Plymouth Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 May 1870 — Page 1

POETRY,

KING SOLOMON AND THE B EES. W iev s ilonarm wi retenirg in Vs glory, L rito hU USraet lbs areu of sheis cnme (so .11 the Ta ma 1 you may read ihe liory). Dr. urn by trie n isrk" of ihe nmoarch lame Tu - th rpka ki of ah coart ; and brmg Sou..; Siting tribute to tue m'aty Ki ig Nor -hi? alone much had Tier Hlehnese heard a .iVr ' Ie ,n"? graced - he roval-peech; Ü h.l wd"ni dropped with eve'ry word; wi T, -n Provt-rbH : and ?he wished, in sooth, 10 wno A lmor ppowe the simple truth. Beeide-, the Quen had heard (which piqued her fcSTiwS the iaBBSW riddles he could spy ; 'c ' " 0 urion rls thv w .m n hont si nub tran-p.tvnt tohf- piercing eve; .r the Queen ha-- come -a roval guest Jy uu-. tim regSS caMag to the nC A-fi !-! :v -he Mi bataa th Tsrnar-tr view, , n eirh. r Mind rati inl wra tth r.f fl hnm: he o-.j bei -"k-I wisti ev ry c'larm'Hi? hm, Dwrj c 1 ! '. fr. m nnr.yf ch ic j-n bower; Wa - 1 . IM A 71 I III I II "VI", v M- T th 1 rare p.-odnct of divfaawt art. Wh:rh n the true, Sud which the aoe said. she ire .loirion wis st!tkr. A:l anm-v, WhiT ,Tn" c?nr:'r b(K.k his pTaiet head Sill DC UtKMhi hms mmkI zcd A- . . ho re-H a miracle. nvd f, ha. piik azain. W h the true" ores more the worain I': mm, a d Hi the ford m2Z'?rr?nT cT ihe Kir:-': ...-tet 1. jirn -n l eir--. w:ti snc?1 n trivi I ttii.-.g-:" a- fill t-c a-t- wa- rüent it w . ,'. On A m ftiH t-y.it)' perploH II Nül brain. W'iüe ?,n he pondered, pr'nUy he MW 'a-d by We e u;n' aotka stntVMSg A Hi b ad of bny. lu.-; iii ir Iwn, linn fnj $t ho i v n a vritn red ro-e. Th 7-i r h -oiiii'd. a' 1 r.-.?-. d hi r-ival head Op t. t-.c wmaow !" Thit was all he said. Tft window pTy.r.-ft &t the K'nc's command; , , n n ,h r . -., ! r in--.tr flew, 1 , ',.'.;! iü ? ehu'.d.jcvrhind! f wr -. h w - ' . 1-VJU- -ijlll I ItlC .Tlf 4,,.. I. . - w um: n u D d 0 I! the woraur? he cd cecn. Xj ry t -arv,e- , , ve.y t,e rton(1 ten A fil irf moral i hit th.-wi-e my dud u tr il.-s n. h: :,rom- in the air m. mn n' i-.-o s to enrich th- 1 j " m !l "J" ;!'-. 'TlPil til nr,Hr .1..,...:.... 7' : Var- ,-d wi-d m ,rom ihe q, t'--j ! MISCELLANEOUS. C5DER THE SFA. fj i n it. procession pretty Kcite wtthberCaptaiiij Dr. Grav, Opportins ' v i wife! II len, Isabel, Tom, and tit Diidahipman eovsim; 1st of a!' Ev'h.T Tm-aloM It aeeaaed lo her norbid fancy that it sWiM bi- so. Honte. toZ ify. r-'u l be cloc - ahran Ve . be Irtle aiitle trotted on in adncr fill rouri J t nye;r old face weaving th I ' VP1:V'?C 2 y gy common to that p.r. oi tke vr;iine c art, with its rionotM ' nr. There tho oaean h considered a inaat c epot of her.iff v,d "por?v-oil," an 1 the mou.it u ntov.ard ohstaHr, in the "ray of Pr,rülr,Ve hsbannr. - Bhu em, I wwh th.y wa fiat," tue aatiyec s iy M their mows er concter tbe boulders a the b ta ; and 11 th(.v i.v t .i t .- t .'i uUto tV .T..a ..w,.. j,'J V. "u. perchea of -meddef .n . a inch 1, be r,a (, n occ, u meai a. If hr,y were out of SeWay, 8 1-1 i nt nartv tt5 :: x':'-'v the ri,v before, . ,s port, wiih its -wonderful rea h jdct . ing, of darh b:u., hilI) were stin xo me A the imagea of things not seen i w tht-lr firt excorMori theV had doni--1 to I QrottO," or "Devil's Oven," 'Ceaotl pi ;..!..' t rm ft a s.rt of anbas id accemtble a i"w t c gqJv and fi ruut wonder in it-; Tb p th grew steeper. Carefully they w-indtT-ps. : . 1 hXU zoned Kate accepting the help she didnt need lor that p&nsora in being guided and ratdied. And bow the li'tle guide panses, and with a Httle freckl d toreti ' r y.,.jr ts roand a projection of rock. -AH Crowd to ihr apoC Äh! there it is! The 1'ivcf.f the aaermaMa ! A shriek oi pai i a led '-i-pnsf and enchantment bursts sta Um r- i!ty m ihe ahjrht Beaei th the loar-hmwed arch therx;ky r rises, terraee after terraea, tfl in its fa ghesl r cea it meets the roof aove. A ' : rth nrraWa tn daarw aipoai . a aVmi '' ?:r!- -Tdli'ie, cleaoting here and there thraagb poohi of emaalu water left by thi retreating tide. And tach of these Ti D v lake is ;.; Baad brimming with flowers the Bowen of ocean green whorls, like chentnat-bnra; anemones, with their dahlia blooan; brown aiul rosy mosses . vhoaa tendrils bright Bah d-irted yed, and snails of v'tvid orange G tstered; broad lenrea of brilliant dye ring and undulating with the motion of toe p.Hl -minute specks of life flahiag t-v-rv bideBOOtt hue. Ni earthly garden was ev r so gorgeoua. The rocky !i- Itrea w. r? dimpled wi;h hollows so!thr, f xqnbitely csffTed. No fmcy of the Old el asie days s emed too fantastic or I o ; r t' r Hm sot. The im it?ination taiti ctirely kiflled into picuirt?, and ! a-ayaapha apnrUag in the foam; Bold tritona winding their shells; merm I s t,!tyit!gat hide ani-aeek ; Bi lifB IBll :n wateaaprfoea peeping fn-m the haM'is all dreamland and wonderland penin , ai d the c bjbbjob earth put i-side Sili-" tut aw:.y. Wife cries of delight, the party made their way donna, and scattered through ' v-. There was room for an armv. It .v: antd to ref.'i ; tiiat with the retnrniRa; tide the apaee nraat fiH, the gatedöae, and leare no resting-pl ice for hn mn f to. "iu aald the ti !e wa3 going down, didn't you. little boy?" 44 Ye ah." 44 You're sure!" 4; Ye ah naatnananV cried Isabel. "Then we CBB c! y aa I ong as we iike. Oh! do aaaanhodj come here and see this." Aw was lyin'.' with her fa almost tmiching the anemones. Nobody rcap anted to her call -each had found some other p i it of internal Tom h id fished 1 j i aea nrehin Bad was exhibiting it. Kate 1 d Ike Captain, in a anona f Um ir c-vvn, at s ito whispering cli-t tnce, wi re al irhed in eaeh other. Esther had cl'inb i'toth1 topmost ledge, nd was anting there alone. F -r the rirst time in six ! ary months, a Sensation of Bananasa fa d omSM to her, aud stie was eon i us of b it one loniiiog that they would ail go aw ty a-.d laans her to fneJ&Bl it. Wi:h so u; v. ue hope, she got oat color b x and n r fiiio, aadbegaato sketch. At 1 -t- it kept pe"ple off and furnuhed an tx us for 5-Uence. And 3- an h ur or m' re parsed by. She h.- .id, a in a dread, the chatter of the others their aaarasioan to the tittle guide, his vhf.rt, j; rkv rep ies The pwils wt-re all explomd ; the urchins and anemones had tet u tickled with p.irasols, aud made Id shut and open and shut aajafani the y;:iri-! ! opls bi ran to sigh for further Worl s to conquer, :ind Mrs. (Jray to c nsi hjr iü very d imp. L itl hov, isn't there something else near by which we should like to see,?" 4 O.tCSS SO." " Well, wl at !s it? Tell ns, phase." 11 T m re'f I iie BaadBj I guess 44 Ol, ! i o v Jar off is that ? A mile, did ma aavf FBat'i n t f ir. l!, the boy si I here's a p'ace calied the Beads, only a ri.it" Hw -y, isnd we. want to go and see ir,. Gna t we no r u know the way ; ( ina'i onj, little boy?" 44 Ts ah " l lions lain pipce vry miuj, aiehed Mrs. (irav. 44 1 should reaOf he gtad to go some wn-re and feel li n ie.-4.in. I b gm to have the suncreeping cuius. upo)se we let the boy show us til.; way to tnis other place, father." 44 Very well Get your things together, girK Come, E-dher, we're going." Edher roused hers If as from a dream. "Oh, Mr. Qvnyl anant I gn ? I'm in ihe m'ddle of a sketch, you I ;e. Couldn't j ii v.- m- hers quietly, nd pick me u: -x- ram coma bnakl I should like it so mach iv' ;i I don't know. The tide is going er. t!i: loy says; there won't he any tr able of that kind. Are you sure you w- nr be chilied or lonely?" 44 Oh' quire sure," Prou: Ve me tr.sit if you are, you will got the eottnge at the bend and warm vo i"sr:t. r i' on the rocks in the suu. We'll look for you in one place or the eta er. (-.od by, my clear. u Oix)d-by, sir'

