1 a : I- ' 7f r F. SCHWEIER, TH OOSSTITeTIOH-THl Wldr-I- M ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS Editor and Proprietor. TOL. XXIX. mifflintown; juni ata qc PENNA.. OCTOBER 27. 1S75. NO. 43. iilill "err minimi m m Uisfe www A LOST HOUR. . , joiea boor a Bummer morn, fiaTta! tba world waa still. . !, was freak on now turn hay.. lBd B kridal refl of the fair yoong day Bar o'er the pnrple bill. ep-Wl tinkled acroaa the aiopeaC gat u an elfio dume : Batter! llitte "thwart and down, Pmi wait murmuring, busy and brown, Oter tb fragrant thyme, i Imguii calm and a dull content, gjenc instead of apaech ; Xbwiad led low, and the lark sang nigh, gjtft rolden boor of onr Urea went by, 4Ba drifted oat of reach. We both went bark to an eager life ; got in it panee to-day glean of that golden boor return, Amj bt jaded spirit freta and yearns For one chance awept away. The yean creep on, and the heart grow tired, Irm ot bopea fulfilled ; Aoa tnma away from the world'a atrmig wine fitb ferered lips that must ever pine for that pore draught we spill ed. inj nt. perchance, when onr long day wanes (Age hath its joya late born :) r, ibiD meet again on the green hill-side, lad lad. in the aolemn eveutiJe, The hour we lost at morn. (it."! M'fwf. Who Made the Proposal 7 lr. Gib-on, Laving made an uuprofes- umil visit to Mrs. Kcllicott, walked jocB to the gate with her daughter Mattv. Hity was twenty years old, and the doctor s thirty. HercyeS were brow n ad his re gray. She 'hail on' a pink calii-o dres.-, aud a white uiu-lin ipmn; and he wore lican, cool looking liwu clothes, and a wide Panama hat. Xhf gentleman admlreil the huly'g lowen very much, especially the white roscf, one of which, by the way, she had tucked under her ear. She inquired with considerable how of interest, about the Kugcles children, w ho had the measles, lie told her gravely all about Tommy and Ben, Alice aud Kit; and when he had finished, a silence fell anon them. ... Matty was leaning on the gate, looki ng down the village street. She thought how funnv it was for Mr. Scott to paint hiww house pea green, w ith lavender trimmings, and w as about to gay so to Dr. Gibron, when he stopped lier. He said the very last thing she w ould haw expected to hear. He aid, "Hatty. I love you, and want you to aiarryme!" The verv look in the bright, brown eyes, would have told him, without! inr;ie spoken word, how thoroughly anlooked for such a proposal had been. Sue had never, in all the years she had known Ir. Gibson, thought for a mo ment of the possibility of his loving her. Sbewas very sorry, she told him. but she didn't love hini one bit, at least In that way. But the tears came into her eyes, as" she saw the quiet face grow a trifle pale. 4 I hanllv believed vou did care for me," he went on, after a panse. "But I hoped vou might learn to do it." But but " said Matty, with era- tnrras.roent. "I I thought every one knew I am engsged to my cousin Tom." "Your Cousin Tom !" echoed the loc tor. It was impossible to mistake the erpression which passed over his face. It was not nierelv iersoual regret at the fart she announced, but an impartial disapproval of the match. He made no comment, however, but directly said : "ilattv. I shall never ret over this I mean that I shall always love you and if you ever need a friend or protector, or -or any one, you'll come to me, won't TOU" She promised and held out her hand to him. He shook it warmly, said 'God bless you!' and left her hurriedly. Matty, still leaningon the little wooded pte, watched the retiring figure out of ight. She was very quiet all day, and in the evening propounded this alcurd question : "Tom, what would you do if I should jilt you?"' Tom stroked his downy upper lip, and kiked pensive. "Couldn't say," he replied, after some moments of reflection. "Vou might try and see." "Perhais I will," she replied more soberly than the occasion seemed to war rant. "Tom stared very hard at her, but immediately forgot the incident. Nearly a "year passed. One day, Mrs. KelhWt's 'help' rushed frantically into If. Giltson's house, and breathlessly announced to that gentleman that 'Mr. Tom would be deader'n a door nail long before he got there, if he didn't lor two second-, thinking of him as his rival in Matty's affections, the doctor had half a miiid to :-ousign him to the tender mercies of good, stupid, old I r. 'Us; but his itetter nature prevailed, nd hectarted for Mrs. Kellicott's, at " very heels of the excited servant Sirl. " WVu he arrived he found Tom in a hitrh fever, aud delirious. He pro nounced it a severe case of typhoid fever, and privately added a doubt that ne would recover." He sent to his own aou for changes of clotliing, prepared o devote himself tothe sick man. Many, jo, was unwearied in her work, and, "in necessarily much in Tom' room, 'Miseqnently saw the doctor constantly . and his patient presented a marked "otrast to each other: the latter was ptiou and peevish to an unboard of uegree, and talked incessantly of some oiiknown being named Kate. On the "tner hand. Ir. (iitwon sir so natient nd gentle, so strong and helpful, doing iuucu lor lorn, ami yet noi lorgeiuug of his accustomed duties, that Matty "Pened her eyes in admiring astonish- n morning, as the doctor prepared a sleeninp rirvufrht fit. wmeluiHr. snd dictated to Matty a nrescriotion for oaebody else, she said with real soli- Mine : "Dr. Gibson, you w 111 certainly kill yourself if you Veen on at this rate, and Us my belief that you are overworked, nd you ought to take a rest." Io I appear to be at death's door?" Oe lnmiirvwl " : - and "paring his shoulders, is If proud of proportions "V Marrv " he rn- jtouwi, solemnly, though with a merry "'nkle in the honest eyes, "work, as Bowers frequently remarks, Is a -"uaay.