J atrintsb Ito 11 tttage 4ettf r . -- BY Vir;--BLAIRs VOLUME. 26. O S eta pottrg, I MSS TIIEB. When the evening twilight deepens, , Casting shadows o'er the lea, Bringing back, with all their sweetness, Happy hours I've spent with thee. I miss thee. When - the birds have bushed-their-music, And have sought their downy_nest ; 'tVhen the 'ms world is silent, na ure sun ? I mtss thee. When the ills of life assail me, And my soul is bowed with care, And memory turns to bygone hours, Seeking consolation there, • 1 miss thee. When. he night-bat flits and hovers Round about my window-pane— Truthful omen, tellinl truly We bhall never meet again— " I miss thee. Wh With its solemn, ghostly tread, Waking memories sad and dreary, That should;slumber with the _dead 1 miss thee. When the breaking day approaches, And the lark is soaring high, Singing loud his song of bwee tit ess „Far up in the rosy sky, I miss thee. 'When the busy world is moving With the hardy sons of toil, Then my soul is tilled with sorrow, Nor e. 0.1 this misery foil, Yuri miss thee. atlifitellautaus ---- ----- NEARLY A TRAGEDY. BY JUDGE CLARK. Could I believe:my , - eyes ? Was that Helen —my Helen—to whom Lwad to be married in a mouth, hanging fiuniliarly 40-i another's arm, and looking up as lov ingly in his face as ahe had been wont to tro in mine. I had no reason to distrust.my eyes.— In tact I knew them to be exceptionably good. It certainly.tvas Helen. lint what could she be doing .here, and who could she be with on terms so intimate.? I had every reason to believe ha at home, hun dreds of miles away; and except toward a brother or myself, I felt she had no bus iness acting so. But I knew.she had no brother and equally well that.the gentle man .with her wasn't I. A business tour I was taking before my .marriage had brought me to New Orleans; .aud it was on one of the public promen .ades of that city that I so unexpectedly met my affianced under the.circtuaistauc •es mentioned. Determined to have an explanation, I hurried forward to meet the pair. I raised my hat ceremoniously, but, be yond a. stiff bow from the gentleman, re ,ceived no recognition from either. "Apparently you have forgotten me" I said to .Helen in a voice tremulous with pusion, in spite of my efforts to appear calm. She shrank frightened from my look .and clung closer to her companion's arm. He conducted her to a rustic seat at a little distance, and returning, accosted me in a tone studiously polite and haughty. "I am ready to hear anything you may have to say to the lady," said he. "I am not aware," I replied,,of any rea .son for making you the medium of corn mindeAtion between us." "That your manner is—not quite re spectful," he answered, hesitating a mo ment tbr the expression, "is one' reason; another is that the lady is my wife." I was thnnderstruck. My home was .nt a distance from Helen's. &sides, I had been traveling for weeks, and had re ceived no letters from her. I remembered hearing her friend tease her about a handsome gentleman in New Orleans, where she had spent the last win ter. This was undoubtedly he—the ft cored lover. Helen had Only been flirt ing with me, and in my absence, with our wedding day fixed had perfidiously mar ried my rival_ They were even now in their honey moon ! The thought made me furious. "Your wife is a talse woman !" I hissed through my clenched teeth. 4 1( u ate a—." Controlling himself, he added : This is no place for what remains to be settled between us. Your card if you }Lase. Do not let my wife see." I would have flung it in• his face, but I knew that' to make a scene there might forestall the opportunity I longed for of meeting my supplanter in deadly conflict. I banded him any card quietly. He thrust it in his pocket, and returned me his. I hastened away, impatient for the hour to come, when, weapon in hand, I might confront the man 1 most of all hated. At 'that time and place, such affairs were not accustomed to be long deferred. It was necessary that I should procure the service of a friend without delay.