THE WINTER STARS.
Oh. mtrnW dancs the Ur* to-night,
Oh. meml? dance the stars .
Aud th moon look* down in silver light,
Through the bin* enameled l*r
Tlifre ia no sound in the forest round.
No voice from dower hi tree ,
And the winter rhyme, with its sparkling chine.
As it* taek goes eilently.
Merrily over the fleecy enow,
We glide With spirits light .
The moon look* down with it yellow glow.
And the sUr* ere gemmed wiUi light.
Oh, memly licet our beetle to night.
Oh, merrily beet our In-art* ;
The winter ha* for ita e delight,
Thet summer ne'er impart*.
Our eve* ere bright Willi the warui hive light,
Thet winter may not chill:
And the |vaikltng snow. with ita silver glow.
In joy gleam* rouud u ellll,
Memly dance the *lar* to-night.
With their eyee of gohleu hue ;
Atnl with young ho|we tu jovanoe bright.
1 Kir heart* are latiu n lo>v
One Right of a Wife.
••John," said 1. one night to my hus
band, as 1 put my basket of sew lug aw ay
prejiaratory to retiring, "John, as you
go down to-uiorrow morning, I wi*h
von would stop at Mrs. W est'* door ami
leave her s."< for me.
"Five dollars!" And my lord looked
up unite astonished. "For what?"
•'Why, she is collecting money to aid
that society she is secretary of. ami as I
always fell interested tu it, I told her I
would give her f&
1 said this with quite a show of as-
suranee, though 1 really felt quite uu
easy as to the reception of my request,
for John is rather notional in some of
his ways; however, 1 had been cogitat
ing some matter* lately in my own
mind, aud determined to make a hold
staud.
"Well, Sarah." at length came the
reply, "you need not count on uiy doing
any such thing. 1 don't approve of that
society at all, and not one cent of iny
money shall go to help it."
"I give it oi| of my tuouey," said 1,
([rowing bolder; "1 only asked you to
eave it at her door for uie."
"Tour money ! W hat do you mean ?"
"1 mean what 1 say—my money. Have
Ino richi to spend money a> well as
von? I don't approve of the Masons,
but that does not hinder you from
spending; money and time for theut as
rnuoh as you have a mind."
John looked at me quite amared at my
suddeu outbreak. You see 1 had always
been the most amiahle of wives. I'hen
he broke out quite triumphantly. Home
now, who earns the money that main
tains this family?"
"You and 1 together," said I.
"Together! W ell, 1 should like to see
the first eeut you have earned in the
seven years we have been married.
Together: Well, 1 call that pretty rich.'
My spirits were visibly declining
under his ridicule, but 1 kept on as
boldly as I could.
"When we were married you thought,
or pretended to think, yourself very
happy In assuming the care of l>oard
bills and wardrobe. 1 didn't ask it of
you. You asked me to bo your wife,
knowing well all that meant."
"As nearly as 1 remember," Inter
rujted John, "you were mighty ready
to accept ilie."
"Granted, to save argument," said 1,
coloring.
"Well,we stood up iu church together,
aud you promised to love, cherish, Ac.,
ami so did I."
"Aud obey, too," said I; "but you in
return endowed me with your worldly
goods, and the minister pronounced us
man ami wife; and so we have lived."
"Yes," said John, complacently; and
as 1 look hack over the tiuie, 1 think 1
have done what i agreed ami made a
pretty good husband. I really think
you ought to be thankful when you ss-o
how some wives live."
"Well," said I, "I think I have lsvn
a domestic, prudent wife, and I don't
feel one atom more of gratitude to you
for being a decent husiaiul than you
ought to feel to ine for being a decent
wife. Is it any more merit that you
keep your marriage promises than that
1 keep mine?"
'•Sarah, you positively are very acrl
mouious i< —llliClit. Ihm't you think we
had lietter go to led f"
"No, sir. Well, meantime, we have
laid by money enough to buy this house
and still have some in the hank."
"Thanks to my hard work," chimed
in John.
'"More thanks," said I, "to the perfect
good health we have always had. We
made all those promises 'for better or
for worse.' Now, it has been for the
lietter with us all the time. Had you
been siek or honest misfortune In-fallen
you, 1 should have managed some way
to reduce our expenses to uiat you would
feel the burden as little as might be.
Hail 1 been slek, more care would have
fallen on you. But we helped each
other save" and now I claim an equal
right with you in -{tending money.'
"Whew ! Why, that is treason. But
go on."
"It we occupied the respective posi
tions of superior and subordinate, 1
should do what 1 do for you lor a fixed
stipend and no questions should lie
asked as to the use made of it. Being
equals, 1 w ill not ask compensation as
a servant; but because the contract we
have made is lifelong and not easily
broken, I do uot, therefore, call it very
magnanimous in a prosiierous man to
accept these services ami render In re
turn only my tw ard and the least amount
that would creditably clothe ore." You
see I was growing irate. John's temper,
too. was evidently on the rise.
"What do you mean by services?—
Housework? I am sure a home Is as
much for your satisfaction as it is for
mine; and"l am sure the tailor does not
leave much of my sew ing for you to do.'
"I don't complain of housework nor
of doing your sewing; but i do think
the burden of little Johnny has fallen
on me."
"It strikes me," said he, with a pro
voking complacency of tone, "that if
you earned his living you would have
less to say about the burden falling on
you."
"John£" said I, "answer me honestly.
Do you work any harder or any longer
than you did before he was born?"
"I don't know as I do," said he; "I
always worked hard enough."
"Well, so do I. But now as to little
Jekany. I presume you will allow your
self an owner of him, as tiie law allows
you entire control over htm. How
much do you do for him?"
"I maintain him. Ido my part."
"No, John, you are wrong; you don't
do your part. From the first you never
have. Did not weary months go by in
which you bore uo part whatever of the
burden ?"
"Well, that is curious complaining;
what would you have me do?"
"You might have got a servant, in
stead of letting all the housework fall on
me; or you might have kept a horse, go
that 1 could ride out and enjoy the fine
weather; hut that is all past now."
"I should say that it cost me enough
for the doctor, nurse. Ac., without talk
ing about keeping a horse."
"True, it cost enough; but I am talk
ing about the division of the burden.
Was the part you bore in the payment of
those bills equal to my jiart in the mat
ter? Would you have taken my place
for that money if it were to have been
paid you instead of those who eared for
you ? 1 think not."
"Didn't I have all the clothes to buy ?'
"No, sir. 1 went without new clothes
of any sort for a season, and the money
saved from my wardrobe supplied all
that was needed; and 1 might add that
all his other clothes have been got in
the same way."
"Well, really, I had no idea how
much of a martyr you were. Next you
will be clothing me in the same way.
How thankful 1 ought to lie for so cal
culating a wife!"
"Now, in these two years," said I,
continuing ID the face of his sneer, "all
of the care and
on attending the child have fallen on
me! 1 have managed some way to ae
cyutplish my house-work and sewing as
•fused to do. lean hardly think how
it has been done. Did it ever occur to
you to think how many times 1 have
been to church since lie was born?"
"You wouldn't expect a man to take
care of a baby, would you? That isn't
a man's work."
"Isn't it?" said I, bitterly; "then I
wouldn't have a baby. I have been to
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VOL. I\.
church jit i four thin"*, ,'i 11 * I then Mime
vl*itutha* slaved with Johnny. llow
many lime* did you ever m l up In the
Itiglll to OOtllO ililll w lien lie li;i* Iwh-ii
sick iui<l ftvlAil ?"
'"Ilow do you *ii|i|*v* ( -," *.ilil ho, "I
11111 hi work h\ ilny tl I tlltliiT gel ■>
night'* sleep ?' x
'•.lii*t the name way th.it I dtiwlicii
my mght i* hnvken, c\ totly
"Wet!, Sarah, whit i- tin' ill Ifl of all
tlii* talk, anyhow? for I don't sec an)
ue in iirukiugiiu; it."
"Will, then, ill* my original *tate
went—thai aa 1 did uiy jvtart of the fam
ily lalor and took all (lie care of John,
and you arc a man in prusperou* clrvnui
lUliiv.l, I aui cntithil to a* much money
for that a* if I were employed and |utid
by the mouth for the -aim* work, aud 1
hate a right to *prnd money for thing*
that don't Mill toil if 1 please to do *>■;
and 1 may add," -aid I, with a Midden
vehemence, "tliat it i* mean and con
temptible in you to opi">-o or forbid my
doing go."
John ulil no more. I -aw by the look
In lit* eve that he wa- unite angry; and
o w it.- i. That wa- the flr*t time in our
married life thai we failed to kl*s each
other g-vod night: Indeed, 1 felt guilty,
though I hardly knew why, hut it waa
late tie fore 1 tell asleep.
The next morning all wa- serene. No
trace remained of the evening's * tor m,
hut nothing more was said aUmt the
obnoxious subscription. Next day 1
met Mr*. West, and she thanked me very
heartily for doubting my money.
