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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXVIII.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PEXNA., DECEMBER lG. 1S74.
NO. 50.
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rOKTRT.
THE OLD HOSE.
BT WIM. IUCI BARNKTa
An ont-door quiet held the hearth
Beneath the whiter moon.
The cricket chirped in cozy mirth,
Aud the kettle crooned, npon the hearth,
A sweet, old-fanhioued tune.
The old clock ticked, a drowsy race.
With the clicking of the cricket,
Aud red coala in the chimney-place,
l'erped oat, with many a rosy face,
like hemes in a thicket
The crane's arm, empty, stock out stiff,
Aud tinware on the shelves
Twinkled and winked at every gUff,
In the flickering fire-light, as if
They whispered to themselves.
The good dame, in her ruffled cap.
Counted her stiches slowly.
And the eld man, with full many a gap,
liead from the Dig Book on his lap.
The good words, wise and holy.
The old clock clicked; the old man read.
His deep voice pausing, lowering;
The good wife nodded, dropped her head
The lids of both were heavy as lead
They were sound asleep aud snoring.
Oh ! hale old couple ! sweet each dream,
. While all the milk-pans tilting
Tubs paints her whiskers in the cream,
Till John aud the belated team
Bring Maggie from the quilting.
May Time, I pray, when failing years
May thin my voice and thrapple.
Find my last days of life like theirs.
As sweet with children's love and prayers.
And like a winter apple.
Scri'.acr'a"
iimi:i.i.vt.
TurulDC Points ! Pbjslral Life,
From twenty-five to thirty-five is the
true time for all the enjoyments of
man's best powers, when physical vigor
is ever at its highest Daring the last
half of this decade a man should be
assiduous to construct a system of
philosophy by which to rule his life,
and to construct a chain of habits in
telligently ; bo that they should not sit
too tightly upon him, aud yet cau
tiously, so that he should neither be
their slave nor too easily cast them
aside. The exact proportion of physi
cal and intellectual strength should be
guaged, and the constitutional weak
nets, or, in other words, the disease
toward which a teudenry exists, should
be ascertained. Preserve, if possible,
the absolute necessity for exercise, and
1 1 . tl : i .
uaveyourji.aceo.ous.nesa twoor tnree
miles away, over which let nothing
tempt you to an omnibus or carriage
uutu gives up nuiijg o see uia couuirj
a i . . i i . . .
I'""1"' V . - T. i, 8!
see his patients in town, and takes to a
close bVousham. fixes ihe date when
BedenUry diseases are set np-while if.
t.i iitiliTA l.ia laiianr. 1a ro.rla aa I.a
. .... . . . . . .
drives, his eyesight becomes seriously
affocted. From thirtv-five to fortv-five
. J ...... 1
m man haoiiIiI arrflTiirn with uia fooo anil
avoid hypochondria. He cannot, it is
true, change his diathesis, but be can
manage it. The habitual character of
food no less than its quantity begins
to tell whether it Changes the STStem
with fut mnaaxlaa Ki'tiow fihro nr salon
, -. , , , .-j
should be thin, but obesity will set in.
tiff hope j
ided. If '
i brooded I
Anxiety ought to be staved
encouraged, sordid cares avoided.
a grief exists it should not be brooded
over, but talked out with a friend,
gauged, estimated at its worst, and
dismissed to absorb itself. If a man
at this time is much occupied out doors,
and lives wholesomely aud temjterately,
be is pretty sure to be clear of seden
tary disease. Ilheumatism, coughs,
and inflammatory diseases, arising from
exposure to wet or cold, a man of forty-
five will have to contend with, but bis :
blood will he in a condition for the
struggle. Moderate exposure to hard
ships of this kind never harmed man yet
The Anlomn Time.
In the eternal round of season there
is nothing strange ; and yet a very com
mon and pleasant custom it is, as one
giM-s out and we stand upon the thresh
old of another, to take a survey of
Itotli. When grim old winter sets his
snowy foot and icy grasp upon us.the
soft, baluiv airs of spring are anticipa
ted wholly with delight. Neither
drizzling rain, nor oniui-present slush,
find a place iu the mental picture. Hut
soon these are palpable enough un
coiufortahlv palpable, and might lie
insupportable, but for the expectation
of the approaching delights of voters,
whose clear skies, and rich vegetation
iu turn lead us to forget the sweltering
temperature ami long droughts which
in due order assert themselves aud in-.-liiie
discontented humanity to cast
auother glauce forward this time to .
autumn. j
Of all the seasons autumn promises
most, and disappoints lsast. .Meian-
eholv brines 110 touch of pain. There
is death in the wailinc winds a dirire
they seem to chant for the withering
leaves, falling fruit and decaying
flowers, even as the fresher breezes ot
spring area natal anthem, lint it is
death dealing with maturity, and, how
ever sad. but f ultilling its iiussiou af a
natural and beuetitling period. The
process is suggestive of calmness and
it-pose, and every surrounding helps to
prod uce that effect. If man isiurlucuced
at all, it is into a quieter, more thought
ful mood, and for once he feels measur
ably well disposed to linger, content
with thepn-seut.instead of again taxing
anticipation. Golden roads, field and
forests in purple, yellow and russctt;
delicate, many tinted twilights, and all
softened, sulidued and invested wilh
an athIitiou.il charm by such haze as
that which belongs to our Indian sum
mer there is at no othertim so exqui
site a treat for the eye.
Slick I it, YBD( Man !
Therefore, if any young man has em
barked his life in the pursuit of knowl
edge, let him go on without doubting
or fearing the event ; let him not be
intimidated by the cheerless beginnings
of knowledge, by the darkness from
which she springs, by the difficulties
which hover around her.by tie wretched
habitation in which she dwells, by the
want and sorrow which sometimes
journey in her train. But let him ever
follow her as an angel that guards him,
and as the genius of bis life. She will
bring him out at last into the light of
day, and exhibit him to the world, com
prehensive in acquirement, fertile in
resources, rich in imagination, strong
in reasoning, prudent and powerful
above his fellows in all the relations aud
in all the offices of life.
The most lucrative line of business
on the stake? farewells.
liarticleS. lrom fortv-tive to uftv-nve ' uiuu a. uain. .m.j i woa uot t ute.iu oi wtuu out to uu ! .u, uuat-rs tijdaiij atuajtiiteaiiuuirtY. I omi, mm nn.in.a t.icttav io xiuu.auu
the recuperative powers should be en-1 n'8ut and had riden mih-s through the them. The party had lormed it-to Whcn the monarch had made bis ' aM'' a1' 'V'"'r ";' describes
conraged and developed. snow to visit a sick friend. Ou his re- j groups upon the deck ; the bright and j ciloi,,e t)ie bride-elect was at once I ' .V"'!..0 ! I ""'V'11 , thAt. Y"11"
There is nothing like work to keep ; t", his horse took fright, and he was j varied colors of the ladies' dress aud of ; treaWd an ausu,t personage; fhe ,w ri Xt a, ,, im nrwil.mtVsi
an old borse Bound. Sporting dogs : precipitated into a deep ravine, where the tastefu! bouquets they earned, con- I Wlla jd iu the Tetem among the ! c d.-nms f f v Z ',, J ll tZ , wi -
A LICKY ILL, WI.I.
BY KTTA MASSING.
The winds of fortune blow as vari
ously as the winds of Heaven. In life
there are many storms, and there are
few persons between the cradle and the
grave, are not caught in the hurricane.
Whether the result of accidental cir
cumstance or the outcome of human
passions, it is certain that tempestuous
events overtake most men, and that
skies bright and serene will change
their silver light for darker, and often
vengefal,hues.
