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I hope yonfind jooroelf O K Upon tManoat aoapfotooa day. ' la teanrilnHitiariii frog, DiMuiaaias *8anhr nice em-nog*." Upon the board Was alweiyrset, \ When friends like you wad me were met ' To have a social New YflwV t*tt, Or, in nay ease, Hew Tear's walk. But "we have much improved since then 7 Taxes have made us wiser men. We use no fluid oortt or rye, But feel too glad to get thorn dry We might* indeed, have New Year's cheer By handing round penttnmon beer;' For that tw^estfc old-field tree Yet yields Us sweetness doty free. But we'll abrtafaf without evasion, From drinks and toasts an this occasion, "Well, what's the proepect?" you wilTaakj To answer that is not my task. The EirQutura tells vera all such matters; It gives the news, and never flatters With hopes of gobd when ID is brewin*; Nor does it always foresee ruin, Q^troron 'ffr tffl vi&hM T? MOU I I 5V VUTVtQV WV ? ? ? Among the big or little fishes. Ssbscribe again (take my advice), ^ . And yon will not regret the prioe. . , This year 'twill be useful sheet, will of things In garters! treat. The news wiU he there, all boiled down, Fran Congress, oouniy, State and town; .- , And good instructions how to vote^ At ail election times of note. . Stories of lovers and of snakes, Receipts for oooking sirloin steaks, Descriptions of the latest plows. The (attest hogs, the finest cows, The live-freight list of Noah's ark, And views of Hare's new Central Park, Combined, wiU make a lively paper, Worthy thread by midnight taper. And then the advertisements too, WlB always ftmdsh something new. H?ey tell what*a wanted lost or fbnnd Within the town or district round; the dwellers in fiie woods ' B-11 +* -? * -?11 A* /wirulfl W aw QKncuauw SOU UIO uiO)raw JVWB, ^A?d enure their money must be lost; . .. ..They sell so often below cost.) r J, if you would see your name in print, r Just take the bankrupt?and this hint, Of let the sheriff sell you oat ItwiU bejHjfaJtshed, beyond doubt. : lite Enquirer's merits are too great - Far me at length hero Jo relate; But it will do all that I promise, As oartainss my nasae la Thomas, - Nor oould I wish yoa bed luck direr *? Then to live here without the Enquires. Sot will leave to Ma^or Hart The commentator's arduous part. Still, one event occurred last year, Whfah calls for some alight mention here. A President has been elected, Bat not the one whom we selected. This was Indeed a heavy blow And laid some expectations low; For Seymour's Mends kept up a Mast Of trumpets to the very last. Although October told the tale, They swore he would next month prevail. But we are used to being beat, V And need not mind this last defeat. Who rulea. I do not care a red. So I in peace may eat my bread. ' The devITs Whiter than they paint, And so may Grant be, though no saint. Since his election the same press, * That scorned-him, bow his wits confess. . They called him once a senseless fool Fit bat to ride a circus mule, A sot who kept his hide well filled With juices from the corn distilled. Bat now they use s different phrase To speak of his eccentric ways. They say that Grant "enjoys champagne," But never clouds his giant brain. Well, fare yon well, I cannot stay To gossip with you all the day. Long talking always makes me dry; So I will quit and say "good-bye." May you eitfoy the year just born, And live to see the next year's morn. But stop! there's one thing I forgot, And how it happened, I know not. Let me enquire?don't think it strange? My dear sir, have you any change? Ill* Mft. WIDOW COBB'S FIRST IX)YE. The fire cracked cheerfully on the broad hearth I of the old &nn house kitchen, a oat and three kit' tens basked in the warmth, and a decrepit yellow dog, lying foil in the reflection of the yellow blase, wrinkled his black noee approvingly as he tamed *' * ' ' -v L!. * 1?J L^. Am. jqs mna icei wnere ms iure iret uau uccu. uiw the chimney hang several fine hams and pieces of dried beef Apples were festooned along the ceiling, and crooked necked squashes vied with red peppers and dips of dried pumpkin, in garnishing each window frame. There were plants, too, on the window ledges?horse shoe geraniums and dew plants, and a monthly rose just budding, to say nothing of pots of violets that perfumed the whole place whenever they took it in their purple heads to bloom. The floor was carefully swept, the chairs had not a sped: of dust upon leg or round, the long settee near the fire place shone as if it had just been newly varnished; and the eight day clock in the corner had its faoe newly washed, and seemed determined to tick the louder for it Two arm ihahu were drawn up at a oosy distance from the hearth and from each other; a candle, a newspaper, a pair of spectacles, a dish of red cheeked apples, and a pitcher of cider filled a little table beJptea them. In one of the chairs sat a oomforta, hb looking woman of about forty-five, with cheeks as md at*fce apples, aad eyes m dark and bright - r ;"J ' '"I ^ as tbey Lad ever been, resting her elbow upon the at tahte and her head upon bar hand, and looked pi thMgbtftdfr into the for* This was the widow Cbbb, "ratist" of Boson Levi bhb, who had B besw moulthwiig into doetinfo Bytown ohsroh- di y*rd for more than anvetryesftf- '*8he was thinking of her dead husband, probabiy because?ail her w work being dene, and the servant gone to bed-? the sight of the empty chair at the other side of the table, and the silence of the room made her a little lODely. : ti 448hven years!" so the widow's reverie ran. "It m seems as if it was more than fifty?and yet I don't wj look so very old either. < Perhaps it's not having ki any children to bother my life out, as other people have. They may say what they tike, children are mora plague than profit, that's my opinion. Look sij at my sister Jerusfta, wttb heraix ooya cuies worn to a shadow, and I'm sore they have done it, fct though shewill never own it" ?