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Leave. •*£$* Arrive. 1:15 A. m.„'.J..New York Kxpnus 6:l"»n. m. 1:10 p. Llgatulng Kxprcu* I»£JU p. m. 74fi a. 111 1 toy Kx press 5fe6T a. in. 2dS0 p. m....Ind'l accommodation... 11:20 a. m. ST. JjOCIH, TiNDALIA A TKJZKE-HACTE It. n.

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INDIA A 1*0 LIS A ST. 1/HTIS R. R. Arrive from I'ttt. Depart for West. ItoV) ft. in Day Kx Dress Iih53 u. m. 6:.V) n. Fast Kxpruts a. ni. 4:iW p. 111 Mattoon Aw'dn 4:0.') p. in. WZ18 p. in Night Kxpress 10:11 p. m.

From the Wc*t. for the EaM. tf-SSi a. in Night Express 0:1.5 a. m. 3'M p. Day Express 1:00 p. m. 12:45 a. in 1/lghtnlng Ex press... 12: I* a. ni. 10:1') it. in Mattoon Acc'dn lO^VJa. 111.

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The SATURDAY KVKNINM MAIL, an Independent Weekly Newspaper, will be mailed to MIIH-' iI'viH lit TWo DOLLARS II Vc:ir oNr: IIOLLAK for Mix Mont lis, ami KU'TV t'KXTS lor Tliri-i! Montlis, and to ijlnlis lit tli IOIIOWIIIK rattm: Tlirc-f ('oplc.i, (Jnc Vnir 00 K1 vi 0" Tin

With one Copy rxtra to the Ht'ltri" tip of Jlulis oi T'-II, inoiv. Mall uii'l ollU-i'MuhHcrlptlons will, inviirlalily, In1 ilLicontlnuvd at expiration of tiuir piilil tor.

('I.I'itKI WITH O I licit FKIil»IHAI,N. 'WiMtro iiiihli il tunir.T xti'ao'ffllniir.v ln(u('ciiH'iils In tin* way ol I'luhhlni wltli othporl"Ileal*. W»- will J'unilsli the SATl'llDAY KVKSIXii VI L. IMUCK S2.W l'JCU YKAH, \vl!h any tho periodical* ••iMinier'.ntOcl helow ni illy nil need rates. Thes«

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,MalI ni»i mil. piiuti »2^0. fl'he Mall and the 1 mlinniipalUN«u(Inel, price 32.00 The Mall mul tho N. 1'. Tribune, price $.00 The Mull anil I lie InrtlnnnpoIlN •v, Woeltly Xewik, prlee tl.W

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The Mail and the Knritl Jlfw Yorker, tirice t.00 The Nlall aud llonrth HIKI Home, price The Mall and the MethorilNt, pi ice tiM «'riu Mail nud I'.iery Nnlnrdn.r, pnee 5" 5

The Mall aud the I.ndler Own Nnirnaine. prloeJl.SO The Mall nod the Sorth WMIrrn

Fnrmer. prle»- $1.00 Tho Mali aud the Little t'orpornl, rpric* 11.30 The Mall aud the Utile Chief, prlcc 75 cents The Mall aud the l.ltileMower, prlee 7&r<atit. The Mall autl tteribiier'N Monthly, pi-Ice, 18.00 The Mall and the Atlnntle Monihly. prlee It.oo. ..

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Person* getting up rlttlu forthe MAIL,and tlnirlni to obtain sutwwriptlons for other rerlodleal* on our ll*t at the same time, will be flinlslnM a list of the prfees at wlifeh «ueh ^nlwrrli) lion scan W taken sej^rately 0*, applimtion to this office

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Two lit Ions of the S.VTI'RPAY 'KV^XTSO JWO hundred MAIU an printed. The First Kditton. for! wiall circulation, goes to pre** on Tliur*la^ The l*hrts» vening of each week, in time to re»ch all

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IXDIAXA LEtilSLA TUliU Tliv legislature wm not in session on Saturday of la*.t wet'k.

