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MIFFLrNTOWN, JTOOATA COI&TY, PENNA.. APRIL 19. 1876.
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-OXLT A PEELER."
BT BABVET HO ARB.
)oghily tossed her golden head.
iar.pritl apoor-o-;.
jkJrff J- ta "H"" boose!
jtaw , printer ! and when he nought
th riches might hT bought,
iqaxl "So!" was ner cornfal reply,
rjth D ailed Muiie b1" marked the sigh
Wtk.hich, lameotnR. he turned away.
&U 4, to flirt with; but tell me, pray,
c think I'd tatnx a workingman '
jjj not to marrr a Count I caa."
Jt. printer r Bat after d"
w , walking in devious ways
they have traveled in daye of old,
Kfi mjiaing posts that they did not hold.
a printer I" The years sued past,
jnltaoorB came to the typo fast.
printer!- at last had come
kg, ii heirship of quite a aum ;
foliowinc the bent of a printer's mind
Tortzw it 'hey are all inclined,
jo odi how oPPy bome-
foleaw it. in foreign lands to roam;
Following thi bent as Je said before,
fe WTejed the land from shore to shore.
SnaUy crossed the rasing sea,
wandered around in the "old cone tree."
Oat Bom a be smoked a contemplative pipe.
paaiag, toe era iium u" j ik ipw
ta be thought of the golden bead that
v the maiden that he in his ynnihJbad
St taddenly thought he would take a shave,
fa jborn sen always appear most grave.
j, oteied the shop, and cast his eye
rjse the barber, who eat close by.
and why that startled gaze?
Ii aborts the printer in wild amaze ?
iiti cpon that chair by the door
I one who had shaved him in years before.
Yn: ihtved h:m but not bis bearded face
juted him bai not in a barber's place !
$xni him of staaips in a little loan.
(Tbra "only a priuter," had "Count Tyrone,"
iadthegiri who cast off the typo man
tp.th "If I'll many a Count I can."
H3 mrried the Count and become the wife
0f Pari barber: Oh: suchishfe:
isd the fancy French she had learned at
school
Ti iE the stock ef the little fool
lie had wedded a barber rather than one
Tic was now at the head of the highest ton.
He wa only a printer!" Ah, yes, my girl,
Icnraconiful "Oulics" at printers hurL
'ij- a printer is much the same thing
H only a hero, or only a king.
Reporter.
The Wee Wife.
a TALE OF rEM ALE HEROISM.
BY A CF.LKBr.ATKD ACTHOR.
She was no longer timid and yield
it: watching hi looks half fearfully,
ind subnii.-sively obeying his com
mands. She grew cold and stern as himself,
along her place at his table, certainly
i of old, but no longer attempting to
ver?e with him nor gain his approval
tfwhatshe did. And when he threw
town before her cards for some concert,
be fiddly refused them, saying that
for the fuiiire she had resolved to please
arlf, and not other peoole.
Poor Agnes ! She thought by this to
'esifj n only her resentment at her
iitband's conduct, but to keep the in
solent Cayley at bay. Surely, under
iwr own roof she would be safe from
kim? &he forgot that her very inno
nce made her no match for one so
One evening. Mr. MacFarlane came
ta nnexpectnily, and called loudly to
An sot to park a port-manteau for him,
e he was cilled away on business. But
An dc had gone in attendance on Effie,
to the house of a friend, and the other
servant was suffering such agonies with
f'-eche, that her mistress had kindly
KJden her to go to bed. So Agnes came
forward herself to do her husband's
Wiling, but not with the alacrity of
old, as he was very quick to perceive.
"1 do not wish to trouble you," he
aid, curtly.
Ouce she would have hastened to de
c'artthat it pleased her to do anything
forliim: but, now, she began silently
folding the clothes he required, till,
ith sonitliiiig like an oath, he bade
leave them alone.
"Let Annot do them when she re
finis, and uetpatch them alter me to
tiorniw; I niav not be home for some
da."
He ;au-d a moment, for it was their
sejaration; hut finding she did not
'wak, be bade her farewell, and de
parted. As soon as the door closed behind
Ma. the young wife seated herself on
r li,J,;s tlie port-manteau, and
r:l there her weary, aching head.
For more than twelve mouths she
J- tven his bride, faithfullv striving
P"ae him, and only shrinking back
"olK-rself when his unmerited cold-,
taught her to distrust Aim. Twelve
wthsaod he could leave her without
" or loving word!
hid he deserve her fidelity? Was not
j" treatment enough to tempt her to
"? the lov.;r who wooed her so
rM?Itly, and who only the previous
JAM made his wav to her side as
jj". home from church, and
wL if uevoton such as his did
ateml",1 better reward than her cold,
"rN looks?
evUStif t''tho,,"nt had --ummoned an
frl il!lt' fhe hd scarcely banished it
5&.whe,l cay,ey himseif
Vh.. lurking about the neigh
fir'w j"1 the flight, seen Mr. Mac
ki'd T- n1 "licovered that, iu
HkTrT' hhi''1 pulled the outer door
taiUj"", "'ui-eii ot what h
he exultiugly
lucky chance, he, had entered'.
"strl!?. !-at AK,les was alone, and
5r,ii r before uer with insolent tri-
she ...
trej.;;r7 ner feet directlv. and re-
etlr ..r .hmd a laree arm-chair, i
etr a riTu u 'arre arm-chair, qui
shT m his business. She knew
"non W"S at nis mercyt for there
ho Mla tU3 house but the servant
"Wh k'j . 100 "mid to come to her;
tbt hi ner terror bravelv, and kept
deratbay.
tajweTttf U 1 he repeated. "I
Kri? 'M5 you' Agnes yea, my
uP2,dored one! The moment is
"four churlish husband is
WbVl We may be miles hence be-
"Aj! return."
f!i0 mad?" she asked, scorn
loo dWave yu ieea drinking, that
10 utter these words to me ?
" nat naa there ever been in my de
meanor to encourage you to think that
your iuisome speeches were acceptable
to the wife of Allan Macfarlane?
"Were ycu not mine before he saw
vou? Do you think that I forget the
bewitching maiden who won my heart
A TT 1 K .. "
uh naoiuurgr
She uttered an exclamation of aston
ishmeut at his insolence.
