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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE COHSTITUTCON THI TJHTOJf AND THB ESFORCIMENT OF TH1 tAW8.
Editor and Proprltor
VOL. XXXI.
MIFFLIOTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4. IS77.
NO. 14.
TEE WIFE'S REVERIE.
0 heart of mine, is our estate,
Oar sweet estate of ij assured t
It came so slow; it came so late,
Bought by ench bitter pains endured ;
Dare we forget those sorrows sore,
An3 think that they will come no more?
Willi tearful eyas I scan my face.
And doubt how he can find it fair i
Wistful. I watch each charm and grace
I see that ether women wear ;
Of all the secrets of lore's lore. -
1 know bat one, to love him more !
I see each day be grows more wise,
B is life is broader far than mine ;
I must be lacking in his eyes.
In many thu'gs where others shins.
O, heart! can we this loss restore
To h m by simply loving more ?
I often see upon his brow,
A look half tender and half stern ;
Eis tlioafchts are far away, I know t
To fathom them, I vainly yearn ;
But caught is ours which weut before ;
0 heart, we can but love him more!
1 sometimes tbink that he had kTed
An older, deeper love, apart
from this which later, feebler moved
His soul to mine. O heart ! O heart I
What can we do ? This burteth sore.
Nothing, my heart, but love him more 1
His two Loves.
Two, aud Montague Oarthorn loved
them both. It does not seem possible,
nevertheless It is true; and, stranger
still, they botli loved him. lie was not
worthy of half the good things the
Fates showered on him with such lav
ish hands; but who in this wide world
ever get their deserts. It is a thoroughly
false theory that virtue brings Its own
reward; long ago it might, but now it
certainly does not, or Opal Garthorn's
life would have been happier. As long
as Opal could remember she had wor
shipped her cousin Montague. As a
child he was her hero, and as 6he grew
up her chief delight was to be noticed
by him. When she "came out," and
he teemed to take pleasure in being
with her, her joy knew no bounds; and
at length, when he asked her to be his
wife, she could hardly realize that the
tlreuui of her life had come to pass; and
Le felt as if he could not do enough to
show his love for the beautiful girl who
Lad promised to marry him.
Montague Garthorn was well off,
and his parents being both dead, he bad
become a spoiled child in all his rela
tions' households, and many a Mistress
Garthorn had been anxious to catch
this excellent parti for her daughter.
Great was the eurpriseof the Garthorns
generally when it was known that he
intended to make his distant cousin
Opal his wife.
Opal's love for him was so unfeltUh,
fo wommanly (and how much deeper
is a woman's love than a man's can is
siblybc)! W hen I say she loved him
with her whole heart, better than her
life, my words seem cold and passion
less, and cannot convey the meaning ot
her devoted ness.
When he asked her to marry 1dm
oon she would not listen to him, but
stipulated for another y ar of freedom,
because "he might see some one he
liked better," and w ith whom he would
be more happy. Ilcr delight consi.-ted
in teeing him happy, so she 6aid, and
so she meant, no doubt; but really she
felt such conlidance In his entire devo
tion, and judged him so by herself, that
ehe never for a moment realized the
idea of his loving anj one but her. Mon
tague Garthorn considered that If he
understood one thing thoroughly, that
one thing was himself; so he was an
noyed at her doubting him even in this
loving way, and resolved to prove that
no woman of lures and wiles could in
fluence him when he had the assurance
of iOpal's love.
Opal was standing at the drawing
room window, gazing into the twilight
for her lover, while her mother and
father chatted together. At last she
tears his footsteps on the stairs, and
they are together.
"Opal, will you go to the theatre to
night? 1 have promised to meet Archer
there."
"Must you go, Montie?"
"Well, dear, I think I must; but
won't you come?"
Opal does not want to go, and she
does not want him to go without her;
but before she has time to make up her
mind what answer to give, her mother
settles that question by saying she
"cannot allow Opal to go, as she is
tired w ith a days shopping."
Montague remained a few minutes
longer, then rose to take his leave.
Opal was dull, felt a leaden weight at
her heart. What for? Surely not be
cause her lover was going to meet a
man at the theatre. Xcverthcles9 she
could not throw the gloom off, and as
she bade him good-bye tears rose to her
eyes and seemed to tremble in her
voice; so much so that even Montie, the
most unobservant of men. noticed them,
and was more afl'eetionate in manner.
"Tou arc tired. Opal, my child, go to
bed, dear."
"It is not that, Montie, but I feel as
If I was losing you ; as if this was to be
our list good-bye."
"Nonsense !" and with another kiss
he was gone, while Opal gazed on him
for the last time at least saw for the
last time the niaji who loved her as he
loved no other woman.
Mr. Garthorn sauntered leisurely
along, intendingtotake a hansom down
to the Strand, when be remembered
that as he was alone he might call for
Archer at his lodgings. Instead of tak
ing a cab he resolved to go by train to
Gower street, where his. frieud lived,
if Opal enly knew what would come of
that little railroad journey no earthly
.power would have prevented her going
witn Montie to the theatre. lie was
thinking it was a bother to go to the
play, as it was sure to be hot, and it
would have been much cooler In the
back drawing-room with Opal. Here
ills thoughts were interrupted and the
carriage door was opened, and a young
gW pushed in. A girl with magnetic
golden hair that 6eoied to make a halo
around her bead, and sancer blue eyes
and a mouth like a Cupid's bow. Xellie
Wylde, the second woman who loved
Montague Garthorn, met him now for
the first time, with her bright baby
face covered with blushes, and with
her tiny hands held out to him to help
her lift on to the seat a large parcel ehe
had with ber.
