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And the boundless field o f au-j A n d feel a gain oar boyhood’s wish To. roam like angels th e re t Thors a re many dreams ofgladnass ' T h a t d i n g aroUnd the past— A n d front tS e tomb o f feeling -Old thoughts some thronging fast; The forms we loved so dearly I n the happy days fiowsono, T h a b e a n titu la n d lovely. So fair to look upon. Those b right and g e n tle maidens Who so formed for bliss. Too glorious and.too h eavenly F o r such a world as- th is; Whose dark-softeyes seemed-swimmin £n a sea ofliquid light, M d whose locks of gold were slreamir ^ O ’er brows so sunny b right. ^ h o s e smites wore like the sunshine l a the Spring tim e o f the y ear— / . Like the ebangefal gleams of April, They h a v e passed—like hopes—away, A n d their loveliness h as fled; Oh, many a he.art is mourning T h a t they a re with the d ead. Xfi^ethe b rightest bnds of* Summer They have fallen with the stem; Yet, oh it is a ioTely death. T q fade frpm e arth HHethem 1 A n d y e t the tliouglit is saddeniiur DDo m ase o n such a s they, * ' * el th a t 411 the beaudful TOO BOIC 4 ___ n the trees a re wavingr o ’er u?, A n d the dowers a re hioSscmiing; And weknow t h a t W inter's c oming W ith h is cold a n d stormy sky. T ^ se t^ x ^ with dyi^^beam ^ A n d oitidal, and^domO, and spire, W ere gilded by the far-off gleam. And in: a n d o u t d a rk pins trees c rept Full m any a slender line o f g o ld; Gold- motes across the r iver swept. A n d kissed i t a s i t onward rolled, And sunlight lingered loth to go. Ah, well t H canseth sorrow To p a rt from those we love below. And y e t the sun as b right shall glow To-morrow- ______ ^— __________ ^d on th e shojC, I t s p a rting wreaths o f p e arly spray. Then fled away. Y et turned once more And sent d sigh across the bay, As though4t«ould;Bot-bear-to go. Ah, well I i t -------------------- An, w e u j 11 causetn so To part from those we lo- For shall we ever m e et oi To-morrow ? . 'W^atJ^k the_ya.lleys and mountains ■Whatlaok t f e hnhblinpbuntains ? Their voice is sad to-day. Oaly-the-sonud o f a voice. Tender and sweet and low. T h a t made the e arth rejoice, A y e a r ago I tV h a t lack the tender flowers 1 A shadow is o p the s u n ; What lack the merry hours. T h a t I long they w e r e d o n e ' W h a t lacks So weary ThattrC m l Inihe still grai I weep al< ■ H f f i ItsparMes'on the tide. The eradleof the Present ’Th^°fe?t5ftIei£SS?af Leap forth to geek the Best d beauty, trailing sadness! Despair, hope’s loftiest birth With tears and aspirations Have ye bedewed the earth. The opening buds o f April ^ F n lim e ly frosts may c hill. The soul o f sweet October Faints o u t in mystery still. Whathuti rhathuriestth^ B ^ g h ’st-at bur losses. Sorrow, As ?n some g odlike glee 7 Away, a w ay forever, Bur-vessels seem to sail; Ijg e ternal b reath o’erlakes them— iem every gale. SPBpra FLOWEBS. Last year's flowers have fled. liost yearns leaves a re d ead. Lft&t year's glories gone from earth and sky; N ott fr^h floireretsblow, Grc^n boughs bravely show Spring resnmes h e r gracious soveroignty. Bdttherfe never came I^lawer oi*^eaf tbejsame All that with them went, A ll th e sweet event - )fthcI|ou 3 e h o ldysar; the Idling T h a t were bound o r broken, . All the love unspoken, ill the grief suppressed, within ns BOW ABB. FOEEVEE, Time shall n o t take thee f n For powerless to sever. H e can h u t w atch o u r deep< iofeyerapdforeye?, When for a space we two nia: And pjws the- starry portals One sbul m ay -wait its o thers , Lonely moHi Immortals* Love s h a ll h e m ightier than Bot long such sottls Cs bonds wiU faU, the ly arms, >emng love a n B e a th: p a rting cease I clasp thee-to-myhiihfal-sonl, i mnr e with sorrow laden; I7e two shdirwalk the EdeU prai^ clasp that loosens aeyer, T ^ loved aad lost made one again. d ' t Y4 0 . d . WI'CHERSTIHE, Proprietor. •The yfitori the Opns^tjt^^ ; v - tE R M S : - $ S ,0 0 A Y E A R . V d L U M E I i m H E B E I M E f l , W I d S b i Y, A P E I h §8.' M 9 . LOVE A iro DBESS-MAKING. \ Do you really I6ve me, Charley ?” “Dot really live and breathe?— j ST ow , R u th , w h a t’s th e use o f asking such an absurd question as that, when YOU know perfectly well that I don’t belong to myself at-all ? Tm a slave —a miserable abject, captive, in the chain o f your sweet eyes and gentle words—and, what’s more, ' ! haven’t the least desire for a grain of my lost freedom 1” “ Nonsense, Charley.” But Ruth Murray said “ nonsense” in a tone that.very.clearly meant “The very best of sense;” and Mr. Charles Trevor took advantage of the coquet tish syllables accordingly. They were-sittittgan the Hbrary of I -’■^'eYDrsiariea* the fine old country house, with A ® t o nave a c bright fire blazing on the h e a rth; and htted-M iss Mackenzie has such mg on th the bay window, curtained with warm, crimson folds, just revealed a glimpse of clear orange twilight belted with the silver cresent of the new room.