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CrtAULtiSWN';/3. >c. ? ?WBI.L RsKDBB. ZlMMKlOIAN DaTH act 1 ? t<m ? *MftWi\F**!tl li uuni^i" i H. C. Huuuln?. BRODLE, hk CO. OTTO?* fACTOKK <sss?s)*sj*J ?4 f#rij. ? ABliJ- *fr;fr ?,/ i \ \ .*?*f&>VWmWM^HCJIANT.S, _^AWPRr/r ATr.Asrro wharf, 4^fRJM^fl^e^t*hrtid? an t 'onaijrnmerH. fa EaTsiW AWM^iMMW^Es.,., Prist . fraf National Rank, Charleston, S. b. ^tte^?. StMttton, - ?JSRVAIS & A.SSEMlilA''RTK)iiJr.-. Osa^snlaiit to the (Ireenville and Chariest.u. *&dm6wh4b!4tet& portion of ^"Vs/fra^rf?sjd^ sUabababl Country Children. I.ittlo fresh violets, . novn iu ttiB wild wood, Sweetly illustrating lnii'n cnt childhood ; Sic v HH tlic antelope ? I'rown as ii berry? Kite dt the mountain air, Romping and tncrry. Itluc eyes and ha/.el eyes 1'eep fron] the hedges, Shndpil bx sun bonnets Kruycd ut the edges. I p in tile tipple trues, Heedless ?>t' it anger, SlA?lroSa in eftibrj'? blaies at the stranger. Out in the hiliy putoh. Seeking the berries? Under tho orchard trees, t easting un cherries ; Trantplittg.iho blossoms, jloW :i "1110:1;: till- :;|-.is-cs, Mo voice to hinder them, Dear lads and hisses. No ei iin propriety? No interdiction ; Tree us the birnl.ugs From city restriction. Coining tho purest blood, (? SWf - Strength'mug c.ieh inus.de. Don dng hoaltlis anno? Gains! life's coming bustle. tj ??<* :.*>* ?? ? ^ . . ?. DeAr little innocent ! ?Jit-J e Vf I'll- wood i-r all litt lei 11 childhood ; God's bhu- fpread^jUry?- them, <TeTB*?i J||d'*?garden bciwith them; - No trweesw !f|KI ?g?> Could1 we btquearh there. t_ PH IL LiviON'S LUV KS. A Story of Fancy and Ucusou. k* n u WHS* _*.????'! *. BY WILLIAM 11 Hf.Sll.NH.I.. 'Such talk* ns yours, Phil, is the veriest nonsense | i?sihlo.' a;.d Krittle M?ultOU (his hail' sister ) rapped upon the table by whi .h they were sitting, with her delicate lingers, as if.lo give I emphasis to the idea. 'I tell you 1 am iu earnest. Kitten, and youi eighteen years ol wisdom can not ci at'ge ruY pUipose,' and Pi.il VA on ia|pcl in bis luru, but so loiidiy as to cause her to give n sudden start em! a ?m'ij ht sevi'ii'.ii 'Ho * you do Irighten a I'-she ex cliiinedj tin 1 then continued wi?h ? hiugh, 'I trust you will never be gifted with such power when you become a spirit, for the idea of earthquakes wuuid '"br? very much uisL'tn'titd.' C ^ ? ? |1| *'Aud I trust to retain my corpora"' f. rm these mimy long years. Here am 1 six and twt my, well to do iu the world sound 'wind and limb,' as the lurtiteS say, and? ff Jit. 'Pound to make n foul of yourself by marrying souiu flirt ol a girl ?hose mil) 1 c< on.iiif ndatuiii is a pretty f.iCe and a litte: foot and iiati I.' .''Jitgive ; ic most certainly the pre requisites io my idea of a wil ?.' 'And Uiyidjr -}duc..tigu and courage have nothing to do with the matt or, it V? Phil? 'Oh ! 1 presume she will have bei , .share?-as most of you girls do.' ?How 1 do pity you, 1 nil do.r,' aud tears cone into her sweel browu eves as she laid her hand tenderly upon bis nrlh. ? 'By Jove! Kitten, if you wasn't ni) hall >- ist ci 1 d 11.at ry jfo'U ' '.Not without my consent, T presume,' die replied, Moiling at his impetuounu. s.s. thotigb wilh the deepest ol lost?< upon her s lr. ehe? ks, for she too had her gi ldeii d reit mil 'put as the tics of blood h i| pi 11 to .sf ,nd in tho way of such a consult.nation, ypu will have to h ok ejfccwhoie for a tiiide. Aud now, Phil, be bom st ami tell me whom you admtiO the most of all your lHdy f.iends.' '"Well,' with a sigh, ? I don't know . Hut what say you, Kitten, to Helle Kcrabsonr A L ?Mny huaveu keep the man thrit grts-i her for *a wife. Hut thcie is little ft ur of ber becoming yours, il you stiok to yof.rtext.' ? *0>>o, She has a pretty face, but such hands and feet !' 