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Betrothed.-'' I havo.a scorot, a socre£- > <

A. secret 1 duo not toll, Not oven to TOO, my uo»r Jittte pot •»

Though' I kuow you would keep it woll 1 Tia »tale with an ancient meaning,

A «ong with an old restrain, < X rhymo which tho marvellous soul of man J

Sings onoc—and uorer again. ,

The manifold Toicca of evening Aw echoing round me here—

The High, of tho'wares and tho laugh of tho leaves,

And the moan of tho autumn ail-; Bnt tho laugh, and the sigh, and tho moaning,

Have a moaning you cannot know— And I catch a solomn undortono

In their rhythmic obb and How.

Two tides of tho infinito ocean That chafuth tho Bhorcs of Ximo—

•Two waves of tho passionate eoa of Life • Have mingled their wondrous rhyme,

And Mie'hoiy strain goes echoing up To the peaceful oourtB above;

And.tho aong is'a song with an old rofrain, •And the rhyme is tho rhymo of love.

And, kiTinifJiim ever and always, 'And holding him closo to my heart—

The world may go On in tho ceaseless march, Sitae'* billows may hoavo ind dart—

We two shall walk Lifo's twilight fields •In path* by the angels trod,

Till all wan ceasu in tho infinite pcaco, 'Tha* crowns the sons of God.

MS. BBOTrNSMlTICS ADTENTURE.

George'lV., of'rn»gnifloent memory, said that a woman rras at the bottom of all tho U'publes a man got himself into. One line "day, a painter in his majesty's palace felt from a ladder, and broke ins lcg.>

""Who is she t Who is she V asked the king.

•'May 5t please your mnjesty, it is raau."

'^Nonsense, nonsense!" Who is she V again,demand,ed his majesty.

*' Sfay' it please y.our majesty, it is a man." „. , - ' . :

. But the ting was -ill 'the right. Th« painter had broken bis leg becauso ho had leaned too far over his ladder for the pur­pose : of giving a' kiss to one of the royal

Xorr to apply tho august maxim, and fchow how MM. Brownsmith got mo into trouble ^

5Iy wife is a splendid woman, as you would say if yon «aw hor. But proud as11 was of her, we had not been married long beforo I saw that if T was to be master for life, t must assert my authority at once and for ever.

I waiiecl'ibr an opportunity, and an opportunity came!

We we'rq in tho breakfast room of our littlo villa, near Sandstone, and a long al-

Htercation ended thus— > ":Well,. Mr. Brownsmith', if .yoa.have

made np^your mtnd not"to take me to ,'tho seaside, I ha'TVmade.ttp myj-miridto* golto my mother's houaitfttUfej^.there'tilliou choose to bchave'Jike;i1^Ka#aind''n6t' nVe ti sava»c. I , £ o . » • ^ S ^ S ^ \ j ^ i S y .

With nn eloquent swwp ojT;B«:rb«tlrig IK'tticoats, she, loft the room f 'afioyilj^tly after, I saw her cross ,tho gardonh iu'ftsW i direction of Acacia Gotjago, wnere.'fmy*1

beloved mother-in-law; resides—unhappily for me, within five 'minv(tei(''walk"of us. -"•,!

".r.lf'show her—I'll tamo hcrladyshipi)' jSfeo jn anefirmomeDt'Ithpught'toj.ra'ysel^ "waS'tte*

dow.. .Good'sja'ciousl a scufrylbg of steps outside," Who isodttitnglntoiny carriage? An old l»dy, who will scream and give me into' custody A young lady, who will faint ? A lather of a family, who will kick me down1 tho platform? A ticket-collec­tor, who will Ah! ah! &u>k>hl Juere is a hand on the outside, moving the handle of tho door 1 Oh, tho agony of those sec­onds ! t would rather-oo hanged. I would rather be torn asunder by wild horses, vvjould, rather. Jive .for six times my natural term of existence with 6ix scolding, fault­finding wives, than go through the agony of those moments'again I -Pen cannot de­scribe what I suffered. Beads, of perspira­tion raced tlOWn my poor, cb'ld) shiWHng feafiures—my hair stoou bl obd, my tooth cliatter'e'd j out td the door and window my hands clung, with a strength of grasp that Policeman A-ptus Policeman B could hardly have ov'crcomfi'withont bearing riiy fingers from their sockets.

A Keir," a guard's whistle,iand an engine shriek ! Hurrah \ we' Mart again. I am saved-r^avod_-savcd 1 I feel- desperately fainr, but in time I recover.

Saved, indeed 1 Poor wretch! I little knew what was in storo for me. Slowly and.deliberately J dressed myself in ray ex-friend's clothes. "OuaccustoMcd to be decked -in gorgeous art-ay, 1 began, with hali-collecVed.acnsCSj It) Ibllik what a figure I looked-.- -

"Hallo,!,,what's that? What is the train stopping again for so soon ?"

I was well acquainted with the line, and knew that tho express ought not to stop at tho next station. Some accident, 1 thought.

".Tickets, tickets all ready here." What on earth is the meaning of. alt

this ? I draw put m v friend's ticket, jl is IB only to F >. 1 am going to London. Never mind; It'is'of rid consequence; I can pay tho diflirenco. Ah, but then I have no purse. JN'imporlfi, I can draw a clieck at Faddington, and wait till it is cashed.

The dpor. was bp*ncd, and I beheld the guai-d,"stiattd!n-ni&te'r,~a'nd two policemen.

" Ml right,""Said one of tho latter to the station master, " this -is our man j directly ho is out of the carriage the train muy go."

" All worn/," "said I, " You have made a m'ist'akc—I h'av'o >o intention of ge.tting .outjierc. I Km going on to town."

I never saw- a policeman on duty laugh before; but over the stern, hirsute face of W. C.—which stands for Willie Constabu­lary—No. 1172, there paseed something .like.a .grim smile, as "ho replied—"It is of no use, my man—you must come out at once; you tire fairly caught. If you obey us, and accompany usquietly, we will give lyod'h'p.'riec'cssary pain but it you hesitate or reatsi fori one moment, we suall at onco •.put these on.'.'

Ashetpoke, he got on tlio step'of the carriage, and hcld-u{> before'my bewil-fderfedguio'.rp'al^qrbandcilns, which rattled jri*tB.t*.omjn»UBly..„-,',(5l.ood gracious,! what could: .bc.tho,jokouin^all this.?. Mechani­cally,"-I< didtwhatil^rappose others would InTvedorVe.1 r'g«t'crat!ot;th'ecarriage. The itrainfflovcd-'oiiJi riMumed stenrindigna-

I won***

was not surprised at what had happened.

, J . «•>»««, abpnt/,t tlio witness 'bt>3* % \VifC thlj hlgfeymiri Mffljr Parish, drill tWo SohkrsSlshlrcT tnagr

istratos, one of whom, as afterwards ap­peared, was known to some members of tho North Wilts bench at G— r . , ^Quickly it was proved to the semi-omniscient' eye of all-searching unpaid justice/ that t was what I am, and not the. nptorious; forging malefactor, Jabez Gongli, who had som*riy other afr'a«» that f dan t not 'attempt to pick out hfe re'ill name.

llie meeting with my wife and friends, tho respectful but not at all servile apology of tho policemen, my late guardians, tho dinner with somo ,of the magtstrates who had tat in judgment on me, the journey home next day, tho unceasing banter which t everywhere encountered, and the awful curtain lectures from my wifo, I pais over, and lca.ro to ibo imagination of my readers; though to me they were stem realities. All I can sny is, that if there are many wires who possess the twenty-OaildU-lrane —I beg pardon, twcnty-Caudle-mare nower —that^^..i^rgwniimjyi is.igiftcfliwith, I am Surprised that there are not more sui cides' per -annum•'than !tbeiRcgistrar-€feh"-cral would have us believe.

Of course, I had to take Mrs. B . to 'the spa-side. She put on the! -inexpressibles there, and has worn them ever since—to the great misfortune of hor henpecked hus­band, I hear .her gentle voice callingtirie to roll "the' grasslploi''ilt'st.'bKrid^work but

" Coming, Toy de'a-r. G-o^m-irig!"

