Stud the Little One* Happy to Red. fend the little mm k*WT to bed When close* the trrableeomr day- Let no harsh invective be Mid To rwflte thnir mind white they pray, fere trials and trouble so soon The sweet sleep of childhood will fen ; And let then* He Wonaly down And cherish bright dreams while they can. fend the little ones happy to bed, Thoagh they may be mischievous and wild h stars seldom feat owe a wtee head Oa a IW dlMhsd, light-heartei ehtld. Then let their glad spirits hare ploy. And brighter and stronger they 11 grow. Like a stream that runs five on ita way. And suffers no cheek in its dow. fend the little ones happy to fed You know not what Ul in ay fe near - Ere the morning your pets may fe dead— Then eain the regret or the tear, fe let them lie down with delight. And fail not to give and to take A k when (hex prattle "good night." Ami a kiss in the morn when they wake. Tic Farmer'* Spring Seng. His red bads are tinting the soft-maple ires.; The *rood-peepsrs chirp where withered viae* ottng i gall laden. to-dar, is ths brs.th ot Uie hreeas. With the blackbiriTs felted of welcome to Spring; Ths rewttup >s blending her blossoms of gokl. With the violet's blue, in shallow and n ate. And peewits are piping good-hy to ths cold, Prom bn* >k ■ willow branches that swing in ths gate. Cams farmer boy. now With harrow ana plough Tarn the brown turf in good chssr ! Old Winter is goos Thsre's dew on the Uwn Tte time to be sowing the seed of the rear. The rills so long silent 'neat h deep forest leaves. Are learning to wartils their gamut again ; And the parrds-wmged swallows are searching the saves To And a relrcal from the chilly Spring ram ; Enrobed of the snow, earth fervih her breast ; Inviting ths toil of the husfeudmau'a hand ; And hs that sows early reaps plenty ami reat! His certain reward from ths generous laud. fe fanner boys now. With harrow am! plow Tor a the brow n larf u> good cheer ! OM Winter is gone— * There's dew on the lawn— "Tts ttme to t sowing the seed of the year. While Mvage IVwmfer was lashing his team Of tempest and snow-storm, in fury along, Too storied and sang till rafter and fesra Shook down the light echoes of mirth aud of For were ksdol- bursting your bins Tour granaries glowing with Amman's ripe yilld. Bat now the new season of labor begins. And April is calling her ploughmen afield. Ho, farmer boys now. With harrow and plow Turn the brown turf in good cheer! OM Winter is goo*- There's dew on the lawn - "Tts time to be sowing the seed of ths year. THE VERIFICATION. We had a very pood crew ou the LitWy j Sally, and there wa* no prettor fellow ever walked a deck than Bob Small, who was a sailor from a love of the profession, and who had run away from bis borne in New HanijwLtee three "years before, from which he had not beard a word since, and which he had resolved to return to after the present voyage. He was in my watch, and often, under the lee of the long-boat, he would open b heart to me regarding the hopes ami fear*. We were, one night, walking the deck in the moonlight ; the sea just moved to a j ripple beneath the tropical air, when be caught my arm suddenly, and cried: •* look there P - Where P 1 asked. ' There," said he, 44 in the wake of the moon. Don't yon see f There, sore enough, swam an immense shark, just above the water, witbiu a boat's length of us. and we felt that his evil eye rested upon us as we stood there gazing on bim. I felt a sense of uneasiness as 1 saw the monster so near us, and was sensible of a violent tremor in Bob as his hand rested on my arm. "Jack," said he, impressively, "that chap is after me. I ran read my fate in every wrinkle of the water a* it plays around him, and 1 know very well that he will be my tomb." •* Nonsense," I said; '* what i* the use ot indulging in such a feeling as that ? ft is no unusual thing to see a shark, and what if every sailor should take it into his head that he was to be eaten, do you think be would be ?" At that, the monster pare a great swirl in the water, and the ripples flashed in the moonbeams. u Yoo see that, Jack," said be; '• he knows what we are talking about, and it's a settled thing. His mind is made up to have a pick at me, and he will do it." * Whv do you believe so P l l asked, u Oh, he said, 44 I have been too happy. These joyful anticipations of seeing home again, acid getting the forgiveness of the old folk/ if they are alive, and seeing my little sister Myra. have filled me full. | Jack," be