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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XI. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1875. No. 8. THE HERALD 13 PUBLISHED EVZRY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At5ewjberry C. R, Editor and Proprietor. Ter,ms, 2Ae~per Junmum, IaVafbMy tn Advance. TYf Th paper i stpped at the expirato of time for whichbit bspaid. 0- The pHMark denotes expiration of sub seription. NEIGHBORS. BY Z. E. RExORD. Who's that a comin' up the path? Run, Betsy Jane an' see ! I'll bet it's hateful old Miss Jones A comin' here to sea. Miss Perkins is it? Deary me! Id rather gar it thunder! She's allus round a tattin'! What brought her here, I wonder? I hope she's only come to call, Don't ask her, dear, to stay; For ef we urged her hard enough, She'd never go away. Of all the tattlin' set I know, Miss Perkinabeats 'em holler; She's comin' here to spy around, I'rbeLa silver dollar! She got that old silk bunuit on Its older than the hills, An'-really looks ridicalous All ruffles, tucks and frills! Good gracigus me! 6he's got her work; 1Il hev-h 6it my ntin'. I s'pose you knew Bill Smith had give Her darter Ann the mitten? ConieAr! Miss.Perkins, is that you? Ilm;desprit glad you've come, For as I scd to Betsy Jane, The house seems awful dumb. t Miss erkins, take the rockin'-cheer, Af? 8tsy take her bannit, Be sure you put it where the flies An dust won't git upon it. Sea I, not half an hour ago, Sez I to Betsy Jane, I wonder where Miss Perkins is?- I Here, Betsy, hand that skein Sez L T hope,she'll come to-day, Ifuothin's up to hinder. She's comin' now, sez Betsy Jane, r A loe *iader. Miss Perkins take a pinch o' snuff, A tell me all the news; I havn't heard 'em in so long I've almast had the blues. Miss Johnson's got a new silk dress? t Missfrln ,Inyr I wonder if sie rethin'[tks Her money'll last forever? Miss Perkins, yes! Iwas at church, Now, wa'n't you glad to hear The Preacher preaeh so plain on dress? It hltsome.folks so clear. MisflI7Anfse colored like abeat Yorknow she wore a feather An'2sr0.Grimes was.awfal mad! Itbtfent both together! I wonder if Squire Pettiuone Hi's-abran'-new wig? c I really do dislike that man He feels so awful big? You see him walkin' :'other night Alongdish Kath'rine Snyder? Miss Perkins that'll make a match, I'Wbet a pint o' cider. a son is waitin' on irfes' cousin Rose? Why, no! I hadn't heard o' that. What for, do you suppose? I hardly think he'll marry her; L The doctor's wife has got a boy ? Wall now that's suthin' new. I s' ~h'l name it arter him, I ~,n' shouldn't you? Of course you knew Mariar Smith Hadnamed her darter Lilly. I'd name her Cabbage Hol!yhock! 'That ain't one bit more silly ! Miss Perkins, what! 'Miss Blodgett lets Her gis play plays and dance! WegkitecZs, that takes me down, An' beats the whole o' France! I know one thing-my. Betsy Jane Don't help 'em in their doin's. I mi asweljet int her tov The narrer road to ruin. MissiPerkins, hev you heard about c That fuss with Peleg Brown? You,,hain't? Why, goodness gracious mel It'iall about the town. They think he cheats his customers a A sellin' salratuis; An' say they catched his youngest son A stealin' green tomatoes. Of course y on've heard the talk that's round About the Widow Hatch? They say she's after Thomas Sweet, An' that'twill be a match. Hei'husbmn' h'ain't been dead six months, An' now she wants another. She'd never be my darter-in-Iaw If!I was Thomas' mother! S Hey I herd of the weddia'? No! Who, underneath the sun ? r John Wnit and HIuldy Robinson?b Miss Perkins you're in fun! ! Way, he's as mnch as fifty-two, An' Huldy isn't twenty; But then-we know the reason why The old fool's cash is plenty!o MN*Perkins, lay your work aside P An' hev acupo' tea.b This cake of Betsy Jane's is nice;r Jest try a piece an' see. I ns delife t'o cook an' bake, AfM {ka.w how to duit. - An' Betsy Jane shall larn it tu; fIl eddicate-her through it. Mias Perkin's, are you goin' now?E One thing I'd like to know Go bring her bannit, Betsy Jane That's why you hurry so.t Your bunnis's jest as nice as new; Iau, it's right in fashlon! Them ruffles an' these gethers here Are really very dashin'. s Oh, yes, Miss Perkins, I shall come. You must come down agin!t You haven't been here in a so long, e It rea!ly is a sin. Good afternoon-yes, Betsy Jane Shall come an' see your darter. Thee! has she gone ? i really hope She got what she was arter! In all my life I never did See-sich a tattlin' critter! They'd ought to call her Scandalbones; I'm sure the name 'ad fit her. I s'pose I must return her call;r But I wa'n't sociable at all. The following was. composd b neio who was evidently "hard up.'baneio Know ye the printer's hour of' peace? c