'And jfcmiiiu Savage V <*" 'Oh ; now you strike nearer my bear; for she c-oitainiy has all tho other ^sfji4i*Ueef-s)vrX a pug mwq < | 'Jit'iou***, sir, if you please, when speakiug of my sex.' '?flie1*entire list of the gdrl* of Ti aim ton wero disou'sSetf In the same manner but without the slighic*tojir<*poct of 1 wile being ?il. ttuJ. It Wu8 us.the old ?oflglab rjij w nerfj ;. |.uA "The first does not suit mo, r I oaui.ot irllhow, ? k- ?WEV( . And tho see n I I cannot tell why." Anil. je| any but a foolish, one idea man, could have found mnuy who were the ppasessi rs of undoubted charms, and wuuld have made his h ?nie as happy as the ordinary lot of mortals. Then Kate ti.-kod, with a malicious BtU.ilo lurking about the corners of her little rust hud m.iUtb, of whiidi she wus very proud, the minx, as well she might be with its cuiul lips a *.i regular, ptiurly teeth : 'What hate jou tt? any to Madge Skinner V 'Horror Of horrors tor n woman ! As I live, there sdie \?boa now. Just look at horl' 'fteiiuty certainly was not her dower, but she is good, loving, brave and true, and the hind who wins her will have a rare and noble wife.' 'How in the nutnc of liearon you can -et up so much enthusiasm over her, is 'more than I can understand iShe is u positive fright, and, as I live, sho is l criming in !' Marga-'et Skinner most certainly was not he.iutilul. On the contrary, she was decidedly plain ? in the eyes of strungera positively homely ut the lir.it I glance, but oue fould iiot be long in her h- cicTy without 'ecliug 111s charm of her j >uj.t rior i'tlucutiiiu, her low and musical voice, her^swtM/t sai,:lo. She uns mje oj the kind uf ^atoaieu /sv*o ymir uptm its. and the ' lack of the lading ucauty ol earth was ?oun entirelo lost in the more lasting j owers-of mind. ' Km.?ieg hi r fa lure he came up to I he stainLi I that m< u olten foim 111 'til id regard ? having bc^u snubb :d utjU iw.tted at bihooi and . disrc-ui d :d _m suciety, her dies? and manners weir t tied down to perfect keeping with ^hoi person, and .?die Lad i-cly conquered all foolish regrets for what might liave been, but was not, und the girl of twenty j was developing into the highest typu of true womanhood, as nudorsluud by those who hiok deeper than the surface. Ve>, she was plain, very pliin. There ( was no single foiturc hat could have been j < iuted out as line, thruu'h her I ?Tgo grey eyes?cat liko the snips of ui.ls spitefullv culled lliuai! ivero gifted with rare cXpreS-jnu. Her mouth Wft't large?the lips lar from delicate iu their moulding - the mse out ol proportion , and broad at the Ins-?the cheeks some, wl.al heavy ? ilie brow t > i much dovolo ped and over haiigiu ?the throat m is ?ive?tlie head broad and deep, ami the hair, tin.ugh anipl ?, in supply, ol a reddbdj hi' wu and coarse iu texture . Her hands an 1 feet, which nobody cou I i deny weie well pr .portioned, not .?u h ^ I a? simsylae* jeirU *>n I ej|a ?11$ sums ic-s ^ inen ?hdjghr in l?ointhe possess <r> of. in .k!inirihi ; and to eio.y'u nllj Ii-t con plex'.m 'was I)* 1?what Wollen eil ??muddy." No. Margret Skinner was nd beim tiful, but Kitlio Moulton had only spnk j on the truth .vhen 8ha described her .o j good, 1 ring, brave uu 1 true. ll.r called ended, the half brut her and filter s d di-i tiding hur character, when a sunbeam appeared to suddenly cut. red the rooir. A stranger to th?m ip the town came wilo a mutual friend , and was iutioduceJ as Mis- .Je.