continued, turning me around, and looking me squarely in the face, "do TOO believe that a man who disrespected hit hither so much a* to shut him down cellar and run away, has a right to antici pate happiness 1 I served mine so. See that shark; he seems to be laughing at what I say, the infernal beast, if 1 may be ' allowed the expression." I comforted him by telling him he had no reason for hit gloomy hears, hut be mournfully shook his bead. The railing of the " larboard watch" interrupted our conversation, and we turned in. I laid awake but a little while, and could hear Bob sigh deeply as he lay in his berth. The next day, the shark was not visible, but night found us again looking over the lee rail, and, as before, right in the wake of the moon, wi* the huge fish swimming along with his fin out of the water, a boat's length from us. " He's after me," said Bob in a whisper " Nonsense," I replied ; he'* after mc a mucb as you. That night Bob turned in his berth, and his sigh* were piteous. He looked so hag gard and worn the next morning, that Mr Good enough, the mate, noticed it. 44 Ah, Bob," said be, " what'* the mat ter 7" You look like a sick hen." Bob simply replied that he did not feel very well, and turned his attention to hi* duties. '• Time's most op Jack." said be in a whisper; 44 and look there!" Sure enough, there, scarcely a boat's length from the brig, was seen the ominous fin, the black flag of the bucanneer of the finny tribe, and 1 was for a moment shocked. 44 This can't last another day," said he raizing the rail; " and you believe it; 1 see you tremble. You must go up and see the old folks. Jack, and tell 'em bow patient 1 died, and that my life was not thrown away, though I was a runaway. Give them my "cheat, and give little Myra tfo: sea elephant's tooth, with the carving ijffin it, to keep as a memento, and Heaven bless you, Jack." # The poor fellow wept like a child. The whole crew were now attracted along the vessel's side, to see the great fish that was so desirous of our company, and various were the comments made upon it, none of which vwre of the somber charac ter of poor BobWthough they all looked upon it with a feeling of dread. Our cook finally seemed to arrive at a very decisive, though comical, conclusion. He darted into his caboose, from which he reappeared again in a few moment's with something rolled up in an old red shirt, that seemed to send out a steam. " Whit have you got there V' asked the mate. " Brekfu* for shark, sir!" wa the reply, with an expansive grin. He said no more, but threw his bundle far out into the water, before the nose of the shark, which, waking from its supine neaa. darted forward, and immediately swallowed the object. For an instant the monster resumed his pace alongside the brig, but this was succeeded by an evident feeling of uneasiness, and a moment after he levied his length from the water, falling upon the surface with a crush that sent the spray flying in our foreyard. Then he swam furiously in a wide circle about the vessel, leaping occasionally from the water, and turning upon his back. Soon his no tions ceased; and. rolling over, be lay a silent mass upon the water. " Golly 7" said Curacoa, "he got his brekfus, shur. Hot brick warmee tumroak." " Did you give him a hot brick?" said Mr. Goodenough. " Yes, massa," said Blackey, with a grin, 44 and guess he don't 'gree wid 'em." There was a loud laugh at the cook's ex periment, and, turning to speak to Bob, I lound he had left my side. " Where's Bob V I asked. KRID. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. IV. * Don't know, t saw hint here a minute •to." I went round to the other side of the boat. Ho wa* not there.. We called him and searched for him, but he wa* not to he found. Theu it seemed sure enough that js**r Rob's misgiving had !