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A var,ia advance. 50 Tares swaths " 40 - Sis month...; .... . ' 7 ? t COMPENSATION. . t bt own uitom; r - ' . Whan the dara are tilent all , '' ' ' Till the drear light fall, - - ' And tba oighU aia with tha pall " Of Love' funeral J. , i Wben the heart la weigh' with yars. And the ejra too weak for 'ears, ' And life like tldatU appears; ' la It nought, O soal of mine, To hear In the wlodj track voice with a aooe; divine Calling thy footsteps back .... To the' land thoa lorettDest, Toward the Oarded ia the VTeat :. ; When thoa baat once bees bleat; : ! to ftaufHO aching brow, . s To feel lath dark boor, f Wbieb eaoM, tbo eall'd , m alow, Aatto' leaded yet Hagera alowtr, Abaadapoa thj ' LlalrUM ',','' : Smoothing the raffled brain; u s O lora, lay awn and only! - Tba aeraph ahall not eeo " By ay looks that life was lonely; 1 ' v " Bat that 'twaa Meat by thee. If few Urea hare been mora lone, Tew hare more raptore kaowa, ' ' , Tbaa niae aad tbin. my ownl- ' ' When the lampboroa dim and dimmer; ' the earUla eloae is drawn, " Aad the twilight seems to glimmer - -"With a saperaatural dawn, 4-. Aad tbe geaiaa at the door : . Tama the Urch dowa to the floor, '-.JTai the world Is seen no more; la the doabt, the dark; the fear, J ' Kid tha spirits cobm to take tbea, ; ' hall aiiaa to tbiao bo near, - r Ami my kiaa tbe flr.t to wake thee. ! ' Meanwhile, ia life's December, ' Ob tha wiad that strews the ember. - Hhall a rsies still moaa ''Bemember TO MY WIFE. r Tha following poem, by an aakaowa antbor, la said, to ooataio more para AngloBaxoa words tbaa any composition o( saal IfBgth in the English laagnaget . . Darting, how swift hare danced the years Of meek-eyed Peace and war anblime. With all their freight of smile an 1 teara ' ' Adowa the maiy whirl of time Bgbt fitfnl aamaaera qnieklier fiad, . ,Taaa frightened gbosU to midnight graves Jaarlng the ahadowy ages dead, Beaeath oblivion's darkling wavaa, 4 . Ca here, witbia thy gir hood's home, i Where claster meaaorlea brighter far, ' Tbaa stars that fleck the azme dome, , Or all that time eaa make or mar, Biaea Hymen, banding from the ikies, Oa wings of lore, with torch divine. ' Witaaased aad sealed the sweet replies. The holy vows that made thee mlae. I seamed to stead where tbea we ai " Bora back by Fancy's fairv power. Aad view the years of solitade , That mine had been till that dear hoar. That aight the eweet moon in the Weat, ' Booked lightly by tha wind's low wail, s . Ia Nature' a fleecy drapery dreat, . -Bolt floating like a bridal veil, To my enraptured fancy aeemed, The bride of earth that moment wed, While all the atara that round her beamed, Were rotes ia her pathway spreadl ' V Oh, heaven aeemed so mnch nearer then, 1 Aad earth, how holier tbaa before, A though the cars had passed from man To mar tbe world no nrorel Love aeemed tbe Uuiveraal Law . The white clonda floating aoft and alow. Wars like the vision Jacob aaw,' Of angels passing to aad fro. Wa asked Ood's blensiog. Hambly bent, With spirits bowed ia meekness tkere, - Oar wedded hearts together went a: a; Along tbe heavenward a isle of prayer. That He whose whisper ealms tbe sea, . i Who knows what storms may rie 'at length, ' ::?:. Woald gaide oar steps aright, nd be, : , , , -Tbro'all dark time, our ahiekf aad atrength. That prayar is answered! . Tbo! nor fame, n x Vor wealth have flashed oar morning sky, Onr love till ahinea, through all theaame,v " Te leva that gold can never buy." Tor wealth might furnish fleeting joys, .. To sparkle on ita crystal tide, Or fame allure, with emyty toys, To win as from each other's side. " ; Let fools parade their gaudy gear ,; .The glittering cage aad gilded bars, " Oar love antaint by miser ears. , Shall sing and soar above the stars! Yet could I conquer earth, and sway Its treaaurea with a reign complete, Twd3 be to prove how I could lay Them alN-at thy dear feel! '' ' Wherftaeed mv restless faaey rove? Ia search of happines, where fleet Whsf care I how the world approve, - i If not condemned ly theeT " i - Darling if in our hearts of truth "" We keep the light i love aglow. Ttos shaU renew the hope and youth 4 . j . That thrilled our hearts eiht ycare ago. American apples are $10 a liusli1 In Australia. 0 a r, ' t '.J. Poultry sella for four cents per pound at Beaver Daro, : Wfocoiuin .'rJ The Librarian of Congress' reporta tbe whole number of volames ia tha library 246,845.;,.;, , , They marry ; young women at ' notion fn China. Here they are dlspoaed of at private aale: t ; San Franciaco claims that she 'makes and - exports more Havana ' cigara than, Cuba, , J!':: ; , t )l ,VIViorf complalnrdr 4 surpin of ,15.000 doga that eat up' foodfftongh to fee15,000 people., To prevent people from med-, dling with nitroglycerine cans, it prqposed to label them 'tracta.'' The. Creaidential Electors nf mH nampahlre at their recent meeting,1 ww aawnisnea io ana. mat not One of their nnmber was a naet of tkriUAAn ' to w rt nor Hale, the oldest member.' bad jever even Mtreate to glass of rUOr