"Can you recall those chance en
counters, and not blush for them? It
is true, sir, that I saw you in that city
on one or two occasions, but it is also
true mat you molested me in my walks,
and so frightened me that I have never
been able to think of you without loath
ing.
"And yet, pretty mistress, you would
have been mine if I had come soon
enough !"
"It is false!" cried Agnes, indig-
uamiy.
"False ! when I have it under yonr
own handwriting?" and he produced a
letter.
"Did I not write to you pleading my
passion, and receive this reply? False,
say you ? When I arrived at Hamburg,
too late to prevent your marriage with
the covetous hunk 'you call your hus
band, I showed him this note, and he
acknowledged that the signature was
yours."
"I see it all now!" exclaimed the
young wife, when 6he had hastily pe-
ruseu tne paper. "ine signature is
mine, but the writing is my father's;
and never until this moment have 1 be
held it. Doubtless Annot crave your
missive to him, as she considered it her
duty to do; and he, dying then, and
dreading to leave his children quite
friendless, answered evasively, bidding
you win me if you could. 3Iy poor
father must have thought you an hon
orable man, else had be not called me
to hu side to bid me sign a paper which
gave you a right to ask me to be yours.
But with the coming of Mr. Macfarlane
all such pretensions as yours were as
naught. Aly father knew him to be
good and true, and gave me to him
gladly thankfully."
"Has your married life with this man
been a very bappv one," sneered Cay
lev, "that you talk in this exalted
strain?"
"Xo ; because you oh, heartless man !
you have poisoned it!" she answered,
witn sod. "in showing tinn that
paper, you taught him to think I was
not worthy his affection. Oh, why did
1 not know this sooner, that 1 niiht
exonerate myself in bis sight?"
"Is all vour pity for him? Have I
not been tricked deceived ?" demanded
Cayley, in a fury, as be tore the letter
that had misled him into fragments,
and stamped on them.
"Xo," Agnes retorted; "for it was
your vanity that was in fault. Only
such overwhelming self-conceit as yours
could have led you to think that your
addresses would be acceptable to one
whom your bold, coarse looks and
speeches terrified so greatly that she
dreaded to encounter you I"
"Do vou dread me still, fair Agnes?"
be asked, trying to take ner nana,
"Xo, sir, I despise you! Xone but
the most unworthy of men would have
persecuted me as you have done ever
since I nave been a wire!"
"You take a peevish tone, my beauty ;
but I shall soon teach you to alter it !"
he told her, insolently. "The amiable
husband Is absent, and so is the dragon
M ho generally guards you when he is
awav, and I shall have plenty of time
to bring you to your senses before any
one can interfere to prevent my tri
umph !"
But Agnes, in retreating from him.
had drawn near the table, on which lay
the pistols Mr. Macfarlane generally
carried with him when on a journey ;
and as the villain Cayley would have
clasped her in his arms, she snatched
them up, and presented them.
Keen back. sir. or dread the conse
quences; for, as surely as I stand here,
will shoot you it you take anotner
step towards me !"
lie grew very pale, although he
laughed at the threat.
'Pooh, sweeting! put down your
dangerous toys. Believe me, they are
nothing more in sucn unpraciicea nanus
as yours s"
'You forget that I am a soldier's
daughter !" she answered, cocking the
nistol she held in her right hand; "the
daughter of a brave man, who taught
me to think my honor more precious
than my life !"
"But, remember, oh, valorous fair!"
he mockingly went on, "that your
weapon might miss, and leave me un
hurt! What then?"
"Why, then, she bravely responded,
"I have another, which, pointed at my
own breast, will save me from your
foul touch !"
"You could not do this, foolish one!"
exclaimed Cayley, uneasily.
"I could, and will!" said the un
daunted wife. "I will never give Allan
Macfarlane cause for the cruel doubts
he entertains! Living or dying, I am
his foi.dly, faithfully his! and, if he
refuse to own it now, he shall know it
when I am no more !"
ner speech ended with a shriek; for
Cavley, thinking he saw an opportunity
of springing ujon and disarming her,
bounded forward, and clutched her in
his arms. But not before she had kept
her word, and fired. The next minute,
Cayley lay senseless at her feet
She had saved her honor; she had re
venged herself; but she was a woman
as well as a heroine, and the pain of
knowing that she had shed the blood of
a fellow creature well nigh maddened
her. ,,.
There were voices in her ears, calling
her murderess; and, snatching up a
cloak that lay by, she threw up the
sash, leaped from the window, which
was, fortunately for her, at no great
height from the garden; and muffling
herself in the wrapper as she went, fled
into the darkness.
Far and wide they sought the fair
wife of Allan Macfarlane; but none
could, or would, tell what had become
fSometimes it was supposed she had
thrown herself into a pond or river;
but no signs of her having done this
were discovered.
Worn with grief and fatigue were the
lineaments of the husband, thus sud
denly and strangely bereaved as, late
one evening, he rode into the courtyard
of Swinton House, and craved the hos
pitality of its owner for one night, more
on account of his horse, which was dead
beat than his own excessive fatigue.
S r John received him with hts-customary
cordiality ; but Lady Swinton.
welcome was constrained. She "ad
!oved and pitied Agnes too sincerely to
have much sympauiy hMtilv
.i. , ennrienui niE her too hastily,
nuu, . . , "
"J -i . ...
Whence hm had been set be
fore her guest, the Lady of Swinton, in
Smewhafswtoly fashion withdrew to
her own parlor ; but, in .few m"""
Allan Macfarlane followed her thither,
for his soul was ill at ease within bim,
and he could rest nowhere.
"Hatemeif you will!" , b groaned
eTtVh.gJbuAtlnto
i. . miur i iu ufto
my room, as I was dressing to hasten to
oer, ana mssauea me with reproaches
for having robbed him of the girl who
had promised to be his."
"Had yon told Agnes this " Lady
Swinton began. .
"Ay, bad I done-), all might We
been well; bit I was smarting under
the belief that both father and daughter
had deliberately deceived me, and I was
too proud to tell one so fickle how bit
terly l felt her perfidy !"
"You do not doubt our poor Agnes
now?"
"Xo; for I was the unseen auditor of
ner interview with Cayley."
Ijidy Swinton started.