On Monday there was no quorum in the Senate. In the House th» jjamf law was dlscus»cd. The dralnagetoHl wiuslaid oil the table. Henate Joint n*olution 'o. 4 for a memorial throuxh our Senators and ltepresoutatives In Con^rtsss for the passage of a law that every soldier or seaman who has servnl nhsftv davs in the war of tin rebellion and was hoiiornhly dwcharsiwl, may lv entitled to 160 acrwol land without hem# compelled to occupy the sjvine, was taken tip and pa«M-d tlie House of Representatives yea», 73 naym 2.

On Tuesday in the Senate, the following bills were returned from tho Judiciary committer, and their pus^i^e recomuicndc'd— the exemotion bill the felony bill the bils for holding and transfer of property by Roman Catholic elm relies, cemetries and societies the interest and money bill and the change of venue bill. Jn the House the bill providing for the sale of iand.s returned del lintjuent for the non-payment of taxes wareferrel to the committee on the Judiciary* several bills were received from committee with amend men Li recommended. ,23

On Wwlnesday in Un: Senate the House4 Joint resolution conoTiiitiK soldier'.s hom^leads was luu-sed. The bill to piotect the Wabash A Krie canal from sale or sequestration was rejectel. In the House tlie bill concerning doctors and (jtiacks was discuss«mI at l.:n«lli. The T. II. A J. It- 11. question was then discu-ssed, aud UQ conclusion nrriv at. '*1 P*

Tuesday in the Senate, the Ilotise Joint resolution declaratory of the ineaninu of the twenty-sixth section of the net reduce internal taxes, Ac., approved July II, 1S7U, was parsed. Its effect Is to allow merchandise in port ami not entered December 31, 1S70, to he admitted under the old taiitr. Resolutions of condolence and respect were adopted 011 tlie death of Hon. 1). S. Norton, who lied at the" close of last session. In the House, the Committee 011 Elections, reported 111 the contested election case from North Carolina that, Nathaniel Hoyden, contestant, was not entitled io the seat, and that Kranels Shober, the sitting member, was. The resolution was adopted. In the House, Mr. Niblaek introduced a bill giving the Chicago ami Ohio Southern Railroad Company the light to build a bridge across the Wabash river, and declaring it. a post road. 1'asKscd. The Diplomatic consular Appropriation Hill was adopted. -"-r

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|Kwtottl(Vn wtthin flftv mlWtif Terre-ltante, anxkHM to fight Frldny or SntnnlaV. Tbe Swond Kdition S ^hln. The tutloQ

Is for city elmitatkn and tro4» to presa at two o'dook on Hatuntav afternoon.

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and entinel) ,Ve«- .Vo/m'oi of all kinds, is

prepared to do printing in a «yb» eiu«l to &dtoVnuwroanwy- F-^hS^i p*ld

»eh*ilt** Pamphlet*, Bill llcmK Hand #ible. TboaUMfcoa ML DonateanriUiedts. anu, 1 ett«r Heads, Note Heads, OnMrian, aatrr tft« Mill MMpty tat to r«M|aMou OMxta, CUreka, Drafts, lulls Lading. Post***, to aak for term*. flSirt*l Trocbu Is 01, and Ac.. *e. Kh»p ami Oaloml Printing a apefr- Vinoy Is Irt oojMifciK*! of the arransetpent. laUty. Order* from a diatnnee win mvlv« Th«» tettna sT the iwrrHi^w arftl t*»5» time, prompt attention. o. J. SMITH AC*\ Tlie PrewnH 4«matiii» as* by *r too larfe&

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Monday in the Senate, the bill Increasing the pensiensof disabled soldiers and sailors, and the widows and children of deceased soldiers and sailors was pastteii. The bill increases all pensions twenty per cent, for five years from March 4, 1ST 1. In the House, a bill was passed fixing the relation rank of Surgeons, Kngineers, Paymasters and Chaplains In the navy also a resolution for the appointment of a commissioner on tlsli and fisheries 011 the coasts and lakes.