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VOIL; XMI.i: The foflowjng report on the ' Penal and Reformatory Institutions of the Sfote of Indiana, prepared by onr friend Charles F. Coffin, for the ''National Prison Association," which meets in Baltimore, on ' the , 21st January, 1873, will interest our readers. We observe amongst the names of the members of this Association those of some of the ablest and best men in our land, and have no doubt good results will grow out of their meeting : Penal and Reformatory Institutions in the State of Indiana. 7 The State of Indiana was admitted into the Union in 1816. The population was iiien-amall, probably not exceeding 20,000. Most of the State was thickly covered with 1 trees, and the labor of clearing and rendering it habitable was great, ! hence its progress for several years 1 was slow,-its inhabitants were xnost- : ly Farmers, crime was rare, and ' punishment speedy and of a primaf tive character. By the Statute ' of 1807, 'Horse stealing, treason, mur- ; der, and arson, were punishable with death. Whipping might be inflicted for burglary, robbery, larceny, hogstealing and bigamy, also for striking a parent or master. Provision was made for -confinement in jail for some offences." The first jails r erected were merely small buildings 1 of squared logs so arranged as to t keep a criminal safely. The writer f well remembers one of this kind in ' which a murderer who was afterwards hung was confined some time. I With r the . gradual growth of the : State these were, in most cases, re- ! placed with small brick buildings, : often with but one secure room, j with a small grated window and no t other provision for light or ventilation. Into this were put indis- . criminately all who violated the ' Statutes of the State, and subjected ' themselves to imprisonment Food ; was provided and brought by the ' Jailer, and of course its quality and quantity depended much upon his will, and such attention was paid to the neatness and cleanliness of the cells as he thought prpperrab-.., ject to an occasional inspection by the Grand Jury or County Commia-J Burners. Courts were but seldom held and often prisoners remained several months awaiting trial. Many such Jails are still found in the agricultural counties where there are no large towns and but little crime exists, and they are much of the tune without a tenant But the State has grown rapidly and now numbers about 1,800,000 inhabitantsrailroads and turnpikes, have been constructed in almost every part of it, large bodies of coal and other minerals have been found which havealready given it in many places, the characteristics of a manufacturing and mining community, larger towns and cities have grown up, and as a natural consequence crime has increased. . In some of the county seats new jails have been built, in which much more attention has been paid to the laws of health and to the physical comfort of the prison ers, and yet too many of these have been built with Iron Cells, and grated doors, affording little - ob struction to free conversation "and communication amongst the prison ers, a mistaken idea of kindness has caused most jailers during the day to allow the prisoners promiscu ously to mtermingle in the halls and corridors, thus opening the way for the hardened criminal to indoctri nate those less so, and for the young er to take lessons in crime from the older. ; ; We believe however, that as public attention "is called to the matter more care will be taken in the construction and management of jails, and already, in some counties, fine buildings are being erected for Prisons. The prisoners are not required to labor in anv.of these Prisons but are kept in- total idle-. ness. Books are sometimes furnished by the benevolent, and religious instruction is given occasionally by those who do it voluntarily. 3 4 A system .of 'District Prrsonjc in which several of - theTAgricaiijaral counties are united, for those icon yicceq 01 jnmor onenses and for Uie nntried, where the prisoners can be keptat labor and some attention given to their moraL educational and religious improvement, is ; much needed 'and it is hoped may-gradually be mtrbduced. ;There are nintytwo counties in the. State in many of them the ; jails are untenanted ,. nfbst of the year. " -''-: - , -. pmsoks. . ; Jl.fetate Prison waa first erected at Jeffersonvffle opposite Louis-

