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A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Polities. SATURDAY, APRIL 1?. 1875, NUMBER 36. MY LITTLE LABORER. A tiny man, with fingers Rofl anti lender, AH any lady's f:iir ; Sweet eyes of little, n form Ililli frail ??ml slender, And curls nf sn liny liai r ; A household toy, a I rattle tiling of l eanly - Yet willi euell rising Min lieu ins hi? ronml >-r toil -a sulemn duty 'l'hnt must be ilailv linne. To-dny lie's bini.lim: raslie, liiHit>c ?nut lower, Willi wonilmtiH arl ami skill; ur labors with his halium r by ibo hour, Willi strom;, determined will. Anon, with little loaded earl lu's plying A hri->k timi driving; trade ; Again, with thoughtful, earned brow t" trying Some book's dari; lore lo reid. Now, laden like NIUO lilli" beau of bunion, tte lirais himself atong ; And now his lordly lillie vole?is lie.ir.l ill DolsterotlH shout and nong ; Another hour in spent in busy lolling, With hoop, and top, and ball. And with a patience that is nncr-fuitiug, Itu tries and conquers all lint Bleep a', la?? nVrtakes my little rover, Ami on his mother's bioaat, .j oys thrown ?.side, the day's uart] labor over, lt" sinks to <|itiet reid ; Amt as I fold him to my bosom, sleeping, I think 'mul gathering tears, Of what the futuro iiittv in stine be keeping, As work for manhood'-? yet rf. Must he with loll lils daily bread beeurniug in the world's busy marl ; Life's biller lesson every dayl?' learning, Witii patient, struggling henri v Or Bluill my little architect bo building Some monument of fame On which, in letters bright willi glnry'H ii:^. Tho world may read In? H?lito? Ivrhapa some humble, lowly occunation, Hut shanid with sweet cold Ubi ; perhaps ii life In loftier, prouder station, lu s"lli-!i pleasure spent. I Vi chance these lillie Lei may crom Hie |>.>rlal Of learning's lollly lame; His lili -work be t>. scatter trellis immortal, Among tin? sons of meit A Clerical Episode. "lt's ?i very disagreeable duty," thought the Rev. Mr. Thornton, IIB he entered Mrs. Mason's parlor, "but ns I've been thoughtless euoiigb to make the promise, there's nt) way of avoiding it." Mr. Thornton was u young and rut lier handsome gentleman, whose thorough earnestness and sincerity, joined to a bur share ol' mental ability iitul n very large nmnuutof kind-heart ed no R, hud made, him extremely popu lar with the people of the country town in which hu wu* loca tot I, and with no ono moro HO than with the Indy whose house he lind just entered. She con sidered him almost pi ricct, and would havo been deeply insulted if thc had lu ard anyone rashly calling in question the FoundnesB of his judgment ou any subject. On the present occasion he lind eome to fulfill ii promise to lier that he would call anti have un inter view with brr niece, Mies Hattie- Hal lowell, who was g pending a few weeks at her house. ?Miss Hallowell was cue of the reign ing billes of n neighboring city, and her milliner toward gentlemen, though hot actually unlady like, w:ts far too Ire J and unconstrained to fcttit her limit's old-fashioned and rather narrow minded ideas of propriety, and the lat ter had begged her minister to give the young lady some wholesome advice on the subject. After promising to com ply, Mr. Thornton hail become more anti more conscious that he lind placed himself in n very awkward position, and that tho only result likely to cusue iron: this undertaking to advise Miss Hallowell was a great deal of displeas ure oil her part. And though unwilling 10 give v ay to what ho feared might bo 11 mere want of moral eintr?ge, ho was a gooddoal embarrassed when the time inme for Hie duly to he performed. Mis embarrassment wits hy- no moans h ssened when Miss Mill lowe ll came itito the room, looking teal ly lovely ill her handsome, dark-bluemorning-di ess, which enhanced, hy contrast, Ibo brightness of he: blondo complexion ami beautiful light, hair. The truth w.iH, she had mini? up her mind some days before that the minister wno " ibo only civilized mun in the whole stupid little town," mid lind taken some pains that morning to appear al ber best be fore him, ?Stic greeted him very cordially, and, af. ho noticed