"iou were: And yet went not to
her aid ?"
"Hear, before you condemn me! Let
me tell you all the occurrences of that
evening."
"I know already," the lady said, with
bitterness, "that you left your wife
without one kind word or caress."
Again he groaned in the anguish of
ins aeii-reproacn.
"It is true I did so, although my heart
yearned towards her. I had not gone
fifty paces from my own dwelling that
night ere I met an old friend who was
in want of a paper of importance he had
given into my charge. I knew pre
cisely where to lay my hands on it, and
turned oacK with uuu for that purpose.
The outer portal was open; we could
hear voices within, and turning into
my study, I bad but to draw aside the
curtain ot the sasn door leading into my
wife's sitting-room, to see that her com
panion was Cayley. Engrossed in them
selves, they saw not the faces of those
who looked in upon them ; they dreamed
not that there were auditor to their
conversation; but when I would have
rushed into the room to protect my be
loved one. ajiddefythe Intruder who
threatened" her,l lound that the door
was bolted on the other side. Ere 1
could force it, Cayley had rushed upon
nis late, ana Agnes naa ilea."
"But you had learned that she was
innocent? "
"Alas! yes, to my unutterable shame
and remorse!" was the unhappy hus
bands reply.
"Ah, me ah, me!" sighed Lady
Swinton, wringing her hands; "if you
could but nave known this sooner; now
you are parted by a curse! Even if
Agnes could be restored to you, how
could you take to your bosom one who,
though in sell -defence, hath the death
of a lellow-creature on her soul?"
"His death be upon nis own head!"
exclaimed Mr. Macfarlane, hotly. "Foul
must be the tongue that would cast any
blame on my heroic love for defending
Kr linmir !"
Scarcely had he spoke, when a sliding
panel in the wainscot moved aside, and
bis lost wile stood before him.
In her wild flight she had recollected
that in Lady Swinton's friendship she
could confide, and had made her way to
this kind-hearted woman, who. In pity
lor ner iears, hid ner in a secret chain
ber communicating with her own sit
ting-room.
She staved but to see the husband and
wife rush into each other's arms, and
then ran away to confess to her own
liege lord the secret she had kept even
from his ears, lest he should be tempted
to divulge It.
When e he did rrturn, - Agnes no
longer coldlv avoided, but, with her
fair head pillowed on Allan Macfar
lane's shoulder was just observing,
with a sigh and a shudder, "There is
now but one cloud to mar our happi
ness. Uow can I ever forget that these
hands of mine hastened the flight of a
guilty soul to its Maker? 1 ercnance 1
was too hasty ! But for me, that miser
able man might have lived to repent!"
"He did repent, my Agnes," was the
consoling reply. "And with his last
breath he craved your forgiveness and
mine. Xay, so far from murmuring at
the deed that stretched him on a dying
bed, he learned to feel that it was well
for him a life so given over to evil deeds
was thus brought to an end."
He paused.
"But I hve yet more to tell you," be
presently added, when Agnes breathed
a thankful ejaculation. "It was not by
your hand this sinful man fell. I was
unarmed, but not so my friend, and in
his righteous indignation he fired at
Cayley when he sprang forward to seize
you. 'Your pistol lodged a bullet in
the wall above his head; it was the
hand of another that avenged you.
Xow is my wee wife content?"
And the burst of joy ml tears with
which Agnes first looked at her white
hands, and then twined them about her
husband's neck, answered him.
And so they came to understand each
other, remembering, with increasing
joy, as the years rolled on, the mourn-
rui Christmas-tide wnicu naa Drougni
them together and evoked out of the
sorrow of the past the happiness of the
present and the future.
Timet Lack.
The recent instances of extraordina
ry security afforded by the time or
chronometer lock attachment, have ex
cited a general curiosity as to the pecu
liar feature wnicn uistinguisnes me
mechanism in this case as compared
with that of similar instruments.
Briefly stated, the attachment in this
device comprises two independent clock
movements and these latter control a
bolt in sued a manner that it is re
leased at any particular time, ranging
from one to forty-eight hours, previous
to which the safe cannot be opened. The
two movements are employed, in order
that one shall prove effective in case of
the other stopping it being very im
hie. ol course, that two movements
of this character should botb stop dur
ing the interval rrom the locking oi
the safe to the time desired for opening
it, and to which the movements have
been set upon leaving the safe.
When the time has arrived for the
opening of the safe, the bolt is released,
and the safe may then be opened at any
time until the movements are again set.
The attachment is not designed to be
used by itself, but in connection with
other locks. It is placed on the inside
of any vault or safe door already in use,
without making a hole through the
same or disturbing the other locks or
bolt-work, a vacant space of ten inches
wide bv six inches and one and a half
inches 'in height being all that that is
. n.r even if the locks should
be picked, punched or blown off by ex
.iis,mn.nniind8. the attachment be-
plosive compounds, the attachment be
ing distinct and independentof the lock
still remains and keeps the bolts of the
door secure until the hour for opening
&r rives
A catch controls the combination.
Two wheels actuate it at the proper
time, being numbered foom 0 up to 48,
in two-hour divisions. Indexes at the
top of these wheeU guide the setting,
which consists simply in placing them
so that the number of hours which
shall elapse from the time of closing
the safe to its opening shall be indica
ted by the figures under the pointers.
In one of the arms of each of these
wheels is fixed a pin, which, at the pro
per time engages a tappet arm project
ing horizontally from the pivoted catch.
The time of opening can be regulated
from one to forty-eight hours.
All the Islands on the coast of
Maine owned by the state are to be sold
at auction.
pole auad Tslleyimaal.
Of the complete confidence ofXano-
leon at one time in Talleyrand's diplo
matic capacity, the proofs are abundant
In bis correspondence. After Auster-
lita he wrote simply to htm : "I want
peace; arrange the conditions as well
as you can." During all the period of
his most splendid triumphs of the First
.empire ne listened patiently to the ad
vice and remonstrances of Talleyrand
when he would listen to no other. In
every critical juncture of affairs he con
suited him, and knew that whatever or
ders be gave him would be completely
carried out, and with the most consum
mate tact. He gave wholly to him the
and of Tilsit, and recompensed his ser
vices witn unparalleled munificence.
