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THB CONSTITUTION TBI CHIOS AND TH1 IHFOKCXMEHT OF IBS LAWS.
Editor and Proprlotor.
YOL. XXIX.
- NO. 22.
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'Neath the iloaky cottage rare,
. Is a window framed in lesves.
Through them golden annlujhl cleaves.
And strange pttertja ser weave. .
TeUow as thehai-veat ehewves;
" Ami sweet Gwendolyns. -Kline,
each day, her flaf with care ;
Dimpled shoulders, white and bare.
And the rounded arma so fair,
Been through braids of galJru Lair, I
Hae she n. a qneenly air, ' "
Tbe peasant lwpndilj-iie ?
Fruni the dewy form glade, "
Where the deer in freedom strayed.
Through Uie king arcades of shade,
. Catue a princely cavalcade,
: Aud they ut the pnananl a-aid,
Tbe peerleeeOwrndulyna.
Ou tbey came, with etately tread.
Each oue with plulue above bin bead.
Home of white, aud some of red.
"Hy my faith," the leader said,
"Methiiika you ia the oue to Bed."
Aud poiiiU to Owendolyne.
Tbe brave knight wooed withont delay,
Tbe maiden eet ber wheel away.
And with tlie ravahwde ao cay,
- Just at the ekwe of the day,
. They reached the castle old aud gray.
' The koigbta and Oweitdolyns.
And no more did the band ao fair
Know Slight of toilsome work or care ;
But gleaming in her golden hair,
And on ber breast were jewels rare,
.' And rustling silks she bad to wear,
- Tbe Lady Gwendolyns.
J"
The Innkeeper's Child.
The inn w here my heroine was lsirii
and lived wa the only one in the neigh
liorhuod of the tuwu of Carlisle, It
stood about half a utile out of the town,
and wis a famou pla-e of report for the
younu people who w inhed to liaveriiling,
slutting or ti-Jiing ivarties. IxMkiug
t'roiu the windows of the house, you
could fancy, so wild aud iicliireue was
tbe scenery all around, that you were
utiles away from any house; hut if you
left the building and climbed the hill
directly east of it, you could see tle town
of C'ardale lying below you.
Joseph Langdon, as he was generally
called, Old Joe Langdoti, hail owned the
inn Siuce. the death of his father, who
was the former landlord. Here he had
brought hrs -wife? Ikt -his only child
Minnie was born; here his wife had
died, and here he lioped himself to die.
Just at the tune my story oeug, there
w as not a happier man alive than Joe.
His iuu was in a flourishing condition,
with a new sign swinging from the
door, and the old name, "Fox and
Hounds," blazoned on it in letters an
inch long. His pretty daughter had
completed, the education he had' given
her at boarding school in Cardale, and
hail returned home to pet her old father
to his heart's content; and Joe, to com
plete his state of felicity, hail just re
ceived notice that a party of young
ladies and gentlemen from Oldtielil Hall
were coming down next day, to spend
the day in riding and Ashing, and w ould
stop at his house for both luncheon and
dinner.
"Now, .Minnie, lass," said her rather,
"are you sure all is in order for the
ti-hiug party ?"
"Yes, father," .she replied.
"You see, Minnie, this Is a Hoc -om-iauy.
Tlu-re is Squire Olillield's son.
Mr. Harry and his sister, M is Kate, and
there are more; aud to lie sure, there is
a l.rd among them, I-onl Herbert
Adair, that they say is after Miss Kate."
"Well, father, all is ready; and now
come out uuder the jxr4i aud we can
chat togct ber. bo is ixrU Adair r
"Why, he's a great Lord, Minnie,
voiiiiz and haniLsome ami very rich;
and they say his mother and Squire
I lldheld's J.ulv were very intimate when
thev were young, andlhey wanted Ird
Herbert to marry Miss Kale. The young
folks haven't seen one another yet, but
his lordship is to come down here to
morrow to meet them, and as they are
both young and handsome, -why-ol
course' they ill fall in love the first
thing. Xow, Minnie, sing to me whili
I Miwke."-
Minnie stood up in the ixirch of the
little inn, and, leaiiiii; against one of
the pillars, ht-gan to sin:;. A prima
lonua iniht have envied that oung
gil l's voice it was clear and mot melo
dious; and every note she warbled was
true and toll. She made a very pretty
picture, this little Minnie, as she stood
I here siiitii'2 It her lather. The last
rays of I lie ranking sun fell iimii her
rich chestnut hair, her round white
"boulders and arms, and threw out the
i-olors of her pretty, gay dress, which
was short enough to give a glimpse of a
mostdaiutv litlle loot, cased III a Heal
black ttoot. The long branches and
liriirlit flower of a red roe twinnl
around the pillar against which she
leaned, ami the whole e licet was very
charming. There w ere two peopie w ho
thought so; one was Joe himself, as he
laz-lv watched aud listened; the other
win horseman, who bail stopiMil hi
steed near the inn, aud uniierccived hy
t he group on the porch was wailing a
pKiiM- in the song to s:ik lo I lie land
lord. II le rider was a voting, hand
wuiie man, and evideutly had an eye for
beauty. , . ,
"Xow, Minnie, sing one of 1 lie songs
you learned at school, said tier latner.
"Whew !" said tlie rhler in an nmler
tone, as Minnie sang the first words ot
tbe oavatiua from Iji Somuaiiibula,
"now lor some screaming."
No such thing. Sir Critic. As the last
note died Umiii the air, the young man
struck his hands together, crying:
'"Bravo, I leg' your pardon," he
added, seeing tlie. surprise his apear
ance" occasioned; "1 have beeu here
some time, but I could not make up my
miud to interrupt ' tuch heavenly
sounds."
The landlord was up, bowing, ami
Minnie had vanished liet'ore this sH-ech
was half finished. Giving his horse to
the hostler, aud ordering a private room,
pen, ink aud iaper, the trawler entered
tbe inn. After supper wa served and
eaten, he drew his chair up to tlie table
and w rote tlie follow Lug letter:
Dr.ia Gbdboe. Here I am at the ' Fox and
Hounds." as I told yon I should be when I left
too. I arrived here about an hour ago, and
datarbed at ber aomg the asost lovely but
never mind now. Come down as soon as you
can. The party from the Hqnire's will be here
to-morrow, aud then I eh ail present Lord
Adair's regrets for his absence, and bitrodnca
lo their notice. Yours tralv.
Hekbkbt Giust."
"To Hon. Gen. 8a Tags."
The nest morning, 'quite early, the
fishing party came dow n to the "Fox
and Hounds." Mr. Urant presented his
letter of introduction to tbe Squire and
w as politely requested to join the utrty.
"It must lie iik-c U lie rich and power
ful " thought Minnie. . she saw the
defereni-e with w hich Mr. Grant assisted
Kate Oldtield from her saddle to the
ground, aud marked the low how w ith
w hich he gave her his arm. "He called
me Minnie this morning, jut as-if I
were a servant," was her next thought.
"How handsome lie island w hat a pleas
ant voice he liad !" "Minnie, Minnie!
Where are you" "Coming, father!"
And tlie young girl hastened down
stairs to a&ast her lather lo waning
upon bis guests, as she waa passing
along she met Miss Oldtield, who had
torn her habit and was on her way up
stairs to repair tier mischief..
