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" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspiro our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our DeathB Glorious in thy Just Defonos." NO.8. I Iltldeii. Nay, do not cull ino light and falso, doar fi loud. Ami turn away from ino with cold disdain, Uecauso tho chords you touched with Idlo limul Gave forth no unsworlng strain ; Nor call mo iioUlo whllo I sinllo and jest. Ami look toward tho world with happy oyes ; Why should L swell life's sorrowing Udo With unavailing sighs. Covan 1 1 will lift tho dowers abovomy heart, And show you tho dark gravo ?'vo bid don deep You did not know? Nay, do not uriovo for ino Tim Hmo is past to weep. Aro there not tears onough lu llfo's full cup '.' ls not oneil wind that blows a dlrco of woo? .fbeii let mo lau?h and sing with caroloss mirth, And hide ruy sorrow low. "OUR UNCLE JOE." ..I am not a rich man, Mrs. Ken nington," said Mark Plhilinimon; and I don't pretend to be. I'm only a back country farmer, and my profession that of law-briuga mo but a slender income out there. But I bavo a noblo farm, and a view of tho White Moun tains that no artist can paint. Ano I love your niece, and she has given me reasons to hope that iu timo I eau win her affection; and if you will glvo her to mo 1 will do my boat to make her happy." "Dear me," said Mrs. Kennington; "all this is vor y sudden." Mrs, Kennington, who was tho sister of a rich New Yorker, had an abiding idea that lier nioco Madoliuo ought to marry a rich man. "She's very handsomo," mentally reasoned Mrs. Kennington, "and sho ls accomplished; and she made quite a sensation in society this winter when she was introduced; and if such a girl as this isn't to marry well, then I don't know who is. And tho idea of this farmer fellow coming boro to put in his pretensions, when there are so many eligible young men in socioty." . "Yes," said Mark, quietly. "I sup pose it seems sudden to you. All those things do seem sudden at the last." "I'm sure I don't know what Mr. Vassar, her pa, will say," said Mrs. Kennington, putting her hoad feebly on one sido. "Suppose wo ask him," said valiant Mark. "Oh, you can't" fluttered Mrs. Ken nington. "Ho isn't at home. Ho is in Colorado." "Then wo will write," "But I don't know lils exact post oflico address since ho left Denver," said Mrs. Kennington, ".In that caso," said Mark, "wo must wait." "Yes," said Mrs. Kennington, unde cidedly- 4 'yes, I think you had hotter wait." So Mark Plinlimmon went back to Purple Peak farm with a lock ot rod gold hail o^'SO to his heart, and Made line Vassar roturnod "into society" with a plain gold band on her first finger of her left band, and a dowey tenderness in her hazel-eyes which had never glittered there before Whon Mr. Vassar returned Madeline told him her heart secrot at once, for tho bond ot affection between this father and daughter had always beon very tender and closo. "So you love him, dear?" oald Rufus Vassar. "Oh. yep, papal" 44Enough to give up all tho tllpporles of fashion for his sake?" 41 Yes, papal" uttered tho girl with emphasis. "And become a farmor's wife in tho White Mountains?" "Oh, yes," cried Miuloline, earnest ly. "Papa, may I writo to him to come?" "Not just yet, child," said Mr. Vas sar. "I've got a Uttlo moro business to transact up in Albany bofore I can cor sider myself fairly settled at homo. But at the end of a couplo wooks or so-" "Papa, you are a darling," cried Madoliuo. "Stop, stop, Miss Proclpitancyl" cried Mr. Vassar, "I bavo not promised anything yet, either ono way or tho other." "But you'ro going to, papa-I know you'ro going toi" cried Madelluo, danc ing joyfully about. "We'll seo," cried Mr. Vassar. Tho great wood fires blazed up tho cbminoysof Purple Peak farm, casting a red reflection through tho twilight on tho mountaint road outsido, when a stout, elderly man walkod up to tho door, and knocked resolutely on its panela. "Cnn yon keep mo here all night, young man?" he said. "Mr. lllft, of Portcaater, sont mo hore to have a I powor of attorney drawn out, and I haven't passod any hotels-" "No, I should think not," said Mark Plinltmmon, with a cherry laugh. "Wo don't deal much in hotels along this road. But you aro kindly wolcomo to stay hero as long as you Uko, Mr.