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She leans iteskle her mirror, in her old accus
tomed place,
Yet Horn ;thing unfamiliar le on her lovely
face;
She wears n wreath, a snow white wreath,
which yet she never worn;
It glove a oniony.; to the ehoek, unknown to It
before.
The maiden goeth to the grove, and, of the
flowers beneath.
She takes the Illy or the rose, to hind t o told
night wreath;
But of one plant she gathers not, though stir
ids M
olt, be;
Only the bride bath leave to wear buds front
the orange tree.
Onee, only On, that wreath Is worn—ouee only
may she wear
The pale while wrealh of orange-flowers wlth
ln her shining hair;
They wear upon their soft. wan bloom, the
shade Of vomlne years
The spiritual presence to ilrOllnti of human
hopes and learn.
Ay, let her soft and watchful eye., upon her
Mirror dwell,
For, ill I hot tong uad tender look hhe taket h
her farewell
Of all her youth'', unconsciousness, of all her
lighter cures.
And for IL de. yrr, net t ter II re—a W.)l/1a11 . 3 lot—
prepares.
She leaves liar olil falalllar plan., the Issartti
Hatt were her own ;
The 11,1• the trusts ht-rst:lf In yet a
I hint; unlt nriw n:
7'ltrin,rl ;,lone cetele list cheek turned eel,
IlmatflL sa.•1•111 GO' 1. , /I.llr,
I 11.IIII.• she 'wait res:ga HM O/
Ilia , 11,Ls Insal dear.
•111 :11,1,111 is s.
th.ng.
When 111 , 1 II,• rtt hit , .
Flee iii,-,•111 won (.1:10•C+
And Wil •1".oy wh .1 I rwd.
i1..1 inhal
v.it, I,r 11,1.-?
1,f.• arf; Lulh 1,11;,,ng
And yet 11 , Av tifdi I hvy I vatlt t 1.• 11.4,t of trial
UPI unrest
tivveuHnuld , ,, widle routd,l llmng tit+
la,1;t1
Vt-e/1 W.l.ch thy !tn.l
turn t" svp.t•p?
WHENEVER TOE C.,LN
Wltt•n things , Ittn't t-tt , tt. `ttlt , Pat.
And Thu ~,r1t1,.•4'111, .111, n
W.:tete yolir illll, Irt•l'litnt,
But ill VI . ;O.V:4)' III:11 trIFV..II:
Skate littt li, ttlt
It Isttlio tvi,o•Nt plan
To twar all trial, Itravtly,
And smile SI 11. 1 0 r ytat eat,
Why Sh.titt yeti) tiro.] lot-tztorroW,
AIIII I „ -)lay' ?
when you Itorrow Irott hitt,
yott alway. I'm, , to p:l3 ;
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ilia it Lltt• Itrolt;t• ft•thrttotl.
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Thal 13.1.(.1•1,11,
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~art li lilt,.
Which I c..i.10t
Ittit totioth •tt er 3.• y f,,,rr”to
Fill up yinlr itmrtal
inako pAll,tat bri
To y. 1111,11.
itliurlartrotts.
I,o)er
I don ' t know Why I ,11011111
thus in Lhe singular number, for eer
taiuly Lillian could roust ruurt• than
one lover when she value to visit at the
farm-house ol• her aunt, relict of the
late Javoli Andrews. Lillian had flitt
ed with half the seniors of \— Col
lege, one after another, as well as the
professors, :it her own home, :Intl, hav
ing enjoyed the aliValallgf . 111 51,11 i.x
ten‘kd praelire, she Was, ;Is may be sup
posed, able and arcomplished in that
line art. But, as she used to atlirm,
"a lover is a myth till he declares hinr
self." Lillian being somewhat out nt
health this summer, it had been decided
that, instead of recruiting after the
fashionable methods at the springs or
the mountains, she should make a visit
to the eiluntry town of Itriarb.inks,
where the air was WWII and the diet
u • h,lesonm, and Ile lallilscape
unnu•-
passed.
She :arrived at Ilriarbanks late in the
evening,, :mil, :titer being coddled with
a cup of tea custard, retired to her
pillow without more ado. l'onsequent
ly she was r niewhat surprised on en
tering her mint's hreartittast-room, to
lied 11.1131elseille 111311—dreSSell
1101111.,151M or course, lint not one whit
Ices IMMISMIIe for that—seated at tier
aunt s tattle.
"lhmtl wi,rniuq. Lilly," said that
lady, " I 11,,rt. goa rt , i,l 1" ,, 11
104,k aq rr,-11:1. , a m-,•jt..t 1.10 v6;,,1.
is Jahn Y:trutloll,
" thowzlit Ijlly ; " )11(•
wmllll Yarll,titli to iw
I,L•rs,,t, t . 1•1.110W11. It It had
Sala,liunc:ui,Lilly,
..b/1111 J du, Yartiltaii.:l,
tLr
sooth ! 1 heard (.1 . 111111. Tilt - 11.
" IW/I'lllW, Yartrwilth."
:11%Vay hi , Chair, ro:, to
his full keit:l,l, :mil ludd out a brown,
lionot:t hand awkwardly enough, for
Andrews had not told him that
Lill war under the roof. " I hope you
will liud Briarbank, plea , aut,"
" I mean to lied it iilea,ant," return
ed bill.
" A Ild the Haying is, when a WWII:III
Hays she will, ,he %vitt !"
"Alin Olen she WOICL, She Woll't "
added MN. ndrews.
"ph, l don't know about that! I
think she eau be penoboled then."
k encouraging," laughed John
Yaimmth.
" Who is her asked Lill when he
had gone out.
"He's Mr. Andrews' Imdlier's ne
phew's second cousin. He manages
the farm for nit. lour uncle Jacob met
a great sight by him. lie's an uncom
mon young fellow for these parts, or any
others."
" Ife's uncommonly handsome," ac
knowledged Lill. Ity-and-by she stroll.
ed into the best parlor, where the blind
were drawn. anti a strong Odor , black
pepper anti camphor prevailed agains
the moths that dared to forage on Mrs
Andrew's three-ply carpet.
" An organ !" cried hill, stumblint
upon it in the ,111-1.. "I never knev,
you played, Aunt Ithoda. It wasn'
here when I came berme."
" It's John Yarmouth's."
" 011! \Vhat die, he do with it?
Keep it to look td, or for vi,itors'."'
" Why he plays on it to I e slue."
With those grea
"Plays.on it!
hands!"
"I guess that don't hinder him.—
Why, child alive, 11, illayH Mr the Choi
ill meeting; and when they had th
great Ic•stival up at the city they sent 10
him to come and help lulu out with it
I can tell you he's got a voice that gee
jest to the right place. \Vhen I Ilea
hear hint it seems to me I should like t
have him go on so fur ever and ever."
"Seems to me you and Uncle Jacob
are in luxe \Vith Said Lill, pertly.
" Well, you jest take care that you
don't catch the distemper. You won't
be the rust girl, our you needn't he
ashamed of it nether."
" Mercy, Aunt Rhoda! I didn't come
here to fall in love."
" Very like; but folks often gits what
they don't come after."
Aunt Rhoda proposed that they should
take Lill over to Ruby Mountain that
afternoon ; then, remembering that she
company to tea, backed out
of the atrair, and left John as sole es
cort.
'•IYou might call in on your nay and
take liessy Bell along with you," she
suggested. But when they had driven
half the distamie John suddenly reined
up and said:
" I hog your pardon. I didn't eall for
Bessy Ben. Shall sego hail: for her?"
“If you want her. If she's favorite
of yours,” returned Lill. And John
whipp-d up the horse and drove on.
Lill chatting, as her way was, familiarly
and easily, as if John Yarmouth had
been an acquaintance of a lifetime,
while John, not a bit abashed, related
the history of this and that I'arm as they
passed, SOUR' drowsy old legend haunt
tug yonder wood, some encahantinent
residing in a wayside brook.
It would be ditlicut to recount the
degrees by which John Yarmouth be
came Lill's devoted slave, for such he
was before the month was well out. I
he wished to sit on the vernauda, he
brought the camp-htools ; if the air
grew chilly, he hated up her wraps; if
she had expressed a latent desire to vis
it the moon, no doubt but he would
have made the attempt.