Halloween. Long ago, ore yet Christian legend had

rendered sacred. All-Hallowsr Eve;' the eve of tho First of November was cele­brated'tlironghout tha British1 Isleis,' and far bayond them. No ono can road the legends of the Korseland without seeing how much tlio old Druid religioS" has hn<l "to 'do • with' 'this' pcbulinr^festiTal! And yot, liko .so"E«iny other things which Christianity lias turned to good account, All-Hallows Evo is la festival whoso perpetuation no_ ono can regret. Tho Protestants of America; have receiv­ed their notions of it ns woll from Pro-testihVancl Pagan as" from'Bonuinist^'cS-gends, and especially in tho country do they enjoy it to the top of ;their bent. It is, in iact, a feast -which, all gogd Christians onjoy— and among goV)cl Gnns-tians must always bo reckoned tho little ones who, both in conntry antl bity, " dive for npples," " take a teaspoonful of salt backwards," " pull a nut out of tho ash," and perform many other an­tique tricks with as much enjoyment ns their forefathers' did tho same things with solemnity. On this evening througho.ut tho country''all ihferry' jiranlis •'wilf'i>'e* played, and not only in the rural dis­tricts; but iri'ihariy 'of "tno"st£t<?ly city mansions, games'"will take the place of-conventional amusements.. It is indeed tho festival of the,world;of ytestevn civ-ilixa&on, ,aa it wasjiefbifb Pope. Boniface

"•B'vAVwijw^M^'aU^titKei .gods, ;to !'Mffly*r '"wndor 'the •potronagg

i'a'{K>lo(ry"rrom'..you. address will bd Langhm»m<Hotel, P/ortliOw Place, W. Sunny tfilU, Friday."},

,Certainly, I thought^had. tlio bcst\o'f | it. There shone before'.iue<» pleasant run to town—Kxbibition in tfib morni.ng,.then-trcs' and or^nNn'the evening, a con'queror s return home, and triumphant entry into my house-before my subdued wife,an over--ilpwihg forgiveness on my part, a Joyful reconciliation, and peace for evermore. Soon, with exciW spirits, I jtvas .bortic away from my home towards liondon by the express'. There was but one occupant of the first-class carria^o with me, ancha most agreeable companion he was—full of conversation,' well educated, as far as"d could judged very obliging and entertaining. The only .thing I did not like about my companion, was his style of dress. It was most decidedly of the oulri order. Boots with patent leather tips; trouserj of mon­strous pattern; a low cut, bright-colored vjaWtcoat, across which wandered a chain apparently so massivo that any hotcl-keepor to whom'ftvwas-offered' would gladly allow ono.tolive.luxuriously on the strength of it'for a month. Then, as 1 raised my eyes higher, my sight was dazzled with a huge bine aatin 'scarf,' fastened by a pin of gi­gantic si»B." And a cutaway green coat, .i -buttoned,- a white open overcoat, a white hat, v-via bright kid gloves, and you hafe befor» you the dross of my companion. However, he was a downright good fellow, and most amusing vis-a-vis; and very glad Was I to travel in euch good society. An­ecdotes without end were poured into my enchanted car. My quarrel, my wife, roy t r*ne, were all forgotten; and, in tho high­est rpirits, we rushed along towards London"! at the rate ofsomo forty miles an hour. I had almost forgotten to say that early ih the journey my friend, who had a flask of sherry, had placed it at roy service. We had just passed P station, when the gentleman with whom I was traveling directed my attention to some alterations that were being made to Mr. Montgomery's Park, jBy leaning out of tho window, 1 could get. a good view of them. -As I drew my hesS^ in, my friend kindly handed rao my '.pocket-handkerchief "which I had dropped. The wind and dust which I hud picked up while hanging out of the carriage caused me to use my pockot-Iiandkerchief freely about my face and nose. How very sleepy I felt—how 13-awned! I recollect nothing more, save this I think my friend took Aw pocket-handkerchief, and kindly wiped my face. When I say I .recollect nothing more, I am hardly using the right expression—I mean that I can recall noth­ing more that occurred in my friend's presence. Would to Heaven that I could remember nothing more.

The next thing I can recall is feelikg rather cold; then, rather confused ana cramped. I seemed apparently to' be- ia, my coffin, and without a shroud on. In a few minutes I discovered that I was lying under the seat of tlio carriage, inUhe-atato Adam was in when he was made—no, just a trifle moro clothed than ha was, feu. I had a pair of socks and a short flannel waistcoat. So you can easily understand that I was neither very warm nor very comfortable. When I had succeeded in drapsing myself out of my bed, I still fol t drunk and confused; but''as I gradually collected my seises, I saw that my lute absent kind friend had left behind him, for my use, bis patent tipped boots, bull troiir

sers, gaudy waistcoat, -scarf and pin, whitu-coat, and hat. Moreover, ha bad-not-j for­gotten to draw..down "the blinds. -He hid, however, I-,tdis<!Otered, taken .-my „pursc with hitn, and bid^forgotten, to ;le«ve ibjt own behind.--BctwWn yawning"and anai thematisinjt, a few more moments pissed' away, Suddenly I.heard the sharpYshrill whistle*, and then the "decD groaning of the brake' Inty my ''fricniPs 'trooserslf tried, to.ijump; but, alts! >eithernrfimy confusion, I put the wrong leg in, or poked, it bctw'aen.tie lining and the cloth,.oivthe wretch had playeclnie.ascH'oolboy'.s^rjckJ.] and had fasteried'uptheliningofvhis'ncthcr, garments.

Tho train was stopping—O, horror.; of horrors! I extricated my leg from the confounded trap, and rushed to tho'win­dow. Tho train had stopped L I verily believe that from that moment my lirst gray hr.irs began to appear. 'With despeK ate tenacity, in a state of almost perfect nudity, t hung on to the door and win-

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Hound to'Ac6jneJ„with.-u^'3ui(;tlv,if y»u will, if not ',' Hero-hV.'agaiu held up the handcuffs..'!" .You are charged with forging a check- for £9.70 on tho'SandBtono Bank; and with'halMcillihg', if not actually mur­dering, iP'J C. Smith',"6f the Somersetshire force.. We. are' gqing',,to. take you to the lock-up ^aud^Ormqrr^ow you will have to appear before tho magistrates. I am obliged to caution you that you need not. saj' any­thing'; an& 'that if you do say anything to commit yourself, .it will.be brought up as evidence against you."'

Good, Heavens 1 , And so I was.a forger and a murderer I

'' Well—but)" said I, " these are not m / own clothes. A gentleman in the carriage changed-jclqthes .with,me; or,, rather, be left m.e alone—ahem V— naked; anS 1 put on his clothes, and then you came, and— and Confound it, you don't think I am ho?"

"Oh no," said W. 0. 1172, "yoinain't him—not a bit of it; you are yourself. Well, you ;must thinVvus-grcea^to try.ajtd palm that off on us."

Aid immediatoly thcra.aros'e'a subdued official cbucklo.

Era long it came to pass that I ""'** obliged quietly to accompany my captors to the police station. Mr. Inspector booked the charge, whereby it seemed that I really was a forger and all-but murderor. It was (Juito in vain that I protested and vowed that I was not the r forging murderer in question, but Edward Fitzgerald, of Sunny •villa, near Sandstone. I was cut short in my protestations w i t h :

"You" mus t prove that before the magis­trates to-morrow, if you can."

And so I was consigned to a cell, to await to-morrow. Butflrst I was searched; and on me, to my disgust, were found a ticket-to S——, not ito' London, where I had said'i was going, und a clasp knife 6lightly stained with 'blood.

"No use denying it, my man. Wo have got you, and shall not let you escape."

I felt hnlf distracted by the position I was placed in.

." Please, Mr. Iuspcctor, may f telegraph to my wife."

The Inspector was a naturally kind man; and, probaoly, a momentary dream of my possible innocenco flitted across his official mind.

Wcllj I hardly know," he said. "How­ever, write out the telegram, and let ine sco it. I suppose, loo, you will want mo to lend you A shilling?"

Quickly 1 wrote: " From Edward Brownsmith, Police Sta­

tion (j, North Wilts, to .Augusta Brownsmith, Sunny Villa, Sandstone.

DEAREST—I am taken up wrongly on suspicion. Come nt pneo. Bring vicar of parish to prove my identity."

In an hour's time, a grim policeman handed rmo!the:Mlowifa'g telegram inWply:

"EDWAKD—-I am' not so easily taken in by youi do'ifee; Conid home; take me t o sea-sido; then all forgiven."

Now, I nevor.Defore,- in my recollection, sworo at man'or woman; but I am afraid that then my mouth did form what. I sup­posed, , the, sapient .concoctcrs pf the new " PubliVScboof'Latm Primer" would term a",?oonosyllab'te.',dental word, terminating with tho stern N>: and they would proba-bly'furtberMeacribe'it'as a transitive verb. Thank, goodness, my. wifo cannot under-> sUrJdall tbat'l ' r • '..Dep'ic't'.Vthe., after wretohedness of that

nighc.Ijipen.t.locked.op inmytcell:! .Before poatrnhutHub^ t . to police inspection,and. r;b»lievo,'aiso polica/oopy^L wrote a most

Gooda>««»")ki»oi»«Vwk«ti amount of dirt ,1

tK«lyAb&loc1c,-lJwiM brought up Wore ' the icagistwt«S??Eiyrythfe£}thatybaaI«iady;

;|S»H.iJr*Ii*^8K*'' «PiV^inst,,>"e';,'|iid. •moreorer, it-was sworn tbatjabea Gough, dressed, as i l ,WaA»ba«l kjft'Sandstone s t a -twnTdres8edi.ini the very'clothes"I had' on ; arid" Kada-knife and ticket suca"a6 wore forind 'on'me'r. ,''My:rtclcgram'*iindiits answer, were brought forward as conddmnifag ovi-denco:;,''It,'W«;'state^'thb'rejilyrw^^ poicd to. bo,'from Jan accorriplic^.and. w cypher; and. a remand was' asked for.- 'I ^/rcma'ndcd.'*;"'On'e or. two of tho magia-tritek"seemed, slightly""lo" hesitate; but^ really, my Slangy 'dVeis', 'my-woru and harafaed apncaranrJoJ and circumstances in general, 'irero'so "iiiu6h'!a^ainst'ino, that I

n--wnich no gbostly visitknui mh wanted. Men inust-say withindoors

• •'Tp.bnrn their nits,'and pu' their aiveka, ) An' baud ther' Holl.ow.con."

