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Salisbury, DEAI.r.ll IN FURNITU RE5 WEST HANDOLl'II, VT. TIIE SllADOWY SllOKti. DV COL. JtlAN LCT'H. I My lovo liaagono hoyond tho boi, I know not whoro, hIio loft no wovd, Tlio iiromibed day ia night to mo, Tho voico that thrdlod no lougor UoarJ I And inonrnfully I walk Tima'n shoro, With eyeH too fnll of miat and toarH, To looit boyond tho hour that matlo Our days of youth otcrnal yoarn. II. I bco, or Bomotimcs boem lo too, Dospito tho gloom, a Buowy soal, A Bignal llag far o'or tho soa Within a port but yot a voil, Of doubt and darkuoss, eomoH botwoon Mo and tho vision I would woo ; I only know thatBho has gone, And that anon I'm goiug too 1 w . 11 LS PATACJOXIAN WIFE. (Coiichided). Our prcpnraliona oceiipiod noarly u wcok ; but vo wcre in uii ndiniiabk' r.ondilion for tliu uulorpribe. Wo liad twclvc cxct'llmit, voll-br(i;un liorse, whicli ctmblcil us tn plncc u lij;bt bnr den oii cach, and udordud uiiiplo traus porlatiou for nll our goods. I Imd a (loublo-lmrroled shot-un and a vory finc Slinrp's rifle llie Spcuccr d!d not exist in llioso days wliicli, witli a pnir of Colt's rcvolvcrs, abiindanci) of ani muuition, and ihu two guns of my at tondiiuts, iudticcd mu to bclicvo our party fully capablu of victorious cou lention ngaitist a jmir of rascally, al niost unarincd, Irdians. I partcd with Fairfield wiili grcat rc grct. Ilo was a fsplcndid fcllow, and I can nevcr feid siillicicntly graleiul for liis repcatcd acls of kiuducss. Not ouo cent would liu roccivo for our excelliuit outfit, and I proini?cd to wrilo bini a lailhful account of my joiirnoy sliould I gel tlirough. Wc puslicd boldly i;itollio Indiati tor ritory, stcuriug a wcstci'ly cour.se by coaipasf, and making about tliirty inilcs a day, altliougli wc liad no means ol measuring. At that ralc of projjrcss it would occnpy twenty-soven days to rcach tho Chilian Audes, tlio disluncc buing about soven liundrod milu?. Largc baudi of l'atagoui.ins frcquuutly raugo i.s far north as thc linu of our track, aud scotir llio plaius in clnisc ol tlio cassowary, niilria, and oibor jjaniL1. Tliu skin of tlio cassowary in suippod oll' otitiro, tauiicd with grcat hkill, so as lo prosorvo llio splcndid fcc.tliur.-', whifli aro thcn dycd in mauy brilliant colors, and liually uuido up iuio gorgeous robf-, wliich coimnauil Iiigli priccs, Nutria skitis aro a!so valuablo, rosuinblitig our beaver, aud aro prizud by tlio Indiaiis, who use llicm for "armotils. Tlio laina is also soiiglit for its (ksli. On tlio aftcrnoon of tlio fifili day out, oiirattciition was drawu to iilargoclond of dust ou tlio wcitcru hoi izon, aud vo immedialoly litdtcd to pruvont raisiug ono of our own ; but loo lato wc liad already becn obsci'vod. Wo soon por ccivcd a band of poventy ludiaus riding furiously down upon ns, and brandisli iug thcir spears as they caun?. Tliey stretulicd out iuto a loug liuc, whieh ns suuicd a somi ciicular forin as ilioy ad vancod, with tlio cvidont intouiiou of surrouuding us. Ro.iislauco was out ol tlio questiou. To sliod a drop of llicir blood would insui'o our dostructiou ; so wc qiiiotly dismoutited, aud walking to thc I'rout I pullod o)eu my shirt bosoin, aud waitcd for tlio spoar tlirust wliich I certainly cxpectcd. My two compan ions wero bravc incn, nnd tlioy stcpped in frout of lludr horsos to mi'ct ilioir doom. Down camc tlic savuges liko an avalanclio, a largc aii'l poworlnlly buill mau, cviduntly llieir loader, riding in tlio contrc, aud comiug straiglit at nu'. Hrhcn his lanco wiis wiihin livo fcot.ol my body, lio suddonly llircw it up, aud roiuing hU horsc back on his linuticlie?, said, in good Spanisb : "Wlio arc you, and whcnco do you como?" Ilis follow ers lnul also halted, and waittid his t'oin maud. l,Vo aro iSorlh Aineiicaus," l replicd, "and como from Riicnos Ayrcs.'' "What arc you doing in my country ?" "Wo wero crossing it ou our road to Cnili." At tliis hc laughod oiitright. "You aro fools." Do you cxpcct to rcach Cliili alivc ? Tho country swurins wiih my warriors, who would certainly kill you all. But whero is tliis Norib Amiii'ioa you lalu about?" I asked bini to (lisniount, which lio did, aud taking thopointol my knifu, I drew a sort of a niap iu tho sand sliowiug liiin whoro my country was, and its positiou with rcspcct to Biieuos Ayros. "Bui wliy have you como so greut a distiiuco? Wlnit brouglit you to Iiimttos Ayros, aud wliy arc you goiug to Chili'r"' I explaiuod to him that thc Biieuos Ayrc a ns Imd soino ihings wliich wo wauicd, and that wo luul othors lluit thoy had uot, togothor with soino slight iiil'orin.i tion relativo to conimorco. Uutil Ihou had not obscrved thc approach of a youug girl, probably scvciilecn yoar.s of ago, wlin had also il ti'.noutit'.Ml, and was listoning with rapt atlontion. (,If you had beeu Bnonos Ayroans, I would huve kilk'd you," said tho chiuf ; "but I huve no quarrol with your pooplo. Tnki niy advicc, aud gt back nri soou as possiblo." Tho girl thcn spoko with a mosi musical voicc, and said, iu Caslilian : '-No, f,i ther, don't soud thom back, for thcy aro likoly to mecL anollior band of our pco plo, who will not t-paro lliein. Thuy wish to ao to Chili, aud you kuow that wo tnust soon go tlml way ourselves. Thuy hnvo plonty ol provisinns wliy not h't tlioin go wilhus?" I warinly .-ecoiulod hurpioposii'on, and afiornpnie talk with seveial ol his warrioi'j, tho cliicf coiif-oiitoi). Tho Irausilioii from oxpeclod iuiinudiatc doath to llio iis.siir aiico of Mil'uty cn'iitcd nu ovci'lating iiiipicssiou o.i our lililo pany You can rost assnrcil ihat our jnurnoy was rosumi'd with wry dilforont (cvliic'A fioni thoso with whidi it was communc i'd. I felt conlident llinl tlicsavaties know but little aboui firu arnis, for ilioy uover olforud to touch tliem, nor, in lact, auythiug elte wo had. (Jou, you havu frcqtioully heard the reporled gro'it sizo of tho Patagouiaus duiiiod ; but let mo loll you tlu'y uro a raco of giaiitiu mon. I have raroly seon oueinilvivq feet elovon inehes, liiul hnvo mcvvhany ovor nix fcct four inclies. Thi'y aro wontlen'ul ridors, aud pass noarly the whole ol llieir livos, whilo awakc, on luuvolmok, and aro gonorally wcak in tho logii. Tho chiuf who had capturcd us was probably lil'iy ycars of ago, but vcry powurlul and well built. Ilu was a C.iziqtie, of absolutu sway, whoso will waslnw, aud lio rulod ovor .-ovoi'ul iliousand souls. Ilis uume was Washnioltpotab.ili, which I ir raverently dockod down to plain Wash. Among thom was a huge liionstcr six foot len iuclies high, and larie in pro- portioo, who called himsclf Epilespo bohtah, nad him l namod Epilupsy, for fthort. Old Wasb's dauglitcr, who had tficnt inlliicnce with lier fathcr, was named Alai'ipotamn, which I changcd to Alarie. I explaincd lo llicm that I conld uot pronowucc their full nainos, iiml my "nicks' wero acceptcd wiiliout fiulliur talk. Jlario rcdo closo to niv idu, and I lonrtio'1 that lier innthor was ofpurc Caslilian blood, and had houu takon a cnptive whcn about Itor a. bUo was a womau ol uxquisilo buauty, and was appropriated by the chiuf, llion a youug mac, ovor whom shc f-oon mau- aged lo cxorciso a vcry groat iiillueuco. HIio was rarely well cducaied for ono of hcr race, and by Iiur Mai io had becn liistructcd iu r.s mauy accoinplislinients is tho nature of their surrouudiug-i wonld adinit. Slio was tho only cliild, and thc mosl glorious creaturo I ovor beheld. TaM, graceful, exqiiMloly ibrmed, wiih oval face, grcat epn'SMve bluck uycs, smnll, ro.y nioutli, t-traight iiosc, thiu, ciirvod nosiril.s, delicatu t-ars, a brilliant comph'xiou. and a weallh ol raven Iros.-o-. Uivssod in bpanish Mylo Jlario would havo becu tho contor ol adniiralion in any circh of societv. lier mother died two ycars previous lo our inceiing, aud had olton t old lier ol civilized lilo, aiul dosciibod tho m.iuiiers of iutellii'out, rolined neonle. Those vivid rel.itious had imprc.'-bed Mario witn au luieiiso longiugtj oscape Irom lier dotostcd aiirrouuding.'1, tlie moro espec ially as shu had beeu strictly brought up iu llio Ohristiau failh. You may roadily couceivo my aston- ishuiout at inoetiug so glorious a cron tuic amid siich associations. Tlmt wo wero drawn to cach othcr is not sur prising. iMy conversaiion had attrac tious for lier which shc conld not cxpoct Irom lier tavago coinpanioti?. Talo ol travol in othcr laiids ; nl.uioin of thc hnbils, mannors, dros", modu of liviug, aud tho diHoront climaios, with their sovoral prodiiclious, wero listoued to with tliu keenest iutcrcst. Maric madf no secret of hcr partialily, nor did old Wash olfer any ohjoction. fjhu alwnys rodc at my s'ule, and during our liiint iug operatiouc, e.xpresscd gient woudcr and didight at thc efli'ctivencss i f my rifle. shot-gun, or pistois. Tho wariiors also wouderod groatly at thcir roach aud dcadly certainly, but novcr asked to try iny woapons. I obscrved, how ever, that Al.irio's conduct had oxciled thc jcalousy of old Epilepsy, who, it soems, had beeu quito sweot upon hor until rcbulTed by a scornfnl rofusal. Al thougli hc had reiioiuiccd his pretcnsioii, yet it cut him sorcly to sceauother, and ho a strauger to tho tribe, so docidodly f ivorcd. As I (old you boforo, Epilepsy was a peifoct giant. Ilis hugo hcad towered lar abovc his fellows, tall as thoy woio ; and he niiist bavc weighed ncarly thrco liiindrcd ponnds, but had no appoarancc of obLity. Ilis stiength was cnornioiis, but was located almost cntifoly nbovo his knces, bciug ralhcr weak and shaky ou his pins. I paid little attculion to tho brute, who had a w holesoaic rojiard for my pistois, wliich never left my por sou, nnd wo joggcd along without open strifu for suvcral monlhs. O d Wash l.ad chauged our rotito, and struck oll four pnints inoru to thc southward. Days bccame wceks, and weoks laped iuto mouihs; but my att:iclimcut for Mariu had becomo so roolcd, that timc passod without almost uoticiug its flight, cxceit whcn reininded of it by Pedro aud Roih'iqiicz, to whom thc lliing had bec.nnc a sorious gricvance. Yo fre quotilly met othcr bands of Wash's tribe, who wero niiich cdilied at our appear ance, aud askod all uiaiinorof questious, bomo adviscd tho cliicf to dispcnse wiih our lUlcndauce by siiinmary process, but othcr.s treatcd us wiih miich I'rioud-liuos--. Wo, Jiowovor, felt scciire uuder Mi.-rio's protection, and hor fathcr had lakcn quito a liking for ourcompany. Al'ior wo had becn livo iiioulhs ou thoso droadful filains, wamlering horo aud thoi o, changing our direction, from timc to timt', I uolicud a dccided uhaugo iu thc Hiirfaceaud biitmy of tho country Tliu slreauis u-jw mot with, llowcd Irom tho wost uud uortliwcst; boforo, tkev Imd run miMily friiiitho uoith a nl cat. rfmall irees wero nftcasioliidly cneouiil crcd, and tho ntvlijre of iho soil was qnilo diffurent from,itliat we had passed over. Wo woru ccvbiinly upproat'liing ihu And"s; and, sprc onough, two days afterwnrd, wo tawnlhuir hug" glisli'Min tops pieruiug f'ai'oabovu i Iu olnud-". Sevcfal (leai.s wei'O'ioniiling sinokc, nnd tnaiiy wcre crowileil with pfp"lual snow. Lnssos ihYoIu3 woio laid aidu for bows and arioV8, of which a vigor ous mtiiiufacturo aqmninncud. as soou as wo struck thc forcsts ou iho calern slope of iho Audes. Laurels, myrt os, cypressus, aud oilicr similar 1 1 c , beru iissumc giniitio proportions. Guunaco-, cnugars, aud jaguars and nionkeys wuru Siiiricienily nuiH'iroiis; whilo the vicuna, idpoca, and lhiina hccajno fpecial objetts of tlio chnso ns wo progrcssed to tho uortliwiird. But wo wero al-o tioiichin'' au ciioniy's couulry, for tho Aiiiicau.an ludiaus aud Wash's tribo wero at bitier fouil, and a coufiict woiihl bo iuevitiiblc, shoulil wc meet ono of thcir parties. hpilepsy s joalorsy had giowu inlo downriglit hatrud, which hc took occa sion to exhihii so violcnily, on ono occa- siou, that l wa.s conipolled to cliallongc him, thcn and thcre, nirering him onu of my pi-tols aud keepuig tho othcr to set- lle tho matter. liu objecfcd on llie gronnd ol not boing fainiliar with their use. I tlio ii proposed to fight w'uhoul auy wcnpons at all, cach to a tho arms that naturo gavo, and the onu wln got worst to rcnouncc his suit. Tho rascal acccpted iinmcdialoly, dcpeudiiii: ou his nnnicu'-c phvsical stivngih to rush inp atonce You vniuinl'ur, Cou. that I was a favoriiu pupilof Ottiugloii, and my riglil hanil liad not lurut its cnnning. Constaiil, vij;oroin cxercise, for ncarly six inuiillis, had Iraincd my iniiscles, aml I was never iu betler cou diiion. Mario was greally alarmed. but l partially removed hor foars by nujrni ing that l conld whip tho big brute iu loss thau ten minutes. The conieM about to taku place was so str.iugo an ono to tho ludiaus, tlio parties to it so notablu, and thc causo so intcrostiiig, that grcat interest was I'olt in the resuli. Evury onc but myself .'ecincd nsstircd that old Epilepsy would use mo up, without Iho least trouhle. I should think it was about len o'cW.k a. iu. when wc took our placos for tho light. Epilep.sy had nothiuu on his )or sou but a stron brecch cloth ; but 1 woro a pair of cor,.uroy knuo brceclu's whii'h I h.ippened to have, a stont lcath er bi lt, a:id ;i p.iir of Ihick .solcd shoe.i. Thcy had tiev'Oi' toiiched our hnggage, and I was fully supplied wi'h good clothin. Aly hauds, face, aud ncck woio wull broA'ood ; bui ihu rosi tif my pers'Ui w '.s i.'listouing white. By Jove, liow tho Inuiaus lookcd, whou tliey saw mu cnine lorward. Thcy handlcd nie, tonchcd my skiu, f lt of my muicles, aud exprcsscd surpriso iu many dilfer cnt ways Epilipsy took his positiou, about six feet oll'; raised both arms high abovc his head, with ihe iiiteulion of ci'iishiug mo at oiice,aud theu riinhod forward. I quickly slipped uuder, aud gavc him a suiaslung right-hauder, loll in thc wiud. Ilu doiiblod up lor all thc woild liko a circu.vclown making a gro lcsquo bow, uttered a groat gruni, and rccled backward. Uu wns siuk at the slomach. Again hc rushed lorward, and, ouoo moro I deliverod a straiglit shot iato his proveadcr box. Thisconi pellcd him to cross his arms over the damaged pl.icc and leau forward, wheu tjilautod au upper-cut full on his pio bocis, spilling Iots of clarot. Ue goi groggy, wheu, rapidly following up my ndvautage, I planlcd thrcc or four heavy aud rapid blows about his uyes ; theu, c llecting nll my streiigth, landed a stingur uniler '.is right car. Ilo loll liko . hugo log, thc grouud quakiuj; at his (ad. Every tinie ho rosu lo his knces, 1 knockcd him dowu, uutil the pniiishnioiit becoiuing so scvcre, hu roared with pain. At lcugth, fceling quito scciire, I allowcd him to risc ; bui, itii-tead of rencwiiig tlio light, he took to his hcels, followed by thc hooting and derision of llio whole baml. I had uoi rccoivcd a scratch ; and, to do tho sav agcs juslicc, thoy coinpliincnted mu highly ou my victory, cxpressiug much pleasuro at tho novol cntcrtaiuuu'iit. Two days afiurward, old Epilepsy was missiiii.'. Ilu had lost casto ; aud tak ing a relativo with him, had gone to joiu anothor Innd. Soon afierward wc cucouulered a large party of Auracauialis ncarly twico as niimcrous as wc Wero; but wc sided out for a fight. My shot-gun was loailed wiih sltiirs and slung ucross my back. I'edro, Rodriquez, and myself dismounted, so as to do good shooting. Thcy wero both good iiiaiksine'i, and h:id excelleut Jools ; whilo tho savages wcre armcd with bows aud arrows, lau ces, lassos, uud bohts. Mario romaiiicd with my smnll party ; aud wheu tho euemy liad coinc wiihin about forly yards, wo openoil a lively lire, which iinmcdiately left thrco horses without riders. Tliis succcss of ours grcaily ou couragod Iho Patagouiaus, who inado a cluirgo, which was accoinpanied hy an othcr volloy from thc guns, cluariug out a fuw moru. Surpri-ed and pauic slrickcn at tliis iiuexpeclcd rcceplion, tliu Aiiracanians (led, pursiied by tho l'ata goniaiis, who siiccceded iu kilhug livc mori'. The ri'joicing ovor tliis ictory was grcat ; aud foeling bow much wo had coatrihuted, I boldly ased old Wash for his daughter. Tbiukiug that a umrriage wiih Ifr would kecp us iu ihu Iribu, the chiuf coii'-ciited, aiul Maric bccame my wifo, according to the eeiv mony of Biitagoniiui marriaijo. To say that wo wore happy, would lcnbly cxpress onr intoiHu joy. Yo di; Icrminpil upon scizing ihe lir-t good op poriuuily for lliiht, as Wu-lt liad uinilo up liis niiud lo kecp us at al luizanN. Yo liad uow reacl'cd wiihin n hun ilied tmlos ol iho uearusi Chilian M'ltlc moiit, aud Mario plauucd a S'panilc Smnll hiiutim! party, composi d of hcr sidf, I'edro, Rodriquc., ihieo l'aiagoni tin.s aud niy.-oll. No onu siwpcctod oui iiitcntioiis, ns wo took little bnggaL'e. and wero arcoinpanicd by soniu ol the band. We siartcd jnst bol'oro daylight. aud diruclcd ourcourse to llie wo.-twaiii, I'y iioou wu had madu foriy ini c, wheu wc halted, iu iho nihlst of a linu foiest, fieo of ti:)durlii ii-Ii, aud uboinnl ing with ricli gr.iss. Al'or I'e-iiug (or a eoiiplo ol hours, wo pivpaivd lo ruumu our riilo ; but at a givcu :-ig:ial. wc cov ercd iho ludiaus wiih our tillcs, di.. arnied ih.'in took tlicir hor.-cs aml ludo llicm icliiiu, to lell ohl V,i-li tha' hc tfould never scc us inoru Tho poor dovils pluaded Inrd for llicir wcap 'ii-j. dcchii iug thuy would uot attempt li u.-c them ou us aud tlmt lliey hud noihing lo defciid llieni'-elvcs with ng iu-t wi d beai-ts. ltcmoiiniitig, wo moved nll about ten paces, and theu ihrow llioin thcir lanccs and bolas, altcr wliich we rodo oll' at a rapid gait Traversing ihu Cambio 1'aix, uc rcacheil san Ftdipo du Acoucigua in lour days nioie. Tliis is a haiidsouic town, of about lo.OOlJ iuhuliitaiii and only lortv iniles from Sau liago. Thcre wu rcstud for a month. I'ediu aud Rodriqucz, my fa thlul aud gallant companioiis, lofd lcavo of us wiih feincero rcgrois on both .-ides. De siring to givo Mario tho boii'fi's of tho bust society in Cliili, wo repairnl to Santingo, wherc wo dwelt. in thceiijoy ment of evory liappincss, for ten tnonlhs. It was my iiiteulion to havo brought Mario to New York as soon as tho hail liccoinc accufetonied to reliucd socicty ; uut it was not lo be. Shu aud lier babe lio buriud iu consccrated grouiid, ou ihu banks o( tho Mayfiocho. l'oor, dear, doar Mario ! tlo ceased speaking, aud I syuipa thizud deeply with my fiieud's gricl. Sovcral niiuiites passcd ; tho slorni with out had iuerea'-cd iu fury, and l nski'd Jac some queslious about liis friend Fairfield, lio madu uo reply, and aris ing froui my loiiujc I wout up to him : he was soiind asleup. Cou'ring Inin wiih n nmplo robe, aud ivp'uid.hiui! thc liro, l souglit ropose. Ocerland Moutlih. A Fisli Slory. Fisli stories aro not gcnorally regard ed as being loaded down with any grcat amount of truthfiilness. Yc arc about to rclato onc, howcvur, tho vcracity of which can bo vouched for by a do.cn witncsses, it rcquiro 1, nnd ovcn, if ncc cssnry, Iho lish himseif, the cook that sct out to cook him, and even the pol i i which ho was bailcdc.iu bc produecd. This inass of evidence ought to bo suf licienl to satisly the niost skcptic.il. Tlio olhcr day a well-known gentle nian of this city had scnt to him, by a friend froui Bitena Yista, a pickcrel caiight in thc river at that point. lio was a mammoth fcllow, this pickcrel was, stretching out about four feet in length, and wcighing in thc victnity of tliirty poiind. Tho gcnllcnian was, of course, delightcd, and, as any body elso would have dono, he sent tlio pickercl homo with instriictions Ihat it should bu cooked and servcd up in slyle. Uu! in prepnring ius lisn-sinp tor llie taule a dilcnina arose. Not a pot or a keltlc iu tho entiro kilchen catablishtncnt could bo found largc enottgh to hold him, aud, as u last rrsHtiee, tho boiler was brought out only to lind that ihe pickcicl was too loug by about a foot nnd a half to go in that. In this cx ticmity tho idea of eooking him whole was nbandoncd, and first liis head aud thcn his tall was cut oll', when the dis covcry wa3 made that auother lish rc poscd insidc of thc oiiginnl ono. Tiiis disntslo.l tlio cook. aud so tho contcnls of the boiler wero pitchcd out into thc back-yni d. A little boy of nu inquiring tuni of mind, who had wituessed the developmenls thtis i'ar, nnd who labored uuder iho belicf that new nnd possibly fresh wonders niight yet bo uiieurthed iu that lish, tojk au nxe and )rocecded to cut him up, when, suro onough, oth cr discoverics woro inado. Insido of fish No. 2 reposcd anothor lish in a good state of preservution, nnd insidc of No. 3 thc minnow with which tho hook was baitcd that hnd lurcd them to their fatc. Tho thcory ndvnnccd by our niost lcnrncd aiul reconditc savnnts is that fish No. 3 wns tho first to spy out nnd irAlililo llin nuniinu wlnnli u-.w nft.w.hnil to tho hook. ilo tound himselt last, and thcn lish No. 2 with a bolly that ycarned for soinc'thing nice and tender, camc itiaggling that way. Ho spiod tho prizo, and swnllowcd it down, only to bo gobblod up in timc by the mam moth No. 1, and that is how thc lish nll got thcre. Tho oxplnnation subniit- tod wo bclicvo to bc the only sound ono that can bo ofl'crcd ; still, it a ditterent thcory can bo suggcsteil, wc, in eom mon with nll the rest of mankind, will bu glad to hcnr of it. Keokuk llowa) Gatc City. A Tratli! nnd a t !,.! Vh;ji. "I rcckon I conldn't drive a trndoj I do not pnnosctospcakof UiMnany W Shn ?VKf E"'li(1 113011,1 Uiat arc mo hpcciincn ol n luiikeo pcddlcr. ns I , , ,. , , ho stood at tho door of a mwei.niit iu ! mn""1e,nrel 1,f'm W1' '"'t mc-ix-lj ol H. Ltutis. Mhc vnluablc ir.osto wliicli it can W put "I rcckon you calculatp about ri:;-lil, hy thc nui.-ckocpcr. !" w liuiuckcep for you can't," W-M t,0 siicctintf rohly. ors havo lir.io lo blaclc llicir sl,vc ev. ' all, l gticss you ncod.i i . t Iml- ,.,. ,i,. ,. , , ,r fy bi-.nil it. Now', licro's n ,11, ,.inil. , 'J.' Ll ' " . " 1 " X inc rnz u stro))5. wortlt $.:,) yott' nmv I 1 H'm 1,1 t'ltlK'r ule'"' u'aU'r or lli Jl havo cm for Si'.OO." ' ' I vv jttei'. This kecns them clcaii, lait ! T (nll f .1..,.'. I 1 1- .1. 1 -.au luniuiiiiuiiiia imvn your Iraps, ,,i you niny us wull bo goiug aloiig. " Vnll, now look hcrc fiqnaro, 111 bol you livc dollsnvs that if you inako iiic ;in oflcr for them 'crc strop?. wc'll hnvc a trndc yot.' " Dono!" vcplied tho mcrchant, plac ing Ihu inoiioy in tho handd of a by statider. Thc Yankce dopDsitcd a liko suin. No,v," said Iho nK'i'clniiit. ti Pll g.vo you a 1,.cay.ino (s.xpoucc) lbr tho sitou.s. ' f'hoy'io yotir'n !" said tiio Yankcc. as ho (juiclly pockclod thc siakcj. 'Uiil," said hc, af'tcr n little rctk'c tion, and wiih .mvat tiDiurctit houestv : "I calculaio ajokos a jokc; and if yoii don't waut them stropi, I'll Irndu back. ..!. ine incroliants cuiintcnaiicc bright oned. " Von aro not h bad a chap, nftcr all," said hc. ' Thcre uro your slrops, jive me ihe iiioncv." i rPi. ,.,. ti : , " .:.i ,1... '....t i.. rccuivcd the stmps and passed over ihe sixpciice. -A tiades n liade; and now you arc wide awake. Tiio nexl timc you trndc witli tlmt crc sixpcncc, you'il do a little botter thau to buy inz or strops." And away walked thb ped dler with his :-trops uinl his wuger, 'inid the sliouts of the laugliiug ero wd. Hiildiug aini Whiting aj, Asiclions. .Suiith, the auctioucer. is a populur mau, a wil, aud a gentleman No per sou is oil'L'iided al what hc says, aud tniiuy a hcarly laugh has he provokcd by his iiumorou? snyiugs. He w.u ic ccntly eng.igcd in thc sale of vencrablc household furnilure and "lixiugs." 11c had just got to ''goiug, and ha'lr, ;t half, going, ' whcn hc saw a smiling coiinte uatici'. upon agi iciilniral shouldcrs, wink at him. A wink is alwnys ns good ns n uod. to n blind horse or an auctioucer: so Suiith winkcd, and thcy kcpt ''going, gmiig fjoing-.with a lol of gh.ssware. stove pipcs, carpct.:. pots and )c:-lumerv. aud finallv this 1m was knockcd down. 'To whom .'" said Sinith, faziiur at thc smiling strauger. "Who, hcig-h ! ; said tho strauger, "I don t kuow who. 'Whv, vou. sir." said Sinith 'Who ' ine 1 ' "Yos, yos; vou bid on thc lot," said binith. "Me? hniig mo if I did," insistcd llio strauger. "U'iiy, did you not wink, nnd kecp wiiikiugT 'Winking! well, I did, nnd so did you nt nie. I thought you uvro wink ing al mu as much as to say, 'kecp daik ; l'll stick .somebody into that lot ufstufl';' aml I winkcd, as much as to say, 'l'll bo hangod if vou don't niis ter.' ' Nt'archin I'av llio ijitc of Iving iio!(M!iO!!s IVniiile. Tho Hon. Ri.-hard Vnus, Past R. W. Grand Masler of tho Gin ul Lodgo of Ponnsylvania, A. Y. M., in his vnfe dictorv uddrcss. staiod that "durinir the ' past few ycars a scientilic :t?s ndnlion in jhondou has vohmtnrily uadertakon 1. I inslituto dts.'ovcrrs on the site of Kiuur I o ,i. ,, '!..,. i , c.. i -7. j uuiuimui n i i-iii m , liu uii: Mll iu.11; Ul asceituiiung what vct rcmatns of tlic fouudation and suporstritcturo of that wonderful cdilice. It is bjvoiul doubt that onough hns becn dono lo snlist'y tho Freeinason that the sacrod aml pro l'auc liisfoiy of lliis tomplo has been cor roborated. When wc bcar Irom an eye witncsj that the stones of the fouu dation, which havo becn brought to light, arc cach designatcd by u siguifi cant maik, cut into cach stonc, which has delied tho knowdodgo of tho phi'o logisl aud .ircluoologists, wo arc animat cd with a joy iu wliich only the Masons cau particip.ite. Every efl'ort should bc made to continuo those explorations. Frecniasons have a dircct interost iu tho result. I, therefore, invitc my breth ren, tho Grand Mastcrs of the Grand Lodges of tho Unitcd Statos, to tako such action as will supply with matoiial aid thoso oxplorcrs, sinco thc crafc will bo rewardcd by ovldcnco ihus grasped from the dostroyiug powcrof timc, con firmntory of many of our csoteric teach ings. Might it not bo well for thoso Past Grand Mastcrs who tako an iutcr cst in tho subject, to unito in sectiring means to cflect this niost dosirablo ob jcct. Thc symbology of Masonry is a most inteiesting study. Tlic trnths which aro hiddon undor those synibols may yot roccivo ronewed lifo in a resur rection which would co'ntirui the faith of thc fratcrnity. I would oarno.stly in vito for this subject tho early aud prae tical considci'ation ot the dUtiuguished brothrcn to whom I now appjal for cf fort to tbt3 cnd " No wondor tlnt thc femalo scx aro so ol)jtin.ttc. Tho L-.xtin word for a wo man is "mulicr." Vikv iu in lionsclioiil. iucy iook verv urowii. Allcr a mou' iiaa becn onco thorouhlv bhukc-i. it can bu kcpt looking pcriccliy well f .r u loug tiuiu by rubbing it vith papcr evory lnorning. If I occasionnlly find n spot "!' y.ay or iiuit-juico tlmt thc papc; ,vill uot lake oir, I ruli it wlt!i n wci .iiti,, b.it uo not pttt on wntcr cnoiigli to i,!.': - (f il.. I I. , !. T .. 1 ., . " inu u ck . i n 1 IIIIT, 10 ).. w V , i ,. . ;) nini. , . ; . i ' ' . vv " r" ; ine out;a'i" .,r i - lCv'tllc, s jt- -p-.t, aiid lcn-pot bi-i-lii and ckan. ;h.!'i t!.. old way ot wn.'lii.i;' them i;i -.i k (Thc ins'tdc of c dlcc and tca poi slu nht ' bc rin.icd in tlcir watcr, aud nei.-r iu tlio diiili-walcr). Rubbing wiih dry papcr al' bost way of polishing knivcs. q n and tin-ware nl'lcr ficoitritii--. Tiii- -; , , wcltingtlic k.iit'u lundls. If i lado ; h1'1'"' hold i i tiie papcr in iu''' liu-waie and spoons. thcy .-hiiic liko n w silver. For polishing wiudou i,ii:r -is lamp-chiiutiies, etc. 1 ulway- ti-c j , pcr in prolcrencc to u dry clolli. I'rcservcs and picklcs keej imn-W i. tor if brown ):ipcr inslcail of a cl in i tiod ver tho jar. Canncd fuiit js n,.t so apl lo mold if a iiocv of wriiing m per, citl to fit tho can, is laid ditc th on top of tho fuiit. j 1'nper is nuicli botfcr lo put undi r a c.irpct thau alraw. Tl is wnrnicr, ihin nor. aud niakcs less noise ulu-n cnc w.iks over it. A fair carpct cnn bc made for a ruim llint is not iu conMatit use, by pnsting scveral thicknes-.es of ncHspajiur on the floor, over t!n:,i:i laycr of wall papcr, and givingit a eoat of varnisli. Iu c.dd wenther I hai c!- ! lo imv hctm i ., , . ,l ! 'H1. kowing that two thic.c in btd- KiieNe5 ot ! at'o as warm ns a quilt. If it is uccessnrv to .stcj) upon a chair. aluavs ,1V ;l ' ,. 011 !t . hh Mves nilj)ji" ,.' .. ... ., , 1 ,u V'1?1''- ' l,,Klre" mm ,t" ,l:l'n1, '" doing so. Th'Hth and 1 IIo"u'- Whistlhig Git-ls. Thcru is a proveib that ''Wiiistling givh aud crowiug hoaa Al'.vays coaio to somo bad enis. ' Bui. not withMui'diug ihu old proverb, a wriler siops lor.vnrd n (UKmmI M,e whisilieg girls iu their iudpcndc : "Show mo ihe girl who has iho hn li- hond lo whisilu in i ho-c days, wheu e- cryihiiig natural, uvcu to tho veryhii' of your lio-id is at a discouut, a 1 1 l'll show you a girl who can bo dcpta lcd Uinu, onc who will not f.iil you iu ti no ol uced, aud ill give you th'1 trao hcarty rasp, thc curdial hand s'.i iko. ihu wip m genniiiu wulcoine ; no tip of tho . id ylo.-e, and a cold ho w.lo-v 1 1 di ; 1 wll0 ,.,, bru.u danger. loo'; t,.i" ... i. , , , , , I.i'-e wnhoui .-hri!iki!u, la f'h w i.h . c nial wei'p, as vvtll .i wln.ilo wMi i!i ihat wlilsilc; who cau, in -h rt, t.tko tho woi'ld as shc lindsi', rtuigh ad ;u; ai'd, ui'l lo go l!iron,'!i lite a- tii 'i.,1 nhu woro walsingoa ugg.s, aud air.u 1 .f cracsiug ,i sholl ; who dcals ia sub-luu ', uoi shadow '' Ilot ! A Universalbt mmistcr, u-oaLicd w ii dyspepsia, usiuilly found rcl:cf by the frce uso of caycnnc p:ppor as a condimcnt. Traveling Wc-,:, an 1 i ing that hc might not fmd tho .:,c thcre, hc took a supply with hun. V wcstcrn mau, obsarving him ik? it. saul "Strauger, I'm kind of curus about that 'crc rcd s.tlt of yourn. l bko o try it. " IIc was told that hc was wclcnmo bui that ho must bo caroful if bc wcre not accustomed to it, as il was vcry poweHul. But hc "could swallow chain liglumng," or some othcr Wcstcrn impossibihtv, and hc peppered his food so frecly that he was half strangled, and evory onc arose to his assistancc. As soon as hc was ablc to spcak, hc turncd to thc ministcr, and said : "Strauger I ain't you what jthcy call a Varsalist?"' Thc ministcr said hc bclongod to that djiiomination. "And do you think it consistent with your s.ikrid callin' to go about with hell lirc in your brecchcs pocket ?"