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- - WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1870. No. 7. t1'nA m T nn" -- 4 THE HERALD IS PUDLISUED EVERY WEDNESDAY X. tNINO, At Newberry V. H., 13y Thos. F. & R. H.Gronekop, Editors and Proprietors. S,affs, Sc PA e1MO', Invariably in Advance. 3 fhe paper i seto at the expiration of time for wIhle1Ia t Is pai .~ The k mark denotes expiration of sub THE YEARS GO BY. A child sleeps undor a rose bush fair; The buds swell out In the soft May air; Sweotly it rests, and on dream wing files To play with the nngels in Paradise. And the years go by. A maiden etands by the rose bush fair ; The dewy blossoms perfume the air; She presses her hand to her throbbing breast, With love's first wonderful rapture blest. And the years go by. Another kneels by the rose bush fair ; soft sigh the leaves in tihe evening air; Borrowing thoughts of the past arise, And tears of anguish bedim her eyes. And the years go by. Naked and lone stands the rose bush fair; Whirled are its leaves in the autumn air; Withered and dead, they fall to the ground, And silently cover a new-made mougd. And the years go by. FOILED BY A WOMAN. A LEAF FROM THE DIAIRY OF A DE TECTIVE. "Madame, it is my duty to ar rest you." "You dare not!" The lips wore white with pas sion rather than fear, and the lady stood before me like a lioness at bay. Even then I could not but note the splendid beauty of this grand lady. Tall and slender, eyes black and flashing-almost lurid now, the spectacle she pro sented, standing there in the mid dle of the apartment, was more the appearance of a queen than a hunted criminal. "I must," I replied, "1 do not doubt your innocence. Looking into your face it is strange that any one could couple it with guilt; but I am constrained to do my du ty, however inimical it may be to my feelings." "Will you allow me to change my dress ?" she said, in a tone al most pleasant. The hard lines around her mouth had relaxed, and the passionate ;glow on the face gave way to a pleasanit smile. "Certainly, I will wait for you here." "I wish also to send a nmossen.. ger for a friend ; will you permit him to pass ?" "Cortainly."* "This was my first interview with Eugonia Cornill. I had seen ber here for months, the leader of our gayest and most fashionable society. In her splendid mansion she dispensed with the most pro fuse and elegant hospitality. A Spanish lady-a widow she had represented herself, and had heen a reiden t here almiost a year. No one ever suspected her of be ing aught than what she seemed, until one day I was ordered to ar rest her as a murderess. It was nowv alleged, said Mr. F., that this young beauty was no other than the woman who had poisoned her husband ini Iavana, .and fled with all his wealth. An immense reward was offer ed for her apprehension, and the circumi stances that had come to our knowledge p)omtedl her out beyond all doubt as the person we were in search of. Yet the person who recognized her the evening before at the theatre advised us to be careful lest she should escape us. I laughed at the idea. Mr. I, and fnyaolf wore surely sufficient to ar rest a lady. We were old enough in the ways of cunning to def'eat any such attempt. When the la dy loft me, I stopped to the win.. dow, and said to Mr. I, who was waiting at the door, "The lady desires to send ames senger for-a friend, suffer him to Almost at the same instant the door of -the apartment' the lady had entered opened, and a youth --.apparently a mulatto boy eamo out and, passedI hurriedly through th,o room into the hail, anrd from thonoe into 4ho street. It was no donbt, the messenger, I thought, afid I ploked up .a book And commenced reading. ''Nearly an hour passed, and still the lady dtid tot make her appearance, nor did the ,boy .iotrn. The friend Moe gad ent for must live at some distance, t thought, or the lady is unusuall.y careful about her tolet, and so another hour went by. At lasf I ~became impatient, and khiocked at. the door. gor." There was no reply. I knocked repeatedly, and at last determined to force an entrance. Strange fears harrassod me. I began to suspect I know not what. It took but a moment to drive in the door, and, once in the room, the myste ry was revealed. The robcs of the lady lay upon the floor, seat tered over the room woro suits of boy's wearing apparel, similar to that worn