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Ma. LINCOLN COUNTY HERALD. tarn's loir -Ai)V:Urt3)frt, efcuaT(tO Jlnc)yrkf,'oti'iiiirtlt..4M' A ttaofkhijdltlonaf lncrtfcta. -...-.. '.. rT .a JuWtlstrso Nat'lce.. Final 3tlcnient Notices.. w.... 'w. ' IV Strr 5eicca (single $ray).K.v..v.'.'...i.a4... I M ch (.volitional simp Tn'rtfrtsiotlce... 1 'M j:9' & Liberal DeductAsn wllA (Vo 8M to yearlytertlsers, Tlio Lincoln County Herald i'UiiMMiini) r.vr.RV munsftv mm rtokw, iii n Merit himcli: copies 1'ivn a-toNtftb Ir, XV, W. RIRKIIFAD, SUHQBON DENTIST 'WA Extracted ttitkmt Vain. r"iiro itio Ktmous oxide gas, i;WV and nilmtnlitn 11 without fear of an; 111 'ifect afterward. Tho gas Is (dcatanl to breathe Jd ratjrely harmless. Tectfi instrtct tne! nU 'manner of Denial work Attended to. & OITrco with Drs. Hut It Buutlasi), eornci &rrrr.i dud Cherrr alrtcW. vC2Bt . w. conn. -HOUSE, SIGN & ORNAMENTAL PAINTER, lnr, Mazier and fapr.flaBit. .S'ayi (Jor Jr. 1'mt'f .Vein Drug-Store, olf.vq TltOY, MIHgOUHt. 91. IV. HcLIll.r-AiV, ill. !., PIIYNU IAN AM) MIJIIGKON, 'JCffyy9 TMimscuxi'U Office at M. 8. Ballinger's Drug Store. R. II. NORTON, ATTOHNISY AT LAW, TltOY, MISSOURI, M'lLti icllco In I lie. Courts of tho Third Judicial District. n2Iqi U. C. MAGHlIDERi ATTORN E AT LAW, CAP-A.II-UK1S, MISSOURI. VIM practice in tho Court or the Third Judical IHsliict, v0n5 'A. V. MrKKK. W.M. FUAZIKU. McKEE & FRAZIEK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, JT 11 O V , ill I S S O IJ It I "Will nr.ictica in nil tho countloi of tho Third Juillcl.il Circuit, mid in the Supreme Court of the r t ItC. mvUi ly 12- I). WAI.TOiV, AlTttHSUY AT LAW AMI HI'.AI, KSTATI2 agknt, TItOV, MISSOURI, Will prncilce In nil tho Oourt of tlio Third .Iuiiicl.il Ciicuil, ami tho fnpTcir.-! Court of tho Mate. All bii'lnoM entrusted tu his care Mill lie romptly attended to. Ufliio over l'r. S. T. ll.i.it's Dny loic, Office -hours frum'J a- lu. to I p. in. voir, ii'.' F. T. W 1 1.1,1 A MS, ATTORNEY AT LAW ANII N () T A It Y l IJ It I. I C , 'MMXTO, TIIMS05JR3. iiiiuury I, ISC.'J Inly Li i. .1. C. GOODRICH, vi: tzvim.b:, mo. T ll.li bo in Tr.y to prnctic Inn inrv.on VV irow luio In time. Duo notice of these Utk.- nitl bo git cull) the local columns of the UK aid. fcb2inS Occidental Hotel C;ni-aii-(ii'i, ITIos It. :. MAGItlJIMMt - Proprietor, 'p'l'IS llUTKIi is now ojien for tho nccomuda I lion of the travelling public. Woll-iur-lishcd tables and neat, coml'oiatablc apartment iipU'Mnliyt A. II. UUCKiYKR, ATTOIIN12Y AT I.A', ST. t IIARLIvS, MO., V.'lll attend tn any professional bti'lness In the louus oi biucoiu, v arrcn, .Montgomery ana Si. Cluirlcs. and in tho District and Sfcl-rcino Courts. vinlyl CAP-AU-QIRS Lumber Yard. It. C M ARI OI.R IfHpS constantly on hand n full supply of l'im Lumber, DUELED and UNDRESSED, at dp M-Uris, Lincoln county, Mo, sepluSi II EN It Y QUIQLEY. EUf.lE.NK N. I10NKII.S lVUitsEY Ac ROM II,S, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Conveyancers & Heal Estate Agents, T7ILL practice in the various Courts of tho VV Third Judicial District (Pike, Warren, Montgomery and Lincoln). Having leen en gaged for two yean past in making an abstract of title of all real estate in Lincoln county, they tiavo peculiar facilities for furnishing at short .inolico a complete abstract ol title of ull the Sands in said county. July :8. 1870. JNO. R. KNOX. TROY, MISSOURI. SDealer in Bills of Exchange, Pro missory Notes and other Securi rities. Deposits receivedt payable on call. E.MERHIMAN, Jate of Memphis JNO. S. MELLON. St. Louts' 3, E, MERRIMAN & CO, Steal Estate, Exchange, Collection, AND GENERAL PUB0IIABINO AGENCY, No. 510 Ciiesnut Street, 4uder tbe lacledo Hotel, ST- -ou'. MO- TO TLACUi:itH. NOTICE Is hereby given that tho undersigned Superintendent of publio s'choels of Lincoln 'buntysi Mo., 'wilt, In uoeordance with iho school law of tbe State, hold nubile exasklnatioB of ItMcberi, on the 1st Saturday of mwf ovtb, tt tbe court bousoin Troy, aud ot ihoce days out. Teachers will please bear this In mltid. W. S. PKNN1KGTOK. Sup'i Publio Scaoob, VOL. &e (Jloie the door softly, Urldlo the breath, Our tittle earth angel Is talking with Death) (lently he woos her, She wishes to stay, Ills rm ftto about he He bears ken away, Muslo comes floating 1 Down from Iho domo; Angels are chanting Tho sweet welcome homo. Come, stricken wooper Come to tho bed, flate on the sleeper ; Our Idol Is dead. . Smooth out (he ttnglets, Close the dark eye; No wonder inch beauly ' Was claimed In the skies. " Cross the hands gently O'er the while breast i So like a sweet spirit Strayed from tho blened. Bear her out roftty, This idol of ours ; Let her calm slumbers Bo 'mid the wild flowen. TIIUOUCII NIGHT TO LIGHT. Out of the shadow Into tho sun ; Out 4t the winter into the spring , The world wheels on, and tho air Is filled With the winder the south' low whlsperiag. Tho wnkcnlng heart of the mountain throbs; The valley, under tho pallid snows, Feels at her breast the soft, sweet stir Of baby-violet, lily and roo. Under Iho ico the brook laughs on, Under the snow tho croc is d re nin, And th.it Is but warmth and g:itle sleep Which cold, and rigid, and deathly set in. Pwecficart i winter infolds our dny A winter of luiknoi", and grief, and pain Yet never ii winter wai bravely homo I!ut Ihi ic cuiuo, in lime, the April rain. I'ndir the ice tho Vv,)ul( l uiIh on ; I'niler Iho snow tho Ccicus ilicauu ; And that m.iy be wi'ust, tcnilin-st, best, Wlilcli hard, and cold, nnd hopeless seems. A LITTLE ST011Y. 11 v fecorr. I'm not uoiti to tiromi.-o any moral, neither blKill j uu find anything very tin in o nil in litis true little tory, wlucli Imp pencil ouc Juv just a little while ai:o. Il U interesting to mo to think tibout, and if it don't prove so in tho rendin?, its mv limit in the telling, and uot the story tt, but I'll try my beat, and begin this way. If Iho uui tli vtaa beautiful, Ages Thome could not sec it ; nothing, it teemed to her, pould bo more dreary and forlorn more tiresome to open one's eyes on in tho morning, more painful to close them, ut night, thnn tuts cheerless, black world I am suro tho world would havu been amazed, could it have read her thoughts this boautiful, tuuimcr morn, for-it had never knowingly given our Agnes, this little heroine ol mine, a single ilerk uay ; indeed, L am prepared to say, that only sun and eliine aud the warmest lovo and caro had surrounded her always 1 Hut hero she sat, right in tho haze and warmth of a ripe summer day, with pout ing trembling lipi, and a mysterious dump handkerchief in her hands. The wadding ring shono vrry bright there, out its gill and glislvn seemed to meet no answering light in her eyes ; indeed, I'm not so suro there wore not tears between, and yet tho sun fell through tho open window of their little ei t ti rt ti ro om , tier's and John's, nnd gave yet a brighter luster to her soft, brown hair. 'Twus very soft pretty hair, and but for tho tears, and I'm afraid I must say the frown, the young, frc.-h face was a very pretty one, too, but the singing of the birds, tho odor of the heliotrope just under tne window, tho nodding ot the dear old fashioned pinks, up and down each side of the path, wcrfl all unheeded by tho tear-dimmed eyes, and even in the midst of all this beauty, her lips did say the words that wero in her heart, "'lis a dreary world, and I hate it." 'Twas just one of those common cases, only our Agnes was not a common woman, and so she was taking it rather bard this get ting U'cd to belli!' snubbed by ber bus band, I mean, and was threatening in her heart this long day all sorts of awful things to do unless John did do better, and hero tho innocent cause of all tboso tears and anathema!), was happy in the conviction of doing everything in mortal man's power to nmko home and wife happy, and quito thoroughly established in peace and comforts tho convictiou of ruccess brought. Ut course ho had no titno to spend at home, but then ho was making his way in tho world, and by niid economy, nevor a holiday, never a drivo, Hsvcr a concert or ball, they might soma day bo worth something in tdo world, and this he often said to Acnes and when she hinted how much a new shawl or some garment in the mode woulil enhanco her appearanco, John assured her that she looked better in the folifto she was married in than any other woman 'Would in tmo mado of eloth of uolJ, This was all very well, of courfo to be told bow fine tho looker! its Tils eyes; but it didn't make tier "olejtloo" look As well aa now ; and tho txiueak Ititle inelodeon in John's home was so different from tho Nteioway at noma True, Jodanie,tho'babytwat nice enough, tut 4 oho weverkai time to look at fci&i. and ot! od ttM ell, i cW4 know exactly ha1i was tbe atte. Poop 4itth Airnes was eary fmA dissaiUGed, ni wantcilto fee petted, and (.Issod. mi 4 tT$ litt'i, IUjOi; .nykotr 4t TEOY, MO,s THURSDAY, JULY $0, tike manv anothef totnaa tlaf fiofor. tier; and certainly shall A.ko bet part. A4 so thcro she cat, tnb, well, yea I wight as well tell 4ho worel ani cried. Yesterday sho told all this to her journal (I'm sorry to eonless atio kept such a thins') and so now sho just did liko ant foolish young thing, thought and imag ines) herself into ffecpor despair thnn fate even dreamot) of rending ber. John come, and sho could not nnd tho answor ng smite to welcome hie, or did she try to conceal ne vexation wAiclt crowded in her heart. They dined in si lenre.nnd John loft again insilence for tho office Again for tea he came, no words passed between them, Onco he essayed to take her hand, but sho fell her fineers drawiug up in ho Bnapo of a fist, and involuntarily turned and said words sue could never forget, nor yet tho look in hhi mild, astonished eye.. 'Twas far into tho night when he came, and tlrcn with his night koy, and passed the nursery door, where she always stayed with baby until ho came, and so on tn silence to their roo n. Their room 1 tho vory thought seemed hateful to her, and sho felt sho would never say it again. Thus far the night had been spent in disman tling tho nursery of this and that pretty little adornmont, and stowing tnem neatly in the large travelling trunk, which was already nearly full of her'a and baby's clothes. She had not thought of baby, he sleDt so centlv. and now. as a harsh cough and cry came to her ears, she was almost trlgtitcncd out ot tier anger, by amazement, that sho had lelt him sleep ini undor the open window. Tl.o night lind rhanged, nnd a chilling rain was tailing, aho drew tho cub with trem bling hands into tho room, and rctuctn bcred with a shudder the tcrriblo night they hud brought him through, but ttill iho coughing went on, and finally, in despair, sho flew to John's rocm, to find it vacant and this note on tho bureau. My Wife I Onlv this onco let mo nay it Two years mat navo ueen uuss to nave ueen torture to you i snail never forget your words your' young life thull not be wasted. May God bless you, and may Jou bo happy, is tho heart broken prayer ot (just this onco, dar- linp) . 10UR tlUSUAND. The tears that now came to our Agnes' oyes wero oh I so different from tho ones the suminor noonday raw. Now tho world was dark indeed. Tho packing wne forgotten in littlo Johnnie's moans and cries, nnd soon alter tho gray morn ing came baby had found a brighter morning, one that never fades at night, cvon beyond the sun's rising, and where it nevor scls. Oh ! that terrible day ; the louging that John should como and see the little, while, cold fuco; that he would only come, and there in this littlo silent presence, help her to begin anew, show her how, now that her heart was desolate, tu take up tho burdcus of life, and be thankful for tho blessings God scat. Again she looked through her tears from tho little sitting room window with a moro broken feeling in her breast than had ever como over her belbro, she felt tho words, "Oh I John" fluttering from her lips when the little gate opened, and eomo men, aud none of them John, came bearing rouiclhing between them. Twas John, sho know instantly, all bruised and torn, and dying, or dead from some accident 'twas her John, uud bo did not know baby was gono ; 'twas her John, all gone from her, and nut in love. "Oh I 1 cannot, cannot," she said aloud and opening her eyes, found her own John smiling down iuto hor own, and heard him joyously say, "what I can not kits mu on our anniversary, nor thank mo for tho new piano theso fine fellows have brought from tho train ? aud where's sou V Of course she could not speak fur a while, and then I'm afraid you will thiuk the did not act like a her oine, for sho cried a great deal more, and kissed big John aud littlo John, till 1 thought sho would smother them both, and there wero the men on tbe porcu, she bad secu bringing John, ouly 'twas a piuno, and though tho sun was a littlo lower in the sky, the world seemed never o bright before, nor tbe hoiiotropo so sweet, nod John, oh t Juhu I how good he seemed, and tho baby, how beautiful I Her bitter thoughts had carried her to dreamland, and there all this sorrow met her, but after that dream she opened her eyes on such a different world, and she told me horsolf, with many a girlish laugh, what I in almost ashamed to tell you, that John read her journal that morning befuro she was awake, and that accounted for tho new piano, and thou sands of other sweet, dear things that happened to her. 'Twas a long, long timu before shu told John ber dream, and he did not oven then get oourugo to tell her he read ber journal, but she knew it, you oee, by a few tours hho found thoro, which never catno from her oyes. I mot them to day iu tho I'urk, and she looked so sweet and happy, and did not have on the wedding polisse. She's a dear, sweet little woman, and though John didn't mean anything, of course, I think its hard to spend on's youth guttitigm in iho world, for lo ! wheu you havo got ten of tho world, you havo gotten of ago as well, and so what docs it matter? 'Tis liko waiting to enjoy a rose till tho leaves are all fallen, und then you havo but the stem, and possibly a thorn, 'too. I think even littlo Johnnie enjoyed the chango aud I'm sure big John did. If happiness don't help to get on in the world, what do-? r y is said that tittlo soawcly-cut gen oiu coot, 'loll tnastieated (tbo Baliva being swallowed), takcti aftc eacri raeaf, 9ill soot can all Jcsiri for tobacco ehening. (lenlita is the basis of most of aSko fofccc ti4otei afcrefttsel fh books ib ttoo Vibra? tefonging to tbe Britiafc Msu actupj fiolvo miles Of shelving. What tanguam 4ota Arabian child speak bofoto t cuts toe&? Why gum- Atabto or courio. It wit! taki sixty years if restore to Franca the forest rtbtcssif wasted in alio military operation! of tbe iato war. Smith delate, thai the onlv thing on earth gapablo of moving a coriat tross graincd, old luut at bis, is ber rocking chair. A friend in neor! is a friend Indeed, and this I've found moat true: but mino is suoh a needy friend, be stick t bio ike glue. Pittsburgh belie go with their beaux shopping now. Buy No. 2 and 3 shoes ; return them next day alone for 5's and O'b. A lady going into the Opera House last week gave a ft no tooth comb instead of a ticket. Usher told her she couldn't Coomb in on that. An advertiser wants girls for cooking. One that knows what ho is talking about replies : "You would iiko them raw when you get accustomed to them." A shrewd little fellow, who had just begun to read Latin, astonished the mas ter by the following translation : " Ki'r, a man ; gin a trap. Virglnt u man trap." Two young ladies of Chicago, last week laid a wager that neither could absorb fivo grams of morphine. It was a draw bet, and tho funerals took placo tbe snmo day. Ladies who wear point lace shawls should know, to appreciate thctn, thut it takes two hundred women for two years, at steady work, to finish ono. Hut one woman can make one, by steady work for four hundred years. A singular accident happened to a lady in Portland, Maine, a few days since She went to call on a friend, and when she pulled tho door bell, the wiro broke, and she tell backward, striking 1-cr head on tho steps. Sho was rendered insensi ble and was very severely hurt. A young countryman whilo lounging round a littlo villago in tho East, a short ttmo since, stolo tt rtdo on tho strcot- sprinklcr, not knowing how tho old thing worked, As "soon as tho driver opened tne valve be went up about throe tect in the air, and came down wetter and wiser. "Littlo Things," is tho titlo of a neat amotcur paper published once a month bv a numncr ot littlo girls at Brighton, rcnnsyivania. inn type-setting as well as tho selection and arrangement of mat trr is all done by tho little girls, and in a very crcditublo manner. Mr. Stevens, of Laporte, Ind had onlv been married a week when he detected his wife pouring hot tea in his ear as he slept. He says lie has never been married before and don t know what tho usages of society arc, but he thinks such acts lay a wife open to suspicion of laok of affection, or eoinctbing ot tbat kind. A young lady of Bainbridgo, N. Y., made a bargain with Curtiss Cooper somo fifteen years ago, whereby she was to have a "ewe lamb and its incrcaso until sho was 21 years old," in exchango for a gold watch key. She was but six years of age at the timo, and now sues Mr. Cooper for 18,001 Iambs, or tlioir value, which, at 84 per bead, is so 1,10. Ohio has at least ono femalo citizen who can assert her rights without asking any aid of tho ballot box. Sho charged her husband with lunacy, and ho suc ceeded in convincing her of his sanity only by coming down with a check of obUU. We commend hor examplo to all wivos in waut of pin money. The plan migiit not woric every time, but tbo ex penmont would be worth trying. T. is a pertinacious young man of slen dcr UCduiremenlK. who affnnta lilnraturn especially iu the presenco of young ladies Un ono occasion ho brought down the bouse by asking a lady if sho had read Mr. Dickens's lust novel, "Tho Diamond Edition I" A more astounding blunder is the following : Seeing a copy of Lalla Rookh lying on tho center tablo, ho culled attention to it, when somebody inquired it no nad over read it. "iXo, bo replied "I havo never any of Miss llookb's poems. "You will please givo mo ninenonce apiece, gentlemen," said the old man who held tho door at the monument on Uun kcr Hill to a couplo of gentlemen who wished to ascend tbo same. "Pay ?" suid tho eldest. "Why, do you Know who wo are ! Wo aro Uritsh of ficers. "Oh I ah I yo aro British officers, hey ? Well, walk up gontlouion. Walk right up. tiod kuoirfi your country paid dear enough for this tuonuinniit, for ye lost tho nicest land under tho suu. It is a great mistako in femalo cduca tion to keep a young lady h time and ut tcntion irdvotcu. only to the fashionabl literature of tho dny. If you would qualify her for conversation you must gt"0 her something to talk about, giv her education in tho actual world and its trunppiring evonts. tlree her to read tbe newspapers and becotno familiar with tbo present character nnd improvements of our ago. History is of somo importance but the past yjorld Is dead; wo have nothing to do with it. Our thoughts and our coneerni should bo for tho present world ; to know what it is and improve iib conaiuoa, (jot Tier nave an intelli gent opinio, and bo ablo lo ttuitaio oon eersatioti acoordinf to the mental, moral nnd religious iitvprotjiueett of our times Vum at Banter Ub a tree Artemus Aristotle' patriofisfe Woio out demonstratively last fourth of July. Ho d bare ILe biggest storipanglcC banner and the tallest flagstaff in 'Borkscointy that's what he would and he told Aunt Ilaanah bo. Arte rushed dows iv tbo city by express train, purchased ft forty.- leet Hag, ana rusiicu nouio again ny ino next exDrcf. J hen Arto set arjout achieving the bngost libcrty-Dolo An Berks, out of a straight, lautidrct tea ixty feet more or less pino tree, stand- ng on a knoll back of tho house. With the big bunting lashed about his shoul ders, and armed with a hatchet, ho up onded tho long hay-ladder againtk tho pine, scrambled in tmong tho lowet branches and begun cutting hi course pwards. trimming close to (bo trunk every knot and branch as ho progressed. Having cut bis way to tho tip top ol the tall pine, Arte flung his flag to tho breeze, lasbed it hard and fast to the staff, hurrahed lustily for "Liberty," "tigered for "Grant," nnd then made the discovory that he had cut off his retreat. There ho was a hundred and fifty feet up In tho air, and every individual thinv: that ho could havo climbed down by, cnt oil smooth. Arte's enthusiasm collapsed in a socond, and he hailed tho house : Hannah I Oh I Hannah! 1 say, Han nah I Como out here." Out catno Hannah, and seeing her hus band humped up in a ball, away up there under tho "flag of tho free," the old lady piped out at him in key ranjor: "Why, Bakes o me I What is it, Arte?" "Dod dcrn. Hannah I I'm up a tree I Can't ycr take that ere mubket and shoot my dinner up here?" "nhv, dear me. Arte, bow will you ever git down from thcro?" "Doano, Hannah, 'less you git sonic- body to chop the trco down, nnd that would ecn a most kill me. bod blast the uck I" Arto clung to hi perch just about as ong as 1 o could, nnd then chipping arms and legs about the trunk, he begun to, lido down stern loremost like a bear, rip ping, scraping and tearing over the rough surfuoo in a way that by Iho timo ho reached term firmn it wa nbuut an even question which had lost the most bark Artemus or tbo trco. "If over I go to cut nnothor troo into a fa-stoff, I'll bo dod blamed if I don't begin at the upper end, Arto swore, as Aunt Hannah led bim away ragged and bleeding. Josh Billinus on Sthawbeiuues. Tho strawberry t one uv aatur's sweet pets. She makes them worth titty cents, the fust p!io makes, and nover allows them to be sold at a mean price. Ihe culler uv tho strawberry tz like tho setting uv tho sun under a thin olouJ, with a delicate dash uv the rainbow in it ; its fragrance is like tho breath of a baby when it hrrt begins to cat wintergreen lozzingcrs ; its flavor is liko tho nectar which an old fashioned goddes mcd to leave in the bottom uv the tumbler wheu Jupiter stood treat on mount Ida. There iz many breeds of this delight ful vegetable, but uot a mean one iu tho hull lot. I think I hare stolo them, laying around loos, without any pedigree, in somebody's tall grass, when 1 was a lazy school boy, tbat cat dredfut easy, without enny white sugar on them, and even a bug occashun ly mixed uu with them in tho hurrv ov tho moment. Cherries izgood, but they ure tew much liko sucking a marble with a handle tew it. Peaches iz good if u don't git eny of the pin ftatnors intu your Hps. Watermelons will suto enny body who is satisndo with half tweetoned drink, but tbe man who can cat stiavr berries besprinkled with crushed shooger and bespattored with kream (at satubody else's expense) and not lay his hand on his Blummack und thank tho author ot strawberries and Blunimncks, and Iho phellow who pays for tbo strawberries, is u man with a worn out conscience a man whoso mouth tastes liko u hole in the ground, and don't care what goes down A Polish Superstition. It is a PoL ish superstition tbat each month has a particular gem attached to it, and is sup posed to influence tho destiny of persons born In tbat month. It is thoiefore custom ary, among friends and lovors, partic ularly, to preseut eaon other, on tho an niversary of their natal day, with somo trinket containing their tutelary gem, ac companied with an appropriate wish. January Jacinth or garnat denotes constancy and fidelity in every engage ment. Fobusrv Amethyst preservos mortals from strong passions, und insures peaco ot mind. March liloodstohb denotes courage and sccresy in dangerous enterprises. April sappniro or diamond denotes repentance, May -Kmorold, successive love. Juno Agato insures long lifo and health. July Ruby or cornolinn insures tho forgetfulncsH or euro of evils arising from friendship or lovo. August Sardonyx insures conjugal fe licity. September Chrysolito prosorvos from or cures folly. Ootobor Aquamarine or opul denotes mistortuno and hopo. November Topaz insures fidelity or friendship. December TurquoIe (or malachite) denotes tho irost brilliant success and happinesa in every condition in life. A drunken man sprawling on tbe ground the other day, anxiously inquired if "anybody else bad bees struck Ay tbt artbquake. What is fane. $4 was on a beautiful spring (Sat ofrtha yea? 184& tba't a smali bridal party cn tercd a Mayors onico in the environ ar Paris in order to have the marriage eoh tract drawn u. Small as was this ooaao pany, it was Vory olcct; the bridfgteotn was a talented young pa in let, who at rrr present day enjoys a very 'considerable celebrity, and his -witnesses 'two friend ef tic father; 'their namea wefb Victor Hugo and Alexander Dumas.' After tbe Mayor had very carefully 'written down tho names, the Christian httmo and por tion of the young couple, ho wen't to tho witnciacs, and turning first to Victor Hugo, asked his name. Being nformooX ho repeated hesitatingly-: "Hugo? How is that writton ? lias it a final 7" Tho poet dictated letter Hot Vettot, when tho Maydr, with a heightened 'dig nity, addressed tho second question t him : "What profession do .you foHotr ?" "Nono at all." "But yon -can at least write, so that yoe can Bign your nonio hero?" This being very serenely answered, ift tho affirmative, the other witness came in. As Ingres and Dclarocbo answered they wero painters tho municipal officer measured them with a rather disdatntttt glance over his spectacles, and said : "Koom or sign painter r ibelaugnot tho entire company vexed him exceed ingly, and ho muttered morosely some thing about "unseemly behavior, Iiigres replied : "Write simply painter.' Alexander JJumas understood better how to extricate himself from the affair, for ho gavo in that ho was an annuitant, which placed hun very much abovo his companions in the esteem of the Mayor, who Iroin now on addressed him alone and thowed l.im every civility. All theso men wero then at the zenith of their fame ; and yet tlioir name remained so unnoticed and unknown, just hero by Putis, whilo abroad they wero known aud honored. Lcipsio Gartcnlaubo. Home anil its Queen. Tho is propatly not an unpervcrted man or woman living who docs not feci that tho sweetest consolations and tho best rewards of lifo arc found in the- loves and delights of home. Thcro aro few who do not fed iIicIueoIvcs indebted to tho influences that clustered around their cradles for whatever of good there may bo in their characters and conditions. Home, based upon legitimate mar riage, is so evidently an institution of God, that a man must become profane betoro ho can deny it. Wherever it is planted, it stands a bulwark. Whcro ever it ii pure and truo to virtuous ides, thcro lives an institution conservative of all the nobler Interests of society. Of tots realm woman is tbe queen. It takes its cue and huo from her. If sho is in tho best sense womanly if sho is truo and tender, loving and heroic, pa tient aud self-devoted sho consciously or unconsciously 'organizes and puts in operation n set of influences that do moio to mould tee destiny ot .tho nation than any man uncrowned, by power or clo quenco, can possibly effect. Tho men of tho nation aro whui their mothers madd thorn, as a rule ; and tho voico which thoso men speak in tho expression of their power is tho voice of tho women who boro and bred them. Thcro can be no substitute for this, There is no other possible way in which tho women of tho nation can organizo their influence and power that will toll so beneficently upon society and tho state, Neither woman nor tho nation can afford to havo home demoralized or in any way deteriorated by tho loss of her influcncu thcro. As a nation, wo rise or fait as tbo character of our homo, presided over by women, rises or falls, and tho best guago of Our prosperity is to bo found in tho measure by which theso homes find multiplication in the land. In truo mar riage, and tho strugglo after tho highest ordeal of homo-life, is to be found tho solution of moro of tho 'ugly problems that confront the present cencru'tion moral, social and political than wo have spaco to enumerato. Am. Udd bellow. If tho way to hoaven is narrow, it is not long Impaticoco dries tho blood sooner than age or sorrow. Mischiefs como by tho pound atid in) away by tho ounce. Life is liko a blank note, and .your Vir tue's aro tho figures upon it. An imaL'O of gold is suro of Trorahin- pcrs, if it bo only a gold calf. Do good and throw it into tho sea : if tho fishes do not know it, God wilt. Langusgo was given us thut wo might say pleasant things to and for each other. It makes a great diffcrenco whether tho glasses aro used over or under tho nose. "Is your brother-in-law really such a lazy man?" asked ono gentleman of an other. "Lazy 1" was tho reply, "why ho's bo lazy that ho has an artist employed by tho mouth to draw his breath with a crayon." Tho lato Mrs. John Welsh, of Eliza beth, N. J., used tho non explosive kind, and to ttio last day of bur lifo extin guished thu lamp by blowing down tho chimney. A story is told of a father in a church, who, when the marriago servico camo to the point whero the clergyman asks, Who givcth this woman to bo married to this man? replied, "Well sir, I am called to do it, although it do go agin the grain, t wanted her to marry Bill Plowtor, who is worth twico the money o' that ere man." Tho answer was not conbidercAcgular. ft