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MY DEAR OLD MOTHER. My dear old mother and I.dMjmrt \yben Iwasvery_yonp£; Her memory etill cllnga round my heart, As charming visions roam. They tell me of my mother ’ s form — She watched me while I slept. And with her-soft and gentle hand She wiped the tears I wept. And that same hand that held my own When I began to walk, - And the joy that sparkled in my eyes When I began to talk ; I remember, too, when I was ill, She kissed my burning brow ; And the tears that fell upon my cheek, I think I feel them now. TO W. M, B. I ’ ve breathed to her my last good-bye-rl ’ ve J 'sighed my last farewell, And now her name is shrined |alone, in mem ory ’ s deepest call ; The past must be forgotten, with the bright hopes it put on, - * • And fehe and I must live and act, as though wo ne ’ er had known; I ’ ve breathed to her my last farewell — the sad dest e ’ er was wrung, In the agony of parting, from a mortal ’ s trem bling tongue ; For to part with her forever, was far more than I could bear, - And-the clpud that-wrapt my-apirit, was - ; tho black cloud of despair, - - I listened half unconscious as she told mo we must part, ..... And I fcitttbe glowing current turn to ice ' around my heart; But when the thought grew on me that wo ne ’ er must meet again, Oh, God ! the misty frenzy that went boiling on my bruin. She lured me, angel tempter, to a heavenly fountain ’ s brink, ' And her own hand filled the goblet, and her own lips bade me drink ; But, oh ! misery , to be hurled into agony like this, ~ - • When my soul, like thdiost angel, touched the highest step of bliss. Oh ! had I only prized her with a boylsh^ltful\ ** pride, I might fling away her friendship as a thing to be supplied ; . Rut I looked tpjicr with reverence and a faith that could depend, -And her wisdoni ruled my manhood with the x counsels of a friend. Oh, God ! restore a Lethe, till I quaff its mercy stream, And drown in dark oblivion, the inis ’ ry of that dream : F oa ’ it haunts my brain like murder, and it burneth like a coal, And that last farewell is ringing like a curfew through my soul. — WIT ASn WISDOM. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD. VOL. I. • ROSLYN, QUEENS COUNTY, N. Y., SATURDAY, JULY 27,- 1878. NO. 17. Lore and Turnips. ‘ His name was John Goodwin Emer son, and his works and days were these : tending a pegging machine in a New England shoe shop, and thinking much of Patience Levering, the primary-school teacher. When the six-o ’ clock whistle brought welcome release from tho weary clatter of the pegging machine, he be took himself to the society of Patience or books. That is, Patience would not always receive him, and -then he read books in a species of mad fury. Patience Lovering seemed in some manner above him. He knew this, and had wisely thought to raise himself to her level. Finally the time came when the word that was in his heart came out, and upon a suitable occasion bo told her that he loved her,and had hoped to make her his wife. The result was peculiar and most un- hnppy. This modem maiden mot love ’ s advance with a kind of iron-olad com mon-sense, and bluntly told him his in come was insufficient. Her own earn ings were enough for her support, 1 and a little, more. She lived in comfort, and ... had some leisure, to say nothing of an occasional taste of the dramaand musio. As his wife' she would have none of these, besides many honsehold cares, and that sort of thing. Did she not love him ? She looked at him with a sad smile andsaid, “ Iwillnot say whether I love you or not ; perhaps — perhaps not. ” Seeing that lib was greatly cast down, she added, playfully, “ Am I not -worth winning? Why do you not try ? ” “ What can I do? ” said he, bitterly. “ I am only-a mechanic. ” - She made no reply for a moment, and then she said, slowly, “ That is nothing — I mean, it is nothing against you. The point is that you must be more. It is not for mo to say what or how. You are a man. I make no promises, but you may win me — if you can. ” With this'she turned away quickly and walked on alone before him, leaving him standing in the middle of the rural lane where, they had been walking. Ho saw her put up her bands before her face, but whether it was in shame or griof ho could not tell. It was both : shame that she had been forced to speak so [plainly, and grief that — but, really, her grief was so mingled with other sentiments that it was part sorrow and part hope. The young man gazed after her till she had disappeared, and then he turned aside to the stone wall that bounded the lone, and looked out over tho wide ex. pause of a very fine turnip field. There were millions of