— There was but one person iu the city, an old college•mate, to. whom I could apply in such a need. I had his address, and set out at once to Bud him. Then turning a street corner, as I hurri ed along, whom should I see coming tow ard me but fiiithless Helen, her face wreathed with similes, and her hand ex tended to greet me! She has surmised the danger to her husbaud, thought I, and would seek te disarm my vengeance. Bit my heart was steel. I spurned her proffered hand, and, with a look of anger and contempt, which I was glad to see had its effect, passed on quickly and in silence. My friend accompanied me to my room, where I at once set about arranging my affairs. I knew my adversary's second -would call in an hour at the farthest, and I was anxious to have everything in rea diness. I had scarcely finished what I had to do, when a visitor was announced, whose -errand-,--as-I-tutticipated-rwas-the-delivery of the expected message. • It was the form of a polite and courte ous note--how polite,and courteous such missive always are—merely stating that the writer had committed the making of all necessary arrankrinents on his part to the bearer, his friend, b Colonel Wyng, and expressing the hope that'the affair might be terminated as speedily as possible. "You see," explained the colonel, after I had introduced my friend, Tom Bright, - "my - principal - has an-engagement-for-the opera this evening, and is desirous of get ting through in time for it." .1 gave the gentleman assurance that 01 1 Te—wits-no—disposition—on-my—partto interfere unnecessarily with his friend's engagements which, it was to be hoped, nothing might occur to prevent keeping —adding that, .as the challenged party, I selected pistols at ten paces ; so no time need he wasted on preliminaries. "In that case,", said the colonel, "we may start at ()ace. 1 have a carriage at the door, and we can pick up my friend - on the way." We excepted his offer, and set out im mediately. - - - Tom and the colonel chatted pleasant ly till the carriage stopped in front of an elegant umnsion. ‘.lVe must stop here a moment gentle men," said the colonel. "Please step out;" and opening the door he led the way. Tom and I would have preferred wait ing in the carriage, but the colonel insist ed so politely that we got out . and follow ed him up the steps. The door opened, and having conduct ed-us into a neat sitting-room the colonel bade us excuse him a moment and disap peared. "This way, gentlemen," he said, return ing after a few minutes. He led us through a pair of folding doors into an apartment where our eye= were greeted •by a tableau, at Which mine were even more astonished than by the eight they had encountered in the morn ing. There stood the man I was on my way to fight, between two Helens so like, that which of thew , was mine I felt I should .never be Ale to decide. "What a dunce you were, Fred," said one otthein—l saw it was my Helen now by the eng on -her finger—"to mistake my Sister ibr myself this morning, and go quarreling 'With 'her husband." I don't know what I stammered. "And then to get so absurdly jealous," she continued, "and refused to speak to me, after so long an absence. I've a good mind not to forgive you !" "You see," explained my late enemy, My Helen—whom you had never seen be fore—and your Helensare twin sisters, so nearly alike that intimate friends are us ually compelled to take their word for which is which. 4 They are devoted to each other, and Helena would have Helen come and stay here a week or two before her marriage. She has been here a couple of days now, and an hour ago came iu cry ing—" "I did no such thing !" pouted Helen. "At any rate,'" he continued, "it came out that you had met on the street, and unaccountably refused to speak. -A tho't flashed upon me. I looked at your card. Though 1 had never seen you, I was not ignorant of the name of my intended brother-in-laNt. All was made clear, and I dispatcbed to the colonel to bring you here as the best way to prevent bloodshed between prospective relatives." The opera engagement was kept, a hap py evening was spent, and after many blunders, I began at last to be able to tell which was my Helen. I don't think the whole i , world could deceive me on that point n0w.—.37. Y. Ledger. STARVINC IN BROADWAY.-A terrible tableau. vivant was acted in lower Broad way, New York, one day last week. Near Exchange Place, at about mid-dny,a man, with a thin, wasted face, was seen to totter, then stagger, and then fall. A curious crowd soon gathered, believing the man to be suffering in a fit.. On in quiring the cause, the following terrible reply was faintly given : "I am starving ; I haven't eaten anything in six days !" A shudder ism through the crowd-, they stood back, appalled at the bare fact of such suffering, destitution, and well-nigh death. A sympathizing German ran a cross the street, and soon returned with a loaf of bread. The starving mares eves fairly glared, as he seized and ate it. It