by the mulatto boy. On the table was a cosmetic that would stain the skin to a light delicate brown. I was foiled, for a surety; the lady had escaped in the disguise of the messenger. I should have detected the ruse; I felt humiliated, and determined to redress my or ror. I know she would not re. main in the city an instant longer than she could got away. I hur ried to her bankers, but found that she had drawn the amount due her an hour before. "Who presented the check ?" I asked of the clerk. "A mulatto boy. It was made payable to bearer." There was yet a chance. '.ho French steamer left within an hour. It was possible she would seek that means of escape. I jumped into a cab and arrived there ten minutes before she left the wharf-just in time to assist an aged decrepit gentleman into the cabin.-There was a few pas sengers; none of them answered the description of the person I sought, I stood on the wharf watching the receding vessel until it disappeared. I was in the act of turning away, when a hackman approached me with the remark: "Mr. F., did you see that old man on board? Hie had a long white beard, and hair that fell on his shoulders ?" "Yes." "Well there's something curious about him." "Wby ?" "Why, sir, when he got into my carriage he was a mulatto boy, and when he got out he was an old man I" I will not repeat the expression I used then-it was neither re fined nor polite-for I knew the vessel would he far out to sea be fore she could be overtaken. I was foiled by a woman. Nor could I help rojoicing, now that the chase was over, that she had escaped. Innocent or guilty, there was a charm about her none could resist. The spell of her wondrous beauty affected all who app)roached her. It lingers in my memory yet, and I could not have the sin of her blood upon my conscience. The Deisticatl Congress that has just adjourned in Naples was in no wvay more successf'ul than any previous assemblage of the kind. It began with denunciation and ended in uproar; the delegates, each and all of them, having such vast stores of original ideas that a panic seized them lest the wintot. should pass away and the sunmmor come andi go befoto they could all find utterance. The whole Con gress, therefore, began to speak at the same moment, each in his na tive language, much to the edifica' tion of the spectators, who thus beheld the best possible represen tation of the confusion of tongues, free of expense. The American delegate subsided first, and was followed by the representatives of Germany, two Frenchmen remain. ing masters of the situation, -and discoursing at each other until their powers of speech had 1eft them. There is a wondof'hl "Healing PooI'"lt Gratiot County, Mio,higan. A weit three and A half'inches in diameter, ,sunk in search of pe troIopm, began, at a depth of 20'0 feet, to spotAt Water so powerfully magnetic thai pen-kuives- dipped into it becamp permanently mag netized, and tin-oups and gl.ass tunmblers held In the water' were galvanized with a coating closely resembling gold. lut the mnarvc, lous pooculiarity of this water Is its healing power. It seems to be a veritable Pool of ethesd.' r asnions ror February. No remarkable changes have taken place in fashion since the advent of short walking-drossos, b; and the trains fdr evening wear. ~ c< The difference between this win. ter and last consists mainly in the fact that cloaks are more worn, ladies apparently finding suits l hardly warm enough for our cold ci climate ; also, in the additional t* height of the bats and bonnets, and n the vogue of the handsome Astra chan furs, which have been re ceived with great favor. n Fur is not much used for trim ming, though it is somewhat al- a ways; but it is probably too cost ly, and has too much competition b in newer and fresher styles to a render it popular. The arrangement of shawls as a cloaks and mantles, which com- d monced here last winter, is very o common this season, and therefore less distinguished. Plaid shawls, c as well as cashmere shawls, are d arranged in this way--plaid shawls being also worn as Arabs. Cashmere shawls are simply looped up in the middle of the back, and confined at the waist with an ornamental tassel contain ing the cashmere colors. The neck is laid in folds at the back, and finished with an ornament corresponding to the waist. The unique pattern of a real In dia shawl is seen to great advan