?P' ff H If; i ciih i B. F. SCHWEIER, TEE 0018TITUTI0S-THE UHOS-AID THE ESTOBOEMEIT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXIX. MIFFUNTOAVX. JUNIATA COUNTY. FENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4, 1SS5. NO. 10. I will not werp l'.ec a.ise on- poor nnd earthly mm i, 1 know the !KU..t vigil that you kjp or thw great li;;',tlha, .bu Thour) .dear, aaiag the flower you -m "J lifl river rolls 1 . dirk and sullen: but afar. I--.a:.l tl.PcrnW d.pthsand shifting shoals, I vour spirit slumrg like a star lo euide me lo the et.-ra.il Land of Sou's! Ou ki-s, rev sivm My hist on mortal llps-aud men will deem My liir a'.l hi-tornex) and hard defeat -Not kC(1i,,s t: cnr lt,u., jUc,:ou, J UI wuato.irtu uvt) slj;4:i b3 wh 'Some one must do something," JUlCtiV cdlalTVed II V mtMifar n-ith pcc.il.ar vague kind of helplessness which I have never seen in anv nth.-r human being. -'Some one must," I replied ; "and that some tne is Ui;s young, strong. uniwa ui cannon, whose lite hitherto lias been too full of sunshine, peace, and pot-try." " What have we had in the shape of sunshine, I should like to know, since ovr father's death ? Just tell me that," "Hundreds or things," I replied ; "and, first .ml foremost, we have each Ot? er we have been together. Do von call that nothing, Bertie, that for five years I should have been permitted to be with you, ar.d wait upon you?"' "Child, even thing is as nothing while I am as I am, chained here and useless. I wonder how long it is to last J" be said impatiently, turning bis face from n.e. "Perhaps not for lon2, darling," I whispered. "When uncle Edward comes home he may be rich enough to take you to that German oculist whom the world seems to be talking so much of. Who knows ? He may come soon now, Bertie. Meanwhile no time shah be lost ; I will cet something to do, and work hard to make the necessary money for you to go," "Di, you are a brick!" exclaimed Bertie, after a dreamy pause. "You are always bright and cheeiful, and it does one good totaiktoyou. As for jincle Edward, I have lost all hope of him ; I do not think of bis return now. We have btari so much of it so long that the vvaitii c and the talking have tired me out. 1 have more hope of you, dear; I th;nkyour sunshine maybe worth something alter all, Di." 'My sui-shiue!" I repeated sorrow fully. "Ah. Bertie, I talked very grandly about it just now! I always try to do so before you and mamw, and un ii lately it has beeli much to me; but your dim ees Lave dimmed my brightness iore than aught else on earth cou;l. It has come so suddenly upon me." "And upon me too," remarked our mother, w ho had been listening to us and watching us fiooi her arm-chair. "Your Uncie lid ward may or may not come, and we cannot lose time in wait ing for him ; I am sure I do not know what is beH to do P she added help lessly. "But I do,"' I said ; "and I will tell you what it is. I will ask every one 1 know, who I think can help me, to look out for Die a situation as governess somewhere, and every penny of the money I make by teaching shall be put by towards taking Bertie to this great oculist; and I mean to look out at once. I shall go after dinner to see Mrs. Tin ley ?1 tLii:k she would be a good help; she hears so much, and has so many friemls," After our simple mid-day meal was over, I enve;oed mvself in my thick red cloak and started for Mrs. Tinley 's. My thoughts were a:l of Bertie as I went. The bright happy days of long ago came to me l.ke s me sweet dream of the past, but, oh, so sadly shaded were they now by the dark cloud of the present I It is onlv a sh rt six weeks ago since Bertie cime home one evening from bis business in the rffi-e of old Snap, our. Aslidown lawviT, and complained that bis eves ar bed ml smarted painfully, 1 remember I did not think much of it at the time ; but his eyes bad gradually grown v,orse aad worse, until Dr. liu ley sail that his si.'ht was in danger and that te must have peifect rest and the advice of a great London oculist, a German, who had eflected extraordi nary cures. It was perfect agony to me to en eitain the possibdity of my handsome brother Bertie's blindness. "Oh, it could not could not be I 1 whirred to rnys-lf, as I walked up Doctor Tinleys garden. "Mrs. Tinlev," I said, kissing the kind face 1 had known all my life, do help me if you can. I want a situation. I want to te.ich same little children, or read to some old lady anything I do not care what, so that I get something to do. I must make some money I And 1 did tell her all my reasons,and poured into hei kind motherly heart my one desire to do something to be.p Ber t,p. s.,e listened very attentively to all I had to say. . ui u.v ..-ar," she said, when I came to a bleat hless conclusion, "it is as re markably smooth for you as chapter in a storv-bcH.k ; only I do not think in story books pe pie happen to find just what tliev want so easdy. I had a let ter yesterday- from Mrs. Martyn, a very old friend of mine, in which sne aked me to look out for a suitable young U-Jy as goven e s for l er little Maud. It is the very thing for you, dear, if you are really in earnest about going. a quite sure vou will be happy down at Hatherleigh Ktciory. I will write to my friend to-night. Di." "Oh, if vou wouWI" I replied. Mrs. Tinlev, it has quite taken me by sur prise." I had never dreamed that i should be fortunate enough to bear oi anything to-dav. 1 only hope! that at some future t. me you might hear oi some one to whom I might be of use. I hone it w.ll cot be too late," "We will hope for the best, love. And the kind hand stroking my nair seemd to LU1 me with assurance ana comfort. . ..h 1 ui i h..pe for the tst, I hoped with all the strength and fervor of my heart. 1 seemf-d almost to fly through the air on my homeward journey that evening, ia my wild ha te to carry my good news to mv mother and Bertie. 