- " "Middleworth," said tho stranger, "Rtifus Middloworlh." And he sat down his valise and looked around at tho dark oiled wain scoting, tho ceilings travorsod by mon ter beams, tho lattlcod casoments, tho old oak sottios on each sido of tho blazing logs. "You seem to havo a Ano farm hore, Mr. Plinlimmon," said ho, "and finely kept" "It's not bad," said Mark, carelessly "And overything in roal old English stylo." "Yes," said Mark, "lt belonged to an old Lincolnshire family who took a fancy to settle out hore. They got to dabbling in railroad shares, and failed. Tho daughters went back to their friends in England, such as they had. The father blow his brains out in New York. Tho estato was sold a fore closure. I bought it. There's tho his tory of Purple Peak farm. Madeline Vassar's father sat down on tho old oaken settle, and looked keen ly at tho tall young farmer. How glad ho would have beon if only he could seo into his heart! Por no father will ingly gives tho applo of Ids oyo to a stranger. "His face and mien aro good," he told himself. "I wonder if his nature matches lt. I wonder how I can lind out." One by one tho different members of tho family dropped iii as ho sat talking with Mark Plinlimmon. Old Mrs. Plinlimmon was first-a mild, white haired matron, with soft, wistful-eyes', then a rosy-cheeked braco of nephews. "Their father and mother aro dead," observed Mark, "so I adopted them, and lino fellows they aro." "Not a bad symptom," said Middle worth "Vassar to himself. But of course most people aro good to their own kith and kin." , And then entered a most majestic old man, with long, white hair hang ing over his shoulders, leaning on a cane. "And this," said Mark, is our "Uncle Joe," hastening as ho spoke to sot an easy chair for tho ancient patriarch. "Unelo Joe, this is Mr. Middloworlh, who has como from Porteas ter. I have invited him to stay all night-if you do not object." Uncle Joo wavod his baud like an old prince. "He is wolcomo," ho said; "very welcome, Mark, In fact any friend of yours is welcome io Purple Peak farm." And then ho bogan to warm himself at the blaze and fell into a sort of a reverie, Uncle Joo, whoever ho might bo, was evidently tho person of most considera tion in tho little household. Ho sat at tho head of the littlo table, and said grace before moat; and had tho warmest corner, tho easiest chair, tho most ten dor consideration; and Anally, when ho trudged upstairs to bed, Mark dutiful ly bold tho door opon for him to pass through, and Mr. Midd ie worth asked with some Interest: "Who is that old gentleman? Ho has a very Ano faco. Of course I know that ho ls your uncle-" "No," said Mark Plinlimmon, smil ing; "ho ls not my undo at all. He Is t?o rolatlon in tho world to mo.'' "Then who does he bolong to?" "Ho belongs to nobody. Ho ls a sort of a cousin to Mr. Pendexter? the Englishman who built tho house. He went with tho young women to Lin colnshire, but bo was not welcome thero. Ho was old, you seo, and pen niless, and past work. Ho ho came back hore, and they put him in the work-houso. But I think tho shook and all touched his mind; and ono day we found him hero on tho stops. .! have como home,' he said. Tho work-house authorities sont for bim, but I wouldn't lot him go back. Ho ls vory old, you seo, and very feoble; and perhaps thoy wouldn't bo quite so considerate of bim ns thoy ought. So hore ho remains, fancying that ho is tho raastor of Pur? plo Peak farm, and that we aro his friends and visitors. He Isn't tho loast bit of trouble, bless his kind old soul,'1 Mark added apologetically; "and if it was my father or yours, alone in thc world, don't you see-" "Mr. Plinlimmon, you are right,' shouted Mr. Middloworlh, astonishing tho young man by jumping up, and wringing his hand vohcmontly. "I'm quito satisfied now. I know now." "I beg your pardon," said Mark, ir somo surprise. . About-about the relationship,' said Mr. Mlddleworth. "I confess it puzzled mo a little at first." lie started to return to Now York tho next day; still he did not divulgo his personality. A month subsequently, when Mark carno to the city In rospouso to a joyful lotter from Madeline-, ho was con ducted Into the library, where an older ly gentleman sat. "Hero Is papa, Mark," said Made lino. "How do you do Mr. Mlddloworth?" said tho amazed son-in-law elect. "Mlddloworth Vassar, If you pleaso," saul the old gentleman, with a chuckle, "Aha! My little girl boro, who thinks she knows everything, doesn't know that I wont up to Purple Peak farm to satisfy myself that she had fallen In love with a good and true