THE TIMES, NEW BL00MFIEL1), FA. SEPTEMBER 2,U879. had lodged tliere for some weeks, and by punctual payments and carelessness concerning the domestics accounts had won the heart of their susceptible laud lord. He saw that she had an Inward grief passing that of the ordinary widow and he ventured to Inquire what It was. " Alas!" she Bald, "I have ft dear and only nephew whose coudltloii gives me the greatest uneasiness. He has over worked himself, that is threatened with brain fever, the doctor says that If we could only get hint to have his head shaved, all might be well, but he has a spleudid head of hair Indeed a great deal too much of It. No argument of mine will Induce him to part with it." This touched Mr. De la Bols' profes sional feelings. " Dear me, Madame, how I pity the young gentleman. It Is a terrible thing to part with one's hair, but still we could shave him better than at any oth ?r establishment In the Kingdom, and quicker." "Oh, I don't care about the quick uess," answered Mrs. Montfort hastily, " the thing is to get lt'done thoroughly. I would give fifty pounds If Alfonso would only submit to it. Don't, you think, If he came with me one morning, you could get it done whether he would .or not ?" " Well, really, Madame, that would Le a strong measure ; still, if it's for the . young niau's good" " They tell me, Mr. De la Bois, noth ing else will save his wits, he is half mad already ; entertains the strangest delusions that everything I have my jewels, for example belongs to him. They will belong to him some day, roor fellow that Is," she added with a sigh, " if he lives to enjoy them." " Poor dear young gentleman ! and you said fifty pounds, I think. Well I think it can be managed for you. If you will name a morning, I will have four of my strongest young men in readiness, and if you will bring him here, I will promise you he shall have his head shaved." "Very good, I will take hlui out shopping with me; he is fond of shop ping ; thiuks he is a shopkeeper some times when his head is bad. He shall come here in my brougham. You will know him in a moment by his mag nificent head of hair." , ''Just so; and in five minutes no body shall know him, Madame." " Don't be in a hurry about it. Let It be done thoroughly," she answered. And so it was arranged. Accordingly, when Mr. John Riddel arrived in the widow's carriage at Mr. De la Bois', and had just placed the parcel of diamond lockets upon her sitting-room table, there was an intru sion of four strong young men, with combs in their heads and aprons around their waists. Since those " Four-and-twenty brisks young fellows, All of them with umbrellas, Fell upou poor Billy Taylor, And persuaded him to be a sailor," there has been no such outrage. They carried him into a hack room, fastened him into a chair, and in spite of his bab bling about how he was a jeweler's foreman, and was being robbed (and with violence,) they shaved his head. They not only effected this with great completeness, but took their time about it as his aunt had requested them to do, so that in the meantime she had got clear out of the house, and nothing was ever heard of her afterward, nor of her niece,nor of the diamond lockets. It was supposed to be the ' completest " shave," in the slang sense, that had ever been effected. Never since Bam. sou's had any one suffered so severely from being cropped ; for Mr. John Rid del not only lost his hair, but his situ ation. The Messrs. Moonstone declined any longer to entrust their business to a foreman who had fallen into such a shallow trap, and lost them thereby a thousands pounds' worth of jewelry They declared that it was all through his insufferable conceit, and that If he had not taken such pains with his hair, or worn so much of It, such a plan would never have entered the head of that modern Delilah, Mrs. Montfort. Sensible Advice. " Whatever you do, never set up for a critic. We do not mean a newspaper critic, but one in private life, ia the do. niestic circle, in society. It will do you no good, but very great harm, if you mind being called disagreeable. If you lo not like any one's nose, or object to any one's chin, do not put your feelings into words. If any one's manners do not please you, reuieinber your own. People are not all made to suit one taste: recollect that. Take things as you find them, unless you can alter them. Even a dinner, after it is swallowed, cannot "ots made any better. Continual fault finding, continual criticism of the con duct of this one, and the speech of that one, the dress of one, and the opinions ft the other, will make home, as well as , community, the unhapplest place un ler the sun. If you are naver pleased clth any one, no one will be pleased vlth you. And if it Is known that you are hard to suit, few will take the pains to suit you." OLD SAM'S STORY, OLD BAM ROBINSON tells the fol lowlug story about temperance lectures : The first I ever received was when I was about sixteen years old. I belonged to a band consisting of a bass-viol, a flute and two fiddles. I was second fid dle. That was sixty years aeo. when. no matter what happened a wedding or an election or an ordlnatlou there was a ball; and so it came about that for five nights running we played six or seven hours on a stretch, and on Satur day we had to provide the music at some sort of a great celebration In the city of H . Now, lu order to reach there in time we had to leave M at three o'clock in the morning by stage coach, and expected to get into II in good time in the forenoon, so as to have a chance to take a little nap. But halfway there the stage-coach broke down, and we were detained, so that It was oue o'clock before we reached the tavern in H , and the celebration was to begin at two. I don't remember what sort of a celebration