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Advertisements will be inserted at sev- ! cnty-five cents per square for the first inser- , tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents per ' square for each additional insertion. I Single insertion, one dollar per square. I i frlcrtfii Cnlfs.; GRACE MARLAN 1)7" ] or, , FRIENDS AND FORTUNE. " t BY MIS8 EMMA T. WILSOK. < 1 CHAPTER I. I " Why are you so sad, Miss Marland f" , asked Mr. Frederick Gray, of a young ( and beautiful girl, who eras leaning against ( the side of a window in a brilliantly light- t ed ball-room, looking sadly out at the stars. I Miss Grace Marland was an orphan ; . Iier father and mother dying when she was about twelve yenrs of age, she was ? left in the caro of her maternal uncle, Mr. , William Sliaw. She was immensely , wealthy, having had a fortune left her by her father's brother; Mr. James Mar- r land who died a few years after his bro- 1 ther. She was just eighteen; superbly handsome, widi dark eyes which one mo- ^ ment melted with tenderness, and the " neat, dashed with defiance on any otfen- ^ dor, hut whose abiding expression was ^ gentleness; hair dark brown, looking . black in the shade, and auburn in the sun; complexion duzzlingly fair, rather j, pale, but when under any excitement glowing with a rich tinge of crimson.? The li|>s were the chief beauty of the face ; * they re-assured you. Silently as may blase those eyes, there is a word of char- ,1' itv, tenderness, forbearance, and firmness, 11 noon \\ )iit-Ii von mitrlit throw vriiira?lf "I J ?o? J ' with all your sins and sorrows, and Ikj sure of sympathy, comfort and rejajso.? *' She w;is rallier tall, hut beautifully pro- w |K>rtioned, and exquisitely graceful. Her {s dresa of amber colored satin set off her J' graceful figure to the greatest advantage; 14 her hair, looped up with a jewelled comb, I1 allowed the swan liko throat encircled , with a necklace of pearl; whose white- 11 tioss was rivalled by the beautiful neck. ? Such was the tout enttmble of the owner of the splendid palace-like house to which wo have introduced our readers, and tli.i giver of a splendid ball. Well might Frederick (iray ask why she looked sad! JJ " Why do i look sad ?" she rejiented. " It was a foolish fancy," she said, smiling, and turning to look on the festive scene. " " I was thinking whether by an unforeseen chance my fortune should be wrested " from me, if half of these friends here would know me. Noshe said, her smile fading away, 44 thero are not more M than a dozen people hero, if so many, !' who would notice ine if I might be?more worthy then than now, perhaps." Mr. Oray bowed; but whether in acquiescence with her remarks, or whether r< for some other reason she could not toll. * She turned again to the window, and it aeemed with half a sigh, and gazed up to * the bright, clear stars, wholly unconscious H of the look of yetming passionate love 'v beaming from the dark even of Mr. Gray. cl All at once recollecting heraelf, the lefr ,r the window, and taking her companion* 61 proffered arm, walked through the hall*, giving a *mile to this one, a word to that, 01 and winning all hearts by her gentleness - .gad beauty. 01 At a late hour the party, or rather the T ball, vbroke up, every one going hoino . wearied,\ but perfectly well aatiafied with theroselvrfw, and everv body elae; a rare ! thing wjtmn *o many are concerned. The light*/are out, and the late lively rooms 111 Ioo\lt forlorn and deaerted : but whollv de- Ci -verted it mi not, for standing by a' rich (i S table loaded with flower* which now look* od faded end dead, stood Oraoe end her n boeom friend, Florence Wyman; they J11 etood with arm* round each other, and ? their heads bent slightly down. 44 Well," said Oraoe, after a pause, and f? with ?ly glances at Florence^ "I shall have to ffive up all this splendor; and " when undo William has sjone to England, m X shall hare to earn my bread ; how many of to-night's firm, life-lasting friends shall I hare then ; who will visit the poor dress-maker f Very few, I am afraid." in M Well, we shall see, Oraoe, darling, a you may be sore that rou shall have all q of my patronageand kissing her, Flo- et rence rushed down stain to Job bar boo- U ther, who had been calling that the ear- w riage was waiting sometime. el 44 Yes," soHliquixed Oraoe, aa eha took b a candle and glanosd slowly round the ? room, aa she left it, 441 shall prove them, tl when I hare ray