la.- rh out. a, if lutiO .lirt , isrut r 1.) f Mill m ieu I i used; wErreiiy the tahlespoonfuls of butter. Adda pint of and dirt, is taen out of water and boll for five niinutes. Throw W Just fleeced fr.Mn the quart of carroj boiled and cut ia tated ft A BY AXD X. I any and I ib tne twiiigtit sweet. Bearing the weary tarda repeat Cheery nxxl-Dietiu from tree to tree. Dearest of all day's comfort tee. ror weary tno, We kiw ul m Be five op all i worM for t Baby n I id Lie twiHgM glnw, Watrrrns the nmni-hes to ami fro Waving (""'l-niKtitii h the p Mea wW, welcome the hour ire love ihe best. We pfc and sirnr Till -l-ep we bring. Wbo ioM him 10 her down j nest Ltnjtrnng still In tk? twiugtit gray, After the rlian-e fades away, 1 watch .larlinic. mt still, mt fair. With thankful heart i!iat to my rare, Fur hafipim-Mi So wnnl-i express, Awhile 0i mins a gift ilear. A in Bis little lied I place My halie in all his alulilhrr.ng STO, Heaven's starry lamp are lit in hipti, f ne. anirel-ldinie, D-w nasties tit, Aud t.y their luibt, Tnr.ii?h all the n,rri:, !eHiJ wal-hen will I niRtu KAKl'Y Hll.lCliltIrM.w. in .. .: 1...1, 1 1 11 ; ine mj.ni ... ....... ...... . ...... .... day long a hue, frosty sleet had fallen which as the wind rose in lengthened rusts changed to fast-falling snow- , . -til All day the note of preparation had , sounded m Abraham Plum s kitcncu; r ' , , , . tor it was the dav liefore I bristina. I u in i ,i I ,, t ' Mrs. Hum s1iov.n1 th last quartette ol i . . . ., i . . i . ne. into tliroven, shut the door ,.tl i . , clang, and began to clear aa the upper table She wes a short fat , voman: vet she was lirisk in her move-. " " . , , .,:., ments this evening and as she sw ept into the pantrvla.lentithblue-iged plates. nd lingered to look at the result of her j toil and to count, for the twentieth time the r w of pies on the shelf before the window. "Tliree plum, two goosetierry, four l.lacklierry, eight apple, fifteen mince, ! nd a great platter of cranberry ; tarts?'" ; Mr. Hum came in also, an admiring : expression gradually stealing over his 1 face. "I vaui! of you haveu't got a j show! Why, you haven't counted them J in the oven' i "So I didn't!', ejaculated his wife ' "Them are mince. They alwavs go off fastcrn any other." She broke i ff j bit of burnt crust as big as a cent very carefully. I Conie, mother, you've looked at 'em I enough for one day. louve got all dat 1 1 morrow, too, to eee em in. ; 3 "No I hain't," broke in his wife. "1 (ear ur! what a sight's to be done to morrow. I hope Sarah'll come over early t"help. I rather looked for Nancy fe-lay." Her husband drew s chair to the ftove and seatl himself. "I'd gone ..... ... ... . . n- trJl T " IAd tlTTl . after her," said he, "only I knew Sam uer ner, san. ne. omy i anew ou , . as just .-rt.ss-gnuned enough not to let ier .-ome ,f I dnL She s got to take miu in the neht moo.1, you know. her kiiu in the riel Mrs. Plum sigh.il and sat down to rt. This Nancy of whom they spoke was the youngest of her flock, not five years a wife She was also unhappy in her marriage which accounted for her mother's sigh. Samuel Rill had leen gay youth, and a handsome one. Courted by all Uie girls of the village, he turned from their txi evident homage to little Nancy Hum, the most serious minded tl anise of all. He called her, tenderly, "The little psalm-singer " She, in her turn, as flattered by his preference, and she yielded up her heart into his keeping, in lute of parental objections. It proved t le an act of folly on her part: he was t a careless keeper. More than that, he! was at tim.