Oh! there are golden. moments in men’s lives Sadden, unlooked-dor as the little clouds All gold, whieh suddenly illume the gates Of the lost sun. Oh, pray lor them! They bring No increase like the gains of sun and showers; Only a moment's brightness to the earth, Only a moment's gleam in common lite Yet who would change them for the wealth of worlds, Love in All Name the jeaves on all the trees; Namo the waves on all the seas, All the flowers by rill that blow All the myriad tints that glow, Winds that wander through the gro ve. And you rame the name of love; Love there is in summer sky, As in light of maiden’ eve. VOLUME XIV. have one. tlow It's important, of course, he shall ! stupid of me to forget! thoveh. 1 il. Of course we know who the sender Ww ii be!™ She glanced at me as she said this ‘Kate, please do fot,” 1 sald, im pioringly, blushing up to the roots of my hair, for | knew that | was doomed “Do not what P replied Kate, “Oh! by-the-hyve, Ethel, you re sure to receive some this year—one at least." “Yes,” broke in Charley, ** Directed Listen to the countless sounds In the wind that gaily bouwls Oar the meads where, on the wind, Bright bees hum and linnets sing; Pat of raindrop, chat of stream, Of their song sweet love's the theme; Love there is whore sephyr skips, As in breath of maidens lips. In the west mild evening glows; Wy faegrh An gol fingers fold the rose: wound ting that such a very modest, ; retiring person woud write such a very Silv ery dews begin to fall; devided hand P You know who [ mean, Crimson shades to shadow all; Miss Vane P® Holy natnre wails ber taco; So the remarks flow round, and | Earth is lost in heaven's ¢ new that remonstrance was vain, and Love is in an hour lik is that Mr. Bargill and myself were to be As in guileloss maiden’ kiss HOO two of the victims on Valentine's day Not only that, but | greatly feared that tine to we in his name, or, {one from me to him For some reason this latter idea was { torture 10 we, Of course what 1 re. feeived myself was & matter of little consequence, 1 should know whom to i thank for it; but if l only could know | how they meant to make use of mv un- forinaale pame mn playing their jokes upon him. i bdo time wore on, and 1 comforted { myseif by thinking that Mr. Bargill, { come what might, would believe that | had sent him a valentine, more espe i oially such a one as | feared they would i send him. i “It will be Chariey said,” 1 { thought. *“ He will most likely put it | in the five, and no one will bea whit the | wiser.” { And then I caught myself wondering | whether it would make him shy of our { company, and whether he would cease ithe walks from church, ete, And 1 must allow that ‘he idea vexed me. | “How very tiresome they are!” I said ito myself. * And what bad taste it is i to piay these jokes on people,” forgetting {for the moment how often 1 had my- i self been a party to jokes of the kind. {At last Valentine's morning came. { There was nach excitement round the | breakfast table when the post-bag, full | to bursting, was banded in. I waited patiently tor my share of its contents. They were three. First, a fetter from home in wy mother's writ. ing; secondly, iarge document, di Ir worse, Go wher, through the voiceless nigh, Trips ir Luna's silver light; Hear of natare’s pulse that beat, Like the thread of unseen feet; See from out the Inmwbent north Shimmering arrows shooting forth; Love is in & meteor's start, As in throb of maidens heart Love's the essence of all things; "Tis trom Jove that beauty springs; "Twas by love, creation first Into glorions being burst; Veiled in maidens form so fir, I do worship thee in her. Spirit sweet—all else above Love is God, since God is love. w Chambery’ Journal, us MY VALENTINE. ————— Valentine's day, and I am sitting in the bay-window of my front room in the little semi-detached house which is now my home. The little maid has laid the | breakfast things, but it is early, and 1 sit on the horsehair sofa in the window, | a looking out for the postman, Not that his coming this morning has any romantic interest for me. Those | days of romance are past and gone. am now arrived at the sober age of thirty-five, and it is time to have done with such folly. And vet, as I sit here, | and the postman delays his coming, my mind wanders back to other Valentine's | days long ago. when it was a matter of | such deep interest to we. i One fourteenth of February in particu. lar I remember, ten—let me see, sixteen | years ago it was. How the years fly! | and how short « time it seems! Those | few bright years of a woman's life seem | to go by magic, and when they are gone | what remains? Always atone time or | other an seuing sense that they are gone, and sometimes, alas! the knowl- edge that she is doomed to loneliness for the years to come. I felt that at one time myself, but I am used to it now, At thirty-five these romantic regrels shouid be dome with. And especially when one lives the life of a daily gover ness (as 1 have dope for some year past). the resities of life press too con~ | stantly snd too unplssnt.y on one's | mind te leave room for day dreams, But on the fourteenth of February | just referred to my governess life baa not yet hegun. 