turnips in majestic row, rank beyond rank, their plume-like leaves waving as an army with banners. Of these ten thousands, one alone attracted his attention. It was a mighty turnip, fair to see, and of goodly size and shape, It was the king turnip of the field, and the disconsolate lover studied it with interest, It is a eurious fact that sometimes, when the mind is suffering from a great shook or sadden revulsion of feeling, the mast trivial things absorb the attention, it is as if me will Vas too weary to trouble itself about directing the mind, and any chance object absorbed the whole attention. The young man considered this superior turnip with profound inter- .est. . Why wos it so nughty ,while all its million brothers were no more than or dinary turnips ? Truces of an old compost heap near by seemed to explain the turnip ’ s glorions proportions. At onoe to survive, would not a superior race begin ? Having considered these deep and momentous questions for some time, tho; young man turned away and went homo, feeling much better. Such is the efteot of labor, particularly mental labor, on sorrow. Tho next day they both re sumed their labors,,jn school and shop, and none guessed that aught had passed between them. Months passed away, and already, the winter was for spent. Hhe taught the infant mind, and he tended the pegging machine, and it seemed as if all were lost between them. Wait ! The spring sun {dready mounts the sky, though the wind blows ami the snow flies. It was the 1 5th of February when the young man went to the savings-bank and drew ont some money. He-remembered the days.wken he had saved these dollars for another purpose, but now it was all over, and he might as wellspend the money in another direction. Before nighthe had purchased two hot-bed sashes, a load of stable manure, and a few boards. From these be constructed a hot-bed, such as he had seen gardeners make for early lettuce. Two days after, he found a ohanoo hour wjien the wind was lulled, and he opened the hot-bed. The soil was soft and warm, like a bit of spring land in the midst of snow. Taking a paper from hie pocket, he began to sow a quantity of seeds — white turnip. Now it happened that the yard whore he worked was next the street, at tho side of the house where he lived with his mother. He was aware, after a while, that some one had stopped in the way and was looking over the fence at him. Little oaring who it was, he wenton with his labor. Presently there was. a little cough — a highly suggestive cough, full of curiosity, and dashed with pique. He looked-up. It was Patience Lover- iug. What are you doiug ?” Sowing the seeds of good fortune, ” ssid he, gravely. Dear me I how intereBtiug ! Have you any of that kind of seed to spare ? ” No. But you shall have the whole crop. ” Ah ! thanks. You are very kind. X hope it will bear ‘ some an hundredfold, some two hundredfold. ’ ” He stood up and looked at her, with a new light kindling in his eyes. ‘ ‘ I hope it will be a thousandfold, if you will ac cept it. ” This disjointed speech he uttered with ill-suppressed eagerness, and she ob served it, and blushed. Nothing more passed between them save a few common places, and then she moved on, and he finished his work with renewed hope and courage. Weeks grew, to months, and still ho tended the pegging machine, and slowly added to his savings in the bank. With all this, be was not patient. Ho had not Patience, and yet she daily walked before him. Thus \was ‘ he doubly sorrowful, for ho had neither the woman nor the virtue. He cast about in many ways to see whereby ho might bettor himself. Moreover, he read books, aud thus,, while he knew it not, he grow in mental stature. * < Meanwhile tho turnips grew. They sprang up quickly in the gentle heat of the frame, and, acting on the advice of a gardener in the neighborhood, aud such books on horticulture as ho could find, ho transplanted the tiny plants to flower pots. As they grow ho renfbvcd them to larger and still larger pots. When tho spring came ho hired a few rods of ground outside the town, aud in June removed the turnips from the pots to -.the open ground. He gave each turnip three square feet of space, and he digged about each plant and enriohed it to the utmost. The result was as he hud expected. In- August he had some hundred or more most mighty turnips. Tho like had never been seen in all the land. Envious passers-by looked over tho foneo and re marked that “ them roots would eat bad ; too big and corky, you know.” To all of which the young man said not a word. > ‘ „ In all this Patience Lovering took no interest. She could pot understand it, /and she had 'belied her name. She hud become