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From the Ncio York Mercury.
KATE ARCHER.
A SIIETCIl OF CHARACTER.
1IY OEOllGE AllNOI.D.
Oli, I wish you wouldn't bother mc so !'
exclaimed Miss Wetherby, casting a pettish
glance at her admirer; 'I never saw
such a man, in alll my life, as you ! It is
none uf your business who 1 liko nr !>???
much 1 llirt with them ; and if you don't
like it, you can just let mo alone !'
4You are very unjust, Alice !' said the
young man, gravely ; 'I never saw you so
before. I do not find fault with you, nor
scold you, but merely wish you to know
what kind of society you are getting into.'
'No, 1 know you don't scold?I wish you
would, instead of putting on such a long
face, and preaching such straight-laced propriety
to mc !'
'When did 1 ever prencli to you. Alice !
?When have I ever sought to place any
constraint upon you ? You exaggerate
my treatment of you very curiou&ly, it
rnn?.r In ..... T .-II ??.- .? :
ui Miirtiuiui ilia ikiiiiu 10
You know very well what liis name is
?and yoti sliow. a meanness of disposition
in talking so, that makes me angry above
all patience. I wi*h you to go, now, and
never to come here again !'
'As von please. Suit yourself ; but re
member, you have said those words a dozen
times before without meaning theui. If
you mean them now I will go?I came i
near saying, 'gladly go'?and what is more
1 will keep to your request. Once, and for
all, do 3 ou wish 10 break off the engagement
between us ?'
'Yes, if you do ?'
'Then you have 110 real affection for me V
'Not when you are so unreasonable.'
'You are jocose V
'Not at all. I mean it.'
'(innil l.rn 1 sli;ill m/-..-/-.
reasonable tliau now V
Good-bye.'
As the e tn a n ci a ted lover left the house
he met a tall, buxom girl, with red cheeks,
bright eyes, and a wholesome looking figure,
lithe and plump. She was arrayed in
a green velvet riding habit, trimmed with
gray fur, a jaunty little black hat and
feather, cunning little wash leather gauntets
and she fiouri-shed a slender riding
whip as she walked in a peculiarly independent,
amazonian, characteristic style.
'Hallo, Charlie ? What's the matter V
she critd, in a clear, cherry voice, as she
b;iw the cloudy expression of his face.
'Nothing?onlv Alice and I have broken
off.'
'/'or the ninety-ninth time, eh V
'For the last time, anyhow.'
'As usual.'
'You shall see !'
'I'll bet you a box of cigars against a
new whip tTiat you are excellent friends
again within a week !'
Done ! Give me your hand on it.'
They shook hands, laughing, and the
amazon, after making Charlie promise to
go and 6lioot pistols with her, in the rear
garden, that afternoon passed into the
house to learn the casus belli from Alice.
'So you've quarreled with Charlie, again,
?h V asked 6he, as soon as salutations were
over.
'How did you know !'
'I met him, and he told me.'
Yes, we have separated in earnest, now
?and I'm glad of it !'
'But I am going to bring you together
again 1'
No?you must not try. I do not love
him, and he does not love me. We have
only kept up the engagement because we
have been taught to, ever since wo were
children.'
But I've bet Charlie a box of cigars
against a whip, that you will mcke up youi
quarrel w.'thin a week, and I want a uew
whip?this one is all worn out 1'
'Did you see the riding whip Count Izlavotakiwitsch
has 1 It is such a beauty?
pearl bandied, with a carbuncle set in the
end 1'
That for Count Izlavotskiwitch !' cried
the amazon, snapping her fingers ; 'what
does he know about riding ? He's a great
Russian bear, and unbearable !'
'Now, Kate, don't you turn against him
too ! Everybody seems to liato Iiiin, jusl
because lie is a nobleman, a foreigner, and
lias a long name.?I think lie is a perfect
gentleman?and I shall tako his pari
against all of ilicm ! Charlie has already
seen the folly of trying to make me dis
like him !'
'Oh, ho ! That was the trouble, was it's
?Charlie has had a shade of green in his
eves has he? Well, I dont't wonder, con
sideling the style of manners Monsieur It
Couute puts on with you :
'Ah, Mess Alice, ah, you liaf zc beeeauty
oil'ze angels zis morning, ah !'
'Kate Archer, you must not mimic my
friends ! Il is very impolite and very unladylike.
I request that you will stop making
those grimaces, they are not at all like
Count Izlavobkiwitsch's manners; ami if
they were, would be in very bad taste !'
!I<Jity toity ! Ze angelique Mess Alice
liaf some leetel ebullissione off ze temper,
all V
Alice Hushed crimson from brow to
bosom.
'Everybody insults me and my friends !'
si if said, bitterly ; "if I choose, I shall mar'omit
Izlavotskiwitsch !'
