Wartiml. For the Herold The Mountain Streamlet. Onohing front the mountain side, liashing down the mountain wide, 11lasting downward to the Yale, 'Trips the little streamlet gay. Splashing ovne rocky crops, - Breaking into crystal drops, Downward to tho valley still Comos the bounding little rill Gliding o'er some rocky descant, 41 ' On its course so fully bent, Swiftly now it onward hasten, Itippllng dawn the barren wastes, Dashing, gliding. rippling on, Farm thn limpid strimine nro gono, f.nst amid thir tide below, Ynt t ha stroamlot over flows. Dee. 22, 18(13. Song of the 41,acksmith's Wife. My h uslmn d's a blacksmith, RII fi where nlil you find ♦ loan more indu4triotts, faithful and ki n d ? lion determined to thrive, and that we agree, Per the ring of his anvil is music to me. Though dark his rinnplesion and grimy his shirt, Hard and horny hie hand, and di , figurod with dirt ; Yet In that rode cavil w a folvol I see, And the ring Mills anvil is music to me. Aurora's fair nymphs chase tho night from th• skies, Ire the sun pierce the &furling, from bed he dor■ am the lark kneel; her nckt, At hk forgo be will be, And the ring of hie anvil In much to inn. Though to labor he owns, ne are fir from being poor, Industry has batfished gaunt Willa from our door; For the black kmith's ImiopeTnient and free, And the Hug of his an vil . in musk to me. At it dis'anro from home I have seen with delight The red sparks from his chimney illuine the night, And have heard the fast stroke on the anvil rebound And my heart has leaped up at the musical sound. Those stroke, nn the anvil, sly whit (10 they prove I Forethowrht and affertion, indip+try and love; A resolve honest, respected, and free That's the tone on the anvil that'g innsic to too. (.1 11 igritantn e s. Proceedings of the Cumberland Co Teachers' Institute, held in Me chanicsburg, December 2d, 3d and 4th, 1863. =9 The President and Secretary being nh:ent, the cont - entimi Nvas organized ht electing - Capt. 11. A. I,llllg , i.rft, pn, /rm.. null Jacob - li. Sclifl r, Secre ry. prri 'tem. The President appointed the follot% ing com mittee to report officers for a pertnanent or ganization. \ 17. : Mi•9:rs. ,los. N. ( ' islet, M. I'. I:ring. t;. M. Multi,, A. 11. Hutchinson and 'l'. Palm. Art EitooN on 11011111111t1011 uuule the following report - Nv•liich--wa-:•adopied : • President—lice. J. It. GrolT; Vice Presi dent—S. P. tlorgas, 11. .1. Sturgeon, John C. Dunlap 11101 Levi llerkel ; Recording Sor retary—Jaroh 11. Sr ri% er : Corresponding Secretary—G^orge S‘%:irtz, County Superin tendent ; Treasurer—Capt. 11. A. Longsdiirff. Vice President llorgas took the chair.— The subject of " Parental Co-opetation . was taken up and discus. , cil by A. 11. Hutchinson. Teachers r•:11t and should visit patrons• and patrons invited to visit schools; dm; alone can the proper co-operation• 50 necessary in juvenile training.. 1/C srcurrd. 'l•he Suldcct of conversation ht•fviceen learliera and pa rents should lie edueational. A. Ifeugc agreed in the actitiment of Mr. flutellin , on, that if the (earlier faith fully performs hiv ditties he will secure pa rental co-operation in a large degree. Mr. F. A. Cain—Parenta are hound hr many considerations to visit st•hools. An excellent method to secure co-operation is to make monthly reports to parents, of pro gres.l, conduct, ,fir., of their . children. Pa- rents should he invited to visit the sehool.— , They show proper feelings by sending chil dren to' school regularly, procuring proper books, - and permi'idttg lessons of liome iii ,the evening. The subject was further discussed by Mr. Palm and others. all recommunding, mutual visitation of teachers and parents. President Groff arrived and took the chair. Made soon• appropriate and edifying remarks. The length of sessions was fixed as follows : to I I A. M. 13 to 43 e. /a., and ti to lo M The subject of reading was next intro duced. Jacob 11, Gehr read an nide an) lytical re port on this subject. Pupils tn.ist spell well, study thoroughly, watch constantly. :Should spell before they rend, Should cri t wise each other iu eld- , es. Should artividste distinctly. Pan,es are no guide to inllee- Lion. Usti Mat 15ht , ,11 , 1 to Win-trate toile, rule, ,i 4 A class of ladies and gentlemen was formed and drilled in reading by Mr. (iehr. Mr. D. E. East.—Pauses are generally cur reedy placed in text books. Children should begin to read 1111,1 spell at the same time. Mr. Ilen- , el.—Children should lead and spell ingot her. The subject of pauses was further dis cussed by Messrs. Gehl-, Fast, Scliriver, Stouffer and others. Itivssiso StissioN.—President Groff in the chair. Player by Rev. .1. Ault. Singing by Institute Chili. Professor \\ ilson, of Dickinson College, was introduced to a large, intelligent, and appreciative audience. and delivered an ad mirable lecture on it Motion," illustrating by diagrams and mechanical oil philosophical ,ilymitirat,:s, the laws of motion. Space for 15ab,an ,„,„::iding notice of this able and - interesting lecture. All forces have a cola , mon origin. Everythin tit rest or in motion is acted upon by a force oc fiirces. Instant forces produces uniform motien. Motion is -eternal. Succession of impulses produce , constant motion—this accelerated motion. The combination of impulsive and constant &roes produces motion in curves parabolas and ellipses. Ail force equals square of ve locity divided by radius of curvature. The nebular hypothesis moves particles of mat ter by the force inher - ent in matter. The at traction and repulsion of matter produces rotary motion. The denser body huts the greater centrifugal force, consequently will diverge from centre of axis, and produce other spherical bodies. Zodiacal light—sun shining on nebular matter above the earth's equator. Matter is tilled with force inherent in itself. The tendency of bodies is to re volve around their Shorter axis. The iner tia of bodies or a constant force cause them tiro restbDceitiv, a planieberi2otataii to their axis. A combination of, Vivo or more forces causes resultant motion. By means of a rotoscope and other instruments, this, was beautifully illustrated. Also the precession of equi noseS of the earth. How attraction cause s it - 1.26,000 years the north pole of the earth to resolve around the corresponding celes tial pole. The thanks of the Institute-Weratendered to Prof. Wilson. Deputy Superintendent Bates was announced to speak on Thursday, and State, Superintendent Coburn on Friday evening. Adjourned. .13iCOND MORNING SE,9BlON.—Prayer by .flie Presi dent. Music, instrumental and, vocal, bY Institute Club. Minutes of preceding day read and adopted. iDeputy. Superintendent Bates delivered an able and highly practical lecture on "'Physical - Geography." Was pleased to see BOlnfulY present. Should have true concep tions of all subjects studied. Physical Ge ography underlies other divisions of Geog raphy, and should be taught first. Map drawing is invaluable . . pupils should study lessons in Geography THAI% 'the object of re presenting all physical fnetnyes on black-' BY J. II If. M. Crider. It seeing natural for to imitate each other. Penmanship shows character. In forming and contliin ing letters uses grin tuuceiueut. T 011011)•, 1.111 11110 Cll'llll2llt at a time. 11 t: illustrated the principle:: and practice of penniamillip uu hlark hoard. l i. rges fast writing. It. 11. M. Stouffer re,llt it deep, 1001001 and iuten sting lecture on liinglish (it - animal% using the black hoard for illustration. Grammar, ns gener ally taught, i a niii , iirable failure ; is one "t* the tito-t useful studies. In reading. ‘vriting and speaking itmil thinlting, It knowledge i d' grammar is of vast importance. '.Cearly li~oord in tit° ....Hal and political worlds arise from a Want It tintlortawling language The suppoi.iition that there are ninny sy,tene , of grammar is iiicorrect there nre two, the ineimphysic il l and etia , tructing : the former depend , 011 tile prllll•lides ;mei Of tiling , . the latter on the ciiatrui priatoplcs_ of Li.a.gua.g.e_ Lite or contain words of two kind , : —trunk word.; :mil lir:inch words•. Trunk On should be first taught. Pitpiki should theoretically and practitmlly tinderctand the part: of sentenveq, and daily practive ttlutt they learn in theory. Space does not allow on this and other subjects, co pious notes. The suliject was further discussed he 1)r. Messrs. Palm and others. C.. W. Epply introduced the sulijeet of (leogr,iphy, and alluded to its beauties and Should lie studied be all. 11ev..1. Ileagy, trills small 11111 , 11 , , ith character of soil, prod actions, towns, natixe i ouriir% ,alierwards in t:lr....es until the Pool tributes 1, 11•1•111111..,, 1 1 11. 1. • tlring an report on District Institutes." Teachers' Insti tutes II ite done very touch for oar sr 1,,, Di.itrii•t. Institutes supple a wan, to the in experinceil. which cannot be supplied other wise without much tinie and expense. In stitute exercises should he practical. In it searching and able manner institute duties —thidr distribution and In:inner of pl.rftllll -- were portrayed. A side I rum being lawful, should be held in day time. ;School journals, e , pocitilly the Tennrlfi n hr will the - • of vii , t h 1 •r11111-1. • t do every tio• prnllrr him null he in time in :ill Ihin i ;it out of it, should or two Lm, ulie.s in spare hour , . ~huuLf ho 1111111-uiou;i Aare 1111[ 111• lii. Lid mkt“hs atm. A lii• 116 groit or lures- but n good talker. lhunld he a good listener: should In! Ilidu to give at tow to NN hat should enrur:itly strive to fix hi; .itteution, actittainted with m: l nvl , eopll.._eanletettof+ Itfrotnahi. generous, clear, sygteutatie, strong to flail and powerful to exeetite the rq;li t, )1 ii-t ht alit to teach, to con-maul c.ite, lu illn•lralo. to hear enplannation , ..— liiVe lii country: rnitst love to teach ; hu .Id love children ittol be ntorthy to re \ J.; euntptilly agree:t ide to of l alit! . }1)11111. ; >hunl l }MVP n larre Filar' , of nil —Olllll - Thi• , 11!:11t0,1 110111111 11;IS liuwrr ht.!' rnuil II r 1 . % Tea( herl relict too little upon their iiiiiiiirt.iiit vii mtion,it it heavenly. The th.l-.1., of 111 :milli:lice were tenilet,l to Prof. Cohort!. T h too inn re , olutinnq roport thc N% ere ;1.1.1upt,(1 wi 10.1 Hr iii;,;* flint tl;c ;111 :ttol a All 11;itimi.; itimn iw.Hlif_ftstice of . 1111' 11).11 I/I . Vb it liii , ll . lo . llt t • I t t 2 ,/ `11:11/1 . Ili i I t :t t! t (I s „ 1,1 in 1., H.] I. ,11,1 \r I"• 111 , 11'11 , i1 , ,11 I ', .:11111 , 111 NI him]. (ii:it ..)i coal 10 I HIIIIII II hill,' •~,rjl ht • tP7ll' 1:11/111 , 11 , •,111 ;(11.C1.11111('111,111,1T1111'1', 'lll,O it i, incumbent ulnw legi teiti.her, he i emeitt tirmuoti lerv,,lr n'otwitlistaniling the nigh et' 11.1 r, yet, thrttitp,ll the Itt•t6 her : throlegh tie more vigorot and proilitetiNe efforts of Iter teacher. an through the 1:o-operation at' other friends edurnl 11/H.IIW ( • :111 , 1.' in I n Ica Ilia II take an up %l anl %nnl 11111%;I rl C n,e.w ithin the pa. se‘ )ears. and that there has,Ateen it di eiiteil ittiprot enient in public opinion on th t. bleb ‘t :ire truly tliankrit Re,eteri/. T11:11 i‘e belie \ a It to he tits dui of all teachers I() ogilodo this sillject sti more, to labor I 1) educ,un 1/11 and enhiat pII blie S\ 1111 , 1111 y io II ell alf of th uttso,m,/, That the hest means of attainitP this oltject is through the agency of co'rint and district Ittstitutps; and theref , :, re i t i the inctiolltent duty of all tenclP:rs to itt.ten upon this means of itapro'ement i and Ilia no hre teacher would 'i t tifli ng ly abs en t hi m self or herself Iron• . them. s t ( - ( ) ) l' n t e li , teacher ( hthatctr allb'ltugh it is not generally conceded by the public. yet we as teachers do feel the digni ty tail importttinte of our stilling. it'e,o/red, That the tlinuks of this Institute he tendered to our wOrthy County St perin tendent, and also todhe President end Sec retary of this Ast,ociation for the able and impartial nomiter in which they discharged their respective duties. ke.stnitted, Thal the t hanks adds Association are due, and are hereby tendered to the fol lowing gentleman for their able and inter esting lectures, viz : State Superintendent Coburn, Deputy Siiperintendant Hates, Prof. Wilson of Dickinson College, Prof. Genlin ger of White Hall Academy, Superintendent Ileiges of York Co. and Jus. P. Matthews, Ettig., of Reading. ' Bps/deed, That the thanks of this Associ ation are also tendered to Ex-Gov. Ititner and to the citizens of Mechanicsburg and, vicinity, and especially to ,the ladies, for their presstith and appreciation for our efforts. R o soivea, That the thanks of this Associ at* are also dee, and are hereby tendered to the several landlords of Meehaniesburg and to the officers of the