Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1874, Page 12

- THE CHICAGO:- DAYLY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1874—SUPPLEMENT. ~ .CANDY. The Baée Uses to Which It Is How It Is Employedas an Tncentive . to Gambling. One o'r,_ the Men: Tells How the Busi- ness-Is Carried On. Fine Arts Used in the Same A Love for - G Way. Mnxi_néx‘ of' éonducfing the Panel- % Game. . Incidents from the Annals of the Gri'm-: inal Court. " Parx Torouss in its mission of werning society and protecting it from the nefarious practices of the gamblers and thieves who prey on the com- mupity;, bas_devoted considersble space of late 19 a description of the various games snd: prac- tices by, which tho stranger is taken in and re- ieved of the cash that'seems to have such an ansettled’ anchorage in his pocket. This series of articles is concluded to-dsy by the account’ given below of some of the petty forms of choat- ing adopted, supplemented by a disclosure of the methcds used to bring about that class of rob- ‘beries that, from the peculiar circumstances at- tending them, oftenest elude exposura and go unpunished. It is learned that the new form of operating the candy prize swindle, the details of which are shown below, is now put into daily prac- tice at the store formerly occupied by Hovey & Co. on East Madison street, with what appears to be & fair degree of success. As the opeuing of * the concern followed so quickly upon the heels of the offer made to the reporter, it is presumed that the ecterprising young man found some in- dividual possessing more cash and less vix_-tue than the reporter to whom he made bis brilliant ‘promises. ———— CANDY LOTTERIES. One of the most successful swin dles of the day {8 the candy-lottery businees. A number of these establishments bave_been in operation all over the city this winter, and have mes with very grest snccoss,—the-cupidity of mankind proving to be » moat fertile field for cultivation. Itis singu- lar to pote with what readiness an inflividm}l parts with s small sum in order to “ try his luck.” This is an appeal that never fails to en- gnare man. His vanity in his own gilts, or the recollsction of some past stroke of luck occurs to himm, and, reasoning that it is a smell loss any- way, he puts down his quarter and draws out tho package. Ifit provesto be & blank ho araws ngain, hoping to mske good his loss ; if a prize is won, ho_has cepital to risk, and keepsat it antil he loses what ho has won, and Bends more ia search of it. ‘The operators in the meantime' nrge on the sale by rematks whicharo calculated with nice discrimination to_disclose the advan- tges of the golden opportusity. HOW THE DUSINESS 15 CONDUCTED. . The process of manipulating this branch of trade so that it may present to the spectator & fair and square chance is_simple enough when ‘enders L emoloye of one of the concerns Will gi En!ight. into the method of mixing and distribut~ ing. The circamstances under which the infor~ thation w48 given stamp! it ‘28 being & _genuine msids view of tho operations of these petty de- franders. It occurred as follows: A Taim Soung man answered the inguiry, aod as the re- Porter wes about to withdraw atopped him with ihe remark, zccompsnied With an assuring Fink: THE MYSTERY OF MIXING. «Did you think of going into tho candy lino?” “Well, I don't know much about it. 1t 18 not rery apparont to me how any money is mado at oo “« Easy onough it's all in the miting. Iused fobo with Mook on State sireet, and learned how. It’s worth $500 to know how tomixwell.” “1git. Con you tell me how it's done 2" «T can, but will not. If you wunt. to ‘go into. it T'li ehow you a way to make a cord of money. I'wenty thousand dollars next year. What do Fou say 1o that.” “That is enticing. How much capital wonld it tako 2" «+ Only about $150. i « Ghcap enongh. How could it be managed 2* - “Yoli, we rent = big storo down town, and that takes about £50. Then wo put up, say, 400 packages, costing, with the prizes, aboat £35. Tho rest goes for cxpenses. We make 875 on 400 packages.” - THE PRIZES. + How are the prizes put in ?" 4 A ticket is wrapped around the candy, which 1s for the prize. The prize- packsges are always marked, Bo We can know is eiiber blank or them and see that they o ot in regular order.” But what will we do about the law 2" 4 That's 1t ; but I know a way to como it over the Iw, 50 we will not be disturbed. Mack used to buy off the officers, and he wasn't touched till the last one, but then I can evade it. Itoll on there's * big money” in this business if you ork it right. ‘They baul s fllow up every few at the fine is only $100, and wo can make dys, that evers dax.” “ Woll, but I rather object to being arrested.” *“Doyou? Idou't mundit. I'll take that on myself.” But it won't be necessary under my new plan, After we are driven out of town wo can go to smaller places. Next summer we can follow o circus and clear $10,000. In the ’fnll we will psy 5,000 a week, - There’s a firm opernting in Madison, Wis., now, and cleariog 350 a day.” can tako San Francisco, _big market. A NEW DODGE. « % But how about the other plan ; what is that?” +J don't like to sy here. I'll call at your house to-morrow and tell you. Where do you Better tell mo live2” . . **I might not be at home. now. - “Well (confidentially, iu awhisper), we can bave s silent partner in the sugar busivess. In- stead of prizes, we givo out orders for sugar. No one objects to our selling sugar, and I know » man who will buy all the -sugar that wo can sell and pay the cash for it. (The follow looked amazed at his own scateness while divulging this, - “ I)sen. The prizes would bs cashed in this Lusey way. “* Yes. away could doso. The others could sell it.” Do you think this would evade the law? " «I don't believe we would be disturbed for fonr or five weeks anyway, and by that time we Foind £0 mab some monay wouldn't care.. I'm out of it. 1lost$1,000in the Frankkn Bank.” The young man then procecded to.offer other glowing indncements to the representative of the ‘paper, but, as they are not material, they are ot given. It is to be hoped that this ezpase will lead him to adopt more honorable pursuit. . J4REING THE PACKAGES. 1t was subsequently discovered that thero are several waye of marking the prize -packages, so that the operator can-bave complete control over them, and by & little skillfl mauipulation can deliver them with effect. A little differende in the printing of the labels, a minute’. mark -or abrasion of the surface cr & slight indentation, are sufficient to the practiced eyes and fingers to indicate those that hold the gifts. It is found by experience that one prize in five is sufficient to delude an ordinary crowd of fools, and that on this basis of profit and loss they will submit to fleccing by tho hour. This, in fact offers more chances of gain than the larger lotteries of Ha- vann and the Southern States, and, #a tho pro- portion of cost is abont equal, it will bo seen that the rule kolds good from the greater to the wmaller. A broad principle here disclosed, aamely, that, being given the opporturity, the chances aro five toons_that your ordinary man will, like Dogberry, write himself down an ass. e — E PHOTOGRAPEY. Ths prize photograph business is not unlike the candy vrade, but is more complicated, snd takes a largercapitaltorunit. After procuting & 4 dollar-store™ stock of gimcracks nnd finery, guch 8 is the nsual. complement of these estab~ lishmente, snd to which is added a decoy stock of silvarware, watches, n.nd jewelry, tho institis A «conversation had with.an ex- ive an ITNE foporter having- called, at the establishment #&merly used by Hovey & Co., on Madison strect, found it vacaot, but seeing a little candy ®hop next door, steppod in to inquire the where- shouts of tho fraquently-fined doalors. A spruce Those that wanted to tako the sugar tion is opened for business. As is the caso with the candy stores, & man is posted outsido with & bell toring up the public, who, upon entering, erceive some such arrangement ss, this: Be- .hind the show-cases, which glitters with treas- .ures, aro gathered a number of artless famales, who'come out strong in the matter of blonde’ Dair and vivid complexion, and are not chary ¢f effective smiles. “At tho back end of tho Toom, a ytum:g man of good lung-power is heard calling onl : “ WALK UP, GENTLEMEN, y and buy s photograph, only 25 cents, entitles the buyer to & prize worth from one to ono hun- dred dollars, and the photograph itself is worth two dimes and s bLawf; walk up,” etc. The customer, invited in-.this urbane wsy, finds, upon aporosching, that the individual holds in it hand 8 long wand with which he points to & lot of cartes de visite posted on the wall.” It appears that the backs of these pictures are numbered (or blank), and in case the individusl, after pay- 1ng his quarter for the privilege, selects a num- bered one he finds that it refers to one of the bofore-mentioned show-cases attended by the charming personsges already spoken of, who tell him that he now has the priviloge, upon pay- ing $1 more, of solecting any article in her de- partment. : Strango to say, while this very transparent swindle waa in operation on Madison street the cleris were all busy from morning to_night tak- ingin the fools’ dollars. A fine sdministored daily for several days proved too heavy a burden at last, and the business has now boen given up a8 far as Chicago is congerped. Boston hasbeen selected aa the most promising field for fature operations, the woll-known simplicity and_guile- lessness of the inhabitants of that ambilious place_giving glowing promiee of the good for- tune in storo for ** Hovey & Oo.,” ‘* Mack," and others, when they shall have pitched their tents on the Common. g THE PANEL GAME. o carry on that series of operations for de- coying the individual to the den of the robber, distinctively known ds the *‘panel game," re- quires, for reasons which will be shown, a brace or more of operators, one of whom mustbo a female, the womsn generally boing the Naney to the Bill Syles of the ruffian, Heor first requigite is & comely and attractive presenco. Tiie male operator needs only strongth and. bm_t.nlity. The Pprocess of ¥ ROTING IN THE TICTIM " may bo described as follows : After securing, a8 abaso of operations, a room in gome of the business blocks down town, or other placo con- vemently mear, the woman makes her appear- ance on the street in search of s suitablo individual on whom to exercise her powers. Experience in the dark ways- of life has eharpened her mative acateness to that degree that she readily discerns the frait which is Tipe for plucking. It will generally prove to be a wall-to-do substantial countrymaa, stock-raiser, or village store-keeper. Approach- ing him, she asks, in a0 innocent way, for direc- tion o some depot where she is goingto take tho train, and, by & singular coincidenco to him, it proving that Ko is going in that direction bim- self, ho offers to point out thoe desired place. With & profusion of thanks, she allows him to sccompany her, aud, on thie way, tells a simple talo of how grateful she 18 for the favor, and Lie easily falls into the story of her loneliness in the great city, and of Low she has been left alone to struggle with a rougly world. THE NEXT STEP. Abont this time she suddenly remembers that some needed articlo has -been forgotten in her Taste to get away. Sho must getit. Itisonly around the corner, and he will accompany her, and she smiles the smile of the siren upon the infatuated individual as she asks this touching question, and he, of course, consents, and goes with her to_her room, when the opportunity. thus offered is too spparent for even his dull- ness to misinterprot. goyE! s Tho asinine individual deposits Kis gar- ments on a chair purposely placed iR the vicinity of a door which eoftly opens, or the panel i8 pushed aside, and & stealthy hand re- moves the clothing, abstracts his pocketbook, and vanishes. An Bour or two Iater a chopfallen and exnsperated man, having diécovered his logs, returns with tho police, ‘only to find that tho scone of bis ‘late advonturez 18 a barren apart- ‘ment, and that the birds have flown. This is one of the methods. . DEATH OR MONEY. ° TIn another casea protended husband enters the room and tears about like s madtaan, draws out a nasty and uncomfortable-looking revolver, raves of hia dishonor and woman's perfidy, and finally lsctuudown to some such tragic dialogue aa fol- ows : Outraged husband with desperato resolation— You must die. Victim—2Mercy! mercy! H.—Nover. Proparel 'V.—Oh, forgive me. I will pay any sum. H.—You shall never go from this room alive. How much will you give ? V.—Anything. A bundred dollars. H.—¥iend! "A hundred doflars! Make it five ‘hundred or you perish this instant. Vl.—FiVl\ undred! Great Leavens, it will ruin m; H.—The cash, villain, tho cash. And the half-dead wretch proceeds to count out the currency, or gives his check and waits in durance until it 18 cashed at the baok, when he is suffered to go forth poorer and wiser. ANOTHER CASE. A third instance is similar to that practiced in the Bridget O'Brien caso latelytricd in the Crim- inal Court. Singularly enough the prosccuting witnees failed to appear on the sccond trial of the eriminals, of whom there wero five, a contin- uance having been granied, and the prisoners wero allowed to go free. In this instance, a girl having enticed a sailor to her den, he was at once beset by two rufians, who beat and robbed him, and fioally threw him down the stairs. Tho crime in this case wag of the Jowest and most brutal order. There waa no tinge of ingenaity in it to relieve the dark picture. If was simply & display of such bruto force sa tho'wild beast ehows when it springs upon its prey. Tbe rob- bers mede no protenso to anything else, but ready for murder if noed be, rushed upon their victim, and, having throtticd him and - beat him. senseless, robbed him of everything he possess- ed. Upon gainiag_his senses, tho victm of tho outrage called Iustily for help, and two police- men coming to hi3 aid, he_told his story. . The houso was at'onco entered, and ono of the crim- inals fled to a meighboring lumber-yard, whero ho was caught. The woman and threo other accomplices were also arrested subsequently. At their trial, which occarred a few weels after~ wards, tho facts aa related wero adduced, but, for some technical reason, s new trial wad gr.-mied. Among the number taken was s warfish lad, whose cfime-hardened countevance was appallng to behold. Ho_ploaded the under- ago statute, witnesses sweariug to bis childish- ness, though no observer could have told whether he was 10 or 30. * GOOD CHARACTER. Upon this trial uch sights were witnessed ag thewriter of this, though not unaccustomed to the scenes of the Criminal Court, hopes never to be called upon to witness again. ‘L'he witnesses who were brought forward to prove the good character (?) of the accused, wero such as would make one shudder %o sce even undor the protect- ing wgis of the temple of justice. Hardenod criminals who live only at night were there. Beings, upon whose faces the horror of remorso aud brutality brooded like a pestilence, swore to their lios with » bardihood that knew no parallel. There were those there that day who followed crime 88 the drunkard secks drink, their hands against every law, their hearts filled with unkoown hate. Looking out from their hopeless eyes, the outraged humanity told a tale stronger than any mocking of words, aod their bleared and crime-marked conn- tonances, emitton with tho brand of hell, wero an indelible witness agaiost any pretenso their lips could frame. But they wenat free for all that, and now, fearing to walk in the light ot the su, they, stebl forth at night in this city and 'wait, with murder in their hearts, faor their next savage opportunity. A WMUINED REPUTATION. An incident coming to tho sirface upon the trial of another lot, the well-known Hattie Allen gang, is & pitiful instance of the effect of ghame upon a respectable man. Yester- day a person entered the office of State’s Attorney Reed, and inquired if he could learn the whereabonts of a certain Mr. . Inreply to the question he was told a story which made his cheek blush and his whole framo shake with agitation. No one in- quirod who bie was, and having learned all that he could, he retired without disclosing his rola- tionship. The incident told was 3s follows: This Mr. , who lived 2t Port Huron, Mich., was a respectable and woll-to-do lawyer. Coming to Chicago with 8 view to investing his ‘money snd making it his bome, be fell mto the enare of the potorious gang sliuded to who de- coyed bim to their babitation in the West Divis- ion, dragged and robbed bim of his money, and Tending b somo distaoce sway from tho scenc of their blandishments deserted him. Rendered almost frantic by the thoaght of his dchasement and robbery, the poor man made application to the Police, snd tho robbers were arrested. His own name becoming public in the prosecution, althongh be'strove to keep it a secret, he was s0 weighed down by ehame snd sorrow—his-good uamg gone, the story of his woakneas bantered sbout, and himeelf pointed st &8 the viotim of the shameful. plot, that .though ke lved to sco the criminals on their way to a seven years’ sojourn in the Peniteutiary, Jife was.then 80 _biank and desolate that withont communication with his friends or his past _home he feil a prey £0 such gloomy solf-recriminations 14 to cause his deathvithin two weeks of the completion of thetrial. A subscription was raised to bury him decently. Thero is no need of argument to show that ‘this wos an honorable man fallen by the way- side, nor shall tho veil which hides the hacg- ground of this picture, the domestic scene, be littod. A momentary weskoess was his sin. Tis fall waa that most pitiable sight, a strong man holding within himself the bonor of his {amily and encompaased by the respeet of amul- titude of friends, entangled beyond ralicf in the consequences of his own criminal acts, Such sights are only too common in this city, but sel- dom has ono that disclosed & more pathotic and sorrowfal picture of the grief entailed by what Would almostsceman intended actof generosity, decewved and deluded by » first temptation, becn ‘made & public example and warning. THE STORY OF PASIO; An Episode in -Attic Banking. . From the New York Eventng Post. M. George Perrot has cast much light upon the manners und customs of the Greeks during the period of their most bnlliant orators, in a series of articles contributed to the Revue des Deux, Mondes, entitled, ** Demosthenes and His Contemppraries.” One of these monographs is especially interesting for the picture it gives us of the Greek bankers of the day ; while the story of tho suit brought by the son of Sopwos, Minis- ter to Satyros, Prince of the Bosphoros, against the banking firm of Pasio, is s intercsting in its detailsas meny of tho causes colebres—ns minutely elaborated as one of Emile Gaboriau’s novels. 1t was the custom among Athenian bankers to deposit money in the PRESENCE OF A THIRD PARTY, and this was deemed safer than a written re- ceipt. “This third party might be the clerk (who was usually the slave) of the banker, and it is upon this custom that the plot of the story of 4 Pasio " binges. - At the close of the Peloponnesian war there. existed ot Athens a large banking-house— ¢ Archestrates & Antisthones.” had a elayo named Pasio, who goon _distin- guished himself by his intelligence and activ- ity in business; 0 much so that his master manumitted bhim, and fioally, retiriog from business with hi 8 partner, banded over to bim the bank. It is certain that in 3% B. C. Pasio was head of the bouse, which beeamo very prosperous and_important. Among his custom- ‘ers was thewoalthy foreiguer Spowmos, favorite of Satyros, "Prince_of the Bosphoros. The latter bad & commercial treaty with the Athenians, which was found mutually profitable, tho harbor of Pirzzos receiving largo quantities of grain from the Bosphoros. SOPZOS IIAD A EON, who wished to seo Athens, His father placed at his disposition s handsome sum_ in money, and sent bim to the Pirmos with several cargoes of wheat and other provisions. Tho young man was to combine busiuess with pleas- uro, dispose of the cargoes to the best advantnge {for cash, and {ry and turn a penny with the pro- ceeds on the Athenian Bourse. Ho had letters from Sopazos to Pasio, who, of course, roceived him handsomely, introduced him to the best society, doubtloss showed bim the elephant,” ossibly instracted him how to * fight tue tiger," elped him to sell his merchandise, received the procoeds on deposit, and _promiddd to put bim * on tho ipside track” of the most promising ventures of tho bank. After a few weeks of this pleasant combina- tion of business and pleasure A DISAGREEADLE SURPRISE 'was in store for young Sopmos. By the arrival of aship from home news was broughtof a revolution in the palace. Sopmos had displeased Prince Satyros, who had cast him into prison. His property had been confiscated, and Safyros was abous to send deputics to Athens to lay hands upon all the merchandise and money of the former Minister. The trade,of the Princes of tho Bosphoros was too important to Athens to be particular about such trifles. Sopmos Minister and Sopzos disgraced were wo differont pergons. In despair the son_of Sopmos consultod his good fricnd Pasio. That wily banker affected to tako the greatcst interest in his troubles. It was of tho first moment to the bank not to be called upon to pay up the monoy which it was turning to so profitable account. Pasio advised the youth to deliver to the deputies the unsold merchandise and such ready cash as he might have on hand ; as for the capital on deposit with Dasio, he advised himto CONCEAL IT8 EXISTENCE, and to declare that he hiad drawn the last obolos for hjs pereonal ex: - utures, snd was even in debt to Pagio and a_ other citizens for mon- eys advanced upon tue credit and reputation of his father. Paslo, for example, should pretend he woa creditor to the amount of 300 drachmaa; another friend would set up similar claims; alishould pretend the preatest uneasi- nees as o thoir advances. ks to this comedy, the deputics would understand that % vg:cre there 18 naught,. the King loses his, rights.” L'Hw eredulous forcigner was delighted at this advice, and chuckled to think of the f{ood trick he was about to play upon Satyros. He pressed the hands of Pasio with warmth, called Lim Lis savior, and deterthined to follow hie plan to tie letter. Mcanwhilo the astute banker was al- ready planning bow to become the heir of boti Sopixos and Satyros, 1T WOULD TE A STIAME to turn over to this spendthnift seven or cight silver talents (about $10,000), which could be so profitably employed by the bank. The young man, mespwlule, found himeelf st Athens very much in the position of a Rus- sian Prince at Puris, who, after having been feted and caressed by society, baving been & prominent figure on the Doulovard, at the opers, at the race-course, suddenly learns, and cannot keep it & sccret, that all his Ru property bas been confiscated. So that, Btead of being able to draw at sight upon his bankers, hois in danger of being imprisoned for debt. 2 A further peril threatencd young Sopieos, that of being demanded for extradition, and there was no telling what terrible tortures he and his father might have to endure. _ He determined then to take ship for Byzan- jum, where large sums were due his father, and he would run no risk of life and liberty. Before embarking he called upon rasio for the pur- poso of DEAWING NIS BALANCE, while thanking bim for his seryices. The baoker received lum with politeness, but with some embarrassment ; be acknowledged the debt, but it was not convenient to'pay at the moment. That _littlo ‘‘joint account” had not been closed, and it would take some Iittle timo 0 manago it toa euccessful issno. The client wasmore aunoyedat the delay than alarmed. He had too much "confidence in Pasio. But as day after day bo was put off by the same ox- cuses, bis_suspicions wers excited, Finally he sent two of his friends to Pasio, one of whom, Menexenes, was a citizen of Athens, Pasio now changes tone, and declares’ * that he does not know what is meant. - Ho had no funds of the kind in his possession ; indced, he never had re- ceived any. The stranger himself had declared to the deputics of Satyros that, on the contrary, he was in debt to the bank to the amount of 300 drachmas.” No other answer could be got from It was plain that Pasio had DETERAUINED TO AFPROPRIATE the greater %nrt of the gpoils of the unlucky foreigner. No legal causo of complrint existed. No receipt bad passed between the two, and the only witness was the young slave Kittos, who occupied the position of Cashier in the bank of Pasio, There wasno use in'citing this witness. Tho little comedy g0 _cleverly nrranged was o fatal bar. The robbed bad become the accom- plice of the robber. Even supposing & tribunal shonld compel Pasio to disgorge, who wonld be the gainer ? Tho representatives of Satyros would sct up their claims, and the young Sopios would only_be in worse odor with the Pnince, who very likely would revenge himself upon the fathér. All secmed to work well for Pasio, when an- other turn of the wheel brought an UNLOOKED-FOR CHANGE. Sopmwos was released from prison, and restored o greater favor than ever with the Prince, who bad even arranged an alliance between his own son aud the daughter of the Minister. No longer almost proscribed and looked npon as ong of those unlucky fellows against whom one may dare anything, Pasio’s client was once more the son of & Alinister, nay, the brother-in-law of a Prince. Time was the most indispensable thing now for Pasio to gain. He conld not bear to part with the money, whose use he found 8o profita- ble. The most important thing at the moment was to haye his Cashier, Kittos, sole witness of tho deposit. 1o some distent place, Thia beinz Archestrates, done, . the wily Pasio adopted a new schome. When young Bopmos called npon him to produce Kittos as a witnesss, he declared the. latter had Tun away, AFTER ROLFING THE DANK ° of the sumi of 6 talents. Ho evon had the hardihood to accnse ‘AMencxencs and his friend of heing accomplices, and of having receivedthe six talents, which they had induced Kittos to- steal. ' Tasio, we sec, was full of resources. Ho brings you: Sopmos and Mencxenes before ~the Polimarch (chief of police as to the forcigners in Athors). | Here he acts his part to perfection, and demands that the raseally foreigner should bp c! into prison, unless he furnished bail to the ount of 8 talents. Bail is procured, but the tables sre turned upon tho stranger. Instead of plain- tiff he found himself defendant ; instead of ac- cusing Pasio of theft Le had to prove that he was not a subormer and thicf himself. But Menexencs wasa man of action, able to cope with Pasio. He found whero Kittos was lurking in Peloponneius, and brought him back in'trl- umph to Athens. de. summous Pasio before o Magistrate, and demands that his slave BE PUT TO TORTURE. & Hero was s dilomma: Kittos, put to the tor- ture, would, doubtless, confess not oul7 to having seen tho foreigner make the deposit in the bauk, bué also that it was his master who ‘bad sent him away. But Phsio was equal to the occasion. Before the magistrate he declares Kittos to bo a freedman, aud 8o not liable to bo troated like o stave. Mencxenes pratests that this was only a pro- text to gain Lime. . o demands that Pasio fur- nish bail for Kittos, equsl to the sum ho owed bia friend. Pasio accopts, and puis up soven talents rather than exposs to torture the very Kittos ho had so_latoly accusod of being an sccomplice in robbing his bank of solargoa sum. Tittos was accordingly get freo. But Pasio wag in AN AWEWARD POSITION. He now pretonded that ho was pexfectly willing that Kitfos should be examined, and a meeting was arranged at the Templo of Vulcan. -The other side understood this a8 a permission to put the Cashier to thetorture, and the proper officers were present for the purpose, but Pasic now in- terposed, and said they might cross-examine him as much ‘as they pleased, but be wonld not allow bim to bo struck. The officers could only with- draw after cntoring a protest, while Pasio ve- hemently asscrted that he could not allow a faiti- ful servant to perish beneath the insh. Not'that ho bimself would wrong another; he was ready to pay, if decided agaitst him, Bul Pasio gaw that he had produced an unfavor- ablo impression. Perhaps it would be better to temporize. An ipterview with the son of Sopmos was arranged in a templo at the Acropolis. llere the versatile Pacio ASSUMED A NEW ROLE. Hiding bis faco in bis mautlo e wopt Litterls, :ilcclnr.e‘ gh;t l}x: never t:rflm.x.h.! Lave denied tho eposit bad he not been in great pecuniary straits ; eoon he would be sble to pay up; he implored his client to pardon him and to keep the matter secret. Allthe success of his Louee rested upon confidence. Shake that confidence, aud there was anend tohis credit.” The youth be- lieved his repentance to b sincere ; ho promised Pasio not to seek his ruiv, and loft it to bim to fix upon such time and mode of payment as would best suit their mutual interests. - Three days afterwards they met again, as be- fore, without witnesses. They agreed upon the following basis of settlement, which was to be KEPT STRMOTLY PRIVATE Pasio would embark with his client for the Bosphoros, und, on arrival, should pay him_ the money. If 'ho failed to pay, Satyros should be arbitrator, and if the Prince decided against Pa- sio, the latter should pay, in addition to the principal, a fine of half &s much more.” The terms of this contract were reduced to writing, and tho document itself, duly signed and scaled, committed to the safe-keeping of a third party— the captain of a vessel plying between Athens and tho kingdom of Bosphoros. As soon as he should bo informod that the torms of the con- tract were fulfilled, ho was to Lurn the docu- ment, Othorwise be was to deliver it to Satyros in person, 3 P All this appeared satisfactory. But Paeio did not find 1t R0 casy to settle with Meunexencs, who bad commenced sn action against him for slan- der, demanded that Kittos. shonld be put to tor- ture, and laid his damoges at six talents—the sum he had been obliged to furnish as bail. Pasio imvlored the young foroigner to induce his friend to withdraw his suit,, but ho refused to interfere. Pasio was in agony for fear Menexenes should bear of the contract, in which case all was lost, a5 Menexenes would undoubtedly expose him, So he contrived anelyr scheme. 1lo sncceeded in corrmpting ond of the slaves of ¢he Captain, and induced him'to STEAL THE CONTRACT.- For this he substiluted another contract, adroitly forged. This done, he recovered all his pristine impudence. To the request of his cli- ent that he would now set out upon the voyage, he coolly replied that he hed no idea of doing anything of the kind, and vosed that ho did not owe an obolos to this fellow who bothered bim s0. The stranger insisted, - whercupon Pasio demands that the contract be produced and read before witnesses. Judge of the surprise of Menexenes and his friond upon tinding s recoipt in full given by the strangor to the bauker! But one resource remained to Menexenes, if he did ot wish to lose bis money and pass for & calum- niator. He brought snit against Pasio for % FORGERY IN “THE FIDST DEGREE. 3 Meantime the young Sopizos returned hom without Pasio, who, however, did send his cashier and confident Kittos. . Satyros listened tothe affair as ropresented by the opposing sides, but declared himself incompetent to de- cide upon what had happencd at Athens. How- ever, to show his interest in the son of Lis favor- ite, he called together ihe Athenian captains and merchants then in port, and begged them totake part with him at Athens and not to allow the youth to be victimized by Pasio. He also ad- dressed a letter to the people of Athens, recom- mending to them bim who wns nbout.to appear before them, confiding in their justice. The young Sopzos roturned to Athens, and the case was tried before the Polimarch, and from.the rank of the plaiutifl, theintervention of Satyros, on which Isocrates dwells, the wealth of Pasio, the uncasiness of his partaers and of his clients, must have enlisted the public attontion in a great measure, Singularly eoough, TUSTORY 18 SILENT 28 to the results of the trial. 1t scems quito likely that some compromise was made, for wo find tho banking-house of Pasio & Co. comtin- wed rich and prosperous. Forty yoars later De- mosthenes says of him, without fear of contra- diction, *‘Pagio obtained public confidence—a rare thing and marveilous among men who oper~ ate upon the market and_trade 1n money, t0 ap~ pear at the same timo active and honest.” THE CHILD’S SLEEP. From the German of Edicard Ton Daucrnself. “The boy is lulled by mother . With sweetest souga to sleep; He will silow no otlier,— Sho must his slubirs keep. Horw can the rogu§ dlicover If sho remaineth nigh, Who scarcely from his cover Looks out with half 30 eyo0? Ah! there, without a trouble, Tn rosy rest he lies: Such peace Earth cannot doubls As sleep 'neath mother’s eycs, CranLEs NOBLE GREGORT. —_— A New Rampshire Hero. From the Loaton Journal. There is a true hero living at North Boscawen, N. H,, and his name is Jonathan Plummer. It will be remembered that in the summer of 1871 an old building ot that place suddenly settled 2nd one corner of it swayed over on the railroa track, The pssgenger-train was due in a fow minutes, snd this dr. Plummer, 8 young and active trackman, discovering tho danger, prompt- Iy seized an ax and cut off a post of the building, i order to swing the structure from the track. He accomplithed his purpose, aud endeavored to leap from his dongerous position, but was crushed and mangled in the ruins. In a moment the train, behind timo, swept by with its paseen- gers in safety. The brave eection-man. was found to have been terribly injured in his spinal column. and lower limbs, and to this dsy bas never been able to leave his bed. The Railroad Company has furnished a cottage at North Bos- cawan for himself and wife, and continue him at half-psy upon the section-roll. Mr. Plummer is free from pain only & small part of {ho time, but in his misfortuno he exhibits a patience and cheerfuloess that stamp him with the highest nobility. —Attention has been called to one of the meny pussages of Lord Lytton’s novel of *The Parigians,” whichmusthavebetrayed the author- ship had his death not caused it to be avowed. It is rather a singular one. Inthe second vol- ume the following speech is put into the mouth of Lemercier: *‘Love levels all ranks. Idon't blsme Ruy Blas for accepling the loveof a Queen, but Ido blame him for passing himself off a8 a noble—a plagiariem, by-the-by, from an Eoglish play.” No one except Lord Lytton was Jikely to accuse the author of “*Ruy Blas™ of borrowing from the “Lady of Lyons!” Both pieces, it may ba observed, were produced in ths 8O Year, 1638, i 0 EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY. Their Antagonism, ' and -the Causes Thereof. Some Speculations as to Results of the Evolutionary Hypothesis. k Christianity Préeminenfly an’ Evolution- al Religion. No Conflict Befween Physical Facts and Moral Laws, . -In the preparatory remarks to Prof. Agassiz's Lectures on tho Method of Creation, tho follow- ing remarks occur: “Later, when Science was raised above contempt, she became tho object of a dread almost as fatal to free defelop- ment. ~ Her boundaries fwere prescribed by The- +| ology, and limited by the generally-acceptod creeds. Indeed, this phase of persecution bas Lardly yet paseed away, I remdmber well, when a young man, being called before the Board of Education irNeufchatel, the town where I then tanght as- Professor, to be reprimandod for fn- caleating Infidel doctrines; and tbis because I did not hesttata to speale of Geology aa reveal- ing, spproximately at loast, the age of the world, and showing 1t to be far older than Church-creed bad snpposed. Theso 8T8 unpleasant recollec- tions.” e TIME HAS VINDICATED PRBOP. AGASSIZ ; holived to see himself adopted by Orthodox Theologians 2s in somo soft thewr Scientific champion ; and, now that he is dead, the relig- ious prees of the entire country hastens to honor Lis memory,—to praiso bis lifo and works. Yet Agassiz abandoned none .of his cientific her- esies, and, in the courge of his-life, ho taught mavy things, besides that iwhich called down upon him the reprimand of tho Jeufchstel Board of Education, traversing tho generally- received traditions of Orthodox Theology. The odor of sancity in which he scoms fo have died may be ascribed in part to the growjh of a more liberal spirit among Theologians, and in part to his refusal, almost alone of the emi- nent Sciontific men of the day, to sccept the theory of Evolutionas at this dsy developed ; for this now threatens to become a Theological bele noir beside which all others will be dwarfed into insigmficance. It is true that late yents have seen s .wonder- ful change in the attitude of Theologians to- ward Sciéutific investigation. From s bitter op- position to any interpretation of the phenomena of the Universe at variance with the accepted Theological interpretations, and eomotimes a determined persecution of the bold investigator who ventured to proclaim a theory, or even & fact, controvening Theological tradition, we have come to witness a readiness to accapt the resuits of Scientific inquiry, and TO ASSIMILATE THEX with previouslyrreceived Theological doctrines ; and this change bas been wrought within & com- paratively fow yoars, Scicnce is eomctimes represented a8 dttacking the strongholds of Theology, undermining them one by one, ahd foreing ‘theology to retreat withiu narrover aod narrower bounds ; but this metaphor 18 a false one. Truo, Theology once covered the wholo fleld of haman knowledge; but it was o very uarrow field. A trae metsphor would be to say that the Scicntists are tho little band of sappers and miners, leading the way of haman progress. After them, and sometimck a long distance be- hind, comes tho big Theolojsical army. Evolu- tionary hypothesis can bardly b aaid 1o bo es- tablished upon » firm bosis a8 yet; but already the advance-guard of " the Theologic:d army is upon tho fleld. Daring tho fall and winter, sev- crat books Liave appeared _bearing upon the re- lation of Revelation to Evolution,—~the latest attempts to Teviso dogmas, and to bring them into harmony with facts by stretching them npon the Procrustean bed of Scienco. Not alone for the sake of the Theologian is the death of Prof. Agassiz to be deeply deplorod. The theory of Evolution has been fairly stated, and ig not lacking in able defenders ; 1t is much to be desired, in the interests of Truth, that it should bo examinod, aud ita weak points Fased. by opponents’ as able. Prof. Agassiz's carning and candar,—abave gll, lis familiarity with the results of paleontological researclies,— pointea to him a8 one peculinrly fitted to handle tho subject, and give it an ablo and critcal ex- amination. Now that he is dead, it is doubtful if thore is any ano left to take his place. For once, perhans, Theology and Science may clasp hands over one grave, and mourn a common logs. Ttis idlo to deny that an ANTAGONISX EXISTS BETWEEN THE TWO, - The Scientific_method is the antipodes of the Theological. The Theological method of train- ing is eminently calculated to unfit its recipient for the pureuit of Truth. In general, it consists in giving the student certain premises; which he is told, in the langusge of Dr. Holland, ate 4 questions above rcason,” the verification of which it is, thereforo, useless for him to at- tempt; he is rigidly confined withio cortain pro- ecribed limits during his couree of study, which consists mainly of tho methods of defending certain dogmos and formulas which his particu- lar sect bas adopted a8 & creed; sud withal he acquires tho habit of mind which leads kim to regard bis utterances. 28 ex calhedra, however paradorical they may bo, becanso derived from unquestionuble authority. In brief, the Theolo- finn looke backsard for Truth,—the Scientist ooks forward. And, although the sttempt, as beforc-men- tioned, has been made to ““reconcile” this latest product of Scientific investigation with oxisting ‘ITeological interpretations of the phenomena with which it deals, thoro is a MANIFEST DISTRUST OF 1T, on the part of tho greatbody of Theologians, which the lapso of time will most probably in- feneify into positive repugnance, 38 the vast menoing snd application of the theory are un- folded. ~ Dr. Dawson, of McGill University, de- clares that, carried to its legitimate conclusions, it is subversive of Theism itscif,—aithough it is difficult to see by what method of reasoning hoe has arrived st such a result; and thers can be little doubt that tho universal eulogics pro- nounced upon Prof. Agassiz by the religious presa mark not £0 much their admiration of Lis fife and labors, as thoir approval of his antago- nism to the * trangmutation theory,” as he was fond of calling it. ‘What is there in the theory of Evolution which ‘runs 8o counter to what Mr. Herbert Spenser terms the Theological bins ? In the beginning of the world, God made man, say the Theologians. An Evolutionist would probably say, In tho beginning God made Proto- plaam,—from whence, Man. Poesibly some Ev- olutionista would omit the refercnce to God ; but all Evolutionists aro not Atheists,—probably _very few are; snd, to those who aseribo the va- ried phenomena on this _earth to a Power above and bevond our sensual cognizance, it seems primarily a matter of small importance whether Mnn is the prodact of sn instant creative fiat or of the long-continued evolution of lower forms of lifo; and the Atbeist,- whether looking at man ns the type of & specics unvarying sinco its first introduction npon the earth, or tracing Diis origin through varions stages of lower or- ganisms, is brought face to face with THE ULTIMATE QUESTION to which, at last, no better answer has been iven than that of the Bacred historian : * God reathed into man's nostrils tho breath of life.” The theory of Evolution, then, does not menaco the fundamental belief upon which all Religion rests: the belief in a Firat Cause, which we call God; but, if sunccessfully eetablished, it does threaten the destruction of the greater portion of tho vast Theological edifice which rests upon this foundation. ‘Next in importance to ths belief in a God may ‘be ranked the belief in tho immortality of the soul. In point of fact, this is the most impor- tant factin any syatem of religious belief, and one which has exercised the most powerful influ- ence in the conduct of life. It is mot a belief compatible with any theory of the preserva~ tion of tho essential elements of humanity in the mess, o0 be recombined and redistribnted in apurer foom,—but & belief that each human individualizy, from the highest to the lowest, once introduced upon the earth, is imperishable. This it is that separates Man from all otber ani- mals, hoWever near they may approach to him. But ‘the Evolutionary bhypothesis- of Man's Jescent, —traciag him, by the light of Embry- ology, tarongh a fish-li8 and s reptile-like stage. and 80 on, up to mammality,—s0 far from regarding Mah 1 sbove and beyond tho lower animals, declares that he islinked to them by the most indissoluble of hereditary ties, The ques- tion then ocoura ; Bince you deny a eoul to the lower animals, at what stage of MMan's descent from them & DID IE ACQUIRE A EOTL ¥ It may aleo be noted that Evolution supplies an answer to another vexed qvestion which has fur- nished food for speculation for ages past, namc- iy : Whyis ‘evil permitted by an Omnipotent Creator to flourish in a_world of* Ilis creation? Mr. W. B. Greg. in hia suggestivo little book, Enigmas of Life,” solves the questiog to his own _satisfaction, at least, by concluding that God is no! Omnipotent, but is doing the best He can by the world. Tais is not o conclusion like- Iy to meot with wide acceptance. John Stuart Mill, looking at the samo question, conld not be- Jieto that an Omnipoteht God of Love and Ser- would pormit 80 much sin and sufferin to ex- ist in the world, and found refugo only 1o Athe- ism.” En passant, it may be remarked that those who believo that tho lifo hercafter is a state of progression, throuzh which Man will ultimately arrive at an estate of pnritg and holiness, and balievo also that God could kave made Man un- changeably puro and holy at the outsot, are nec- esearily bound to accept'a . COMPEENENSIVE SCHEME OF EVOLUTION in the Moral Universe. Toth Mill and Greg apply to the question the common test, that the welfere of Man, imme- disto or romote, i the end aimed at ; but Evoju-, tion euggests a different oue, May not Man himself. be but a factor in some Divine schome of which we have no conception ? May he not bs merely & transitory figure on the world’s stage, destined to ho superseded by some animal a8 superior £o himself as he is superior to his ape-like ancestor? 'There is, perhaps, con- ccit enongh yet in tho world to prevent this the- ory from moeting with instant acceptance; but, to thoge who are forever restlessly turning from old creads to inquir, ‘“Wheuce snd what sm I, and whither is my destination ?” this solution is confidently offercd a8 covoring the whole case, althongh it may not smt thoir pocnliar cast of mind. 1f man isthe prodactof unoumbered evolu- tions of lower forms of life, what warrant have we for belisviug that the process is now at an eud ? Ages hence, when ho shall bave been, with bis Civilizations and bis Religions, obliterated from,, tho waorld's bistory, the infinitely superior beings who have succeeded bhim will dig up hia bones, together with those of the orang, the gorilla, tll:e, chimpanzes, and the gibbon, and classify them AXL A8 EXTINGT MONEEYS,— nover perhaps dreaming of the vast differonce which ono of these monkesa once assumed to separato him from the others. An argument somotimes bromght forward by those who belicve that the method of Evolution is God's methed, is that the 1dea that all the forms of extinct life which paleontological re~ searches bave brought to light have perished utterly, leaving no representatives bebind, is not copsonant with the idea of a Divine Economy in Nature, If their descendants do not to-day ox- ist under forms chonged to adapt them to changed conditions of existence on tha carth, a3 it posses through ita successivo phases, then it would seem that therehave been many instances of croative fistsin thenatureof mere exporiments, phystxcnlsln;:ts must bo wrong and neods rendjnst. ment. 8o far 83 wo can sec, everythi to believe in tho i ) IARMONY OF GOD'S UNTVERSE. It is to bo hoped tho day will s0on come when every new discovery in Science will not bo de- nounced as subversivo of the foundations of Rs- ligion and Morality. Whatever perishes, the Trata will endure ; and, whenover the Truth be. comes an unsafe guide 1n Morality, wobad betier invoko anow and more thorough' delnge upon the human race." ¥ C.c. E TO THE CIRLS. Some Advice by & Woman, which, afier a trial of longer or shorier dura- tion, have been abandoned. Such a vigw is, of course, incompalible with the attribute of '‘Omniscience. This reasoning is very plausiblo, butisitsound? If so, how sball we explain something that is going on before our own eyes—tho gradual E EXTINCTION OF THE RED AN ? The Indian race is manifestly doomed to d'e out at no distant day; and, as it does Hot ss- similate with any other race, s fow generations after tho last Bed Man has perished will suffice £0 obliterato whatever slight impress may have. ‘been made upon !mn'i\‘u:%J races by contact with him. Wbat officc was his upon the earth? What necessary purpose has he subserved? What indisponsable portion of the Divine Economy has 1t been lus to fulfill? What is truo of the Indian is probably true of all the inferior races of men. "Contact with Caucasian _ civilization mcans ultimate ex- tinction for them. This seems to be unguestionably tho fate in stors for the aborigines of the Sandwich .Is- lands, Capt. Cook, less than ,» bundred vears ago, cstimated their number at 400,000,— s pumber now reduced, by oue century of Cau- casian civilization, to less than 50,000. The history of the Sandwich Islanders since tho civilizing process began upon them fur- nishes a CORIOUS PRODLEM IN ETHICS. Inseparable from the mature of gur Christian Civilization, and taking root along with them in apy pew soil, are the civilized vices. Inthe case of the Sandwich Islauder, tho vices soon dominate. That is equivalent to saying that Christianity, which caunot be dissevered from * Civilization, caonot furnish to its couverts among the inferior races of men weapons to snccesgtully combat the vices it Las, in a meas- ure, sssisted tp trausplant. It moy be ques- tioned whether it is desirable tointroduce Christianity among such a pecple, if it 1s sought to justify it Bpos. plea that it is for their bene- fit. Ulumately it extinguishes them in totq: and some of {ts immediate effects are fraught with such dieastrous results that it may well be donbted if théy are connterbalanced by any benefits as decided. For instance, tho aimost promitcuous intercourse which prevailed among the Bexes may or may not have been in contravention of Divino law, as civilized and Christianized Nations hold it to be. At any rate, its evils wore purcly moral ones, and, a8 the natives reasoned, wholly unconsicous of any infraction of moral law, their guilt, if shey were guilty, remained unpunished. The adveat of Christian Civilization among them, while it did not sufficiently impress thom to obliterato this abit, or evilif you chose, entailed upou it a punishment bithcrto unknown: the physical, deterioration of the race,—a fact attested by’ every observant traveler to the Islands. But the theory of Evolution dogs not confine iteclf totho Pbysical Universe. It suppliesa meothod of critcism in History and in Litera~ tare, which must, in the end, prove -+ 'DESTRUCTIVE TO MANY DOGMASAND TRADITIONS now passing current, which owe their currency, ina great weasure, o the fact that their origin is atpresentlost in tho obscarity of tha past. Once their origin is shown, and their placo assigned in the Evolutionary process of the human intellect; and especially when is shown tho constantly-recurring similarity of its phases among bodies of men widoly-soparsted,—their inevitable tendency to ovolve substantinlly the” same mental products of fact and fancy at sim- ilar stages of development,—aad your once sa- cred dogmas and traditions lose their force snd drop into oblirion. : Some one has aid that the history of a nation is the history of its great men,—History thus becoming a mere thread upon which suppositi= tions pearls of biography are strung. Undoubt~ edly this is the theory npon which nearly all thar histories of the past hava beon written, and aa undonbtedly it is destined_to bo euperseded by the Evolutionary method, in which hero-worship will play sn infinitesimal part. As s promise, Dbut not perhnEa 18 5 type, of the historics of the fataro, may bo token Mr. Herbert Spencer's “Descriptive Sociology,” as applied to tho his- tory of England. ‘The Evoluttonary mothod of study has also been applied to the history of roligion, but in an imperfect manoer as yet. ~Nevertbeless, such works as Max Mnelle’’s **Science of Religion shov the beginnings of an iaquiry into & fruit- ful field for investigation. Man, in all ages and climes, hns been an animal dominated by a be- lief in Something powerful for good and evil, ex- 18ting above and beyond him ; and, according to the stato of his progress, has constructed o theory of his relationship to the unseen Power ¢ to which, under varying forms, ho has paid worship. . Buddhism offered some striking par- allols to Christianity, both in ita teachings and in the lifo of ita founder; but Duddhism, Mahometaniem, Confucianism, aud ofber re- ligions which now exert o powerfal influence over millions of thp buman are, sq far a8 we can see, destined to meet the fate of the In- dian ; the process of Evolution will drop them out, a8 . APPARENTLY USELESS PACTORS. The dominant religion of the dominant races will, in time, send thom to the wall. Christianity is -eminently an Evolutional religion, and the e ia a atriking record of its progresa. No religious belief bhas ever vet crystalized into a permanent form, and none. ever will. The radical error of Theologians has aliways been to assume that sach » crystallization had taken place, and hence to resist the inevita~ Dle tendency toward a natural development in any religious system,—s dovelopment only in harmony. with all other progress. ‘That the process of Evolution in religious be- lief is not suspended at the present dsy, must be patest to every candid observer. The most striking proof ig the sttitude of the Orthodox Crurches on the question of ETEBNAL PUNISHMENT. From having been, but a few yeara siuce, al- most the corner-stona of the Ortgodox edifice, it is held by o tenure g0 uncertsin at the present day that it exerts scarcely any in- flucnce. Oncs the staplo ingredient of every sormon, there is tmow a manifest disposition on the part of the clergy to shirk the issue it presents,—to glosa it over with smooth and meaningless phroses, all pointing unmistakably to its entiro abandonment sdbner or Iater, Lhoth it will retsin ita place in Theo- logical formulas long after it bas ceased to have a0y hold on the people. % A physical fact is a3 sacred as s moral law,” said Prof. iz ; and it may be added lhat there is no conflict between thom. Any' svstom of moral law which traverses cloasly-established Susan vs. John. AN OLD LuDT's ADVICE.— , John, s me, for I am oMer than son are, or 1 ;u‘l‘&n":mn& mother. Never do you marTy & youns woman, John, before you hava contrived t0 happen at the house af least four times before breakfast. Youshould know how Iate sha lies iu bed in the morning. You shouid take €are'to surprise her, £0 that you can sco her in her ‘morning~dress, and observe lier occupation when she is Dot expecting you, If possible, you should bowhers you could phainly hear the mormiing-consersation bee tween her and her mother. If she s ill-natured a0d snappish o ber mother, 50 she will be to sou, de- ‘pend upon it."—Wazerly, Profound, truly; particularly the declaration that the old lady is older than her son, or cha couldn't be his mother, Good advica it may be; but, girls, how are you to become enlightened CONC! NG Joux? Orareyou to takeit for granted that heisall right? Terhaps you consider it a matter of minor importauce that you shonld know about him beforchand. Secing hum three or four times beforo breakfast will nob Lelp you, should you attempt to investigete. How can you find out his disposition and habits? How are you to know whether ho intends tosupport you, or whether he has planned for you to gain a liveli- hood for both? Perhaps he can almost tako care of himeel?, and you may help a little. 1t is generally understood that each takes the other for batter or warse ; surely neither should look for or expect perfection. Even woreit pos- " siblo to obtain, who, in their sober eenses, on mature consideration, would for a moment wish it? Who could abidg - 2 A PERFETUAL REPROACH ? Who would not willingly — nay, gladly—seq such treasure take to itsclf wings and fiy away— to Heaven? . * Now, 80 long a8 Susan cannot follow John to Hhus haunts, in order to gain information in regard to Lis habits, mode of life, and varions other lit- tle items ; cannot tell whether the gallant and affectionato lover will wear tho boads matrimo- nial right royally ; does not know whether tho frot and worry of ‘every-day life will develop no- bler traits and loftier aims, or if, on the contra- 1y, that shall prove bat dross that she connted gold,—why should John's mamma be go anxious for Kim to go extlyin the morning in order ta play the spy on_Suean’s movements? Why should he not take lus chances as well as she ? Now, girls, my advice is: Should any such person show himself, on any such errand, at our kitchen-door, at the break of day, and find you the very quiniessenca of neatness, your face covered with smiles, and hands with biscnit- dough, all things favorable, and should he, his vieago aglow with satisfaction, signify that +¢ Barkis i3 willin',"—or, in other words, ask you to Em him,—turn your back to him at once wil A DECIDED 0. . He will make a seliish, indolent, parsimonions husband, who will, io all probability, be asking, three -months after you are married, if ol soonor, ** What in the world has become of that pound’of sugar I brought home & month and a half ago?” or, *What did you do with that quarter of a dollar I gave you nst week " He will overeeo "the kitchen-work, have his fingers in every pie, and weary you with his everlasting talic of ‘wastofalness and extrava- gance. In fact, such men s John make tho ery worst kind of husbands ; they TAEE TO MEANNESS NATURALLT. Many of both soxes are deceived, it is trus; nor can it, taking human nature iato accout, ba otherwise. Tho result is, some go through life with bewed heads, and hearts full of bittorness; while others, if possible, profit by the divorce-" Iawa; and others still elope forthwith, @ i frec- Jove; and thus it will be 80 long s the world standa. ' A sorry stater of affairs, I admit; but who,is to be consured ? : ” e old (Serpent, or Evo? Not Adam, of course, becanso * The woman gave untome, and Idideat” . Answet the question as you may, tho facts are the same; and, if either gex is o be deceived, disappointed, and duped, I prefer it_should %o the ropgher ond. Thoy easily throw it off; they go out into the air and sunlight (and Gods blessed suulight causes many & burden to bs more lightly borne); they mingle with thoir fellows: business-mattersdivert their attention; and they are usually not g0 crushed (thers ars excoptions, it is true) that they caunot enjoy their cigar, the club-room or saloon, or, it is just possible, the society of some interesting lady- friend, to whom they look unutterablo things, or at least those not lawful to bo uttered nnder tho circumstances, and sigh as they think of *what might have been.” - Tut, girls, if you marry one who proves indif- “forent-to you, whozo habits are bad, sud whoss soul is small, and you find yourselves neglected and uncared-for, . WHAT CAN YOU DO? Why, wait upon Jobn, caro for the children, sud g0 through a Monotonona routing of duties with s heart fall of pain sud every nerve uo- strung (and how these little daily duties sting and irritate when tho soul is cryiog out for rest!), when one would fain bury her face in her bands, and think, and weep, until at least com- parative quiet comes; until she can look upward with tbe eye of faith, and feel that “Jesus knows it atl.” ¢ _ Do not be in haste to,marry, nor fancyitia the ‘main road to happiness. Thereare but too many itfalls in the wap, that are not discovered until it i8 too late to retrace ond's steps. There are ¥ MENX WITR NODLE S0ULS, X who live pure, unselfish lives, and who will ehield their loved ones in their strong arms, 20d kold them in the innermost recesses of thew learts; who disdain not to show their apprecia- tion of little kindnesses, and irr whose presencs there is no restraint. Littlo golden heads are pressed to the cheok of auch & man; tiny, dimpled hands stroke Lis lair; even babycrows a welcome. The wife docs not look askance to see if husbsodisin ood humor; too well she knows his untiring Fove. The day's golden hours aro when husband and father has come. Upor. such men, bo they Peer or 'possant, Nature has set ber seal of royalty ; but such & ono never in his life played the part of spy or eavesdropper. Bbware, girls, of these Johns, and nevermany for s home. Be independent ; CIIOOKE BOME VOCATION ; be workers,—gelf-supporting. Pay no attention to all this talk about being good homeckeepert, por be afraid to say that you do not understa it, it such is tho case. Walk in the plain patho dty if it he dircctly throgh tho valley of Hu miliation ; do not shirink ; light will como byan: by,—a change for the better; or, mayhsp, k8 work considered a burden msy snon prove @ soutce of delight. i 1If, housework be the duty nenrest to you, doit by all means ; but, if vou are permitted achoice, and talents and inclination lead yon into a0 en- tirely-different path, do not besitats, nor bury your gifts in 8 napkin, io order to fit yan.rsel:; for the possible contingency of being. elect housewives for John. Make the mostof ]!:El!" Belves; do right in tho sight of God; be faily persuaded in sour own minds; sad each-of yoU 18 A POWER IX YOURSELY. 5 Yo are now bearing many self-imposed bn.‘r- deus, which help to defeat your plans for e fulness. Remove from sour hesds some of the numberless supertluities that have long weas! them; be content to wear shocs with but afea Eonable amount of heel ; if you wish to walk 08 gtilts, do not have them in any way attached & your ordipary dress ; and, above sll things, sboj= ish—or, if that bo impogaible, st least loosen=? the corset, eo that you can breathe _{r«u}r 9 this, and you can think snd work vith £286, ¢ rige highér and higher in the vocation yoU ‘:,‘ chosen; and never fear but the place you B} will be yours when yon sre prepsred for it. God made you girls to be b FREE AND HAPPT aye, a8 free as the freh, wild wind,- that 'd:.rrl ders where it will,—now through the deop, forest; where grow the ferns and the Tily-bellsy ‘ and snon over the flelds of bright-bloasomi clover, bflea]!ing and e((:lh;oring all'in its Wy type of full, unfettored joyousness. Do not be tempted to marry s John, w_ll:lo ;‘flg deprive yon of this freedom,—one who wil e sou to sink your individuality into his ovn joiie row-mindedness. Remember, s life of chi g self-reliant effort is far better than to ‘bob‘: o appreciated, neglected wife, snd, if it . gofl‘ Tt to mate with one of the ucbler type of T youare the butter fitted, by Provioubyeihy self-austalced endeavor, to sand bi‘.-hh % Jige's oon! Moy, O, B BAxDa- [ ———————