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XÍ*Jt» r. t- V .ri rx' : ~ {J ut'*.' N. “*» r nlv* ,Ji ;!* ->•* ysjti& u v< w Í* '/<* l 'O : i U '.i, ;V-Tn“ DEVOTED TO HOME' INTERESTS, LITERATURE, ‘.‘AND''GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.' .• ______ j ¡ ,4 -, ;... !.. ■ ■ '¡•il? » ? '' ' *• \ •' v< ■ - : - - v •1.80 a Year, Jn Advance. YO L . I. WOLCOTT, ^ A Y N E CO., N. Y ., THUBSDAYy DECEM B E R 31, 1875 t< / r * r ’i — j- - t.;:-*.*; i{î *3* 1 1 ; • ♦ ' 1 '• ’* ' 4,1 ' rr \ T i\ -1 0 r * \ The U a r . * Fivo facea has the Year to me : ■ Fir»t-,- a anowy ono we hoc , •Whito and shining, full o f fun Till tho whiter da\u are doue. O r r . > „ l * : / ’ » . ; ^Tfcen he turu» a smiling face, v~* Sweet* with tondoruoBH and grace, 8 p*ing-timo garlands on his brow— -si Oh,¿tho Year ia lovely now! .Soon ho looks through Hunmior Jloworw, lieaming on thin world of our» ; g^Wann aud glad aud in hU prime ' ^ X 8 ‘th# Year7n Hummor-timo. .Sco ! he Uinga the ilowcra aeido ; t G lows he* now in harvest pride. ^ lie d and brown nnd gold, tho fall fchona tho grandest faco o f nil. Oj|p(UrighUtaah— tho glow i« gone ' -£Íbw tiio Year n'frowu puta on. •*<s 8 l lie is growing very old, rfi, Cross and wean-, Htom and cold. H o lias boon so good and kind, ^ P o o r old Y e a r ! wo mtiHt not mind ; Thinking o f Inn early graeo, W e ’ll forgot iiin cm oi I'nco. u T.ovo him us ho goes aw a y ! Juet a wool; from Christmas-day . . -.'Wo HhalVhavo another year, \White and brighter and full o f cheer. agony o f heart nml soul, the burden o f utter helplessness; tlie torments o f stand in g nsido empty-handed, while others gave to tho woman nud child w lio were all m y own. A u d then there camo a blacker day still, mid oven the little that I had wus snatched away. T h e r e wns a season o f business losses mul heavy failures; llrm nfter iirm gnve way, nud mon went homo idlo, aud m y turn came w ith tho rest-. And I knelt down by m y w ifo’s bed and looked in her eyes, nnd told her, nnd naked lior t o for g iv e mo fo r tho w rong I lmd dono in lo v in g hor.\- . ‘ | “ D o n ’t feel so badly, Shirley,” she i wlusnered, m o v in g her head 011 , m y i shoulder: •“ ! know J’m a burden to : y o u , darling) but I — I can’t wish it un don e , w e ’ve\ been so happy— wo aro so | h a p p y still— w o ’ve got each othor and I baby, anil such a lon g lifo yet, fo r nil these littlo troubles to puss away in ! And it can’t last long, you ’ll get som e thing | b e tter than what you lost. Pei-lmps it ■will be) the very best thing for us, after I all, that you should loso this place, and ■ so bo forced to mako a eluiugo.” | “ Perh a p s ! I t ’s all a chalice,” I t-aid, | b itterly, “ and I must sit with m y hands tied ami wait, and you— Edna, they wero r i g h t 1 f wns a selfish bnito to draw you 1 down to this.“ I t was better for us all, M r . V e r d c r a y had said; that tho 'in tercou rse should' ccaso w ith Edna’s and tho ch ild ’s d e a t h '; and, G o d knows, I felt so, too. So I live d 011 , in N e w Y o r k 'id o u e , mul rose ’in -tlio firm’ ; tra v e led ,' and m a d e m o iioy ; and. wandered from c i t y to city at last, successful in e v e r y t h in g tliat* I< touched, without a trouble o r a n x iety iii life— only tho burden o f m y e m p t y heart. I was thirty, years old w h en m y darlings died , I lind plenty m o re years to ’ live, mul deaili was still a lon g w a y off.' P e o - plo called me alyoung m ail, still, oven, after m y ; liair ; wns very, ,gtiy y , nml I seem ed to have grown o ld and tired down to m y heart’s core. A n d the yonrs went b y w e a rily ; nud I wns forty-oigh t , nnd m y hair white. I t was at Flem ing’s house that I m et H a rriet Stanhope. Shu wns :t cousin o f his w ife ’s, .nud an attractive w;omnn— n o t a g irl^ - tlie sort of w o inniT'w h o m ev e r y body. calls interesting ; clover, and cu lti vated to tho uttermost, sweet-nntured, and adaptable and good, w ith oven m o ro tlinn a wom an's share o f tact. S h e was; one o f those phoplo who w in y o u r confi dence. just by tho atm osphere o f th e ir own natures, without etl'ort or oven wish. T had not known her ve r y Io u r boforo 1 could talk.to her o f the story that slio | know already, and tell her abou t tho day i A F T E R M A N Y YEARS. ‘ ‘ W o ll, da r lin g ? ” I said, catching her • ■two Jinmis in mine, ns wo mot under ¿he ti •cos iii lit« loveliest corner o f tho ¡•qiuuxv - j I hail w r o t h e r >vorils, mul 'she’ needed non o . V .'“.-Tho old »lo r y , '' looking up at me, a glauco that showed hor p r e tty ey e s lind been cryin g “ I — I ’m here, .■ f f i i i r l e y . ” D o you guess what those three w o rds M e a n t ? Th a t E d u a V e rdcray, beforo tho «tu r looked out o f the opal sky up V above us, w o u ld bo m y w ife. I t //'fis-thb old story, you see'— a penni- .lees lover, a true-hearted littlo woman ■ « l i n g i n g to her faith, and a parental curse ,im ))en d in g over both our heads. W o i- hail dono our best, aud she would have ; been true to father nud lover both, only , it was not to be. She had made the last, attem p t to-dny to w in a lnte consent to o»r'm n V ringe, nnd had failed; she came ■ lb tell m e so, and to fpllow me and m y fortunes. '\•■T h e sun was only just setting, hot aud xail; tho lon g street waa aflame, and its - b o r d e r in g palm ettos looked crested w ith g o ld ■•I drew-' her hand tigh t through . m y arm , and- wo w a lked away together Y e r y qu ietly, for she wns tired, nnd tlio . littlo hand trem b led against m y side. 8 I 10 on ly told 1110 that slio was not afraid, - th a t slio loved me, nnd slio would bo glad • t o rest when it was all over, and wo two aafo and far away together. And so w e . !>wnt m i and w ero married. 