V SCHWEIPR. B THE 0018T1TUT101-THE TTIIOI AID TEE EHUB0I1CEXT OP TEE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. XXXIX. VOL. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1SS5. NO. 7. DIVINE COHKA'SIOX. l"r ' .rvB ith Iliit paluit loft. a-if Ik"". ......t .i.iii 'rtnetl' :tli hl11 ,-uw' ,r",u lLa , ,, tu.! relnurse aii . . t,.- to wall; .;1S"" . , ..... ell Is1 tt.r heavenly ir H'Sul'u-asL p.ay.r. tt.l ruy ulJr'ul5 SL'..- ,.lt, -lug c'. bl"ei!'w Lvcu HMfll uJ Wit UB TVtU.WUiktLrli.iW i". J dream. i rmul ol kraveii b.owi coolly lu; ilwf.kf il'"'rJs !eUi: ... Lnwke i triu-ut ros wore thin, . u-tu tkr tmruiug oul, ud thence ,'!, B..er of penitence: jlUk :ke arriv rr.iui of men's an Ki!'-: -. mid Iv'tiod's bit. d.-"U.' I" Lejvcu so u'a IUi caun..t brratLe its air.' ltoUl'v!",'rever'lr-v l-Iio.'. la ithou: a prayer? Sl.tMJ-'iuvu.Hl' H tliUl..T .r4 tolijfr'i"teuuiur:iil, krrp iUrfttiut st::i uu Irl, auJ e la -II.. iiU rrp. "Ticiriwlo" p'.riity wnttru agaiust id s:a analyst us too, 1 Lave no iuutt; but t:.tre are two sides to most iijs.'iid I lave nvl let loJgiugs for ttouitiiir.v-five years, Kactiel, without tiuiigsouietliiiigauout lodgers. Vou tit Cie to tell ion a tale, child, about Mueof my lowers ? Wry well ; but f rJ' ir iti lliv nWtl tt aV. Hllti Vdtl 1 U03i rtru " . . Biusi sot niiuJ if I talk a little about jtyscif, lk!i is u"' natural, living lottu I Lave Julie since your uncle jied, lick is twenty years ago. Aly p. nusbauJ always said and he was t clever man, was your uncle that, if 111 fault and 1 was always so glad SUi tie used that word "if my tougue : 1 iiltle Wo loc. "1 Like had all sorts of lodgers in By time, and niauy of theui have been wry Lice jjeopie on lie whole ; bat it 18 iImjs a veiatious sort of life, as you rJl Ld len I am dead and gone, and ;ou have ttie care of everythiug on your shoiilders ; for, as you know, Kactiel, I have iiird the place aud everything in uu you. Many a u gl.t 1 have laid wite tL!nk:i:g of ni poor furniture, ijA & last Lave fallen dslerp to dream if .I'tUhiTs in. niv i.iitws. ..f broken dutnaul cracked china. "fiat you will not waul to hear atl tUt, so I will tell you about Mr. and Ms Bay ley. They weie the nicest ieo (ielever had to do w ith, aud the Very cUlr I am sitting in was given me by Hi bayiey'a father. Vou have often f jbdcicd wLy I keep such a beautiful ctatr m my kitchen, and now I will tell JUL ' ilr. aid Mrs. Hayley were with me iifcr!yeigliieeu mouths, and I got very luul uf tLem. They were a kind lov 114 couple, with only one trouble, and tUr was that Mrs Bayley's father uuld iiot forgive tltem for getting Burritd, aiid would not be friends witu tea. "1 supi-ose it was because Mr. Bayley as aul thought rich "enough for Mr. Conder'i daughter. It could not have ten acythiLg el.e, for he was devoted to ha wife, and as handsome a man as Sou nd wish to see. Mr. Bayley Tut for a newspaper, and was always iJJ w.tli Lis bocks ; and she sat with Uc, aiid uude her own dresses, aud pifd everything for the little baby Uyeit expecting. "It d3 just three weeks before IJatmastLat hcl baby was bom such adearniie little fellow ; and very proud ail were of him. Mrs. Bayley pet ted her husband aud it went very ""jkafiinst the gralu, I can tell you, did not want to do It to write m tell Mr. fonder that he had a little FasdjL ltn. Bayley was quite excited about J, and she seemed to think her -rouid come at soon as he re lrd it. But in three davs the letter as returned unopened, and then Mrs. yfretted. She mle herself quite np to that time she had been 011 so nicely. 1 knew that Ihey wUid not afford to pay a regular nurse, 1 nad waited upon her, and I rw U du it, for 1 couid scarcely have wea a daughter of my owl better than I!"edM. Bayley. Bao, g,A 0!, s,,ellJIJy . but snx. " tua ipotLer coula not forget that 'umed letter, and she did not get as n Mr. Bayley and I wUhed her fi !r r,eujenjljer I was sitting by the j niglt, w ith baby on my lap, and ?as teiimg mK llowslm haJ noped f ., Ler W""M liav recou-tai'"1- 1 Uld nut y ythiug ; aryTe m' for t,,e ut,t day, -kat 3 more, 1 carried them ouL Ifflad7MXtu1'uralu''ilfU;r breakfast, eMrs. Bayley and baby com rort tjaj ,a tlen went 011U It was a j Healthy niorumg; the sea was J" la, and the waves were break- UbV1,11 nevv f'e tuwu had J Put up lf lhey Iueaut show r did not care f.ir artifl.-uil or local boards. "It was not often that I was out so 1 sliouM uave enjoyed it if I tu V iu ""-v I ent to wnlh2?r tirst-Hud U)W ,0UDg to 1 Jlr 1 "ted to send a telegram tletuan in Exeter. jt'sttl"8111, Mrs- Kobiusou, be said; l,en'y ords for a ahilliug.' H wri,.18 What 1 aut to ay ; I bave W written down for you.' "ke, tT Su touk the paper from Skth , 1 aioud' Wllu u impudent "t I could have boxed his ears "'If a Ch Uve a Leart in yur tnme, KQT SLOuld nave, especially & whica la the time to for- uhSr Fu come nd yur ra I.and kue most lovely Uttle 'tave. uCfe, Pence w.!1.1 two killings and six 44 TW 8 lot- KobinsonI' Pay? 9,uPnose 1 am not going to ttk. uld "ot have left my work hui7i stndin8 If I had not meant louBm1 V feellE annoyed that for my lodgers for years, should think I could not nav. "0'' h replied humbly; 'but I thought you could cut it shorter - 'I'm not in the habit of cuttin m? words short. I said sriffl. .tkL.I uothing for yOU to Uugh at. James Brawn ; N't..'. a "... . enough, without pulling faces at your beturs 1 Just VOU aen.l that n.un off at oncel I aont begrudge the iminxv ' "So I Daid Hit half-rnu-n a. if 1 did ring the money on the counter 'as if 1 1 was proud of it, where was the harm? m. wu proua or u ror 1 had earned it, and I hoped It would bring my dear '""a '"'j pa, wuicn was the only thing she wanted to make her happy. "I had said come at once.' becau" you see, Kachel, I wanted him in time for Christmas Day ; aud, if he was a bit iiignujueu, ue would be all the more likely to hurry himself. I thought that, 0" i ouce got him to the house, it must be all right. Surely he could not bear malice with that infant's flngeri curled round his J They were wonder ful lingers, were that baby's ; they were so long mai mey touched your h 'art, and so tender aud clinging that they made you feel ashamed of doing wronir. "I thought of all this as I hurried to the railway station to inquire when the trains came in from Kxeter. There woum be one in an hour ; but of course that was of no use to me ; and the next reached Seatou at five o'clock, which would give the old gentleman plenty of time to get my message before the train left h-xeier. As I went home, my heart beat rather violently, aud 1 had to remind myself that 1 had battled along all alone since your uncle's death, aud that 1 could sure.y face one old gentleman. even lf he bad a grindstone where bis heart should have been. So 1 plucked up courage, aud went home and did mv work ; but 1 must own that 1 began to reel uneasy wnen the clock struck four. All the work was done then, and Betsey Jane was as clean as if she did not know what dirty work was, aud had never heard of black leak. I told her, if a gentleman called, to show him into the dining-room, aud then to come quietly up-sUirs and tell me that I was wanted. 1 told her, too, to keep the kettle boiling : for, with a young baby and an angry old gentleman, you never know bat what vou may want hot water sudden-like. Betsey Jane promised to attend to what I said, and I shook my head at her as I left the kitchen not that I was vexed with her, but it was a way I had got into, for the girl was often provoking, especially on busy days ; and I wonder that I bore with her as I did. "When I went up to Mrs. Bayley's room, it was a pretty scene. The fire was burning brightly, and it threw a soft warm glow on the young mother, as she sat in my best chair, with baby on her lap. Her husband was trying to ruin his eyes with a book he was read ing by the firelight. 1 never saw such a man for books : he could not rest un less he had one in his hand. I'm as fond of books as anybody, and I think a nice shining row on a shelf is a pretty orna ment ; but I don't hold with handling them too much, for they always make my head mazy. I think a look in at the shops especially the bonnet-shops rests you as well again. 'How are you getting on, ma'am ?' I asked. 'Very nicely, thank you. I am very comfortable, Mrs. Robinson,' Mrs. Bay ley replied, in her pleasant gentle voice. "'And the little darling V 44 'Do you mean me. Mrs. Robinson?' said Mr. Bayley, getting up, with a smile on his handsome face. "Xo, sir; you know I don't; and I wonder at you having such nonsense in a sick-room. You might know betterl' 'I can't help it,' he said, laughiug. Look at them both ; dont they look famous to-day ? I feel in such spirits about them 1 You and I are capital nurses, Mrs. Robinson. '"Well, they certainly do us credit to-day I have come to stay for au hour or so ; and I wish you would go for a walk, sir. You have not been out. " -Yes. do, Vincent,' urged Mrs. Bay ley ; ':i brisk walk will do you ever so much good ; and you know I shall be all right with Mrs. Robinson.' -"Yes, iudeed, there Is no doubt about that 1 You have been kinder to her than her ow u relatives have been, and heaven will bless you for yourgood nesstousl' said Mr. Bayley, turning to me. "1 should have felt wonderfully lifted up by his words if it had not been for that five-o'clock train, for I had never before seen Mr. Bayley so deeply moved. "At that moment the darling infant woke up, aud, man-like already, he could not wait au instant for what he wanted ; and in attending to him I for got all about outside wrongs. " You are putting on hia best robe, Mrs. Robinson!' said his mother, whose bright eyes were watching every move ment. . , , "Well, if he's not to be dressed lu his best, ma'am, on Christmas Eve, it's Pity- .. . . .,, "She smiled, ana saiu u u but she thought I would have saved the ro'oe uutil the next day. " 'There,' said I, when 1 had dressed him in his best 'he does look bonny ; . 1 . .:.,. mnaf tlnnlr a. i I1 anybody wuo sees mm wuai, ." ' 'Yes,' she replied, in a ratner sor rowful voice; and I knew she was thinking of her father. Mt. ti.pn Betse? Jaue tapped at the door, and I knew he had come. Baby was as wide awake as possible, and staring at the fire so thoughtfully, as if he knew a great deal, if he only chose to mention it. "Come in, Betsey Jane. I am want ed, I suppose V x es. ma am in mo uiu.n fTi.an nma and take baby, and stay till I come back ; I will answer the bell if any one rings, so juu u leave the room. "Then I went down-stairs, opened the dining-room door, aud marched in, trving to recollect that the house and furniture were all mine, for it would never have done to let him know that my heart was beating as if I had -pigeon In my breast- 1 bowed and said: ' 'Mr. Conder, I suppose r "And then I had a good look at him. He was a Utttle, scout, plain, ordinary looking man, dressed in a long ulster which made him look like a figure out of a penny Noah's ark. .The palpita tion of my heart grew a bit calmer I looked at my visitor, for I felt Iwasa match for him. "Yes I am Mr Conder ; and I have come to know what you meant by send ing me such a message,' he began stiffly. '"I thought I'd made my meaning L'&ter-b Mr. Bavle, very ill ?' he asked, trying to speak carelessly ; but I could see he was really very anxious for my reply .1 's .i13 been verv m-sir; "d I thought It was my duty to let you know about her aud your grandson.' '! ! suppose Mr. Bayley told you to wu ium message r ' 'Mo, sir, he did not : nor did nv. body else. A woman aud I laid stress ou the word, for I was not so sure about a wan -wnen she has lived to my time of life, does not need anybody to tell uw i uo ner amy. " 'Does Mrs. Bavlev k Dow von amt "'Nobody kuows. sir. but vim anil me. But I'll tell you how it is. Though I have let my apartments for tweutv- inree years, i uever had to do with kinder aud nicer people than Mr. aud Mrs. Bayley, aud I could not bear to see her frettiug about your unkiiidness. It has done her 00 good, either, to fret as she has done. Only the other day Doctor Stocksou said to me, "Mrs. Robiusou,' he said, "our patient ought to get up her strength quicker than she does. 1 am afraid that she is troubling ucrou auoui sometnuig.' 