Ivar John! lie didn't mean to 1M
unkind, hut lie had never stopped to
think al>cut such things. W lien his
next settlement came and he -lip|M-d a
♦'JO hill into my hand, and said, "That
is for your private purse." I really
thought he was the Iwst hu-band in the
wor lil.— A*anii „Wg ForAer.
A t urlwus Courtship
In the February -t. into, Mr*. Kcinhh
relates this odd anecdote ot Mr*. Itasil
Montagu's second marriage:
Her marriage with Mr. Montagu wa
attended with sixue singular circum
stance-, the know ledge of which iowe
to herself. She was a Yorkshire widow
lady, of the name of Skeppei, ami came
with her only child a little girl to visit
some friends in Loudon, with wlioui
Basil Montagu was intimate. Mrs.
Skepper had probably occasionally Is-en
the subject of conversation between iiim
and her hosts, when they were ex;s-ct
ing her; for one evening soon alter her
arrival, as she was sitting jtartly con
cealed by one of the curtains in the
drawing-room. Basil Montagu came
rapidly into the room, exclaiming evi
dently not perceiving her), "Come,
where is your wonderful Mrs. Skep|ier ?
I want to see her." Luring the whole
evening he engrossed her attention ami
talked to her, ami the next morning at
breakfast she laughingly complained to
her hosts that he had not been content
with tliat. but hail tormented tier in
dreams all night. "For,"-aid she, "I
dreamt 1 was going to be married to
him, ami the day before the wedding he
came to me w itli a couple ot boxes, ami
-aid solemnly,'My dear Anne, 1 want
to confide lht*-e relics to your keeping;
in this casket are contained the lames
of my dear fir-l wife, and iu this those
of inv dear second wile; do lue Ihe
favor to take charge of them for me." "
The odd circumstance was that Basil
Montagu hail In-en married twice, and
tliat when In- made his third matriiiio
nial venture ami was accepteil ty Mrs.
Skepjier, lie apjieared la-fore her one
day and with much solemnity begged
her to take charge of two ca-kels. in
which were re|Metively trea-ured, not
the bones, hut the letters of her two
predee's-ors. It is quite possible that
lie might have heard of her dream on
the first night of their acquaintance,
ami amused him-clf with carrying it
out when he was almtil to marry her;
lnit when Mrs. Montagu told me tin
story I do not think -lie suggested any
such rationali-tic solution ot the mys-
|>t
Two St.iil;r<ls of t-ro-prrll)
Tea and colTi-e, strange to say, repre
sent in an absolute way the standard of
priM|*eriiy of a country. It may I*-
Interesting, then, to ascertain w hat is
our |H>sitioii as consumers of tea ami
coffee. There is a statistician who 1I:LS
compiled exactly such truths for us,
showing the proportion* of the con
sumption of lea and eoflee jw-r head of
jiopiilalion in Europe. The tatde i- an
uncommonly eloquent one. Belgium
consumes the most—l6 7 , pounds j*-r
head, ami Kttssia 1.32 pounds. Great
Britain uses 6k pounds per heiui;
Frauce 4\, Italy l. I*, 1 *, and Spain but
one-quarter of a pound tor each indi
vidual. This shows almost at a glance
that those countries where industry is
the most thriving con-time the nio-t tea
and coffee.
By oar own estimates of consumption,
taking our population to be 44,<**0,000,
we u-e 4 5 a pounds of coffee, and H*
pounds of tea, as a yearly allowance for
every man, woman and child in toe
United ."-utes. We are about on a par
with the Netherlands as tea consumers.
Invoking, then, at the Immense advan
tages u> be derived from these mild
stimulants (and some kind of a stimulant
is a necessity of human life), may we
not dread any financial measure which
may force our js-ople to seek other sub
stances, and supplant with alcohol our
tea and coffee.
Such questions are grave ones, and are
worthy of the attention, not only ot our
manufacturer*, hut of the workmen
themselves. Better defer those happy
times of S|M-CM- payment (and there are
no stronger advocates of the hard dollar
to Is- found than ourselves), than force
upon a people the alternative of either
abandoning their tea ami eoflee, or tak
ing to those deleterious stimulants
which are the bane and ruin of our
country.
The V<>ii ii* staple's friend.
At the best, love is fatal to friend
ship; the most that friendship can do is
to listen to love's bilk of itself and Is
the confidant of its rapturous joys, it*
transport* of despair. The lover fan
cies himself all the fonder of his friend
because of his pa-sion for his mistress,
but iu reality be has no longer any need
of the old comrade. They cannot talk
sanely and frankly together any more;
there is something now that they cannot
share; even if the lover desired to main
tain the old affectionate relation, the
mistre-s could not suffer it. The spectre
of friendship is sometimes invited to
haunt the home of the lovers after mar
riage; Lot when their happiness has
been flaunted in its face, w hen it has
been shown the new house, the n<-w
china, the new carpets, the new garden,
it is tacitly exorcised, and is not always
called hack again except to Is- shown
tin- new baby. The young spouses are
ever so willing to have the |>oor ghost
remain ; the wife learns whether it Lukes
two or three lumps of sugar in Its tea;
the husband bids it smoke anywhere it
likes, and the wife smiles a menacing
acquiescence; but all the same they
turn it out-of-doors. Tliey praise it
when it i* gone, and they feel so much
more comfortable to he alone.— Atlantic
Monthly.
A'nr Invettignlion* in Maynrtfam.—
MM. Treves arid Durassicr have re
cently investigated the question of
whether, and how. in a sleel magnet,
the known portative force varies when
the weight and section arc a fleeted by
the gradual dissolution of the magnet
in an arid. The result is that the force
is always proportional to the section
and to the weight, so that a curve re
presenting the variation of weight
and section would be parallel to one
indicating the diminution of intensity.
AM the dissolution progresses, the me
tal shows serrated inequalities perpen
dicular to the axis of the bar; and if a
horseshoe magnet be treated, the
curved part is found to dissolve incom
parably quicker than the straight por
tions.
THE CENT HE REPORTER
Imprwi tilsHi-s si Urrnl Mew
I hi" folly ot some men renowned Idi
great wisdom Is conspicuous ill ellll
mutiny. This fooliahuc.** I* mule
in uiilest ill UMitlliou alt.drs ot private
ilile, even when the World I* ringing
withpuhlit applause lot the exhibition
of profound wisdom lit public attatr*.
The proverbial uiUliriftines* ami folly
in ex|ieinllture characteristic ot our
liauiel \\ eh-ler ts welt known. Ite wa*
alway * receiving larg> *um* a* Income,
and \et always involved in debt. He
cotihi lake eare ot the affairs of the
nation, but not of Ids own,
laird iiacou Wa* auothei Instance ot
similar Improvidence, liacou hlin-ell
did not follow hi* own advlee, but wu
rillned by hi* ituprovtdeuce. He was
in strait* and dltttcultles w lieu ,t youth,
and in "till greater "trails anddilti.nl
tles when a utali. Hi" lite was splendid,
hut his excessive expenditure involved
him in debts w hich created a perpetual
craving for money. liacou took brit*-,
' ami was therein*.!! ta-sei bv lii- encode-,
convicted, degraded and ruined.
l'ill managed the iiutlouai finance
during a period of uttexatuplcd dilti
eulty, yet was hlui-elf always plunged
in lieh't. la>rd t'arrington, ex-hanker,
once or tvv Ice, at Mr, Fitt's request, ex
amine,l Ids hoti-ehold accounts, ami
found the quantity of butchers' meat
charged ill the hill* at one hundred
weight a week. The charge tor ser
vant*' wages, t>oard wag,-, living and
household hill* exceeded i J,Too ay ear.
At I'm - death the nation Voted l 10,000
to satisfy the demands of Ills creditors;
yet his iticoiue had never been le.-s than
ib.OtHt a year, and at one time, with the
wardeuship of the t'lni|tie Forts, it w a
nearly AM.IMi a yeat more. M.tcauley
truly -ay- tliat "tlie character ot Fitt
would have -tood higher if, with the
disinterestedness of I'eiide- and IV
lit, he had united their digullled
frugality."
But Fitt by no tneaus -t.**! alone,
l.ord Melville wa-a- unthrifty in the
management of hi- own aflair- a-he
was of the money of the public. Fox
was an enoruiou* owcr, his financial
maxim !oiiig that a man need never
want money if he wa- able to pay
enough for it. Fox called the outer
room at Almack'-, whore he Jsirrow rd
ou occasion- from Jew lenders at ex
orbitant premiums, his "Jerusalem
Chamber. l'assion for plav < hi
great v Ice, and at a very early age it in
vol veil him in debt to an enorniou
auiount. It i- stated lu tiibson that on
one occasion lux sal pla\ ing at ha/aid
for twenty hours lu *u--oe--ioii, losing
i-'II.OUO. But deep play was the \ Ice ol
high life in those days, and cheating
wa- not unknown. Selwvn, alluding
to lux's losses at play, called him
Charles the martyr.
