ADVERTIBINOR ATES. It I mo, 3 mos. 6 mO• /Tr • rim» . . . 1.60 1.76 3.110. 6,60 13.0 , • ism . . 3.00 3.60 6.60 9.00 .10. 0 0 • (mares . 4.60 6.96 ' Om) 17.00 36.0! el z gu tfrinis 7 4 . r ' Q47 ~ 10"11 gnnaret:ioet~lni■ 4 4 1 9;. •0: 0 0 . • 60 1h 1 EL 0) os•oohunn • • a 3.00 110 IM).0) Protwlon•l Cards 61.00 per line per reSi. • Administrator's and Auditor's Nofloss, 03.00 Oily Notlesos, SO tents pei Rue lit Insertion 16 ciatipsi le• •seh subsequent I n sertion. Ten lint• stab, constitute s square. • ROBERT IREDELL, JR., Pußugusn,.. ALLETTOWN. PA. (raidant lambtr. ' .1.1.13. U. MITER, rest, limit. Liihig - "Ailenrotbn. EMII RITTER & A BBOTT, MANUFACTURERS OF ,• Raele,Doews, Oteiside . Ddinds, hytide. Eltn4e,,Af inside inv. Brackets Balusters, * Paikelf, Sfafr. Ppd. fops. Window Frames, Door Frames, &e. SCROLL RAWINS), TURN( t ), PL•NINO, • • AIATCII7O; • FLOONINO • r DONE AT TITS stron TSS T NOTICE. ALSO, STAIR DUlLDlNO.tiormautl RAND RAILINd .made loonier. •• Having now had almost five yeim' ponnession of the rofarulabed ltalldM igholly with neW and OmProni. ed machinery-) aLd ir tdl nono experienned . Work men, we aro preparedto efy competition from at home and abroad, both in price and workmanship. - • Do you contemplate building? Call it our Factory nod satisfy yourself with a personal examination. Drawings for buildings, bracket., patterns for oral - mental work, acrolialor porches,:ratt bo ammleallitinte• 'by-calling at our office. daylformeDre lo ltertdrity fureiebed cheerfully and Re by ea I algal Oka utE factory,. on Union street,. -for soßrldge: A lert town, or by lottor throdgh the Pont office. SUE S-ly7 RITTER-IIBOTT.. . EA. VILIIAT. A. OTTO. A. M. OTTO. 0,W. - 111ILLIM 2ttillE Int; bryil'* 1 irt 1111411 g MANuF ecru-hi:IW A! DEALSRB SK Al ORT, 'PA.. ;; • I linota‘ON W,in":o7 WAY ARV IP BTELST OFFICE•OVIIE MILL W V CRANE ..4acyr.L. • • • • .4 'unglo.l, .1 The subscribers having leased the "old lope .Coal Yard," would reapeeirully 61[1120U.00 to the citizens-of Allentown and the public iq general, that they have idst ;got.i . , IN , , +r%'.,st -o.lniperldrosio‘iment of ..COAL Uortileltoref Otbee,lMAN. • Chestnut- and Hut frees Use. 1100 K. MOUNTAIN MINES: : Orders left with A...A: Haber, Slater & Hotteneteln, et Ilir.nnettokgel:'.4oAo49gll4r IOU: yr Abli'lrartt: BUSJNESS.' . , Ilke wiener. • Orders for Coal•Up the ear filled at ■hors no Use'- tko lowent prices: •• Always on hand ► largo stook of BALED HAY, . watAeelll be Old at thFioweet marketprlcee, L. 'W. KOONS & CO., at the'• Old Hope Coal Yard." Hamilton Street, comer of Lehigh Valley itailroad, ALLEarrowN, PA. L. W. Koons ciaL 4 Carptt3 altb ®it Clot. R pm AN D ELEGANT • CARPETS, 'OIL • CLOTHS,' &Q. • S.: Q: NO. 19 8. SECOND ST., PHILA., (First Carnet Store beloW Market, East aids.) taniiitm":trti.caall°MiNg,lVl‘elif"VlT,:ustg imported small advance. Goods warranted unrepresented so Los.. all can buy with confidence and satisfaction. UOT 2S-tf Spectitetes QI'ECTACL ES ! SPECTACLES I • " 809L468,118' ,s Ag:An e zn i a l grrglete a. eprt me, at nt of all kindx of, ha, Orf.AJ S:MASSEVS, NO. 23 EAST HAMILTON STREET, AZLEWNSP/71, Pi. liiiiinc•llarotod.o great deal of care and attention to the ‘ffipectaelobudnees for thew. last few year.. J, find that my ibuelnewfLu.lhoß line R has Increased ad halt that have de drerminbel to.maite It tiPROIdLTY. , There is no article IfZl,7.l:ll: l =NvET,:Mg.°4l.7.?.."Pcn d e:4 7,„ rf , ; nubile bessry.been frequently humnuraed Kn o wing parties pre tending to haseeneporihr article bf Ulosses: ahtl charging exorbitant prlceet.r •bern.'thernby traftlelng CIDOn the ne-, cessltlea •Ad imeaunttiei orate:l beta tnifen'.bnitlS lectelarge and eamplete experiment hithe lineat and b.bt Glutton ever osanufactored, (hut affording all peteoui needing Spectacles. oPPOitUUIIy of prirebaelPg at yea .. . sonatoe pilaw Peraelpahavlng any ' ill4onity la being nutted elsewhere will do all to give me a ea no feel confident that one will fa 4o be elated. Remember the old stand. No. 21 bast - liagri ton ,stre.W. opp.Re theOli ar mee iieforwatt C hunt.: Allentewo.. -IV. • jun'a '6B tr • Clothing, o c it i.REAT ATTuACTION NEW FERMI NEW ,GOODE! utthliilNG! CLOTHING acco „,,.-maAyDsmvkgitorow..7. , 0RE'42".11.84k70270t;...nr ...parazs •I`, .038 M triq i4c [COI, filteol4/01,1,, X,lPityar& Osmun A. 'N • GREAT CLOPOINU 3t; lEOI3IUbt. x i11)311IIIIVB BUILDING... . NO. ,fifitS' JTAIiiiTON.BTAET , AL. • • • Bre would infaraithealthesitof Alleatriwp•and tha eur. rorindliaa country thitl'ere areprepared with a lama stork of good. for, WEAR, PALL ANTI nod i• rex; tOin to i'Vaidrisit iat.t nabre of r tyllrgi gthWipairiy.ntada, they are ptopared to .11;AblIr0 ' :COATS, PAT 'AND.' VESTS • Cat iinG triaisin the latest style, aalf by thibasctrork mem • . • owe iiroax OF • • • CLOTSINO, ettergo ,AND . .CAIIaIMESEB ' I. larger than it has been' before: and ate Intend to well at very aIIALL PROYI7B,.and vitt euitomera thnblthe: lt dour low plaraitaaes. • - Great quantal.. and Tarlittlen of • . . . NECKTERSTOLIFFS, COLLARS, • IlAnd precythttett to the thch of GENT'S FUligilnrala GOODS,. •• EN'S, BOYS' inct iItt4.TAtiEN 8 , _ READiralilADt ttOVlll.lti r ieV, & 0 • • ' „ i 101161.1141 7.j.. gm' .; ; Dohi l ialet t'he place, 605 . RendOon @et, third - door above Stxth street.- •pip T. Osumi 7 ecoD Il.cnou. . hliacts Lye. M'QONN ELL, ..!citomyrime wifirovat!ts; ' ( NO. sdo : 24-4,•ivsit; ' ' =1 JAN I Ntr=ll,ooM N Or Ow &tient mos oir Befit Xautitsclure. 044419 , r t Feat4fx AAR 4a—Mattresses. "Rik-1m oirsuconoosix ~ ~:, :BOILER ANp VOLt "WaltICS 0.0..1 1:=M:111E1 r"lrglisitedit , (l2lTßlPliffhill.`''! , ..... . . . . .. . . . . All kwe of valgOgr.tlT4l-WrArkti"4lYeerl: Elbe ~ .I , a . oral- -. T . ij.; Mr anct tilleet Penn Itta " na o 1t0,,di,61. ikolknd.Steal Voritusra sod I.ll.l“mlt Ale h wont. Ulnae' Toolibr..Uklads, aorAtit.Wh em Dad,,ta,.! pras. AgliMiralfrkilinit r ~,o at ,raill !I .4 Lkar die r mci tal ai r . 6 4 ll ort ib n I ttra m,,b. im , ';4336 0 °1rk elver._ q- 11111r14, aridly ft," ~ .'~. ~~~~.r: VOL.; XXV. MIAS. W. ABIJOTT THE CZ a Kr - rner = - .0: . -RY . GOODS ! To be found In the Clty. einbracing.the Latest alid Newest Novelties of the Seneon,ndapt I! EES R.P 0 N.AOG.EIByt. . : . ANUFACTIMERS. DEALERS & IMPORTERS Iron; XuEr c ifei. Lobricat IRON WORLD AND MANUFACTURER, .. v ....,.... 4 ._ s z „., t.w.•,fl2.Aptv,-..,;.k;_ -,,-- ..4 , J....; :. 1 ...„ 1 ir ILL. ' ‘. .fr ,'' ',. • ' I r - •:: ..: 1 . " ig( i n ,>,-;:• . - I r t • .r. ' '..td.i 4 At•P : J,. t , ii, .v -•-• — fic:7 , -., • I.' -, i , . i :, , , .. 4 .:. ', ' , :k . ~ ...!4• 11 , : I'. ~.! 4. 