i ii Iitiit Seitiif fc iil in AM II II N II? 13. F. SCIIWEIER. THE OOHSTITUTIOI-THE UHI05-AHD THE EHIOBOEMEST OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. vol. xxx r. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1877. NO. 51. - . PK1CE. " The king encumbered ef turn crown. In cot content, can lay it down ; The bird far far ng from her neat, Soma kindly spray may-rook to rest. The lark led on through upper air, At eve forgeta nia journey there ; And the eagle's eyes, on gloriea far. Ere Ijng recede from ban and star. The leaTea whi -h people lofty trees : The enow abed foam of th'-over mm ; The r .in that tinge along the akj . Together meet and lowly lie. Thou, too," O Soil, striving; US eoar Each' flight beyond the Sight before, Shalt, past the vexed years that yearn, - To humUer haunta of peace return. - v .'irridiKT'i Monthly. Fnbi the RmvtI, jinj, H. J. 'Only a Summer's Flirtation." BY LII.IAX L KSTRAXCK. Every one at Xewport that summer said they were only flirting. The girl knew letter; the man sided with Mrs. Grundy. " And now I will Tiniionnce their names GiHiert St. John and Xora l.e Roy. The first named liad come to the fashionable watering-place with-' but one intention namely, to have a good lime, break as many hearts as jiossible, and, at the end of the summer, to carry home a rich and leautiful wife. Xora I.e Roy was au orplian. She had no relation in the world but a rich old aont. whom he had scarcely ever seen. This same aunt had ouce given her barely enough money to lie edu cated, and then wished Jier to be a governess. This she had done for one short year, hut in that time had grown so fragile a delicate that the doctors advised her to go to some watering-place ami regain her shattered health. ?o with her hardly-earned savings the girl went to Newport, and there a new life began for her, one so sweet that she seemed to be walking in a golden dream, and not little Xora Le Roy any longer, but some fairy princess, and her prince appeared in the shap of Gilbert St. John; so that w hen he, w horn all the Xew port belles were trying in vain to win, paid her Mteli flattering attention, it was no wonder her pretty, innocent bead was turned, and she began to love him in a wiW. passionate way, while be, well be thought she w as a pretty little thing to flirt w ith for a few mouths, and, on the w hole, be rather liked to be adored. To-day she was sitting iu a small summer-house overlooking the sea, a slight shade of impatience on the delicate, girlish face. Her dress w as a soft white muslin, and the green leaves falling on the golden, bent bead, for she was trying to read, but bow could she, know iug that at any moment eyes might be upon her? The soft mel low sunlight beaming through the door and shedding iu golden beams upon the book, all formed a lovely picture, and so thought Gilbert St. John as he noiselessly approached and laid bis baud, white as a woman's on the page she was vainly trying to read. "Oh, Mr. St. John," the girl ex claimed impetuously, glancing up w ith a soft color coming into her delicate face. "What kept you so long? I am afraid our w alk w ill have to be taken in the tw ilight. See, the sun is setting already," and she pointed to where the sun w'as sinking in the azure tinted sky. Gilliert St. John smiled dow n into the lovelv face, then replied," Indeed, Xora, lam" truly sorry if I have kept you w aiting. But Miss lla.iyn ueianieu uir awhile. At last 1 have escaped and can lie with you, my darling." Xora flushed. This was not the first time be had so addressed her, and with his handsome eyes upon her the girl felt she bad never known bow she had given him her whole, unsuspecting heart. "Do you really love me, Mr. at. John ?" "shequeried, falteringly,asthey turned their laces toward the sunset "Ive you, cherie, why of course I do," w as the surprised reply, for it w as the first time she had asked him such a question, and be wondered what could have prompted it. Hecause," the girl continued, as if she had not beard bis reply, "If I ever found you false I think 1 should hate 'ile laughed. A lazy, w ell-bred laugh, and yet so musical that it was one of his greatest charms. ".W hy Xora, w hat put such au idea into your head?" - -I don't know, responded the girl dreamily. "Well, then don't bother your pretty bead w ith such thoughts." Xora did not reply, and at last, as the hhadows deeened, they slowly wandered back to the hotel, where Xora w as eagerly seized upon to play a young ladv's accompaniment, and Gil bert St. John strolled over to where Blanche Hadyn was sitting alone, the moonlight streaming over her and rest ing on her dress of rich silk. "Ah, Mr. St. John, have you returned from Your romantic walk by thc mur muring sea?'" she questioned, satiri cally. "Yes, and a very pleasant one it was ; so pleasant that I would like to take another when your company would render it doubly so. Will you go? the moon has just risen, and the night is lovely." "Xo. thank you, 'cither first or not at all.' is my motto, you know," she said, biting her delicate lips as she saw how really unconcerned he was about it. As she spoke he lounged gracefully into a chair opposite her, saying as he did so, "On the whole, however, it is pleasant here w ith such a charming coniitanion as you, Miss ITadyn," with a slight bow . toward the petulant beauty. "What a fool I am," he thought, "to go around w ith pretty Xora so much when it only makes my lady jealous and lessens my chances of winning her. But Xora is so much more interesting that, even if she has no money, I must flirt w ith her a little while longer and then go to this bright star at the end "For," be murmured complacently. 