man. And I did satisfy myself." "JJut you asked no questions, slr," said Mark, still more amazed. "You requested no references." "No," said Mr. Vassar. "But 'Old Uncle doe' settled tho question." Andthon.he explained it all, H always liked Old Uncle Joe," said Mark, pressing Madeline's band. "But now 1 begin to believe he is my rwn/l ornnino >> Aud so lt was tho master of Purple Peak farm won tho Now York heiress. "Madolino has money enough," said her father. "And h or husband has, a heart of ?old. 1 know that when I heard the story of Old Unelo Joo." ST. ST10P1I ION'S SPIKE. How ti Tull Tower Wits Itcpalrod. The tower of tho ancient church of St, Stephen's, Vienna, which is suppos ed to havo been founded in 1144, was greatly injured by an earthquake in 1510, and it was necessary to restore it. In course of time it deviated out of tho perpendicular to a considerable extent, An iron bar was carried through lt as an axis for tho support of tho spiro, willoh, having a considerable tendency to vi brato, might bo considered as an ele ment of destruction rallier than of strength. Consequently, tho thin wall of tho lower portion of the spire was reduced almost to a ruin and at length was In such a dangerous condition as toTcqulro rebuilding. Tho rem?val ol. tho old spiro was commenced in Au-/ c;ust, 1839, and in tho following spring all tho condemned parts had been re moved. Tho modo of construction adopted tn tho restoration was novel and ingenious, tba slight masonry or tho spire hoing supported by means of a framing of vertical Iron ribs, fastened at their lower extremities to a cast iron plato or baso and united to each other at intervals by horizontal rings of rolled iron. These rings aro mado to project from the inner surface, so as to admit of a person ascending with the aid of ladders, to tho top of tho spire. All tho wrought and rolled Iron employed in the construction of this iron skol eton, the weight of which was only 123 hundred weight, was manufactured In tho government works at Nouborg, in Styrla. Tho cast iron plates or rings were furnished from tho govornmont iron works at Mariezoll. In the autumn of 1842, whon the whole of tho masonry ol' tho spiro had beon completed, tho upper portion consisting entirely of iron work, was Axed. This also was attach ed to a strong cast iron circular plate, similar In construction to that below. This portion oe the framing, with tho other iron work employed in tho spiro,1 woighed about oighty hundred weight, so that tho entire weight of iron wa8 between two and three hundred woight. Tho now portion of tho spire was con nected to tho old by moans of an ar rangement of iron anchor fastenings. Tho portion of tho spiro restored, viz. (from tho gallery of tho tower to tho top of tho cross), is about 182 feet high, the cost navlng bcon about 130,000 guidon ($65,000), of which sum 15,000 gulden wero expended in taking down tho old spiro and in construction of tho necessary scaffolding. More Spectacle Wearers Than Ever. Tlie increase in tho number of per sons using glassos is fully 33} per cont, ovor previous periods. 1 speak says a St. Louis dealor to a roportor, from an ox- I porlonco of over thirty years. I attri- ! bute this increase partly to tho prac- i tiso peoplo havo of buying spectacles from dealers who aro unskilled in fit ting them properly to tho oyos of thoso who buy them, and partly to tho falso economy omploycd by many in using spectacles whoso only recommendation is their cheapness. Hore In St. Louis fifteen years ago thoro wero only threo men engaged lu the business of making and soiling optical instruments, and thoso barely mado a living out of it. Now thoro are fifteen in that lino, and ten of them have all thoy can do. A grocor advertised in tho following terso manner, "Hains and cigara, amok? ed and unsinoked." MAKING OP UHAKCOA?i. Origin mu? UH cs of tho Produot, Charcoal is a compound of tho Uus sftih and Anglo-Saxon tongues. "Char" is to burn, or reduco to coal or carbon, and "coal1' is a term roforablo to all black substances. Charcoal moans, lit erally, wood reduced to impuro carbon by expelling tho volatilo mattor. In tho early history of tho n on trade it was an ingredient of tho ?lrsfc importance. Our present name for fossil coal is bor rowed from this material. AVhen made from beech wood it was called "beech coal." Carbonizing wood is very ancient, as it was described in detail in tho works of a G rock author