seemed that he must choke. such was the voracity with which he sought to appease the calls of his long-suffering stomach. There was its the scene a reality—a terri blefiess—which indelibly impreised ,itself upon ail who witnessed this sort of reha bilitation of a dying ram Six days in this great city without a morsel to eat ! Where was his tongue ? Or is he one of those proud, timid men who die, but make no sign? He was sent to the hospi tal for treatment. Think of it!! Starva tion in Broadwa3,-I—X. Dbpatele. • • - : • 1 ›i • • A , 4.10 • ›i N :77:311 " • WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1873. The Time to Resume. The country is paSsing its grand es t op portunity since the war. There has not been since the passage of the Legal tender act any financial situation or crisis that so held out all its hands inviting to resump• tion.—Shirll - welet it go oy ? -7. 1` e crisis calls for a firm hand, a bleat' head, and determined purpose; that's all. It requires no superhuman wisdom _to discover our disease, or any profound political science to detect its cause. We halt between pal liation and cure. Ilere's an hour's work with the knife, or endless stretch of splints and bandages, lotions and plasters, opiates and stimulants, with recurring paroxysms, spasms, and convulsions, and never sound health-in body-or limb. __Shall it be sur gery or quackery? . We must choose be tween them. To-day's opportunity is for the-countryTfor-the-dominant-party,for the President. It is within the reach of the President, who has but to put his hand and seize it . , to make himself a great name, give his party the new prestige that it needs, and establish it firmly in power and lift, the whole country up to pure air and solid ground. Let the President issue his proclamation convening Congress in an extra session at eight or ten days' notice, with the sole ob ject, distinctly stated in the call, of legis liiting—foi-• the - linmediate — resumption — of specie payments. For ten days past peo ple have done almost nothing but stand in front of their balaucesheets ancLin_ren tories-ati-d-see-a-rapid-and-constant-sh rill age in values. And there's no knowing where it will stop or when, for the simple reason that there is no financial hard-pa,u. It has been abolished by law. For elev en years we have gone on doing busbies with irredeemable promises. We hays taken notes of each other and paid them with the notes of the Government, which - C6r - e - Withota - relatiOn 4 - thing haVing a fixed value--unstable and irredeemable. So long as we are content to do business upon the system of renew als, giving and taking new notes for old ones—with government setting the exam ple—we seem to be prosperous and healthy —we grow up in full enjoyment of the dropsy, or rather we bulge out like The Grap.l . Lie balloon into beautiful proportions with a "rip line" hanging within anybod y's reach. Then comes a time—it has come to us—when people begin to inquire what the paper represents and to grope for a standard of values. Everything tumbles, , and business stands still except in bankruptcy courts, till that standard is reached. Let us have that established by resuming specie payments. We have had quite enough of ballooning ; Bhough of this running speculation-mad, of knit ting stocks, of laying railroad ties on moon beams, giving mortgages on fog banks, and calling ourselves stout because we have gorged ourselves with the east wind. Some time we must get back to specie. That's admitted. Why not now? When will there be a better time? When would the country be more benefited by it than now? There ought to he statesmanship e nough in Congress to devise a simple, practical method. It is not the province of journalism to legislate, and legislatures are proverbially jealous of interference with their functions by the press. We sug gest nothing except that Congress be sum moned together for this purpose and this only, not putter over and tinkcr up mat ters, but simply to legislate for resump tion. The Administration of President Grant has an opportunity to lift itself in to a better place in history than almost any of its predecessors by this simple act; the Republican party has an opportunity to redeem itself front a record which its best friends admit is not wholly glorious, and the country has an opportunity to step out into the grandest part of its Ca rew. Shall it pass unimproved? Let PrZsideat Grant settle it, so far as he is concerned, by convening Congress and putting upon it the responsibility of meet ing the emergency.