Plymouth Democrat, Volume 15, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 April 1870 — Page 1

POETRY.

HER CHWNON OX MY SHOULDER. Ohe dark and dreary winter day, Vh n tuow-drifu fast were melting, Ai '. t it the window's dewy p:in Tho ruiuy dak. wer pelting, er.-th the bright sra." penial blaze, A- outer bias: nw colder, I wi- a it-d by my Maggie't side. With her chignon on my shoulder I heeded not the storm without Within the sun was shining ; The clouds or life were lifted, then I saw the silver lining; And a my darling sweetly smiled. My throbbing heart ?rew bolder ; I dreamed, as I had never dreamed, With her chvjnon on my shoulder. I dreamed of rlchee and of fame Acquired by honest labor ; A name to live when 1 am gone. And wealth to help inv neighbor ; 1 dreamed, too, of ahapty home, Where growing Old and older. Her lutle hand clapped c.o-' in m:ne, Hvir stef.tort on my HMmldeC. The tide of years will bear us on ; Our paths are undiverring ; Notr.tts of fine can blast the bud. Nor MMM the love that's singing ; And not until each heart-throb ce.;-o, And dust to dust shall mtMcr, Shall I forsret the blSnfai time ller chignon pressed my sho , -Pfiilal t x mimi;ljAXEOUS TflROUGP THE BvKS OF X CE Cot -.RTEotJS READER: I of a State Prison. Do Hot be astonished my friend, at being addressed hy such a being. I can assure you I am a special convict, and, perhaps, some of these days when I am tree, you may encounter my veritable self in the bosom of your social circle. It your curiosity is awakened, I will breathe to you through the gratings of my ceil my eventful history. It is a strange one, respected friend. Indeed I make bold to say that a strahger one was never breathed into your ear. I had an only brother. We had been brought tip in a distant village in me oiiiu; oi Pennsylvania. Our father died when my youneer brother was born, leaving niv moiher very poor. film brought us up bravely, however. I being the eldest, was mat off at an early age tonht the battle of and, while helping myself, todolne thing toward helping others. Vlt 'tbi noble purpose in my mind 1 w -Jtl rAUi( progress, and finally had the 1 '1)1 ra , irtoffto New YJrk, rig l that there were the J2?i : t an ambitious yotit' Sfih P anient affection for C , 1 of Tthe made eremhin- 1 rK"'ito ment I felt rorn to my own a4vanc V-, t I though evry act af my Th t: p' 1 i S' vX uPon ,utir fortunes. AD1.8 ce .mg so inspired me that self-de-H. not only eay, but delightful. ,Hing m I did, that all my savings bene dted them so greatly, how ConJd I do otherwise than save ? I wan extremely fortunate in New York. My last employers in the country gave me h tters to one of the chief merchants in thai city. He received me kindly. Fin. ling out my industrious sm-t saving habits, he speedily promoted me. Year by y at he ad led to my salary. At length, after years of labor, I found myself, at the ace of twenty-five, thr confidential dirk Of my employer, with a large salary, and the control of millions. Bone years before I bad conceived the . It a . 4 si ving my brother a good education. My brother was to me more like a son than Mijthing thm, His nature waa widely different front mine. I was bold, resolute and daring; he was gentle, poetical, and full of sentiment, i waf stem, praetical and independent; he was quiet, reliant and BMOltsJin I was formed for a life of warfare and action ; he for a life of study anil meditation. II- area! to college. His progress wie remarkable; he was at the head in everything ; he jrradhmti 1 with thfl highest honors. I saw him at ÜM final exhibition when he obtained hi3 degree. I admired and apptaqdOd more than any one else my your, - brother. In truth, as he stood ken wuh his fragile form, Iii- p de face, his eye beaming wuh the light of genius, he was woathj of all th admiration I had to bestow. I have his portrait now with me. It resembles the poet öuelicy mote than any face thai I have ever seen. My hr Khet went hcane, and, as I supposed, studied far his profejalon. I corresponds I always with my mother. My brother was always irregular in letfe-. wrumg, ana 1 never thougiit much i n.t ne.tnng irotn Aim. i hu troubled, however, at lean nee une t'nat 1... w t unw xi. 1 1 . mmenued tripatrosa a tour tw.owh Karope, and im . Iiu the ocean and . Al 1 . offer 1 waftea -nxi.M;v y ETleani thc cf. J'' 1 1 .i t hi ar ir iu home for tearm '.ith. I grew rery1 anxioas, and '..glit seriousiy of paying them a visit. ea my departure, ftlteen year-j b fore, I had ii v r been home, and had cm.) mei my n latirei on th-,-ir v i -its to mc;t New Y'-rk. ( ne day on r-ing to the office I found a telegraphic dispatrh. dispatch ime buried memory i The words at that themselvoj nto my " "':r brother isdylng! Come home J" It w5 a stranger's name. Great Uod: my brother dying! A stranger, too, telerraphfng to mei What meant all this! Wis my mother also dying? E never doted asy eres for three days and three night, nor did I cat a mouthful until I came in i-itrht of my bative town in Pennsylvania. 1 waited for two hours trying to overcome my agitation created by fasting and want ci sleep. Ordinarily 0 hinir nitllei me; but now I was as weak hi a child. I Walked up the main Mr. et. I came within -dght of thc old familiar cottage. The blinds were 11 dwn. Great Heaven ! I was not prepared or inch I blow. 1 dreaded the worst The worst li.id eome. A stranger onenod the doof- a tran-riT stared at. me. J recognized much oi the old furniture with which my asotber wool 1 not part. 1 saw mv brother's portrait bansinc in the hall. " Art tlwy in? I aapari oat, feiot kno w In? What I said. rfo owe recognized me. I did not wish to he recosrnized. Fearful of beinran oth ieel of rulirar oitv. I ha-d determined u act as ri stranger. So, with ail the calm ness that 1 could muster, I a-ked after my mother by name. 1 h n thc Mow fell. 1 h woman at the d r ipoke solemnly : "She's dead, Sir." Hadn't sho a son?" I asked, witht frichtful attempt at indifference. " Ve. Sir hia death broke her down. She di-d next day." " IJnfoftnittte per. plf" "Ahvr. Sir 1 here s never tieen a death in Ike villatre so unfortunate. Ks r- rally poor I terry, Str. lie wis a ereat favorite." " I ii-d to know a hrouicr oi m in NCW - kuow boulthi " Ali. ir. Idf kknow. It'll be a sa Wow for hbn " " How did it happen ?" "Won't you walk in, sir? and I'll tell yu." " !, thank you. It's o clos. I'm hoi I'll sit here." I sank into a seat by I e cottage door The w- ip in toi-i me all. Ih-r story was simfly this : If hen Henry came home from college re Wf t' pri k F ! OOhs! of tfcv villagi p. rtj.i, IffnAt nil aerrrrainfanfre" who bf fore had overl(H)kcd him, and his learning and ganiUS won tli: MgHrtls anl tOitiirn tion of all. Among the yonng ladies oi .,),, th r vrann fr n Thiladchhia who app ,-ired to t.e greatly sfrurk t.y my hrother. Siie beJonged to one ol th Irsl families in that city, and was eace -din.irly tr ii'rtn.l. I f-r ticuutv. bo r, faa only t in appfaVa-te' Str. " ' ' kii utmost loveliness of form and features, hc inbinetl a hardne? of luart and a sei -; tf niMn frightful to conteni plate. She oadr aovgnl my brother for Pat aake making a conquest of the talented young villager. Aa t love ur :i or sh(j would have langneu at fit id' . ii i ripfrallon werej far higher hin tha'. Ity the utmost artfulness, and by the xeevding charm which she was 1 apabk of dianlajrine, ?hc completely ovrtny brother With all the intotica ' n ! . nius he surrendered bin self ju fV')er. With him i ! v. togM Jp his soul, his life, his all. It was no ' r transitory matter. It was the ü riuahiitf qA uurtji. As b her, he nev-r donMciVber "nrcrlty.