quiet little room in a secluded street, and do dress-making; when si thtt rich satin is charged for a cheap cab vi ico, and my arms minus these gems, then ling I shall sec who are friends and who are my notand bowing with mock dignity, to F the mirror, as she caught a reflection of that herself in it, she exclaimed 44 Good night, seel Miss Gray, heiress, for to-morrow you will I sh be only Miss Gray, the dress-maker, or had seamstress." " Two days afior the ball, tho beautiful you house is for sale 1 The house is thrown my i>pen and the rooms are thronged, not as som two days before, with beauty and fashion, give to dance and enjoy themselves at a ball, star hut mostly from curiosity to sec the whole " house. To most of the people the draw- swe ng-rooms were familiar, and they desired pier to see if the house was as elegantly ami friei tastefully furnished throughout. Stand- will in? in a recess, partly furnished by cur- mal tains was Grace, looking very pale?not fane rendered so by loss of riches, but by the not Jread of losing friends. She was dressed hea< plainly, almost meanly ; and as she stood com there so very pale, with her small white it u| hands clasped tightly together, hor lips and ilightly compressed, and her eyes half clo- frier led, as if to shut out the misery of her over reelings, few would have recognised tho and ?urted heiress and belle of a few evenings finis igo; or recognizing, could help pitying M her sad fate. Numerous groups of poople cliai acre standing about; some examining the do s ich furniture and costly decorations, and to y >thers speaking unhesitatingly of her past tab! jonduct, and wonderiug what sho would cmli lo now. kind Mra. Willis and her daughters sailer] J'ou >y her in all the majesty of velvets and ^?rrocades, not deigning to notice her, ex*pt by a bold stare and ill repressed augh. They had fawned upon her, had dow lettered her, called her their dear Miss 'ier darland, visited hor, ridden in her carriage 'ier ind now?nsiuuvl lit>r enldlc K? nnl? COul in insulting stare. Florence Hyman pass- w'^< <1 her by with n cold, though perfectly n 8" >olitc bow, and instantly began admiring in exquisite vase of porcelain which stood (' >n a little iulaid table, both of which she Rn^ leclared aloud she must have. Poor m'8 irace, overwhelmed, shrunk farther back a|"' nto the recess, nnd allowed the superb 8'.nfl lamask curtains to fall so as almost whol- w'l.h y to conceal her. "tu" " O," she exclaimed, M I have hoped, ' ven at this late hour, friends might be "J ^ mnd who would save my home from .'a liis dreaded disgrace; the disgrace of be- 8 VI ig bought piecemeal." 1 " And there has l?een somel?ody found . rho will buy it," said Mr. Gray, stepping ,<r o her side, for she had s|>oken aloud . rithout being aware cf it. " A strange ,n^' entleman has taken the whole house. jst as it is, although he does not in- . md occupying it at present." He stoj>ed, seeing her grow very pale, and lol- , ( >wing the direction of her eye, was in me to see a young man, whom he had ften seen as a visitor there, cooly lift his ye-glass, and stare at her, and turn away, mil turning to (irace, Mr. Gray said, vo- * y gently, almost tenderly : " Miss Marland, this is dreadful. I canot bear to see you suffer thus ; you will ill yourself." scr 1 441 cannot help it- Only go away and ?ave mc ; I shall l>? better soon." ^ 44 No, you will not; you have teen too ^ ^ tuch already. You are worn, harrassed ) death ; you want sympathy nnd socie- ^ j F, not solitude. You must come homo itli me; my motlier expects you ; 1 caine . ere on purpose for you; I have brought er carriage to take you back." 44 No, no, it is impossible." J"? 44 Forgive me, Miss Marland, but this is nuance; very unlike your usual strong ^ jnse. What go<xl can you do here f? Vhut can you prevent! Nothing. You j*. ill only expose yourself to needless pain, jear nd perhaps insult. Among the -uanv i u i . i c 'no"1 oople who are here ?o-day, few appre- ,. ^ ate your motive for remaining. Forgive le for speaking thus, but you are brave , nough t > hear the truth." ? P ... .... crivei - i casnoi go wiuioui seeing the house ^ nco more." reJ|,j 44 Very well, we will go together. So m >mo, take iny arm, aud you shall have , ' our way." And so, silently and passively, slio went trough the house. Not a room, not a Rjie f oeet, not a window that was not dear to . er. And yet she neither spoke ncr wept ^ ? i she passed them by. Finally they ^yj|r