'Blanche wjll be only too glad to have me at the last, w hile Xora w ill cry her pretty. eye, dim and then go back to her teaching and beg pardon, Mjss Hadyn, what was it you said ? I was busy watching the dancers and did not hear your last remark, And so the summer days sped away as if on golden w ings. The season w as almost over, and still the fashionable crow d at Xewport had not yet returned to their homes. Xeitber Xora Le Roy. Gilbert St John or Blanche Hadvn had yet left. and St. John thought it w as almost time to stop trifling w ith Xora and begin to make love to the wealthy heiress Xora 1 Roy had that dav received a letter saying that her aunt had died leaving no will, and as she w as the nearest relative, all the Immense w ealth would go to her. i She seated herself at the w indow, and with her heart full of gratitude and love to God, ami thought how happy she would be-now. A o more weary days spent iu the close school room, no more fretful children to teach, and, better than all besides, she would not come to Gilbert St. Jotiu-a penniless bride, for she never had a doubt but that before she went away lie would come to her and frankly ask her to be his wife, for w ith an ms iove making lie had never gone so far as that. But her joyous, happy meditations were suddenly interrupted by voh-es just outside her window. "By Jove, St. John," one said, and she recognized iu it St. Joint's most in timate friend. Harry Gordon, "its a shame the way you are fooling that girl, for of course you don't intend to marry her, and iu rather risky think ing you can go back on Miss Blanche w henever you please." "You're right, Gordon."' replied a voice which Xora I.e Roy knew only too well, "but the girl Is such a pretty little thing, and so thoroughly lielieves I love her that it's quite an amusement to watch her. It is, as you say, a rather risky thing to do, but I'll ruu the risk, and leave it to the charms of my man ners to do the rest. Of course I don't expect to marry little Xora. I wouldn't do that even if I had the wealth of the Indies. X'o. thanks, a wealthy bride for me like Miss Hadyn. even if she is rather haughty. And now I must hasten down stairs to ride with the last named, unknown to Xora. who has quite a jealous disposition, though one would not think so by looking at her. Au revoir." The day dawned in the east, and still Xora Le Roy sat by the open window. all the girlish happiness and life were gone from her white face, all the merry carelessness from the sad, sweet eyes, while, with the words of one w ho had suffered before her, she cried : "Oh. Ood ! I am no young, so young, I am not need to tears at night Instead of lumber nor to (any With shaken hps and hands eutwrang. Thon knoweat all my pravers were bright, I bleaa thee, Ood, for past delight. " With the dawning of that day a new life began for Xora Le Roy, one which changed her from au innocent girl into a cold-hearted, scornful woman. Ah, Gilbert St. John, would you be carelessly content if you could see the w reck of your vanity and fickleness? The next day Xora Le Hoy came down to the breakfast room looking the same as usual, except that the lovely face was colorless. In excuse for this she told St. John that she had not slept much the night before, having been engaged packing her trunks, as she in tended to start for home the next day. Mr. St. John's handsoineeyes opened wide with surprise. Was it iHissible this pretty little thing did not care any more for him than to go home right iu the midst of his love making? But per haps it was better so, he thought, with a sigh of relief, for in the main he hated to leave her so suddenly, and it was very convenient she was going now. r ' In reply to his look of inquiry Miss Le Roy stated that she hail just received a letter from her aunt's lawyer, stating that her aunt was dead, and as she w as the. nearest relative all her wealth would be hers. The funeral was to be in a few days, and she must hasten home in time to attend it. Gilbert St. John suddenly thought w hat a very lucky man he was. Here was a girlinnoeeiit, beautifulpassion ately in love w ith him, and, better than alL, w ealthy. What more could he de sire? besides, In his own vague fashion, he was half in love w ith her himself. In one moment he made bis plans. Miss Xora Le Roy, heiress, should be his wife. So his handsome face w as fascina tingly alluring as he said, softly, "And now my little Xora is so rich, I hope she won't forget her summer friend, but w ill let him visit her in her own home." ' A few days, ago Xora Le Roy would have felt her heart beat w ith delight on hearing these words. : Sow he had to bend the dainty head so that the man, intently watching her. would not see the painful smile lurking around her mouth as she said, calmly:. J "Certainly, my summer friends w ill always be my friends and I shall be happy to see you any time, Mr. St. John," while she inwardly thought "Oh, thank God, I've found him out Ik-fore it was too late, anu now have my revenge, 'and the black eyes once so guileless flashed contemptuously .. h- Mid. "Rest assured then, little Xora. I w ill be among the nrt u We have had many pleasant times this summer, and toay.we-not continue th"CeYtainly, I suppose so," she replied carlesslv, then placing her hand in his she added, "and now good-bye, John, I must finish packing my trunk. "Gootl-bve, cherie," he murmured, though only for a short time, 1 hope, and he attempted to draw the slight . . it form towards him, but, breaking away, she ran lightly up stairs. . St. John looked after her w ith a slight ly discomforted expression. "What in the world is the matter with her?" he thought. "However, I suppose she is rather bashful, but w hen she has seen something of the world that will soon leave her," and lighting a segar he sauntered lazily out of the room. The brilliantly lighted house of Miss Le Roy, the