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NO. 31. - , To My Wife. Ah sweetheart, day to day may link, t And weel \o week and year to yy. Yo4 shall I never oease to think Thy lore to me of Lovm moet dear. Flies all too fast floei-footed Time, The whilS we love and laugh and sing, 1 And bears to soma far-distant clime The glow of summer on its wing. Then while above the sky is 'air, And green are all the joyous leave?, Ere autumn strip the woodland bare, And garner in hit last ripe sheaves. While lives the splendor in the day, The glory upon land antf sea, Let's treasure up a lore in May, Shall last through all the years to be. STRANGE but true. Among the terrible phenomena con nected with the Tioe or intemperanoe, the one moet to be dreaded is the least spoken of by tempeianoe advocate*. T 1 allude to the delusion the unhappy *hi tim of this vioe is very frequently under ?that he is haunted by a phantom, whose mission it is to preventhis return to tbe path of sobriety. And tbis omis sion on the part of the temperance ad vorates is the more remarkable as the dniuaton is very oomtnon among habit aal drunkards. In fact, tbere is scarce ly a physician of a lunatic asylum who has not had one or more cases of the kind under his notioe. This delusion has also a feature of interest abont it distinct from w its psychological phenomena. It frequent ly so much resembles the mediaeval tiles of individuals who had sold ttyeip. selves to the fiend, and afterwards penting of their bargain, had endear*., ored ineffectually to break it, that one |s almost tempted to believe that 'VjfKh tnania, imagined by pur forefather* tp. be demoniacal possession, was * very common mistake in the Mjidle Ages. Admitting"this to be the oase,.*4< would be a singular study to traoe out how many poor wretoh"s have suffered at the stake for hnafpvujr crimes nected with sorcery, which, were merely the effects of drunkenness bringing on this phase of insanity. The particular phenomenon I to as oonufton in the Middle ir<?U as in the present <*y, U victim of drunkenness phantom appears to him whenever he attempts to reoede from his bargain with tne evil one, or, aooording to ear modern ideas, to return to the paths of sobriety, and pertinaciously following him, drives the unhappy wretch to con tinue his habit till it forces him into the grave. ' Bo olose did the affinity between the medifo7al tales and the present drunk-1 ard's phantom appear to me, that I de-1 termined to make a collection of the I latter oases, in order, at some oon-l renient imiqq. to brine them.under the notice of the gjhlic, so as to add one more erfbrV^aad, psrhans, ah fruitless aa the mat* ** alfeady been mftde-to l^ipis-famrtaslnff miaery occasioned by-tfte vice el dEankenneas. Circumstaiy( 1 occurred which obligld MvIUM me publioa tion otth4 WftaMtblSsetKm. Cm among the ni/nlmf im^mkb aa a sample of the Natfl now bzxfig under the notioe of the ?ader.^* Borne thirty yesM since, there resided at X , a flourishing city in the north of Italy, mi EngUsin gentleman, 'whom I will denignato by tne name of MM height, and, although not decidedly handsome, had a very intelligent oast of eountenanoe. He was well edooated had naturally courteous manners, was generous and charitable. * 1 i*? With all Smith's good qnalitis*. he had one besetting fault which went ^lar to neutralise his maay or to toll the^strict truth, he wis a drunkard. He had aoqnired wljt?? under littnei subjection to his fsteily, it fap rissiil in intensity. One of the reanlts of this failing *?S, that it shut him out from"the Ut?r class of Italian society .by whonuurtem petanoe is juatly aonniderml sa a 111 thy3 ^grading rioe ; while many of the portion of the Italian young men all&sfe! p'risii 'A down on Mm the oeoHeo? reaaooefcran i after on? of t&eee >senoe?, omttti