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fwS «ornn. -ftotle will talk'. II w* IMa to ill U»1 U a»U , w.'ll to wants* IrsitoO, >M topi 1* • r.,^u.ut tt*.r~x~..t«»u.u, QlTto.«toT— «»U.|ii W «• ~~§§|ppp ■oi 6to3(« *»»tuii-s«se puto.hr «>ol. if w«tttoMtot,tolliUn.to|, . T»r«* i- • Ma* "» • «•». —»"*• AM Ml« mitokto toMto. to <» • «fkf iHttuUM to uto to°> •« toto. Ts.ru nil m u Otottrt. — m* ..4 »at*i Bat IL.IB ■'toW oBaa*. ut ***'! stop to *sAto hlal raltor Blraac tb.t jea ssa'l pmj |W TtorllMi toataAuajraai tot ltoa.il r»ur , suSssr.'ss.s'.r' ■at tutor u pD wtoa ftoa oat to tto war- - rto toot -sy la *• la to to aa re* *«•«. rarpawMLU >«■ toaa OMitrtll Itoato , Of **■!*• yoewUI to**t with all aorta to sbess, j tor paapl. will tolk, pa* toaw. toapto wul tall, 01 m ttoy — * «*», r— "" | oii. os 'the brim. Ta .to— f ■! aaiol'loo ru rala, I lTt£!-^to.in.toM..- ; AUl I or ltoto pap*, b Mm to a. Ml. W* ItoacBI 01* hood l*}urtS ty .**us toplrai ; Nr'rr lAlaklac of " CM o* lb. tool* I " Tfcls dlfgiac ISr*' tofs, .ad oft Uklsaflftt, Ttol to a (>**• tort KB. ailfht (>la, TtuFK I* only on* <UJ* IBs zoo* doctor i*y»— Par paw la tto poekst mod all I* tto valla, 01 • .too®-, tto*. porortp, l.lsl **4 Iom, To tolro pop* *r or iffala ..ft "Wfeu. Aai.ato. ! <8it and Wisdom. LUAS TsrarDBB— Flattery. Fast walking-* tick— A hurricane. Tbabbm ia heart* — Confectioners. i Till mystery of science — chc-vuistrv. A owner planet— TV- honeymoon. Dry nursing— Nursing one's wrath. . TUB brat way to take thing*— Easy. 1 UJVFALaTABLB (Bet— the cold thoul- » Tn« debtor's dMue -Tick-doUar-owe. 1 Credit loet ia like a broken lookingglass. Tin chcapett aort of aenoe-Beti- , A BoAOtA'O trad* — Kevpiug * manogerie. Make a oiow aaower to • hasty i Ax obscure hat very popular author i -Anooy. 1 A FOFULAB work oT art— Drawing one's pny. A MtnTAKE — To elope with the wrougglri. , How to treat a wife- Treat her to | a new dress. , Tub eight an sctreosc* aim to look WnATBTBB cite you chooee to lip, ' let alone goa-tlp. Hunrixo parties-- Mother* -with 1 daughter* to marry. 1 What do we often drop, and new ■top to pick up? A hint. Bacon wdd ailaooe hi the rirtoe of a , fool Bat aU fools an not alien t , A MAS you do hot Eke to liave in ■ QtIB** .that a shoemaker who U ! • ' eierteettag " la continual] j "pegging mtl" ■Hn who ennhot Baa wall to-day will be leaa quofltUd to Hra well to-morrow. Tbbbb ode two thing* which you •hoald not borrow— Trouble and a Bmairr yellow hair U the fceorite hue. * It 1* aetdoan, boomer, "the rightful hair." THE ftret tan of David were beat ', and yet they were moot accmupanwd 'TO bitb baiUeaey to the eyreShut them early it night, «od open them early In the Btornlng. A WABif heart require* a oool bead. Courage without dlnerettou to Hke fency withal Jwlgmsnl "aB ■Band no Vallate-" "i would hat* my daughter," mid Thsuristodsu, " upon a man withwreck of whal^bc byjd. wild

IgiSKlIanreus. ~ AT THE TOP OF A CHIMHEY. " A mqp will go Mind, and mad ton, from fear; I have wen it happen, and if you don't mind listening feUl tell you the alary. I was apprenticed to a ■* builder when 1 left school, and soon ill got lo like the trade reiy much, especially when the work waa pcriloua and gave me a chance to out-do the other r lade in daring. "Spider" was my hickname in thqee day», given partly " on account of my long leg*,, for i had outgrown my piojiortion*, and partly u because they told t could crawl along a roof like ray namesake. When I was A about threc-and-twenty, I waa working with the famoua Mr. , and went downtoSwanaeawUhiiiaplckedhand* to cony out a contract he had taken ■' ia that town. While there, I fcU in love with the prettlrel girl I had oeen in Woks, and that is saying a good ■' deal. For a time I fancied she liked " me, and that I was getting on very well with my love-making, but I soon " found my mistake, fbr an old lover of here Joined our men, and Mkty gave 0 me the cold shoulder directly. You may believe litis sweetheart of lien (who was called Ben Uoydjand I were •- not the best friends in the world; but I am not the port of fellow to harbor , malice, and when the biildlngi to the wedding went round, and 1 knew that ' my chance waa gone, I made the best it; I kept my sore heart to myself, and ' determined to beat down Jealousy by bolng great chums with Ben. 1 went to the wedding; and there • were not many days wlwu I did not steal half nn hour to sit by his greeidc, - 1 which was as bright and coey and homelike ns you'd wish to seO— Mary - \ being the soul of order and Industry, i i It is not, perhaiw. the ua'ual wnv of driving out envy, to go end look at the another man hwrione yon out oC but then you know the proverb , iays, " What iitene man's meat is an- , other man's poison';" and so it was I i got to look upoh Mary as a sort of sis- , ' ter, and Ben had no cause for Jealousy, although there were plenty of evil • tongues ready to put bins up to Jl. The contract was nearly up, when a • lightning-conductor upon una of the highest chimneys over at IJancily sprang, and the owner of the work* oft ftred ourvmuuf the Jolu " It's Just the sort of' thing for you, Hairy," said Mr. , when he told ' us of it. I touched my cap ami accepted it : off-hand, and tlicu Ben stepped up and said he'd volunteer to be Ihc second man, two being required. " All rights" said the master; "you are the steadiest-headed fbliows 1 have. - The price is agood one, sod every pen- - ny of It shall be divided between you. We'll not fl* a day for the