is distilled In retorts,
and the flame thus obtained is said to
be brighter and whib-r than that from
coal gas.
"There is little reason in my opiniou
to envy a pursuit la which the most its
devotees can expect la that, by relin
quishing liberal studies and social com
fort—by passing nights without sleep
and summers without one glini|se of
the beauties of nature—they may attain
that laborious, that invidious, that
closely-watched slavery, which is
mocked with the nauie of power."—
Moronity.
An extensive branch pf Industry at
present in France is the manufacture
of a new kind of wall decoration which
has conic into favor. These consist ef
double sheets of glass, (lie inner sur
face of the under sheet being painted
in oil.color in Imitation of laplslaxull,
jaspar, onyx, or some oilier costly
stone. They are used like tiles, for
walls, wainscots, ornamental pave
ments, cabinet-furniture and the like.
The battering of the ends of street
rails is annoying to passengers, damag
ing to rolling stock, and expensive to
the companies. A new rail has the
head aim the flange made in separate
parts, so laid as to "break joints," mak
ing a stiff, continuous rail line, and pre
venting the battering mentioned. The
flange has corrugations to afford good
foothold, and is reversible, so as to al
low of turning a new surface to wear
when desirabU^^^^^^^^
••The Fecundity orrith.
"This is something marvelous. It is
evidently s wise safeguard of Provi
dence, knowing the myriad of enimles
to which tbeir eggs are exposed, to in
sure the preservation of the genus. The
mini Iter deposited by a single salmon
has been known U> reach 25,000; a
brook-trout from 500 to 5,000; the pike
from 80,000 to 200,000; the roach, 113,-
000; the mackerel, M 0,000; a full-grown
shad, weighing seven arid eight pounds,
of which few are seen now-a-daya, have
been known to yield 50,000; those of
three or four pounds, now, in conse
quence of the small meshes used, the
common catch, average about 20,000 or
25,000; our herring, 100,000; and the
sea-herring 1,000,000; a sturgeon has
produced the euorinous yield of 7,35,-
000.