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KKltlt ! n%OB?T?| ta ?A|H>?^ r? ,*?->rt,fc', f . Inno used chninphcnr- to light her fire the fusfev. "We hxy her to vent," intoned the past?r. ! il&Jto JLstXi rJtin enifr*-.,* V-?V Smith blow llio gas out, ere Ihobod ho glid ed for. Leaving his- family quite unprovided lor. To learn if charged, .lories breathed into Iiis following-picco, H is ? iilow h uncle will support Ii is hvwliug niece. drown thought fce'd Hirt with Si?i|is?n's w |fc a lit lie. The.jury stood a dozen for acquittal. ??I ll shave,*' said Ruth of woman's right: > the fori runner. "The razor nuisl hiive slipped." observed the coroner. Stiles jnnibcii up to reach amoving rail ear' j)lai form. A home S liereavmcnt shocking is in tlmt form. 'Tint whiskey one ran starid," fxl'l Toinp kins. "try oh, lcVs'.'' Ills sh-cpis sweet hem-nth the" early violets. 11 if shop jftls put on topmost Moor, did l'-lnney. Afier the fire ihey d'du't count so many. .link? tried to utop, hy hand, a sorab'hitig or- ol hot* in >:uv. "My daughter's next slinu't?nioke,'' remark ed lire rnoi her-in-la w. A PLEASANT HTOKY. It was n Collage. |)(?tl'l tell lie the! I iliui't kimw. tl.iVell t'I been there t?? ?-'illher jwj.-cs and leant oifVl i awberj it s ? No ! it was n? t a cottage y<c/cr< -f? I here was not hing: Kreuch iiiud about It It was purely A liicrjc.-in, nnd hnrwbmized sweel'.v with | he d< dig h I fill see n, ry. No! it hadn't a liat room, nor a portico: nothing at all of the kind. ISul (lieu i iiad mw viiHis running all over the w .n low?, and whole colmii s of wrens that In.ilt 'their nests an:! sang bem.yt'n its eav. s. To the ri.ht na? a Held n elo'cr, red with bfo*-oms ; oa the left v. as an o'chard from whence winds scattered a shower if. blooq: in front was a green lawn, shaded with s.m.c massive Walt.ut trees ; and to *hc rear opened a long grass laue tbr? ugh wh o ? the cowsj walked every nmrning to the pasture b?yund, and returned at night 1 know well enough to whom thi. cottitge belonged. No, it wa&u't tu u sein hi teacher, n >r a preacher. Wr an author?no such thing. It was hu I by the hand of' him who owned it and and lived in it, and 1 h 'd always ;d milted his excclluiit taste in blending the useful w itb the beautiful, tlmuuh I hm! never seen him?my Visits having been lo his wife, and dur'ug hisnhs*-nee. t had learned of him though ; heard enough lo make inn intensely curious i , sec him j for not a female I ? um tic iu (lie ucighboihood approved ul' his, win'. ehoieo. 'What is the matter with him V 1 a.-ked ; 'is he immoral V 'Not Lh.it 1 know of,' was the rejoin der; -but to tell the truMi, Imily, he is insufferably ugly?his f.ice is all scar re I and cicatrized, 1 should think by lire, and you know it h'fwiys makes mu nervous to look at anything ol that kind.' ;t f ..truTO/" ->M t f %' t ' 'Poor man ! perhaps he got burned nn rescuing >ome child or feeble woman finm the fhiiers,' I said. ?PoiiX know; uuvcr heiid; m v.r made imjoiri's; you know ihcy only can c to live ill I his m ighb u hood la-l summer, and I never dared ask what < disfigured him, ^ b$M [) Jn-h that yon would.' 'I am considerably ntfquatotbu wfth Mrs. W'inslow,' I replied; 'I thought ol culling upon her this morning ; perhaps she will tell me without asking.' 'Do; that's a dear gnul Polly !' And I did Tho wholo atmnxphorc scorned reJol 1 ent with musionnd fragruuee; 1 couldn't tell why all tho birds had taken it into their heads to sing, warble, nnd build I their nests there; and I didn't know why it was that i he roses, buttercups, I violets and daisies should prefer that, place to nny other j but they seemed to judging from tho profusion in which they grew. The whole aspect tfhs delight fully rural nnd picturesque, and over all lingnrcd ati influence of quietude and repose. ^ narrow footpath, crooked as foot-' p:.tlis nlway nie, woimd along tlo/ough iIn- l iwn, .boncath ihr shtdows of' <ri;inif \v . 1 fjnti and by' this, I n'?proui I?. d entered the little ?afc. ami ascended the 1 gravdod walk. -hordcVol hy bed of flovorS, to 11?C dodV. It was open and I went in. Alone?a serene nnd pcactjful Ijuah nstitl within (The balmy win 1 nestled i) the-wveathesjof'snowy drapery hanging at the window, wher^ i^nvit white and red roses bowtid tncTr graceful heads, ami the warm, rich sunlight came in bright bars ol radiance upon the floor. 2sdt qujte alone either?;i cradle was lucre ; and it required no cooj lining to ti'll that cradle bad an inmate? a self d -.?iilied. tboughtI'nl, imperturbable title baby, whose quiet calmness I could Did. understand. I was wide awake, au 1 us grout *hluc eyes staring with infant persistence at so.nctl it"_'. f cotilan'l Sell wluit ; tin ti tl>.ry turned upon iiih and I returned the gaze. Hut it ma Jc no difference : the baby bad not a 1? ul or evil thought to hide; it was riot con sei?.u; of a sin in w ud Of do i I ; hence lltcrj U|UUO tin blush to that delicately' ri utided check, no lulling to thai calm, quiet pyQ, limpid as a lake ill summer. Serene tin the heaven?' in Juno. There wna a rustle and a flutter ul . hi?sKii, the piuii.il of a slight, spring) j stop, the glimpse of a fairly form, and Mrs. Win-low stool before me. She was not very beautiful, but sparkling and vivaeioii-i, with a ?16vr ol health "ii her" check and it- light in her eye. Thy baby bad roused now, to be KUICj no more of its quiet .ami uthtilless, rm ; n.ore of" its thi nghiiulriof s und serenity I Its iittlc form lhsily fluttered with joy ; it laughed, clapping its dimpled b tirdS. 'You've come to-stay all day With nie, ' haven't you ? ami the baby hail ,-uch good company while mamma wrts guue, hadn't it she said in a light/chirrup** way tb .t set off .the little Icllow with renew e<l dtfli{.ht Her invitation had only seconded iny design to rciUOVO my bonnet ami in in liila. while she-sat Uuw i uii t!i i rouker ami look the b iby. we prepared to Cllj >\ lliC day in euch other s socict.y. 1 can't tell you wharf we talked nb'iut Si ; it IUs not balls p r operas, it lion, nor si^'ut-.. N-; ""l 1 neighbor'j> ihnrnctcr was disojtod. No ; the infirm it .cs of the clergyman w< re not shown up. No; not a inuracl nl privuto scandal fua cut ami carved. Hut the time flew swiftly and plcneanUy niter dinner, nnd i* hen the great n nml sUn was s'nkin"! bclfilld the trees that burned ami glowe I in the rich, warm light, sho came In where I-was sittitie, and w.thout a word laid a portrait in my lap. It was that of n noble looking intiu, with m ist ex pressive and |aullli'-s foifurcS. Ts this your husband Lsked. '.My kilobaud as he was.' sh > irnswered with u siyh. 'Von have seen hi iii V 1 replied hi the ii gative. ?You will stay with me this ereningV' 1 replied ! h it. 1 mIi ii! 1 bo hui.i.- \A form his acquaintance, and again looked at his porlrait Tie. ?1 (isn't look like that now.' she answered, wiping aw iy a tear; 'yet he says he -hall i v r have cause to bless the lire by which In- lo\t his <Vi| 1 I inks but which Moo fur him what In- esteem ed a thousand time- more valuable.' 'What was it V 1 asked, with unto conn table dulh ess ol nppr hetisioii. She pointed archly ami with a s.nil ? to her wi d?Vr >t i trli '|)o tell me I he st ry ; 1 slmuld be delighted to bear it.' Aj-'aiu she smiled, fruyyig : 'I do not know that you will consider a very interesting' however, several reason* coiis|iinj io make mo wish that von should know all, and since y m have lif'Vi r heard, peihaps I muy ;i? well t?dl you ' '('ertainiy, certainly.' ?You see, when Mr. \ViiisloW fird bc? gm his utttiiliotis to ii.e, I wax n't at all plcnstd. lie Was ban 1-oin ??, 1 knew' but I bad sot my miml, Very foolishly, I suppose, on having a rich husband and OUO that Could keep in.- ab ivu the necessities ol'woi';. So f slight od and rppulsed In in on all neeasi mi*?, treating him u<>t merely with indifTcrcueo, but with actual loathing and scorn. Sm h treatment ? -one might huvo supposed would have quickly oblitcratvd Ijjs passion; on tin* contrary, h-iwcvur, it seemed only to increase it. 'About this time I formed the acquaintance of a city geptjomun, whom rumor veported immensely rich, and whi-FO intense oeltshucss w.is voilol beneath a manner of the utn*> ist suavity. His at lent iuris to nie were marked, and not to bo mistaken'?nnd though he had not spoken ol'love, he acted and looked it, and I believed htm. ?It .was in October. T think,the atmosphere dry and cool, with night winds, when, as we were returning from a party, late (it night, I was surprised nnd shocked bv fho appearance, in the distance, of n deep, red light, that seemed to climb the sky lind quench the very stars. A wild uod awlul presenti ment of* approaching evil ;ft I ho same instant crossed my mind. 'If that should bo our Uou.se,' 1 almost shii- ked. 'Nonsens,?it is tijurh further off,' exclaimed Hurton. "Hut I was not satisfied, and hurried on eagerly, dragging him wiuj hip. 'We came nearer, nearer." My fears Were all too true.. It was'indeed our beautiful home, wrapped i-aono broad sheet of smoke and dame, or with forked tongues lapping the pill is. an 1 shooting Ire 111 the windows, while up at cue of the sky lights stood my mother in her ll'ght dr. ss. ?With crio wild shriek real led the attention of the crowd In her situation. Hundreds of people by tlfia time had collected, though chiefly, aCU sccmsd, lor the gratification of* curioyty. Same were running with ropca Bid bidders, t others shouting and givlug pvdqr.4, which no one seemed incliftflj to obey. ?Mv mot her my m other,' I eri?id, 'Will no one go to the arista neu >d* my mol her '{' 'Kvcry moment the Huinft ioortoascd with i|6t?iiisbiiig rapidity, nlrgiiig au 1 roaring like n si a of sterns Stiil my (liothuv Mnod there surveyii?* the scene with the resign lion of a maVtyr. 'llartoii ! llartoii '.' | slrViCKCU,?'for ('. fl\ ?akl! Ii !p o.y .... Lhcc.Jj .v ?lie stood still I implored an 1 urgel him. At length he turned tu ward me w it Ii a Prow li, a ying : ?I can not i is k my life t i save even y, ur mot her.' 'Great heavens! and I Irive I ?vod this man.' The thought rushed seething and heavy through my brain. ?There was n shout, nn txcl-intatinn. ?it .m-e ol brave, sti'Ougw ?r U. .v'oai ? iiei'vVma ai" u h id \ lace 1 a lad h r. and a man mj< lapidly mounting?on? thi< ugh the ilciise smoke?through sing ing flames. Scorched by the intense stirpciise the crowd swiiy?d und .nur muri d like a wind swept Waive. II appeared Again ; I sanv ftiy mother in his arms; I knew that she was saved] Th to waa a crash of the roof, iiiioglud with wild exclamations; a great rnist swam bcloru inv uym ; a noise not ituiiku that of the i'oiifiug n lines was tn my ears, ami I lost the consciousness utaurrouud ing obi( els ?1s it necessary to tell who :t in- tli'ti thus rescued my mother? whatcnioiions I cxperieiit'ed upon Inuring I. ?w deeply I w s in leb ted to the Ii au 1 Ii ol des pisfd'i It i> necessary, how ver, fu me t ? tell you that there and then be lorevcr lu-d the goad looks *h:eh yWu tidmire in that portrait. The ulothes wire huriied from his body, and the flesh from ii.is l ie and neck sea red and ' sordid t I! the skin #seeined to have t ho consistency '?!' leather 1 ?'I hero ; I here, my dear*.' said a manly j voice at the door,'you have toid enoiTgh; let in,; finish.' 1 looked un: n man wits there, ou Whoso countenance there v re deep traces of lhe fiery element, hill lio d'tlil'l look ligly tu t'mi at all Ivich >'ir, seethed r t li or a badge of homi. and th> ver) soul of t rut li and hobloriew- b.ramed radiantly in Iiis eye*. IJis wit ? p.e. sooted him, ami as be gave ui his hand, he said : 'One whom my dear wife 1**100111-.so much cannot he a hi ranger lo me* and n W. * ii e jhu has told )'oU p it?for 1 have been ii sad caves dropper?del inc loll you the rest I ju) fully a. -i ille.l. 'Then and there,' he Ii g?n, I heard the IIamo*i roucine, nrotind im . itnd fell its Bury bl'oath scorching my clu cks ami looming to lap up the very springs of life, but was coiiSch of only a great , joy nt mv heart, lor the liu.tlier of the prize one was in mv arms. I knew when 1 touched the ground with my precious cht rgc, by the acclamation that rent the air, but could only think that 1 had made her happy, and in the bli-s of that assurance lorg t for tIn time my sufferings, the world and every thing. I 1 y ill through several weeks ?through days and nights that would have been anguidicd indeed had I not known whose; care it was thai provided everything essential to my comfort" liatl not such a ploasatit face bout over me, such a sweet voice murmured in my cor, such a soft hand ministere d tomy wants Never, in the proudest days of my h"ulth had I Experienced shch oaquisttc fedicity? ami never in my weakties*; now, when she lint beside me, when sho rood to mo, when she brought, ma fruits ami flow urt when sheti she put her hand in mim:. and whispered something that, would Bavo repaid sufferings a thousand times hitter th in mine.', ?Oll, W illi.ii?'.' she cried, blushing t,. the. rotds of Kcr hair, ?don't i. II Imv silly and foolish, i was.' ?It was neither silliness not folly,' I t exclaimed, 'hut the reward of great vir- i t ie ami hcroistn. Let him go "ii ; 1 am i deeply lutcre t.d. mid long to kn..w all.' ?J have 11in. 1 i11lo morn to !? II.' lie ro j 9timed, "but when I grew s'rongand w< Ii enough to walk about. I observed that all tho mirrors had been retn >ved. Hitherto, in my:deep.hiippinu*n, I had th.night little ol the BCitrS, which 1 should have known would lofodO my features Thistincidenl reminded urn of t. and exoitod my curhsity. Whort I request od one t<> he brought, thatSQi plored me lo desist; now; but. thauk God it didn't tdiook me in the least. I took her in my arms and whisperedthai since her b auliful face had In come mine, I saw no cause to r grct the joss | of the ?dl on.-; and wouldn't for the ' World change back ngtin. \nu have i seen and loved tue now, I s;iid, whereas j \..u didn't before ; you ku ?w till my uis (igiitcment, ami with it your manner has changed Irum'scnm to kinlu:-s, SO I have nothing to mourn for. "Evi i v day <d" life has since p. nvmced nie inoro and mole that 1 spoke til truth;' . ** A IJneei* Conclnsion ,\?K ViKN AND WOMCN k'OSU OF KAMI OTII Kit. Th ? Pall M ill DaJtutte i> rrofclfle] over the question whet lief '^'ftibil a"r* linn.' iiiteie^ing to men than ivouiss nro , an 1 whet".er women fin 1 iimicin wotu'en to inter. -; them (hail th- y ?1 ? iu in on.'' j The 'Gazette comes to 'he uiiweleouie eoitilnsion that l\ic p'otoddod fondue** j of th two - xe.s for nne an >tlnT i- the great fundamental hypocrisy ol'ihn raoo It won] i b> unfair to d voll tuo uiuell ?.n the j ii ? i ustance th t th >v make ono am tie r uncomfortablo iu a nay that men never make men. n-r women w . tnon taking thnt fact by itself. 'Thif might he a mere result of tlioir being different licit fa r.-views of tlio whole eiivc ti i ds to estnhlish a general in ;.>ru piitihiliiy between the two. .Things will h (vo o .ilter very much if in tin nu 1 women arc to get along wt II ln'.'eth. r The priteuee that fll'oy are dy ing ??! , >'?. er hk ine lor one a not hot" i? not t?ul\ m t proved, it is disproved. Not merely i. thlil kind of mortality wholly.a'.-jon: from ihe returns, but alter all iUni< rcnlurcs ti;a two sc\es greatly keep nloii i ? ii ? tiuolhei" When yo; c:ni get n glimpse of their true loudcUicica. it onus out clearly enough that IIICU and WOtllCU are .1 on - tic creatures, undo: compulsion.. All kimi- oi - " . .1 pontrivauces hue been tried tlie real purpose ..f uhi.li. no not to- how it may be disguised U t > sojiti rate the sexes, and so >.cue lor e.eh tie pleasure "I hei ig ou'y iti it^ own soeietyj There is po s.^r.fieo men will not make to get tit's luxury, Th -y will r tip pur I the costVeSt chili. Thy will, sti ok ?, they will pretend any o l of recreation from ends dawn to .bil liards, sooner tit 111 u t to apart from women a p.uiion of their Inno. The like thing hoi.)- of llie ladies in the s i lie way. 'I he inability of men <>> stay at home allows their wives i i assemble mu t ii .1 clubs in {"heir ow > dra viti: r > > us, ..ml they do so. For one club the nun h iv -, I|ie women have liuudrudd ? just us mmy a* there are houses. 'J he trulb ? the tasie of the sexes radically differ. At h one feminine likings prevails, und th ro is no mm who ig liol more or Ic.-k aware that tho minor aiT.iiigciucu's and wonl.-rful and lo hi in supertlu'iis filigro like oriiaiiioutti linn ol his home are not for hiiu nor for Iiis sex, but for the. ether, .lust us little can it be d tubtcd (hit men. and women dress each lor their own sex; that? it is tho admiration ol their own kind, not of the opposite one, they lay themselves most) out for. Men and Women arjj Iii a p.rpottril condition df surprise, nnd scoff at eacr) Others, styl'1, both always omitting criticism of their own. Conversation cnnitlly* betrays tli 1 -? natural nnjmsition. Tl' the sexes bad real respect for one another] would they indulge in those unbcJievable coinpli incuts? Neither does it to those of their own kind whom tney honeslly lik" The artificial style of talk which i-t the traditionary custom ol tlic Sqxqs is plain ly that ofcrcutun s who do nM uuder.-t md (Midi other and have mtit'uil sus] ici >ns Being strange they betake themselves to'" coniuliuiruH. A cjunh'ticatjoh in re.fi -re nee' to the family relation h is to be made. To a ma l his mother is not a woman?she is a divinity. Ti e like partly holds in ft girl of h'r- fat her, ami tri thcrs and sisters are nd i.f'any sex. Hut got n il sale of this lion >-ex:ial cirele, arid the antipathy combs qtift*Ki!* into play. 1'oys nearly h glrr, and the letting'is re turned. Old men care nothing fur wo men of any age, except as nurse?, old women creep together; It is only dur ing the eentr.il portiuu uf l?*e that the sexes can be said to be civil to one mil tin r. In fact, if nature had not lorced men and women to !ov<5 cacti other during that portion willy-nilly, ana gi\e* them that fflcrtfaiWtl art! perploxiug biib ; of clilf Iron; it is doubt fill whether they ^otttuuuvo any niu" toil liking. Love is all that eti&fs* bet ween th ? nr. It is astonishing, considering what n complete, intricate, long assortitioii the bridging ftp a family ttos a'cuipif to. that they d> not h v-,,nic mote redly intim tte ffi in * t h**y d i oven in the hr*t I eases. Doubt may well be feit that thcroWwo low li.i bri Is hna wives' who in Bpi(e of all the trials they have' shared, have not at the bottom of their Ii (arts a sense ol'grievance one against the oilier. It is till very sad : b it itcintiot bv holpc'd; The -exes tire a parti il failure. and snjnchow litis arisen ffn*ononii?ills' \ ig.-ei-i'be.i of their liking for one another. Look at cajinly.*Yne interest . ,. h hits f -r tue "'.her i- w - -filly fa-'; ihg in ve -at'vt. ;'it is alike m fft?totl?'t <' au I small?nitre love, in f*?c*i ? : __ j.. ,?? The Only rein il.' M.ison. *. ,'; ! '' ' . to.f *.t.t?t ? <fff ittiw sur. on i ai.n^u. n;:rt l>>' .r.F.r. - Hsva eoi: i it Air in kvi:.i> j.ui>;;: V.iiOM l\ TOE I.AKT?. The Tfon. Kli/.ale'h fet. t?Scr^t? the only Fiuualc who was over nflfla%n into tl c mvstcry of freemasonry, ^hr has bid two degrees?the 11 r t' :iu\ st c oi l ? conferred oil li. r. As it ni iy le interesting t ? the geifciul rotier, ire jjjtVU the st >ry as t > how*' Miss l.egl'V obtained Mils non >r. prornisiii'|j OjSi the inf o to itioti o on-s !: i;n' the nest o1 ? ei:c s! l.m-d r>otu ia'.Ie, lINs *t. le . er's jutjw r, a very ZCtlToVIs "M'asvfu ' e'-l a warrant, ft*ln o ?ci-Td ri!p; op*5na1 fudge tit fhoi'tH'lillu Tio"s.\'his II ns a vi some' intim'.f* ffiffld.4 as Mi?g-j &h? ft Is sti'd that iicver\vere Masonic done niore ngorousiy pciTo^nifcrrtHnn by th brethren uf No. 1%, ihc.nuuibcr </ thc'n . i ? ? ? 1 - ? ?; t?? r t wah ant. I j It appears that j r< vious to th ? ii.i'a , t ii'ii of a gentlemen to the first Je_'r c ot Mjisohry, Mi-* S't l^.ger, win \v.- a young girl, qappcrrdu lo bb tn^dh aptrt uieut adjoining the room gcno?tt*fy As*?d a* a u iTgo rpotn, bu*, v.hot!u?r the yotrig ladt wa-theri by doi^u or in ore 'y :iWi. uetit, w'c eanijot c u'u) .-ntly ItaiRr The room at the time'was u md S"injj So n?i atteratlpii ; an rug other things the wall was eo -',b . ably reduced i i oro' part-fro the purpose of making a saloon*. The ;..iing l ids having hearil th" vob'es of Free nasoiiJ."Sind' being ihdite l by the curiosity nadir il fo till to sec this trtys tery, so l .mr and s'> eTcbiVtfj locked uj> Iroifi the j ublio view had the Courage to ?ick a brick from the wall with her scissors aid tliu** w:tiic.?s' the two arst slops ol the ceroriioyy, Curiosity gratified, **qpB ^t.mp'o ftyok possess iron ul her mind, and I hone \,ii. umlersland lbi?* pnssago well know ivljii the feeling of any poisou mu4 bo Mho could unlawfully behold that eormiiojiy; let them judgo what wero the lecliiig of a young girl under such citradrdimiry eireuiiistauces. There was uo .ui >do pf escape exuopt through the vyry room where the coucludiug p ut of thosccuid ctcp was still being soleuuii-iw'd at tbo far end and tho room a very largo ouo. 3liss fc"t Leger had re.vdutiou euoiigh ? . * * N . .. .7r?:u-..* = -------- *m"B?m to attempt h.t <*.?e.ipo th it way. au 1, with light but trein'ding steps, glided along unobserved laid her hand on the handle of the door aud opened it hut before her stood to her dismay, a grim tiler with his k-ug rfwotsd uinhoath A shriek that'pierced through, the apartments alar rtied* the members of the lodge x&\<\ all rushing tothe door, and finding fli if Miss Bt..Tjegir ha*l been in ' the room during the cerdbn my, rosoivnd it Is sii l in th.; p iryxystu of their rage. In put the fair -p 'C iLie*s to death, bui el tint moving aifd earnest supplication ? f her youngest brother, her life was spared mi ennditiou of h"r going through i ho iwo reinainin * stopi of tho solema ?eere tiony she hud unlawfully wit0<3*sod?f <{ This she comcutoi to, and they'conduc ted the bo lutiful and terrified young, lady i hr -ugh those trials which are tometimo* more than einugh" for tn,isfe'u-f "* line rcstmifion, little thinking they Wcnr - taking ih>? the boson of thoir craft a uietnber that would reflect a lustre on the puna's ofOIasonry..^mm w j \omum\ ? Miss St. Leger was eoasin to (Gcjeral A dioiy St. Leger who ius.'tuted tho ijntcn stin - nee and celebrate 1 T)o:icls ter b't. I.eger slakes. Inventually sJiQ married Iliclt.tr 1 Ald-vorth, Es p, of Nowmarket a member of a highly hoi )i a'd -an 1 au i m fmiily. Whenever a b nefit. was given at anyo "thft thoutrcs iu Dublin or Cork, for the Masonic Fe rn.!-Orphan Asylum, Mrs. Aldworth walked at the head of Freemasons with apron an 1 oth r'.n ijjniiot" l'r jctnasonary sal iti Irunt row oltuo's'tago box. The h-v.is w : ?? rdwiys ornwlo.l on these o.-.-:'-'r>:i-. Tie* portrait of this estima ble ?voinau is iu thelodgo room of almost every lolgoiu lioUind. v. - ? ?'-? ? " - The Mail Who Has Not Tiato to 1j3 Posl master. -?'i_? \\ * ;?--irti'v^'iaa The IV stmaster General has received the following lct*or fiom a person who w-is recently appointed p ).-tina?tcr (at a satYry1 of.fTJ per annum) of a town ?in Ift&l V I** ' ***** iej at ii'jjf j* < '?to the gincnil pest master at Wast', iiigt ol ("itty my lb-are Piiutlds i hop* you will Abi nppint uro postmoster in this here town i hain't got no time ti fetid to it i suppop* you git the paper sinn, t,,.'w my friends sent up Heekimin. den ti:< lvf iliaiutgot tim- to do the thing up ;t ort to., be done In tact i don't know hardly Ash.it i3 a go in to be dono ? eir shoomakor would he a v<jry gcrii man only he was Groly square out which yi it know* ontGts him for tho* position thV-ii there is o*?r sforewlCrper* B-*> th:f w ins- the position mightty bndbut as shnra a* you are a liriug mnn ji.u B kaltil tWi govi wriiin and thits the tri Urblft Von ??? them that wants it doat kti or crieff to t "oi it and the n their tint does d-mt want to t ike it jim B-^ wti? ra*ed rret in the eountrey and jc-jt .* in.* to t-v.vn last week and don't know en et ft to be pn*tm*is:er but do m yQ\ think ??nit spirit - me4 haiS*t _-.t titm* ever y-??if frind-, A*cf. ^ Is IfolrtJnt^^t-'tiiradity-Nalioul n Diviuo Kcrvlrb ! '** - .l u.:, j?i Httt I ?t3f*i *ui\m *fug > - ad* he. v?1rv ?11 va! fj vir.T ,?bw??'. In Au.u-t.i townshtu. Northumbcr* * * . * ? *f lull cunty, th ? l.uth-rui and German 11 for ie d vleii esin tt't vi.s jointly 0\Vn a church and w.u.-hip in it. When tha eliureh wiis constructcej an agreement was ma Ic between the two congregations tin*, nothing but ?divine service" should be allowed ther.-in. Subsequently Sun day schools were held by the two jo iiupiuiati iiw in i - ii i ?I hoitso in the vtcluitv. The biothten il'u! not dwell -?- j "t-^i v ui? ? I '.^jai!? jut*, -.'ivjh . loug toge?n r in unity b '.tore irrccjncila blu dilh-re ie. s allc.ee 1 i separ.iti ui, aijd tJlclliUtheaaiis apnropiiatcl the? c nur oh Sunday school service dd not. como , . 1 ' , ' ,p^' under j.he cla-s:n:ation of '"divjnc SOIV vice" th'*Jl^f^n.ied "4>?i?UiJiL:,t'on Pro? Ncvulcd :l.c lm:]ierans. T^e-daW sui? resulted iu Judge HuvkleJior sustutnipg ihe delcmiat.::,. Ti.c cse was ^rjrjcd ' lo the S.uprem- yjd thutrihgnal Iwn.ius. incised, the d^j^^.^ho 1-e.uvt below. w k t9?,Ai u ,><>u^ '?.." "" 1 \??? \ , A New Albany man has two sousangl fifteen daughters. Ho tluirVs orsJJri V * -ll>Tc *tlTii* *ut m nissi a at fl mg a sb.rt lactor. , , . ? r m-'dh***-.w MissGracie (Mark, o^'WWaff,^ liKhvd' eighteen loveYs, and yrA^lwl rrcVejr^aw a -steamboat in her lift. ' Mrs. Jtiufi*. say^Jwu: husband is a three handed m iu ? right. baud, Ulli hand, and a fit tie bchjud Mod.