"Here, my girl," she said,' rather
haughtily, as Minnie passed her, "come
w ith nie and mend this rent."
Minnie followed the handsome bru
nefte who was evidently in a bail
humor. She was still seated on the low
stool beside her, at work uirfin the habit.
when Harry Oldtield, Miss Kate's
brother, joined them.
"Come, Kate, "they are all waiting for
yon. '
"let them wait," returned Kate.
"I tell you what it is, Kate," said the
young man, "I would not let them gee
how cross I was about 1-ord Adair's
alienee. If I were you. He has sent
very handsome substitute, and if bis
excuse is true, why 1 ain sure it is a
vimmI one."
"liiirUit business! Fudge! As if
his ageutrould not transact his business.
He will meet a cold reception w heu he
does iNime." -
"Caution, Kate. You may lose him
altogether, lio be agreeable to his sub
stitute, so that he may carry back a
favorable reort,"
"If he comes here as a spy, he had
better return," said Kate. "Iouhtless
he will lie well paid for his news."
"Why did Minnie's cheek flush and
her fingers trembler Surely the girl's
sneering, cold tone was nothing to her.
The party started off on horseback in
fine spirits. In about two hours they
ret ii r ne I slow, anil sadlyas a funeral
train. . Minnie hastened to the door.
l'Mn a rude litter, carried by four of
the party, lay apinrently dead, the
traveler who hail the night before come
to the inn.
"How did it happen?" she asked. .
"Lent his own 'orse to another man,"
said the hostler, "ami the burrow ed one
struck the npier bar of the first gate,
and threw hi in over. . The ' 'orse waa
killed. Miss."
U'littn I l.u ,r rrn Cit,m u i-l I'll. 1 ,a lUrl
day, Ills friend was m a raving delirium.
t or days he hovered between life and
death, and iu all that time not one of
the gay fishing party again wine ta the
xor artist. Minnie wag his nurse. Her
old aunt, w ho was very much interested
in the poor young man, directed her and
(Jeorge Savage in their treatment of the
invalid; and when the young man was
again out of danger, and his friend had
returned to London, Minnie and her
aunt were left .to take care of the
stranger.
Young Grant, in his convalescence,
made a study of Minnie. When his
friend Savage sent him any new books
from town, aud .Minnie read them alone
to him, lie was delighted with tlie depth
of information her remarks displayed.-)
Iu short, -Mr. Herbert Grant was in
love.
One morning Minnie was reading to
him in her rich melodious voice Miss
I .augdou's in?iiis : 1 't i
-It is a fearful thing.
To lore ae I tor thee , to feel the world
The bright, the beautiful, joy-giving world.
A blank without thee.
I have no nope that does not dream for thee ;
I have no joy that is not shared by thee ;
I have no tear thai does not diuau for thee ;
All that I once took pleasure in my late.
Is only sweet when it repeats thy name ;
My tloweim, I only gather them for thee ; - - '
Tbe book drops hetleas down. I cannot read.
I nless it m lo thee. -
"IVhaw !" said Minnie, trying to
laugh. "Has not your friend sent you
something more interesting than this?"
"Minnie," said Herbert, looking full
into her large dark eye, "I think it is
ueautilul. '..
What a brilliant color the iiiukecer's
daughter did possess I .
"Minnie, my own Minnie, 1 love you,
said Herbert.
A week or two later there was a very
pathetic iKtrtiugin the little room w Inch
Mr. Grant occupied.
"Good nigbtand good-bye, Minnie,
said Herliert. "1 shall lie oil 'before you
are up to-morrow. 1 will write in a
day or two, and soon return to claim
yoil, Aliniue. '
Tbe next morning Minnie was up
verv early. Had (die not to get her
father's breakfast before be started to
market f But after her father had left
w hy did she not. return to the house,
instead of standing and bilking to the
hostler, as he fed and - watered Mr,
Grant's horser It was a beautiful hor-e,
and Minnie evidently thought so, else
why did she stand stroking its mane
ami patting it so lonillvi" Mr. Grant
was looking out of bis window, and
there was a pleased smile ou bin face
w hen he iiotK-cd ben . He nine down a
few moments alter Itooted and spurred,
and, though still alc and rather weak.
in high spirits. - -'.
Minnie bad a secret for her father's
ear that tiiirbU and tbe old man sai
"Well lass, it he proves he's a resiectable
man. and can suport you ; why he s a
liberal kind of a fellow, I think, and I
supKse I must let you go."
And Minnie, sealed lieside him, nestled
close into his arms and sang Iter sweetest
songs.
In an elegant fiartmeut, in Iindon,
young llerliert Grant is iciug rapidly
up aud dow n, an elderly lady, seated oil
the sofa, is talking to him.
"Iear llerliert," she is saying, "I
wish you would listen to reason. What
w ill Kate say."
"Kate, a cold-hearted girl, who saw
me brought dying apparently, to a house
within half a mile of her, and never
sent to know if I survived my fall? I
w as a fellow -creature, at least."
"But, my dear "
"Mother," said Herbert, taking her
hand, and seating himself lieside ber,
"you do not know Minnie. She is no
coarse, uneducated rustic. Any lady
may lie proud of her beauty and talents
and, mother, I firmly believe, if it bail
not been for her kind nursing, 1 should
have died." .
"You did not send for me," said Ids
mother.
Xtf, not until I was conscious, they
diil not know where to send," he re-
ilieit. "George came down by former
uvitation. and I feared to tell you, lest
In spite of your feeble health, you would
insist Umiii coming to me. Mother,
will vou consent to call Minnie
daughter?"
It took more than one coaxing to w in
her; but llerliert was her all in all, and
she final v consented.
Mr wife, my wife," whistiered a
voting man in a carriage driven through
toiidon streets oue evening, aud lie
drew his companion close to his heart.
Here we are, darling: and now my
toor tired bird can rest,"
1 hey Had ueeu on tue couiiueui, win
were coming home. . - . . u
Welcome, mv ilansrliter, said an
elderly lady, pressing the traveler to hef
heart. "Web-ome home." . .
Would vour lordship like any re
freshments?" said a servant, coming iu.
"I-ady -Adair, Bawl Herbert, gaily,
diall I order refreshmeuU?" .
..I .!..;.. uil.l Minnie
"Why,- Herbert!" i cried his mother,
"have vou never told her before?"
"Never! Yes, refreshments immedi
ately,?' said Herbert, dismissing the
man. "Why, Minnie, you look as ter
rified as if I had said I was a highway
man.". . .. . ... ... :
Minnie crept up close to him.
"Iord Adair or Mr. Grant," she.
whispered, "you are my Herbert still.