paid m? a Tirit He I appeared lA tonom better health than J usual, and in good spirit*. Moreover*1 there was a remarkable .qtppagein bis iresa, wkioli, although, it could hardly hare been polled bad general ly in it an anecfcba air of oare redness, as if he vn totally indifferent to what others thought of hit appearance. He was now, on the contrary, remarkably won ftlWMfl, ftr?WBl taste, aud hfrr clothes, it was easy ti /pe rceive, had been made by an expert tailor* After conversing together on indifferent sub jects for some little time, he said to me ?"I have at last determined to break myself of my unfortunate habit, and titHNfr ao ^iiionbt X fthil 1 y> ?? ? " I am glad to hear that you have com?i^Oftkak ocsieltmiofc," 1 replied. " You may depend upon it, it will con tribute greatly to your happiness ; but it is no use having oome to the oonclu sion if you do not resolutely abide by it. . JCou paust remember how often yon have already oeme to the same decision on the subject, and never had the con stancy to keep it." "My dear fellow," he said, "the present^faseyif qnite djfferent. Vhave now a fore. have fallen desperately in love, and iWasejty quite ?different.' Irhave have lallen desperately in love, and im going.to' W married. I am sure VA will admit that, whatever my failing njv lw 1>een during my bachelor hood, tjpng* will be very different with ma as % married mt "I congratulate man. you on your deter mination and sincerely hope you will keep, ^ f?J me Smith told me she was of a highly respeotable family, the daughter of a widow, and that she was a very pretty and - amiable girl, very intelligent, sMd won Hub titonbt make him an excellent bad applied for a dispense e Pope tdif a Catholic to t, and hoped it would id immediately after ?*b<(flpite4. In fa^t, oonrse of a foitnight over, and that he would be ^ ?..... -: .tttt 1 " " of the er saw. gaE&Mff the poor girl I did not look on her future pros pects without some misgivings. The marriage had been oonoooted no doubt ^tfr m waZffi^jS would bring with it, rather-than oufof any consideration for the poor girl's happiness. Should Smithy after his in faot, she oonla live under the treat ment she might poesibly then reoeive. The affair was, however, ooncluded, on the subject. The dispensation at last arrived ; a brilliant marriage took place in one of the prinaipal ohurohes of the city; and, the ceremony over, Smith -flatted on a wedding trip for Venaee> Abodt a week afterwards I left X for Bonne, where I remained without receiving any intel ligence from the bride and bridegroom for more than three months. I then retained to* X-?and made inquiries of *4 toitual friend respecting Smith, how he had conducted himself daring ray absenoe. ? uars " Oh I it's all over with him." he re plied. " He behaved rety well for tke first fire weeks, when his (Sid habit broke out again, and he ooonhitted more than one terrible aasanlt on his wifeJ. Mtt family were at last obliged fcftftUSn? ther are now living in Tarin; end Smith has been informed by the police that if in any manner he attempts to in* t^arvh-*ru I now called on Smith in nls new abode, and fonnd him at home. Hia IfcbjfMvMc*' was very different?from -***?he*bee* at the time I Ml lum. Be wee than ixngeOd health end spirits bat now. on the oontrarj, he low^ I hie wife. For some momenta he made >e be iMll s#a?? ar?i not ? actions on those ooe* m yonr 4et?c*in+ time to remaini ' r>rok??hlr? tr deatreotton, I'k wMil* Hsfnari " ?ttfy*i<ean do. if ? betwenv na frjrill ?V wh*4 it HtlkAn vm0%wto noiwmif. iWNinr.n^ <*Mhont h ?*?? > ?? But consider the ?ense*ueo?es," 1 mid. ' U '? IW*?* 41 ,kf4*4l vltafeeddtr fear this time," he re plied. "Tjj?JibI ?