>. ou are a little cossie, and you shan't
nvthing of t. .ind ! I want a new
ig whip, and you have got to make up
. Charlie, if I have to many the liusbear
myself, to keep you from him !
he result of this conversation was, that
. a.,. .. 1...
* iiivtivi i<v.iiv iiviiiu i? mi a oiu^uiiu
gled feeling of joy and vexation ; and
i Wetlierby?foolish virgin that she
?letired to lier room to have what wocall
'a real good cry,' and to humbug
olf into the belief that the count was an
ed and injured man, in every way worof
her love and sympathy.
liarlie Mvnturn was puuetual in his apancc
in Squire Archer's garden that af>on
; and 1 can't tell what fun Kate
he had shooting at a target. Ivato
all his cigars, sleeve buttons, his eye
j and a variety of other trifles, and
e all the villagers crazy with horror, by
ng him home in alight wagon, with a
of bays, at a hilling pace?she being
vied conspieioiiK by having the eye
fixed firmly in her left optic.
ie was a most extraordinary girl, was
Kate Archer. She was an only child, and
her father had educated her, as lie said, 'to
take the place of half a dozen girls and
boys.' She would shoot, ride, drive, row,
skate, smoke, play hillards, and whistle, as
well as any body or man in llio country ;
and then, gain, few women could excel
Iter in singing, playing the piano, dancing,
drawing, embroidering, and performing
the lighter household duties. Willi all
these accompaniments, she could converse
charmingly, was a natural actress and
mimic, and had such a dashing, oft-hand
original manner with her that everybody
admired her, and many lovtd her?though
all were shocked by her goings-on twenty
times a day, at least.
She had numberless offers of marriage
from the gentry of the neighborhood, and
might have maJe a brilliant match, perhaps
; but she evinced no hurry whatever
to enter the estate of matrouhood, and attained
her three-and-twentieth year without
being even engaged?a circumstance
lliat greatly delighted her father, who
thought, as old fathers think?and with
much truth, generally?that no man was
good enough for his darling to marry.
Sumehow, or another, this singular being
seemed unusuaily high-spirited and
good natured after the scenc 1 have just described.
She was in a state of continuous
vivacity and jolifieation, similar to that imparled
by very fine old wine, for a long
while, and could hardly find means to express
the intensity of her satisfaction with
the whole universe and all its component
par ts. This beautified condition made hci
such charming company, that Charlie Mynturn
could not stay away from her, am]
was hovering about Squire Archer's nearlj
all his leisure time?much to the disgusl
of Alice Wetherby, who began to hatehei
former nmnzonian friend in good earnest
Kate tried, once or twico, to patch up f
piece between Alice and Charlie; bm
Alice always received her so coldly, sinc<
her mimicking of Count Izlavoskiwistch
that she soon gave it up, with a resigna
lion that would have been eminently Chris
tian had it been eminently disinterested?
and made good her wager with Charlie bj
presenting him with a box of full-flavorec
"Conchas."
Although Alice Wetherby still felt angn
wilh her quondam Jiunce, 6he was cxnspe
rated with his intimacy with Kato Archei
The Qount had been a frequent visito
since Charlie had taken departure, and ru
mor said (but what won't rumor say ?) tha
Miss W. was in dancrer of becomim
o -- - C
Madame la Countess de IzlavotskiwitscL
Kate depised the little short nose counl
. with his fur-trimmed coats, his wiry moui
. tache, his sinister smile and specious man
. ner, and was truly sorry (disinterestedly
this time) to see Alice throwing horse!
away upon such an insignificant sprout c
a decayed aristocracy.
( At length, however,' a little scene occui
ed that brought out the whole story, an
| exposed the duplicity of the amazon
t heart ?showing what a precious humbu
; she was,and how her coolness was all
pretence.
XJLJLF JUT JLi A JU JJ U ,
, It was a fino day in early summer, t
L Charlie and Kate were taking a short st
1 after a lively horseback ride. They luri
L down a green lane, near the village, vvh
L the hedges were crowned with great en
ions of blossoms, over which the bees ga
ere<l, humming ceaselessly in tlic si
bland air of June.
! 'I haven't seen Alice in an ago ?' s
Kate ; 'and I think it is a shame !
used to be so intimate !'
> 'It isn't your fault that you're not frie
ly now !' replied Charlie ; 'I am sure j
have always been willing to meet her li
way. She is bad tempered !'
'I certainly never thought lo see ]
quarrel with her for more than three d
at a time! It is threo months ami un
now, since you spoke to her. You oil;
to be ashamed ! I do think that you on;
to malic up with her?nothing would ?
mo inoio pleasure than to t>ee?to sc<
you as you used to I o !'