how frank and pleasant her manful- really was, ho ? s troubled by a still greater uneasiness about lec turing her mi that point. but utter some preliminary conversation- -during which she noticed that he was Very nervous and ill at ease -ho made a de termined eliott lo get through with his disttvict able tusk. "MisH Hallowell," ho said, "lam sure you know what a high regard 1 feel for you, and how very much inter ested 1 hitve become in you since you have beeil here." "I'm very glad, indeed/that you like me so much, Mr. Thornton," she an swered, with a charmingmailc. He lound it impossible to nay any thing more at firs', und lhere was au awkward pause. Then, nuder a souse tlial something must, he Haid, and not knowing exactly what it was tobe, ho went on in a strain Unit WUK rather stronger than tho fnctfl of tho ease warranted. " I feel as if I wero moro than a friend lo you," be enid. "Indeed, I haven't seen anybody lor a long timo who excited my iuterefl ns you have done. " Here lhere was another pause, during which ho became moro embarrassed than ever, while his companion began to outer lain n certain ?don about ins menning. " 1 want to ask you something," ho sn ul finally, in a hesitating way, "I'm afraid you'll think it very strange in me to nay such a thing to you when I've erny known you a tew seeks ; but T think you will- I moah, I hopa-" Here he came to a dead r.top and was entirely at a loss how to /to on. But before he could pul an end to his hesitation tho indy herself suddenly brought matte:.-; to a climax in n way Unit pul ii very differ* rd aspect on the affair. "Mr. Thornton," she said, with a maimer in which kind reeling was com bined willi decisivo li rm ness, " I Lb ink 1 know what you want, to say to nie, and I'm sure it will bo belter to stop you before yo? say it. i believe you were going to ask me to marry you. 1 eau niwnya esteem and honor you very much ; but it would be impossible for me to be more than your friend, even if f wished to, for I'll toll you frankly that T'm engaged to some one else." If Mis* Hallowell bad (suddenly spo ken to bim in pure Suuscript or the choicest Iroquois, Mr. Thornton could not have been more astounded. Ile Hal for a few momenta in silent amazement. Btil the utter ridiculousness of tho thing'soon ?rame to him in ifs full force, and, without any premonitory symp toms, he fell into a violent paroxysm of laughter. His efforts to control him self were quito useless, and one cir two faint attempts which he made to speak were instantly smothered iii a fresh outburst. Miss Hallo well's astonishment was, at lirfit, as gteat as his had ber II. She, I loo, soon recovered from thal feeling ; but, instead of being succeeded by mirth, it was followed, iu her case, by a passionate lit. of ntiger, With a look | of im (Vahle scorn fhO got up, walked I old, of the parlor, ami went straight to her own room. Mr. Thornton left the house feeling unable to make any es plnuaUou at that time. In thc mean time Miss Hallowell indulged in mimer- : ons rather wild plans for being revenged upon the man who, she thought, hal treated her so shan chilly in rem rn lor lier consideration and kindness. Hut at last KIIO found relief in a Hood of tears, pud soon afterward was half in clined to laugh at the wholo altair her self. She returned lo tho city a few days after this little episode ; and ono morn i tig, when she had bi en at home nearly a week, she received the following note: Eacui.AN'EUM, .lau. 2. 1873. MY DKAII MISS IIAI.LOWKLI,-I hardly know how to apologizo for what must have Boomed to you tho most outrageous rudeness. Hut as tho exact truth of (lu- matter is ?ll that can j afford any excuse for mo, I will ?jive it nt once. | I called that morning ut. Mrs. Mason's request, i having promised lier to give you some advice I about your maimer to go nt lomon; and feeling, ' after tho promise was made, Hint you could hardly fail tu consider such act ion very, oftt ciotia and unwarrantable, 1 was awkward ami j embarrassed, and conducted myself in a way which led to ibo very natural mistake you made. I lieg you to believe that I nm heartily sorry for having acted so foolishly throughout. ? und hopo you will not rofuso tomimhcr among ! your friends your siuceio well-wisher. A CAN THORN OIN I .Miss Hallowell's reply was an invita Hon to her wedding.