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T H E PUBLISHEP EVEBY WEDNESPAY. C. C. W I T H E B S T I N E & SDK, E D IT O R S AMD P I ^ O g B lKEOBS. T E R M S : a?he H x sxnnsB D*MOO*iT w fflb* w n t to a n y perso n in th e County, f o r one y e a r , fo r f l 50 lu adv a n c e . I f n o t p a id s tr ic tly m advance 00 VTill be obaraed. To th o s e liv i n r o u t o f tb o Count? It will bo sent postage paio, for I I 60 in edyanoo. N o pa p e r w ill be sen t oafc o f th e C a a n ty an iesa p a id for j n advance. N o pap e r di3qontrauedubles3allatte»r»|« ere p«a» e i- Onesnac One E^U!; Oneaqaare, One sqaare. L s q u a r e , o n e w e e r-...^^^ — iare,tw o woel£s..w... — .th r e e w eeks. __ O n e sqnafej tw o jmontfe.'.'.V., Onssauere. three montht...... Ono square, six montiia.™...™ - gqm— --------- »*100 . . 1 5 0 .. 2 TO ! 5W < 3 b© ©rch©3 dh ili© top a jsLlPa£x)f6'iiefBaIfof0i 0 . O . W I T H E R S T I N E & S O N , P r o p r i e t o r s . The Union and the Constituti'dis. T E K M S : - $ 1 . 5 0 A Y E A R I N A D V A N C E . T O t U l E I X X Y L H B R i e i M E R , ¥ E W E S P A Y M A R C H 7 , 1 8 7 7 . H T T M B E R 30. the roor. ^ A perfectly beatitlM womao’s foot should be m length a little Jess than (8 in ^ng tb a little Jess than one-seyenth of b^el-height. ItghouM (TWatTK Z.1 JS^A liberal diai w h o ad v e r tise hy am o u n t th a n a sat .u raa uaxm a SQUA s k .) k o o n n t W ill b& i t i d o to thoa< th e y e a r , for a n y great i M t e f . i t o t f i r i ® f i w . CHARLIE’S FRENCH W IFE. I have beard it said that a man's w alk, like bis bandtvriting, is a 4 in* dex o f bis character, and I am inclined £o believe this. There are men ^ho sannter and men who swagger, men who strut and men who Jope, men who trot along like a walking doll, and only one of a huhdred who really knows bow to walk. Such a one Was “ Now, Mr. Malone, when your spakin’like that, “ V fwend Charlie. Howard. H e was . . . a £ sasary p d n ls to make him so, yi 2 ., nr of- Hoe, dark, expressive eyes ; f a S LOVE IN THE KITCHEN. BY PELEft ARKWRIGHT. That to Hso hands, sirl instead of Shoal j^misan'a come down, sir, how wonld I ap— W id m e h a ir a l l h a w ildered?” ’ O h . K itty , m y d e a r , m o u th is so s w e e t, ----------- - — ^ P m s e e k i n 'w i d i t ; so fondly-^begorr*, i t s t h r o e !— An’ tma I’m unaisy as bad as bofore, a h ’ f o r e ’s n o thin* *11 a ise m e a t a l l a n y m o r e y n t i l y o u r b e tr o t h a l I 'v a got, a n d , bedad. I ’ll n o t le t go t i l l yer prom ise I 'v e h a d .” \ I t ’s i u s t l i k o y e r im p idenoe, M r. M a lonel” \ Y o u oaa’t call i t im p ident, K itty , ohone, P a r a man to- be lovin’ the likes o’ yerself;— ye might marry worse, i f I say i t meself. P u r m o h e a r t is y e r o w n , a n ’ m « wages is good. An* I know ov a brick c a b in b u ilt o u t o r w o od. A n ’ t h e ^ h i l d e r w ill grow u p wiOi schoolin’ an* Oh, th is U n d to Y m p r o ^ T ’*the K itiy. m a v o u r a e r a .^araxoaadyC T d e a r & e e . An* giTo ns OHO kiss the betrothal to own,\ H’yejiink I’d b | favii?“a h^ stone ^ th e tu m b l e d o w n jshanty y e r talkin* about. W h ile I live lik e a lady w ith tw o e r e n in ’s but. a w ardrobe I f latthfir.m s s e iriym n n p ictve S u r e ye couldn’t te l l m isses &om m e on th e S t h r e e t ; A n ’ at_home its th e sam e , fo r s h e ’s fen d o f h e r An* y o u couldn’t say w h ich ov n s bosses tl oe to ask me to laTO, lowwillye behave?. i* y o u coult p la c e ; An’ its like yer Mshuranoi An’ be the same token—m L e t go m e h a n d s ir I” •‘B a t . K itty . M y d e a r , ;o a lw a y s liv e h e ro, it m o p in’ a lone, ** W h isht, M r . M a lo n e ; T e r very o n m a n n e rly I” It’8 only the truth that I’m tdlin’lndade., SIhat y e r n iv e r in te n d in ’ t o d ie o n old m a id.” \ I t ’s^rig M y o are, T e d d y : how could s o know “ Well, thin, willitplaieyetegivemethekiss?’’ *■ G it o u t wid y e r b larney, sh n r e h o w c a n I tall But thejo^might bo another would suit me a “ A rrah, K itty, m e darlin*. d o n ’t say t h a t a g in. Xf y e w o u ldn’t be killin* th e thxuest o f m in t Bat if there’s another ye like more than me. T h e n it^s faithless y e a re, an* it*s soin* P l l be. A n ’ F i l d ie b roken-hearted iu r lack o f th e jo y T h a t I thought to bo g a inin’.” I s i t d y in’ y e r t a lk in ’ o v ? -W ^ a tw o a ld I d o ^ A n o n m a rrled w idda i n m o u rnin’ f o r y o u ? s„> jjj.y y TU, o there, if s* is,devonrin’ m e j u s t i W e ll, i t ’s n o t so e n p lazin*. y e m s s if y e lik e ; A n ’ i f a n y one’s a skin’ a b o u t y e . I ’d own T h a t a broth ov a boy is mo Teddy M a lone.” —Jviw Xorfe GrajfhtCm ~i— ~ W E ’I L GO HP AND TAKE THE LAND. like rjouager; brGtbeiLand elder staler, and as we grew Ql4er we left off fighting aomewhat and confided in and adviaed each other, at all backward in pointing out each other’s faults, oc* casioually aa unlucky word or two would rouse the hot temper o f one or bath; then we would roundly abuse each other, sulk awhile and treat each other with chilling indiffereucd ahd overwhelming politeness; then hos tilities would -be euapended, peace deciared a n d suxticable relations once LAND. cuius, trig., Latin, metaphysic. .r f l l d o i t i n H i s o w n w a y . H e b e a r d s m a n in Scotland r e m a r k th a t every m a n i n Isra e l knew God c ould k ill G o liath, b n t only o n e be lieved H e w o u ld do i t . T h e w o rk iu this coun tr y m a s t b e a n individ n a l elfort—every m a n try in g to inQ a enoe h is n e ighbor—eve v yonng m a n h is com rade. H e w o u ld now Saout th is one question to th e 46.000 m inisters o f A m e rica; w b go u p jkJiD TAXm r a m uand ?