une to the hall door, and turning to Mr. ^ -ray, she said : >ion 44 Do not follow me, if you Inure any ^ j ' igard for my feelings. Some time you J lay find where I live, perhaps from your idy friends for I must now earn my own ... ring; and shall probably sew articles -r fnends whom I nave received as goesta .J i this house." Saying this, she drew ^ I er veil over bar free, and then turned . . ad sped swsAly down the steps. - >n f* OMSPTBR II. _ ning Wheafneui we see Grace, she is seated ed, a i a small, seoood story room, perfectly the 1 ?at, although soantly furnished! by en obeel Window, the blue aud wMta striped K irtain ere parted, tod she Is gaaing in- fear ?U? down the narrow secluded street in you i hich the bouse she oecupiea stands. As br a is gases, e carriage draws up and stops 'Won; afore the house, and a young lady springs for it at and the next instant she Is <uaaped m How te arms of Fldtenoa. and i 44 Hava you fbund me out already f le asked. 44 Love most indeed be a di- at nil iner, then; tor never evmi to you, dar- finkfc , did I show by word or hint, where an future home was to be." nr.< lorcnce smiled. "O, did I not know bi< , my Grace had a passion for narrow, an udcd, respcctnblo streets 1 However, bli ould not have found you so quickly, i pu I not seen you at the window." j lie Well, now that you have found me, i do must recommend me to as many of i sin old friends as possible and get me tin e embroidering to do ; and you can j wji ?me some yourself, to keep me from h<? ving." coi Do not be afraid, my dear," she an- wl red, gaily ; " 1 will see that you have lb ity to do. I will get some of my dy ids to come to-morrow, and llien you (si be able to ask for embroidering, dress- Tli ting or plain sewing, whichever you so y you can do best." But Graco was lie paiticularly cheerful ; there was a ed nnesss at her heart she could not ne- fac it fur. Taking a chair and drawing |i to a little table, she produced paper inj rcil, and began a note to a dear pl? at least she called herself so when- an they met. She commenced several th< was dissatisfied with all; at last she hei hed the following: to law. TVilmootu'?Owing to my ha lge of fortune, I am obliged to sew or iel omething for my living ; and I applv sin ou, knowing that you are very chari- ho e, and always have something to be noidered or sowed. Will you be so ed, I as to send me something as soon as receive this note ? My room is in am 18, Wilson Street. sh? Grace Marl and." Mi laving folded the letter up, she took it on? n stairs, and knocking at the door of cai land-lady's apartment, she asked if little boy, a child of twelve years old cla d take tlio note. Mrs. Daniel was a ed jw, a smart, bustling little body, with vei >od natured, fair face, and kind gentle hei i; and she asked Grace to come in and town wane she washed Joseph's face, <?r put on a clean collar, and then he tin ht go. Mrs. Daniel talked kindly, i?l thinking Grace looked sad, encoura[ly, and ended, as the boy went off wii i the note, and Grace was going up fill s, by saying that if at any time she i gr; lonely or tired, she must come and Sh rith her, nn offer for which Grace , it i iked her kindly, and going up stairs, tin thought she would like to avail her- ls? of it, for Mrs. Daniel was a woman mo had seen l>etter days, and even now, Ian room showed evidence of a refined car s, and altogether looked so very invi- wa that she fain would have sat there wa t of her time. ! week had passed, ami Grace had just tn? lied embroidering a beautiful blue vel- ers ;loak, which Mrs. Wilmouth had sent inu together with some exquisite fruit, Mr a very kind note. She folde 1 it up, in prepared to ;arry it home, when there the a knock at the door, and upon her eai ng " come in," a lady, dressed in the em ht of fashion, walked in, and bowing sin ly to Grace, entered at once upon her sin rtess. Taking a little basket from a hei ?nt who followed her, she drew forth ' i fine linen cambrick handkerchiefs, in :h she desired her to embroider, and ha' a patronizing glance at Grace, ' calmly took the articles, she said ;? 1 need not hurry yourself alxmt them* liei have really no need of them vet. a?>d ' ly brought them to you for charity's in , and to oblige my dear friend Flo- "Tl 9 Hyman, who said it would he d<?- of I jer a favor, as vou were ouito a nro- 1km of hers.'' She smiled contemptuously altl left the room. ly I 'hen (the had driven out of sight, ing :e throw herself into a chair and burst bee tears. 