-sheridan w.is the hero of debt, lie
lived oil it. Though he received large
sums of money iu one way or another,
no one knew wh it became of it. tor he
paiii nobody, it seemed to melt away
iu his h mis like snow in Summer. lb
s|M-ut his first wife's fortune of £l(l,out
in a -ix weeks'jaunt at Bath. Necessity
drove him to literature, ami porliap-, to
the stimulus of (Miverty we owe "The
Kivals" ami the dramas which follow r<l
It. W ith hi -.H-OIHI wife tie obtained a
fortune of £s,mm, ami wlUi i.15,1)UU
which lie realized l>v the -ale of I'rury
I .am- shares, lo- tHiilght an estate iu
Surrey, froui which he was driven by
debts ami tiuns.
The remainder of his life w a a scrie
ofshifts, -oinetime- brilliant, hut ofienet
degrading, to raise money and c\ ade
creditor-. Taylor of the i|-ra llou-e
Hti to Ml that if lie took (I hi- hat to ,
Sheridan in the street it would oust liiin
fifty pounds; hut if he stop|n-.l to s|M-ak
to hill! it w ollld laist a hundred, lie Was
ill ih-ht all round—to his milkman, his
groeer, hi- baker ami his butcher.
Sometimes Mrs.Sheridan would Is- kept
waiting for an hour or more, while the :
servants were lieatlng up tin- ticlglilsir
liixsl for cofii-e, butter, egg- ami roil-.
While Slo-ridaii w a- |>aymaster ol the
navy a butcher on® day brought a leg
of mutton to the kitchen. The rook
took it and cl.ip|-d it in tin- |st to Is-il, i
and went tip -tair- for the money ; but
not returning, the butcher madly re
limveii the jHit lid, tiMik out the nniUoii
and walked away with it ill hi- tiav.
Yet, while living ill these straits.
Sheridan, when Invited with his -on
into the country, usually went iu
; chaises a,l< ' f'Htr—he in one, and Ids sou
- Tom following m the other. The end
of all was very sad. For some weeks
la-fore his death he w as nearly destitute
of the means of subsistence.
His noble ami royal friends had en
tirely ih-ertisl him. Executions for
■ leht were in his house, and he pwussl
Ids last days in the custody of sheriff's ,
j officers, who abstaimsi from convoying
him to prison merely la-caiise tliey were ,
; assured that to remove him wouhi caute
! hi- hiiim-diale death*— Stimutl Smilt*.
A Narrow Caw-ape of * tlllnni IV.
One cannot but wonder w hcther Wil
. liatu the Fourtli of England ever learned
| that a plot was laid for hi- abduction
: during hi- visit to New York in the
: spring of 17*'.!. The I'rlnce was a
young and reckless midshipman, given
to flirtation, and to the Inebriation
i which found vent iu wrenching oil
door-knobs; and it probably never oc
curred to him that in his person the
"rebels" would find a hostage worth
having. The project originated with
Colonel Matthias Ogden of the Jersey
line, ami tin- intention was to sorpri-c
the i'riuce ami hi- coiumissloned guar
dian, Admiral Ligby, at their quarters
in the city mansion of Gerardue Beck
inati on Hanover Square. Two officers
and thlrty-iiiue men were to aid Col
onel Ogden iu his enterprise. Embark
ing on a rainy night in whale-boats,
they were to laud to New York near
the Beeknian mansion, foree the doors
of the house, capture the Admiral and
I'rlnce, and convey them to tlo-ir boat*.
The plan was approved by Washington,
tint it does not ap|iear that any decided
attempt was made to carry It out. lu
j some manner, the apprehensions of tin-
British leaders were excited for tin
safety of the I'rlnce, and every precau
tion was taken against a surprise. Had
it not been for this warning, the Im>l<l
-of the plan appears likely to have
Insured its success.— Scrihnrr.
Aunt Annie's Nlorles for Hie I.title
OsM.
TIIK < AN'AItT.
In the town of C'leves a hinlcatcln-r
showed for some time a canary-bird,
of whieh the tricks were universally
known and admired in tin- surround
ing neighborhood. Tin* hirdcateher
took the bird out of the cage, set it on
his linger, and addressed it thus: "You
ap|H-ar here, dear Bijou, before very
high ami respectable people; tiiiinl.
therefore, that you do not disap|Miint
the ex|H-etatiolls they have formeil ol
of you." The bird seemed listening
the whole tune, and remained in an at
titude its if it heard the S|H-eeh atten
tively, iM-mling its ear tew arils Un
mans mouth; when lie Ceased to
xpeuk, it twice distinctly nodded its
head, ami ii ever a nod waa know ing
and full of promise, it was the canary's
nod.
"Hood," said the hirdcateher, raising
his hat to the hud ; "let tin see that you
' are a eanarv of distinction ; give us a
- song at once". The hirtl sang, "t Hi lie,
r that is too li.-uxli : that sounds like the
, croaking of a hoarse raven ; give us
i something sentimental." The bird
r then whistled as if its tiny throat had
I become a lute. "(Quicker!" said the
i mail, "slower! All right! hut what an
i you about with your head and feet?
- No wonder, Mr. Bijou, that you go
t wrong when you forget tola-attune,
j Now, that is a good Bijon. Bravo, lit
. tie man !" All that was ordered, and
- of which he waa reminded, the canary
- admirably performed at once. Its head
x ami feet" heat tiuie and expressed not
u only the movement but the spirit of
- the melody. The tune itself seemed
- an echo of the soul, while true to the
strictest musical laws. "Bravo! bra-
CENTRE II AI.U CENTRE CO.. I'A.. Till KSI>AY, MARCH H>,
VO I<H4MIII<I<HI ft <*lll Mil still# <( ill*
iwoin. "Ami % oil show ut giiitiindc
tl 11 I n pi HIM' T" i I Mil ll lilliti it* IN I
lltdlglintltl) , VV Ili'll'UpiMl till' I*ll <1 I* ->t
llcil It* tllUllk* lltOHl h'KlKl'l I llllV .
hit v<| done a dilliritlt piece <l
Hulk IXMII HljlMl," HMI<I Iho lilt <l< ltl< li<'l
win u lie had finished . ' now iln till' <M
tlm-c ini*i<4 limit;-. KIIII ili< ii >MI shall
leal; HIKIVI the ladies how l<> iinvko a
<"<<tl I lesV .
The till<t placed mil' t<Hil iM-liiinl tin'
other, mink nail iimm- again with | i
tccl <- MM' tiinl grace. ' I linj i# tight,
Ul> IKIV, Hint lion 111 111 how. It made
ou< directly, iiii-ltniiiK ii* head, itml
M'laplllg with It# feet.
I 1,,' caiinty's lICXt tliiU wo* to play
Willi M llliolt' l'l fttllWV, which It l*llll|M <1
11ki it Mililii't'ii gun.
IIU have ilolio 111 l I tolil .Mill tvi 11,
mini tin- bitdcalchci . "now i:II in sleep
vv litlc I ink,' torn place " Tin- IMIIIIIJ
till'lt pretended In full asleep, tllht chut
tltig one rye, tin Ii tin- other, tin It Inn!
• lihi," itml sinking so uiilch lo one side
til At limit) ll.lllllh Mill' oUtstll idled In
mtvi* it flout lulling, win ii'U|4ti It hiii
nll attain iliu * tlv a nil sank ilmi ti tv* tai
mi the othei hiitl*. At laht it ii iiiaini'il
MI long in otif |K>hiiiini that tin- loan
took hi* liitntl aa> ami lanl it ou tin*
table, assured it would sleep lln-1*
quietly. Scarcely had lie legau to din
plat M iiitt' tin tii nt liln own than a
Itti'iil black iat splaug U|ttn tin- talili
hi*i;ill tltf Iniil Willi Ini tilth, al.il
hi'ill- nt all li'hlhtmni' dashed with It
through the w iiiilow.
I lii' bmhatcliei wa* ilii'iUiilrtlli* fot
tun loss, an hi' hait trained Inn living
many ycai* thunitth tin- |HMII little
cleat lite.
II OH LO HTTL
DM* \U\ tu LIIVC I tO Willi lit
llt* matU*t>. mid to it olio**. No
one ®vt*r mudt* hi® \\\ frtui |H*vt*n\
to rii'hi h who scorned ivonoinv in sinalJ
things, and could not *>tii|>t-li<*ttl tin'
Valili' nt a single I'i'iit. l ln- j'i'!' in.ill
who would |(i-l ahead |Mn-uolarily mut
learn that to ave cent a!t i cent one
at a time, it lie mil do no utoti- till he
gel* a hundreil of them, and MI IIMa
dollar, ih aw i*- and noble thing for
him to do. IlaVlllg tii us actually -lied
hin fir*l dollar, lie will have to-ipmcd
with it a power of sell denial and a
tenacity ol PUR|NIM- which will enable
lit in to have one dollar after another
until lie get# a liuiulred; and then he
can save on Indefinitely, ami Isiome
inde|M'iident in fortune.