'I ’f T h e n I took hom o m y w ife. It. was a ,' poor.liom e , but she was not afraid to aweeten i t .with herself, and she had said Hint.she w i » glad to conio. Y o u do not «fere'to'h e a r how our- hnppy timo w e n t ,;by,- and I could not toll you ; only it was ; ■'•jcry .sweet, aud w o were all tlio w o rld to /•acii other. She never spoko o f her ,^ f c t h e r and m other, and never seem ed to ; *iis s them or regret w h a t she had lost iu / Hicni. I liover should hnvo known that ■''¿.'It was a gribf to , h er, but fo r one day. iiS h o .in e t 1110 when I cam e hom e nt night, '.Jwitli.her face nil sparkling and her voice jiw iste a d y with excitem ent, and even be- ', 'l o r e slm” kissed me, cried out : ' ‘‘\'S “ I ’v 0 seen m y m o ther ! ” i'.> ‘ • Y o u r m otlior ? H a s slio been here ?” . -, I nsked. i; ..' “ .Y e s ! O n ly think how glad I was— ,-.; l*ow‘ Kuqinsed ! S lio camo :md she kissed m e, nnd forgnvo m o ,” putting her w in s round m y neck nnd beginning to cry in h o r gladness, “ and forcavo you, too; ■ and slio said she couldn’t live aud lose her o n l y daughter.- Oh, Shirley, it was tho ’ otily th in g m ore that I wanted on earth ! I ’m so happy, .darling ! ” - - “ A n d you r father ?” : ^ “ H o couldn’t be as kind as slio wns,” a i i d m y little w ife, w ith her clicok on ■line. “ Fathers never are; but she ■’, th o u g h t— 3 lic, was nitre, slio said—-tlmt h e ’ d fo r g iv e i t nil, nud tliat he 'lo v e d m e \ imst as much all tho tim e, nnd it w o u ld ■ • Be all rig h t at last, S liirley. Oh ! aren’t 1 y o u happy, too ? L o o k glad ! tell 1110 .y o u ’re glad, dear, you don’t know how I •--^Ruted.it-!” - ' I was glad, fo r h e r sake, G o d knows; ■ f a r m y own I w o u ld never have cared to . look 011 cither o f th e ir faces again. I ’ abuld not forgot that they had mnde in y d a r lin g wretched fo r tw e lve long m onths; • - t b e ‘ ‘ forgiveness ” tlm t they talked o f ’ ^aa 3 lik e an insult to us both. ' -'B n t 'a ll that was changed now. 3Irs. 'V ;V e r d e r n y ’s can iago rattled, day nfter .. .ia y . down tho little dull street, nnd s tood . at M rs.. L/ecompto’s door, and E d n a L e - , . ,'S 0 B i^ to .i«M pKrdoncd nnd petted, nud ca- S stod as if E d u a Verderny liiul,.never obeyed. A u d then w e wero asked to , r4 i n e '“ j i t hom e ,” she a n d .I; and tho old *in u greeted.us both, kindly, and kissed daughter w ith tw o tears in h i s ‘cold ‘ ■Payes, nnd seem ed to bu r y idi our old en- £ 'B i i t y n 3 ho shook m y hand; and after that .jig n t i t was all sunshine between us. ’■ i l l n‘?ver censed t o feel .an .odd ch ill » m y heart like a prepliecy o f som e tliing itter,com in g betw een us. . P e r h a p s 'it ;; g ras because instead o f grow in g richer, ■$a ! n e e I marrie<l a w i f e , 'I only grow poor- r, arid tho: w o r ld outside\ our little room •¿5 |ot dark nnd threatening overhead, and g ì eom èd only a cold place fo r m y unborn liild to inherit. H ó aune to test its tender m ercies just itli the early w inter, and, as ho cai !dna w a s .very n igh g o in g out J q j ^ c r . ho w n s n delicate littleithpgpaaroTnéed- il so m ucli ■ p e t t i n g orfil ..nnrgin'g, - and nrler ram — m ^ i i f f ir t ached as m any ft done before me, when I iked in the w h ite little face that had in 8 o':rpsyjwheri I ftret took her from T hom e.' ‘ A n d instead' o f grow in g ronger, she on ly drooped m ore and iore, lik e a flow e r in the first frost; and 0 ch ild was as frail os she. tK j f f I d o n ’t lik e to tell tlie story o f those ; ;V fconths. O ther ]x?ople wero kind and >;i.helped us; m id I was forced to take the ' ^‘fcelp, fo r the sake o f those two creatures Jj^W lio needed m o re than I could g ive them . L f:;B e r m o ther came every day, now, to j>?jj»ursc m y w ife m id fon d le m y child, nnd iiP iljriu g them luxuries that I could not bu y l'i,^i£-such luxuries as w o u ld have been heap- before.them , in Edna’s old fo r feited * f c m e . , I w o rked n igh t and day at m y j t i r l r i h i p , b e a z ia f aa baat I could ia Slio clasped lier arms round m y neck 1 whon I looked buck and saw tho littlo and kissed me, and stopped m y m o u th, [ ligure 111 the window, h o ld in g u p m y mul w e w ore silent fo r 11 while, aud tho j child fo r 11111 to see. , < •' 100111 grew dark in tho twilight ¡ W e ll, you have guessed already, I sup- “ S h irley,” she sniil, softly, at la s t , poso, nt t h o 'e n d of this líegiñ u in g .' -J “ would you le t m y father help you | “ . W lia t do you menu ?” - p “ Mam m a asked me a month ago i f you I w o u ld leave N o w Orleans, aud tako a 1 position in m y unclo’s liuuso in N e w ! York. I [never told yon, because— slio 1 w anted m o 'to come home then, S ïïirlëy ,'- I and let you go alone, and I couldn’t.” 1 “ G o homoI gathered her closer— I tho baby in her arms, too. “ Child, has I i t com e to that?” “ N o , ” she whispered, softly. “ I t : never w ill , I ’ll g o with you there, or , , a n ywhere else ou earth, Shirley ” “ ts it too late to tako tho oiler n o w i ” 1 I nsked, starting up. “ AVhy do you ask if I ’ll let him help me, Edna ?— better I that than taking his alms, God know s— i and I ’ vo dono \that so long— W lia t ia tliis place ? (Jliild, x >1 almost beg nt the street corners for you, i f tluit was l a l l ' ” 1 “ W i l l you go and soo papa?” she ! c ried, ligh tin g up all over her wasted : little face. “ I don’t know about it, only I tlm t mamma said thero m ight bo an I o p e n ing for you, and it would be so much bettor than your old place, and papa : w o u ld use liis inlluenco for you. W i l l ! you go, Shirley ?” 