Knorye anhour more fraughitwith joy, Than ever felt the Maid of Greece, Wheni kissed by Venus' amorous boy? [ 'Tsntwe es f oennt r 4eteb. {tory. __ HOW TIMKINS GOT HIS WIFK. -0-. Timkins was, some years since, i sort of sub reporter on a morn- i ingpaper-that is, ho was employ- I d to do odd jobs in connection with the office; and in case of; ,mergency, to assist the regular eporters. He was quite a dabbler in smalh w iterature-wrote poetry, or at M east, something that no one else>, .ould possibly designate witn that a 2ame. He seized upon everyI n )roninent subject of the day and >ut,it into rhyme. The De Riviere tc &nd Blount affair would have ex. d .ited his muse to an inordinate legree, and resulted iu such a po ra as Byron's '-Dun Juan and l ,he Atlantic cable, that fertile sub-U ect would have been done up in a >des and stanzas and sonnets a vithout cud. It was unfortunat.., S >r probably tortunate flr Timkins, w hat his poetry had iever beenl )ublished, or his delusion with d egard to its merits migh&t have )ecome a confirmed monomania ;nd unfitted him fur any useful h urpose in life ; although he was .lwavs more ornamental than use re ill. ir To give Timkins his due, he had ather a distingue appearance, and nanaged to make the most oi the iatural advantages he possessed. le always dressed in good taste,' iever wore a "shocking bad hat," or kl oots,with indications of incipient k lecay. How he managed to do this vas a subject of no little surprise to hose who knew the exteLt of his aeans; but although these were a xceediugly limited, his resources u vere almost unbounded, for he ras blessed with a good stock of ,seurance, and not being troubled auch with conscientious scruples -invaluable capital for a hanger a of the press!-it is probable bt hat tailors and hatters and boot- 01 aakers were occasionally victim- sa red, under the idea that in sup lying his - wants they were so- t1 uring the influence of the news- i apers, and would receive a quid th ro quo in "first-rate notices." I hi ou't know that this was the case; ut inasmuch as such things have in ccurr'ed, arid doubtless are occur- m ing at the present day, I think I - mn justified in adopting that beory. The only drawback to the per onal appearance of Timkins, was he fiery color of his hair. It was - ot decidedly carrotty, bult was omething between carrots and' right yellow ocher; and as he t ,ould insist upon cultivating whis ers and a moustache, his face did p ot present, to my eyes, a very at- a rataive or pleasing appearance, a~ .-hatever effect it might have pon the female portion of the ommun ity. Tinikins, very naturally, wvas ot a little vain of his appearance; nd indeed his great weakness, a fter that of perpetrating poetry, ras in cherishing the idea that he s ras a decided "lady-killer." He e sed to tell the most extraordinary w; tories of his conquests--of the arious modes which love-sick h taidens would adopt to make his cquaintance, and he would occa ionaliy show billet-doux,or at least very neatly folded note, highly erfume-d, which he professed tom ave received from the fair ca- r arcs he had conquered. b It was strongly suspected that iuch of this was mere boast, so ne day it was decided to play a ractical joke upon Timnkinis, and( fe ave a little fun at his expense. hat it could easily be accoma-i !ished by attacking his weak el oint, we felt satisfied, and went(l work accordingly. It was resolved to send himi a etc as though it camne from a oung lady-a real love-letter, eeming with romantic passion, a nd concluding by asking an as ignationl at a certai nspot, ata a pecified time. The letter was g peedily concocted, and one of us B ndertook to get a female friend to e opy it. It ran thus:ti CINCINNATI, May, iS-. mn "SIR: The fluttering of my eart renders me almost incapable f penn this; and, together ith my deep sense of the impro- cC ricty I am cornmiitting, temp ts me w o stop even now. And yet some ecret influence impels me onward, a nd whispers to me that you are 2y destiny. We have often met:; ut you never detected my ardent ok of love, and 1 felt sure that tb our eyes had met you would at m nce have read the treasured secret f my heart. Oh ! why is silence in! i aatters of the affection imposed I pon our sex ? Whby is it irn- T. roper for us to tell a man that we e ve him? Ma saysit is because o re are weak and men are wicked;c ut you are not so-1 know it, I m sure of it. You are the soul of V( nre and therefore I have deter- hi iined to break through conven onal traminels, and to let you now how dear you are to me. on't :.