work, hut take the first calm morning, and get it done quietly." i . mornings after, we fuund ourselvet at < Idanelly, and ail ready fbr the start, i The kite by which tbo line attached to the block wo* to be sunt over the chlm- • y, was flown and did its work well; - the rope which was to haul up the crn- . die was ready, and stepping In, Ben and . I began the ascent. Them hod been very few peoido about when we went into the yard, but as wc got higher, I saw that the streets were , lllllng with slght-eecra. ' ' There's plenty of star-goxers, Ben, " ; I sold, waving my cap to them; "I : dare say they *d like to see us come dmgp withe run." " Oanooi you koopqulatV" answered ; Ben, speaking in a strange taps, and, r turning to look, I saw thatabo was - deadly pale, and sat in the bottom of - • the cradk, huddled up together, with eyes bat shut. . " You are not frightened, old chspV" ' I asked. " What's that to youl" ' "Oh, nothing; only we are getting - pretty quickly, and you'd nave a ' bead for work if you'd get gradually used to the bight." He raid nothing, and never moved. Then, looking np, I saw we were close , to the top— a few yards more, and we 1 would be there; yet those -who wore , turning the windlass were winding with unstinted speed. A tnddeh chill ran through my blood, and ate my flesh to creeping. They had miscalculated the distance and with the force they were 1 winding at the rope, niuat inevitably break when the cradle come in contact ■ with the block. There was no Urae to - attempt* singat, only an instant to , point out the danger to Ban, and then I to get bold of the rope, and, by going hand over hand, reach the coping be- , fore the cradle cam# lip. This wardens almost qukkar than I con tell you, Bnt following. The cradle name on; then, as I an1 tidpated, the rope gate a shrill, ping- ' ing sound, like a rifle-hall passing through the sir sod snapped. Down e went the cradk, and there were we left, e nearly three hundred feet to the air, with nothing to not upon bra acoplag, barely eighteen inches, wide, d Ben shrieked out that V was a dead man, and cried: " TeU me where I con A kneed, Harry; show me whmal ran, „ pray to Almighty Oodffcw I eon not die this wajrl" . "Hush! ted," I said; "don't Ion 0 heart, God can hoar you Just a* well sitting as kneeling; and if you try to get up, you'll tumbk, to a moral cere L taintv. Think of Mary, man, aud >- keep up." 0 But be only Shook and swayed more end more, groaning ami crying out " that V was lest; and I could tee that re If ha Ad not miwd, ha would orerhai- >• ante. • " Set hold of the rod," I s* id. thlnke tag that, era sprung a* it was, the 1 teach rfit wouki givs him coaragc. 4 ^ Whore is It. boy »" he raid hoarsely.

to him, I placed my anh round hi# waist, and worked round to the rod. ~ which I put in his hand; and then I r. looked below to see whether they were trying to help us, but then was no ' sign. The yard was full of people, all running hither and thither; and, as I afterwards knew, all in the greatest consternation— the cradle having fidku " on one of the overseers of the works, j killing him on the spot, and soocctrpying the attention of tltos* near, that we 5 ten. I wss straining my eyes in tho J hope of seeing some eff ort made to help us, when I was startled by a horrible ' yell, and brought to a sense of a new 8 danger, for, looking round, I saw Ben ' champing with his teeth and foaming ® at the mouth, and gesticulating in an unearthly way. Fear had out only • blinded him, but crazed his brain. 11 Scarcely had I time to comprehend " this, when he began edging his way ° towards mc; and every hair on my head seemed to stand on end as I moyed away, keeping as fur off as I conM, and ' scarcely daring to breathe, lest lie " should hear me, for sec me be could not— that was my only consolation, j c Onco— twice— thrice— he followed me ; 1 round the mouth of that iiorribk chim- j ' ney; then, uo doubt thinking I )u"l | ® fallen over, he gave up the search, and began trying to get on Jtis fret. What ( r could I now do to save his life? To' j ' touch him waa certain death to thyself 1 ns well as him, for he would inovitJ ably seize me, and wc should both go J over together. To let him stand up ' was to witness his equally certain destruction. ! I thought of poor Mary, and 1 ro1 mcmbcred that if he died she might get . to care for mc. The devil (ftst that I thought into my mind, I suppose; but r thank God, there was a stronger than ■ Satan near, and, at the risk of my life, f IrewTOt™." "et«.uu,B. you win fall, ! Ben Lloyd!" i He crouched down and held on, with > clenched teeth, shivering and shaking. • loader days, he told me thathe thought ; I that ft was my spirit sent to warn and - save him. , "Sit still," I repeated ftom time to • ' time, watching with itching eyes nnd brain for some sign of aid. Each i minute sermed to be an hour. My Ups ; J grew dry, my tongue literally clave to ' r my ipouth, and the iiersplmtion run- ; - ning down blinded mc. At last— at ' last— hope came. The crowd began , to gather lu the yard, poopk were run- 1 i ning in from distant lanes, ami a sea ' of faces were turned upwards; then ; t some one who had got a speaking- ' I trumpet shouted, "Keep hasri boys; 1 I we'll save you I" A few minutes more 1 and the kite begnn to rise; higher and ' I higher it comes, on and on. How l 1 . watched the white-winged messenger, ' ■ comjiaring it ta my heart to on angel; . and surely, as an augel was It permltt ted to come to us poor