O Kato Arehcr !?is that truo ?
'Nonsense !' laughed Charlie ; 'she no
suited mo ! I liked her well enough ; :
had always been taught to consider hei
the future Mrs. Mynturn ; but she is
the kind ol woman I want for a wife.
is too tame?too ill-natured?too spirit!
?to^ apt to get angry at trilles?too*0h,
what a work you make of findi
fault? You say she is too tame and
wild?too spiritless and too spirited ?
don't understand you.'
The conversation was interrupted,
this point, by the approach of a boy witl
letter. Ho had been t-? Charlie's lion
and hearing that ho had gone down
lane, had followed him to deliver tlie i;<
Charlie opened it and colored lip, te
bly, for a self-possessed man. It was IV
Alice, asking him to come and so-: li
She was ill, she wrote?ill of a mental
ment?and lie must come and call 1
his "friend," at least, before she could
happy again.
On the whole, it was pitched rati
strong considering how very intimate Coi
Izluvotskiwitscli was with the writer ; I
a woman's vanity is strong as love, dea
pride, or New Kngland rum, fresh from
still; and Alice could not stand it, to
Kale consoling Charlie so ctVeetually,
soon after his separation from herself.
Charlie read the note through, and hat
edit, without comment, to Kate.
If Charlie's face had been Hushed wl
he saw who had written him, Kate's \
a blaze. She could not speak for a n
meiit ; and her hand shook perceptibly
an expeit Willi pistols. 1 am sure 1 du
see why she should have heeti so much >
cited at the near prospect of a reconci'l
lion between Alice and Charlie, when i
had. only a moinenl before, argued in
vor thereof.
'What shall I do V asked the 3*011
man, eyeing her sideways, from the cori
of his eyes.
Go of course V she answered.
But her eyes also slid around to th
corners, and two sidelong, underhti
glances met. Both burst out laughin
and a tableau ensued that would no dou
have rivaled the garden scene in Faust n
Marguerite, had it not been interrupted
a fresh intrusion.
This time it was a man who was ov
seeing the construction of a bridge on
Mynturn property, near at hand. See
Charlie pass down thy lane, by the brid
and requiring further instructioris, theov
6eer had come to him therefor. Clia
retraced his steps to the place, leav
Kate to gather llowers for a moment
lie should return.
lie had just got out of sight when
young lady heard a dry cough and a sli
fling footstep ; and turning around, s:i\
scarecrow figure, with a great deal of l
. and bristles, and wrinkles, and cheap jew
ry al out it, coming slowly towards her.
I 'Good day, Mess Archair V saiJ the r
r comer; 'you iss look something very chs
ing, to day ?'
'Thank you, Count Izlavotskiwitscl
you are complimentary ?'
k The old rascal leered at the young ,
t in that way tbat is so hateful to broth
3 fathers, husbands, and lovers.
4You tak zo air all alone V he asked.
'I seem to be alone, don't I ?' repl
Kate, asking one question answer to anc
er, Scotch fashion.
f 'Sooch pretty young ladies as you, ou
j nevaire go out ver much alone, ah V
Kate tapped her left palm impatiei
, with the butt of her ridinc whin, wli
r . ? i'
. she bad not relinquished since her ride.
'I do as I please, generally, Count V t
r she.
Whether the count misunderstood 1
t or whethor he supposed her ofl-hand ii
y pendence to be a sort of challenge, I kr
L not; but he certainly behaved very i
rageously. He kept edging up to E
telling her how boautiful she was, and i
he didn't believe that Charlie could i
r away from Alice?betraying a knowle
If that Alice had written to her former lo
if When bo got about as far as this,
contrived to slip bis arm about Ki
waist, and assumed an expression whicl
d doubtless considered killing.
'8 At first the amazon did not com
g hend the movement. That ho, Count
a lavotskiwiUo' ?that miserable, snt
b&lf-baked lump of fur and Rqssian cla
v>x iiu jtui/iv i mvivn J
ttid should daro lay u linger on her, Kate
roll chair, the piide and terror of the villi
[lcj was beyond the reach of her iniinec
ere Portions.
. llie next minute, however, she was
slij
ing his ugly, weazened face with her
^ ting little whip, laying on the blows
' a strong arm and a close aim, until
. j poor wretch howled with pain, and c
^ sily executed some unknown dance?
bablj Russian?under the application
^ 'You miserable little puppy !' exelai
the lionnc, keeping t ime to each word
' her whip, 'you dare to interfere betweei
and Charlie Mynturu do you ! Vou
to come to me with your unwholesome
' sickening flattery, while your friend,
l^s Wc-therby, is ploUing to win him b
>u' j Vou don't uuderstaiul a word I'm s.i
* but 1 guess you know pretty well i
''l1, I'm doing, don't you V
ive If Charlie had'ut heard the noise,
J rnTto the rescue, I declare 1 believe al
b^nl of the I/.!avot>kiwitsclies would I
] trickled down the face of tliis scion of
vo' i noble line. The young m:m \v:is uhir
im' | ;it this demonstration, but voul<J not
:is j laughing inordinately at the extraordi
not ! scene.