tage in this close-fitting disposition 1 of it, but it soon gives it a worn u and somewhat shabby appearance. b Velvet cloaks have established themselves so closely in the affec tions of American ladies, that it p would be extremely difficult to displace them. And after all, r there is nothing so handsome and lady-liko as a costume composed t of a well-cut velvet cloak, richly trimmed with laceo,.a neat, grace- f fiul set of furs and a becoming vel vet bonnet, with feathers to match as a decoration. i The effort to get rid of upper- d skirts has not at present succeeded. b They are as fashionable as ever with both long and short dresses. With trained dresses they are made longer than formerly. t The fashionable use of China 0 crape in white, pink, blue, and corn-color, has brought into requi sition crapo shawls for tunics and over-dresses. Those shawls are looped up on the back orsidesvcry 11 high, but fall in deep fostoons. a The fringe forms a bordering, and additional trimming is arranged wvith ruches of satin ribbon above the fringe, and loops or round bows e of satin ribbons as or-naments. a (.Demorest's .Monthly. e YANKEEs8 IN A CH!ALESTON P Couar--Ono of our "dead head" g subscribers, who happened to be over in Charleston the other dlay, n tells the following: 8 A follow representing a Bloston i bucket factory came ashore from o a stow~ner, car-rying about a dozen al diminutive specimens of his moer chandize, and taking up the flu-st ,a street he came to, ofter-ed themn right and left. Hie had not pro gressed far before a negro police man arrested and carried him be-n fo a coal-black justice, charged n( wvith peddling without license. The sable magistrate not only fined him the cool surn of $100, jE but roundly lectured the man of cl buckets upon his conduct. lie1 paid the fine and left the "coimrt" ci and city in thorough disgust. e On the same day another drum- t< mer from New York was arraigned n' before his sable honor for the same ci off'ense. The drummer insisted w that he had sold nothing, only be- w ing offering, but bad made no sales. ol WVhereupon the 'black dignitary si told him to prove that, but while tc bunting up his proof he must leave el 850 by way of bail, TVhe drummer w handed over the money, wvent out cc and brought in three or four meor- Ic cbants, who stated that he had "j sold nothing to them. After the gl wvitnesses got through, the follow ing decision was. 4eliveored. m," - Dis Court hab hoard de pre re axos and doeconcluslbn to dis-ease, fil and decides dat de Yankee hab ro of the case in doubt ;: and it bein for law to gib do State do benefit >f do doubt, dis court 19ill keep do Ifty dollars." I These are facts. cc (Macon nT~gr. .. Postal Recommendations. The Convontion of Postmasters contly ordered in Washington r the Postmaster General has included its labors. The follow g is a summary of recommenda- i ons: lst. That agents shall be estab 3hed in various parts of large Lies, where letters can be regis. rod and delivered by regular all carriers. 2. That special combination ieks be provided for through ail bags between largo cities, ar mged so that they can only be pened. at the points of starting ud destination. 3d. That fees for money orders o reduced to five cents for, any mount below ten dollars. 4th. That there be located in I large postoffices an agent of Dad-letter offices, authorized to pen and forward to writers all tter held for postage, all unsealed rcular letters and periodicals ropped in for delivery in limits f the postoffice in which they are ropped, to be paid at one cent. 5th. That all newspapers when iailed by the publishers in bulk t office of mailing, if prepaid, ball be taken at large reduction f rates. 6th. That publishers shall be Blowed to transmit specimen cop )s of papers and magazines with osters and prospectuses enclosed. 7th. They condemn the patent itter box of Strong, and urgo the so of a plain iron box, and do not olieve that thefts are possible in treot boxes where police are em loyed. 