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Jlbck' lUan ■".flipjlj 1 . 7-^r— ^ rAltpUU MIAIE BMWK 2S2SS?"" r *tnlita3eeltois»sfr»a»l*s. .. / -■SSsSf.^r" -O—^tlh-ssUau I So, viae ther* ante Mr laws 1 tar. SMHHfflBBcSrfjffi 1 tee MM aak MM steesfr ••• mini qei liinir Jtei •••> " U >• XM« ' " •■ it re» win •• ilul Unyvstskss wy toss, Baa, Ufa ks, - fka?>i» Ml/ lakra sub UaOMnaffda*11 *?■'*' -*y .!• — T* H JmyyiSMka^ "JkMkkani .k.ta^krowal Tkak, aMAUf oa kla %•«•» fa*. Ntk»<.l>U»i mh. Art Ifaaisosstesre >!.**., AMIMaMtMlaalH "All'a Watt." MMUMUoalltalM, ■tin ksrt waa laraad. and a« ka cbaw'd HI* Mia, whisk karr~6 li his hsrtk. it fcrtf oit ka fall i rasy wssl hrt tste ths tsslss, >ad KESt aad JEisdom. Tnn age that all win* needs— VintBat bat little, think much, and do mora ; Capital Mock — A good peying , bank. , Tonic (be the Insolent — Hairy- . pariBa. • i The fear that to Bfc to ns-Tbe at- 1 Tn« beat capital to begin life on la a < capital wife. ' C'*nrHT.«are bought by the yard and worn by tha toot. ' OraiA cloaks an to be mads with a . deep pointed band. , Plbasaxt optical angling— Trying , to catch a tody's eye. , Wmand wotaeo mlara not, aid i tha rcaaH ia a Mloie A UCTIOXEEUand blacksmiths ham- 1 met their way throogh bib. DtlEUto tfa autumn gales the volume 1 of natore U fbll of fly-Uavca. ' A tWW way to Had a woman outcall tahasahe lent at borne. J Keasox, like the am, abowa what ] ia nnder it, bat nothing above iL , TUB tobacconnnt'a "but tramp- ' card"— John Anderson's Sol-Ace. I T*T to let everybody ■» fituit. be for- \ gotten, aa yon would wlah yonra to be. ; WHTfr aaadcal Instrument Ufa j the open araT Beeanae It's often I CHAirrxxm Borrow ieada na to pr»y*. tat Inordinate Brief hinder* » deration. ' To Dean of OarHale aaYt that ' smoking La sure to play OH jrfck-otloe 1 with one. To abandon a Wend for a tingle [ error erlneaa a cold heart and weak Judgment. It it very easy to look down on b otfais; to look down on ou reelect ia h Taos OMtt be mote happy than ever wsttTgsrtnW and Cwear, If thou „ WiUteragreoldsM about ifa prodi- - gat** " u much might be taid * mm, a^er or frteT^^uTttodTta • Tmhcg may not be posted to art th- I raotic. hot when yoa «m» down to the , re* roMaqnare root- he's there, tfa •; tag ia. d they wU aaon be beraghl to lire Hhs c

giftrlliBtras. *• THE QC1TEE AH V THE XOSBER. (TsasslsSrt Sow thsTisesS.) The moot holiest of all Qnakera. Toljy Simpleton, bred at LoDdoo, In a pleaaant little dwelling graced by the preaeoea of hit daughter Mary. She waa m>t quite seventeen year* of ago*, waa charmingly lair, had. Woe eye*, and poaaamdBa much modesty aa beayty. , All the young men of hmfoUwrtao qwaintance were her anHmkraB tbon of the neighborhood nought to gain ber notice. Vain efforul Mary war " no coqnette, and 'hutead oTeqJoyinf' waa Timed on account of the manner, of all ber admlmra, except one Ed warn Werealbrt, a yotmg artiM, admitted t the Intimacy of ber fondly. A eery aimple event had earned thie friendahlp. A pmnalurc death had enrrted off the Quaker "i wifo. She war yonngand beandful, and deairing to perpetuate the image of her who wan to dear to hhn, be bad earned the art iat to come to the bed of death. It war there that Edward mW the deaolati damael; it waa there a acrioua flrat lore took place, amid the tear* of one and the piooa work of the other. The year . which eiapeod after thlr epoch had bul alraigtheood tho bond formed nnder theee anapiera, and the young man had ahowed to the fothcr both hit drain and hope. The excellent Toby had noreaaon whaterer for oppoaing the mutual IncUnatiooa of the two young persona. Without being rich, Edward earned by meant ol his pencil what sufficed to tUBport a fondly honorably. Hit fother. Mr. Werralbrd, an old merchant of the city, hod retired from bualneaa, with a fortune increased more than tenfold. This was s rare i-xampk- of rapid sonthat few could follow its progress. Yet Werraford, of so blontand stem dispoeltiou, lived skma in a suburb of London, and without caring what his •on was doing, left him entirely at Ubcrty. He was tns of thoae accommodating egotists Who trouble no one, provided they trouble not them— persons of perfect complaisance If yon ask 1 nothing of them. Edward, therefore, could, without interruption, court his pretty Quaker- 1 ara. weU assured that his fother would ' never think of oppoaing hit. marriage. ' The situation of the loving couple war. ' r to aU appearance, very prosperous; and I honest Toby did not put off the day of their marriage longer than to oollect I . the arrearages of his rents; he dettined the money for the extraonllnaiy ex- I | penara of Umqgremony. For this pur- I pose be went to his country seat, tome I mitre from London, in oadar to regu- ' Ma affidm. He had pamed but ' one day away from borne; and as he ' ' was about to pot up hbi borne for the night, be perceived at some distance a I 1 who had barred the read. He Mapped, uncertain whether (o 'go ' , on or turn back. Meanwhile the boracadvanced toward him. < The Quaker could not even think of I ■neaping. He therefore put on a good I fore and brought his hone to a walk. In approaching the man who canted i uneasiness, he perceived that he I waa masked, a grievous augnry. which was toon confirmed. The npknown I showed a pistol and directed the muxale to the