— Y o n could not distinguish mudh from the flickering uncertain light; but the eye of a romaneist is supposed to be pretem a turally gifted, an d th< a romaneist in no waydeviat the truth in saying that Char vor was tall, and dark, and handsome, w ith w a v y black h a ir and frank lips. And Huth Murray—^ivhat shall we say of her, as she sits there on the so fa, with the capricious fire-gleams, darting in linesrsf light up and down the bugle trimming of her velvet jacket, and occasional ^ ing to mirror themselves reflectively in the liquid depths of her lovely eyes ? W hat can we say ? Only that she was very small and with long red and rij ■inds. Onh like gol( tic ripp ly pretty, most pretty girls that enough? Only very plump, •own eyelashes, and lips le as strawberries, and hair water stirred into fani by the summer eveni ihatsh< ;vening iderful- itha^ ^ Caaad’t Magazine. ' tie dressm a k er th< “ What then?” “ W h y , th e w o rld w ill say that you have made a mesalliance!” “ And what care I for the world’s verdict, as long as I am happy in your love? Little Ruth, what sort of a mercenary renegade do you take e, for ? I love you and I ’m going to arry y ou!” There was a glitter suspiciously like tears on the long eyelashes, as Ruth felt Charles Trevor’s loving glance resting on her face, and the little into his with — £!Utn M . Flagg. you love me—but I ’m afraid that your sentiments will undergo an al teration w h en you know that—^that “ T h a t w h a t?” . L _ „ seming to shrink away from tl: dy shine of the fire, “ only—” “ Told me what, darling ?” ’’That I am onl;^. a dressmaker.” Y o u a dressm a k e r ! A n d visiting at W a x d ley P la c e ? ” ■‘ R a te Wardley and I were school \lanions Charley—and she is very' —and she.prom ised to tell no body, lest people should he cold to “ Stop a minute, Ruth,” said Mr. Trevor. I didn’t ask the question be cause the fact made one whit’s differ ence in our relations towards one an other ; only, I was taken a little by surprise, as it , were. A dressmaker, are you ? Well, Ruth, I shouldn’t care if you were a crossing sweeper.— I love you, and that’s quite enough for me.” “ But, Charley, I am poor and ob- lonjpai “ ■ ^ a t of that? I’m not rich by an y m eans ; h u t I am fu lly capable of working for both of u s ; and as for being poor and- obscure, why, we’ll if we cannot make a ns urselves in the world, Ruth.” at you'are not obscure, Charles, svors stand high in th< The Trevors stand high in the Circles * of fashions. I know that, humble lit- tie dressm a k er th o u g h I am .” consciously confiding raovemei “ Charley,” said Ruth, in a soft. Stifled voice, “ I ’ll try and be a good wife to you i” And then—oh, strange, inscrutable heart o f w o m a n !— R u th M u rray cried, ju s t because sh e -was h a p p y . And the next day, the gay country house coterie broke up, all the guests going their several ways,^ and owning, one to another, that they had a_“ de lightful time,” and to the next chap ter in their book of fashionable dis- sment. . - The bright January turning the crusted snow and making Miss Mackeus look h alf a dozen d( carpet bier than struck elev ever—the clock had id Ruth Mu] sunshine was - '’iamonds, izie’s shabby in even, and htutn M urray, in a blue delayie dresr, and trim linen col- . tacking togethi kenzie stood watchFng hei skirfc-Hning depending from 'iss Mac- ler, with a her bony “ Ruth,\ said the old maid, dubi ously, “ I don’t understand you at “ Don’tyou, H etty? Well, that’s not a t all strange, for h a lf the time I ’t underetand myself.” sment of yours seei “ Thank . , . - „ demurely. “ The yellow silk, please! Didn^ you tell me that Miss Trevor was coming here at eleven to try on herdrdss?’^ “ So she said—and there is the car riage dashing up to the door how. It’S a nice thing to be rich. Are you sure the dress is ready, Ruth ?” “ Quite.” Perhaps Ruth Murray’s cheek was a trifle pinker than usual as Miss Tre vor rustled loftily into the room;_ but otherwise there was uo shade of differ- her manner or demeanor, afraid I ’m a little behind ence m “ Pm the imperious young lady, li^r costly ermine cape; throwing off h^r costly e; “ but—why, Ruth Murray ly cannot be you 1” “ I t is I , Miss Trevor.” M aria Trevurstarted*_ . “ Oh, you’ve come to hi tit : _ 1^... ty 1 this sure- dress “ N o !” said Ruth, quietly, “ I am Miss Mackenzie’s assistant.” “ A dressmaker I” almost shrieked Miss Trevor. “ Y e s , a dressm aker.” Maria drev/ herself up haughtil; ISd