— M r . Moodv's Sermon. BY MRS. M. A. KIDDER. Cheer, cheer u p . m y f k inting b r o th e r . F i x y o u r e yes u p o n tlie c ross; God h a th prom ised as a kingdom I n exchange i b r e s j t h l y dross. L e t u s r a ll y rou u d fiis. 8taadm*d—■ T h e r e a re soldiers^ ini d e m and— _ *Tis a l a n d o f m il k a n d honey, ’l i s a la n d o f bloom an d s o n g ; Naught unholy there ettn enter To disturb th e blood-w ashed thron g . L o o k ing u n to C h rist, o a r S a v iour, Let US join the praying band. T h e n w ith h a n d a n d h e a r t U n ited, W e’ll go u p a n d t a k e therlan d t A f irm , d e term ined band, We’ll go up and take the land; God hath promised ns a kingdom We’ll go UP and ta k e .& e land! NEW 3I0QH T O H E S . Once when the nevt moon sliitored So s lend e r in. ttie W est, - A i l t e M I * f e n e l New, when the West is rosy. And the snow-wreaths blush beloi And Lsee the light white oresSnt , Sii^4B.iFBirard sc>fl.andalowl, I novbr look over my ihoulder. .A s I used, to look beiorO: Eofc my heart is older and\colder / ^ d no^ I wish so M u l t . 90\ There are few men who woujd^ pa$3 through a gold-mine, having full permission to c a r ^ away with them the cholsest speclmeoe of its treasures, who would not make good use o f such an opportunity. A l l along the higlh' way o f life, God is setting before each traveler opportunities to be and to do, which are far more valuable than the riehesfc treaatires o f ; g^!d or ge^s which earth oflers. T h ^ e opportuni ties are so many open deora vihicfc lead to the treasure house of God, prepared for a ll who seek, and offered to alLwbo. ask. M en aso religion ^ust a s they uee huoya and life-preservers f they do not intend to n a v iptotho vewel with them, but they keep Just enough of them on hand to float into » safe haybor when the storm comes np and |he vessel is ehipwreskedi and it is only then that they intend to use them. ^ I tell yon, you will find air holes in all such life-preeervera as tliat. a prouQ, 80D8iave mouth, and a erb figure; but fortunately a fs saucy nose kept him from bei a pair o f. fine, dark, expressive eyes ; a proud, 8eDsitive mouth, and ein g regularly handsome. man. I. say foi innately, for handsome men are gen- irally insipid. B u f Charlie could walk. In a crowd people turned to see and ad- mire the elastic step, the perfectly easy position o f the bodv, and the noble carriage of the head set; so sohiquet of Prince Charlie remarka bly well, not only on account o f Ms royal hearing bat also becanae he was priDce of good fellows. In shorL fickle ibrlnne m u st have been in one of her happiest moods when he was the only son of wealthy parents, the idol o f a loving mother, the pride of the' kindest o f O thers, an Immense favorite with the world in general and the fair sex in particular, N o w I have known him since 'he on th e deck w a v ing h is good-bys, a n d the ship slowly dropped down the bay, and so I lost sight o f th e \ bonny Prince.” Letters came back telling of safe arrival, of a delightful trip city ; then they ceased. I heard through his mother that be went in the following spring to Germany and the Tyrol, and at the close of summer to the Danube. Then he wrote that be sbonld remain abroad another year, and should winter at Home. During his absence great changes had come to me. Mother died, father lost hia property, and I, obeying a lifelong inelination and oon^ueriag the dread of public opinion, went upon the stage, I made my debut in New York and a fickle : proved me. ) public ap- I became a favorite, then I gave myself up wholly and conscientiously to my profession. I loved it, and it alone. To the first scold each other, fight, lorgiv make up. ,We were alwayi ryounger brOthec-and elder state more ensue. A n d so we grew to man hood and womanhood together, left off childish things, and prepared for' the business of, life. Those happy, h®ppy days! A tired woman some times looks baelt to them, now and lopga for the trflest friendship o f her life— for i,h®.bby and girl confidence, the friendly advice; yes,even the hot “’•gumeuta, the petty differences and ttle quarrels; but all in vain. Well,-oar hero went away to school. He wonld coma home for his vaca tions each time seeming more self-re lia n t and m a n ly. To be sureJbe'h the usual amount of college boy c< ceit; talked very fcoowfngly o n e imperceptibly, and had become to be a pleasant dream, when one night, as IW83 playing J d the role of M y Qay ^aniier in a crowded N e w Y o r k thea tre,, by some strange impulse I raised my eyes to one of the boxes, and there, looking down at me with his old, sweet sm ile, was Charlie Howard. And strange as it seems to me now, I recall that at that very moment there flashed into mind a picture o f a jolly, control m y tem p e r better. Charlie was alone, and after the curtain fell for the last time 1 sent for him to come to me. He was so much changed in apjiearance. His hair was not parted in the middle, his moustache was not waxed, he had no shrug of the shoulders; be was only browner and bigger and elder, and had a rather tired look in his. eyes.