1 knew that she was unhappy about you, and so I sent you the message.' "I saw he was listening as I like to ue listened to ; so 1 went on and told him that, though Mr. Bavlev was mostly busy with bis books or his writ ing, any one with half an eye could see that his tint thought was for his wife 'and well it may be, I said, 'for a nicer or prettier young lady 1 never saw! "I remember thinking that she must have taken after her mother, for Mr. Couder's looks were nothing to boast of. "'Where is Mr. Bayley?" he asked. " '1 persuaded him to go for a walk, sir ; for he has scarcely left the house since baby came, and, to tell the truth, I wanted him out of the way when you arrived.' " 'And where is she V ''Bless your ignorance, sir! I ex claimed which was of course wrong of me, as ignorance never does want bles sing, but the remark was forced out of me by such a silly question. Did be think that she was out walking? I won dered. 'Why, she is in her bed-room, of course, sir, with the infant ou her lap, unless he is iu Bet-y Jane's armsl Who has nursed her r " 'Oh, we have done it amongst us !' I replied, for it did not become me to mention the share I had taken. " 'I will go up aud see her,' he said. after a pause. " "One word first, if you please, sir. or I shall have Doctor Stockton blam ing rue. Are you going up to that room in a good spirit, or are you goiDg to find fault aud be unkind ? Excuse me, sir ; neither you nor any one else can separate those two loving hearts, but you might make them very unhappy, as you have already done, especially when you sent my dear young lady's letter back. You did make her ill that night! I would not have changed places with you no, not for the best let" in the season I 1 ou learn a lot more about folks in sickness than you ever do in health ; aud I know that my dining-room lodgers have only one trou ble, and that is that you wui not for give them. Aud I made up my nitud tnat, if i was spared till morning, I'd telegram you. So do Just say that you will forgive them, sir, and make them happy ; I am sure it will make you glad too.' " 'Happy! I know I have never been happy since my Rose left me, he con fessed, in a broken voice. " 'Come along sir : we will risk It I I said. "As we got close to the door we could hear Betsey Jane singing. "I made signs to Mr. Conder to stop where he was ; and I went into the room, leaving the door a little way open. "You have beeu so long, Mrs. Robin- sou, that I expect you have let your drawing-room,' said Mrs. Bayley cheer fully. '.No; 1 have been laming 10 a friend of yours.' "A friend of miner' she said. i do not know who that can be, for my husband is out, and Doctor St. cktou was uot to call to-day, and 1 do not know any one in Sea ton.' 'Now. Betsey Jane,' said 1, -give me the little treasure, aud go and set Mr. Bayley's tea. No, ma'am, it was not Ioctor Stoctkon, but somebody who is going to love our baby, I can tell you. " 'It cauuot ue my aear, uear aauier 1 Do tell me who it is, Mrs. Robiusou.' "I was wouderiug how I could break it to her, when Betsey Jaue did it for me iu au unexpected mauner. " 'Oh, mum.' she cried, running oacK into the room, 'that old geuueiuan s followed you up-stairs, au 1 he's peeping iu here I' It could uot have beeu better done If we bail plaui.exl it. "What old gentleman r criea mis. Riv'.ev : and theu she must have seen ll iu my lace, wutvu 13, & derf tally tell-tale, considering all I have gone through. " 'Oh, it Is my dear father !' and there was such joy in her voice that he . . . r . : . . I . au F 1,1 iaua vnn. must have felt how she loved him. " 'My dear my dear r he cried, wun sob, a be hunied iu aud stooped over her ; and iu a moment ner arms were routid his neck. 'Then she looked up at me, and 1 put. baby on her Up. " 'Look, papa, at uauy ; isu 1, ue a darling?' Mr. Couder looked at him in a poor iguorant man-like way, and the darlinc stared back at hitu with his soft velvety eyes, as fearless as you please; aud then 1 left them. "Betsey Jane,' said I, golnc into the kitchen, 'just run to Mr. Smith's, and see if you can get any nice fish. Be as quick as you cau, for we shall have company to tea. That gentleman is Mrs. Bayley's father, aud he's come to see them.' "Then I got out my best electro-plate, and set out the table as nicely as ever I could. Before Betsey Jane returned from, the fishmonger's, Mr. Bayley came in. . J.I "'Why, Mrs. Robiusou, I did not ex--pect to find you here I Is all right up stairs?' "'Yes, sir, indeed it is, just as it should be,' "What do you mean ?: " 'Only that Mr. Conder's come, a was natural; and he's as broken down and gentle as you need wish to see him. ' -Good heavens, what brought him?' The "good heavens," i suppose,' I replied shortly, for I never do like those exclamations. " 'I do hope, he said anxiously, that he will not upset my wife 1' Not he, sir ; he's as gentle as pos sible. ' 'But what on earth brought him V '"It was the "good heavens" a mo ment ago, sir. But he will be able to tell you. I think I would leave them a little while longer before you go up stairs. I must go aud see about your tea, for you will have company to-day, you see, sir I' " 'Stop a moment, Mrs. Robinson. When did you say he came ?' " 'Soon after five. But I really must go, sir ; the old geutleman will want his tea after all this excitement.' "I went back to the kitchen ; but Mr. Bayley did not remain long in the dining-room, for I soon heard him going up-stairs, two steps at a time, as was usual with him. "ignite half an hour passed, aud there was uo sound from up-stairs, so I put Mrs. Bayley's tea ou her tray and ear ned it up. "The ugly old geutleman had van ished, and a kind, beuevoleut-looking old man bad taken his place ; he bad a little flush on his cheeks, a teuder light in his