The fasti* by Ibr Sen. r There stood a rasti* bv the *a ; A Brnv*. and massy, and strona waa ha, . And thorph the w*v*t best mightily, They could net shake hia wall. ' And from hia rocky throne cried he, ■M*' I acorn. I acorn yoti all." Then aaid the crnel, hungry wave, " Come! we ninat hava this warrior brave Here where he scorn* ahall be hia grave And they leaguer'd him around. And cried! 44 Oh, Caatle! Who can aave I" But the Caatlo stood hia ground. Then treachVoua oocan erased hia roar, And daahed againat the walla no more Bui plavfullv caressed the shore, And the noble towY waa plsd, And aaid, " We make no longer war," But the wind moaned and waa aad. He aaw, while in eeeuritv The veteran am tied on the aea. The wicked waves worked silently ; He aaw it all too well. They undermined him treacherously, And the mighty Caatle Ml. I aaw hia atones as there they lav Wreathed by tbe aea in weed and a (tray In sign of victory. Tbe waves roar through Hia emptv halla And I aaid. " Tta thus a good man fall. Before baae calumny V The Seasons. Kng am I, too soft of heart b to apeak ere 1 depart; Aak the Summer-tide to prove The abundance of my iove. Summer ).v>vked-Svr4ong am 1, Much shall change, or era 1 .lie ; Prithee, take it not amiss. Though I weary thee with bliss, l-aden Autumn, here 1 stan.l. Worn of heart, and weak of band ; Say tbe word that sets ma ftva ; Nought but rest seems good to me. Ah 1 ahall Winter mend your ease ? Set your teeth the wud to face : Beat the anew, tread down the frost 1 All is gained when all is lost. WILLI AN Moaais. Sonnet. First time he kissed me. he but only kissed The lingers of this hand wherewith 1 write ; And, ever since, it grew wore clean and white. Slow to world-greetings .puck with its"i>h, hat," When the angels speak. A ring of amethyst I could not wear here, plainer to mv sight Than that first kias. The wound i>astd iu height The Hist, and sought the forehead, and half mitael. Half Railing on the hair. Oh, beyond meed. That was the ehriam of love, which loTe'a own erown. With sanctifying sweetness, did precede. The third npoo my lips waa Added down In perfect, purpte state ; since when, indrtsl, I have been proud ami said, "My hive, my own.' 1 WILL WALK WITH Y'OU. Vrsay Welles stood upon the hearth-rug in the long, low drawing-room, awaiting the coming of hepgnests. Ordinarily she might be a tritle pale—quiet, possibly— though arith depths quickly stirred by the dropping of a careless stone. To-night she was Hushed, tremulous, excited. " By the war," said her father, pausing at the door as he passed through the hall, "I met that young minister—llavos, you know*—this morning, and asked him up to dinner." " But I don't know," responded Vesev, as he passed on, her eyes growing wider and wider in distnav : 44 1 don't know him at all. And to-night of all nights!she half-sobbed, pulling at the flowers in the porcelain vase before bor, until the one red rose dropped all its petal* at her feet. It WAS to be the last at the pleasant eve nings that had brightened all the winter. Barrel Winslow and his mother were com ing to dine with them ooce more before going home. They bail been boarding at the hotel just above, two or three months. Yesey had built so many hopes upon this evening. But now— She WAS fastening a bunch of daphne— sweet-scented, velvet-leafed—into her belt, when Paul entered the room. 44 Pas-iiig fail !" he said to himself, at a glimpse of the Wnt head. '• The Rev. Paul Have-!" announced the servant. She turned quickly, not catching the name, hearing only tbe sound of feet and the opening of the door. But the flush upon her face WAS not for him. 44 1—I am Miss YYellea.'' with rather un necessary frankne®*. 44 My father will be down in a moment. lie was unusually late from town to night." u But haughty and cold," Paul added mentally, as b® turned away to meet her frit ber. Then, at last. Mrs. YY'inslow and Barrel came. - 4 Wh® is this man ?" looked out of Bar rel's eyes. • And yon really go home to-morrow T Yesey said, sitting down beside Mrs. YVins low. '•Yes. There is nothing to wait for now; and Barrel does not care to stay. The opera season is over, you know." So it was for the gave ties of the town he had lingered week after week, she thought, with a sudden sinkiug of the heart. Oh, how blind she had been! Ills careless laugh came across the room just then. a> if to mock her. " Y'ou*ll not come back before another season P She could not hide the pain that quivered in her voice. 44 No," she replied, simply, 44 1 suppose not." The gentlemen joined them. Yesey was thinking how pleasant she had hoped it would be, with only Barrel and his mother here—they four around the fire in the twilight. Barrel by her—of the words she bad thought he would speak. There was a ring hanging upon hi* watch chain. It fitted her finger. He had tried it once in jest. She turned away from him to Paul. .And yet what should she say ? What do people say to ministers ? she asked herself helplessly. And to young ministers alove all 7 Oh if he had not come 4 If he would only go! If they would all go. and leave her alone with her disappointment. How she passed that long dinner hour she never knew. She talked of trivial things, AS we all do, though beneath the outward calm our very souls are seething. When they were back in tbe tint wing room, and the others fell into the quiet, desultory chat that follows a dinner, she alone could not be still. Her cold hands refused to lie quietly in her lap, AS shapely white bands should, iler feet brat an im patient waltz under hergown. Sheglanced at Darrel. He had thrown himself back in an easy chair, his hand* under his head. There was no feverish glitter in his eve. He yawned furtively. She pushed her chair back. 41 How stupid we are ! It's the fire. I think, it always dulls every body but itself. Will not some one sing or play P And she sat down herself fore tbe piano. She struck a quirk, sharp chord. 44 1 could dance to-night!" She had forgotten the young minister and bis probable preju dices. He caught a glimpse, just then, of tbe flushed, intense face. But in an instant with the minor chord that followed, it changed. Tears rushed into her eyes. Her back was to the others. Only Paul saw the sudden saddening of the face, tbe fall of the wet eye-lids. 44 Such wonderful spirits!" exclaimed Mrs. Winslow. 44 So light-hearted Y r escy always is!" 44 Ah !" responded Paul. But he fell into a revcrv. Darrel leaned OTer her. 44 What has come to you 7" 44 How 7 Why 7 " She did not pause in her playing. 44 You're Biroply glorious now. You hardly need a crown." Her hands went wrong. A quick clash —a discord—then she went on. She was growing strong; equal to the strife. There is nothing so deathless as a woman's pride. It bad risen at last. Her hands flashed over the keys, throwing off sparks of the wildest, gayest music. 44 Good-night! and good-bye, it must be," he said, detaining her hand when they separated. -We shall take the early train." The flash had died out of her fare. She looked worn and tired. Upon the whole he was not sorry he had decided to go. " Good-bye," she said quietly. " You'll come and make us that visit in the summer, Yesey?" " I don't know. Perhaps so." "Of course you will." "To be sure," added DarreL " I shall come for you myself' They were gone at last. She turned away. M But Mr. Hayes! Yesey!" She had forgotten his existence. " I'm afraid lam rude." And she put out her hand. " Good-night; but indeed I may confess now that I have a wretched headache, and—and—" That was all she said. The play was over. The spring and early summer wore away. One letter came from Darrel. A letter such as he might have sent to any chance acquaintance, full of hints of gay doings here and there—nothing more. One little FRED, KURTZ, Editor and I'rojirietor. VOL. IV. Inote Yesey wrote his mother, to Mr she could not ntake the promised visit barrel had said nothing in his letter of coming for her. "And tell Dairel"—at the close of her note—" that I aui saving any amount of gtctstp agaiust writing him some day " Hut the 'X*ouie day" never MM. Ahaanca, like a strong light, brings out hidden de fects, and Yesey knew now that he was a ■ man -eliish ami vain, who had played with her heart. He had