Egypt To-Dmy,
It Deeds but a glance to aliow uu how
peculiar the position of Egypt in tbe
present day is. A Uouriehing province
of a great but decrepid ami dviug
empire, it woo Id Ion ' ere now have
thrown off iu aJlefriance. and gained it.s
independence but for foreign repres
sion. .At the time when Mcheuiet All
aud bis energetic nou Ibrahim i'acha
were pursuing their conquests and
threatening speedily to put au eud to
the Turkish Empire, it did not suit the
political creed of Western Europe, the
fancied interests of Frauccor England,
that that empire should lie swept away,
Frauce and England eyed each other
jealously over that sti ip of territory iu
the flower Nile Vallcv. and tr the
eastern slioreol the Mediterranean, and
I'almerston was constant I r giviugrhcck
to Ijouis Fhilipiie and his Ministers in
their designs in that quarter. As was
theu thoiiKbt, too, the only way to keen
IcuMiiaeuC of Conftlantinoplu wax to
holster up tlie, Ionian 1 1 on their rickety
throne. And ao W extern Eurtqie coni-
IM'llctl Itirahim I ai-ha to turn liack from
lis march throuirh Asia Minor, and
made hia father eivc nn Svria: and
tirypt, Iorta thus uimui henieir, has
prescnuil ever since the asccl ol a
power clialinir atraiutit its iMiiindai ics
and seeking a new outlet for its
strenirth. Karreil in toward the north
it has struggled southward, aud spread
east and west of the Nile Valley into
Nubia. Konlofan. Darfur. and the
Soudan. Under the present ruler ch
perially claim has m-n made for Egyid:
to lie recognized as a civiltved ami
civilizing power. Mcheniet Ali paved
the way for the new order of tliimrs by
destroying the power of the Mamelukes
and establish in j a Ucsmic trreMnsi
ble Dower: but it is to his descendant.
Ismail I'acha, that the credit is due of
niakinir a dvlilierate and persistent at
tempt to engraft Western civilization,
usages, institutions, and arts nn to the
old Moliaiiiincdan stock, lie has not
ceased to seek conquests nor to dream
of independence, but has become i in -
lined with the notion that to lie power
ful he must do as the French and Eng
lish do. I'nder this motive power of a
great ambition, Ismail has followed the
policy of the founder of his race with
out swerving, and is building tip an
empire within the Nile basin which,
when the territories "annexed'' by Sir
Samuel Itakcr are absorlied and con
solidated, promises to resemble one of
the mighty empires of old.
The key to the double-lined Hilicy of
tlie present ruler of Egypt is this am
bitiou; this makes him court alike
civilization and extensive dominion.
No other province of the Turkish Em
pire can at all compare with Egypt in
tbe orderliness of the government or in
the extent to which it has succeeded in
introducing civilizing agencies among
the people. In this respect the couduct
of Ismail is in marked contrast to that
of his nominal master, the Sultan : and
although under him Egypt has become
loaded with a vast public debt as vet
almiwt the chief monument of progress
in civilization that she can show in
nothing is the'coiitrast more marked
than in the uses to which Turkey and
Egypt have severally pat the money
that has been lent to them. In the case
of Turkey, hardly any of it has been
nsea wisely, and the reckless lolly and
waste with which, even w hen a" good
end was in view, it has lieen misspent,
has made the money borrowed by
1 itrkey a curse to her. lint in the rase
of Egypt hardly any of her liorrowiiigs
have neen laid out on a foolish pirMse,
aitnoiigu mncli ot it may have lieeu
rather wasteful ly lavished on a good
one. Cg) fit has. for example (accord
ing to an able little pamnhlet recently
printed by anemineiit Egt ptian hanker!,
paid about seventeen and a half millions
on account of the Suez Canal, which
can not lie said to have financially bene
fited tlie country as yet, however it may
have increased its iiusrtance. Some
twelve millions have I wen siM-ut on
railways which now yield acousidcra
ble return; and other items, including
loan-mongers prohts, count upto w ithin
some seven millions of the total funded
debt of the State. leidc-s this, how
ever, the Viceroy has himself, iu his
eagerness to rivihe, contracted some
rather onerous obligations ou the se
curity ot his private domains, with re
suits rather disastrous than otherwise.
The I aira debt, as it is called, is indeed
one of the most sinister features of tin
financial iMtsitiou of Egypt, and the
elements of ' uncertainty which these
obligations, as a whole, throw over the
future of tlie. country are iinuiiestiona-
bly great, cseciall.v w ben taken along
With the fact that, however vigorous
the administration, it is still iierxonal
and Mohammedan, and that, therefore.
w lieu tlie present ruler dies, there is no
safcguaid w hatever against tlie Stan 's
ts'ing plimgeii info an ahvssof anarchy
and bankruptcy by a foolish or madcap
ruler. Still the fact, remains that Kgyd
mis occu vigorously innii oy ismaii,
and has progressed far Ix voiid w hat
Turkey has done. The debts are hut
au index of his ambition, of his eon vie
lion t hut Egypt has a future, and that
to f ii I till her destiny she must take a
bundle of leaves from tiie hook of the
Christ ian secretaries of the West.
f Vrt.w's Mmjn:iHf.
kasM the t rench 4 ariralnriU.
Tbe London .Yew draws tbe follow
ing sketch of this distinguished artist:
I lie most modest of men, lie is also
the most astonishing in uiiiwarance
giving the idea one would preconceive
of such a man after studying his works.
He was born iu 1H1 and of most aristo
cratic lineage, for Ins father, the Comte
de Noc. was a peer of France.. His
mother was, however, r.nglisii anil
yonng Amedee having U-en brought
up entirely ny tier, ai qiiinii a isritish
accent, w hich lie retaiua to this day.
erv tall, th in aud upright, scrupu
lously correct and English in his attire.
of manners externally cold aud pol
ished, he thoroughly realtr.es the 1'un-
ian idea of the Londoner ; the more so
as, like the sailor in Gilbert's baHad,
be never laughs and be never smiles.
though he is one of the most consum
mate practical jokers and comprehends
the relish of them a relish derived
rather from the manner of tlie per
formance than from the thing-performed.
Thus one day he enters a
grocer's shop, and is instantly surroun
ded by shopman xealous to attend on
so well-dressed and dignified a cus
tomer. Passsiug opposite two oi
casks he gazes at their contents with a
look of melancholy interest, and in
quires "What are these V "Prunes,
air," "And these V "Steward pears, sir'
Ah. I should have thought it," ex
claims Cham with a long, deep and
earnest glance at the pears ; then sud
denly raising his serious eyes and shak
ing the grocer s hand with a demonstra
tion of the most feeling gratitude.
" Thank you, one learns something new
everv day," and he walks out. Ou
another occasion, going into a restuar
ant where he was nuknown, lie settled
luto a corner seat which happened to
lie generally reserved for a stock
broker who dined ill the house every
evening. 1 lie waiters saiu nothing ;
but the slock broker coming in felt
wroth at the nsiirption, and was almut
to complain of it w hen lie recognized
the familiar features of the caricaturist.
He thought he would have a joke at
the expense of Cham, and calling the
landlord aside, asked him if ho knew
who was that tall, thin and most solemn
stranger ? No; the landlord had never
seen him before. "Ah, well, then I ad
vise yoa to order him out aaqmckly as
possible ; else lie will scare away all
your other customers,' whispered the
stock -broker. 'It is ' Heidenrich, the
executioner.' The landlord gave a
jump; but without an instant's loss of
time walked up to Cham, and begged
faiiu to depart, wilding that he would
not ask him to pay for what he had
eaten ; and would, indeed, not consent
to touch his money at anv price. Cham s
features betrayed not the slightest sur
prise at this communication. "Mav I
ask who has revealed to you that 1 am
the headsman V he said iu his gravest
tones. . It is that gentleman yonder.