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JUST AND FEAR NOT. BlCgllilOrei), vule, Ky., on the Ohio River, about . the year 1822. Like many of the county jails the cells were built of hewed logrs about fifteen inches

square, securely dovetailed togeth- work on the farm, of ' 220: eScres, er. ' The doors of thick oak planks t cane' seating chairs, shoe-mgJring, bound with iron bands.. A hole in I tailoring and domestic work.: Since the centre of the door three inches j the opening of the Institution about square was the only arrangement for 160 boys have passed through it ventilation. The first year there and been discharged; most of ?hom were seven convicts, three lessees 4 are filling useful places in the cornhad charge of them, who received jf munity; a few only having' fallen from the State abonus of $300, in back into crime. :The results on addition to the proceeds of the la- 1 the whole have been highly satiafacbor of the prisoners. : In course of tory - There is a constant pressure a few years tins temporary building, for the admission of boys audit Is was follow by a brick, one, which hoped the present session of tlielg-wascpieduntilthepresentbuUd-islature-Wm make an LaKtion mg was erected uj 1847 and '48. It- for ienlarFement " h T

is of briek. surrounded hir a"hriMr wall 31-2 feet thick and 26 feet highjienclosing about four acres of ground, in which are situated the shops, as well as cell houses! The Cells are 7 1-2 feet' by 4 and 6 1-2 feet high, with no light or ventilation except through I the grated 20 of whom nuum ua women i conhned in the prison. The building is considered wholly unsuitable and the Directors of the Prison and the Governor of the State, unite in urging its abandonment; The system of leasing was abandoned in 1856 and the present plan adopted by which the labor of the prisoners is let to Contractors at a fixed price per day; . Most, of ' them are now employed in ; the manufacture of Rail Road Cars, under the direction of foremen and men furnished 'by the Car Company. The management and government of the prison is in the hands of a board of three uxrc,i eiecrea oy me legislature. These directors elect a Warden, Chaplain, Physician and Moral In, J A. . 1 I 1 . 1 . . . structor. The Warden has the appointment of a Deputy,' Clerk and such number of assistant Keepers' as the directors may deem necessary The Discipline at present is kind, and the officers efficent and good men.- Provision is made by law;: for the Moral Instructor to' teach such convicts as the Warden may sendJfthe art of readW wriWi ing, arithmetic, and geography."

It is also the duty of the Moral In-' fw ZS nf l?Tr . . , tl J. A , . . ; the event of some distinguished stuctor, to "supermtend the mental guest vtsiting her, her heart throbahd moral improvement of the con- s bed alternately with pride an anxievicts, instruct them once every Sab- ! tv' and she was never quite tranbath, visit them when sick, have j SSvunm,h1?r KbA gone, and , ... T., - 1 the key of her best bedroom lockcharge of tte Library, and super- ; ed upln a drawer in her own chammtend the distribution and use of J ber. " ' " the books, and adopt such other j Mra Burton was the widow of a means for the reformation of the i respectabletradesman, ' nearly sixty convicts as he, the Warden, and Di- of .e aty Christian,

f -. . ii s The increase of prisoners, together, with the fact that ' the Jeffersonville Prison is located at the extreme southern part of the State, led the Legislature in 1859, to . pass a law lor the erection of another . Prison at Michigan City, on Lake Michigan in the north part of the State. This has been completed and ' in operation several years and now contains 341 prisoners. The laws and regu? 1 lations for the government of the Jeffersonville prison are in force for that at Michigan City and the same methods of labor, , discipline, &c, are used, The building is a good one, cells well ventilated and lighted, and sufficient provision is made for the' health and comfort of the prisoners. -. : r-, . , v - The Constitution of the State provides that the Governor "shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons. " ;) The whole number of convicts in both the State Prisons at present is 727 men and 20. women. These receive by law $15 when discharged, , "and , every article of value which he may have had in his possession when received." No other provision is , made by law for discharged ! convicts nor are there any associations in existence for the purpose. The number of convicts discharged, from both prisons during . the year was 266. A bill is now before the Indiana Legislature, providing ; for a State Board of Prison CJommissioners, which shall have charge of the "prisons of the State, with a view of bringing about a gradation of pri&I Oners, iand other useful improve ments m the prison system. . ; a ; BmBMATORH8. " V: ; The Constitution of Indiana (adOpted 1851) contains a clause that "the General Assembly shall provide Houses : of : Refuge -for correction add reformation of Juvenile Offen ders." This was not practically car ried into effect until in 1867, when the Legislature passed a . law for that purpose,"! .in accordance -with, which a House of Refuge for Boys ' was built at Plainfield. fonrten

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WAYIE ; miles west of Indianapolis. -It is f upon the "Family System," and has 200 boys in four separate 7 family ? buildincrti: n A law was passed bv the Gren I Assemblyin 1869, estabUshing ho ; Indiana Reformatory Institute' xt " - ' ... .

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j omul jrnson ior . women &rn a an' Girls' -Reformatory, in separate'"--I'partments, under the same mar.ye ' completed. I' , is much needed, in order to hamf'x a lace for the few women prisotf-ji-s how confined at . Jeffersonvillei as well as for a Girls' Reformatory In four or five of the Cities of Ihe State, there are "Homes for Friendless Women" supported by private Contributions. ; .With these exceptions there are no other Reformat tories in the State. - j ' ' " i SELECT STORY;. THE BEST BEDROOM. i If there was any of her worldly possessions in which Mrs. Burtwn felt Bhe must justljr take i8 if pride of any kind or degree ia ? allowed to a Christianj it ;was I in i her best bed room. It was tlie 1 largest room in the house, and the ! best furnished The Venetian blinds were kept down, lest the sun shonil i faide the color of the curtains and j the carpet She would scarcely Itib j her careless chit of a' servant M set her' foot in it; never unhM she herself was present to see thr.t ! she did not TJufc her' -Rncrar upon the pohsh of the mahogany; Wt the pure whvta palsipf .rav'fcsjs' f menV or ,cnimney piece. When it i-v ' i luiu wu XI lb 0 1 1 i 111. i ui wiui a maaen, nasty , terupei, which was more frequently kindled to a brief flame by her best bedI room than by any other cause. The j temper she mourned oyer, and cpnf essed, sometimes by an additional jinauigence toner servant, sometimes a -i .i I m a penitential conv,(ration with her minister. But the' bedroom re- , mained the i object of her greatest regara ana ner greatest pleasure. The youngest daughter of Mrs. Burton had married welL and was also in consequence, perhaps, of bethe last and younfrest of her chilIren, the darling of her mother; ana notmng , abs lutely nothing could be too good for Sophy. When therefore she sent word that she was coming to spend a short " time with her, and would arrive next day one of Mrs. Burton's first concerns was to set about a complete 'Cleaning down," as she called it of her bedroom. . . .. , , ? It was a labor y of almost equal love and solemnity. , Martha, . the servant, put on a clean - apron and left her shoes at the door when she entered it Mrs. Burton stood over her as she brushed the carpet; to watch that the brush did not hit against any point of the furuiturfi ; and would not trust her to do any of AT J J." TTT',1 . J - wj uutsuiig. r, tyjia ner own nands she laid out the snow whiter .sheets. j, pillow cases, and counterpane, touch ing tnem lonaly as she smoothed them upon the bed where her Sophy A. 1 Tin ... ' 1 " wa w Bieep. wnen tins was done, she brought two iUuniinated , texts, printed in many colors, which she had long since bought at a fair, and hung them pp, . the one over the looking glass which she had festooned with muslin lace and the other over the chimney piece. ' -; In hanging the latter her eye rested on the mantle shelf, and . detected spots upon its white serface. She could not make up her mind to pass it over ; and after a little fumbling she despatched Martha to the painter's for his pot of white paint, and then with great care and diligence gave the shelf of her chimney niera a new coat It was getting near tea time before ; it was completed, and the old lady was getting : tired with her busy day's work; so j with a sigh of content, and a look of minfled satisfaction and pride around er best bed room, sheleft it, giving strict orders to Martha not to think of entering it again that evening. Mrs. Burton's house stood in private street on the outskirts of the town, and it was considered ' so secure and respectable a neighborhood, that if Martha went out on