Such was life to Alfred Hargre.ves.
The ill of poverty attended his birth,
and shadowed his early life ; and while
under the cloud, he, with the reckless
improvidence of youth, became engaged
to pretty Anna Blake. Anna was a
governess, aud theu resident at Stam
ford HalL
Young Hargreaves visited occasion
ally at the Hall, but Mrs. Stamford,
ignorant and purseprond, paid sparse
attention to him. Indeed, as a visitor,
he was merely tolerated. Her daughter,
Augusta, inherited her mother's regard
for wealth, and built castles in the air
stored with gold and jeweled ornaments,
and furnished with all the lavishncs of
vulgar profusion. Augusta, too, was
handsome and fashionable, and like Ler
mother, despised Alfred Hargreaves be
cause of his poverty.
Bat to Anna, Alfred was the one Le
ing in whom her affections ceutured,
and around whom her hope of every
happiness clang. Anna's love was of
that jealous, sensitive character which
is the inevitable source of the burning
to its possessor. A new world of light
and happiness dawned npon her when
Alfred liar greaves told her he loved
her. What cared she for the poverty
of which he complained ?
I am poor and homeless already,"
she said, "but I will be rich i
j love."
The marriage was to take place in a
fflw month.- Tim tilcv wue ..lr fr. .m
the zenith to the horizon. The sweet
bloom of a first love was wafted to
Anna, upon the soothing winds of
Hope.
While Anna was still thus happy, a
telegram was put iuto Alfred's hand
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uueeveuiugas tuey biroiuu oeneaiu
t... i u i
'T.T, ,UD uur ns
uig luuueo ueaiu oi uis onoie, f:r
-:n . ii a r
iinivn. n arff rwism. i.trnina Mini u
titl had th,w fallen tn him ...ill.Mr ..f
which were expected id the ortliuarv
course of events. He was called away
hurriedly, but there was something iu
the parting which Wought dmHT to
the heart of Anna. Mrs. Stamford, on
hearing of the chance in Alfred's for
tune, had invited the young baronet on
a visit , after his uncle's funeral, at.d
. f , first time, monuueed
Am, LanJlM)mft. Aun4 eAuwhile
ersen. -ouia ue reany tive
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. ' "F ...aaiaau. pjjcv.a '"'U U1B,
i new position opened up to him by
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i L..0?? tbrfct
.
iucio m wuiu ui icttiuufl, buiiuus iui t-
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'n these circumstances, her proud,
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, i,"00'"" v.u.wu .uu.v .unu
ever against the annoyances of her post-
tion. The daughter of a beneiiced
clergyman, she baa been rearetl in a re-
' nnei n luxurious home. Up to six-
j 1 i u.u uwu ..ai.j'iaimo w un.
Sorrow then came. Her father had left
, ... as i
discovered he was taken to the parson-
p aul ou'j lived t J say to his uill.cted
wl'
Dearest, we shall meet again.
He had made no provision for his
widow or danghter. iSo Anna, after a
year, had to face the world and earn her
li an. uuuum..uu t"i uvu. d, . . .'. u 1 1 Tn L . 11 aC . ! i tl tiie r-1 UJ 1 . e eucttllalCB Ol
own bread. The position of a teacher no one imagined they had ever met be
in a gentleman's family was uncongen- fore. The heaven sent morning was
ial to her because of the humiliations succeeded by a changeable afternoon,
attendant upon it, but it was her only Sometimes the sun shone, the dark
resource, and she accepted the post of : clouds gathered, and the evening set in
Stamford HalL gloomily. The whole tky became ob
it was anite evident that Mrs. Stam-! seure ; uot a star was to be seen. The
ford had invited the young baronet to
her house with a view of giving him an
opportunity of eultivatiug the acquaint
ance of her daughter Augusta, and pos
sibly to Augusta means of conquering
Alfred's affections.
These were days of secial torture to
Anna. She was assidiously confined to
the schoolroom, aud when not there ;
was carefully kept out of the way on
some pretext or other, and this from
early morning until long after sundown.
Even wheu Mrs. Stamford's ordinary
stock of excuses were exhausted, she
feigned illness, and kept the wretched
Anna by her liedside. Thus Alfred
could seldom obtain more than a few
moments conversation with his be
trothed, while the brilliant Augusta
kept him prisoner by her side. Fancy
the feelings of Anna when seeing her
lover arm in arm with Augusta on the
parterre in front of the mansion. The
flowers shone brilliantly in the glorious
sunlight of an autumn morning. Au
gusta had tripped on to the grass
throngu the low French window of the
drawing room, and was soon joined by
Alfred
Anna trembled with fear and vexa
tion on seeing them pluck flowers for
each other, as she had done the previ
ous eveuing when they .strol led iuto the
shubbery by twilight. But her emotion
became heightened when, returning to
the drawing-room, the new friends
mingled their voices in a passionate
love-song from the Itallo iu luaschera.
Yet she concealed her feebugs by put-
ting on an outward show of coldness,
with a slight tinge of disdain.
She was the rose frozen over. From
that time forward she did not seek
Alfred, and during their hnrried inter
views she maintained a dignified de
meanor altogether foreign to her sweet,
simple nature. And when Alfred left
Stamford Hall to go to his new estate,
the parting with Anna was cold in the
extreme. But there was mnch flutter
and excitement in the hall, when Mrs.
Stamford aud Augusta saw Alfred iuto
his carriage.
A week passed without any letter for
Anna. Troubled and aoxioas, she
more than once opened her writing
case, in order to write for Alfred. Bat
she could not find words. She did not
wish to reproach him, nor yet to write
in guarded language. In this difficulty
she strolled into the drawiug-room, and
there found lying npon the table au
empty envelope.
The hand-writing was Alfred's The
letter was to Augusta. Her doubts and
suspicions were confirmed. A bitter
throb of anguish psssed through her.
The abandoment of the moment was
supreme: and on returning to ber room
she found a letter for her. The hand- j
writing she did not know. Iremblmg,
she broke the seal. It was as fellows :
"An old friend of Sir Alfred Har-
Arreaves. who heard much of the beauty
and goodness of Miss Blake, feels that
he has a painful duty to perform rela-1
tive to her engagement. He has heard
from the baronet's own lips, that if free,
be would now be able to seek an alli
ance with the Stamfords. This hint,
distressing as it is, may prevent life
long misery to Miss Blake and Sir
Alfred. Of course, this Miss B. will
never hear from Sir Alfred's own lips."
A cold, stick tremor seized ujon
Anna, and she sank down npon her
couch. There for hours she turned
aud tossed uneasily, sometimes doing
battle with the Stamfords, sometimes
with her faithless lover. Sleep at
length came to rest her burning eye
lids. It was a restless, broken slumber.
In the morning, fevered and ill-refreshed,
she dropped herself at the
writing-table, and there, with features
rigidly set, she penned two letters.
Oue told the truant baronet tliat lie
was free, aud contained her engigemect
ring ; the other informed Miss Slam
ford that Anua intended, for a variety
of reasons, to at once leave Stamford
Hall.
After Anna's departure, the Stamfords
endeavored to keep a watch upon her
movements, but in these effords the;
utterly failed. Wearily the mouths
passed for Anna. She had now become
companion to Mrs. Clarence, a woman
possessing noble qualities of head and
heart. Mrs. Clarence was the owner of
a handsome bijou residence at Torquay,
a fashionable watering-place iu the
South of England. Here Anna had all
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courtesy of Mrs. Clarence added much
Aii- .t i - . .i
to her happiness, bheshared in all the
amusemeuts of the Clarence", and eu-
joyed them better than might lie cx-
IHH-ted from her coudition of mind. A
yaciiung excursion was at nana. 1 ue
Clarence s were to join it, aud, of course,
Anna : and mnch pleasant auti:ipatiou
was ludnlged in beforehaud by the
guests.