During the seven years that Talleyrand
was thus his Foreign Minister he gave
mm a place in bis frlvy Council, made
mm iiign cnamoeriam, vice Grand
Elector, and created for him a fief in
Italy, with the title of Prince of Benev-
ento. Xo one was more intimately as
sociated than M. DeTalleyrand with the
career of Napoleon, and he was the
statesman in all Europe who the best
understood the character of the Emperor
and the depth and extent of his designs.
Some of Talleyrand's mntt during the
Empire have quite a historic significance
as this one, for example. Napoleon al
ways was as curious to know the opin
ion of the Fauburg St. Germain about
bis victories as Alexander was to know
that of the Athenians. "What will the
Faubourg St. Germain say ?" he always
asked ironically after a great victory
After the victory of Austerlitz he asked
M. Dearbonne, who like Talleyrand
was another aristocratic diplomatist in
ins service, and whom be had over
whelmed with favors: "otre mere
was embarrassed for a reply, but Tal
leyrand came to nis aid : "hire, .Ma
dame De Xarbonne n'en est encore qu'
a 1 admiration."
Another mot too. in illustration of the
period of the domination of the sabre,
when the language of the camp invaded
even the $alon. General Dorsenne was
engaged to dine with him, but arrived
late and found the guests seated. lal
levrand apologized .and the General re
plied that he had been very busy dur
ing the day, and detained at the last
moment by a cursed peti (the slang
miirary term tor a civilian.)
"May 1 ask you." said lalleyrand,
for my private instruction, what is a
pejemr"
Ah. mon Dieu, Monseignenr: did
you remark the expression ? Well, it
is a camp word, n e call a peiem every
one who Is not military
That is verv good." said Talleyrand.
4You call a ptkin everybody who is not
military. Vi e do much the same thing
we call everybody military who is not
civil."
Talleyrand, however, could upon oc
casion turn a compliment even to a mil
itary man ; for when Gen. Montburn ar
rived, like Gen. uorsenne, late ror din
ner and apologized : "GeneraLvou have
come hist, it is true ; but that only proves
that I did not invite you to a battle, for
then, my dear Bayard, you would have
arrived first."
It was a pretty compliment which he
turned too for the Princesse ue Vaiide-
mout, a very charitable lady, when be
was asked for her address. "Rue St.
Lazare." he said. "I forget the num
ber; but ask the first poor persons you
meet; they will tell you. All the poor
know her house."
At last, however, in 1S14, the Empire
was tottering to its fall, and the Allies
were pressing upon Paris; while Napo
leon, bv his wonderful strategic activi
ty, multiplied the number of his troops,
and endeavored to save the capital. Na
poleon, however, before quitting Paris
for the campaign, held a council. He
already suspected Talleyrand of secret
intrigues witn bis enemies; and at the
conclusion of the council he arose in an
ger and declared he was surrounded by
enemies, lie then addressed nimseii
especially to Talleyrand, and for more
than ten minutes overwhelmed htm
with violent reproaches. Talleyrand,
of whom it has been said bv Murat that
you might kick bim from behind with
out his showing the least trace 01 reel
ing it in his face, stood all the time he
was being thus rated at tne corner 01
the fire, using his hat as a screen ; and
it was said if any one had entered at
the moment he would have thought that
Talleyrand was the last man in the room
who was the subject of N apoleon'sabuse.
When the Emperor had come to au end
of his tirade he went out of the room and
slammed lhs loor violently behind him,
and Talleyri. 1 I took the arm of a friend
and limped d. v stairs, saying coolly
and audibly. " iat a pity that so great
a man lias su, ' id manners!"
Napoleon, ii; ced, was not far wrong
n suspecting Talleyrand of being false
to him, for his former Minister of 1 or
eign Affairs was already in correspon
dence with the Emperor Alexander, and
awaiting with impatience the entry of
the Allies into Paris; but precisely at
the moment when he desired most to
remain in the capital Talleyrand re
ceived orders to join the Empress Marie
Louise, who had been appointed Regent
and was departing for Blois. Talley
rand did not even then dare to disobey
openly; Xapoleon's game did not seem
even then wholly lost- Talleyrand
wished to keep up appearances, and not
have discredit of an abrupt desertion.
So inventive a genius, however, was
not at a loss to manage to stay in Paris
and still keep up appearances. 1 here
are two accounts of the manner in
which be effected this. The one says
that he ordered his state carriage with
great parade, and embarked in it with
all his baggage, making arrangments,
however, with Madame DeKemusat that
ber husband should arrest bim at tne
head of the National Guard at the gates
of Paris, with the declaration that so
important a personage could not be al
lowed to quit the capital. The other
says that he arrived with full traveling
suite at the barriere, whens his servants
were asked for his passport.
"It is the Vice Grand Electeur, they
replied.
"lie can pass, was tne repiy.
"Xo." said Talleyrand, "I will not
break through your regulations." And
he returned to his hotel in the Rue
Florentin. "II ne convenient pas," he
said, "a tout le monde de se faire ecra
par lea ruines d'un edifice qui va crou
ler." And M. DeTalleyrand was cer
tainly the last man in the world to al
low himself willingly to be crushed by
an edifice which be knew to be on the
point of tumbling down.
A mot or nis bad indeed gone the
round of Paris some months before its
occupation by the Allies in 1814 "C'est
le commencement de la On" and the
mot has passed into a proverb. It is
said morever, that the notorious M. De
Maubreuil, whose name as Marquis d'
Orvault came so scandalously before the
public a few years past, proposed to
have Napoleon assassinated, and that
the Abbe DePradt was in favor of the
scheme, and discussed its execution with
Talleyrand, and that the following
words passed :
"Combien vout faut-il ?"
"Dix millions."
"Dix millions!" said Talleyrand;
mais ce n'est rein pour debarrrasser
la France d'un tel feau."