"All, quite so," answered Cham, imper-
tnrlKtlily; he onght to know me, lor I
Hogged aud hiauded him at Toulon
Dot two years ago." It in alleged that
the stock, broker recorded a vow uever
to play ti ii ks ou Cham again aud sim
ilar resolul ions are generally made by
those, w ho aieasure swords w ith the
nimble caricaturist. He is adored
along the entire line of Knnlevards,atid
in every newspajier oHice, as a man
w ho uever enters a circle withont. rais
ing merriment. It has beeu said of him
that, he would make even a stuffed bird
laugh; but, oue may add that enco
mium rarely deserved by a wit, that his
good-natured shafts would never be
scd even at a stuffed bird for malice.
Speaking IHreee rll ve-l r the
Kqnalwr.
We heard a sermon rii-cntly on the
subject of irrational reverence. It was
suggestive and stimulating. It recalled
to us the fact that one of the principal
objects of American reverence is the
iH'Vil. There are multitudes who are
shocked to hear his name meut:oned
lightly, aud who esteem such mention
profanity. We U-lieve we do no injus-
tice to millions of American people in
saving tiiat tbey have a genuine rever
ence for tlie lieing whom they believe
to lie tlie grand source and supreme
impcrsouatiou of all evil. Of course
this resnectf id feeling has grown ou
of the association of this Wing with
religion, aud is strong just in the pro
portion that the religion is irrational
or siMM-rstitious. Now we confess to
hick of respect for the being who
nlavod our irreat grandmother a scurvy
trick in tbe garden, aud has always
lieen the enemv of Hie human race: and
we have liersistcntly endeavored to
til ing mill 1UCO coilu-niu n is nai m
ful to the soul to entertain reverence
for auv being, real or imiginary, wlto
is rccngiiixcu to iw miiouj iwu. nui.
: .... I . . 1 .. I 11.. n-l....
attitude of the man which defies
ratlM-r than denrecales, is a healthy
one. It we have an uicorriginie nevii.
who is not lit to live iu the society of
pure iH'ings, let s bate htm, and do what
we can to ruin his influence. Let us
at least, do away with ail irrational
reverence for him and his name.
There is a good deal of irrational
reverence for the isiiiie. -1 tie re are
men who carry a Bible with them
wherever thev go. as a sort of protec
turn to them. There are men w ho read
it daily, not U-rause they are truth
seekers, but because thev are favor-
seekers,- To read it is a part of their
duty. To neglect to read it would lie
to court adversity, lhere are men
who open it at random to see what sie
cial message God has for them through
the ni in is! rv of chance or miracle.
There are nien who hold it as a sort of
fetich, and bear it alwmt with them as
if it were an idol. Tlie re are men who
see God in it, and see Him nowhere
else. The wonderful words printed
uimui the starry heavens; the music of
the ministry that comes to tlieui in
winds and waves and the songs of
birds: the multinlied forms of beauty
that smile niton them from st reams and
Mowers, and lakes and lamlsraiics ; the
great scheme of lienelicent service by
which they receive their daily bread
and their clothing and shelter. all
these are uuoliserved, or fail to lie rec-J
ognized as divine. In short, there is to
them no expression of God except w hat
thev find in a book. And this book is
so sacred that even the form of lan
guage into w hich it has lieen iinM-rfectly
translated is sacred. They would not
have a word changed. They would
frown upon any attempt to examine
critically into the-sources'of the liook,
forgetting that they are rational In-ings
and that one ot tneosesot ineir rational
faculties is to know w hereof they at
tirm, and to give a reason for the hope
aud faith that are in them.
The irrational reverence for thiahrs
that are old is standing all the time in
tlie lial Ii of progress. Old forms that
are outlived, old habits that new cir
cumstances have outlawed, old creeds
which cannot possibly contain -"the
the i. resent life and thought and opin
ion, old ideas whose vitality has long
Ix-cn ex ((ended these are stumbiiig
blocks in the wav of the w orld, yet I hey
are cherished ami adhered to with a
reverential tenderness Hint is due oiilv
to God. A worn out creed is good for
nothing but historical purposes, aud
w hen those are answered, H ought to
go iuto the rag-bag. Forgetting those
tilings which are behind, the wise man
w ill constantly reach toward inose mat
are before. The past is small ; the fu
ture is large. We travel toward the
daw n. and everv man who reverences
the past, simply lecause it is the iat.
worships toward I lie selling sun, aim
w ill find himself in darkness Is-fore he
is aware. IU all tlie noiuiage mat mis
world knows, there is lion' so chilling
or so killing as that which ties us to
the nast and the old. W e wear out our
coats and dron them ; we wear out our
creed and hold to them, glorying lu
our tatters.
There is even an irrational reverence
for the Almiirhtv Father of us all. We
can. and many of us do, place Him so
far away from ns in His inaccessible
Maiestv. werlothellim with such awful
att ribiites. we mingle so much fear w ith
our love, that we lose sight entirely of
our tilial relation to linn lose sight
entirely of the tender, loving, sympa
thetic. Fatherly ICcing, whom the
Master has revealed to lis.
In a sermon to which we have lis
tened the preacher limited Coleridge's
deliuitiou or reverence, w hich makes it
a sentiment formed of the combination
of love and fear. We doubt tbe com
pleteness of the definition. Certainly
fear has altogether too much to do with
our revereuce, but if perfect love cast
eth out fear, where is the reverence t
That is an irrational reverence w Inch
lies prostrate, before a greatness which
it cannot coniDrehciid. and forgets the
goodness, the nature of which, at least
it can understand. That is an irrational
reverence which always looks up, aud
never around which is always iu awe,
and never in delight which exceed
ingly fears and quakes, and has no
tender raptures which places God at a
distance, and fails to recognize Him in
the thonsand forms that appeal to onr
sense ot beauty, and tlie ' thousand
mall voices that speak of His immedi
ate presence. . .
The Perfect (lost.
The perfect host is as rare a Wing as
a great poet ; and for juch the same
reason, namely, that, to lie a perfect
himt requires as rare a combination of
qualities as those which are needed to
produce a great poet. He should be
like that lord in waiting of. whom
Charles If. said that he was "never ie
the way and .never out of the way."
lie shonld never degenerate into a
showman, for there is nothing of which
nnwt people are mi soon wearv as of
being shown things, especially if they
are called npon to admire them. He,
the perfect host, should always recol
lect that he is in bis own home, and
that bis guests are not in theirs; conse
quently - thone local arrangements
w hich are famRftr to i.im shouU he
rendered familiar to them. Ilia aim
should 1m? to make hia house a home for
Lia guests, with all the advantage of
novelty. If he eutertaius many guests,
he should know enongh about them to
tie sure that be has invited those who
will live amicably together, and will
enjoy each other's society. He shonld
show do favoritism, if possible, and if
he is a man w ho must indulge iu favor
itism, it shonld be to those of his gnests
who are more obscy re than tbe others.