The announccaieLt of the yachting
party came upon Auna like a thunder-
clap, because she was told it was
the
j to
invitation of Sir Alfred IT irirruvs
1 lamiiy. now coma sue meet Uim 1
She had often wondered if thev wonld
tver meet again, aud had someine
j half wished to show him how cold and
! tndiU'ereut she had grown. She would
I "ell, now that the opportunity oftcred.
. atttol licr heart ikl'Miiinr. l.nn an.1 niw-t
. . : . , i
I him as astranzer. S lie eon 1.1 uot bear
i th. iJe. Ih,l , M kI,I,I tn. tl,.t
! . , . . , , ,
i she had Lec n forsiken liv tlin faithless
t
1 l"rouet.
Aho moruingdAWiW bright and clear,
bRht up tLe el,fl4 ,ud silvering all
over the c- m b ue sea. Wry charm -
ing A na loosed u her white sen-e
! yachting dress, a it h its sailor-blue collar
m. iiimutiugn, 111-1 i.i.re B.lti lijaLiitrE
revealed none of ht-r inward ftrnggles.
but tb,
chts.k.
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and a restless light tlushed from
. -
ber soft brown ejes, as in the old da; s
t orown eves, as m t mu .1 iIhih
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, little emit, M.a. Clarence sa'.d
.
Alfred, to i
.11 lue SO-pja O OU UOTtr.l IUU UUi
introduce
'
J to ? f"e..d Miss B;ake.
i A su.blen pailor overspread his face
he turned and met Anna's glance. Hs
saw, iu a moment, that Anna meant to
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. 1 . unu as rviuuei, auj ue u i , 1 -
j mined to take his cue from her. Both
j found congenial attraction amon the
numerous gnests.
Very pretty 3-prey looked in the
adiuibututuu n,-r wuuesaiis uappeu
! restlessly, as if dissatisfied that there
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the men. Merry peals of laughter went
over the water, aud all foreboded well,
only old Doreis would extend to them
some of his attentions.
It was a day of genial feitivity to all
ou board except Auna asd hir Allied,
and they both dissembled SO well that
wind blew in flifui gusts, and its vio
lence iocieasel each moment. The
yacht behaved gallantly, as the foamy
waves went biasing furiously past, and
seemed ready to swamp her. All had
retired to their berths. Ouly Anna,
unable to sleep, paced t he deck, wrapped
in a white bernous, the uiglit-wiuds
sweeping ber wealth of golden bair from
her headed brow. Her heart was in
unison with nature. The stoim in
creased, aud soon the mainsail give
way and was torn iuto ribbons. At the
sudden lurch the vessel gave, Auua
would have fallen ou the deck had not
a strong arm supported her. It was
that of Alfred.
"Anna, you will be safer below," he
whispered, in a voice) hoarse with e ora
tion. "Then there is danger, Alfred ?"
And the yearning look in her eje
spoke more than words ; it told him of
a heart broken and a life destroyed.
"Anna, we mav have met onlv to oart ,
again. If death BUould come.
nine, let us :
understand each other. Why did you
prove so false to me ?"
"I false 1 O ! Never ! Never I"
Aud there, amid the perils of the
storm, with the dark clouds careering
madly along, supported by his strong
arm, she told him the story of her
hutlerings aud her wrongs. Deep was
his indignation, and deejier, if possible, j
his erit-f. They had both been foully j
bet ra veil.
Mrs. Stamford had concocted a deep-
laid plot to separate them, aud this in
tue interest 01 Augusta, a u teuaer ac
cents Alfred besought Anna to give him
once more her love and confidence, aud
she, seeing that he had endured months
of doubt and sorrow, unhesitatingly ac
corded him the old faith and alTectiou.
Morning came, bringing with it calm
and sunshine. The lovers sat beside
each other, thoughtful and hHppy, and
good Mrs. Clarence was the lirst to re
joice with them when she heard the
story of the reconciliation.
In after years both gratefully remers-bej-ed
the menacing wind of the mid
night storm which had brought them
so much happiness.
Mrallli.
way with the notion that wealth is
an evih If wealth is an evil, industry
is a vice ; for the tendency of industry
is to produce wealth. If wealth be an
evil, commerce should Ihj abandoned,
for the object of commerce is to acquire
wealth. The fact is the reverse, l'ov
erty is the source of crime, the great
barrier to the acquisition of knowledge,
a great source of human woe. Both to
individuals and to nations, wealth is a
blessing, if not abused.
... .. ,,!
It is estimated that m the year 2000 ,
JndonwiUhave2o,0W,(X0inhabiUnta.
By that time people will think nothing
streets will be made in the npper air to
gave the trouble of going down town. 1
OI living in liiteeu-Bior v nouses, auo. i
Choosing Wife.
rOB A KrSSIAS ESfPEROB THREE CXXTU
RIK3 AOO.
There was said to be a very ancient
precedent among the Byzantine Empe
rors for choosing wife as Ahasuerus
chose E-tlier. Sophia's son, cut off
from all eqnul choice, sent envoys with
Utters to all the boyars and princes
throughout the empire, commanding
them to assist in an examination of the
young girls of their respective districts,
rich, noble, poor or serf, that selection
might be miwle and the most beautiful
be sent to Moscow for his inspection ;
the inhabitants were warned that any
one who disobeyed or tried to conceal
his daughter would be visited with con
dign disgrace and punishment. No
one durst disobey the edict ; the young
girls were passed in review, and fifteen
hundred esteemed worthy of their mas
ter's approbation were sent to Moscow.
To form an idea of the sacrifice we most
try to fancy what Bussia was in the
fifteenth century. Those immense dis
tances, those sparsely settled districts,
those rude habits which dismay the
traveler of to-day, when stages and
railroads nnd hotels and all the forms
of modern progress are at hand to
smooth the path, then presented all
their formidable pristine difficulties.
Tt:A ri-lr tl.A cnfct that furii'tin nf
journey froui the remotest provinces to ;
tl, nii.it J vw uniAtliiiir. Y-t tin'
u ...l.i,;.!. i. .1 i, r ...i fi.- i...
of hoi and fear controlled, all the
i i r i m
j hatred and jealousy of nvsls encnu-
; tered, aud the bitterness and mortilica-
j tiou of disappointment endured. On
: arriving at Moscow farther examina
I nous were male, ana various coinneti-
; tors dismissed unseen by the Cz-ir,
I uuiil the number reserved for the actual
I exhibition was comparatively smalL
Tht-y were all lodged in one large house,
and slept iu dormitories of twelve beds.
In each room was a throne on which
I.. n i ,
the Czar seated himself; the young
! Birls knelt before him in turn. After
i tumcuij...! emu uicuuie,
i she dropped a pocket-handkerchief em
urouered with pearls at nis feet, and
withdrew. Ivan the Terrible, the
i second ho adopted this custom, mar-
ried three times, aud always iu the same
fashion. Ills first and favorite wife
m A -.Bti i Tt .mnir
i Aoaetasia U .mauo.1.
Wlieu about
to aa a third choice two thousand
..Irl o-ra
i gins were
sent from every p-trt of the
. . ... . ...