G. V. It. It. Compa ny for thefr generosity in reducing their rates offbre to teachers Re . sol red, That we as teachers, deeply de plore the present condition of our unhappy country; but that amidst, the danger and gloom of the hour, we see bright glimmer ings of returning- peace and prosperity. Resolved That the efforts which have been and are being. put forth by the National au thorities for the suppression of this wicked and unholy rebellion, meets with our hearty approval, and that we, as teachers will aid to the extent of our abilities. Rego!col?, 'net there proceedings be rill,. lishrd in the Cumberland ralley Journal and other papers of the County. The number of Lein:hers attending the In stitute was one hundred and thirty. The large edifice in which the Institute was held was tilled at each session—many hying unable to gain admission in the eve nings. The exercises were conducted in a spirit of harmony— a desire to become more worthy prevailing in all. 'The n 'nuttier of names attached to the con stitution or the .kssociation, signifying mein t.r.shiti is four hundred and twenty-two. • 'rho }'resident pronounced n benediction and the Institute adjourned sine the. .1. 11. tc•mcccrn, LAW AND ROMANCE "Act as my representative in all re spects. I delegate you full and entire authority!" That was what Jack Clermont had said, as ho leaned out of the carriage window te'light his cigar from the tip of mine.— Of course I undertook the , responsibili ties very good humordly ; for though I had never been in love myself, still I had a sort of: general idea that it was my duty to a IThrd every possible facility to a young inau who was going to see his sweetheart and fix the wedding day. I turned with a sigh of resignation sway front the fresh, exhilarating air and the vivid :March sunshine, in the close little den, lined with the odor of Russian leather, which Jack denominated his 1 ,-- -"uffiee-1"- - - -- thrTlie—Vi rfe iiiThiqUS if l were an amiabl secrilieu on the alter of disinterested friendship. All day lung I sat Limit, enacting Jack to toy owd unlicawded ;01tuiration, and consi Jerably to the astonish to cot 'of the sober old farmers, whose preconceived idea of Squire Clermont was widely dif ferent from the slender moustached young fellow who occupied his seat of judge ment, and pronounced solemn edicts with ail the dignity of Chief Justieu _Taney_ hiniself " ;Squire Clearmont in ?'' demanded a shock headed rustic, in a swallow-tailed blue coat, decorated wit h platter-like brass buttons, who made his appearance about noon. Yes: what's wanting ?" " Well, sir,'' answered the rusti?„ rath er awkwardly twirling his hat round; "we'd like to have you come up to Shine ville next week and deliver a lecture' 14 our Young Men's Association and "Twenty-live dollars expenses paid," remarked 1, at a venture, with an air of such exquisite assurance that the nego tiator was completely at my mercy. "Ve.y well, sir. The secretary of the miewleiteLion will forward you a regular in vitation, and " "Good-day, I said, briskly rub bing my hands as anodic rindividual came in, and lie edged out. "Jack can't com plain at this way of transacting husiness,'l was my intermit reflection, while toy last visitor was hawing anal hemming prepar atory to introducine his bosi ne , s . 'Tom are Mr. Clermont, sir, I s'pose ? "W hat's your business with the, my friend 1" said 1, am ably. "Well, I'm real !dad I've eatrhed you at home for once," was the answer, with fiendish satisfaction. "I'd be'very much oldeeg,ed if' you'd pay this ere And lie extended a crimpled piece of paper—bill for something or other, I didn't know or care what, except that the sulli total Was twenty dollars, whigh I paid with toy exultation considetl:ibly tuned down. Why couldn't I have said that I wasn't Jack, and didn't know when Jack would be at home ? INly most interesting adventure w:o yet to happen however. Just as I was beginning to yawn, and contemplate the propriety of shutting the little office up for the day, just as the level brightness of a glorious spring sunset was streaming in long bars of gold through the dusty panes of glass- beside me, the silence was broken by a tiny tap on , the door. "Come in ?" I said, expeet,;ng to see a little boy with a letter, M.: seine preterna turally bashful client., as I laid down the poker, nod wheel , . d my chair around.