Plymouth Democrat, Volume 15, Number 31, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 April 1870 — Page 1

POETRY

WITCHES IN THE CREAM. Thr'M-h 11 the long, long winter's day, Bad half the dreary nieht, vff churned, and yet no butter came; Tti ; cream looked thin and white. H.."ct morning, with onr hopes renewed, Tde rali beir.m sy.-un: We churned and churnd till back and armd And lie td did ache with paiu. Th? Ml roue tip. then snlkin? fell, Or.vv thick, aiit then irrew Una; It -;! i.-tie I at d mwttenm in our eyes, On cl jibes and uoie and chin. Vfi- churned it fat and churned it slow, An.l -:rr. d it round and round ; let all th- livelong uvarjeaj Was heard the dasher sound. The -un ank in the gWmv west, Tee moon rose ghastly pale: And tili we i hunted with courage lo"v An t bipes about to fail ; When . walkedtiranny I)can, who heard Willi wonder and am i as -nc- n i nwi ktnel Bad hi B lire did gase, Lerd b.-! us all.-' stu quickly said. And NWaraB up her iac ; It ri help tis jilt, lot as vtu live, Tucro's witches in the placw! Th to - Helm h ne wiOuin this churn, I'm have p,e. d the nvaiu. fhtMag iIm MBMhtilld 1mW Ha-- hc ceiiar iiram." The jho.' was hronght, when round and round shi' twirled it ,"er Uor henl : i c'rivo the wüche fnm that cream n la ileum Toice shu said. II m fussed it in the tire, till red ca t ear it mxib did tnrn. And dropiMl it 'moon th. hM drer.d That h;d w;thm th-i chum. Once more th dasher's Nnl was heart H ive ratieaca H-.th mj ikjma For mm enou-h. the butterYama In tweiiiy m.-nutw' time. SA.ne -iv he t-mperntare Wa4 rhgngrd W ith hor-e-lioe prwwiot; red ; But wlien we a-k old ttrauny Dean he oii.y rhskes her head. flwartl mti Bom mis( ellam:ols. A MlTt VL X I STA KE, Drv.i and cherry for the parlors, with wool, doni you think, homyf And M instead ot th bseritable green for law i iamg-n4m As toff the be.Jn mi u STer i ,r. n 1 abomt the bed -room, or Bay ef the 0tUi.- reamm, for that maltl f I foP eue, Mr. Kossunr. Remember, yo gi i- m ciirte IhaadU about Ibis fur r.sr,, ami 1 mean to show you an sri -' ' Mue, with no stereotyped colon or ' U s. Just con tide in mv taste. and keen ' our purse -'.rings, open f "lb the extent of their capacitv, my ir. Ami. of i Hirse, I wouldn't atafe to renture to question a woman's taste, least f ail Mm litiie Woman's. Jjj. vour mi i- bassjr, your eye?! Vou hain't develop. , j j ir interesting int. niiou ,f beeotv?;,- . . -n : v. neu x ipivr vou tli.nf earto hir.-' ym know. Why, I WKpcct, mhr iE ii ior baa ikme with y..u, v-4..u r 5 l;" able to Ubtinguiab kiwi-- 3 - oa 1 grrea hikI a iMmar bin . r mrmcl The eyes Ibas ilir- , msbed burhine rr r- nuhy aiiu-l.-.i to I, AT..uch at tuts bmtmg ' - N".w. Fre' ... vi- . mviif , !t is too bad o; you to reI f rflut I Ii tve to andern, iasl . ,. tag w ret my c airace up by ; T, it lot a moment Ami when ' tnrn man-milliner, I should like noa Ton nmjnt to h? atnamrrl to .- A- one color from another, and I don't ! ierc yon eftner 1 shan't let you 1 thing; it'i (j-iite enough fol you have the bonoff ot paying the bill ;' ' Hu-h, Floaay! here is the doctor. "v tob hrav , dear interrupt. d her anion, in chanced voice; and "J lumad white, audi looked piteoualy nun !. ibe door of tbe prhraU room opened, a tall, rave-looking uian advanced the ant-room He was holding iv Baad a pale Httla girl with :i green jade toi4jl(j r.iosely over her eyea, and I new patent noticed how trustingly thing clung to him, despite the : ne Lad probably just indicted upon " : hi ii it inspired her with a finciHag of 4bieaee on lier own ptirt. Still she tmbl : and grew quite cold, when, havttu dismiasad the c hild at the do r with a :y rood-by, the oracle who was to . ! the fife of those pretty blue eyes hers approaebjad herself and her eomm, and, bowing, dceired to know ir cmmmnda. " Wm have b--.-n referred to you, by our lily 1 bysieJ m, as a most skufnl oculist, ' hanau ;" said Air KossituT, pre- - ut:;ir hi -rd. m I wish to consult you behali of my thai lady. He apprettij serious dimenlty with h..r Will y.u be go i enough to examine them far yourself?"' fae t ictofl bowed with professional - r .v.ty, and leading the way into the inr r u, rcqnested the lat'.y to le seated " patient's c hair.'' Bnt poor Flossy whiter still, and looked piteously at 1, wiio avagjba 1 nervously, and at the r, wboanawerad with a rea.surinir Then she ram wnb n mighty ef- , booa out ber saammj stepped dowaV . 1 thioogb the lor, as Ibaimb she was sing :,c threshold of the Inquisition, and let herself down into the great leathrn receptacle gbagetjr as thougl it h I.-the rack itself. it,- 1 :' whm 1 1 la baa d. with a fittlc irr ureaaVbte nervous cry, as Iba doctor ad isted the chair so as to move her head) iwatdt Fr d langbed again at this, j 1 ad Ibe doetot I01 kcl amused and Flossy, j tshamedoi ber baby i -h ness, seitcl herself 1 resolutely la the aiaadfbl chair, et her I tie teeth, clinched her kidded tinkers, bat ber eyes tight! determined to ir übe a woman and a heroine whathb iiilti'- le in store for her. i saoat your ye.s, it you please, 111 tdam, saiii the daajflK opened them with a rtash, red kg furiously at her own stupidity. 1 0 sbc hmgba6nnd the tWO gentlemen bi I : and after that they ail felt re at 'h. ir ease, and Dr. IJuchanati prodied qoietly to m:tk- the examination. V-ry keen and intelligent was the ng gam of his clear gray eyes; ry tirui though gentle the touch of his 1 blender lingers; and Flossy felt an instinctive conhd.-nce that his verdict, be i it might, would be final, and trt in inwarlly while she awaited it. I' 1 bid enough, hut not SO iiad as it h be, When it came at length: " Contd but not tmtb maad,1 asigbtberenr 1 as the smaaaanaj an There was a r liaty of reprh-w , an'l a hope- of nftl in it; r jciif-; but, mean while, the peaauaee ' "t-, i.l'ncs, an'l daily subjection to aadical Iff ataatiat. was adjndgedl 1 - '.--y i!r w along breath ol rli;.f: it was sii much better 'haa she had feared ; I Frca t bagi ti ier buartad fellow, ! Uj- wirb tears in his eyes, and em raced bat leanidbss of appearaaeei The hCtlc lady colored violently, and r.'i-hed him hastily away. " r' .r h;ine, Fred '" she expostulated, in a vehement whisper ; and then, toon 1 her embarrasszrent, saitl gayly to the !'-tor : " Do, pray, give us again the nice long I me ot what you ud was Iba Beatles' aita my eyes. People will te lauTetoaalL I shall feel so learned when I tell mem," lr. Iiuchanan replied gravely, and disewjclty assumed to have 9een nothing ef v it had happened. IIa he bad seen, nevertheless, and en vied while he saw; and even after the gen hul departetl with hearts wonderfully tbtened, lo 1 Tget their fears in the deiful yateries "t bonae fnrniahing ; . '"I even while be himself was busy with im. rable . asc-sot ophthalmia, nmaiiro - n lU-av. n knows what unutU-rable II inents of unfortunate optics, the re"iiihr m of the comical touc hing scene '"e bnek to him more than once, and ' s. hope that he miirht not have to do thing very terrible to those soft, blue 'liüt h id looked up so wistfully to t t it wtii very evide-n? thai whatever 1 1 nan iaflictecf on them would dupli r'lt'iii the heart ol the f.uid young " r r husband whichever he was. said " problematic charac tr"wn dep with Flossy in the my s ' v. h. t satin, and broc stelle, and Utonks t.. their unit.d industry and per eran. e, t he great work of fitting up the nw house was most satisfactorily inauated by dinner time ! was loo busy to accompany her to ooctoFs next aaomiag, and Flossy