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an errandV she generally left the ' door just ajar if she was going away '. only a few minutes. It happened that evening, soon after nightfaZL she ran out to return the paint pot to its owner; and. not a minute' afterwards a man staggering down the streets in a helpless, tJrunken' fashion, laid his hand upon the handle, found the door open, stepped . in and by one of those unaccounta-! ble fresks of drunkenness, walked straight up . stairs without making himself " seen or heard for - Mrs. Burton was in her back parlor, and Martha was out as we know and opening the door stumbled into the best bed room. He flung his old bat-; tered hat upon the newly painted chimney pieceand steadying himself by it. drew off his heavy boots, and with his coiled and heavy clothes upon him, crept ia between the Iayen '-oW, bleclied nulk-wuite sheets and pillows of Hr& Burton's best bed , , . . Ifwas no doubt a happy .circumladi v., was too ; tired at bed time to care to z take . a : look at her bedroom: i She content ed herself with locking - the door and carrying away the key, resolved"? to see how the paint was drying the first thing in the morning. Before long she and Martha and their : un known guest, were all ipteepiug under one roof.. , . . It was early in the morning when the; drunkard's slumber was broken by some unaccustomed sound He opened his eyes and stretched lm.; self fowsily, but the next instant hewas wide awake,. and his out-' streatched : arms remained routstretched in utter astonishment The rising sun shone upon the window aztd its "Venetian blinds, and a luxuriant green light filled" the roont His p lough and grimy hands lay upon the ; counterpane of extraorV dipary whiteness, and his shaggy head rested upon the softest pillows. He raised himself on his elbow to look around, and sank back " again? ; in blank amazement " Where couldhe be? .Who "was hef was it really' himself, Tom Marshal, whose home was a miserable back room, in onv of the lowest of the back streets ? or was he somebody else who had a! right to be tStere? How did he -come into this place at all? He was so bewildered that he lay Still for a; while, trying his best to think. But ;' it wpuld not dot.; He raised himself" again to take.a survey, and his s eye ; fastened upon the illuminate i text byer.tho iue-place. . He had 'beenpainter, and tne fanciful letters did not puzzle him. f The words did ; not remove his bewilderment, bnt they, turned his thoughts in another direction. "Thou God, seest, me?" he read half aloud k "Thou, God, seest, me I" he repeated --"What, did God see him at that moment ? He " could see himself in the large looking glass, and he could not turn away from it r - - '.-. ' There was he, in the sweotneEs and cleanliness and purity, wretchedr begrimmed, vile object, not fit for his own eyes to look upon. ; ' "Wherever his hand lay there was a ' stain upon the whiteness. The pillow upon which his head had rested how different it was from the t other ; pillow - which he ! had not ' touched! - He was disgusting even .' to himself, ' He- could see his " own ' face and form in that dainty room: : Ana was it true mat uod saw hira just as he was, degraded below the beasts? - Did God see that wretched hole of his, where his poor wife and children lay on straw and rags, while he had been sleep-i ing in suchrluxury? Had God's eye been upon him last night "when he made a wager how much beer he could drink? He could not endure ' the thought of it , ; ,, 4 t Just then he lifted his eyes to the wall above the glass. There hung the second text, "God is love!" Love he read aloud . "What!" he said "Love! i Is God love? Does He love me? Oh no! that : would be impossible. I hato myself j the children hate me; Jennie hates me. Oh if he wonld but love, or turn away his eyes from hie,; that he may not see me ! . I cannot bear to think that he sees me." "" -' . " - f'Thou, God, seest me!'V God is love!: The poor fellow was half distracted with, the multitude s of thoughts, and the idea of getting 1 up and making his escape did not once cross his mind He could not have done it, for the key of the door lay at the bottom of Mrs. Burton's pocket ;. ; vs J She was dressing" by ' this1 time anxious to see how her painting of the last day was drying; and as soon as she was ready, . having scrupulously read a psalm and engaged in prayer, she hastened to her best bedroom, opened the door solemnly, and entered with a careful step. 't ' It would be impossible to describe Sirs. Burton's first emotions. v Marshall, who had lain down acrain. uivea. mmseu up upon .bearing the door opened, and met her horrified gaze with one equally aghast1 Neither of them could speak for a mini ute or two; and then she ; saw him' slowly draer himself out of th hnen, and stand trembling before her, the most abject, wretched creature she ever remembered tn b.v seen. . - -" . . . . ' "I do't" know how I ever mm a 4Abelierev" he said; "1 know no more toanthii bed post; but I amtm honest nan, Missis. 1 1 am, for Certain. r.I don't mean no harm!" " Hn gasped Mrs. Burton! wno had not vet rAmmTj speech.

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4, 17Q. fI wish I wasn't here, I do," he - continued "I didn't mean to do it, I'm sure. Please to forgive me, Missis, and 111 never do it again as long as I live." "Why!" cried Mrs. Burton, "when did you get in here?" ' "I was very drunk hist night," he stammered, and I must have turned in unbeknownst to myself." - ; "Drunk!!' she exclaimed, a drunken vagabond in my very best bed! What shall I do? I can never fancy it again. But you must go to ! iail for thift. T nrnmisA vnn Afai-fTia Martha! run for the police." . ! "Oh, hb, no, no!" cried "Marshall; "forgive me this once. I've a poor wife and family at home. If you send me to jau they must go to the poor house, and we shall be ruined" - "I.cajiiiietfeKsrfa yr" sf4MrB Burtion, with tears in her eyes; ,4you must go to jail for it, or I shan't have a moment's peace. No; no, don't speak, you drunken brute, i you!--What can I do! What can I do?" : "WelL" he answered, desparingly, tsX -Tgo to jail for it, I suppose Godll see me there too." ' - " . ' ; ; The heart of Mrs. Burtion " always echoed to that name, and her conscience smote her." She looked steadily at her strange guest, "and followed the : direction of his eyes, which were turned upon the text on the walL ; . ; ; ;-f - "Thou, God, seest me," she read half aloud and involuntarily. . E J'Is that true?" asked the man i "Yes," she answered,-and her conscience reproached her again. ' . . "Is the, other true?", he asked, pointing to the second text . ' . "Oh,-yes, that is true," she said warmly. . "I wish I could believe them I" cried MarshalL "Are they both true for me?" ;1 "God is love. He sees and loves us alL " He sees and loved me; he sees, and loves you. Yes, yes; I was forgetting that , It's very hard, very hard indeed, for me to see my best room like. tbat,.Yea.i it; is. He knows it's very hard, very hard. I can never fancy it again.' But I won't send for the police.. You may go away. now."..,' --T''i' ,':i; With a very abject look, Marshall slunk down stiirs, and out into the street - He did not care to tro horns. j but he." wandered off. into thet meadows, where the dew .was , sparklinjj on the grass. He could not get his adventure out of his head thomrh ne appearea in tno large lookingglass, he felt a desire to creep away irom tne misei-aDle, gnmy. cre&ture he had become. ' r j I ' -a I lo think that. God's eye Jelt upon nun was almost insupportable, but whenevar his thoughts grew too terrible for ; him, the other words came back to his burdened mind The calm, decent old Wlv. j whose house he had made so vile, : had told him they were true. . He I JM i l . "... uia not try to put tnem away from him, and the two verses passed through and through his mind ; It was soon after mid-day that Marshall presnted himself at Mrs. Burton's door, with a paint pot in bis hand , '',.'.:xins: Martha auswered his hesitating knock, and opened the door .: wider for him to enter, f ? a 0 -' : "You're the painter, I suppose?' she said- . , . -. t.. -'?.' r, "Ay!" he rephed ' , v-'.. ' "And sadly you're wanted.": she continued, "There are finger-marks every wheredoor posts, chimneypieces, and lpts of places. To think of such a thing! Missis is almost crazy!" . , Marshall said nothing, but taking off his boots at the foot of the stairs, followed Martha meekly. Mrs. Burton sat in the middle of the room, a picture of dismay and grief. She uttered a little scream when she saw him enter.; . r . r . , "Please ma'ani," said he, 'Tm a painter by trade, and I will " do my very utmost to make it all j sweet and clean again. I'm very miserable, ma'am. IU do anything to make you amends." r "You cannot make me amends," answered Mrs. Burton. . , - "But you'll forgive me, w jn't you ma'am? And youH let me paint out my marks?" said Marshall, " in an earnest tone. T , ! ! "I can hardly forgive you," she answered; "but I suppose I mustYes; I know I must 'Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass aerinst us. Yes: Imnut I 1 1 forgive you." .: .-.- . -Ana you ii let me paint out my marks?" he pursued -; Mrs, Burton only noded her head in answer, and Marshall proceeded, with a most careful touch, to deface au tne marks of his gnmmy fingers. He felt very sad and . humblA. ,.aml uiucu luuteu up to r tne verRea upon tne walL . ". ' . -- i "xv e nnisned ma am. hA aaSA last, bnt I shall never forget this. And I; shall never fomet ihna words, Thou; God seest me,' God wlove. ;- Y ..... . ... .n ,v';.'He went home, and the words went with him, in his heart and . iu his mind :"'...,-src,v:r . Poor Mrs. Burton, as soon as she could recover om her vexation, sought him but and his family, and became their f friend ar , teacher, striving her best to bring them to realize more strongly than, she had done herself that God saw both and loved them, .fi ' ,. .: . - Her pride in her best room was greatly diminished, and she could never enter it without feeling again the shock she had suffered ;but