*u. lemn me ; don't think te bold and unwomanly, or ifyou lon!d cownemn, try to find some dliatio:n for the act-look in )ur glazs and find it there. Oh you can :eturn my fervent love, )w hap-Y, how blessed I sball be! ou will 'io so, won't you? Your own, MARIA. "P. S.: oh, dear! I had almost rgottel lo do the very thing for hi*h I send this. Won't you eet me on Thursday evening, at ven o'clock, in Union Square? I iall be drvssed in a white froek, white pelerine, and a straw bon !t trimmed with green ribbon. ben I Vot, I will cross over: the SiingIer Institute, and turn awn Fourteenth street. Be sure C Ud come. 31." t This wa- dispatched by the city t >st, and the conspirators took d r to be with Tirnkins when it rived. We saw him read it, and h he put it into his pocket., a self. a tislied smile assured us that he . Aulid be at the trysitng-place. c Tie n-ox:. eve.ning was the one !mnt.l, nnd we weein Union [uare watching the denoueinent. t Inkis was tlere exzetly at the i mr, mst elaborately tuileted, r d stationed himself nearly op site the Institute, attentively r grardii.r every female. and eag-er- e watching for the white dress, r lite pelerine, and straw bonnet e .lh green ribbons. But minute after minute passed; 1 luarter of an hour; half an hour ipsed,andstillshe came not! Tim- t ns became fidgety; took the note t rn his pocket and read it again ; is sure that he was right-re- s aced it, and again watched. But k the a:d of the hour he gave it r and stopping an omnibus,. mped in and proceeded down w n. The next day appeared among i "Persoual" advertisements in e Herald the following: "MARIA: I was there at seven, t waited in vain. Will be at C e same place Saturday, at the ; me hour." We had no other intention at t e outset than to have a good c igh at Tiinkins, by exposing a e triek that we had played on i m ; but since it had gone so far, " d be appeared to be so much d earnest, we determined to re- I ain silent and watch thc affair. t e were little prepared, however, t the result that really did take t ace. We were on the watch again on a *tuiier eye n in g, and sure a oug~h. Tim kins was there scan ng every female closely whoi re a white dress, but none took e diretion intimated. But, i out half-past seven a lady ap- t oached, and, to our astonish- r ant, act::ally wor e a white dress, x white pelerine, and a straw ben-i t, but a black veil was thrown s eor it, and we could net distin- i isb the color of the ribbon with < bich it was trimmed. T his w as cert ainlIy very remark le, a strange coincidence ; but rige of our astonishment whent e left thte park and actually ssedl to the Spingler Institute ! e began to think that, like ankenstien, we had cr-eated a man being, am not only so, but: .d dressed her in our imaginary: tire ! W\hat coulid it mean ! We look at each other in blank amaze ent, and before we hiad partially covered fromt our astonishment, th the lady and Timnkins had dis >peared. lIadi shte really turned win Fourteenth street,and had he ilowed her, as of course he would al perfectly justified in doing ? We hurried to the corner-, and was really so ! Timkins was >se behind the lady, but had cvi ntly not yet addressed her-, and, > dut-. wondered that under e circumstances, she gave him encour:agenient. She, however, Hl pro'ceeded down fourteenth,1 id they had recached a fence that I elosed some unoccupied lots, I hen he sidled up) to her and eke. but was evidently repulsed. at, nothing daunted, he persist in his attentions, and, in a short nte, the conversation became utual, and they walked on, ap rently int pleasant companion ip. Shte dismissed him at the rner- of Main Street, and i.hey anit away in opposite dir-ections. e foiil'wed the lady, however-,1 Ld saw her enter a very elegant ansion. We kept our own counsel after is, but still watched the move ents of Timkins, and soon becamei tistied t.hat he and the aforesaid 1 l -re on the best of terms. bat thcy met clandestinely was; ident, and the meetings were ntinuedi for about three months. One night Timkins invited me< ry condidenttially to sup with; m at Floreneda., statino- that he iad something very important to i mpart. H1e then gave me the I Vhole history of the affair-how t w, had received the note, and met Ls be supposed the writer; how, Lfter showing it to her, the ac- T juaiatance was easily formed ; 2 hat they became warmly attach- i d to each other, but that the dif- I erent stations in which they t ncved forbade the hope of her Is autily consenting to the marriage, e ne they determined not to ask t. She had a moderate fortune r n her own control, and the wed- c ing was to take place the follow- c ng week, and he requested me to E et as his friend. I conse.nted ; the t not was tied ; and they started ib n their bridal tour, leaving a let- 1 er for the old folks which I was 'I o deliver some time after their fl eparture. t I found the parents to be good, ind-hearted, reasonable