— 1 saw him often for several weeks, and remarked hia quiet, subdued manner, a subtle vein of sadness, a sort of in- lOtioD, which seemed laid or did, Oi tense repressed e iderlie ail ner” perfectly charming, not quite up to his ideal perhaps (for he had an ideal—who has not at twenty?}, still be didn’t know but some time, &c.-~ A s he w a s o n e o f 'th e “ glorious bum a u boys” of whom Miss. AJeett has given us the Jtype of in her ** Laurie,” and o f whom the P r ince a l a lw a y s reminded loked and danced, ed, hazed and got me, he, of coarse, smol baae-balied aod flirted, hazed and got hazed, came near being suspended once or twice, hut somehow—owing, I suppose, to hisr wonderful amount Of good luck—always managed to come out « f each gcrape unharmed and, owing to bis inherent nobility o f char acter, untainted. And so the Prince’s four college years rolled away, and there came a lovely June morning when his de lighted friends listened to the eloquent ^<5 Uttered fay the star o f the class.— remember now the platform was covered with floweie when we finished, ind how many pretty girls wasted their pin-snbstanee on elegant baskets and bouquete, which were acknowl edged most handsomely hy the recip ient, and—then left in hts room to wither »n<I die [ for of couiBe he could not travel home looking fike an animated horticultural 8how-~he said The Prince was to study law, but before he commended he was going abroad for a year- H e shou’d winter in Paris, he informed me, and show 'tbednhabitants o f that benighted city hew to enjoy lif^ r - . , ** Yes,” said I , *• and yotf will dome home a sort iff coogioiheT^tion of BngHah fop,, b ^ e Frenchman, Ger man stadeutnn^ Italian ecunt. You jidtl-^wear lydlUp-idjair p a r t^ in the middle, your moustache waxed; you will sport an eye-glass, you will carry casionally as I stealthily watched him I saw a far-away, dreamy look iu his eyes which would deepen until it was actual pain, and the sensitive mouth would quiyer like a woman’s and from these symptoms 1 sagely Con cluded that he must be in love. . Of course I was consumed with cur iosity, but would .not ask him, for Charlie had always given me bis con fidence o f his own accord, andl I would not urge it now. And. so I waited, hoping it wduld come, and my pa tience was rewarded. I'had gone to a quiet town on the completely fascinated was I with het beauty, her grace and charming F r e n c h ways, a n d th e m o re I realized that I had at last received ‘ the stab in my left side’ which you were al ways prophesying would surely come some day. “ You know what little freedom French girls have in comparison to American girls, and Beverly jpsre ef mere were uncommonly eagle-eyed and inconveniently alert for breakers, and B 3 they were thorough aristocrats they were very suspicious of foreign ers, and in consequence did not seem to be drawn very much toward n So I didn’t get any opportunit speak to my darling alone, until one night at a. ball when I took her to dance. We went just as far from Madame la mere as the limits of the room would permit. We didn’t valae long before I discovered that I was very tired, and we decided that it was much pleasanter in the conservatory. Once there I told her I loved her, and she told, me in her sweet, broken English that she had ‘ learned to love ............................. 11-oh, Edith, 1 lise for one ^bort tbequestions o f the gentlemanly m ager, when suddenly he exclaimed « A h ! there’s our old favor Stanly ; but who she with her? Look, , is not that an exquisite “ A h ! th e re’s o u r old favorite. Pretty Nell Stanly; but who the dickens' *”•** Mies S' face?” 1 turned and saw a slender young girl, stately as a princess, with glori- looked face o f xare like a tall. fair intoxicating thrills c f success succeed ed theconsoiousness o f the importance Monsieur,’ and—well- of my work and the resolve to labor was in a fool’s paradis faitfafnlly in its discharge. And so ilk, months wentby and another year rolled the away and. still another. The memory ’ of my boy friend had faded almost -‘-iperceptibly, and had become t ’ pleasant dream , when on e nighi half hour. “ The next morning I went to her father and told him plainly that I wanted to marry his daughter. He listened politely, and assured me he was desolated ■ to refuse Monsieur; that be enteriained sentiments for him th e m o st distinguished, b u t t h a t bis daughter had no dot, and that it was necessary she should marry some one most wealthy aod moat noble; there fore b e b a d prom ised h e r h a n d to the most noble the Marquis de Fontenac —a man, Edith, old enough to be her father; and such a man 1—why he Gf *,...,.1. I pig lily, amid a crowd of flaunting poppies \“.d tulips. who took her to the theatre and there you found her, and my sister saved my wife. God bless y o u , H d ith !” After this very lucid explanation there was a great deal of congratula tion, kissing, and embracing all around. Then I very appropriately remarked something to the effect that “ the Prince weulU enjoy his own ‘‘■'Vat is dat you call him ? L e Prince? Oh! oui,ileatmonPrince— il est mon roi,” half laughed, half 'eacon R ich a r d S m ith had one band raised to heaven and the other out- ----------- „— , — stretched behind him, as though push- ” I wonder who she is,' continued sobbed my enthusiastic adopted sister- ing aside imaginary wicked partners the manager; “ she doesn't look as i f in-law. - Geo. Washington Childs, A. M. she had been used to this kind o f busi- “ E t vous etes ma reine,” said the seated at a table, I ' S X - ' G o S l d . ' S anTook F x e b a n g e telegraph in s tr u m e n t ; on the Other side were placards inscribed ‘ The Leading American Newspaper,’ a coil of barometric carves, and num erous envelopes marked ‘ Yassar Col lege.’ The scale with the schooner and Jay Gould weighed down the one containing the letters from Yassar.— Deacon Rid 1 watched her curiously; noted the half-frightened, wondering look she and decided that she bad never been behind th e foot-lights before.- ‘ at her .I saw the big. WhU^ L bfawoy t-master approach her and say something to her, and I knew by the sadden rush o f color to ' her sweet face and the flash of her dark eye ^ that he had asked her some in sulting question. She turned hastily awayfr( from him and burst into a pas- wasn't fit to tonch her hand. I plead-, a .... ■'j ‘ Jptit a l l I m ight ju s t as well rest for a few weeks, and was surprised one day-after dinner on receiving Charlie’s card. H e had come down from the city, he said, to have a good old-fashioned visit. And such a visit as we did have! It was almost the old days revived. ‘There was so muck to talk over, that the afternoon slipped by without our know in g it. After tea we lingered on my bal cony watching the sunset. It had been a lovely mid-snmmer day, and the sun went down in ro>al pomp and splendor. The golden and piirpie and crimson glistened lovingly' on the waves long after his departure!— Gradually they faded, too ] then came the dim, exquisite tw ilight, vague harbinger of the n ight; then the stars one by one swung out their pale lap- terns, and finally from out the ocean a great white moon arose. The night was simply perfect. We sat listening to the dash of the surf on the rocks below and to the moarnful song o f a belated bird, watching the lights of the village, and giving ourselves over to the witchery of the hour. . T h e strain o f a long-forgotten song which . C h arlie and-1 had once been very fond of, came floating into my dud, and I began softly to s i n g : ** l>o 7oa x«call tlkatxiisKt.xn J&ne Upon the Jpanube Rirei: ---- “ F o r God’s sake, stop,” cried Char lie ; “ I can’t bear that.” “ My dear, excitable friend, you were once very fond o f that song.” ' I know that; but now it brings up too bitter memories. Fdlith, if I were not feaiffuUy afraid of boring yon 1 should tell you a story. It seems as if I must tell some one. I nave carried my burden so long, and T 5i.fr* on t.irAfI',” * .. Bald, gently:, you Lave had my sympathy, aod there is no reason why y o u sbonld d o u b t i t now.” “ I know it. 1 believe you; yes, I rill teu you. You o f coutse have sur mised, that there’s a woman in the ease. . During my first winter in Paris I met ;J^lle, Julie St. Beverly. She was a descendant o f an ancient bub poor faiqUy, and this was her first season. I met her a t a ball at the Tuilfiries, danced with her, held'het fan,, got a flower from her bouquet, and wentj home with my head full of her exquisite beauty and grace.— Edith, yon know I ’ve admired lots o f women, raved over them only to for? •get them, hqt now I reali^d that I pelessly d 9 ne for. I tried to fuyself out of it. I said to ‘N o w , sea her©, o ld boy, this have tried to move a mountain.' Monsieur bowed me out aUd said au reyoM* just as sweetly as if he had ac cepted me for a son-in-law. They kept her very much seclnd- ed after that—*1 suppose that I might nut have any opportunity of seeing her. Once or twice I saw her in a carriage with her mother and that old rascal of a Marquis. 1 tried to bribe her maid but she was a vinegar-faced Breton who probably never had a love affair in her life, and who virtuously refused to listen td me. A t last, mad with rage, 1 left Paris and went io Germany and the Tyrol, and then to the Danube ; .and at Durenstein I met Mme.> La Marquise de Fontenac.- She wae traveling with her husband for his health. H e had the grace to be confined to his room with the gout, and for one week I-was madly, wildly happy. No, don’t'' look at me that way, I didn’t play the role of a French woman’s lover in the ordinary ac0eptation o f the word. My darling igel; but 1 loved me—not to that h o had bought h er with his money and titles. \ Well, of course, the awakening came. xThey went back to Paris ,* J went to Home. I have never see® her since; I never shall, but I shall never forget her. ‘ He ceased. The handsome head went down into his hands, and there was silence between us.‘ The waves (on the beach) sung a m o cking song, the stars blinked and laughed at his misery, the moon smiled- down in sar-, donic splendor— a ll natnre seemed to y sion o f tears. In an instant I was at her side, all m y womanly indignation aroused, and after giving th e man a stinging rebuke, Irom which he shrunk away like a whipped cur, I put an arm around the child (for she \•'-Tied very young) and said to her : M y dear, why do you come here ?” ** A h ! madatne,” said she In brok en English, “ J e suis malhereuse. I b a f no monnie. Je trouve,AotiDgs to do. C e tte dem o iselle she brings me iei. She say I vill find ’iouvrage.