~ Thewidow took an apple from the diah and be- gi g*n to pee} it. "Hew dreadfel fbud Mr. Cobb nsed to be of si these grafts. Hsvtit never eat say more of them, . poor fellow, for I don't suppose they have apples wbert he'e gone to. Helghho I I remember very lu well how I mfcd to throw apple parings ever my of head when I was a girl, to see who fwas going to tr marry." rm th Mrs. Cobb sharped short and bhuhed. In those ch days she did not know Mr. Cobb, and was always re looking agitato see if the pad had formed a > capital 8. Her meditations took a new ten. t Ite "How handsome Sua Payson was, and how "1 mnefa I need to care aboot him. Jerusha says he want amy fans oar vfflagejest after I did, and no at one law heard of hhn sinoe. And what a siHy thing that quarrel was! If it had not been for pi that ?" - lp Here came a long pause, during which the wid-1 oh ow looked very steadfastly at the empty chair of ni Levi Cobb, deceased. Her fingers played carelessly with the apple paring, and drew it safely toward pi her, sad looked around the room. or "Upon my word it is very ridiculous, and I don't know what the neighbors would say if they saw nc dm." , . in Still, db phimp fingers drew the peel nearer, ye "Bat they can't see me, that's a oomfort, and th the oat and old Bowse wffl never know what it at means. Of coi?c, I don't believe anything abont iL"t sh The paring hang gmeefaBy from her hand. sc; Bat stiS I should hke to try; it would seem like Pj old times, and ?" hi . Over her head it weot and coded ap quietly on m the fiaar at a little distance. Old Bowse, who at wa ways slept with one eye open, saw it fall, and lot marehed deliberately up to swell it in "Bowse, Bowse, don't touch it I" aridd his mis- pe tress; and bending over it with a beating heart she m turned as red as fire. There was as handsome a gx capital 8 as one ooald wish to see. in A load knock came suddenly at the door. The sli dog growled, andthe widow esreaased and soatah- M ed op the paring. so "It's Mr. Cobb ; it's his spirit come back again at becaaae I tried that silly trick," she thought fearfully to besasK ye Another kiosk loader than the first, and aman'a w< voice exclaimed : "Hillo, the honee 1" "Who is it ?" asked the widow, somewhat re- fu tiered to find that the departed Levi was still safe in his grave upon tbe hill side. se "A stranger," said the voice. af "What do you want?" "To get lodging hew for the night" . The widow deliberated. ro "Can't you go on ? There's a house half a mile ^ further on, if you keep to the right hand side of ^ the road, and turn to tha left after you get by ?'" aT "It's raining eats and dogs, and I'm very deli- ^ oate," said the stranger, coughing. "I'm wet to the skin; Don't you think yoq can accommodate me ? I don't mind deeping on the floor." "Btinwifr git? I didn't knowthat;" and the m kind hearted little woman unbarred the door very gl quickly. "Come in, whoever you may be. I only ^ asked you to go on because I am a lone woman, ^ with only one servant in the house." The stranger entered, shaking himself like a gg Newfoundland dog upon the steps, and scattering ^ a tittle shower of drops over his hostess and her dc nicely swept floor. "Ah! that lookB comfortable, after a man has Wl been out for hours in a storm," he said as he ^ * . jai ^ ?j caugni Higiii ox ilie lire, buu huiuuib tuuug w w, wards the hearth, followed by BowBe, who snuffed ^ suspiciously at his heels, he stationed himself in the arm-chair?Mr. Cobb's arm-chair?which had ge been "sacred to his memory for seven years." W( The widow was horrified, but her guest was so ^ weary and worn out that she could not ask him to move, but busied herself in stirring np the blaze, oc that he might the sooner dry his dripping clothes. W]A new thought struck her, Mr. Cobb had worn a comfortable drearinggown during his illness, which m StHJ bung in the closet at her right. She could ^ not let this poor man catch his death by sitting in that wet coat If be was in Mr. Cobb's chair, why should be not be in Mr. Cobb's wrapper? She went nimbly to the closet, took it down, fished out a pair of slippers from the boot rack below, w and brought them to him. "I think you had better take off your oo&t and y0 boots; you will have the rheumatic fever or some- tei thing like it, if you don't Here are some things W( for you to wear while they are drying. And you m must be hungry, too. I will go into the pantry and get you something to eat" She bustled away, "on hospitable thoughts intent," and the stranger made the exchange with a in quizzical smile playing around his lips. He was a tall, well-formed man, with a bold, but handsome hi face?sun burnt and heavily bearded, and looking of anything but delicate, though his blue eyes