> ?il n# bpHtr Siafc for th* last fortnight 1 hcte not tasted one droirof wt*e or spirited <w< r M Bat you hare often kept sober for as long m thaf^o^/ WWjd^ol ant ?n"tance^!fb<'5M?' *^othl?j se,l;"L?daoe ?r * * tte habit again.? . Poor Smith pleaded me to be peaoemakerj his wife, that at last I, ditional promise. . I about to leave A-rrrw and should be abfe*^ i and that if on my return he Lad kept his promise?and aooept his word as proof without for* ther inquiry?I would try to make peace between him wad; his wife. He willingly aooepted these conditions, and on the following day I started on my journey. On my return to X?? at the time specified, I called on Smith. He cer tainly looked in better health and more cheerful than when 1 left. He tolft me be had scrupulously kept bis word, mid that it was more than six weeks si^Qe he had* tasted either wine or spirite, and he now called on me to fulfill my promiae. ? -.v . ^ VI I unheeitatingly agreed to do SO, but on inqeiry fonnd that his wife would re turn to X?in about a fortnight's time, and thinking i eoufci bfttor intercede with her by % personal interview than by letter, to whion she might reply un der control of her "friends, Ij^ro] to wait tilj she arrived, and this the more readily ?* it would give I another ten dkys or so to praiJtii sobriety* To this1 proposition agreed, and we said, i^o more.Ot ^ f ?8nfli|. , / v . "And how I want yo^" he said, " on another matter. Ton ere acquainted with the head of the polioe. and I wish you wcnfld nail on hi?t( and implore bim to take away a spy lie had placed over me. The fellow almost drives me mad. Wherever I go I -iee him with his eyes' fixed os me, welch ing my every movement. I suppose thev are afraid I should quit X- ?, ahd orossiug the frontiers, visit my Vue in1 Turin, wb)?re I sbpuld be from under %\ arable SU1 ? ?JHImiwi ;,t f ?? y ,J? I promised Smith I would de as lie wished, and calling on Count Valletii, the head of the. polioe, told him my niMkm^' ' <?? ?*: ? 4* -r'] Ol/ .1 . " Yenr friend," said he in nptytf ** is under some great mistake, -a Jf o police officer has been eet to follow hitUj no* do I wish ift'?riy Way to annoy him. All I require , ie that . he shall not instdt or injure his wile, and that almost as much for tu* own Bake aq hers." a mat other* I gave this reply io Smith, who Mid it vm untrue, iumI that the spy wts per* }>etually following him. A few days afterward be spent , the evening -with dm, end I acoompaaaed him home to a large rambling Borfc'of half pfcla<e.'hal? dwelling-house, hi tite outskirts of the town, in whioh fee '?oc cupied anqttoaeat* og >ite?^pund floor ?General IV , / troops in the.distric., on the first floor ; and wi._ ? tion of the sergeant's guard" iff duty, whose qnarters were in of the hotxSe, there we* e ^ habitants/ On 6ur way^ oonversed volubly, sometimes on ters connected with his wife, at 9 on the infamous behavior 01 the polioe iusettijigaspy to watoh him. Presently, on entrnna broad, straight .Street,! tjvilliantiy lighted by an fisMe?>Jull moon, tieiiih suddenly stopped* -and claspiDg me by the arm, 'Whispered, " There the fellow is I i?2iow let's oatoh him 1" ??';* ? " I see n<vo*e." X said., You must make a mistake. , "He darted info this passage,** he said j " oome here, tod we shall, find We went into a narrow passage through a door?ay, and closed at the end sp that no cue*??ld have eaeeped, but:he was not there. - The idea then flwtk oieJUd my mind that BaiUrWat kbofkif delu* k jd. ' I aekedhim whSt soli of a Man the Spy waa> *nft ha vspUed that he vsi tall and thin, with a pale fao?, and eold ?SSW'? ? aides-de-camp of itch atu Aewtodowe of - -1 Ihich he1 [tiring we of oh he * The next St no person hStf appear ual had*t te house. I Pt and . aeen file Id*.tfc* hoDM* i, id him tue day /, it had almost hia senaet,... rJ tbr?? daps to the time. iflfetmrn to X , whan the- hooM were in the night arotoeedfoyviolent cries from th?ir ?'