weary of waiting, Instead, of leaving his pegging machine and start ing out in the world to make his fortune, after the manner of tho various knights of whom she had read, ho went to that dull shop every day — aud cultivated turnips. Tho truth is, she was blind. She saw not the cords of duty which bound the young man to bis pegging machine, that his widowed mother might live in decent comfort. With the sum mer came her vacation, and aho went away to the sea-ehore for a little pleasure trip. It was her first journey away from home, and it is a ma'ter of small wonder that she mot and was dazzled by a creature of a seemingly fairer shape, Ho made love to her, and — poor little goose I — she accepted him without even asking whereby bo earned the where withal to be clothed in such gorgeous apparel. There is a trace of the, eccen tric in every mind, and the wise virgin WAd'hoimsullcdhcr poor lover accepted a rich one withoiiV a question. She re turned to her native town with a diamomj ring, and announced that she would te&oii school but one year moro. It was admitted on every hand that the like of these turnip*,hod never been seen before. A single turnip was sufficient for a family of six for two days — half ft the local “ weekly. ” The turnips grew to the sere and yellow leaf, and then they were carefully,gathered aud stored in tho cellar.of Mrs. Emeison ’ s house. Suddenly there appeared . in town a creature new to the experience of the sober inhabitants. ,The younger feminine populace declared it was “ Patiunce Lovertng ’ s beau. ” So it seemed to the cultivation of turnips as he came home from the shoe shop and met Patience on the man ’ s arm in broad daylight. He bowed to her as they passed, but she only replied with a distant nod. The young man stood for a moment gazing after them, and then he hastened home and put on his best suit as if to go out. No, ho would not. Sho would pot hstou to his warning ; slfe would probably re sent it. There, was nothing to do but to sufier in-silence; and to be as patient ss he might. Then came another surprise. Pa tience Lovering, the wise and sensible school-teacher, suddenly Resigned her school, was married at tho minister ’ s house, and went away before the village hod time to say a wdi-d. After that tho tongues wagged nimbly, but tho young man minded his pegging machine, and kept his thoughts to himself. Again the 'advancing sun warned of spring, and the gardeners got ready their frames. The young man selected from his monster turnip s a number of tho best, planted each in a large flower pot, and put them in a new. hot-bod. Day by day he watched them grow, tended them with minute care and per sistent nursing. They rewarded him abundantly, and by April showed signs of throwing up flower-stalks. Patience Lovering disappeared utter ly.. It was said she had gone to Boston, but some said it was New York, or Lon don. Yet one remembered and know, because lie still loved her ; but ho held his peace — for grief. At last it came — the harvest of seeds. He had now seeds of the monster turnips. By every means possible no kept some of the turnips back late rink) tho Rum mer as samples of tho variety. Ho called it the “ Good Friend Turnip, ” with a touch of sentiment, and he took indue to make it known that he had seed of this superior variety of turnip for sale. He raised a new crop in the same manner us before, and at the horticultural exhibi tion he exhibited the “ Good Friend, ” greatly to the astonishment of the rural The \like of these turnips had never been seen, and every farmer for miles around was in want of tho seed. A certain seed dealer came anxiously to the house one evening, and asked tho price of the whole lot of seed — about half a pint,\ The young man suddenly changed his tactics, and said that there would bo no seeds of the “ Good Friend ” for sale till another year. The result was that every one was the more eager to pur chase, and tho young man took orders for tho next crop,of seeds, at the rate oft twenty cents for a single seed. His mind skipped nimbly to the future. If this turnip, so goodly in shape and Bi2e. were selected for seed* would! not ite seed retain something of its qoblc 1 turuq. at a meal. Moreover, they “ ftte proportions f If the fittest were nuffie * very weU, ” as reported by tlw editor of The snow covered all tho land aud blocked the railroads in every direction. It was past nine o'clock when the last train came in from the city, four hours late. The passengers straggled sleepily out of the snow-covered ears, aud stood shivering in tho desolate station, fearing to venture into thedeserted streotsof tho town. Tho tall shoo shops stood grim and white in tho