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 <f November, 1870, the
city of New York was more deeply ex
cited than at any other time in it* re
cent history. It was the day preced
ing the general election of that year,
and orders had gone forth that the
metropolis should be invaded by Fed
eral troops, the laws of the*tato ignor
ed, and the rights of the people placed
nt the mercy of John I. Davenport and
his reckless crowd of supervisor* and
deputy marshals. In the harbor lay
two gunboats, furnished by the notori
ous Robeson, and threatening to open
fire on the business heart of the town.
The state was at jierfect peace, and its
laws were respected and enforced.
No man could vote unless he had ap- !
poured in person at the designated
places at least ten days before and
registered his name, answering under
oath the questions which were put in j
regard to his residence and qualificn
tious. All that the Republicans had ;
asked iu the way of increased strin- i
gency to the election acts hud been 1
conceded by the Democratic legisla
ture. The inspectors and canvassers
had been fairly chosen from both par- j
ties, under the direction of a non-par
tisan jwdicc commission. No officer of
the state or city, high or low, Repub
lican or Democrat, bad asked for the
interference of the Federal troops, but
an army was there, under command of
a brigadier-general of regulars, to con- i
duct an election. Never lie fore had
such a reckless attempt been made to
invade the invested rights of the peo
ple, and it is safe to say that it will j
never bo made again. The prompt
lies* and bravery with which it was
met ami repelled by Gov. Hoffman
served as a warning to President ,
Grant. The governor repaired to the I
city, and quietly but tirmlv announced
that if the Federal troop* appeared in i
the streets on election day they would
IR; met by the National guard, who
would protect the people at all haz
ards. This was no idle threat. Am
ple preparations had la-en made for a
conflict, which seemed at that time
inevitable. How ample those prepa
rations were, the following document,
which is now made public for the first
time, will show :
[Copy]
NLTW YORK, NOV. 7. I*7o.
Mr DSAR GOVERNOR-. I hnv- the
ll re of informing you thai I frs-l conttdnnt
of having MRU red a rtipply of one hundred
thousand hall cartridge* and four hundr<*l
rounds of canister shot, with cartridges, for
the artillery. G<>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.
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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.
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Romance am) t act Mixed.
A simple announcement apj < ared in
the |m|<t-rs recently that Lieut. Jerome
had resigned his place in the army.
Behind this announcement is a hit of
gossip worthy of mention. Lieut. Je
rome, who was graduated at Went
Point in IM7O, is the son of Lawrence
W. Jcrofhe, who was the Tammany
candidate tor Congress in the Kiglith
( New York ' district last fall against
Anson <i. McCook. The latter was
elected. Lieut. Jerome wa one of
the most gallant officer* in the army.
It was he who was commended for
bravery for voluntarily lascoiniug a
hostage iu Chief Joseph's camp in
Washington Territory, and hiding in
the cave to escape the bullets of his
friends when the Indians commenced
their treacherous firing. He got six
months' leave of ahscuce for that,
eatue Fast, and fell in love with Minn
Sherman, daughter of the late Judge
Sherman, of Cleveland. Hi* frit-mis
claim that he had reason to believe
she reciprocated hi* affections, liut she
marri<sl Senator Cameron, of Pennsyl
vania. Jerome dissipated terribly,and
was court-martialed for it, ami found
guilty. Strange a* it may seem, An
i-u (i. McCook, his father s opponent,
is the man who got the Secretary of
War to allow young Jerome to resign
instead of lx-ing dismissed from the
service, and he resigned.
♦ !■!■■■!.
An EiikllsH Precedent.
In England, in 1734, a law wan
passed forbidding the presence of nrm
<-d troops within two milt* of the clec
jxdls. Six yearn later, in 1741, the
authorities, neglecting the statute, too*
certain notion, which with its results is
narrated in Brighlley's " Isending
(.'aw on Flections," as follows.
" During the corrupt administration
of Sir Robert Walpnle. at an election
held f>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 :
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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 <nthc married couple
For a few year* all went happily but
j ala ! the young husband died of fever,
J leaving bis widow with a son four
j years old to inherit a large property
and a distinguished title. The child
of the Alhanc beggar girl will be one
of the richest counts in Home when
I he attains his majority.
QtEKN Victoiua was strangely
moved when she heard the news of
! the attempt<d assassination of the
(Tar. She has a morbid dread lest
somebody shall take it into his head
to put ait cud to her happy reign by
shooting her. She now travels even
from Windsor to London with an
escort of tngn three to twelve stal
wart gentlemen. Four of these at
i Umlauts went to Italy with her to eu
joy the scenery and protect her against
assassins. A correspondent of the Car
diff Time* relates an incident c if the
Queen's passage through Fdiuburgh
a few years ago. She had gone thith
| er to unveil a statue of the I'tince
Consort. The city was full from gate
| to gate with a loyal and enthusiastic
populace. All went well with the pro
cession till just as it was about to turn
into the square in which the statue is
erected, when a sudden stoppage oc
cur red. The Quaeo, who was sitting
in an open carriage, seemed struck
with a sudden terror. She started,
clenched the side of the carriage with
her hand, aud with ever)* vestige of
j color Heel from her face, hurriedly
asktd what was the matter. It was
nothing hut n horse performing man
oeuvre* not included in the programme,
but it scented as if she thought that
another brainless boy had lieen caught
with his obsolete musket loaded with
red pocket handkerchiefs,and hi* head
filled with designs on the life of the
Queen of England.
I?t IH6B the Empress Eugenie, on
her way through Lyons to Siex, order
ed a number of brocade dresses. The
manufacturers sent her tissues,some of
which coat them $2OO a yard. The
finest of them was uever made up by
the Empress. She presented tlieiu
eventually for altar vestments to the
chaplain of 8t- MaryV, Chisclhurst,
where the ashes of the Emperor lie.
Tiik ouly country in Europe whero
Good Friday ia not a legal holiday U
France.