'Well, love, if vou go there I hoi you w ill be treated as a lady," observed my motner, after I bad finished my re cital. "When I was a girl I know a governess used to be treated as one oi the family ; but things are very differ ent now in every wav-." "Of coui -e I should be treated as lady 1" I replied. "And, if I were not, I should not much mind. I hav one, affiuLd ne "Iled.glancmg mer ni.hr int tUe briht Mm- low seat hv ,'.'!' 8omehow. 8'tting i my 5rtJta oin window and Ber tie s sofa, I seemed to give to the hearts 2hi i .i my own- 1 watched the shadows lengthen and fall amongst the grand old trees in front of toe hou and then sdently fade beneath ?he soft oUver rays of the bright full moon. t.ven so mav thi rr.n. i , . "ire !" I breathed to myi TkL5 Bertie a "Good uight" late'r on. 1 wo days afterwards I received a very kind letter from Mrs. Marty," through Mrs. Tmley. She explained that she wanted me at once, if conveu lent to me. "The sooner the better," I said to myse.f, as I bustle! about my prep ira ! ''!f Tll sooner I go the sooner I shall be back. You see soraelwdy i-, doing something' as fast as ever she c in mother dear. Things are growing brighter for us, are they not ?" "1 am sure I do not know where you see the biightness, Di." was the le sponso. "I am sure things are very different Trou) what they used to be." "Let us never mind what thev used to be, dear. It is of no good moaning yer the past The present is ours onlv. i not let us make it dismal b? regrets. 1 shall want ano:her box, shall I not ?" Ana so I man iged to interest my mother m my lacking, and she soon forgot everything eb in her desire that mv thines should be of the nicest an . neatest. The last eveuiug p ised awav, as .-.'.) sii'jh times p-ass, and the morning, with i's bustle and hurry, came too quickly. It was almost like a dream to lue the lingering good-be, the long yeaining g ze from eyes blind with unshed tears at the dear lace-i in the floorwav. tiit rapid transit over the rough si ones, auo the tiual sto;page at our little q'M.w country station. The j mruey was something new to me. and tverylhiii;.' saw poss-ssed an iniiuite mteres'. Opposite to me Wiis seated a mid 1 e aged nervous-looking man. who rather excited my curiosity by giving me the idea that he lived a life of perpetual apologies. He was constantly asking our pardon for soinetning or other, which so worked upon my risible facul ties that I very nearly committed my self by lauehme iu his face when he said to me "I ask your pardon, but would you like to look at the GraAic" Looking at the papers my fellow travelers supplied me with and gazing through the window, list in Simulation as to the new life before me, the day gradually wore to a close. I was beain- ii'nir til f fl rat har t irk.1 utioii tlia tr i'n drew up at the platform of Silvington station, and I knew that my journey was at an end. "I ask your pardon, but pray allow me to assist you out ; 1 will hand you your cioak and things afterwards" and my friend of the UraMc came boldly to the rescue and helped me out of t he carriage. "Is it Miss Cannon ?" asked a voice behind me ; and, turning, I found ujy srlf lace to face with a very pleasaut lookiug man in clerical dress. "Yes, I am ; ani I presume you are Mr. Martyn." We shook hands after that, aud there upon couimeuced my rjrst introduction to the owner of my new home. There wa- something about tlm genial kind ioce that smiled b tck upon me which seemed to quite win my heart ; and I -bought, if Mrs. Martin resemb'ed her huibami, I should, in all probability, be very contented and h.tppy at Hather leigh Rectory. We were very soon bowling along the s noo:h lanes between tall trees, who-e branches met and entwined overhead, throwing upon the path before us such a swtet subdued shado as I have only met with in the lovely south. "rretty, Miss Cannon ? You do not sureiy think much of this," sai l Mr. Mart vn to me, alter a leinark of mine. "It is nothing conipirtd with some of the beautiful places about If you are fond of shady nooks and corners, you must get my wife to show you her short cut into Seldene I'aik. You will be do lighted with that." . ' Is it near Hatherleigh ?" I a-ked "It Joins it," he replied; "and Mr. Seldene has put up a little gate for the !enent of my wife. It is a prettier and nearer way through the iaik to the vil lage. Mrs. Martyn generally goes that So we chatted. Brat abaut one thing and then about another, until we drew up at the door of the Kectory. The next morning a most unimagin able surprise came to me. After I had arranged a urogrmi of studies with my pupil, and she had taken me round the garden aud shown me the intriccies or ihe many pathways, the sp endor of the numerous magnolias, and the rei wh ine -ai ty of the ferneries, Mrs. Mar ty n came to us and put an envelope into my hand. ... "Miss Cannon," she fcaid, with her sweet smile, "my husband thinks it much the best for you lo have ths now It is of no use for either of us to stand on ceremony, though we do not know very much of each other It is a difh culty that we shall daily overcome, Sauwhilel know about your brother Md svmpathlze deeply y?? must not hesitate about taking thi now." "e ad,lei' 89 8lie "r ,,eu Teave me. "I know it is for hyn Mrs. Tinley told me ; so you see, Miss Can non bow nicely we have secure your companionship for teUe months." . , TTnon opening the envelop I found it contained bank-notes to the value of ewS pounds. It was my salary for twelve months; and Mrs. Martin had gSZ it to me in aauce, kn owingmy nTietv for my.brother. I feltsopleasea STbardlyVewwhere l was. It was so thoughtful, so kind I "I must go Into 'h house. Ma ad. I 8Wd tolSefhUd; "I must thauk Mrs. "SS; evening, my letter home was Scon-mm, U German U ffr ends - and she took me to many great W"f 8 t transferred to my when we should meet. One day I strolled through the Utile Il8oi. down by the , found hey esw e1 the brook to that the iaiu 1 'f, JT" graen aosa- covered stepping-stones were buried be neath some Inches of water. It was very tiresome, for I esueciallv wanted ti e terns for a pretty basket I was busy waning tor airs, iiartyn's birthday. "Di, my dear," I remarked to my self, having no one else to speak to, and dearly loving the sound of my own voice. "DL what do vou mean to do ? It is not like you to care for a few inches or water and wet feet ; Bertie taught you better than that, you know. No one is about, and the keepers seldom come here ; so here goes 1" And. ungracefully gathering up mv skirts into anything but classic folds about my knees, I carefully stepped down upon the stones, singing to my self some quaint Italian words I had arranged for my own pleasure to the air of the "Blue Danube." I reached the middle of the brook, when I cau never tell bow it bapieued my foot Blipped aud I tumbled headlong into the water, burying my face m the ferns aud mud, and making a splash that might have been heard up at the Hall. When 1 tried to recover my feet I found to my horror that it could not well be done. An intense pain and an inability to pht one foot to the ground warned me that my ankle was dislocated. There was nothing for It but to remain where I was, in the fond tope of some passer-by hapiening to see me. It certainly was a most awkward predicament in which to be placed. Here was a young lady, the governess at the Bectory, seated on a stone some inches in the water in the otid die of the brook in Seldene Park. The intense pain I suffered from my inkle made me feel inclined to cry ; while the situation was so absurdly lu dicrous that for a moment it overcame all else and 1 burst into a fit of uncon trollable laughter. To my great amaze ment, I heard the laugh echoed from behind me, and, turning my head, 1 met tMe gaze of a pair of bright blue eyes, whi m were regarding me with a mern hi, nt that was evidently irrepressible. "I hope you will excuse my joining in your laugh," said the gentleman, coming towards me ; "but really I could not help it ; you looked so funny seated in tiie water. May I a?k if it is your favorite seat ?" "Ceitainly not," I replied ; "but I cannot well help myself. I have slipped and sprain ?d my ankle, and cannot move." "Oh, I am so sorry I Do allow me to help you. I had no idea you were iu pain, or I would not have laughed at yon that is, if I could have helped uiy aelf," he added, smiling, as he bent over me, and, before 1 bad any idea what be was going to do, I found myself lit ted up in a pair of strong arms and carried back to the bank. ' Can you stand, do you think ?" he asked, as he gently placed me on my feet, aud held me. "Ou one leg," I said. "What a di lemma to be placed int What will Mrs. Martyn think of me ?" "Think V What can she think? You do not imagine she would suppose you would purposely sprain your aukle, do you ? If you will sit down here until I return, I will run to the Ilectory and tell them, and bring Mr. Martyn's trap for you to ret jrn in." Helping me to seal myself on the grass, my companion assured me lie would lose no time, and left me to my meditations. So I occupied myself in wondering until the sound of voices and footsteps gave notice of the approach of help. Mr. and Mrs. Martyn accom panied the stranger, the gentlemen car rying a small gate between them. "'off, Miss Cannon, I am sorry you will return in so uudiguilied a manner," said the Hector ; "but it will be far the best aud easiest for your foot. The car riage would have been awkward to get in and out of, to say nothing of the shaking over the stones. If you will let my wife help you to sit down on tuis, we will cairy you home without giving you much pain.'' .Nor did they ; but it was very bad nevertheless, aud I was very glad to lie on the sofa and let Mrs. Martyn apply a cooliug lotion to the swelled ankle. That accident put a stop to my out door excursions for a long time, and I was often obliged to be left much aloue; at lea3t, I should say alone as far as the society of mankind was concerned, for I generally had two comjKinions, blood hounds of very great value, belonging to Mr. Martyn. These dogs took a re markable fancy to me, and whenever they were unchained would be certain to find me out. My captivity w;is cheered by good ac counts of Bertie's improvement, aud now and then at rare intervals by a short visit from the gentleman who had extricated me from my dilemma. His name was Ross; and I had time to notice, on his lirst visit of iuquiry after the sprain, what I had been too much distressed to remark on our first meet ing that he was exceedingly handsome. I grew to look forward to his coming ; for with him came a vague feeling of content, which I had never experienced before in the presence of any one except Bert;e. One day I shall never forget it Mrs. Martyn came to me when 1 was lying on the sofa teaching Maud, for I still bad to rest my foot a great deal, though able to walk a little. "Miss Cannon," she siil, ''I want you to be kind enough to let Maud have a holiday for the rest of the day. Her little friends from the Grange have driven over to ask her to spend the day with them, as it is one of their birth days. I da-e say you w:ll not object to being witliout such a plague for once," she added, fondly passing tier hand over the child's head. The next moment "the plague" bad her arms round my neck, aud was showering her H anks on my face for my compliance with her mother's re quest. In another instant she was off, with a shout of delight. "I wish I could induce yeu to change your mind and accompany my husband and me to-night, dear Miss Cannon," said Mrs. Ma tyn, sitting down by me. 'We do not like to leave you for a whole evening ; it w ill be so lonely for you. Djcjuib to the Sel wyns' with us?" Indeed I would so much rather not," I replied. "I do not feel inelked for a diuuer-iiarty. You know bow pleased I always am to avoid one if possible 1 d slike'them so much. D not give me a second thought ; I shall manage to pass the time very well. ' You know it id my evening for writing borne, and I must write to Mrs. Tinley as well. Oh, I shall find many things to do !" I am onlv afra'd you may be lonely," said Mrs. Mailjti. "We may not be home until rather late, for it is a very long way from Drayton. By-the-bye, you will only have Jane at home in the kitchen, for I have given Margaret and Mary leave to go to the christening of Mary's i ler's twins. Will you mind beinir m Hie house with only Jane " iliiiJ f Xot one bit. Why should j I ? I should not have any fear if 1 were to be alone for a week here," I re plied, laughing at the idea of my being frightened. "Besides, you forget, the dogs no one need fear much where they are." However, I was destined to be left more alone tban I aiiticiated : for, towards eight o'clock, Jane came and asked me ii I would allow her to run to the village with a message for her mis tress which she ought to have attended to before. I gave permission at once. "But, Jane," I added, as a parting injunction, "do not be any lunger away than you can help." "Indeed 1 won't. Miss Cannon," she said, "for I am leaving some beef boil ing on the tire, and it will be done to a turn in a quarter of an hour, aud 1 shail be back by then." So she went, and I heard the door baug behiad her ; aud I was soon lose to all rec!!octiou of the outer world in the deep pleasure of paper chat with my dear ones at home. The sound of a heavy footfall in the hall roused me ; and I was just going to see who it was, when the door opened aud a man stood iu the doorway a com mon tramp, with a face like a bulldog's. I must have turned pale, for I felt very faint. "There's no call for you lo be any ways afeared, mum," he said "I ain't agoin' to do you no harm ; but the truth is I am pretty nigh starving, and I want you to come and show -ne where the grub is kep'." 1 knew I dared not refuse, though I felt my limbs tremble so that I could baldly stand ; but I am generally self posiesseiL aud, by a powerful effort a, self-coatrol, I mastered my voice to some degree of steadiness. "L'sten to me, my man," I said ; "if you want food you shall have it, and welcome., provided you will leave the house as soon as you are satisfied." "Well, we won't make no rash prom ises, mum," be replied, grinning. "Just you come along with me, and give me the best you can lay your hands to." Oh, why why did I not have the dogs in with me this night of all others? How miserable I was, and how help less t I felt ready to sink to the grouud with intense fright. Suddenly how it came to me 1 shall never know a bright idea came into my head, and I mustered all my strength and resolution for the execution of it. "Now, my man," 1 said, following him into the kitchen, "you shall have a good supper for once, but you must be patient while I move about, tor I have hurt my foot, and I cannot walk very welL Sit down by the lire whi.e 1 lay tne table for you. Do you like boiled beef ?" "Dont 1 1" he replied, smacking his lips. "Just put it afore me. mum. 1 says no more 1" - All this time I was moving about, getting bread, a plate, a knife and fork and laying them on the table; then 1 went to the lire and lifted off the pan containing the boiled beef, which I took out aud laid on a dish. "Now come and eat," 1 said to the man ; "and make naste over it if you do not want Mr. Marty u to return and nud you here." "Well, in courso the master might object to my company," he. replied, set tling himself at the table ; "so I will hurry as much as 1 cau conveniently. I sav, mum, get me some beer, will yer ?" When I had got well out of the kitchen I flew not into the dining-ioom, but to a side door in the ball which led into the yard. In a second I had the door 0eu, and was across the yaid un- I fastening the dogs. 1 "Now, Mustard and Pepper, come f I said, as I returned with my two friends. The tramp had evidently suspected foul play, and had riseu and was slatid ng at the kitchen door. He uttered a frightful imprecatioa when he sa the dogs. "Watch him. Mustard I Watch him, Pepnerl" I said, patting the doers' heads. "Now, as long as you remain perfectly quiet, the dogs will he here and only watch you ; but, if you stir, they probably will tear you to bits," I added, turniuz lo leave the kitchen. I fdt-quite faint now that my scheme had lieen a success, and I knew the man was safe until the Rector returned. As I crossed the hall, 1 heard a knock at the front door. "Who is there?" I asked, too terri fied by my recent fright to venture to open it tirsL "It is I, Miss Cannon Ross ;" and never did human voice sound more wel come than did his. coming as it did at that moment of fright. "What is it?" he asked quickly, as the light ia the hall fell upon my face, "Roblters !" I whispered ; and, after a pause, I gave an incoherent account ot my unwelcome visitor, iu the midst of wnich Jatie returned , aud she was equally astonished to find ber kitchen occupied as it was. Mr. Ross stayed with me until the Rector's return, which was not until some time afterwards. Mr. and Mrs. Martyn wers full of mingled admiration and pity for me. "xou are quite a heroine, Miss Can- con !' said Mr Mirtyn. "It was a splendid Idea about Mustard and Pep rerl" "It was an Idea born ot intense Inght. I assure yeu there was not much of the heroine about me. A few days afterwards I beard that the man had managed to escape, before his trial, from the lock-up, and I felt in daily terror of meeting him aiain. My fears however were groundless, as I never saw him afterwards. I met some one else though, a little later. "I have been walking about like a pickpocket all the morning," said Mr. Ross cne day taking my hand in bis aud holding it tightly. "I want espe cially to tell you something, Miss Can non ; and I nave been watching lor you so long." "Why need you?" I a-kcL "iou knew where I ws to be found You could have come to the Rectory." "Di," he said, placing both bis hands on my shoulders and stooping over me, "what I have to say to you I must say to you alone. I want to tell you that ever since I saw you I have loved you, at d I must tell you of it. It you can care for me, say so, darling, and make me one of the happiest fellows in the world. Do you love me, Di ?" Love him I Had I not been loving him without knowing it for a long time past ? Had not his voise 'become the sweetest, his face the dearest, and his footfall the most musical to me of all I bad ever known ? And was I not now standing before him.blushing and droop ing it may be, but one of tbe happiest girls in the world ? I suppose he knew all that "without one word from me," u the old Meg says for eertata It ia that I never spoke a word, and just as certain is it that 1 was clasied by a pair of strong arms and held tightly while I was kissed and thanked until I was breathless. "You do not mind marrying a poor man, Di dear ?" I was asked, while the blue eyes I loved looked down into mine with an expression of merriment aud fun. "Not a bit." I said, smiling. "The fact is, I have been so poor all my life, that I should hardly know what to do if I had wealth." "Mistress of Seldene Park, for in stance," he continued. "How would you like that, Di ?' "Not at all," was the reply. "Poor Ross I" he said. "Di, if ever I felt sorry for any one I feel sorry for myself now. The woman I love will not love my home." "Yes, she will," I said earnestly. "1 do not care how small it is ; it will hold us both, will it not ?" "Oh, yes 1" "That renrnds me I do not know where your home is," I said. ''And yet I found you coolly in pos session the first time I saw you, darling," returned Mr. Roas, now laughing out right. "Indeed I was not I was in the brook when you first saw me," I said "in the brook belonging to Seldene Park." "In the brook belonging to me," he corrected. "You have done Ross Sel dene the honor of accepting himseir, his park, and all its belongings." I felt thoroughly puzzled and looked so. "Let me explain," he added. "Martyn al ways calls me 'Ross,' and his wife 'Mr Ross.' You took up the latter name also when you knew me, and I begged my friends the Martyns not to te 1 you I was Mr. Seldene, because I have al ways had the idea that I should like my wife to care for me for myself, apart from any surroundings of wealth and station. I have trained what I wanted, and I am proud that the woman I love has chosen me for myself. That is all, dear. You do not object to the arrange ment, do you ?" llow could 1 ? I was very much sur pried and astonished at first, I must own ; but I have grown used now to the idea that my Ross and Mr. Selder.e of Seldene Park are one and the same. No persuasion could change my de termination to complete my year at Hatherleigh Rectory I had received payment beforehand, and nothing the Rector, bis wile, or Ross could say could move me. The time is sweetened by the good news of Iertie's improvement daily. The last letter contained the happy in-tell-gence that the German doctor has promise I to cure him by the spring. Aud in the spring the bright, beauti ful, happy spring I have promised to become Hos Seldene's wife. Mean while I am still au inmate of Ha.l?er ieigh Rectory. St Valeutiuea Day. Many years ago" sending a valen tine 'o one's love was by no means the simple thing it has grown to be In these days of bustle and hurry. Then the sighing swaiuof the love lorn damsel had to retipj withm themselves and with much travail in spirit, bring forth, after mighty struggles with the muse, a sonnet or a madrigal or whatever the Courts of Love decreed in those days to be the proier and correct thing in which to express the all consuming pas sion. Then a valentine meant something moie than it does now. It was, indeed, au ien declaration that Cupid had wrought great things in the sleuder's heart, anil th it the recipient was the one person above all others to whom the true love of the author went out. It was a good old fashion, and in many happy households to day the good wife cherishes among her dearest treasures the queer looking three-corner packet, sealed with a waxen dove or a bleeding heart, and containing the halting rhymes of her boy-lover. It is a very different affair in tbe year of our L"rd one thousand eight hun dred and eighty-live. "As the day dedicated to the lover's patron saint ap proaches, the young man who loves a maiden fair counts over his pelf, ami having decided to stay away from the theater for a week or so, aud to eschew billiards for the same time, determines that he shall send his sweetheart some token of the season. So he visits a stole where the votive offerings to his saintship are sold, and having gone over the stock buys, according to the limits of his purse, something that he thinks will just about suit his lady love. Unlike his rather and mother, who in their valentine days catefully endeav ored to conceal their identity, he has the gift boxed np with his card inside and mailed or sent by messenger to his inamorata's place of abode. And hat a vast variety of articles he has to choose from, too. Lovely handkerchief cases made of the rarest shades of the most costly satin and plush hand-painted and embroidered Jewel boxes the like cf which none but the very richest could enjoy in our forefathers' days ; costly knicknacks of all descriptions, and of valentines proper everything that can by any possibility be made of swsnsdown, flowers, satins, silks and plush. Beautiful little boxes of the most exiiensive woods filled with rare combinations of costly materials and bearing in the center seme verees of poetry chosen from the very best authors or written for the occasion by a poet in the employ of the makers. All of these things and many more can be found on the shelves and counters of a 1 the leading stores in the city, aud as the superintendent of the valentine de partment ot one of them said recently, the cost will always suit the purchaser's pocket. "For," continued he, "if one does nat wish to pay JlUO he can buv one for loO, and if that is too hish then $23 will pay for something beautiful, or he can choose, if all these prices are too great, beautiful little trifles for $15,510, So, f t, 53, 52 or 51, or if he still wanted to go lower, here he can find valentines that will express the tender passions just as thoroughly as the other for 5 cents. Of course, if he wants to pay more tban $11)0 we can accommodate him in that, too. As a rule we do not keep in stock valentines or gifts suita ble to the day that will cost more than 5o0, but we can easily make anything that, is wauted. A stagnant soul, like a stagnant pool, breeds insects, and reptiles, and slime. It little becomes the feeble to be un just; justice is peculiarly the shield of the weak. If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disam all hosUlitj. Oid-lTahluiiel ScliooU. The children of to-dav do not know half their happiness. Kind treatment aud gentU methods of instruction are so much a matter of course, that the davs when teachers were regarded s tyrants seem too remote to concera them at all. Yet it Is but one genera tion since hundreds of unhappy scholars were unable to separate the thought of schoo'm:tster from the twin idea of flau.dlation. The autobiography of the late Dr. Marion Sims recalls those times with angular vividness. As a little boy he was cruelly bullied and abused by his teachers and his parents befare him had received the same sort of treatment. He gives an amusing account of an ac cident which led to the escape of his mother, Mahala Mac key, from the power of one such tyrant when she was a little girl. The school which she attended was held In a log cabin, situated In the midst of a large tract of the pine woods of South Carolina It was built of un peeled logs, whose rough bark aud numerous crevices afforded welcome shelter to many insects and other small creatures. One day, as little Mahala was sitting with her back to the teacher, upon the long bench of pine planks that extended across the room,a green lizard darted from the wall and ran close be side her. Too much startled to think what she was doing, she seized the in truder by the tip of its tail and dung it over her shoulder with a shriek of ter ror. Tlien,turningaround to apologize for the noise she had made, she was overcome with dismay to see the teacher dancing about the platform, shouting with pain, and vainly attempting lo knock away the lizard from the end of his nose, whence it dangled, with its teeth l)cked firmly in his nostril! She stayed to see no more, but shot out or the door bare-headed, and never slackened her sieed until sate within the walls of ber borne. A wise precau tion, as it proved. The master was never able to forgive her the undignified plight to which she had Innocently brought him; but as her father would not send her back lo be punished for an accident, she was removed from school, and her instructor was forced to let his swollen nose go unavenged. Planetary Life. Jupiter a-;d Saturn, which are much larger than the earth, present all the characteristicsof planetary youth. They are manifestly in the stage of prepara tion. Mars, which is much less tl an the earth, presents the characteristics of old age, w h le the moon, which is much less even than Mars appears to be, to all intents and purposes a dead world. Vet, even m thus rejecting many orbs from the category life - supporting worlds, we find our llief strengthened that the great end of nature's work ings, or rather cnief recognizable end. is the supp. rt of life. For Jupiter and Saturn, like the s in, are the centres of systems of worlds Small though their satellites may seem, even in the power ful telescopes, they are really enormous globes. The least of the moons of Jupiter has a surfrioe four times as great as that of the United States. If the sun nourishes life on the earth aud Venus, Mars, aud Morcury, why may not the present work of Jupiter aud Saturn be to help in nourishing life ou the worlds which circle round them? And even if the recognition of the present unfitness cf Jupiter and Saturn to supiort life, and of the long past death of the moon, seem at first to nar row our idew of life iu other worlds, it will be found when rightly understood, to widen them. When all planets in our own systems attending ou other suns were supposed to support life at one and the same time, we could not but recognize an infinity of life-lessness before life lgan on these worlds, an infinity of death when lile should come to an end on them. But now we find all time as well as all space occupied by life. Before the worlds now the abode of life were inhabited, millions of orbs existed, which now, like the moon, are all dead, but were then during millions of years crowded with living creatures, and 'oruncouuted myriads of yeais m the future, worlds which are as yet In their fiery youth will become in their turn the scenes of busy life. "End can we see none to the universe of God; so, also, we see no beginning." The Coffee rree. Now that beautiful leaved plants are so justly popular, and in such constant demand for drawing-room decoration, it is surprising that the coffee tree of commere is not made use. We see it now and then in nnrseymen's green houses, but seldo n anywhere else, and yet there are few evergreen shrubs more ornamental, and very few that are bet ter adapted for the adornment of the sitting-room. An average temperature of "il degrees In summer, and til) degrees in winter, will be found quite sufficient, and if the plant is put in a warm corner in the room over tbe kitchen fire on frosty nichts no harm will come to it. The best soil for planting is a mixture of peat and loam. The drainage must be thorough, the supply of water abund ant, and the roots must have plenty of room. The coffee tree in a young state is well worth growing for the Sake of its bright green, glossy leaves, fragrant jessamins-like white blossoms and ber ries changing from green to red. It is said that Megalledin, a learned Mufti of Aden, became acquainted with It during one of his African journeys. He took back some berries with him to Yemen and recommended the beverage to bis friends as an excellent method of keep ing awake at prayers. Its use gradually spread to the Nile, Syria, Asia Minor nud Turkey. Coffee was first sold in Constantinople iu 1034. It was intro duced into Euro; by the Dutch in I'll1), but did not reach thus country till 1'A'). Arab coffee is chiefly grown in Yemen, where it was first planted in the neighborhood of Aden and Mocha. The plantations are usually made half way up the hills. The berries are not gathered, but cloths are spread under the trees for the fruit to fall on when ri)K3. The coffee is mostly consumed in ths country, the home demand being so great. There is not much exported, ai d that not the best. A good deal of w hat goes in the trade by the name of M ocha coffee comes from the Brazil and the West Indies. Daicnbxng the cranial differences observable in men and women, M. Mtuonvrier considers that while the pr.retal is less developed in women, the occipital is generally larger in them thauia mss. Taa Soudan not Araoa. It Is common In alluding to the armies of the mahdi to speak of them as Arabs This is tne custom not only in this country, but even in Lngland, whose troops being on the ground, and whose coiumunica' ion with tbe Soudon being constant, should afford them accurate knowledge of the country and its inhab itants. An Arab is au inhabitant of Arabia, and not a native of the Soudan or any other foreign country. Nor does the word Arab have anv bioa l generic significance which, lik the word Mohammedan, will nermit its ex tension to people or various nativities and religions. There are probab y many Araia in the army of the Mahdi. as there are some in a parts of the word, and more especially in manv or the ci ties of Africa lying oil the Mediterran ean sea. Throughout E;ypt in itseunre' ty, and including the Soudau. ot Upper Egypt, there are many Arabs who are influential; but thy do not constitute the bulV of the population, any more than does the influx of Teutons into the United States entitle the sgregats people to be designed as Germans Ahmed himself, the mah li, is a Nubian by birth, aud is a pure Ethiopian, as are most of the Inhabitants of thai region. Dongola. the place of his birth, was stt. tied by some fugitive Mamelukes, who escaned the scimeter of Mehemet All. in IS 11, but even it he came from this class be would not be an Arab, as Hie Jlanielukes were originally Mongolians. Circassians, or Georgians, and never Arabs. The great major.ty of the residrnts of the Soudan are negroes and these com pose the larger portion of the armies of Uie Mahdi. Kordofan has some Aral's among its natives, but; the principal resa'ents as to numbers are negroes; S,!'miaar, the province in which K'lai- touin is situated, h;is more Arabs in it than all the rest of the Soudan, but the bulk of Uie population Is couv sd of negioes. The N tibialis were originally pure Africans, but by admixture with lighter races have become mulattoes. In addition to these, there are many wandering tribes in the desert that are sometimes pure Africans, unmixed de scendants of Ham, and in utii.-r insu'i-c-s are a coruiw'te of a'l the various peoples who have oveiruu what Is now known as Upper Egypt. There is only unity on one point, and that is in reli gion. All are followers of Isl.ini, and ail of them are faiu.tical to the very last degree. It is from all these diversified peoples, or triles, that the ruahdi se cures his righting material. There are Arabs among them, as there were Ger mans and Irish iu the national tones during our war against the seceding states; but in neither case has the for eign element sufficient dimensions to give it supremacy iu the character i ra tion, or name, of the respective forces. llow Small xpeudituro Couut. Five cents each morning. A m-re trifle. Twenty-five cents a week. Not much, yet it would buy cotTe or u for a whole family. Eighteen d. 'liars and twenty-rlvs cents a year. AuJ this amount invested in a savings bank at tbe end of each year, and the in terest thoreou at 6 per cent., cm,. li te J anauady, wo.ilJ in twelve verf amount to more tban $650. Laongh to luy a good farm iu the Went. Five cents before breakfast, dinner and sapper; you'd hardly miss it, yot 'tis fifteen cents a day; $1.03 per werk. Enough to bny wife or daughter a dresr FJty-fcnr dollars and itixty cents a year. Eu mgh to buy a em ill library of books. Invest this as before, and in twen'y yers you would have over $2 OX). Q ute enough to bny a good bonse aud lot. Ten cents each morning; hardly worth a second thought; yet with it you can bny a paer of pins or a spool of thread. Seventy cents per week; 'twould bny several yards of mnsiin. Thirty-six dollars and fifty cents in one year. Deposit this amount as. before, and yon have $1,31) in twenty years; quite a snug lilt. a fortune. Tea cerits before each breakfast, dinner and supper thirty cents a d y. It would buy hook toi the chil Irtn. Two dolltfs and ten cents a week; enough to pay for year's subscription to a good new-ipaper. Oae hundred and nine dollars and twenty cents per year. W ith it you could buy a good melodeon, ou which your wife or daughter com I produce sweet mnsta to pleasantly while the evening hours away. And this amount invested as before, in forty years, produces the desirable amount of $12,000. Boys, It arn a lesson. If you would be a happy youth, lead a sober life, and be a wealthy and influential man; in stead of tq landering jour extra change, invest iu a library or savings bank. If you would be a miserable youth, lead a drunken life, abase your child ren, grieve your wife, be a wretched and despicable boinj while you live, and finally go do wo to a dishonored grave, take your eiiri chaago aad ia-ve--t ia a drinking saloon. Ufa in Nubia. The banks of the Nubian Nile vary with every mile, and beautiful are they in diversity of color and combination, though that beauty partakes of a ster ner quality than in the landscapes of Egypt. Nowhere can be seen the rich fields which stretched on eii her shore to Uie feet of tha Lybiia Hills. They have disappeared, and in their stead rise from the water's depth tall chits iu broken precipice aud crag, or the river, owning freer bounds, fljws majestaa.ly on beneath rival streams or bordering sands, that have the gorges of the des ert hills for channels and the wind for current. Poverty is written on the face of this sun scorched country, and such few stripe of fertile land as the Nile reaches in its flood are tilled with zealoas care by the scanty population which they support. It is curious to note wim what religious caie the villages and temples have been placed upon the shelving rock or desert sand, where none but the lizards could begrudge their presence. Every inch of land that can be cultivated is coaxed to yield its burden of beais or doura, and ot spare land whereon to place their vLlages. good sooth, there is enough. Poor though the Nubian is, bis wants are few, and his thrifty ways make poverty a light burden to him. Travel where be will far hire or trade, be leaves his heart in bis wild home of Nubia, and returns hither when fortune allows. There are HJUS freemasons In Con necticut. ' Maine paid bounty oa 643 bears last JUX NEWS IN iiRIE. The Standard Oil Coinpxiy em ploys 03,000 men. Social gaittes pre now at their height in New Yo- k. There are 170,000 Italians living In the United Staus. New York city detivei JdOO.OOO a year from fr.rry rents. Snow-shoeinc clubs are to be Intro duced in New Yoik. Hartford has 51oi,CC7,000 Invested in banks and insurance. Mary Ilowitt still lives In the Tyrol; she is now 85 years old. The bishoptic of London has been offeied to the bishop of Carlisle. Merideo, Conn., is about to invest $30,000 or less in a city hospital. Madrid is described as the dullest caphal in Europe this winter. No buildinj has been destroyed by fire m Warner, Nf. U., since 1873. Paper is taking the place of cedar in the manufacture of lead pencils. A Norwich, Connecticut, pastor wants his salary reduced 20 per cent. The French army in Tonquin con sumes 81S00 worth of quinine a month. Lulu Hurst, of electric fame. Is now giving exhibitions in her own State. London is now consuming water at a rate of over 110,000,000 gallons per 'lay. " Fresh American oysters" is now a familiar sign in many places In Lon don. There are nine American countes ses and marchionessess in Rome this winter. There is a rage for bisque figures of all kinds, but particularly for bisque dogs. A child recently died in Rye, Eng land, of fri'-ht caused by a boy weannt a mask. The desire for Egvptian curiosities has a-sumed the proportions of a craze ui Lond ,n. Two Buffalo women have been made crazy by the stoties told them by a for tune ul.er. There are 11,600 sheep iu Anson. Me., the banner sheep raumg town of the state. A farmer of Cbar'.tou county. Ma . pays 51.119 taxes on his horses and $13 on his dogs. There are 4.500 compositors in Paris and their pay averages about thirteen cent an hour. A French woman who aspires to dentistry is perform Ing street operations iu Augusta, Ua. The fall in the price of sugar last year saved the Bntiih public, it is estl mated, f .iJ,000,UuO. "The Plains" have almost disap peared from the great West. The rail road ex-Piains it. An owl which measured 4 feet S inches from tip'to tip was killed at Con cord. N. II., lately. A prisoner recently discharged from the Massachusetts State Prison toon away 5 IS' A) in savings. Miss Rebecca Thomas, of Mlddlo- boro, YL, was born In the first hour of the nineteenth century. L. B. Hamlin, of Augusta, Me.. S3 years old, enjoys skating on the Ice as well as any of the boys. Between 80 and 90 years was the average age of the persons who died last year in Dublin, N. U. Services in the churches of Thom son, Ga., have been discontinued.owmg to tbe prevalency of small pox. A great revival of business ia r- iwted from Passaic, N.J. , where every factory is running on full time. A 9ii-year-old Fair Haven, Conn.. woman "shucks oysters with the rest of the girls." aud beats most of them. Orange, of California production. are a drug in San Francisco, where they sell for 10 cents a dozen on the streets. It cost more to maintain the city ot Boston, in proportion to population. than any other city in the United State. -There are 347 female blacksmiths in England, all of whom swing heavy hammers and do men's work generally. The heaviest snow-fall In a half century's history of that place.it is sta ted, is now lying in Jacksonville, Illi nois. The most diminutive Shetland pony at a New York agriculture show stands but 2S inches in heigbt.and weight only 9J pounds. Transatlantic steamers arriving at Boston report having encountered a se ries of g ales and heavy seas Uie whole way across. Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and im perious usage often produces in gener ous minds. The Belgian periodical press of the present day comprises about 650 news paper and magazines. There are 7U dally journals. A Stonington man who hasn't learned that the one million stamp offer is it fraud has collected 6(5,000, and Is gathering more. The introduction of electric llghu into Tombstone, Arizona, which ha? been agitated there for some time, ha been aliandoned. Seven savings banks in Connecti cut have between themf 100,0u0 belong ing to nobody in particular, so far as they can ascertain. A new orchestral club in Boston, which gave Its first concert there hut week, contains nine ladies among its first and second violinists. The acreage of graie vines In 3o nora county, Cal , whi-iri fifteen years ago was but fifteen hundied. Is now about twenty-two thousand. In the French military hospital chaplaincies ha"'fc been abolished. The eecessity of reducing the army esti mates is the oSl.-ial explanation. A lare number of the choicest shops iu Paris, even such as are ia the Rue de 1'Opera and the Rue de Rlvoli, are unlet, and few, if any, of the large Parisian hotels are paying their expen ses. What Is generally taken to be a sign of severe winter weather was late ly perceived in Paris, namely, a numer ous fl:ght of wild geese to the south vtaid. A Government penslouer of Elgar town, M.iss., is the fourth of his line in direct descent who have drawn pensions from the United States by reason of military service. Port Townsend la a place in Wash ington Territory unknown to many in telligent people, but it claims in rank third in importance among the ports ot Lhi CQzzXzj ta point of tijwrt tooMg.
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