- 1Y het was my astonishment on the con trary, to behold a tall, slender young lady, with fresh, brown complexion, just tin ged with healthy pink, that somehow made me think of the wild honey-suckles in my favorite woods, and hazel eves, that appeared perfectly ready either to spar kle into brilliant laughter, or melt into misty tears ! 'I here she stood, and there I sat. I never had heard of Jt_tik's havibg any fe male clients, and consequently it toook several seconds for WC to ret over, as it were, mental equilibrium. Then I sprang up, and politely pilfered her the only chair in the office, while I enthroned my self on the wood-box. "i\ir. Clermont ?" she asked, softly—a very sweet, musical sort of a voice, I no ticed, even through all my portubation. • " I shall be happy to be of service to you, madam." Who would have supposed it? The young wood-nymph didn' want a divorce from her husband,. (that is, taking it for granted she had happened to have such au appendage,) nor did she desire to quar rel with her neighbor's boundary fence, nor stray bovine animals who had depre dated the paternal cornfields. Not at ail she merely wanted a certificate to teach a district school, and the other trustee had sent her to Mr. Clermont to be examined ! Hero was a pretty kettle of fish for a bashtul young man, who was sailing un der false colors] Ilow was I. to know whether she was qualified to be a school ma'am or not ? And how, in the Paine of all that was desperate, was Ito get my self out of this highly-embarrassingbusi-. BOSS, unless fairly running away, and beating an ignominious retreat through the buck office door into tho pine woods bernd I 7 ' fc,TxIiIIIL TERMS :--$1,50 in Advance, or $2 within the year " Sir ?'' faltered the young lady. " What is your name, ma'am ?" I de manded, in a business-like manner, draw ing a sheet of paper towards me, and dipping my pen in the inkstand. Jessie (fray, sir." I knew I couldn't stand the arch, half mischievous twinkle of those, brown eves if I looked at her too often ; so I. went on firmly : " flow old are von?" " Eighteen, this month." ".Ei,2,hteen, hey ?" I wrote it down and hesitated a minute. What next to ask her I had no more idea than the tongs in the corner. I wished Jack •would.oolllC home and catechise his own brown eyed school-teacher—no I didn't either !. " What do you know ?'' I asked. " 0, plenty of things," responded the fair candidate demurely. (Confound these women—how Illicitly they discover when you arc at a disadvantage." -' I can sew, and knit and mend stocking.;, and make pies, and --" I tried very hard to frown, magisteri ally, asaw the roguish dimples play ing artibrul Jessie's rosilmtl mouth, and interrupted catalogue with the stern ,ttriery-t, f' . +tcretim lualition;ions !" .le,sie looked at me like a startled bird, the mouth beginning to viver, and the hazel ,orbs to melt and swim. I moved uneasily on the wood box, and two or three knotty pine logs rolled down aronnd my ankles. — " Conic, now, don't be frightened," I Apostulated, iubbing my bruised ex trenotir.s, " Please.... to know is, can you say the multiplica tion table.. and cast intereAt, and all that sort of thing?" " Yes," faltered Jessie—what a pretty little hand it, was that faltered so ner vously on her lap—wouldn't I have liked to set her a portentiously hard sum in Double Rule of 'three to work o u t, j us t to watch the manipulations of that little hand Let me see—which school is it you wish to teach'" soliloquized I, halt A qu i, eunv,niently pretending to forget what 1 had never known. "At Elm Grcve, sir," said Jessie, " Elm Grove; why, my child, tl - ere are scholars there Inure your height and size; and as unruly as alairiginal stivaes ! Ilave you duly considered the consequen ces of the stein you nro about to take " she answered, the lung wet In•hes sweeping her Idushetj . _ ehci ; " but lam ver ? , p awl it is necessary fo r me to earn my daily ',read." I set Illy teeth firmly together at7the idea of thAt delie;lto young creatur, iti the tiutilde-dolvn old hovel :It Elm trove, zit zit the merry of dog-eared :Telling hank and dinner hushets. " Miss Gray," I commenced, etuphati cally. There—it