1 “ Yes, I w ill,” I said, stooping down to kiss her Som e tliing was dragging 1110 biick all l the w liile— holding 1110 fast to tho beside, I w itliin touch o f her little, hot hand, and 1 hearnig o f m y baby’s sleepy-soft breath | — but .L didn t lieed it. I was desperate, 1 aud her eyes drove 1110 out into the world, ! to struggle with it, and win, for lior-sake . — and Ï went. , So U 10 end o f it was that letters went i back and forth, and in two weeks from ! tlio day that 1 was discharged from m y j clerkship, I was onçaged by tho N o w I Y o r k house, o f w h ich Mr. V e r d e r n y ’s I brother wns hend, nt a salary that w o u ld keep E d n a safely all the w inter far enough ont o f tho reach o f want or the need o f alms. O n ly— it was a desperate m an’s resource, you know— she m u s t bo I in N o w Orleans, whilo I was in N e w ; York. i I t was lon g enough beforo [ coidd show I her that such a parting was m evitnble. I I n nil tho years after 1 had that t o ro- I m em b e r— that she clung to me to tho 1 last, but I liad to put her from mo. E v e r 1 sinco our boy was bom oho had been I g r o w in g weaker, and her lungs and clicst j w e r e delicate— even dangerously so. A w inter at tho N o r th , they said, w o u ld kill her, and I must not dream o f taking lier nway until she wns thoroughly w e ll again. I must leave hor behind; aud, sinco I could not leave her alone and | sick, she must go to her father’s house. Th a t was tho way it happened. T h e y I w e r o so glad to tako her back— t h e y had “ forgiven ” her so entirely, and, wanted her so, and they woro so fond o f little Shirley, I ought to have been w illin g nud g lad to leave them both in such tender care. I was neither, but I knew i t was I m y duty to g ive her up, and I did it. I kissed her good-bye at tlio last, and j dragged m y self away from hor arms, that i t r ied to hold 1110 back oven then, and the Inst glim p so I had o f wife and ch ild was I a littlo, Blender ligure at an open w indow , ' h a lf buried in w h ite, soft w rappings, h o ld in g up a bnb\-, who latighod and sprang in her arms, and whoso littlo hand.sho tried to wavo to me. Th e n camé the lonely w inter nt tlio N o r t h — tho silent starvation o f m y heart tlirough nights and days, tho lon g in g im p a tience, hope— I t only ln«tcd*n lit tlo while., ;.T k n ow I should havo h 'T in the spring, in a hom e of our own that I had planned already. I chose th e very house— n littlo brown cottage, 011 tho out skirts o f tho city— where my bird would have her nest. I t was in M a rch when her letters, w liicli had como fnithfully-nll w inter on th o ir stated days, failed suddenly. A w e e k wont b y w ithout a message from N e w Orlem is; and, when itca m e 'n t Inst, it was written in nuotlier hand. . I t was a long letter, but I never rend it through. I only rend three lines, tliat told me she was dead, that m y ba b y was bu r ied iu her arms. Tho yellow -fevcr liad broken out in the city, and m y two --------------- - ------- il._ ‘ -yef fi-, j \ ™ ° r ’i r * i'\ i r * Tiad left .New. Urinal .Nelw.,yrI_raijBJ.;iud>J>efoi'e their letter reached me, would have sailed fo r England, leaving Edua and her ch ild in tho vault am o n g the dead Verderays, in n crow d e d city cem etery. S o I never saw tho little, white-wrap- ped figu re and the laughing ba b y any m ore. W h e n there wns no ono else t o slrnre success mul w o r ld ly comfort’ w ith me, nob o d y ’s life to bo sweetened b y the things tlmt m o n e y could give them , it cam e to m e in m y loneliness. I had no ob ject in life now, no care or occupation that was pleasant to me, but because noth in g save hard work and untiring ap plication could make existence bearable m id deaden m y heart in me, I w o rked liard, and made m oney like other men. B u t I gave it nwny lavislily, as people said. It’ was lik e a sacred du ty to iny , dead, to briglitenrisome other live s w ith I shouldars; the means tliat would have spared hers, j I » « ts » aaw a ittif S£ her parenU again. novor loved Harriet Stanhope— n e v e r . 1 ;wn3 ono o f .those men— and, say w h a t you w ill, 'th o y nro not rare— w h o love just once, and never forgot. B u t it camo to 1110 , slowly at first and v e r y re luctantly, nud tlien with a g r c » t i shock, that this'woniiui cmed fo r m o, an il had given ino m ore than I ev e r cou ld -g ive back' again --Anil I began to th in k o f tho possibility of her tak in g — in m e n ’s oyes, at least, anil to outw a rd seem in g — Edna’s em p ty place. Sho was lonely, loo, as I w a s ; w ith 110 near relatives, 110 claim o f lo v e ou any one, 110 home, and a sorrow fu l ou tlo o k boforo her. 1 never could benr tho sigh t o f a solitnry and uncared-for w o m a n , and tliis wom an touched all m y p i t y and sym pathy. 1 gnvo her that nm l m y friendslup most freely and sin c e r e ly, anil that was all. I Jut 1 began to th in k tliat even w ithout love life m igh t bo sw e e t ened a little, and mado easier to bear, anil that wo m ight both tasto som o qu iet happiness at tlio la s t , nnd so I said to m y s e lf that 1 would m arry her. I did not resolve hastily. I h a d kn o w n her for tw o years boforo 1 thought, o f it at all, nnd then it wns lo n g b e fo r o tho iden took 11 definite shape. I wns tra v e l in g 111 tho W e st, nnd one o f h o r letters, reaching m e at a large town in O h io, de cided tho last doubt that was lo f t in m y mind. I read it twice, aud th e n w a lk e d the floor all night, and lived m y lifo o v e r ui m em ory, and reached far 011 in t o tlio future to plan out what it w o u ld b e — what i t m m t lie, i f G o d p r e s e r v e d it— and then I sat down to w r it e to H a r r iet. I w rote her a long letter, nnd laid m y heart before her as honestly as I w o u ld havo confessed itn secret b e foro H e a v e n . I told her how much nnd h o w littlo “ I could g ive 'h e r ; how far I had ou tlived tho w a rm th o f youth and tho b e s t part o f lovin g , and [ asked her i f sh e w o u ld take mo as I was— a man w h o had bu r ied half liis naturo twenty years a g o . ” I road tho letter once, and sealed it, and w rote her nnmo on the cover. I lm d n o doubt o f wlm t tlio niiHwor wbuld be, and I was glad, I think, Hint tho step w a s fa irly taken, nnd'tho end decided. I t was only natural tlmt I sh o u ld drenm that n igh t o f Edna. Sho cam o to 1110 at dawn, and stood by the bedside, w ith tho child— m y son, who boro m y name, and was so liko me. A n d she to ld m e that she had never died at all, b u t had been w a itin g for 1110 nil these years, and G o d lm d kept her young, nnd th e baby was a baby yet— only I 10 w o u ld call 1110 “ father,” and the w o rd w a s rin g i n g in m y ears when I woke. I thou g h t o f her w h ile I dressed, nnd I wont down stairs, at last, th e le t t e r safe in m y breast-pocket, senled, nnd d irected to H a r r