44 This then, is the way my 4 friend $ treat me, l>eoauso I have no 4 ey, and am forced to earn my living," of ] ixclairaed, passionately ; 44 T have re- '>. <1 that woman at my house, and con- all d favors upon her, and now?sho 4 i me some work with a patronizing clai 5, aft if it would bo quite a charity,and her y oblige her dear friend, Florence I ly- mif , whose protege I am. O, hollow, woi critical world ! Vain, cringing hy- aire ite! Hut there are some real true- no to! people in this world nevertheless," not aid, whilo her faco lighted np with cha and drying her tears, and putting hat er bonnet and shawl, she took Mrs. sai< nouth's cloak ami set forth. gen ounting the ?tej* of the lordly man- 41 she rang Hie bell, and upon tliedoor lien 5 opened by tho footmun, she reques- ' 0 be shown to Mrs. Wilmouth. She am shown into s little sitting room, which pro ined the dining room on the first and Orece trembling in every limb, t1?o ng impatiently for the appearance of 4 ftdy of the mansion; trembling, for fus? bought it was one thing to write a gu? note, end another to meet as * friend wo< lien circumstance*. She was begin- ter. to fear a denial, when the door open- you ,nd she was clasped affectionately by as 1 hand, and felt a warm kiss on her he It. wai Irace, I am mjoic^d to see you. I ly i you ONVt be ttred%Uh your walk fl f1 bad better reel yourself. I will call at I MM M, You should not have upc mm-, 1 would have come myself sen when I thought you had it done, will could you have done it so quickly Mr. to beautffcir seai To, really 1 cannot etay, and am not mm 1 tired; and 1 have a little work to to i i to-night J so good-by." She rone self d left the room, followed by Mrs. \\ null, who, when she took her hand 1 her good-by, pressed a purse into i d kissed her tenderly, vanished. (ir;i islied as she felt the purs"', but smilii t it in her pocket, and began relraci rsteps homeward. As she was walki wn the street leading to her lodginj e met Frederick Gray, who bowed, > night gravely, and passed <>n ; and s liked on and entered her .puei lit use with a strange, feeling ?>t pain > uld not analyze. She did not km lencc it came, but sbe longed t<? we. it as she entered the house, her land met her and told her tea was waitii le always took her meals with her.) ie feeling must be ke t ba.k now, a she went slowly tip stairs and took r things, smoothed her hair, and appe; at tea with no sign of emotion on I :e. She was just settling herself one iii<>i j to sew quietly, and trying to think asant things, for she was very I 11 d sad, when she heard Mrs. |>aiiiel<>p ) door and come in. She did not tu r head, for Mrs. |)aniel was .n . no .m drop in, to put things to rights, a ve a 1 t^e chat. She knew Mrs. I >.i was by lier side, and sbe started ? laid in Iter lap a superb hum It <>t le use flowers. "O, where did you get tliein !" >he acnrii IKY t li.oo ^ .11?... - ' , ovimiiu ??!*,? nilivillll'^ IIH'III. "A young gentleman with .lark In d eyes left tliein, while you were mi i answered ; and said, "(Jive them ss Marland, and tell her they are tn e whose respect for her no circumstnm i change." There was a <piick smile, and she < iined, "How kind P tor she renminbi having heard Frederick Gray sa\ tlx ry words to her a few evenings heft r change of fortune* "They must he put in water," s: aeo. "I must have a vase or dish mii. Can you leiidjgjt^one. Mr*. I?, I low cheerful seemed her ta-F. no ih those bright, pure dowers l?y li iug her room with their delicious f tneo. That day seemed very hap| e caught herself tlii'iking, wondering vere really Frederick (?ray who I an. Yes, it must have Is-eii. Sou Iv was kind, she thought, more ai ire; for there caineovert day a deli, in juet, every day different. There iiev ne any name with iIk-iii, and there net 8 need, for she felt she knew who s that sent them. She was very much surprised, when <> irning, at the usual ?ir: e tor the lio to appear, there was a knock, and I ; told to come in, there entered, n s. Daniel,but Frederick Gray. He Ir his hand the hunch of (lowers ; ai >re was in his eye an expression so kin neat and grave, that Grace fell all tl barrassmeiit which at the first ghin i felt, pass away; and. rising graceful! j extended her hand, and said, wi r bewitchingly sad and gentle smile; "1 am very glad to see you, alihou< bo very different a place from what vo been accustomed to meet you in." ' Are you different ?" he asked. "Me different f" (>no! I hope and I re that I am not." "Then I am happy." He paused, as thought, and then added, sorieusl tier.) are some dispositions that chanj fortune sours, and 1 was told by soni ly that it had so changed you, ths bough poor, ami working for your dn bread, you were arrogant and exa. . That is the reason why 1 have n n sooner." O, who could have told you so?" 