-Vto Vai| . derburg. NmVci Pfiitid there h ive been a great er ei.DM aslfJt ban to h> f who had just deprted. She wa- even ninrs beauti ul^ tl an .Madge PkjtniCr wan- ph u - wis' oLorioua hi her loveliness ?-was a uiH .? r> ^ I such t?> poets lovo t i wo i vc iilsal .Iica un about, but rarely sc - -Was at once * de H-ht and wonder to the cy., Just jn tlje frcohe-t bio >iu of the mystenntta line that divides girl und Wi lea?hocd ?wttb/eje> and hulr black ,41s night. TJie one curtaioc 1 by ring |?she>' :is i(l.o partially h i ? then* spark ? ling, and tile other long, suit and uio->sy. ?ho l..d a dnioty little mouth'. Her leet weru oft Ii? kind Sir Job 1 Hackling quaintly pictured as" little mice tli.il. peeped in and out;dli.tltJs spult, with ta per lingers und lose leaf nails: .--kill like velvet and clear us sdVdiiiU; a thro it of exquisite proportions? 1 .711 no head and as proudly set and carried as that 01 the "S itr Eyed R-ypuin," lor #h >.n a world Was madly thrown aW.lVj a very lloxlhlo und ouielully m?dMMrfd vaierj was tnrloiUtd uud SfiarkUn^ ip.convcrsa tiou; i?ud pressing all the aids of art aud dress iiydr lu r serv'n e,>hc was ?;(;11 oaf enlsftcd to'dat7.4? itad enoliain, ?uoh a Tieart as Jlhitt"or YUA ' Kltoo?and ... ? .lastipfMl L.ti d?dv ;ti v v > 1 i- ?? ? . - mu=?=a=i-??? ? This his observant half.-dsler (who loved htm dearly) ssw Ht tho first glance ??nn later'wi'h rugrut, Cos sho became cortuin that .Ies.de Vaudosbargh would nover love any ouo truly but herself? that she might ' tolerate" a may if ho had plenty of wealth?but was heart leas* Many and varied wore tho disouseions sho had with Phil upou the topio, but always with the same resdU. lie was iufituated, completely so, though he couid not deity tu himself that the girl he was madly in love with was wanting depth of mind. Hut when did a ms.ii of strong and ardent passions fail to bacotm' the slave of a beautiful woman, if shn played her cards with finesse?if she was determined to win?going to even extreme measures?almost sacrificing mod-sty to do so! Such was tho case with .?*? rsic Vander burgh.and none ihan sho know better how to ensnare the heart ot man wheu siie was determined to do. BOy*Snd iu Phil lOlton she had found so easy a conquest that she secretly sneered ? him and bad his position iu society not been high ? had he not been we dhy?she would have cast off as au old glove, am made merry at his sufferings, Now she was proud of au :h a lover aud the more es pecially us it was a great* triumph over the liirls uf the village?all but plain Madge Skinner, who had in rsnlity loved him long and tcudcrly?would have given the very la*df drop ?f her I blood to have roved him from u siugl<* hour of suffering. Pur none, not oven hiaiquiok sighted half sister. Kittie M<ult.>e)> tiad the .-bebtest suspicion ot'thbv Madge had rrndu-d down the let lingjtwith au iron will and an iron hand ? v^bshl have per islod bravely .11 rflo sCake'bef ues. <it confession could have been wrung rVftWl b">-liji?. Of ever winning the love of Phil I'jlton, sin; had nit even tho moat | remote h"pd, and failing iu that she would go down to the grave unwed, Hot n few months \\?-\ passed and y et Elton, fhough Inlowine but little of ' the true character or antecedents ol ? Jessie Yandcrburg. had v/on hef protnUa | to be'eot: 0 lvs wife, ami lavished j.res en's upon her, enruiirh, it would bn 11 been thought tn h.ivp i any WO i:"-. hc.fflf Hv (rays known only to .1 Cti^it*, I.or/ever she was con ?tnnrlj gam ing more?wr.s almost cold, ccrw.iuly pettish when he came to her with empty Hanns. And how was it to end. If so as u lover, wh it would she be as a wif ? lie avoided answering the question even though it forced itHe!f upon him, hut des.r little Kittie Moulton of; 1 ?h?d tears over it, nnd in the siinp'ie'ty of her heu-' toll her trouble t 1 Midge Pkinner, and tfi.it brave girl tiu.V up the. burden, bowed beneath the weigh' of the cross fate nan pi iced upon her -boulders, and did all she could to co 11 fort and console. 'What must be, must,'she replied, choking down her euiotio 1, let us hope he u ill b'- hapny " 'Happy jf I), dear Madge, if he had only loved you ' 'Me. Kittie? ph heaven, you know not ?hat you arc talking about.' Aul i iheii she checked her wild utterances a.id ha-tily euJcavoivd to turn I ho sub j?et. Such a p|cture was far too much for even her In bear Hut the loving girl clung to her, in* Hiding torture of the deepest kind. ! though Jjwitboiu knowing it. and whisp ered "gain ?li,l again : J 'If he wo ild only love you, deir.' M .dge Skinner used her want of beauty as an a gument against such a much hoped lor COIISUIUIIiatl 01, and as a s :rceu behind which to hide her true feelings, and yet when they sopar.ttod, their hearts had become far more close!) intci woven thau ever beforo, though the gulf between her and Phil lilt m had uot in the slightest mrrowed. And he remained still as deeply in love ? no, infatuated wero the bott?l I term?with the beautiful Jessie, as j heartless u piece ol human statuary as (he sun ever shone upon, tickle ..s the j wind, told as ice save when it suited I her purpese to be otherwise, and hen 1 glowing with marc thau tropical Warmth. She had t-emrcly hooked the fish aud was in no huste to lai.d it, und so when he pressed her to name tho wedding day she constantly put him off, and, drunk with her outward loveliness, he bowotl to her decision appcuredeared to have lost all of his manhood, to be but na a puppet iu her little hands, as wax thai Abe moulded to any shape she pleased. Would tliis norer end ?his eyas never* be opened ? lie was sending upon tho very brink nud another step would be his ruin, for Once wed?forced, (as he would believe he was booud to do by honor) to live with! autdi a woman after the glamour of beauty h id departed, his Utas.the very nature to hotter to the very depths of bitterness At lnst tho bridal day Was appointed, and the preparations complete. A Uriel twenty four boors, and the bliss he anticipated would begin. The village was stirred to its wry centre ? far more so than by all the marrying and giving in niarr.vge I Wat had ever occurred be fore, and while the dashing bride, was dreaming of the proud position, she w is to occupy, calculating how Well she wool 1 till it and muko the g rid of nor husband siuSscrvierft to her owo s>c'li-li purposes-, he flat iu his ehrfttib r with his hoad routing upon his douched hands, j that were laid Qpou the table, and shud d. ring uudor the Weight of sonic un known and terrible fear*. But it was, not of the future, uotol the days when he would call the beautiful Jessie, wife Ah, no ; hifl every thought was concen trated upon himself ami his btfauge I'uflings?up 'ii the ghastly present. His head was aching as it hud never j ? lone before, there were sharp pains in : his b>ick, shooting through his limbs. | his tongue was parchc I. hi* lips dry. hi* Hcftli f.n fire. What could be tho ma?t-r with htiii ? I To opened! the window f?fr fresh air and loolid out upon the still, starry ni^ht. JJlmthcd his flushed Iac6, drank to cool the inwaid flame, and at last tor tured beyond undo ranee, staggered out of .his room to BUOimo^i a Servant, when lie met^ Kittie MurltoU?who hid been abroad?just g<?it:g to her own apart incut. *V\"hy, ri-L,' she exel iaied, 'up yet ' j Ah! the lover ran not slue p. Auuc pn tioij is loo brigllt fur that.' 'KiUiti,' and his "nice Was. de p loncd add t Ulnl lillg, '1 do UgJ kll W what i? ljig mailer with inc. S 11J lb doctor-?sen I for Jessie. She vaifel !o hear 11 j tu re?ivu i! rimd .!?> >\ui pal uevor before b.'Sii, und ili>puehing a iuu^euger lor the phvs'.uian, thrrw on her b.> mot au i .shawl rVghtn, and Hfthftd wii lly for (h gill that was sobn to be !.i-? wile. I 'J hilsieki' What is the uut:er wit'. 'him?' questioned tho etnuuy hearted beany, as she s'ov* ly robed hcrscll, us slowly and Win, fully as if she was about to saunter forth lor pleasure. '1 don't ki.ow, but for the love of heaven be quick, lie i- vei") sick and in i) be dying.' I '1' haw ! Vuttr are over and ti ed i leaaiy alnrmed. [odigctftii.il i presume ; i UuVu \raliud him pltUU against UltC ^uppers .aid-' Poor Kittio Moalton stood ugh ist ! She Would have ran at break link speed it' summoned upon such an errand, and ! yet Jessie Was as much till moved as il j she had heard nothing of tho si ig Ir-m < moment. Uut at last thu thing of ice v.as r i i\ j and .-he al lost drugged ber along iu her i h iste to be :iga'tii by the sale of the hail brother she loved better than nil the wifrld save only one, a< yet unfotilcsscd. l!ut she paused Jut a utoiliont on lu.r way tu 1 mi e Kurd lor MaJ?o Skinner to come to licr. n The physician had ahead) ap*ivcd, and Phil 101 ton was plaocd in b.'d. lie held up his ling r waruthgly as Hie two r*trlrf cafhfl in. a n! tu. utug to tho be trot! ed asked in nu ii.pro.sdve voice. '.Miss V and ei burg, are ycu br..vc und strwug '," ?C< rtaiuly,' she repli d, p le as death ami not iu the least cuiiiprehcudliig his meaning. ? ' Kilon is very si k.' '(Ireat heavens!' and putting nn a love she wa*> far from feoliug^ the W is ulnnit to rush to the beds j da, whoa he In.11 her back and QOntiuu. d ? And t lie d e i-c is danger ms? it is vontagcous !' 'Ilu'iMv !' anfi she shrank btek. *.V? I ui.derstfind your position it i< - your duty ? that of any yiil to uurse him .-o las as she eau safely do so. Have y ou been recently vaccinated?' 'Oh. Lord, i; is?' 'The Small Pox Y With a terrible shriek she flod from the ro>m and Kiltie, who followed, found her lying upon a aot'e and wailing out; ? ,'tjioat heaven! the small pox, and I have bceu exposed! What if I should take it And be marked ! It would kill mo, I knew it would !' To lose your beauty ?' was sternly ftskcd. es. yea. ?And you tbiuk notbiug of poor lM.il V 'He is a man, and?Oh ! heaven, what shall i do?' ?Qo h me,' replied Madge Skinner, who had ootercd, and heard enough of the conversation to understand it. '(Jo home. This is no placo for you?for any one who fears,' and seeing that she was obeyed without hesitation, she turn c 1 to Kittie, took her in hor strong arms as if she had been a child, and contin ued, llu-Ji my darling, l'hil will m t die I feel that he will bo saved. It is indeed a fiery, terrible ordeal for him to pass, yet nothing would have saved him from a life of misery. Xow the heart leanness 01 Jessie Yandoiburgh will be proved that even ho cannot doubt, and bo will be saved, thank heaven saved '.' With such brave and just words she quieted the trembling Kitten, and then auuounccd her intention of going to take, care of l'hil, as in that little village no professional nurse c mid have been found. ?Hut you might take it, and?' ?My beauty is proof agaiustlts ravages s'ie answered with a touch of bitterness and Kiltie saw hor not again for many dnvs. The physician too, reasoned with her, but in vain. Eveu l'hil roused himself to do tho same, but she was (inn aud not to be moved, and hivio-j laid add.) iicr wrappings and bared her arm ?a round d and white one?and suh mitte 1 to ihe T.ineet of tho phydeun to be iuhdcttlnted against the mo it dreaded of elKd^tos,, . ^ ? . *UI^. ?Where is Jobste V Phil ask j I, whon the operation was ended, an 1 she ha I ussnmed the duties of nurse in ihe ;. iinagctncnl of the room. ?dune borne,' and the subject Was not mi irti nrd Dgarn between them, no mat lei how much each might have thought. l'liil Klton, though at the very ge t< uf dealb, a,voided passing thrjugh uud 1 r.vn in: i ihe vVI ?y ol <i! v\ : :? II ? wu slightly in ike 1, theugh n it sudieiontly 'i o- n iticel A:i I ..-'.l thrmgrt the fearful -iekness. brave Madge Skinner -io d firmly at her pest?was indeed a iiiiuisici iug angel by hi*, si b:. But. as so. \u as able to help himself, she retired, ii 1 tho very stiuo night he leirnvl that she w is very ill. and his heart smote hi n uttd sich a feeling as he had never known foi Jcsdc Vanderburgh began to grow l u:i in it, ahuosi u.ikuowu to him .?elf. . j ?-w e ii ii i To v i-it her in his then condition wns imp issibh?he was not us yot well and s\i u all .linger of em'agioii Tis passed Jessie same to seu him and endeavor to make him forget her heartless desertion ? to regain her old power over him Now lie was as stone to her. While he m gl.t not have bLined her under ordin ury circumstances^ yet ho did for hor permitting another to take her place an 1 the unfeeling conduct sho cxhibiteJ as Kittie told him) when the black shad ous of death were lowering over hhri. It was their lost interview. Without even the delicacy of offering to return the many und valuble prcseuts he h?id given ii r ^though such an offer would have b-4cu refused with scorn) Jessie Vamlerhurgh hastily left the village to senk another victim?to?(for tho truth might as Well bo told here) to receive at Last poetical justice a Tew years later by being horribly disfigured by the same discjsb that had bu? slightly left Its marks upon her lover. In due time Madge Skinner reroterc l and disappeared front sight?gone, it was sain to visit relatives in a distant part of the country The fact was, she dared not meet l'hil again for fear of betraying her weakness. Sho had learned to lovo him a thousand fold better than ever before, and she was toe noble to nave him seek to win her in the first flush of gratitude for a life preserved. And now l'hil Kit on found bis heart lint many months passed before thev mot. and then {by aoiidrnt. She was returning privately to the villago?had dismounted from the stage at a little distsuee, and warwalking ?lowlt along beneath the maples, wheu llO name "sud denly upon her. 'Mr. Klton V 'Dearost Madge 1' and ho took both ef her bauds in his and continued : 'Had it hotWeen for your voice I de not think 1 would bhvo known you. How strauge 'u*..t' 3. ' ,<,..; ? .i ! i lifMtj pt ly you have attiircd?h)W beautiful have grown !' 1 M> ?MTiBlibor??d .? '- i teil c?l.h .' '(/all me Phil, please, as you did when you more than nobly periled your own It to for wine.' 'I?I? ' ?he stammered and blushod, * 'I but came back to the village to be?