FOR THE LADIES. WHEN AHF. WOMEN MOST LOVELY ? We have just received from a young lady a question which is so interesting ami invites our consideration of a theme so .delicate and delightful, that we are fairly forced to answer it at length. This is what she writes: SlR —Will you be kind enough to tell me, ivro young ladies considered more love ly, slid thought preferable, st the sges of froin eighteen to' twenty-one, or from twenty-two to twenty-live or *i* 7 You will u*mWtsiid me; 1 moan do men nuwt admire them. It- Be fore proceeding to our answer, let us thank our lovely friend for retain ing from any attempt to bias our judg ment by giving a hint pi her own age. Hhc probably thought that if she did so, natural gallantry might lend n* away from a cool, judicial view Vt the subject and tempt us t< give the pref erence to the types of maidenly beau ty which appear in young women of her confessed years. Ami we do not deny that such might have been the case. As it is, we arc left entirely iu the dark as to the class to which she herself belongs whether she is be tween eighteen and tweuty-one, or b - tween twenty-two and twenty-five; aiitfto we are able to answer her ques tions on its intrinsic merits. Loveliness, iu woman, though it may . vary in its character and manifesta tions at difl'crcht periods of life, i u -t the property of votith only. There is a great and undeniable charm in the fresh beauty of eighteen, to which in- i experience and early romance lend perhaps additional fascination. A pret-. to girl of that age, who has been un- j touched by care, and who knows of] the world through imagination only, | is a very delightful object; and many men may wish they might take cap tive her first affections. Between eighteen and twenty-one, the changes of a girl, so far as the ' charms of her JR-rson go, are not likely to IR; great; hut in that time, by long er intercourse with society and by nat ural development, she may grow more i companionable for men of maturity, 1 and her carriage ami self-control he- i come better and greater. Those arc important years in a young woman's life, the years during which, in our climate, the majority of the sex arc married. And yet from twenty-two to I twenty-five or six, a maiden may and ' geuerally does still further advance ill attractiveness and add to the store of her charms. She is still young, but she has outlived mauy youthful fan cies, and feels some of tle dignity of womanhood. No better age than thrno in a maiden's life, and never is she lovelier. But why stop at twenty-six ? What fairer women are to he found than many of those between twenty six and thirty, and even older? Girls of eigh teen may look on them as unsought old maids, and yet they are in their womanly prime, and many capture hearts which have been steeled against fascinations. Oftentimes they make the l>est wives, and men fiud n solace and companionship iu their society which immaturity eannot give. They have the advantage of experience and they have learned the lessons taught by longer contact with the world, while still they may not be averse to falling in love. No, we assure our fair friend, it is not that a woman is eighteen, or twen ty-six, or thirty, which makes her love ly in the eves of men. She may be just as lovely at one age as the other; but inasmuch as marriages of women occur between the ages she mentions, it is safe to assume that the majority of men prefer to take wives that are [ not older. But all men of taste and discernment admire feminine Is-anty and loveliness whether they show them selves in budding youth or ri|RT ma turity ; and we will dare assert that if our correspondent was really charm ing at eighteen, she will be more so at twenty-six, or that if she is now lovely at eighteen she ought to be lovelier at the greater age. But let her give no further thought to the subject. The beauty that is un conscious is the more alluring, and loveliness which exercises it sway with out apparent effort is sure to make the best conquest. This we say in full confidence that the multitude of wed dings which are now taking place dur ing this season will confirm the truth of our words. Let us hope that lie fore another return of this delightful season our fair correspondent will In; selecting her bridal outfit, hnving found by happy personal experience that we have wisely answered her im portant question.