'Mrs. Crayton ; and she was a frier fours, and said she wished to eontini but you were so haughty she gave i hopes of doing so." 'Gave up all hopes of doing so! ? iined Grace, her pale face blushing, hi dark eyes blazing. "Yea, well si fht, for I ditl not choose to do son rk for her, which, as she said, she hi ady cut and basted, that ( might inal mistake, and which die rr?ivr> tn n Irecause she needed it, but merely f rity's nake.?You do not think n ighty or arrogant for doing ho f" >1 1, turning to Iter companion with h itle, earnest look. 'No. I did not think there was so mui Ttlessness in tho world." 'Don't think I am unhappy here; for not. Many, very many friends hat ved true, fast friends in my troubl I the love of those compensated me f< loss of everything." 'Miss Marland, (iraee, why did you r< ) to come to mother's? she would ha* irded you from all these insults. Sli uld have loved you as her own dang? Will you cotnc now! f do not as i to come as An adopted daughter, hi my wife. O Grace dear Grace," an seized Imr hand, and drawing her t< rds him. he looked earnestly, pleadinj nto Iter face. *he raised her dark eyes, and lookin mm calmly, said, "Mr Gray, reflo >n what you have said. I am only ring girl; oo riches, no nothing. Win I the world say when it is announced Frederick G ray to Miss Marlam a Oft tit. _ / 1 1 i* . _ raairem i r*u? aroppeu ner eyes lor Mid, and then without tfieiuif him tin rnwer, said, sadly, "No, I am not ? Lah aa to 1st you suffer all that. Yc a # il- will leave me and seek miiim1 other w itV*. t?? a.el 1110 world will praise tlio choice voi it ; make, and yon and they will forget Gra ( ice Murium), once the courted heiress, now r ig, seamstress." ng "O, Grace, do not say that. Do yoi ng think that, because you arc no heiress, ] gs, do not love you i I love you more thai lie 1 did then; lor I know that you will nevel he change. What w ill the tushionublc work ik* >a\ ?>.*\ ! an they say anything i? lie Are you vuigaror ignorant 1" lie looker )w at her lace and he saw there an answei p. to hi <|Uestions, Ibr Iter eye was (lushing la- again with scorn, and taking her hand it ug both of his, he said?his face, usually sc ? |?ale, was flu-lied and resolute; his ey? mi tlashing, and upon his lotiv brow and tern* oil |des the lilue veins shining, ir- j "Grace, listen to ne*, and strive 'o be* ler ! lieve me; for even on the short uc<piuinI lance of which 1 l.ave had i!.:. benefit n j you scetn to know strangely little of me o| I have t< Id you that I love you?that il ly j lies in your power to cause the joy or desen ! olatiou of my life?and you appear tc rn 'doubt me; mocking my earnest words ed wuli tin* assurance that I will find oik1 mi ! more worthy of me, and be thankful that hi- , i was not accepted. T* II llie, (irate, a> what false seeming have you found in mc .1- i to make you say so (" II pau-cd, and li.\ed his dark eyes on ,k- I tiers, iiidiguaiitU. "Forgive me if I have otfeiided you. 1 iir ! did not intend to do so. But in my prest." j ent eircuiiistances, portionless, and forlorn lo it seemed impossible for any one to wish >iii to marry me," she said, sadly. In an in es | stant he was by her side, and exclaimi ed *. \- I "Forgive me, Grace; forgive the rasli er- ; and hasty words w hich have caused von ?c | pain, and made you do voursclf the in >re justice to suppose that fortune or ihjiui lurity could add to the value of your owi lid rue worth. lor What t*.? too or any one else, who de hi- sired \.