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VANISH 46,
BY ALICE CARY.
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Out of the wild'.aid.wedY night - •-•
I see the morning softly rise,
But, 0! my lovely, lovelY eyes !
The world is dim without your light. •
I see the young budi break\ and stv.;;;-,'. -,,,i
To fresher life .when frosts gre c'er;;: • • .
But; O'l my rose-red mouthl 'no 'more
Will kiss of youradelight my; heart..
know trio,499' v
The worm that it n7' ►dp , n true •
Comes forth with gloridge wings dispread
But, 01 my little videti head! ,
I see you only in.tbp fist,..
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I hear the ea 1441.,. lei
klark .. —. 1
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Despite the cluud, despite the rain ;
But, 0 i'my snoic 7 white hands, in vain`
I search to•find you through the daiek V . , l '
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When the strong whirl9nd'S rake is o'er,. • .
• A whisper bids the land rejoice; :
But, 01 my gentle,.get Y9lec; •-*/.' . I
Your music gladdeurine' %ore. I'. i • .
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* ll . :Ucttiougii go dartlity 14a:dispel ,'-
This gloom that fills myjite•witliWoe, - '
- 3ly sweetest and . my-,besti I. I .know. • '
That ya . u.{a!e , stikllglktreAnti Will.-•:V.11.0 -1.1
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• AaVe..A4 1 4 , 1 1 .4; ;Pt bliSsfullthoughtif - t . .GI t,
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,iii lame: sineetAtitheiil•kno*: , rof,Vfh, tr,cll:.Y,l
. Jo* know thit you . are Mere,
Ot t. s. .'-..".' -.•
And Sickiiese, pain and death are not -' ' '
- ,
The-Marble was imie , .
• Though only a blocklat best, ,
But the artist, with inWaid sight,,' •
Looked further thaii 411 the rest,' . a•;„ ~,,"
And saw in the hard, rough stone - • ,
The lovliest statute the sup shone - on.'
So he set tework with care, .
And chiselled a form. of grace 7 ' •
A figure•divinely fair, ,
With a tender, beautiful face ;
But the blows were bard ind fast
That brought from the marble that worksat
last
So I think that human Hires
Must bear to Go&slchisel keen,
If the.spirit yearns and strives •
For the better t life unseen,
For men are only blocks at best,
Till the chiselling brings odt all the rest.
MINNIE MAY'S FORTUNE.
ADREAMY; radiant afternoon in '-mid
july, theccloCkpAiliting- -to ..the,ho tiicif ,
four,, the-scent of , newly : irovin -- :110Y„ ( 4Ws .
lug the air, 'and. the Criinso billoWS of th'e,
*
closer meadows rising : 'ati 'falling:softly:,
`'s
at the touch •Of -the suotner wind,. - and
one •brown-winged robin . 411431U* his
roUndelav in. the upper bonglis thathrush=.,
.ed . the.dining-room windows . at Merton
Firm---this whs the scene and season. '"
Mks Tabitha Wadi: 'clueing themontbs \
o! July and Atigust received a fey friends,:
who were allowed / to e4fe,
_tlik expensea
of the household. Andl somehow •Miss
Merton continued 'to subsist `very coin
fertably for.the , rest of the year, on the.,
July and August contributions of, her
friends. Upon this glocing smother after
-noon, when the cherries winked . at you
from behind their , . le t af i ji l ' Valls; and the
currant hung. like ruby' ' , fringes
.on the
• bushes thatlined ~ the garden
_ferice l Miss
Merton - was soaking custard an tbeikitch
_en. .
"Minnie," said Miss Itaertoti. s ' .
May,
"Yes Aunt," said Minnie with'a
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nervous jump.
i
"Get,me the nutmeg'''' said - Miss-Mer-'
ton, ':and` don't stare l a out youso." -
"Yes, Aunt," sail l ,. iiinin,-. - presenting
her3ell with the nutmeg" 'grater in hand,
.
and a fine pink color on her cheek, .
"How old are you?" demanded ;• Aunt
'Tanitha, tratifixing her niece, so,tospeak,, l
with the.t'ivininilions of lie'. spectadles,-,;
"S,venteen, Mint' Tahithn." - ..
"Then," retorted Aunt Tabby, "you are,
a g r- a t deal too old to gd, trailing l .ahoiit
tnf , woods With Mr. ilareourt."l i
Mtn nie grew pinker than ever. ;, :
'l_ didn't trail itbout, Aunt , Tiabtha.-1
only walked as tar as i the, BoWtor Racks
to seethe view, which', he saM was as fine
as 4 tl vth jug ou, the ! Rhine.", 1 - , ..1 .
"Fiddlesticks .17 aid Aunt Unify. ',
took here; Min e file, you in inii yottr busi
nev, and let 'him trupd!hia". 1_
aunt,'? frighte'ned
"Now mind, what!,Bay," persiated.MisS
1 6rion, grating., savagely isivay'
b:'own nutmek. I , •
"Yes, aunt," fluttered
And t , fie Went , back- t , - to the tablecloth
ahe was MenditiO,andi .cried quietly.over
sho didn't' quite flttOw' why.
And all this sinie Mr, Ernest Harcourt,
the gen demo in question', Was afecilling
6 1n , ward through the, 'woods, with Miss
AdPla Brownson Ipaning on his arm,
while firs . Bro wnsoni Partitinat:t on hi
hack grenadine and tOpainsii scarf, • was
Ming believe fo' read . .a novel on the
Tqandtth, and in reality, watching ,rest
iesily for Adds . to Make -her .taidy--0..
lear ance . ,
It's too ridictilous for,any Ingo\"
.aald
BrOvviistip to bend!, & impatiently.
;gni) ing a .fly off her booic. "I fielieve
. (411 $ 1 ivitif a ploughbb.tif site
t)uld Find
n¢-One - else. - And the first
111 , 1 1 1 g 40 knows she'll'he corninitting her
in acme o 44. ovother.', And Doctor'
''ntOn's n eithesr is, 0 4 .0 1 q3mg
Au
too. It'youtrigeons, hat's what it
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.*llhuolow of the woods ; - lie/ biosd gyps y
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Att'trimmed . with ferns and wild roses
' ler ,. liPs all. wreahed' with smiles, - and
. meat Hareotat l ii!ilkitig by her side, 11:31.
Ady inother received her with no par:
:cular, graciousness of welcome,
.-"1-thought you were never - comming !"
:napped Mrs.brownson.
c, ,
We hayn't been gone long, I'ni 'sure,"
•aid Adela, innocently. .
"Not tW0110111' 1 " . said Mr. liarcoiirt.
"1 s'tlyatiliiircwent on Mrs. Br° wii -
son, politely \ ignoring the young man's
interpolation, - "that you would know
Ater than lAgo,otit pli elch a brbiling
c y jks thiss, AJW,gitkOk<ab brown as a
berry.', I
Adela laiighed r . She knew that a high
gplatlVlcoming to her.
"I - Bbn 300 l off directly," said sho,
sinking gracefully npon kbamboo settee;
; :r4l4l'ily,itke:).meantime," said Ernest,
who was one of those clear, dark hru
horn ul.Y.fis6 of 1 tutriiieratti eVe r
seeius to afffot, .ancket-that
t voluve Romps. thac
,wc,..,or l ese t ts,lj99g
lira.'l3rowpsp!;k carp qky, pAwd tp hear
the xe t tfeaf,itg,Tipg of
s ,,y9ung
,man's
foottetistiefore'she , ,her verbal
battelies,upbii'ller - •
• "Addy i l'cried :she, 'Wt'attifollY; "I ana
astoitiabed . at foul» - • -
"You're'al ways being astonished at
mamma," pouted the, young lady.,
"To spend your time s flirting with a
mere traveling pho!lographerr
"It's so dull: lain," ,retorted Miss, Brown
son,,-"and'one must do Something."
yes e scornfnll'spok the Matron'.
'But you'll find out presently, miss, that
you're playing with edged tools. :You'll
fall in love With him.'
"I,Marnma ?• .13
~echoed Adela, contempt
*nously, "What do you take me for?"
"Or be, with you r
That's :a. great deal more probable," in
terposed Miss Brownson, with a el:inv.:ions
toffs 'of be head that set all 'the ferns and
roses to quivering.
"And then," - added - indignant .Mrs.
Brow oson, 4 .1 4 hat Is to be the end of it ?”
end ol it, mamma ?" - -
"Yes, - the end of it !" and Mrs.Brown
sou elevated-her voice' with. some energy,.
ybu ' needn't „shout," said calm
Adela, - placidly fanning he miff - The end
:of.,it will he that I shall amilseniyselftin
til Doctor Fenton's nephew appears on
the:scene, his three...hundred thou
sand pounds; and then—Why, I )shall go
in fin. business." -
"Yes ; : but,
"Mamma," angrily interrupted the
"daughter, "don't be a fool Frnest:Har 7 .
court is very good looking, and very
agreeable, but I should no more think of
marrying him than of allying myself to
a chimney sweep. LRve in a cottage never
40:111 do for me. I have been expensive-
IV brought up; my tastes are insurions;
must marry well !"
nil little family . discussion
went on under the. open casement of the
second story apariment, ,in which Mr.
Ernest Harcourt was looking for the fucri
tive volume of poems.
"A chitnnex' sweep, eh ?" muttered Mr.
Ilarcourt, with a comical expression on
his face. "And Pr. Fenton's rich nepli
hew ?", I wish Miss Brownson joy of the
wealthy match she has. inconfeniplated--
and shall be most happy to. make. my
bow and Step aside." '
And jie put-the book hack .on the table.'
Yet, with all the philosophy one can
muster, it is not spleasmit to awake sud
- ilenly to the fabt that one, has been made
a plaything'Of; and Mr Harcourt, in spite
- of the off hand Way in which he took the
tidings.' had a little sting yet smarting in
Otis inner consciousness. ,
As lie went slowly o:%wii.the backstairs,
a little sob. reached tits ears- It was Min
nie, curled upr in one corner like a wound
ed kitten. "
"Why, Minnie,what's . , the matter ?"
kindly asked the traveling; photogripher.
"I'm goi ng away," sobbed Minnie. "I've
broken' , Aunt, Tabithit's best china teapot,
•
'anct she'says she won't have Me in , the
- house another day; and indeed—indeed
it wt.'s, cracked' , before I"
"Where are r you going ,
"t don't know;" said Min nie.
Shelooked so-nretty . and disconsolate,
so like a rosebud that has been beaten
down by the rain',that our:hero paused
in spite of himsef.
1 - "But,you have nn ?" -
Mintlie shook her head. - -
"Then what is to
,Vebonie . of, you ?"
questioned arcour .
"I don't know," again uttered Win
-14;ok: 'here 1" Ilareourt's
heart, in its :rebound, was very ten(ler.,
and susceptible. "I'll give you ahome.'
"You, Mr. Harcourt ? But you can't."
"But I can,if you_will consent to mar
me,"asserted the young man.
1 7 s, you l" . - ,
"But I ion only niunie," she persisted.,
'You are as beautifill as an angel
an 4,14 innocent' is white dovni Nay,
do,not 'shrink 'my hate 10v*. \'Aus
wer ta e , yes no:, Will -you giye yonr
self -
ine r • • -
Andlifintile,letting him take hechand
in his, whispered
IifONtROSE, PA., OCTOBER 18, 1876.
= "Oh, I love you . so ,
mach Hat . -
court —I - love you so much""`
- Of. :Course ttiore - were various cilticisms .
when it was ascertained. that, Mr. Ernest
Alare. k urt was actually
. .married to blue.
eyed Minnie - May, the phi , . maid's 'niece
and *drudge general:
•,' "-Tastes differ," =said Mbis - BrOWnson,,
contemptuously. .-=
"What, can you, expect bf= these low
bred traveling .tradegfactbr
Imoth4. - . . .
as the' arintheilt, I
'spirited, a carriage drovt;rup; and a' %Oil ter_ .
partricilitiAbbkingebld
descended the t retrom.
4;lit . oator Fenton,!' i crjed,i - .A.utft, Tahktha.-
'4'lo delq: i sii,_" I 'am 'delighted to see
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here. „ ?.
:gni)y thaw We," Said 'the `old
ge ; ntie, with - an airof nno` , Who teens
tOP4ed tcr:be "30;i:tray,
thib't yoUrself.- i•l'Ve come 'to Bee
n'ir ‘ „ ! ilt?l l) ew • v
:.our 'said'lne old lady,
blaiild "Is he''.stEiyitid this'Pait . of
the country" (1: ;
"At this verthou.se l 'i ? f , :i •
="l3ut there's no
. bne . ..b.f.,,W43, name .01
Fenton here.!'' - • • •
"Who' said his name wi4 Fkiton ? It's
Harcourt--Ernest Hareourt , Re s jtist
got married, and I am here to , welcome
[his wife into the family.l.. .• • ,
And the belle of the, fstabli,shment,'
realized with a sir:11'10, Stunned senqa•
l math ion that the mat ot"tlii season had
risen, and set f:}rever apetilierinatriinoti
ial firmament:.
=NM
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Mr. Si.: Charle's heaotiful „mare Sultana
stdod..tiedi,tb 'atree.
