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P. - t to--aUii'uwif) rantura bajqpenrd wltirh I am about to reoord. Tlntf with long hcturra and bard itudy, I wai oat' <ae ereniog for a waft; W the ftt*h dhi ;.)K »ia aplm- . ■ Sa/ws s&S brow, eauaailagjatefW lertaafleg. ' Patting tbrwagb a .tgihai faWy _ atnet. my AM /iyar, I d«M»AiwrttK» . at meeting a yonag aad pretty gW i*t leant to aba appeared In the Am light jf a rather distant atraet lamp), wk' , »rrm. (n, Tier . {mud totna a«e ot four bouquet* which aba lint to: tale. "Will Uooaiaur haae a banquet?' the naked, In a tweet ntoaical tone . SSfiXSBS&S**# ' " They are nrj pretty,'**"aald I, tak log them in'my hand; and then, tome bow, i cqofi not help adding, u 1 ftard my ey*« upon bar, "aodaa.l tWnl ia their Wr owner." " Mooiieurwilibnj.aadaaaittme!" , the taid. "Do ypif. aally need nilmnce, Madcmoiaelle? ' , j . "What elm abonld I be ben for a' , thla time of the night, Mooeleur?" . " And why here lit all?" quickly re- „ turned I. "Thiq atrert ia little fre qurntcd, and it qboui tl* lgal in th' t J<*M f.WVY' aeS^W tordtirea v Tng of a luxury mqibauitcd tor wcatlli and faahion." «... , „» e She aigfaad and renebad out ber hand ,, . tor the bouqnel, which I (till retained, t " What ia yonr prteo?" aaid I. c ^Flve ftanca." . 4 " A itrgl annu" " Monriaur will remember it it win- ■ I tar, and flowen are not plenty." « "To aid you I will pnrchaae," re- a torned U heading brr the raqaiaiaa \ ailrer coin; *for though I lore flower* , X would othenria* hardly indulge in the luxury to-night at auch an tx- < Sho thanked mc, and teamed ahoat , to pan oa, but hnilalnd, looked «p to f me and uld, "Coaid Uoaatoar direct „ me to the houae of a pood phyakian, t who will turn out lo-nighl and ate 1 1 ' patient at a amaUreeompenae?" f ' "Any friend ofyonn Uif " '• Hy niother," with a deep aigh and f 1 a down-eaat look. • ' " Where doe* ahe ireide?" c " Onljr, q ikort diataace from here." j 1 "J'nat ia tha matter with her?" p [ -" Sk«a5» down hat nigh* aad ha* ' not left her bed xtaBaV. / , f ^ * Ph,T-" ' 1 " Weboptd ahe would be better aoon r and II U aobgpenaire for poor peopl. 1 th employ a phyaician. " t " I am myaelf a medical student with a conaiderable eapeii.'ixo among thealeh i 1 of ihchoapihda, and ifyonare fliapoaed l , the aaaa to me, I am at yrmr t aerrice without cjjarge," Ireloined, al- i "Pk»Jtfl*r ihoD I thank MoukW?" ' ahe exclaimed, with claaped hand*, and t , an npwanl greirfaHouk. « "Pray, tot- c l»* n*, 3fon«ieu'r le Doctcnrr" : t She torood at anaa aad mored at at 1 a rapid paca dawn tbe Ureet, toward a ' the llrer Setae, In th* dlrecllon I wa# 1 walking whan we mat • i > In baa than Br* miaalaa we hpd en- ■ 1 tered a wretched quarter among nar- t atrceta, otd, tottering ballding* and 1 r aqnally-looking inbabUaata, tome of a I wheu) termed to gtan ilJto at w* • pamadaloag. | " Ii it much further?" I tnduiral, I bqgtartnfcto tod mwaay. a ' -QMfJi JH& Jlonalcnrt it la jaat 1 ! - Aim oat Immediately ibe turool into , a core red paaaage, whtotoid da back , aaiaiag hahiiatiooa that I nana thouU f I Mare Vialled In the brdafl dayRgfiL A f rWUe, till aha aaddablycqaaad Mtoor t into total dartnrM. t 1 "Tour hand. MonaieurldDdettof," t 1 abe^M^at^tqme Uma tn^agttand . ■ - ' •n".?a"g T^i I inrehanlcally Mlwed her. t Wa now want threngh a long, aar- I pataagt. la total darVora*, and f after two or three abort .Jurat, began t to • dent laid a pair of craaktay, ratten 1 ' WafifA'djiaj \"?0 ■ ' ■ 1:- ■ ' • " la (t poaidbie rod Ure in a place Uka ■»*»'" told I, aecreUly wiahlng myaelf i tilbly oot of it c " la Parte baggare cannot be ehaaa- c , "replied tha girt. 1 " But even In Pari* it ia notnaoro- t for the Bring to take np their a abode* in aapulcHetl" I rqioinad, with e aomo aaperlty, balag vexed with myaelf a ; tor entering my good nature to bad ma v lota * den from which I might not ■ ever coat out eh re. 1 .7ktkte my tolr guide deigned- no 1 1 reply. 0® **adtiag the toe* rf the t •tain ahe ptabed open a door hading 1 into* .mall, dimly lighted room, and t 1 X toOowed her intojt with aome aaeret c 1 . • eoraar, and oa It appeared tobeahu-. 1 V form, lying very atffi. , . T. '? UAW jWq& tooMdt,'' t 1 odd the gtrfaa ah* olnaed the door br- ' [ hind me. ^A* tb«e wu no reply to 1 Sfc£«ra32i-s : ad a' minute? X. think mother to I mind | I hare an- ■