>ur love, is fortune or position coin I pni,-,t with yourself, ywir j{eneroio nature w. an.I uusedidi heart ' (>, Grace, dearest . I', ; lie who loves \on once, loves volt ever ra- | I*or iiiy>elt, dearest, I ean only see it i\. | _\"iir ios> of fortune ami friends, reason! .it why I .should love and cherish you more eft ) Hut it some think otherwise; fear not ie- I (?lace only trust in me, and as far as hu rid j man power can, I will shield you from sor us , row and sin." er | He had retained her hand till now or I when lie let it drop, and now, he said ; it 1 "Speak, (.trace, one word. See, voui hand is free. I hold it no longer. Will lie you come and he my wife?" w- (trace did .not dare to raise her eyes, ?e- hut placed her hand in his. <>t I "'*,( trace, can vou?do von, indeed, ad lovenie?" Will voiireallv give me this lid dear hand ! ' id, | r>," she uiiswvivd, m a ?ow, trembling In; i voice. ce | "O, (i race,"he said, as lie clasped her to Iv, ! his In-art, and his voice sank into those th | low, rich tones which feeling always im! parts?"1 know, I feel, 1 see, that the one 'It I fond dream of my life is realized ; that , 1 j you love me. Yet, I can say nothing I can onlv feel and pray that God may hlesa ; us; that he may give me power to make e- your future life repay for the past; and I that loving, guiding, and protecting each if | other here, we may walk through life, as v. 1 those who tavel to eternity." .re I ic- | en viter nr. u, I Surrounded by her friends, Grace Marii land stood before tlie alter?a bride. The t- i ceremony over, the travelling carriage of ot ' Mrs. Gray, was packed, and at the door | to convey the newly married couple to the steatiishio nier. whence thev were t<> id j start lor tlie continent. He ! ***** in I Months have rolled on, and an elegant j carriage d<aws up to the door of a snlenx j did mansion in the Highth Avenue, Newid i York, and through the rich curtains you le I can see the rooms are splendidly lighted ; ie I at the door stands an old gentleman who id is impatient to welcome the new comers, n> ' who prove to he Mr. and Mrs. Frederie ' ick (irav, just returned from their tour. r?r I " I>ear Uncle William, I have told ie 1 Frederick all, as we came up from the ie | steamship, and he forgives me the deeepi-r tion, and is very ready to receive your excuses for aiding a young and romantic h niece in her love notions, now that he has secured that self-same niece for himI self." Speaking thus gaily, (trace ran up re | stairs to prepare herself for the ball given, e, j that evcr'.ng, in honor of her retrun. >r The company had all assembled before ( race and her husband made their apt? pearanoc. Kvery body was eagerly cxo ocCIiikt her. hut verv few were nroimr.'/! 10 for the vision of womanly iKMiuty which i- hurst 111m>11 them ; during the past months k she had acquired n bloom and beauty it which only intense happiness can givo. id She was dressed in a dark, rich, crimson tv satin, which caused her complexion to iook more beautiful than ever. Walking into the room, she said, bowing: ig "I see many, very many dear friends ct to night, who have come to welcome the a tired traveller home. 1 thank them. Hut st I also see," and her faca lighted up with 11 scorn, "very many dear friends, who, when ii, : tliev thought I had lost all this world's a goods treated me with haughty, inaolent le ' condescension and who are hern, not wel10 ' ooming me home, hut welcoming my rani j turn to the fortune'I never lost, but con i sented to give up for a while, to prove our . i who were real, true friends. Many, very too i - ] many more than 1 dared hope, passed troid i through the trial unscathed, shining brigh- from I ter than before. I am pleased to see them cross 1 | all here." takci I l She bowed again, and turned to re- roun I ceivc the congratulation of her real han< i' ; friends, and in the confusion, her fortune'* well 1 ; friends slunk oil. The party tit the end I of the evening was not so large as at first ^ 1 ! but it was composed of all those friends r whom no change would ever affect. ? Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gray still con- ^ a ' tinue to be the stars of a select circle; > j cheering, comforting others, and being parl, - happy in the effort themselves. ,] : 51 illicit It it r tt f. ?? pope Is sloth indulgence ! 'tis a toil, the^r Enervates man and damns the soil. , , ' Young. } From the Soil of Ihe South. Italy Sea let Fever?Treatment. R8to* possi Dean Sir: As I am writing you upon lty, t i busiiics, 1 concluded I would offer you a will i ! practical hint upon Scarlet Fever, as I con- trop] sider a corner of The Soil devoted to recipes |P i in medicine. For years I have l?een in the , . habit of treating Scarlet Fever of every w',,c f rade, with an emetic of common table salt. must use it in every stage, but like nil other actio remedies, to be speedily and surely effectual, boilii 1 it should be given enrly. I order it in the surfa following formula: * stick Table salt 1 teaspoonful, Warm water i ous f ' pint" . . it w( ljct the patient drink it rapidly until pu! king ensiles. If one tumbler full does n?