And maids should doubtless put iu their -mouths" "jftst Udfore''retiring, a thimbleful of salt, and say i

" Thou moori, thou moon I hail thoo; Grant this night that 1 may sea Who my truo lovor is to be." * •

And then they should go to bed back­wards, and their future true lover, or his wraith, 13 sui'e to come and give them a glass of water when thoy awake with thirst I n tho old country, many are-theoustoms wliich wo have forgotten or not had occasion to bring into use, eucli as 1 unravelling 1 a .l*11.o£>-yarii ju\d throwing the other endiOf it into a kiln, whence, of course,"-a'maidon's loverjwiU bo sure to come, an'd'teil°h4er"nll tli'o'BSi crets of thefnture;| jSiilli ^hero yot re­mains to us many of tho" good old time habits, .and wo. cr«e|tt/P«»ri?iint«;< ahd drink our ale in good remembrance of the olden time. "* <vu

The Whaling Fleet Disaster. TlietN.X Bemld *onMd(irs;tlie;%reat

disaster to tho Axctio. whaling, fleet.-as an unprecedented n'n'anoial disaster'to ttiis' great interest; but there- are other ques­tions iu connection with this unexpected misfortune which" challenge its attention;

This whaling fleet was gushing forward into tho icy "regions bf the north, "andlo'n " the 1st of June, theiice opened)and let the fleet up within sight of Cape.Na-vino, " and thence' crossing1 Hho1 'Sea' of Anadyer, toward Belnlhg Straits, they found some :whales,; and ini.'B^hring Straits they began to be more plentiful; "but when the fleet arrived at Cape Beh-ring the whales h&d passed through *the Straits into tho Arctic Ocean,wh'ithor tlio fleet followed. ' " Horo'tho'facts'bre es­tablished that in June tho ico on tho Bouth.sido.of Bohring Straits ia opened and that sailing ships can pass through that Strait into the Aictic Ocean i n pur­suit of the whales which mbvo up into that ocean with the opening o'f the ice. Havo wo not here, then, some very val­uable hints in reference to any Yutu^g e'x;

pedition in search of the Norul Pole and tho open jiea} anto iwhicli ilreso whales migrate as their summer cruising ground.! The German 'Polar expedition,' by wiiy of the Spitsbergen'Islands;'reports 1 its discovery of an open Polar Sea abound­ing in wholes, nnd this report is confirm-ed from Behring Straits on the opposito side of the J g lobes I t is probable ihat some of those whales seen by the Ger­man explorers rlnid c'dine* into that open Polar Sea by way of Behring Straits,and were'p'assurg'dht byway orSpitzlJergen Islands.

The Cast o t ' t t e " Bigg in* .» -

I sawin tho jPost; saysacorrcspbridenf of tho paper nn answer to the 'question, " Why is a ship .called she 1" namely, because "therigging costs more than the hull." I heard, praotdcol illustra­tion of this the other day. A Tady was talking with the head-dr<3«amakoi' at a fashionable New York store, when tho dressmaker Eaid : "You'can''have" velvet train to yoUr dress-if you cheoso. "No,-*.'was the.reply^i " I i Uiink<«i«lit hundred dollars will, do for adress»l.^nth-out'the extra expense of a velvet train." Another lady wag wailing to givfe'direb-fionk. to another dressmaker there- .'was a'large, ccarse woman, her handfe-loaded downiwIth'aUarnond'ririgsi |ahbid:.ol "lTerj givinghor^direclions; Shosaid:' '-'Iwant all the lace on my dress you^ean get on. I want "real Uaej.&daiimiUmUtfcniiii price';-Ileave-ybu to-selectJfc. The V rigging" of Moh'^omen'isrworth more' itKan.the'.women. themsslves. ;3HIH3ftM QWtVW38.3WOH E A I J 3

A»wsarE».—^5s! Iiu'tii*has been ar-rested-at Ij*wrence,"Kan;; for eomplioit^ in.thepoisoning bf hCThu'sband'by'T>r: MeducotJ-,S6yiBoaT-VouJaire,:the.prom-inent piminal lawyer bf St. Louis, first husband of Mrs. Both; arid th'i" fatKer of her:ciikjren; Thas' obtained possossion of'the three youngest children.

, By tho falling'o£.'a wall' of a .piano­forte m'aai\facWry;m'N"e'^Y6fk;,iv/eiity> eight firemen and two policei-ioSicers wore sesioualy injured.

The Kermon ProbleM.^ /(Hboper,-' ptUlah/liqo arr'ifedJinfVyashl ington biipfuciol business"., .He says tliat Kb M g ^ t h O e b p K i BMi.,UgobaJ,.di3al rHar'ti exdltcd bve* ttfo pWsecHBojl bf Mormons by the Federal courts than Mormaqs themselves. Tho hitter, ho says, have submitted quietly to, tlio en­forcement of the law and intend' to make naught but a legal jr^sisfence. Iu deed tho vol'y laws uuder which it- Is sought to mako a wArfdHj dii' tidl^gamy Were passed in -the i MorinOn Toiiitorial Legialatjirpjib l§5p| and aro o.^braced in &'sHatu^to*punish adultai'y^lasciv iousn'ess,J &oJi-Tno Mormons claim that tho apl'.lication'..of this statute to them is wropg/'and'thatthe?position of the United States District'Court1 in Utah cannot.bologally defended1 by theFed-eral.authorities, .especially as it is .con­trary to-the practice in evei-y Territory since their organizattdn','and 'they 'con­fidently rely'ori-the cWd»ion"of ar P « d * ing cose in the United States SUproma 6«!«li^J^»ooyersJh^j.rin^^^^ volved, to sustain them agiunst the course of the judicial authorities in Utah. Mr. Hooker confirms the dispatch sent, furnished from Gentilo information, that the business of the Territory of Utah is suffering most, nnd that Eastern capital is withdrawing from railroad and mining investments and going elsewhere. Four hundred miles of railroad alone are in the course of construction.. Some (of the Gentiles in Utah propose to adjust the troubles by forming a State govern­ment with a constitution legalizing V>blygftm;Hb 'date; so that there will be no suffering by wives and children, nnd prcibibitibgit'nfter the'Stnte is admitted. Mr. Hooper, is not prepared to say !how fhe Morm,pnq' will accept such a pro­position.' ''He'huthbnticates, however, tho.petition of 2,500 Mormon women, serit^b Mrs. President' -Grant, praying that'thejr' domestic l-eldtions -mny.not be .disturbed. It>is not probable that any other appc;d will be made to the authorities'here except from tlio .railroad and mining interests) .of the Gentiles, who cry lustily .for pcaco. Whllo tho President is:Believed to be for' eradicat­ing polygamy with the ; bayonet, -some members of the' administration aro said toibeiftverso/to even enforcing'the pres­ent jiolioy. .', ^ .

i'Edncatlnt; oar'Daughters. Tho English nobleman -itvho sends to

Paris for .his daughter's dresses is reason­ably corf airi'thfit'ho, and1 liis'daughter's husband after- hitn,,can continuo send­ing, nnd that in the training of his child he'is fbsterin'g'noUiildt which ctmuotbo rightfully indulged in.' The Am,erienn knows, if he knows anything, that the habits of ilnxtrfy in which his child'is reared unfit her for the life in [which she will in all likelihood be called—that ho cannot ih6pb/jthat-Ji5s family, wealth'can long sTurvivoihim, uriy..m9rel'thqn that. hi8^daughl6r-'can'"love'a m'au'to'whbm" 'hat"wealth"will bdiufumportaht.vvEk^

that-weidtu- in -this cowitryTarelyxonr" tinues.in a family three Aeneratiohsi"'»n(l that ati'any.tinie he niay^^a^hiinWr i v i n y Tn»n - i i iMi i l -^E

His" daughtera"ironotTfljrto marry any but tho rich men they"finu so much diffi­culty "ih'fln'ding,.ahd'n rn'.vri of inoxlerate means fe careful to avoid asking them to change their habits of life. There are few sadder pictures than the one wo see when some such woman of braver heart than most Of her sex chooses the por­tion of a poor man's love, and vainly seeks' to adapt herself to ft life of which she has 'hitherto known nothing. The habits of her girlhood biud her like skotng>letters7 herrtgnorstnee b&domis-tic duties weighs her to the earth ; the loss-Of social position, or the fevered efc forts she makes to support it, wear out her life in bitter repinings, until bpj health gives way nnd she dies, leaving hor faults to vex* the wprMra her chil­dren, and hor virtues vn'discrivered save by her husband, who hides from him­self all else of her mentory1.