-s unkind. Her parents read the eloquent signs ol misery in ner tace barrel. t every visit, but she never complained I And then her wrath rose. It was un i( liuu. Siiuething in her look forbade just, this state of servitude to a brute direct inquiry a look as if she had de I lit"-riitcry counted the cost tif existence ( anger mounted on the wings of dissap an.l m i ved herself to endure it. How pointment. She who had hitherto many tmi. s she inwardly wished herself 1 shown a m'ld spirit, and submissively a g.il aain at hom' was know only to I yielded to his exactions, now rebelled, herself. They had not been married . Instantaneously, all the instances of his two years In -fore he drank ojx-nly instead ' direct unkindness flashed vividly into nf in secret. Whole days were passed ! her recollection; anger afreravated the a way from her where? She knew ' mikI cried over the knowledge. j Mr. Plum looked thoughtfully at the hi.'Ve. "lie's a poor worthless coot, j that s a fact. 1 used t tell Nancy that 1 he'd sup sorrow if she married him, j but she would have her own wa. Ijtw ! it don't do no good after the thing's done t say I told yon so. The c tpression , ,f excited anticipation had fa-led from Mrs. plum's face; she pur her feet on the stone hearth and rested Iter eitsiws on her knees as she mused aloud. "It's all a luck an' by chance business anyway. Cause some occa SKMl'lv g'.t cheated, 't dou't fuller that they're t' blame. None of us are very sharp sighted in such matters, I varut I shet mv eyes and said 'Yis,' knowin' no more'n the man in the moon whethe I should reeut or not." "Well, have you?" asked her hnsbaml archlv. She smiled uiischicuc nslv. "S pose t 1 .1 own it n i mougii. i a couie tin I '''I'"!.'1'!' .... . , I That's iit like wiminin," said Mr, Plum; "they're so 'jueer. tn it? Yes. I'd proclaim it from Uau to lkcersbcha, and so serve as a wamiu'." His wife latij-'li'il. "All wimmin are cut in the .tine pattern, Ib'lieve. There's Nancy, Dow! rxiiect she'd cat her tongue soon- , 1 '.. ' al.tis.'S me. "ft -llWsleighm' to-morrow, I guess.", , "... i ,' . , JUf. . ....u i-auii ... i.i niuiiov.. ,vi. ,t. . iv !.;, , .- , . . ... , - , - hrst: she did not comprehend his mean ha.ling h.-r ev. s with her han.ls audi- 1 . i . 1 . .r . . me. He made it plain to her. Siu.t peering iui tne naraness. 1 "Thafs like WMiimi... t..," Chuckl.-.! Mr Plum. -When v,.u ct the l-tt.-r of 'em in an argument tiny all. rs change the subjiH't." ) The morrow eame, and with it all of I the niamed iTiiii'ts of the house of j Hum. First came Sarah, w ith children three husband to follow when the . chori-s were .lone. She !re a Hlal commision as M-rving un.nl irom Inr imuiuiiim v- m-....; uiMiu ..out u I t aaother, ana sue sniumgiy aco-pteu tne I fconnr. The kitchen and keeping room ' ere ere rded witL hsppr faces hDg I- I IK P..-V Ms arc auir I fore noon. New dr eases were J splayed in mail knots of mutual admiration fanes. Load voices an J impromptu jeat were the order of things, crowned by hearty bursts of laughter. In the ,midt if it all the mother and graud- mother moved witn an anxious tare, leal some untoward happening shr.uld spoil the fun. Grandfather constituted himself a tmtt for the childish mirth, and his ringing laugh sounded yonujrerjthcn theirs. Twelve o'clock struck. The matrons came hack from ehurclu The big turkey roasting in one oven liegan to steam fragrantly; the fat spareril in the other liegau to hiss and sputter as the mistress of the feuat turned it over with sprinklings of sait and peper. The children were madehuugry by the smell and clamored loudly for dinner, and were appeased with thick eats of ginger bread, wh.ch they weut around munching- with copious crumbles to adults' dissatisfaction. Two o'clock struck. The long tables assumed the functions of spring, and leaved out with astonishing rapidity. Children were thrust into an adjoining bedroom to lie got out its way, when they set up a series of agonizing cho ruses. The blue-edged crockery kept i, r... ,. ....Itr if. tlm tiixntn? tvliil.k fi.ir .., - whjtt, daua arranged ,tself on the board. ,i(.kleM au preserves crept side bv side: ..c(,1(ilaw" ,)rimmed Lusje bowls; jelly qlakei auJ quivere,i. hrtirty .'brown bread" did not disd tiu to lie alongside f iu rrlatiye . , e mav s well give np seem Nancy . . . ; . fust as last, sighed Mrs. Plum, as she . . i . -.i i . beat up the lumpy squash with butter, . hopiu sh! d git here yit. but J she's feelin' like athinkiu' of you all , . , ,J . here except furse l July, look out - . f. dfar! louU burn it P"u " stove- . u . , "hhe has not met with us m three answered Sarah, rather resent- fuU? Pounding the turnip. "T'aint her fault. Sam always has some excuse. Last year it was 'the baby wam't old enough to bring and they couldn't leave it' though Mint. brought hers, which was two months younger." "It's my opinion," rejoined Sarah, with an emphatic toss of har heal, "that he's ashamed to face altogether, he's carried on ao that he must fed guilty, is he's got any conscience. " Three o'clock and the magic word, "dinner!" echoed through the crowd, The mother's eves glanced at Nancy's cnalr aD( filled! She would let no one odcuy it "Her heart is here" she said, " I in low voice, 'if her bony is not." CHAPTER IL "It is Christmas Day," said Nancy mil, at breakfast. "I suppose we are going home to day; they II all be there. Let them. VV here is home, I won- d i( hpre? brkfaAt Bull,.niy. .But j , , . Her husband ate his mother we'd go, put in the wife, feebly, "I can't help that. Am I responsible for what you say? 1 m not going one step. I don't care a fig for all then- meetings." "Well, 1 can take the horse and go alone. I can drive you know. And it s only eight miles away." "I'm going the use the horse; I've got an engagement at Stanton I shan't be back to dinner." "Ton can drive me over first. I must go," pleaded the disappointed creature. "B 11 will le there with her childreu. She has just come from Minnesota, and I haven t seen her since before I was married." "Bother!" Mr. Samuel left the room. She heard him presently at the cider who despised her and her kindred. Her stings. Succeeding this rose her long forbearance, magnified by her resent- meut into martyr like virtue. Indeed her life was a martyrdom. But she was powerless to quit it, U yes, she was powerless! The tie, however hateful, was binding until death. "Would that death would come and take me and give me rest!" she wept: There was something in his wife's tears very inflammable to the passion of Samuel Hill. He always met them with abuse. He bad been drinking now, and was more insulting than ever before, Hard words followed; and, for the first time in his miserable married life, he struck her. She crouched frightened, beside the cradle where her boy lay sleeping. There are some natures which the sign of fear in others determines to aggression. It seemed as if with that one blow a whole rubble of evil instincts rushed nut t. ! follow after. I do not think he was con- ,u.u,iia of what be did The whiter uVw tne lnder his voice became, Even in his passion Nancy how 1 passiou Nancy bow hand ome he w as; and, through her abi.vt fear, crept a few trembling thrills of love for him still. Her anger ntterly died for fear. If he would only ship she would say no more about going borne; this would tie no lonelier than ..i .1... i... ....i.i . t. .. by, and sew, and preserve si.ence tow- !i- " , , , . , , i ate said, in person of her husband. ,lV. . ,, i 1111 -11 i "Not so. She looked bewildered at I . in, -V"U ' ""V"" P": , 7"a. U) nt trouble yourself to come nacK. i reany ium.ii nMiu it, 1 am anxious for your enjoyment."And the villain laughed mockingly. He took np the infant and held him forth to her. "I mnst dress myself first," she said s l erly. "Indeed you shall go as you are. Here's a shawl! Start:" Are you not going to late na sne faltered. " At which bis lond langh rang out ,-,t. I' ir.wive c m -...I .... .. ... ... ttTu i hl" tnta.-e ..cir.7( "Not L Taiu't a fruit seascn; besides. I dou't like plums." I won t stir one step in this way: 1 11 call the neighlxira," she declared. "Uo, if you dare. She was too afraid to perform her threat. Then seeing she did not start, he took her by the wrists, and she found hers- If and baby out in the cold. She crept under the wood-shed, and ! ... i - . 