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ADVERTISINC RATES EVEiLY WVEDNE4TDAY MtINOrd ;. ro At Newberry C. 1.,m BY THO F. PGRENKERt ee E,U :or an i Proprie:or. r ne t hn XltC Focal Houm 20Cet er., Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets &c r aey The pai,er'g stop ped ::t the expir:tion of f;mv 1'0: %vich itis ai. A Y~v .1i ,, n itL.o!e ..xp,ir..tion of sub- V. IX. IWE DNEtDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1873. No. 51 DoewTh ermnend iptb EDIT. Yu LEAVWILL1 1EARJI IN FURNITURE ofA 1.L,ST Y 1.V% AN D G RAi1 s, Co:nistin; of Waflnut, CineAuut and Painted Cham. ber Setts, PARLOHR SUITS, BUREAUS, Washstands, TABLES, 13EID STEADS, ('li.k !ks. to suit a!!. Bo.k-.( :- aI Writinz Desks. lWindow Shadte. UId Fi.tures, -V-ull Paper aid Border. PIC'UE FLAEMES made to Ir (ltr. Entr.u~i: beree ILeavell & Spearmian NEW CABINET WOK SHOfPPJ Respectfully in forti; hiir friends and the nr. g.-rllV,tharttev I.;ve on h.id and BEDSTUAM", 7. l RS1,18 And all Kinds of Furniture, And will rep:dr ts w ll :.:s make thv same int th I1-t m-nner with e:xedition, an:-1 at i'nzdiae prices. CUNS STOCKED N arly, andl anY kind of % ork in tieir I elxieted in higi ha sarisfactor m atnn(r WORK ROOM 0:ne doo North of L. 1. Marshall's L. a 1ra1t. Oct. ?, 39-tf. Dry Good 0 1s Av CMillulerP !JUIf A\ A% ITMR M T H MILLINERY Millinery Gods, R?IBBONS, Sik and Straw Goods, WHITE 600PS, Co rsc s, Kid Gioves, Hosiery, Parasols, amnd .Handkerchiefs. Now~ openL at Mrs. P. MOXWER'S, W. T TARRAiNT, * MOLLOHON ROW. 4;.s Coey Naddie&y, Jia: tess. 'T onh Le taie, meI. Apr. 9), 14-rf 0 . --reGti - Town Coun . invited i orderly condnet; N. Rol, --agent f The Wheeler *uano. Agency, of which 1:rove it the efficient chief f.nts, a: been removed to theson of ission Room of Mes .Sever:d machi sold to suit t we achines ms'otto ,the W of thy :r r the THOS.KD~ LAKE 1hEaving purchas ed th helrg an -Webb,, Jos1: & P't: kr, n e repcUt.fuly at no:we to the citiz.-s o.f N'.d-e.r:y anld -ur r otunding! comn'ry, th::!w at ae. ptrepiared to and do all kinds~ of REP. Hi~ Nt; in - IEEIMR IilT and BLACKSMITIlIl(. 4i-the most approved e' ..I .d t very -er.6deaite rates'. We have seduired. t.: servitces of compJI dipap?)t'trs of o:r b.e-ine. .a d a 01a e eti atoi u 3ian-if w!or ni be do:.t - n a sub,stanial muazz.: a tioni to the above we i::iVe 'igap~d t.." r'.t:tumba l ni:j' an:d I :ion-ller.ald .i pc.* coythree :n,.wz*.h 't ini .ed bill to is~ ofhee QL 2o, .;.-t f. VICK'S FLORAL 43UIDE. For 1874-. 200 PAGES: 500 ENGRAxVING, and COLO~RED 1 PLE PuiheId Quarterly3 : 25Ceus a ear F., No. Ir 1S71 jud~ issued. AGerrnan e liti at -Iime pric. v Address JM A M SVICK - Dec. 3, 48-if- Iochester, N. Y. ir 14he; !4n:. i i et !, i c l :i. r n : be, I:' , t rn. 1n :e1 D i.t' Lry Goods, Shoes, &c. c;M .. K CO.-WhilOtsahe a .,1 1: % ti! '1):y G;oodis ielers. Large :-so Inc't of Shoes or beb* nullk. ScF.\ L.L & POOL)I.-WVh,h-s:e and ret: .ios. .:oideries, .Not io.ns. &e. FNlliC;K. P. W.& U. i.- laer I:a inw. Pl:antation 'tupplies. 4y Goods, Groceries-. Clothiug, HaLs. Sho. Cotton Buye.s, &c. bNEAE iz. :7'OT, .31M.-enhr int t.Lneral .ercha la'. 'tz . 1 . r [4\ 1.J .-D yGo(mds, No'.:tilnA. (1l,1 e.F. in;g. lius ho aa13. . :and wreb-ca U '>)t. Ti' -.-- Ge.od :s. :t" ins, Clot Iwnt o' r r e - i .60 . . . . 3 i0.- Dcilt-1- i:: D) v y :;. . 1;o'l k -- , Nit. T r. k ry : auen rtl Rtn h: (lz .od or:t1k ils Boo. s and St.- io.e t: d . ds G 'rer cia , i..lt .e l i n hu Stovs and Tai Wae. .W. T.-De:tr in COokitu I HeJ14azi:1- Stoves. aLi ty L I1and price - runlenI m' Tin \"a.t or.iture-Ca:pesty. - ~ :. '.-E .S on lI"und a s:ie - ree nu:w . .\!t:ra a :..de. j i r2 In: an rICAlF'slailet. v :yb te ir d.nc wt .:. I. sp:aceh. Restaurants--Hotels. A 10 ;hAl L1L. L. 1.-Meals :$ 1r ed at v>a.' Fre.sh Fish and Uysters . !r in Gro"ries, Coifectio Photographiy. - '.: of l'tires takent. I4d PicturA i il iireewd Proflssional. iliI:. i' i-1-: & i PE.-.\t torneys-Pra tice in Ia t he Courts of this .-->tatela t14-friiied States Court. ! MO0RMAN & SCICMPEZIT.-Attorne at, Law. Prct-ve in al1 the Courts Ie S ate. : in ie nited statevs Col unIt. D I . .;.-Attorney at !. and V' i:.-r i I:: W.k ruiptcy fo~ :;i Cong,ressex Di-trir' Practi e in all the tvtts UNE-4. IRA J,.-kttornev at L-aw. Olik ..: .ian.stre-t, (,veLr 'Mrs. D. 31owei Monumlents-Marble. L E.\v:L., .L n.-Montumlents mIde to 1 der., amlal:lk imisornut1:!rb.e:mndgrant .Or*k necatly e.xe:ctd. 14 I'"ERS. I.. M.-Dealer in Foreigi tu $ >wIle.ti' 3: !.. mi n ie t nla, kyr0*er* i: a j h A V - !cs. Public Hall. Ml! h.!!:.iNCE I IA. I...-WillI be rented1 j pub: h* eitert aintaenson Moorniay. W~4 a.i'i iday :101 S.aturday iinghts o: ent reek. Manufctories. t.ili. .J:)NES &. P 'ulih-:n.--Manufact ers of UnrI tess~ auit S:iidlerv of 1 AIJ, T. M. & L.us.\I LL I- -;.I. --1n:anui ;aL4tn'. u'eIgigi w.ork of :41 kin .:ne::ty ex.eato.l. Iti (not .ins, of approved -tyle. t Cennissi Merchants. 'Il-F .~ Wd M. . ,& CO.-Auetioni ati Col i 1.-'i' ' . Alereh:mts. Sales twile. -l N!g . A.. .1. & CO.