held it in his hand, weighed and measured it and her, and had east both aside as worthies*. She thought , of it with burning cheeks. With another winter came the \\ ins h>w*. If she hml dreaded it. if she had feared for herself, would tt hate been strange 7 Hut the spell was broken. Looking hack, she wondered. Outwardly the old intimacy was re sumed, Oarrel came and went as he had oonte and gone the year before. Hut to Yesey it was only a shell—a hollow, heart leas thing that never had been friendship, and ooula uever now be lore, l'aul, plou dtug along day after day in the round of his duties, saw—as though a great way ofl —Yesey and Datrel dying up aud down the icy streel* to the tinkle of silver bell*. One night, Yesey, glowing in crimson, with white chrysanthemums in her hair, passes! through the hall. The outer door was opeu wide. Paul stood outside. T!ie wind, raw and wet with the breath of the sea. caught at her hair—at the silken ruf fle* of her drum. " Oh, is it you ? But you are coming in r She little knew how her words tempted him—how the vision temoted him, as she paused with clasped hands under the gas light, and with the warm, bright room be yond. 44 I cannot, I am waiting for your father. There a family at the lower end of the town starv " Tbe word* choked hiui. " Thank you, not to-night," he said. He had longed to meet her again, like this—aloue and face to face. But her light manner, her dainty dress, angered him to-night. He had come from such a did'erent scene. (>nly a wo man of the world, after all, he thought. And yet so sweet, so bitterly sweet, he owned, when he had turned away and plunged into the cold and darkness. Par rel was waiting for her in the drawing room. " You're like s poem to-uight, ire all that rubv-red—like au Eastern song." 4 * Thank you," Yesey said, dreamily. • 4 1 couldn't imagine you in gray," he went on. half to himself, or in anything sombre, or worn, or poor " lie had begun to 6tudy the girl in earnest now. - 4 Yes. you are made for the rareit and best. Y'e sey; to shine in saiin and diamonds." Is that all? " she asked wistfully. 44 All ? Is not that enough I It would satisfy most women." But to-night it did not satisfy her. IHnvn at the beginning of the long street wras a black, low-browed house, like many others here, with a shop in the lower story, or, more properly, two, since one window was occupied by a watchmaker, and tbe other displayed pi as needles, spools of cotton, and such small wares. Above were two or three rooms with slanting sides, where a deformed girl—a pitiful object to look at—lived with her mother, earning enough by sewing to put bread into their mouths and scanty covering upon their hacks—no more. Yesey employed them; from pity mostly, since ber work could have been better done elsewhere. She stepped out of the sleigh here at du-k one nigut. and ran up the stairs, a roll of work in her hand. She had to wait a moment, so she sat and talked with the girl, who was young like herself, and yet not like herself at all. It made her happier in the happy lot that had sometimes wearied her. It made her thankful lor hkr strong, young life, which she had never named among her blessings, and it shot a gleam of pleas ure through the girl's dark days. It WAS a poor room, with paper torn, and soiled, and of many patterns, upon the walls; with the bare boards of the floor yawning, rising and filling uneasily ; with the dim light struggling through uncur tained windows that peered from under the eaves like eyes from overhanging brows. A low voice in a continuous mur mur fell upon Y'esey's ear. It seeuied to come from the next room. What is that ?" 44 That 'tn 7 " The girl's pale face grew bright. "It's the minister, Mr. Hayes. He comes and prays with mother, now she'a sick." Tbe voice ceased. She heard his step upon the stairs. It was but a second; he could not haTe reached the street, when a shriek came from the room he had left. The girl sat like one jiaralyzcd. Y'esey threw open the door. A swift line of light ran all adown the lied. It burst into a flame, in the midst of which the sick wo man struggled. The overturned cand'.e at her head told the story. It was au imtinct —there was no time for thought—which made Y'esey drag the square of carpet from the floor and pros it down upon the flames. They slot out into her face. They seemed tx catch away her breath. Thev licked her arm. They strove and fouglit, and well-nigh overcame—all in an instant, that seemed hours to the girl, who threw her self upon the bed, smothering the flames with her own weight. They were conquered at last. The si lent, breathless struggle was over. 44 If Mime one would only bring a light! Oh dear! what shall I do 7 Don't," to the deformed girl, who shrieked and called upon her mother. Y'esey had not heard the strong step springing up the stairs— the opening of tbe door. Some one stood beside her in a moment, lamp in hand. It wa* Paul. 4< Is she dead 7" gasped Y'esey, shrinking from the bed. He threw back the scorched blanket that bid the motionless form. 44 No, not dead ; but I think she has fainted. Or the flames—l must go for a doctor. Stay here, if you are not afraid. Oh hash ! hush! " to the frightened girl; 44 it is nothing, I hope. Get some water for the lady ; and sprinkle her face," he said to Y'esey. Then he was gone. She did as he had told her—waiting, watching the blackened mass, she dared not touch. It was frightful, with that still, white face shining out of tbe dark ness. Was it death 7 No; there was a faint quivering of tbe eye-lids—that first sizn of returning consciousness—a feeble moan. Then Paul came. Oh ! the rash of joy, of blinding tears, of sudden faiutness, that overpowered her when she heard hi step. The grim-faced doctor behind him walked straight to the lied. 44 There are no deep burns, I think," he said at length. 44 The blanket saved her. The shock has done more than the tire. A sponge—ah, that will do. Now some water, and some linen raps." There were none. Vesey quietly held out her dainty handkerchief. 44 H-uo !" he said, and tore his own into strips. 44 And now you ? " He turned to Vescy. 44 1 have no burns." Indeed she felt no pain. The doctor raised her hand, and held it out to Paul. The sleeve was cut away from her wrist as bv a jagged knife with a blackened edge. Ibe fiesn was like a flame. Paul's teeth shut tight and quick together. Something sprang into his eyes —not tears alone. Then Y r e*ey began to tremble ; and, con scious at last of the cruel pain that bit and tore her hand, she sobbed like a hurt child. "Don't mind," she tried to say. 44 Don't look at roe. It's only—only " The sobs swept all her words away. Paul bathed her hand. She remembered afterwards Low tenderer than any woman's had been his touch. "Let her cry," said the doctor, in a voice that mist hare been given by mistake to the grim kce. " And now she'd better CENTRE HALL REPORTER. f ? a $ 4 , • ■ , go home." He rose from the bed. lie took tbe unharmed hand in hi*. 44 She's a brave girl." He looked away from her to Paul; but still be held her hand tight in bis. 44 God bless you, child. Now go home and go to bed." Paul lifted her into the sleigh and wrap I>cd the rolies about her. It seeuied suddenly as if they had known each other a life-tiiue -the and l',itit; as if they could never be stranger* to each oth er again. She held out her hand. It was the one he had bound up He took it tcudcrly in both b own. " The brave, strong hand !" he saiil, beudtug over it in the darkness '• the hand that saved a life to-night " There was to lie a bazaar, to raise money for the poor. It opened the next eieiiiug The winter had been hard and cruel, and eliarity - aotnewhat exhausted—needed a spur. Yesev had promised to tend a booth. " You must not think of going," her fa ther exclaimed. Parrel too, who foresaw a quiet hour with her alone, if she remained at houie. He had something to tell— something to ask for, and a ring to giie. Alas for him! He had kept hi* words too long. A year ago they would have been manna to her heart. 44 But 1 am quite well," she pleaded, 4 ' except IUV hand ; and that has .