persons ; t ud, as there was really nothing c fainst the character of Timkins, I xeopt the su.posud fact of his b ractising. occasionally, upon the V redulity ofstorek-Opers, the mat- e er was soon settled, and he step- s ed into a very comfortable ar- 1 angement. Timkins is now a gentleman of v leans, moves in the very best so iety, and may be seen every sum- c ler, with his charming family, e ither at Saratoga, Newport, or b ome other resort of fashionable o Cople. M He has not forgotten however, b he practical jokers, who, uninten- b ionally, were the cause of his s ood fortune, and they are always r ure of a hearty welcome and a c .niib and fork at his hospitable iansion. a a r e-p d IMIGNON'S BABY. t 11 What a pretty picture ! Never i id Mignon look so charming in her irlish days. Yes, she was a rose ud then, ifyou please, with all E he sweet wonder of her life fold- t d away within soft, fragrant pet- s l]. There was piquant expecta ion ; there were flushes and hints; r nd nobody knew what lay at the t Opths of the soul, still restling h sleep in the calyx of home. The t nknown has a marvellous charm; - ut for all that I prefer roses to I uds. A white hand flashes to and fro; e shining point of steel pierces v ome delicate fabric; a little gar- r 1ent of fairy dimensions is grow- ~ rig into form for Mignon's baby. r Vithout a doubt she is making aby-clothes. Of all the multitu- t inous employment for women, j one is so fascinating as this. The ~ york-basket is full of soft, cling- t rig flannel, and skeins of flossy t ilk ; ofline n so fine that it mighte e woven of cobwebs, and lacei clicate as the dewy films that j nk the grass-blades of a summer riorning. It is all one perfectly lended poem-the place, the work, 1 he woman. For once, material is piritualized, and earth is heaven. )o people ever think that heaven t s only the dominance of spirit, arid hat spirit is scarcely more than nother- name for love ? Lovers und mother-s can understand this. ~Iignon, sitting there by the low, rench window. broidering a tin y etticoat fGr her- unseen baby, sees caven a second time. Love is till tihe medium, and it always gill be whenever the terrestrial ~nd tihe celestial meet. Many mothers sit thus, work ng and dremin, bt not many teep in their eyes and upon their orcheads the light by which they nake the first baby-elothes. The nedium becomes obscured, and al vays in the same way-by tihe hadojw of the lower self. "The >aby is mine."' This is the me-i her's natural thought. When he nurse puts the tiny body in icr arms, she clasps it tightly to icr heart, and the instinctive feel. og deepens. "Mine," from the absurd little bald head to tihe won. lerful bits of feet, softer and lain tier t''an rose-tinted satin- i Mine to love, to dress, to feed, to: >et-mine to educate and develop."< ~iroady an ideal Springs up in the i nother's mind to which the new, oul shall conform. Already the i nether says in feeling, rather han in thought: "The baby shall crow to be what I wish, for it is nine." Yes, dear young mother, it i sI rours by the beautiful body thati s flesh of your flesh, by the spirit raits inherited direct from you ; rours by a thousand ties; and yet rou must net forget that every oul has a claim to itself that is tronger and higher than all other laims. Baby is yours, but not rou. Therefore let prayers min ele with vone klaen, t.bm yon nay guide and win, without such )ersistent control as shall bcnd .he new intelligence away frcm ts own type. There is no surer vay of losing your child than by rying to make him too much rours. There is a tyranny of love, And the child-nature tries to get .way from it. just as we move into he shade at noon, from the very un whose warmth we sought so agerly in the chill morning. But Mignon smiles at future iotber-troubles, and kisses her bild rapturously. Itis still in long lothes, and is dependent upon er, every hour, for its life. There hey sit, rose cheek against rose reast, red rose and white-the iost beautiful sight in the world. 