"He's such a delightfully obliging
soul," she once said t(ilier aunt. " Aut
yet he makes you feel as if it were all a
matter of course, as if you were doing
him a favor to receive his services; and
then, one don't feel at afraid lest he'll
mistake one, and go to falling in love,
you see."
Aunt Rhoda looked at Lill over her
spectacles.
•.i:0:t)/e/ XNeatt_;',:'._.t/C't $ll/tettigiClto:: l , '.
VOLUME 71
" The girl that pits John," said she,
oracularly, " pits gold."
" Oh, yes " answered Lill, absently,
" he's a very nice sort of fellow ; he's as
strong as a lion."
"A modern Samson," hinted Aunt
Rhoda. "I wonder who is the modern
Delilah !"
" Oh, I should think he was above
letting any woman ruin hitn."
" Eyerybody has a weak side."
Y'As, I think John's weak ices is on
the side of grammar." laughed Lill.
"His grammar! Why, I never no
ticed it," which wasn't at all surprising.
"He's well educated, John is ; he taught
the district school winter before last,
and he beats everything at ciphering.
"Does he said Lill, as if she didn't
care a fig about it.
"You havn't tried your fortune at the
brook yet," said John that evening
when he had "slicked up," ti.. 4 Aunt
Rhoda called it, after his hard day's
' work, and eome in to play the agreeable
to l.il l ; "the moue's all right for it too,"
he pursued.
"Then we'll go to-night," said she;
"you know you promised to wait at the
stile I declare it makes my flesh (Teen
bow to think of it. What if I should
really see a faee tliere
" It seems to me vows be a sight
more cut up if you di.rn ' l, " pat in her
aunt. "Its all a piece of foolishoes-,
any way. I should think you were two
•'Uel you ever try it, Aunt Itlit,la?
asked her sauey Move.
••• Well, no; Lot. I know who (11 , 1 to
I her sorrow, and that was Liddy Knight
you' Ve seen jr John sorry au
Old Maid as ever breathed. Yoll:-.ce sit(
Inid mumd these part-., and ,I,1 •
went
visit
th, ei t y, hun k j,•,l V,l/1 11 , T
head ;timed and her brain fiddled, and
home -he cause, and lip and jilt ,
tti
lipour!elluw,'causrhf• W:‘ , ll ' t Tin ," 11
1111.! a., Inert and I hat very night a lot
a 'ern girls together took it into their
silly !W.1 . , b, Inu k i ntothe brook after
fate, they with. kiddy, site was the first
to try it, and while tne ”therS waited,
langlimg at the stile, tip she goe= to the
brook—Me as bold a- you please:mil lc
gins to say -
-51 notesl ruv .‘ar . .. nu
•
Ll•t h 1 I.g.k;nt., h
nti then shegave a ehriek like the liter
trump, fur there at the bottoni or the
stream, looking up at her with elating,
dead eyes, lay her old lover!"
" Mercy !" cried " I won't g"
near it. Why didn't you tell nati.ltihn
" I never heart! it before. I think the
fellow was a fool !"
"Oh, it makes lily blood run cold,"
said Lill , shivering, :tilt' nestling near r
to J(.11111 just for human viiiiipanionsltiti,
" It was all awful thing --an awful re
tribution,' said Mrs. ; " it :illows
the danger of playing with tiro. There,
it's a dreadful oreopy,iilijoet ; lot's
have stoup music. rt•al thirsty
some, and I gut., kill is tot."
: a r;L id to go iu there in llio ,I:,
after all this hobgoblin tall:, unlos,
Lill will conic and take rare of ino."
"I. will go," said Lill, rising . all , '
taking Johniiii arm ti, the ilui•ky
Own.
happenod LO Lill, sningibing that haul
never hnpprnemi i/Clol'll.
gel lip High rtuniClt In lank ill al I.IIC
in a Circle 111
light, as if it would lain shut them in
together in a titian:HA world ut thou
i/WII. lulus hail 61,11 iiiiC
1111gCrillg to
interprehitihns.
,Lhl ahe, rutninds nu. a
yealie hefere Ow tire W . :L.1..11
cceuin~. she has 1 lnaer, y,,LL 1;h0 Nv,
but Alt , thh,t 111.1111..11( nt him, het:Oise
he is p.m.., ....—seineLhilig, W. thaticr
svh:d.
"Would that keep you Inuit thinl:in
pair lover': interrupted
1 alli spcal:ing my-
If. S, she sits down, not weaning to
lute lit•rst•lf jilt, pleasure tif thinking
hint; and forbidden thigh lihu
rhiddcn fruit, being s \vectest, she falls
perfarce to think of him, and of noth
ing lilt him. Then she remembers
what she is about, :mil catches herself
up anti reprimands heisell. There,
What it 111 ,:ty
' I'll iltink ab,ail my new hall
\ :unit her llyariutli iii the
Lionel I rt.: I y tt•
y ; and yet —awl
vet —it is sin much Hirer to think of
of Ills tinder ey, and the tmich of hi ,
hiving hand, : Li nt-011, :\ Ir. Yarnyiuth
•rhl hill, Gtr poor John , at the tilettti,iii
if a loving halal, hail
oat his .tun, ;Lila 11,1
linga , r6 in a cart-s g,aitlt•
'ls but a.. initms, , 1 ,, Vm . !
" lie ilieal:ing very
" I have a heart' to give you —v,ry huh.
besides m"`v• have it.
It is all your truth , \vii,tina• yon
will ur unit ?"
011, >lr. what Ito pill
" I love you. I didn't mean it at tirsi.
I fought agaired it like a lion, bul liivi•
i, mightier than ; it prevailed
again,t me. fill, have you anything to
give toe hack?"
Oh, Mr. John, I :1111 su sorry. Ldu
not love you—that is—excuse tile— I
it—l 'lever thought ,if it ; per
haps if I had it might have loyelt
old—NOM klioWs'."l'llore, let ate
Mr. Yarmouth ; speak to me any
more, pluaae. I can't avrept your heart,
you sac. I—l don't need it ; there, don't
mind what 1 say, I am quite beside my
cell. Nobody ever loved ice before.
" Oh, lie! .Miss Lillian, walling
way to the window, and notli
ng but a great blur before hint " You
vith your rare skill at playing wild
ken's hearts!
"Oh, indeed, John, I never did such
thing. You really dmdt believe it?
he men I played with knew the game
thousand times better than I, and I
thought they were all alike, the tears
rising to her eyes. I speak the truth
when I declare that nobody ever loved
me well enough to say so before, and
though can't—return it, I thank
you. 1-1 appreciate your goodness."
"Confound appreciation! muttered
Jolt ti.
" Ant I to blame for your loviti;
t
John? Did I bring it about ? -
" I don't know, I:Lill sure, Lill. unw
timesl. think you did, and then again
I have a feeling_ that if I had 4... en one
of the gay, idle young non you know
i. 41 the city, with their white hands and
ladylike ways, and a fortune at their
heck and call, you'd never have gone on
\vitt' we :is you would have without
thinking of love.
"So you are angry with inc sir, for
having been civil to you?
" No; but when I have given my
best, I don't expect to be repaid with an
you aro not
riferior article
loved every day as I love you. I would
go through tire and water thr your sake.
" If you really eared for me you would
not torment me with the expression of
your regard, when you see how pain
it is for me to listen
" regard is a torment to you! I
menu to 'torment you all my life! I
mean to marry you, Lillian!
" Do you, half pleased and
hair angry with his vehement determi
nation. "The days for that sort of
thing are past, thank giiiiilness! No
hotly can be married iigain i t her will
now.
