TRADITION OF CONQUEST. His Grace of Marlborough, legend# say. Though battle-lightning* proved his worth. Was scathed like others, in his day. By fiercer Are* at his own hearth. The patient ohiof. thus sadly tried Madam the Duchess was so fair— lu lUeuheim's honor* felt loss pride Than in the lady's lovely hair. One* shorn. she had ooiled it thers to wouud Her lorvl when he should |>s**. 'Us said) Sliming across hi. path he found The glory of the woman * head. No sudden wont no eullen look. In all his sfter days eoufeeaed He nusm d the charm hoe alwence took A scar's pale sha|i within his breast. I think she longed to have turn blame. \nd soothe him with uupenooa tears As it tier ix avitv were the waiue. lie prais, d her through her courteous year*. But when the soldier's srtu was dust Amoug the dead man's treasures, where He lata it s* from moth and rust 'I tin found las way ward wife's sweet hair. TV ti'siw|. The Major's Decision. "Well, as he has niarried to nUe niaii, slightly bald, with bright brow n eye, straight Roman teat tires and oiir ot thoae square, til inly-molded mouth, vv liicii Iw-token a tendency to have one'- way. And a> he drank his cotli-e, and daintily manipulated hi- French rolls, broiled birds, and fresh strawberries, served In a garniture of their own leave-, he lAuscd over tlie contents of this same letter. "It's a great mistake to allow servants to hrlug in one's oorres{oudeiioe at meal-limes," refiected Major Martin dale. "It's almost -tireto interfere with one'- digestion. I'll never read another letter at breakfast time! What oould | M -es> my -on to jo and gel married in this a brunt, nonsensical sort of way? Sat s he 'feared it OUhi tie impossible to gain my eon sent.' Well, he hati a good reason for hi- fear-. He'll tind it still more iuija-- ible, after marriage, than before. He know - uiy ideas and if lie don't choose to conform to 'cm it's his business not mine." And so atter finishing the straw lier -1 ies, ami daintily cleansing hi- filbert nailed finger- in a ruby colored finger bowl, Maj. Martiudale wrote three words on a thick, grey sheet of note pa|*-r, enclosed it in an envelope, af fixed a stamp, and gave it to the servant hi poet. And the three wi rds were thv-e: ••iVupuJeT Tvur**lf di*ir.heru <1" That was the war in which Maj. Mar tiudale disposed of it is only son. Not that he did not love Harry—the bright frank boy, who was all that was left of his voting wife, the oue romantic dream ami tender memory of his life time—but he liked his own way better. And it is surprising how obMinate a man can he, when tie once turns his lull attention to (he business. • • • • • '• Disinherited? Oh, Harry! And for me." Mrs. Harry Martiudale, a pretty blue eyed wotnan, with light hair tiiat showered itself around her face like sunshine, little dots of dimples in cheek and chin, and a round, fresh mouth, like a baby's looked piteously up into her husband's face as she spoke. Harry Martiudale shrugged his shoul ders; tiie momentary cloud fiassed away from his face, as he answered, bravely: • Never mind, Ariel. We can afford yon and I, to be independent of a crusty old gi-tiflrnian's money. I'll see about that clerkship in St. lands. "Half the world away from me Harry!" "It won't l>e for long, pet. Cheer up! I'll send for you when I've got well es tablished, and we'll have a little bird's nest of a home, without asking any favors ol my father." Arie! -miled through the dew drops that s|iarkled in her eyes. She was easily consoled. A girl's heart at eigh teen is bie-sedly elastic. Major M irtindale elected to go to At lantic ity for the hot weeks Uiat sea son. Why. he did not especially jwrtic nlarize to himself.—Saratoga was dull; at Xew |M>rt one was half a mile away from the heacli; I-ong Branch had {tailed u|ion his fastidious taste. So, to Atlantic City he went rather enjoying the very {icrceptihle nets and snares spread fur him by the various widows, old maids and gushing damsels who were there engaged in the great hus band hunting caui{>aign. "1 wonder if they think I am a bail," said the Major, as he Strolled on the I teach with a cigar in hi- mouth. But one day the Major found himself forced to give up a pic-nJc oil amount of a st range ami unusual feeling of las-itud)' and languor, and the next he was lit hcd. "This looks serious," said the Major Twwself. I've heard of a low fever hanging altoul hut i never thought of its attacking in*.'" The doctor came, twirled liis watch chain, w rote a prodigious l.atin pre scription, and shook his head. People made ha--te to vacate the rooms in the immediate vicinage of No. 99, and the Major* began dimly to'compre hend, through a mist, that it was likely to go pretty hard with him. "I will stay and nurse him, doctor. 1 have had the fever, a year or two since, and do not fear it, and 1 am hand}- with such people." But, my child you have no idea what you are undertaking!" "Yes, 1 have, answered the soft, low tones; "and we must not let him die for want of proper care." "Is your aunt willing?" "tjulie so." "Then you may try; but take my word for it, you'll hacli down at the end of the first week." Major Martindale heard these words spoken as it were out of the clouds, as he might have heard the thunder of the waves on the beach outside, or the ringing of the church bells, without at all connecting tliein with himself. Strange what a world dreams and shall ows his soul and brain had entered into! But one day he came back out of the darkness, and the immensity, and the restless whirling to and froof the waves of life, weak ami white, and helpless as a baby. Ami there, sewing by the window, sat a soft-eyed young girl, all In white, with glimmering hair, long lashes, and delicately-rounded features. "Pardon roe," hoarsely uttered the Major, with a little of his old-fashioned courtesy and politeness; "but I don't know who you are." "Hush !" said the young lady gently. —"You must not talk. I am here to nurse you." And"then he found himself taking a draught from her practiced fingers, and then drifting off asleep. "I have been very ill, haven't I?" said he, when the doctor came at noon, as usual. "You have been as close to the Valley of the Shadow more than once, as a man can tie in his life," Doctor Delagood an swered gravely. The Major shuddered a little— heathenish old Sybarite as he was. The idea of death appalled him, and he scarcely cared to hear how near he had stood to the solution of the great prob lem. "But you pulled me through," said he, with a long breath. •'Y'es. I and your patient little nurse, who has just gone for half an hour's sleep." "Who is she doctor ?" asked the Major anxiously. 