'here is no space for selfish con ict, for each self utterly satisfies he other. But this can not last long. The ime comes when baby wants to reep out ,f his mother's aims 'he individual force within him egins to make itself felt. He rants more room, and the pretty nbroidered dresses must be cut hort, to give the little kicking gs fair play. Intelligence is S-aking up, and baby begins his oyages of discovery. "You will never take so much omfort with him again," say the xperienced matrons. They have ad their struggles with the spirit f independence, and have been rorsted. Mignon is inclined to elieve them, when baby pulls her est china off the tea-table, and he finds him playing with the uins, like an explorer in a buried ity. For the first time she is an ry with her child. Mother-rights nd baby-rights conflict, and baby, s the weaker party, gets treated ather roughly. "What have I one ?" is the question put by the -ondering blue eyes and the lit Ic grieved lip. Mignon forgets er loss, and weeps with her dar ng, because she has been iinkind o him. How hard for the young mother, erself only a child, to measure he great distance between her oul and the bab'y's. The little itting room is to him a world. "he chairs pique his curiosity; the ables call upon him to investigate; is mother's work-basket is equal o the treasures of a historical so iety; if he puts the needles in Lis mouth he is not to blamp; o far, that is the natural re eptacle, and baby can only go iith his experience. Everything 2ust be learned by slow degrees; on't blame the little fellow if he 2akes many odd mistakes. Mischief is only enterprise in he bud, and there is cause for re icing when kitty is fed with the anary and a carving-kr.ife is in reduced between the piano-keys o find the music. If the mother an only get through this try ng period, and not be very un ust she has reason to be glad. ittle soft, honest heasrt are o easily alienated! Babies don't ike to be scolded when they re not to blame, any better than ~rown people; and they remem ecr mamma's cross face much lon ~er than she supposes they do. If 'lignon wants to keep baby, all is fresh opening soul for her -ery own, she must give up a ;reat deal of herself. She must be servant to the little prince-a ourageous, p)atient, wise guide ~iving him all the freedom, all the v'arm love he needs, yet restrain ng him always when his bold eet stray toward danger. The pretty frocks give way tc he first pants, and Mignon's baby hinks himself a man. He stampe Lbout in boots, and his mothei ~ometimes kisses in secret a littlk svorn red shoe that she has saved Babyhood is forever over; and iappy is it for the mother if th( rave, joyous boy still cares for 2er most and first--is still fed al .he fountain of her soul, as onc< ic nursed at the white fountain 01 icr breast. ( From the Aldine for February. The ancient Britons used mones nade of brass, tin, and gold, anc tiso rings of iron adjusted to z :ertain weight, and, as some say ron plates reduced t o exac1 weights. The money first wa ised in Italy and Sicily was o ronze. Camden relates that h( >ad seen money made by the HIol anders of pasteboard, A. iD. 1574 Vestus says that in the reign o Romulus the Romans had not es :ablished coined- money as a me lium of exchange, but used leath r, painted wood, and pieces o netal, the values of which wer4 letermined by weight. There is only one objection t< people who "mean well," and tha s, they never find time to carr) >nt. their meaning. THE MAXIMS OF THE TAL MUD. Between the wolf and the sher herd the lamb has come to grief. One thing acquired with pain i better than a hundred with ease. Let the grapes pray for the we: fare of the branches; -withou branches there would be no grapes Silence is beautiful in a wise man but bow much more in a fool. More than the calf wishes t drink, the cow wishes to give i suck. If they tell you that your frien( is dead, believe it; that he ha come into a fortune, doubt it. An ass feels chilly in July. Ie who lends money to th poor is often better than he wh( gives them alms. Here is a table, and meat, an knives ; but we have no mouths t( eat. Be prudent and be silent. The world is like the wheel o the well, with its two buckets the full one is ever emptied, anc the empty one is ever filled. A quarrel is like a squirt of wa ter issuing from a cleft; wide and wider gets the cleft, more an( more powerful the squirt. Hore is the sack, the corn an< the money; now you go and meas ure. He who has been legally depriv ed of his illgotten garment shoulk go his way rejoicing. He who has learnt and does no teach is like a myrtle in the des ert. There is a threefold death ii the slanderer's tongue ; it kill him who slanders, him who i slandered, and him who receive the slander. Some people's judgment is tha of a blind man at a window. You cannot touch a fool ; a dea man's body does not feel the knift For a man who has been ruine( by a woman, there is Lo law and n judge. Many an arrowsmith is shot b; his own arrow. Greater is he who causes goo deeds than lie who does them. Great is peace ; it is to the lan what leaven is to the dough. He who struts about the marke in the philosopher's toga will no come into the dwelling place God. Where song (joy of life) is deat a hundred geese may be had for brass farthing and a hundred bust els of wheat for the asking ; but n one asks. Woman spins her little we while she talks. Throw no stones into the we) whence you have