, empue ; oi u.eso om, e.gu.y-.our
Oi l wuiv eiKuiv-iuur
the subseiineut examinations,
( r , .i11v-.,rl..,.rnrti
j ,,v,imiw BiWwi for
1 ' , th. Of these dozen
, u jjj
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sou. lima iu lo reigus tUe ciibtom
W came t'Xfil in the nirtiiDern of ihe n-
i li.in f.ii.1 t.. iu..i.' fcitfin rMo.iM t.t rA.
. .. ' , f r , ,,
.tr.I -it mm t-i. lit itl lit. up nun"lr4irfl
" . . . .. 3 7 '
wuieh gave the liiiiuulest-tioni lieauty i
, ,t i.,.j.. ,,i.a Tl.na
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, a ,,,,-1 w uo lmt a f,. V W,-tk8 llefore ba t
j been gathering mushrooms iu tnobelds
j for the support of the family, came to
tiud herself wife of the Enipcror of all
; the Kussias. How did she adapt her-
j self to such a posit on? How did the
autocrats tolerate her homely ways?
I '1 ' I .. 1.' 1. ...... 1... Af V T. I
iu icutu njuiucutuiui . ... . juic
i line observes that the difference was
i but slight then between the daughter of
the proudest boyar and the poorest peas-
ant ; it is the development of education
; ami mturj MLK-ii uaaae;
! tiouof c'aases. In liussi
makes the true dist ine -
a.three centuries
j tUH
j ijjtt
j ,,
sisters or uaugnters oi me ozar, in;,
rge of his mother or ladies of high
birth and standing; she was given a
coronet such as the imperial princesses
wore, and sainted as czarevna; the
j nobles and officers of the court came
to kiss theeross before her 1. e., make
oath of fidelity ; Bhe was publicly prayed
for among the members of the imperial
family, but under a new name, which
she was henceforth to bear, as though
rebnptised for her new life. It was a
life beset with danger, and the period
between the sovereign's choice and the
marriage was the most hazardous of all
for the object of his favor. The mor
ality of these young girls, chosen from
thousauds for their health as well as
their beauty, was too terrible to be
mysterious. So many of them died
before they knelt at the altar or the
coronation that the triumph of success
did not console them for the terror of
the risk they incurred. The Czars of
.Moscow aduiiuisicrcu ine empire as 11
it were a patrimony which they had a
right to shire with their kinsmen and
deoendents. the Mate was a mere 1
family property. When the sovereign
was young he was generally surrounded
and con' rolled by his maternal relatives;
the chief posts were occupied by the
next of kin, secoudory ones by those
more remotely related, while iuferior
grades were tilled by third aud fourth
cousins ; the whole realm was in the
hands of the family; the duration of
th 1 power of each has a name in Bus-1
siaa histerv vrmia, "the moment ;",
the leaders were known as "the men of !
the moment. ine czars marriage
was the signal for a general change of
ministry. It was rare that the family
of the new czarini did not succeed in
ousting the incumbents and seizing on
their cfli :es ; a new "moment" was
inaugurated ; naturally, tho bride's
iutlueuce was used for her own rela
tions, and, whether she exerted it or
n it, their right was recognized. It is
easy to imagiu the rage oi the one
psity, tue greeu 01 ine otuer me
furious enmity to which the poor young !
girl often fell a victim. Plots of the j
blackest description were woven round
hr from the moment when the crown
of the czarevua was placed on her brow;
every one employed about the Terem,
from those who filled the meanest
otlices, became the objects of bribes
and intrigues. If she could be made
away with before the wedding day, the
competition must begin again, with the
chance of the successful candidate
being a member of the family of "the
moment." But even after the marriage
she could not feel safe ; Iv in the Ter
rible's first two wives died, as be be-
iieved, of poison. Xo sooner had he i
chosen a third thau she sickened, and !
efforts were made to induce him to i
relinquish his choice. He persisted ; I
a fortnight after their union she was '
dead. Then his fury broke forth, and a
terrible butchery ensued. In his defense
before the bishop of the church he pro-
fessed himself convinced that each of i
his wives had
been taken from him
by poison.
A I.ot rl.
There is an art which we fear sotne-
times is passing away that of building
I good substantial dwelling houses. Ju
old times, a new house was a thing to
lie talked of perhaps years beforehand.
Ti. juuiber was bought and seasoned.
The stone was hauled at odd times,and
finally, w hen ever? thing was ready, the
and happy was the owner if he was i
able to take possessieu of the house iu
great uiittei tuawiiia tans t-umiuru.-.ii ,
a year and a half or two years from
that time.
The first season was usually spent iu
putting op the walls and rooting it in :
then the carpenters were at work all
the next winter getting out the doors
and windows aud other iiiiiiics; the
next summer was spent on the outside
work and the painting: and perhaps
late in the fall the owner moved in.
lint that house was built nut fur him
self alone, but for his children and
their children ; and it by accident it
burned down, there urn- the walls
ready to build into again.
Nowadays, hen iin-u Li.iM, ;Jie walls
rise like magic, ami in a IVw t!.;stl.c
structure is complete, rr-udv to crumble
lie fore the first blast of the tire. The
windows are all too tight ; (lie tl.tovs
are all laid with preen timW is, and in
a few years are full of nncka; the
plaster peels off. and tin- mortar crum
bles from beneath the bricks; in short
inc iiouse ua thmgol to-ti.iv.ai.d icn.t
for to-day.
XyiiH composed the following t!cs
scription of the I.iidc v.e may never
know. It was found in Westminster
Abliy.naiiielcssand dab-less, but never
theless it is invaluable tor its w i.-e ..ml
wholesome counsel to the race of
Adam ;
A nation would ! trulv happy if it
were governed by no other laws than
,I,;HU ot ''lessen book.
" contains everything need!
i! to be
i auow a or none.
j ' 'iii' ','ultv
' iiv anil liictiit to a iiiaitratt?.
lt Cil,uions a witu,. ,.,,,;.; al 'f:
i partial verdict to a jiirv, a:.d fm ui-l.es
the judpe with bis scutei: ee!
It sets the husband as the hud of his
i nouseiiom, and ti.ew..e as mistress ot
tile Tuiiie tells linn
her how to manage.
ow to rule, and
it entails honor to p.i;t i:ts
joins oltcdiencc to eliilili en.
iiid en
It presenile and limits tiie Vw-ny of
the soverei-.Mi, the rule of tiie rulers
i ...... ...i ntllll... .. 1 li. I ... I.I.IMI 1 : I
, ,., tlle H;l,,j;.tt , ,,,. ;tA
nervaid to oU-y, and the blcssim;
nun me aiiinoriiy in me masters ; et.in-
thf-
and
line jiroteetion otitic. Al.r-i
that walk by this rule.
.:ty to all
lilies and
! it gives tluei tioii 1..
burials.
It promises food ai,.i
laiuieut, limits
the use of both.
It points out : faitlifi.l and eternal
iriiardiiili to the depart iu;.-1. u 1 ... n, t am)
father: tills him u ii ii u !i...n i.il.n.-
wi(w i,,riHllalMl ,. u ,:l ..,,,.,.
, fll t ll l..ll,,, l .-ll.. :, !.J I
, ,c. Umm.r .. a
; j,.t..r
lt teaches a Hum tocll.is house in
order, and how to make will; it
appoints a dowry for his wife, ami en
tails tin- lihla ol tin; first l.oin.aiul
Hows how the
ows how the Voiiii'- I,i .iui l.es h.i!l
i ... -
1M H'lC.
U.i. r. .. I i .: i r it t
deletids the n-!it of a!!, and reveals
Vltli.rixiinut .... ..- .7 I ..
I r.-a.I.er and tresspasser.
it is the first bo..!, and ih. 1 ,t boo!,.
la . .i .
