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Yvh 21,1971,
ifer maiden twinett the rainbow pearls
About her gold,. Irdr.
loo,ely set Rollle waywanl curls
Cares , s Ler forehead fair,
Tl.en clasi s around I.er erneecol throat
More pearls on velrit warn) :
Al:' never yet did while robes float
About so sweel a form.
She rises; toward the mirror tall
She turns her satined feet,
Iler glances qiiiekly rite and fall,
So fair II SlOtt to Inset
The gentle tiliedies come and eo
• As the eyelids droop and lilt.
Fur, all ! she ,111110. chaos:: but know
She has the fatal
Great Bend, Pa
Will knowledge orals her wise in time
And teach her that her don cr
la fruitful actin - iv lit maul a Crime,
linv victims every hour
Cu, Ethel • a in in beauty's rice,
Renx•mherine err you ib.rt,
Unlovely is the fovi-lit,t Ir,
That Lido, a truthless Itetirt.
SOMETHING OF A MASQUERADE
A gentletnan engaged in dressinz fur a
party is by no means so interesting as a
lady employed in the same manner; and,
I . :asides, the gentleman in question was
theidedly out of humor at being obliged
to go.
He was tired of parties; it seemed to
him that one was exactly like another—
the flowers, dresses and decorations, ill
after the sat.oe paters ; and ifs for the
yonng ladies, ahy, they m ght all have
been turned out of the same mould. He
really believed that he would take a trip
to the plains with the next detachment of
troops that went out; there eonld at
least he variety and excitement among the
Indians.
Aud having succeeded in tying the
third cravat he had tried, just to his mind,
Mr. Phillip Remington gathered up his
gloves, and, with more of a frown than a
smile upon his dark, but handsome face,
bent his steps toward the festive scene.
He knew exactly whom he should
meet there. the same silly,simpering girls,
and their elderly commonplace mammas.
He didn't know a single woman past the
filet bloom of youth who possessed the
lea.st attraction ; not one could he name
in the flower of a ripe and beaut;ful
summer, What had become he thought,
of the type of woman that grazed the
period of the Revolution ? The gentle,yet
commanding dignity, the lovely, matronly
grace, that was the admiration of foreign
Courts as of the home circle?
He had an intense love and veneration
for old ladies. too, when they were dispos
ed to follow the homely advice to "act as
sich, and behave accordin'," but it welded
to him that the old ladies of his acquain
tance behaved more like young ones, and
at'ired themselves more youthfully as
youth departed from them. Re really
believed that, if he should ever encounter
his beau ideal of at, old or middle aged
lady, he should be tempted to offer his
heart and hand on the spot, which, if she
was at all consistent, she would,of course,
decline.
The young gentleman hed been some
what spoiled by society, which was quite
disposed to welcome his appearance with
a grand cborous of "Hail ! the conquer
ing hero comes!" for society saw that he
possessed the tangible advantages of
wealth, good looks and talent; and, as
unappropriated men of this sort are not
found in every household, society showed
its most agreeable side to Phillip lleming.
ton. Ile did not feel particularly grateful,
however, and hated the very eight of
three-cornered notes with monograms re
questing the pleasure of his company.
He could scarcely bring himself to go
to this grand house-warming of Mrs. Far
land's, the wife of a great wine merchant,
who had just completed a modern Alad
din's palace, and thus called together his
dear five hundred friends to come and re
joice with him, that he had what few of
them could ever hope to have—a grand
white marble structure, with fountains
and statues scattered through the
grounds; a magnificent entrance, and
windows that looked like vast, unbroken
sheets of crystal. Mr. ilemington's ac
quaintance with Mrs. Farland was very
slight, and his diselination to go to her
party very strong; but some fate seemed
Urging him on againet his will, and be
went.
He was accustomed to handsome rooms,
furnished according to the most expel:wire
TUIeS a the upholsterer's art; but he was
Poetry.
WHY.
Why should it e chill
When we lod for spring?
Why should the sweet rill
Ot the summer slog ?
And why Mould we sea
Of the dawning light,
When our life must he
In the drear midnight?