?1 * f to hia assistance quitted his bedroom ?Jr, whm e, armed 'with a Swo^d, hte wee'stabbing the bed-clothes nt-OTgh< Gn inquiring lied?11 The fellow is Caught him at last, me this time," and 1 stabbing through he waa so exhausted Ipaeraft&now terribly alarmed, loT * doctor in the neighborhood, ,o, finding Smith in a fainting fit, at tempted te revxre him by pouring some brandy down <fcie. throat, and in a little time he aoooaiAed in nea boring anima tion. Smith, on recovering h?a senses, glared in a tesrified manner round the room, and then exclaimed?"Thank Heaven, the vretoh -haa gone at last 1" He was then conveyed to his own bed, wherq he slept soundly tfll th^ fftliow '!!?& now 'iiirly pwaaled. what, step tqtelle. Tebave informed his wifee family of the mania Smith waa laboring under, would-be to preclude all possi bility-?*? a stooncil iation ; and yet to he**'* 'Mnt would ecaroely have "" n my part. Ae'-Mrs. ?ted to arrive on the resolved at last to eall nd argue the matter I found him1 in good aae*he had now dis tt in my ooncloflfpn wder a ^delusion, i m*r?Aj a phantom ifcfci-v* * ?? continued, Mad - i hmw?wpuw?wnww of brandy I And 4a* auffieientt,7-?? y?w seed* net be $MmUL of my falliftg u?t? my old habit agaiau"t u * ? ?' ?>* Of this, he#eHOT I was bp>?fr'?aeam persuaded, and! I'determined dot to call on Smith's wife ft* *?ie dayi'afth 4r arrival, so sa to~a?etiein el early that there waa no flsnqar of jher husband's returning to hie old hebtte. ? * ? It waa well Xdid ???fotmnfortunaUdy it turned ont that, although lor theflrst Mw days the* small drop of brandy waa sufficient to dispel "*be delfcaiotr, by de grees it required more. and so on till it terminated in" a WicMA# fit of l*te*lcs tion. "^hen'ttib ?>15^,WBf'flmi?h| again begged of me t6 efflsdl a reoonoilj-! ation with hia wife, assuring me'lie wenld not retunrt^-the habit again. I told him I ahoakd take 4 weak before deciding anything ifr the matter, and during that tfeaer he made th?r meat ttrenuoui efforts to abstain from'drink ing ; but "fbHpertfnlieiously did the tfe lasidfc phrsn^ him, th4l, in spfte of ell hi* good resotutiogtf obliged to have recourse rtgaiu M hit little drop df brandy. This effectual f6* a nhort time, but after a little use It required a great quantity tdtdlnr effect, ana it cul minated again in a drunken fit. *?r '? In thin manner affairs oorifeitfaed, the poor wretch1 struggling continually in a moat determined manner to abstain from vice, and on each occasion the delusion appearing-to him, and stand ing motionless before him, ???d? on him with its cold, inexpreaaive eye, till at last this poor victim of drunkenness utterly suorambed, and a few months After his wife's return to X hdoo oupfed a grave in the city oemetery. h,.i.wK M Treufci+i ?5 *?*> , Bearer P*mj|t.ip ()hio county, Kr., and it hu drawn two-tenths of the $75,000 pr.m rt? tta* ToeWftflMUbrary a?^ &28iaaj& (lissmision, Ikbure of the Inoky tietet ?m fin* bought with others by *' ol ab of ion person*, aid deposited in Tdr> Ribb's &M, be Wag Ml?ft**! with the <li vision of whatever should be won. lb?ObJs?#***rt ?r,Mitoh tO +M**H and they also! HvSftftnnag thfly if* Ifet tfcem>se* tho olub tiokeUL and got HI* MMtnit to wt lIMMt IjJW ilLitlM-J kAMm^irnmnil cnivncre ?wo ui tu^iT c/wn P^ni'nd inrxwo A True Hero. John Maynard wm issll known in the Lake distriet as an honest, intelligent man. He was a pilot on a steamer from Detroit to Buffalo one summer after noon. At thai time, those steamers sel dom carried boats. Smoke was Men as cending from bejow, %nd the captain oalledpuA/'J^peQn, go down a^d Bee what that smoke is. Simpsdn oame up, iffnf RiA tdoe as flkle as ashes, ,and said; "Otafcrifi, "the ship is on fire I" Then, *' Fire! 