drunk. A small allowance at homei much better than a large on abroad. He is a bookcase not a scholai Cut off his head but mind yo don't kill him. It is the hole that makes th thief. When the camel kicks the scoi pion away with its heel, the scoi pion swears that the camel sa perceive it in its head. In his own house the weaver king. The:salt of money is almsgi1 mng. A hundred shillings investedi trade will give a man meat an wine ; in acres it will give hix cabbage and salt. To move from one house int another costs a garment ; froi one country into another, a life. When the axe already touch< the neck, still hope in God's savin gracs. Flight is the beginning of d feat. Hang the sweetest grass arout a pig's neck, it will still go at wallow in its native mire. The lives of three are no live that of the too compasionate, the man with a temper, and ti misanthrope. Three men are beloved by Go< he who is of a sweet temper, I who is moderate in his habit and lie who does not always obsi nately adhere to his first r solves. Poor is only he who likes cor mon sense. If the old people tell you to pt down, and the young ones to bui up, pull down. You must not drink out of o: cup and look at another. He who cannot moderate h grief will soou have a new grief mourn over. Seven years lasted~ the famit but no workmen starved. When the jackal has his da make him a bow. In a recent Corry- foot-race b tween two girls, thie one with blue garter beat. In perfect sleep the whole of t nervgns strnc~ure i.5 inlVed.04 PLANTING HUMAN HAIR. On Rampart street stands an un - pretentious store whence bangs a r plain sign bearing the inscription. ' 31"Human hair repaired." Hair re- I storers have grown frequent of t - late years, inverited and patented i all manner of drugs and medicines h that promise to make hair grow : on the baldest head-even on a f pumpkin. Yet with all these capil- 1 iary improvements, one looks f down from his seat in the peanut jv gallery on a sea of bald heads- b shining pates. t How modest this sign appears. t There is no boast ofrestoring hair b which is gone ; but the hairdress- s or simply offers to repair one's w hair, as a carpenter would repair g one's leg or a doctor one's head. t This repairing is an old art of c great success, but seldom prac- fr tised in this country. Hair being A a vegetable can be planted any- 0 where, and if the soil be frui' ful a will grow luxuriantly. Thus if v one can get a bushy headed boy to i, share his locks, one can bid defi- l ance to old age and baldness. t This art is used in Paris by old a French dies. Our people, however, a have not generally received it, for t the reason that the operation of r grafting hair is rather painful, it S being necessary to sew the new j: - hairs into the head with needles. " The artists in this hair planting 1i business can produce the most as- s tonishing results. To give a person s any colored hair is, of course, easy p enough, brunettes may have red, t or blondes black hair; old persons a a black, and young gray hair; that i 5 is the simplest work. A person may in like manner c have his head terraced, laid out in u patches of various colored hairs, e red, white, black, and brown, and t in almost any sort of pattern or a design. This style always pro- b duces a profound sensation, giv- t ing its owner the appearance of a an animated lamp mat. . r if human hair be not found the s Professor will supply horse hair, s which will be found quite useful and s able to stand a good deal of wear d and tear, in addition totbe fact that : it never requires combing or brush- a ing. Altogether, we must regard the introduction of this art here as highly beneficial. It will give our colored fellow citizens here an opportunity of getting rid of one Stheir bug-bears-wool-and thus I -fit them for thbe duties of Americant citizens, and it may introduce new fashions in the hair lin'e. Certain. Sly it is preferable to chignons and ramie. The hospitality of the home is s never loudly and noisily demon a strative. It never overwhelms you with its greeting, though you -have not a doubt of its perfect sin i cerity. You are not disturbed by the creaking of the domestic ma 3 chinery, suddenly driven at un wonted speed for your accommo -dation. Quietly it does its work, -that it may put you in peaceable I possession of its results. He is not the true host, she is not the s best hostess, who is ever going to and fro with hurried action,and -flurried manner, and heated coun tenance, as if to say, "Sec how 2 hospitable I can be ;'' but rather d the one who takes your coming a with quiet dignity and noiseless: painstaking ; who never obtrudes 0 attention, yet is very attentive n all the while; who makes you in one word-the most expressive s word in the English tongue-to g be at home. There is no richer, deeper, larger hospitality than 3- that. d HoMIE CHIEERFULNESS.