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VOLUME XV. nnl awaked-to die. He spoke to her once about his feelines. She treated him cnvily. en sure of hig affectiong she lOgan to try to torture him with jealousy. On his remonstratinc.she tOTJUed him away forever with a withering sneer. He wits Stunned at first, but afterward thought it a mistake. He sought her out again, and implored her to tell him truly. This time her calm contempt was unmistakab! ; he saw her as she was. Ilad he possessed my strong nature he would have survived this shock. The woman does not live who could kill me by a disappointment. Rut my brother was a gentle soul. "When his heart broke, he died. And so he yielded to this bio. All can be told in a few words. My mother, horrified, startled, overwhelmed, by this most unlooked-for calamity, and gentle in nature like mv brother, sank like him under the sudden stroke. "And now," concluded the woman, they both lie buried beside her husband." AH the time she moke T did not utter a wcrd. As she Ceased I rose slowlv, murmured Th?mk you,'' and taereered awav. In stinctively I wandered to the buryingflonnd I know wen wnere they lay. I soon Mood before their newly-made grave two twin mounds containing all that I cared for on earth -the treasured objects of a lifetime's labor the ones for whose Happiness I had been a slave ! And they had come to this ! I spent the night there. I brooded over plans of Vengeance. If they were crushed by a blow, I rose under mine and heard their cry for Vengeance coming even from the tomb. I had that woman's name. She had, under the oatwasd beauty of her fiendish houI, killed my mother and brother. She should Buffer! But how! This was the meditation of the night. I took long strides np nd down a t paced beside the graves, and before the dawn I had decided. My scheme was one of grandeur. You seldom hear of Inch scheiiea. People generally lind it ddflcult to take revenge because they are too anxious to take care of them. Ives. Now, I cared nothing for myself. My sole de-ire was for vengeance. For that desire I was rotdy tn sacrifice every thing. I started for New fork immediately, and arrived then- as soon as possible. Thc hvr' of our house was Jiving :tt that f::: np the Hudson. He left every thins to me. My measures were all trtken. I wrote to him informing him that i wjs going to Europe to see about oi"e British lands thai were endangered. 1 drew on England for !hoe P'.nds to the amount of two million dollars, and then left the office. But I did not go to England calmly returned to my own lodgings, where I wrote some letters. These were l tters of introduction to the chief people in the United States fr-nn the leadinic aris tocracy of Greal Britain. WHh these I ki.cw I could have the entree of any To ciety. I started for Philadelphia, and put up at the first hotel in the place. 1 lavlahed my money with liberal hand, ordered the servants peremptorily, an l acted like an eccentric nobleman. On the books oj the hotd I wrote the name, "Henry Lord Arlington." On my curd there was the same name, and ovi r it neally-eDgtaVeU crest, This n bleman I arss personally acquainted with. He had huge dealings with our h'se. ind all his circumstances were

WaH known to me. On thu following ! now thiouh a fclu: s, darkly! Grandday 1 saw the following in the principal! mother had no more need of spectacles !

paper T; J Di-Ti(in?isr StaJUSaaa Yestcrd!y ..;!in- ? i:-h(1 rohi"niii arrived at tho - - Hotel Il? H Hi.ry lrJ ArliBatOIL n El Mbtted to i lie lesdirg Koghtt) ii'.hiüty. !le com- to t Iiis cuuiitry to tn1y our 'ncf'uMoD-. nud see the wooden oC imif our htad i bo ii !;. Qu rl hei h K ' ' brSdnderTaad, to which he i Imir. Weu ye -:;;:; that !n- Lordchip ha an nCoäe Oflboal a oi twenty-Sve, 4 think wi hinUiSto rum t-. beau of all the youiiir bulle in thu iiv. 1 was soon Waited on by the chief people in thc city. I bore letter- of introduction to thenj, an i reel with an eager welcome, My stately manners, myralmm bs and self reliance won me respect. 1 was shortly the noa of the city. I soon cncount re 1 my victim. Isabel NYvers, lor this was her name, was the daughter of cue of the old families. Her father wa a mail fuliol sell importance and abanrd osnccit. He pri ntmtelf on being the son erf an American oül .-er, and cultivati d hi iofiy fhtfing of arroirancc to a ridiculous extent. His daughter was worthy of him. Hard, cold, and selfish. She w.is only attractive in outline and that sire. The feeling of ambition and self importance overruled ail I other scntimenta Love she opnld not feci I Marriage ahe looked upon as a spec ula tion. She sought a husband only for the sake oi weaitn anu socuu innuence. Wealth and Position were her gods. I saw with exultation how readily She felt into the Share I spread for her. ITo l loner had she seen me tlian she exerted all her arts to win me. Aul I -never did any lover appear halt &o intoxicated BS I. The reader cn foresee the end. The newspapere announced it: ' Makiu.MiE in II i w ii Lir'K. It is ota,',ii that Lord arlhurtoa Ih stoat to lead to tlx- Sycntisl alter t'i,' linu'tit'-r of OM of our mo-t l i i.' i nirn i-hod dtizeiw. If this be to, veatiiMtosaj ttattac 'Covrt of St. Janea will Inve ao brh'htcr ornament Ihsa H Im Ncvi-r-." All this tranapired in about a fortnight. The marriage wa.s sett leil upon. I showed t" old NeVera ray banker's authority to draw on Kurland Ibr inillions. I made deeds of settlement to my bride of estates and lands. I lavished my wealth with s liberal hand. She htl ! (nstruments with my stgnatnre to the extent ol aaOliona. On the erening before our marriage I wrotu olf to my old employer, anonymously : Silt: The youtr,' man in whom you ylaoj ron-flil-nrc a a KOanoVsL II; now not in Ketone t.'ii miladelpMo, with torgvd l:tf r- heart aj the riftrre of Lord ArllBfrtun. lo not dcwpiM thiK, bnt eosse joaneR to rtilatelptla. Ltart all anl -)i'- foanetf Sosi Bali " We were mar rind. It win the net magniiVt wedding ever known in Phil adeiphia. All Use stfd "f the city were present Bach splendor, Moh display, had never la fore been seen. Three days passed one snosntega loud and peremptory knock was heard at tiie dcor. 1 had been living with my Wife I Mr. Neri rs's, in seclnsion, preparatory to taking her to t he arsstocratlc connections of her noble haabeadl The crisis ap proiehed. Welt, 1 bad nerve for any thing. The servant opened the door. Loud voices sounded in the hall. My wile stepped to the door and hurried back. She wai white as a sheet. "Ha, ha! she ciclalmea, nervously: " they want Lord Arlington, i hey say he's :m in;ii'cr." 'An lane tor! Well, that is good !" I cried, gayfy. ' I musl see hiui," crie.j ;i loud voire. " W D, It's getting better and Letter !" I uafeiasedt and apruWlna op, I went to the d- r l.iw in) Lie employer, lie started Itir If y t ti my nnn m in c:,n I do anyt him,' f or vou My c:.1iiuils nauieiir, mv impudme, were beyond ttsoption. "Edward, said he, "lias u come i' his Confusa til, end I'll ibigive y'U." Hud nt ' my heart h cu 1 yond the i k Ii of pity, his tones would have uielteu inc. Bot 1 ftlsaiy ai mm. Mv dear fcir, you ar: laboruij under some STrangr dclrtsion, I sail "J)r I iemble anv ne whom you Know Vot wiH no'. ooft' "i-tln-ii " b i H ,.1,10,1, tet nty rfrroirt-t mc. " 'I lien, th- y, I hve h:tn to vvn " ffrtrVrlraw-ay. 1 fit myself Mad bi lliccrs with a Warrant, auu urmo sway. fy mph ye was no men to le