; ^detertMy'bretfl^rA^man -a , to tntp HdkJWtlatdMly. and <ahcld 1 the ij.kaimikili and grinning- teeth t of.hnAan*km£ . , ... 1 atartml hadrin horror, and at the ["■aMbdd, onepfter another, toor qaite Ml human flgurea, in black gowna aud 1 maaba. I knew at own, then that I ■wa* to be lobbed, and probably tnnr- ' lered. I wofe a beaey diamond pin ' and ring, carried in money about ray 1 pareon acme flva hundred franca, but ' not a tingle weapon of any kind; re- ' aiatanco being, tbaaefbre, out of the lueation, I felt that my only rhane* fl indeed, therawat a chanoo— waa to oudHtate the rofflana and boy myvetf )E With a praaenee oTmind far whieU I ttiil take to myaelf conaiderable credit, I taid at qpee: "J-WndemaBdft an, gentle mra; and ,-ou wHI flodmea Ubeml perns to deal •eith. There i* ooe thing I value very ilghly, beeanae It It tbe only ooe'I ure, and I cannot replace it -that ia ny llto. Everything eiae of mine ia it your eervioa, even beyond what I hare vlth me." They were undoubtedly anrpriaed to near me apeak in that cool, off-hand manner; but t&y marched forward and •umranded nfe before either returned arent you with you, then?" inquired one, in a dril way, out in a low gruff tone. I Immediately mentioned the different article! of valnt, and the exact imonnt of money; " aU of which I alufl pleated to preaent you WiU^jf one ofyonwU^ba^dato^to^eort mc . * "You aaid 70a had more, Monaieur." p " Yea, geMtomen. I bare ton thouaaod ftanca in tpe. Bank of France, and I willingly add a check to r half that "Cheeks donl imrwer.our porpnac very well," aaid a a.-edod voice. " Then I pledge my honor ihet I will to-morrow draw oot five thouannd -and pay Ibe amount ,aver to any puraon fcno may appnmch me with thto boquct in Ma hand, ' aaid I, holdout the flowen I had purchaaed from tha fair decoy. "tet ha handle what you have aaid tbe Ant speaker. I immediately took ont my pin, took off my ring, drew ent my walch, promj pocket-book and purse, and placed them all in hie extended hand. "Yon make d* a preaent of theae, now?" he aaid. . , " Yea, oa condition thai en* of jam will forthwith conduct ma to the etreci "•saaSfcwsKriissr man, indeed," waa the reaponae. They then drew off together, scrutinizing the articles by tbe light of a agtoky lamp, and convened together low tones. I fL-lt tint they were a conversation that involved my life, and to apeak the honest truth teamed aa if every nerve In me qnlrered, and it wu with dintoulty that I ermld stand. At length the principal apokeaman tamed to ma and aaid, in a cool, methodical manner, ' ' Uooaiaur hat aatrd Dk* a gentleman than any other* we have ever had dealing with, and if wa oould, eonaiateot with onr buatneaa, oblige him, we atumtd be tifflb * H ¥>> hot, unlbrtWiWj. wa are govarned by a rale, which it law us, tMt dead men tell ne take, aad We think It win not do to make an exception ia thia cat*. We with huuare*, ta cootiderartua of M estreat*, gvnticmanly loharior, be at mild and a* poaaibie in doing our duty, and great Uooaiear five minnlrt for *aytag"hl» pnyefa." " Yoa hare tifco reaolredto murder me?" gasped I. , " Mooeieur usn a very hart -term, we win let thai paaa. Too hare . minora jet to lire by thla wateh." The villain then held my walch to ' the light, and I Mt Indeed that my iqinutea were numbered, and aecretely to pray for the aal ration of my *^l beUering ihgt I could pot tare my A deathlike aiknee feigned tn that gloomy apartment for tome thaa, and then one rf the ruffian, bont dokti knd B*ed a trapdoor, and hem Ska-dark pit hajow leaned a iwdaom* aawlhaait might be of putrid bodies.* I beheld ny Intended grave, and thuddered and thook Ukr an ntpen. But why atuid there aad die like a dog. without a tingle attempt toescape? At the wont It ooald he but deMUtand there waa a bare poaaihtbty might get away. I And mycyee on tbe door which opened oe the stairway anffAKhs tingle, sadden bound reached It, bnt found It bst«cked. Then, the haoda of the ruffians aeitod nre with murderous Intent, I uttered* wild thriek, the door-was burst In with a cresb, and in aawuMt the room S filled With gen. d' armea. I reW I W" saved and ffitated and* toil. The tonr tmotat, tbe thir dewy, and aarderao* den, were all secured that r night, and I subsequently bad {ha pl«- ; din bt giving in my evidenee against there, and seeing lhara aU oondMnaed tofbagaOey* tor life. The placa bad tor aomo time been auspeetod, and the deooy maread. On that night a detective had aacrately fob lowaa Ibe giri and myaelf, and, after

a UCi^aaaadtS I'jr.lj i'w t» t liiiire f V i ' feRe ifeM> w to* store. ai At tbtlkyt of thelvan tower, in (M ti [ Kremlin Uoaamrg aupporic? by a Id pedestal dtjslenr, is the largMt bell in jj the world, and probably Ike largest • that ereroe.ip the world. A piece is n broken odt of Itaaide, arulihcfrngmenl ,e to lying near. Tbe breadth of the beU a is so Crea*-XtTt t*tfiyr-16ajacroie'-B that the cavity rradcrnealfi naa beefl d used as a chapel, where as many peopie can stand aa In a cirdo sixty f&ct n In Ruatia tha bell ia an inatrmnanl y of musiefcr the worship efGod aatcily •, ,t nad really aa the organ in any other - f. c runtry ! This Ikct is not mentioned , in tbe are have of Ibe woadcy- . _ ful, enormous, and almost incredibly , 0 heavy bcQa that have been cast ia Mae- 1 If oow. Bat i.is tkehey to what would ' i, otherwtoe be difficult to explain. It q app<-are absurd to east belts *0 large ■: 1 to be next to impossible f.ir convenient 1 1 ase. in danger alwnyT-wT falling land . ' y dragging others to ruin in their Xkll. 1 1 y But wben the bell is a medium of com- < 1 j municntion with the Infinite, and the ! 1 , wor»hi|!