1 had then as fairs future hefore me as mest young girls ot my scquaintarce, with equal chances of an advanisgeous and happy marriage, | and a life of independence. At that | time I was on a visit to some old | friends, the Coventrys. i The fauily consisted of father, woth. | er and two daughters—fine, lLearty, | good-looking girls, tall, strong and high. spirited. In that respect rither a con- trast to myself, for {| was small, quiet- mannered, sod (as I was painfully con- scious) rather piain in appecrance. They saw plenty of company, for their father, "Squire Coventry ns ie was calied kept | & most hospitable house ; and, especially during the winter, the Louse was cop- | tinually filled with young people and | amusement of all kinds was the order of the day. In most of these amusements I took a | part, and thouch I had peither health | nor animal spirits equal to wy soung | friends, their kindness and hesrtiness | made everything pleasant, They had » | most especial fondness for practical | joking (I mezn a barmiess kind), par. | tienlsrly the younger one, Kate, who | was ably assisted in this Jine by her! cousin, Charles Braintree, who con- | stantly formed ope of the party. | Kate and Chariey were in every kind | of escapade—ocomcanions in mirth, and | frequently companions in misfortune, | when the evil effects of their joking | came home to their own door. i While I was st the Coventrys we at- | tended a village church close by, where, | the rector being absent, there officiated | at the time ux curate who had lately | i i 3 ius nina come tothe place. He wasa tall, slight | max, rather good-looking; but he had a | painfuliy-stiited, self-conscious manner, | which quite did away with the prepos- | sessing effect of his appearance. I at first atiributed it 10 conceit, afterward, | when | knew him better, to shyness. | He seldom eame to the Louse, although | the Coventrys quickly made his sc- quaintance, and pressed him to do so, but invitations of all kinds he refused. | Daring my stay, however, he gradual- ly acquired the habit of walking home with us from church, our road lying partly in the same direction; he would part with us at the park-gates, with the stiffest of bows, refusing al entreaties to enter. and proceed to bis lodgings in the village. By degrees his visits to the house be- came more frequent, and of course the change was attributed to me. I could not help becomirg conscioust hat during these Sunday walks Lis place was gen- erally at my si ¢; and I suffered much from the sly looks snd mu tered remarks of which I was the subject. Our con- versation on these oceasions was of the primmest and most demure. Sometimes, after a silent walk of two or three min- utes, a feeble request to carry my prayer- book, and that yielded to, a few remarks on the weather, and so on, and we were already at our journey’s end; neverthe- less this was sufficient food for mischiefs loving friends to found a joke upon. w As to Mr. Bargill himself, he was *‘ fair game.” His conseious, conceited, and yet awkward and bashful manner, made Lin, I most confess, a most tem pt- ing subject; and while he had quickness enough to sce that in some way or other he was ridiculed, his sense of humor was so dull that he touid never comprehend the joke. All this com- bined to make him undergo torture when in my friends’ society, and I verily believe he fled to me (quite, sedute and harmless as I was) as a refuge from their sallics. ‘Whether that were so or no I know rot, but by degrees I became quite used to his society. and from tol- eating 1 got to like it and to miss kim when he did not come; and when the joves raged, 1 invariably took his part. Valentine's day drew near, and o course Kate Coventry was full of business. There were valentines of all kinds to be dispatched and expected in return. Numerous “hoaxes” de- signed for particular friends, and the plots and schicmes 88 to places of post- age and disguise of handwriting, were truly wonderful. “What tun it would be to send a val- entine to Mr. Bargilll” exclaimed Charley. “What would he do with it? Pat it into the fire, I expect, and never let any ove hear of it. He would feel it an insult. Mr. Li” exclaimed Kate, svd- “ denly l'~king vo from her work of di- rected in the stiff, upright band 1 had been (ed to expect; thirdly, a letter di- recied in a handwriting perfectly un known to me. I opened ihe second- | “Now, Ethel, let us hear” assailed me on every side, “*That's the writing! 1 knew it come!” shouted Charley. “Thank you, 1 am much : you aill” { replied. “ltis admirably written; but this one is muoeh better done"—as I spoke 1 held up the third- mentioned, written in the unknown hand i woud obiiged to “That large one is too elaborate. Mr. Bargiil, 1 am sure, would never send such as fHowery composition as Now, this is sober, and to the I hiad just read it, : nd was surprised to find only a short, simple, earnest offer of marmrisge—not much like a valentine, « xcept that the writer slight- iy referred to the character of the day as & kind of apology for addressing me, It was signed oniy “J. B.” “1 see,” I said. “You thought by | sending me two that 1 should ecrtainly becauglit by one them. Tuis last one is certriniy the best. Some of your work, [ suspect, Connie. It is not in Katie's style.” Constance protested ler innocence: but in vain. Indeed, a general chorus | discinimer was raised round the table: | but I simply ignored it, put the two ! valentines in my pocket, and began to | read my mother's letter. This was of another kind. My father was seriously ill. My mother wanted me home| directly ; and the next day found me on ¢ pressed atthe | of hy Vial of regrets at leaving my