night, tlioir many win dows, dull like glazed eyes, staring out on tho night and storm. All out, John? ” said tho statiou- mastor to a , brukemau who had passed through tho train. “ No; there's a woman asleep here. What shall I do with her? ” “ Bout her cut. Wo can ’ t stay hero all night. ” The brakoipan did Ifis duty as kindly ho knew how, aud tho woman took up her child, wrapped it in a faded shawl, and stumbled out of the ‘ ear, and crept along the platform to the street door. The station-master stood by the door, keys in hand, as if to- look up. The woman paused a moment at the entrance of the deserted snow-covered street, and asked if there was a cheap boarding- place near by. The mail knew of none, save tho hotel up in the town, nnu then he moved the door as if to urge her out into tlie street, Bho took the hint and went out, anil instantly the door closed behind her, and she was alone in tho streets of her native town. Bho tried to recall the houses and-streets, but could make nothing familiar, eo greatly had everything changed. Bhe walked on for some time, little heeding or earing, so long as sue went on and on from the terror behind. Bhe passed several streets, and then sho saw a light, and going toward it, found it was a warehouse, where tho clerks were still busy late into the night. By tho aid of the street lamps she made (Jilt the figure of a golden turnip, with this legend beneath it: “ The Good Friend. ” Suddenly the door opened, and some one came out and started to walk briskly up the street. It seerned as if her knees gjiye way beneath her, and she sank down in the snow. My good woman, it is late to be ont. Why do-you not go home ? Ah I pardon me. Perhaps you are ill!?*' Ho took,ft match from his pocket, and when it blazed np ke held it close to her face. • Bhe tried to hide her face with her arm, but he gently drew it away. Sud denly there was ft loud call, and-r-that was all ahe remembered, till some tame after she was awakened to sense and feeling by warmth and light She was upon a bed, and an elderly man stood overkor.,witha bottk) and spoon in his hand. ' ^ Take a little of the wine, madam, and we ’ ll soon have you all right. ” Seeing that her eyes wandered, ho added : Never fear ; I am the doctor. The child is safe. ” Sho snt up on the bed, and looked rouhd tho room. Tide is not the hospital? ” No ; something bettor. Drink this, and you-will soon feel stronger. ” Sbe drank the wine, and then lay back on the pillow and tried to Mcall hoi- Boat- ’ tered thoughts. On the wall was a litho graph of a number of turnips — absurd aud- monster turnips, fit for the feeding of a mighty family. Beside this were pictures of other vegetables, and all of inordinate proportions. Suddenly sho laughed, and then the tears oamo. It was all so strange and so wildly im probable. There wore footsteps in the room, and she listened eagerly. A 'Shadow foil on tho bed, and some one stood before her. “ Patience. ” Sbe was startled, and turned away in mingled shame and grief. It was true : it was his house, his home, and — Ah! there was.another near — a woman. “ Patience, do you not know mo ? ” What could she do or say ? Her mouth was parched, and tho sobs choked her speech. Shi) did nothing, till at last lie todii her hand, and thou her thin fin gers tightened round his ns if seeking help, protection, forgiveness — every thing. But that woman — who was she ? “ Mother, sho knows mo. Please leave her to me. ” Her fingers tightened closer on his, and there was a movement of the arm as if to draw him nearer. He oamo nearer, till at last her head was pillowed on his arm. For a moment she lay thus in silence, while the tears (lowed, At lost she saicj, slowly : “ Cun you forgive me, John ? ” __ . “ Forgive you?. Yes, ami more. Now that I have you safe, you shall never more leave mo. ” ' “ But, John, he —” “ Ho is dead — ho was killed in. some street brawl yesterday. It is in all the evening papers. ” “ She neither cried nor in aiiy manner noticed this, save to say, sadly: “ lam glad. He — ho was not a good man. loved him once ; but it is bettor no. ” Then lie found words U> say all that had been in his heart those years, Sho heard it all in liappy silence, and then she said, with a faint truce of tier old manner, “ How came you so rich, John? You aro well offi I see it plainly. ” “ Turnips, my love, only turnips. The house of 'Emerson & Co., Seed Growers and Dealers, ’ is founded on turnips. You shall have a quarter sec tion of a Good Friend Turnip for dinner as soon as you aro able to oomo, down. — Bazar. ___________ Curious Chances. Ifivhig In Boston. A Boston man informs thof/lote that lie saves 8250 a year on a salary of $1,000. He allows $1-14 for rent, ©100 for food, $75 for clothes for his wife,$50 for clothes for himself, $30' for theatres and con certs, $37 tor fuel and lights, $15 for cur fare, and $30 for incidentals for himself, including an occasional cigar, but no strong drink. He assures the Globe that ho not only gels along on $750 n your, but sits ut as good a table as ho wants, dresses us well os other men in his rank in life, and that bis wife finds $70 n year sufficient to lysop herself in, good appearance. The oireumstauee that she is her own dressmaker and mil liner explains the secret of her being able to dress well on $70 a year. That Sols)' Hoy. < o, Johnny 1 ” cried a nervous moth- do have some pity onniy poor head I Can ’ t you play without ^shouting so? ” Poor Johnny drewup the tApo reins with which he was driving two chairs tandem, and called out in loud, hoarse whisper : “ Get up — whoa 1 ” Hut at length, find ing little pleasure iujbis suppressed amusement, he throw down his reins, and, laying his hand) upon his breast, said, with a long breath, “ O, mother, it's full of noise in hero, and it hurts me so to keejl it in I Don ’ t all the little boys make a noise when they play ? ” “ Yes, Johnny, I believe they all do,\ replied the lady. “ O, then, mother dear, ” cried Johnny, in a winning tone, “ please leVmebea little hoy. ” We will join poor Johnny in his petition. Please mother, let your sons be little boys while they may. Let them have a free and happy childhood, that when your heads are low hi tlie grave they may point back to those days and say, “ Wo were happy children, for there was always sunshine where our mother was. — St. Nlcholui, A (iood Btorjv A good story is told of Mrs. Mockay, wife of the illustrious bonanza Califor nian. It is said that the lady applied to tlie prefect of the Heine for permission to place electric lights in front of her bouse in such a maimer that they would illuminate the Arch ot Triumph, so that her guests on a certain occasion might have ft dazzling view of that architectural wonder, tlie Mackuy mansion being near the arch. The prefect found it impossi ble to grant the request ; but the lady, like all ladies, insisted, and when ft flat refusal was given, she -odd, “ Well, how much is your arch worth f ’ A Versailles'wine-shop keeper was at work in his cellar, when suddenly the ground gave way, and ho fell into . what was at first thought to bo a well ; but on lights being brought, tho hole was found to bo the entrance to another wino-oollnr, containing some of the best,, vintages of Franco and Spain. The arohioologisth of Versailles were aroused ; and their examination proves that this mysterious subterranean wine-cellar formed piirt of the Pavilion dn Rendezvous,which Louis XV. annexed to tho Paro-aux-Corfs, about which so - many queer, things are. related by the court ohronioiors of the period. Tho wine is aaid to have at- trnoted connoisseurs]'from all ports. — A farmer in tlio neighborhood of Tavistock was as lucky in another way.- < Iu re pairing an old mahogany secretaire, knocked down to him at an auction, lie discovered n secret drawer oontaiiiiug forty sovereigns, a gold enamelled ring, and a lot of securities for money, one of wliioli was a cortifioate for over five hun dred pounds tliroo per cent, oonsola. An old sorap of paper d-ited 1700 led to tho belief that forty guineas had originally been placed there, but had been taken out in modern times and replaced by tho sovereigns.\ A French lady not long since frequent ly missed some of her valuables in a most unaccountable maunor. One day her ,<i«vant fell down stairs and was sovoro- lylnirt. On acting tho good Samaritan and pburlug oil into, her wounds, tho mistress was astonished to find nil her lost jewels in tlie pocket of her maid, who, it seems, had all the time boon the culprit. — How much of tenor accidents eontribute to the loss ol money scarcely needs comment ; but the maimer in which a gentleman lost all Ins winnings ut play is worth repetition, us an iustauoo of tho fickleness of fate. Ho had won nine hundred pounds at the “ green table ” at Mtmuco, and was only waiting for his laundress to bring Ids dozen shirts home before bo should quit the place. Tlie laundress, however, did not turn up at tho appointed time, and to while away the hours, ho went into tho Casino. Of course ho played — and not only lost nil ho had ulrondy won, but twelve hundred pounds besides, which made him heartily wish lie hud - loft the shirts behind,'thut cost him one hundred pounds apiece for the washing. Among those who have boon most re- , markably affected by accidental surprises are the de-i and dumb, and tides of un known