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The mald who blids her warrior's sash With smiles tlit well her pain diasembles, The 'while beneath her drooping lash Ote starry teur-drop haigs and trembles, Tho-gh liaven -alone records the tear, Ani Fanu shall never know he, story, Her heart has iied a drop na dear As ever bedewed the field of glory i The wife who g'rds her humha, d's sword, 'MI i litile onva who weep Pu I wonder, And bravely s.eaks the cheering word, What, thought her heart Ie ront asunder, Doomned ightly in her dresin to hear, T)h bolts of death arount lim rattle, IP,; shed as sitered blood as e'er Was poured upon the feld of battle I The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Thi- breathes it few bravo words and brief' Kinihg the patriot brow she blesses, With no0 one but her secret Oud To know the pain that weighed upon her, Sheds holy 1 tioa as 'er the sod Received on Freetloni's field of honor I GONE BEFORE. There's a beautiful face in the ollent air, Which fodowi me ever and near, With smiling eyes anI amber hair, With voleeless lips, yet with breath ofprayer That I reol, bu t cannot hear. The dinipled hand. and ringlet of gold, Lie low In a marbhii sleep; I streveh mv aris for the clasp of old, -Jut 'he empt- air I, strangely vold, Awd imy vigil alone I keep. There's a sinless brow with a radiant crow, A .d a cro<s laid down in the dust, 4,hre's a sinfle whoe never a shado comne now, Ai mleirs no more from those deareyes flow, So ,weot in their innocent trust. Ah welli and An'umn is coming again, inging hter same old song; But ohI it sounds liko a sob of pain, As it floats in ihe suni,Ine and the rain, O'er hearts of the world's great throng. Thera's a banutiful region above the skies Anil I long to reach its shore, For I know I shall flnd my tieasure there Tho icgh ing eyes and ambter hair, Of the loved one gone before. TIlE PRESS-GANG'S VICTIM. A SEA SKETUH. BY SYLVANUS COBB, JR. Some time during the month o Juio, 1869, the American brig Sa rah, of and from Norfolk, Va., en iterad the port of Livorpool with .a full oargo. She was commandov by Capt. William Brown, and hi: first mate wias Tom McDonough a true-hearted Yanked sailor, who hailed from somewhere in tihe lit tio State of Delaware. After tht brig had been duly entered at the xniato-n.Osn , shl w4as soon cleare of hoer car'go, and within one week aftter bor arrival she was loadet for home. One pleasant evening-the onit preceding the day on wvhich thtt brig was to sail-Tom McDon ough tCook a strl'Ol up into t,h< town, was seized by a press-gang and ia less t,hani half' an homn found himself on board an EPng lish frig ato, wvhic'h lay ah, th< mouth of' the river. . "A fine set of' men," said th( E~nglis.h captain, as he ran hiseyei ad miringly over the stal wvart formi of the imprtessed seamen. "Trhe will just till up the list of our mair topmen." "Are yon thQoonmmandetr of'thia frigate ?" asked Tomn, addressing the main who had just spokcen. "Captain Dowmio, at your ser v'icc," replied the commander with mok gravi ty. "Then, sir, of you I demand my immediate Voleaso. I1 am secon< in command of an American brig tnow roady for sea, and no powol in Enigland can legally detaji me)." "That won't go dowrn, young ste," rqtaurned the captain, with p sneer. "You are little (im younst for such an office. Th< King needs in, and you muse take your oJgneo With; the rest.' ."Do you-monin to say that .I arti to be det4ained oin board youl ship?" "Certainly." "Then, sir," Tep,lied.Tom, while his eyes sashed fre, "yot: will d< It t your peril. Al readyt hat' $ro rpe4nplo u n up a boady rook .aton og,wAn te day shall yet eiome -whomyotr King shall-have t.Bet tioe@1 m exrnoempt by your owr ka;*p, fr 8onetit/,and yot ~t'ro catainshoed alitte t or as our hero spoke, but turn n to one of his lieutenants, he said : "Mr. Monson, have these men's names entered, and then station them and mems them ;'rand with outfurther remark lie walked aft to his cabin. In a moment Toln's mind was made up, and without rosistan .e or remark of any kind he allowed his name to be entered on the pureor's books, and his station and mess to be assigned him, after which a hammock and bedding were served out to him, and lie was directed to "turn in" as" soon as,pmisible. 