I mean to marry you, Lillian, and
~'ou shall give eon , ent. I Int , an 1.0 Flu
John had business:it the market town
next day which detained him a week,
and while he was jtigging honie, a trav
eling carriage passed him, and a fair,
tantalizing face showed a moment at,
the window, and Lillian waved him i
her adieus in a Ilirt .if her handker
chief, as much as to say, " here I escape
you, after all;" then she sat hack in her
carriage quite satisfied with herself;
henceforth she It new what love was like
—she should he able to distinguish the
eounterfeit from the Ival. John had I
furnished a noble example—What a pity
that she had not been able to match it !
thie evening, when Lillian had dress
ed for a reception, she stood for a mo
ment before the mirror to take a look at
her attire. The clear bright tints of her
complexion, eyes pleased and shining,
hair like a web of golden light, all set
in this mass of floating drapery, made
her a pretty picture to behold.
" I should so hate not to he pretty,
she said to herself smiling back at her
image; then she raised an arm to turn
down the gas, rising, a golden stamen
out of the crystal heart of a Lilly, and in
an instant the flame had plucked at her
sleeve and was soaring above her head.
W hen Lillian recovered from the pain
and weakness consequent, she was no
longer beautiful.
" I will see what beauty is worth, she
said, accepting the first invitation re
ceived since her convalescence. So she
dressed herself in her gayest attire, she
put on her most spirited manner, and
wore her smile that wmi like a sunbeam
athwart cloudy weather. Lovers who
had hung about her to distraction passed
with a nod—at most with a touch of es
tranged fingers, with an effort at appear
ing natural. Rival beauties, who hith
erto had exchanged only congealed corn
monp aces with her, sympathetically
assured her that the scars would wear
away in time.
" I know it, she answered ; but while
they are wearing away, so am I.
" Beauty is worth everything here,
she thought. Down at ltriarbanks per
haps they discount it. ;-io she wrote to
Mrs. Jacob Andrews, I'm coming down
to see you for a day or two.
"Ahem ! said that far-sighted matron,
to see John ! Why can't folks be hon
est '.'
. .
\Viten .John and Lillian met, Mrs.
Andrews, discreet soul, contrived to he
engaged in her dairy.
I suppose you came down to cure me
with that scar, said he; but when I
look at you I don't see it ! And then
the impudent fellow up and kissed it all
the same.
"The ancients believed in the ordeal
by tire, said Lill.
" _Because fire destroys whatever is
not immortal, returned John ; thus
truth and love survive it.
" Ho kissed this poor marred faoe,she
regarding it that night before the
mirror, "It ,alltl.lt he love , it must be
pity. He inisjUdges his own feelings;
by-and-by te• would come to his senses,
and I--where should I be? 'No; it
would he e..ieked for Ille to take the ad
v,,,,tage. And then what is to prevent
him from thinking that I esteemed my
,•harroll fair good enough for lihn, now
that the idle, mincing youths who once
adored me pass ate hy.
You'll never tb, better than to marry
sa id he outspoken aunt, "with
that face of yours. Your- , You won't
find everybody to overlook it.
" I know it said Lilly humbly. That's
just the point. He': so ~1 ,0,1 that I
lint like to impose upon Paini.
\Veil, for my part, 1 don't see how it
matters, a little beauty more or less.—
Jacob :toil me were like two doves tu-
gether, and there lea itt a plainer man
tit lie found, and Fin no great shakes,
either.
So Miss hill returned home, and wait
ed live, six, eight years. At the third
year the sear had begun to grow diet ;
at the sixth, it was se:trcely more than
a shadow ; at the end of the eighth,
strangers who had not heard of its exist
ence never guessed it had been. Only
these who were used to the sight, in
certain lights, recognized its ghost. But
by this time hi tlian was thirty years old;
people were beginning to speak of her as
passe; younger girls were springing up
to take her plume; yet, for all this.
lovers, one after t an ❑ her, flocked hack
to her standard. The sear had been a
false alarm—they were not afraid of
shadows. Surely, now that she held
Mrtune in her hand, it Wa.- , time Im
Lillian to make a choiCe. 111 tile Mean
time, while she deliberated, John cause
up from Briarbanks to invest route
money for .Nlrs. Jacob.
•• She says it is for your wedding dow
er, Lillian, lie explained, gloomily. I
suppose you will day, like
oilier people. 1 never expert 10, since
you refused to marry nie.
But John, I was a ,b2.11t to behold
thou :
" You are alway , a pleasant eight to
" .\l.l then you know, you were going
Or marry we—.ll: What :1111 1. ,aying?
—whether I would or no:
A lid se I am! It's the very thing I
cane. fur; the otttir•r was only a wake
believe, I guess. Shall it Ia this tiny
" Mit is the scar—
" (liinfeund the ear. only a beau
ty-spit.
Perhaps. !hit you :LI, the only one
mho said ; and I wiitildn't have yeit
think that I married you jaek-at-a
pinch'. I believe yeti kissed the scar
away, as the children say of their
Then try :Mil kiss it back again.
And there ie Veer , : reason tii believe
that he was as good . as his word.
o John Yarmouth married Lill, a,
he S hail vowed he would, and took her
to Briarbanks. friends
looked grave, and predicted evil results,
she makes a model farmer's wife, fulfills
her duties with a grace peculiar to her
self, and Ilas !level' wasted a re,gref lit
her final clifiii•e.
And )Irs. Andrews nods over her
s pectacles, and ,4ays
".Nothing could have plea,Nl !Pe bet
ter, as if she were the principal isle IS
be suited.
"Anil dolin and Lillian shall have
every :fere evt-i) kiriiiing when [in
,1)11,
1 . 21,,5:WA . of 31usket-Balls Through the
Human Body.
A number of uuri,ms eases of the pro- I
,;,;,•,„: of niusket-balls from the place I
tel they first lodged have los•ti
served by 'nil it:tr)* surgeons. We have
heard of a very remarkable ease where ;
the musket-ball struck the forehead !
above the nose, and having divided into
two halves, one half went round be- i
neatly the skin on the right side, and
the other on the left, advancing in con-
tact with the skull. We do not ask our
readers to believe the poetical edition of
this fact, that the two hail-bullets met
again behind, :titer having performed
the circuit of the head in opposite three
tions, and, advancing with a slightly
diminished force, united and killed an
nu fortunate Wan Who stand iu their way;
hilt the fact of the splitting of the bul
let, is unquestionable. The singular
progress of a musket-bullet from the
forehead to the throat has been record
ed Fielding. At the first battle
of Newbury, in the time of the civil
wars, a medical gentleman was shot
near the right eye. The skull was frac
tured at the place ; but thoUgli the sur
geon could see the pulsation of the
brain beneath the wound, yet the bullet
had turned to one side and could not be '
discovered. Various bonus were dis
charged from the wound, the mouth,
and the nostrils. At the time of
the second battle of Newbury the Wound
healed and could not be kept open ; but
about twelve years afterward, when the
doctor was riding in a cold, Burk night,
he felt attain on the left side On his head,
about the "almonds of the ear," which
occasioned a partial deafness. Having
I stopped his ear with wool he was sur
prised one day in March, 1670, by :ism'-
. den puff or crack in his car, when all
I that side of his check hung Incase as if it
had been paralytic, and a hard knot Was
melt under the ear. Various tumors now
appeared about the throat, :Ind in Au
gust, 1672, the bullet was taken out toil
throat, near the pomom,
Shall Young Grain be Fed?
We incline to the opinion that rye or
wheat sown in SVlataltherStlolll,lllla he
tuuclicd till next harvest-time. \\e
know that Slant' hOill Optlltlaa , to the
Colltrary, and under such circumstances
it may he desirable. If the growth of
either is remarkably large, so that the
ground is covered to the depth of several
inches with the foliage, we can see some
propriety in removing a portion of this
surplus vegetation. It will give a
Letter chance for the sprouts next
April. It will lessen the chances of
the destruction of the plants by mice
or moles, which in route sections are
great pests, and perhaps, best of all,
willatiord a good bite for sheep or calves
at a season of the year when they stand
in need. lint as a general thing, we be
lieve that no hoof of any animal !Attlla
ever touch a field after it is sown to
either ‘f the grains already named. If
the ground is mellow, they will tread
some of the shoots into the earth, per
haps, beyond starting. If it is eaten
close, the protection which the roots of
all grains and grasses more or less !teed
in the winter is lost, and the little en
riching material which the decayed
leaves g ive to the plant in the spring
when it first starts is wanting, which
seems to be among the natural provis
ions that are made with reference to the
highest and best growth of this hind of
grain.