8th. They urge that additional ducements be hold out to secure toro general use of stamped on elopes with name of writer upon hem on account of saving trouble then the person addressed is not eund.' 9th. That in view of reduction f fees on registered letters and 3duction on money orders, the epartment take every means to ring them into general use. 10th. The the present uniform ay of letter-carriers be readjus 3d, so as to make three classes of flicer9s; first, where a hundred 1ousand letters are delivered an aally, carriers shall receive eight, ino, and ton hundred dollars ; fty thousand, or less than one undred thousand, second class, nd carriers shall receive seven, ght and nine hundred dollars or annum ; when loss than fifty nousand letters are d,]livOrod, irir shall receive six, seven a3d eight hundred dlollars pcr an uim. Postmasters of the first ass are allowed to employ car ers of second and third class rades. 11th. That thecre'shall be no re oval of letter- carricrs except for )oCifle charges of misbehavir, competency, or violation of poet Flice laws. A uthiors' manuscripts )all be allowed to go through eo mails rated the same as book anuscripts. 12th. They urge now sets ofi 3stoffice stamps, and use of bet r articles of gum ; also that a sw and better envelope be adop d for register~cd fctters. AT LAsv.--The heart of King ichard the First of England, en osod in an urn, has until roe'ent. been p)reserved in the treasure ambor of the Cathedral of lion , but has now been placed in a< >mb erected to receive the re aino of that monarch, in the oir of the building. 'The last ish of Richard Crour de Leon, ho died in 1199, from the effects I an arrow wound received at the I ago of the Castle of Chalus, wasa have his hoar't p)laced in the loir of the Cathedral, and this < Ish, after 770 years, has just beenr mplied with. The urn bears a I idon, plate with the iscription: liefacot cor Ricardi, regis An- t orum.'' After so many years a I are sprinkling of dust mlust only 1 main of theO mr.n who in histime t led the world with stottes of his i mahtie and chivalrous career. W'EAKNEgss AND WIoKEDNE8s.- Il is much easier and miuch~ moro 11 mmon to over-estim ate human la ekedlness than human weakne,. , A Wonderful Age, Under the above heading th9 Pottsvillo (Pa.) Miners' Journal lotices the model of a now rail road and machinery by which it s claimned that a trip can be made roni Liverpool via Now York to San Francisco in six days-count ng the timo from Now York to San Francisco in two and a-half lays! We are prepared in this tgo of progress for almost any im provomont or invention, and are monsequently not surprised at the 3redulity of the Journal, which says: WO wore Rhown yesterday the model of a new railroad and ma 3hinery invented by 11. A. Wilder, Esq., for which ho has mado ap plication for a patent, by which the trip can be made from Now York to San Francisco in sixty hours, including moderate stop pages at the principal points, with much more safety than on the present road. There will be four rails laid down instead of two for it single track, and will be laid in such a manner that the road can be used in various ways. We are not at-liberLy at present to give the full particulars, but this much we can say, that the passenger and freight cars can be built sov enteen feet wide; that they can be run at the rate of sixty miles an hour, with double, if not treble, the safety over running the pros ent cars at forty miles an hour. That a double engine of sixty tons will take 1,000 passengers in a single train, with less wear and tear to the roadway, than is now caused by a thirty-five-ton engine. The expenses of building such a raad will be about 83,000 a mile more than building one of the present single-track roads, which for 3,000 miles, from New York to San Francisco, would be an extra expense of only $24,000,000. A single passenger, merchandise, or baggage car, capable of carrying doublo the number of passengers and double the quantity of mor rhandise, will weigh at least five tons less than any two of the cars now in use. The capacity of the road, single track, will be nearly, if not quito, three times as great as that of the present single lines. There will be no oscillating move mont in the cars when running at a high rate of speed, and it is al most impossiblo fur acar to be over turned in case of an accident. On such a road, with passenger cars seventoen feet wide, they can be fitted up with state-rooms, &c., :tnd with nearly all the comforts Lhat can be obtained( in a fir'st-class hotel, Should the project also ho car' 'iod out of extending a railroad Pr'om New York to the most re mote point in Newfoundland, and stablish a line of steamers to 3ross the ocean in three dhays