"ilul," hay s noine one w ho lias lived
alt his life without saving, "How am 1
to Mle. My liabith are llxed. How •an
1 learn to lay by something for obi
age?" Yon mu-t do a- to money uial
tern what a certain ancient sdi<#l ol
philosophers did as to morals. Tin c
old sage-used, every night, to review
their actions for the day, and -*e what
they ought not to have done that they
had done, and what they might have
done better of the thing- vv hiert it had
been uece--ary for thein to do. .-v too,
iuut you every night review the ac
tion* of the day , and see wti.it you have
-|*nt that v "it ought not to have spent,
aud how you might have got more eco
nomically what it was neces-ary for
you to obtain. Any one who faithfully
make- -ucb i review of hi- f\|M-mli
lures wilt IN- apt to di-cover many op
portunities ftu retrenehiuent and re
form; and then, if lie will, he can at
once l*-i;iii to save, and many acquire
economical habit* which will inin*
his future prosperity.
I tlr Vi Irlirr l % |*|ile Intlog
The Imy i- indeed the true apple
eater, and I- liot to Is* questioned lioVV
he came hv the 11 nit with whieh hi*
|HH'ket- are tilled. It belong* to him
ami he in iv steal it. it cannot I"' had ill
any other way. Hi* own Juicy tlc-li
craves the Julev tlc-li of apple*. *-.ip
draw* *ap. 111-fruit < iting Im* little
reference to the state of his appetite,
tt lirili.-r he I** full "t meat or euiptv "I
meat he w ant* the apjde ju-t tin* - line,
Hi-fiin- meal or after nn d It never
conn-* amis-. 'Jin- farm Imy muiu lies
apph-s all day* hmg. lie has nest* of
Iheiu in the haymow, mellowing, to
vv liieh he make- fr>-<|Uettt visit.-, Notue
tiue -oh I Itriudie, liav ing ae> * through
theo|M-n door, smells them out and
makes short Work of tlient.
The apple I- iiiiln-l (lie fruit of youth.
\s we grow old we crave tppl- - le- .
It I* an nuiluoit* sign. When you are
a-haun'd In IK* seen eating th*ui oil the
street,w hen you carry them in y our |*H*-
ket and your hand doe* not constantly
til id it- vvav to them; vv lieu your neigh
l*ir ha- apple- and you have none, and
you make no noetural visit* to hi- or
ehard; when your is wUh
nut thvin and you can ,m— a winter's
night hythe lireside with no thought •>(
the fruit at your ellmw . then I*' as-ure.l
you are no longer a lioy, either in heart
or years.
The genuine apple eater comforts
himself willi an apple in their - a-<>n .is
other* witli a pi|e or cigar, W hen he
has nothing else to do, or i bored, he
eats an apple. While he l waiting for
the train, lie • at- an apple, sometime
several of them. When lie takes a
walk he arm* himself with apples.
Hi* traveling hag is full of apples, ilc
offer* an apple to hi* companion and
take* one himself. They are his chief
solace while on the road lie sow* their
need all along the road, lie t<>--< - the
core from the ear window and from
the t>p of tue -tag.- coach. He would
in time, make the land one vast or
chard. He di-is-nScd with a knife, He
prefers that hi- teeth shall have the
first taste. Then he knows the U-t
flavor is immediately below the skin
and liiat in a pared apple thi- is )ot.
If you w ill stew the apple, he says, in
stead ol baking it, by all means leave
the skin on. It Improves the color and
vastly heightens tin- flavor of the dish.
The apple i- a masculine fruit, hence
women are poor apple eaters. It In
long* to t IK* OJH'II air taste and reli-li.—
•lohii Burroughs in II". liter o.m-'.ni..
Hull l.rrul H t-ii
Ifescartes, lie fatuous mathematician
Mini philosopher, I.a Fontaine, celebra
ted for hi- witty fables, ami Ituflon, the
naturalist, won- all singularly l-tt< i-ii
in tin* of conversation. Mor
iiioutcl, ihi' novelist, wan -""lull in -o~
eiety that hi- friend said of him, after
the interview, f must gn ami read his
tale-, in reeiitii|M'ii-e to myself for the
wearincs- of hearing him. As to Cor
neille, the groat dramatist "f France, lie
wan completely lost in society—-■> ab
sent and enilwrran-eti that he wrote of
himself a witty eouplet, importing that
he wan never intelligible hut through
the mouth of another. Mit on |><i| M- r
seems to tie -Olllething widely different
from that play <d word- in eonvei -ation
which, while it -parklc die-; for'harh'-
11. tin- wittiest of monarch*, was o
charmed with the humor of "lludi
hros" that he eau-ed hiin-e|f to lie In
troduced in the character of a private
gentleman to Itntlcr, it- author. The
witty King found the author a vert dull
companion, and wa- of opinion, with
many other*, that -o stupid a fellow
••mild never have written no clever a
1 h 10k. Addison, w hose cla--lc elegance
has long lieen con-ldered tlie model ot
style, was shy and iihscnt in society,
preserving even ladore a -ingle -(ranger
formal ami dignilh'd silence. In con
versallon I taut*' was taciturn and satir
ical. tiray and Allicri seldom talked or
-lulled, Itoii-.-eau was remarkably tame
In eon vei sal ion, without a word <>f fan
cy or ehs|iienec in his -peeeli. Milton
was unsocial and sarcastic wlicn much
pressed hy strangers.
niitrlMimir nod VIl-torliine.
A married man tailing Intomisfortune
is more apt to retrieve Ids situation in
the world tlian a single one, chiefly l>e
causc his spirits are soothed and re
trieved hy domestic endearments, and
his self-respect kept alive hy lliidiug
that although all abroad Is* darkness
and humiliation, yet there is a little
world of love at home over which he is
monarch.— [Jeremy Taylor.
| I in k lilt Hole* ol IIU rrsiilloH.
t Oliver-tllou in Ihirope let IHH'II ilc
I I ilii il as a duello in tin o|s*i a, in w Itli-li
tin- two | H -1 uiih engaged In It me talk
ing In an imaginary third |M IOII, each
11 * "Hilling a tale of Ills own. "I #a>
something ami you -ay something else,
out wi w ill agree to call it convelha
linn." Now in lui k<- \ there are cer
tain fin ins or canon* of converhatlot),
any violation of wlib It is considered
in outrage, and the Mint of which con
stitute* tlielr code of pollteiieh" a* a|s
piled to conversation. 1 Will I'llUUiei
ate tlii-M' one by one:
I. Never to Interrupt the speaker
while he is talking. However long
winded or uninteresting Ids conversa
tion may lie to voll, politeness require*
that von should wait for his conclusion.
N oit are not under any obligation to en
ter into conversation with him at all;
hilt it you iln, it is an UlldershHsi COll
dllioii of your conversational treaty
that von should Urt liim have his say ■
J. Ni-vei to ilherge. ill the lulildli- ol
a * olivet -alioll, from the main thread .>1
a ilisi iiiir-i' Into a collateral i-nir. Ihe
hreai'h of this rule Is considered by a
link as an unpardonable rudeness. lo
drive a red lierrlug, as It vven-, across
the scent of con vcrsat ion is, in his opin
ion, lo confound nil thought and ren
* lei all profitable rollM-eulive coliVer sa
tion iin js'--ihle. This b-ails, as a corol
lary, lo
d. lo allow a short but Mitflcdeut
pause lietweell tin' ooiiclusiou ola *lts
i iis.-ion on one subject and the entering
oil a llew subject.
I. Never tell a |icrsoii a thing lie
knows already.
Not to excuse oneself when con
victed of U-ing in the w roug. How very
seldom you hear In Kurope, "Vis, I
was in the wrong. lam sorry lor it.
Hut in I urkcy it is considered a viola
tii'ii ol principle and a breach ol |si|in
tic-- to retiiM' to U* c*Hivi I'IISI ot error.
The cause ol this dlHerence lies deep in
the character ol the two race*; in the
absence on tln*"part ol the Turk of petty
v an it v and distracting self-e-teetn. The
proutiesi in the world, they are entirely
exempt from vanity.
• W hen you have tiollling to s;\ to
hold your tongue. Kuipty,ldleJabler
iug |s a Frank hut not tut • Mtoman prac
tice. 11l Kliro|ie it is considered < lt tij~
IIRU to "say souteihliig," whether that
•OMlllluf is worth aaylng or not. Not
so in Turkey ; to say something w hen
you have nothing to say worth saying
l- OMishlercd there a degradation lo
yourself and a rudeness to your neigh
bor.— J'tili Mull (iiurllr.
In.Mails A Iter an llonrsl Mu.
Indians may be treacherous, hut
they call !•<• hottest ; am) Who shall .y
how tar the dishonesty of others has led
to their treachery ? They know when
they are cheated, as our Government
ha* found to its cost.