~pol , the, , first,.time
the sight gtore,Linly „ pain instead of pleas
ure. She did: not . wisti,to. meet him,. and
.she tUrned away froth the dbor,"and - tOok
tee,garden 'Oath: The grounds of -Rye
landrs were old 'and -. fine. :The doctor's
large practice and openhearted hOspital
ity had formerly kept much statethere,
but of late all was very quiet. • _
She saw do one, ai her' path Wonad
among the shrtibberY; butsooh she heard
voices; and pausing o to learn what direc
tion they were in, the following conver:
tion forced itself upon her:
"I hardly know
- what to say?'.
"But Ilermione, surely you trust me?”
"Yes ;-entirely But, 'Rupert, wait a
"Folds of silk and areatii-colored roses. year. My husband has been•dead such a
You will have the hat-sink:alike, then ?" short time, and I shrink fren,a respensi•-'
:eked Mise.Lucinda Smith, milliner. -
"Just exactly alike. It, will please Her- ." "I cannot wait a year.. You know how,
mione, and there is nothing I like so well lonely 1 have-been, and now that I love
as to please my pretty steprnamnia," an one -woman with =my whole' sout—and
swered Liiily Thetford, her sweet she is free, and I can at least take bare of (
eyesfor sympathy to the precise count- a wife l —siirety, Herrnione„ you will isotl
enarce of Miss .Lncinda. , refuse.?"
"Utnph !:---so you are very' fond of her, "Poor Rupert, - love„yeu I so much,,
Linly ?” , how can l'?" „
"Ve.s indeed !kShe is myhest friend since "Then you give your consent r
poor papa died; and being . so_ hear of
,an '"I do.' .\ •
'age, we areconstant companions. I don't Breathless and wild with pain, Littly
know'w haul shotild do if: it iyeren't for tore hers if from the spot: . , She sought
;-- Ityelands has changed so the 'ions ,
_now, fleeing to her own room,
since papa'S death".-- - cast herself across kit eft
r h. wo. rithin with
"You have Mr. at. Charle's company a I anguish.. L;'st, lost'. They had ail It-ft
great deal, I hear." - - her 1 ....5he 1%44 not oue.,
A flash like'sunrise dyed the beautiful The tea
-bell rang; she did not heed it.
bre net te's face. \ 1 Inquiring voices called her name ; she
"Of course; 11:.is 11.-rmione's cousin, 4 covered:her ears with her hands. Twi
and--and like a brother to me," answer- light, and darkness filled the pretty white
ed stooping over a box of silk vio- room, the whip-poor-will's call came on
lets to hide her di» , finion. 1 the dewy air, and the mo sounded
''U mph I 'tie all right of softly in the room below.! it was Her
course,' -reinark ,, d Miss Lucinda, pitteh- mione's toilet), and Rupert St. Charles
lug out a brier : le4 and setting the little was bendiag happily over "the woman
rose more firmly on' its stem. "But didn't I t he- loved with his whole soul," no doubt.
it ever occur 'iv you that folks Would , ' Poor Linly—she wished, she. could creep
talk ? 'into her,father's grave, and be out of the
"About, what ?" asked Linty, lifting sight of their haepiness.
her clear hazel eyes to Miss Lucitida's I By-and-by-in the stillness, she heard
prt,tll , .. - steps ' , it the stair. Was iltrmione c6in
"His being at- Ryelvd. so . , much, so i iiig ? Yes, ,door. opened. and Her
soon after your father's death. Poor man mione!S voice syllable& : "Dear, are you
d ea d nut six months;-I should think ycmr hear ? Why, we thought you, had not
stepniamma, ate you call her, would have come from town." •
more reipt.et for 'his memory tha,rito--:." She advanced into the room, `punting •
"Than to'what?" asked Linly, her eyes the light she carried * tinder 'a shade in
bright with ' indienation. "What have the corner.
you to say against Hermione—against my - "You have come home with a head
father's wife, Miss Liminda?", itclie I know—the day hos been so hot-;
"Say?—oh, I say nothing. - It's what bot you ought to have drank, some : tea,
other people are talking -Lout. , But!' Linty, dear.'
must.add,. that it is strange that you are. The graceful fragrant form pressed the
so blind, Linty. Now. I've known you couch by the_-.girl's side ; a - tender arm
you ever since you was a child—used to' stole around luir. heck. •
come •to Rylelands every Spring- to wake "I am glad we can be quiet. I have
caps in your_ graudmother's day, and something to tell you. Did L hurt you
ur mother,always bought her bonnets Linly. with my ring ? Why did you
of me•=and
~you; w ere always bright wince so ?