Wardley PIace?” “ I was.” “ Anri*riir thought you Pl “ardley lleyknow—” ? Perfectly.” itbr a t And'did Kate W k “ W h o I was Marih tossed her head. “ Upon—^my—word I this is really ituitous an insult to her other too gral guests! % lale and then red f laugh out around hei aristo- unheard o f Ruth had grown pale but the next moment a ing dimples broke or mouth. It was dreadful to admit a maker into the circle of her c r a t i e friends— a n d i t w a s u n h e a r d o f audacity in the dressmaker to venture within, the charmed limits. ■ W ill you allow me to try on your Iress, M iss T revor ?” Maria stood haughtily silent in the -f the room, whif~ ------ \ stool tabring ivor’s height, pi and there, and laid little folds and basted refractory seams- “ Sh e is pretty,” thought M a r ia, as the sunlight glanced athwart Ruth’s hair, and showed the exquisite ly fine texture of her rose-leaf skin.- peaxl powder there I I wond< ire was any truth in the repori that Charles fancied her? The'idea of our brother* flirting with a dress maker l“ for of course it was nothing but a flirtation, on bis part.” And Miss Maria unconsciously gave h e r s e lf such a jerk th a t tw o pins flew half way across the rooih, and Euth arched her eyebrows. “ Dear me. Miss Trevor, I shall iVer get your dress fitted if you don’t and still!” “ HomeI” said Maria Trevor, im- en skirt^i T h e prom ised turn m the Park must stand aside now—Miss Tre vor was anxious to impart the choice b it 'o f gossip she h a d - ju s t gleaned- Mrs. Trevor was dreaming over a of embroidery by the fin bit o f embroidery by Charles Trevor, standii window, w a the columns Miss Maria ‘.ng-r( gold, and carpets and rich as the finest moss, with gh the bay w indow , w as g l a n c i n g n p a n d dow n the columns of the morning paper, entered. It was a ms nificient drawing-room, with ceilh and gold, a ' _ ^ as the finest moss, with plate not rich—^but the vorldly, a n d kne-w exactly how to make appearances their toe’ s Trevors were s w e re -very -worldly, “ Mamma, what do you think ?” ex claimed Maria, breathleiSS “ that Ruth Mui I and rray, whom we —th e beautiful ? a t blonde W a r d ley PL I told you o f “ W b a t o f h e r ? ” a s k e d M r s . T r e - vor, as Maria stopped for breath, and Charles looked quickly up, with a deep flush on his cheek. “ She’s nothing hut a dressmaker I” “ Nonsense, Maria,you surely must be mistaken.” “ But I ’m not mistaken, mamma.— 1 saw her- this very m o r n ing a t M iss Mackenzie’s ; and she tried my dross . with her own hands!” “ Surely, my love, K a te Wardley would never invite a young person in that social position to— “ B u t, m am m a, th e W a r d leys Are odd, you never know what freaks they may be guilly of. The idea of a common dressmaker presuming to as sociate with those who are so far above h e r !” tim a tion, her b e a u ^ , grace and in tel lect place her far above any young iady there!” There, mamma, I told you just how it was!” said Maria, turning to her mother. “ foolish enough with her baby ver gone “ Mydea you surely cam :“ MothW,” si Clmrh ■la, turning 3 has been just :ome infatuated I wish we had to Wardley Place!” boy,” said Mrs. Trevor, ■ be i nrnest.” ” 1 ea H u rray a s y o u r sou^s to welcome Rutli wife.” “ Charles!” gasped the mother, “are you InsuneV^ “ W ill you receive hgr as a second daughter, mother f” “ Never I” And I nev( don’t underetand. myseli “ No, but—^Ruth, tbis arrai seems to nie so unsatisfactory- suitable— Don’t my work give satisfaction' laiever had an apprentice leai . _______ __________ ................. .......... ....... half SO quickly; those little fingers Maria, actually pale with angef.-^[ fie: has acquired since! st water— m o i B blind to its s] “ But, Char] the m o ther, “ w e have I jewel of the s the pity that you !—my son,” pleaded on your making “‘Mother, I j ler, I am so: sick of this scheming qhd mameuveringi” passmn- t to a rich. wife. 1 have too much respect for myself ever to be bought and sold in the matrimonial market. Hove Ruthiufh Murray, and I shall marry her!” Ml a ll marry her!\ And fi’om this position'no. storm of tears, reproaches or upbraidings could induce him to swerve one hair’s breadth. It was not pleasant to .he Seen, this domestic whirlwind ; hut Was' not Ruth Murray worth it all ? And when Ruth?” [you be my“wife. “ 1 have but one relation in th e woi —^my uncle—and h e ia coming home from abroad. I should like him to be revor waited, much a- iria Trevor came into the draw ing room one evening, full charged with the fashionable on dit of the “ Mamma, everybody is talking a- bout this Sir 'WSlliam Murray;,, who has just Arrived from India. Mr. La- urVOEOES IB THE WEST. jLuiurj removed, ana E aisaoiiity made per manent a s -to'both, there would be very few- divorces. H e adds: Let us examine for ene niom ent the manner in which the law operates. A Mr. -A. Sues for a divorce. Mrs. A. does not appear, default is entered against'her, the case is sworn through and both, parties are turned loose up-. a'si-esponi shed that > might I “or be an a present a t m y marriage.