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OTHER PEOPLE'S EYES.
UV T. S. AKTI1UR.
"Our parlor carpet is beginning to look
real shabby," said Mrs. Gartw right. "I
deelaro! if I don't fuel right down ashamed
of it, every time a visitor, who is anybody,
calls in to see me."
4t A new one will cost "
Tho husband of Mrs. Cartwright, a good
naturcd, compliant man, who was never
better pleased than when he could please
his wife, paused to lot her finish the sentence,
which she did promptly, by saying,
"Only fortv dollars. Vv? <-(iimf<'<1 W ?H
tip. It will take thirty-six yards. 1 saw
a beautiful piece at Marian's?just the
thing?at one dollar a yard. ISitiding, and
other little matters, won't go beyond three
or four dollars, and 1 can make it myself,
you know."
Only forty dollars! Mr. Oartwright
glanced down at the carpet which l.ad decorated
the floor of their little parlor for
nearly five years. It had a pleasant look
ill his eyes, for it was associated with many
pleasant memories. Only forty dollars for
a new one I If the cost were only five,
instead of fori)-, the inclination to banish
this old friend to an out-of-the-way chamber
would have been no stranger in the
mind of Mr. Oartwright. ]?ut forty dollars
was an item in the calculation, and to
Mr. Cartwright a seiious one. Evcrv vonr i
v bo was finding it hauler to meet the gradually
increasing demand upon his purse;
for there was a steadily progressive enlarge?
merits of his family, and year after yeiir,
the cost of living advanced. J Le was thinking
of tliis, when his wife said,
"You know, llenry, that cousin Sally
Gray is coming hero on a vinit, week after
next. Now, I do want to put the very
best facc on to tilings while she is here.?
Wo were married at tlie same time, and 1
hear that her husband is getting rich. 1
feela little pride about the matter, and don't
want her to think that we're growing worse
off than when we began life, and can't afford
to replace this shabby old carpel for a
new one."
No furlhnr argument was needed. Mr.
Carlwright had sixty dollars in ouo of the
bureau drawers, a fact well known to his
wife. \And it was also well known to her
mat 11 was Uic nccmnlatiuii of very careful
savaging*, designed, when the sum
readied one hundred dollars, to cancel a
, loan made l?3' a friend, at a time when sickness
and dcat.li in the family had run up
tlicir yearly expenses beyond the year's income.
Very desi lions was Mr. (Jarlwrighl
,to pay off this loan, and he had felt lighter
in heart as tlio aggregate of his savings
came nearer to the sum required for
that purpose.
But ho had no finnness to oppose his
wifo in anything, llcr wishes, in. this int
: {stance, as in many others, h - unwisely
made a law. .The argument about cousin
r. Sally Gray.was irresistible. No more than
" v.bis wifedid he wish to look poor in her eyes ;
? '.andjso, for the sake of her eyes, a new car?
. jpet was bought, and the old one?not by
\1 any means aa worn and laded "as the lan4-.
0pAgQ.-of.Jiis wife indicated?iBcnt upstairs,
nnil Ji tV? ? .??" 1*1
-T.?J?1""? " Utu*
roora.. \ . . ' .
^ ?9 r " '* ?
* w ^ . Not within the limit of forty dollars was
. ? J-lrelSxpense confined, A jnorc costly pat
tpi;n thaip-could bo obtained for one dollar
toHfptcd tlse eyes of Mrs. (Jai t wright,
J-aifltt abstracted from her husband's savings
WHliO fiiira'-of- fifty dollars. Mats and rugs to '
? ;.. ^go <witli3be carpet were indispensable, to
parlor the right cfFcct in the ey.s
, - ^c^^Sftiifein Sully Gray, and tho purchase
, ' ??&&6rt&d the remainder of Mr. CartwriglitV
;>^'^rcD|lljf*boarded sixty dollars.. , V *
/ Unfortttnately for the* cotufortal I9 dondr
* liob fit_ Mrtr> Gartw right's mfu^ the ^iiew
carpejL'Witll Its tfaurfting cqlprs, put wholly'
outtfij^cb^tttiSanco the.- Cano-seat chair*
v * and i5tt5c8t p)er'*t;\J/1fe; andTg^vo to thc dull
pape^T<Mf.4^Qr%fore
die'lt&Si^r'coly hbrtccd'tlW li/^iugson
llio .^Jferielian Winds; now it seemed as if
the^hjSc]^ thorrfreilincss-Jp i^diiyand
^ wojce IrfWkcii and hud
hcep^w^d ngaTrf, were ^gulftrly "apparent,
- wfryAlm&iier 2ye rested up?B thejri.