eyes, and his very voice seemed changed it had growu more lke my dear young lady's. "Mr. Bayley had bis boy lu bis arms, and a glance showed me that our pa tient had taken no harm ; happiness does not often hurt folks, aud I meant to see that she had a quiet evening. "I stood a momeut aud watched them ; u. one noticed me but Mrs. Bay ley, who nave me a brucht smile. " 'I wish you all a happy Christmas!' said I. " 'The same to you, Mrs. Robiusou, aud many of them I' cried. Mr. Bayley, shaking my hand till 1 thought he would have my arm out of its socket. "Whatever did you mean bv trying to frighten me out of my senses?' asked Mr. Conder, shaking his head at me, but with a broad smile playing all round his mouth. "Not, out of your senses, sir, but Into them I But please to go down and get your tea; it's all ready, aud I do not want to have Mrs. Bayley kept waiting for hers.' "I fetched in Mrs. Bayley's tray, aud placed it on her little table, and then took baby from his father's arms. They went dowu at last, but it was not easy to drive them away. When we were alone, Mrs. Bayley began "Oil. my dear M rs. Robinson, come here ! Heaven bless you for what you have done ! Poor papa was so misera ble ; and he did wau: to be friends. Oh, vou will never know bow thankful you have made us all 1' aud she kissed me as I have never lieeu kissed since my mother died. "As I looked ac her sweet face, aud heard her speak those glad words, such a feeling of peace aud joy crept into my desolate heart. How I wisned that I had tri-id to make somebody happy be fore, for surely it was the best receipt I had ever tried for being happy myself ! Don t interrupt me child. Any IittU thiug that I have done for mv husband's family was my clear duty : somehow this was different. "But I'xby did not give me much time to indulge iu such thoughts, for be began to cry ; and, by the lime I bad pacified him, the gentlemen came back. "I to'd Mr. Bayley that his wife must have a quiet evening, 01 we should have Doc 1 01 Stockton tiudiug fault with us ; 1 also told Mr. Conder that there was abed-room at his service if he could stay all night. ' 'Ob. do stay, papa.' " I should like to do so very much. Rose, the old geutleman replied, 'If you will all have me. I kuow that there is a telegraph-office here, Mrs. Robinson' and be looked across at me with a comical face "so 1 will send my house keeper a message aud then she will not exnect me.' "That's right !' exclaimed Mr. Bay- ley. '1 will walk up to ibe office with you.' " Viuceut,' sai.l Mrs. Bayley, pull ing her husband s bead Uowu as he stooped over her. "What's that? What's that you are saying, my dear?' asked Mr. Couder suspiciously. " 'Rose wauts me to buy a goose,' re plied Mr. Bayley, laughing. " 'I said a turkey, lucent, not a goose. ' 'Oh, my dear, 1 will see to that I Don't concern yourself about such things. What would you have had if this excel lent woman,' Mr. Couder said, with a nourish of his baud towards me, 'had not taken the matter into her owu hands ?' I scarcely know, papa; for, since have been up-stairs, Mrs. Robiusou has doue all my shopping.' 'And a geod thiug too, said I, 'for it was chops and steaks till you must have been tired of them !' 'Come along, Vincent. My dear. leave it all to me. 1 will see to it' "Aud he did see to it I In less thau au hour 1 bad got Mrs. Bayley and baby comfortably to bed, and, leaving the bell-rope where she could easily reach it, I went dewn-stairs. Then the back and front door-bells went in fine style, and Betsey Jane was running from oue to the other like a child at play. ' I uever saw the like, ma am I' de clared the girl, as she looked round the kitchen to see where she could empty a basket the grocer had just seut. "I had uever seen the like either iu my kitchen ; but of course 1 did not tell Betsy Jaue that. When the gentle meu returned, the old oue was carrying a buuch of mistletoe aud holly, and Mr. Bayley had a great buuch of hothouse grapes. "Well, I never!' exclaimed Betsey Jaue, when she opened the door for them for that girl always said what ever she thought. I often felt that she would not have done for some lodging houses; but it did uot signify with me. "Mr. Bayley was of course going straight up to hit wife's room ; but 1 told him she aud baby were sure to be asleep, aud 1 begged him to leave them alone. " 'Have the things come ?' asked Mr. Couder. '"Yes, sir; my kitchen looks like a little market, with the two turkeys, the fruit, cakes, aud parcels !' 'May we come and see ?' asked the old geutleman. "I was glad for them to come, for I didn't know what to do with all the things ; aud, to do Betsey Jane Justice, j you might have eaten off her floor with fewer qualms thau from some of the neighbors' plates. Mr. Conder took off his hat, and wiped the perspiration from his bald forehead 1 don't suppose that he hud been so Harried for many a long day. " 'Mrs. Robinson.' he began, you will do me a great favor if you will ac cept half of everything that we have seut in, and use the rest for my family for my family,' be repeated rather pompously ; but I did uot mind that, for 1 saw that be could uot help his little ways any mure than he could his bald head. I thanked him, but assured him that 1 did not wish for a gift. "'I am sure of that,' he said, 'but 1 feel so grateful to you for all vou have done for my family both my daughter aud my son have told me what a com fort you have been to them.' "He went on in this style for some time, and then, to my surprise, he looked round my little kitchen and asked me if I generally sat there. I told him that I did. as all our dirty work was done in the back kitchen, and then I was very comfortable there. 