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Wednesday, the Senate passed'the day in debating various bills, but adopted none. In the House the resolution declaratory of the meaning of the act of July 1!), 1K70, to redune Internal taxation was concurred in. A bill was passed extending the benefits of the act establishing a military asylum for disabled volunteer soldiers and Kailors to disabled so!Uier»of the warol' Itflti and the Mexican waf.' Ctotnt«tittee -oil Military Af!U?k ly Haleaffer ap^lralseitifcntjtn^ t^nlfSO Slates rexer vat Ions, iorts Lane and Walla Walla, Oregon Fort Scarab, Kansas Camp McOnrr.v, Nevada forts in N«r Mexico torts Jcasup und Sabine, Louisana Fort Vv'ayne. Arkansiis Kort Collins, Colorado Fort Dakota In Dakota, and such portion of Foit Bridges, Wyoming, as Is no longer required for Military purposes. Passed.

The Oermans have oecupiel ftie cfty of Tours, meeting with no resistance. The Prussians havo cut the railroad between I.yonsnnd Heaaucon.

The bombanlment of Cambrtii by tlio Uermans conunenced on Tu«,«day. The Prussians complrtert tho occtij»atlon of Tours on Monday.

The Ucrmans are before Cambral. They have estahllshtHl siege batteries at IlumiUy near the city.

The mobilized National Guard behaved badly in the battle of St. Qaentln. Fully 15,000 or them becanja panic strlckeu juid flel from the field In di»orler. ri

The Army of the North was beaten on Friday, before St. Qnentfn. Four thousand unwoumled prisoners and two guns were captured by the I'ruaftlaiM.

Mr. Qladstone has Ngptenad hlfl Meat from Oreenwich, and Ofwvmtor retires from Westminister to male* *"»y for Mr. Gladstone. 1 3tf 1 j,i Y"']

The hisses of"the Fpfc*e$i*1n the sortie on the IDtli, have been offlclally aseertivlneil, and mini up leas (tea three thousand In killed, woundi-l ami riklplng.

The Prussians attaatMfDfyoa( orti Sunday-, and wei-e nuulaed and beaten nft-r a tmttle which lasted five buort. lllcclotii Oaribaldl

captured a fiagof ttt# Prussian Regiment of the Lino.

oocapictl Dole, where idntlml and fllty ear* Ttu* Frnne-tlreow over the Moselle be-

The Ciertnahn ha| they captured two loadol witb arm,' have destroyed A tween Nancy and

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TheTfenwln a r»fuses tin uncotldi not tna| with llie has In his poww»ali

(XVBIIIXO WITH tOI XTY rAI'KRN We iwve made arrangement* to Atmisli the MAIL with the following Newspapere, pabllAbeil in the nelghlHwhood of Terrellaute, at very low rate*. Here Is the lift: Jfco vl\ ami .VwWmn C.M'OH, 00 no^eptcil 'thi TbcM« ftnd Aw«. piaevU Admirals Sw«met ami IJ» Koncnre. TU« Mail and Jirtuil .Vwer S W troehu remains 4v1l ttorertM»r. I-e Flo I* Tite Mall and (frren Arehtve*,*. 00 meeeeded bv DortaOi

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iiW *i#rrender and will HUninrek, who full acceptance of 20b Kmueror and

tliosf terms Kmpress, wl! I/ett.-rs fr»»m Paris to? balloon "to BrijMels state that the Council on Nationat Defense, on the forenoon of ttiaSUt, after the sortie,

To restore Napoleon.

Km of Trorhn and re-

ploevd Adintrols SMnoet and l^a Roncure.

At an lntervle# wll6 M. Uegnter on TSSU«day. llismsrek snld: General Dourt«kl is eauglit between Uen«mls Von Werder and Mauteuttol. aad nuMl itborUy Minvndei. I*ari« will capitulate tea day or two, when .'UO.ftk) (i rmaus will b« released to snbiuttulc Fmnee. I want a party to negotiate with. I cent nefr«t late wnh aliation.