, ? n i>>r?d? do^hjjok drendfu'll!" she j
e;ud J^^U8"ban<t,>f>r. jllie flay} nftoj- tliu
^ipet &cftt d^wri.. " Can you 'rcwopabcr
L.- 1 A
. , 'c replied Mr-;Ca*twriglit.
wife sigliod *?s 6ho 1'
^ Fiemenibcr
M r Can^r^tVfina?nor' grew I
' ?tfdd<;nly "morie Hicajrful, aa ll?o suggestion
n client way tt>" iaipr^yejlLc windo\Y8
) into berj.ougb^ . ^
|iKsame" answered licrj
* * -,?? *'k
, 44 Don't yon tliiwk *rVd Loiter Iiavoit
done?" '*
*e?* waajliecomplinyj answer. ..
" ^'11 y6u fctt>p at tho blind-rfrpker's, ks
you go to tho t^or^ and tteH Iifm to send
up for lliem .H must be attended
10 at-once, you Know tor cousin Sally will
C?riwriglfl' rfalFod m tlio pHnd nm|
ktirm 08 requealcd, nnd tlie blind maker
jtroinkt-J t0 bCll(j fol tjJC ijijnj', l-Voiii
llionco .ho continued oil to tlio storo iti
which lie was employed. There bo found
a note on his desk, from the friend to whom
ho was indebted fur tho one hundred dollars.
y
"Dear Carlwright," so the note ran.?
"If it is possible lor you to let 1110 havo
llie ? uc hundred dollars I loaned yon, its
return to-niorow will bo a particular favor,
as I have a largo payment to make, and
havo been disappointed in the receipt of a
sum of money confidently expeotod."
A very sudden change of feeling did Mr.
Carlwright experience. He had, in a degree,
partaken of his wifoV. pleasure in obj
serving tho improved appcafttnce of their
little pailor; !>iit tliis pleasure was now
succeeded !>) a sense of painful regret and
mollification. It was nearly two hours before
Mr. Carlwright returned an answer to
his friend's note. Most of tho tuno had
been spent in the vain ell'ort to discov- J
er some way out of tho dillieulty.? '
lie would have asked an advance of.
one hundred dollars on his salary, but!
ho did not deem that a prudent step, and i
for two reasons. One was, tho known
character uf his employers; and the other
was involved in the question of how he
was to support his fan ily for the lime lie
was working < ut this advance. At last, in
sadness and humilaliou, he wrote a brief
reply regretting his inability to replaco the
loan now, but promising to do it in a very
short time. Nut very long after this answer
was sent, there came another note
from his friend, written in evident haste,
and under the the intlucnco of angry feelings.
Tt was in these words:
" I enclose your due bill, which I, \-es- I
terdav. thouirht fooil for if s lint <
it is worthless, I send it back. The man <
who Lu\-s new carpets anil new furniture,
instead of paying his holiest debts, can be <
no friend of mine. I am sorry to have 1
been mistaken in Henry (Jartwright." I
Twice did the unhappy man read this i
cutting letter; then folding it up slowly, i
he concealed it in 0110 of his pockets.? I
Nothing was said about it to his wife, whose 1
wordy admiration of tho new carpet, at '<
morning, noon aud night, for the next two ;
or three days, was a continual reproof of ;
his weakness for having yielded to her 1
wishes in a matter where calm judgment I
and a principle of right slioukthavo pre- i
vailed. l?ut she could not help noticing
that lie was less cheerful; and ono or twice '
he spoke to her in a way that she thought f
positively ill-natured. Something was I
wrong with him : but what that something I
O ' O
was, she did not for an instant imagine.
' At last the day ariivod for cousin Sally 1
(Iray's visit. Unfortunately, the Venetian I
blinds were still at the blind maker's, where i
tlu*y were likely to rcmaiu fur a week longer, '
as it was discovered, on the previous after- <
no n, that he had never touched them :
sii:<& they came into his shop. Without '
them tho little parlor, had a terribly bare <
look ; the strong light coming in, and con- i
trusting, harshly, the new, gaudy' carpet, i
with old, worn and faded furniture. Mr.s
Cartwright larly cried with vexation. i
" Wo must have something for the win- I
dows, Henry," she said, as sho stood dis- <
consulate" 111 thc.p^rlor after lea, " It will '
never fdo in the world to letacousin Sally <
find us*in this trim." . i
"Cousin Sally will find a weleomc in 1
our hearts," replied her husband, in a sobci I
voice, " and that I am sure will be more i
grateful to lior than new carjtets and win- 1
dow blinds.-'
Tho way in which this was spoken rather f
surprised Mrs. Cartwrighl; and she fell i
just a little rebuked. V/,, (
' Don't you. thinkshe said} after a few 1
moments of >flence on both 'sides," that s
we might afl'yVd to buy a few yards of luce, (
to put up to tWtfhrdows, just for decency's ?
fcake*?" /*.' 1
I ^ * 1
" No,'1 antv^r^d tlie husband firmly.? '
' Wo have afforded Ji&o muclwilready." ?
lire mjinner sectrwd to Mrs. Cartwright '
.almost ill-natured. " It hint lior very much.