'She is the niece of one of the lady boarders. Martin, 1 think they call her. Her aunt went away as soon as the fever declared Itself—in fact it rid dled the hotel pretty nearly—but this girl would not allow any one to suffer lor want of care and nursing so she FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor VOL. IX. courageously remained to take care of you." "Why did she do that?" asked the Major, a little lump rising in his throat. "Whvdld Florence Nightingale go out to the Crimea? Why are all wo men Iwvrn heroines at heart?" retorted the doctor. "God bless her?" muttered the Mjfjor. And then he turned his head to one side, and a big drop or two splashed dow u on the pillow. lay by day he lay then- In slow con valescence, while the pretty young nurse ministered to him. "My dear," said the Major, one day. "I think I am beginning te realize now w hat the blessing* of a daughter would have been, had thai given me one. I have grown vcrv fond of you." The soft blue eyes IteamcO smilingly down upon him as lie spoke. "Ami 1 of you," answered the girl, in low , tender accent*. "Are von much attached to your aunt?— Mis. F'easenden, I believe her name Is." "Yes." said the girl, half doubtedly "1 supjHvse so; I never saw her before -in- asked tlie to *|ieiul the season with Iter at Atlantic City last month." "Is that all you have been with her?" "That's all." "Then," said the Major, "I shall a-k her to let me adopt you. *\ ill you la me daughter henceforth?" She threw her arms around his neck, and sobbed tt I*oll his breast. ** Ito you really love me? IH> you re ally want uie?" asked she. "I am all alone my child," said the Major. "And you will In- the sunshine of uiy house. "But voit have a son?" "Yes, 1 * answered the Major, slightly frowning. "Poor Harry ! But he has estranged himself from tue." "Forever!" "Yea, torever!" (Sickness you see htd taken none of the inherit obstinacy out of our old hero's character. "Papa!"—she knelt tieside the satin p!llowd invalid chair, which had been w heeled out into the sunshine on the broad veranda—*l am to call you papa, am I not?" "Of course you are, dearest?" The Major's hand stroked down her bright hair with a tender touch as he spoke. "Then, papa, tell me why you are es tranged from him." "He married iu disregard to my wishes," the Major sternly answered. "Is that such an unpardonable crime ?" "Unpardonable? See here, Mary, if he hail not made such a fool, such an Idiot of himself he might have been your husband. You might have been | then my daughter in very truth! Stranger things have happened." "But that couldn't be." "Why not?" demanded the Major. "Because he is my husband already! —Oh, papa—dear father!—forgive me! I am not Mary Martin and yet I am! My real name is Mary Ariel Martin dale; and Harry, away at St Louis, is uiy husband! 1 came only here to stay with my Aunt Feeenden until he could make the little home for us, which we had hoped and dreamed of. Will you forgive us both, papa, for my sake? "I suppose I shall have to," said the Major in extreme bewilderment." Kiss me, Tear! Upon the whole, Harry isn't quite such a fool as 1 believed him to be! And you knew who I was all the time !" "Of course 1 did." "And you kept dark? Sly little puss! Well Mary—l me.au Ariel." " Yes papa." ''We'll telegraph to 11.-irry to come right back. There's only three of us. Let's try ami be happy together." So, through Ariel's blue eves ami heavenset faee, Harry Martimlale was disinherited, ami through her he was again received Into his own Inheritance. "Own up, sir, that I knew what 1 was about," said llarrv, as he stood there Ariel leaning on his arm. "You dog!" said the obi gentleman facetiously |*king him In the ribs, you have got the prettiest wife going." Milk Larn. Silk lai-es were first made about 1745. At first this new fabric was manufac tured from silk of the natural color brought from Nanking, and it was hence called Monde. After a time, however, it was prepared from the purest ami most brilliant white silk. "Not every woman can work at the white lace. Those who have what is locally termed the haUine yrtttst (greasy breath) are obliged to confine them selve- to black." To preserve purity of color it is made in the open air in sum mer, and in winter in the lofts over cow-houses, as the warmth of the ani mals enables the workers to dls|>eiise with rfire, which makes more or less sinoke. The most beautiful blondes were once made at Caen, but competi tion with the machine-made blondes of Calais and Nottingham has caused the manufacture of white blonde to be abandoned at this place, ami Its lace makers now confine themselves to mak ing black lace. The manufacture of black-silk lace was first established in the town ot Chantilly, near Paris, and hence, wher ever tiiis fabric is now made, it is culled "Chantilly lace." It is always made of a lustreless silk, called "grenadine," which Is commonly mistaken for thread. As it was only consumed by the no bility, its unfortunate producer*became the victims of the Revolution of 1793, and |>erished with their patrons ou the scaffold, 'lids put an end to the manu facture for many years; hut in 1835 black lace again became fashionable, ami Chantilly was once more prosper ous. But the nearness of Chantilly to Paris has, of late, increased the price of labor so much that the lace-ma nufac turers have been driven away. The so-called Chantilly shawls are now made at Bayeux. The shawls, dresses, and scarfs, that are still made at Chantilly are mere objects of luxury.—l'lyulur Science Monthly for March. Am Anceltlc or Ike Ulr Dr. Howe. The Boston correspondent of the Hartford Courant writes: "I last week heard an anecdote of the late Ir. 8. O. Howe's church-going exjierience, which I think it is hardly improper to put in print. It may be relied upon as authen tic. He was one of the eailelst friends of Theodore Parker, ami for a long time with his family attended his preaching. One day he announced to Mr. Parker his intentions to leave his meeting to attend service at the Rev. James Free man Clarke's Chapel. 'Why is this?' said Mr. Parker. 'Well, the fact,' re plied Dr. Howe, 'my dear friend 1 don't think I am good enough to go to your church. It may answer for saints, but it isn't enough for me. I can't stand it to go into a ball, and sit to hear laughing and chatting going on on one side of tne, and men ami women resil ing newpapers on another. I shall have to quit. And, to tell you the truth, Theodore, I don't think you are a very pious mau yourself." A Chinese Paper. The Pekin Gazette has been established over one thousand years, ami probably its present numliers are exact counter parts of the first it issued. It covers ten pages, 4xß inches, and has a yellow cover, on which its name is printed. It is the only native paper in a kingdom of four hundred and fourteen mmiou souls, among a people who have a liter ature which is vaster in Its influence than that of any other nation. It is ex clusively confined to official notes. The Chinese, slow, proud and conservative, have made no progress Iti a thousand years. THE CENTRE REPORTER Urrnaan Koktn A German baby I* a piteous object; tt U pinioned ami bound up like a mum m\ . In yards of bandages, W hlcli arc un folilvd once ;at the outside twice) a day , It i never "liaUied," hut I suppose it is sometime* washed niter some H cull manner. It* head I* never touched wit It soap and water until it I* eight or ten month* old, w lien the thick