'I want to do another errand. Will you come with me, Vincent?' asked Mr. Conder, after takiug another look round my kitchen, "'Willingly; but I will just, rau up stairs first. Do uot look frightened, Mrs. Robiusou ; I will go us quietlv as a cat ' ' He was uot gone mora thau a min ute, aud theu he said tht they were uoui last asleep, and that he was quite ready to go with Mr. Couder. '"Stop, sir; you have not got your bat I' cried Betsey Jaue, ruuniug after air. uonuer. "Then the girl and I divided every thing into two heaps, and out of my heap, I packed a big basket for Betsey Jane's mother, who was a widow ; aud I never saw any one more pleased than Betsey Jaue was when I told her where to take the basket. "The next time that the gentlemen came back there was a man with them carrying a great arm-chair covered with crimson velvet and padded fit for a queen. Yes, my dear, the very one I am sitting iu ; and I will take the cover off in a minute or two, and show you how bright the velvet still is, for I have kept it well covered, I can tell you. 'It's too good for me, sir, and for my kitchen too I' I cried, when Mr. Conder told me that I was to use it. "'It could not be!' he declared po litely. 'I only trust that it will really be an easy-, hair so many of them are only so in name.' "Fancy that, Rachel, from the terri ble old geutleman whose heart was thought to be made of stone I "Christmas morning was beautifully fresh and frosty ; there was a clear blue sky, aud scarcely any wind. ' Doctor Stockton popped In for a minute, as be had proiui-eil to do, and said Mrs Bayley might go into the drawing-room which was ou the same floor as her bed-room for diuuer. We bad been hoping that the Doctor would allow this, aud 1 had kept a nice fire iu the room tor two or three days. "After dinner Mr. Couder would have me go up-stairs to take a glass of wine with them. 1 thanked them for all their kindness to me, aud said 1 should always consider that telegrams were the most wonderful inventiou of the age. "My lodgers did not stay with me a great while after that, for Mr. and Mrs. Bayley weunt to live near to Mr. Con der iu Exeter. But they often came over to see me. And Master Vincent is such a fine young fellow ; he is at Rugby now. But the fun of it is that, whenever the Bayleys have an addition to their family, Mr. Couder always tel egrams me, just, be says, to see how I lrkeib.v. - - . "There, my dear ; that's all I have to say at present. And now I will get up, aud you can take the cover off and look bow bright the velvet Is on my dear old chair." I Urn Towers of Jullut.- Loudon Tower is on the same side of the river as Westminster Palace, but two miles or more distant, at almost the other extreme of the city, the east end being below London Bridge and the Custom House. It is the only for tress of the metropolis aud is of very ancient origin. Shakespeare and Gray among the poets, as well as other wri ters, attribute it to Julius Caeser, but apparently without good authority. It covers about twelve acres of ground and is surrounded by a garden occupy ing the site of the old moat It was formerly entered on the river frout by the Traitor's Gate, through which pris oners of State were conveyed after trial, being brought in boats frein Westmin ster; but this is now closed up. The White Tower, oue of the most famous portions of the building, was built by William the Conqueror, and still re mains uualtered within, though Wren remodelled it externally. The explo sion recently occurred in St John's Chapel, one of the finest and most per fect specimens of Norman architecture to be fouud in England. The lower floor of the tower is knowu as Queen Elizabeth's Armory, and the upper floor contains rooms formerly used as a Council Chamber and banqueting room. Near the Traitor's Gate is The Bloody Tower, in which the two youug'sons of Edward IV, were murdered by order of Richard III.; this the Duke of Welling ton thought the securest prison be ever saw Beauchamp Tower was the prison of Auue Boleyn and Iady Jaue Gray. In the Bowyer Tower the Duke of Clarence, was drowned iu a butt of Malmsey wine. The histories of Cathe rine Howard, Walter Raleigh, William Russell, Somerset, Thomas More, Wil liam Wallace, King Johu of France, aud many othere, add to the tragic interest of the place. Within the prison fortress, too, are the Jewel Room, containing the regalia of British monarch:), and the Armories, where are to be seen a renowned collec tion of ancient arms and armor. The crown jewels are enclosed iu a huge glass case for the inspection of visitors. Among them are Victoria's coronation crown, which cost $000,000; the great ruby worn by the Black I'riuce; the crowu of Charles II.: the Koh-i-noor diamond; the silver baptismal font used at the chrbteniDg of the royal children, and mauy other famous objects. In the Armories are the suits of armor worn by Henry VIII-, Charles L, John of Gaunt, "time-honored Lancaster"; Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth's favorite, and a historical collection of arms aud armor from the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries. To the north west of the Tower is Tower HilL, on w hich the famous scaffold was reared. Various portions of the Tower build ings have of late been used as barracks and arsenals, and vast quantities of munitions of war are usually iu store there. A canary reputed to be twenty-five years old, died recently in Connecticut Seek not to please the world, but your own conscience. The man who has feeling within him that he has done hia duty upon every occasion is far hap pier than he who banes upon the smiles of the great or the still more fickle favors of the multitude. To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it another. If we look back to it, it should be as those who are ranuiug a race, only to press forward the fabler, and to leave the beaten strtl farther behind, Westminster Palace, the assembly place of the British Parliament, stands n a huge giauite lerrrce on the left or northern bank of the Thames, between hat river and Westminster Abbey, and just above Westminster Bridge. It is u the westei n part of the metropolis, uear the Treasury, the Horse Guards, Charing Cross, St. James's Park ami Palace, Pall Mall aud Trafalgar Square. Further up the river is Millbank Prlsou, aud on the opposite bauk are the great St. Thomas's Hospital aud Lambeth Pala e. The building occu pies the aite or the old palace which was destroyed by fire October 10, 1-434, aud covers about eight acres of grouud. It has a river frout of 900 feet, aud contains 100 stairways. 