from t.hat point-which can be done, as Ahe distance is only 1,200 miles hto distanco fr-om Liverpool to Ncw Yor-k can be made in six Jays ; and, add two and a half' nero days to San Francisco, the wvhole r-onto can be travolod in rbout nine days, a dlistanco of up wvards of' 6,000 miles. Is not this a wondlerfl ago ? A JITarr l~ihxI.Y PHa asED. kir. Gladstone, Premier of I'ng and, who is a master of senton es, has rar-ely given utterance to i finer phrase than when he saidl >f Mr. George Pecabody, that by is bonefactionas ho had taught his ago at oned the noblest and nost noodlfdh of all lessons, viz : '1-e has shown us how a man can >e master of his wealth instead of >oing its slave." TJho slaves of vealth are numerous, and grind ng is the bondage. The masters >f wecalth are f'ew, butt of the ma y gifts and talents which God iostow's [ipon man, none is more ustrous and regal than gold, mas erod by its piossessor's, andl used or man's good and God's glory. lut baser slaves do0 not live than hose who have sold thtem~selves ato the service of mammon. John Oziont is the SiUggestive ame of an Illinois editor. When o peels himself and gets down eartily to wyork, he must bring rater to the eyas of his readers Bonnot5 for February, There is little change to note in bonnets; they are still high, still somewhat narrow, and are worn low upon the forehead. The narrow, hlgh-crowned be vor hints, with a short plume of os trich feathers, curled over the front, are the popular styles for young married and unmarried la (ies for street weat, and bon nots proper aro reserved for more core. monious occasions, or ladles of more dignified ago. Very elegant bonnets for recep tions and carriage wear are of light blue or pink terry vclvet, and trimmed with white lace and small whito ostrich tips, placed quito low on the loft side. The neeklaeo of velvet and lace is re tained, ornamented with a plain bow of velvet placed high on the loft sido. Thoso bonnets can also be worn at the opera, although, in the pres ent style of elaborate hair dress ing, ladies generally profer to dis pont o with bonnets on such occa sions. Very distinguished bats and bonnets are made of light pearl gray felt, satin, or terry velvet, trimmed with blue or scarlet vol vet, and feathers matching the body part of the chaapau. The hats are of felt and are particular ly pretty for Misses and children. Little soft Scotch caps for boys are made of blue velvet, with a white wing as an aigretto for the ornament, clasped by a pearl eres cont.-Demorest's Monthly. The Love of Beauty. The love of beauty and refine ment belongs to every true wo man. She ought to desire, in mod oration, pretty dresses, and do light in beautiful colors and grace fiul fabrics ; sho ought to take a certain, not too excessive, pride in herself, and be solicitous to have all belonging to her well-chosen and in good taste: to care for the perfect ordering of her houso, and harmony and fitness of her furni ture, the cleanliness of her sur roundings, and good style of her arrangements: she ought not to like singularity, either of httbit or appearance, or be abl' to A(itfd out against a fashion when fishian has becomo custom : she ought to make herself conspicuous only by the perfection of her taste, by the grace and harmony of her dress, and unobtrusive good-brooding of her manners :sh ought to set the seal of getlowoman on every square inchi of her- lifei, and( ~shedl the rianiiIco of her own beauty and refinemnent on every material objoect about her. [Demorest's lionthliU-. Ho.:E l~inwr or AiLL.--Let pa rents talk wvell at home. A father wvho is habi tuntly silent ini his owvn house, may be in many respets a wise man ; but lie is not wise in his silence. We sometimes see parents, who are the life of every Company which they enter, (dul1, silent and uininter-estedl at home among the children, If they have not mental activity and mental stores sufleciont for both, let them first provide for their own house hold. Ireland exp)orts bcef timd wheat, and fives on p)otatoes; and they ftiro as poorly who reserve their social charms for comnpan ions abroad, and koop their dullness for home consumption. It is bet tor to instruct children and mnaico thorrn happy, than it is to charm strangers or amuse frienmds. A sI lent house is a dull ptaco for young people, a place from which they will escape if they can. Theoy will