'dne winter.ieTwiagta co'unt^iiiore-koeper^in the Groen-XouiitaimStat^was about c l p s m g i f e i b K y i i n k l i t l ^ staridirig, ¥ ' «&,•-•»*%: biitsijfejrpHUtlng MtoSle Jfcindow »Kttt^i,>w tufrjpgfi (Ke glais a lounging, worthless. feBojvsvJthin, grab a pound sol rjfrsfh'butter^from the. shelf, and c o i q e a l h u k h a t : \-T

Tho act-w^noawpner-detected'{than the -rovengo'.-was.jhi* uppn-hinv-arid'a.

payiiigdff t he lliief;,With a facetious sort of torture, for wWch-he; would have gain-' cd a premiam from'theold inquisition, y

-".Isay.iBeth,''-. miA:fi& /atortkleeper/ eb'ra'inK--ai.'arid - cUwog i the" door : after him, slapping hia^Ms. . over hia shool-ders, and stamping tlie'inow oft hisleet.

Seth h a d his'hand?p'n-the door, hia at o n his head^jitditheifoll o f Dutter hat

in hls.liU; soon sis poaalble.'^

" I say, Seth, sit dawn.;" I l^kon'now. on such R.,oold.ni#ht,a* this.a.litHtx'bf something -warm woald hot hurt a fellow.^

Seth felt vejxuncerta in ; hevhad"? ih« butter and )'»/as',>»^dinglV a a x i b w a i t i be off, but the.;t^mpUttoh;'6f aiwaaV tlu'ng warn sadly ^^eredt;T«tftJ»ia'r«i olution to go.- Xh^-rtedU'tibu'-wiiTiet tied b y tho owner o'^ke . b n t t w ' t f K ^ S e t h b y tho shoulderyanol p l ^ H S y h im i n a sea t close t o ^ l l i e j ' s t o ' ^ ' - w h e r e ' n e was i n suoh a' manii>T^»rnei«d^3>T-.tl>e boxes nnd bttrreht thUi V h i l e t h e grqr>« s tood before'Mrilj;tli»re'ir«s,'nd p . i e n b a f i tylof get t ing .o^nt;^driglltiM ^»_vifary

Cruz," said the GTe«j^bunKi&<^opcr;'-so he or^ne^.the,eter^dpo^?i&^.;«bMk 'in as many sticks a* thephay^ywMrad-;: mit; "without it yb«H fraeWgoKiffenii suoh a night ns thia.,!&" ^ ^ v < S 5 # > ^ f |

Seth abeady feKSifaJiJmt^i^ttK" 1

down closor to his;h"«^ahd;jb]ftV jumt up,.declaringhe mnA^Si'&J?£k'*f£

" NoV till you hag^bjaiMuir^irar Seth. Come, I,Sfgjppa^fery^v.tell; you," and Seth 'w7wM^:rwi t^ . in to his Seat by his cuiniiiHib^lBnto^'v'^vfi

" Oh 1 its so h b t - l ^ ^ d S h ^ T p e g ^ ; thief, attemptirig.td-1* - • -

"Sit down—donji torted the grocer/J into his chair.. .

"But I've got'tlio,_ the.wood to split said the persecuted: '

"But youmusn!t^ Soth, in this manne^! eows tako caro - of-'thi yourself easy; -ybn7 fidgety," said'the':i n wicked leer.-""

Tho next thina two smokih; very sight^ < situatioh^""-stand-jereel beenlwelli; buttcr.-.&^a:

'SethiU

•d 'keep '•^little

wi |h '

•tiro \

exreates" WeddingCardi, '^Viiitiiig;Cardf,r. . .' .'Business Card«, "'t -Fanoy Show Cavua, V vBallCards, Letter H«adi»f», Note Headings, ' L'aVCatea,

Law Points, • Tag Cards,

In the. latest and nas.test styles, and at f t e loweit prices.,, Orders by mail will receive. proe»j)tattention. ' if-.-y

} rJ'.-J'J'iS Pocters,"''S^>^ft:' Handbill#,->i^ ;

Progmaaaie*"! ' Dotlger»y:,-jiy,-

-M BiUiUiade. Statements, Pamphlets,"

Circulars,^ ^.-i. Receipts*-./'

Milk Ticket*

} l k n ^ ^ e k r ^ o V ; ( I i ^ B ^ t e n HMbk§ r'ieeM*bctwe&-^idtM!rg" and Biale a dair^Vcduntir-^almost unrivalled for

'orest pllOhe Side itndtlitJ. wl(iefspreVia' lngrKrunejon'Vthe.-f.other,the, pretty villagee,' "the : vineyardai '.and • the.well-kept farmj mklce'a picture'that has been sun«['i»ndvp«rntedf for yea«;<><Iieaving ibe Tandaoavp* to be deMribod by better

hrt.aie 'tell you "something concern-irig^We ; H e ^ i ' l J ; w h i c t meadowVhaye been kept lu* s'ticli.^odd e ^ M f l t ^ i b ' J B a V t T Jtjwft, rm.i'« „ . • ; tFro«Fnhe car window ...one x sees 'that t i e field* are erervwhere" intersected by fi?&t<!tot<>^W.>B**7'» ideep^^weedy, npMMne ditch; i n the'.Engbjih -faehion, but'.'aaia^ narro'w^treiighs out' through .the : Undr i ;TW;'gra«*i 'growa' cloee np to the'edge"*aid"lia«g«I-over tho limpid

— ' \ ^ a ^ s M _ " -

. S ^ f t & e s e wal am;full.of clear, ruining water. Where eviat....thet:;railwajf';''br the. flue country roaslepajaa'theMie.artificial brooks, atone br^lfteeare'ereoted. 'At intervals woodi «.'&iine ^r^getee qfoes 'the-ditches to 'eontip4Vthe'inow b'rBirect it to the'vari-oiy'<Vrjdi AU:

t

;th"e water eeemai to-.l>e «o«w^ from the Black Purest, westerly," t o w a ^ the'Khine." -'JsVj ; , V

;The ^menciui'-traveler • at first '.sight

... i;.a3rprai' wat»r—6\r»inage.' But why Ihoee wooden' gatej-ev^rywhejtejf •. If the clianneU'are'"to, conyey.1 the'"water away, whySe'tiird^ its flqw-l"'A:ftimeV iiu^ec: tionTmakes'it plain that these'extensive wbi'k«"Rref pr irri.gatibhf not^drainage 5 not to: gtVrid of thVwater.bat. to save it had thMeTpaitient Germans mapped out^heir ojHSt^£with--,-thw

* " * " ' ' " " A-i; .--: 'f: . - _ 'a™? ^ ; ^ ; « T 3 1 ^ i ^ ' M i ^ | ^ f . M ^ u r e s of Q^mva'i^a^^^^'^^'^^"^ • t rees .

_ wy^jnone^Iiong. y « « a^ttte'a«w : *lundera T we are now.

' r t V t H ! ^ 1 % ^ l p f i t a , f o r i „ A .^ w i i»Bi1tetqSing«|^and changed

tte?ij«»»^^Ko^f«iS^.springs-and bror)tai ra« tonlySto^fee^found in-'the

^ ' b ^ i o M s ^ e r c i a l i i ^ ^ •rt-'flowa^ffr^Vn^er Jthe^ .of. » iBUkkrF6i^: i»^t f t t i e :b 'r 'a )rwrate

^ i S o * « f c o ^ ; U i e ^ r d i t e n ^ ^ - - ^ o » ^ i « t e r r e ^ h « i i > ' t t i e 'Bhine'.^ From

.IwUy^ g^*«e^^ :iua ahe^ : the •gr«;.-.[in^bou'ntlieM"^ where^ along -iiis cb^iBiifcir.tapped 'anil" . t iuTn^ aside to flow" over the farms. 'c'As -"H.foee it-is divided among maf.y.'pobplo,-bayming leesVnd j ^ t i i r a l l is consum"-.

lr^^;,Tho woodeV'^ate' Wnf.it-aside, or • a c i ' . t f ' d i i w E o l i n M if tb^oyefflbw where

