THli T1MKS, NEW M.00M1 UyU), PA., FEimUAUY 5, 1878. Mumble over Unit cursed stand In the other room I" " Hut what did you hide for" nuked John, sharply. Hob JiiHt touched hit bald head and re plied : , " I heard the ladles up." John. pitched the revolver on the sofa and stood pi' n Hive. Finally lie wild with a sardonlo smile : . " Mr. Wllheis, how do you propose to jjetout of tills? Hlmll 1 call In the ladies and let you explain? They will .presently be wanting to know what we have done with the burglar." Hob made no reply. Already bitterly humiliated, he saw no way of avoiding Indefinite and yet bitter humiliations. John thought a few minutes longer, and then he said : " Take a seat, Mr. Withers ; I have a proposition to make." 4 They sat down. .,.).! " You are aware," continued John, In the calmest, most Imperturuble tone, " that I don"t like your match with my iter, and I have done my best to break it off. Hut she is an obstinate girl, and I had pretty much given up hope. These peculiar circumstances have most unex pectedly put you In my power, mid I propose to make the most of my advan tage. 1 f I were to call in Angle now and introduce you, I feel tolerably well assured that it would be the end of your matrimonial expectations in that quar ter, fitlll, you shall have a chance for yourlife. I will call her If you say so?" And John rose. " For God's sake don't let her come iu here!" groaned Hob, in abject panic. John grinneil,stepped toward the door, and then turned back irresolutely, mut tering: . " Wonder If it wouldn't be the shortest w ay out to call her down ?" Therewith a saving reflection upon the uncertainty of a woman's course under any given set of circumstances, he came back, and, re seating himself opposite Bob, said, with a sardonic smile : "So you don't like my suggestion of giving you one more chance with Angle? On the whole, I think you are wise. The other alternative is to leave her at once, and relinquish your engagement and never see her 'again. Make your choice,and asquiokly as convenient, for I'm getting sleepy," and he yawned lazily. Bob sat in an nttitude of utter dejec tion, Btaring at the ashes of the fire, which an hour ago had blazed as bright ly as his own love-lit fancies. He was completely demoralized and almost in capable of thought or resolution. There was something so pitiable In Bob's odd iooklng, dismantled figure, half-dressed, with that queer, white, bulbous head, dimmed, black eyes, and expression of crushing shame and defeat, that it would have moved almost any one to" com passion. It did stir compunctions in Oeorge, but there was no mercy In John's still, blue eyes. Two or three minutes passed in a silence so complete that even the almost noiseless move ment of the French clock on the mantel was directly audible. "You are taking altogether too long to make up your mind, Mr. Withers. It will make shorter work to call Angle," Anally said John, sharply, his patience quite at an end. He rose and stepped to the door as he spoke. ' It won't be necessary, John--here I ami" said a clear voice, with a sharp ring in it that the family had learned to know meant decisive work, and Angle stepped Into the room, her blue eyes flashing with indignation and her lips trembling with scorn, beautiful as a goddess. Bob started up from his abject atti tude and stood facing her with the look of a man waiting his doom from the firing-squad. As he stood there, drawn up to his full height, with just a touch of appeal softening the defiance of his expression, it was a manly face and figure in spite of all. But her brothers received Angle's first attention. " You mean, cowardly fellows I" she said, in tones of concentrated contempt. ".I would not have believed that men were so mean 1 And I am almost as much. ashamed of you, Mr. Withers," she added, turning to Bob, with a softer but yet angry voice. " Did you think, lr, that I took you for your beauty ? I don't care if you wear forty wigs, or none. You are absurdly vain, sir." She was smiling now. "You should know that when a woman loves a man it is of grace and not of works. Anyhow, John," she added, turning to him, as if contrasting his slight figure with Bob's fine physique, "Mr. Withers doesn't wear shoulder-pads." With that parting hot she disappeared into the dining room, iu a moment re-appearlng, to say : " Mr- Withers, you may forgive them if you want to. I'm by no meanB sure ihat I shall. And now go to bed, all of you. and don't be keeping us awake." There was an outward silence for a lew moments. Then John said : " I don't ask your pardon, Mr. With era, because I meant to succeed, and I'm orry I didn't. Hut I know when I'm beaten, and you needn't expect no fur ther opposition from me. Let's go to Led." Anecdotes of Cats. IT IS not often that we hear any credit rendered to the cat for either Intelli gence or aHeclion ; and It Is, therefore, pleasing to be able to record two In stances In which one.lf not both of these qualities, Is shown Iu a remarkable man ner in this animal. A gentleman writing from India to a friend In Knglaud, a few malls ngo, says of a pel Persian cat : " I was lolling on the sofa, drowsily perusing the newspaer a few mornings ago, when Tom came and stojid near me, mewing In a plaintive way, as If to attract attention.' Not wishing to be disturbed, I waved htm ofT. lie, how