>t puke, give another, and another, until it does u* If come on. There is no harm in the remedy : it pukes without much if any nausea, and it _ is not prostrating, which is <juite an idea in * i Scarlet Fever, where in almost every case ill this dime I lie nrncliiilu !? In ---- ?? 1 3 *" . . . AfliT vomiting, apply a warm pepper and 'Vmj . mush poultice to the throat, and keep it Will there., using a gargle of vinegar and water, intoi ' and opening the bowels occasionally with a pres 1 small dose of oil, or salts or an enema.? abot Scarlet fever has a typhoid tendency as a (j 1 i hiiracteris ie in most cases ; hence, a pros- * . trating treatment is to be avoided ; consc. i|uently, calomel and bloodletting arc danger- on ' t ous remedies, which are to he eschewed.? after . Whenever the throat gets clogged up, the on t nuke must he repeated as above, and if one ers, piking don't relieve, puke the case again and caloi again?it is the life of the patient, for the ^ > throat is the dangerous point of attack. Our success has been so signal for inany years, *1 and even this winter, with the abovo plan ^ I that we almost think the salt as goodaremody to cure Scarlet Fever, as it is for pork.? a nic It will not invariably save pork, nor will it tions ' | cure every case of Scar If l fever, but the 3ee 1; I above plan will cure more eases than any j8 ( ' I we have ever adopted. The great error ^ ' ( among medical men in treating Scarlet fever, . , 1 is in dosing too much with drastic medicine, j This practice will not do; it will kill oftener I10** j than cure. The practice comes from a mis- tmur , taken pathology, and has cost many a child engii , I its life, and caused many a mother's heart to in ra j bleed. PJ We repent it?puke your rate of Srarlrl j Feirr repeatedly, if nerestary, with Salt aiul i u ater ; gargle, the throat with warm Vinegar f . and water; keep it poulticed; keep the palieni ^ ' I moaeraien/ irarm, and lei him drink rearm teas lu sul I ?f any palatable kind: k>ep his bowels oj? n to tli i occasionally; moid jnirfiintf, bleeding and sueco j blistiTiim; juui iih a general rule, the ice prac- time tiee; ami you will cejtainly cure a lot of your tant eases. II the throat continuea to swell des- wJjic] pite these efforts, send for a physician and ,m.nj have the tonsils Jrcely scarified, and then puke . . him. We have found the plan eminently successful, and can confidently recommend tion i it to others, as we have done through vari- llera ous medical Journals. (Vide Southern Me- Tf | dicul Journal, Boston Medical Journal, and the 1 I 1'hiladclphia Medical Journal.) been I If you consider the matter worthy of a J)ari| i place in your Journal, you can insert it, as ' it muy save the life of some child in the ab- . sence of medical aid. "ai' 1 Respectfully and truly, s',e , H. A. Ramsav. com) Thompson, fia., Feb., 1853. was ? ber 1 linns sterns, ki. ? Nkw Vouk Ckvstal Palace.?The aJc r New York Journal of Commerce states w)(o that in consequenco of the unfavorable Krics I state of the weather during tiie past month ahlc i and a temporary delay occasioned by a ),avo ! want of building materials, the Crystal UiM. n Palace will not, probably, be ready for the watei ! reception of articles before the 6rst of June who next. if the if tol< Tiik Way to Hold i*p a Drehb.?Our Arcti ladies who Are in the habit ol sweeping engir Broadway with their boautiful silk dresses, \V ought to take a lesson or two in the science slow of holding up their skirts, In Paris where who the streets aro almost as execrably dirty at J a as in New-York, a lady will tread them the ii lor hours without coming in contact with ttean anything, and in the least soiling her skirts, at lai In lx>nao?, where the streets are well has a swept, and aro comparatively clean, a lady ships when she walks, (which eho rarely does,) as if" disdains to raise her dress from the mud, Bid and the consequence may be easily queeti imagined. The ladies of NfW-York have suhje* a peculiar habit*of catering Vp one side of Lond< the dress by the thumb and finger aa if a pap they were about to launch out into the Bome minret de la uenr. The consequence is, count the display of a pretty boot and ankle on dowa, one aide, and the dragging of the whole Draw of the other side of the dreaa in the iirt preset This is the most invariable practice with dernn American ladies, who appear either