APRIL FOOL'S DAY. BY 8. ANNIE FORT. ' Well I don't think anybody can cv. cr deceive me again on that day. Onco in a lifetime is enough for nny sensible person to be tricked on tlic first of April.' And pretty Mabel Hughes looked defi ant of all jokes, tossing back bcr sunny !uils with a little whito baud, aud Dash ing a merry, saucy look at tho company around ber. There was quite a group of young folks, assembled to dance the old year out and the new year in. Mabel Hughes took p:o .cJcnce at most of the illagc gatherings, by right of acknowl. edged bcllcship, and ber lather's largo hospitablo houio was the rendezvous on the present occasion. Tho young lolks had been discussing anniversaries, and while on that theme, April Fool's Day had a placa in the list of memorable days of the year. Mabel had been fool ed the year before by tho gift of a mag nificent basket containing apparently clusters of rich, red strawberries, far in advance of tho New England season. With a little ery of pleasure sho bad put ono of the luscious looking berries into her mouth, to find it was a painted deception. Laughing, yet thoroughly in earnest, she had vowed never again to believe in a gift or a speech of the date again. As she now made bcr speech she looked full in the face of the supposed perpetrator of the last year's joke, and was answered by a pair of Banny i'rank eyes, that looked fully equal to fun of nny sort. ' I cau deceive you again,' ho deelar. cd in answer to her implied challenge. ' You have no idea how pretty you looked when you curled up your uosc and puckered your lips over that berry.' ' Why, where were you ? ' ' In the ball enjoying the joke.' ' Well make the most of the rocollec tion, for you will never see me in a like scrape again.' Until nest April.' Never ! ' We'll sse ! I'll take tho next three months to invent something absolutely impenetrable.' I defy you.' Hark !' Slowly the peal of bolls from tho neighboring church sounded the mid night hour. As the Cr.-' stroke full up on the air, the group rose to their feet, joined hands, in a ring, and stood mo tionless till the last echo died away. Then Happy New Year,' burst simul. taneously from their lips, aud after joy ous greetiug all arouud, tb& party sepa rated, aud tho bouse was soon wrapped in darkucss and reposo. ' So John Martyn will play mo ano ther trick this year,' thought Mabel, the next morning, as sho stood before the glass twisting the bright carls round her fingers. ' lie may try his Wst, but be will not catch mo again, llcigh-ho! he will have other things to think of by that time, and perhaps will forget me altogether. For lohu Martyn was going into tho world to seek his fortune. One year ago he had giveD to home, though alone in his cottage a brothcrlcis orphan. He had not intended to stay to long, but there was a magnetism iu Mabel Hughes dark eyes that bound biui to the village, until the admiration deepened into sin cere, earnest love, and then tho convic. tion grew that be must wiu wealth be fore be dared to tell bis passion. Mr. Hughes was wealthy, a lawyer in good practice, but there were nine chil. dren in the luxurious home, aud the cs. tate would give but a moderate compe tency to each one. John Martyn was not the man to woo Mabel from ber home, uulcss be could offer at least comlott iu bis own, aud he had draiued bin purse the year following his return from college. Somewhere iu Texas he had au uncle who had writtou to him that bo had au opening for an enterprising young man, us a stock I am very old,' so the letter ran, aud very poor, so you must not come out here with any idea of finding wealth made to your hand. You will have to work bard very hard, but if you are not afraid of that, I will give you a start drawn from experience, and a shake down in my rancho.' So he bad written, and his nephew gladly accepted the invitation. He had remained to see tho New Year in, but Mabel knew on that day his call ou that day would be to say farewell for months, years, perhaps ' peihaps,' sho thought oadly, ' never to meet again.' She bad never questioned her heart about John Martyn, coutuut to take bis gallant speeches, his deferential words, or, in other words bis half saucy jokes, tiis laughing badiuage for tho amusement of the hour. Hut on tbut New Year's dav she was restless, nervous, and excit ed, finding herself talking at random to her callers, saying,yes where she should have said no, and listening intently lor a footfall and voice that lingered away frnm hnr. At last he came, timing bis all to miss the morning visitors, and vhin tho luncheon bell cleared tho