inevitably happened so in my case' What possessed Jack (!ler wont to drive up to the door at that iden tical tumult ? Why couidn't he have stayed away just five minutes longer? " flea e favor me with your address, Miss (lray." I stammered, hurriedly. the certificates ate not printed vet. 1 will see :Lout them inn day or two." And when the quiet brown dress had fluttered from the room, I discovered, all at, once, that the crimson glory was fa ding gloomily from the \Vest, and the tire was dying out, and things were look ing dismal enough to welcome the noisy entrance of my friend Jack and his,eigar. Well, my boy, what luck have you had keeping offiee to-day Jae'. Gassed a fresh supply of logs on the fire and threw himself into the leath er cushioned chair, where she tau just sat—the thoughtless soling)! I informed him briefly of nay experi ence. laying part icular stress on the twen ty-five dollar lecture engagement, and slurring over the affair of the crumpled bill for which I had a receipt in full. ''All right,'' said Jack, in his merry. jovial voice, that sounded like a cheerful gale of' wind in a pine forest. "Why you'd make a splendid lawyer, Catuplord I If ut you have not told me about the pretty girl who was cowing out as I drove up— what did she want ?" , "Oh, she was after a certificate to teach school—up in Eltu Grove, you remember. I say, Jack, this school.tua'm branch must be a rather delicate piece of busi ness in your sphere of duties." "Not generally," slid Jack. "But what did you do with this one? Give her a certificate '?" "No," said 1, thoughtfully. "And why not? didn't 1 invest you with limitless powers ?" "Because," said 1, deliberately rising from the wood box, and stretching my six feet of humanity to their. altitude, "because, Jack, I wean to marry that girl.,, "Carnpforil ! are you insane?" "No, L think not." "lint you never saw her before." "Well, what then ? She suits me ex actly ; I never knew what sort of a wife I wanted, and now I am fully convinced " "But, suppose she wou't.have you ?" "She will . , or know the reason why." Clertupont burst into a laugh. "Well Cionford, and I have to, say is, go ahead,, and may. Cupid, speed you." I noted upon his recommendation, and called on Miss Jessie the next day, to tell he'r that - the certificates would certainly be ready at a certain date. Then I found it'necossary to call several more times to tell lief why they were delayed . fiom date to date. So that it wasylli into Aptiil " Never ?" quoth I to myself. '' I'll die at my post sooner, even if forty thou sand Fnhoul ina'atns come after certifi cates !" I mean, NVllat :11'11 your educntional before I strode up the walk ..leadipg,,to the window Gray's cottage one golden evening, with a bunch of azaleas in. my hand, and the tardy piece ,of parchment under my arm. Of course Jessie had long since discovered that. I was not the trustee, but it did not materially affect our friendly relations. 'Well, Ni's Jessie, here is the cer tificate ?" She uttered a little exclamatin of de light., and held out her hand. Untercept ed it half Way by a masterly comp, d'etat.• "I wouldn't avail., myself of it, Nisi Jessie—l believe you can do better [" "How?" • • • "Marry me I" NO. 51. "Do you ask what answer was nieder T have no very ,distinct, recollection of the precise words. only remember a. sunset more goldenly radiant by far than I have ever seen, before or since—the faint odor of spring blossoms in the air, and my head bent down to catch the low whispers of the fair lips that wereAtd-• den against Toy beating heart. I think, however, its general purport was favor able, for rs. Cam foid—the pretty woman yonder who is wondering why I don't come to breakfast—has never regretted. (hat she did not take charge of that school at Elm Grove." Tim Trade in Human Hair • It will surprise our readers to know; for example, that the " false-hair, mer-• chants' ~of Londo n import annually at. prosent no less than five tons of maiden locks ! And a writer goes on to Say: " The light hair is exclusively a Ger man product. It is collected . by the agents of a Dutch company, who visit England yearly for orders. Until about fifty years ago, light hair was esteemed. above all others. One peculiar golden tint was so supremely prized, that