-Hearth and JIo me. , - ' -? .- i How Some Men Have Risen Tweet! began as a brush maker, at I journeyman's wages. Had he remained i at. his irade and continued honest, his native talent would have insured wealth I -but he arose to a dizzy height, and ? thou soddenly fell. " Hank Smith," j who died in his official career of police ! commissioner, began ns a driver on the Erie canal, and reached at one time a I membership in the ring which gave him (as it. was estimated) a million. Of this i but lillie is left, and bis widow is living ! in a distant village. Tho late police | superintendent, Jourdan, began as a newt paper folder in the. service of Ibo I Tribune. Ho WUK in thc office of su perintendent for three, years, and left nu estate worth, as il is said, $200,000. Tho salary of this o Dice is S7,.r?0(l, bul j the facility of receiving bribes enables ; the incumbent to get. rich rapidly. It lins been said that. Jourdan knew Hie ? f-corot of the Nathan horror, and that fin enormous fee secured a pledge (d' I immunity in favor of Ibo guilty parlies. Another man who him risen front j poverty to wealth is Brown, the noted Hoxton of Grace church. He began lifo as a carpenter, but being of a portly . turn he found Ibo tindo laborious, ami obtained an appointment as inspector j ol' carriages. Next, he was made sexton | of Grace church, ?iud for twenty years he has had all t.lio patronage of I hat rich society. Ho is extensively em ployed to manage social reunions and receptions, in which brauch he is nu adopt. He has the run of till tho fash ionable yoting men, and many a S"> note ia untitled him to refresh his mem ory when invitations are to he circit- j latid. Bitch a man may assist a friend loan entrance into a certain ohms of j society, if not into the bes!. In this I manner Brown, though occupying a second-rate position, is in fact an anio brat among many of Hie fashionable | world, at least, in that, which is next to j tho creme ile fa creme. Instead ol' I ohos lng the plano at 815 a week, he now I han a country seat, and is estimated at I a quarter million. Oliver Olini lick, ? ho is now president of the Long Island railroad, ami is I considered a millionaire, began bust liesa as the keeper of a grocery on the : wharf, where the prolifh of thc orgies ; of sailors and longshoremen gave him j both money and political italluence. I Oharlick was at, .ono time a leader in the 1 city government, and tins was a ?ich source of plunder. Of course ho be came wealthy. These results, and others which could he referred to, f-how what mirions changes occur amid tho social revolutions of a groat oily. - And ho gavo it for his opinion that whoever could make two cats of corn or two blades ol' grass to grow upon u spot of ground wbero only one. grow before, would deserve better of man kind, and do moro essential eorviee to j bis country than the wholo race of poji ticiami put together.-Swift. -Mrs, SwiHshelm lays down us brood principie regarding tho male portion ol' the hutmill race : "Only in I??-* coffin ia it safe for a woman to kiss I any mic man in a thousand." Little Stories from thc Scandinavian. TrUiiHlati'il i>> ll. Hanlon. THU PNOKATKKl.'U CIIinMlKN. 1? in justly mid that God, parent?anti teachers cm never he repaid for the kindness they have bestowed ?HI tiny ono. lint alas! in this world it goes too often according to Ute well-known problem, thal a father <'u>. easier sup port six children than six children noe father. fJcro we have such a narration about a father who, while living, gave all thal lie owned to Ins children and expected them to support him after wards in his old age. but when lie had lived a while with his eldest son he be came fired of him, and said : " father, last night my ?ile gave hirth lo a hon, and wheri? your arni chair stood thc eradlo must now stand. Will you not move over tb my brother's? He has got inore room than I hav<-." After a w. ile, the second mm also be came tired Of Ililli, and said : "Father you always liked ? wann room, and I have the headache from it ; would