>of apeople and an empire finds j ' j ex|lrv«*lon in the majestic tones of a 1 0 bell; K ccsset to be a wonder thata belt 1 s)i»nld have a tongue which requires ' (, twenty-fbur men to more, and whose 1 music should send a thrill of praise into I j every houto in the city, and float away 1 j beyond the river tnto the plains afar. 1 Moscow Is the holy city of the Greek ! , Church. Pilgrims come hither ftotn , thousands of miirk off. and on foot, and ! j sometime* without shoes. I have seen j - them, with stares in their hands, and ■ t their travebworn fix-t wound np in j j 1 cloths, wending their way- to the sacred s liill. And whea they draw nigh nnto | ' c the tlty,~and on the evening air tiki 1 ' - to their ears, they fiUl upon their fceea, I j prostrate, and worship God. If they . c iu!d go no further, thoy would bo c:ai tent todle there, for they bove" heard t tbe bells of Moac iw, and on their iAa- ' Katie tones their souls have born token b up tretwaveoi Thto '» the a ntiment i of the auprratltlons peasant, an^ It iaa ' [ beantlfbl sentiment. Ideal indeed, bat ! 1 nit the more delicate and exalted. 3 Aa long oa fire htnidr d years ago, J 1 this casting of U-lis was an on in Has- ( - «lo- 1» is osa ef the Gno arts now.— , 1 Perhapa our 'great hell founders, the ( Men eel ys, will not admit that the , 5 founders there have any more skill in , tlirir manufacture than we haw, and I ( ' atp hot sure that tbeir belli have any . - tisics mere eaquisitc than ours roul.l j i have M we would put aa much allvar • and gsld lata onr buli-nclal at thej do , lluPSn iottg a* those precious metals , area* the present premium, Uttlc or , ' nqnc ofthem will And iu wqy Into onr , ' chpish bell*. We hare oot the mta- , " ofa hall. We use it to call the people ; to the houae of worship. They use the , - bell ft* worship. Our bells apoak to . 1 os. , JThctr bell* praise God. They , 1 cast their silver and their gold Into the 0 molten n«a and it become* an offer- ( 1 log, a( on an altar, to film who it wor- , 1 shigpad with every silvery note and . • golden tone of the "holy bell. 1 This on. great bell is a growth or , centuries. In 1553 it waa cast and , 1 weighed only 80,000 pottndl. It toll In • a fire *nd Wa» rrecaat in 10M, bring Inc reared to the satonlkhlng weight of r 5(i,OOp po until. This was too vast a | • weight to bo taken tip to the top of the , r tower, and it waa austalned by a frame , 9 or the foot of U, In 174a it fall in an- , 6 other Are and w*t Woken into frag- , ' intjnla which lay there on the grnond , about thirty years. It was re-coal iu , 1TSS, and foqryiwre afterwards a piece | " this, knocked out of the aide of it[and | ' it hoa been alahtCng here on lite gfonnti | mere than a century. It weigh* *44, 1 • 000 pounds' In the thickest part It la 1 r two Ext through. It bat relief pletnr. t , 0.1 it of tse Emperor and ^nfpresa, of , the Saviour and the VUgto Mary, and , 1 10 Evangelist*. t ' Ascending tn the Ivan tower, we find , ° on three successive stories belli to the , n umber of thirty-four. Some of tbeso , D are of a siio to Oil one with astonish- . r matt had he not awn the giant below. 1 \ The largest la on the flrst story above ? tho chapel and weighs more than aixty , r tons. It swings freely and Is easily , rung. I smote it with the palm of my , hand, aoptnalng that such a blow could not produce the slightest vibration in ' auch a mighty moss of iron, bnt It rung 1 nut aa clear and startling aa if a apirlt within had responded to my knock ' without. Two beila are of aoUd aUrer and their tones are exquisitely aofr, ' liquid and pare. It was exciting to go 1 from one to another and strike them " with tbeir toogm a, or with your hand, and catch the variety and richness of ' their several melndh a. 3 ' The chapel below ia dedicated to tbe ? patron saint of all iodic* about to Iw married, and it may be readily believed • that the beU that gives expression to ' tbeir prayers will have, at least to their ears, tbe aweetoat tone of all the holla • io Mcaeow. " 1 had oocne down from tbe Kremlin tn my lodgings at BiBofa, and, wearied , . with the wandrrlnga- of the (lay, was lying on tha bed and looking out on the city. It is Just before sunset, and the day has been oppressively warm. A delicious glow iron: the gorgeous west it bathing all tha douwtand rooft with ■pleaded color*, and silence ia stealing In with the Betttngaunnprm the crowd3 «d town. Jl latho eve oT one of their 3 ruoat holy .festivals of thcChnrcfa. One vaatefanrdi.edUeeltdlreatly In view ,, of my window and bnt a short wiy ott r. 'As l lie rinsing, from thia church at hanflflmra the aofrcat, sweetest totjrs ' ■ rfan evening beU. Another tuna rcs- ' ponda, A third Ii heard. The Ivan ttortoXB lhohright of Ike Kremlin nt-[^sa-aisaaa; ; / v, Vt*', :