room of the family. Heoliniug Mrs Hughes' iuvitatiou to join tlmw at the table, he kept Mabel for a few parting words. Ho did not bind her ; Ue did not ask a return ct hi love ; he only told her his prospects and hopes, aud then said if he ever had a homo to offer his bride, he should rowe to his native village to seek one. Very vague this, but Mabel looking into bis dark earnest eyes, silently resolved that bis bride should be waiting for him when be re turned. Night found bim speeding to I Oh JO fiX G, HALL, Proprietor. JOHN F.MOORE, Publisher. over the iron road to New York, on tho long journey to Texas. My littlo heroine spoke no word to any one of the hope in her heart. Some day, she thought, her secret fount of hope and happiness might bo open to ber friends but not now not until words wero given that made her blissful dream a certainty of joy. Three months four sped away, and one April morning, when the feet of May wore pressing closely on tho confines of tho passing month, Mabel had a tatter all alone iu her pretty room ; she read tho woids, her heart full of joyful sur prise over the contents. John Martyn wrote a strango story. Upon his arrival in Texas be had found his undo fast sinking under a fatal dis ease, partly the offcot of starvation and exposure. In a miscrablo hut, with no bod but a blanket spread upon the mud floor, half clothed aud half famished, the prematurely old man lay dying. Shock ed at such a sight, John had nt onco sent for a physician to tho nearest sta tion; but the old man was bo distressed at tbo expense, that it wis r.ot until his nephew assured bim his own purse still hold the needful funds, that he consent ed to bi.ve a bed, a chair, a stove, and some medicines, For weeks he linger ed, the young mau faithlully minister ing to his wants, then died, leaving all he possessed, by will, to bis beloved nephew, John Marfyn. The miserable hut seemed a poor legacy, but the young man's amazemcut may bo imagined when he fouud his undo bad left an enormous fortune scraped together in a lifetime of miserly accumulation and av. aricious hoarding. After this tale, he poured out his whole heart to Mabel, tolling of his love, h'lB hopes and plans. One word from her would bring- him at once to her side. His uncle's affairs would keep bim a few weeks in Texas, but beforo letters could be exchanged he would bo free to htsten to her. Might he hope ? If she did not love hi in silenoo would deal that blow to his heart. I cannot tell the rush of happiness that flooded Mabel's heart as sho read the letter. She had pictured years of anxious waiting, had let her fancy even run upon death during separation, sho thought at best they would be middle aged folks betore John made his for tune, and had tried to to think how emi gration to Texas would suit her little self; and now be could come home, rich, free, loving, to make her his bride. Out of her full, loving heart she wrote him a frank letter, then, be fore taking both to gain her parents consent to her answer, turned to the date, to bo certain of her address. With a quick, passiouate cry, she threw the letter far from her, and sprang from her seat. All the joy was gone from her smiling lips, tho flush from ber cheek. I'alc, with a concentrated ..... i anger blazing in tier eyes, sne pacea the floor, clenching her little hands, d muttering, in ha.y. choking ac cents : Unmanly ! Uogcnt'euianiy ! April Fool's Day ! This is the result of his three months' meditation. Idiot I was to bo so tricked by that romantic story. I miiht have seen it was copied from some old novel. Uucle dying iu a but and leaving him a millionaire 1 And to try to wiu from me this,' and sho tore her letter into Mired as sho spoke. If I had sent it, before looking at that date but ho shall eco that his base, ungenerous trick failed to deccivo me.' . . Then hot tears poured down her cheeks, for remember she loved bim. Keener than a knife-thrust was the pain of thinking he lad trifled with the love she had made the hope of her life. No true knight this, to make a jest of the holiest, impulses of her heart, bhe began to think she had been unraaidenly, and let bim' see too plainly the affection she bore bim ; and the weary day wore away, leaving her palo and sick with conflicting emotions and pain. A headache will answer for pale cheeks and red eyes for ono day ; but as weeks wore on and Mabel be. came more languid and wretched each day, her mother's feari were aroused, and sho anxiously Bought foi some help for her bright, winsomo child now bo dull and pallid. A spring and summer of intense heat had added