The VOLUME XV. went cdf quite courageous! v hlono Ti. physician seemed a little surprised to see bei thus, and thought better of her nerve than he had done the day betöre. He thought better of it still when be saw with what quiet fortitude sne underwent the very painful application which he presently proceeded to make. The poor ii. ti nned eyelids were turned inside mit, and "painted" with Wne pungent salve; drops f s-:ne fiery liquid fell like living coajfl upon the sore and quivering halls; but, aha made no strn ol ra (ferine after the first, long, moddering sigh. She sat quite still, growing white to the lips, and with her finger-tips pressed tight together, but she neither flinched nor cried out ; and when it was over, and she lay back for a moment with the poor, smarting tycs closed, and the tears running down her pale cheeks, tbe doctor was fan to comfort her as he would have done a child. "There, the worst is over now." he saw, gentry, lor UM first H always the wrst; and you have the consolation of having proved your heroism at least." "That isn't the least bit of consolation, thank you,'' retorted Flossy, piquant ly, coming out of her forced cams, as t,. pain subsided a little, and drying her 'temri with a d rollj path tic air. I , no,' .n .uibitiousof being amaid hcrok. 2 r",T0, 11 1 mH njler. 1 want to behave like a woman, air k 1 -, , T . , . ' hut litter a baby: but I had much rat t , , , 1 ... , -'I, 11 ou pleas.' not have to suffer at ., J 1 " on 'ion t ' l" 1 beve,then,inthestrengthJr P'ling power of paint' said ening an the io " rm atr,;,! t ,it I have no faith io good and you'll be happy doc trine: when I'm hanrvr. '. a1&wnn1 ore other people, 1 believe, and they "n't be happy while they are suffering. Hence, us we used to say at school, il I conld banish pain from the world, Pd do t, and then We'd all be happy, und all be good." wbai would the orthodox ncopl. and t h- poets say to such heresy ? asked the doctor, amnsetl at her flippancy. Ktiow!-.Ic by abrlaa cuUT' tli.' you know, and yon rarely wouldn't yen tare to oppose Longfellow's dictum, impressed upon you, doubtless, in yonr first reader, that it is a very particularly sublime thing Ti saaVt nni ie sbaagr " " oh, I know all the y my,1 mid Trlossy, shntiTging her shoulders; u but it aeems to me d we were spired the rafferipg, we v 'iihln't need the strength. At any rate. I'm Sabarite enough to w ish I could try it. I think they wi retln- wisest of the old philosophers, after all. There is Mrs. Browning, now, who asks in sad amaze if we would ' BjAjSS the h:jiti-m of r.alt tear?' I wonder if she ever had sore eyes? Doctor, what hew you done to make me cry so incessantly ? You will ruin me in p cket handberchieffl !" She beU up a little cambric t rille, comI V tely saturated with the moisture whk h the scald ine applications had caused to tf..v plentifully from ber eyes, and the j doctor gravely presented his own handkerchief. It eras large, and tine, and cool, I and Flossy took it simply, and pressed it to her smarting ey baits. M I like the sasell ol Florida water," she -aid, naively, "it is so refreshing, while! Bauet perfumes are, on the contrary, op- ; pressive." And she again applied the fragrant linen to her eyi - The doctor flushed with an odd sense ol pic usure, and gave an amused assent beginning, meanwhile, to fold up powders ( You oofht to feel quite honored.1 he aid, presently, "at being allowed to share st" Pan a mnnnity. Vou know the l.:me. in tin se matters have decided dts eased eyes to have been his 'thorn in the flesh.' " "1 don'1 beBere it," said Flossy, irrev erently; " it is only their opinion and I have ai R od a right to mine. I think he Was lilted, and that that w as the reason he remained a bachelor, and was so crom on the subject of marriage ! Dr. Buchanan laughed outright. When have I heard so much heterodoxy in one day!" he mid; "but of course, in. woman WOUid admit thai a man would ever remain unmarried of his own free choice." Tot. such a sensible man as St. Paul was, at any rate1 retorted Flossy, and tue doctor thougbt, mvoiuniaruy, 01 un tail and handsome youna man who had accompanied his fair patient on the preceding day, aad t the boaseheeperrycoa fan whicii he had partially overheard. " I e:ui eHSllv ima ?M,e that .''" WOUld hare no trouble In winning converts to v.ur opinion," he said", c mrleoiisly, hot Flossy never noticed eomphasents, and drying her eyes, finally, oa the doctor's handk :rci iet, returned it to him, and rose to go As she to.k up lu-r oonnev, a slight sound behind Ik r attracted her at ientkm,aad turning she saw a door h ad inn to another apartnientopen hesitatingly. A sweet yoamg face appeared hr a hionient at tbe opening, and a solt Voice -aid apologetic ally : "iwmidnn interrupting, but I mu-t sec y u just a asoaaent, Alec, about some thing important." " In. 1.1. leite v.' atis.v.reO llie ooeior,; and Flossy, thinking that it was plain, not only thai he was no Imitator of St. Paul, but thai be had displayed uncommon smod taste in his choice for a wife, t.k the package of luvdieine which he handed le-r, and made her amy out through a room fast Ailing with patients. Flossy w nt the neat fy,andtbe next, and continued to g 1 B day, sit lb Bama hour, to her aaW physician ; and, strange to say, in spile ot all the inquisitorial tortures he subjected her to the scalding, blistering, cupping, ieechlag, and so on ber visits to his office gradually grew lo be Ibe chief pleasure of her day. Knowing thai he was an "old mtrtied man." und that hU pretty yottng wile wu- always at hand m the neat room, there was no need lor her to assume a r serve foreign to her Irani: and genial temper; M she laughrri and e battered freely with kim :,iter the manner of women with physidani whom they like and trust, and be found it Impossible to resist the charm ol Ie r Minnv mood, fb sides, another tie, cloaef than th it of do. tor and patient, had bee n discovered between them, One day when, in the mutual ckirmish of wits, she had mnndH d a delicate arrow al some pel loibk of hi, be turned upon her, threatening aew applienlion of tortun', and shaking ominously a small phial containing some colorless liquid. M What an- jroc goiog lodo with that? she demanded, hau d hant, half d precat in,r. I am troing to ilroj some of it behind your ear-, ' said the doctor, seven ly, " to bilker I hem, us a punishment for hearing all that I say in a peiver-ely distorted Bmhion ; and if 1 Were not very merciful, I should likewise bestowa UttM upon the Hp of your equally perverse longne. "Oh h, dont, please!" cried Flossy, .do-inking away as M I will take it all he approacncHJ m-r. hick Will it hurt much?" roo late for repent aace now, said the doctor, in a stern voice, but gathering away rery tenderly the soft bright curia which clang about the pretty little earaj and thinking what a shame it was that it should Ik- necessary to fret tnatoalaty skin with irooMeaoma Wanera. Flossy held her breath, and sat tremblingly expe. taut of some sudden, sharp pain; but the terrible drops fel hsr.nless as if they had been water, and Dr. Hu chanan laughed aloud at her look of surprise and relief. " I did punish you, did I not? he said, in glee ; but the fright was the whole of It. The blisters will not be painful ; only

