MY' D. A. & O. H. BUEHLER _VOLUME XXVI • .A Chapter to Young Husbands. , I.rher day with a friend ''whd'hitd•been•enotine,l' a' week or two with ' albinos t 4 hid room • he remarked that a husband Might I ,, arn a good lesson by•be , iv confined oe. , ionally to his house, and -ittivitt,i in' tills way an opportunity to ' n'ess t e cares and never ending toils of whose butdans and duties and pa. • tient endurance be might othertiae - never hitt U n derstood. ' There is 'a 'great deal 'lit 'this thought. Young men especially ''in', tilled:snag; ,by their bushiest', during 'itintlayi'ilituraing only at the , boats . of miiisaktta'as they see nearly 'the Isaltio "iinithiti "of duty.' they 'begi&to think that it is their own lot to perform 'all the . 'dkidglny, bear -till the weight of Etipatisibility. I ' h Matt his a:Very' wtieng `view, tifitht Case i• lit nit& Oppditbniti for , • "there iritended - obscreitticini and it is per ' "litiai reagni ' that Providimm` hr. rests him by sickness; 'that he tidy !calm emit lit Wiibld' 'observe in ale believe 'that wfves;as 'a' whOle, better than they are 'generally 'fidntitttd' to' be 4Ve doubt 'if there can .bnconntl a large number bf who are '''ditigintitible' and tiegligent '‘Vittiollt some palpable coldness dr short ootnitgstm too 'pate ortlfeinusbands. But id there noth- Atigill be said on die Othof side Y Are huitinith SO generally the perfect, atnia 'l46; iujfireid beihgs they ire•sO often ' rep " leiented isonietltfiea 'declare that their . wives'' eitravagaMecto %are pinked • itteliptooketeL:..that thole eeisleni tongues ''`hiiire' robbed ihtini'oftheit. pedee,luid their • "kett'eral•diiiigteetiblettetis has 'dnden them I Will' henna of dissipAtion'j'"ltittt this is I excuse fora wicke d l life • ' oh' tketk pkrt. ' '• ' • ' eitith'ibiineti , often lose their inter..- 1 ' 'eat. hi their hettteii by their otivh neglect' to !gait thilif bumes interesting and•plealuttit. It shetild obi be'fo4titteh'that tho Wife has ' 1 -411114ii•Od im aller'arritige' as be. '"Thei.4lnd a geed hitstuadis Vev9tion' to ''th with wilreencede to heti 'quite as'much ltteiltitti*'his'igellantiydid While he was If it s irtliervriao he moat goner.' at fettle: Take a fevfexiiniples: 'Before marriage 'feel Some delicaby in sweptingiriiiivitittion spend" on bven r-riiiklii-eottPaly'Where his "lady love" had • -'' 'Pet beeit'inVited. "After . inariege is he Oartioularl litiring the dayti of • hie gallai3tCy would 'demand take himself 'agreeable' to her;,after inarriago, it often happens that 'thinks more ' cif tieing agreeable to him-• "eel f 1 — Row tifted - dd (militia 'met, after lia fig been away from 'hbike' all day, 'du-. rins,sybiCh the wlteas'iolled ;at' her au, iiKkarireViibing setife-plii6*orailluse ,)lneht,'and'lenve her to toil all titbit, 'often de the ' - kilithisteticels ppats nribbierved and "afire- , •' *tided; 11#ett 'bytt MOW, - while 'her hest '`'atorts tie iioddeirnied by a tautt-ibiaing Iloiv often e'vel 'wbeit ' , the e T vetting is spent at home, is it sPedt,',in' el., tifidnie 'ether way' that does not 'reeognite the' viifit's tight to hheit in • the•elioystitiati'of the 'fireside. J too~ tier wife was ,wh'en you , flatiron?. eninpulsiort, tput ,trom our own Ann choice-4 choice based, pr`c,oha-., ...,bAnPw whit you t'hen considered her OthOrs; She wa young- pert pu t t e i ofa' baPpY home'; she re,gay.aldblithe es' the lark, and her broifiers ilateta` at, her,fatheea,fireside cherished her .as an object of endeaiment. --Yet eh& life all toijohr her 'Testily to yours 1.-I..d..to,tilakeYour home' , happy, and to dir'all 1. 'shit woillan'alove could .prompt , litantsiingenuity devise' to meet your wish., - • ,,, tes,•and.to'lightert.theiburdens,whioh might hirers' Itpen'yon in • your pilgrimage. • mig ht Neese hadther expectations 'too, She could not entertain feelings which •promi.. - veld kr Much-Without forming sotneidca {.reciprocation od your .part und.