HUn inasstHl n«syTort

».«». wnnAj'.anil attnckbl rtfr I Prussian pttslftMiM Mftntretont. wbieh wtw I taken by xnrpffw by«fce Prencb on Sunday, I but the work# tl»e Pnn»tan loss in both a!

eaue^tlr retaken by Ifion. The German twenty otPccrs and

eat ol UM lomloa Slat, aav*: "TUey ara competent I«iderftoiir now in a hnlf^ k- The poonwt people' With pint of wtae dally. The middle tjr ot. all. PolatcK* and iloj flesh

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ship. pound daily per taoai reeeive hww cnl^ eacti. and a UtUf tm

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The lowilia VIMM has ttie following «peVernUlta* the 21th: HeiwwfH*se»thea*f»itu-

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The Emperor William tcleur.iphs to the Empress under date of Versailles, Januarj 21, as follows: "Yestenlay the enemy entirely withdrew Into Paris. Kifttwu officers and two hundred and Uft.v men cajiturist Cloud. The number of unwoiunled prisoners captured at St. Quentln is iiine thousand, besides two thousand wonncl'sl tal.cn In the town. The total low of the reiieh fifteen thousaind. The enemy have witlilnt\m to Valenclcnm". and Dona!. have again cuplcil Cambral. The liombardinent of Paris has been nnlnterrupM-d for the last lew days. Fire liaH IK-CII opened 011 St. Denis." 'Kf.

A FIRE EATEll.*} *,

Col. Doun Piatt contributes to tho February Galaxy a political rcruinisccnco. Of course, "heroV riclineas!" It tolls more stories of presentation nt the J'Venoh eourl^concluding with this interview of an old-fashioned fiie-o:iter with the Empress:

Judge Mason presented his two compatriots, and Colonel McCrea, as accomplished, self-possessed gentleman, took up tho conversation, and for some time it flowed on gracefully and well. At last Colo el Sumner thought it time to say something and he said it.

have just returned from a visit to your native land, your Majesty. I t'ound.it very beautifu^ but regret that I had not time to visit its famous battlefields."

Ah, Colonel Stunner," she responded graciously "and wliv wore you so hurried?"

I was bearer of despatches, your Majesty, in the Black Warrior outrage," he replied.

Here was trouble, here was diplomatic complication. Judge Mason broke into a profuse perspiration, known to us at the bureau as "a diplomatic sweat and the color caino to tho face of the 10mpress like a storm-clowd, and her dove-like eves seemed to change entirely, so alive were they with indignant Hashes.

You call that an outrage, do .you, gentlemen—an outrage—that infamous vessel, built to carv Lopez and his piratical followers?" "I beg your pardon your Majesty,", broke in desperately Judge Mason 'the lllack Warrior was was built after Lopez was executed. "J don't care! It was built for an infamous purpose, and ought to havo been sunk." And 011 end slio continued. Judge Mason was sorely distressed Colonel McCrea looked as if amused: but Sumner grew Indignant as her Majesty got wild, and when she said:

You want war, gentlemen—you want war, so as to sei/.e upon Cuba and you think wo cannot prevent it, with this Crimean war 011 our hands but wo have plenty of arms, plenty ofsohliers, aud if the worst comas to tho worst, we'll turn tho negroes upon you

I beg your pardon your Majesty," thundered Sumner 'in protecting our rights and defending our ling, we care nothing for your arms, so.diers, nor the niggers."_

ticorset' the houSehbld, si the Empress to horSdlf. I cannot talk upon

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gentlemen, ^jhe said in a more subdued manner "I must wish you a good moaning. Good morning gentlemen." "(rood Lord, Sumner! exclaimed Judge Mason, while climbing, exhausted, into his carriage, "did I not warn you to s:?y nothing about Cuba?"

See here, Judge Mason ," replied the wicked wrongdoer, "when a woman forgets her position, I'ain not bound to re member it. Talk to mo about scaring with niggers. I'd half a her imperial ears."