— Mais cet homme. Ah I mon deni” and laying her head on m y shoulder she sobbed again. “ How long have you been in this country ?” _ ____________ -------- ---------------- XXXCrOX*' AlTl ®a France, why did i leave thee ?” ” W ill you come and be my maid ? I will take you home with me,” I said. 1 could not leave this pool child to struggle on alone. I saw tbal she really needed help. My waiting maid had grown saucy and I had dis charged her that very morning. So I took the little waif home and kept her as companion and maid combined, for I soon discovered that she had not only true Parisian taste in dress, hat also that Pauline St. Jean, as she called herself,fiad seen better days. There was a refinement and delicacy about h e r that stamped her as a pe Prince rather sheepishly and in a de cidedly Henry V style of wooing, and at that I left the royal pair to enjoy their new-found happiness. So you see m y prophecy cam e tru e and C h a r lie had a Fren< W HAT M R. PIMPLETON DID NOT flEE AT THE CENTENNIAL. feet aristocrat. about her past life, but her beautiful What could I There are mn- gloat over his agony. My poor brother! say to comfort him ? meats when words avail nothing au anguished s o u lW h e n the empty form s o f s p eech are only m o ckery.— He went on hurriedly after a few mo ments o f perfect silence. “ I have come home to go to work. I am going into my profession with a vengeance. I mast do something to Stop this terrible thinking. My only ivation is work.” •l: ^ X did not see Charlie again for near ly a year, I remained at the sea shore for the rest of the summer, md in autum n w e u t on a starrin g trip through ^the Western States and did* not return I saw the Prince again. In dark hair and moustache the silver was beginning to show itself, and he was looking very careworn. I urged him to take a rest; he looked sadly in need o f i t ; but no, he would not listen to -sneb an idea fox' a moment. H is work was his life, he said; without it he should die. He had been admitted to the bar. did* not reti n n til th e following spring. T h e n to New York and had already won reputation by a speech made in a famous case, and was considered one of the sbiMng lights of the profession. He was a great catch in society, too. Anxious m am m as w ith m a rriageable d a u g h ter^ angled akillfiilly for him, bat all in vain. H e seemed proof a g a inst such tacks. I have seen him at crowded sceptious listening to the pretty chat- ir o f fashionable belles, with the eary, listless air and the tired look bis eyes which were now habitual He seemed proof against such attacks. I have seen him at crowded ter with him. That spring X was JlUing an engage- meat at one o f the up-towu theatres, and on going to rehearsal one morn ing, I saw by the placard outside the door that at the close of my engage ment “ a grand apeotacular play and gorgeons pageant” would be presented to the public; moreover, that sijtly ball§t girls were wanted immediately. A f tee r rehearsal,ehearsal, a s I saa t chh a ttintin g with,ith m y self, ‘NuW, sea here, o ld boy, this A f t r r a s I s t c a t g w will aaveV do ; you didn^t come^over the m a s t e r , ^the appHcants began to questioned s Jure, out her b’ea 'es filled with tears, as she b( me not to press my inquiries. I she had been unhappy, but was per fectly stainless, for one glance into her innocent, childish face, told me that. Every day I became more and more attached to my companion, and she loved me intensely, devotedly. It was very pleasant to know there was some one waiting for me when I came home nights from the play, tired and weary. It was pleasant to watch the pale, thin cheeks grow rosy a n d round out, and to see a peaceful, couteuted look stealing into the'dark eyes, and to know that I ha«l eaved hef from a life which might have been worse than death. ' M y engagement drew to a close.- Positively the lasL a p p e a rance,” the twspapers siid, and that was to be my benefit. I had selected the Lady of Lyons for the evening, and on th e afternoon preceding the performance Pauline and I were' inspecting my wardrobe. She had thrown a white “ Posi newi one or two scars on your, face as sopvtenem of Heidelberg, yon will baVe^growD'stoat from guzzling fieer, you will shfog your sboulders and say * Ma fol ?’ and, worst of all, you wiil-have a French wife.” How w© shoift# ove# thff absurd picture I had drawn, and how often 1 thought o f it yearn after that ! The Frm ce amused hImSelf that suDhmer *‘i4oing” „ sevi^ral Ytaterfng- plapes. a t each ,of which h e created grekt havOc athOng the beau sexe.-r- H e had an alm o st indescribable way o f p laying a t love ; a certain implor in g ‘^love-ma look in his brown byes that took Amazingly well. H is rooms w e re f illed ■with tropbiea, scalp-strings, gousamis, .momehtdes,. and all the other of flirtation. here to I thought o f ‘ file in. One by one they passed ‘ Xn ^ptember Charlie sailed for what you haYsaid^aboul; my bringing some pale and haggard, looking Hnrope. A crowd o f friends saw him hom oa FreaA 'into, and langbed at aetaal want had driven them to off, several pairs o f red lips bade him Myself tor beiBg aUiliy, susceptible this employment; others round of picked the first day filmseveral pairs of beaufcifui . I ‘Kkd«lq fancy'for beeomioff a limb, plump o f face, saacey and pert. Then ahe pawned her jewels. ^ »» „ eyes glistened rather ru^piei'Ojsiy, •hhoediht-^^diduT'want to giye Up ray I was speouiating upon tb'eir probable the old story of Btrugghng against hand, add George Washington Chuds, *© • I live by my psn, said a several pair’ i>‘ '.a-'da w ^ veil ihd'best ofreaolutiOos lives, ahd trying hard to solve soma poverty. W hatcouldshedo, brought A., M.,, oh the other. The central, poet, wi&hiog to iraprep a yoqu^ lady, himfarewell. 