\ So C h arles T n gainst his will. Maria Trevor has just Arrxved from India. Mr. La- cy says he was comm^pder-in-chie| there, and is imrnensely rich; more ls ,a bachelor, and his Couldn’t we contrive to make her acquaint ance ?■ Oh, i f Charles wasn’t such an infatuated madman about this ( inaking girl.” “ I t ’s the same name,” mused Mrs. Trevor j “ surely they cannot he c neeted!” id contem p tuously. irray connected wit! dressm a k e r ! T h a t looks lik e lv, do it?” • ■ ^ A n d M rs. T revor owned to herself that the idea had been a very vague and visionary one. The wedding waste bequiet-^Ruth had insisted upon this—and as she walked to the church, dressed in a neat, gay traveling guise, leaning Qon- idently upon the arm of her future lusband, a sudden memory flashed a- cross CharlesTrevor’s brain. ^ “ I thought you expected an uncle, “ He will meet us a t the church, Charles.” “.And you never to|d me even his name, Ruth?’*’ . “ His name—^is General’Sir 'Will iam Murray.” , ■ “ W h a t!—^not the General Sir W ill iam Murrfly?” “ I th in k there is b u t one G eneral Sir William Murray/! . said Rath, filing a t her lover’s astonishment. “ Hallo!” ejaculate ping short and starih; , and rested satisfied with his ‘ that it was nothing dis her anyhow . Charh word uni Ivor never spoke another the marriage ceremony: quired his voice, and hardly kn< whether he Was awake or dreaming in his wife introduced him to a tall, w h en h is w ife introduced him to a tali white-haired old gentleman, who had given her aw a y , as “ TJnele W illiam .” Young man,” said the General, - niece t e lls m e t h a t she m a rried you under false pretensions—do you •etthe transaction r I Not a bit of it,” said Charles, •tily, “ I don’t care whether she’s ether solo so long as hearti a dressmaker or an h she is my Own littfe RUtl “ I t was her own caprice,” said the v e te r a n , l a u g h ins* “ T h e - f a e t is, R u t b was SO afraid of becoming the victim to some devouring fortune hunter —” “T?hat she turned dressmaker in .self-defense,” said Ruth, finishing her uncle’s sentence for him. “ Kate Wardley and Miss Mackenzie, who my mother’s maid, had once bee.* _ ______ _ ...— , p i were alone cognizant o f m y secret i lig h t and they have kept it well. Now it is no longer a secret. Oh, Charley! distmetlj how I trembled that night a t Wardley Place, lest you should withdraw your love when I told you I was only a dressmaker.” “ I loved you, Ruth,” said honest •Charles, all unconscious that any oth- jr explanation was possiblfe.. • And Ruth looked triumphantly at her uncle, with eyes that said, “ Have I not won a prize ?” U n c le W illia m w iped his spectacles and Smiled, but said nothing. Tb him Ruth was the dearest thing in all the world, and h e could f u l l y sym p a thize w ith M r . Trevor. Mrs. Ruth welcomed her mother and sister-in-lay to h er palace home with a sweet Hu.nknesS- and cordial welcome that almost persuaded Maria in to th e b e lie f t b s t ' sb e b a d e n tire lyth forgotten the little episode in Miss Mackenzie’s room; and Maria loves dearly to talk to her fashionable friends about “ darlifig little, sister Ruth—the heiress, you know, that Charlie married.—Aei/no/d’s iftsce?* B u t O: world any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any feUow human being, let ma do it - now. Let me not defer or neglect it ” school A shrewd, but nhenlighteued, director, away out West, used to say, on examining a candidate for the post of teaeher; We all know that a. b. c. is_ vowels, but what we int to know is, why is they vowels?” A W e ^ r n Germ' that Senator “ And I never, never will recognize th a t Senator Sprague her as one of the family,” exclaimed ihalf of Rhode Island, and the other rtte,. .wheaJ sue was a hook; so that ; enjoy more of hia con .almanac, thghl can a you every yeap ” • Tne'following. ca lately came under' my observatio: A young man married\ and residii in one seqtion of Lhe country, removed to another,^ Reaving his wife behind him. While away, lie proposed to young lady and was by her accepti And the marriage day announced.