it was, but there was to be music, and speeches by Dr. D of Yale College and other gentlemen whose names I have forgot ten. Now, not one of us four had had more than forty winks of sleep since Thursday night, and we were so used up by fatigue and Bleeplness that we could hardly keep awake. I had taken cold too on the journey, and felt sick and feverish; so Spencer, who was first fiddle, went to the bar and ordered a glass of whlsky-and-water for me. It was the first time I had ever touched anything of the sort, and I didn't find it at all to my taste, but sat at a little table inside the bar sipping it and sip ping it, and trying to get through with it, when all at once into the room strode the great Dr. D of Yale College, the orator of the day and one of the big gest men in New England. He was tall and stout, and dressed in the fashion of the time, with a ruffled shirt-bosom, knee-breeches, silk stockings and silver buckles, and his long gray hair was tied with a black ribbon. He held his head very high, and had a frigid eye and a stern mouth and a triple double chin. He had been dining in one of the parlors, and now came out to settle his reckon ing, pompous and dictatorial. " Landlord,"aid he In a deep stento rian voice which could be heard half a mile, " my bill, if you please." " In one minute, your honor In one minute," said the landlord, whose voice was a little shrill pipe. " I was going to brlug it in to you." And while Dr. D waited, his eyes, traveling around as if longing to find something to find fault with, fell on me. " Young lnan," said he in his deep bas3 voice, " what is that you are drlu k ing?" " Please, your honor," said I, tremb ling from head to foot " please, your honor, it Is only a little whisky-and water to" " xouug man," he said, eyeing me with his fierce round eyes and shaking his double chin young man, do you know Wuere the feet of the drunkard leady Are you aware that once upon the downward path they travel straight to hell Have you never learned that the inebriate has neither part nor lot with the righteous, but is chained fast in everlasting torment? Put by that glass put by that glass, I say; and when you are lured Into temptation again say that Dr. D Dr. D of Yale College showed you the evil of your ways." He stopped for a moment, glared hard at me and nodded his head and double chin Impressively, and was just raising his lore finger to commence again, when the landlord in his little shrill voice began : "Here it is, Dr. D .here it is " Half a gill of rum and a wineglass of brandy before dinner" " Never mind the items, never mind the items," said Dr. D in a terrible voice. " I just want to see if they are all cor rect," said the landlord : " Half a gill of rum aud a wineglass of brandy before dinner " " I tell you I don't want the items,' thundered the doctor: "give me the wnole." " I'm coming to that," said the land lord, lais voice growing shriller and shriller. "Now, how far have I got? ' Half a gill of rum and a wineglass of brandy before dinner " " Sir-" " Forty -five cents," said the landlord "One pint of sherry and half a pint of port at dinner" " Landlord" broke in the doctor, ms lace as reu as a veet ana ms eyes growing smaller and smaller as he welled up like an angry turkey-cock. " That's right, sir," said the landlord. 1 Half a gill of rum aud a wlneglassful of brandy before dinner; one pint of sherry and half a pint of port and a wlneglassful of brandy at dinner; then dinner. I think your honor, it'll be about three dollars and forty-five cents." Dr. D drew out his purse, threw down some silver aud strode out of the tavern. " Now," concluded Mr. Sam Robin son, the ancient fiddler, " that interupt cd temperance lecture spoiled all those I ever heard afterward. Origin of the Names of States. MAINE was so called as early as 1023, from Maine, in France, of which Henrietta Maria, Queen of England, was at that time proprietor. Pop ular name The Lumber or Pine Tree State. New Hampshire was the name given to the territory conveyed by the Ply mouth Company to Captain John Mason, by patent, November 7, 1029, with reference to the patentee, who was Governor of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. Popular name The Granite State. Vermont was so called by the Inhab itants in their Declaration of Inde pendence, January 10, 17T7, from the French verd mont, The Green Moun tains. Popular name The Green Moun tain State. Massachusetts was so called front Massachusetts Bay, and that from the Massachusetts tribe of Indians, in the neighborhood of Boston. The tribe is thought to have derived its name from the Blue Hills of Milton. "I have learnt," says Roger Williams, " that the Massachusetts were so called from the Blue Hills." Popular name The Bay State. Rhode Island was so called in 100-1, in reference to the Island of Rhodes, in the Mediterranean. Popular name Little Rhody. Connecticut was so called from the In dian name of its principal river. Con necticut is a Mocheakannew word, sig nifying long river. The popular name The Nutmeg or Free-Stone State. New York was so called in 1004, in reference to the Duke of York and Al bany, to whom this territory was granted by the King of England. Pop ular name The Empire or Excelsior State. New Jersey was so called in 1004, from the Island of Jersey, on the coast of France, the residence of the family of Sir George Carteret, to whom the terri tory was granted. Pennsylvania was so called in 1081, af. ter William Penn. Popular name The Keystone State. Delaware was bo called in 1703, from Delaware Bay, on which it lies, and which received its name from Lord dela War, who died in this bay. Popular name The Blue Hen or Diamond State. Maryland was called in honor of Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I., in his patent to Lord Baltimore, June 30, 1032. ' Virginia was so called in 1584, after Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of Eng. land. Popular name The Old Domin ion or Mother of States. Carolina was so called by the French in 1404, in honor of King Charles IX., of France. Popular name of South Carolina The Palmetto State ; of North Carolina The Old North or Turpentine State. Georgia was so called in 1732, in honor of King George II. Alabama was so called in 1814, from its principal river, meaning Here we rest. Mississippi was so called in 1800 from western boundary, Mississippi is eald to denote the whole river, i. e., the river formed by the union of many Popular name The Bayou State. Louisiana was bo called in honor of Louis XIV., of France. Popular name The Creole State. Tennessee was so called in 1790, from its principal river. 