enough abOut othr thiUgs.. It's strange "No, H.erinoine, no," feebly.
you can't see."' "Linly, teoutethik has- happened to
:, "What'". with a thrill in the young day,
.which - gives me great hope and pleas
- • ure a Shill I tell yo n
"Why, of course your stelimother mar- There. was a little pause—such a hard
,riedyour father for, his- money, -and to little pause:- •
have a home and_position. 'She was only "Yes?' ; • i • * '
a district school-teacher,:down in lifarsh-- '"You have known : my-. .cousin,. Rupert
field, when he . married her, and every- St. Charles, a year and : you feel .quite
body knew she did pretty well for her- . well acquainted with him, do you not ?"
self When she marled Dr. Thetford. But ' "Quite well."_ • - •
she.was dead in' love with her cousin,Rn- "He is all' he -seems to be, Linly:
pert St. 'Charles, and he= with her; but think you like him." •.
they _were poor, and he . ..working his way • No answer.
to slowly through, college that she thought "I hope yon `do dear, for he its just
there wasn't much chance there, and so what a young Man oughi to be—hanor,
gave him up for yoUr father. And now able,
,pure, and steadfast-:—and the - tio=
he's a promising . young laWyer, and she man who has won his' !nye is fortunate,
mistress of Ryelande, what is so likely ? indeed—blessed,•if ;she return it—for be
Ler, you "you ain't going to faint, are you pin- will make a devoted nasband. She
ly ' could not haie a better' fate than to'be
"Faint? Not The day .is warm and the wife of Rupert St. Charles." •'•
'your %tare close. It is foolish for me lierinione .I. l lietford,, heard , her'step-i
to stay here listening to , thie gossip. I daughter-'d_quickened;.breathing, - ;: but
db not foet in the least indebted to yon' could not 'see•her face,
for repeating it to me, Miss `Lucinda. walked . with him this afternoon in :
-My beautiful: stepmother loYed my , fath.;‘ the garden; dear, 'your head'
ea dearly when - - she: Married him—five must be YetY,bad. I heard you moan."
years of utter devotion , to his-interests, "Very' back" But. never *ad,' Her.
and her crushing grief at his death;-prow. mione.". :
ed it.for me--nor do I believe she loved "fie-urged ; - me to a:,promiso ,which
any one else when she married him. 'And' was reluctant to give."
if she Ahooses to marry. :Mr.. St. Charles . , ' .
"nezo i , she at .all - heilltated to take Ati'literi bee nig
vine -" and bowing with bhe barest civil iliet4tuse? your tatheilhaslacen
).
"sty to Bliss Lucinda, Linty left the shop, dead such a ehlort time; and others might
HOW IT WAS.
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•' The - cool alr of - the' ylilitgle streets cool-.
ed chet-lit4'i' cut LOW7tier . ;l4-
al young. , :harti ached ifferl••tiosom
Nut for; Worlds Would-she have ;had;Miss•
Lucinda; *fed tti her that.
Ohitsies_ . ; bnt. it was.
the cruel "l'i6:11: He was` so and
flaetinjviti and
spoilr~d`bp;h~s;rLl~id. `success inlife, no.
wonder heard worshiped . him.'
She 'never believed' that therb ; ,.w4:3
.
the.eglishislut cOtisth
lylcihdiietS and :free l iiiiin i 'lltit-'.perhao'
others lue'ir tifaf . b a - was
"blind."
A feeling: of bitter..desolation fell up
on her us Whe,enteied the, broad gatea of
Ryilands;,_ wherioc. tier 'beloved , father;
artiostpet,ske.bad titeen, had been
cat rIE d scarcely; half a. year before She,
loved' ,I3.erriiOne, and ,had Efer
mi4ne 10 - vekber best . :Of anything in tie
world. but uow . it seemed slie had
116 ho'hiejn any '
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"You kneed not care what others think
if you - are sure et- yoir own feelings'
Prt . is because 1 Am-sure of them, Lin
ly, that lat itia yielded. thave.known
Rupert from child;-.and he is one in a
thousand. So, dear o aurely.you will for
give me if you -are . . averse to this—." , •
-Forgive ? . What should I • forgive ;
dear Herrnime ,
,}.
"I yielder, and give 'my consent that
he Mould tell you l his. , love,...iand try to
win ypurs,. dear. For nothing could
rnaka-me happier,-My sweet girl, than for ,
you to marry my oousin."
Ilermionts .voice-died away., There
was no - sound in the' darkened cainbert •
She listened anxiously for -.l 4 inly's,'re=
sponse ; but the girl -,realized nOthieg but
the ieelingii of her Hawn heart.
"Will you not speak, dear?''. .. •
" Wt , at shall I say,- flerrnion e ?''
•!Are.. : yon pained or pleaSed by, what t
have told you . .1 - '
• "Hermione, I have-been told that you
and Rupert-St: Cliaries l used to love each
other." „ .
"I have always loved Rupert as a con-,
More. was your father
whoin I loved, , dear,iind so' you-are next
`dearest to my heart. rhave promised
Rupert to - i tirge,'Yon: to, love hiiti little
.sign of encouragement, and so he has
sent you this,- blusli-rosr. If he may
''speakto you; wear it in your hair when
he cornea to-morrow night ; if you have
I ,no love for , him, you need not see him at
all, dearoisit may be painful.to you, and
will' surely dash hie dearest hopes to the
ground. So I will tell hire as gently as
possible." -
`ali,ve me thelo.le." •
'"Hermione unfastened the coot, fra
grant thing from her,own dark hai4, and
in the darkness slw its .whiteness lift:d
to the uirl's lips. - -
•=I will wear it."
Soon'all Circleville kry.w of Unly's-en
gagement, and this is the way of it.
- - •
When can a lamp-be- eaid to 4
be in a •
bad temper ? When it i, put out.
One of the young memlierS of the
French legation, h ,rd pushed for a com
pliment to a fair English !ally whose lane
was marred by an undeaiably IA nose,
remarked; - “Madam, you are an angel
fallen from heatieo, bah._ you fell on. your
noEe."
A countryman went to see his lady-
love, and wistiing to be conversational,
observed "Toe tnermomokron - twenty
degi e.t.a aboie z pro this evening." "Yes,'
innocently replied the Maiden, "sactr
'kind of birds do fly_ higher, some seatons
of the year than lo:fiers." .
A Paris paper gives a couvreation be
tween a father, and his little daughter.;
"Vhat have you done with your doll ?"
"I. have put it away to keep for my child
ren, . wnen grow up." "But .if you •
shouldn't have - any ?" "Ahl' well, then
it will dolor my grandchildren."
An. Ohio doctor, 'who has been whew
ing "wonderful results" by what he pre
tend,d to be animal tnagnetitm. having
been, arrested'as a swindler,' no less than •
six electric batteries were 'found conceal
ed under his clothing, wherein he had
kept no. his marvelous supply of elec- •
tricity. .
A little fellow haVing been much prais
ed for his cinickness of reiily; a gen Oman
present obserVed Thai when • people were
smart in their youth they were generally
very stupid when. they advanced in yew,
and vice versa. "What
. a very. sensible.
„boy, sir, You must have., been!" returned
I the child. . , .
Here is a chapter of accidents that be
fell a man in Iowa: He first fell into a
After he had been- drawn up ~440*,
thirty feet, the rope, broke, and
down again; A new one was rowed,
and he bad just began to amend a 'second
time, when the Windlass rigging gave
sway, and he ttill on his head. 'He is now
in the hands of the, surgeons. ,
Dr. Barton, being in company with
Dr. Nash, whci b4d just printed twoheavy •
folios on the' antiquities of Worcester
shire, rernarkei 'that. the ,publication Into
deficient in several respeets,adding, "Pray,
doctor, are you not ajustice of the peace?"
am;! replied-Nash. "then," said Bar-:,
top, "I advise you to send your work to
the house*of • zerrection."
An absent-minded
,profesor, in going
out the' gateway of his
.college„ ran
against a cow. In' the. - confusion ot , the
*moment, he*raised his and exclaimed;
bet your pordon,rmadam." - Soon after
he stumbled against 'a lady in the-street. ,
In a sudden recollection,. of his former
mishap,'he called 'out, with - a look of
rip in. Its countencluce, "Is that , yoU
in,'you'brutel " -
•,, • ,
felkiw,coming from the Alleghanies
to New, Xork, last 'winter, was, naked :
ltovas as cold' there as in the city*
fie had probably been - at some March or ,
tellectschooljor he glanced at thA ther• ;
nicatitei,**Horriblwcold," said he.; 4.foii
they ha* rio - :thermoineteri there,-awtoti
course, it getsjustst cold U it pleases."
MEE
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