He should be judiciously despotic as
regards all pmHinals for pleasure, for
there will be luauy that are diverse,
and much time will be wasted if he
does not take noon himself the laoor
and iesiousibility of decision. H
should have much regard to the com
iugs and goings of his guests, so as to
provide every convenience for their
adit and their exit. Now I am gom
to insist on what I think to lie a very
great poiut. He should aim at causiug
that Ins guests should hereafter become
friends, if they are not no at present
so thai they might, in I ut lire davstrat
nacK the iieginning ot their lricmlship
to their having met together at his
house. He, the perfertiiost, must hav
the art to lead conversation w ithout
aiMortting it himself, so that lie may
develop the heat qualities of his guests.
His exiieuse in entertainment should
not be devoted to what is luxurious.
lint to what is comfortable ami euuo-
bliug. The lirst of all things is that he
should lie an atlcct lonate. indeed a lov
ing host, so that every oue of his guests
sinmiii Ki t mat no is really welcome.
He should press them to stav: but
should lie careful that this Messing
uocs not interfere with their convent
euce, so that tbey May merely to oblige
In in. and not to please themselves. In
considering w ho should be his gnests.
' lie should always have a thought as to
those to whom he would render the
most service by having them his guests:
his poorer brethren, his more sickly
bretlien. Those who he fills would
gain most advantage by Wing his
guests, should have the lirst place in
his invitations ; and, for this cousider
ateness he will lie amply rewarded by
the, Wncfits he will have conferred.
tur Arthur 7j.
f'alliagwa a, New Xelghbor.
A new family moved into the neigh
borhood on Friday, and at dinner the
next day Mrs Cohlcigh said to her
husband :
"Cohlcigh. a new family has taken
Holcomb's house, and I guess I'll run
over and see them this alu-moou."
"Vou don't know tlicm, do youl'
said Mr. Cobleigh, m some surprise.
"Why, no; but that don't make any
difference in such a case : for. vou see.
they are total strangers, and it's pner
mat uie niuer neigiinors should call ou
them ont of courtesy- Now. I know
how I'd feel it I was in their place not
know ing a soul about here I'd like to
have some one call. And so I want to
do to them as I d like them to do by
me, you know.
Mr. Cobleigh was much pleased w ith
tiiis expression of the golden rule from
his wife, and told her so.
"The other neighbors will lie calling
w ithout doubt," she added, "and I don t
want to be among tbe last- .
After washing the dinner dishes and
putting tlie house to rights. Mrs.
Cobleigh put herself in excellent con
dition, and started out on her laudable
call.
At the tea-table Mrs. Cobleigh said
to tier nosiiaml :
1 went over to see the folks in Hoi
comb's this afternoon."
Ah. said he. "was she glad to see
yon I"
"O, yes, I asked her if there had lieen
any of the neighbors in and she said I
was the first. She am t very old not
more than thirty. I should sav and
she's got three children, one of them a
baby. The two others are a Itoy and a
girl, both of them old enough to lie of
help to tier. I he Itoy was oil some-
where, and the girl was racing through
the yard like a wild Ingin. although
she is eleven years old. and looks as
strong as a horse. Now, if our Mary
was one-half as strong as that trollop.
I a lie satisneii. it makes me so vexed
to see a mother slaving her life awav
and a big tom-Wiy of a girl tearing
around the place like all possessed. She
came into the house only once while
was there and then she stood up against
ner mother like a great baliy and tint
rer linger in her month and flouted
herself like a sHiiled child. 1 don't see,
for the life of me. what the women of
this age are thinking of to bring ui
children in that way. Aud she looked
herself as if she was rem I v to dron with
all the care and work. Her husband is
a shoemaker and works at the factory.
'They can't be iu such very good cir
cumstances. I don't think, tor the parlor
rarel is only a two-ply ingrain, and I
notice) ii was sioitcil in several places.
'The pailor chairs are just common
wood stained, ami she has a large auk
ward Wd Ion litre instead of a tcte-a
tete, ami it doesn't match w ith the
chairs at all. Her crockery is simply
stone china, and there are leveral old
pieces among it. She didn't have anv
china, at least I didn't see any, and if
shed had it shed showed it, I know.
She ain't going to have anything ou
the kitchen floor, she says, and only a
piece of oil cloth in the dining room.
W hat oil cloth I saw w as old and faded.
She has got up the kitchen stove it's
like old Mrs. Hansom's but it was
covered w it h g reams and some of the
piH' was badly rusted. I don't see w ho
lieople can Imv so careless with their
property. That pie would hist ten
years if it was proerly cared for. 'Then
her parlor stove stood out iu the shed,
without anything over it, ami it will
pretty soon go the way of the kitchen
ptfie, I stMike to her ahont it but she
said she didn't think it would Like any
harm. O, she s an easy oue. that's nlain
enough to be seen, aud if she don't
have trouble w ilii that girl before many
vears pass, then I'm no prophet. The
baby was on the floor when 1 was over
theie, playing with some empty In it tics.
it s a real iirigfil child. tint it don t have
proper atteution. I don t believe ita
hair has seen a comb in three days, aud
ifs clothes look as if thev had been
niopied over the floor for a fortnight ;
they were as black as ink. I declare it
seemed like getting into a new- world
to get back home. Hut I had to eo, of
course, and I am glad now its over
with, it won't be necessary for me to
call again."
And Mrs. Cobleigh having discharged
a Christian duty toaneighlior, gathered
up tlie crunilM from her lap with a nap
kin and smiled complacently upon her
fam ily. IktnJmry Setrs.
ws sis) naaiaai sV IwsIwbb
He who tnrneth away Lis head when
he pnnrhetb np a tire.
She who patteto not on her bridal
raiment nutil thehridegrootnappearetli.
He who sniiteth not a strange animal
but first informeth himself as to its
nature.
He who nnnishetli ye refrectory mule
at a distance, with a long pole.
She who does over her old bonnet
when her husband stnppeth his whis
key. . .
He who subdnetli his temper when
the provoker of his ire is the biggest
fello
He whopledgeth himself to almti- i
?zz!zzye ,iuuor r?,-,i,vlh frwu
nence
bis stomach.
' Ye young gir who perauadt-th not
herself thn,t ye husband will be kinder
tlmn ve lover.
U who putteth, not np Lis money on a
horse-race, without first baring an un
derstanding with ye h,nrse's rider.
Bmintrit ker.
1 Th lime 1 lb Navel.
Where are we to look, if not to novels,
for the truest aud most highly finished
pictures of life f What could make up
to us for the loss of such writers as
Thackeray. 1m kens, George Eliot,
ami Sir W alter Scott T How often
we hear a worse sermon than that
which i'aisou Hale delivered to his
village congregation, as we read it in
the pages of My Novel T Ami how
fully do we nl'teu find a know ledge ol
novels comes to our help in oclt-tv ! I
the course of nineteenth century life
we meet with Masons when various
persons, more or less known turarli
other, meet together for the purpose ol
celebrating certain social rites, and
when it is absolutely necessary, if the
ceremonies lu ipiestion are to lie sue.
cessfully conducted, that the cclcbraii
should engage hi what is sometimes
called "coniersatMn.n or more faniil
iarly "talk." I-t us siifilMise two -o-
ple. who are unacquainted with each
ot her. placed togetln-r at a dinner nart v.