--Cumiisie 3 I,1rchantsa nn I.anter- in Fertilr. 'it :or (.ow.er., Co.x and M:arkl.-y'. 1.i: Cron Buyers-Grocers. i(C,It n ea.=nied it. e-. houses in I bt: %.\tL. N'. F. l-:.--!:naler in (roceies a: !iai:ti ntion tppies. C:it hat!vanced<4 Sg i.~f I :4.tao Supplies. I IardwVar IS'ELL .&"l'PA 'rl.\N.-Grocers at -ovi,t in DI.:aler-, lanitat ion iSupph G.ocaria. Ca.ned Goods, &c. C gE;:.. I. .- et- in (;rO(-erie-. (:a 4 ed- God.1 erfuley and Toys of: e ri tin. on:L.\cE.'I A.1 .trocer-ies. C:tm G t.:. nau it-tioneiries, Tlobacco at vi.o De\-l Plnttin pi ki:ti.< 4 -tned Good Ihgging, TRn E (4 nl. 4E o.Woea-:dUt C r ecionres Segars, Fruts. -R .;: .FrCm-h and Anmerica:n Cc etinere. Feinits. Nut ,. JtiTobaCc :a ,.gic N J . .\. 3.-Candy andt Ctin:eet!' R 1,f t.'is Fruiits inl sea:.oni, Ntst.. Jewelry andi Watchi Makers. pl.:C;L .a h iN F-D ealer in iIine Watcht ) . Ionk-..l ewe1ry,.silerandl Plated Wwa (et::Cl..s, Eye GhteS~4 Fan -y I ndol&-. Clothing. P a dm iT &c CI)PP1'CiK.-D e:Ilrs in Cl1o, e .t atl mo.ftimn's onttittii ger Miillir.ory-Dress Making. Ski:nis labetst titade mn 1at e-t sty. -N'! El:. MIll-. M.-D)res Mikinigafttr t est pa(tternis. Orders sotierted Draggists. an etaiC.LlD, let i n4t21ti Dr:1Js.rd em Gun a:J Lock Smith . 'h iiy Z. J I..Rpaie and Matker ' . .=P .,tot-, Locks,&c. Shi4 li Wines. Liquors, Segars, &c. E ".lt!,.t. :& CI .-W joles-aleanoo I 1) :n ! ealer in 7) Tobcco). .egar . : l1 :e. W i:t '.:O n Lignors. or pure1 ?nalit:e Tobacco, Tobacco. Wea. :tin r.'ceAl.t of :i> "'ES Mt~'B.C of.ro,gae n res T 3 l !$EFOh TW:as the night bef&Whrlo..:n.. when ai v. atin.:h the i'.,a: n,tL a Uc.:a.e n.':& -umuilg :,,>t even.C :: heI .gin werii--g by. the chimneyv I: 1: p lh::t S:. M'Iol:, 'xoilll -oUIiChe I'hie chi;dren were utled all snug in their ibeds. Wli! visions of sug-,ium danced through their heads. Art,l mirmina in i. -rebice, :ud I in ny C:.l. -I j s; ei tied our :tilis for a long win 3 he t: o: n t!. :t there arose such a I- i spr..ig frouw my bto see what w:as the I;: r. Away :tj tilk" l :.v like a fl . 'Ior open th:- !-hutto mnd threw up the . T1.; :won on ti:e bra of the nev-t:leu tave the ti!re oft'mid-y to objects l>elow. WhIen wh:l to Iny wdering eyes should - a;i e:r : mini:t!e h-ighl! vight tiny rvii- t 2 W h' :t1liu ! o!4 d!river, lire;y and quick Ikz in : i: nt it Ilt he Nick. Mun- r;Phl It.i E:aglhis coursers till-y! \ :si he I.i st ld:a:::,:l dand called thetn by mme. . t .Now WWr! nowt ar! now Piancer! I los' IXetI. t::w C! on Cupid! olonder and Ilix To ;iw TOp ,f the poreh) the top of tIe a n:ill! t Now d:% ii :1*:v. uI.Ch :y. -insh aw:v all! A. lelves that Iefr.: !eKk eaIe oy,- 1 "ilen fivy nicet with abstuc!e I1katUt It) o te -"y, s Ip to the 10'.1-e t0;>e couCr,ers they n-i: ti: slegh tiili ci' toCndv st. Nih lS d ud. t1 . in :1 t..iuklill" heard on t:e - 1'o.e1 ti r'he pr."tring ani plwiaolf each li:zit 11 .\ I - my 1:1 :C o b id, - w,. : turning i Dow:: the cli:nley St. Xi4ia camc with - a boun:Il. bul'11d Ie w,Ia; dro...cd ail in fur, ni his head to til his oot, And his co:ies were ali tariled with abhes UInd soot; .\ n 'ol' toys lie had flion his back, al : And nihe looked like a pedlart opening Is 1lis ees-how tIey twinkletis dimples- i] i 'v niekrtv: 1li cirt-cks were like rose , nose like a .che-rry: al I IIis 411ol ittle iutil was en up like a C. I: hus,. - lC Ar a!:eh on his chin as white as S th e s:now. ac -i!e stanp of a pipe he ltight in his i- .And t: Cmia.e encircled head like a 1D H{e 11111 a broad nace anId a Hitwund lIly 01 e 'l'h shook vii ic laugl:ed a >owl full CC ofj,-Ty. t lIe %-:t, chlbby and plump. :urigbtjolly ol I el": Anl I ]:Inlried wlen I saw iAt spite of gi - in.Ve6t. U; A wik of Its'- eyes and a twl his head - SC!I z:vc lte to kno()w I llothing to th dre:al- an le pk not : wond, but wenoght to his Work, b AI filled :ill the stoc% ings: the-ned witl D n1 tIl !aying 1 is fin::er asi.e of hSe,. d- .nd givin Cl .10od, up tIle chlinl he rose.'C lbe sp.C. tO is sleigh, to is C gave a su C d :ICa .:hey ail flewv like lhebnl of' the I - th ile.an 11 lu't I he:mrl iml (exeI:im ere I:C- out of' e iI. py Chistmas tO all, :uul I a good- Co 112!,'b to - I electtb to~ I I -, 01 IA ~Oji-I.1m ;n1v.t Pti, s A few ye:ars since (no mr how -' my :'C saf1tiee it to sa ft the i ti- - as uaequajaited 3rates~ an iIVd taxesi andl the. pricet. (abe' b the-reC hving been a doati the it Ch istmas day, our' annulta.ther " ing1 wouIld not take place. be. ht C ing ?athler usedJ upj and ar-fa-b AC iigned. I deterined to talIholi ~i day5 anId spendi the CThristmntt of t town. The resol utionl oneade. Ih diintywst decideon a de-st inai on. and with a blance ~ I looke d through the list ofrijta- i tions I had received. Fi:and uI "-for'emost I fonnd the nolel 1e ofa C: Dunsinan-his Grace the le of j) Dmiiane, whol is no0w ling "Iopen house at hi.s mnagnificvas ie. f"The Hfaggis." Renfrews. I Ia y'utiger hbroth.er, the HonIali.' 0011 colm Ma-bth. anid was siu-f a Ia One ore invitatiOnl I n1(, come m to us aLt Christmas, . el low", (w~hicht neveri meC(ansI an !CI nI ;- . nvariab1lyJ~ full whb:n yCir ri.1. 