>ern verified, ami 1 mourned tlis km*, thinking of uiv own melancholy mission into New Hamp shire to inform hi* weeping friends of the hwe. It in fact cast a gloom over all the vessel, am) we could never understand how he disappeared so suddenly, supposing, however, that his miud, hccoming morbid, had lust ita felanee, and he had leaped overboard while we were absorbed by the Cook's adventure with the shark. The veswcl arrived iu alxuit eight days ; ami. after I had got char of her. 1 set about the performance of the duty that haer evening, while Myra beamed ineffably on all. Perhaps 1 ought to finish my story by falling in love with Myra and marrying her; but I found no chance for that, be cause she had a good-looking printer who wa* booked for her*good graces, though she liked me a* the friend of Bob; and I 1 gave her the elephant's tooth, which, years after, 1 saw her youngest liaby cutting its | teeth upon. Bob is now one of the most successful shipmasters out of New York, and I am— the reader's very humble servant. A GOOD MOVE. —The farmer* of Hillsborough Country, N. H., held their last meeting for the season, at Milford, and discussed the important question : " How can we make our farms so at tractive as to retain our young men and women at home ?" It was generally and sensibly agreed upon that the farm residence should be made pleasanter; and much was said of the probable good influence of local libraries, the cultiva tion of music, with a fair allowance of time for recreation, and for escape from daily drudgery. Unquestionably, the New-England farms require hard and pretty constant work at certain, seasons, but there are several months of com parative leisure, a rational improvement of which would render rural life a good deal more tolerable to the young. If "the occupation of a farmer be the noblest of all labor," it would be a great pity if it were necessarily dull. CENTRE HALL REPORTER. English Postal Noting* llonk*. It is just ten vraiw aititv the establish - meut iu lirest Ihitiuu of what i* called the Post-office savings Ixmk system. I s hucccm* ha* txx-n decided from the outset, and both (lovernmeiit and |>eo |>le hale found advantage in frankly conceding its usefulness. The plan was not adopted and legalized nutil after weary year* of argument and ofetiuate t>pj action ; hut, ouee iutrodue**!, it so rapidly grew in favor that deposits to the amount of s.M,Ott>,tHl Wife made by over 850,1*00 jxm one shilling upward, aud the operation is thus dia eribed : Depositor* leave tlieir money at the nearest uiouey-order Poet-office, receiving a feuk-lxmk, properly num bered, on which their uames, addrt i*, and occnpations are written. The amount of the deposit is entered in the book, attested lv the signature of th' Postmaster, and stamped w tth the official stump of the office. This is a sufficient voucher for the depositor, the Government Wing rrajxmsible for its •afc tnuismisxiou to the tieueral Office. The Postmaster send* an account daily to the money-order office in Ismdon of each transaction, with the original signa ture of the depositor. It is there proper ly entered, and an acknowledgment is sent to each depositor. The last pre caution insure* the honesty of Post masters, liecauae, if the depositor docs not receive his acknowledgment within ten da vs. he must apply for it. which he may do free of postage. Additional depoaita go through the same form, and uiav W made at the same or any other money-order office in the Kingdom The plan is so systematized that one person might go the whole rouud of the three or four thousand Post-office sav ing* Lank.*, and deposit money in each without causing any confusion or etnlair raaament. If money i* to bo withdrawn, the pro cess is equally easy. The dejxisitor has onlv to call nt any money-tiller office, ani till up a blank form witli the uuui- Iw of hi* book, the place where dot MM, ited, the amount wanted, the place where he want* it paid, hi* name, ad dress, and occupation, and then mail the form, pwt-free, to the Pustumster-tiene ral. When received by that pfficial, the order is compared with the account, and if the fact* agree with each other a war rant is *ent to the depositor, drawn up on the Postmaster where the payment is desired, aud a duplicate i* ent to the Postmaster hy way of ad viae, When this warrant is presented, nil that re main* to be done is for the official to !>e satisfied of the identity of the party and take his receipt for the money. The interest paid in England is onlv two and a luilf per cent, on all sums of from £1 to £3O. The latter sum is the limit of receipts from a single depositor. There certainly i* something in this project which can be utilized in our own coun try. Pressed in their Sand*)'* Best. Ln*lv readers may be interested in the following account of the dresses worn by the rovai family at Queen Victoria's hist reception—the description being furuished by the Court Newsman : TheQneeu wore a black silk dress with a train trimmed with crape and jet, and a headdress of pearl* and diamouds over a long white tulle veiL Her M*je>ty also wore a pearl necklace and a diamond and pari brooch, with the Rilwud and Star of the Order of the (tarter, the Or ders of Victoria and Albert and Lonirn of Prussia, and the Haxe-C'oburg and Gotha Family Order. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a train of mauve satin trim med with ruche* of the same and IMW* of violet velvet; a petticoat of violet velvet with rnches and how* of mauve and a tunic of white Brussels lace. Head dress—a tiara of diamomla, feathers, and veil. Ornaments— a corsage, necklace and earrings of pearl* and diamond*. Order*—Victoria and Albert and the Danish Order. Her Royal Highness the Princes* Chris tian wore a train and a }>etticoat of jmle gray sarin, with flounces and trimmings of Irish lace, bordered with swanadown. Headdress and ornaments feathers, ]>earls, and diamouds. Older- —Victo ria and Albert, St Ial>el of Portugal, and the Soxe-C'olmrg and Gotlia Family Onler. Her Royal Highness the Princess Lou ise wore a dress of rich white silk nnd a train of the same trimmed with niche* of aiLk and fringe. Headdress—a math of Narcissus, with diamonds, feather*, and veil. Ornament*—diamonds. Or ders—Victoria and Alliert, St Isabel, and the Coburg and Ciotha Family Or der. A WAB STOKT. -The Fort WavneTnd.,) Journal tells a little story of war. When Gen. Price was on one at his raids into Missouri, it says, the militia of a neigh -1 siring State were called out by the Gov ernor to protect the bonier fnnn invasion. A Colonel in one of the frontier cities or dered his regiment under arms, and without giving the men time to change their clothing and prepare for a long march, he onlered them to the front. 1 hey marched aliout twentv-five miles the lirxt day, and the neat fifteen. Many of the soldier* dropped out of the ranks on the way, and what few arrived at the place of destination were worn out. They complained of the long and tedious marches, and looked over the records, and coming to the conclusion that the march waa unprecedented with regard to length and time, charged their Colonel with tyranny, and inhumanity, and finally inntinied and started for home, and actually walked the whole distance liack, forty miles, iu a single day. Horse thieves in Mirliigmi are practis ing a new dodge, four men being requir ed to carry it out. : Two of them m in advance with a horse nndhtiggi, . ud, when an opportunity present* itself, the horse is sold, and the two hire another horse nnd proceed to the next ncigh lierbood iu search of another purchaser. v mere volition at such a perilous | height above the door. They had just rtvorarsd from a many . int rtwining of hands and limfe, ami the elder one, seating herself upon the bar; of the tipjier swing, leaned I wok ward. I balancing herself while the child slid j f>rw*rd from her lap aud lay, with fold ed arm*. resting upon her feet. • The j performance is not so difficult a* it seems, hut depend* for safety entirely uixin the nerve of the one ujxm the liar. The proper way for it to end i for the child to eitcud her arms, grasping the Ixtr. and then fall, haugitig by her hands, as the other removes her feet. Still, though not difficult, it ia danger ous and moat exciting to an audience. As they aw the slender, child-like form lying with folded arm* niton the feet f her *i*ter, way tip toward* the roof. ami calm gut if within her cradle, a roll of s|Miutneoiu nppUuw wo* breaking forth, w hen of a sudden it waa changed to au involuntarv shriek of horror ! The elder girl. thinking that the other had already gnuipnl the lar, removed her feet, and down from her |>crrh. near the high ceiling -down like a falling star from it* 'earful height—went the child. Such sublime nerve a* she exhibited it lwa never lieeu our fortune to witness in a child before. The arm* remained folded over the chest, the limlia never changed their |Mitiuua, not the faintest cry escaped her compressed hp*, and the face waa calm as that of a sleeping Iwlie, without the least expressing of fear. In i'uat the same posture in which she left icr sister'* feet she struck the floor, with a dull, horrible thud, that was echoed by a shriek from the audience, tberary'a apjtrentice there, an applicant must first pa** an examin- ' ation in laitin, physics, botany, atid other natural sciences, before a Ixautl j comprising the di.