Both sal down in the parlor, and both rc- 1
maiticd silent. Mrs. Cartwriglit thouglit of ]
the mean appearance"-* ev6ry thing in?that <
"best vooni" would have in the eyes of i
cousin Sally, and Mr. Cartwriglit thought <
of his debt to his friend, and of that s
(Fiend's anger and alienation. Both fell
moft uncomfortable" thaii th'cy Ji?"d been 1
fij/ a longtime. 1
Qn the next day cousin'Sally arrived.?
She hacf not come to spy out the nakedness
<jf tire land?not for thd purpose of ma- t
king contrasts between her own condition
in iifo and that of Mr. <CarLwright?but .
from pflfr* love. She had always been I
waamly. attached to lier cousin ; and the \
years during which now -life-associations f
had separated them ha'd increased rather
yiau diminished tins attachment 13ut the i
gladnoss of their meeting waa #gp overv $
shadowed; at least for cousin Sally* She 1
saw by the end of the first day's visit thai i
hot cousin was more concerned to make a t
good appearance in lior eyes?to have her 1
understand that alio and her husband ycro <
getting along bravely in the world?than t
to open hcuhoart to her as of old, and ex
0 .i f? . 'I F
phango wiui uer a lew pages in tue history i
of their inner lives. What interest had
fche in tlie new carpet or the curtainless
window, tlint seemed to be the most prominent
of all things in the mind of her relative
? Mono whatever! If the visit had
been from Mary Cartwriglit to herself, she
wouid ncvor livvo thought for an instant of
making preparations for her coining in the
purchase of now furniture, or by any change
in tho externals of her home, All arrangement
for tho reception would have beeu in
her heart.
Cousin .Sally was disappointed. She did
not find tho reiativo with whom so many
years of her life had been spent in s weet
intercom so, as s-ho had hoped to find her.
The girlish warmth of feeling had given
place to a cold worldliness, that repelled
instead ot attracting her. She had loved,
and suG'ored much; had passed through
many trials, and entered through many
opening doors into new experiences during
tlie years since their ways parted ; and she
had conic to litis old, dear friend, yarning
for that heart-intercourse?that road together
of some of the pages of their hooks
of life, which sho felt almost as a ncces- j
sity. What interest had sho for the mere
externals of Mary's life ? None ! None !
And tho constant reference thereto by her
cousin seemed like a desecration. Careful
and troubled about the liltlo things" of life,
she found the dear old friend of her girlish
days to whom she had come hopefully, as !
to one who could comprehend as in earlier
years, the feelings, thoughts and aspirations,
which had growu stronger, deeper,
iiuu ui wilier range.
Alas! Alas! How was the lino gokl
dimmed in licr eyes !
"Dear Maey!" she said to her cousin,
on the morning of the day that was to end
lier vis.it?they were sitting together in the
little parlor, and Mrs. Cartwriglit had referred,
for tho foitielh time, to the unshaded
windows, and declared herself mollified to
Jeath at the appearance of things?" Dear
Mary, it was to see you, not your furniture,
,hat I came. To look into your heart, and
"eel it beating against mine as of old ; not
:o pry curiously into your ways of living,
lor to compare your house-furnishing with
no own. But for your constant reference
.0 tnese things, I should not have noticed
particularly, how your house was attired ;
md if asked about them, could only have
inKwered, ' She's living very nicely.' For^sve
me for this plain speech, dear cousin !
[ did not mean logivo utterance to such
anguago ; but the words arc spoken now,
md cannot be recalled."