heiress, was thronged w ith guests, for since she had wie into pos session of such a large property, people suddenly came to the conclusion that she was very agreeable, and her dinner parties, receptions, and balls w ere alwars largely attended. It was a year after her aunt's death, and though she still wore mourning out of respect to that lady's memory, she entertained and went out a great deal ; for. as she had never cared for her aunt, scarcely even known her, she had no scruples w hich w ould keep the large, handsome house closed for two or three years. The circle in w hich she moved was already coupling her name with that of Gilbert St. John, and was looking for ward to a fashionable wedding at the end of the season. St. John was very well satisfied. He had never spoken a word of love to her siuee the time she left Xewport, but his actions and looks were so expres sive that a sensible girl could not help seeing what he meant. But Xora Le Roy knew that every particle of love she had ever felt for the nan had left her heart in that one sleep less night, and was changed into a deep, undying hatred. As he came in to-night, with the air of one (erfectly at home there, she w el- coined him with a bright flattering smile-. "So, after all, you decided to come, truant," she said gaily, holding out a white hand sparkling with jewels. He took it in his, saying earnestly as he did so: "You know, Miss Xora, I never stay aw ay when I can possibly help it, and to-night, although I've just returned from a long journev, I hastened to Your side." He gazed - longingly at her as he spoke. She was looking exquisitely lovely to-night iu a heavy black velvet. hanging in graceful folds around the lithe, slender form. The golden bronze hair was coifled high on the dainty head that held it so regally. The eyes were bright as ever, except for a weary. restless light in them that had never been there in her happy girlhood w hich seemed so far away now. The man at her side was really iu love with her, at least, as much as his fickle, shallow nature could be. This year she had been so gracious, so bewitchiugly beautiful that Blanche Hadyn was entirely forgotten, and Xora Le Roy was his sole aim in this life. After they had finished dancing, he led her tenderly from the close room, saying, as he did so, "Miss Xora, you are warm here, shall we not go out into the garden ? She assented languidly, and, drawing the dainty hand through his arm, they sauntered slowly out. Xe-ra Le Roy was strangely quiet to-night, and yet, withal, so fascinating, that St. John could not repress the words of love he longed, yet feared to peak. "Xora," he began quickly, "Xora, you must have seen before this how-1 love you, have loved you from the first we met. I intended saying this to you liefore you left Xewport, but you went so suddenly that I had no chance then, and followed you here, and did not telj my love at first for fear I should be considered a fortune-hunter, but you, my darling, know better, and " Yes, Gilbert St. John, 1 know bet ter," interrupted the girl iu her clear ringing voice, "but surely you can't expect to marry little Xora, you wouldn't do that even if you had the wealth of the Indies?" At the first words, St. John felt his heart sink, and now bis face grew sud denly pale as he said hoarsely : "I don't understand you, Miss I.e Roy." The girl laughed satirically, then went on : "Perhaps you did not know, Mr. St. John, that when you were talking so confidentially to your friend, my w in-dow-9 opened on the very orc-h you were on, and 1 heard a rew oi your noble, generous plans. The world may call me a heartless coquette. You have made me what I am. I was an innocent girl then, yoa have changed me into a scornful woman of the world. I gave you the first love of my girlish heart, but, when I heard your words that night, I swore to be revenged. My time has come, and now go back to your first love, Miss nadyn. It was as you said, a very risky thing to do, but now you have run the risk you will leave it to the charms of your manner to do the rest. Good evening." and, with a mocking courtesy she swept away, leaving Gilbert St. John gazing after her as though he were in a dream. He never saw her again, but when he received an invitation to her marriage with a rich banker, he ground his teeth in impotent rage, and did what Xora Le Roy advised him to do went Dae to Blanche Hadyn ; while she, having just lost her money iu some unfortunate speculation, unknown to mm, giauiy accepted him, and he found all too late he had won a penniless bride. It was "only a summer's flirtation" she would say, but the actors iu it never forgot that one little episode in their life's history. HaatdUUr. ti. i,.-t;at aweetest flower (humili ty) that bloomed in paradise, and the first that uieu, nas rarei uiumra since on mortal soil, it is so trail, so delicate a thing, It is gone if it but look i..oir. .! ah who ventures to esteem It hers proves by that single thought that she nas u noi. try. imm During the paatracing season twen-ty-three French horses won $3,650 on the English tun. About Bars. If we may believe testimony, there was formerly a race of boys who worked; who got up at au incredible hour in the morning to light the kitchen fires and do the chores; who hoed corn contentedly for three weeks lor the chance of going fishing on a rainy diy ; who eschewed the vanities of marbles and base-ball except upon rare occa sions, and went through a long day's work as if the Eight-Hour law had never been dreamed of. The testimony to their existence comes from the fa thers who entertain their incredulous sons w ith "When I was your age, sir, I could do as much work in a dav as a man, and my father made me do it." Johnny turns his toast over to butter the other side, and