'ut yout c'an have Cy I ni'Ce bed'. at the Pig an:d Whie. Ver n i e Ie' ed-roomu sited (1 -I eiChe over. the staLble, whleihe fi hoss champ ando kick all niger above the tap-room. where tht-n- a ' vii al 1rustics5 per'sist ml loudr;x. IC p- lang what ml~ay halppen t>e r - i dlJigh 0on a shiny night:i invitation to Trmnnpington 11, loransoldspecimen of F. be:h' an. ar1chtectlure, sittnated ine heart of iKent, with a matgniit. gardenm. fmne hawn slopinig dow-o , -the lake, fine corn fields all roi, C atnd the best shooting in the coun Inside of the -househere ar-m ClOld family pictur'es, 5Cplendid oQu 4. paneling.~ queer little tmulhion adowsCh.~ and above aill, a rig .w hClllear'ty we'come. Old S Max Trumapington is a gentlen of the old schioo]-openl ha ' warma heart ;won t hear of your * ng away :5when once' he gets 6 there.. The1l lonse is always ftn? C and delightfuil gnis. W\ere ils any drawbacks ? Tes, confound of' ah~,rs somting:~ I was going' at. res.t andl health, and none1 but *- l sone vessels couild find thosIt Trmonimr111ton. : If not, you b n Of loIse. wild. Mad fuu, of pr:etical jes piUt to th-ir 'tmost extent. CXp,rnicIlcu '1 Sth seclles has II, been small, bui never was Ipr. at auch a sceni of liot as w:s enie E lisnw ail ICr:nans tried t tdo ecl'hCi tler in se song a. A0,*( SIng:r thle lalh Ll of Ca. rapid su1ccesstin, an 1ac memb:iiIiI o the pary w drunk himself. Pat IailLealt I preVelt(d me froml joit mg' to nmeh exent in the di, .ip:;ton, and I sat lool.-ing ol :I on whelWilcther I had Cyve fouid reatl aiiuisen.ent ins pandllemonimlu. A t I as t. wh1il () de TdOn was telling a wLerfa ofrun with the lBallyboth( n Aounds, half in English an li Germn tlnu landlod elitu L N!h roorm and dell" ed that i b : ise was persated in he shouk h ".apeled to cdl in the entd' armw11- . This anommewnient Tsa -iUd with Vells he wts -told t w,1: wuhom he lik"... Woudbii'l WlAtered so m e vague senitenc abi t 1Englin ha's Iouse's cassle. and.1 the landlord iotlired ialid ( roans. Tih uproar wa i,n , b11ut .tive m?inu1s baftur N head the0 hcy tr:ump of ti gens.t darmes aScendilg the stair s ald all of u1-i (Ceteiiined to 1C. Sist tae iniV:Iol by force. Some s'izcd st"iks, some laid hold o piieces of furniture to hurl at the intude alil I graspul an empty chamupagnu bottle by the neck and and slipp-cd it into ay coat pocket. ku-png may hand on it the while T do wailug open and the Chi& of p en -ed. leaving two of his men outside the door. "Gentlemen," sai l he. in an an thoritive voice, "in t'!e name of his Majesty I command you to quit this house at once.' A roar of derision was the reply. Suppose we don't intend to go. said a student with a red beard. tastefully decorated with scraps o salad, shreds of tobacco, etc. "Then I shall proceed to execute muy duties and turn you at once into the street." A econd derisive roar much louder t:thn tle first. the ho I y Malone!" sr.id D'Seardon. rising slowly before the Istonished1 gend'arme, and pulling inself up to his full height, -*ve a nind to thug Yon out of this win low. And 111 (d) it. too. before you an say 'knife.'" He made two ;teps forward and seemed about to xecute his threat, when Zintorski nterposed. "One minutc," he said. "Gend' Lric., where is your permit ?" The -end'are looked astonish d 1t ild not reply. .Your perit ?" repeated Zin oi ski. "You are aware that after nidigh't no gend'arme can enter a yrivate residenee without a special >ermit from tihe burgomaster !" *'frr G-ra&f," stuttered the wretch ;d fuinctionary. edging toward the toor. "I-I regret that-.--" hie courage failed him. He said to more*. but rushed down the t:airs f' llowetd by his men, and in a 'iinute we heard the door close be Inune11diately upon their depart re fresh wine was brought in. and he orgies continued until about 2 'elock:. when the party broke up. I ad seenred a bed at a house where had lodged in~ mIy student days. ad i t so happened that my way iy a diffL?ent direction from hi:tt of my companions: I therefore ade them good nih.and started if alonte. It was a dull. nmrkyv ight. with a sharp sleet' drivingl *om the north :the only light :Thed pona the wretched streets was -omI thc oil lamps swung at inter ris across the road. On I hasten 1. wrapping myself up in nmy large Jat, and meeting no one. Not a mnlhd did I hear until. just as I as reaching tile street where my (dginags was situated, which turn. 1 up out of one of the pirincipal al ys of the town, I thought I dis niguished the sound of advancing otsteps5. I listened. anid was cona need that my surmise was correct. it thinking ntthig of it, I pro eded up the street. I had reaeh I myv door, a-id was endeavoring turn thie lusty pilece of German echmanisml supposed to be a key. d mlllntally contrasting it witl y own nea~t Chuibb at home. when o0 mfen advance~d toward me.fol wed at somle (dist .nre by a third. uis I. could just distinguish by e light of a neighbor ing lamp. tilth two menCi camel uip to ime one them said, "Good night." 