I ll eoiliains ine cnon e-I in.lT'i r. ive
the U-st lnstt net ion alio: .is tin - vreat -
est instill, lion alio: ds the real
1-sl .I.-.-.. .. a.f 1,1,... .
mi! sal .l.i-jiioii
that we have ever enjoyed
' it contains the law anil most profound
; mysteries that were ever penned ; ami
". "'"'J-'s rue very i.esi oi . oai.orl to
the iu.iuii in and iliseoii.-ol.il
It exhibits life anil imuioit.iiily from
time everlasting, and shows t he wav to
glory.
It is a brief recital of all that is to
come.
It Kettles ull matters in debatt
! solves
nil doubts; and ,ses ti,,. mind
seienee of all th-ir s, nit.l.-s.
1 and con
1 It reveals the onlv livin
and true
si, wise; a lss.k ot truth that detects
all lies and confronts all erro.-s : and it
, is a book of lite thai shows the way
I from everlasting death.
. contains me most ancient ant i.pn
ties ami strati-t
wontleil'ul
events
occurrences, heroic deeds, liiipaial.eled 1
wars. j
ltilcsciil.es the celestial, terrestrial j
and infernal worlds; an. I the origin of
ds
the angelic invri ul
human tribe
and the devilish legions.
lt will instruct the accomplished me
chanic and most profound critic.
It is the best eovenui.t that ever was
agreed on; the last ii.::;-.iil ever be
signed.
To understand it is to l.e u im- indeed ;
to lie ignorant of it is to he th .-tiunit-of
true wisdom.
It is Ihe kiiiir's best copy, the magis
trate's I s-st rule, the housekeeper's ln-st
guide, the servant's best- dictionary,
aud the young man's la-sr. companion ;
it is the schoolboy's spellin-'-booii al.tl
j the great and h-arued man's master-
piece,
It contains a choice
novice and a proloiintl
laminar for
lyslery for a
sag'
It is ihe igtioiant man's dictionary
and the wise man's directory.
It affords knowledge of v. illy inven
tion for the humorous, and d.11 k sayings
for the grave and is itsowu interpreter.
It encourages the wise; f ho warrior
and the swift it overcomes ; it promises
au eternal reward to the excellent, the
conqueror, the winner and the preva
lent. And that which crowns all is that
the author is w ithout partiality and
without hypocrisy.
. ln whom there is no variaMt ness or
"l
: turning
Recollection ot a a-utit .Shop.
Mark Twain, iu his new book about
England, tells how he had the tooth
ache one night iu London, and gave
some pleasing recollections of tho den
tist's shop which he was not to patron
ize when he lived iu KImira. He says :
"One night that tooth did j imp, and
every time it inmptd it raised mv head
ngni oil tue pniow. now 1 iiu be
awake and thiuk about that ier.t:st's
shop in Elmira, where I had bteu ur.d.-r
torture so many times, of inose pr.;ttv
.l..n..l ... ... :: - . 1 .. . 1 ..'
1 1 vt .. i i: i i . . . i . !
againstme of thr short, thi.-k hrr.vy
i, , , , '. . y
fluted, and curved han i.es an-1 short
hawksbill jaws I How 1 revelc i in de
light at the thought ef having such a
thing clutch my refractory tooth, and
'yank it 1' With what pleasurable t mo
tions came crowding into n.v ciiud the
recollections of that dentist and his
rooms and fixtures his bir easv chair.
with the pretty, white-curtnined window
before it, and the uice, li red glass
spittoon to the left, with the hole in the
bottom, and the bits ot wet cloth and
the bright pieces of gold aud streams
of blood stained saliva on the sides.
And then the pretty little bureau with
the bottles on the top, and the little
yellow draws which he jctks out so
gently when seeking fur some new and
more delicate instrument of torture,
And then the beautiful little round vel
vet-covered stand on the ens fixtures,
covered with the nice drills and pretty
ib and ti, littl rr.ial.ars. w.t,. H.o !
staiued ivory handles, aud the long I pilj down the stream of time to eter
steel rrochet needle with which he I mtf' B the most simple arithmetical
1 1. ... L. .. 1 it. 1 . v.- I
hunts lor new cavities, ami th little
round pasteboard Ixn fall of gold
nlnaT anil thA dirtv littlft flnnlrin nn.l
the rubber ball svriuVe. and the sineu
ur smell of his thumb, and
all that 1 :
j
tj how nice I
'
Bb
kers genert'ly ho'. 1 a Joan Lacd
What Good t'oobtus Doe.
We have always held th.t the kiniwlii
knighted oyer, the French cwk, Jul a w ie j
act, as a good couk is ejual iu hU liniiu-.l
sphere to a good kin in his mrc extensive i
round of duties, an t becau-e we believe
ihal guod digesiiun depin b upon guvi ;
cou.ui, anu a good temper iipou a i
condition of the stomach and d.-oiosfic pocc
upon the good stomach, but wholly apart
from this is the art of maki:.; one's t'uol
palatable. The French eitt-rers are pro
verbial fur their xcelleut cooking, but h.-re
uuw is a description of a mojern woioau'a
Snh diuner. which the FroncU cm'A not ex
cel nor hardly equal. A w.iier for t'r.zrrt
Miyizint furnUhea the rc. rJ of lUe n-ial:
cut let us see what din:i.-r is ord-.-rol. ,
First ppcur, as arant tuuirrs, caviare, j
olives, lion slices ot Iiihii au I sati-au; toeu
a dish to be of:cn Jrcan.i of. ni ice ironi.
conkei in a gubUuie nimnrr, u .ill (rn '!!-. :
xt a spigola, one of ile.se h-'v 5-!i we
have seen 111 Ihe niarkci, but n..w mff, ,1
with an exquisite f ud ling and served with
turn
re. ni the eveinii' 1) y c.r. Kil giewiB -
r
this strange creature b be -n rclu e l l,
delightful succulent, gibiim.us m.-ss, ull,(
Havored wilh all mils of spices ainl s.-tv..iy
herb', it earns our t-ipliesi a; p o,-.,l. .u
interlude follows of luiH. on t.-u-t. An t
theu a tli.-h of luccia, a slu ill fisli nit un
like our whitebait, serve 1 coll in a . 1 . -1 1 .
cious preparation in which oil largely prc
.lomiuates. Woodcocks and ortolans c!oe
the feast, in which the attentive reader will
note that no flesh-meat is served, vet all
aitae nianitcsteu tlio It-.-ini
aft'-r-diuuer content.
At the '-Falcone," an i!.. r
-
of thorough
t me purely
noman inns we, en iiiioilier occasion, met
with a thick soup cuii..,.scd of sea-sniils,
mussels, whelks anl oiher molluscs, wu.c!i
deservel, and met Willi careful considera
tion and loud c.iuiniendalion. The re, lcit.
the r..o, which ii Lout hijsh nrt would be
nearly wurihle'S wa r. n derej most in!a-
table. In fact, the great Inumphs of the
i.oinan cuutut are in re.-prcl of hu ; t..r al
r bsi. ; t..r al -
;:.rc. ly a fi !i
though, save the red mullet, sc
mat swims in H.iman w .ters W..UI.1 pnive
itiirnciive n siiupiy no.ie.i or lric.1, uinler
'... .-si-Lrul ....,.;n..t..t,..n i.r .1... i..r :. k...
s altogether a transformed an 1 eluva. e J
taliirc.
bleut aut km'.rtt ; then ai-irar rf.liw.iio.1 i i,...., t.. man s conscience ? isecause it s au
oiuiiM. gn.ie-i ; out me next . i,a ma.es us coi;. Jt ia ?ooJ auJ 8U0ula ! cnecK on ttie outward man.