1 1 ' bhi uowu iiu a pue oi iioarus auu mm, .Misery had shown her a liold frout be fore: now it overwhelmed her. Her boy stirred in her arms,- and she wrapped the shawl carefully about him. She sat shivering. If some team would only come by and take her, just as she wt s, to her father's house! She would spoil the merrymaking, of course, bat they wonld not care for that. But no one came. "Every-one is happy bnt me," she thought, with suppressed bitterness. hat have I done to deserve it.' Ah, there it is! As if all discipline were an evil inflicted as punishment: How many weak souls, in the depths ol their gloomy experience, utter that cry. unknowing that strength comes oniy in the struggle to endure. Her husband came ont presently and looked the door. Then he looked np the road and down. She shrank into a corner behind the boards; he did not see her and passed to the barn whistling She heard him swear at the horse as he saddled it Then he mounted and went off through the snow. She crept out of the shadow. How t get into the house was the qui stion. He would not be back befor noon she knew. She tried the doors; they were all fast ened. The windows raised with diffi culty from the inside; it was a hopeless task to open them Irom tne ouisiue. Besides she could not put her baby on the snow to make the attempt His lit tle hands were Cf'd; he woke aud cried, and she wa ao chilled to soothe him. At last she thought of the dining- room window. Bowde it wg a door op ening on the piazza; a fragment of glass had fallen from ona tl the lower panes, and if she could thrust her hand through she might unbolt the door. No! it was too small a fissure. A way she went to the shed again, and she found a broken barrel hoop with which she sped back as fast as her lienumbcd limbs would carry her. This happened to hit the bolt;she gave a vigorous push and heard it slide. She rekindled Uie nre and sat down to think. After this experience she must leave him; it waa evident that he wished it But how mortifying to go back so! Turned away by her husband with scoffs and jeers! She dressed her baby carefully; there was time enough. He should look hi- beet at the Christmis feast, if he was the heir to an unhappy home. Then she donned her own best garments and made up a bundle to carry with her. As she busied herself thus her heart felt lighter. It seemed to her as if she had shaken off an incubus which had hither to weighted her with iron. "Come baby, we must start!" she sang to the child, who cooed in return and made a dive at her bonnet with his fat fingers. She walked along the snowy road with light footsteps until the first two miles were passed. Then she began to turn her heard and wish some team would come along; she should beg a ride. But she saw none. The sky was blue overhead, the sun shone brightly. The leafless branches of the treesjwere freighted with soft snow which glistened in the clear sunshine. The air was crisp and cold, but still. It stung her cheeks into rnddy flame as she walked. It was hard waiking. The road w a-, indit j ted only by a plow line, where hoots had been before her. The snow covered her ankles, encm-sting her stockings with considerable piwees, which she paused from time to time to pick tiff It wst pleasant day to those who walked or rode for pleasnre. As for Nany, the recollection of the morning clothed her spirit with bitterness, dark ening her whole future. The short afternoon waned; night fell ere she reached the village. Her fath er's farm lay mile beyond. Her limbs ached with cold and fatigue; her boy cried; she had eaten nothing since mor ning. Her whole soul seemed poising itsvlf on the wings of despair. Always when we think our last agony is reached there glimmers a respite be yond. We cry out in our extremity and make our frantic plunge, and lo! we have wailed the brook. We grope along blindly ;and it is only when we calm our fainting fears to look back that we see the method which has guided us to a surer footing. A light now liecame visible to the stricken wanderer. It came from her father's many windows, rsy after ray, which urged on her weary feet. Ins tance shortened itself unaccountably She stood Injfore the door. I What a plight she was in! Should she sttoil their sport? She looked over the snowy fields and shuddered. They were playing "blind man's buff" inside. Peal after peal of laughter came to her, cold and silent on the door-stone. She was ashamed to go in ashami-d to say that her husband had sent her so. The door suddenly opened. Sarah's little lxy looked out, and with a cry of fear slammed it to again. He thought he had seen a ghost How they started when she stepp.-,! inside! Old aud young thronged around her, crying for sorrow at her distress and for joy at her apiiearanca "I have come to spend ChristmusH," said Nancy amid tears, as she sank into a chair. "And you are heartily welcome, daughter," answered Mr. Hum, in a broken voice. "Let it le for always." And then they all cried again the children liecaiise their mothers wept "Hooray!" shouted Mr. Plum sudden ly, wiping his eyea with his yellow silk handkerchief. "Mother are those mince pies go:ie?" "I hope not" answered the dame briskly. "Any cold turkey and things?" "Let us all help!" was tie general shout, and a rush was made for the pan try. The long table came out again with dispatch. On it marched the armv of plates and cut and saucers. And th ul-l - J r,;rm charge for s,. ars n.-rc-o. s, . - 7..: t nVK Srp a.. ten.u the second dinner was wld it was com plete; there waa no vacant chair. "Ah, Nancy," said Mr. Pinm, when the guests had all gone and only the three sat round the stove bilking, this has been a better Christmas than the last to me, for then I did not expect to ever have you back." The mother only looked at her. "For me too," rejoined Nancy: "for now I know that I have a home." 'Mv liov will lie some trouble to yoti. she added presently, in a low voice. Mr. Plum's smile was more cloqneut than words, as lie reached forth his hand and rocked the cradle the old, old cra dle, which had held tin m all, and which had been brought from the garret, late as was the hour, that her boy might miss no accustomed comfort. Klch KncllrbmeL'a Kzpenaea. What runs away witn incomes of from f 30 00 to $230,000 in England Is the keeping up of country seats, bounds, hos pitality. jid game preserves. At Drum laurig Castle, for instance, one of its own er's ten residences, there are eighty miles of grass drive kept in order ; at Gridge more than forty. Add to this acres ol garden, and gras, and expenses of park keepers aud gamekeepers, it is eay to see where the money goes. If there is a hunt ing establisement on a liberal scale, at least 20, 000 year must be added. Again, while the hospitalit) of an aver age well-to lo American favorably com - ares with that of an Englishman of sim ilar means, that of the broad acred Eng lishman is immensely greater than that of the American millionaire. The latter gives some dinner parties, and, perhaps, ao annual ball, and keeps a dozen ser vants ; the Englishman, on the other band besides constantly entartaining in town, often sits down to dinner for weeks at a time with twenty guests staying with their servants in his country house, and feeds from fifty t sixty every day in his servants' hall, with as much beef and beer as they please to consume. More than 'his, be at times entertains whole schools and pari-hea, besides giving away hund reds of pounds m the shape of beef and blankets at Christmas. He subscribes, too, to every puuhc charity in the coun ty ; sometimes in two or three counties. Merely to take a single example, there is Lord Derby, with ten men servants in his house, and about forty more domestics feeding daily at his board. Supposing to morrow he and his wife should agree to struggle along on f 100.0( 0 a yaar, he could at least s&ve $SH000 a year ; while were the dukes of Westminster, Devon shire and Bedford to do likewise, their saving would be still greater. Supposing Lord Derby to save at this rate for thirty years, what an archimillionaire he would become 1 Twenty years ago there died a queer old bacbel.T, Lord Digby, who owned Raleigh's ill-fated home of Sherborne cas tle. He was a most liberal landlord, but did not care to spend more than some $S5, 000 year, and let his money go on rolling up, investing it all in 3 per cents. His income was not a fourth of Lord Derby's, but he left in the funds t,5'J0, 000. As a rule peer leaves compara tively hUle behind him ; $1,000,000 wou!d be regarded as an unusual large sum for man with $300,010 a year to have, and there is but one case on record of Lord Dysart. an eccentric recluse of a peer leaving over 17,500,000 persnmUty. On very large properties the surplus income is chiefly expended in very costly im provements. Thus the Duke of Devon shire has built Eastbourne and much of Buxton. The Duke of Buccleuch has expended thousands at Urafton, and both hive put large sums in the enterprises connected with Barrow in-Furness. About 10,000,000 of Lord Bute's hav gone icto docks at Cardiff. The late Lord West minster buiit and rebuilt probably n- less than 1000 bouses in London, and North umberland and Sutherland reflect on all fides the generous expenditures of the dukes of their names; while be.iitiful churches, commodious schools, and hand some homesteads soon inform the traveller in Wiltshire and Bedfordshire that he is in the broad domain of the Earl of Pem broke or the Duke of Bedford. Had the vast sums thus spent been put into stocks, or bonds and mortgages, the present holders of the laads might have been p.cher men, but the country would have been in many respects the loser, and it would be a widely different looking region from what it is to-day. PuL." Previously to the commencement of a game of pool each player draws a marble from a box. and puts it out of siht in bis pocket These marbles are all numbered to correspond with the numbers on the table. The player, after receiving his marble, recollects the number, and his game is to pocket balls enough, the num ber of whxh. added to that of the marble in bis pocket, will make the number which wins the pile. An old cent lately became passionately fond of "pnoL' A few nights ago he came borne very late from a si eee at the game. His wife was asleep. When she awoke in the morning she found upon the floor a marble, which had dropped out of her husband's pocket, when he came to bed, upon which were the fL'Uri-s "17." " What is thi-l" said she to her lord. Lord opened his eyes, looked, blushed, was cnfused, and stammered : "Why why it's a mtrhle, isn't it?"" "Yes" said she, "but what ara you doing with it in your pocket I' "In my pockei ! well ah' he fact is, I've had thai marble in my picket f the last thirty-five years ever since I use 1 to play keeps with Bill . " Indeed !" incredn.sisly w-kol his wi'e. " But what are those figures on here fo; I What does seventeen mean ?" "Seventeen mean ?" Sai l he, hesi'al ingly. "Oh ! stvenieen? Why I hat was the number of mariiles li I . wed n.e when wt quit playing ; be marked it on i there so I wouldn't forget it" The old fellow had a narrow escape and i hasn't played any more " pule" since. 1 A sxKvn was recently annouiced at St Matthew's, Sydenham. Ladon, ' I f the children of the upper clas-es," whetr urs.n the following ameotnv nt 1 1 a well known faying uas promptly .f ered by a newspaper couuteutalor "iff.r httie children of the upper classes t , come unto me," K.wr ian.-a . b tni for ih.ri ...a to aft-ct. ,;h Vr...u. Isbdtv Warned BUaa. "You ought to get married. BJ1," Mid Spuddles the other day to young friend of his as the two were leaning over me ! gate of the Spudd'es cottage talking I about old times. "Don't know," said the doubting Wil 1 liam, "It strikes me that a single life beats your manied o:iss out of sight. "There's just where you are off, olu boy" said Spuddles, "iou know 1 used to be one of the gayest of our gang, but now. since I've tried married life a year. I'm twice as happy. I have cosy borne, a nice little wife, and one of the sweetest of children, and when my d-y'i work is done I come home and all is peace and harmony. No, Bill, the old life has no charms for me now." Just then the door opened and Mrs. Spuddles' head protruded out "Mr, Spuddles, nn right up town and get another bo; t!e of that cough syrup foi the baby he s just coughing up his ver toe-nails and come past the store ami bring down a ham of meat, and some but ter, and eggs, and coffee we're clean ou and some lard, aud another sack of hW and don't forget than can ot peache9 jou promised me a week ago. We must havt some potatoes, too, and if yoa fee any vegetables get some. Heavens alive! do you think I can be penned up here day af I X day with a squalling brat, and nothing to eat in the house t And don't forge, those new towels some time this week, and be sure to wait until I'm entirely bare footed before you get thoe new shoes you know 1 can't go after them while Johnny's got thiscouh and ''But Spud dles was flying up the street at a gait thai would have charmed an admirer of fas: stock, so we mppose he did nX hear his wife when she raised her voice to the highest pitch and fiirly screamed : 'It seems that man won't do anything 1 w nt him to any more. As awn as I Degin to tell him whtt 1 want he starts off and now I'll lay a dollar he is not back for lour hours. Ua:g ng around saloons 1 reckon jut like th h Jnce of men." A collision Greek meets Greek. Siddons aad Lady Macbeth. Late one night Mr. Siddons was fitting by the fire in the modest family parlor, which in that most unassuming household, served as a dining-room or drawing-room, as the case might be. He was smokinic calmly his last pipe, and beginning to think about going to bel, whither, he be lieved his wife had gone already. The house was sunk in dreamy silence, so was the quiet street ou'side; silence only bnken, now and then, by the roll of dis tant wheels. The actor had been drawing a vague picture of a little holiday trip which he and Sarah would take next Summer, and had fallen into a half dose,in which he was dnving down a coun'ry lane all scented wi'h honeysuckle, all itraperi wiih eglantine. Suddenly he waa roused, with a start, by hurried footsteps, thai were dune rather th in running down the passage. Who could it be f he asked him self, all in a maze and wonder, as he jumped up and rubbed his sleep laden eyes. He hardly had time to let the ques Hon go darting through his brain, when the dr -A the room vas flung open quickly as by a hasty trembling hand, and a fe male figure rushed in. Mr. Siddons cazed in speechless aston ishment not unmixed with a touch of fear. There before him stood his wife, her fine hair dishevelled, her drss in disorder, her face all quivering with strong emotion. In bewildered alarm be asked her what was the ma'ter, but her only answer was to throw herself into his arms and burst into a torrent of tears. He soothed her tender ly, n4 knowiug what to think, and gra dually she irrew calmer. Then kef words made the mystery plain enough. Instead of going to bed as he had bade her do, she had been sitting up studying her part as Lady Macbeth; and the character bad completely arnrbed her in itself, she had jo entirely realized the horror of each si tuation in the play, had seen it all so dis tinctly before her eye as if she had been there ia the txsty, that a wild unreesoaing tenor Lad seized her, and the had rushed away to seek human companionship. Teilinis the "oM, o:d st.rfy." No li2'-re!.-e: Mn tXaii..oii A n brvht a few . f t!.e toLtrd 1 y.u:h. un.i; ays -.th r f r-rtr:. at v :!h fo' a.lu.:-M. n to v-e found Ian. if f-n? qur!i. n: "WLat t he .Ustaace fr-nn the ew th tw t!ie '.i :" V t tav:c :a exait nuiiit r 4 noies w ith h m Le w rot -in ."!' ' "I a tii uiia'. e to -:e a curiae ly, but d' nt I ve &- sua is n ar rmi to interfere wi'h tte f r- f-r pert a-n.aaor of n.y d itiet if I get tLr eirrkafcip." Ur K it A wa a.ut be '. Atf f'.d aaT -v?a fcvnv. EJitioc af WEBSTER ksw The Maud S of old tin es. Woman's Hair. The hair is a womau's greatest oi na . en;. A Anc head of hair Re's off a him e!v face and adds a great charm to pt rs. ual appear snce. No woman iirncres the vilue of fine growth of si'.ky, luxuriant hair, or tiie value of constant care a:id attention in preserving it r inc hair is a si'n of per fect beal'h. i hen the hair falls IT. tli-re is some c institutional dts'iirhance ; so that to preserve the hair it is not onlv neces sary to keep the sntlp clean, and the hair well dressed, but to observe anil care f .r the general health. Initiation is injur ious to the hair because it lessens the nu tritive value ofthefo.nl, and the hair is often the first part of the bo.'y to suffer, be coming dry and harsh aud fa ling off, I fore any si.flVnng is felt in oiher wavs. The stomach must then be watched :m! looked after closely by any wonnn who would preserve a clear emu'l. xi..n and skin and good hair. Nervous rxcitciuent also quickly affects the hair. Lvery one has heard the story of people wh. ie hair has suddenly turned white Irom bar sudden excitement And a constant irri tation of the nervous system is injurious u the welrare of I lie hair. It is oiten to Se observed that a cross, petulant i!L-p.,tiia and harsh, t bin I air go together. whi.e a smooth, silky, abundant and - Itixarianl hiir is found with a quiet, calm, easy tem perature, that is never troublid aV-tt trifles. W wr.en who dt.-ire to preserve this adornmen' in the most perfect condi tion should therefore practice a ei!m. patient demeanor, and avoid a frett.J dis position. But when the hair fails, remedies n.ust be resorted to. It may be best pr.-served by frequent washing of the scalp an-1 the use of a gentle stimulant. Cold water is the best wash, and after that has been well rubbed into the akin, a small quantity of weak alcoholic tincture of capsicum, or it Spanish fly is very useful for pr ducim; a thickened growth. A little glycerine added preserves the softness and si.'ki ness of tte hair oils, wb'ch too o'wn render the hair dry and harsh. Any thing that is used to strengthen the hair ia belter applied to the skin from which the bair grows than to the hair itself. When the hair is failing out the best remedy is a stronger preparation cf the above tincture. Blistering even restores the bair upon bald ava.'pa, and irritating substances, such as proto chlonde of copper and strong tincture of cantharides. and even caustic potash, have beeq used with success as restorers. But as these are daugerous substances, th guidance or physician should be sought in using them. -iog hey! the jolly boatswain and ' tar. Su Hsos says careful oWrvvion aas Convinced him that it is only those Ud:tw wbo have passed their thirtieth birthday who wear broad-brimmed hats at the thea tre. Ue aays that the number of elderly ladies who attend operas and other enter tainments is greatly on the lacretse, and you can always distinguish them by the.r big bats. A Tornin L critic: Charlie ? ma. face ia coBltnually losing his niria r.i.lum book. We noticed it carefully hungup on the fl siT of his ram ti.is uim;ng aad opened it at the last entry. wh. h ws: "My father says, 'An teiiet man : the Dobiest worn of ti.sL" I Sa t!ir sale remark in a ncw-fi-ipcr. Tn.s ;r .ves lie oid man aplag ai:s', a:id ao p'.;. .ri-t js as h -nest man. There is no "n- o.e.-t w art :n our family. I.il wi i. ' Mav" Le sau t, t. : ! injly. " tuury l.s a-k-I inr '. mr- j hiiu." "Ant "i a.';'el!" w -j nnrry. "N " w v- the ie;-'y. I .1 :.. aad neither .!..; 1 i;t L :.u I; I .-.r j keep him the S :.:-; s.: t.l V . j Le" i nake n.e ah 1 .! ' :. ;:r-. ' is..! r n..- to v ye"v." 'i I t . I tero wantir.g a g d w .:. ii f a . ! lime." I j - -ra L.t:."S : at .l ' r,a'a; ?'" a .--.l.v' tt, ,....; 'the ! 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