-— He returned to his wife, spent a few weeks with her, and tenderly bade her adieu, sought the- house of hia ex pectant bride, and married her! A few weeks aftei; the marriage he ob- newms :th< one, was made the occasion bt a arriage. ceremony; after ■ which LW repudiated husband went to tghtl redress in a court of equity. I think I hear some lawyers £ that that could have been remed: by personal service of the notice. A frie n d o f m in e re l a t e s t h e fo llo w in g instahee as iUiistrativo of the frauds which may he practised in this pre* caution, even; A poor, ignorant girl unfortunately married to a scoundi was served with a notice informing her that her husband woiild apply for a divorce for adultery—the word adul tery was “thumhed” in the reading. Too ignorant to demand a copy of otice, or to seek legal counsel, iked her husband what it meant, the nol she asked it it meant, s assurance ling dishonorable to itil h e ordei er, b u t not a wiie,” means something not only to the rtiined woman, but to the divorced one also.' Divorce laws are bid to peijury, and a constant < \ fer to both parties that they can ms ry again a t pleasure ; b u t w ith ^ a de m ore o f “ Ted tape” than at fifst.- There are not many instances of di- rce in which the plaintiff or defend- it have not found out that they could y happier, and areoi only wait- iree of court to do so.' A reported larried not marry happier, and are ing for a decree of court to do case somewhat notorious is r« as follows: A.young man married a young woman, and after residing with her sometime concluded that he‘had fflfide a mistake, and proposed another marriage. Having means, he sent his wife away on a visit, and while she was gone; obtained a divorce. She 5 back, only to find him the hus- inother. OI what trivial alleged for the dissolution J the Almighty as the first important event after the creation! >and of PAYS WITHOUT HIGETS. Nothing strikes a. stranger more forcibly, if he visits Sweden at the season o f the year w h e n the days are longest than the ahsence-of night.— T._. som e interesting at Stockholm from D r B a ird facts. He arrivi Gottenburgb, four hundred miles dis tant, in t h e m o r n ing ; in t h e aften he went to see some friends. H turned about midnight, when it was all night, as the sun passes earth toward the north pole; and the re fractions Of its rays are such that you can see to read a t midnight without any artificial light. The first morn ing Dr. Baird awoke in Stockholm he w a s su r p r ise d to see t h e sun. s h i n i n g in his room. He l6oked at his watch and found i t was only three o’clock. The next time lie awoke it was five o’elock, hut there were no persons in the streets. The Swedes in the city are not very industrious. There is n, mountain at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, where on the 21st of June e su n does- n o t a p p e a r to go dow n afcall. The steamboat goes up from Stockholm for th e purpose of convey in g those who are curious to witness the phenomena. It occurs only one night. The sup reaches the horizon, you can see the whole face of it, and — five minutes more it begins to rise. for several weeks. In June it would be about twenty-five degrees above the horizon a t midnight. In the win ter time the sun disappears, and is not seen for weeks; then it comes and re- poi maMfl for ten, fifteen, or twenty min- tal utes, after w h ich i t descends, aud fi nally. does not. set a t all, “but makes alm o st a circle around t h e heavens.-r— Dr. Baird was asked how he managed in those latitudes with regard to hired persons, and what they considered a day. H e replied that they worked by thee hour,jandour, twelve hours would be h anc considered a day’s work, animals take their accr-*- the usual hour, whethi down or not. Birds and led rest at e sun goes THE LAST BABOE. party of ed to have a military levee, and for. .1 .. ', I. -chose the deserted palace in to assemble. The lowed the fortunes of was set on fire. As tbe si LcroaH. That down they h< women who i the French army .w®re decorated for thelie occasion.cca The gayest aud noblest id merri- l o of the army were there, and ment reigned over the crowd. During the dance the fire rapidly whedc them; they saw it coming, approa but felt no fear. A t length the buil mem came apparent, to all. They were et velopedin a flood of fire, and gazed o with deep and awful solemnity. A t last th e fire, commni their own bliildinig, Lunicating t sed them to the ir ow n buildin cause d the m t prepare for flight, when a brave young pmcer, named Carnot, waved his jew- A GOTJETEOEBE. ^ “ William, look up. Tell us, Will- iflin, who made you. Do you know ?” William, who was considered a fool, Screwed up , his face, and looked thoughtful, and somewhat bewildered, '•slowly answered, “ Moses, I sposes.” “ T hat will do,” said counsellor Gray, addressing the court, “ The witness say$ he supposes Moses made him.