glanoed I out from under a forehead as white as snow. He looked around the kitchen with a mischievous air, pi stretched out his feet before him, decorated with as the defunet deacon's slippers. ne ! "Upon my word, this is stepping into the old man's shoes, with a vengeance? And what a hearty, good-humored looking woman she is; kind nc as a kitten; and he leaned forward and stroked the cat and her brood, and then patted old Bowse upon h< the head. The widow bringing in sundry good ni things, looked pleased at his attentions to her to dumb friends. "It's a wonder Bowse did not growl. He gen- n< erally does when strangers touch him. Dear me, h< ? .?:J?? now Btupiu ; v> This last remark was addressed neither to the m : stranger Dor to the dog, bat to herself. She had forgotten that the little stand was Dot empty, and ' there was no room on it for the things she held. hi "Oh I I'll manage that," said her guest, gath- m ering up paper, candle, apples and spectacles (it m was not without a little pang that she saw them in his hand, for they had been the deaoon's, and tt were placed each night, like the arm-chair beside her,) and depositing them on the Bettee. "Give I me the table-cloth, ma'am?I've learned that, sc | along with a score of other things in my wanderings, m Now let me relieve you of those dishes; they are si far too heavy for those little hands"?the widow ti blushed?"and now please sit down with me, or I si cannot eat a morsel" "I had sapper long ago, hut reallyl think I can take something more," said Mrs. Cobb, drawing w her chair near the table. "Of course you can, my dear lady. In thin cold, autumn weather, people ought to- eat twioe ?? 11 : ~-r-r ?* i much, as tbey do is warm, l^t mti giro yoaa i<y? of this ham?yotrr own caring, I dtre flay." 1 "Yes; my poor husband was very fond of it i ire used to gay no one understood curing ham and ryiug beef better thanX" 1 "He was a most sensible man, lam sure. I 01 drink your healthf-madam, in this rider " He took a long draughtf-aud sat dou-n his glass. "It is like nectar/' * The widow vat Ceding Bote and tie eat, (who 1 ought they were entitled to a shaire of every < eel ate in the houpeji and did not quite hear bat be said. I fancy she would hardly base 1 town what 'nectar' was. so it waajqnhte as well 1 "Fine dog, ma'am, and a very pretty cat" "They woe my husband's favorit/B," and a jh followed the answer. "Ah I your husband must have been o veiy ? ft , The blue eyes looked at bar bo lotg that she ew flurried. , "la there anything mora that I can get for you, r,'T she said at last. 1 "Nothing, thank yon, I4?ave finished.". f ; I She rose to clear the things away. He assisted nr. and somehow their handa hada queer knack j ' touching as they oarried the dishes to the pan* y shelves. Coming back to the kitehen, she pot ie apples and cider in their places, and brought * jao pipe and a box of tobaopo from an arched ease near the chimney. ; : I "J^fo husheod always said he-ooaldnot sleep af- ? r eating sapper late uqfere he smoked," she said. Perhaps you would like to try it.' . 1 "Not if it is going to drire you away," he an- i wed; for she had a candle in her hand. \ " Oh 1 no, I do not object to smoke at alL" She i it the candle down?some faint suggestion about i ropriety' troubledher ; she glanced at the <dd \ jck and felt reassured. It was only half-past t ne. The stranger pushedthe stand bade, after the pewaalit,- and drew her eaqy chair a little nearthe fire?and his own. < "Come, sit down," he said, pleadingly. "It is 4 late; and when a man has been-knocked about j Cahfornia, in all sorts of planes, for a score of t are, he is glad enough to get into* berth like g is and to have a pretty woman] to speak to i ilin." "California? Have you been to California?" j e exclaimed, dropping into the chair. Unoon- ' ioosly, aha bad long cherished (he idea thatJSam nyson?the lover of her youth?with whom she id foolishly quarreled, had pitched his tent, after j any wanderings, in that far-off land. Her heart t inned to one who, with something of Sam's ok s and ways about him, had also been sojourng in that country, very possibly Had met him? <, irhaps had known him intimately. At that moent her heart beat quick, and she looked very acionaly at the bearded stranger, who, wrapped Mr. Cobb's dressing gown, wearing Mr. Cobb's ppere, and sitting in Mr. Cobb'B chair, beside 1 x. Cobb's wife, smoked Mr. Cobb's pipe with eh an air of feeling thoronghly and comfortably home. . - . "Yes, ma'am. I hare been in California for six 1 era And before that I. went quite round the 5 wklin a whaling ship." 'Good gracious!" 1 The stranger sent a puff of smoke curling grace- . Ily over his head. "It's very strange, my dear lady, how often you J e one thing as you go wandering about the world ter that fashion." ^ "And what is that?" ^ "Men without house or home above their heads, ving here and there, turning up in all sorts of Id places?caring very little for life as a general ing, and making fortunes just to fling them 1 ray?and all for one reason. You don't ask what of ?