Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 27, 1874, Page 11

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUND u: i ENCLSH TEATERING-TLACE. an American Woman Saw at Broadstaivs, That 3 Cockaey. Theory of. Mosquitoes--- - Livisg in Lodgings, T Whife Clils” aud the Sands—Lively Seenes at Low Tide, g Brifons Bathe---Scantiness of Their Bathing Costumes. r;g{:l Corresy ce of The Chicago Tribune. 7 LuoapsTares, Eag., Aug. ax well wonder if it be a rational ia- - eemerely 2 Llind subserviency to fahion, eade Londos, at this season of the year, 10 i feclt Tpon 1l the seaside places near at 25T\ the rest of the year, save theso two ~ s of, sumiscer, the homes of London seem sefoctablecnough, withdaily calls from butcher, Fae, 15d grocers wich purery, dining and Varog rooms, grown by mso 1o Gt without B iing or triction, o the ins aad outa of tho Tty pecde: with 2l the groores of domestic bt well adjested to familiar cbjecis. All the - save in July and Augmst, Memma looks D sceatly upon ber darkinga n, tho fog ard ie of London, snd maies no complaint that {2 coniined stmocphere of town robs hc'r child- garden of TOEES, and plants enow-dreps in thew %ed ANl theso moaths, Tepa views Lis ofl- s seldgm ottiermars thap by gaclizht, and i its delusive glere is convinced that H_\‘g::r:a. Loids hizh court in Losdon, and tbat bis clul~ foen ste er espécial pets. B no soomer do tho lengthened dags \og Paps eud . dinner DY daylight; 20 pouer G0 COStErmODZCrS CIY their wilted door to Goor; O £ooner emer-wares from tocs the famous, or infamous, Londan fog fold 1 teat like 2n Arab 20d silently steal awaz; 2o sooner docs the water grow tepid on Lhe din- Linteble, and o claret to taste too much ©f tho funchine,—than both papa an mamma begn to ralizp that iv is time . *FHE CHILDREN HATE A CHANGE. 6f cagrze it is the children who need & change, . ead, of course, £s Mamma lays awar, a:ine bottom of her capacious boxes, the little Thireteen £uiis, the tvecds, the casbmeres, the gmudsl;c.flannvls thst are s requisite upon the English sea-cozst in summer 8 are the pret- 1 hollands, tEe cambrics, ‘aud dainty musling, st aze packed on top, £ho reaily believes, with- out otbt, that it is becans ket babes are fadiog Lze Mre. Browring & pallid factors-childron, that f¢ femily, must £t to tho sca, s2d perhaps iaves quite out of consideration {ho fact tbat Lar nsighbors Liave il joined ti:e annual hegiss tythe watering-plases ) ) So, with pupa’s yearly vacation, the com- fosablo, Loms is. desested; the butcher bekesr, end exccer, drive lazily past the closed chutters and boited area-gates, where ersl tiy housemsids_stcod to coquette and lo foke in the family-supplies; the bot sun puiss his radiznt floods dovn upon stove pare- 1nents, where not long ago passer jostlad passer a3 if space were onls 1o be gained by siraggle, buy where now a footfall ‘eciroes. for the lznzth of 2. square. London takes on 3a APYEARANCE OF POVEDTY AND £QUALOR even in its *swell ™ places; for only the bog- g, tho street-sweeper, the oo ~driven fadesman, the poor seamsiress, and the needy Giszurb the vast eolitude of the desertad and all the world i3 away,—ibe aristocracy country-bo ¢ ontbe Continent, srs LonGou, dizports in the raly vaves 3 I e, Margate, Lroadsta boraagh, the lele of Wight, and Fol of Landon whouw necassity pins to aa ssing ronuice of: labar in the cisy this sum- e inously joined wn an outery ua- tbis ingales coantry, where the bric? and 41co fervid summers 4x0 not conducivo to sthing even femotely resembling a tropical