"It is a new dress I have bought at
Westbourne Grove," she told him, "and
I am going to sit up to make it to go to
a ball."
He was charmed with the simplicity
of the child, as he considered her, and
condescendingly asked her her age.
"Seventeen, soon," she answered.
And then all the color seemed to die
out of her cheeks and leave her very
pale. He watched her for some time,
and then her merry voice broke his
reverie by saying:
"I have been ill ; this is the first time
I have been out. Father would scarcely
let me come; but I wanted my dress so
much;" and then, without waiting for
any remark from Mr. Garthorn, she
asked him if he had ever been to a ball,
and what they were like.
"Yes, child, many. Good-bye. This
is my station."
'It is mine, too," Xellie answered ;
"and father said he would meet me and
carry my parcel home."
What less could Montague do than
assist her to alight and carry her par
cel up stairs? and then, not finding
any one waiting for her, he could not
do less than offer to carry it home.
And in that little walk how his heart
went out to this child, who had not an
idea beyond the moment's pleasure,
who found life so bright, although her
father kept a chemist shop in a back
street and let lodgings ! Why not leave
her as she Is happy, young, heart
whole and in smooth water? Why
force her into stormy weather when she
is now so safe? But already the harm
is done, and Montague is fascinated fa
tally by thi child, in whose nature
there is no depth, and w ho could never
feel anything, whether of pain or joy,
with half the keenness that Opal can.
The beautiful blue eyes look without
flinching into his as she warbles forth
au invitation to come and have supper.
"We are not grand ; we ouly have
water-cresses in the shop-parlor."
He goes in, and Xellie Wylde's father
thanks him, and the back parlor Is pa
radise, the watereresses lood for the
gods, the theatre forgotten ; and as he
looks at and listens to Xellie, Opal, in
the cool back drawing-room has become
a thing of the past.
"What bill are you going to, Miss
Wylde?"
"At Aunt Mary's; their first floor is
empty, and they are going to have a
dance. Call me Xellie every one does;
it seems too grown-up to call nie Miss
Wylde?"
"That is not a real ball, but if you
would like to go to one of the best balls
in London, I will take you to Willis'
Rooms to-morrow night."
"O, father, say Yes!"' said Xtll, as
she threw her arms around his neck.
"I don't kiiow what Is right to say,"
ruminated Mr. Wylde; "only as vou
have very little pleasure and no mother,
p-.'rhaj s it would not be any harm."
So it was settled that beautiful,
bright Xellie was to make her first en
try iu to London society.
Montague at last tore himself away
from the enchanted chemist's shop.
Xow came the time to think to think
of what he had done. Of course, It was
too late to go to the theatre; In fact,
everything seemed too latt now that the
door of Mr. Wylde's house was shut.
What had he done? Promised to take
Xellie to a ball, and he was engaged to
go to a dinner-party with Opal. What
should he do? Go home and make the
best of his dilemma. Xext morning
Montague knew something must be
done; so he got his writing materials
and Intended to write to Xellie to tell
her he could not take her to the ball ;
but directly he began the vision of those
blue eyes filled with tears and that
smiling mouth pouting was too much
for him, so he changed his mind and
wrote briefly to Opal "that unforseen
circumstances prevented him from go
ing out to dinner with her to-morrow."
Opal is so good naturcdshe won't mind.
He thought little of her breaking heart,
though he thought so much of her tear
ful blue eyes.
Xellie and Mr. Garthorn went to the
ball and enjoyed it. Xellie looked lovely
in her fresh white muslin dress and
Montague's gift of real flowers. When
he left her at home, he longed for the
moment when he should see her next.
On his return he found a letter from
Opal, full of tender regrets at his ab
sence, and assurances of Iter love, lie
resolved never to see Xellie again, and
to marry Opal as soon as possible. How
easy It is to make resolutions at night
and how difficult to carry them out in
the broad day.
The following afternoon Mr. Gar
thorn called at Opal's and left his card,
for he found her out. Then, what more
natural than he should see how Xellie
was after her dissipation ? He found her at
her home beautiful, blushing, charm
ing, full of gratitude for the pleasure of
the ball, and winning as only those
childish women with big blue eyes can
be.
Her father was in the shop; so they
were alone, and before Montague knew
what he was doing, he had avowed his
passion to Xellie, and she had confessed
that ehe was "very fond of him and of
balls at Willis' Rooms."
Opal, driving in the Park, was strain
ing her eyes to see the beloved form of
Montague Garthorn among the crowd
of men leaning over the railings.
Day after day Mr. Garthorn spent
with Opal, and evening after evening
with Xellie. Opal was so sweetly kind
to him, sang and played for him, de
clared that something must be wrong,
and besought him to have confidence in
her and to tell her his trouble. In re
nlv. he kissed her. told her not "to
worry, and that she was a foolish girl."
And directly his duty visit was over, he
rushed to Xellie's house, where she met
him with bright eyes, merry repartee
and kitten-like caresses. She' really
was very lovable ; and It Is no wonder
that this man, who so loved being made
much of. faucied she was more worthy
of such love as he had to give than the
woman who would have died for him
Things ccild not last much longer
like this. Opal wondered why he did
not come of an evening, and asked him
to spend the following Monday with
her, as she would be alone. He could
not refuse; so all day Sunday he spent
with Xellie wandering about Kensing
ton Gardens; then 'to chnrch' with Mr.