'*'•" ' iBK^sewiM^-inr;perfect: order* •^ine»«^-niw.--;Sh6nldi6ng

to Tjexiti'at •r—I mean,

ioke as well 1 hermetically

Ihe % had been. • itreak o f <btit-

' nndor his hnt, »alreaid.V8oak'

w i t f ^ Soth,

Poor fc as melt, am sealed up, born'dumb.-tor came-pod and his handkl ed( with the greaijoverflow.^ Talking away, as if 'nothing raa tho'matter, the fun-loving grocer kofc stuffing wood, in­to the stove, whilenporSeth sntupfight, with his back ognigs tho counter, and his kneos touchingthe red-hot fui-nace before. jjj ,

said tho grocer, seem toperspixo as Why don't you take

let iine .put your

AaeBf the iirmw. j J The' KafalcijCcm'serMcriee's t h o sud­

den and foro'ible bre'ati^g'jrip^of the aysr tern of polygamy; says' Grose Gre&nWc?od; in 'a letter from'Salt Lake, would.b^ vis-'

oil the ones who suffer most, eycry-wUeVf!;' ia. soyiel convulsions and; over-, turnings,'arid afe'''fcT&tywh9re the 'least" guilty—the women,and'>cliiKlreni i-It would take from"hundreds, of Mormon wives the little title to'the world's toler­ance t h e y ndwpossess, ;desti ,oy their self-respects and drive.-them-from the places they oallhomo.» They have mostly enter­ed' dn the' rs)|aupn''in "good faith,'"in a blind belief thai it wa*<5f Divine apppint-mentk(r'Even-when\con'?irl6^,6¥.their,e>rr, ror, dishonor and wauthave borrea their way of eMnpe'.i'arid -'ohildrehlearnis' have heldthem' btvck.i ,'A«id«;irom' their own interests, or. relief, theyonpoee a measure wliich" would scatter j>nd baatiiW.iss their chadreri.''^''.iy M-'l•S'"-i';fi n'f-'.'/V4-* •i-You,are »teuek b y t t h e great uumber^f chadren-'e^erywheip here.". Some houses absolutely oyorflow, witli''them';' Some tables 'are 'emTjoVeVe'SJ- in olive-branch-ea..";;,:Th8;difforent s<:ts get ; iuon# very well together generally, but that is little wonder^ 'after1 th.e''mrrnole''bf agreement betweenrthe 'mothers. . Polygamy does not.seemjtq spare women the cares of maternity.''. I know '» Mormon? hou'se-hold'iri'.which^'t'wb' middle' aged''wives eou,ntabout two jlozoa childrsn.between them. . Ijtook, two little fair,|haired girls •for'twin's,' and t h e y were1 7* 'sort of "poly­gamic' twins,-born almost, at jtheisame time iri.the same house, of diB'orentmoth-ors. It seems to me t h a t tUd' children he'ro'doinpt lobk 'as huppy and-'bright a s in o'tfr towns; I fartcy t h a t the l i t t le girls atile^ty'haVe.sbmeth'irig: .of the Subdued , represBed^ilqok; of t he i r jrioiat!riS!_ ,But Isbmefew pf'them^re^pretty^^an'd'nearly aUneaHy''»»d'comfortably ^dressed.,11 h'ear thiat.ffiejJiaVB:,varjc g b b d , schools^ and.are under,go^'discipuiq at' h o m e , answering to the^rbll^call 'at.''nigh.^''' ah'd-dtdy^JiWbrjng^Oieir'fsther and-.thcir

flowing _ pla|

ore than 1 in; perpetual 1

un'danoe:'"''I)amaging froat against by, a' -Oieet of

spread'' 6vei> tb<e-*l^erflKi' at "tho critical moment

the fields are maintained 'fertility :and i thq- meadows

:'»-'Man^3nr6%QnT'wives.ars -sisters,', and-it is said tli'ey >get along-quite'-harmbni-; ouily.'itThe very, nature of women seems •6,'be changed ,here*,~and-'turn'ed 'upside. "down%nd'insidft''bufi„-4JAh'iintdh§ent '/<bsV:wi{e'\toMa^en^e>eighr^r.thj)t the bnly;/wicked/,feeling slje ~ bad "about, herhasband takinga'sccond'^wife''was .tKitt'Se.,did"riot:.tak'e'hersis^,'who:wan^ red'Ium.orjratherla'"?share.inVhimi^ 8hp *o'v4d,rlafe.lik«dto Jiily* ithe^'mwperty, kept iri'tlie lah^y.^'sT.'saw.'the p'tlicr d»>,' atpair'df youngl'mTe^'^siatorj^^walkiiig hand;)n-liud,',r.dre«^ed :.ahke,iinV,ev^ particular, o'tlic^am'e helgh^and'oom-, plexion,-:and'ofHhei'Bame apparehtager-^1

lndeed/^lobtogaoieaacUy. alike Uiat it •^a^oe^a^case of.rmt^tedjjbiganiv,, It'nrast'a^m"Viueer',"eve'n ^p'th'em to'say " oujlknsband,-,"'a« t h e x w e d t o s a j ' jboi;

„ The moat singular and unnaturalmar-

; wivee':m<Uhei*^"irhee«i"*i« pfiot" nnTreL

A SeattUe Resolve. , " Did-yiiSfet^r .hear, sir, how it waa that Edwards, the mason, gave up di'ink-iiifaVJtf*i& a wol'kingman to his em­ployer one day, where ho was talking to him about tho evils of intemperance.

" No said the latter; ' '-liow'was it ?" "Well, ono day_ Edwards was drinking

in n public hou«ef!wh'eU the landlord's wife earno to call her husband to dinner.

" ' 'What's'for dinner?' said the man., " ' Boast goose,' replied his wife. '

• Is'thero apple sauce ?' he asked. " 'No. ' " ' Well, go and make some; I don't

eat goose without) apple-smlce;''" "Edwards was so impressed with the

sceno he had witnessed,''when the women had loft to prepare this delicacy, that for .the .first time'in'-his lifo, he began to think what a fool ho had been.

" ' Here's this .man;' isaidi ho to him­self, ' can't catTiis dinner of roast goose without apple-sauce, while my poor wife and children at home are glad to get a herring fo*: their druners, and very often can't have'tluuV Whose. money,.I should like,to.know,,goes,to,pi'ovia'e,this fellow with good^things ? (Mine, and that of other fools'like inc. We'll, wlint's done can,f?bVuii'doiio.3 It's1 Of;>no'-tlse', crying ovbr-spilt iriilk, but that fellow shan't dine on ronst goose, at. my. expense.', .

" So ho paid his reckoning; arid walk­ed out of that public house;, never to en­ter it again."

Aanicnir/rrrBAii .DKABTMENT.—The re-port of ''tho'D'epaitmeiitv bf 'Agi'lculture for October pnm the influence, of, the draught and ol the unusual low tempera-tuiei of' September, has been very unfa­vorable to ripening of fruits, ana to the mnturingof cornaiid' 'other crops.1 'No general or, sorious' damugp has resulted to corn, alnvgeportion of the crop be­ing well 'advanced liy the high tempera-of August before frost appeared. The prqcluetjpf wheat, as calculated from the estimates, Appears to Be' aliout'sbvehp^r cent less than laetiypnr.ojThQ.quali^y is gerieraBy saperior. It i3 placed abofb an Avei'aga in,the Western States.exccpt Een\ubky,k?Iowa ofid Nebf iM' -'The product of oats will bo about as large' as tho crop of last year. As, a whole, the quality of barley may be said to bo fully medium, nnd the quantity very nearly an avoroge. » The buokwheat crop is comparatively poor on average, the con­dition being low in nearly all the'States.

.V it • I I V mi A M t , i n i W E A L T H o» topft 1,DArBX.,BBqip^s.-r

Sko»#ialtfei<of -somb ol onr duirying districts is enormous.Herkimer, N. ,Y.', ships "annually over .17,000,000 ponnds of cheese'and 3,000,000 'pounds of but-ter,.rwc^#4,600,000iu themarket- St) Albaas;!:Vfc-, .'shipB--l,00Oj fJ00?pp»rid»>bf oiteeee »nd=a,75y,000:poundaMof'"bntfcer:: wbrth'in' th«Am«tket ^aM.OOOiaiTVje-Tfllage of Willington;- Ohio,^'shipped I,000,()00,i>ound8.dnd8^,jworth Sl;500,r

^ ' ' 'it l.nvl;iV.\-

ing places for tho Chicago election werem'tlfbnbcaHUSsMeWgnated for thorn ,hefpi'Q,,tho.,ur0,,wherpr temporary structures were erected.jVlt was deemed illegal- to hpldjthem'.ehiewhere, and so, although .there" were no inhabitants upon several; sqiiarp miles,of, area, the former residents came-ba'ok tb the ruins of their homes andcaittheir rvbtei;' " '

Cold night "Why, ,Seth, yo; if you were warm your h*ttefl? hat away."

" No I" exclaimi "No, Imnstgo'.li let me go l"

poor Seth at last, ao out J I ain't well!

G Y M I E S . — The |GTpsy Parhnment, whk)h-j»eetw-onw-«wery seven years and oonaists of de abates from all the countries of Europ', is expected to as­semble soon nea r C os tadt in Germany. The king pf-.this lomadio. t r a c e ^ one J o s e p h Beinhard, 1 io hais, rca'cheid the venerable age of ni H tye igh t years. .He has had ssVou wive ,aud is the father of fprfy-fiye children. Our American idea bf tho wholo gypsj tribe is rather un favorable.) Thoy a i regarded generally as a set of horso a i childreh stealers, as few in nmnbors md' without .organ­ization or governn mt. In fact? there are no real,gypsies 1 this country. But we find that there!we in Spain about 40,000, in England more than 18,000, while Aus t r ia has B ',000 nnd Moldavia and Wallachia art the chosen home* of nearly 200,000 m re. Their religion has been the subje t of'much unsatis­factory discussion. Perhaps tho Hindoo saying "there are nearly seventy-two religions and a half in the world, tho half being tho relig >n of tho Jhats (or Gypsies)", comes oi near t h e truth as any.'.'* } '

young Moro t

niade to yielffiaanuaTcrops of ignutrby |i top-dressing of water.,, ..