Or why should we grasp
At a mythical star,
And think as we clasp
That we nearer are?
Why should we ever
Be fleeing along,
And finding never
The chorous ro song?
Why should our hopes float
High on the wave,
When we knew 'urns wrote
Humility I'll save?
And why should we fear
Death's opening dour,
Wheu glorious cheer
Is shadowed before?
Or why should we care
If the grave he low,
When Jesus was there
o io long ago?
Why should we waive
To a lit Ale
The tahlt so brave
On which He smiled ?
We suffer of woe
Not n tithe to Him
Who paid lilFa glow
Fur the prier of sin.
S. L. OUERTIOLTZER.
BEFORE THE GLASS.
The Story Teller
"TRUTH AND RIGHT.: GOD AND OUR COUNTRY."
not prepared for the exquisite taste that
had evidently employed unbounded
wealth to the best advantage. Everthing
was softly.toned ; and the well selected
gems of statuary, and admirable collec
tion of pictures, were disposed, with a
sort of careless grace, in just the places
that seemed meant for them.
'••• • • •
Having made his salutation to the lady
of the house, Philip Remington wander
ed, with no particular aim, through the
magnificent rooms, until a statue of "tee
Repentant," that stood in the shadow of
a rich blue certain, arrested his steps, and
held him entranced.. The beautiful face,
half hidden by the small hand, and the
mournful grace of the drooping figure,
-were more like life than marble; and
feeling this to be far better worth his at
t•ntion than the gay, shulless butterflies
around him, the young cynic gazed and
dreamed, until, turning his eyes, he be
held, at a little distance, Martha Wash
ington, in veritable flesh and blood.
Yes, there stood the Mother of her
Country—fair, noble, stately, dark-eyed,
with the hair dressed over a cushion, so
familiar to us in picture; on her cheeks,
a sort of rose-bloom, and. in her whole
expression a serene, smiling grace. Her
dress of rich brocade seemed to match
her hair in hue, and the short sleeves
coming below the elbow, with a fall of
old lace, and the s uare neck trimmed in
the same manner, were all in perfect
keeping.
She, too, stood in the shadow of the
blue curtain: and Philip Remington un
consciously stared as though she had been
another work of art, gotten up for his ex
press admiration.
Mrs. Farland presently approached,and.
pres-nted Mr. Remington to her friend,
Mrs. Lorraine.
"I think I may depend on you," she
added, "to entertain Mrs. Lormine, who
IA 011 II Vl , lllO me from a ,distant city ;
for I believe, Mr. Rymington, that yon do
?lot, like most other gentlemen, devote
yourself eNclusively to young ladies."
hewed mid colored, and found
himself the next moment tete-a-tete with
Mart ha Wa,hington.
"A gas patty,' observed that historical
persimage, •'2 , 1 , 1113 scarcely the playe for
me; not my friend. Mrs. rarland, would
take no C.%1111.,.. 1111 , 1 1 concluded to be
a quiet looker-on. I hoped that the young
pr q,l would nut gruile me my cor
ner.'
-Vim harp mail,. it it 111NIt 1 honor,"
repiied her new acquaintance. entiinsi-
asticall7; "but, madly, you should come
ha-re
. v.ua roadal he better scan. for volt
supplythe very element that as watatiug
iu t h S asset , blr:'
"I know,' said the 'Mother of hi r
l'ountn, with beautdol frankness, "I
I supp, se. the in:zrediPnt of
htflr.•) ,, ~r ve
a, a foal to the youth and brightneis
an un l Inv."
- How very pros king of her!" thonEht
Philip. still Fort in admiration. Must
be rrple, then, With a hare f.ced com
pliment? Or would it be better not to re
ply at all ?
Ile scarcely knew what to say to this
I dignified lady, who mnst be considerably
his senior, and vet the soft bloom on her
cheek, and the light in her eve, contra
dicted the gray hair, and the air of su
perior age, while he noticed that the
1 iil um p arms were white and shapely, and
the neck such as many a yontig girl would
I hare been glad to display. There eer-
I Lindy was something puzzling about her;
i but the lady soon broke the somewhat
awkward silence, by saying, in a matter-
I of-course way : "Do not feel bound to de-
Ivote yourself to me, Mr. Remington. fur I
am ouite independent of such support;
and I know how much more natural it is
for you to be among the young ladies of
your acquaintance, than to waste yourself
upon an old woman like me."
Mr. Remington felt like replying that
he had been in quest of "an old woman
like her, for some time past;" but.instead
of this, he merely said :
"I shall be happy to waste myself in
this way, as long as yon will permit it."
A beautiful flush tinged the fair cheek
of the republican queen, as she gi;mcsd at
the expressive eyes of her companion ;
and, feeling that this conversation hi:4
lasted long enough, she said, quietly: "If
you will give me your arm, I should like
to go into the other room. There are
some pictures there which will repay your
attention, I see that you are a lover of
such things."
"How did ehe know that ?" thought
Philip.
"Not there," added the vision in the
gray brocade. "I am too old, you know,
for dancing."
Except the gray hair and antique dress
she looked, as she smiled, an incarnation
of perpetual youth; and her companion
gazed at the pictures she pointed out to
him, with the conviction that. the picture
beside him was worth all the efforts of the
old and young masters combined.
Meanwhile people were watching the
couple with different degrees of interest,
and while many glances of admiration
were directed toward the modern Lady
Washington, a few rosy lips were curled
with pipne that Prince Philip should
slight their charms to devote himself to
an old lady.
But Mrs. Lorraine would not allow this
so exclusively as the gentleman desired ;
two or three times did she banish him on
various pretests, and at an unreasonable
early hour. and very much to his disgust,
she left the gay scene for the quiet of her
own apartment-
Some hours later she was joined by
Mrs: Farland, who said, laughing: "Do
you know Gertrude,
I think you are a
decided success. And I feel quite indebt•
ed to You for the freak that surprised me
so at first. A figure like you at one's re
ception is a card of the- first value, for
there is cure to be nothing similar. Yon
certainly might have stepped ont of Mar
tha Washington's picture frame; but
who except yourself would have thought
of acting as though yon had."
Mrs. Lorraine looked up rather weari
ly from, , her comfortable position on the
lounge. She had doffed her rich dress
for a white wrapper, and brown locks,
instead of gray ones, floated over her
shoulders; for the gray, like the dolls'
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 1873.
dresses, "look off and on." She was a
pretty woman, undoubtedly ; but singu
lar, too—somewhat of a species by her
self—and so thought the friend who cow
sat studying her.
"I believe I am half tired of masquera
ding," said she, absently.
"Since when ?" asked Mrs. Farland
with a smile. - "But you do it so well,
that I should think the venerable 'role'
would become a second nature. And
how can you be such a startling likeness
of Martha Washington, without a drop
of her blood in your veins, is a problem
I cannot fathom. Seriously, though did
you not miss the attentions to which you
are so accustomed from all marriageable
men from eighteen to eighty P"
"Of course I missed them," was the
reply; "and, although it seemed a little
odd at first, yet I think the to most of
my admirers ram only the =personage
of so many thousands."
"As though you had no other attract
ions whatever." observed her friend.—
"But you certainly were not displeased
with Philip's attentions ?"
"He entertained me," said Mrs, Lor
raine, dreamily. "I think there is some
thing in him.
"Prince Philip would be flattered," was
the amused reply. "Ile is so and
mighty a personage—a very kind of so
ciety, in fact that I had serious doubts
as to whether lie would condescend to ac
cept my invitation. I am afraid he
would not have done so, had he known
me for the 'parvenu' I am.'
"'Parvenu!'" repeated her friend, in
amazement. "What can you be think
ing 01, Clara? You look like anything
but a "parvenu
"I believe 1 do," replied the fair, state
ly woman, laughing merrily ; "but for all
that, I used to pick blackberries for a
living; and'iny home was the least little
mite of a red house you ever saw among
the hills of New l-jampshire. And I
don't care who knows it, for society
wouldn't dare to be rude to me
now."
Her companion was too much aston
ished to reply; and Mrs. Parland con
tinued
"I believe I never told you this when
we were at school together, and it was
blackberry-picking and my own resolu
tion that took me to school ; but it was
not pride that kept me from it. I always
meant to marry a rich man; though
when 1 first met Ralph Fatima, lie was
not the millionaire he is now. I really
think that if the lives of at least half the
women in society were written, they
would enliven the wildest sensation
novels."
"I could give a pretty shrewd guess,"
said Mrs. I'nd:slid, mischievously.
"It most he that the sunset of life
gives you the mystical lore," was the
rridy, as the areab.cr glanced
at lot friend's fair youthful face. "But.
seriously, Clara, I hope you don't think
me deceitful, do you ? I was afraid,from
your reply, that you didn't half like it,
when I wrote to you my in teh tuna to
come as a middle-aged lady attired for
high days holidays, a la Martha
Washington, but that I wished to tr,' it
as it might he. I am fairly suck of the
monotonous round I have led for the last
two years, since my oonventional pet iod
of mourning expired. My marriage, you
know brought me $500,J00--only this
and nothing more; and I really enjoy
Vie excitement of a new phase of exis
tence. I was always said to look like the
Mother of her Country; and I created
quite a sensation at. a fancy ball in the
very dress I wore to-night. This put the
idea into my head ; and as it coati teed
to haunt me, I resolved, in paying you
that long-promised visit. to carry my de
sign into execution. lam halt fright
ened, though, now, I believe, and feel
almost like running away."
"You cannot do that just yet," said
her friend, with a good night kiss. "It
is not all in character; and I hope that,
by to-morrow morning, Martha Washing
ton will be quite herself again."
Thedreams of the fair woman that
Philip Remington took with him from
Mrs. Farland's en tertainment,all resolved
themielres into a figure attired in gray
brocade. He was enraptured with the
counterpart of Lady Washington, and
could think of nothing else.
Tie took down an English prayer-book
from the shelves, and there read that a
man may not marry his grandmother,"
—a warning which had hitherto appear
ed to him particularly superfluous; but
it really seemed to' him now that some
one else's grandmother might appear in
a very attractive light.
• •
Mr. Remington 'Jecame a frequent ',lei
tor at Mrs. Pariand's; he found the at
mosphere of the house particularly con
genial, and wondered what he had been
about not to cultivate so charming a per
sonage as his hostess to-fore. .
That lady smiled to herself at •the
gentle man's puzzled interest in Mrs.
Lorraine, and was obliged to exercise
great circumspection in answering the
questions so frequently put to her. Her
friend, she said, was independent and
somewhat eccentric; she had adopted the
dress of the republican court, sot par
ticularly suited to her style, and from
shear disgust at the attire generally in
ilnlged in by the ladies of her years. She
was highly cultivated and intellectual,
and although fitted to adorn any society,
had in herself such abundant resources
that she was quite independent of it.
To all of which Philip listened intent
ly, devoutly Wishing that he had been
born twenty years earlier, or Mrs. Lorraine
twenty years later.
That eccentric personage, meanwhile,
was enjoying herself very much in her
new sphere, and viewing the world
generally from quite a different stand-
point. She did not lack attention, for it
was sou known she had wealth, and her
tint., commanding presence was, of it
self, a passport, But the attention - was
of a different kind from that to which
she was accustomed, although a few
needy spendthrifts even dared to speak
to her of love. her magnificent scorn,
however, quite annihilated them ; and
not the Mother of her Country herself
could have frightened them more.
Mrs: Lorraine was decidedly the fash-
ion ; and the winter she spent in the
white marble palace flew by on rapid
wings.
Philip Remington could not bear the
thought of her departure, though he
took himself to task as absurd, and al
most worthy to be classed with the tor
tune-hunters who had Leen so summari
ly routed. But he bad become accustom
ed now to talking over the last new.
book, with this friend of a few months
standing, and discussed topics scarcely
thought of among the vapid society
belles of the day, that he could not
willingly give up such refined and elevat
ing companionship.
• He could neither understand himself,
nor Mrs. Lorraine;
but there was some
thing about her that drew him into her
society so often, that he began to have
very little peace of mind when he was ab
sent from her.
Mrs. Farlaud felt uneasy ; she thought
that matters were being carried too far;
and that Gertrude should either unmask,
or bid Mr. Remington a final farewell.
One fine morning, Mrs. Lorraine sud
denly disappeared—actually ran away,
like tho coward she was; and left her
lriend and her admirer to settle matters
as they could.
Poor Mrs. Federici felt herself to he in
a very funny position, when Philip Rem
ington sought her sympathy and advice;
begging for a clue to Mrs. Lorraine's
whereabouts, and, while evidently depre
cating his fully, declaring that he found
it impossible to bear her absence any
longer.
"I think you had better see her at
home," said his auditor, at length, with
out daring to lift her eyes. "Perhaps you
will be disenchanted."
"Disenchanted !" He felt like resenting
the suggestion ; but Mr& Farland had
evidently not spoken from any unworthy
motive, though be could not quite, make
her out.
Gertrude Lorraine bad returned to her
home in St. Louis, and to St Lotus Mr.
Remington came.
By the time he arrived, however, a
great many things lhad happened ; and
Mrs. Lorraine had experienced variety
enough to satisfy her thoroughly. From
hundreds of thousands, she was suddenly
reduced to a pittance; and not being one
of the kind who bestow their mon. co
pious tears and sighs on losses of this na
ture, she immediately turned her atten.
Lion to a hand-to-hand conflict with the
world ; whether in the shape of teaching,
scribbling, or boarding-house keeping,she
had not quite settled, when Mr. Reming
ton's card was handed her.
She had thought that, in the course of
time, perhaps he might write; she had a
sort of feeling that their friendship was
not quite to cease then and there; but
that he should actually follow almost, vo
the heels of her own departure, agitated
her to such a degree, that she did two or
three silly things before sho could per
suade herself to face the visitor. She
dragged forth a miss of gray hair from
some secret receptacle, and began braiding
it up, in an aimless,dreaming sort of way,
with her own abundant locks; then she
unfastened, and half twisted off the mod
ern garment hi ..t'hich she was attired ;
and, finally, she fell into a brown study,-
before the looking glass, which appeared
likely to be of endless duration.'
Philip Remington was somewhat sur
prised, after the accounts he had heard of
Mrs. Lorraine, at the plainness of the.
quarters in which he found himself; but
when, after some delay, the familiar face
and figure—the former framed in nut
brown locks, and the latter robed in sim
ple calico—stood before him, the power
of speech departed altogether.
When he came to his senses, he found
himself standing with the lady's hand in
his, staring like an idiot.
"I have changed since you saw me."
said Mrs. Lorraine.
"Changed!" he repeated, with empha
sis. "I cannot understand it all."
"I will try to explain," she began,
somewhat tremulously, fearing that this
straight-forward, manly Philip might not
altogether approve of her proceedings,
and then she told him everything.
It took some time for Mr. Bemingtonli
bewildered ideas to get into working, or
der; but at his first words expressed a
sort of insane joy at the loss of Mrs. Lor
raine's wealth, that lady soon became as
confused as himself, and all intelligible
conversation was suspended.
Philip Remington returned from thfit
trip an engaged man • and quite recon
ciled to the disappointment of seeing the
only elderly lady he had ever admired
transferred into a youthful and attractive
"fiancee."
Hrs. Farlund was delighted that Ger
trude's little comedy had turned out so
well ; and society declared thatlfr. Rem
ington has displayed wonderful talent in
looking out for the main chance, and se
lected a western bride of fabulous wealth.
The three who knew better laughed
among themselves, and let society think
SO.
THERE are persons now living in Ben
nington, who remember old Billy B—,
of whom it might be said, he furnished
an example of the "ruling passion strong
in death." When very ill, and friends
were expecting an early demise, his'neph
ew and a man hired for the occasion bad
butchered a steer which had been fatten
ed; and when the job was completed the
nephew entered tho sick room where a
few of his friends were assembled, when
to the astonishment of all, the old man
opened his eyes, and turning his head
slightly, said in a full voice, drawing out
the words:
"What have you been doing?" •
"Killing the steer," was the reply.
"What did you do with the bide
"Left it in the barn; going. to sell it
by-and-by."
"Let the boys drag it around the yard
a couple of times; it will make it weigh
heavier."
And the good old man was gathered
unto his father&
"No, I thank you, I never smoke." was
the courteous reply of a slumbering Or
thodox deacon, as he gently pushed away
the proffered contribution box. •
::V::~--:~:~~±,
TWO DOLLAMS PER TEAR IN ADVANCE
Terms) iv now PAW in . envAncw.,,so OTO, ;
TUE BLAZE* 0111 THE HEART.
IiOMESPITN SONO
-0-
Then good-bye Joe; you've gone, rm told.
Away to the far-o we 't;
And the old folks say, and the Deacon too,
They're sure it's all for the best,
For tho cursed drum-shop spoiled you Joe,
And I never could be your wife;
Yet I'm most steered, In spite of myself,
I'll love you all my lire,
'Day and night,
Night and day,
Ever In si
Never away,
Joe, dear Joe
I often think of the days of old,
When we tapped the maple tree,
And you swore the sap wenet half as sweet
As the kiss you stolefrom me.
I think of the walks through the hemlock
woods
To the coectin'louse with you;
But the stars, somehow, didn't mine so bright,
And the sky don't seem so blue.
Day and night,
Night and day,
Ever in sight,
'Never away,
Joe, dear Joe I
The blaze you made on the juniper tree
Longyears will wear away,
But the blaze you're left on my heart will last
Till age has turned me gray,
For I can't forget; when 1 shut my eyes,
You're sure to come to view,
Till I kinder wish for an endless sleep,
One lust, long dream of you.
Day and night,
Night and day,
Ever in Sight,
Never away,
Joe, dear Joe I
backwootlaman's mark on a tree—ehows
that some chap.'s been along that way before.
—Boktoxd's dfagazine.
Short Speeches.
——o—
Perhaps the shortest speech ever deliv
ed in any legislative chamber was that of
the member of the United States Con
gress, who, having got out this sentence;
•'Mr. Speaker, the generality of mankind.
in general are disposed to exercise oppres.
sion on the generality of mankind in
general," was pulled down to his seat with
the remark, "You'd better stop: you are
coming out of the same bole that you
went in at."
Daniel Webster was apt toover-indulge
himself at public•dinners, but managed
when called upon to make a speech, if a
brief one.
On one occasion Webster finished up
with : "Gentlernan, there's the national
debt—itshould be paid; yes, geutlemen,
it should be paid; I'll pay it myself. low
much is it."
Sir Arthur Helps somewhere suggests
that Cleiumen would be more successful
in attacking the pockets of their flocks
if they send round the plates before, in.
stead of after, the sermon. with the un
derstanding that if they gave liberally
they should be let off from the sermon
altogether. M. Dupanloup, the eloquent
bishop of Orleans, preaching in behalf
of the workmen of Rouen, contented
himself with saying:
"This is no time for long sermons, but
for good works." You are acquainted with
the calamities of those whose cause I haTe
come thiS day to plead. Once upon a
time a king, whose name is stillchenshell
by us, Bain to iris COMpanions-in-arms, On
whom he thought with rear err.:!!!
rely: 'My good friends, I am your king;
yon are Frenehmen. Yonder is the ens
my; let ns march' 1 will not address
you in other words to-day than these. I
am your bishop; you are Christians.—
Yonder are, not our enemies, but our
brethren who suffer. Let us flee to their
succor I" The result was the collection of
more than $3,000.
Edwin, a once popular English actor,is
credited with , the authorship of one of the
briefest of sermons, hiS text being "Man
is born to trouble as the sparks fly up•
wards." I shall consider this discourse un
der three heads. First, man's ingress
into the world; secondly, : man's pro
gress through, the world; thirdly, man's
egress out of the world. And
fleet—Nan•r Ingress Into the world Is naked end
tocre.
humidly—lna progrees through It le trouble and
Lastly—Ells enowees from It, b—nobody knows
where.
If we do well pew, we ebel dowel then
1 can tell fen no more if I preach for s yaw . .
The last time Justice Foster went on
the circuit, he dismissed the grand jury
to their Work with : "Gentlemen, the
weather is extremely hot; I am very old,
and you are well acquainted with your
duty; practice it!"
In an action for slander, Justice Cres
well put the case to the jury in the em•
phatic words: "Gentlemen, the defend
ant is a foul-mouthed fellow. What
damages r An example of judicial
brevity only to be , matched b Baron
Alderson's address to a convicted prison
er who prayed that God might strike him
dead where he stood, if be were not int.
nocent. After a moment's silence, the
judge sternly and coldly said: •'Prisoner
at the bar, as Provklence has not inter
posed in behalf of society, the sentence
of the court is, that you be transported
for t verity yens."
An American judge once intervened
in an odd way to prevent a waste of
words. He was sitting in chambers, and
seeing from the piles of papers in the
lawyer's bands that the first case consist
ed , he asked, "What is the amount in
question?" "'l'wo dollars." gaiyt the nlain
tiff's counsel. pay it," said the judgi
handing over the motley. "Call the
next case."
He had not, the patience of. taciturn
Sir William grant, who, after listening
for a couple of days to the arguments of
counsel as to the construction of an act
quietly observed, when they had done:
"The act is repealed."
An inquutitive French bishop once
caught a Tariar in the Duke de Roque
lair. The latter, passing in baste through
Lyons, was hailed by the bishop with:
"ili I Hi!" The duke stopped. "Where
have you coma from ?"' inquired the pre;
late. 'Paris," said the duke, "What is
there fresh infiaris?" ' "Green petts."—
"But what were the people saying when
you left?" "Vespers!' "Goodness, man,"
broke ont the angry questioner, "who are
you? What itre you called?" "Ignor
ant people call me Hi I Gentlemen
term me the Duke de Roque)oire. _Drive
on, postillion r
kilt_ 1:3 ;IEOI
Religious Notes._
_-o___
Tne Jews have 152 churches, with. 713
365 members' in this country.,
THE Spectator says, that the. Church or.
Prussia is now .‘a mere departutent 6,t ;
the civil service." That is hardly - te4
severe.
A LEADING gaptiet clergyman ;hag
written an easy advocacy pf ministers
having some secular business upon which
to depend.
TERRE are toot MUM.
gations in the city of New York. Mrs'.
Helen Brighan officiates tor one of them
in Apollo Hall.
,
A JEwnin writer me high trib , ate „
the Quakers for their sterling piety, and
instances the fact that a Quaker tinning.
is never heard of and a Quaker pauper:
never seen,
Tun Roman Catholic Society , for the,:
Propagation_ of the Faith is made.np.pf
members who contribute one cent a week,
each to its support'. It' his been in ex
istence titty.one year+t• •
TriE Eight Rev. Bishop Wood, on gun . -
day last, administered the 'Saaramebt of
Confirmation at Bt. Augustine's Catho
lic church to 132 boys and 184 girls.. BP!.
was attended by the Augustiman Fath
ers.
THE latest RitualistiC' innotaion re
lates to funeral& At the obsesuiiii of
the daughter or a churchwarden'. at St.
Mathias, Stoke Newington, . the vicar
"ceased the coffin, which had two lizAts
at the head and two at the foot."
Tnr. English ifethodist press is mourn
ing over the fact that •altbough the body
is rich and powerful, with 1,400 traveling
ministers, 11,000 local preachers,
360,000• members, the . Church is
declining, and -has been losing in point
of numbers for the past two years.:.
As Episcopal missionary in 'Mexico
reports the prosecution of Protestants (-
in the State of Moreles as yery.h:ttec and,'
violent. A preacher was recently fired ,
II Nan buteseaped. An attempt terweirds made to,stab him, but a native"'
convert interfered and received the talal"
blow. Three other converts were moan...!
ded.
Br.aon Fosmu, asserts that, in tna
American city huye Ale interests of..the,l.
Methodists been Wisely . adininieteritt .
as in Chicago: The churches have been
loeated,property acquired and fa/Ida:create' .
ed and expended by.men who hive-idonr:r
their work ou business Trinuiples,Auttas.:
though the 1881280 • *ere their indyldual ,
own.
~ , ,
Crrt churches are umning.iziore,..antl, ;
7
more to quartette sine ng, and thatnfAit
most costly sort. More Dioney is • 006=
ably spent on this luxury in
than in any other city in the •worid.•;-.. ,
There are a dozen New York' orgstnists,7
whose salaries range from , $2410.0.
43,000, and a soprano. of eminence,'
decline a 8450011 ''call" - Without "wincitig:'
This is what you might;emphatidallrealf ,
a rising scale
Yarlefcs;
A DAMICRT flan aye .14 1 1.814 !e4uliftt
beggars dying with b'bekinga,llill Ail-,
'Er,' but the only' bettara • tre• evert hitt'
real estate in theira. • : ;
A CORRESPosirtNi' of ' : the
Exchange, writing from ' Otegon; t3a e'
large feet are the fashion out there.•
genuine Oregonian's track. looks. as if ii
mule with a pack-Saddle on tad turned
over on hie back in tha mad.
Ix Calcutta, recently, on examinin,g
ship lying in dry dock, it was found that
the sword of a sword-fish was' imbedded
in her bottom, near the keel. It had tree -'1
etrated the solid , timbers to a .depth of
thirteen inches, and. had eyidently i 4e t en. r
broken off by the shock.
"SsnAtooA trunk on the brainnlis =err
fully recognized by the medical faculty as
a malady peculiar to the fashionable wo
men of New York: A briTiant'iniisecile
says that tho troaka have an; advantage
over the women, inisinch,as ihe,y,wear m
their own locks, which the *Oman deiet:
A PEORIA woman lately serif 11;5015 ca.,
postage stamps to a friendin Nev'i 'fork'
to help make up the number of 000,000 1
for which quantity a gentleman has agreedA
to build an Episcopal chapel in her neigh,k
borhood. They are utilizedin Europein:.,
the manufacture of it special ; AriaMy of
popier•tnache. '•"' • • '
HON. W. W. Coicoian has agreed „to
give to the Colombian University, '
IVashitigton, two hundred tbousand•dots , '
lace, on condition that one hu"ndred 0°114 , 1
sand dollars more be given by °theca:A(loe
offer'is to remain gpen until the. f ir aL l ot,
January next, and an attempt Is bein
made to raise the hundred thousand do g '
lars. .1
IT is insisted' that the 'pretty `"Ltatti t t"
who does the tlyingleaP at' Niblo's ' 1 .14(e* - ft
York, over whom half the: city -is:cusay;..2
and who is advertised as a girl, is , a ,40Y.:,
The gentle youth is said to have,remark-c,
ed the other day: "The old man
got more than a year oriWoinore of tlier
'Lulu' business. I'm getting it motisealter
and ain't near as pretty as /,wtis either.7,l
•
WIFILB Leo Hudson. says Ma exclietbe,".
was lying ill at St., Louis she called a
vorita pet dog to her. It attempted,, to.
jump upon the bed as usual, but felltaack,
upon the floor and broke its 'neck: %Vic ,
in connection with the death of beibciau:
tiful horse, "Black - Bess:P. wits believed hi:
her .to be an omen oflatality, , and portly
from the erects of this melancholy, *1;
pression she died. . .
IN Newark N. J., recently, two yoUig,,,
men, named August Stahl Nadler and_
Edward Buehler, 101 l desperately in lovm,
with a fair widow, and-as both could not'
marry, they mutually agreed - commit'
suicide. Each procured a dose •of.landl,
ennui, and August swallowed ,bisp.hat l .
Edward only made a pretence or doing
so, the result of which is 'that ' Augaer
died, and his companion is -nowreadftei
marry the widow. •. •