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Qtarterl y atinI .lonthiv Adver tise inett s will be charge.1 tilt! sante as a single Iin.;ertion, anol seni-montlihly tite saitie a1s new .E.if Obitary aiol ''rites of llesme4t, over twelve lfites. ch irgcl as ad vertiseinto s. God .ieen in all Ni. Vorlk.s. Ill that be, utliiln part Alf Gevrnunly wich border121' tin thek inlill, 111h-re is, a nloble eastle, wltich as y II avr ot the we.terl h mttks of tle river, yo tmay se, littiig its 3ncin towers ont thie opp..sile sidt, abia'ove tie grove of trees about as old as itself. A btit htty Cars ago there lived ill I Iat, ( ist lo a ut3blu gelitleiI1n whloml we Shltl call Batii Tilt. Ila r-o; had oily 0110 sOn, Who WIs nL 'only his 3o'st6111 lk'ither. buit a1 blessing" to all who livedj 1,1 his fathl er s 1a.11. It happ-eneI uipon a certain occasion tha. this yu: '11,11 being~u frmn, hIl, - therei elIet at Fchl gentlettaan to see the Barl. A s4In ts thi' SAn- teiaI I t1 k IatIe il itti th It- va ,li he bento talk ofhis di inviNly Falher ill t.-rin 1 tht1 chilled l t e i n' s 1 blit l, ! ubich hi: i, : tvil re hit yt i l it-ah i I tenkinrg n sulet '1 on is : I he. tv .ll ii.em fil ' - ab.." 6 4,4, It'r li h. 1.. . . . - i 11 , tartl l -ild lt l 1in ts t i 3it Il., 1 11'. I m , t tt ge ' t-.b hila t -- b . nil' t lii ' 'hi'illo ti took i m a (bi I et s a gouands. and to k sti ion 'ir- i If I sw it l 11 l verv t dill jI W A "1t1at llung tpol i lilt w .. Il : , I t I . - I l aI o ldi i ired 1' . e it 3 li o mult],mIt .11 nill, '\hoe.ver dlo W Ih Is pieltile. knl ws very well illw 1) i Al SonI drew%% that pcue'sh thipe Uirot. Then geomi sItll is :1 Veri eleve;, n11a1l1 repliet he Ow llltin Th'le lino ll w e t u h Ill, vi:sitor t th1. : ..ad, :n1 d - w<1t4 d i rl 'u'. I -a) t fil m . lt a Ic - ; lid !l .1 ilt ' SIegoo ftsk.-!iba~tan .Vy, <mm, replied tilh- leallw. -I,, kithw d io LabaU nonv I hae bo Io;W c thle wail.* 'Iideed.' said th e gentlenn,,' i shall thiku veiy highly of him sn. The Imron then took hii int. th village and Sholl him a hsm, , - cottaige, where hlis, ,on had establ'i, a Smai ,eool, and where he ennstl all ounig ChdrIen w% h had 1.'L lhe parellts ta be reeived andngurishet atghlis Own expense. Th'le chlienl if flithe b s , l 'otod Oi ininocen and s. hay ;r hartflt the t rma oas ver muchepro d, a ndt cwen 3he1rtune to the estles hcaid to thte baronit so girl awon h eto t'WIkl 'ro iw do tiiao'ikn tiw IChv so goo Itsony 'ori.Btwth bst' geknell grewmustiegooni and11( ctlever e' hais till 11 a:11 S.hta',t yo hav4 howed gi me lrews t a Brssobt you havtwe veree hill.' - judgleo I is im e k hisu work-. L ep3 63.ttid hthes Baron 'di tis yt3nI pituaigohcarct'el~t'vlls'rAI 6it (124(av1loutry 1vther. I IogI .ikno fron finite' wisdom, nd pwer !ih, n d o the wholesale busiiess is depiessedl .k t'-action, she is told that she cannot have 'steady wo.rk.' . This fall, iices have -gone dowli too. On coats for the Southern mar his the are paid two- shillings, less. thnn ontbosame garments last falhl, ifiila 11i . imva? -ezea ale'tN Wafes I'o! other ariIes, o' elotthing. These changes lbr the worse come very baxrii tipon the girls. Very liany of them supo t widowed mothers and orphnxi sisterxijind brotihers. Their one nlee die is to eanii nit a living onily fir themiselves but bread Ihr a family, coal for tile houisehiold, anid to ineet besdes thltle iouttily dein. ids of ines orib laidlois. We mueel, thelt wra1tpped in Iheir thin slawls daii0ly inl I)thes)rcts loating as i 1 their h'ail bodie1s were*1 poolyk able to teillh tidle . itects,ar . punse-. that will ii lovi I'ltpen ail filti ly, eveni the ts udl-:t that atteiits to winter ill New \'rk. Graipiing wilh a hard world,s tiit'ls diIil, lhilei liuust ie a (-url.Se ildy it. ght, up n hi.