— That certainly is an intelligent an- than I supposed hii for it*sfaows ths some faint idei must admit that it is not entitle him to be sworn in as a witness, swer, more, than 1 supposed him caps ble of giving, for it*sfaows that he hs faint idea of scripture; but I idmit th at it is not sufficient to Fitness, Mr. - UJ4y imitating' the witness. After . , mirth had somewhat subsided, the- witness drawled out, “ Wal, ueow, we do read in the good book that Aaron once made a calf, hut w.ho’d a thought the darned critter had got in here?” The Judge ordered the man to b« AB IBSHEi^O B ABEOBOTB. “ AHirew Y o rrietfer in a Western paper has this 4sim^: “ Two y e a r s a g o I m e t a-C a iitbm ian .ivho WSE blown up on tho fleanler Tesemiie, on the Sacramento ri^^r. sometime .aliQut I 860 . You remem ber the accident, one o f the worst of killed, anq was thrown some two hundred feet in the middle of the river, the cabin Coming to pieces and leaving him afloat in the water. It is hardly ’ necessary to say that he awoke very speedily, and was- somewhat puzzled at the novelty of his situation. As he told the story to a party of us one night, somebody ventured to ask : “ ‘H., what was the first thought that entered your head when you wak ed up in the river?’ ” “ ‘Well,’ he replied, ^I had insured my life the day before in San Fraii- eiseo for twenty t&usand dollars, I was thinking of it when I went to sleep, and the next I knew was when I Heard the explosion and found my self in the water. I just thought, I ’ve got that confounded insurance company this time,' sure.’ ” THE H A j ^ OM COM, FILE.' A t the opening of navigation this r there were stored on the docks i in the pockets a t this point,' £ the 'i'he dance eommeneed; louder and louder grew the sound of music, and faster and faster fell the pattering foot- of dancing men and women, ■■ ■ ■ ■ -d a c r y :\” ' hey stc stood transfixed with terror; the^ Lot know the magazine was there, and ere they recovered from their stu por t h e va u lt e x p lo d e d ; th e building was shattered to pieces, and the dan cers were huixled into a fearful eter- T h u s it w ill be in t h e final day.— Men will be as careless as these ill- fated revelers-^yea, there, are thou sands and tens of thousands as care less now. W e speak to them pf death, the grave, judgment and eternity.— They pause a moment in their Search for pleasure, b u t soon dash into th e rgetfiilressasbefore. God’s . on them in sickness, but ) 0 ner are they restored than they itt itk all,n, and hurry on. Death and the cry is no sooi ferge i a < enters their homes, heard, “ Prepare to meet thy God!” but soon, like Carnot, they say, “ One dance more, and defiancetotheffiames,” and b urry tm. The spirit of the liv- God speaks powerfully home to r h earts, and t h e y shake, trem b le and are amazed; but earth casts its 11 around them, and sings to them songs, and with the cry, “ tim< enough,” “ by and by,” they speec on, stifling the voice, till often, er< days or months have passed, the holt has sped, th e sword has descended, th e Judge h a s com e, and th e soul is forever— ^lostl x - o s t ! ! L O S T ! 1 ! “Then^Haste, sinner, haste, there is mercy for And wraffi is ipteparing—flee, lingerer, flee!” WHAT A GEHTLEHABBOE& ABB BOBS BOT. H e is ab o v e a m e a n thii nnot Stoop to a mi stoop invades no* s e c r e t in th e k e e p i n g another. .He betrays no secret con fided to his own keeping. He never struts -in borrowed plumage. H e never takes selfish advantage of our mistakes. H e uses no ignoble wea pons in controversy. H e never stabs : n the dark. H e is ashamed of inueu- -does. H e is n o t one t h i n g to a m a n ’s face and another behind his hack. I f b y accident h e com es in possession .of his -neighbor’s counsels, he passes ^ o n them an act of instant oblivion. He bears sealed packages without tarn- wax. Papers not th in g . fraud. irlng with eant for hifhis eye, whether th< _as it is in England half an ter a t his window or lie open ra could see jj- --------- —------ ----- — flut- •indow or lie open before iarded exposure are sacred .e invades no privacy o f to him. others, however the sentry Bolts and bars, locks and keys, hi and pickets, bonds and securitiei fice to trespassers, are none of them: for him. He may be trusted himself out of sight—^near the thiimest par ti tion—anywhere. He buys no offices, he intrigues for - a’ fail of his rigl ig h dishonor, e a t h o n e s t b r e a d . H e t r a m p l e s on np insitive feeling. He insults no man. F he has rebuke for another he is straightforward, open, m a n ly. H e anot descend toseurrlli ty. In short, latever he judges • honerable he practices t<5Ward every man. Iges U s e o e U e m o x s . — ^yvhen. persons are feverish and thirsty beyond what is n a tural, indicatedated inn somom e cases b y a m e talie i s I moutl