oZJntt:l-y Si,t a.d school; Bareum .ever publishes a full-length
overcome the weakness of sUr;Lki,-l.,..i u- f , ,. , . A . Portrait because he wishes it to be uu-
manitv and ta.te Well that we .1., t"r I W -v11 hi!VJ ' ' ,1" ,J know ' Jeratood that he is always a-head.
l . ... . . ' - " ' 1- v . m 1' ' ' - I U' ll II, 3,-UllOl ,
..Ill la .fl .ir.in u',.1 Ih. .,..,.. O '".1.MWU:VS 1 ; I .,
InSoutlu-rn Italy :licrc are iu l vdt.i titue, you milit use tl.e It tter th-it von T"e r'"""i3 are 'c'itiiullv kept, em
majrmficent 6-hes which call for no ml-Ii to me. I wish ti. t v..n .1.. , ph'JUij; '-I'M gardeners.
aruslic imerierence. Tiie Im nv and the
-.rd-fi-h the former a c.n-laut uu 1 Ilie
latter by no means a rare v..-it..r ut tiie
itioUt iT Ao of Messina in tl;
, ' , . . '
H-arauce, are nritt as s.irimn, mi'i u,. ir
.1 . I. : . . i . ir t .-
i ii.-su is ot uara. saarou cue. i ue sw.rd-ii - i
i...... ;a ,, , .,
1 " " v v ' t UVill.1l C a It' a I llf Ill-'lf
"'" n"r"-
. w : . : . i ,
.in lunorHi kiiu a jiurai.
i . ., . . .
A gentleman ot lialtimore, receatlv
cntt red the baggage car of au outward ,
train, and desiring to read soma iu..un-
scripts, chose this car because it was
airy and retired. A youngster ala.nt .
htteeu years of age was occupying, w.lu
great abandon, a chair. The tfeiif Io
nian, wishing to sit near the open door
of the car, to obtan both light and air. .
iniiH m rr- Rrn. . mat Ynni.rrfc.tir
Hub will vim i.i,.,uo..'it. i
j fu;.mv minutes
8lr ! this chair is en-aged.
auo Keuueiuan was verv inline, as ue
'.i(.v tl hot' ol Messina in tiie sea-.,nare , r .. - ' , -' " ,"u, wuteu
I.e.. cooked plain, and served ui.h oil or ! , 7 ? a V C"'"r' ,f""r "t-'ota-, was the place of the Urs Sapoleou'a e
,...r;r....i ti. .:...:i... : positions. And jet I will ventnre to i!e. IMuru the new r.iiit. ...w.na.,1
recognized the young mau's right to the I Try my plan, Toiu, aud don't write1;, na", ,ue fur""ut P"sses
chair by actual possession, it appears ' long tailed, an 1 mind your capitals, j through t he priiumg, ami t xplosiou fol
that he was temporarily iu eharve of ' spelling and punctuation ; aud, my ' 1,ct ,'-lst'Vr- before he handles
some express matter, his father beiujr i word for it, you will "get up" , com-! WIr' ,,uv,,r,a',iv ""P80111 metul
the expressman ou the route; bat the j position that will do you credit, ou I m '""'J'teuetl contact witli tbe earth, or
moral of the iucideut we shall give in ' astonish everybody but yo.ir affeetlou- j "V." '"a. , "S-11"'' the moist
relating another incident, which oc- ' -ie aunt. Wal.s of the tuuneh
curred iu this city very many years ago. j " fhe proverbial qriiek'iess of frish wit
There was a veiy plainly dressed ; Hdw w EuLt ATe Cliriu i:;d Iiji.i is illustrated by a:i anecdote related by
elderly lady who was a freutient cus- ! The sister is taught, that whatever her : Captain A . While oa the I'euiu-
Homer at the then leading dry goods !
store iu dosiou. .to one in tue store .
knew her even by name. All the c'eiks
but one avoided Ler, ami gave their j
atteutiou to those who were better
dressed and more pretentious. The j
exception was this young mau who Lad ,
a conscientious regard lor tinty au.l 1
;ard lor tinty uot 1
left auother cus- j
lady, but win n at '
on her wiihasmu-'h '
system, lie never
tumor to wait on the
liberty he waited uion
attention as thongh she ha i bceu a ; la rU sjiena tee same tiais in 'sow
princess. This continued for a .ar or ' "'ti his w . Id o ils." io his v. iio ha is
two until the young man became of :
age. Oue morning the lady approached 1
tue young man, wheu the following ,
conversation took place :
Lady "Young man, do you not wi.-h
to go iuto business for yourself ?"
"Yes, ma'am," ho responded ; "but I
have neither money, credit, nor frien Is,
nor will any oue trust me."
"Weil, continued the lady, "you go
anu select goou suuatiou. hsk w,aIlf ue i conscious mat, 11 luey ,
i the rent is, and report to me," handing
the vonnar mau her address. Thevuum.'
man went, fouud a cemtal locatiou. a!
good stove, but the landlord required
security, which he could not give.
Mindful of the lady's request, be forth
with went to ber and reported.
"Well," she replied, "you go and tell !
Ur. that 1 wul be responsible.
lie weur, ana the lanilior l, or eut,
was surj'rised, but the bargain ws
dosed. The next day the lady called i
to ascertain the resnit. I !;e you; g mau
told her, but added, "What am I to do
for goods ; no one will trust me ?"
"You may go and see Mr. , and
Mr. , and Mr. , and tell them
to call on me."
He did, and his store was soon stocked
with the best goods in the market.
There are many in this city who remem
ber the circumstance and the man. He
died many years since and left a for
tune of three bnndred thousand dol-
i lars. So mu -h for politeness, so mnch
for civilty aud so much for treating
one's el.leis with the delerence due to
age m whatever c-arb thev are
clothed.
V iUj18 car
might have been a director of the road
or a very influential man otherwise,
j aud as he is a very observing mm and
l a 0 1 jude of character, a different
answer from the youngster might have
interested him in his behaI and lead to
sumo future advantage.
Happy Every Day.
Sidney Smith cut the following from
a newspaiicr, aud preserved it for him
self : "When you rise iu the morning,
form the resolution to make tho day a
happy one to a fellow-creature. It is
easily done; a left-oif garment to the
man that needs it ; a kind word to the
sorrowful ; an encouraging expression
to the Btriving trifles in themselves as
light as air will do at least for the
twenty-lour hours. And if yon are
young, depend npon it, it will tell when
you are old ; and if you are old. rest as
sured it will send you gently and hap-
: "" at juu oeuu
; "ne Pf rson only happily through the .
!'
lay, that is three hundred and sixtv-
ui m aue course oi a year. Ana sup-
Pose you live lorty years only alter you
commence that course of medicine, jou j
uave maae ia,ouu oeings nappy a; ail .
events for a time." '
toi ths' roi.m.
ITait and Nee.
W'lis mr Ky. wi h ar qr!aii-.
A-Suiir how, ad4 vh.r. mu4 wbea.
x ,1 my Biorwut wUlsm,
Aia o'r sad o'er anaia
tlu.us on u. wi b ni awra
Oiv a ..ttir- tiU o kr.
1 bTf I t-eH bim atl-ne,
W'a, my Utile b.y. k4 m."
Ab1 tb word- ! taalit mr darting
rabl to ni m .w-.it :
o c when alt u world HfvJ darkse.!,
Aud tho ...mi atkHit m
Iu o e childraa rtkm" I brd h:v,
W'ub a rbiid wi mim try.
To Hi babv 'r.lber' .a- i.ia4
;io.- wi-ij, "IV,., aaj
Lik aa anjr tt-jdt-r ch.dia
t ame Uti d4rhar' w .nl. ! m.
