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
.<rko*e IP-uh*"i, from which the name
of the original castle was derived. Tlie
spring is uow enclosed in an elaUirafeiy
wrought marble framework, and the
center of the basin Is decorated with
statuary. after the manner implored at
Versailles. The gloriegte, a temple Hl*,
playing a colonna<le. la seen In the dis
tance, rising above several lofty walls
of foliage. In front of each of which are
•hrub# of lower suture, which are left
to aunme their natural grow th; ami
the contrast between tlie trimmed ami
the untrimmed form* Is tar from dis
pleasing. The magnificent gardens at
tached to the Chateau Schonbrunn, from
the groat height ot tha vast wail. of
veniurg ahova alifcdrd to, tlie profusion
of statuary, and other decorative object*,
*o placed as to produce the heat possible
effect, form grand models of the formal
style of treatment, ami aye Wdl worthy
of the careful *tdy ai|fl ear o**l atten
tion of every practitioner of the art of
decorative gardening on a large scale."
The Devil la Paper Honey.
In the autumn of 1862 I spent several
weeks with Secretary Chase, and was
permitted to share his studies of the
financial questions which were enrrosa
iug his attention. He was preparing to
submit to his matured plans
for a system or banking and currency
to meet the necssitles of the war, aud
this subject formed the chief theme of
his conversation. He was specially anx
ious to work out in his own mind the
probable relations of greenbacks to
gold, to the five-twenty teed*, to the
pro|MM<l national bank-notes, and to
the business ol the country.
One evening the conversation turned
on some question relating to the laws of
motion, and Mr. Chase asked for a defi
nition of motion. .Some one answered,
"Matter Is Inert; spir it alone can move;
therefore motion Is the spirit of trod
made manifest In matter." The sec
retary said: "If that is a good defi
nition, then legal-tender botes must be
the devil made manifest in paper; for
| no man uan forseo wliat mischief they
may do when they are once let loose."
He gravely doubted whether that war
horn spirit, summoned to serve ua in a
dreadful emergency, would be mustered
out of service with honor wheuthe con
flict should end, or, at the return of
[>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 Ikrlr Mrsprei lur Sal
mat la la.
The Jains, a large and influential re
ligious sect of the Hindoos, cherish s
profound restiect for animal life, and
not only avuid harming any living crea
ture, hut make it a rule to jirotect and
moor every ailing and heljiles# one
that come# within their range. The
Jain priests, when In the streets, wear
a veil over their mouths, to jirevent the
possibility tif swallowing tome tiny In
sect dtittering in the uir;and carry
about with them a broim wllii which to
clear the *|m>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-lMip<tM*d fetter* cause tiie
harem ladle* more Imdlly Inconvenience
if possible, than the worst development
of the hoop or crinoline mania could
have done; ju*l as the nose appendagr
of the Hindoo Iwauty la more trouble
some than the hardly lea* barbarous
earriug of her Ixwidon rival.
Rperulaaive Vmsh.
There ia a homely proverb which
warn* u* against counting our chicken*
before they are hatched. A beautiful
exemplification of the proverb is given
lu tin* Arabian Night*, in the story of
Aluaaciiar; how be invested a few eop
tier* in a basket of crockery and imag
ined rapid tales ami high profits rein
vested, and prusjierity and wealth flow
ing in upon him, until he wa* in a po
sition to marry a princess. While gloat
ing over lit* imagined good fortune, In
that insolence of false pride which is
too apt to acsxHniwny sudden wealth,
Aluaachar spurns his princes*,and suit
ing tiie action to the thought, kicks
down tlie basket and smashes the crock
ery, which Is his w hole fortune in the
present as well as In tlie future.
Now it must, however, tie aaid of the
imaginative Perslati, that hnuoniltted
entirely on hi* own capital. Ills success
ww to tie due aolely to hi* own effort*.
IIU folly ruined himself, l>ui 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
|<r7:,oou,(WO. that U, six hundred and
seventy-five million* of other people'*
capital, on which theae twenty two
thousand men nave been Irving to get
rich, at other people'* risk. Thl* U
something fearful, and bear* terrible
testimony to the necklet in-*# and ex
travagance of the American people. It
must le taken, too. Into cotudderation
that tbe*e are the failure* only of b a
lues* men. No note is taken of the
hun<ireil thou-and mechanic* and ia
boring men who haveaitocounted their
chicken* too aooti, but whose failure*
are two insignificant todeaervea record
in the business world
Drrltkli** of Ualrr.
laMir or laiwr, and Leaver, are ail
vulgar term* for money, and combine
two gypay woni*, the one l-to or foeey,
and the other loans, to Meal. The rea
whi for the combination or coiifuaiun U
ohvlou*. The author of the Slang Dic
tionary, In order to explain Ibl* word,
goe* a* uual to the Wallachian Gypsies,
for w hat he might have learned from
lite Hrat tinker lu the Mreet* of
I should remark on the word loure, that
Mr. Borrow ha* *howu It* original
identity with fool, the Hindustani for
plunder or I toot y. I believe that llie
American word loafer owe* something
to thl* (yp*y root, a* well a* to the
German Joafer (Wlan/e) and Mexican
Spanish jw/o/tir, and for this reason,
that when llie term first ltegan to be
popular In 1831 or 1835, I can distinctly
remember that it meant topil/rr. Such,
at least, la my ear Heat recollection, and
of hearing school boy* ask one another
In Jest, of their acquisitions or gifts,
"Where did you loaf that from? * A
petty pilferer waa a loafer, but in a very
short time all of the tribe of loungers
in the ran, and disreputable pickers up
of uncon*iderel trifles, now Known as
bummer*, were called loafei*. On this
point my memory is poslUve, and I call
attention to it, since the word in ques
tion has been the subject of much con
jecture In America.—behind'# Kmffftsh
Gypafa*.
I'arl*** Vrr*k f at *•*
A Radnorshire lady, who was mar
ried in March, ami came to reside in
Yorkshire, Kugland, recently paid a
visit to her fathw, who, before he waa
married, had kept two or three sheep
dogs, of which she was very fond.
Since then he has retired from business
snd disposed of all but one dog. This
one met the lady with demon*! rations
of great delight upon her arrival st her
lather's hiwise, and that night the dog
went a distance of 7 miles to a farm
house w here one of the other dogs had
been nent, (the latter was blind, but
kept as la-lug an old favorite. In the
morning wtieu the lady went to the
d<a>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<tft. cross and severe; and yet a lin
net who lived in the Dukfs iron-girt
bouse, told me onee that the Last word*
of the Iroa Duke were "If you please.*
.Inst before he died an attendant asked
whether be would have some tea. Wel
lington said, "Yes. if yon please,*
drank the tea, looked his thanks and
never spoke again. If the great mar
shal of England thought it worth white
to say "if you please." wouldn't it be a
good sentence for some of as. who are
not field marshals, to u*v more fre
quently f
- As Amrirmt Present. —A very learned
man once came to one of ike dear little
school ma'am's picnics, and what do
you think lie said in the course of coo
veraatmu f
I give his remark entire.
"We all know," said lie, raising his
eyehrowa, "that rivers in time will car
ry land from one place and deposit it
in another, l'erhaps the heat illustra
tion of this fact is lower Kgypt, which
Herodotus said the I .gyptiau priests
considcreii to he a prrsraf from the ri
ver Nile."
The little schoolmistress was busy
dealing out sandwiches at the tine,
but she nodded her head. So I sap
pose the learned tuan was right.—of.
Sirlu'Uu for Frbruaty.
.4 /'Wlbirti not long since told me
that in an old town hall in Massachu
setts he saw a book of town records,
dated two hundred years ago, aud in it
was the following : "Voted—that the
town clerk buy half a quire of paper
for the use of the town." Fancy a
tow n council votiug on such a question
nowadays. Paper may have cost more
then than now. hot if I didn't know
that blackbird, 1 wouldn't believe the
storv.
"(Tt'Wrrs," asked a Fayette county
minister, addressing a Sunday-school,
"why are we like dowers! What do we
have that flowers baref"
A small boy in the infant class,
whose breath smelted of vermifuge,
rose up and made reply, "Worms."
The minister crept under the pulpit
chair to hide his emotions.
Value of Books.
So precious were books in the dark
ages that donations of thein are recorded
a- acts of signal generosity, deserving
perpetual remembrance, lu IKK) the
King of Northumberland gave 000 acres
of land for one book containing a history
of the world. A Countess of Anjou
gave 20U sheep and a large parcel of
rich furs for a volume of homilies; 1211
crowns were given for a single book ot
l.ivy; UK) crownaof gold lor a Concord
ance, and 40 crowns for a satirical poem
called the "Romance of the Hose." In
1720 a Latin Bible was valued at £3O at
a time when two arches of London
Bridge were built for less money; at a
time, too, when the wages of a laborer
were only three half pence a day, anil
when, of course, It would have cost
such a uian fifteen years of labor to buy
a Bible, which, after all, being in Latin,
he could not have read.
*r later wr pardon our friend*
for the Injuries wo hove dMW them.
Prewlw ore the fruit* of the lon|rrt
rxpertenor cowveved In the frweot
troriU. .
Are your word* of more welghl when
you propound AHVthing than when you
announce It.
A happy thought rronca from * happy
It will come froth no other, hut
It will go to another.—F. O.
Nature Ihot ore may not he dlaguated
with the eight of our defurmltlea, hoe
wtaely throat the action of awing out
wrsnl.—Jfonlo%jflH. *
Here the courage to laugh at rotir
peroonel defect*. ami the worlil will he
deprived of the plcwaure of I wing re
minded of their own.
A wlae man In the company of thoa.-
who are ignorant fm hehm compared
by the *age* to a beautiful girl in the
company of blind men.
Talleyrand declared on one occasion
that he diMpiaedawiiUnd.—"Tberauou
obaerved Hurra*, "J* very apparent; he
ha* *t tidied hUiiaelf too deeply."
Familiarity la a aunen*lon of almoal
all the law* of civility which llbertl
niam ha* Introdttoed Into society under
the notion of eaae.—| U'rche/fmeumU.
A criminal on hit way to the fallow *
recently, remarked that "If I had re
•lv*J owe half of the hi mine**, earlier
In life, which 1 have received here, I
would not have been here,"
luduatry. economy, and prudence
are the aum forerunner* of aucreaa.
They create that admirable combina
tion of power# la one which always
conduce to eventual prosperity.
It la not (toverty o muh aa pretense
that barawtea a ruined man—the atrag
gie between a proud uilnd and an empty
HW thl keeping Up of a hollow
•how that moat -ouri come to an eud.
Xuroon leather male by tanning
the akin* of anake, ha* recently found
lt way Into Frame from the French
ooloiiVa. If the kutauance provea cum
menially reliable It will give serpents
a utilitarian importance which they
have net hitherto pome wed.
K'*um<i can't tie made to ventilate
thcruMrUe*, auy more Uuui the* can be
tna-b- to warn) thettMrlve*. When peo
ple It-am that It >-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. -