TOTTY'S ARITHMETIC. One little head, worth its whole weight id gold. Over and over, a million tune* told. Two shining eyes, full of innocent glee, brighter than diamonds ever could be. Three pretty dimple*, for Tun to slip in. Two in the cheeks and three in the chin. F'onr little Angers on e*ch hahy hand. Fit for a princeM of sweet Fairy-land. Five on each hand, if we reckon Tom Thumb, Rtaudiug Iswide them. *' stiff and o glum ! Si* pearly teeth just wituin her red lips. Over which memmeut npplee aud tripa Seven bright ringlets, as yellow as gold. Seeming the sunshine to gather and hold. Flight tiny wave, running over her hair, Sunshine and shadow, they kits to be there Nine pKCtou* wonts that Totty can say , Rut she will learn new one* every day. Tan little chubby, comical toes ; And that ia as far a* thus lesson goes. -S ,WUu That Unlucky Note. RX ROMA 11 VROI.O. "Dinner ready, Ann?" questioned Kva Hammond, stepping .from the dampness and fog that was settling down on the iVtolwr night into the warmth of ihe lighted hall, and stojy ping to stamp a jair of diatluutlve gain-red feet on a soft mat. "Not quite, Miss," answered Ann; "hut it will tie in about ten mhiules. There are sonic letter* in the din lug room for you, miss," ahe added, a* Eva gave her a package of fe*>k* and jvajwr* u> "carry to my room." "Very well." her hat and shawl an tlie rack. Miss Hammond, who waa about eighteen, ami very polite and girliaii looking for that, danced down tha stairs to the w arm. cosy diuing room. On tlie low mantel, in frout of the brouse clock, were three w bite enve lope*. Eva gathered them up. and drew an easy chair toward the glow ing coals in the grate, settling herself com fortably to read them. "Addle," she said, glancing over the superscription, liefore she broke the seals, "and—California, yea, tins is from Matlie, and—" Mte stopped, looking startled and jHisaled as she held (he third one up tow aril the light. She seemed dissat isfied with her scrutiny by aid of the gas, and leaned forward to the redder glow of tlie tire-light- N'or did she sceiu bettor j(leased then; hut, forget ting the other letters, she fixed her eyes on the flickering flames with a far oil, absent air, that made her look less a child, much more a woman. Suddenly a fiery fragment fell through the bars of the grate close to her feet. This aroused her, and shetore open the evclojie, and read these few Hues, writ ten In a graceful, delicate har.d, like a woman*:— "Am in the city, if yon desire to meet me, 1 ain agreeable. If so, please state time and plate. No. 17 >V Street." There was no date, no name, and Miss Hammond k*>fced even more par ried over the note than she had over its envelope, yet both appeared to recall some sad or unpleasant memory, for some of the jtink flush faded out of her fair cheeks, and there was a pained look in tlie far off truant eyes. Finally she slijiped the unread letters in her jxicket, crushing the mysterious note iu her hand, ami arose to leave the ajMirt meiit. Meeting Ann on Lite threshold she q(motioned,— "is the doctor home yet?" "Just come iu, miss," answered the setvmnt. "Tell him to commence dinner with out me. I'll be down presently." Eva went thoughtfully up Co her apartment, and unlocked a desk filled with papers and letters. She looked them over carefully, found nothing to reward her search, and closed the desk, leaning her arms upon it, deep in thought. "Ah! I know," she said, suddenly •roesing the apartment to a small book case, and draw ing out a small clasped hook. It wa a collection of autographs, and Miss Hammond turned the pages, until she came to one on which was written only these two lines—: — ••It ni Atiguat Uw third." "A ad quu n wen Ibe dm" Then she compared them with the uusigned note, and ended with throw ing book and letter into the desk, heav ing a sigh, and going down stairs to dinner. At the table she was the same bright, pretty little maiden who had danced into the room some twenty min utes before. It was evident, as Miss Eva talked animatedly to her father about politics, questioned tenderly about her invalid mother, and gayly described the newest fashions to plain, Quakerish Cousin Mary, who presided over the house, that she was the sunshine and jewel of that quiet home. Even the rarest jewels do not sparkle in every light, and because Era's moods were ever changing Irom the innocent, trusting child, to the proud, but be witching, woman, people caressed, petted and admired her, but said she was fickle. Dinner was nearly over, when the rain commenced to pour down in tor rents, and Miss Hammond turned to her father with the question— "Must you go out again to-night, doctor?" "Yes, my dear, 1 am going to town to hear a ltture. Anything I can do for you ?" Eva's red lips seemed forming the word. "Yes," hut changed and said, ucore decidedly than spjwared necessary, "No." The doctor went to his lecture. Cousin Mary went up u> Mr-. Hammond's apartment, and Eva, after gazing out into live stormy night, followed her. But Mrs. Hammond was nervous, and wanted to sleep, and Cousin Mary hail some letters to answer, so Eva said "good-night" to them, and went to her own sanctum. Once more she com pared the lines in the hook with the mysterious note; then threw herself down on a soft rug before the heater, and mused aloud. "It must certainly he Irom Herliert." Here she bit spitefully into a broken match, and then she continued— "Of course it is from him ! But why shouldn't he suppose I would care to see him, or why in the world would he wish to see me? I am sure thut he would not give Die a chance to recog nize him wnen we last met; hut then the circumstance took biui so by sur prise, and really It u as not so long ago, and he had not acquired perfect control of himself. Now he thiuks he has. How little men know themselves!" and Miss Hammond's lips gave a very con temptuous curl. "He thiuks he can show me how -onipletely lie has con quered himself. Foolish fellow, to tempt me." This time Miss Hammond threw the bits of match into the corner of the apartment, very much as if she would like to cast the subject of her thoughts after them. "I can't see," she added, after a mo ment's jiause, meanwhile rapping one little foot UJIOII the rug in a very ener getic manner, "why he should seek a meeting after so long a silence; and I've done surely everything In the world to make him hate me. But then 1 could not settle down to be a quiet parson's wife, and it was absurd of me to enter tain that dream for a moment. I'm sure 1 did what was for the best, in telling him so, as soon as I became convinced of it myself. Oh, dear what an aimless life I lead, anyway!" It really seemed to Miss Hammond to be so at tbat moment. "Those long walks and talks," she went on, "were pleasant; and how we used to plan what books we would read, and what good we would do; ami bow much purer and better his life was than these gentlemen 1 meet every day He said he could never forget, or cease to love, the girl he saw last driving away through tlie summer sunshine, looking like a picture, in ber white dress and scarlet jacket, with her flowing hair. Nonsense! Men always forget. Very likely he wants to tell" nie of his ap proaching marriage." Eva's lips were slightly less scornful, and her eyes grew misty. Suddenly she ran to the dressing-table, and studied her face in her glass, for several FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. IX. minute*, very thoughtfully, then [>- |H'nrHl pleased .it the reflection. Ami well she might be, for it wa* a wonderfully sweet face that smiled hack at her. Round aud delicately tinted cheeks, and resistless violet eves, that looked almost black under their long, curling lashe*; scarlet lips that were equally pretty whether scornful, tender or grieved in their expression ; and the whole surrounded by cloud of loose, golden hair. "No, no," *aid Miss Hammond, shak ing her little list at the beauty in the glass, "he'd better not have tempted me, for I shall make Idui sorry if he comes, 1 really cannot help It." Then she sat down at her desk, and wrote these line* on a sheet of tinted paper: "t'otne Thursday evening. You have the address, Kva." Folding it she addressed the envelope to the Rev. Herbert Htafford, 17 West street, city. Till, done, Mtsa Hammond took another survey of her self In the glass, and curled up again on the rug to dream. Eighteen months before this evening, Herbert Malford and F!va Hammond had met at the house of a mutual friend, and for sevetai week* were constant companion*. She wa* just from school, and he fresh from his studies at the university. Both were prepared to throw themselves, with ardor. Into the pleasant recreations of that golden sum mertime. Eva's exceeding beauty appealed, through hi. artist's eye, to his a-sthetic nature, while her inuocrul way of cou fldlng to hitn her longing* after a higher life appealed to his spiritual nature. Unconsciously to him she was con stantly draw ing him out uf his natural reserve, and leading him to think for her benefit, lie believed he discovered in her, beneath many faults of educa tion and association, live germs of a noble womanhood: while she wa* dis covering that she did reverence to this man's character, and wished she could be something like hitn. Thus they both dreamed ou, until Eva, with a woman's quick percep tions, awakeued to the fact that she held, in complete thraldom, Herbert's heart and a flections. Somehow it was a pleasant awakening, and she took no pain* to mar the dream; aud wheu he, too, made that discovery, and asked her to tie a country parson's wife, she said "Yss," because the summer days were not yet over, and she found them too sweet and pleasant to have a change. The time came when they had to separate, and for awhile Kva believed she really meant ail she let Herbert dream of; but, in tiie gay w hiri of city life, Miss Hauuuond commenced to view the matter in another light. She thought she could find greater happi ness in the excitement and adulation that surrounded her in the city, than in "love in a cottage" with the young minister. When Eva told him this the blow to Herbert was terrible. lu vain he pleaded with her. Miss Hammond grew scornful, and refused to sec him. Those w ere hitler months for him, and ere the pain hd#-iitlrely goue, he met Eva accidentally in the street. He knew that he had not schooled himself to meet her quite calmly, and o avoided her glance of recognition. The white face sent a thrill of jiain through FA'a's heart, and to juty for being so silly, she became very angry at linn for shunning the recoguitian. Since then they had never met, aud both believed the other had forgotten. It is not <> easy to forget. Ah, If it oulv was! The morning after Mi** Hammond received Herbert Stafford's note, she mailed her reply, and aw sited anxiously tlie coining ol the evening. But the evening brought no Herbert, and Eva went to her apartment w-iih a strange, sickening feeling of di*apjM>intineut. "What can aii me?" she asked im patiently of the face in the gla***, as she noted how flushed her cheeks were, and thai two large drop* were gather ing in the velvet eye*. "Well, if he doe* come, he shall suffer all the more for di*api>ointing me;" and Mis* Ham mond da*hed tlie tear* away proudly, and afterward went to bed, and cried herself to sleep. • Friday morning Eva went down to procure some new music, and was just leaving the store, when one ofthe pack age* slipped u> thefloor. A ganlh-mau, Who had been playing on a piano near, sprang from id* seat, and rejdaced the roil in her arui, saying— "Allow me. Miss Hammond." Tin* color rushed over Eva's fa-e. ami she forfait to be care lea* and haughty, or bewitchingly pleasant; but mur mured, confusedly,— "Thank you." "May I walk with you, Mian Ham mond?" asked Mr. .Stafford, holding the door open for her to pas* through. Eva said that be might, and they went out together. "Hoar is it?" asked Eva, regaining her composure, "that I dad you in M ?" lie smiled sadly as he answered, — "I'm very fond of music, you know, and am selecting an Instrument for my new home. Perhaps you have not heard of my appointment to Ferodale?" "No," replied Miss Hammond, try ing u> he wry calm, and determined to know the worst at once. "1 suppose yon are married, as you speak of keep ing house." "Not yet." If Mlas Hammond bad liecn watching his face she would have Seen that he ■tend a little under her questioning. Miss Hammond could be charmingly talkative generally, but somehow she failed signally tills morning, and for mere want of something else to say, she demanded, tthiytly, — "Why did you not come last night?" "I expected rout"- "Expected me?" said Mr. Stafford, in profound astonishment. "How did you know I was in the city?" "Whv, your note, of course," ex plained Eva, equally amazed. "But I've never sent you any note," replied Herbert, quietly. Miss Hammond's glance met his for a moment, then drooped, and her face grew scarlet with mortification, as she answered hastily,— "I don't understand it all. 1 have made a great mistake." In that momentary meeting of the eye, Herbert had discovered something besides anger; something that spoke of dlsap|ioiiitii;eiit and regret, and on the impulse of the moment, lie *|s>ke — "I am glad you expected me. Will you expert me to-night? May I come?" "Yes." That day at dinner I'r. Hammond turned to ids daughter, and said— "Eva, I met your old school friend, Hattie Carroll, in town to-day, and she says she sent yon a note this week, and you've not answered It. She seemed to leel very badly, aud desired me to say that she would do anything to have the past forgotten. Did you and her never make up thai ridiculous old quarrel?" "Poor, dear Hat. N'o. What a fool I was." And Eva laughed until she had to run uway, and hide in her own room, and then she cried. Vr. Hammond declared that Eva was "as changeable as the wind," and fin ished Ins dinner in a hurry to go and look after a patient. Herbert .Stafford came ttiat evening, and Eva had to explain about the un lucky note, and somehow in laughing over that they became very friendly, and when l>r. Hammond came home that night, and was called into the parlor, lie found the young minister there, looking very happy, and Evk looking very sweet and serious. Herbert said that the people of his new charge had a cosy little parsonage, beautifully furnished, and were anxious that he should occupy it, and would the TWRC CENTRE REPORTER doctor alio* Eva to go with hlui, ud fe lt# mlatrcM. Dr. lUmuhiml ktssral hi* jewel, ami said, "Ye*," ami llorlwrt ha* resigned him*elf to the late of Ik-liim "puaUfied" by Ml** llatntnoml every day now, ami "All because of that unlucky v ? ) note," say* Kva. Oe, rl A|Ms,t RM.tjf, Helen of Troy e over I'ortv hen she |HT|etraieil the must faiuou* eto|e tncnl ou rmvrti; and. 4* the siege of Troy lasted a decade, he mint have hren |ulle rldej lv when the 111-fortune of Pari* re*lored her to her hustwuid, who received tier with unquestioning love and gratitude. IVrlcle# wedded AspasU wheu .he wa* thirty-six, aud yet afterward., for thirty year, or utore, .he held au undiminished reputation for Is-auty. Cleopatra wa. |a*t thirtt wheu Anthony fell under h.r iprll, w hloh never lessened until her death, nearly ten rear* after. I.ivla *< thir ty-three when she won the heart of Augustus, over whom .he maintained her ascendancy to the last. The sxtra ordinary Diana de Poleller. wa* thirty - ix year, wheu Henry 11 of Frauvw it lien Puke of Orleans, ami just half her ags | tiecarne attav'hed to her, ami ahe wa# held a* the first laily and most beau tiful wotuan at court up to the period of the monarch*, deatli and of Ine se cession to |H>wer uf Catherine of Medi ci*. Anne of Austria u thirty-eight when .he w?a* the handsomest queen of of Europe, and when Rockingham ami Richelieu were her jealous admirer*. Ninon do PKncloa. the most celebrated wit and fe-auty of her day, was the idol of three generation, of the golden youth of France, ami was seventy-two when tlie At'tie ie BeruU fell in love with her. A rare combination of culture, talent# ami perwual attraction# endowed their poaasaaaor seemingly with the gift of eternal youth. Bianca Capello was thirty-eight when the Grand Duke Frauciacu of Floretice fell captive to her charms, ami made her id* wife, though she was five vears hi. junior- Louis XIV wedded Mine, de Main tenon when *he was forty three year* of age. Cath erine It of Ruasia was thirty-three when she .eired the empire, ami captivated the dashing, young Orloff. I pto the time of her kwifiat sixty-aeven) .lie seemed to have retained the *atue be witching |Miwers, for tlie lamentation* were heartfelt among all those who iuul ever known her personally. Mile Mar., the tragedienne,only attained the seulth of her beauty and power between forty and fortv-flve, when the loveliues* of her hand, and arm* esttecUllw wa* cel ebrated Ui run ghoul Kufope. Hnie. Roe amler wa* thirty-eight when she was, without dispute, declared to be tlie must beautiful w oman In Kurope, w hlch rank sie held for lifleeu years. The Ssard.aa ■< B.k..kr.u, Tlie garden'* at Schonbrunn, the Km rervr of Austria'* palace, situated about mile* fpotn Vienna, are reuowned for their extent aud beauty, and aiao for their completeness, tlie botanical collection bciug uuc of the finest in the world. They al*o conuin a large and important niettagerie, ami a system of waterworks snd fountains. "The croaiion of ornamental gardens In all part* of Europe, and, ill fact, throughout the world, Is becoming a matter of common occurrence. Not only are private garden*, of great lin- Brtanee in an artistic point of view, ing formed, but also public parks and gardens of great extent; and this is cal ling Into requisition the highest talent at command In that department of hor ticultural art. In the gardens of the Chateau of Schonbrunn, crymied mas ses of trees serve as grand walls of ver dure, in which niches are cut for stat uary; and one of these artificial ave nues, leads to the beautiful spring .esce, would capture public opinion and enslave the nation it had served.—Jam** A. Gar Jit Id, February Atlantic. Pay Mervaals a hen I'lnjlng Cards. "Card money" ratlu r concerned the masters than the servants. Each guest was required to pay for the cards, the expense being divided among the com pany. The hot paid his share, byway of setting an example, and was often times compelled to prompt negligent and forgetful guest# to contribute tlndr quota. Tltla old-established custom waa denounced In the Ixuidnn CknmlcU. "as sordid, mean, and scandalous." Cards were e*|>o.uaive articles, however, In 1780. while quite a passion for card playing prevailed, and Innumerable 'packs ' w ere consumed In an evening's entertainment. The levying ol this tax has long since become obsolete, althoug# a trace of the custom remained In the habit, cherished by old cardplayers, of leaving money on the table concealed underneath the candlesticks. But with "card money," In addition to vails, it must be confessed that tin* guest of a hundred years ago was rather severely taxed.— AH ths fsor Rcuwi. Pmlt ftfciwa The majority ol country ; ample 1 have observed eating truit, eat the skin of it also. Their children eat it In the same manner and seem never to have been Uuglit that the skin of fruit—l>e it apple, peach, pear, plum, or gra|>e — should ntrer be eaten, especially if un cooked. Fruit skins are so difficult of digestion that there is probably not more than one stomach in a hundred capabLe of performing the difficult task The skin is to fruit as shells are to nuts, hides to animals and husks to grain. To oblige or allow a child to eat bis apple or pear unpeeled, Is unkind and wrong, for It is no question of daintiness, but of health. CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO.. l'A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, l7(i. VMM's SlriUM-uplr KsrsilM. A recently-published paper by Pro fessor !.. N'.sl'ijH-r says: The name "trichina spiralis" come* from two tireek word* signify lug hair and curled, alluding lo the hair-like form of the an imal and the curled |mm||loii which It a**ume* In the cells in which it is found in the muscular system. The male worm measure* only tlie one-twentieth of an Inch in length. The female i* a little lenger. It wa* discovered liy I'rtrfesaor Ow en In a portion of human muscle sent to him from hi. Bartholomew'a hospital in DU4. lu a lew hours alter the diseased meat D taken lIIUI the stomach, trh lttiia- Sep arated from It are found free In that or gan. Thence they |mss Into the duo denum. aud afterw aril into the small intestine, where they are develojied. On the third or fourth dav eggs are dis covered, these eggs being alive, as we have lotitid to le the case in other anal ogous larvte of which we lisve s|eci luetis. F'rotu the iuiestiues and other cavilie* w here tlie young are first pro duced they |H-netralc into tiie substance ofthe muscles, win-re sometimes as early as three days after the diseased meat Is taken into the stomach Utey may be found tti considerable numbers, aud so far develojied that the young entoroa have almost attained a sire equal to that Of the full