1 :;! . . 1:..:- 5 .c :, , ~ Ili ' ,----1,74,-Vr.;::::••.':. , . j ..,„:11:-:.•,,,,---- The I. a .1' I.g' journals of this , ontliztiy end 'Europe tzeOlz alt it as the Itullrrseatatlyn Paper of ilzo Amer. :eau Metal Trades. • ThelTlVlAllor4havn ever Aura 11110 on , nal vraq ealab , light a. t mpin?Cit the Üblest orre , p ,chlouts old oolieltoro to b.. prove , oo 'experMing more mo ey for their oolarleo Moue 10.111 the owl, exp.. -0 , of tunny Prollthmul 117,1" rtitxl,ll.Ltiwuts. .T.-u thoooood .InParo per ye. rto Dud f or.amol whiter. The c!roulatlou of the lima World IN far groger Loan that of 007okt:tailor patilleatioo In thlaconolrY, • ACCrI,Tr. Q,OTATIoN. •1411 TM , I ,,, ADTNO • 110311{401D FOItE.ON MARKET. tr:::ll4.l°l.ijfelirer";"4{dccoutl~to No ne Lociotril in tho very ne ern of the metal intureete of the Outlet -min- with corroxpondonte the lending cal. pf the mitt 11, v., do not err In eldltnlttlif that 'lt 1. tho ittritx4eNTATlVl: JoL'IL.n ti, of Ilk. %Au! MiLutalotantrn, Workere cod 11. alorx of (hie cenutry. fin a ].anm.l fol maid:lido , . null loofa workere it hie n rivnl lied roat:Oun ev• week tho rhotteiit idilectione o Prow ring, mining pultilent.ons of tine conatryiand Enron, It. motto le "I' 'ore..,'' and It lice .11 , 14.1.1 other lourunl, of u ninilliir cltaritotor..ro ,SOLI.U'Ir IS .11 , 1.,LL1A1/. It. readers colopt.l6o trot, Rua 21.11.1fitc taro., 3lvelillll6ln. Founder, Ilardwuro Di alert bud flue i re; 0 nonlitlth, Pitman Cutlery liltuottiettte.r, Thinufactitrere,Bani Menufacturors, Moiler 21itulltACturogro pad loadtux it.`"'"Y .3)Y $4.00 PER ANNUM. r 0 lo the :natal Ulf dt , , take a ',Lai paper.' It will ar•• yam More that.; Its coo . if you uro a laetilaitt, (pros Icke 1110 journal tact udrucuttou your lutkro.tB. ' Fn. large nuifilier of notices front OA prose, we HI, lea ills rdlowitur : imam the I'llicsno 30, nal of Cramer •e.) Tur. wins WORLD evt, MANUrACITIIIRIt.—A Ileprosen• Wive of Mourn:Au i ,, tul Maattfactut ors, Workers nud Dvalerst—Thla is the title end di.scriptive cho•neier of n neatly prints(' and preflisely folio of th.rty•slx column, topdlshad by_the loos W<I2l1.1) IT 81.1E191101 pIPAAT• ritlettollrgll:,,, , llltll , l.U.lbefors on lii,oluine Ito, It. Ito a4lltortal.; flescriptlonsbf untoufactores, re cent itebrevemente.Learrespondenro, market reporatb‘gr., Loa atea Industry and ability. It desarves the ['WOO- . sgoaf nll lutere.tect in the prosperity of American moon. factures to keu,nd, It will, however, be more portico, lady. intorsualtuf 44 these .nitsged fu the iron and hot,- Mal , trade book p 111 MrPiciltllo its weekly returns an an essential aid to ever y.deportinent of their basin, en. From the Cluclunottl !!rrclifota . offd AlApUillutUters' Bulletin. • SUCCIIB4PCL Neivererea.—W Wa a l leased 10.11016 11. ,OVIdOLICed of ,o,teeror la the IRON p of Fitmba. It Is young healthy and vigorous: ood tee •a.t . y Im aibrod In apPearauen and too doling t a p..• 1 three ur rlog At 14 x.uvr ono of the mc4t attractive boat. r t .c engage, in the. country. - ddlted with mark•d a . and. RC name Impllea, la devoted to the iron aurl metal Interepta of tLe country. Its m ..ket report. of me Ala, hard waret a palitf i eetrima.. tio" - i ttLe b ve t rLftt t i . l a nu; the and metal Mamma of uultedl t tee. •Itufap - Ewers dud mend ,we everywhere ithenid bnerlhe for the 1000 %roam, 4/0 Alasuporusay4, sAlslpLr. coPI 14 . 4.114 ED ADDRESS.' 4 ' • - (WON IVOKILP o ppliAjajiiNe co., Iron World Building, • • .PIPTSIIO.4OII, PA 13411 . ON TIITAL three mouths (or 26 cants. The .I.I(ES -10ANAATOI,K1N0 AZONLE Moue of Ilia Dona publina, 'Cutts Its tha world, Contains 16 pave, or 64 columnsyt readldsr mottos': ettitig , od tutors/ A. lusthtet lad ad• ,yaLso thu twat lutotests o' Trdrkliatilen. Illustrations of prominent 'Workingmen In each Issue. Nurnlmm tin thousands or Nub,Griberli. Only sl.to pay. UT on [tint 'bray mouths fur 2.5 touts. Writ., your, rm. 'fown.. County and 01010 14Ouly. ans/Oto. Ohs envy, and addl... IRON ." loop Wollt;Il 1,11iI.D111(1, rlttsbursit, Pa. la..Agouts wanted on Salary or Ounlininnlnn• ASV:24n d, s , •noyl944:sr .11Rd. JOltlyltfl ,14,11,11E.50151, cr.? Trovrletor! pf4h, , Gallery of Anakply and Xuaoptt of .Scioneo, • :-.46t.Oilt.s.rtitri44 .) 7 4 4 fir Aftt: 1 11:::”1.".t: r eh 'cl . " quota:et , treatutt•ut et, d 'Week, u. e repro oat v• oyotente tth thattialia on; renal/ma . and the variono •au -ea o the LOU up litarluoon, 'pith Inetructlutto for I complete rttot..ratlit t Met, rt chapter on •laasat. ta• cvoa.letrltth• Maar , or aat tm, being the Wool 00$. 'talcums-too wortivba the , en set.ever yet pubded— Vltprlolue p nail :frog to any oddreee for I',,,,s).ttre cent, Address Dii4.',TORDANA:DAVIESON, ciolopiaptu oxpion, 1625 Filbert rapt , een dti ' • • '',;•'.gekitiictiugnisitsio, : FANCYCapN,M ETAbLISHNIENT. :7- J.& VI. .JON ES, ' Nj.iwiortnituptmq v ivisiadapio., "910:49.rpte0177,11iNOtalAPIR Amara: '134 :aid Ifiro. .1 dlorY ' ll 4 tik.tilt , oo Oil WOl . ll. be ore getup sow erP, •; • • .041244 ms CLEAR IE AND FALL CDT"' 1871 I WIWI; 014,E OF THE LARGEST ANI) CHOICEST STOCKS OF able for Ladles' and 11.1eu's Epitings, guaranteed to be sold at BOTTOM PRICES ! '1:I1J A'I'TENP'ON 79 INVITED TO TUB THE Largest Metal Price Current • 'rim WORLD. NOTICE 4 6P TIE PRE6B GREAT'tARIFF JOURNAL FOR WORKINGMEN; • 413F,F$411111Mitlaykr-R • • • ‘•• - ) r 7 . 11: 41 if 4, r • • • .•• . . , . • )5141 *•• • • TRACK ! the Field INI PO R EH WINTER • Nebo •Ibbertment eras. "WIDE AW AKE "glitS'' pair of superb French Oil Chrome—subjects . LIVE SlERonlaltfac-eimi. lea of Original 011 Painting., (.lIYEN AWAY to neer) entree:ll,er to Henry Ward Bteohpee GREAT LITERARY, RELIOIOIi , i, WEEKLY NEWs- PAPER. tigenthaving great success I . One look 1.103 names In 9 month ; another 672 m 91daya; another 111 to gnu wok • ate In one day, and o 22 . 112 Irtn best business/or canvasser, ever offered. harry 1 dle not engage soooer " rays better than any book awry 4 rare chance to make mono. LOCAL AGENTS WANTED. Intelligent teen and women wanted everywhere. Il you wish goad territory, rend early for titular and terns I J. D 1 , 0110 At ..0., 27 Para Place, N. Y.; 11 Scow:11114. Boston 1995 Went Madison St., Chicago. AGENTS WANTED FOR THE YEAR OF BATTLES ! • The Ilietory of the War between Franca and Oermany Ptrbrac , mr also Parts under the 1:0111COnue. 150 allustra• Liens I 015 palest price, d 2 50,• 50.000c00.es already sold Theonly complete w ra. Nothing ,1 1.1ele 11 10 sell Mahlon 10000 copes per month tow. to English and German. ten. nuetosled. outfit cm. Address 11.1 i. (1001./SPEED at 1;0.. 37 Park Row, New Vora VOD'zVßfi?Lf. le / At OS I.,areretulo g the °g to over, iotbscribor of Mom o Mn tprim, the Toledo 811 . P000. pmto=yetc•. which Is A. 7.777.777 1 ,7 wort a.r;;;;;Tmi. Liar . L.9ll.lr.rheoder .. =dim]. etc., write for eyed uthul,or, lu ft •ffAre three fir.t-olass por:odleels for the littoral eetiuoe."h (hate. vow.o S bee.. with J01771717ree ..p . 1707371. free. Athlreee 6, S. W 091), porbiing EVERY FARMER Itra to seal It o Addeo.e awl receive Free and Pot tape Patd a copy of the • .15IERICAN MARDI JO Ult NAL.. The oo Plat•tical. the Boot nod Cheopoot Illtp•trated portop rtu tho lipped Wales. o.ly 780troto eN. Ne p tpi for o 14pec uteri copy.. Addre. MILLEP. LOCni; at CO. , Tolodo. Ohio. PATENTS Solicited by MUNN & CO., Pub ' 4 . 100 ere Scientific American. 37 . PARK Row, N. . TWouty•live yrr.rn . exn , rleo o. P Law , . with full directions bow to obtoin P •. A b0.,1 v..lnnm of 116 vnxew. Goutotnew 040 Naw Call ere by contains and all Ihr cit e 4, 'olanvinga of id , - ch ,ulcl Brovonin Piston( Laws ..nd rules for obtaining Yaw:lt 6,1111111. t on r,celpt of tonts• • ) Tito ~I,lept and moat roll Able IL•tlttm96 or obtaluing a Mot-email° F:ducation. LY-Pitictscal buslneas men I nxtrac•ora. Fur lutormation write fur a. clrculnr P. DUFF it: • SONS, Pittsburgh, Ps The The ARCTIC. whoe BEST winter ovErcsitop I NO INCURS to break ! NO TROUBLE to pat on I .Neat, Genteel, MHO! ASK YOUR SIIOR DEALER FOR IT! A GENTS WANTED.—Agents m •ko more ti money at work for us than at anything oleo. Huai nan light and portnant.nt Partlouldra frae. U. OTIN con & Co., Fine Art Piatitrhera, Portland, Mule,. ( D .42m RIONTII! horse furoletted. Ex t./ pease. held. 11. D. 811 AW, Alfre,;, Maple. .'ll° AVOID 4 4 9 vl l (1 Kg. —A victim or early lo t%'l,l7,l4E`ZDZl:o7:l4l4tilla4lf'73TVP 17/I,rigittalirr ir044""A14.7.71.wine ► ClergYri , l3. while realdlog Irt Bottle Aniaries as 1 . 2 VT°, remedy the rre of Urinary and dentinal Omani., anitno c ar nolo .trals of dia. o dare brOught b on by bonatnt nu deloe . beetle Great Wgefri.dbetTA Igetsll44ll"Xrad2rl Will Food the ',drip. for preps ni and nal.g Q .bot a m t4 Ll l . atoa, In 5.441,4 anyalopo, to any one Who nead• lt, i rree grodo.rdp. dadt'4o 01, T, lamas. btatton D, ,Y.;cAsr. NEW INTEEUOR .DECORATIONS WALRAVEN, masoNic NO. 719 CRESTNUT STREET, . . . ILK TAPISST". Ai, •',l. - td BILK • li oni Nx iipTIN p • • • • ' • • WORSTED TApIAISBRIN . ' • • TAPIR DES INDP. CRISTONES AND SATEENO . . lid sallablo Trimmings and Rondesg_ Th FOR LIBRARY,IIAWII°6-(6OM lIN ~.INO A. tINP.II ROOM;.. ....*, j•-P . JA.A.C.E kiP,71...ti../NS'A SPECIALTY ser.So.Bm da . . . ALLENTOWN, PA:,. WEDNES A CARO prronTaD DT " Wby,, grandmother," Rclatmed-jIllda„ 6 11,opected to find you as dmial, but youlpikas,lll - ougk yap . her, fleerchaying a 'real-good P . 9.!•••• People say." " Ah, Blida, yin glad to sowyon, dem, for f anybody can speak a word to give ma cont . BLIND 'LITTLE BESS; Hilda Howe's Thanksgiving Party. BY MIN lIATITIIECT N. lIATIIAWAY. Never was happlei maiden than Hilda ElOwe as she flitted hither and thither in their newly furnished parlors, arranging and re-arranging the window draperies, newly deposing the ornaments, changing the position of the otto mans and easy chairs, brushing away each speck of dust with a feather duster, and care fully gathering every scrap of ravellings and lint from the newly-made carpets, singing all the while : "Merrily every bosom bournletb I Merrily 0 1. Merrily 0 !" in a manner that at once assured one that her heart kept time to the music of her lips. "Hilda, love, what is all this noise about?" queried her father, as he looked laughingly in at the door. "0, father, come in—come in, and see if ever parlors looked prettier than ours. See I have put on all the finishing touches and am ,ready to redeye callers, BO be seated at once on the sofa." " Ah, I understand you, Hilda l I suppme hat Thanksgiving party la the next feature In he programme." " Yes, father," replied Hilda, demurely, as she crew an ottoman, directly before hint ; "that is the busineea before the meeting." " 'Well, tillda, wo might as well proceed and have it scatted forthwith. I suppose what la to be will be." "Then you give your consent, father ?" "I Bee no loop-halo for escape and so 3 , it1t1." " But, father, I will not urge it If you at all prefer it otherwise." " No—no, Hilda I you have been a good, dutiful daughter, and it gives me pleasure to grant your reasonable request. And now here Is a trifle to help defray expenses,' for I sup. pose there must be some attached to so im portant a scheme as a 'Thanksgiving party.' " "0, father, two fifty dollar bills I It is too much—please take one of them." "No, darling, keep them both ; you've no idea how little a hundred dollars will do, what with getting a new silk dress (as your mother tells me you wish to) and laces and slippers and ribbons and all that sort of fashionable- " Well, father, as you please, but I am quite sure I shall not spend It all ; indeed, I do not think it would be right for me to. It troubles me now, to think how I shall repay you .for all." "There—there Hilda, no set speeches, but coma and kiss me, and be as good a girl asyou have been and I shall be satisfied." Hilda throw her arms lovingly around him and pressed her lips upon his brow, where Wrinkles were gathering, and on his brown •heck. There was a humid light in his eye as be returned her embrace, murmuring : " Heaven bless my darling girl I" - No sooner had her father left, than Hilda danced up stairs to her room, and seating her self at her small writing-table, ebb drew from It some delicately perfumed and tinted note paper, and soon her small white hand was flitting 'over It as rapidly as a bumming-bird's motion when extracting sweets from the rose or honeysuckle. The notes at last were all penned but one, and now Hilda paused and bhished a little, just a very little, but still it proved herself for the misdemeanor by son, saying : " What a very silly gift I am I" Then she strove to be more collected, took up her pen In a manner intended to be illgniiied and bent over the unstained paper before her. But no—she was not ready yet ; a small slip Of paper was taken and a name written which read : " Dr. Norman Wilder I" and now that the name was in black and white before her she regained courage, took the note-paper and penned the invitation, and then with a sigh of relief she dropped it into the basket, saying: "There, I ant glad to have this business of writing invitations off my mind. To be sure, there was no Immediate hurry, as It will be more thane week from now, to Thanksgiving but I like to be in season. But I believe lam a little weary. Let me see—l have written more than three hours. take a walk to Dame Grattoa's 'after dinner, and that will rest me. Poor llitle Bess, I've not Fen her for a week I" In pursuance with her resolve,after dinner, Hilda donned her street attire, and bent her steps in the direction of Dame Oraftoßis bum ble cottage, She paused, when within a short distance, to watch !less, who had seated - her self on the steps, apparently to enjoy the warm sunshino,though late in November, the afternoon was more like early October. The child sat with her delicate hands clasped, and her large mournful eyes strained upwards, as though she was wildly striving to catch one glimpse of the beautiful blue sky above her. Her long, flaxen curls had fallen back from her singularly transparent , brow, revealing the exquisite contour of her features. Hilda stole noiselessly along to wherosho was sitting. Just as she reaciied her an expression of an guish swept over her young thce,and bowing. upon her bosom, she murmured: "Yea IMA blind-0, I inn blind I. I shall, never—never sea the beautiful blue sky, nor the soft moon, nor the twinkling stare nor the sweet flowers) 0, if I could die I" " Bess," said Hilda, softly, for she , could not bear to witnets the child's distress lon ger. . "0, Hilda—dear 1111da, ifidt you. 0, lam so glad you have comeefori was .ofrald tAy heart was breaking , I Itle better new ; but, Hilda, you do not know what it is to be blind. For a year I have come put every day When I knew the attn• Was brightest.' 4tAtift I could ' just see•the sun, but it has kept groWing dark er and darker,'and today, "Bide, though I know it is shining as bright as ever,. .it is all night to Me." • Poor Titip.,l, how she longed to breathe one word of hope In tfie ear .of the blind ,bnt she sapliaolhiggto jetitifiMt in &trig • Oftill, and so ' she at on the step be? „aft, her tears falling fast. ape. „Silently. neon, her little bend neatlieg itabr, At length Bess said quietiy " Did you ever think you would like to die, Hilda 1" "No, Bess, dear, I do not remember, that I aver did." f do very—very often, and some times I 1181 C God to take me ,o live with. him. You know, Hilda, I shall not be a blind little girl in heaven. I wait asking him to take me soon when I was looking up Into the sky. Is 'it wrong, Hilda 4 because If It is I will try to wait patiently ; 0, It is so dark—so lonesome to be blind l" • '• ' Hilda nits still too much pained to . attempt to comfort the child, so she' reached her a bouquet of fragrant Cowen, and: Bald she would run in and ace Dame Grafton.. "I will mayhem a little, while, for grand mother will be sad When she sees my little sober face. I never let her know how badly I feel, Hilda, shonld Ton ?" Ulliift entered the Cottage, hoping to find something cheering, test to her ebrprise;l3 . ame Grafton was bending over her work whlttear ful eye. . AY MORNING; DECEMBER G. 1871 , , oit; Wall for my nnor blind Mt . . le Besa Tam trthiblink. The child is stone blind now, ani7 Pd Made up My mind to hear it and be patient, as I thought there' was no help theft. But jnit'as I got sort of recon ciled, something most happen to make me feel worse than ever. You see, day before yes. erday, the child was out on the doorsteps. nd I was picking up the bits of chiPs 'pm] ry stuff that had blown Into the grass, when saw u nicalooking gentleman coming along. " hen ho saw Bess ho stopped and looked at Cr, pot his face close to,her eyes, and so stood wo or three minutes. Then ho beckoned to 6te,.and I folinwea him till we were out of essie'R bearing, and he went on asking me 11 sorts of questions about her,., and finally nished off with saying, 'I think the child lght ho cured, for it is a sort of cataract I' (I think that was whit lie said). I was so mitered like, I did not know what to say, nd so said nothing. But he gave me this ere ittle slip of paper, and said if we wanted to BO him there's where we'd fled him." "Did you ask him how much it would costr aid lii dn. "0, yes, I asked just that, and he said ntnething about fifty or a hundred dollars. ow, Jidda, child, this Is what makes ma ick7-sick at heart. I've tried and tried to 'link of some way to table the money, but 'a all of no use, and to-day I've given up all epee of ever doing it." It wu-r evening, and Illhia was seated in her hatubt-r. The Intslwt containing the "invita ion-car•l;" stood before her., and in her hand y the two fifty dollar bills. It was evident ,at a strong, serious struggle was going on her mind. She took up ono note after nother. glanced nt, its contents and let It fall to the basket. At logo she had the one she ae searelting for. It was the one addressed "Dr. Norman Wilder I" she looked at it ng aid earnestly. " No--no," she ex rlalmed. "I cannot giv- it up 1 It will be my only chance of becoming better acquainted With him, as he leaves town next week. I hen Lilian Worth Wil! have a party if I do of have mine, and will stand a better chance Of winning notice from him...than I shall. The irls said they thought his attentions equally ivided between Lilian and myself, but I hougbt there was a littlo more heart in his totlce of me I But Likm is so much more ;fillip! and beautiful than myself; and be- Odes an heiress, that I \hink if either of U 8 win the noble stranger, it will be her. No -o—l must not give up having my party-'—but fMar little Bees—yes—yes I I will! so here go ile not a•—Dr. Norman Wilder, and all, into the fire, and thus ends my Thanksgiving Par. yII p oul , tless my render has premised wha wasl , ltt'a motive in giving up her anticipa ted pleaKrre : and now that it was decided iu her mind, titer? were no doubts—no repinings over her disappointment—for disappointment it was. " "Falh2r," she saki, as she followed him frcm the breakfast room the following morning, "I wish to talk with you a mo• ment." " Well, what now, Biqa ?" said Mr. llowe smoothing her brown hair...from her forehead. pfd y.,u find ono hundred dollars did not defray your shopping expenses yesterday!" " 0, 1.0, father, nothing of that sort ; but I just want to ask you if I may do as I please with the money you gave me I" "Of course, love• I have no wish to dic tate to you In this matter ; bot:veluitimt this Idealhto-Vbtiriaturr— • "Do not • asit me, father I I have a very good reason for tAking, and you will know it some time, but not now." "Well, Hilda, as you please. But bow about that Thanksgivlntc party ? "Oh, I've given that up, and please, father, ask no questions ;" and Hilda glided•from the room b fore he had time to answer. "Well, that is a atm m freak, surely! what can the girl mean ? I, never taw her more anxious about a thing than she Mitt been about that pary. Women an.l girls are alike Inez piecabl. ;" and here Mi. Howe left the house no wistr for his solileguy. Whet. Lilian Worth heard that Hilda Howe's party was not to come off, she at once issued cards of invitation, as Hilda had promised. A very brilliant affair it was tAi h o E GLI Vila young ladies, and for a week It made busy tonguer and busy heads. Hildry,thoub often importuned ns tO her rt asons for giving up her anticipated party, kept her own counsel. Hilda called to see the celebrated oculist, and fou ,d him quite sahguine in hls belief of restoripg.iduht blipd little Dens. He in formed !.er that. he %tumid wish the child in the li ;use . ,ettla him during :he opo ration, and for a'week nr sn'afterwards and added, she musk have a cheerful female friend with ht.r. The dayact for Betts to go was Thank,,,lvlng, and lIIIJa breathed a low .sigh of disappointment, for she saw this would prevent her attending Lilian Worth's party, and tins she should ice,: her last opportunity of meeting with p r . liorrnen It wsti Thanktigivltsr . evening, and Mr. Worth':: parkin were brilliantly, lighted, and gay and happy girls were gathoring to enjoy the ant , cipated pleastne that these meetings ever There Were joyous .shouts of iaughter,,stralnkof ratse,• feet dripping light ly through; the mutes ot.thp dance, sallies of wit, brilliant repartee, and all the many pleas ant little things that conspire to make these social gatherings an delightful. While all this was going on Hilda Howe was keeping watch in a dnrkened eltamber, over the little suffering Bess. The operation had been per fortned,sand the doctor had pronounced it atm. cessful. Did Hilda for a moment regret the sacrifice she bad : made ? Far (remit, Never had she Wen 50 deeply happy in . hoe life. Norman Wilder wa all attention to Lilian during the, evening, and all joined in• thinkin,.; that he had quite,forgotten unpre tending Ililda Howe, now that he was thrown more in the society of the far more beautiful Lilian Worth, and it was . even so. gls mind was sbciut made pp to prosecute his attentions in that quarter, and once or twice when left fore moment with Lilian, he had almost made confession of his deep interest In hop'. ToWerds the . latter part of the evening, he said to Lilian, "How happens it that do not . see your friend, bliss Hilda Howp.Preser4 thiseyt ping r' • 1 min hardly tell," replied Lilian, "she is so full of strange ideas. Something about , a blind child—l do not just know what. Hit. da is a nice girl:end:l lope hell, but she is f 0 r . ever looking up totne.fcalorn thing, and. rte glemirg. ,her friends and her own duties 'to help tin tra. • 'I think her tasteln such matters' rather low. '_3.lll.re tiro provOlcina,,Fait49 thou who cannot . pl4^gre pf themieleatand I see no nepossity for our tniajaydtiredro6ll:llp toith them." • There was a slight bitterness la the tone of ' Lillan'e voice, and it wee evident, for the me., went, that Norman Wilder was pained : but. he soon torgotit all in thehowitching•faseine. Son of his fair companbna.' l "Father," said Norman Wilder,.Jr., as ho sat in emir omee at the P= Hotel, "What was it yon'said yetlicrtlay abort htiying Per fdrreed an operation upon, the eyes of Oltillnd girl?" • • . . Norman, 'said was.ibout to de 80, arid.; olld, audit' proveirgiglitillue4psful. 43741 P; b 9.1 would ilke to have you visit my •patleni; aer - Lum about to give brim eel', ' She hap theaw . cetest young atttoadant. that T i , er sit4. 77 =p4l,tt , aod,iteiveelf - Oftetilla 'during tlio operation (for I could not prevail upon 'her to leaveY and withal, 4o . lady - like.• Last-night I. went. to call on the patient's' grandmother, to dell her that I dhotight her little Bess would see again, and found not the , story. TI set the; vomm lady had 'the promise of having 'thanksgiving . party, and her father had supplied her with funds, and She had gone so far as to write her cards of In vitation when; she heard that if 'means only could . her blind little friend might lias'e .her rester. ed. So. • what. ' does the noble girl dcr but forego her anticipated enjoyment, that the child might have the benefit of en operation. All this the old lady tell me, and the young lady little dreams that I have her secret in my keeping. I tell you elm is a woman of a thous-' ands and I 'would be proud to call her (laugh- . ter, Norman, my boy I" Hilda was sitting by Bess, reading, softly from bire, Elements' poems, when 'the door' opened, iiiad Dr. Wilder entered follovred by his son. Hilda looked up, and OP her eyes met those of the younger gentleman. the warm blood mounted to her temples, while Nomiani with an air of surprise, extended Ids tined ex claiming: "Miss Hilda Howe! is it possible Met I have the pleasure of meeting you here" Poor Hilda was deeply embarrassed. Must it not seem to him that she had , purposely. thrown herself in his way, and if so, how un• maidenlike she must appear to him. She knew the moment they entered, that the kind doctor who had so greatly interested himself in Bess, and the young Ur. Wilder, , were father and son. Strange that she had not dis covered it in some way beforebut se it was. Site had not even heard the name of Dr. Wil der, the elder. She seemed onito overwheltii ed with Inort fication, and the 'doctor .observ ing it, took pains to turn the attention oftitem both to his patient. Time would fail us to tell of the joy of Dame Grafton, as, day-by-day, , she received more cheering accounts front her darling Bess, and it would also fail us to tellof the many pleasant hours that Hilda Llowe'passed in the company of Dr. Norman. Wilder, Jr., during her stay at the hotel. But the time passed away, as well, and Hilda found herself at home; • and Bees still improving, was restored to her over joyed grandmother. Reader, shall I stay my peahens, or will you he better satisfied witlemy story, If I glance over a year find give you the con elusion, in stead of leaving you to picture it. Somehow 1 thought when I com men ced.this, it shouldn't he a hive story, but lovo has stolen in an Oat. urally here on these pages as it. does into our lives, apd so 1 will tell you all I know of the It Is Thanksgiving evening again, and Mr. HoWe's parlors are brilliantly lighted, and the guests already are assembled, among whom, occupying a conspicuous position, are Dame Grafton, in her new glossy silk, and little Bess—no longer blind, The principal actors in the drama of the evening,.nre Dr. Norman' NVllder and hits newly-made bride—now no longer Hilda Howe. Now, readerj. have told you, all about the way it came to pass that Hilda Howe's Thanksgiving party ended in a Thanksgiving wedding! WITHOUT A -lIEA.RT. The Secret of a Country QIIOOII. Tho Faseinteting and Subtle .Do»oor that Bosch, ther runny 11ir1.9. We often hear it sahl flmt 1,2101.3 Q sunnier (hall fiction, and cases are almost dally met with in real life which Hein to warrant the assertion. It might.' perhaps, he skid with equal justice that the guilt and sorrow which is carefully concealed frOut the world Is grea ter than that generally made known. Could the secrets of the fashionable' society of the period be exposed there would be some revs. lations of a startling, even terrible character. The case which we are now about to present to our readers, its effectin no way hightened by the addition' of fictitious circumstances, but a plain truthful recital of the ((Wan they actually occurred not two years ago In this city, fully Illustrates the truth of. these re marks: One of the most beautiful women in Wash ington and an acknowledged leader of society there, is a Mrs. lier husband • Is a man of nolegular profession, very, wealthy, .and although holding no office under' the present Administration has no small infitience in high political circles. Bre. is 'a woman best described, et; far as personal ap: pearance is cbricornecl, by the "appellatlou "magnificent brunette." Her beauty is of a the queenly kind, . The flash of the dark, lustrous eyes—the poise of the head, crowned with luxurious masses of hair of a blue black liue arid glossy as the raven's' wing, as the haughty expression of the lull Crimson lips,' would seem to indieate a spirit thei 'bee held itself proudly aloof froirthil that Is die honorable or 'degrading. No "one looking at her would ever dream of Sip hmurafuhsecret connected with her past life, which' has made her what ishe woman (lend to all tender mid forthe gratification of atubj,-. than She Is noted ii society for her coldness and itripaasiveness with retard to everythin , to ' • save display le dress and the 'ttivandentent of. • her own Or her hustamtl's ambitious views. But the title of the NY hill au wilLmit ti, heart''is applied to her only by a few of her most Inti mate acquaintances. They know - that, al though a wife and mother, she for Ninpst, entirely deviild oraiiiiifittita for either:hes.' band or children, and indeed hi any tender emotion' whatever.• lier tilisband' too butliehas 'tin:leaf,' Is wholly atisorbed in his mnbitiiiiis projectKand' 'Mks' that her beauty and ttilent ;shall. bit twill.: hMary to Ills achemes4 , Withoutl troubling Vitt self about any niftnifestatiens of -tenderriesi Ile is eatidded that — shif : 'lVt•s Mier, if she has' no' particular,. lifer:gen .„for hitnaelf i 'ma • that is , suftlelent• to Meet bia!requirements. to':Very, few that litile'over three , yeara• sided for hbout,tiVe moatheht Stia ranehtm. lievetll44tia•itia the ease her, • (Miter, who' had once'bean engaged in• the shippliiebusi;, l loess in Baltimore, beconiing 'ltiyalltr,einie, to' this dos.alit search of health, :and ; brought her, Ida only: with bier Taking MIAMI . I Willi a private thmtly tiotter street, thel . t . v'd led during their stay a secluded life, Making feW acquaintances and niipgling little, with. society..; One of the few tombom.they were known, - d'geritlemen well known* SO •eisco, while on a recent vi-it to the East, 'SAW and recognized during his stay in the „Natio. nal Canna? I ,r, the person lif the brilliant 80. clay queen the ' beautlful untruirrit44lri whem he bad met Id this city thi'ec . years; before, From him sac obtained', these particulare. Thel . weie, in:part, revealed id him illabe his returry e woman, hoW ond'of the '"fair • irell,"''wtaiad lie was fOreed I toinert ' ,co n r. neetion with the linOp tr of one of filscllents,, and.who was cognizatit of 411 the fame' eon .nected with theltitroitlielieardiforblit. un happy woman In this city. ',l Naturallyonough, the then reuuMtict 'hearted and Impulsive girl found .time hatlg :heavily on her haothi; She „had mmze ; :tban. one suitor, It Is :rui•, desircias of nothing! so! Much tutt.to.prcimoto her, happiriess,„bnkAtt, .Was Of romantic ture,, end none.. qi,,,tbeta realized her rdeul of what a, lover,s.hould , iite„: AMOIId the number was Itur.pcqentltukt4 , 4l, lie, too whs ; then pn,.a brisft,viatt.3o.lliia coast. Happening to make her Rupiah:tine% lie was struck with her queenly bearing, and =321 at once , concluded that she was the vary Wo man to grace the position in soelety which . I t o intended his future wife to occupy. She, however, rather disliked him than otherwise, and had not the slightest Idea of ever marry ing him. Picking up a daily paper. one day, her eye Sell on a fortune-teller's advertise merit. Any person for a small consideration could.obtain full information With regard to tlxo.rtaftt or future, with a portrait of the future husband or wile—so the ,advertisement said. A. whim seized•her.tp 4r,yo her fortune told— uot that ehe believed In anything of the kind, but like many another very sensible person site thought that to indulge the caprice could do no harm and it might be productive of amusement. Fearful of being laughed at, she gave no Intimation to any one—it was easy enough to keep It a secret—and shortly after reading the advertisement she found herself alone with the Professor of occult mysteries. The professor in this case happened to be a woman-agteasy, dirty, corpulent old hag, occupying a dingy room in the lower part of Stockton street. She was a fitting typo of the class of persons who may be aptly styled the viimpires'of society, adding to her occupation or fortune-telling the much more lucrative though more secret ono of a procuress. Of this latter fact the innocent girl ofcourse knew nothing. The beldame seemed strue4 with her vial tor's appearance, And gazaacitsgand earnestly at her beautiful face and exquisite,ly propor tioned .form.' There was the usual pelts atonal jargon and shuffling of greasy cards. Contrary to her expectation the visitor told that she most come the next day to receive. the picture of her future husband. The nest day, accordingly, she procured the photograph and hurled home, conscious of having done a foolish thing, lint thinking no harm could come o it, especially as she had been so care ful to keepthe whole matter perfectly secret. She did•nottknow of the eyes that had watched her during her last interview with the nor ceres from behind the dingy red curtain which she saw at one end of the den, nor of the man who bad followed her, unseen by her, to the place where she was residing with her invalid father. Two days afterward, while walking 1 along. Kearney street, a hand touched her lightly on the shoulder, and turning around she saw the original of the photograph which had been given to her us that of her futurrillus band. He held in his hand a handkerchief, which he said she had just dropped. She hnd dropped none, but it gave him a pretext. for exchanging a few words with her. She was much'startied at what ceetned to her almost an apparition; but ahe.aid not fail to notice that he was handsome In person, elegant in demeanor, and had every appearance of being a perfect gentleman. Thenceforth she met him daily, In stores Sad street cars, on the streets, at the theaters and concerts—in short, everywhere that she went. Accident favored him in forming an acquaintance, and his own tact ripened it into Intimacy. She know that It was all wrong, but she was romantic, wilful; had the perfect control other own actions, and and like many another well moaning but way ward girl found a strange pleasure in disre garding for once the conventionalities of socie. ty. There is 40 peed of delaying the catas trophe. Shd soon learned to believe him the soul of honor and placed implicit faith In his representations., She kept their acquaintance a perfect secret, because It was romantic. Many another girl has done the stone and suf fered similar en Ilalt. - blin_ hanJams. immix in love waM e ti. ouch an acquain tance Is infinitely more dangerous to a young and susceptible gliTs heart than one of the ordinary kind. Secret correspondence and stolen. interviews followed. One even ing she met him by appointment at the corner of . Second and Market "streets. Street corners are favorite trysting plaoes far lovers who cannot meet other wise. Meeting thus in an apparently casual manner they Can stroll along the streets and enjoy one another's society to at least a degree. She had frequently done the same thing be fore without harm, but that night she was trappedinto en assignation house and ruined by the man to whom she had given the first and only'love 0 {ter t‘eart. Almost madden ed when Ott landlady realised her situation, she entreated him on her knees to marry her. He rd and coolly told her what was his real doter. Re WM a professional gam. bier,he fortune - telleran accomplice, who , r, vieacing victims of different kinds Li hi Power. She Wile no hanger aisle to refrain fr re rcveaUng all to her father, awl in the paroxysm of rage which ensued he broke a blood vessel and died In a tow hours. Most Women would have given way under such au accumulation of calamities, but she was of a different metal. Summoning her strong will to her aid she crushed down all emotion 1 . which might betray tier:terrible secret and de. t'erinleed tilt* it should have no effect on her future liter Shortly afterward ehe accepted the suitor whom she had hitherto repelled,and after their marriage they went to Washington Where they havesince resided, Her betrayer was killed pat a year ago in a shooting affray at Omaha. The women mentiooad as having revealed the facts here narrated was the gam bler's,mistress before and after they occurred and is Still in this city. Such is the story of the woman whom her acquaintances deem heartless..' No wonder that she should seem so, for the secret that she has shut in her bosom has so worked upon her proud and sea , Attlee nature that site loathes herself and her O .. wn 'existence, notwithstanding that she is admired, caressed and 'courted by otht rs as 'one if the queens of society. Mu E. D. DIIIINEY has delivered an ad dress, la,ClPie the MaSsachusetta Agricultural the !appertain° of, providing fur the education of women In theoretical and ritactiaial gardening.. As there aro about 30,- 000 ano`re women than men In Massachusetts ,tie qateition'ef labor has assumed vital Mayer• liertiaultnre has peculiar attractions and tial(tatAgea aua a pursuit. The Woman's 'Club alerted a school at Newton, but as Um vard College Is willing to admit women to mpst of, the lectures on agriculture at the Eas ing Auan, the Newton schoel has been atm ',Stilted. Titer° IR no question that out•ef-door ri laployment would save thousands of women from premature death, and there Is no am, paten so fitted to worrnpf@ taßte as liusban -147. GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP Plymouth, England, is suffering severely Iron small-pox. fl q reConat atylialt church, wedding Vventy. aro cents admission was charged, and the preceeds given to the young couple as a bridal gift.' • A Leivlston'Yemog man addressing a 'shills Meeting the other evening, alluded to something iss*according to Hoyle." 'During , the past year 1288 volumes, 1,070 pamp l bleu and flirty-mien maps have been ; added te the State Library of Massachusetts. f A magnificent solid silver composing stick .lesh&pilse offered for the best compositor at the Montreal pi-littera' falr abinat to come off. . man-litus been convicted at Norristown, Tn., for stealing a danger lamp from the float loP9S:rfottve whilst the - locomotive 'was In UNcul.ilfin 4 1 1 1 PVA 4 hook, and laddtr istrriaitc WcelA Uouolutu; Elendwhlch by way of the Pacific railroad :to San Francisco. 'ain aub .ffaucp.'Job Pruitt No. 603 ItAMILTON !WRENN, ELBOA NO LATIUT STY LEI Slampea Meals. Cud'. CIta4IO.O,:PIIM O JIRO?, 02 00 1n...3000nd 130.Law0.801.00W1:10.m00.1/41i,t110 Einvel""' tcit" "E t C y l ds o ltirs 0414 81110, Tags end ShlpT. DI • t . Ize. oto.. Mc, yriatsi ai Won Vona N T 9. 48 HORRIBLE NARRATIVE. • Noticing the departure from Ban Francisco Levuka of ono hundred tons burden, own ed !tyr H. la, Fuller, her captain, and B. A. St. John, two veteran residents attic Fiji islands, tLa Alta says : • Captain Fuller la the oldest American !ta tter,. having gone there from Sydney over twenty years ag;). Here ho also convoyed his English wife, and hero he has a large ram• ily of children who vg Vuly 'native and to the manner born.' Du .g thee long residence in these far-off isles, the above-nnmed enter prising spirits have been actively e:` , 4 0 ,3 0 a in both maritime and agricultural pursuits. They now own adjoining cotton plantations, wCtClt are beteg successful and profitably cultivated.' Their craftpst about to sail is to be employed in this business, and more particularly in Crane • porting laborers and Others from distant groups to Lovuka, for no work can be coaxed or forc ed from the native Fijians, who ridicule the idea of one so degrading himself as to resort to manual labor. He has his bread•fruit, single and scant garment. and his • thatched cot, and Leis content.. The working hers come from Solomon's Island and New Hebrides. The cotton raised is pronounced in the Liverpool market superior to the Sea Island, and the last crop shipp4l, amounting to 9,000 bales, commanded $1 00 per pound. The soil is a sandy loam, and clay subsoil mixed with lava. The native laborers on the plantations command $2O per month, and there ,;ire gem 3,000 of them employed ou the Isit t tmls. Nearly all of the foreigners are Eng zln,Levuka there are via inhabitants, and •Idethodist.En'ocopal churches, beaides a native mission. Thil_p?iigion of the natives Is mainly controlled by ~Tblict policy.. Their pre. , ent chief was Corrnerly a cannibal. When con verted ho had 11,000 followers, The human flesh eating chiefs are known as " Butchers." Cannibalism still exists to an alarming extent throughout the interior of Vito!cue, an island ninety by sixty miles In extent. Annual feasts are given to such clgefs as have Alain. foes in battle and performed deeds of daring. A t these disgusting carnivals thebodics of native boys of twelve to fourteen years of age only are eaten. From earliest childhood these sub• jects aro fattened for the horrid feast. They are fed wholly upon fruits and vegetables. When the day of slaughter rolls round, two front teeth are extracted from the mouth of the child. These aro inserted in a club, with which weapons the murder is committed, the teeth being driven deep into the skull of the helpless victim. The body is then dissected, entrails, &c., removed, and afterwards cut in. to suitable sized steaks. These are rolled in bread fruit leaves, placed in holes In the earth and baked for the feast. The native boy flesh is for the palates of the chiefs only.' That of the white man is conslUred too salty bud smoky, and is not regarded as toothsome. Capt. Fuller informs.us that there are over one lintdred thousand canulbalson the island, and only last 'August two ficotehmen were cap lured and eaten by the natives. There is a prospect of this worse than heathenish custom .being abolished in time, now that the enter. tering wedge of civilization Is forcing the bar barians to respect the white settlements." The Upsetting of things in Europe During the last dozen years, w•e have from Lim to thou conversed with tepreecntstivc F.nniiuL men rieilinct nor at omit nail been to variably asked them the question. " When are we to see an open opposition in England to the principle of a monarchy—a gauhtlet of defiance flung down to the throne itself 2" And the invariable reply has been, "Not dur ing the lifetime of the Queen." But these predictions have not been verified. The Queen still lives, and has had the astonishing sensation of reading in the London Times speech by BirCharlesDillte inveighing against the expensiveness and uselessness of a royal family, andigoking toward n change of the. government from a monarchy to a republic. • Our only wonder is that Sir Charlea:Dilke. was not born twenty years earlier.. The irv heron t absurdity of a monarchical sacrata en t for so In 011igent a people as the English struck the minds of Englishmen in the depot Milton and Cromwell ; and we, Cannot . hrtaatne that the divine spark of democracy which tilt& fired brave ruen'abreasts has since been *holly quenched. 81r, Charles Dllko has blown. upon the ancient embers and kindled them. into a fresh flame. We hope his blasting wordetvill not perish with the breath which uttered them. Undoubtedly such k etatesman (though not yet thirty years old), can make the throne tremble; but the question is, Can be make it fell? It will sooner or later hill, of Itself. The English Government Is already more in the hands of the ministers than of the !sovereign Mr. Gladstone is the ma ruler of England The Queen is simply Ma antograpli=:his amanuensis for signing state.papers, 'Ms folly cannot long last. If the Prince' of Wales NV ere a strong man,and likely to make a kingly hiug, ho would ho SIM° to maintain his royalty as his predecessors havo done.. But If the Queen lives tea years longer, and tho Prince continnes . meanwhile a half rake, and comes to his crown a. Wane gentleinat) without a touch of statesmanship in Ids Com• position, the step of the tbrcine will mumble under his trend, . There Is another young Mau vello 11:11 a similar/auk and a safer future. Runlet, hav ing done n great act of justice to her lower classes, will be exempt . teem revolutions for years to come. Rut all crowns must get ready to rust. .They arc perishable ornaments. "la fifty Ycars;" said Napoleon at St. Helena, Etirope will be either Republican or .Cos sack:" The time is drawing nigh when even the Cossacks will be republican. Albert is Prince of Wales and may be kw hereafter. Alexis Is Grand Duke, and maybe Czar. But neither of these young men has a right to be Prince or Duke. Such a magnate Is an impertinence. This kind of creature should not exist. The whole tribe of gilt coated scions of royal ironies should be abet. ir.hed by the nineteenth century. The 601.11 of the ego ehoultl melt tlo.m away In a (lirmnlr tag mitt. Government by inheritance is a sham. Whether in England or n 115514, it is equally an offense to sober and thoughtful men. Its days aro numbered. Who knows but that Albert Edward will be•tho last of the EngliPit Kings, and Alexis the bud of the linesiana Czars? Albert Edward once came here, Nor Mir insulations, planted a treeln Central Park and went home. That trot; if unbilghted by the winds or nnecourged or dcvouring worm, will outlast the English monarchr. Alexis le now among us, ieceiviag the n, come by which the American people are hap py to express their grateful recollection el We:- tither'; friendly 'offices during the war. We',', hope he will not fail to see in America the' chief thing-which a prince of the blood ought t 3 And here ; and that le, • prophecy of demo- - erotic government for all _European nations. If the Prince of Wales and the Grand had acme hither hand In hand, and wo . ,were entertaining the two expectant sovelApsa at rho same time, the welcome whleh o we would _ give to both of them together woulddiot be so . Intense and hearty as John Bright anoJoine Giarthaidi would receive foriliwil 10410 and. untitled oleo. Albert Edward *trathele • hod, ana Alexi; rather •good man Apieftbika that which we attach to . the same ago . if ' they wore simply private trent!o r of ant other class or society..we , are 4:10t. , titiltoyit,k. enough to recognlzo.—Goafere Av. , . LLI7B TOW PI HEW DilitaNs 111 0
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