Mrs. Cartwri<jht, if not really ofTuudedcd,
ivas mortified and rebuked; and those
states of feeling, united with pride, served
.0 give coldness to her exterior. She tried
lo be cordial in manner toward> her cousin
?to seem as if she had not full her words;
but this was impossible, for she had felt
them too deeply. She saw that the cherished
friend and companion of her girlhood
wii? uissippoimuu in Her; that she Intel
ionic to look in her heart, and not into the
ittiring of her lionic ; anil was going away
kvitli diminished afi'cecliou. After years of
Jivergcnce, their paths liad touched ; and
separating oncc more, slio felt that would
dever run parallel again*
A few hours later, cousin Sally gave her
i parting kiss. How different in warmth
.o tho kiss of meeting! Very sad, very
lissatisiied with herself, very unhappy did
Sirs. Cartwriglit feel, as she sat musing
done afl&'.hor relative had departed. She
ivas conscious of having a friend forever,
jecause she had not risen to tho higher
erel to which that friend had attained?
not in external, but in the truo internal
ife.j,
But a sharper mortification was in store
or her. The letter of her husband's friend,
n which he had returned the duo bill for
>ne hundred dollars, fell accidentally into
icr hands and overwhelmed her with conternation.
For that new carpet which had
ailed to win more than n few extorted
icntences of praise from cousin Sally Gray,
icr husband had lost the esteem of one of
lis oldest and best friends, and was now
suffering in silence, the most painfuHrial of
lis life.
Poor, weak woman! Instead of the
->Ieasuro sho had hoped to gain in the
)ossession of this carpet, it had made her
rompletely wretched. Whilo sitting alnost
stupefied with tho pressure that was
>n lier feelings, n neighbor called in and
iho \ycnt down to the parlor to meet her.
" What a lovely carpet!" said the neigh>or
in real admiration. 41 Whcro did you
my it ?" ^ .? . &
" At Matin's," slio answered.
" Had they any more of the same patem
?" enquired the neighbor.
"This was tho hist piece."
r The neighbor was sorry. It was the most
beautiful pattern sho had ever seen; and she
vould hunt tho city over but what sho would
iudjfrfothor just like it.
^-You mny havo this one," naid^frs. Cartvright,
on the itqpvijUd of tho moment?
?My husband-doscn't particularly fancy it.
?our parlor is oxactly th^jzo of mino. It
? *11 nwiA
a a>i uiauu aim iAy|iu<4 'OHiUlJf K5 yOU SCO j
fail this work on it shall jfest you uotliing.
SVe paid a little over fifty dollars for tho, .
;arpet before *C$jMkwaa tak^fin it; ar*(L
Ifty dollars willjmn you tho possessor?^
" Artf you realty ill earneat j" eaiJ the
leighbor. .
' Never more so in my ){&&?, M'
"ft is a bargain. then." . j
"Very Well"
41 When can I havo it"
' Just as oooii as J can rip it from the
floor," said Mis. (Jartwright in real earnest.
" Go to work," replied llio neighbor,
laughing out at tho novelty of tho a flair.?
<4 IJeforo your task is half done, 1 will bo
back with tho fifty dollars, aud a man to
carry homo tho carpet."
And so she was. In less than half an
hour after tho sale was made, in this ollliand
fashion, Mrs. Cartwright sat alone in
her parlor, looking down upon tho naked
floor. ]>ut sho had five ten dollar gold
pieces in her hand, and they were ot more
value in her eyes than twenty carpets.?
Not loll" lliil sill! ?it iniio!"" 1 ,|'1 -
u..v ?iv iiuiu* inert*
was other work to do. The ol?l carpet must
be ivplaeed upon the parlor tloor ere her
husband's return. And it was replaced.?
In tin; midst of her hurried operations, tho
old blinds with the new hangings came in>
and wer<3 put up to the windows. When
Mr. Cartwright returned home and stepped
inside of the little parlor, where lie found
his wife awaiting him, he gave an pxchunatioii
of surprise.
" Why, Mary? What is the meaning of
this ? Where is the new carpet
She laid the live gold pieces in his hand,
and then looked earnest ly, and with tears in
lier eyes, upon his wondering face.
" What are these, Mary I Where did
tliey conic from ?"
"Cousin Sally is gone. The carpel
didn't scuin attractive in her eyes ; ami it
lias lost all beauty in mine. So I sold the
unlovely thing, and here is the money.?
Take it, dear llcnry, and let it serve the
purpose for which it was designed."
" All right again !" exclaimed Mr. Cartwright,
as soon as the whole matter was
clear to him. " All right, Mary dear! That
carpel, had it remained, would have wrecked
I fear, the happiness of our home. Ah, let
us consult only our own eyes hereafter, Mary?not
the eves of nllmr
? - - --'"..w
think the better of us for what we seem?
only for what wo arc. It is not from line
furniture that our true pleasure in life is to
como; but from a consciousness of right doing.
Let the inner life be right, and the
outer life will surely be in just harmony.?
In the humble abode of virtue there is
more real happiness than in the palace
homes of the unjust, the selfish, and wrong
doers. The sentiment is old as the world ;
but it must come to every heart at some
time in life, with all the force of an original
utterance. And let it so come to us now,
dear wife!"