1 remember how bright N i y t » h a i ih^^^ ' \ ^perplexing life problems, apd I fear 1 up to ey^ry luxury, th earn her bread ?TBghrU Was repr^ehte^^ holding, a | “ You look as i f you lived lU it, was and he looked as he stood' “ The^^fi^e 1 heri the'more giving some vhry'^ague answers'to Mnaily-ahd fell in with that dancer pair of scales,* ohh side o f which con- the reply. . . : ” It 18 you thM should wear t h a t dress.” I had been to my trfinks in the hall and brought from thence my arms full of finery and had left the door leading from my parlor into the hall open. I was busily engaged in shak ing out the iblds of a pink silk when, glancing up, I saw Charlie Howard in the door. He had not been here for some time, and. my sadden excla mation o f surprise and pleasure caused Fauline to turn from the window.— Then I saw 'the Prince grow very white, and seisse the door-knob in a convUleive grasp as he fairly glared tow ard th e window. Tn g r e a t aston ishment I turned and saw another very white person come from the win dow with rather an unsteady step.— Then there was a simnltaneons cry of—- “ Charlie!” ' “ J u lie!” A rush—a collision—a concussion •and I prudently retired to my dressing-room and shat the door. So my Pauliue was Charlie’s Julie. I sat down bn a bandbox to try and collect my scattered senses, but find ing that impossible I contented my self by collecting the scattered con tents of the bandbox. I found myself depositing some rich lace in the match safe and hanging up a bonnet on the door-knob, and doing aeveral other idiotic things. 1 could hear confused mnrmars in the next room, sobs, broken; English, rather cracked French, and every other sixty seconds “ sound which would cause me to acnlate, “ more bliss,” A t last my door was pushed open, and Charlie—the old Charlie—the laughing, jolly Prince—net the grave and dignified lawyer I had known of late—dragged me ont to hear expla nations. “ The old Marquis had the good sense to die about sixteen months took her come to , Think of that, Fdith. That poor child crossing the ocean ,to find me! She knew very little English and had her pocket 'iked the first day she landed.— Since the close of the Exhibition, and Indeed for many weeks prior to that event, Mr. Pimplelon has con fined his table talk almost exclusively to the wonderful things which he saw at Philadelphia. Mr, Fimpleton s|»ent a week there, and it has hitherto Seen llis 00/iStd.ht tbut in &ix dayit lie saw all ihejT© was worth seeing. “ The world was made in six days,” he has been wont to observe, “ an d it Blands to reason that a man ought to be able to see all there is in i t in the sam e length o f tim e A l l th e world wasn’t at the Genteimial, but what there was of it I saw.” [-- 0 W r c T - ers, who hav e labored und e r a disad- tage in the argument, because none o f them visited the Philadelphia show. These Unfortunate persons have bpen obliged to listen to Mr. Pimpletqn’s oft-repeated desciiptions of the Main Building, of Machinery Hall, of the Art Gallery and of Agricultural Hall, until they have grown even more tired of the word “ Centennial” than they have been of Mrs. Fitzaimmohs’ hash. Indeed, while the monotony o f the latter is occasionally broken by a button,.a shingle nail, or an elongat ed h'air. Mr. Pim p leton’s centennial discourse runs on continuously, with out the ripple of a change. It so happened on Thursday last that one of Mrs. Fitzsimmons’ most intimate friends was invited to eat his Thanksgiving dinner at the boarding house. The friend was a very large man, a face as rosy as Zaeh Chandler’s hose, and a remarkably bald head.!— He was assigned a seat at the ta^le directly opposite Mr. 'Pimpleton, a^d he had ■ no sooner received his one oyster in a dish of broth than Mr. Pimpleton accosted him, as he accokts ail s trangers, w ith th e words ; ” Did you go to the Centennial ?” “ Oh, y e s ; spent two months there,” answered the friend of Mrs. Fitzim- mons. “ Great show, that; great show!” “ I t was a great show, indeed,’’ re joined Mr. Pimpleton. “ I went to it myself.” “ Did you, now?” exclaimed the stranger. - “ I am delighted to hear.it sir; delighted to meet with a man who went to the Centennial.-^ I sup pose you saw pretty much everything o f interest.” “ Everything, sir—every thing,” an swered Mr. Pimpleton, complacently. “ I suppose that you went into the Egyptian department?” . “ Yes, I did,” answ ered M r. P i pletop. ” I bestowed consideral atienVion upon the Egyptian displav.” “ Very interesting, wasn’t it ? W.hat did you think of the animated mum my ?” “ The animated mummy ! I really don’t remember.” “ Well, now, it was uufortunate that you should have njissed seeing that. Nothing in the whole Exhibi tion pleased me more, I used to sit for‘hoars at a time talking with him. You see that I have spent many years in the study of the ancient Egyptian language, and I could, therefore, un derstand every word the animated mummy said. He died, it seems, in the year 3,007 B- C. At that time he was 64 years old. You will