-. heal W Ih1, . withent C1 calluse, d(edliets l'roi 1heil m.ti wa e \ o ith vonl etiloptible tiuvainess throvs a stiraw inl the way 1 of the itrI iiiin i lite lh th i ley call in:k' as et. lv as i ll, mi:11ly \\fhatswh emloy,11 1ti1 thinik it nto diihonlirx to . ake tlteim Coile three or' 1iir it.les a tl:1\ tit the slihpp ihr work which Was proim is-.d tlitii at the first call ; a1i. it, withi ey S sh are1bN ltep- pe (01' titlalli it'vell s iteI t h:ll bt)( it d, thit) boast, that, tihey dedilct la:gel y fi II lli their wigt S 1.1ille fill dwg t\ws wit hel:t vedl sit tirga Ilax'ilt13 1li-y larwit with isgiistitig lr eev ii :e .. .I - l \- lit. It airs ;I 01 I ' i -I -W I I N Ii lI Ie tislt1.11, ,.l h II, r estry x :ule1 In Ir but 111 when hos 1a1 - t ItI'I ' ,I I l tt- til l li,11 ; 1t -lx.l t i ti i l a i t .r 1r I , Is I i It ; a-. d i- j Ni i t xi i.1 . ii il i t . ex.-ee ~ ~~ Li.:t Ill I-.0 voten oait a II \ I L-.1.10 , ; % \i . li p i 7irxil . il lipt er tIi.,11 walk t g ti . 1 r .' - I'. li i.* l hasti t- I.e. . Y. Times. The Char--hms of .Warricii I i I.It I*1: tr V oltie '. ! it Ithe inm - xtiileb ge, xil : ith11 ~ii wli ls -. Sls I lint -l rt I et xx -,J i tei a 7\cet i . u t t s. I ; tf -l . I.' i i I etI el i- I.- -t c ii a it I II r Iaiti a ti d i, . 1u t Ilit- it IIg: I- ti.:t. c.iti i i\iir Whe l ig Id i \ i t I e- - 1 - :r- tat I - ti. li to the lack :;uig d sno .. c ue es.- . Veir all h er , i t \vil I c w 'Iid ij'l' le llcitiie s (if d- wxi-i' g il a inli .htd It , ) lia-hi t - ll Oi ld - bSIe w .litlt g is e ino dt..r;e-xi :soi lho tiekiuiit Soe Sich Sweet iagt, (dteitill call it, eIunicrng ithe It ik a rel tiche 11ntho i li e bWa o ald xtle socah t of11 sonie talligs I ey snow.scal S i-uurliv innintions would be strniji goe ntdi purr sitlitr coubi bue I 1i di togater, eai bf'dawig wfanehdic todelghit. drAitoi would gre liort andotinnd bor ilbt anotheri hart grhaed int tas pree sni, iuienig ituwr niii, cherin ilo biddn lit ever Giiid;peed. e lap h e figera -ie steals bnaeahao, tell ing yoa raib , to) oe -it. isuchi l tn sOnle this wee toone sis ni-ad -btouie. lher sot-ies wo e usy ilineiixi the biiest hf owd iiie arei. tixi etl d aines bhat ao seatto dig graes podt in or slitarys sheai I'be da - tgter,111 wea iiig te acis, dr-e wing bitter ydueimshowold, gow3 liht r anchn, axd s r etade and ixfloatiwat thosed bth elvd hsilent i Youir i'rited, poosir it !h dis giners as [sher steay btehinysu tell-i ingou nt to wee, iutl, ikothite Yourt sister sweent onee~ on da f nt, al oe : she is reshex l ea ofiening yours, her smile ligliirig yours, her grief killing yours-; afid you live again to assuage that fkioid sorrow ,of ers. Tfien these efliddren, rosy, fair. he.aded ; no, they do not disturb you with erattle'now--they are o rs. ross away there, on the gree aswar; n--ver mind the hyacinths, the snow roils, the violets, if so be any tire there ; the perfume or their healthful lips is worth all the flowers inl the Woll d. No ce.. now togather wild hoquet. to love and cherish: flower, tr.-e, gin, are all dead thmigs ; liveli er charms hold your soul. Aim she, the rmother, sweetest and thirest of pill, watching, tending, care5sing, loving, till your own heart gri ows pained with tenderest. jtalousy; and cursi Itself -.. ith oving. You have no need now of' a cold lecture to teach thankfulness : yoir heart is fu'l of' it. No need now, as 011n C, of bursting blossomin, of trees takiiig leaf, and greenness, to tuirn thiughtl kindly and thanktilly ; hlir ever beside. ymou there is bloom, and ever ieside Vou there is 6uit fMr which the eye, heart anti soul, are iui .luikiown, unspok-.n-because un speakable-thanlk offering. Ia-sage inl th1e Lift of an1 A ct or. We went onel night. to see a come?. dy. Thle chi'e a tor was a favorite nd, and the tilt acr-e w:s crowded. 