Wylde, and a delightful Bohemian sup
per in ' the shop-parlor. Afterwards
came1 the good-night; and Montague
told Xellie he could not come the fol
lowing day, because he bad to see a cou
sin of his; and then he, went on to say
that these happy days must end, as he
was going away for a long time, and
would only come once more to say good
by. The blue eyes filled with tears, the
tiny hands rustled up into the air, and
with a wild scream she threw herself
upon the stairs, sobbing, "Montie, you
cannot, shall not leave me. '
"Darling, I must."
"But you said you lovea me."
"God knows how much, my darling;
but I must leave you, for I am in honor
bound to marry my cousin Opal."
Xellie did not receive this announce
ment haughtily, with pride, or with
despair, but threw herself down at
Montague Garthorn's feet, sobbing pit
eously. "You shall never marry her
the proud lady you show me in the Tark ;
but me, your own loving Xellie, who
worships you with a devotion die can
never feel !"
"I do believe you love me best, my
golden wig," he exclaimed as he caught
her in bis arms and kissed her, promis
ing to call again soon."
Xellie was immediately comforted,
and before he had got to the end of the
street she was singing to herself as she
cleared the supper things away.
On Monday, Opal dressed herself in
the dress Montague admired, ordered
the dishes for dinner he preferred, and
and made up her mind to win him back,
remembering the words of one ot our
writers, that "revived love is the strong
est." He came in determined to make
the evening pleasant to 0;al, even to
confess to her his flirtation with Xellie
to tell ber that lie had rooted it up
and was ready to come back to her
more devoted than ever ; but Ojial looked
so strong in her self-possession, so pas
sionless, so unsympathetic, that the im
age of Xellie recurred to him as he saw
her last in her attitude of worship at
his feet.
"Montie, why are you so strange?
Does anything worry you, dear?"
"Xothing."
"But I am sure it does. Have I any
thing to do with it?"
"XV
"Only remember, Montague, if there
Is anything In the world I can do for
you I will."
"Would you really, Opal?" and a
gleam of hope came into his face, and
for the moment he felt inclined to tell
her all ; and then, if only she had come
towards him instead of going to the
window, he would have made a clean
breast of it, and saved Xellie and him
self a sorrowful fortnight.
Opal crossed the room, not even look
hg at him, a;.d, with her eyes fixed on
the street, she said : "Montague, even if
you love another woman better than
me I can bear it, and give you up so
readily for your happiness;" and she
turned and smiled one of her brightest
smiles at him.
"I am but poor company to-night.
Ojial, so good-by." And before she
could call him back he was gone. "How
little (-he cares for me!" he thought,
while she was earing for him more
than ber life.
For a fortnight Mr. Garthorn saw
neither girl. He was selfishly unhappy;
he was in that state of mind that he did
not know what to do next. He wished
some one would take his destiny from
him, and make him do something.
Everyday he thought more of Xellie
and less of Opal.
The latter wrote him a kind note,
hoping he was not ill; should pappa
come and see him?"
Xellie wrote mad letters, beseeching
him to come or she would die. She was
ill ; she was pale ; she really was dying.
She should never see him more if he
did not conn;.
He sat down to answer these letters,
and felt relieved when they were fin
ished. Opal received hers by the last post,
and directly she saw the well-known
writing she took it up to her room to
read it alone. It was only a short note,
and she perceived it was iii a school
girl hand. It ran thus :
Own Darling 3fntie: Your broken
hearted golden wig is pale, ill, languid
and dying. If you don't see her soon
it will be too late, and you can only put
flowers in her coffin, and bid her a last
adieu. Do, do, do come to your lov
ing Xellie.
The address was iu full on the letter,
and in one moment Opal saw it all.
How Mr. Garthorn had sent her this
letter by mistake; how this letter was
from some one to him; and she realized
that in truth he bad found some one
whom he loved more, and consequently
would make him happier. Her resolu
tion was made. Her love was no use if
it was selfish.
Xext morning she wrote to Mon
tague, asking for a few moment's con
versation that afternoon. Then she
went to Xellie's home. She rather
wondered at the appearance of the
house, but fancied the lady might only
be staying thore. . Blooming, blue-eyed
Xell opened the door, and Opal asked
for Nellie. ' ?
"Why, I am Xellie. What do you
want?"
"I want you to come borne with me,
Mr. Garthorn will be at our house this
afternoon.
"Will he, really ? Then he has not
given me up, as father said. And I was
so unhappy because be had gone away
from me to marry his cousin."
"Xever mind about the cousin, Xel
lie. He loves you, and you only; and
now you will see him very soon."
" "I must put on a preity dress to see
him in, Miss "
"Garthoru.'
"O. you are his sister. How kind of
him to send you lor me!" and she
trotted away to try and smooth her
golden hair.
When Opal arrived houie with Xellie
she hurried her Into the drawing-room,
and waited herself outside the door un
til she heard , Montague coming up.
Then she brought him in the room,
saying: '
"Montie, dear, I have brought your
little Xellie ,to you. You see 1 have
found out your seeret, and am so glad
to make you happy. Good-by for the
present."
And with a ringing laugh Opal ran
up-stairs, only to throw herself on her
bed In a paroxysm of grief.