'Good ght,' I rep)lied1; "oor rather good orninag. for it must be almost that this time." The words had arcly escapled my' lips when the r'emost man hit me a tremendous ow between the eyes which lit up] thousand candles before me anid oeked me violen tly againlst the por, I hleardIsomething crash. In< second( I recollected myself-it is the champagne bottle I had iced in my pocket when the nsd'armes entered. In 't second< gra'tped it by the necl, withdrew from my pocket, and whirling i in the air brought it down on the: ad of my assailant. He gave one oan and fell heav~ily to >m the wondr.like a mpaio turned and fled, 'whili e third man, who all this time re ined at a distance, almost im- ! tdiately made off. My state of, rror can scarcely beC imlagiined. I1 eit down hy the man's side I thied his head with water. whl1ih vas fortunate enough to procure: 1 strove to staunch tile blood whichi 1s pouring from the wound. I 1 oke to h:im-I offered him all nay >~ney if lie would only look up. was in momentary dread of the ] rival of the gensd'armes. and of* ing conveyed to prison as a mur af derer. For more than an hour did ts I remali in this fearful state. The y m1:1m niever opened his eyes. but lay A apparently in a lethargic stapor. I N one came nuar me, and my ex t citelaent Was at its height, when by t. the' dL_,yLning liht I perceived a fig ueC appr1o lun. It neared me, -1 'nd n it tioudht I rec d the a ompamon A ti r.shber. Not a urwl spohen. l with my as I Sistance hw ral:d h!is f-,ind. twined hs arm-11S 1 him :QiLA half cac id, hali diagge"d him out of sight. I ne(d s(arttAr sXy that I did not ou tuCe th:t niUht. I wem inm, ste1k a light collA-ted the few thifgs tp:wlkcd from iy airt h bag, and, hCd!Css of mv friends and 1 ililelided pleaslure. hurried off by the firsttraiii and ruturned at once Sto Enlgland. so :ypre)ensive was I of the consegu ecs. Two years f paised. and 1 heard no more of my I nocturnal aventure. I had letters from O~Scardon and. from some German friends, full of wonder at my sudden departure, but giving no hints as to its cause. and the circuastance had almost faded from my rcollection- Last Autumn, howver I was again in Germany : and h,aring that an old tutor of mine had liccomle Prottstant chap lain at the jail of Verdun-a place a few miles froi Dussellberg-I went over to -see him. He acted as ily cicroe round the prison, and while going through one of the wrards I caught sight of a face that m1rCd me faint. This face belong ,: to a convict, a short. thick-sA Wian, Who 'was sitting apart from . the resk. I reeognized him in an instant as thu man who.n I nearly murdered. I approached: he-raised ais heal. started and then grinned "Do yot know me !" I asked. do." he answered. --I only saw Vou once. as you came out of the iaddler's door, but you saw me af Ler that. and gave me this." He raised his ,natted hair as he spoke. and showed me a red scar on his temple about three inches long. I shuddered at the recollec tion. --And why did you attack me?" "Why, he replied. "because I was paid for it. as I had been for many more. That Polish count b %-,-as my master and partner ; we were one firm all that Winter. and shared alike. He pointed you out to us. told us you had won ii mensely at cards, and Ltad the mon ey about you. Ie was close behind ' us at the time, and if it hadn't been U for that infernal bottle---" "What then !" "-Why, if you'd given much trou ble. We should have pitched you into the canal ! And this was the explanation of r my Christmas Night's Adventure. e B A (IRL'S IDEA OF A MIAN. c< "Man's work, is done from sun to sun. tl Bt wontn's work is never done." g Standing elbow-deep in dish-wa ter. not many days since, this time- a worn saying riashed into my mind.| like an 'electric shock. causing me to drop the dlishCloth, while au em phatic That's so !' burst from my lips. My mother's ejaculationo' amazement at so startling an exli bition restored me in appearanceu to my want ed equilib)riumn, thoughi inwardly my indig-nation beat a thrilling tattoo to th igcups and saucers which ever and anon. erashed into the cupboard. And girls. whether you believe it or not. the short space of fifteen miinutes~tl saw my dishes all out of sight skillets and frying-pans not men tionab)le. whereupon I calmly and quietly seated myself to coo'l oft': but the more I tried, the more an: gryv I grew. till finally snapping myt fingers to that hypocritical old doc trine. l'artienice atd perseveraince atccomnplish all things,' I se'zed the broom anid duster, andI proceeded to vent my spleen upon T1 the numerous offensiv'e ai'ticles pC niearest my energetic grasp. Chairs liew in every direction, to say no thing of dust and cobwebs. and with every dash of the bi'oom on w~ent another layer of indignation. Xt this inte. then. I leave you to in indge of my probtable state o>f mind whei(n, at the expiration of half an be iour. just as I had seated myself to est a little from my arduous labors, are n walked an iir.portant member of ;h male sex, making an extr'emely Loothling observation. somnething