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404 TRNEEL E'-IN INSOO .C..DC13I GOD IN THE CITY. Not there, alone, where rivers ilow, Serenel? on through pastures green, Where lilies ope their lids of snow. And red iolielias flame between Lush grasses: nn. not there, alone, Where the fresh .ichen paints the stone, And banks with vines are overgrown, And golden-rod in brigaht array Gilds the glad away But here, along the civ street, Scant-shaded from the noonday heat, And pressed by thousand hurrying feet Here, too, great Nature hath her own, And is not here nor there alone. The ocean beats against its shore With solemn niurniur evermore: The crags in unmovedl grandeur standl. Carved by God's hand. Above the hills, above the deep, Fair skies their changeful draperies sweep, We (Jo not guess-'tis written fair That God is there. Yet, when I fee the ebb and flow, The giant heart-beat pulsing slow. Of a great city-'tis the roar of waves yet deeper on the shore of Time; and in its rhythm I hear. God is stin near." THE ORPHANS' FRIEND. We kept a little variety shlop, Sister Margie, and I, the profit of which was quite as small as the wares we sold. But then, we had no rent to pay, owning the small, brown, old-fashioned house in which we lived, and which looked strangely out of place among the state ly-looking modern dwellings that crow ded up against it on either side, quite putting it out of countenance by their superior height and appearance. Grandfather built it when the place was new and he a young man, and when all that brick and mortar were verdant fields and well-kept gardens, dotted here and there by houses as few and mo dest as Is own. He owned a large farm, and was con sidered a wealthy man for those days: but acre after acre had been sold until nothing was left except this house in which my father had been born, and which was the only inheritance of his children. But we made the most of it, Margie and I, as you will see. I hardly think we should have dared to do such a thing while father lived. who would have considered it a sort of sacrilege; but soon after his death we turned the front part of the house into a t shop, with show windows, which opened out upon the street, in which to i display the articles we kept for sale. I This was a matter of necessity rather I than choice, it being all that I could io at home; and I could not leave Mar gie. Poor Margie was a cripple; she had received a fall when only four years old, and had never walked since. She had been a great care to me for many a year. but never a burden. She was so thoughtful, patient, and cheerful that, m the ev-nt of our separation, I t think I should have missed her just as c much as she would me. 1i She was very useful too; lying all day on the lounge in our little sitting-room,Ia her.hands were never idle, crcheting '2 =iu ki-'a o fancy-'W , for IL, which I foind sale in the shop, and though the price asked was only mode- 1 ratelyin excess of the cost of material, I it helped us not a little. Margie kept all the accounts, ard a having a clearer head than I, and a 1 kno'wledge, or rather intuition, of char- 1 acter that was wonderful, considering how secluded her life had been, 1 never thought <d taing any step without con sultig Margie. We lived very quietly, having few acquaintances, and no near friend orl relative- except John. John was my lover, and no girl ever had one more lund and true. He was poor in worldly goods, but oh! so rich in goodness and manly worth. He might have seemed plain to those who knew him not-I cannot tell how he looked to other eyes-but there was more than beauty to me in that frank, ' honest fatce, and in the big brown hands that were so strong and helpful. We had been engatged ever since I was eighteen-I was twenty-three now--and no nearer to being married, us I could see, than we were five years before. But still we loved and hoped on. John had a widowed and infirm mother, and I Margie; and though she was anything but burdensome to me, 1 could not think of adding any further weight to the hands that were full enough already. Trade not being very brisk during the summer. Margie and I decided to eke out our slender income by letting the room over the shop. It was, low, and .the slant of the roof on one side and big chimney made it full of queer nooks and corners. The furniture was old, being some that raudfaihier had when he was married; lbut with the help o~ John, who wou'd spare me an hour oi two in the evenings, I furnished it up sc that it looked very well. .. By dint of piecing and contrivig, I covered the floor with a neat carpet, th bed and windows were draped witl white, and some pretty prints hunt upon the wall, and on the whole I wa very well ratisfied with tne result of oT labor. When all was done, Johm wrote a nc tice, "Room to let; Inquire within. But though I placed it in the shop wi dows where it could be seen plain! from the street, nearly three wveeli passed, and we had only t wo applicani for the room, and from persons wl~ only looked at it, and theu went awa: One morning, as I was dusting ti counter and putting the shop to rnght I saw a queer-lookin'g, oddly-dressed 6 man standing in froit of the wimdo his eyes fixed upon the notice, and 11 n:ovinig his lips slowly syllabifying eal He wore shoes with big buckles them, and a snuff-colored coat, wi short wa'st and long skirts, and whi looked as if it might have been his gra father's. But the oddest thling about him u the long white hair which fell upon I shoulders, and the heavy beard oft same color which touched his brnen A broad brimmed hat completed quaint, Quaker-like appearance. Th a door being ajar. before I hadti to lay aside my duster, he was at counter. He stared at me for' sonme mome without speaking, and then poitoig the notice with his cane, said: "Will thee let me look at it?" Inwardly hoping that this appl tion would not share the fate of ti that had preceded it, I led the way staits. To my great relief, our prospec lodger,'far from objecting to the slo! roof, and old-fashioned furniture see to regard them with positive feelins interest and admiration. "it is like the chamber I used to in when I was a boy," he said, a~ looked around, and speaking moi himself than me.. As I wanted Margie to see him fore I decided. I took him down throug] the sitting room where she lay. "This gentle~nan thinks of taking ou oom, sister," I said as she glanced ul r us. "If within my means," interposed tli stranger, "I am a poor man," Margie's clear, soft, penetrating eye! were quietly reading the face of tlh speaker. What she saw seemed satis factory, for she nodded in reply to m-N questioning look. In spite of his threadbare apparel, h( looked so thoroughly respectable that J was half ashamed of the question I was compelled to put: "I suppose you have references, sir?" "No; all are dead who might speal. for me if they could. You will have tc take me on trust." I looked at Margie again, who, givinn me another nod, said: "Perhaps the gentleman will mentior what he feels able to pay?" The stranger did so, adding; "I am poor and cannot pay any more. The sum named, though not large, was more than what we were intending to ask, as I told him. The old man frowned and shook his head. "Thee should't have told me that. I have half a mind to give thee no more.' Then counting out upon the table the amount he had stated, he pushed it to ward me, adding: "My name is Thomas. I will be here to-morrow morning with all my traps." The traps mentioned consisted of an Dd-fashioned hair-trunk, and a large hest, the latter being mainlyfilled with books. We were not long in finding out that mr lodger was very odd, though his od lities wer- of the most innocent and iarmless nature. He asked me to substitute a patch rork quilt for the white counterpane on uis bed; and spent a whole day rumag ng auction rooms to find some old-fash oned chintz to take the place of the >retty muslins curtains on which I had ;pent so much time and labor. I had aken a rocker for him from the sitting oom, but spying, one day, an old lea'h ,r bottomed chair that had belonged to ny grandfather, he asked me to ex dhange with him, which I was very glad o do. Not long after, a chest of drawers, hat was my grandfather's,found its way ack to its old place, together with the Luaiut brass-mounted mirror that al rays hung over it. So that, at last, the room looked very auch as it did before we arranged it rith so much care and labor. John and I had a quite laugh over it ut so long as it suited its present occu aut, we did not mind. It was Margie who first suggested at we invite him to take tea with us ne day, when we had some unusual de cacy-early strawberries, I think "He must be very Ionely,poor mnah" id my gentle-hearted sister.. "Perl xps he doesn't have . cn .. - V e spoke obout e - AX'I=; After this, he dropped in occasion91 in the evening, bringing some new uagazine or paper, and reading to us we sat at work. Finally, it became n established custom with him to take ea with us twice, and sometimes three imes a week; frequently inviting him elf though we always knew he was oming by the advent of the market-boy nith a liberal supply of provisions, all f the best quality. This troubled Margie's tender consci mene, and she remonstrated with him one L'It is wrong," he said, with a grave shake of the head. '-i'm a poor man; and ought to be prudent." He and John were apparently on the best of terms, yet he was always findina fault with him to me. "To think of his taking the entir! charge of his mother, when she ha4 other children, and sending rmoney t his brother's widow!" he said to me ont daow, I could never endure the slighi est reflection upon John, and I defend ed him with a spirit and imaignatio that seemed to amus3 Mr. Thomas nc a lttle. "With thy pretty face and ways the ought to do better, Ruth," he resume when I paused for want of breath. "N but what John is good enough, but he Ipor. I've heard that thee refused M Hart, who is worth a million. Whr made thee do such a foolish thing Ithat, child?" "Because I didn't love Mr. Hart; au I do love John." IThe silence that followed made n glance rip at my companion, who b: turned towards the d->or. It was gro' ing dusk, and the face was partly avei ed, but I was almost sure that the ey were full of tears. In the early spring he was knock down by a runa way horse, sustaimi some internal injury from which never recovered. .John and I took turns in nursing hi it was pleasant,afterwvards, to rememi -that he wanted for nothing. John, Margie and I were there. - had been lying in a stupor for soi r hours; now he roused himself and bee 5 to talk, startling us not a 'little by s strange expression-. , I was born in this room," he s! .glancing around; "and I shall .e here" Tinking his mind was wandering dlaid my hand gently on his. "Thee has thy mother's nanme, Ri is and her kind heart as well, but thy hi are like thy father's. He has been h thanking me for providing for his nphan girls. This was our room h wewereboys. Dear ol Joe! be h hedaninlgof another day we meet." John and I looked at each othe s wandering awe. Two years ago I s stood by my father's dying bed. W~ ethe sanmc mysterious shadow that r t-their faces look so strangly like. is The dying man continued: "Thyi father and I were brothei ne Did he nevsr speak to thee of his heer Tom, who forsook home and co tsbecause a girl, as false as fair,brok t plighted troht to wed a richer st toYou have both been very kina t poor old man who came to you a ]e-ger. I have not forgottonl it, as tf ca pers in my desk will show." ose Au examination of the papers al to not only proved that my poor tiespoke truly, but that he died in th ingg session of 'bonds and stock to the ai a edof twenty thousand dollars "to of fvided equally"-so ran the few lin cmrsed his wil-"between hi eepnieesRuth and Margaret Gray.' e Of course, John and I married to t mother and Margie live with u! a happier home it would be h. be- find. ..---- Stories Ab4,ut Ghost-;. r A writer says, early in the year 1845 went to Cortachy Castle in attenlance u on Miss Margaret Dalrymp'e.who was pa ig a two days' visit to the Earl and Com ess of Airlie. We arrived late in the ev Ding, a:.-:d Miss Dalryniple had only ju time to dress for dinner. As she rest for a few minutes on the sofa, howevt (this she told me some time after v had left the castle,) she heard distinctly, if immediately beneath the floor, the soul fifes, and afterward the beating of a drn While at dinner she remarked toLord Ai lie, who sat near her: 'What is that stran, music you have about the house? You a suredly have an excellent piper?" Lni Airlie, without replying,dropped his kni and fork and retired from the dining-root Later in the evening the place seemed !o I all in confusion, and I learned that Lot Airlie, after leaving the table, went to ti litrary and diced in solitude, The n. morning, while the family were at brea fast, I was quite alone in Miss Dalrymple room, and as I stood before the fire I heaz as i thought a carriage drive up. and st< short, directly utider my fe:t. Immeditte there followed the sound of another ca riage driving up aL d stopping in exact the same manner. And then us if folloA ing the vehicle, came the tramp, trang tramp of marching soldiers. Then I heai some shrill notes of the fife so liistinct: that I looked around instinctively, expec ing to seea piper in the room. I was si more startled by the beating of a drun About this there was somethmg disagre' able; it seemed as if the druimnier wet making his way through the lcor. Bein a perfect stranger to the place, i thougl there nnght be a coach road and an enter ance door to the castle near thd room i which I stood, and that some distinguishe guests were arriving or departimg. 0 looking out of the window, however, found there was no door or coach road nea and not a human being was to be seen. concluded, therefore, that the sounds mms have been echoed fron a distance. The next mort'ing. before our departure Lady Airlie came to the door of Miss Dal rymple's room to give her a five-poui: note for an orphan school in which sb was interested. Lieither of us ever sam the Countess again. She was condued o twins at Brighton some montiis afterwarc and died. It was not until Miss Dalrym ple, a few days after we left the castle asked me if I -heard 'the strange musi there.' that I disclosed my experience, an4 then for the first time I learned the tradi tion about the Airlie drummer boy. Sb told me that she herself had been totall in ignorance of it until her allusion at th dinner-tab'e to the music she had hear< elicited from another guest an explanation Keep Out of Debt. There is no question but that. a gooi credit has ruined many a man. In plac of running in debt, if we would make i a point to live within our income and keel a good surplus in bank. a failure of one o two crops would not be felt; but it is verj natucaly when circumstances- are favor ble for us to conftrac Wo that.:ihiLidmDe -7 in a a d tioa ave had year or.last year. Crops -were unusually good prices were good, andevery brancL of bus ineCs felt the effectsOf the sale of an im mense surplus of gram, live stoc( and frui t. good prices, paid in good money When farmers are prosperous and makim; oney they purchase liberally, pay thei debte, and give a wonderful impctus t dmost every other industry in the country A few years ago farmers were deeplyi debt. Loan and trust companies and loa agents were reaping rich harvest in1 commissions they were drawing out of 11 farers for kindly aiding them to mortl ige their homes. Thousands of farm hom4 ave been lost to the owners as time pas ed on. Crops failed or prices were lo~ or extravaganit indulgence in buying n~o acres, or other needless luxury, with ti never failm g annual interest to pay, slow absorbed the savings of long years of to and the farm finally passed into the hau l I strangers. We ware our farmer frien now, while times are good, and mon plenty, to avoid the danger ahead. ' here is a mnortgage on the ftam provi - now for means to pay it promptly wl n Economuiz', w, rk, plan, save every si t plus dollar to emancipate the farm fr the moritgage. In good times like I e prcst, debt does not alarmLi you. But member that the country is now indulgi ~in a mania for speculation, SRock s grain speculations, railroad schemes ~.mining compr-nies are absorbing hundr Ltof mil'.iens of money, holding out to Speopic who are seeking to make mot swithout earning it the hope of large I its and perhaps large fortunes. _Tr times will not last. The great imaJorit gtterinlg schemies fail. TVhe crop p ed pect is unpromising in this country get dally, and quite promising ini the old wo which nmeans a small surplus for cur fa' t-ers to sell and perhaps lower prices. eus prepare for this change, which is hI to come. It need not bring financial ad aster if we prepare to meet it. if otu 38 debt be aure to keep out. If in debt e4 lie omise in every direction and pay the d( Then, if less prosperous or even hard ti ai come along to such as are out nf d >er there is nothing to fear. EeA erman Bivouac. mA corre' pondent writes from Geri an thus: Recently I rode over the hill t bcamp of the ywentieth Division, and well repaid for my troubie. No more die uresque or secure spot could have bee de'etdfor the camp, which lay 0r southern slope of the thickly wooded ,Iterwald Hills that form a kind of u amphitheatre here. Care had been 1 Ltti, to fom , cheval of a brook of moe ves water, which was a blessing for the I re, and aboon for cooking purposes. E or- ed in the southward slope of wood-ela" hen the camp was well protected from an3 fore den interruption of the enemy(the hall teenth Division) from the north. though close to a thick forest, the I in were refused its kindly shelter. hd bivouacking they must always do so it S it opnsoet greater order e allowedJ.them are a fire, their gres and a shakedown of straw. Aroun campfire, which is of bonfire dime' s- posts are driven in and connected by: othr against which is built a timn wall of t my wheat straw, as a shelter from the Sher and then a thin matting of the same itor? rnab i strewn all around. On this ti thehe hwith their feet to the fire, an~ tran- soudly, without a thought of cold e iluenza. But when it ratns it must nasty. When straw is not procure Luded sheltering wall, about a yard hig~h, uncle ed of canvass. The odicers are bet pos several of them, according to thei ot being allowed a lent in common. ee di- ou side the sleeping circle is the s tt trench, which is always excavated s two one or two men of each compan carry spades for rifle pit and fiel His purposes. Each etteer has a per andndtendant (one of his men), who is s a t to tounderstand something of the art. Straw ha~d also been laid bedang for the horses, which, wnth thir no.-e begs and blankets, were tethered to ' ring ropc. The horses of the uh n; a ood P- in a row, with the lauccs stuck into the Y- ground at their heads, the pennors flutter it- ing gayl3 in the brecze. On each stack of firearms were placed the helmets and bay st oncts t;f the men r.ady for instant a-sumnp d tion, and everything clse was arranged r, with the utmost precicion and method 'The C sanitary arranzenients were pe-fect. 1 as never saw a more picturesque or animakd' id scene. Is was a beautiful, mild night; the a. moon and the stars were shining and "ai r S.e hill slope blazed with innumti r.0 1. fi;. e The hands were all playmg; heiL ever pep s- ular "Carmen" was played to death. 'ID d country side had fiucked in and the strati le of music were interspersed with gusta # 2. cheenng. The noisiest of the reveiy must )e have come from the time expired metr d about a third of the whole-who in evevy e corps are dismissed to their hoifes ar-d Et into the Reserve immediately after the au - tumn manoeuvers. They were singing and s denonstrating at a great rate. At oue of d ths canip fires at which the sounds of re 'P j icieg were particu'atly loud I saw tht Y men engaged in an occupation the invesd I- gation of which may be recommended to y students of Parsee rites and customs. Ovet the fire was a kird of cross, or cross bar ). from which depended a number of spoons d belonging to time expired men, who tbu5 y testify to the whole camp the near approach (if their emancipation from their duties. 11 by action of Ithe tire the spoons are con sumed, well and good; but it not, they are bured deep next morning tinder the ashes e of the wood which cooked the men's lI-t : army mcal. It is a curious and lon.g t standing rite. At 9 o'ciock the tattoo was playea by the bands ot the division, mean ing that the marketenders must not dran* any more drink. S. ortly afterwards a gun D was fireu as the signal for evening prayer, I wieh is not, strange to say, said by a r chaplain, but by the trumpeters of a regi I ment. It is a apvel, but yet an effec:ive t way to do one's devotion by sound of trum pet. The commander of each regiment assembles all his men who reverent. , kneel - with doffed caps while a slow as i solemn i Abendlied is performed by the C fl smen. Soon after nothing was to be seei but pros trate forme around the blazn. fires, and nothing was heard but the iP.perioins "Halt" of the sentries' challenge The Surrender of Yorktown. I At noon on the 19th (October) we have the first act of surrender. Yorktown changed hands. Twh redoubts on the left of the enemy's works were at that hour taken posspssion of by detachments from i the allied army. Colonel -Richard Butler commanded the American and the Marquis Laval the French party,. each of one hun- 1 dred men. At two o'clock we reached the closing scene. The army of Cornwailis marched out as prisoners'of war, grounded' their arms and then marched back. Ac~ counts agree in describing the display and. ceremony on the occasion as quite impos- I ing. TheBritishap' peediiw fOr z distributed anoutnem-a f-4yaiefore, t anist onI required the ~i e th eir L SBut resit~i ~, . tc retaliation np for what tLe enemy were pleased to cotmand when General Linco"i was compelled to surren der at Charleston the year before. The I matter came up at the meeting of the com nissi(nrs. "t-his is a harsh articic. said Ross to Laureni. "Which article?" answered the latter. -'-The troopsballmrch 0.t. wzth colors c ased, and drums beating a British or a German march." e '"Yes, sir," retnrned Laurer;S, with a e touch of sang froid, "it is a harsh article.' -"Then,'' said Ross, "if that is your s opinion, why is it here?" SWhereupon Laurens, who had been , made prisoner at Charlestoni with Lincoln's - army, proceeded to remind Ross that the .e Americans on that occasion had in-de a y brave defense, but were ungallantly ref used 1any honors of surrender, other tharr t' i march out with co~ors cased aa.1 not beat IS me~ a B3ritish or a German march. ay "But," rejoined Ross, my Lord Corn it wallis did not command at Charleston. ie There," Laurens, "you extort anotLOe en obse vation. It is not the individual thEI is here considered; it is the nation. Th. tr- remains an article, or I cease to be a coir m missioer."., e Nothing more was to be said; the articb e- stood, and the enemy marched out wit g colors cared, while the tune thiey chose *nd follow was an old British march with tb d quite appropriate title of '"The Won d Turned Upside Down." e As the prisoners moved out of thei cy works along the Hampton road, they foul l, no- the French and Anierieanl armies drawn r i ese on either side of the way, the Americas rof on their right, and extending for mne -OS- than a mile towvand the field of surrend ir- Tae Frencn troops presented a brilir. d, spectacle in their white unmrorm s, M1 i - lumed and decorated officers at thr Let ead, and gorgeous standards of white sk :ly embroidered with goiaen fleurs-de-5. dis- deting along the line. The Amnen of were less of an attraction in out ward ) on- pearance, but not the less eagerly eyed m bis their late antagonists. Among the w tes worn Contineutals there wais varietyi et, dress, poor at the best, distinguishmngte different lines; but, to comp-ensate for uk of show, there was a soldierly benag about them which conunanded attentui. The militia formed in their rear presex a iany less martial sight, so far as clothing ad t he order were concerned. But alt these nin was were couquerors, and their very appk pie- ance bespoke the hardships and privaioi n se- they and their States had undergo"' t' - the win in the struggle- At the head d tha Os respctive lines were the comimanauxi gen tural -erals, nobly mone-ahntnRc aken ambeau, La Fayette, Lincoln, Steuben ntain Knox and the rest. Leading thle B~riti& orses came General O'H-arra instead of Cxcnval food- is Thes latter pleaded illness, but he en t hills his sword by O'Harra to bz given u t< sud- Washington. As O'Harra advanced tch< Nine- chief, he was referred to Lincoln, -1, But, upon receiving the sword as a token oh,. roops enmy's submissionl, immediately retute Vhen it to the British General, whose tips in the then marched betweenl the two line9 it nd to fed on the right, where they grotvd nforts their arms. I ach .aaete ropeThe story,-which is well authentiCzis riht that when the noble Ma:qulis in thie 0 ind uion was passinge through Ruuodeli mate- he stopped for entertamnmient at thet ee men in Cranston, then kept by Mr. John -C, sleep for whiom- Fiskeville is na-ned, these or in- standing onl the estate now owned he eveheir of Mr. Henry L-swton. Here 'e ble tea charming girl, Miss. Roby Kmighi fom- afterward married Col. Henry WTh; en off, So delighted was Lafayette with Rot rrank, he resented to her a beautiful lacdi, Just painted box, which she prized abovd, ookmn and of which she ever boasted withv fr by inir pride. This souvenir is now thr w ho ished property of her granddaughite' iiwrk tie W. Budlcdg, of Buttonwoods , -onal at- and will be sacri dly guarded l apposed future as it has been in the pashit culinary gallant Marqis has a dear mem~orfur Ioaas land. -rhe Ir mealke Hymn. Ther. was a vomg flicer of artillery in garrisol at Str.sburg, naed Rouget de Lisle. He w-s born at Lonsle-Saun ler, in the Jura.that country of revery and en<rgy, . Y mountaious ciiiitries alvays are. his young imn loved war like a sol'ig the Revlution like a thinker. Ke'charmed with his verses and u sic the, shlw, dull garrison life. iin regn-:est from his two-fold talent :nani poet, he visited the Dietrick, an Alsatian patriot, uimare -f Dtrasburg) on intimate terms. Dietril's -viYe and young daughters shar pntriotic feelings, for the Revoluti *- :als a(vancing towards the lronitie ' ii as the affections of the body d ' avoinmence at the extremi ti;. They were very partial to the yenug oflie.r, and inspired his heart, ls poetry :id his music. They execu ted the firstof his ideas hardly devel oped. confidantes of the earliest flights f his geniih. It Was in the waflter (i 1792, and there as a scarciRy in Strashivrg. The house >f Dietrich Was poor and the table hum >We; but there was always a welcome for Rouget c, Lisle. This young officer was there Irom morning to night, like a -on or brother of the family. One day, then thbre wvas only some coarse bread md slices of ham on the table, Dietrick, ooing with calm sadness at De Lisle, aid to him, "Plenty is not seen at our east but what matter if enthusiasm is ot wrantingAt our civic fetes and cour -c in our soldiers' hearts. I.have still bottle of *yme left in my cellar. Bring t," 1eraded, addressing one of his laurhters, -and we will drink to liberty mud our ecuntry. Strasburg is shortly :o have a pitriotic ceremony, and De isle must be inspired by these last rops to produce one of those hymns vhich convey to the- people the enthusi tsm which suggested it.' The young irls applauded, fetched the wine, filled hie glasses of their old father and the -oung officer until the wine was exhaus ed. It was midnight and very cold. )e Lisle was a dreamer; his heart was noved, his, head heated, The cold eized'eribim, and he went staggering ohis lei hamber, eni4 oring by .egrees te iration in the palpi tions heart, .and his maL efore efore tl 1e- whid ishldfel sieepiug on lus ad he jid ot awake until 'he sng of the overnight returned to is uimo with difliculty, like the ecoietion of a dream. He wrote it .owa and hen ran to Dietrick. He ondhim i his garden. His wife and lauglrs&d not yet risen. Dietrick mrousd tTem, called together some ~rien& as fond of music as himself, and ~apatr of executing De Lisle's compo .ition. Dicticks eldest daughter ac ~ompaied them, Rouget sang. At the rst virse all coutenances turned pale, t thesecond -tears flowed, at the last mtsiasm burst forth. The hymn of the mcuntry was found. Alas! it was miso destined to be time hymn of terror. 'he unfortunate Dietrick went a few noths afterwards to the scaffold at the ~oud of the notes produced at his own ieside, froma the heart, of his friend mad the voices of his daughters. The new song, executed some days ifterward at Strasburg, flew from city to city, in every public orchestra. Mar seilles adoptedi it to be sung at the open ing and ekose of the sitting of its clubs. The Merseilkuse spread it all over France, by singing it everywhere on t'eir way. Whence the name of Mar meillaise, De Lisle's old mother, a royalist snd, religious, alarmed at thc efet of her son's voice, wrote to him: "What is this revolutionary hymn, sung by banis of brigands, who arc traversing Frace, and with which our name is mingled?" De Lisle himself, proscribed as a royalist, heard it and shuddered as it souded on his ears, while escaping b some of the wild passes of the Alps. What do they call that hymn?" he in. qm-ed of his guide. "The Marseillaise," reied the peasant. It was thus lie Sleant the name of his own work. The ar turned against the hand that forged it. The Rtevolution, insane, no longer remzed its own voice! 'ainuting of Cement and Plaater. keh diiferenec of opinion prevaih resting the question of painting Port lanceeL and we have seen worli p:ed a- few weeks after the cemeni het, which has stood well. There ii Spin(i1t which has a great deal to d< wI the questaon of successful painting nely, the absorbency and dryness oj Iti brickwork itself. Many new walls s,urated with the moisture are cement e and in this condition no paint car assibly stand if laid on foo soon. It ii goon and safe rale to enforce thai Po~rtl:d cement work should not b< pai~ted withi~n a year of its completion to allow it to dry thoroughly: but wi ar safe i:n saying the majority of nev fra are p:.inh a before they have bemi inished thuree nmnths. A very desirabb pr~eaiuon seems to be to coat the worl with lineed ('il first. The paintinig of plaster work require the same care, and the lime works on ii small b)ubllus, destroying the paint In pawg plaster, white lead and lin sta a <ii,with a little drier, is recommer ded by oneC authority. This coat shout he of the consistence of thin cream, s that the "il is absorbed into, the plaste in a few h:.urs. In a day or two at t-her thuickW; eeat may be appliedl, an a iia tmida fe w days after rather thickem Ifollowed by the finishing coat. Fot a ar not too much for good worl By the absorption of the oil imto ti plaster the surface becomes hardene and may be washed. Another meth< to facilitate this absorption is follow< by painters, which is to give the plast two or three coats of boiling linseed o and then to apply the other coats paint. We are inclined to think the a plication of the oil before the paint better plan, to insure a thorough satur tion of the material. The color of Poi land cement, and the uneven tints sometimes assumes, is the main reast why painting it is resorted to. For th reason we think it may be worth tl attention of these manufacturers 1 turn their consideration to the subjec and those using cement as a stuc< might also prevent a blotchy and uneve tint by attending to the preparation < the wall and the sand they use with tI cement. She Wanted A Warrant. "Say, mister, I want a warrant rigi quick!" exclaimed an irate woman, a she dashed into the pdlice headquarter yesterday afternoon. "What do you want of a warrant? asked the sergeant. "For my servant girl. Has she go any right to chase me around the lions with a clothes-pole?" "Certainly not." "So I supposed. I want to know if have got to sleep on the back fence wit: the cats four nights in a week while shi gives parties in the kitchen?" "Assuredly not. Why dont you dis charge her'" "I can't get near enough. Say, doe the law justify her in using my fals teeth to draw carpet tacks, and makin me shin around with nothing on but hair pin and a sore throat, while sh wears my clothes to a wake?" "I don't believe it does." "So I concluded. Gi' me a warrant. "Can't get any warrant bere. You'l have to go before the judge in the morn ing." "Will, eh! Well, I won't! If yo think I'm going to waste time with tha girl, you're left. To-morrow mornin the oil can will be left alongside th kitchen stove, and if you find a job lc of legs and backbone around your pre cinct, you can make up your mind tha that a job, and I'm bus Jiearthi ired. Of what? Of fourfear of-dmes tic servitude Of belonging to the low er middle class. Of beingknown as th< "help." Hannah doesn't like living a] her life in a position where she is con stantly reminded of the great gulf whici xists between the kitchen and tiu arlor. Hannah is a native born Ameri an girl. She knows that this distine tion must exist as society is now con tuated. But it's none the less irksomi to her. Besides, Hannah may b ambitious. Hannah may have aspira tions. Perhaps to be a poetess. Per haps to be an actress. Hannah love change like her wealthier sisters. A] human nature loves change. Hannah' msrss thinks it very hard that Han nh won't pin herself down to the kitca en, to slops, dish rags and brooms, an therewith be content all her life lone Hannah's mistress would be shocked a the idea of her own daughters going ou to service. Yet Hannah's grandfathe may have had some of Hannah's ance: tors in his kitchen. In America nobod knows how long they are to stay at tb top or bottom. Hannah doesn't want be on the bottom any longer. Thisi natural. This is aspiration. Thi desire on Hannah's part may lead I worse luck. But Hannah's mistres must remember that Hannah is huma like herself. . That Hannah has want: whims, aspirations and notions th: servitude is servitude and a domestic: even in happy, free Amcrica, but domestic, though she excel in inteli gence, learning and refinement all ti daughters of the house. liannah's mi tress must remember thne Hannah many things thinks and feels even she would were she in Hannah's plac That is what's the matter with Hanus Goes Through the Coat. A generous young man, having ta ing a bundle of clothing to the reb rooms, asked if they wanted help, f having a little leisure, he was willing lend a hand. They welcomed him gla ly. So he off with his coat and work like a major until dusk. Then, lookii around for his coat, it could nowhere 1 found. "What did you do with that cot same stuff as my breeches and vest?" asked. "Why," said one of the packers, thought it was a contribution al packed it up with the other things." "Where is it?" asked the young m in great excitmenit. "Up the river," was the reply. "Up the river! What in blank is doing up the river?" "On its way to the sufe~ers. Was a nice coat?" "A nice coat! I should say it was nice coat. I put it on bran new 1: Sunday. There was $21 in my pock Sbook in the inside pocket, and ti new silk handkerchiefs I bought t1 -afternoonf. The young man had to wear ho Ione of the "burnt out's" garments, a some "sufferer" up the lake will be 1 rin admiration at the benevole1.ce of i Detroit people when he "goes throu j;the coat." IT's not fair to blame boys for steal rapples its hereditory in the whole hun race. . The Domestic Tyrant No person more completely possesse the power or creating misery, in hi house, than the domestic tyrant, e bittering as he does-the lives of hi nearest relatives by his selfishness anc exigeaut temper. The great essentia a for happiness in social life are freedon a and trust; but these important element; are banished out of the little home-worl< ruled over by one of these imperiou: autocrats. He makes ita ruleto exhibi the most profound disregard for thi L feelings of others, and by an indulgenc< e in covert sneers, harsh and insulting 0 words, the self-control of his victims ii L sorely tried. Consciousness of power i 0 no doubt the cause of his Dverbearin n ways. The domestic tyrant always ha4 f the highest possible appreciation o: e himself. His opinion admits of nc questioi being his opinion, it must be right, and in an arbitrary manner he ex. pects his family to acquiesce, or to feigt .t acquiescence, with him on all points, s He looks upon himself in every sense a, s a superior being, far abovehis surround. ings. In his own estimation he is to< highly bred and too refined to support the inconveniences of daily occurrences t which are endured by others. His e organization is too sensitive and finely strung to tolerate small domestic trou bles. He, if anything, is only too gener I ous and virtuous; he feels compassion i for himself alone, regretting that the 3 grandeur of his character is not suffi ciently appreciated. His most triflin - acts are magnified by him into examples of stupendous liberality. In his com s plete self-satisfaction, he announces he e is only too good in sacrificing himself, | and he laments that he-does not receive i the admiration he considers his due. e He possesses in the highest degree the power of wounding the feelings of others, and by his persistent efforts to mortify their sensibilities; he appears to treat 1 that power as an accomplishment which - he never neglects to display at every opportunity. The inmates of many an 1 apparently happy home, if questioned t as to the background, wculd bear testi mony as to wrung hearts caused by the domestic tyrant, '.No wonder, with such a man for the head of the house, there is a general sense of relief when the t front door shuts behind him, and a feel ing -of suppresed joy when he is away. mi1ir caused by him tc idomestic tyrant musi derable amoun - avc.. ~WIsubject tliere mhatmay lead to wrathful 4irestion g Curiously enough, -out of his home he is generally a genial, jovial sort of man, and very likely is looked upon as a rather good-hearted sort of fellow, for it is only to his family that he shows his teeth. H abitual frotith Breathing. Many people sleep with the mouth open, and thus make this organ perforta a duty which should be transacted by the nose. There are many objections to this, and Dr. Wagner clearly points them out. The air in passing through the channels of the nose, for instance, is raised to the temperature of the body before it reaches tne larynx. Thus breathing, no matter how low the -tem perature may be, the sense of cold is -never felt below the border of the soft t palate. But when one breathes through t the mouth on a cold day the sensation r proceeds as far as the larynx, and an ir ritating cough may be caused. Then, again, in nose breathing the air is meist e ened by the natural secretions which -cover thie turbinated bones in a condi. tion of health, and the short bristly hair at the opening of the nostrils act as e filter to arrest impurities and reduce the s likelihood of laryngial, bronchial or pul nmonry disease. Infants, athletes, say , ages and animals breath through th tnose ; thae ordinary civilized man em ploys the mouth to an unnecessary, an a often to a very injurious, extent. The causes of mouth breathing ar~ e myriad. Complete or partial closure o the passages, polypus, congenital bona nclosure, enlarged tonsils, protruding s teeth, adhesion of the soft palate of th< - posterior wall of the pharynx-all thes are sufficient causes of mouth breathing The indications arc not so subtle as no to be readily recognized. Retracted lips efopen mouth, receding gums, protrudin , teeth~shrunlkenl alae,decrea~sed size of th rnostrils' oritiees, wrinkles at the eyes outer angles, and lines extending fror the alae to the mouth angles arc the prc dominant signs. The effects of mouti betig upon the p)harynx are ofte: most deplorable. The mucous mem *t brane bcomes much irritated. A chror ic engorg- ment of the blood vessels ma. take place, until permfanlent dilatation<c 'I the vessels be produced, and so on unt id the disease known as clergyman's sor throat is produced. The writer devot' m a part of his space to showing the ha results of sleeping with the mouth opez and suggests an appropriate remedy. I it all snorers were to adopt it one of th most disagreeable noises of the igl it would be silenced,tor people who breath: through their noses while sleeping nev a snore. The fifty short and clearl: Lst printed pages of which Dr. W's., monE t gaph consis ts appear to exhauist the sul e ect. _______ BEST NEw-Esor..An Ja1n: CAKE eTake one quart of butter miky, one teacu nof flour, two thirds of a t. acup of tn'olis nd ses. a little sant. one teaspoosfin! of salers >st iu, one ('r; ( eatu of c:ourse). ThE e !ir in Ionn mefltial, buLt be: sure an~1 ni hi put mn too nauch. Leave itthin- -so th * hat it n i i ah: o - rim. ikake in a tin an-; oren, awl t oerah!y quick. if it is n ng rt-rate acil light, it nill be because y~ a make it too thick with Indian meal. Son -I ,,..le prfri without the molasses About Sneezing. Sneezing, und the manner in which the sneeze is sneezed. is an interesting study itself. No two people sneeze ex actly alike, A two months' study of this spasmodic practice has fully demonstrat ed the fact that there is as much indi viduality in the sneeze of the average man or woman as there is in the laugh, the conversation, the walk or the hand writting. Sone men and women sneeze as though the effort caused them intense pain, while others appear to enjoy the titillating sensation in their nostrils and enter into the spirit of the act with plea sure depicted upon every lineament of their features. The little boarding school miss trips jauntily along the street, and in turning to not. if she is attracting due attention happens to inadvertantly look at the sun. In a moment hi:r nostrils begin to tickle, and burying her face in the folds of the neatest of cambric handkerchiefs, she contracts her shoulders and gids utterence to the da'ntiest "skick-skick skick" imaginable. The fat woman with the basket upon her arm-the one you can always meet with in the market house-halts sudden ly upon the street, bows her heaA rever ently, remains sofor a few moments in wild expectation, and then, straighten ing up a little, inhales the 'air until she swells up like a baloon, then "ah-h-h, schoooooo! ah-h-h-schoooo ! ah-ah-ah skitchtschooo! oh, my! ard wabbles along wiping her inflamed nose on her apron. The drapper little clerk walks briskly along the street wondering if his new clothes fit him as he hopes they do, and when the unfailing symptons tell him that he must sneeze he turns his head over his shoulder. and without slacking his pace gives vent to several short, sharp "woosh"-es, and flies along as if nothing had happened. - The tall, canaverous man, whose every look indicates the presence of conpxmp tion, stops short on the sidewalk, ner vously runs his hands into half a dozen pockets before he can find his handker chief, throws his head backward until his nose points at the City Hall clock and electrifies all within hearing with a spasmodic "witchoo-witchoo-witchoo o-o-o-o-wi- wi-witcho-o-o-o -o--darnthe luck !" then gives his peaked nasaloagan a swipe or two and moves painfully along. Two neat little daughters of fashion trip along the avenue confipg to each othertheir biAofch e - ,-on the aeetT Gtmnt you hojldz indeed- I ca--n't -hel-schick help it. I mu-mu-sek-must-ah scheet! -ah-ah-oh dear! oh-h-h -ah-scheet ! ah--chick-ah--oh ! Jen nie ! ah-ah-schoo--oo--oot -hoop em-poop-em-ah-schloot! And then she wipes her pearly nose and trips along with tears in her eyes and tells Jennie it's just too awfully aw ful for any use and she does hope no body saw her. The sedate matron goes about her sneezing in a manner of-fact way. She simply stoops, bows her head and gives utterance to a few well developed "achoo's" and moves along, not caring a continental who was observing her. The nervous man stops while a look of pain crosses his face, draws two or three long breaths to hurry the thing along, then doubles himself as if endeav oring to shoulder the heaviest portion of his body, twists his face out of all semblence of a human being and snots out his "'kroo-whahikroo-whah-boosh ah-kroo-whah-ho lord !" An.1leaves the spot wearing a look of the most discon solate pain. It does one good to see the jolly fat man sneeze. He throws back his mas sive shoulde.1s, opens his cavernous mouth to its fullest capacity ; shuts both eyes and fairly raises the dead with his "ah-shooooo! ah-cnoooool1 ahi-SHOO 000 ! whoop ! woose-ah-schzoooo wagh hooophyschoooo! Lordy, but that was a good "un!" There are a thousand and one other styles of accomplishing sneezing, and it will repay any one to note the variety and style of the various sneezers to be met with daily upon the street. WIhy He~ Ate Beans for Dinnfer. They tell a good story about one Wy mane, a dimiinu'ive drummer well known on the Comstock. He stopped one night at Deming. New Mexico, a favorite resort of the cow-boys. ''Madame," said Abe to the landlady, "ive me someli dinner and be quick about it. I h ave not dined since yester The la'dy brought him some bean "Madame, iake away that soup." I never cat soup. Bring on the roast right The lady brought him a large plate o por and beans. "Madame, take thxat away. I never eat those things. i In vain the lady explained that pork and beans was the best the house affor ded. He was obdurate, and wanted roast beef,rare. A mild-mannered,blueO eed cow-boy at the table then chipped ,"B gn' pardon, s tranger, but you rmust excuse the lady. We-" "Who are you, sir?" retorted the drummer; "I know my business." "You don't tell me," said the festivo cow-boy, drawing his navy. "Now you - eat them beans. I'm goin' to sit here P an' see you feed. Light into 'em quick -.or I'll open on you sure, and put em in. a This is bizness with me, an' I'm shout tin' in cour car." n The unfortunate drummer saw blood .the air, and was forced to choke four plates of the unwelcome food down belxfore the~ cow boy was satisfied with hi ov to the landlady.