you not. like lo go lo iny brother, who i?. a baker, beean stand it better.'' The fal her weill, and al ler bo hud played some time, tho third son said: " lu my bolide wo are alway; iuntiing in and out, so von can la ver get your afternoon sleep ; won id you not rather go to sister Kima, who lives outside the city gnio? Von will bo more quiet with ber." The old man looked nt the clock and said : " Vet y well, 1 will go and 1 rv and live with my ?lau pilfers." Worn ti have geiicrally a tenderer heart than men. But, after he lind stayed a while, the daughter became anxious to get rid of bira als.,, and pretended to be very much frightened whenever her fathei had to p.iss down the high stairway, either when going to church or any where else, and said : " At sister Ala lia's you need not go down any steps, as she lives on the first lioor." The ole mau admitted that ?he was right, it order that everything should go ot quietly and peacefully, and went to his second daughter's. When he had stayed a couple ot dins, he became a burder to ber also, and she gave him to nuder stand, through a third person, tha? hei house, being too near the wafer, wns tot damp for a man ?bb antlered wife! rheumatism : hut In-r sister who was married lo thu sexton of St. John'.1 graveyard had a dryer and heajthici li ouse. Ko he went to tho house ol" his young est daughter, Laurina. He hud stajet ii v/?yr. *.!>.??.*? ?;?-*.? IT-1 :^?. j-r?r- r . " ' bim : " Mother told Aunt Milda, yes terday, that for you there wore no bet ter quarters than snell as lather wm digging in the graveyard." When th? ugetl parent bearii these cruel words his heart broke, and 1m felt back infr. bis atm-chair and died. St. John': graveyard received bim, and show??? more mercy towards him than his si: children had shown; t?tere he ctn sic. ? undisturbed. TIIK NOimK IIEAUTl?D SONS. Th? re lived once in Stockholm au oh man of nearly n hundred wini ors. ?I: wns a tailor by profession and hm twelve sons, who ai! had served lllldoi Charles XII. Once they got II fen .lays' leave of nhseeeo from their r??gi rn? nts to go and sc their old father whom they found on their arrival willi out bread und nearly starving. " Fa HUT has no bread," said one ol' thom "yid Im has given to Swed, II twelvi warriors !" O tir dear father must lu helped; but how?" " Can'! we tint somebody w ho would he willing to hau in a I itt bi money?" asked iii?? youngest who had a good ?leal of faith in (lo? ?inti good-hearted people. "Try I? borrow money, when we have nothtlli lo give in security ! What good wil Hud do?" asked au-Iher. " Have wi nothing nt all?" nsked tim youngest " my brothers, I will show you that wt bavo. Cur father is n tailor, and ha! carried ?rn his trade a great many yearn and is now about lo die of starvation This is sufficient proof of his honesty We, his sons, have served for man; yours in tho rani;s ol' the Swedish army mid no one can yet show a stain ttpoi our honor. Lit us give this, our honor as security ; I think we might borrow ; little money on such it pledge." This idea won their general approval The twelve brothers wrote and signe the following lettir : "We, twelv Swedes, sons ol' a tailor who is m arl prto hundred years of tige, deprived ? tho necessary, means of support, pia tim directors of the national bank li tim sum of two hundred dollars, lo li used f< r the support of our old an helpless father. We pledge ?mr hon? as security, and promise t.. pay Hi above namorl sum to the hank wHIii mm year. This letter was handed i Hie directors. The sum asked for wi given to them, and the letter torn I pieces; furthermore, the directors pron ieed to take caro of their old father .? long ns he lived. Scarcely had th happened Indore it was made know through the entire city, and rich an poor po ii I visits to tlie old white-headi man, and none went empty hntldoi Tho tailor was (hus placed in good ci e/imstfliices, and after his death left Biiin.ll capital for clich <>f hi .> sons reward for their filial love. Till". lATTLK I'tiOWKIt. Oue day, two young gills weill town. They were both daughters of gardener. Eich of them carried n bu ket full ot fruit or dower.'