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r K The City uf Our .o.I. "WE SEE THE BCT SOT THE TiTtl," Beyond the limit? of car mortal riirn, Weak, tiumin plrrbt. Arie the rbaduw nf the land elysian, Kfimin; in liisht. It j ites at pearl are even now unftrid;-, ttliero aozcls etal Tli eve of falUi is diiileJ fn leto'ilin; Tbar blessed land. It- walls f Juper, and its treetiuf heftHnc bhids walen clear, Wlnle fonrs of praise Id juj nus cImc ftcaHn,; Entrance the ear. They have no need of un, or inotMbeaai ffcinin;;. So night is there; They who for heavenly Rale were mlnly jiibin?. Palm-branches bea r. From golden centers ineenwt sk cet, aicendf m;, Is borne on wlnja; While round about the throne, tlie rainbow bendms. New promise briny. But ere we reach the Uleed land immortal. Our feet mut rtrar, , IP?."' Through devlou path-, and death htrV rfcUfcnC A fearful wa . Ohr Uirl must tt npon the rain- MItew, The f torm-wlndi hijrb , Our Men must linger 'neath the "hadef willutri. Where treures lie. O'er mountain tops with faintlnf hearU, and weari es e yet mast mu cliaab. Then in the vlles deflate und drear , Abide Mir tine. We know mt where, or how. the way i tnrnin- Through forecU drear. Or ..n the desert plain where fawl- are i.arninr. JU'ren aod t-ere. Jl niav m- n the eil will be uplifted, tVbicb ppn our way , The darkest cloud ma utaer In. when riftd. The blaieorday , Or ice Dili linger till the nijhtdow-. falling 6r spirit-chill , Weaned, perplexed and on oar rather cairn; For guidance still W we the end," in all it- radunt leaut . " lint not the path." We ma lie led to bra re in call dut , Tbe lightning'- Math. Trte.1 in the furnace wIkhc hot fires are 1- win; While f.i-a-ail . Or drmklnr cups with h.ttenie- o orflowm; Till -.pirt quail. Vet far WvhimI th. maze of endlf-3 w-ndin s. Where n.r we num. In hlazeffclurj that i- well ni-h blind in r. Y ee uut liiu And caitin di.wo our crowns, m adorat on. Before mr Gud, We shall forsetthe " path" .f tribulation Our feet hue trod. torri- A oJ8?. TO Till: DKATH. 11 FDttt.liI 1ATES . In the summer of lMil the heat thijpugh iut Kurope was intca ; peha at no place more intense thnn at Uaden-IJftden. The little English colunv temponirik l.MteJ there suffered tremenJou.ly. Mr. Justice Minw.whu with Mr. and' Mr. STgeant Slewhftggjre, Mr. T,K--in. i. V., Jlr. Ke plein,the ri-in junior, nJ a few other kin dred lepal jiiriw, us-cl to get ay urh splpn did whl-t jttrtie. atthe lUdiM-fiT hop, de clared lie never ielt amthinr like it, even at the Central Criminal t'ourt. Little Iklas, the red-learded artit, jut elei ted member of the New Water Color," declared that it wa- tim hot to sketch, and used tn '-it in his rot mi in his shirt leeve-, drinking copnac and i"ed eltj!er. and smoking lwlplewly l)r. Flecm, tlie reat brndon pliieian. "hook his head wrarninfrH wlien he saw any of his friends out for picnics in the Mack Forest, and hade them U'ware of sunstroke; while old lady IMdruui t calmly without her wig in her own shady arrtuienLs, to the terror of those who caught a glimpse of her through the open door, and derhircd she was nearly dead w ith the heat Now, though it must he c mceded tliat none of these peo le had prolmhh ever ex perieneei suh an amount of heat as to make them speak poitiiely a to the jmint of ctjniparisun. t if ym lme ecr heen in SewHc or Madrid during the month of July ou will allow that the denizens of cither of tuos place may lie regarded as judges of .ealoric . and here at Itaden wen- the Sn.tra Sebastiana lionfalon and her hrother li?go, who both declared that throughout the length and breadth of Spain the had never found it so hot as in that little gambling in ferno on the margin of the IHack 1'orcst. Such a woman, Selxistiana (ionfalon About ftiur and twciiU. ar.d of the ril santrr o:t the old jniuish tjni. crv slight, jiencilled eyebrow, a shurt anl slightly rirousse no-e, larg- protruding a little rounded chin, ami Mue-hlark hair landed tight round her head and f.istcned into a large Ikjw lehind. AUtut the onlina ry w.mans height, strong-limbed, with small hands and feet, wonderfully lithe and supple in her movements, and with a tecu Har. swimming walk, whi'-h st all the wo men in lUden. from the resrer table stck , bruk cress from Ilulliam Hill to " to thoe ld French ie plc" from the. Hue Urcda. practising in their tn-dm ms. without the faintest apprmtch tn tlie original. A f.ice icry calm and statuetjUe inrcp-, cn ter rible w hen lit up with anger. ImrriMt dan gerous w hen melting w ith love. They hadn't -een much ol an epres.sjMii it her ordinary repnc at I laden . b.it little .laek'Harris.from the Inland Irrigati'-n Office, said he could jerfecth famy what it would lw, and he wouldn't lor thousands l,;nc any any hue affair there' Little Jack Har ris need not have troubled hinwlf lie wa. iutrHluced to Seliastiana, and at the time of tlie introduction she had muttered Iwhind her fan to her brother something u1out his lieing a droll-looking little ireature. but from that hour she w.i t,r affceted t.i le profmndh uin-otis. io,:- nf hi-existence It had Ikvu hotter th.m eer diiring the iu . but the day was happily- issed and iiut, 11 ml the in urn w:i streaming on to the hroad. graielleil platz iti Imnt of the con-ersation-hat;s, and the lctud. statiiiud in their little oil-lamj-iHuiniiiet kiosk, were rattling away at Mrau-'s waltzes and ljibit ity s gallops ; and the gamblers were throng ing the roulette and trente-et-iuarante tables and of the men g;imbler- all such as had ladies with them were promenading and listening to the inu-ie, hile the others wire -ejted round the little wmiden table, drink ing and smoking. At mit' o these tables tour men were sitting, who, in this tale, it lea-st, merit jiartieular n tiee The little jwper lantern, holding the igar-Hghtin; (aadle. flares m thebrotid. Iiealthily Jirnzetl face (where through the thick -curling light lieard, the face can be een) of Arthur Ac ton, formerly of the Light Urigade, now swell, landedpropriet.tr. Kngli-h gentleman. After the Crimean ittmain rthur ut - il diering and sold out. He U a tyjie of hi last as you jicrceie in hi- brmd l.est, well-knit figure, wcll-shaied white hand, with the massive signet ring on the little fin ger and the broad gold land on the finger neit to that , in his open throat, his hmg white wristlands. hi evening dress, d, yoy.yetsu well-fitting, hi- jrfeet boots, the ea.y, cureles-, un-tudied graee of his at titude a big man, with the heart of a lion and the simplicity f ;i iiili , whtt had l.toked death in the faee a s-nre f times. wh had ridden intu the li.ihikhuj eharge :is ralmly n- into Ktton Row. and who would as sfwm li:ue thought of delnuting his dead mother as c.f uttering a Km -l or a lie. Not a scholar, hi reading having been most ly confined to JfW- LiU and the Racing i iiltndti , not a purist he hail lived too much in cam sand barnit k-ronm for that but a keen, cleir headed man f the world, as you may- in hi bund open brow, over which the h..rt hirht hair curls so crisply, in his bright blue y-. hi- frank face, his great. heery . honet laugh. Nest to him Jack Harri. government clerk. Ie fore named, a wiry,dupjer little man. goj up with scrupnJoas nei iu-. Jack's hair dresser tells him" his jKirtiug i- thinning. which in plain Eiiilih meaus that Jack is getting lald , but he makes up f'.,r that by an enonnous iiair d' win whiskers, which stick out like hairJirushes in either side of his little face. A great -caudal-monger is Jack, with something to say ulnnit every IkkIv. an insane little ehatter-bi, whom nobody ittuld think of making his enemy or of cultivtaiug for his friend.' On the other side of the table. Kugene It lake, a clever, hot-headed, ipiick -tempered Irishman, army -urgeon in a regiment ol Austrian I hians, on leave now and sta)ing with Arthur, whose people had always n studiously kind to him Nest to him, and ennduding the tarty. Sir Fierce Covenlale. the liest whist ttlaver at the Travellers Club, an old diplomatist, who had itudied life at half the courts in nuroe. ami one ol the know ingest hand in the world Listen to their conver sation. "iisarruwr ten n. ny j.rte' .Never saw a clearer -No uhi1 denv inc it. Arthur. my boy . you've brought dovvnth Donna at a "long shot, and you're hooked'" This from Kugene Ulake, with a merry twinkle in Uisere ana a great siap on im- lai.ie to en force his words. " Tremendous go r id little Jiu k Har ris . " tremendous -o ! SiJendid creature: black eyes, raven air, and all that sort of thing ; and as for figure and in default of finding n proper esjjetive, little Jack kissed me tiH ot ins own linger ana ware-i mem in the air. " Doosid pleasant thing" hI old Sit Fierce Coterdale, Fmoothin'r hi- grav whis kers, doosid iJeasant thing for a young man, though it has iu disadvantages! Doo id difficult to sbakeoff. Yon iret tired of it ; she don't. Then you're bored, and she's savage ; then yoa Like un wttuMmeoouy el, andslu takes up with a knife or a stiletto, or some horriMe thins, and sticks it into you. Take care, Acton ; these south ern women are the do-e and nothing else'" " Thank you. Sir Fierce,"' replied Ar thur Acton; 41 1 know von mean it. thou "I there's reallv no occasion for vour kkx! ad vice. And you, you fellows, go on and chaff " y as mucn as tou like to-uight, to-morrow and tlie next "day. Only drop it after ii.ease. jilni 1'aiLser arrives Here, with her brother, on Friday, and there's no need to keep it quiet any longer; she and I VOL. XLVI. NEW SERIES, VOL. XIX. are engaged and are to be married in Xotcm ler. So go in for any extravagant nonsense tou like aljout me and MfiilpTnnUellp nnfn. Ion up to that time, and then drop it for good! Knowing the utter absurdity of it. 1 don t mind the chaff; but of course, if protracted, it would become serious. There's no need to say any more, is there, bovs? Yon all understand ?" Thcv all choruscJ congratulations, and pjedily changed the sulucct not before old bir -Pierce Coverdale had muttered that be considered this a dooid bad feature in tbe case." On tltat night was held one of the crand bt-weeklv bah pares, in con trad Minction to tlw-c free-andn-asv assemblies where all the best known of the guests dropped in in such toilets as suited them, lint on the ni'rht of the bais parts evening costume was exact ed, and all the proceedings were more for mal. As the evening waned, our partv broke up ; and with the exception of the old laronet (who wrnt to pit himself against a idMiiicuiuiuiiii, u rreiicn iciruu ot mar vellous age and remarkable card-playing powers), all strolled into the ball-rooms. Kvervlmdv was there: cmonrp of evcrv- lxxly,Ma3emoLelle (ionfalon, looking mag nificent in Iter aniler satin dress, covered by tlie richest black lace, and w ith pink roses gleaming in her hair. As Arthur Acton en tered the room it seemed as though by some mesmeric influence she wa aware of his ap- proacu. sne looked up at once toward the door, and their eyes met. Hers were earn est, Marcning. imperious ; m ins was an ex pression half of annoyance, half of distrust. Sex ertheless, he obeyed the quick motion of her hand, imperceptible to all but him. by which she beckoned him toward her ; and two minuter afterward they were whirling together to the rake then just commenced . Eugene i;iake and little Jack Harris grinned at each other, and the former re marked, in the brogue which always burst nut of him whenever he was all excited, It's to be hoped Miss l'alliser'snot jealous. or there'll be wigs upon the green before we've done with this." Two hours afterward (they keep early hours at Ibden) the moon, from her height in heaven, shone on .Mademoiselle lianfalon, standing on the outer steps of the ballroom, w ith her mantilla coquet tLshly flung round her shoulders and drawn over her head Ah, what pleasure'" she exclaimed, t tihiv : the hotel i eloe hv. the niht is quite ht, and there i no need for the wraps Wiego is searching lor. I declarcl will wait ftirhiuinolttngerify.n: will be my escort, 51. Acton. Ynu will' Then give me your arm'' he t.ok his arm and waved a laughing good-night to those standing by, and then tripped gaily down the steps and until they had prm-ecued some little distance into the shadow of the atlft. Then, stop ping suddenly, she confronted her companion, aud with hereves looking full int his, said, What's this '1" ' What's what. I:idenioLelle Ion?" " Ah, hah. Mademoi-elle (ionfalon ' know mv name, 1 si-npose." Then, outa- You sud- deuly changing her tone. " Arthur, dearest Arthur, what i-it to-night? You arc cold a y ur own dreadful countrymen generally ; you are distant. You val-etf !teause I asked you to. not because vou wished to , you have -careely said a dozen words the whole night , what is it ?" It's nothing. Mademoiselle well, then, Seltastiana . it is -imply this. We have been thrown together more or less, ince we have lieen here, and we've been ery tod friends, aud 1 trust we always shall he. " well but" but " It's an awkward thing for me to say." said Acton, feeling hot all over and stam mering like a schoolgirl. Hut you see, it I mean or it mustn't go any fur ther." Sebastiana looked at hi in for an in-tan t, nnd then said, in a low. Hat key. Mustn't go anv further ?" "o Well, the truth i it's horribly uncomfortable for a man to have to say such a thing under such circumstances . but the truth is. I'm going to be married, you see. and mv fianrtr i-, coming here in a day or two, aud it won't d to lie contound it all. I'm making a nies of it, I know I am." And the man who had ridden coolly into the alaklaa charge, now stuttered and wiped his brow, and h Hiked and felt horriMv afraid. h ' ou are going to be married said Seltastiana. standing upright as a dart and still looking at him. but with aery dif ferent expression in her eyes. Yoila le mot de reuigme' To a voung Knglish ladv ?" " Ye. Whom you love?" Whom I adore And she is coming here"'" She i , the da after t. -morrow. 1 httiie " " I htipe so, toil. 1 s.all Ik? pleased to see her. Now let us walk on, please." And without waiting lor his reply she strode on until she reached the dnr of her hotel. which opened, s ie lowed her heat 1 without offering her hand, and, without uttering a word, sd through out of ight. For two whole days and night- no one save her Spanish waiting woman saw Seltas tiana Conlalou. On the morning d the third day. however, there was an arrival at the hotel. Not un- exjtccted, evidently, for the suite of room had lieen tor some days in preparation, and the landlord was in attendance on the steps as the natty KnglUh travelling-carriage drew up, and by his wide was Arthur Acton, who had Itecn lounging aliout in astate.of expect ancy from a very early hour , and the evi dence that siime thing was going to happen d drawn together a crowd of blae-bloused, voodcr:-sal toted peasants and children. When the horses drew up at the dtor, & big urier, with a gold-laced hand to his cap. iuil a huge leard on his chin, dismounted. pencd the carriage-door, and handed out. first an old lady with gray hair and a bent frame, who descended with difficulty, ret- l a stick, and then a tall elegant young girl, with bright eves, a clear complexion, and ehs.tnut bands falling on either side of her lace, these ladies, the Younger efie- Lilly, were received witligreBtemr.icmcn liy rthur Acton, and conducted by him int t the hotel Live minutes afterwards, Don Iiego (ionfalon, dipping his second glass of absinthe, and --nuking his fourth after-breakfat cigar on the promenade, was -ummoned oy his rrench servant, who told urn that 51adeuioiselle his iter wished to speak with him at once. He found her wrapped in a white muslin dressing-gown, and seated in a low easy chair hv the window. Her luxurious black hair was hastily gathered up into a reat knot at the back of her head, and there were bistre rings round her luminous black eye. Her faee w as deadly le, and her lips eolorles and rigid. Diego marked all this at one glance, then, dropping into a chair next to her he took one of her hands m In, and gazing tenderly into her face said. ou are 1 tetter, my sister ' 1 Ye, my brother, much better within ! the last hour. To be quite well within a very few davs. if all goes rightlv , and vou are true to me. She has arrived." Ah ' ha and Diegn drew a long breath lie t ween his teeth. " Yoj Imve eon her?" ' I saw her arrive' saw her received hv him ' saw him conduct her into the liouse ! I saw his fingers tighten round hers, ami hci hand glide iuto hu." 4 Aud you still require" All that 1 urged, and you promised. Alt tliat should lie deiuandod of one who has slighted a (ionfalon and your sister. His ruin first, then his death!" 4 Nothing less?" - Nothing'" Don Diego shrugged hU shoulders, kissed hissMer's hand, and returned to his absin the and his cigar. There is a siecially cxclusivcsct at lladen, a sanctum sanctorum known ns the l-adies Club, leen u-e no gentleman is atimissable to its reunions, save on tlie lollot of the lady members. It is held iu one of the private rooms of the Convcrsation-baus, and is fre quented during the evening by the ladies nnd their attendant cavaliers". At a late hour, when the ladies have retired, those men who liavc the entree remain, and there many quiet games of cards are carried on, for which the ordinary public rooms would lie -too noUy and too exposed. It was after midnight when Arthur Acton stopped into the IadieV Club, then emptied of its proper occupants, and given up to denizens of the male sex, some of whom were already as sembled round the card-tables. Arthur was in t-plendid spirits ; be haij betm tlie whole day with Miss Palliser, showing; her the lions of the place, ami she liad !een voted a tre mendous success by every one. lllase French marquises and pudgy (iennan barons had roud themselves lroin their dominoes to stare after the fresh and brilliant beauty of l T II t. ll'l I i 1 . 1 inc riugiiMi gin. uen sne entercu tne gambling rooms, the croupiers were puzzled to find play for a moment su jpended, as the haggard crowders of the tibhleft oil prick ing cards or covering numljers. as the glorious vision passed hurriedly by. And she had been very sweet and affection ate to him, too; and altogether he was in the seventh heaven of Iiappioess, and showed it in his brilliant eyes and flashing cheeks He walked np to a knot of his friends who were standing at the head of the room, and commenced chat ting with them, when he felt his arm lightly touched, and turning round, saw Diego (Ion falon. Yoar jnrdon, M. Acton, if I disturbed yon,"' said Diego. I come to ask that re venge which you promised me after our ecarte two nights since." Nothing could have been more mal a pro pos. Arthur was in no humor for a cool, calculating game at cards ; he was over brimming with animal spirits, longing for some outlet for his happiness. He replied, awkwardly enough, " Kh ? Ecarte? To-night, do you think? I'm scarcely in the Iiuinor to-night, and" Oh, if monsieur docs not choose, of course it is not for me to" 4 You can't do that, Arthur" said in Knglish old Sir Pierce Coverdale, who was standing by ; if you won the man's money last time, you're lioutid to play when he asks you, however inconvenient it may b?, and " AYcIl, be it so," said Arthur, with a sigh. Then turning with a sprightly air to the Sjaniard, he jiointeU to a vacant card table, and said jiolitely, "Monsieur, je vous attends '" They were well known among the fre quenters of the eiub, these two, ns firt-rate players. As they took the cards, a little crowd gathered silently round ; but Acton was so thoroughly transported with happi ness, so full of tbe jdeasant memories oftbe dav with his beloved, tliat he appeared un able to fix his attention on his Yank. At three in the morning Diego Ionfalon returned to Ins hotel. He passed up the stairs with a light footstep ; but as henenrcd his eater's room the door opened gently, and feebast Una's graceful bead apjieared. her finder on her Hp. Obedient to her signal, he follow ed her into her chamber. 4 Well?" "lUd' worse than tod ' He played like a fool, without thinking of his cards, and he ha strinjied me again ! He must have won three hundred Isalielliiuts; his confounded luck never deserts him for an instant' " "That is unfortunate, Diego ; but it was but a part of our scheme. The rest is to come' Now to bed, brother; we will con sult iu themorning." The next day the weather was cooler, a light breeze came playing over the Schwarz wald, and the promenade was thronged. The rumor of the beauty and graee of tbe newly arrived English woman liad spread ; and, in addition to its ordinary frequenters, many of those who only honored the pro menade on special occasions had come out to judge for themselves, and were coast rained to admit that for once report had not been exaggerated. Arthur Acton, thoroughly ob servant of every look and glance, gloried in Miss alliser's success, and watched each succeeding triumph with renewed delight. Only once his brow clouded ; and that was as he po.scda group of men, amongst whom were Diego (ionfalon, a certain Count Tszeh, a Hungarian of unenviable reputation, and a Captain Hall, a notorious English blackleg. These men rained their hats, certainly . but with a kind of defiant air. and 51is I 'alii -or had scarcely passed before Acton saw Diego whisper something to his friends, who at once burst into a loud guffaw. Acton flamed to the roots of his hair, but -aii ( nothing Chancing, however, to turn round a moment afterwards, he saw Diego ionfalon mimick ing Miss lallisers walk, and the manner in which she held her dres., to the intense de light of his friends. As the Palliser party, on their return, approached the sjt where the objectionable group were standing. V thur noticed a movement among them . :m I he had no s oner passed than Diego an', t i friends left their position, and follow1 1 m m the promenade immediately bcLind th I lish tarty . Two minutes alttiwai'! M Pelliser -topped suddenly ; some -w 1 trodden on her dre. Acton tun --Hi i . Iv round, and fancied he -saw ,i -mi . - I Diego's face. The obtrusive fool li 1 Ii ever, neen removed, ana tin- pr..iu. n. tinue I ,i li.ttt ! .illi r in1 r.ii w 1 - . i ' lll Ilf i- a-d, 1 ind -i .u i u . t 1 . st(KMl sin lou wardnes- have a singular kna h . monsieur," said he t l I. falon. This U the seeond stupidity has eau.ed y t tn i I i. ih lady's dress. " " It is the lady's own limit, luonsie. r. replied Diego, with an insolent air : " 1 ' does not know I, ow to hold her dress, i ,t walks like a camel, like all English w, men." Ah Don Diego Gonlalon. if you only knew how nearly you were getting that pc culiarlv British blow, known a- " one for yourself" There wa-a luleful fury in Arthur Ac ton's eyes, and a fidgety motion alout the shoulder-inuseles of his right arm, which looked very ugly atthatnioment. However, he controlled his pa-ion sufficiently to say , ' I have ladies with me now. sir S i -oon as I am free" " Vou will find me ready and willing, monsieur, whenever you like." And Dn Diego raised his hat. and turned on his heel. That night Don Diego went neither to the gaming-table nor to the Indies' Club, but sought his hotel at early hour, and went straight to his sUter's nmui-. Tlie door hail scarcely losed ltehind him. when shewas by hi sidet her eyes flashing, her hand trem bling, her whole frame in a state of intense excitement. AVell ?" she asked, " is it done?" " Yes," said Diego, sullenly ;" itis done ; arrange! for to-morrow morning at sun rise." " How did it happen? Tell me; pain dying to know." But Dieo was cro-, and indisposed to answer. " Ah don't worry me about details' Is it not enough for you to know that he i challenged, and accepts?" Seliastianr's eyes flashed fire, but she con trolled herself. " Tell me one thing, then, onlyame. Was she implicated ?" Yes the insult was given to her " " Go.h1 ' good, Dico You have indeed tarried out all I wished. "Who acts for 4 Cabanel." And for him ?" An old English milord, Sr Coier- dale.' Sir Coverdale is his second. He lives here in the hotel, does he not?" " He due, in the opposite roinns." Has he eome in jet?" 11 No. I left him "at the Kuraal, playing trcnte-pt-iuarante. He w ill lie there anoth er houryet He is an old militairc, and such an affiir as this does not in the least affect his uual routine." Gd ' Now get to led ; you will want re-t. I will aV you at ifavbrcak. Madrilena 1 " And kissing her brother on the cheek Sebastiana cloccd the door on him, and entered into deep converge with her waiting woman. At five tbe next morning, Ludwijr Km us, an old woodcutter, who was beginning to ply his daily occupation in the outskirts of ii in..!. : ' i..- .. I I1C J MUCK IltHltM HHIUllMnUl.l UII at the turf path which he himsellhadcleare!, leading from the unfrequented highroad into the depths ot the underwood, rrom tin carriages descended peroral gentlemen; two of them lKre under their arms lonjr flat cases, at sight of which the old woodcutter smiled to himself. Itvvasjiy no means his first experience of such visitors, and he never .saw them arrive without a certainty of pecu niary advantage to mmselt. cure enougli : his expectations were not disappointed. Unc of the gentlemen saw him, turned round, and, alter apparently consultini; with the others, beckoning to him. Ludwig ad' vanced. " Tired of labor, father?" said tbe gen tleman. Not yet, sir," Klid the old man. I only commenced at dawn, an hour since." Yoa must need rot. We are going to breakfart here, and shall require water. How far is it to the nearest spring?" " A cootl mile," replied the old man. 44 Go and fetcli a pitcher," said the gen tleman, slipping a l'riendnek'js-d'or into his hand. " Don't hurry. You can go leisure ly." The oh; man pocketed the coin. laid his axe across his shoulders, and went off whist ling. The tvioteirties had come in separate car riages, ; eniained in separate groups, while the unwrs wheeled their horses round and moved them. some, distance down the road, Althoug.t the gentlemen spoke among them selves, vet each kept apart from the other. Then watches were produced, and some ivhispering ensued. At U.-1 be gentleman who had spoken to the wo -advanced from his friends, and nearL je opposite party, took off his hat and salL d. JSo bet- BTTRLINOTOlSr, VT., FRIDAY lOKNENG, JANITAHY 21, tcr man than he for such a meeting1 Hon orc de Cabanel, chef d'escadron of the Afri can Chasseurs, a man who had been St. Ar naud's right hand through all the Kabyle war. Time flics, M. Acton,' said he; we wait vour leisure.' " 51. de Cabanel,'' replied Arthur, " I am sorry that I am the cause of the delay, however unwillingly. Iiut Sir Pierce Cov erdale, who was to be my second, has not yet made his appearance. No one is better acqi inted with the code of the duello than ir overdale, or more eatable of conducting it n the most perfect manner !' said Caliauel, with a bow, " Something must have retarded him; he mast be ill." I certainly cannot understand his ab sence," muttered Arthur, looking into the far distance. Will not 5Ioasieur Acton's other friend act for him?" asked Cabanel, motioning to wards a gentleman standing near, 51y other friend is a surgeon of the Aus trian army, Monsieur Eugene Blake ; I thought it necessary to have a surgeon on the ground, and gentlemen in that capacity cannot, I believe, act as seconds." " Certainly not,' said Moasicur Cabanel. Wonld Monsieur Acton accept the service of one of my party ? Siguor Ijopez Guerra bella, a Sjnih gentleman from Cadiz, an officer in the Queen's Guard, accompanies us to tire ground, and would, 1 am sure, act for Monsieur Acton.'' Ashe spoke he indica ted a slim young man wearing a Spanish cloak nnd a heavy. slouch hat, who was stand ing by in conversation with Diego. There were no sijrnsof Coverdale'sadvent. Acton bowed, and altera word with Wake, notified his acceptance of Cabanel's. offer. Then he and Cabanel proceeded to step the ground. On their return Calanel said, It is agreed, I believe, messieurs, that the combat shall lie a la txirrterc; that is to say, my friend and I have measured twenty four ees, at either end of which we will place our men. At twelve yards, the half distance, I have dropped a handkerchief as a mark. Signer Guerrabella and I will toss for first fire. Whichever principal, through his second, wins, ha the right either to fire from his place, or, walking up to the mark, to call on his adversary to advance, even up to the mark itself if he chooses, and then act as he wishes' Gentlemen, this is un derstood V lioth princijeLs bowed. Now, Signor Guerrabella, the toss ' Ha ! you have won' M. Acton, the fire is with you '" As he spoke, Arthur Acton turned side ways towards his opponent, covering him fairly and fully with bis pistol. Then sud denly flinging up his arm, lie fired into the air. A short growl iued from Blake's lips; a'growl in which a near bystander might have distinguished the words ' He ought to have winged him '" " It is your shot, sir '"said Arthur, wheel ing roundad confronting his adversary. " I intend to take it !" said Diego, calmly, as he walked towards the hand kerchief. And I call ou you, M. Actn, in pursu ance of the terms, to advam e t.. tln-ui.irk " In the name of Hea. u, -i .p tin '" shrieked Eugene Itlaki. .i-. in .l.tilienn t-i the summous, Arthur -l'wy advam d ' This i, sheer mm It r -.r, 1 i!! on turning to Gu rrt1 . ' i I - i.l .i v m t forbid this" " It is i up .le I lid lor the . " iin- duwn ' first tl lev.. V l- -! mti nr ' .i.l on ri i' i -1 -tr in j i. M r. i- - IltclJ. f 1 lit II ill. Ill ik.tl VV 1 .1 h. n .ujh B,.ike r -tn ken and rthur t t"n. ,u'lit up t" tlie -i h ..t wln h tilt ( III V, jl, vv ith p.t.lil f.i' haii'lkt r.-'iit !, tep,d 'II t'l . Ii. r .'. id. It w V i -ii ,! W lltlli'J iji-i 1 aro, t. i u. ii 1. " M ,:i V..r b. II. t.i in:. M- I' r j'i t!,- iI . h .rnhle broken bv y . di.nvei'l n -ur own - 'in. I of i and rtliur tan:. drn h.. d I r rd . t. n i. ;. 1 1 1 i w i- tn n bi-id 1 - i le linn lifted n e:il ' 1 "i Hi T -f.i-. i.d (. nt.il n, i li.iru ter of I t -r r vv m V" IT! s. I Wo I I I- l d Pi t la tl. u b I- I I I New rk itv . i i n, e- i! r - t -I t M'j. i ik. !n, r .i i-ii-i' tht. u 1 'W i I Mnrtii- i;:l mini 1 ta U ill. lee:i i 4 In i 1 the lui M lev et.i . 1,. I A Pan- . Tl .it 1 woman tilt1' -f 1J. ' ' - I-' - f 1 ver an audi i ' in i mj! w that the la. t th. -1 ' . - i that her briihte-t u i 1 :ui.'tli r. .':i:n.i. urn "ii ,d t .r, and uio-t musieal top - 1 in scioiisK dilliiui-hes l,ei i 'In. im Ilutr?tioii that theu win , n. Pari- what were called I'hn-tn i;- watches, which had a great salt , n. w ! n he to'k a huband their demand so iwhiy diminished that tl e roprietor changeil their name. Florrm-e, dauirhtt-r of t.en. Ilirney, i-to elit a South ra Wer. Susan IS. Anthoiiv i- i l ovated " by Ass K-iation.on the National Woman Suffragi the ltlth at Washington. Mrs. ex-liov. Claflin. of Massachusetts, has paid the Kiord of twelve women since the ISostonfire. Hememlring that (iov. Claflin was a sufferer bv the fire such eharitv seems to deen especial mention. An a flair recently (K'curred at llellevue Ibrsnital, writes the New York correspon dent of the lJuston Adrrrttsrr, which illus trates the difficulties women have to contend with in hospitals, and the ability of some of thein to abundantly take care of themselves. Amone the women attending tlinics there are a sister of the wife of Pere Hvacinthe, and a daughter of the president of Michigan University. These ladies liad been repeated ly annoyed by tty persecutions and insults Irom some male student, tine of these was nrtieularly annoying. He cliaffed and tried them to a vexatiou- degi-ee, and at last ven tured a wager with a fellow-student that he would walk home with them .after a certain lecture. The young women bore his im jtertinencc with Christian forloarance until this certain day. Then when the young fool approached them with his simiering ways ami his insulting tongue, and announced his intention,the two young vronien simultaneous ly set upon him and Uxed his ears so vigor ously and so soundly tliat he was forced from sheer pain to bellow quits. The students vvlw were gathered in a knot to see the re ?ult of their fellow s attempt cheered the young women lustily, and hastened to assure them tliat they were only waiting to see how the affair would result, intending to inter fere and pummel the fellow themelves if the women showed an inability to push him off. A clever Milwaukee editor has hit upon a sugge-tion for the advocates of woman s in dustrial enfranchisement, which is worth considering, lie thinks women would make excellent architects, attending sjiecially to the invention of closet-rooms, and to tasteful interior decoration. He also thinks the de tails of the office well suited to them, and hints that a lilral adoption of his suggestion would lead to bu-iness, and jierliaps other partnerships, wise and otherwise. Something for People n ho have Ferneries. In these days, when ferneries are so com mon in so many jcirlurs, any information concerning them will doubtless be accepta ble. One simple thinp has made my fernery so much more enjoyable than ever before, that I wish to give others the benefit of it. Kverybody that has a fernery knows how great a drawback to the pleasure of it is the moisture which collects on the glass in a fine dew, and often wholly hides from sight the beauties within. It occurred to me that a continuous film of moisture, that did not take the form of dew-drops, would I per fectly transparent, and that if I could pro duce inside the glass such a Jilm with some permanence, the moisture that was constant ly condensed on it would spread itself out and 1 lost in the film and produce no cloud iness whatever Knowing that pure water would not adhere in a film to the glass, but that soap-suds cling to most surfaces with some tenacity, I tried it with complete suc cess. The process is short and easy. Re move the glass, and wash it inside with strong suds made with soft water and the nicest, purest soap you have. Pour out the suds, and without waiting for the. glass to drain, put it in its placeagain. Of course a few blotches of foam will be left on the glas, but they will soon disappear of them selves. On looking closely tlw film of soapy water will be detected, but it does not at all hide the view. As the air inside is damp and always depositing its moisture, it pre-, vents the film from drying for a considerable period. It is well known that,fromchanges of temperature and other causes, the glass, or a portion of it, becomes nearly dry and free from dew for a few hours, nnd I fancied that after my film had once thus dried, it would cease "to be effective and need renew ing, but T was agreeably surprised to find that when the dew had gathered again the invi . de particles of soap which hal dried on the glass united with it to form a new film nearly as perfect as tlie firt. Indeed, I found the need of renewing at all was due not to the drying so much as the wetting, for the dew, which, though unseen, is con stantly added to the soap, dilutes it and gradually washes it down the sides of the glass, till at length it must be reapplied. A con-euence of all this will be that those ferneries which deposit moisture most rapid ly will need the soap oftenest. With mine, once a fortnight is sufficient. I should judge that once a week would be enough in any case, but the trouble is so little that, if ne cessary one would not object to doing it of tener still. Of course the gla.-s shojild be clean before the soap is applied, and espe cially free from any oily gutetanre, or the soap will not cling. Iu ventilating the fer nery, it is best to take off the shade but a few moment at a time, so tlrat the soapy film will haveno,ime to dry. Indeed, my esrience is that soap or no soap, it is bet ter for the ferns to hate,tbe glass taken off daily and almost immediately replaced. Those whose fern cases are framed can easily apply the soap on a sponge through the door, and swinging the door back and forth half a dozen times every morning will give the ventilation without drying the soapy surface. One remark more is er hat un necessary, but some may be thankful Un the warning, tliat to IxindFe the shade safely with soapy hands requires consderahle care. I do not wish to lie held responsible for the slipping and crashing of an expensive 111 glass the first time you put my suggestion into practice. I Attn-to Hartford Covrant. SfM Tist of Death. To learn with al solute certainty whether : jero is dead or not, Dr. Hugo Magnns suggests the follow ing simple method. Tie a strong ligature tightly around a finger or toe of the sui jwsod corpse, and if life is still present a reddening, which grows gradually darker until it becomes a bluish red, will occur in that portion of the member lycnd the con stricted point. Where from exposure or toil the skin of the linger has bee me very.mueh thickened, a toe waj be selected. On the other land, if life is extinct no change in color will enue. Tlie bluish coloration of the nails so often seen on the dead body , and also in certain cases of blood disease, need not K regarded as any source of fallacy, for after the application ot' the ligature, as long as life remains in the body the whole of the limb, from the place of constriction to the extremity, will) uniformly blue-red; but if the coloratiun do not take j lace, or only occurs at a i ireuniscnbed -pot. it i-jh with certainty le e included that the -jkirk of life has vani-heil Tin deej -.itd ,i--terie carry hlod to tin evtreniitie. . tl,e veins, vvhic-h are more urf.( i,il. return t'n Mood toward the heart IJy the lij-.it u re tJ.i backward flow of Mood i arnted, when, n still circulating, it continues to ja-,s iut the constricted extremity through the arteru-. and there aivumulating gives rise to the -euliar color dcscrild The uiy-t t ol t! above proceeding i snuplr to ascertain whether the blood ,,-tiil ireulates. u the complete stoppage of this fum turn, ueeorduii; lo Ur Magnus, i positive proof "f death It is re ommended in The application . 1 this method that the large liimV. mh:i- the amis or thigh, lie not h en. U''H..-c. the ne essary amount of n-tn lion cuuiot so readily obt.iine!, the nuiuer-.i: large . detp-lving it ins of the mm le n : benj sufli. ie"ntl corapre--e.l hy the hg-itnrc In r.w the tinkers or toe are not :u ul.i -le. tlie lube of the ear may lie euip' yed - Kwiittu Forrest" " Idiot Rtj ." 1 idotiel Forney . m hi " Rciisiin Public Men," gives t!.c loll .win,' ing skstch ot Mr lorre-t lit. rr-t- kdwin Forrc-t wa one ol W ! :h. i-ited Wa-lungtoti. and a I ,i:d in a i r mer number, wa- the t.at and the -t ir I the night He civ liberally M the I ni n c .me. w ithi ut licinir a Kepubln an 1 h"i .r'i lie d. i not unite with is when .m " John Ilrown." none could h:w 1 n m re graertul an 1 nady in contn'-utinj t. tlie ireucral pleasure One drumnti. iii'l.t I sh"ill never fT.'tt Forrest wa j:i rva i oniition He eame early and stayed i it . He e md prepared to make every b 1 haj -py lb needed no - .Im itati m t di-pla h. varicd -tores of humor and ot mt trmati n Sketi he of foreign travel .photograph- t Nmthcrn manner-, alike of the in i-ter an 1 -lave . his celebrated Fremh iritici-m up n hake-pea re , his imitation ot tlie old i S r gymanol Charleston. S.uth C ir.dma. w 1 . dit himself, belitved every b-idy !-c t hi thrilling a uint ot "h.- mic t uig with Kdmund Ke-an. at VPtany . tv hen For rest was a boy , In incident of (ieneral Jack-on . lii- meet in: with Iafayette at Itn hmond. in l"Ji. Few that heard him can ever forget that night. Uut nothing that he did will lie remembered longer than the manner in which he recited The Idiot lSoy," a production up to that time un known to everybody in the room except Forrest nnd myself, and to me only because I heard him repeat it seven year before . when I live! on laghth street, in the house lately known as the Waverly. These lines are so Beautiful and so unique tliat I print them for the lnefit of the readers of these hasty sketches- TBE IDIOT HOT. It hath plctHxl God to form poor Ned A thin; of idiot mind. Vet, to tbe pour UBreas'ninz hoy. (iod hatfi nut been uckind. Old Sarah loTtd her twlplevchild. Whom helpleMueM nude dear . And be was evcrj thin; to her.--YVbokMw an hop or fear. bhe knew hla wants, h undent"! rlieb half-articulate call, For be was ererj thinj to her. An4 she to him vvas all. And so for many a year they l.v m1. Nor knew a wlh beside , Uut s;e at last on Sarah came. And tbe fell sick and ditd. He tried in rain to waken her. He called Iter o'er aod o'er ; They told him she was dead ! Tbe words to bira nu import bore. nay c1oec1 her ej e ami tbrcude! her, hile be Etootl wond'riin hy. And when they bore ber to the srrave Ho followed silently. They laid her in tho narrow house, . Tbej suns the fua'ral stave ; And when the fun'ral train difjiersed He lingered by tbe srare. The rabble crowd that u.-cd to jeer Whene'er they nw noor Nel, Now stood and watched him hy the srave. And not a word tbey said. Thy came and went and eatne aain Till nlzht at last came on; VetstUl he lingered by the jra vc Till every one had gone. And when lie found hlmclf alone Then raised tlie coffin up In haste. And bore it swift away. He bore it to his mother's cvt. And laid It on the floor. And with the eagerness of joy lie barred the cottage dr. Then onthe took his mother' eorre. And placed it In a chair , And soon he heajx-d the kindling hearth. And made the re with care. lie put his mother In her chair. And in her wonted place, And then he blew the fire, Which shone reflected in her faee. And pausing new, her hand would feel, And then her fico behold ; Wuv, mother do you look so pale. And why are you so cold V It had pleased God from the poor wretch Ills only friend to call ; Vet Jod as kind to him, and soon In DEitu reetured him all. And when the neighbors on next morn Had burst the cottage door. Old fearah's corpse was in tbe chair, And Ned's upon the floor. Josephine Mansfield. Speaking of Miss Jlansheld it is evidently well for her that he took her departure before the trial and conviction of ner paramour. Had jhe re mained here she would have been mobbed before thU time. The popular indignation would be featrfied with nothing less than such a demonstration. There can be no doubt that she isstrongly attached toStokcs, and under any other circumstances she would have no doubt remained to the Iat, but prudence demanded her departure from this city. It is possible that this woman may make an attempt at reformation. She Las had lessons enouzh to arousa hr tn n. sene of personal guilt, and the example of reg u omnium may oe repeateu in Josie lansfield. Some have gone so fir a-i to suggest that she has gone abroad with the intention of taking the veil, but this may be considered a baseless report. She has need enough of reuentanceand would make as pretty a Magdalen as ever Correggio painted. She has had trouble enough alo to bring ber to serious reflection, and should she return to America thoroughly reformed, her purposes of a better life should be ac cepted and the past be allowed to drop into oblivion like some foul dream. However natural it may be to cast the blame upon woman, a practice which commenced with Adam, it is evident that she is just what man makes her- either a blessing to society or a cure, and upon him must rest the re sponsibility. A. Y. Cor. Troy Times, tisn:iiAAi:i's minis. A Pittsburg married woman enticed to her house a youn" girl who had once kept house for her husband in her absence, and, after bidding her be seated, threw a noose over her, binding her to the chair, and then tied her hands and feet. Taking the shears she cut her hair off, save a little lock at the top, leaving that, she said, so she could scalp her. She then heated some Irons in the fire, and avowed the dreadful purpose of burning out the girl's eyes, and, m spite of her piteous entreaties, actually set about doing it, when her captive succeeded in freeing one hand and arrested the fiendish work. In the struggle the noker cooled, and while it was re-heating, tne woman's hus band entered and saved the poor girl from torture and death. Why do glaziers put a white patch in the middle of a light of glass in unfinished buildings? Is it for amusement? So. To clean olf the window? No. To tell the world that the building is unfinished ? Wrongagain. fiivcitun? It is because the workmen are in the habit of throwing brick-hats, naiN, pieces of wood, and refuse generally, out ol the window,and the chalk mark is to impress upon their senses the trilling fact tliat there is a light of glass there. Don't you think you know every thing yet. Chicago Tribune. A 1m- three years old was left alone with his sifter the other night, in St. Louis, for a few moments, while their mother went upon an errand. The sister was one month ot age and clad in swaddling clothes. The little boy secured a kerosene lamnjind emp tied it upon her. Tlie mother returned m time to discover the boy in a state of Fourth of July ecstacy, while the girl" was dead. The little follow has been promised as an apprentice to a fireworks maker. The people on the Sun must lie having a lively time of it tttese days. Prof Young tells us that he observed a violent explosion on that luminary recently which sent up a pyramid of Hame 0,000 miles in height. Sitka"- debt is 1j0. and she has seventy cents in the treasury. Mrs. Fred. ISiteler, of L richtville, Pa., was stricken deaf and dumb, while milking, lately . Nearly all the officers of Victor Kmanuel's household have American wives. The Cabinet ladies do not furnish strong drink at their receptions, this year. Edward Jennings, of New Fairfield,Conn., incurred paralysis by butchering a diseased hog. A black and a white man practise law to gether in t olumbia, N. C. Themo-t reckless ami hopeful of men is perhaps prof Donaldson, a distinguished aeronaut ot Ilerks county, Pa., who is now completing his plans to cross the Atlantic nrean next summer in an air-ship, buoyed i tu mammoth nalloons. lie will start tr in ( in '1M f.l , l d.i - juare, and expects to alight i the i ontinent ol rairope in ti i a half. Donaldson wasorigi i ian, but a year ago conceived 1 Unoming a balloonist. Iast 'aade his first avension from . ii. g a basket, but since then, he twenty-eight a-censions, with l the gas chamber of hi- balloon trapeze bar. His operations I ' r i ncipally through the boa th t the height ol half a mile, w'it through various perform-i- -kinning the cat, hanging by ' . her evolutions usually per , ir. js performer. At Chicago, tuarters uf a mile high, he ti,- )ar by the hack of his head. i lam crazy, but he saw no dan i safe and contented on his bar :r .fd. Next June, Donaldson tl.- 1 Ii llMI-t ill .Kill . has I! ill itlj Hid I in, a I w i I In tnrni.d ' wi.MI t' hu:.- ti P. rl. jl- r ip I .i n tl fit i ! ii k. i g a trip from M. Lotus to I -i r in 1 tl e following month will com o i i 1 . iti voyage in the a'rial ship Y.rt! 1 1 na,"to ciM j&XX), and caf ,i ". It u il 2600 miles in two days and ' ! II -j aks very confidently of his i. ct. u li s he would rather stand upon balloon in mid-ocean than of our through line-of rail - tr tt r ! 1 ' t ;i:.i:ir vi.. i- ropunsihle for on out of i. ith- in St Loui-. 1 is? chicken s,mp can be made i ing in:; up hen in the sun ! -w shall fall intu a pot of salt ;ilv trouble is that on a cloudv liable t. be weak. ae to Ikj alolished in New b'light New Yorkers of a"thetiia I r.. I t - - i ' icnce in the announcement, ., 1 u '-een increased il it had been 1- i- 1 1 Inch are aid to lack none of t . . - ii . jf great mss in that citv. i 1 boldest robbery on record has i - ; ik- n jjiii e at Iloston, when a brace of t i. t tu-tened the doors of a clothing li and then helped themselves to what ever weiring app.irel the, were m need of j trum the sttx k hanging outside. ' A Yankton tlbieotah) sheriff attached a ; show iu that tar-away country, the other dav, and whiU tucking up a "sale notice" on the elephant's hindquarter, which the official mistook for a small barn, the animal swung his tail around. And now, when that emint wants the sen ices of a sherilT, the will hae to elect one. We are told of a lky in Columbus, Ohio, ho would nut gt to the circus when his father ue him leave. He preferred to jo to school and study his little book. We are sorry f-r that boy, but no properly man aged in-urance company would issue a policy on his life. His health cannot be good. A. 1. Mail. .A Philadelphia manufacturer i prepar ing a plan for a column one thousand feet high, to be constructed entirely of irun, in open work, from the summit of which the f rounds ot the Centennial Kxpoitiun are to e illuminated by means ot a drummond light. If n don ted, it will be the loftiest monument in the world. A WV-tern paper speak of a duel between two jaekas.pcrated individttaN." Of somebody who was shot in Cheatham county, Tenn., the local newspaper says : He was a stranger and a poor man. His grae will swn l unknown. Only the wild rose, with briers, will grow above, it and no flower will be dropped there by the hand of affection, no tears to his memory from the eyes of love. Yet this is no rea-on why the homicide should remain concealed and its investigation shunned. We rarely en counter a fact less liable to argument. A Iorcheter woman has been three times married. Her lbt husband was Itobbj the second Kobbins and the third ltobbinson. The same door-plate has served for the whole three, and the question now is, what extended name can be pro cured to fill out the remaining space on it. Theio was good skaticg on the Arkansas river, at riue IJluff, the day after Christ mas, and the oldest inhabitant never saw the like before. Hussia has become a customer for Amer ican locomotives. Xine engines are to be sent over ior trie iiongo railway ol r inland. wool I'rodurt or the Uorld. In the following tablewill be found a near approximate estimate of the number of pounds ot wool annually produced in the different countries of the world, from the most reliable information obtainable. Pounds of Wool Asia, including Itussia in Asia. .3-JO,000,000 i-reat intain ana Ireland -'00,000,000 nermany, einenanus anu lci inn .198.000.000 United States Australia France European iusia South America Asiatic Turkey Spain f. . Persia Xorth Africa European Turkey Italy Cape of (Jood Hope Portugal Canada Sweden and Xorway Greece Denmark Switzerland Xew Mexico ...130,000,000 ...130,000,000 . . . I2G,000,000 .. 125,000,000 ...110,000,000 . . . 100,000,000 ... G2,000,000 ... 50,000,000 . .. 50,000,000 . .. 12,000,000 ... -10,000,000 ... 20,000,000 ... 17,000,000 ... 12,000.000 ... 11,000,000 . . . 8,000,000 . . . 3,800,000 . . . 3,000,000 590.000 Total. 1,423,300,000 There aro other countries that produce considerable quantities of wool, bat as they export but little or none, it is not brought into the account. The following lines are written on the pane of a window at Lodore : When I ee & m&a'a name Scratched upon tti claw, I know be owns a diamond, And Mi father owai an ai. 1S73- NTBIBER 30. The Cold Id Ihr World. A correspondent of the Rutland Herald who ha recently consulted Hon. Amasa Walker on the above topic, gtvfc his an swer. There have been no exact data of the annual gold supplytexcept since the jear 1819, when the California discoveries were made. Previous to that time Humboldt es timated the worlds stock of gold at $10, 000,001), although the authorities widely dilfercdon the subject. Tbe gold product from 18 IS down to tho present time appears to have been as follows Three years IS 13-51, $139,150,000 Five jears, I85J-5(i, 7'2D.100,000 Five yean., 1857-61, 573J50,(H)0 Five jears-, loG'J-GG, 510,015,000 Five vcaiv, 107-71, 505,eG.i,000 $2,1G3,035,000 Mr. Walker says that the amounts not re ported would bring the total, in his opin ion, fully up to $2,500,000,000. Tlie pro portion of the metal which has been used in the arts cannot bt determined with any cer tainty, but it has been vastly greater since the discoveries in California and Australia than before. On the other hand, the hoard ing of j;old has doubtless diminished during the period referred to in all the countries of Christendom. He thinks that about $1, 750,000,000 have been added to the coin of the world since 1813. The dollar contains 25 8-10 grain. The ounce weight is 110 grains, which divided by 25.8grains, $13.00 per oz., Troy. Hut the standard of fine ness of the com differs in different countries-. ;osmi or tiii: day. A soldier, telling hismothcrof the terrific fire at Chickamauga, was asked by her why lie did not get behind a tree. "Tree," -aid he, "there wasn't enough for the officers." A timid skater is having a model skating suit constructed. The jnntaloons are to be provided with springs and upholstered. He does not want to break the i e up, and spoil other people, skating. The Common Council of 1'hicagn have passed the ordinance modifying the Sunday Liquor Iaxx , and providing that liquor may be sold upon that or an other dav pro vided it be done with cbr-cd do r" and blinded window. A down-country man, sending the Savan nah (ia.) yews thirty cents for sample copies of tbe paper, puts this sentiment in one corner of the envelope To ost Mas ters lients This letter i ntain monev . Plees handel It with a pare ol tongs." Money must be carce down there. We propose hereafter to have : holiday department, devoted t the presentation of gold-headed cat.es and siUerware by grate ful employes to enterprising huine men. A dreadful lot nf gold-hended cane have just been disposed ol, and the silver pitchers of the season have been -wittered about with portentous profusion. f 'in- mnati Contmtr cial. An exchange siv-the ver- -t uinencing," " I iroat'-ie on the fiv m'i m i !, , are respectfully declined. shouldn't like to encourage this p..-t ..ntu vie know what he drinks. A Providence lad applied I i- t ngue to an iron railing during the culd w ither.nnd he staid in trrat immednte vieimf, until a Samaritan thawed him out. A brand-new memb-r of tie M.nne Legis lature, vvith a sjmcwhat e -rated notion of the power and perui-m- ot hi- official position, franked n heap ot docmifnt to his admiring friends and constituents, the other da , butthecruel uuth.tritiLs prompt ly discountenanced this new .ittMipt rt an exten-ion of the franking pn ilet . A writer in the Hartford Cvnit after "going around 1 tost on with Murk Twain and an enterprising publi-her, drops into thii headachy tone on his return itorder ing as we do on Mas-sicbu-etts. we fee5 a ort of responsibility for it- lond.n-t which can only be dis.-harged b printing our moral reflections on its ondition. Ijt moral observations und go id advice are superfluous in these first da- ot the new vear. F.vervbody is humihatl. crushel, nllei with resolutions t lead a b iter life. It is the natural result Aif an en.ptv poket book ant! a pile of unpaid bill- No one buys a new diary (and has it thar'd) with ont making a good resIution. A Yale college student latelv vv nt through a civil service examination, and after i Kiss ing triumphantly, atuni-hed the eximiners by telling them that he did n t want any office, hut merely wanted t -e. wliat the examination was like The devotion of Marv littl lamb, which "lollowed her to school one da ." i iiualed by that of a duck at Athol. M;. . vhich is s much attached to a uung ladv who feeds it that it attends her to churi h, or wherever she goe. At a recent entertainment at Music Hall, the duck waited Mw until the oung l.i lv came d ivvn -;air-. and then escorted her home witli manv a c miplai-ant quack. Whether there i- an .I'fi'iitj be cause tin1 voung woman i- "a d-uk d a girl," the local paper -ait 'i n t. The Futii Av em k 'I'm u::i duti ful little Fifth Avenue theun- i m-i-ts, to day, of a marble facade once white, b.it noW grimed with smoke, a heip of bluekened bricks and a few cnarreu 'team- gr.untlv protruding here and there 1 never saw a Duiluiug disappear -o -wittlv t-elore, nor did I ever witness such "luirgi-'me-.-. on the part of the police and some of th firemen. The spirit of the day naim-lv , "Cold without" seemed 1 1 affect verv mar.j of them at first. I watched the dumnsof smoke pouring up through th roof tor ten or fifteen minutes before un engine arrived, and when the machine wn- utruched to a hydrant it wa found the siw had put out itsfire. Ot course no fsuit coul.l lie found with the tnen or horses conne. ted with the steamer, for the streets were in a dreadful condition. Iiut the police for a longtime seemed stupefied, and it did not occur to them to clear the obstructing crowd out of the narrow thoroughfare Twentv -fourth street till the worst part of the fire was over. It was a Iteautifjl spectacle, the im mense flames of every describable hue shooting up as high as the roof of the. Fifth Avenut hotel; but it was frightful, a well, for a slight breeze from either east or west must have cau-ed a fearful conflagration. It was an agreeable subject of reflection, that of the wisdom ditylaycd bv our city fathers in permitting sjch a magazine to be built next to an immense hotel. Iiut for tunately it is not to be replaced there A". Y. Cor. Springfield llrpublu-aii. Not Master of the Sm-.mov Eleven cars ago a vast crow d of eager and excited men and women assembled ju-t outside of vvaslmigton to witness a review of the grand army then under command of lien. McCIellan. It wa a scene of great and ab sorbing interest, fur it was a revelation to thou-ands upon thousands of spectators gathered there of what could !e done for the preservation or American liberty and law, and how instantaneous), a force could be mustered to guard them. It was a bril liant answer to the doubting heart, and a strengthening influence to the quailing spirit. The review that was then a Wit to be held was to prelude a series of magnifi cent victories, and the war was to end in sixty days. As if American uniforms were not enough to gild the splendorof that day, foreign decorations must be added to tho glittering show. The French nrinces of the house of Orleans, theson ami grandson of Louis 1'lulippe rode to and fro among the General's staff, and recalled by their bril liant appearance other days of this liepub He. Ilugles sounded, squadrons wheeled into line. Cannons reverberated, and mar tial music rose trom innumerable battalions. itie prominent ligureofthat dav was in deed a marked man. All eyes searched the uem ior.victteilan ami lollowed h m from point to point. As the young commander gaiiopeu up anu uown tne line, thundering cheers from more than a hundred thou-ind troops and soectators rolled nfier lil " How well he ides,', whimpered the Prince de Joinville. "The finest horseman I ever saw," responded the Count de Paris, and theDuke de Chartres indorsed his praises. " Never was anything so elegent ! cnorused the lieneraPsfair countrywomen. Hut as he rode pat a gronp of spectators, among whom I happened to be standing, I heard these fatal words fall from the lips of an old soldier : He is not master of the situa tion." Soon after, when tidings of defeat and mortification came rolling hack upon us, I remembered those ghastlv voids and trembled for the issue. James'T. Fields. WARBi.CTO."oNBExJJrTu:R. Coming down from Lowell to Boston the morning after the Traveller's "pooroTphan boy" had reached the summit of Ins ambition and de throned the lordly ''dictator" from the clerk's desk, Gen. JSutler went through one of those silent convulsions which the by standers have learned to consider a harm less smile, and informed one of his friends that he believed he had scored oneagainst em." This is supposed to refer to the ene mies of Butler, Itoutwell and mankind, represented for the time being by "War rington," Mr. Dawes and the Itepubltcan, and to the little game that Butler is now plavinir aeainst them. Shrewder remnn 1 than ITatler, who orS watching the cards without any particular interest in the game, express the opinion that the Middlesex part ners have "led trumps" a little too quick, and have sacrificed several points to gain a temnorarv adranti Iy deal himself a goodhand, and he does not scruple to slip an ace or two up his coat slecvc, or haTc a spy to read the cards of his nnnnnents. or tr tin htlrr . "but he plays wild, leads badly, trumps his I'm 1111,1. nitK, iiuu is erj aoi, at mc las. moment, to throw up his hani und give the other side oat, as he did at Worcester on a memorable occasion. Springfield Jiejiubli ran. From the i. Albaa Mec. 'Drr. -MU!fh I r.Ur to Explain." Our attention has been called to the fol lowing little bit of innocent ' informa tion in the Montpelier Journal: A .correspondent of the AVoodstock Standard says : In Wind -or county, bank and all dividend laying stocks are set in the list at tneir lull par value, while in frank lin county all such stocks, as well a money on land anu debts due, are iet in ths list at fifty er cent, of par value. How is that for couitv? Oinres-el Chittenden Franklin, etc.. please 'rise and explain." aiiu so say we. The proper explanation of the foregoing is an absolute denial. It has not a shadow of truth to rest upon. All such stocks and debts are li-ted here just as they are tnrougtiout the Mate, at their full ar vamo as personal property. He uo not know what could have influenced the anonymous correspondent to deliberately utter such a mIehood, but it is apparent that theconsciencestricken people in Wind sor and Washington counties are anxious to find some sort of justification even a fale one ior meting out unlaime-nto us here. They have berefcoforeundertakentoshow that our lands are as much more valuable than theirs as the grand list would indicate,but not only do census returns of production, show to thecontrarj, but the good sense of every body tens tnem it is not so. iney nave even been so hard up for argument that they have pointed to the growth of Burlington and bt. Albans as a reason why the farm lands in Chittenden and Franklin counties should be appraised from forty to sixty per cent. higher than the average through the Mate. No doubt the irrowth of towns and cities -omewhat helps the surrounding coun try, but in no such ratio as this, and if it did win -mould not the rule be applied to the country around Kutland, Montpelier, St. Johnsbury, Bennington and Brattlehoro? ihese two arguments, th: latter founded on miconception and the former on falsehood, Art th ruin 111 v vttxtfr with rhtik nnr nirK birs are trying to wa-h their hands ut tnis miserable bu-ine-. Do the people of Uut' land, Addion, Windsor and Washington counties, equally as good as these, want to extort money from us? Do they deem it tbe part ot goou statesmanship to create a sore and do nothing to heal it? Do they think it will redound to the good name of ermont, enure to her profit and contribute , to her peace to persist in a wrong which1 cannot be corrected as to the past and will not be forgotten? The-e things are not threats but tbey are &ct, and if our neigh bors purpo-e to remain indifferent to them we should like to have them "'rise and ex plain'1 if they think that, in the long run,, will pr ve the best wav . So Bli der-. The Bennington Banner. which. h the wav. i- a first-rate paper, and the editor of which was Quartermaster of the irallant Fourth Vermont, in reviewing a portion ot t'ol. Pingree's address before the Be-union Nciety of Vermont Officers, make- smie blunder. ProlsibJy he re ported the particulars of the fight at Lee's Mills from his standpnint. for who ever knew a (Quartermaster to get very near a line of battle. At the battle of Lees Mills four companies of the Third Vermont iros-ed Warwick Creek which at that time was forduMe- and attacked the enemy, driv ing them out of two line- of earthworks, the fir-t Hi-e beinij occupied bj the Fifth Loui-iana. or '" Tiger Zouaves" they styled themselves, and one brave officer. Lieutenant Krastu- Buck, who lost his life in the Wilderness mounted one of their fort. But an overwhelming force of the cnemv precipitated themselves upon t hi- -mall laud and cau.seI them to retreat. The -tream was not flooded until this de tachment had reached the cnemiesside of the stream, and when thej came back tbe water was up to their arm pit-. Tbe relwls let the water onafter this small land had got on their -ide of the hedge. Xinety-eijrht men were killed and wounded in that tight. Perhaps an anecdote of this fight will b&t il lustrate the fighting qualities uf this little band The dav after the fight the enemy hoi-ted a flag of truce and brought over our dead. In conversation with some of our men, one of the rebels ?iid to Henry Scott, a private in Co. B. " Why did youns send over -o mall a force to make a charge on we"uns " Scott told him it was no charge . only a small detachment of the regiment went over to a.-eeruin their -trength Said the rebel "Ifvou do not call that a . hargc, I would like to see jour whole regiment'make one." If our mem orj serves u right the had the privilege of seeing them make a number before the close ot the war. Northern New York. The Plattsburgh v ings bank has m),C00 on deposit. The number of ves-cls pa inir through the " draw "at Kou-e's Point iu laTiwas 155 The frame store of C. t J. Crook-- at West Bangor was burned la-t Thursday mom in" Origin of the fire not known ; a portion f the goods were saved. Frank Frederick, of Beekinantown, the man who had his feet -nerely frozen un Chri-tmas night, will only lo-e some of his toe, instead of the lo-s of both feet, which was at first supposed to le nece--ary. Stephen II. (ireen uf Kilenburgh Center, met witha serious accident last Sat unlay. While at work in his Irani tbe wind blew the door to suddenly, striking Mr. G., and throwing him upon a pile ofstones, bruis ing his shoulder blade aud otherwise inj ur ine him eriouslv. He is an old man about TO years of age, and fears are entertained that bo will not survive his injuries. After the discharge of the jury in the Adams cae, the prisoner Lamb was brought into court. He withdrew his plea of not guilty and plead guilty. He was sentenced to the County jail for one v ear. He was in dicted jointly with Adams. A College Pcank. The degree of affec tion existing between the sophomores and freshmen of Dartmouth College is not pro found. On ChrUtma ni'rht, which, it will Ie remembered, was one of the coldest of the old year, the freshmen had a supper, but on separating at a late hour their hats were mining, and they bad to return to their quartern, m the bitter night air, bare headed. Next morning, tbe mi-sins arti cles were discovered su-pended high alwve their heads, and bevond reach, m thechapel Tlie feelinc aroused by this incident found cxpre-on Saturday morning in oiling the sophomores seats, but what was the fresh men's horror when, instead of enjoying the sight ot seeing their enemies standing ur in the ai-le aurinir prayers, they saw them enter by their door and quietly occupy their seats. Usunv Laws. All considerations of practical finance demand entire freedom in the negotiation of loans. Tho protection of the borrower against the extortions of the lender which is the object of Usury law is something which experience show the borrower does not now neeu, does not ask anu cannot, by the present law, obtain. While the law fails to protect his interest in this respect, it inflicts upon him many aesravateu iniuries. the effect of which ex tends far and wide through the community. In the first place the usury law is daily evaded. Hundreds of readers of this paper will go to their business to-day and receive anu pay interest at rates not only more than seven per cent., but very probably at two or three times that rate, it they aro borrow ers, they may be very glad to pay it. If they are lenders the law will not restrain them iroy J'ress. A Challenge. John McMahan of Ver mont, has sent $100 forfeit to Frank Ouecn in acceptance of the challenge recently pub lished by Homer Lane. ucuahan says he will wrotlc, square hold and collar, at St. Albans, Vt., Jan. 22, for 500 a side and the championship belt, according to the rules, lane being already matcheu cannot take any action. Should he win, however, he will meet McMahon, provided the latter will wrestle halfway between New Yorkand Vermont. AVtc York Despatch, Profitable Worship. Beecher's Ply mouth Church is a great institution. The receipts last year were $70,000 $60,313.46 from pews. Of this sum. SI 1,000 went to the "N'aTy Mission." The ordinary ex penses of the church for the ensuing year are thus stated i Jlr. Beecher'f faUrjr- $2000 Mr. laillday'iMlarj" - -VOW Mr. Weld (first sexton) 3fl Mr. Itayner (second sexton). I AO Music S-O" Insurance CM Current esrvenses 7,0w ; Plymouth Library.... . "W TctaU $13,900 Happv minister, with a salary of $20,000 ; but still happier sexton, with a salary of $3,000. It would have been no great hu miliation for King David to hare been a " door-keeper " in this ' house of the Lord." Irath. Tbe lUrs that diiappair at awrn. Oh, think net tbey are fled ; The)- tre not lost, tbey are n&t siwz, Bat, mril the !ory shed Around them by tbe rourc of light, Tbey shine mre sweetly th ta at uijht It is the nlzht that's dead. And thus the lTediadlsap)Mar, lasj lik.0 the mernln'j Jibt. But walk Id path o sweet and clear. As blind ns with the Ilcht : Tbey sit upon tne axure day, Tbey float on twilight's downy ;ray. And on the clouds at nl-M. Oh, deep and woodraui heart f nun t Strang fount uf jwy atul wee ! In this sad life nu eye may pea a Thycarrent'sebband new. But in tbe glorious world to come Tbe rotce of discord shall ldutnb, And thou tbys.lf shalt know. Take Cournst. The lopped tree in time may xnv a-ain. Most naked plants renew both fro it and Cower Themrneft wiht day find release from aio i The driest soil iucks in mqo moistenlDZ shower Time sue by turm ; and cbanevs cbanxe oy euu n From foul ti fair, from better hap to wr. The sea of furtaoe doth not erer fiaw ; bhe draws her frrorj t the lowet ebb ; Her tides bare etaal times to txznc irwl o , Her loom tlotb weave tbe ftoe and coarsen weh NoViys.1 zreatbat runneth toaa end, o ha p w bant but may in time emend. Not aWays fall of leaf, uo, ner rprfm ; Not endtaM nixbt, nr cteradt day The saddent birds a season fl&tltoaint; Tbe rou-hent rtorm a calm mar so-n allay. Thus with f ureeedintc term. Ud iempcrvtb all. That man may hope to rise, ) et fnr to U. A ehanee may -in what by mieebance was IostT That net that iwlds m xrat Ukealittle tub Is some thn-s all, in all taiaipi bom are crossed Fw tiling all need, and none have all tbey w.ab . Utuninxled Joys here U no nun be&U VVbo least hare some , who mut, bth never all. ntiiorlzriI Trit Cooks. The following is a li-t of the authorize! text houk- In the schools of Vermont for the lat year (IST'J) and the present year, until Xovemher. Headers. Town X Hidhroo'-: wries, ex cluding the intermidiate ; Ilill.ird's ixth reader. Sellers. Town X Ilolhr . .It'-, Progres sive. tieoyrapkies. Mit hell-- Cr-t, primary and intermeiliate. (The ennont edition of the latter. Monteith' lhyeal and A-tnHnieal; (uot common sehoot ami wall inajto. Grammar. Towt-r- Kleniciit- Norton's Weld and Quackenlos. Arithmetics. (ireenleaf. primary, intel lectual, and practical ; Waiton's cards and keys No. 1 and 'J. lavie-' I Diversity edi tion for High and Normal Schools. Algebra. GreenleaPs new elementary. Histories. Iusings common school . Hall's History and Geography of Vermont (Ed. ofl.) yatural Philosophy. Quackenhos's for Graded and High school only. A new t of text books will be ued after the first day of November of the preent vear, at authorized hy meeting of the State lloard of KJueatioo, held June Wtht l'-T'J This mt is as follows : Headers and Spellers. Webb's Word Method ; New American first, second, third and fourth ; Millard's Sixth ; New Amer ican Pronouncing Speller. Geographies. Guyot's Elementary, In termediate and Common School, for Gram mar and High Schools only. Arithmetics. French's Firt I.esyns in Numbers, Elementary for the Slate, mental and Common School. Algebra. GreenleaTs Elementary. Grammar. GreenJ Introduction, and English Grammar, for Grammar and High Schools only. History. Anderson's Pictorial Hi-.toryt and I nited States Keader. Philosophy Steele's Fourteen Weeks in PhiloMMihy. Tbe loard also recommend for use in the district MrhooLs of the State : Conant'.s Iaring and Drill Ilook, Spen cerian System of Penmanship, and AldenJ Citizens Manual of Civil Government. I iot Snatchiv;. Considerable excite ment was oeeaioned in St. John, Wednes day morning, by the disovery of a box con taining a eorje at the railway .station. For ome davs jrat it had been reported that bodies lately interred in the 1 toman Catholic Cemetery had been exhumed. Lit tle notice, however, wa- taken of the rumors, till Mr. Futvoje, agent of the Vermont Central railroad, seeing a s-u-picions look ing case among the baggage, suspected something w rong. and, upon inquiry, found it had been checked hy request of a medi cal student, named Comeau, of this place. The latter was questioned as to the con tents of the box, and replied evasively at fir-t, but finally acknowledged that it con tained a human hotly. Coroner Loupret was then notified, (by Mr. Burlond, J. P ,) and, without 1oh of time, empanelled a jury. The body was examined and identi fied as that ot Jean Baptiste Bombareler, alias Poucet, an idiot lately deceased An inquet was proceeded with, and the follow ing verdict rendered round dead in a box at the railway sta tion, at St. Johns, January bth, 1sj3, and that said body liad been illegally removed from the Roman Catholic Cemetery, in St. Johns, by a person bj the name of Joseph Comeau, a medical student, of St. Johns, and that he was illegally in posj-e-won of sid body." The coroner arranged for tbe re-interring of the body. UeMdes the box detained nere, it eem- that two other cheats or tranks, also con taining human remains, had been sent to Montreal the ame morning by a previous tram. Learning this, Mr. tutvoye tele graphed to Chief of Police Penton, and the tranks were seized on their arrival at Iiona venture Station. W e fear this unwholeome work has not been done in the interests of ycience alone, but was prompted mainly sby speculative motive. With orae voung men body snatching appears to be becoming a regular business. e are assured that the body of an elderlv man, taken from Montreal t Fa rn bain for interment, had been raised and was last Sunday exhibited in a yard in thi town. Surely no punishment U too severe for men who. not content with trafficking in human bodies, expose them totheridi eule of a drunken crowd. St. Johns .Yeirj. Ths Universities in the jtate of Xevv York. New York State is to hate another university. It is the result of an amalgama tion. Union College, rich in money, but poor in students, and weakened by a wran gle of years' duration among its trustee-, is to be transplanted bodilv to the State Capi tal, there to form a collegiate department for the several postgraduate schools already in nourishing status there the Albany Iaw-bchool, the Albany Medical College, and the Dudley Observatory. It is no easy or pleasant thing for Union College to sur render its identity and evacuate the historic ground upon which it has nourished in the pat. Uut it choice -eenied to He between that and oblivion. Vttea Herald Dec. 25. SiiciDE at Fbliiiville. Harris Kendal', a respectable citizen, about forty jears f age, diot himself at Felchville, on Friday last. Some months ago his wife died,Ieavirjg him childless and alone. Since her d ea ti ne has been melancholy and frequently has slid he wished be was with her in thegrave yard. ilr. Kendall borrowed the pistol that morning, saying he would like to buy u. Loading it he at fir-t fired it. and reloading it went into the street, where a neighbor was shoveling snow from the sidewalk, made some remark about the snow, put the revolver to his bosom, fired, held the pistol above his head, toUl who it belonged to, ami said he had got done with it, and sink down and die!. The ball entered jut above his heart. No cause is as-ined for the fatal deed except deranged mind from the death of his wife. Molasses Candy Two KccirEs. Two cups molasses, one cup sugar, one table spoonful vinegar, butter sizeot a hickory nut. loil briskly twenty minutes, stirring all the time. When cool, pull until white. One large cup full of molasses and two verv large tablcspoonfuls of sugar; boil as rapidly as is possible for twenty minutes. Try if it is brittle by dropping it into cold water. When done, rub half a teapoonful of soda smooth, and stir dry into the boiling candy. Mix it thoroughly and pour into buttered pans Stir while boiling to keep it from burning. Do not pull. It you like pop corn ball, pop it fresh, and stir it into a part or the whole of it. Says Dr. Holmes : I remember that when one of our good kind-hearted old million aires was growing very infirm, his limbs failing him. and his trunk getting packed with the infirmities which mean that one i bound on a long journey, he said very simply and sweetly, I don't care about living a great deal longer, but I should like to live long enough to find out bow much old (a many-millioned fellqvr-citi- zen) is worth." MLs Catharine Sinclair, formerly Mrs. Edwin Forrest, was not present at the fune ral of her former husband, although tl e sensation report said differently. She was not in Philadelphia at the time, and thoa who have believed the fabrication of the veiled lady must make up their minds to give up the pretty idea. It is romantic, but it isn't true. Dr. P. of Harvard College, when called upon unexpectedly to make the evening prayer in the college chapel just before'lhe Thanksgiving recess, besought a blessing on theyoung men now about returning to their homes, and added. " May thev coonea and and see 'em !" MLss Anthonv is said to hare abandoned the classics altogether, discrusted with tha invidious sexual distinction implied in .the, oft-quoted "mens conscia recti," until Mrs. Stanton pointed out to her that, after all, the mens part of the phrase was feminine. Hew York World. There is no end to the discoveries of srenine. Thus the invention of a shirt button which' can be put on with a screw-driver is said ta uo away with tbe last inducement for men to marry in New York City-