T h e value of c o m m o n spring or b rook water ns fertilizing agent is .not under­stood by 'our farmers. 'How many New Englanafnrms'aro. baked into ijnprioflU-ble biu-renncss every summer, with a valuable brOok running to w'aste past 1 tho dusty fields ? The ; farmer bomoans the diy season and lets.'the wealth-bear^

I ing water flow away unnoticed. "Many a now worthless farm, in the hands, of these Badpnei's or Bavarians, would sus­tain great droves of" Aldorheys" and Shorthoins. .

Irrigation alone can save many of our farms f rom total loss. I tTsfr ie longer "a doubtful experiment"; jnmplb spr ing water contains' plant-'fb»w/-"XheeQ Black Forest brooks aro limpid,-and yet they ench sustain whole square miles of mea dows. In Ea^m-Newjl i |gjai id . we have plenty of 1 Water rnVmingresl and "brown through onr soil and under' our woods; that,. Spread in*. c«toh.-water] meadows, would beac.tons,p.t gi'»«s,"vWhbi'e,uow,the wild sorrel has a hard- fight to;,live. Gonerajly .these life-giving brooks flow past onr farms nnd"nro'lost in the sea, while tho ' farmer 'stands' on their banks bemoaning his bad luek, and'preparing to put on another mortgage.

CHARLES BABNAHD.

A ( Kentucky jonrflsl tells n s of au' ox-traordinary' motHiajfclaw,^. dwelling in tho neighborhood b( Louisville, who must b o a peculiar member of that much-maligned class. Hej diminutivo son-in-law desired to witoeja tho paradd of ft German battalion, ^utshe forbado his leaving his bitsihese. iHowover he eluded the old lady's vigiloico for a moment, and stood gaziug atitho warriors, when he was suddenly seiked by the loft ear and rondo tho recipient of a fearful chas-tismont, ending in his being laid at full length in tho street,.while tho virago took a seat upon his prostrate form, and edified the amused .crowd by fanning herself with her sun-bonnet.

THE MOON.—The subject of thejmoon's influonce on the weather is one of wide­spread interest, which has received no little attention from scientific men. A Gorman writer, who has recently in­vestigated it, basing his calculations on meteorological, .msgnetieal, ,and. astro/-nrmicdl observations made at Green­wich, England, has come to thn con­clusion that in our latitudes the variations of the barometer, of tho mnfall, and of the direction and force of the' * wind, aro npt.affeotod by the, moon sufficiently to eriablo us'to detecVner innuehce,* during a period of twenty years:«»!--t

Piuumjfa . -TBE*8.'—H.< .Danlap's idea, of planting forest tree* is that t h e y must, b«;clos^y.pranfcd in order to m a k e proper "upward growth,-and'!willn«ed t o be' Mh"ned!bW lyn»r'«fter'year7.faco6r^ ingtothe. rapidityiPfrgrowth^-;JUx>nt trire<thO«and ,\treei tp th? acre will an-8wtt,li'gb^'pnipo»e. "HiMii-^in^inake them abxmt/onr feeteachi.way.'ir'fSome plantera prefer three feet,-, andbngin to thinl'ontin five or six years. The wood-•thrtt.is obtain^ tin-jthinning will-rnore than pay for the exfa» plants a n d , labor.

• ^ - -i : — — — - f ^ . - t v Some'ingenious Yank has imventocl a

process by .whioh, WPfo-sugar can b« madeout'of common New Orleans mo^ lasses.^ flavoring it by steaming soaplel wood;' s"The next tmiw wo'are looking for1 is'a process Whereby they will inake hon'eyfr6m'cbd-liT«^-olli Havoririg'It with bees-wax. - ; " '

pTotipCusti inmem^ it^,th^nio«tai«)**fe't' j ^ t t J i t - i ' M ' - i i r " -^rwirya^D^ s B sa^ t i m e s rebrfl ibn and p a r t of t h e old'wife." "Oci b a n d objects to h a v i n g even wife imposed on h i m . I h e a r d of one t h e o the r d a y who, t h o u g h ho finally sub ­m i t t e d tb ( the comniiiiid of the imperinl Briglmm'ihnt Ho Should t a k e nn<l p rov ide for a cer ta in poo r w o m a n — " a ione , l o rn c ro tu r "—dec la r ed t h a t he cou ldn ' t " a b e a r h e r , " a n d at once p u t h e r a w a y on a r a n c h forty miles from town,—pension­ed and p a s tu r ed h e r out . This sys tem h a s i t s 6erious am 1 pe rp lex ing aspect—it i s a fearful p rob lem, which , l ike t h e r id ­dle of t h e sphynx , m a y prove t h e des t ruc­t i o n of those who a t t e m p t rashly t o solve i t o n d fall, .but i t h a s also i t s lud icrous , i t s g ro tesque aspects , a n d they a lways s t r i k e m e first, t h o u g h tho l a u g h t h e y provokei i i s qn iok ly succeeded b y a sad rq i l izn t ion , sweeping over m e l iko a g r e a t b i t t e r wave, of all there is in i t of e r ror , of suffering, and of i ieril .

V U l f W a > 'awMl^«?»'wii | i . , Xie.t those who dw.ell in palaces ou ovif

aristocratic avenues, 'and clothe ihem-selt'ep iiti ptjrplo and- nne'lincii, tear th'ennjelvcs sxrtpe Saturday evening from' the'ir easy'-crmlrs aifd.warm' firesides and pasa'a'n'hdflroJ two* ir! asking a tour of the "pawnbrokers' store* in Ne'w. Yo»k City, a oorreipondent writes, afldl study the terrible," the- sorrow-stocking, t l io fearfully'?e»l'scones bf human misery, sorrow and depravity which may be wit­nessed in them r.uy ;aud every night. TIibyi'iieed;not go'laf'ifrbm the Bowery, Anystreet leading' from tha t crowded thoroughfare will,.furnish them all tho information they could desire, though alhJQst 'any street in this great City could duplic«t« it'.MThere they,will see. aorne brawny7*noi»»**-fa<(ed laborer pawning h^a'spade'orbis"t6Wfa Seeeusehis Union Hem ordered him out bnstrlks', and- this is.theooly meansloft to him wherewith to supply. aHother loaf of., bread to the children'. "''jThelN 'ilfcejrx will see some trembling young girl,.who** white and dainty .fingers proclaim atonee flwdeli

borrow » ear-rings

or some (HUnt little trinket perhaps the last-connecting linlt with ltetter times, in-order that'the sick fnthdr she so dear­ly loves may b« sure'of the necessaries ofJife at feast till Monday,,, How plain-tivoly, ft!e..,»«ks. the dned-up-looking, hard-featured little/ Jew, who is proprie­tor of the store, if he cannot possibly lend her more thaB fifty cents on them. "You .can ; take ' em away," h e r e -plies'in a rbtigh, off-hand manner, as he ' tosses'the much-prized trinket on tho counter;; ."rdoneyis scarce, and I don't care) much abbnHeifdhig to-night." Poor thing I' she' takes her fifty' Cents and humee away-; :only jtoo glad-to escape from ,thtf ,prt»enoe >of Rapacity. The next comer is (-apdoT overworked wash­erwoman^'ooiapelled ,to borrow money op her.gtoyerizpns in order t o , buy .the SunaaVidnBaerfbr her chlldren.'because so'me^neartless'1v?b™,a"n has "taken her daughters to.-the theato ted laft; orders with;-(the ,»ervaat« to".," tell, tlia i ^ h e r -wbm'an, 'when:' she' comes, ;tb. call for her money nextlweek."' How'men' will l ie!' For the otdtriws of selling this poor •woman's .^sto'vo-irons. fcdeeuied pled-ges,"at' five or'six times the' price for which they were'-pawned, he tells her that,he hJaSi'already, taken in to-night •o,-many articles of t h e same description that he cHii'Only lend lier a trifling;'sum. pn^themi^.i Popr.tipnl.! ,;8he knows lihj e l k s s ' ^ ^ell.'"'She'takes*the.poor rjit.-.1

tance that he offers he>, and makes room forihertextvictim*withdntdainttr. Ah I here * is bijejafter, thepawubrpker'srown' heart. jj^V'* Si* 0 ? 6 ' n ?; .?^ e s ,B bargain. He knows that therbis'mbhej'to'bema'de ewtof the miaerable creatwo who stands r^ardm'i[,fhim,,,with ;half-defiant, eye.; whbie- bloated face-, and illrclod, half;

^edi tabs/ tell' plainly' the''horrible otrher fan.her iinJevry. and.herde-" u.^af .shej'reckieesiy'offera to

r--AWiOTrdf.'herft)acic':in ^tB^iiajeiiceiii

, My Wife. Whatlsmy-wIfeUke? Stay ana hoar.