antiquity relate bow speech or hearing bus been recovered or improved in this way. A h a casein point: -About 1750 a merchant of Cloves named Juris- son, who had become almost totally deaf, sitting one day near a harpsichord while some one' wus playing, and having a tobsoco-pipo in his mouth, the howl of which rested, aaoideiitnily against the body of tho instrument, was agreeably surprised to hear all the notes in the most distinct manner. Thiiriicoidimt was a happy one, for Joriusc n soon learned, by means of a piece of hard wood placed against his teeth, the other end of which was placed against the speaker'll tooth, not only to keep up a conversation, but to understand tho least whisper. Other euros have been brought about less by skill 111 an by aooideutal cii-immstaneoH. There is a story of a Frmiiihnmn who, through oe-swnrd-woiirid received in a duel, Kitfl'erod fi-om internal nbseesHes, which form'd him to walk in a stooping posture. Some time after, becoming engaged in another affair of honor, this time with pistols, the bullet of ids ad versary chiiuocil to pass exactly through tlie abscesses caused by tlie foniiur wound, which, making thorn diseliarge, notonly rclleved'liim fromJtlio stoop, but caused him to walk with Wher a stiff carriage ever afterward. \ — Snt only have some of the ills to which human flesh is heir been cured by accident, but life itself lino been pre served from destruction by the same means. Lives are often lost by nocidonl, it is true ; but liow they have also bwn saved by the ejmnco detention of passen gers from traveling iu., ; sliip» or trains thut have afterward become wrecked is well , known. The wri'er ciiu testify to tho escape of a sailor from wind is called a wut 'ry grave, owing to'Jsek happening to be tipsy, uud incapable of taking his place in a boat putting off to a wreck on the Isle of Man count, v.-lien invited by ins companions to take an our. Tim boat put off without him, aiid its,crew were nil drowned, When it crowd col lected on the banks of the Bt, Martin Canal, iu'Fraiimi, not long since, It was a lucky thing that a man who lived nesr was urged by his wife to go and see what was tho matter. Upon arriving on the nee no of action he learned that a child had fallen into the water ami disa| peered. Being an expert swimmer, ho plunged into tho spot, marked by a few bubbles, and rescued bis own son, u lad aged eight, who in playing had slipped over tlie bank. HAIR IX THE HEART. A Htory.ltant Way bt> .llcllovctf The Cincinnati Jiiajuirer saysIn looking over a hetol register in Chicago a reporter saw the name of a prominent Southern physician whom he had for merly quite well known. Ho is a resi dent of a Southern capital. To detail the talk of tho evening is certainly not the intention of this brief article. Tho desire is to call attention to a eurious frank of nature, instanced in the person of a young negro woman who died of an ailmcut that in ito.'hntfpqbit bearings bnftlod skill or seieueo. The doctor is willing to vouch for tho truth of his mu-ration. “ I am aware,” said he, in relating tlie oiradmutniices, \that what I am tolling yon seems contrary to remain, and would bo reckoned by many, if not an absurdity, at loust a phenomenon that need scarcely bo credited, It was five years sineo that I was called up to attend a bright mulatto woman, said to bo suffering from eanoor. I gavo her my very best attention, and as tho awful destroyer was taut in the inoipieuey of its force, I out it out, and Huoooeiled ill, saving the woman's life. The wound healed, and to all appearanoos was unin- terfm-ed with. Two years later the woman was one day seized .with violent contortions, when she was apparently In the enjoyment of the very best of health, and fpll to tho floor, crying out that there was a needle ploreiiig her heart, 111 n short time the piviu subsided mid sho was immediately restored to her normal condition, experiencing no un pleasant rcsnlta from tho incident, But the fits became more frequent, mid two months fiom thut day were of daily im- ourreneo. 