<i? No dnnht von know alreadv verv welL" "I think not, sir." "Because a woman has jilted them." * Here was a long pause, and Mr. Cobb's pipe e- 1 itted short pufls with surprising rapidity. A T lilty conscience needs no accuser; the widow's teeks were dyed with blushes as she thought of f .e absent Sam. 1 "I wonder how women manage when they get rved in the same way," said the stranger maagiy. "You never meet them roaming up and 8 >wn in that style." "No." said Mrs. Cobb, with some spirit; "if a dman is in trouble, she must stay at home and sar it in the best way she can. And there's more 8 >men bearing such things than we know of, I ure say." 1 "Like enough. We never know whose hand its pinched in a trap unless they scream. And jmen are too shy or too sensible?which you t loose?for that." , . ] "Did you ever, in all your wanderings, meet any f ie by the name of Samuel Payson?" asked the t Idow, unconcernedly. 1 The stranger looked towards her?she was ram- e aging at the table-drawer for her knitting work, id did not notiop him. When it was found, and i e needles in motion, ne answered ner. "Payson ? Sam Payson ? Why, he was my most timate friend. Do you know him?" "A little?that is, I used to when I was a girl. "here did you meet him ?" "He went with me on the whaling voy;ige I told u of?and afterwards to California. We had a nt together, and some other fellows with us, and ) dug in the same claim for more than six onths." "I suppose he was well ?" "Strong as an ox, my dear lady." "And?and happy?" pursued the widow, bendg over her knitting. "Humph ! the less said about it the better, pertps. But he seemed to enjoy life after a fashion his own. And he got rioh out there, or rather will say, well off." Mrs. Cobb did not pay much attention to that trt of the story. Evidently she had not finished king questions. But she was puzzled about her ?? ? i?t. -v. i 1.* u . :xi oue. at lasi bub urvugut it uul mtuuiuujf. "Was his wife with him in California?" "His wife, ma'am ? Why, bless you, he has >t got one." "Oh, 1 thought? I meant?I heard " sre the little widow remembered the fate of Anaas and Sapphira, and stopped short before she ild such a tremendous fib. "Whatever you heard of his marrying was all rnsense, I can assure you. I know him well, and 3 had no thought of the kind about him. Some ' the boys used to tease him about it, but he soon ade them stop." "How?" "He just told them frankly that the only woman 3 ever loved had jilted him years before, and arried another man. After that no one ever g ientioDed the subject to him again, except me." Mrs. Cobb laid her knitting aside, and looked loughtfxdly into the fire. \ "He was another specimen of the class of men I was speaking of. I have Been him face death a ore of times as quietly as I face the lire. 'It r latters very little who takes me off,' he used to t ty, 'I've nothing to live for, and there is no one t lat will shed a tear when I am gone.' It's a 1 id thought for a man to have, isn't it ?" I Mrs. Cobb sighed as (die said she thought it was. j "But did he ever tell you the name of the lady t ho jilted him?" . t "I knew her first name." i "What was it?" t "Maria." ' '.x I "The plump little widow almoffr started oat,of: <1 tar chair; iter gpae ym spoken exactly aa Bm f rodd have add it, ;, a; r . H . "Did you know her, too?" he asked, looking wnjy ather., . . ..:J; ;? ..* ... "Yam " Ml titbit, C--m "JntiawtMyy' j >: . ? ' J' '?i7 Fl "Aad where is she ppw? Stffl happy witfr.fc* g bndKotwl T tnnnnoe aiw) vulvar oiTrincr A. tilHOffht r a timpoor fellow she drove out into worid" .- ,u; "No*" said Mrs. Cobb, shading her free with ti ser bwd, tod speaking unsteadily. "Np, ha in*t?adi> dead" omi' "Ah 1 Bat still she n?ni thinks of Sana ?" There waa a dead aileooe. t "Sees she?'' ( u. "Heat oan I tell?" rci I :n "Are you still frienda?" v-.. "Yast" Then yon ought to kaciw and you do. TeH me." <h "I am sure 1 don't know why I should, But if [ do you must promise me mi your honor never to ell him, if yotiwvw happen 40 meethita again." ^ "Madame, what you- say tome Betor skatbe g, epeated to any mortal man, opes my bonce." "WeB, then, she does remember him." J\ "Bulhow?"^ jjj ' "As bodly I think as heooald wish." m "lamgbdtohearifcfbr his sake. Yon and 1 ire friends of both parties; we oan rejoiee with ^ tach other." u He drew his chair much nearer hem, and task w lerband One moment the widow resisted, but ^ t was a magnetic touch ; the rosy palm lay quiet- ^ y in hi^ and the dark beard beat so low that it learly touched her Moulder. It did not matter Tt l Tir i i. a in. j oj j o rrv. . uuuu. . .nam u? uov ouuuuu b uc?r mcuu i , uiw ^ eas not the rose, bad he not dwelt very near it for ^ i long< loug time ? . f> ! ce "It was a foolish quarrel that parted them," jg, "Did he teDyou about it?" .< H "Yea, on board the whaler." "Did be blame her much?" ^ "Not so much as himself. He said that his 0p ealousy and ill temper drove her to break , off the oateh; hot he thought sometimes if he had only (& [one back and spoken kindly to her she would ca lave married him after all." at "I am sore she would," said the widow piteona- dl y. "She has owned it to me more than a thoos- th rnd times." j>:m,; in "Mr.?that was to say, b?, husband?was W ei ;ood and kind," said the woman, thinking of the fa onely gave on the hill-side, rather penitently, and fo hey lived pleasantly, together. There never was oe . harsh word between them." a "Still might she not have been happier with T1 5am? Be honest, and say just what you think." th ?Yes." pi "Bravo, that is what I wanted to come at" wl "And now I have a seeret to tell you, and you T1 oust break it to he " &*' Mm rVkHh I/wit ad mfkpr annnvt . i.. dl "What in it?" ~ . Jtih "I want you to go and see her, wherever she Bay be, and to her: 'Maria'?what makes ye 'on start so?" let "Nothing, only you speak so like some one I wl ised to know." wi "Do I? Well, take the rest of the message, to; Tell her that Sam loved her through the whole; ca bat is, when he heard that she was free again he th >egan to work hard at making a fortune; be has th 'ot it and he is coming to share it with her, if she pr rill let him. Will you tell her this?" of The widow did not answer. She freed her hand 1? rom his, and covered her free with it By-and-by she looked np again. He was wait- 83" ng patiently, ve "Well?" . ......... re "I will tell her." A He rose from his seat and walked up and down Bt< he room. Then he came baek, sod leaning on the nantle-pieoe, stroked the yellow hair of Hawse rith his slipper. ! "Make her quite understand that he wants her 00 or his wife. She may live where she likes, only i"? t must be with him." ^ "I will tell her." -de "And what do you think she will say?" he tu isked in an altered tone. "What can she say but-come." dj "Hurrah!" De The stranger caught her out of her chair, as if co 1 - l.Jl A.'IJ J 1_? J 1 Qlf ne naa oeen a cuuu sou uwra uvr. "Don't?don't!" she cried out 'Tm Sam's forria." - "Well, I'm Maria's Sam !" ?" Off went the dark wig and the blade whiskers; y here smiled the dear face she had not forgotten. yo [ leave yon to imagine the tableau. Even the cat ?? jot up to look, and Bowse Bat on his stomp of a ail, and wondered if he was on his heels or his ev lead. The widow gave one little scream and then w< the? But stop! Quiet people like you and me, dear aD eador, who have got over all these follies, and can 00 Lo nothing but turn np their noses at them, have M 10 business here. I will only add that two hearts ^ vere very happy; that Bowse oonclnded after a while that all was right, and so hud down again, m ind that one week after there was a wedding at ^ he house that made the farmers stare. The wi- ?D low had married her c "first love."^ ^ i a u1 Period of the Growth of Man.?Prof! B. V. Gould, from statistics derived from the register 00 >f 2,500,000 men in the United States army, has nought oat the feet that men attain their maxi- 17 nam stature much later than is generally sup- m >osed. This takes place at twenty-nine or thirty rears of age; bnt there are frequent instances of M prowth until thirty-five, not very, notioeable?a ofc 'early gain ofa tenth of an inch perhaps, still a ni jrowth. After thirty-five the stature subsides in a' imilar proportion, partly, perhaps, from the con- a < lensation of the cartilages, partly because of the pc :hange in the ancle of the hip bone. The age for in naximum stature comes earliest to the tallest men, Di is if it were the necessity of unusual develope- Aj nent. Foreigners were shorter than men of na- ex ive birth. The heights of men seemed to depend sp >n the place of enlistment A Massachusetts man oo mlisting in Iowa was an inch taller than if he had & itayed at home, As we go West men grow taller, if 3 ut of one million there were five hundred who m neasured more than six feet four inches; but men pc )f such stature do not wear well. In Maine men Bp each their greatest height at twenty-seven: in !few Hampshire at thirty-five; in Massachusetts at I* hirty-one. The tallest man, of sixty-nine inches, th fiwvm Tawo Molnn Varment Ohio. Tndii-lwl <auio IIVIII Avn?> I'auuivj - ? 1 ? ? ?7 ia, Minnesota, and Missouri give us men of a little rei >ver sixty-eight inches; and the average of all iuj hows the Americans to be a very tall people. if! ^ ini Effect of Tobacco on Boxs.?Dr. Decaisne, of vhile engaged in investigating the influence of to- th mcco on the cireulatoiy system, had his attention sh ailed to the large number of boys between the ge iges of nine and fifteen years who were addicted be o smoking. Of thirty eight boys who smoked, m< wenty-seven showed distinct symptoms of disease, rhirty-two had various disorders of circulation; raj rruit de souffle in the neck, disordered digestion, ca xdpitation, slowness of intellect, and more or less of aste for strong drink. Eight showed a diminu- do ion of the red corpuscles of the Mood; three had T1 ntermittent pulse; twelve had frequent epitaxis; by en disordered sleep; and four ulceration of the in nneoui membrane at the month. kn ? ^ ?i WU *. #rii ! * * -* * iM T . V." ; psttHattfiws !$$?$ ; is i- , i <: asm u 11 n mfa ;. -' - M'ir K <JUUHioH*MypS?nM.V.? 97 V V -'V >7- J i:.!?jt; ?VV. ? <; brc .i .... ,.i ;.:< i**? :.H.. <Ot^ eTbriSifo about a hoodred years ago, Br. rwfclft au<l Br. Priestly w<i* <?***?% & tbe dyal Society Club, in Loiwion, npdto the progress 'tbe acts and sciences. The question arose at agth, what wa& 6xe most db&nhta invention at remained !to. be made; npon which Dr. Ranki exprewSJ himself thns: "A micliine capable of spinning two threads at q same time " ' " jhow oi The oottpn inairaficttire, introduced into Engnd abodtthe year 1620, iraft then ftst rising into iportanoe. We read itrah English booh, jrab ihed in 1641, the fipijkwwjr interesting passage: "The town of Manchester boys linen, yam from e Irish in great quantity, and weave it, re turn a ^in the same in linen into Ireland to eelL Neithdoeaher industry stophete; for they buy ootn wool in London that comes from Cyprus and nyrniTand wo^thestto#mto fustians, vermtt.ns and dimities, which they return to Lotyfoh, here tfcey are sold, and from thence not seldom to foreign parts, where the first material may be ore easily had for that mangfajtrtfe.