1,100 apart ments aud two miles of hallways. Its foundation was laid April 27, 1340. The hall of the House of Lords was finished iu April, 1847. aud the House of Commous iu February, 1852. Its cost has beeu more than (8,000,000. The hall of the House of Lords is probably the most splendid legislative chamber in the world. It is U0 feet long, 45 wide and 45 high. The house is lighted by twelve lofty windows, six ou either side, each with eight compart -meuts of figures. The wiudows are all filled with staiued glass, representing the Kings and Queeus from William the Conqueror to William the IV. At each end of the House are three arch ways, corresponding in size and mould ings to the windows, its walls aud ceilings are richly gilded aud frescoed. Among the paintings are the Spirit of justice, and the Spirit of Chivalry; Edward HI. conferring the Order of the Garter upon the Black I'riuce; the Baptism of Ethelbert; and the Prince of Wales committed to Prison, for His Assault on Judge Gascoigue. lu niches between the wiudows are statues of the eighteen barons who forced King John to sign the Magna Cbarta. Iu this room are the Queen's throne, the Prince of Wales's chair, and the wool sack seat of the Ix)rd Chancellor. The windows are filled with rich staiued glass, and at night are lighted from outside. In this hall the Queen opens Parliament, entering the Palace through the Victoria Tower and passing through her robing room, where are Dyce's famous fresco paintings of scenes from the history of Arthur aud Guinevere, the Victoria gallery, 100 feet long, and the Prince of Wales's room, to her seat on the throne. The chamber of the House of Com mons is less gorgeously furnished thau that of tne Lords, aud is 75 teet long, 45 wide and 45 high. It occupies the site of that famous old St Stephen's Hall, where the House met in the days of Burke aud Pitt and Sheridan. The Speaker's chair is at the north end and there are galleries all around. There is a uew St. Stephen's Hall in the place, on the site of the old St. Stephen's chapel which contains twelve statues Of illustrious statesmen. Auother no table apartiueut is Westminster II. ill, a monster room -JO feet long, 08 wide and 110 high; with not a pillar to sup port the wide expanse of its richly carved oaken roof. It occupies the site of the ancient hall of the royal palace, and until lately was occupied by the highest courts established by Henry III. in 1'224. At the eastern corner ol the bait a staircase leads to the crypt beneath aud adjoining the House el Lords. This crypt, iu which oue of tne explosions occurred recently, is the sole remaining relic of the old palace. It is a low, vaulted chamber with many columns, measures 90 feet long, 28 wide and 20 high, and has lately beeu refitted and used as a chapel. Westminster Hall is iu the side of the palace next to Westminster Abbey. In the southwest end is the House of Irds, aud the Commons are iu the northeast part. The Victoria tower. containing the royal entrance. Is at the southwest comer, aud is u feet square aud 340 high. At the northeast corner. abutting ou Westminster Bridge, Is the clock tower, 40 feet square aud 318 high, with four dials near the top, each 30 feet across. In this tower bang the great bells, of which Ben, the biggest of all, weighs eight tons. From the central portion of the palace rises a pointed spire O0 feet in diameter and 300 feet high. It stands above the oc tagonal central ball of the palace, and is supported by the groined ceiliug without a single pillar. Tba Court of rraat Joef. There are so mauy Archdukes aud Archduchesses that nobody who ha not been familiar from youth with then uauies and faces cau get them Into hia bead. They are all descended from Maria Teresa, who was a conteuiporar) of Franklin aud Washington aud was discontented with her daughter Marit Antoinette for encouraging the move n.eut of her Court iu favor of Ameri can independence. As her sou, the Emperor Joseph, said, her trade was to reign and uot to help reb -ls to upset anointed kings. She was wise lu her generation. American independence led to the French Revolution, the di rect aud indirect action of which has brought up Prussia aud Italy, abased Austria and reduced the Kaiser to his present bureaucratic level. The Im perial family associate with the princess of non-Austrian birth settled at Vien na. All these illustrious personages enjoy the best-paying grades in the army. Their pay and their civil list salarie' are paid in gold by the treasury. Every one else is paid in depreciated paper money. Here and there there is iu the Imperial a ndpnncely clan a morganatic wife. When sue is uot wonderfully handsome and accom plished her existence is ignored. The Countess von Hauau, morganatic spouse of the late Elector of Nassau, was In the latter case. The two daugh ters of Prince Alexander of Wurtem burg and sisters of the Duke of Teck find it more pleasant to reside In single blessedness in a little mountain farui that they manage than to be subbed by their father's friends at Vienna. They were very beautiful but now are soured and eccentric old maids. The llano varian Royal family is hardly ever at Vienna. Its abiding place is on the shore of the lovely lakes of Gmundeu. The Imperial and Archducal minds are naturally bounded by living in a close borough of privileged persons. The ladies sometimes break loose and take their head. All the graces, mental aud physical, axe united in the Archduchess Elizebeth, who the Emperor discovered after he was married and she was in her first widowhood, was, as Artemus Ward might.have put it, his "affinity." The water that flows from a spring does not conceal in Winter, and those sentiments of friendship which flow from the heart