1 had boon summoned, but 1 could not make out the peculiar disor der. 1 found it was foreign to anything of the kind that had ever oomo mulor my notion as a practitioner. I called in some brother professionals, and wo held a long oimsiiUalimi, attempting to dmg- nose the esse. All om- efforts were ill vain. Finally, to make a long story short, the girl died in the midst of one of tier paroxysms. It was decided to hold a pojjt-moiiem examination of tlie body, as it was believed then) would lie some interesting revelations, i he girl Hud always oompluinod of a pain in the heart, though there was no .evidence of heart disease. At tin! time of lier (list attack she said a needle was penetrating her heart. We oimeluded, naturally enough , that the heart was in some man- mi- the seat of tho 'ailment. We so- loriliiigiy out it out, and here in the rbijmrhublc part of tho story. Running transversely llimugh the upper right corner of the heart was a fiilifqrin suui'j- thing, which, upon .close exmiiiuuliou, proved to be a eoarso black hair, .frac ing this with the utmost mire wo found that one end led Into the lung of the uufortmmte girl, while the other led up towards the armpit of the left Bide. What prompted me 1 do not know, but J looked to the old eanoor wound, which was left of the left breast, nearly under the arm. I there found a hair growing into the wound, It had grown out an inch above the piano where tho omiocr hud been, and m attending to that nlllle- tjiiu tlie hair hud been iudiioted into tho wound. It had, by Home almost impos- sible process of nature, gone on growing towards the vitals of tlie woman until it ptoreeii her heart aud began coiling in lihr lungs, producing a homorrlnigc of till) latter. We took the hair out ill three parts, and upon a measurement it proved to be twenty three feet in length. I have written this astonishing esse up, and design pnblbhilig it shortly, With several medical dlsquisitioua upon it friim some of Urn ablest' liens in the South.\ ' — Love is what distinguishes, for every maa is M b own love. ¥ — Tlio-lnramn heart Is like heavens the more angels the more room, / — One should seek for others tho liap- liinoSa ’ oue desires for one ’ s aelf. — Our glonous aspirations, whieh give us life, grow torpid in thodiij of worldly hustle. ... ; j — Deference is the moat complete, the most indirect aud thp most elegant of all compliments. -Anti-fat is the name of a now medi cine. Our compositors don ’ t want any of it in thoir ’ n. __ Good counsels observed are chains tii grace, whieh, neglected, prove hnltors to strangle uudutiful children, It doesn ’ t pay, says an exchange, to run a paper in a town where tlie people rend nothing but oirena posters. If duo strives to treat others aa he would be treated by them, ho will not fall to oomo near the perfect life. --A brave man is one who is not afraid to wear old olothoa until lie can afford to buy new. All editors aro heroes. 1 always onll her my dear wife, ’ aaid Mr. Jenkins, “ and I mean it. You ought to see tlie bills that come in. ’ ’ — Ala<lyuptowii,juktngabout “ her~ none, said : “ I had nothing to do with shaping HT' - It was a birthday present,\ — San Francisco lias developed the champion cruel practical joker. He put Ids wife ’ s, fatso tooth in Ids pookot and oarrled the melars to business. What Ids hotter half remarked to him whence returned at night had better, be left uu- sidd, In this country when a man thinks he has a grievance against all mankiuif . I xftt l tf ill lull'll fit 111 1 1111*1 \ GiiBEHliAOKH. — Brink Pomeroy advises every greenback club to have a drill master, and every member of those clubs ti> make himself as “ proficient ss | k / k « i - bio in the manual of oriiia. ’ ’ That a the way to do it. If a man doesn't want to take a greenback, jub him with your bayonet. The most of us, however, will not bo stubborn he culls a odavoutinu of otiiois similarly nflliotod to uympulhizo with him and pass resolutions for publication j but in Fruuoo lie buys a cheap rape and hangs himself, aud that's the end of It. — Thut veraeious ulieet, the A' i iim J.rl- ter, says that there ia a girl in Santa iliu-lmra with such a big mouth that the other day when aho andled at a fellow on the street it kind-himrted little hoy- exclaimed with great earnestnesa : \ | sink out, mins, your lid's coming offl ” - A lady at sea, full of dolionlo appre- hensitmu in a gale of wind, cried out, mining other'pretty oxolnmiituiim, “ We ahull go to the bottom; mercy onuii; how my head Hwimat\ “ Madame, never fear,\ aaid one of tlie suitors; “ von ean never go to tin) bottom while your head swims. ” — A new clerk In a drug-store was ilia- charged the other day fieeauae lie didn ’ t know how to look wiisi, roll Ida eyes, and say “ anvcnty-llvo emits \ without turning red in the faee, as he handed out a little powder that had oust the oon- eern two cents and a fraction. F,motion aud business don't jingle. Mr, Hepworth Dixon onoe attended nmaalted ball without a mask or dom- Tho lady of the hodso, a little piqued at this slight, approached him aud said-. “ Aud'pray, sir, wlmt ohnmoter do you assume ?” \I appear uu a gen tleman, ” aaid Dixon. “ Ah I n eupltul (llugntsii I\ and Hnpworlli withdrew for repairs. — According-to n llohninian popular superstition, it is uiiliielty for