skull cap of tncrusted dirt that It has by that flute obtained U removed by the applica tion of various unguent*. Many tier uian lailie* have assured me t)iat the tine head* of hair one eea in tiermany arc tuliivit owing to this unsavory skull-cap. FY heu, having aome Juvenile relatives stay in* with tue, I insisted on their tieing "tubbed," all my female friends were dunked at iu\ ignorance and wilfulness, and assures! me that it was entirely owing to our barlatrlc bath system that the King ol Hanover had lost his sight. "Mv friends, we are not alt blind," I said; and then they were silenced, if not convinced. I'> this terrible system ot bandaging and carrying Ihc child in a peculiar fashion w rap|>cd in a mantle, thai is partly slung over the hilts of the bearer, some thing alter the fashion prevailing among Indian squaw s, may lo attributed in a great degree the number of curved spine*,crooked shoulders,ami abnormal development we meet with In Germany . Vet strange to say, "tickets,** a disease only know u to us among the ismr, w ho cannot afford the time themselves, ot pay others to nurse their children prop erly , giH-s by the name of the kmnkheit. The baby Ix-ing I torn and j swathed up, now gel- a huge |>easaiit girl in lucn jsirrnhji. A mummy is not a thing to fondle, nor is a Utile still bun dle of humanity which you might stand up on end in the corner of the room without detriment to its sumptua ry arrangement- an object on w htcli to lavish caresses. Thus the voting mother is scarcely a mother at ail, the maternal functions la-llig delegated to another. The baby doe* not lie uu the dour or crawl to the hearth-rug, crow ing and kicking and curling lis pink toes, tramping with it* chubby legs, ami fighting with It* mottled arm*, "as one that bcateth the air." It does not swarm up and aix>ut its mother's neck ami bosom, dml iug its little life and tiny pleasures in her arms; it does not at j length fall into a (dumber of rosy reple tion , and with it* mouth o|ten, snoosily satis fled, rejoice its mother's eyes for the beautiful little attintul that it i. No it is out walking, lied to a feather bed, accompanied by a tall soldier, the fattier of its |Hor little foster brother or si-ter, w htcli is to grow up a* it can. It couies in presently and i- taken to its mamma to kiss : but its real mother, the mother that fosters and feed* it. Soon carries it away again, ami resumes all the mater nity for the rest of the day. The lady might as well be Its aunt. "Only that, and nothing more."—>'ru"-r' M The Worst kind of* Inllum. Kit win Wyndham l_aury write, to Colonel 11. S. Oleott a* follows of what he saw some year* ago in the Khajateof I'uttiala: fin a certain the lid. Hl hav ing called his friends together in durban or court, they came from all |utrt* on elephant*, camels, and horse, to 1 witness the .how. The divan of the j Baboo was ill the center of a circle, while all the greater and lesser mag nates sat around enjoy lug their hookah*, and elated with the noise of the turn turn wallahs and the excitement of the nautch dancer* w hlclt were prelimina rv to the main object of the exhibition. N'ear the center of the circle a grave. Zealously guarded, some live or six fe-t deep, had been prepared, and by it a coffin was placed. In due time the blowing of trumpets and the sounding of gong* announced the advent of Mee chum lkiss. He was dressed, as magi dans usually are, in the Ka-t, veij plainly, but very well; a middle-aged man in tine linen, who looked as if he fared sumptuously every day, though Clgrifd rice eaten with the linger* wa doubtie*. his only food, lie descended from the rayly-caparisoned elephant, on which he had traveled, and made many gracious salaams to the assembled crowd. Having invited a full ins|.-c --tion of himself, the coffin, and grave, lie proceeded to |ierforni various Incanta tions by the aid of a lire w liich he kin dled, and into which he threw what a| - peared to be aromatic spiees. He then i spread over himself a garment on which he pronounced magical words. All this time a committee of which I was a memlier, appointed for the pur jK>se by the Italsao, was watching hi* every move closely. At length, after various turns ami twists of his body, which were sometimes very violent, he ap|>eared to lapse into a rigid state, with his eyes and mouth closed, after which lie fell hack into the arms of an atten dant Mephlstoplieles who accompanied him. He was now plan-d In the collin, which was securely closed slid scaled. Then commenced the process of lower ing the casket some live feet, which was done In a manner that would have excited the envy of New York under takers. The hole was tilled up and well battered down, guards provided by Ba boo Ijill Chunder being placed over It. After the interment notice was given that exhumation would take place four week* thereafter, at which all w ere in vited to be present. The tum-tum wal lahs and nauti li girls resumed tlielr e* to lie sent around, while the magician was sea lei I II|KIII a ■qtecial divan prepared for hlui. Hl* handsome buckhi-h or present was presented to him with much ceremony, alter w liicii a herald declared the games closed. I I.c multitude which had in-eit seated on tlie ground, tailor fashion, now rose as one mail and salaamed to the wonderful necromancer, and then to their host. Baboo lotll Chunder, who liH.k delight in providing entertain tits*iits of no ordinary character for the people. Thus ended a most astonishing exhibition. I believe that everything was conducted in a lair and squaie man lier, but, of cour.e, a I was not present tlie w hide time of the entertainment, I cannot la-ar absolute testimony that Meet-hum Ik.ss was not taken up dur ing the lime and resuscitated. I give you the mailer a- 1 aw it in cur, and it may, at alt events, 1H- pleas ing to some to hear ol till- wav ill w htcli the Easterns amuse their friends, and what the Magi, even ill these latter days, eau accomplish. V Hab) Inn Hwa That is a droll place for a baby to live —in a fur bag. Itaby Ix.i* and girl wouldn't like it very well, hut for baby kungartH.s i; isju-t tin- thing. Most four-footed mot Iters, you know, make a sung nursery for the little ones; some of them under the ground, and other quiet places, hut nature has pro vided Mamma Kangaroo with the snug ged place of all. It Is a Sort of bag oil Uie under side of tlie Issly. When the baby Is iH.rn It Is not so large as a mouse, and of course it can't do auv tiling but drink milk and grow . So it stays in the bag till It D eight or nine month- obi, ami tH-giu* to w ant to see the world. After that the little fel low put* tils heail out now and then, and sometime* Lake* a nibble at the grit** white its mother i* eating. At lad it comes out and ho|>* about a little ; but for a long time, till it is aide to take care of itself, it gm-s back lulu its Cosy warm nursery very often. And if the mother suspects any danger, and she's very shy, 1 can tell vou—she just lakes tin- little one in the i>ag, and away tliey g°- You have probably seen s picture