•she 'did tdzpeciilow would, after marriage, perform :Jamie kind offices of which you *ere so 'lnv, ). khe days•of be trothem en t. • • She became yoni NiifoL=feft 'her, liOia6 i 'it we re the lilt db'pp't love Which he'd' bead her to" tee fireside, idd sought' no 'iithei" 'boon' bbryinireatleetiol=left, key'. ' the "auk,' aeliCacy of ii libine of ildialgehee; tint tibir''Whitt must be her fdelioks if i dle' • thilly awakens to the edtion:Maness ' Utiityonlove her less than before--that 'Ybdr adulate are spent tibreadL4hittYou - "e`olitieme; if at all, to satisfy d6msuds of your hunger, and to find a resting place ' "few gout ffead when wierY, or a noise for • syoiiriloliclimber when disclosed ? 'Why fits she leave the bright hearth' of youth. ful days , Y Why did you ask her to give her enjoyments of lffappy Verne 'Was 'it'sle,piv to darn your stockings, '`iiiiiid'year'clothes. take care of yttir dill. 4Aii:itid watch over your sick bed Y Was birriPlY to conduce to your dwn comfort I' was 'there some understanding that she *OA to be made happy in her cortheetior ' -With 'the man she dared to love ? is it sufficient answer that you, re : that you give her a home—that you , feed,and clothe her. YoU do this for your help; you would do it for an indifferent housekeeper. But a wife is more than a housekeeper. She is your wife; and un lA' 'lota you attend to her wants, and in some 3 " 100 answer the expectations you raised by vier. attentions before marriage, you need 44 nric , wohderif oho be dejectd, and her heart • 'Stinking° insenalbility ; but if this be so,. thiak'orell who is the cause of it. We very few women make indiffer:, •'' ( ''init , ''wives whose feelings have not met with •" libttnt untoward cheek bythe indifference 'thoughtlessness of their husbands.- 1 .: Mothers' Magazine, 4., Diam ond has recently been found in 9opte, r, Virginia, winch is said to be ~:r& thr ee or four thousand d'ollars A. mclentOo eximinatin chows that it re !and if rubbed on a ,dry, cloth or pozitivi clectrigity, and ;1i IMANglint suddenly, removed from , th . e,pun's ~,ttycipt, . R,the dark, senda for*, oplcks of fairy-lilia blazing cam The secret. Rodger Bacon , was an English monk, who • taught iu • the University of Oxford more than six hundred years ago. Ho was a man of great learning, skilled in Lat. in, Greek and Hebrew, but especially fond of chemistry; Ho used to spend many hours each day in one of the secret cells of the convent, engaged , in various experi ments. While thus employed he had found that sulphur, chart:Oat and saltpetre, mingled together in a certain way, would make a new and t strange compound . ; in -deed; so strange and dangerous did this new mixture Seem, that .the monk him. self was almost afraid of it, and therefore told no one .of his discovery. „*Among the pupils. was, a youth who was so fond of, study and so prompt to obey histeachere, that he became a favorite with all, and Rodger would often ask. his belpin the laboratory—a large room where the students. were instructed in chemistry —but he never allowed him to , enter, his private cell. This youth's naive was Hub ' ert do [trent. 'Hometlities as Hubert sat reading or • 'studying, dr mixing medicines in this larger room, he was startled by sounds like 'die ,hint-thunder coming from his master's a partment ; sometimes a bright, light shone for a moment through the chinks of the door, and then an unpleasant odor would) almost Suffocate him. • All these things excited• his cariosity ; but whenever he,' knocked or strove to enter, Roger Bacon would sternly bid hint to attend to his own affairs and never, again interrupt The door was always kept locked, and ev , -cry time the boy ventured to ask the cause he was silenced by his teacher's gruff words and severe looka. • Months glided away, and still he eager ly but' vainly sought to learn the secret.— At length, an opportunity; offered. Roger Bacon was widely known as a physician and surgeon. Ono cold November day he was called to attebd on Walter de Lowly, a rich man in thenoxt town, who had been dangerously hurt. The monk gave all the necessary orders to Hubert, and bidding him be careful to put out the fires and lock. the'door when he was done, he staled on his errand df mercy, Hubert soon finished his task, and , was just bounding up the oaken stairway, when un evil thought canto into his tnind.