- .Matty understood mm, colored At last Tom was pronounced out of "Jfnger, and now the doctor felt that he "" remove himself and his belongings " Mrs. Kellicott's house to his own. """ ndden by the honeysuckle vines criM i P31"! watched him go, and - time. Mi A ., i nevor slall," she returned, "ni'kine into her n-n Mr.m The at n,,L . S """i " tenilin-. plaZM' he reJ'"'g, or P- ..s reau, w tnle she sewed dtlt-T- Neither uttered a word for -""nan half an hour, "esentlr vun u , v. i: fan cVi - . Miwiuui uir uiuaun wort it maki"S. and laid it on her - put her little silver thimble aside, and dropped her hands, ouc over iuc omer, into ner lap. l lien she looked up. . , Tom was staring straight at her. She cuwreu vioienuy.aua so, lor tuat matter, did lie. ... "Tom," she began, "don't be angry. Oh, da. forrita uiel 8ne fMused trying to think bow she could tell him softly; but went on bluntly, "I want to end our engagement." ".So do I," rejoined he, with difficulty repressing a w histle. Then both burst into a hearty lauzh. "Vou see, Mat," said Tom, w hen he touiu si?aK, "i love some one else." Matty appeared to be taken quite by surprise at this declaration. r "But I couldn't help it, indeed I couldn't. She is " "She is a young lady whose name is rtaie, ana ner eyes are the blackest, and her cheeks the reddest and she sings 'Under the Stars' with guitar accom paniment," rattled Matty, all in a breath. It was Tom's turn to stare. ''Where did you find all that miff" be asked. ' "My dear, a little bird, etc. I think I'll go and write to my future cousin," and off she ran, glad to escape the ques tions which she feared he might pro pound. "But you haven't told me"' he called after her. . . In less than an hour she had reconciled her mother to Fate's-decree; and writ ten to Miss Kate Spencer; and persuaded Tom to write also, and had done much toward informing the whole village of her altered prospects. In due time Tom was married, Matty officiating as first bridesmaid. Matty after the excitement ot Tom' wedding, bethought herself what she should do. There were her summer dresses to be made up, her uiiicic .schol ars to attend to, the sewing circle and the flowers; but these occupied ucither all her time nor thoughts. Ti.crc ought to have leen I)r. Oibsou, too, she could not help thinking; but that gentleman, instead of falling at her foot, as soon as he heard she was free, paid her no more attention thau lie fore. She waited for him, in growing wonder and worry, an eternity two weeks and then took measures to bring him to his senses. She employed only recoguLzed and lady-like means, however. She began by flirting a little with different gentle men. There was Will Ellis. This young gentleman had offered himself to our heroine on an average four times a year, ever since she was fifteen. She had invariably refused him, decidedly and emphatically; but they were the Vst friends in the world. She now told him, in so many words, that she would accept all the attention he would offer her during the next week, taking care to remember that this singular declaration proceeded not from any special regard for him, but was made in pursuance of some o-cult design on her part. Forth with the pair embarked upon what seemed to be the stormiest flirtation Skinnersville ever saw. In the long morning they drove or rowed together; they dined at Mrs. Killieott's, and im mediately after sallied forth on some other excursion. Both were excellent equestrians, and Martie gloried in gal loping 'over hill awl dale,' on one of Will's handsome horses. (Will, by-' the-by, was the son of a rich man.) ! Then they drank an early tea on the verandah, and spent the evening at the piano, or in reading. At the hour of nine, Matty always sent Will home, without a particle of ceremony, or re gret at his departure. In short, what appeared to Skinnersville as a serious courtship, was, in reality, a purely busi ness matter, and so understood .between the two parties to it. This state of affairs continued for a week or so, during which time the doc tor ignored Matty's existence, except as she was the daughter of his dear friend Mrs. Killicott. And all the time the girl was raging inwardly at her quondam suitor. "Why doesn't he ask me once again she queried, mentally; "Iain sure he loves me, ana any one migui. tx uii love him; but he won't speak, and 1 can t. I suppose 1 shall he an old maw. But the doctor was not to blame. A man ot the world woum nave seen through Matty's stratagem; but he did not: he imaginol that sue was enuer trying to drown her disappointment at losing Tom, or had really decided to marry the enamored W ill. The truth occurred to Matty at last. She could hardly believe such stupidity existed in the mind of man ; but she de termined to try what miMlest and re tiring behavior would effect. So she dismissed W ill, and became, to all out ward resemblance, a uuie nun. sum no advance on the doctor's part, lie came and went constantly to the bouse, however. Matty gave up ail nope, finally, of ever coming to a better under standing with him, when something hapjiened. lr. l.iooti "uroppen in one n "", w hen Mrs. Killicott sat sewing on the pleasant veranda in the cool refreshing bri"eze. ... "You musn't come here,'' she caueu, as he tied ins nor.se 10 me ui; i.. "My work requires my undivided atten tion ; besides, you'll step on tlie ruffles. l ou may go anu ncip .umj, n j .. That voung woman was making iics , the 'kitchen. She saw the doctor coming round the onier of the house, "ave a hurried glance at me origin ooi tom of a tin pan she was holding, found herself presentable, and greeted lain composedly . She was very glail to see him, she said, ouiuu i ou ms o. be wouldn't come in, me uaj s so beautiful. He would just Hand on the little brick pavemcut under the window, and lean over tlie sin. ho there he stood uudcr the grajie vine trellis, with little flecks of golden sun shine falling over his hair and shoul ders. Matty olserved that he looked thoroughly unloverlike, ana conciuoeu that be didn't intend to propose. She also noticed a rip in his coat, and won dered who would mend it for him. Someway, tlie talk veered round from the weather to Woman's Bights. Matty, on this, spoke up. .i;.in-tat all believe in the second' hand influence w hich reached the ballot box through the agency of husbands and brothers. -iiaimt, , "1 want to inarch to the polls and put in mv vote my own self." m vii!ir. a nrettv soectacle you d make, Matty, w ith that rolliug pin in your ..i L nn t all anrrt that I want to X III MMvm v - . laa Ititrrnntod. But 1 JW Ulj Oetwi e.. I ' . would like to make some laws, that s all " "Well, vou might petition the legis lature," suggested the doctor, gravely. "Oh, they're not legal taws; only i.i 1...... and usaces. I'll fcH yu ji Twhatl mean." Sne laid, the rolling pin aside, with an emphatic bang, placed r ..r .mis akimbo, looking very earnest and determined, and 1u"f gardless of the ract tnai " ' ?, ,1 n Iafo with each other. "i at a partr.when a ladysiu alone in a stiff chair all the evening, not danc ing, simply because sue -partner, and can't ask any one. On, you know, Dr. Gibson, you know -lrv Interpolated he. 7"ow. Campbell's the other night. If I h.dbeen AnnaBad cliffe, or Dora Coliard, I d have asked some of yon men mio"' - "Then you think women should hare the . privilege of asking for whatever they w rth r'. be retorted, with hair a smile. -. :..,... . ... . She i answered that sue thought just mat. , ..i - . m .. ... "Well, Hatty, I quite agree