sinners, bangt ing on the verge of eternity. Up it came, nearer and nearer, guided by - the fkilfitl flier. The slack rope I crossed the chimney, and we were > I could not shout hurrah, even had - 1 dared; but In every bent of my heart ; was a thanksgiving to the God I had - never truly known till that hour, and 1 1 whose merciftil Providence I can never 1 doubt again, t The Mot* wn# fixed, the cradk eatne : up again, and Ben. obeying my order, s got in. I followed; but no sooner did 1 touch him, than he began trying ip • get out. I got hold of him, and tnkiqg [ it in his liend that 1 was attempting • i lo throw him over, he struggled and fought like the madman he was— grap-' ■ I pbng, tearing with his Irctli, shouting, - , shriqWng and praying all the way I down, while the cradk strained nnd ' r cracked, swinging to tod fro Ukc the i pendahim of a clock. At wc came 1 near the ground l ooted hear the rour • of voices, and tin teeasional cheer; then suddenly aU wis' silent, for Utey bod heard Ben's cries, and when the [ cradle touched the ground, scarcely a I man dare look in. The first who did . - saw a horribk sight, for, exhausted by the struggle and excitement, so soon . as the cradk stoppedl had feinted, and s Ben, feeling my hands relax, had fiuts ened his teeth turn my neck! , No wonder the men fey back with t blanched feces -they saw that Ben I was crazed; but Hey thought that be , had Ulkd me, for, *, they said, be waa j worrying me Ukes dog. t At last the master, got to us. and r pulled Ben off me. I soon come round, t but it wo* a longtime before be got , wen again, poor fellow, and when he J did cdmc out or the asylum, lie was , never fit for his ted trade again, so he ( and Mary went ait to Australia, and . the last I heard of them as that Ben I luui got a couph of thousand sheep, » and was doing rafftalDy. I gave up the We, too, aeon after, . finding that 1 gift queer in the head . wheal tried to fece hlghUfRo, you f see, that mornings, work changed two 9 men's lives. v God's ExtsTgrrct' — Galileo, the '■ when Uiterro rated fay thT as to his bellef ef a Supreme Being, re- „ polnttagto a straw on the floor of bis dungeon, toot ftxmt the Uruetwre » of Out OtPject alone, he would infer with eertainty, the existence of an ln- . Uillyto Create,. ^ a A GOOD conscience is better ■ o two witnesses— it wUl contome yon, r- grief s. the SB, dissolves Ice. Ills* d spring when you :ire thirsty -a staff when you am weary— a screen, when e the sun burns- s pillow in death. A The wise nu does three things ;. He ahandoas the worjd before it abandons him ; pteno res hi. sepulchre l» .. fore euowing It ; and docs aU with the " ta^HU GO* ""'T"'g r, A man-'s moral principles, Uke the h dikra rf HqBand, or the levees of the . Mississippi, mod to be continually < Bf "

j, JOH> SOBLE'S CROSS, ''j Everybody sold it was a great pity ■ that John Noble should have that half- " wilted brother of ins to take care of ' ■° during life. By everybody, I nwon those persotu who fao.1 managed to ' , shirk most of their lawful burdens and 1 ; who raw no particular good in crosses , 31 or liardsWps. To such, there were uo j *' such things as "blessiugs in disguise," , 1" or "entertaining angels unawares."-.- , ™ So "-"y f"» hi pitviif imor .loim.^.1-. sighing becauso his young life would , be burdened and fettered by the care of | P that brother whom Providence— won- . dorflti, mysterious-working Providence , ^ — had deprived of a strong vigorous mind. , Mrs. "Noble, when dying, had said: , " John, I hate little to leave you, only , our simple home ami your brother. , . You will take care of liiin. John? " t And John, bending over the [ale. i j thin fee* raid, lovingly: " Yes, mother, ! . d 1 1 will take care of him always. I will | J ; endeavor to bestow upon him the love j ! and care that you lmvc so that he may , d lite less feel your loss. " , ( j Happy and trustful. Mrs. Noble fell I * I watch over hlabrutlier. t d liad obtained a C"-i tducaUon. He „ , wns an apt scholar anil made rapid 0- progress in whatever he undertook, so , p J tluit ho soon outstrippcfliL. eon, pan- _ j ions nnd took up studies more profound, j " thereby qualifying liiniM-lf for almost ' „ p any station in life. J , upon the law as tlte profession most _ congenial to his taste, and began makt ing preparations for leaving the little i n , town where he had lived many years. 1 f< t He wished logo into n large, active j-o j place, where flie friction of city lifi- 1 v would 'develop his powers and brine v them into greater usefulness.^ He must i ti , here a difleotty. quite uuthonght of. . n . arose. John's brother, quiet and pas- I t sive, when allowed to wander about 1 b j the old home as he pleased, became ; h perfectly furious when K-moved, even 1 b , for a short time. He scorned, also, to : c j lose his strength rapidly,' after Ids a , mother'* death, and to be mounting l< , for her in his poor dumb way. John ! d , had a severe struggle with himself be- t .. fore he could relinquish Ids cherished | n [ idea. How could lie remain in n place : • , where there had been no growth for a | ii . fltll half oentury? How content him- 1 b , self? In the earnest workings of his i I , mind he arose, and with the inmost I 1< . exertion of ids will would fain have j a ; thrust Duty aside, and marked out : v . another course. At one lime he liad I n | decided to employ some worthy woman i | t take charge of liis brother nnd the | i j tittle home, while he hurried off to ink* , . ; liis