— ~ R odger Bacon is, gone;:ho will not be hack For several hours ;'I can now find our. 'what keeps him eo mach in that damp. 44 'coll." He looks anxiously around ; no edit is near, Mid witi, a light step and a fast beating &fart he reaches the forbid. dee room; The key is not there, and so there is . no hope of entering; yet perhaps he May see something 'through the 'key hole, and 'lneeling he presses his cheek Niarit hea,o Jowl, I . 4 . ap§ia, At_ his touch, for Roger Merin in' his hastg 'bad looked the door without closing mid thus the eager boy slands where for months he' bad longed' to be. In vain hi looks for anything new or strange, and with a sad face is turning away, when his eye falls Upon a huge book whOse page is still wet withthe ink from his teacher's pen. It is written iu Latin, but this is as plain to him as his own Hagfish, and in another mo ment, he has read the secret so long hidden from' him. , Now he must try it for himself, to see if the Mixture is indeed so , Ah'Y"'he exelaints; "this yellow powder is the sulphur, this hard clear substance is saltpetre, and'thie black' powder must , be the Other. Here is the very bottle my li:easter has been using ; I will tnix it tu this; aid 'see. The fire is not yet dead in the; furnace. ; ' . a few' Sparks give - heat enough, mid then Hubert de Bronx is as wise as his wisest tattler." f All ' thaf,&flop:Mon Roger bacon 'had been' bending Over the sick min's bed • he had done "all he could Co relieve,'Lie stiffer. li!gs, and` as night was coiling on; Le bade bun 'pita bye and set out for =name. The' triad whistled over the bleak hills,, and the wrapped his cloakcloseraround tilt% and hurried his horselowards the eonveut'a 6(4 'ehelter; reacluid, the top of the' last bill;'Oxford in, 'befoe him with Jighte .. 4w , inkling here and • ihete , and its tall spires rising high , . Suddenly a stream Of flair iose fr om ' , his ,00ntoent high on darliened'alry and in an instant u roar as lOW as Atie heiviest thunder bard the Still night air,.'and Aistindtiyiuilitrthis fearful 'sound 'was heard'a sharp short cry of distress.. ._ rhea:tent A l e whole con. vent was on fire. the monk 'dashed down t h e hilkide;te..the scene, of woe. As he sprang front his he'r:ie a man tirett; forth from the Intraipirains the life:- lees taittiof Hubert. 1110 terrified crowd believed that Rodger , l'fitieon had bean p'Factising iii:tohtiraft, and without ; listening to . his defence, threw him intea.gliminy dungeon: For tunny years he rem amain prison, huiatiast he was releas ed, and at, the; age of eighty ; lay down in death. lie wrote his welLkept ; secret, in strange words inone of his books and wise men studied long years before they °mild read,it. Ile discovered how to make gun. powder. The-terrible explosion in Oxford in 1222 ,does not seem strange to us, for we know the wonderful power of gunpowder ; but to the people of England at that time, it appeared to be the work of an, evil spirit. Thus year by year the world advances in knowledge, and the children of 1854 are familiar with many things, which wore mysteries to learned men six hundred years ago. Herr grateful we should be to God for all our privileges, and how careful to, improve them aright.--aluttrican Mes senger. Oii it Printer., Herr lea a turns—place no imposing alone To . mark the beJ where' weary itA4 ; I m le atter deadl—its rnis4ion all being d•Me— To be distributed to dust again. The body's but the , type, at best, of man, Whose impress is the spiritl deathless page ; Worn 'out, the tips is thrown to pl again, The impress lives through an eternal age. It wes remarked by something , of a wag that where twenty persons, have atomachs ,but impt.has brains 1--dteace brewers. grow rich while 'printers.remaio poor. Philos. °phial, that 1 GETTYSBVRG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER I, 1844. The Dillow Mother. A widow lady resided in Northampton, Maas. Her husband died at sea, and left her with seven helpless