1 JAtS JBk|^ la'famiHarto Wm tik, 1 • but its thii^g^jhii'ff^.woaNK • t Tto;a«*l»aflfcicM'4 Mlsiafaoee t 1 and bqjr^^fccm alL It ia Iko vtiea ' » r^faBajy* loving, boklZh lonfffcg • - hehrta, boS'fadightencd, perhaps, Uka ' yours, but al crying out to the Great <J Fatber. ln tteee ao)cran and Inspiring 1 1 I to lf>UM tin'uif lUil 1 nil 1 Sin [ poiv, Hri*t Lord God c r Almighty, fle* ven and Earth are fall l — ; tauket liitenrltey. 1 . L The/oflowhuUrromaBatb (Maine) , 1 correapoodemt; I once stopped at the , ' ' hotisc" af.a'UM. It maa desirable that wa should take an early trjin next , morning, audnnswithajanding the aa- . I . aueooee of the aerisjA tHkt we' shonld , called brightsodeariy. IMtanxioua c ^ bp retiring lest woeb-mld not rite in j, , I time. I therefore beset myaelf to di- n ,! rising an alarm. Tto only "base of , , | operation" was ray watch. This I , I i opened the face of, exposing the hands, j , and laid Its back on the toikt table. — a . Tho hour hand only was available to | i produoe the action that should give the , . alarm, the mlnnte-hand having many < n-votutions to make ere tlie appointed A blade of each end of the pocket „ ; knltb waa opened, and the handle sup- r I ported an three pennies, piled on top of , the other, 10 that itthodld bo balanced, „ ! and at tho same time have the blades , i a line wllb the thee, one blade rest- 1 $ ing lightto oil tha figure (bur - the min- , k \ ntt-hnndTwsetog over It tn tte rtvoiu- , ' tion. The object of this arrangement c 1, was to ftosa the hour-han.t, 00 arriv- , ing at Ale HoUf Of fotlr, to come In con- r tact with the blade; and the knifa be- , ing balanced. thcjhopJ .would have sufficient powvr tb move on it* pivot r ( pennies;) the opposite end of the knife. t of Course, having a revvrte motion. I next drove a pin into the handle of ( hair bfnah, add balanced It on the v ' edge of the table, /rut so that it would r topple over, were not the end with tlie r - pin in It held down gently by the head , . of "the ptnbomlng uudcr the table at tthe knife opposite the watch. I pre- n ' 'viousiytled'ofie efld of ttijf hattditer- a ' chief tofhc1 handle of the broth; the t 1 other end I now a-enred to the comb, t ! with which I propped up the lid of a | fancy box-that act on the table, leaving fi i some " alack" between the brash and p The machine #"■ now sot. and th- v expected optrittkm wis this; tile r ' hand should push the blade rest- n ■ ing on the flgnhs 4; the other blade would have a 'Corresponding motion, n and slip off the bra* of the pin in the n ' t'rflth lundW; ttfifWonfir allow the t brush balanced on the edge ot the table Ii ' to tilt and fall, the stock in the hand- a ' kerchief allowing It to acquire sufficient ; momentum in fallittg to pull out the g ' comb Supporting the Meat-v lid of the r • fancy bo*. whlfiB IhotiM 'fltll " wlW a „ J toud notoe."" 'These thlnga really came t to pass at the appointed hour, and wc f were aroused from our slumber in time t ^ for 'tha early train, and wo went an J our way rqjolcingi t A might Mistake. [ r In a New Hampshire town there „ 1 lived an Ignorant, irreligtdns and t ' worthless family , 'Ransom by name, no J ; member of which had ever been inside j. • of a church within the " memory of , • the oldest Ihhabltant" Tho village , I pastor, after year* of fallory. had al- { 1 most persuaded two of the young s -lon« ( ' : promise otlmdiinoc for one Sabbath; f I th* fear thaashgpzoo^bs the anb- h I of soma prrsoflal re marts still de- t . terred them. Th*V*ere in grent trr- ■ lest they Ihontd bo pubHriy upbraid. > a I fuf 'tbalr misdoings, and called to f account far their wickedness. After 1 ' much exertion their fenrs were quieted, ' and on the faBowing Sunday tha ayta I of the good pastorl congregation wart * : astonished at the nAwonted presence ' > of the afaVvaald Ransoms. AB went 1 ■ wall until the reading of the second 1 ■ which wds the familiar " Blow 1 > ye the trumpet Wow," when at tlie [ end of the line, " Rctnm ye ranaom'd r ainncia home," the older of our heroes ' s 'izrd his hat and with long Mrtde* to- 1 1 ward the floor, shouted, "dome along " 1 Btn, I knowed they'd bo flingfng at nt ' we caine here. t ■ 1 1. 1 [ How to RxTii.x a Goon Face.— c r A correspondent baa aotac good ideas ( , on the lmpooaaoe of tneafal activity in 1 , retaining a goW face. H**aya; "Wc r 1 were speaking of Taffhame men tbe t other evening, and I waa wondering : f why K bad a* Jest the beauty t far which Bra yaaza kg* ha waa to fa- I . moua. 'Oh. if. because he never did I , anything,' aaid Br 1 'ha never J 1 worked, thought, or goffered. You 1 , must havathe natod:ehlaeIUng away at 1 r the featpta. If you want handsome I , middle aged men.' H|)we hearing tint I remark, I "have been on the watch to 1 , aee whether it W (Mwrally trae-and it 1 j is. A handsome ipsa who dnfleUeth- , Iqg hat eat and drink growoflgbby, . and the fine Horn of bis featucra are ( B loat;"bdt the bard thinkrr hat an ad- ; ^ mireble sculptor at warit, keeping his , t fine Ihw* in repair, and constantly go- ( j ingnverfabfaeatoimpraaetiK original , I ""'g"*" 1 SAVXnaftwn a wiping, whimpering, 1 ' wriggling worapa. Sheia theconsumc motion of uneaaincae and dticomf irt, ' ' and gaoeimnyoQBtrfmV worry other • peo,tolotoallk^hfli»i*.- At tenia ' 1 greater tiMS afee, ao la a whining wo- 1 1 man tenfold more annoying than a ' " whining maa. Tbe iaUer can be kicked, 1 cnflcd^expledad. loc^^ toefanccr ■ | 8tm«rt -DpitT."-IaB tracnt caa* , of asaault the defendant plead gnlHy. i tbe only- «CS in the room, areftheftret , betim sail it aoitty.'' -'I rrwtf- «k trot it -'.^c Fx v c -irr raHBWwMit i1fr