'hie ei lain ilrew up, and amid a btirst of*t aplI.mle the hero of the place made his alpi-alranlce. Ie had1.1 ho-wever. searcely uttere.d twenty words, whin it struik us that soluething stru w m -, niatmter wih hIm. TIheI piny a aboisteCros come dy of thI ohil SLlotl, a11 i 'rem1ilrtd of nsC ( aidel l vi lam.ity oit the pai At < t til, .ltor ti sit;is lli it. hi'imlr l; b t. thiSi p tilail serlord um tt erly lfeless. [It walked .11m' tallemi like une ill I dieami; the sesI jolits heie sieil over withomit apvarillqg ti have perm ceived teml , Ili:. ( a-itm 1t|, llis lallighi ollow liii S O:dim : i; aLni frt'iimieltIv lie wiam!. stq ' Itirl' mt sily ill lie fiidtiet of ;a i I ch l11d let his e\ c \ aliiler vacanit \ .ver *l tIidinc. LEiive whell ti Ih - chamter il the silly biushim1d, he had to suiller hims:If to be kicked . b)olt thil' sttm by tie y..iig riIIe mit e2 esm mm'.y, zinL-d1ii w.ii. tim hehio. hast awlv'ss tilkliv-iduaj l fil:1|lIill love tim his Vite :iid - at Mili.4 sujim T, while hit wat -1111t tel Ii a clost 11onel %% Ich lie Sm11it. elerige, lis Conmimlitmmmills of l l 1n w ' tl t h allititi te -Actine - t- li illg downl tlhuitide s mil # l' i ere i0w sWieh di-inal - ' 1 m mt m :y tite ma'ssi iIll that ii wereim plaiinlh auuitmle in vat itou, ilt All lit I IV:ttre. A storm I .ml ndtuIe. m!g gathe.rminug. 1) ot the". head of the devotid .a~m 10 i ug throumimgh'the litoulse: .e-3 pe ih-, iid.un d with sticks anIi( i.mirtlias oii tie floor; and to verbtl t itick . m~tinge Ie lipph's, pea-mits, )iml stiicociled. The mOOr fellOW 1, at last, a1aii tee to theV hun *car"..d. Ne r didl we be. bii' s-el. mnmismry in a hiina coiite. nanci(le. i s Coo., woin ami haiggar , lhoy'ed doubly meare in tlie g, paintedm '-heeks. We conl see is ii' lips quiiver wituL inward agonim1; Ii-; besmin swel ith suppresd mP m tioni, while his whlelm mimic. was som fell mofmm enrable sorrow, that, atier.' t he first. glanime, the're was it iani in thle honus,- wiho darmed not to pity' himn. Thie ahd(iumece w~as iimoved, anmd biy de'gre'es the claimir was subs'idled iinto a- solemiit sitlnce. . le stoodu inear the~ ihioti ighit', quieat and dejected. W hein til was cahmn, lhe spimkem, and, ini a i mmie.- i irk,:i, wi th sobs, pr'ocmededl to iekr his Ilitt le esphination. ' l~ad ies andu gentlei'mn,' lie said, bo mmugh, in liy performpneiIe to niight, I aim u consions5 ofl ha~uvinmg in eri ted your di~sph-asiire, bmeee ime that, in oine pimnt youm dom me anm injustice. I amt not miitixiented. Emmtionmi alone, anid t1lm1. oft the' inmist pmamfuml kind, has causedt~i tiue to fulfhil mm aillotted pm t so) Inally. My wife died am hour agmo, anid I left her bemdside tim fui i my unmIhvo abile enagemnt, lhere. I f I have nt, pileaised you, I iimpjli re you tin'Imirgivye mne. I lovedm lher, grievet fimr htem; aind it' misery amid anigiih enni exmuse a hiuIt, I hear my apology he're.' lmm pl~uLeed his hmattd ulpmn his he art. andm .stopp1 ed. A lburist of' tea's, rel ie'veil ihr a immenmi)t, his paroxvsm m'gmief,; anid there was not a co~rner tin that houitse, Di mies, that did nmot re mmmhii tittit pmoir acto 0i1 sibs. T1he amu'iee- wias emmpl.eltely over'cme, aidm aim Imonmest, Unst, of S3'ilj atlhy fimild' !he pain ted trees on the stauge trinblei mi as it' sti m'ek wit h a stidder stommnm. \Voiirnen wept lmoud~ly, and , rimmng mn silenitly. and (diring tht rm'mmminder mom time evenming time perfotrm aniee wazs seaircely audible cthroughi thei buiiieiamn'o applanhutse wvith wvlhi thu crowd