*triet physician and a notary ; and if this is satisfactory, he gets a permit to serve a* an apprentic for lour year* in a pharmacy, during w liich be u allowed to c mpound drugs iu the laboratory, but nut to put up pre scriptions until the fourth your. and then only under the strict surveillance of the proprietor or of a responsible drag clerk. At the expiration of this term be has an examination aa drug clerk, under directions of an examining board composed of two physicians, two apothecaries, and a notary. Success en- j titles him to a diploma as a drag clerk ; and after this lie must serve us a clerk solely, and in different pharmacies, four years more ; four years m one place will not fulfill the nxinirvment* of the law. After this the clerk must spend one year in the university to complete his studies, and then comes still another examination, after whieh, if he comes out of the final examination with credit, he receives his diploma ss an aixithccary. and ia ullowed to bny an ••stnblished stand or to leromr a member of a firm already in existence, if he can ; bnt ho cannot net up a new pharmacy, a* the nttmltcr of these is regulated by law. one Wing allowed fur everv 5,01)0 inhabitants. The price of mk tli- iinuu> of Mehrmet. Shortly afterward ho brought to hi* father a house a |licit v little t'lrcoaaiaii fori about four year* of uge, called Asti-Melek, whom ho niiiil I o had rocoivctl from * Turkiidi Utly in satisfaction of a debt duo to him. Tho renegade'* sitter, Christian of tho Greek rilo, grew toloro tlio chihl, ami brought her up in tho precepts of tho ('hriiitian religion. Ho matter* wont on quietly lu this huuihle household until übotti two years ago, when Mohomot, who htui marrioil a Turkish woman and taken to tho tratio of a dealer in female alavea- which ho still carries on, presented Inunw lf to hia father's |>lacc and claimed the young CireiMian girl Asli-Melek. Hia aiater Hoiandra refused to give up the child, but yielding at length to Meheuiet'* per •latent ih-unuida and menaces, tlio father consented to liand lier over to him. lioxamlru, however, apprehensive of tlio results, kept watch over her brotlier'a movemeuta and those of tho eh Id. Hire at last succeeded in getting a tol *n in terview with Iter, atfd learning that alio was suffering and unhappy, contrived to get her out of Meheinet'a house, aud to take her to Hyr*. There A*li-Melek for mally embraced I'hriatianity, and waa baptised uudor the name of Angelina. Eight months afterwards Boxandra returned * itb her adopted charge to Con stantinople, where they remained un molested for about a year. In the uioau timc Mehemet beset the Turkish author ities with iuqiurt unities. He declared that hia brother, Miltiadm, having fallen iu love with Angelica, and desiring to marry her, had coerced her against her will, in concert with the rent of his fam ilv, to alauidun the Muasulim-n faith, in which as a Circassian she waa born, and jirofcaa the Christian religion. Tlie Mus sulman authorities at length gave ear to thene tatem-uta, and iletertuined to take nroeeedencr against the Christian meru it-r* of Meheuiet's family for the pur pose of trausferring tin- girl to the charge of Meheuiet hum-elf. Accordingly, on the 2l*t of January last, the voung broth er, Miltunics, was arrested by the Turk isb iM>lice. Angelica, wartnsl in time, sought and found refuge in the Human Embassy ; the police hunted in vain for her, but, in addition to Miltiadea, ar rested Mchcinct's old father, aged seven ty years, Iloxaudra, and her yonng sis ter, Ariste. who were all incarcerated in the Zantieth. Tlie houses of all relative* and friemls of this quirt Greek family were a.-arched, ami iu ' some instances, it is stated, in a very brutal manner. The houses of other respectable |ieuple were also enter ed, and iu one of them a young lady who was seriously ill, wa* so alarmed by the threat* of the police that aire died in a few days after their visit. At this stage of the proceedings General Igualicff, the ltiissuui Amlmjuador, took np the matter with his usual energy. On hia repre sentations, all the }iersons so unccrmo niously arnsbtl by the Turkish police were sel free aud restored to their home*. His Excellency, mom-over, insisted upon a definite and legal solution Is-iug giving to the religions status of the young Cir* caasian. The result has been that in conformity with the procedure establish ed by law and confirmed by i-twtom, An gehea appeared twice before the proper < Htonian authorities, and declared each time her firm resolution to remain in the Christum fnith which she had formally embraced. A few days later Angelica, accoiu|Mmicd by her faithful friend. Box