stand in the busy world. Then the j I . promise made to his mother rang in j | . his ears: " Yes, mother, I will take r f care of him always." Jlc had noright < f to rob that poor boy, on whom tlie ' a hand of God had been pfoegfi, of the I e littk happiness he would ever be capa- j hie of feeling. He must stay, must t i watch over him, even ns his mother I t had done. ' 1 So John Noble went into business ' 1 and began life in earnest with his fellowr citizens. Hope was large witliin ltitn, t and the fhture might yield wliat the ! ■ present denied. He engaged a widow f , lady, an old friMiil of liis motlier's, to i 1 look after his brother and bis home i j while he was absent during the day. t ; Weaker and weaker became his brother ' ; as the days flew by, but he seemed eon- i i tented and pearefuL Excepting ocea- ' sional sharp conflicts with himself. I , John got along very well and was not 1 t unhappy. He liad come to the conclu- | I Ohm that if there was any great work ' 5 for hBh to do in life, it would be point- I J cd out to bint; for the present, it was r evident he had foumTit. 1 ; I think he could have got along J r well bad he not. Just about this time, ' i met Amy-Lee, the clergyman's dough- » ter, who had jiist returned home (rout 1 i m distant boarding school. Joint Xnbk ' f found himself strongly aUrncted to t wards tills young girl, who was fair of 1 face, clear of mind, and large of heart. - Deepen and deeper grew the feeling of admiration, until he nwoke to find a t new lova bad sprung up within his br- ' Ing. Startled and amazed he fought ■ again* it with desperate strength — ■ For what had he to do with love? What woman would be willing tosharc 1 his lot-in life, with thnt idiotic brother i to be evsc present? -Strong as was John * Noble, hard a* ho Xtrove to overcome * his now love, lie'foirad it would hot he » cast oat. e Instead of decreasing, It seemed to 1 Increase each day in strength and fer- » Tor. Then said he, "I have carried b my cross long enough.' It has lacojne too heavy fbr my sliouldcrs. 1 will 1 throw H idf ttttd soek nif own iap- ' pineraTSi" ' u That night hedrenmed n dream. In 0 his sleep ho socnud to be going on a Journey. Ragged and narrow was his pathway and Steep the ascent He .. was net alone, for on hie should en q pn-a*ed the lieipicae form ofhisbrother. h Asfi went on Jlis way, his burden ^ seemed hcnvIA', his Jiath liarfleT to m travel his strength ami courage kra. T At kn-th he cvntld endure It no longer; he stopped and roiled the weight from . his Weary shoulders. As it fell to the ground, John Noble turncdnnd looked n at it, when, lot the fece that re vealed itself ta him was not that of hi* brother, X but frill and dear there shone upon him ' the divine countcnanac of the Saviour'. "» As ho bowed himself in worship to the gnraijd^llke swfeliat mhaic foil the _ reicc of thojlodcemcr upon his ear. " O, Son! yxmld you not h»ve borot 0- your burdeh a littk longer? See, tx^ u, fore you sh^ethe gajraoff th^celestinl — dty. Itjjs not your brother you carried n|>dn your *houfa)rr*. but your Saviour! ^Fqr.iuaMaucbasyedoitun- * tolhek«slof tbeoe,yedo itnnty me.'" » Upon John Nobis there foH a great » Joy. Had he, Indeed, carried ids Safe vionr? Bate he been thought worthy Hod Jesus' stooped from hk high os-

tote tohkss and save one who had ever T . here unmindful of Ifls lfpe and g»dnc*sr foteh wfre the thoughts that' ' came to him in hi# dream, a»d so in- OJ tenv became his feelings that hgawnkr. Rising from his b*d, hc threw him- . | self upon his knees and prayed at he ' J had never prayed before. Feaoo at . 1 fell upon flie troubled waters of , ' soul; And tlso angels rejoioed that ^ mother eiunccluul liecn gathered Into the flild of Christ. Ligbt aiyMiopt'ful . h, was"ftie heart oi John Noble on tlic ' , morrow. His cross no longer weighed al heavily, for be grown strong, and the fll Saviour whom he enrrinl made the j, yoke easy, to fiar. He did not love ^ Amy Lec less, but he loved his Redecmcr mure. No longer did his pow- ^ era seem thrown away, his sphere Tor ^ action limited; a ncw_ field of labor al opened lor hint and he went to work in w j the vineyard of the Lord. j Tlirwi years pautd away. John war happy mid contented in his p( Kis'lirotbcrsiecpiug the sleep that know# , kissed the" cold lips, he thanked God the precious legacy liis mother hud left litiu. Inasmuch asit liad helped him " to tear Ins cross and find his crown. John has had his Wish. His home ™ . ron.tant aeUou.P°ne Is not a law- J1' | the labors of life.1 ' ■ th Nricnlldr Daring. G i One dull day |n August. Just after I a hollooii rose in tlic nig at the i of life central plain of England. It »• ; inflated with the lightest of gas.-. " I up and it (Sit red n stratum of clouds J ! from this, tlic snn shone j « | on the air ship; the sky over- ''' 1 and below lay all inuneosunilite t ta ] expanse of cloud, whose surface looked **" i Solid as that of the earth now wholly | nl I to view. Lofty inouutains. and Kj 'kirk ravines, ap|icaied boiow; I #1 | snow, but casting shadows ss black as - ill | with trcmendious velocity.