An old trader, who had established
himself at what huppcucd to la* a favor
able h rlity among the Northern In
dian*, tell* a good story of his first trials
with Ids riil customers, tuher traders
had hs ated tu that same place ts-fori-,
hut had not remained long. The In
dians vv tin evidently wanted g<H*ls, ami
had money ami furs, dock*-*! al**ut tin
store of the new trader, and carefully
examined Ids good*, hut oflentl to buy
uotliing. Filially their chief, with a
l ug*- numbet *-t hi- tribe, vi-iti-d idm.
"How do, Jotruf" said the chief. '
"Show uie g*l-. Aha, I lake flial
(•laiikef f<*r tn*', ami that calico fin '
-*pi <vv three ott'r >kl for blanket.
■ml otic for calico. I gli ? pay you by "lli
by—tomorrow."
lie received Ids g,ssl- ami left, ffi*
the next day lie returned with a large
I tart ot his hand. Ills blanket well stuf
lisl with shin* of various kinds," uovv .
"John I pay."
Ami with lids he drew an otter skin
from Ids blanket and laid it on the coun
ter. Then he drew a eoud, a llitrd,
and a fourth. A luoiiu iil's In—ilatlmi
i though eahntlaUng, and he drew out
a tilth -kin —a very rich ami rare one— j
and pas-e*! It over.
"That** right, John."
The trader instantly pushed hark the .
la.t skin, w Ith—
"Von owe in*' hut four. 1 want only
my Just dues."
The chief refiiMsl to take it, and they j
|Hl* *<*d it several times lia< k and forth,
each one asserting that It liclotiged to j
the other. At length the dusky chief
tain appeared to he saltll< il. lie gave j
the tia ier aseriitlnUiug look, ami then
put tli*--kin back into liT* blanket. Then
lie stcp|'d to the iloor and gave a yell. '
ami cried out to hi* followers:
*-( nine; come ami trade with the pale
> face, John, He no cheat Indian; hi*
heart big."
Then turning back to the trader, lie
' said:
"Jnp|ioso yon take last skin. I tell my
|H*o|i|e no trade with J'OH. We drive
vou offlikea dog, a# we drive off other*;
Init now you Indian's friend, and we Is
; yours."
Before dark the trader w a waist deep
HI furs, and loaded down witli cah. He
' found that honesty had a commercial
value witli tliesc Indian-.
Horrible llNllitrlnnlloit*
Some antipathies are so Irrational
that they look very tmieh Ilki-a moms
j mania. Mr. Wlllinm Matthew, *on of a
governor of Barbados-*, was troubled
with an unreasonable di-llke ol spiders
w liich some of bis friend* thought was
more affected tlian rval. tine of the
doubter*, Mr. John Murray, afteiward
I hike of A tliol, meeting Mr. Matthews
in company, and, desiring to raise a
! laugh at liis ex|iense, left tlie- room for
a few minutes. On returning he
walked up to hi- victim, with one hand
Believing the clenched lingers
held a spider. Mr. Matthew ticca me fu
! lions, drew hi* -word, and hut for
timely inler|Misition, w.-uld have dune
j a iiii-chicf to himself or his tormentor,
lie was only quit-ted on being satisfied
that .Murray's hand was empty.
A prisoner in tin- Bastile, who detes
ted mice and hated spiders, had his
teelings under tx-ttcr control. Having
obtained jiermi-sion to have a lute, lo
wa* horrified to find hi# music attrac
ted crowds of long-legged spinners and
bl ight eyed mice. faith to deprive 111III
sell of Id* amusement, hut not enjoying
it in tin- presence of such ail audience,
tin- musician borrowed the keeper's cat
whieli he put ill a cage, and let loose
upon his uninvited visitors when the)
were most entranced with tin- lute.
The rat went in for the mice, the spi
ilurs stai.l not lor ceremonial leave-tak
ing, and the soloist's future audiences
w ere as select a- lie could wish.
I.ord Lauderdale vowed he had rather
hear a cat mew than listen to the be-t
music in llie world; that the Ix-tter the
music the more sick It made him.
I'ctcr the Great, a man ol very differ
ent mettle had at one time sucli a ter
ror ol water I liat he could not cross a
brook without being taken with strong
convulsions; but ashamed of Ix-iug the
stave of an unmanly weakness, he de
termined to conquer it, nod ultimately
became a* loud of water, as In- had la-i-u
averse to It.
fount, d' Arm-holt never failed to go
ol) in a lit it lie know iugly or unknow
ingly partiaik of any ilisii coiilaiiiliig
llie -liglite-t modi. 11 in of olive oil. A
-till worse penalty alt ache. I to lob-tcr
-alad in the case ola lady; lor il she
ventured to taste it at a dancing party
Iter neck, la-fore she returned to the
hall loom, would lie covered with ugly
blotches, ami her peace of mind la- de
stroyed for that evening.
James I never overcame his horror of
cold Htii-1. When lie knighted kciiclm
1 ligby, Ids hand shook so that, bad not
Buckingham guided the royal blade,
the new knight would have paid for
tin- handle to Ids name with the loss of
an eye.
An antipathy must lie such a trouble
sonic possession that one must Is*
onitugh' lor auvlssly. Kxetcr, however
oner counted among Its natives a young
lady who not only had a mortal aver
sion to all colors, save green, yellow
111, 1 white, lint was thrown Into a j-r
--spiratioii by every funeral*tliat passed
her way; aud, more wonderful still,
h. , IIIII' till, OIIS. lon* immediately she
set >y, upon a uniform.
llS|,ll<tlll) .
ilow in t sii utvix <;! j.-rs,
I.uu-1 sou aya :"I pray you,h excel
letit wife, do not cutnht-i yoinself ami
mo to get n rich dinner for tin* man or
thin WiilllAU Wlm ha* alighted ut youi
gate. Hot led ehulnhel imiile ready at
too great a cost. These things, it they
an- tut lous in, they ran get for a price
at a village tun. Hut let this stiaiiger
sce.it lie will, 111 your looks, in your ac
tions, in youi accents and tteliavior,
your heart ami earnestness, what lie
eaunut buy at any pi ice at any vil
lage ot city, and winch he inav well
travel titty miles and dine sparelv and
sleep baldly to la-hold. Certainly let
the boatd tie spi end, and the iied
ill eased for the ttaveh-r, hu let nut
the emphasis of hospitality is- in these
things. Honor to the huusew tfe w lii-re
tliev ate simple, so Hint the intellect is
aware and sees the laws o( the l ul
vetse; the soul worshi|>s truth aud
love, and honwi aud cuurteay flow into
all ihnls."
The most old line must see in this
quotation tlie whole philosophy of hos
pitality. tint) of the greatest delights
of httv ing a Inline ot our w u is to have
a place In it tor friends ami strangers.
We do not t >ii I lit a house simple to
meet ttie wants of our own families.
We have one or more guest chambers,
and tin extension table, to which we
may welcome our fiieuds. The larger
our means, tin more lilieral provision
we make for hospitality. They are
greatly to ts- pitied who cau han-ly
supply their own physical wants, who
'twill tt)wm in uaitow ijuarter*, who
have no pillow or plate for fro ml or
stranger. Tbirr ail- some homes (hat
wwnt of, thai have room enough for
uli, ami an iiideliutlr powet of rxpati
i-ioil. 1 hi-ti' la always looui lor ou<
more, ami where tin- welconio N> MI
hearty, (to* utii- in on* sends iiia rcfirt*
lor absence anil iiinii* next time.
I ln-it- an otln ta with bouM-a roomjr
enough, but imbltwt with friend* the
>i ai louuil. No otic hi eat bra the frag
ratici* ot tin tr M*e*,ot WI|H*S tin- titiMini
from tin* cluster* that an- i>up|Kiwy| to
grace their table*. i'lirj live to tllem-
M'hn vi ry oleirautl.v am! comfortably,
it may li*. lint very uarruwfjr ami *cV
tishly. I ln- ilooi-atep ik alw av> rlean
ami tin* law ti alwayii shorn. ft i* kept
tot tin- rm ami not the feet. No clill
ilteli play there, and the doga an* Uot
at home \\ i hope the lolks ate happy
auil enjoy it.
I here are other* th.it would like to
make their frieiida welcome, but •pml
their plntnurv b]r over-exertion. The
gUcst* Mil- made to feel Ulieasv by the
v noble i Hurt put forth to entertaiu
them. The whole M-< ret of puttiutf
our ftu-mla at their latr, into lie at
raw ourselves , ami IU order to lie thus
we uimt not miniuierpn t their visit.
I hey haven t come to nee our f uruiture,
our nut tou ml in tr*. oar dreaa, but our
selves. t'ourteaj. tto-ii, rather ile
iiiamU our society and eon vet nation
than our ailverwate and rnnkety.
I hete In no objection, of rout nr. to the
lieM ti .i urii, and eupn atul naueera to
mateli, tint they nhoilld be net ujsm the
lable anil they were cveiy-dav ware.
lJy all mean* kill the tin hi y if that i*
youi huumr, bu'. ilo nut till your guct
that the bird han lieeli W altilitf bin Mini -
m** a month. la-t the rare dtnh tn
Ml veil up Willi an mneh raw* an if It j
weie always II|.II JfoUf talde. Keep I
yout ait. whatever tt may In, out of
sight. Ihi Uot let yoilt guests siin|H*c(
that you an uiakiui! an effort to enu-i
tain him. lent he go aw av puin-<l with
the feeiiiig ttiat he han lieeli a hiinlelt
to you, aud never come again.