-cased to paiu ure." Indeed her face was radiant. So she dressed herself with quaint sim plicity in something soft and gray that wrapped her like a cloud, with only the braid* of her heavv hair for omanu ut; only her shining eyes for geuis. Then she went aud took her place. The evening WAS half over. Parrel had been ber shadow. She WAS tired ; tired of l.is that followed her whichever way she turned ; tired of his flatter ng word#; tired of him. He moved away at lA*t. Then, aud not until then, she saw Paul. He came straight to her. 44 Are you well enough to be here?" without a word of greeting, as though thev had not parted. 44 Y'ou frightened me with your white face just now." 44 1 was tired. I wanted to go home." " Will you go now F he asked quickly. 44 Are vou strong enough to walk 7' " Oh yes." 4l Then come." It was strangely pleasant to lie bidden ; to follow meekly. They had reached the stair, descending to the street wheu they met Parrel \Yins low. * 44 Ve>cy! where are you going ?" lie scowled ami nodded at l*aul. " Honir." " But it is beginning to rain, and you have no cloak, tic lark and I'll get the carriage." He laid his hand upon the wrap over Paul's arm. Paul looked at Yesey. What did he read in her face I '• Let Miss Welles decide," he said in a hard, strange voice. He was trying to be calm —to keep his hands from this man who had suddenly come between them. He turned to Yesey again. His face was very pale ; hi* eyes were full of pleading. 4 * Think a moment. Will you ride with him. or will you walk with me 7" She did m>t speak. She only smiled and laid her hand within hi* arm. He would have been more than human to have kept back the triumph in his eye*. Parrel stared; then wheeled and left them. 4 * Hut think a moment." Paul's voice grew more gentle now. "It will lie a long, long road—a road that ha* no turn." Hut still she smiled. 44 A rough way perhaps, and your feet are tender." " I will walk with you," she said. Scri&ner't Monthly. Krnatsrmoss ABOVT FOOD arc very widely spread. Many of the lower race* lielicvc that a man partakes of the qnahtv or characteristics of the auimul of which be cats. Thus the MaLiv jiys large sums for piece* of the tiger, in order to make him brave. For the muuc purpose lion's and elephant's flesh arc eaten in Africa and the flesh of the black li'fir among our own red-skins The craft of the serpent was very early noticed, and hence this reptile was eaten by all, or nearly all, branches of the human family. Even now it is said that its flesh is used as food in part* of Siberia, in Northern Hindustan, iu Chiua, and iu Japan, iu order to make the eaters wise. The ser pent, too, was noted for living long, and in order to lie u ]rticipant in this very much-desired quality many of the natiou* of autiquity in Ixiili Europe, Asia, and Africa used its flesh as a medicament in sickness. Hence, no doubt, the fact that everywhere—in the Wilderness of Sin, where Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, in the Grov*s of Es rulapins was situated, on the I sinks of the Orontea, in Phcenicia, in Northern Africa, and to the present day in Abys sinia and parts of Lapland—the servient was regarded as the healer aud life-giver. In part* of Africa, along the gold coast, small harmless serpents live in the house* and are used, as they were anciently at Pella, the capital of Macislonin, a* plaything* for the children. Even Ma homet made it a sin to kill 44 genii," for lie said that some of them had believed in the prophet Hog*, it is well known, are the great enemies of these pet*. Might not the antipathv of many nations, notably the Jews and Ja]>anese, to swine have arisen to this fact ? River and Harbor Hill*. The River and Harbor hill, now before CVingress, appropriates, in bulk, 84,194, 500, divided as follows : Wisconsin IMS so o | girth Carolina. f\000 Michigan .110.000 I Smith Carolina. 1.1.000 Ohio 60 000 | Taxaa 10.000 ni.noia ISO.OOO | Alabama SO.onn I n<\iana 15 o<n t alliorni* 100 000 pMUjajrlvauia.. 10.000 | Connecticut... 00,000 Vermont 00,000 | XaaaachniMtt*. 101.000 New York XIS 000 Marrland SS.OOO | ToUl 9I.Sia.StM For Rivers the appropnaliuns are as follows: Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas Rivers, 8517,000 ; Ohio River and Louis ville Canal, $300,000; Rivers in Michi gan, 8353,000 ; Pennsylvania, £IO,OOO ; Hudson and East Rivers, New York, in cluding Hell Gate, 9290,000; Rhode Island, 992,000 ; Connecticut, 965,000 ; Massachusetts, 960,000; Mnine, 8208,- .100; Missouri, 825,000; Tennessee, £30,000; and Y'irginia, 8115.000 ; making a total for River improvements of 82,061,- 000. For surveys and examinations of har liors in the Northern and North-Western lakes and on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, $175,000 is appropriated. Exami nations are ordered of various rivers aud harbors in Alabama, Arkansas, Connec ticut, Florida, Michigan, Louisiana, Goorgia, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Vir ginia and Vermont, and of the ship canal route from Hturgeon Bay to Lake Michigan. A DONATION VISIT ended very oddly and somewhat disastrously at Wynante kill, N. Y., the other evening. Just us a portion of the company had retired from the dining-room to the main hall, the entire floor of the hall gave way,and some forty or fifty Jiersons were precipi tated into the cellar. A scene of great confusion followed, but none were dan gerously hurt. Rev. Mr. Tomb, the beneficiary, found his donation party anything but advantageous to him, as the cellar was full of various things taken there from above, to make room for the throng. Of the forty-four professorships of Harvard University, twenty-four bear the names of the individaals who found ed them or in whose honor they were designated. NTRE HALL, CENTRE CO.. PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 10. 1871. CE MR. CADY'N UAI> HABIT. Mr. Cady bad fallen into a very bad habit. It waa the habit of undervaluing what ever hia wife did— of speaking with ceuaur* either decidedly ex|U'e.*a*d, or implied with regard to all her household management. Other people could appreciate her, and of ten had the remark beeu made, 41 How at range that one ao dull aa Joseph Cady *hotihl have won ao Hue a woman!" Hut Joseph Cady never imagined he had not laid avveet Phoebe Roa* under lasting obli gation* to him by conferring upou her thu honor uf hi* name. The vanity of woman i a proverb, but surely it can not exceed the vanity of most men, who imagine them selves the great prize* iu lifc'a lottery. Mr. Cady considered him*elf an excellent provider for the wanta of hia family. Hut he never ordered new supplies without *uch cheerful remarks as— " What, is the flour gone again so noon* It is a inv*terv to me where such au amount of bread*!ull' is ccn*umod. Not in our houae 1 am certain. Some women look after servants a little ahaipcr, aad are not afraid to speak their miudv ' "Sugar again, Mrs. Cady ? We are cer tainly very extravagant in the item of au gar."' 44 Another new broom ? Well, our house ought to be a little cleauer than it is," aud he glaured down at some saw -dust l.e bad just tracked in from the wood-yard, "when we have a new broom every week ' It was useless to siy that it was three tnouths since the last one was Wight, for " A mas coevluoe.l sgaltiai hia Ul la at uiu* opinion suite" and Phoelie was growing too lif, -weary to care for a dispute, in which he waa likely to re*ort to a man a ex|x-dient, of raising hi* voice, w hen he saw the argument waa going against him. Tbe excellent breakfast was smoking hot on the table, as the fanoly gathered alioui it one chilly mflroing iu Spring The fire was burning brightly in tho pol ihcd open stove, arid everything about was cheery and " heart-some," a* Bridget would term it. Hut the autocrat took hia place at the table with a frown. 4 * Carrie, don't ever come to the table with TOUT hair looking like a crow's ue*t again," he remarked stonily. "Go to my room, Carrie, and I w ill brush your hair again presently," said mo titer, as she {wired out a cup of coffee for her husband. The hair wa* brushed, and Carrie resumed her seat, llut there was no approval, and scarcely any notice, of her improved ap|carau<-e, only the half sneenng remark, 44 Charley's hair is not much better." lie might have b en gratified by seeing the wearv mother ascend the long flight of stair* a second time to arrange the lawless curls which a frolic with hi* !