traveler, demanding his | puree. Tlic Quaker did not went < courage, but," calm by character.Jnof- I fenelve by religion, and even nnable without arms to resist an aimed mad, he pulled from his pocket pry eooHy a ' puree containing twelve gin ess. The ' robber took It, counted the plecra, and i the pnerdevil whom he had stopped to pass am, while be put his horae to | the trot But the robber, sreing the .Hght resistance be had oppraed, and . allBitd bj Uu 1.IH c af a uu.uud Iswsy, immediately rejoined honest Toby. . placed himself anew in his way, and presenting hti pistol as before cried out c him: i "Your watch!" r The Quaker, surprised, was never- > t tabes unmoved. He coofly took his r watch from the fob, looked at tha hour and put the cosily article into the d of the. robber, raying: ta uut-eay at " A moment more replied the maaked f cavalier, Ihe more and more hardened . this docility; t swear louae that you d hare no other sum—" e "• I never eiaqkr," aald the Quaker. " Vmrj wrf. Affirm that you bore , other money, and on the foith of an honest robber Incapable of taking by „ aBteswa ; "What thUifaat thou," he said gravely "thou haat dlacorered that I 0 ^r0" t truth, though at the peril of my Bfo. Thus I dedare to ttm that I have as- , 1 "Two hundred pounds aserbng!" cried ihe robber, wfaflffhieeyoe sparkled . a '£ i Urt, nty daughfor, and fol, .

denounce me to the magUtratra. This Is according to your order. Ihareno- — thing to ray; but I must bare the sd-. X vance of the prorata of umigbt, at least. My mare ia feeble, and ia, bebv eldea, fotigned. Tour bone, on the a- contrary, appear, vigorous, for the ro- wdgbt of this hog does not incommode as him, AHgfat and give me your beast; ax youmay take mine, if you wOL" □d He was slow in beginning to comply, y. because these cross exigaocba were of ie- a natme to raise the eholer of the most • patient man. The good Totar, bower ever, descended, and resignedly took ar the sorrow Jade which waa left him In if? -xebaage. "If I had known," he conl) loled himself in thinking, " I would r, is re lied at the first encounter wltli hi this rogue, sod certainly it is not with t this courser that be would have gained In the race." D During this time the masked man. id ironically thanking him for his,eomis plaisance, applied both spurs sad disU, ippeared. ls Before he reached London, Toby liad t- time to reflect on bis misfortune, on ts he chagrin of the two young persons t,- who loved, and whose happiness would rr lie pot oft The snm taken from him d waa irrecoverably lost Not the least J. if It could be regained, nor could the n audacious robber be recognised. Mranr while, aa a sudden /idea struck him,"hf ri stopped. . c "Yes," said lie, '£his means may sueeed. If this man Urath in London, 0 I may perad venture meet him again. i- ilravco, no doubt, hnth willed that he ' L should be so very Imprudent." ' y Somewhat consoled, by I know not a what hope, Toby went hoibc without I ■, showing any trouble or saving aught e of his adventure, no did not go to the ■ magistrate, but embraced his daughter, 1 . who suspected nothing, and lay down ' . and slept His frith was in God. , Next day fa tc-rvtly thought of co- 1 operating with Providsora in making 1 research. lie let the man out of tfa 1 f stabls where she had paseql tfa night, • i and threw the bridle over her neck. In : . hopes that the animal, led. by habit, 1 - would naturally go to the house of her 1 , matter. He therefore aent off the poor . beast, which had been (faring, to wan- " t der at large throogh the streets of Lon- 1 di)u, and followed far. Bul fa aup- 1 t posed far to have more Instinct than 1 . she had; for a long tiito sjjc went right I and left, making a thousand turns nnd r , returns without aim, without dlree- 1 ; Uou, sometimes at a Band, then tak- 0 I ing a contrary course. r f Toby drapairrel. "My robber," I thought fa, ■ ' doe* not lire in London. I What folly in me! lnatead of going to 1 1 . the magistrate when I had time, to ■' . suffered myself to be led away by i this wretched animal!" r Suddenly, however, the baat pricked " ; her ears and set off on a brisk trot, . followed closely by the Qnaker. i "Stop! stop!" was tfa cry on an " r " Detain me not!" cried tfa Quaker; " i I entreat yon detain me not!" ^ And noxiously following with his J" tfa course of tfa animal, fa saw " ' rapidly entering tfa gate ofs dwcl- 1 In tfa subarfa. * " TU fare," thought tfa Quaker, r I raiting hit eyes towanl Heaven, In > thanks to Providence. J1 He made inquiry of a neighbor as to ^ the occupant of tfa dwelling. " "What, have you been In ihese " i parte?" waa tfa answer, " Uuit. vou "■ don't know that this ia tfa dwdling i -f '• • tfa rich merchant Wercaford?" n Tfa Quaker stood petrified. " Werraford, "repeated tfa neighbor, « who faUeved that fa hnd not understhod him, "the. man who made so '' rapid a fortune." n " Excuse me friend, excuse me," re- » piled Toby. V He could not recover from liis r< stupor. d man of note, my robber!" d He faUeved fa waa dreaming and h desired to come to Mmaeir. Meantime r' examples occurred to his memoof many respectable persons who k in league with banditti. Toby " resolved to Investigate tfa mystery. " He entered boldly Into the raurt, and ™ to aprak with tfa proprietor. ^ who had just gone to fad, though it * waa near mid-day— a new Indication of a night of frligue! Tfa Qnaker insisted on being introdorad, and soon found himself In Weresford', bed- „ C^*mt!Cr: UB- ■"* Wng used to lc n nibbed his ■•yr* nnd demand- „ ed wlth wane Impatience: "Who are yon, Br? What do vou ' want with mar' 1 . The sound of the voice waaraocg- l nfasl by Toby, and thoroughly ® vinced him. He tranquUly drew a ' chair and seated himaelfat tfa bedside, " hiaiaA«*J«i»Hfal____ " otfa^ JrithmS^"' the I knowrat that such is our ansae." "" * hu^tofa h that you coam^nta?^>'' ^ 11 "Iukthv anowanee r,» 1 ™ J