friends. Then began a season of calamity and trial. My fa'her died, u fortnight's | tiiness, leaving myseif, a brother and sister almost unprovided for. The following year my sister, who Lad been engaged for some Ume, was married. My mother died soon after. ward, and [ was leit alone—almost ab- after abroad to seek his fortune, and I chose | Jather to seck an independence for my- | self than to ageept kindness from sister, who was pot in affluent circumstances. Thus began my governess life, which I am thankful to say, has been such a sucess that 1 am row able to live in | comfort and to put by a mite forarainy | day. I bave not spent mueh in travei- ing, though my kind friends, the Cov- entry's, sent me many invitations. Per- Laps I am a little proud, for I think I | couid not mix in their society wiih just the same pleasure as in former days. However, they are unchanged to me,and | always will be, I feel sure. The clock had just struck nine. atime I Lave sat here ruminating on | past time! and the postman is not come | yet. Valentine's day— that is the reason | of the delay, no dount. Here he comes around the corner, but | what a time he stops at each door! The | five little dwellings to be visited before | What | i i another quarter of an hour, at this rate | of going. Well! you will not be detained | long here, my man, Sarah shall bring | the breakfast Another tem minutes; he is here! Sarah puts two letters into my hand, and, strange coincidence! one of them ig in the handwriting of my oid friend, Constance Coventry. Constance Baintree she is aow; she married Charley two years after my last | visit. And bright, merry Kate is dead! My second letler, being evidently a business one, claims my first attention It is from the mother of my eldest pupil. She is going abroad, and wishes my charge to accompany her My three other pupils are at present in scarlet fever My hande will be empty! What shall do? Look for temporary ems day, but know of nowhere to go just now. Now [or Constance: “We have just come home from abroad,” she writes, *‘ and are settling in our new home, though iL is a wretched time of year. 1 do want you so much to come and see me. Perhaps my reasons are partly selfish, for he will not see company yet, and I am dreadfully dull and lonely, but I know that will be no ¢ raw back to you.” She then goes on to saya good deal that is kind, and adds in a postscript: “* 1 said we were alone, but 1 forgot tc mention that an old friend, or rather ac- quaintance, is with us whom I dare say you will remember in by-gone days— Mr. Bargill! We came upon him at Basle, ‘when Charley was dangerously ill, and his kindness I shall never tor- get, Iam so sorry thas I ever langhed at or teased him, dear Ethel; he saved my husband's life! Do come.” That is all. And what a strange sup- plement to my meditations of the past hour. How the old familiar names re- cail the old days. I am at Barfield again, young and happy as of vid! Con- stance’s invitation is a tempting one. I should like to see her again in her new home; and Mr. Bargill ? I smile ns I remember the valentines, and 1 think on the whole I should ‘like to see him again, too! It is decided, I will go and sit down and writ? to that effect. Three days later, at five o'clock on a cold winter's evening, 1 am driven up the avenue at Braintree, trying hard, through the dusk and the drifting sleet, to catch a glimpse of my friend's new home. A double row of stately lime trees on each side of the drive is all that I can see, and as we draw nearer Iper- ceive fine old Elizabethan house nearly covered with ivy and creepers. It has ® Hditor and { ' many generations, and has just descended to Charley from an anole. A bright light streamed forth when the door was onened, and Constance i stood in the hall ready to receive me with open arms, In & second | was in A COBY room with a bright fire, wher husband, looking not ttl alli iny her ' i 118 recent {liness. Constance led me to my room, and on eAVIng me, said to-night, dear; you won't mind? I'll send you my maid,” and without wait. ing for an answer, she was gone, did "mind," put there was no help Constance was aiways fond of ¥ 4 3 i dressed mysel as well as my tor society True Manhood. A mean Or vuigar action. His seul his mind and his body grow in strength and beauty year by year, His worth and greatness are to be justly tatimated by taking Into consideration piness he conveys upon others Only a true man can hecome a great reformer or successful moral physician, »* PA. "ye Story of a Colorado Hobber, Of uw noted robber in Colorado named Leaper, the Denver Tridune tells this story: It was getting inte in the fall when just al evening cne day there came and halted al Leaper's onbin to inquire tint there was no other house within twenty miles: but if he would dismount he was weloome to stay during the thie drawing room, where about fourteen were assembled: but among Hem all not one see Was familar to me save that ol my I quietly « nsconced myself in & win. dow recess, where | was partly hidden by a curtain. My eves wandered for a moment ther anxiously over the group in a vain hope that I might discover Mr. Bargiil, but in vain. No one was Known to me there Dinner was announced. The party paired off. As Isat wondering who my parteer was to be, Constance touched the arm of a portiv-looking man who sat with Lis back to me, engaged in earnest He rose at onue, led him up to me. * An old friend, Ethel. Mr. you