af- lihi :c'r this style. --That he wished he mad nothing to do than to sit in k.m heC ho(use from morning till night ts the women all (did." ne Well ! it would be perfectly use- thi ess for mec to attempt to describe in nyv sensations, as every word in Webster's dictionary all strung to ~ether wvouldn't be enough. I was p)e ectually dumb. M[y tongue clove . o0 the roof of my mouth. All the pai ent-up ideas of the morning erow~d- a ad into my brain at once, and eon-st racted in my eyes. Sparks flew, if . anguage didn't, and if look-- could innihilate, I am qjute certain the wc forementioned individual would leparture with'al necessairy is >atch. I, meanwhile. striving to of ratlo'r up my dead-and-alive enler-sa lecs sufficiently to aim at his re reating coatskirts a shot with the er Meni are selfish creatures. the th~ >est you can make of it. and the nore ~vou humor them the worse sel hey get. They have been so long iccustomed to having the best of J ~verything. that they have natur-al- *the y come to expeCct it. There is a nouldy piece of sentiment, fished th< mp from the brain of some old bach-d let .i -eWIed old Sir Max beini, y inl that e a e 11 sloald1( takfe h5is : regular al luwanet( b -o bottl(-S) it was napoS L!e t.> s'hirk. :a>d theU 'next. mZorn . e(lIL: Was un:void th.le ; ei> that theIi nei Fusj lutiu AS I. a Ashtn )11n-l1 I w veri: stn>% 111 nIy :!!1 I! ll T m pingt)n. wiAi> ays uip to fu e Imiseite. s.W 11) bWX a fly-I repv;tt dis mntlyv. blow ,! 1, i L-"ff -ianc' S:Lee. yh. y wwuldil not believe it ws a v, caf'l nw )about it b-In.e tI 6:ol inllb dlv refor to the sh -(t in fearaL lyV su?sep otiblI ohf idicalv, T dared niit 1) to Trnyip n'toI Hall. Tli sea is a gd)k ;Wa aLt Clistmas. 61Sould I go B Brighton ? I askc-1 vself. No ahv Ii ek r I .tonI as the tronghold0 oflmonotoy. I)ay af er day the sa:ne people. S:uak old nihn-n. with monhs 'D n11)s heI se air- -saline oflicrs. w.itht tighit f.hs an Ld laCque!red mnl n s tallI s. t o to the feI?mal popula ti- i.o 1i iq st aIIm Bath lairs-slle' tait'y-trousered m I i> g."ail. (11r:"Ig an-l ntn aiJ blue Sky and- r-,.l p.w-'wmlnt. av ate r dV. No : I w mitiv at a loss. :m! 0o.n ini despallir andl hil,. on r - .aMlng in town, when a sudden loit lih-.: upn ie: I would D to Germany. to that old towni on ic banks of the Rhine where I had 1sSed my student days and pass ic Christmas in the society of the aversity students and the artists ho there do congregate. There I ould get a cordial welcome ; Lere I should be allowed to do as I -ed, and the change of language id mann-rs would brighten me up id restore me for the Winter Anipaign. My determination was arcely complete when I began to t Upon it. obtaied a passport Ld started off. I vill pas overi my journey to asselbaerg, and my reception there Christmas m1orning by my old mrades. Suffice it to say that of enty invitations I accepted two one to dinner at one o'clo-k. at a cat meeting of artists and stu nts. held in the Bokhalie, their incipal ImelP, or drinking house e.other to supper at the house of Englishmanu named V o o d idge, who had Come to reside at isselberg since my time, and to ioma this was myl first introlne "You nmst comne to Woodhridge's p)per," said Oheardon, a six-foot ishmnan in the Austrian servic.:md old friend oft min--O-~volnumst mne to Woodbridge's suapper. for all the devils Yon ever saW hei r s 'em all. We can't rmake ont iat he is. He's heaps oif nwniey. t no one knows how he gets it ; who he is. He colleet.s a won rfuil lot of people round himn. n?e of the faiste.st and inost riot s of the students here. and hi. s rays got a Polish count withi 1him .1 good-lo ok i ng, impertinen t ffnfdr(l who is so dreadfu illy ol sive thiat my longing' to kiek' him ' growing ito a pi5itive d1isease. m1 diomesticalted hecre a few )2ths, hais alreadyl h:ad s(eeral asi. with thei2 picC and go.vern it: and as they say to-night's p>er~ is to be the bolde~st thini las yet attempted. I advise von dl meanls to comfe. Ater having been talked to ini issitrainl. I nieed searcely say thate oikedl forward to my supper atj odbridge's wi th much enriosi ty. Ie -emnajimler of the day wvas spent kmiging about -and' in avr is\ dinner with the studlents, d 6 about eight in the evening' I an uyself at Woodbridgre' lodg HIe )enpied hIanTdsomefl aprit :'nts ver the shop1 of tihe princi Jl sadler of LIhe town : and when~ arriad there were some ten 0r doze young mien seated about.II me~ (iwhom I knew. d Seardy.h howAver, had mny namie eiinuteed. before a tall. ele 1 iid-h>oing mn of thirty years of i e( sh.ied~ forwardi. and a ddrss l mju apol ogized forV Wood aced ohit as C;ount Zintoirski ni id beg-d mec to take a cigar and ~ ake myvlf at home. There was a b aniknes:in the fellow's address s hiebl eoisp)onded but bladly with fo look otlistrust and shiiftness in b is eyes..nd I felt I could not a :(ip)roCa'is apparent warmh-il Our hosoon after arrived ( (nd do m? party uing very shortly com leted, wsat down to a gamer of nt-lq.i of pass thec time until 1) npper arred. Now, hating