Hctnycs are soft, and dark, end brown, limpid ana lustrous, andaB.oloar

As stars frow hsavon shining down On this dull world. And for hot slyo—

8ho*s not so tall hut she muBt raiso Hor llpa to mino, snd f can gaso-

gfit downwards In thosd lovins oyes. Her hatr ie liko a veil of light,.

fKig All cri/iply, golden, aott, and fair r

And falling round her shoulders white In waving niaseee, rioh and raro.

Her hautta I what artist o'er could pamt ? Ho daintj-tippod, so small and thin;

Borkpabjiod, and sweet with perfumes faint, Aud white SB war tho B»ti» skin.

And thon hor foot is slendor, small, And arching liko a sorpsut's ei-ost:

Tho Bomhlaneo likes mo not at all. Bo chooso tho aimilo von best •

Admiro. Bnt gazo not over-bold; My wifeisbutaraodoBtgirl, ..

A» truo as steol and puro as gold: Though fair as Ocean's fairest peavL

And can yon guess hor greatest charm 2— A raro ono, too: but ho it known,

In lieait, and soul, and miud, my wifo Is muie—all mine, and mino alone.

Facta u d Fancies. Tho kindness of distant friends is like

the Polar sun, too far removed to warm, as. y

Bogus " Chicago sufferers " are abund­ant and thievish in Western cities and towns. TSSAA '

To bo independent of external;, oir*. cumstanccs is the first step to tho enjoy­ment of life.

The heart, too often, liko the cement of the Ancient Bomans, acquires, hard-'* ness by time. .,

Value tho fiiendship of him who stands by you in a storm ; swarms of 'inaeots will c arround you in the sunshine.^, ;3

Tho proposition for a constitutional • convention in Ohio was carried at the late election by a»majority'of 72,952:'

If truth be established,' objections are ^ nothing.. The one^is founded pn,.o,ur * knowledge, the othefjiu ovj ignorance.

A Tesas_ editor complains that attempts to shoot him havo beepmo so'' numerous lately that tho thing is.gotb'ng .monoto­nous. , t *fv^'' } ( _

, There is., nothing .moro iiniversally comnfonded'than.avnnd' day ; tho reason is, .that persons can commend it without envy.

Itwouldvbe a much better arrange­ment if the"wrinkles of o ld^go wero to como on our heels instead of our faces.

There are four hundred and nine in­corporated; cities in the United'States, of which" St. Augustine, Florida, is tho 'oldest.*' ,' . » 1 ;-,..New Hampshire, 'it, is>, said, po'ssesseat a.real curiosity in the shapo of aCon-..^-gressman'who refruksto^fraukliid;wifjejp>rf' fetters.* •' . •» Every' e«raeat-gknce^^M»;^'JheVe- ^ •lilies around ns, with' J»t»Tit'-^o jloaru.iv pr«?e«U|rom">*(( l | f^ l (^ i a a

sbng'of "priusc.***;^; " i-'i - '• * t-^Olontd^lfamomit'bf"assets tho ! the caiWfbrilnsurance Companies that ' h i v y f f l n d e d is about $3,000,000, tho liiUUitie* »20,000,000.! " '• ' * i

"Sat

I s THE FATHER OP ''WAI*B8 A'Hrrit' BOO ?—A leading article in a late num ber of the St. Paul Press gave the fol­lowing mournful account of the condi­tion of things at the " head of naviga­tion?:? • 1 • : •

"The Mississippi has almost dried np. .The majestic river whoso magnifi­cent volumes two thousand miles from its outlet has been the theme of the tourist's admiration; so broad and deep thatit seemed some grand estuary of tho sea--on which the navies of tho world might rids, has «hrunk to a mere ridicu­lous creek, and its thin and attenuated current crawls lazily, as if it -were ashamed of its shrunken shanks, among low, red, bare submarine ridges nnd beaches of nand that have never seen tho sun before, so' far as human knowledge goes, since God separated the waters from the dry land. The water has never been so low within the memory of thP oldest inhabitant. Herds of cattle bask in the sunshine on the dry bed of tho great river, 10 or 15 feet iindor the level of tho waters, where a few' 'mofrths1 ago great fleets of steamboats rode, at wilL Boys with their trousers rolled up to their knees sound with"their feet the grand mysterious .depths which havo on-gulphcd GO many wayward boys and hapless men whom' necident or rashness has/entangled in tho strong, swift un­dertow."

"WOICEJI IN RUSSIA.—After due delib­eration in tho Ministerial Council, tho Emperor has issued an order ''wh6re>j' the existing institutions for. instructing women arc to be enlarged in' every pos­sible direction: t«W<JmeK3tre;tQ"bo allow­ed to act as surgeons, to vaccinate, and to bb-eraployed as chemists. They-are to havo every facility' and assistance in all educational ,establishmpnts,,,_to bo a d m i t t e d ' a s s i g n a l ' women',' in the telegraph departments; - they may bo employed as accountant*;1 and may be placed in the female inafatution,-subject to the Emperor's-OTroohatiC.'Sllwy.. n'Al-together, Russia .aeeros toshe, the. fcre't Europe^ "eou'n'try'which'-hai really car-r W o«t the"erncndpaaon,of-TOmen:'iv'

-- -.- ."'. ~Z:-?> —iJ^..,-.. '^I'd" ..^ll i-:.-"A SATAGB/Ho^i^In^ranjdin;Connty By. ,"00 Saturday,'a large Berkanire bog acizosl a two-year- dauifctM of >Mr»> W. G»me«;'''arid''ran'withtit to^a' pond near by,^wli6Mr it'waa'regdiiea 'wlthliimenlty ia;'ft'half-^rowned-st»ter'-Ita !ri«h^ and'lup,.ware' i» terribly la6ar»t«d by, the animal that.-after: liagerinB'in"pein till Monday morning,, it;wrrnreJ..,(Th8 ho^ »ii^a^^au»^"^iu^*0ihV^i tit for a dog, thatvcame ito |.,her rescue ^ e would kave' bee'ri'killed. \ As'it was", "sho W M , v c ^ b a 6 U y , r h r ^ . , ; . , , (

.. A:berievblont man takes" bare 'thai^io hungry beggar shall leave his door' with-

: out a' bite—by keeping^a'ordsa'maatiff.

SIiNiNa EAirrs.—Various devices have from tinio to time been brought forward,

IV2S JtUPKPXent, ,fljp .ftr.OJmiry, safety-lamps—so necessary for working With in unites—ftoin being tampered with. Locks of almost every conceiva­ble description havo been brought out, but in nearly all instances they have failed to answer tho special requirements. Becently, however, according to tho London scientific journals, an arrange­ment has been contrived which appears to combine all the essentials so long de­sired, and by which any tampering with is made known in a very peculiar man­ner. In this device there is no lock whatever, or even fastener, thel>b4tbm beiag simply screwed and nnscrewfci'l!* turning it at tho bottom with the haaid; After tho iwick of the lamp is lighted, the bottom is screwed on, nnd then it is ready for work. Should any endeavor be made to get at the flame, whioh could only be attempted by unscrewing tho bottom, then, the moment that the screw is ttirnesl round, the" light gradu­ally goes mil, and before'the" two parte can 1)0 separated the light isentirely ex­tinguished . .„

A SCOTOH ESTOMOI/OQIST AND His GtrEST.-^-Thereis astory, perhaps forgot­ten by all but men who were students at a certain collego nearly thirty years ago, of an enthusiasticprofessbr'bf entomo­logy,' not'celebrated 'fdr^hia1 exercise of hospitality, who was so delighted at the arrival of aUjeminent pursiier of insects that lib invited him to board and bed in his chambers. Next morning Dr. Muc-fly greeted- his-guest,."And how did yo sleep tho night,, Mester Beohemouth ?

" Not"veiy well. A Btrange bed' per­haps.' Bat^-"

"Ah !''<quoth the doctor eagerly, "ye were-justbitten bysomothing, oh,?"

" Well, to tell you the truth doctor, I was."

'' 'Just think of that 1 'Bitten wero ye ? Now, can yo "say it was -anything note­worthy that bit'Vo ? peculiar, eh.?"

• "Fleas, I , think. But such,chaps for bitiug I never saw in my life."

" I shbuld'flunk so, indeed" (with great glee). "They're Sicilian,fleas. imported thejn piyselfy

M A K I N O i f B E D M S . — There is' a needle factory in New Haven where the whole process is done by a single mochino with­out tho manual labor of any person.-,, rA coil of; steeliwii'o is put in.. T t ^machine cuts it .off at the. required lengths.' "It bats the steel'' 'pieces 'cbn'seo'u'tivery'i punches the oyeholes, counter-sinks ' the eyew:»nd griuds.the pointe,.;^, infact, does eveiytAing.unW;the. needlea "dro but' eflinpletely "USaedLr' Anbtherrin*--chine pick* them up'and arraasee! tbeea heads and pointa ^together/ aaaL'awibiid piece, of myh^niam. ppUjthem iato -pa­per. ' One,"of these;ma<Ainea'pooubiee •nb,more"'sp)ice' than1' an" brdinkry': and each of:theminMs'7out'from" thirty to forty thouaand needle* a.,day.-. v Mo«t ofi the'.ncediSi Htherto in use have been imported jiWrn England untiTa few year* paef.!'! They are' rnade- there mainly -at feeddirch'in,.Worcester.'-. -The; busineas employs .about, four, thousand persons chiefly females, who are, paid weekly^ from" 86 cents for small childreu'to 99;S0, for skillful men. •.'I ,1 iiv —,—: '• '——.