-Many a d child goes astray, not because there is a want of prayer or virtue at :home, but simply because home lacks sunshine. A child needs e smiles as much as flower-s need sun beams. Children look little beyond I: the present moment. If a thing Spleases they are apt to seek it; if it Sdispleases they are prone to avoid .it. If home is the place where e- faces are sour and wvords harsh, and fault-finding is ever in the as 2. cendant, they will spend as many hours as possible elsewhere. Let .1 every father and mother, then, try Id to be happy. Let them talk to their children, especially the little ie ones, in such a way as to make them happy. is OETRY.-All poetry is but the~ oreaching out of the soul.-ail paint eing, whether in words or colors, '~ for something better, brighter, fair er than it has yet seen, but which 'imagination prophesies is yet to come. It sees brighter tints, more s. indestructible loveliness than this a world contains, but which even its disappointments and defeats fore. shadow; and which will certainly ie come, or hope, and faith, and love wnnlId not be. BL &CKING A STOV:. It is very rareiL. r>lee-l. 1 hat a 1an leaves wife in bed ahep mal 1ips softly into the kitchen to sur rise h r by putting a polish on he cook stove. When he does d it is an event of some importance I the family histry. an] the; way e does it afio,Is material fr edi fing reflection for days at a time. IC first moistnCs the backing by iling the sane r to the brim with rater. Sonic of this he spills on is pants, but genray m get the groatte part of it on Ie carpet. Then he :rasps the rush firmly in his right hand and Atting the saucer on the floor 'here it is hand to s.'op in. he oes to work. and for the next fif .en minutes a most astonishing Mplication of noises proceeds -oim that. kitchen. There is the hisk of the brush as it glides ver the smooth places. and then sharp rap as it Cmes in contact ith an unexpected angle. There i a sort of hissing noise made by imself. and which indicates that be stove is occlpying his entire ttention. And that is occasion Ily relieved by sundry exciam. ons which ray or ray not have .ference to the work in hand-I ach as "Ouch !" C-h-r-i-s-t-o -h-e-r!' "Merciful heaven !" Thunder and figitning'" and the. ke. The final noise is the snap of Dmething like crockery. which is lightly mixed with a proper pro ortion of Pure English. and about his time the sharer i joys nd sorrows makes her appearance i the picturesque attire a woman hvays assumes at that Lour orsets and hoop-skirts predonii atiig-and the spectacle her yes fell upon is astonishing to ue farthest extreme. The stove ppears in a halt'-dress uniform of lacking and ashes, and seems to be aking alively interest in the whole ffair, while the man of the house, pparently rivited to the spot, tands there in his shirt sleeves. taring, with ali his ight at a pot in the carpet, and vainly en eavoring to comprehend how it .11 happencd, while patches of1 .grecable lustre iliuminate his face nd shirt-front, and store blacking ,nd raw spots equallY divide pos ession of his hands, iIe has skin ed ever-y knuckle on both hands. .nd broken the saucer by step - ing into it, and got the ashes in o the car-pet, andi snapped the andle fr-om the brush. She takes t all in at a glance ,and with true romanly sympathy, says, "Well, hopo you are satistied now." Lnd the expression of his face at eat.s more eloquently than words hat he is.-Dankroy MN>rs. DJos r TAKE his OwN MET)ICIN:. -The followinz is told ot D)r. abarrus, the great homeopathic hysician, w-ho has just died in 'ais. Mile. Julia B3arron was out f sorts. and sent for him. "What is is the matter ?" said lhe doctor. "Oh, Ih hardly knowv myself,' he replied. "my spirit s are terri >!y unequal. Sometimes I am ~reatly- elated. and then su. iden ly ink into deepe.st melanecoy. After a moments r-eflection Ca arrus said, gravely: "I am afr-aid there is but one vay to curec you. "WYhat is it ?" she inquired. ca ;erly. "You must get marr-ied," he re >lied with a mirthful twinkle of .he eye, still keeping a grave face. "Well," saidl MIle. Barron. after i little hesitation. followed by a long-drawn sigh of relief, 'perhaps youi are right. Would you marry me ? "J/a chtre," repiled Ciabarr-us. blandly, "the (doctor prescibes, but he dec n't take his owvnmd cine. Dorsa Fou-a 'IIIGSc uT O'-:. Billy Barker. a 5sacramnento spor-ts man. f,undzabnost condannt pas time in hunting and smoking. These two diiversionis seeme:i to be compati ble, and, with a pipe in his mouth and ''gun on his shol der. he wore ort many' pairs of boots tramping - b r o a -i the wvoods. Seeinlg a bai oni n .g branch, with its mnoing rw~in gs de noting an immediate inention of flying away, he hai' ly took aim. The tobacco smok:e obscured his sight, and he stuck the pipe in his pocket where his powder flask was. F'our things went oil in the or der mentioned-the gun the fla:k, Mr. Barker's leg. and the bird. A moustache dyed black looks incong-ruous on a sandy haired man. In Massachusetts it is legal to shoot any one who tars and feath r~ u.1 ADVERTISINC RATES. A rxrted at tie rate of !1.00 r i r-ue inch-forfir" inertion, and r- n ch sni.sc.uentinsertion, Doube m:'n wve-risCment tenper cent on above. N 'tnn s, obituaries and tribnte oee uIme rate_ Ier square as ordinary avet!