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a little uncomfortable, and a great relief to your eyea." " Rut I should like to know how I am to do my hair?" said Flossy, plaintively, 44 1 Shall Just knot it all up at the hack '(' my he ad." MOh, dont tn begged the doctor. ,!lt's such beautiful hair. I beg your pardon, but I have a sort of right to praise it, because it is so Scotch the real gold of a Highland lassie's locks. The y ry sight of it flowing tree from its ribbon mood, in these days ol dragged-np and frizaled top Knots, gives me a home feeling. Do you know 1 have fancied more than once that your forbears must hare been countrymen or mine? rneae eyes are certainly the true Scotch blue, and you don't kin w howit hurts me to pour tim burning stuff into un m The sudden, scorching pain made Flossy hohl her breath for a few minutes; but, when it bnd subsided somewhat, she said, oigeny: No you ro. Scotch ? I never thought of i bef.,re, and yet I might have known 11 by name, and by by By what, please ? said tlie doctor, wit h cag-r eyes on her face. 44 By niv learning to like vou so quick ly," said Floj.sy, frankly, though her color deepened under his pleased look. 4 For you must know, I have always had the greatest liking for everything Scotch. The 4 Scottish Chiefs' was my tirt novel I could spout whole pages of it at tbe mature age of seven, ami Bir William Wallace has been my pet hero eve r since. Atter I got beyond Miss Porter, Sir Walter Scott took possession of me, and many a scolding I got for lessons neglected because of his fascinations. T thN day no poet has ever touched me as Burns has; and, in short, no country lias ever iuter ested me so much as Scot land. Borne day I shall make a pUgrimage there!" Dr. Buchanan Hushed with a strange pleasure at this earnest praise of his "ain countree.1 " And ar von sure," he asked, ' that yon are not of Scotch descent yourelt? I cannot help thinking so now more than ever." 4" And I think so, too," mid Flossy, gravely, M though my lather was of Irish parentage. Hut, you know, once upon ;i time I'm sure I don't know when, for I never can remember dateabu! not such a very great while ago, a number of Scotch families exiled themselves to the north of Ireland for the sake of their reliri n, and formed a colony there, whose descendanti are still Piesbyteriana. 1 am sure my Esther came of these people, though I was too young ever to he miked to about them things. For he was the perfect realization in mind and person of my idea ot a Scotch Covenanter; tall and large and austere, with blue eyes that looked right through one, and a mouth t hat seldom smiled. He WSfl a Pre-hyte-rian, dyed in the wool, and his idea t" milk tot the babes was the Confession of Faith, and the Westminster Catechism. How well I remember standing up before him 01 a Sunday I mean Sabbath afternoon, when about so high! beginning al 'What is tl chief end of a man ?' and going through all the mysteries of Redemption, .! ustitie it ion, and Sanctification, all ut as understandingly as Deb Milton I to read Greek to her lather. And my mother sat by she was a sunnyhearted Englishwoman protesting in vain against her little ones being taught that they were the children ol wrath, and, as likely as not, foreonlain. d by Cod's good pleasure to eternal mist ry. h, how plainly I can see it all now, though it is many a weary day since 1 sawr them '" Flossy leaned back In the great leathern chair, and, shutting her poor eyes, Buffered herself to wander back into the half-forgotten past; and Dr. Buchanan stood by looking down npon the wistful young face, which he had only seen before sparkling with the sunshine of merry mood, or pale with patience under pain, thinking how sw eet it was in shine or shadow, and feeling a curious sensation of sympathy and interest for his fair young patient, stirring somewhere under his v st. When he spoke, however, it was in the old gy tone : 44 Well, I am delighted that my intuition has proved correct about our being one-country-folk,1 he said. 44 And now, do you know, I believe I could gin s.r your house-name ; I could tell you al least, what I think you oujht to have been called.1 14 What'-" asked Flossy, laughing and curious " ( ne of the sweet Scotch lassi -names, f course; I cannot quite decide : Kin , or Marian, or Flora. Flora, I think, suits you best. Do you like it ?" Flossy started in amu.ed surprise, but Instantly assumed a demure look. 14 Why does Flora suit me best ? ' she asked. Dr. Buchanan hesitated, reddened a lifUe, and then spoke out: "You must pardon me, for you have asked the question. It is because yon have such a So wer-like face. Such peachbloaaom cheeks and rosebud lips, eyes like bluebells, and hair as yellow as tbe golden gone on our glorious Scotch moors. Vott must know yourself that it suits you." Flo'sy's peach -blossoms turned to carnations, but she laughed in glee, and said, merrily : " Well, you are not far wrong. My name is Florence " The doctor Started, and Hushed with pleasure. "Is it so, indeed f1 he siid, eagerly. " But I should they should -call you Flora, as a pet name. Do they ''" "No," sid his patient. "Fred and Fred is .dl I have now " the shadow crowed her Itce again M Calls me always Flossy." The glow faded from .the doc tor's lace likewise, and he bit his lip. He had forgotten, for a moment, that she belonged to a " Fred " and he did not find it pleasant to be thus abruptly reminded of it. tie said, presently, In a quiet voice: "It ia a pretty little name. And, now, h re is your medicine, and you arc not 1 forget thai after this we tWO Highland folk are to befUai friends :" 41 1 think that We an so already," said ossv. nmn v. looking at lorn wnli a clear glance of her truthful eyes, and put ting her hand frankly into the one he of fered. as sin- rose to go. So the diyw and the we. ks slipped by, and the friendship, sudden as it was, lost none of its Interest, but rather erew in strength and nearness, 1 he visits of so sweet and bright B patient we I like oaem in the desert of t lie doctor's daily toil; and Flossy, withoit acknowledging it to herse lf, passe I the happiest hour ol n r day at hia office, liu'y somehow sniteu each other exactly; and.no matter what was the topk touched upon in their many talks. whether "grave or gray, or lively or sever." there was sure lo ! something Which trave unconscious proof of their harmony of taste and temperament; and neither felt so happy, so natural, so entirely t he aad wift as with the oth r. Dr. Ihichanan made some ineffectual struggle against the growtli of a feeling which, he knew, could lead 10 Doming further; Flossy, in childlike unconscious ness, made no struggle, but enjoyed the present without a thought of her future. This trial of her eyes, in addition to the anxiety and suffering it had brought her, had given her likewise a plcasanl friend and a great many charming hours. She accepted the one with the other. and, almost without knowing it, found lur Chief delight In her visits to Ids office. She was really startled and annoyed with herself one morning, when it rained ao preposterously that she was positively inhsmrrl togoont, to find that the storm