MB=
It is rarely well to whip or kick or
scold a balky horse, as is the common
practice. One of the best modes is to
feed him where he stands with any ac
cessible food, such as oats, ears of corn,
or even grass by the wayside, or from
the wagon, which can be provided for
the emergency. Forgetting his whim,
he will generally start without trouble.
Another good way is to do something
not harmful, but new ; as filling his
mouth with loose dirt, which a desire to
get rid of will divert his thoughts, and
before he knows it he will be jogging un
consciously along. Sometimes, if one
can spare the day, it is best to wait till,
from weariness and hunger, the animal
submits to your will, and the triumph
in this instance is generally complete.
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 30 1870
A Sad Mistake
Several years ago, when I was a rath
er raw recruit of two-and-twenty, just
commencing the cultivation of a prom
ising moustache, I found myself sta
tioned near Donegal, County Kerry,
Ireland, in the capacity of Lieutenant
of Revenue. My special business was
that of ferreting out illicit distilleries,
and seizing upon all contraband liquor.
I generally had my hands full. These
seizures generally taking place amid the
lonely hills of Kerry, where the distil
leries wer4 carried on in secret caves
and hidden morasses, by a set of hardy
and desperate Irishmen, always ready
to oppose the police, were not unattend
ed with danger ; but there way one ad
venture which betel me of a more peace
able nature than the rest, which at the
time affected me more unpleasantly
than any amount of skirmishing or
fighting would have done.
It so happened that, among the anon
ymous " informing" letters that one
morning came to hand, was one, giving
information of twu casks of spirits,
smuggled from the hills on the night
previous, by order of Mr. Tremorne,
agent of Lord —, who was the great
landed proprietor of this part of Kerry;
and which casks were now securely re
posing in that gentleman's cellar. Ac
companying. the note was an order fro•n
the superintendent of revenue, _com
manding the immediate seizure of the
liquor in question.
'Now it ,Al - , happened that I was great
ly ind e bted to Mr. Tremortie tan Eng
lish gentlemant and his nunily, for va
rious kind and ilatterini , attentions re
ceived since my arrival ' at Donegal.—
Many a sumptuous dinner had I par
taken of at his hoard, :mil often had I
been invited to a pleasant dance at his
house, when bin pretty niece, Miss Mon
tague, happened to be staying there—as
was now the case. In truth I had been
more impressed by the bright eyes of
Clara Montague than I had courage to
allow, especially as there was a spice of
inch about her which made me rath
er shy of her, and generally, therefore,
sheltered my youthful ba.shfulness under
the Wing of Miss C:Lisand ra Tremone, sis
ter of my host, whom I fiat nd always ex
tremely kitul and gracious. Ti, her some
twelve years my senior, I felt no timidi
tyin offering those little attentions which
to a younger damsel would have appear
ed more pointed—such as accompany-
Mg her to church or promenading, the
piazza by moonlight. True I had oh
served that she was very sentimental,
and that of late she frequently sighed,
and pressed my arm when leaning
upon it, and the last time I had seen her
she quoted poetry, and remarked that
life was desolate without some one to
love. Thlise signs and tokens of sensi
bility I had in my own mind referred
1.1, *Milt, early disappointment in love,
or latter sail recollect ions of past more
youthful days; and I bad not thought
it amiss to express my sympathy by a
' gentle pressure in return.
Such was my position in regard to the
'fret:tome family; and the reader eau
now understanil my embarrassment
upon finding this disagreeable business
thrust upon me. How could Igo upon
such a business to the house where I
hail liven so hospitably entertained?—
How could I wound. and as it were, in
sult the feeling of the family by accus
ing it, head, himself a magistrate and
a sworn Me to the smugglers), of viola
ting the laws which it was his duty to
enlbrce? Mrs. Tremorne in especial, a
proud, sensitive, and nervous woman,
would particularly feel the outrage; be
,ides wnich, if would be almost impos
sible to keep the !natter )). secret from
the public, in which case the reputation
))I Mr Tremorne would be ruined, and
he might even risk: his magisterial of
fice.
In this dilemma Isummoned myser
goant Floyd, and to him frk.,ly explain
ed the affair knowing he was to he
trusted.
" Very unplcasnnt." wan Ilk 1 , 111-
Whell Le hcanl lie 1111'0112,h:
"Mill I can see but one way out of it."
" But nnc way' 1 (smiles, that I c.in
" Why you might lip him the w ink
—give him a 111111 that you may have
to visit the MOUr this evening at ten
o'clock. He'll know what to do—hey
"Capital ! Rut suppose, after all, the
informer may be mistaken, and there
are no spirits there? He'd never forgive
SLlSnici.tl and tilrmiousness."
" Then try his wife, instead!"
l'rentorne ! died faiLlt at the
"The niece, then
:\lentague
'c'ou nauzul in that (•a=c you'd the
fainting? Rut uonte, excuse we, lieuten
ant, and if you object the young lady,
the ohl one kill i Cassandra, I
think she is called."
Yes, uport con,ideration, r thought
this the hest plan. >li,, remorne was
good-natured—less nervous than her
sister-in law, and more capable of art ing
rationally than her girlish niece. She
would know how to arrange matters;
and aocordingl v, the sergeant was in
stantly di,patc . hed to waylay Miss Cas
sadra in her regular eVUllillq walk in
he ark, and a s : privately and delicate
ly t possible to give the• required
hint"—nuthing coarse,not liing plainly
stated, but the merest shadowing forth
of the business in hand.
In :111 hour the sergeant returned. lie
Lad been successful in his mission,
which he hail thus related to me:
Concealing himself in the shrubbery
as he saw the lady approaching,he step
ped forth when .6 he was within a few
Laces or him, and removing his eap,
bowed profoundly, by way of assurance
that nothing disrespectful was intended.
She had started back upon first seeing
him, and was evidently prepared for a
scream.
"Madame," said the sergeant, hastily,
"pray (lo not be alarmed. I am the
bearer of a message to you from Lieu
tenant Chantey."
"Oh, indeed! from Lieutenant Char
nee?„
Ves, madame. Ile requested me to
see you as privately as possible, and say
to you that he will call at the Moor at 10
n'eloek this evening, and hopes that you
will understand his business, and so ar
range as that nothing unpleasant shall
occur."
Well, she turned all sorts of colors,
and looked furtively around, as feariniz
some one might be in sight or hearing—
a sure proof that she knew already
about the spirits.
" (dood gracious," said she, eoloring.
I had not expected this so soon. Will
not to-morrow do as well?"
" I fear not, madame. Th, lieutenant
is anxious to have it concluded tis noun
as possible, and has already engaged for
Thin evening, if you can be ready in time.
You can, 1 suppose ma'am, find some
one to remove the—the—the things,
ma'am, without the knowledge of the
family? „
"The trunks, you mean 'l' says she,
looking relieved, and clasping her hands
nervously.
" 'Prunks?" exclaimed I, as the ser
geant there paused.
" Yes. Don't you see? The agent's
a sly one, no doubt, and hail the kegs
smuggled to the Moor in trunks, like
any ordinary baggage."
Oh, alt ! to be sure! Very cute
that!"
And We both laughed.
YOU think, then, sergeant, that all
will be right I enquired.
" Dog sure. understood thin blii
ness at once, and though site looked
nervous and excited, like all woman
kind, when there's anything to be done,
she'll know how to act, depend on't."
At precisely live minutes of ten, ac
cordingly, I, at the head of my little
party of six men, was approaching the
house at the Moor. The night was still
and clear, a new moon illumining the
scene, and scarcely a leaf stirring as we
walked briskly up the winding avenue.
Lights shone from various Windows
of the 111:1.11Si011; for the Tremornes kept
late hours, and the sound of a piano,
and occasional shadows flitting across
the curtains, told me that they had vis
itors.
I resolved, therefore, to wait awhile,
until these had left; and accordingly
bidding the men remain amid the shrub
bery, I advanced a short distance, keep
ing in the shadow of a mountain laurel,
and stood reconnoitering.
Hardly had I occupied my station five
minutes when a tall, thin figure, dress
ed in black, stole out of a side door, and
came rapidlyand noiselessly toward me.