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SECUKT WHITING.—In former times secret corresjjondence nits condtie.ted by writing with milk, diluted sulphuric aeid, or a solution of cobalt, whien, colorless under ordinary circumstances, becomes visible by lieating the paper. At the present time, however, a very different class of fluids is used, especially the dilute salincsolutions, which are known to the receiver of tho letter alone. Without being specially skilled in oheniistry, tho receiver needs only to know the particular solution in which the paper has been moisteued to hare it in his power to bring the invisible characters to light. Thus, should the letter be written with a solution of sugar or lend, one of sulphide of potasaium will have the desired effect. Or, if nitr.ite of silver lc usod, the paper must be dipped in a solution of ammonia. In either caso a black letter is the result. Any eolorlet»solution, however, which, when mixed with auother equally colorless, produces, a colored deposit, may be employed for this purpose. The number of substances, there/ore, available is very great, in the many possible combinations of the kind. The whole subject has recently rectived renewed attention in Oerinany and England siriws the introduction of the "correspondonco o*rd»,"as it is hoped to secure thd privacy of an ordinary letter by writing*tipon thom with sympathetic ink..

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rnoTMrrioN ACIAIKST SKA-SICKJSKSW. —Mr. llessenier, the well knowu inventor of the process for manaiCacturing steel bearing his name, has lately been engaged in completing his plan, •Ureadv announced, of securing a cooitortabio passage at sea, in tho most stormy weather, bv constructing a cabin. the floor of which, under all circumstances. remains horizontal, no matter what motion may bo given to the vessel. This cabin is circular in shape.and bnim on gimbals nt the centre, the

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1IK8T1CU A. BKXKD1CT.

!w'dWght, dear friend!.-! say u,ood-)ii»ht A to thee AcrflBK the moonlieams, tremulous and white, Hr1di$jj{ nil *|,aee Ivtween us it may be.

Lent}low, sweet irieniii it is the last goodnight: 'pngmute upon niveoneh and still, tlever-tlush evanished fioni iny face,

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W it'll eyes ashine and pale lips smiling still Or it iaay be that if, through all the strife

An&^puin of parting, I sheuld hear thy call, I should couie surging back to sweet, sweet life.

And know uo mystery of death at all. It mi»y not be. Good-night, dear friend, good-night!

And1when you see the violets again, And hear, through boughs with swollen buds uwhitc,

Thegentie falling of the April rain. Remember her whose young life held thy name

Willi ail things holy, in its outward flight, And „turu sometimes from busy haunts ot men

To near again licr low (iood-night, goodnight!

'{For the Saturday Evening Mail.f

What' I Know About Courting, v1*'1,'

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BY ROCHK8TKR.

i'Tain't much I know about courting my experience lias not been as extonsivoBrigliam Young's, yet it has beeitdecidedly satisfactory but whether I|tnow much or not, the readers of [AIL are welcome to my experijf 1 not purpose in this communicadiscuss tho courting as conduc,the present generation roallj* it entitled to so much distinction, tore innovation 011 the time-

rn th# smy trifling of the

present age which, in the language of Uncle John Unit, "does not pay, sir." It was not necessary, in the good old day^for a young lady to spend a whole afteriioon at hor toilet and .make herself a walking laboratory of paint and cosmetics, in order to appear to advantage in the evening. No such foolishness ever entered the heads of tho girls in those days. Pleasure never interfered with business, but was a powerttrt auxiliary to it. If we found tho object of our affection knee-deep in a barrel of dirty clothes 011 awash day, wo would stand on the outside and talk of our heart's greatest expectations and should any interlude in the tramping process occur, we would kiss the soapsuds from hor alabaster brow, and thus encourage her in her domestic avocations. We would help her get in her night wood and hold tho calf while she extracted the lacteal fluid from old Bald-fitce or lirindle, and when tho shades of night threw veil of darkness around tho lovely form of Nature, w® would repair to tho "shed room" and string pumpkins for Christmas pies, and thus business and pleasure were united in beautiful harmony. And after we had ornamonted the walls of the room with wreaths of golden pumpkin cuttings and there was nothing else to do, we would draw around the comforting influences of a log fire, and indulge in a glorious medley of loving, hugging, and kissing. My tnoutl^puckers now, as If had been eating green persimmons, in thinking those good old times.