'fire I Asa I fire on ship boerd-l" All hands ware sailed np. Backets pf.water ifere dashed, upon the Are, but in .vain. There were large quantities of tocnrf and tar on board, and it was useless to aMsUpt to ?*ve the sbip The 'pasilamtf mshari for ward aad inquired of the pUot, " How far are we from Buffalo?^ " Seven miles." "How long before we reach it?" "Three-quarters of ail hour, at our present ? rate of speed." "Is there any danger?" ?*'Danger here?see the smoke' banting oat I go forward, if you would seve.jour lives 1" Passengers and crew, men, women, and ohildren, crowded tne forward part of the ship. John Maynard stood at the helm. ' The flames burst forth in a sheet of fire; clouds of smoke arose. The captain cried., out, through his trumpet, "John Maynard !" "Aye, aye, sir !" "Are you at the helm?" '?Aye, aye, sir 1" "How does she head?" 44 Soot heast'-by-east, sir!" ?*Bead her southeast, and run her on shore!" Nearer, nearer, and yet nearer, she abproached the shore. Again the you longer, John?" MBy God's help, I wilTl" The old man's hair was scorched from the scalp, 090 hand disabled, his knee upon the stanchion, and his teeth set, with his other hand upon the wheel, he stood firm as a rock. He beached the ship; every man, woman, and child was saved, as John Maynard dropped, and hia spirit took its flight to his God. , A Texas Astor. In southwestern Texas taere is a cat tle raiser who has ,^red there twenty He ewoed n4 lruid, bat was the posses sor of a wife, two or throe guns, a few bocsss.? -Hfrhoi in , Pis eldest child is a girl, 8he Ijrots aron*5 . _ 9S? rope a steer^TCll a waif with a rifle or strangle a dog at aaaejiwtihi : < In the mail's house is a nail keg near ly filled with golcLopio. while in the pan coin whieh i? dd taped on the premises. He V4M mrt take paiper money at any rate, bat is always ready, to sell steers for gOM or ailTef> ' nHftxtyi arW all faniilisf With guns, f^es atfd cattle. In a few years they t have lit?r4Uy <Jart-k>ads of money, providing robbers do not "make a raid npon them, ih which case between man, wile, boy8, girls, dogs uil shot guns the raiders would be apt to get more ballet-holes than bnlDdn. The house occupied by this prosper ous family is low. oiTiIt of logs and oon tain. tfo&HboAr 'Wikti and mother sleep in the diain^rooni, the girls sleep in the spare room, while the hoys sleep in the addition. The girls d*n*ffcixrw much ahoa* hooiton lace '6f the flphra, but they ean show a nice lot?f and flkia a Tea) as qui ok as (Thfd wmrtefi cat?' get tip an open-air flifikel'm^ctifig. ??I? - - Thane tmt^Mctiag ani mala, when hit in iMttle, "top, tt nble in etftry motel*, and groan deeply, while their eyee show deep RHtoniiihmnnt. Dnrug the battle of Waterloo, MM - of' the horeee, m the* Uy 'DM ground, 'hafis^ re oovoted from the flrnt agoWy of their Wonfcda, fellto **titfgthe gram about them, thns MmmMding themselree w%4h? civcLe DfUae ground, the lim ited extent tff which ehewed their weak - iNiOimt weaa- <ibflg*j?d quietly ? on the ftelfly hitww the twto _>4fn?m thehrvMem <hanng beep nhqt or tb#rir Mete? an* th> halhi Ay id J oter tHelf head* nhd -th*>4iimult *^egtgggtti%ac>y n.wa* w all hi. henatyt Items of Interest, At a recent funeral in Madison,Conu., the six pall bearers were of the same n?me. Latest from England :?How to make a deaf man hear : Pat a " A-earing in each ear." A Western paper announces the death of a lady eelebrated for the " purity of her character and oomplexion. ' The man in Boston who obtained a Bible under false pretenses has gone to the ? House of Correction for six months. Artificial flowers sewed on a wide band of ~blaok velvet is worn about tbe throat by the fashionable belles as a necklace. Several Illinois fathers have agreed among themselves that their daughters shall make bread before they }0arn to make music. A gentleman in Pottsville, Penn., has named his dog " Pennv" because