lis rime. A rtuffltloo that thou giro me . io- 'receipt." d-.' Tfa scheme of the Quaker'aodlscoB. certed Ifa old merchant that fa could io- not deny tfa possession of tfa articles, fa but, not diking to acknowledge hu fa crime, fa hesitated q0 answer, when ie Toby added: it; " I wish tfac to participate at tfa approaching marriagv of my daughter y, Mary. I had reserved the sum of two of hundred pounds sterling for tfa bridal at of tfa espoused, but an accident happened to me last night on tfa rood to ik London— I was completely robbed, so in I come to pray thee to give thy son a portion, which otherwise I would not d have naked of tfae. " h " My eon?" h "Yes. Dost thou not know that he d is Mary's lover, and that 'tis fa that ls lo many "far? " i, " Edward Weresford," mildly conL- tinned tfa Qnaker. while quietly taking e a plndi ofsnuff. ".Conic, do this thing for him. I would not, rorlly, thnt fa d slionl Jknow anght of what passed last n night, and if thou doet not furnish him s with the sum thnt I promised, it will il be well for me to tell liim how i lost t Weresford ran ton bureau, and drew e out a casket with a tripplc lode, opened . 11, and returned successively bis parse, ( his watch, and his bag of money. " Very well," said tfa Quaker as fa , received them, " I sec that I had rea- " Is this all tliat you see? " demand- , ed the merchant with one of his blunt t " Nay, I yet need something of thy t friendship." I "Speak." , " Thou wilt disinherit him. I see ^ not but that some one may say I have , iqieculalcd on thy fortune." In finishing tfase words tfa Quaker | . left the chamber. | alone, '• children are not answerable (fa tfa fruits of tfair parents. | Maty shall marry tfa son of this man. tfa stolen money fa shall never When he reached tfa conrt, fa called . out to Weresford, who had come to the . window, "Ho! my dear friend, I back thy mare, return my Some minutes afterward, Toby, well mounted, carrying by the top his bag of money, furnished with his watch and poise, reached home at a moderate trot. j " I made a visit lids morning to thy j Cither," said fa to Edward, whom fa j perceived entering with him; "I beI we dial I now agree." Two hours afterward Weresford arrived at the bouse of Toby, nnd taking uira aside said: " Honest Quaker, your proceedings have deeply aflccted my very soul! You might havedishonored me — dishonored my son; ruiiwd me in Ids estimation, and caused Ihe misfortune of refusing your daughter. Yon have shown yourself a man in hand and heart. 1 shall not again blush In your presence, tfase paper*. Farewell! you will never see me again." And lie deTfa Qnaker, left alone, opened the .papers. They showed obligations of considerable value ou tfa first bafaers of London, with a long list of name*, nnd opposite caclf name, in figures, the sum. greater or leas in amount. A bilwaa added, wherriu tfa Quaker nod aa follows: "Theee are tfa names of persons who were robbed; tfa figures are the sums which ought to be restored; as to tfa money with tfa bankers in my let it go to the strangers, but make tfa restitution scretcly yourself. remains will be my legitimate and your daughter will(wmiui IffaTlrt div Weresford left Lonfail everybody was certain Hurt had gone to .London to spend his fortune in Franc*. On tfa day of the marriage, tfa Quabrought together a company of friends, among whom were noa number of persons enchanted with tfa conduct of tfa robbers of Lonwho, through tfa Interposition of Toby, had made restitution of their lost capital with interest. ONE rote, and a contrary pig tfaro tfa means of the declaration of tfa war of lf*12 with Grent Britain. Two neighbors, having adjoining Hums in Island, got into n dispute about the dep prestations of n pig belonging lo one of them. Tfay wcnt_ to law about it, and on tfa day the United Senator waa to be elected by tfa Legislature tfay were obliged lo attend court. One of them was a member of tfa Assembly, a llnrtfnrd ConrchUradat and opposed to the war. His vote would have elected an antiwar Senator, tat In consequence of his adae^ee a war man was chosen, and war was declared by one majority in tfa Senate. 11,1a further related that this member or tfa Legislature was himself elected- by one vote. AT tfa recent centenary orlcbratlon at tfa John Strert Methodist Church in New Yorit, a tablet erected in mem<wy of Barbara Hicks waa unveiled, A correspondent writes that, "This waa tfa famoui woman who broke in updo the convolve of Mr ihodtat card players, among whom waa Philip Embury, the first pastor, and afterwards Jtatap of tbriMethodtsts. Kfa seised tfa Wifajfirew them into tfa fire, etanir<rTlmt tfay were all going to ! fall, and that Embury most go to { |w*ackifa if fa would not have tfa ■ MoffnTafaiB ellltsfa From that J ho^Metfadfitm wna started 'and has ;»»a.-d. Tfa BMe frrim which PlilUp I Smtany preochrel when fa dedirated rEo'rEuSHss