"Is—is it you?" asked a trembling
voice, which I recognized as that of Miss
Tremorne.
" Lieutenant Charney," answered I,
advancing a little into the light.
She clasped her hands upon my arms,
and I saw that she was trembling.
" I—l watched for you," she faltered.
" am so nervous—so frightened."
" My dear Miss Tremorne," said I,
sympathizingly, " don't agitate your
self. There is no cause for alarm—if
you have made the necessary arrange
ments."
" Yes," she whispered, leaning rather
heavily upon me. " All is ready ; but,
oh, this is so sudden, so unexpected—
how can I help my fear overcoming
me ?"
• .
" Yes," said I, soothingly, " I know ;
but believe me, all shall be done as deli
cately as possible,so as not to wound the
feelings of yourself and family."
"But it will be so public. By to-mor
row all the l'ollatry will know of it, and
what will people say?"
"Trust me, that no one will blame
you. They will say that you did right;
that your affections had led you
Here she pressed so closely to me, and
squeezed my hand so hard, that I felt a
little embarrassed, and I paused in my
speech.
"I presume," I continued, after a
pause, "that the company will riot re
main very lung ?"
"Not long, and therefore must we
hasten before lam missed. I had to be
very artful, and pretend to have a head
ache, by way of excusing my absence
front the company this evening," she
added, with a playful, tender smile.
"And the—the—goods—you know.
Of course they are safe—removed."
" Why, no. I had no one that I could
trust, and somehow they seemed to sits
!wet solliething—at least - Clara did—she's
so prying, and so—"
Not removed!" exclaimed I, in con
sternation. " tiood heavens! what can
we do, with those things still here? It
will spoil all."
" I concluded you would bring sonic
one with you to help, and the trunks
are now in ray own room, if you could
oily get them out. There is lio danger
of our being seen, fur no one is in that
part of the house, and we can enter by
a private door."
There was no help for it, and direct
ing the sergeant to accompany me, in
order to assist in removing the trunks,
I followed Miss Cassandra to a side en
trance, and cautiously along a dark pas
sage to a door, before which she paused
an instant.
"It is so—so strange," she said, coyly,
"to admit—one of the other sex into my
own apartment."
•' But circumstances," I observed, al
most as bashfully, " will excuse, will
j ust i fy—"
" Hush !" said she, in a low whisper.
Did you hear nothing ? "
" No. Let us hasten, or,it will be too
I: te.
Il i
'!
e softly opened the door,and I step
into the room faintly lighted by the
moon shining through three large
windows. Sure enough, there was a
large-sized trunk standing near the door,
ready strapped, labelled, and presenting
a very line appearance.
" I , this all!" I asked.
" Except a valise, which I can myself
carry.''
" A valise .."'
" Yes; containing a few light arti
cles."
" Oh, bottles, I presume."
She looked a little surprised, but made
no answer except to say ;
" Be quick with the trunk, or we
may he interrupted, and—"
It was I who now uttered the warn
ning. I fancied—it might have been
only a fancv—that I had caught a sound
—something like a suppressed giggle, at
no distance trout us.
as I would have turned to sum
mon the sergeant to aid me in the re
moval of the trunk, Miss Cassandra
main laid her clasped hands upon my
arm, and leaned against my shoulder.
" Oh, dear" sighed she, " I feel 60
dreadfully, in taking this step."
" Dear madame, pray do not vex your
self about it. All will be well I trust."
" If you could appreciate the sacrifice
which I :till now making'
"Sacrifice!"
"For tie• sake of one I love, it is none
ecrtainly."
"l'ert.litily not."
" will reniend. she, ten
derly, " you will l' ill our fu
ture year,, all that 1 have this night un
dergone for your sake.''
" For my ,Zake?"
"For )ours only, whom you know I
love most on earth !"
"(rood gracious, Miss Tremorne—l
I." A horrible doubt, tt terrible suspi
cion flashed upon me. I withdrew a
little from her embrace, and with pale
face faltered—
• " May 1 itsk what —what is contaitied
—whether the Mr i, contained in
this trunk*."'
\Vhiskey she exclaimed, tildiri.inv
" the—spirits which—"
`• oh , 1 understand ; your feelings
have overcome you, as myself. You
need some stimulant, of course; lout I
never carry such things in my trunk.
Here, take a little of this."
And she took from a closet shelf it
small flask, anti pouring a portion of its
contents into a glass, anxiously present
ed it to my lit,. Iu theemotion which
almost rendered one faint, I took the
glass and drained it otr without cere
mony.
. , .
" Do you feel better, dearest ?" tender
ly' inquired my fair eompanitm, passing
her hand caressingly over my forehead,
and bending tier face alarmingly near
my own. "If so, we hail better hasten
without further delay, or we may be
discovered, and our plans of happiness
be defeated."
At this interesting moment, and be
fore I had time to rise from the trunk
upon winch I bail unconsciously sank
in my momentary weakness, a door op
posite by which I bad entered burst
suddenly open. There stood Mrs. Tre
morne holding a lamp in her hand, and
relieved against a background of half a
dozen other faces, among which I only
saw the laughing one of Miss Montague,
and that of Mr. Tremorne, black and
threatening as a thunder cloud.
" Villain!" cried the latter, stepping
forward and seizing me by the throat.—
"Villain! what do you here in my sis
ter's chamber.'
d'assanklra threw herself forward to
my rescue.
. .
"Let him go!" she shrieked. "It
was I who brought him here!"
"You! and you dare tell me this?"
"Only to—to take away the trunk.
We are going away. He is my promised
husband !" she screamed desperately.
" Your husband—that boy. Your
grandson, you mean !"
"Brute"
"Fool ! and at your time of life when
you ought to know better. But that .I.
am sure you mustiliave led the boy into
this I would choke him where he stands,
and
He was cut short by a sudden and
strong grasp upon his own throat.
You would oppose his majesty's of
ficers in the performance of their duty,
would you F' cried Floyd. " llere
men' seize him: arrest him! Ile has
assailed his majesty's revenue officers
while obeying orders!"
The men in obedience to the first
word shouted from the window, now
rushed for the house. Some of the as
s, mbled party fled, others stood still
and shrieked, while others again, at
tracted by the noise, rushed upon the
scene.
" What does all this mean ?" gasped
Mr. Tremorne, when the sergeant's re
laxed grasp enabled him to speak.
" It means that we have come here to
make a seizure—not of pair sinter, but
of two casks of contraband , pirits smug
gled into the house last night."
Mr. Tremorne turned pale.
" How do you know r Ile faltered.
"Good authority, here is the war
rant," and he read it aloud.
"You did not, then, Lieutenant Char
ney," said Mrs. Tremorne, addressing
me, "you did not intend an elopement
wi.n Cassandra?"
"My dear madame, I assure you I
never had such an idea. I merely wish
ing to save your feelings requested Miss
Tremorne to have the spirits removed,
or rather hinted to her that I would call
to-night on a special errand—and she
it seems most unfortunately misunder
stood my meaning."
"I see !" said Mrs. Tremorne scorn
fully ; "and served her right."
Here Miss Cassandra fell down lu
violent tit of screaming and kicking.
" The wretch!" she shrieked. "He
has ruined my good name! He will
have to—to—marry me—or expose the
family to disgrace ! I will sue him for—
for breach of—"
"Take her away," cried the master of
the house to the servants; and my fair
inamorata was borne kicking and sob
bing from the stage.
What need to explain further? My
readers can easily imagine all that fol
lowed—except my inexpressible shame
and mortification, not unmingled with
a spice of resentment on witnessing the
mischievous delight of Miss Montague,
who scarcely even attempted to restrain
it on the stern remonstrance other uncle.
The last words I heard as I left the
house were :
. .
"Oh dear, was there ever anything so
rich? Positively as good as a play to see
him sitting there on a trunk as pale as a
lily and trembling, with her arms
around his neck."
This night's adventure cured me of
my love—as I presume it did Miss ('as
sandra, whom I never saw again. r3he
went to reside with a sister in England
during the remainder of in) stay at Don
egal.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born in Bos
ton in 1706. In early life he was a read
er of books, and a genuine experimen
talist in natural science. He would have
been a sailor, but that he was made a I i
tallow chandler. We all like to know 1
what a boy reads in becoming intellect
ually a man. Franklin read Bunyan,
Swift and Dehe. The political works I
of Swift and Befu.: had great influent, ,
in shaping his intellectual life. Cotton
Mather's " Moral Essays" also had .
great effect upon the reading boy. From
Swift, Dela: and Mather, Franklin wits
influenced towards his theories of so
ciety. At the age of twelve he inppren
[iced himself to his I:rother Jannis as a
printer, and ht.(1111.3 a ballad-writer. -
He read Addison's " Spectator," and
determined to make his prose style clear
and graceful. He gained his
cal opinions from Collins andShaftes
bury.
James Franklin was printer of the
Boston t;t1.:1/1e and in 1721 he began '
print the -V•te Enutattr/ t •,,, t ru tt z Uu
this paper Itenjtvilin Franklin !
type-setter and a Tonto-carrier. 'fire pa- I
per was sensational and liberal. By its
course in religious matters it ofisended
the clergy. Increase Mather said it came
from the devil. The other journals of
Boston attacked it. In the controversy I
Benjamin had no hand. Indeed, his 1
brother abused loth, and he abused his
brother. Finally Benjamin wrote an
article, and at midnight thrust it under t
the print-shop door. It was approved
and printed. Ile continued to write
thus anonymously, and was an imitator
of Addison in subject and in style.
The Courant grew so intolerat:ile to the
clergy and to the colonial government,
that, at last, a sly and sarcastic item
roused• the authorities to action, and
Janes Franklin was imprisoned. Bon-
jamin conducted the paper. James was 1
after awhile released ; 11 and he continued
his sarcastic severities against the merry
and the government. 'Pine result was
that the Council forbade James Frank- '
lit to publish the Courant. Benjamin I
Franklin thereupon became ostensibly,
and to a great extent practically, (heed
itor and publisher of that paper. 'l'lle
them,( under its new management ditl
not mend its manners. .latnes Franklin
was still i tscon trolling editor. Although
heretical, the Courant lirst published
Watt's hymns in this country. The
price of the paper was raised from three
pence to fourpence. In 172:1, Janes
tinarrelled with Benjamin, and struck
him. I n October of that year Ittinjam in
rant away to New York., He could find
no work there, and immediately !went
to Philadelphia. Ile there found work
as a printer. The C' ou r'ant lived three
1 years thereafter, and then ceased. --
Jain:2S Franklin then established at
Newport the first Rhode Island news
patter.
Sir William Keith professed a desire
to start a printing establishment in l'ldl
j adelphia, and invited Benjamin Fran k
lin to go to England and procure t h e
1 materials. Franklin wmt This was
in 1724. Keith was a rascal, and had NO
credit, and Franklin, betrayed, took
employment in London as a journey
man printer. In 1726 he returned t o
Philadelphia. Stion after, he and Mere
] dith opened a printing (take.
Franklin's pct project was to start a
newspaper. In those clays " Mr. Prin
ter" was a great man. The editor It'll,
lost in the printer. In 17210, at the age
of 23, Franklin printed a pamphlet
entitled "A Modest Inquiry into the
Nature and Necessity of a Paper Cur
-1 reney." Lie was writing ;List:, in the
' style of Poor Richard, for the if ,
ourg. On October 2d, 1729, Franklin
and Meredith purchased from one Ktil-
Inner :t spread-eagle weekly paper pilled
th e (air , tsar ho:traotor to at/ .Irts uod
Sot: s . 'the
Ititter clause o nly of the :UMW was re
tailltql. The ttit7t th was made a marvel
1 ti f goo d typography: it became mod. st.
! positive, and business-hke. Frattldin
undertook principally It: disonss t.tt
nomleal and political ttroblein-. Iti
treated religion with res?..ict. The
semi reeeiv,d a sham of the piddle
1 printing, a not uncommon ~,iourrentoo
then :Ind now. Eventually, in 1,11-,
traineeuf its good typography, it reeeivcd
the entirety of that pair:nag, Not
withstanding this. the firm of Frank hit
it Meredith could hardly pay its ticks.
I Iti 1730. Franklin took the business
alone. Hence dates his steady succoss.
I From the first the 6 1 a - _ , tt• was a con
servatiVe .rLrnn. It had a good adver
tising patronage. The publishing hi,i
ness of Franklin's °Moe aided it. It
was usual for printers to issue an annual
almanac. In 17:12 Franklin published
the first "Poor Richard." During twen
ty-five years of its publication it aver
aged a yearly circulation of ten thous
and copies. "Poor Itieliard" was the
I Josh Billings of t ha t day, and more. A
"Poor Richard" preface lyric reprinted
in England, France, Spain and Greet—
inn the languages of those var:ols coun
tries. Franklin was pre-eminently a
publisher. In 1741 he began a monthly
magazine, which soon failed. To his
English printing-office he added a de
partment of (Airman, for the printing; of
duplicate editions of books and pamph
lets for use inn different parts of Pennsyl
vania. .
The (i,l: 1 k was becoming the leading
newspaper between Nev York and
Charleston. Franklin was also, in the
sense of extensive business, thu-printor
of the Colonies. Meanwhile, lie Wa,
bu-y with the material imprttvernent ttf
Philadelphia, with writing pamphlets,
and with experiments in natural science.
In 171 ti Franklin divided his business
with one Hall, anti devoted himself al
most wholly to scientific. enterprises.
'thus ended his editorial career. The
printer was to beettme official, general,
ambassador, diplomat, doctor of philo
sophy. But he had started the best paler
in America, and he was the best of edi
tors. In after years he published ex
tensively, and in the (; , 1-
(1 , . Late in life he looked Mick to his
pet newspaper with pride. Histlsucces
sors during his lifetime followed closely
in the journalistic pall he had marked
Franklin was the great Managing
Editor. The 11 , 1Stith r, by its
sensationalism and invective, had nut
spoiled him. In his old age he used to
say the Lintz, (lc had never attacked the
character of any private individual, and
that it had never been indecent in its
criticism of any public man. It was an
anomaly among the newspapers of even
that day. Franklin's theory of the
Liberty of the Press was, that if the
editor of a newspaper assailed your rep
utation, "you may go to him openly
and break his head. But," he added,
"the law that limits the use of the cud
gel should also limit the use of the
press. ,•
Franklin was apt in taking advantage
of a hint or circumstance for the benefit
of his paper. As aw riter,he was a moralist
rather than a special pleader. He en
deavored to present right reasons. not
to attack men. Yet lie was not a senti
mental writer. His style was pointed
and antithetical, but clear and tin weary
ing. He easily detected humbug, and
attacked it with pleasantry. ell
Pe..nnsyfrania (;(/: , ti is to this day a
model of good printing, and its typogra
phy might shame ~ , me of the present
laity journals of Philadelphia and New
York.
The Adagr. Family
The Memphis _4 ppeal says: Perhaps ito
more illustrious record of a l nibl isnon ap
pears on the pages American history
than that or John Adams. And it is re
markable that both his son, John Quincy,
and his grandson, Charles Francis, and his
great grandson, John Qu.ncy, Jr., are
very little his inferiors. The great-grand
son has already made intellectual strides
which evince that he is the equal, if not the
superior, of his father ilnd his grandfather.
However distasteful to the South the opin
ions of John Quincy Adams may have been
in former days, we nevercould deny either
his great abilities or that he stood boldly
forth as the champion of the rights of the
people, whose especial champion he was for
the right of petition. And it would be un
candid, as well as ungenerous, now to deny
either the great-grandfather, grandfather,
father or son, the merit of being great
champions of public liberty. This is the
distinguishing merit and character of them
all.
I have No Chance
Don't say that. You have five chan
ces in each hand. Then you have thirty
six at it ast in your head. Every facul
tyyou have will vote you into office, if
you will only enfranchise it, and form
a confederation between the freemen in
your brain :mil the freeman at the ends
of your arms. Chances, plenty of them
fail under our eyes, if we have only
eyes to see them, and hands to pick
them up.
The falling of an apple was the oppor
tunity for Newton to solve the secret of
the skies. A floating sea-weed, drifting
by the vessel when the crew were Ut
tering mutinous threats, was the chance
seized by Columbus to pacify an incipi
ent rebellion, and to inspire his men
With the promises of a new continent,
and a new world of enterprize. The
picking up of a pin in the street of Par
is by a poor boy, as he was going from a
great batik, saddened at the denial of
Isis application for a place, was the
founding of the success and prosperity
of one of the great bankers of the queen
city of the world. That simple act, il
lustrative of the economical spirit as- I
itself over present grief, Was
oh
serve•d from the window the lad was
recalled and the refusal recalled at the
moment —industry, patience and
honesty ;lid the rest. A tlianve rvinark
I'rom a peasant girl, in :in obscure coun
try district in England. Calling Upon the
ear if the coon_ observing thinker, In*.
denner, gave vaccination to the world.
and s hundreds of thousands of
Its - t, annually. Apc w tut' plate found
ed the Peel (:tinily. Roberts, in the poor
country about Blackburn, seeing. a large
family growing up about him, felt that
some source of iocomo must be added
to the Meagre preduclsof his little farm.
lie quietly conducted experiments in
calico printing in his own haute. One
day thoughtfully handling a pewter
plate fr;nll which inc of t h e children
had dined, he sketched upon its smooth
surface the outline of a parsley leaf,
and tilling this wiih coloring matter. he
was delighted to find that the impres
sion could be accurately conveyed to the
surface of cotton cloth. I here wit., the
first suggestion towards calico printing
from metal rollers. The "parsley leaf"
on the pewter plate opened tip a World
of industry to Lancashire; and Robert
Peel, to this day, is called, in the neigh
borhood of liktekburn; " Parsley Peel."
Richard Arkwright, the thirteenth
child in a hovel, with no knowledge of
letters—an underground barber, with a
vixen for a wife, who mashed up his
models and threw them out—gave his
socre,sful spinning models to the world,
and put a scepter in England's right
hand such sovereign ever Wielded.
The jumping tea-kettle lid is said to
have nut the steam into rhat bay's head
who gave us the great giant of modern
! industry. A kite and a key, in Frank
! lin•s hands, Were the grandparcli is of
inn' telegraphs, and all t h e hlessiii2;s of
mcglern invenlicffis,applyingelectsicity.
A stringing greasy lamp, just idlest
with oil by a Verger in the Call.-
; drat of Pisa, caught the eye of (;alileo
at eighteen years of age, taught him the
secret of the pendulum, made many a
discovery in astronomy and navigation
possible, and gave up the whole modern
system of the accurate measuiement of
thin',
Don't say you have no ! You
have the scone elianise, and hitter, than
the \viirlil's greate,t and lied[ nien have
enjoyed. Jlcu unifiirtilly over-rate
riches:tut! under- rate thei row n rengt li;
the fornier ilii far lis,s than we -tip
itnil the latter far more. "'Die
longer I live," ,says( moue of earth's
ons, "the wore 1 ant eertain that the
great ilitlerenve turn, between
the leelile awl piiwerful, the great and
the in,ignitleant, ciii•rgy--itivineille
"nee nXell,
and then death y . 1 hat qual
ity trill du imylhing that, can he
this ; eircuin
stanci•,, nu trill be W,,rth
much without. it.
'ee Girls
There i= a class of women, and a class
not by the vague boundary lincs
which are supposed to limit or separate
the grades of station tirsoeiety, for which
the world at large confesses all instinct
ive and especial fondness. \Ve mean
the hright and shin ingoriler of feminine
whose individual ornaments are
designated in geoeral its
There is a 1,...,111i:11 . .1.mm :Lout the nice
girl not alv,ay- to he analyzed, which
appeals in a itiy , terimis ami indefinable
to our uneomeion , admirtinn
,viimatlik•s. It is not that she is
for th, i , often to I'
I)..aa rfeetion. Vet the !lace is
alway- 1.1.• a-ant
I'll
t tail)' We. It has a choice
and hopeful ...mile upon it \chilli
wJ
dont rails to kintlie a light in
the cys-• of the beholder. She always
ge4)ll-tentiocred met patient. The chil
dren
dra w inward her in,tinctivcly, nail
love her with all the spontaneous ardor
of cltildlilzo devotion. Though not al
ways with the domn of brauty,,die
I.os,!sses all innate quality of nealhess
eovers lilt all hwial
The nice girl never ha, a shoe unlaved
or a ril.hon out of mace. Iter gloves are
marvels, liar how , art. miracles. Her
dress, from top to toe, is the perfection
neatne, , , and her room a model of
ardor. the never comes to the MM..
with her hair in palters miler new apron
chr rises in the morning,
rosy, fresh, till happy, so she
through dill'eshez a subtle ray
of light and cheerfulness on all around
her.
nice girl is not a blue stocking.
though she possesses a moderate store of
the world's knowledge, which she uses
modestly and unostentatiously. She
lots the " Arabian Nights" in her libra
ry for the children's sake, knows the
outlines in general of the world's his
tory, outs the more modern poets occa
sionally and reads the papers from day
to day. She has a passable stock of in
formation upon a variety of subjects,
which she is not wont tutisplay except
as occasion serves. She is intelligent
and observant. She appreciates Shake
speare and Macauley, but rather inclines
to longtlellow :Lod Dickens. As regards
theatrical matters she prefers Robert
son's comedies to classic tragedy—dc
lights in Jefferson's "Hip Van Win
kle" more than in Booth's " I lanilet."
She has ilu eye for the fitness or thi rigs.
Art is an instinct with her. She selects
a ribbon for her hair, and it is always
a becoming color. She knows it will be
but she cannot tell the reason why.
So in the arrangement of powers upon
the mantel, or the furniture in a dingy
room—she brings order out of
and beauty out of nothing. In all
things her taste is true and unerring.—
Her little accomplishments assert them
selves modestly, and give eVidence of
their existence timorously in corners.
Here is a basket of wax flowers, well,
but not, wonderfully executed. They ore
not 'atoll, but the room looks hclicr Gtr
their presence, and yon scold
sOnlethillo if they \Vele takcil
Tla-re is a t•rayon wha.ll -I.e ha- exi•eo
ted. .Ilad it liven bung in the pm•liir its
elket would have Leinspoile , l ny lit
oil paintings beside it. Ir,d she not
know that, though lierliaps not think
ing of it at all ? Her first impulse was
to hang it in the dining room, between
two gray engravings, and it is the best
place in all the house which maid be
found for it.
The nice girl is something of a musi
cian tuo—not equal to the execution of
Thulburg's must ilialcult cumpositioais
perhaps, nor utile to interpret the mys
terious meanings of Beethovon's grand
est works, lint a sweet. player upon the
piano and with it delicately-sympathetic
'much. "Nloney Musk - or "Hull's Vic
tory" art not too humble for her iiiiNt'erS,
when ohl-fashioned people call upon
Ell=l=ME=l
she can do better thing,s than lhaL Wil,o
'roll love to cast your
sell upon the ,Ofil and to lie there in the
ducky, mellow firelight after tea, while
she sings to you. 11l wane way that
soft, sweet voice thrills you as did never
the singing of a Kellogg or Marna. And
when you come home nt night you love
to stop in the dark hallway with your
hand upon Ole lock, to listen to that
same low voice thrilling, some simple
ballad in the room above, while the baby
!is rocked to sleep.
Thank Heaven that the nice girl is
not the especial possession of any dis
tinct class of society' She is still to be
recognized in the frescoed drawing
room as well as in the farmer's kitchen.
Luxury does not spoil her, nor poverty
destroy worth. However high or low
tier home, that home is happy in her
possession. It contains a treasure not
to be valued lu worldly things. As a
counselor in time of trouble, at the sick
bed, in the house of mourning—above
all, in the holy relation of wife—the nice
NUMBER
girl is a pearl beyond all earthly p
There needs no word of praise to
known her - value, for to such a W
the noble.t tribute that can la‘ gi
to say, "She ix a nice girl."