This was the same man who. before
the marriage of Marie Louise with Na
m'aime-t-eU foUIV Mi4yNaMiUAwk,
poleon, gave utterance to this senti
ment) ''There remain but two grea
families in Europe the bouse of Bour
boa a-J the house of Austria. We mua
rul ft and marry the other." And
Aapo.erm accused him of having conn
seled the assassination of the Due d
Enghien, and the seizing possession of
tne tnrone or spam, lie said to O'Mea
ra at St. Helua that Talleyrand had
counseled him to do evert hing he could
ror the rum of the Bourbons ; and on
another occasion he said if he had
but hanged Talleyrand and Fouche,
he would not have been in exile. With
respect to the affair of the Due d'En
ft
hien and to the Spanish invasion. Ta
levrand has declared that he gave ex
actly the contrary advice; and it Is dif
ficult indeed to decide between Napole
on and Talleyrand when the question is
one of veracity. It was however, at
Talleyrand's house that the Emperor
Alexander lodged in 1814; and the Czar
said : "When I entered Paris. Tallev
rand had Louis XVIII. in one hand and
Napoleon II. in the other, and he gave
me Louis av III." 1 he council, which
was held in Talleyrand's house, settled
the question of the restoration. Bclgra
rtn.
The Ialaada f Tahiti.
Who has not read and reread the his
tory of this group, from the year of our
Lord 1767 when Wallis anchored in the
harbor of Mataval, to the assumption of
the protectorate by M. uuizotr for
here came Captain James Cook to ob
serve the transit of Venus, and hence
he sailed northward and eastward to dis
cover and revisit other islands and shores
that will bear his fame to all posterity
as the Columbus of this wonuerfull
ocean. Here rested from their oars the
mutineers of the Bounty; and here they
tarry anaTery rough eighteenth-centu
ry lotuseaters, the delights and pleasures
of the island ; ending with a sudden dis
enchantment at the pros pest of cap
ture, and an equally sudden disappear
ance with their wives to distant and
less charming if securer shores. Here
came Bougaiuville.La Perouse, Krusen-
stern, and later Wilkes; and here came
shall we say unfortunately? the mis
sionaries. For divided is the Polynes
ian and the traveled world upou the
merits of these gentleman, and confirm
ing to prejudiced minds are the tales of
emphatic though we fear not strictly ac
curate traders of vituperative and god
less beach combers. Here came the
Jesuit fathers; and then the wondering
heathens hearkened to the polemical
white men renewing the world-tired
battles of more civilized lands, heard
different and only God preached in or
thodox fashion, listened confusedly to
sinuous windings and twisting among
the subletles or dogmas, and nnally
floundered in the s-a of sectarianism
Thev gave their allegiance, not from
motives ot conscience, out irom a world
ly admiration of the physically greater
man, or or him whose store or carnal
goods promised the better reward.
Then followed the old war of races
Frenchmen against Briton ; a fiery re
ligious Crapaud against an obstinately
religious Jonbool, intensified by diner
ence or creeds and or culture, by diverg
ing interests but comingllng fanaticisms.
t iually from these and polemics they
came to foru and. threats of force, not
any easier to bear because they were
partly clothed with sanctimonious words
and invocations. The priests were ejec
ted and other slights followed slights
more real than fancied. I hen came In
juries more severe than Exeter Hall
and British t oreign umce would have
us believe, until the frenchman re
turned with his fleet and threatened
with one broadside, after the most ap
proved French manner the grand
manner they call it to blot out miss on-
aries, heathens, town, and churches,
and thus settle the affair, and for ever,
Then succeeded pretexts, promises, inti
midation, "seizure ol the royal person.
bombardments and logic of events the
last scene of all. ith blare of trumpet.
and thundering of guns, and rirts, till
the welkins ruug, his Catholic Majesty,
who scarcely knew that such an oasis
bloomed in the watery desert, seized
upou the island under the specious plea
ot protection ; and to this day, through
good fortune and ill, and all the vicissi
tudes of the home government, it is
still a part of colonial France. Oalarg
ilimthlj).
Law raiad ! Old As.
Fatuity from old age cannot be
cured, but it may be prevented by em
ploying the mind constantly in reading
Bnurauveiwuuuiu luecveuiuji vi mo
Dr. Johnson ascribes the fatuity of
Dean Swift to two causes : first, to a
resolution he made in his youth that he
would never wear spectacles, from the
want of which be was unable to read
n the decline of life, and, secondly, to
his avarice, which led him to abscond
from visitors, or deny himself to com
pany, by whioh means he deprived
himself of the only two methods by
which new ideas are acquired, or old
ones renovated. His mind, from these
causes, languished for want of exer
cise, and gradually collapsed into idi
of ism, in which state he spent the close
of his life in a hospital founded by
himself tor persons afflicted with the
name disorder, of which he finally
died.
Country neonle. when they have no
relish for books, when they lose their
ability to work, or to go abroad from
age or weakness, are very apt to be
come fatuons, especially as they are
too often deserted in their old age by
the younger branches of their families,
in consequence of which their miuds
become torpid from the want of society
and conversation, fatuity is more rare
in cities than in country places, only
because society and conversation can
be had in them noon more easy terms ;
and it is less common among women
than men, only because their employ
ments are of such natures as to admit
of their being carried on by their fire
sides, and in a sedentary posture.
Am Irlala Wltaeaa.
The late James T. Brady used to say
that they were like a chestnut burr,
full of sharp points and dangerous to
handle. He used to relate an amusing
scene that occured in Court where Ge
rard was for the plaintiff and be for the
defendant. After the former counsel
had finished the direct examination of
an Irish witness by the name of Car
thev. be handed bim over to Brady for
cross-examination, and as he had given
very damaging testimony against nis
client, it was considered important to
break down bis testimony, so lirarty
addressed him abruptly by saying:
"Well, 'O'Cartbey', where T7ere yon
born, and how came yon to oe porn
there f "Mr. O'Brady," replies Car
they with great nonchalance and un
concern, "I have left the O' off from
niv name." "So have 1," quicwy re-
nlioH Krartv. The witness instantly
retaliated with : "What a pity you htdi
not changed yonr manners instead 01
the name," The langb was very gene
ral in the court, and participated in oy
the judge and jury so much against
Brady that be lost the opportunity 01 a
reply. After order was restored, Bra
dy said "that will do," meaning that it
was a good one. Carthey was pleased
to construe the remark as meaning that
the counsel was done with him. So he
cooly stepped from the witness stand,
and retired, amid a loud and boisterous
laugh and general applause. Brady
said that he was done with the witness,
and refused to call him back.
Haw a Cala lasaka.