H VOLUME XY. 44 And, O Esther! you must have some lunch Y ui'll be starved before we come back," cried esref 1 Helen. Bo she and Tom and ahasketmade their way upward, and a deposit of sandwiches and nort-wine was left in a convenient crevice within reach. " Qood-by, dear. I hope the sketch will be lowly.'' And they were gone up the clifl side Mr-t. iray last, kaning upon her kaahjtadft arm. 44 Poor child," she said, 44 it makes my heart ache to see her look so sad. Didn't you notice how she was longing to have U4 go, and to be alone?" And ti very worst thing for her. She r0Qih roomer, and - this morbid thinkine does her hsrm." The voices died away. Esther caught the words, and she ladled at them -a bitter little smile. That was what all of them had s:vd since her trouble fame. She DUM be rOBSed -amused ana they had crowded business snd pleasure upon her until she had aotB times felt that she could bear it no longer. This was the tirt fir.K In Beany week- thai she had felt reaUy free free to be silent, to look sad, Ifl cry if she wi bed. What a luxury it Was! No anxious-eyed mother to wateh her these comparative strangers withdrawn this cool darkiing silence it was delicious I There was something in the very nature of her tril which made it DeoeRSary to veil her grief with reserve. A black dress she miiilit wear Paul was a oooain, andamne show of mourning is allowed for second eonsinhood even, and f r intimate friendship aoch as theirs had been. But. no one knew of the nnsTowed engagement which bound them smee that bnrried Carewell letter in which his love found utterance, and which only i d er after he had ended the sail tng G tn SThich there was to be no return. No one knesj as they talked compassion ately of her hnring Lad a areadful sii(. k, poor j-iil her ow n coosio, you know, an sncfl a bne young fellow, that her heart was wearing wid -.v's weeds, and OBoarninig its dead the great loss of til -. Ir would a' t bear talking about She had kept hi tuce and tried to wear a braveface. At first there had been a little hope as rumors came of on:; boat-load escaping from the midniahl coDiaion; but that ami over BOW aiul the tenible suspense of hope Was over, and ever thing had faded into a sort of gr:y accept ance of sorrow. The light had gotiv.- ant. Left alon-.-, she found with some stir pnse that she didnl want to cry. Ah the morning she had felt that to creep BWBJ somewhere sr.d weep, and weep her liejrr. out, would b so good ; but tears are contrary thins. She sat there dogged, w i:h a calm that was almost lik' content She ras thinking ol tic time when Paul had visited tue island and climbed .about that very care On the v ry rock shell where aha sat he mitrht p;rhaps hive reatedL She liked to thmfc an. bhrought him nearer. She put her ske'eh away a little later, and t rept down to a broad ledge, where, through the arc'.-,, the exquisite sky-line whs visible. The surf tumbled, and chimed like tlistant bells. She ly as if fascinated, her eyes fixed upon the f-hin-inT borix n. Bocuewhere h.r beyond it WSS the spot where the good ship which ii id ber all w ent down. Down where Her imagination ran riot. Clearing the liquid depths to the inmost aanctnarj of ocean, she fav the golden sands, the shadowy green light percolating ihn Qgh miles of water Um everlasting repose Which reu-aod there beyond the reach of storm, win 1, of hurricaue. She tried to In the wardering imatr s, nnd to think of it as a haven no less tranquil than the qniet mosmda under which ar-j pillowed belored heads on earth. But it would not st.;y. Thoughts of tempest and fury. of chid piping winds whipping the foam iront the waves, of rear and tumult, and a heaving wilderness of dark water-, came "Y.rher, and through all the refraifl of Jeau Inrel v's pathetic strain mingled and blended : M And I thall see thee no BMTS, no more, T Ii t.ii? tea Lves up its de.-d " rn-at drops forced themselves beneath the closed eyelidt, and she lobbed : " Oh Paul, P:oal ! bow can I bear it ?" And tüen she thought, as she had thought before, how glad she would be to die ! Life didn't seem d sirable any longer, and it would he blessed to he with Paul. even at t ie bottom of the ocean. And thit. king thus, the long eje laahei drop ped more and more heavily - peace fell upon tbf brow soul hps : she w i si-ieep i-i pand dreaming a aweet, j ijfnldrenai How long she sup1 s)0 neve r knew. She awoke with a sensation of mtente L The spell d abamber ws;s so s'rong upon her that fot a moment shedid not rtalize what had taken place. The cave aas half full ol wa'o r. Her feet and the htm of her dress were already wet, and the roar of the wanes beneath the hsmily dis inguishable an hway told that the tide h d surprised another vie im, and already the avenue of escape was barred. Was this the answer to some unspoken Drs.ver ? The thought flashed over her. Had she I really prayed lor ialh? Here it was, close at hand, nnd she wns conscious of no gladness only an intense instinctive ire for lif'. It w :s too dreadful to be drowned in th it hole, and wanked away like a weed. Lifc au worth living, aftt r all. Had somebody said, or wns the dreamins, that a portion of the cave whs left uncover .d by the water ? She cosrid not stnMnshar, but ntA' she searched nhoni or some indication. Ah! sur. Iv this wsis one a c rk, a M rap of pap r, lodned on the highest bh Ir ongUa thing , which a tide mut inevitably nave w;i bed away. Witii Und iastinct of property which survives sbjpnreck and fire, she collected h r drawing materials and other little belongings, a;id retreating witli u.eru to this ; able place of refuge, wappett in-r cloak about her, at 1 with folded hands sal down to await her fate. The 'e wns full of pale green Bght It was antiful to aee, as the advancing fl w roan ledge on r ledge nnj aVxNtnd the fairy pool 8, how each star-flower ami seaurchin, each criro on and golden weed, hremhled and quirered as with deQght at its refreshing toucii. Eaeh anemone threw Wide Its petals and t xpanded Into full blossom to meet the BBS ay bap'isnu. No mortal eye ever looked upon siiht more charming; but p beauty wa3 lost to the 1 shivering and terrified girl. The door-,vay had quite li -.appeared. i Sharp spray dashe I n -oust her dre u. j The drops s.ruck m r faCfl She shrank and chu g more tightly to the rock. A prayer lose to her lips; and through the tremulous light of the submerged archway a 'trarre shadow began to go and come, to nove and pssjae, and move, again. V,eJ it tish, or weed, or some iiiv'ti riona prsence? Did it cume accompanied by ufe or destkf Meantime upon the rocks above a distracted gronp were colleeted. The party had come gayry hsek from the Heads. Dr. (iray, ignorant landsman as he WSS, had grown uneay and buflisd them away.' Arrived at the Grotto, the full extent of the calamity was at onre evident. The boy had mistak n the tide BOW for ebb and the only hope was that lis' her. diseovering her danger in time, had taki n refuge at the cottage near by. Thither they flew to search, but, as we know, in vain. The eobbing girls hung distractedly over the eliff, listening to the hollow boom wilh which the vvaves swung into the cavern beneath sh kening to think ol the awful something which might any moment wash outward on the returning billow. Tbe gentlemen went for assistance,