sourbt, af'ter thnir omtn i..hmon to soothe'the poor actoPs wound'd -heart. There was sometling er- melvn chbllys in the th6iit of t' poor man 's coming rrdns th'e beif death, to' don gay attird; an1 td-ter, stddid witicisns for.. tu n Isemntor crowd,. not one of Whom dreamed cf* the anguish thIt lay fesfering uer the painted cheek and stage s'nil. Th ik,youi not, then, that in the great, theatre of Life there arn, maty aroind us like that poor actor, smiling galily on the multitude, while at homn lies somile Imstery of sorrow, wlos shtnI ow is ever presenit with him inl uls.i hactes, arnd in solitn.Ile revel., uomi their heart as a ghost amo1ng the ['utinaitm's o.inuac. Ti~'ht Timaes. This ebal, is ainrmil aguill. le ha Ibeen in ti wn0 for a week. lie ma1:y lie seen oI Th'(a:nrgee very dI. IlIe k oiver ('n the 'ier alorg Quiay-street. up l I iwoAay, stalks u1p -State street, (io)k- in at the bank ;, and loniiges inl lite hotels. lIe bores our mrehants, and scats himseIfczilv in lawyer's ofiees.-l Ie is every~ ie. e. A great distmher of' the ipublic iniet, a pcstilenit fellow isi this 11:1111e Tight. Tli-nes.- Every bodly talks4 about himio, every body looks out ihr him, ev cry body hates him, an1 a great m1,any hard words and noi little profiie epil lets rtie liestowed uponi himli. Ev ery body would avoid him if thev coIuild, every hod would hisi i from 'Change, hut him oll'the l'ier, chase him fi-om Quay-street, hu1ist.Ie him out of Broad way, kick him out of the baklis, throw him out, of tihe siOre", out of tihe hotel<, hut they can't. Tightl Tii eS is a LU. . A lburr, lie will stiek. lkrl are thrown away on him, abuse lavishes inl vain, kicks, cuif, profanity ae all throawi a1wa) 0. l im. lie is iiperviouis to themli all. AnI impudlnt fellv is Iightii s, .\-ki- rn <i.,eunt Am.e ossoe and ymui- i'io is. thivrvn out Ask a lo il ifIL .s at Ine per cent a momb, he l.oks over szeem itic.4 arid ioi ko s two and a ialf. l'ieent a bi'l to y iir ilh-bt, r, Tighlt Times shrug-,'r his :iouljers rollk i hi- eyes, and y') . iiiiiSt cill .-raini.-A wif.: asks ior at faslmiihialer brhit'lle, *. dauighiter for a new Ioniet. ie pll, in his rave t. I aml the brueaLe anid b-innet are post p md. A great de'-preciatort of stcks i, Tilit Timies . lie step inl aiumng the brokers mid donvii gees Centaal to pa.;o inety-fivo-Ininely, eighly-flive.. ieI plays the dee wi.h .\ichig:m C.titral, wth Mlichigan Sonthein, wit h [lti.ison li ver, with New York anl Erie. lie gies along1 tile rair. iads ii prie--s of otiIir-lnietionl. .i. itre Irish men! throw dlownl their Sho).-vi. an.1I W ak'IW:V. I1he puts Ihis riunrk up.Ion mi-k, l,]mt 'Ifw 11irrir- Ill chasers. are h ti-ed iti'f market, b. A. grea exploder ot bablees i,. I it I m,,. irm Iot ks int'l tih a' Iii rt f I compaie, roil ther~ l t p kitn bnki :m'd they.stp pymet, ntolickeyv in a wa . I le w ral romiil ear.:er lts, diriwi a li: a- nero litlhigra.hic citit', ai-I the, dli-appear. lie icaves his foot pinits amoirg inies. amid the' mih int tal 'II.Aerilies di os. lie breath-s illi (on tlie euinrgest, selheriiis of sfecula tioin andu thuey burst like a tiorpedho. A hrd master of the proor, ar eiriel eciemy to the labo rig man~ses, is Th'ght Ties IeLakes the irmechtaniie firmo hii - ibelch, i he labiore r from h Iis work. the ho d-eartirier from h. s lardder. lie rumns tip thi3 prices of' prov-isionms, arid Ihe- runs down-the pi-ices ofiabiir - lie rins. np ther price of fujel andu lie runs) down' i the arbil it y to puiirchase it airy prrice. IIle muakes Ii ttle eh~ d cei hungry uandi cry for fibdd-rerld arid e- y for lire and clothinrg.,I Ie inidJes poior womei isad41(, imimkets mthers wveepr, discou rages the hearts of fat hers ear