In the drawing room Montague Gar
thorn was supremely happy with the
woman who he deemed loved him best.
The Inflsrnpr of Oxford and Cant
ridge over to frafeaatana.
It is nevertheless true that Oxford
and Cambridge care little to exercise a
large influence over the professions.
Let us take the profession of medicine
as an instance in point. The study of
medicine, more than that of any other
profession, is based upon a large extent
of scientific knowledge, and any uni
versity might consider it a high duty to
have its scientific methods of instruc
tion adapted to a noble calling. But
Oxford and Cambridge have very small
influence, either on the preparatory
scientific, or more technical training of
medical men. There are 14,101 medi
cal practitioners in England and Wales,
and of these Oxford, Cambridge and
Durham have graduated only 330, or
1-6 per cent. The Scotch universities
have 2,829 of their medical graduates In
England, and therefore influence the
English medical profession to the ex
tent of 20 per cent; while in Scotland
itself, 65 per cent, of the medical pro
fession are graduates in medicine.
These figures are taken from an excell
ent lecture on medical education bv
Dr. XI organ, an Oxford M. D. Even
the ideal of Oxford and Cambridge,
that they should lay the basis of neces
sary culture, but should not teach pro
fessions, bears small fruit in ttie impor
tant profession of medicine. The two
universities produce annually from 600
to 800 B. A.'s, and out of these, we
should And many prepared to enter
upon medical studies. But only five or
six annually become medical men.
Hence it Is obvious that Oxford and
Cambridge have remarkably small In
fluence on a profession requiring more
than any other a large and accurate
scientific knowledge. Even if we in
clude the Loudon University, the whole
English universities combined only
give 4 or 5 per cent, of graduates to the
most scientific profession In the coun- J
try. As regards theology and law, the
indirect Influence of the English uni-
versities Is no doubt considerable; but I
there Is no exercise of the higher facul- i
ties of theology and law, in the sense
of methodized training and instruction,
such as Is .given In the German and
Scotch universities. In the present
telations at Oxford and Cambridge to
public education, their small direct In
fluence on the prefesslons and occupa-j
tions of the people will be deemed a
glory, and not a shame. They stand on
the higher platform of given knowledge
for its own sake, and not for its applica
tions. I do not combat the elevation of
the ideal, but U places the two universi
ties above the heads of the great bulk
of the people, and practically restricts
their advantage to a class of wealthy
men who have no need to study for
professions. Middle-class men and
poor men are to be found in the uni
versities, but they are attracted there
by gold and not by knowledge. ilac
millan's Magazine.
Tlie i.'nlver.lly f liar J Knocks.
A great deal of useless sympathy is in
this day expended upon those who start
out in life without social or monetary
help. Those are most to be congratu
lated who Lave at the beginning a
rough tussle w itb circumstances. John
Ruskiu sets it down as one of his cal
amities that in early life he bad"noth
ing to endure." A petted and dandled
childhood makes a weak and iusiped
man. Yon say that Raskin just quoted
disproves the theory. Xo He is show
ing in dejected, splenetic, and irritable
old age the need of the early cudge
ling of adversity. A little experience
of the hardship of life would have
helped to make him gratefully happy
now. Xo brawn of character without
compulsory exertion. The men who
sit strong in their social, financial, and
political elevations are those who did
their own climbing. Misfortune is a
rough nurse, bnt she rai giants. Let
our young people, intead of succumb
ing to the influences that wodM keep
them back and down, take them as par
allel bars, and dumb bells, and weights
of the gymnasium, by which they are to
get muscle for the strife. Consent not
to beg your way to fortune, but achieve
it. God is always on the side of the
man who does Lis best. God lps the
man who tries to overcome difficulties.
Christian at Work.
Thirteen s Dinner.
Concerning the curious superstition
about thirteen at dinner, we have just
come across this singular incident in a
recent English book: Some years si see,
poor Albert Smith gave a supper of
thirteen that discredited the supersti
tion in a remarkble manner. Himself
on the point of starting for China, he
entertained twelve friends who were
bound for the Crimea, to encounter the
perils ot war as military officers or as
journalists reporting the incidents of
the conflict, Deeming it in the Inchest
degree improbable that they would
meet again on English ground when
they had once started for the scene of
danger, the twelve gtests met their
host with light hearts, and laughed
about the fate which some of them
would of course encounter in a few
months. Strangely enough, all twelve
returned from the war in perfect health
and supped again at a table of thirteen
with the humorous lecturer. Harper't
2tagain.
ROSIX. H.aLVATI.
On the estate of Count Fernando Car-
nati, about a mile outside of the beau
tiful- city of Xaples. stood an humble
cottage, the abode of a poor basket
maker. The occupants consisted of an
old man, Luigo Sal vat i, and bis beauti
ful daughter. Rosina. The interior of
the cottage was neat and clean, thongh
scantily furnished. Baskets and otders
were piled .' up in one corner of the
room, and seated on a low stool, with
troubled countenance, was the old man,
with Rosina at his knee.
My child, said the father, to-day our
quarter s rent is due, and I have no
money to pay it. Count Fernando will
put ns out, and then what will become
of usT I care not for myself, but for
yon, my child.
- Do not be discouraged, father,
answered Rosina; yet, if he does, we can
gain a living on the streets of Xaples.
Just then there was a loud knock at
the door, and the figure of Count Fer
nando darkened the portal. He was a
short, thick, disagreeable looking man,
whose whole face betokened aval ice,
cruelty, and wickedness.
Well, my pretty dear, how are you
to-dny he said, addressing Rosina.
The maiden made no reply, but
turned her head away. Receiving no
answer, he turned to the old man.
Have you my rent to-day, Luigo T
Count Fernando, I am sorry to say I
have not, answered the old man.
Then out yougo to-morrow! answered
the count.
Have mercy, noble sir, if not for me
for Kosina.
Xone, cried the count, unless you ac
cede to what I now propose to you.
Give your attention, that you may hear
all. I have long regarded your daughter
with much favor, and would like to
make her my wife. I will not press yon
for an answer now, bnt will give you
two months to decide. I will muke an
easy life for yon and her. But if you
refuse, out yoa go to find your living
among the swine! Think well of this
till I come for my answer.
Then he left the cottage, mounted his
horse, and rode away.
For full five minutes not a word was
Said by father or daughter, bnt at last
t be old man spoke.
Kosina, my child, what do you think
of this oiler T
Father, said Kosina, the alternative
is rather bard, but sooner than be the
wife of Count Fernando I wonld gain
our bread by singing on the streets of
Xaples. I hope it will never come to
that, but let us trust to God and onr
own exertions for the futnre. I have a
plan w hich I will now teil you. Yon
know the brothers at the convent have
often praised my voice, and told me I
would become a great singer. I shall
go to-morrow to Father Bnptiste, the
prior, and ask his advice.
Little sleep came to the eyes of father
and daughter that night. The next
day Kosina went to the prior, and
stated her cise to him. He advised her
by all menus to go to Florence, and
gave her money to pay her expenses,
lie also gave her a letter to Siguor
Marti, condnctor of the grand duke's
opera, and then, giving her a blessing,
sent her home. The hardest thing of
all was the parting from her father, but
that was accomplished at last, and soon
she was in a diligence on her way to
Florence. When she arrived there she
at ouce presented hernelf to Signor
XIarti. After reading the letter, he gave
her a chair and invited her to sit down.
It seems you have jnst come iu time
as I am ia a quandary. One of my sin
gers fell ill this morning, and I am left
without anybody to take her place. I
see by Father Raptiste's letter that yor.
have an extraordinary voice. Let me
hear you sing, spoke the couductor.
Rosina commenced to singoneof those
touching ballads for which Italy is so
famous. When she bad finished, the
condnctor almost overwhelmed her
with bis praises. This infned new
vigor and confidence in Kosina.
We rehearse in a few moments, spoke
the conductor, and yon will have to
participate, so as to get used to your
part. As you have no wardrobe, I will
procure a suitable dress for rou.
After rehearsal, Rosina songht out an
aunt of hers in Florence, and was soon
among her relations. The day seemed
long to ber anxious mind, and she was
impatient yet fearful for the night to
come; but at length it came, and with
it its attendant excitement. She wen
ded ber way to the theatre, where she
was met by the conductor, who led her
to the green room. She was nervous
and trembling, beiug new to the situ
ation, and placed among a company
who had been accastonied to the stage,
whereas this was her first essay in this
line.
Soon the orchestra commenced the
overture, and herexcitement increased.
Then the conductor went before the
curtain, and informed the audience,
that one of the singers was ill, and of
Kosina's appearance in ber place. The
audience, with whom the absent songs
tress was a favorite, and to whom Ros
sina was a s'ranger, met this announce
ment with hisses and groaDs. The con
ductor biougbt Rosina out in the midst
of this storm of disapprobation, and
introduced her to the audience. When
she beheld that vast concourse before
ber she felt faint, flud all ber courage
seemed to foi sake her; but with a mighty
effort she recovered, and commenced
to sing. The vast concourse grew still
as death, as if bound by a spell; but
when she had finished, they found re
lief in one grand outburst of applause,
Rosina bad achieved a grand triumph:
and she was compelled to appear time
after time, until she could sing no
more.
Night after night this continued, un
til Rosina bad entirely supplanted their
I former favorite, the name of Rosina
Salvati became known all over Flor-
; ence. She was sent for by the arch
duke, and iDvited to sing at the castle.
i She wa3 followed by suitors of the
! highest rank, bnt would listen to none,
! as her whole life was devoted to her
father aud her Dew profession. One
day, while at the archduke's castle, be
asked her to tell her history. She told
I him ber father' poverty, her being
; persecuted by Couut Carnati, and of
I her subsequent resolve to aid her
father.
I have long had my eye on the count
and now I will see him, replied the
archduke. I will save your father in
time.
After several weeks of continued suc
cess, the season ended, and Rosina was
free to go where she would. She at
once resolved to go borne to her father.
The next day she started, her mind
happy with the thought of the surprise
in store for her father.
In the meantime, the time specified
by Count Carnati was fast arriving, and
at last the fatal morning dawned. The
old man was sitting in his old seat,
thinking. He was sorely troubled for
two reasons: To-day he would be
turned out of his home. The other rea
son was that he had not beard from
Kosina since she went away, and he did
not know wether she was dead or alive
He was roused from bis revery by the
harsh voice of Couut Carnati, who ap
peared at the door.
Well, where is Rosina? Have you ac
ceded to my proposition?
Sir count, replied the old man, I can
not answer. Rosina weut away the
day you were here, and I have not seen
her since. I know not whether she is
dead or alive.
Then out you go at once! cried the
count, calling to two of his servants to
execute hiscommands.
Just then they were startled by the
sound of wheels, and of a carriage stop
ping at the door. A few moments later,
and Rosina entered and threw herself
into her father's arms.
Ho! my beauty, cried the count, I see
you have come back in time to save
your father from being turned out, and
for you to become my bride, moving
tow ard ber at the same time.
Back! cried Rottina. Do not dare to
touch me! And, turning to her father,
she said. Look, father, 1 have come to
save you: here in the money I have
earned. Then, turning to the connt,
she said. Here, take your money, and
be gone; we would be alone.
The count grew violently angry, for
he saw he was foiled in his j lans.
Xo, cried he 1 will not take the
money! You must lioth leave at once.
Ho! Luigo, Guiseppo, obey your or
ders!
Hold; ciied a voice. The count, look
ing around, saw the leader of the guard
w hich, at the archduke's orders, had es
corted Rosina to the bouse. I arrest
you, Count Fernando Carnati, by au- :
thority of archduke, Ferdinand, for!
treason and conspiracy against the
state.
The same conveyance that brought ,
Rosina in triumph from Florence took ,
her persecutor back in chains and ;
shame, lie was thrown
into nnmn.
r-
where he soon after died.
There was a happy couple in the old
cottage that night, as the old father
listened to his daughter's story.
They soon moved to Florence, where
Rosina was still received with favor.
She continued in her chosen profession I
until she was married to a cousin of the j
archduke, and she became a countess. j
Her father lived an easy and happy life i
until he died, and always blessed the'
day RoHiua revived to save them from ;
starvation by the use of ber voire. j
Hhe Oriental Dinner.
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It comprises about thirty dishes. Soon '
after the first dish comes lamb, roasted
on the spit, which must never be want
ing at any Turkish or Arab banquet.
Then follow dishes of solid and liquid,
sour and sweet, in the order of which a
certain kind of recurring change is ob
served to keep the appetite alive. The
pill.ni of boiled rice is alwavs the con
cluding dish. The externals to such a
feast as this are these: A great round
plate of metal with a plain edge, of;
three feet in diameter, is placed on x
low frame, and serves as a table, altont j
which five or six people can repose on
rugs. The left hand must remain in-!
visible; it would lie improjver to expose I
it while rating. The right band alone
is permitted to lie active. There are
no plates or knives or forks. The table
is decked w ith dishes, deep and shallow,
covered and uncovered; these are con
tinually being changed, so that little!
can be eaten from earh. Some remain
longer, as roast, cold milks, and gher
kins, and are often recurred to. Before
and after dinner thy wash their hands.
An attendant or slave kneels with a
niet.il basin in one band and piece of
soap in a little saucer in the other.
Water is poured by him over the hands
of the washer from a metal jug; over
Disarm hangs an elegantly embroidered
napkin for drying the bands upon. If
a Turkish or Arab sheikh, effendi, or
emeer invites, he always sends a ser
vant to call you at the proper time.
The servant often repeats the very
same formula mentioned in Luke 14: 17
Tefndilulu el asha haden." (Come,
for the supper is ready.) The fact that
this custom is mainly confined to the
wealthy and to the nobility is in strict
agreement with the parable. Uvmt
Journal.
Old leather Made Into Sew, and Haw
ia Dane.
On old-used leather, says a Scotch
paper, there have been varions schemes
of utilization. By dissolving the leather
by steam and certain acids it is pos
sible, to produce printing rollers for
cotton fabrics; but it seems preferable
to cut the leather in pieces, mix them
with a cementing liquid, and then
squeeze the w hole into a mass of differ
then thicknesses, according to the pro
cess required, such material for making
up the soles and heels of boots and
shoes. With a quantity of paste and ;
the force of a steam engine, shreds are
made to assume the appearance of
cakes of leather technically, pancakes
or pasted stock which are largely used
in the wholesale shoe manufacture of
Xlassachusets. There is another method
in that country of using np shavings
and scraps of leather. Theie are
ground to a powder resembling coarse
snuff, and this powder is mixed with
certain gums and other substances so
thoroughly that the whole mass be
comes a kind of melted leather. In a
short time this dries a little, and is
rolled out to the desired thickness, per
haps one-twelfth of an inch; it ia now
quite solid, and is said to be entirely
waterproof. There are various pro
cesses patented for melting down
leather waste and producing large
sheets of artificial leather, possessing
waterproof qualities, but we have not
space to go into any account of them.
Peasant.
Of all onr Winter health resorts, the
medical pre-eminence is justly due to
Penzance. Torquay comes nearest in
value through its protective scree a of
bills, bnt there are reasons for prefer
ring Penzance to Torquay. Unlike
Torquay, however, Penzance has its
trade and shipping, and has failed to
make itself a fashionable residence for
valetudinarians. Pulmonary invalids,
however, have never been slow in rec
ognizing it value. The town has not
the scenic loveliness of Torquay nor
the ready access to London, with nu
merous resources, by which Torquay
makes itself acceptable to vis tan ts. Rut
it fronts the broad Atlantic. You
might sail away to the Southern Pole
without touching land. You get what
you dojnot get in Torquay, the full sweet
influences of the Gulf Stream. Even
in thht'month of January you find the
wild flowers in profusion. The ferns
flourish all the year, and the tall gera
niums tonch your bedroom window.
