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13. F- SCIIWEIER,
THE C053TITTJTI0H THE UHOS-AHD THE E5IOECEMEST OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor
. VOL. XXXI.
MIFFLINTOAVN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1S77.
NO. 34.
1 PSALM OF HEALTH.
Tell me not in mournful number
Life ia but ma empty dream ;
Doest thou never eat encumbers ?
Sever with the oolic scream? .
life ia real life ia earnest !
Tboult believe it in thy soul.
When with inward heat thou burnest,
And thine eyes in anguish roll ; -
When no Joyance. naocht but sorrow
Find thy heart from day to day ;
Wh le, each following to-morrow,
Still the penalty thou pay.
Life ia long and health ia fleeting.
It may leave thee ac day ;
Then be careful of thine eating
Throw all cucumbers away.
In the world' broad field of prod nee,
Can'nt no vegetable find.
Which, while not to health ao odious,
Shall be yet unto thy mind.
Take naught hurtfuL bnwe'er pleasant;
(By such things is illness bred.)
Thou mavst relish it at present ;
Soon thou'lt mourn with aching head.
Li ree of healthy folks remind us
We may all our Uvea be well.
If no folly ever blind us -To
eat uoiiou things pell-mell.
If thou know this, tell another.
Let him likewise tell again.
That some foolish, thoughtless brother
Hearing, may be saved from pain.
Let us then be up and doing.
Hearts against cucumbers set.
And the sickness they are brewing
Let no thoughtful mortal got !
Madelon.
A LITTLE LOVK STORY.
The chill white light of the uncom
promising February morning shone in
upon Mrs. Wing's little room, reveal
ing all its deficiencies, calling merciless
attention to the. worn spots on the car
pet, and contrasting with the feeble fire
in the tiny grate, whose handful of
coals made scarce any perceptible differ
ence in the atmosphere of the apart
ment-
Mrs. Wing herself; pale, and shabbily
dressed, with a faded shawl wrapped
around her shoulders, was sitting close
to the fire, with some fine needlework
in her hand, and Madelon, her only
child, stood opposite the tiny mirror,
fastening on her hat.
Madelon Wing was a tall, slight girl,
with an oval face, large dark ejes, and
lustrous brown hair rippling around
her temples, with that natural curve
that whole grosses of crimping-pins
cannot hope to rival.
And as she nood there, the look of
tender solicitude on her face made her
not unlike a sweet-pictured Madonna.
"Are you quiie sure your head does
not trouble you to-day, mamma?" said
she. "Because, if it does, you must not
try to work on that lace flounce. Mad
em'selle Printemps pays you so wretch
edly, and if I can get a lew more en
gagements to sing at morning concerts
and evening soirees, there'll be no ne
cessity for your slaving yourself to
death in this sort of way."
"My dear, it is pleasant occupation
for my lonely hours when you are
away," said Mrs. "V ing, gently.
"Mamma, that's a pious fiction," said
Madelon, stooping to kiss her mother's
forehead. "However, I hope we shan't
be so dismally poor much longer.
Wasn't it nice, mamma dear, that Mrs.
Leopold took such a fancy to my voice
in the choir, and asked me to sing
Adeste Fideles' at her morning con
cert? It was the beginning of all my
good luck and now they tell me I am
getting to be quite the fashion at these
social gatherings. Ten shillings an
evening. We shall be rich presently,
mamma."
Mrs. Wing's faded blue eyea filled
with tears.'
"Madelon," said she, In a low voice,
"do you remember how Guy L'Estrange
used to admire your voice?"
"Yes, mamma."
Madelon's voice had grown hard, her
lips compressed.
"I have so often wondered, my child,
why he never replied to the note you
left with Flora Fortescue for him."
"Mamma," said Madelon, with burn
ing cheeks, "I bave so often regretted
that I wrote that note."
"But why, Madelon ? It was merely
a request to allow you to use his name
as a reference, in case you decided to
accept a situation as a governess a
simple acknowledgment of our fallen
fortunes; and I think as a gentleman
and one, too, who had always mani
fested extreme interest In you he
might at least have answered it-"
"Dear mamma," said Magdalen hur
riedly, "don't talk about it any more.
It was merely one of the long series of
slights and insults we have been called
upon to endure since we lost our prop
erty. It hurt me at first, but I don't
mind it now so much."
And with a good-bye kiss and a pres
sure of the hand, Magdalen Wing left
the house to keep an engagement with
Mrs. Geoffreys, who had sent ber a
postal card, desiring her presence at
Gerald Park at 11 that morning.
Mrs. Geoffreys was a fat old lady,
with a profusion of flaxen false hair, a
a double chin, and enough diamonds to
make a human show window out of
her. f
"Yes," said Mrs. Geoffreys, elevat
ing her eye-glasses. "You are Miss
Wing, the singer, eh ?"
I am Miss Wing," said Madelon, not
without dignity, "and I sing."
"Yes," -said Mrs. Geoffrey; "my
friend. Mrs. Leopold, mentioned your
name to me. I propose to entertain a
few friends next Friday evening, and I
should like you to give us a 6ong.
Something Scotch- or English, of the
pathetic order, you know."
"I can 6ing 'Auld Robin Gray, ""
said Madelon, quietly.