Not nliould We turn mode wholh
from the tout tm-of our daily* life to,
make our guest* weleoine. lively oOe
wor thy to nil at yout table known that
life ha* it tn or mm ry duties. lo not (
burden them with the thought that
yout bunllienn In KiilU-lllig derangement
and lonn hy their comintr. Vour inter
course wilt lie all the nw refer atlil more
pioiitable forcoming in the interval*
of your regular rare*. (iin< them to
day iHI I y thai whieh vou have it n pan
to- day . that Uiere may In- no niruiu to
morrow for yout lout itomniowoiin, ami
no wmli in your heart that they had not
come at all, or at leant when ihev did.
thr I.lie o! Women *lnnlunarles.
At the recent meetingof tlie Woman'*
I'tiion Missionary Society, In A*oela
tion Hall. Mi*. K. Warren f'lark. lately
returned from India, gave (rune account
o| vv IMI he MIV in the ,"society' ttiinnhui
limine In ( ahutta. "I would gladly
give yotl a little |>eep If I eoliM," lie
-aid, "Into the ipialnt but agreeable
surrounding* of your Home In Calcutta
Itn LMiuraiiitnllah strs*t; for although
a* a tnun I would not gain an inside
v iew of X'-iiaua life and work.yet I could
MH (tie way the hiilln had of doing
thing*, and the clock like regularity
with whichtheirdulie*wore|rrformed.
) arrived there in the hot aeason, and at
time* when the thermometer remain*
Stubbornly At 190 Id the shade. It l
calculated to throw everything else into
the shade. It 1* calculated to throw
every tiling else Into the shade, too. <*\-
cept'the ditliciilt Ijueslion of keeping
i.il! Hut the ladies only got up tie*
earlier for all that, and drove out two
bv two 111 their gharles, or little cahs,
visiting their zenana* between six and
nine In the morning instead of staving
Indoors, as some of us would have l**en
ti'iuj'ted to do. When I tllst drove
through the gateway* of the Calcutta
Home I MIW before me a substantially
built house of very different style from
what i had seen in China or Japan; h.it
on allglitlng at the vine-covered ei
trance. and sl< pplng Into the open aud
aJry hall, there seemed souielhliig fa
mlflar alsiiit it to verthele-s, although I
wondered how |mople made their pres
ence known in Calcutta houses, for no
body was to la* wen. While reading
some chroinu texts ill the hall, such a
'<;*! hlcss our home,'* Ac.. I—Ting In
at the dining-room with its long table,
a pleasant young Hindoo appeared who
-aid hi- name was Tommy, and whose
bright, intelligent face told me at mice
that he had Christian sunshine within
him. Tommy led me upstairs and
seated me In a large,carpeted and nicely
furnished hall, which was square, hav
ing two rows ot pillars in it, and tak
ing up nuiet of the second story while
various rooms were ranged around
three sides. Mi-s Kultan soon came
forth from one room and some other
Indies from others, and the welcome
was so warm that we had to sit down
under the punkahs, ami !• fanned all
the time we were talking. After a
while i was sealed with the seventeen
ladic- ot (he Home at their large tea
table, and for lite time being 1 almost
Imagined myself in a /enana, although
rather a civ ilir.cd one. I attended Mi
lt aril's .Sunday-school of al-nit tilty
girl-, all black as ctauiy, hut rotted in
w bite. Tlicy -aiig and recited in llcn
galesc, liH'keil a little strange ranged on
IHMICIII-, with w Idle sheets draw it over
their heads, and their wri-l-. ankles,
cars ami noses ornamented with rather
more prolusion than ta-le. i at tended
service lour lime- the lirsl Sunday,
once at the < aleiitla cathedral, where a
fashionable Kugllsli audience was as
sembled, and long punkah fans were
kept.-winging aero--the whole width
of the church, e<siling the congregation
during the sermon, ami sti|ioro music
These punkahs are moved hy black
Hindoos, who squat oil the pavement
outside of the church with long ropes
hi their hands. I visited several col
leges and missionary institutions in
Calcutta, the extent of which aslou
i-hed me. The one that most interested
me was the Hindoo girls' school, under
Mr Chaterjee, where I found sixty
girls, height, pretty ami bedecked with
jewels, who, although very small, an
swered my Scripture questions very
Terms: $2 u Year, in Advance.
! promptly, and afterward listened with
great interest w Idle I told lliem IIMIIII
the little girl* In Japan, ami the bright
idassea at the Mlssioli iiome in Yoko
hama. 1 V tailed other girls' school# ill
India, hut cannot refer lo theiu now.
V* the hot season Imxtna holler live
ladies of the Calcutta Home wisely con
clmlrvl t flee to the riKHlutain* for re
spite from the iuaullerahle heat.. The
Journey was a long one, nearly twelve
hundred tulle*, hut the ladies set out
ami reached their destination at Mu
■until, on the Himalaya, in two ilay a.
At Haharutiporr they left the railroad,
and rish- <>i Jolted titty utiles in aw agon.
They then ascended M-VCII ihouaud feet
tbrougli the luountaius to MuMOuni,
riding in dandie* or jaui|<ua-~peculiar
haiuuioi k-like eliaira, U<ru by cooties,
like the kaiigo In Japan ami paiamjulu
ill • hint*. Mis* finelye was weak and
unwell when she left Calcutta, but tlie
typbohl fever did not ilevelop itM'lf un
til she bad ts-eu severul days in the
imxiutaiiis. hle took a long and fatlg
*iing walk "tie afternoon *low n into
4me of flit- deep Valley*; she returned
completely <-xiiaiite*j. She said to
Mis* l..ithr*4p, "I fe<-| a* tliollgll 1 slmllld
die.' Kverv alieutioii wa* shown her
during Iter illness; she had kind friends
<-X|H'rieuce<l nurses, the t#-*t of uiedieal
-kill ami the fresh coul air of the moun
tains. fihe sank ra|ihfiy, dlel the ttth
of June, and was hurioi the following
day at suiirise."
I •*rrssin* Oat Nhsl tl tlrfK-Bda
The fart of a mui helug a good tal'
ker, ptesufiiMMH'* a g<M<d audience, and
a good audience ia liecomiiig dally
mote difficult to obtain. The reason
may easily la- understood by tiie rea
der of Ihtawell. Joiiuaon, we may
faiily assume, was the Iwst of all Kng
listi talker* on rccotd. Now Johiiaou
was surrouudvd by a little court of fa
miliar friends, each of whom sustained
a well nude-istood character. A party
consisting of Johnson, liurke. Key
nobis, lioldstnitli, (•arrick and so on,
was like a company of actors, each of
w horn understand# the powers of all
his rollmgura, and la ahle to ru-operale
towards the general effect ; the humo
rist was iu no danger of twiug taken U>
sjs nk seriously ; the man of special
information wuuid not have his pel
subject snatched out of his mouth ; the
tender points of the irritable man were
tlioioughly undei st<Mst, and ins ft lends
could avoid giving hurt uum-cewiaaiy
offense, lla the other baud, there was
a sufficient amount of variety to save
the member* ot the little circle from
Iroring each other too much. Some
urw comer was always turning up who
could introduce uew topics from the
world of art, or politics, or literature,
or travel. And it is on the fortuuate
balance iietweeu these two eleiueuti
that the power of producing good con
versation dejxijd*. There should he a
nucleus of sufficiently intimate friends
who should form, so to speak, an oi
cainc body, instead of a mere collection
of incoherent atoms, and yet the circu
lation of its constituent parts should
lw rapid enough to preserve a certain
freshness of luteiest. Now, the dif
ference between the society of to-day
and the society of a century ago is pre
* isely that all theae little eddies have
INCH swept iuto the uian stream. The
msh of the torrent is too furious to al
low of the formation of tboae pleasant
little coleties in which sialic good con
versation can lie originally losteied.
1 here have lieeii great talkers since
lln days of Johnson, hut men like
Mackintosh and Macau lav seem to
have been rattier lecturers than con
versera. IMX-MUMT they could not c*mc
into the same close |w-r*oiial relation
with crowds who were for a time fel
low occupant# of the same room ; and
O I he Is, who iisve had some talent ot
the Theodore Hook kiud, were rather
M lim in a private theatre, thaii, in auy
pro|>ei sense of the wont, talkers.
I |H-rlratrr In Hall I •
I Irlii rp IKi IWO gvaal wldfcm will
wI.U-lr iHMpiN" a* in their ncu*alk>o*
Hnriii); a lutille. I take il to I* a piece
•>f IMIIIHIII in a uinti to axwrl that he
had no fear during the progress of a
long ami severe nipgiim-lit. A liatllr
i a veritable hell ii|ani earth. Not to
la* 111 -rlout apprehension while Blast*
i- to la- cither drunk. craay or insensible.