Opposite the beach you are on the
granite. Higher np you get on the
slate-chalk, which is to be avoided, for
the invalid cannot remember too care
fully that the soil and subsoil are as
important for health as the climate.
The temperature is that of Italy. Even
Italians have come from borne to Penz
ance for the sake of the climate. But
the difference between Penzance and
Xaples is this: at Penzance you get one
fine day to ten that are rainy; at Xaples
you get only one wet day out of ten. At
Penzance there is regularly a flood of
rains and waters. At other places yon
may get some augury of the weather
from the direction of the wind. But
be the wind east, west, north, or south,
you have always rain at Penzar.ce. The
place really does not do itself justice,
It knows Dothing of squares and statelv
terraces aud pleasure gardens. It does
not lay itself out for invalids; it does
not advertise its attractions as nearly
every other watering-place does; it
knows nothing of a pier or band or
ttablixttment of any kind; it does not
even make the best of its natural ad
vantages. The harbor at Penzance is
not much of a harbor; but close by, at
Newlyn, is a natural harbor, which,
with a slight expenditure, might be
able to inclose the whole Navy of Eng
land. An act was proenred, but the
time granted has been allowed to expire
without any use of it having been
made. There is no sanatarinm. no pat.
tage or convalescent hospital, such as j
in other towns have conferred inesti
mable blessings on the poor, and, bv a :
i..nn. A..s..vA; . . . i . . - i j
unuiri iniuivoi,. unvo Ulliaiuru nil-
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vantages for themselves. Oortunotii
nimium. (nma ri ua norm f, is a line!
which might exactly snit the people of
Penzance. Penzance is just bow best
known as giving a member toLiskeard,
and a title to the Judge who has to
deal with excessive rital. London
Socifty. j
Sat nral Ornaments In Winter.
Xow that the hedges are no longer'
green, and the tree stand black and
bare on the landscape, is the time to !
seek for audio variety and beauty
waiting to be admire.) In Its turn. What
miniature fairy glens and grottoes are
distributed over the hedge banks of our
country lanes! Mouses, delicate and
beautiful, may be found in the Inter
stices of any old wall, or at the foot of
almost any tree or shrub. Ia the win
ter time mosses and lichens are found
In fruit, and are beautiful objects. A
pocket microscope lens Is essential for
their proper observation; and though
the delicate carmine cups of the species
known as the cup moss, and the famil
iar gray and yellow mosaic appearance
we see on twigs and branches on our
way, are easily recognized, the study
of this form of winter vegetation is an in
exhaustible one, and is an occupation
for a lifetime, if earnestly pursued. We
do not however, suggest that every one
who endeavors to recognize the differ
ent species of moss, lichens, or fungi
should necessarily do so through the
medium of the microscope; but it will
greatly add to the pleasure of making a
collection out of doors if there be a good
microscope at home, so that when the
contents of the basket be turned out,
after the winter's walk, there should
be Interest even in the fragments left,
after a little pile of varied bits has been
constructed, rivalling thechoicest sum
mer bouquet in beauty of form andcolor.
We have seen such a collection formed
into a beautiful object by raising a little
mound of rough bits of bark In a plate
or saucer, and placing on it varieties of
fungus of every shade of red, brown,
yellow, and gray. They seem to spring
forth from a bed of sphagnum or bog
moss of brightest emerald green ; while
a clump of the screw wall moss in fruit,
with iu curious little box-like caps-iles,
supports a gray or yellow lichen, which
has been gentlv removed from some old
wall or tree. A bit of stick or a twig,
incrusted w ith a bright orange-clored
lichen, supports a trailing branch of
delicate green Ivy, the most beautiful
and adaptable of all winter foliage.
Over this little arrangement is placed a
bell glass, to preserve it from the dust
and the effect of a dry atmosphere; and
we know how pleasing to the eye Is its
varied beauty of form and color, last
ing thu, a constant source of pleasure,
for many a day without renewal.
C'hnafr'g J-mrnal.
C rawing Taate ef Ancrlrasa.
A Frenchman writes to the Xew York
Trihune to urge American manufactur
ers to cultivate beauty of design. He
says that In the qualities of fabric, fine
ness of color and perfection of stamping
they equal the best of Europe, and that
they only lack variety of Jeslgn. It is
a proof of the discrimination of the
American taste that Xew York is one of
the best markets for the finest Alsactau
goode. He urges the selection of ele-
! gant and novel designs for delaines,
jaconets and muslins, in which he says
the American manufacturers have too
long copied the designs and fabrics of
Europe. There Is no country in the
world richer in beautiful flowers and
plants, which may be made the basis of
beautiful designs, and hence our manu
facturers have a splendid opportunity
before tbeui.
32WS 13 BEHJ.
A recent census of the Black HUU
shows the population to be 6,550.
Gymnasiums are being provided at
all the torge barracks in Great Britain.
That of Tipperary cost tW.
Germany twelve years ago had no
Sunday schools. Xow it has over 1,200
containing more than 30,000 scholars.
It Is now In order for ex-President
Grant to write a volume of memoirs,
and secure thereby a round $100,000, or
more.
Dom Pedro was represented by his
daughter at the late opening of the Bra
zilian Parliament. Her speech was brief
aud to the point.
A French station-master has been
sentenced to three years' imprisonment
and atlneof$ti0, for negligently per
mitting a railway accident.
The Han. George II. Farrier, of Xew
Jersey, has over 5,000 coins, medals and
colonial bills, being perhaps the largest
collection in the country.