,e Essay VMM fat the Fash Ions. lVfam 1 say that Ifa atreot-dress of on- the majority of respectable vtoincn of uld New York today is diagnrtlng, I but bis respectable woman, and yet, save to ten those who know them to be such, tfair appearance leaves a wide margin for tfa donbt. The down at a droits wears for not a more stunning or parti-colored wo costume; In fret, his has tfa advantage lal of being sufficiently " toot ''—to oat a ip- nautical phrase— not to interfere with locomotion; while thdr'a— what with disgusting humps upon tfair backs, i and Mg rosettes u|>on their sides and rot shonldqre, and loops and folds and bnt- , tons, and tassels and clasp* and bows upon tfair skirts, nnd striped satin petticoats, all too short to hide often iat clumsy ankles, and more colors and shades of colora heaped upon one poor si- little fashion-ridden body than ever tig were gathered in one rainbow, and all tig this worn without regard to temperahe tare, or time, or place; I say this pre81 scuta a spectacle which is too dishcartm cning even to fa comical. iU One cannot smfic at tliejronng girls et who are one day— Heaven help them! —to be wives nnd mothers. Wives w and mothers! I say to myself, as I sec ed tfa throat and neck with only the pn>e, tcction of a gold locket between itAelf nud tfa cold autumnal winds. Wires ie and mothers! ! say. as I see them ruina- ing their feet and throwing their ankles out of shape, in the vain endeavor to d- walk on heels lite corks, fastened far ■t intothcniiddleofthcsolcqftlielrboots, • and those boots so high upou tfa calf ,y of tfa leg and so tightly buttoned across it thnt circulation is stopped and violent headaches follow. Wives and » mothers! I say, as I see the heating re and burdensome panicr tackled on the most delicate portion of a woman's cr I frame, to make still surer confirmed in- | volldism. Whn^Cftfars, husbands, id I brothers, lovers can fa thinking about, a- to fa willing that the women tfay res. spect and love should appear in public, j, looking like women whom they despise, ir i>> putrid to mo. Why they do not say tills to them, and shame them into d a decent appearance — if their glasses te cannot effect it— I do not know. Oh, the relief it la- to meet a lady instead of iy a ballot-girl; oh, the relief it is to see a healthy, firm-stepping, rosy, broad - 11 cliestcd. bright-eyed wpman, clad simg piy with a dress all of one color. .and It free from bundles and tags! 1 turn to e- look at such an one with true reapeot. tiuit she luu tfa good sense and coury age and good taste to appear on the ie street in a dress befitting the street; > leaving to those poor wretched women whose business it is to advertise their r- persons a free field without compcg tition. If 1 seem to speak harshly. It is be[S cause I fed earnestly on this subject.' u I bad hoped that tfa women of 1868 d would have been worthy of Abe day in I, which they live. I had hoped that all g their time would not fa spent in kecpn ing up with the chameleon changes of I fashions too ugly, too absurd for tolc- •, ration. It is because I want tbeni to u bo something, to do something higher > and nobler than a peacock might aim at, that I turn heart-sick away from ie tfaae infinitesimal fripperies that nnrif row tfa soul gpl purse, and leave noth- * ing in tfair wake but emptiness^ Nor L 1# i I accessary, In avoiding all this, that ic nwonianahauhllook"rtrong-mindrd." 1- as tfa bug-hear phrase goes. It Is not . ■r necessary she should dress like her grandmother in order to look like a is decent woman. Il is not necessary . ic sheshoaldforawearanuunrntation.be- ; o cause it ware fatter and mors respectay ble to have It confined lo festal and It homo oxsaiuna aft) lr«s to tfa pnblle f. promenade. She is not driven to the , o alternative of muffling herself lite an u. omnibus driver in January, or catching consumption with far throat pro- , t- footed only by a gold locket!— A'sie Ucffr:Who Air Barer Williams I Steele's " Fourteen Weeks in Cfam>f istry " says : >- " The troth that animal matter paed res from tfa animal hack to the vegei- table, and from tfa vegetable to the •f animal kingdom again, received a cuir rloue illustration not long since. " For tha purpose of erecting a suitable moonmefit hi memory of Roger ® Williams, tfa founder of Rhode Island, hie private Imryifig-gronnd was scarch0 ed for tfa graves of liimadf and wife. ° It was found thatoveiytMng had poaard into obUrion. The ehmpe of the oof- " fins could only be traced by a black * line of cartnnaceous' matter. The rusting hinges and nails, and a round T wooden knot, alone remained in one ° grave ; while a single lock of braided balr waa found In tfa other. Near ?. tfa giavs stood an npple-trec. This r' bad sont down two main roots Into tfa vary presence of tfa confined dead.— " The larger root, pushing Its wav to the d precise spot occnpW by the skuU of " Roger Williams, had nude a tarn, as II if passing around it, and followed the ■* direction of the backbone to the hips. Here It divided into two branches, sending one along each leg to the heels, ° whm both tamed upward to tfa toes. " One of these roots formed a slight j" crook at Ifa knee, which made the w whole bear a striking resemblance to ^ the human form. (j "There were the graves, but tfair , occupants had dlaappearul ; tfa bones . even had vanished. -Three stood the j thief—the guilty notifettec— canght in tfa very act iff rehbrry. The spolUa- ^ (ion vras complete. The organic insta tor, fa flesh, (fa bonriof Roger Wllliaimi had pasaod Into an apple-tnv.-a The ekwnn had l«m alworbed Ivy p which could miw fa Imnteil as ftwl. or J carved Into oraamenU, and ldoonie.l into fragrant blnewmis, wUrf. MlghtU ed tfa eye of the passsrohy, aod rasl- ^ tend tfa sworeesl perftunc oO^ta*-:

is. Mr. Blifkln's Baby. That first baby waa a great instltutlom As soou as fa camt^lnto "thli ut breathing world," aa fa lata W. Shakhe speire fat it, fa took command in our house. Everything was subservient dr to him. The baby was the balanccbr wheel that regulated everything. lie ra regulated tfa temperature, fa regulated ed tfa food, fa regulated tfa servants, fa ge regulated me. For tfa first tlx months of that precious cxisfonce he had me Ih up on an average six times a night. :h , "Mr. Blifkins," says my wife, a, " bring that light here, do; tfa baby k1 looks strangely; I'm so afraid it will t- have a fit!" rs Of course the lamp waa brought, and n of course tfa baby lay sucking his list n lite a littif white bear as he was. d "Mr. Blffkins," said my wife, "I ir think I feel a draught of air; I wish T yon would get up and see if the window 11 Is not open a little, because tiaby might i- get sick." y Nothing was the matter* with the t- window, as I knew very well. "Mr. Blifkins,'' says my wife, just Is as I was going to sleep again, "that i! light, as you have plpccd it, shines dis redly in baby's eyes — strange that you e have no more consideration." y- I arranged tfa light and went to bed If again. Justus I was dropping to sleep t again, i- " Mr. Blifkins, " said my wife, "did ■ you think to bay the brotna tmdav for o the baby?" r " My dear, will you do me tfa injusi, lice to bcligvc that I could overlook a if matter so essential to the comfort of « that inestimable child?" - Site apologized very hnndsuincly. bul " Mr. Blifkins," saidmy wile, sltak- 1 , will wake the baby." "Jest so— Jest so, " said I. half asleep, l , thinking I was Solon Shingle. , " Mr. Blifkins. " raid my wife, " will ; t yon get. up and haud me tfa warm! 0 gruel from the nurse-hunp for baby? ' s Tfa dear child! if it wasn't for his mn- , titer, I don't know what he would do. ' f How ran you sleep so, Mr. Blifkins?" J B " I suspect, my d.-nr," said I, " Uiat ! - It is because I am tired." - " O, its all very well for you turn In j 1 talk about being tired," said ray wife; J j "I don't know wliat you would say if j . you had to toll and drudge like a poor i - woman with a baby." e I tried to soothe far by telling her ; she had no patience at. nil, nnd got up ) for tfa posset. Having aided In anr swering the baby's requremcnte. I | - sfop|Nsd into bed again, with the hop' of sleeping. " Mr. Blifkins," said she ina louder .'key. I said nothitfg. "O dear!" said ' tliat cstluutble woman, in great ap|uii rent anguish, " how can a niau, who I has arrived nt tfa honor of a live baby - of his own, sleep when tie don't know f that tfa dear creature will live till - morning?" > 1 remained silent, and after a while r deeming that Mrs Blifkins had gone to l sleep, I stretched my limbs for rejiosc. t How long I slept I don't know, but 1 - was awakened by a furious jab in the - forehead by some sharp instrument. I r started up and Mrs. Blifkins wtui sltt ting up in bed, adjusting somAtortlon ' of the baby's dress. She bad, in'n t state of scmi-somnolcnceV mistaken r my head for tfa pillow, wjdeh she cusi tomarily used for a ndeturnnl pinf cushion. I protested/ against such - treatment in somewhat round forms, - pointing to several perforations in my I forehead. She told me I should wil- : Ihtgly bear such trifiling things for the ; sake of tfa baby. I insisted upon it > that I didn't think my duty as a parent - to that young immortal, required the - surrender of my forehead for a plnr cushion. in tills way. The troth was that the baby vru what every qtfar man's first baby Is, an autocrat, absolute and unUmlfod. Such was the story of Blif kins, aa fa - relqted il to us tfa other day. It la a s little exaggerated pictun! of. almost - every man's experience. The Elephant. r Tfa elephant, witli a tort of humorous juatioe. Is given to return injuries ' or insults In kind. In Mad^pucar, an elephaiit'a comae, happening to j have a cocoonut in hU Land, thought •. fit, oat of bravado, to tfci-afr it on tfa ( animals head. The olephtinl mada no B protest at tfa time ; hot tfa next day, I passing a fruit-stall, fa took a ooooa- , nut in his trunk and returned tfa corj nan's compliment so vigorously on the r head, that fa killed him on Ifa spot. ■ If vindictive, tfa elephant is alto s grateful. At Fondicfany, a soldier, . who treated an elephant to a dram of r srfack every time fa received his pay, f found himself tfa worse for liquor.— s When tfa guard were about to cony e him off lo prison, fa took reftige under L tfa eic pliant and fell asleep. Hie proi, lector would allow noooe to approach, q and sratehed him carefully all night, i. In tfa morning, after caressing with t hit trunk, fa dismissed him to settle e with tfa authorities aa best fa could. o Both revenge and gratitude Imply intelligent* ; still more does tfa appllr cation of an unforseen expedient. A s train of artillery going to fegringapaa tain, had to cross tfa shinglymed of a a river. A man who was silting on a i- grm -carriage, fell ; In another second I- the wheel would haye passed over Ma i- body. An elephant, walking by the _ skle of tfa carriage, saw I ffe danger, y and instantly, without any older from », his keeper, lilted tfa wheal fronutfa ,r ground, leaving the fellen man nntad juvsd. ' [ t [ tfa'fablt of tooking at tfa fart side of (rrrry ev.-nt» Is lsr fatter thanathoutatai-* dmfa is n'! is giro a hungry dog a piece . ff meat, and chase him until fa drops il. - a- - ec-