cards ith all miea rt, and never play. I iexceptheicn politeness compels i e(. I hiapp always to enjoy won- it erful luceland according, on Ihe ais occasi, when I was dealing, gr ad won konsiderale sum. My fr< reatest goneu1t. and :onlsequent- co the last loser, was Count Zin- t e:ethough he tried every i i:nmenvef wichl the gum. is sus- no ('p;ibl).i lacik still stood by me, he nid I Ic from1 theO tableu, haivinigk C leaneda1 out of his last I'ried- be rih di He was perfec ly calm. I oiigratted me on my luck. and I ook thout of the supper table, wi ir of man who felt himself mi urfeett home. I Real. we-re you ever present at ar (er students' supper p)arty? Ib BOY DEUCES. It 2; a delect.ablc tblng to jind. en iv occasion, the wicked boys of 1r period caught in any of their -Vi -traps." which are usuly. )th in design and excultiol. u )eakably dial-olica]. We have a tppy instance in point, which we Aate with a imlore unctous iliag tv tian we le in this e:}>eSad aie,to)cnfs to. Th1e S.en this inlcideIt w:s Oxford, N. Y. Cree bovs. at an Oxford seinary. du1lged thei-Selves collectively il 1at is, by such truants, familiarly L"Wl -S -h.okey. Having troub 4ompisc ary tasks. tir pu-silt nibbles anld )ites took. for a day, ecedenee of their pursuit of knowl -.11iknming" ne aornling A t;;,. 1110vitAC U!e wouldI W(ISt1rate the: folly of silhi a vai suit of h)piness as seekin the iocent lives of Spring Creek rch during school hours. they dis sed of the s,ensitive parts of their iol within tiee layes of panuta Is. allthick and wintry. to oper a1) opiahis, anui1.ating thec ise of pain. Three pairs each we u;ndrstood The weather, den1otel hv Iaenheit. was to) ctering to adIit of more than [os atte11uatd linen to be had l si oe of actual transparnCCT. th a sagaci ty. pcrbaps peculiar Oxfon )t dagogues. it was dis "ered that the penalty of bireh 3 nothing to the exta ordinary ltilools dispensation: and as a rciful conse.quenlcc. the flogging s dispeised with. The boys "a bcwilde.red and disappointed I iaving made such painful prep tions to es.ape the pain, they I uted this satisfaction of triumph< the score of buirch. Bat iA was i 1ied. and after six hrs of pr Iing. iquifying, oozing at ev pour until nearly dissilved. master cald themh beforc the I ool, relAte' thei nc and ed their attention of the other NVwho hpond nut at that I laeut to be in the act of offend , to the feeble and flabbv coudi- i i of t Ci11cupits urging upon practitionIeVs of -Iookcy," of >111 there were many, the nether I e, in place of the lively and ex. .ratir g birch. Go it boy.--; - simple matrimonial rlan is that c pied in Australia. which is re- I d as follows: -How did vou t ae to wsn tec afct:ons so :ly. Dan ? Ti:e receipts wortht Sh that wsimple I)g, r:phd b. -The . first c it I arrived at th! ;. ! ging-house e und myself :ti-ng Iext to a S g uzan at supper. who, I h I found. was onof the newly ved emigrants I looked her h All,a saw she was a round. fi ng, cherry-looin a ss with a t -!n-ne nd though 't she'd dO. (li't know how to go foolin' S od her to find a soft pliace (as would haveo done. sir- no of- t e to you) but just spoke a o! .1 or two with h'.rc. anid when k u:Ont ito the passage gave at a squeeze and a kiss. Says ti 'How dare you !' Says I, I1d Ls to mrarry you., my dear.' -Mar- 1V Ie ' erid sheI. laugthing~ ? 'why,. hv )nt know you. -No more do t mi. my dIa:-.' says I. 'so that g .s it all f:ir -md Cequal.' She v: t know how to put a clapper in jiat so she only laugthed and hi shie coin't think of it. 'Not to i of it,' said I, artful like, -not hi 1 you've come all these thous- 0r of miles for thme puripose ? sh: it do you mean l' said she star- w -Comec now' say L 'Joint tell w; I knows what's what. When eh ni imnngr' 'atiloises. it's to get thi :when a womanLi immiagration- Si it's to get mai:rried. You may to ail do it at once. Well, she a led a bit, and we were soliced chi .lays after wards." ed bashful young muan wrote an cii al of love to a young lacdy waiteu an answer thIroughrl the b H1 got the letter next eve- t d and hu.rryi ng to his boarding II c with it, was on the~ point 09 b nfg it when some onec camne to eII door. and he was dbliged to , it quickly in is pocket. Hef I went into a saloon. anid takinr ~. I itioni in a retired corner. was ih t to open the mi ssiv e. .the passimg to and fro of h ger's made him more timid. T he0 again sholved it into his d A1. and slank out doors. Hec f several pace ((s with n~o better ss. and finally returned home, a t once went to bed. where lhe Ol( din a statc of awful sus. off until not a nloise was heard of e house, and then, being as- hji l[that he was entirely free from sh< rauption. he stole quietly out of p opened the letter with tremb.m inge'rs, and through a mist of saw that he was indebted ch e druggist for live bottles of hie .de. .