Wloter, Wipter, cold and dreary Winter Is upon n*. Th* fcalmy hrecina of autmaahavc paaacd away, and fltaalatioa and gloom rettt upon the whole face of nature. The thrill whUtie of the wind it come* with arrow swiftness front tbe cold regions of the North, chlBs to the very bones, and pota a Urid tint upon tbe countenance) ot the pa*-, s.-ngcrs in the streets. Tbe gaudy plumage of the summer's ia cxchanj^d by. the sty and faahI icinable for the snug habiliments of j winter; tbe windows of the mansions of the ricir. frora whence came forth the sound of" Joy and mirth, have been closed against the piercing blasts, but ioy and mirth still hold their sway. The wartn apartment, delicious frulu, the pleasing company, parties and pleabeguile the tedious hours. IVhat a bsppy world is this' But there is still another story to read. There's such a thing aa poverty, and now the poor begin to feel The griping hand of want. First, they the employment that Ufabnty sumlis* given them, but "from their scanty pittance have boe# unable P> tlie means far tho supply of their daily increasing wants. And yet there are hundreds of unfortunates, many of ' them without food, without comfort- 1 able clothing, and in tome esse* almosi ' There are to-day many ttniful and able-bodied men, who have been cm- ' ployed in the rsriana vocations of life. 1 who now And it difficult toget employ- ' menu How this class is to exist through 1 tlie inclement scssoil rto one can teU. 1 may be done by benevolent 1 ' societies and private donations, bul will be found with their wants ' nasupplied. Some wtB resort to theft ■ would never wear the etain of crime ( : and many will rcoort to beggary. Who enn estimate the physical and ' moral evil that arises 'from such dcati- j 1 A modern writer thus draws the picture:-" A city," be says, "with its 1 wealth, Its fashions, its commerce, its ' noble public inatitutloht. Its Unceasing 1 mental business activity, is the saddest ' apattsclc that earth offers; even a great ] strewn - with th» mangled and bloody tlsln, with forlorn wires and mothers, seeking the cold farms of ' the loved and lost, it hardly to pain- ' tbi." - ■ 1 | After s while, the heart-rendering features of that scene will have disap- | geared— death and destruction will , have yielded to life and beauty— the L waving grass, the fragrant flowers, and j , ripciUdglUfvtH will harscflhecd every I , : But over these great fields of poverty j | nature comes to cast no veil of lovcll- j the struggle is never over; do i against worse snffcringa than they have j jet Undergone. And if a few hare the | good fortune to csCdpc, it ii only to | make room for a still larger number , and fehen is this grent. glaring fact of 1 poverty and pauperism to disappear 1 society? Who is able to answer , that question? , A cry is heard from this sutfering | throng, "give us Jastico and we will , UUt oik charity. '' Give to Iho down- | trodden, crushed laborer, the producer . of all the world's wealth, his inaliena- , tflo rights to the use of the nfefural elo- , meats, restore to him his birthright, long-lost birth right tothe soil, and , w*_ should no kmger free him going . about the streets beggfhg a brother of the earth to give lam leave to toil. to rob tho IxtMnng man of tbe fruit of his labor, and poverty, psnper;hm, and orims would soon be known Hurls* All) r Mrs. Crane, "whose husband U & . bookkeeper in Fleming * Co.'e drug store, on Magazine street, Xew Orleans, died very suddenly last July, of what was pronounced sunstroke. She was a schoolteacher in one of onr most popular public school*, and resided on Dryudcs street, ner body was interred tho next day at 10 o'clock, and her mother went home almost brokenhearted. One night rooently tho mother, after passing a moat distressing day, fell asleep fate st night and dreamed that her daughter hod been buried sliw. Sho Jumped up in a frantic state and rushed to her son-in-law's chamber, crying " My daughter fa buried olive! Ob, my daughter it buried alive! — What shall I do?*". To sleep any that night, wot flntfaf the question. At length the proposition was made to have the body disinterred, jost to satisfy her. So, early the next mornthe grave was opened and the cofraised. The body, which had been placed In a metallic coffin, was turned over, the glass covering the face was to atoms, the ends of the fingers being beaten and battered all to pieces, the. hair torn out In handsftifa and the shrtmd torn in many places.— AVr Cm of Lemons. When persons are feverish and thirsbeyond what is natural, indicated ' same cases by a mctulic taste, in tha 1 mouth, especially after drinking water, ' or by a whitish appearance of tbe 1 tongue, one of the brat " coolers," Internal or external, fa to take a lemon, cut off the top, sprinkle over it some 1 line loaf-sugar, work tt downward into the lemon with a spoon, and then sock ■ it slowly -squeezing the lemon and , adding some, sugar as tbe oddity In- . creases from bring brought np from ; tba lower-point. * 1 Invalids with fcverishne** may take 1 two or threa lemons a day In thU mzo- • nmritt a meet imrked bCTdlMnMdand^ioriipration.0' JTlemoa nx" two sssar-rsr-r z&z .Uban o«-*toltetee^ULV»hK t "Ato" and b -rries, or paaefaaa and; ■MM llf - • ' If JfasM. ;

nrfe rtra ran. -o ' • &**■ iSatiOs riiatwi dnluw, " Drill* >4<n«>>t*i '•fact »*»i | .. *ii*esTfertwM.w.ruaw • t DUw*.nit,ibtirruni J " h-rr -n -|i •*■ r-rt- " - • 1 Ii 11 ts I in Astronomy is the most bumbling 01 r all the sciences. Iu very estsnoe ii . hurailiation for tlie proud thoughts o | we know the greatcv,we pride oureelrc 1 - the higher seems to rise our place ii creation. But in astronomy advanc . veafalion of the vast ocas of the tui- , rounding universe, aud of the nugliiy existences forever circling in shining courses through apace, compared will which, earth ia but a* a tiny pebbl. , tho boulders 'of tho sea-shore. And tf this be tho case of earth, then what is man. her puny .denizen, but or r a mere dust-grain in the universe- ho I ! unenred for by tho hoet of vast worWt . J rolling through sfswo iu tlieii The astronomer of the present dot , must echo the thought of the iuapireo , singi raf Israel, who liad often watchi d . l:y night on the hills of Judca, as, cou- ■ (rnstiug our littluneea with the greatof Jehovah's care, he exclaims I " When 1 consider the llcateus, tht ! work of Thy fingers, the moon and tl e r stars, which Thou lust ordained, wlu t is roan, tliat Tllou art mindful ot ! " — B'lgrasi't Jf«yiii'»r. The Body Sold.- I remember n ! round from town to town, nud from jrlty to city, all Ihr iugh the rountry. | exhibiting himself to medical men and students, bceaUsc He had an enormous ] tumol'. ithlcil disfigured him frightfti!- '| He got ilis living by exhiWtin; liimself ; and at last this poor man ac- . 1 tonlly sot<Y his body far a atlpufatrc 1 be delivered to certain mcdicil men immediately upon his death : and peo- ' pic all through the country who knew 1 that fact told; " How horrible that a man should sell his body. *nd rat the r bread purchased by his own flesh and ' blood!" And yet there were walking the streets of BoatoB, men who had [ hood, for money, and who were Urin: I day by day upon the price of their own ' integrity ; and nobody thought thai ' as awful I These men were to bi " seen all through the city, and yonnp ' looked up to them and said - " That's a glorious success; if wc could I only attain to that, we should be satisE fled." — It" Mr. OtrkUJUrm-m. God Cocst*.— a brother aflil tiatcr , were playing iu the dining room, when . tbeir mother set a basket of cakes on I the Un-tablc aad went out " How nloa they look! " said the boy reaching to take one. His sistgr ear- '

neatly objected, and even drew back [ his hand, repeating that it wna against J ' tbeir mother's direction. ' " She did not count them," said he. ^ 1 " Bnt perhaps God did," answered | I the slater. So ha withdrew from the temptation. t j andf sitting down.rteemcd to meditate. "Ton arc right," replied be, looking r at ber with a cheerful yet serious air; "God d'TS e-ms(, for the Bible says tbe r hairs of our bead are aUnumbenxL" II Look at the Heaven above you.— t There fa star after star, all through '. the realms of space— some shedding 1 down ataeams of glorious radiance ; ', somriroeatqwing only a feeble light— :! but; nevertheless, ALL pouring their - tribute of brightness from their golden y urns, and all fulfilling, in tbe universe, 1- an office of good and blessing. So man a may abed his portion of light and pert form hts ftmction of benevolence, whal1- ever may be his station in life oa rer- spccts wealth.— Cluipin. j Wnttr wc reflect that oil the as peels . of nature, all the emotions of the soul, t *11 the events of life, have been the subjects of poetry for hundreds and j thousand* of yean, wc can bsrdly r wonder that there should be to many resemblances and coincidence* of expression among poet*, but rather that they are not more numerous and more j 'triMng. „ Seeekitt.— Tbe true strength., of virtue fa serenity of mind, combined ^ with a deliberate and steadfast dcterH min* tion to executes her lows. That , is the bcalthiul condition of the moral ^ life ; on the other hand, cnthuafam, Q even wben representatives of goodness, k fa a brilliant but feverish glow, which j leave* only exhaustion and languor behind. " Little Sdkbiuse.— Who fa Little B Sunshine? The child )«ho does not ^ pout, or frown, or iay croaa words, but I- who goes about the house laughing. It amltlng, s -gitiq kM sw*, and tmmg f had rfreds — that child fa Little Son--bine Does shybody know Little a Suuhlna? Where docs LI tUe Sunshine ■" live. \ \ r" h WOBKAraOCTOEEDOBBElULro. | J —Lets mart do hi* work; the fruit of, i it fa the care of snotheg than ha.— 1 Qarlflt. , ' \/ 1/

: ateffafortr-^MMin- 'Mflwav Chance hat .trot pnl Into onr bank the. meat tmporingknd intereatB^ Jm dicbxl doenraent to alf* christian* that , his Aver been recorded th human annals; Ibat h, the identical death warrant of on? Lord Jcsut Christ. We transcribe the document u it hat been SEXTKrc* rendered by Pontios Pilate, Acting governor of Lower Gallilec. stating that Jesus of Nnzcrqth shall suffer death on the Cross. •• In tbe year scvcdtcen of the F.mire of Tiberius Ciesar. and the 25th lay of March, in the city of Uoly Jeru- . alem. Anna and Cw^ha* being Priests . ud sacriflcators of the people of God; 'ontius Plate, Govern dV of Lower iallilce. sitting on the Presidential • :hair of the Pretory. cirodemns Jesus odio on theCrosa, between two thfana be people saying; 1. Jesus It a seducer. -2. He it seditious. 3. no 1a an enemy of the taw. 4. He calls himself falsely the Son of iod. 5. He call* himaslffalKly the King >1 -f Israel. 1 0. He entered into the Temple fol- , owed by a multitude bearing palm e .ranches in their hands. , Order the flrst centurion. Qnlrilna 1 ,'orncllns, to lead him to the place ot .. Forhid to any person whomsoever. . ilher poor or rich, to oppose the death r of Jesus. I The witnesses who signed- the conI lemnation are as follows:— I. Daniel , tobsni. a Pharisee; 2, Joannes Zero* ., latel; 3, Raphael Robani: t. Capet, a t Jrsna shall go out of the city of Jern- , s tirin by the gate offltruenns. Tlie above arntcnce !s engraved on a t ; >ppcr plate. On one side are written 1 thite words. (A similar plate is sent 01 racli tribe.) Tt was found in *11 an- , Ique vase of white marble, while ex0 ^avating in the ancient Hly ..f AquiB*. j 11 ?he kingdom of Naples, in the year I2S0, anil waa discovered by the Comnissarie* of Arts attached to ilie French irmiet. at the expedition of Naples. , It was found enclosed iu * box 01 ebony e in the Sacristy or Chartrem. The vase it in the Chapel of Caserin. The French >1 translation was mode by the memtfer* •f the C'omniissiou of Arts. The original is in the Hebrew language. The Cliartmn requested cabnestly that die 11 plate should not be token away from " them. The request was granted, as a ■ reward for the sacrifices they had msd. 4 far the army. M. Demon, one nt thi '■ tlw Mine model, <'u which he halt ent grav.d the above senU-nee. At the \ talc of hie collection of antiquities, Ac., . it wna bought l.y.l.ord Howard for2,- ^ taj/raui". limi'.ltj/ei.ll. Oao s Aislinnl Intelligence. The following observations, which d from an "Old Cariosity shop," have <_■ reference to animals, and exhibit their d nt It-Mi apparent knowledge of the ads' tion* and enjoyments r11 are so constructed as, with the least g largctt-elrvd "paces and tho least po* - sible loss of Interstice. So, also, is th. d ant-lion ; his funnel-shaped trap is exis had been made Ire tin- most skillfu artiste of our aperies, with the aid o- j T tlie brat Instruments. The molo is 0 11 metcoroioglsi. Tho bird called th. 10 nine-killer. 1* an arithmetician; *0. also, is the crow, tlw wild turkey, oa-. '-v some other birds. , The torpedo, thbirds. . Tbe torpedo, th. ..

| ray, and tho electric ec! are elcctri- 1 : clans. Tbe nanttlu* is a navigator : t ' he raises and lowers hit tali, casts an. 1 weighs his anchor, and performs othc. | j nautical evolution*. TVhote tribes 0' ) birds nre musicians. The braver is an architect, builder and wood-cutter ; hi . ' cut* down trcti, and erects house* *nd . " dnrns, The marmot fa a civil engineer. ' he Hot only bnllds houae*, but con- • ' strncta aqueducts, and drains to keel 1 ' them dry. The white ante maintain ■ a regular army of soldiers. The Baai . . India ants nre horticulturists ; they , j make mushrooms, upon which they , • feed their young. Wasps are paper , manufacturers. Caterpillars are Bilk .. spinners. The bird jdoccus tcxtor i> r a weaver ; he weaves a web to mak. » hi* nest. The primln is a tailor ; he t, sews the leaves together to make hi' a ncaL The squirrel is a ferryman; with a chip or a piece of bark for a boot, and - his Rill fora sail, he crosses a stream. Dogs, woIWs, jackal*, and many other" arc hunters'. The black bear and heron nre fishermen. The ants have eeg- * ular day laborers. Tlie money fa a !> rope dancer. Tbe association of brave era present us with a model of repnblii cnnlsm. The bees live under a mon- ? nrcby . Tho Indian antelopes ftirnisb y an example of patriarchal gm-rrnmcnl. ' Elephants exlilMt on aristocracy ol ' elders. Wjld horses are taid to select 9 their leader. Sheep, In a wild state, are under the control of a military chiei , f ram. ii."" " ? A Gbeat Pitt. — Tbe midnight - ' train from Albany, a few weeks since, J left a load of passengers at one of oar Western towns. , Among the number '' was * nervous fidgety old man, who !; was in a great stew ahgWhta baggageHit foot had hardly touriMflhapfatT form when he commenced doggmJSijg baggage- master for Ida baggage. File nally, after being repeatedly dunned it for- the baggage before he bad tin* to it get It from the huge pile, the haggagfe- . master tprned to tha man and thus g addressed htm : "JBster, lf» a ptty I- that yon wasn't born on elephant inie stood of a jackass, and Own ysM have ie yer trunk alwev* under yer nose." WbexU that graat match between ). Deacon Jankaand Elder Dobba-tba If. rival afa pi t— to Come Off?" '-'A* . sooeiaa tba chsrth and preacher can be ' agxsed upon."

1 We imva lust* Asa 11 Iwt to th» ' sacccssof the ca»or<# 10 iDduatrtoally t ciroufated 00 WaIt.«Wtlg3Bpdny ' neek-Uist about ' and the death at NapoJaon. We adld ' that through the ngancy of Hffa, tha • 1 latest dodge, not less than . flO.tOO changed hands. In saying tiflt we did ' not wish to be under* toodip the orfl- " navy sense that ao much^mcmay was ' moved simply, but that thi* amount Ilterallv was won and last by the gam- ' biers. "This may seeai toeredtl* to 1 tlw uninitiated. "Howeaa fcbtpoe " eible," aay thay, " when grid advanced 1 only one per taut? " We aasaur that . ! to those who knor the anyllaiti of frequent operations iu Wall Maast, this 1 is by no means what they caB a "Wg ' thing." Fifty millions of dolfata were ' Giught and sold, the sellers realizing ' the Iwucfltof the advance -ont per om 1 on half h million dollar*. " Bnt how can they succeed, time and time again, in winning their game by this "tale trick of (Use news? ' Tliat, too,, ia easily answered. Let us suppose, far tbe moment, that art are ! in the ring- even shonld wt sotfcv in _ our reader's imagination thereby— and ' that the news reaches The city, — it ' did by cable on Friday, that there wa" considerable excitement in Paris owing 1 to the press prosecutions. Before this, 1 you will remember, wa had been ndvisod of the Emperor's IB-bealth— dys- ■ pepsia, softening of the brain, and to 1 forth. Now, this ia flnt-efaaa capital y> work on. The ring, any some twen- " tv-fire of us, meet quietly lathe after ' qoon of Friday, in Debncadoo'a, and agree upon our programma. We Site- . 1 graph to our correspondents at Zawdoa intelligible to him only— '■ Telegraph us to-morrow, about > noon— Fight in Paris— Sicknea*,^ro1 liable death of l/mis Napoleon. " t That ia easily done. Now, we, tho "Ring "if yon phase, go on <ehaago - in the morning, nnd wc buy, with as , little fuss n» |)ossibie, say onr fifty nthr lion, each man his proportion, at the • current rate of the hour— any 185, or, 1 perhaps, at a "light advance, owing to • i« done at tlie early or forenoon boerd; p and it i» door, we may aay for the uo1 initiated reader, without aay axebange < of our greenbacks for any otbar body's . money-baga. The aachanga U mado "imply when Brown says, " I'll sell p 81,000.000 fold at 135," and Jnnee 1 says, " I take it. •' Brown scribble" In 1 his note-book, nud Jonee In hie; nnd t this, for the timcjieiug, conclude* that I But, it ia now uoou, aud the Ring • goes in for luncheon to DelmoDlco'*, t ipimrcntly unconsciooa of each other-* , cxistcucr. Suddenly tha telegraph • Brown. Cubic telegram! Brown "cnrerly waits to sign the messenger'" rrceipGbook; tears 0|ien tlw envelope, xnd reads, lotto reev, of course, his die- * " Fight in Paris: sickoeas, probahle ' death of Ixiui" Napoleon." ' Brown looks astonished, and walks >4 ■ liurriedly away; meets bis dear frirod -Kuitli, who is "«» in the *' ring," aud -alls hint to one aide. " Smith," aays • Brown, " I want lo do yon a good t turn. See that!" (shows' him the lele1 gram). " Gold must loach *0. Good- ' by." Brown disappears. Now, Smith whispers to his friend Uobtnson, - Brown, good fellow— special Magna: I' — apw it— Louis Napoleon dead— Paris I; in Wood. Mutfi! " Tea; mow. Jost 1 I is much " mnm " aa the ring wanted. " . The story, gathering hngo ngltnesa aa • It rolls, Is out on the street and tum- '. bllng through it in ten mihnte*. Broad u street is in an uproar, WatI street » echoes the bellowing of ttis "bol^." The afternoon board opens, and up

goes gold— 130! J once too hat received dispatch from Paris confirming Brown**; up again goes gold— 1371 Now don't the gndgeon* bitol Now loa't they figure!— rrvolntion in Farts -gold mud go to ISO; and they bay. The ring— the unseen section of it — flush, for t^ey bought yesterday, and, aa a matte? of course, they sell. Somebody must sell, yon know. They sell slowly; they don't break the rise; or If they do, not heavily. Even the cunning one*, who smell tha rat, or ' think they do, come in too. "Coo- > found it! it might be true, after all." ' ind to they buy *t 37 Or 34, In Ibe hope of realizing 40, or maybe mors. 80, before tbe evening daaai in, tho ' " ring " have sold out their 850,000,- > 000, at all flgurea; some of It at the top I price, say 157, the rest of it at rates - between these highest flgurea, and tipsae • at which it started, to which tt jwoba- - hly faQ* *8*1®, as the outsiders are ad- - vised that It wai a " sell " after all. ' When Brown ft Co. make op their - book over their fipir tUidrict Or their • Prime CtlefuM, they find that the trmus- - action averages, aay ooe per cent, pro1 fit on sales, all ronnd, as we before ns- ■ sumed; and thus they are the richer I of one day's work, and of one day* ' lie*, by half a million! Now, this Ii Just the msrflll operandi i of Saturday, and the nun we barn named >u about the carnlngi Of Th* ( gambler* on that day. Recently there was a very ug(y rumor afloat, to wit, ' that the Cable Telegraph Company r were in the " ring," that, strange to aay, after those " spedafe" wore rceeived, the cable far a time ariaaed to !' work; ao that aeUharooQiauUtooo nor ' confirmation of tha news oflfald b* ot>talnod ftU tkt Board had M—il 4 Perbzpa there aaaatim on Us* I Atlantic somewhere Jaat thaa. Thia magnetic current Uuaoerlata now and then, myatsrioan always. Tltinil. hare heard It aaid that tha . wires ia ' tha cable won't weak at tie**, au.'t " '*'/ "U P-IM in HaJi— As- Fari Popw. » "Do yon remember the taM, my • dear?" asked a mother eff bar oNUd. » "Oh, gas, ma: it vnm, ' Tba aswtegc society will meet at Mrs. Dmttarat on Thursday ovaotag ataarenatkMki" A