iet Stanhope. ~ B u t I h a d fo r g o t ten H n rriet, and was d r e a m in g o f a womnu older bnt fniror tliau sh e , whon into m y ’drenm stole n v o ic e nnd tho sound ol’ m y own name: “ Ts everything ready, S h irle y , d e a r ? ” I look e d up. There w e r e tw o peop le at tho little round table nearost m in e — a lady, qu ietly dressed, as i f fo r travelin g , 111 black, without n touch o f c o lo r ; nud a tall, straight, broad-shouldered striplin g , with a yoiu ig facc, aud eyes lik o hers. I know thoy woro m other and sou even before I 10 answered her. “ A l l ready. ' Tho train starts iu an hour. \ Y o u ’ ve got nothing at n i l to do, Mnilamo M e re, but to sit nnd rouil a novel, or look out o f the 'w in d o w t i l l I call yon ” A n d then they laughed tog e t h e r . She had n girlish laugh nud ,n g irlis h face— and y e t i t was a sorrowfid one, too. TTor eyes w e re brown. I look e d in t o them , and all m y youth-tim e lo o k e d back agnin ; nnd I saw tho old house, in the old street in N e w Orlemis, and the face in the window, and heard tho lm b y -lm n d s patting on the panes. O n ly tw o brow n eyes, nnd a sweet voice, nnd a m nu’s name spoken softly to call u p nil that w itc h e r y ! She r o se from the table alm o s t that minute. “ I don’t want tho straw b e r ries, S h ir ley. I ’m going up to m y roo m ;, and, i l you want\mo to read a n o v e l, y o u m u st run ou t and get mo one. I ’ v e packed T ■ ' ™ -I minute, wliile lie flash e d his brown ¡eyes round .on 1110 • w ith 7 n -,lmlf-»ugry. littlo frown. ‘ ‘ W “ Aro you ' S h irle y .Looftmpte’« son ? Whore— whero is y o u r fnther }<’ •'' 1 \ M y father is dead.. -That;was his namo,” looking stra ig h t .in^o.my face.: Aud then I ilropp e d .m y . hnuds, “ 1 was your fa t h e r ’s- frieiltl, m'y lioy .1 I — I can s e c -his -looks in you; aiuVyonr mother. : W i l l y o u take- me to your mother, Sliirley ?” ,. \1 r •. + , t , 1 * * ,> ^ 41 W e ll, I linvo fo r g iv e n hiin^-tlie mnn who stole the sw eetness o u t '( i f “life for me; ho is dead nnd bu r ied, jutd Edna, is tilivo. Twenty years a g o a \forged letter told her that si 10 was a widow, nnd tlie old,man imd-his w ifo hud tlici^ dmiglitar buck again; tw e n ty years slip .kept, her lifo sacred to m y m e iiiory, and.'lovod nio .in hero^hild, la n d 1 ■W!iiiod i^*',»iiothbr- world to give .her ’in t o lily arms again;; Slio told it all t o m e that day—a iongj long story, but this w a s tho sum of il: , 1 was dead and wns a liv e again— wns lost liild wns found. • - And my life had its aim and'erown, oven so late; m y lo v e blossomed new, mul my heart w a r m e d fresh with tlio olil dead fires'— 'we w e re happy, Edna and I. Out o f 'tlio b a b y ’s grave-.roso up my strong, manly son to carry m y immo in honor and pride, it w ill liavo a nobler meaning when ! am gone than over il lmd in I lie past. SEWSl'AVER 1»0STAGE. in g f o r the cars. ' H e r dress wss sw e e p ing b y m y clia ir as she spoke, and, stirring m y senses— fust asleep fo r so long— came a soft, vio let scent. 1 wns goin g mnd, I b e lieved. A s i f no woman but E d n a L c c o m p t e lind ever used tliat fnint, subtle p e r fu m e ! I started up mid strode o u t o f tho dining-room , follow in g those tw o , nnd saw t lie m other g o • u p ’ th e staircase— a slight, daintily-m o ving little figu r e , w ith n touch of girlish graco iu it still — w h ilo the son passed on lie f o r e m e to tho office o f tlie hotel. H e w e n t nud leaned over tlio desk and sp o k o t o . the clerk, i n his' cheery, fresh v o ic e ; nnd I stood nenr hjm, turning the lea v e s o f the hotel register. “ M rs. Shirley L e c o m p t e .” “ Sh irley Lecom p te, N o w Y o r k c i t y . ” I turned nnd put m y tw o hands on his ] station wns iu B a ffin ’s bay, so tlint I 10 was : 0 uld 2 rs; I .could have taken h im to | nomething o f a traveler. Tlie liarpoon m y heart and kissed tho cliild -liken e s s in I head weighed betw e e n four and ;hu face, but I did not say one word for a I potmtU. The Fossils o f 1ST I. A scientific exped ition under Prof. Marsh 1ms just r e tu r n e d from tho Black Hills. The incidents ns well ns tho mo- •‘tivcs of the trip are, quite—mtKlftr-Hwijr-- dinary experiences o f travel. A t tlio time of starting i t wus known that tho expedition would encounter danger nnd dillieulty, but n o t u n til arrival at Red Cloud Agency d id tho peculiar obstacles become apparent. T h o Agency was sur rounded by m a n y thousand Indians, gathered to receive their annuities. There is always m o r o o r less dissatisfac tion on these o(Tensions, nnd after tlio distribution o f annuities tho Indians nro 110 longer on th e ir g o o d behavior, whilo their numbers g i v e them a notion of their strength. T h e tribes 011 reserva tions near lie d C lou d Agency are ex ceedingly jealous o f liny movements of whito men that seem to havo reference to gold diggin g Hills. - ' ’ ' IntrtrHrliíw»; I w d . by: Ike I'iM in th lfr. Tho follow ing instructions liavo been approved by, Postmaster-GenemV Jew e ll in'relation to’ tho prepayment o f postage jOii newspapers and .othor printed m atter on aud after «Taiu. 1, 1875, uudor tlio uot of «Tuné 23, 187-1. Sec. 5 o f said act' di-, vides tlie matter therein’ described into two classes, and fixes the rate\ ó f post- ago“ on loach'os «follow s* \ . pii.aU,¡no\\Himitora and periodicnia iBailed weeklyprofictier, 2 cení.* per poutid o r a (ntc- tioh tiioroof^mnd on all thoso issued lesH'-frc- quentl.v, ft coma pcrpoumVor a fraction there of. Under Soc. 0.\ upon tho rocoint o f auch mutter at tlie mailing otlifé, i>ro|>érly assorted into tho two,Httwcrt, iU 'm uitoo prepaid (aftor deducting tlio^’weight of tho sncV) by'special adheaive'sta'úipf», furnished by tho- department • for this purpose. Ordinary postage htaiujM cannot bo-utsed for this punn^e, nor can 'these ’stamps be used for nnv other purismo. Tost- miistors’wiU mako tho following deduction« for theuoightof'Hftelavvta.: No. 1 juto sack, 2 ,!J jxmnda; No. 2 juto saolc. 