who wrote 300 years ll. C. Pliny reports that at this Mino to make charcoal tho wood was stacked up in pyramids and covered with clay or plaster, which was pierced in various places to allow the smoko lo escapo. '1*110 ancients evidently knew how lo ?rMkb charcoal, and wore familiar with properties and uses. Tho Chinese, \o have singularly porfected many liianchcs of industry, carbonize wood in a subterranean furnace provided with two openings, ono to servo as a chim ney and tho other for ventilation. When tho subterranean furnace is Ulled with wood piled up vertically, it is cov ered with twigs and branches of treen, and lastly earth. It is then ignited at tho openings, and as soon as tho smoke .comes off in sufUeient abundance the valves aro closed so Tar as to leave on ly a very small opening. F Ivo days af ter tho Uro has boon ignited tho smoko commences to clear up, and finally to Docomo perfectly transparent, in proof that the combustion of all tho volatile ingredients of Use wood is complete, When this point is reached every out let is hermetically sealed, and in the course of six days more the contents of tho furnace will bo found to bo suffi ciently cool to admit of tho removal of tho charge Tho Chinese method is ono of extremo Simplicity, and furnishes thirty to thir ^'-HYC per cont, of hard, resonant char (oal, and is a great improvement on tho recesses followed in this country and ?Mrop'\ In tho Eastern States for inoro than ono hundred years the for ests oh tho hillside havo boon despoiled of their trees, and great quantities of charcoal havo boon niado for uso in tho manufacturo of charcoal iron. So much Injury has boon dono to the country by tho ruthless manner in which this work has boen done that it ii a question Whether allot the iron manufactured can compensate for the damage. IC the person who first invented ohnrcoal had dag down into tho bowels of tho earth and brought to light tho coal buried there and had never discovered how to carbonize the wood, it would have been an untold blessing lo the beauty of our forests, irrigation of our soil, and to tho many stories that havo been wovon around tho charcoal camp-of monarchs in disguise, seoking to escapo pursuit; of outlaws tlcoing from tho myrmidons of tho law; of lost huntsmen, abducted children; of gnomes and wood spirits and kobbolde; of hermits and saintey men-affording a confusion of history, superstition and religion, which lends to the depths of the forests a charm pe cnliarly its own. Cha:coal-bu r nora, asa rule, aro a rudo sol everywhere, living, as they do, apatr from tho d W?llings of men, often in hoi ves not niado with hands, out of tho reach of schools. In "olden times" charcoal-burners wero called colliers, an occupation which furnished tho family namo of Collior, Collyer and Colyoar. Some years ago it was discovered that wood charcoal removes oftonsivo smells from animal substances, and counteracts their putrefaction. This property has boen largoly used in dwellings, hospit als, sowers and manufactories. Some gases aro absorbed to a largo oxtont; for example, ono volume of fresh char coal will absorb ninety volumes of am monia, llfty-fivo volumes of sulphuret ed hydrogen, thirty-llyo volumes of car bonic acid, and 1.75 volumes of hydro gen. Charcoal also absorbs a consider able quantity of wator from tho atmos phere. Charcoal is ono of tho most indestruc tible substances in nature which has been known from tho earliest times. Tho Homans charrod tho stako3 which wero used for tho construction of bridg es, and after a lapse of nearly 2,000 years, tho romains of tho woodwork In tho foundation of tho famous brldgo built by Cao3ar over tho Rhino havo boon found to havo beeil perfectly well preserved. Most of tho houses In Von ico stand on pilos of wood which havo all boon previously charred for thoir preservation. Charcoal hoing porfectly non-volatllo and possessing no nfllnlty for any othor olomont at ordinary tomporaturos, forms the most lasting ink posslblo, and na pyrl penned with carbon ink aro as log-.1 iblo and perfect as on tho first day thoy were written. Charcoal is ?Iso a con ductor of electricity, and is thence used to surround tho oarth-tormlnals of light ning conductors. For making char coal crayons tho willow is tho hast wood that can bo omployod, ns it is uni form in its Oexturo and degrees of hard ness and sof tnoss. AV hen charcoal is required for medi cal or chemical