And thus it did come. The liUle experience
showed them an aspect of things that
quickened their belter reasons: and its
smart remained long enough to give it the
power of a monitor in all their after lives
Tliev never erred again in lliis wise. For
two or three years more the old carpet did
duty in their neat little parlor, and when it
was at last replaced by a new one, the
change was made for their own eyes, and
not for the eyes of another.
Tlutckcray on the Slitmj).?Thackeray,
the English satirist and novel writer, lias
presented himself to the electors of the city
of Oxford, proposing himself as a candidate
for parliamentary honors. Ilis prospects
of an election aro said to ho fluttering.?
He announces in his address that he is in
favor of the ballot, of an extension of the
C l r II ? ....
ii.iuwiiiau, iinu 01 an rviorms winch the people
may intelligently and earnestly demand.
In Lis first electioneering or stump speech,
lie rapped the aristocracy gently, declaring
that lie thought it was time men of the
people were permitted soma share in the
government. He is reported as saying: *
There is never any chance for a man of
the people to step forward?there seems a
sort of absolute necesssity that when Lord
Palmerston goes out of ofRcc Lord John
must come in ; and when Lord John jumps
out of the boat Lord Palmerston must
como in and pull stroke oar again. Are
(liAi'A r?r?f nvn/lAMiv. 1a ? ?1
uv> 1'iuutiiV) iiucin^UUt UICI1 WIIOSU
services tlic country might profit by who
lmvc no chaneo to gratify tho legitimate
object of their ambition, so that an eternal
change of tho great aristocratic families
seems intended to go on forever? "Will it
bo j'our will and pleasure that this stato of
things should continue 1 If so, introduce
into tho House of Commons men of popular
intelligence?the best men that you
can bring into it. The popular influenco
must bo brought to bear on tho present
government of tho country. If they flinch,
remind llietn that the people nro outsido,
and want mora nnd more. If next year
they do not givo sufficient measure of reform,
let us screw them and screw them till
wo get a larger measure. '
A Relic of Barbarism.?Blinds on the
bridle of a horso I Why not teach your,
cows to have a 1>lind bridle put on thong
when you milk them You could soon
teach oqo so tj&nt you could not milk lier
without, and it is just aR easy to teach a
colt to bo gontlo without a blinder, nnd
when once broke, aro leas given to frights
end shedHuga from the road.
An Eye to her Future.^i&Vldovf Giiz1,??ii~i
-aajL-I?- V..
Mwa uggproxv* uiwuiSIIWilim. Afl 1110
midat of the most acuto bodj&jpain, after
the hand of dt&tl1 had toucofed hiixi^; aod
kick Uo 11(1 so, and
if yvtg&rc dying."
& - t:
CLAY, CALHOUN AND WEBSTEB.
"Wo give tho following extract from (Jen.
Haskell's spccch at Charleston tho other 1
day: 1
" l*'or two years of my life it wns my
most cherished privilege to have lived in nl- ,
most daily intercourse with thoso intollec- ,
tual giants and most incorruptible states- 1
men. Mr. Calhoun was tho most modest, ,
most unpretending, tho least obtrusive to |
catch the public ear of any man 1 ever saw, .
and he was simple as a child in his every .
day intercourse with men. "When as I have |
viLv.il nun cioaKcu ol u cokl day upon |
the streets of Washington, in liis unosteiil.itious
way, lie often approached a group un- j
noticed, but as the whisper rose, that is (Jal- ,
hoiin, every eye was turned, every head wa?
uncovered, and to each it was a charm, that |
lie had been noticed. He had the peculiar |
faculty of commanding the attention of ev- |
cry one who saw him ; there was no one |
who ever sal with him on the same floor, |
that did not know by intuition, when lie j
wished to .spi-ak ; the Hash of his keen gray ,
eye was enough to show that .something |
moved his spirit, and raising his Hashing
eye, encountered and conquered all, and on \
I 4l? Jl '* - -
mvj ikiui ui me .^cnaie, no never u lie red I \
one single word that did not command llie ,
breathless attention of every one within the .
sound of hid voice. AY hen he talked, there .
was the charm thai it seemed to l>e one's |
own thoughts, it was so natural, and I nev- (
er heard him say, what at the time I did |
not feel I could have said myself, and it was
only when 1 sought with unaided energy to (
take the IligliL that I realized the heights to
which I had been carried.