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trifled with. TTe had proofs against me too strong to slitrht, and he held me to bail to such a vast amount that I could not get bonds. I had to go to prison. On the following day the papers were full of it. To add to the excitement, I wrote a confession of my misdeeds, which was circulated everywhere. It was a terrific blow to the Neverses and my wife. I ?ent for my employer. I told him all. I handed him back the draft for millions. I had only used it to show. The money I had spent was all my own the savin es of years. None of it had gone to my wife, however. I had made her presents of jewels, but they all turned out to be paste. jly employer forgave me. He had not lost a cent through me. He shook hands warmly. " God bless you, my poor boy !" he cried. " Your desire for revenge has misled you. May you be forgiven as I forgive you!" He exerted himself for me, but could do nothing. My offense had been too great. I was sentenced to five years' solitary imprisonment. Here I am now. My wife has never been near me. I hear she and her father went to California. Perhaps she has marnod nram. If so, I wish her ioy. But if she has, when I get out of prison, I'll track her and make her give her new husband up again. Courteous reader, through the bars of his cell a felon wishe3you adieu. - a a Urandmother's Spectacles. Thev had done good work in their day. They were large and round, so that when she saw a thing she saw it. There was a crack across the upper part of the glass, for many a baby had made them a plaything, and all the grandchildren had at some time tried them on. They had sometimes been so dimmed with tears that she had to take them off and wipe them upon her apron before she could see through t hern at all. Her "second sight" had now con-:.", and she would often let her glasses slip down, and then look over the top of them while she read. Grandmother was pleased at this return of her vision. Getting along so well without them, she often lost her Spectacles. Sometimes they would be for weeks untouched on the J alielf, in the red morocco rise, the flap uplifted. She could now look off upon the hills, which for thirty years she had not been able to see from the piazza. Those v ere misinkeii who thought she had no poetry in her soul. You could sec it in the way sho put her hand under the ehiu ol a primrose or cultivated the geranium. Sitting on the piazza one evening, in her rocking chair, she saw a ladder of cloud sei up against the sky, and thought how easy it would be for a spirit to climb it. I 8he saw, in the deep glow of the sunset, a chariol of Are, drawn by horses ot fire, and wondered who rode it. She saw a vapor floating thinly awajj a" though it wi re a wi:i' ending, and i.randmother uttered in alow tone: u A vapor that appeareth for a li't'e season, and then van isheth away." She saw a hill, higher than any she had ever before seen on the hori- ' D, and on the 'p of it king's eastle. The motion of the rocking-chair became tjliter, until it stooped. The spectacles r 1 1 le! at of her lap. A child hearing it, ran to pick them up, and cried : " Grandmother, what hi the mutter?" She answered not. She never spoke again. Second sieht had come! Iler vision had grown better and better. What she could not sc now was not worth seeing. Not üw. Tkmatlk mii rmmaA A SI lipid Witness. Those who rc i poHce ahu other i the habit of attending ourts must have ob served tin' difficulty under which thc lawVii-; in I .Fiiil.r. ta loli r oiiw-t iims in irrt nir witnesses to testify Itt legal torm. ine io lowing, wnicn recently iook piace at a Cincinnati court, is an amusing and perfect example: A man had beencanght in the act of theft, and pleaded in extenuation that he was drunk : Court (to the policeman who was witness). M What did the mac. atv when yon ar'S I rested him ?" Wiim s& " He said hr was drunk. Court. " I want his precise word, just as he Uttered them; he didn't use the pronoun As, did he? He didn't say he was drunk.' " Witness. M0h, yes, he did he said he was drunk ; he acknowledged the corn." Court (getting impatient at the witness1 stupidity). " You don't understand me at all; I want the words as he uttered them ; didn't lie say, 1 1 was drunk ?' " witness (denrecatingly). "h, no, your Honor, lie didn't say you was drunk; I wouldn't allow any man to charge that upon you in my presence. Prosecutor. "Pshaw, you don't com prebend at all His Honor means, did ndt the prisoner my to you, 1 i was drunk?'" Witness (reflectively). "Well, he might have said f&U was drunk, but I didn't hear him." Attorney for thc prisoner. " What the Court deaires is to have you stat' the prisoner's own words, preserving t he preCtse form of pronoun that lie made use of in reply. W;:- it the 1st person, I, the 2d person, thou, or the third person, he, she or it! Now, then, sir (with severity), upon your oath, didn't my client say, ' i was drunk P' Witness (getting mad). "No, he didn't Say .' was drunk either, bnt if he had, 1 reckon he wouldn't i lied any. Do you 'spo.M the poor leiiow charged this whole eouit with being drank V How We Spend Our Money. There are people who think it a small matter whether bee 1 costs fifteen or thitty rents p r pound. Witat are fitteen cents to a lofty soul? Hut more thoughtful persons find that the lane lesults of the life of a civilized community are varied hy the size of the tractions which are incessantly multiplied into each other. If one makes it a p rsonal question, it may be laid down as one of not more than three or nur piles for living, that ue must know just how many cents there an- in s dolhir. Or, to take Mr. RlcawbcrB ver sion income, twenty pounds; expenses, nineteen ponnds and eleven peine; result, happiness. Income, twenty pounds expen es, I srenty pounds and one shilling; rebuilt, mi ;ery. Take your bills for any year, and look through t hem arelully. The items below cme dollar are not only tin. most numerous, but th y make the largttt sum. The trifles spent for post prandial cijrars and like uumuli M elements of HXpi;uiiture, do not get Into bills at all; but twenty to foi y per cent, of our earnings drihhle out oi our purses in fractional enrrancy. Most of us are engaged n a war with cents, and eternal vigilance Is the priq "( Jiherty. .Mankind will ucvtr be tgrattl upon a !,-t I m cessities. Ihtt, thaugb no Kneral statsjnent is ioibl", it i; easy to set down tht? neeessities of any peoplo. With tlic middle clas a d determined hy means only these priuu: wants are meat, brand, ragetabsst, fruits, codec, tea, sugar, and a few others To this it must, he added that lent: e and furniture take one third of OUT incomes. Clothing, fuel, ser rice and items take another third, and are kept within that limit only by a v ry i i lawf ihaa igi meal of the hnrmn oi the interior. In. man who has a spendthrift H the hehd bl his office may as ajell go Under at once. In short, not mre than one third of our incomes cau be saved fr Ihs tahttl rem rally less is leff. tor this purpose Wetlern MvtitfJy. .