In the erection of the chapel at Raro
tonga a circumstance occurred which
will give a striking idea of the feelings
of an untaught people, when observing,
for the first time the effects of written
communications. As I had come to the
work one morning without my square.
I took up a chip, and with a piece of
cnarcoai wrote upon it a request that
Mrs. w imams would send me that ar
ticle. I called a chief, who was super
intending his portion of the work, and
said to him, "Friend, take this, go to
our bouse, and give it to Mrs. V illiaras."
He was a singular-looking man, remark
ably quick in his movements, and had
been a great warrior; but in one of the
numerous battles he had fought had
lost an eye, and giving me an inex
pressible look with the other, he said,
"Take that ! she will call me a fool, and
scold me if I carry a chip to her. "Xo,"
I replied, "she will not; take it and go
immediately, 1 am in baste." Perceiv
ing me to be in earnest, he took it, and
asked, "What must I say?" 1 replied.
" 1 ou nave nothing to say, the chip will
say ail 1 wish." With a look of aston
ishment and contempt he held up the
piece of wood, and said, "How can this
speak? lias this a mouth?" 1 desired
him to take it immediately, and not
spend so much time in talking about it.
On arriving at the house he gave the
chip to Mrs. Williams who read it,
threw it away, and went to the tool
chest; whither the chief, resolving to
see the result of this mysterious pro
ceeding, roiiowed ber closely.
On receiving the square from her. he
said, "Stay, daughter ; how do you know
that this is what Mr. Williams wants?"
"Why," she replied, "did you not
brin? me a chin lust now?" "Yes."
aid the astonished Warrior; "But I didTt,rtn''
not near it say anything." "ir you did
not 1 did," was the reply; "for it made
known to me what he wanted, and all
you have to do is to return with it as
quickly as possible." With this the
chief leaped out of the house: and
catching up the mysterious piece of
wood, be ran through the settlement,
with the chip in one hand and the
square in the other holding trnm up as
high as his arms would reach, and
shouting as he went, "See the wisdom
of these English people; they can make
chips talk! they can make chips talk!"
On giving me the square, he wished
to know how it was possible thus to
converse with persons at a distance. I
gave him all the explanation in my
power. But it was a circumstance in
volved in so much mystery that he ac
tually tied a string to the chip, hung it
round his neck, end wore it for some
time. During several following days
we frequently saw him surrounded by
a crowd, who were listening with in
tense Interest while he narrated the
wonders which this chip had performed.
Aaeleat I in aafclaa-.
Lace, made of fine threads of gold.
silver, silk, flax, cotton, hairs, or other
delicate fibres, has been in use for cen
turies in all the countries of Europe.
But long before the appearance of lace,
properly so called, attempts of various
kinds were made to produce open, gau
zy tissues resembling the spider's web.
Specimens of primitive needle-work
are abundant in which this openness is
secured in various ways. The "tine-
twined linen," the "nets of checker
work," and the "embroidery'' of the
Old Testament, are examples. This
ornamental needle-work was early held
in great esteem by the Church, and
was the daily employment of the con
vent. For a long time the art of mak
ing it was a church secret, and it was
known as nun's-work. Even monks
were commended for their skill in em
broidery. A kind of primitive lace, in use cen
turies ago in Europe, and specimens of
which are still abundant, is called cut
work. It was made in many wav.
Sometimes a network of threads was
arranged upon a small frame, beneath
which was gummed a piece or huecioth,
open, like canvas. 1 hen with a needle
the network was sewed to the cloth,
and the supertlous cloth was cut away;
hence the name of cut-work. Another
lace-like fabric of very ancient date,
and known as draw-work, was made
by drawing out a portion of the warp
ana welt threads ironi linen, ana leav
ing a square network of threads, which
were made firm by a stitch at each cor
ner of the mesh. Sometimes these
netted grounds were embroidered with
colors.
Still another ancient lace, called
damed-nettmg. ' was made by em
broidering figures npon a plain net,
like ordinary nets of the present day.
Lace was also formed of threads, radi
ating from a common centre at eoual
distances, and united by squares, tri
angles, rosettes, and other reometrical
forms, which were worked over with
button-bole stitch, and the net thus
made was more or less ornamented
with embroidery. Church-vestments.
altar-clothes, and grave-clothes, were
elaborately decorated with it- An eye
witness of the disinterment ot St.
Cuthbert in the twelfth century savs
"There had leen put over him a sheet
which had a fringe of linen thread of a
finger's length ; upon its sides audends
was woven a Utrder of the thread,
bearing the figures of birds, beasts.
and branching trees." This sheet was
kept for centuries in the cathedral of
Durham as a specimen of drawn or
cut work. Darned-netting and drawn
and cut woik are still made by the
peasants in many countries. Popular
BcttHce Jlonthly.
Droll lkrlatealaara.
They tell of Bishop Port eons, that he
had an utter aversion to long names,
and fine names, and more than one
name. That being called upon, when
a parish priest, to christen a poor man's
luid 1 nomas iimorny. ne aipttea nis
finger hastily in the basin, cot the mat
ter and the name short, and christened
the child "Tom Tit." The fashion is
now running, and has been for some
years, to tine names Bettys, Sallys,
Snkeva. N'knnvi. are all rone and.
apropos npon Nanny, I have seen the
beautiful old ballad, U Nanny wilt
thou gang with me f" adapted to mo
dern elegance thus, "Amelia will you
go with me?'' This, however, has no
thing to do witn cnurcu cnnstenings,
but it shows that a "rose, by any other
name, may in time smell sweeter.
Now of names, surely 1 have entered
on the register the strangest imagin
able. A mason's wife and belonging to
the next parish, presented her urchin.
What took place was exactly as fol
lows ; "Say the name," said I, with my
finger in the water. "Acts, sir," said
she. "Aet.m said I; "what do yon
mean f Thinks 1 to myself, I will ax
the clerk to spell it. He did, Acts so
Acts was the babe, and will be while
this life, and will be doubly, trebly
so registered, if ever it marries or dies.
Afterwards, in the vestry, 1 asked the
good woman what made her choose
such a name. Her answer was this:
Why. sir. we be religious people:
we've got vour on em already, and they
he call d Matthew. Mark, iuke, and
John, and so my husband thought he'd
compliment the apostles a oil. 1 ne
idea of complimenting the apostles
with this little dab of living mortar
was too much ; even" I could not help
laughing. I have no doubt she will go
on to Revelations, they being particu
larly religious people. Let text from a
Von H try vurate, jttacKKooa.