a lover to, visit Ids swoethesrt except on Tliiirsdaya and Sundays. The saving in nandlos in simply inealmilable, Hud the young wo men of the country being thus enabled to gel five nights' sleep every week, pre- Boivollinlr singular beauty for a great umiiy yoara, ” > — Ho got up this morning, fouling heavy at lioui-l, without knowing the iiuuae, He went to the buck door, and Ihoro saw Ids guidon, the pride of hla waking hours and tlie imhjool of Ida dreams, looking like an editor's ■office. He snt down on the doorstop and said : \ Of all tlie sad wordu of tongue or pen, • the Buildout, are these, 1 keep a lien I\ — Turin rn Falht /{n/inrti'r. --Ills not always s snocessful opera- tion til touch a two-years-old child ils prayers, however intelligent it nifty bo. Tlie other day ii young nuitlicr wss show ing off the ourly piety of her offspring to soiiio eallers, tlie result being much ly ns follows ; “ (loi'licitspapii, (linbess- mumma, Gorbesiilmliy, avyergiitsiiyesn- dy V\ Thai infant thought religion waa sweet, anyhow. After Many Years, Assn tiling ike Itesiionslhlilly. — Courier-Journal, — Three-fourths ol the coffee imported to this country conies from Brazil. Hut jtis a remarkable f»ot tlint three-fourths of the people here drink nothing but ** puro old goveroBaeflt Jam Till! New York Herald sayiiNearly ten yeura ago the cashier of tho Mer chants' Exchange National Bunk of this city absconded liftin' having roblied the bank of a hundred and fifty tltoiisuiid dollars, He wim arrested and held to ton thousand dollars bail, which lie for feited, Yesterday lie was arrested in this city, having for years been sueceas- fid in eluding the vigilance of tho police, lie hua been most of. the time in Mon treal, and Ms arrest now wus owing to his betrayal by (in ftcqiiniiitaneo. Ac- cording to the def miter ’ s story Ida stolen money did not do him mimh good. He left mi honorable and remunerative po sition, which he might still have fill- sineo he possessed the confidence of all the olllcers of the bank. He is now pen- liilcss, and lifts ml several owunioiis since his flight been compelled to beg for bread. Wo are told Hist “ the way of the transgressor is hard,\ mid there is every reason why it should lie so. Men who commit crimes are not generally the sort of persons .wild live easy, pleasant aud liiirmlnss lives afterward. In this ease llie iintiiliut of one. hundred and llfty thousand dollars did not suffice to enable llin illslioiiiist cashier to lay by a competence or even to guard against penury. Certainly his way him been hard, and if it were not ior tlie easy lives, iiaiidsonie establishments uml heavy bunk accounts of some lif« bi- Hiiramso directors mid sayings bunk trus- tocs we might believe Jhst all trans gressors suffer a similar penally. — The wife of the Indiana Hoouler, when he asked her advice as to the quantity of land he should buy, replied ; “ Git a plenty while you're a gittiu , that s my it a picul; motto,\ The most splendidly-endowed hospital in the world, probably, is Guy's. Guy wim son ol it TTmnion lighterman, mid became a bookseller,-growing well-to-do by contracting with the University of Oxford for the privilege of printing Billies, for which they had a royal priv ilege, His fortune was, however, made by buying up the eerlilleatos of pay due given to suitors, when the Government had no funds at liitiid wherewith to pity them, in Queen Anne ’ s time, uml by bulky speculations in Buulh # Heu stock. Hut lor a most trifling oitiuui his money wou/d probiibly never liuvo gone to eliuritiible^nirposes. Ilohiid dolurmtmxl to iniiny Ids inshl-i erviml, and, propum- tiiry to the wedding, ordered the pave ment to bo mended ill front of ids door- (jj a point which he marked. The maid, while he was out, observed a 'broken pliu-e lit tho pavement which the paver left untouched, and pointed it out. “ Yes, I know, ” said the iiiun ; “ but Mr, Guy told me not to go beyond tils mark.\ “ Well,\ said tlie maid, “ mend that place, I ’ ll take the blame If there ho any. ’ ' Guy, probably hiking this as au assumption of (lie brooches, wmt greatly Irritated, and broke off tho mutch, lie- aides erecting tho hospital, at a cost ol over ill H.ttlKi, mid endowing it with £220,- OOi), he erected alms-houses and a library ut T ’ siiiworth, Staffordshire, (where his luotlior was born, aud for which ho was member of Parliament,) gavg £2,000 ft year to Christ's Hospital, and left £00,- 000 among those who could prove them- uelves in any way related to him. His bonofttotimm'ftro the larges^ ever mads in England. Ho lived to elghty-ouo, long enough to see hla hospital rewed in. It uow has a princely iuoomo from Ms endowment, mm:
