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HOUSE i.W4iS & ASSEMBLY STRKKTS '?Hsn <lii<ja?ille'and Charleston teUlaMWi, isAsVon* Bdain4air portion of ?AtaWCiay^/RaeO^^rniUiott? ftnaaaa #?./da Board-*.!wo Dollarn i VI , i per Day. ^oafl ^J^I^nRoaftft? received at ROa?ofaabio -. m-.t-tTI-.'j^.-li.;V1""' 7I;t; /I . Ego and Ecko. rtHi Tuns' fdi'*?"'* * J. noil .; /' 7 lilL I tested of ^ch'd"'toother day ^(Wh^'Vdfii^irVW and ?ftek'fupny) VVIrnt to ft quc??ion?ho sdnmld ! ay 1 wOC o0UBtsbip, lore au4t matrimony T r ^noth.lfchj? plainly \'Mayer o'monejf.P ? Whom should t faftrfy'??should it be "BArffcsBMg'dorascl. gay ond pert ;? ?A-pningin of ijuuBlstency, tflOf ?Jirt lieVclnkr/?lra - I " Qft?ih:?**V'*n*i^lyi!*??JV>ry/lr^ That long has lured law gay deceiver, She promised to amoad her life, Au<f:sln no more; can I bellet? heir? Quoth Echo with decision: "Leave her.". But if >oinc maiden with'* heart On me should venture to bestow it. Pray should I'act the wiser, part! To tnkc the treasure or for.*gn jt ? Quoth Echo very promptly i "GoU." jjtutfl nued'a*.) Ttl -t3? L .?1 But what if seemingly afraid To blif? her ftlte in Hymen's fet.ter, ' She'vows ab e means tc die a maid, ? f In answer to my loving letter? .. Qneth Eflko. assy coolly : ~>>Z?l Amp," ?Ji Cd lll'r fJ 11 . I i TJ what; if in spite of her disdain, I find tny heart, entwined about 1 With Cupid'* dear,' delicious chain, 1 6o closely that I can't get out ? > Quoth Echo, laughingly, "Get out." - , .,.! , i h*b*|X9 *1i But if-some maid with beauty blest, As pure and fair as Heaven ban make her, Will share my labour and'any "rest. Till envious deal h shall overtake her? Quoth Echo (fotio vote :) "take her." CAS If AND' CREDIT. i*| itl t?<?- '.'<? '?' h>?. i.w _//!'<? ,v ??.i*v.? - lO Vj ?.????'' ' 0? George Brown, at tbo a?c of twenty three, took him a wife,?or, rather, he and IInttlo took one another?for betjtcr or for worse. But then th..y knew it was coips to be for letter .always, aud j *?v\f lor WofW* ' How, cbold it be oth erw ise? *hen: ihe/ toVed ek> 'ruly, and When' tnbyI'ttri'3erstood each other so VflrtV'Ttiej na'd 'married young, and they had but little of* this world's goods to commence with ; but they hud health and streng?h, aud they woro going tc W?rl together, and build them up a home of iheir own iu time. ^?We-wiM be rery saving,' said Hattiu, .'aud iff the end wo may reach the goal.' Tho goal was the home which they were to own. J 'We shall not scrimp nor deny ourselves necessary comforts; but wo will do without luxuries. By thus economizing in the morning, we may find a store to spare in tho cveuiog. Money is like time: An hour gained in n it Be whiohih^ Wjas to>pay-Tor' whein he could He had no doubt that he should be able ,to pay twu hundred dolLrs a year ou it, at^wHtch rute, as his kind relative hud offered the bargain, the property would Hae his in six years. , , ^fcGeorgo' asked Hattic, one evening, at the testable. What did you pay for this teaT"*" 'I declare, Hattie, I dou't know. I don't believe I asked.' ft umo ;?&v* airs ask C ?No. 1 have every confidence'iu Mr. Skidd. He is a perfectly honorable mail. 'But did you not piy for il ?' *No. I have opened an account there." Hattie shook her head disapproving ly, Qeorge saw .the motion, and- went od,-? I J fj> / ? i f t* a. I r i 4 You know I am paid monthly, aud I thought it would be just as well to keep a. monthly account at the st^re. And Mr. Skidd himself preferred that plan ' 'I can see very readily why Mr. Skidd should prefer* it,' said tho wife, with a significant smile. 'In the first place, he knows that you are an. indostriousf steady, apt} ltbrJorjii?e) man, und that wh^ver you, owe you vill surely pay. I Ho knows that.' Georg?: was flattered, but he felt that his wife had spoken no more than the truth. ?,,^Atia'/r^rsded Hattie, 'he knows odo thing inoro: He knows that you will ?** KOltO? 1 W ' J George mado a doprecatory motiou, but bis .wife, cvp tinned? pnJUti Skidd knows. He is old in the business. Over bis good customers, Who open monthly accounts upon his ledger, ho has decided advantages : He can persuade them to buy what they would not buy if they bad. to.pay the cash down; and, where tlioy aro to hare credit?where the trader, is.to.baVjs. the cztra labor and expense of entering and posting each separate article, and1, Id the end, of making a full bill of irems?the buyer cannot with good conscience demand reduction from asked prices.' '"George smiled, and said he thought his wife was mistaken ' fie was sure he was doing ' well. It" would be iocop venient to pay for each little article as; he ordered it And. furthermore, it would be 'hv?tidteV to etl'tlo his store bills when his employers rettlcd with him, ,, t, Hattie did dot press the mutter. She had brought the subject upon the tapis, *pd she whs willing t * hw tit the devojnp menu of events. ? ? I. !t 'By the way, Mr. Brown, do you pot want a box of I these figs f They nre flesh,?I'll warrant them,?and by thq box I. will put them cheap.' So spoke Mr. Skidd, the Btore keeper. George knew that his wife was v ? ry fond of ?gs ; nod he loved them himself. And ho finally consented that a box should be seut to hint. Oo another day Mr Skidd said,? 'Ah,-Brown, my dear fellow, have you tried this golden syrup V George had not tried the syrup. The best quality of molasses had hitherto answered him. But he was persuaded to try it. On auothcr d 13-? ? 'Bonk here, Brown,?shall I send you Up a dozen of theses Messina oranges ? A new cargo just in You won't get 'em so cheap again. Only thirty cents.' (July thirty ceuts! And (^eurge knew how fund Hut tie woe of oranges. Of course he,.would have thorn. ; A,nd, sy the . days passed ou, and the month came to a end. George Brown was paid by his employers, and beset at once about paying-others. Ou his way home he stopped iu aud got Mr. Skidd's bill. 'You can take it and look it over,' said the trader, with a patronising smile. ?You will find it aU right.' George had intended to pay the bill thou und thorn* but when he saw the long column of figures, and glanced his eyo at the sum total, his heart lenped up into his mouth He was abounded He had thought to himself, .is he had come along, that Skidd's bill would be about twelve to fifteen dollars. After paying everything else hf would have twenty dollars left, which would ?atisfy this last detnuiid', and leave something over He hud just commenced house keeping, and did not expect, to save much at first. But?mercy!?how his anticipations were knocked iu pieces us he looked at t}ii? bill. He told Skidd be guessed he would look it over; and on his way homeward hc jix'.mined it; but he could fiud nothing wrung?uotbiug wrong in the items,?but the' sum titul was u poser:?twenty six tloUart and furty-two cent* I For a *00g time aft or he had reached home he tried to u/onviucu Hattie that uuthiog was 1 he. matter with him; but at . length he plucked up courage, an 1 drew forth SMddVrbU!. IIa Ud *i pected that his wife would be paralysed But, on tho contrary, she only smiled, aud said it was all right. ?All right ?' echoed t.ieorgc 'All right, so fur us Mr Skidd is con cerned,' said Hattie -You rotneulber what 1 told you oncu before, novr let's sit. down aud eat supper, uud then we will look tho matter ovor.' And after supper they went at tho work. Hattie took tho bill, und a piece of blank pup'-r, aud followed the iuuus down with her pencil. First,' she said, 'is a box of figs, at fifteen cents a pound. It was Very cheap, .00 doubt ; but thu eight pouuds cumc to a dollar uud twenty cents Hud you been 'rt-fjaired ^twptry cash, you would uot have bought them. You would, at h\od, have asked mo if I liked them, and I should have told you. No. Next we have pi gallo of goldeu syrup, which we did not nucd, and for which you would nut have puid cash without con sulting mo.' And so she w nt on, and in the end she bad oat dWu the -bill, by throwing out articles which they had not absolu tely needed, to less than fifteen dollars A dollar here had not se*n)od much to George ; and a dollar and a half there } and thcu seventy .five cents ; and then only fifty cents;?bat there had ' been twenty visits to the store during the month,,- *od the aggregate qi |b/efe ? Mir*-! W9?^?Nidar*ble?.., [? George saw the whole thing, ana*W knew tbar|j*wifei had been tight' from the first. .Jnnioi!' nit lr)um?r ? ?'' tf)r<o't ssA.a word,; ;h?; #*W. "I, tee the mistaHg Bat I'll have)to work around intft?e Tight track by degrees.' 'How so, <|(Bvrge V . 'Why,?J^aven't;n>ooey enough left of my nii>ii(&, t?]age84o quite p j this hill; so I sh?.he/ utterly unable,to en ter uppu ihe|?sh priuciple at present/ 'There. neS bo no difficulty in thai direction,' paid IIa?tie. 'I have not spout quite pjH my little capital. I had already fixed it for a bit of a nest egg; und I don't know as it could .be put to a better uso tha^i tnejavmg of. a founda ein:? for cash ^payments. At any rate, George, let usjtry it for a while.' <jjorge,>i*a*d hts wile, and said she was a biessinfi;, and ho propjaed i'hat be would iblhjjftVher advice u pp. the ' fu ture, lie took the money which she had to give, and held it as a loan, .which he was to returja. at the- earliest possible moment;?nod?b/ felt an ambif?on, loo, to sec how speedily he could do it. And on Monday morning the new rule of life weoC'iulo operation G<eorge paid Mr. Skidds bill ami told him that hereafter he should pay cush for every thing he boujjbA, ^h^. store keeper pooh-pooh'dj and said there was no need' of it. . e M .J jj a 1 ' I 'Bk'ss y?a? ?y bny, I had;aa;iW trust Jou-tt8no, J LdJ .M Vir 'I do not doubt it, Mr. Skidd j ,but I. prefer imt to bo trueted. I would rath er consume uy. own .^rpcqries, th.^rj to consume yours. Achill is, an^vil at bcst,: ' und I don't choice to have evils growing im my hands if I can help it.' ?, ! Mr. Skidd sas v;sry. plainly that hut custoner's vision was clear, and he said no more On the evening of that rery Monday Mr. Skidd exhibited to George sonic extra nice preserves, and the young man's first impulse was to order a pot of them ; bnt the taking out of his wallet, a&d the breaking of a five-dollar bill, was a palpable reminder; aud he con cluded that he could get along without th.mi. Said he, to hitriaefr,? ?These seemingly trivial sums, ii 1 nave them will, at the end of the month, add up as greatly in my favor as they have heretofore ndded up against me.' And he found it So. And he fouud one thing more in his favor from cash payments which he had nut particularly counted upon. As hu had the motiry iu hand to' pay for the article which ue hud planned to purchase, he could buy it whero he could get it best and cheap est. Traders are wot willing to lose, cash customers; sud they do only the fair and houe^ thing wheu they sell to such a eu?t >uiur cheaper than they sell to others. Nut only is the interest of the money mi accouut an important item in ttie uggio^alu of many accounte, but the keeping of that accouut in day book and ledger is an expense. Ge.irge very soon learned all this; ami he found that even Mr. Skidd sold to him during this mouth of ca< paymoots cheaper than ho had sold duriug the previous month. And us the months rolled on, Goorcrn 1 U*uw,n ujjciiou uo more accounts with traders. , lie found that iu paying cash ho wad constantly reminded uf tbu value of each acpau.;u butUy as hu counted it out, uitd was. tunes ,noti likely to pur chase what he did uot uecd. Aud thou he had a goal ahead which he hud deter mined iO rouch as speedily us possible; and by his system of cash payments ho could estimate at the close of every day the gain lie was making toward the de-' sired end. Iu two months he paid what he lud borrowed of Iiis ? wife, and mi? put it into the coinmou fund; and in five years his homo was his owu, and he owed no man anything but love and goodwill.?Lrrfger. i_m j ^ mma HlaRNEY'?''Ah, Jemmy, Jemmy," suid the bishop of Derry to a druukcu blacksmith, "I'm sorry to see you be ginning your ovil course again; aud, Jeuuuj, 1 am very unxioils to know what you miend to do with thut tine lad, your Bon?" ??! iuteud sir," said Jemmy, l,to do for him what you cannot do tor your ton." ' Kh.ch! How's that?how's thaif'[ to winch Jemmy, witna^UT&t df g'euu 1?C feeling, find, "I ltilcnd to make him a bellei man than his lather!" Girls in old times didn't behave, any better than they