with yon. I not only think they should have) this right in such a case vou mention, but also in more serious affairs. For In stant, women might with perfect pro priety, make proiiosals of marriage." Xo , such an idea had never entered Matty's foolish little head, and she seized the sugar Iox with great embar rassment. The doctor went on, with much gravity. "I am aware that It would be a very unconventional proceeding, and I am afraid no woman will ever be wise enough to take the initiative; and yet I am HTsiiaded that In many instances it would be the most natural and beautiful thing she could do." He was looking unconsciously up at the blue sky shining through the filagree work of vine leaves aliove him. ' It was evident.be was thinking of -women in the alKtract only, bnf a faltering little "Dr. tJibson recalled him to the concrete. And there stood Matty sniilin,blushing, dimpling, ready to extinguish herself in her brown gingham apron. "Dr. Gibson. I like j-ou ever so much !' she faltered,' bravely, but breathlessly. The doctor jumped through an open window, and made his projioal over again.. ' Ladj- Clerk a la London. T he chief establishment in which we find ladies working as clerks is in the I'rndential Life Assurance Company, Lndgate Hill. Here there arc between sixty and seventy female clerks em ployed upon work of a purely clerical nature. The stall' is attached to what is known as the industrial branch of the office, and is engaged to a great ex tent in copying out letters and other documents, and in writing dockets con nected with the life policies issued to the poorer clashes, at the rate of a pen ny a week and upward, with which the industrial department has chiefly to deal. These dockets average 20,000 a week, we are told, so that there is no small amount of work to Ihj performed by the lady clerks in the Prudential Assurance Office. Besides this, some of the more experienced of the female clerks are engaged in correspondence, the gist of the letter being given on a slip of paper, or noted in the corner of the letter to which it may be a reply. and these clerks have to enlarge upon it in proper terms, and write the fair copy for signature. There is but one uuifonn scale of salaries, which com mences with i.33a year aud rises to 6i. 1 his is weir low. but it is of coarse, the object of a company of this kind to keep the salaries as low as pos sible, an object which, iu a Govern ment department, is not fully recog nized. There may he an idea with some that female clerks em ployed in an of fice of this kiud aie not very select. but in the present instance the very re verse is the case. The very mode hy which an appointment of this kind is obtained secures this end, for. besides a fair education, it is required that all candidates' fathers are or have been profesional men, or men holding good jtositioiis io life. There is a hard aud fast barrier made at tradesmens'daiigb- tfffl. for tbup Bra in no MMmtt4 i to situations in the Prudential Life j Ollice ; by this means the class of fe male clerks working there is kept most select, ami that it is so may be gathered from the fact that at the present time there are employed among the other clerks the dangl'ter of a Judge, and several clergymen's daughters. As re gard the results of the experiment in i this office, they have been most fruit ful. Mr. Lancaster, the Secretary, to whom we are much indebted for the information on tlie snbiec-t as regards his office he very kindly placed at our disposal, states that female clerks have proved eminently successful in the ea-! paciry in whicn they aie mane nse 01 by the I'rndential, winch is principally to supply the place of junior clerks, of whom, it appears, there is at present a great dearth, at least of those whose services are ot any value, remaie lerks are being pretty extensively em ployed in law-copying and law sta tioners' offices; at Miss LeminB', Xo. 12 I'ortnffil street. Lincoln s inn. a good nnnitK-r are engaged, chiefly, we be lieve in copying work, and they have tiie opportunity of earning from jCI 10s to 2 a week. Lawyers themselves are beginning to make nse of their services in copying, and remunerate them with salanes ranging from "i0 to 80 a year. We also learn that in some country railway ouices isuies are being employed as clerks, and are paid on an average from 20 to i.'o a yv&r.I'ra;er'a Magazine. A Plea for anrenea. If iliA A raniotiil nra-tfaaCaiatl 14 at IIP 1 L LltTJ UiniliailV p waw. wwm ... - : : i;..MAnf ! (a an Ifialtr tra W 111X11 I'u 19 UIPflKKriUl - .UUJ adopt, reajson compels us to say that no lauv oniriifc 10 ruier lucnuo Aud social .DConKiatency U Btill more strongly urouUt out, when we retiect l ....-im.lir v. tr. ii I a ara a mil foil r theatricals, and to what a profejeional - a-A aafrioil Xliaum Alfa several private houses in England, which possess a regular tbeatxe, , where every theatrical contrivance and stage .nniiKtononnn arn ti IkA f fill llli. find where performances are repeated night alter Uigur, w wutuu iiifuuwiwuMi, .1 i.M.V,.a lunnlo am in turn inviteil SkA spectators. Nobody thinks there is any II arm in mis, auu w p""" ... . . . ... r . . .l.A. ' . Iiapni I.flillf.B in tllA III I tilt I U IS . ... . " highest sense of the term, eagerly and uruuaniiy assii i" iwttd .. , which are rapidly becoming public in every way; for we know tuat laoies often act in private theatres to promis cuous auuieucen uuij mc, iiivi.. j for admission. Why, then, should edu cated ladies who are born with the (llMiuaiiv - r. ... .... . - .i ; iaiint sf mn tr in Tiiem. uui, have nootner iuiure in iuu uu ... . m.rn a rtti nn7M in i.iin nisu i' :.i n...W Im Hlftarmil from anont- lUUUiai umivi . . . r - mg the stage as a picBnin i . : I ... In vnrlr forallVell- lb IB BH iiuuviowiw w " " - bood with God-given talente as to sell a handsome lace io awnaiwwiun. Surely it is not less worthy ot a clever woman to teach adults, from the stage, what thev are ana wunt mtj "" " i. i,nn Vr. iniilcjt the ruiliments of irr , vou w ... education in the schoolroom. Surely, if the theatre is a piace m uicu.o - - i- .-irAa ri .1 t. ! 11 lnt.T With may uifctswut . u u.