talk, or think, of being "shut up" clioe, anid the yout.h who does not love home is inr danger'. (I4/ncAbmtrg P/euis. A n tulcfiin of seven years went into a barber-shop in Racino, WVis., andl ordered the barber to cut his hair as close as shears could do it. lie was asked if bis mother ordered it that way. "No."' said he; "but school commences next wooek, and] and we've got a school ma'm that pulls hair." Whiskey has risen to twenty cents a drink In Broo'dyn since the seizure of 1 illicit stills. . I Exectaive Outrage. '0MMUTINO TiE SEli TENCE OF A fhiA IIOIdcAr. MURDEIlt. We take the following article from the Chesterfluld l)onoerat: Governor Scott has commuted the sentence of Abram Chambers, sr., colored, sentenced to be hung ror the murder of his child five years old, to ittlprisonment for life. This he has dono without troub ling himself to inquire into the 'acts of the most diabolical mur lier ever heard of in this com munity, If A brum Chambers tloes not deserve to (ie, we cannot Conlceive of a case in which the death penalty should be enforced, and Governor Scott's action in the promises amouants to nothingi loss than an abolition of capital pun i:shrnent in South Carolina. Ifthe Legisltatutre is anxious to 11ind it subject, for impeachment on the ground of a total disregard for ox isting law, it may be fotnd in this arbitrary Governor. The evidence in the ease of' Abram Chambers disclosed the most deliberate, cold-blooded din bolism we have over heard or read of. IIe hung his children up by the thumb for hours at a time, and in one instance from three o'clock in the afternoon until the next morning. lIe hung them by the neck (and this little boy among them) until life appeard to be ox tinct. Ile beat it with a board, kicked it with his foot, and jioi sisted in,is roelty until the little thingeould only in t hoarse whim. per beg for mercy ; and finally he killed it, and gloried in the ta complishlnt of his hellish deed. Enough! 'ho community knows the horrible facts of the case, and utnderstands the motives of the G overnor's conduet. If Abram Chambers does not vote at the next election, we shall be surprised. Soon after Me l)ufflo was ad mitted to the bar he was elected a member of the Legislature from ldgefield District. lIe soon ac quired in that body a very high reputation as a public speaker. Judge Huger told me that lie was a member of the li>gisitnre the same session. (Yno night he re turned to his mess, and saw that Colonel Lowis Keating Himons was very nioody and abstracted. le inquired what was the matter. In reply Colonel Simons asked him if' lie knew a young membher of the house whose name was Mu. Dumfillo? "Yos," said thle judge, "hli is quite a promising irenmber of the bar at E~dgefieldl. What atbou t himi ?"' "I never hIeard such eloquence flow from the rips of' mor'tal man,"' sajid (blonel Simnons, "as I hecard from his, this evening, before the Judiciary Conmmittoo, on giving the election of cloetors of preOsident and1( viceo-presid1ent to th,e peop)le." After ind(ulginig in a good deal1 of extr'avagan t enulogiuman on the youmng member- from Edge field, Judge IHuger said to him, "Wll Simons, you must admit that lie is an ugly foellow." '-IJgly ?" exclaimed Simons, "if you could have seen haim this evening 'whilst sp)eakcing, wvith Is features anima ted and his face lighted uip by the inspiration of eloquence, you would have thioughi., him as beautiflul as an angel." in reply ing to some oppJosition1 to the south Carolina ?folego, Judge linger said to thme house, that, it LIhe college had never do0nW any hing mor'o than educate McD)uffll, It would 1be ample compensation t.o tIhe Stato for' all her expendi Lures on the institution. This 30mnplimen t wits afterwards, firo lucitly i'epeatedl andl roferr'od to n Sou th Carol ina.