— j cl j miles above earth a pigeon mp • " let loose; it droppnl down througli the v I air us if it had been a stone. The air ] » i too thin to enabklt to fiy.' It was I ib I as if a sliip laden to the deck were to vl | from lite heavy waters of tho sea •" I into an inland unralinc lake; tlic bark aouldsinkntancoiulhetbinuerwatcr. I" I Up, up, still liiglu-r! Wliatn sitenc*- "I profound! The bights of the sky were j still ns the deepest depths of the Is search for tbo lost Atlantic cable, the In line mud IK'S as uuslimd from year to ai yearns the dust which iutperceptiUy tl gathers on the furniture of a deserted re bright sunshine feUing through n sky ni which it couUl not warm. el Up— five miles above earth— higher tr than the inaccessible summit of Chim- ai borazo or Dawngiri. Despite the sun- h shine, everything freezes. The air h grows too thin to support life, even for i" a few minutes. Two men only are in Ir that adventurous balloon— the one h steering the air ship, the other watch- Ii . ing the scientific instrnracnts, and re*- . cording tliem with n rapidity bred of practice. Suddenly, as the latter „ at his instruments, liis siglit p . grows dim; he take* nflens to help his u ; sight, and only marks from the falling „ that they are rising rapidly, c i A llask of brandy lies within a foot of l, .bint; he tries to reach it, but his arms c s jgfuse to obey his will. Ite tries to call ou liis comrade, who lias gone up to r [ the ring above; n whisper in that deep ( , silence would suffice— but no sotind , , comes from his Hps— he is voiceless. (| Tbo steersman comes down into the , f car; lie finds his comrade in a swoon, , and feels his own senses foiling him. n f He saw at once that lilt and death t , hung upon a few momenta, nc seized | . or triodto seize the valve, in order to ( [ o|» u it, and let out some of the gas. , His hands ore putqile with intenae cold f — tltoy are puraiyzed, they will not re- ( B spond to liis wiU. He seized the valve | r with his teeth; it iqwnod a littk— onec, , , tn ice, thrice. The- balloon began to ( e descend. Then the swooned marks- , # man returned to .consciousness, and , saw the qtec reman standing before him. , „ He looked at his instrument, they must j u have been nearly right nuka up; but j j now the harouietor vus rising rapidly . B —thy balloon was descsuding. Brandy ( j ires used. Tltey had buen higbor above , h earth than mortal man or any living , thing hod bran before. One minute | a more of innctiou— of compulsory inae- , a lion— on tlte part of 'the steenman, t whose senses were felling him, and the , „ air ahip, wifii it* Intensely ratified gaa, . ( would have been floating unattended, . with two corpora, in the widofsolm* of q spacov— Ooee ° 0 a lrnabet/cil List of reasoxs ^ ron G rmsfo Mabbied. — a iiubge ta * married from ambition, from bUMpis, n from ' 'cunning, from flevotioiB, from d cliriety, from ' folly, from giildineaa, , from lifroirm, from idiocy, from Janntlncas, from Idndness, from love, from ' inolloe, Ml* nonehoUnee, from obstit, nacy, from pigtwoSlncs*, from qunr- ^ B-isomenesa, UVom raggrdiicss, from ^ ipitc, from tomiytsm, from utilitarianism, from vlrtuV from want, from (unknown quantity favouth, from zsnyiam. *■ Fux U a thingfto be cultivated. It " snigotlia ibe rou^b places of life; ^ makes the diaitositioiTaa sweet and op rosy as a fresh maiden's kiss '; gratters sunshine and flowers wherever we g» ; v gives the world a round, Jolly oounteII uanee; makra all the girls as pre«J>* •" June roses, and I* th. bert thing out 1 Moxkv toreatefl *i» "V™ ^ols pay -a high per cent. ■

Heroine of the Sierra ' J | . _ Morenn. c The superiority which man assumes j woman on account of his strength. " talents and courage, is very equivocal 11 In all agre we read of instances where female courage, or presence 1 of mindsets not only appeared pre- u dominant over that of the other sex. r but has been the means of saving and a ascuring life and liberty, when man c " daring task. 1Yo- h men were once the law given of Israel; '• and Zenobia. the Palmrrian, sqt at deall the hosts of Rome. In latter dnjrs wo have had brilliant examples of '' female bcruum. Joan of Arc, whose 1 spirit, tinctured with superstition and " roused to enthusiasm, drove the Eug- " liali from Franco, and crowned Charles n at ltheims, can never be forgotten; nor will oil the laurel* Talbot won, ever " redeem his character from the stain of I putting her to death for a witch, who | 11 put them lo defeat, as a woman en- | e dowed with a maim spirit [ 11 the " Maid of Saragwwa," who stoiKi : ^ had fled from the brarts of mou; ami. j b wising on a female bosom, changed | " the tide of battle, nmi | weired a deluge j ^ ) very' expert, and I lmvc tut a link- j dis|wirted rocks, falling torrents, gloomy I t of pines, opening chasms, and ! -| I the dark variety that makes Nature „ 1 terrible, without asingk gleam of sun- i ,, of heaven over the gull* of despair. Un , j 1 this spot, far ale.ro the haunt, of civ- j „ j ilised men, where the wild wind. » tits- 1 1, ! of Counted!- Itondevilk, where j , 1 Hie narrow jntli h ad. the traveler ; fi where thr long prnitieid mule carries I nation of at. inch would precipitate j , and ridemvera precipice or three j j, liundred feet high. Un this s|wil. . lurched like an rag la's nest, is the seat , , of hospitality to be fuund. „ The count, who is lord of the valley. I chooses hereto Us Ilia abode, j s and falcon, to wind 'the thicket after I wolf and fox. nnd lo spring from s rock to rock with giant bound, after > amuaenienl* of the day. At evniiug s i lo ojmii Ids dour to Uic way-worn predominant ih lighls. Tliousands I have lasted of his liberality, and when- < lie visited the .milling field, be- t benedictions oT the aged, | r.K-Jftmcd t He passed his life with" "/.■stents- ' lion, and had not n male si ev.iiit in liis 1 Estremadura, aged ntaetCn. was «- 1 ! and lie treated her as his own child. 