it was one oent to him and has had 10 mills with the cat. A witty French author says that, men and women are both alike born without hearts ; but as women live on they buy them of experience, while men go with out ta the end. The latest action for damages is one against a Virginia railway company for running over a rooster. The jury gave the plaintiff 825. A verv old gentleman in Calhoun oounty, 111., who feared a serenade from the boys, was recently married privately in the woods. A colored mem was found dead in Arkansas oounty, Ark., lately, with three dead wolves lying near him?one of them still in his grip. . Coming home a few mornings since, we met a man attempting to walk on both sides of the street. By a skillful maneuver we passed between him. A town in Maine fifts " voted that the assessors'assess $1 on each dog kept in town, and any dog that does not pay shall be shot by the town ageafc." We dislike to use the woids " fire tiend," "demon of flame," eto.,but what else can be said of the Peoria boy who pleads guilty to having burned four barns ? Pnor. H. R. Pax,mkb of Chicago, Prof. I*. O. Emerson of Boston, and other noted teachcrs, hold a four weeks' ~ Institute at Dunkirk, N. Y., July 19. , at Port Smith, Arl^. on ? whioh he had robbed of ? bucket of soft soap so that he was easily postal card wm issued in the United States, and already 100,000,000, the whole amount estimated for the first year, hare been issued. Men who are hungry for damages should take warning from the Inok 6? a Cincinnati man. - Ho Was called a "dead beat " and the Jurjr say that it hart him jast seven cents' worth. . v The doetora of Cleveland, Ohio, have united in a publio statement that alco hol is rarely needed as a medicine, and that " the most perfect health is com patible with total abstinence." , A man in Ottawa. Illinois, recently plugged a tooth with eotton saturated Jn creosote to relieve tho pangs of toothaehe. He allowed it somehow to drop out, and swallowing it died of the poison, A man in Butler oounty, Iowa, killed a wild duck, the other dav. whioh had in its criwtaore than a taMespoonful of rioe. and the question is whether the duck breugbt it from Bocth Carolina or China. i'"" Pro feasor," said a atndent in pur suit of knowledge oonoerning animals, ".why doe? a oat, while eating, torn her head first one way and then another ?" "Forihe reason," replied the profes sor, *'that she cannot turn it both ways at once." Mr. Marrowfat's remarks to lifs son, Aloibiades, who is studying for a law yer, is a good illustration uf the sagaci ty of that extraordinary man. "Yes, the world owes you a living, my boy," said he, "but J>e careful that it doesn't takd advantage of the statute of limita tions." v .It It it customary among German aristo crats te issno engagement cards before markings. They are handsomely e-n .JbossedL containing the name of the lad^inth that of her father, and an nouncing the intended marriage. Tho Cafd la signed by the prospective bride groom. m- , ?? There is s story in oiroolation that ?he body of a deceased person being exhumed , at Bangor, W^s found to weigh eighteen ponnds more than when ! buried five ysarfi befort. Tt'was as per feol ft! shitff tad fedtnre SS I when vmfle^y Aid " He sUtire eusfaoe seemed to Us overlaid .witU;:,,^, marble-likH enamel, white and ole4? as alabaster." >ifraii at ? rTAl KTito.?Otte of' the mMmii in ?tb> ot the eity of Glasgow, tteottand, ia a fish with a ring in its An old man made his young r unhappy by his ooutinnal TjiArxms day, in f of^iperatJofi, sbteVlrew bee wed ffh|r fMm herftngs* while ernes the bcidgee, and threw it ttae stream, laying, "Ifl am vir tuous and true, this ring will oome back to me.'*, A few days after the aged mntletnaii bought a iafmon in the mar W*<M?yrieXtt heme for hie dinner. the fish for th*