The highest type of hraverv i that of
the man who realize* the full extent of
the jieril hilt Mick* resolutely to hi*
duty. It wa* my experience, and ttiat
of all those about me, repealed a dozen
time*, that shell firing I* not ordinarily
nearly no demoralizing n that of mua
ketry. It I* not often that shell* are
thrown so that their fragment* scatter
death and wound*, and their loud hum
ming over head doe* not cau*e that ner
vous tingling which always follow* the
•harp tip of the rifle-bullet, The |iecu
liar cutting of the air made hv half a
dozen of these at onoe U apt to give the
soldier the idea tli.it the whole air I*
tilled with them, and that he I* certain
tots- struck with one of them. AH, I
believe, will agree a* to the sensation
first caused by the iui|>actof a bullet. It
is a stunning, numbing feeling, which
for a time overpower* die local nam of
the wound. In my own experience a
single buckshot near the hip knocked
me flat, and for two day* alter gave me
such acute pains and such muscular dis
turbance from knee to shoulder that I
could not stand erect. Soldiers have
frequently been prostrated by spent
halls A curious i-flect of shell wounds
Is that they do not bleed; the hot frag
ment se*r* the torn blood vessels and
top* the effusion. A nilnle lall ex
tracted from the human I**l v present*
a remarkable sight. 1 have men them
where the resistance of the flesh bed
turned hack the pointed end on ail side#
with such regularity that the I will re
s' mbled a saucer or a flower.
Mortal Idle In Berlin
The Ilcrlin Opera House is not so large
as that in Munich, but it i* an exceed
ingly cheerful and agreeable one. The
Kinpcror's box, which i* op|wsite the
stage, occupies a considerable part of
tin* house, and the house is usually well
filled with an audience exceedingly re
spectable and brilliant. The noticeable
thing in the audience was the promi
nence of military uniforms. YOII would
think the town was in a state of siege,
fining ill undress seems not to is- al
lowed, and swords clatter and brass
tinsel dazzle you In all assemblies. For
the rest, there i* not much drew. The
Germans do not dress for the opera.
They go there out of love for the music,
at an early hour and in costume which
is miist comfortable. A few Indie* in
the dress-circle ap|M*ar In full toilet, but
no one need lie surprised to see every
lady pull her knitting out of her pocket.
There is a homely simplicity In the au
dience which Is thoroughly German.
It Is apparently no more sin to go to the
opera ill Iterlin than it is to go to a
Thursday evening prayer meeting in
America. The Germans are a frugal
|M-ople. You see no signs of dissipation
or of the rapid life of a city. The Uer
innii society may Is* as dissolute as any
in lliw world, Iterlin may Is* as immoral
as Paris, hut it lluds it very ditllcult to
iqqiear so.
V eartnhlc llrotrsllnns.
No one knows, says a writer describ
ing a German agricultural fair, who
lias not seen it worked Into an archi
tectural design, how beautiful a string
of onions can I**, how gorgeous a row of
vegetable-marrows, how delicate a
cluster of turnips. It sounds puerile,
tint it was lovely nevertheless. Imag
ine a temple-like construction all cotn-
Isited of odorous pine, with an arched
portal on either hand, and then every
line and curve, every niche and pillar
and balustrade defined with glowing
fruit. It was looiied in festoon*, ami
hung in tassels of red and white and
gold; the arms of Wurtemlierg, even
were traced in yellow corn, while above
it all rose a graceful column, a mosaic
from base to summit, of every fruit
that aiitnniß *aa briag te perfection.
NO. 11.
varrar retrii.
H'Auf's IJ<IW for tkrr I* hare for ate, —
"I hate liii." said a crop oared
mastiff, as ho lay luniking in the sun
one summer's evening.
Ilia companion, the house dog, who
had IM-CII during by his side, merely
licked one off that had tickled his nose,
and made no reply.
"1 can't see what use tliey ate," said
the uiasliff.
"Can't you V said the house-dog,see
ing he must answer before he could go
to sleep again.
"No can you T" said the mastiff,
snapping angrily at two or three that
burred in his face.
"Kw allow, like them,"said the house
dog, yawning, and flapping some off
with his eats.
"Swallows indeed, and what's the
use of swallowsf Is all the world to
he tormented with iiiea becauae swal
lows like them f They do notliiug but
play, and put the housemaid in a pas
sion about the windows."
"Why dou't you knock them off, as I
dot" said the house-dog, flapping his
ears again.
"I might if they'd left tue my
ears" said the mastiff.
"Who cut them off asked the
bouse- dog.
"WhoT why my master, when I was
a pup. I wish be had left them alone.
1 dare say he'd have made a hue to-do
if ativ I.sly had cut hia."
"No doubt," said the bouse dog, "he
would have told them they were too
useful to part with."
"And do you suppose mine were not
meant to be as useful U> me V said the
mssiiff. angrily.
"1 htu hi leas that's your view ; but,
you see, it wasn't his." There's no ac
rouutiug for the different opinion* of
|ieople ; if you, for instance, were to
inquire of swsllowsaud dies, you might
hear that they were a>i necessary lu
the places they orrupy as you would
find your ears at this present moment."
—lnterior.
veer (\>mj M iniomhip. —At different
times I aaw a mouse running round
my room. Alwaya my canary would
"••fin delighted. and would nr after
hiui. 1 waa DO re that he visited "I'ar
■oo'a cage every night; for the seed in
the tuoriiiug would lie almoat gone.
Hut 1 dul not know how very intimate
the bird and the tnouae were. One
evening I returned home late, Aa I
lighted my lamp, 1 heard a noiao in the
rage. I waa very quiet ao aa to aee
what waa going on. The mouae waa
there! "Parson" waa faat aaleep on
bia perch, with ina little head Lurked
up under hia wing, and one leg drawn
op under hia feather*. The mouae ate
and drank all be wanted, not aeeming
to care at ail for me. Then be ran up
the aide of the cage, and along the
perch on which "Parwoo" waa aleeping
and then with bia noae pokrd the btrd
in the aide: and then looked at him
out of hia two liule ahintng eyre. It
waa iuat aa much aa to aay, ' Wake, lit
tle sleepy, and we will play." "Parson"
did not awn a bit afraid. He took bia
head out from ouder hia wing, looked
at Mr. Mouae. and then put it back
again, lie seemed to aay. "I am too
alerpy to play. Go to bed!" Tben the
mouae jumped to the bottom of the
cage, neat led into a corner and went to
aleep. 1 waa very much aurpriaed at
Ihta, and very much amuaed. Had I
not aeen it all it would have been al
most too strange to believe. Bat the
little reader* of the nuraery may reel
assured it ia all true.—A'arser*.
Tnarkinc at Home.— Mr*. l>odd con
trived a queer occupation for the Imyi
when they began English history. For
Joe, who has a passion for drawiug and
daubing in paint*. abr provided a
mammoth blank book, each enormous
page lalwled a century. On these Joe
drew figures, giving his idea of the
people, houses, and stale of civilisation
in that century. Von may be sure that
Druids and oaka: Boadtrea, with her
spear and yellow hair; wolves, Alfred
and hia burned rake*. filled up the first
pages with magnificent blotches of co
lor. We R< HI fees that his real slackened
as be came down to civilised times;
there were but two or three figure* in
a century, hut their histories were aa
Used in liis bead by his mother's repe
tition aa those of Cinderella, or the
great Jack himself. For Will, who had
an odd skill iti costume and dramatic
effort. Mrs. Dodd contrived paper
Unra with the name of the century in
great gilt letters. There, by the help
of little tigurcw.tbe Black I'riuce played
Ina pari, and Kichatd waa himself
again. 'lke plan, with Mrs. Dodd'a
other plans, may seetu trivial to our
readers, as they did to the teacher.
"Your facts are nails," she used to say.
"lion nails. I ouly stiver them over,
and drive theut in."— Scriborr,
Child JAJ*. —Celts Burleurb say* in
one of her lecture* that, "Calling on a
friend one dav, I found the usually
sunny faced pet of the household con
vulsed with sobs. A glance into the
playroom, where I had had many a
■rood frolic with the small mamiua and
tier large fatnilv of dolls, showed what
was amiss. 'The destroyer,' in the
shape of a big brother, had 'come down
like the wolf on the fold," and all the
dollies were doing duty as Klne Beard's
slaughtered wives. Same were aus-
I*ended by their hair, other* by their
necks, wlnle several had been behead
ed, and were scattered in ghastly con
fusion about the floor, 'Never mind,
darling,' said the mother.'never mind ;
brother Will has only riptted off their
heads. I can easily mend them, and
make tiicm just as pretty as they were
liefore.' "Yea mamma,' sobbed the
little one, 'but you can't mend llieir
feelings.' And just here is the trouble;
a child's feelings, wounded by injus
tice, are difficult to mend."