* 'My wife, darling ' The maples and the little birds heard words that we may not, but the face? of each became glorified, and when a few mouths later the village church be.fi chimed a joyous peal, no enc would have called the'bride, Madge Skinner, plaits; but a queenly woman. The sickness through which she had passed had removed every oloud from her complexion, and her skin was now fair and complexion as pure and blush ing as June roses. The hair, too, which had fallen off; ha 1 reapp :ared, of soft chestnut brown, and the goodness*; tnajft and love that were stamped upon her face gare u glory that tho features could not dissipate. O. the loves of Phil Elton, none conld question which was the true and 'heares bom' one, and sweet Kiltie Motrttoi? _'lancod at tho groomsman, (herself the bridesmaid) ami prayed he might be,as), noble as her half brother, when he should claim her as his own. and Ana she might make as jgood uuj noble a wife as Madge. ? ' ?? ? - ? aasa?? ? | ? ? r,, Man nud Wife. .\f ? ?i. -drr-'iit* t..uutri noil Thomas Jefferson wrote tho following excellent advice. There *n tuu:h nature and good sense in it : ' Harmony in the hr.uin state is the first to bo aimed at* Nothiug earn pre serve affections uninterrupted but a firm resolution . each to con^id-jr the lorn of pfhers of more value th in any objeea whatovcr on which a wish hal been fixed. II ?w light, iu fact, is tho sxert lice of any oilier wish when "-roigaii again?t th e affect ions of one' with whom vo urc to p iss our wh ile lifo! Aai though c.pp isition in a single in it an ca will hardly of itself pro luce alienations, yet every one has their pouch into which all these 1 ttle opp ?sitiont arc put? while that ii filling, the alienation is-ii ly going on, and when filled it L* plete. It would nu2?.lo cither to saj why, beuauso no one difference of opin ion has been marked enough to produce a serious effect by itself. Hut he finis his affections wear tod out by a e mstiol stream of little ch?cks and obstaelea. Other sources ot disoontcat, vary o*?~? tiioa indeed, are the little cross-purposes of husband and wile ia ooauuou ^OQj'fjer. sation, a disposition in either to criticise and q-ie.'tiou whatever the other siys, n desire alwiys to le um tr?te i.id u ike him feel himself in the wrw? cspseUll/ in oitupany. .Nothing is a i g lading. Much better, therel'irc, if oir campen ion view a thing iu a light different from what we d i, to lcaie hi.u in quiet p ?session of his vie*s. Whit is the use of rectifying hitu if the tiling be unimp irtant ? Let "It pass for thf<pfs 8cut, aud wait a softer m >uient and "U>re oonoiliatory occasion of reviving thesub jeet together. It it wonderful hoe? many persons are rendered uaha^pf^SJ inattention to these little rulox of pru dence." t.?wvtd - Ml.?.???--4: A young lady writing from Europe finds there some very odd but agreeable thing's. For lnstmco, she saysi As n general rule, wiitera and chamber "maids" are men. In one hotel whore I stopped for three weeks the only domestic, 1 ever saw was a man. He did ev? rything ; swept and brushed and elcaued my salon, made my bed*, earod for my dressing room, served my break - t fa-.t. and always at night, about 8 o'clock, he would outer with eloan towels, open my bed as a mother does for her children, lay out my night drees und bow himself out with a 'goodnight, miidcm tisjUe." One becomes aceoetom ed to odd things, aud aiir i ma eh fare i ter a man to a woman servant. The young lady should bo credited with irauknesa and most unquestionable sincerity. -?mm.~.tmU> j HI Vermoot papers are boasting of eignn old farmers in Franklin coi.aty, whe live within two miles of oach other, and who have had twenty-live wives among them. - .,??>??-? I? took threefcarrela of whiskey sad ten ban eh of eider to satisfy ihn waatn of tho immates of the alms house Bridgeport, Connecticut, tho patt win ter. ?? ? -s- ? - It sftiiSi ? *b fjfdMv