'lhe frigate was well guarded by sentries, there being two upon the poop, one at each gangway, one on the fore-eastle, anl one on the bowsprit, besides those which were stationed at various posts below, so that no further notice was taken of-the new comers, af ter they had ioeived their bed ling, excepting to give the sen tinels additional caution with re aard to watching well that no one left the ship u.nless he was passed by the offlcer of thq deck. Tom's himmock was already .lewed, and having hung it up, he turned into it without undressing. rho night was warm and sultry, md as a means of giving a circl lation of fresh air, the gundeek. oits were lowered, and from the ilace in w hich our hero swung he tould look out upon the water, a t sparkled beneath the beams of ,ho bright inoon. Tom lay quio Intil midnight, but as yet l o-juld think of no means of escapo. Shortly after that hour had pas ad, he heard the relief guard call Ad, and in some ten irnutcs the -orporal of the first guard canie lown upon the gun-deck and un ashed the harmock which hung icxt to his own, which operation 'Cing pferforned, he proceeded to Indress hii'nself, hanging hui,. lothom, as he did so, up m)1 thi -lews of his ha1mmock. 'I he four sour's duty had given the corpo -a1 an excellent appetite fbr sleep. 111d in five minutes aftor he touch '1 his iattress; he began to snore. "4Now, or never," thought Tom. .is mly chanlco;" and %-ith thi: dlea in hlis mlind, he slipped quiectl-% ,it from his hatrimmofck, and pro -eeded to divest himself of hit. 'wn clothes, which having beeii tIcomlplishied, lie very unceremo teously substituted those of the 11oring corporal in their place. And then sat down upon the 'reechiig of a gun to meditate ut ther upon his plans. Ore b.1 struck, and the sentinel m11ssed the usual "all's well." Then Torn heard the corporal, as he started to go his rounds, and ire long 1o descended the main hatch laddder to visit the posts bo'ow. No sooner had the marine odlio,r passed beyond the galley, than our hero sprang Up the lad ler and gained the spar-dock. V'he ofieer of the (leck wtn an' umpon the stair-hoard1 side, th)e 50en ries were walking their posts .sich regular tread, while the old quarter-mnaster stood upon the poop1, with his nigibt-glass under his arm. The sentries performed their wa'k upon gang-boardls raised even with the bottom of the hammock nettirngs, and run ninrg forward from the ladders. The larboard gangway wras shia dod fr'om the light of the moon by3 t,he awnings, arid walking delib eratoly up the ladder, Tom looked over the ship's side. "Sentry," said he, inl a mum bling sort of tone, "what boat is that at the boom ?" "The second cutter," returned the marine, showing by his man ner that lie had no suspicions of the spurious corporal. Tom lmmedliately walked aft to where stood the offioor of the deck. and being quite assured by the mistake of the sentry, he pull. ed his cap down over his eyes, and, touching his visor respectful ly,~ remarked: "I should like to overhaul that secone enittor, sir, for I think there is rum aboard of her." Tom knew he was playing a desperate game, bat liberty was to be the result of succeess, and he flinehed not a hair. "Hali the villians," uttered the lieutenant. "Uip to their old trlcks again. Go, corporal-get do%wn in to-tho boat, and if you do find rnm in her, they'll catch it." Tom started quickly forward, butjuistas he got abreast of' the fore hatch-way, he egw the Simon pt4'e OorgorAl's head- rising above the conobings.d the mal-fue us conded no b he~br, fot witli one blow of his flt, Torm . Maf, him baok from whence b* dene and the port upon the swinging boom and having reached the place where the second cutter's painter was made fast, he hailed the boat up and leaped into her. The flood 1 le was setting up the river very i .ongly, and quick as thought Tom cast off the painter, and rap. idly