THE MOTHER'S PRAYER. tu- ^ rsiceoTs v, to ^ * Sofa ts.t Is^art eaos tor Srsssi. •nt TNos thus to Heaves sbc cried Is nrstor, [Ie O, Lort 1 keep thou his soul wltais ed -tavho. nrfaBwra" m Aod bobo Mil! taotbof sweoUr slopt. fe. w.'nl "** ' j id [ she ought ■»! isonod Ibe nsiblt child- j iat j Com bar baortogslaal bn on | sh j " W hy boat Thou sorktd a notber'a prajrarv | ht Y»I P"»o'. O a ontm, u lulDUad , 'u j ra'ai^^re -•tri-jsa'Si-.l., ! 1* , Bul -hae Ik# aail* brought tbo an, ,r Mark Twain on Female Nnt- i , 'rage. j sin Jennie" on the subject of " Female ■ Suffnig.'," as follows; ,, lhc *"}• of female suffrage, Jennie. 1 [ approach^ the subject with fear and J j have to tell her age at tfa polls. And ! j even if she did dare to vote .nice or , " | know what dire results would dow froiu " ^ j " putting this and that togvtfar " in ( " J voted for Mr. Smith. Her auditor, . " , who knows that it is seven year* since ' Smith ran for anything, easily ciphers 1 (out tliat she is at least seven year* over age. instead of tfa young pullet she 1( ! has fa n making farseifont to fa. No, \ ; Jennie, this new fashion of registering j j the name, age, revidenev. and occiiju- ( ifjf,™?l'',Umi^J'' : j Tiitky thing for me and many other 1 nun thnt such is the decree of fate. ! I I Because, you see, there are some few ' ' I measure* that would bring out their ' ,, J entiro voting strength, in spite of their j untipnthy to making thcnhvUVs conspicuous; and tfaro being vastly more 'l women than nun in this State) tfay 1 ' would trot these measures through the ! legislature with a vehulty tliat would " fa appalling. For instance, tfay would enact: ?, I. Tliat all men should be at home by tcu P. without (fail. ' considerable- attention on tlieir wives. ! 3. Tliat it should be a luingiiig of"J fense to sell whisky In saloons, and ' that fine and disfranchisement should . follow drinking in such places. 4. Tluit the smoking of cigar* Uiex- ' n cess should be forbidden, and tfa smok- ' Ing of pipes utterly abolished. n 5. Tliat the wife should have a little property of herown, when she married ! Jennie, such tyranny as this we could ' never stand; our free souls could never ! ' endure sticli degrading thraldom. Women, go your way! Seek not to fa- 1 w guile us of our imperial privileges.— I( Content yourselves with your little ' , feminine trifles— your babies, your bei0 nevolent societies and your knitting— , and let your natural booses do tfa ! voting. Stand back; you will fa want- , ing to go to war next. We will lot you - -leash siheel aa mnrh M.JPM wftiffj^ ' and we will pay you half wages for it, ( loo, but bevraro! We don't want you to crowd us too much. H If I get time, cousin Jennie, 1 will furnish you with a picture of a female 1 ^ hgislamr tliat will distress you — I know it will, because you cannot disguise from me the (act that you are no more i in favor of female snflYag* than I am. • r. Mask Twaix. | r" Maf'r iiittsnial Happiness. ' , Now, at thfe season, wlien marriages , ]t are so frequent and numerous, it would j new and untried life to read tfa following sound and sensible advice which , '' we clip from one of our exchanges: , r" " In tfa first solitary hour after tha ceremony take the bridegroom and de- , mand a solemn vow of him and give ( him a vow in return. Promise each , 10 other sacredly never, not in jest, to r' wrangle with each other; never to bandy words or to indulge in the least illr' liomor; never, I say, new. Wrangling in Jeat and putting on aa air of 111T humor merely to tease, becomes earn- ' ' eat by practices' Mark that! Next I >" promise each other sincerely and aol- '■ emnly, never to keep a secret from each '• other, under whatever pretext, and h whatever excuse it might be. You le must continually and every moment tee clearly into each other's heart.— 'Y Even when one of you has committed a fault, wait not an instant, tat confess A it freely— let it cost teara, but eemfess •- it. And aa you keep nothing from each other, an, on the contrary, pre|J riage state, and heart fromjatfar, moil" tfav, sister, brother, aunt, and all tfa he world. You two. Willi God's help, f. build your own quiet world; eveiy to third or fourth one whom yon draw fa lotoU with yon will form a party, and n- stand between you two. That should rawer fa- Promise this to each other. Brtnesnber tha vow at«teh temptation. " You will Orel your account in IkYour anols^ill grow, as it were, to each other, and at last wQl become as jODc. All! if many a pair had, on tfair i wedding day, known this secret, bow it, many marriages were happier than, alas! there are!"