* , At this time, and for moire than a century after, e weaver bought his own yarn, took if home 16 s cottage, and wove it into cloth, so that ea?h aver's house was a little lhctory. He bjptght e yarn fofr the W*rjp; the wool for the woof was rded and spun by his wife and daughters, while e weaving was performed by himself add .sons, was long before any attempt was made ih Tfitigod to make cloth xcloSy of cotton, jjHbotigh febs of this nature had been known in India for ntories, and were beginning to be imported' into o gland in considerable quantities before the year 00? " ' ' :' ' It is curious to notice how uniformly every great Bp in foe progress cf man has been dreaded and posed, ih.TFreaays: "The silk and woolen weavers of England tnanlliooea, whether brought from the East or made home. In the year 1680 they mobbed the Ipr a House, in revenge for some large importations J. .fit. A' ii : .f rrt.iL. -wJj BU UittUC U1 LUC UU1UIXCS U1 iWUiWtf? -LUCJT IKAV duced the government, by inQessatit clamors, to elude altogeth(er the. beautiful robes of Calicut >m the English market Bui t^ trinted goods and their way into the oountiy ittgqhje of the exssive penalties annexed to Smuggling,, and raised new alarm among tbemauu&Sthriog population, le sapient legislators of that day, intimidated by e London mob, enacted, in 1720, an abeurd law ohi biting the wearing of all printedi; caHcoes tiatsoever, either of foreign or domestic origin 1 lis disgraceful enactment, worthy of Cairo fa Alere, proved not only a death blow to rising inistjyr biit prevented fbd lfifles from attiring emsefves in the becoming drapery of Hindooetdn. This law, It appears, remained' fii force for ifai are, and was then replaced by iin act somewhat b oppressive. People, were allowed to make rat was called "British .calicoes^,'- provided the up was made of figeh, andonly the woof df cotn; and provided, afe^.that for every yard of such lico the maker shcnld pay a duty Of six-pence to e government Even while staggering under is burden the cotton manufacturing made some ogress; so that more than fifty thousand pieces mixed fabrics were made in England in the year 50. . This restrictive legislation, as Dr. TTre remarks, ew out of the ignorance and terror of the wears themselves. A curious aneodote has been lated, which most strikingly illustrates the fact man was about to he executed at Cork, for suing. UQ me appommu uay, lue weavers, 30 were short of work, and" attributed the. hard nes to cotton, gathered about the gallows and eased both the criminal and the executioner a tton cloth, to mark their oontempt and abhor; ooe of it, and to make the wearing otft disgrace^ L The criminal, sympathising with the object livered the following address just befbre being rned off: : _ . , . "Give ear, oh good people, to the words of a ing sinner. I confess I have been guilty of what eessity compelled me to commit; which starring diriou I was in, I am well assured, was oca* >ned by the scarcity of money, that has jfrooeedfrom the great discouragement of our woolen anufactureS. Therefore, good Christians, cooler that, if you go to suppress your own goods, wettnug DUUU VIH.WU no jl oiu uvw viwuvv fuj u will bring your country into misery, which wiB nsequently swans withsuoh unhappy m&lefaors as your present subject is, and the blood of eiy miserable felon that, will hang after this irningt will lay at your doors." Thus has it ever been. Man has always hated id warred against his best benefactors, and demooed in one age what he was honored for in the jet. Wonderful to relate, it was not until the ar 1774, that the law was repealed which requiri the warp of calioo to be made of linen, and for any years after that a duty of three pence per xd. was exacted. JSTor are we who live in a more lightened day exempt from similar folly. I tve heard, lately, arguments in favor of proteose tariff and against an international oopyright, bich were just as short-sighted as the English tton legislation of the last century. But to come to our subject About the year 60, a chaDge was introduced into the ootton anufacture which proved to be of importance in tdiug to the great inventions of a later day. The anohester dealers, instead of baying calicoes and ber fabrics from the weavers, now began to fursh the weavers with the materials, and to pay certain prioe for doing the wort They gave out quantity of linen thread, and with a certain proirtion of ootton which the weaver had to convert to woof Now arose the difficulty, which led r. Franklin to make the remark quoted above. 