There arc several kinds of courting, all of which have their particular attractions. To make courting success there should exist a mutual hankering. It isn't worth whiloto to "try it alone you'll get enchred every time. Some girls taike to courting as naturally as a yoong duck does to water, and are, of oourse,immensely successful. There are others* that would starve to death though they should work at it all their remember once traveling in a

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point of suspension in the ship being jcrewied«tnge ooach in Old Kentucky,

so ctaosen that the cabin, as a whole, «hall have as little vertical motion as ptxssiblft, A vessel is now being constructed to test the plan, and if tne actual experiment result satisfactory, it is believed that soa-aickne*w will be pmctically unknown daring a voyage in a Ciibin of the new arrangemcAit.

seat«4^ythe side of a pretty girl, with whom I soon became friendly. The $Ei|k wwi a night one, and the serpentine trade mt the road—a beautifully macndami«d Kentucky turn-pike—lit up by a soft moonlight, as it gracefully wound around the historic hills that *x" towered above tho classic waters of the

wn^iKs®, wvs it voti fro to call on a ... young ladj»rand she crochets diligently UA, filling the heart with «moall the evening and only says "yea," tions of iadescribable picture. With and "no," you can go away about 9

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•S-S9S-559S9B9S I® tho IsUrlnating influence of about A »At,K tyrant in a Chicaf(o»trect cur eight yurfeof "Merimack" that envelntado a remark ashrinking, down-trod- oped thofcnn of a lovely woman, and dea woman dfdo*t like, and she punch-!

od his head with an umbrelk. ^ofbe-1901 wiH*n«

ing his wifc, they said she had no right I Aa hor reposed upon my accomto, oad pat her off the cor. modatt^d^ouldar I jMroceeded to poor

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TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY' "EVENING, .JANUARY 2S, 1871. Pricc Five Cents.

[lfroir^Llppineott's Magazine for February, nOOD-NIGUT.

Tis His will: ppier resting-

I henrQ them whisper softl Anywis will give her pluce!"

from siglii of tears that fall like I rain, Anij sound of sobbing smothered close and low, I turutal niy white face to the window-jwne,

To i^y (iood-niffhl to thee liefore 1 go.

UoodUuight, good-niglit! I do not fear the end, Thif. conflict with the billows dark and high And yet, if could touch thy hand, my friend,

I Hunk it would be easier to die: If I conld feel, through all the quiet waves Of mydeep hair, thy tender breath athrill, I eouftf go down to the place of graves

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into her seemingly willing cars the eloquence of my young love's Demosthenes, which seemed to paralyze her powers of speoch, yet her submissive silence spoke volumes of reciprocated affection to my anxious and waiting heart.

Tho bonnets of thoso days, unliko the present style, were immense, and reminded one of a covered or canvas back wagou, which made the approaches to feminine lips a formidable undertaking, or I would, doubtless, on this occasion, have 'snatched a kiss fVom its native heath. I contented myself, however, by making waist places glad with the exhilarating influence of my coatsleeve.

Thus the night wore away, ami the first streakings of the morning light found us at the terminus of our journey, where wo parted—not, however, until she had written

You desire that this acquaintance, so pleasantly and romantically begun, shall lie kept up "by a continual correspondence. The only objection 1 see to my wife's corresponding with pleasant acquaintance formed 111 a stage coach in the far-off" land of Kentucky is, that It would only ivnieiit a friendship that would lie enjoyed, solely, by the kind offices of Uncle Sam, anil would also materially interfere with her domestic duties, ller time is greatly occupied in the care of five small children just recovering from a malignant attack of worms and measles, and she has not the time necessary to devote to this intellectual tournament. Hoping these few reasons will justify hor in declining your pressing imiHirtunities, •f I am respectfully yours,

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The sound of "Gabriel's trump" settled me. and convinced me that whilo a stage coach afforded pleasant facilities for courting it was fraught with some dangers.

About tho squarest and most honest courting I now remember of over having accomplished, was at a wedding— which of course was in Kentucky. There was a large crowd in attendance, and, its the house was a small one, we were forced to sit up all night. A friend of mi no and myself selected two fgtuaelves iifci. v&tiflgf miliarly called Pleased or Displeased." It was a glorious old game. My friend was always displeased and re

quired me to kiss my girl in order to put him in a better humor, and I required the same service from him. Our girls were always in a displeased condition and required kissing to be done as 1111 antidote to their anger, and so we chawed and chawed until broad daylight. Our lips, tho next morning, and for a week after, looked as though valler jackets had roosted on them. I never irot so much kissing at any one time before or since.