do now-a-days. Kveu the Old Testament tells how Huth fol lowed the Boai arouud. TO iwm?jj www itj. -nf- .? J *" '- ? Mow Guu-Powdcr to Madte. How do you think you would liko to liVe, fearing every moment to be Mowrr up ; ladt daring 1 to speak 1 loud, , to jar anything, for fear of starting an explo sion that would send you in an iustant In rhn l',h?r - Yp^i^o^k^hMikitlit would be very pleasant 7 Well it isn't; yet hundreds ' of men live. in. just that state, work, ? receive pay, and live^ year after year, in the very sight of death, as it wore J fafl that 4he world may bare gun powder. *7 a\ You can ^easily guess that those men ? go about very quietly, and never laugh: 1 .You know that gun-powder is very dangerous in a" gun or near a fire, bat perhaps you don't knov? thai it ir. oqual- . ly dangerous all through the process of making. A powdajr ?, is, ? r?arToT * place to vistu f and^t^aoger?. -re very seldom allowed to go into one. ( They are built far from town, in the woods, and each branch of the work is done in a separate building. ,. Theso houses are quite a distance from each pother, so that il one blows, up , i^^yn't. blow ap the rest. Tbcn the lower parts of the build ing are made very strong, while the , roofs are very lightly set on. So that if it explodes only the roof will suffer. Bat in spite of every cure, sometimes a whole settlement of the powder mills go off almost in an iustunt, and every vestige of the work of years will be swept away Mi? diatSM ri"Xvi wJ j in a few seconds., . . . . ,1 But though you feel.like holding your breath to look ^ it,'i^uY really a very in terestiug process' to, -^ee.? ^ iajnade, perhaps you know, of oh^ffcoaj, saltpetre, and brimstone. 'Each of these article*,' ' is prepared in a house by itself; but the house where they are mixed is the first ie*fnbiq one. Iu.this building is an itn menso null stooo, rolling round aud round in an iron bed. Iu this bed, and under the stoue, are put the three fearful ingredients of gunpowder. There they are thoroughly mixed and ground to-1 gothcr. , . ? . n This is a very dangerous operation, because if the stone comes in contact with its iron bed, it is very apt to strike fire, nnd the merest suspicion of a spark) wt uid set off the whole. The materials are spread three or four inches thick iu the bed ; the wheel, which goes by water power is started, und every man leaves the place, tho door is shut, and tho machinery left to do its terrible work alone. When'it has run loug enough, the mill is stopped, aud the men come back This operation loaves the powder in hard lumps or cakes. The next house is where these cakes arc broken into gruins, and, of course, is quite us dangerous as the last one. But the men can't go away from this, they are obliged to attend to it every moment; and you may be sure no laugh or joke is ever heard within its walls. Every one who goes iu has to take, off his boots, aud put on rubbers, because one grain of the dangerous powder, crushed by the boot, would explode the whole in an iustuut. Tho floor of this house is covered with leather, and is made, perfectly black with dust of gunpowder. It contains a ...? spires oay oHJMiicr man. the lust, through which the powder is silted; und an immeuso grouud and laboriog mill, where it is grouud up, while men shovel it iu with wooden shovels. Tho machinery makes a great deal of noise, but the men are as sileut as in the.other houses. The reckless crashiag of the uiU't ??? ii * lmiti no sr.'donrtu/ wr-.oa ; machinery even seems to give greater horror, and one is very glad to got out of that house. The claims house comes next. Glat ing is (1. ne by mixing black lead wi'.h the powder, to give it a black and shiny look. The powder is put iuto barrels, which revolve for several hours. That polishes the grains by their rubbing to gether. The black lead is put with tfictu tmd they revolve several hours 'more. Ot course'the dust flies from ull those operations, and the workmcu, if* : lent, like tho rest, look like very black negroes, working in the blackest of pow der, in a room whoso walls and floors are blacker th in the rest, il