droppod atitern. "11Ialp, help I" shouted our- hero, at the top of' his voice, "the boat's got loose." "Get out a edtple of oars, you lubber," cried the officer of the deck, as ho jumped upon the poop on hearing the cry, where he ar rived just as the cutter was sweep ing past the quarter. "You can hold her against the tide." Toni did get out a couple of' oars, but the moment he gotI then balanced in the rawlocks, lie commenced pulling for dear life, and, to the utter coisterna tion of' the lieutentant, the boat began rapidly to shoot up the river. All the sentries on deck were immediately called upon the poop, and their muskets were tirnd at the desorter, but though two of the balls whistlea near the boat, yet none of them did any harm, and on the next moment Toni heard the third cutter called away, but he know the men were all sound asleen in their ham mocks, d so le felt soeure. It was ten minutes beforo the hird cutter cast off from thi oilip, and long ere they reached Toni no had gained the shore, and was running at a reniarkable speed to. wards the cit.v, which he reached in safety, and before two o'clock no Was on loard his own brig. The next morning the Sarah dropped down with the ebb tide, aid as she passed the frigate, Tiom saw the second cutter swinging in her usual place, and as he gazed 1ipon the proud flag that floated at t.ie Englishman's peak, he mutter -d to him-olf: "If I live, I'll some day take the pride from those proud t). How literally was that saying Vulfilled I Tom McDonough had been Decatur's favorite midihip man at the siege of Tripoli, and 'Wherever Decatur led lie dared t> follow." Subsequent to that orillianit chapter in the page of -mr history, ocenered the event which is embodied in our sketch ; mt five years afterwards, on the 11ti of Septenher, 1814, Thomas McDonouglp met one of' England's nroud fleets on Lake Champlain. At the first hroiRide, the Biritish Conmnoidore, Downic, foll, and at he end of i fight which lasted two hours and twenty minutes, without inmo-1-ission, Commodore 'hoimis M,-Donough wats the co i querer ol' .flie Champlain. He had gainod a vietory-he had in deed himibled tho pride of the tv rant, aiid that day's achievement llorms one of the brightest pages in the history of America. Commodoro Thomas McDon n1gh-the hero of Tripoli-the conqueror of' Champlaim I fle wats at101 nol nd true-hearted man, andi( a teoiri to all enemice of his cou ntry. Peace to his ashes, andl everlasting honor to his memory I ____(New York_Ledger. IIF.AvY ON 3AOIHELOR.-The oper ations of the Homestead Act have raised the question as to what con. ;titutes a "I'amily" in a legal sense. The first section of said Act pro. vidos that whenever the real Os. tate of' any "head of a family" shall be levied on under any mesne or final pirocessa, if' such he the "family homestead, shall not be li able to attachment, levy and sale." A Georgia oxchango says an ap plication had been made bef'ore the Ordinary of Coweta County for a homestead, fi'om a bachelor sixty years of age. The creditors of the bachelor filed their objection to the passage of an oirder assign ing a homestead in this case, on the ground that the applicant was not the "hond of a family," in a le. gal sense. It wvas admitted that he had neither wife nor children, but had servants in his employ ment, and it was contended that this fact constituted him the head of a family. The objections were sustained, and the applicant ap pealed. Miserable bachelors. A wvealthy hachelor of Sacra melnto having had one or two law suita for broach of promise, now replies to any young lady who wishes a "few minutes' private conversation :" "No y'ou don't, madam. It On'ts ins to the heart to be copelled to doubt the honorablene of 'our: intentenA, but that sort oft in. hde played out. &ty rule is Itp Aive ; Mzid if you have any business with me, it moust be tr'anBatd4 thi pres, and of two vItndAdan f' Wake Farm Life Attractive. ,Tdst now, Ihen the cotton ma. nia prevails so extensively, and men are not disposed to heed olomon's advice about making baste to got rich, we publish the rollowing beautiful and truthful ex. Lract trom a speech delivered by [Ion. H. Seymour, at au agricultu. ral fair last year, with the hope Ahat it may induce some poor voyager to pause ore he wanders .oo far from his mooorings.