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA,

THE DOOR. BY THE " FAT CONTRIBUTOR." Casting about for a theme, the door seems to afford a very good opening for an article. We don't recollect seeing any thing written on the door, not since we were startled by seeing "Small-pox" written on one in an obscure portion of the city. The door is about as old as architecture itself, and we are inclined to believe was invented before windows were, though that is a disputed point. It is our opinion that house architecture bei?an with the door. In the early days when people lived out of doors (and out of almost everything else), it occurred to one of those uneasy individuals of inventive minds, who are constantly disturbing the calm placidity of the world with new-fangled ideas, that a door would be a good thing to have. Sleeping in a ten-acre lot, for instance, of a stormy nieht, it would be so comfortable to have a door to his lot ; and a hat a sense of security would be afforded when he weVit sway from home, to keow that the d 9 locked ! This, of course, excited the envy of his neighbors, who slept in lots adjoining, and who began to repine at their lot. Some said he was putting on airs ; others that he was unduly suspicious of his neighbors, and they asked him tauntingly why he didn't put a number on it and have a doorplate ; in fact, they slammed that door in his face continually. Then another individual of an inventive turn set himself to work to get up an improvement on the door, and thus vitiate his patent, just as men do nowadays when a fellow thinks he has got a good thing. There are several things we have thought of inventing, only we knew if we did an improvement would come out the next day that would knock our patent higher Ihana kite. This other man hit It at length ; he took a loor ami built a house to it ! and doors have been constructed in that manner ever since. We give this theory for what it is worth (writing as we do, by the column , but it is probably as correct theorizing as much thai is indulged in concerning the early origin of matters and things. Windows, of course, followed lie Ota, for it was natural for people to want a window to look out of when the door bell was rung late at night, to see who was there. Or, perhaps, belorethe inventing of windows, some man laboring under delirinm tremens wanted a place to jump out of, and thus realized the incompleteness of the house of the period, supplying the defi ciency so soon as lie recovered. It is not with the window that we are now dealing, as we shall reserve that for another able article; we are, metaphorical ly, knocking at the door. The door is more intimately associated with our everv-dav life than one would think, it he d'dn't think anything about it. 1 low cold and forbidding to some, and how slow to respond to their knock, while to others it wears a face as genial and in viting as that of an old friend. and at their approach Hies open like lovers' arms in viting to wannest embrace. Dark and stern it Bcowlfl from witmn its portals upon the houseless wanderer, who gaes sadly and pleadingly in its face as he half panaea on the sidewalk, aud then creeps raiteringly by ; but there is radiance in its look, and a welcome in its creak when the loved and honored ure invited to en ter. In the olden times it was usual for the wealthy and. hospitable to decorate their doors with ribbons and banners above thc door they f;-v;;mcs iuscrib'd a sen" - , y h Tjl(; G0nd House," or the name oi the king who had honored theowiier wftho5ce and. emoluments. There are inscriptions now, but they usually read " Mutual," " Home Insurance Company." "To Let," or something of that kind, aud the only banner we see is the the -auctioneer. red llaif of If some of the ancient customs have passed away, there are hospitable doors left yet ; doors that when opened reveal glimpses of brightness, and gladness, and W auty that do the heart good to look upon. There are doors, too, that are never 'losed upon the unfortunate, and doors that long to receive back the wayward wanderer, whose footsteps are ashamed or afraid to turn in the direction of their thresholds. Mournful doors there be, hearing the significant crape that tells its own silent bile of the sorrow that is within, and that preaches to us the eloquent, though oft unheeded, sermon ot morality. If the doors could only speak, what stories they could tell. If warm and joyous greetings; of heart-falterings and niiagiv- , as trembling hands rang the bell ; of cold farewells ; oflonging glances through teat lid eyes, that follow the departing form of the loved one; of the letter that brings joy, and the message that brings grief; of tender whisperings and losing partings, of billet tl; ax going out, and hills coadng in ; of gay weddings arriving, and sad fuuerals departing. Tell you, the door sees a great deal of life in its day. It sees your lirst visit to the outer world, borne in your nurse's arms. You give it a stunning slam as, with boyish shout, you hasten to your play ; ami when yon "come to be a man," and learn to smoke and drink, and, therefore, lind it necessary to join aclub.it sees you stumble up the steps late at right, and laughs as you try to find the keyhole tickling t, as one might say, with your night-key. It sees you totter out and totter in when you get old, and at last closes upon your final departure for your long home. Pray Heaven that the eternal door you knock at then is DOt shut upon you ! We did not know there was so much in the door until we got to writing about it. Our attention had not been attracted to it, owing, probably, to the fact that we Wunne ver " shown" the door," not SI we recollect. Our only advice, in concluding, is. Deware oi evil üoor. Ctinniutt Time. The Sun Spots. Wc are reaching the maximum of solarspot activity, and we may also look tor sonic grand auroral displays in connection with it, after which there will succeed a period of comparative rest for the next eleven years on the surface of the great orb w hu h rules our pystem. The precise nature of the mysterious bond which unite. Ban spots and auroral displays, Is a question which just now is full of ab sorbins interest, to astronomera They are evidently on the eve of some neat discovery which will unite the chain whose links they hold, and irc a clearer aaderstandinc of the laws which govern the Saaterial universe, revealing thc harmony and symmetrica beauty ol the fonts whose action they now imperfectly com prehend. An English ohaehrvar reoonls in tho Lon don lmet aome interesting observations which lie made on the loth of February. There were then eight groups of spots visible on the sun, some oi them of enormVjUa dimensions. Four of these groups were situated in the sun's northern hem sphere, two In the equatorial regions and two in the southern hemisphere. The largest single spot had a length of two minutes of at arc by a meau breadth of ohe minute, which is equal to a superficial area of l,4,ouo,ooo millions of square mil' s, or veveu times the entile surf u;e of the globe. Observations "i.e!- a few days later cxhihited an entire change, The northern hemfspnert 61 tn un presented a most iv'm likable linear tttiet-Ol r gronpl ";" spots, parallel with his equator, each group separated by the avi rage length of one group from the next in order, and the Whole forming a conuecled chain of no! last than 1X,K)0 mile- in leuvjth.