>he When the rastigation ceased, theeoi
ess anger arose?as the waves sometimes c
?" up after a heavy blow ; ami the l.mgi
in" that he ma<le use was such that CJli
loo took him l>v the ear, ami led him to
1 etui of the lane, where he left him, '
a good kick, to give him an impetus,
at it gaining the place where Kate An
!i a stood, her hair in line disorder, her
iso. siiil Hashing, the ruse and lily eouibaliii
llie her cheek, and her, whole frame trenin
?te. with excitement, Charlie received an
rri- plauatiou in full ; and I have no d
on) that tt.e interrupted tableau, <i 11 1
icr. Marguerite, was resumed with the liapj
jii|. I ell'ect.
"" j
Iter The murder being out, then, and the
be to all of Kate's preference for a single
her recent vivacity, and the lukewarm
icr of her rcc.onoiliatory effects luing 'r<
nit the only tiling lull for Charlie to dv
L>nl to confess wliv he had found A
ill, Wirlhi'il>v unsuited to him, and hail lx
the his .separation from her so philosophic
sec It was very laic that night before Cli:
p and Kate parted ; and when they
there were earnest, loving emotions in I
hearts, warm kisses on their lips and S<
Archer's blessing upon their future.
I wi-.li their marriage was the only
vas I have to record as a tit and proper (i
to my story, but unfortunately it is
Shortly niter that happv event, 1
1,1 Wclherby married Count Izhivot^kiw
^x" out of spile; a.T1 when I last heai
' a- thein, poor Alice was slaving her life
die at the needle, while her noble husl
^ Illlirieu HWilV 1IVJI JSUillll-V U?H IIUI^S ill t
and dice. It was a pity that she did
"g have Kate's knowledge of tin* riding v
The Use of Kind llror<fs.?Xex
afi'cction, which ought to ho sacred to
1011 congenial spirit, comes kindness, w
ll11' ought to be shown in our dealings
'= ' all. The unkind word littered inoro
relief than to wound, troubles the w
l,u' of a spirit that was tranquil before,
k}' clouds, darl ;ncs?, and it may bo torn
mar the beauty of another life. Am
er" we eh:ife wound, ami wrong each otlie
l',c for design, but simply beoauso we $
our hearts to bo oppressed with doubt
o?? quietude, impatient longings after thin
er" this world which Providence sees (1
r''e withhold.
Let us be wiser than this; wiser
* '" juster. Let us compel ourselves to s
pleasantly, and so refrain from all r<
l'ie ductiou of our unbar, pv condition:
mf. . , . . .
iiiiiui. jl iius win come t?acK to us
v " from our simple effort to repress an
'*ur' in ourselves. Speak kindly to all; ki
fC'* even in reproof. Words uttered in
fulness or anger ; rarely do any got
leiv 'PI,ey mar tlie spiiil, instead of givit
im" strength for right action. A single pie;
word may till a heart with sunshine.
1 then not scatter pleasant words ? It is
of the cheapest ways of doing good.
g'rl if you are too selfish to help others
ers? your money, your time, or good of
spare them a few kind words, as you I
on through life, and it will bo so inucl
'1C(' the right side when your final accoui
made up.
S1"- Fust Living.?"Lord Byron,"
Leigh Ilunt, " used to go about hum
illy
all the morning, and reserved hi? se
work for the night." Ho said himst
a conversation with Lieut. Mcdwin, th
tt ?i.~
uocu biiu iii9|;iink.iuii ui ^ii
keep up tired and flagging natu
'ier* Schiller resembled liini in both habi
ule- YVhnt was the consequence ? 2?yron
l0W at 30. Schiller lived on to 60, but w
?ut" broken constitution and shattered ene
>.ato ^.jjc Q|. geajU8 blazed with in
and wasteful brilliancy in both, but
,ta^ burned itself out. Night labor
the inspiration of gin will make
ver* work with the most robust con
he tion.
*te's
i he 'That's a fln^ strain,'said one gentl
to another, alluding to' the tones
Pre* singer at concert the other aveni
Iz" ?Yes,' said a countryman whi Bat
iffy* 'but if ho (trains much more
y? bust,'
imji> j'i ;J,
, ar- the 0ld mill.