thus per^ ceive that his present age is 4,947 years. Such a venerable man could not fail to excite feelings of respeetl and I was particularly interested in the account of his death. According to his own statement, he was a person, of coDsiderable distinction in Egypt. Contemporaneous with him there was one John A. D ix, who was an aspirant for the office o f Superintendent of the Pyramids, but who did not receive the appointment. My friend, the mum ray, was accidentally killed by this Dix, while the latter was shooting snipe. The arrow intended for the bird pierced my friend’s heart, and he was thereupon embalmed. H e still preserves the bead of the arrow. I really wish that yon could have seen that animated mummy.” “ I really wish that 1 could,” re joined Mr. Pimpleton, faintly. “ You certainly noticed that won derful piece of eculpture in the Art Gallery,” continued the stranger, helping himself to the cranberry sauce and beaming all over with satisfaction. “ TfaO one entitled, “ The power o f the Press,’ by Powers.” Mr. Pimpleton could find no voice to reply. H e simply shook his head. “ Y c r y Worry you didn’t see it, sir. The most wonderful work o f art which the world 'ever beheld. A group of three figures—the Editor in the cen* tef, Deacon Hichard Smith on the one 3 at a tal able, his head resting upon his hand, and his whole attitude sug gestive of poetry. The inkstand be- fore him was in the s h a p e o f a coffin, and, in place of a chair, he sat upon an elaborately w rought tom b , with ' letters G. W. C. on the door. A of the Public Ledger prevented the sleeve of his coat from becoming soiled. I t was, really grand. M a y I trouble you for s a lt, s i r ? ” Mr. Pimpleton passed the salt, but said never a word. H ia face had grown deathly pale, his fingers were working convulsively, and the drum stick upon his plate remained untast ed. The other boarders looked on in silent pit/, _ but Mrs. Fitzsimmons guest kept talking right along. “ Did you see that curious cootriv- 5 in Machinery Hall called the underneath sh that i f it ____ ____ u^on the floor, it will leave in the middle only fi slender water-mark. It should be broadest across the ball; and the rosy toes, of which the second should be the longest, should sf iead flat upon the ground at every step.— jheel. Which should also be rosy should descend alm ost in a straight line from behind the ankle, and should be delicately rounded. Jt should be as white as ivon marked upon the soft ahd c ' Machinery Hogg ballot box T’ as w h ite as ivory, and □.thesoft and cusniou like instep witb faint indicationa of blue veins. It is remarkable that there seems to be some very fascinating idea connected with a woman’s foot, and particularly with its length; for to “ know the length of a woman’s foot” has long been, according to an old adage, to enjoy the highest degree of her favor.— fjxehanffe. ONE BIG TEAR. Jane, the disturber, stood before the bar with downcast eyes and a meek expression around her mouth. “ So you want to eat your Christ- dinner in a cell, do you,” asked tn% C o a rt. She looked meeker. “ Want to wake up Monday morn ing and find an icicle in your stocking instead of a new red corset and a Sun day hat ?” he asked. A tear gathered in her left eve and ’Ey on the floor. •isoner left. You fell heavily on the floor, d You are the only and I will Jet you go have children, and i f they te e w you were in prison, the holiday would be full of wails and tej Mr. Pimpleton shook his head. \ That is where you missed it again. One of the most ingenious inventions o f th e age. T h e exterior looks like any ballot box, b u t after the have once been deposited you can open that box and bring out a majori ty for wbiehever side you please.— f„„.„ Uerald\- They gave exhibitions saw anything so astonishing. For exam p le: They would put in 500 tickets marked Jones and 100 marked Smith. Upon opening the box it would be found to contain 2,000 tick ets for Smith, and say 25 for Jones.— The agent told me be had sold a large number of these boxes in Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida, and that he had strong recommendations from K e llogg, Chamberlain and Stoughton. Pity that you neglected to see that hallAbhov 9” them. You will probably puli gome other wom an’s h a ir before long, and will be brought here again, and then I shall unchain the law and prove to you th a t i t is better to be good-natured and own one old horse than it is'b be agly and have forty poodle dogs in the parlor .”— DetroUFree Press. ballot-box ?” By this time the perspiration bad formed in great beads upon Mr. Pim- pleton’g brow, and he was beginning to push back his chair from the table, when the bald-headed stranger, who had received his second allotment of turkey and dressing resumed : “ I need hardly ask you whether you saw the Lifcghtning Calculator.— You surely couldn’t have failed to notice him. _ Kemble I think his name was-^\/iliiam Kemble. He has a blackboard right in the center of the Main Building, where he used to illustrate his wonderful theory of addition, division and silence. He Would first take up a collection from the W hjsre the N egroes will F ig h t .