children. The poor woman did not long survive the shook, and one night, a few months af ter the death of her husband, left this world for ""the better one beyond the grave." She died from the effects of a paralytic stroke. There wore no persons , near whom the children could call iy, for they were strangers to every one, having but lately sought a residence in the neigh. borhood. The seven little ones, the old est of whom was only seven years of ago, stood silently around the dead mother, weeping. No answer did• the mother give to the many caresses bestowed upon her by the affectionate little children, when Jeanie, the eldest, said i "You must not cry for mother ;" and taking up a piece of paper,l she wrote the following lines : We are weeping 'round her pillow, for we knew that she must die, It was nightupon our bosoms—it wsa night upon the sky ; There we ns seven of us children, I the oldest of them a 11 , ." And And I tried to whisper comfort, but the blinding tears would fall.. On my knee my little brother laid his making head and wept, And my sisters' long Irene" o'er my hearing boa. om a*apt ; - Then a shade of awful feeling came across me as I trod, Arid I tried td Whimper comfort, trembling, as r • looked to God! "Oh s be kind twone another eras my mother's pleading prayer, As—her hand lay like'a anow•flake on the baby's golden hairy Then a glory bound her forehead, like the glory of a crown, And in death's (lark gloomy waters her sweet star of lice went down. Be Mod to the Poor. Tbe.foll owing from a Western exchange, viternitlis given as original, though wheth er justly so we incline to doubt, is scarcely more admirable on account of its Christian sentiment than for the elegance of its lan- "Aye, be kind to them 1 Ye who have never felt the bitter pangs ofgnawiug,hon ger, who ..have never passed through dreary winter with chattering teeth and limbs palsied with. cold, who have never prayed for thesweet - forsetfulnesa of sleep, to shut out for a brief season. the frost whose icy breath struck chill to your heart, and who have never fell a pray to the can ker worm of grief and misery, which all these sufferings entail, we pray you be,' kind to the poor!. , ,"13a KIND TO THE POOR 1 Yes; for the blessings of . prosperity which heaven that; Showera apon'yon; will yield yoli trile happiness if °alas are starving. Heaven het placed you, upon earth, !Ladles expo sed you to like chances of wantattid wretch edness. In a Pharatetical spirit, then: thank not God .that - you are not as other men," but rather with the publican sue humbly for mercy, and enhance the effica cy of prayer by, charity and kindness. A satisfied conscience sheds a ponee and corn fort through the, heart and soul, without which the immortal spirit cannot be satis fied. Follow , not then afterthe selfishness of the world around you, unless like Di ves, thou wouldst hereafter yeap his fate, and view from amidst thy torment the poor man at peace in Abraham's bosom. BE KIND TO THE Potosi And well thou mayst 1 How many gradations of Buffer ing and want must that heart endure I which, lacking life'S necessities, and man's friendly hand, lap down to die with a pray or for,that mercy of Heaven which Earth deities. And'though faint be - the voice of supplication, and Weak the heart that lifts itself _to God, yet will it prevail with the omnitiont, anderegistered above as tests- I mOny against ber. , "BE KIND TO THE POOR Death Use more of sorrow than the heart Can 'contain, more of entfpring than frail nature can bear. The - Widow left to toil.and struggle alone amid the, desolation of bereave men appeals in tones more eloquent than, words for your sympathies and aid. The help leas orphan, brought into the world and left alone by' the relentless• band of death, claims your guardianship and protection. And _as you expect a :continuance: of the mercies and blessings of heaven, so in this wise be merciful' to others ; then shall the gates of plenty and honor be open to thee,- and the pillow of peace kiss; thy cheek,!' The Totiautone of Truth. Truth is the trial of itself, ' And naiads ho'olhet And purer thin the purest •g"old, • Refine It e'er so much. h is the light and life of Love, The sun that ever shineth, The Bpirit of that special glace '' That faith and love definetit. It Is the warrant of the Word. That yields aicent so sweet, Au gives a power to Faith to tread AU Falsehood .under feet. WINTER IS COMING.