THURSDAY, APRIL

How full of awe-inspiring interest are these sun-spots, with their black nuclei, their striped penumbrre, and their everchanging forms! How curious are the willow leaves, and rice grains, and mottled beute, which the telescope reveals on their lagged edees ! How beyond comprehension the immensity of these great rents in the luminous envelope of the sun, into which, were we to throw our entire globe, it would appear in their depths no larger than a rock rolled into tho crater of a volcano ! Providence (R. I.) Journal. As a general thing, we deprecate the use of slang phrases ; but there are some of them that seem so exactly expressive of a habit or characteristic that the most fastidious etymologist might be pardoned in the occasional use of them. There is a kind of guerrilla English having its origin on the streets, along the wharves, among the newsboys, and everywhere beyond the precincts of the schools. It annexes itself to the language in spite of dictionary makers; 't will not be frowned away by the disapproval of any LL. D. ; it has its birth somewhere, somehow, became then1 is reed of it; and presently it ascends from me servants' hall to the parlor and gets a foothold on the tapestry ; the newspapers adopt it, and thus we have it engrafted upon the language. The erudite will tell us that this is ail wrong ; that we ought to draw every expression from the "weil of English und tiled;" and that (for instance) the word "cheek" signifies nothing else than " that part of the face below the eyes, on each side." But facts are facts, after all ; and people will continue to use this word in the highly expressive senses of " unblushing impudence," or "effrontery." We have selected it from the great stream of slang running through thc speech of the people as perhaps better calculated than any other to illustrate the wonderful expressiveness of this "guerrilla English." " What d'ye think of young T ?" was lately asked in our hearing. "A cheeky boy," was the answer. Could volumes have spoken more accurately of fast, saucy young America than that? At table lately, a "lean and hungry" looking person, whose appearance denoted that " square meals" were with him as angel visits, coolly appropriated the whole contents of an uncommon dish, of Which the supply was known to be limited. His opposite sat waiting for thc dish to roach him; and as he saw it replaced, empty, upon the table, after this wholesale appropriation of its conterts, his vexation and disappointment found vent in one word, ottered with an emphasis that no amount of underscoring here can reproduce ; "Cheek!" The other diners laughed and smiled approvingly, and the dinner-table private reddened from his nose beyond his ears. The lesson will not be lost on him. We have all had some experience on the railway trains with a class of people whose conduct can only how from a plentiful supply of the quality named herein. We enter a oa'-, and the lins vier tells us that it i full or nearly so. No vacant seats attract our aye. We walk on, aud to us appears the figure of a spruce young man, with s look of hard decision about the angles of his face, sitting by the window, while a great v:ilise beside him occupiea the balance of the seat. We stop, we hesitate; we don't like to address him, for wc don't fancv that look but we want a seat. He looks straight out ol the window, and pretend to m unaware of our presence " Sir !;' say we. " Sir " He turns his head, and contemplates us with a stony eye. ' Sir is the whole of this scat taken?1 Yes, sir t" He hurls the words at us like a charge of shot. We murmur indignant! v, "Cheek," and pass on. No other word that we know of can describe such conduct. "Here is the bill forthat suit you're wearing, Mr. Blue Jay," say- the ezaineratedlailor. s Do you propose to pay it or not, sir? If I've presented it once, I have eleven times, sir." "Ah, indeed?' blandly replies the Jeremy Diddler, "Well, now, I think you'd better present it again, and that'll just make the even doen, don't you see? I never did iike the odd numbers." Would anybody think of giving that any such mild name as Impudence ? It is cheek downright check. "Got any flour?" asked a fellow who s auntered into a country store with his hands in his pockets. "Oh, yes, sir!" answers the merchant, With alacrity. " Extra aud Superfine " Any sugar?" " Certainly, sir ; white and yellow coffeej crushed, powdered " " Butter ?" "Some has just come in sweet and nice. " Eggs ?" " Plenty of 'em, sir." " Well, I'm gl td to hear it," drawls the joker. " These things are all useful in a family, and I'm glad you've got 'em. Hope you'll not allow your family tobe without i : eiu. vjoou morning. Can this be called anything but very cheekiest "cheek," and that Of description ? the The careless donkey who treads on your corns at an evening party, and then remarks, audibly, that, some people have feet as large as school districts; the young scamp who proposes marriage to every pretty girl ot his acquaintance, "just to keep his hand in, so he can do it grace fully when the right time comes;" the blood-sucker who offen to borrow fi on the strength of as many minutes' aequaiutauce ; the adventurer who energetically courts a handsome widow, and winds up his visits by an elop ment with her daughter ; the man who asks a woman her age, t politician his "conscientious opinion," a girl if she has ever had an oiler, and any one for the amount of his income, all these arc memorable examples of a quality of mind that is, and must continue to be known as " cheek." We are nul advocatlag the use of alang. We only say that this illegitim ite English is most pungently expressive. P,'t)rnlogi leal Jornii. A iM.rcvsNT story has lately circulated about Count Bismarek. A country clergyman, an old fellow collegian of tinCoiiul's, was anxious to get his son into the marines, and at length summoned up courage to address his nnottdam Consrade, entertaining, however, but lainl hopes of the great Minister remembering him. Not haang much in ÜM heMi oi writing to granqees, the good man could not for some time determine how to begin, but at haagth noniiniinoad his h tier, " Your Highness," II soon received the following: "Vou old blockhead, you! do you think I have forgotten the happy time when we studied and dr ink together in Gottenberg, and when we were so often waiting on each other? And now, how j in you address me in such a foolish wayl Pray never again call me Highness. l-t us continue on the same terms as of old. As to your boy, send him to me. I'd tnke to y S of eare him.' Aoconbnra to Bchem'i Bednitutical Alsiaaac, the ministers of thc evangelical churches in this country number 4:, .'00, or one to every Öl' of tho Protestant population. The whole number of chdrch m inbers is Mated to he e061,97t, A BOBTOlj paper says that there are Vry few raUrOadl in New England whose receipts are not now from 100 to 0(H) per cent, in excess of the original estimates.

21, 1870.

The Old Black Bull. Old John Bflkley (grandson of the once famous President Chauncey), was a minister of the Gospel, and one of the best educated men of his day in tho Wooden Nutmeg State, when the immortal (or ought-to be) Jonathan Trumbull was " round," and in his youth. Mr. Ilulkley was the first settled minister in the town of his adoption, Colchester, Conn. It was with him as afterward with good old Bro. Jonathan (Governor Trumbull, the bosom friend of General Washington), good to confer on almost any matter, scientific, political, or religious any subject, in short, wherein common sense and general good to all concerned was the issue. A9 a philosophical reasoner, casuist, and good counselor, he was " looked to," and abided by. It so fell out that a congregation in Mr. Bbdkley's vicinity got to loggerheads, and were upon the apex of raising "the evil one," instead of a spire to their church, as they proposed, and split upon. The very nearest they could come to a mutual cessation of hostilities was to appoint a committe of three to wait onJMr. Bttlkley, state their case, and get him to adjudicate. They waited on the old gentleman, and he listened with great attention to their conflicting grievance-'. "It appears to mV' said the old gentleman, "that this is a very simple case a trilling thing to cause you so much vexation." "So I say." says one of the committee. ''I don't call it a trilling a.sc, Mr. Uulkley," said another. ! No cato at all," responded the third. " It aint, eh f' tiercelv answered the fb 8t "No, it ain't sir!'' quite as savagely replied the third. " It is anything but a trifling ca3e, anyhow," echoed number two, "to expect to ruse a minister's salary and that new steeple, too, out of our small oongrega tion." " There is no danger of raising much out of you, anyhow, Mr. Johnson," spitefully returned number one. H Gentlemen, if you please "beseechingly interposed the sage. "I did not come here, Mr. Ilulkley, to quarrel' said one. " Who started thi.s?" sarcastieally answered Mr. Johnson. " Not me, anyw.iy," number three replied. "Vou don't say I did, do yon?" s.lys number one. " Gentlemen gentlemen !" " Yes, Mr. Hulk ley," says Johnson, " and there's old Winkles, too, and here's Deacon Potter, also." " I am here," stiffly replied the deacon, "and I am sorry the Rev. M r Jllulkley finds inr in rach company, r.i: "' "Now, gentlemen, brother?, if yu please, said Mr. Uulkley, "this is ridiculous!" "So I Fay," murmured Mr. Winkles. "As far as you are concerned, it is ridiruious," said the deacon. This brought Mr. Winkles up, standing "Sir!" he shouted, " sir I" M Put, m; dear phrst beseechingly said the philosopher. " Sir I" continued Winkles, " sir ! 1 am too old a man, too good a Christian, Mr. Bulkley, to allow a man, a mean, despicable toad, like Deacon Potter" " Do you call me me a despicable toad?1 menacingly cried the deacon. "Brethren," said Mr. Ilulkley, "if I am to counsel in your difference, I must h ive no more of this nnchristianlike bickertag. " 1 do not Wish to bicker,' said Johnson. "Nor I don't want to, sir" said the deacon, "but when a man calls me a toad a mean, despicable toad ' " Well, well, never mind," said Mr. Ilulkley ; "you are all too much excited now; go home again, and wait ptieutly; on Sunday evening next I will have pn -pared and sent to you a written opinion of your case, with a full aud free ITOWil of most wholesome advice for preserving your church from desolation and yourselves from despair." And the committee left to tWait his i"'un. Now it chanced that Mr. Bulkier had a small barm, some distance from the town of Colchester, and lound it necessary, the same day he wrote the opinion and advice to the brethren of the disaffected church, to, hop i Une to his farmer regarding the fixtures of said estate Having written a long and of course elaborate "essay" to his brethren, he wound up the day's literary exertions with a dispatch to the farmer, and after a reverie to himself he directs the two documents, and the neL moment dispatches them but, by s mis direction, semis each to its wrong destination. On Saturday evening a full and anxious synod of the belligerent churchmen took place in their tabernaele, and punctually, as promised, came a dispatch from the Plato of the time and place Iter. John Uulkley. All was quiet and respectful attention. The Moderator took up the document and broke the seal open, and a pause ensued, while dubious amazement seemed to spread oyer the features of the worthy President ol the meeting. "Well, Brother Templei how is it what does Mr. Ilulkley say?" und another pause followed. "Will the Moderator please proceed fn said another voice. The Moderator placed the paper on the tabic, took oil his spectacles, wiped the glasses, then his lips replaced bis specs upon his nose, and, with a very bfoa 1 grin, said : " Brethren, ihis appears to me to be a very sinuulnr letter, to say the least of it !" " Well, read it read it," responded the wondering hearera 11 1 dl." The Moderator began i 44 You will see to the repair ol the fenc es, that they be built up high and strong, and you will take spoeial care of the old black bull There was a general pause ; a iflent mystery overspread the community ; the Moderator dropped the paper to a " mat, " and gated over the top of his glasses for several minutes, nobody saying a word. " Bepair the fences,' muttered tin- Mo T trator, at length. M Build them strong and high !" echoed Deacon Potter. "Take special care of the old black bullf" groined half the mei ting. Then another pause anstitd, and each man eyed his neighbor in mute mvstei A tall and venerable nein arose tram his seat ; eJearhtg his voice with a hem, he spoke : N Brethren, you stem lost in the brief and eloquent words of your learned adviser. To me nothing OOUld be more appropriate to our case. It is just such a profound and applicable reply to us. is we should have hoped and looked for from the learned and good man, John Bttlkley The dfreoden to repair the fences is to take heed m the admission and government ot our members; we must guard thc church by our Maker's laws, and keep out stray and vicious cattle from the fold ' And, above all things, set a trustworthy and vigilant Watch over lhat old MaCK bull, who is the devil, and who has al ready broken Into our enclosures and sought to desolate and lay waste th grounds of our church." The effect of this Interpretation was . h i tricftl. All saw and took the force Of Mr. Uulkley s cogent ml vice, and una uimousry resolved to be govarnad by it; hence the old black bnll was put horn fomh'tt, and the chutvh pvaaarvad in union. The effect prodbced on the fsrmcr by the comniunieation intended Jbr t lie chureh, history does not recprn

NUMBER

.)J. FACTS AND FIGURES. The settlement of Cincinnati was commenced in December, 1788. Peventy-skven different kinds of rice sre cultivated in India. A LADY in Maine was left by the war with SI orphan grandchildren. TrtERE are said to be 500,000 French Canadians in the United Sta'es. A CoNNF.CTicvT cooper has made btt reis enough to form a line ten miles long. Maine calculates that she has a population of seven hundred thousand. A Pakw female is reading people's fortunes by the lines on their feet. The Terseyman who invented patentleather died recently, worth over ijw.oQO,000. The outstanding five per cent, bonds of the State of Indiana will be redeemed July 1. An experiment in France proves that a horse will live for twenty-four days on water alone. " Montii " is the sole unrhymable monosyllable in the English language, says the Boston Advertiser. Tnrcojuantitv of malt used in the United Kingdom in 1807 was 47,80,000 bushels, each making 1 gallons of b er Indianapolis, Ind., proposes to celebrate, on dune 7, the fifteenth anniversary of the location ot thc State Capital in that city. TnE Romanist r-opulation of the French Empire is 36.SuO.004 : the Protestant, l,601,990; the Jewish, 158,9i A man In New Orleans off" r to fight an alligator under water, with only a knife, if some one will ive him $-r)U0. I UK dwellers on the Khin" ar" wond.-r ing at an old man of 76, who bith-s in tie icy river, and rests on a cakcot ice. St. John, N. B , has a mushroom, grown in a cellar during the winter, measuring fifteen Inches 'in ciivumference. A CSonnncTicuT woman who married her father-indaw a few y ago, now i thinks the marriage null, ana sues aim for services as housekeeper. A country Postmaster in New York State has posted a notice in his office directing people "to lick theii own stamps, else the letters won't go." Thk leaves of the coffee plant are now nrrmosed as a substitute for tea. In Mimatra tue natives cultivate the plaut almost entirely for the ieitTef. Accordino to the circular of Hi its. Dupee, Beck & Siylos, of Boston, the amount of fine copper BCCnred from th( Lake Sapcrior mines daring L9C9 reaHaM 23,483,079 pounds. boWDOM city pauperism increases. Thc number of v'a tpt rr in that rity in the seeond week in Match was 14,760, to contrast with 149,160 for the sarüe week in ISM. The indoor poor were 3t,:J:l7 against 88 788. The Pittsfield Ra$U says there is a woman living on Washington Mountain who the mother of twen ty- fire children , twenty-th re" d and a rrtore '. ? whom are now lthy wonsaa is li mam Seldom seer.. It is itated positively young lady in one of i Maine mills who i tint tiure is a the Biddefotd rnrtn St least $10,000, but who works quietly dav, earning her til dollars ne day by kly, In stead of retiring with a competency. It is said that the machine power of 1 Engl and an 1 Wales is competent to perforin the labor of Dearly ix hundred millions of men, and i probably greater in oroduetive cnpaitv than the labor I power of all the woild beside. Jeimo, the capital of Japan, is, without exception, the largest and most ponoloos ' city in the world. In contains the fast number of L,UU0,isJU dwellings, anu iww,ooo Irnmaa souls. Many of the streets are J ninete. a Jananeseries in length 32 Eng- ; lish miles. Theke is a man in the vicinity i f Cedar Keys, Phv, who has twenty-two children living. The family subsist printmulT ,xi fljli ni,l vw- Tliov have never ha 1 a plate or a euo and BOaoaT in j their house. In lieu of CVpa they Btf gourds and shells. A missionary in India lati !y Peachi I on the subject of faith, illusirated by the story of Abraham and Isaac, with such j magnetic eloquence that one of his native hearers limndiatrly went hosae and slatfghtrswd bis son and ofiered him up as ; B sacrifice. A IfnsrjTCB chemist Sfjcccedeel Inj producing a paint with which to ilhirui- I nate uumher.s of street doors at night, j Figures traced with it shine s as to be read through the most profound darkness ; aiivl tin: preparation of the compound Is suid to be simple, inexpensive, and ttttinjdriotts th any way. Thk ('him1 m tei have any p ttets, the only Dtaees answering tof s",e' !-. ns the canacions Sh eves. Speaking Of the compression of the women'- feet, and the painful process of compres-i m, a nussioBary recently aatd he regarded it i leal revolting, and tar less injarhms than the i)racticc of ( ompressing the w.i-t by lacing. Of the cases of suicide, mental disorder is the most active, one third ct h!' Cases that occur being traceable to it ; one ninth to physical suffering ; one-eighth to loss of property ; one tenth to tetnorae, shame, or fear of punishment; nnecigh'h to family troubles ; one ninth In gaming and other vices, and a very small proportion to disappointed love Tamtntal value of nron-rtv nrnrte! I stolen in Ohieago tlu past year, was f '20 . . . - . . i r i 99& j total value of sfcoleo property rrcoverrd, 196 90S. The Intal linrianl of fl assessed in the Police t'ourt was 1 7o.; ',,, total number of arrests, 28j078 ; of t'n e, 23,073 were males, and S,006 females: married, 7.SV3 single, 20,: Jti. The mini ber of lost children was ,067. and the number of lodgers accommodated. fc,T56 A BaltimowJI correspondent writes: " Thunder sours milk and kills oysters You may load a vessel to tjs ntaaos) ea pacity. start for market, and one good round clap of tanadar dl kill every oyster la the vesral immediately. Ponnding with an axe upon the leck of a vessel, when oysters are thereon, or pounding upon the sides of a vessel with a heavy weight, will kill every oyster that feell th" far.' NiAoxm has recede. 1 Iron a point where it was more than 'JtN Meet high, to its present position, with s height of aboat ISO fee', and it is not unlikely thnl it may giiud its way bank to Ihn lake which applies it. On our cont inent, liol ling a it doe more than thrre-qnartrri of the I fresh water of the world, arc to be h tin ! the most m!;'li'v watertaiM an-i r iraci known, SOjong which may he named ' Niagara, the Ulis oi tne xi - - uri river, the Mio-ht ne Falls en the Snake river, 910 fet t in height too immer m involnnic. 1 and the falls off the 0 emue. A oF.N ri.FM of New Haven h-ts a .-et of Spanish coins coined in Mexico, oonsistinir of a dOlmf dated 1 7'. . bnll dollar, lifV.i, quarter, l". rt. i Lghth. r. Thej are of the Charms the Third series. He lias a Hanover coiq anted 1671, which has never bean n otocaJatiem. and a Spanish pieci of the reign t Fiidinand 1 .dated lit'.u. He has one Egyptian copper coin 0,000 yenrt old, made w tue reigo of oca off the Ptdlemya, and a Grecian coin or Antiochna, asade iW rears before Christ, lie bar-the lirst Am- ri in halt-tlollai Unit was coiiuiL f the date of 1TM ; a dollar ol the second year of fhe Anici in IMu and a dollar ef thc year hb 'i. of wh'ch ther were but J'ryi made

YOUTHS' DEPARTMEN1

rmr pa rs pra rmt Wr.'rt der lnl' lat. w'w Bhs'jl Ml a uae kittea he call Kittj Now nttt Pat lep- In a goers Moa WliiN- Ii?ttyOat w.ari hr day e'.othi t Pltry Pit, e. night. Bnt Fitty Part st h don't ttke ! t ah". And. pulling tb for ou'. make Hit) Cat tqnsil i But tfllfhe p'r-1-- Iti nndr.aln! hor pet, And failing to dolt, quite angry will tret. Whi'e Kitty Cat crer at what Fitty Pat doea To her ou Ifttte coatee of ulltcy of fn. Tbt-u I'utv I'a' - -..mv. und üj-k ' -h: Che At being fixud tidy for chatting her Nor ave. M Now I lay me." when rroinir to hod. But cnrllne np -oftly. ilnra par-r" in-tead. So Pitty Pa' tie', in -oternnet way. " If you're a bad Kitty Cat, then I mu-t pray." Hor lay her dear Father down poftly In bed Hor doeVn'! do nnlBn -an ! nnffln ter iald 'Ccpt par r and pnr-r- and thi-n L'oe to fleep But never mind. Fattier, her little nl k-it Life at School. I do not mean life at a boardincr school. I mean life at a regular every day school, in town or in the country, where you can go in the morning and come away at eleven or at" noon, and eo ftpaln in the afternoon, and oome away after tn-o or three hours. Som yonnj neonli hate 1 this life, and some like it tolerably well. I propose to give some information wnicn shn'1 make it more agreeable al! round. My first rule is, that you accent the situation. Perhaps you do not know what that means. It means that, as vou are at school, whether you really like going or not, you determine to make the very "best you can of it, and that you do not make yourself and every liody else wretched bv pulking and grumbling about it and wishincr school w:i done and wondering why your fathers send you there and asking leave to look at the clock in thc other rom, nv so on. Now here you are at school, I will say, for three hours. Aecept the situation like a man or woman, and do not su?k like a fool. To make the whole thing thoroughly attractive, to make the time pass qnlckly, and to have school like a natural part of your other Dfe, my asoond rule K do what you do with all your micht. It is a good rule in anything; in sleeping, in playing, or in whatever yon have m hand. Dut nothing tends to make school time pass quicker: and the great point, as I will acknowledge, is to ret through with the school hours as q liekly tl we fairly can. Now, if, in v.ritten arithmetic, for instance, vo-a will start instantly on th nms as porni rr they arriTn ortf: ff you will near on barn on ; 1 - pencil, so as w ' make clear, white marks, instead of creasy, I flsbby, pale ones on the slats; if you. will ; rule the columns for the answers as earcluily as it it were a nna uogex yon were mini or if vou will wash the slate so completely mat no yesusre oi mo t TTz-vii" ismII finrl tlior tlir mi TP Pn'TfV m . r- l l ... j of manner nftm t spirit and correctness 1 I I I 111 Tl 1 Ii I VI1IB Wv- k w into the thing done. Lessons ;:re set for ftvrfl'.re boys at school bovs of the r :..ncc If , vo;1 really CO to work with all T nr might, I then yOQ ffCt a goM deal of fooas tbn v , whieb, in central, you an apply to nal slanding nuisitncc. the 4i evening lessor.. I Sometimes, I know, this is prehifhited. j When it i, the good ln)ys and quick bys , have to learn how to waste their extra ' time, which seems to 1 a piny. Bat a ith ! i sensible n-ter, it N a tliine un -rstoo.1, i that it is better ferboys or girls to udy hard while thev tudy, and never to learn to dawdle. Taking a tot gsaninal that yoaj arc in the hands of mch r,iastrs ' saiatieaaea, I will tike it t r grasttsal that, : when JOB have learned the school lessor, there will he no objection to your lctrnjiugthe other haMMk, Whloh la.ier boys : will hac tr Barry home. Lastly, yon trill ind yon gr.'n a great deal by giving to th. .ol ie- n all the ciuor ami iucui u n -i tj . ... lend to it. Io not let it be a ghastly skeleton in a Closet; but let it r une as far as it will into daily life. When you read In Colbarn'a Qfal Arithaaetic, M that a man b mAt mutton at six otnts p an 1, and beef at seven," a-k yonrm Mh r what she pays a pound now. and do vhn mm with the iiur-s changed. My deal children, I sec hndreds of boy who can '1 m what i t i '.v seventeenths i no-vv-n n i nvc tinses ondsalf of a baahel .f wheat, stated in pecks, ojoarta, an.! pints; and yet If 1 snowed them a grata at wheat, had s grain ot Bnhoiled rice, and rrain of-bar-hy, they would not know wh:rh waa which. Trv not to let your acbool life weep yon wholly away area the home life of evry day. -A p. E B H't. tn Yo'ilX Ctmp v Ma . a A Pitiiy Beim mto Ii swg In Yor arc the aiditteeti of your own farnsnea, Rehr apoa year sbreaigUi of ba . and soul, take for your raotto, tattle liancc, hom ity and induftry : f. r your star, faith, perscycranv ami widen, and inc iia' on v ur hannar, 14 Be jut and ft r not " Don't take too moen adrlce; keep at the h lm, and steer your own t,;, Rtrik uut. Think well ot vtmr- ;.. W'i.tii.- ?,eerv vi'U in;enu o hit. Asanme tt pod km Danl pi tice nantaaiao hnmiHtfi you caut get above your 1 re!, us. water wnl mn ap potatoes in a cart Wer a r. acb road, and the MiiaU tatoni will (W to thc bottom. Energy, brlnclule detcrmrnation with a right motive, are the hjsaap lba 1 1... rM The arn at art ol Mmmawfinr i t.i H H fair -bar of the Arh i'ivihtv coats nothing and buys . ., r,.ii.;ir Don't drinK ; don ?m Ke ; don't swear: don't garnM oM': sual . dMvive ; d u"t U'' i. ! I he p m roil- . be kind. Sf.idy h .rd i w hard: Be tn earnest. Itc selt-n h: R ad L .h1 btHks. Love your leii.a man ., ...,r li.t- love vourcountry atui t I the laws; lore troth: bara virttia. Sl w iv do what vo;:r con.scienoe tells to be a dnty, and leave the oasctnence with rl men V JenlOaS Slai lM" uevengc. i In the intcii r of tlieT.vnc dvvk watfim . shoal the attention of one of the .rki men was attracted to the mo. 'merits of a. i pair of sparrows engasj i W samjtnnsjhag anistiua iioi: nuin1 un' i.iiuM.mn. i..r thf Bunnort ot tue tron several da V the? laboreJmosi asMjnouf i in preparing their abde, when by some sndden freak the ueogrean m IhatHymai ricw.'.i Misptmiid A lew mormogs terward the cars of the workmen were saluted by loud chirruping and rlntforine; off wings, and from what trscspin 1 issnj ipirutlv, it was evident that the female bird had severed the connnl ial bond, and enlisted the flection' 't ai thei. wh' now rigorously contested with Jba re ject. d bird Pr "the possession of the nest. For several hours the connict rnt mu I, until the usurper proved the stronger, fma rejected bird snortly afterward rc'iirmil' an 1 hoa red about lh- sv-l, ai patently watehiug an vpprtiini Ur re venge. Tnis speeilily oc nrrcd, for :n the cobras off sivwt tin- tho t icwty i la I pair loll for a short period. Jn Ueir ab sen, e, the defeated sparrow anjtlMached th n st, and pl i"t hit baek beamatli'lbe f.llnrv mo-vs. ra..- 1 it l'r m it- rc8tif place and : it to tin grourid. l Ik bird ou tluir rsurmise oi tne oiner t . a a turn, at U holding the h mout ou of lh r dvllindr. anMared to be -m !. an'1 was amusing to l u,.. di-au r, h bei vc. Km iiamnimnn; w vi r, tliey comiiKin . d build ini( a s' .-iii.l in st ill the same pi e , j,e n i c'c l mate wi!chin" tiielrvinMcid imrs with hi pareait uiterext. Attt : l vs.. dav s ot incessant labor tliey a?iu b It f,,r a short time. and. takimMidvintsc ot i their absence. 1 lie dappotaU'd bu Jaain deasolished their residenc-e. Tie birds, ' on their rtturn, -iiwsuvil hnildin i thi it third liest, with ws it WSSÜI Wj kn m not. Our Q'rn Wrf'de. TnauK are now IamI and in operation, in all parts of the globe, I Hn marin' t.degiaph, embrac iu; Ml n ..I distance. Nothing if In king u. w ' an electric girdle around the worM but a line :nmi Htit Ihune. , ., t ( ''miv, act' v. , ih racihL Oi i an. Tub salary M. tnle 'J''r.i--t, tt lmc Minister of Trance, la 1UO,0(". ti tncs lie draws it ifi raonihiy n it nifiiu-. llw n iut 'tuv, i i antonat to torn ' VKW francs more