'They have got to sit side by side lor the
next two hours, and proliahly wouhl
lind it (at any rate we may suppose oue
of the two would) rather dull to keep
silence all that time. Hut what are
they to talk aWul ? Art, pictures, and
music, traveling, dancing, croquet
archery, all nave lieen tiled and fonm
wanting; when by some lucky chance.
a novel lias iiecii mentioned, ami then
at last a subject has been found mutually
inieresiiug to imhii parties. Ami surely
it is more harmless, if not unite so de
lightful, to pass this time in criticising
some lictit ions character than in making
remarks uimui living friends, or satirical
com men ts uimui our next door neigh
sirs. i ne njHsy.
Kralplor )l rssi t'aerw.
The hnman face is a sublime, a Wan
tiful, a mysterious revelation. The life
exM-ricnce traces itself iihmi the living
clay, and, like the soul which looks
through, is transfigured or disligured
ly iMMiuy fialnls, vices or passions.
It is a great misfortune to be nre-
occupii'd with vulgar or trivial things;
they cannot make the heroic face. 1 he
reason that isicts have such beautiful
faces, in spite of habits like Hums' and
roes, is that thev contemiilate Waul.i
ful thiiigstudthink grand and generous
thoughts. All the great painters have
im-cii iiamisomeanii remarkable looking
men. I itian. and ICanhacl. and KuWns.
aud Vandyke, readily illustrate my
siatemeiit. i intoret had a solemn aud
grand fai-e ; 1 c inn, a noble and Wan
ttiui lave; iteinoraudt, a sagacious.
lioncsr, prolouud lace.
unr tine sculptors. I'.rown. Ward. I'al
mer and Thompson, have fares finished
by the ideal. The ti nest faces in Enroie
were the faces of Shaksneare. Molierr
and Goethe, Their faces prove to ns
that inst in the measure that we escane
sordid thoughts and material cares.
and (Mxupy our minds with the beauty
of nature, the w it of men, the poetry of
life, we set to work a skilful sculptor,
wno iav tv uav mode Is with an iinner-
ceptible and sure hand the heavy, ex
pressionless clay ; ami in time the rnde
features become almost grand with
giMHlness like Lincoln's, beautiful with
iramiuuirv ike Washington s. or
1 name like Webster s.
Cam auaraUvo ftavtwa;.
The French papers publish interest
ing returns of the savings banks of that
country. There are aw with over 3jmo
ht depositors, and Sn.nMi.ont) francs, or
10. . ". (Ml on delimit January 1. 1m?:!,
I hiring the preceding year T".i work-
in gmeii had made ilenosits aver.iiriiii
?e each. .::.yiiii domestic servants
averaging $ !! each, aud :7,' iiersous
t oilier occiinatioua aveniiriiiir h
than i'M each. The entire deixMits for
he year were 7.iis).ins. of which the
lirst two classes alxive named contrib-
ii led ?ii,i. I lie trench savings
bank system dated liack to 1Kb. aud
hedciMmitoranow averages, to the l.tasi
of population, lu .MassachusetU, with a
million aud a half inhabitants. the total
leposils are more than double that for
the :tfi,uuu.ian) of Frauce. It must be re
membered. hnwever.that the French are
given to hoarding in their own dwell
ings instead of defMWitiug with others.
and that co-operative euternrises ab
sorb more capital from the common
lieople in r ranee than in Massachu
setts. At the same time it is a striking
and creditable fact tint! the deiMisitors
iu Massachusetts einial nearly half the
Herniation, w hich indicates, moreover.
to w hat a large extent it is a manufac-
imiig and day work population.
The Violet at Keaapatrlitit t'.us-
hlean.
The Stun t, siM-akiug of this flower as
thesymliol id one of the political parties
in France, narrates the following: 'The
adoption of the emblem dates from the
lirst years of the Restoration, and was
lue to au iiispiiat of Mile. Mars, the
-elebrated actress of the 'Theatre
Francais. She was a Honaiiartist. and
lid not disguise her opinions, so that
liortly liefore the Hundred Havs.
w hile playing in a new piece, sheaii-M-ared
with a bouquet of those flowers
iu her bosom. 'The incident caused
great excitement in consequence of the
recollections attached to the violet,
w hich was in season w hen Naoleoii re
turned from Elba, at the end of March.
and the opulatioii of I'ai is at once as
sociated the flower ill the homage with
winch they Welcomed the return of the
exile. 'The day niter the arrival of the
Emperor in I'aris every button holt
was dec I. ii I with it, and' ladies wore it
u their waist bamlsaiidin their houiiets.
That ciiciimstaiice was the starting
Mtntof the political meaning of the
violet, but the Is. Id manifestation of
Mile. Mars lixed the meaning of the
symlsil.
Many are 'aJlel, Ae.
Ethan Allen, of Itcvoliitionary war
une, was in church oue Sunday with a
iiuiher of friends listeuiu'jr to a verv
igh Calviiiisfic minister (exact stature
s not recorded). The text chosen was.
Many shall strive to enter in luit shall
not W able," and the preacher premised
is remarks by ohsen ing that the graa-e
fGo.1 was certainly sufficient to in-
lude one iiersoiiiml 'of ten. "Sei-oudlv"
lisclosed the f;u t that Hot oue intweiilv
ould attempt to avail himself of salva
tion. And "Thirdly" it came out that
hut one man in titty was really an ohiccl
of diune solieitii.ii-. "Fourthly" was
annouiii-ed, and tbe estimate of the elect
now redinvd to greater correctness, the
sad conclusion was l-inr draw u that
one out of eighty w hen Allen seized
Ills hat ami evacuated the nw, exclaim
ing, "I'm off, boy, any one of you may
take mv chance."
rmt ao-it , Try..
Can't do-it slicks in the mud; but
'ry simiii drags fhe wagon out of tbe
rut. The fox said "Try," ami he g
away from tbe hounds, when tbey. al
most ?napied at him. The Iiccm said
"Try," and turned rtower into honey.
The siiirrel said "Try," aud Hp lie
went to the top of the la-CA'h-l ree. The
snow-tlrop said 'Try." and hlonmed in
, the cobl suow if winter. The suit
I said "Try." ami tbe spring soon, threw
Jack y'ror-t " ('" saddle. The
T,.,.nir i..rL .-erv
rmine'L.gsv:k
and he fuuiHl
him over licdirea
and ditches anil up where his father was
singing.' 'The ex said "Try," and
ploughed the. held from end hicud. No
hill too "teep for Try tat Vimb, tin clay
too stiff for Try m ivkmgb, uo field Um
wet for Try to drain, no bole too big lor
'xy U'elld,
loi'Tair coil s'.
.' I.iUle rhlag. .
Sappae th ISO a,m Sou Id tfalnk -.
That thry wrv mure t mm!! . .
Tu he ul ny l, im,
A m.1 -1 1 1,4 t(. m ml all
h"W MMCS Ibat's til Pliant waatookl kc;
r' r mm we mm thru hy.
fcvry Mte luOe ' lUAl bloat) I
1 rallMt Ut Ul ej.
