SONG.
Over U.P ivon keys.
To and fro, her white band* go.
A* over blootn-iaden troop
Tile wand ring toooh of the breeze
Wake* music 00ft and low.
Flaoh ' radiant Angora of light;
Bilrer the gloom of tha shadowed nsvm ;
Bww p with your gloaming ti|
Over Uo whito frozen hps.
Till thay apeak from thoir touih.
Smile ' smile tho whito lipe of aong.
break on Uio keys liko stormy aoaa ;
Re tho ft oolong apray-notoa Aung
Liko onoa from angiuah wrung
Augmah that know* no paw.
0 aoul of gnof' fold handa and cease
No atormy aong can drown thy wrong,
No mumi'rtng music whi*iir peace s
Oriaf eoch aa thina muat And release
In aileuoe, mil in aong.
l.tffnmxtft V.i ,iiai nr.
A Woman's Bravery.
Robert Kills, almost Immediately atlor
his marriage with pretty Mary Blake,
hail departed with Ids young wife from
his pleasant home In the New England
States for the wilds of the far west,
which just then was last beoomlug the
land of promise to all adventurers of
every nation. The young couple were
accompanied hv Robert'* sister Kate,
who, like the good slater she was, hail
left all the old friends, and even the
luxuries of civilised life, to share w lib
her brother the trials ami perils of es
tablishing a new home in the wilder
ness.
A few months previous Robert had
cleared a traet of land In a delightful
valley and creeled and furnished a rude
but strong and comfortable, log house;
so that there was very little for the
family to do when they reached their
destination after days of weary travel,
but to settle down quietly to the pur
suits of the new life and the new duties
which had developed upon thetu.
A single year produced many change*
in the appearance of the new- home.
Robert wa* an energetic ami enterpris
ing man, and had already begun to
reap something of the sure reward for
all his toils, fhe house itself, under
the judicious management of his wife,
aided by the ready aud illing assist
ance which Kate Ellis was ever anx
ious to give, had begun to exhibit a
pleasant and tasteful appearance. And
added to this a few families from New
England, beguiled by the beauty and
attractiveness of the valley, hail settled
in the vicinity, a few miles apart, and
thus, bv mutual visits, many otherwise
weary hours were brightened.
One day there came a messenger, in
hpt haste, saying that a particular
("Head of Ellis was living and had ex
pressed aw ish to see him. The distance
to bis friend's house was considerable
and Robert knew that he should be
obliged to leave his wife ami sister
alone the greater part of the night aud
tverhaps longer. Both Mary ami Kate
aitghed at the idea 01 danger because
of his absence. Though the nearest
neighbor lived a mile away, and suc
cor, in the case of need, would hardly
be possible, yet they all regarded tin
fact of the isolated situation of their
habitation the tvr-t reason for security.
Still. Robert thought a few words of
w aruing advisable before he started.
"You had better keep as much in
the house as j>ossible,'* he said to lliem
as he mounted his horse. "Aud 1 think
it will be as well to keep the doors fas
tened, especially after dark."'
"Do not fear," Mary answered "We
will lie careful. But do not be absent
any longer than is absolutely necessary
for we shall be anxious about you 011
that lonely road."
He bode them both good by, and they
stood in the low doorway ami watched
his retreating form until it was lost
among the thick trees; then they en
tered the house to attend to their usual
duties.
The day passed slowly by, and even
ing set in, with a gloom enhanced by a
thick bank of clouds which had gradu- j
ally overcast the sky, and the mourn- j
ful soughing of the wind. These signs
of an approaching storm tilled the two
women with anxiety and dread, and
gradually the lonesntueness of their
situation began to be realised.
Mary Ellis, the more timid of the two
at length became so nervous aud down
cast that Kate, by an effort, conquered
her own depression, and endeavored to
cheer up her companion. In this she
was eventually successful; and the
cabin *0 echoing with the laughter of
the two, occasioned by the mirthful
reminiscence which Kate was relating j
when a quick hurried knock at the j
door put a sudden termination to their
merriment.
The two women started to their feet
and gazed anxiously into each's faces,
both of which hail grown paie with ap
prehension.
Kate was the first to recover herself.
Going to the door, sbe asked in a voice
which trembled in spite of all her ef
forts-
"Who is there, and what do you
want?
"Two travelers who have lost their
way," answered a voice from without.
"Cannot you accommodate us for the
night."
"We cannot do so conveniently,
"Kate at last managed to articulate.
"You must pass on to the next house."
"Ilow far is it?" asked the ame
voice, after a few moment* of hesita
tion.
"A little more than a mile, - ' replied
Kate.
Again there was a slight pause; then
the person from without said;
"We cannot go so far to-night. My
compauion ha* been thrown from hi*
horse, and may die before we reach
there. You must let us in, otherwise
his murder—lt would be no lea*—will
be on vour head. Will you open the
door?"
Kate's sympathies were touched. She
hesitated a moment, then looked at
Mary.
"What shall we do?" sbe asked
shortly.
"1 hardly know. I'm afraid to ad
mit them," said Mrs. Ellis.
"But if this man's story concerning
his companion should lie true! If he
tiled we should never forgive ourselves.
"It would be dreadful! and yet we
run a fearful risk," said Mary, looking
undecidedly at her sister-in law.
"We must let them in," said Kate,
after a moment's thought. "If they
mean us harm we w ill trust to Heaven
for protection."
She tried to speak these words bravely
but, nevertheless it was with trembling
hands she undid the fastening* of the
door, opened it and bade the applicants
enter. She almost regretted the act
when she came to see the two men as
they crossed the threshold and the
light fell upon them. They were rough
looking fellows, even for the back
woods.
And so you decided to let us In at
last? said the more wolfish looking of
the two, as he crossed the room and un
ceremoniously seated himself before
the fire.
"Yes, said Kate. "But," she con
tinued, with a quick start, "I thought
one of you was injured and nearly
helpless?"
Here one of the men appeared to
lean heavily upon his companion, who
said: "My friend was not so much hurt
as lat first supposed. I|e was some
what stunned by the fall, hut now has
nearly recovered with the exception of
still being very weak."
Neither Kate nor Mrs. Ellis were
quite satisfied with the appearance of
the men, and had even begun to dis
credit the story by means of which
they had gained admittance. The man
who had pretended to have been hurt
would occasionally, when he seemed to
forget himself, appear as well and as
strong as his companion ; and the two
women began to feel very anxious,
and sometimes cast fearful glances at
each other. They were careful not to
betray their apprehensions to tbeir
guests.
Suddenly one of them asked : "Do
you live here alone, young women ?"
Kate, to whom the question was more
particularly addressed, though startled,
managed to answer, quietly: "Oh, no.
My brother has been called away on
business.
"Will he return to-night?"
"I don't know. He said he should
come back as soon as possible. He
FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor
VOL. IX.
never Aw 6*a away ovor night, ami I
alkali e\jHvt him at ant moment."
hato Kill* **ld morn than alio really
believed. It waa more than likely thai
Kohort would rotnain at hi* tViomi'a
houfto until morning. Tho violence ol
tho storm ami tho darknc*.* of tho night
w ouhl make It a hazardous undertaking
to ftot out lor hi* homo before Haw n.
Sho ilni not dare to lot tho stranger*
know how utterly defenselo** they
w ere.
A fow moment* afterward*, a* -lie
|au*od them with uoiaoloai tread to at
tend to tome household duty, *ho hoartl
ouo of tho visitor* ask of the othor, in a
low tone, evidently not Intended for her
earft, "What ahall we do with these
women if tliey happen to be trouble
aome ?"
"th! thi* will bo the best way to
ailtwroe them," returned tho other,
drawing his hand significantly across
his throat.
Rate shuddered, and for a moment a
deathly faintm ** eaiuo over her. She
knew then that all the tears she had
entertained wore not groutidlc**. But
with the know ledge of her own and
Mary's peril came the resolution to
meet It bravely. She possessed more
than ordinary nerve and curage under
her quiet demeanor; and mastering her
momentary tear the Crossed the room to
w here Marv w as preparing a repast for
tlulr unwelcome guests.
"Let me make the coffee, Mary," sin
said, aloud; then iu an undertone,
added; "Be on your guard; these
villain- mean to murder us! lM not
betiav b\ a sign tiiat we are aware ot
their purpose. 1 hare a plan by which,
if you are- brave, we shall encape."
Mary, by a gesture, signified that *he
com ore-bended what was required of
her; and the heroic women resumed
thcii employment with la-ating hearts,
though outwardly calm and uncoil
oerm-d.
The rude pine table was covered with
a snowy cloth, the plate* laid, and in a
few moments a tempting repast was
placed In-fore the two men, to which
they did ample justice.
nhn tlie uieal wu concluded one of
the men leaned over and whispered a
few words, to which his associate
j nodded affirmatively. The former then
arose and a desire to retire.
This was what Kate was expecting:
and placing a lamp in his hand she
1 directed him totheadjoining a|>artinent.
j The rutlians wished their entertainer* a
j friendly good-night, and, passing into
| the room, elosed the door.
"I don't see what can have come over
me, Bill," exclaimed one of them, w lien
they were alone together. "I'm un
common sleepy!"
"1 feel rather dory myself," said the
other. S'posin' we rest awhile before
prooeediug to business? There's time
enough. An hour's snooze will do us
good after our long ir imp."
"I'ui agreeable. Kills can't get back
before daylight, anyway. He'll never
-'i-|ieot anything, for he'll And Sutton
dying just as he was told. They'll keep
him there as long as possible."
The room was furuished with two
good beds in op|Hsite corner*. £ach of
the rutfiaus -taggerec to one, and threw
himself upon it; and soon they were
both sleeping heavily.
Kite and Mary Ellis, who were listen
ing with anxious hearts in the outer
room, at length heard the deep breath
ing of their guest*, which told them
they were buried In slumber.
"Thank Heaven!" exclaimed Kate.
"Now we are safe."
"1 cannot find safe while they are in
the house," responded Mary. ' I<et us
Hy at once. Kate. The darkness aud
storm are safer to encounter than the*-
wretches when they awake!"
"I have a better plan than that," said
Kate Ellis, going to a closet and taking
out a long clothes-line. us bind j
them while tbey sleep! I>o not fear,
sister; we can do it easily enough. 1
emptied the contents of the little Dottle j
which Robert brought home last week
for your toothache into the coffee. It
was a pretty strong dose, too, aud may
kill them, but it was to -ave our lives."
"The laudanum!" exclaimed Mary.
"Thank Heaven!" Then we are in
deed safe. But how came you to think
of it! I never should have dared to do !
such a thing, for fear of their detecting
the taste."
"fortunately they did not," said ;
Kate. "But we must secure them at
once, while the drug is operating."
The brave girl handed Mary a portion 1
of the rope, which she had divided, and,
follow ed by the other, en ered the apart
ment tenanted by their would le mur
derers.
The ruffians were completely over
powered by the potent drug which they
had unconsciously imbibed, and the
task of binding them was a ooni|>ara
tively easy oue. Assured now of their
escape from the deadly jieril which had
menaced them, the unusual strength
and resolution of the heroic women
entirely deserted them, and they sank
upon the floor weak and helpless but
with hatuiy and thankful hearts.
The hours dragged slowly away. At
last the ruffians began to recover from
the effect* of the narcotic. Great was
their surprise and fury when tliey dis
covered how completely they hail been
outwitted—and that by a couple of weak
women ! Their threat* and entreaties
were alike unheeded. Their captors had
no faith in ther protestations of in
nocency of any premediated crime, and
they at length were forced to become
resigned to their fate.
At daybreak Robert Ellis returned.
His indignation and astonishment on
learning of the events of the night
knew no bounds, lie clasped the two
loved ones to his heart and silently
vowed never to leave them to such fear
ful risk again.
The diM-umtited ruffians were removed
to the nearest jail. They wrere dis
covered to bo old offenders and soon
afterward met a just punishment. It
ap|**ared that they had stopped the pre
"eeiling day at the house of Ellis' dying
friemi and had undertaken to deliver
the message to Roliert which had oc
casioned ids departure. learning by
some mean* that the latter had a large
sum of money at his house, the villains
conceived the plan of taking advantage
of his ahtence ami robbing the farm,
which plan happily miscarried, t* the
great discomfiture of it* infamous pro
jector*.
ttIRHKOW.
Though many of us speak of this an
cient Scotch city, comparatively few
think of it a a place ot tioo.noo inhabi
tants. Its growth has, in its rapidity,
resembled that of one of our Western
cities, for a century ago it had a popu
lation of about 40,000. A correajKiiident
of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
speaking of this remarkable growth,
says: "fron, coal, cotton and the Clyde
have made Glasgow. No one who sees
the Clyde for the first time as he jour
neys through Dumfries and Lanark—
a tiny stream, scarcely larger than one
of our numberless American creeks—
could suppose that ere it has ruu a
course of fifty or sixty miles the largest
iron steamers in the world would be
built upon its hanks and launched upon
its waters. Fed by mountain streams
and deepened by dredges, from the
Broomeden downwards, it expands be
low the Victoria Bridge, into a broad
and deep stream, capable of floating
largest war and merchant ships,
ike most other cities in the United
gdom, Glasgow does not depeud
upon a single industry tor her prospe
rity. 11l woolen manufactures she has
hitherto been a competitor with Brad
ford. and Leeds, and Hudderstield ; in
cotton with Manchester. No city
makes more chemicals, while in shir
building neither theTyne nor the Mer
sey can come into competition with
her. The Clyde, from Qovan and Pat
rick to Dumbarton, with the deafening
noise from thousands of clanging ham
mers, bears witness to the industry
which has made Clyde-built iron ships
famous all over the world.
THE CENTRE REPORTER,
II) a Into lor Meuekrra.
Tho following aro lr. Ivorthaml's
i>mv|>i4imi ailritD to tinoknr* : Novor
amoko ntoro than throo or four pl|ve* or
cigar* a day and If It la possible, limit
yntiraolf to two. It i* nuw holo.omo to
-moke on an empty atotnach or Imme
diately iK'fbro 01 after a tuoal. W liat
ovor 1 10 tho uhmlo of smoking, diroot
oontaot of tho lohaoeo with tho whciu
y mucous lining of tho cheeks)
ami tho too lit uioat Im< avoided, t igar*
should ho ainokod in an ambor, ivory, or
(k'tvolain mouthpiece.
To atuoko, by rellghtiug thorn, por
tion* of cigars that ha)o boon extinguish
oil, togoihor with the system of blacken
od and jnioy pipe.*, constitute* the *urv*{
way at being affected by nlootiuo.
K*ory amokol would ilo well. If ho
conki rtnso hi* mouth altor smoking.
A /ortion in tho Mum- precaution appli
cable to ohewer*. tor tho aatuo roaaou
it would lw w oil to subject pipe* ami
bow U iu which tobacco has boeu burnt,
to frequent w ashing*. oithor with othor
or Willi water mixed with alcohol or
vinegar.
It i* difficult to choose between the
different way* of smoking. 1 give pre|.
erenow to the cigarette, by reason of it*
slight quantitative iui)K>rtauce and the
|ia|ier, which interferes with the contact
OfiU content* with the buccal mucous
membrane. But to realize all the deut
erata, it would be necessary to have
the hi" made ot flax thread, ami to
abstain from the practice which has be
come the /a.< a/fro of it* kind, retain
ing the aspiration at tin* twek of the
mouth, so as to |M*nr it <t of the nos
trils afterward.
Tli- premature habit of smoking I*
certainly httrllul to cliildluxid, and du
ring tlie adolescent |wrio>l of organic
evolution. Tlie economy cannot but
suffer at this j-riol Irom the narcotic
in fine nee, Ik; it never so slight, and
Irom tlie
from this act. All per^>us cannot smoke
with impunity. There are pathological
counter indications or idiosyncrasies to
thi- habit that it would be imprudent
and culpable to infringe.
Diseases of the lungs, of the heart,
chronic affection* of the tiioulh, nose,
eyes, thncit, aud stomach.are tin- result*
ol the present incompatibilities. The
airing of the appariuu ut.* w here smok
ing has taken place should la- well at
tended to. To sleep in room* w here
tobacco smokee\i-tft, slowly cotifttiliiles
a grave infraction on the elementary
law -of hygiene.— Tribune \/■•< • ile.
OtHiblr H Intlnti .
Nothing i* more etlective to keep out
Cohl tlian double window*; tlie layer of
air between two |aues of glas 1* a gtwsl
non-couduetor ol heat, and eau only
traiiftinil it from the inside outward by
couvectiou, that I*. by a circulation of
the riiclored air, which will descend
along the outer cold window pane and
ascend along the inner warm pane.
The radiate*! heat, which, at tempera
tures below lUO degree* Fahrenheit, Is
very weak through glass, 1* of course
smaller still through double gla--; then
the Inconvenience of glass Is-comlng
covered with frost dnriug cold weather
is done aw ay with, it the enclosed air i*
dry.
Some time ago we communicated a
suggestion, made by onie builder, to
insert two j-aiies of glass, oue on the
outside and aue on tiie inside >f the
same frame, having rabbet* on iaitli
sides; tills may do tor economy, but i*
subject to the objection that tlie inside
caiiHot tw> cleaned without taking tlie
gias* out, and the fact i* that in the
course of time It will in tome way or
other get into such a condition a* to
need cleaning; then when the g!a**e*
are *0 close together, tiie protection
against tlie outer ixld is lea* effective
tlian if a greater mas* of air I* Included.
in very cold countries, like Huaaia,
Sweden or Canada, the need of *uch
protection is inure felt titan with us;
but even here it Is often adopted In ex
posed localities when tlie parties can
afford tlie luxury. Thus all the house*
oa Brooklyn Heights, enjoying tlie
inaguificent view of New York ILirUtr,
ami those on Washington Height*, en
joying the view of the Hudson River
ami the Pallisade*. are fully ex|K>*eii to
the strong and redd bia-ts of tiie north
west vv inter winds, and are all provided
at the west and north side* with double
windows, tiie absolute necessity of
which has become more and more evi
dent for the comfort of tlie inmate*.
Such a double window may serve an
other purpose, and be tireti a* a little
greenhouse; when exposed to the *un,
the *olar heal is stored up in tln-m, ami
in France onte persons grow different
plants ami even grape* in them iu
winter.— ami HuiUler.
Hrnlili In India.
A l'lrin says: Nothing hut
ridicule coulil have iiiniilnl any at
tempt on the part of the Prim* of Wale*
to rival the Mohammedan ruler* of In
dia in ualculatloii and magnificence.
In the matter of present* alone hi*
muniticence would have lieen *urpa*ed
by a single act of favor displayed by
one of a tbe former sovereigns of lllndo
stan. For instance, Jehan Oheer be
stowed upou his son, when setting out
to take the command of the army in the
Decean, "a sword the scabbard of which
was of gold set with stones valued at
100,000 rupes(i;i0,000); dagger at £4,-
000; an elephant and two horses, ail
their furnitureof gold, set with stones,"
and a state carriage built in imitation
of the one sent to the Kinperor l>y King
James the i. On ids birthday Jehan
Gheer was so richly adorned with Jew
els that Kir Thoma lion persists that in
all his life lie "never saw such Inestima
ble wealth together." "The time," he
continues, "was spent in bringing ids
great elephants before liirn, some of
which were lord elephants, had their
chains, bells, ami furniture of gold and
silver, with many gilt banners and
flag-carried aliont them, ami eight or
ten elephants waiting on each of them,
Clothed in gold, silk and silver. In this
manner about twelve companies |Kissed
by, most richly adorned, the first hav
ing all the plates on his head and breast
set witli rubies and emeralds, Iteing a
Iteast of wonderful hulk and beauty.
They all bowed down before the king,
making their reverence very handsome.
On one occasion when the K ing honored
his Minister Willi Ids company at din
ner the road was covered for a whole
mile with silks and vel vets sew ed togeth
er, and the cost of the banquet was esti
mated at -£OO,OOO. On his birthday
Jehan Gheer was weighed against seven
kind of commodities, such as rujwes,
jewels, cloths of silk, calicoes, spices,
honey, and butter, wldeh were after
wards distributed among the poor.
'•The scales were of beaten gold, and
for more surety there were silk ropes.
The beam was covered with plates
of gold. The great lords of the nation
sat about the throne on rich carpets, co
llecting the king's coming out. At
lenglith lie ap|s-ared covered with dia
monds, rubies, and |>earls, lie had sev
eral strings oi them about his neck,
arms, wrists and turban, and two or
three rings on each finger. Ills sword,
buckler and throne were also covered
with precious stones. Among the rest
I saw rubles as large as walnuts, and
pearls of a prodigious magnitude, lie
got into one of the scales, sitting on his
legs like a tailor." At times the munifi
cence of the Delhi emperors savored of
reckless extravagance. A singer having
delighted the royal ears, was rewarded
his own weight in silver coin, amount
ing to ti,JOO rupees, and with an elc
jdiant to carry his treasures to his house.
The famous Nooruiehal, having shot
four tigers witli the matchlock from the
back of an elephant, was presented by
the enamored Jehan Gheer with a pair
of emerald bracelets valued at £IOO,OOO,
while one thousand rupees were distrib
uted in charity. The great Akbar sur
passed both his predecessors in person-
CENTRE IIALL. CENTRE CO.. I'A.. THI'RNDAY. AI'KIL B. I87(i.
al wealth. According to FerUhta, that
illiiatrlou* polcnlatc numiereil hi* |m.
aesaiou* I'olll silver computed at IlKl.tlllM,
(WW 1 rti|ee* ; eliolcr-Jrnl'le*. one tnauiul or
so |Hiund* weight; common ruble* and
other preelou* *lone#, 10 niaiiud; utt
colned gold, 70 niaiiud*; uncoined cilver
100 inaiiiid*; copper pice, ,'*l billion
.four pice l',.d); elephant* above 6,000;
horses, 10,000; deer 5,000; hunting leop
ard*, over WOO, ami haw k* 500. It i re
corrleil, probably w lib a good deal of ex
aggeration, that Akbar'* treasure* con
tained! Wt>,ooo,oooln silver coin and gem*
of price, and that on one occasion he til
ted a tank near Futtehpur Sikri with
nine crore* of rupee*, equivalent bo #OO,
000,000, which were aftr-rward tlUirlhit
t-d among the needy.
I We luDururr nl Journalism an t ut
lleli
lutimately connected with the infiti
euces that arire Irom the attitude and
temper of the general reader, are cer
tain influences vv hich spring from such
prevalent form* wild subject* ol litera
ture •< present themselves to the gen
eral w rin-r. The tlrt of there forms,
aud unquestionably the imM constant
and |ervadlug in it* Influence, I* now
. it was in Ih- fjuiiuvy '. days. Jour
nailsut. No one w itli tlie slighted
know ledge of the subject will pretend
that tin- luduence of journalism upou
w riling i w holly bad. W haiever may
liave ta-en tile ca-e formerly, a slan
danl of excellence vvliidi is 111 some re
-i|M-ct* really high I* usually aimed at,
arid not seldom reached, iu the l>eUcr
1 class of new pa|>er*. Some appropri- !
ateness iu tlie use of word*, a rigid j
avoldanre of tlie more glaring graui
matlcal error*, aud a rej>ectable de
gree of clearne-s lu statement, are <-x
--j-< u-vl by the reader, and usually ob- j
nerved by tire w rili-r. 111 these respect*
tlierelbre, there i* no lalliiig olt to Im
couiplained of, but rather a marked im- ,
proveuieiit u|aui pa-t time- to le l-r
--<-eived. Yet, a- regard* tlie higher ex- 1
ccllences of *tyle, it is not jM-ittb- that 1
the influence of joiirnalisiii should tv !
goml. For it must at any eo*t In- rapid,
and rapidity i- absolutely incotupttUble .
with style. Tin- journalist lias # a
rule one or two tiling- to do; lie lias
either u> give a rapid accouut of tv-r
--lain facte, or to present a rapid di-x us
sion of cerlaiu arguments, in either
ca-e it become* a matter of iiece--ity
for hint to adopt *tereotyjed phrase*
and forms of speech which, Is-ins; read) !
cut and dried, tuav abbreviate It la* latar
and leave hint s- little a- |aible to ill
vent iu Ills limited time. Now there l
nothing more (alal to the attainment of
a good style than tlie habit o( living
*uch stereotyped phiave* ami form*.
With the imperloUMie** natural to all
art, style absolutely refuse* to avail It
-elf of, or to l>e (ootid In company with
anything thai is ready made. The rule :
must be a leaden one, the mold made
for the occasion, and broken after it
has ii*ed. Every one who ha ever
seriously tried to write mutt be con- j
sciottft how sorely he has been beret,
and how often be has l>een overcome,
by the almost Insensible temptation to
adopt Che current plinue# of the day.
Bad. however, a the influence of jour
nalism I* iu till* respect, it Is |H-rh*p
worre In It* tendency to sacrifice every
thing to mere picturv<*queue of *(> !•-
for the word uiu*( be Utu* iiiliutusevl
l>ecau*e there is no other. The Joure
nali*t i* bound to l>e picturesque by th
iaw of til* ta-ing. The obi phrase, reg
ain* irritant, i Inflnitely truer of j
prendo-plottiresqne ,*tyle a* comjuirel
wiili literature which hold* to It- :
proja r mean* of ap|H-al, then It is of '
literal spectacle a> cotnpareil vritli nar
rative. And the journalist is oblige.!
at any cost imisn uaooos, and that in
the least jto--ible lime. >'< tni-jhtlf -
rieie.
#♦
"I Jtbher Wraodal."
No, my dear—giaslne** be tliauked—
no person can say that 1 ever scandal
ized any one, not even my worst enemy,
no matter w hat he or she may do. l'v>-
hnd chance enough to talk if 1 had a
mind to, a* every one In this tow n i
know* full well, of course, living
right here In the high street of the town i
I can't help seeing many queer tiling*. 1
and when our windows are o|mmi ami
tiie blind* shut iu summer time, I can
hear them, too. But I never repeat
them—l acorn to make mischief. 1
never lisp aw ord, except w hen 1 get j
hold of some person like you, my dear, !
that i know- J can trust. And if a Ihklv ,
I* never to open her mouth among her
own intimate friend*, why, the world
Isn't worth living in. I* It? But that j
isn't scandal, you know. t hale and
abhor tliat just as much as you do, and
1 don't think any one can say 1 was
ever guilty of it in ail my life.
But then, as 1 said la-lore, It isn't for
want of the chance. W|y, only ia*t
evening a* ever *, w ho do you think
1 *aw walking up by here, in the bright ,
moonlight, a* brazen aa you pleae, hut
Mi** and Colonel I'arke. Fact,
assure a* you sit in that chair I and ;
they were walking close together, and j
talking *0 confidential!
1 oupptwc you know ail about that <li
>rra--li<l affair with tin- school girl*?
So? My dear, you must really live In
the dark ! Why, they have lieett writing
a lot of anonymous letter* to people
here in the town, and the Post mauler
suspected what was up at last, and he
just kept n quiet outlook and caught
•ome of them putting the letter* in. 1
don't know what Mis* Clackeit will do.
Expel thetn, 1 hope; great girl* like
those have no business to act so!
There'* Mr*. Price going by. I
suppose *he ha* been down to cheapen
a fowl, or get a half-penny or two taken
ofl'a joint of meat. She"* the stingiest
thing, my dear; it would really make
your heart ache to hear, of the way she
manage* and contrive*! And there i* her
husband, one of the richest men in the
tow 11, and folk* do say that lie can't get
a decent ineal of victual* in his own
house. Wouldn't you—
What! going? Can't you stay any lon
ger? Well, (income again very soon,
won't you? Good-bye!
Thank goodness, she ha* gone! I re
ally thought she was going to stay all
night. I heard a nice story about her,
by the way, last week—how shamefully
she treats all her servants! Suppose
she thinks I don't know It. I might
make mischief enough In her family if
1 choc. ltut I abhor scandal.
I JWP (Inniiliicdirr nndrr Ihr
Napoleons
The manufacture of Aloncon lace
had greatly ib-clmeil even In-fore the
Revolution, and was almost extinct
when the patronage of Napoleon re
stored its prosperitv. On his marriage
with the Lmpress Marie Louise, among
other orders executed for him was a
lied furniture— tester, curtains, cover
let, and pillow-rases, of great Ix-auty
and richness. The pattern represen
ted the aims of the empire surrounded
by bee*. With the fall of Napoleon
this manufacture again declined, and,
when I'M" attempts were made to re
vive it, the old workers, who had leen
specially trained to if, hud passed
away, and the new workers could not
acquire the art of tusking the pure
Alencon ground. Rut they made mag
nificent lace, and Napoleon 111. was
magnificent in his patronage of the
revived manufacture. One flounce
worth 22,000 francs, which had taken
thirty-six women eighteen months to
tinish, appealed among the wedding
presents of Kugenie. In 1855 he pre
sented the empress with a dress of
Alencon point, which cost 70,000 francs
($14,000). Among the orders of the
emperor in 1850 were the curtains of
the imperial infant's cradle, of needle
point, and a satin-lined Alencon cov
erlet; christening robe, mantle, and
head-dress, of Alencon; twelve dozen
embroidered frocks profusely trimmed
with Alencon; and lace-trimming for
the aprons of the imperial nurses.—
Popular Science Monthly.
Rise early; then the fisherman finds
liis worms.
"MY LADY SINGS."
hi mostimkk xovajaa
Alt Uiiougli th ilsr, t> hsppjr thrush '
I hosr thy tnusn-'s torfsnt-guah ,
Thru louirw Ilia hlsi-khir.Vs mnlioser luU,
I Ami merely when both u units
Tlie rublu sluK*
Hut wtiou the blue turue znideu |i,
II let! there'# s etrauge liupasalimecl Isle
TuM by tlie Itsuilsu iitzhUiigsle
With ilueky mugs.
l> tusglc UUleio, liligrl strll!
hi'liu fruur the furce clsd hill
Timmmm) tsu-k Willi eeuihlsuoe due
The ilresiuy euetaey iltrlue.
And ether rtugs ;
Hut 10, through window* o|>eu wide
To catch the breath of evrnlide,
t'ouiee lovelier eouud thsn sught beeule
My lady slugs.
Borne TUlMge Itinl were No! Owe Huw
ilrnl l rsn Ago.
One hundred year*ago wedding tour*
were not fashionable.
One hundred year* ago tlie gin bent
known was not the cotton-gin.
One hundred vemre ago there were 110
I'acitic railio.nl subsidies.
One huudrert year* ago farmer* did
not cut (lieir leg* ot! with mowing ma
chine*.
One hundred \ ear* ago mother* did
not worry oxer disordered rewingirva
ohlne*.
One hundred year* ago Imrres which
ciKihl trot a utile iu .' I I were somewhat
rearce.
One hundred year* ago there was no
fast mail train between New York and
t 'lticago.
One hundred year* ;igo there were no
disputes about tlie impoliteness ol -ireet
csr driver*.
t >lie lllllldresl year* ago |M'op|e did
not eiijo) the iuesllmab'e pleasure of
grow ling about gas bill*.
One hundred Vear* ago "crooked"
whiskey was not known. Our forefa
ther* took their* straight.
Oue hundred years ago university
(•oat dubs were ruleied at pool-sale*
like tiglltillg-CCM ks iu a pit.
One hundred )ear* ago every vming
man was not an applicant for a IsMlUoli
as clerk or bookkeeper.
tine hundred years ago false teeth
were- not considered preferable to the
original grinders.
One hundred year* ago time am! tide
waited for uohmly, and now uotaeiv
waits for time or tide.
I hie hundred vear* ago kerorenc
lamps did not explialr and as*ist women
to shuttle off their mortal coil.
One hundred years ago men did not
commit suicide by going up iu balloon*
and couiing down without them.
One huudred vear# ago there wa* no
steam ou the canal—even the driver on
(he tow-path didn't !<*am up iu thore
dav*.
One hundred year* ago there w ere no
Turkish harem* at Salt Lake, and uo
Ann Eliza* suing for the nineteenth
lvrt of a divorce.
One hundred years ago England wa*
not very far behind the Lulled State
-11l all thai goe* to make a nation j*-w er
lul and t>rogre*ive.
One hundred years ago a young ladv
<lld not lore ca*!e bv gelling her hand
wet in dUh-w ater or rubbing the skin
off her knuckle* on a washboard.
One huudred year* ago the physician
w ho i-ould not draw every form of <il
eare from the system by tapping a vein
in the arm. wa* not much of a doctor.
One hundred year* ago the producer
carried hi* anrplu* produce to market
on hi* hor*e, the preatucU Iwltig placed
in one end of tlie hag and tiie Jug in the
other end.
One hundred year* ago our father*
did not light their pi (tea wltli matches,
hut carried lire iu their iss ket* in the
*haje of a piece of punk, a piece of steel
aud a flint.
One hundred year* ago a pnhlic officer
or other citizen could not steal enough
to uiake the act re*|<cuble and Insure
tin- actor a prominent jvosition in the
"first circle*."
One hundred year* ago the condition
of the weather on tlie Ist day of Janua
ry wa* not U*legraphe.i all over the con
tinent on the evening of December 31.
Thing* have changed.
Oue hundred year* ago people did not
worry about rapid tran*lt and cheap
transportation, but threw tiielr bag* of
grain aero** the back* of their horse*
and uiieomplaiuingly -'went to mill."
One liumire-d years sgo every msn
cut hi* cost according to III* cloth—
every man wa* call mated at hi* real
value—shoddy wa* not known—nolssly
*truck "He"—and true mrit and hon
est worth were- the only ground* for
promotion.
One hundred year* ago, to tell the
truth, people gem-rally died frian natu
ral cause*, while iu our day they step
out through UMin-Ni.it explosion*, rail
road *toa*h-up*, hurricane*, circular
saw *, ami In a thousand other wayadi--
covered lnee tho birth of the oldest in
habitant.
FaslUh I tie I-anguine* (or Mrlrure
It reninins for science to choose some
modern ami living language, which
shall l*r it* vehicle ly preference, and
in which its literature shall ho mainly
stored awav, M. do f'andnlle at goes
that English must tie this langunge. In
the seventeenth and eighteenth centu
ries. French, the language of polite
society, began to succeed Latin as the
vehicle of scientific coniniuinuication.
It w as simple and clear, and the French
were the controlling people of the con
tinent in arms, manners and literature,
hut since then, as l)c Caiididle says,
"the scicntitic center of gravity has
advanced from the%(unth toward the
north," and the chances are in favor of
the F.nglish lieratise it is a composite
language, containing an equal measnre
of German and Latin words; it is sjm
ken by a large part of civilised man
kind, and it is grammatically simple,
clear, strong and flexible. As a com
promise tongue between German and
Latin, it ought to lie the half-way and
meeting point of the naturally hostile
Latin and German races, while not
unattractive to the Slavonic races. As
a ginwing tongue it is sure to outstrip
any other in the race, for control of
numliers of population. Knglish is al
ready spoken, by 100,000,000 JKTSOIIS in
collected bodies, and among whom it
is the dominant and permanent tongue.
German is siiokeu by scarcely 70,000,-
000, French oy not to exceed 40,<K>0,000.
anil Spanish and Italian by uearlv the
same number. In Germany population
doubles once in a hundred years ; lu
southern Kurope amt France, once in
one hundred and tifty years ; in Eng
land, once in titty years ; in the Fuited
States and British colonies, once in
twetny-flve years. A century hence,
upon this scale, French, Spanish and
Italian together will In- spoken, bv •>,-
(**>,ooo ; German lv 135.000,nooKng
lish by over 800,000 000, and that the
most widely diffused of population*.
Englishmen and Urrmnii ladles.
1 have seen, says a writer in Prater
for Jnnuarv, Knglish gentlemen intro
duced without due preparation, into
strictly German circles, muilc misera
ble for a whole evening, and finally
driven to the verge of distraction by
the gentle persistent attentionvf the
ladies of the house. When he realises
Unit lie is being waited upon by these
fair damsels the Englishman jumps
wilill.v and apologetically from his
chair, stammers confused and bashful
excuses, clutches the cups ami platters
out of the ministering angel's hand,
and subsides, red and ruffled. into his
seat. He hopes it will not happen
again ; he devoutly trusts it is over.
Bus no ; scarcely is his complexion re
covering its normal hue, when another
lovely being is "staying him" with ap
ples, bringing him butter in a lordly
dish or offering sausages at his shrine.
Again he bounces out of hi* seat like
an India-rubber ball, again clutches
convulsively, apologizes, confounds
himself in horrible ixilyglnt iuaiiirti
late excuses, suit subsides exhausted
111 his chair, lie looks rottud and sec*
that all the other men are tiring waited
upon ; tie perceive* that it 1* "liir cua
tom of the country that It proceed*,
not from the paucity of the setvatiU.
• oil fiotti a pirntltiide of female drvu
lon. If servants were wanting, then
surely the men would wait upon the
ladles, lie tells himself severely that
when at Rome your lieliavior should
le ot the atri< test Roman type; he re
mind* himself that the first condition
of good hrrediug is that you should
explicitly conform to the usages of the
society in winch you find yourself, he
will submit; but when the third and
most beautiful daughter of the house
present* him with Haritn/tUit Ins feel
ing* are altogether to much for hiui
and eutueiy overcome hi* good resolu
tion*. Ha- goes through (tie same fiau
tie formula agniu, with the aeriet im
pression that iie is making a most ab
ject fool of himself, plunges wildly
and depairingly at the comestibles and
subsides into a liuip and melancholy
condition. He is likea elnna shop, the
girls think, aud t liey hold firmly to the
family crock*!?, and the best glass.
" I hey ate dreadfully restless, die h.ny
lander," said a young cousin U) me ;
"see how quiet and well-behaved out
gentlemen ate and wait on their turn."
that was all the poor chivalrous young
Briton got for hi* pains. I'aitia—they
were tortures, agonies.
A Kriirniprrl eHrslurln
lU> yeaisago; American linlepen
• ileiioe.
Ja years ago; King I'hilin (the
Indian) defeated and slain; Habeas
1 Corpus in England.
31 <0 years ago; Massacre of St. Bartho
lomew; Spanish Armada preparing.
400 year* ago; I'rlntiiig invented;
Isabella the coming queen.
-'**• vear* ago; Thetiav* of ratnerlane
tlie lurk, ami Chaucer tlie English
poet.
fltziyears ag<>; llaliol and Bruce. Rieh
arl Bacon; Nt. Thomas Aquinas, House
of lla|>sburg f<landed.
?Ul> year* ago; Richanl to ur de 10-uu
aud Naiadkn, Nuitan ol Egypt, measur
ing sworda in I'aiestine.
m*) years ago; William Ihe I'onqoeror.
IMKI yt-afs ago , Hugh I apel the Frriiell
man.
1000 year* agv; Alfred Hie Great.
1100 year* ago; Charlemagne slid
liaroun Al Rasliid.
IJiHI years ago; Mohamedatilsin mak
ing lively work in Coiielantiiioplc aud
oilier places.
1300 year* ago; OU C'hoaroe*, tlie
Persian live* by muiider, aud the Ihqte
I* made a secular Judge among king*.
ltoo, year* ago; The Nazous lively In
Ilrilain. Clovi* i-slahllshes the French
monarchy, and the Visigoth* conquer
Spain.
l.'sk) year* ago; the Roman Empire
liaviug legislated rnanv year* iu favor
of capital aud agalu-t lalntr, begin* to
fall to piece*.
IGOO year* ago; the world ha* nothing
Ivetter to do than to broach and detiouuce
heresies and get up religious |>er*ecu
tlous.
1700 year* ago; Marcu* Aureliu*,
Tacitus and Plutarch.
lstziyear* ago; Jerucaieni destroyed
aud ilere-tilaneiim and Potn|>eil buried.
INTB years ago; all the world at jiearc
and Christ horn.
MOO year* ago; Adam rose to the
dignity of a large real estate owner, but
by poor management wa* driven into
involuntary bankruptcy.—t'Wogo ./<>ar
m! of (qiwiai i- rt€.
lnrldenl* of l.lfr In Farta
Two well-known Parisians, who are
now independent of fortune, but who
once were her slaves, atomied a few
evenings siuce in front of the ticket
office of the vanderille; ioth were i<n
lvarraMM-d. One said : "How stupid I
am ! Would you lielieve it; I have come
out without tnv purae T" The other re
plied: "Well, I am instill wr*e plight;
I have jvat tid the !at cent i had.
The former anuled : "What ungrateful
dogs wean-! Pro* (verity ha* made ua
forget our old, oar best friend— the
pawnbroker's shop is round the corner
—we both have our arches."
A diner out aava that three evening*
aiuce he went tit dine with some new
acquaintance*. It was hi* fired invita
tion to their house. He entered the
mansion iuat a* tiie neighboring clock
was striking the hout appointed for
dinner time. As lie put his foot ou the
first step of the staircase tie heard loud
words, screams, tumult—and Indole tie
could prick up his ears, down rani* a
ture-en of aoiin, rolling, tumbling,
lvonnding. breaking, rattling, clatter
ing, distributing In-cf tea. cabbages,
carrots. pMramp*. ahiu, rags of meat,
and fragment* of (Nirrelain right ami
left, front and Ivaek. The enlinary cy
eion- past, he, finding himrelt even
unstained, kept ii|i stairs. Dinner was
announced so.ni after lie had saluted
Ins hosts. Tiiey took seats at the table.
Ihe servant brought oti a tutlvot. The
huahand said to hi* wife: "Mv angel,
tell our friend the bill of fare!" Nhe—
her fare wtvathed in charming smiles
answered: "No, darling, that duly is
the host's." He therefore easily said :
"Well, I must give you warning that
we have adopted tlie English custom.
We never have soup."
Hl* Owe lwir.
A man of high intelligence, well edu
cated, and of vigorous understanding
in most tluugs, was nevertheless given
to the practice of self-tormenting in
regard to the state of Ins health. He
was fairly robust, ate and drank well,
slept easily, walked with remarkable
energy, wits capable of service and
long-*ustaincd mental lnltor and of
much physical exertion. Unlock!)]
for himself he iH-gau to study domestic
medicine, and straightway a too active
imagination led Inni to simulate in his
own case the symptoms of almost every
disease he had hap|>etied to read of.
lie wasapopletic. paralytic, rheumatic;
ho had heart disease, his lungs were
affected, his liver was congested ; gout
threatened him ; hi* vision became en
feebled ; obscure sensations alarm**!
litin it* to the state of his brain : fevers
of one kind or another were perpetual
ly hatching in his system. The man's
life bersiiM a burden and a misery to
hint; he halt-killed himself with ter
ror, and nearly succeeded in getting
poisoned by a succession of varied and
opposing remedies.
At last be was cured. Reading the
symptoms of a condition from which it
is physiologically impossible that men
should sutler, he found to his horror
that each particular symptom was dis
tinctly niatked in his own rase. He
went over the ground again and again ;
each renewed examination only served
to bring out the symptoms with more
alarming distinctness. Then the nflair
became ton ludicrous; a hearty fit of
laughter dissipated not only that par
ticular ailment, hut all the rest, and
the sufferer was cured.— h.iojUsh ('<>-
flreyt i tiona I int.
fighting Kmu*
Says a correspondent of the Ohio
Farmer: "At certain seasons of ttic
year, rams are apt to develop their
combative propensities, and those who
keep several of them together often
have trouble on account of their injur
ing each other. It is well knowu that
they always 'back-up' to get a start tp
butt. Stop their backing-tip and you
disconcert them entirely. To do this,
take a light stick fa piece of broom
handle will do), about 3 or 2f feet long.
Sharpen one eud and lash the other
end securely to his tail: the sharpened
end will then draw harmlessly on the
ground behind as long as his majesty
goes straight ahead about his business;
but on the attempt to 'back-lip' he is
astonished to find an effectual brake in
the rear. Don't laugh and call this "all
gammon but if you have a butting
ram, try it, and the time to laugh will
lie when you see him jump out side
ways, and whirl round and rouud, try
ing to inspeet the machine, which will
keep behind him."
Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance.
l.xgrit l• lltr Hssrkksrhwl Mast
rlasi.
lxmg ago tln-re lived at Aix-ls-4'ha
|>elie two musicians both of whom were
hunchbacked. Hut a great difference
existed in their faces and character*.
Eriedel was well looking and almahle,
I a flue musician, fur hi* sou! was full of
ipssltiess and it foiiud expression
through the tones of his violin. But
l Heine hail ugly red hair and a more
j ugly teui|er, and his playing was so
iiniiitislcsl that none ever listened to
litin for pleasure. Thus It happened
i that Frit-die sod Ids vipliu were always
in demand for all occasions of merry
making and frolic, w Idle Helo* wis
left unemployed. Siuw Erie.lei loved
Agatha, the daughter "f • Hch wine
merchant, and she, perceiving til* *otil
and hirgeutng hU deformltv, returned
Ids love. All went well with the lovers
themselves, but knowing the pride and
j love of money of the maiden's father,
they determined not U> stieak to him
j until they should b compelled to do so.
jAt last a very rich suitor desired
| Agatha for Ills bride, and obtained her
father's consent. Then it was that
■ Friedcl was obliged to speak, Mwiugti
J wltli sinking heart. The wine merchant
drove him away with harsh words,
j I'oorFriedrl,quits-distracted, wandered,
he kin-w not whiilicr. It was late when
! the chilling dews recalled him to his ;
j senses ami he sought the town. As he
approached it strange sounds were in
the air and sight* more marvellous met
his gaze. I>aws and all sorts of night
birds w ere screaming, and above the
toj of the houses the hroom-ridiujg
witches were trooping. Aud ail made
their way to the fish-market, or I'ar
wlach, a- it was called, in Aix ia-T'ba
j I*l le. Friedel also weut there, aud
great was hi* amaja-uient at what he
! *aw. The square was llluiuinated by
I little fiauies in the air, and crowds of
female figures w ere moving about. Tlieu
Frtedel remembered Uial tills was
quarter-dar, aud the wiu-bea were said
to hold a pitilr 011 that day In lids very
square. As he thought of this a woman,
w ho haiked very much like the mayoress
ot the town and seemed to be tlie leatler
• d the others, advanced u> meet him and
j l<-d him to a table loaded with all kinds
lof delicacies and delicious lieveragwa.
she invited him to eat, and after he had
i refreshed himself, placed In his hand a
v loliti and asked lam to play music for
dancing. As soon a the violin mmiihliml,
they moved awav the tables and seats
and prepared to dance. It gave Friedel
j a very novel sensation fo fiercelve that
j w Idle all appeared to tie kuaily talking
and laughing, no sound reached hi*
ears. Noon the ladv president gave the
| signal to begin; (lieu the violin of
. Friedel accrued a If bewik-lted, for in
j pitc of hint It would go quicker and
* more quickly, and the dancers faster
and more w'iftly till all was as w tn-h
--llke a* could well be. At length Frie
del fell ou a real exhausted, aud the
, lady-president thanked him for his'
sweet music, and commanded him to ;
kneel and receive hi* reward. Then j
she whispered wonts of strange sound ]
above him, and laid her hand on his
|Ms>r deformed shoulders, and quickly
removed the hump from them and
placed It In a dish which she iustantly
closed. As she did this the clock*
wundeil tlie hour of one and in a lw ink
; Hng all vanished and Friedel was alone.
Weary and confused, be hastened home
and to bed, where for the rentaimSer of
the night strange dreams came to him.
But in the morning he found the most
wonderful iart of all to be true. He
was straight and comely In form as in
fsce; moreover, a g*dly sum of money
was in the pocket of hi* jacket; enough
to make him equal to any of the suitor*
Of Agatha. As soon as possible he re
paired to the house of the wine merchant,
and told him hi* story under the prom
ise of reoresy. Now his reception wa*
quite different from the former one, but
it was more the sight of the money that 1
decided the merchant to make Friedel
lit* son-in-law than the loss of the hump.
Then w ere the lover* made happy.
Although this adventure of Friedel'*
was to tie a secret.. It escaped in some
way, and *mongother* Helm heard the
story. Ili* envy and hatred of Friedel.
which had been bitter enough before,
were Increased, and he reported wicked
*torle* of Friedcl and accused him of
the most immoral Intercourse with the
witches. But he secretly determined to
attend their picnic on the next quarter
day and try his fortune among tlicra. i
Now a* he came to the fiah-niarket the
same scene met hi* gaze as that which
Friedel had beheld, aud Heinz advanced
boldly, bearing hi* own violin, and
making sign* that he was willing to
play. The dance wa* formed hut Helm
was so occupied in gazing avariciously
at the plate on the table that he forgot
hi* music and played even more <Fis
cordantly than wa* hi* custom. Soon
the danre became a race, and Heinz be
lieved he wa* doing *0 well as to give
the witches great pleasure, when they
all ran 1111 to him and shook their fiat*
at him. lie had also been so unwise aa
to call by name some wive* of the tnwu
he thought lie recognized. When the
la.ly-prcaideiit commanded liim to kneel
he thought it wa* time to claim a re
ward. *0 he reized a large gold drinking
cup. The lady gave htm -o smart a box
ou the ear that he gladly dropped the
cup; she then took trom a tightly
covered dish the very hump she had
taken off tlie shoulder* of Friedel *nd
fastened It on the breast of Heinz. At
tlizt instant the rioek strurk one and lie
was left alone. Who can describe the
rage and despair of Heinz? He added
also to hi* misfortune by foolishly tell
ing the stnrv, and thus la-came the
laughing-stock of the w hole city. Only
Friedel felt sorry for him, and he, out
of hi* g*todness of heart, maintained
Heinz comfortably all the rest of hi*
davs.
The Ancient* on Smal;
Socrates called Iwauty a brief tyran
ny. Plato called it a privilege of na
ture. Theophrastns, a silent cheat,
and Aristotle attirmcd that it was bet
ter than all the letters of recommenda
tion iu the world. Since the time of
Ksther beauty has had its potent sway
and charm and value. 1 'ran Swift
proposes to tax female charms, leaving
each woman to place a valuation on
Iter own attractions. Ixml Haeon said
that the le*t part of beauty is never
painted or expressed in a picture; with
us the standard of beauty differs Mo
nrlo front the ideal of other countries
and races. The Chinese admire black
teeth and painted eyelids. On the
shore* of the Mediterranean great cor
pulency is preferred. "Hair like
wheat," the "honey-colored hair" of
Honter is the most affected of late
among us. "Hrown in shadow, gold in
sun," is a Ix-autiful shade, but Eliza
beth's bright red hair, "cape Hid' or,"
an she called it, was inspiration to sy
cophant pens in tier time, and even
lovely Mary of Scots sacrificed her
beautiful dark look* tothe'Ted fronts."
Cleopatra, Lady MaoU-th, and the
much maligned, beautiful and noble
Lucretia Rorgin had hair light and
golden, laugh Hunt, who said tuanv
wise tilings concerning temale beauty,
dress, etc., and who regarded the lips
a* expressing character as fully as the
eyes, declared that licauty was too of
ten sncriticed to fashion. "The spirit
of fashion is uot beautiful, but wilful;
not graceful, but fantastic: not supe
rior, but vulgar." Jeremy Taylor
called woman "the precious porcelain
of human clay." Aytoun savs "a pret
ty woman's work iu the world, making
life summer by a look which tells of a
large heart and all the gentleness of
humanity." A smile, which speaks of
heavens'* compassiouateness, is, after
all, the apotheosis of a pretty woman.
Seneca said, "Virtue is more agreeable,
coming from a lieautifiil body." Reali
ty is sometimes called the "fatal gift,"
because of the miseries which pursue
its chances itt life." "I have known
few womeu in my life," said Mary
Montagu, "whoseextraordinarycharms
and accomplishments did not make
them unhappy."
NO. 14.
101 m (men.
Only A Fig.—Hasanircver told yon
of the wonder* of • Ova body 1 1 sup
pose not, else yon wonhl never think
of finding pleasure in hurting me.
Hod tian given me winr*. which are
so light, and nicely fitted to uty body,
(hat I can fiy or walk abont joat aa 1
plana
1 can spread them out and tlr away
like a little bird ; or 1 can fold them ap,
and take a walk wherever 1 choose.
I ran walk with my feet up, and my
head down, jusi aa well aa on the table
or on the floor. It ia all the one to
me.
I'erhap* you wonder why I do not
fall. My feet are ao formed, that I can
pro** them firmly to the wiling, and
walk about tbere without any fear.
Hut you are too young yet to know
how I do that. 1 only tell you of H
now. that you may U-gin to know bow
tuuch tbere is to leru in all the things
that < Sod haa made.
Hare yon ever noticed how quickly I
fiy away when you try to catch me.
1 can see you, little boy or girl, even
when you try to hide your hand behind
me. Perhaps yoq would like to know
how thia can lie. IM me tail you.
You think that J have only two eyes,
like you ; but I have a great many,
though they do not move about like
your*.
Each of the eyas that you sue in my
head is made up of a great many little
eyes. There are several hundred of
them, though each of them is only a
Utile point.
Win some of them I look oat Iwforv
me. and with other* I look behind. Jt
is with those that 1 look behind that I
aee you when you put your hand be
hind me.
1 hope that I have told you enough
to make you feel that you should not
try to hurt a liule fly.
The f'ompaoy Flam.- Here's some
thing. my dears, that the editor of St
AtehtUae said long ago to a crowd of
young*u*rs. A* I never heard of it*
doing (item any special harm, it occurs
to me that it will not hurt my liule
folks to hear it:
Ltd you ever notice what an amiable,
pleasant t eel tog Steaii over you when
you ate ylairing and on your "good be
baviort—-lnw willing you are to over
look anything that interferes with
your comfort T—how anxious to pleaae
aud how ready to take ao internal in
all that ia going onf At these times
your fare lights up, your voice grows
sweet and cheerful, your very move
ments heootue jrtaref ul. "What plea
sant person* these friends are ' you
aav to yourself; and they very natu
rally consider yon quite winning and
delightful. So far, so good. Ittsjual
as it should be.
Of course, when you go home yon
take all your pl-a*ant waya with you.
If the*** friends who hare known you
but a littie while, and who care for you
taen-ly aa triroda, have power to
brighten and sweeten you, certainty
when you return to your own rtdauvm,
who lore you M mnch more, youll be
brigbtei and sweeter than ever.
Is it aof Perhaps it ia. bat if, by
any chance, it abould not be—if, for
instance, you ehouae to let youraelf be
aour or itoiiflereni at home, thinking
any tone of voice, any glum look, and
any careleaa word good enough for
"the folk* I " —l'm ao<ry for you, thai *
all. You loae a great deal of comfort,
and you miat a great opportunity of
making other* happy. But it i never
too late to improve. Kuppoae you try
the company plan. Be polite, "sunny,
and charming at home. Commence to
morrow—no, to-day. The home life it
ooly a visit, after all, for no family caa
remain together always.— Bl \'k*Um.
A
if this U what tiiev call the world. I
don't think much of it It's a very
tfannelly world, and smell* of parego
ric awfully. It's a drtadfnl light world,
too, and make* me blink, I tell yon.
And I don't know what to do with my
hand*; I think I'll die my tut* in my
eye*. So, 1 won't 111 scrabble at the
corner of my blanket and chew it up,
and then 111 holler: whatever happen*
111 holler. And tne more paregoric
they give me the louder I*ll yell. That
old nnrae pat* the spoon in the corner
of mr mouth in * verv tinraay way,
and keep* tasting my milk heraaif all
the while. She spilt *nuff in it laat
night, and when 1 hollered, trotted me.
That came of being * two d*j' old
baby. There'* * pin sticking "in me
now. and tt I *av a word about It I'll
lie trotted or fed; and 1 would rather ,
have catnip tea. 11l tell yon who I am.
I found out to-day. I heard folk* a*y, '
"iluah, don't wake np LmmeJine's ba
by;" and 1 suppose that prouy white
faced woman over on the pillow i*
Kmmeline.
No, 1 was mm take ii. a chan waa in
here just now. and wanted to *e
Hob* p*by; and looked at me and
Mid, "1 wa* a funny little toad, and
looked juat like Boh." He nmelt of
cigars. I wonder who elae I tielong to.
Ye*, there'* another one- that'* "tiain
ma." "It u Gamma's Why, *o it
waa." I declare Ido not know who 1
belong to; but I'll holier, and maybe
111 find oat. There coate* Snuffy with
catnip tea. I'm gotog to sleep. 1 won
der why my hand* won't go where I
want them to.—.SomturMa.
A CktUr* Heaven. - Children of de
licate nature* are always fond of birds.
A beautiful child of mine, who died at
aix year* of ago. waa an in stance of
this. Seeing hi* end approaching 1
aaid to him:
"Are you willing to die, dear, and go
to hoaveu f"
lie put hi* little arms around my
neck and waa silent for many m inn tea.
while my heart sank within me. At
length he lifted hi* face and aakrd:
"Are there bird*andffowets m heav
en, mamma f"
"Yea, my darling, all that is beauti
ful here, we ahali find thenj."
"Then I am williug to go."
In a few hour* hi* pure spirit had
panned away.— fhtr thumb Animal*.
A Utile boy whose grandmother re
cently died, line a new sled, but as
there is no anow he is really wor*e off
than if be did not have it.
Yesterday lie remarked to Ins moth
er:
"I wonder why itdou't snow T"
Receiving no answer to this, lie con
tinued :
"God could make it snow if he wait
ted to, couldn't he ?"
"Yes," said the mother.
"I wonder why lie don't f" he added
somewhat pettishly. Then suddenly
brightening up he said :
"I guess he is so busy makinggrand'-
ms an angel that he ain't got no time
to do it."
Keep the Tonsil* from I'ahlndSfu.
Words are sometimes wounds. Not
very deep wounds always, and yet they
irritate. Speech Is unkind sometimes
when there is no uukindness in the
heart; so much the worse that needless
wounds are inflicted; so much the
worse that unintentionally nain Is
caused. Keep it from falsehood. It is
so easy to give a false coloring; to so
make a statement that it may convey a
meaning different from the truth,
while yet there is an appearance of
truth, that we need to he on our guard.
There are very many who would shriuk
from telling a lie,who yet indulge them
selves in such inaccurate or exaggera
ted or one sided statements, that they
really come under the condemnation
of those whose '"lying lips are an abom
ination to the Lord. Keep it from
slander. The good reputation of others
should be dear to us. edit should not
be suffered to go unrebuked; but it
should he in accordance with the Scrip
ture method, "Go and tell him of his
fault twixt thee and him alone." And
it should tie borne in mind that what is
too often considered as merely harm
less gossip runs dangerously near, if it
does not pass, the confines of slander.
A reputation is too sacred to be made a
plaything of, even If the intent be not
malicious.— Rural Hew Yorker.
HEWS II BRIEF
—Florida hat mm,ooo Northern vlal
—Weverflf*.JblinJt>m,a life waalnaured
for <IOO,OOO.
—California has a population of about
3,000 Chinese boy*.
—Texas haa a population <*1,276,000.
rn I§7o It was fi1e,519.
—Boyton baa been swimming at New
Orleans a hundred miles In twenty-live
hour*.
1 —Mr. Batcher has engaged his usual
quarter* at Twin Mountain House for
next Hummer.
—Portland, Oregon, has shift pel dl
-4 rectly to Liverpool in ogf cargo 90,000
bushels of wheat.
—Ahington, Mass., ha? not a pauper
and the Selectmen have advertised the
aim house for sale.
—There see nearly MX) French flat
houses In New York, and many more
In process of erection.
—Prairie dn Chien has an artesian
well 717 feet deep which throws 30,000
barrels of water a day.
—The Pennsylvania railroad com
pany has reduced the rates of passeu- *
ger fares in three oenu a mik.
—All lhe employes of the Oonconl
(S. H.) Railroad have been compelled
to sign the Uunperanc* pledge.
—Four hundred gamblers are collec
ted at Cheyenne, ready for the opening
season In the Black Hill* country.
—Massachusetts expects to send
three cx-4iveriiora U> Congress next
year, and then have a number over.
—'There are 21,336 Baptist churches
In the Fulled States, with 13,117 min
ister*, and a total membership of 1,815,-
000.
—A WU has been introduced Into the
legislature of Mississippi to make edu
< Wloa compulsory throughout the
Bute.
—Three hundred and tblrty-eeven
| American hotel* were burned in 1876,
I and not a hotel clerk was ao much as
scorched.
—ln 1874 only on* t* rson was killed
on all the Massachusetts railroads
while 7 were killed by accidents In the
city of Boston.
—Another of Boston'* revered land
marks has got to go. The lease of the
old Hut* House expires July Ist, and It
is t be torn down.
—Among an Invoice of old paper
stock received at a Norwich paper
mili recently was (60,001),(XW in can
uellad United States bond*.
—That New Capitol at Albany, If It
1* ever finished, will cost (12,000,000.
Yet viewed from an artistic point ot
view, it Is pronounced a failure.
—The butcher's Mll of asi ogi# botel
in New York city averages <2,600 a
week at this season of the year. It av
erage* (1,000 a week in the summer.
—The amount of depo-it* in the Mas
sachusetts saving* bauks I* (237,848,
93(1, an Increase of (20,000,000 in 1875.
The average rate of dividend was 6 3-20
per cent.
—Troy, New York, manufacture*
ooliars toc the whole country. It Is
sab) thai there i* not a linen collar fac
tory In successful operation outside of
that etty.
—it Is generally believed that the
•dock of the I'irect Cable company has
liasaed into the bands ot the Anglo
American Cable and Western Union
Telegraph companies.
—The boring for mineral water con
tinues on the <-amp meeting ground at
Round Lake. Haratog* county, and a
depth of 836 fact ha* been reached, but
no mineral water found.
—There will probably be more Joe
housed on the Kennebec than ever be
fore. At least 300,000 tons have al
ready secured a axle, requiring 1.000
vessels to carry It, or ten a day during
the shipping aossoo.
—The Washington correspondent ot
the Virginia Chronicle says that the
family of ex Senator Xye are in abso
lute destitution, and that the ex-Sena
tor is in the Plat hush Asylum in a
-tate ot hopeless Imbecility.'
i —A bill ia now before the Kansas
i legislature and likely to beootne a law
offering a bounty of five dollars a
bushel for collecting and destroying
locust eggs, and sixty cents for every
bushel of unhedged locusts destroyed.'
—David R. Standish, who was the
i oldest locomotive engineer in the -
{ United States, has been placed on the
retired list by the Boston and Provi
dence Railroad Company, in whose era
ploy he had been since 1843.
-Mdlvcr mining Is likely to become
] popular In Texas. Over" one million
| acres of land have been located in
, Mason oounty in three months. Two
shafts are already -unk.and one is yield
| ing at the rate or $lB per ton.
—A reverend divine, being accused
> of negligence in his calling, and styled
I "an unfaithful shepherd,** trout
scarcely ever visiting his flock, defended
' himself by saving that he vat always
w-lth them at "shearing lime."
—The task of providing for the
Queen's children and the Duke of Cam
bridge, not including salaries drawn
hy any of them because of offices they
bold In the civil, military or naval ner
vine, has already coat the British pub
lic *B,BTMOO.
—At a New York matinee lately- in a
fashionable theatre, by actual count
there were 389 velvet dresses In the or
chestra seats and Nixes and 511 cream
colored hats ia the braise, ami all but
twenty of tbrm supporting Ivory white
feathers.
—The eleven blast furnaces in Alle
gheny County, Pa., have a capacity of
237,000 tons of pig Iron per year, and
average of 31,54 ftv t tons for "each fur
nace; the Alty furnaces in the Lehigh
Valley have an annual capacity of 533.-
Gnt> tons, 10.K72 tons for each "furnace.
—The meanest man In America now
npjiears to be John Stevens, of Igans~
Put. Ind. He Inherited an estate of
two years sine** and spent it in
riotous living, and now sues the trus
tees for its value, alleging that he was
not or age when the property was
turned over to bins.
—Schenectady, N". Y., will send to
the Kxpotiliuu groups of life-size wax
statuary among which will be forty
eight figures In full Continental cos
unne, representing the signing of the
Declaration of Independence: also,
figures representing the death of War
ren, the capture ot Tlconderoga, and
the treason of Arnold.
—The little town of Ratavia, Cler
mont county, Ohio, which contains
only seven hundred and fifty inhabi
tant*, i* a good place for raising office
holders. It 1872 forty-three of its cit
izens were federal officers, and at this
time twenty-four are employed in
Washington, and some others hold gov
ernment offices elsewhere.
—Boqttft, for a small city, and a pro
vinct&l one at that, has many clubs.
Among them are the Athenian, Papy
rus, Apollo, Commonwealth, Boylstou,
Orpheus, Art, Somerset, Union,' Tem
ple, Central, Tremout, Suffolk, Bird,
Thursday Evening, Saturday, Massa
chusetts, Ranks, and Agricultural;
while those patronised bv ladies are
the New England Woman's, the Satur
day Morning, the Brains club, and the
Young Ladles' club.
Cbanrlsr.
The character of a man's life affects
thousands besides himself. Wickedness
cannot be kept Inside of a man's heart
any more than stench can he kept in
the gutter where it is generated. It
spreads abroad and mingles with the
air of the whole street, and all.who
pass the spot must breathe of its tainted
odor. Then* is a moral atmosphere in
which we all live aud to which we all
contribute some ingredient. We spread
ontagion through it or we make it
pure and healthy. We cannot remain
by ourselves any more than the drop of
water car remain by itself when it is
fallen into the stream. We become a
par. of the whole and the whole is af
fected by the part. Sin is contagious
and therefore we have no right to har
bor it in our hearts. Impropriety is a
crime not alone against ourselves, not
alone against God, but also against
mankind. The voice of the entire race
is lifted in protest against the crime
and the criminal. Every day is a day
of judgment, and the moral sense of the
whole world pronounces condemnation
upon every man thatdoeth evil.— Golden
Rule.