of a kaiigariNi, and you know w hat long hind-legs this careful mamma ha, and w hat comical little fore-leg-. T hat is because she i* Uiade for hopping. Such hops—or rattier, leap*—you never saw ; sometimes thirty feet at a jump. Be side. the immense hind-legs, she has a very large and strong tall, that i a* good a another leg to help jump. She ran get over the ground faster than a hor*e. Her fore legs are not of much use to her when she is iu a hurry; but she call walk if she likes, and a droll walk It Is. Jbe puts her fore-feel ou the ground, ami rests on them and the stifl tail, while she jerk, forward her long hind-legs. I'M. .he get* on after a fash ion. Th|. curious animal ha. four tc. on her hllid-feet, and ou one of them she ha* a fearful nail, which sbe knows iiow to use w lien hunters' dogs come 100 near. She ha- al-o another weajMin for these iiii|>ertiiieiit dogs, and that is Iter tail. Tills useful meuitier not only serves a* a fifth leg. hut a* a club. Wlien dogs get near enough, -he give, them dreadful blow* with it. The one I'm telling about I* the Giant kangaroo and is shout four leel high w hen sitting up. There are atx>ut fifty .|Mi-ie. known, of all sires down to one not so bigas a rat. In the Malay island, the smaller kinds ate often caught and tamed They are extremely graceful and pretty |s-t*. kangaroo* are —H-iable fellows; some times a hunter will come II|M>II a doten ol them silling up on their hind-legs, and apparently holding council to gether. probably discussing the weather and the stale of the gra->*. Unfortunately for their own comfort they are very good In eat, and their while teeth are in greot demand among the dark-skinned natives for la-ad*; so they are frequently hunted, and have need to put tlie l>al>y ill tlie hag, and jump iln-lr ln- to the shoulders, sad then, woe to the dog that (lr to go near! The kangaroo will seize liiin, ami holil him under water till he drown*. Kangaroo- live in the woxl* t and one kind, the Tree hangaroo, even live in tree-, and eat leaves ami fruit. One little fellow IM-loiiging to the family, is railed the Jerlain Kangaroo. He is alxuit as large us a rabbit, and very prettv. lie leap* over the ground like hix bigger relations, and makes it funny house for him-clr. Hunting up a little hollow among the grass, lie builds a roof of grass and leaves, which lookx much like ttie gra around it. Mn-t people would pass the little house twenty times a day ami never sec it. When the cunning little fellow can't And grass near hy that is long enough, he goes off (ill lie flmls some, ami pro ceed* to cut down as much as lie w ants, then roils liis tail around it so as to make it into a bundle—or hale, |erliap* I ought to say—and hops away to hi* nest with the load. When tin' house is done and the ba bies in it, the mother is very careful to close the door, when she goes out, by drawing a wisp of gra-s before it. These little babies, you see, have no nice fur hag to ride in.— Chrittvin I'nion. Tr*(lr < lose of W olttngten'* Career. It having come to the ears of Mrs. Wdflihgton that Tate Wilkinson was In the habit of mimicking her, that lady took a great dislike to him. One night he was seated with his friend, Captain Forbes, in front of the theatre hi the royal !>ox. NOW AS Wilkinson was only a shabby, out-al-cllmws hanger-on be hind the scenes, his lieing in such a seat of honor was regarded hy the com pany ax MII impertiuent presumption, and during the perlormanra W oiling ton east many disdainful glances ii|sin him. Monday, May 17, 17.">7, "As you like It," was acted at f'ovetit Harden. I was standing near the wing as Mrs. Wofllngtoii, in llnMiltmi and Mrs. Vin cent in t'clia, were going on the stage in the flrst act. Mrs. Woiflington said, ironically, she was glad of having that opportunity of congratulating uic II|MUI my stage success; and did not doubt such merit would insure me an engage ment the following wintert 1 bowed, hut made Iter no answer. She went through /fosri/i'ud for four acts without my perceiving she was in the least dls orded, hut in the fifth she complained of great Indisposition. I offerd Iter my arm, which she graciously accepted; I thought she looked softened in her IH*- havlor, and had less of the hauteur. When she came off at the quick change of dress she again complained of liclng ill; hut got accoutred and returned to finish the part. When iti the epilogue she arrived at—"lf I were among you I would kiss as mnny as hail heard* that pleased me"—her voice broke, she faltered, and endeavored to groan, but could not, then in a voice of tremor screamed, "O Hod, O God I" tottered to the stage door speechless, where she was caught. The audience of course applauded till she was out of sight, and theu sunk into awful look* of astonish ment, both young and old, before and behind the curtain, to see one of tln most handsome w omen of the age, a favorite principal actress, and who had for several season giveu high entertain ment, struck so suddenly hy the hand of death hi such a situation of time and place, and in the prime of life, be ing then about forty-four. She was given over that night, and for several davs: but so far recovered as to linger near the yeer 170, hut existed as a mere skeleton sans twill, salts •) t*#, sans taste, nail* everything. Ispltc <•! all her foibloa, WoltlngUm hail many admirable qualities beyond her talents a- an acirr*# Although, say one author, liih- in the teuilh nl her glory, courted ami caressed l>v all ranks and degrees, *l*e made no aih-raliiin In he behavior ; she remained dm gay, giaoduatured, affable, obliging IVoittugiou in every urn- arouml as ever, ller company sought alter by men of the Ural rank ami diatiitclloti, |>erou of the gravest character ami most emi nent for learning were promt of lier ac quaintance, ami cliarmeil with her con versation. ller charities were very large, among other Instances she huill ami endow ed a number of alius house at Icildluglou. I'rinj'l* /Arr. • bruuoiuelry si M toil. Sir Henry Holland, In Ills recently puhll.