-[ From Gov ~rnor Perr's~ "Remniicenees of Public .Mn"-"XIXr Century" for Recbuary. The South Carolina Society, me of' the oldest social organ iza ions in Charleston, hmas recently >en made the recipient of' a life ike portrai. of John C. Calthonn, >rinted by Mr. T. B. Welch, a na ive of that city. Caieraft, the London hangman, has 'een retired on ac'count of old ago. He as hang-er seeal hundredA c1.Ina.s. ADV URTI$NQ OA Advelaqv um~~sb A et n'nsm o e e1 for eaechsubea e;i colmum advetl.enet ten pgr cStd Notcee ot irietings,obldawtes ttE of repct, sane rates per square ,as Special noticesa' Ia. t$a columu t " pet liue. Advertisement* not marked with the 1 ber of insertions will be kept ja til and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with lare =. tlasers, with liberal deduttlos On abo v l wn d p Dlone' with Nestness and PIspateli Terms Cash. Old Maids. Old maids only claim to be like aho restof the feminimo world,owfin their indi-,idual peculiarities, pre judices, tastes and proclivities. I ' married woman free from the.ef Answer, 0, ye fortunate 13enodle, whose placid partners are so ofteu . ruffled by breeezes coming ye! know. not Whence, and blowing where th* list! Like other wonen, their hbt thrill, their eyes overiow, At tie totkh' of sorrow or admiration; like thot; their velvet may be very soft, and their. elaws very sharp; like thon;alas I.they see the right, and yet: the wrong per sue) like them, they are eapable of, heroic solf-denial, gaerificeand devotion; Better than others ' of their sez, fer them Love presdrves forever lis fllesh nes and ideal beauty, his rosy Hi undimmed by clouds of human fraity or sordid care, and maternal af$ect un fue thorn lives, eternally sliriuodf ? hallowed and sacred mystery., Pr. them spring has its "nameless patiox,'' and its unuttorable thoughts of life und hope; flowers and fruit bloom aid perfume the stumer air; autumn and winter hrfug sad fancies of change, tecay and death; and before them stretches an eternity in which, be it revernently spoken, as there is no marrying nor giving in marriage, t11 $ iay hope to be no longer looked Upon as the poor publican whom the brdafJ phylaectered pharisei tlhiancas God- he is not iku,.-From "X[X CentEuy' for February. tfts tats we c*petod, thotd #d ea woman in the case." Accoiding to a German paper, the difiulty. between the sultan of turkey nd the Viceroy of Egypt, which riay yet culminate in a furioda War, arose in the harecn. It seBots that the Egyption ruler vris; ed the Sultan with his. wives dressed i thse heigheth of Parisian fashlion, whcich set, the ladies of fie house hold ini raIptu'eR, and they begged for t-he same privilege. The Comn. manider of thce Faithful saw 'd pence fromn that dttj-, fet 6o troud not Ctoisent to the innIovtiocn. Perplexed aund enraged, tre op, braided the Vicoy for his im provident andI ext rvagtent habits. F~rom this sprang thce disagreelinnt that may somne day doingo the Orient with blood, The Trojan war was cused by Paris carrying ofr Helen, sinceo which it has be come a p)roverb thact "cvery qur. col hcas a Wornacn at th6 &yottomf of it," and if there be auf1 truth int this stocry, the state of the East oc*n question forms no etolofa to the rule. A .MeAaux-MaKEr-.:a.t-Whct .Aytoun wacs making lpoposals 1fr his first wife-a daughrlter' (if the celebratoed Pro,fessor Wiko'n=-theo lady inufoemed hcinc thcat it would be nuecessar'y to ask the alpproval of bor sire.-" "Cerincly,." sahil Ay todh u "but 1 am a ittle diffident in speakh,g to heicm on tisc sujt ; fa't t nnst just go aned tell him my poposaI you rself." The lady proec(eed to. the libra r'y, and taking hoc fathier affee t iona.ly by the hand, mneltioned thact Professor A3'tbune had -asked her to become his wife. -She added i "Shl I accept ifla offqr, pa pa t? lie says ; lhe is too diffident to nme the suebjee-t, to f ou im-n sol ('. "'.lIhon said old Christopher, "I land bettecr writo my reply and p)in it to youc back." lie (hd so, atnd the' htt(dy returWed to the drPfawing.tooins. The abs - ious suitor read hoe answer to his message, Wvbich was ~n these p1 imon ts! Exor.es uI MA SNCs. -A London jou)rt al says that arn imeportanut questcionu to be answered at the present timce is, "WVhy heave Churistinneity ande civeihzation failed to give Englihmenu the mcanners of genc. Ileene ?" and asserts that on readeng the account of the inauguration of thte Sne-z Canal by the Timnes correspondebt, it Iq impossible not to be struck with the superiority of thce Arab over the. Engljsh, man in thes respect. ft says : "We read that the Arabs make way ror a stranAer with promnptness aend courtesy, noI be stare or affect the il-brcd ease, ou In the #ulgar chuaffing of dressed muobs Iin the lands neea On the hand, we read of the md unreasonable grumbling of th tian guests of the Viceroy', and of'W s tLeman demarpding an audlin' 4ee I [lighncess for the purposo of hat ho had been put to sleep I edded rorb."