-cmnts. noti in lo,al column 20 cents . nts not marked with the nurn - M,%f ;e rtions will lie kept in ti forbid .nd1"I gd accordingly. ei! contrncts made with large adver * . - !hli'>eral deductious on above rates. 'Neatness and Dispdeh. Teris Cash. W iE .)!D NOT GET THE v-ars ago a slab sidei. :V-Xwar.I p!inter boy from h:1 i'- way to WShn ma " place." To -::ngwas then . 'tary of thit' rior To Lim the young st ru. .'nar ap-lied for assist ane in 'lLU ti desired situa tiol. This r.as the encouraging nswer' hv received from Ewing: -I will not gt yOu a place in any of:he departments. Moreover, if you 1ind a place and go to work l will u :2 m influence to have yo <'a"ied. I want you to get It of WasIinton. I am not go ing to have yo: made into a limp and helpless onenity if I can belp it. Go anywhere else, go to the deiil if you lke ; vou shan't stay in Washington." 1hi nspiritng-eounseldrove the trinte youth back to Maine agin. I fad Ewing found the deqired -)pace." he would to-day be txing tpe round bundled documents or s!icki n oilicial stamps on some bi)y es't letters. in one of the departrnciits, an inert human ron ti!e-i:hn'ne. it thie uncle's sensile br isqunelCSs was the ne phcw's sa.vation. The r-me of that discouraged young applicant was .James G. !aine. present -:pe:tker of the house of representa t;ves. BE U.C\LY.-\ever try to keep out of a man's way when you are owiN him anything. unless it is a thrash ing. It is bad enough in all conscience. to be in debt, but do not make your condition norse by growing meaner under its pres sure. When you'absoluteiy can not pay up at the appointed time, don't make him think you are sick D)on't skulk about in any by-street to croid meeting your creditor; don'it sneak aroundl the first cor ne rwheni you catch sight of him be:fore he has seen you. All such conduct is unmanly. No doubt you are averse to standing face to face with a man to whom you are de btor stili-it is mortifyiug, very. but it is on ly one of the natural consequences of borrowing. and as youl have incuIrre i the penalty, why meet it like a man. Face your cred:'it or, let. him know that you tteitheri foge the dcb nor unAderate his patience with you. Say frankly that you arc very sor ry to ireep) him so long out of his money,. and that you wilt pay up as fatst and as soon as you can. [Ech~anqe. WA(oiNG ANOTHER BoNE.--A New Hlampshire school teacher lately- was questioning one of his classes upon the anatomy of the human hody-, and, standong upon one foot, antd swinging the other foot and limb, he inquired how many- bones he was maoving. Sev erat incorrect answers were given at 1irst. but aftcr it had been an s;Vere:i correctly. the question was ase ifan of the scholars thought li1 reniu A !!ttle fe!low, not yect in hits toeus, raised his hand immedliately. signifyving that he l!isagreedb with his schoolmates, andlthe teacher. repeating the ques.tion, 'How many- bones was I moigCwas astonished to hear the litl chiap increase the proper numer4o~ by one. in the same breath givingr' as his reason. "You were motin yur r jawbone, too.' win, in Lis 'Z/oonomlia," relates atn an e'*t of 0 appareut ratiocina tininawa-p. which hal caught n l ne - as big as itself. Kneeln.: 'ian< the dioctor saw the wvasn disver the head and tail from the trunk of the fly. and at tt.:mptt to so.r with the latter b;ut Gin . that whnen about two feet from~ the groundt that the Cigsof t.:i;-G carried too much sail, andI caused its ptrize andi itself to be whirled about by a little ibreeze that had arisen, it dropped I porn the ge~om:d with its prey, andU di.i beratele >awed off' with its mrandies flrst one wing and then theC ther. Havin thbus removed these impe-iments to, its progress, th was flew away with its booty and1" eeien(ced nio further moles tation froml the wind. H :n To A LL.--There are threec companions with whom a man~ shuld kceep on toerms--his wf,hsstomach, and his con Thie bull-dog is good nature; It's the bull-terrier that's so say Everybodly complains of his gas ,iU ant et it is a light expense.