Alt OLD MAN.
Tbs hour far |ieiil. the h*i vest in.
He goes eereue along hia way*.
Hlaaol with the sunshine that befall*
The Indian aninmer of hia .lava.
A dear old man whom all men love.
Wlm lovea all men ami rouml wtmae head,
AN round the kmiwa of ancient saint*.
Tin Mirer locks of minima abed.
Just aa the aun cantos sifting through
The Violet vapors on the hills,
lluilding a land of promts* where
The net* Rith new glory thrill*.
80 ahmoa hia atntle on all he mreta.
A tender after glow and mild ;
He aoea the other aide of hfcv
And take* it awe< lly aa a child.
For genial aa the antunui day
That a|ielle ua with lta aoft surprise,
late aeema to wait aa wavta the year.
Obeying hia tvruvgnaiit ejoa.
lie dreama not of a dark unknowu
So . !o%- at liand. mi chill, ao drear.
The lee cold and allow xi*er*.l the grave .
He only eeea the aunahine here.
He lifts hia eyee up to the hvlla
Whence Cometh alt hia help and stayw
To blcaa ua with the light that Rita
The Ind an autumt r of hia days.
liww'f Rt4M r '.
Fnd of a Feifd
n\ . k. nut.
In a ivrUin quarter of the Wot.
noted for lainily lends, there lived.
Mime voars ago, :t voting man, named
Martin Haunt. \'u fortunately, Hie
Haicn- had la-en through many year*
at enmity with a family named Morgan,
by a ntt'iiiler of which Martin's own
father had teou killed in a desperate
encounter, while he was \ct a child.
Martin was mw the only male member
of the family left, and lie had grow 11 up
to manhood 011 the old homotead, under
the careful gtiardlauship ami teaching
of tils widowed mother.
She had not taught hint the leou Of
hatred. She had told him of lit- im
jiCtuoti- lather'-death —that -be luqied
to M*e no more wicked iragedie- ami
admonished him, although he might
never like the Morgan*. i cherish m>
thought of revenge.
The Morgans were four in mimtor—
Henry, a desperate and revengeful
man, bj whose band old Mr. lla/cn
bad fallen; bis two -on*, James ami
Kphnuiti, much like him; and hi*
daughter Esther, who w a- not like him.
but who, with a lovely face, j*.*--,-—<-.1
the sweet and gentle nature of Iter
mother, whom sorrow had year* before
hurried to the grave.
The two families lived in the same
community. Martin and Esther fre
quently utel—in the village, at church
and at -<*'ial parties, and notw ith-innd
ing the lend that had cast a shadow on
both houtes, they loved each other ; and
to the unbounded rage of floury Morgan
ami hi* son*, who hated Martin for hi*
father's sake they deliberately went and
got married.
Esther and Martin well knew that
*lie tuu-t not dare to visit Iter old home
again after that; >o she w-nt with hitn
to the house of the Ha/an*, and thev
did not see any of the Morgan- foi
month*.
But Martin wa- wanted that he was
in danger, and he knew the Morgan*
too well to doubt it. While he desired
to live at peace with litem, he deter
mined not to fall as hs* father had
fallen, if he could help it. Like most
people in that section, and at that time,
lie went armed when away from home;
and besides being one of that class of
jiersons scarcely susceptible of fear he
was one of the best shots, with rifle or
pistols in the community.
One evening in autumn, ju-t at dn-k.
a few mouths after the marriage, he
was riding home from the village oa a
spirited bur-*', w hen the Morgan* sud
denly caute into his titiml. He thought
over lite strange history of the two
families, ami began talking to himself,
as he rode leisurely along:
"How unfortunate —how foolish it
is," he mused, "that thisenmlty should
exist through whole generations, merely
because remote ancestor,* quarreled over
a line of fence, or the ownership of a
truant pig! They hate me; I do not
fear them, yet l\l like to be reconciled.
1 think 1 shall see ihetn and talk it over. I
I believe 1 could reasost them into fair
ness. How to approach them, though—
He was tlien riding by a little grove
of timber, frtnit which three nten sprang
iuto the road. One grasped his bridle
rein, while two stood with rifles leveled
upon liiii). It was not yet so dark hut
that he recognized hi* assailants. They
were the Morgans. It was Ephraim 1
who held his bridle-rein, w bile his
father ami James menaced him with
their rifles.
"Oh, Hasen!" said the old man, w ith
au air of triumph, "we've got you!.
You won't see the sun rise to morrow,
you Independent young dog! You'll
be with your father before that. What's
more, you'll steal no more daughters of ,
mine. Slop that! don't offer to reach ;
for that shooter!" lie -aid, as Martin's
hand moved toward hi* brea*t-|Micket. ,
"At best, you've but a minute to live, j
while I tell you why I am going to
shoot you, and how glad I am to wipe
out the last lla/en; but none of your
trick* or you won't live a second !"
Martin Ilazen, sitting in the saddle
with the calmness of tail trees by the
roadside—that looked, in tbc gathering
darkness, like grim spectres frowning
upon the U-rrible scene—felt that it
no time now to reason w itli hi* enemies
and lie dismissed the thought. He
waited, motionless, tr Henry Morgan !
to *|M*ak again, for he knew that the
revengeful man would love to gloat j
over him Iwfore d.-strnving him, and I
that iti* -Mm* would await hi* eotuiuaud.
Henry Morgan, with rille still leveled,
went on:
"Ye*, young ilazen, the lit-t of our
race—"
tjuick a* a flash, Martin snatched III*
revolver from his |oeket, ami dropping
his faw ti|*)n hi* horse's mane, t i con
fuse the aim of Henry and Jamc* Mor
gan, lie tired at Ephraim, who fell to
the earth; and the horse, startled by
the crack of the revolver at hi- ear,
dashed away at full *jeed.
Almost simultaneously, Henry Mor
gan fired at Martin's bead, missing
him ; ami a moment later. James inticli
**oiifused by the sudden turn of aflairs,
tired almost at random, ami the bullet
pierced Martin's left thigh. He had
not gone far before he discovered that
the shot had broken the bone, ami he
began to suffer such excruciating pain
that only the danger which he knew
was still behind him, and his realiza
tion of how itii|*rtant it was to reach
home prevented hitn from reeling from
his saddle In a swoon.
He succeeded in reaching borne, to he
met at the gate by his mother, who told
him that during his absence Esther had
been forcibly carried away by her father
and brothers. Martin fell, rather than
dismounted from his horse, dragged
himself Into Hie lawn, and with the
words: "The Morgans have shot me!"
fell fainting upon the grass.
Mrs. Hazen hurried to a neighbor's
house for assistance. A surgeon was
summoned. Martin was carried in and
laid upon a bed. He revived, and his
wound was properly attended to, with
appliances of splints and bandages; and
the good doctor finally left him that
night in great |iaiu, with the consoling
remark that he would "keep his bed for
a good three months at least."
For many days several armed friends
of Martin Hazen remained constantly
at the house, to defend him from a pos
sible attack of the Morgans. He began
to recover from his wound; but his
anxiety for Esther tormented him day
and night. He feared they might mur
der her; but his friends assured liiin
that they would not dare do that; that
site was probably merely kept at her
old home under strict surveilauce, ami
that in due time she should lie rescued
by some process or other. It was as
certained, meantime, that Ephraim
Morgan was not killed by the bullet
from Martin's revolver on the night of
the attempted assassination; that the
missile had only plow ed its way through
the scalp of his cranium, producing a
shock that had merely stunned hitn for
lutlf an hour. Finally, when Martin
was able to get out of bed, and sit in a
chair for a few minutes at a time, the
Morgans not having made their appear
ance, the friendly neighbors left, and
Martin was alone with Mrs. Hazen.
It was the very next night after the
FRED. KURTZ, Editor ami Proprietor
VOI, I\.
vigil ceased that the vhair suddenly
flew o|ieti, ami Kit her hurst Into the
room occupied tiy Martin. U was a
room on the ground floor, properly a
sitting room, hut a la-d had lieen plav-ed
in It tetn|Hirai lly for the w minded young
man.
"Ksllier!" Martin exclaimed, joy •
fully .
She ran to his liedslde, kis*el him.
then said, excitedly :
"tti. Martin, they are pre|iarlng to
come to-night t>< kilj you! t overheard
their plans, and I escajied hy lumping
from the wdttdow ola room they had
locked uie in. I'hey don't know it."
"Let it* hasten tor aid!" said Mrs.
Ilateii, w ho came In from an adjoining
room at that moment.
"It I* tvHi late! 'l'hey may In- here
in a few minutes. We must carry Mai
till out of the house, till, heavens!"
she evrlaimcd, trembling from head to
toot. "I hear their horses' hoofs now.
They are not a hundred yard- away."
"Bo calm," -aid Martin. "I will tell
von what to do, ami do it quickly.
Mother, you ami Kstlior help me, ami
I w ill get out ami In- undei the led,
I'hen arrange the pillow tinder the
oovei so that they may think lam
litng in the Usl, then both ol you gel
into the next room. I'hey will prolv
atilr rush in and lire, ami I wilt cr.iwl
out with my revolver. Here it i-. I'heu
I hey witli their empty rifles, will Is- at
my mercy . Now leave the candle hum
lug on the mantel. It hen 1 rap three
limes 011 the w all, eotne in."
The -e Instruction* were quickly
ola-\ed, and a the two women with
drew . Ksllier -aid:
"You won't kill tin 111, If you can
help it f"
"No; I promise yon that. Quick
now ! I hear them !"
Tlie women witlulrew, and had just
closed the d<sir behind them, w lieu the
front door flew open, and the Morgan
ritslied in.
"lla' ha!" exclaimed the old titan
Alive him no chance this time!"
instantly tlit* reports of three rifle
rang out, ami the bullet- perforated the
bed-clothc* auitl the quiet pillows, ami
tli* .Morgan* rushed to tin* bedside to
see if tbelr victim was dead, whilt* bit*
of iiUttrrliif, loosened by the concus
sion, rained from the ceiling.
Martin, although it caused him con
siderable pain, tioi-vh—-ly dragged him
self out at the foot of tiie l>eti, which
stood in a corner of the room, and
placed himself in a low chair near the
door, and just a* he had attained this
favorable situation, the Morgans dis
covered the trick that had l**en played
U|K>n them, and found themselves with
empty rifles, confronted with a large
revolver in the hand- of a very cool and
brave man.
"Henry Morgan," said Martin, "you
and your -oils are at my mercy. Ivni't
Uiovel You kuow how I handle tin
revolver. Move but a hair'--breadth,
anv one of von, ami 1 tin* to kill!"
lliey stood trait-fixed. They were
not cowarils, hut they did not j--e--
the cool moral courage of Martin, ami
the surprise to which they had been
treated completely unmanned them.
To complete their confusion, Martin
gave the signal, and Mr-. Ha/eu ami
Esther came in.
"Why. girl!'* exclaimed llenry Mor
gan, "how in the—"
"Not* a word!" interrupted Martin,
sternly. "I will do the talking now.
There are chairs near you—sit down.
Do you hear?" and he pointed the re
volver at each one in turn, with such
rapidity that lie seemed to cover all
three at once.
They were so completely under hi
<**ontrol, that they obeyed hi- command
In the most submissive manner.
"Mr. Morgan." Martin proceeded, "1
have all your lives in my hand. Out
families have bi-en at enmity for genera
tion*—God know* for what. You cer
tainly have no reason to hate me, 1
have never harmed you. I have only
offended you by marrying Esther. This
should rather have made us friends.
You killed my father, and have twice
tried to murder nte. Now I have you
in nty power, but I'm not going to kill
you. iam w illittg to forgive and for
get the past. Although you are a re
vengeful man, Henry Morgan, 1 believe
you have a generous nature. Now at
tend ! If after this you trv to harm me
1 will not -pare you; but if you will be
reconciled, lake iny hand and say so. |
and 1 will trust you, for 1 know that
yon and your sons are not men who
will lie. Will you do it, or will you
de|iarl with tin- same obi hatred in your
hearts >"
Henry Morgan had been -itting with
downcast eyes, hi* einpt rifle poised
upon one knee. He bad trembled at
first, apparently with suppressed rage;
but now his lietter nature seemed to
|m>— e-* lii 111 and after a moment ot
thoughtful silence lie ar<>-e, left Ids
rifle standing again*! the wail, walked
ai r*s the room, took Martin by Un
hand, and said :
"lliuh'n, von make me ashamed of
myself. There's my hand. Let'* for
get ami forgive all round. Hereafter
yon are my friend and son-in-law."
The younger Morgan*, catching the
same true spirit, shook hands with
Martin, ami lietween tin* brave youth
and these rough men, there wa* a re
conciliation tli.it was earnest and abid
ing. They had tried to murder him;
now tliey would have killed a dozen
men to defend him.
Martin to*-ed hi* revolver upon the
licit, for lie knew be could safely do so.
Hough men as the Morgans has tieen all
their lives, there was Imih in tliein—
Martin knew it. And the fend Iwtweeii
tin- Morgans ami tin* Hazen* wa- at an
end forever and ever!
.ild and Mllver.
Many people have the desire to know
the value of gold and silver in bulk.
The following statement from I'rof. F.
L. Schlrmer, Superintendent of the
Branch Mint at Itenver, may Is* relied
upon a* correct. The limine** of Colo
rado gold, and the calculation of value
of gold and silver, an* al*o given, it i
a matter of considerable value, and
should be carefully preserved for refer
ence :
One Um (2,(100 jiouiul* avoirdupois) of
gold and silver contains 29,103 troy
ounces, and, therefore, the value of a
toil of pure gold is $002,700 21, ami a ton
of silver $07,704 48.
A cubic foot of pure gold weighs
1,518 74 pounds avoirdu|>ois; a cubic
list of pure silver weigh* 550,25 pounds
avoirdupois.
If there is one jmt cent, of gold
or silver in a toil of ore, it contains
291*63 ounces troy of either of these
metals.
The average fineness of the Colorado
gold is 781 in 1,000, and the natural alloy,
gold. 781; silver, 200; copper, 10;
total, 1.000.
Tin: calculations at the Mint are made
on the basis that 43 ounces of standard
gold, or 900 flue, coin, is wortli SBOO.
and 11 ounces of silver, 000 flue, colli, is
worth sl2 80.
Healthful Cellars.
A dry and neatly-kept cellar is a
pretty gtssl guarantee of health to the
family whose members are breathing
the air from it day and night. Every
body believes IN having pure air to
breathe; but we are sorry to tell the
truth that thousands are breathing im
pure air on account of foul cellars.
What are the essentials of a good cellar?
It must be dry; it must have stone walls
outside and division walls of either
'stone or brick; the floor of cement upon
a foundation of cobble stones previously
imbedded in the earth by means of a
ntaul handled by two turn; plastered
ceilings and walls; complete ventila
tion by means of large windows. If
these points are secured, the cellar be
comes one of the most important rooms
in the house. — Phrenological Journal.
THE ( l ENTHE I! EP() RTER.
tilings W orlli K MOW tug.
Keep tea in a close cheat or canui-ti-r.
Keep coffee hy itself, a- its odor affects
other articles.
keen bread and cake In a tin l>ox 01
1 stone jar.
I'rauberries will keep all wlutct in a
I lit kin of w alei In a cellai.
September and th-lohei liutter is the
Ive-t for w inter use.
! tttanges and lemons keep best w 1 up|w-vl
(11 soft pa|Ht, and, if possible, lalil lit a
draw er.
The standard adopted by the t titled
Stataa i- Um WlucMatM buahel, is
Inches in diameter in-lde, s ilielie* deep,
ami contains 'J.I.Vt I.' 1011 cubic Inches.
It is the legal bushel 01 each Stale hav
ing no |h , 1.11 statute bushel ol its own.
A half-bushel measure should contain
1 5 21-IOU cubit' Inches.
To tllld the contents of a cylindrical
measure multiply the square of (be
diameter by .755,3t ls ami then by the
depth. KxaUlple; ts'.-XlS'... Ui.Si;
.ta,g,">\ 'JtiS, SO.l, -JtsS.MltxS
150 12-100.
file I uited States standard gallon
measures -Jill cubit- Inches.
A tvariel tonlaius tu gallons or 0,210
cubic lilt-lies.
Five yards wide by '.His long contains
I acre; 10 cards wide by Isl long con
tains 1 acre; "JO yards wide by '.'l2 long
eoutains 1 acre; 40 yarda wide by 121
long eoutains 1 acre; 00 feel w ile by
72ti long eoutains 1 acre; 110 feet wide
by .fcsi long eoutains I acre; 220 feel
wide hy T.rs long contains 1 acre.
No. i mackerel should be not less than
la inches in length from the extremity ot
the head to the fork of the tail, fat, lice
from rust, taint or drainage.
No. 2 mackerel should Is- not l>--- than
II inches in length,fat and free trom Ac.
No. Ct mackerel should Is- not less
than It) I lie lies in length.
No. :l large should not Is- h s- than l.'t
Inche- in length and in quality are tho-e
(hat remain alter the selections of No. 1.
No. I mackerel comprise all not in the
als>ve, and -lentld Is- free 110111 taint or
damage.
The alsoe is the -taudard established
by law in Mu-sacliu.scii.-, and i* generally
ace-ptcd hy the traile elsewhere.
Mackerel should he kept c '1 ere, I with
brine and not ex|s>se<l to the air, a- it
becomes rancid or "rusty" In a lew
dav s.
Mess mackerel—The finest flsh w.tb
head ami tail removed.
hxtra number ones ate selected lish.
I-arge nnml>er twos—Klsl over thir
teen inches in length, ami not good
enough in tpiality for number ones.
Scaled herrings should be fat flsh,
free from scales and when smoked be of
a bright gulden color.
No. 1 herring are generally small and
l*N>r fish.
The lie-t way to oo<>k cud fi-h—Strip
it of it.- -kin and cut in piftit aland the
size of one's hand ; plat e it in water and
allow it to simmer on the stove until it
liecouiea tender. It should never In* al
lowed to N>il. Itoiling hardens and
darkens tin* fl-h,am! deprives itof mm h
o' its flavor.
Welsh firkin* ar* so called from the
factofthei. lieiug introduced b\ a We|h
settlement In the northern pari of \cw
York Stale. A Welsh flrkin contains
atxuit lon |M.uud, ami a half-tirkin or
tub .H-' |HMimls on an average. A nun
moit returnable flrkin contain* from do
to 70 |MHimU of butter, and a common
tirkin 00 to 100 {Miiiml-.
Mackerel couies ill barrels, half
barrels, quarter barrel* ami kits, con
taining full weight, reflectively 2**>,
100, .'H> and 'JO pound*.
I'ork. full weight, should contain Soo
l>iimls, hit! the standard ha- been re
duced to 100 pound*; pickled beef ham*
in barrels 3tNi and 230 |hmiiul; clear
side- in hulk. In Uixes, ,V*i |sninds, am)
in hogsheads from 800 to 1,000 |H>und*.
Salt—Ashton's, Marshall's and other
Liverpool brands—comes in hag-. JJt
pounds; New York >tau* in barrel- ami
bags, 2fo ala | •_!>( pounds; cases table
-alt contain tin boxes, alsiut J pound*
eacli. Salt al-.i come* in suiall packet-,
put up in sack-, three sUes; J.">, 10
|M>uml (tackets; 10, (1 |siumls; ami 80, J
pounds.
(kilong tea* are very highly dried, f
wiry, brittle leaf, ami valued according
to degree of strength ami pungency,
ami fr.asloin from <lirt.
Souchong* are the strongest black
lea-. The leaves are large, thin and
often broken. The infusion i clear,
gulden ami aromatic.
Congou teas have small, -hurt, gray
ish black leaves.
Gunpowder is a heavy tea, of a dark
green hue, and tile leave* rolled ill hard
balls.
lui|M-rial* an* in larger grain- than
guiipow ders, ami in color a silvery
green.
Hy*uii* have long, straight, fleshy,
grayish green leaves, rolled leugthwis*- |
on themaelves, with sweet aromatic i
flavor.
Twaiikavs, are known by the larg
yellow i-b, badly-rolled leave-and strong
mlnr. The inlii-ion is a deep yellow, j
and of clear, sharp taste. — American :
(i ntrer.
Interior of it lt *nnnrrj.
A- so g.ssl an opportunity might
have not occurred again of seeing the j
intei ior of a l liine-e or Buddhist lllln- j
nery, 1 asked the ablH-ss to show me !
through it, and to explain the regula
tions of the order, she assented, and
frankly told me all idsitil tin* institution
ami its government, which I* by no
means so -trict a* that of the Ifoiuish
convents. The candidate* are not ad
nutted Into full orders until they attain
the age of sixteen. I'rior to till*, and
from the commencement of tlieiraseetie
life, they assume the garb peculiar to
the sisterhood. The chief apparent dis
tinctioii between the novices ami tho-e
in full orders is that the heads of :he
latter are wholly shaven, while the for
mer have only the front part of the
crown shaven. 'I he younger nuns
have plaited queues flowing down lie
hind. The nuns mostly had large feet,
clumsy *hocs, long stockings ami gar
ters, full trow st., short Jackets, and
wide sleeves, witli bald pates and skull
caps, precisely as the priest* have. But
the priestess have smoother counte
nances, softer looks, sweeter voices,
and were mure tidy. When the young
woman has mired, or shaved her head
a sign of making religious vows very
different from that of "taking the vail, 1 '
adopted In the nunneries of Europe
she is required to lead a life of devo
tion and mortification. She must eat
and drink sparingly, and her diet must
consist of vegetables only. Strong
meats ami drinks are to Is' avoided us
poison. The business ami cares of this
world are not to engross her attention.
She lias retired from it, and must Is' til
ling herself lor eternal canonization.
Nothing should occupy her thoughts or
engage lier affections hut the service of
the temple ill the precincts of which she
lives. Daily exercises are to Is* con
ducted by her, the furniture of the
smail sanctuary that forms a part of the
convent must he looked after and kept
clean ami orderly; those women or men
who come to worship at the altars, ami
seek guidance or comfort, must Im* cared
for and assisted. When there is leisure
the sick ami the |MMir are to Is* visited,
ami all who have placed themselves un
der her *|ieclal direction and spiritual
instruction have a large claim iijioii her
regard. That she may live the life of
seclusion ami self-denial she must vow
per|M*tual maidenhood; the thought of
marriage should never enter her head,
and the society of man must be shunned.
As far as I could see these rigid rules
were not seriously complied with, and
there appeared no great amount of de
votion at their religious exercises, es
pecially among the novics. Their sa
cred Imoks consisted of many volumes,
printed in large text on fine paper. For
these they had a profound respect. The
rapidity with which the pages and sec
tions of the book* were hurried off at
their religious exercises was amazing.
CKNTIIK 11 A 1.1 „ ( FNTIti: CO.. I'A.. Till lISDAV, I'liltHUAllY 10. 187(i.
Until the voting and old milts scented
•-•|iial)v e\|iert -it thelt tecllations, lull
there vv 1* nothing id .1 devotional spirit
alsiut them, thcli demeaiiol was any.
thing hul il< vout. I was shocked lo *oe
the levity l the juvenile nuns In pav
ing religious homage to the guides*
hwatt vin. Ihcy were as uteri y and
trh kv , as till ting ami a* frolicauiiie, a*
anv parly "t girls met to keep the hit th
ilay one of tiieir schoolmate*.
*t rit Mr lloll'l Waul l Meet.
I lie man w ho gi mil* and g**|' ttAu
gobble* Up the soup, aud al every olTrer
iiiouthlul seems threatened w it 11 a chok
ing fit.
The 111.111 who, having by an accident
tieen once throw u into your eompauy.
tuakes tsd'l to haw I your name 0111, and
to shake your hand profusely when you
pass him in lite street.
The man who artfully provokes you
to play a game of billiard* with him,
ami, though he feigns to In? a novice,
produce* Ids ow it chalk.
The utaii who can't sit at your table
on any sot oco.utlou without getting 011
hi* leg* to pru|K>sc some stupid toast.
The mall who, thinking you ale mu
sical, bores v on with Ids notions on the
music of tlie future, ot w Idcli you know
as little as tlie music id the *pfier< s.
The man who wear* a white hat in
vv inter ami -iiiok'-* :t pi|>c w lien walk
ing, ami accost* you a* "old fellow"
jii-l a* you arc hoping to make a gtssl
impression on some well dressed lady
friends.
i'iic man who, knowing th.it your
doctor face* Itiin at table, turn* the talk
o a* lo *cl hint talking doctor's shop.
1 lie mutt who, with a hs>k of urgent
buaiue**. when you ait* in a hurry,
takes voir hy the hutton-bolc to tell you
a bad joke.
T'lie utaii who, sitting just tx-hind you
at the opera, destroy* hall your enjoy
ment hy humming lite air.
The man who m ike* remark- on your
|M-r*onal adornment. uk you where
you bur your wanie*at, and what you
paid for your dn • lx*.t.
'Tlie mail w ho lard* his talk w it It little
scrap* of French and tiertuaii alter hi*
reitirtt from a Continental tour.
The man who *|oil your pleasure in
seeing a new play hy applauding in
wrong places, am) multcillig ill stage
vv hi*|H*r* Ids comment* on the plot.
Aud, to finish with tlie man who,
w hen you draw bark slightly lo appre
ciate a picture, coolly come* and stands
in front of you, and ihen receding, also
treads tip.tti your lix--. — /•*
An lalllor *f 1775.
In 177."> there wete tour new *]a|>rrs
published lit New York. Kivlngtou's
It-fill li<i;rllerr was tiie uhs<>rvioitt U*l
ot the British authorities. The Wercc-e,
published bv Hugh ttoiur, wa* a time
server and trimmer. Anderson's (' -
Mitulio<il liattHf wa* Isirn and died in
177*, and hail no itiflueiice whatever.
Tlie Ye - 1 * ' .d. puhlislied by
Joint Holt, wa* (he sturdy ami iiupur
cbas.thle organ of the Sou* of I.ilM'rty .
lis editor fled the City after tlie disa*
Irons battle on lamg Island, ami he
was heard of afterward a* puidlsldlig
liis m w |ci| r at oue and auolbej- of the
tow it* of tlie liud*oti under circum
stance* thai would have a palled ah -■
■ let< ruiiiied in an. In 1 lie mouth <d Au
gust. 1777. w bile ai K*opi|s, lie printed
an advertisement* In whi h be pro|a*ed
to take any kind of rotiniry proiluce in
the way Of trade. Ili* prosts-ctu* r> 0!*
very quaintly : "And tlie printer, l*eiiig
unable to carry on liUbuiine** without
the nece**.iric* of life, is obliged to af
fix the following prices to hi* wutk,
viz.: Fir a ijuarter of new*, l'J 1!>. of
Ix-cf, |iork, veal, or liitilton, or t lie. of
butler, or 7 Its. of cheese, or I* lbs. of
fine flour, or half a bushel of wheat, or
one bushel of Indian corn, or half a cord
of wood, or -ft*' weight of bay or other
article* of country produce a* lie shall
want them, In like promotion*, or a
much money as will purchase them al
tlie time; for other articles of printing
work, tlie pri'i-s to 1*- in proportion to
that of the new-paper. VII ills custo
mer* who have to spare anv of the
almve, or other articles of of country
produce, be lio|te* w ill let him know
it, and afford htm the necessary sup
plies, without which hi* bllsilU'** liefr
must very tuxm be discontinued." It I*
gratifying to IK- able to state that the
sturdy |iatrlot survived the ({evolution,
ami lived to revisit the city f which
he had been I *<xu master lit 177". Hi*
patrlotic labor* aud sufl'-rings justly
entitled him to the follow Ing epitaph :
"A due tribute to the memory of John
Holt, printer to litis -late, a native of
Virginia, who patiently obeyed death'*
aw litl summon* on the thirtieth of Jan
nary. I7 S I. in the sixty-fourth year of
his age. To *av that hi* family lament
him is needless; that hi* friends lx*-
vv ail him, is useless ; that all regret him,
unnecessary; for that lie merited every
esteem is i-eriain, 'The tongue of slan
der cannot say less, though justice
might say more." Sm han epitaph, in
scrilx'd over the dust of ail editor, who
hail also held eoaj||li--loil a- I'o-tlliaster,
opens aw ide field of emulation to the
journalists ami ofllclal* td these later
days.— Srriburr.
■ • m -
How t tl< e 1 sinr to be used
It |s somewhat -higitlar to trace the
manner lit w hh li arose the use of the
common beverage of coffee, without
w hlcli few |x-r*oti s in any naif or vv liollv
civilized country in the world now make
breakfast. At lite time t'oluiiihus dis
covered America, it had never IX-I-II
know nor used. It only grew in Arabia
or l'p|s-r I'topla.
'The discovery td' 1(- tlse as a leverage
Is ascrllK.nl to the superior of a monas
tery in Arabia, w ho. desirous of pre- j
venting the monks from sleeping at j
their nocturnal services, made them j
drink the Infusion of coffee, on the re
ports of shepherds, who observed thai
their floeks were more lively after
browsing on the fruit of thai plant.
It.* reputation spread through the ad
jacent countries, and In alxuit two hun
dred years It had reached I'aris.
A single plant, brought there in 1711.
became the parent *t<x-k of all the
French coffee plantations In the West
Indies, and the French and .Spanish all
over South America and the West
Indies. 'The extent of the consumption
now ran hardly Is- realized. The Fulled
States alone annually consumes it at
the cost, on its landing, of from fifteen
to sixteen millions of dollar*.
OalrnlMttiina I marrnla- llova Vmrrl
*•%•> M Ik 111 liii|>ro%r
In one respect, at least, Americans
might mend their manners—in llic pub
lic exhibition of reverence for the dead.
The passage of a funeral train through
our streets, whether of a greater or an
unknown man, elicits from the stolid
s|H-ct.itors no lurthcr recognition than
a stare. In I 'arisor any where in France
the presence of the mortal remains of
any fellow la-ing Is acknowledged even
by 1 lie humblest artisan with head
hand and bowed, will lo in New York
the dead laxly of a Vice President is
carried through miles of streets lined
with people ah with their crowns cov
ered. 'They take off their hal* to the
living, hut never to the dead. There is
no more touching and graceful custom
than this bit of Freuch reverence, and
none which our |>cople aeeui so slow to
adopt. It is just these Utile knacks of
politeness that the American gentleman
who loudly imagines himself the finest
gentlcman in the world, is in need of.
No doubt in this and many other things
lie represses iiis instincts for fear of
j seeming sentimental. In the Case of so
distinguished a public oftleer as Henry
Wilson the rudeness of the omission
was almost brutal, and the very i.:rk
ness that threw an ntmospuere of gloom
about his funeral procession through
tiie city seemed to he a friendly shit h*.
There was something appropriate he
sides in tiie darkness. Tor a lonely old
man, dying almost without kith or kilt,
forsaken la-fore his death hy Ilia men
who should have r< spoofed hia counsels
after Ills death,by his ow 11 colleague* In
t digress, ami hasttlv seised 111 s 111 by
siii geons us a "subject" almost before
the Isslv was cold, it w a a tilting pall.
There is nil unmistakable revolt
against these funeral |H-geants that
wind their way Irnm elly lo city and
prolong the ohsnjuics of a puldic man
until a careless ami < apt icious public
weary of the mention of iiis name in
the newspaper*. It seems like an af
front lo genuine gl ici to make a dead
statesman tin- focus of stating crowds,
and withhold Ids wornoul ldv from
the resting [dace w liicli iH-longs to it.
There is too much unsuccessful striv
ing iiflci display, t<s> little simplicity
and sincerity, I<HI tiiueh local and ulll
ciai vanltv , too Utile genuine apprecia
tion and feeling alamt tln-sc mournful
processions not totalise us to feel that
tills Is treating the dead with Indignity
tathcr than with honor. Those who
would respect a man's privacy when
alive ought not to Insult it when dead.
A man has a l ight to Is- tell alplie 111
liis cotfiu—ills last atssle. The Stale
w hieli claims him cau lake him to her
self and sorrow alone. Hut, as for (lie
|ss>r > lav , let lli.it go to it* long lioiue.
About t.nlls
A writer ill the >4ll t raiiclsco Hull <f 11
discourse* pleasantly ol the liahits of
the s<-a-fow I which frequent the waters
adjacent lo lhatciiyr. •If the gull* he
says:
"There are at lite present time no less
lltan eight varieties of gulls known lo
this coa*!. The gull most commonly
seen in the hat lair i* the western ber
ring gull, almost Identical in form, size,
is dor, and habit* witli the common her
ring gull of (tie Kasl. indeed, there ate
few t'alitor 11 la sea birds which arc dis
tinctively Western, but nearly ail find
their prototype* in Eastern waters, the
old) appreciable difference between the
s|s-< ics of the two coasts la-ing, ill many
instance* the larger site of those lu
li.'biting the Pacific—a peculiarity not
mtilluevl to birds, either, hut al*o true
••I fruits, vegetables aud other natural
production* of the country. Every oue
Knows tlie ap|M-armm of ilie Western
gitfi. Its robust form; it* pure white
pllltuage brucalll it* delicate slate-blue
wings and liack; it* graeeful, easily
sustained flight aud it* Sociable liahits,
rvitflet it vcry conspicuous and a promt
ueiit item in tiie attractions of (|p- hav.
Accompany ing it ate seen gulls ot
simitar chatacterislic*, save that tiieir
plumage is of a dingy brou n .r grey
ivilur. Tticsc are the yottug l this same
*pecie, and do not lake on the full
splendor of their dress till the second or
third t ear, and it is common to see, in
a single passage across Hie hay, birds of
this specie* in every conceivable variety
of plumage. They are very greedy
birds, ami not at alt fastidious n* to the
coui|s>sltioti of tiieirrepa.*l, fresh fish or
putrid, decayed vegetable ui.ilter, or the
• •flat mil gat hag'- of tlie wharves being
devoured w lilt equal relish. They are
very expert in pi> king up food front the
sttrfaic of the w iter, circling over It
until .assured of it* desirableness, and
then descending with strong flapping*
of their Upraised wilig- till clo*e llpoll
tlie water, when tlie prize i* picked
daintily up without the bird'* welting
It* feci, and tiie Interrupted (light rc
stl lll'* I. \\ lieu, a* is often the -ise,
several bird* dart at otue lo pursuit of
tlie same IIMMMII, lex* < are i* taken, aud
tlie whole IKMIV precipitate tie-niseive*
Into the wave* with shrill scream* and
a great throwing up of (lit water, an I
if "tie i* fortunate enottgii to gain a
prize, he J* at once pursued hy the re*t
alid Jieched and hurt' led till Sometimes
he i obliged to drop tlie f.*x|, which I*
snatched by another before it reaches
the vv ater, ami who in turn is as-ailed
by the rest till the hit is eithrt tinally
*w allowed or tot n ili pieces in the
struggle. I pon tlie lx-a> lie* bey olid the
city these birds are *een lu immense
numbers, patiently waiting for tlo- tide
to go out, or w ben it ebbs, usually en
gaged in tc-diiigoii the tnu-scls, marine
Worm*, snail*. A'-., left visible by the
receding water*. i hey al*o subsist
largely on rlanu, which tiiey clear I torn
the *hell bv Ix-atlng them against the
rix-k*. or, w here tin* b-a-h i* sandv , fly -
ing witli tliciu lo a distance of fr>>:u
tilty to a hundred feet in the air, from
w liicb height lln-v are drop|Mxl to the
ground IK-IOW and hrok<*u hy tlie fall;
w hereutMMl the ingenious birds deseeud
ami enjoy a rich feat. I |M>II these
beaches tiiey may often be seen at low
tide, completely gorged and fa*t a-h-ep
U|K>ti one leg, aud so oblivious to all
their surrounding* that the returning
tide *weep* them off, still sleeping,
ti|x'ii the to**iug waves, Net, in spite of
their seeming forget fit I ueas to all tiieir
surrounding*, It i* a ditlieult matter to
walk up to them, lor at the ||ghtet
intimation of danger lln-ir head* eotue
■ •lit Iroin under tiieir vv lugs with a jerk,
and rising heavily they llapaway lo
some more secure retreat. 'Though care
lo* in their maimer of feeding they are
very neat In their plumage and S|N>III|
hour* every day In dressing their
feathers.
Fr|tieitlly found in company witli
the preceding specie* are the glaucus
vvliiged ami t aliloruia gull*, tiie foriiier
IIIIU ii resembling it tliougli easily dis
tinguished by it* larger sine and shorter
wing*, w hicli make* it* flight le* grace
ful aud well-sustained, and the latter
Ix'lng much smaller than either of it*
eompanioli*, and with lighter colored
back and wings. These California gulls
are a great Jx-sl to the |x-lieaus. which
they closely follow in their search for
final, and when they have seized a tl*h
iiimhly snatch it from the O|K-II |x>tieh,
often ulighliiig 011 the luhlx-rlv bird's
very head for the purpose, and Ix-ar it
away in triumph. 'The abused |>ellcaii,
however, seldom ren-nt* tin- theft, but
calmly turns away for other game, of
which, perehauce, lie is again deftly
rolilx-d by his -prlghtlr and ets< ieiux--
h-ss nelghlxir. H lieu no pelicans are
at hand these feathered IIIMHIIIIIIIS lx--
take themelve* to honest work, and
catch their own ilsh la a very skilful
manner
The ring-hilled gulls are al*o pretty
constant visitors to our harltor ami
traterni/c with the other varieties al
ready enumerated, which they resemble
in general ap|iearanee, haliits,and fllglit.
They are oi very sympathetic natures,
and if one of tiieir number is shot and
wounded will hover over it with every
expression of deep solicitude, and even
try to help It rise again Into the air, nor
do their eflnrts cease until several shots
have been tired among them, when they
seem to appreciate the situation mid
slowly retire lu ever-widening circles.
Other ami Inter varieties are the whiic
hcaded gull—a beautiful bird, easily
distinguishable hy its •now-white head,
hlcnilliigffiiito ashy-lead color on thc
hack ami breast, and a lihsxl-rcd bill;
Suck ley's gull, a miniature copy of the
glancu-s-wiiiged gull, and, rarest of all,
(lie Ivory gull, of peculiarly brilliant
white plumage and light yellow hill.
Itonaparte'* gull, a handsome and
graceful specie*, smaller than any <d
the others, and easily distinguished hy
its black head and neck, is also a rather
fiiMiueiit visitor, and ditiers from other
birds of its class in lx-ing very good eat
ing, quite equal, I Ihhik, to the larger
rails. 'This is probably due to the char
acter of his food, whicli is more delicate
than that sought hy lite Other species,
and consists largely, at certain seasons,
of coleopterous insects, vv hicli It secures
in the air after the manner of a svv allow
—a'habit noticed, as far as I know, in
no other gull. 'Though all these varie
ties feed together amicably, their breed
ing places are always kept distinct;
and, though several may breed in the
same island, their nests are not adjaeent.
The Skua gulls, or Jagers, whose char
acteristics are a inure robust form and
darker plumage than those of the true
gulls seem to be without representatives
! on this coast, with the exception, possi
bly, of the common Skua, which is tiie
only one of the genus which roams far
I from it* Arctic home."
KAITHKUL AMONG THE KAITHI KSS.
< >uo* la • while. in Uita wurld eo lrMi(e
'l'o liiflilon out wel re^ieia,
Wo tu*v flu.l m Uoarl that la Una through
ch*ug,"
t heart lliat never fiirgtU
Hul tare aa a ruae tu llxeuilvf,
A* a blul In an Arctic clttue,
la a heart that '-an ever reuutiuber.
Through aoirvw, and change, and tunc
One* tu a while we And a friend
Tnal will chiiii through good and 111 .
Wlniae friciidahl|' follows nc e en tu Uio end
lie it up ur adowu a bill,
ltut the heart so true aud the love en louder
And litomiahip'x faithful attnle
Whether we dwell In aadnaea or *plru lor.
We find hul onoe in a while
lamina end llrbl.
Men ol jjciiiin are equally ftcllc in
running into (l<-ld. (•cuius has no no
c*-**ary otiutierlioti with prudence or
srlf-reidraiiit, nor doe* it exercise any
influence over the t-otutnoii rule* of
arithmetic, which arc rigid ami lufl.x
tide. Men of genius arc often superior
to what it iron calls "the wisdom of
business." Vr( Itacoll himself did Hot
follow hit own advice, luit wa ruined
hy lit- Improvidence. lie was in straits
ami dilticiiltic* when a youth, aud 111
still greater strait* ami dilliciilfiea when
a mail. Ilia life was splendid, hut ilia
excessive expeudlture Involved- hilli ill
tlehla w hlcit created a p r|ietual craving
for money. One day, in passing out to
nia aiitc-chsinbcr, where hi* follower*
were iiis sp|>eariice, he said:
"lie aeated, my 111 asters; your ri*e ha*
Iwrii my fall." To supply ll wants
lijcoo look hrilre*, and was lhereti|wn
beset by lii enemies, convicted, degra
ded. aud ruined. Kveu men with a
-jiecial A*-ttiti- for finance on a grand
•rale may completely break down in
the management of their own private
affairs. Till managed the national fi
nance* during a |w-riod of unexampled
ditficultv, yet was himself always
plunged in debt, laud f arrington, ex
hanker, once or tw ice, at Mr. lilt's re
|iicsi,examined liis household accounts,
aud found the ipiautity of butcher*'
meat > barged in the bllis was one hun
dred weight a week. The charge lot
N-rin|' wages, Is.jrd wages, living,
and household hills cX'-cr-lod AII,AM) a
year. At lilt's death tile nation votes)
A-Pt.URi to satisfy the deuiauds of Ills
creditors; yet his income had neter
been less than Atl.tSSt a yraf; and at
onetime, w it it t tie Wardeiishlp of the
< Irnjue l'orts, it was nearly Al.Wsta
year more. Macaulay truly say* that
"the character of I'iti Would hate stood
higher if, w Itii the disinterestedness of
IVrlcle. aud lie Will, lie had united lliei*
dignified frugality."
ltut I'llt by no mean* *l<kl ilutir.
Ird Mrlvtllf wa a* unthrifty iu the
ii!ia£<*iiH<ii| of lti (ih li affair* a* he
of the ttloliry of tlw public. Fox
*s an I'liuriumit over, Id* financial
maxim t*iug (bat a in.au need WW
Maul tiioio-y if lie Mao Milling to pav
enough for It. Koxcallni ll|r outer bail
ai Aliuack'*. M here be tminnoil on no
ca*ion# from .lew Irmlrr* at exorbitant
premiums, bl* "Jerusalem nouihrr."
l'.t**iou for play Man bi> great alee, and
at a very early age it involved him ill
debt to an eiiormou* amount. It i*
• t.ited by tiibliou that on one oeeai>ioii
Fox *al playing at hazard for tMrntv
liolira In allow*-ion, loaillg l'll.Utai. Hut
deep |>iav Ma* (lie vice of bigb life in
those day, ami cheating Ma* not uti
known. Srlwyn, alluding to Fox's
liMiei at play, called him Charles the
Martyr.
Sheridan Ma* the hero of debt. He
lived oil it. Though he received large
Mini* of money in one May or another,
no one knew what became of it, for he
|uiid nobody. It eeclueU to Mielt l*>\
in hi* hand* like mow in summer. lie
)ieiit 111* llrl M ife'*.fortune of £l,iiUO
in a *ix week*' jaunt to H.IIII. Neee*-
it diove him to literature, and per
il ip* to the atlttiulu* of |iVerty Me owe
'*'! he HivaU" and the drama* w hich
Succeeded it. W ilii hi* *eoniJ wife he
olitaine*! a fortune of £S,(KIU, and with
ilj.KVi Mhieli be rrallrol by the *ale
of lirury l-anr *hare he tiought an e
tate In Surrey, from Mhieh he Ma*
driven by debt and dun*. The remain
der of hi* life was a series of hifts,
sometime* brilliant, but often degrading
to raie money ami evade creditor*.
Taylor, of the Opera lldow, umnl to *ay
that if lie took on ill* list to Sheridan ill
the street it would co*t him fifty |w>timl;
but if tie stopped to *|M-nk to bim it
Mould eo*t a hundred. lie Ma* in debt
all round—to hi* milkman, hi* grower,
bi baker, ami hi* butcher. Sometime*
Mr*. Sheridan would IK* kept Mailing
for an hour or more, Mhiiethe servant*
were beating up the neighUirltood for
coffee, butter, egg*, and roll*. While
Sheridan Ma* paymaster of the navy a
butcher one day brought a leg of mut
ton to the kitchen. The cook look it
and c!ap|icd It in the pot to boil, and
went up *tair* for the money; but not
returning, the butcher coolly removed
tiie |MI| lid, took out the mutton, and
M alkcd HM ay with it on hi* Uav. Yet,
while living in these strait*, Sheridan,
M lieu invited M ith hi* son into the
country, usually went iu chaise* ami
four—he iu one, and hi* son Tom fol
lowing In the other. The end of all
Ma* very ad. For some weeks before
hi* death he was nearly destitute of the
in can* of siibsHteni'e. His noble ami
royal friend* bad entirely deserted bitu.
Execution* for dent were In bis house,
and he passed bis la-t days In the cus
tody of sheriff* officer*, who abstained
from conveying him to pri*on merely
because they were assured that to re
move liim would cause hi* immediate
•lealb.—.Mnmwl >wii**,
Vtrlhnit* of Vulhora.
The different met In sis our most di
tiiiKuisbed author* employed in the
composition of their works are worth
mention. I>avid Hume, for in* twice,
wrote rapidly, but corrected slowly and
lab 1 inn sly and hi* manuscript* are
full of erasures. The erasure* art* few
tn ilie writing* of OililtottK, as lie made
all hi* corrections in his mind, and
never wrote a sentence until he had
balanced and ■mended it to lus entire
satisfaction, either seated in his arm
chair or walking in hi* balcony with
the Lake of lienor* below him. I>r.
Adam Smith dictated to hi* clerk while
walking slowly up and down hi* room.
Hence it ha* lawn alleged that hi* sen
tence* arc nearly all of the same length,
each containing exactly as much as the
clerk could take down while the doctor
buik a single turn. In lecturing he
was mote dependent than the general
ity of professors on the sympathy of
his class. 1 luring a whole session a
certain student, with a plain but ex
pressive countenance, was of great use
to bim In judging of hi* success. He
sat conspicuously in front of a pillar.
He had riiui constantly in his eye. II
he leaned forward to listen all was
right, and he knew lie had the ear of
his class ; but if he leaned hack in an
attitude of listlessiiess he felt at once
that all was w rung, and that he inusf
change either the subject or the style
of his addreas.
Amrrlrnn Titles.
Since the war the extraordinary mul
tiplication of "colleges" lias made civil
ian titles a* cheap a* military —let its be
thankful they are not hereditary. The
other day there was an account in the
l>n|K't> of an "Illinois inter-collegiate
contest, eight of the leading colleges in
t he State participating." Think ot eight
leading colleges in Illinois, to say noth
ing of the modestly subordinate ones!
I wonder how many readers of this page
ever heard of five out of the multitudi
nous colleges of Illinois. Well, sonie
b sly has been showing from the reports
of the Bureau of Education that there
a o no fewer than jl'2B "universities and
c >1 leges" in our favored country, which
c inferred last year .'i.-ViO degrees in
Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance.
oniric, and 111 booorary degrees. This
s <|"lte independent of" the thirty-five
agricultural college*, with tliefr .'k'>2
di-gret**, Ihe <l3 woman's college*, with
(heir 6dXdegrer. } the Ml mi-dh-al school*,
with their <UU degree*, and Iu Hoe a
total of M.K3U degree, in course. 11l
-*ime of llieae liistilutlous the confer
i ing of arholaetle degree# amount* to a
mania. One of them created *lx doc
tors of law or divinity at a pop.-—'fkc
tJiiUi/g.
- — mm ■ - -
I aildren's I ssrlr#
I .lie and duty licin U in *o clo*ely
•luring maiurer years thst we ahould
become dry snd desolate but for con
stantly recurring to the one |ieriod of
life w lien the limitation* of .pace aud
liiue do not opjoens u and the far off is
as the near. The baby who pot# out
Id* little hand for th<* OH# ill Is emu*
pi-lled to draw It lan k empty, yet lie
puts It forth many lime* again. My
friend's li'tle daughter, after having
llic atsrsTor tlte first time |oitited out
to her, re,pie*led next day to have"two
little star* with sugar on them lor
breakfast." And iu th< ir fir* deal
ing* with human tadligs children set
aside the petty harriers of generations
and teiiturie# ill the same tine way.
"Mamma," said in my hearing the lit
tle daughter of a certain poetess, "did
lever see Mr. Shakeja-sr*?" It wa
al the dinner table and between two
bites of an apple. Ou another occasion
the satue child said with mpial confi
dence, "Mamma, did you ever know
t'leopatra?" There was no affectation
about it. !*hew*s accustomed to see
literary |*eopte and other iiotabtlitios at
her mother's house, and Shakespeare
and ( leopatra might have come and
gone, arm in arm, without exciting
her half so much a* the arrival of u
new pa|ier doll, 'nuts a child travel
ling with me, and seeing ttte salute, al
a railway station, a certain Methodist
minister of great dimensions, inquired
with casual interest, whether that was
tlie l*oje. To assign to the I'ojw his
proper place, in ajiaee, and to hhake#- j
|-are or Ids heroines their rightful |#>- |
.itiou in tiim—w hat have childreu to !
do with u<-li trlfl,-*? Matters more
iui|M>rlaiit claim tln-ir attention; are j
there not h<.|. and skipping rot** and '
luncheon? I knew a little girl who j
was found sobbing In bed ope night, j
unable to close her eye*, long after Iter
osutl time of similiter. With much re
luctance and after long cro**-exauiiua \
ilan, she owueil thai her sorrow relate,!
solely to the w oea of "Ixmg Tall" and
"Blue Kye#," two devoted r*ls, whose
highly-wrought adventurn# she had >
ju.t facet! read lug in a child'* magazine.
"Blue Kye*"' hail been caught In a trap
from which "long Tall" had finally
re*cud her, but their suffering* ha I
tieen so vividly described that it s< j
long Is-fore she ntulil he induced to
view it a. anviliiug hut a real tragedy, j
Is-** easy of jwfr.oa*ion wa# a child
once under my cliarge, a boy of twelve, i
unusually *Lroug and active, *|M-n<liiig
aim...l his whole lime Iu the open air.
who wa* yet moved by the *t. >ry of'
"t'udine" U *ucli exaggerate,! etno-j
llon that he lay awake, tlie greater
part of Uie night in an agony of tear*,
which grew sure ami worse till I hit
ujioii a lutppy thought, aud imagine I
for him a wiiollv new ending to the
lab-—-bringing Cinline out of the water
aud returning Iter to llildebraml, m
that all should live happily ever alter,
iteiug offered thl# entirely ideal refuge
from an equally Ideal woe, my jmor
little pupil dried up hit tear# and wm*
a-leep In ten minute**. It U a common
thing for children to live iusoure world
of their own, apart from all tlielr daily
dutb - and belonging*. In one house
hold of my acquaintance two little
girls !*.*, *: a private fairyland named j
"Blab." All their play hour* are
|MWd LII it; it* MYH-U are knuwli to
them only—even th-lr parent* are n<* j
admitted, hut their hahv i*tr. not yet {
tuoreiri old, U by birthright * citizen ,
of of the realm, and aria with great dig- j
nlty her |art In It* pageants. They I
liave invented for thit enchanted land a !
language, both spoken and w ritteu—
their fatiier it should be (aid, U an
euilneiit HuguUf—-and ther have de
> i-ed novel combination* of letter*, to
express sound* not represented In the
English tongue. I knew an< liter child
M ho sjwnt her -umnier* on a charming
rotate by the sea-shore, with her graml
father achief playmate. They jointly
jn-opled itii a fairy world the wood*
and roch around them; every rocky
cave, every hollow tree, every hole In ;
the ground wa* full of enchantment.
There were path* and ravine* where It
Wit* forbidden to walk fast or *|ieak
aloud. The two playmate would steal
off by tbcuioelve* and hold secret eon
verae for hours concerning the* won
der*, till, on one unlucky day, the
elder conspirator forgot hltnarlf to far
a* to *|*'ak dl*re*|ectfttllv of the prime
minister of the Court of Fairyland. No
actual |M-ril could have taken more ap
|ian ut hold of the child'* imagination.
She walked up and down, wringing
iter hand*, and endeavoring to propi
tiate the *up|*o*cd w rath of these being*
unseen by Mtch highly wrought ap
tieala a* till*: "I come to implore you j
in behalf of my beloved grandpapa* 1
Spare liiiu! t) respectable (.rceii Bird!
do hi* doom lightly!" I knew a little •
girl who spent a Winter with two
maiden ladies, and who had been pre
sented by one of them with a paper
doll, gorgeously arrayed. She named
It the Marquis, and at once assigned to
that nobleman the heart and hand of
her younger howl***. He vnu thence
fortii alwaya treated with the respect
ilue to the head of the house; a chair
and plate were assigned him at the
table, though for reason* of practical
convenience, be u*ually sat In the plate.
"Good morning" must alway* be said
to him. The In st of everything must
lie offered first to him, or else Lizzie
wa* much hurt, and the family were
charged with discourtoou* neglect. ln
deed, slie always chose to take the
tone that he did not receive quite the
ctinaideraUou to which Ids rank and
service* entitled him; and when she
first awakened In the morning, -he
Would give reproving lecture* to his
suppo-cd s;aue. "lie dooaenrerything
for you." the child would say to this
lady; "he earns money, and buys you
all tlint you have; tie shovels your
pat lis for you"—this being, perhaps, on
a snowy morning when that process
was audible —"and yet you do not re
member all lil* klndtie**." The whole
HSSIIIUIHI relationship w ae treated a an
absolute reality, and the lively farce
lasted, with undiminished spirit, dur
ing the whole of a New England
\\ inter.—>' i ihucr/or ■Aiauury.
Old Sanies
The |>erverslon of names of localities
is sometimes very curious. Thus we
rend tliis morning in an official dispatch
that "the Lighthouse Hoard give* notice
that on and after November 10th, a
first-class steam siren w ill be sounded
at Skilligalee Isle, Lake Michigan." ll
would Is* no wonder if this bail sindling
had become official, for nobody formally
years has called that singularly lonely
and dangerous i*lnml near the straits of
Mackinaw— Mlchiliniackinae—any other
name than Skilligalee. Traced to its
origin It is one ot the old and always
torso and descriptive French names left
by Father Marquette. It is /.</ n.r
GixltU, the Isluud of small stcnoa washed
up by tho sea. But as Skilligc.lce is a
little fartlicr out of the world than any
other place of equal Importance, it
makes small odds w hat tliey call it. It
is the most ''dissolute" island in the
world. And so of other of Father
Marquette's tine designations. The
head land of Hois Blanc has become
Boholo, ami the beautiful Marais des
Cygnes, the Marsh of Swans', has been
corrupted to Marysiue. But the Gov
ernment records, at least ought to spell
these historical names correctly.
Happiness Is unrepented pleasure.
NO. <i.
A rMfihl Klfie
Much thought, supplemented by M
little experience, has I* <1 tin- U> prefer
the pipe before all oilier methods of
tobacco using. Tliere I'lkt objections
—but ne.rbet sre Si. I'eter's dome and
the Medice*u Venus wholly saliafa,
lory, though OU the whole the bed of
the Itiod. There ere time* and places
tolerant only of Ute rigairtte-. tenderly
wlitte and sweetly tragranl: a gntny
pipe ta no fit sight for the dark eyed
daughter# of warm Castile. Aud have
we dined Willi delicate •utuplouiuieaa ;
haa er11 stirrewire viand from pearly
oyater to perfumed Stilton.at nine run
ninitly relieved the palate from what
went before, and subtly stimulated it
for what wa to route; JU abort, haa Ihe
repast lieen an epicurean aonir of lineal
harmony -hardly mm we play the epi
logue upon a pipe. More tittliiK thete
wilt la- the it lined llaliana. dark and
tapering, yieldiiiK aln IU white column
of moulded a*h, which may be broken
from ita tiery base, but crumble* not.
let the elderly dowager. with blah
aimed unit', and the silk vlu'kinfiHl
Fi curl, man of the old regime, i-nslrtiue
themselves in their gold luuff IKUM.
Aud be not ev en tbat other preparation
of the weed too much condemned A
hoiseriiiU] oner, ou a twenty-four luar
gallop, condensed all nourishment into
a mouthful or two of "chewing tobac
co," aud it bi ought lulu successfully
through.
But, after all is *aid, we turn to lite
pipe on, e mote, It is belter than
chewing and auulfmg. because we tat
the nre-email, ipau-d soul instead •(
tlie unrefined mate-rial part; better
than the cigar, because tiae rigar is a
ni,-re *t ianger a parsing aequaintauce;
though touch of the line gciitlciuan lie
in htm, lie is dry aud formal. Begin
ning the conversation with any w.wds
of captivating savor, hia language
graalually grows stronger, till at tire
end he sinks into rank and bitter re
pinings; now i* be gone forever and
forgotten. No romantic association*
can cling to bun; hi* history iacom
pr>ed Ui a single event. Ficturewiue
lie i# not ; an atlarhe of the fashionable
world, it is beneath his dignity to eou
sort with such |*ople aa i'euirrs drew ;
nor will Iw enroll himself among the
familiar spit ita of (met* and philiae
pliers. Sliak, .pewie with a i'artaga be
tweea his teeth ! Milton wrestling with
MII lutitnidad! Dsote puffing a cliejmd'
We cannot entertain sucii images. But 1
a quaintly carved pipo-tiowl, <nh
b,owned and lustrous—would it not
add to the gravp dignity of each one of
theinf— Tkt (iahisy.
(*•*•< l tor r**) a* Um* far VSarrlwr
Cokwel Nicvens, an ottlocr with inticli j
exjierienoe of savage life, was employed !
on the plain* a* Government Kngfueer. j
to huild a number of stone houses for
the Indian chiefs. Tbcst tenements
were deigned as I*l Is to catch their
Iriltes. In six month* all his tenements
were gone, sold to the white tuen for a
few keg* of whiskey. One big chief,
Long Ann-lope, kept his house, and
Steven* rod. to *ee this chief, as being a
man tit higher ho|ie than oiiiers of his '
race. He found lautg Autekqx* *ui<iking
in a tesit pitched near UK window of hi* j
boa sr. "Why living iu a tent, lamg j
Antelo|e. w hen you have a good bouse?' j
!tig Antelope smiled. "House good .
for puny,—no good for warrior—ugbP' ]
Stevens went in. ami found Ing Ante-!
lope's |MMI) slalh<d ill tin' dining
"A bouse," **y* Slevons, is too mmdi '
for a full-blood Indian's hraiu. Tlie j
only notion vou can got into such a!
fellow 's hemi U, that to settle dowu ,
mean* to wrap his shoulder* in aw arm '
blanket iu-tead of iu a skin, bo loaf about J
the Agency, instead of going out to j
hunt, and to *pcud hi# lime tu smoking :
aud orinking Instead of taking scalps." ]
1.1 mil Your WssU
From llic list ore of tilings, the in- j
come of most of tlie inhabitant* of the '
earth uitist he limited, and, indeed, ,
within very narrow hounds, 'lite pro- I
duct of labor throughout tlie world, if j
equally divided, would not make the j
share of earh individual large. It is j
impossible that every one should be j
what Is called rich. But it is by no
mean* iui|M>**ihie to be independent, j
And what i* the way to aiuipa** this j
"gloriou* privilege?"' The method Is J
very simple. It onu*l*ta in one rule. ]
Limit your w ants; make them few and
Inexpensive. To do this would inter- j
fere hut little with your real enjoy- 'j
ment. It i* mostly a" matter of habit, i
You require more, or vou are satisfied ;
with less—just as you have accustomed j
yourself u> one or the other. Limit !
your wants, estimate their cost and
never eii-eed it, taking pains to keep It
always inside ol your income. Ihu#
you wHI secure your lasting indejiend
enee. Young men, thiiik of this. A
great deal of the happiness of your lives j
depends U|MMI it. After having made '
your money. |>eiid it a* ywi choose,
hou^-tly; hut he sure you make it first.
I slhrr ■■# How.
There are tw o regular patrons of the
police station In K|ringrield, Mass.. fa
ther and sou, of w limit the Union Ihu*
•peak*: "When Uie old gentleman get*
Into Umbo the sou ap|M.*ar* and proceed*
to read him a long lecture on the sin of
drinking ami its attendant evils, usually
winding up with, "It's good enough for
you. I have iloue all that a son could do
in make you iive properly, and vou haw
no one to blame but yourself." Money
is raised to pay tlie old mail's fine, and
then tlie son lakes his lura at getting
drunk aud *iua*hing thing*. Straight
way the lather apjH-*r> at the station
home, and, with a benign expression
on his countenance, plaintively in
quires: 'ls this the example which 1
have set you, ami am 1 to he thus re
paid for all my watchful care and ten
derness?' The family pay the son's
tii.e, and then it is the old man's turn.
Tlie funny |tarl of the aflair is that fa
ther ami son have been lecturing each
other in this way for about nine year*,
and neither of them seems to hare the
slightest idea of the extreme ludicrous
lu-s* which their continued exhortations
have attained."
Home IwUnewee.
Homn, wliich are the nurseries of
children who grew up into men,aud
w omen, will IK- good or had according
to the power that governs tliem. Where
the spirit of love and duty pervades the
home—where head ami heart liear rule
wisely there—where the daily life is
honest and virtuous —where the govern
ment i* sensible, kind, loving—then
may we expect from such a home an
Issue of healthy, useful and happy
being*. ca|Mhle, as they gain the requi
site strength, of follow ing tlie footsteps
of their parent.*, of walking uprightly,
governing themselves wisely, and con
tributing to the welfare of those about
them.
On the other hand, if surrounded by
ignorance, coarseness ami selfishness,
they will UiioonselonsljT assume the
same character, and grew up to adult
years rude, uncultivated, ami all the
iuore dangerous to society if placed
amidst tlie manifold temptations ol what
is called civilized life. "Oive your child
to lie' edm-ated by a slave," said an
ancient Greek, "and, instead of one
slave, you will have two."
Übirrvallou of Woman
The foot is tlie point of deiiarture for
the w hole toilet She who can prettily
dress her fret is very easy to costume
elegantly, hut a Wolnan who dreads to
cxpaae lier feet can never lie well at
tired. Tlie German who lias generally
big feet, is always badly dressed. Tlie
American lias a little foot, so she Is ele
gant. The Kiissiau is ravishingly at
tired, for she lias little feet. The Span
iard is elegant—tier foot is small, hut
she dresses it badly. The French wo
man has a little foot, and her boot is the
height of perfection.
HIWS IN BRIIF
—lUlooi* liaa a unllbi —d and equip
ped militia force of 1160 men.
•—California's wool clip l expected
to reach 60,000,000 pound* neat season.
—The rtrht to Sell pop-corn al the
Centennial expoailloii t.a* been sold for
13,00(1.
A Corry (fa.) jeweller claims to
have a clock that was made In the year
Mil.
— l Theatrical performances for the
f-nnflt of churchy* aru vum wiu In San
Francisco.
—'The export# of Boston last year ex
cnerled In vitltie those of th* preceding
year more than seventeen pr cant.
—A mongrel yellow dog Is the mail
carrier between Httmesof* and Dakota,
Michigan, a dlatanoe of slaty miles.
—The carpet manufaetares of I'hlla
•lelithla are looming up proudly, aggre
gating twenty million dollars a year.
—'l he members of the National Re
publican t onvcuUou will Ire called to
uioel at Chicago on the fSth of June.
A piano voted to s popular Jmllan
ajrolls man at a ladies* relief basaar was
immedlstelv seined by die Sheriff to
satisfy a debt.
—Tlie school children of America
annually pay $.#0,000,000 for school
book*, of which it U said the publish
ers pocket $33,o0(i,0()0.
—The Ma>avitle Bulletin offers the
suggestion that patent medicine alman
acs for 1*76 arc rather green yet lor
good kindling purpose*.
—'l be number of men called under
arui# by the United Stains government
for the suppression of the retielllon
lion NHIOU tiled to 2,7M.Mf1.
—!>Uneati. Sherman &. C-o. have been
adjudicated Involn iitary bankrupts ou
a petition signed by over SOU creditors,
whose ciaims aggregate $2,16#,000.
—Estimate# of pork pneking at the
*it bdhjle a falling off last year of
about-bO,UUU hug*, as compared with
1M74. a decrease of tusarl) ten per cent.
—Tlw Boston t 'xmwerclal Exchange
ha# voted adversely upou a proposition
to Invest $10,0(10 in the l'oughkeeiisie
liridge and direct Western route pro
ject.
—Petitions are being circulated
throughout lowa pray lug the
ture u> introduce nonneoiiatltv' Into the
tnedical d|wrtiiient of the State Uni
versity.
—Early In the year Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher will resume the management
of a department of die Ctoistbt* VmUm,
to be tond# < ted iu the interest of bouae
keejK-rs.
—lnventive progress. From a thou
sand patent* a year in 186U, the average *
.yearly- number of patent# granted in
thia country ha* grown to thirteen
thousand.
—The second trial of Fiper for the
murder of Mabel Vooog, at Boaton, haa
been put down for February 1, the
Cre# of butioess preventing an earlier
earing.
—Wabash College forbid* gambling
among the students, and the buys plain
lively inquire bow they can'be ap
pointed Minister to England without a
knowledge of poker.
—The mercantile tonnage of all
nation* foot* up 19,6k9,31Mi ton*, the
nnmlH-r of seagoing vessels being S>7 *
ik> under sail and 6.6 ik under ate* n
making a total of (13,777 vessel*.
—SotiM-hody who is curious in reft-r
--ew to Uie statistical at
• stiuuuee tiuti 880 mv were run in
i this country during 1875, and S3BO,(KM)
changed hands ou that account.
—The ifcpr# of Li.. I), hu been con
ferrrd on Governor Belle of New
Jersey, and tlie degree of D. D. on Prof.
Brigg# of New York t'ulon Theologi
-1 '*l Seminary, by the trustee, of Prinoe
ton College.
—General Sherman it authority for
! the statement tiuti there ia one otftcer
for every sixteen o*-n in the effective
> fort* of the army. Is there no occa
sion for demanding a reduction iu the
! uuuibcr of officer* J
—"The Silver Thimble." la the
rather neat title of a young ladies' so
ck-ty at Ik-chora. low*. The society's
uooea# is more than MV-MW, too, tor
at a late fair it re tilted several hun
dred dollar* for charitable purpose*.
—John Montgomery Seam, son of
the late John Seara, of Boston, came of
age Christmas Day. lie own* more
titan S4.(JUO,(XX) of real relate iu Boeton,
and ia wrytu many millions more in
mortgagee and bonds of various kinds.
—The favorable impn**lou made
upon traveler* by the Philadelphia
line of steamship# Is shown by the
fact that during the part year, the
American and Krd Star Hues carried
*i,BS passengers, against 10,071 for
1874.
—Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, who has
been in Springfield, Ul. alnoe her atay
in the insane asylum, continue* to im
prove in beallli aud spirits and visit*
among her friend*. She lives with the
family of Mr Xinian Edwards, her
brother-in-law.
—The eo-educstiou of the sexes has
been practices) at Cornell College, lowa,
from the start, aud the teachers and
trustees of the institution are well sat •
isited with the workings of the system.
Of the 145 members of the alumni fifty
six art* females.
—A. I- O. K. ;Mi.*s Charlotte Maria
Tarher). well known in England ami
America/u. a writer of entertaining
Sunday whool looks, has eon* freui
Kugland to India h> en gag** in Zenana
mission work. Miss Taeher is a grand
niece of J*nr B<>*well. Dr. Johnson's
famous Uograpber.
—Wyoming Territory has a new
county named Crook, not named alter
crooked whiskey, hut after Gen. Crook,
who cotnuiaiids'the 1 tapartment of the
Piatie, and who tuts done more effective
ami Judicious work among the Indian#
during tlie past few years thau all the
brigadiers ou the frontier combined.
—Alanson Palmer, who a few years
ago, owned some ul tlie finest steamers
on the great lakes, ami whose great
wealth, made hiin one of the powerful
citixetis of Buffalo, died the other day
in au insane asylum, penniless and
crazy, at the age of eightv-oue years.
He lost his wealth in veckn ss specula
tion.
—Miss Anna Looiae Cary, the prima
douua, has made an engagement to go
to Vienna in the spring. She will te
turn to America late Fa the summer,
and will probably give a concert in
I'ortlaud, Me. iu September. She will
sing In opera in this country uext *ea
sou under the management of Max
Strukosch.
—A Washington correspondent who
has been examining tlw literary tuft
of prominent senators, finds that Bay
ard la given to reading Constitutional
Law and Modern History; Thurman
to light French works; Edmonds to
English poetry and fiction; Got don to
English oratory; Crinkling to the w hole
range of llterrfuro; Morton, Schorr,
and Logan to cramming on particular
subjects.
—A sheriff at St. Albans, Vt. having
two insane persons to convey from the
St Albans jail to an asylum tor the in
sane at Brnttleboro, Vt., called one of
the lunatics aside and asked his aid in
keeping waU li on his companion during
the journey, and then did the same
with the other. The two lunatics sat
side by side, Silently eyeing each other
through the whole route, and they have,
continually kept guard over each other
iu the asylum ever since-
The Wind.
With what a spirit-like voice does the
wind soar over and hatuit the earth!
its earliest hymn is low, soft and holy,
like the breathing of an infant iu a
dream; hut lis tones awaken sooner to
louder echoings, and aft the spirits of
the air rejolee around It, with the loud
shouting* of an aerhd hosannah. Thus
it goes on, careering irumanie boundary
to the other of the realms of space, re
joicing with a great ami exceeding joy
in the wild ami nothing sw iftneso oi its
tligiit. But it hath also a voice for tiie
storms, wild, savage and lonely, scream
ing and shrieking, and shattering the
wearied air with the terror and woe of
| its mighty blastings.
• ? /> ffl t SKr.'.k? ttfi#