thbrb is somethiho good ix all. In the bright bine beeves* shore ns» ■On the Ti*ntwg eerth below. , In-tbeiheer t« of U&ofy tbst lore us, ' In tbe'&oroy psttuwpknow: • :; Tbefe'li riereil»«i£etWogewe4tto'riie«V A* the gentle os, '. Am the hloAnlhg’ flower* n^ebo*r is jutooring rtWid abofct, Hi, ' } f '' fhen lot hope bo bright before ns. Let ua taste Joy’s fountain brim, sWdwk donds poaj gather ofw os, And Our brightMl ureoina grow dim; 1 1 Trom W Inmort spirit! feeling .{.There tesUU wLsngd call, '; * ffo the heart this truth rpreajlpg. pM’in n ,.rf. > .|;„|- COBB, STURROCK & CO.. YOL 2. Joe’d be rather astonished ef I was a keepin schawl, wouldn’t,he.,, Vesee.Joc-- Martin, Ws name isi/hut we qi»j| fmiv Pop whack ’cause he Used to use that word.— But Joe doit’ 1 Kridw much, but hbwsomever go ahead ’squire." 11 “Well,” 1 returned, feeling that he would not enlighten me on Geography, “suppose we try English grammar." “Thai’s yer sort. Ye see I never look much pains with, jography, ’cause the, mas ter allers has n hook, an’ he can tell jest whar all them places is. But yeou’ll find me to hum-in ’rithmeliek, naow 1 tell ye. I’ve devoted the most of my time to figgers, for up in aour parts they want their boys to cypher." “But first,” said I, holding in the laugh that was trying to burst out, “tell mo what gramar is.” Sartin,” he responded, with an energy that led me to look for more understanding of the mailer than I had expected, “gram mar is the study wol’s got naouns—an’— verbs, an’—an’ aich sorts ov things in it.— Yer see I han’t quite forgot it yet." “No, I see not. Can you tell me what a noun is f” “Wal, I’m afeared yeoure got me thar.— But then you sec, it’ nil in the book, on’ I ken tell when the schollars recite right.— But yeou’ll'find me to hum in rilhmatick." “Very well," said I, “suppose we try it. In a piece of land ten rods long and four rods wide, how many square rods are there.” Mr. Spriggs, for so I call him, commen ced to count his-fingers energetically. “Wal,” he at length uttered slowly and thoughtfully, “ten rod long an’ four deep.— Guess we’d better try that by square rewt, hadn’t we ’squire?” “Any way you please," I replied, turning my face towards the window, to hide the smile I could no longer repress. The “candidate” studied hard for some moments, counting his fingers over and over again, and at leng'h he broke out in a sort of relieved tone. “Look here, ’squire, rather think that ere’ll come undef Ihe head ov snrveyin,” an’ ye see I never studied that. 1 never had no, wat-dye-call it—the thing they slick up on three legs to look through; never could ’ford it. But naow giu us sumlhin’ of a com mon schewl kind." ‘Well,’ said I determined to - let the fellow answer one question if possible, ‘suppose a bushel of corn is worth one dollar, how milch are ten bushels worth ?” Again he went over his fingers. ‘Yeou mean shelled corn, I ’spose,’ he said after a while. ‘Yes,’ 1 unaworsd. ‘Cause it makes a good deal of difference, yer see, ’beout that. Corn on the ear'll overrun the bushel ef it’s good (or anything. Saow the corn wo raise’ll overrun for quarts to tho bushel. Ten bushel of ear’ll make mor’n a bushel of shelled corn, Yer see I should be particker to ’splnn (his to my schol ars, ’cause ye see, ’squire, [ mean to fit ’em for the bizziness of life. Naow a good many schewlmasters don’t dew that, but I dew. Ginger and Jerewsrlam, ’squire, yew ort to see me handle big boys when they git onru ly. 1 tell ye they don’t try it mor’n wonsl.’ I dcspnred of getting even one fair answer from my applicant, and I concluded to drop him. ‘Mr. Spriggs,’ said f, as politely as I could, ‘l’m afraid you wouldn’t suit here.— I could not give you a certificate without overslepping the bounds of my duly.’ •Yeou don’t mean so, ’squire’ uttered the poor fellow, in a doleful, sinking lone. — ‘Why I kep’ last winter, an’ got along fus rale. Guess yew’d better let me try my hand. Naow 1 tell ye, it’ll be a great dis appointment to me. I’ve got rigged (or it.’ ‘I can’t do it.’ ‘But 1 ken brush up, ’squire. I told yer I was kind o’rusty naow, but I ken over haul these things and look ’em up.’ ‘Very well,’ I said. ‘When you have brushed up and overlooked your studies some. I should be happy to examine you again.’ He went away with a sad and sorrowful countenance ; but whether he ever “brushed up’ I do not know, for he has never since shown himself lo me. This may seem overdrawn, but I will just say that the fellow did not know one bit more than I have represented, and yet he had a certificate, in which he was fully recom mended as a suitable and competent teacher of youth, and it was signed by two of the school committee of his native town. But I will simply add, that the writing of the cer tificate betrayed as much ignorance of the English grammar on the part of the commit tee as Mr. Spriggs had displayed in his ex amination. Jeffehson’s Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life: 1, Never put off till to-morrow what you can d° to-day. 2, Never trouble another for whet .you con do yourself. 3, Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want be cause it is cheap ; il will be dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. 0. We never repent of having eaten 100 little. 7. .Nothing is troublesome that .WS‘ do wil lingly. • , • 8. How much pain have cost us tbeevila which never have happened. 9. Take things always, by their smooth handle. 10. When angry, count ten before you speak ; if very angry, a hundred. !>i>,o "i ’U'IH mi .-yvti -'-.-iii i,-i uni II i N»iui'i . 1 i 'I .':gesaaaiasaas= j.-' 1 i v ‘.-i Xl iV'7'. --cify ;,t K-X]r'“c- J.r ;tapteewr,«i »w. „i ~ f WELLSBOROIF6H, TIOGA CQliWiMi, THURSDAY $OOTI?G,: TOBUAM' 21. > 1?56. '-■■’>■ .■ ■ ■ •;.. , - ■.. -,j ; 7 :,■■■■ . ■■ . , ... _ . . ! -V... n ''7! i'M.!. - Franklin haS said'that he owned a consid erable share of his success in tile to the im pression (hade op hitp, while yet a .boy at biome, by a passage in the book' ofjftngs (hat those who were “diligent in business’’ should stand-in the presence of Princes. It is : equally well known that 'Tew men were .more industrious. It is equally well known that, while he began bis career as a poor boy, he lived to be an honored ambassador at the Court of the proudest monarch in Christendom.' He wbs'bd example therefore, of the liberal fulfillmerit'of the text. But he was not the only man who realized its truth. We dont indeed if any man ever succeeded In life Who wasnotdiligent in busi ness. The supposed* instances to the con trary, so often' popularly quoted, invariably prove fallacious when rigidly examined!— Curran, the great Irish orator, was said to have eloquence native born ; but, on the con trary, helms left it on record that he look the greatest pains to perfect elocution, his gestures, and his -knowledge of law. Burke, the British Cicero, built up the edifice of his fame by slow, perserving, laborious effort.— The late Stephen Girard amassed his colos sal fortune by assidious attention to business. Clay, Webster, and Calhoun all worked hard. And Napoleon the First, who way a born genius, if ever man' was, achieved most of what he did by hard labor, often dictating to several secretaries at once, and. always tir ing out every body about him. If these great men achieved distinction oply by their diligence in business, or even if this, as none can deny, was the principal cause of their success, how can those of in ferior abilities expect to prosper unless they follow the same example 7 He who neglects, his business will soon find his business neg lecting him. Ability, without industry will not do. Men who think to succeed by doing half a day’s work must Sooner or later gd'to the wall. There is but one way to rise'; it is to bo diligent, always diligent. The mer chant who leaves his store to lake a “socia ble drink the mechanic who ‘'slops work to have a “blue Monday thq professional man who goes off on parties of pleasure and misses the chances of clients or patients call ing—alt these either foil utterly in life at last, as is the case in nine examples out of ton, or fall -short of that 'complete success which they might otherwise have obtained. The old fable of a tortoise, who bent the hare to the goal beconse the latter stopped so often, is re alized 'every day and hour in life. The old adage, “slow, but sure,” is verified continu ally by experience. Even genius itself has been said by no less a tbinlior than Sir James Mackintosh to be only another name for in dustry. Go end ask of the scores of beg gared old men, who once prosperous, now eat the bread ofi dependence, what it was that ruined them! and they will answer if honest, because we were not diligent.” It is young men just starting out in life who should especially lay this truth to heart. They not foolishly suppose, because they see the rich employers dining in fine houses, dress expensively, doing little hard work,"or lavishing lime and money in other ways, that they also may do the same. If their superiors had not been diligent in ear ly life tffty would never have earned the means to jive luxuriously. A'clerk is not the head of the firm or an apprentice a mas ter mechanic. By “diligence in business” thousands of poor lads have risen to opulence and come at last to hove all the leisure they desired ; but tens of thousands, who would not wait to enjoy life