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nnd brought a couple of stout fishermen to the spot. But what cmiid anybody do ? 41 If the young woman has sense enough to climb up the rudit-hand corner and sit still, it won't hurt her none perhaps," one of them said, 44 Not more BOT two tides a year gets tip there." Ah ! if Esther could only be told that ! j They could but trust powerleasly to her steadiness ot nerve anu common sense. "She's such a wise tbinir." Helen sobbed out. So thov waited A rattle Of wheels came from the road, They all turned to look, and gome one said: Perhaps it's a doCtert Though what earthly use a doc-tor could have been would be hard to say. A figure was OOtnlng rapidly up the path a young man. Nobody recognized him till Dr. Gray started forward with the fare of one who sees a ghost. 41 Paul ! Good God ! Is It pofafbfo P "Yes, Doctor," with a hasty handshake. " No other. I don't wonder you Stare." "But, in heaven's name, how has it com' about ? V here have you been since we gave you up f r lost ?" " P's a long story. You shall hoar it pome day. But" rapielly "forgive my impatience where is my cou nn F What is the matter?" There was a dead silence. At last with a groan, Dr. Gray spoke : 14 Paul, my poor fellow, how cau I tell you ? Bather is below there.'' 44 In the grotto?" 41 1 n the grotto. Can any thing be done y" The young man staggered. The glow faded from his face, leaving him ashy pale. For a moment he stood irresolute, then he roused himself, aid his voice, though husky, was firm : "It's a frightful place; still there is no absolute danger if she keeps her pre e"c: of moid. I stayed there over a tide myself once, lost to see it. Is your boat at heme ? ' to one of the fishermen. "Yes, sir." 44 Fetch v. round then as quickly as po55ible." Th"ti to Dr. Gray : "I s;,a!l row out there opposite the entrance, and make a dive for. it. It I come up inslie, it's all right, and I'll see that no harm happens to Bstm r till the water falls, and we am get her out." "But the risk!" 44 There is the ri k of striking the arch as I rin that is all. I'm a good swimmer, Doct r, a you know. I think it c;tn be done. You can guess," with a sort of pais smile, Low I have been counting on this meeting; and to leave her alone nnd frightened, and not go to her, isjuat impossible. I shall asanags it never fear." The boat came. They saw it rowed on. Paul taking the hearingi carefully, shifting position once, and vtt aga;n. be lore satisfied. Then he looked up wi h a bright, confident smile .d nod. acd clasped ids hands abOl t is head A sol uBh he waa gone, and the water closed over him. Within the cave, Ksther watched, the strange, moving phantom which da .k- n.ed the entrance. The splash reached without startiini her, but in another second a flash Dg o; jei-l whirled down and inv.ard, and, rising, the waves revealed a ft)ce a white face with wet hair. In the pa;e, uue irthry gloWi it wore the . sped of death. It drew Bearer. She covered her eyes with her hands. Waa the sea giving up its dead, that hire, in this fearful solitude, the vision of her drowned Paul confronted her or waa she goinjj: mad? Another seconel, and the hands were withdrawn. The peril, the excitement of the past hour, the strangeness and unreality of the spot, combined to kindle within her an unnatural exaltation of feeling. Had she not craved this? If they met as spirits in this laud of spirit i, was she to be afraid of Paul or shrink from him f No, a thousand times not The face was close upon her. rapid ptn kes it drew near u emerged it was upon the rocks, a shriek, she held out her arms. With form Wil h Cold hands clasped hers a voice (did dead men speak ?") cried : " Queenie, Queenie I" The old pet same I It was Panla ghost, but non the less Paul. "I knew you are dead," ahe said, 44 hut lam not atraid ol you, Bod felt, unterrified, a strong arm enfold her. But Hie breast upon which her cheek rested was throbbing with such living puJatUona that, half-arouBed, she began to shudder in a terrible blended hope and fear, and she shrank away lroui his touch. " O, Paul ! are we both dead, or only you? Is this the other world?" 44 Why, d irling," gently seating her on the rock, 41 You are in a dream. Wake up, love. Look at me, Esthe r. I am not a dead man, but your living Paul Feel my hand it is warm, you are. God has restored us to one another; and now, if His mercy permits, we will never be parted again." 44 Paul ! Paul !" cried Esther, convinced at last. Tbey were very hsppy. Prosy folk, could they have looked in, would have s:-en only two exceedingly wet young persons seated high upon a rocky ledge, w Ith receding waters rippling about their feet ; hut they, all akw with lif; aud happiBeaa, scarcely knew of the lapse of time before the shiny line of light appeared at the month of the cavo. With hlt:s?ed tears streaming down her cheeks, Esther had heard his story -how, picked up the sole survivor of that i lt d wreck by an India-hound trader, her lover had lain delirious for many weeks in a tar lanel, unable, to tell hu name or stoty, and, in part recovered, started at ones for home, and landed in ante of the letters which told his mfety And so they had met here, 'mid M Coral and tangle and almondine;" nd m s:h; h aid the history of his p rils, Bather clasped the hand she held as If she never again could let it go. That provident little Helen b!es her heart ! 4 builded better than sh knew," in providing such a store of damp sandwiches and refreshing wine lor those drenched and happy lov. rs. When at last the receding tide opened again the rooky gate, and the vista of the sen tinged With rosy sunset, and Esther, aided by strong arms, 1. ft her rocky prison, it n is wirh si glow like the sunset, upon her cheeks, and in her eyes such a radiance of bappinesa that it fairly dazzled the Ibrlork, bedraggled group above. Urs &ray embraced her fondly, and Oil bsOOUtlnentiy into afltof loag-delhrred hysterica The hoys executed a war dann- of COO gratulation, and Helen and laahei laughed an I cried for joy. And as Bather turned with Paul lor a lst look at the t renc f ber deliverance, the chime and i.uirmur of the sea seemed full ol bh ssing the bh-s-ahsgol the dear Lord who hail hail compassion upon her weakness, roatcnillS her to life, aud to that lite its lost joy. With thankful heart, she went her way. So we leave her. Marth and Jfime. Bakon k Kothschim), the paralytic millionaire, who recently died in Paris, once sat to Ary Schefler in a beggar's rags. An acquaintance coming into the studio, not recognizing the Baron, so success ful was his disguise, gave him a louis (twenty francs), which he put In his pocket, Ten years later the charitable giver received a draft of ten fhouaauil francs on the house of Rothschild, with a note containing these words : 4,SiR: You give a leSttS one day to ßar m Rothschild, in Ary Scheiter' studio, He invested it, and he sends to you, today, the little capital jnu BUtrUSted to him, with its interest. A good action always brings hp pinesa. Baron James pk RoYancwJLD.M An inspection of the books showed that the letter stated the exact fart.

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA,

Advice to k in 1 road Travelers. BY -TKHIAL BLAB. If you ar? a man and desire to perambulate this mundane sphere on a railroad, 1st. Secure a large cotton umbrella. 2d. Get a hand trunk ahout the ize of a common mail bag, and fill it with shirts, stockings, collars, patent office reports, campaign documents, old letters, and other ar'ieles bände to have on such a iournev. 8d. As the train approaches, quietly j place the milt ot a rive cent paper oi tobacco in your mouth, and then rapidly make a break for the ladies' car, so as to gel :i flood seat, you know. It the brakeman makes a break for you, and nods significantly at the next car forward, say you can't "stand tobacco smoke," and then crcwd vigorously by him without delay. If you stop to bandy words with the sooty stripling, no doubt he will tell you next that "they don't moke in that car." He is nothing but a railroad myrmidon anyhow. 4th. Take the middle of the coach. It don't jolt a fellow there near so much as it docs over the wheels. Place your baggage on one seat, and yourself on another, if you can lind two vacant near together. Get as close as possible to the best dressed ladies in the car. 'I hen take out a paper or book and read, or go to figuiing on Ihe advantages of plenty of brass and cheek, or looking emt of the window anything to absorb your attention and keep your mind occupied while the ladies who have followed you are getting seats over the wheels, by the hot stove, next to rough, vulgar, swearing, louts of the community, Ac, 5th. Whenever the train approaches a Btation, have your mind intensely preoccupy d as before. It a lady comes along and has no other place to sit, (mind you, no other,) let her v dre In between your mail bag and the end offne seat, or else hitch along a little, glance significantly at the nasty yellow puddle on the floor at your feet, and say very blard'y " This gLat is vacant, Madam." Qjuite likely, after one look at the filthy COnaition of the floor, Madam will very gratefully accept it Still she may not. No accounting for a woman's whims, you know. If she don't, and one of these disagreeable male travelers comes along and asks in a hind of hall fearful, gentlemanly, in- . ii. naive tone if 44 that seat by your 6ide ia occupied, widen out over it, and aniwei Ti .' with such decided emphasis that he wid involuntarily reach his hand up to see if the head is still left en his shoulders. There arc so many impertinent life insurance bores on the tramp now-daysthat you may be pardoned for speaking sharp to a traveler now ami then. Who knows, indeed, but that the man you have just addressed may be one of these same tioublesome vagabonds? 8th. Go just, as long as you can without Bating. It saves your money and saves your seat. When you find you can't safely starve any more, quietly place the umbrella on your seat, and get over into the place v. h( re your other baggage is, just long enough to spit ail over the fi or there. Then speedily advance on the eating works, get your hands as quickly as possible on everything about you, and climb up iu your chair and reach for everything near your neighbors. Scald your mouth arid throat wiih hot eodfaa, swailow like a hen eating gravel stones, and ehokc till your eye3 stand out like two old fashioned bulls-eye watches. 7th. Perhaps some fat, ill-mannered woman, with half a dozen white headed, dirty-faced young ones, all perfectly used to tobacco and puddle bars, has jumped your claim in your absence. Go tor the pile with an expression on your features like you were just ready to eat the youngest, and they will scatter fast enough, I tell you. You needn't utter a word. You can put aa expression on your countenance amply sufficient to answer for the most active distribution of that little brood, if too are any tiling at all at making up facial angles. 8th. This railroad traveling, where the urbanities and amenities of life so often get slightly mix d, finds counterparts all through life, iu its highest as well as in its lowest grades. Your politician climbs into place over his fellows, like a pig trying to find the middle of a warm nest on a cold night in January bound to go In himself no matter who goes down under him. Tour business man gits hold of his goo 1, fat bargains and c vers thpm more C in hilly and BelOShly than an old sitting hen does her egszs. Your manufacturer reaches an inside track in some way and monopolizes trade. Your successful professional man stan is like a big cross bulldog in the way, and growls and shows his teeth at all who dare to try and rival him. A rougfa and-tumhle sort of world this is, where the little potatoes in the old wagonbox are pretty sure to get shook to the bottom any way we can fix it. It is a gri BS, materialistic standard, where weight and cheek win, but, as the world wags today, a very natural one. I am sorry for it ; but, until this standard of society changes, I really fear I shall never have the moral courage to introduce any innovations of consequence into the advice to railroad travelers above given. Mm York Ejcpreni. - S'anniH ring. Tins is sometimes the result of habit or c. r. lessiiess; at others it succeeds a Ions attack of sickness. It is a kind of sr. Vitus' Dance t f the tongue. Not unfrequently it la brought on by the harsh treatment or inveterate ill-nature of the parents, teachers and superiors, in habitually meeting thoe under them with thr atoning, scolding or fault-finding. We have met before with a miserable class of human, or rather inhuman, beiugs, who scarcely ever enter a room where are children, or servants, or dependents, without tlu expression of some disapprobation or complaint. This has very naturally the e fleet lo confuse and intimidate a child, especially one of a highly nervous or excitable U mpei anient, while steadiness and composure are the very antipodes of stuttering, which is essentially the throwing out too much nervous power, sending too much nervous influence to the muscles which are employed in speakinir; the result is a want of proper con trol of thi BB inuschs. Ik nee, whatever diminishes the ellort, was excited in another direction, the extra nervous power found vent in another outlet pre I i eiy as In the more recently alleged accidental discovery of a lady, that reading or speaking in a whispe is an instantaneous remedy ; because it requires an effort to whisper the mind's attention is din cted lo the act of whispering and not to the distinctness of utterance. We will venture the assertion, that no man ever stammered in 44 popping the question," nor a young lady balled out y- eye-yes. Instinct itself prompts a cure. After a long illness from sn nccideu our K bert, aged three years, sud denly b gan t stammer most vexatiously. His . hole system whs iu a debilitated and irritable condition He had never conic in aentaot with a stammerer, and he Beflltg tint icoidhlg, and t'uiats, or ridicule would only Serve to rW the hatnt for life, Which IBOUld have b.-. n a misfortune, we DSsde aa iflort to divert ail attention to aoms other thing than the ataman ring. For example, when he asked lor anything, he was told ; " Now, if yrc ask for

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THURSDAY, MAY it plainly, you shall have R ;" and before we Were aware of it, we found him, when ever he attempted to ask f r anything, striking his little hand against his' thigh, as he stood before us, at the enunciation of every syllable ; and by encouragement, we found the habit broken up in a few months. As it is a life long calamity to have a son or daughter grow up a stutterer, we trust them hints may be turned to practical account to those whom it may concern. Any thing che done ;;t the time of uttering each syllable, divides the attention, jdves two outlets to the nervous Mow and the remedy is complete; mike i mark, pull a striner, turn a leaf, stamp tVie foot any one nf them will effect a cure in a reasonable time. .'M. Tire Uses of ftleetrfeity. It hi only a few yean since electricity was a Gabriel an afchanael of light and a mysterious servant ol God, that coul I not, with impunity, be approached or questioned. When, in 1753, Benjamin Franklin, without harm to himself, took a bottle of Pennsylvania (not Jersey) lightning, and thereby proved that ir whs identical with electricity, he was denounced as an infidel for tampering with the heavenly messenger. M8poae 'tis electricity,1 thi an alarmed deacon, to the blasphe mOOS kite flyer, uwhata It ffoorl for ?'' 44 Well." answereel the philosopher, 44 1 don't know; what is a new baby good fori In fact, when you come to that, what is anything good for?" We, in this fearless acre, have learn d that electricity is 44 good for " a great many things and some recent developments are of sufficient Importance to challenge public attention. The invention and practical usefulness of the marv Ions t 1 graph turned the thought of scientific experimenters towards the possibility of byand by hitching this subtle power to the wheels of traffic and of labor. 1T i now a score of years since Professor Boyntou exhibited his working mode; ol B locomo tive propelled by galvanic electricity. He showed that it would work, and mat it was very manageable ; but it proved more expensive than steam. M. Emile Pr. vst, a Prerch scientist, has overcome Boynton's diffl ulty by an invention which enables him to develop the power at very slight expense. The invention consists in the peculiar manner of tempering and adjusting tue magnet. He baa recently exhibited three batteries in New York, one representing six-horse power, another one horse power, and tieother one-man power (one-filth of a horse power). The batteries will run a Sewing mich i ne or a Hoe printing pre .1, and he claims that the cost of each is only r n cents a day! It eeem quite impossible that the promise of M. PreToetcan tend ized, for it would create a total revolution in the propulsion of all maciiinery. Such a prophecy would have alarmed 1 Thales, the discoverer of electricity h 0 years before Christ, and have puzzled even the industrious German who constructed the Leytlen Jar, a hundred years ago. The application of electricity to the alarm telegraph in cities and to lighting the gas and ringing the belli in hotels, halls and factories, is becoosing more and more general every month. Electricity is rapidly coming into use as an Qlnminating agent. The New York Evening Pot says on this point : 44 There are many elect nc lights in use ; in lighthouses on the coast they are found not ou';y more brilliant than any others, but tar more serviceable; being independent of the weather, ami less easily thrown out of order. In cities they are little known; but chiefly, ii seems, . r want of enterprise; since no reinforcement of the police of a great city would be at once so cheap and so efficient as a sufficient sup ply of these lights, which recent improvements have made aelf-regulatin g, steady and sure. All the machinery tor a very large automatic electric lamp, sufficient to light up a great factory or a hnsg s'.reet, is now Bold in London for eight guineas. ; and the advertisements would seem to indicate an active trade." Electricity al?o consents to act as the toed of gamblers. An electric faro box has been so consi ructed as to permit cords to be secretly drawn, at the wiU of the dealer, without the possibility of the cht at being detected. If the exposure of the fraud should have a tendency to mtunidate greenhorns a d render the 14 tiger" unpopular, the alliance of the celestial visitant with sharpers may be pardoned. Not always is it unholy to ca-,1 out devils by Beelzebub. iBut the quaintest electrical suggestion is of course reserved for France. The Frenchman who constructed the first guilkitine was raovul to the ghastly work by motives of humanity; so now has a savant of the Academy inaugurated the system of killing by electricity. (Jul-resentenced for capital offenses are hereafter to be touched with a streak of artificial lightning. Instead of being compelled to face a horrible chopping block, or to writhe for a quarU r of au hour at a rope'i end, in a vain ellort to get out of the afflicted body, instantaneous deliverance will come on the wings of the tricksj Aried. Instead of all the clumsy and barbarous michfnery wherewith the dangerous offender of to-day is Strangled to death like a noosed partridge, or bled to death like a chicken, wo shall have a better way. The law of the higher civilization will declare that no man shs.il be slain by society, if he can be Bared ali ve , without in peri leg society, ard, it the worst conies, and he scales peniteu iiary Wallsand defies jails,the court will giveaseeret sentence and the ir-' Ith manly sheriff will slyly take the pole ot 'a hat ry from Lin pocket and touch the wi e ten with it in the nape of the iuck, and the si mghed off flesh w ll drop upon the ground and the BBBBOCi Dated spisit wid go to its own place. No l nger w ill there be an eudless anticipation of pain, nor t e torture of prajers by the Reverend .Mr. Chad band. But this is not all. Our inventor is to have electricity take the p'ace of the axe and knife in the butcher's hand. No more oxen with a severe headache moaning on the ground because they cannot die; no more hogs squealing and trying to shuffle off their inorial coil ; no more curs struggling tearfully with a 'dog button,'' and gazing reproachfully upon a Chicago policeman ; no more sick omnibus bom tormented with BBteketl by Bhilai thropists who fniu would hasten their en trance to the blissful realm of horseheaven. A litll ' trap in B Cigar box, and an attenuated s'reak ot li htning th refrom will do it aU! Then we cau kel whales with a magnetized harpoon at the end of a galvanised rope; then we can shoot birds with surcharged shot ;!h n we can fly an omnipotent, kite ngab.esi S. topol, Gihraltar, Moro Castle - the ram's horu against .Jericho woul I be nothing to it. Anl then we cau calmly take our stand in the observatory of the Chicago Uaiverarty, and bring down a tribe ol Piegans at long range. Oh, happy '.a make haste ! GBsnsau Paul Millionaires. To considered weal' by In Ifanhut tnn is to be wealthy indeed. Persona who are thenght to be crv ric h elsewhere ars hardly regarded in comfortable circum stances lure. h n )' man uat sn tm BISBBO amount of pr. r'v. :ts many Of our citifetol have, It is alotoBt Impossible to teithe can hnrdri tell blsseelf how much be ta worth, w lileaa P. nstor is declared, by Ibosi whoonghl u know, to represent Mj000,000; A. T Hie wert, ffo.ooo.ooo; Cornelius VanderMlt 90, 000,000; Daniel Draw, t.OOO.lKH) , George

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10, 1870. Law, tfi.OOOOOO; August Belmont, 5,uOO.OOO; Samuel N Pike, $7,000000; James Fi-k, Jr., $G 000 0o0; Jones Lennox, 15,000,000, and 900 or 300 others whOB fortunes are variously estimated from 12,000,000 to $5,000,00 It It is stated 'hut there are l,t 00 persons in New York who a-e worth, at the lowi ft calculation, $500,000 apiece. Ifen who have only $100,000 or $200,000 are considered so iii digent in Gotham thst they expect every v- r to b magnanhnonsly nominated ä? candidates f r ihn poor house. As to the $ ä 0.000 or $00.006 f Hows, they arc- compelled to hide their poverty constantly lot they be the recipientf of pennies whenever they take tbeir hats oil on a warm day in the public streets. Nine York Tdtnmm EACTS AM 1 itVl iiES. Napoleon TIT. was 62 years old on the BOth of April. Tpf. n pprs i sal of personal ebtate in Vermont is $29,084,900. At a recent sale of old coins in New Y 'k, aoue cent piece of 1800 brought $35. VlBontlA oysters are sent to England packed in mud, that they may reach there alive. A TSASLT license fee of five dollars is 1o bp required of all who carry firearms in England. Thr Custom-House we;gher at Boston wharf weighed 27,500,000 pounds ot suar during April. Thk Phil ulelphia City Council has appropriated $15,000 for free public baths in that city. Exolawd has Feventy-onc daily newspapers, Ireland h is fourteen, Scotland eleven, and Wales two. There are on one square mile in Loiv don 2d, 00 children growing up entirely wi'h ud education. Th - i:h; are a thousand persons in New York who -ire worth, at the lowest calculation, $500,000 each. Afteh the Richmond disaster of 1811, public amusements were forbidden fortiie apace of four months. 1 tonne the last two hours of the Pennsylvania Legislature, bills were passed at the rate of two a minute. A LOUG autograph letter from Ge orge Washington on agricultural matters was recently sold in London tor $175. TnMtE are only six Btflifl in the Unite 1 Strtes for the distillation of gin four in Connecticut and two in Massachusetts. In a certain school district in Orland, Me, tm rj are ten ladies whose uniitd weight is 2,500 pouuds, being an average of 250 each. A fanatical virtuoso of Lowell, a miss of eleven, has a "button siring" tliirtysix feet long, containing 2,675 dissimilar buttons. A BTOm Jar, now owned in Kentucky, and br nght to this country 100 years ago, 1-as b en in the possession ot the family lor '.lla years. In the Belt Lake City Museum is a specimen of flour cached for ten years, having been buried in 1S5S, and dug up in 1808, fit for use. EtonTY gr n 'children of William Innis, r idinjT in New Jersey and in Bradford c mn y, Pa., have fallen heirs to au estate of $30,000,000 in Scotland. A BHUAir of M petrified oats," four feet long and weighing eiejüy pounds, has hatna feeaa the groned sixty feet be low the mrface, In Nevada county, CaL An Alleghany coumy N. Y.) man who died recently, h ft his wife one cent, his brother a few dollars, aud $5,000 for the erection of a monument to himself A JTJBY at Lewiston, Me., recently convicted liquor sellers enough at one sitting (without retiring to consult) to pay Ones amounting to $3,200, besides sending some to jail. In France, in 18 :vS 1 $7 men and 1,171 Women committed suicide, of whom 37 wer- under 16 years of age. Of those deaths, 040 were caused by love, jealousy, ortk'biuchcry. One hundred and fifty-four persons were killed in 1889 on the 'railroads run ninginto Philadelphia, or making direct connection with them near that city, and 803 persons injured. In Boston, permits are now gi"cn to grind a band organ or peddle fruit only to persons who e in show that they are in really needy circumstances, and have no oih r means of obtaining a livelihood. Hkni'.y LnXBT and wife, of Epping, N. H., nc: idly died within ten days of each other, both at the age of 85, having enjoyed sixty years of married life, and lived for forty years on the larm where they died. The Maine forests have been so well stripped, that not a tree of old growth is to be seen in them. The white pine is represented only by sajdings, which will not be of any service, as lumber, for years. A ministkk in Berkshire, Mass., now S3 yea's old, has lately completed the payment of a note for $3,000, which he w;is unfortunate enough to endorse for an in. .und firm eighteen years ago. The payments with interest have amounted to over $8,00a New York State can now boast of I wert v ore Im orporated cities Rome and Long Island (Jy (the latter composed of the villages of Astoria, Hunter s IViut and Kavcnswood ) having been added to e list by the Legislature recently adjourned. The ears of a horse may be called indices ol his mino. intelligent ammais prick up their ear a wken apokrn to; vicioui (in s throw their ears back. A blind horse directs one ear forward and one backward, and in a deaf horse the cars are without expression. The street passenger cars in Philadelphia, employed by seventeen different companies, number 6S, with 171) miles ol track. Last year they carried 55,000,000 passengers. Nine persons were killed and twelve injured by accidents. The receipts from passengers amounted k) $8,500,000. The New York Newsboys' Lodginghouse has been in existence Mventeen yearn During these years it has lodged 73.844 difierent boys, restored .ä.4tä boys to friends, provided 5,190 with boBsis, furnished 4;7,0.:5 lodgings, and 317,1:18 in als The exp ns of dl Ibis lias heen $111 223.15. Of thlaanaounl Ihe boys have contributed $21 749 vo Qnonoa W. Bist for several yean past the Fmaneiil and Comnu reial editor of the Chicago 7Vm, haa 1 1 slgiwjd his position on trat journal, and will commence the publication of a new Denn eratie weekly, with a Bnnday edition f r city circulation. The flrsl number will make its appearance abont June L If the en terprl e meets with suitable encourage ment from the Democracy of the Northwest, it wid probably prove Ihe stepping stone to a daily. The Newark (N. J.) Adrcrtiser says: Yesterday a cautious young man drove his team alongside of a car loaded with lumber (rtattdina on the railroad track sit tomervUle, ana preparatory to loading his n 'ied his Muses to an emp y eon) cat thai stood in iront of them, n a few UlinttteS while he was busv about Mm WagOO, a locomotive was l acked up thecal ta which the horsm wi re ti d booked on. The rar started, and so did the horses after it, But for the weakimhs d' th" harness, which fortunately bn-ke, the noble Steeds would prohh!y have made the fastest time either dead or abve .m er I "

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NUMBER A Bather Chapter t pun Id A rf.cknt nnnberof dlpafsfsn's Johtaa Oftfttained a very Interesting ir ter upon Figures." in which is g" v n . rule for forming so called m tgfa sreeret This rule differs anmewhal from t; one we have long been familiar wi h though the general prim-' le is the sami The annexed iquare, iu which Ike sum I

at 4T is i: hi .t i 5 SS i SB IT Si 11 tS : I -21 SJ is BJ II H II M T i 4:i V.) :J7 IS BJ it 81 l SB 4i BH M 21 BI I :i 2 -27 B 1 lf IS 4 B SI -2- M 2-2 47 li 41 10 r. $

the figures tn each column is con stan, ifbrmed thus: Beginning with No i, in the plac Unniediately below the ee tre of the square, you write the 0gum s,deso nd ing obliquely to the right until the c 1 fines of the square reached. In the example taken, io. 4 . uuld fall outside of the squa:e, into the upper right-hand corner of an adjoining square. This numb r is therefore traaafi rr d to tlmeorrespon Iirg place ia the original square viz... the right-hsn i upper corner. Proceedlr.) again ohliquery to the rigtit. No. 5 tails outside agi n ; it i i transf rred tn thecorre spondiuf- place in the original square. Acan deseendinc obliqaely, yoa are stop ped by a place sir- ady rJ!!e ; the next Ig are (Iff o. 7) ia written two plscea below the last nastber. Continuing to applj these rules, yon anive at the lower right hand c ;rncr (No. ; the next number iwritten as if yen were ?t ?pr-d bv a pJaCI IQed thus you write Ne 29 in the i r responding plpce iu the origins qu .rc fn psnetiee, the s i i-t r.'-a represented By light lines pje po Irawn ; but their posi tion is only imag ned. To ascertain toe sum of each column, you have only to muitlprt the centre tigure by the one lasmeduUely adjohsing on the Jcft; 1,1115,74-21175. This rule holds good for ali squares construct, d n this p jn When the places are filled with an arithmetical j r -gresabm, the square is still "nmgic." Thus, writing 1, 7 17 IS 1 11 3, 6, 7, 9, etc , in the square of nine piaces, we have the Si m -:7. oum of each coluinn--27. When the piaces are üüed with a geometrical pregreaaion, the pmrftMl of ihe numbers in each column is rxmttantly e filial :

27 6 01 3 il BBBf 4 I 81 7-20 M -2.I BBBJ -217 1 V N8BI 1 SBM

Product 51 4,. l'noui ct- 1 i,777.5.i.. The study of marie squ ires i-j nf great antiipiiiv. The Chinese and Hindoos are said to have been is- Hiar wilb similar arrangi ments of figun -". Ttv enrhest treatise extant is by Moschopalas, a Greek au'hor of the fbortcentb and fifteenth, century. The writings of Cornelius Agrippa, much aecusi d of nanyric, eontaiu MMDS of these sqawea. In 17u3, Poignaid, a ennon of Bi'us sels, published a curious, work. II shows how these squares assy be m . ! I j combining two squares which are in them selves 44 Bhtgte.1 TsBn a mpiaTO of Hfl, fie ezmanple. Fid the appaf row with thi Bgures L, 2. 9, 4, Ö, in any order you please say, 1 3, " 2, 1 Tln-n till the seCOSM row of the spi with the same figures, beginning with Ike thirds thus, 5, 2, 4, 1, 3 an 1 repeal this process until square A is Hied. To construct square B, write in like manner t' i multiples of 5 viz . 0, 5. 10. 15, fW in any order) ou please, taking A. can, howB.

I t j B S 4 5 B I tf l! 90 5 2 4 1 3 10 SO I 0 IS 4 1 3 5 -2 0 15 BI ii I s j a j t t j l as ja j e is is 4 4 13 5 15 Kl Ol) I I i 1 I I I ' j J 1 c. (i I -id BJ -21 IS BB B j lj M 4 .0 II -2" 7 3 10 2 U 11 j 17 14 U 8 B Bcm65.

ever to begin the second row i:h the second or tourih numb r of the series. The magic stpiare C is then completed b) simply adding the number in ne square to those In corresponding positions I i Uat aacanuL Tkna, addiug the npner rig'.thand oornsra, 4-9094; next below, 3 1518, etc., etc , the sums being wrtten in corresponding places in square C. It will be ob i rved thai by ties , !0-; ss we obtain squares quite unlike those Bsade bv the rule givt.n in the previous article. This rule his the great ad vantage over the others, that you may CSUM any nuni ber to fall in auy desin u place. In conclusion," you may well ask, 440i bono f AppUttn't JbwrneL m Fat and Lean People. It ia a striking ssct thai Boat persons wnnt to weigb Bsore than they uo, and measure their health by their wight, a if man weie a pig, rahsable in proportion to his heavim ss. The re er is no ho. the bIbw horse has but a Baud aval amount of lie h. Heavy men are not Ikoso which orprirtnnord contractors bbb plm to build railroads sad digditchi i "twhs usee the world over are the men for work; for endur.inc", tkej BM viry aud hardy; thin people live the longest . the truth iw, fat is a disease, and, a proof, fat people are never w ll a day Bt a time, Bad are not Suited to hard work Slid, there is a medium between being BS tat as a bum r ball and as thin and jtticeless as a rail. For mere looks, a Baud oral rotundity is most durable, to have enough ilesh to cover all angularities. To accomplish this in the shortest time, a man should work but little, sie p a er Bl pari of the time, allow nothin : io worry bitn. heep always In a Jeyoua, laughing mood, and Kve ektefly on albuminates, such as boil d cricked win at. und rye. and oals, and barl y. and con:, with Wi . : milk, and but rm ik and meats Sntr'r is the best faitener known Hm'th in1 0SSrl IJrirn. Patkr napkins im table use 1. 1 b n introduced into the restaurants o ( r many. They BBBWBBV. evi ry purp-se for one using, but (d emise wi1! imI ftand washini? any more than pap r collars Three of them cos' Us than a cent, ami they are made ot all sixes.

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Inj I s. Bow msny of our young readers csrl decipher the following er i-."na, (which we take from the Wetrn W,ld), the correct rendering nf whtch hexoressed m an old and well-known proverb: Answer on Pmr1h Page THE NfCOS ' n EO CiiAIR. nv tcr. "On dewJ r a k of lrvinr stminy i o sit in me: Ihe b is act on tn n is an-! pb-y hoi . ; : d ti't n, hen Mie :i Ii Ohdreaj tkeir ri k th-y fiir-t pins ? mv t mm k, Jn t SS ft 1 vns m nd on"ushfon. I on't oeii ve snv one in the vo M t s such a ba-'! tiMie! " Would y et r- Hv be el id nevr r to have any one tl In - a n " ake I a 'dtlc voice rir'd by Lac lid' of tbe ei-iir; ft it sra an old sreea U-ather chair that i ad feet spoken. Th ci. i: s very mreli rnrprised to he ir he voice s n ar i'. and asked : - Who i- inn has to aset The voice answered ; " I am a fair. I have heard all vou have said, and l -! so sorry ir you that I im foiaa; to cive you a present that will prevent any one coing Bear you. When me next norson s'is own ou sonn ir ate i noise like a pistol, which will frighten urn away, so teat you wid never complain f heimr tired airs. in " The chair tl -.nked the f;rv, but it did not speak again. The chir almo-t leiieved that it bad been dreaming -the ' B and what it had said seemel so strange. . .i afer dinner oi l Mr. Lc.tbe ?rat.dfal ber, thought he would take a Httss nap in his fivorite teat. Tin-poor BtJ geatlsi an litid no soo-.f.r sat down than "banl a n ho cbvir, with PU'h a BSsIbb that gnndfktber fbrgol all about his rtseanusv sm, and lumped so Li-h in the air iht he lost (1V h's wig. 44 The-e bad b -v- hv put torpedoes in mv .' h :r and they deserve a jro d whipp n -" s.i ! he. "I find tell th. ir lither." When his son .John name bome thit Bght he told him a 1 about i .ai. l 'olm aosnised they should : ver do such a thing asdn. "lie w n down st drs, but the tr. ys wt re not there, po be thought be would wait uat.l lea time, and then speak to th m. Beir verv tired, h tBTBW him-e"f into be chair, when "hmc" it went ag in. He d' tot wond r that his poor el I father ': i.'. ( ea tri'dit 'iv d. 44Thiy do j jiarve ;i goad whipping, and ro mistake ahout k :" ha aaasasuBsl, Cr ling to the boot be callid : TTarry, ftalter, Nd!" The ktys, hearieg his vote , rush, d down s'aiis, wondering w jat he could want. " Harry, whaf do you and your brother m en by frightening your crandfathei f tie ftfiKOu "Why, p 'pi," dd Ilirry, 44 we haven't doal a : nele thin." "D urttcll me a story. Ilirry, but go and sit down :n i hat t h ir," s: i : Mr Lee. Po r ILiny had no -ooncr sat d wn then be v.sis up again, looking terr bly sc. red. rhetf father w bv their log8 that th;y did rot know snvthing bom it. Of course evi ry one in the house wondered an 1 womier d wha c B d ha the n atter. They turned the chair apatde down and sill around, but not a thing could Ihej last th o thoul I e tuns B noise. The n-xt morni.rg M" h: d a man take the chair apart to hj what she matter was After working at it a long time, he said he could hot had anything wrong. Uf course, the rh .ir co.dd BUt BB BSed J so i' was sent up in'o the garret, where it stood Ihr a 1 ng liase. One day it b gan t thiah Ivw niceand wntm it wns down atafera Iu the library, among the bmls and flowers, atd bow much it would Ute t kn w wh.it Hbj hunily were doing and tsl tmgidnnst. At muH it roul.t n I Staad ii any loeg.r, s R Bfid to its; If : "oh. BOW foolish I wa ta Be so cro-s and very dlscontcnasd. If 1 could eariy be dowi Btairi tmm more, tbe bog imigkl ride and whip mens muth aaths v I leased; aud i! the g r;s ant d to pur a whole paper of Bins bt my back I never would sac a word. Anything is better than bchag coven I With dud and having mice run ali OV.T yOBk" u i am gtod you heeu luarm d a Mason of oontrntnHnf said the fhtry voice that i; had In ard once h fore, "and (hat'-oii fit d hat idleness does n -t bring I appinam Shsll I take mv fW b ok Bgam r " Oh, yes," s ild the chair ; and if it tad had ..yes it WOOld have cried for joy. That same day it rained so hard that the b. y enuld not tro out to pi iv, and as their cusiti Tom had C -me to st y them, their in tie r said they might jto into the uarn t an ' nmke ail t'he roic t hry wanted io. The boys were delighted, and rushed up Stalls sh- n'ing like a bar.d of wild Indians. After they had played everything they could think, they saw the old (hair, and thought tt would be great fun SB have Tom sit in it Now, you know boysdi n't Ii re to have any one think they ran be frightened ; so, when they dsirtd T m to sit" in if he sai l, M Who thinks I am afraid ?" sndinarcled up Bbold as a Bess, and down he sat. But not a aeam I was heard. The cl.ilelren were a' first p, r td istoni lud, but after they had hried it all round, they ran BjBWU and told their minims, who was as much pleas d as any one, and bad it. moved right down stairs, to surprise papa at nie .t. It bSSUBed BB nice BB see it in it? old place Bgnla ; and when little Nellie want no, p a.; , it b:l( k, and sid, "Dear Id cbair, the chair eras so proud thai it puffed out its canhtons tn be as Hft as po suilc, and wondered BOW it couiO have exerbeeuso f'ish as to think itsx.lt abtiocd. Uura A. r Vrk r. The IJenrtM ae. Tmcnn is a Baad fable Bold abor.t a k'ltir's g ird- n. in which, all at once, the trees and flowers began to witlnr away; the oak, baOBOSO it could not yu ld any fair tl wer: ; the ro- l.r.'h, b cause it could hear no fruit ; the vine, Beeannu it haO to ( liny, to ! tic Wall, s'nd eo Jd. . ast ucod sIi mIow. "I am t no u-sc in the world," said the oak. "I might ss well elie," said the rosebush. " What good cm I do?" murmured the vino. 1 hen the kinc sw a little hraitMSK, rhioh, all the time, behl up usl m, eBhn rfnl fee. . ) leal t .. i. -i were sad. And the k. i g said, ,4 W hat n akes you so bliebt hi d WoUBBtShJ When all tbe n ft are fadl gf " I thou Jit," said tln little hat .a , "you whi ted m here, baus .u plantad BSB and I I tkought I would try and be th..; Iu st little heartseaau that coul I be.': Itlc reader, sre yon like the rsk. ar.d the rosebush, ami the vine, dolor m h intr because vou cannot do as much hs Other ate do-eg? Or wil .n b qi.,. t he I cartM -iv , at d o our v r hsej in the little corn, r I the vim jard in hu h Qod s hat 1 i as put v on A WKiTKK in Im lroy,d-nce Jwrnnl, ii coursing ol fi gs sax I lv.k nf . . oi ' heard ai tin b laic of ight ten b'oulr, il v r.t-; th v. n 1 h linn hI a thousat d ar ', and tbe croak f s fng at nine hundr.d. Taking the dinVrrtses of a r.e into onsid ration, the tog ha l toffethvr tha beat lunsa