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TR-EEL beTIN _INB ____ C, SELetaibR ONLY. Only a baby, you can't but kivs; Only a c&Ud. mother would miss. Only a boy, and just what he seems, Only a youth, Itying In dream&. Only a man brave and true t Only a father. with feeling so now. Only a grandpa waiting for rest ; Only a inound, by dewdropn caresseJ. A Woman's Sacrifice. "You might do better, John." Mrs. Williams spoke fretfully, as if the news told to her by her only son was not pleasant for her to hear. "Better, motherl" What a ringing clear voice it was. So strong and hearty, as if to match the tall, stalwart figure; the bright brown 'eyes und handsome, sunny face of John Wil liams. "Better I" And now a hearty laugh rang out. As if there lived a better woman than Hannah Coyle I" "But John, she is only a shop girl." She won't be a shop girl when she is my wife. I am not a rich man, but my salary will make a comfortable home for all of us. "She will turn me out of doors like en ough." "Mother," cried John with a quiver of anger running through the surprised re ioach of his voice, "you should know Hun nah Coyle better than that." Mrs. William's conscience gave her a sharp twinge, for she did know Hannah better than to think she would debrive a crippled old woman of her only home. But Mrs. Williams, like many a fond inother, had nursed such high hopes for the future matrimonial prospects of her boy, that she felt only a rude shock of dis appolitment when he told her of his en gagenent. "urely," she mused, afterJohn had left her for his daily routine of duty, "surely John might aspire to something higher than a mere shop girl. He was well educated, well connected, and occupied a responsible position. Just one week later Hannah Coyle came to the house, where she was to have had grudging welcome as its miatress, and en tering softly went to the crippled wonian's chair. Crouched down among the cushions seeming to have shrunk to less than her act ial size in her misery, was the fond, proud intAher, her frame shivering in convulsive agony, her words always the same. "Oh, John, my son, my good son i Oi, Heavemly Father, let me die P" She had been all one long night so imoan ing, so sobbing, utterly desolate, utterly alone. The son she idolized, die trusted clerk, the fond, proud lover, was lying in a cell, walting'a trial for forgery. He had been arrested for passing a forged check, taken in the very act of attempting to cash it at the bank. The story be told of its possession was so Improbable that it still further injured him, and gave personal revenge an additional motive for his punishment. He said that Gerald Somers, the son of one of the part - ners of the firm, had sent huni to the bank with the check. It scarcely needed the young man's in dignant denial to contradict this stoiy. A friend in the same employ had gone to the mother and told the news as kindly and gently as possible. A fierce anger and stout pride had kept the old lady up during thut trylUg inter view, but once she was alone, she ciouchied in the cushions 'of her chair and moaned out in the titter nfiqery of liar heart. There was no strdg.arm to lilt her to her own room that night. \ There was no hearty, reiging voice to bid her good-morning. still the feeble voice, freighted with its burden ot anguish, moaned its sad refrain, when the door opened and lHannah Coyle caime in. No friend had broken the news gently to the young girl. But the shock camne rudely on her from the columns of the daily paper. It was not in one hsourr or two, that, she could conquer b,er own grief so as to leave the house. But when the first battle was over'in her heavt, she went at once where she knew John would have her go. So when, faint with her long night of misery, the mother lay moaning, a kind hand was placed upon her shoulder, and a voice clear and strong, but sweet with wo manly teinderness, spoke the decarest wordl on earth: "Mother !" She looked up with haggard, bloodshot eyes, and saw b)endling over her a face that love, pity, and deep, mnutterable tenderness had transformed into positive beauty. "Mother," the sweet, clear voice said, "this Is not what John would wvish." Thue mother's tears, the first she had shed, flowed fast at the souind of her son's niame. "Oh, Hannah I" she said, "you do not believe John is guilty ?" '-John guilty ?" the girl cried, her voice ringing like a trumpet call, her eyes flash ing, and her cheeks growing crimson, "Mother, how can you put the words to gether? You know-I know that lie is in 'nocent." "Bunt lie is in prison. IIe will be tri'ed I" This was the first conversation that drew the hearts of the two women togethier, bu the bond that knit them during the months that followed was that of suffering ant sor row, that would have torn the heart of'the uman whomi they loved and trusted during his darkest hours. For the trial onily separated them more surely and terribly. Trwelve mntelligetit men, after hearing all lie evidence, pronounced a verdact of guil ty, and John Wililams was sentoecd for ten years. It is not, in the power of our pen to de scribe the dlesolate home to whieh this inews was carried. Th'ey never doubted hum, even in the face of all the overwhelming evidence thia I. ad contlomned himii, but, Heaven seemed to have dieserted thenm when they knew the result of the trial. Hannah Coyle was not pretty. 11cr fea tures were plain, her eyes soft brown, and she had a sweet mouth, that couldl smile bravely e.nd light her face for the invalid's eyes in theIr darkest hours, lBut she hind one great beauty in long, heavy masses of hair, of a rich dlark brown, and of whieh she was fond and proud because John ad pirod it. "It is my only beauty," she would say, when old Mrs. Williais exclaimed at itq profusion, "and I must keep it glossy and pretty for John's sake. He must find his wife unaltered waiting for him when he comes home." This was before the crushing verdict that ended the young clerk's trial. Fortunately the old lady owned the little home In which she lived, her sole legacy from her dead husband; but ad the weary ionths crept slowly along, poverty showed its ugly face In the humble home. lannah worked faithfully at her old post until Mrs. Williams was taken very ill. Sorrow and anxiety began to have physt. cal as well as mental effect, and the mothei bowed down, aged more in one year ol separation from her son than she had evei been in ten of their loving companion ship. It was impossible to leave her alone, and the situation was resigned. Nearer and nearer crept the gaunt woli poverty. Little ai ticles of furniture that could b spared were sold; little comforts were de. nied; extra hours were given to the poorly paid sewing that replaced Hannah's work, and yet actual hunger was staring them tr the face. Nearly two years had John Williai slept in a convict's cell, when one morning Hannah Coyle, leaving her sif-inposed charge sleeping, went to one of the fash ionable hairdressers. "I have conic to sell my hair," choklup back her tea's, and thinking-' 'it will gro% out again before John comes home." The proprietor led her to the hair-dress. ing-ronom, and hid his amazement at th( supurb profusion under a hard, half-con. temptuous smile. When left, only three shillings had been paid her for her closely cropped head; yel that would keep life a little longer in the feeble frame of John's mother and Hannalh wits thankful. I She was rapidly walking home, when she was attracted for a moment by a crowd and her feet seemed paralyzed as she heard a man say: -I saw his face. It to Oerald Somers.' '"18 lie much hurt?" "Fatally, I should say. One of the horseg put his foot on his breast." "Gerald Sommersi Fatally injured ?" Hannah never paused to contenplaut pos8ibilities." She torced her way thnugh the crowd into the room where the young man lay waiting for death. "You cannot go in." "I must go in," she said. "It is a mat ter of life and death. I nuist, see him be. fore he (lies." Somethig in the white earnes face moved the man's heart and he opened thc door. On a sofa, covered with a sheet, lay the handsome, dissipated son of the merchant prince. Kneelhng beside him was Ihe father, and the physician stood at the head of th couch. They had thought consclousness dead, when a clear voice spoke the dying man'i name. "Gerald Somers." lie opened his eyes wildly, and the cleat voice spoke again In words of most soleinu import. "As you hope for mercy in the next world tell the truth of John William's in. hocence." He gasped convulsively, while his father looked inquiringly at the intruder. "John Wililams," the dying voice said feebly, "was innocent. I did give him the check, as he said. I wrote the signa. ture." "Gerald i" cried the father, "is this true I" '"It is true, as I hope for God's mercy. There was a moment of silence, and ithen the 01(1 nman turned to Hannah. "Who are you t" "Jolin Williamn's promisedi wife. "Go. I will do him justice. Lea.ve me~ with my son." She bowed her head, and went Elowly from the presence of the (dying. James Somers kept his word. ile was an up)rhght man, and sacrificed the name of the dead to right that of the living. He would not take John back. The sight of is face was too exquisitely painful, but lie p)aid him his full salary fom the tine of his absence, and found him a lucrative p)ositionl. It was the day of the home-coming.. Mrs. Willims in her own chair was smil ing upon John as lie caressed Hlannah'i cropiped hair. Very grave and pale his sunny fact had become, but lie smiled as his mothie. saidI: "It was for me, John, she sacrificed he1 splendlid hair. I can never toll you al she sacriiced for me, but that speaks fo: itself." Clasping Hannah in a close embrace he asked : 'Do you think now, mother, I mIght d< better" "Not if you could marry an Empress." She thinks so still, and John agrees widh her, though lie has been married four yoars and Hannah's hair is as superb as ever. Umbhreia Dignity Ini Bvrmnah the umbrella has deep an< secret mening to convey what is as dtouble Duitoh at first to lime foreignersa eye. It is thi necessary finish to the out, of door toilet o the Peguan or lhurmese fasbinable, but I is much more. It has very delicate dutice to perform which could not so well be ai loted in Burmah to iany other instrument Gold or glded umbrellas, which in the piovinces may lbe carried by any body, arn reserved in the capital for princes ot thm blood alone; and red umbrellas are affecte< by the grandee of Burmese society as bing1 tIhe miost gaud(l appearance, $tiquett< hias also tixeti the exact, numbler of umbIrel. las that B3urmnese nobles may (display whem they approach the ''lord of the goldem palace;" and it hias nowv been settled beyonm pcssibihlity of dlispute that no one but thm Ein-she..Men, or heir apparent is entitle< to have borne over his litter t,he full cfomf plemnent of eight golden ummbrellar. T<' carry a letter undier a golden umibrelia is t< accordl to it royal honors ini Burmash. Ehgh golden umbrellas are properly carried ove a kiing's letter; andi when thme Bulrmesa authorities woukt not permiit the uiabrelha to bes carried over a governor-general' letter, according to customn, Major Phiayre En,mvoy to iBurmahi, in 1858', insiured upoi the Union Jack being waved over it on it way from the riancy t'. time nalacn. Tito Gypsy at Rome. ln Hungary, the Gypsy is to be seen in . the purest type, strongly resembling the te mulatto, except that the eye is generally re more liquid, like that of the Spanish or to Italian races As a rule, the men are flder 1H looking than the women, their picturesque th costume, gold ear-rings and long curls ad- ki ding greatly to their good looks. Once di in a while, however, one sees among the th young girls a real Eastern beauty, who th might serve for a model of Cleopatra, but pr usually their principal attraction lies in gi their peculiar dress-a bright handkerchief th wound around the blackest of luxuriant ta hair in fantastic fashion,fstened with gold UI pIDs, dangling ornamens, and sometimes Ja a bunch of flowers. w Many of the gypsies have beautiful Ov houses and extensive estates in bleben- be burgen; are rich not only in money and hiI lands, but possess treasures in plate and f rare old furniture,for which they may well IN be envied. Notwitis.anding these attrac. w tions at home to induce them to lead domes- H: tic lives, this race, upon whom the curse of 80 disquietude seems to rest, can only enjoy lo their homes for short periods. After a few h<i months of ease and luxury,even the wealth- to lest among them leave civilized life, and join wandering bandt to go off for months hi of travel, without any apparent aim except th the Tulfillment of that destiny which has to made them wanderers on the face of the ca earth. , oib The whole world seems arrayed against 814 them, and, except in their own little col- di ony, they are only allowed to dwell with their fellow-beings for a few days at a time. bO Even this short intercourse is granted by a aI special written permission from the chief re of police, without which no gypsy can a enter or remain over night in any village. dr They are obliged, however, to serve in of the army, but are disliked and mistrusted hi by both comrades and officers for their dis honesty and insincerity. Several oillcers qu in the Austrian army, who have had them w( under command, told us that the Zigeuners bb made very poor soldiers, insubordinate,and deserters whenever the chance offered, al though cringing to the last degree when in the presence of their superior offlecers. "We can always detect a gypsy in the cc ranks," said Major is , "by the ser- tIf vility of his salute." Yet among them. ot selves they are brave and law-abiding,hav- lox lug generally a male leader to each band or tw tribe. As far as we could learn, the bi "gypsy queen" is a theatrical creation; but 01 the wives and daughters of the leaders are Ol held in high esteem, as are also the decend- sh ants of their ancient chiefs. There is a pride and independence about them that would lead us to believe that they had their origin in ancient royalty. 1la Baron X- , wishing to get rid ot a a band which had encamped on his grounds, offered them money to "move on," which a the leader indignantly refused, saying: "I don't want your money; my estate in Siebenburgen would buy yours out a dozen timesa" th4 The baron told us he had no doubt that the man's statement waa true, for, when on the road, rich and poor meet on an equality, living the same simple camp w life. ce They travel in comfortable caravans, w varying in style, according to the owner's E means, from the canvas-covered wagon, th or such a one as that In which Mignon is introduced to her audience, to quite a nice cottage on wheels. They generally select wl a resting place either in the woods or th groves near some town, or by the margiu ] of some retired lake or river, buying what- th ever provisions they cannot beg or steal. The time of encampment is spent in of trading horses, repairing or making tin- " ware, and giving alfresco entertainuents, w consisting of music, dancing, and fortune telling. If a gypsy comes to your house inquiring If your tins need mending, you may as well yield up some article at once, for lhe will not leave until lie has obtained te a job, frequently pushing his way into the kitchen if refused, and carrying off a pan lo or boiler by force, lie will return it in ast few days, repaired and burnished uip eqial re to newv, but demanding double its orginal er' p)rice for his labor, It is in vain to remind iV him that he did the work against your will, h and that his price is exorbitant; lie will only assure you, with the utmost coolness,cl that the article Is much better now thantl when it was new, and repeat his demand as for pay. 8o feared is the Zigeuner'sdisplea- ta sure that few peop)le have the temerity to 0 argue the point, and his request is usually to complied with, however exorbitant. ni bi Utii,son's Fine, Ii' John Hiobson was hugging the lee side of of a King street alley, New York, to keep out in of the rain, when a policeman came along and invited him to stroll over to the station P house. John did not care to go, but he was A finally piersuaded. lie was traveling inicog., at though, he wanted them all to know whenw they tried to register him, so they had to I idientify him by a grocer's bill and an invi- E tation to a Rhode Island clambake, which constituted his effects. Ten dollars was li the fine imposed when lhe was arraigned in the police court, and Mrs. Hiobson was very b mnad over it when she caime up to settle for her captive spouse. ''L like to see justice done right up to theh handle,'' she observed. "But you ain't goin' to stick the Hobson family for no ten s diollar note because the ole man miade a foolti of hiisself. 'There's law ini this country, and hi I'm goin' to see what the Supreme Court'Jl ai say to this." s -Ihis Honor kept mute, and vacantly eyed & I a paper weighmt. El "I ain't goin' to be bluffed cither by no blue coats and brass buttons. I know what' a right, and id~ not be treated so If I have tou go to Washington to square myself " Is hionor lifted his eyes to a last year's calendar. "Ten dollarsl G oodl lands To thmnk o' the like. You believe you can impose oni a woman, hut Matilda Smith 1-bson 's not the kind to stand extortion. D'ye hear 1'' is Hionor took up time ten.-day commit ment'and dipped his pen to sign it. t "This is a free country and we won't. hr I stand no0 tyranny. D)o you take trade dto!- al lars?" i H Is Honor began to write. TI " 'I'll see if the Mayor hasn't a hand in tl running thi stown, and if you swindle poor Vn > people tis wamy. Th'lere's a five, a two and tI three ones. That's right, ain't it ? Send 11 time old manm out if lhe's sobered up). I'm not ji the womian to stand impos'4ton, I can tell at you." I And Hiobson's fine was marked paid as al she buistied to the door. TF TIUKeng have bee ra many fal..s urs tis year, anld the rush to Euop n atherefore correspondingly large. 1 They Ussed the B3)Y After AU Jack was not a bad boy, but he was rribly mischievous and his parents C ally felt relief at the thought that he was r start for boarding school the next day. a Is father, thought of it when he found d at Jack had used his razor to whittle a a le-stick. He thought so again when he r scovered that Jack's ball had gone I rough the parlor window. Jack's mother a ought so when she found muddy foot- I Ints all over the psrlor carpet and a a eat scar on the piano leg. They both C ought so when their chat at the supper t ble was Interrupted by whistling and the ' isetting of the milk pitcher.and they told ' ek so, when, after having driven almost " Ild Is father, who was trying to read the b cuing newspaper, by getting up a fight 1 tween the dog and cat, he sat down on t] a mother's new bonnIt-#e had just been t4 Ing and utterly ruinld it. Early the xt morning J.ack was packed off. Oh I imt a relive from noise and trouble It was. is father's razor remains undisturbed, no und of breaking glass was heard,the par r carpet was unstained by mud. But some >w the house didn't seem very cheerful a its occupants. It was a long day. t] Tea was served. There was no whist- ' ig and upsetting of disheR to interrupt D conversation, but the talk didn't seem t run so smoothly after all. And when it r me to reading the evening newspaperand a Ing up anotner bonnet, the dog and cat d pt serenely on the hearty-rug, and no r iturbance interrup'ed the proceedings. ti That's the difference between having a t y in the house and having him away, d the gentlemaii put down his paper and I marked as much to is wife, when noticed e quivering about her mouth and two big r Dps on her cheeks, and there was a kind s mistiness about his eyes that bothered 8l n about seeing. & "1es," she answered; it- nice--and P let, uh, uh, ou, u-u!" andl he got up an 9 mnt to the winIow and looked out and C )w his nose for twelve minutes steadily. 1 Silly Impertience of an Irate Earl a Out of the giving of one of the mosb suc. t] isful and recherche balls of the season h ,re arose an unpleasant incident. Anong h ,ere guests the hostess invited a noblo d d of sporting proclivities and literarV t] ites. le thanked her for the invitation, 0 t, pleading that his dancing clays were 1 or, lie wrote her that if she would ask 11 a daughter, Lady -, In his place ho A ,iuld esteem it a kindness. To tais the h1 ly replied that as there were many r ughters of her personal acquaintances el toni she was obliged to omit from her 11 t, she regretted that she could not invito t] laughter whom she did not know. The b rl, for such he was,swiftly retorted with h iote to this effect: "Dear Mis.-: As I amnot accustom- t to being refused, I beg you to eraso 1 n the visiting list of Mrs.--,nec --, a rame of the Earl of-- and -. r, mrs to command, 11 4- A ND- ," P The tady took th Nta to her husband, v io, indignant at the affront which he 1 naidered had been put upon his wife, b ot e and demanded an apology from the irl. The Earl declined to apologize. The sband thereupon threatened to publish D Earl's letter. The Earl forbade his do- d , so, adding that it was scarcely worth 1 ile to trouble the papers, since probably a ore was not one person in ten thousand i io would ctoss the road to see either of 1 am hanged g Thus the matter stands, and the friends each party are discussing with some an- ia ation the question, "Who was im the i -ong?' it Tiset i Bolur,ado. Thie first settlers of Boulder, say a wri ironm that pla1cc, camne hero in 1858B. In 11 159 quite a number camne, and some sixty 5 v houses wore erected before 1860 e t'ped in. Of these log houses but few i nain. ChrIstmas, 1859, saw a jovial a wd of dancers in one of these houses, ndowleas, we believe, atihe time. Thie Il rdly pioneers went, after fun and had it. v the night in question, about two hun- tl ed sons of toil and seekers of gold and c eir fortunes, and seventeen ladies, had embled at the above-named place to par- d kce of a frontier teirp)sichoreau. Mainus r< Smith was then one of the beaux of wn, and lis dress suit consisted of pants n ade out of seamless sacks, and coloredb uo by the aid of logwood, A lady now fi ring in town had an elegant dress made e it of flour sacks, also colored by the aid a1 iogwood. There were few whits shirts i the neighiborhiood then, most of the oneers wearing woolen or flannel ones. tl man with a white shirt ont was in style tl id could dance with his coat off; a man a ithout any would wear a coat buttoned fi to the neck. Coats for dancing pur tees did not sent to be any too numer is, consequently the pioneers helpedd chi other out For instance, Alf. Nichols 1 id six white shirts which were all at that g til and the coats of these six white-shIrt fellows wenit to cover the backs of sonme is else. When one fellow hadic a danicer would loan his coat to another, and en his turn would come, and so the whitea h te and long coats were dancing all ght, and wentt around among the two mndred men. There were no wall flowers ~ nong tihe seventeen ladies. lhnt they a y time supper for the occasion was a and affair; wash-boilers full of coffee, , eat hunks of black-tailed deer, jack-rab to, fish, game and delicacies brotughtr omt the btates in cans, all went to make > a glorn ous suphper--one that thme par kers would like: to see repeated. There ay not have been much style, but th'e amless sacks and flour bags saw as much urle enljoymlent as does the finest and mtdhest attire A "'-do., Efow Towner Oi.ught a he,, One day our dog Towser was a lyin' in I Ie ann trine to sleep, but the thea wats thatt id lhe coulidn't cos he had( to catch 'emi, I id bime by a heeh lit ou his head and was orking about like the dtog was his'n. I ow,er lie held his hecad stIll, and when I .0 bee was olose to htis nose, Towser I inked at hira like lie :ed. y'ou see what Is buffer is doin, lie thinks lim a lily-of c-valley which isn't opened yet, but you I st wait till I blossom and you will see I me fun, and sure enut Towoer opened hIs outti very slow so as not to iritten the bee, id the bee went into Towser's mouth. I bent Toweer shet his eyes and his mouthit o, and had begun to make a peaceful oils wengthe bee stung him, and you < iver sea Milly-of-tho-valley ack so in your Eaton by nountain Lions. On or about the 1st of July two prospect rs completed their outtit at Pitkin, Colo ado,and departed in search of pay dust at aleable holes. They traveled on for son ays, and stopped only for a few hours nom nd then to examine the deceptive rock tha me,before then on both sides. They a ist reached a smnall valley in the mountain ad were passing through it, when sudden r a number of mountain lions made theli ppearance and started Inuediately foi lieir prey. One of the mon made an effor ) repel the attack of the hideous beasts, ,hllo the othersought protection in his legs, ud, running to a projecting rock on thi iountaini side, was enabled to see the terri le encounter between his comrade and tht one. They were in bloody battle, whil ie shining claws of t he beasts were seci ) combine and strip the flesh from the nmat rho wq8 battling with the stock of his gun, 'he coward, who unfortunately lived t( 311 his story, says that suddenly the pro pector was on the ground and that his en. iged adversaries were devouring him. 'hinking that possibly one man would nol ppeade their appetites, the looker-or iought it about time to leave and so has, med away. lie was now without any reapon against the invasion of hunger oi io chill mountain weather, and his only course froin inevitable death was to reach camp. To return through the valley h ared not, and by making a circuitout 'lute he trusted that lie would strike m all. lie started on, however, and wanted > reach the trail before night was there tc uad him astray with her myriads of star ghts. This was where lie committed hi rror, for he wandered from the right di action, aud wearied and discouraged, h kt down and built a fire. The light caine tc iccor him, but now hunger advanced, and )oa visions of a comfortable cabin and lenty of food 0anced before himn, as i loating upon is misery. ie did not sae. aed in findiigie trail that day. and wheti ightfall catne he ate a few pline burrs and ild down exposed to the elements again 'his continued for eight days and nights, ud at last he accidentally discovered a rail. Ile reached this, and when lie si oui ave been overjoyed at lils prospects, all ope seemed to desert, him and lie laid own, not caring what came. He remaiined iere some hours probably, when a party f prospectors came along, and found hini Imost unconsciouus. They administered a ttkt brandy and succeeded in reviving him, Sn.e it was prepared, but his itoiaci, that ad been denied food f:>r so many days, ifused to retain it. He was taken up iti rapped upon a horse, being unable to keel, is seat without it, and the narrow condi. on of the trail prevented them from riuing aide and supporting him. The reporter't iformants miet hei party with the mnai Liortly afterward,and, halting them, elieitet Lie above, but neglected to ascertain t.h< ames of the unfortunate prospectors. 'h' ian with his days of starvation was almosl 3duced into nothingness, while his fissurec ps and cheek-bones that appealed for alt resented a rovoiting picture. The nut rill, no doubt, follow hill friend into eter ity, but li a way not so tragic and horri le. Cautioka iIn EAtiKa 1. Of course don't cat too much. Thm igestive fluids are limited in quantity Liti above enough Is undigested, irritatinj ad weakening the system, and often eaua ig paralysis of the brain by drawing ot lie nervous force more rapidly tain it li enerated. - 2. Don't eat between meals; the stom chi must rest. or it will sooner or latei reak down. Even the heart has to resi etween the beats. 8. Don't cat a full meal when exhaust d. The stomach is as exhausted as thi est of the body. 4. Don't take lunch at noon and eal earWly a~ night. Th'le whole digestiv< ystem niee< s to share in the rest amid re uplerationm of sleep. Besides the tendency to put a full meal into a weakened stomn ch. 5n. D)on't substitute stiimulus for food ke fmany wonmen who (10 half ia dayn pork on strong coffee or tea. As well, ni mo case of a horse substitute the whip foi ats. Ii. Don't have a daily moniotony ol ishes. Variety is necessary for relish, ammd dlish is necessary to good dIigestion. '1. Don't eat blindly. Th'lere can be othing in time body-muscles, nmemubrumes, ones, nerve, b>rain--which Is not in oum >od. One article furnishes one or amoe leimente, and another othmer.. We could tarve on flues flour. Some articles (10 nol ourish, only warm. 8. Eat accorinig to tIme season-one. Enrdt less in sumimer than in wite'. In me latter, fat meat, sugar and starch are pproprlate, as beimg hent-miakers; In the rmer, milk, vegetablea, and every variety f ripe fruit. 9. Eat with cheer. Cheer prmomotei igestion ; care, fret, anid p)asshin airiest it. .ively chat, racy aniecdhotes, andi innocen ossip are better than Ilalford sauce. lnt, m(4ne4 Jar. (lather your rose leaves in (ry weather amiove the petale, andl when a half peCk i btained take a large bowl and strew tabl< alt on the bottom; then three handfuls o1 eaves, and repent until all the leaves arn tsed, covering the top with salt. Let thiu emain flve days, stirring and turming twicm , ay, wheii they should appear moist. Ad( hmace Ouncces of braised or c;arsely po0w leredi allspice; em ouinoe cinnamon stici ruised, which foriis thme stock. Allow t< cimain a week, turning daily from t,op t< ottoum, Put Into a permanent jar one nmmce allspice and adding the stock, layec ny layer, sprinkle between the layers the ollowing mixture: One ounce each clovei nd clinnamon, two nutmegs, allicoarselj mowdered ; some ginger root, sliced thin anlf an ounce of aniseed, bruised; teu ~rains lineal amusk; half pound of fresl Iried lavender flowers; two ounces of pow lered or fiuely sliced orris root, and essel nal oils and lbitum ; also add flne colognes -ose or orange flower water, oramige an< emon peel. Freshly-.da led violets, tuba oses, clove pinks or other highly scentes lowers should be added each yea a season. Fine extracts of any kind wil nhance the fragranit, odtor, while fresh roe caves, salt and allspice, made as at: first nust be added when convenient in the rosi cason. S~hake and stir the jar once o wice a week and open only during use l'ho delIghtful effect produced throughou lie dweiding by the daIly use of these jar s not as universally known as it should bl or apartments rendered unpleasant by th dors arIimg from the kitchen. Noxiou ~ases may be dissipated by'thme frequen se of the "rose Jar. Three Wonderfiul Doge. There are three very smart dogs i Brooklyn. The first of these dogs is Jerri and Jerry is the property of a fire engh company. His duties are supposed to b' or originally were, by barking, to help ti firemen hurry the horses from their eta] to the engine, when the bell rings for fir for horses and engine are in the same roon but ago has begun to tell upon him, and I is n't kept as strictly to work as In I younger days. Hesides, the horses are i well trained as not to need urging or a Histance, front men or dogs, in taking the places at the pole. Jerry's funny trait is begging. How i came to take to begging, no one knowe but one (lay, some ten years ago, it wi discovered that Jerry treated the mea served him at the engine-house with coi siderable indifference, and subsequently ti secret leaked out, lhen he was found paj Ing visits at certain hours to fine mansiot in the, vicinity. In soie way, best know to himself, Jerry had established a regult food route, and to this day (unless lie hi died within a few weeks) Jerry, %bot eight a. in., walks out of the engine-hous and begins his cold victual tramp froi house to house, sure of being well receive and well entertained by his patrons. Bc Jerry is always ready for duty, and let ti fire-bell ring in the neighboring tower, an oft lie speeds, like an arrow, for the engm< house. Once I met him at a distance froi the engine-houso when the bell rang. It atnctively he knew lie could not get bac in time to go with the horses, so lie begat leaping up until strangers must haf thought him gone mad. buddenly, ove the heads of the people in the street, h caught sight of what lie wanted-the ca of a fireman-and then, with a fearful yell sp ed down the street, and following tht fireman, was Ia a few minutes at the poi of dtiy. Jerry is a tawny-colored animal part shepherd-dog an(1 )art, spaniel, so th lie lis good blood in his vem. Dot nutber tw. ii a beautid sky( terr, r ow. o: by 1) . J., of the II g ts, aun is as well known in that, part of the city a his skillful master, since the doctor's ca riage is rarely seen without, having Jac perched on the seat, between the doctc and coachman. Indeed, Jack is such licensed chanicter that he insists ulpou haN Ing his ride, and the moment the carriag is at the door, jumps Into it and on the sei without asking any questions. Dr. J. Iu occasionally succeeded in leaving his canin friend it home, but Jack, bound not to b cheated out of his ride, has on several c these occasions managed to escape froi the house, aid then has very saucil jumiped Into the first doctor's carriage thie has come along, and insisted upon beti accoiiodited, even by growling and aho% ing his teeth. Jack has been taught t take a penny in his mouth every morning and go to the butcher's and buy his ow breakfast. Not long ago the butcher, t try Jack's vatience, pretended not to se bin, and even disregarded his short, plead Ing barks. Suddenly the butcher misse the (og, and, at the same time, a fin chicken, ai looking out of the door, sai Jack running for dear life, with the fowl I his motith. The butcher presented ti doctor with ia bill for the chicken, whic the doctor paid, thinking tho joke a goo on, though, to imly 11111, the buteil would have been served just rig:ht had h not gotten lils money-for it was a mea thing to tease the dog. The third dog is I lie property of a lady and a great, uingainly-lookiiig fellow lie a But lie is an excellent watch-dog, au, decidedly down ont tramps. The lady ha ani nviary--which is a place for keepin birds-and a wonderful aviary it is, con sisting of two rooms filled with canariek which fly about at will and live in ts ntearl a wild state as these delicate creatures ca in this rigorous climite.' One of thei roomns has3 ai mostuiito-net partitio,n runniii across il, 13n order to afford visitors a: opportuntty to watch the feathered inmaJtet without diisturbinig thein, and, as the stair head directly into4 this part of the auviary of course the dog siince lie lives in tihe 11011 hais as free access to the aviary as 1h1s gcuti nustress. hindeed, lie is allowved to go ui there alne, and( suhl is lia good natur that lie has niever broken through the net ting. More than this, Mr's. 11. ofteii let hlim go into the palrt of the aviary wvher the birds are coniinedl, and such is the feel tng existing between hhnt and the canarle that when lie lies dlown on the sande floor-as lie often doesC-the birds wil sometimnes alight con his body. When ii gets t,iredl of being mlade a p)erch of, h begins to gentlly roll from side to side( unltil the birds hiave beeni shaiken oIlf, thei rises, stretches imself, anid demurely foi lows his miistress diowni the stair's. Ureat, non~m. In May, 1838, Mersrs. Moffat and Smitli suirgeons on b)oardl a nmerchiaiit schoneci went to the city of Great Ben, wishuin to openi, or iather reopen, trade. The lat ter, a "very promisIng young mail," tie of a dysentery caught, by being tdrenche with rain. TIhiey were horrified to see, trench fll of bodies at which tihe turkey buizzardIs were tligginge, anti "two corpse ain a sittIng position." TVhese victims hi probably been) dispatched with a formi message annouincing thme ai rival of stratl gers to the Kinig's father in Ghost-land Th'ie same unpleasant spectacle was offere I in Auguist, 18612, when I visited Benil - accomp)anied b)y Lieutenatnt Stokes, of he Me jesty's ship Bloodhimnd, anmd Dr. hlenry in the tall rank herbage, on the righte the path leadling into thle city, appeare the figure of a line young nman, hare to th waist, with arms extended atnd wrists fat teined to a scaffold frame work of peele wands, >oles and stakes planted bhmn him. bor a moment we thought that t,h wretch might be alive; a few steps eel vincedi us of our mistake. iIe hlad bee crucified after tile African fashion, seate on a rouigh wooden stool, with a whit calico cloth veiling the lower limbs. B< ,weon the ankles stood an uncouth imag 1 of yellow clay, concerming which tl -frightened natives who accompanied t I would not speak. A rope of liana, negro English cahled a "tie-tie" bo,undl 11g I rotuid the neck to a stake behind, ia I beetn the immetlo~iato cause of death. Ti features still shoewed strangulation, an the sacrtflee was so fresh that, though LI r fies were there, the turkey-buIzzards hia not found tihe eyes. The blackniess of it skin and the general appearance prove ; that tihe sufferer was a slave. No emrotic 3 whatever, save holding tihe nos, w91 3 shown by the crowd of Beonese, men at * women, who passed by; nor was there an expresion of astonishment when Irettiraw to skeokh the 910o1iw, FOOD FOR THOUGHT. In love, to give a portrait Is to prom i. ise the original. e, The best government is that which ke teaches us to govern ourselves. Is Those who have had the most forgiv D, en them should be the least addicted to i; slander. le There are many men whose tongue Is might govern multitudes, if they could 10 govern their tongues. 3 A promise is a just debt, which you ir must t-ke care to pay, for honor and honesty are the security. 0 Many a sweetly formed mouth has been d ifigured and made hideous by 1 the fiery tongue within it. s Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by in numerable streams; but it is extremely I difflcult to trace It to Its source. Man ought always to have something that he prefers to life, otherwise life it self will appear tiresome and vold. The loss of a friend is like that of a t limb; time may heal the anguish of the it wound, but the loss cannot be repaired. 'There isa purple half to the grape, a d mellow and crimson half to the peach, - a sunny half to the globe, and a better It half to man. d There are bitterer partings than death, and more heart-rending fare ' wells than those which are breathed over the grave. k There is no fault so small that it will k disappear of itself. You must make a business of pnIling it up by the roots rand throwing it away. e Ignorance, when it is voluntary, Is oriminal; and le may properly be p charged with evil who refused to leArn how lie might prevent It. 0 t All skill ought to be exerted for uni versal good ; every man has owed much to others, and ought to repay the kind nesA that he has received. If the internal grief of every man d could be read, written on his forehead, h how niany who now exciteenvy would appear to be objects of pity. k .Etvery life is like a block of marble r with a posaible angel hidden in it. The a difficulty is to cut the angel out and leave nothing but chips behind, e Tnere is no merit where there is no t trial, Mud till experience stamps the nmark of strength, cowards may-pais for e heroes and faith for falsehood. e You and I must not lay our failure if to do good to the perverse state of a things. If everybody was right, there y would be no need of ministers. t it obstacles are in your path,'ver g leap theni, and never forget that a grain of boldness in everything is an Important requisite of prudence. , Every human creature is sen-ible to some Inflrmities of temper, which It o s'iould be his care to correct and sub e due, particularly in the early period o life. "There are pwiple who live behind n the hill" is an old Geruan proverb, which means that there are other folks n in the world beside yourself, although 0 you may not see them. h If persons were as willing to be pleas d ant and as anxious to please in their I own homes as they are in the company 0 of their neighbors, they would have the happlest homes in the world. Blessed is lie who gives to the poor, , albeit only a penny; doubly blessed be . ie who adds kind words to his gift. d 8ay not, because thou canst not do a everything, "I will do nothing." 9 lie that rympathizes in all the happi ness of others perhaps hlimself enjoys ' the safest happiness, and he that is y warned by all the folly of others has u perhiaps attained the soundest wisdoin. * Such as have virtue always in their E mouth, and neglect- it In practice, are a like a hiarp whieh emits sounds pleas. s lng to others, while its own body is s wholly insensible to the music pro.. * We have never seen a man be wailing U his ill-fortune without somethming; of contempt for his weakness. No indi '3 vidual or niation over rose toenminenco, - in any departmnt, which gavo itself 5 up to this childish behavior. 0 Meni are qualiied for civil libery ia exact proportion to their disposition to a put IUoral chalins upon their own appe Li tites; ini proportion as their soundness I and sobriety of understanding Is abovo their vanity and presumptIon. " We should rule ourselve with a firnt hiand(. Being our own master means * ioften that we are at liberty to be thet -slaves of our own follies, caprices, and passions. Generally speaking, a mani cannot have a wvorse or more tyrannci cal master than himself. Fiattorers are the worst kind of trait - I. ers. for they will strengthen your lam ,perfectins, encourage you in all evils, g correct you in nothling, but so shadow -and paint your follies and vices as you (i sh al never, by theIr will, discover good Li from evil, or vice fromn virtue. "t Childhood i8 like a mirror, catching and reflecting Images. Oneo impious or H profane thought uittered by a parent's [i lips may operate upon time young heart .1 like a careless spruy of water~ thrown upon polished steel, staining it with .rust, which no after scouring can of ti face. ,if you will go to the banks of a r little stream and watch the files that -come to bathe in it, you wvill notice f that while they plunge their bodies in LI die water they keep their wing. high - o out of the water, and aftelf swinaing s. about a little while they fi t di their wings un wet through W'4~: ti air. Now, that is a leissoni e Uere we are immersed in the care~ .U Iu mtSS of the world; but let us kee n the wings of our soul, our faith and d our love out of the world, that, with e these unelogged, we may be ready to . ake ot.r Ilighat to hie sven, ~ e muust rogard every matter ase an intrusated secret which we beijeve the person concerned would n i h to be con. nsidored at suchm. Nay, furtmier still, we a must consider all circumustances as so. cres ntusedwhich would bring dscandal upon another If told, and w aloh1 0it is not ouar certain duty to disciass,e danid that in our own persons anud to his 10 face. The divine rule of doing as we d wotuld be done by is never better pn - Ie to the test than ini matters of good,ant di evil speaking. We may sophistioce~ n~ with ouirselves upon the mannerii t 5 w hich we would wish to be treated, ui 2 d der many circumstances; but evey \ y body recoils instinctively from th n 4 thought of being spoken ill Qf se400. l . ' -