9 there was no machine in existence for spinning, oept the old fashioned spinning-wheel, which un but & thread at a time, the weavers were nstantly troubled to get their cotton-wool span it enough. The business was self-limited. Even there had been no restraining lavs the cotton inufacture could never have attained grand proirtioos unless a method had been contrived of inning with greater rapidity. James Hargreavea, a poor, illiterate weaver of incashire, in England, was the man who began ose improvements in the methods of spinning, lich have made England the cotton manufactur for the world. While Dr. Franklin was utterit the words attributed to him, James Hargreavea, he was awake at the moment, was probably broodit over die same subject Nothing is recorded the early life of this man. We simply know, at about the year 1762, the weavers of Laacaire, and he among them, were sorely troubled to t their cotton wool spun fast enough, and that ing a man of an inventive turn, he began to fthtate im Drove men t& He turned hie attention, first, to devising a more pid way of carding cotton. Before his time, rding was done hy hand. He invented a mode doing the work which enabled the carder to able his product, and to do it with greater ease, lis contrivance, however, was soon suppressed the well-known carding machine, which is still nee. The inventor of this is unknown. It is town, however, that one of the first persons to ; hib* uriicj F . u a ^4 ^ - ? ?' toif<wflfrflafc?feg?* ?* mm* mk wA bis own fawxto, safe** by Bafifcaw; 'ft*m which it seerirfrttaoaatfe to ttftr tfitdTEftlitited .- Li-jjHiwi. I 11 1 w?W 2? great difficulty in carrying out his oonoeption; but machine for eight npiodtee, turned bjr hands from , akovixoataiwhwl^Jfcatea* itin+'ik aiin'iirt eight threads at once. The inventor labored mntlv tn innemkoflnti) In tiM MiMri <mbi fit***** tfjeiOi ! Bat JtH men are not Franklin T The spinners t<*k theslaim^wkcf^gssfsaf aniapsifps taedboat iiafrJuneai broke tto'ttiflkii* to pfaea*. ?? motor Am ^'Ifotringfaaiiv whew hi Begtn forwilfr%Q ioww iiii'til ' " if'i qn'n iV. lifri./?!' i^{KP* cWrWr Lancashire rose in greater nambefs thaty.he??r?y and nurtured tiM ***** 3m*wefm*nk awohiila'aad calamity to hicL Rkhatd Arkwiight inr?)ted the spfcunng^fhane I At aecbaaoal gwisi - ft* fiargreaves most have comprehended at a gbflfce1 all tfie merit of that splendid iateutioiL fh mm have aeen in it the irresistible^ rival of hia darling Bpirming-jenny. The spinning-frame of Arkwrighi, which perform* the rholy pr^w oeiy thesaparintaodaaee tfifgfrhwto aosniiphti a eobeepttOD, that k? emptoyedin aBtheeettrm fefo^dfOhrfkenJ(^ ?!? ? ?/. "Jri iA. i^XSStSgSSH^S yftfctejgggg#i^ggg#jj|jjggffg ;*?, MM poferty, jost as the tnumphanfr iAikwii|ht WWbeghmingtoderite a princeij iocomftjtow i^ift.tfc?oountyTi* which# had dDwffkqpt, ? DWMMiWUkMIQMtB. ; <.-.rxi dnar,< I Utotratkarsotboly of*he higtot coooejy^e fcwfo,!* woaldl^peal H ao?-& the-JBihlfi.. '-PB WH?T^ itI teachings have ackisivledgad the beaaty of its laofttttfe, Mtd tbfc#fdtrt iigliMfr to :Ae?gufci* ^,of na^^^^mostrttiod;'- HTM* roB^S^^ESI Onee was at oooe to natural objects, aadthftq^MMt} all its books, the stars? the4owe*& sod geins are I prominent se'IBtfi^rtttdo^^^^reMiies of reEgion and the ^ ^ <*ra?rfi. ^ y ' ^ ^ "The mountains and the hills shall break forth before yon into flinging, and ml! the trees of the field shall clap their hapd& , Instead of the thorn shall oomvp the fir tree, atf inete^of thf briar shall oome op the myrtle tree." The paver and theheaafer of the same object* appear in the Sayiosr's teachings. The fig and the ofivfe,. tha sparrow and the lily of the field, give peculiar foree and beasty to the great traths .l /2?LUkia?La^u Tf">M \.'Ak. iuey were locu wuiwuikc. . .. Th# Bible Unoogtamt is remarkable iaitiii* to- i gpeot It is aooBe&onofbooks wr&ewiiywthorsfer waoved'ftom each-other? to!tima and place and mental?rft?re,b?t througkoafetbewkafe riatftr* is exalted to ? nidation of-Goi itf beittity and laWirtfty ewap^aled te, tk nroue the omofinnetostock <k?ttoml:ami' rtogii'H nm I twf Tbw element df mitty tom through ail tbe| bOotaWkete itoblutoirtoretnreeawbrwy r ,J: Odc of the : tdaptatimWof tii# Dftto lofhe uiiiifc sentation of the ^w^t^Uate ie ever made to proclaim the character and perfec-! tions ofW No language can be wr8tod that*) perfectly sets forth, tbe grand and terrihle in nature and its forces, as we bee when. God answers Sol in the whirlwind. . No higher appreciation of the beautiful, and of God as the author of beauty, wan ever expressed than when our Saviour said to the lilies of the , field, "I say unto you tbpt e?en Solomon, in ajj his glory, was not srnyefl.like one of theseand then adds, ((IfQodaofllo4hftiltKflBU,,-Huaibing the element <tf beanty in every leaf and opening bud to the Creator's skiM and P0F?. Prof. Chcuiboitmu y ^ - ; . r. the fireside. No lessons leave a more abiding impression than those which gently drop iata the mi*d #t4i* fireside. No funis more* tickling, or JeaveebehiW k less to regret No history is purer, as a whole than fireside: history, and pone lives longer or more lovingly in remembcaaoe.. He who cannot look forward with yauning desman to Astride enjoyments as the staple enjoyments of his lifia, is greatly to be blamed; for the fireside has its duties te be done, as well as its pleasures to be realised.? Those who make light of its sanctities, or who rise upin rebellion against its spirit, or who wnfcnfr disturb its peace, or who poison its agimofito fidenee with suspicion, or who mtredum jeatarfm within that oharmed circle, or who pnahoe i*by aught that savors of selfish despotism, break the spell which, environs it, and forfeit itS-towarda,? It should be the ahar to whioh we brief oar daily sacrifices?the turtle doves andyoong pigeons