St.jpn ta little ralrHtroM tft"itttht
Thai litrj were Miti-h Ik MuaU
T' he ul auy Hi earth.
A ltd -o rain as all :
TImu the rrarta aswIU aTT STOW,
N.ir r.ea m Ut h.wer
F,.r all the til tier mlnM he'n
Tu make reJretiiiuK h.'r.
an-l mt Khali IUU ,'hil.lree think
lime th, y arv aasi a Umt aauul
T be ,'1 ! tu ,4Ler here,
AaJ Ou itumI at all :
Ab tleirl ,-hiulreo. think m4 flu.
v'.- little art ,4 lute
Ate 4eMUr in tle ftlent of ie.nl.
Sua ouulea. ale.
cVWrea't rVieaaf.
77i- .'.iy 7.if ! no Kemiitluhh
hialitir. Most lsv w ho get into the
uewspaH-rs are very remarkable Isiys.
Joe had nothing alstut his looks, or
actions, or color, that attracted the par
ticular a'tenlion of anybody.
Vt hen lie lirst IrreatiieU tlie vital ait
lie was a simple boy -baby, with two
hands, two feet, two eyes, two ears, one
mouth ami one nose. He did not laugh.
ami crow, and sit upright, as youug
geniuses do iu their youug uabyhootl,
but he slept, ami waled, ami ate ibahy
food, of course) and cried like any
enmmou liaby.
n ben he grew older there were no
nncouimoo developments except that
he was fat. healthy and heavy.
-oiNMiy congratulated ins mother on
raising a future President, nor ap
plauded the bright genius that sparkled
in the Itaby's eyes. 'The gossiN-m
looked wonderingly'at each other as the
tender mother watched over her baby
boy, provided for his comforts, and
pressed bun to her warm bosom.
lie grew to boyhood, but he was only
a rommou Isiy. He learned bis A 11 i
with dilliciilty. and was slow in learn
ing to read. His teacher thought he
would never get through the niultipli
ration table. Hut he never forgot it.
When tiie Wvs went a fishing. Joe
went too, but he was slow in getting
his line ready. The other boys were
on and in ami around the lake Wfore
Ins hook was fairly settled inthe water.
loo slow to move, the hoys would
say. lie ii sit there expecting the fish
to come to linn.
It wasevenso: he remained stationary
ami nxed : hut when night come, some
how his basket was always full, while
many of the bright, talking geniuses
went home with the sail intelligence
that the hsh "wouldn't bite."
Joe s home was full of life, and muse.
and iMistle of intelligent older children
and bright younger ones. Joe fount
himself, ami every Issly else found him.
solitary ami alone, taking very little
nonce ot tiie atir aroumi mm.
When he grew to lie a man. the bnst
ling driveaheads laughed at his pIimI-
uiug: out. iy some means lie seldom
made a mistake, and though he did uot
seem to accomplish as much in a week
as many another did iu a day, yet at the
end of the year there was always some
thing tangible in his results, while the
woik of those who seemed to utterly
outstrip him at hrst, ended in dcmol-
isheti air castles.
He has nassed the meridian of life.
Men emiuent in the profession resiert
his judgment. Business men, coining
npon the stage of action, long to learn
the secret of his success. The bank
leans ntstn him to carry it through the
try ing crisis, merchants and manurac-
urers lean uimui him to save them from
bankruptcy. Steady, constant, anil
bard study made him a scholar; tier
severing industry, accompanied with
economy, raisctl him toopuleiice : cl
observation and deliberate rellection
ultivated a sound judgment, and hon
esty and integrity secured f. him the
ontideiice of all who know him.
Sltt ml .". It is a hard thing for a
oy or a young man to hold steadily ou
the right way w hen all aroumi him are
going iu the other. It mav seem to Im
useless, except as a trial ol bis ow n
i incudes, for him to stand f ist in the
tour of temptation: bur a silent in
line nee goes out from such au example
more fMiueifiil than that id many
sermons.
A young man in the army used often
to be urged to drink, but always an
swered. "No." firmly yet civilly. 'This
irritated some, and provoked others to
idicole, ami once he was asked to give
reason for such uiisoldiei lv conduct."
"Hecanse I promised my father aud
mother tlist I would never taste a drop
of liquor." he answered. After this
they retloubbtl their attack,: striving by
II tlie I r arts to induce hun to break his
resolution, but iu vain, i he persecu
tion he endured was ntorit trying, but
he had his reward, due by oue his
messmates began quietly to follow his
xample. Oaths were not sti common.
arils were thrown aside, and at least
ilf of them seemed w holly changed in
heir outward deiMirtment. Many, no
n lit, were well-trained youths at
une. who hail been led astray by evil
example; and now this consistent
hrctian example hail awakened ami
led them liack.
Every time yon stand linn in the
midst of temptation, you do good to
tbers as well as yourself. Everv time
you y iebl Ui w hat. you know is wrong.
ou tlo a great evil to those who entice
ou to sin. Even "a child is know n by
is doings, whether his woik be miru
;ind whether it be right."
Even a chibl can exert an influence
that mav result in the saving id' a lire-
cions life and soul from ruin.
"A the TtrU, U IU-tr "Well, I de
clare! I don't see where that child
gets bis disposition from." 1 heard a
mother exclaim not long since.
O, how easily an imtNirtial olwerver
could have told her; but she could not
see ; ami she wihi Id uot have Wlicved
had site been told.
An incident, comical in some respects,
but yet seriously suggestive, came under
my olmervalion within that mother's
door-yard, tbe relation of which will
help to solve her moral problem :
"Jack!" screamed a htiglit-cred.
fair-faced little girl, of not more than
six summers, to her younger brother,
who bad dtiuiM-d himself under the
wall, where he was tliggiug aaud with
a strip of shingle "Jack, you good for
uothing little scamp, you are the tor
ment of my life! Coiim right into the
bouse this minute, or I'll take the very
hide off of you ! Come in, I say !"
"Why, 'lotty," exclaimed her father,
who chanced to come up at that mo
ment, "what in the world are yn say
ingf Is that the way you talk to your
little brother V
"l, no, papa, answered the child,
promptly, ami with an luaws-ent smile.
"We was playing kei-houe, ami I
am Jack's iiiasima, ami I wan talking
to hiiu just as luamm.t talked to me
this morning. I never really spank
him, aa mamma tbies nie sometime. n
A Stmt AmitmTtr.X little hoy and
girl, each live years old, were playing
by the mntlside. The boy became angry
at something, and struck has playmate
a sharp blow on the cheek, whereupon
site sat down and began ts cry. 'The
boy stood looking oa a Minute, and
then Saul, "1 tlidnt mean to tint! yon.
Katie. 1 am sorry." 'Tlie little girl's
face brightened instantly. The sobs
were hushed, and site said, "Well, if
you are sorry, it duo't hurt me." -
Tbe facnlty of genius is the ower of
lighting its own tire.
flSWS IN BRIEF.
. New Orleau' is fragrant with' new
ofafnes and onion. ' . . .
Masaehiietts female "ntTmj"fs are
up and at them again.
Mr. TilUMi w ill keep a lutarding
house ou tbe lludou.
A National Congress id hanker w ill
meet at Sarahg:i, V Y., July at.