2 pound« : No/ 1 cotton sack, pounds ; Xo. 2 cotton ‘sack, pounds. On reooipt of tho |K>stago the |K>st? nmstor will giso u receipt from.a book of- bjunk. , I'omis furnishedbylhcdopnrtnient. Theetump, will then bo nflhed to tho stub o f tho receipts I and canceled by porforatiug thorn w i t h « tmnch, and tho blank spares in tlio stub bo lilled to cuiTcajKmd with tho receipt. .Tho »tub books aro to ho Uopt permanently in tho office to (bo ready to bo produced flhonover demanded by tho 'deiuirtmcnt. Tho ¡ postmastor will lendor promptly at tlio cm! of oaoh quarter, in blank fonnn finnisdicd for tlie purpose, a statement of the postage colU:ctc<f from each publishor or mm a agent during, tho quarter Thoso spcciid- stamps'will be chargod to postinastors/and hc* counted for'in. tho aamo maunor ¡aa ordinary postago htamjwv Nowmmpere, periodicals anti circulara deposited in a lettorVarrier’H ottlco'for Th«*'P*«rTbftr \Y* ilmvfl A lw a y » wltfc.l?«. , N ò 'thoughtful render o f 'th e ’ procced- ings at tho session o f tho StM o Charities Aid,Association,;of:Now York,,the Time* says, could have failed to bo impressed with’ li seuse ó f tliò great ditliculties hy w i n d f all efforts for tlio elevation òf 'the degraded nro besot. tiAiu l b y degraded, .wo mean not pnly, or chiefly, thoSe who. are sutVoring tho consequences, o f crune, or o f vicious habits ;' but those1, who ltnve beeif.brought into want nml misery by accident, or circumstances for which .thpyaro n o t , responsible, and who.-,'liavo been kept down until they.liavo lost self-, respect aiid thu .spirit o f self-help, and seek only to get,- by liook or crook, wlint thoir inure animal appetites require from' . day,to d a y . T h e number, o f such per sons with tt? is yet com p aratively «until. In 11 iii older 'countries o f Europe, tlioy bear a very considerable proportion to Ilio rest of tho eimnnunity, and even with us their ragged ranks mo, v isibly recruit ing. W h a t to do with this elnss is now felt Io bo ono of tlin gravest nnd most perplexing o f '• our 1 social problems.’ Criminals wo cull imprison— even putito death; the insane and tho idiotic we nm shut up in asylum s;'but wlnit ani wo to do witii that iinsemblo body, o f our fel- low-creatures— nnilj nlns ,1 ' o f 'o u r 1 fellow- citizens— who livo from, year to year in -want and wretchedness,. trem b ling on 11 m vergo o f starvation,' vacillating be tween.stiirvntion and orim o /■ This ques tion is so perplexing, iu great monsuro, because o f the lio)>cless incapacity, of;.a largo m ajority o f theso people. ’ Tliey, dclivory by tho ottico or its unrriem M y . .... .. w itliiH i*-J^**rtktB ;tv 1 ..... ..................‘ W - witlio ■ \ ■ '■ a n r m c u L T s o c i a l p r o r m :* . -in .. -. ' ' . „ t . ■ . ; ...■ .. - . j- 1 :t > . , \• ;1 • > naturo., o f : households, in which., tho . 'teaching should bo 'trades^ and lióuso kcepin'g'rftther than 'reading\nnd w ritin g '• How TraMcs PU It. I;; l.Uaiui,J,<ll rnVTutiuVillg' eiU'S-7 TTu 1 IG\* pci*, re^iilnr or fivmsiont, not oxcocding- a ouncos in weighl, 1 emit cncli ; on poriodicals, regular or trannicnt, not exceeding ‘J (ymces in Mclght, '1 rents oacli; ‘'circulars,* lnwcalcd, 1 e d i t ; weekly nowsp»|>cni to transicnl.piu*Uos, 1 cenl for Gaeli 2 ounces or fraction' tliflreef. Those rates must ho prepaid hy ^xwtago stamps linked. WVokly newspapers to regular sub- scnberH will ho 5 cents' per ipiartor ' Under this «fiction county pafters pass hy m «il free to Htibscriberu actually leading within t lio c o in t y ,. hut when dolivcrod at lolter-carrier nliiccs. or hy a loticr-caiTier, thoy aro subject to tlio rales o f porftago Ikod in this laws and rognla- tsons, pago (¡7, sec. 158, iminely, on publica tions not oxceoding 4 ounces in weight, issued less frequently than onco a weok, 1. cont for each com*, and when Issued onco a week, B1 cents aiuiitioiiat per t|tiiii1er( and 5 cents iui- ditional per quartor, for each Jssuo moro fro- n i i n i i f H u m A n ,.o >i «'A n il* A i i n r l r llliiM in l r n t i pient than onVo a week! ’’ An additional rnto ill or near tho Black | sludl bo.churged for each additional -1 ounces It luul been hoped tlmt when tho ! fraction thcrc<if These rates must bo paid * . .. . J . . . . .... ,..in„i,. .«“ 1 • * • * o b ject o f tho fo s s il-h u n t e r s had boon I qnaitci'L''beforo delivery of. such matter, oithe: -J - - ! at. the oflute of mailing or delivery. Whon not hi p.. il i • . i L ^ ¿i . . i . . i in me ornee oi inaimi« or tieuveiy. im«ii not fully explained to theni,* and Home of I ,H, p,,(<r poHtago must ho collected on dolivory {liitii* ^I'.ii'i'inrQ ixid luiim liivm l na il minvd . a __ t ......... i .1 .. ,.i __ their warriors had 1 k?cii hired as a guard to accompany tho exjMidition, their jeal ousy would bo overcom e . But behind this Iny still nnotlier elem e n t o f dillieulty. Tho well-disposed Indians feared Unit certain northern trib e s , encamped moro nearly south o f tlie B lack Hills, would swoop down 011 tlie expedition. -Be tween jealousy nnd fours, councils v.'itli the Indiana a t . t h e Agency.rosulted.in nothing but delay. A t last Prof. Marsh resolved 011 tho b o ld stop of giving tlio Indians the slip, m u l inarching out his expedition by n igh t. Great risks wero taken in this m o v e m e n t, nnd the dangers o f tho party w h ilo en g a g e d in the search for fossils proved n o t to havo been ex- of eacli copy, at transient 1 ates, viz., 1 cent for each 2 ounces or fraction tlicroof Tlio forogoing instructions aro to tako effect tho (list day o f .liulimrv, 1875, and to continuo in forco uiitil modified or supciscdcd by tbo de partment. ____________________________ A Sailor’s SIclgli-RUle. I A sailor named ,Tolm B a tes h ired n horse nud cutter for a turn around tho city, mid ho hadn’t been out over fifteen minutes when he enmo back to tlio barn, leading the horse, m id snid that the cutter was “ down thorn som e where,” 111 about, a hundred pieces. H e didn’t want to pay its full value, nnd be ing taken before a justice ho wiih asked to stato his ease. nggemtod. B u t g o o d fortune attended ' “ W,.l|, voll know,” ho e,m im e ,ioed„ns bold