possible, it has a very singular look to a stranger, ami added to tho horrible silence, makes one feel that the whole world has gone into' uninf%flng. Often, the gunpowder, revolving so rapidly in tho barrels, g?ts \cry hot; so fTrtfJ t??j "is , a dangerous oiKu.it ion. The moving house is the next on the list, and there the gun-powder '> heated on wo den trays. It is very hot and do workmen stays there. From there it goes to the packing house, and ia put up in barrels, kegs and canisters 1 ' Safety through ail' 'those : WnW^j goea~ Atlas* to the'aibrebooae.pOjpp feels like drawing a long breath -to sec the fearful stuff safely packed away, out of the hands of men, in this curious boose. You'vo heard of things being as dry m a powder . hooapl but you wouldn't thinY tnb'nbW Very tfey. It is almost t imbedded in 'Water. The root is ono big tank, kept full of water. Did you ever Hear of a water roof before ? Instead oVstejie^to^go in, toere are "shallow tanka\ of water, through which every one! must walk to the door. Jo nooa^pf. (tfcoae pswder housesis J ariy - light" % vet allowed exceptjBunlight. WU***68.^? 8*$f^O>ySs wfr,K ft ?watts! lllfsgs ?* fWB[ o'clock. Bot, the men har?* serious look, that Bakes ono think overy mo-1 ment of the danger, and glad to get fc^gV bL odi ,Ua' ?*?*?? *M r Though curipaity may fcke a; man once to visit a powder mill, he has no desire to go the eecond time; and he feels all the rest of his life that for ouce he baa beeu very, near death.?Ameri* can Sportsman. The spring flowers are the suggestive j heralds of the national holiday which lies closest to the heart of the Americao people,-|-DecoiaUon .jPay. To us the custom of decking the. graves of our! fallen comrades has a significance which I it cannot have to the gcuoratioua that wi It ioiioV m our footsteps;, but -w hope the beautilul ceremony.will never rait into disuse. Pecpratiou Day haa a' solemnity and a moral beauty to it in frivolity which ^haracterixo flur jpther popular anniversaries* ,?be stranger visiting this country will sec no more touching and impressive spectacle than that' presented by dor city churchyards and. rural cemeteries on the 30th of May. r There ia scarcely a' family, in the land bat has a hero's grave , to hang with chaplets and strew with flowers. On this day one may meet in every burial-ground with a scene that briugs to tuiod Collin's exquisite ode:? /' . "How sleep tho brave, whs sink to rest, By all their country's wishes bleat] When Spring, with dewy fingors cold,. -Returns to dock their hallowed1 mould, She them shall dress a sweeter sod 1 . Than fancy's feet have ever trod. "By fairy hands their knell is rung: By forma unseen their dirge ia sung ;. There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray. To bleas the turf thai wraps their olay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!" Too Much For Satan.?This is Rev. Edward Halo's story: A man had sold himself to the devil, . who was to possess him at a certain time, unless he could propose a question to his satanie majesty which he could not answer, he being allowed to put three questions to him. The time came for the devil to claim his own, and he consequently appeared. The first question the man asked was concerning theology to which it caused the devil no trouble to reply. The second i.u also anoorer*d -witnout hesitation. The man's fate de pended on the third. What should it be? lie hesitated and turned pale. Tho cold perspiratsou stood on his forehead, while ho shivered with anxiety, nervousness and terror, and1 the devil triumphantly sneered. At this juncture the man's wife appeared in the room with a bonnet on her head. Alarmed at the husband's condition, she demanded to kuow the cause. When iuforuaed, she laughed aod. said: "I can propound a question which the devil himsrdf cannot answer. As him which is the front of this* bonnet? Tho devil gave it op and retired ia dis gust, and the man was free, Tub Grateful Client.-*-a4^Ncw York lawyer, who procured the acquittal of a man who was uuder arrest fur assault .and battery, was waited upon ? the next day by bib client and most gratefully Wsnit aar office? I control any number of votes." "I have no political aspiration?,'* replied the lawyui. "Bui ain't there aoiue otao yoo wa&tjto have, licked,'', re joined the olient. The poor, lawyer has not yet recovered from this powerful exhibition Of gratitude.??Exchange: 8ax? graphically describes a certain east of beefsteak as "an infringement on Geody ear's patent." P?***v?fi *^Sel44*;??tAfa Ma nures. a"1 Few-*tim.tM&\WMWm to be : aware.e*tA4wed&ffn^ ereo a JooaMM'tightvon^M food ^a^^^b^^rtbieia?y .applied. I saw a striking! if* tei^ooo* *idfcwayssra ago. $^?l*^,ftfl<fli^b^t?^mc Ahr* some ten or twenty acres which; had been partially, cleared and cultivated. This had beoo nearly, jexbiau^e^(^n^njadi cious ??tW^i^l^^t^,^ clear ^>?-?^r.rrg . ~ r*i~.~ ? piButirig and culture. I' n ot iced ?Ea t there was?ourhalr^ hill side wfcrefc ^fWlueea Velil'-^d??rated ftkss IZoSt?k! qgiv?f?pyea^fio!:thIt hill side fftlursy^ yswUc^JWfJivro^. /stranger, ?tssJ^fl^?\sjv>?Hop|s}i' awl paired who lived here, and remar1esd*r<|jiiat he a^tjed tb#$la^ but that, Josipg ^WI"^ lWrlwt??'Aoo?r aged and sold out. As he was about leaving I asked him; what be bad done ^ to M^6^sM^ jyp^ttpO SO much' better than the other land, when it looked poorer and more harryou. He replied that ffier'^ ?e ' M^^ia^cowpen. It-hadbeen' iears ?^vf,{^lf^itrod the land and yet,'as poof' as it looked, * produeed" weTI.*** *Aci A l '?fo'tttrw*!^ piece of land was cow peh^,4nd it ?hows amarked difference ' in! ltd pro ducta from .tlie Sbibarorjitf 4t.1' odw -I ana Often aakedt ?Is'gTMu^wWy^ne fit the second year ?" I answer Htfbesi tatipgly; tdiatt^is^^aTas? jprfcs ngo I [ planted a.jpiecetoJ; kndrisjifytshtalirsiu? and .ma^ofod hrefyjtyr Jtj&gMMq icolb?rflrill. I made a ftu*oropio{^OTejABMWn the .P^Tt? ^J*^W1 ?f?tf*--n-i in planted snowed a marked diffcreojcftpver dust; last year T planted the same field in: eoUos,^-?ftfg?{?o?Nntre3founds of Paclfle guanO^noVb^s^ff? WA W khd Bsrmewfietd: *rtr? plWftecl*11 eoAoo, using two hundred pounds of Pacific guano to the. acre^ butifrom sVMt?V csnsb which I cant3oA ieomprehentdt'Wjit?Mprop waeashortiQtB* .3UknrKaWn?*ftilted the same field m say-proettcs?vw;with out matura otaoy ??mvk, aku%AoB"^?ld has been po^ju,.]} 9^M^gtf^% tfce soil had retained a^. ^ip^ 0/^*3 plant fo<$ ^ts^d^jtbs gnj^snd that the oOTujreJ^ field produced/on M^y^fffi-^rty bushels to the acre.. There A*J be something in tne TaMe^^eJr oorn.but not all j on the other fletd? hiai nad!not been previously guanoed, the 'Vwlj?f was not more t^Kfft '??-???n'v*-* ** Thus it1 is " Very plain tot%ltj3g!'ma nures, judiciously applied, aro hoV'ex hausted by thi first crop^toor Aio the rains wash them away or Tesch them through. <If fti&rain wash tb^fortwu ing properties of the ifcoil sufc?*}*! would haW long" sgo1>?eri* Barsen'wlfste. It is bad culture thai watstea tfie^sMlj^ot plants.. ? Utovrnoll r, \*b iodk> sdT This I am sotbfiad of r byoAaiid years of practical ?SMperiaaaiity^ahWiWsisca thir^y-twa ycswsi enltivJDamgtrrtliBniexloy woods Jsqd IdnrctuoB, and:8t IpTwaVawes better (his year than tim- firsi ^enr I planted it.-r- jRurcd Coffjjjf?. SttEiili'I's;? Iu a certain . town thero had been a vory exciting election, for the office of sheriff. Tho successful candi date, of course, was very much elated, and at night was for a long time talking it over with his wife as thoy sat around the fire before retiring Meanwhile the youngsters in the trundle bed Were "all ears;" at length one tow-head popped op under tho inspiration of tW query: **M^a, are we nil theri?s, or only you and paf" ' Lay down, ton little foolj" snapped the mother) '^(jr y&tir pa mitf - m -11 -^ Tho French NaUon^l jAsj?e?bly bas decided to tako seser^.sfe|pt|against;Jtho ancient and not 'honorable; r^^^fi^LlW^ drinkers iu France. A code, agair^t drunkenness has already passed two read ings, and only awaiW a thrrd to become is law, Bird4* h bcHtaVed that its opera tion *will lehd to a marked dimliyiiaii ftf this reprehensibls -vrlBJ n,<!, if' ff"~" i issai.1 in \h- '? ? ' Why is a water*.|ily like a wlwle ? Because both come to the surface to blow.