'The word Ten-as-se is said to signify a carved spoon. Pop ular name The Big Bend State. Kentucky was bo called in 1792, from its principal river. Popular name The State of Dark and Bloody Ground. Illinois was so called in 1809, from its principal river. The word is said to signify the river of men. Popular name The Sucker or Prairie State. Indiana was bo called in 1809, from the American Indians. Popular name The Hoosler State. Ohio was so called in 1802, from its southern boundary. Popular name Buckeye State. Meaning of Indian word Ohio, i. e., Beautiful. Missouri was bo called in 1821, from its principal river. Indian name mean ing muddy water. Michigan was so called in 1805, from the lake on its border. Indian name meaning a wier for water. Popular name The Wolverine State. Arkansas was bo called in 1812, from its principal river. Indian name. Pop ular name The Bear State. Florida was so called by Juan Pounce de Leon in 1572, because it was discov ered on Easter Sunday, in Spanish,' cua Florida. Wisconsin was so called from its principal river. Indian name meaning wild rushing river. Iowa was bo called from its principal river. Indian name meaning the sleepy ones. Popular name Hawkeye State. Oregon was so called from Its princi pal river. Indian name meaning river of the West. Minnesota is also an Indian word, meaning the whitish water. California, a Spanish word, and named from an arm in the Paolflo Ocean. Pop- ular name The Golden State. Texas, a Spanish word, applied to the Republic. Popular name The Lone Star State. 1 Kansas Is an Indian name, meaning the smoky water. West Virginia so called after Vir ginia. Nevada is a Spanish word, meaning white with snow. A Funny Mistake. TT was a Pullman " sleeper" between JL Albany and Buffalo. Among the passengers were a middle-aged couple, evidently on their first journey, and a sour-faced old maid, rather desiccated in her general effect, who was traveling alone. The couple had an upper berth in the adjoining section. In the same car were a couple of frolicsome youths, ready for any sort of mischief. Bed time came and all hands retired. But the husband could not sleep. Whether it was because the motion of the cars, the noise, the novelty of the situation, he could not tell, but, try as he would, he could not sleep. At length it occur red to him that he was thirsty. The more he thought of it, the more thirsty he got. So he called the porter, who brought the ladder, and helped him down. Now, while he was gone for the water, one of the " boys" stepped out of bed and shifted the ladder so that it rested against the berth in which the ancient maiden was sleeping, and then returned to his bed to note the result. In a moment or two the husband re turned, and crept quietly up the steps, anxious to make as little noise as possi ble so as not to awaken his wife. The occupant of the berth, thus rudely Intruded upon, awoke with a start, and screamed. The husband, supposing it to be his easily frightened wife, tried to reassure her, and said, " It is only me." " Only you, you old scoundrel," said the venerable maiden, " I'll teach you a lesson," and with that she seized him by the hair of his head and screamed for help. Then he howled with pain. Then his wife awakened by the noise, discovered where her husband was, and raised her voice in lamentation, heaping reproaches upou her faithless spouse. Then the passengers all got up and demanded an explanation of the commo tion, and foremost among them was the wretch who caused it all. Then the husband covered with confusion, and utterly unable to account for what he had done, climbed down from his perch, and slunk away to bed, where he was Boundly lectured for his faithlessness. Altogether it was a most uncomfortable though a ludicrous situation, and the glances of defiance that were exchanged between the wife and the ohi maid all through the next day were a study. The cause of all the trouble leaked out, but it never reached the ears of those chiefly affected by it. 4sS" In the humblest dwellings, and in the obscurest corners, the noblest, the most successful, and the most honorable lives are lived as truly as in the wide avenues and beneath the gaze of the myriads of admiring eyes. Every life which Christ guides by. his light, and cheers by his smile, and crowns with his forgiveness and his reward, is thorough ly worth living for its experience and for its abundant rewards. ejT An enterprising storekeeper of Phoanlxville hired a man to dress as an Indian and go about the town as an advertisement. One of the things accom plished by the frightful looking object was to scare a child Into convulsions. 3" More pains are taken to appear good or make a voice pass for its oppo site, than is required to be really vir tuous. US' Every act of disfcipation and every spree of drunkenness robs the mental parts of some portion of its growth. Worthless Stuff! 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