ly after drinking water, or by a whit- tish appearance of the greater p art pf ace of the tongue, one of the n, cut off !ome loaf the lemon sucking it and add- slowly, squeei ing more sugar, from being brouj^ lint. Invalids whh the acidity increase igh t up from a low er — ... ------- J wit feverishness may aketwo or three lemons a day in th is m a n n er with' th e m o st m a rked benefit, manifested by a sense of cool- rxiort a n a in v ig o r a tio n . A lemon or two thus taken at “tea time” is an entire substitute for the ordinary supper o f Sum m e r , w o u ld g iv e m a n y a man a comfortable night’s sl&ep, id an appetite for breakfast to which ley are strangers, who will have their cup of tea or sapper of “relish,” and cake, and berries, and peachy, and vream.^-^Mali'ijinirnol of SeaUh, BBOOUBAGIBG .8BB3ATIOBALISH. I t is, true th a t congregations do n use their ministers not put them to „ their best, or even their most profit! b l o u s e s . A p a r is h em p loys a c u lt vated, studious, devoted m an; but for what? M^hat is he hired to do ? Is he asked to teach them all wisdom and bring forth o.ut of his treasures thin new and old f By no manner of meai new and old ? By n Nothing of the sort _______ of him. If he undertakes to do this he is pro nounced bookish and voted a hi in nine cases out of ten his sen vrill be called an essay, or a leet and entirely out of place in the pul pit. If he does this, i t is at the risk of popularity and with a pretty cer tain prospect of failure. This is not it should be. And this is of the dearth sensationalism in t eruption le pulpit ju s t m The question tor every competent mir ister to-day is, wl^ether he will tickL 1 ., 1 ^ - ’j them ; whethe .. kle his people or teach them ; whether he will merely fill the hours with pleas ing sensations, or fill it with great thoughts and inspiring arguments; whether he will gratify the — w h im s and shallow conceits in carry h a l f a, ton a t a trip. »uld consequently tak e a cart i in g ten trips a day, and passing s of his _ egation, or educate them to an appreciation and love of the h;' things afid the best! W e knov hard it is to do the latter. But it is the only thing worth the doing. This educative preaching will save the Church, make its services more popu lar,\ interesting and infiiiential tba-n ever before, and give it a hold on the public mind, and a power for good, th a t its m ost ardent friends hardly dare to hope for. But the art of preaching in this w a y is one which m o s t m inisters have yet winter and sum m er, rain a ll th e AFOrking d a y bout two hi sumers. ^ rr, , ii start it all at by tbis fact may not prove ing. It would require a train of cars sueb as a r e used on th e E r i e R a ilro a d , _ _____ one hundred and sixty miles long, to lere issueh a m o v e the Stock atone load. Our cart- and eruption of men carry half a t take a cart* mak- !ays of the year, a- and sixty years to deliver the pile at the residences of consumers. O if it were necessary one time, 800,000 carts would be required, forming a procession not less than twenty-four hundred m iles in. length, and requir ing at ordinary rates of travel about three months to pass a given jioiut.— Wayne Cduniy JSerald. t to a c q u ire. m in Florida,” ; “ we were rowin ere, about sunset, strange, grave and prolonged & struck my ear; A t first I thoui l m y guide as to w h a t i t could he. ‘Oh, massa,’ replied he,, ‘datis d e fish w h a t -sings. Som e call i t siren or mermaid fish, and others musieo.’ A little way on we heard a greater chorus of these strange voices, re minding me faintly of the music of church organs. I stopped the canoe, the better to study this strange phen omenon ; when, at my request, my sa b le o a r s m a n th r e w a n e t in to th e water, and soon laid at the bottom of th e boat about a score o f little each about ten inches loi the gray mullet very clbseljr in :d form. Dese be laid the negro; ‘hut ward form. ^ Dese be mermaids, mas- sa,’ said the negro; ‘hut in the name ob hehben, don’t eat dem.’ not?’ quoth I. . ‘ B e c a u s e th e y hah de lub poison.’ ‘ Lub poison I And pray w h a t’s th a t ?’ ‘ Y e s , massa ; wl you eat one ob dese fish, you fall ou can nebber got out you eat one c deep in lub yoi ;ain.’ I tried again .’ I tried to lau g h m y black friendend outut of hisis notion,otion, butut inn —am. m o 01 h n b i v In spite of what he said, however, I had my musicos fried that evening, that I was had m y m u sicos and found, as I expected; none the worse fer th e The musician fish is livhit b lu e s p o ts near the belly, s u n ^ t w b en these fish b< leriment. I t is about s u n ^ t •wiien tne^e iisix begin to sing, and they continue their music during the night, imitating the grave ana ight, im itating sonorous droning o f : (US d r o n in g o f a n organ, ju s t as shes your ear when you stand church.” ( earth. T h o se o f our dis tant readers who seldom see a greater stock than is comprised in th e ir w in ter’s s u p p ly,-w ill find i t difficult to re alize the immen.sity o f the pile under consideration. E v e n those who have seen it grow day by day during the past winter until it has reached its present colossal proportions f a il to ap preciate thfe m a g n itude of the business o f which i t is the tangible and visible product. T h e y on ly see i t in a fair suppljr w ith w h ich to com m ence the s_eason’s navigation, know ing th a t disappear before the laeity of the before th e close o f the ' yet r have bef ig r s iperior ;ested YoinsFG M a x , Y otj ’ e e W a n t e d .— A la d y writer under ih is heading, h its •off the men as follows: “ A woman, wants you. D o n ’t for get her. D o n ’t wa,it to he r i c h ; if you do, ten to one you sre not fit to be. m arried. M a r r y w h ile you are and struggle up together. B u t young m an, the wom an don’t want you i f she is to divide her affec tions w ith a segar, a spittoon, or a sk e y j u g . N e ither does s h e w a n t i f yo u don’t care for her aud the thoughts” w h ich are sure H. Neither does she want you because you are a m an, th e [efinition o f w h ich is too apt to be : n animal that wears bifurcated gar- aents on h is low er lim b s, a quarter ection of stove pipe on his head, wears lik e a pirate and is given to ilthy practices generally. She wants ou for a . com p a n ion, a help m a te ; he w a n ts you. to have learned to reg ulate your appetite and pasions; in short, in the im a g e of God, n o l in the likeness o f a beast.” ^ “ I f you are strong in good purpose, irm in resistance to evil, pure in ihouglit and action, as you require w h ich inward JS ^ A few years ago, at the coi asion o f a missionaryisionary sermon,mi ’ preacher requested some one to tiOE ser ed som e m n d t h e hat, an d “take up A joung^man, a stnanger the collec- ir in out with the proceeds. The preai eyeing him as he went out, observed i “ I f that youug man runs away with that money he’ll be damned.” A deacon sitting by the window, seeing him make off down the street, re sponded : A n d if h e hasn’t run a- way with thatm.oney, I’ll be damned.” tried tw'o m o st highway rob- A h Irish judj notorious fellows for highway : h e i y . . T o th e . a stonishm ent o f the court they were not found guilty. As they Were removed from the bar, the judge, a d d r essing thejailor, s a i d : “M r. Murphy, you would greatly ease my m in d i f you w o u ld keep these tw o re- spectablegentiem e n u n til seven o’clock, for I am goin g to Set out for D u b lin at five and I would wish to have at least two hours start of them/' . a b h o r v i c e ; i t you a r e g e u tle m a n ly , forbearing and kind, and not ’loud talking, exacting and brutal—young that woman wants you: that m o d e s t, f e ir, ch e e r f u l, b r ig h t-lo o k in g , frank-spoken woman, we mean, who fills your idea of maiden and ivife. I t is s h e th a t VF,ants y o u : m a r r y her (hen you lik e , w h ether she is poor or rich; well trust you both on the above inditions, without further security.” A gentlem a n in th e course o f his travels in the West, one 'day em erged from t h e n e c k o f a p i e c e - o f tim b er, a n d s u d d e n ly descried a'coun try tavern, upon the porch o f w h ich sat one of the oldest white-haired men • h e h a d e v e r seen, c r y in g lik e a ch ild . In answer to an inquii’y as to the cause of his trouble, he sobbed out “ t h a t father had lick e d him .” U p o n atering the bar room, the traveler iscovered another and much older m a n behind th e bar, whom h e ad dressed : “ Y o u seem to h a v e som e trouble here, stranger. Your son in form s m e t h a t y o u h a v e w h ipped h i m . ” “ Yfis,” rejoined the landlord, excited ly , “ I could n o t a v o id it- T h e young rascal w a s chasing his grandfather around a ten acre lot a n d stoning him . I had *to interfere, stranger.” J8 ^ A traveler on one of the West ern steamboats recently, was landed near his home, and as the boat was about to leave, he bawled out— H a llo , captain, there’s som e thing -missing here 1” “ W hat is it ?” asked the captain. “ H a n g m e i f I can recollect now,” said the traveler; “let me see, here’s all m y trunks, boxes, tw o dogs, gun and—oh thunder I it’s my wife and little gal, that are asleep in the cabin! I knew th e r e w a s gom e thing else I’.’ ^ ^ ^ T b e dietary o f our boardjng- schools w o u ld be greatly im p roved b y the addition o f one article hitherto almost entirely overlooked—English