ndolciit or too disdainftil to take the :?le properly to preserve their skirts soiling. When a European lady es the street, her skirts are carefully n up as far as the boot all the way d, and daintlyyet firmly held in one I. It is a thing easily learned and worth the trouble.?N. Y. Timti. nticipated Conflagration of Rome. r. Gumming,in his Apocaliptic Sketchnd many other authors, have asd, as their interpretation of some ?of the Apocalypse, that liome will estroyed by fire from heaven, or swald up by earthquakes, or overwhelmed destruction by volcanoes, as the Ic punishment of the Almighty for its ry and its crimes. I am unwilling siuco any argument of this kind from irophecies which are unfulfilled; but held everywhere?in Rome, near e, and through the whole country of from Home to Naples?the most inding proofs, not merely of tho lnlitv of i ?1 11 y I VMV VI VUV VAVCVMIIIj^ UrUUiUHl* hat the whole region of central Italy, one day suffer under such a catasie. The soil ofRotne is tufa, of a inic origin; the smell of the sulpher, h we found to be most disagreeable, be the result of volcanic subterranean n still going on. At Naples, the lg sulpher is seen bubbling near the ce of the earth. When I drew a along upon the ground, the sulpherimoke followed the indentation; and >uld never surprise me to hear of the destruction of the entire, peninsula aly.? Tottnscnd's Jounal o) a Tour. he Ericesson back to New York. he Kricesson, or Hot air ship is now 5 at her old berth at Green l'oint, liamsburgh. It will no doubt be 'esting to our readers to know the ent opinion of some of our papers it it, and what she is lying at that e for. fhe ship Ericsson, which arrived her" Monday, left the Capes oti Friday noon, and stopped four or five hours he way. The confidence of the ownit is said, was greatly increased in the ric engine by the late trip. She went Washington before sho was complete der tojbe their before the adjournment ongress. She will now go to the shipat Williamshurgh, and remain about >nth undergoing the finishing opera. The object thus far having been to iow well the machinery will work; Bup[iuwu mm me test ol speed will i object on her next appearance- It limed by some of the admirers of the motive power, that when the maxn of speed is reached in the caloric ic, the steamers will not exceed them pidity by more thon a knot an hour." ribune of the 19th. ic caloric ship Ericsson, which retumthis port on Monday,is soon to leave london, from whence it is intended nd her to Australia. He recent trip e South has established the partial >ss of the uew principle, at the same that't has suggested some imporimprovements the introduction o f h it is expected will materially nug, her rate of speed, ller appearcnce e Thames will create ouite a sensaamong the Britishers.?[New York Id of the 16lh. ic Herald of the 24th Feb. said, about iricsson, "the caloric experiment has signally successful," it now says ally successful. le "Tribune makes excuses for the performance of the Ericsson, by saying vent to Washington before she was ilete. Her speed on her trip home, about 4 i-4 miies nor hour. After ast trip down New York Bay, she laid up at Greed l'oint for a month ng some repairs made, and now after rip to Washington she is to be laid >r another month's repairs. These lot our report* but those of the papers have hitherto so highly praised the son. Before the hot air ship will lie to compete with a steamship, she will to get in new boilers and engines, riore coal, and keep a good supply of r in the boilers. Those ignorant men Lave talked about her running faster i had larger engines, would look blank 1 she could not run as fast as the c if she was stowed with hot air ?cs from top to bottom, but so it is. hat excuses are now made for the speed of this ship b) the very papers shouted and bayed a few weeks ago mes Watt, Robert Fulton, and all nventors *hat ever lived, and all the iboats in creation. The "Tribune" it gives in and admits that after she ttaiued to her greatest spued, steamwill still run faster, does this look 'the days of steam were numbered." ice we last said anything on ths ion of hot air as a motive power, ths * was discussed two nights in ths on Institute of Civil Engineers, and er was read on it by B. Cheaverton. ofthe most eminent men in the ry, such as Stevenson, Rennie, MeaSir Geo, Cayly, dee, were present. ing>. of the ErioHoa's engines were rtsd sue explained. They all eoe ed the generator as a fallacy, and