management, and tlio expedition , rul|0d his quid to the other cheek, finished its w o rk ju s t in time to escape tho war parties, f r o m tho north. The uso mado by tho In d ia n s of tlie.Blnek H ills ns n place o f sa fe t y for their wives and children w h ile th e y go forth on war like expeditions, m ny supply a fresh ar gument for extin g u ish in g tlio Indian title to that region. Tho fossils secured on these. Western expeditions havo op e n e d a now chapter 111 scicnce. N o m o r o important acces sion to tho facts b e a r in g upon tlio de velopment liypotliosis has been obtained iu recent years than theso supply. The series of animals o f tlio liorso kind, be ginning with ono h a v in g four toes and ending with a sin g lc-lioofed quadruped like that of the p r o s e n t day, lias been al most entirely co m p leted from tlieso fos sils. A more recen t discovery findicates a progression in th e sizo o f tho brain of animals from th e - lo w e r to I chartered that craft fo r 11 cruise around town.” “ Y e s .” “ T g o t aboard, battened down hatches, and gave tho lioss a free sheet. H e wanted to m il dead boforo tho w ind, but 1 hauled him up, cased o f f tho boom s a little, and\ got, tlie wind 011 tho quarter.” “ Th e n lio .went, .did.lio ?” ‘ ‘ Yos, sir, then ho fluked. W o passed P o in t B etsey flying, and, though t saw othor craft Inking in sail, .1 kept tho top gallant -wul hung 'out, and held her. steady.” ■ , “ D o you mean tlmt tlio horse ran away ?’’ inquired the justice. “ Yes, sir, 1 do. I threw the wheel pull at the halyard . I rotu r u e d to Aahvillo after on nbtiouco :, o f .tliro e , years, and found . m y friend Truffles ¿ liiw n fat mid jovial, w itll'a face1''' •the ve r y m irror o f peaoo'and self satisfao-i;, tioii. i-.TriifBcs was tlieivillago bttkor, and ho luul certainly not,befii liko this, wlien j I went aw a y .......... , ... . r ' “ T r u ffles,” &iid I , “ how is it? Y o n liavo im p r o v e d . :!i • ' ' •'■’ ’ “ Im p r o v e d — h o w i ”,1 , 0 ; “ W h y — in overy. way. , W liatj have j you ls'en doin g <\ , . _ ., _ , 1 .Tust then a little ' girl came in, w ith V ' tattered shawl, and almost biirofoofodjito ■' .whom T r u flles gave a loaf of broad. ... “ O, >lwnr>Mr. Tnifljijs,” the.ehild.soid, with, b r im m iiig , eyes',,'jis, slio took tho 1 bread,,' “ ninmma' is getting belter,' 'and ^ slio \says sho owos ho much to you: ;Sho'-ia blesses you , indeed slio doea” ) <■. ' ; s “ T h a t ’s ono of tlio things l ’vo. beou , doing,” ijnid.TrufHes, after the child lind ’ gone. ' ’’ “ Y o u a r o g i v i n g - t l i o su lV e r in g f a m i l y \ b r e i u l i ” I iju o r i c d f ’ I m n 1 i “ Y e s . ” 1 , . ! ! ,,7 “ .lT n v o y o u a l i y 'i n e r e eases l i k e , t h a t ? ” “ Y e s , t h r e e o r ^ f o u r ' i i f \ e i i i ' . ;I g i v o ' ’ th e m a lo u f a d a y — enough' t o f o o d t l i o m . ” i “ A n d y o u : tak n n o p a y : !’.1 t ,t ‘ ! X o t irom tliem.r’ 1 • . ........... “ A h — fi'om tlio toy 11 (” ' ,,V ;, “ N o — lioro,” said -Truffle»! laying liis’ lmml u p o n his broast-s I ’l l' tell .you,” - • lio inlded,¡sm iling V,Ono;.day, over, 11 * B » : n < r t x u i i r r 2 ! £ n h ^ r : itliout self-donial, without- f<ur]«i?<j. Thoy aro poor, weak ei-eaturos, tho woi-st o f whom aro capable only o f petty crimp, the belter of begging, nnd tho best of silent suffering, but who aro utterly iu- cupnblo. of wlmt is c-alled in n good hom ely pliraso doing for themselves, N o w tlio problem is so to help these people that they may be saved from crime and from • BtilVering, while nt tlio same timo thoy shall not lie reduced to moral' im becility, and becomo.mero dependents 011 public alms. .T h is hns.hitherto been found Io I 10 almost impossible. Tlio ellbrt to save those who are perishing lias the effect o f dragging many of tlio- class, just above tliom ,, J owu , to their lower level. Tlioy , neo som ething-to lean upon, ant), being just nblo to stand anil to ntiiggor, they catch at tho support, aud, instead ofM ieing strengthened, bo- como weaker, aud soon fall into tho ranks o f professional pauperism. This tins been the result of much o f tlio poor-lnw legislation and the private charities of England, mul tlio moderate improvement Hint hns lately taken place has lieon brought about only by tlio persistent labors o f wise, Belf-sacrillein^, philan thropic persons, who for a timo have worked.almost against hopo. Even yot tho failure iu somo directions is ray-d is heartening, and it is particularly so in regard to the femalo mem bers of this class. Tlio attoinpt to unito education with .almsgiving was a liuturnl. one, ac cording to tho present.viows o f most jieo- pio us to the moral (¡fleet o f education, But, as wo loam from tlio report of Mias Schuyler, tho president o f the nssocia- tion, tho Hystem of.rwork-liou-n.BcUoolB for girls in England lias, p r o v e d a misera- lilo failure. O f CTO o f tlieso girls whoso lives wero traced after they left the work house' school, only 7!) woro reported as “ good,” and 1-15 as, “ fa ir,” 188 wero “ unsatisfactory,” and 78 were “ hiul;\ o f the'j-omnining 180, us to whom 110 in formation could be obtninod, i t ' is Bilfo to iwsiuno that tlio largo majority also. “ wont to tlio bad. ” • ■ ; ,,,) This is a sad exhibit o f the .results, of m ingled education and alm s-giving., ft is not unreasonable to suppose that o f the 070, quite 79 would have turned out well, nnd 1-15 fairly, w ithout nny odurair tion ut all. .Moreover thero was nnotlier great difiioully, which seems to bo felt now, as to girls who are put to house hold service tlio w o jid ovor, here no loss' JUUJLUB^ ^ - . -, ---- asked fo r 11 loaf o f |iiead' foi- 'whi.eli nlio coitld n o t pay— site wantéil it'foi- h’ér snf- foring ehildì-en. At llrst I hositated, ’.1 bnt liu a lly I- gavo it.to Inuvand- «s lier ; blessing m u g iu my. ears '. a iter slie limi goue, I fe l t m y heart grow.-wnrnii .'