1 One evening he had been out late; on ' return, he throw himself upon a 1 i couch, and sunk into repose. I ' Dorothea, aware that he would not 1 ' require her assistanee any more, retired ^ 1 About one in the morning, some bao- ' ditti, at the head of whom was Rodolph ' Yascali, so long the terror of Spain. 1 thundered at the gates of the chateau, and soon burst them open. They tore 1 the menials form their beds, and, with ' horrid imprecations, made them dis5 close where their iittte treasures were ' deposited, and some they put to In- ' stent death. Tlic noise awakened the ' count, who rushed unarmed Into the p hall. Rodolph Vnsraii seized him by ' the throat, and was on the point of ' Blabbing him, wlien Dorothea, the little ' maid of Estremadura, entered, bearing 1 candle. The. robbor stnfkpi at sociug ' refrained from his Dk^, and ' loosened his grasp. Tlic fine form of 1 robed ta niglit attire, ap- ' pcared a; a bcantlfbl vision, or a spectre ' from another and a bettor world. Tlic e work of death was going on at the ox8 tremity of the hall, and over the mar- * ble floor, streams or blood flowed in *■ torrents. '< "Stop," sfie said, "thy work of * (ii-nth jmd follow me; you want money, '' and 1 win- conduct you where it is to '• be had."' )f "What pledge hare I for thy truth?" said Rodolph Vasrali, leaving hi* hold of the count. " The pledge of blood— the tieof ns- '. turn — I am thy only sister." n It was so. Bodolpli, with cdtni manding voice," ordered his band to desist from murder, and lo retire, white n he compelled the count to sit down, J. under a pledge not lo rise till he bade r. him. m "Reccollect," said be, "my sister, for such thinart, (however thou earnest here,) I know no tics bnt thuoe that connect me with my followers, lharo checked the stream of death only to It open the mine of gold. 'I " Follow me," said Dorottwa, "and ^ you sk-dl have wealth beyond youz- ™ Stowly they winded up the gothie ' staircase; the moon shone ricktv „ through s relied and ivy colored I whose lives hod reoetiUy passed sway.

I They reached the summit of the east- j em towep. [ - " 1 hear," said ltodolph. "the tdur- j I muring of thy hand; who are awaiting j 1 | my arrival with the booty." j " They shall Hot long wait thy arrival," said Dorothea, and, at that mowent, Utey were at the edge uf tlte lur- 1 ret. She dashed her light to the earth, T aud seizing Rodolph by the slprt of bis i eaiabra or tunic, hurled him from Uic IntUlwilBUUk . He fell amnAt ma lot- r lowers, amaicntent mired Uiem all . * Dorothea hastily mug the alarm bell, below, and fired off the sigual gun. , The baud fled in ail (lirccUons, imagining a force was concealed in the chateau; and Dorothea rustling down, raised the count iu her arms, wherein she ever afterward, rested as a loving ltodolph was, indeed, Iter brother, ! t I liad long been a detestable murder- j v | riflcsd him o'u the shrine of duty. ^ | t. j the dreary height* uf die Sterra j j dial of Dorothea de Huudevtlle. j a j i think the hardest thing for tinman ' '" sigh : a touch of tho lips to tlv throb- | 1 ! bitig I onload. What Heaven is m I J i over die yawning gulf of de»|alr ! J ^ j llou fair, wheu tile telU|ie.l lulls, dol ) 1 . Il'e clouds may return die eliill 1 iwann tint* tor* hen there ' Morel' i tliuii angelic an- lluwi' soul-refl|H)llse*. j J | fell, till wrong idiuosl sesmi.l right. ' 1 j shall, witli these their earth-saviours. ! 1 I infinite Lose. '' I A kind wonl Hon l gnulge it?- 1 1 I it is no 'concern of mine.'" A kind j • I even ! Don't widihnld it. I re- j I I Story on my tiuv. Middenly encounter- ] I overflowing. t)h ' die impe anil rnur- ' ' age dial look gave me 1 Some day I I shall know more nlmut it- not ter* I There are those llravcn-onluincd ' I glide past us ; and there are other* so 1 uot i»-rr anywhere but il'«r • And a newly M»|Wiitd tomb, cn-eps slowly us. nnd tlie last flower of Iio|k- , droops to the earth beneath it. p 1 suppose such people have their seem to me like thouc artificial plants ' suspended in pots from drawing-room , windows ; perennial sdflhess, mocking , our reach, incapable of growth or expansion, without moisture, without fragrance, Impervious alike to dew or . sunshine— (It only to accumulate the grime and dust of years.— Fosny Fern. Keep tiie moctu shut dfiiiko ' COLD WEATHEIL— In the J,arr,at of ' lltaltk. Dr. Hall advises everybody who apartment, to keep the mouth shnt 1 while walking or riding. He snys: r " Before you kovu the room, bundle P up well— gloves, cloak, comforter— shut your, moutli before you open tlte street 1 door, and keep it resolutely closed until l' you have walked some ten minutes; then if yop-"teta> on walking or haw a reached pome, may talk as much ns yon please. Not so doing, many a 8 hrart once happy and. young, now lies 8 in tho chureh-yard, dial might have . been young and happy sdll. But how? ' If yon keep your mouth dosed and " walk rapidly, the air eon only reach ^ tlie lungs by a circuit of tho nose and " reaching the lungs, dius causing no derangement; but if you converse, large " drafts of cold air dash dlrecUy in upon , the lungs, chilling tlie whole frame al- ' most instantly. The walking throws 1 ' the blood to the surface of the body, thus keeping up u vigorous diculation, „ making a cold impossible if you don't , get into a cold bed too quick after you get home. Neglect of these bring sicka ness and premature death to multitudes ovary year."