remember Miss Vane?" persQnd ORE tneories of theology or philesophy; he must live up to his creed by nots as well as by words eoquently uttered. A man 81000 never put himsell forward for a plot and jive the life ol a castaway Earuestness and honesty are great helps in the highway to sucoess., A man way have the genius of a Gray, the brilliancy ol a Byron, the eloquence of an Everett, and the power of a Pitt, snd if he not carry into the hearts of his read. hearers that he 13 trathful he might as well talk to bare wal's. The soul of a true man is without de. formity, No soul that is misshapen ean long remain concealed from s snow! edg of the world. It cannot be hid. " ing man before me the “shy curate” of former days? No need to ask if he remembered me. He gave a start, and colored visibly, when she uttered my biance which 1 had failed to deteot at first, I saw that, and it was no small pleasure to think that time's ravages had not altered me in his eyes, at least beyond recognition. I went into the dining-room on his arm, and after the first few sentences our conversation never flagged. [ then discovered how in mind us well as in body he had developed and improved; or rather, having gained in assurance and maniiness. those qualities which 1 imagined he always had possessed were suffered to come to the , while that stifiness of manner which we had called coneeit, and which I now felt sure had proceaded from shiyness, had van. ished altogether. ‘hen I returned to the drawing room, I no longer felt myself alone in the company. I talked indifferently to my next neighbor, hardly conscious who or what might be, mv eye meanwhile watching the door with anxiety, until st Inst the hum of voices outside (old that the gentlemen were coming. There was a Vould he take it? Yes, was evi dently coming toward me, My heart throbbed loudly when down upon the chigir I bad guarded sat a fat old coun- try ‘squire who began to make himself agreeable to my next neighbor, 1 felt mortified and disappointed, and soon afterward took an opportunity of retin ing tomy oid seat in the window. I bad not sal there many minutes when the curtain was drawn aside, and surface she vacant seat beside me. in my recess, sat down beside me. “Mr. Bargill” cried out Constance’ ittle girl, ranning up to us, “just look at my vaientine! Isn't it a beauty? 1 have had such = lot, bot this is the pret- who sent it. Do you know? [ believe it was vou. Now, wasn't it? Tell the truth." “No, Carrieit was not 1.” “1 believe it was, hough,” she sisted. * I'm sure it wa«!" ** No, Carrie, indeed,” hie while a grave smile hovered round his Per. in all my life, and that--" “ Well, and that?" “That one was never answered.” He looked at me, though he was speaking to or, and instantiv | remem. bered my t«o0 valentines ot long ago, that one in particular which was Lever myseil so little shout, In my own mind I had never doubted that it had heen sent me by mischievous young friends, I remembered now how strongly they hind denied it; and. as I thc ught of its wontents, I reflected, what if really had come from him ?—had lain all these years unheeded snd unnoticed? and now! My cheeks burnt erimson as I turned my nead away, and my contusion must have been evident to him. Katie had flown away to exhibit her it iv I heard a low voice beside me: ** Miss Vane—Ethel, will you answer | Bye v I did answer it, and in a way that I | words, ostentatious benevolence, and pretentious piety. A bad character si as hard to conceal as the limp of a ame soidier. A man without gen. une goodpess is soon consigned to his proper level in society. He may hold his head high for a oconsid- erable space of time, but he i: seldom ultimately successful in imposition. A man may cannol permanently hy continuoas fraud, dissimulation and hypocrisy. Nobody can commit rand without discovery. The till of many individuals has heen renderad hopeless by reason of their having satributed to themselves rare virtues and qualitiesof Geart they never really possessed, faith in and love for humanity, To be buman is to be fallible. There is no sunny spot on this green earth where perfeot beings dwell. The best and truest dving men and women have thelr weak- nesses and imperfections. Thus should learn to look chiaritably upon the errors of otiu who are conscious of their own feciings. There is much that is good and pure numanity, as well a8 many things that are evil and odious. It is unresson- able to believe that all are treacherogs 4 Be onus person ins been untrue. It is unjust to affirm that one wlio bas committed a single error hiss no remaining grains of good in him Kemarkable Instances of Instinet, Muskrats, in their winter excursions nder the jee their feeding- which frequently at distances from abodes, breath at sterting snd under the water as long as th ¥ Then they can ris? to the jce, and n their lungs, whiecl nin bubbles sgainst the lower sur. They wait till from the water snd the in ARID And gO on In Simos. any y an intelectual rs ih it nd nlse one Lo are their in LIS an his way they can travel istapce. This | enll peration, The tierce dragon fly, with 19,000 lenses i hiseye, dart aarts rom angie to angle with is is take him across a mountain sod put him upon the road. The traveler accepted invitation, unsaddled his mule. picketed him by the roadside the eabin., Injudiciously he nuggets he had washed from the earth that season, little thinking he was selling & trap to lose his own life. season for Leaper. A long winter would soon set in, and there wouid be nobody to rob. Men seldom traveled the moun- taivs in the winter in those days, and it Was 08 CeEsSAry be prepared to den up like the grizsly When morn- i i and Leaper his horse, and they started they dismounted in a gulch, when Leaper seised Lis victim by the throat, and demanded Lis money and his pistol He then ordered him back in his saddle, and, taking a long lariat, lashed Lis feet hands behind him. Thisdone, the fiend pulled the bridle from the animal's head and turned him loose, at the same time put spurs to his own horse aud rode 3 i The grass was fine in the mountains at this Lime, and the mule paid wore at- tention to this than he did to the pris- oner ou his back Mild words, unacoom - panied by rein or cudgel, had no influ. ence on the jong-eared hybrid He ate and drank until filled, then lay down for the nigat. his belly and knees, and indicated by he could for his unfortunate bed fellow When morning came the beast arose and for other deids hie wenl~—olten nearly tearing to pieces his rider—until he halted ai a rippling stream to take a drink. Atthis moment halicoed joudly for help lis Was answered, and a man dressed in a red shirt and buck:n breeches came in sight with an ax upon his shoulder. As he approached the mule became alarmed at his appearance Chil £ in Lh¢ ir, but with a clash reversing the no fon of his four wings and instaptane- sly ealenlating the distance of Le ob : he would dash Lhimsel! to We cannot tell how the pupa fly came by the instinot that t to leave the water und hang Ww dary. in this quite as soon as to un. ff this i up Old song birds t A spariow, whose leg was kindly set ero the same operation, and spent in which she had rece ved ihe Did you ever observe the behavior of gentlest of creatures, and But, in possession of that mouse, bebold the Her eyes snap and burn with iutid fir, sand her growls are vengetul some little swallows onee built a nest But the wall was visit me in my bedroom that night. I had a secret to confide to her, and was kissed and congratulated to my heart's content, “But oh! Constance,” 1 exclaimed, when she allowed me a pause, * how could you not teil me that chat second valentine came from him, or that it did | How could you | et me believe otherwise!” ** My precious child, did I not tell " she answered, laughing, *“a hun. | y persuaded to ti ie contrary? | enough! But never mind, ‘all's well “Yes,” I said. soft'y, “I believe it is ** A poor curate's wife,” broke in Con- stance. “Why, don't you know that Charley has given Mr. Bargill the rich living of Braintree, two miles from bere, and I shali have you near me aways P Oh! it is delightful. So you The lovely rectory of Braintree has long been my home, and the “shy curate” the best and most devoted of husbands. Little doea the title apply to him now! Beloved and respected by his parishioners, and known far beyond Lis own little circle for conspicuous talents, my home is all and more than 1 could wish; and as the fourteenth of February again approaches, recalling the happiest event of my life, with what different feelings do 1 greet it from when, ten years ago, I sat in my lovely lodgings, thinking sadly of *“ my Valen- tine’s days ” of the past, Sh —————————————— Baby-Carriages, The use of bahy-carriaces is depreca- ted by Dr. Henry H. Smith, of Phila delphia. He says that a child who is emrried in arms is beine constantly trained in balancing its head and shoul: ders, and that such infants are sooner able to sit alone and creep or walk more vigorously than those who in the con- tinued supine posture of the baby car. ringe {ail to receive their muscular ex ercise There is also increased appetite, with improved digestion and nutrition. One of the evils liable to ensue from the constant use of the baby carriage is the jarring and concussion of the delicat brain and spinal cord of the infant cren= ted by bouncing the carriage over gutters or up and down the curbstones, This evil, Dr. Smith contends, is quite as serious to the infant ns the concussion of the spine, the result of railroad travel, is to tLe full-grown man, the nervous system of the child being easily ime pressed by jars. ec —— More than one thousand printing resses have been shipped to France Pr Phiindelphia since the centennial. been the home of the Braintrees for Immediately they buiit ime, with no built a fourth They They had would stand the heat. They came back This they did also Can swallows reason? The Bambee Tree. Although no production of China is of It is used tor every ‘a universal material.” It grows to neither blossom nor fruit, and the leaves are narrow and small; many of the canes are much thicker than a man's arm. For building purposes its largest stems serve for pillars, rafters and planks; its leaves are thatehing for the roof and Le small fibers are matting for the floor. For household use it is made into bedsteads, tables, chairs and other articles of furniture; also into um- brellas, hats musical instruments, bas. kets, cups, brooms, soles of shoes, pipes, bows and mrrows, sedan-chairs and wicks of eandles. Its fine fiber is made into twine; its leaves as a kind of cloak for wet weather, called “a garment of leaves.” Small shoots form the cele. brated chopsticks; other tender shoots are boiled and eaten; the pulp is formed into paper; the pith into good pickles and sweetments; and a thick juice, which is pressed from it, is said to be an excellent medicine. For maritime purposes it Is transformed into boats, floats, sails, cables, rigeing, fishing rods and fishing baskets. By simply tying together a few bamboo reeds a swim ming jacket is constructed capable of containing one o. more persons. In agricuiture, carts, wheelbarrows, water- pipes and wheels, fences and many other things are made from it. In the manu- facture of ven it helps to form therolling tables, drying baskets and sieves. It is the universal demand in the houses, in the fields, on water nnd on iand, in peace and in war. Through life the China- man is dependent upon it, nor does it leave him until it carries him to his last resting-place, IO BAAS 5574 Coal Mines Under the Nea, A number of English coal mines are being worked under the ocean. In Northumberland the net availabe quantity of coal under tne ses is esti- mated at 403,000,000 tons, and on the Durbam coast unaer the sea, including a breadth of turee and a hall miles, with an area of seventy-une square miles, 734 600,000 tons, ‘I'he latter mine is in n vein of an aggregate thickness of thiity feet, distributed in six seams. Engineers are considering how it can be worked successfully in the future. pot until the sax-man had golten near enough to learn from the rider Lis sad condition The woodman now laid down his ax and started in pursuit. For hours he followed the mule and its lone rider in vain, Atl times he would almost lay his bands upon the crea ure, when peculiar to a mule, with a sport he would bound away with increased speed. Night was now [ast spprosching., and darkness would end the pursuit. The case was geiting desperate. The pursuer bad a pistol in his beit. Heavalled himsel! of the b»t opportunity be could get and sent a bullet whi sing through the ani. mais head, A moment and the rider to travel. A fire was kindled and the this unosual way camped for the night among the rocks with the wolves all around them. In the moraing they succeeded in reaching a cabin a few miles away Alter resting & lew davs and partly re- neariy para yeed the man of fate de. the robbery, and described the robbey sO minutely that he was easily traced as the mysterious occupant of the lone cabin at the foot of “Warder's Hill," as day. Offi ors were sent for him and he was eaptlured after a d sperate stroggie and died in prison of Lis wounds. 5. A Duelist’s Experience. Baron de San Malata, a Sicllisn and Paris to find a test of his skill as a com. batant. He bas fought forty duels, but he been the chal lenger. It is told of him that daring a hented political canvass. in the course of first cousin, the latter caded him some opprobrious epithet. The baron repiled: “You are a coward!” The cousin answered: “ Will you repest by home snd returned Guaseppe, see here! That revolver don't suit your band ; the stock never was made for i use that pistol.” As he ceased to speak he epit in his cousin's face. The sud. of this speech and attack so bew tidered the cousin that ie neither said por did anythine. The baron spit in his face again. Friends interfered. baron. man he was, begged him to spare her son's lile, return from the field without even a scratch.” The duel took pince. The cousin attacked furiously. The baron only parried. At last he turned his head and iooked at his seconds until his adversary became so weak that he could no longer hold his sword, when the seconds interfered and ended the duel. At another time he was challenged by the hest broadsword man in Sicily, while he himself was not skillful with this weapon. The broadsword was selected by the seconds. On the field the baron took his sword in both hands and rushed upon Lis adversary, using the weapon as if it were a club. His ad- versary retreated. They were put in position again. The baron disarmed his adversary, A third time they were put in position ; at the first pass the barons sword broke within eight inches of the hilt; his adversary kept on, the seconus did not interfere. The baron became furious, rushed on his adversary, wounded him; then turned on the seconds and wounded every one otf them, beginning with his own, IO 555 A French Farmer, The lot of a French farmer is neither happy nor jolly. He fares frugally on soup and the thinnest of ordinary red wine or cider. The stock of his soup is bacon, and he eats butcher's meat only twice a week. that is on Sunday and market day. When he attends market he makes a succulent dejeuner and drinks a good deal of beer atterward at the eate, This is his only cheerful time; at ordinary seasons he is morose, troubled about the weather, the con- seripti m which is going to take his son into the army, and about politics, of which he understsnds just enough to be in constant dread of revolutions. He is conservative, that is to say, he upholds the government of the day, whatever it 18, for fear of anarchy; but no govern- ment is popular with him, for every ad- ministeation finds it Recensaty to lay oo new taxes. The climate, however, isin his favor. A bad harvest is not a common thing in France, and a succes. sion of bad harvests never occur. It is lucky for the French farmer that this is 80, for there are few French landlords who would be in » position to remit wny part of a year's rent atter a bad har- vest. The rule in France is that farmers’ rent must be paid as punctualiy as lodgers’ rent. II it be not paid, ejection is resorted to av once, and nobody thinks of looking upon the tenant as an ill-used man, RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NOTES. The deaths nwong lav members for the your ending July, 1880, numuered 21.3560, Five misionaries in South Africa have been killed in the war between the Eng- ish and the Basutos, The Congregationalista of the United States maintain sixty-six colleges and seminaries in heathen and Mohammedan lands The Buddhist priests in Japan have taken the Bible in their course of study, 80 that they can the better oppose the Missionaries { The Bhaw university, at Raleigh, N. {Ce, one of the Baptist schools for | freedmen, has sent out more than 1,000 | teachers among the colored people. It { ins now 275 pupils, The Rev. J. 8. Molntosh, of Belfast, | Ireland, who was cabled both to Chi- {eago and to the Beoond Presbyterian {ohurell of Philadelphia, accepted by | cable the call to the ater, About $60,000,000 has been expended j for the war in Afghanistan, while the | total sum given for Clirisuan missions | year is not far from $8,000,000. | charches and chapels. | 456 day schools, with 8,376 pupils. The total number of Methodist com- {is 3.485 000. Total in the world, 4,608, « Han, this coun'ry. There were 105 new Congregational or instalied. ln 1879 there were sixty. | ninety-nine were dismissed seventy in 1880, in place of {for the Christisn ministry. Some ol the students sre married, and their wives sre obliged 10 spend a part of their time in study, and some of them | keep up with their husbands in the full aourse, The population of Canada is divided fas follows: Romans Catholics, 1.488. 000; Presbyterians, 544,998; Anglicans, [404 049; Wesleyans and Methodists, [B67 91; Baptists, 930.343; Lutherans, | no creeds stated, 17,068 ; total, 3,485.761. * Sadlier’s Catholic Directory and Ordo" for 1881 gives impottant statis. | ties of the progress of Roman Catholie. ism in the United States. Thereare now tweive archbishops, with forty-eight suffragans, eight viearistes apostolic, and one prefecture apostoiie. I'he num-~ ber of priests returned is 6408, and there are 1.170 ecclesiastionl students preparing tor the priesthood. The churches in the country have noreased Ww 3,856, and the population is estimated at 6.377.330. In 2.353 parcouial schools there are 483,353 children, Toa. When first introduced tea was not an ‘universal favorite. It was most vehe. mently abus d as an immoral, unwhole. some decoction, from whose use the worst results must be expented to follow, In 1633 & learced German decided that { it was nothing better than black water with an sorid taste; and a few years ister a Raossisn ambassador at the loourt of the Mogul declined sn large present of it jor the czar. his master, “as it wonid cnly incumber him with a | commodity for which he had no use.” The Datel were wiser men, They ex- ported Iarge quantities of dried sage, which pleased Lhe Chinese so much that they gave three and four pounds of tea for each pound of sage, until the Dateh were nnabie to provide thal material in | suflicient quantities to meet the home | demand for tea. Fora lang time Ene i lishmen drank sage ten in prel erence 10 the genuine article; and to this day the use of sage and ther herb teas is still frequent among the agricultural poor of some districts iin England: snd the tisannes of the | French and Swiss have been in no way | repinced by the more costly leaf. Mo- rococo combined tisanne with tea, put- ting sugar in the teapot, and tansy and mint, the flavor of which would, doubt. | less, considerably di sguise the tea, rvn- {dering the decoction as unlike that | agreeable beverage, as was the Jdquid { which issued from ‘he classic brown | teapot of Mesdames Gamp and Prig, on | the fatal night ot their quarrel. Thibet | kept clear of the admixture of other | herbs, but had its own peculiar way of | consuming its tea. This was by boiling { the leaf with water, flour, buiter and | salt, and devouring the resulting uv ess bodily. In Chins, the common people {add ginger and sail to the beverage. The word tea, it may be remarked, | leaf of the tea plant. Cheese Made from Potatoes, A foreign paper says that cheese is | made from potatoes jn Thuringia and Saxony. After having coliected a quan tity of potatoes of good quality, siving the preference to a large white kind, they are boiled in a ealdron, and after becoming cool they are reduced to a pulp, either by means of a grater or mortar. To five pounds of this pulp, which ought to be as ¢qual as possible, is added one pound of sour milk snd the necessary quantity of salt, The whole is kneaded together and the mixture covered up and allowed to lie for three or four days, accord. ing to the soason. At the end ol this time 1t is kneaded anew, snd the chieeges are placed in little baskets, when the superfluous moisture escapes, They are then allowad to dry in the shade, where they must remain for fifteen days. The older these cheeses are the more their quality improves. Three kinds are made. The first and most common is made as detailed above; the second, with four parts of potatoes and two parts of curdied miik; the third with two parts of potatoes and four parts of cow or ewe milk. These cheeses have this advantage over other kinds, that they do not engender worms; and they keep fresh for & num- ber of years, provided they are placed in a dry situation and in well-closed vessels. Cultivating Ants Many of the leading orchard proprie- tors in northern Italy and sovLthern Ger- many are cultivators of the common black ant, which insect they hold in high esteem as the fruit grower’s best friend. They establish ant hills in their orchards, and leave the police service of their fruit trees to the tiny colonists, which pass their time in climbing up the stems of the fruit trees, cleansing their bouehs and leaves of malefactors, mature as well as embryotic, and de- soending laden with spoils to the ground, when they comfortab.y consume or pru- dently store away their booty. They never meddle with sound fruit, but only invade such apples, pears and plums ss have already been penetrated by the canker, which they remorselessly pur- sue to its fastnesses within the very heart of the fruit. Nowhere are appl or pear trees so free from blight and destructive insects ns in the immediate neighborhood of a large ant -hill five or gix years old. The favorite food of ants would appear to be the larvee and puss of those creatures which spend the whole of their brief existence in de- vouring the tender shoots and juvenile leaves of frait trees. NUMBER 5. EE —— no pn Dying Werds, When death, the mighty conqueror, comes, we often find the-spirit which has ruled in lite stil dominant; and the condensed eloquence of th se utterances of expiring saints and sinners possesses An external signitioance ; Julian, the apostate: ** Oh, Galilean thou hast conguered I" Meiancthon: ** Nothing but heaven." Tasso: * Into Thy hands, ol Lord. Hatinurion: * The beginning and end. ing of religion are wonderfully sweet,” Dr, Doddricge: * There is a hope set betore me Jobn Knox: “Lord Jesus receive my spirit.” Wilberforce: “I am very happy. Let me talk of heaven,” John Wesley: * The best of all is, God is with us, Farewell!" Bishop McKendree: ** All is well,” General Havelock: “Tell my son to come and see how a Christian can die ® Society in Colorado. The t between Pole-Cat Jim and Most and-Milk Suze, the Dene ver Tribume sry, hiss terminated. Par- buat opposi on the part of e. The Colorow Bhavana nuptials will he consummated as soon as Granny Meacham, the bride's guardian, returns rom ver, : Fut Charley, hae, ie i been ding wil take piace in the guich below the oid govermment saw mil, german by A on Wednesday last was the event of the season. Miss Pumbtago Cook wore a plame-colored overdress, witht Inciut of home-made carpet, Ie houise , and VEReTo, seai-brown buriaps, made short with two deep plnttinus oh sonmalets HA very becoming; soa Bam, blue denim overdress, with Isce collar and President Edwards: “Trust in God and you need not fear.” : Hobbs, the deist: “I am taking a | fearful leap in the dark.” i Mirabeau: “Give me more lsndanum, | that I may not think of eternity and | what is to come.” | Salmasius: “Oh! 1 have lost a world | of time.” ! Jolin Randolph: “ Remorse! i Queen Elizabeth: * Millions for an | inet of time," Charles 1X, of France: * If Jesus my Edgar A. Poe: “Rest, shore no more ” | Goethe: “Open the shutters and let | Robert Burns: * Don’t let that awk- | ward squad fire over my grave." Keats: ** I feel the daisies growing over Byron: ** I must sleep now." Herden: * Refresh me with a great thought.” Heller: * The artery ceases to beat.” Grouus, the Christian philosopher: Chesterfield : “Give Dayrocies a chair” Washington: * It is well.” John Adams: * ladependence for. | ever,” Jefferson: *' 1 resign my soul to God, and my daughter to my country.” Jolin Q. Adams: “This is the last | of earth.” i Stonewall Jackson: “Let us cross the river and rest in the shade,” Commodore Maury: “DBesr me the pass when the laurels | : ¥ “1 only regret that 1 life to give lor my Nathan Hale: have but one country.” Admiral Nelson: ** Tell Collingswood to bring the fleet to apchor.” : Captain lawrence: “Don't give up | the ship.” Napoleon: o Oe phine: leon!” Maris Louisa: “I will not sleep. wish 10 meet jeath wide awake.” Madame De Stael: 1 have loved my God, my father and liberiy." M:dwe Boland: “Oh, liberty! how many cries we committed in thy name.’ Quinn, the actor: “I could wish this | tragic scene wore over; but 1 bope to go | through it with becoming dignity.” I's lina. the netor: * Tue worst of all is, I cannot see.” Jolin Pamer, the actor, another snd beter world,” ; Sr Waiter Raleigh: ** Itmatiers little | how the dead jieth.” “ Head of the army.” “Isle of Elba! Napo-! | pray you, friend, see me up safe, and for cow ing down let me shift for myseil.” | Anne Boleyn: * The stroke will sever | " Julius Caesar: “ And thou, too, Bru- | tus!” i Nero: * Is this your fidelity? > . Tom Hood: “Ub, Lora! say 5 Arise, } take up thy cross and loliow me." I. A Wonderful indian Marksman. Should Bogardus, Carver, and Ecb be unable to retain for America the world's | championship at giass ball and pigeon | shooting, perhaps we can bring out, ss | s inst resort, Otto, ot whose perior- | i 3 i this acoount: . ! ““ A nickel five-cent piece was glued to | the figure, and the youngsharpshooter, | blindloided, turned around in various | directions, and was finally pinced ina | direct line of the objpcl, with a rite | minus a sight, and a" a distance of some | twenty-five feel. The first shot sent the examination sn indentation was iouad The scoond test con. sisted of placing a small piece of tinted | paper on the glass used as an eye for the | igure, and then placing a large piece of | cardboard in (ront of and touching it so view. The shooter was again blind. | glass, the bullet having passed through | the very center of the tinted paper.