.l'imes' woro hard, and,,tliore,was a good ileid of. - Hiiftering.'nijd I. fornii! niysolf, by-nn d -, bye, w ish iiig U n iti coiild nllbrd tu g > ''0 , nwny 111010 , liread. -At, lengtli 1111 idea , slrue.k 1110 . l'd stop my heer, and g ivo , away\ that am oim t of ijxp,elise in bieuil, ( addìlig.oue or tw.o loàves on 'my own ac- ( eoiint. I d id it, and' it’s beeii a blessiug ' tò me. M y lieart lins gi-own liigger, miti ‘ JL’vn grow 'ii ovory way. ,Jly sleep i i ‘ B o u n d „u iidi 8 )yeet, àliti iniy drcams t-i pleasmit. -‘A liti 1 ‘tlmt’ij whnt you ; » j , l sn p jk « e .” ! 1 nr..‘!w 1 li ■>. .1 (l t — l— i ^ ^ ^ J d* ir ' \A 'illarslinl é'r Tlihi •'itcpulilir.1 ' ’ A n iim g tho Americniilì whò attenditi n ball g iv o n nt tlio Hotel do Ville; l ’ aris, 1 wlioù .lo h n Y . Mnsun was oucJM inistov• tlioro, w a s Jaclc Bpicer,. o f .Kentucky.., • ,lack riisb e d tho ilress wiinewliat strong, and sportoti epaulettes 011 his shoiildors largo m iou g li to ntort.foiir M a jor (lonor- al-i in busimws., ,lsuk was Ilio, observed 1 of all,ob »'.rvérs, ittici got niixetl uj) w itli ii tt, pnity, tlm t lits frieiids could uot necount for. * AVI loro ver tlm.'Miir/ilials o f Vrniico w-ent, tlioro' went ¡.Tnck— and when tho Jfarshahi sat-down, Jack d iil thè. nnme, always t a k ing tlio post of lionor. Tho day a fte r ,. t l i o ’ ball, .laclt cnlled 011 our M inistor to l-’i-micn ,1 whò «tarted up n conTeiiwition iti tho following way. • -1 ' “ l\ lu w ,-J a c k ,you woro a l Ihe.bull last oveu ing.” ,, |, , 7 .. f, ,. .. 1 , , . - , “ I w n s,'sir, nud lini! a liigli.old timo. “ F o r whicli yon weroiridebtfcd, I s’ii])- pose, to th o li i g h ’ old cómpany you g o t i mixed - uji w i t l i . l l y , . t h o wny, liow ciuno it you associateli witli thè Miu- shals ?” ” . “ 'H o w ? .' B y \irtiio‘,o f '\ m y offico. • Th o y w e r e Hfarslisls- of Franco, whilo I ‘ani u o tliin g else-,tllan a^Marslml o f tlio Ucpublic.. I showisl, my .commission, took ìiost W-eordingly.\ ’ -r* ___ „e ____________ I i over, took n p illi nt tho hnlynrd 'nnd linided away at, the shoots, but ,sho wns, , . iiinted out to oca, nnd old B n v y .Iones 11,1111 ;)l1 E''io|k;. ilio , mistresses eoiii couldii’t h a v e 'sw u n g lier a point, x ! plained that these girls “ d id not know stnitn, T o secure f u l l knowlcilgo on the great variety o f p o in t s involved in such researches, very num erous specimens are required. B o t h i n ' 'respect to tho now light shed ou these points, and in regard to tlio d isco v e r y o f animals her«-' tofore unknown to science, tlio largo harvest of fossil.bon e s iu 187-1 will make it a memorable year. .« cuumii u jiiiv'i n\> uuj£ ik;i it ijuiut. j. » i ....... .......... * ---- ~ o --- ---- — • ---- tuo upjKîr Ll.¡0(1 t0 sllortoll i,„ t Bi„. roiicd in so I j ‘ l)W to do tlio work o f a small family,. h e r ' bows tlm t slio ,Thc L o c a l l*apor. The Now Y o r k T r i b u n e contains tlio following just r e m a rks hi relation to local newspapers, w h ich ou g h t to be read by a good many peop le * “ N o t h in g .is m o r o -common than to liear.peoplo talk o f w liat they pay for advertising, etc*.,, as so (much given to charity. N e w s p a p e rs, b y enhancing the ])ropcrty in tho neighborhood and giving tho localities in w h ich thoy are published a reputation abroad, benefit nil such, particularly i f th e y are merchants or real ostato owners, th r ice the amount yearly o f the meager su m thoy p s y f o r their support. IJcsides, every public spirited citizen lias a laudable prido in haying' a paper of which ho is not nshnmod, even though he should p ic k it up iu New York or Washington. y ‘ ' “ A good-looking, thriving sheet helps pro[>ei-ty,' gives clinm cter to locality, and is in many respects a desirable pub lic convenience.. I f you .w a n t a good, readable sheet,' i t - m u s t be supported— not in a spirit o f ch a r ity, bnt because you feel a necessity t o su p p o r t it. Tlie print ing press is tho p o w e r tlmt, moves ,the people.\ - v ' - Bad for (lie Whale. Cnptain Spicer, o f tho 'New London whaling bark N ilo , says that-in the scalp- lxmo of a two-hundred-barrel wlinle, struck by his boat’s crew, was, found tlio hond.of a Scotch g u n harpoon, marked with the nnme o f tho Scotch wluder -Tmc Love, and the «lato 1801. Tlie, True Love lias not made a vo y n g o during the . last eight or ten years, and this fact, taken in connection w iih t h « ih’ite stamped in the liarpoon,, would in d icate tlmt tlie whale had been carryin g t h is u g ly piéco o f iron around for not less than eight years, and perhaps twelve o r thirteen years. T I 10 whalo was captured b y the N ile in Ciun- lierland inlet, w h ilo tlio T r e e L o v e ’s D o e s n o t ' reiteration o f this old aim plaint show that tho education, the proper education, of these, girls had been neglected ? , Tlioy luul been taught to rood mul to w r ite ,' perhaps to cipher, thoy had received certain religious in struction; but they had not been taught to sweep and to take icaro o f 1 liedi'ooms, to cook, to bake,,to. wash, and to sew. much Hoa over- foundered.\ \ j , , > “ Tho\cutter was smashed, you moan ?” “ Vos, sir, sho went down stern first, and I w ent overboard, aiid wns picked up by n stenni bnrgo wearing bluo buttons, who ehnrgod mo with scuttling tlio cruft. T want to do tho fair thing, enptnin, but J’m blowod i f this 'ere skipper ou g h t to son.! ont a ernft loaded b y the head and -1\ ,,llcf. • K y 1\ 1'1 Iwen taught what was no insurance ou tlio cargo.\ - ( <jf particular siirviee to them, and of tlmt which would havo mado them good household servants while tlioy wero sin gle, and good housekeepers if they were married, thoy wero left ignorant; tlmt was supposed to como to them' b y nature,- or tlioy wero supposed to! be able to do without it. J)o without, however, thoy could not; ì cargo. - Ilo finally agrced to pay a sum satis- factory to all pnrties, and when ho hamleil over thè money ho reniarked: “ W cll, 1 suppose I ani up nnclior nnd forgo nliclul. 1 luivou’fc droppcd nnclior in ibis kmd of n harlior for ton ycars be- ,-f6re, and I going to buy mi ax unii tako n tng for thè Canada woods. Good-byo, caiitnin— keep your jibs down trim . ” — 1 and so tlioy bccnmo bnd nnd ltnsntisfnc- Dctroil J’apcr. : M'y; « ' ,jy ,JC®n. tnu8,lt1I\\1 ¡ «J __________ __________ enough of other uselcs« things to «tim«- Sintiewliat Komantic. j °/, luxup : ' ,to i,1(;r,<''wfl \ their lazy dislike of holiest hilior, nnd so A recent number o f _n_ Portlan d (O r e - I to lead tlicm to seek b y vicious .mean as gonj jmper tells n pleasant little story to [¡fo 0f ,,„» 0 , -»I,id, meant to them a lifo the following,effect: A you n g liuly well j 0f Inziness. B u t household duties mil- known ¡11 that city has just s tarted to join ,,„t w ell bo taught iu work-houses and her parents, whom she has 110 recollec tion o f over having soon. H e r nam e is Em m a I ’mnkle, and her parents livo in Florence, Italy'. A t tho ago o f .lietween three nnd four sho » 71 « g iven to a fam ily named Stokes,\ who prom ised to educate anil otherwise provide fo r her. I t seems, that she was trained fo r circus perform ances, and traveled w ith circus troupes until slio was eighteen years old, when she nbnndoned the business, m a d e her homo in Portland, nnd havin g learned to set type, supported-herself'- l>y that work during tho past,four .years; taking - g o o d care o f - herself, and w in n in g many friends. .Meanwliile she had causcd in quiries 'fo r her parents to 1 » m o d e in l-'lorenoe/ theso only recen tly’ p r o v in g successful, the parents having also , lx;en for some years advertising fo r th e ir lost daughter. Money'was s e n t t o the (laugh ter from Florence' with w h ich to defray her expenses home, and b y this t im e she, lias probably been reunited t o those, who long ngo parted from her, h o p in g it would prove to hor advantage. T lio sight o f - a form e r lo v e r sittin g in the church gallery during tlie p e r f o r m - , anco o f a mnrringo cerem ony, fn g h ten o d [ modern society, a W isconsin brulo so tliat slio fainted away. A t the moment o f h e r collapse, fljt«-i .sho \had ou $1,500 worth- o t -‘jew e lry tliat j lie had given her. alins -1 louses, and for this aud for other reasons the effort now is turning in tho direction o f the placing o f theso peoplo — male as woll as fem ale— in private houses. Toward this solution o f the diffi culty tho sentiment o f tho association sesmed decidedly, to 'in c lin e . ’ But the very important question then comes-up — who and- wlint manner’ o f people sro . they that w ill tako vagranU and paupers ■anti members of tho dangerous classes into their 'households ? I t is ' o f primo importance tliat ' thé ‘ households ■' into which-persons o f the sort in question are placed for tho purpose o f clovating them, should bo thdso o f rcspcctablo and self-rcspcctingrpcople.- N o w , such peoplo in tho humbler conditions o f,life aro tho very one«.who w ill resist w ith strongest revulsion and greatest, sense o f shame any intercourse with tlioso who aro de graded, nnd particularly tlioso whoso degradation has branght them into tho hands o f publie authority. W o must confess that,this sejsms to us an insuper- nblo objection to tho new schem e.. Wo heartily trust that it m ay n o t be found to lx) so, lo r tho need which i t is suggested to supply is ono. o f the greatest felt by ' ' 1 Th e n « w movement.is, W lm t do opi id I , B y r i g h t ' o f your' olllce I you - m o a n 1?” 1 1 ' lto a d nnd sen I” • 1 > ;*, , ' H e r o Juck presented Mr., Jlnson w ith a w liitoy, brown paper, w i t h ’a seal b ig enough fo r 'a four pound weight. “ AVhat .in'» tlio nnmo (if Heaven is . this “ M y commission of ! Mnj-slinl,’ I re ceived in 1850, when 1 assisted in taking tho 'census in Frankfort .” ’ 1 1 “ Y o u don’t moan to sny tlmt y o u trav el 011 ..thin ?\ i . • ,• •/ “ I d o n ’ t mean ^iiiytliing else.. .ih a t wnlaiu ; no a 1 Marshal' of Iho Ttopub- lie, nnd l intend to have tlio offico duly honored.'” ‘ 1 r > 1 Sir. M a son nllowcd 1 that Jack wns doing a 1 very. ,largo business ou n very small capital. ' . Impri.sÀMfflrnt for Debt. 'Ilio question of ' imprisonment for debt, is attracting veiy general ^ttent ion. Englnnd lias stricken irpiiijjier, ntntutenf , ninny provisions adverse to the debtor, aud i t is assorted .that \not one ' o f 1 I l i o - Southern States has upon its books any elmwes t h a t . would consign n jiinn to prison fo r tlio solo crinio of innbility to pay a deb t . ■ T I 10 Prison Commissioners o f Massachusetts ‘ do not perm it tlio debtor to read a newspaper, or w alk tho jail-ynr«l. n o is obliged .to, ent, sleep nml w o r k the sntno ns tlio iidvanced male- fn c l o r y T l i o only difference in his favor is that, i f ■ h o will pay, ho will lie pro vided w ith food from the warden’s table. B u t b e in g deprived o f , tlio opportunity of ea r n in g money bccaulic. Ir- at, 0110 timo litui n o n o w ith which'to pay a debt; how \ can lie sccuro even tliia ’kindness ! l u tile' L u d lo w street jail, of N e w York, a debtor can live lite a jirinco if ho cau only p a y ; but thoJ nmjónty thero coiiJ ' fined lm v o not even tlio meant: o f brin g ing t h e ir eases to tliol knowledge o f tho courts, and must linger 011 until tlioy die, or tlio hearts o f tlie creditors soften. N o 'subject' deserves a 1 moro thorough inves tigation b y priflón-Tofomiérs tliiiu this. ------ : --------- ui — - ------------ - ------ 1 ' ' N o G k u x b u s o .—The Into Elisha 4 ■Bobinaon, who (lied.last mouth nt P a r ker’s, I*a ., :bcquc4thed S i,000,000,.to bo d ivid e d betwecen tlio“ d iffcrcnt'm cm b c ri o f liis household in'- a certain manner, - and accompanied,the legacies with a pro viso tlia t if any 0110 . of. Ilio ohildroii am o n g ..tho others, has'been heard. N o t a “ gru m b lo” . “ W h y , \ asked a married nuui o f his w ife’s m o ther, “ do thoy call residents in • , , tho S o u t h Sea Islands cannibals ?” “ B e - ’ ,, wo aro inclineil to believe, in tho right cause, m y dear, they live off o f o t h e r ,, ,- . _ , ; i ------ , 1 — i t . --------- p e o p le.”, ‘ Brown lias been,, wondering •T « r sin c e i i hi* B»other;iii-la’''«^w »» a - » n - 1 d irection; and i t wou ld n o t b e surprisuig i f the issue wero the'aatabliahiiMnt of ■mall public reformatory school« in th*