—The Chi*. nati Columbian time fondly tuzeatheaub jeot upon public attention in that chi, and its views are applicable here : wires, winter ie coming, and with h winter's privileges,. ainUsements, depriva tion, suffering, enjoyments and duties.— Lectures, concerts and exhibitions will of- fer the means of enjoyment to the rich ; cold winds, falling snow mid biting frosts will bring suffering to the poor. And how many this winter will bo unable to obtain tho necessary extra clothing and household comfort required by the inclemency of the season! Those privations will work outtho line of duty to those who, as far as worldly wealth goes, are in wore favorable eircurn stances Let not the poor be forgotten, reader; let yours be the open hand of charity, the sympathizing heart,ihe lan guage of compassion. The poor were loft to the followers of Him who 'had not where to lay His Head.' 'rhe poor ye hive al. ways with you." let the sacred duty be well discharged, so that .a good accOunt of the stowirdship, Heaven has committed to your charge may be given, "FEARLESS AND FREE." . . . . • . . Terrible Revenge, ' Spoon Fashion. . i Super/01110ns on odd Numbers. A late Parisian newspaper tells the fol- Nearly a-dozen years ago I was on my 1 The idea of virtue in odd numbers is lowing story of a wealthy gentleman, who return to the old•homestead, in the good: very ancient. Virgil mentions it in his may constantly be peen at the Grand State of Connecticut, havingjuot completed :' eighth Eclogue, worn mans eredls and Opera, and the Italian Opera, and who' my etudies as a student of medicine. In charms then practiced ere recorded. The enjoys a great reputation, not only as be.' company with a goodly number of people, whole subject is a curious one. and would ing a connoiseur of music, but further, as I stopped for the night at a country inn in make an interesting work Hall the opinions a great amateur of painting. How the rep- the town of B----, not being able to re- in regard to it were given. Countrymen utation was acquired; you will presently' mime my journey until a late blur the hold it an indiftpensible role to use an odd • i next day. Having always been an admi- number of eggs in setting A hen. Fall ' rer of the country, my pleasure was en- staff, in the "The Merry Wives of Wind. haneed by finding at the well laid sapper •sor ' " permits .himself to he entrapped a table, two young ladies of 'surpassing love. third dine, and remarks—"'Phis is the third lintels, the younger of whom I thought the unto. I hope good luck lies in odd mum most bewitching little creature in existence. hers. Away --go. They say ther e is The ladies were accompanied by a young divinity in odd numbers, either in • nail gentleman about my own age, with whom vity , chance or death." , It is a very corn. I could not but feel considerable annoyed. mon - belief It the preeem day, in this coon- He had not only engrossed all their atten. try, that. the number thirteen is ominous, tion, but, lucky dog, as he was. seemed and that when thirteen persons meet in a determined that no other person should room, one Of.them will, die within a year. participate in the amusement. An offer. 'fhb) superstition is supposed to have ari of some little delicacy by myself •to 'the sen.from the paschal supper. .' • younger of the two ladies was frustrated The seventh son of a seventh son is am by a nice sort of pulitecese ,on, hie phrt counted an infalable doctor ;• and the mint that effectually chilled any further attempts tier seven, by•the way, is the most curious at intimacy.' I loon left the table, but I of all. The seventh day. was appointed as tumid, net drive the image of the lovely the one of rest, the seventh year wits di .heing-Irorn . my mind. Something *llia- rected.to be one. of rest for -all things.