— W e asked Old Si whether, in the event of another war, the ne groes would take a hand, says the A t lanta Herald: up a ridgym e n t ’bout hyar !” he replied. ■“ What side would the colored peo ple take this time ?” “ Dat ’pends, sah, on de ’monstra- shuDs at de off set ob de 'stnrbance !” “ What do you mean by that ?” “ Well, de nigger don’t staff on no fancy princerpuls, yer kno’ ?” “ T bnnro ihof” I know that.” hit’s wisites dat dey goes fer, raos’ly ! \Dar fl^ r J3P9^ Ho Kfflo* vnovT An’ hit’s de wages an’ de perk- , ^ ^ . . . . -fly ! Dar o 1 sez dat de bes’ way fer ter g it de nigger on yo’ side is ' ter g i t de d ry - goods in the offis fust!” “ H o w do yon m ean ?” “ Well, de niggers is gittin’ mough- ty skeerce on back kiveriff-, an’ who- eber g its de fust box ob blue obercotfs in dis town for gin’ral sirkelasfain is gwine ter raze de fust ridgym e n t o f niggers fer de wah 1” one ot the committee rooms of the Nebraska legislature six gas- burnino-, » Retrenchment up a col the monev in one noeket. and half in J“st look at the moon; Nebra je t s were burning. ___ and Reform!” cried Mr. Creighton; “ bring in a lamp and put out that gas; the State can’t stand this ex pense.” “ Reform and Retrench ment!” shrieked M r. V a n W y e k ; briOff i ” ° nnriH Irt • x._ the money in one pocket, and half in the other, chalking these sums also upon the blackboard. That was di vision, you see. Then be-would eras the figures and retire without saying a word. T h a t is where the silence And then the Turkish come io. prophet— But'Mr. Pimpleton could stand it no longer. He rushed irora the room without waiting to hear about the Turkish prophet. He is now locking for a new boarding-house where the landlady does not invite bald-headed strangers to dinner. Aisr A musing B lunuee .—^Some years ago, during a Democratic State Convention held at Syracuse, there occurred a large Sunday school pic nic, to which many of the delegates were invited and which a few attend ed. Among those who accepted were John Yan Bureu and Gen. Nye.— Mr. Van Buren was requested to make a little speech to the Jittie people, and though it was a little out of bis line, pheerfuMy assented, In the course of I X - r ---------------- - the ju v e - it policy, of all classes were quite too apt to sell and be sold. B y way of illustration be adiJed, “ You remember bow Abraham of old trad ed his birthright lor a mess of pot tage.” General Nye, who sat direct ly behind him, gave a pull'at his coat-tails, and said, “ Hold on, John, you have got the hair on the wrong ■.”— 0 Fditor's Drawer, in Meui'^ers tgazine. i t beso u g h t to impress upon thejuv< nlles that honesty was the best poJicj and that politicinosof a He paid close attention to the actions of the car conductor. He heard the beil-ponch ring as the tick ets were punched, and finally . he asked; “ What qo you ring that bell for 2” “ Every time I ring this bell the world ‘ turns over twice,” replied the conductor in a eerioua voice. The stranger leaned back, thought over it for a long time, and as he rose to leave the car be baited c a the Step far, an instant and bluntly re marked : “ I don’t believe It I” ' “ W ell it turns over once when the bell rings,” said the conductor. “ That’s more reasonable; but knew you lied when you said twice,’ growled the stranger as he made for the Curbstone. Smith pjt^opcsed to quit ing at the end o f the year,- A asked him yesterday if he smoking on New Year’s “ Y e s /’ v’onliod ** and times ijbdpped Day.— and several . „ -.- the moon ; blow out that candle.” Hemie it ap pears that in the final analysis re trenchment and reform simmered down into cheap moonshine. To R emove S tains .—A dime’s worth o f salts o f lemon, dissolved in a pint of cold water, will remove a ll or dinary stains from white clothing, al so from black or colored. Care must be taken to rinse thoroughly iff sever al waters as soon as the stains are re moved. It may require two or three applications to complete the erasure. Tills is also a v e r y useful article for the toilet, to remove stains from the hands or from beneath the nails.— Pauline. They have had the Bismarck collar, toe Greeley hat, and the Al bert scarf, b u n h e latest is Tilden hose! Sing: tha^RiacFe’ e you w ith a r or a s e v erybody knows. The dawlin’ of the ladies Is Saraoiy Tildon’s hose I A company of women suffra gists held a meeting to prove that wo man 18 man’s superior in ,noiut of courage, but^ some profane person in troduced a live mouse into the room, and those members who couldn’t climb upon the table dropped out of the window, and the meeting was bro- Scene io elocution : Student, trying to reader a long sentence which contains the following; “ And half the other half crying that hell was olutchiug at their hearts, fled, etc.— “ Professor, I can’t go through that Stu- entire sentence w ith one breath.” - Professor—“ Go to ^hell/ then,” St d e n t wilts. An Irishman was employed to trim some' fruit trees. H e went in the morning, and, on retarning at noon, was asked if he had completed his work. “ N o ,” was th e rep ly , “ but 1 have cut them all flown, and am going to trim them in the after- I@^“ l8 that a friend of yours?” I asked a New York gentleman, point- ing to a patty who was sailing rapid ly down the^treet “ Can’t tell you till next Saturday,” returned the in dividual addressed. “ I ’ve jnst lent him five dollars/’ 4 ^ T ^ saying that “ there is mo.”e Icsnairra iti rriitrvnrp ■ror»Qit7?||g^*'^ jg j^j^Boarfling^chool mfei “€>, Charfiet I;erpcefetn gradate atai^at commencement.” “ GraduateI, what in?” “ W hy, inw h ifetulle.” ' '