-EDS. 3o. CULT., It not unfrequently happens Ahal a man of tbrtune who has 4iven himself up to the love of fain, or who, may live in a magni. icont house, well filled with cost. y articles, after all this may still )e the dweller of a dreary, un Purnished world. His poorer Lut nure intelligent neighbor miay wee from his porch grea- or beau Lies and objects of deeper interest Ahan wealth can give. We can see, then, why counti-y ife is dreary to one and fullofpleas. Iro to an other. We call see why we have not put the farmer upon the highest grounds when we have merely taught him the skill rf a husbandman or the art (it making money. These do not moot the demands of nature when our vital powers begin to give way. They do not meet the call for mental interest when time shall have laid its hand upon us and disabled us for physical toil. To lift up1) agriculture to its best anld highest estate, those who follow it must have a measure of tasto and of education which will makle thei happy uponl their fairms tfhrough all periods of their lives. If these are wanting mien1 will abandon the countrY for the excitement of towns. %Ve now see why the great men to Wh1om1 I alluded sought, homes amid the remote suoneH of, nature. We also see whence springs thih hurtful and uniheal)thy p)IasSion for city life. But it may besaid I hat all men cannot becoine learned in the Illysteries of nature. It would in deed be a mockery to tell the m111an1 who boriuns in the humblest p)osi. tions, without the aid of early cd. cation, and who *. toiling on to wring out a supp r by bia fari labor for hiisef and fimily, that lie itu4t becomo ither an astr11. onomer, or a geologist, or a botan ist, to be happy in his honie. .Nor are thost, things necessary. The Almighty has been too kind to demanid of any for their happiness that which is beyond their reach. But he does requiro them, iflthey would enjoy tho heauties of Ii's world, that they sholld open their eyes and look. He does demand. if they would have habits o l thought and mental pleasures. that they should cultivate their powers of observation and learn the lessons which He tries to teach thern in overy bush or flow. er, in every stone or strOam, and in all animated uiture that sur' it'onds them. It needs no more knowledge than every man can gain who will look and think, to make rural life full of enjoyimen ts. lie whlo will not do this eaets andl wrongs himself. In the order of nature a love of the country in a natural enjoyment in our declining years. All men should bear in mfindl that their tastes outlive their intellectual power. They should therefore cutltivaIto those tastes which can be easily gratified, that are not inconsistent with weakness of age, which make no heavy demands upon01 our powers, or which we hold by an uncertain tenure. Ohjects of art or wealth are frequenitly stripped from men wvhen their powecrs begin to fail, but he who loves God's workcs is happy in the soenes of nature, and hias p)leasures more certain) anti lasting than fortune can give. It's a good investmecnt to cultivate the tastes. I1 car'e not howv humble they may h)0. Tholi man is untrue to himself; amidst the labor of the farm, when following the plowv or busy at any other work, who does niot teach himself' to love wvhat is beantiful, and who dos not exercise and strengthen his mind by obsertving all there Is about him. He hives in the midst of God's great museum of wonders, and he cannot say he was never taught, for all the wor'ld ab)out him is teaching, if he will but learn truths that wall mako him content with his lot, that will strengthen his mind, purify hise taste, and lift him up- fi his whole natu;re, 1 have so and kniowni rauch of men of all .conditions. X have listerEd toi the Bte~s and the prayer for ardon oftthe oriminal in his col. have .noe the intorooorsea me ar v ther $irtuM, t abilities in high social and official Positions. Beyond most men I have had a chance to study hufilaid nature in all its phases, and I do not hesitato to say as one of the ro. ults of life long observation, that virue, health, and happiness are best promoted by cultivating a love of nature. Its teaching, next to the teachings of religion, do most to make mon wise and Contented hero and hereafter. YOUNG MEN SHOULD NOT ABANDON COUNTRY LIFE. May 'we not hope that the tasto for rural life which once prevailed in our land may be restored by a better public opinion and by a judicious system of education which shall aim at gaining that knowledge which is needed by our farming population ? T h e young moin of' our couintr are crowded into cith-t; they are leaving safe, healthful, and useful pulrsuitE for the speculative chan Ces of town life. In too many in. stances tney make misurable fail ur.e, and shipwreck health and characterl. The practice which prevails among our successful farmenrs, of selling their lands and moving in to cities and villages, does a double misclio. It ft-ripm1)1s lhe rural dis tricts of their accumulated captit al and doprvies thom of the wisdom and skill gained by long experienco. The double draiii of' the young and active, as well as the old and wealthy, is hirtful to the moral tone, as well as to the material power ofr the agricultural interest. It weatkeis the influonee of' tho (reaLtet ildustarial purutit of our land-the onle uponl Which the pro-4perity of all others is based. It is our duty, then, not, only to urge 11eaur'es which will make 1r.ning prolfit,ble. but a'so those which will ma1tko coultry lif'o at. tractive. It ntst be lifted up amd maa1de an intellectual proletsionl. It must not be huied, but it must besought LA ai m1o11do of liflu which tives 1not oily just eward to labor, blit h'onor andI infliuence inl obr ocikl and political system. We find a great diversity of tastes amongcivilized natins. They are the results of oduc tionl aud public opinion. Our litstes and habits should be made to conform to the condition of oir' couitry. Our chief wealth is in Mur lands. Our g'owt lain greatness lepends upon our bringing into mso our vast uncultivated domain. These tastes and habits which lead our people to turn thoir backs upon country life are hu1rtful to ouMr pro4perity. Tho system of eduation which fails to give in ellectual interest and menital ae tivity to rural a pursiuits is not well directed, and doea not meet the wants and coinditions of the A incrican people. We iuist have, a1s a basis o1' politic:.1. stability 1111d bupeino pro rity, not only agi'icultuiral skill and ielhanicall ianventfions, but also the diffusion of that kind of knowledge w~hich will make our farmers and their families honor their pur'suits and love the rural scones amidst which they ar'e carried on. A SToaY FRaOM "N ED BRAE." A lriendl, says t he Columbus 'Suna, send(s us the f'ol lowing story fr'oam "Ned Braice." the famous hu moa' ist of' "Gorgia Seano." We do not remembnr to have' heard it b'efore, aLnd do not think it, has ever been in print: Mr. Bacon, of' Edgefield, South Car'oli na, the hero of' the "'Georgia Sees,'' uinder the name of' "Ned Brace," w~ats one couarting a lady in Georgia or South Carolina. She had refused him frequently, and hie as often renewecd his suit. At one interviewv she became ex cio(dingly annoyed at his impor-. tunity, and( told him she conaId not marry him, that t heir tastes, opi n ions, likes anid dislikes were to tally difl'eren t. "In faict," Raidl she, "Mr. Bacon, I dlon't think there is one subjoet on earth uipon which we agree." "I assuroe you, madam. that you are mistaken," saidl Mr. Bacon, "and I can prove it." "If'yon will mention one thing about whioh we agree," said she, "I will mnarry you." "Well," said Mr. Blacon, "I will do it. Suppose, no(w, you andi I wer'e travelin' together, we ar rIve at night at a hotel, and ther'e are only two b)eds vacant, in one there Is a man and in' theo other a woman, which lied would you so. leot to sleep in ?" She arose indignantly and