of home-life?to offer tbemto the geiias of domestic unity. There is no piace where we are more bound to "mind the things of others" as our own, or more gracefully display affeotiou in trifles, or oan with more profit stady to please others than ourselves. Forgetfnlness of fireside duties indicates, to say the least, a deficiency of disinterested love. A w?n cannot be truly judged by what hedoes before the world. All manner of selfish motives may urge him to wear in that broad theatre the dress of sanctity, or courage, or courtesy, or patieooe, or oonriderateness, "that he may be sosnofmea." But it is at his own fireside that he best shows himself, when he cask aside the garments of pietosut, and puts on the sHppem.ef natural hthi* . What he is there and then he probably is iirieslity, fir his heart is at dishabille, and nomrsmrln itself or otherwise, by its own proper qwahriesunvrifed and ondicguised. < t.. , ' 1 V" . 1 1 V1 . K An Extinct Family.?It is a eurious feet that there are no known descendants of Christopher Colombo* left on earth. He had two eons, om of whom (Don P?fo) core to distinction as an admiral, and the other (Fernando) ?a a Fer naodo was a great traveller. Ha not only tho* visited America, hot subsequently triTewi tte whole of Earoj? and almost every aceesrihfr pBr ttoo ot Ama ana Aim*. I iw^iiwp w tmfm? a profound scholar and * to# good jam. la has will be stiiMtai&thftfrhi* Start emtabing twentj thousand vdom?k which he pie to the Cathedral of SefiBe, nhiwM he free to the peepie, and it is 90 to this day. From books ia that Vim "LA of UoknnUa wna fpnadai lownf (|Miat firitttr*!. ibiort otttatad by (Ipiq by myfolhe^^^ of* 111 mm *-> 6 i,a!vbxi of t\ .m**s<so<jo > ">*? v> ncrx ^ ^ jjnj ^ ^ ^ SSS^i^SSaSgliliu SSS^a i ij^SSI r ?**? *? ! 0?fr???y funbeui j , Y#<0?afrftj( HA1 picrt^l Jeto grew, and mmA UMfA^ind Until*'/: *>rcnri'ttr ^(fl f laU^pK Hsgwtfie totigS?^' ^ .^Tv*^"fai ?p* triid bov kaaily hafett k. ^ ^ W?i'I ;n~rrt elf at the prcaoat time Ija thg phy^am u^adW^ rpclmB fst VXrAJUIUUu <*pn*L Ppff Br WUlw >L before me in deaTdlit^ has wept aWya greet deal in fcer )oyter?^ hiJr b*lnfc*raalhee& *> -i?H tnegpnkw offer, laying dm would sot make him miliary* Aad then abetawkl, dieadfat to ?yr Mi'aereo months?a young girl , Both of Aeiii iwtgMlk etta^ed to each other, onta} the ^1ffa*y turned fiom her and uunmd. Trooi fhjg time Wed,' ?ya the poor hermaphrodite, 1 oontt no longer luokat the gad; I hated bar.' The most conflicting feeling! always mage is her bmet and torment he heart She feek leve Air heth eeaee, and does not belong to either; 'What** I do here on earth?' she exclaimed; 'what am If 17 . .1 v? i! .'nt Lastxbn.?It may not be generally kaoto "befcre ' ^ ? lftftJ ? t a j. KJ (ao?5? AHiW catwed ?i tapcre w TO nnu6 iw 014 breadth, marked by twelve inrh?^ e?qr.ii? wchee thereD^bw*- ?ff 0*4,*)*'whole the tmtrf*? ?nd?%ht S?t wfcea the:?Mj tfeiwtgfe&e-?fodofte^4<*V??ra*eN^ar*<[ drinks oftte wsfls, tffce cfotlf oftt8teo^S? edrtbceetapa* that tfceyt>oa*afe?certafiriyr be invented kurfen* of<* er eow htt^eutlMfcTMl platee, wbfeh defended tire tspets fttm tbe'ifnX that it could not W?at6ibbn.", V.f jftj*;- ? ;'. '? ...-jr. Cost av S*OKDt<3?r^A itewtwd mht w ftp nijili Wisr fej-eff^oeMlLgW *heeb is- *e dwy w per^getaofEthe fbOowing: "Itho been psdmaw m** *a weQ .bevonk frno days longer, snxxmte to eopagkio this country to more than defray the iiuycjuatoof the A wintn Board ?f Hcteigm M? ^ nt>M ' . ~ (PL- ui-.ii.xjLi j _r ktaPlMM' Mk t wf eiona 1 iw expcDflw w duuuib on uw nco or our ooats, where they are of do earthly TM, is equal to the support of ell our orphan asylum^ It is eatintod that thevalua of old hoeto[ Jlpopi tdhptUikj(M^htlMeiiSe mSkMltds li I Lis *11 ll ie 1 11 sdu^ . AleMtftifltX gowrw iw rrwy dotj in tun brxl jubo, lAtr mo bttt of Overy indt on ihe fM Airf Ooflu* aTofr young men is equal to thejam ueeeaauy to put a BiHe lathe habcfe ofeyary Pst^gonom pmkL" Injumib jrox Fbdbsm.?Tbote who have their joys have els* their griefs in propoitu*, aid none can extreme^ exdt or depress frieada, hit friends. The harsh things that rneae ftom thereat of the worid are reewved and repulsed with that spirit which every honest man bears about him, for his own vindication; but nnkindaeai in: wonfe or aetMQeaiaeifJtteade adte aathftdyfciastaii in the inmost recesses of oar souk. Indrifenflt people, if I may ? say, cahVooad ao only in tft heterogeneous parts, maim ua in oar legs or arms, but the friend can make no pass bat at the heart itself. On the other side? the most impota* assistance, the mere well wishes of a friend, give a man constancy aad courage against thf )**g pg? vafincftreeofaflhit eoMnea enjoys aadsdEwste lhafii(f :?? ? ,.h .... a; Ifcilto Sxa.-^FhftSoi'S^lb'midtobe At hottffltpteintbe worii about arty mOes on that ma u steamy and sbofcy. Everything in 0* shape of iron oc atari abort a ship takes<mseaab?fM* MaftShe samr t? -?at at .a k *a.ai.? - 1 W - W. 1. .ib . _ A_! P?^W Iff uaponut dQBXM Or snmlmTJ OKTKfY 10 3 tteWlnter*nd spru? ,,pMT 18 dttnnL Yet Birintioo in tut bow of water Sea is IWg awl actor, with ?ban rate tai fWMU'fwfc; eaioooaler wiada prevail, which prodooe: daagewoae oamMs. Hmto in three Bgbt-bo?M hi the ?a, which mttstbe kept by salainaaler-Qn men, shoe the thermometer rone np toooehnadredwod twenty degrees in July, and