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Wkote Camber, -is. her heart was made larger. It bad been no bad lesson for her, - ; Some years after this UTa.ra'ria.U invited Mrs, Burton to take tea with him and his family, on the occasion of entering into a new . house. . : It was not so large as her own, but it ; was as exquisitely neat,' and Marshall himself was a man who would no longer shock her fastidious neat-: ness. In the sitting room where the family assembled he had paint-; ed upon the walls, in letters of many colors, his two favorite , texts, "Thou, God seest me" and "God is love." n -r; -; : , . :, ; . . . .. . : f Ah 1" he said,' "I , never knew these words till that morning I saw them first in your best bed room. "Yes," answered Mrs. ; Burton, "and I never understood them so well before that time as I do now, YasVye' God see ua &3,. aad God loves us alL ; " r f TUB METEOROIXIGICAI. -COYER Y. DI8The Storm and Weather Bureau at Washington, 'has 'made an important discovery,' in-" which people "down east" are considerably inter; ested. For a time as far. back as the' landing-of the' Pilgrims at Plymouth, this eastern section of the country has had the reputation of being the place where, cold, snow ice and all the other paraphernalia of. winter are manufactured. . - Our neighbors in other States have : be-A A ' 1 . . . uuiuu ttccuttboiiuxi , m gpeaiang , ox Maine to be taken with a chattering of the teeth. like that which afflicted ,,f 'poor Tfaxtj GulJ"' ; To think of this frozen, country would create a chill, and a visit to it was considered like a trip to the .Arctic regions. The distinction of Maine: as a frosty State has been of the" " grand, gloomy, and peculiar" sort . Nothing ' but the w siye rhetoric of a Webster is adapted to a description of it as it existed in the popular imagination The peo-i pie of : the ;, sunny but malarious South, always supposed until the I Maine regiments came down among them in war time, and ; enlightened ' them in many things,' that this t State was coverered with icebergs, and that here; a man- exsited who ; had charge of the north wind,' stttf-l fing liis hat into a hole in the North i ole to check the .wind and: with-t drawing it when he desired to send ' a tempest abroad. The I rebels I could not sta&dhe charge ; of the Maine troops because .they carried " lhe yellow fever abandoned New Orleans , when ;Butler went there with his Maine, regiments, retreat-' ing before their ; frostjr breath, as though December was approach ingr such was the fame of this sec i tion abroad as regarded its freezing ' capabilitie&v 4 I: ; iti It was not only strangers: who had the idea that this region enjoyed a monopoly of the ice and snow ' business, but until a 5 very . recent -period those who were born : upon -the soil and grew here to , manhood and old age, were inclined , to believe that we had; bigger drifts, ; thicker ice,' and keener frosts than anjr other State could boast" of. " Thousands of ,pur '.citizens i have !; gone West to find a warmer climate T and less snow. That was the standing argument for 'Westward, ho !" -during many years. . The post of t fice sent back only, intelligence of , balmy and delightful .breezes, with a little fever and ager," not a word I of snow and cold to trouble man or , S beast It was only When railroad and telegraph traversed the West that we began to learn with gr eat " surprise in this part of the world we were not exclusive possessors of, the frigid treasures' of the 'continent At first we were of the opinion that such reports were . few How could tiiey be true we thought when our neighbors had been going 2 n est ior years to escape our rigorous winters and bask in the pleas-' ure and sunshine of the prairies,and had given us no 'notice of disap-! pointment l: Still the railroad and s telegraph persisted in their reports, and they sent them so loud and stong last winter, fortified bv tales - of monster snow plows, of beleagur T : ed trains; and by-the testimony of 1 half starved and frozen passengers a we uegau w Deueve tnem, although we then deemed 5 it TJOHsiWa that last winter was. an exception, ' that some mistake had "been made ' by the doorkeeper of tine elements, and that the icy sceptre would ! be " returned to "down east," its ancient and rightful possessor. - i But the statement now sent, but from tiie office of bld Probabflities' p at Washington settles the case au J thoritively and forever kramitl: n ' It is now determined that the Rocky Mountains are the1 true . throne of Winter; whence he JswoopB ,down with his- icicles and sleet and snow, t visitinar the plains and the ' billa the West first, and paying his re- ' spects to "down east" at a latter ' day andm a milder fashion. r After this announcement there will be less chattering of teeth at the men tion of "down east," less emigration to the West in pursuit of mild wini ten, and more contentment in this corner of the country with oar climatic circumstances.- It is not f m. 'Ar possible that many- of " our friends who went westward to escape the ccJd and snows of Maine will be coming back to tirjoy tha newfoundmildness of our wintani ' fi - thim State. Had there DAtiaft sal atlaVllaa.! Offloe and "Old ProbabC-aes" when they emigrated, how mnrh trmKk they might have been spared! We ave anown tnese many years thai