It was a glory and memory to have seen
Mr, Webster. J lis appearance, as he strode
along the avenue, could not be mistaken or ^
forgotten?blue coat, brass buttons, bull' ^
vest, white neck tie, gloves and gaiters?all
were a part of him, find, as pale and sflllow,
intent on catching abstract thought, he pass *
eil along, the crowd was still hushed in
breathless notice of him, and but few would ^
venture to accost him?but when that, had ^
been uuiie the pallor left him, his eye brightened
back to earth, the sun beamed out
and thawed him, and his expressive "good
morning" was enough to kill you, for 110
ono ever loved the morning better.
I'nt if you have seen old llal as I have ^
seen him, like 1110 you never could forget
... 1
it; magnificent in his bearing and maguili- 1
ecntly dressed, ho strode along cheerful and 1
heart}', with an eye for every 0110, and when *'
passing he bowed as he alone could bow,
there was not one who did not lake it to
himself. Thcso were mighty men, those 1
three old Statesmen. They dilfered in their '
fonns of greatness, but to each there was (
the like volume, and each was excellent, to 1
ili? ;i 1. ' - '
.. n.iibii aiiiiiuilllIVS occurs 10
mc: 1 would say that tlio genius of Clay 1
was like the rapid dashing of a- foaming 1
torrent, spanned with rainbows, Mr. Cat- *
houn's, like a gentle stream, glided on, it 1
parted into a thousand channels, and gliding '
noiselessly along to cheer the glade and fer- *
tilizo the forest, butaccomplishing its objects, 1
the streamlets camo again together; and 1
were ready when occasion called with all its 1
accumulated energies, to plunge with re- 1
sistlesspower into thegreatocean of thought. 1
Webster's was one single stream, deep, c
still, sluggish, but broad, and seemed as ^
though it could float the navies of the 1
world on its mighty bosom. To change
the figure, I might say that Clay, like a c
kniirllt of old. cnnifi Imiimliiirr ^
tack with bearer up and lance at rest. Mr.
Calhoun, with exact precision, wielded the
scymclar of Saladin, while Mr. "Webster I
bore down upon his objects with a sword of 1
llichard CVour do Lion. c
Jlfeat for the First Time.?We wero sit- "!
ting, says a writer in Blackwood, under the
walls of Pliyle. We had trodden that rugged
pass a hot sun, and wero resting under
the shade of an oak. We had eaten and ,j
drunken, and wero luxuriously watching f
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vuv a.?jv.nu vr> uul tlMill il3 It, CUTIUU HUllll
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the leaves, and the lizards as they crept
and glided amid the huge old stones; when
suddenly there stood beforo us a young
Greek, perfect in form and feature as an
Antinous, wild and savage as a colt of the ^
Ukraiuo. Curiously lie eyod us and our
costume; more curiously still his eye fell
on the fragments which lay beside our wallet.
With the benevolcncc of a full fed ^
man, we threw hiru a bono of lunlb. lie
clutched it eagerly, oyed it suspiciously, ^
smelt it as monkeys do when in doufyj^bit
at it cautiously at first, snatched three or JJ
Jour mouth fuls hurriedly and greedly, then
throw up his hands hands and shouted in
ed&tacy, and returning to tho attack, pro- ^
ceeded to tear off every morsel until the j!
bono was whiter aud more bare than our .
jStity Ponto, best of polishers, could have !'
SPQVo thought at first, that wo were I
wTtt)<?lffi|r the ra*euings of hunger, but
| thero was more of novelty than of craving cj
in tho young savage's delight; and tho fi
truth then dawned upon us, that wo wore ^
looking on a creature^ genus homo, who n
hq^; lasted flesh for the first time. The ^
fact wftfl a^lTfinomenon to us,^hp,,t|jwgl? ^
not^BO Voracious as the pipc^a b
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THE USE OF BPECTACLE3.
Ail articlo in the North British llevicw
evidently from the pen of Sir David 1'rowstor,
contains some interesting remarks on
the use of spectacles. Persons who have
enjoyed distinct and comfortable vision in
early life, it is remarked, uro the most likely
Lo appreciate the benefit to he derived from
glasses. Between tlio .'iges of thirty and
forty, they begin to experience a change in
sight. This is the commeneement of long
iightedness, growing out of an ineipient affection
of the erystaline lens, beginning at
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v-.^o Iiin.1 |?I UUVJUUIII^ lUWilRl 1110 C0I1 LI o,
buring the progressof this alteration, much
inconvenience is experienced, as no spectacles
seem lo l>e serviceable in giving col lect
vision. Jluppily, however, two or three
mouths ends litis dillieulty, and as soon as
Llie alteration is complete, distinct and comfortable
vision is at once obtained by the
isc of well selected glasses of a convex lixlire.
] > it ring this transition slate, it is important
that the eye should he subjected lo
10 severe .strain, and great regard should
>e paid lo the general health.