Tr. .i-ri uiy Kalli-r'a WAja w--or l.ij I. u,
BidJiuf me -i:l ait aod -e-..
W iai are w- h U rw.t cLiMrca,
F.ver aktn.' what .La I bt
A' d ike. K..ther la Li, ll,.m
tiu-.ly tiltt a "4it aud -ee.
To WiiiTE a CourusirioN. f'iio fl-
! u
Aiui adv. to was iriven bv a iadv who
v. in c in
, tl . .
1 Dt Vtr 1 T u at 1s Il,r
I 4'.r Jou riave come home from
a Iisiiiii-i t artv ora r.iitti.i fn.lic Tlmn
ymi h id sota.-thin to tell, and you told !
it. Very well, that, is preeiseiT what
vou sLouid do in "jottiug up" your 1
'c.imp.mitioti." The on!y dij.r.inoe is'
that vou write it out itisteal of speak- j
iujr it. A Vomposition" is nothi:.,'
but wr.ttcu !a.'i -Now you dou t talk '
mucb about faith. h-.ie. aud charitv : t
. - ,
I or it y.u do, 1 have never heard vou
I , -" "V'" j" ooio jour oraius
"j"ri " i..o uoout i.-u-m .'
II.JW is'
lt possible for you to writs about what
you cannot Ulk about ? It is not pos-
sible; you cauuot do i: ; aud when vou
try you only auoeeed in copying some-
thing thai vou hav.) read or heard.
Here is a g.iod rule to go by - Never
atlenipt to write about a thinr nnt.il
you have seen
it ; if vou can touch
, taste and smcd it. all the lietter : you
! will bavvt 1. ,s lr..ul.L l,nin .... 1..
. .
untinir tin l.inrr
' words.
You s.e I know that trick.
' v... ,,i
. .. .c . 00
Ccl I.!.' DlUat wor.la I I ,.n oan I
ruake them sprawl
p irtHiIar "com-
ill not have n,,,
1-esidts. For thil
I UOSlLlitli UM mil fc-t
so. lt mis'it give y.,ar teicher a new
..ea. I w.ll send it to vou wil'i miiu
lur llf I'lllirS,! YOU Ji,I ll'li k.i, I. a iiV -
oav th.il tmtt letter ,s n.oro trnlo -
- . , J .-"a
, OWU CoUHIOMtlOil thilfl knf V.i.l l. iva i
, , , J J "
evir read iu school.
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, fe ".,,,? r .
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Ull-er I.leas, STI.Mlose voa t.ikft t.i.ioolHs;
. . . .. . .
V 7 tii.-ni, oe
i at io to g.-i tip ti.e re-u'.tr nnuilter of 1
"es eu tl.i i s.il jcet without any very ;
hiavy brai:.-.rc
vea ku iu- iiio.e ali.
i am very sure that
at ta.iitoies than I
d, and if I were n quire 1 to tell what!
I knots a'mil t...,:,.s I should start, ,tUo nult-,rstooil, and which ap
,'or Duck va.1.1 immediately for the pur-1 ?,llt'8- to1POW:, W"II as nitro glycer-
' i tnaa fa tin. a at . K.il 'P4.n 1 .1., ..4
pose of
l iiitervi.iwia? Master Tom'
Then there are mu .krats, field-1
H'uwu.
ini.' M . rr.'H n:!".! :.:r .j ..n.i . ..nm
:n;rr. Is, bus. birda and hoes .
. ...
without 1, in., tier- .n,f ,'.. i...,,,t,.i
1 a.tuoui uui'iiK-r ; ami, on, a h u mi red 7 : 7; , "
.other int-reatiug thines that nobody i trglvcerine. unt.l he comes to the last,
knows urtcit about txoept you IwTs. j WJUcU 18 ,rm,Ld. w.,tu 'L fuse
land those of h.r boys the naturalist AUe mome'lt hls hs 0,1 touches oue of
"' 01m r uo-, s imi naiuraiists.
temptation may tie that she mnst be ;
. 1 uiutuct uu-u w wuove 11111
however hard he tries, he cannot help
being bad. It is exjH-cfed of him that :
he wiil grow to bo a respectable man, )
some day, , but bclora that event through .
tho law of his Uiitnre.be must ueees-
"""'j "v ' r7 wiice.i. ine sister is
very wKce.i. me sis'er is
taught she taust pres 1 vo herself blame-
" ss i i.-1 tic lutard htisb-tu.i to whose
!-,:t to be the evrxu ; the brother
,"' "ring uo virginity ot nearr, no purity
" person, no record of a stainless past, i
Many a tauu looks iuto the eyes 01 his
wife, who ti.nts hliu as oi.e does her :
, "', " " ; even tiieeel, bra'.-d Ilaveanx tapestries,
whobetiev.. hi.uto be scarcely lower ! in which ( leen M.tild", and her mai.U
thau the uueis, w.th a secret remorse , graphically depicted tho aeof cbiv
which eai.-.ot be me isured, as memory ; a!rv t,-, tU(J yt.getit,,Ie ,,Vfc!j ku)Wa ,
forces iu upon his thought what he has I , the ci)int8 au,, the heaT7
a-,,.., !, "'M
"new his Kecrct history.be would stand
'r 'Us,oruie.l buore tin
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!
j
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world nn less 1
',rniif f A
ni ek Ciiiui;;ls of (!,
the Use oi l.e.n ' in the
you are somebody i" sai 1 a
Inc'-d.
"Sure eaoii"'i, nn.l I ice
iity io his j
to be," ,
aziiwen a Ui o.ut r. "t U c.,n thaR
every day. I mean to be souit'iody." i
A-htou looked George tu th- fatre.
ucgau ro-ay. liow: V. Ua: no you :
mean to be?" )
"A Cnristian ber, and so grow to be i
a Curistiau man," said George. "I ,
h.di..vn lh.it ; tin nri..foait ....iwn.1 I
tor us to be.
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(ivorge ia right.
There is no higher i
maiiho Ki; and lt is iu the power of
every boy to reach that. Every boy !
cannot be rich ; every boy cannot be a ;
kiug ; every boy cannot be a lord ; but !
tio.1 asks vou ail to a Christian mai- I
hood to be his sons, and so, with His
6oa Jesus Christ, to be heirs of heaveu. '
Cheerkit, Vii.w vr Thin
dismal you look !" said a bn
compauiou, as they were goii
"Ah !" replied the other, " I ro ra-
fleeting on t u uscLssuess of our bein? !
cii.i. r . i .. . ... i
Llled ; lor, let us go away never so fall, !
we alwavs come back empty." j
"D-aJme! How strange to looV at !
it iu that way," said the bucket. "Xow '
I eijoy the thought that, however
empty we come, we always go away ,
lull. Only brok at it in that liyht, and !
you'll be as cheerful as I am." I
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Av.swr.nRt, ts- IIis ow.v Lvvor.viK - ,
1 t , , .. -t. . n , i
, ).r Isaac eton, a very wir.eand ffo.i!y .
. J. t
man, was once examituog a new and
tine glot,e. when a geut.euU came iuto
his study who Uid not believe in God, !
but declared that the world we live in i
came by chance. He was mnch pleased .
with the handsome globa, aud asked : ,
"Who male it?" i
"Xobed v." answered Sir Issac. "It
hannennl herd." i
j. :
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! Ihe gentleman looked up la amaze-
! a V.t .. . i .
ment at the answer, but he soon under-
' i t t'tri aairtf
g.otKj it metui
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t uy are sueep tue least moral oi j
animals? iucatise tiiey yimtol a
their yontb, spend much of their time
on ine ty. many oi tnem are uuKMryt,
and they all get 'jfeecrj at last. !
vRiimt
The chill of
bujy.
the sea The harbor
are the best ? Meal
What times
tiae.