. As tin went along, ono of them became dissa inti* cl nt the weight ot her basket ; tl other weut easily, Binging all tho tim ! " I cannot understand why yon sing sai?l the first to her sister ; "you a i not any stronger than I am, and yoi basket is just ai heavy u; mint?." " Tho reafon ' sahl the otho smiling, " Hint I have put lilt Hewer in my basket, which keeps n from feeling ?I? weight. Do you like- i wiso." '. Thai must he a very costly flower/' ? : aili her sitter. " hut I should like lo ! ' own it very much : please tell hie its ' I name." "The little dower," sahl the other, !' " which makes the heavies! burden ' easy, ir, called Patience." How to Keep thc Children Pure ? .* WH1 yon not use your influence m trying to deter large boys from contumi I neting Hie minds of small boys? i Tilings which should be told in a whole some manner ami as .solemn truths are i distorted into vile shapes, and periua I eua injury is done lo children's minds. I Would it not he better for the body to i lip poisoned than thc mind, that parents I might see tin1 harm done, and thereby l c . nablcd lo usc cures and antidotes? Putt 1 am Kiiry t<> say that I think thc trouble lu s deeper than with tin- lng hoys. I have been looking around, and am t|tiito sure that it does. A jury might acquit, them with thc verdict, more sinned against than (-inning, lt ia the men that 1 am coining nt, foi ju-t h ? long as they inert in groceries, on street corners, ami in shops, telling stories iinlil for the ears ol' their mot?l eos, sisters, ?ives and daughters, just s., long big boys will listen and think it c niling to emulate thc filthy example, lu it imf a terrible thing to look into a ? young nian's face and think of thc im ! purities his mind must be loaded with ' Atales he has strength to cast off 1 tr?o unclean t liing and be a nobleman ?" I No subject more vital in its bearii g OU the morals of the young could have 1 ! place in this column, says thc New York I j Tribune, in reply t?> tlje above letter. ! There arc parents who recognize among j the duties they owe their children that o' instructing them with respect to'bc origin of life. This is left shrouded in impenetrable mystery, and all manner orlies are told ni reply to t he (pies! ions which at a very carly age children will ?ck. Tin-mother leaves this matter for har daughter to ho told about by any chance schoolmate, who, with the few g ains of truth she may communicate, 1 j is more than likely to sow tares that i or can be weened out. Thc hmo- i ' Cfht-hourtod boy learns from his rough Ct mpaniouB what his own father or I n ither should have told him with per i fi '? simplicity uud inge uousncss, and ' lr .iras a grojitideal that they would never ; h- p\hud him to know. Truth is sacred, f:; h b*. pure and never corrupts any 71 ? ? flt,, vii" admixture o: fnfse 1 hood with it that contaminates, fcivdry f i . I JU ?niluan physiology eau bc so communicated tb a pure mind that its ! delicacy shall net bo in the least bf i (chided. The time to make these facts known is wh n the desire to inquire ! into them manifests itself, and the best j teacher is tho parent. As between luts ! blind '"'id wife, so between parent ami child there is no place for shame. Where virtue reigns shume cannot conic. i A cbihl thus taken into sacred inti macy wiih its parent will instinctively rovoli from whatever is vulgar and base ? mid obscene. At every period in the j d volopmcnt of the young life the parent should lie before everybody else I m preparing and fortifying his son or j daughter against thc dangers which lie in his or hm' path. There is nothing j that so strongly biiids a child to virtue ami honor and chastity, as perfect ami unrestrained intimacy between it. and ibo father and motlier. We aro careful about thc sewage of our houses, about ventilating them, and see to it with diligence I nat every nook and corner is kept neat and sweet. Let us carry the same thing into character and open all the doors ami windows (d' (he soul by total frankness and transparent sim plicity, that the pure air and sunshine of beaven may have access to them and koi p them pure, Omi wutd more. If home is made so attractive thal boys and men prefer it to the corner