Curious l ustom
Sir John Lubbock, in his recent
on the Origin of Civilization, spy
a curious custom c , •r' widely s
among savages of all regions, lly
on tie birth of a baby, the lathe
not the mother, is put in lied and I
like a sick person for severed
This custom was almost universal a
the Indians of youth America.
ritizholfer, the old Jesuit mission •
Paraguay, tells us that " uo soon
you hear that a woman leis born a
titan you see the hu.baud lying it
huddled tin with lists and skin.
some ruder breath of air should
him, fasting, kept in private, and
number of days abstaining rcligi
from certain viand,: yo'n w“11111 .
it tyns he who had the child. 1
rend about [his in old tittles, and I
eil at it, never thiliki:ig I vOlll,l
SUVII 11.14111 c,; I us'•.l
to -.I:- pt•t•l 1h:
barbarian relati.il tin
jest than in earm•a; but at la , t
it With my own eyes aiming the
Brett, in his aceonitt of the f
tribes s tie saw a
NVllit, latt iy I,on doll
lying in a ilaalla.t•ic. (Vlapia'd Ilp
ue ,Al• 11.• ,irk, tiltal:4ll the
rettust health, teln le Wt . 111 , 01,1 .
nett Him infant wit , en,-tiLtett it en
and other wort: ahittit the hut.
Traees of this: etistinit (rya , Cm]
tireenlititth alter a wiintati I
tined, the hirhear
iu¢f Creeks: and in pants
iv hers' fir suns' trine [rehire the
lit a halty the hustianit mo s t ,iii n o
hold wiu9c. t-;ititilar iiiitsins tire
alining the Chinese, among the I
of itttrin•tt, and what str
is that they exist to 'llk Ja
l'orsielt, in the Siirth Spain, a
the Staid.' a France, where the et
is called fairi lit Ma, :\
in his front \
him,' tries im account t. r it [tills
is elt.ar that the pour
lint tyranizeil i•Ver IPy Li; Il
relatimis, all I :trier, ant frigh
m. Ile then I
lu wake a martyr t,r itiui-rll' ti
nl.l, himself really ill, !Or Itr,
his bed ill St-If-def,iic, ;-•Llitt,,r,
absurd as the appear
tirst sight, there is iii it
which, ivelielit'vei mitsi rail hers-i
can sympathize.' Sir
however, prefers mareelil Puri
hieli tha
believe the 1112 illjur
smile \vay it the father ii
rows,ll \v,,rl; tir was •••11,1,, , of his
ani(l
The fa,lll.lllllf ‘vearilel 111eklie,
I y .\enr. Sorel. Chart,
lii with Inn.
hr wore it at way , . tht•
...tug uncut, hart
The tint•eti .Ir 101 , :l
1fjn.:11 . 1,, 1.,11•11 111011'i 1111 k. it si/.
Jeullty. ii,i,u'roNvll I . l'olll 010.
,r,,ent,4l her by In.! . Itlishand lb
intliday after Int
Iy a similar 0110 1011'11 -.lll l lliiillV.
lithe rnyal ooupll livt..otly a rc
Ingot., Cho Sllperll 10rdon kill L 1
•nough to Make
0 the W:1101.
(iirdles nr hllll nrl nl. n.r..al :1111i
11111 perhaps ill the histnry
,rn:tnlein, has gri•at.1 . 01,r1.111..11.1n ,
"init.., and wnt I
1 :nnan hi, 11111, li
11i1111• 1110114•111 r, 11101
tvith preeimi
lit the middle age-) the belt (a .
was uu imp 4,118141 the
patio{: ir
eereiiiiffly the Lilt 1 , 1
Inunled to the `lli...rail). act
ever, was tally porl . ‘tralial in liege
age, atill the refusal of the Juke o
tatty to yield this l)))int alni"st I)
tat a NVill* hetweeu hint :till l'h:udt
11f1 , raitee. The taking ell' of th
wits also portint, of the ft)rill of )
ink hillrlk rul grill the widow
the 8011, who. 1 told yon IHT))re,
one the richest prince in E
had toga through painhil an
agreealde rerenlnny 114,1' OW
her husk:lnd.
In the east lor a I))iig lime the I»
a Icidge of the p.))1)--)))ii of a (lir
'l'h, 11,111 Hic
,Wcliti,lll I i ctititiiry very fi
stlimarliiir , anal lii•lts, t,W111.11
always iiiiire 111 . less
n'rt•iuus stouts. 1•11iZAht•111,1 , 1111:1
1111111/11c 111, tvitta
isitilit Ii i Is.
it must hncr Is cll 1111111 c-I as
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Zit) article ills within.
A girillt• riiilily stiiiiiii II XX ill
1111/1111- ' , IIVIIII
I/f
sassiti The 1.1610 of th,
tttir iitit• iif thi• s
asiilit :11111 1111hCicil 1111 I' 11 11111 X
iif
said to 111.11 tills Which 1,,,,,,1•11
Cal Ili/WVIS, and yoit reluoulhor tl
ul l'ltaraith lit• ease
a sign of his
The wodding rim_t ice art fr ,
Ilehrows, tolopted Irons them
Roman', it heramo tlero•ral rua
the hill , 4)1 . Pliny Iliin rim-t
with a loa,l,tott,• a> illjoh.111,11,•
love witieli
matt and wife.
Itings were warn ,t , :t 11:1+2 , ` k
110. d. In early aLZt's it W: , ` , 1
its wearer was a freeman Jr 4 free
Antohg the lioinans and I ireck
\voretlitferent rings rordillt•l'..lit
,0111, St,oll, el/4,1
lighter than others.
meal riTILN are as ancient t
of Alexander or Alaiasion, :111,1 n.
certainly as the rourtli 1...111.1.1r)
' l imie part tll the ,Ire-s of a hishol
The pugs 11:1Ni• t \vo (if
(Me, iilo the .
ring or tht• popes, hrol:eti whet
pope dies, a new Mil•
his s n e e ess or.—( . .t/loolie Mor/el.
Pro:4re,, of Salt Franclhco
The 6)1 raet, re,peeti
pr,egre,s of real 4•-.1,1. •
mall Freilei,co are tal:etl kaan
We are in the India of speakin'
Francisco as a city of iiiruty
growth, hut the truth is It has uu
a oily within the 1.-t ten yet
1ti.51 there were not two dozen
brick ',adding, on all iit Mont
street, while the southern .101
street, whieli is now covered wit
titres that would alt
city, was vacant in many lilac
where s Luililiug \Va,, to lie Ontm
all old eloW and phpi , r wooden
The site of the Lick Hon.
Ilion a vacant sand lot, front
the sand drined over ;he
sue of the II iliertila I; ink was o
by a large dry nl. Lox, iii wl
active cohl.ler kept up a lively Ict
With his hammer :mil hipsione.
was then hardly a decent brick I
to he found south of Market sire
iibroia street, with IL,
Hawks and other Itutlilings
ousatel heatitithl Merchants' Ex
w o uld now disgmll, no city in th
but in lstio there was not a l
upon it which was 'wire than
while it had many that were
enough to lie almost ilisgracefu
of the streets were severed HO!!
Still were planked or
ten and yielding ill wooden sip
were to be folnot eVelywhero.
Sixteenth street ill the coon
beyond Larkin \Vas iu a sand de
101ielinessOlW Wasonly hrok.
ties, and news i•attic into lo\Voll
roliroillieln Wore killod, , all.ll
tlifit as Many dozen
'well disposed of. The oily \Va.
seedy assemblage of wooer"
a sandy and dusty site. 'll
howled down i\larket street a.
does over the lint behind 1111.0111
Chureh. There are men here
date the high-forehead period
eranitnits to the aceidental blo
of their hats about Market lm
gomery Streets, and the
lowing of the hats by their
had then arrived at the Lowe
of the depression which folio
decadence of the mining era,
not begun to feel the reviving
the change to agriculture. The
of a plain two-story brick 1
Montgomery street, was made t
touch of itt the papers than as t
ing of a magnificent builtlin
be now. San Francisco was
seedy adventurer antong eitit
as destitute of street railroad
the State at that time was of r.
now it is rich, respectable and o