The Bottom ef the ^cela • In 183.1, Lleulcnantl6*ake obtained mud from lhc bottonfof tfa North Atlantic, between Newfoundland and tfa Azores, at a deplh of more than 10,060 feet, or two miloa, by tfa help of his sountliug apparatus. Tfa spedI mens were srnt for exalninatian to Eh- 1 | renberg, of Ifalin, and to Bailey! of . j West Point, and those ablcenlcroecop- | ists found that this deep sea-mud was 1 "almost entirely cdoipdscd of the tkcle-' ' j tons of living organism— tfa greater ' ' proportions of there being just like tfa j Globigerime already known to occur In j the chalk. ' Thus fur the work had been carried 1 j Oil simply in tfa interests of science, ' j but Lieut. Brooke's method of sounding acquired a high commercial value. 1 when tfa enterprise of frying down ' " i tfa telegraphic cable fatwoen this country and the United States was un- ( dcrtaken. For it became a matter of ' immense importanoe to know, not only 1 the depth of Die ocean over the whole J line along which the cable was to fa laid, but tfa exact nature of tfa hot- ' . torn, so as to guard against chances of cutting or fraying the strands of the ' costly rope. The Xdmirality consequently ordered C'apt. Daymen, an old : friend and shipmate of mine, to aaccr- ' tain the depth of the whole line of tfa ' ' the bottom. , In former days such a ' ' ] command as this might have sounded ' ; very much like one of the impossible a things, which tfa young prince in tfa ' Fairy Talcs is ordered to do before he ^ ran obtain tfa hand of the princess.— "j ' However, in the month* of June and [ July. 18.™, my friend performed tfie ' sion, without, so far as I know, having " met with any reward of that kind.— * ' Till' specimens of Atlantic mud which r 1 1 :uniiicd and reported upon. ^ ■ of the surface soil rovered by tfa North f 1 that of any part or tfa dry land. J ' It is a prodigious plain, one of the widest ami most even plains in tfa 1 1 world. If the sen were drained off, * ' from Valentin, ou the coast of Ireland, ' I to Trinity Bay, in Newfoundland.- J about sm mil!* from Valentia, I am ' ' quite sure that it would not even fa * ' to put the skid on, so gentle j long route. From Valentia the road ^ water. Then would t-ome the central plain, more than lutw miles, the in- , equalities of I be surface oi which would r : be linnllv |a'nv|aible. though the depth ' to |.'i,iS)ii fi- l ; nud there are pfrcts in | which Moiil llfrnc might Is- sunk without showing its peak nfavewotew.- 0 can side commences, and gradually | lends, for about 300 miles, lo tfa New- ^ | foundland shore. . .Almost lite whole of the hottenu of . this central pbiiu i which extends for t huudred miles in a north and f mad, which, when brought to tlie sur- * fate, dries into a grayisli-white friable , ! substance. Y'ou can write with this ( on a blackboard, if you are so inclined, ¥ . and to tlic eye it is quite like a eoll, b . grayish chalk. Examined ehamlcally, j it proved to fa composed almost wholly ( of carbonate of lime, and If you make , a section of it in the same way as that [ of a piece of chalk wqs made and view v it with the microscope, it presents in- , numerable Globigerime emfaded in the „ granular matrix. Thus, this deep sea-mud is sufatau- t | dally chalk. I say snbstantially, fa- ' there are a good many minor ^ - * Ik wince. • hut as tfase have no beat- | Ing upon tfa question Immediately j. fore us — which is the nature of tfa % I Globigerinr of the chalk—it Is unnecessary to speak of them.— Euglui • WriUr- . It is said that tfa oldest tannery in ' i this country is at Bethlehem, Pa. It ' built originally by tlic Moravians r 1718, and re-built and enlarged by ' tbomln 1761. They sunk eleven vats, ' which have been repaired, tat are still ' ' in use. The building is of stono, three ' ' stories high; the walls on tfa flrat ' 1 story are thirty inches thick, and on 1 " the next two stories twenty-aix and 1 twenty inches respectively in thick- ' Tfa Moravians who settled In ' ' Bethlehem, under tfa leadership of ' " Count Zlnxendorf, erected this very j 1 sufatanlal structure to tan tfa hides j 1 and deerskins used by them.— /facts , ' a hL , . , 1 The Boston A<tr*Miur is responsl- 1 . bk for the following ■*: " An incl-dratoi Inquiry — Would ar- J . tificjal trotli enable a person to sing | t fcfrcsett-o? i " When do ladies look most killing? j i When tfay are ready for sleighing. I " Could not a tuning-fork fa pro- ■ l perly described as a pitch-fork? t " What Is tlic principal drawback in I - coasting? Pulling tfa sled up tfa hill \ 1 "The song of tfa billiard ball— KM : „ An Irishman, cat I^HgoA heavy K burden upon his shoulders, wasTMhu ^ to the front of a Boston hone car, and was aritcd why he did not set his toad upon Ifa platform. "Bejafan," was his reply, " tfa horses have enongh to r J"todrog"*'' famffls. " : J another twUt of tfa present iLde at \ "doing up "tfa ladies' hair wonkl take ' tlu-m off their feet. 1 "8a»o, did you ever see catskiU ! B Mountain? " p No, Clem; but I'm ( • sera cafrkill mice. " r ■ www r A tea -c CP of eaK to a gaUon of ■ - aMtoi'* "litotoaplt •rT- I

