Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1874, Page 9

THE CIICAGO. DAILY. TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY. 7, 1874---SQPPLEMEN':[‘. WOMAN. Her Many Shortcomings at the Present Day. What She DMust Do.to Fulfill Her True Mission, Womon of; tho prosent day do not rosembls, or probably compare with, tho women of the past, innsmucl as thoy have vastly dotoriorated In physfoal vigor, in good sound common sonso for the practical usos of 1ifo, and in their idens of what constitutes happiness, Womnn's des- hiny is n.noblo ono, if sho fulfills tho. laws of Providence in rogard to hor. TIER PROVINCI 18 HOME § . to Lo man's consolor in nflliction,—Nhis " trio friond and advlsor in troublo,—her Xeener in- tuitions ofton aiding Lls calmor reason and judg- ment. Hor grontost safoguard Is & Liappy home, Bho oxorcisos mora potent power for good or h ovil than & King upon his throno. *Shé rules the,camp, tho court, the gravo;” bit not by en- toring tho arcns of publio life, unsoxing horsclf, trying to establish equality of sexos,—trte equal- ity consiating in hor being equal, in her aphero of action, to man in his, cach hnyiug difforont aud distinet dutios, © 3 When a woman once disputes tho ‘palm of suporiority with man by hnranguing from pub- Yic platforms, ehe must justly expoctto loso tho chivalrous respectall truo men pay all truo women. Sho will not bo troated with the com- mon courtesy thoy psy ench othor, Bho be- comes simply a something to aveid and dread, 1t tho womon who aro clamoring for tho ballot nud womnn's rights would uso their superfluous onergies to influence womon to be DETTER WIVES AND MOTHENS, thoy would be doing a nobler work, and, by ox- oxample, would correct orrors and amend bocial wrongs, and the result would: bo most ealutary for socioty and tho good of mankind., Lot wom= on bo bub truo to hor best, her noblest nature, and sho will wield a power. to check, if not wholly redress, the terriblo social ovits of this dny. No logislative law can do it; n, social reformation is nceded, In the first placo, tho systom of cducation for wowen is . RADICALLY AT FAULT, 3 ovortaxing and stimulnting the brain toundua action at the oxpeneo of physical strength, whicl its tho lnst thing cultivated, if at all. . Girls Josya ecmivaries aud colleges us graduatos, with meduls and honors, and, stilted idens of somo. great rovolution to bo . wrought in- their day, Wholly , impractical ; unfitted to bo happy wives und mnothers ; looking upon domestic lifo o something too juforior for thelr hiqh attain- meonts ; nlways secking to arrive at impossible gools ; losing the great hnppinoss of homo-life ; outraging Naturo's Iaws g woll as Divino ; mak- ing lifa tho yory opposito of what & wise Provi- denco intonded for the sex, v ‘Women need not ho thought slaves, becauso thoy avo fulfilling their higlruud noble destiny g true womon. "Thore ars moro. slaves now to falso opinion aud outrageous faghions than oven in the days of barbarism, for the very renson that civilization ms fniled to clovate and in- struct. PHYSIOAL CULTURE 18 NECESBARY for women's duties rud bappiness. Lot o girl 1o o hobbledeboy, & tomboy, even a little boist- erous, while she' 1g layimg up a stock of henlth for her futuro yodts. Lotler bo drossed to Yomp. Lot her ido on horsobacl, climb fonces occasionully, aud take nll good muscular oxer- ciso, dovoloping sound 'health and sym- motty of poreon. Let her bo taught to walk gracefully, This is too much neglected in echcols,—it ndds so much tos womau, And, when she becomes s staid, do- muro jouug ‘lady, lot lior taka rogular walking oxercise, evory day, out .of doors; Lreathiug the puro oxygen of God'd freo air; cultivaling the mind to t‘,pprnuinlo His wonderful works of sky oud landscapo, of such divorsiflod benuty 3 communing with Nuture j leaving the town and going into tho country In’ hor rambles. All this woula arouso lor higher aud nobler attributes, and sbo would Inyea Lappy, Lealthy tempern 1meut, kindly eud joyous ;—instend of living in Loated rooms; breathing vitinted airj drnsuin;{ for display; (alking ondloss gossip; losing ol tho bosl of lifo ; * onmuyed,” nol knowing why, Burely, thers must bo o romedy for this, Lot ‘mothors ecducato their daughtors with nnhfirgod aud liboral viows, impressing them Wit TNEIR GDAVE RESPONSIDILITIES 28 expectant wives nnd wmothera; teaching them ow to make their husbands and homes hiappy ; to havo a holy Lorror of decrying their own 60x, & bLolding up to ridiculo any of its Wenlknosses ; to spouk good and not ovil; to give kindly, conr- Leous words and_sympathy to all they meot in life, recognizing, by doing 8o, tho Divino quality of lumanity; sud not to speud all of o lifo given for gaod and usoful purposes in the mare Iripporios of dress, aud sovscless, nnmeaning gousip. Nob but what this writor thinks overy womun should be dressed in taste, and as richly v her circumstancos will admit, lost eertaiuly roman should PAY BTRICT ATTENTION ) %o their porsonal appearanco, without offending goad tasto by going to extremey; not dragging the hair off tho faco till tho eyebrows are lifted ; not following tho hideous and ravolting fashion, ndopted by old and young, of weaving a fringo of falso bair over tlo forchead and eyes, which suggests tho iden of o wild animal more than a benmiblo human boing ; not having dresscs_so light around the forin ns to vergo on vulgurity, cuusing nmost ungraceful gait, sad to see. Such slavos to fashion, suck slaves to custom, Linve no regard for taste or Lho becoming. 2 other great detrimont to hicalth is steam- heat in roomns, which oxbausts and drics up the Lealthy blood. Open, cheorful grates are nocos- sury to health and happiness, And yob anotlor cause of the great want of vitality inwomen of this day is tho UNILEALTHY, DEBILITATING DIET, too luxwrious for every day; solids so little caten: mweets aud pastry ko much indulged in, Siwpler diot and moro healthy exorcise would reduce the too highly-nervous organization of women. 1t is s lamentablo fact that few women, who live so luxuriously hecome mothors, an ro physically unfltted to, if thoy do, nurso thoir childrén. Nature is not at fault; slio docs not err. 'The animal creation nover, or seldom, fail to nourigh their young. Sonie silly womon object to nursing, oven when thoy can, becauso it roins their fgure. Thoy do not' desorvo the Dlessed name of mothor, Al men liko children ; are disappointed if they are nout fathers, DMun's ruder, savago naturo is soft- encd by hig child ; all that is good in him is called forth ; he is o botter mon, A littlo child, in his God-giveu innocenco, bas been the salva- tion of mauy » man. ‘Tha noxt grave thongnt suggestod is the great WANT OF DOMESTIQ HAPPANLSS and home-lifo. It mon aud womon usod moro judgment in matrimonial selcotion, and exer- cised wmoro forbearance with ench other's foulte, thoy would not 50 often seck to sever the tie, scoing too Iato that ench was in error aud regrolting tho' false etep. Ilotel-lifc 18 too ofton destructive of domostio happiness. A life lived in public, in axcitemont, I8 not conducive to Lappinoss ; s pands and wives, 5o living, nover porcoive each other's best qualitios as thoy would ut home, Itis n great mistake that women makoe to_broak wp a Liome and go to boarding, ‘Uhic carcs, tho trounles of sorvants (and good mistrosses mulke good sor- vants ; thoy are human, and kinducss will tame ® avage), ara not to bo_wolghed “in the balauco with the discomforts of boarding. MOST MEN DESIL A HOME whither they cau retireafter the strugglo and toll of tho day, n8 & placo of rest and comforts n cheorful fireside, whoro they canm, for a briof sonson, forget tho eares and porploxitios of lifo, and onjoy the content created by the sustaining Jovo and influence of & good, truo wife. . Women can_be talontod; write books, i thoy bavo dono, with tho highest moral tendency ; bo intalligent, neccomplishied ;—will still muke good hiouselreopors ; bo the sunlight of a woll-ordered home ; bo lappy wives and honorable mothers, Let s man bo onco convinced that intolligonce doc not dotract from, but ruther enhances, A truo woman's charms, and he will 1ot be so rondy to mnrry & protly doll, und Lo unhappy over nfter, scoking somo more congenial friond’s tiroside for whut ho missos ut his own. Men may ignore and acoff as they will at tho nacred tios of marringo and domestic lifo ; still, in fheir hiourt of honrts, thoy have an idenl of ‘s home. Tho foverlsh excitomont of money-gotring doos not mako thbm Lnppy ; the artificial, uuhumsnliko lifo of hotels iy ununus!nutor‘vl‘ muking thom pursue With recklossness the ehallow phauten ‘of . dissipation &8 & componention for the catm joya of domestio life,—u happy home,— R TUE ONLY TIING this gide tho grave thatcan onablo Toen and sroman o bear bravaly tho crossos and trinls of this life. fn the homa-cirocle, in tho sanotity of hoRg, it s tho prido and glar,y of oyory wrue . *and influcueo for good, thanking boow gused from tomptations; lot soctety bo on. e mee——— O R o et S woman to bo. the proniding geniua in. all good, onorotis, and olovating principles, Tiot her horo exort lior infinenco for tlie formation of tho slmrnnmr of noblo men - and women, Tho world may, ina alight moasuro, talnt with its Lollow-hoartodnoss, “but it can nover 'wholl corrupt tho yonrs of good implanted by n judi- clous mother. Evory gront, thlontad, and noblo man has borne testimony that it wns to his .mother he was Indebted for all that had mado Lim an honor to Lis riatno and country, WOMEN AGAINBT 'WOMEN {4 0 problom mnono cnn solve, Why do women otab thoir own eox so morellossly,-—strike so ruthlossly ? Nany n pure, gonsitivo woman ling beon shing to denth by~ such lualmucu,—-mo ofton by unfounded rumor.. Who that has ever traced the torront of rumor: o its source did not find that vivid hosgiuntion had colored it 441l facts and ronson had been loat in tho whirl ? Blandor rears its hydrachead ovorywhore ; and all good, puro women—and, thaik Heavon | tlioy nro nany—disdain to. Haton o n stors against anothor, uusupported - by proot. If womon could fally.ronlizo how pairiod and disap- lmlulud all truo mon are to honr too ofton noth- ng, whilo in their socioty,” but deprecintion of their own sox, thoy would be nobler aud truor women, Men—oven bad moen—never indorso o womau's trying to injure hor own sox ; what- ovoer hor moliva may be, it attors mnot. Men do mot find the. rost aund ploasure oy eravo In & ladys socioty, What do they do? 8col Liliiard-rooms, smoko cignry fiut bosotted with stimulants, see and bear what otoriorates all that is good ju them, Lecauso womon disappoint them, as they.alwnys have n atandard of good that women too seldom reach. T'horo is NOTHING 80 ELEVATING to mon ns tho society of o pure, rofined, intoelll- gont womnn 3 and with women of tho high order nlove ean this much-neoded soclal roformntion rest. No wonder the (frivalous. wowen of the prosent day are the mothers of young mou, too often mat, who would, if’ they could, whispor awny & wontan's xoputation ab.o breath, losiug all | claim to genuine manlincss,. Mew, too, are, in'a nicasuro, to blamo for this, who {hink a woman alono, protected only by Lior solf-reapoct, o. proy 10 overy designing, unprincipled mou gho mects'; who scruplo to do ionorable kinduossos, taldug advaniage of tho exigencics . of the hour . to debnsoi} and destroy. Lot | mon,. with motherss, wives,. aud sistors, gnntd them agaiust being. cast upon tho world, and hedgo them atowind with loving ‘nrotection;, for, to tho dolicatoly-nurtured and roflucd, It it & lifo alona of enduranco, 3 If Lho mojority of women wore moro clevated in fooling, 1moro lonient to othors' futlings, moro’, eonsibla of their own shortcomings, thoy. would Jhavon H VASY, UNDOUNDED BWAY for good .upon soclety. Moral cournge is the only thing nceded, Wo xun countor to our bot- tor feelings and instincty, sud_daro not do what {hoy diotnte, for fear,the world will not approve, Men and women so lameutably - fail iu moral cournga to do good.: Womon would bo bottor, truor g and mothors if they followed tho noblor - yentimonts of - their liearts without referonce to (bnt portion,of tho world who are po_ churming, so dolightful, whon you can givo thorn costly outertainmonts, but who, when Gircumstancos hnvo . changod, ‘paas by. like tho Taevito, withi curt bow and. seant courtosy,: for- getling that, in tho bour of advorsity, o truo friend’s sympathy. is worth moro. than . gold. Profossing Clivistinns—even elm'x:lymen—nrn not exempt from this stan of worldliness. The trail of tho serpout is over all;” and OCbrist's teaching is forgotten: ** Inasuuch as. yo, do it Lo tho least of thesp, vo do it unto me.” Ahl Tat.women be but noblor aud TRUER TO TUEIR BLAT INSTINOTH; . let them protect aud sympathizo with thoir own. wex 3 Iot thom to tho muny, orring feel, kindly, od thoy hiave n botter, purer basis; and these frightfal moral disenses would bo cured; women would bo moro. worthy to. train immortal souls; tlioir dnughtors would not marry for dress and din- ‘monds, without aflection or respect,—tho only safo bulwarks of married life. Women, oxort your inflnenco ; riso to a higher standard of. moral axcollonco ; ull the foul blots upon eocicty of our day, if not wholly oradicated, will at least bo redecmed from thoir worst, thoir . growing tendonoy, to make skoptics of all that 18 good. . o men of the presont day, 80 great. in 8o an:u;y thiugs, tho roverse in othors, are a groat o] . g . WHAT WOMEN MAKE THEM by their direct influonco; thorofore, it is nocos™ sury for tho lntter to improve themsclves, and develop by the home-firesido all tho -botter nnd more ounobling virtues of the slernor sex, s0 that thoy enu Jook up to them as protoctors with {rust, affcction, and tiue rospoct. A WOMAN. ———— HUMOR. The causo of Woman-Sulfragoe”—Searcity of Lusbands, —Hnrtford, Conn., thinks the name New Havon, should bo written now havon," 28 it is without a capital now. —A Californin ‘sm]mr, having obtained n now subseriber, records tho startling fect in a hnlf- column_atticle, hended. * 8till auother ! conrso indorsed by tho poople.” —A young mau in Ashtabula sought to scoure bis sweetheart by stratogy, so ho took hor out for n boat-ride, and -threatoned to jump ovor- board into the lake if sho dida't consont to marry him. But it did not work. Sho offerod to bet him o dollar that he daren't dive in. —Young Indy (at tho Post-Oflice)—** If T don't got o lottor by thiu'mnlll I want to'know what hie was dolng Sunday, that's all.” —Thero is n slory of Judgo Grier, which gvorybory dolights in, how ho vot nsido Hho un- Jjust'verdict of & jury against an upopular man, with this romarl:” “Bnter tho verdict, Mr. Clork., Entor, also, *Set nside by tho Const.' I want it to bo undaratood that it takes thirtoon mon to stoal & man’s farm in this Courk.” —1ho Troy Whig infringos on tho patent of the Philadelphin Ledger, and says : Dring out the erapo and toll tho knall § Bho's dead—a lovely Lockport bolls; Hor stomach falled nway to get Wit ninoty oysters on a bet. —The most conflding womnn lives in Provi- dence. Bhe went to an nuction, and, knawing the provalonce of thioves at such placos, asked » nice-lookiug man to take care of her poclket- b?o}? containing $85. Ho is still taking caro of it. —Wo havo heorinformed that a paiv of lovers will git up Lalf the night aud not burn as much Lorosens a8 the family uses in an hour durivg tho oyening.—Delroit Frev Press. —DProf, Proctor scems to havo boon guilty of & paradox. In ono of his recent leotures ho dis- tinctly stated that thore wus no auimal lifo on tho moon, “And yit Immajotly afther,” says Felix O'Fyne, “ ho showed us o hape of lunar crators.” = —* Dinna bo aa maan wi' it ; it's for a.puir fothorlons buirn,” said o Scofchwoman to an apothecary whawas weighing out two ounces of culomol for a siak child. —1It was an oxproauive remark of s practical man regardiug the woman of the poriod, recantly s ““Bho don'v know onough, ir, to boil water,” —What is tho earlicat financial transaction on record? When Phrraoh raceived .o check on tho Pnnk of tho Rod Ses, crossed by ** BMosos & Co." ? A bncliolor says if you hand a Iady & nows- paper with n{l,nmgxnph cut out of it, not a lino will bo read, but overy bit of intorest folt in the paper by the lady will centre in finding out what tho mlmfluf parngraph contnindd. —Bpain {80 Our ‘Wnico plnco to raiso chickons. They havo so many coups mqfi; . —At a prayer-mectidg ip Maine, n fow duys ngo, ono of tho mombers prayed: “ Lord, thou knowost that Charles Lompking has sold poor hfif"’ to somo of us. Make him do the fair thing.” —-F‘ Mona-poots " is tho now namo for porsons who write bat ona DIt of vorso Aud then dle, This isn't tho kind of a poet that sends pieces to the papors. Olorgymon—*I'm afraid you're tipay, Ln- ohle," "Lnchlo—* Yo uncednn bo 'feornd —f’m‘ uita reot. t, Olnrgflmrm——” I'm sorry for it." Lnchic—'¢ 80 am I, fir I got fon far owor soon. The Whisky was gran' | - —*I'ranuformation Bcono "—CGood Tomplar— 0 doar, n Don't mentlon it! " I novor take anything—TI—! ¥ Tiend (in human shapo)— Nonsonse! Chrishmash-time! = You'll ~take siomothing—" Tomplar—* Woll, if you put it like that, 1'Il take—" . Takes it.—Puich, —Clara (& good gaitor)—“T think tha moon is much mora charming on the water than on tho shore, -Don't you, donr?" Algornon (& bad snilor)—* P-possibly—"Deponds so much on the stato of the stom—" (leayos hor), , —A prisonor in a Now York Polico Court was akod by. the Judge If ho had auny counsol. #Yen," ho snid, 1 had ongaged an old bald- headed follow to defend mo, but I don't soo lum round, und I rathor guess ho ia out for & drink.” —7*hncl g a_onrtoon colled “Tho Vatiean Fattor,” in which the Popo, with o Cardinal's bt in his hand, tim addressos the Archblshon of Westminstor: * Sorry wo'vo nofhing in this alzo to fit you, Dr. Danning, At presont we've only got hats for undarsized heads,” —A man in Unrtford has sfopped his nowapa- per boeauso his namo wan printed in s list of advertinod lettors, and . his wifo, Lappening to weo it first, wont and got it for him, sud found it wns from a young Indy, who complained that he didu't moot her at Worcestor, a4 ho promised, ‘Eny the oxpenses thoro. SPHERES AND.,MISSIONS, The Domestic Viviues of tho Sterner SeXe How ' the World Treats. Our Memories. - It is n miatake. Lo consider that it is only the rostloss, discontontod souls of maturs yoars who nxo ocoupled with ¢ho “subject of Bphores’ and Missions. The boy who is risking his necl in pn atiompt to. omulato, .tho renowned . gymunst of tho last cirous which visited town, or. is annonne-., ing what he intonds doing when he is a bigman like Papn, liag already bogun vaguoly dreaming’ of.a Sphore ; and tho little’ girl who is intent on arrauging.. hor |, doll-houso, and taking its inmates through .. severo epidomics, is onticipating her Mission, “The sonse of neodlng somo peduliar interests of our own goos_furthor back than our momo- rios, Moroover, tho clders are always talking to obildren of thelr futures. *‘Hore is tho min- istor of the family;” tho fathor snys, patornally patting one urchin’s hond. *Intond Mary shall, bave n good musical oducation, #o that sho cun suppors ‘hersolf, if necossary,! .anuounces: tho mothor. - Bomotimes these plans and predictions aro foundod upon ‘careful study of tho ombryo clexactors, and so are fulfiiled ; oftonor, thougl,, they nro simply .the oxprossion of tho pn- ronts". hopes - and :wishes, - irrespective of. tho child'n- * prodilections, " aud 8o como to " in” “unlimely " end.. Tho .' daughtor who was to have been such & wondorful, musi- cinn batos the thrumming of the piano, but shiows infinite patienco with tho-pranks of tho sowing-machine, nnd ‘oxhibits decidedly: moro taste Iu dross-making than in musle. Tho son who was dostined for thoBar becomes fascinatod will tho engravor's art; and the:boy who was such a wonderfut litorary genius whon ho was 16 is solling boots and shioos toni yosrs from thon. But, whatevor form {ndividual proforencos moy givoit, the : ; THE UN(VERSAL MIBBION is bread-gelting. A colobrated puintor, -whoso namo I havo conveniontly. forgotten, once quoried: “If golting your living. fsm't glorlous, . .then what is?" .Ilo may have mennt oithor ihat- thero was nothing - alf 8o sweet- "in life a8 Lelng ublo, to pay your, butcher and baker; or that gotling o living absorbed so much of ono's 1tfo that it imparted oharactor to tho wholo ; or ho may not iave known bimself what: ho did ‘moan, but, like any ordinary, mortal, #aid it bo- causo it: sounded woll.: - Whatevor :tho artist meant, it is truo that it is a_greab oloment of success for o man to feol that his work suitshim, and to bo able to carry enthusiasm into it. It wonld sgom ns if thoro was no object on carth so littlo calenlntod to causo admiration as. a mon's Loot; ond -yeb. watch how the boru, shoe-. merobaut tronts .it, How. ho turns up the yollow. gole, -and emooths it. goutly, and points out its thickness, and . dilates on the 'shape .of. the . heol, aund draws atiention to tho now-fashion ed toe, and pinches tholeathor, growing cloquent.over its toxturo. “laon, whon it is on, and tho customor is: stand- ing on ono log, like b chicken in tho Bnow, how caressingly U0 doslor i Joathor smootls tho in- stop audb the auklo, and how cloquent ke grows over tho fitl Surely, shoe-dealors aro born, not made, Then, again, there {s tho man who hasa . miseion to boa farmer. Ho is happy ouly when he is separatod from his nearost neighbor by a mile or 80 of country-rosd, and the village-doc- tor .is 6 or 8 miles away, Ho feels rich with somo acres of land oub of which the stumps and stoncs must be clenred.. Ilis enjoymont consists in risiog before daybreal, \and work- ing 80 hnrd all day that lho goes yawn- ing to .bod ~boforo B o'clock, ~.Tho aco of his happiness is reachod when he comes “into the County Fair, and ivostigatos thoso mar- vels of untent Teapora .and threshers which, to tho uninitiated, ara but n buzzing, whirring mass of lovors, cranks, cogs, wheold, rakes, and roython. ~And yet ‘thoro is a popular dolusion tlint auy man_could -be o’ farmor, just as. any wounn could bo n housokoopor. Nol go very lougago it wasn currontly-recoived opinion that : TOT DOMXESTIC RPIERE bolonged oxelusivoly o women, but time has corrocted that orror. When ono soos how doftly 1mon run sowing machmes: in - whot o wholesalo manner thoy wash -windows and ecrub floors, ow accurntoly thoir long, strong srms can throw slicets and countorpanes to .the ?‘pgumln gido of & bod; ow-wall they aro adapted by ng- ture to the nenting of .earpots aud the knending of bread,—it is readily indorstood .why thoy hinyo at Inst rison and claimed thoir rights. The only constitutiona! hindeanco.in an for the do- moatio sphoro is, that ho is an automnton. Lot his wife wind bim up Lo put _two scuttlos full of coal in the furnace overy night in Decomber, and 1o will put, two in evory night till tho 1t of Hay, nomattor if the thermometer stands at 70, I sho'sets him to peeling apples, ho will pare till the barral is empiy, if she. docs not . think to como out and stop him. 1o hasu't what good housewives cnll * judgmont.” Tho same un- solfishnoss, tho enme spitib of solf-sacrifice, which lina lways been supposod to be o strictly fominine trait is obsarved 'in mon naturally. adapted to the domestio _sphero. ‘Lhore, for in- stance, is the husband who unostontatiously keops tho books in tho Lnckgronnd, while_ hi wifo runs a big millinery ostablishment or ladies’ restaurant. Agnin, thore is tho husbaud aud fathor who stays ut home and looks after the Jittlo onos, whilo tho .wife i8 in a neighboring clty fitting horsolf out for a medical missionary, and tho oldest boy is shoveling coul and snow to 1t wowd seem to bo igh timo that somebody gave oredit to tho sternor sox for theso domestic virtuos which thoy Lwvo 8o long boon bolieved not to possoss. Thero scems to be for nost persons & MIEBION IN MARRYING, Ono of -the couple gonorally roquires Lallast, and tho other is ofton nothing but ballast, There i8 tha wife who would wake a Coleridgo out of a Kubla-Khan drenm to ask: him bow un- dor tho suu he camo to haye & hotel-napkin in his poolot, On tho other linnd, thora is tho wifo who dovoutly believes thero is not in the world a8 great o genius sa hor husband, aud the reason of bis ill-sucooss i becauso of jenlousy of his compeors, Id hosn writer, thon she discovers that the main idea of any curront ossay or story waa suggested by nomething hor husband wrote. 16 he a musical composer, overy populer . air is only stolon from ous Of his compositions. The husband is apt to say his wifo is tho iuspiration of tho best things o over wroto; and probably hor unqualificd sdmiration and unsworving bolief jin his powers Laye strongthoned him when nothing olgo--would, - The critic’s praise is olixir to genius, but its daily tonio 18 tho unquestioned-| fiomagoe of somo loving honart. Os the other hand, if the wifo owns all tho talons, it is amusing to soe_how dovoutly, all Lis lifa long, {ho husband Lelioves that thoro nover was such o wondorful womun. 1Ie mever can, by any chauce, quote ono of bar witty sayings, but will sit for hours almost silont, enjoying hor chain- lightmng stylo of convorsntion, Lvorybody wonders how the marringe happened, 1t hap- penod bocause the mission. of such Wwomon is to have » largo circlo of acquaintance, an open Tose, and some social pleasurcs going o, and they tho contre of it ; and that was just the stylo of man to nllow it, Sho was fascinatod by that same silont stolidity which speocintors bo- liaved would ropel hor, ~Bha beliovod all that he #nid, snd whot ho didn’t eay ehe belioved too deop for uttormfce. 1t i4 amusing to tioa tho atross which anolont apinstors place upon their . mission when thoy have ncceptod tho step-mothorship of some wix or eight motherless balrns, *'Lhoy foltit to ho n duly to seo aftor those paor littlo things," thoy wnke a point of uuunxtlngil; and one wWoie dory, in talk, and bohuiding their sndden ma- torial tendarnoss, that, in ol thoir loug years of waiting, while they were fecling that {hoy ouight to be of tomo use in the workd, it never ocourred to thom thut asylums wero full of orphuns of all agos, and thoy might bavo so- lectod on assortinont any tine, It s such o palpable fraud for & woman to oxonse hor laud- avle dosire to marry au atiractivo widowor by Inyiug it all to tho children's ncoount, It is like #omo missionary's wife who never discovers thay #ho has n mission till somo bearor of the Word $o a foroign land proposos mavriugo ta ho, wil thon shosuddonly dfecovers that for years Ler hoart has boon yearning over that particular nation of henthen, and sho will toll you with the grontest solomuity how sho is - willing to go Whorover duty gglntu tho way j and {'at. all the timo, you both Lupw sho would. never in the_world Liayo boon s misslonary if tho man sho loved lindu't chosen to be ano, and so her olioice lay batweon giving him up or boing a missfonary - Liorsolf. It would woom that any sonslblo mnn would not thank a womsan for- in- voutivg excusos for haviog merriod hiw, sud Lrying to provo that alio was actuatod by e sonso of duty in tho mattor: - "I'horo fu anothor-mission which oan hardly. bo desoribod eo plainly a6 to bo intelligible to pue who has not soon 1t oxempliflad, i It consista’ in dovoting o lifo to fllllng up tho ohinkk and eran- nios in somo grontor lifo, Bomotimos it Is a wife who marks the_newspapor-paragraphs 'that tho’ busy . husband ehould ‘rend; coples the mannderipta ho haa no timo to rowrite; listons to tho now leoture, or sormon, or novel, to hear how it roads; ‘antwers all tho borous lottors; koops ufil tho family correspondonco; ‘| and, b short, mnkes hor lifo but & supplomont to the husbana's, Somotmos it s tho loss in- telloctunl of the two frionds in one of thoso ourl- ouy life:long attachmonts’ wo wsomotimos Aco formod botweon two unmarriod womon., DBub porhinps the snddost sido of tho ploture con= sists in 2 FULFILLED MIRYIONE, ‘What infinito pathos ono finds in those brief noticos of calobritios long forgotton, which como floating ronud in tho nu\mnnpur-flounlp ‘of to-dny. Poor Kossubh!' TIaif thoreading world. thongtt "him dead, nnd itho othor” ¢ half dld not_think anything nbout.him. ‘The cole- Drated dnusouso, whosa lnlril-lllm motious capti-" vatod tho thentro-going world, has-passed ont of memory, and only o littlo card in tho papors, ssking piipils’ in danolng, Lol of hor existonce. What beoomos of all our ex-Lresidents 2 Lhioso splondid éaveors of fortuno and gonius are lika BOmM® gorgoous auroral display, orsome uxc}mnna rainbow, whiok fasoinntos all oyes; but, aftor o Tittle, thoy begin to fado slowly, but suroly, and, long bofore thie Inst sogmont of tho rainbow, or tho Jast faint blush of tho:Northern Light, hne died awoy, ovory ono has cased to notico thom, 1tisidloto imagino that your works can all bo so_importaut that you canitot bo forgotten. Thoro are porsons who’havo dona their best wherever thoy hnve worked. The school in whioh thoy Ialiored has received an impotus that yeara will not'materinily losson ; but thoif namos firo nover gpokon in ité walls, and their labors of that tima aro inscribed only on the benches of & fow soholars who have: gona *out- into this world to carry and dissominate tho intluoncos of school-- life. + Iero are thoso. who have worked in publio charitics, and to such good purposo that it socins a if their places conld never be filled; aud yot publioman arodying ovorydny, and tho world gocs onand is improving, Letnoman flatter himsoll ho canuot bo spared ; and - Iot him bo fi ad that, whon ho bas boon dead s twolve-month, he can- not como bagk to sce how liko was bis douth to the sinking’ of n stone in tho water. Tho living out of a lifa-purposo, then, is not for tho approbation_of tho crowd aboub us,—for thoy pass away,with us ; nor for tho impressing of ‘'oursclves upon tho, world's memory,—for it hns nono ; it iu simply for ita offoct upon our- selves,—for tho stoady molding of onrkolves by o grund motive., ‘Watcn-Hazen, CHOICE. - Anothier's Tot n life, and minc, fell sldo By sido; Lo o s given to decido Whono the bright should be, nnd whoso the dark; Tor I couldl see on each the signal-mark, Aud kuew that, if I iook tho bliss, the pain Would bo tho other's,—loas to mo e gain. Judge me, O, woman fair in iomo of ease, Vit 10U chldren elustoring it your Kitoes § Within tho reach of my right houd, one day, Buch hinypliicss as yours hefuro mo lay ; Aol of gold besido n xoll of dross,— A golden ring, o dull and beavy crose, S0 near mo stood a Joved ono that my arm Oft lield Lier close and shieltored hor from harm ; Gold or dross for hor,—ring or cross for me ; And choice to mo was given which should bo: Cliolce to me was given,—do.yon underatand 7— Glold or dross, ing or cross, beneath'my Lisnd, Judgo mo, O woman fair§ T tool tho ring, 1 Iissd i, held {t closc, for it did bring Buch glowing light, such joy unto my life, As blinded mo unto my Ioved ono's atrife,— ‘Bucl bitter atrifo to talso tha croas, and bear ‘Ihio hieavy woight of loncly grief ahd care, I had not held it long ero I could sco "'ho ring should bo for.her, tho cross for mo ; For I was stronger, uod perliaps could bear "'he heavy weight of lonely grief and care,~ Coull bend benoath tho hicavy welght and )i Widlo shio drow near relief thiat death can g 1 placeil tho ring again bsido tho crose, "o roll of_gold besido tho roll of drows, . And turned sway ; and yot ogain 'L was glven o me to choase ween happlniess of heaven Aud gloom, and toars, and weuriness slono, For none must know,—I might not oven mosn, I wont nway to rocks beslda the sea, ‘Aud, 0, the sun was shining glorlotialy | Whe'ripples evory ana wors fippod with gold, And bright stars ployed wheru'er a wave did fold,— Played morry hide-and-seek in corirs biuo As tho nrched domo that bonds ond tints them throngh, 4 4 And thore wore cliffa with feot deep in the sand, With sun-kissed groves that held them to the land 3 And T could lboar the blrd-sougs and the hum of cet,— 3 Coulid breathe flowor-fragranca barno upon tlio brasz,— Canld wee the glitter of tho radinnt day,— Yet know cloud would abiado my life alway. 1 threw myaelt upon th unylclding rocks, Btriking ono hand ao hard thero went n sliock Of palux throngh all my hoing, that lulled to reat ‘A littlo spaco thio achg withiin'my breast: A littlo spnce,—it camo ol e agatm, s d to my hoart T snid, “ Bear witli this pain, 1t muust bo yours, becawso T-take the oross, 1 yiold tho gold that Ties besido tho dross ; ‘Aiotuer must not find fn doath raliof, WhlloT have atrongth to boar tho bitter griet ; Dherefore, my heatl, have patience, try o win Au outward ealm fof mo, and peaco within,” ‘When T had won tho victory, tho night Spread dark about mo, and hero wad no light By wiich to guide 1y stops, which met i wave, ‘Al to my heurt I aid, ** Would nono might save Tt were e aweet to stilf your beatiug now, ‘And Iny whero it is ool my burning brow.” Tt there was one tosavo, and in the night, e third timo chiolco wad given, * Help me do right1” 1 suld, Roft, to my heact, and fn my baud T too tho eros, and boimd it witl o band ‘About my neck, You do not see 1£7 No ; T woar it Lidden, and days come and go ! " JLABOADETTE, —_———— LIFE’S WINTER. Tho sunlight is cold o {t fulls aslant Over the drifts of heaped-up suow, Tiat, T eannot tell why, aro nover flishod With tho rosy lights of the years ayo, 1t creops in ut theaindow und ovar tiohowse,— In patclica it lies on tho carpeted floor ; But X cannot remomber that ovor it shono 80 liko o #ad smilo fu the sweet days of yofo, Porhaps it 18 fancy ; perhaps it may bo That out of my own lifo tho glory hna fled,— That tho warm, glowing ints et T mies slover shino Tuto a heatt that's a % place of the doud,” The birds do not warblo s0 much ok thoy dfd Ongo, whon thioy bt In the vine by the door, And 1 do not bollovo thiat (hoy love mio 50 viell,— Thioy novor eat now from my hand uny more, e Lellatrope Wlomsoming thors on tho stand, Breathos back when I touch 1t; but somehow 1t seomn ; As though tho rich fragrance that kisses my lips Wera anly tho memory of oldon dreatms, “Fliose olden drcams—0, thoso olden drenme— Toes avory ono libard them, 1 wonder, away ? Foldiug theim up aud lsylng thow by, "o open and look u$ somo othor day? Doe every onosit in tho evening’s gloom, Calling loved form from thoir ilent yraves, Kuowlug the morning will banish thew all, A nmines in tho saud are waslied out by'the waves 7 Does every ono moan when tho day fu done, And tho world may not snoor at the toara they slied A5 thoy opon the cofliu-lld and weep Over tho face of thelr enrly dead ? Gannur B, Fugzaax, —_—— AD CHLOEN, M. A Eveah from Her Cambridge Examination) Ladly, very fair uro you, Knd your oyes are vory biuo, And your hoso Aud your brow is Jko the snow; ‘Aud {ho yarlous tilngs you kuow, Goodncss kuowa And the rore-tluah on your oheck, ‘Aud your aigobra and Greek, Porfect are; . And tlat Tovlug, lustrous eye Recogulzas in tho aky very star, Yon hve ponting, plquant 1ps,— You can doubtlos au aclipse i Calenlate § Bt for your coruican e, Tind coriauly from you Met uy fate, It by an arrangement Aual T wero Adams nixed with Whowell, ‘Then mome day, 1, o waoor, periaps 1afglt come T'o no sweat un Avtium Muglstra, —Mortimer Collina, War and Disensos A roport mado by Dr, Engol, Director of the Btatislical Oflice at 8t, Polersburg, who has ool lcted from various sourcos o large smount of intoresting _information concorning the loss of lifo Iu the Gorman u’me’ during the Inte war, shows thot out of a tolrl—in round numbers— of 41,000 deatbs, whout 12,000 were caused by dinosse, moro than onc-linit of those, -or 7,000 ontes, bulng duo to typhus fever. The numbor who _(\ladu dysentory. was 2,000 ¢ sud nexi in {fatality wore plithisis, pulmonic disonsos, other intornnl ucute digordors, gastrio fovox, varlols, aud suddon doath, THE KING AND THE BEGGAR. An Arab Story. g DY BIGHOT FENMETTE. - . From Old and New for Fedruary, 3 Thoro tyag oneo a King, from smong the King: of Ifiid, Who, on o very hot summor-day, retired to an uppor room for bis slosts aftor dinnor. Ile i throw himsolf on o sofa, which occupled tho sroator part of asort of bry-window projecting “over tho atroot, tho like of which may be scon in many pletures of Oriental houses; but the heat wan 4o intonso on thia burning aftornoon, with- out a particle of breoze, that ho could neither sloop . NOR EVEN COMFORTABLY RERT. 8o ho clapped his bauds; and & servant camo, Ho ordored him to send two Circassian mnids to fan him with fans made of ostrich-foathors,— tho one kucoling at tho hond, and tho other at tho foot, of his couch, Thoy camo; but thoy had no soonor bogun to discharge’ their duties than Lo got tired of thom, and wanted Bomo- thiug else, Bo ho sont fhom away; and again ‘clupped his hands, : - *What does your Borone Highnoss com- mand 2" > *Idon't know, Bring me—my black maro, I will talo n 1ide. No, by tho'by, I won't, Bring mo—what was I going to sny P—thie hond of the Grand Mufti. No, tho scoundrel dosorvey to bo beheaded when I am not out of tomper. ~ GIVE MB-MY INKSTAND, ond loavo me ulone.” ' So the Mamoluke took the King's silver inke stand,~n riohly-chiselod tlat _ tubo for tho roods used instead of pens, with tho ink-bot- Ue ot one ond ' of it,—laid it on the sofs besldo tlio Kivg, rotired a fow stops, turned toward tho Xing, crossed his army on his breast, snluted, and retired. Tho King took tho inkstand, oponed it, closod it, throw it with impationco sgninst tho wall at the other end of thio room, Iny down, and again tried to gleop , bub conld not.” Ile folt restloss all over; and his digostion was puinful, Ilo rose from tho sofs, picked the inkstand ftom the carpet whore it Iny, took n sheet of paper and & pair of Porsian scissors from tho sholf, aud went back to the sofa, whoro ho sat down, and bogan to TR THE PAPER preparatory to writing,—a preliminary oporation which Origntals scldom omit, Whon tho sloot of papor was_ brought tos shnpo to suit him, o bogan to write somo words with red mlk, and somo with .black, Oxicutal Kings are gouorally vory Foml calligraphiors, and tuko daily lessons of calligraphy from a mustor of that art, who f4 ono of their most habitual at- tondauts, When ho had writton about threo linos, ho got displeased with thom. So ho toro tho paper up, and throw the pieces upon . the floor, 'Ihion, picking up ono of tho narrow. slips sbout wix inches loug by one finger,wido, which hed fallon off in trimming tho papor, ho wrote upon it, YT WORLD 18 A BHADOW AND A SHAM AND A GAME OF WiTH,—dAhmad.” T'his Inttor word was his own name, Then ho ollod tho slipiof paper_round his finger, throw it out of tho window, lay down again, tried to sleop, and, slopt. i s On that very, same day, n poor beggar, very tired, as ho camo from. very far, ontared tho royal clty, whore Lo hud not o friond. Hungry and thiraty and foot~ #oro, he wallied for some timo through thoe burn- ing streoty, which woro all desorted at this timo, a8 it .was a littlo, after noonday, and every in- Linbitant was oither at his dinner or at his sicsta. Tinally, finding no ono to direcs him, HE BAT DISCOURAGED at the foot of o wall, whoro a bay-window over- Tinging tho stroot projeoted tho most propitions shado that could boscon for a distance. Ho bomoaned his forlorn condition, aund poudered. over lig miserable prospects, when, 1ol acroky tho street flow o small bell of papor, coming from above his head, and falling anout ten atops from tho place whoro lio was squatting. Would he rise, ond pick. it up to seo what it was? Tardly worth -“the wile. 8t “Let us sco,” said ho; snd ho rose puinfully, walkel footsoroly, utuotml gronning- iy, pleked up the paper, caimo bacl: to sit whoro 116 i been, unrolled tho paper, and road : “THE WOLLD I8 A BUADOW AND A HUAM AND A QAME o witd.—dAhmad.” - ¢ 1Io who wrote this must have been in a fit of ‘bad humor,” gaid the beggar. ¢ Bat who can bo this man Ahmad ? TProbably tho owner of this house, I abiond liko to ask.” ‘I'ho hour of . tho siosta wus now over. Tho wtroots began again to bo crowdsd. The shops woroe oponed ; and peoplo began to buy nud to soll, and to .lic and to quarrcl, .and. to bargain, sud te ask threo timos tho valuo of an article, and to offer the tenth part of the prico domanded,—sll tho ordi- nary luidonts of on Enstorn bazaar. The bog- fur’ To80 from his sont, and asked's pusscr-by, “1g tho name of' tho owner of this house Abmad " = “8nonlé not so loud,” said tho passor-by. “This house is tho palnce of QUR LORD THE SBULTAN, ATIMAD RHAN." “God wave thy tonguo,” snid the hugglnl' —the usual modo of thanking for & picco of uformn- tion, | " #The Bultan - Ahmad Khan!™ muttered the Deggar to himesolf os Lo walked along. *So Kings and beggars buvo their bittor hours allko, Toot us, thereforo, nover bo dojocted, This pa- per is cortainly an iustruction to him who is ca- pablo of being_ taught." ¥ So he walked on along the bnzaar, looking at the shops. When Lio_passed. boforo tho coolis® ghops, the smell of the vimuds oxcited his appotito, whioh did nob roquire that wolici- tation ; but ho passed on ; for ho had not the nlightest coln to purchase anything. At lust he stopped beforo the shop of a merchant whoso Donign countenanco seomod to invito ovona bogs gar Lo spoul, und not to be afraid. “What cun I do for you, my lord ?"” gaid the merchant to tho boggat ; for Orfentals aro the acme of politoness to evorybody. “Iish to ask,” enid tho boggar, whollier you kuow wharo I could find A HOUSE IX Till#§ OITY TO RENT." “Whnt sort of house do you wish ?” snld the merchant, lookivg ab the Inquirer's poor ace contrements, ' “Pho bost that can bo found in tho city,” tnid the beggur, who, porociviug tho Improssion which tho lattor words produced, quickly ndded, by way of muodest apology, *snve the Louse of our Lord the Bultan, Amiad Khan.” you wonr had auroliv a§ first led mo to somo mis- ture os to your roal position, Iixeuse mo ift—" “No oxouse,” eaid iho boggar, It is entirely my foult. I phould have bognu by oxplaining to yon how I camo to wonr thoso rags; but, Laving worn thom now for thiroo days, T havo really como to Lo 80 acows- tomed to them that 1 entirely forgot to think how much the sight of them must ecare others, T noed not say thut I am not & boggar, but A RIOH MELCHANT, who have come in advance of mx caravan, out of fear that, showld it tbe overtnkon by brigands, enidos 1oalog it, T should mysolf bo put to ran- som. 1 linvo roached this city safely, thanks to my dirguise! My caravan will bo here in four days; and I must immediatoly hiro a houso for mysolf aud o caravansary for my camels, Tin- tond to make hero n long stay while I soll my oods, 8o, if any of yonr ucquuintance hus a houso for ront suitnble to my rauk, be so kind as to lot mo_know." “My Lord,” snid tho mevchant, I know houso which would exactly suit you. It is not for ront; but tha owner of it would, porbups, lot it in order to nccémmodate BUGH A DISTINGUISHED STRANGER as your soreuity, I will closo wuy shop, and ac- company you to_Lhe placo. But you will por- lups oxouso mo it Tyenturo o suggostion, Llicse olothos that you wear might sppemr rather utrnuynl and you had, perhaps, hottor Yroum'a moro suituble onos bofore you cngage in looking for o houso, or in auy other buslnoss,” ' ¢ T approve your suggostion,” snid the Leggar, “ Can you sccompauy me to the bazaar, and reconmnond to me a clothior's shop where I " might got a snitablo dreas ¢ + My Lord,” said the merchant, * you hnd | batter not oyon prosout yoursolf at u tullor's | shop i your presont costumo. I can lond to yon & auit of clothos of nino, which will be moarly of the propor But first como to my house, havo somo rofroshunont; and thon I will accompany you to tho bith.* Bo it wau dono. About (wo hours Mmrb thae atl, morehant and his gnost issued from the both vory oraditably drossed, ESVECTALLY Ti[E REQGAT, who was in the merchant's hest. *Now,” said the merchant, **wo must fio to my house aguin, and’ Liwve two horses waddied, and tako with us my sarvantsy for it would not do for n mon of our quality Lo go looking for a house otherwlso han on horsebnok sud with attondants.” Aboug half an Lour lator, two gontlemen rode along the stroots of the city, preceded and followed by several sorvouts; and a runuver, srmod with & gfihk. went ahond of the procousion, distributing “ilion," snid (ko morchant, © tho dross which | blows right and loft, and shouting, *Piaco, placo, for:tho Khownd]nh Shakir! ¥ Thoy allghted nt the door of tho woalthiost in« habitant of .tho pinco, whoro they wora both ro- colved with tho gronteat honors,—the beggar on his uwn porsonnl account, and the morchant as the comprifiion of his dlsuu(iululml guost, Who ownor of the houso did nob intond to lat it; yob, for tiio sake of tho honor of putting under ob- ligntions n man of tho standing of Khowadjnh Blinkir, ho would let it for a fabulous swm, which . he named, ! 'he boggat, now become tho Khow- adjah Bhakir, ¢ . TOOK ILIM AT 1118 ORD, and askod how much more ho would havo to pay for the furnituro, as ho wantod to take possos- sion of the houso s it \vnu,—rurumuu, and plnto, and linen, and servants, and all, -.The ownor again unmod bis price, whicl was acooptod withe oul discussion ; on wrbich tho housa and all woro* daclared to havo beon lot to tho Ihowadjah Bhokir, who was now tho host of him of whom ho had -buon, & momont bofore, tho visitor, Sbakir bogan to do tho Lonors ef his. house with that graceful dignity which in tho Orient iy common to the bighest clnesos nud to tho lowest. 'Thore tho poorest boggar -is evary inoh & gontleman, wnye tho money. o Bhokir also purchnsod the horses of the owner of tha houro; nnd; as all that ho now bad was not yob suMMiclent tor him to hold Lis ranls, soy- cral of the merchants of tho town ware sont for, nud camo with thoir wares, whioh they diaplayod under the fwan and in the court-yard. }.ll tha londing usurors of tho cily oamo t0 offor to him large sums of monoy at enormous rates of in- terost. 1Ile objeoted, not to the intorest, but to tho loaus thomeelvas, having, entd Lo, all tho 1moroy that ho wanted, Dut fih friond, tho mor- chant, whispored -in his ear, that it was fashion- ablo for great peoplo to patronizo banks by TORROWING LARUE KUMS ond that; by thus. intoresting tho capitalists of tho olty In his welfare, lio wonld soquro a betler andvmore rondy Hale. for his.goods whon.they camo, Bohoallowed the lonus to be forcodupoi Dim, ond also sold:for cnsh o part. of tho goods which woro to come with his caravan, e nt Lhe #amo timo bought, partly on credit. and partly for cash, but nvariably at fabulous prices, many articles Of jowolry and clothing ; books of pootry aud prose, of science, history, und fiction ; musi- cal instrumonts ; chiseled swords, and gold-om- broidered saddlos ; chiun vases; several most contly Lorses; four beautiful Georginn girls, overy ono with four Nubian niaids to attond hor ; soveral malo servants and ounuchs ; and carpata and furniture of all sorts to replace thogo acticles which woro in tho house, and which ho fouud foult with, Allbiy nrrnnromeutu boing nowcom- Pplete, hio declared himself rendy to NEORIVE THE CONGRATULATORY VISITA of all tho groat pooplo of tho oity, who nil camo in gront coremony, and accompanied with many Horvants, to oxpress to him how much overy one felt lionored at his tnking his abodo in the city. Shakir, in tho moantine, hind given ordors to his intendunt to hire armed mon, and horses, aud mulos, and tonts, snd provisions for travol, a8 hio must immedistely start to meot his caravan, On tho second day of his arrival, Lio was already on his journoy. **Ifisby this punctual attend- ing to "businosd, that I have made all my for- tune,” gnid ho ; and_paronis quoted this saying, and all his moral suyings, to thcir sons, Shakir, beforo starting, had made an arranges ‘ment with big friond tho merchant, that tho Intter nhould, ou the morrow of his doparture, dispatch to him » swift horscman with o socrot 1mossngo about tho Intost prices-current, or somo wuch matter. Whon this messonger camo, Shakic rocolved him pri\'n!nl{, and, after paying him liberally, ordered him to return immodiatoly to tho oity without spoaking to any membors of tho escort. When tho mosrengor was out of sight, o ordered all his oscort to TAKE A NEW DIRECTION, 08 tho lotlor ho Lad just roceived m?ulmi it. But he snid nothing of-the objoct of fhis now Journoy; only, from his domennor, his rotaincrs Judged that it must be a muttor of some great ‘momont,—such, perhaps, as u political mission. Thoy travoled for sovoral wooks in this now diroction, camping ovory night, until thoy reachod o large city, which they .did not entor, but, by tho ordors of Shakir, pitotiod their tants and shacklod their lorses iu a gnrden outsido noar the river. As soon as the nows was spread iu tho city of tho arrival- of u. distinguished travolor ‘with a largo -rotinue, all the nota- Dble inhabitents camo 1n. succession to pay thoir respeots Lo Shakir, who recoived thom with the di% ty becoming to his rauk. . . _AIL the notable inhabitants camo, I enid, but with, however, one exception. ; TIE PACHA OAME NOT ; for, with rogard to:him, tho otiquetts of the country diftered from what. it was with other persond, Ho was to recoive tho fleat visit, and voturn it, As Shukir did noticail on him on the 1irst nor on the second duy, somo of his visitors soveral timos mentioued tho Pacha in their con- versutions, meaning it o8 & bint, But Shakic soemed not to catch it; only, whonover the mon- tion came, tho.smile diod oh his lips; and big countonsice_took the exprossion, not of foar for himall, but of sorrow - for somebody- eluo, "This was mocessarily roported to the Pacha, who grew quite unonsy abont it, aud sent soma omissarios, apparently as visitors, but in reality on an errand of iuqmrf. Shalir wns .not the man not to perceiva all this. His auswers to thoso emissnrics wore evasive, but such as to convey au improgsion that thora was SOMETHING AWFUL IN HTORE for the Pachs, and that Shakir was sorry to have to Flay a part in it, but must, Loward tho end of tho second dny, whon the visitors were quite many, and Shakir beld opon court under a treo ul his tent-door, the mention of the Pacha camo again ; and Shakir, secming {0 Linve made up his mind .to wait no longor, snid iu » quict, but slowly and cloatly articulated manner, * I hind expocted the visit of my friend tho Pacha bofore thig time; but, as I_have. not yot lind tho plonsure of seoing him, I suppose the business which detained = him must have beon very. urgent. Shukkur and Aw'- ul™ (spouking to two of his ‘janimsne rieag, “go to tho I'ncha's palace, snlute His Highness, and toll him that tho sorvant of His Mnjosty, the Sultan, oxpects his visit promptly.,” Sluikkur and As'ad bowed and went, Tho vis- itors scomed thundorstruck, but Lad soou made up their minds as to the courso to follow. Some of them fannd a pretoxt to shorten thoir visit to Shakir; and of theso some went to the Pacha to OFFER THEIR CONDOLENCES and thoir holp. ‘Theso wore his trto frionds; but thoy were fow, A'larger number, who bad boon concerned in the defnlcations and exac- tions which invarinbly take placo under any Pacha’s administration, and are punished by his succossor, merely -to mako placo for ‘uow fraudg, and for n now sot of thioves, wont bhome hastily, took ' some moncy and yolunbles, and started * for the country or the mountaing, The romainder Xopt thoir sonts, or drow closor to- Shakir, aud continued to pay their court to him with renowed intonsity, d When tho Pacha reccivod tho messngoe, ho snid, ** Sam'an wata'ah 2" (** I hear'snd oboy *), and, “ Tuna lillahi wailayhi inna rajiun.” (* We Deldng to God, and "' UNTO HIM DO WE RETURN." ‘Whon a Mohammedan hag uttercd this last son- tonce, hio Is 1o moro unprepared for anythin that may happen. Ho refused to take his guard with him, and wont with the fow [riends who liad romained faithful to misfortune. ‘T'he news of Lis fall had already boen spread through the city. So on his pnssage ho way troated vory difforently from what ho had been neeustomad to. No honors wero paid to him as to an officinl person. Of thore who met him on tho street, some, shuuncd’ his glances, and toole another way. Othora seemed really dorry -for ~him; but their expression wus that of muto respoct. Sowmo who bud been wronged, or justly punished, by him or by bis ofticors, oxprossod thoir satisfaction with diffor- ent dogroeos of vindictivoness. But the muss merely looked sorious, and thought that, ALL IEING DONE DY ALLAH, ilt l\rnn not for his sorvants tooxult over him who oll, Shakir wont into his tont to receivo the Pacha. ‘When the lattor entored, Bhakir was sitting at tho hend of hi divan ; aud his first- movemont waa to riso a8 n_mark of yospeot to n follow-dig- nitary, even if disgraced ; but ho soomod to ro- prous with regret that_fivst movement, and rose not. ‘This completed tho convistion of the Yacha that doom was impeunding, Ilo snluted, stood in the miditle, and was not invited to sit, o suid, ** May the will of God and of our Lord tho Sultan bo donol" and, g enld this, burst into toars, which rollad'in big hot drops on his gray bonrd, ' 1Te lost - all self-control, and wished to throw himsolf at the foot of Bhakir, Shakir, who wos also visibly aflected, ordered lim to'romnin sianding. * *'Cha painful nocos. ity of dnl(vnrlng my mossage from the Sultan," #aid Shukir, * vhall bo aparcd to me, ag yon sro alroady informod of it, "I shall ouly have the re- grot of exoouting it. © In all other rospoots hotd e ns & friond.” ITaving esid thic, he ordered lxh!(1 guards Lo soize upon tho pordon of the I'achn, an . PUT NDLIN GHAINS, % nftor which, ho and all his rotinua’ marched {hrough tho city to the palaco, accompanied by the prisoner, orywlicro, overybody mado it o point to wolcome tho now mastor with all the appearances of joy and submission, —Bhakiy took posgosslon” of all ~tho lranches of tho adwinistration, romoving some oflicors, ap- pointing _somo, and waintaining others, o proved & wiso rulor, oncouraged ugriculture and commerce, IF‘" soourity to ronds, and kopt. strlot Justico, o country flourishiod under his administration, and atinined an unprocedontod doy fl? (;JI prospority. Bverybody was highly satinflod, S o B el Lo formor Pachn wna kopt ‘in chains fn tho prision of tha palaco, but; with ALL THE CONSIDERATION duo to his formor rank, o far_ps this fyas come atiblo with tho ordets of His Majesty tho ‘Sul- an, Ho was allowed hooks;.and his frionds and rolatives woro !)urmlttud to visit hint at cor~ tain honrs, Tven Shakir Pachn occasionally cone dexconded to go and epend an hour in confabiie Inting with his . prisonor, . exprossiog tho .lopo :otfln L% Toclolvfioluuclxh?rnum ll'rllm the Sultan an 0 Lo abilo to biing his captivity to an ond, o Sarthor nllovinto Tt. i e Things wont on in this mannor for very nenrly a year; and it was now time to sond to tho Sul- tan the yoarly tributo of the province. ‘Bhaldr thoveforo gave tho usual orders to col- Tock tho itributo, and propare n lnrgo caravan of camels to enrry it, with an oscort of horsomon to accompnny it. Whon all was roady, ME WIlOTE A LETTER, A8 FOLLOWA: To the Only Sultan nnd Uniquo Iskan, Our Lord Abmad Kliau, iy Qod granit hita victary | 1lis nervaut ‘Blinkir Pacha, aftor presouting the homage, &c., sats fortl that, necording to what Js ‘dus to tho houor of our noblo master, tho Bultan, wo_have. Aot Liorowitl, under tho nro of tho Booretar'y of our Kinzindar, {lio yearly tributo of this provineo; aud, o & mark of our entire submission lo our Lord tle Sultan, wo bavo ndded to it twenty-five camels Jonded with tho praducts of the manufactures of Hindostan and Faraistan, which are tho persounl gift of our own. humilty. ~And also, nccording fo “the orders of your ilighuess, wo', sond $o you tho porson of Mahmoud Pachs, whom' wo '~ wero wmont {o supeesedo, bound dn chnfus, and under snfe escort, {0 ho troatod an our Lord tho Sullan shall or- dain, ' God mnko tho Buitan victorious | Whon this lottor reached the. Sultan, and he ‘I found it sented with tho mname of Shakir Pacha, o porsonage of whom ho lhad never hoard, he DOUBTED AT FIRST TUB DEING AWAKE, But having boon nssured by his rolinble wazir that ho was, aud socing, a8 .6 confirmation, tho carnvan and the tribute, which were all in ordor, and the eacort, und the” old Pachn himuelf, Lo thought that nothing was to bo hnstily done heforo ho thoroughly investigated this mattor. 8o ho ordored tho old Pacha to his presoncos and tho Pacha camo trombling for his nook. Bub the King having nssurod him of his forgivoncss, and commanded him to : spesk frecly, tho Dachs began to praiso his succos< sor iu. the bighest torms, . Jauding . the wisdom, and efliciency, and intogrity of his' Government, and ospecially his kindness to a prisoner. Tho Bulten ngain began to think he was dronming 3 but il lifs counseliors, who wore gruy-bearded and wiso men, assured him that ho was 10t ; 80 bo thought . he would tako tloir word, and dictated : TUE FOLLOWING LETTER: The Iliustrions, the Wiso, the ‘Victorions, tho Only Sulta and Un{que Hakn, tha Glorious Padistiah and ing of Kings, Abmad Khan, To our eryaut the high Suakir Pacha, (May God prolong lia duration 1) 1n 3 favorable heasol, cto., o havo recolved the lot- ter of yuur serealty, and at the same thuo tho tribute of your province, and tho preseut from your Highe ncess § ond the whole waas o8 it should have beon, . And' wolavo alko roceivod tho porson of ex-Pacha Malia ‘moud, ent by you according to our orders, And, nf the mattor coucorning bim hina by {hls timo padsed from_our - {mperial . memory, ‘wo , command youw to como lore with the witnosses and documents {n this nffalr, and with 88 many of vursoldiers as will form an escort. suitablo to your Jrank, Boof Lealth] A ‘Whon Shakir Pache received this letter, ho ‘7080 from Lis soat, plnced the lottor upon his liond s w sign of obodionco,- and ordered it to be rend aloud in presenco of all his Cowrt. Ha thon said: ** As our Lord the Sultan, in addi- tion to all the othor marks of his condesconsion toward us, has also judged us worthy to be sum- moned to'his prosonco, lob all the proparntions ho mnde according to tho orders of His Majesty llg:hflultnn." So le started a fow days aftex wil . . A MAGNIFIOENT ESCORT of horsomen, and with mules and camels and tonts and sorvants, and tho richest pres- ont for tho King. Soversl wooks woro spont in the jowrney. Whon bo reachiod the capital city, all tho poople went ont of tho gates to welcome him, ond enjoy tha anunnt. No such eutry of any one less than an mporor had. ever beon witnessed ; and such were tho roports of the magnificonce of tho dis- play, that'the King himsolf was sevoral times tompted to loave tho palace, and go in disguise among the crowd to witness it, instead of wait- ingin lis palnco tho visit of Shakir Pachs, na ‘was becoming to his dignity. Tinally Suokir cemo, and, having left hir shoes at tho door, entored alone into the divan chambor. 1o PROSTRATED HMIMSELF DEFORE THE BULTA, and thon stood before him with his Lands crossed upon big bronst in the attitude of an humblo sorvant. All the conrtiors st ou the divans around tho room, or stood, according to thotr various ranks. *Weo lhave heard,” said the King, * of the prosperity of your province and of the justico of your administration, for which we oxpress our gratitude to Allali; (moy ho be exalted!) and we have euwnmoned you to boar witnoss in tho ense of your prodocessor. But bo- fore wo proceed farther,” smd tho King with a soarching look of authority, ‘*wo wish to Know - bx ‘whose orders you have been snp- pointed.! All the audionce heid thoir breaths. Shakir our Governmeut, tha auswored : 4 As to the pmspcriaynr rula i the rulo of God.. There ia no rulor but Him, and, between Him and us His slnves, our TLord the glorions Sultan. é ** A8 to the witnosses and doouments concorn- ing the conduct of our predecessor, woe hava brought them nccording to the orders of my Lord ltlm victorious Sultan; and, la! they are present, : * And a8 to tho authority by which wo bhave Leen appointed, lo! it is the * AUTHORITY OF OUR LORD THE SULTAN ; and wo --poksess Liis noblo sign to this offoct in this firmun which: we lave brought with us ix this gold caslet, and which we will now have the :mng'r of displeying before our Lord the Sul« A, Shakir then oponed the casket, and took from it u largo envolopo of silk, whicli o opened, and, lol'init another envelopo of goldoloth, o Kissod it, placod it on his noad, thon oponed it 3 and, lo! "in it tho smallest possiblo roll of papor, which ho unrolled into a slip about six inchos long by two-thirds of au inch wido, whioh he un~ rollod, and presontod to the Saltan, who road :- 1K WONLD 18 A SHADOW AND A BHAM AND A GANE OF WITS.~Ahmad," ' Thig," said Shakir, “‘is the imporial firman undor whioh I hinvo acted.” ‘The Sultaw at first was surprised 3 bLut ho: rocognized his own imporinl hundwriting and’ signaturo ; and when Shkir “hnd told Lim his whole story, and how ho camo into possossion of the firman, His DMajesty ro- mombered on that oceasion it hod beon igsued. ‘Thore was no doubt about it. It was a louiti- mato firman; and Shaklc was tho logitimute Tachin of the province he had uo woll governed. ‘All his conduot had boen strictly legal. ‘I'ho Sultan ordored Shakir to romain in the alnco s his imsnriul gueat during two weoks, ofore o should return to his_proviuce, which could uot sparo him louger. Durlug this time, Bhakir Pachu roceived tho visits of all the great pooplo of the onpital, and embraced this oppor- tunity for BETTLING THE NUMEROUS DILLS that ho bad loft bohind, whon he first honored the city with his presonco. He mnde many other purchascs, for which, this time, hoinvarinbly paid cnsh, e doparted with his escort al tho end of tha fifteon dnys, londed with tho prosonts of Ll #overoign and the gnod wishos of ull tho peoplo. Al the'city nccompaniod him a wile or two boyond the gates, * Shnkir Paoha continued to be o good ruler. In the chronioles of his province o is callod Shakir the Just, to distinguish bim from auother Sha- kir Pacha, who beld the Governmont bofore ox aftor him, "Thie glory of power did not mako Shakir forget the practice of devation, of which he lad alwsys bueu a forvent adopt, He YOUNDED AN ORDER OF DERVIANESH for whom Lo endowed soveral convents, and which ig still influential in the country. hut ordor has somo peculiar tencts and_praoticen. In one of the mosques of tho order, Shakir was buried according to his wish. 1Io boquonthod to tho library of theconvent attached to thut mosqua tho caskot of gold with the thrao onvelapes, Tos N}motlvnly of silk and silver and gold cloth ; and the firman contained in them, which hud Loon the foundation of the fortune of his houso ; fon Bhakir loft bohiud him u numerous and lasting and influentinl postority. Tho good monls utifl koop auiong thoir rolics the precious casket, aud uuroll befors strangors tiio slip of paper, on ‘which can be tead in'tho best calligraphy those words in Arablc ¢ AL ALAM HIIR WAFIIR, WATAILAMAR," which may be translatod,— UPHE WORLD 1S A BHADOW AND A SUAM AXD A aAuE or wits," e sminicl bl st THE GREETING AND ADIEU. From the German of Lenav, Oh | whon 810 camo, aa fuir sho did appear As budding woudlund fu tho early your, And, Wwhen sho spoke, it thriliod my happy breast Lk wonis of Wil bt oer (o WEHTER Bosts But, when slio wuved o mo ber Jaat adieu, With lier my dream of hupphucss wilhdrow, UALLES NOBLE €REGORY,