n- Woman's Loveliness.— It is not to the smile* of a pretty lace, nor the tint k of bcr complexion, nor the beauty and n, symmetry of her person, nor the coedy le dress or decorations, that compote a woman's loveliness. Nor ia it thecnr, chanting glance of her eye, with which St she casta such lustre on the man the at deems worthy of her friendship, that vc constitutes lwr beauty. It is h«r pk-as-Ing deportment, her chaste oonveraalion, the humWeness of her soul, that idj constitute yne IqtB^bos. "I Moot emiy roan wIB concede that it lie : loox very rodlsli tu see a boy drag » h ' bevvy day up * strpehll fur tbefketin | pkshnre nv riilin down agin; it appears er ' ta me that thnt*boy iz a sage bt the ik side uv the yung man b*i works hard se all the week, and drinx'M* stamp* up y. ' Boturday nite.—

THATLAND. ' wsto stopi to, b*dl- : j "''to' ^MwUdtel,.' j] . And I nm *c«k sad *aufu^>|lt to*li*ll ( Thou test set kln.1 sad (,MU. 1,11 air .1." < I F«*a« lhau amsl tm.1 la Hon .!» Had t«. ' Talon boa II* lon(*4 I* go. I j tetesTsie'.,"::^: " Tar i •• I tO\LREM. 1 j and Kellogg, of Uuiaaua; lUoe of Ar- [ land S|a.'uuer. of Alabuiua. The usual ! I committee* to wait u|»ii the President . i and the House were opi- inUvl. The ! errilentlal* of "Mr. Hill, of (ieorgis, wore presented, but Mr. Drake moved j to re fer tliem to Hie Judiciary L'uuindt- ' ! uv. a* the State of Georgia wus in rebel j I dentin!# acre finally bud mi the table. ; I huh negro suffrage in alt tin Suites, ! table and ordered to U- printed. Mr. | pnatogi'. and a resoiutlon omgratulal- j .throw uf their ancient royalty. Bills I and resolutions amending the natural- | aiueudiu. nl* relative tounirreaal manIn the IliMise lid ■■ninbqra answered | j their name*. Amuiig the ehaugi'a i ' ami Mr. stneer. of Mi**euri. were preand the ..ther by General I Meade, were- re ferre d to the t 'raiimlttee ; on Klei'lnm*. Mr. Hamilton, of Ten- . were introduced by Mc**rn. Kelley anil J against Hoverdy Johnson. Minister t<> j I England, and re qin "ting the President | . fenvd to the Couunittiv mi Foreigh | . Affairs by a vote of 1M to 41. A reso- . r burae President Johnson for his cxpeu- , ses iu tlie imiwaeliment trial was laid , on tlie table. A resolution lookhig to , was adopted after a strict party vote of . 32 democrats to 125 republicans. Mr. [ Robinson, of New York, offered a reso* r lution, calling for correspondence on f the subject of American citizens imprisoned in Ireland, but ns n motion to refer prevented bitn from making a few j remarks in reply to Jam! Stanley, as f he wished, lie withdrew the resolution. 0 The House then adjourned. 1 Tuesday, Dec. 8.— In tlic Senate a * Mil was introduced to abolish the franking privilege. A resolution, calling for information ns to the difficulty with 1 Paraguay, was adopted. A resolution ' to amend the rules, so that Indian " treaties should hereafter be considered 'i in open session, waa discussed slightly e and laid over. A resolution to extend h the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims * to Louisiana and Arkansas was laid on * the table and ordered to be printed. * The Senate after a thirty-five minutes' ? session adjourned. d In tho House the unfinished business •> of July lost was taken up, being the <1 Mil regulating the duties on imported * copper and copper ores. The Mil was 0 passed by a vote of 107 to 51. Resolui* lions of the Oregon Legislature reflect- ° ing on Senators Corbett and Williams, 1' and demanding their resignations was S read nnd ordered to be returned to tlie f. Oregon Legislature as scandalous, Im- >< pertinent and indecorous. A bill to '1 transfer tbo Bureau of Indian Affairs tt to the War Department was argued at k- some length and then passed by a vote 1- of IIS to 33. Mr. Robinson again moved the question of Fenian prisoners in Ircbuid. declaring that war onghl ^

to lie declared ngainat England before dinner time, but no action waa taken j ^ on it and the House afijourned. * Wednesday, Dec. h.— Ijyhe Sen- r , ate Mr. Sumner introdoeed illLto ■ i, carry out the reconstruction acts in the V c State of Georgia. The bill removing 1 t the politioal disabilities of Chief Juo- . tice Mnses, -at South Csrollnq, wss puiueil. During discussion upon It F t Mr Darts sold that thor* wws no four- • the proposition for such atneodnmnt ' t not having heat ratified. In the ufeer- > noon session the PiraidenPs Mcatsge „ > was raonived. The reading hod pro- > gusaed about the length of a oolumn, a When Mr. Cannae moved that the \ 1 reading of tbo lad of it bo dispensed - P with, on tho ground that it wss simply a tirade against Congress. Aloogde- ■