Mr. Jhtrtrim tells a story, as an ex
ample of the reaaouing powers of a
monkey that was scratched by a pet
kitten. At first Jocko was immensely
aiua/ed. Recovering from his surprise,
he set to work to discover the loca
tion of the claws. After a aevere
tussle he got the fore feet of the kitten
within his clutches, saw the nails thrust
from their guards, and with the broad
est grin of satisfaction he proces-ded
deliberately to bite the points off of
each one.
Thr ote*er of a pair of bright eyes
says that the prettiest compliment she
ever received came from a child of 4
years. The little fellow, after looking
intently at ber for a moment, inquired
naively, "Are your eyes new ones f
The Ksr *1 ttlnnysla*.
lii the neighborhood of Syracuse, In
Sicily, is a cave of great depth, which
is said to have been built by Dionyaius
the Elder, a lyraut, or usurper, who
was born ab>>ut B. C. 430, and died B.
C. 30", in the sixty-third year of his
age, and the thirty-uinlh of his rule,
lliis cave was two hundred and fifty
feet long and eighty feet high. It was
fashioned in the form of a human ear,
and the faintest sounds were carried
from all parts to a central chamber
w hlch corres|H>mled to the tympanum
or drum of thenar. In this remarkable
whis|>eriug gallery I'louysius impris
oned all who were the objects of his
suspicions, while he himself was in the
habit of iMssing entire daya in the in
nermost chamber, listening to the con
versation of ids victims, in order that
lie might ascertain for himself who were
really his enemies. Ancient writers
tell us tiiat tlie workmen who con
structed the cavern were put to death
to prevent them from divulging the use
to which it was to be put, and that
whole families were sometimes confined
in it at once. Modern travelers relate
that even at the present day, notwith
standing the changes which tiave been
wrought by time, the echo is such that
tiie tearing of a sheet of pajier at the
entrance can be distinctly heard in the
remotest part. Pieces of iron and lead
have been found in making excava
tions, and they are thought to lie tlie
remains of the chains and staples by
which the prisoners were confined.— j
Cheer tic's Magatliu,
FOOD WE THOUGHT.
Tight boot* show a narrow under
standing.
The ripest fruit will not fall Into
your mouth.
True affection grow* stronger as It
growa older.
When la a clock on the stairs danger
ous f When it rune down.
Everv being that can Uye can do
something; this let him do.
Men who flah for compliments don't
care how dirty Die water la.
The pleasure of doing good la the
ouly one that dona not wear out
Observed duties maintain our credit,
but ant-ret dutlna maintain our Ufa.
Two vane birds—The weathercock
and the peacock.-—.Y. }'. Cumtmwrtai Ad
rrrtirer.
The supreme aelf-indulgem-n is to
submit the will to a spiritual"director.
—Hrtmes.
None are more hopelessly enslaved
than thoss who falsely laslievu they are
Age Is to the work of contesting hu
man hands a wonderful liarmonixer of
differences.
The kiss of etiquette Thackeray de
scribes as "a kiss which is like the con
tact of oysters."
If parents were repaid for all thev do
for their children, parents would not
din as poor as they geoeralty do.
If children were well paid for all the
work they do from the Instant they be
gn going alone, they might accumulate
rge wealth before the age of ten.
The Supreme Court of Texas has Just
dadded that contract* for On federate
money are not void, but the party can
recover the real consideration for the
contract.
Saturn's rings are conceived U> be
com nosed, not of fluid or gaseous mat
ter, but of separate particles, and it la
suggested that they are probably draw
ing In upon the planet.
The vslue of New Zealand Umber for
shipbuilding purpose* lias been acknow
ledged by the Lsard* of the Admiralty,
who have entered Into a contract with
Mr. J. Kussell, of Auckland, to supply
the department with 2,900,000 feet of
spars and bulk timber annually for a
term of years.
In Uif- reconstruction of the Hotel de
Vlll®, I'arU, a ina< blue )• used for cut
ting atone, which does hi oue day the
work of fifteen men. It la composed of
two revolving cylinders furnished with
marble hammer*, by meana of which
the tuu la separated with groat rapid
ity and precision.
In Paris and other rttlea of the Con
tinent, it ia llie custom of the authori
ties to allow venders of toys and other
seasons Me objects to erect Christmas
booths along the outer side of the side
walks In some of the principal streets.
These are permitted to remain for two
or three days, or rather eveaioga.
Disaiqioiniment it the lot of mortal
ity. This is an oid aaying, and to some
extent it expresae# the expert* ore of
every human bring. There is no one
in whose life some morning of aunshine
and brightness has not proved the open
ing of e day overcast with clouds, and
perhaps made gloomy and terrific with
storms.
In case of sudden jar, knock, or jam
on the hand or fingers, immediately
after the Mow, press the Inlered part
with the uninjured hand, say between
the thumb and fore-Anger, and gradn
aJly let up on it. It wfli nearly always
remove the pain, and generally aay
•welling, that might occur under the
circumstance.
The use of the "Carbemere shawl"
was first introduced in Paris by a young
Greek, the wife of a Frenchman. She
was very beautiful, and it was the fash
ion for *everai seasons. Her exquisite
loveliness enhanced the beauty of the
garment, and all the grand dames
w rapped themselves in what to-day is
called the Indian camel's hair shawl.
Tupper has been passing of other
men's wares a* his own ail this time,
and now, marvellous to relate, some
body has been passing himself off as
Tupper. At hotels the name of Tupper
is inscribed, a lien the great poet baa
never been there, and in divers other
directions and inconvenient ways does
this false Tupper make his appearance.
Abe rue thy, ihe great physician, said
thai a glass of ale before bed time la a
cure of sleeplessness. Another author
ity says that holding the hands in wa
ter w ill bring a slumber to the eyelius.
Now arrives s writer in Moon'i Burai
Xm Yorker, who recommends a heart
felt prayer as a remedy for those to
w bum Morpheus does nut easily come.
Thank you.
It Is said that about 15,000 bunches of
violets are sold jwr day in I'aris. Their
sale amounts to 500,000 francs a year.
They are not in so much favor now as
they were during the Empire, for the
viofet is looked upon as an Imperial
flower. It is, therefore, a political
flower, and some people fear to be
thought Imperialists if they wear a vio
let in their button-bole.
Social opinion ia like a sharp knife.
There are foolish people who regard it
! only with terror, and dare not touch or
■ueddle with it; there are more foolish
jieoplc w too, In rashness or defiance,
•eire it by the blade, sod get cut and
mangled for their pains; and there are
wise |.cople who grasp it discreetly and
bodily by the handle, and use It to
carve out their own purposes.
It was like the song of some wonder
ful bird, ami it made the air abine after
the sound had died away; and yet it
was just the remark of a brave young
man who walked past rue one d|jr, arm
in-arm with a companion: * "Depend
upon It, Tom, St Edmund, of Canter
bury, was right w ben he said to some
body, 'Work as though you would live
forever; live as though you would die
to-day.
And, which Is yet worse, let everyone
but dive into his own bosom, and h
will find his private wishes spring out
and his sacred hones grow up at an
other's expense. L pou which conside
ration, it comes into my head that Na
ture does not in this swerve from her
general polity; for physiciaus bold that
the birth, nourishment and increase of
everything is the corruption and disso
lution of another.— Slontaii/ne.
Of the origin of tire term "Hoosier"
it Is related that on a certain occasion a
Mr. Short, who bad heard old Colonel
Letnouosky lecture ou the wars of Na
poleon, In which he related the battle
of the Cossacks and Hussars (the Colo
nel pronounced the last word Hoosara),
was in Louisville, and got Into a row,
when he jumped up aud swore he was
a Hoosier -, since which time the term
has been applied to ludianlans.
According to Dr. Hoffman, a fluid
called "liquid parchment," consisting
of gulta perch* softened and soaked in
ether, is especially adapted tor forming
a coating for pictures and cards, as It
permit* the removal of dirt with a moist
rag. Pencil and crayon drawing may
be reudered ineffaceable by sprinkling
them with the liquid by means of an
atomizer, an exceedingly delicate film
remaining after the evaporation of the
ether.
There is a gigantic ice-house in Brus
sels, Belgium, whose roof covers an
area of sixteen hundred square metres.
The walls are double and filled with
moss and sawdust. There are nine sep
arate loe-chambers, each of one thous
sand cubic metres capacity. The tem
pcrature never exceeds degress
Fahrenheit. There are galleries set
apart for the storing of meat in hot
w eather, capable of hanging two thous
and quarters, and having them per
fectly Isolated. A million tons of ice
have been stored iu the building at one
lime.
Mslf Help.
A doctrine that cannot be too forcib
ly announced in these days was taught
in his vigorous way by Horace Greeley,
accordiug to an incident going round
the papers concerning him. A young
uieu's club is said to have written him
asking hiin for a free copy of the Tri
bune for its use. The sensible old phi
losopher replied, declining and saying
that one of the worst ideas for a young
man to get into bis head was that he
could get something for nothing. Thev
needed to remember that what was too
easily got was not valued, and also
that life was no lottery, and there were
no prizes but those that men work for.