>ahv sister had disarranged, but just then a new source of discomfort presented itself. He had sjaiile 1 the meal for the re*t, but it seemed by no mean* to damage hia own appetita, judging by the manner the feath ery cake* disaptwared liefore hiui. Hut oue came on a shade or two darker than the orthodox hue. 44 1 wish, Mn. Cady, you could instruct Bridget to bake cake* without burning thetn. Other women manage to have or der* obeyed by servant*. A little more decision would be of great sen ice to ua." A vi*it to tbe kitchen followed, and by the time mother waa ready to eat her breakfast ahe had no appetite for it. She took no nourishment all day, though she I drained the ice pitcher more than once. Nothing seemed to satisfy the raging thirst w hicb was consuming her. Supper wa* farther frewn perfection than bre aklast bad been, aud his wife's silen. e aud apparent indifference to all he said, irritateu Joseph more than usual. Soma idiarfier remarks than common were made on her general shortcoming*, but it wa* like hiirlingdart* against uiarblc: bor heart seemed turned to atone. With a bunting brow she laid her head upon her pillow, and when morning came no mother caiue with it to brighten aud ; cheer the family-room. Mother was toss ing in delirium, unmindful fur once of the voices of even ber beloved children. O, what confusion that household was thrown into! Joseph had never realized what abe wa* to them before. All tbe light seemed put out. The children came down stairs after the rough toilet Bridget's bands had given them, and huddled shiveringly over the dull fir*, so different from the cheerful blaze to which they had been accustomed. Tbe family phvsician came, aud also a kind neighbor. Mr. Cady stood at tbe foot of the bed, waiting anxiously for tbe doctor's opinion. 44 This sickness comes more from tbe mind than the body," said tbe old man : gravely and slow ly. 44 1 have always found this phase of it to spring from mental trou ble. If you will listen to her wanderings, Joseph," be said, a* he fixed bis piercing gray eye* upon him, " you may get a clow to the trouble " Joseph winced at the good doctors' words, for bad he not heart! that very j morning the moan 44 O, 1 can do nothing to plea*e him, all is wrong whatever 1 do. There, h* is bringing a viper now to throw into niy bleeding heart;" and then the maniac shriek which followed darted like a burn ing arrow through hia brain. Joseph's eyes were opened a* by a light ning flash. He saw hi* own wretched, ; cowardly, treatment of the frail, defense lew* woman liefore him, and he could only wring his hand* in agony. 44 llow will it end, din-tor P If asked in anguish too deep for expression. 44 That is more than 1 can *ay," said the doctor. 14 Sometimes the disease is very short and riolcnt, sometimes it leave* the patient in a state of settled melancholy and derangement." Either alternative seemed too terrible: to contemplate. Just then Bridget came to call him to breakfast, but he declined ' going, AS he could not eat. 44 Then conic and mind the children, nv ye plazc, for I've my own work to do," and Bridget walked away with nn air that said she waa not to be trifled with. How cheerless and dixgy the room look ed ! how forlorn the ap|K-urance of the un combed children! YVa* it her hand that wrought such magic in her household t And yesterday he had found fault over a single disarranged ringlet! The memory wa* like a pointed arrow now to hia awak ened heart. 44 What muddy coft'ee, Bridget," he re marked, in disgust. 44 Then settle it yourself," muttered Bridget, as she ancrily slammed I lie door, j For ilays the struggle for life went on. I Mis. Cady wa* still unconscious of all that waa passing around her. Often, in the' lonesome midnight, her husband bad stood beside ber, praying with a depth of feeling he hat! never fathomed liefore, for one 1 ook of recognition, one ami'e of forgiveness, j Hut if she should be restored to him, could a life long devotion win liack to i.-im the heart be felt he must have so widely es- j (ranged ? llow little be knew ef the depths of woman's love, of her readinets to forget all the past, in th* blissfnl present, when once she realized that she was lie loved and appreciated! Joseph Cady had been subjected to many humiliations from the temper of Bridget,, who never lost sight of bis unkindue** to ' ber mistress, not to apeak of sundry reflec tions on ber honesty he had made in time j ast. He would gladly have discharged her, but it waa not easy to find a new do mestic, and he knew he must bear with her whims. The lesson was useful to him. He went down many degrees in his own self-esteem, and that is never hurtful to one. It is the great lesson we have to be learning all onr lives, 44 Not to think of : oupwlvc* wore highly than we ought to I think." lie wa* uever disposed to flud fault again aliout the luisiiiauagetueul of servants af ter his three weeks' experience aa head of the houae. He ouly wondered by what magic hia wile had ever beeu able to get ao much cheerful, valuable service out of such a "stubborn, ignorant machine." Smut-thing w biapeml to las IMMHIIU, "It is the magic of kindness, a grace you iteod yet to take deep le*oii* in. At I act the cloud rolled up it* dreary curtain*. I'aie and emaciated the mother came forth from her chaiutier to resume once tuore her dutius as initre* of her house. Hut though so weak she needed a strong zriu to lean upon; there wa* a hap !>y light in her eye, and a glad song of joy ; orever in her heart or on her lips. " Thia is something like home again," said Joseph tenderly, as ho folded her shawl about her, ami placed her ohair by ' the table. It seemed a year since it had lieen tilled liefore. Bridget came and went, her liruad face radiant with smile*, ami she had outdone herself in her effort* to have everything a* near to the old time order aa imxnible. The supper excelled any she had placed on the table, for weeks, but the household were ao happy they would cheer fully hat c supped on a crust. Years rolled away, but the Menard lea- : son h-amed in that season of darkness waa never forgotten. "That blesaed sickness," Phoebe often call**! it in her heart, when ; *he thanked her Heavenly Father for it. Ii gave her back ber husband. It brought light and peace to a dwelling over which the g ootu of despair was settling- Over the Fall* of SL Anthony. The following story is b>hl iu the Min neapolis (Minn.) "fl-ibuHt: In 1852, while 1 kept the ferry across the river here then- were no mills and no dam ou this sole of the river then—there came one June uight, aliout midnight, a well-knowu character named Michael HAWMU, who dmired me to get up and ferry him across the river. He was quite drunk, and 1 refused. I heard nothing more of " Mickey," aa he wa* calh-d, that night. In the morning, how ever, I went to the ahore to look for the row -boat, and found it missing. It im tuediately occurred to me tlmt Mickey hud taken it, but nothing could lie found of it on either side of the river. A .search was institute*!, which did Uot re sult in finding poor Mickev, until he was dually discovered lelow the Fall* on a very small stack of hg, midw ay between the cataract aud .Spirit Isluud. Tin next question was aa to how be was to lie rescued, aa mi boat and no mail could succeed in reaching hiui over the rapid current. A long rope wa* firmly fastened to a barrel and tfat*d downstream until it reached him. His rescuer* told him to fasten the rope around hi* hotly and they would haul him ash ire. Mickey deliberately made a nouae and alipjicd It over hi* head. After more instruction ! be finally succeeded in properly fasten ing it around his body, and plunged into the current, which wa* so stroug aa revolve him around a score of times la fore he reached the shore. After clear j ing himself of water, he coolly put his hand into hia pocket and drew forth a jiartlv filled Ixittle and remarked : 4 " B'ya 11 yee* have a dhriuk ? " Taking acom ! forUblu dose himself, he told tbe story of his having detched the boat and rowed as he aupjiosod to the opposite . shore, but when he alighted he found himself u] Kin a jam <>f logs in the tuiddU of the river and hi* boat slowly gliding away. He sprang for it and succeeded in getting into the end which was printed up stream, a few seconds before the other end broke over the precipice and cast Mickey far over the undertow, into which, if he had been cast, lie would have lieen cnwhtxl by the force of the ..-attract He was somewhat bruised, but no bones were broken, ami he lived many year* to retell the story to hi* fel low-countrymen over ninny a wood-pile Tax amt-LT of fifty-two years' ncw*- IMqier labor is touehingly b>ld in the fob . owing letter to Mr. Ilillinrtl, of Boston, duttsl January. 1865. copied from a little volume •-tlitfti by the daughter of the late \Vm. Winston Seatou : The parting with me old i*|*er i* ]>ain ful in the extreme. Rut the untoward . circtim*tancfw of the times had reduced it to the {>oiut of extinction, and no al ternative wa* left uie but to see it expire or to transfer to some younger men who thought that, by withdrawing it from thc iironu of {tolitios and converting it into : a news and business sheet, they could make it {my. I would, I confess, have preferred for it the diguitr of dentil ; hut justice to a few triends around roe, who had engaged me to sustain it timing three yenra of vainly honing for {leaer mid 1 letter times, compelled me to part with it. Pride and hope induced me to airugule on against tho difficulties which I beset me, and the sacrifice of every thing 1 {>oBesed . but 1 wa* at last obfiged to miconmb. In tbe high character of the friend* like yourself, who have stood by the old journal in its adversity aud ! cheered it* editor* by their npproT&l and ' support. I find a consolation which I would not exchange for I letter fortune, although I end fifty-two yesrs of labor • with nothing. A HORSE ArniKNc*.. -A Prussian oftb ' ccr relates thnt shortly after the retaking of Orleans by the Germans he happmcd to be passing through a deserted street | and on coming in frout of what had for- j merly lieon one of the most isiimiar Caf ; Chitnlnnl* of the town, but whien was now sujipisetl to lie closed, he heartl the j deeji, vibrant tones of a grand piano, ' played upon, apparently, by some mas ter hand. There was also heard in the > intervals a trampling as of many feet, betokening a large audience. Curious to know how such a thing could hapjien so soon after the confosiott into which the town had lieen thrown by the recent | battle, he entered ntul found seated on the music stool a Prussian train soldier. ■ while all around hiui in the vast niidi icnee hall—which hail lawn brilliantly ; lighted tip for the occasion—and pressing close tip to the platform, were his charges, n grvat troop of horses, who filled the house mid stood with pointed ears and erect heads eagerly listening to the music ! HeiunKKH H. —Persons in need of pleas ant reading can harrilv find it intire read ily at hand than in Srribnrr'i Mwfi/y, j the March nunilier of which contains matter of all sorls —science tlint will not Ntrain attention, and therefore is at home iu a magazine, literary and historical sketches, poems, illustrations, serials, all are there. There arc, moreover, soma clever etchings by G. O. Bush, which, i curiously enough, recalls the work of ! Wilhelm Buscb in the UeberUmd and | I Mcer, being very like it in feeling and ' subject, and hardly inferior in execu 1 tiou. Home of the illustrations on the 1 ! article 44 King Gambrinus and his Sub- • jects," are atunirublv well done, one of! j thern notably in the style of Dore's j ' 'Holy Abbot of Murmovstiere." Most ! of the articles are very pleasant reading, I and some of them yet more than that An eccentric wealthy gentleman, stuck up a board in a field on his estate, upon wnioh was painted the following : " I will give this field to any man who is I contented." He soon had an amilicunt. 44 Well, sir, are you a ooutented man ?" 44 Yes, sir, very." 44 Then what do yon want with MV field ?" The applicant ! did not stop to reply. Bobbing the Mall. Charles E. Bacon, at attache of the New-York Post-office, waa arrested at , New -liuvcii in tbe act uf opening a let ter which had lieen taken fmnt tire Boa- Urn maiL In order U> facilitate lire di*- triliuti.ui of the letters in th® Eastern mail which us'tully arrives iu New Y'ork at au early hour in the rooming, it baa been the cusUim to detail two clerk*, one of whom wa* Bacon, to pto cestl to Hartford, and Ureni interc qg the owl traui bound west. l'|a>n en tering tbe p>ul oiur of tire tmu they would find u bug containing all the New- York City lettera, which Jiad berf as sorted out by the clerk**of tlic jiosUd-ear. Tlie*e letters would lie again assorted, and those directetl to IMIXCS plaeod in one {taekagc, while tboae for g>-ti eral delivery were pbree-i by tlrem*sfves. When tire mail arnvtsl at the Puat-office the letter* would be ready for liimietli at - distribution, aud thu* a grunt deal of time was saved to tire merchant*. Complaint* have been mad®, from thue to time, that letters containing money were lost, but all efforts to detect the robber were unsucotWuL For some Lure ]iast tire proprietor of tbe Florence House, iu N'<-w-Haveu, bo* noticed that ou the arrival of the owl train, about 2 o'clock in th® rooming, Bunu. leaving the train, would enb-r the hotel, get a dnnk at the bar and then go into Ure water eiuret for a few momenta, after which he would gut ou the train again and proceed with it to New-York. On one oOuaMtott, quite recently, ooiti® par ties who were uutoidc the cloaet heard aoound as if h tters w ere 10-ing toru open while Haron was in there. Snstwa-ung that all wa* not right, they notified the prtqiritiUir, who in turn commonicxh-d tbe facto t-> tbe *)a*rinl agent of tbe I'ore-office Department, wire b*tail®*l Detective Camp to work up the ca**-. On Monday night Bacon, entered the closet, opened a letter, und jiut vwn money which he took from |the letter into his reat-pocket. Mr. Camp at once arretted him, *hpn iiacou coufe**e<l his guilt, and acknowh dg*l that he lu J lieen robbing th® mails for tome months. He was committed in default of S2.s<*> I nail. Bacon ha* le>-n iu the em ploy of the l'oat-office D<q>artm®:it alwiut six years, and for the just two year* baa been d'-tailed to this duty. He is about thirty five yeora of age. and hua a wife aud an aged father residing in New Turk. A Magnificent De*crlptla. W® lav leaning over the IIOWA now baiking up at the I mat blown in never ending viuitratd tlreete, uow at th® wail swelling iu th® wind liefore which it lied, aud again down at the water through which our I mat was ploughing its evauet eeut furrow. Wc could nee very little. Portions of lit® shore wrrald now and then aiqiear, dim. like raflectiona from a tamislreil mirror, and tireu fade back into th® cloudy diwrelut.ro lL Still it wa* growing lighter, ami the man who wo* on th® outlook l*-cme lea* auxious in his forward gaze—le** frequent in hi* call* t*> th® helmsman. 1 wa* lying hrlf over the gunwal®, looking into th® otraugi colored water, blue ilimmod with nndiv solvtxl white, when a cry from Charles made me start and look up. It was in deed a God like viaiou. The mist wet rolled tluck below, but away up. far away and far up, vet as if close at hand, the cloud* were broken into a mighty win dow, through which looked iu Upon us a huge mountain peak, swatiu-d in mow. On® great level liami of darker cloud crossed its brenut, above which rose the ]H-ak, triumphant in caiman**, and un utterably solemn and grand, iu cloitds a* whit® a* it* own whiten®**. It had been there all the time ! I sank on tar knees in th® boat and looked up. With a sud den sweep th® cloud* curtained the niightv window, and the Juugfrwu with- Ire w into its Holy of ilolien, I am painfully conscious of th® belplcasuess of uiy iqais li. Th® viaiou vanillic* from th® worel* as it rauislu-d from the ln wilderesl eye*. But from th® mind it glorified it has ncrer vsnuihed I hare Wa more ever sine® that sight. To have ltchebl a truth is an spotln-oai*. What th® truth wa* I could not tell; bat I hail seen something which raised is® above uiv former self and mad® tue loug to rise higher Vet. It awok® worship, and a liehef hi th® incomprehensible divine ; luff adinitt*d of Wing analysed no more than, in that transient vision, mv intellect osnkl—ere dawning it van ished—analyze it into the dcwwto of rock, the gulfs of grecu ice aud flowing water, tin- savage solitudes if anow, the mysterious mib-s of drsperieil mist, that went to make up the visum, each and all essential thereto. .Srrifcifirr'z Mmth'y for Mairh. The l.cnfen Season. Th* following regulations for the teu Season, are i**ul by the Most Itev. Arrhbi*h< it McCloakey of Ncwr Y'ork. The Archbishop also directs tlmt rvary <iay afU-r rniwn, aud every evvuing at the cloai- of the Lenten exerci*es. five Peter N'naters and five Hall Mary's lie said for the Holy Father, 1. AU the week day* of la-nt, front Ash Wodneaday till liaster Hnnday, are fast days of precept on one meal, with the allowance of moderate collation iu the evening. 2 The precept of fasting implies nbro that of abstinence from the use of flesh meat. But by dispensation, the use of fiewh mi-at is allowed in this diocese at • the principal meal on Mondays, Tut-s --day, and Thursday* of Lent, with the exception of Holy Thnrwlay. .'i. There is neither fast nor abstiuebce to lie oboerved on Sundays of I-ent. 4. Iti* not SUOWIHI to use fisli with flesh meat at the name meal in Lout 5. There is no prohibition to use egg*, butter, or chH-ae, provided the rules of quautitv preacrilied by the fast lie com plied with. 6. I gird may be used in prtqiariug tl*h, vegetables. Ac., See. 7. The church excuse* from the obli gation of fasting, but not of Abstinence from flesh meat, except in tqieeial cases of sicknes* or the like, the following j dames of person* : Ist, tbe infirm ; 2d, those whose duties are of an exhausting or laborious character ; fid, {icmona who are- attaining their growth ; 4th, women in pregnancy or nursing infants ; sth, those who are enfeebled by old age. f'HKxr Su.xs. —So many importers were " stuck " w itli large st-a-ks of cheap silks, tho urticlen are now a ilnig. The price* of these ranges in Now York from one dollar to one dollar and a half IXT yard, and Jiqmncse silks from seven ty-five cents to one dollar and a half nor i yard, light French striped prints at for iy-flve cents per yard, English *tripel at | twenty-five cents per yard, and very pretty new wide American striped prints at fifteen cents per yard. Fine black French cashmere fur costumes ean be pui J j chased at two dollars per yard. ON THE oTirai FOOT.— It will not do to laugh at Colonel John Baxt >r, of Ten nessee, any more, for the numlier of his libel suits against newspapers in that sec tion, which are no less than half a dozen. [ He has just gained hia ease in one, and the verdict gives him twenty-seven thou sand dollars for the piese of his charac ter taken away by one newswaper. A mountaineer, with 92,006, combatted the hosts of faro In Kansas City tiU he had only 85 left. He lit a cigar with that and* coolly walked book to Denver. Please te let • Alone, e Germany tUmroa to bo h-t alone in her I t. difficulty with I'raoev An official, ,- Jix'luration v-iiai from LUrliu in effect i- a® folluw* ; , "Germany 1 victorious, but slit hast ri j sufiere-d greaflv ; she cannot afford to j v ' part with the priz<- at a rictoi-y en ib arlr , J lmnglit. Nor to this a quarrri in * Ifieti j right end w rung being oqually divnted ! • b'.-twwti tii® iwUgereuto. a® use fro t quuaUy the - moral right to step iu olid |o cuik avor ! t, to settle th* (flatter by An equltfible! • eoinpromU". fb-rnmny his lieen in - • red. d for Hie mere sake o# gmlifytug the . | lis- iuofdiitot* appetite of a rtw-kksw and . uouawited tio|>ula(-e. th< nntutwl ai>uusr -1 ed to th® French Uuar auppuM-d right to -. com urn hotniciil® in a nigbbi*r's' country that they did not even care - to wait for s phtusilfle pretext, biff iie -' vented a frivfloua cans.- of war audi aa 1 the ltMh ivntwy bad not aeen before. . I Again however, much we have been pro-' s voke-h all ww uek lor is what is ewjutred J r\ to protiafi ua fzuui a repetition of th® i ( same affront, if w were carried nway •J bv passion w® might avail ourselves of j • th® preie nt opportunity to cripple and : t' iU*iuemb®T France ; but w® will do . i nothing of th® kifid, and are aati-ti-xl, t) with awruring eomparaiiare unsoinity . i from future attack A Europe haa doue . nothing to prevent Fmuc® fzoui undcr r taking thia wicked campaign. Nay b® i ha* not even declared against it In i solemn form, wlik-h uight liav® dou® - ! something towards deterring th® ofieu- I dera' Having evinced *ueh eompltd® i i difference in the intrudncfiiry piloses of I the war. it to uot likely we atwll |a-rmit * h®r to •*institute on .Vreophogu* torerex-n I tho guilty from pmushiut ut; for tliis, • ami uo oilier, w ouW bo th* object Of 1 nusliatlon In th® present Hate of aflahn*. ' Europe ahnddend, bnt left n in the • Inreh when tli® Tnreo eruaood our frrm- > • i tot-a; th® Turn® to down, and w< mean la i r bring hto employer* to book. The mil- < •! itnry strength displayed by Franc® iu < thi* prolougvd campaign is anoUu-r rea-, 1 son why we mtut iu*t on recovering - our ancient and secure frontier. A Large, f iiopnlntu and huxtia! conutry. Franc® • ha* hitherto enjoyed Hi® advantage of" i lieing aiiaaaaitohl®, except ahiug a ntznll 1 strip uf her cMtern liorder*. Hot aowth t orn frontier to protected by tire Pyre nee*.} t j Irer western ami nortli*ru coasts are j f j w u>b-d by the sea, and th® aouthmst is covered by th® neutral kingdom of; Belgium and tl.e a.tjorning prim-ipalittes .of liuxemlmrg. Th® ®a*t, sriib-b nialone r i to nttwek. has th® strongest natural dr . i fences a counter ran wish to P-•*"•* I | Tire Rhine, Um- S'oge*. ami Mo**Jlr are 4 *o many tactical litre* of the highest j nu]Kirtance. To reuder them still more f<11111140141-, a whole wall of furtreoaea is ! erected at their hack, and when all the® j j otwtaele* are overv-.mr, l'ari*. th® lxtgmt , fortissto in the srorhl, and Mtk with a t , litik more f insaght might have been s |>roviimiu®d for a yos* instead of four or II five luouth*, dcfie* avurv corner. Tak- _ H ing all this together, we airive at the! , conclusion that to vanquish Franc® ou her r owu soil will, nuder the most favorabh .! cireumstanci-s, slwrayw require a great . i effort, even on the jsart ®f United Hw , mauv. But no attack of ao rich and ' . ambitious a flirt* as th< Fwuwb can b® t j effectually wanlad off uuk-w the war is i trannfexrej to their own soil. 1 o Je g fcml our frontier* without following the . I French into tlieir owu country would be , merely to give them time to collect a fresh army and renew th* attack. Such I i bttng the caae, m cannot bot alitd-- by f i <*ir d-.-msnd of a safe froutiwr. That . j the territory we a*k for is aucient Ger- K ■ man soil, and taking from ns at a , , period when our mternsl divisions pre „ vented resist one®, cannot but confirm : . | our reaolve to settle account* wish onr . i unruly neighlmr. Alaaoe and Dirrain® j . I recovered, w® shall Ire iu a {lamti ou to , repohre future invasions without the { fearful expenditure of hliwid and treasure , to whieh we hate IresU subjected in th® 1 . | prewrut instance." t ! —— ;- — A Denlniean Neldlrr. . i The first evening I w*nt on shore my II attention WON attracted to aw ild-kgilong sort of a man walking.,rapidly to and ; fro on ono rid* of a small, square near . the landing place. He wore a long rod* 9 i sword st hi* side, aud carried in a very j 1 nnmilifary style, • rill®. I gave him, as i , | the sailors xny. a very wida birth at Brat. . i liecau*® I wa* uot aR-qretlier certain that t ( he ww* not crazy, and 1 did uot care jrer r j ticularly to oornc within cloae rang® of' i* liia rusty barrel, wluoh he threw aronud t.in au extsxxliugly reckless way. I naked 1 < one of the crowd of loungers, always i, numerous in tho streets df Hauto Barhn ra, who he was. and was Indeed, sur-i prised at the nnswer—" A snMier on guard. '' I tie sight of th* uniformed marine* on board of th® TVaneaare, and , could not kelp smiling at the remarkable emliodiuutnt of th® miglit aud power | ' of Sau Domingo, which marched so sol- { , emnly lvfore me. This ooldier (for 11 . 1 suppjse T must call him a soldier! wore , | a *nm. the color of whieh might tre int ' | {iroved tT nn a-quaintsne® with the j : gurgling strewin cloae by, aud a few , | days' repose on a bending bow m an fcl ( ja<-cut woodlaud. His pautakioiui were , of a coarse hm-u, fastened around the wai*t with a red iiamlkcrchief. There ( were no shoes to hia feet, and his head waa warmly wrnjiped up in another hand ,- kerchief, on the top of which waa an old t felt liat, very brown, and not very fnah ionabla. And rot there w* a piettir-, , | raqueiioaaaliout this citioeti-woldier which i j pleased and delighted inc. uud as 1 looked l at lus sinewy uirna aud frame, and thought that within a dozen years he and . ! his btothers had driven off the haughty I cavalier* of Spain, I could not help look- < i ing at him with even something mare > than admiration. Tbe guard-house or liarrwek waa merely I a rude but covered with pahu bark, and < atipc&red to lie the headquarters of all the idle men tuid boys ill the oettleuieut. , YYhen the soldier tired of walking, he, sat down on the tiln -k tioards, unw-aalied since they were laid down, snfi chatted ' , with liis neighliora. It consist®l of one ! rectangular room about ten ft ot aquare, * along one side of which was stretched n fine mahogany set of stocks with sccom m<slatious for seven persouA It seethed ' | to lie very little used, except bv a very j ■ fine rooster as a sleeuiug-percn. The; fence around it s.vmea to be useful for j nothing except as a sort of block ou | ' which to ofien ennuonute, th* sheila of j ' which were plentifully santtered around. I A GKNTLKHXN'S IhutY or TM Wiru'a TKMPKR —Montlay—thick fog, no oeeiug | through it Tiie.H<tor—gioosay and very , •! chilly, ui.reoaonable weather. Wednea-, 1 day--frosty, at timea sharp. Thursday , ' —bitter cold in the morning; red sunset ' with flying clouds, portending hard 1 : wenther. Friday—riorrn hi the morning l 1 with peals of thunder; air clear after- j musts. Hatfirdsy—gle-uns of sunshine, , with partial thaw; frost again at night i tight South wester in the -morning, calm aud -pleasant at dinner i time, hurricane and earthquake at night ■J-i . | . -■, Th* dream story has started on its I nnnuul journey again, coming this time ■ from Williamsburg, MASS. In that quiet town lived a virtuous button mak er, who dreamed twice, the other night, that hia dry house was on Are, and ao L arose from his ooueh and went to the dry house, and. when h got there, on i fir® it was, just a* h® had seeii it in his dreams. i•■ ]j • " ■ ; ' J - TKRMB : Two Dollani a Yetr, la Advance, NO. 10. | ••• The W*m*'* Kington. A countryman in • short dHcotus# on iofwnj "it dow pear lik tire girl* go hell way, but it 'pusr* like u tesin of 1 ova couldn't draw em t'other InJf." What Maine can do in the way of wuawn, is told bjr the Lewiaton Journal, 1 On the coldest day of tin* wintir (Jorni- 1 ary 24 i two ladie* went a mile into, the J ■ wood*, got a load of wood, h wiled it to a schpuUiqu*#. unloaded it, and gut *ome hoya to cut enough to keep a fire to a* U> 1 hare a prayer-meeting. IV * Dr. Beams, in the course of hie remarks at the filarial of Ahea City, •aid:, "M* Io*w! Alio# Car/, and women loved her. When a man lovee a wumaa, It ie of nature ; when a wom an lovaa a woman. t w to grace. of the grace that woman make* by her loveti neae ; and it ie one of the finest tillage that can be mid of Alic Cmrj. that alw- bad • eneh troop* offrimda of herown •ex." I "Vie" write* to the CTticago Tritmm• | •ta opposition to free divorces aa follow*; | I •• > rom enrrfolly studying the matter, ] aided by history, etetuttm, Ac., I believe soman to be re unhappy. mora ills-j .ml more unwtubii to-day La the marriage state, with divorce* lurking at the household, than ahen it wa* an ' shnost impowable freedom from outrage-; 'one Ixmaagc. I have known nany tlivorred women; but they were far Iron happy." Our loading are slightly dia e >untcnan<*ing the faahion of *.*aring, the back hair very low on the nock. It ta neither becoming to the shape of the head nor the shoulder*, and it bj no mean* improve* the lack of Ok drres on • lock it rests. The hair ie wogti very high In front; it ie very often rained | and turned back ovar a cushion, the : remainder Wing distributed in Wops and braid*. We have men two or, three coiffure* dressed in thi* way, and powdered for talk. The tournarc* are larger than ever, standing oat very much at the back aaid aide of the waiaA, caiawng the top of traia to stand far from the waist at the back. A lUnuackmnhM Una idea of woman : H couldn't read nor write—uaur ouaid leant it—but he waa great on Aggers. : and that'a how he come to make money. Tlr'd carry the deroed'st heap of figgen in hia head ; no chaps could cheat kim— he could teßto onct how many ynnla of ! earth he'd got out, and how muck it oome to. Bat he ooaidnt read or write. Ha d got a little woman for a wife, through, and Lord ! she could rami an' write anything. Ue'd lick any feller, that raid hi- wile couldn't write any i thiug, for ho jest aid beside her and aw her do it. And he'd lick any feller thai said she didn't know 'nuffto vote, too. She knew roore'u be did, and hi- could j vote, and he couldn't. and it wae a denied ahsme) Jjr /Ml* report* for this month the almost universal ad.vpticm of velvet*, cloth, velveteen* and fur. The thickest •ad heaviest material* made arc moat, eagerly nought after, either for toilets or their garnitures, and we constantly aee ' velvet and fur used in the trinuuing* of materials with which at one time we should have thought them perfectly in- j congruous. Application* of velvet mix-, ed with narrow soutache* are again own ing gradnaHy into favor ; tbey will, . w* think, be reserved for trimmbge to fabric* that are partly vouleu. Laos waa never more lavishly aaad tlian at the j present mom sal oa aU the silken ma terial* ; and Clttny. after being discard ed on account of it* baring become w , common, u rapidly regaining tntot, especially for young India* The drn tMi r%he* Brussels point, point d'Alencon, old English point. Mechlin, Ac-, are reserved for married ladn* It i ia the same with fur* ; very young tm- • married fatdie* should not wear ermine . or the most expensive spec*-* of sable.' Heaver, after having totally disappeared | for ao maay aeaaona, i* again introduced: but at present we have seen very little of i it • ________ The Chinese New I ear. I The Chinese New Tear was celebrated ; by the Celestial* of the IMlcrille laundry, with the native devotion. Placard* of pa per tinted orange red. decked with gold and inscribed with a Sew Tsar'* motto | of welcome, were pasted oa the outer, door*. Table* laden with pwenm J and : fresh fruits, And various prepirat .* of 1 new, beans, and maooarotii were set in 1 each of their twenty room*, and in their I large dining hall a structure approximate ( ing in purpose and effect to an altar we* I mired. That altar www a curiosity is j itself. On the wall wa* tacked a very Urge Chinese picture of a group of three 1 fat persona, gorgeous in color* and gold, a piece of wonderfullj elaborate art in illumination. Arranged on two table*, on one nearest the wall the highest by several inches, directly beneath the strange picture, were a variety of articles ; which seemed to ta offering* to the shade* iof ttie departed groat mysterious one*. Then* were font large plate* of preserved ; Chinese fruit* sad sweetmeats, half a do,ui tiny little ewy* of whiskey, oos large rup of tea, five |mira a# chop-stick*, i a large plate of apples and another of I , orange*, half a doaen bowla of strange device* of glutinous material* "died," wh eh was discovered to mesa "fried," bv their gifted cook, a stack of large sheets of coarse paper, each with a square dim of coffer, silver, or gold in its oeutre, caUea *• church-aioney," which thev bum. it i* andrrwtood. in the happy . hallucination that thereby thev are stok-: ing impeeaaisua friead* in the land of j ghosts who may be dependant upon them, a pot of earth with long slender, red stick- of incenae burning is it, and ; lost, but chief est in their attractions, two | pot* of Chinese do vera, seemingly of the lilv familv. odorous snd besutiful. Up iu' front of the picture dangled s lamp, kept burning day and night during the ! festival. On New Tear'* morning the Celestials exhibited their " heathenish" prodivi-" tie* as their brethren do *t home, in the discharge of two duties, the i*yint-nt of ! all debts among them and the settlement; and reconciliation of all persoaal diftkjnl tie*. They also fsileil to get drunk i although visiting all day, so the visitors i declared they must be "heathens." i —l . Or* IMPOSTS. —According to monthly I report No. 5 of the Bureau of Statistica, ; furnished by Mr. Young, Chief, the iin-1 ]K>rta for the eleven months ended No vember 510, 1870, exceeded the export* tby tl 5,519,414, while, for Die corres iMindiag period of 1869, the excess of i import* wa* 884,090,019. Making due allowance for the difference in the ware . house account, the trie adverse balance * i iu 1870 is 815,910,616, showing an im provement over the same period of 1869,. of 860,654,904. On the total import* for the eleven months ended November' 18, 1870, 8428,455,688 consisted of iner ' chandise, and 824,250,636 gold and sil ver. Of the merchandise *408,864,681 wae dutiable, and 819,491,107 free of duty. Of the total domestic experts 8344,616,762 wraft merchandise, and 863,- 717,253 specie mid bullion. The value of the foreign commodities remaining in whorehouse November 30,1870, wee *51,- 302,811 as compared with 848,279,672 November 30,1869. ■-- - i The Fenian exiles visited the Pram dents who invited them to make a state ment of their sufferings in the British ba*tiles, and ha* promised to do oil for them that is proper to be done. Psiwwwll 1 oar litd* drwam is o'r. j&sffSgpu&mn^ Kur task wltkta ky wmn-v trigki my. Fur the* I kwwi my native tend, Aad know wot want my M **y ta i * ¥• •' asca * forwga oraad • My taan will over In to tta*. •WiMßtiDgSi lMuanber <m* •ho'* far away, Ami twwrtks prayar *o taaVw tar ma Wtaa down ytoruditaial fiow, And Mir Ibc v**i terual te*. .. , I would Want dralh * .liwj mdlllM tam* Ikoo .tfll tadsi one WaffSSMkltor wa i Farvwull JI tear wymlf away, * -saBEaBB Fart# and Fancte*. , Bard to beat—A boiled egg. A terrible coM raiga* in SwitotrUnd ; thi* Winter. Yankee girls carty oB th* honor* as ' skater* in Londua. { A rieh bervwet of maple eagar U piw i dieted tor thia Bpsring. L Uoar to gaitha exabt weight iff# flab— Weigh him in hi* own scsKa What fVdumbas did—a notk® croned him, and be metal aa own John Bright refused hi* aklary ta Cabi net Minister daring hia Ala***. Of 617 chtttlte* In London . Ml have paid choira, and 344 vttertwr ohntra. An insarraetfon has broken oat in the Province Of rotist.io.t;ne, Alftria. The average pay per uoetli at Indiana School teachers iaetaimated at *B2 60. The rate of tefegraphing l the United States ie higher than ia amy other coostry. I Nearly aB the briatatoae tha martd uaee 1 enmee from Bteßy—atmat tKMNfO tone annually. Cartotta Patlt narrowly raeajnd death during the ooeAgnisa at Valparaiso i^ocatlj. One of the krtest wrinkle* is to per fuiui- *<- lduig. raoeptiou, and vimting cards with riofct The yearly mortality of the dkdie is variouMj *-tiatod at from 31 '"0,000 to 85.000,000. Two men commenced plitjlng billiard* in saloon in New Tfflth, d eoaticued the game for thirty honra. J The wive* of member* of the Ckbioet, in their reception* wt W*kiwgin tide Whiter, oflhr ao wtaa to gnaate. - It b known that abotot 180,086 pnana era were taken in Pari*, wath U*o eon icR and 4UI ttehl pteem and mttmUeuaea. " Sir, ytm have broken asair prwniae,"H? •aid one* gentleman taaaoeluw. "Oh, newer aiiad, 1 cm make aaotfaai it aa good." A Maine paper noting the! the thev saoaieter ia 8 degraee baton aen, inform* it* readers that oamphor ia aura for inooquito bite*. The amount of iee thai will be eat ia the vicinity of Boston will not he much lee* than 500,000 tons, the larjnwt crop by far for many years. ' Tha Citv of CVmmni, New Haaanhire, has a rvmarksble Commua UratiHtL It liasjata voted tu give ab*ngaat to asrtaia officiala at ito own expeam. j With a view to promote newspaper prodnctioa. the goverament at Peru has issued a decree exempting printers from service in the national guard. , Adjutant General TuwumoJ my* the number of ami who * rved mora than . three aoaUio, in the Union army dur ing the Mac-Won waa 1970.875 The Radical uartvin BumiahM apian to give a cnulung Wow to the influence of the nobles by taking oat of their ' hands the educate m of the people. A "•" who brought up at one of th* London police office** for assaulting and nearly killing a woman, excused himself jby saying that be thought it was hie i wife. * New York milk deatem have the re putation of receiving a miihoo quart* jof milk every day. and of adding a mil ium and a half. Croton makes up th* j difference. Lady Yarmouth asked Garrick one bt whv I*vc wa* always rcpnecnted as 'a chM. He replied "Itecatsse lovw nen r reaches the age of wisdom and cxperieoee." Thirteen fhonsand nine hundred and fover-two feet of tunneling bare bean completed through the mouth of the ! Hoomc, and feet remain to bs ' dug through. i A new cterk in e WidmA dry goods house recently assured a bite, to whom ihe was endeavoring to sell a wet of fore, that they were the "beathaw that i ewer grew oa a tar's back." , The great hell on Notre Dtsae Church at Montreal* Canada, is th* teagert on this continent, and the ligv<bot one jin the world. It weigh* over 10,600 pound* and can be heard forty mike. " There was an old family tad between them," wat what a witnee* in a Chicago 1 murder case said to the jury. Th J judge asked her If she didnS mean "fend," i and tie asked him who wwa telling th# 1 story. * •• 9 ■ It baevioos tact that most of tha atuakal eoaposem hare hisa ehtidleaa. Handel Hnydn. Beetiwren, CcweUi. Pergolcsa, Bosaiai, Spaatin* Auber, Wagner, and Schumaan are among the mstanoe*. "Put out roar tongue a LitUa. farther," said a doctor to a female patient; " a " little farther, if you please—little far -1 ther still." "Whv doctor," cried the gasping invalid, "do vow thing titera ia no end to a woman's tongue F" Thev hare a rule at Princeton, for bidding the student* to correspond with , the girl*. In coaseqaenoa of this th* Bethany (imtrjum choose# this motto, ! "Dare to do right," and phnratihtasre it in this way : "Do write ami iwur not" j A correspondent advise* trewllera, while eo-journiag at hotels, to place their watehee, and money in one of their stocking*, and put them tinder their pillows. This proceeding hinder* the chances of being robbed, orof forgetting their property & the morning. A Lowell gardener marketing a fin* I kit of let tare raised under glare, but without other heat than the wwa'a At i night and during th* coldest weather he covers the beds with thick straw matting the plants occasionally freeae, but he understands how to thaw them without injury, and they go on growing again. The Rev. Dr. Sullivan, at the Cheney trial in Chicago, when asked if it had not been, within hie knowledge, the custom for bishops, presbyters and deacons " to add or to omit words from the service of the church," replied: "I have known one instance in which a clergyman was always attacked with a violent fit of 0 ughing when he came to the word j' regenerate' in the baptism service; and when he had recovered from it "he had ' got beyond it" An old fellow who took part in the late rebellion was one day blowing in the village tavern, to a crowd at admir . ing listeners, and boasting of his many liioodv exploits, when he was <la ten npt ed bv the question : "I say, old Joe. how "many rebels did you kill during the war ?" " How many rebel* did I kill, si"; how many did I kill? Well I don't know jnst'xactly how many; but 1 know this much, I killed to many of them as they did o' me." I THERE is a good story TAID to Wash ing about a Chinese servant emdtoyfd by j Admiral Porter, that on recejdkm day the doty of attending tty doof Vas as signed to Ah Sin. Accnwotaeff .to the social usages of hi* owp knd. where a visitor's rank is indicated nv the rice of the card, and wherw a hage yritow on# meant the presence of a pw nee, he Rent ed the little bits of pasn board with corn tempt. While nodding hia head and tossing the bite of paper uncermoniouslv : in the basket, the gas collector happened to present hia hub The long. 1 ylow slip took Ak Sin. With profound salaam* he bowed the wovrnted gate man into the presenes el th# amasrd family. ■ .V S: ... -S A. 'A
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