vinelaag EiperitneN. 1 was ; SS¥S»- , - Vixelaxd, Landis Araauc. Mn. EdixoK:— I have thought that . a truthful record of my Burning and - - would be of *cmc Impor- , fane*, especially aa tearing on the (inspects of success which have hlther- . to Opened, and still continue open fare, '' . an indurtriami person of tmml capital. 1 To that clfcci I hereby t resit yon to tfa. ' " fireside talk," which can be day fully verified by tfcf closest investigation. I have resided in Vtocland for four I came fare with my frmily, consisting of my wife, one son. Who lost an arm at Gettysburg, and two up daughters, from Canaan, ' Maine. My occupation there waa the manufacturing of beodsteads general teaming, with some little forming. This brought me to, during -stx years, ' aterage of flOO clear annually; hot ! • I must say tliat my ambition was tat » ■ very poorly satisfied with, snch small ] " pay " for very heavy work. As it happened, my daughter came I a "Vtocland Rurid." We all j perused It attentively, and after careftil j ■ deliberation, unanimously decided thai . would give a foir trial to Vtoefrnd, so on account of our health than | anything else, a* we had for some time come to tfa conclusion that a milder ; latitude than that of Maine would fa decidedly beneficial to all of us. And J 1 would here say that 1 was then a - j comparative cripple, and have been for a long time constantly suffering from a • most annoying chronic disease, which j all people, professional and otherwise, naturally pronounced irremediable. * Well: I came and saw Vtoefrnd, J travelled some over the tract, invest!- . J gated, thought, potidt'red, and finally J made up my mind to settle. Alter j paying my debts in Maine, and moving i my fiunily fare, I found that we had left in all two horses and one Arty-dol-lar bill. But * re hod made up our ] .minds not to feel discouraged, come j bona, stump-pulling, at t4 per day. ! Altera while, hnd by pretty strictec-on- : omy, I bought the machine, Improved il somewhat, and pulled all the stump* put in my wy, " on my own hook." As we lind, in tfa meantime, (as well for some time alter) no house to go into, I hired two rooms at two dollars j*T week; bought a small cook stove and a few otfar necessary utensil*; house ill n " small way* and got along pretty comfortably on ihe whole. In comparatively a short time, 1 was enabled to pay one-fourth cash down, namely, 812-". few 25 acres of wild land. 5 acres on 1 .and is Avenue, ou which I reside, and 20 ditto on Chestnut Avenue. Then X bought me another machine, continued to stump formy neighbor* and lo clear mo own land, bought another pair of horses, and also a pair of mules. From Oieo'till now I " kept .i at It" pretty closely. We all of u. H well enough, got supremely satisfied as to the capacities of tfa soil, 1 raised excellent t^uck and fruit, and this day 1 have a II my land cleared, 13 thoroughly stumped, 8 acres set grape vines, 3 acres In blackberries, 2 acres to strawberries, 8 acres to black; cap raspberries, half an acre to Philadelphia raspberries, besides 485 apple S7fi pear free*, 80 peach trees, with some currant and gooseberry bushes, all in fine growing condition. ■ what I have tested to the cultivation of sweet and Irish potatoes I ve dele trained to set 4 acres to each. afro raise every year lots of garden vegetables, onions, beets, carrots, parsnips, cabbages, Ac., and with this garden produce we are highly satisfied. My dwelling-house, which I intend enlarge and trim up generally as we go along, is of wood, 16 by 86, main with an L 18 by 83, all one story and a half Tfa stables are 36 28. And by tfa by this kadi me to statf that I Intend going into raising grass and hay at no distant day, having already duly deliberated on tkat subject, as a thing which, by proper attention will pay and pay wdl to Vtocland. The nearest calculation I can make, as to what I have done to Vineand what Vtoefrnd has done to is simply this: I know ftill well comparison, and the ofihra which ' at time* been made to me, that land and buildings to tfair present state, show a market value of at least Ten Thousand Dollars (310,000,) and that my machines, teams, and forming impkinenta are worth at least Two Thousand Dollars (38,000,) making np tfa total of Twclva Thousand Dollar* (818,000) which I call my Vtocland Industrial I-nck. In <ac£, we would higher figure. I have never found any pises Kk* Vine land for aa industrious m.« to ^ctatong to. ^fajtidea, It^hs^fwovrd Kobe's vera faSthypSaSf^SStaS^y lung disease*. I am myself) for all my hard work, to a mncfi bstter condition than 1 had been for long years before moving fare. I need not praise our pure, sweet, soft water. Tfawovkseason, as compared with that of Maine, is Just this; yon can walk out , from May to October, or Normher, at farthest to that "opper region;" here ' paajflagghas: ' jka^esiBfia ™*~ — — e — r'-'r