Live and <1 io ; live and die ;
f ' And all the weary years gone by,
lisilu And thei|iiaint oM mill stands still ;
The unmixed shade, like a spotted snake,
SCOT*
Lies Iiall" concealed in the bushy brake,
And half ncro-is the rill.
witli
^|)0 The smuttier comes, and the winter come.*,
|mjl And the llowcr blooms, and the striped hee hilt
And the old mill stands in the snn ;
J ro '|'|le lichen hangs freni the walls aloof,
And the rnstv nails from the ragged roof
'led Drop daily one l?y one.
with
'I'lie long "imss prows in the sh.idv pool,
1 IIIC o r> f . 1
j N\ Iiito ili?* i'.'ili!?% usim! hi conn; h?
1 | And the rotting whrrl stands still ;
ami | 'i'lie gray owl winks in the granary loft ;
Miss ! And the sly rat slinks, with a ]>it-|>al soft,
nek ! ' From the ho|i|>er ?jf the <ittaiiii old mill.
viii"
* " The mill-wheel clicked and the mill-wheel cla?
ivuat , i
til,
I And the groaning groves once creaked a
! cracked,
I iho i And the children came and played ;
itavc 'lli'- lazy team in the days of yore
that flinched their fodder at the old mil! door,
i ' i....i..
'" ''i* l*nt I lie jriHcl uiJ'o ilifl, nii'l I li<! miller ilicil,
ttrv ; .Vii<1 iIn- i-liil'lri'ii all went far ami vi.le,
J'loin tin- jilayjjroiiml 11y lIn; ilani ;
LiIIc s Their inar'?l<:-rin^ is ;jra?s o'er j.'!?\vii,
:otilo As is the mo-?v foot ?f the r>?ii;.rh jrrave sloti
unjjii j Wlwro iIk- folks slf.-ji so calm.
lint the miller's soil in the city tliielc,
' ^ Dreams that lie hears the ill mill cliek,
will' j An.I sees l!ie wheel jro rinui l :
j Atrl the miller's daughter, tlsr-?' her half -h
llCr, eye"-,
t..-vS ' Can see her 1'at'.ier in his "lusty ;;uise.
i Ami the I'laec where the e-'i n was ?_f uml
'= 1,1 : _
1-jtls ,
i i ntrulit't "J the lulled ot-ilr.-i.? It
, 1 stated that despatches have irony out I
unlit j , , . . "
' lit'1. 1 inl irtir.ii^ h!i thy powers
atist 1 . , 1
r.tir?>pe 1 v a cucu.ar letter,<>! the purpr
nest ! ' 1
?.f the U nite 1 Stales <Jovernnieat to in ii
, tain lho strictest neutrality with all p:
K?v ... . * .,
..." tics u ti ii n i; I ho lviropean war. ]>y t
11lo, . sumo
vessel ue?p itdies :iro s.*n<l to ha
noss ...
hcoii sent to .In I'_r>t .M ison, at I .ins 1
von, ... " iistruclini;
him to in'.iuiate to tlto rreii
was i , ,
.. j (lovcrnmeiit, tli.it in ease < crinanv shoii
Li ico ; . . . ,
i !>o drawn into tlio w:ir, this (?o\*eiunit
;>ruo ! . . . | .
,, will iM.tsnllor :mv interruption ol their si
illv. I . . , ,, .
" I vice in tins IL-nil.>111*1; and 1 ?r?.:i?i?-n steal
irlio I . ,' i - . i ..
! ors, now carrying the I uitvl Slates nrn
did, ; . ,* " , ,
, ! su h>njj as tho<o .-learners Uo not C'UiVi
} ooiitrahaiiil articles of war. This Kivn
l""e i Ambassador is said not to look uafavoi
h!y ii |??>n his remonstrance.
?,u i What arc articles "couirahand ol wa
j is a point, howovor, which s>i:ui> 1?v i
j means sett!e<l. Tlio N* *w V>?ilc Journal
? Commerce intimates that the I niled Stat
' has no treaty stipulations on the sn 1 >j
^ U> j of general application. Vatte!, in his La
ou" of Nations, defines t!ilerin to inclu
',Uu^ "commodities p irticuiarly useful in w
*IU''' such as arms, ammunition, timher for slii
n >t' huil>iin<jr, every kind of naval stores, hor.i
an l even provisions, in certain juncture
when wo have hop s of reducing the en
to my l?v famine." Most civilized natioi
one j however, have treaties which exempt ai
'''c^ | clcs of food. Tlio Inited States have sue
Wl"' ! treaties, 1 >ti.' it is .'supposed that none
litem are in force. That any stipnlali
ateis cx'^ts with Knidaml, is not free from one
l '
nn" lion. At any rate, it is now nnJerstot
|>ests co;i|t ,ls ;L m;iv jlL. llSv.,J ilS fuel for \v
' so s'earners, uii] be treated as contraband
1 Knglatid, She will also certainly inelu
tiflei timlier for sliip-bniMing, lar or rosin ; c
,dis- ., r ju s|,eets, sails, hemp ami cold aire, a
f !