The material of spectacle louses should
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>e glass oi a very low dispersive power, or
[idler still, of roclc crystal, They should he
louhle convex, the proper radii of the inner
md outer surfaces being in glass as 0 to 1,
uid in rock crystal as 11 to 1. The)'should
jo as thin as practicable. To correct a
:oiiuiiou error in the manufacture of lenses
>y which the distance between the centres
jf the lenses is made precisely ??pi:d lo the
balance between thu centres of the pupils
jf the eyes, the following rule i* given :
" Draw oil paper an isosceles triangle, the
.wo sides of which are e<jual to the distance
jf each pupil from the point to bese -n disinctly;
while the third side or base is cpial
o the distance between the pupils when the
yes view that point. Then set oil'on each
idu of III!'- 1 li;il?nrlrt fr.nn no..I. -.1" ll.~
>ase, llio distance of the centre of the lenses
r tlieir frames from tlie pupil, ami the (Usance
of llicse points will be the distance of
he c.'litres of tlie lenses required."
The long sighted person will gcnerallj',
or ten or twelve years, require glasses only
ur reading or work donchv hands, but as
ife advances other spectacles will be needed
ur objects at greater distances, and it will
>e of great advantage to have two or three
air of ditlerent focal distances. It is a vcy
incorrect notion that it is prudent to
.void the use of artificial helps to the eye
is long as possible.
The human eye is loo delicate a structue
to bear continued strain without injury,
ind the true rule is, to commence the use
if glasses as soon as we can see better with
ban without them. Fur special purposes,
is reading a very line print or examining
uaps, a hand reading glass two and a half
nches in diameter, to bo used in conjuncion
with spectacle, and never without them,
s strongly recommended. The practice
re<piently indulged iu of using an eye-glass
vboso frame is grasped by the muscles of
ho eyebrow, cannot be to strongly condemicd.
AVhenevcr it is found ncccessary to
noderato tho quantity of light admitted to
ho eyes by means of colored glasses, they
lever should be blue, which are more misihievous
than useful. Green glass is better,
>ut the best of nil is a colorless glass of im>crfect
transparency known by tho name of
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uvuiiiii ui'i Lri?ss, i?y wmcn mo intensity
if tlie transmitted light can be climinislied
o any desired degree.?JJonton Journal,
Munufaclurc of Artijiciul Flowers.?The
Lalians appear to have been the first
>eople in Europe who excelled in tho art
if makihg artificial flowers; but of late
'ears tho French have been most ingenious
n this branch of industry. Kibands folded
11 dill'ercut forms and of different colors
rero originally employed for imitating
lowers by being attached to wire stems,
'his imitation soon gave way to that by
iathers, which are more delicate in texture,
nd moro capable of assuming a variety of
iower-like figures. ]>nt a great difficult v
ras encountered in dyeing them with due
ivacity. Tho savages of South America
iianufacturo perfect feather fiowers, derived
rom tho brilliant plumage of their birds,'
?hich closely resemblo tho products of veg*
tation. Tho blossoms and leaves are
dmirable, while tho colors nover fade.?
'he Italians employ frequently tho cocoons
f the silk-worm for this purpose; theso
iike a brilliant dye, preserve their colon
ossesing a transparenyrelvoty appearance,
'he French uso tho finest cambric for
inking petals, and the Uflota of Florence
>r the leaves. Some manufacturers emloy
whalebone in very thin leaves for arficial
fiowers; and by bleaching and dyolg
them of various hue# baturo is closely
nitnted. '
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Novel Invention.?A down-east mcclianiian
has invented a bed which is made up of
piral springs, and constructed with an air|
1 _ lb. i "- >
uaiuLHsr in w?o ccniw, bo ingeniousta
rranged Utftt every motion niatlo by tho
[eaper produces a bellows action, and
yjjj^.onf ibe air, which has become aflfeotcd
j the perspiration of the body, and at tbo
phe time a new supply is taken in, The
qfcdforUing from it in the morning comlately
uirs ltf Itatonco expands<6 sbapo,
;od can be mado and put in perfect order
ti''tntnliln linn l!- - *
ii v?v uiiuuiv) uiiiii xiiini^ miiicu iinic ami
^convenience. H*. - .*
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TWO WAYS OF MANAGING A HU6BAND.
' It is a purely selfish motive that actuates
either husband or wife to rule each other,
and yet litis motive, unworthy as it is, ex
i oils its baneful intlucuco in ton thousand
times ten thousand hearts.
Mr. Connor was a well meaning man, of
very little energy of character, and was
completely under the control of his wife.?