ever, returned In a minute or so, and this time jumped on to the sofa, and looking me in the face, renewed his noise more vigorously. Losing patience, I roughly drove him away, lie then went to the door of an adjoining room, and stood there mewing most plteously. Fully aroused, I got up and went toward him. As I approached he made for the further corner of the room, and began to show fight, bristling up and flourishing his tall. It at once struck me that there was an unwelcome visitor In the room which Tom wished to get rid of; and, sure enough, in looking towards theeor ner, I discovered a cobra colled up be hind a boot-shelf under a dressing-table. The noise made by my approach aroused the snake,nnd he attempted to make off, but I dispatched him with my gun,' which was ready close by. You should have seen Tom's satisfaction. He ran between my legs,rubblng himself against them caressingly, as If to say ' Well done, master!' The snake measured five feet seven Inches In length." The friend to whom the Incident Is re lated, after reading It to me, went on to say that some years ago, when in India with her father, the family were gather ed after tea, one rainy evening, listening to one of their number who was reading an interesting story. While thus en gaged, a cat of which her father was very fond jumped on to his knee, and, moving alMiut in a restless manner, be gan to mew in a louder key than usual. The old gentleman, as was his wont, commenced to caress the cat, expecting thereby to quiet It: but to no purpose. It showed signs of impatience by jump ing down and up again, mewing vigor ously the whole time. Not wishing to be Interrupted In what was going on, he called for a servant to put the cat out of the room ; but Puss would not tamely submit to an indignant turn out, and commenced clawing at the old man's feet. This he thought was going too far; he rose to chastise the cat ; but ere he had time to do so, he discovered that it was nothing less than a timely warn ing which Puss had given him ; for not far from where he sat there was, under the tab1e,a small venomous gnuke, which probably would have bitten him had he molested or trampled on It. The reptile was Immediately killed, and Puss ceased her mewing. An Alphabet of Good Counsel. Attend carefully to the details of your business. Be prompt in all things. Consider well, then decide positively. Dare to do right ; fear to do wrong. Endure your trials patiently. Fight life's battle bravely, manfully. Go not in the society of the vicious. Injure not another's reputation or business. Join hands only with the virtuous. Keep your mind from evil thoughts. Lie not for any consideration. ; Make few acquaintances. Never try to appear what you are not. Observe the Sabbath day. Pay your honest debts promptly. Question not the veracity of a friend. Respect the counsel of your parents. Sacrifice money rather than principle. Touch not, taste not, handle not in toxicating drinks. Use your leisure time for improve ment. Venture not upon the threshold of sin. Watch carefully over your passions. 'Xtend to every one a kindly saluta tion. Yield not to discouragements. Zealously labor for the right, And success is certain. A Secret Worth Knowing. An able writer gives utterance to this valuable secret : " This looking forward to enjoyment don't pay. For what I know of it, I would as soon chase butterfles for a liv ing, or bottle moonshine for a cloudy night. The way to lie happy is to take the drops of happiness as God give them to us every day of our lives. The boy must learn to be happy, while he is learning his trade; the merchant while he is making his fortune. If he falls to learn this art, he will be sure to miss his enjoyment when he gains what he has sighed for. A Joko on Gen. Spinner. MANY curious things happened to Gen. Spinner, late United States Treasurer, during the ninny years he held that responsible position; but the blufT old watch-dog Of the Treasury had a practical way of managing which sel dom failed to win against nil odds. He got caught one day, however, In the most unexpected manner. His signa ture, so well known where greenbacks have ramified, got In time to be so much in demand that people all over thecoun try used to write asking him for his autograph. He fell into, the habit to comply by returning a brief response, In which, after the formal beginning, he would say : " The request made In your note of date is herewith com plied with," to which he would would affix bis grotesque signature. One day a tall man, a very tall slim man, with store clothes on, in a plug hat and new hoots, from one of the southwestern counties in Vlrglnia.stalk ed Into the ofilec and stated that he had come up to be sworn in. Spinner looked up. "What did you say ?" said he. . " I came to take the oath of office." " Go to Chicago," said he. "What do you mean ?" " I mean," said the tall Virginian very slowly and solemnly, " that I have come up to hike the oath and be Induc ted Into your office to which you have appointed me." The valiant old financier began to boil over. "How dare you, sir 1 How dare you come In here with so monstrous a propo sition ? I never promised you an oillee. You are cra.y. I never heard of you; who are you and what the d enuncia tion do you mean by coming in here with such a story? Go home I Go home, sir, and