Promiscuous courting is not, by any means, desirable. I can now see in my records of tho past many mistakes that I have been guilty of in this particular. Successful courting, like any great business of life, should be confined to one object. 1 had a sweetheart once exclusively to myself. Nature had done much for her in the way of beautifying her personal appcannce. She was exceedingly graceful, or would have been had it not been for a kick which she received from a refractory cow which catiKcd a very sqfious blemish of one of her pedal extremities, causing that important member to be less elongated than its fellow. Sho was somewhat given to literature, and had frequent flirtations with the Muses, in which I was second person, singular, and agreed with the verb love, ltumor had it that her father was rich and owned tho cattle on a thousand acre farm. Yet tho cattle plague did not affect me in the least. What cared I whether she owned one or ten thousand cattle, so I possessed the affections of her heart, which sho had repoatedly assured ine were mine by virtue of a first mortgage.

Wo courted successfully for a period of six months without interruption, but I finally received a note from her saying that circumstances of a domestic nature made it necessary that our nuptials shonld be no longer delayed, and wished to know the particular time lor this consummation so devoutly desired bv us both. Her note closed as followeth:

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It made me sad to think of breaking up the pleasant relations that had so long existed between us, and notwithstanding I desired her to "come rest on this bosom," or words to that effect, yet I thought I would investigate the causes that forced this pleasant alternative upon me. I ascertained that her father had become involved as the surety for a friend in a large amount, the liquidation of which would sweap away his entire worldly possessions, and as he hadn't a hoof left, I thought it would be too unfeeling—in his deep affliction—for me to ask him to release bis claim upon an only daughter. Being thus actuated by philanthropic motives, I could not endure to further afflict the old gentleman, and was forced to forego the pleasure of a matrimonial alliance, so I answered her note saying that impecunio&ity alone would prevent tne from maintaining her in a style to which she was accustomed, and as I could not bear the thought of seeing her less than a queen, I was forced to resign to a

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ing Vajeii would change my heart's b«t blood to tears. She bad anticipated my answer, and was married to another man ere mj letter reached her. She wroto me, however, requesting me to retorn divers aad sundry souvenirs,

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such as rings, lockets, miniatures, book marks, letters, «fcc., which I did by tho^ next post, and then found nivself

heart, hand, and fkney free," but mom anxious for matrimony than over. It WHS a singular ftirt, which I could never account for, that I never fell in I love with, or gave serious attention to a young lady that sho didn't got married immediately. If sho didn't marry me, she would somobody else. In eonsequence of this fact, used to lend myself to my young lady friends, to bo used in the capacity of a sweetheart in order to bring them into notice.

I do not know one of my many old flames, who is still unmarried but many of thein have leen married several times, showing that wise and early impressions are never lost.

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(•abriel, Podunk, Ohio," upon a neat little card, which she committed to my keeping, receiving from me my address in return.

Immediately upon my arrival home, I invested the larger portion of mv patrimony in works UJKJU letter-writing, and proceeded to indite to her an epistle laden with literary merit, and breathing the soft and tender eloquence of love's vocabulary. I implored hor to write to me soon and often, and continually assuro me that I was the Ocean to the river of her affection that terminated all." The answer came, and tho enthusiasm of mv affection received a shower bath that oompletely chilled its ardor. The conclusion of this epistle convinced me of the uncertainty of all human aspirations. It ran thus: 0

Nino day dances," which were once comtnou in Kentucky, wore fraught with facilities for flrst-efciss courting. Many a time and oft have I embraced tho fragile form of some fair Margaret to the tune ot "Arkansas Traveller," "Soap Suds," "Over the Fence," tte., at these Terpsichorean festivities, and always kept timo to the music of the union. How vividlv the past, with all its pleasures, crowd nnon my memory, awakening emotions ibal have reposed with a Van Winkle unconsciousness for twenty years, ami in reverting to that happy past I now see many improvements that I niiivht hive made, even on the old style of court ing.