%.75. s co Southern paper, which has J I that fish1 is good brain food. t.s to the.. hotel keepers to i.uily supply the meimbers of bc r i,latur e therewith. New Ormpaer*sys that Lining for? young man at a party Monayi ng being asked if lie could play arpsichord, wanted to knows i. ha s anything like seven up.) hi: bat Vegetable ought always~ to the pize/~ at agricultural fairs c d abbage. for it will always be a- sai iin a mian's b)usiness is rapidly a ing down. it is time for him to h of wiingm i nn. frn Snikes 1iade up his mind to Ston eiw!:g. He never wa man01 a chiewer, anyhow, i. -a- 11 hadn't used tobacco it a few years, and rarely consuslm.d nli01e t .:m an ounce p iplr :L day. ft h lared the hab: rilgt 'et hohl of him and heeo':" xe t Ili iL* there was a( i , ml.: becm a .iave to a ha' h!:. It. hae hd used the weed som. to be s!ri-.. but there had nv r been a time during. the la-t tel years when lie coild not Stop at any m Coment. But so log .s lie did not becomle habitual in it use ie not care to Stop. UT could break off at any minute, and it was a great Satisfaction to feel so. ThoUpson he thought, was an ahject slave to his pipe. lHe pitied Thompson. for he had seen hompson try to stop smokin several times, and failed infloi nously every time he undertook it. But Smikes wanted to show his wife how easy he couid quit:. So one moruilng lie remarked care lessly to Sanantha that he guess. ed he would stop using tobacco. Samantha said that she was gad of* it, and added, imipeteously, xbat Ihe had never said before. dut it was a vile habit. Smikes ippeared a little nervous a,nd con used when Samantha said this ind mumbled out something about )eing gld be had never got into t himself. 1n his agitatol le )ulled out his tobacco box and ,v:s about to take a chew when he *ecollected himself; and plunged )Ut Of the front door, forgetting us :mbrcda. About half way to ho omie e meiCt Jones, w ia vhom he was haviing" some bu-sI 1ess transactions. While the- were alinvg the thing over Smikes got luttle elthusiastic, and he had Irmost r,ached the oflice before 110 iOte:d that he was rolling ant a commonly lump quid aroudl us miouth like a sweet morsel. le puzzled over that little thin ,i the rest of the forenoon, and at st he took it out of his mouth ,nd threw it away satisied that C must have taken it while talk 1g with Jones. Twice that after Oon S%nikes took out his tobacco ox and looked at it. Once he ook oil the cover and smelled of he tobacco. It smelt so gooti ha1 Sml-s "lt im1peiled to re iark to himself that it was the asiest thing in the world to stop hewing. He congratulated him. a! gi and again that day that e d: cot become entangled iii IC meshes of the filthy vice, and e aluded to the matter three or i tiines that evening at the tea Lble. til Samantha mn a r v e I e d reatly at t he fi r mn ess of mi kes. She had always heard. she said m:t it was a hard thing to leave T. B3ut Smikes had told her. and pt telh:g her that it was "just easy." and her reverence ' br e iiestrength and inidepen nee of character of Smikes grw ea gourd. That night Smikes id the nightmare. Hie thought at a legion of foul fiends had >t hinm up in a corner of the back trd and had rolled upon imn a Onstrous quid of 'fine cut"' as rge around as a cart wheel. and ey were trying to force it into s mouth. Smikes straggled vig ously, and( when S a ma a n t hi a ook him and asked him what is the matter his on ly repliy is that anPybody could stop ewing if' they only rnade uip eir. min d to it. The niext day aikes was a little nervous, lie Id everybody who came in what simple thing it was to stop ewicng. The tiday he harp. about it aldylong.. The irth day Smikes heard that amomile blossomis were some nes used as a substitute for to eco, and just out of curio.,ity he youred acoupleofouncesofthemn. said to the druggist when lhe uight them that it was easy ouhto stop the use of tobaceo. the t iih day Smikes got .sick. s nerves gave out. That day a devil whispered to Smikos tt tubact>o w~as really becneficial somie tempn erets. Smfikes a tempier ament of that kind. Cesit day lie felt like a mur irer. Smnikes seemed to himself have become transfo,rmcd inton Mlue. His mouth was dry p arched. And a stout healthy gentoeman came mft') Smikes' cc that day. He was a friennI Smnikes, arnd as he dIrew forth silver tobacr.o box and daintily >ok out a scmall portion of the nigent weed, Smeikes felt his )Uth water. Hec remarked to .ohinson that lie had not ewed any for six days. and that had refrained so long just to Lisfy himself that a n v b o 4 v uld chow or let it alone. Mr. hinsocn said1 he had chewed regu l1y for thirty years and it had t injured him. Smikes took the 'x and accidentally rolled a large id into his left cheek, remarking at he thought there was a great iference in some meni. He was isfied ht eC o hw ntle narcotic or opiate was real. ablessing. A St. Joe mai is so tal'. that he .to get on his knees to scratch head. A. I'entnieky muan has been(-f maV(rP ini the samel hiouse, and byth ine Iiister$(~ to four sisters. ornc Stalks should he 'l:Wii iy as possible after -il -c sked. Let them be entirel f-ee elor. probably. which always did disgust we. and that is. "A Wn%S weet Your hu-band with a smi!c." That goes a little beyond y a% p,r..rs od endurance. Smiles inc(e(d: c Delightfully consistent with wa. o tubs and gridirons. So a wom):,i must slave and toil in thc kitchen 1l from morning till ni ht. shut in from all c nLillnunication wth ( theIR world out ide. must toil and bak and stew with a dozen little i :tfes m ciigiig to Ll: irt lu.