don't bother nie !" " I beg your pardon," said the tall man, glancing complacently at his new clothes. " I have a note from you in reply to my application, in which you otler me a clerkship in your office," and taking from his pocket a folded paper he spread It before the astonished Treas urer, who read : " Sir : The request contained In yours of date Is herewith complied with. " Sincerely yours, F. E. Spinner." " Holy Moses," said ; "you asked me for my autograph, and this Is my reply. Do you think I'm a Idiot ?" "Not at all," said the tall stranger, " only you have made a mistake. I wrote you some time ago asking for an ofilce, and this is your reply to my ap plication. I have spent all my money in purchasing these guar ments and paying my fare to Washington, and I want my place, which you have prom ised me." The old man Jumped up, rushed to his letter file and discovered that on the day named he had received two appli cations for his autograph and one for an office. He hud mailed the same answer to all three. He sat down, turned and gazed sadly at the expectant Virginian for about two lulnutes, and then going down into his pockets he raked up all his loose greenbacks and fractional cur rency, and handing them over said: " There, take that and pay" your fare back to your home, In the country, and thank God that you have escaped a pub lie ofilce." Curious London Story. Many years ago one Beck was tried In London for robbery from the person, then a capital crime. A woman, who represented herself as an officer's widow, swore that he had robbed her of a purse, which she accurately described, contain ing money, and sure enough, a purse answering her description was found on his person. More than this, a perfectly disinterested witness proved that she had arrested Beck on the cry of " Stop, thief!" Beck's defence was that he took out his purse to give a womau a shil ling, when she minutely observed it, and that he ran awuy from sheer terror of having to meet and confute suuh a charge. This was all "too thin," and Beck would have been hung but that fortunately the case attracted the notice of other victims of this terrible woman, who came forward and amply confirmed poor Heck's account. Eating Fhilopena. In Germany they manage this little pastime iu a very pleasant way. When a couple meet after eating phllopena to gether, no advantage is taken of the other until one of them pronounces the Word "phllopena." This Is the warn ing that now the sport is to begin. Let us suppose thut a gentleman calls upon a ludy. She invites him to walk in and at the same time speaks the tullsmanlu word. If he accepts the offer to walk in, he is lost until she removes the ban by telling him to go away. If she asks him to take oft his hat he must abso lutely keep it on ; If to be sealed, he must stand ; or If at the tubleshe should hand him any article which he accepts she wins the forfeit. During all tills time he endeavors to take her by sur prise, for the acceptance of any ofier fron the other wins the game. Both are constantly exercising their wits to prevent being caught, and the sport often goes on all the evening. Perhaps the gentleman brings a little present and says, "Knowing that I shall lose my phllopena, I have brought Italong here It Is." If she Is caught ofT her guard by the smooth speech, she loses, for he Im mediately claims forfeit. If neither wins at the first meeting, the sport Is continued to the second, and It may happen that half a dozen parties meet at the sanle tlnieull anxlous to win of their phllopena partners, so that the scene often becomes ludicrously amus ing. It Ih "diamond cut diamond" in very truth. - Dcalh Rate h Various Occupations. Nobody doubts that the occupation of an individual has much to do with his general health, and with his chances of death. Statistics prove that the death rate Is lowest among scientists and pro fessional men not physicians; then follow Protestant clergymen, engineers, farmers and laborers; next carpenters, machinists, and workers in iron ; then come schoolmasters, tobacconists, phy sicians, and finally the clergy of the Human Catholic church, among whom the mortality Is much greater than among the Protestant clergy and the other professions above named. Next we have druggists and butchers, then miners and glass manufacturers, plumb ers and coppersmiths, railway employ ees and dock laborers, and last of all carmen, cabmen, horse-keepers, and inn-keepers, among whom the mortali ty is greatest, and much more than double that of the first mentioned occu pation. The deduction which may be drawn from these facts are very Instructive and practically useful; they prove that the quiet pursuits of science tend to prolong life as well as out-door labor, provided it is not on railways or among shipping or horses; that to work in iron is more wholesome than In lead or copper, as might be expected, while the confined labor of a schoolmaster Is us injurious as the slate of celibacy of the Koman Cathollo priest; lastly, the inn-keepers, being most exposed to the temptation of intemierance, have the least chance for a long life, as well as those with whom they habitually keep company. Manu facturer and Huilder. Lawyer Not Wanted. Chancellor Kent once related to Mr. W. W. Campbell a curious story of his start In the legal profession. He hung