to the di-pressiou of Mabel's nature, and, after much consultation, it was decid. ed to Bcrnd her to New York for the winter, to visit her fa'.her's sister, and seo if city gaycties would not rcstoro her roses. In i the meantime Jobu Mat tyu wait ed in Texas, watehiug every mail frcm the earliest that could have brought a reply to his letter, not dar ing to leave lest the detained epistle might bo lost, if sent after him. In bis strange bewilderment at tho unex pected turn in fortune's wheel, the rush of hope that camo with Mabel's image to hi heart, the aoxety to write at once, to communicate his news, and try big fate ; he had never noticed the unfortunate date of his important let 'li f(j RID G WAY, PEXXA., ter. The foolish challauge of New Year's Eve had been cowded from his memory by tho hurryiug chango of events, and, therefore the explanation of her silenco did not occur to bim. No, she did not love him j ho had been foolish, blind, vain, to believe that all her gentle winning ways meant more than friendship.. Summer heat was warning hiufTrom. Texas, and, arrang ing his affairs, he left his uncle's grave, and the miserable hut, and started for a tour of the States, previous to an in. tended trip to Europe IIo would travel and forget this boyish love and folly. It was Christmas Eve, and Mrs. Greenway was to give a large party, to which all the upper crust of Now York society were invited. Mrs. Greenway was to introduce her nieco, and when an old friend requested per mission to bring his son's college chum a young millionaire, on a flying visit toNew York, and. about to start for Europe, Mrs. Greenway gracious'j gave the requested permission. So they met, Mabel" was listlessly looking over the room full of strange faces, trying to feel the interest her aunt expected in her guests, when John Martyn entered the room. ' Who is that, Aunt Helen 1 IIcw came he here 7 ' she asked in an eager whisper. ' Where, my dear ? Oh, tbut must bo the gentleman Mr. Lee was telling mo about. Quito a romantic story,' and then she told Mabel what she had believed to be a cruel jest. Ono part of the letter true. Was the rest so ? The quick blood flashed through her veins with suffocating speed ; her breath came in Bhort gi'fips, but with nervous self-control she stood quiet. They came forward to greet tho hostess, and as John turned from Mrs. Greenway to acknowledge tho introduction to her niece, bis eyes fell upon Mabel. She did not pause to think whether it was forward or not. With both hands extended, her eyes lifted im ploringly, her whole framo quivering with emotion, she said : ' Oh, John, was it an April Joke ? ' And then the dato of his letter flash ed upon his memory. With quick tact he drew her hand through his arm and led her to the door. Where can we bo alone ? ' he whis. percd, for she trembled violeutly, whilo the color was fading from her face with alarming rapidity. ' In tho library. Como.' Well, reader, you and I need not go too. When, in the early spring, John Martyn sailed for Europe, Mabel wad by his side, a fair, sunny bride, and the April day that threatentd to crush the happiness of two lives, will do to recall for an old woman's warning when silver threads creep in among her clus tering curls. Ridicule the foolish changes in fashion of the ladies as much as they may, the masculins gender sometimes approach a degree of absurdity in their dress which is not far behind, it any. The present pattern of pantaloons is a fair example. Arrayed in the height of tho stylo, with pants fitting tight to the legs, and coats reaching well it is not polite to say where some of our faocy men cut a figure that would tnako a capital illustration for a oomio almanac, A kangaroo on stilts is tho nearest aim. ilitude we can think of a prcioLt. Kissing. Josh Billings says tboro is " one cold, blue, lean kiss, that always makes him shiver to tee. Two persons (ov the female persuasion) who have wittnessed a great many more younger and more pulpy daze, meet in sum public place, and not having saw eash other for twenty-four hours, tha kiss immegiately then tha tork about the weather and tho young man that preached yesterday, and then tha kiss immegiately, and tha blush and larf at what tha say to each other, and kiss immegiately. That kind of kissing ol ways put me in mind of two old flints trying to strike Ere." Beauty. Let me see a female pos sessing that beauty of a meek and mod est deportment tf an eye that speaks' intelligence and purity within of the lips to speak no gu:le ; let me Bee in her a kind and bcnovelent disposition, a heart that can sympathize with die- dress, and I never ask for the beauty that dwells iq " ruby lips " or " flowing tresses, or " snowy hands, or the forty other etceteras upou which our poets bate harped for so many ages. These fado when touched by the baud of time ; but those ever enduring qualities of the heart shall outlive this reign and grow brighter and fresher a the ages of eternity roll away. Congressmen I'omeroy and Judd were arrested aud Cued in Washing ton on the Fourth, for " shooting " fiie crackers in the street. JULY 25, 1807. A FATISAH JUDICABY. The Radical party of this State are fully committed in favor of a partisan judicary. The seventh resolution adopt ed by their State Convention, which nominated Mr. Williams for a Jrdgo of the Supremo Court, declares " that, warned by past misfortuues, wo ask that the Supremo Court of the State be placed in harmony with tho politi cal opiniens of the majority of .the people," so that " it may become and remain a fit and faithful interpreter of the liberal spirit of tho age, a bulwark of public faith, and an impartial and fearless exponent of the equal rights of man." This resolution has been en dorsed and applauded by all the Radical papers of tho State, and the Press of the 13th instant announced that " a Union State should have a Union Judicary, and every Republican is called upon to contribute to this desirable end by voting in October next for Henry W. Williams, as Judge of the Supreme Court." .now, what do the Radicals mean UJ this seventh resolution, and what is the import of this declaration that " a Union State should have a Union Judi. ciary ? " The business of judges is to interpret tho laws according to those well-known principles which underly and give security and stability to the whole structure of society. They are to be pure men, free from personal bias or political prejudices. They may and will hare political opinions, but these opinions are never to influence their judgments oi govern their actions in a party or personal direction. I ho Con stitution of the State and nation, and the laws enacted by competent lcgisla. tivo bodies, are to betheir rule of ac tion. No man's causo is to bo prejudic ed because he may differ from thn judge upon the bench, nor are laws to be looked at through misty atmosphere of party clamor and excitement. Re fore and in the eyes of the law all men of all political faiths, all religious beliefs, are equal, and in that attitude they must be viewed by a judge if justice is to hold a place upon tho bench. To this exposition of tbo character and duties of a judge the Radicals will not agree, and that disagreement fur. nishes an answer to tho question pro pounded above. They are not only in favor ot putting politicians upon the binch, but for pledging those politicians in advance to fashion all their legal opinions and decisions " in harmony with the political opinions " of tho party by which they were elected. This is the position occupied by the Radical party in this State with reference to tho Supreme Court and its Judges. Such a principle, if carried into effect, would turn the superior judical tribunal of this, or any other Stato, into a star chamber, where political vengeance would bo executed, and neither law, jus tice, nor equity be administered. AH the judges would be heated and bigoted partisans, iustead of calm-minded, in dependent citizens, guided by facts and the law ; aud life, property, and charac ter would bo held by the gossamer thread of popular opinion. Each shift ing phase of political action would find its reflection in the judgments of the court. To.day the needs of politicians would drive them in one direction, and tho court must follow. Ou tho morrow a returning wavo would obliterate tho record, and out a fresh channel aoross tho liborties or the peoplo, the security of property, and the sanctity of thoso ties which bind together civilized so oioty. Life, liberty, and all other rights now surrounded by the safeguards ot constitutions! h, find protected by im. partial judges, will, if the Radical idu is accepted, soon fall boforo the spirit of agrarianism which is beginning to in. vest with fresh danger the movements of the ruling party of tho country. The phrase, " a Union State should have a Union Judicary," used by the Press, is but another way of enforcing the idea that in the future, if citizens desire their rights to be respected in the Supreme Court of this Stato, they must placo thcmselvos in harmony with the political opinions of the majority of tho people." The Stato Conventiou of the Radical party has declared that doctriuo ; it has been endorsed by the Radical press, and Mr. Williams, by al lowing his name to be used as a candi date, gives his public assent to the prio. ciple. With colleagues upou tho bench of the same political faith, Mr. Williams can turn all the decisions of the Su preme Court into the path marked out by the Radical State Convention. In stead, then, of merchants, manufacture ers, bankers and others trusting to the snpremo jndical tribunal of tho land as an impartial body, which will adminis ter law without " fear, favor or affec tion," they will know that political con. siderations are thrown into the scales of justice, and the judge are influenced by partisan considerations in making up their opioiong tnd judgements. This will be the effect of placing Mr. Wil hams upon tho bench of the Supreme Court. He was nominated as a Radical VOLUME SE YEX-X UMBER 20. TERMS 1 50 PER AXXUM. politician, not as a lawyer. He will de cide as a politician, act as a politician ; in a word, carry, out tho seventh reso lution of the State Convention, and place all the decisions of the Supreme Court " in harmony with tho political opinions of the nrajority of the people. Philadelphia Daily Aye. ABOLITION ISTS. Tho word Abolitionist is derived from the transitivo verb, cbolish, which Webster defines as follows : " Abolish 1 To mako void ; to annul j to abro gate ; applied chiefly'arid appropiiatcly to established laws, contracts, rites, cus toms, and institutions. 1. To destroy." Now let us seo what our Abolitionists have abolished, destroyed, annulled aud made void : They have abolished liberty. They have abolished the Union. They have obolishcd the Constitution. They have abolished trial by jury. They have abolished the laws and the courts. Tliey Lave abolished ten States. They have abolished a Republican form of government. They have abolished the peace and fraternity of the country. They havo abolished all respect for a written Constitution. They have abolished the sacrcdness of the church. They have abolished tho freedom of Bpeech. They havojabolished the freedom of tho press. They have abolished the freedom of religion. They havo abolished the freedom of opinion. They have abolished all that the late war was waged lor. They have abolished all that our forefathers fought for. They have abolished gold and silver. They have abolished equal rights to all. They have abolished equal taxation. They have abolished economy and honesty in tho administration of tho government. They have abolished low prices, cheap living, good times and general prosperity. They ha7e abolished a million lives. They have abolished from three to six thousand millions of treasure. They havo abolished our Southern market. They havo abolished our commerce upon tbo seas. They have abolished our indepen. denee of Eastern manufacturers and iron mongers. They have abolished representation as a corollary of taxation. They havo abolished the United States Senate. They have abolished tho United States House of representatives. They have abolished the United States. With such a record aud such achievements only to boast of, what more appropriate namo could they bear than that of Abolitionists ? " My Boy Drunk ! " Drunk ! my boy drunk ! " and the tears started from the mother's eyes, as sho bent her head in unutterable sorrow. In that moment tho vision of a usefu? and hon orable career was destroyed, and one of worthlessness, if not absoluto dishon or, presented itself. Well did the know that intemperance walks hand in hand with poverty, fihame and death ; and her mother-heart was pierced as with a sharp pointed steel. Ah ! young man, if the holy feeling of love for bet whoboieyouis not dead within you, shun that which give her pain adhere to that which- gives her joy. If sho is with you on earth, she does not, cannot desire to see her son a druukard ; it she is with her Father in Heaven shun that course of life which bhuts the gates of Heaven against you, and debars you from her society forever. The drunk, ard cannot inherit tho Kingeom of God. A Woman's Answer to an Athe ist. A writer illustrating tho fact that some errors aro lifted into importauje by efforts to rcfuto thorn, wheu they need to be treated with contempt and ridicule, observers that all tho blows inflicted by the herculean club of cer tain logicians, are not half so effectual as a box on the ear of a celebrated athe ist by the haud ofsomc charming beauty. After having in vain preaoho j to a cir. cle of ladies, he attempted to excuse himself by nayiug : " Pardon my error, ladies, I did not imagine that in a bouse where wit