until they had won the right to it by “diligence in business,” have gone hopelessly down in the full meridian of existence, like the crew of a leaky ship sink ing in sight of a harbor, because they ale drank and made merry when they should have been working"at the pumps. How tub Mouest Man was Mistaken. —The Lowell Courier is responsible for the following “ In a neighboring city, at Thackeray’s lecture, a few evenings since, a young gen tlemen—the modest man of his sex, and no less polite than modest, was silting in a pew rather remote from the light. A pretty lady sal next to him. Looking on the floor during the lecture, he espial! what he thought was the lady’s handkerchief, the lace trimmed edge just visible from under her dress. Turn ing to his pew-mate, ho gallantly whispered, “You’ve dropped your handkerchief, mad am !” and before she could reply, hu pro ceeded to pick it up. Horror! He had seized the edge of her peli— skirl, and did not discover his mistake, until -the lop of a gaiter boor stared him in the face,-and the faint sound of a laugh just nipped in the bud, by the application of the real handkerchief, warned him of his mistake. “Phancy his phelinks.” Moral.—Don’t attempt to pick up any thing with lace to it, before you knofr what it is.” Quite Complimentary. — A correspon dent or (he Louisville Times says, a Tew days since Lieutenant Governor Ford, of Ohio, visited New York, and put up at the Astor House. Greeley called upon him, and found him in his room, in bed. After talking* a short time on the general topics, Greeley you are not quite such a looking man'os I expected to see.” “If you are'more disappointed in my appear ance than 1 am in yours, 1 commiserate you,” replied the Governor. “Sniglefriiz. will you haye some of the butter V’: “Thank you, marm; I belong to the temperance society, and can't take any thing strong.” ■f'rn bit'i ip** j: m /lit u *j| ■7T ‘r*j\ OMtit sm. -i =• t! v;. »; ( j ■ BtmtoM*, 'ITZ. J A{)o:i, e4’4iJ r. r vi A fcaaghabte , Ift December, 18—, we Wero traveling through one of IheNew England towns,ln en old'fashioned stage Coach, wilhriTfierid, whose powers of niaking fun from thwslighi eal cause were manifest from any passing object that he chosyto hiiack, (t was' mid night, arid as *we approached the' village bl R 1 he' espied o large mansion ■ house on the top of a small sugar-loaf hill, close hr the road. ■ When-we arrived opposite, he asked the driver to atop a few minutes; the, request ,was cheerfully compiled with,-al though we were almost freezing; but what! trick hahad jn vieyv pone could. guess. The fonpy gentleman .matched directly up to the fropt door of; the mansion and knock ed with liiscape loud eoough to awake all the ihhabiiams. Immediately a window sash was raised, and out popped a red night cap, containing the head of the proprietor, who exclaimed t “What what is the matter? What’s wanted at this lime of night?” “Pardon me sir, for this intrusion ; but I have a communication to make to you per sonally, and as the stage is waiting impa tiently for me, please hurry to the dopr for one moment’s interview,” The old gentleman's red night cop, with its owner in a garment curtailed or its fair proportions, were almost .immediately qi the door, politely bowing ip the funny stranger, who again apologized for disturbing his slum ber and thus exposing him to the chilly winds of a December night.. “My dear sir," interrupted Mr. Nightcap, don’t mention it,.but pardon .me for appear ing befoie you in the plight in which you see me.” “You are certainly quite excusable, and especially as my great haste prompted this courteous response to my call upop you.” “Be pleased .to step into the house, as I notice sogte ladies in the coach are attracted by my appearance.” “Never mind them, my dear sir. Your finely located mansion has arrested (he at tention of us all—it makes a truly beautiful appearance in the bright moonlight. Speak ing of the moon, brings to my mind (he ques tion which has recently agitated the scien tific world, and in which you have undoubt edly been interested, viz : Is this luminary inhabited, or is it not inhabited 1 The tele scope’— “Excuse my interruption, sir, but allow me to get a cloak, for lam almost frozen, and" “Teq thousand pardons, my dear friend, but tW stage is wailing for me, and I musi lose noHjmo, for of alt things in this world, time, that " ' “Allow me to remind you, sir, that you desired to moke a communication to me. I am now ready to receive it.” “Ah, ma 1 How unmindful lam in the discharge of a duty incumbent upon me, and which has been too long protracted, 1 most readily acknowledge.” “Oblige me sir, by coming directly to the communication you desire to make.” “Again, I beg you to forgive my apparent tardiness in doing so. The fact, my dearest sir, which as a scientific man I felt it my duty to divulge to you for your own benefit, for I need not inform you ’that men endowed with scientific attainments, nnd|” “But, sir, [ demand,- without further de lay, what is the important fact you desire to communicate 1” “It is simply this : Your house being sit uated on the apex of a hill, with sides slo ping sufficiently to allow water to flow there from. I have slopped the coach this cold night, and aroused you from your slumbers, to apprise you of the fact that you can with the greatest ease drain your collar from four different directions /” “You infernal scoundrel!” shrieked the astonished and infuriated madman, “I'll teach you a trick worth a dozen of this,’’ as he seized the funny gentleman’s cane, who had commenced a rapid retreat for the coach —the red night-cap and abbreviated white garment after him os fast as two spindle shanks could carry him. But the funny gent gained upon his pursuer, jumped into the conch, which was at once put into full speed up an adjoining hill, with the enraged country gentleman, in curtailed garments fluttering in the breeze, in cold pursuit, but whose hot imprecations against us all was enough tp stifle the mirth of a live Yankee. The power and peculiarity of this preach er’s eloquence has frequently been cited ; the following is an instance. When he preached before the seamen at New York he used the following bold apostrophe in his sermon. Well, my boys, we have a clear sky. and are making fine headway over a smooth sea, before a light breeze, and we shall soon lose sight of land. But what means this sudden lowering of the heavens, and that dark cloud arising from beneath the western horizon ? Hark I don’t you hear distant thunder? .Don't you see Uhose dashes of lightning? There is a Storm gathering I • Every man to his duly I How the waves rise, and dash against the ship I' The air is dark I The tempest rages I Our masts are gone I The ship is on her beam ends I > What next ?. f It is said, that the unsuspecting tars, re minded qf former perils on the deep, as if struck by the power .of magic, prose, with united voices, and minds and exclaimed— Take to the long boat! Freedom of-speech is the greatest ferrot to tyrants, bpcausn H is.kpmelhipg thpy nan neither coptiql nof encounter, . _ ‘ ' Wl: v v. [ui i! fi'ji '■ :u's. r * ,T 1 >}l r;*. I i « ' -ml If* 1 o*s $ BOMsyia A&P ..... , . BT A, OEUMpLyt | U«tlo,lKfilindlluiel>ODnett ,■ .... Xltflo iaie with nothing'da It I ' ' (Onomi*htf»fri“wiyi nothing Itt It,• But that charnj me orcry mingt*;—) Utllo liny, now X know ' ‘ Why moldoiio lot tholrringloti fcrdw. For otherwjoo—« bonnoto go— - _ Their bead* tronld frtoeae'and'thatls soT Little waist and monstrous flonntos! r How the sllkjßoa waves ami bouucek } > How the hooping billows quiver Llkoa lovcljTnaUlug river I' , Oh wondroos watered-silken sMI ■ What whalebones in your depths most bo I What lots of gold,—all wastofolly* Squandered ou yqu—bright silken 1 sea I eommmueat ion#. V/- i s • , F or % Is Party'Spirit Beneficial? 1 (concluded.) IP, as we attempted to show in a previous article, parties are necessary for free gov ernments, and .if party-spirit is identical with antj necessary to the qxistence of : a. par ly, theh, as' a consequence, the liberty any people.enjoys, is-in- proportion to the'liberty of its parties, and the liberality of thqir spirit. Let us glance at'the existing gdvqriim'enU for the proof. ,6oVornments. are propcrly of three kinds, hereditary, :mix£d-and elective. They may be severally, represented by Bus sin, England and America. Russia, Prussia, Austria, Italy; France, Spain and Portugal have no free parties whatever. What the Kings say is law. The people have no means to discuss their principles. They are silent, they are slaves, serfs and beggars ; they Have no parlies, they submit, acquiesce, cringe, till forbearance is no longer, a virtue, then break out into open rebellion. Hence the fruitful aburce of terrible devastating revolu tions. If through the influence of parties, men may not express their wishes, they will do it with the sword. Obedien e without ds cussion and slavery without appeal are the edicts of kings. England has parties but they are limited. And it is clearly observable that whatever of liberty the people enjoy comes through them. Her representative system has glaring ine qualities ; and it cannot escape observation that in the legislation of England, the good of the-poor has been sacrificed to the advan tage of the rich, and the rights of the ma jority to the privilege of the few. The con sequence is that -England at the present day combines tlie extreme of fortune in her so ciety ; and her perils and calamities are equal to her power and her renown. The people rely vastly more upon the Whig than the Tory parly for a hope of equality. And it Is working a mighty reform, earnestly and urgently presenting the claims of the people in opposition to the Aristocracy. Through this means intelligence is being rapidly dif fused j the clouds are dispersing and they be gin to catch glimpses of their power ond po sitlon in society. Already her prominent men point to the United States as a model, and it cannot be many years ere England herself will demand an equal representative govern menl. God hasten the day!—all that is wanted is unrestricted party-spirit, and this principle will diffuse liberty as the sun does light! Look all over Europe, there’s a qua king nnd a hum of rousing fires. The tyran nical systems of government, which succes sive generations.have worshipped as revelil lions are passing away ns dreams. The dawn of universal liberty is rising upon the earth in splendor and in power. Kings are more fearful of party spirit than of a legion of foes. Louis Nnpolean.ihis moment fears the spread of parly spirit in France more than all the hordes of Russia. They know full well that by banishing parlies and the free discussion of principle, that they surround the people with insur mountable barriers, and build walls of sepa ration between the people, and the great realms of thought and intelligence. Thus they effectually paralyze those intellectual en ergies, which they know to be the only instru ments for working the golden mines of truth.• When that 2d Nero—Louis Napoleon— sub verted the liberties of a free people, and de stroyed the infant Republic of France, why did he banish or behead the leading-men of the parlies, close every (ree press, and im prison the noble statesmen and poets? Why did he rear the guillotine, the dungeon and the ptison-house I Why did he impose rhose restraints upon the freedom of thought ? Alt ! he knpw full well that party spirit, which at ways implies a/td guarantees the largest lib, erly, would have shaken the throne under him, toppled dow.t) the Imperial palace about Bis devoted head, and he 100 hung'up by the neck like the execrable villain that he is! Parlies find their truest expression in the United States—because voluntary and ack nowledged. If America ever approached that lofty pinnacle of glory ho which the proud imagination, and the strong hope of her people had aspired, it was at that moment, when the “Declaration of Independence” was boldly announced, when the constitution was peacefully adopted and the nation flung the “star-spangled banner” to the breeze inscribed with those fraternal words, “E pliiribus u num! ' The spirit of universal liberty was called up from the darkness and the sleep of ages, and found in our government n uue politic personality— more glorious than the splendid imagination of Pluto ever pictured or Poet eveVnung I Free speech, free thought, and freeaclion expressed themselves naturally, systematically in the term of parties, which term the keystone that hinds together the nor hie and well arch of our country and,our constitution. Immediately the coun try was djvjided into two parties—thjFederal and the Republican—the one tendjng to limit, the other to extend the pp>ver of the people. These ate the parties that have successfully mo v 9d.ai)d : controlled oar nation, with her [ vast interests till the present lime. Tbereja ' hiVe ttb distldguhtiing fchdractenstid.—That wKicß make* ooeffetfuie cisebtiallf differeri'i •from anothpr,:is the radical and flindamCotal ?hvcb ■ Add .thia or, bad, unifts, in* .organization as com* plerely and forcibly as the mind of man moves (he J body. ‘ We havd-but (o refer id the fexikl* iog; partied lo obsbrvo the piNicli&il applica (liooof lhis theoryi: Take: the t*it should bd, dit(inctive, Were not this the case neb tfaer could have aby definife aim, but *ll would ..meager into on?, and; that one a wild, chaoiio aimless, useless thing. . Parly spirit-beneficial I Is it not enough that.our government exitta through its influ ence! Yetfurther, it sustains the liberty of the press. It called into action the unrivalled system of the elective franchise; and-what a rill of patriotism stirs the heart of every (American as he goes to the polls and deposits Ilia • omnipotent vote, feeling (bat he has a land and a voice in-guiding the destiuiea of its country! It praqlically proclaims the sovereignty of the people—rihe sublimes! re* alizalioo of human glory i It allows every man to worship God as his own-conscience dictates I Finally it gives us all the blessings 5 of liberty—innumerable as the stars of hca* ven 1 H. B. ENSWORTH, r-’dV lb* , r v.'. n.v " -/. * i :«n ' NO/30. Hints to Housekeepers. The attractiveness of a room does'pot de pend on.ihe richness or expense of ilf furni ture, but on the taste which selects and ar ranges it. A city parlor is no model lor one in the country. That which is suitable for one may be entirely inappropriate to the oth er. Elegant furniture, rich curlainsj showy mirrors, and velvet carpets belong,io those who have nothing pleasant to look upon without the walls of their dwelling! but in the country far more simplicity is desirable, apd in belter taste. Ido not like a prolu sion of gilding anywhere. It always has a tawdry and vulgar look, but in a country house it is shocking. . There should be a correspondence in the furniture of a room,-'. People who have nev er thought of this, would be surprised at the beautiful effect of .harmony in color that can be secured by proper attention. They are pleased, but they do not know why they are pleased. 1 well recollect the impression mads upon my mind years ago by a simple parlor furnished in the most economical style. The wood-work was painted cream color. The paper was of a small figure, .buff and while. There was a sofa in the room. The chairs had mahogany-colored frames and cane seats. There were various other seals made of soap-boxes and shoe-boxes, covered .with brown and buff striped furniture calico. The effect was exceedingly pleasing. “What a pretty room this is,” was the ex clamation of almost every visitor. There were but two colors in the room, allho’ there ■ were various shades of them, brown and buff. These afforded an agreeable contrast, and harmonized admirably together. Another room has often pleased me, where the furniture is all bird’s e)e maple. Instead of n stuffed sofa, there is a cane sealed-omv similar to the chairs. A hair cloth sofa rrmy"" be comfortable, but where it affords a vio lent contrast to chairs and tables, it is not so pretty ns something more simple. Da mask and plush I do nBt consider at all de sirable in most country bouses. Where tbero are curtains, they should be of a color which either corresponds with, or contrasts well with the carpet and paper. Furniture' should’ not be stationed in a row against the wall, as if drawn up in mil itary order, but should bo placed where they would most naturally and sociably be used. No particular directions can be given about these things, for each individual’s taste must preside in her own house ; but hints we of ten find, to be of value to us.— American Agriculturist. Tub Slippery’ Customer.—The following anecdote is related of the Emperor Alexander I. of Russia:—Most of the houses in Peters burg are provided with two doors—a circum stace that, unfortunately for the isvotchik (Rusian hackney-coachmen,) furnishes man cats sujets with the opportunity of bilking them of their fare. Whilst a poor isvotchik, with his humble equipage waits patiently at one door, the customer often walks quietly out at the other. The Emperor, in the course of his. incognito excursions, occasionally en gaged one of the above named modest vehicles. He one day ordered on isvotchik to driVo him to the palace, and; on alighting, desired him to stop on instant, adding, that his fare should be sent to him. "No, no,” replied coachee, “ I’m up to that trick ; I’ve driven many, a grand gentleman to this same place, and never seen a sight of him again. Just try your pockets, will ye, and see if you can’t find my fare at the bottom?” “I postively have no money,” replied the Emperor; “but stay— here is my cloak, which I leave in pledge with you.” “I’m satisfied," said the isvotchik ; “1 see it’s new, and therefore you’ll be in a hurry to redeem it.” The Emperor laughed heartily, and disappeared. In a few minutes a valei-de-chambre of the court was sent to demand "His Majesty’s cloak,” and at tho same lime 4 presented a hundred rubles to the amazed isvotchik, to make up for the losses ho might have previously sustained. Coachee retired in the utmost consternaton at the idea of having mistaken the “Emperor of all the Russians” for a slippery customer. Joe and Hal were at an evening parly, and walked to a window opening to a balcony. 1 Miss Smitherings is very Jbenutiful, is she not,'said Hal, in commenting bn the company, but with out taking the precaution lo look into the balcony. ‘Very handsome—but has she any brains V , ‘ Nary brain 1 " sighed Hal, as he deeply te. .gretted the deficiency. •» A scream and a fall on the outside of'the balcony—Miss Smitherings had heard apd fainted. None of the.company except Joe and Hal ever kuew «Hv. ' '