out his sign in a small village, In his native county of Putman, but business failed to crowd his ofilce. But after a time, Beveral men of the village came one evening Into his office. Then said the Chancellor (rubbing his hands, with a slight chuckle of delight as he recalled the incident) : " I thought tbero was important business to come, when, after some conversation on common topics, the self constituted chairman or spokes, man said : ' Mr. Kent, we have been talking over the question of your settlement with us, and have concluded that we do not want any lawyer here ;' and then added by way of salve, 'If we were to have one, we uau ratner nave you tnan any one else.' ' C3T Never use a young lady's name In an Improper place, or in mixed com pany. Never make assertions about her that you think to be untrue, or allusions that she herself would blush to hear. Where you meet with men who do not temple to use a woman's name In reckless manner, shun them. They are the worst members of the community; men lost to every sense of honor ; every feeling of humanity. Many a good and worthy woman's character has been for ever ruineu una ner Heart broken by a He manufactured by some villain, and repeuted where it should not have been, and in the presence of those whose little judgment could not deter them from circulating so foul and bragging report. fcJT Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up un til your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak approvlng,ehecr ing words while their ears can hear them and while their hearts can be thrilled by them. The things you mean to say when they are gone, say before they go, The flowers you mean to send for their coffins, send to brighten and sweeten their homes before they leave them. would rather have a bare cotlin without a flower, and a funeral without an eulo gy, than a life without the sweetness of love and tympathy. CiT Fifteen yeurs ugo a workman of Marseilles, France, lost his only child, a baby boy, and to have some relio of the little one cut oil' the hand of the little corpse which he preserved in alcohol. Now at last he has again been made a father, and the iul'uut is a bouncing boy, but lucks the left hand. VEGET1NE HER OWN WORDS. Mr. H.R. Stevens. II... Ul. UlH.. t . . . ni..-.iiii.,r.rTprHi yeurs since i nave gor. a soreanil wry palnliil foot. I hnd mime physi cians, hilt they couldn't core me. Now I hat heard of ymir Vegetlne f mm a hulv who wns sick 9iv m l.tiiBtlmA i.A I. ' ii .... a , ...a v. ...... ., unuitmn nil wmii imin your Vegetlne. anil I went and bought inn one buttle of your vegeiine; rtmi afinr I had used one buttle, the pain lelt me, and It began to heal, and then I bought one other botile, and so I tuM It. yet. I iimnitwini mi-, irmcciy aim yourself: anil wishing every sulterer may pay attention to It. It Is a blessing for health. ihs. v. n it Ana. t. west Baltimore Bt. VEGETINE. . SAFE AND SURE. Mr. H. R. Stevens. In 1872 your Vegetlne was recommended to me and yielding te the persuasions of a friend, I consented to try It. At the time I was suffering trom general duhlllty and nervous prostration, siiverlndiiced by overwork and Irregular habits. Its wonderful strengthening and curative proper ties seemed to alfeel my doblll ated system from the tlrst dose; and tinder lis persistent use I rap Idly recovered, gaining more than usual health anil Rood feeling. Since then I have not lieslta ted to (rive Vegetlne my most iinqttalllled Indorse ment, as being a safe, sura and powerful agent III promoting health and restoring the wasted sys tem to new life and energy. Vegetlne Is the only medicine I use; and as long as I live I never ex pect to Hnd a better. Yours truly, ,,.. . w.H.CLAhK. 120 Monterey St., Alleghany, Pa. VEGETINE. TIIE BEST SPRING MEDICINE. ,, . Charlestown. II. If. Stevens. i)er,H'r-Tl!'t certify ,lla' I used your lllood Preparation" In my family for sev eral years, and think that for Scrofula or Canker ous H iimoi'B or llhematlo aliectlous it cannot be excelled; and as a blood purillerand spring med Iclne It Is the best thing that 1 have ever used, and I have used almost everything, I can cheer fully recommend It to any one in need of such a medicine. Yours respectfully. Mas. A. A. D1NSMORE, 19 llussell St. VEGETINE. WHAT 19 NEEDED. H. H. Stevens. Boston, Feb. 13. 1871. Dear Hir.-About one year ago I found myself In a feeble condition from general debility. Veg et ne was strongly recommeaded to me by a friend who had been much benelltted by Its iise. 1 procured the article, and. after using several bottles, was restored to health and discontinued Its use. 1 feel quite conlldent that there Is no medicine superior to It for those complaints for which It especially prepared and would cheerful, ly recommend It to those who feel that they need something to restore them to perfect health Respectfully yours, V. I,. PKTTF.NGILL 1'lrm of S. M. Petteiiflll & Co., No. 10. Slate Ht., Boston. vegetine. ALL HAVE OBTAINED RELIEF. II. H. Stevens. 8outh Jan. 17,1872. Dear sir.-; have had dyspepsia In Its worst form for the last ten years, and have taken hun dreds of dollars' worth of medicines without ob ta ulng any relief, in RPpt. last I eommemed Jaklug ueetine. My food digests well, and I have gained llfteen pounds of flesh. 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