— pored that we should beciime acquainted At 'the .end ..v aseen lime, seven years •at some future time, but in the interval I commenced the grand jubilee. Pliaraah's felt more than usually, Uneasy. , I hinged dream formid ocean years of plenty end to be not only an intimate acquaimanee, seven years of fumine. Under the Jew bin ati;aeeepted lover, and had! possessed ish law/ittnan was commanded to forgive the wealth of Creases, I would have unties- Ids Mieintes seven times; and under the ,Itatingly poured it into ,her lap, , . Christian' dispensation, seventy tinter seven In the excineinent tinder which I was tinicie. Whim Jericho' was taken, they en then laboring., I thought a Walk' might do' compassed the city seven times.' Eli atm me good, hut on opening the door lor that sends Naman to wash in Jordan seven purpose, I found due night had set in es dine!. Elijah, nn the top of (Anne!, mufti earl( es Erebui, and being an entire strati• Fins servant to. look ;even Am es for rain. ger, there was no knonting 3vhat mitichiefi Solomon .as Beene ' years building' the I might encounter ; so I made up . mind I 'r emple, at thOdeilicatioe •• of wich lie fag teiciriatireinise the Mattel by taking up 1 ted seven days. The children of- Israel my candle and cling to bed. . . I atet unleven bread seven days. in David, I retired,but for a long time rolled and i bringing up the, ark, offered seven bullocks tossed' about sadly;' no.v, one • plan by; and seven rants.: Tlie apol de chOse seven -Which-I . niight make the acquaintance oft deacons.; and twine iimitiring persons, the young lady would suggest itself, and 'who who lievit investigated !this - subjeet to a then another, mad at last I found myself I nicety, elated that the Saviour spoke seven in a state or dreadful languor, neither fair- l times from Pie cross, on•whiCh he reMain lrasleep, nor quite awake• ed seven, hours . ; that Overwind!! appear- . I` fancied I had heard for the last fewl ep,seven times; and, in seven times seven mienentia . sdit• of light bustle going mil days. seseatthe, Holy Ghost'. • near my bed, but it give ine•no unetteiness! The number nine - is regarded with more omit tionte one sprangluto the bed., and;orlep s ,stipeitititimh partieultrly,hi cotinee claiming her arms about me, whispered,: I eon- with !wren. A egustusCa3ser was 'Ugh t l i ma' dreadful cold it is. t o be I overjoyed. when he' painted 'ins sixty-third suree I say", Julia, we shall L have to lay year,,beeettee he.eimaiidered it the'climacs• spoon fashion, or else we shall freeze!" writ, Ott% and thin them, he was to live a, • Here wao an 'mildew. What toatiy.nr Ling life. , 'Phis is,nine , tunes'aeven, and how to act was a question not easily solved. is said t o b r in g greatio,e„ge, iii the lif e of At last I mustered courage enough to ejae- ' man.' ...Tito whole belief in' any Ming of w al e : , • • ' this kind 'pity' be grossly superstitione„,and "Dear In:Haute here is cone mistake, yet we are not . erepared to say that it is,— III.," , . •N. I. Sunday Mies. The lady did not' wait' for ins to say . ~, --- : .. ._.... _____ 14 . Yea or no. More.. ' • . . . t h e apart ed to meat every night ,to play . cards. aiharer, - qulttkarereisiihethcestfrang- -.-,TwP Norenall-Peacoolv.iveire aneastom• from the bed and bolted front meat. I was. wanderitig what the deuce . One of theni—Antuine—tvas is widower, it could all - mean, when a eery:nit ereughtl and lie had a charming daughter. named a lamp unto my room and 'pit:keit - up what i Sophie. ,er than The. othelril—Philippe premises, and tell the apartment. ladies'apperret she eimuld find about the l Years y,, u and din possessor of an east fortune. ' 1 Call well believe, gentlemeti, that my Sophie, accusteined every AO) to see slumbers that evening were far from quiet. Philippe at last breentie greutly.attaehed in ' In the morning:l know not hoiv it was.' him ; feorhaps someivhat attached to ilie but I teas vividly. impressed with the idea i title fortune, although Philippe. was well i that my nocturnal visitor-wee one of