can never be frozen by adversity. A Talo or the Commune. The famous Xaoleou Column iu the Place Vendotue, Paris, was constructed by order of the great soldier iroui can non captured in his wars, an. was de signed to illustrate iu bronze the won derful career of the Corsicau boy. it was modelled after the Trajan Column, aud is to-day one of the conspicuous aud notable land marks of the French capital. But it has bad a curious his tory. Iu 1371, when Paris was held by the Commune, it was resolvtd to pull down the pillar, aud steps were immedi ately takeu to undermine its base, the idea being to cause it to fall w ith one grand crash, symbolical of that national fall which the Communists, hoped to see take place as a result of their mis guided efforts. A bed of sand, faggots aud uiauure was prepared for the huge mass to fall upon, that the concussion to the sur rounding buildings might be lesseued. The Ojficial Journal, on the morning of May 10, announced that the column would positively fall that day at 2 o'clock. At the hour named a large crowd of spectators assembled The members of the commune and their staff, amounting to 200, attended ou horseback. Bands played aud every thing was doue to give the occasion festive character. Colonel Mayer, com manding In the Place Vendouie, ascend ed to the top of the column and waved a small tricolor dag. He then tore the flag, cried "Long live the Commune I'' tied the flaghead to the rails at the sum mit of the pillar and desirended. When the ropes were tightened the baud struck up the "Marseillaise," and all eyes were fixed ou the doomed monu ment. "It falls !'' exclaimed the on lookers, and the great mass bowed slowly toward the Rue de la Paix. As it fell it broke iuto pieces in the air and struck the ground in four jiortiouH. A loud yet dull report followed, and the clouds of dust rose iuto the sky, but the concussion was nothing like so bad as most people bad expected. The column forced itself some way iuto the ground, but uo windows were broken, nor was the square in any way injured. As soon as the bug fragments hud settled themselves Colonel Miyer mounted them and waved a red ll.ig, the populace cheer. ug and bhouting, "Long live the Commune." At nearly the same moment there was posted at Versailles, the headquarters of the Goveruuieut troops, a brief yet signifi cant dispatch, dated Mont Valerieu: "The top ot the Veudome Column h is disappeared from view." The excited Communists immediately set about making the indignity to the memory of Napoleou eveu greater thau it had already been, by further breakiug the bronze pieces of the column and throwing them iuto the Seiue aud car rying them iuto hidiiig iu distant parts of the city, so that by nightfall of the following day not a piece weighing so much as twenty pounds of the ouce magnificent monument which towered iuto the air 105 feet remained iu the Place Veudome, or was anywhere tj be fouud. But tlie fortunes of war changed. The Communists were driveu from the city, and order once more reigned. Immediately an effort was made to re store the many ruined public and pri vate portions of Pans, the Napoleon Column among them. Rewards were offered for the finding or the missing pieces, uuder the stimulus of which the Seine was dragged and thousands of cut of the way places explored. Strange to say, every piece of the great monu ment was fouud. It was once again raised, and to day the heroic t'gure of the great Emperor stands as proudly ou the summit of the magnificent p ie in the Place Veudome as though it had uever been plunged piecemeal into the Seine by an angry populat e. About fnalu. A traveler 111 India say s tie account made by the oldest aud best informed of my native acquaintance (aud I au not talking here of Beugal demagogues, but of meu holding it may lie or w ho have held high otlice under Government and deservedly trusted by it) of the gradual estrangement which has come about witluu their recollection between themselves and the English iu In-'ia, is most Instructive. Iu the days, they say, of their youth, 30 and 40 years ago, though there were always among the company's officers meu who from their j abuse of power weredisiikeJ aud just-j ly feared, the general fealing of the na- tives toward the English civilian was! oue of respect aud even ot anection. The Indian character is affectionate, is enthusiastic, and inclined to hero worship; aud the English iu early days, from their superior knowledge and strength of character, exercised no little fasclnatiou ou the native mind. Nearly all of the older meu bilk with reverence and esteem of certain teach ers who instructed them iu youth , aud of certain early patrons to whom they owed their success iu after life and they willingly acknowledge the iuilu ence exercised over themsehes and their generation by such individual ex ample. The English official of that day, they affirm, bad more power thau now.but he exercised it with a greater responsibility, and so of honor iu its discharge. lie took pains to know the people, and, in fact, he knew them well. Except iu the very highest ranks of the service he was readily accessible. He lived to a great extent among the peo pie and according to the customs of the people. He did not disdain to make friends with those of the better class, and occasionally he married araoug them, or at least contracted semi-mat rl mouial relations with the women of the land. This may have had its ill conse quences iu other ways, but it broke down the hedge of caste prejudice between East aud West, and gave the official a personal interest iu the people, which no mere sense of duty, howevei elevated, could supply. The Englsh man of that day looked 111 ou India not uufrequeutly as bis second home, and taking the evil with the good, treated It as such. England could only be reach ed by the Cape route. Traveling wat tedious and expensive, the mails few and far between, and many a retired officer bad at the end of his service be come so wedded to the laud of hisadop tion that be ended his days in it in pref erence to a uew expalriatiou. It is easy to understand from this that the Anglo-Indian official of the company's days loved India in a way that no Queen's official dreams of doing now. Also that, loving it, he served it better than now, and was better loved in re turn. Employ the leisure time of winter b) active thought and study concerning th ways and means of improving youi business, NEWS IN BRIEF. There are nearly 550 female mis sionaiTes iu Ind.a. England paid $2"," N.OoO last year to foreigners for cheese. Reports of hard times come from Washington Territory. A moral catechism for schools is suggested by ooldwin Smith. A London baker recently bought 42,5m sacks of flour in oue day. The number of young lady physi cians in Germany is rapidly increasing. Foxe are numerous and uuusaally tame in and around Barrington. N. II. Ohio is credited with having Tore colleges than any other S ateiu the L'u ion. France has 5535 subscribers to the telephone, while Germany has only 40'JO. Church bells appear to be going out of use iu most large cities iu this country. A cow w?s among the bridal pres ents received at a wedding iu Sullivan county, N. Y. The musical profession in Naples is said to have beeu entirely broken up by the cholera. A new school is soon to be started in Florida to furnish mental recreation to w inter visitors. Ou wheat at present prices British f aimers, the laiudon Evmtmist nays, lose about 10 an acre. A suit to recover three hundred gallons of buttermilk has been begun by a Jacksou, Ga., farmer. Edmund About 's death is ascribed to a brokeu heart, brought about by troubles with his newspaier. The recent election cost St. Louis, ou au average, a fraction over 88 cents for every vote cast in that city. Au artesian well is said to be spout ing ice cold water in Salamauca, N.Y., at a rate of 2-,0U0 barrels a day. It was Voltaire who said of the Eng lish thafthough they have twenty-tour religions they have but one sauce. Italy is said to have expeuded a hundred million dollars ou monster war vessels during the post ten ye:trs. To esca compulsory military ser vice nearly 9J,0UO young meu have left Prussia during the past six years. Three clergymen at Botdeutowu, X. J., each lost a child recently by diplheria.which is very prevalent there. Russia had lu Its town of Sysrau a man whose age is said to be made out by nudisputaole evidences at 127 years. The uuuilier of drowuiug accideuts by breakiug through the ice has beeu considerably increased by the coll snap. The prospects of au American ex hibition in Loudon next year are said to be so good as to be absolutely as sured. Detectives in New York city are retired upou peusious. A sergeant of detectives retired the other day ou 5800 a year. This year, for the first time, it is said, the Zulus have had the entite Bi ble translated for them into their own language. In Loudon banks each oue of the directors, it is said, serves iu turn a short time as practical manager of the institution. The averagevost of the tree deliv ery system in New England Post otlices Is 3 2 mills for each piece of mail mat ter handled. The Italian opera season at Paris was inaugurated by the prodtictiou of "Lucia," with Mine. Sembrich iu the leading role. Sianis!i sea fishermen have taken to a general use of dynamite, aud there is corresponding alarm iu Spain aud the adjacent islands. The Czar of Russia has ordered his pictures out of the public squares at SU Petersburg ou the grouud that they are liable to Indignity. A French noblemau, member of a family of very high stan.liug iu Bor deaux, France,died recently iu a union workhouse in Kent, England. Au assayer In Virginia City, Nev.. who became angry at a party of unruly boys iu trout of his office, threw acid upou them. He was arrested. An old lady in Rochester, N, Y., the other day, was anxiously looking for a shop where she had bought a pair of corsets thirty one years before. Giu-house burnings still coutinue to be remarkably numerous in the Smth. seventeen gin-houses in Georgia alone having caught fire recently iu one week. The Vermont House of Represen tatives has dismissed the bill reducing the number of State Supreme Judges to six aud increasing the salary to $3li00. A uatioual mausoleum, like West minster Abbey, for the reception of the remains of Presidents of the United States is urged by a Washington cor respondent. The establishment of a crematory iu the neighborhood of Cincinnati U now certaiu, nearly all of the $25,000 necessary for its erectiou having been subscribed. A remaikable strong likeness is observed between Queen Victoria aud her grand daughter, Victoria Alexan dria Olga Mary of Wales, who is now alioiit 10 years of age. The model of Abraham Lincoln's apparatus for lifting vessels over shoals, which is uow iu the Patent Office iu Washington, is to r. iu the Patent Of fice exhibit iu the New Orleans Expo sition. Two Chinamen iu Sacramento had a foot race of li) yards a few days wgu. The beaten man subsequently remarked that, if he had carried a chickeu iu his hand, he thought he could have doue better. The death rate among the colored .eople is reinaikably high iu some sec lions of the Sjuth, the ratio iu Savan nah, Ga., last w ek being 00 0 per thou sand, while the mortality of the whites was but 21.8. An immense viaduct is being built iu Chicago, which, when completed, will conuiu railings aud iu all about 2,ixNj,UJ0 pounds of irou, making, it is said, the largest structure of the kind iu the country. St. Louis, which has more trouble with her pavements thau any city iu the country, it is said, is now trying oue of prepared gum wood, which is to be laid on a foundation of concrete and glazed with coal tar. The annual co.il production of Great Britain is about 150,4' Vj.Ouotons. Of this vast quantity 90 ,189,100 are ap plied to mechanical uses, and the re maining 57,309,800 tons are employed for heating purposes. -u.wuose mother chad washed rr
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