groceries, au ounce of ; rb? voution will be found better than many pounds of taire. A Prescription for thc Curo of Drunk enness There ii? a curious prescription in Ku land for the cure of drunkenness, by which thousands are said lo have been assist) d in recovering themselves. Thc recipe carno into notoriety through the ebor ts of .lohn Vi iib illili, father of Kev. New ?nan Mall ami Capt. Vino Hall, commander of the (beat Eastern steamship. Me had fallen into such habitual drunkenness that his utmost (.Oort to regain himself proved un availing. Al length he sought (bond vice bf nil eminent physician, who gave I hiin a prossriplion, which lie followed faithfully for several months, and at thc end of that time he bad lost all de sire for liquors, although he had for many years been lcd captive by a most debasing appetite. Thc recipe, which be afterwords published, and by which so many have been assisted to reform. ii as follows : "Sulphate of iron, 5 grains ; magnesia, 10 grains ; pepper mini wat r, ll grains; spitit of unt iing, one drachm ; lo bc taken twice n day." This preparation acts as a toi io .md stimulant, and partly supplies l ne place bf the accustomed liquor, and prevents that ?disoluto physical and moral prostration thal follows a sudden breaking off from the UPC of stimu lating drinks. - Scientists now t$-ll us thal tho in roads of grasshoppers into the north west, of late years, is due rr?inly totho havoc made among tho piturie lieus, which aro slaughtered by tens o? thou sands every year to gratify the epicures of this country and ISuropo. The prairie chickens used to "absorb" ibo grasshoppers before lue latter reached the sel i lenients, but they are no longer equal to the omorgoncy. The Volcanoes of Iceland. Iceland is situated at the termination >? tho great volcanic line, skirting tito ixtrcmo west of the GUI World, which iias existed since the Cretaceous period ?ortninly, whilst tho points of eruption ippcur to have traveled northwards. \s ali thu rodes are igneous, or igneous lori vat ives, no stratigraphical arrangc meul can bc made out. Basaltic lava >t remus are common in tho vicinity of Reykjavik, though no active volcano i.'xis.fs in this part of tho island, which is in the secondary stage of solfataras ?Hld hot, springs. These sulfataras aro mete pits of bluish white, siliceous mud, the resuit of decomposition of contig uous tufa. Tho principal gas exhaled is sulphuretted hydrogen. Their posi tion changes. Thc hoi springs arc working Out their own destruction hy thc accumulation of sinter: the com position of this varies in springs williiti i few yards of cindi other, The large ills in thc old lava at Thingvalu were ttl ribo ted lo the Mowing away of flic indorcurrenl of lava into a yet deeper leptessioii, Hms leaving (he iinstip ?orled crust to sink down in the mi die. Ml the lavas of Heckla are basaltic, mid ?onfaiu crystals ol' felspar and olivine. Vu ash and cinder forms the summit of he mountain. There were four craters; he longest one is au elliptical depres i?n 250 feet deep, al the bottom of vliich lay snow, though some ashes and ;lay were still quite hot. The dist rict >f Mydals .Tokull, containing tho terri ? le volcano Kolinda, is remarkable for he confused intermixture of aqueous ind igneous,cjectanieiita, producing ug domerates and tufas. Sind and hot valer are the principal productions Of Cot lu j ia itself, which lias not, heen tnown to produce lava, though ancient elsitie lavas were noted at its base, di?se Hoods are produced, in addition o the melting ol' thc Jokitll, hy the UU'sting of large cavities in which water nts accumul?t'd for years. Such a res .rvoir was noted in a small neighboring .rater, at the bottom of which was a leep pool of turpid water, int ) which ever-!I binni! streams emptied them olves, lint none ran out again. To /atna Jokull til-"? principal volcanic orces of Iceland seem now lo have re reutpd. This is a vast traci of snow nd ice which rests upon a neel of vol anocs, many ot which have been tn roption di-riug historical time The "atna rises from a series of basaltic ilatforms. The existence of penna ?en!ly active volcanoes in ihn unknown ? 