lives with grace, I alone sho.ild I ave the honor of not believing in God." " You are not alone, fir," answered the mistress of the bouse, ' my horse, my dog, my oat, sharo tho honor with you ; ouly these poor brutes have the good sense not to boast of it." tfbJ' That's whut I call repetition," exclaimed a wag, the uthir Jay. " What's that, Tom ? " Baid his friend, Why' look at tho sign across the way J. E. Weller, jeweler." Somebody has written Ihe following about the girls : God bless tho girls, Whose golden curls Blend with our evening dreams j They haunt our lives, Like spirit wives, ' Or, Naiuds haunt the streams They soothe our pains, They fill our brains With dreams ot summer hours God bless the curls, ' God bless tbo girls, God bless our human flowers. The wives are quite as descrvin" of blessing as the girls, and we submit the following : God bless our wives, They fill our hives, With littlo bees and honey They cease lifo's shocks, ' They mend or socks, But don't they spend the money. When we are sick, They heal us quick, That is it they do lovo us; If not, wo die, And yet they cry. And placo tombstones above us. Of roguish girls, With sunny curls, We nioy in faucy dream ; But wives true wives Throughout our lives, Aro everything they seem. Wo think the lords of creation come in for a share of these God-bless.-ings, too. So here goes : God bless tho men, We say amen, Who buy us shawls and dresses, Or cmdied drops, Or lemon drops, Stand treat when heat oppesses, The ducks and dears, We'll sootho their fears, And show a heap of sorrow, Just as it suits, For gloves or boots, That's wanted for the morrow. Oh, can't wo wile, And coax and smile, When they of cash seem weary, To get the " job " And ease their fob, Leaving them ne'er a " nary." God bless tho boys, Who thrill our joys, WTith loving, tender kisses ! Who squeeze our hands Or loose our bands Of flowing, silken tresses ! Then romp and swing Us, o'er the spring, Adown tho shady hollow ; 'Tis all the same, They're not to blame, Love leads, and they but follow. THE PRINTER. The following beautiful tribute to the followers of the " stick and rulo"ii from the pen. of B. F. Taylor, of the Chicago Evening Joarnal : The printer is the adjutant of thought, and this explains tho mystery of the wonderful word that can kiudlo a Lope as no song can ; that can warm a heart as no hope cau ; that word " we " with hand. in hand warmth iu it for the au thor and printer are engineers together. Engineers indeed ! When the littlo Corsican bombarded Cadiz, at the dis4 tauce of five miles, it was deemed tho very niumph of engineering. But what is that raugo to this, whereby they bombard the ages yet to bo ? There at tho " case " ho stands and marshals into line the forces armed for truth, clothed iu immortality and Eng. lish. And what can bo nobler than that equipment of a thought it sterling Saxon Saxon with a spear or shield therein and that commissioning it when wc aro dead, to move grandly on to tho latest syllable ot recorded time. This is to win a victory from death, for this has no dying in it. The printer is called a laborer and tho office ho performs is toil. Oh, it is not work but a sublime life he is performing, when he thus sights the engine that 7s to fling a worded truth in grander curve than misslo e'er beforo described j fling it into the bosom of an age yet un born. Ho throws off his coat indeed ; we but wonder the rather, that ho docs not put his shoes from off his feet, for the place where he stands is holy ground. A lktle song was uttered somewhere long ago ; it wandered through the twilight feebler than a star ; it died upon the ear. But the printer takes it up where it was lying there iu the si lence like a wounded bird, and it flics on into tho future with the olive. branch of peace, and around the world with nielody, like the dawning of a spring morning. Eitmgwliile Fatigued. There arc very few habits more in jurious to health than eating whi n tho body is fatigued, li the brain or any part or organ of the body becomes unduly fatigued, tho wholo system requires ret, until the m rrniis influ ence and the circulation of t lie blood aro equalized throughout the body, before another deuiumi ia made npon the vital energies, if- the stomach m filled without this re.-t, th food tj. maines undiges'ed, ftrmentj and be comes soitf, and irritates the sto iaeh, producing disewe of the digi-t've or gans, and, through thm, of the wholo yslem. WSlaiixtic!! ebuw that cows ii good cO'iditiou require about thuty pouaus of bay per day.
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