The 'ouueclicnt fcute Fri-sui cleared
$27. TJ above iu expeoxca last year.
Geti. W. Child denies that he ha
ever written a line of obituary poetry.
The first woman physician in Cau
.tila has just Wen licenced to practice.
Tlie shares of' tbe Chemical bank of
New Yoik sell for il.ivaj tar value
fsj.
Home, Ga., is organizing a'cotton
f.lctorv. i;,mm has already Wen sub
scribed.
-tint of the I ..TBI JfiMlent ill Wrlin
College, llhio, tXi nearly one-hall'
are women.
-f o'V. ISaglev. of Michigan, has siu-ne.l
tlie hill reducing tbe tax on insurance
reuiiuiu to 2 per vent.
I'isiKitchr from various lu.iuts in
Minnesota encourage the hoiie that the
cold weather ha killcl the grasehoo-
liers.
The Tois-ka Common wealth say
there wa never a Wttcr irosiect lir
an abiiudant harvest iu krns:is than the
present.
The Riltimore ami Ohio I'.iilroad
has reduced the fare from New York to
Chicago to sixteen dollar and twentv-
hve cents.
Twentv thousand atlijrator skin are
tanned every year, and tlie business h:i
Is-coiiie an imiMirtaut branch ofindustrv
at the South.
'There are 27.sVis telegraph station
in the world; l,27i in Europe, 7.41:5 jn
America, I.IJ!i in Asi;, :l in Australia,
and l'JT iu AfrMi.
Mr. Ch.irb- ..Tin:l i altiut to re
sign the eiliursbip 'iff tbe New York
Shu and make a lour tT Kunqs- lor the
Wnefit of bis health.
The lrie KilINt have ot a w bite
stocking club, a brown s. king club
and a red stocking club. Where's the
sfriieil ofis-klng organiatioii?
Eleven humlrol ami twenty empty
houses in t lie tw ill cities of I'itt.shurg
and Alh-ghaiiy attest the severity id' the
depression in the iron industries.
Mr. Gushing ha notified the Slate
IcKirtmfUt that tbe Spanish Govern
ment ha paid the w hole of I lie Vi rhin
itis indemnity aiihnnting tofn,OiM. '
Mr. Wood It. Smith, of Calhoun
county, Iowa, pnqiosc to have hi
name charged by legislative enactment.
He'd rather it Wood I! something else.
And now Wm. A Conaiit. of Hrat
tlelsiro', Vt.. comes forward and say
he ha a clock that w as ticking 1ml year '
ago at I 'om-ord Mass. It is still licking.
Jim Fisk's father is going Jo the
Holy I .and. The old man seems to w ant
to put as many leagne between James
and himself as hi means w ill s-rniit.
The eilitors of Siuth t 'aroliua, ret-
r"seuting Jl lie wsaM-rs. have lorinisl a
I'res A -ss-i.itii.n, with James A. Iloyt,
of the Amli-rsoii liitelligem-er, a I'res-
l lent.
'The mortality of the I'nited Stales
was not so great a it iniirht have lieen
considering that I .l':li;,:t:tt; iiudsof ar
senic and 1 i'.,ll.:i uiiiids of jalap were
consumed here.
The eilucatioual law pacd by the
last Texas legislature lixes Im colnlieii-
s.'ifiou id" xillie si ImmiIs in that Slate ut
ten cents per day for each pupil in
actual aHeinlaiiee.
All inebriate, named Itohcrt W il-oii
wa arrespsl in I'.rookltu and Ismked a
an avtor. On inqiiiry it was found that
lire only parts be played were tbe bind
legs ol an elephant.
The w ar rumor current in Kuroiie
are generally discredited l.v the Loudon
.iicrs. I i Kiti lies Iioiii I'aris slate
licit no i-ail-e of coiillicl ei-s Im-Iwccu
erulanv and France.
Major Ken. I'erley lsre ha re-
tiiriosl from Mejio and reiiorts .hi
earnest di-stsii ion on the p.irt of I In
Mexican Government to suiniress I In
troubles on the border.
Mr. Kancroft exprc-.-'e the oitiniou
that the Western Reserve of I lliio eon
tuns a more intelligent population than
any other territory of the same extent
anywhere in the world.
The revenue raised In England in
the financial i ear I-73-74 wa the larg
est which h:i ever lncn received at the
Exchequer ill the time of is-nv. It
:tiiiouulel to t77,:t.r,i.:.7.
Halliuioreaii ilon't know what to
Irink. The bdr:tiil water ta-tes li-hy.
and the doctor sy that the pump slid
well water i so impure thai it produces
Itphoid. Try sn'thin else.
The Honorable George If. I'cin Me
lon is i oiili.leut that the I h in.H r:itic
parly, with wisdom in it councils and
energy in its action, can carry Ohio tiy
t large majority next Fall.
Hon. .lame It. M 'reeryh.i-i licco
liomiiialed by the I ciuocrat lor Gover
nor of Kentucky, and Hon. Itenjaniiii
ill i elected lo Congress in loorfi:t.
in place id' McMillan ih-ceaed.
They sell ticket for a spelling-
match in San r ram-i-ci,, ami when the
guesm are i-ongrg:ite. two game roo-
ler an-put in the pit and allowed to
s-ll af each other as long as I hey like.
A first class inatheinatii ian esti
mates that it w ill require JTI.sl'i.iri.t.imn
qiutrls of s-auut to celebrate the Ceu-
Icutilal. He now hgiiriug on the
numls-r of gum drops and pop-corn
ball.
Ail investigation into the accounts
f -onlrtclor for Stale repairs in Ma-
saebtlsett lias resullcl iu the disallow
ing of stsitr $l "',i"i of claims, and a cen
sure of tin- authorities who contracted
the del.
The 1'resideut of tbe Handel ami
laydii Society the pride of liar-ton
has resigned his otliee. Mr. Kane has
Is-eli a uicuiWr id that melodious society
lor twenty-Hire v-ar lor lour of Ihn-e
year at it bead.
Before tlie Government of the
I'nited Slaf- cisnies to I AHig I'.raneh lor
Ibe SumiiH-r, it will visit its stock farm
n Missouri. Thos hsiking for it will
call at either of the almve placet where
intelligence ol its w hereabouts may W
gained.
Ill 1S7I. 2iHl,mil ponnd of buffalo
meat were sbipistl over the Kansas
l':e ii' railway aud it comwi tioii. In
the same year, over the 'l'is ka and
Sanla Fe railronal: Usies, ,!if .ik'sl
hiiiiiIs; biiles, l,.:i !,: poiiiiil-; meat,.
.!l,Siil ssiinL.
Tlie M. E. Ilmrrli South ha ai-
Miiiitel a ( isnniittee of Fr:iteruiation
the mxt tteiieral t onlen-uie of tlie
M. E. Church North, and also Commis
sioner to meet a like ciHiimissioii tor
he puriMMe of removing all oltstaclc to
formal fraternity.
A post of tbe Grand Army of the
lb-public, in l'rovhleiiee, K. I., will
erect as a monument in a cemetery in
that city a thirty-two rniiler cannon
received from tbe government. Jt will
lie mounted ou a granite 'redcstal, and
w ill lie surmounted by a ten inch shell.