The boating men of Troy, Albany,
and the neighborhood are talking of or
ganizing a large association to be known
as "The I'pper Hudson Xavy."
Mrs. Stewart has given to her bro
ther, Mr. Clinch, a house on Thirty
fourth street, Xeur York citv, worth
$00,000, and an annuity of $10,000.
John High, of Lancaster county,
Pa., is eighteen years old, six feet three
and one-half inches high and weigh
203 pounds. Pretty good for high.
Prof. Xordenskjold, the SwedUh
arctic explorer proposes to sail around
the northern coast of Asia and return
to Eurt)e by way of the Suez canal.
A remarkable decrease of pauer
ism Is reported from .Manchester, Eng
land, the number of paupers having
been 13, in 1S7', ami 4.611 in
The exportation of faus from Japan
was about 3,000,000 during 1876. valued
at $'IO,0o0, nearly all of which large
number were scut to the L'nited States.
A Pittsfield manufacturer is send
ing carriage rugs and blankets to South
America, Xorway aud Sweden, and is
enlarging bis mill as a result of the Kx
himtion.
The average annual production of
kid gloves in Franco, is 2,.V0,0tiO dozen
pairs, three-fourths of which are ex
orted ; SH),000 operatives are employed
in the manufacture.
The two hottest days ever known
in Australia were the 15th and ItJth of
January, when the thermometer regis
tered 105 degrees in the shade at .Mel
bourne.
Emperor William's favorite charter
Sadowa, aged twenty -eight years, which
bore Hi. Majesty at the battle of Koeuig
gratz and in the rest of that campaign,
is dead.
The oldest harp in Euroje,lf not Iu
the world, is to he seen at Trinity Col
lege, Dublin. It Is said to have belonged
to King Brian Korrohm, in the tenth
centurv.
A Kansas doctor recently killed four
Sioux Indians in single combat, and
(Jen. Miles ha ordered sixteen round-,
of physic to be used instead of cartridges
at his next battle.
Xineteen young Llberlans are iu
college iu this country, preparing for
usefulness in their native land. It is
said that StiO.OOO freedmen are williu" t.
emigrate to Africa. '
The Maharajah of Cashmere, hi.
iinjwted from France 250,000 vines, for
the purpose of growing grapes in hi-,
territories and inciting the manufacture
of wine as an industry.
New York State ha. had six Vice
Presidents of the L'nited States Aaron
Burr, George Clinton. Daniel l Ton.,..
kins, Martin Van lluren, .Millard Fiii
more,and William A. Wheeler.
Texas Is lanrer than France hv
more than 4i.00o square miles, while if
all the inhabitant of the United State
were congregated there the population
would uot he so tl:ae as it is iu Massa
chusetts.
A bill has passed the Connecticut
house forbidding savings banks to lend
money at a higher rate than six ner
centum. This would reduce the ratr
of interest to depositors to live per
centum.
Dr. Henry Jlott, Jr., in a paper on
the adulteration of milk, said thr
chief things used in adulteration were
water, chalk and calomel, and thnt ill .
OOO.OdO quarts of water were drunk In
milk i! .er lork every year.
There are seventeen school slat.
manufactories along the Delaware, be
tween Kaston, Pa., and the Delawara
W ater Gap, and five along the Lehigh,
in the Vicinity of Slatitigton, manutac
turing 60.IM1 cg of school slates per
annum.
An application has b"cn made to
the Supreme Court to compel J. A.
Stewart, appointed receiver of the Old
Bowery State bank in Xew York,
eighteen years ago, to file his accounts,
it being alleged that 3ti0,0uu is still due
the stockholders.
A Lynn taxidermist has mounted
seventy-five Arctic owls since Novem
ber, many of which w ere shot In Mar
blehead, and it is estimated that over
five hundred of these birds have beeu
killed this w inter on the coast between
Portland and Cape Cod.
One of the most interesting features
of the celebration of the battle of Ben
nington next August will be a sham
fight, in which all the militia of Ver
mont will take pas i. It is proposed to
have as near a reproduction of the old
battle as possible, and already prepara
tions are being made for the event.
' Seattle, a thrivi.i settlement of
Tuget Nuiid, was founded some four
year ago by a priest from Quebec. It
now has 5,cou inhabitants, a daily pa
per, four churches and seven schools,
and on January the 1st there were six
ships and three ocean steamers lying at
the wharves, beside twelve other craft.
The naval necrology for the past
year shows 27 deaths, as follows: Eight
rear admirals, 2 commodores, 3 captains,
4 commanders, 1 lieutenant, 1 midship
man, 3 cadet midshipmen, 2 medical
directors, 3 pay directors, I assistant
paymaster, 1 past assistant engineer, i
boatswain. aud 2 captains in the marine
corp.
The famous horse chestnut tree iu
the Tuileries Garden which has received
the name of "Marronier du 20 Mars,"
as It was always observed to put forth
leaves before any other in the park at
about that date, is this year forty days
in advance. For some weeks it bad
been covered with buds, and on Febru
ary f, a ray of warm sun tempted forth
its first leaf.
A couple In Franklin county, Ten
nessee, are the parents of 22 children,
19 of w horn wen t at the same time to the
same school. Their dinner was carried
to them by a negro boy in a large bit
ket on a main. One of the 19 has ep-
resented Frankliu county twice In the'
legislature, and another one has repre
sented Jackson county, Ala., onoe lu
the legislature
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