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bad brought nn r.cfual dimppointment ; that she could settle comfortably to noth iug; and was unable to rid herself of a disagreeable sense of something precious hi inu: lost from her day. It iet tbe little htily thinking rgry sc riously, and, when she made her next visit, the doctor's manner was not stich aato loll her hack into nnconscionsness. Tee wj 1 :i:ib of pleasure in Jim greeting was onmistakable, and lus. words had meaning in their jeal . 1 ui nersJly like a rainy day," lie mid : "It gircs me some relief from the pr.-s of daily work, and even sometimes permits me a peep into a book; but I must ....i.f' 1... ...-. ...l ... ....... ....:.: - 1 1 I iaiucti huni ycBtein ly was unuiiiigaieuiy drearv. I ni's ed more than one kin.: of sunshine, and I am afraid I was abominably cross to the few patients who braved the storm. Am I very selfish in hoping that the rain disappointed you too, just a little hi?, on account of your eyes, o course, you know F1 Now Flossy was very innocent and childlike, tmt there was something in the doctoFs look and tone, d. spite the playfulness of his words, w hicii she fell instinctirely there should not be, coming from him to her; which si..- knew neither Fred nor the pretty little 1 idy in the next room would like. At the same time she felt, wd'.h a burning rush of blood t ber heart, that she conld like it, fir, far to weil, if she should allow herself, and hi r resolre was taken on the instant. She answered so quickly and naturally that, no one could have guessed what a sadden si gc and repulse had been made within the moment in the citadel of her quietseeming breast, nor could the doctor iinagine that sic had suspected d inger or intended defence. 44 Ves,' said she, lightly ; " it was very naoghty in yon, both to w ish me to f.ei disappointed and to be cross to your p tor patients. Vou deserve punishment, and 1 shall administer it in the information that this j.i my last visit to you. Fred was complimenting me only hist night npon my eyea; said the violets w ere no longer ..v. rweighted with dew, and all that sort of thing, you know. And. indeed, I lind I no longer answer to Jeremiah's woful description oi himself; my head is no longer a fountain of tear, nor mine eyes rivers of water; I can actually read, write, and work, once more without weeping, as though I had been unkindly chidden to my t..-k. For this blessed consummation, I sh ill be eternally your debtor, doctor ; but it leaves me nothing to do in the present but to bid yon adieu, with the assurances of my most distinguished consideration." Bhe spoke fayly, and her lips smiled, but her band trembled as she he'd it out. and her fiice dropped, like a flower on its st:iik, beneath the searching gaze ot the doctor's eh ar gray eyes. The ne w s had come upon him likv a blow, none the 1 as heavy because f r some time expected. He read now the answering pain sheFtrore to hide in her faltering tone and changing hue, and he felt a wild longing to clasp her t his heart, ,iust tor one moment, and tell her how it hurt hint to let her go, and compel the sweet afOWal that the patting was aa bitter to her. Bat the mad thought was stilled as soon aa born; he felt that she had taken the only wise, the only right course, and he com pelled himseli to answer her in the mm vein. 44 Weel, it's aa ill wind that blawa naebody (rude,'1 he s.d.!, in a broad Scotch dialect, and with a mock-rueful counte nance. " I shrill he h ft lamenting, but vou will be freed from my cruelties. ilowev. r, in order that vou may not entin ly forget me, I shall bestow npon you some parting souvenirs. Here is medicine to be taken w henever a chaaeecold may bring a return of the inflainmatl n : here is a lotion to be applh .1 occasionally, and hero is a h-eeh. 1 will screw him up so tightly in this box that you may carry him in yonr pocket if you like. Keep him in a rase of pur.- water, and put him on it at any time you should feel again that congestion ol the balls. You will give me a thought, perhaps, as you change his water dai'v, aad I sh 11 think ol him lee Iing on more blue veined temples, and Nonsense! broke m flossy, putting back from the doctors hand the rase Which contained several ot the blood thirsty Utile reptiles ; " il I need any more such .seven- remedies, I shall come to you again. liu 1 nave no iear inai 1 snail, thanki to your an ill and your great kind ness and pat lence. Her voice w hs beginning to break again, and sh r added, hastily : "And now, doctor mend I must really my god-by." She put out her hand, and the doctor seized and held it light. 44 Von will believe," she began, ej dn steadying her voice, but just then the same il r, 1 opening had inter rupted them once before, opened again, and the same sweet Voice timidly reqUCSt e I " just one word with Alec." The doctor looked impatient. " Please st;iy just one moment longer1 he begged, darting out of the room before she bad time to refuse. He returned almost Immediately, and Pioesy said, in a reproachful tone : 44 1 am afr.ii 1 yon have not half listene 1 to What your wife had to say, Dr. Bit .Ii man. Iain sorry you hurried s.. I would much rather have waited till sh had finished.1 The doctor stared at hit patient in blank amazement. 44 My ift What do you mean f 11 he asked. It was Flossy! turn now to look surprised. 44 I mean your wife, of course," she Said ; M the lorely little lady who occupies the next room, and whom you hare just left.11 The doctor stood for a moment silent and confounded, then broke into an irrepressible laugh. 4 So you thought I was married, did you?" he said, in exceeding amusement. " I must tell Elsie that" "And are you not, then ? asked PlOfl v. in an eager, falt ting tone. 14 Hut 1 aaa you. Dr. Buchanan I lieg your pardon, but you left the door open I saw you with your arm about that young lady, and her lips raised to youra." With much hesitation and many blush -es, flossy brought forward this terrible charge, but the doctor only met it with another uncontrollable laugh. 41 And If yon did," he said, as smn as he could speak, " who has a better right ! Klsie is my only sister, and was married six months ago to my partner, whom house this is. She's UCB a little goose as to be still very fond of her Dig brother, and every now and then has some won derful favor to asU of him, the granting of which she repays with a kis. Poor little Elsie! how she will laugh when I tell her that. ;die lias been taken for my wile!" Flossy laughed too, hut it was very tremulously, and the crimaon flush -t i 1 1 dyed her downcast lace, while her heart beat in er. al throbs, and her breath Came too brokenly for speech. Dr. Buchanan looked at lu r as she stood blushing and quirering, searched her drooping face with Iiis kei n gray eyes, and a sudden great light flashed orer his own countenance " Great EleaYcnt1 fie exclaimed, atari ing toward her, 44 1 may have been taking for granted something equally without foundation. Will you teU ma w ho was tue gentleman who broughl you here, and with whom I heard you discussing various housekeeping matten; tbe 1 Fred,' I mean, Of w hom you have so often spoken f Suivly your names are the same." "Fre-lV" said Flossy, bewildered; 44 of course our mines are the same. He