1er hir 01 tliih iiiass"wui.' ?uu?ivic) elliot inprobable. How Fish May Bo Improved. It is now well known that tho.rich, lelicato llavor of the white-fish in many vestorn lakes comes from a celery-fed larasite on which it lives. This celery s the marine plant that gives to the tanvas-hack duck its glory among con loisseursof tho table. Hore is a Rood tint in tlie line of fish culture. Why nay not, the common varie* ?es he made able delicacies, for instance, hy put ing them on a mild diet of Worcester shire san . before they are served'.' it s the creosote and gas parasite, how ?vcr-the deadly refuse of oil and paper mils -that should be first looked to. . lum* and oystuis and even iisii are hus being foully impregnated and lometimcs killed. The lif-h of the Ionesco river were recently found so Hinted with kerosene from oil mills IM 0 render them unlit for food. A si mi ar conditio!) in the river Iser, prod no ng an appeal from the fishermen ol' tlunich to the government, han called ?ut an eminent chemist, Prof. A. Wtig tcr, who shows by exporimeiits, that in rater with ono per cent, ol' gas refuse, ish die in six minutes, with one-half >er cont, they die in thirty minutes, philo one-tenth per cent, kills the hard est liver tish in twenty-four hours. A mrtial guard against lins, tho profes or suggests, is to allow a gradual dis hargo ol' the refuse into tho st ream, tistcad of tho wholesale dumping now irncticerl, An Italian Sunset. A correspondent of the Dartford 'hues wtitei; from Italy : "Ijiist night vo were driving slowly home, laden irith Mowers, after a warm, golden after looti, when lin' air about us became udden ly glori Hud, and looking back re saw thc nio-l wonderful sunset of ?ur lives. Driving to a commanding ?oillt we gil'/.ed at the marvelous scene, iie setting sun and dazzling western louds being only a ??art of it. Thc lilis around Florence on every side vero bathed in purple light, soft ami ender, and exquisite as a dream, while he sky above, after the first blaze of Festem glory, was aglow with rosy ighl that Hooded thc heavens and oiled in billows over the hills and .ven stemed to touch our cheeks n its omnipresence. At home I nive seen equally brilliant displays u tho west ; they have seemed like 1 far-off wonder in which I had no -arl a panorama to bo admired at a batanee. Here tho whole world seemed remuions with color, sky and earth ?lowed together, and it was near us; wo vere in it, The very air wo breathed vas rosy red, ami over all lhere was a io fin ess, a poetry of color, an ecstasy if illumin?t ion perfect ly indescribable, .luowing Hitch a glamour over us that vhcu at last the Hu ht died out of eveiv bing wa awakened us from a ti ?moe. ind, breaking the long t-ilivooe, CA 'aimed : 'Wo this if? an I'itlitin sunset ! ?Veil, I shall always fool that. I have leen m one !' " Mr. flallwell, the Shnkspoorean ?? thlisinst, has obtaim d leave to rciirch lie panoli' . d the house cf Lady Ihuuard, the grnnd-Onughter of the Bard, for Shakpeare's missing papers. FACTS AND FANOIES. 'Tis A i.n Sm: WANTS : A Hoal-.<kiu Hack and a camel's hair shawl. DianioiiOH, rubies mid ormino : A brown ?tono houso and marble IIRU, Ami a boan to danoo tho Gorman. A front row box al the opera, Whenever I wanted to go: A neut comm and landau, too. And meal?- a la Delmonico. Then in summer go to Newport. With drOfHon i ich anil many; And In ?co my name in tho fashion report. While pa hands nut tho money. - A Chicago tuan thinks that tiro worst spoiler ought to get tho diction ary, ?mil the winner should hnvo a " wreath of sorrel, or some other garden .sass, like thom Greeks." The production of raisins- from California grapes is a growing business and is strongly urged as likely* to be of rrre.