ries C-are anid anxidty' into foni!ies, mind sits a c'rouebin g deso '~at iion in .the eminer anid oni the hieaithm stoines of the pron-. A hard ma&ster to- thle pioor is 'Tighlt imeiC A cuiriouis fellow is .T'ighit Timiies, full of idiosyneries and cmritchet-. A cos'miopol ite-a woniderer tooii. Whle re he comes' friom iii oody knows, amid w'vhere hte goes nobodiiy kinows. i~e fla-hles alonig the t elegiraph wirnes lie takes a free I assage in thle ears, lhe seats himiusel f ini the stages oi' goes alonig the turnpikes on fort. le is ia genthlemian on Wa.ll stireot to daly, and a birek settler on thle bordriis of civiliz itioni to.imorrow. WVe hear of him in broudiin, in Il'aris, in P'eter. sburig, at V iennai, lfierIlin, at Coinstan. tinople, at Calcutta, ini Cliiia, all over the CJotimmneial World, ini ov'ery great city, in every rural district.'-every. Them e is one way to avoidh being bo red by this tronmblesoume felIlow TIighit Timt-s. It is he only. wnrv fir a COnii. try, a city, a to,-.n1, as well as itindivid ual infn to keep shut of his presence alwv"ya. -Let the country that would banish ibn bowa e of extravagance,.of speculation, of overtrading, of, in. barkingain. visionary, Vehermes of aig. ,grandieme ;. L, i ep..j it..og pf wars, avoid liternial cmnmotiols, 'Aii go right along, taking care of its owin interest and husbanding its resources. Let the city that would excelu hin he econoinical in its expenditures, in. dulging in no schemes of speculation, naking no tuseless i in provemeit-s, buil ding no railroadi that, it can niot, pav Ibr, witilitding its credit fron imushi roomD Corporations, keeping down its ta xes, and going right altlng, taking Care of its oVn interest ai hu-.band inl its own resourc'.-I t tite ill dlividmdl manl who wouhd ex!-lede himi fromil his domlestic circ-le he induilst riolus, lingal, kLeeping out (it the iwhirlpo)l fi pohtic , indulging nto wa~t fr Alicw, Ii bling uip li; dishi wheni puidding falls fromi the e.1loms, haying by somethiing whe the sil shies ti iake up rir tite dar k days, for '-.mue dayt iust be! dark anI dreary workingr E)n1 alway.; with a heart full (if colitidence inl tile gooi providele of God, :md cit hieerful in the iotpe of "the good time Cln. -- t Regi. teCr. t e..-. Dit. Tnatw9ELL's ADDRUES.-Mfrs. .is. Emrrons: I beg to express through the coltimns of your paper the plea, uro and adiiratioi 1 experieice.1 (in VEEomm1u111n, I amt sure with every one wll) was present) in listeiing to tihe nlile antd eloquent :erilti of Dr. uit 11. weil hei;re h t ile WO houiseS of the I,-giSlature. Ilaving heard imiucl If the viloquencle andl pow)er ()f 1thi.; distinuihetd gtotlen.mii. my expecta. tions were of cturso high; tL high a, they wter, t hey were imore th:m equal. led. I will Iitt. 11.mr the beauty tll this imagniicent addre4, by enleavor ing t ji ,! --* it, especially a th I I [ i -' . : - :tative.- has by a uniaintuus- vti reqjtueste. I a cotpv thr lmubliention. The Views so ally irge-I bly I r. Thtriwell were wE rtly alike ol'a lioly teacer of truth n.i11 a1 prolilwd statesman1131. With ahpp tarit, he :ivailel himself of the occa ii, which, hlie well said, was no1t Iir dintry oine, to pttit out, to his aLi tris the beaEtting sins of the day, anti whi:t, in A- vid lauginige he imltr1thled the pal on 4r the A biighty, he proved that by bumniliation, penitence, and repentance, coul I we alone hope for that pardtn. lie showetl Ilh - a pto pIh- who lootk with a callons indiffhr enee upon the comiission of sins, are ailwayvs itegarded by tle Almighty a, participants in those sins, and that th( reiiutiton whieh inevitably foL lows is just. Ile selected as the e-. lpial Ibjects of his delmieiation twi -i, whAich