TOCTHir COLCXS.
Bote tome Ship are Scrubbed. It
seems that in several daces in the
world there are volcanoes nnder the
sea. Such volcanoes, of coarse, do not
send nn volumes of flame and smoke.
Instead, they pour forth streams of
sulphnrons acid vapor that mingle with
the sea-water. Some of these volca
noes are sitnated in bays where ships
can safely ride at anchor.
As is well known, the bottoms of
many ships are protected by a covering
of copper. This copper, after a time,
becomes corroded by the action of the
sea-water; a sort of green mold forms.
sea-mosses begin to grow, ana even
small sea animals, like the barnacles,
build tbeir shell-bouses upon it. Of
course, all these things roughen the
shiD s bottom, and as the vessel gath
ers more and more, it sails very much
slower bv reason ol the great accunin
lation. Then, if she happens to be
anywhere in the neighborhood of one
of these submerged volcanoes, the cap
tain sails her thither to be scoured.
This scouring process does not re
quire hands or machinery of any sort.
All that is necessary is that the ship
should lie quietly at anchor where the
sulphurous acid vapor, mingling with
the sea-water, can gently wash ber
sides and bottom. In a few days, or
weeks, as the case may be, not a weed,
not a barnacle, not a bit of the dark
green mold remains, and the ship can
sail off again, her copper bottom as
clean and as bright as when it was first
put on.
I've heard the boys speaking of this
same thing. 1 hey read about it in a
book called Cosmo, written by one
Humboldt. Some of you may like to
look into it. St. XichoUu.
The Beauty of Youth.
How beautiful
"otun. early manhood, early
manhood, early wo-
manhood, how wonderfully fair ! what
freshness of life, cleanliness of blood.
purity of breath! what hopes! There
is nothing too much for the young
maid or man to put into their dreams,
and in thei" prayers to hope to put into
their days. Ob young men and women!
there is no Dicture of ideal excellence
of manhood or womanhood that I ever
drew that seemed too high, too beauti
ful, for young hearts. hat aspira
tions there are for the good, the true,
the fair, and the holy ! The instinctive
atlectious. how beautiful they are.
with all tbeir purple prophecy of new
homes, and of generations of immor
tals that are yet to be! The high in
stincts of reason, of conscience, of love.
of religion, how beautiful and grand
they are in the young heart, fragrantly
opening his little cup, not yet full
blown, but with the promise of a man's
love to look on these young laces.
and see the firstlings of the young
man's beard, and the maidenly bloom
blushing over the girls fair cheek: I
love to see the pure eves beaming with
joy and gladness,to see the unconscious
joy of snch young souls, impatient of
restraint, and longing for the beaven
that we fashion here. So I have seen
in early May, among the Xew England
hills, the morning springing in the sky.
and gradually thinning off the stars,
that hedge about the cradle of the day;
and all cool and fresh and lustrous
came the morning air. and thought of
what a fresh and lordly day was com
ing np the eastern sky. Theodore Far-ket-
Social Birds. It is wonderful how
the birds love the companionship of
men. Even the Indian recognizes this
liking, and puts up his gourd shell for
the purple martin, the colored man in
the South in like manner sets np a ca
labash, while in our villages are seen
martin houses, often evincing taste in
their construction. But the American
swallows formerly kept aloof from
men. and in the est tne Martin still.
as of old, builds in hollow trees. Some
of oar migratory birds are seen with as
in the winter. 1 bis is explained.
think, by the agricultural habits of
men. Wherever agriculture flourishes,
so will insects, and the fields of the
husbandmen are thus attractive to the
birds who come thither with their
sweet voices and good deeds. Now this
fact does, in time greatly modify the
migration impulse. 1 be blue bird is a
frequent visitor of our gardens in win
ter. though not in large numbers. He
now finds his food in the larvae of
those insects which are the pests of the
farm : and it is Dleasant to watch him
peeping round palings and under led
ges and rails lor this tood.
The Xore Lioht-Vessel. North-east
of the seaport of Sheerness, in Eng
land, the mouth of the River Thames,
jnst where it joins the Norih Sea. is
called "1 he N ore. Here the chaunel
is obstructed by sandbanks, on one of
which there is a floating light.
"But how is this light kept in placet
you will ask. ell. a vessel is an
chored on the sandlmnk. and here men
live to take care of the vessel, and to
keep the light burning at the masthead
at night, so that ships may be warned
oil from the shoal places.
A weary time the poor men have who
live here, sometimes, in stormy wea
ther, thev do not go on shore for seve
ral days together. But in summer it
is not so bad ; for then they can often
go to the shore in their small boats.
and learn the news, and lay in food for
stormy weather.
1 here are floating lights similar to
this at several poiuts on the coast of
America.
Adrire to Children. You were made
to be kind, generous, and magnani
mous. If there is a boy in the school
who has a club foot, don t let him
know that you ever saw it. If there
is a poor Imt with ragged clothes, don't
talk aiMMit rags when be is in hearing.
If there is a lame bov, assign bim some
part of the game which does not re
el u ire running. It there is a hungry
one, give him part of your dinner. If
there is a dull one, help him to get bis
lessons. If there is a brighter one, be
not envious of bim ; for if one hoy is
proud of his talents, and another is en
vious of them, there are two great
wrongs, and no more talents thau be
fore. If a larger or stronger boy has
injured you and is sorry for it, forgive
him, and request the teacher not to
punish him. All the school will show
by their countenances how much bet
ter this is than to have a great fist.
Don't rely npon yonr friends. Don't
rely upon the name of your ancestors.
1 housands have spent the prime or
life in the vain hope of help from those
whom they call friends, and thousands
have starved because they had m rich
father. Rely upon the good name
which is made bv yonr own exertions.
and know that better than the best
friend you can have is unquestionable
character.
II
Lira.