gs ot jr(!lleialiy whatever may suive dire<
^ ly to the equipment of vessels cxee
unwroiight iron ati'l lit" planks. 1 ?y I
aIU general consent of civilized nations, pi
lHa visions have ceased to he regarde.l
L'l110 contraband, so that our beef, pork a
5 llotir, and other national productions in
^ .j he carried into every port not under blot
0X1 ade. The whole subject of contraba
<^oods, as between France and the Unit
i I et- r? * * 1 1
j Slates, is iin entirely open one ; ami as
' England, it is matter of argument as
,L what articles ate exclu led as contrabn
or exempted. It is prestuned that o
mini ters at the courts of tho belligeren
^ ^ however, have already begun to look ii
till* imnnrtnnt
wilh " T 1 i n J
In a general buropoan war, nothing c
lices. , , , , , , ..
bo mole desirable, and al the same ti
move , , ,
, nioro difficult than to preservo tlio n
on .. , ,
. . tralitv of the United fstates.
nt is 1
One of our agricultural exchanges
sures its readers that the leaves of tlie eh
scattered over cabbage, cucumbers, squa
,n2 es, and other plants, tiiibject to tlio r
ri?.,S ages of insects, effectually shields them
;lf, in plum, and otlier fruits subject to
'10 ravages of insects, may be saved by plac
1 *? on tlio branches and through tlio I
r0* bunches of elder leaves.
died Corns.?Boil a patalo in its skin, i
n after it is boiled take the skin and
reries. .t.? : ~r :? ... ?t.~ ?
w liic iiimviu vii it liiu turn, unci ichvi
itense Qn for twelve hours; fit tlie
soon Qf period tlie corn will bo m
fln(* better. Tlio nbove useful and simple reo'
Bhort jm8 jjggjj tr;ej anj found to effect a r
l3titu- edy.
How is it proved that Adam 1
eman Qr<jl0(j0X in his sentimenis? Because
R belief was undoubtedly Eve-angelical.
ng.?
near, "Why is the freight of a ship
he'll a locomotive ? Because it makes the
g?- .
A WEDDINO
Tlio wedding was over, the guests 1
depaitcd, and the happy pair lia.l rotiret
their chamber, ami wen: snugly etiscon
in bed, when .lark, in tin; coins. of a ?p
conversation with his wife, unwittingly
hided to his fivorito subject l>y easu:
speaking of himself as being a deiiiocra
u>' 'What !*' exclaimed .she; tinning slut
Iv and suddenly toward him, "are vol
democrat.*'
"Ves, madam," replied Jack, deligh
with the idea of having a patient listene
his long restrained oratory?"Ves. mad:
I am a democrS, a real .lellersonian del
j crat, attached to the great progressive j
I tv, a regular out and outer, doubly d;
j and twisted in'lie wool.''
, ! "Just double and tuUt vonrsi-lf ?.n
i . *
j this bed, ilun," inti-iinj?t* ?! his ui!e:
?l j nin a \% liiiJT. ' am, and will never slc-p w
I any mail professing the doctrine V"H ?J.
"Jack was speechless from :?1 ?s<?I
I amazement. That the very wife of his !
! oin should prove a triator, was horril
! s!.c inu.t l.u itx-liif". !!< lemonslralet
I ....
. but in vain ; tiied per>uaMon ?'iwasu-eU
j ?entreaty?'twas n<> go. She was in
' her earue-t, an ! llie alternative left 1
^ | was :i prompt renunciation of his heresy
j to a sfpcialo bed in another room. .1
i didn't Abjure the great ;n:*l
1 .
| lablished <h etiines ofiiis parly, t<? letiou
j h:s allegiance t > tin: faith that had l?ec<
ini!< nlilie>l with his verv l??-i??*', to Mili
ut . _
J ?ler those glmious principles which 1
j glwwn with liis growth and stieiigthc
; with liis strength, to the lucre whim :
J caprice of a woman, was lUleilv lidicnl
Id j and alour.l, ami lie threw hiimelf lYoin
l?y ; bed an-1 prepared to leave the r? oin.
of j As he was leaving the door his \
>*0 i seivaincd out to him,?
! **1 say, my dear, when you repent y
ti'- : heioy and your past eirors, ju-t knocl
he , in\- door, and perhaps I'll lei you in."
ve j The door was violently slamhed, and J
n- ] proceeded wrath fully in ipiest of auot
eh '
ai? ii tmenl.
1 . . i
A sense of insulted dignity, and the i
"* conviction that he was n martyr in
1 j "right eaust*," strengthened liis plide, ,
111 11o lesolved to hold out liu11 i ho forced
wife to recapitulation.