Ate ensued, in wtlch>sev«Sl promi- ! nent rrpuMicaus opposed tbo Soothm | oh the ground that it was front the President of tho United States, whose ! position demanded tliat liis nwssagi's. | however diarespcclftll or ditoourteoas to Congress, should bo rreeived with i courtesy. Among, these repuMkau* were Senators Wilson, Drake, Mutton j and others. Mr. Edmunds -|brapth' | proposed an adjournment, Bfiueh was ' .urcuLIu in the raldtl aTiKn debate. ; j In tlie House the Mil few thr relief uf Chief Justice Moses, of South .Carollwas passed. A blU was reported from the heconstructiou Commlttei' for the holding of im election oil adopt- * ing the State Constitution in Vlratai* on thq20th of next January. It was discussed quite thoroughly, but in the midst of the discussion it was laid aside admit of the reading of the President's Message. Alter the reading Mr. Washliurne moved Uiot it (the Me*a*gc) l»' printed, and took the opportunity of denouncing certain terms in it a# plain, undisguised repudiation. Conthe President's remarks on the payment of the bonds were severely denounced, and tlie Message was fiually on the table and ordeitd to Iw printed by a vote of 125 to 38. The Virginia Election bill wss again taken election shall take plaoe on May 27 and the LogiakUurc meet on the fid of September, was passed without a division. Th* House then adjourned. Thursday, Dec. 10.— In the Senate tlie standing committees were appointed, and resolutions were adopted con- ' tinuing certain special committees, | among them the one charged With inI visit iga ting the alleged corruption and \ bribery used to influence Senators in [ lull transferring th* Indian llnreau^toB ; tlie War Deportment, was referred to | Uic Committee on Indian Affairs after I considerable debate as to whether it I should not rather be referred to the I Military Committer. Mr. Wilson's 1 joint resolution proposing, as article I fifteen, an amendment to the const! tu- [ tion providing for negro suffrage in ! Juiliciury Committee. The credentials ! of Mr. Hill, of Georgia, were referred to the Judiciary Committee. The read- ' Ing of the President's Lessago was resumed on motion of Mr. Edmonds, who so aliruptlj^moved the sdjoum-re-ail to the end. laid ou the table and i ordered to be printed. Iu regard to I ! thai |Mirtioii of tlie Message relative to Speeches strongly denmtndng such n propnsitiim iu coming from tlie head ' i of tlie nation. At tlie conclusion the Si uate adjourned until Monday. In the House the Speaker aunotinced ' standing cumiiiittivs. Scvvral military ' I bill* of minor importance were passed r A hill t" establish a national system or ' ! military education was "reported and after some slight discussion was laid ' I on tlie table. The resolution to take a ' recess fruiu Monday. December 21, ttnI I til Tuesday, January 5, was adopted ' Numerous Senate Mils were passed ' I and referred. Thr. House then went ' | mid re-sued by Mr. Blaine mi the results 1 of ttii* election. The House soon after mljoumrd until Mouday next - j THE Scitnlijic American cautious the ' public against tlie use of aduiterated - vinegar. The heavy Government tax i on alcohol has raised Uic plroe so much t tliat resort is had to a cheaper sub- » stance to give the required acidity to 'f vinegar. For tlii* purpose, sulphuric, ■ nitric, and hydrochloric acids are all - used; though sulphuric acid, at the '■ cheapest and sourest thing that cao be i- found, is chiefly used. This, however, o Is very destructive lopicklca and what- . v ever is placed in it for preservation, » and very injurious to the health of i. those who use the vinegar made of it. A gallon of the stuff called vlngar can be made for a cent or two from aulphuric acid and water, with some col- . .. ,r oring matter. To detect the presenoo h of sulphuric acid, to take a small quoit - n tity of the vinegar in a clear gloss and n drop a few drop* of the chlorids of ,1 barium into it, or the nitrate of baryta. y If the liquid presents a cloudy sppearj ance, there is sulphuric acid In it, and ,a it should all be re turned to the manu,n fscturor or turned into the gutter. b Booth woe lately traveling ta the car*; the passengers hearing that he n wn* abroad, naturally evinced that curiosity prevalent with moat, to see d tho celebrated actor. It waa wbieptml that be was in the ear. Among the passengers was a genuine Connecticuter, who occupied a s*ot some four or live brnches In the rear of the great oba jecL By slipping from one seat to another, he Tory soon occupied the pro " iniuiediataly aft of Booth. Ills anxie- . ty was great, reaching over and touching Edwin oa the ehoulder, and noid: ™ " Ah ! eh 1 excuse me sir; but Is * your name Booth? " , In his well modulated voica, Booth replied," Yes, sir, my name is Booth." ™ " Ah 1 eh I eh ! excuse me Mr, but " your name Edwin Booth?" is Booth? "

"Yea, sir, my nam* ia Edwin Booth." " Beoly, oh I eh 1 sir, but you mast really excuse me, sir; but th ! ah I sir, ore youn brother to the geoUefoaa tefr.; hsjl-rihc little difficulty with Mr. Lincoln qt the theatre?. proceed at mice to duty. Know your weakness, trust and pray. God will help you through and giro you j*In nearly every instance where s man hot bad anything worth having, and bos advertised ltftrely, be hot grown to wealth and Influence in the "I feel dull to-day, "as the mnor said after being used to quo oysters.