purposes it is recalcinod in a close vossol, washed with acids and \valer, and carefully dried and ground. For making gunpowder-charcoal the lighter woods, lice of resin, such as ibo willow, dogwood and alder, answer best, and in their carbonization caro ls taken to let all of the vapors escape Of the different kind of wood, lignum vitae yields the largest quantity of charcoal, Ibo Norway pine tho smallest quantity. Old Shoos Remade. it may bo a surpriso to somo people to learn that tho old shoos cast into tho ash barrel aro liablo to reappear in the boudoir and parlor. A New York re porter who saw a couple of rag pinkers quarrelling overa lot of worn-out and seemingly worthless footgear inter viewed ono of tho chlffonniors, and found that they sold thom to tho manu facturers of wall paper. Ho followed up the clew, and on questioning tho foreman, of ono of these establishments, elieited tho following bits of infor mation. "Wobuy," said tho foronim; "all tho boots and shoos tho scavengers eau bring us. Wo pay different prices for different qualities of loather. A pair ol'lino calfskin boots will bring as high a * ? couts. "We don't buy cowhido boots. Tho boots and shoes aro first soaked in several waters to get tho dirt off them. Thon the nails and threads are remoYod, tho loather ground up into line pulp, and is ready for uso. "Tho embossed leather paperings which havo como into fashion latoly, and stamped leather fire screens, aro really nothing but thick paper covered with a layer of this prossed leather pulp. Tho finer tho leather tho bettor it takos tho bronze and old gold and other ex pensive colors in t ho designs painted on them. Fashionable people think they aro going away back to tho medheval times when they havo tho walls of their libraries and dining rooms covered with this embossed loather ; they don't know that tho shoes and boots which thou* neighbors threw into thc ash barrel a month before form thc beautiful materi al on their walls and on tho screens which protect their oyos from tho fire. "Wo could buy tli?9 crld shoos cheaper if it wero not for the competition from carriage houses and book binders and picture frame makers. I don't know how many other trades uso old shoos and hoots, but the tops of carnagos aro largely made of them, ground up and pressed into shoots. Bookbinders uso them in making tho choaper forms of leather binding, and tho now stylo of leather frames with leather mats in them aro ontirely made of thc castoff covering of our feet. NejsroShii? IOSSIIO-H At Binni fort. A few years ago tho writor had occa sion to pass tho- summer in Beaufort, All around could bo seen houses which gave ev idenco of tho rclhiomont of for mer days. Their former owners, how over, were geno, and in their place Afri ca had established itself. Woods, over ran tho Hewer yards, windows anti doors wero either broken or unhinged, tho walls wero blackonod, lumber par titions wore torn away for firewood, am ruin exlstsd. In ovory room could ht found a whole family of nogroos. Thc visitor would bo at ti I033 to know upor what thoso people subsisted. The) workod bu!; littlo, and nothing was in store. An evening on tho beach ox plained tho problem. At about 5 o'clocl^ tho black mass bogan to assemble From houses, from among tho forcsl inland, along tho roads-in fact, fron tho whole landward view negroos ol all sorts and sizes could bo soon flocking to tho water's edgo, whore thoy gatheroil up tho shollflsh, &e, such as wero ii season, This scono, day in and day out could bo wltnessod, tho only chango bo lng from ono kind of fish to another, or from tho wator's edgo to tho wooda or Holds, according as fish or borrlos 01 other products of nature woro most easi ly obtained. The absoluto rebaneo upon naturoand failure to work for a living was tho first indication o? a r Japso in? to barbarism, ltocontovonts show that but littlo improvements had boon made, Thoy huddle togother, and aro never moro united thou when .shielding some criminal from arrest. If the way to heaven bo narrow, i\ is not long; nnd if the gate bo straight it opons into endless Ufo. ON SHOUT NOTICIO. A : :.-ft An Kvory-Dny Incident Given a Oood Wlfo to tv Genoi'ous Unsound. Soven out of ton pcoplo Nvould turn around and look at lum, while not ene in twenty would have given hor a sec ond glance. Ho was a great big fel low, moro titan six feet, with massivo shoulders; a woll-set head,' dud eyes that took in every thing at a glance. His dress alone betrayed his rusticity. Tho flannel shirt, soft hat and heavy boots all bespoke tho country. . It could bo seen at a glance til ii I sue : was a poor shop girl or a seamstress. Her faded dross and colorless shawl, tho slow, tired stop, tho weary, worn-out look in her great, dark eyes, all bespoke hope less poverty, and as sho walk?d along among tho crowd .of elegantly dressed women there scorned to follow her an atmosphere of want and misery. Tho man stood at tho cqrnerjof Stato and "Washington streets, Chicago, and was busy watching a big team of gray horses that woro pulling a massive ex press wagon. As tlio team passed down Stato street ho leaned listlessly against tho lamp-post and gave his attention to the big policeman who slopped teams and cars and condescendingly escorted pretty women across tho street. Stand ing there and partly lost in thought ho heard a loud warning cry and turned to see a girl stumbling frantically on tho freshly-watered street in her effort to cross closo in front of an approaching carriage. It did not take him live sec onds to grasp the bits of tlio excited horses, and having forced thom back, to raise tlio half-fanthig girl. Tender ly, courteously and willi tho gentleness of tho strong man ho half led, half car ried her to tho sido walk. There ho was seen lo bend over her, and tito words sho spoko brought a bright flush to his faco and an incredulous look in his eyes. Then "they disappeared down the steps of a basement, and an hour later wero still there talking earnestly. Hut her faco had lighted up and sho would scarcely havo boen recognized as tho pale, wan woman of two honre be fore. His face evinced only sincero ap preciation, with now and then a shadow of regret. In about an hour thoy em orged from tho restaurant and slowly walked down Stato street. AV hat had they found to talk about all that time? "What would bo tho result of an ac quaintance so strangely begun? Tho answer was given a few hours later. At tho Union dopot stood the couple talking calmly and contentedly. The neat newsachel; tlio little trunk some what worse for wear, but stoutly cord ed; t}Ue bright appearance of tho girl; tho n??nTs ?ir of proud possession, all told the story that inquiry confirmed. Thoy wero married. Tho courtship had been brief, but singlo lifo had littlo attraction for either; and, after all, why should they not caro for each other? It was a dainty losson in love, despito the poverty of surroundings. How Avago Measured tho PoWer of Steam. TIic experiments which wore entered upon for tho purpose of measuring tho force of tho vapor of water wore very Important and vory dangerous; import ant because tho safo working of steam engines was dependent upon correct measurements of tho force, and {localise all tho properties of heat had to be pass ' cd in roviovt ; and dangerous because they "imposed tho task of confronting tho unknown caprices of a formidable force. Thero wore but two mon to ac cept it anti conduct it to success : I Arago, who never shrank from a duty, and Dulong, already maimed by an ex \ plosion, whoso previous studies had ad i miritbly propared him for the new j work." A rudo manomotor was ex j temporized, and a boiler, far less ? staunch than tho steam-boilers ol' to? , day, was set up, in which water was heated till tho pressure was twonty "" seven atmospheres. "They could not . go further. At this ox tremo point lt leaked at all tho joints, and tho steam ? escaped through the Assures with a his . sing that was of bad omen. But tho i observers, though awaro of tho danger, , silent and resigned, finished without ac ! cldent tho measurements willoh thoy j had begun." Tolling M. Jamiri tho story, which was written but as abovo ] from his dictation, Anigo ta?d: "Only ono being of our company preserved his j serenity aud slopt; it was Dttlong's dog; . thoy called him Omicron." O rout Sourooa ol' Wealth., \ Tho silver mines of Mexico ox tend from tho Siorra Madre in Sonora, near tho northorn border, to tho gold doposlts in Oaxaca, in tho oxtromo South. A con tintions voln travorsos nd less than soven , tcon states and sinco the day of its dls ' co very has yieldod moro than 51,000, 000,000. Yet thoso gr?at ' som'cos of ; wealth aro estimated;to,bo not moro \ than ono por cont of tho undeveloped and undiscovered whole. ..'!<t (li vet ti? X'ttvvi. <nf? lioiidw .*oi h ?? ;? > A?i i i i f,v >}'.*/ b-'ulil/ntii