Advice iz like M-tsing it don't kost
nothing aud is a pleasant thing to do.
'Tis better to have loved and lost,
tliau never to have had a mother-in-law.
Punch has discovered that the friends
of the unfortunate lie a lou? way off.
i Why is U the gayett letter in the al-
phtbet ? Because it is the center of
! fun.
j 'A splendid ear, but a very poor
voice," tiie organ-grinder said "to the
; doafcey.
A drankard is generally a bad argner,
! for the oftener he comw to the "pint"
j the more incoherent he is.
i Why is the bell of an omnibn like a
iu-
this
butter "
Thank you.
ma am, I bo-
; 1
long to the temperance society cau't
t-ke aty Lhiug strong," replied "Digby.
"Ves, sir,' said a Michigan Fourth
yfJ'y orator. Iutnam went right
'Dto t!ie wolf's den, draged her out,
"J tu" judepeudenee of America was
sivllred."
An tx.rhano has an acquaintance
who remarks that he has otten heard
tb r.Mrh ., i ; l ... ..
. ... j-..-...., . . 1 11 111. .u UCCU 13 at
friend imM " but ha u.v ho o.
wnere tiie lauh oomes in. Ue has
friin.l in r.An.1 vhn io K..
m.mev .f him "
ltleel b-'nf? of the Cude, who receives
' " ?,ensio11 oi S50.000 from the British
government, spends the entire sum in
IUl4iub"uiur " mimic court in his little
buaiu on the bauka of the Hooizly.
I "ls Z"!1011 sudjocu number aU.nt
..IBM. Ilia ...... . . a- 1 . W 1 "
w"
olh'
ctm.
".a coin i, in perieea iu iorm. uis
oiuoers ot state naviug tiie same titles
i - am" . tMiT Pre '.,e ha.1
His menagerie is the tiuest
! Ln the wor,1,, 2f).00( birds,
Drnsta nn, snaic.. He has four houses
1 wnprd ""'O rnately spends his days.
j The cat) a! through the intlnuus of
S-t.-r hrw I. ..I aj.! r....H f.. , IT..
In,, a l. I M 1. ,..1, i 1
.. il. l' i i .
aa,.-b a.tioj-uu auip mi. tun tor
In.tia on.l il.11 . .. I .. a
. -... .v. mi ..a--. . o.ui. .i bi. .-!,.
H. - l...... ...t, 'i . .......I
m uw j r oviwawa vVPOVl
r.?"uuu2 -Y" l uojio ex
" S, ,e . , "FT-
1 lot a.immoriaa a.f Cl.aft l.ltt uto...l 1.....
. ,.,, .m.,.,.. Uv,
aiuiosi ceasea, ami many oi ine lnnaln-
tants have emisrraW to the Cjne A.--
cording to the account of the governor
those who reaiiaiu are verv bad settlers.
One cause of accident iu hlastincr.
,t not
a.waJe.tlJ.'lt lltf w a walaing cuarge of
."-"j. '. .0 uia wot iu-
MjarttnC aitrlri.la.ll .,!. aOn.lm. nl n.
sertiDg cartridge after cartridge of ni-
sola, dnring.the war, he came across a
private otiougiug 10 oue ot the most
predatory companies of the Irish
brigade, with the lifeless bodies of a
goose and hen, tied together bv the
heels, dangling from his musket,
"Where did you steal those, you rascal ?
be UemamtvM. "t-aitu 1 was mtrching
ue aemaii.f,i. "faith I was mtrching
along w id C dor S rgeant M igiir ami
tue goose ' u-i c. ss t . it .me out an l
biased the Amerhun lie?." "Hut tho
hen, sir, how about the hen ?" It's the
hiu, is it? T.10 Inn, b!tr!s ye, was in
bad eomp.i'jy
U'i t iy.ii cgs for the
rabfl.s.
A writer attributes the superior dura
bility of the Chiuese embroideries over
of which they era eonir.Se.I Sillc in
.t. Iltttn-H fc. . 1 m , ,, ,
rabilily as the humaa hair, which is
ofteu found in tombs wheu all other
remaius have turned to dust. Under
the test of every day wear pnro silk
proves, beyond comparison, the most
satisfactory of fabrics. Ksneeia'.lv is
this true of cert am American silks.
. winch are free from the chemical
added to many French silks, to give
theru bistro and wih an.l wl.i..i
cause theru to crack ou the si gute.-t
imr
.
I he atlases will h-we to lie revised
Mount BUne is no locger tho
monarch tue L tropeau mountain.
He niu t bow his "bid I and awf al head"
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: . ..'..j ..... an. a . . t, j i . inc. ,i,.tiuctu or
.llr"iJein 81 ,e.ot t'1" Caucasian water-
.1UP ue,s"1 UI " "
'arionsly es'imated at from l ,7:t to
1;' ! 'i,iet'. h,lt ,ts nv J Mount Elourz,
wl"ea bM l,,st beu "Sceude t by soma
mf',ajl'ra vl the English Alpine Club,
ls fouui to bel.SoJ-i feet high. Iu
"U1P' the mountain is described as a
: iia.uriiru uoiue I'&u an iuvert.e.1 teacup
i i .1.1 .i . . . . . . r
'"'" Jit' "jT' .0,w J the cmb;
" : ' AP"Dr"u,,S J?. Mont
iiauo are nothing compared to tne ease
-l, . , , t-, r .rl
t I
" a""?.,f4 aro buee l tUj P
BUr,,er-
Xiuevaii was fourtjen miles long,
eight miles wide, and forty-six mile
round, with a wall X) feet high and
thick enough for three chariots abres.s .
Cibvlon was fifty miles within the walls
fA.'','1 "V! tTeI.7"?'? l thiok D i
iio ice uign. Wliu I'r priafu irate.
7 , , . .
ha li.mtilaa aaf Iluna . I. I.fil.an4 W:.4
" " ,' , .
l" the I'P'.f of ,!'" r,oof-1'
wa. 1W jeawin building The lar je.r.
ol .V,?"1 kei ht7 -''
, .
c?ver79.
about s:x
? ". .r
,a bmUlm
all,. o.i lrek vu tue B.o . auo uari.i
even acres. The stoues are
xy feet in length, and the lay-
era are -oo. it em jiiojca - jossf iu art
in budding. The labyrinth of EfJ-
... . r. i i .. -, . ra.ui ...
contaius .K) chamliers and twelve
contains a.W chambers ana twelve
, ,P, , - r , , .
halls. Thebes, iu Lypt presents ruins
. ' ' , JC r. . .
twenty - seven miles around, and ea-
t lined 3.'fi(X citiz-n and 4i.0),)
slaves. The temple of Ddlphosi was so
ncu in iitouuu t:iat it was piuu.ierea
olSkl.wi.iw, ttkl m .mperor ertj
carried away from it 2t st itues. TUa
wans oi i.irud were tn.risa mitea
around.
. 117 i u'- auiuouafri it, aiax an ije .vipme cuar-
now u.,l..;,,.r.J. ,..,1, :.i.i i
. a a a V11......UI aa nuMW U U 1 . . , 11.1.- 1..1, B1UU
n xtt to LIS ; i..:.. v. . . ... i .!....
rw ti tl A K,tv-lrlrf o- a,l Ow Ciliuoe.l Wltuoit'.
I much difficulty by experience 1 nioun-