-..r . -- imnunitv, we should desire that the actresses wnose an. mc c i " i.a i. .. :n iliUip inrn vnmp.n contact Milium uc iu n,.. with whom they should have no cause to shrink from. Is it not a crying i .1 . lawMoaiAtlio IiVwrnl inn Sliame, wiu " n . , enlightened age in which it is our boast . . , , I . I ..... ..n nf l.ih tO live, Wliat W UCIl IKUWruicu i i ;n flnA if iiMwunrT In ailnnt. anu euuiBiii'u uu.a . . . . j 1 - the stage as theirprofessiou, they should also una it necessaij ius iuc ; iii.v vkr Hitinir aonietbinir name, . i i v." of which society thinks they ought to be asnamea i iuuwiiumi'ii-"."j acquainted with the profession know by bitter experience the toil, the hard- snips, 1UC -J, menu that have to be gone through in years of hardest work, before a sub stantial pos,t'" e,tn l Jfained ; and society, for whose intellectual aniuse- meUt anu lui.eiliKi;ui inimnni w . . ..i.lj AhAtiljl varmlr Anil tneaire ri",. - - heartily iecognize the labors and enorts of t hose upon wuom 11 uepenus wniuui, and do all in its power and it can do a . rji AiAvatA and pnro 11 race great t all who possess true dramatic genins. jAntlon i-iw. A LADY TOURISTS v Three Eouthi in Europe wi'-i v ' " Professor Loomls. ; Xo. 3. Paws, August 18th, 1ST.". "Bingen on the Uhiue" where I list parted with my readers, has faded Into a light shading of the great panorama since spread out for our view. But, not one scene of the tour will ever be for gotten by any of our company. It was a very weary party that arrived at Heidelberg ou the sixteenth of July. Ticfresliment and rest was all we desired of the good natured host of the Hotel de Russie. But like giants refreshed, we rose with the sun the next morning, and a beefsteak breakfast supplied suffi cient muscle for the eeyere ordeal of a drive in carriages to the heantiful old ruin of Heidelberg castle. . '. How we nasked in the grand old park of the fortress, aud crowded ' into allJ sorts of corners and curious passage ways in the ruined castle, and finally gathered round the "Heidelberg Tun" with reverential awe for the capacities of the wine drinking ancestors who built this monumental beer barrel.. On the summit of the lofty Tun a flock .of our younger ladies, gatheied like half crazed Bacchantes, and danced and sung till the old cellars resounded with their merry, laughing voices. Every guide book contained some specimen of fern or oak, ivy or jessamine from the picturesque old park when we returned to our carriages and drove down the steep w inding road to the railway sta tion. '. The market people looked at us as If they half believed we were a phan tom procession flying through the town to escaj the penalty of being out of our tombs in the broad glareof annlight. Tlie ride that day by rail to Lucerne was a gala-day throughout. Miowers of rain laid the dustthat would have interfered with our comfort, and the Black Forest mountains were displayed to the very liest advantage in the lights and shadows of such variable skies. The moment we struck Mount Jura our enthusiasm began, for that peculiar type of Swiss scenery that reveals itself on emerging from the long tunnel that brings us to the almost indescribable views of the Bernese Alps, nothing in' all nature can eclipse. Iudeed the Ger man and Swiss travelers in our Ameri can car ( ! ) were routed to exclamations of delight, and they assured us that Pilatus and the Rigi had not displayed so brilliant a sunset for months. Lucerne was a charming resting place that we w ere not disjiosed to depreciate. Three or four days of such lake and mountain scenery we felt would hardly satisfy us, when we had only to sit at our winnows, t.t lccinn-'m iuTciinrin on the floating boudoirs on tlie lake, and imbibe draughts of pleasure such as Swiss mountains, cascades and music could combine into a rapturous harmony. The ascent of the P.igi only Intensified the enjoyment of the sccues from Lu cerne, and I for one, w ill remember with more lasting pleasure the sail on the gem of lakes, w ith glimpses 01 familiar scenes, like Tell's chapel, "the veritable spot where the independent Swiss shot the apple from bis son's head," and the tracing out of the four Cantons that form the boundary of Lake Lucerne, or Iike of the Four Cantons. Of course the wooden ware shops were invaded, and none of us failed to view the masterpiece of art, Thorwaldsen's Lion and the Mnlenbrocke, with the. pictures of "the Dance of Death," iden tified to us with Longfellow's "Golden Legend." And had nature more beauties to offer for our view ? So It seemed when eight carriages or miniature diligences stood in a solemn row before our hotel, re. ceiving the burden of our baggage with many a creak and groan. "Four inside and one with the driver on the box," was the order. I subscribed for a hair hot immediately, and If remorse forms the principal suffering of a future lot outside of Paradise, that day's journey will le no part of even a regret for my share of punishment. Through J.ucerne to the winding roads that stretcn away over mountains and through the val leys like green bordered ribands varie pited with flowers, binding hamlets and villas in the irregular links and folds, and reaching at last to Lake Tar nen, througu Giswyl and up the Kaiser- stuhl to Lungern, where we nnd our selves at the foot of the Brunlg Pass. Xow begins a new phase of life. Gothic mountain peaks, gothic chalets, cas cades and glaciers, tinkling bells of the mountain goats, and thrilling notes of mountain herdsmen, roaring 01 cata racts and murmur of streamlets, voices of men and voices of nature blending and echoing in unceasing reverbera tions, till the dream of Patmoa w as no longer an Imiwssibility, even to an in fl.hl to the (rlorious reality of a loving and bountiful Creator ! Three thousand feet above the level of the sea at sun set, in a mare of mountain peaks, gla ciers and cascades. The horses that had leisurely drawn us to this point of our journey, now seemed to partake ot the spirit of the scene, and their Delis merrily chimed as they flew along the smooth descending roads, bringing us every ten minutes to some wilder and more imposing spectacle than the last. The overhanging rocks that we were obliged to pass under alarmed some of us. but the whole effect of the scene that burst upon us In the valley of Brienz dispelled every feeling but that of wonder, that w ith all the previous experiences of European travel, as well as the journey In America from the Atlantic to the Taciflc coast, there was yet reserved for us a day in Switzerland, that could rouse us to as fresh enjoyment as if we had never beheld anything more than the familiar scenes of our native states. E. D. Waii.acf., Kpaalaa Proverb. Here is a thorough piece of national nride : "A trne hidafiro would rather nave bis clothes torn than mended ;r and here a rap at hypocrisy, l ou steal the pig, and then give away the petti toes for God's sake." "Horse play. clown's play, and rug's tail will never mnnv fjinni aa i rv iniuniuii ao nj va. to ; and "Under a bad cloak there jM m food tippler" reminds us of .art of Cervantes, when gasconad M scapegraces bang abant every 9 shop. The following 'are also r fall of drr hnmor: "Have a bill L a at Futjr. and Tonll rind Lent W y short." "As useless as monkey's fat" is an old -saying of the tines of Indian discovery. "The tired ox treads hard" is of Korean origin. The follow ing is especially Spanish : "The smith's dog sleeps at the noise of the hammer, and wakes at the grinding of teeth." lo thinking of love, yon begin when yon like and leave off when yon can" is an old truth very happily put. "Prosperity forgets even father and mother" is a fact very sternly put. Good homely Spanish selfishness can often find a refuge in a proverb such as "My life and soul are at yonr service, bnt not my pack-saddle,'' and "Pound tb garlic, Pedro, while 1 grate the cheese ;" "Better bo the head of a rat than the tail of a lion "I don't want it, I don't want it, but pnt it in my ImxmI." Here is a bard proverb, steeped in the nioroseness of experience. against borrowing: "He who lends recovers not, or if he recovers, recovers not all, or if all, not the same, and if the same, a mortal enemy in addition." Some of theae proverbs are very pictorial, as on against recklessness, which rnns tons: "Tiie glass dealer's horses fell out, and he looked on to see which kicked hardest." Many turn ou the say- lnts of certain proverbial types, like "Tiie unfortunate tailor of Campillo, who worked for nothing and found thread." To judge by the adages, Spain bas long been ripe for a refoimation. "The devil climlm the belfry by the vicar s skirts." A turn ot the Key is better than a friars promise." ' church stone drops gold," "Don't take a good friur for a friend or a bad one for an enemy," "The friar who begs ioriioj begs tor two," w here mars awton Keep yonr eyes open." "It is al ways the fools to whom the Virgin ap jeai." are not sayings expressing much respect for the national faith or its nio-rt strenuous advocates. Nor is there particular devotion in the saying, "From a uraviog young man and a fast ing. ld one God preserve my cloak i" wu in the old proverb Concerning the 'King and the Inquisition, hush !" mere is a greater sense ot caution tnnn respect. Lomlom UU.Ix, i Kaaae aat ( Love. Perhaps one of tlie most iiositive proof that we have of the soul's inde pendence of the body is our great need of love aud of something to love. Were we mere animals, creatures doomed to periah after a few brief years of life In this. world, that which contents the brute would also content us. To eat and sleep well, to have an easy time of it, would be enough. As it is, we may have all these things, and health to en joy them, aud yet be utterly wretched. Neither can mental food' satisfy ns. "Some one to love" is our lieart's cry. When the atmosphere of tenderness Is alioi it us, we rejoice; when-people are harsh or unkind, we sutler. .V) e begin life, wishing to love all people, and be lieving that they love us Experience hardens us. Our dear ones grow fewer but as long as reason lasts.we must love some oue, we must at least Imagine that some one loves us. The parents, sNfeTc and brothers tbt i.Ma iriend whom we promise to cherish un til death parts us these come into our lives and hll them up. A Iter ward come the little children, frail, helpless babies who need our care so much, and friends to whom we are not kin, yet who grow lear to ns. some have many loved ones and some but one. God help those who have none though they are generally to blame for their empty-heartedness; for kindness will w in love. They are al ways wretched, they often show their craving for something to love by cher ishing some dunin animal a dog, a kitten, a parrot perhaps, on which ihey lavish caresses, which better spent would have bound some human heart to theirs. Pride or morbid sensitive ness may have been at the bottom of their loneliness, and these pets of theirs fill the aching void a little, borne one to love ! It is the cry of the tinman soul, the note to which every heart re sponds, the bond which will bind ns all together in that other world where mourners shall he comforted aud love shall reign forever. Tae Holdler Io aervlee. The best strategical operations will be marred if the boots are bad ; a swampy and ill-made half-mile of road may, by hindering the supplies of an army, delay its most important move ments: while the inattention of the rooks in keeping the wood dry may. by preventing cue iroopn iroui uuviuk iuch proper tootl, mar jueir emciencj at a crisis when their ntmost exertions are needed. The existence of a soldier in barracks and in garrison is so artificial that to some extent his mind becomes imnreznated with ideas that are not military; be takes narrow views of his duties, and requires rousing np by a life more resembling that which a campaign wnnld nrwtent to him. He bas to learn that the power of enduring hardships is one of the rhici excellences 01 a gooa nldier. That bis body mnst be in good condition, not weakened by drink or dissipation ; that boots ana socks must h in irood order, me lormer oroan- soled and easy .not such as he would like to walk about in, in his garrison town ; that, route que eoutf, he must take care of bis arms; that, in order to be ready for the early reveille, sonnd sleep ana enniu-niient nmet in the canin are im portant desiderata ; that good temper. and the art of looking at matters with m. -lioorful asnect are dualities which make a man popular wun ms comraues, and that many a regulation which he has hitherto looked on as meaningless, and consequently irritating, has an in tention which camp-lite plainly de monstrates. The art of pitching a tent is not learned in one lesson ; the proper method of constructing the Kitchens is nnl v arn ni red after practical experience in all winds and weathers. BlmkKood" $ Magazine. rXnereat lilada of Laagkter. The language of laughter is a curi ous study. It expresses almost every nassion. human and inhuman. Some laughs are catching. Everybody has them jnst oy neanng tuem. ucy aie the mnat enntaoioiis comnlaints in the world. Ot hers have no character at all. nil have been described as "thecracK- ling of thorns nnder a pot." Never think you have the complete measure nf a man t il von have heard him laugn It may betray in an instant what he would not disclose in a thousand words. A hard, dry langh is a sort of geologist. It detects tlie StreaK 01 iron uiuuca iu the. Inncliter. Every person knows somebody with a spattering laogh, but gentlemen never spatter only iaotrida nm F.arnejitneu and laughter do not belong together. Nature never laughs. thnnirh nn nf the HoWlttS SaVS Of Australian soil, "You tickle it with the hoe, and it laughs with the harvest." Bnt Nature is always earnest. She aooma tn smile, bnt she never laughs. The most contemptible of the whole hinntinn nation is the giggle. Vod alwavs feel Jike strangling it, and wish it had been with the unhappy little Princess in the Tower. It IS worse than a titter for it is noisier. It is worse than a sneer. Yon can kick neer. Knt run cannot kick a giggle any more than yon can make footballs of soap-bnbhles. Taw Haas) of Mmm. X LIVEI.T LAOT GIVES IT A LIVEIT TVSLE. I know that a man's nose Is a very delicate subject to handle, and not a very nice one, but if has been for so long a nuisance that it is tima some one took up a pen to stop the noise. Why is it, that, just at the moment w hen you are walking out with the one ?ou love best, and your whole soul is nnaraed.nielted, softened by the melody of loving words and the clear moonlight, some one behind or before or beside you blows all those delicious sensations to the antipodes bv one of those horrible blasts? : Why Is it that, at a public, arnkj sometimes at a private table, some onf invariably takes out his handkerchief-l Xie. Aobody seems to care lor it 7" generally a colored one and blows alV "Xow mollicr," cried Mary. "I think your appet'te away Why at a funeraip ought to have it, because I am the you feel like laughing, a some horrid sound like this breaks in upon the preacher's discourse so inopiiortunely that you are taken by surprise This is not altogether a sin confined to men alone, for I have seen many women who wouldn't eat enongn to satisfy their hunger, for fear that some one would think them indelicate, blow a so nd like a French born. I had one school-mate, a young girl. and she always put me ou: in my reci tations, just Because she would blow as if sounding a battle-cry, every time she went into class. There's no sense in it. For all intents and purposes, one-tenth of the exendi ture of muscular force would amply suffice, and our nerves would not suffer. And another thing, it spoils the nose, and all who have that habit hare horrid noses big, flappy and coarse. I say it would require but one-tenth of the mus cular force to waive that loud salute that nobody w ishes to hear, and calmly wipe the nose, and anybody will bear me out iu my argument that will for one instant remember how he sat patient while some priest orpuhlle speaker thus made the hall resound iu preparing for action, so to speak. They couimem-e by drawing iu a breath so long that you begin to imagine there must he some vent in the back of the bead for it to go out of, and then they give a flourish of their banners aud begin, first low, then loud and long, gradually growing f.iiuter. till hoje tells a flattering tale, when, all of a sudden, the last, long funeral note is heard. You are iu no state then, to appreciate his eloquence, and you mentally wl.li that be had no nose at all. I know that this is a sermon that few would take it niton themselves to preach. but it is one that nevertheless needs doing, and among the other great re forms of the dav, let there be one of this outrage on delicacy aud that infinitely sensitive portion of our anatomy that they call 'nerves,' and let the people rise up in a body when it is done and call each other blessed. Amen I (Hire Unrr. Easy aaaera. . Keceut events have called public attention to the intimate relation of morals and manners. It may be said that there is no greater peril to morality than much that is called merely free anil easy manners. Young men, and even young women, permit themselves a freei ! od ,llcene nf manner which, navlng all the aspect ol 'mproijrietv. may very readily acquire its suhsumce." Edward addresses Emily wih a loud aud jesting intimacy of tone and con duct, which might iie expected in the sailor saloons of Water street or Wap ping, but which is repulsive and odious in the draw ing-room or among refined and gentle persons. Edward and Emily would be amazed to lie told that they have not the manners of a gentleman or of a lady, and have the air of the rtemi-m-mle. ' They think that they are es pecially cmume ii .i7, and that above all others 'they know what is the rule of high society. But they are merely vul gar, and have the maimers 01 those wno are worse than merely vulgar. Coarse ness ran not be gilded Into refinement. The voung woman who hahitually calls her young friends of the other sex by their Christian names, or who suffers any thing that cau be called familiarity, although it fall short of actual Inde corum, should reflect carefully. "Sir," said a lady to a policeman who took her cllxiw to iass her over the street, "if I wish you to touch me 1 will asK you." No w oman of a high sense of personal dignity wishes any man to lay his band iiion her thoughtlessly or unnecessarily. Nor will such a woman permit any kind of rudeness in the tone or manner of men. nrjier'a .Vtijjnzimr. The following on London is from a recent number of the Ieintre Hour : The metropolis of the British Empire, the largest city the world ever saw, covers within fifteen miles radius of Charing cross, nearly 700 square miles, and numbers within these boundaries 4.000.000 of inhabitants. It comprises 100,000 foreigners from every region of the globe. It contains more Jews than the whole of Palestine, more Roman Catholics than Rome itself, more Irish than Dublin, more Scotchmen than Ed inburgh. The port of 1-ondon bas every day on its waters 1.000 ships aud 0,000 sailors. Upward of 120 persons are added to the population daily, or 40,ujo yearly, a birth taking place every rive minutes, and a death every eight minutes. On an average, 28 miles of streets are opened, and 9,000 new hou ses built every year. In its postal dis tricts there is a yearly delivery of 2:W, 000.000 of letters. On the police reg ister there are the names of 120,000 ha bitual criminals, increasing by maoy thousands every year. More than one- third of all the crime of the country is committed in London, or at least brought to light there. There are as many beer-shops and gin-places as would, if their fronts were placed side by side, reach from Charing Cross to Portsmouth, a distance of seventy three miles, and 34,000 drunkards are annually brought before its magis trates. The shops open on Sundays would form streets sixty miles long. It is estimated that there above 1.000, 000 of the people who are practically heathen, wholly neglecting the oral nanrea nf religion. At least 900 ad ditional churches and chapels would be required for the wants 01 the people. Charcoal Doalora la Parta. The dealers in fuel are a people pe onliar t thin ritv. The room occopicd for store purposes is often no larger than a good-sized closet. The stock in trade consist of a quarter of a cord nr an nf atove wood, cut UP into Small pieces, a bushel or two of charcoal, nd a few packages of kindling wood The seemiDg scarcity of fuel is not withnnt a nnrnose. It indicates that economy for which these people are noted. In all Paris households there are from two to fonr sizes of cooking stoves or furnaces. Only the nre necessary to produce a ce-tain result is created. As, for instance, should Madame de sire a enp of tea, the servant prepares it the smaller furnace, a handful! of oiianvml heinv anfticienL These Mar- ekandM de ekarlion are never idle. When hnainMA ia dnll thev are engaged, per haps in mending old boots, or in pick ing over the ends of cigars, or in soEie other occupation of profit. Early io th evening thev close their shop and seek their favorite cafe, just as their aristocratic neighbors do. Totrar coLriv. The lMt Apple. Then it hnug, de fying all blast and storm. Nothing, it seems, could wrest it from the parent limb. 1 be boys going along the rond to school had flung every available stone or stick at this apple, yet it still rested securely, basking in the Sep tember sun. It had seemingly a charmed existence. If nt one fatal day it was eaten, and this is how it hap pened : One afternoon, all the children were in tlie kitchen watching mother getting tea ready, when Harry, the only boy, looked from the window and seeing the apple, he thought to himself he would like it. Mother, mayn't I have the last an- oldest." "1 haven't been late to school for a whole week, so I deserve it at leant.'' said Lizzie, triumphantly. Little Jennie could not say anything: she was only theyoungest.that was all. "Well, children," said mother, after something like quiet had been re stored. "You Lave all a claim on the last apple, yet you cannot all have it, so I will give yon a chance to guess for it." "Good," cried Harry. "I am thinking of a story where an apple played the principal part ; now the one that guesses it shall have the apple.'' "I know," shouted Harry, "it's the story of William. Tell, how he shot the apple off his son's head." "Xo, Harry, that's not it." "Mother, isn't it the old Grecian fa ble of Paris giving tlie apple of dis cord to Venus 1" "No, Mary, you are not right." "O. it's the fairy tale of the witch and the golden apple ain't it f - "Xo. Lizzie, neither are yot right ; now, Jennie, it is your turn ; see if you cannot guess." "1 only know one story with an ap ple in it, and that is in the Bible, where Eve ate oue in the garden." "Jennie has guessed it ; the apple is rightly hers." "0, 1 didn't want it any way," said Harry as he ran out and threw" himself under tlie tree : but Mary more kindly sought a crabbed stick in the wood pile, and living the apple a few smart raps it fell straight into Jennie's nut held apron. But did she eat it all her self t No, she took the largest knife in the drawer aud cut it into five pieces, not forgetting mother, and they all sat on the door-step, enjoying what Jen nie called her "apple-tea- party. And mother smiled as she looked at the little ones and saw how ill-feeling had disappeared before Jennie's un- settshness, as snow would melt before an April sun. School-Bog Heroism. Two boys were in a school room alone together, when some fireworks, contrary to the mas ter s prohibition, exploded. 1 he one boy denied ; the other, Bonnie Christie, would neither admit nor deny it, and waa severely flogged for bis obsti nacy. beu the boys got alone again, hy didn t vou deny it T asked the delinquent. "Because there were only two. and one of us must have lied," said Bonnie. "Then why didn t vou sav that I did I'KiiniH ,AH nam yon mun 1, ann I oiild share the lie." The boy's heart melted: Bonnie'a moral gallantry subdued him. When the school resumed, the young rogue marched np to the master's desk and said : Please, sir. I can t boar to be a liar I let off the squibs," and burst into tears. The master eves glistened on the self-accuser, and the unmerited punish ment he had inflicted, on Ins schoolmate smote his conscience. Before the whole school, hand in band with the cu!prit, as if they were paired in the confession, the master walked down to where young Christie sat. and said aloud : "Bonnie; Bonnie, lad, he and I beg yonr pardon we both are to blame." 1 he school was hushed ana still, as old scholars are apt to lie when some thing truly noble is being done so still, they might have heard Bonnie's bitter tears drop proudly on nis dook. as he sat enjoying the moral triumph which subdued himself, as well as niied all the rest and then for want of some thing else to say, he gently cried : "Masrer. forever r The glorious shout of the scholars filled the old man's eyes with something behind his spectacles, which made him wipe them before be resumed the chair. ret, the Canary- A little girl by the name of Agnes, who lives in Maine, bas a beautiful, bright canary, which her papa brought her one day in a paper-box. Agnes named him 1 et. The little fellow has become so tame, that he is allowed to stay out of his cage as long as he wishes, always go ing to it of his own accord when bed time comes. One day I found no pins on my pin-cushion ; and. seeing them scattered aronnd 00 the bureau, I won dered who could have done the mis chief. I soon found.by watehing.tbat it was Pet's work. Every day he took his stand on the pin-cushion, in front of the glass, to pull out all the pins. I saw him once work a long time trying to stick one back by tipping his head, first one side and then the other, holding the pin tightly in his bill ; bnt be soon gave it np. Little Fannie, Agues' two-year-old sister, often shares ber lunch with him; he sitting on the of the saucer, and helping himself while alie is eating. As I write, he is sitting on the tassel of the shade, looking out of the window. Some day I'll tell you more of Pet's pranks. Experience Hetter than Ailrkt. "Just let me pnt that creature out of the way." cried Young Snap to Old Barker, as they passed a hedgehog ly ing bv the roadside. "Afl right !" said Barker, trotting on till he heard Soap liehind him. "Well, finished him T" he asked, try ing to catch Snap's eye, which waa turned awav. "Why, no," said Snap, "the brute wasn't worth the trouble." "Ah ! how's your nose f" said Barker; "I think by the color of it, if you bad made at it much longer, he would have finished vou. I bad a taste of a cousin of his once, aud since then I have kept clear of the race. I dare say for the future yon will do the same. Expert ence is better than advice." AVrer Trtmt the Fox. "Daddy, dad dy ! the fox is asleep ; just look at him: screamed the geese to the old gander, as thev were crossing the common. "Ah ! he may be, though probably he bas one eye open. Keep your distance, I advise you ; remember always that a fox asleep is more than a match for a goose wide awake P' A Sweet Teaaoer. No trait of character is more valuable in a woman than a sweet temper. Home can never be made happy without it. It is like a flower that springs up in our pathway, reviving and cheering us. Let a man go home at night wearied by the toils of the day, and how soothing is a word dictated by a good disposi tion! It is sunshine falling on bis heart. Study, then, to acquire and re tain a sweet temper; it is more valua ble than gold : it captivates more than beauty, and retains all freshness and power. KIWS Dl BRIE? Boston has one hundred and eighty nine newspapers and periodicals. The New York Trihuue has devoted l,"i00 columns to tlie Beecher trial. Barnaul's hippopotamus has a baby and it weighs more than ten pounds, too. Tlie Lake Superior mines since ISjO have yielded nearly 7.000,000 tons of irou. A Boston philanthropist has left a fund to supply theatre tickets for the poor. Tlie jute grow ins iijerest inmiM.s to become a very great oue in South Carolina. . . Col. John S. Mosby is goins to prac tice law in Washington during the com ing winter. Mr. Learning is a candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction in n iseonsin. Chinese are sold at auction in San Francisco. At the la-t sale tS was the highest price. Over 800 tons of old rulilier shoes are manufactured into ear springs in Boston annually. A school for colored children 1 to be connected with the new convent at Key West, Florida. Business is reviving in Chicago. Since July 1 the city clerk has issued l,uu saloon licenses. Chicago has a Woman's Hotel. whieb consumes two car loads of hair pins and chalk daily. It cost Canada 2 a piece per an num to board her Indians. It costs the United States over $20. Tlie United States bas four hundred religious journals, ami -till shows few signs of improvement. , A burglar in Ottawa went through six houses lately in one night, and took up a collection of f 12o. j Chicago will have 10.000 more dwellings the first ot next year ihan she had the first of this. Instruction in swimmiug Is to 1 added to the curriculum of the Holyoke Jl.ii-s., female seminary. Charles X. Boss, the nominee for treasurer by the democrats of New York graduated at Yale iu 1&!'. The greatest depth of the Pacific ocean as found by the British ship Chal lenger nasahout live miles. The Good Templar Lodires of Mas sachusetts number nearly 2"Ki, and con tain nearly 15,000 members. Postal cards don't diminish iu iiop- ularity. The factory at Springfield is turning out 000,000 ier day. Tlie Archbishop of Canterbury re ceives $7-T,000 a year. Kveu an Indian Ring Chaplain doesu t make that much. An aspiring lady of Utica, X. T.. is expending f ltl.ooo to put a spire 2."o feet high on one of the churches of that eltv. Over fifty thousand Imxe of new German cologne have been exported from one tactory in 1 oiinecticut ?ince July. -Alcorn university at Meridian has cost the state of Mississippi during the U f.u VI illicc tr.r. Ilia on m ot T2ao.ooo. W. R. Allison of the Stciihenville (O) Ifeml.l, has paid tO.nurt for control ling interest in the St. Louis t'cuiu-i TtUtjnijih. The oil springs of lVniisylvania were known to the whili-s as early as 1(!29, but the full uses and value of pe troleum were not known for 2u years afterward. Gov. Osliorn says that the surplus grain raised in Kansas this year, . if loaded 111 cars would make a train l,pxi miles long. There were -lil deaths at Grand Rapids. Mich., la-t year, an annual av erage of seventy-four in each thousand population. Diiluth, the head-town of the Northern Pacific Railroad, has perfectly honest city ollicials. There are no public funds to steal. Reno, Nev., will lie heard from some of these fine davs. A powder- mill and a nitro-glycerine factory are being established there. Nearly one-half of the bridges in Washington count-, Nebraska, were either washed out entirely or rendered impassible ly recent rains. La Crosse has gone mad with ex travagance; the purses offered for a horse trot at the country fair wen- eight, six, and four dollars. The good do not die earlv. There is Mrs. Finch, of Rutland, Vermont, who has bad but one bonnet in twenty years, and never complaiued. Joseph Powell, of Georgetown Col. dropped into a mine, head foremost, a distance of 30 feet, and received nothing more serious than a bruise or two. Mrs. Collins, widow of the !:; Charles Collins, D. P., succeeds her husband in the presidency of the State female College at .Memphis, lenn. First-class Chinese hotels have raised the price of lxurd to twenty- eight cents per day and tourists should make their arrangements accordingly. A thief in Montreal has been sent tu jail for three mouths for stealing the craie from the door of a ncighhor where there was a death in the taiiuly. East Rock, which overhangs a number of cottages near Great B.irring ton, Mass., is so shaky in its balance that the cottagers are becoming alariTred. The hard times have made grave stones so cheap in Vermont that thrifty people there are dying off rapidly, just to take advantage of the bargains of fered. An Ohio man named his daughter Proclamation Emancipation. "He might have done worse," says a crnsty old commentator, "he might have named her Maud." A Troy, X. Y., woman, determined to love somebody, has ensnared a poor old man who is in his 72 I year, and who had to borrow some clothes to wear at the wedding. On a charity patient in a Baltimore hospital recently, more than $4000 in mouey was found. He rs an . owner of two farms near the city, but had ben living by begging. John Wise, the balloonist, is going to enter the field as a weather prophet against Prof. Tie and Mr. Mansill. In case his theories prove correct he will be acknowledged to be weather-Wise. The name of "Towne Scientific School" has been given to the scientific department of the University of Penn sylvania, In honor of the bequest of about $1,000,000 left to the University by the late John II. Towne. Xcal Dow advocates the adoption of the English system of paving taxes iu quarterly instalments. Portland, Me., has turned aud stared at Xeal Dow , amazed that so sensible a proposition should emanate from him. The call for a Constitutional Con vention in Kentucky was defeated at the August election. Tlie atllrmative votes of a majority of all the qualified voters was requisite, and only 8o,4iW? in a total of 2W,31t voted in its favor.
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