Mrs. Connor was continually boasting no
man should rule her, that she took care to
let husband see that she had spirit, and
that she could make him do what she lik'jd
at any time, l'oor Mr. Connorsummiltcd
to this thraldom very patiently, rather than
contend with hor, tor when lie did try to
contend with her, she got into such dreadful
passions that she actually terrified him
half out of Lis senses, and he trembled liku
one in llic nguo; to secure his own pcacc,
therefore, ho consented to her ruling him,
and rule him she did in everything.
Mr. Cooper, a neighbor, was fond of
laughing at Mr. Connor's weakness.
44 Would I," he often said, " he such a
poor, spiritless being as to be ruled by my
wife J No, never: l'oor Connor, dare not
say that the sun shines, without asking leavo
of his wife ; but my wife knows pretty well
that my will must be obeyed."
Mow this very positive, overbearing disposition
or Mr. Cooper's part enabled his
I wilt: to manage him easily. If she waulcil
to stay at home, she proposed to go out,
when lie immediately determined not to
stir a foot out of doors, to show he was
master ; if she really wished for a walk, sho
had only to request him to allow her to
finish what she was engaged in withiu
duors, and he would put on his hat, and ill
a dictatorial maimer lull her to put on her
I bonnet.
Mrs. Cor.r.or, and Mrs. Cooper onco
agreed to have a day's pleasure; it was
therefore settled between them that their
husbands should take them to a place of
popular resort, about twelve miles distant.
It was only necessary for Mrs. Connor to
express her intention in a determined way,
when her husband, to avoid a quarrel,
agreed directly lo drive her over. Mrs.
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v^ujn;!, iiuwcvcr. wcni another way to work.
She was determined to go, and commenced
to her husband as follows:
"Would you believe," said she, that our
neighbors, the Connors, are silly enough to
spend a whole day in a visit to Itoxhill ??
They mean to go to-morrow."
Says Mr. Cooper?"I do not know as
| there is anything so silly in it; if I felt disposed
to go there or anywhere else I would
go."
"Certainly," said Mrs. Cooper, "you
might go, but you wouid nol bo so unreasonable
as to take me there against my
will."
"Against your will, indeed!" ssii?l MV
I Cooper ; "a wife ought to have no will but
that of her husband ; if I thought proper
for you to go, you should go."
"Excuso me," said Mrs. Cooper, " you
have had your own way too much: if I
were determined not to go, you would find
some trouble in persuading me."
"Trouble in persuading you," suid Mr.
Cooper; " then I am resolved to go and
you shall go loo. I will havo my way,
Mrs. Cooper, and no wife in the1 world
shall control me; so to-morrow morning
prepare to go to Hoxoill, for whether you
will or not, there you shall go."
"^ir. Uooper," said his wife, "I know
when you lake a thing into your head, you
will have your own way; I never yet met
willi so determined a man."
" Charlie, my boy, why do you stand
there?" said an ovcr-anxions mother to her
son, at a fashionable party; "go in and
enjoy yourself. You look like a statue.?
There's Miss J.?she's a splendid creaturo *
?plump as a partridge : shall I introdueo
you?" " No, I thank j-o. I saw tlio laily
in bathing at Nabant last summer. Excuse
1110."
.. Col. Fuller with his usual urbanity, took
rih^rell known wit by the hand, and.said,
"Good morning, Mr. , yotraro looking
vory.well to-ilay, sir." The wit repTftkl, " I
.am not very well, Colonel, but I supposo
you think I am, because lam looking Fuller
in the face." J>~
.
"Ilavc you any limb-horn boj&el* Vf inquired
a very modest^U&s of a '
" Any what ?" " Any Jimb-lidtnoonhots."
"Any?jfrou d6n'^ mean leghorn?" Tho
young Iwy was brought too by tho use of
proper restoratives.
An old lady in Pennsylvania had a great
aversion to rye, and never could eat it in
any form. "Till of late," said sho, "they
have got to making it into whisky, and I
find that I can now and then, worry down
a little."
a 1 1-1 - ^ 1
n ...njvi iwm'u ii i'lucinnnn in court,
what ear-imrks a pig had that was in dispute.
" Veil, he has no ear-marks, oxccpt
a vory short tail."
Tho saying-"that thcro is moro pleasuro
in giving than receiving," is supposed to
ap^ly chiefly' to kicks, medicine, and ad"
Fra g^n'g to draw this beSii into a
knot," as the lady said when standing at tlie
hymeuoal^ter. ,
A ma^jbeing r.ympajhizod with, liooau .o
of his wife tttiiitiug away, said ':dou't pity
me till alio cornea back again."