"Yea, I think that would about do,"
said Mrs. G. "Auld Robin Gray,'
and afterwards the 'Last Rose of Sum
mer.' I suppose you'll charge five
shillings?" ... -
Madelon colored.
"Mrs. Leopold pays me ten." .
"Ten!" Mrs. Geoffreys' voice rose
almost to scream. "Ten for singing
two songs! And the society you are in
and the privilege of supper, if you are
so inclined."
"The society makes no difference to
me," said Madelon smiling; "and I
never eat supper."
"Come, I'll give you seven," said
Mrs. Geoffreys; "and that's more than
I can afford."
And to these terms poor Madelon was
forced unwillingly to acceed, while
Mrs. Geoffrey Immediately made out a
five pound order to the nearest florist
for the decoration of the room.
But Mrs. Geoffreys believed in eeon
omizing when and where she could.
"Going to Mrs. Geoffreys' parry ? Of
course I am going," said Miss Flora
Fortescue; "and I'll borrow your pearl
earring too, Jeunie. Guy L'Estrange
is to be there, and I think I really do
think, Jennie, that I can bring him to
the proposing point to-night, witlt a
little strategy."
"And I should think it was high
time," said Miss Jennie Fortescue,
Flora's younger sister. "Papa is be
ginning to grumbie.'awfully about the
oiiliner's bills and things."
"Well," said Flora, complacently,
"we shall see."
She was a plump, blooming blonde,
and really she looked very pretty at
Mrs. Geoffreys' that evening, with Jen
nie's pearls and a dress of the palest
pink silk.
It was one of those awkward Inter
vals between the dances that are apt to
try the patience of the most enduring.
Flora had taken refuge in a group of
photographic views, with Guy L'Es
trange leaning languidly over her
shoulder.
"Won't somebody sing?" said he,
looking around with an air of hopeless
ennui.
"We shall have some delightful sing.
Ing presently," said Miss Geoffreys,
who sat by. "Mamma has engaged the
new sensation. Miss Wing. They say
she is positively charming in ballads."
"Miss Wing."
Guy L'Estrange looked up in sur
prise.
"My goodness!" thought Miss For
tescue, with a sudden start. "I hope it
isn't Madelnu Wing turned up again,
after all these long months."
And she remembered, with a guilty
flush, the note, entrusted to her care,
that she had never delivered to L'Es
trange. But just as the crimson scarlet suf
fused her face, the door was thrown
open, and Madelon Wing glided into
the room, pale and lovely, in a dress of
black grenadine, with her brown hair
coiled at the back of her head, and a
roll of music in her hand.
"Madelon."
Guy L'Estrange involuntarily started
forward, but the next instant he re
pressed himself with a violent effort.
as Miss Wing passed him, and took her
place at the piano, while Flora For
tescue's face was a stud v.
"I thought," said L'Estrange, in a
low tone to Miss Fortescue, "you said
that Miss Wing bad gone abroad."
"I 1 supposed that she had," fal
tered Flora, seeing the network of
falsehood momentarily tightening
around her.
But Guy had gone to the piano, and
was bending with raptured face over
the beautiful young singer, as one by one
the silver clear notes of 'Auld Robin
Gray' floated out on the perfumed hush
of the crowded room.
There was a burst of.applause as the
last tremulous accents died awav.
Mrs. Geoffrey hurried with a smiling
face to the side of the singer.
"Very sweet, very affecting indeed,"
said she. "We'll have the other in
about an hour, if you please, Miss
Wing."
"In the meantime," said Guy L Es
trange, offering his arm; "Miss AVing
will perhaps allow me to conduct her to
a cooler and less crowded part of the
room."
And Madelon felt herself being led
away by the man whom she loved best
in all the world the man she believed
to have deserted her when their fort
unes failed, and poverty' iron grasp
fell on them.
"Madelon," said he, in a low, im
pressive voice, when they were safe in
a secluded corner, where a cluster of
hired lemon trees made a sort of tropi
cal seclusion, lighted only by a hang
ing lamp, "why have yon left me so
long in ignorance of your fate?"
Guv," she answered, unconsciously
falling Into the tone of old days, "why
did you never answer that note I wrote
you?"
"What note?"
"Tiie note that I gave Flora Fortescue
for you."
II is brows knit darkly.
"I have never received any note,"
said he.
'But she told me she gave it to you."
"Then begging Miss Fortcscue's
pardon for the plain English of the ex
pression she told you a lie. I did not
know where you were; I had no means
of communicating with you. Oh, Made
lon, Madelon ! my heart has been break
ing for you these many months."
"And I fancied you had forgotten
me," faltered Madelon, her eyes filled
with blissful tears.
"Are you going so early," said Mrs.
Geoffreys, as Flora Fortescue, pale and
haggard, came to maKe ner ameu.
"Why the evening is not half over yet."
"II know it," faltered flora, -out
I have a violent headache, and the
rooms are so warm."
"But Miss Wing is to sing the "Last
Rose of Summer' directly."
"I don't care to hear it," said Flora,
making her escape by main force from
Mrs. Geoffreys' hospitable importuni
ties.
But Miss Wing never sang the 'Last
Rose of Summer for Mrs. Geoffreys.
When that matron came to look for
hnr von n 17 balladlst to fulfil the second
clause of her engagement, she waa half
way home, escorted by Mr. Guy L'Es
trange.
"Because," said the young man, "I
cannot rest until I bave your mother'!
seal to the promise you have given me
the blessed promise to be mine."
And the drooping flower of Madelon
Wing's heart was revived once more in
Love's blissful sunshine.
"And," gravely said Mr. L'Estrange,
"all your singing hereafter must be to
an audience of one." .
Alpine VUlace.
At the outskirts of every Swiss village,
and near the foot of the mountain,
there is generally a self-acting sawing
niachine worked by water-power, for
the purpose of sawing the larger trees
into balk and board. From the exteut
of the forests and the number of trees
felled, there is often as much tiiuler
stored as would build the village anew,
notwithstanding the chalets of the peas
antry in some of the cantons are very
large. This, which at first may appear
unneccessary thrift, is in reality only a
neccessary provision, by reason of the
numerous fires which occur to the chal
ets of an Alpine village. Their fuel is
not stored, like our own, in sacks
around the dwelling, but. in conse
quence of the abundance of the mater
ial, seerate chalets are built entirely
for this purpose. It is from this cause,
namely, the number of wood-buildings
which belong to one family, that the
establishments of some half-dozen peas
antry have the appearance of a good
sized English village. Wood is used
for almost everything. There Is not
an article of domestic use, which is not
absolutely required to be of iron, which
is not made of fine larch which grows
in the mountains; such as milk-pans,
bowls, plates, dishes, Ac, Ac. It fol
lows as a sort of corollary upon their
universal application of this useful ma
terial, that almost every male among
them is able to use the tools. Good
coopers and expert carpenters abound
everywhere.
The term chalet is generally applied
by travelers to every wood building in
Switzerland, although, properly shak
ing, it belongs only to those wood huts
which the mountain dairyman uses for
the purpose of carrying on his manipu
lations during the few mouths of sum
mer. In some of the cantons, as for
instance, in that of Berne, these chalets
are constructed of firs which have been
merely squared with an adze, and even
sometimes of firs in the rough. They
are bound together at the ends, not
with spikes or nails, but by being
notched and dove-tailed into one anoth
er. The roof is constructedat rather an
obtuse angle for security, and the shin
gles or wooden titles vliich cover it are
as large as our large slates, and kept in
their places with wooden rods, on
which heavy stones are placed. Whtui
you approach these hovels in the moun
tains, for many of them deserve no het
ter name, being neither wind-tight nor
water-tight, they present a most odd
appearance, and for all the world seem
as if a shower of stones from the adja
cent mountain had alighted upon them.
Notwithstanding all their precautions,
very frequently not only their roofs but
also their rafters and sides are broken
up and dispersed to the winds by the
hurricanes which prevail in the moun
tains. Triumph or Rorine Wit.
How wise aud sagacious the cows be
come that run upon the street, or pick
their living along the highway. The
mystery of gates and bars is at fast
solved to them. They mder over
them by night, they lurk aliotit them
by day, till they acquire a uew sense
till they become e rapport with them
and know when they are open and un
guarded. The garden gate, if it open
into the highway at any point, is never
out of the mind of these roadsters, or
out of their calculations. Thev calcu
late uiMin the chances of its being left
open a certain number of times in the
season ; aud if it be but once, and only
for five minutes, your cabbage and
sweet corn suffer. What villager, or
countryman either, has not liecn
awakened at night by the squeaking
and crunching of those piratical jaws
under the window or. in the direction
of the vegetable patch ? I have had the
cows, after they had eateu up my gar
den, break into the stable where my
own niilcher was tied, and gore her
aud devour her meal. Yes, life presents
but one absorbing problem to the street
cow, and that is how to get into your
garden. She catches glimpses of it
over the fence or through the pickets,
and her imagination or epigastrium U
inflamed. When the spot is surrounded
by a high board fence, I think I have
seen her peeping at the cabbages
through a knot-hole. At last she learns
to oien the gate. It is a great triumph
of bovine wit. She does it with her
horn or her nose, or may l with her
ever-ready tongue. I doubt if she has
ever yet jienetrated the mystery of the
newer patent fastenings; but the old
fashioned thumb-latch she can see
through, give her time enough.
A large, lank, muley or polled cow
used to annoy me in this way when I
was a dweller in a certain pastoral city.
I more than half suspected she was
turned in by some oiie; so oue day I
watched. Presently I heard the gate
latch rattle; the gate swung open aud
in w alked the old buffalo. On seeing
me she turned and rau like a horse. I
then fastened the gate ou the inside and
watched again. After long waiting the
old cow caiue quickly around the cor
ner and approached the gate. She
lifted the latch with her nose. Then as
the gate did not move she lifted it again
and again. Then she gently nudged
it. Then, the obtuse gate not taking
the hint, he butted it gently, then
harder aud still harder, till it rattled
again. At this juncture I emerged
from my hiding place, when the oM
villain scampered off w ith great precipi
tation. She knew she. was trespassing,
and she had learned that there were
usually some swift penalties attached
to thia pastime. Burrough't "Birds and
PeU."
Mtatnwt'i Marriage.
Mahomet had inherited the rare per
sonal attractions of Abdullah ami
Amlua (his parents.) He was tall,
graceful and dignified, his countenance
engaging, his eyes dark ami lustrous ;
his thick black beard reached down
upon his breast ; intelligence and a pen
sive melancholy marked his carriage;
he spoke seldom, yet always in language
musical and refined : sometimes lie
broke into sallies of humor and loud
peals of laughter; he was a-ioiiate but
forgiving, gentle yet full of dignity.
"Never did he speak to me an unkind
word," said one of his slaves of him.
Yet his air was so commanding and
austere as at times to awaken an indi-
scribable awe. ' A vein iu his forehead
swelled in his moments of excitement,
and his eyes, MooNhot and restless,
seldom fixed iijioii any single object.
but were full of the inspiration or the
poet ry of a prophet or a seer.
Khadijah, who had been sought in
marriage by many noble Mei-nn, hail
rejected every offer, and lived in retire
ment, adding to her large fortune by a
successful trade. Mahomet alone had
won her heart. Yet we are told she
hesitated how to make known her pre
ference, and a sister or a servant op
portunely lent her aid, went to the
young man aud said, "What is it, O
Mahomet, that keeps thee from inarry
iug?" "I have nothing." he replied,
"in my hands wherewith to marry.'"
"But what if some beautiful and
wealthy lady should offer to place thee
in alBuence, would'st thou have her?"
"And who can that be?" said the as
tonished Mahomet. "It is Khadijah."
"But how can I aspire to her?" "Let
that be my care," said the confidante.
"I am ready," he said. And the ser
vant weut to tell all to Khadijah. But
one obstacle seemed still to threaten
discomfiture to all their hopes; for
Khadijah's father, a powerful and
wealthy Mecean, was certain to refuse
to bestow his daughter on her poor and
obscure suitor, and a lover's stratagem
was employed to deceive the unsuspic
ious old man. Hamza, Mahomet's un
cle and friend, was bidden to the wedd
ing. Khadijah prepared a feast for her
father, and when he was overjowered
by wine, cast over him the perfume of
ambergris, and dressed him in a mar
riage garment. He w oke only to dis
cover that his daughter was married t
the obscure Mahomet. and. full of rage.
denounced the unequal match. Fierce
words were spoken, weajions were
drawn, but the quarrel ended in recon
ciliation. And thus Mahomet and
Khadijah began their married life with
a pious fraud. The legend is told, not
without reluctance, by the Prophet's
most accurate biographers.
Thus raised, Aladdin-like, to sudden
affluence and distinction, Mahomet lived
with his Khadijah in a fair house at
Mecca, the site of which is still shown
to the traveller. Faithful and devoted
to his generous wife, they dwelt in
happiness together, although that
strange restlessness and peculiar tem-
ieraineiit which had alarmed his
Bedouin nurse iu childhood inn never
to have deserted him His busv and
poetic intellect grew cloudy and stormy
fn rejiose. Often he fled from his tine
house and affluent ease to hide in a
solitary cave on one of the hills above
the city, to give himself to fasting and
meditation, and wrestle with the evil
spirits that pursued his ath. lie kept
the fast of the rajah with austere
severitv. His wife, touched by his re
ligious fervor, or careful of his safety,
sometimes went with him to his cave.
Vet often he w as alone, ami such wild
visions ami fearful anticipations came
umii him that he was nearly driven to
suicide. IbirjH-r's Mmjuziur.
The Smile, Artistically Calrn-l.
At the beginning of the session with
the jierson before whom your art is to
be exercised, the smile, of course, is in
order. The features should then take
their natural iosition iu repose; or
should, if the circumstances seem to re
quire it. assume a graver expression;
it might, indeed, be well to show the
lines of the brow somew hat drawn to-
gether, w ith a suggestion of trouble, or
at least of concentrated attention.
Above all things, rememlier tl at when
your vis-a-vis begins with what iroinisc
to lie a prolonged humorous narration.
your face must iustantly relapse into
quiet. The smile may begin early in the
torv-but should he slight and Inconspic
uous at first, gradually diffusing itself
over theentirc countenance and coming
to a climax with the ioint of the story
either in an actual laugh, or, still better,
in a radiant smile of appreciation, tip
toe on the verge of laughter, and a
hundred times more effective for its
reticence. No one who ha made Jise
of this method will ever return to the
old and inelegant system tiring to
yourself and unsatisfactory to your in
terlocutor of beginning the facial
audience, if we may so call it, at the
highest pitch at the outset of his narra
tion, and vainly endeavoring to keep
up the strain upon the features to the
end. The consequence of such a course
is, that either the smile becomes hard
aud mechanical, or that precisely when
most needed it altogether disappears,
and you are forced to some clumsy su!
stitute. You may say that the rule just given
is too simple to be regarded. But be
hold the disastrous resu'ts that have
followed the ignoring oi a method so
simple so entirely within the reach o
all. History tells us of a man who rose
to the highest political positions ou the
mere strength of a smile. A discerning
aud witty people associated the exer
cise of this gift w ith his very name.
He knew how to smile ; but he did not
know how not to smile. The constant
use of this method of conversation gave
his features as decided a set as that
which was more artificially produced
in the case of Victor Hugo's "homme
qui rit." Ilis art was only half learned,
and the old adage was again proved
true, that a lit tie know ledge is a danger
ous thing.
We might cite another case, In which
the art of a whole social life-time was
betrayed we will not say nullified in
ripe old age. There was a man who
smiled subtly ami successfully through
filtv seasons. He then contracted the
not unusual habit of falling asleep in
company. There would not have been
anything serious in this, had he taken
the precaution carefully to re-adjust his
features before letting himself drop into
sweet oblivion. But no; instead of
this, he would permit the nicely ar
ranged expression w ith w hich he had
listened to the last pleasing common
place still to linger meaningless and
ghastly upon his countenance, while
his head droocd against the wall or
iiiou his shoulder.
We had nearly forgottcu oue import
ant point. The most exquisitely pro
portioned smile w ill utterly fail of its
effect, if the features too quickly re
sume their ordinary tone. The hands,
or rather face, of the master is shown
iu nothing more conspicuously than in
the delicate shading off of expression.
This is the crowning art, by which the
art is hidden.
We have no intention of entering at
present ujkiii the general subject of
facial expression, and only suggest that
there is no reason why the Ih-lsnrte
system should lie eon lined to the public
stage. A Professor of Conversation
should include in his curiculum a modi
fication of this method, esjiecially
adapted to the shorter distances of the
reception room and parlor, ami with
reference to the direct and reflected
lights, and the different tores of the
street and the house, both by day and
night. It is evident that the expression
of the same temper and mental attitude
surprise, flattery, devotion, interest,
pique, or what not must require a dif
ferent arangemeut of the features ac
cording to the dress, surroundings, and
especially the quantity anil quality of
the light.
That the utilization of the counte
nance in conversation Is largely a mat
ter of education tiiere can be no doubt.
We are well aware that there are per
sons who are conscious of a strange im
mobility of features; who feel that
their faces are, in very truth, veils and
disguises; who, at certain moments of
their lives, feel that they would give
all they possess if they could tear away
the mask and exoe their true features,
alight with appreciation. But it is a
question whether early and persistent
education might not have done some
thing for unfortunates like these. On
the other hand, you may have seen men
who had carried this education to such
a pitch that they could execute a visual
storm-symphony with nothing but the
face for orchestra,
As an example of what may be ac
complished by concentrated effort in
this direction, we should be glad if we
could present here a photograph of the
fish vender we met this morning on
Fourth avenue. He was carrying two
pails containg fish, halam-cd one on
each side from a shoulder-piece such as
you sec more frequently in foreign
countries. and his whole countenance
was given up to the shrill, concentrated.
iuierative statement of : Wce-hi-ah
stried ba-s!" There was no feature,
no line or wrinkle of bis crooked coun-lenam-e
that was not abandoned to one
end. A scientific study of a fai-e and
of faces like that, we are sure would
be of incalculable benefit to a Professor
of the Art of Conversation. He would
lie enabled, finally, by analysis and
classification, to read even in the silent
countenance the inveterate phrase; and
he could easily deduce his rules .-mil
suggestions. The knowledge, so ac
quired would lie of use in other ways.
Every m.-di has a favorite pun, or story,
or sentence of some kind, which at hist
makes itself .ipiwtreiit in the set of bis
feature.
There lies
A conversation In his eyes."
This should he a warning in your
own case as to the manner of phrase
ermitted to dominate your outward
presentment : ami in the case of a
stranger you might learn, by looking
at him, the very pun or harangue that
is sure to come aud in :1ns way make
good your retreat. Scilmer.
.Km Extraordinary t'lh.
A most interesting discovery has
liecii made in the Sea of Tilieria of a
fish which incubates its young iu the
cavitfes of the mouth, and, w hat is the
more remarkable, it is the male which
ierforiiis this part of the family func
tion. As soon as the female has depos
ited its eggs in the hollow of the sand,
the male approaches and draws them
into cavities of the mouth by a process
of aspiration; here they are distributed
liet ween the leaves of the gills, and ill
the midst of the respiratory organs the
eggs rapidly develop, distending the
mouth of the male fish iu the mot ex
traordinary manner, and finally the
young fish make their apiearaiu-c,
packed in the gills like so many herring
all with their heads directed toward
the oieiiing. From this place of re
treat and safety thvy run iu and out
until they are large . enough to take
care of themselves. It is said that as
many as two hundred individuals are
sometimes crowded into the mouth and
gills of the male. The name of this ex
traordinary fish is the f'hmmi juttr
fro''M. Martin- ia th Worl.l.
Many an unwise parent labors hard
and lives sparingly all his life for the
purpose of leaving enough to give his
children a start in the world, as it is
called. Setting a young man afloat
with money left him by hia relatives is
like tying bladders under the arm of
one who cannot swim; ten chances to
one he will lose his bladders and go to
the bottom. Teach him to swim aud he
will never need bladders. Give your
child a sound education and you have
done enough for him. See to it that his
morals are pure, bis mind cultivated,
and his whole nature made subservient
to laws which govern man, and you
have given what will be of more value
than the wealth of the Indies. Murray.
It is joy to think the bet we can of
human kind.
SOT TO BE Cl Glir.
Two men vi t in conversation. The
cooling wind played gently with the
short brown curls of the younger,
while his handsome face and eyes
were lighted w ith a bright, animated
expression. -I can scarcely credit
such good fortune. Are you sure there
is no mistake?" he said.
"Perfectly; here are the document.
Prove your identity; prove to our sat
isfaction that you are Kalph Hamilton,
son of John Paul Hamilton, and you
are a rich man. Can you prove it?
"I can. immediately. But this is in
deed a welcome change, to spring
from deep jioverty to such wealth in a
moment, by the death of an unknown
relative, seems almost incredible. 1 am
grateful to you, Metcalf. for your pains
in so seeking me: also for your interest
in my welfare. 1 have one favor ouly
to a-k in addition, that you remain
silent aliout it. The fact of my changed
circumstances ne-d not In? made know u
as vet. I shall not alter mv style of
living for awhile, but shall fulfil an
engagement to become the private
tutor of two small ly, residing,
strange to relate, in the same place
where lies this new estate. In taking
the proerty, you say. I am required
to assume the name of its former
owner. This 1 will do, after a few
mouths spent in the neighborhood as a
poor teacher. I have met sad rebuffs
during the days of my ioverty, and
have no klea of being made the victim
of some fortune-hunter, so I will win
some gl w oman for love's sake and
then settle down and enjoy myself."
In a beautiful residence sat two ladies.
Mrs. Corsair and her daughter Z.
while a third, a niece of the elder lady,
Blanche Gilmore, stood with a light lint
iu her hand, as though just returned
from a walk. They were discussing
the appearance of a new tutor w ho had
undertaken for a time, on trial, the edu
cation of the two sons of the family.
Charlie, one of these boys, had just ajc
Hared, and looking from the w indow,
whi-ered :
"Now, girls, there he comes. Tell
me if what I said was not true."
Yes, indeed '"exclaimed loth young
ladies as they surveyed the fine figure
and handsome face approaching, and
w hen the young man smiled pleasantly
upon Charles, ltlanehe thought she bad
never seen so handsome a man. while
Zoe whispered :
"If the young heir of the lVlmonl
projierty proves oue-haif as haud-ome,
I will Ik- content."
A splendid estate with a residence ot
almost royal magnificence, lay within
sight of their pretty home, and had
just, through the death of old Mr.
Relmont. a childless widower, passed
into the bauds of a young relative, ex
ected soon to visit the premises. Zoe
Corsair and her prudent mother had
decided to appropriate laith owner and
estate as soon as jiosiMe after his ar
rival. The new tutor. Mr. Hamilton,
soon became a great favorite w ith his
pupils. Living as he did in the family,
he sH-ii U'canie well acquainted with
all, while he evidently admired the
beautiful 7.IH-, who treated him with
cool politene-. Of Blanche lie saw
little. She wa ouly the ptior relation,
dejieiidiiig upon her uncle for suport,
therefore coiiijm'IIciI to Is-ar every im
Msitiou and caprice her w orldly, selfish
aunt and t-ouin -aw fit to inflict. tne
little enjoyment was hers: a solitary
sjiot, a deep ravine, wildly romantic
and secluded, not far from her uncle's
residence. Thither she went, one
beautiful afternoon alsiut the first of
October, trippiiigalong dow n the small
winding path that led to the depth lie
low . But suddenly she paused, a groan
and a faint cry for help arrested her
foot-tcps. Hastening to the smi w here
she judged the sufferer to lie. she saw
a man lying at the foot of the ravine,
motionless and now quite still.
In a few moments she was U-sides
hint, and. on lifting bi- head from the
ground, she found Mr. Hamilton, the
tutor, unconscious.
Punning to the. stream of water, she
dip-d ber handkerchief and bathed
his brow .
At last be opened his eye-, and gazed
long and vacantly uioii ber.
"Ah, yes, I rememlier. I did fall. I
leaned over to pluck a flower, and lot
my balance. I fi'l better again, thanks
to you for your care, and I w ill sec if 1
cannot rise."
"I.eau mi me, Mr. Hamilton. 1
think I can get you up the path, if it i
steep, to the road, and from thence,
after a rest, home.
Slowly, yet surely, leaning ou the
young girl for that support he w as so
accustomed to give to others, he crept
along, often stopping to re-t, until at
last the level road was gained, and
from there to his own room, to which a
physician was soon summoned, and bis
limb set and brui-es attended to.
Lying thus helpless umii hi lied,
the door partly oi'ii to allow a circula
tion of air, the young man lay half doz
ing, when he accidently heard the fol
lowing conversation, not, of our-e. in
tended for hi- ear:
"A pretty piece of work this." said
Mrs. Corsair, who was an intensely
selfish w oman. "Who is to play nurse
now, I would like to know "
"And to a miserable tutor." inter
rupted the equally selfish Zoe.
"I should lie very glad to take charge
of the KMr young man. alone among
strangers, and sick," said Blanche,
"and if aunt is w illing. I w ill devote
my time to him."
"And neglect the sewing? There is
my wrapper not finished yet."
"Do not fear, aunt," returned the
same sweet voice. "I will finish that
also. I can take my sewing to his
room and attend to Isith ; if not able to
sew w hen he is aw ake. I w ill do it at
night when he sleeps."
Very well, do as you please; but re
member that wrapper must be finished.'
"Come mother, don't liother about
him any longer. The carriage waits to
take us to the concert. Come on."
So saving, the unfeeling Zoe- swept
down stairs followed hv her mother,
while a soft voice murmured at the in
valid's side:
"You are not sleeping, I see. What
shall I do for your relief?"
"I feel quite comfortable, thank you :
except a headache, caused by the sinKlen
jar."
Let me bathe it then."
How soft her fingers were; how
gentle her touch, aud w hat a depth of
womanly pity beamed from tho-e large
brown eyes.
About two weeks after the accident.
Blanche wandered once more to her
favorite resort, and seating herself at
the foot of the descent, she was soon
lost iu a deep reverie.
"This is really a charming spot, Miss
Blanche," said a well - know u voice
Ix-hind her, "and 1 see. a favorite sot
of yours. Xow that 1 know how 10
avoid its dangers. I am also charmed
with its deep repose and picturesque
beauty,"
"I am glad you like it," was the re
ply of the young lady, as she blushed
slightly. But your is the only face I
have ever seen w hen here, anil I cannot
but wonder how you discovered the
SJXlt."
"One of my little pupils told me of it,
and that day w hen I fell was my first
visit. Thankful am I that you were in
the habit of coming here, else I might
have died alone aud uiiinissed."
"Alone, I graut, but not unuils-ed,
for your pupils love you."
"I would like to tell yon, dear Miss
Blanche how strongly I bave become
attached to my tender nurse, and how
niiichl long for her to return my deepaf
fection. Dearest, can you love a per
son otx-upying so humble a jiosition as
a private tutor? If you can, and if
you w ill allow me to present my deep
love, and consent to become my w ife, it
w ill be the delight of my life to strive
to make you happy."
Then he drew her towards him, and
their lips sealed the contract.
Xo opHsition was offered when Mr.
Hamilton asked the hand of Blanche
Gilmore from her uncle, all thinking
that the poor relative did well, even in
marrving a tutor.
In the meantime, new s came that the
lielmont owner was soon to take pos
session of his property. One of his od
dities w as that on the evening of his re
turn a large party of friends and select
neighlnirs were inviteil to assemble to
bid him welcome. This party, as it so
happened w as to take place the evening
before the marriage of Blanche. Cards
of invitation had liccn left at Mr. Cor-
air's; and, much to the surprise and
chagrin of Miss Zoe. Blanche was also
rcmcmiiered.
"Just as if we wanted to introduce
our )oor relations., she sanl st-orntiiliy.
I wonder that the tnto-- was not- in
cluded."
The evening came. The rooms were
throiigel; but singular to remark, the
young owner had not yet made his ai
iearance. The guests were received by
bis most intimate friends, Mr. and Mrs.
Metcalf. and the latter, a soon as
Blanche had lieen introduced, managed
to draw her to one side, and iu another
moment Zoe w ondcred as -he saw them
leave the room together.
Alioiit half an hour later, alter all the
guests had assembled, Mr. Metcalf said :
"I-adies ami gentlemen. Mr. IVl
mout has just arrived, and iu a few
minutes will 1m-pleased to meet you and
introduce to all assembled the Is autifiil
lady, who, to-morrow morning, will !e
bis bride."
Scarcely had lie finished speaking,
when the young man entered the room,
with Blanche banging iioii bis arm,
ber face radiant with happiness.
Our late tutor!" exclaimed Mrs.
Cor-air.
'lmio--ilile !"" cried Zoe. sinking into
a chair.
"It is quite true, madam, said the
young man. " ml now lei me noe to
see you at our wedding to morrow.
All were present except Zoe. whose
disappointment was too great to permit
her to form one of the wedding arty.
Shepherd' Ifcic.
The following is from a Scotchman,
by way of illii-tratiiig the kindly con
sideration evinceil liy Hie M-ouisii n as
autry toward the domestic animal-, es
pecially the shepherds to their d'ig.
which consequently become their at
tached companions. A minister calling
to visit one of his flock, found before
the fireplace three dog. aprently
asleep. At the soniul of a w bi-tle two
if them arose and w alked out : the third
remained still.
"It is odd," sai, 1 the minister, "that
this dog docs not get up like the oth
er-.
'It's no a-toni-bin ava." said the
shepherd : "for it's no his turn : he was
iN.t i the morning."
A gentleman staying in the family of
a sheep-farmer remarked that daily as
the family sat at dinner a shepherd's
log came in. received its portion, and
soon after disappeared.
"I never see that dog except at din
ner," said the vi-itor.
"The reason ia," said the fa'-iner,
"we've lent him to our neighbor, Jamie
Xieol, an' we tell him to come haine
ilka day to his dinner. When he gets
his dinner, puir hea-l. lie gaes li.u k till
his w ark."
Win isaylng.
The moment a man is satisfied with
himself, everybody el- is dissatisfied
with him.
There are many shining qualities in
the mind of man, but none so useful a
discretion.
If we do not flatter ourselves the
flattery of oher will not hurt us.
The man w ho minds his own busi
ness has a good, steady employment.
Never ajMilogise for a long letter;
you only add toils length.
Retiring early at night w ill surely
shorten a man's days.
He sieaks in hi drink w hat he
thought iu his drouth.
True men make more opportunities
than they find.
An angry man opens his mouth and
shuts hi eves.
The Itaoee Father.
When Washington the conferred with
Rochambeau at Newport in 1731, there
was a ball given by the French officer
at Mrs. Crowley's assembly rooms in
Church street, which is spoken of In a
letter in the New York Evening Post,
which says : To Washington the honor
of opening the ball was given, aud when
he led out his beautiful partner, Roch
ambeau and hia suite took the instru
ments from the musicians and played
the air "A Successful Campaign." How
brilliant the scene must lhave been !
The commanding form of Washington
in his Continental uniform ; at his side
the lovely girl whose beauty was noted
by Dr. Segur; Rochambeau, wearing
the Grand Croix de la Ordre Royal,
with Chastellux, the historian, De
stouches and many others the notable
men of the French army and navy
who found it hard to leave their part
ners when the hour of parting came. 1
have giveu the name of the dance, "A
Successful Campaign," selected by
Washington's partner at the opening ol"
the ball. Recently I have found in a
package of old papers invitations t
dinner, card parties and other enter
tainments a list, iu a round, girlish
hand, of the dances then common, and
the arrangement of the figures. These
dances were "Flowers of Edinburgh,"
"Pea Straw," "Boston Delight,"
"Haymaking," "College Hornpipe,"
"Faithful Shepherd," "Love and Op
portunity," "Lady Hancock," "Inno
cent Maid," "Merry and Wise," "Stony
Point," "Miss McDonald's Reel," "A
Trip to Carlisle," "Freemason's Jig,"
"Soldiers Joy" and "I'll be Married Iu
My Old Clothes," with many others, to
the number in all of . There Is no
mention of the minuet, but we have the
figure of each of the others. To dance
"A Successful Campaign" "lead dowu
two couples of the outside and up the
middle, second couple do the same, turu
contrary partners, cast off, right hand
and left" "Stony Point" was a favorite
dance made so, probably by the suc
cessful storming of the place by Gen.
Wayne. To dance it "first couple three
hands round with the second lady, alle
mand; three hands around with the
second gentlemen, alletnand again ; lead
down two couples, up again cast ofl one
couple, hand round with third, right
band left." In dancing "Merick's
Graces" the first couple crossed over
to the second couple and back again,
the gentlemen passing between the
ladies and the ladies passing between
the gentlemen ; then they were expected
to set the corners, each give the right
hand to partners, turn half-round and
close with hands right and left. When
it came to "Lord Eath's Gate," they
were expected to "cross hands four,
back again, cast oil'one couple, allemaud
lead down In the middle, up again, and
foot it, lead through the top, cast off
and foot it." What the term "foot it"
means I am not able to say. but it fre
quently appears in the instructions for
these dances. We find it again in "The
Spaniard;" the first gentleman is to
"foot it to the second lady, and both
turn single; the first gentleman turns
his partner, the second the same, dow u
in the middle, up again, cast off and
hands around." In tiie figure of the
"Innocent Maid," there is another de
tail which it would now be difficult to
explain: "First three couples haze,
then lead down in the middle and back
again ; close with right hand and left."
In dancing the "Corsino" three couples
were exiected to foot it and change
sides, tl:r. e couples allemand and t! e
first fall iu the middle, then rigid hand
and left.
Mranice Kiltie Kaets.
The learned Prince of Oranada. heir
to the Spanish throne, imprisoned by
order of the Crow n, for fear he should
aspire to tlie throne, was kept in solitary
confinement in the old prison at the
Place of Skull-, Madrid. After thirty-
three years in this living tomb, death
came to his release, and the follow ing
remarkable researches taken from tin-
Bible, and marked w ith an old nail on
the rough waM of his ceil, told how
the brain sought employment through
the wearv year.
In the Bible the Word Lord is found
1.S.1;! times: the word Jehovah !,.."
times, anil the word Reverend but once.
and that in the '.ith verse of the CXIrn
Psalm. The Mh verse of the CXVUth
Psalm is the middle verse of the Bible.
The !ith vers' of the Villi it chapter of
Esther is the longest verse. XIth chap
ter of St John is the shortest. Iu the
CVIIth Psalm four veres are alike,
the Mb, l."th, 21st. ami :Nt. Each verse
of the CXXXVItu Psalm ends alike.
No names or words with more than six
syllaliles are found iu the Bible. The
XXXVIIin chapter of l-:iiah and
XlX rif chapter of 2nd Kings are alike.
The word girl occurs but once in the
Bible, and that in the .'Ird vcr-e and
1 1 1 L chapter of Joel. There are found
iu Ix.tU iKMik oi Hie tiime .s jsi,,is.;
letters. 77:i,i;!i:: word. 31,.'!7:t verses. .
I!i chapter- and Ixioks. The
XXVI th chapter of the Acts of the
Apostles is the finet chapter to rad.
The most beautiful chapter in the Bible
is the XXIIIk Ps.-ilm. The most in
spiring promises are John X I Vth ch:i-
ter and 2nd ver-e, John Vlrn and -oth
verse. St. Matthew X Itii chapter and
23th verse, and XXXVllrii Psalm, 4th
verse. The lt verse of the LXth
chapter of Isaiah i the one for the new
convert. All who flatter themselves
w ith vain boastings of their i-rfi-fiies
should learn the VI rtl chapter of Mat
thew. All humanity should learn the
V I ril chapter of St. Luke, from the 2tt h
vere to its ending.
Happinew a Firtinn.
nappincss is the perpetual possession
of beings well deceived, for it is mani
fest what mighty advantages fiction has
over truth ; and the reason is at our el
bow, because Imagination can build
nobler ecenes and produce more won
derful revolutions than fortune or na
ture can be at the expense to furnish.'
Hope never ruiuw any one, but de
spondency has sent many a por ul 10
their grave. "It is better to rub thau
rust" It is better to hope than pine.