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THURSDAY, APRIL the ion of my fathi r- only brother, and my own and 01 ly cousin and guardian. MBai not your husband nor yonr lover?' tiecifl tded the doctor, much excited. 14 My bnabanl! How absurd f exclaimed Flo-sy, !:i'.i?'r;:ij hysterically, and crimsoning deeper than erer. MHe is to i married within t ! m nth tn the prettiest rl.-l in New STorlr, and it was for lur we wt re choosing furniture1 "Let him, and welcome f " cried the doctor, exultantly, seizing Fkssys lian ! in hia, and bending glowing glance upon h. r. 14 My -bar little patient, we hare both c f us, ;k" pair n simpletons, bet n taking h for granted tint we etch belo; igt il t : somebody else, whereas, in reality, we 1 long to a'-h other, as I hare fell fr m the first ought to be the case. Till me, Isn't it soy Won! yon 1- my little patient, and let me be your doctor tort v. t rom henceforward? 'Don't be coquettish answer me, 1 beg of you." Ihit Flossy held her face away shyly, ami tried to hide the sudden great rush of b&pftin si which had come over it. " Il is a mutual mistake,1 she said, saucily, 4 and I shall '0 directly and tell Fred about it. Good-morning ! Bot though she rushed lo the door in a wild, shy effort to escape, she was not allowed to go Jost yet, nor without paying toll; and ii was well lor her secret that the dort r h-1 always required her 10 we;ir a thick Teil in the street ! Applefont Jjum, Siiis of the Hands A UTTLa work on " IfodV rn Palmistry1 I rings together a large amount of amusing gossip, but we cannot say how much you must believe of it. The person who will carefully study the wrinkles, furrow -, lines and hollows on tile h inds, will be able to tell fortuni s as well a any modern irvn ,y. f the palm of the hau l be long, and the fingers well proportioned, etc, not soft, bllt rather hard, it denoU 9 the person to be ingenious, changeable, and gis 11 to I heft and vice. If the hands b hollow, solid, and well knit in the Joints, it predicts long life, but ii oTcrthwarted then it denotes short life. Obserre the finger of Men ury thai is, the little finger: if the end f it exceeds t h 1 joint of the rim; Onger,sttcfa a mau w il! rule in his own bouse, and Ids wife will be pleasing and obedient to him; but it it be short and docs not reach the j int, he will h ive a shrew, and she will be boas. Broad nails show the person to be bashful, fearful, but of gentle nature. Narrow nails denote the person tone inclined to mischief, and to da injury to hi- neighbors. Long nail i show a person to lie goodnatured, but distrustful, and loring reconciliation rather than difference; Oblique nails signify deceit and want of courage. Little round nails denote obstinacy, nngcr and hatred. tf they are crooked at the extremity, they show pride and fierceness. Round nails .show a choleric pe rson, yet soon reconciled, honesty, a kVrer of secret science. Fleshy nails denote the person to be mil I in temper, idle-and lazy. Pale and ilack nails show the person to be very deceitful to his neighbor, and lubject to many diaeast a. Red and marked nails signify choleric and martial nature, giren to cruelty ; and al many little marks a are there speak so many evil desires. m Prüll Rg&tiaa Prorerbsu 44 Etert fox praises als own tail." "Go after two worn and you w ill not even c itch one." 44 A g .0 I it inning i- lull' the work." 44 rrust in tied, but do not stumble yourself. ' 44 With Grod, cren acroas the sea w ithout Hun, not even to the threshold.'1 " Without cheating, no trading." M Money ia not God, but ii, shows great mercy." 4 The deep.-r you hide anything the sooner you had il." 4 If (.rod u . n't forsake us, tbe pigs will not t.ike us " 44 A debt i ad med by payment," ' Roguery is the Iasl if trades." 44 Never take i crooked i'iih njhile you can see a Straight one." " Pear not the threats r the great, but ratht r the tears of the poor." "Ask a pir to diaiM r, and lie will put hi- b et on 1 ue table. 1 41 Disease co at In by bttndred weigbbj and goes out by ounce a1 h rery little frog la great In his own bog. ' 44 An old frie'iil Is worth two new on s." 4 lie prai ltd not for your ancestors, but for oor Urtuea." 4 When nn are rar.-, even a cr ib is a fish." M A fatbcrs bk ssing cannot be drowned 11 wak r nor consumed by fire.' 44A mother's prayer will draw up from the d pi ki 1 l '. a sea.1 I he "Magic Eraser." Chicag pap. rs, of a recent date, state t!i ii nu n are nb ut the streets o that city s. lhng a preparation called the magic eraser a solution of chloride of lime, which is used to re more ink marks from paper. However useful tins article may tie for some purp .: s, it has proven a dan gefOUS one, as rascals have of late begun to avail themselrea of its erasing properties lo change checks and other commercial papers with fraudulent intent. In New York and other Küastern cities n rj bohl operations of tins kind h ive been successfully condw led, and hankers hare bee ane s 1 much much alarmed that checks and drafts are scrutinized with the greateat care, and payment is refused unless parlies pri a nt ing them are known at the bank. It is sai l lliai the Huid will not erase blue ink, aud Chicago banken are the re tore Instructing their customers to use this color only in tilling up commercial paper. A writer In the Chicago ' it'i'i ,t: says: 14 To detect whether bank ( hecks, notes, drafts, or papers of any kiml have; been altered r tampered with by the use of the Mntagic fluid, hold the inspected paper over the flame ofagaa jet, being careful uoi to scorch or burn it, and it any Ihud haa been applied to U e paper, the place where it haa been put will speedily lx come discolored, and turn a decided brown color. Frequently the writing or figures which have been erased by the fluid will reappear, faintly, on suca application of heat." Think.- Do your own thinking. Yos, Iba is the idea. Think for yourselC Ii is well lo listen to the expret - d thoughts ot others, and il i-. an igrcenble pasttime to give expression t your thoughts lint when alone, weigh what you have heard and traverse what roe have said. It is well to do t Iii-;, for it, will assist in curing you ol false notions, and of eradicating unprofitable and vicious ideas, and m time make you belter nu n and women. What you thus gain from yout inrroundings, you will unwittingly transmit to the ris ing gent ration, and the result will be th it you will do your share in the ghwions work of elevating the hum 111 family. I our own thinkin :. An hl cooper In Parmer! rill age, (hum., now :i i.i in ol Ml years, h isw.uk. 1 at his trade f r -it j lour years, and in tli t time haa made over twenty thousand casks He made fr one distiller barrel! st Hi lent, if placed aide b) aide, to reach oyer t Ight mil' .

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7, 1870. FACTS AN il FIGURES. Tin Lzwil bat tuned seamstress. Tue. X w Orleans street can are entirely propelled by niuics. Chesi br, 8. C, has :i police force composod of boys of sixteen. K itorjoa I Fori Und boasta thai lie has bit!; d tie- noses off of live men M y. tiK8TRn, X. II , has forbidden smoking in its stn ets on Sunday. Oran twelve million tons of coal hare been received in Philadelphia eince 18.V5 TiiK Territory of New Mexico contains a population estimated at 125,000. A Brooklyn woman unsucceastully tried to commit suicide by swallowing hair-pins. A nsnMIT in Westchester county, X. V., wears a costume of old boot legs lied toget lier. Trea Emperor of China is receiving mirrors and costly household furniture fr nn Pat i i. Psnnsylv m v liasa pedagogue ninetysix fears old. lie is one of the Old .M . -ters. '.i.i.in:koiu, Conn., Intends to celebrate it two hundredth anniversary iu September next. A Norfolk lad shot himself rather than to take rare of a aou illing baby for two hours. A little boy died at Grass Valley, CaL, last month, from eating friction match. -s. A Brookltji man brags oyer a watch which has been in bis family for two !iuudred years. Thb British House of Lords now numbers 47 1 members, only thirty-one of Whom are unu.arried. TnK first London edition of the first number of -Mr. Dickens' new novel will consist of 70,090 copies. Tekbb are three men in New York who make good livings by writing advertisements for the public. Torrs are nowliving in Maine, in good health, live brothers named Lambert, aged respectively 96, 193, 87, 81, and 79 years. The next greet Astronomical Congress will take place in r-71 at Stuttgart A Geographical Congress will be held in Antwerp in August, A LADT in trouble at New Orleans f r padding her clothing with five boxes of cigars and a lot of jellies, w hen she landed fro in a Havana steamer. Over 100 young women are mid lo be at present studying law in this country many in the universities, bu1 more in lawyers' offices, where they pay their tuition fees by writing. RoSTORIAKS suggest a grand tea party on the centennial anniversary of the day on which the tea was thrown overboard, to which tli native-born Boetoniana shall be invited. Tnn 'jchigntm is doomed, say the Pari gossips. One lady, hearing the report, haa r. tired to her country seat, where she me ins to beshared, in the hope of having a head of native growtli before next season. At the recent municipal election in the small town d Purtuis, France, only twenty-nine voters out of eighteen hunhred registered their rotea. Without lorn of time the whole twenty-nine voted themselves unanimously into otlice. The reduction in telegraphic tolls in Prance increased the receipts by nearly $5,000 for the month of December. Twenty words, counting the address, Sent from one point in Prance I .another, now COBt twenty cents, instead of forty. John CoTTLn, a Cincinnati policeman, convicted of manslaughter, was so overcome by his sentence of five years in the Penitentiary, that hts hair lias turned white, and he mat titty pounds in weight within six weeks after his arrcil. Till-: cost of the franking privilegein Canada is estimated at $100,000 n year. The privih g" is enjorcd by the Governor General, the chief officers of each department, the Speaker and Clerk of each House of Pail lament, and during the session, as well as for tea days before and after its opening and closing, by members of both Houses. Lightning struck and melted a gun barrel A careless inspection of the solved metal suggested a thought, and tb;it in turn begat another, until the final result was tn- liscorery of the manufacture of steel by means of electricity, for whieb the discoverer bow 1kM letters patent fron the Government of th. Halted States, and whieb will be among the most important disc, iferiej of the age. A. California paper reports that the 1 tends "ol a Chinaman, who had been sick for some time, thought he was dying, an I forthwith tumbled him into a coffin, an I proceeded to bury him Some Americans, however, interfered, and took him ..rn of the coffin, ft was then about 4 ..'..i.ek in the afternoon, and the China man livid until 9 the next morning, when his spirit took, its flight. Whilk the officers of a detachment of the AJgerinc army, posted near the frontier of .Morocco, were miking over the last news from France, a civilian interrupted the in v Ithan assault upon the Kmpcror and Empress. " sir," cried a young Lm utcnant, " it is no affair of mine to de fend my sovereign here, bid I never will permit a woman, present r absent, to be assailed in my presence, f we had not been within Eight ol the soldiers I should already have pulled your ears." Entire minutes swords wer; crossed, and the civilian was run through the body. Mrs. ItOHKRT DALI OwKM makes the assertion that " More than half the work of the world is done by women. ESren in the cm -e of a shirt, with the cotton or tl ix that is pu ked for it nay, even in the mines whence the ore that furnishes the iron-work of the looms that weave it, is taken her work begins ; and, with the making, the washing, the ironing, the starching, the mending, the sewing on button-;, it continues as 1 nir as the gar menf lasts.1 She ab. asserts that, So long as women have the providing ol man's food, they can govern him as they choose.' A BRMAnKARTJI case of long life and premonition of death is reported from BSgar, Bohemia. An old man of 108 yean .nose in the morning perfectly healthy, smoked hut pipe, and wen w ent out to see his son, w ho was working in the forest, to tell him that he (the father) would die that evening; at the same time telling the son how the funeral was to be Conducted, and who should bear him to the grave. The son, seeing the old man's good humor and health, laughed at w hat he considered a whim neverthelt ss, v h. ii he returned hoineat night, he found Iiis hither dead. The mother relates thai he had returned to the honse, desired a drin of water, had lallen asleep in his chair, and never woke again. A nkw process hai been discovered in which sulphuric acid is used in the manufacture of w hisky from corn, by which treatment the quantity of w hisky is in creased from 15 and into 18 and 19 quarts p. r bushel. A specimen of the article w hieb h 1 - 1 en shown to us prOTH s to tie a moat deleterious and poieonous compound. When put through the Usual course of rectification it corrodes and destroy! everything with which it oomei contact, and an alcohol manufacturer! itempting to diatil it, diaoovered thai if 1 11 tt I the copper still to rack an extent that the fluid which cm me forth w as highly impregnated with oopperaa. If a copper "till Cannot w ithstand this article, how can the human stomach he expected to go it 1PKiliddphi6 Cam Lt.

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rOUTHS DEPARTMENT DISOBEDIENCE. itr ii..- gat r Um eiSjua, near Um weatV lift: her :.r 1 -itcr together Ktaod. Beyond ttte rate jros sre ae iq r..M?n." Thea at ah -r bad iui .1 rt she qnirtrd home; Um. t i r.--1 at t' iv:i g irtthbi 'h- bmtwt. Vank .,.-r!.-.! i h.. pile tliov looked aroiu .l. " O 4fmie ho cried, aow I Naa bs nn To p';ty lor swailä in Um wood below r1 ' Bot. PrsaMe, irfesl .li.l onr Tr.other i iy f Sjii.l tli" little one leSBpted n rO ::Tajr. sii.- Uemirle it. Um wood wa ni'.-ln Lr harmed." Suit FrriiiU : -')ut wo need not !. a termed : Tli tn i r.o lihiL' to linr its. KDd oh ! res Thnt heostifal aqnirrel oa vnodlerhve! r awiv i-ii iVaolc totheneea retreat WWta .J.-s-ie amowd whh Wjhtg root. ' rbey rliaod tii aqa'Tret wfth (aar aad -liut. The gathered the Sowt r- re:d otaeed aboot, u i th-n ac thev Sauted H wa rettli c lae, Retnrtwd mharl to the garden gate; KoojaeatJoM won aaked and aoäody kaew What Frank aad Jewde kad dared todo. Till -!;tur!jy m'L'h. H BjMry -al alone. Frank to bta mother t!ie tcitli m:el- known; Bt, ino'her,'' he siid, "tho 'WO went in the m Dim W0 rot no harm, a- jmo Tlioueb wc BhoaTat ! nto the wsorr w.- did not rati, gor did we injure o.jr dotho a all." My aan." wm th" ate r. it m?iy ho so, Tel 'nn'';iii!Lr you lost in o wootl, I kaew; Think well, a-id tii -n toil m-.'" th mother aid, A- 'h- laid her band on Fr.inki.es head. My kntlH. niv hail, tny p-nre."" thoin ht ha, I have I hem all Mfe and wind could it hol I know. at length be Mid with a atart I have kfcO the hsnpf out of mv hearl ! f have Tint fett easy moco then.1 ho i-.'iied. And I eonM not be m -rry. atthoncjh I tr;ed. Mother, I'm certain uot all mv pi iy Made up for the 1s that I hid Hut day!" TOMMY'S MSll. ht .vin.s. .,uv w. t. Fnr. Tommy had placed all through the beautiful summer, and corered his cheek . with roses and dbnnlea, and Ids lips with smiles, and filled his eyes with sparkles, and his breath with sweetness, and hN whole little heart and life with happiness and sunshine. When it was early fall. Tommy began to iro to school, one bright, warm afterii ',.n. Tommy had learned and recited hi lesson, ;md began to be pretty tired staying In school. By-end-by, his teacher told him he might go home, and so he went, by the meadow path and the little, low bridge orer the brook. He stopped there, and Pat down on the bank and watched the bright, golden water, bnb bling and rippling along with such a solt, cool, quH t Sound. He could see the fi-dies darting by SO fast, and the roir.nl, wet stones looking to smooth and bright under the water, and the shadows of the bushel beside him. waring, waving, so slowly on the top of it. Poor Tommy was very warm and rery tired; he had been tired sitting down, and now he w is tired walking; his lesson had been pretty hard tor his little mind t mash r; he even began to think he had h headache; and altogether, Tommy wasal nearly as happy as HSOaL He took off his shoes and stockinga, and put his plump, little feet In the brook, and langhedtosee the trout come sndmming along close by them, as if they thought tLeai little.whitV fishes. The cool, bright water went slipping over hK tired little fei t and felt so com Portable aud good to baas that Tommy wished he was in it all over, and so be fcaid : " O. I wish I was a trout." Pretty soon he took out his feet, and lay down on the grass, with his head doer beside the beatuilul brook ; and watched the little li-hcs, and the same cool, wc, round Stones under the water, and the same little shadows, waving so slowly on the top of it, and somehow he kept remembering what he badaakl, " o, 1 " wili I was a trout." He looked Into the llu' sky, and i ane little, white clouds came Bailing along, and It seemed to Tommy as if they noade cloudy letters. o, i no wish ! " 0,dear ."' said Tommy poor Tommy ; and he looked down into the bro..k again, lie began to feel very queer ; began t feel as it he whs growing smaller. He was sure he had never f. It so be lore. First, there was a little tinging in Ids ears; and then he couldn't hear the brook rippling any longer, for his ears arete e;oiie Then his uou gVBW shorter ami shorter, and finally tin y changed into lit tie, r.-udish brown iois, with b'aek and whim edg s. Thasa be couldn't nil where lib cJotbci were pine; and bb beanüful, white skin began to turn rellow and brown, with little black marks und red spots over it. His legs gm N thort, just ahis arms had, ami some more tins und tail came, and another long tin ou ids back. He couldn't sit in hit little chair in the schoolroom now. Tommy was so astonished h snapped his eyes, or rather he tried to, and then lie found his eyelids were iron,.. Qe knew all hi curlj hair must be gone, too; Imt he e uddn t put his this up to bei hb smooth hi ad. The nexl thing he knew, he was in the water; and Mrs. Trout (.one swimming alone;, and said, in the tidi laiiifuiore : " Vhy, win re bare you been, my dear, little boy? I vc missed you a long time, and hunted everywhere for you." Thai made Tommj think how his own dear mamma would mbs him when the children came home from school without him, and he could never come again, because he had wished to lie a trout, in the brook. The tear- came Into his poor, little cys, but the rippling brook wa h d them away, aud nobody, except Tommy himself) knew how sorry he was, lor fishes' area don't show the feclinps as children a do. " Now, come with me," mid Mrs. Trout, "and swim under the bridge, in the shade." Tommy wondered how it happened that he conld sarins ao well, until he remembered thai he was trout. fie swam along with a sad, little heart, until they were under the bri le, and Ilia. Trout said that they must stay there until the children bad gone home from school, tor she siw a iish line banging out of Aleck's pocket, as he went t I school, at no m, and he might stop to fiah On his w ay home. I'oor Tommy opened his month to scream, but there came no sound, and di Trout said : 14 You are gaping, my dear; put your head on thb Tittle, cool stone, and mka i nap." Now, Aleck, was Tommy's big brother, and Tommy was thinking how dreadful it would be, it Ahck should co in ti-liimr ami catch lias, their own little Tommy, and cany him home for supper. Hut, of course, Mrs. Trout didn1 know this. lie remembered how he bad felt when he had wished he Were a trout; but il seemed now as il his lt .-ns hadn't be. n very hard, after all, and he hadn'l been very tired, cither; and, altogether, he whs real deal more wretched, now he w as a trout, than he had been while be w as ;i little hoy. lie began to nope thai other little boys would be very careful w hat they wished He thought, it they could mh know ! his unfortunate wbh,thej nwutal be can (hi ; and then he began to wonder w hat would become of him in the w inter, w ie n the brook Was fronen over. .lust th n he heard I noise that sounded like thunder. "It is the children coming over the bridge, said Mrs. Trout "1 will just catch that little minnow for our lunch, and then we will stay here, as safe as c m t)C." Mrs. Trout darted out to catch the rt innow, und in a minute T inmy saw her pa