wonders why his father does not make him do it, and then asks for twenty-five cents to sub scrilie to a base-ball club, and gets it the boy must have some exercise Meanw hile father ami mother are hon estly puzzled. The father having Ix-en brought up to hard work, has a vague impression that boys need some such discipline, but be does not see how it can be secured. The legitimate object of a lioy's life used to le to chop wood ; but anthracite coal cannot he sawed and split, and he cau hardly afford a farm, or keep a cow in a city lot. So the boys loaf and lounge, and make work for their mothers, and get into mischief, and live through a vast amount of fn-t-ting and fault-liiidiujt. until some day they are turned loose in a working world to give ami take hard knocks and learn to tenri. That is the very thing they should have learned at home the working is not of half so great importance as the learning how. Xo healthy boy was ever lazy until lie was trained to it. from the tips of his fingers to the ends of his toes, he is full of that restless. vigorous, irrepressible something which makes the difference between a boy and a girl. You can .never delude the mother of a boy w ith your theories that it is all a matter of education. She knows it is in the grain, and if she be a wise woman make pi vision for its healthy direction and development. Give the boys knives and saws and hammers and nails, and let them learn to use them, even if yon have to shut you eyes w hen you see the soft little fingers struggling with the dangerous blades. There must be a leginuing. and a multitude of boys have carried their full complements of fingers up to manhood. Who is it that says Provi dence always takes Care of hoys if peo ple do not interfere? There are plenty of uses for a Ikij- in a house Chairs get shaky for lack of glue; hinges looses and need only the tightening of a screw; the normal con dition of door-fastenings is to lie out of order, but a lock with tw o knobs is as simple a bit of mechanism as can be made, and any boy ought to be able to take one off and put it in order. Out of your boy's play you get skill and train ing which you may draw upon, and others may thank you for, all bis life. AVork in itself is not an actual good, but only valuable for iu results either to ourselves or others, and the market value of a boy's work in dollars and cents is no fair measure of its w orth. It is a i aying investment to furnish the boy with tools and material for (heir use. Twenty-five cents in waste boards from a planing-iuill, or the odds and ends of furnished lumber, bits of molding, shingles, etc., to be obtained for a trifle from house-builders, or a load of boxes from a grocery, will make a boy as rich as a millionaire, and give him hours of healthful eujoymcnt. The girl can draw for the wardrobe of her dependent family uon the con stantly accumulating stores of the rag bag, and those odds and fends of femi nine attire in the shape of riblioiis. laces and hits of gay stuffs; but, in the average home, boards are not found ly ing around loose, especially if there he an avaricious female in the kitchen, to appropriate everything larger than a tooth-pick for kiwiling. The rat-traps which scare the rats from their ueighliorhood. The bird houses iu which the birds judiciously decline to build, the rabbit-pens which precisely suit the rabbits, whatever maladictions they may provoke from the gardener, the ships and windmills and blow-guns and cross-bows, may not be eminently successful from a mechani cal standjoiiit, but they are invaluable as educators, and as "furnishing sub stantial recreation a thing far above amusement. Exchnmir A French Kxerationer. Kdward King writes from Paris to tthe Boston Journal: Among the many stories told of Theodore Barrier, the no ted writer of comedies, since his death, none is more exciting than that w hich recites a surreptitious visit once made by him to the executioner. Barrier had been tormented by a desire to see this remarkable personage, who, iu a coun try where capital punishment is so rig orously enforce! as in France, is nat urally surrounded with a certain repul sive atmosphere for ordinary human beings. I remember that at the execu tion ol Traupman I saw this manager of the guillotine for the first time, ami was very much impressed by him as a striking and awe-producing figure. Barriere went to see the predecessor of the present incumbent. His name was Heindreich, and he was an Alsatian of herculean proportions. His neck was almost as thick as that of a young bull, and his hands were enormous, and well fitted to crush almost any criminal. Nature seemed to have molded the man expressly for the curious and ghastly profession which he had adopted. Bar riere was introduced to him by an actor who was very fond of the executioner's society and who dined with him as of ten as tw ice a week. They found the strange man In his house, a charming little cottage in the midst of a pretty gar den. The executiouer did not object to talking of his trade, and said that h was a firm believer iu capital punish ment. There were men iu the world for whom it was useless and foolish to have any pity ; they should be sharply suppressed. But he admitted that an order from the "upper authorities" to execute a criminal always caused him a certain disagreeable thrill of excite ment, and that he could neither eat nor smoke until after the deed was done "I can only drink milk," he said, and added that he often lived on it for a day and a half or two days. With a grim smile he took down from a shelf a pie, and handing it to Barriere, said "There! I've been interrupted no less than six times while smoking this very meerschaum! Crack! the order of jus tice arrives and I lay aside the pipe! I could not be