L'V
In the motuing she met him as if u?
,.t istg had happened ; but whenever J
j ventured to return lo tin; rupture. of
? night previous, there was a ' laughing de
in her eyo, which bespoke her power i
<tf extinguished hope.. A second time ho
,.s i paiscd to It is h'luly ouch, and a see<
.(.t I time lie railed upon his pii.lo to sup|
lVV | him in the st'iiggle, which lie now lV>i
vj0 was getting desperate. lie ventured eui
''loud but not Ion"" on the wavwardti
1 ' t ~
, ). and caprice of the sex in geneial ; and
os his own wife in particular?wondering h
JS mueu longer sue woum iioui out?wiiet
1U. she sufl'ered :is acutely as lie did, ami tr
)s, haul to delude him?r!f into the belief t
j. she loved him too much to prolong the
;h trangoment, and would corny to I
OI- in the morning?perhaps that every ni;
u|| ami sue for p-concili ition. lint then ca
,s. the recollection of that inflexible coin
)(j nance, of that unbending will, and of t
laughing, unpit ving eye?and he felt c
vine d that he was Imping again! h<
tj , ami despairing he turned to the wall
,p. oblivion from the wretchedness of his o
lid thoughts. The second day was a rep
,.j_. lion of the firs! ; no allusion was made
the foihidcn subject 011 cither side. 'I'll
jH. was a look of <jnict happiness and ch<
0. 'illness about the wife that puzzled J;
:ls sorely, and he felt that all idea (if fore
1 lu r into a surrender must be abandoi
A (liirtl night lie was alone vviili liis t
,|j. His reflections were mora seiions :m 1
iid Passioned tlian the niijlit previous. W
I j they wero, was known only to himself,
. they seemed t<> result in something deeii
^ for, about midnight, three distinct i
ml were ?n?de at his wife's door. No ansi
anil the signal was repealed in a loi
ls lone, with violent attacks from the outs
llo ''Who's there ?" cried the voice of his w
as if just aroused from a deep sleep. 4
me, in}' dear, and perhaps a little the !
. ? whitr yen ever did see." The rev<
mo ... .
lion in his opinion was radical and per
nent. He removed to another coun
became popular, and offered himself
as. candidate on the whig ticket for the li
]er lature, and was elected, and for several
sh- bions represented his adopted country
av- firm and decided whig.
^'1C Sleror/raphft of Battle. ? Dr. Holmes
?'g his scientific contribution to tho last At
lrce tic Monthly, says:
"The lu'Xt European war will sent
sterogrnphs of battles. It is asserted
n,,<' a bursting shell can bo photographs
Put The time is perhaps at hand when a 1
B ll of light, as sudden and brief as thai ol
e,,c^ lighting which shot a whirling wheel st;
uc'* ing stock still, sliall preservo the. very
K,P^ stant of llie shock of contact of the mij
em" armies that are even now gathering.
lightning from heaven does naturally
was l?Sr,lh nnlurft' objects on tho bodii
h* those it has just blasted?so we are tol<
many witnesses. Tho lightning of cl
ing sabres and bayonets nrcaj be forc<
like stereotype itself io a stillness as com]
car as that of ihe tumbling tide of the Ni
as we see itself-pictured."
VUJj. JYY1 IS O 7ABELARD.
iii<l "The freedom of thought an<] Inilepen1
to denco of life in those institution?, and the
e?<l ; fact that the wti nt of hook* (the immense milliii;t
tiluihi of professional copyists being wliolal
ly unable to supply the demand) rendered
illy J them the sole loads open for the gratifiosit.
i lion of the yearnings of ihc awakened intelirp-!
Ioct of all classes ? w?-re the great causes
i a ; which caused them to bo numerously and
' enthusiastically attended f.?r several hunted
died years; which led men in eaily youth)
r to in lull manhood, ai d even in old age, lo
tm, throng the Academic halls and spend long
no ! yeai> in gathci ing insti ui tion fu-m the lociar
tures ol the gicat lights of the ago. The
i*ed zeal was unbounded, and often wrought to
i the hijJioL pitch by the teachings of proI
of found and eloquent iusti uctors. W hen the
; -'I young, vain and ambitious student, the elojth
'ju-nt and accomplished Alu-lard, alike re
iiouik'iI lor iiis lov<s an.I his learning, cn?
ute t?*red the liits with Willi tin de Campenux,
..is [ aii'l rainu li'coin|Uflur in tiio diseussion of
?lc ! one <if the gieat jiictions of philiosopliy,
I? iu! became thu f.vorite of the student world,
r.ss; ' 1?v repealed vietoiies lie soon ovci'nhadso
j owed the i' l'iitation of his master, llis
litn fame went went abroad. The ambitious
or 'mid earnest young of all nations gathered
,ic|j themselves together in l'aris, and hung
es- : isi?'hi liis lips as if he wore the only teacher
nee of Chi i-t'-mloiii. No dillieultv nor danger
I .
,tue hy the way, neither robber band, nor moun-, 11
tain height, nor dangeou-i gorge, nor
|ml perils ot the sea, deterred or kept them
ned baelc. In the countries of llie Xoitli, South,
md l'-:'.>t and Went, in Home it-elf, were seen
!
>tis bandi of students taking up the pilgrim's
llio stall* for the l"i'g, rugged and weary way
j to lliis lJelhleham, where the bread of wisvifc
, dom was broken to the children. When
| the opinions of the master brought 011 him
mil' I persecutior.s without ntimber, his disciplie*,
; at ever faithful, followed him from place to
' place, giving up the luxuries atnl comforts
:10k j of the city for the hardships of the rude
her life of the provinc s. On his return to
j 1'aris, his retreat theie was again thronged
;im ' with ardent, aux.otts hearers, and multi.|lt>
! tu.les followed him litially to tho solitary
mil ''utiivment of Paraclete, where they pro1
;s ' vi.led for his necessities, and by their liberally,
huiit for him the convent which lie
bestowed upon his Iotig loved, long lost
'' ' lleloi.-e. Not less was the admiration, and
?clc
1 even adoration, for ( rossclesle, of Qxford,
l'K' i Iriierius in liologna, Alhurtiis Magnus in
1,1 l'aris, ati'l a host of others. When we read,
l'"^ indee>l, of forty thousand stu<lents*in Oxford,
rc" thirty thousand in Uologna, and many
thousand in l'aris, we must, with the more
><>rl accurate investigators, make some allow....1
I 0
j anoo lor Hio exploration of llic historians
s,'s i of llio times. lint all agree in numbering
lt,ss > (ho students by myriads, llio instructors by
al | thousands. It can oaisly bo imagined that
ow among youths of all characters, classes, and
',CM nations collected in such masses in those
1CI' rude times, there were often serious distur'i!'*
bailees, which threatenod.the verv existence
' ? vs
| of the Universities, and the prosperity of
1,111 t|ie cities in which they were situated.?
Dili, notwithstanding these incidental tvi!?,
1110 the possession of one of these great schools
,lt> was very highly prized by the different
',:i' cities and nations. The protection of for""
eign student formed an important article of
'1"' | all the treaties between the'grcat kingdoms.
'o1 j The cities offered largesses to attract diswn
j tingtiishod Professors, and passed rigourous
,:tl" J enactments to retain them in their service.
l" Dologna conferred high military distinctions
l0re upon her Professors, consulted them in a-1 >
-<-r* a Hairs of importance?anil by special acts, .
l-k provided cv?m lur the pleasures of the stu"'JI
j dents. Priests were allowed to hohl their>'
led. I beiielices without the condition of resit
?,:1- j deuce, in order that they might enjoy the
I instructions of Universities. Numerous*
hat j foundations for the support of indigent'but
^ students, were endowed by pious bencfiic-'led,
j i0is in all the more famous schools.- Nor>
aps i were these studies of so many years mere
'v,'rt ! idle speculations by- which men removed I
"l,!r j themselves from the sphere of active lifev;
University promotion was the great road i
to honor. Successful students were elevR ll's
t0 thu highest posts in Church and I
',est Slate. Among the pupils of the Abelardi
i"* alone were numbered more than twenty
mfl" Cardinals, and fifty Bishops and Archl>rah,V
try, ops. These dignitaries wrote Master afterr
as a their names, as a precious title of bonorr
gis- and dignity, indicating that they had once
ses given instruction to their follows. Through1
as a tbe activity of zealous men who bad reaped!
the advantages of tho Universities, their
blessings were felt by all classes ol society..
Tho young ecclesiastics who bad received
l'an their promotions, founded schools in theprovinces,
in which free instructions was1
us S'ven w^? Prcsented themselves as>
that PUP''S* 'n l'''9 aS?? w'?en Hhe god*j
dess of science is so effectually transformed!
into a milch cow,1 it is pieasent to read ofr
. j ^ distinguished instructors of that) olden timot.
j both laymen and churchmen, who renounced
al| the foes accrping from their labours,,
. relying for* their reward on the truth'of the
noble sentiment of the enthusiast, 'those'
>c who educ<ite their, brothers shall shine like-.
P''?" stars in eternity."
js of < ?<?>
d by "Why are large rivers like trees f Became
lash- they have branches.
:d to What is.the difference between ? blind
plete man and a sailor in prison f One can'fc
agra see to go, and th.e otbifcr cw't go t*
eea.