HO fr WEST AND A SD HO II" WE WALK. Professor Burke (i. Wilder, ofCornell University, delivered the second of tho series of lectures before the membersof the American Institute, in the Academy of Music, Now York, Dee. 27tii, his.subject being, "llow We Stand and How Wo Walk." Tho subject, he said would seem a simple one. Any one can stand and walk, even the animals can uiovo with onse and rapidity about the earth, yet to describe tho operation w..s no easy matter "Walking," says Holmes, "is a continuous falling, ami a continuous recovering—a process most complex and dangerous." If :.ny ten in the audience came forward and atteni ted 5 to describo how they stand, and how they walk, each one would tell a ilitforout story, and no one, perhaps, could repeat his story twice. All know they havo soul, but it is only owing to man's erect formation (hat unlike beasts he is permitted to gaze upward with ease. By means of figures drawn 011 the black-board, the lecturer illustrated how, notwithstanding tin*curves of the neck and spine, true iiue gravity is drawn straight from the base of the skull to the point of the spinal column, and thence in a direct line to tho solo of the foot. It was entirely ditl'ereut in the construction of the ape and other animals, in hich the head is supported at a point throwing the weight forward, and with a spinal curve, without any angle at tho base, as in man. Ho illmodern $i#biot faabious

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the application of ill uric chignon to the: back of the head," which would cause tho head to loam forward from ilscentor of gravity to the point of the spinal' column. This involves the necessity of bending tho hips forward and the latter compels a bonding of the knee! and walking on tiptoe the wholoforming not a (irecian or any other than simply a inonKbv bend.

The structure of tho bones of the foot was a perfect kevstono arch, it was also found that when a man stood un ono foot he was shorter than when he stood 011 two. 1 his ho endeavored to illustrated by an assistant present, but whilo he admitted that the experiment, so far as his assistant was concerned, was a failure, he assorted the principle lo bo no less true. Man, also, is tsiller when standing still than when walking. This lie illustrated by having his nssistant walk, blind-foldod, under a bar which had been previously brought down to touch exactly his head. Man is tailor when taking in a full breath than when the air is expelled from his lungs, as ho is also taller by from half an inch to an inch when lying down than when standing, the reason being that while lying the joints are relaxed, while in standing the parts beconieeonsolidatod. For this reason, men devoted to hard labor become stunted arid fail to acquire their natural lu ight. Sotoo, man is sometimes longer than he is tall, because if he stoops or leans forward his height is the distance between two parailed lines, the one running under the sole of the foot, tho other being pnrallcd to it aud touching the head, whilo tho lenghthofthe body is still the same. The lecturer then "described the whole movement of walking, from .I he first preparatory movement tor step to tho regular and rapid continuous stride, with all of which the "Boys in Blue," if not all boys, and girls, too, are quite familiar. After some further illustrations, showing the angle al which tho body must lean forward in a rapid walk, in order to overcome the resistance of the atmosphere, and also tho degreo of rise aud fall, and movement from side to side, resulting from the act of stepping, the lecturer concluded amid loud applause.

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ANHWKTIKN.-"Mydear,"

said an anxious lather to bis bashful daughter, "I intend that you should be married, but I do not intend that you shall throw yourself away on any of tho wild, worthless boys of the present day. You must marry a man of sober and mature age One that can charm you with wisdom and good advice, rather than with personal attraction. What doyou think of a fine, intelligent, mature husband of fifty?"

The timid, meek. bIu«Mkyed little 1 daughter looked in the man's face, and with tbe slightest possible touch of interest in her voice, answered, "I think two of twenty-five would be better, pa."v.

A FOOLISH old bachelor says: "Young men, keep clear of calico if you want to do anything great. ('alico is a baneful institution. A pair of aweet lips, a slim waist, and the pressuro of a delicate hand will do as much to unhinge a man as the measles, and tbe doctor's bill to boot."

Mlts. H. B. STOWE says a woman belonging to tho upper classes who undertakes to get wealth by honest exertion and Independent industry loses caste, and to condemned by a thousand voices as aa oddity and a deranged person.

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