re plied, "with the woman, of course, sir." "So would i," aarotly repilied Mr. .Bacons. o60r&' R4wlimr, d ddd. SEA-SIDE SKETCHES. ROW LOVELY tADIES LOOK IN TUB SALT SURIP OF TE SAD BSA. About half-past 10 o'clock the white flag is raised, which is the signal for bathing, when prepara r4tions for that rare spul- ibre im. mediately coimenced, and siall artiee start for the booths of the each; these 'booths are imere board houses, about four feet square, Just large enough for a well-doveloped eriiolitio to get in. They somblo pig-pu s more thanl dressing rooms for ladies and gon. tinon, but they are all alike, and answer tle purpo'O. You will see a fasiontbly attired lady or gen. tienan enter one of these narrow dens, and in a flw moments emerge minu-t ill the "toggery" that Con tributes to make uZp the inviting exterior, clad iN a Ilannel jacket antd patits, the latter. coming only to the ankle, genorally in their bare feet, with an old straw hat tied down in the most ludiurous and uniniviting nnimer to prevent the wneaier from beingsti n-burned, the reflection of the sun onl tho water being quite severe. Bath era when dressed Ibr the bath, all look alike ; but those clad in suei meagro habiliments for the first time are generally nervous, and act very much as if they weore ashamed of themselves, and glance down at their pants, especially if they are ladies, in a manner that is highlv amusing to all voteran salts. 'Ihev venture in the water cautionsly and not unlike young ducks, but, finally, after being buf fotted and tossed about by the surf for a half hour or fo, they in) variably put on a bold faeo and march out of the water as if they were "no novices." H1ere is an excellent opportuni ty for it single gentleman matri monially inclined to see what amount of frauds there are upon the market. Theyoung Lady who may appear to posiuss a handsoine figure, and is always gotten tup on the expansive principle, with a )r1ofusionl of falso hair, hoops, pads, and all the parapIhernalill knownl to lomalo geiuis and ponetration, may prove to tie a mer skeleton when she is disengaged and extri cated Irom the mysterious and conplicnted concerns which sur. round her. While upon tso oth er hand, if the lady is inclined to .embonpoint and is laced it) daily with a block aid tackle in order to imako bor waist appeair t small, or compros her propoitions into an unreasonably small (uantity of dry goods, the fiaet will reveal it self the m1omentC she is well tiatura ted with the strf She can take none of her "imako up" into the wiater with her. Tho ocean is hoiest. While tho bathinir-dress will not adhere to the skinl 'it will do so reIdiy to any other sub stanceo, like a corset or , I shanl't, tell what else, for the rea. son that, I am not, atufail in such matter's. But, the womanun is ho fore you, devoid of' all deformities and you canf foirmi an aidequatte iden of what you will be callcd upon to dibiurso youtr stamnps' for, shoni Id y'ou enter into a1 matimonial ali ancoe with her. It would boa great consolation to know thoe things ini adlvance. TIheo wa'ter is a great leveler of' distiinctioni. It treats aill of its pat rons precisely alike the rich and the poor, the atrong and the weak, are all swayed to atid fro, kn tockIed down or th rowvn upon01 the beach by its resistless wave, as if' they were merro blockcs of w,OOdl. Everty one is in the best of humor, and if' anmy unlucky no vice ini sea-bathing should1( sw allow a mout hful of salt water and stop to congh, and thle succeeding wave take him amtidships, and send him sprawling towards the shor'e, h is moth widle open, to receive a fresh supply, thme crowd, as well as the huniidreds on the beaich, will shout with d 1 ght.--Journal, PUT A IIo:.z Tuiaouun IT.--One night Ge.--was out on thme line, lie observed a light on the mfounfltain opp)osite. TJ.hin,king it, wa- ho signal light of the onemy, he told his artillery ofilcer that a hole coutldl easily be put through it. Whereupon the offioor, turn ing to the corporal In charge of the gun, said : "Corporal, do you see that light?" "Yes, sir." "Put a holA through it." The Corporal sighted the gun, and when all wras ready, ho look ed ftp and said: "General, that?s the moon." "Don't caro a cent i ptit a hole thrOngh iL any way." ABOUT BABIESj I n one of the strobt-cars ot tii metropolis, a few evenings sincoi was a ldy with a baby. One of the blue-oyed, arowifg happy babios, disarranging its white robes, and t-in11pling its blue ribbons with all the abdnddti of a baby that is secure in ever. fiesh1 supplies, boili of love and clothes. The mother was etident. ly a stranger to the otlier ladlOs in the ear; yet all of theth smilet when they lookod ih h6r'directionj and many of them spoke td hof and seemed to lovo her for the sake of the beautitt child. The opening instinct of woman. hood seems to be the love of the babies, and the girl must beavety little one who does not "'ant a doll to Whieb she can play the sweet part of mother. The depth and purpose of the instinct are ro. vealed to us in the petition of the little mims of five years. who haf. pens te be an only child-"Maa ma, I want a baby to play %flth, K meat baby, mamma." No kinder blessing was over be stowed, than in t.h close of Fanny Fern1's letter to the then newly married Princess Roval of Eng hand : "And when, 'brightest ocf all others, the erown of matornity shall descend upon your yotithful brow, God grant you that nicest of all Ilaecs on earth to ary ina ia mother's hosom P" Yet, while the instinct of ina. teriiity is peculiar to woman, and marks her sex more plainly thanl rounded limbs or gentle manners, it is not to women and girls alonO that the love of babies is confined. It was once the lot of the writer to dwell in the white tents of Camp Iiarrison, in Georgiht,in the lower part. of the State, where fam. ilies are always far between, and much more so in war times. For long Aveeks we had not aeon a wo man or child. At last the railroad through the Camp was repaired, and in the flrst train there was a lady, with such a wide-awake, kicking baby, as the latter one of* the Inetropolie. Somo hundreds of rough soldiers were ar'ound the cars, and Captain Story oftlie 7th Infantry was the biggest and roughest among them, if we may judge of the tree by its bark. The lady with the baby in her arm8 was looking from a window, and ho took off his hat and said, "Madam, I will give you five dol lars, if' you will let me kiss tha haby." One look at his bearde fac; told her that there was no. thbing bad in it, and, saying, with a pleased laugh, "I do not charge anything for kissing my baby ;" It was handed over. The little one was not afraid, and the bushy whid, kers, an eighth of an oil long, was jutist tho ply-iouso It had boen looking for. More than one cims did the Cap tain gt from the little red lips, and there was energy in the hug of th liti tle iou nd arms. Then othert voices said, "Pass him ovef here, Cap) 1" and boibre the titdd was ready to move, half a hiui'dred men had kissed the baby. it was on its best hehavior, and kicked, and tugged at whiskers, a's onily a happy baby can. It was an event. of' the campaign ; andl one giant of' a mountaineer, who strode past us with treadl like a mammoth-, bai' with tear' dimmed eves .and q|piv ering lips, said, "fly George, it mnakes me feel tad act like a fobl buit I've got one just like it at home." Other lands have owned the: power of this yonne irmortality; and1( thle Ii ino hails the littlb stranger with the wvords, "Y6Vukk child, as thon hast entoM6iI the world in tear's when all irnund thee smiled, 5o live a to leave the world in smiles while all around thee weep." A man ha'd. a sign up-"Choap hidies, Rhoesi for' sale hero ?" Ilo ihlindl that not a woman entered is shop. No wonder ; the ladies don't like to beocalled cheap-athey want to be enlled dear. It was a solemn honr and a lonely walk for the old hachor on his way home of'a darkc night, after Jernsha told him he "neednb com~o again." They say In Paris that Patt' dauix las-well, as some ladle# ipo to be. Blacque B7y playas the head ab of whist at Wito Sulphot r Tlh'pinnaole of styleM- fd forralite lady's cwd.&