—Ex' Picking the Ear. Dr. Tian says ."picking the ear" is a most mischievous practice! in attenipting to do this with hard substances, an un lucky motion has many a time pierced the drum ; nothing sharper nor harder than the end of the little finger, with the nail pared, ought ever to be introduced into the ear, unless' by a physician. Persons are often seen endeavoring to remove the "wax" of the ear with the head of a pin ; this ought never to be done; first, because it not only endang ers the rupture of the ear by being pushe d to tar in, hut if not so far, it may grate against the drum, excite inflammation and an ul cer which will finally eat all the parts a way, especially if a scrofulous constitution; second, hard substances have often %lipp ed in and caused the necessity of painful operations to fish or cut out; third, the wax is manufactured by nature to guard the entrance from dust, insects, and un modified cold air, and when it has sub served its purpose it becomes dry, scaly, light, and in this condition is easily push ed outside by flew forntsOion of wax with in. Occasionly wax may harden and may interfere with the hearing; but when this is the case, it is the part of wisdom to consult a physician and let him decide what is the remedy ; if one cannot be had the only safe plan is to let fall into the ear three or four drops of tepid water, night and morning; the saliva is better still, for it is softer and more penetrating, but glycerine is far preferable to either; it is one of the blaudest fluids in Nature, and very rapidlypenetrates the hardened wax, cools the palls, and restores them to a healthful condition. If in a week there is net a decided improvement in the hear ing, medical advice out to behad at once, as next to the eye, the ear is the most del icate organ of the body. ..BWEETIBART, GOOD•BY. BY P. H. RAYNE. Sweetheart; good-by ! Our varied day Is closing into twilight gray, And u from bare bleak wastes of s The storm wind rises mournfully ; A mystic prescience, strange and drear, Doth haunt the shuddering twilight air, It fills the earth, it chills the sky— Sweetheart, good-by Sweetheart, good-by ! Our are passed, And night with silence comes at last; And things must end—yea, even love, Nor know we, if reborn above, The heart-blooms of our earthly prime Shall flower beyond these — bonds of time, "Ah death alone is sure !" we cry— Sweetheart ood-hyi_ Sweetheart, good-by! Thrp'"mist and tears Pass the pale phantoms of our years, Once bright with spiing, or subtly strong, When summer's noon thrilled with song, Now wan, wild eyed, forlornly bowed. Each rayless as an autumn cloud Fading on dull September's sky— Sweetheart, good-by Sweetheart, good-by ! The vapors rolled ---- Athwart - yon - distant7darkening - world; ---- Are types of what our world doth know, Of tenderest loves of long ago ; a hus_when-all-is-done-and-said if/. lived oat,_our passion dea_d_, What can their wavering record be But tinted mists of memory? Oh clasp and kiss me ere we die— Sweetheart, good-by I Romantic Balloon Tragedy. A correspondent of an Ohio paper says: b PRP 11,4 11 oun_days-Latn—reruiudet an extraordinary ascension made during the war, in Northern Ohio. The aeron aut had gone up frequently ; was accoun ted courageous and sagacious in busineg; and had such amiable and sterling quali ties as to render him highly esteemed. He seems to have been blessed, or cursed, with a pretty wife, to whoM he was devo tedly attached. As frequently happens, she did not love him in return—at least not enough to insu i re her loyalty. She permitted her ardent affections to wander and those who knew, informed him of their well grounded suspicions. Too gen erous to believe, too chivalrous to doubt, he continued to repose the fullest faith in his consort until at last the dreadful con viction was forced upon him. Even then lie gave no intimation that he had discov ered her guilty secret, though some of his friends were confident he had. He adver tised another balloon voyage, and at the time named, all was prepared. His wife was in the inclosure, and just before he stepped into the car, he went to her side, kissed her tenderly, saying he hoped Heaven would make her happy;_ that he loved her so much that he would mot fur a momeab stand between her and her peace. His words bad such significance that the blood started to her face and the tears to her eyes. Ere she could collect herself he • was in the basket, the ropes were cut, and he was shooting through the air. Days, weeks and months passed, and the popular aeronaut was not heard foam ; nor were there any tidings of the kalloon. It was universally supposed that he had met with a fatal accident; that he had probably gone so high that the silken hag had burst aLd destroyed his life. More than a year after, frag ments of a skeleton, with bits of clothing were found on the shore of Lake Erie ; also the remains of a gold watch bear ing the initials of the missing aeronaut. The mystery was then solved. He had ascended with deliberate in tent of leaping from the balloon at a cer min elevation, knowing that, by such means lie would escape the suspicion 'of suicide, and desperately carried out his desperate determination. This was an in stance of chivalry which it would be diffi cult to excel. Romance does not surpass it nor Poetry either. The man who sac rificed himself Mita pure love, though for the elicit passion of his wife, never imagined that he was a hero; and yet not in history or in fiction are greater heroes shown. His was one of the many instan ces:of nobleness and devotion Which pass away unrecognized, because no eloquent pen records their virtu,s, and no inspired singer sins them. Is J. WILXES Boons STILL ALIVE?. —The story is revived that J. Wilkes Booth the slayer of President Lincoln still lives. It is now said that he was seen and conversed on Pelew island.— How he made his escape from the Uni ted States he did not reveal except that he did not leave until thirty days after the. assassination. During his wander ings he had been in Mexico. South Amer ica, Afrim, Turkey, Arabia, Rome and met Jolla .H. Surratt. The latter, we believe, has always maintained that Booth is still living. The fact that Secretary Stanton would permit no one to see the body of the dead man killed in Maryland and said to be Booth, gives plausibility to the story that the real assassin of Pres ident Lincoln made his escape success fully. The late Garrett Davis, of Ken tucky, avowed his conviction on the floor of the U. S. Senate that Booth was not killed•but was in a place of safety. A wise matt will speak well of his wife and take a home newspaper, and pay for it in advance. Some people are wise 4ne day - and oth erwise the next. If there is .one this; .s loafer docent• .ileserre it. is .a lest The Silent Forces of Nature 'lt is not the whistling wind, nor the roaring waterfalls, nor the pealing thun der, that is accomplishing the most work in this world. The forces in the world Arformin_ the . randest • . •• I: seen, neither do they make any noise, yet they are pumping - sap to be wrought in to leaf, bloom and fruit with more force than all the engines on earth. Every tree in the forest has its hydraulic engine bus ily pumping up and propelling the vital fluid of its life, up through its tall trunk, branching limbs, and topmost" boughs.— What vast forces are thus going on se •cretly in the green fields, the blooming orchards, and verdant woods ! The railroad_train_traveling at the rate of thirty miles per hour, roars as distant thunder among the trembling hills. But our earth, with its roomy continents, spreading seas and massive mountains, sweeps on in its diurnal motion at the rate of more than 'l,OOO miles per hour, yet so silently as not to be heard by an angel's ear. Silently it makes its annual revolu-, tion around the sun, a journey of more than 550,000,000 miles, with the astonish ing velocity of 63,000 miles an hour and perfect uniformity of time. How perfect ly silent, yet tremendous, is the astronom ic force of gravitation, that' stupendous -power-of-the-solar-orb,-that-holds-mass-• ive worlds steady in Their orbits. The force exerted, on our globe is equal to 1,- 356 450,000,0912,040_t0achLi5-the vast power of the sun upon the earth at - the-distance-of-95-,000,D00-of miles, and that by the noiseless and invisible energy of gravitation. Nor does this power end here. Jupiter, Saturn, 'Uranus, vastly larger globes, and-revolving at distances immensely greater, are bound and guided with equal firmness by this silent, 'myste rious influence. And even Neptune; roll ing-onward in its lonely way in the far off distance of 2,862,000,000 miles from the sun is held steadily in its frontier or bit. What Men Need Wives For. It is not to sweep house, and make the bed, and darn the socks, and cook the meals, chiefly, that a man wants a wife. If this is all he needs, hired help can do that cheaper than a wife. If this is all, when a young man ealls to see a young lady. send himin the pantry to see the bread and cakes she has made ; send him to inspect her needle-work, and bedmaking ; or put a broom into her hands, and the' wise young will . quietlS look after them. But what a true man most wants of a true wife is her companionship, sympathy, courage and love. The way of life has many dreary places in it, and man needs a companion to go with him. A man is sometimes overtaken with misfor tunes; he meets with failure and defeat; trials and temptations beset him ; and he needs tate to stand by and sympathize. He has some stern battles to fight with poverty, with enemies and sin; and he needs a woman that, while he puts his arm around her and knows that he has something to fight for, will help him fight; that will put her lips to ,his ear and whis per words of counsel, and her hands to his heart and impart new inspiration. All through life, through storm and sunshine, conflict and• victory, through adverse and and favoring winds, man needs a woman's love. The heart, yearns for it. A sis ter's or a mother's love will hardly sup ply the need. Yet many seek for nothing further than success in house work. Justly enough, half of these get nothing more : the other half, surprised above measure, have got ten more than they sought. Their wives surprise them by bringing a noble idea of marriage, and disclbsing a treasury of courage, sympathy and love. Savings. Pennies, like minutes, are often thrown away, because people do not know what to du with them. Those who are econo mists of the time, and all the great men on record have been so, take care of the minutes ; for they know that a few min utes well applied each day will make• hours in the course of a week, and days in.the course of a year; and in the course of a long life, they will make enough of time, if well employed, in which a man may, by perseverance, have accomplished some work useful to his fellow creatures, and to himself. Large fortunes, when gained honestly, are rarely acquired iu a ny other wity than by small savings at first; and savings can only be made by habits of industry and temperance. A saving, therefore, while he is adding to the general stock ofgeneral wealth, is set ting au exaMple of those virtues, on which the very existence and happiness of socie ty depend There are saving people who are misers, and have no one good quality, for which we can like them. These are not the kind of people of whom we are speaking, but we remark that a miser, though 11 disagreeable fellow while alive is a very useful person when dead. lie has been compared to a tree, which, while it is growing, can be applied to no use, at last, thrnishes timber for houses and do mestic,utensils. But a miser is infinitely more useful than a spendthrift, a mere consumer and waster, who, after he has spent all his money, tries to spend that of other people. Success is fuLl.of promise until a man gets it ; and then it is like last year's nest from which the bird has flown. ' Costly apparatus and splendid cabi nets have axo power to _make scholars. Books are the depository of ever,ything that is most honorable in man. Whatever you 4fialike in another, take dater to.eorzect infyauntriE How He got his Bitter's Free. Jonah Filcher is the town clerk of North Bergen. He had the misfortune to have been the victim of an accident which shortened one of his legs several • . leg he about six feet. When on his left he is about four feet six. Now it hap pened the other day that Jonah ,wanted his bitters, and be went into a gin mill near to get them. After he had stepped up to the counter, he supported hiinself on his left leg and his chin scarcely reached above the counter. The bar-keeper look ed down upon his diminutive Custom*. "What will you have ?" he asked. "Give me brandy sour," replied Jo nah. The bar-keeper went to the other end of the bar to prepare the decoction. He vas some time about it, and Jonah, tired of standing upon his left foot, elevated himself on his right, a foot and a half. The bar-keeper returned and looking at the tall Jonah didn't recognize him. "Where in the thunder !" he said, ,"has that little sucker gone who just ordered a brandy sour ?" "What's the matter ?" asked Jonah. "Why," was the reply, "a little fool came and ordered brandy sour, and while I was making it he walked out?' -- " - Never -mind,"-said—Jonah-,--"r11-take it." And Jonah took it. While he drank • e—lowered-himself un his'ieftloo , an the bar-keeper for the first time saw how he bad been fooled. - When Jonah drew out his twenty cents for the treat, the bar keeper told him it was all right. That sell was worth twice the money. FATE OF Sin JOHN FRANKLIN.—The facts relating to the fate of Sir John Franklin are gradually coming to light, and some time the story of that mysteri ous cruise will be written. As announced on Saturday a whaling ship. which arri ved at New Bedford from a long and un fortunate voyage in the Arctic seas brought with her several interesting re lics of the Franklin expedition, procured from the Esquiuniux. These were heavy silver spoons, and forks, having upon them the armorial bearings of the family of Sir John Franklin and other English fami lies. They were procured at Repulse bay from some Esquimaux who had come from King William's Laud, near the spot where Sir John Franklin's vessels were abandoned, in 1848. The natives gay that both vessels (the Erebus and Terror) had gone to pieces. Among' the effects of the late Captain Hall there is said to be a sealed packet containing some revela tions of the fate of Sir John, but the will fbrbids that the box be opened. This proviso induces the suspicion that Hall discovered some drrailul news of the straits to which Sir John's party was re duced—perhaps the extreme necessity of devouring each other-and he rightly wish ed to keep the facts from Lady Frank lin's knowledge. But the indefatigable labor and perseverenee of that noble wo man in searching out the particulars of her husband's fate will probable be renew ed upon hearing of this mysterious packet, and may prevail with the exemtors of Hall's will to reveal the secret to the faithful wife. Iserugers OF HONEY BEES.—When a community of bees becomes too populous for a given hive the bees "swarm, ' as it is called ; that is, a part of the overcrowd. ed population separates from the rest, and goes off to establish a new colony. In such a case the emigrants are chosen or form their own bands with direct reference, seemingly, to the future welfare of the new colony, preserving the numerical propor tions characteristic of all prosperous hives The swarm consists of one queen, and some thousands of working bees or unde veloped females, some hundreds of males or drones. This is the normal combina tion in the community, and hives so or ganized may survive and keep together for many years. There are reports of hives a century old. This is, probably, an ex aggeration, for bee hives twenty years old are rare, and they do not often survive more than seven, eight or perhaps ten years. When I speak cf the life of a bee hive I do not mean to say that the indi viduals composing it live together for that length of time; indeed, a queen rarely lives beyond three or four years • one of seven years is seldom seen, while die males never survive the summer in which they are born, and the working bees die grad ually and are replaced by new ones. But the hive as a community holds together for a longer period, being constantly re newed by the process of reproduction, and becomes at last like a human settlement, consisting of a variety of individuals born at different times. How HE ,LOST THE OPPORTUNITY.—. A useful hint to many young men may be derived from this Amy which the Springfield, Mass. Union prints: "Not long ago, a young man of this city had a favorable opportunity to enter a business house in this State, at a large increase ov er his present salary, with a prospect of soon getting a place in the firm. His re commendations were first-class, and the officers of the institution were decidedly pleased with his appearance. They. how ever. made him no proposals, nor did they state their favorable impressions. A gen tleman of.the qty was requested to ascer tain where the young man spent his even ings, and what class of young men were his associates, :It was found that he spent several nights,of the week in a billiard room on Main Street, and Sunday after noon drove .a.hired span into the coun try with three other young men. He is wondering why he didn't hear from the house concerning that coveted position." . HOST to keep out of hot water—Join the Baptists. $2;00 PER YE.eiR NUMBER 19 'wit au.d Suntor. A sweet flower, the two- t • lirl. A man in Norfolk street in the city lately advertised : "One basement to let in dis house iu der third sthory." sold maid says she knows by her own experience that the saying "man pro. poses" is a base lie—she wishes 'twas the truth. "Oh, Mr. Butcher, what a quan:ity bone there was in that last pi,tve of meat we had from you," said a lady_, veryin.— dignantly. "Was these, mum ? But how. somever, the very first flit imilock I do kill without any bone I'll let you , have onejoint for nothing." • ri . h. story that a Leavenworth had offered $lO,OOO to any onr wiw tl marry his cross eyed (laughter, brf. , ,ught about eight hundred stratig,4s intr.. dna town in one week. A few or th,:r.) 11-11 when they found that the girl . Was color ed. "You ought to let me pass here free of charge, considering the be tie vOI en t tut t u re_ ofny profession," said a. physiein it to a toll-gate keeper. "Not so," was th.: rc . ply, ‘You_send_tao opsi 4y ',lo:ad-1-1---at.:l4 ' through here now!' The doctor didn't stop to argue the question. , Several Irishmen were disputing one day about the vinciblity of their respec. Live persons, when one of them remarked, `Faith, I'm a brick.' And indade.l'm a bricklayer,' said another, giving the first speaker a blow that brought him to the ground. An Irishman on his first shooting ex cursion shot a bird, and seeing something fall, went to the foot of the tree, and pick ed up a frog supposing it to be a bird. and put it iu his pocket.—The frog kept up such a continual hopping that his com rade asked him what made the bird hop so. "Och,' said Pat, "the poor thing is coold, I shot all the leathers off A dandy, strutting about a tavtrn, tool: up a pair of green spectacles which lay on the table, put them on his nose, and, tur ning to the looking-glass, said : "Luc d lord, bow do these become me ? Don't you think they improve my looks ?" "I think they do," replied the landlord, "they bide part of your face." A Philadelphia Alderman . saw his dear wife fading away day by day, and he pre vailed upon her to go to the country.— She started, but returned next day and found her faithful husband drinking %Nine with r tro strange women. In spite of her failing health she didn't stop smashing furniture until there was only one chair left. A wag, strolling with a friend through a country churchyard, called attention to a grave, the stone of which had no name or inscription on it, "This" said H— is the grave of the once notorious gam bler, Mr. R—. You will observe that there is no name recorded on the tomb atone, but I think I could suggest a very appropriate epitaph." "What would you suggest ?" inquired his friend. "Waiting for the last trump I" was the reply. An absent minded smoker named Yan cy undertook to whisper something of int portance in the ear of old Mr. Reynolds, Saturday, but in his absent•mindeduess neglected to remove his cigar, the fire end of which was driven right into the old gentleman's ear. Mr. Reynold's jumped straight up in the air about six feet, and on coining down split Yancy's nose by a well directed blow. Yancy picked him self up, and started for home;declaring in a rage that he'd he hanged before he'd tell old Reynolds what he was goingto. An illustration of Irish simplicity is ar forded by the reply of a candidate for the office'of teacher. The examiner was en deavoring to elicit the candidate's idea of the market value of labor with referent.* to demand and supply; but.being baffled, he put a question in Ibis simple form : "If there are in your village two shoemakers with just sufficient employment to enable them to live tolerably and no more, what would be the consequence if a third shoo• maker set up in the same village ?" "What would be the consequnee sir?" echoed the candidate, "why, a fight, to be sure." BIDDING GOOD-BY UNDER DIPPICITIo TIES.—` Where were you going, sir, yester day afternoon, when I mot you ?' was going to de riber, mama, to see a young lady off del I used to pay my distresses to.' 'Why didn't you accompany herr 'I was goin', but I didn't hab de price ob de fare wid me. She wasgoin' to leak' de United States.' 'To what country was she going IP 'ro Jersey. She was on the -hurrah• deck when I got down &tr.' 'You mean on the hurricane deck.' 'Yes, and she waved me ajews wid her pocketsnickersitag.' 'She wnved you att adieu with her handkerchief.' 'So I got on de top 443 a barrel dat had lard in it, and when I Was der wavite a jews, and fist as de steamer was guilt' off; do head ch de barrel caved in, and I went her-chunk up to my neck in de lard.' 'Then you were in a nice predicament.' 'No, I wasn't—for I was in a nice grease.' • 'Whatilid you say when you found yourself there?, .* •I didn't,Oty 'lilt*. only "Lard Iniva linerCy On a pret
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