grow it trichina-. Tticy |ir gresaively advance into the Interior of the small bundles of muscular fibre, where they may be often seen several lu a tile, one after the oilier. Behind them tlie muscular tisane becomes atro phied, that is hardened, and around them an irritation is set up which ends in producing a cyst lu about two weeks. Thus it w til In- seen that the whole mus cular system is tilled with these Jiara site#, each one the central jwiitl of In flammation, and of course uf terrible suffering, until lite friendly hand of death clu*a the scene. These cans-#, we think, must be more frequent than is generally #up|Med, from our having so many brought to our notice w Ithin a short time, aud this fact would is- a good reasou for en tirely giiiug up swine's flesh a# an ar ticle ot food. But there is a sure pre ventive for all this. Thorough cooking will render jiork absolutely free from any injurious effect# in this direction. (f we give u|i swine's flesh for the reason that it ctuilaiua eutosoa we #hall lv obliged for the name reason lo dis card all animal food, tine of the same family which we have mentioned a* causing sickness among the Flgyptiau# is of fr-quent occurrence among cattle, sheep and hor#es, tiie hare, tlie rabbit, etc. Another |iecle* is found in the liver of the jdke and j>ercli, and al#o many #js-clea infest tlie feathered tribes. We ought jterhajts to say that al though tiie careful smoking of ja>rk I# said to kill the trichina-. It i* never safe, in our opinion, to eat jiork which i* not thoroughly smoked. Tki>J*l#i, *#l where they chance U> alt, that they may not injure or crush any living thing* witli their weight. When the devout Jain meets witli a wounded animal, he tenderly cares for It, taking it into Ids house, and nursing It until tt is healed. Tlie rich members of the sect up|>rt hospital* for *lck and dis abled animal*, where their want# are carefully provided for until they are able to shift for themselves. One of the largest of these hospitals 1* situated in Hoiubay t la a thick IT-|*|>- ulated district, ami is ojeu to all visi tor*. in a large oulrr court, surround ed with aheds, ailing ami drcrrplil oxen are entertained. In this ward, the strange spectacle la presented of patlenta with their ere* bandaged ami their leg* bound In CufßpreMM; while Ihoae that are unable to aland, by reason of their many infirmities, are provided with bed* of clean straw on which to stretch theniaelve*. Attendants are lu w ailing who rub and dress their coat*, ami bring food to the lauie ami paralytic. A second inclmuire i reaerved for lek and afflicted dog* and rata; and a third contain* diseased bird*. "Aged row," aay* M. Rouaaelet," *|wnd tlielr live* peaceably in thW Paradise i 1 the brute creation, in company with bald vulture*, ami buzzard* that have lost their plumage. At the other end of the i court, a heron, proud of hi* wooden leg* strutted about in the midt of blind duck* and lame fow l*." All the domestic animal*, and ail the tribe* tliat dwell In the vicinity of man, have their representations in these hos pltal*. Kate are among tin* moat nu merous inmate*, sharing the asylum with mice, sparrows, iteaooclu, and even Jackal*. Connected with the hos pital at .Surnt I* a spacious granary, where all the damaged grain from lite bazaar* la thrown for the benefit of myriad* of cockroaches ami insect* ot various sort* that thrive UJIOII TLII* won derful bounty. ■ lain* I* the World Kxperience continually contradict* the notion tli.it a poor young man can not riae. if we look over the list of rich men, we find that nearly all ot them began life worth little or nothing. To any person familiar with the mil lionaire* of the I'nlted Statin, a score of examples will occur. On the other hand, the sons of rich men, who began life with the capital which no many poor young men covet, frequently die fieggar*. It would proliatily not lie go ing too far to aay that a large majoritv of such moneyed individuals either fall outright or gradually eat up the capital with which they commenced their career. And tin* reason I* plain. Drought up In exjienstve habits, they *|iend entirely too much. Kd it rated with high notions of personal Importance, they will not, M they phrase It, stoop to hard work. Is it astonishing, therefore, that thef are passed in the race. of life by others witlt loss capital originally, hut inure energy, thrift, and industry ? For these virtues, after all, are worth more than money. They make money, in fa t. Nav, after It Is made, they enable the |xw*eor to keep it, which most rich men pronounce to IK 1 more difficult than the making. The young man who be gins life with a resolution always to lay by part of Ids income Is sure, even with out extraordinary ability, gradually to aei|uire a sufficiency,especially as habits of economy, which the resolution ren ders necessary, will make that a com petence for him which would be ipilte Insufficient for an extravagant jierson. It Is really what we save, more than what we make, which leads us to for tune. lie who enlarges his expenses as fast us his earnings Increase must al ways tie |oor, no matter what Ids abili ties. And content may lie had on com paratively little. It is not in luxurious living that men Hud real happiness. Winter In m ISBMIUS (unnlr; Tew a. A month of snow to most young jieo ple, at all events, would l>e highly en joyable. It is scarcely enough to reduce tiie pleasure ami novelty of sleighing to a mere means of transit, or to dull the ears to the merry tinkling of the bells; and {icrhaps It would hardly give them an overdose of skating, even though that pastime had to be carried ou in a damp and unhealthy little rink. But six months, six long Interminable months of white chaos, with nothing to relieve the eye but snow, deep snow ! There are dances ad nauwam all through the Winter, and their merry evenings have often twen held up bv < 'atiadlaus as the result of, and peculiar to, their hard winters; but la it, 1 ask, necessary to the success of a ball that tlie ther mometer should stand at thirty below rero, aud that every guest on the way thither should have |M*rlodleally to feet his nose and eara In order to aatlsfy himself that he atill |MMUM*SM** those organs T (lei a sensible Canadian in a corner tow aril the end of .March, but ton-hole hiui, and tie will sing you a different song. You will gather from him that, although he lias never siwnl a Winter awav from Ids native land, lie feela tlie COM more and more eiery year, and pines for something that his instincts tell him would he more natural and more agreeable. Dales* you are a lumber-man —which Heaven forbid!— exercise la next In an !ui|to**lbillly, and you consequently suffer, utile** you can do without It, which few Englishmen can. Endeavor to walk along a coun try road, and even if you can manage to stagger on for a mile or two you w ill run the risk of being put Into liie county l.uiialtc Asylum. Biding, of course, is au impossibility, so there la nothing for It hut to ait in a stove healed room, or to rush through the freexitig air, uiuf fled up to the eyea, 111 a sleigh. At tills season of the year the farmers, being throwu out of work, throng tlie bar rooms in great Newfoundland ooala, with hoods and red scarfs round their waists, and fur cap* of vast exlrnl U|mn their brails—a "hard-looking crowd," to use their ow u expression. But a atill "harder-looking crowd" are the lum bermen, or ahaiitymeu, who, turned adrift from the far backwoods, are let IIHHM* on the peaceful inhabitants of kisawlee. They may, indeed, be reck oned among tlie evil# of Winter—Kug lisb, Irish, Scotch. French and t'ana dians, ail roughened down to that state of existence which lives only to drink or curse. The streets preseut, however, a very gay appearance, as do also tlie stores and hotels, Au unceasing at ream of sleighs of every description glides swiftly and noiselessly through the streets; the steam ftoiu the horses rises up between the red-brick houses, through the cold air, aud the jangling of a thousand bells continues from morning till night.— Ma>-millan' .Vug.i -IAM. Thf Morality or TrowcM r*afls(- ■ ■■Mil. Ikm Juan* and laitharhsi are not to lie found iu fencing-rooms. I'hystcal exercises enforce morality. Nothing 1 have soen In Paris haa struck me more than the absence of everything like Im propriety In conversation which I have olwervmf iu fencing-rooms. I have never heard an oath, or a coarse expression, or an allusion to women, or an indecent story in them. 1 Itave heard but one rude ajwech, and 1 have seen hut one rude action In them; both were by the same man, and tiiey were punished by auch icy silence, their author never re- I>ealed them. There is more ceremoni ous politeness in them than is to lie found anywhere else In France. The ie*aon ended, the pupil Invariably say*, "I thank you. air, to the master, or to the provost,if the latter gives the lesson. When one would make an assault with another, he always prefer* his request in these words: "Sir, would you be so very good at to make an assault with met" He never hears anr other reply but: "Most willingly, sfr, I ain en tirely r.t your orders." Tlie assault ended, the adversaries shake hands, saying; "Mr, 1 thank you," and re plying; "Sir, the obligation Is whoilv on my aide." 1 have never seen a quar rel about the blows given. • • • • ••• #****( have rarely seen drink of any kind Introduced, in summer beer has occasionally been brought in. I have seen it Introduced twice In Ave years. A naval officer In troduced brandy. He and two or three others would sip a thimbleful in a tumbler of water, ami the one gla** would laal during the whole leaaon and Its sequent assaults. The French are not only temperate, but adverse to ex pense. Money becomes volatile in the heated atmosphere of I'aris, and diaap iwara In Invisible vapors through the Interstice# of the purse and the finger# of the closest fiat. Besides, there are rich and (toor behind the mask, and the latter would be driven from the fencing room If habits of expense were notori ous; for the French are passionately fond of equality; furthermore, they savagely enforce the rule uf |iaylng the score In turn, and he who should allow himself to be treated without once standing the bill, would soon be driven from the room. Speaking of French temperance, I may mention that one evening a gentleman, to illustrate his remarks, said: "You know how a man feels alien he is drunk t" There were fifteen men present, only one of whom, and he not a Frenchman, could loin hla experience to the ques tioner a. This general moderation make* fatal duels rare in France.— Srrtfmer for Ftbrmrg. ■#!!■■ The condition* under which our an cient ballad-poetry arose are tolerably well understood. It belongs to a prim itive state of society, In which the know'ledge of letters was restricted to a -elect class, and tradition *u the sole vehicle of history to tlie mass of the iieople; when manners were ruder law less reverenced, the passion* more un bridled, the utterance at emotion franker and lea*conventional than now. Though the writers cannot always iw supposed ixiteniporary with the event# thev rsoinl, ther nnlforinly address a sympathetic audience, whose standard of morality or sentiment, and level of culture, llitle, if at all, differ from those prevailing at the |M>riod to which their traditions refer. The Bonier minstrelsy, for example, was obviously written for the children or grandchildren of the mosa-troopere whose exploits It glori fies, a generation to whoin appeals to a higher i*odn or a purer taste than their ancestor* accepted would have I wen wholly unintelligible. The general characteristic* of the best specimens that remain tons, whether of the nar rative and legendarv tialiad or of the lyrical and emotional ballad, arc an un conscious simplicity of thought and lan guage, a coarse but vivid realisation of the scenes and delineation of tlie |wr sonages p resell led. They show few marks of artistic construction or orna ment, beyond a rudimentary sense of pictorial expression, and the occasional introduction of adrupt snatches of wild fancy. In those case* where a burden Is added, it serves either to mark the leading motive of the theme, to suggest the musical aoconipanlement to which the piece was set, or that "rhythm of the feet" from which the composition first took its name. Tlie impoeslbllltv of restoring the conditions under which tills description of poetry arose does not oppose any obstacle to Ms successful cul tivation In our own day If the principle laid down Iw duly observed. To sur render the type would be a gratuitous waste of means, for of all narrative and lyrical forms, It is the simplest and tin* most direct iu ita effect*. 'The testimony borne to its potency by Sir Philip Mld ney, by Addison, and the authority for whom Fletcher of Hal toun stood sponsor, would Iw unanimously Indorsed to-day. The varnish of our social conventiona ism Is, after all, extremely thin, ami the most cultivated audience cannot listen to a plain story of heroism or of pathos without flushing cheeks ami brimming eyes. For enshrining the memory of anV grandly heroic achievement, for giving utterance to any pure emotion, the ballad still remains the most appro priate vehicle.— Contemporary Rtrirtr. As fortune often hides under the meanest trades In Ik!" the greatest virtue so are the greatest geniuses found fre quently lodged by nature In ths most aeformed and misshapen bodies. A llslrh t on -aiabie. After looking over the farm we were taken tow ard the house, and entered a large door leading Into an enormous risitu, the like of which we had never seen, 'l'iie walls were lieally white washed. The little windows were hung with while curtains. Along each wall wa* a strip of clesii brick-work, and next to tills aw hi tew ashed gutter ; then came, for a width of about aix feet, a flooring of handsome old Dutch tiles, well laid ; then Iwo rows of upright |HMIS, ihe use of which was not at all obvious. Between these rows of |M>SU wa* a wide passage-way leading ihe whole length of the hall. Ttiere were Several tahlea, on which were bright Utensils Slid mime hsudmiliie art hie* of |ioltcry. We congratulated ourselves on seeing the largest and cleanest dairy we hail ever met with, hut, oil a second look, the aliseuce of milk, and of the evidence of dally use, led us to Inquire, ami, we found to otir surprise, that we were in the cow-stable, which had Is-en put lu order U/T the summer. Kxe|t for tlie stanchions and tylng|Miles, aud the gutter behind the stalls, Uiere wa* nothing to indicate the use Intended. Like alt Dutch COW -stable* of tin* old style, this wa* ill summer the allow - rooui of tin* (••üblltliuiviU. Tin* 11 !••• art- considered a great luxury; but few families us* litem. ticiierally, their place is taken lay uealli hr< suited a htu* Html, The ivntrtl alley U floored wiUi bricks, aud Jnt in froul of the tylng |ML* there la a depression or gutter, alao of brick. Three drinking gutters kio|H* verj slightly froui one end to the other. Water it |uiui|*d in at the up |wr end, and is let off at pleasure at the other. The COM a aland on a raised earthen floor, supported by a brick Mall at IU rear end. It la title cattle floor Mhtch U in summer covered with mov able tiles; tlie manure trough ia quite deep, and contain# the aolhl dropping# until they are removed in a barrow. The urine flows oil' to the underground receptacle M hlch collect* all the liquid refuae of the eatabliahmeut and M hlch haa a pump for tilling Uie lank-cart by Mhlch the meadow* are aprinkleal. 11l the loft over the stable, thecheeae# are aeaaoned aud prepared for market. Hack of tliia part of the building are the ciieear factory, horse-stables, w agon houae, tool-shed.*, etc. lwavlng these, and returuiug through the cow-alable, we passed through a glass door iuto a sitting room MIIII some handsome ar ticle* t>f old furniture, and ample evi dence of neatness and comfort. At one aide of this we entered a little office or library, where we were show n hand some scientific books atld various old objects of interest, and were requested n> inscribe our name* ih the visitors' book, which had been well filled by travelers from all parts of the world, in the larger rootn, opposite the glaas door spoken of, is a lire-place, and over this a large mirror. Here, Mr. Hluls allowed us IIOM he sits in winter toast ing his aliiiia before the lire, and look ing up from his (taper now and then to enjoy the reflected view of his tw o ron a of due cattle, which seem almost mem bers of the family. We saw nothing further uf the house, and i am therefore uuable to refute or u> verlfr tlie stories that are told of the absurd cleanliness which is said to be inseparable from I hitch housekeeping. So far as we did see, everything was neat and after its kind tasteful, ami in good wholesome, humble order. The farmer ami Ids son w ere not distinguishable lu apfiearance, education save in languages i, or gen eral intelligence, from the belter tlass of New Kngland farmers. Olf from one corner of the COM -stable is a dingy, cleanly, sweet-smelling room where the cheeses are manufactured by a burly hare-armed Dutehman,—cieait In lit* person, and very active and busi ness-like in his movements. The mak ing of round cheeses, which we know as Kdam or I bitch cheese, la the great industry of ail North Holland.-Vir-aer. Mortal ■etaltaas la I'rssr* "Here at Paris," writes Mme. d'Ober kirk, "I am no longer my own mistress. I scarcely have time to talk with my husband and to answer tny letters. I do not know what women do that are accustomed to lead this life; they cer tainly have no families to look after nor children In educate V' At all events they act as if they had none, and the men likewise; the causes which disin tegrate wedlock also disintegrate tlie fMistily. In the (list plait* there la the aristocratic tradition which Interposes a barrier tietween parents and children with a view to maintain a respectful distance. Although enfeebled and aUtut to dlaap|M*ar, this tradition still subsists. Tlie son says "Monsieur" to his father, the daughter come# "mptetfttlh" to kla* her mother's hand at her toilette. A care*# Is rare and seeins a favor; children generally, when with their parents, are silent, the sentiment that usually animates them being that of deferential timidity. At one time they were regarded as so many subjects, and up to a certain point they are so still while the new exigencies of wordly life place them or keep litem effectually aside. M. de Talleyrand stated that he had never slept under tlie same roof with his father ami mother. And if they do sleep there, they are not the less neglected. "I was entrusted" says the Count de Tilly, "to valets and to a kind of preceptor who reaemhhsl them In more respects than one." The Dio de I.niirtin finds It difficult to get a good governor for his son; for this reason, the latter writes, "he conferred the duly on one of my late mothers'# lack eys who could read and write tolerably well, and to whom the title of valet de chambre was given to ensure greater consideration. They gave me the most fashionable teachers besides; but M. Koch ;which was my mentor's name) was not qualified to arrange their lessons nor to qualify me to benefit by them. — The Oalarg fot February. A Tsrlsr Tent A writer on the Tartars says "Their tents arc made of felt, stretched on a framework of thin curved strips of w<#*! six feet long, which fold up for the camels to carry, and w hen opened out take the form of a segment of s cir cle. Four of these frames form the circular side of tlie tent, and on the top are placed curved rafters which eon cunt rate in a hoop three or four feet in diameter, which is the rooftree and chimney. As soon as it is all bound together with camel's hair ropes noth ing short of a tornado will make It budge. When the bright Are of a sax aul (a shrub which serves as fuel here) throws Its ruddy light over the bright colored carpels, rugs aud cushions which are separated within, and lights up the arms ami cooking utensils, tlie saddles ami bridles, Tartar guitar, and various household articles which an* hung up on a light trellis of wood cov ered with thick while felt, there are lesa pleasing interiors to la* seen not far from liondoti or New York than the klbitka of the Tartar." The it wrens The Kanguou Mail gives an lnteie*t ing description of the Karen trllies who occupy the country which is the pres ent subject of dispute between England and Burniah, a chain of broken Dills running north and south between tlie two countries, and called by the natives the Twelve mountains. They numlier about 50,000, and are said to lie a very sujierior rail* to the kindred Karens of the plains of British Burundi. The lat ter had no written language and little religion until the missionaries created the one for tliein and introduced (tie other; whereas these mountaineers have their own priest* autl written char acters. The interior of the Karen dwell ing is tilled with a raised seat around tlie walls for sitting on in the European manner. And the necessity for this exceptional mode of resting U apparent T|rms: $2 u Year, in Advance. when we learn thai the women all wear rings of thick hrai" wire bent round tiie wrist and elbow, and again round the knew and ankle, ooufltdng them so in every motion that they can not |MMsibly squat down ou the ground in the uanai Oriental fashion nor kneel to pray at tlie men do, while In walk * log their feel make two perfectly sepa rate tracks a fool or so apart. It need hardly lie said that lite men never sub mit to till* tyranny of custom. Tbey are seuaibly dressed io light jackets and trousers, of au almost European type, and are chiefly remarkable outwardly for very cloMly shaving their head*, except where a small top.knot I* care fully left. Hut tlie effect of the pecu liar female fashion ofthe Twelve moun tains is described as extraordinarily irk •otue, even to the looker-on ; in fact, these *rir-lMipui hurt no body elae. How very uafft-reni would have been the story of ao aangulite a gentleman of the present day? He would have borrowelof everybody that would have loaned money to him; per auaded those to endorae who had not the money to lend; lived nit the pro ceed* of hi* wit* w hlle he held hi* ware* a tridiculoua price*, and estimated hi* own hutlneaa capacity at a marvelous value, until lite end came, which al most Inevitably cornea to thoae who trade 011 other people's eapltal. Thia hi a atory which the hnuory of the dav in Amerlm tell* u* over and over again. It I* a common fault with u* to imagine that we can manage other people's mo ney better than they can do it them selves. It la a common error to under take to do It. The remit* are aeen iu tire account nf failure* which annually occur. It U estimated that in thi* coun try, the total number of bulne*a fail ures, for the four year*. ISTi-J t and *4 will f.a*t up at the end of thU year about tt.tM', and an indebtediieaa of |r, she not only saw the dog which had given her such a glad reception the day previously, but aua> the old blind one, which had evidently been brought by the other dog to welcome her. When the si-eond night came the old blind one was taken bsok to Its home by the same dog, which afterwards returned, hav ing travelled a distance of tw entr-eight miles to give pleasure to the old hlfml one. RnSkla (tones. It ia stated that many of the settler* in Kansas, iu the valley of the Arkan sas, have done a profitable business by gathering up buffalo tame*. Tbo prai ries for forty mi lea each way from the railroad have been gleaned over till not a relic of the chase can be found. Heads and ribs are worth (5 a tuu; these are shipped to Philadelphia ami ground up itxo fertilisers. Shins ami shoulder blades are worth (10 a tun, these go to the sugar refineries. The horns are worth the tips aie sawn off here and wot to the factories of umbrellas, fans, pipes, etc..; the re mainder is used by the chemists. Hits of hide found hanging to the heads are taken oft and sent to the glue factories. Every fragment of these animals is made to serve a purpose. I krrnblnl'a l.uir u( Order. Aii iucideut of his last illness shows a love of order so great as to lie almost monomania. Ills handkerchiefs were marked with consecutive numbers, and he used them accordingly. As he lay on his dcathta-d, with the cold sweat on his brow, some one gave him a clean handkerchief, which, unluckily, did not happen to be the right one, and he at once refused it, and asked for number seven. He showed the name defiance to the king of terrors that he liail mani fested toward the Emperor, and cried out again and again. "Je nr rrut pas mowrir ("l will not die,") but it was In vain; he died on the 15th March, 1843, Id his elghty-eeond year. NO. 7. Torrmt* roLcxi. Juafph't Tbn fame of Joseph, the aim of Jacob, and tha great minis ter and servant uf Pharaoh, is not try any means confined to lite preeetit reader# of the Wide. In Egypt be ia still remembered, although they don t think Mt much of bint aa we do, while the Mahoutmedan# have, or pretend to hare, his frill hfetory. It may not be out of place to give their story of his marriage. Tbey my that one day, when lie was in the full tide of power, he went oat driving, and bv the roadside an oid woman stopped the horse# of his chariot aud begged for alms. As he looked at Iter, Joseph thought he had never seen so very ug ly a woman, and aa he was rather plain ■i mi ken in thorn* days, he told her so. The old woman told him an bis God answered all his prayers, he should pray that she might be mad young again, promhaug him that then she would not be so ugly. Josejih at once lifted up his hand# and voiee, and prayed God to make her young ami beautiful, and when he turned again to hadt at her, she wa# sib young snd so lovely, that he fell in love with her and married Iter. Hhe long outlived htm, and died very oid, beruoiiag the only old woman la tie*veu, because, accord tug to the Moslem or Mohammedan belief, all women are made young in Heaven, but only onoe. and Joseph 1 # wife had already been changed, ao she must remain iu Heaven forever as an old woman. Knelt is tiie Moalrtn story, and there are several morals to l*.. which you can buul up if you will, and while you are looking them out, iet those who know the meaning of the word "usurer* and usury," try to think bow and where Joseph became the first usurer in his tory, and what were the consequence# of his usury; and aa I may aa well te!J you that we ravens don't Ilka Joseph, see if you can toll the reaaoa why ? A CktLT • fancy.—! knew a little girl who ajwol a wiuter with two maiden Ladies, and who had been presented by oue ot litem with a paper doll, goe ously arrmyad. Kite named it the Mar quis, aud at once assigned to that no- Idem an the heart and hand of her younger hostess. He was tfieucetortb always treated with the respect due to the head of the house ; a chair aud plate were assigned to him at table, though, fur reason# of practical conve nience. he usually sat in the ptalo "Good-morning" moat always be said to him. The !et of everything must be first offered u> htm, or else Lime wa# much hurt, and tire family were charged witli discourteous neglect. Indeed she always chose to take tiie tone that he did not receive quite the consideration to which hi# tank and aervices entitled him ; and when she first awaked iu the morning, ahe would give reproving lectures to his supposed stMMiM-. "He dues everything' for yon." the child would say to this iady : "be earn# money, and buys you all that you have; be shovel# your path# for you**— this being perhajM on a Miowy morning when ihaiprooee# wa# audi hie— "snd yet you do not remember all bra kindness." The whole assumed re lationship wa# treated a# an absolute reality, snd tiie lively farce lasted, witli undiminished spirit during the whole of s New England winter.— Scribnrr for Janttary. A JV*wf /feW- ttml a iAritm ()me.~ "What a commotion you are making!" aatd a sparrow t a flock ot small birds 'battering aud twittering around tiie body wf a hawk thai w a# lyieg stiff and cold on trie ground. "He's dead ! he's dead !" they cried; "we are sate from him now he will never frtgbtrn u# again." "Frighten us!,'said the sparrow, bop ping np to tiie dead enemy and giving turn a contemptuous little peck; "speak for yourselves, my frtenda, a# for me, ( never saw so uiurh to be frightened aliout in the fellow. After all, yoa may ere he ia nothing bat a bird ; he ha# wiug*. and a head, and legs and claws, and so have we. A cloae view •hows one the absurdity of needless alarm; for mr part. I intend in future to show to the whole tribe—- Why, where are yoa all going V he ex claimed. stopping in nis harangue, as the smalt birds suddenly took wing. '< a# fast as we can." tbey cried ; "the haw k's mate ia hovering aooee aa. snd a# we have not received yoar new light, we prefer retting oat of iter war. You can stay and tell her your mind. "The hawk'# mate! Yoa don't #ay so!" screamed the sparrow. "Here; let me paoa. pray !" And lie brushed through the throng, and never rested till he had gained hi* hiding-place! Tkt /hue of Wciiinctno was a great soldier, perhaps, with the exception of King Hoary II and Malborough. the greatest warrior of England. He waa accustomed to the rough life of the camp and on the field was notoriously Hl-ota something to jfta pure air lute a h-Mi*e, Jut a# It cost* Mttatttbiag Co warm the Intone, there will be oo trouble aljout venUlaUoti. Next to oytrr, Parisian* Hlte lob ►Cer and era* flab—the latter poa*e*~ Ittjr tbr advantage of being in season all tbe year round. The chief supply of lobster* nonwa from Itw-wuff, io tin* de partment .if KinUtrrre. Alter Paris, Belgium, Rus-da, and Germany are the beet Irn-e of the pineapple, no* bring rxu-msirely coluvau-d in the £at In dies, are turned to account by being converted into a kind of * adding, * hint la uw-.i fur upholstering, Instead of hair. A sort of flannel la aim* manufactured from thru from which substantial waistcoat* and ablrta cau be made. None but those who have loved can be supposed to understand Uie oratory of the eye, the mute eloquence of a look or the •-oiiverwtiotial jwmer* of Uie face. b' sweetest meaning* are unspoken; Uie full h<-rt know# no rhetoric of won!#, ami resort* to the pantomime of sigh# and ctaaoa*.—Boeee. What incu usually say of misfortune* that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay. of other circumstance* which gather round u* In a harmonious way. whether it arises from a kind of fxtalllv e,r that matt hi- th< j.w.-r of nM- acting to hituaeif thing* that are mutually re htsA—M A poet in Apnleton's Journal say*: "I touched the fragrance of her hand." ThU I* almost equal to the "(ierfutßcd light" that "steal# through the mist of alabaster lamps." Poetic license ia a big thing, and Uie poet take* further advauUge of it|o refer to "her *hy. re luctant glove." Next we shall hear of her coy buttoned gaiters. The fkewMcoi Krri* w state* that in a drop of water ohtaned from a single snow-flake and magnified Ave hundred lime*, were found piece* of coal, frag ments of qioth. grains of starch, sandy matter, ami au immense variety of other substance*, not a frags nous of wtiich exceeded iti diameter the throe- Khousaiidrti pact of an inch. A umrtM stopping t a French hotel H the pbrwe "frwhw*l*r chicken" on the hill of fare. Itesiring to know what thiii meant, he rent for a dish of water chicken. Ife tried It. mad finding It excellent, recommended it to the reel of hi* |artj, ladle* and ail. All liked the dish wonderfully, and ao became frog-eaters without knowing: U. The young man in the beautiful fable of La Fontaine ridiculed tlie man of four snore ft>r planting an avenue of lit tle trees, because he could not hope to live long enough ro aee them aa high aa lit# head. "Well," aald he, "and what of that J If their shade afford me no pleasure it mar afford pleasure to my children, and even to you; and, there fore, the planting of' them gives me pleasure,' A robin's nest was recently taken from a pear tree In a garden, the mate rial of which it was constructed having been selected with great taste. It in cluded a lady's collar with cambric ceulor and lace edging, and several yards of laoe, two and four inches wide. Ybe nest bad evidently been abandoned by the occupant, whose Income was not •uflMent to justify living In such style as would be required In such a costly residence. The latest in note {taper and enve lopes Is unique. The form la a Couti nentai hat In miui&lure, or, to be more erpftrit and lucid, an old- fashioned New Ktigland bun. The paper is heavy and, like Joseph's coat of many colors. You have your monogram In the upper left hand corner, ami your autograph rfa-o-ei*. You put it In the envelope of the same form, and then ait down and * center There the piave u for the post age stamp. A letter by Baron de Kalb, written just before his defeat by Cornwallis re cord* the fact that he had Jost jaid at a hostelry for supper and a night's lodg ing for himsell and three friends the MI in of gtCjO. The Laud lady told him she hail not made any charge for the room, but thought f 400 would be an ap propriate figure for It. This was m the good old Continental days, when the iieople reveled in paper money and "grasping bullionUu" w ere unknown. In Loudon birds are the fashion for decoratiou, and table aeutre-pieces and for the wall among pictures. Stuffed birds, uioukeys, ami other ani tuala are bei ug used as stems to lamps, a bear even serving a* a dumb waiter, perched on bis hind legs, and now and then a swan, its wing- set and its grace- In) neck curved naturally will form the exterior of a drawing-room seat, a satin covered stool being intrisluceil be twei'ii the wings and behind the neck. Irony is mi insult* conveyed in the form of a compliment, insinuating the most gitlliug satire under the phraseol ogy oV panegyric; placing its vietim naked on a bod of briers and thistle*, thinly oovered with ruse leaves; adorn ing his brow witii a erotvn of gold, which burns into his brain: teasing and fretting, and riddling him through and through with incessant dischaiges of hot shot froiu a masked battery ; laying bare the most sensitive and shrinking nerves of his mind, and then blandly touching them with ice, or smilingly picking them with ueodles.— Whipple. —— Aboriginal Wnwtrn Let*. A discovery has lately been made on an island in the Mississippi which shows that the aborigine* of America were not wholly unacquainted with mecliaiiical surgery, twit occasionally wore wooden legs when deprived of their natural limbs. In a subterran ean cave hewn out of solid rock, many thousands of years ago, Was found, atuoiig other remarkable articles, a skull as brown as a polished walnut, perfect in every respect, and of extra ordinary size, also an almost complete skeleton with a wooden leg. The fas tenings of the artificial limb consisted of petrified leather and bronze back lea. The original leg appears to have beeu removed half way eel Ween the hip ami knee. This discovery is regarded as extremely interesting, a* not only proving that woodeu extremities were fashionable in early ages, but that a knowledge of bronze was among the learning of the aborigines. -