— Exchange. BALTIMORE is the champion city of America for the manufacture of cheap jellies. It is well ouderstood that the jelly is an animal, rather than a veg etable product, lieing simply gelatine, colored and flavored according to the fruit that is to he represented. Bos ton jelly is chiefly made of apples, also flavored and colored in imitation of other fruits, and the imposition is dis covered by very few. It costs 14 eents a pound, which is hut half what the genuine- fruits represented can be supplied for. Boston is also a great raspberry jam mart, and the eight firms manufacturing it produce an ag gregate of 600 tons a year. It sells for 18 cents a pound, and is made from dried raspberries. Large contracts for a supply of but ter for the season are being made iu Tioga county at 16 and 18 cents per pound. NO HOLDIEKB AT AMERICAS I'DM.S. TilK WAY IN WHKIH GOV. lIOKKMAN PROTECTED lIIH PEOPLE IN 1870. Kr**m ili film OI"#rfr On the 7tli d grant that it may not tx] necessary to use them. •••••• Your* very truly, FR.INKI.IN TOWN**NI>, Adjutant General. To Gov. lIorrMAN. Fortunately, the threatened necessi ty did not arise. At the last moment the Federal authorities took counsel of discretion, and retreated. Not a Fed eral soldier was seen in the street* of New Yijjjk on the election day of I*7o, j ami since that time no attempt ha been made to iuvade our state. THE LITTLE SHOES HID IT. A man who had been reclaimed front the vice of iutcni|*-rance was called upon to tell how he was h-d to give up drinking. He arose hut looked for a moment very confhsed. All he could nay wa<: "The little shoes did it!" W itli a thick voice, a* if his heart iu in his throat, he kept re|*-ating this. There was a stare of js-rplexity on even - face, and some thoughtless young people In-gan to titter. The man, iu all his embarrassment, heard this sound and rallied ut once. The light j came into his eyes with a flash —he drew himself up and addressed the audience, the choking went from his j throat. "Yes, friends," he said, in a I voice that rut it* way, clear a- a deep toncsl bell, "whatever you may think | of it, I've told you the truth—the little ' shoe* did it! I was a brute and a foul ; strong drink bad made me l>oth. and starved me iuto the bargain. I suffered : I deserved to suffer. But I didn't suffer alone —no man does who has a wife and a child, for the woman get* the worst abuse. But I am no speaker to enlarge on that; I'll stick to the little shoes. It wa one night, when I was all hut done for, the sa loon keeper's child came into the sa loon holding out her feet for the fath er to sec her fine new shoes. It was a simple thing ; hut friends, no fist, ever struck tnc such a blow as those little new shoes. They kicked reason into me. What reason have I to clothe others with fineries, and provide not even coarse clothing for my own, hut let them go bare ? says I, and there "outside wn* my shivering wife and blue-chilled child, on a bitter cold night. I took hold of the little one with a grip, and saw her chilled feet. Men! fathers! if the little shoes smote me what must little feet do! I put them cold as ice, to my breast; they pierced me through. Yes, the little leet walked right into my heart and away walked my selfishness. I had a trifle of money left, I bought a loaf of bread and then a pair of little shoes. I never tasted anytning but bread all that Hahhath day, ami went to work like mad on Monday, and from that day I have spent no more money at the public house. That's all I've got to say—it was the little shoes that did it" Lips is a notan, yet they often make a conjunction. A VIRGINIA REMINISCENCE. CliorlolUilll- Clirimli'la. It in related thut while Thomas Mann Randolph was Governor of Vir gia lie was ouce arrested within a few hundred yard* of hi* home, in this country, and carried a prisoner to his own house. The story in to the follow ing effect: The Governor was on a visit to hi* home, and, finding