-d profit. Tho white muscat of Alexandria is named as the host raisin grape. --Among tho numerous plumes of crime daily developed, did you ever hear of anything equal to the act of the Jersey Oily man arrested for forgery, who says ho did it in order to be Bent to the ?tate prison to escape from lib; wife ! Aa an ?Ilustration of the limitless ti timber of combinations which the three primary colors are capable o{, it may he interesting io know that in the CJobclin tapestry manufacture 28,00(1 distinct shadings of yarn are employed, ruell om? distinguished hy Hie practiced eye. - -A French soldier is to lie punished with death for insulting au upstart ofii eer. Th's-, crives Victor Hugo an oppor tunity lo thus compare the ease with thar of Bazaine : ITaving sold his ilupt having surrendered his army, having betrayed his country-life; having struck l.is corporal-death !" - Pcroiro {?ot a lillie tired of return ing the bows of un uncomfortable polite man in his ? s'nblisbmi nt, and finally gave the polite mau this conundrum, at point blank range: "Sir, what, would become of the hours if the min ute-hand stopped to bow to theseeond hatid every finie they met." -The Parisians devour 100,000,000 apples every winter. An eminent Fronch physician thinks that the decrease of dys pepsin and bilious affections in Paris is owing io tko. increased consumption oC H is fruit, wine.1' ho maintains, is an admirable prophyacn, *id tonio, os well as a verv nourishing/and. euaijy dige: tel article of food. -Mr. Valentine, the sculptor, has nearly completed the life-size recumbent statue of tlie late Cum. Lee, and it, will be placed over tho contemplated matt sole um at Lexington. Mr. Valentine modeled a bust id the geiiotal from life in 1870, and alter thc bern's death it was determined that he should be se cede 1 td exec tte the statue. " Well, thiele Hilly, don't you want a nv more civil rights !" " Not a ny ting mo', I tank yon,' replied Hilly. "Near ly done ruin i now. Hov t'? pay my own doa! ?r's bill, h st all my money in the Precdmah's bank, lubber got no forty ere:; an' de nude dey promised me. an' can't help myself to a little chicken, fry i ti' size, wi.lout gwine to de penit entiary. I'so got 'nu ff cibbil rights !" ,) KAN V MM A S - A morry wight, fond of 1MM ease. Wliile ho sin^s his MIMICS anil strokes his knees, Ami li|*lit as Hi? air winch sway? tho leaven, 1M.lean Val j can, tho cobbler. Through the summer's day ho shs nod sin^s of I ho olden diiys ami of Riicionl things, (if lin'llames nf yore ?nd of bygone lun^H-* SingH .lean Valjoan. tho cobbler. The birds ?oe singing in every tren Till Ibo air is lilied with tho melody Ol' MOIK; HM light ?md pay mid flee AM .lean Valjcan's, tho cobbler. Willi tho wanitu; shadows Hie hird in RB II- >l, And Joan in his cot, each sc ok tho rest \ Which sweet Bloop brings, with ito carrs ?p pro-Bcd, Ali ! happy Jenn, the cohblor. -The London.Sporting Gazette, refer? ring to the statement that the Emperor W illiam has forbidden the exportation of horses beyond the German trontior, says: "This startling announcement, heralds a revolution, the results of ubi.h arc likely to very seriously alTccf ilic horse trade in Paiglnud, a?,three fourths of the carriage and draft horses in lue.don al Ibis moment have been imported froui Gormauy, Moreover, wc arc dependent on Germany in avery tirge degree for our troop-horses, and it is not eic ir whence we shall obtain lite necessary supply now that we are shut out from Germany, especially as both Prance and Spain rre also in want of Iro ip-bors-s. thu former requiring 1(1,0110, and the latter 5,000, In Bringloh church are two sepul chral slimes, om1 bearing the dato of Willi nv r th(? grave of the father of Washington, tho emigrant, in which bis arma appear impaled with those of his wifo. 'the other sdono covers the remains of bia uncle, anti presents on a l),iss the simple family shield with the crescent appropriate t.? a younger brother. We have before us a tran script of this shield, and from it wo are constrained lo believe that tho United States ting as seen now very certaiuly took its origin. Tn this Rhiold aro fivo horizontal stripes, of alternate gules ami white, on are those of tho national ll?g, while, the three stars in the imper stripe Lave the parallel 1 peculiarity of being five-pointed; All this may Dot bs* ot interest to those who caro very little whether George Washington had a grandfather or not, but thou again there may be others who will uot think any t ho less of the father of tho great repub lic, because his ancestors fought against Cromwell and bia ironsides'to keep Charles' head upon his shoulders.-St, Lom's Jicjmblican.