the; dreserved, IlleWiliellleleillit Ile had elreAdy two ladies who had supped w i t h me , the I reach e d a certain age However . their evening previous. but .which , I, tenthd not i marriage was itgreedu pont hot its•tlte day! conjecture; r. I ~,,th.ed. i mwever o o as , of its culebretion drew, near, .Philippe be.. certain on the first. favorable opPortenity i ganto rit grotyol,andwlten the pones cisme hare the civil authority who was to . tie • self, beyon d be nagit present yt i tutl i adotibt , and satisfy my -' m ... '-• . - the nuetiel htigt, he replied with A airongly On, taking toy seat 'at the breakfast table accented "No," when asked :whether he the next morning, I placed myself oppo- would IShe,N o Pllie to he hie wife.. • 'site the 'ladies, and was revolYing iis my As may well he supposed, the anger of mind theincident of, the previous evindeg, Aptaitie INlts . y k iry violent, and Sophie was' when the younger of the two passed her greedy distressed, and the coptequelice was thet the evening card party, Was bro. plate and begged me to favor her with the oystere neer,me." • ' • ' ~ ": "P. A't ' the 'end , of tome • week" .'Certainly ; ma'am," said I, and as the Philippe met Sophie and thus addressed thought spring . . • I into my mind that .slie her might he the lady in question, added, "Believe me,.deer child. I had no intim- I will you take them spoon fashion r ' • tion to insult you, sell I greatly .regre , the 1 : Eureka l' What an explosion: - 'rime 'la- breaking up of our friendeltip nod the card i dy'slacelneitantly assumed the hue of the parties; but how can •I make Pere Antainel crimson dahlia, while :her • companion's forget the .insult he thinks .I have pur upon 1 seemed as cold and passionless as I could him. I assure' you • I reproach myself desire. 1 was satislied .that she bad kept with it every, day." her own counsel—l scraped an acqueiti- .'I think.' . replied Sophie, ''that I can ' tance-;;-fell deeply in loie—and when I ilineovera means. Go and speak to 1 my reached home, I list! the pleasure of pre- father ; say yeti repent of what you have J seining to the old folks my estimable lady, done ; tell hint you are willing to marry I lie present Mrs. Maddox. , me, ,and fix an early day.: for the wedding. And whenwe come. before the? Mayor, 1 will say "no." .- - After some hesitetion, the old man show. ed himself generous. tendered his hind to his future inin-in-laiv. . ,•.• ,- - ' On the • Saturday following,. Philiiint ; Sophie and Antoine presented themselvea before the Mayor. '• . ' . "Philippe ~—..,-.--.," seid the mayor. !!tle • you consein to , take for your lawfull wife Sophie 7--------. hare present?" "Yeis," replied Pitillippe. f‘,Aud you,,Sophie 1 .-----, do you con sent to take fur your lawful husbentf Phillippe r' . .'. . . ~ Yes Alonsieur 1" replied, the young maiden, loudly mud , firmly. ~ . • The . deeeitful bridegroom- was fairly caught. • Sophie was his wife in spite of him. .He made. the beet of it, and it is said, nevet' had' reunite to regret the trick that had been pleyed upon him. He passed his days happily-..played cards every evening with his .fa ther.indavi, and lived so be himself:the fattier of a 'taper faintly of chifdren.-;-=Courier des Etat, Vida. He was one of those Roduoin English men, who live alternately in the European capitals, except when they are on an oc. casional jaunt to Egypt. or to China, or to India, or the Holy Land. He never travelled alone ; his wife was with him-- his bona fide wife 7 —tor, notwithstanding We errant life, ' , so apt to weaken one's morals," he' had all the English respect for the sex, and a true Englishman's love for his wife. She w*a a beautiful women, one of those "keepsake" beauties, that , once seen make a, Wan dream , forever.— f Her social success was very great in all the cities they visik. • , I In Rome, after being married some years, they became aeguaitted with a German artist, of a good repplatipm.whe,, to:. his art, joined , the :leaping of, a and knew 'the city of 'Rome as Well Winklentarin or Visconti. • The German volunteered:to be ,their cicerone in . .the Eternal-city—they gladly accepted ,the-of kr, Nally were the hours they passed, in the Museum of tite.Capital; in the .Vati. can, to St.' Peterts;tind in the -delightful excursions they made iu the environs of Rome. The artist became in love with the,Fng . halo lady ; she reptprocated his affection'. 'fhe husbated time a long time in seeing the stain upon his 'hotter. 'Several menthe peeped away •before he pereetyed it, for he wee very Much 'pleased with-thelirtist, and they had long been on the most inti mate tooting. Although stung to the quirk by - such base , faithleesuess and gross am. ,lation of the law of'hospitality and friend. yhip, he said nothing : lydisliked'acenes. He, Was nevertbeletre_determined upon. a complete revenge, and , appealed to cooler reflection to furnish a 'suitable punishinent, as the passions are - ball counsellors. He left ltally. ; and ?Mired ivith'his wile , to England,'sayinginoihing butau revOir to the ar . tist. ,lA,r,hert he reached England; 1:e told hip wife Of the painful discovery* had titade . , - "atillgaiiti - her back to iter fath er's hernia: He then returned-to thecnoiinent alone, and yigited Germany, Russia and France, Where. he purchaaml a great many paint ings. He thee went mletly. meanwhile onatinned to' pukchase itain nga,.and at last—two years • had now passed away since their last meeting—he called nu the German painter, „who,, • still .lived' in fro', e" . l4 l:dsi ca l a k t islacting Irani him. 116dtiiI1WrIi:11 - 17reilife'X' 'Pie Englishman; -'according to the European custom, being alte offended party, selected the weapons ; he chose pistols, During the , past two years he lead prantieed daily ter several hours, and . his known address with - the pistol hail become all unerring certainty of shot. He sent die shut where ever he wished it to go. The parties went on the ground ; they were placed at thirty paces apart; with the . , privilege of advancing ten paces before tiring, The signal was given— .. One ! ,Two ! Fire !" - The last word wds hardly out of .the second's mouth, when ' the Englishman tired , without moving. His antagonist's pistol fell from, his hand, and was -discharged by the fall, the ball burying itself in the ground'. The Englishman's : ball had !Mattered. the artist's wrist . ; an amputation was nee s e . teary ; his career of lutist was Cuded--and forever !• • A few days after the amputation, the Englishman called on_hitn, and without noticing the angry reception he met, said to the artist: "It n ' . . , i you thick that my vengeance s Sat isfied with your shattered hanti,Mnd the wrack of your artist's career, you strange- IY underrate the agony of a deept ved, dia. honored husband. I have condemned you to a life of vain regrets, in a never ending series of impotent sighs, to a total oblivion 1 by all amateurs and historians of "rt." .. 1 "0 no, sir," interrupted the arust, his face beaming with a ray of hope, "the last you -cannot do. My Madonna, at. St. Petersburg; ray Luther at Berlin ; my Pleght into Egypt, at Paris • My ' ' " ThelEnglisinnan - interrupted - him- ill '.'Spare me," said he, the names of your works ; but look over this catalogue, and see if I haVe not the exact lilt of them I all?" ' • - 'flee; they are all here--even the paint ing I finished the day before the duel," "So I was persuaded. All the, paint. ings in this catalogue are my property.— Being my,property, I do with them what I please, and I please to burn them—aye,l to bnin every one of theiri,' . that your name] shall be effaced from the glorious' roll artists. In two hours from this titne, your toil,'your conceptions, your skill, will be as completely effaced from this world as the lines which the urchin trace's in, the sand are effected by the rising tide. Fire is is destructive as water. • In vain the poor artist begged• for cner eV. The wronged husband was insensi ble to hie supplications ; and in two hours the servant brought to the artist's room a large earthen vessel, commonly used to contain oil, filled with ashes. It was all that remained of the artist's paint ings.