.THE remains of Gen. Kbbert, Ander son will be .brought to Tthis country 'in in tho'United States frigatb Gubrricr,

or'ini _ around iouudof

study1 lof the paifug, 'A1 goene:ifo«^4u'? labors of the phiUSthropist,. an :act In' the drama of real life terrible to cohtem-

\ " 1 — — Something a t o t l t Immlrratton,

The Immigration bureau report the arrival of 250,000 souls per annum is not temporary, bnt permanent.-and the num­ber may reach three hundred thousand for the next twenty years. This colossal yet peaceful people's movement which changes the very character of tho Ameri­can nation should become the subject of carefully matured legislation. !

The bureau agent has been "greatly gratified in finding the vast masses of' ininiigrants ore composed of tho best and most enterprising farmers, mechanics, and laborers. It is true the great major­ity are not rich, nor do thoy belong to tho professional classes, but thoy genernl-ly possess some means, estimated at an average of $120 per head, nnd abundance of household goods ; are in the prime of life, rugged, holiest, peaceful, industri­ous, and thoroughly trained in their callings, He believes, taking all classes of immigrants, not exceeding 4 per cen­tum belong to tho dangerous and crimi­nal elemeats of society, and not exceed­ing 1 per cent, aie actual and convicted criminals. There is moreover, quite a streain'bf'refurn steerage passengers who represent to some extent the disappoint­ed failures who vainly liVfl without phy­sical exertions. He has not been able to obtain evidence that any foreign gov­ernment 1ms pardoned offenders for other than political crimes on condition that they emigrate to tho United States, but that in the evidence of all check and watchfuluess on the part of our authori­ties tho temptation to do so is very great and he has no doubt that criminals re­cently from prison do emigrate. He be­lieves that n careful and not mcrcly'me-ehanical' registration of name, uge, con­dition, &c, and a,.reference to homo documents which every bona fido emi­grant carries, wotdd go very far toward making it nnsafo for., criminals to land upon our shores. He is decidedly of opinion that the proscut steerage system should be greatly modified or abolished, and makes suggestions for thqprotecj.ion of .emigrants in railway transportation, and' adv'ocotes'an emigrant bureau an a

omcdy.for the.evils incident.to.steerage emigration, and a court of summary jurisdiction. Tho comfort of'the emi­grant' would be greatly promoted if his rights* aboard-ship were protected by treaty with foreign powers.

A J KBMABXABLB ' OAS«,—Here is a re­markable instance of abnegation of self: A,clerk in the- Postofflce Department at Washington has refused promotion, giv­ing! as his-reason 1 that >o is « single man, has no, intention 'of getting mar­ried, and his present salary is moro than Sufficient'for his 'support; that,-as his father is !employed- in the .department, his own promotion might give rise to unpleasant gossip' and ahargo of favorit­ism, and' tint as 1 a fellow, clerk-iin> his division contemphites. niarringe and .has long hoped for promotion, an increase of salary would''"bo more acceptable to'his friend 1 than1 to - himself., For these irea,: ijqnB; ho. rcfpeotfally..decline^ promotion at prbsont,' saying that the time may cbrae'-'when*hd will -stand inlneed'of'a largor,:»ahtry, in w;hiclj, j case, he .^1 .not hesitate' to accept clerical preferment" '•" inW ^ . " , 1 1 j . I '1- ium .KMI.' l lui '."'ill •kM.'thJH

iatl i«iTJ^ejMl^TiUiBv;iiidi««*Vx^.#'-:^ —*—"-n; of - lynching a^negro/naoied

• a * h i n ^ n , ' ; ^ o l U e ^ ^ ^ r a ^

otherpedpletbTEml' :thcy ;

,a«c.,»^^iir, i. . v 1 Jf-you were tiie.wifo of lyburignino^''*'; mother's. uncle!9 , .cousin's half-sister, ia-.. what relation would yon bo to your un'- , T ! i 5

ole's grandfather's husband, and how'

A " y » « s y cataract was -now pouring aowB thSf^opj- man's faco and neck, ana soafang^nto^lifa^ciothes, and trickling ? . ° w n „ h l ? b o d y inK .h i9 boots, so that literally ho was in a perfect bath of oil.

A subject for triumph—'"'Wliat havo -you been crying foi- Qcorge.^'^»Coth mam 111 a wonldn t divo mo thpungc-ciiisp cothrvegotathtnmmaeh-riche 1 "Ah'hal'-v. •I've got- a 'punge-cake and a 'tummach-ache, .too 1 o- The easiest way to preserve grapes* is to hang tho bunches up in a room whorb tho air is not subject to much change; and is pure nud dry. If not below tho freezing-point, tho coolbr/ tho air the better tho grapes will keep? ^

" Indian Joe," a Pinto medicine man, well known among tho whites, was stoned to death by his tribe, having failed to restore to health two sick'Indians. "The practice of medicino among Indians evi­dently has its unpleasant features.

Wo hopo the ladies will come back to a sirnplo stylo of hair dressing, when 'they, remember that tho most of the false hair they purchaso is from tho heads of tho Paris communists, and from all the prisons" here and abroad.

Mr. Ashbury goes homo to build new yachts and try tho speed of old ones. He is sure something can be found whoro-with tho Yankco craft can be beaten. He proposes to come next year and oveiy years until ho wins tho. Queen's Cup.

" Give me a pound of oysters, " said a man to an oystervendor who was going by. *• I sell by measure, not by weight, said theoysterman. "Then givo men yard of them, " said the man. The oys­terman shook his hea 1 dubiously and passed on.

"Well, good night, Seth," said tho humorous Vermonter, " if you will go;" and added, as he started out of the door, " I say, Seth, I reckon tho fun I havo bad out of you is worth ninepenoe, so I shan't charge you for that pound of but­ter in your hat."

A jolly Jack tar, having strayed into a. show at a fair to have a look at tho wild beasts, was much struck with tho sight of a lion and a tigor in the same den. " Why, Jack," said'he t o a messmate, who was chewing a quid in silence, " I shouldn't wonder if next year they wero to "carry about a sailor and a marine liv­ing peaceably together I" "Ah, " his married companion, his wifo! "

_ . 8aid " or a man and

o n - « little wfite g^'-and-whose ifather

.moVdis^&scd..,; The prisoner-was,takes to ihe.jail in Charleston, Indiana. ' V

( l i l l . - . ' 1 « . , | , . i j , - , ! [ • ! I 1 I l l H i l • . - „ .

Iron;paper-ha« bean rolled; at the Up­per Forest.Thx Works, near Swansea., so that a sheet of .ten by.five and a half inched," or flftyiSve'square'iribhcs; weighs only'twenty grains; This is thirty'per cent, less i n weight than any equal shoe.t ever prbdncod. l i s thickness is bhi forty-eighl>hundredth o£ on'iqp}ffi

The Contented Man. A wealthy Bpieure applied to an Arab­

ian'doctor for a prescription that would restoro his body to health and g^ve hap­piness to his mind. Tho physician ad­vised liim to exchange shirts with a man who -was perfectly contented with his lot, upon wliich the patient sot out upon his journey in pursuit of such a person. After many months spent without accom­plishing hia object, no was told of a cer­tain" cobblor bf whom every ono 'had spoken'as «• model of contentment and happiness. Pursning the direction giv­en, tho traveller was pleased with tho sighit'bf tlio cobbler enjoying a comforta­ble nap on aboard. Without ceremony he w*# aroused from his slumbers, and the important interrogatory .'whether be was con ten ted. with his lot, was answered

f " Th^n','",'said tho sceke>"after happi-n « v ! J I havepbo auaU.- |ooa\ i toaak at y<mrhand«;• ' I t i ivthatSyoeffexohange aiW»;wHb,"me; that by t & 4 » e N M Ijdao m.iy-bewmo.cohtented •i^TiS'jppy." .'tfJCoei .gladlywbuldl'aooeae fib ybnir r«meiit,.'" rephed'the'cbbbler,'. " b n t — " ^S/NajfV xeftwe me *not, ; ' , ; ' inteiTnpted the;naan of wealth';." any sum thou may-'e8tKamVshallbethine.i"--

seek not thy wealth, " said the cob-Ww . ' i 'but-^ut-r! ' , s,-"But what?"-

"Tho truth is—I have no shirt 1"

•EjvnpBo.-^The, rovised odition of the .Bible in 'Ohwesej" which has for somj> I time been prepanng at Pekin, is now nearly ready, ani will soon bo issued from the American Mission $tc»e, within the wallJ of the capital,