the dealers only produced' it to favorite cus tomers, to whom it was sold at eight Shil lings an ounce, or nearly double the price of silver. " lint all this has passed away; the dark _brown -Itai r of -France --noT;ruleeitlie-, market,. It is the opinion of those who have the best right to offer one on such a subject, that the color of the haii_ of the English people has deepened in, tint within the last fifty years, and that this change is owing to • the more fre quent interniar:jages since the Napoleon ; is wars with nations nearer •the von. south. Whether dark . or light, however, the hair purchased by the dealer is so closely scrutinized, that hc . can - riatt'bWW6Vri German and the French ar-„ tick 1) the smrll alone, nay, he even claims 'the power 'when his nose is of distinguishin g accurately hetweep j the Eii,dish, the Welsh, the Irish, and the . Scotch commodities. The French deaf ers arc said to be able to detect the dif ferenee„between the hair 'raised' in two districts of central France, not many utiles apart, by tokens so light as wonld batik the most learned of our naturalists and physiologists-'' The S;i11112 writer goes on to describe the manner in which the beautiful peas:, ant girls come to the Breton Fair with their long ringlets to sell : " 'They have particularly fine heir,' Ibe continues, 'and frequently in the ereatest abundance. I should have thought that l'ennale vanity would have effectually prevented such a traffic as this being carried to any extent. But there seemed to be,,no difficulty in finding pa -I)c:it/tilt]] Leads of hair willing to Fcll. W e saw several girls sheared, one alter another, like sheep, and us twiny more standing ready for the shears, with their caps in their hands, and their long hair connhed out and inainging down to their waits. Some of tine operators were linen, some worincu. By the side of the dea let s was placed a large basket, into which every successive crop of hair, tied up into a wisp by itself, was thrown.' As far a.; personal beauty is concerned, the girls do not lose much by losing their hair; fur it is the fashion in Brittany to wear a elooe e; q t, which eutirly prevents any part of the , Itrr,lore frum being seen, and of course as totally conceals the want of it. The, hair thus obtained is trans- , witted to the wholesale houses, by whom it is dressed, sorted, and sold to the hair workers in the chief towns, at about ten francs per pound. The portion of the crop mint suitable for perukes is pur chased by a particular class of persons, by whom it is.cleaned, curled, prepared to a certain stage, and sold to the peru keiers at a greatly advanced priee—it may be forty and it may he eighty francs per pound. Choice heads of hair, like . . choice old pictures, or choice old china, have, however, no limit to the price they may occasionally command." A ScowDow.—The clerk of a large parish not five miles from Bridge.... north, Stall land, preccivinga female cross ing it churchyard in the widow's garb, with a watering can and bundle, had the los ity to follow her, and ho discovered, her to be Mrs. Smith, whose husband had not long been interred. The follow ing conversation took place : "A h, Mrs. Smith, what are you doing with you watering can ?" "Why, Mr. Prince, I have begged a few hayseeds, which I have in a bundle, and am going to sow them upon my poor husband's grave, and have brought a lit tle water with me to make them spring." "You have no occasion to do that, as the grass will soon grow upon it," relied the clerk. "All, Mr. Prince, that may be—but do you not know my husband, who lies here, made me promise him, on his death- • bed, I would not marry again till .the •. grass had grown over his grave, and hay in,7 a good offer made me, I .dinuc4 wish , to break my word, or ¢e kept as I am. A P,uNSTER,'S CAT E CII ISM -W hy should the,puile sex avoid the letter A ? Because it, inake.4 men wean. What is that istliokevery man can di vide, but no man can tell where it ham been divided ? Water. • Why is a woman often making a sad noise? " • Because ,shi:etti generally in; a bustle. What part of a ship is like a farmer? The tiller. What is the oldest tree in Atunerios r The elder tree. • . , What day of the year is a eommand tq go ahead ? '„ Marsh •: em u,,