le sty led antd juil. I fear we u ncnwele national Iti- r ouk es :~nt.1l0 prothnity. I c 1 %.it hw drk.ird wai a crii inl,:i. :nnl sht tll so-be udea1t with. whli hto deounclied the vulgar. habit If troiane swei in. ill laiginguae ot u tmigrehule. Upon ths sie he -\txiatc,1 with the h.l]v fervor of i minuier t (tl, ai with all the Ii ver of his briliMt intelleet. lie proe'aim -A that tile celenenev which pardtns criiic is in itself ia slure tt provotke thi 121enlgance of aii transigessinigi the limits I hlt imposedt imponu ityself. i proposed no criticisim ii tn this tear less and1 noblhe sermoit n, but mierely to ex: ress the ptleasuire I re:-eivecd fromn it. It, will bear frui; ini die seasoni. It cannitot bu t sink illto the hieairts ol thoe wvho heard it. Godit gual.t that, it iiay, and that our ruilers, ini itei dilhage oit their graive responEi sibhilities, will shiow themselves not miunindflhl of its wise and holv teach. ings. If' t ho se nat ional sinus are to bie etradiictd, those~t ini high places mu ist take thle initiative, aiid by prmeept andt exanmpie endeavor to wipe out thle na I ioiial reproachl. D iscontenane ini temipem aiice aind proitaie swearinig, ele vate tiE S p tsition no0 onie whot is guilty tlf ei ther oft these sins, and a great atd. vIInce Is. iinatd in iile cause of' iioralht y anid religiun. AI'DITOlI . II l! Klian 1)m.-A- Stiner gave a partyv toi a li .v fr'iendcs whlio ha ppeninig to conlvte se abotut t'::mbo's5 poweVtr otf 110atl (!!nlurineet the geit lein-m sat d tImht. hie owned~c a ngr'c w hoii no ont3 ini the Party coi~id knioik down or injur~e by stiiking oni thio licad. A st ronig- biurly follow, 'auighied act the idea, and as Sam, Ithe coloired lie!rsonii watS abouit, ent ering wi th the canldles, the gent lenmn stood11 beinid the dloor, andi a~s he enteredl Samn's heiad ureceived] a lpowe rf'ul soickdoolger. Thle cendlh es f1iekered a li tt le, lbut Soni passed < diet. ly on, mie rtely exelai mig, Gentiilemlen, lhe carefuldtf' dhe ellmtws, or delights will be disthorntishecI IYou ARKE A 3itipA '-c-A ertainl cl lego professor lutd aisembled hi. Class at tho collolilceiient of' the 'ori, and aas reading over the list of' gamies to see th,t aill were present. it pIhtipQedi thpPwtii of the numbtier was uiknowA,4 ktp Profsshbvinj us entered the dnahs. ." A 'Wlat is your nam'e sir%' as--ked the profesor, looking through his spec. taeles. 'Y4u are a brick,' was the stai t. ling reply. 'Sir,' said the profetsor, halt starting out oIt his Chair at tihe suppos 'ed 1im1 pertiniencet. hnit, nloft quitt ,urc t hat he iiiiderstoud him mirectly, 'sir, I dil nlot exactly und. c-stand. y.our anlswer.' 'You are a hi ick,' Was tihe comnpo sed reply. 'This is intolerable,' said the pro. tssor, Iis lice reddening, 'beware, y ung mian, how yu tteipt to inl stilt In. 'Ilsuilt you, said the stildent, inl tilli astoniiih.leI 'I low have I donie it.' 'Did you not sa I was a I ick ?, re tilrnred the proflessor With stilled in. dignationl.' -N.,, sir, ypn a.ked me ny nani-, and I an4-vered youl qinestion. Mv iate is U. I. A. Blick-UrialieW no(lds Anldersonl Uirick., 'Ahi mdt .d,' min iured tly, prole:., sol, sinking back ilto his seat ill coni. fion.-'t wa, a Mic.lc:pl iol oi Ill% part Will you coinniience the lesson~. .