that the fencing on bin plantation wan pulled down and burned by wagoner* panning along from the Vulley to Richmond, lie deter mi bed to detect and punish them. One evening lie observed a party go into camp on the road side, and alter dark he strolled down to a point where ho could conveniently watch them, lie stayed out all night, hut the wagoners made no depredations oil his fences. In the early rooming, however, when they were about to kindle the fire* to prepare breakfast, they started out to gather up what , fuel they might find for that purpose, when tliey spied a man sitting on the feucc, a short distance ahead. Now it appears that a short time before Gov ernor Randolph hud issued his proc lamation offering a reward for the capture of an escajied horse- thief, and | the wagoners, who had seen the de- j scription of the convict, thought they i discovered a close resemblance be- i tweeu tin- man on the fence and the i escaped felon. So thoroughly satisfied were they that they would receive the reward for his arrest that they ap proached and announced that lie was their prisoner. One of them proposed, as he cracked his wagon whip, to give hint a thrashing nud then let him go, hut his companion protested that it was proper to ascertain certainly whether he was the guilty party he fore iufiicting the punishment, and proposed to take liini to the residence of Governor Randolph, which was near hv, and get his advice. Accord ingly they marched their prisoner up to the lIOUM-, and, knocking at the front door, u servant made his up [K-arance, of whom they inipiircd : "Is your master at home?" The negro raised his eyes in aston ishment nt the inquiry, and replied, pointing to the Governor : "That's master." It is said that the Governor then promptly confirmed the statement of the servant, and joined heartily 1n the laugh that followed. He then told the man who hud projsi.Mil to wlii|i him without the opportunity of defense to remain outside and he would send him a morning dram, at the same time unbuttoning his coat. exposing a pair of horse |iitds, and remarking that he should certainly have used them had an attemjit Ixi-n made to carry the threat of ca*tigatioii into execution. The other wagoner he invited in to join him iu a hot breakfast. LEGAL OPINION. An honest farmer once called upon the late Roger M. Sherman, the cele brated lawyer, and told him thnt he wanted an opinion. He had heard a gnat ileal about the value, of Mr. Sherman's opinions, and how a great manv jx-ople went to him to get an opinion; and John, though he never had had, nor was likely to have, a law suit or other difficulty for a law yer to hcl|i him from, thought he would have no ojiinion too. " Well, John, what can I do for you?" said Mr. S., when John, in his turn, wa* shown into his room. " Why, lawyer," replied John, " I happcimi to lx- in town, and having nothing to do, 1 thought I would come and your opinion." "State your case, John, what is the matter?" "Oh! nothing. I aiu't got no law suit ; I only want to get one of your ' opinions; tbey say they are very valu able." " But. John—about what ?" " Oh ! anything, sir ; take your pick ami choose.' Mr. Sherman seeing the notion of his client on the matter in hand, took his pen, and writing a few words, fold ed them up and hnnded them to John, who carefully placed the pajier in his pocket. " What's to pay, sir?" " Four and sixjK-nce; Yankee money—76 rents." When John returned home the. next morning, he found hi* wife, who pretty much took the lead in businew* mat ters, nnxiously discussing with his chief farm servant, the propriety of getting in a large quantity of ont* on that day, which had been cut the one previous, or of undertaking some other labor. John was appealed to, to settle the question, but ho could not decide. At length, said he, " I'll tell you what, I'olly, I've lieen to a lawyer, and got an opinion that cost me four and six pence. There it is—read her out; it's a lawyer's writing, and I can't make head or tail of it I" John, by the way, could not read the plainest print; but I'olly, who was something of a scholar, opened the paper, and read as follows; "Never put ofT till to-morrow what can IK- done to-day." " Kuough said !" then cried John ; "them oats must he got in." And they were " got inand the same night stieh a storm ramc on, as other wise would have ruined them entirely. John often afterwards consulted this opinion and acted upon it; and to this day entertains a high estimate of lawyers' opinions generally, and of the lamented Mr. Sherman's iu par ticular. MADAM BONAPARTE'S JEWELRY. From Ilia lUltJtiior* OftEutte. Mr. JoHcph 11. Gale, a well-known jeweler of this city has, ut the request of the executors, ajipraiscd the value of the jewels belonging to the late Madam Bonaparte. Tliey were con tained iu a small sized leather trunk and are very costly, rich and beauti ful. Mr. (bile exjiressed the ojiiuiou that while the jewels cost when they were purchased about 870,000, they would not now sell for more tliuu 82b,- 000. It i* not jiroposcd, however, to sell any of them, and tliey will he preserved in the Boiiajmrtc family um relics. The most cxjieusive article of { the collection is a necklace and pend ant, composed of at least 600 dia monds. The gems are old India stones, superior to any now in the mar ket, and Mr. Guk- says they are hand somer than any lie has ever seen. The necklace wa* the gift of a distinguish ed nobleman to Madam Bniiujxtrtc while in Kurope. Mr. Gale ajqiraised it at IIH.OOO, though h<- is of opinion j that hut for its antiquity urn! the a-so- ' ciatioii* connected with it the necklace \ would not now sell for more than ! ! 86,000. Home of the diamond- in this ■ superb ornament weigh two and one halt' carats each, and the others are I much smaller. The collection consist* , ' d necklaces, finger ring-, antique.-, I vinaigrettes, bonbon boxes, ear rings and other article*. Tln v Wlrapmcot from her parents, from relatives and friends of her husband during her i brief uiurri<-d life and from friends ! she made oil Iter extended visit to j ICurojK'. One fine cameo ring i valu- j ed at 8"0; one jiuir diamond earrings, I leaf sliajie, exceedingly Ix-autilul. They consist of two large solitaires at the top, with smaller diamonds form ing the b-aves below. These are worth 81.A crown of aiuethi.-t.- and iiearls was very costly, but is now worth only 8 AHi. There an* four j nrl necklaces, the lowest in value lx ing np|irni*cd at 86i> and the highest iat 8 '"". Two antiques iti the cwllec -1 tion are suju-rb -|ei sm< ns, and would bring ling - sum- if sold. One of tin i greatest curiosities iu the lot is a I bracelet made of gold wire, about twenty-two carats fine, made from gold found uj-ui the arm of a skeleton dis covered in the ruins of I'ompeii. j There is a black enameled bracelet made iu I'aris, and set with American quarter eagle gold pieces, which re semble* very much the jirc*ent style of coin jewelry ; this is worth 81' M '. Another bracelet is made of six 86 pieces ami a French coin, linked to gether with g-dd. Then- are three gold watch- -. unique and Ix-autiful, but not of much intrinsic value. Two of them are plain hunting case, blue enameled njx-n fare nnd the third is ,a double case with js-arls. One of these watches wa* a preeut to Madam Bonaparte while -he was Mw Liiza ix-th Patterson from her grandfather, and Mr. Gale is of the opinion, from its style, that it wa- made three hun dred years ago. Theapprai-mnit was a matter of form according to the rules of the Orphans' Court, and was made at the office of Mr. Charlc- J. lioiiajiarte, executor of the estate of ! hi- grandmother. There i no inten tion of offering the articles for -ale, and they will, a* stated above, be pre served in the family. - • An Important Derision. The I'nitod Stato* .Supreme Court! lia- decided that service in the (Jonfed ' crate army i- n<>t a disqualification for a juror. Air. Justice Field delivered a separate concurring opinion with re gard to the t--t oath demanded of the juror a- follows: " I agree with the Court that the j juror in thi- rao cannot lx- reqtiiml to an-wer the questions put to him, but I go further. Ido not think that tlm act of Cnngres**, which, by requiring a test oath a* to |a*t com Iu el excludes a great majnrty of the eitizens of half i the country from the jury box, is valid. In my judgment, the act is not only opjircwive and mlioiis, ami rejiugnant j to the spirit of our institutions, but i elearly unconstitutional and void. As a war measure to be enforceil in the insurgent States, when dominated by the National forces, the act could lx -ustaincd, but after the war wa- over and the insurgent Stati-s were restored to their normal ami constitutional re lations to the Union, it was a* much out of plnre and as inoperative as would bo a law quartering a soldier in every Southern man's house." Mr. Mr. Justice Htrotig dissented from the opinion of the Court. Fiikdf.Rlck Dnmt.Am emits occa sional flashes of genuine sense, as when, in s|x-nking of the migration of colored |xxt|de from the South, he says: "I am opposed to this exodus, because " rolling stones gather no moss ;" and I agree with Kmerson that the the men who made Koine, or any other loralilv worth going to see, stayed there. There in my judgment no part of the United State* where an industrious nnd intelligent colored man can serve Ins race more wisclv and efficiently than upon tho soil where he was born and reared ami is known. I am op posed to this exodus liecausc I sec in it a teudency to convert colored labor ing men into traveling tramjia." Jong Baukky, ninety years of age, formerly of Windaor, York couuty, left several day* ago for Kansas, where he expect* to "grow up with Ihe country.'' Til K CLE AX NKWHPAPER. There in a growing feeling in every healthy community ngainst the jour nal* which make it their s|x-cial object to minister to perverted taste by neck ing out and nerving up in a seductive form disgusting scandal* ami licen tious revelation*. There in good rea- Hon to believe that the clean newxpa per in more highly prized to-day than it wan four or five yearn ago. It in alno nafe to predict that an (>eonle in all rank* of life, who protect their own at leant from contamination, become more conncioun of the jR-mit-iou* in fluence of a certain clam of jouriiMln called enterprising la-cause they are ambition* to nerve up dirty scandals, they will be careful to nee that the journal* they jxwmit to be read in the family circle are of the class that never forget the proprieties of life. Already men and women of refine ment and healthv morals have hud their utteutioii called to the pernicious influence of had literature, and have made commendable effort* to counter act the name by canning sound litera ture to be published and nold at popu lar prices. Thene efforts are working a nileat but nun- revolution. The In st authors are more generally read to day than at any previous time. The nick- Jy sentimental ntory paper, and wild ranger, and pirate stoiy book, are slowly yielding the field to worthier claimant*. To the praise of the de tent newspaper, it may be naid that where it has a place in the family, ami has been read for year* by young and old, it has develo|sd such a healthy tone and Midi a di-criminatiiig taste tiiat the literature of the slums has no admin r<. Fortunately, tk< number of such families is iucriasing in the laud, and as they increase, the journal that devote* itself to sickcniug rcvelatioun of immorality will be com pelled to find its supporter* solely among those classes thut practice vice or crime, or are ambitious to learn to follow such ways. ... ■ ...... ■ ■ j Romance am) t act Mixed. A simple announcement apj < ared in the |m|r the city of Westminster, un der an order signed by three magis trates of the couuty, n Ikhlv of armed soldiers was marched up and stationed in the church yard of Saint Paul, Co vent Harden, in the vicinity of the poll; ami on this lx-ing shown to the H oft so of Commons, they passed a resolution affirming ' that the pretence of a regular body of armed soldiers at an election of members to serve iu Parliament is a high infringement of the liberties of the subject, a manifest violation of the freedom of elections, and an open defiance of the laws and constitution of this kingdom.' The high Imliff was taken into custody In order of the House, and the three magistrates who signed the order were brought to the bar and reprimanded by the S|x>aker, upon their knees, as the House had directed; and after this the House passed a vote of thanks to the speaker for his reprimand of the delinquents, and directed the same to be printed. TllK following beautiful "dedica tory poem to the Princess Alice," bv Mr. 1 Vnnyson, opens the new number of the -Nineteen ta Century : "IM MUt>M P"*. If Ihst -huh IM Tin- HO, Mr* ns—as* If Ik. f.UI hiss. Sm of Irs- 111. mhl KIT*. Arntrn llw US funs -Klkli loioss* lIS.—If wK.t nUI IV -rfill Ink sol sll si m from nsl TW. .ssdon Mils SshaUac— IVi IV SmWoW'S sisrissr of Ih# jwopl. - ynit— VMS tSlso on- StoO. mH oil onr l.rimllS of noils, WW-to Int. dm loncl*4r*s- Hi* Ink Is llfht. AsmkbAn; -ml a* Msnb mm Hal no Tkj siMior -Mrisltt t*. brSUI orsa*<- Mws IXink Ihtn* n-imuf rrprom of Ik, (!, Aral Ik| lmf'l.l mlhn -mil- acsls. Wot oof otto t*j to lb— I *n.l Vm ins Ml-- TlbSi— Mo. Us*'. RstVnA b.rls* .Utilrr (h.- IHIO* as as an 111 Mms mMS UI. Im Sa* IVm OS lb* n*is —nb-S- t. b- too -soar Stl tbsl s—• kr.l-n *l—. fnm isu now sstsb V food, ib-o. ohIU, i -si-isb-ris* Uwo, I Is* Al lb* nsl* Ss-f Ibfs ksIM f Mm rtoobl Of sad hot Isssot Is lb* tnll" Why Mom i Should be Trusted In the. IfHiidH of the Wire. If every mm would pay hi* wife a weekly rum for housekeeping,clothing, etc., fie would find that in nine case* out n1 ten, her management of the fund would increaaenot only for hia comfort, hut that of the whole house. If she in equal to the tu>k of Is-ing a wife and mother, nhe i* also equal to the task of supplying and paying for tin; daily I neceaaitiea of home. If she is head I manager die will take pride and pleas ure in making 100 cents go a great | way—much further than a man could i make 100 go. Hhe will systematize Iter affaire, keep her book* —a day* j book and ledger—and exhibit her well-kept account* with pride and {delight. Khe will find out that there ! in no economy in buying soap by the har, starch and sugar by the poutul. Ihe very fact that exjtenditure of i the money that belongs to her, jdll sweeten her life, give new zest to ber | occupation and make her a more litfje i |y and contented wife. To most wo { men the id-a of asking for money ! seems to l>e abhorrent. They put it off from 'lay to day, the dread of it in jno great. They will wear expensive | clothes iii the kitchen rather than ask for the money needful for the purchase jof a plain calico drew. Shrug your | shoulders if you choose, von utibeliev j ing hu-bitiid, and nay "I never knew mi eh a woinau." 1 lieg your pardon, hut I must contradict you. The wo man you call wife I do believe, would rather suffer with the toothache than j ak you for money needful for lyiots, clothing and the common necessities of j life ; it i- neither agreeable or pleasant j to tin :n atid they should not IK- forced !to doit. If they do their appointed ; work the money to carry it on should be freely ollcred, monthly or weekly, jas may In- desired. Some hu-bamU ) hare seen how much their mothers suf | fered for want of money even when ; their fathers were rich, and they profit j by the fact and give to their wives a I generous supply, nev< r forcing them to Weenie applicants fbr it, and bv so doingthcy gr< ally increase their dora* - tic happiri'-s. J'iace confidence in a woman's ability to act, and she will ! fully repay it; doubt her executive ; ]towers, refuw her responsibility and you may rue it. A Honiantic Story from Hoiae. The adoption cf children, write* a corriwpondent from Home, which pre vails to a considerable extent in Arncr- I iea seems to be extending to Italy. >orne thirty year- ago a Genoaii lady, of rank almost princely, and staying | at Albane, took a fancy to two beggar children —a boy and a girl—of cxtra i ordinary Is auty. Her excellency, who had plenty of money, adopted the two brat-, and gave them the best ]*>siible ; education. ! The boy turned out an arrant scamp, | and Uok to evil course* and soon died |of dissipation. The girl grew up a model of womanly grace and Uauty, and found nianv admirers, ami among | others a young Italian noble, who won j her heart. The marriage was accompli-hod, ; and the German princes* settled her | enormous fortune