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wsSa tJit ilcp neeu CuJsr from the cold and LiLy 1Z2g tX the barns ; that the towns and A lageB on the sea-shoro do not haVe snow enough for good sleighing ; that the country has no 'more, than sufficient to cover it decently;, that the tiieraiometor does riot credit us with more than a fair share of ft ost and yet 1ecause it was jltiKaonablc. to caU this a cold State, we fell in with the mode, and believed it ourselves. We are ; glad that "Old Prob" has set the matter right, al- 1 though we regret to part I wUh our reputitionforicy superiotityj ajitd to yield the hole m the North Tele to some indrridnal outeide of these . warm and blessed Emit Ileaebfc ' Journal' J v l:iafSr x. - - " i . .'.- tj- i s i - a 't i . y fc- v' X. DOLtY D1DWEIW raACTloXf. 1 The "chaxming acfresDpllj BidwelL" rejoices in tie' pasivBSioft of one of the ntaS3ttl coi tages in Seabrookj N eMeHta&pahire; and with, the sununer , conies the usual. vacatioh'or.restuvr. roell- so ":

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or actress, wnoter forty-two weeti of toil and study, retire ta sott- : " tude of a home earned bj fcrtebi -work of the artiste. 10115 family lrye to their V56tt?2:e' byv Bea," and now sad theinccot WU ' the day ia br&la CiT prr jtJtion;of prftctlcsJ jCie"I! DoL on one or more members of the, ly, of whicli foUowing;Mar4y ft One hot day-last suumef, jD thought it would be W excellent kla to disguise herself as a Down Ead : domestic, .and apply for tieC ritirs tion of. cook and .enirM1b,sficvl, maid, f a personage mndf & deinandhyhOTfarnay:) ; when all was quiet, resting frbsa heat of the day, D vs-U-ped. -c of a back door, .and t deokeiA out ia, a large apron,wicr. umbre114.bT!.iilai

and band-boxes, marched i4 to thia? Z front door, and punched with Tier5 umbrella ahotiting vtiih iaal '

twang,, vsayri toofcj lierany "Who m the'dncer,V M&'U Charley BidweLV who ws3v!(yinb dfl tne sofa trying to gets jtfjpw U z . ? Ey tin's time, Dollr'au mdd-i .

aunt who was visiting th4fiyi" and had never 8eenT DcJly- ' ' do you want my good girl?" enquired the old lady. - x - : - "Do you want a cral who ken cant t

anything from a buffalo down to a bull-frog?;, inquired Dolly, thrusting her finger in her month, h,? - t "Where did you j come from?" : asked the old , lady, lookinir- with wonder at . the odd specimen be fore her. .. ;.',..,,'- "Kenebunk. Maine. . Afv nIA AA i8lx)ss of a grocery,, and the old r woman goes in for equal rights. . I : am my ,own boss, and straight up and down like a yard of pump-wa-; " ter! said.Dollv. - illnntrftir. .wJi. her umbrelhv f w , ; . - ''Come! into .the i house arid, mt down," said the; old ladv. M'Will you have something to eat?" j.

neiii calculate I, wi!L"--;said ' DoUy; ."I was never so hungry arinco : Noah sent round his invitation for ' all the animals to get into the - ark ; : i " trot out yur baked beans and

kinwpie,;and IT1 go through .the ': lot" -.-. , , . -. ,' "Come hurry up mv tmocL- irirV - eat your dinner, and then- trr smA v find some other place, as Im afraid . you won't suit ua" r . . "What!," vlled Dolly, "ain't Vnn . . going to hire me?" . . : v t "I think not "r said aunt MaHri r gradually backing out of the room. . ) "Charley, come here and- see-this horridwoman." , - t - - "Now there, mv- rronA oirl ' ..

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! A moment more and Dolly Lad ; ? Charley in her arms. . :So Iv'e got V you eh! you're the fellow -that en-' . . gaged nie to be an actor out on tu ' the (platform whea you were' down x to Kennebunk a year. ago. I will . teach yetu-play your gassmoitme, . darn ye. and seizing a large piece I of blueberry pie she rubbed it over . Charleys face, and then; went into a mock fit of the hysterics. m . "In the name of all the she i dev . . Bidwell, his face yesembling that of f a coal-heaver, r I b i4- . ? WelL said Dofly, getting up and polling, off, the wig, apron, ' &c.f "I . thought yon might wishl to hire smart girLj eh? Don't you know me, u t and as forou, Charley; do go and .-rai wash your facen and after a hearty .r laugh at Dolly's frolic, peace was': J restored once more in the' "ooUaro i ' j by the sea.",. oki'mlA t i ;V m 1 ai 41 tav .-v.-f";

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uuterate negro preacher said to aaa. ISA. . . - n i congregation :My brefierB,F when de fnataua, Adam, wasmad he was made out ob J wet elar ,s an' et np agin de pallas to dry. V'Do you say! said one of the' congregation, "datAdara was snde palint-ti dryr v ;' f f ' , er, uilr qutstfon as dat wosld up-

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