up out of that sanny brook, away up ou the end of Aleck fish line. Then he beard Ahck bay, "That's a butr : n.nv we'll catch a little one." Poor Tommy opened his month, to a ;am again, and whd scream this time, In ajood earnest. Then he heard Ahck again, saying, M Hark ! "What's that? It sounds like '1 oniinv. And weh it might asusyi like him, T 'inmy thought Tommy felt aa queer sora minute ss he did w hen he began to be a trout for now he began to stretch ;.nd STOW brirer. Then ln saw the bine sy overhead, and then KTOen gmM under neath, and it was only dream in a nap, after all ! for lie had t.dleii asleep waicainLr the waring ihadowi and the bubbling water. Tommy jumped up on bis two rested little feet. "Cone- on. Tommy ' What are vou ding there? and what makes your eyes to big?" said AI. ek. Toasmy caase on," hut he didn't tell what made Id- v i ao 1 r He ha- aevr forgotten how unhappy be was while lie thought be ras s trni ; and nobody v.r bean him wish now to u anybody r anything but the dear, little Tommy he is. except, sometimes be is in a hurry to be the rood, useful man be will be ail in the rurbl time. 'ttU i-r-il. On Wtkkt lluie, " Hf.ue vou an . ir, w.-.-'tnu votir valunhle time as they .v to me," said Charles Dickens one moraine, m-tnv vear hl'o, as hi? lit'le boy ran up to him on the Broadstairs Band, ora. , m hand. And we have often -d sine- how many people there are w ho kr.tiw w hat is meant by wasting time. It is very easy to make mistakes on th's subj.-ct, tor nothing is po deceitful a appearancea we au know that renempa. that classical model ofprop i-ty and ail the virtues, employ, d ber time in wcjiving a garment by day, and imravehmr it at night. She did this to keep otl her lovers, who wanted to persuade her that her husband Ulvsses ws .bad. When the suitors found her out, ot amm they accused h r of watinz tim but at that moment Ulyases knocked al t!i- door. after seeing many men and cities. In met, he had come home, and the fair Penelope had ln-r rewar 1 after all. Surely it is waste o time for that old tortoise to try aad b -at the nimble hare at racing, but the silly id thing a ill craarl on, without stopping, at about the pace one gets down the Strand on a riiny day. Presently, down comes the hare at a lnrious pve tin re is no waathag time with bim at all events but, al i ! when he arrirea breathless at the winning post, he tinds the old tortoise there before him, and fast asleep too. "Ah!" says tin- bare, "I wish I had t;dw"U mv nap at the end I m lead of the beginning of the rare, and tin.n I should hare won it and that tor toise might have crawled in vain; M it iJ, he has made good use of his Ume, and I have Wasted mine." What an idle man that is yonder, fishing hour after hour! Trulv a melancholy spectiele, as stern old !)H-t.r Johnson would say. "A line with a worm at one end and a ion at the other.' Wnmg again ! That man i- an eminent statesman, who has escaped to recruit his weary brain in the company of the kingfisher and the heron. What eloquence, wisdom and whole?- nn legislation do not we owe to such hours t idleness Nay, do not some of our best and kindliest ÜKWgfatS often come to US aa We sit on the beach ind torn pebbh s into the shining s a cov ered with its innumerable suiilea? K.creation is not waste w hen it is a rest from real w. rk, and a preparation f -rniore. Wc confess we n. er feel at h nie with a man who must always be doing saasflt'ning. There was a French statesman who wrote a huge book bv snatches, in those occasional interrals w hen he happened to be kept waiting for his dinner. We have not the slightest wish to see this ante- prandial performance, We do not doubt it was a Very dull book, for im u who are never at leisure are always dan. I- us-y men and idle nu n arc equally ;n--uif rabhrto us. The r.al worker ht nen r in a hurry, and the r nl idler, wc may idd, is never anything else Whoever beard of Lord Palmerston, or the Duke of Wellington or Lord Brougham beiag in a hurry? When w. s, . a man in a griat hurry, we may be pretty certain that hi profession consiata ia i ing noth ing, and that he hi doing that badly. I be idlest man we ever saw w - always so much pressed f'r time that he aeeet had Hre minutes to gparc lr at.vthmg. .No ne need ever be in inch a terrible hurry as this. It we ever Ind mvaetfea x. it is probably becanse we have been wa i imr our time. We have had BO -y-'em, and bare, there! re,d ne ia an honr whal ought to hav. been tinished in twenty minutes; or, like the lure, we have loitered on tbe way, and then an aaake a push for it. and :.rr re jnl in time bs miss the train. Bow many bares incee arc every mottling who arrive hr athli u in the -ity. because Im ah fast was h lafan h ur late or because they woadd not et up w In n the clock struck s. I n. Hut nr readers hare a right t ;tsk w hat constitutes, as a general iule, waste off time. We anew r m a insgle teasamoa whatever binders r r. vmts you b law your work in life. Kvci v one should realize that Ida duty lure coaaists mam plying himself so some worthy wrk, and his time may then sahly at'd without w: ste be divided into three periods preparing tor -rk, doing work, and resting from work. Waafia of time, then, becomes a thing purely relative. What is BSCTC waste in me case is real rtit. in another. Tbe idle man who travels simply l--r piea-ure, is simply wasting ids time; the man w ho travels tor sif. ty, or the man who travt Is to gel rest from w.-ik, or I r the Bake of hi 'health, is not wa-img or abusing his time, he is turning i: to urod ao OWBti Let the hear! Im- filled with somc go-.d principle of action, and let the mind be directed tow arda sosae eongenial parsatta, and then our innocent pleasures will be as little in danger of degenerating int. criminal indulgence, as our wholesome recreations into waste ol time. (.'-' viTa JKsjaat lion He Knew. It-own was in a strange city tor the tit-t time in his life. It was raining, and Bron n wm carry hag his amlwell unfurled; in umbrella, by the way, that Bfowa had carried for a MMSg tiase, and as lather choice of. "Good aanrning to yen, fdisthar Broans,1 said an Irishman w ho was passing 1dm, with a rery low bow. Brown wa slightly omfused. He knew no man in thai place, aad WaflW! aware that any one there knew lorn. He whh quiteanre be had never seen Hie lrihnin before. How should any one there know ids name As he plodded on. Um more be timnghl of it the more pu tried he he eama. At length he got so cartows ijbmst it lie turned around and walked after the Irishman. Overtaking him. h- Baal " You called me Mr. Brown in-t now, I think-" " Faith, I did, sur.m Brer see me, before ' " "No, sur." " liver hear my name" No, ladnde, sur." " How, tln n, did vou know my name " "Will v r honor be aft her giving me the eeim of ä driak if I il tell ye how l km w your name srai BfOWU r "Oh, Ves." " lledad, sur, 1 saw il in your umhrillyi!" A namar drove .m entire family tuinultiiously from a house in Oswaro at a lata hour on a recent Sunday night Altera while their exciU-meiit was h11:o.-1, and on investigation they found that a cow , on i forneiuL' raid, had made her wav into a rear kitcbea and inserted h r lu nd into an empty llour barrel the bain I horjBBBSl t M on lu r horns, and, unnbie 1 . m-i.-the cncuinbraiiec, the ten died animal Boaaaaammd a frnnthc rampage hboajg tka apartment, Willi the result almvc ilescribed. Tiikkk is in Uaaratl a young man who lias on the right side a4 am Bsce a heavy blac k Ix ard, and has ali asaaagnc'lie, while his h-tt cheek is, and :d vs haa been, tntircly hmrdlem De is now 1! years of ape, and his h rl upon the one side began to grow luxuriantly when he was a mere infant.

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