-; sw of :11d dust and darn ild sew :, in1 "aW ' aml go through hi:r wiork mre dead thanL alive, with ever prLsclt WJ idea that the arind of hcr husb."Id is the sign:d fIr her to swarev up a l smile, to greet the poor dear ere- oL tulre who is so tired and harassed 11 with blusiness: If there hap)pCe t). be a tender spot in th.; sma foI 0 dinner, why it must be saved for de father ! The richest bit of cream pl is reserved for father's coffee : father ID must have the most comfortable pe chair in the house-the largest half Po c>f the lamnb. The in:.tant von hear re: father coning. presto I ehange : lx ilear if not by words, that --Mu" att is the order of the evening, So. SLA heaving a faint little sigh. she takes Ohe baskht of stockings. and. with as an1swerving, martyr-like devotion. SW Avlies her needle till that uan th; ts rwdy tu speak to her ; which th ill probably be Iwien he wanlts a isi of apples or a glass of cider. L> -Yes.. sir : my mind is quite mal C 1p on that subject, and I don't see %a hat I am going to help it either. PAJ or, IuQ au., il - v he mlen 1,1e Wide wulr1. th Nv. a kit womn.x eml't help it, whavtver te lI>." we A JAPANESE1 " HOTEL. In imagining a Jap:Lnese hotel ood read i'r. please dismiss all 4 trLchitectural ideas derived from the de 30Uniin0n1al or the Finh Avenue. )Jur hotels in Jal)an. outward. at i-ast. are wooden structuoes, two shl tories high, often but one. Teir se oofs are usually thatched. through al le city cararlslrics are tiled. 'hey are entirely open on the front nVUL round floor, and about six feet igy rom the sill or threshold rises a the latform about a foot and a hali igh, upon which the proprietor "' iay be seen seated on his heels be cuI ind a tiny railing ten- inches high. isy with his acount books. If it Winter he is engaged in the ab orbing occupation of all Japanese latc radesmIen at that tim'e of war -armin- his hands over a charcoal ma re in a low brasier. The kitchen( usully juit next to this front >Im, often separated from the xteet only by a latticed partition. T In evolving i Japaiese kitclu.. Lt of his or her imagination. the ader must cast away the arisin a r&M >nception of Bridget's realm.- arr lissful, indeed, is the thought as st.e 'e enter the Japanese ho tel a 2ither that thle typical servant inor the American hotel clerk to be found here. The landlordar >meCs to meet us, and falling on his o mnds and knees, bows his head to e. e floor. One or two of the pret girls out of the bev-v usuallyh en in Japanese hotels "comes tohe sist us and take our trap)s. Wel mtes. invitations, and p)lenty of .n greet us as we sit downi to~take four shoes, as all good .Jap)anese'r ,and as those fityforeigners m'lt, who tramp on tle cleain mas th muddy boots. We stand up didr ishod, and are led by tile laughin n lt ris alngte smooth corridors i ross an arched bridge which spansth Sopen space inl which is a rookery. wh .rden, and p)ond stocked with goldjaild hi, turtles, and marine plants. The room which our fair guides oosc for us is in the rear end of mae. e htouse, overlooking the grand enery for which Kanozan is jusdlyj :inus all over the empire. Nine-. -nine valleys are said 1.o be visible >m the enountain-top on which gg e hotel is situated, and we sus et that multtipication b)y tenA muld scarcely bc an exagecration. y world of blue water and pines- n d the detailed k>veliness of the mail. lling land, form a picture which nn ack power to paint with words. o to water seemed the typeC of re - re:ad se. the ear'th of motion. I ti, ([Lippincott's .y:n- short HO (T ET .ALONG. 45 apo Do not stop to tell stories in bats-ab ~ss hours. nh [f you have a phlae of business. d found there when wanted. an No mtan ('all get rich by' sittinla Po'k )imd stores and saloons. -d "Never fool' in businessnmatters. succ( Fflave older. system, reg-ularit. and erality, and pr'omfptness. . -rm Do not meddle with business vou C iw nothing of- - il th Nevel' buy an article von do ot U'C( d simply because it is ('heap. and me man who sells it will take it out "U trade. ling l.rade is mone. itears Strive to avoid hard words, and to th :sonalities. P))il Do not kick ever'y stone in the Lih. More miles c'an beC made j i ea lay by going steadily on than pping. b- ~ Pay as you go. - A. man of honor respects his rd as his bond.A [Learn to say i"no." No necessity i snlapping it out dog-fashion, but Sitlfirmly and rCeefully.A [fve but few contidants, the few- even the better. the L Vsc your own brains rather than it w5~ >Se of otheris. Learn to think and act for vour' XX f ~take B3e vigilhant. the e Eeep ahead rather' than benind head, itimes. Eoung men, cut this out. and if -re be a folly in the arrangemenit. runn us know. thin