-hed "fragmentary I'ajiers," touches ii|mm some minor Iflil very In teresting i|ueslions of psychology. In one ol these di-*qiiislliou* he treats of mental o|*crution* in relation to lime, lie says: Within a minute 1 have Ix-en ahla to eiM-ree the nilml, so to #|>eak, Into more than a ituisii acts or states of thought so incongruous that no natural association could uussihly bring them into succession. In illustration I note here certain object# which, with a watch lie fore me, I have just "iiiviwliil in com pressing, distinctly and successively, within Ju second* oi time—-the pyramids of lihhteh, thetlruilhorliynchus, Julius t'icsar, the Ottawa Fails, tin- rings of Saturn, the Aiatllo llehedcre. This Is an experiment I have often marie on mvself, and wilii tiie same general re sult. It would t*e hard to name or de -crits* the o|ieraliou of mind by which these since-ive object* liave lieen thus -mhleiilv evoked and ditnhMd. Tnere is the volition lociiauge; hut how must we define tliut effort by w tiieh the mind, w ithoiit any principle of selection or association, can grasp so rapidly a succession of images tints incongruous, draw n seemingly at random from |m.s| thoughts and memories I 1 call it an effort because it is felt as such, ami can not be long continued without fatigue. In commenting upon this the writer in .Y'tfure says : ••This is a curious sub ject which easily admits of ex|>erimeiit, hut it will be found that the velocity w Ith which thoughts can lie made to succeed each other de|*end entirely u|aui the degree of similarity or con nection tietwi-en them. Judging from iny own eX[a-rienee ami tliat of three students, well qualified to test the mailer, 1 tiud that w here the object* thought of are as incongruous as ix>*i hie, the number which the niiuu can suggest to 11-elf in a minute varies from 11, the result of Sir Henry Holland, up to about 10. Any one who tries tire ex {•eriurenl, however, will find thai there is an almost insuperable temptation to go off on line# ot association. '1 • avoid these, and yet to think rapidly, require* a very disagreeable effort, becoming more and more painful by repetition. When Uie thoughts are restricted within certain groove*, a# it were, the result Is more rapid succession. Thus one stu dent wa# able to think in a minute of 3l' different kinds of actions, hi animals, 'M plai-es, or SO |*ermn. 1 can myself lit ink w iliiout much effort of 33 anlinais or h persona or places in a minute. Kven iu theM- cases, however, it will be found that the rapidity greatly depend* II|KII the degree In which the objects | have been associate*!. When thoughts have been very closely and frequently linked together, the number which may be compressed w itliiu a minute is much greater. 1 tind that 1 can count about '.*o In half a minute, which, without ai- j lowing for the two places of tlgurea, i give- l!l thought* jwr minute. 1 can think of every letter in the alpliata-t in five seconds at imvst, which Is at the rate 1 of more than 3ui per minute. Finally, ! by counting the lirst 10 number* over and over again, I have compressed nearly change* of idea w iihlu the j minute. A apliter's llrloie or a vessel's mast, ami then |M>ured iu water euougli to turn the most Into an island for my spider, whom I named i t ii*o<-and put on tiie masL. A* MSHI as he was fairly cat away he anxiously commenced running rotiml to find the road to tiie mainland. Ile'il scamper * low II tin* mast to the water, stick out a f*s*t, get it rt, shake it, run round the stick, and try the other able, and then run hack up to the top again Pretty soon it Inline a -erlous matter witii Mr. Itohinsoii, ami lie *at down to think ! it over. As in a moment he a* !*-! a* it j lie wanted to shout lor a Isiat, ami wa- | afraid tie was going to is* hungry. I put a little molasses on a slick. A fly came, hut Cru*oe wa-n't hungrv i**r flics just then, lie > lioinesick tor lii* we!* in tiie corner of the wood-*lied. He went slowly down the |>ole to the water ami toueheu it all round, shaking his feet like pussy when she wets her stocking# in the gra*#, ami suddenly a thought ap|M>ared to strike him. I phe went like a rocket to the top ami com menced playing circus, lie held one f*s>t iu (lie air, then another, and turned round two or three times. He got ex cited ami nearly sUssi on hi# head be fore I found out what iu* knew, and tiial was tills, that tin-draft air made by the lire would carry a line ashore on which he could esca|>e from his desert island. He pushed out a web that went floating in the air until it caught on the tuhle. Then he hauled on the rope until it was tight, struck it several times to see If it was strong enough to hold him, and walked ashore. I thought lie ha*l earned Ii in liberty, so 1 put him hack in his wood shed again. The Happiest I'rrloU. It I# not necessary to plunge Into met aphysics to ascertain why different opin ions have been expressed on the above subject, for the logic of the diversity of opinions must lie obvious to an ordina ry mind. The happiest period of man's life de|iends U|HH how he lives. Dif ferent men live differently, hence the diversity of opinions. A great many men |*oint to their childhood's days as the happiest time of their lives. Hut litis is an acknowledgement that they arc not living a* they should, and a confession of their stupidity as to the true way (<#l designed thai mail should live. The heautv, as revealed to u* in the innocence of childhood, subsist* more ill the fact that the child is untainted by not having come in contact with the wicked people of the world, than hy any actual inherent lieauty in Itself. To know the oliilil, you must wait until he develops into a man. The innocence of a child Is not based upon any fixed prin ciple In the child, hut is in esssence a state of mere uudevelopnieiit, or igno rance. A child two or three years of age, for instance, that is old enough to run about anil pick up everything It can And, may. sometime, in the absence ol its mother, get hold ot'a pair of scissors, and with them put out the eyes o| a still younger bnla* in a cradle. This would ie an act of Innocence in which it would lie ditticult to And any beauty. No, don't (Miiiit back to your childhood days, w hen your mother carried you in her arms, and waited on your lite; hut rather let your lives be so lived that you will lie constrained to say, "Truly then is hut one time in man's life thai is the happiest; that is the autumn of life, when the sun of this life is sinking low beneath the western horizon." If you would know, and not be known, live in a city. fsrli vol Urnrrsll) Ha ms N|< loit* were found originally in Ala. 'I lie cantaloupe i* a native of America, and so called from the name of a place near Home, w here It was first cultivated in Europe. Nectarine is said to have received Its name from net-far, the priiu-i|tl drink ! of llie gists. i'ear* were originally brought from i the east by the Koiunua. ' Greengage 1* tailed after the Gage i family, who first took It tulo England i from a monastery lu I'aris. Kilt>ert* originally came from Greece. The walnut Is a native of JVria, the l aiiensus and t hiiia I lie Greek, called butter bolltliro*— "cow choose." Before Uie middle of the seventeenth century tea was not used In England, . and w as ruliirly link now n to Uie Greek, j and Roman*. The la-att I* .aid to la- a native of Ugypt. I'lie cuctimlwr w a* originally a tmpi ; cat vegetable. The |H-a is a native of tlie south of Europe. Spinach is a Persian plant. The tomato is a native of Houili America, and it lakes its name troiu a Portuguese word. The turnip came oilglnally from It *iue. Sweet marjoram is a native of Portn -1 gl- Coriander m-e-d came originally from | tin- east. The clove is a native of the Malacca I-land, as also is the uuluieg. < 'ai>er origiiiallv grew w lid iu Greece and Northern Africa. Garlic came to us first from blcily and the shores of ihe Mediterranean. (linger Is a native of Uie East and West Indies. huge is a native of the south of Ku rope. The gikiseberry is indlgeiious to Great Britain. Clove# come to us from the Indies, and lake their name from the Latin clavu* or French ekirn. liuth meaning a nail to which they have a resemblance. Horseradish is a native of Euglaud. Vinegar is derived from two French word# vin aigre, "sour wine." The itasiurUuui came originally from Peru. Parsley is said to have come from Egypt, and mythology tells u* it was used to adorn the head of Hercules. It is a curious fact Una while Ihe name* ol all our animals are of {saxon origin. Normau tiaiuew are given to the flesh lltey yield. When Jaiue* Buchanan was minister to England, he had ear* of corn, ker ineUeally scaled, sent to him from this country. The word biscuit is F'reneh for "twlce baked," !ecau#c. originally, that wa* the mode of entirely depriving It of moisture to insure its keeping. Apples were originally f>TiHight from the net by tlie Romans. The crab apple is indigenous to Great Britain. The onion was almost an object of worship with Eyptians two Uiousaud years Ix-lore the Christian era. It first came from India. ke one of the f<*cding buffaloes lifted his large shaggy head and sniffed suspiciously to the windward. Tin* three young fellows separated, Arthur going down the ercok, HI up to ward the often, anil Mont crossing in the middle of the V, directly op|Mi*itc where the animals were feeding. They were huge fellows, ponderously mov ing about and nibbling the short, ten der grass. Their humped shoulders were covered with tlark, shaggy hair, and their long, beard-like new laps nearly swept the ground as they bent their heads to graze. They w ere not in very good condition, apparently, and the hide of otic of the m was clouded w itli a dingy, yellowish tinge. "Just like our old sleigh-robe." secretly commen ted Arthur to himself, as he lay, breath less, on the further side of the creek, waiting for a signal from Hi. Suddenly, to Ills amazement, a shot burst out from the brush on the farther side of the meadow,and, as the alarmed animals dashed away like cat*, another re|ort bunged out from the same spot. The buffaloes, scattering In different di rections, were almost immediately out of reach. Two pitched down into the creek near where they were feeding, but oil the other side, ami so dlsap|iear ed in the woods beyond. One broke through the timber just below where Arthur was twisted, scrambled across the gully, and, with Incredible agility, crashed through into the road near the wagon, where Tom gallantly, hut inef fectually, assaulted him with his "|w*p iwr-lwix" revolver as he galloped away. The fourth raced up the V-shaped luea dow, receiving a shot from Mont's mus ket and from Hi's rifle In his rapid flight. The tift.li made as if he would plunge down into the creek at the foot of the meadow, but, baulked hy something, turned and raced up the side of the tri angle next the road, heading directly Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance. for Arthur, who was concealed bahlnd a hush. "Now or never," aaid the levy, with his heart standing still and his eye glancing along the sights of his rifle. The buffalo was coming directly to ward him, his head down and Ids enor mous leet potiiidiug the eMiih. Arthur fired, and the Initial., swerved sharply to the right; at the tune instant another shot cauie Irniu tlie <>p|ositr side of the meadow. The buffalo ambled on for a few paces, fell on his kuees, dug Ills horn* madly lulu the ground, rolled over on his side and was still. As Arthur, scarcely believing hi* eye*, ran oui Into the open, a tail young fellow, carrying a doubie-Uarreletl shot gun, rushed up from (he other side, and, iiraw lug Ills hunting-knife, cut the ani mai's throat. There was Ho need. The great creature w as dead. "My fust buffalo," aaid Uu* stranger, draw ing himself up proudly. Arthur looked ou with heart heating ami said: "I tiled at liiui, U->." All this took in a very few minute*. The firing in all directions was almost •ituulianeou*. Mont and 111 came run ning up, chagrined at their ill luck, but excited by the sight of this lira! buffalo. "Who shot him?" eagerly cried Hi, who had not seen what happened be low him. "tVell,t allow that I'm the fort nit ill dividooai," said the stranger. "Is-ast ways, that 's uiy mark," ami he put his finger into a smooth round hole iu the i-entcr ol the animal's forehead, direct ly between anil a little alxve the eyes. "That's just where I aimed," aaid Ar thur, with some, excitement. "No, Utile chap," said the stranger. *U|*-n-ihoul v. "1 seen you shoot, and your hail must 'a gone clean over htm. Mine's a slug. No orttery rifle ball's goin' to kill a critter like this," and he gave the dead uiolister a touch w Ith hia boot. "Let's look at that ball," said Mont, curiously, aw the emigrant handled ouc of the elmnsy slugs which ba(. \tcJu4as. IOPI as Help Owe tsslkrr. Tiiis little sentence should lie written on every heart and stamped on every memory. It should be the golden rule C radioed not only in every household, ut throughout the world. By helping one another we not only remove thorns from the pathway and anxiety from the mind, but we feel a sense of pleaure iu our own hearts, know tug we are doing a duly to a fellow creature. A helping hand, or an encouraging word is no ios* to ui<, yet it is a benefit to others. Who has not felt the power of this little sen tence ? Who has uot needed the en couragement sod aid of a kind friend ? How soothing, when perplexed with some task that is mysterious and burth -nine, to feel a get: tie hand on the shoul der, and to hear s kind voice whisper ing, "Ik not feel di *<-on raged. 1 See your trouble—let me help you." What strength is inspired, w hat h<|te created, what sweet gratitude la felt, and the great dilliculty Is dissolved as dew be neath the sunshine. Yea, let us help one another by endeavoring to strength en and encourage the weak and lifting the burden off from the weary and op pressed, that life may glide smoothly on and the fount of bitterness yield sweet waters; and He, whose willing hand is ever ready to aid us, will re ward our humble endeavors, slid every gisxl deed will tie as "bread cast upon llie waters to return after many days," if not (o us. to those we love. The Usurer of Nxmin'i P*er Insufficient discrimination is made when we imagine that the source of womauV |Miwer arises chiefly frotu a woman's beautiful face.—Though that may first attract and arrest attention, the charming fascination will lie found to ootid*! chiefly In those gentle wom anly Influence*, that distinguish her front the rougher sex, such a* the soft and graceful movements of her person, the sweet, gentle, genial tone* of her v ice, the loving moderation evinced in action and expression, Iter yielding courtesy, her serene re pi we, the stipprea siiHt and concealment of her own inde |M>tident desires and will, when they would clash or come in coullict with those of others. These and such-like qualities inspire love and admiration, w Itich are not tilirre<|ieiilly sup|Nmod to 1h- excited alone, or chiefly bv more tangible charm* of a lieantifui face, ltcauty of form, however perfect in symmetry, is feebleness; when found apart from the womanly graces. It is these latter, therefore, that should be cultivated il woman would exercise her legitimate power iu society. These, and these alone can give iter a queenly power iu social life. Hints and I felons I nntlllar Why Is a ray of light composed of various colors?—lf solar light were of one color only, all the objects would appear of that one color, or else black. Why are some things of onecolorand some of another?—As every ray of light is composed of all the colors of a rainbow; some things refl(it one Of these colors, and some another. Why do some thing* rolled one color and some another?— Because the sur face of thing* is differently constructed both physically and chemically. Why is a rose rod?— Because the sur face of a rose absorbs the blue ami yel low rays of light, ami reflects only tlie blue ones. Why is a violet blue?— Because the violet absorbs the red and yellow rays of the sun, and reflect* the blue only. Why Is a primrose yellow ?—Because the surface of the primrose absorb* the blue and the rays of solar light, ami re flects the yellow ones. Why are some things black?— B ecause they absorb all the rays of light, and reflect nons.—[ Jmarimn Builder. The Troop Hora*. A ludicrous incident occurred in the castle yard, Dublin, in 1794. A farmer had, some tltuc In-fore, purchased an old troop horse which was unfit for service. The animal being naturally quiet, lie mounted his daughter upon bitn, and sent her with milk to town, where she unluckily arrived Just at the time of re lieving guard. The horse, hearing the inuslc to which he had been accustomed, became ungovernable by his fair rider, and trotting, snulllng and snorting, bolted into the castle yard with his rider and her milk-|>ails, and took his plaee iu the midst or the ranks, to the no small amusement of all present. BVawt's Anectbdes. Bad E flee I a or Xsrroltf*. The Loudon Lancet says that sleep produced by narcotics or so-called sed atives is poisoned, that their use gives the jiersons employing them an attack of cerebral congestion, only differing in amount, not in kind, from the con dition which naturally issues ia death. NO. I' 2. lormr cot-ras. A Short 7Mb—Won dey last weak, <-y- >ft lour ill u* linuir q*r the plane* and threw the veil*. Tk Hkye WM fare and blew. and the la son through liia pail rata* or* Un- *een. I 'ear. yew*, and baira were gambling on won sighed, while on uiy write rnwa long atrait rose of mace, ale feat hie or sew. and aa fresh aa reiua and dura could make theta. "Owe," aaid eye, racing one of the aoit colonel* to my know*, "surely thia plan l haa know pier aniouirtbe serials! Sea the rich hew of ita waiving bel li* Hour like a lock of .ilkeu hare—ita golden rede, in iwwa of roiunela, which, maid into flower and lheo into doe or bred, charm hour pallets. It feeda knot man alone, bat the foul of the iieir and fiait of the aeice." I might hate continued in thia atile an our, but 1 aaw the aon hart net and the knight wa* coming faat, and it be frau to reign. My weigh lay threw a oau would of fura. ewes. and Itrachea. I The cloud* row* hire, the lightening *hown, and the thunder peeled allowed, rill my hole aoie waa feint with fear. Kyr tlue on my coarac, though my feat liardlv could bare my wait, till my tow waa caught by a decade limn, and I waa throne down, atnktng my beat on a roc, which waa the caw aof a graU paue. I htid no centa lett. 1 herd something in my head like the wring ing of a Nell, or like the thrill of the heir after a belle t* told. It took aum thyme two clime Iwrk too the rude, butt then the reigu wa* dun. and the atara ahown fourth. I guu the weigh, and aoon reached home. M y ant waa at the gait, weighting, and aire hide too meal me. Site led me inn, look oft my wet rape, gave me hot teaar, and eh *upp r of fried aoula, with knew wry bred, au auite that it kneaded no preya. I soon retired to my palate, glad two lye down in piece and wrosL— St Ai aim. Tom.— I want to tell yon about a cat we bad. He was perfectly while, and weighed thirteen pounds. Uia uam was Tom; though Annt Julia, who was very precise, always called him Thomaa. I suppose, it she had written htm a letter, site would have directed it to "Thomas Cat, lej." Tom was kind enough to each one of the family, but he did not like stran gers. When they came to the house, he would get on the best chair in the room and lie there, growling and sulk ing till they went away. So he did not make many new friend*. He was a great niouaer Ifhecaogbt a rat in the barn, 1m- would bring it to the bouse to show it; and, when we praised (urn. he seemed much picas**!, lie did not eat the rata, but caught them for fun. 1 suppose, or perhaps from a sense of duty. Sometime*, on cold days, when no one let him in at the door, he would get on the sill outside the sitting-room window, and w ant to rotne in that way; but a How cr-itand was in front of that window, and it was too much trouble to move It even to please Tom. < hie day be jumped on the sill with a large rat iu lus mouth ; and, to reward lum, we opened the window, and let him come in and lie by the fire. The neat day, he jumped < u thw aitl again ; but lie had no rat in Upisodtii. and we took no notice of him.^ He waited a while, and then went to the wood shed, got an old. dried mouse-akin, that had beta there for weeks, and. with thai in his mouth, took his seat again on the sill, as much ss to say, "Hen- is my ticket: now let me in." Hut Tom came to grief at last. He was very food of youug turkeys. He did not care to have them stuffed with oysters, or dished with cranberry sauce, but ale them lust as they were. He was caught in the act of eating one by a woman, who luul meant to have thai very turkey for her Thanks giving dinner; and his life paid the forfeit. Char tie's fronts.—Charlie is a little boy who lire* in Masa. He cannot read and write )et; but his mother reads for hint; arid, ever aince lie heard about the boy who asked Santa Ciaus to bring him a pair of goats, he has talked a great deal about having a pair himself. So Ins father, who is very kind to his only boy. bought him a pair of black goats, with a wagon, whip, har ueaa, arid every tiling complete. The goals are nauied Nanny and Lucy, l'he.v arc jet black. They belonged to a boy who trained them well; no that they trot along aide by aide just like two ponies. Now, when t'harlie got them, he thought it would la-a very easy matter to drive thi-ni. So he gut into the wa gon. and started duwu the driveway. I'hey went very well uulil they came to a little hill, which they did uot like to go down, when they made a very nlnut turn ; and over went wagou, boy, and all. Before Charlie could get up, they trotted back toward* home aa fast as they could trot. Charlie ia a plucky little fellow, and did not like to be beat in that w ay: for theTe were many otiier little buys looking oa. t'harlie noon caught up with the goats, got hold of tlie n tits, turned them arouud, and took hi* neat in the wagon again. This time he did better; tor, when the goats tried to serve htm the aaiuc thiu again, lie gave them a sharp cut with the whip, and Itiey soon knew .hat they had tound their ma*ter. At - that, they were as steady and quiet as could be wished. The /Voces'* Ad rice. —The lee-pond by the School-house is HI splendid skating otdcr, and it'*all a-bloom with hoy* and gtris. Such fun as they have! Such shouting, laugliiug and darting tins way and that, like birds or tulips, or what you w ill, blown about by the breeee. This is all very well. The deacon says it makes him young again to see it. For that matter, he is often in among them, skates and all—the swiftest among the swift. "It's glorious sport," says the deacon sometimes when he's on the way home with the youngsters, skates in Uaud,— "glorious sport! But there's one tluug i never do. and I advise you against it too—that is, to kneel upon the ice. It seems a natural tluug to do. just for a minute, when you wish to tighteu your straps; but don't you try it. It's dan gerous. It uiay lame you tor life, and it is pretty sure to give you cold or in jure you in one way or auolber." He says more, but they walk by so last that Jack cannot catch the rest. Eddie's first H'uH with eople in the street. A lady sutiled. Due man stopped, and spoke to hitn. Two girls turned arouud, aud laughed. "Look at his hat, too, said oue to the other. Lillie Hastings caiue along. "Halloo, Eddie," said she. "What arc you doing with such a big umbrella V "Keeping off the awta.'" The ratu stopped, and Eddie's papa *but his umbrella; but Eddie still trudged along under his. "Open yonr umbrella, papa. Mine is open," said the little boy. How do you suppose it all ended f "Papa. you carry me," said a tired voice under the hat bright with flowers Ah, that is the way all through life. When tlie storms come, we thiuk we cau g. alone. But out in the weary way. God hears a tired voice saying, "Father, carry me!"— E doe* it that gallani man'* in tegrity to be the best way of avoiding iu 'Hi# Milan#*# ladles do not promenade the streets ainglr, save in rare eases; tbejr are getieriuly accompanied bjr a companion of their own sex—mother or sister, or if with a gentleman, he Is generally a husband, father or brother. It is not considered the proper thing for a Milanese lady to promenade the street with a gentleman not a relation. Cer tain It u that when one is Keen alone, she is apt to be accosted by every Italian she meets. There Is a rage in Paris just now for old tapestry, carpets, church vestments ancient coals, vests, sod ladies dresses, Ac. At a recent sale at the Hotel Drouot, a very small embroidered car pec of ue seventeenth century sold for 500 francs; a yellow silk bedcover, em broidered. for 410 francs; a white satin chasuble for 300 franca; a boop dress, time of Ixuis XVI., for 430 francs; a velvet ©oat, same period, for 363 francs; a dram, time of Louis X V., for 133 6mm. A regular poser—a clincher—ls the casern an Irishman named Dennis, If true; if not true, the Annus] Register must be heJ be bottomless, is really uot in any place more thau 15 feet deep. Its water, impregnated with the juices of juniper and gum leaves, is of the color of wine, and Is drunk aa a remedy by consumptives. The late Gulkwar of Baroda was sup posed to have bad the most magnificent coat ever made In India, valued at six laiik* of rupees, which he sent as an offering to the shritie of the prophet at Mecca But this coal Is about to be eclipsed by one lately made for the i Maharajah of I'uttiala. which a corree (tondent of the Ifc-ihi MiajteUe' tells us is "valued at fifteen lakhs, set with precious stones, and fringed about the "•ollar, cuffs, and front with large pearls. The oust will be worn at the durbar of the Prince of Wale*." A venerable talker of twaddle, a so ciety man who ba outlived his useful ness, but who still hover* arouud at receptions and uartiea. and indulges in small talk at which no one laugh* but himself, sailed up to a couple engaged in conversation in a cosy corner the otter evening, and in hi* most winning tones said—"Judging from the color of her cheeks, 1 should sa> you bad been saying some very complimentary things to Ml** , my boy!" "1 never deal in said the 'boy,' rather gruffly. "Don't you believe it," broke in the fair .Miss . "He has paid me a better compliment titan you ever paid a lady in all your life. He has been talking to me as though I knew some thing." A French connoisseur lately entered a Paris "curiosity shop," and saw a beautiful Dresden rase. Asking the (trice, he was told £4O, "and," said the dealer, "If 1 had the pair they would he worth £300." M. A. offered £3O, and came several days running to renew his proposal, but in vain. Dtte day a man came to M. A.'* apartments to show him some old china plates, and induced him to visit his shop in the Batignolles. To his surprise and delight M. A. saw in an obscure corner of the shop a vase exactly similar to the coveted Dresden, and eagerly secured It for £+S, with the assurance that the pair, it forthcoming, would lie worth £4OO. M. A. rushed off to the first dealer, and offered him his own price for the vase. "Ah, sir," said he, "you come too late; 1 sold it yesterday to a dealer at the Batignolles!' Rome Indian tribes hare a custom which some of the grown-up whites, as well as the little ones, could follow. Whenever a member of one of these tribes finds a soft or dangerous spot in a marsh, or discover* some precipice hhl by trees or bushes, he puts up in the most conspicuous plaee a certain sign which ia understood to mean 'dan ger near," and so, no matter how many of his tribe may travel that way. none of them ever come to grief. What a blessed thing It would be if we would follow such a custom throughout our lives, and whenever we make a costly mistake, or fall Into an error, put tip a sign which would warn our friends of the danger and enable them to steer clear of a similar fate. If you think well of this, remember that it is never too early to begin doing good, and that habits for good or svll grow with us, as we wax older and stronger. Fidelity. Never forsake a friend. When enemy's gather around, when sickness falls upon the heart, when all the world is dark and cheerless, is the time to try true friendship. The heart that has been touched with true gold will redouble its efforts when the friend is sad and in trouble. Adversity tries true friendship, They who run from the scene of distress betray their hypochrisy and prove that interest only moves theni. If you have a friend that loves you, who has studied your interest and happiness, be sure to sustain him in adversity. I,et him feel that his former kindness is appreciated, and that his love was not thrown away. ItottnM*h 1 lit t alack? Hen. Never have anything to do w it t an unlucky man. 1 have seen many c.ever men, very clever men, who had no shoes to their feet. I never act with them. Their advice sounds very well, but they cannot get on themselves; and if they cannot do good to them selves, how can they do good to me?