People may well rejoice that so large
a part of life lies out of the range of
politics. Vt e have our daily work and
its fruits ; we have our out door amuse
ments and our indoor diversions; we
have our farms and country life all
independent of the wrangle and con
tention and scandal and embitterment
of political partizanship. The Indian
summer, the woodcock, the partridges,
the quail, the hickory huts, the chest
nuts, the gorgeous forests and the fall
ing leaves, the rides, the drives, the
walks these are not tne exclusive
property of any party. Is it not fortu
nate that so large a part of human life
lies outside of the range of politics?
IXWS II BRH7.
Oregon produced 250,000 cases
of
canned salmon last year.
Eighty persons over ninety years
of age died in Xew Hampshire last
year.
The Pacific Raiiroads have received
from the Government fc&,000,000 and
220,000,000 acres of land.
Parson Winters, of Dayton. Ohio,
says he has married 4,094 couples in
that town, and that the average fee is
4.
There are 21,235 Baptist churches
in the United States, with 13,117 minis
ters, and a total membership of 1,815,
000.
Middle Tennessee will, within the
next few months, ship 40,000 lambs
Xorth.
A Boston journal says that Xew
York spends $2,000,000 a year for flow
ers alone, and for plants and fruits $3,
000,000. Ohio supports 116,000 dogs. Geor
gia, with less than one-half the popula
tion, has 350,000. More dogs than
voters.
Mr. Emerson has accepted an invi
tation to address the literary societies
of the University of Virginia on the
20th of June.
The Department of Agriculture es
timate the United States hog crop for
1875 at 25,774,2'Jl head, a decrease of 2,
147, 009 since 1874.
The "United Brothers of Friend
ship" at Augusta, Ark., got into such a
fight, tl.e ottier night, that the authori
ties had to interfere.
A mass of rock estimated at nearly
flwj, htinrivMl tnnm wiKr foil f mm t.m
bwrrlr near- the BriaairVell Fall, at '
Niagara, a few days ago.
The lady clerks of the Michigan
State offices at Lansing, are for Senator
Eerry for President to a woman.
Ferry is a female suffragist.
In Mississippi there is still an ex
tensive area of cotton unfathered, most
of which, it is feared, will be lost for
lack of hands to do the picking.
In Howell County, Mo., cows are
the principal circulating medium. A
thin cow passes current for $8, a good
one for $10, and a fat one for $13.
Buffalo, not satisfied with the most
expensive City Hall in the State, now .
wants to raise $2.)0,000 more to remove
the old city buildings and erect a new
jail.
Notwithstanding the mild Winter
a Worcester, Mass. skate manufacturer
has sold 40,000 pairs of skates this sea
son, and is now busy filling an English
order.
The State of Massachusetts is in
debt $15,000,000 on account of the Hoo
sac Tunnel, and is now adding to this
debt $l,0uo,000 a year on the same ac
count. A reply from London was received
at Hartford the other day, in an hour
and eleven minutes after the message
was sent, and this is said to be the best
time ever made.
A tree was recently cut near Sweet
water, Tenn., which yielded 2,40u three
feet boards, 3,452 two-feet boards, 28tt
ten-feet rails, 172 six-feet rails, and six
cords of kindling wood.
A suit is being tried in Boston for
$2,000 damages against a druggist for
putting 240 times too much tartar
emetic into a prescription. The boy
who took it was made sick.
Secretary Taft, when he grail uated
from Yale College, was the valedicto
rian of his class. His eldest son, wheu
he left the same institution a few years
ago, occupied a like position.
' A summer's growth. Last year
the town of winter, California, was a
wheat field, and a crop was gathered
from it. To-day it has 130 inhabi
tants, and town lots are worth $000.
Professor Proctor has written to
the Boston School Committee, offering
to deliver a lecture, lree of charge, su
the subject of astronomy, to the chil
dren of the public schools of that city.
The annual production of leather
gloves lu France is estimated at 2,500,
000 dozen pairs of all sorts; the average
price being $7 per dozen. There are
about 90,000 persons employed in the
business.
A prominent Hudson River Rail
road man estimates that it costs $15
every time that a buffer break9, to re
place it, and every time a train of cars
i stopped it costs the company seventy
five cents.
Houses containing three or more
families are classed as tenement houses.
It is supposed that there are 20,010 ten- .
ement hou-s in New York City, and
that they contain a population of 500,
000 persons.
It is thought the Lenox library in
New York will be open to the public
next autumn. The land and buildings
cost $!Ki0,tiiK), and everything connected
with the library has been done on a
liberal scale.
Col. Larken Griffin, of Ninety-six,
South Carolina, and Mrs. Jemima Grif
fin his wife, have been married sixty
six years. He is eighty-eight and she
is eighty-one. They are perhaps the
oldest couple in the State.
The State appropriation for public
schools in N'tith Carolina for the com
ing year is $250,000. It is apportioned
to the counties on the basis of the
school attendance. The total attend
ance during the past year was 110,416.
A number of visitors went to Wis
consin cemetery to see a dog that was
said to be watching faithfully over the
grave of his dead master. When they
got there he was een chasing a bnn-
dle cat up au alley two blocks away.
The Sacramento beet sugar factory
out in 1875 3,000,000 jkuikIs of white
sugar from beets, that yielded 13' per
cent, more than the aveiage yield of
Euroiie. The company will plant
largely this year and expect a larger
crop than last.
Miss Mary Abbott, of Smyrna, Del.
has been led a blushing bride to the
altar seven times She has been Miss
Williams, Mrs. Truax, Mrs. Farrow,
Mrs. Riggs, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Berry,
Mrs. Pratt, and now Mrs. Abbott, and
has married a widower every time but
once, and has reared numerous step
children for her various husbands, but
has never had children of her own.
The Rhode Island house of Repre
sentatives has passed a bill providing
that the land occupied or owned by
churches, schools, colleges and charita
ble institutions, shall no longer be ex
empt from taxation. Buildings actually
used for religious, educational or char
itable purposes, are still exempt.
Buildings owned by incorporated libra
ries and free public libraries, are ex
empted.
A man of 90.000.000 tons of pure
solid, compact rock salt, located on an
island 185 feet high, which rises from a
miserable sea marsh on the route from
Brashear to New Iberia, up the River
Teche, in Louisiana, is one of the won
ders of the world. How this Island,
con toining over 300 acres of excellent
land, ever came into existence in such
a locality is a matter of conjecture
Vegetation is proline, auu tne scener;
is beautiful and varied.
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