persuaded to smoke it ! It would make me ill." And Barriere was accustomed to relate to his friends, with much gusto, that he took the prof fered pipe and smoked it, but as he smoked he fancied that he saw the six guillotined heads peering at him through the fragrant clouds. This executioner was served by a nephew whom he had brought up in ab solute ignorance of the profession which gave them their living. When the ne phew was in the room the uncle talked literature and art w ith Barriere ; when he was not there they fell back on ghast lier topics. Author and execuioner dined together. Imriiig the repast the clatter of a horse's hoofs was heard. The executioner grew quite pale and half arose from his seat. At last the noise passed by. "You will scarce ly believe it," cried Heindreich, "hut nine times out of ten the "order" ar rives when I am seated at dinner.'' Barriere pressed him to tell how he hap pened to become executioner. "Ah ! he said, "uiy father was one before me; and the little children in my village insulted me and threw stones at me. I was forced to take up the calling." Mwm are all Coward in the Dark. There was a young hot-head iu the Emperor Xapoleou's service, w ho burn ing for action, and his duties for the time affording no opportunity, at last resolved to fight a duel; accordingly, choosing to construe some remark or other of aud older an superior officer into au insult, he challenged him. The old soldier, wavingall considerations of rank, agreed to meet the young man, but on the following unusual terms: The time should be night the place a room in opiosite corners of which they were to stand. The seconds, hav ing placed their men, were to w ithdraw outside of the door, taking the candles w ith them. The word should be given from without, when he who had the first fire should discharge his weapon. and the seconsd havingthe light should immediately rush in. These strange conditions were ac cepted; the time arrived; and the se conds placed the parties as agreed upon withdrawing immediately, and leav ing their men in the dark. The word was given the fire was heard the door was reopened and there stood the elder of the two bolt up right in the corner, his adversary's ball having entered the wall so close to his head that his escape seemed almost miraculous. It was now the old soldier s turn to tire. They wereagain left in thedark ; the word was given from the outside, and instantaneously with the discharge the seconds rushed in to find the chal lenger prostrate upon the floor, not yet having recovered himself from his trick to avoid the ball, which on examina tion, it was found must have killed him ! The young man was covered Willi confusion, and the seconds were over whelming him with the expression ol tl.eir scoru, when the veteran stopped them : "Xot so fast ! not so fast ! my young friends," said he; you will live to grow w iser. Where do you supose I was at the first fire? On my hands and knees iu the corner; but I was up quicker than he. Ah! Messieurs, say what we will lioast as we may we are all cowards in the dark !" Cheerful Women. Ill marrying, men shonld seek happy women. They make a terrible mistake when they marry for beauty, or for tal ent, or for style. The sweetest wives are those who iossess the magic secret of being happy under any and every circumstance. Rich or poor, high or low, it makes no difference, the bright little fountain bubbles up just as music ally in their hearts. Nothing ever goes wrong with them no trouble is too se rious for them "to make the best of it." Was ever the stream of calamity so dark aud deep that the sunlight of a happy face falling across Its turbid sides would not wake an answering gleam? ,foyous-teniierel people don't know the good they do. Xo matter how cross and crabbed you feel no matter if your brain is full of meditation on 'afflicting ilisNnsalion, and your stomach is fill ed with medicines, pills and tonics just set one of those cheery little wo men talking to joii, and we are not afraid to wager anything she can cure you. the long-drawn line anout tne mouth will relax the cloud of settled gloom will vanish, nolwxly knows where and the first thing you know you w ill lie laughing. Ah! what blessings are these happy womenl How often their little hands guide the ltouderous ma chine of life w ith almost au invisible touch! How we look forward through the weary day to their tl reside smiles: Xo one knows no one ever will know until the day of judgment reveals how much we owe to these heiptul, hopeful, uncomplaining happy women. Exports of the United States for the first nine months of 1ST" do not show as large an aggregate value as the exports for the corresponding period of 1S7G, but this may be due to the holding back of grain exports for better prices. At all events many of our most important branches of manufactures show a grati fying increase in the amount and value of their exports. This is articularly true of manufactures of iron, steel and other metals. The exports of metals and metal goods for the first nine months of 1S7C amounted iu value to 144,.TJ.", but in the corresponding period of 1S77 the value of similar ex ports was f21,22(i,Si2, notw ithstanding a decrease of more than a million dol lars in the value of copper exported In gtnots and sheets. Court CernMnis. As we constantly receive inquires re specting h-rra, drawing rooms, courts, balls and other Slate ceremonies, we think a few lines on the suhject may prove acceptable. A "court" consists of a reception by Her Majesty, to which no one can go w ho does not receive a command so to do. These commands are generally confined to the memliers of the Diplomatic Corps, the Ministry, memliers of the royal households, aud others holding oflii-ial positions. If a court, is held, it is generally the first court reception of the year mine took place this season. Both ladies ami gen tlemen are invited to a court, and pre sentations take place by command. Drawing rooms arcthe means by which ladies are enabled to lie presented to and to pay their re-pect to Her Majesty. There are usually three iu the year, oue before Easter, and two of late years with but one day's interval between them early in May. This Spring, however, there were two liefore Easter, making four in all. Formerly, there was also a "birthday drawing room" held on the day apoiuted for the otllcial Celebration of I he Queen's birthday, a which no presentations could tie made, and at uhii.h no one could appear in mourning; but since the death of the Prince Consort this has been abandoned. Only ladies are exjiected to present themselves at .drawing rooms, and, though gentlemen are permitted to at tend in company with the ladies of their families, it is more correct for them to atteud the teres -m- ially held for them. Due notice is always given in the timrttr. of the day upon w hich a drawing room will he held. Ladies who have been already presented need take no steps as to announcing thi-ir in tention of attending; they merely drive tothe Palaceon the day appointed, taking w ith them tw o large cards w ith their name.-) legibly w ritten on them, one to lie lfl w ilh the page iu the cor ridor, the other given to the Lord Chamberlain's office in St. James's Pal ace tw o large cards in--ribed w ith her uame'and that of a lady presenting her, thus: "The Countess of O., on acces sion to the title, by the Duchess of Z :' "Mrs. Brown, on her marriage, by Lady Green;" "Miss White, by her mother, Mrs, White," etc. These cards must be accompanied by a note from the lady w ho is to present her, stating her intention of attending the draw ing room and presenting the lady. The name having been submitted to the tueen, two presentation cards may be obtained, on which the same words are to be w ritten as on those left at the office, and these are taken by the lady tothe Palace. "Full dress" is com pulsory at a drawing room. The or thodox costume comprises a train of au average length of three yards, a low bodice (unless a special medical certifi cate aud Her Majesty's permission to wear a square cut bodice have been ob tained), a skirt matching either the boil ice or the train, lappets or a tulle veil, and a court plume, consisting of three white feathers for a married, or two for an unmarried lady. Ladies who are presented, kis Ifer Majesty's hand on presentation, with the excep tion of peeresses and danghtersof peers who are kissed on the cheek by the (jueen. When Her Majesty retires from fatigue, and the Princess of Wales takes her place, ladies merely curtsey, and do not kis hands. A lady is presented w hen she first "comes out," and again on any change of name or condition, as on her marriage, for in stance Mis A., presented on coining out, marries Hon. Mr. B., son of the Earl of V., and grandson of the Mar quis of D. She is presented as Hon. "Mrs. B." on her marriage, as "Coun tess of C." on the ileal h of her hus band's grandfather, anil as "Marchio ness of D.'' on the death of his father. The ceremonies observed by gentlemen w ith regard to presentation at lent cor respond precisely with those compul sory for ladies. A gentleman is pre sented on first entering life, and at all subsequent stages of his career. For instance, an officer would lie presented as a sub lieutenant, and again on at taining each successive grade of rank, the w ords "On promotion" being ap iended to the presentation. It is more correct that the presentation should lie made by the colonel of his regiment than by a personal friend. Gentlemen are also presented on change of name, on receiving an appointment, on acces sion to a title in short, on any change of station. When the Queen holds a ert in jierson, gentlemen presented kiss her hand; when the Prince of Wales holds one on her liehalf, they j merely bow. The dress at Urtrt is, for ordinary civilians, a black velvet or a dark colored cloth coat of any color ex cepting blue (which is appropriated by diplomatics, ministers and members of the household), made as a dress coat, but single breasted, and w ith a straight collar and pocked flaps these, the col lar, and culTs may lie embroidered. For drawing rooms, State concerts or balls, breeches, with silk stockings, and shoes w ith buckles, must be worn ; for lerttt trousers of cloth, or of velvet if the coat is of velvet, with a narrow gold strip down the side, are admissable. White neckties, sword and cocked hat are de r'ujeur. The old court dress may also be worn a cloth dress coat with richly cnt steel buttons on front, cuffs and pocket flaps, embroidered silk or satin waistcoat, lace ruffles and jabAt, white stock, knee breeches, silk stock ings, buckled shoes, a bag wig at the back of the head, etc. Otlicers wear the full dress uniform of their rank. Clergymen w ir their academic robes, Queen's Counsel their silk gowns, judges their full robes; of course, when these latter are invited to balls or concerts, the robes are dispensed witbt and they appear as civilians. Foreign ers w ishing to be presented are pre sented by their respective embassies. It is considered a mark of respect for those ladies and gentlemen who have been presented to inscribe their names in the book kept for the purpose at Buckingham Palace whenever Her Ma jesty is in town. The room where it is entered bv the door in the facade of Buckingham Palace nearest to Buck ingham Gate. It is also customary to write down the name at Marlborough House for the Prince and Princess of Wales. The court festivities of the sea son, olner than the small dances some times given by the Prince and Princess of Wales toiersonal friends, consists of two concerts and two balls. To the concerts the number of invitations is very limited, comprising only the Diplo matic Corps, Ministry and households, who are asked to both, and the highest, members of the aristocracy, the invita tions to whom are divided between the two. High church dignitaries are in vited to the concerts instead of the balls. For both concerts and balls the list of persons to lie invited are proposed by the Lord Chamberlain and submitted to Her Majesty. To each ball the number ol guests invited is from eighteen hun dred to two thousand, but it is much to be regretted that more lialls are not given, as many persons w ell entitled by their social position to lie invited are omitted ow ing tw the impossibility of accommodating all w ho should be asked. This being , oIiticaI adherents are of course first thought of, and the names of member of Parliament, with their wives and daughters, figure largely in the list. The opportunity i also taken of striking off the list, the names of those who do not attend a drawing room or t. at lea.-t every other year. The dress worn by gentlemen at a state eoucert or ball is the same as that which they wear at a drawing room. Ijtdies wear "full dress," but are not required to appear in trains, lappet, or court plumes. When there is a court mourn ing the invitations bear the words, "the court will he in mourning," w hich sig nifies that all the guests must wear it also : the ladies black, w hite, gray or lilac aud black, the gentlemen a piece of crape round the upper part of the left arm. The same rule holds good for draw ing rooms and Urttt. If there is any doubt as to whether mourning is required (as for these ceremonies there are no invitations to serve as a guide) an inquiry at the Lord Chamberlain's office w ill settle the matter. The broad rule appears to be that when the court is in mourning for a crowned head, those attending a drawing room must mourn also, while for other degrees of royality they are not expected to do so. This rule is, however susceptible of various modifications. Court Circular. Inremtttna; People. Whenever we see the term "interest ing" applied to a character, it excites an especial curiosity. Perhaps there are few epithets so flattering: but when we attempt to define it we find it im-los.-.ible to treat the subject apart from on 's self, to make it other than a per sonal question ; we cannot say what ig interesting in the abstract, apart from what is interesting to us. Of course, indeed, it is this alliance between the interesting aud the interested that gives the epithet its meaning, and constitutes its charm. In all notable public exam ples the element of mystery carries it over everything else in exciting and sustaining interest. Vie see this con spicuously in Sw ift, so profoundly in teresting to the last century, though iu his case the mystery did not admit of resolution intocontradictory excellen ces. Descending to the domestic and social standards of this equality we would say that iu family life those are most iutere-ting who are most fully know n to the observer, w hose intrica cies of character have lieen a long st inly ; w hile in social life it is the new and un familiar which has to lie guessed at that gives the iiiikI amusing and exciting exercise to this vein of oWrvation. The lovers of new acquaintance are al ways exjiectiiig to make discoveries of more than meets the eye, of depths uu-su-iected by the careless and indiffer ent; but they are impatient and often miss what they are looking for. The really interesting character grows in interest, and only fully reveals itself to the coiist.-int syiuialhy of a kindred na ture. We think it may be observed that the epithet is oftener applied to man than to woman, which may be ex plained by the fact that women in their easy utix-ientific way are much oftener students of character than men ; anil as men play the more conspicuous part in the world they are naturally the objects of this study. But also it may be that mystery, if we may so apply the word, lielongs rather to men's organization. Those who do not take pains iu the choice of their epithets, but use those in vogue, will call a woman charming where they would call a man interest ing; both epithets connect the object of admiration w ith the admirer. The man w ho calls a w oman charming has both felt her charm ami believes himself to be the object of an intention to please. The praise of moral and intellectual ex cellence may be bestowed without this condition, but there is always a subtle affinity between the interesting man and the eron interested, between the charming w oman and the jierson charm ed. Pollteneaa. The merit orthe valueof an action de pends greatly on the manner of its per formance. Dr. Johusou illustrated this by supposing the case of flinging a half-crown at a beggar's head so as to injure him. The gift might be a bene fit to the poor recipient, but it would be a wrong action on the part of the giver. Thus, best actions may suffer from the way they are performed, just as important addresses are effective or offensite, according to the cadence, em phasis or action of the public speaker. Politeness has been defined to be be nevolence in little things;" and if with loving hearts we deny ourselves and in terest ourselves to promote the ease, convenience, comfort and enjoyment of those around ns, we may not only please but win their affection. Or, as the painting, the gilding, or other adorning of objects around add to their beauty, interest and value, so the good address of Individuals (rror-ir) who have their wits about them), and who cau act with propriety and becoming etiquette, will often ornament and beau tify even the most ordinary actions or events of life. Doga Their ARertioa for Man When the theory of selection has dono its worst, I still cling to the belief that the relation between dog and man was as much foreseen and intended as that cf sun and planet. Man has succeeded in domesticating several other animals, but where else has be found his spirit of unconquerable fidelity? It has not been developed by kind treatment; it has not been sought for in itself, or made an aim in breeding, Ladies make pets of their dogs; but all the shepherds I see around tue pay them in kicks and curses and starvation. What does the obscure member of a pack of foxhounds know of his master's love? As much as a Prussian private in the rifle-pit knew of the tender heart of Moltke. I have seen a great deal of the life of the French peasantry ; but never to this day have I seen a peasant caress his dog otherwise than with a stick or a wooden shoe. There is a well known picture, by Decamps, called the Kennels, which represents a huntman visiting his hounds, and he is lashing with a ponderous whip. Thousands of dogs whole generations of them have known men in no other character than that of a merciless commander, punishing the slightest error wiihout pity, yet bestow ing no reward. There are countries where the dogs are never fed, where they are left to pick up a bare existence amongst the vilest refuse, and where) they w alk like gaunt images of fan.iue living skeletons gnawing dry sticks in the wintry moonlight, doing Xature a scavenger-work like rats. Yet in every one of these miserable creatures beats the noble canine heart that heart whoso depth of devotion has never yet bceu sounded to the bottom ; that heart which forgets all our cruelty, but not the smallest evidence cf our kiudness. If these poor animals had not been made to love us, what excellent reasons they would have had for hating us ! Their love has not been dcvelojied by care culture, like the nourishing ears of wheat; but it rises like warm, natural springs, where man has done nothing either to obtain them or deserve them. Home and Museum. Lovers of bric-a-brae and the phra-te designates a large number of very in teresting people are api to make an important mistake. They transform their homes into museums. They briug together and pile up a collection. Xow, the interest w ith w hich a visitor regards a home is a very different oue from that with which be regaids a collection. To find scattered about a home, just iu the right nooks and places, objects of art and beauty, is an exceedingly de lightful thing. To examine a collection for the collection's sake leaving its relation to the home entirely out of consideration may be interesting to some people who are " up" as we say in those tilings, but it is not at " interesting to those who do not see Ui. use of it. That is anybody cau see that a beautiful object in a barren place serves a purpose, while a great many beautiful things, shut up in a cabinet, serve no purpose except by their num bers to cheapen one another. Au object of art in a hone is entirely and always out of place wheiever it shows that the interest of its owner is in the object rather than the home. A collection usually betrays a passion or a taste w hich subordinates the love of home. A person possessing this passion aud enthusiastic iu his pursuit of iu object, spoils his home by transforming it into a show-place for curiosities. The true policy is, never to buy an object of art, of any sort, without know ing just where it will tit into the bouse just what uninteresting spot it will illuminate just what vacant shelf or barren surface It will adorn. Cabinets may be very interesting pieces of furni ture, but they are ofteu used in such a way as to degrade or destroy the home idea. Scribner's Monthly. Practical Evolution. It has been reserved for a German lady, Fraulein Marie Yon Chanvlii, to ac-om plish one of the most remarkable feats ill evolution on record the chang ing of an amphibious gilled double breathing animal into one that is lung breathing and land-inhabiting. The subject was the Mexican gilled salaman der or axoloti. Fraulein Von Chauvin owes her repeated success to gradually accustoming the the animal to life on land and exercising constant care as to Its health and diet. Five strong ax olotis were selected and w ere first kept iu shallow water. Here they did not thrive, and the bolder measure of put ting them directly on land was resort ed to. Tepid baths twice a day kept up a cutaneous respiration, and during the intervals between the baths wet moss was packed against the bodies. It is stated that the gills and tail fin seem to shrivel by actual drying, through the action of the air, and that they were not absorbed by the vital processes of the auimal itself. This is considered by Professor Huxley to lie a most interest ing point, as it shows how the first air breathing amphibia may have been evolved from double breathers by a suc cession of dry seasons, that is, by pure ly mechanical causas. Sri'ntiir Ameri can. Brevity. Few writers know when to stop wri ting: they say too much. Martin Lu ther closed his speech before the Diet of Worms with these words: "Here I stand. I can not do otherwise. God help me. Amen." Suppose he had said : "The position wich I at present occupy I shall continue to maintain." The latter is gammatically correct. You can praise, but literary art con demns it as weak and unworthy. Go back to the Old Tesament. "Let there be light, and there was light." Beyond the naked grandeur of these 'words art can not go. And, In fact, brevity is an art-f-and one worth cultivating, too. TKaaa eavlisw Xl..a n.u iwMilil flf CktYltTk9 A IIWO0 If UV uav vvenw wa. strife may chance to have the sparks fly in weir vw u ibcits. -----
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