\r. lBriek!' I low -ro snow LovE FOn A WwF. -Show love ihr your wife, and your a lmiration of her, not ill a inolsienical coinplimeint, not ill pickinig np her handkerchiet', ori her glove, or in carry. il', her ien; it, inthg you have the meians, in hlanging triniket' or b:titbles uIpI lier; no4t ii making yoirselt a !'Ol by winking and seeming p'leised with her riibles, or lllies, or faults but show thIml Ily aets of real g'o'od ness towards her; prove, by uneqivo-. Ica' .,.;) - h.gi value you Set oin her-nieagth, and )Jif. atnd peace.of mind; let yol :fise of h. go to the ill ex tenit o' hI eecI, but let it be e.uisitet with truth aid sense, and stieb as to conivince her of yui. sin eerity. lie who is the flatterer of his wife, nly pripares tier ears foir the hyper !)oiieal stil' of ot eis. The kindest appellation lier chli istian namn ali ld s. is the bcit. th:.t you canl use, especially before faces. An e.erlasting -y dear,' is but a sorry cI pClsation for the wants of that si. of live that makes lhe hiUSbtand cheerl'u liV toil by day, break his rest, by iigit, ii dire all ,,orts of' hardbhip, if the lite or health i of his wife deiiand it. Let your deeds, amid your words, carry to her heart a daily and hourly cnlitinluatin tfi the fact, that you valuii her ihalth and life and happiness beyn:d 1 llhcr- tlingiis in tle world; anid let this he matiit'est to lir 0iari. ticularly at thosec times when life is inorie or' less in laiiger'. ------ - -..~e ~-0 . -IBM A Fowl. QUFSTIoN Ft:ssii.v' Dci' m.:t.-At the close of a letiure in physiolhgy before ill evening school. it;ew nights silnce, the lecturer 'e mar'kel that any was at libeirty to ask qpiestions uin tle subject-and he would i aiswer them as tihr as lie was able. A yiiung lady, wit.h inch apparent siiierity v, renan ked that she hiad a qji:estio n to as.k, thho ugh she was nlot eel tai n tilat it was a Proiler riies tin;she wVoul d, hoiwe'ver, veinure to ask ir. It, was as tiollows: 'Itf one hen Ias an ii egg, andii anoltheri sets til it anllI ha ches out :a chicken, w hich lhen is the mo therci of the chick en * The lecturer saiti I will answercI you ill Yanikee style, b'y askinig you a queltstiin :- If a little piret ty white genteel pullet sets on an egg of Orni entali ' e.tractioni, andl hatches a 'great homniiely long Iegzgedl, spliinter 5hanklied sliahsided , awkward haiighiai, woulli you, if you w eret that little~ ute pul let, owni the irettIi homliy lilonlste (' 'No' satid the youinlg lady 'I 'in/dn't. el'erye weI.' said lie Ib eturer, 'thti setls h questitonl, f'or it is a prni ple in ph.iog that, all henus thinik and aet ailike ill illlessenti at partieiilars. tr'oyer ohf youth, oif youith's prvlgs an .1 pow~ers andI del ighits, than y ielding4 the spirit to the emire of' itl-templer and sell'ishniess. WVe should al Ilibe 'alit itons', ias woi~ ad vance in life. of'I al lowinig occasional soirro'wf'it e'xperi celC tto overshatdoiw ouir perception if the pre'LpiinderanIIce of good. F"ai th in gioodt is ait toce its own reectitudl e andu reward. To bi lieve goold, anld to do gtootd, truly and trust f'ull!y is the h'ualhiest of' hunniani ty's ctnditions. To take et2lS chiertily, andl( promiotet the happitness of' others, is the way to ensure the endutring sprinig of' exis tee. Content and kindness are the soft, vernal showers and fousteinmg annn~ly warmith t hat keepis ai tian's nturlie andiu being f're sh and green. "Lord keen mn' existence fri''ht at CM1,"'wold be no less a wise prayer one so beautIully recoredue resectg mn'j m Iem )orIy. 1j, W would leave a gracious lmemiory be. himd us, there is no way better to so. enire it, thant livin . rciousl A sweet fruit, produce an aait grow th of greenl remimbianee is'1 h1th shall floil Ish imimuotally after the lpesent stock is decayed and gone. Mrs. Cod'en Care. 1110 I-ANii AND O o N.--A not-P .\NKI.\E.'--I'lhe jXJ'ress having "told its tale" in leItion to this r1ar, birli, ve fetel it mur privile to) be also heard oi this occain. A fairmer re. Sid]ing inl that iunlefinite locality 'out West," says "that the 'hen fever' rages som up that, wa,." and iniquirei, "'No)w whlat d1o, youI thiilk I the varie. ty cailled shanikiphs whsmaim! do'llt helle tleit? I tell my wilt. theyt have 1n llld *it .ll, 1111 wluen tht. lieal is cut Ill tile legs Coinie ighit, I. part! Amk I ihti? Neighbor tnek in ghatin' Swith say.-, the'reIL thle hete est ibings_- I'D h.% I'n airthl, ther sit 11nd1 hay b1oth at ane, I o 't b live : --its con~ry t4, ilarm. 111h!A; tilt: reelnilet a little. as it. wei --Jerts:1eIt h >w ean ti:ey et! M N. jack k liife can sit. as well as thev, cani I tell y!u, Mr. Lilitor, they put' things out' of jntl too, drleadfilly. Whell lhiekill'a'ixs wiegther slatkhtighs hm h wlet. t' ~l Shtfill h1t11w. tile other dAy, olI Kink eielICd to hear the old roster emow the first Iitie, -Ind not klowing alytling abtout tIle ntat ter, s11111inmoned ialf the liands on the; place io come and lielp get the old blind multihe out of the Crib. Old Kink says-iDey dn'iit sit (ii de roost Sallme as oddier cickens do. nob-how, but dev sits straddle ofc dI st, Cause wIly, when ty 'lempt to sit as comillnol cliekets,. de head aitlt heaby 'nufi'for de leg, and diy fills .411 backwards.' Correct phi -ophy tait. 'I hey sit when they cat, i l i1,r I've seen 'mltry to e-Ll. sildigI. bht it was no go, Cor when the ,v ieik t lt a grain of*corn on the r amid, tLey dIon't lilm'n half reach it, but the heads bobs ight between their legs, Makin' t'm tirn a stllmerset. AMy be they're like singe- cats, better'n they lo'ok, aind tiat's b:td eniugh, anlyltow. I'd as S4 1t1See a1 pair of 1.4tn gS Mr Comtipass Cs walking aboulit fite artd as slank highs. And I had like to liave. for gotten to tell yut that. Peter Says 'IDey's big liars. ealuze dev Crows long Y're day.' lut. K-lk says-41'ete don't fleet der legs is so iong, dey see daylight long time 'lre coimn)11. F .NM ANI TIIIUN.-A young man11 hlaving finlished hlis med0(ical studies, appliel ti, t-al old gentleman to kinow whetli her his neighbI .orbuod. wIlid he ain eligible situation for aL phician4. "Why?" replied the old man, "what cal~l N*'o il (.* "Why. I call fe'li a plilse, ani di.. cver1% n who fill u thL disease the ptiieIt is suIjet to I Iere theni Itel mine." said the oI!j 1111111, stretching out his arm. "Yt are troubled with the head albe," said tle y ong physician, alter at very- gracimus looIk. "Neve r had it in my life, sir," said the 441d getntle~ilan. Thlis was a loser. Profound si 1(ence enisued. "I supp~j ose .yoti ink me a fo~ol, said thle p hiysic'ian retiin g. "A h,' lie repiliedi, "'. oui kno14w what I think hut any don't know what I fel." MYerecy. Th'Ie Iirst senltc~e of' death the vanzn. Sov.e reign, Queen V ictoia, w.as re quiiredl to sign~ waVs that of ai so.llier conturnitnd to dleathl for' desert ion. Thew Qlealnreadl it. antd a-ked the ol t his '.otllig' lunan "Not hing," uas th le rep~ly; " he hac thle bravl e vetea C~Iw ho relates thlet tallecdo 'eI, sein g lhenrt .\ljest "4 'sanxietyI, I adt ed, "*li t hoght he is a v.er' . had so/lie, someIL w.itnettSses spokce of hIs character, andt, for auight I know to, lhe on'trIary', he may' lbe Ia goodl mea.* "Oh ! than11k you for that a t houi sandl l times," excla imed the Quleenl; anld htastil y writinig - Pardone I 'I on the liaper', s.he putt it nleross the table, withl her fir hland trembling with emlot iO.-Quceen Victoria, fronm her Birt& to her B~rid~at Great are the use~s of whiskey. Great amid~nanif'cdd tire its ilelssings. Its riches are past comipetitionl. It is, bread to the hun~lgry. It i- raiment tom the naked. It is joy to t: o heavy hearted. It is gold to the peniny less. It feeds the fires ofl the patrioit's heart. It kin dles t he fer'.vor ill religioti. It, ma~ke's mana hiappy u~nder all ir cum-n s' aecs.--Cno Ch i: