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VOL. XLVIII. BRATTLEBORO, VT., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1881. NO. 6. The Vermont Phoenix AMD (Urttti Hay 1, 1880) rcDLUHiD Hint rniDAj m FnSNOII Ss 8TEDMAN, BRATTLEBORO, VT. Tibmi. Two Dollata per rear In advance! sa.tOlf l.n worda. Till, .f.Wltc.. O. L. Fnaca. D.D. BxiDHiif. BUSINESS CAIIDS. tY. r t ii.r r'-. - . - i j. Representing Companies whose Ancta are ot er a) '.100,000,000. TENEMENTS TO LET. Agent, for Baboook Fibe ExiisamsiiEKs. Offlea In Starr k Kstey's New Bank Block, eor. Mala ana x.uic-1 Bireei., BRATTLEBORO, VT. HEX1IV IUCKE1I, M. ., SURUEOM AND liOMCEOPATHIST, urace and re.idencr, No. 3 Oteen street. Special at tention given to curonlo dlaeases. Hl. IIOLTOM, M. ., 1'UYSICIAN AND BUltOEON, IIrittb-xbobu, Vt. Office and residence corner Main and Walnut Stl At homo from 1 to.2 and from C to 7 o'clock F. M. OIIAS. W. II lit: IV, 91. II.. PHYSICIAN AND BUllQEON, BBATYLXBOno, VT. OfncewlthDr. Holton, corner Main and Walnut Sta "B IV. NIODDAHD.. ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Ana uouciior 01 litems, Bbatilebobo, Vt. EJ. CAlil'BJl'XKIs'.Marketlllock.EUiotgl. peaJer In Toya, Fancy eJooda,Bookel8tationerr, Newapapere, Magazlnea ft rerlodicala. Subecrlptlona received for toe principal newapaperaand magazlnea, and forwarded by naall or otherwise. WX,. BKniH, Home and Sign 1-alnter, Or namental and Fresco ralntlng.Oralnlng, Kal aomlnlng, Faper llanglng, etc. 1TV ureen sireei, uraiueooro, I. CA.onAr, xt.n., . PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON AND U. B. EX AMINIKO BUltOEON FOR PENSIONS. Elliot 8treet, Braltleboro, VL "ITTTrl. A. ni'ROjr, Dealer In Marble and W Brown Stono and Scotch Granite Monument, and Headstones. Braltleboro, Vt. r cnoimn, I . FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, Office, Putney, Vt. F. A. WHITNEY HAS A FULL STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER QVBRC OATS. Dress & Business SUITS FOR MEN AND BOYS. A Urge line of the nobby 4-button Cut-away Frocks, Short Sacks, cCc. UNDERWEAR. Bennington Rcda, Portsmouth Blue. Merino Whltea, Blue Clouded. Large Taiiety, low price.. An elegant line of Foreign and Domestic Cloths, Overcoatings, Plain and Fancy Suitings, which I am prepared to make up in the latest styles. Satisfaction guaran teed. t7AU are cordially invited to Inipect for them aelves. F.A.WHITNEY Ji A, CHURCH, MAN UFA TUB Ell OF Doors, Sasu & Mint's, WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES, 3IODL.DIN08, Insido Finish & Stair Rails. PLANING, JOINTING AND MATCHING, SCROLL, SAWING fl TURNING DOSS TO ORDER. SHIUQ-LBS, LATH,. . CLAPBOARDS, nulldlmg- uaal jTlalatllasa- Lumber, SPRUCE EAVE SIGHTS, Wood Fitted for tho Stovo, ICINDL,ING8, ETC., Conatantly on hand. Mtaop it ad Yurd s Tlut Street, opposite Drattleboro Manufacturing Co. tVOffiu at Shop. uraera ny maiiorotnerwu.pl Braltleboro, Not.21, 1817. I. cuuRcn. HEW "HOME ni uo equal for family work, tod U 10 simple a child can ue It, THE WHITE MACHINE Is the quietest running xnscltln msds, IV ure ulao Agent tor all (be JLeutHng Jtlachlnes And If you are In want of a machloe, do not fall to glra ns a call and examine the several mikes before buying elsewhere We keep OIK., ATTACH- MKlVTsJ ssd PAliTIf of all nacblnea oooiUnUy on hand. ltpMlrlnajr a ipeeUHy. All work warranted. DtnsrKLEE&lTAY. For Sale. ABVIiLI. VILLAQB FARM In Weal Braltleboro, consisting of nine acre of land, dwelling houae, bam and aheda. llannlng and well water, and abun dinoa of fruit. Iio,iratf UCWU aitOUT. Sewmi Macnines. astona -35 Doses -a5 cents. A Mothers' remedy for sleepless and irritable Children. The Recipe of Old D. Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and not Narcotic Formula published with each bottle. For Flatulency, assimilating the food, Sour Stomach, Fcverishncss, Worms, and Disor dered Bowels, Castorln has the larg est sale of any article dispensed by Druggists. A Perfootod Fnrlfler of tho Syatom- Tnsic "Inrrtming iht tlnngth, utitlaUng Ms jrtclinilMlUy,andruto)iijlnatiliyfuncHijia Wtsarin. For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia, the many forms of Iilver Com plaint, Impure and Impoverished Illood, and Functional Derange ments attendant upon Debility, and for liullilliiK "1 the weak, Ash Tonlc is doubtless the most prompt and certain remedy yet devised. In lb. bottles, 75 cents; Six bottles, .(. Accredited Thysicians and Clergymen, who may desire to test the Tonic, will be supplied with, not exceeding six bottles, at one-half the retail price, money to accom pany the order. Sold by Druggists, and by D. U. Dewey & Co., 46 Dcy St., N. Y. CENTAUR ime The most I'owcrfiil, Penetrating and Pnln-rcllcvliiR remedy ever devised by" man. It soothes Pain, it allays inflammation, it heals Wounds, and it cures RHEUMATISM, Sciatica, Jittmbnxo, Senilis, Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell ings, Frost bites, Quiusey, Halt Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Gnlls, and Lameness from nny cause. Suf ferers from 1'AiN IX THE BACK, Fever Sores, Eruptions, Broken Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu ralgia, Palsy ordislocatcd limbs; and owners of horses, planters, me chanics, merchants and professional men everywhere, unite in saying, that CENTAUR LINIMENT brings relief when all other I.ini ments. Oils, Extracts and Embroca tions Iiavo failed. Yltallies and Enriches tho Ulood, Tonaa up the SyaUm, Mahea tho Weak Strong, Ballda up Uie Broken down, XnTlfforntea the lira 1 11, and CURES Dyspepsia, Nervous Affections, Gen eral Debility, Neuralgia, Fever and Ague, Paralysis, Chronic Diarrhoea, Boils, Dropsy, Humors, Female Com plaints, Liver Com plaint, Bemittent Fever, and ALL DISEASES ORIGINATING IN A BAD STATE OF THE BLOOD, OR ACCOMPANIED BY DEBILITY OR A LOW STATE OF THE SYSTEM. PERUVIAN SYRUP Supplieiihe blood with iu Vital Principle, or Ufa Klement, IltO.V, infusing Strength, Vlror and New Life into all pans of the aystera. BLlNG I REE FROM ALCOHOL, ill cncrCi in effects are not followed by corresponding reac tion, but are permanent. SET1I V. FOWLE ft SON'S, Proprkun, 86 Harrison Avenue, Boston. Soil by all DruEgisU. SOIETHIM IEI! Hyers's Salt For packing Pork, Is the Best in the World. For sale by A. 0. DAVENPORT. HOTEL AND MINERAL SPRING FOR SALE. TO close up the est. a of the lite Levi U, Fanlsuer, the administrator desires to sU at very low fig ures tbe real estate a&oD as tbe "Temple Store sod llotel," situate In the pleasant village of Badawgi, on tbe slope of the Green Mountains. In tno town of nbltiogUm, Vt, Tbe property consists of a bnlldlng suitable for hotel, store, boarding-bouse or tene ments, In excellent repair, with running wster, A barn U atUcbed, and also the celebrated Badawga spring, with Its beautiful arbor, Tbe house, on ac count of Its proximity to this healthful mineral spring, was enlarged by Dr. Temple for the purpose of msk log a delightful resort for those la search of health, and It will be a bargain for aome one. For terms, price, and other particulars desired, inquire of or ad dress B. D. FAULKNER, Administrator, Jacksonville, vt. Whltlngham, Vt., Jan. 20, 169 1, j-ifl STEAM MILL, For Qrindingall kinds of Feed. All work dona at short notice. W1U eicbanga meal and feed for wood and lumber,, J. A. CHURCH. Brettletwro, Jan. 31,1131. M K fin nt aw jmT''9lJL& 4PSv MJtS. UARVIKLD AT Will!. A. len.lortral of the Incoming X,udr of the While llonaei. ILctter to tho Dttrolt Gtenlog News.) "Is It GarflolJ'8 homo you want to find f" saltl a good-nnturcd offlclnl nt tho tlopot. "Just go up this road till you Btrlko tbe main road, turn to your right and you'll pass n yel low building; that's tho post office Then you coma to a bouse painted green, and tbe next one's n kind of pink, and that's Oar field's 1" With a confused Idea of tho principles of high nrt governing house-painting In Men tor, the Inquirer formed himself into a pro cession of ono and started up tho barren coun try road, enlivened only by thoughts of those valiant tTands of pilgrims who bad formerly traversed that n'a tacra. Again, by tho aid of a pictorial imagination, bo saw the air II lpmlnated by the roseate noses of the first band of stalwarts, and again heard the rustlo of tho petticoats iu tho hut mad assault of tbe Amazons upon tbe Garfield citadel. Ho reached tho placo and gazed, as might n tourist upon Waterloo, over tho historio or chard and pumpkin fields, lying peacefully now under tbelr snowy covering, and giving no signs of the recent scones of devastation. Crossing tho wide veranda, the solitary pll. grim rang tbe bell, and was ushered by a wonderfully patient-looking coloird man-servant into the reception room, although that is quite- too formal a namo to gtve a room combining such an air of comfort with its elegance ; it Is the emanation of an artist and a fireside genius iu ono, and you are not sur prised to learn later that tbe mistress of tho mansion is an artist of considerable skill. A royal grate fire burns brightly at ono cud of the room, over which is a Queen Anne man tel, with cabinet photographs of Garfield and Arthur, painted candles and numerous articles of brio-a-brac. At tho opposite, end of tho apartment stands a fine upright piano, adorn ed with photographs of Hancock, Marshall Jewell and Ole Hull. Over this is a French picture Iu bright water colors, on ono side of which hangi a copy of Meissonier's Napoleon, on tbe other a litllo landscape painted and given her, Mrs. G or field relates, by her old drawing teacher, of whom she tells some in teresting reminiscences. "She was an English bvdy and went South," Mrs. Oarfield said, "before tho war and became a strong sectssionist, but when I saw her last sho bad reconsidered tbe ques tion aud concluded tho North was in the right" Tbe quiet tinted walls of tbe reception room aro further adorned with large portraits of the General and bis mother, one of Alex ander Cumpbull,' tbe founder of tho faith which Garfield Indorses, and a number of other pieces, among them a copy of Miss Hansom's "Itagar and her Son," from "let me see If I can remember the name," Mrs. Garfield said, turning tho picture and spell ing out tho Italian name from a card on the back. "Miss Itausom put tho card there so that I shouldn't forget tho came, because he was not ouo of tbe best-knonn painters." "And this," pointing to a little gilt frame decorated with pansies, "was sent to the Gen eral by a little Vermont girl, her own work, and tho verse inscribed on it was written for her by Whlttier." In this iuterest in bcr pictures and their histories Mrs. Garfield showed constantly the artistlo clement In her nature, as well as in a hundred touches about the rooms. A small-figured dark carpet covered the floor, a Smyrna rug lay before the fire, iu the glow of which sat tbe famous grandmother, a quaint little figure, making, with her snowy hair aud cap and her knitting.work, a filling adjunct to an "iuterior" charming enough for anybody's pencil. There were easy-chairs and lounges, speaking of solid comfort, and a little centre-table piled up carelessly with all kinds of books, school books, story books, a gay-colored copy of Chic, a life of the I'resi-dent-elect, and "Kits of Talk," by II. II., be ing among them. Aud there were also upon that table yes, actually, dear prim house keepers tho well-known slouch hat of the General, and a roll of red flannel, with a thimble braido it. Every wbero in every nook and corner there are books. A caso In tho parlor con tains cdilioua of Vi'averly and Dickens, Trench hiatory iu tho original, old English poets and dramatists richly bound in black and gold, aud a choice collection of miscellaneous works ; in the littlo hallway leading to tho diulng-room aro books, and In the dining room itself more books. The last is a cheery room with Us handsome tiled mantel, open fire, pictures aud shining silver. There is everywhere ovidonco of tho dainty house keeper, Tbe pilgrim wandered dtot through the back regions of the house where the tin wash-basin and milk cans, which were really seen, would no doubt be deemed objects of sacred Inter eat to tbe enthusiastic- adorer, and crossed over to the detached office, whose walls are lined with ponderous volumes, and where busy clerks and a peculiar hum of the wires gives one some idea of the work dona there. A peculiarity of the telegraph wires running into Gcu. Garfield's office Is that tho sound of Cleveland's church bolls is conveyed distinct ly over them, thirty miles. Under a treo near tho office- was a spirited picturo. The two youngest scions of the house and the great Newfoundland dog, all three in a state of frantic- delight, were chas ing a coon which bad been sent the General by train that morning, a sample of the odd and Incongruous quality of tho presents which are showered upon the family. Returning to the parlor the visitor found Mrs. Garfield seated beforo the fire, and received her pleas ant and cordial consent to the sketching of her borne for the benefit of the public, who have n natural and loyal interest In It. To those who would wish to sea a brilliant so ciety leader In tho White House, Mrs. Gar field will perhaps bo a disappointment ; but those who have been led to think of her as a retiring, mere domestic- woman, inadequate to the positiou, will also be disappointed. She is a lady of admirable self-pose, dignity and thorough culture, reserved, yet affable, and with the distinguishing trait of genuine, ness. Tbero is not a trace of affectation about her. A Mentor gentleman remarked, "There isn't a family in town apparently so little 'set up' by the situation as tbe Gar fields." When asked If she dreaded tho coming re. sponslbliities (so much las been said of ber retiring nature), she said slowly, with ber brown eyes fixed thoughtfully on the fire I "Yes, In many ways j but It has always been my experience, so far, that ono grows fitted for responsibility as it comes. My greatest fear Is that tbe time will slip by, and when it Is over I shall have It to look back to with re gret for the many things that ought to have been done." AVlth such a spirit it will be safe to trust the woman Influence in the next Administra tion. That it is going to be an Influence that will be felt, no one who is acquainted with Mrs. Garfield can doubt. Neither la It doubt ed that bcr career la the White nous, will compare favorably with that of any of Iter Immcdiato predecessors. Her dignity is Bucb as wilt prevent ber from falling into the er rors which made Mrs. Lincoln's rolgn so dis figured with folly. Her good sense, good taste and patriotism will keep ber from Mrs. Grant's mistake of using her position to foist all her pauper rela tives upon tho Government. And It is safe to predict she will have breadth of mind enough to avoid tho errors which, with the best of Intentions on her part, havo arisen from Mrs. Hayes's somewhat limited ideas. When Mrs. Hayes stated, as has been alleged, that she was not aware of doing anything peculiar that sho merely kept her own opinions and style of housekeeping and transferred them to tho White House she stated what was literally true; but In so saying she admitted hor Incapacity to meet, in the wider sphere, tho enlarged requirements ot the situation. Mrs. Garfield, though n woman of equally strong opinions, will not carry bcr personal prejudices over the boundary line of courtesy, nor will sho oppose tbe appointment of a man, fitted by statesmanship and patriotism to con servo in official position Iho best Interests of tho country, becauso bo doesn't belong to her church, ltcplying to a remark about hor re luctance to newspaper publicity, Mrs. Gar field said s "I bavo seen so much that was trashy, untruo and unjust published of Wash ington peoplo Iu prominent positions that I havo become rather disgusted, llesides, my life has been utterly uneventful. Tbero is really nothing to writs of it." Her youth was spent quietly at Hiram, and there were struggles connected with it, in ob taining ber education, which have doubtless aided in developing ber self-reliant spirit. Since marriage her life has been devoted to ber family, but she has always given up a great deal of time to tbe rites of hospitality. "Bless you," said a local gossip, "they bars always been overrun with visitors. Why, Mr. Garfield hasn't had a chance to get acquainted, hardly, with peoplo here." The same oracle said : "Mrs. Garfield is wonder fully firm ; it she ouce makes up her mind to a thing nothing cau turn ber. Now, tho General can be coaxed, but they both have splendid family government." "Tbero isn't a better behaved family of children anywhere. They are chips of the old block, too wide Itwake, independent and full of fun. 'That little Abram,' ho contin ued, 'is a clipper.' Tbe night of tho Grant demonstration ho was coing around shouting 'Hurrah for Weaver V and when some one tried to stop him he said he'd 'holler for who bo wanted to.' Mollle is a nlco girl. She's got ber father's way of makiog herself popu lar. Everybody likes bcr. Ob, there's no nonsense about any of them. The General drives hla own horse to church and takes care of it himself, and they aro tho moat modest looking folks that come into tho meeting house.'" The gotsip continued h'.s anecdotes (when tho average Mentorian gets wound up on the Garfield subject be talks) until tbe whistle of tbe locomotives cut him short, and the pilgrim boarded the train, with a good-bye for Mentor, and an uncommonly pleasant picture tucked away in bis memory of a charming home and of the future mistress of tbe White House. Tbe latter picture is in personnel a slender, graceful lady, with a transparently clear complexbn, delicate fea tures and clear, penetrating brown eyes; hair the same shade of. brown, worn in a braid at tbo back, and frizzed quite in con ventional style in front. A dark blue dress, slmplo lace tie and little or no jewelry com pleted tho lady's home appearance. A gentleman well acquainted with the fam ily remarked, "Mrs. Garfield looks a little worn now, and no wonder. She has changed a good deal within thn last year. When she got the telegram announcing the nomination tbo tears came into her eyes, and when she was aked If she was not glad and proud to hoar it, she said, 'Ob, yes ; but it is a terrible responsibility to como to him and to mo ;' but I tell you sho has put ber shoulder to the wheel bravely so far, and she will continue to tho cud." Lunlaoiu I'lslnt- According to the London Building News, luminous paint is getting into quito extensive use in England. Mention is made of offices coated with the paint which gives great satis faction to the occupants. The effect is that of a subdued liciht, every object in tbe room being clearly visible, so that in a room so treated one could enter without a light, and find any desired article. The luminous paint is excited by tbe ordinary daylight, and its effect is said to continue for about thirteen hours, so that it is well adapted for painting bedroom ceilings, passages that are dark at night, and other places whero lamps are ob jectionable or considered necessary. For staircases and passages a mere band ot the paint will serve as a guide, and costs but a trifle. For outdoor purposes tbe oil paint Is used, but for ceilings aud walls tbe luminous Caint, mixed with water and special size, can e used the same as ordinary whitewash, and presents a similar appearance In the daylight. By tbe recent discovery that it can be applied as ordinary whitewash considerably expands the field of its usefulness. Shoots of glass coated with the paint are In use in some of the vessels of tha navy, at tbe Waltbam Pow der Factory, at Young's paraffine works, and in the slprit vaults of several London docks; and now that, by increased production and tbe use of water as tbe medium, Its cost Is re duced by one half, it will probably be exten sively used for painting walls and ceilings. The ordinary form of oil paint has already been applied in many ways, to statues and busts, to toys, to clock faces, to name plates and numbers on bouse doors and to notice boards, such as "mind tbe step," "to let," etc The paint emits light without combus tion, and therefore does not vitiate the at mosphere. Several experimental carriages are now running on different railways, tbe paint being used instead of lamps which are necessary all day on account of tho line pass ing through occasional tunnels. The Wobtbt Boon or k Gbeat Cut. Ono of the saddest scenes of New York life is that which comes to tbe man who, in this cold weather, takes an early morning walk beforo the bright sun touches the spires. Then it is that tho hungry, barehanded, thin clad, worthy poor, who go out to work or to seek work, may bo seen hurrying forth from cheer less homes and frugal breakfasts; tbo travel ling tinker, with cold red hands, carrying his irons and shuttling along the slippery street in old shoes without stockings; tbe poor laundress, pale from tho night's ironing, and showing by her pinched face that if she does not get immediate pay for tbe great basket ful of clothes she may go without breakfast, and the poor newsboy, with shortened sleeves and pantaloons, calling bis papers and occa sionally breathing on bis bent fingers as be jumps up and down to induce a little warmth. No beggars appear at this time. It is the hour of the worthy poor. Ntte York HraUl. Somebody sayi that a fashionable Boston banquet consists of two beans stuck on a balr-pln, readings by Emerson and talks by AlcotU A little girl whose father was a. merchant tailor said to ber mother i "Mother, I can always tell when pa makes a misfit, because he always gives you and me fits when he gets home. A little girl of twelve years, the daughter of a clergyman, was asked, "Sadie, does your papa ever preach the same sermon twice f " After thinking ft moment Sadie replied, "Yes, I think he does, but I think he boilers in dif ferent places." Miscellany, In Iteiilh'. Ilrapltr. Whlttier departs tue perfume of the rote T lolo what life dlea music's golden aouud f Yrar arttr Tear eartk'a Ions procession goes To hide Itself beneath tho senseless ground. . Upon the grave's lot-ioraulp brink, Amazed with loss, tbo human creature atanda; Valnlr he atrlrea to reason or to think, Left with hit aching heart and tmptj hands. He aeeka hla lost In aln. There cornea no aonnd; Darkoess and silence all hla aensa confoond. Till In deatb'a roll-call atern hr hears bla name, In turn ha follows, and la lost to ajgliti Though comforted by lore and crowned bj fame, He neara tbe summons dread no man ma; alight. Bwsetir and clear above bla qolat grave 1 ha birds shall sing, unmindful of his dnst fjoftlr, in tarn, the loog green grsaa aball ware Orer his fallen head In turn he moat Hubmlt to be forgotten like tba rest, Thongh high tbe heart tbat beat within hla breast. Tba rose falls, and the mualc'a aonnd is gone; Uear voleea ceasa, and clasp of loving handa ; Alone wa aland when the brief day la done, Uearcblng with aaddened eyea eartb'a darkening lands. Worthless aa la the lightest fallen leaf We aeem; yet ronstsnt aa tbenlght'a first alar Klndlea our ueatbleaa hope, and from our grief la born the trust no misery csn msr, That lore shsll lift ns all despair above, 8hall conquer death yea, lore, and only love! Ctlla TluizUr, in S. Y. 1 lultinnJtnl. ONE VALENTINE, AND ANOTHER. "If I could got" sighed Mrs. Eccleston, ber pretty pink cheek resting on her dimpled hand, and the long dark lashes of her lus trous eyes resting on the velvet cheek. "It's such a shame," she murmured, unconscious that she was talking aloud, "to bo pretty and bright, and know bow to do things, and talk French, and sing like a prima donna, and to bo lurt, and never to have a chanco 1" She turned iu sudden alarm to see her hus band standing In tbe middle of tbe room. "Oh, well," she said, recovering herself with a laugh, "then you know what a fool I am, Hut I never meant ybu should." "And I never dreamed of it before. I thought you had a soul above buttons," be said, gayly. "Why, if you want to go to these things, Helen, go you shall." "VcIl, no, Will, I don't exactly want to go. Only seeing them all off last night iu their splendor put mo in mind of it, and I must say I should like to see tbe scenes, and I should like to say I'd been, when we go back to Lofton. Mrs. M'Blair is always so overpowering, and such au authority, with tbe relics of her life in Washington, aud tbe receptions and tbe officials and all that." "ltelics, indeed! But you haven't any 'splendor,' you know, except your eyes and your color and" "Oh, nonsense, now, Will I That's just because you beard me saying 7 was pretty. Well," said Mrs. Eccleston, standing before the glass and beginning to braid ber hair, "I am pretty and I can't help seeing it. can I J And It's no vanity I associate with tho neighbors just tho aame." And ihen she laughed ber delightful laugh tbat showed all tbe pearly teeth aglitter, aud her husband vowed in bis soul that she should go wherever she wished, if it cost a farm 1 "A ball at the Embassy I" said Mrs. Eccleston. "Mrs. M'Blair never compassed that with all ber relics." "And you shall," said ber husband. "Oh, there now, indeed, I'm not serious. I haven't the faintest desire for it One can build castles without overt sin ; but to go in to those castles. In our condition, would be a real sin." If any thing annoyed Mr. Eccleston It was when spoken to with such phrase as "in our condition," although hit wife was quite Ig norant ot the fact. lie was somewhat am bitious, and one form of his ambition was to make 'a good appcaranco in tbe world, and it vexed bim, when tbe thought was brought home, to think tbat others could do more for tbelr wires than he could do for bis, whllo he knew the years were passing and ber beauty would soon be dim. He was tbe chief clerk of a manufacturing bouse, to which he took a railway ride of twenty miles every morn ing; and hitherto the aim of his life had been to secure to bis wife, in case of accident to himself, the littlo place where be lived, with Its pretty lawns and gardens, piazzas and bay-windows, and which was yet under mortgage liable to foreclosure at the holder's will. He had.come to Washington lately with a large claim of his firm on the Treasury a claim concerning which be knew more than they did themselves, and of which, if he won it, be was to have a handsome percentage that would just about pay off his heart-eating mortgage, and of course he entered into the business with all his powers. Tbo firm, feel ing bis long faithfulness deserved some re ward, had told bim to take bis wife and to stay at tbe best botel at their expense, and bo had done so ; and tbe upshot of it all was that day after day was dragging by, and It was impossible to get a decision from tho treasury, and bis wife's bead was getting so turned by the fineries and gayeties about ber that she was fairly giddy. Sometimes Mrs. Eccleston really wished she had not come to Washington, the affairs of the toilette gave ber such worriment. Her navy blue cashmere tbat at home would have answered for best all winter, here, she found, was equal only to the simplest sort of morn ing gown, and she had been obliged to wear at dinner her one black silk that had already -been "made over," and tbat was as fine an evening dress as any body needed at Lofton, till ber heart sank within her to see tbat it began to show symptoms of "shinyness;" and as for any thing more elaborate, that was quite out of the question, she felt, for her heart was set upon paying off that mortgage and getting a Brussels carpet in tbe parlor as much as her husband's was. Yet she would have been made of sterner stuff than most charming young women are If, when she saw Mrs. Van Troll in tbe waiting-room, while her carriage was coming round to take her to tberfSecretary's, adjusting her cloak and letting out just one glimpse ot the tert tteau silk covered with point-lace and glistening with diamonds, like some love ly sun-smitten cobweb strung with dew ; or the last bride sweeping up her billows of tulle and half drowning tbe young groom un der the foam of them as tbe carriage door slammed ; or tbe old Spanish countess, who hod apartments by herself in tba botel, drop ping hor ermine mantle as she hurried across the vestibule, till any one might see tbe marv vel of "make-up" that she was in her white satin and her emeralds tbe size of hazel-nuts, and her rouge that counterfeited tbe very bloom of youth she would have been more than human, wo say, if tbe repeating vision of all these damsels and dowagers had not stirred a little envy In ber soul, and made ber wish, liko Cinderella, for a share of all these pleasures and a eight of all these scenes in that gay world to which such toilettes were the every-day affair. At first it bad been a novelty to Mrs. Ec cleston to observe the Utiles in the drawing, room of tbe hotel after dinner, and to admire their dresses, to. which her own was mere shadow, and at a later hour it was like shar ing in the dissipation to see the superb ap. parltions in tbe one moment ere they gather ed up their bright trains and fled into night and darkness ; then at last it seemed a cruel Injustice on the part of fate tbat kept her like the peri at the gate, outside this para dise. And when a good old dowager in the botel, who had taken a fanoy to tbe spark ling little body, and had been quite carried away with her singing, had taken her out calling with ber one day in her carriage, bad asked ber to receive some calls with herself, and bad finally offered to procure cards for ber and her husband to tho ball at this Em bassy about which every one was raving, the pretty creature had had a struggle with her self, not to resign the pleasure that was In evitable because she had nothing to wear but to feel willing to resign it. "I don't know about 'our condition,'" said her husband, in rather nettled reply to her last remark. "We are certainly getting along very well, and one niau bas as many rights as another in this country ; and I dare say If you were in tho thick of this society, and meeting these blanked Treasury tyrants, it might materially hasten matters. I've no doubt of IU" "I I don't know." "I'm tolerably certain of getting the claim. It's been passed on favorably by two or three of the subordinates, and only waits tho whim of the Great Moguls, I suppose. Perhaps: they'd hurry up a bit If they met us some limes." "And bad an idea wo wcro somebody." "Well, what do you think ?" "I hardly I'm sure It would bo delight ful. But" "No 'huts' about it. I'll settle this thing. You can havo a dress made In a couple of days? Who's tbe crack dress-maker f" "Madame Dcs Cheni'i," she said, hesitat ingly. "Very well. I'll havo ber send up some silks for you to look at." "I don't know," said bis wife, again f musing, brush Iu band, over tbe long and uxnriant hair that he admired so much. But her husband was already gone. A couple ot hours afterward n young wo man from Madame Des Cheuusx entered with a box of silks. The gas was lit, the shutters were closed, and piece after plcco was gathered Into dexterous folds by the cun ning and accustomed fingers and held up to tue glare oi tno cnandeiler lor ner to admire. She was not a very courageous little body. Mrs. Eccleston ; she did not know how to send the girl avay and take nono of ber wares ; she bad no heart in tbe play ; she ten in tue uepms oi a guilty sout tnat sue had no place with idle and wealthy merry makers she who kept only one "girl" at home. She was sure Will could not afford it. Every time tbe young woman held up a fresh combination a senso of impending dis aster filled her with depression. She found herself unablo to chooso ; tho young woman found her difficult to please. "What if madame allowed me to make choice for her 1" said the -damsel at last, In de Miair of snltlcK ber otherwise. "And you will send it home to-morrow evening i said Mrs. Eccleston, with relief, as if shirting tbo responsibility at last. "Madame shall have tho robe, gloves, slip pers, laces, flowers, at nine o'clock to-morrow evening." "Very well, then," said Mrs. Eccleston, desperately ; and the measures being taken, box and damsel disappeared. "After all," said Mrs. Eccleeton to herself. "I dare fay I am making a great fuss about notmng. w uy snouldn 1 1 nave a new dress 7 Other men's wires do : and I'm sure I earn it, every stitch of it, in tbe care and economy 1 practice at borne. I ll go wltliout butter and sugar a year rather than not have it. Per haps it's tho only chance I'll have in all mv life, and I don't suppose oue gown will either make or urcaK us. Yet, for all tbat. she was very 111 at ease : and although sho accepted Mm. Do Berrian's Kindness about me cards, it was wltb no ela tion ; she felt a little as tbe day wore on as though it wero only a nightmare, and half wished it were. Truo to tbe promise, how ever, at the appointed hour the young woman and the robe appeared, and at sight of it doubts vanished. It was indeed faultloss-a-tbe most delicate shade of rose, with puffiogs of lisse above finger-deep ruffles of Valen ciennes, and wltb long garlands of tiny white Scotch roses. Mrs. Eccleston was not slow to confess to herself that she had never seen any thing lovelier than she looked when she stood before the glass, tbe last fold laid In place, tbe last rose leaf picked out, like a blushing and just opening rose herself, the fair hair waving off the white forehead and massed low behind, tbe jewel-liko eyes with their darkly pencilled brows, tbo transparent sweetness of the smile, tbe whole radiant grace and color set off by tbe radiant dress. "Helen of Troy looked just like you 1" Ksid her husband in a rapture. "All you want now is diamonds." "I wouldn't gtve a straw for diamonds. Tell mo truly, Will, don't you feel tbat this dress is a great extravagance ?" ; 'Extravagance! I'd give ten times tbe price for tbe sake of seeing you in it." And in bis old dress-coat, that was yet in very good style, although it had never been worn since his wedding day, Mr. Eccleston escort ed bla wife to Mrs. l)e Berrian's carriage ; and excited to yet more brilliant light and color by the sense of her beauty, ber dress, aud tbe idea ot going out at an hour wben she had always gone to bed, sho made a tri umphal entry at tbe Embassy. Triumphant is no more than a fit word for it. Eyes no sooner saw pretty Mrs. Eccle ston than hearts flew out to bcr. Almost be fore she knew it she was led from Mrs. De Berrian's side by a statesman who had al ways loomed up in her imagination like a demi-god ; then she was waltzing with a fa mous general ; was taking ices with a titled foreigner, and talking to him in his native tongue; was promenading with another; was going down to supper with n third ; and Mr. Eccleston bad no opportuity- to exchange another word with his wife till ho took her back to tbe carriage. He was content, how ever, that night with watching ber and watching tbe brilliant scene, the rooms em bowered in exotics, the superb paintings in one, tbe china and bronzes in another, tho magnificence of the throngs surging up and down tho palatial stairways all in a vague consciousness tbat this waa at hut the life to which they naturally belonged. He enjoyed it, on the whole, as much as she did, and with ber tbe night had gone like a dream. "Well, my dear," said Mrs. De Berrian, "you are tbe fashion." It was quite true ; Mrs. Eccleston was the fashion. Cards, countless as tbe flakes of a snow-storm, were showered upon ber; this and tbat member's wife was eager to have her company in calling; she received with a cabinet lady; she sang at muticaUt ; she daqced every where for ten days. By that time tbe black silk was no longer fit for call kg, nor, with all the constantly renewed garniture of fresh tea-roses and violets sent by her various admirers, would it do for any more matitut$ dantantet, and it was sent to tbe dressmaker's to be furbished and made passable once more. Meanwhile tbe busi ness of tbe Treasury was not yet concluded, although the decision might come on any day. Launched on tbe full flood of society, she could hardly withdraw and still remain in town ; and unless she wanted the pink to be come a uniform. It was necessary to have an other dress. Indeed, it was necessary any way, as Mr, Eccleston had - found it bard work to keep bis bands off a gay young attache' who had spilled claret punch In a broad purplo splash and streak ail down the f rout of it. And then Lent coming presently, she explained, In the fashionable parlance that she bad learned, there would be but lit tle more of the season at furthest It was Ash-Wednesday, one week from St. Valen-tlne's-day Will's birthday. Sho bad provi dently tucked ber old wedding gown into tbe bottom of tbe trunk, on leaving, with a dim idea of possibly turning it to account. She took it to Madame Des Cbenifs. Once It bad been white satin; the modiste thought it might pass for an Ivory tint in the evening, and with train and shoulders of brocade In white and gold "Oh dear, no, indeed!" said Mrs. Eccle ston, not quite so much afraid ot the deity as at first. "It must be just as cheap as It can be." "Black velvet, then, would" "Damassi," said Mrs, Eccleston, emphat ically, "Is good enough, Damassc and black lace and blood-red roses." And then, at Madame Des Ohenvs's persuasion, she took a ready-made princess slip of black tulle and velvet stripes to wear over an aneient silk under-petticoat that she had forgotten she had till spurred to Invention, congratulating herself meanwhile on tbe real economy that got so elegant and severe a toilette from bo little. Enriched with damassd and black illusion and deep red roses, tho ivory-tinted old satin came home, with here and there a tiny strap of gold embroidery, aud bore and there a cascade of lace, and precious little of the vol uminous material ; and Mrs. Eccleston wore it that night, bad it half torn off ber back by tbe clumsy toes of a )oung officer just In from tbe plains, and rubbing up his dancing. Tbey were at breakfast next day, breakfast being served late Iu their own room, so as not to interfere with the beauty-sleep, and Mrs. Eccleston, in ber wrapper, was alternat ing sips ot coffee with an examination of the ruins of her damassd and black lace, and with a recital of what Count This and Baron That bad said to her, and tbe last bits of scandal about Mrs. General the One and Mrs. Second Assistant Secretary the Other for she bad the Oapitolian vernacular pat with a certain mild exultation at her familiarity wltb persons that she bad never expected to know at all, wben, in tho midst of tho little feast, tho colored lad brought up the mail. "I declare, It's St. Valentine's Day I" said sue. "1 wonder if I've any letters V Mr. Eccleston danced lit) a moment with tbe mall In bis hand as the door closed. Then he banded his wife some letters with local stamps on them. "Valentines!" sbo said gayly, breaking tbe seals. Mr. Eccleston was not a jealous man ; but all at once he remembered to have beard tbat gay life was demoralizing, and a vivid sort oi uating remembrance darted orer ultn or that gay young attache' who spilled tbe punch. In the next instant bis unspoken fear started out into uouut, and doubt became black cer tainty, as. with a wild, half-smothered crv. tho letters whirled from his wife's hand, and sbo fainted. He had sprung round and caugnt bis wife on ono arm before she fell, but with tbe other hand ho had caught those letters, and before ho had laid ber upon the bed be had glanced at their contents. It was Madame Des Chencs's bill, the hair-dress er S, tbe livery's. Horses at all hours; puffs, switches, pomades, combs and care ; silk, gauze, tulle, Valenciennes, damassc', em roidcrv in cold thread, black Queen's Folnt. flowers, buttons, frinoes. ribbons, slinners. gloves, making, and attendance item for item, mere tuey were. Ho wonder bis wife had fainted. Ho wished he could too for a moment wished it might bo never to revive. Sum by sum, tho whole amount was twelve hundred dollars. Exactly tbe amount of the mortgage on tbe dear little house at Lofton. Mrs. Eccleston came to herself without any exertion on the part of her husband. Ho was sitting, when she opened ber eyes, with his arms stretched along the table, and bis ucaa iauen between mem. wbat was tbe uso of struggling, he was thinking, wben a dress-maker's bill and its accessories for three weeks could sweep away the homo built from tbe savings and sacrifices of a lifetime ? Aud this was only tbe beginning of it. The appe tite, onco whetted, would go on to their de struction. If be sent home and mortgaged the bouse for enough more to pay these bills, tbat ended it ; life would bo to begin over again, ana probably to tno same result at last. Tbey were now, practically, after a dozen bard years, just where tbey stood at first without a roof to their heads? It seemed to bim, in that sudden plunge from gayety to gloom, that It might be as well to stop tbe wbole tbing life aud love and work and worry now. He was aroused by a strango sound at the other end of tho room a sort of sobbing groan. He looked up to see bis wife bundling one tbing after another into her trunk as fast as she could hurry them. "What are you doing ?" he said. "I'm I'm going homo to mother's," she sobbed. "Ob, you'll never want to look at me again ! And I must go somewhere, you know." "And you'd make it so much easier by leaving me all alono to bear it I" he cried. And with tbe words she tumbled over on the floor again. "Oh. Will," she cried, with her arms about his neck, after she had come round the next time, "do you mean that you really forgive me ? I hadn't an idea the lace was real." "Forgive you ? You dear little fool, you are the one to forgive me. I ought to have known better. , I ought to have known tbat clerks are not millionaires, and when tbe frog tries to swell to the size of the bull, he bursts. It was I,"" said Mr. Eccleston "I that did it with my own cursed folly. I spurred the business on, and gratified my prido more than your vanity. I've nobody to blamo but myself. I don't blame you, my darling, one particle." "Ob, but I do, Will, I do. I shall never forgive myself. I will dismiss Bridget. I'll go without I'll do my very best to make it up, you dear, kind, patient boy." ' "Nonsense 1 nonsense! I'll find some oth er way than that. But, Helen, do you kuow, in spite of the dismay, there was a little re lief about this?" "Belief 1" "Yes. Don't be vexed. For ono moment, just one moment, I thought your valentines were from tbe young attache'." "It isn't possible. Oh, Will, I wish I'd never come I wish I'd never come. How could you ? oh, how could you f Why didn't I think your letter was all wrong was an other Valentino ?" "Mine? By George! I had forgotten I bad a letter ;" and he tore open tbo long offi cial envelope with trembling fingers, to learn tbat tho claim had been allowed, and the money awaited his disposition. "And my Eercentage is just twelve hundred dollars," e said. "It would havo paid off our mortgage," came the answer, through a flood of tears. "And now " "Well, well, that's better than it might have been, by a good deal. We've got each other at any rate. And we haven't lost the house, as "we might have done. We're as well off now as we were before, and have twelve hundred dollars' worth of experience to boot," said the tender husband. One hour from that time, trunk packed and bills paid, tbey shook the dust ot Wash ington off their feet and sought tbe snows of Lofton. And that is bow tho beautiful Mrs. Eccleston a year or two since disappeared so suddenly and mysteriously from society. ITarpet'i Bazar, Arctic KxpIarsltlonsfarlSNX. Preparations-are being made by nearly all the countries of Europe and by America for a regular Arctio siege, to begin in 1832 ; the days of Arctio campaigns are past. W$ have reached the precincts of the citadel itself, and now the sappers and miners must begin their slow but sure work, to be capped at the prop er time by a grand assault. Germany, Aus tria, Norway, Sweden, ltussia, Denmark, the United States, and we believe Canada are all to take part in this great work by establish ing observing stations at suitable points all round tbe Polar area ; while Italy is to send out next year a scientifically equipped expe dition to the Antarctic region, our knowledge of which is meagre and uncertain. This last will really be an observing as well as an ex ploring expedition, preparatory to tbo estab lishment of an Antarctic station. Should our Geographical Society take any steps in the direction of Arctio work, we trust It wiU not be to encourage the foolish venture for which tbe country, has been canvassed for subscrip tions for years. Wo hope that society will see tbat as a scientific body its duty is to en courage scientific method of work; and if it appeals to Government at all let it be to urge it, for tbe honor of our country, to join in tho concert ot both hemispheres for the siege of the Polar citadel. We have already pointed out on several occasions the vast gains to science that might be expected from the work of a series of Polar observatories estab lished on the plana so ably sketched by Lieut. Weyprecbt. As Dr. Neumayer said in the address alluded to, men of science do not de mand practical or so-called utilitarian reasons before giving their adhesion to any new work; it is enough if it can be shown that such work will conduct) to tbe advancement of knowledge. And tbat Weyprecht's scheme of roiar observatories, or wnicb so many Governments approve, will lead to vast addi tions being made to scientific knowledge no man of science needs to be told. In meteo rology, terrestrial magnetism, biology, geol ogy, and glacial physics, the gains would be immense; ana me msiory ot science bas taugbt us over and over (gain that the surest path to practical and beneficent results is through the gate of pure scientific research. Every day is the science of meteorology be coming more and more important ; but until wu are thoroughly acquainted with tbe mete orology of tbe Arctio regions the most practi cal of sciences is deprived of wbat is perhaps its most important factor. But one element of the international scheme is that of Polar explorations, conducted, however, on scien tific method, and along lines indicated by a sclentlfio knowledge of Arctio conditions such as can only be obtained by permanent observing stations. Wbat suooess is likely to result from Arctio work carried out on suob a method was triumphantly shown by Baron Nordcnskiold when be sailed along the North-east Passage in the Vega. Why, then, should not England set up a station on Franz Josef Land, and another, say, on some part of the American coast? Lot the station be provided with tbe means of carrying out ex ploration In wbalover direction and by what, ever means tbe results of continued observa tion may Indicate as far as the pole Itself, if need be. Unless we are blind to the teach ings of science and the lessons ot our last ex pensive expedition, it is clear that this is the only sure method of reaching the Pole, if it be thought absolutely necessary for the cred it of England tbat she should be tho first to get at a point which it will take considerable trouble to spot. If our Government be well advised, we are sure they will never give the public funds either for any great national ex pedition modeled on the lines of tho past, nor to any private chimera, got up for the glory of one man and tho gratification of balloouists. We do not see how, without national discredit, England can keep aloof from an international scheme the scicntlfio and practical results of which will be of world-wido importance; and it is the duty of tho Geographical Society to lend all the weight of its influence to induce the English Government to take up its share in tho new and only effectual method of Polar explora tion. Nature. An Kvll to It Alone. A number of persons moro or less promi nent in different walks of life have died in this city within a few months from tbe direct effect, it Is said, of bypodermlo injections of morphine. Most of them had, according to report, begun the injections in order to relievo themselves from pain caused by neuralgia, rheumatism, or some other distressing disor der. Tho effect was so pleasant so delicious, indeed that they were gradually seduced into such use of morphine when they bad no need of it, and, soon yielding completely to tbe habit, were destroyed by it. Physicians say that this bas grown to be far from uncommon among persons of wealth and position, partic ularly among women, who, after having tried it awhile, have not had tbe strength to relin quish tbe delightful anodyne. Nor is it by any means confined to New York. The evil has spread all over the land, though it is nat urally most prevalent In the large cities. It is said to hare grown alarmingly during tbe last five or six years, and many persons who would never be suspected of the habit are lis Irredeemable victims. It bas largely usurped tbe place, with certain classes, of tbe old cus tom of taking morphine, laudanum, and oth er preparations of opium, into the stomach. The popular notion is that it is not so harm ful, but there is very little difference, and the injections are thought to be more dangerous because they are more insidious. Tbey can be self-administered without the least trouble, and are so administered in nearly nil cases where serious mischief is done. The effect of the morphine under the skin is described as peculiarly and wonderfully agreeable. A delicious languor steals over tbe frame, the senses are wrapped as in a voluptuous waking dream, and a most joyous consciousness of perfect yet fascinating repose softly overflows the mind. Even strong men and women have found it hard to resist its allurements, and have not been able to surrender its beatitudes without arousing all their will. On this ac count some physicians will not administer or prescribe morphine under any circumstances, fearing the consequences to their patients. Not a few women of the finer type have been wrecked by the habit, and many men, pro fessional and commercial, are steadily ruining themselves by its indulgence. It was hailed as a great blessing once, and so it is, properly regulated ; but, like so many blessings, it may readily be converted into a curse, N. 1. Timti. Xlic World at X Flatl Is. They aay the world'a a weary place, Where teara are never dried, Where pleaanrea paas Uka breath on glaas, And only woea abide. It may be ao I cannot know Yet this I dire to aay: My lot baa been more glad than aad, And ao It bas to-dsy. They ssy that lore's a cruel Jest ; Tbey tell of women's wiles Tbst poison dlpaln pontlng lips And death in dimpled ami!... It may ba ao I cannot know Yet sure of this I am; One heart la found above the ground Whoae lore la not a sham. Tbey aay that life's a bitter curse That bearta ara made to ache, Tbat Jeat and aong are gravely wrong And health a vast mistake. It may b ao I cannot know But let them talk their fill: I like my life and love my wife. And mean to do ao atllL Good Word,. "John V. Beck : Fix my quartz peg welds," contains every letter in the alphabet. Land belonging to the Arabs is not neces sarily arable. , Firemen, as well as other people, like to talk of their old flames. No lady of refinement will use her husband's meerchaum pipe to drive nails in the wall. A young girl who is in love Is not necessa rily a mathematician, but is nearly always a sigh for her. Tbe mau who gave away all his money had "too muoh action of the heart," as the doc tors say. The plumber is tba one friend who stick etb closer than a brother, and be sticketb you a good deal more than a real good brother would. "A busy retsil grocer Whom we all anre know, air, Waa aaked one day In a friendly way By a coaotry chap wbo bad come to atay Till tha mills ahnt down at the close of day, 'What are yoor groaa recelpta, air T' 'He, lei ha, ha! ho, ho! sir,' Laughed tha bnsy retail grocer, Aa ha pointed out with langh and ahont. The barrela and boxra ranged about. 'Yon can plainly see, beyond a doubt, Wbat are my grocery aaata, slrl' An aged negro the other day, was showing the scars of tbe wounds inflicted by tbe lash when he was a slave. "What a picture !" exclaimed a sympathizing looker-on. "Yes," responded the colored brother, "dat's de work ob de old masters." I aaw a eow-hlda In tbe graaa, A rush-light on tha floor ; I saw a candla-atlck In mud. And a bell-pnll on tha door. I aaw a horse-fly In tha air, A cow-allp In tha lane ; I aaw a OaU-run In tbe South, A rope-walk on tba plalaw Doctor to nervous patient: "What I Yon are afraid of being buried before lifo is ex, tinct? Nonsense I You take what I pre scribe, and drive such foousu notions out or your head. Such a thing never happens with my patients." The Burlington Hawkeye says "the Ute Indians buy garters to wear round tbelr necks." We suppose, then, that they buy necklaces to wear we pause, because we dare not pursue tbat course of reasoning further. vet Mointt jjtaatr. "Why. Jennie, you foolish girl, oome Into the house. Wbat ara you out In the snow for without wraps?" Ob, nothing much, ma. You see, Augustus has just called, and here are bis footprints in tbe snow. I'm measur. ing to get the right alia for those slippers, and do yon know I don't believe I've got half enough cloth In them." Two absent-minded savants, seated besldo each other at a sclentlfio meeting, wrote down tbelr Ideas at the same moment. One of them stopped to scratch bis bead with the end of the pen-holder, but In absenoe of mind scratched the head of his neighbor. Tbat neighbor feeling bla bead scratched and believing that he was doing it himself, stop ped writing. A little boy called at one of tbe Hartford. Ot., banks on Christmas morning, and, stand ing on tiptoe so that be could just look over the counter, said; "Wish you a merry Christ, mas." Noticing tbat the little feUow stood bis ground as it expecting something, the bank man said : "Well, sonny, what is it ?" "Wish you a merry Christmas I" repeated tbe boy, "Oh, well, I wish you a happy New Year. And tbat makes us about square, don't It?" answered the bank man. This was a set back to tbe boy, who stood for a full minute evidently trying to collect his thoughts. Fi nally the little boy's eye brightened, and be said i "Mister, you wished me a happy New Year, and," reaching over the counter as far as his little arm could go, "here's a penny for you," He dropped the coin, and then ran out of the bank as fast as bis legs could carry turn.