audra, left Constantinople for Greece. In Jail far Debt. The following anecdote is told of M. Wiert*. the (ieraian painter, who was soim-times called tlie craxv artist : After having finished a iiortrait of the old aristocratic Countess de M , who preteijlel to be only thirty when nearly sixty, ahe refused to accent the tainting, saying that it did not look anything like herself, and that her most intimate frirnds would not recognise a single fea ture of heria on that piece of canvass. Wiertx smiled kindly at the remark, and as a true knight of old. gallantly recon ducted the lady to her carnage. Next moniing there waa a grand disturtianor in the Hue de la Madeline. A crowd was Bithcred before a window, and the fol wing words were wliisj>ered from ear to ear : " la the Countess de M— really in jail for her debts f" Wicrta hod ex ercised a little vengeance towards hia no ble but unfair customer. A* soon as she hod refusal the portrait, he set to work and jiainted a few iron liars un the pie ture, with these words. "In jail for debt" He exhibited the painting in a jeweller's window, in the principle street in Brussels, and the effect aas instan taneous. A few hours later the countess was back in Wiertx ' studio, pouring in vectivea on him at high press uro—to nave exhibited her likeneaa under such acan didoua circumstances. " Most noble lady," was the artist's reply, " vou said the painting did not look suything like yourself, and that your most intimate friends would not have n-cognized a single one of your features in the pic ture. I wanted simply to test the truth of vour statement, tnat is all 1" The por trait waa taken away, the city laughed, the artist charged double price, and gave the amount to the poor of the city. How A SCHOOLBOT (LOT Ixxrr.—The Boston Trs Orange street, is a boy who has recently Saascd his fifth year, and having just ngned his first jacket and trousers, is attending n primary achool. The other afternoon he failed to come home at the usual hour, much to the alarm of the household, and after a long searrh, lie was found, some time after dark, at the Providence IVjiot. He was sent to txd without much explanation, though it is possible his treatment wna what Solomon would have recommended, in such an emergency. The next morning he was down to the breakfast tabb-, evidently none the worse for the lessoff anil per haps the wiser. Taking advantage of a lull in the conversation customary at the morning meal, he turned his grave coun tenance toward the head of the table, and givhig free vent to hi* over-charged mind lie exclaimed, "I'll tell yon, mamma, how it happened. After school, I went part of the way home with Mary , and at the corner of a atreet where she left nie, I kissed her, and she kissed me, and then I found I *M lost." There was an explosion around the table, just abftut that time. It is suspected this is not the first young gentleman who lias lieen lost under similar circumstances. IN A WRHTKBN village a charming, well preserved widow had la en courted and won by a physician. Hhe had children ; among them a crippled bov, who had been petted, and, if not spoiled, certain ly allowed great "freedom in deliate." The wedding day was approaching, and it was time the children should know they were to have a new father. Calling the crippled boy, the widow said : George, I am going to do something before long that I would like to talk about with you. " I am intending to marry Dr. Jones in a few daya, and—" " Bully for you, Ma ! Does Dr. Jones know ii ?" Ma caught her breath but failed to articulate a response. Mr. De llrownr's FiperiwruL Mr llerliert de Browne aa( in Uia liixurioutt bachelor establiahtneut in lllatik street, and pondered deeply. The subject of his cogitations was a wife, or rather how U> get one. T"here were enough > "ting ladies who wuukl be glad to Mm* "their lucky stars for tlte privi lege of Ix-eoming mistress of his hoiu, a* lie well knew ; but he also felt toler ably well uasured the home was all they cared for. For the fortune they would wed its owner. "Deuce take this money !" he exclaim ed ; " 1 wish I'd never had a farthiug, and then . lint, botheration, then I should have been too ixwr to marry any way. Why couldn't I liave had just wwdth enough fur all inv wants and nothing more ? I'll foil them, though, the mean adventuresses !" A furious pull at tlie lell-rope brought the housekeeper to the room in a hurry. " Pack up your traps, Mrs. Riukle," he exclaimed*abruptly, 4 'for I'm going to close the house.' It was evident that he hsd come to *ome conclusion. " Shut up the house, Mr. lie Brow lie f* ejaculated tlie housekecpor, almoat be lieving she had lost her reason. " Why such a thing has not occurred since your Ismeutevl uncle took posseiwion five aud forty vearw ago. " Tha't makes no difference, ma'am ; I'm master here now, and 1 shall close it for the present Meanwhile, your pay ran still go on. and that of such domestics as yon consider indispensable. Have vou no relatives you wish to nsit V he inquired. That settled it The proffer of con tinued jmj removed Mrs. ltinkle's scruples quite effectually. She then rcinciulx-red she had some friends she had not seen fur year*. Three days latter, Mr. Herliert de Browne was safely domiciled in a quiet hxlging-house, arid shortly afterwards h<- I kegaii to sell his diamond rings and seals, aud other paraphernalia of fasb lotiable hie, as well as dnws himself in plainer clothea. A rumor that* hia prm. bat each iumale of the carriage bowed politely aa of old. " The* have not heard the news !" he muttered, cynically. He waa mistaken. That night the owuer of the carriage came to see him " Rather rioae quarters, my friend," be mid. aa he took a calm survey of Herbert'a not very pretentious surround ings. " Pretty close, that'* a fa<-t." said Mr. Lb- Browne, Icily. " But since I lost my property —of which I suppose you haven't heard—l have become quite economical !"* " But I hiTc hrtrd !" orifld hi* auditor, abruptly, " mil that i* why I came. 1 too* yon needed (nlu*hed prettily, and seemed con fused for a moroeut; then ahe gave hiin her lutnd. " I liave loved yon oh. ao long !" sin* said, "ami I feared that you would never love me. Yon were ao jealous lie fore yon lost your wealth, that all women were'mere adverturesees. I waa heartily glad when papa said you had lost it, aud Yon wiit him to negotiate with m\" cried HerUrt, finishing Uie sentence in tuitively. and giving it labial emphasis. " I loved you ao ! ahe murmured, de preciatingly. " 1 do not doubt it, dcereet!" And Mr. Herbert le Browne believed himself the happiest of men. They were married. The wedding vu vpry nn pretention*, as liecame the straitened circumstance*; nud he waa in a oonatant eostacy aa he tlionglit of her surprise when he should tell her that liia fortnne still remained. He sent for Mm. Rinkle to eome and re el ja-n the houao, and to put it in con dition to receive ita mistreat*. Meantime, they tarried at her father's. " Herbwrt," aaid hi* wife one day, "I havea favortoaak. Will yon grantit ?" " I will, if in my power, Bne, darling, he exclaimed. •• Well poor papa ia rather ahort of money ; won't you lend him ten or fif teen thousand ponnda ?" "Me! Why you know ** "Oh ! I know what yon have bwn pretending," waa the qnick reply. " But, then, it waan't ao ; you never lost your money." Herliert de Browne w.is dumb witli astonishment and chagrin. "How did yon find that out ?" he gasped. " I knew it all the time. When I heard that you were penniless, papa went directly to vour banker and learned the contrary. I think we managed pretty well." '• I think you did," cried her husband desperately; "but do yon think I'll en dure it ?" " How can you help yonxself ? We are married now. Yon can't apply for a divorce." " No, I can't; but " " Then what will you do ?" " Anatfer me one question : Do you really love me ?" "Ye* I do." "Walt, if you hire me, wa will drop the subject." " I think you had bettor." aha said quietly ; "and lend papa the money." Aud like a sensible man, he lent it Italian Adtrnturrr* and Heiresses. A letter frutn an Italian correspond ent aays : There is an ingenious coolness about the Italian people which is delirious, sod which I am, aa yet, at a loss to con sider as an effluence* of simplicity or of impudence. Examples are not lacking iu all gnuhw of society, from the goat herd, who shake* water from the I-.uie in hi* sleeve into the tumbler while ha draws your milk in the twilight, to the faakioualde young gentleman of good family who uublualuuglv pat* Mnrthm* before his name, when be lays siege to an American hemes. An eminent rituwu of Chicago wa* waited upon the other evening by one of the managers of his hotel, who'said that an Italian gentle man wished leave to prtweut himself. Having uu Italian acquaintances, he na turally inquired closely into the nature of the desired visit, arid after a bit of I cross-examination, elicited the fact that the visitor wished to make an application for the hand of his daughter, a very pretty and interesting girl. As may lie unsgiueu, the application was promptly dismissed, and the young lady, upon lier father's repeating the. to him, inexplicable and astounding cir cumstances , could not remember having ever exchangtal a word with an Italian gentleman since entering the country, or having even received any of those *oh> eoro euwpUmeuta which even well-bred young men think it no impropriety to address to the attractive stranger whom they chance to meet in walking or shop ping. Ho the matter dropped for the nonce; but a morning or two later, a young Italian walked into the United States consulate and inquired of the Consul if be knew on Americas whom he named The (ousel replied in the neg ative, adding that he had never board of aav such man. fare young man left theofflce, but noon returned, bringing in writing the name of the gentleman I have referred to above, and the consul affirmed his own acquaintance with both the name and the bearer of it Then the imjnirer demml to know particularly the social standing of Mr. This being handsomely vouch ed for, he proceeded to aay that his in vestigation* werr on liehnlf of n cousin who desired to marry the daughter; and now that the matter of family and posi tron was satisfactorily defined, be wished further to know if Mr. would give a downy of 100.000 francs to Italanoe an eqaafsum which his uncle would furnish to his son ss a marriage portion. At this point the consul naturally sug gested that, the buanms living purely a family one. the admirer would do best to conduct it directly, and asked what the young lady's sentiments were, and if such 'round-vbout dealing were to her taste. To all which the ambassador calmly re plied that hia cousin had never exchang ed s syllable with the young lady, but had Otuy happened to see her at a glov er's, having then and there derided to make her hia own if the family and the funds were np to his standard ; that, hav ing failed in advancing himself by the interview sought with the father, he had had recourse to the consulate, hoping that some avenue of communication might be opened for him by official in tervention. His touching confidence was. alas ! misplaced, and the messenger went empty sway. A Parts lotk A correspondent speaks as foOowa of a I'unman mob: In the scene* of monkery and savagery combined women and ating some warm work, pro vided himself with a poeae of fifty police, but the Sheehys were fully equal to the occasion, and ' having secured a large reinforcement to the family garrison in the shape of kinsmen and their sympa thisers, defied the high sheriff himself. After a smart enc un r with the mob, in the course of which the snb-aheriff nearly shared the fate of Bt. Stephen, the sheriff, rememberiug that discretion to the better part of valor, drew off his forces until the arrival of the military should enable him again to assault the Sbeehy cartle ; but it having been dis covered that it to illegal for the sheriff to execute a decree on his own behalf, the Sheehys remain masters of the situation. THK BATTLES or THE WAE. —There were twenty-three battle* during the late Ftanco-Germaa war ; besides, there were forty-nine engagements and combats, which had almost the proportious of battles. There were twenty singes, comprising the three immense strong holds of Strasbourg, Met*, and Paris. A Mrs. Finn, of Cambridge, Maae., left her little boy in its cradle tne other day while she went into the next room, ana immediately after hearing it cry rushed hack just in time to see a large rat I*P from the cradle, and found that it had lacerated one of the child's bands in a terrible manner with its teeth. In girls we love what they are, but is young men what they promise to be. NO. 15. Three la bat twlaty-dg' CTtWtt to* of gold now used hkjnf wwrld, Nebraska haamjiety towns, *& of which ; chum to be raihfc wntrw. The real and frwofcai property of New Jersey it worth M'hl,SKs,B49, - Itte nearh liooo a day to print th* j official proceeding* of (haptMi TW are iw!w whLi ia the Coo gwriatl Lftmury S Washington Tbw hundred amlriity thiuaandeggi iibjrur parked in ThdiatMpolfa A fire company at Otouyflk Ky . haa a pn sheep that ntaa tfrall the Area. Only three feet of awn/We Mam m Central New HaipAiw^fcNlww. Wheat rowing m pr<*r.**uTU| to Wto eunaut, with a wotosawwt of mud weather. GOT. English haa appointed Mfajr. April 7th. aa aunoal rt*4my la