ef- i Inhabitants of West- 5 Cai wthose ko havo never drified away, casi or W, from tho white clifi lof Eugland, It seema es if otr American * familiar,” the little temiug devil who makes our days of anguish ouz Tighik devoid of ease at home, fiads an cricarein Celight in the flavor of the juicy, wine- 3 faored Reitieh flesh : for wo oceasionally sco zerzomers from. Londen 1# this sceside place b3 lock ea 1¥ ther Lad Leen eerved-up ak =xegpiiobaiGuets, till osly Lashed and Laggled frgments of the feast remain. titre than once have we seca CQUENEYS, MALE AND ILMALE, @m0 the sea for their holiday, in gor- s new riiment,—the masculine portion in woweers and nobby jacket, as if jast from Lard’s covers,” bat really fresh from cheap STtk city: the feminive stuuning in Rodeas bag percicd on & Ment Blane of bair, wiba lreiy of bisle trimming, and s madness of golladots, with the inovilablo eleeveless ke of tiis anmimer's fashioa-books, and the Seristiny of promiment front. teeth which Exis the vulger Epglieb-femina from among i s, 2nd which is the favorite 2 ¢ ensemble to the French tariet —~who looked as if only partially Smrdescent from virulent small-pox. And, 2%i2g peeh, we bang our heads axd hush the t2dsof ourvoices,—not £0 much in swe of feicdeliy and wonderfully mado object, o uuer on his vacation, =3 that we may I3 temy ourrelves as_ représentatives & e land of. the free and the howe of the tae. Tor once, 25 we stocd on tho pier, look- St orerbe still sea which glittered 1a the Size, with only so niuch of motion as miyght 3 3 wmlanl’s slecp,—looking over the azure s atroes which Jay 8 midznmmer-glory of 10 tbe pea:ly Lerizon, where 2 dim livo of galer. oullned tho” French coash—wo Leard o Leadoners converring, and in their converss ot 09 loving mention of car beloved doodledom. 5 edhe of the monstrous studs and efully-waxed musizche, **Las your spoon ssne von with his teeth?” “Teo-hec- SaF tusmered the of tho golden-dved hair : ! &3 yiheside, ehoming her povine incicors, Nn;}x‘nghumcumenbh jet chains as she a5 lsn:‘lghmy *epoor” umhdm gt, it's ey eay Americans have rougbit ff.“;hglmd. if it wasn'u bad enough to b i _uk_:els Lere, Lut we must have their § kaeters 10g 1 ke balitues than either of its moighbors, 3%ve mad Marmate. 1t 8 pn\mu!l:zed by T ome of distinction, who prefer retire- uvhiz:figmmre;, and eafe and agreeable megolibg for their children, to tho noise and P 26 vulganty and ostentazion, the cheap :’-_-,.4“’.d the cogrse gayety, of the other nex- Liis a placo of corsiderable antiquity, B Gecreced a century ago from 8 place of | Gerppomacs to sa ineigaidcant fsbiog vil- a3 O BIO% again, within the last few years, . S 10%n of many bendsome residences, with | . g Mot news-rooms, agsembly-roome, ho- 3 e i Tebtaurants. and everything necesearsy % $4 qcfort of sicitore. The original name of wh'se s Dradistowe,—meaning & broad et ~thongl: why shat nsmo should be 1% 3 banlet where every street was ;| ;- ¥at 3 lane where two. carriages could b3 =1 . 4 fl;fi;ho;h sides of the way 2; once, it quite 3 e finite underetanding to discover. Dur- di G - this town was a favorite resort ! g sracterieics that he admirably Ly wonaen .21y pumber of Household Words, &g Pstering-Place” are those that bis nily wEiFeate perceptive faculties, and his ¥ ff:‘,‘?’hllmor, picked out from among Rcclurities of Broadstairs, tdosn from . Londen (Londonis al- urir of 2 Logland, no matter from what Bt Lh6'country the bearings 2ro taken) 3Y, just as the city wes wWaXing warm \2Iind s of one of our baluy May “RAmeria, We rejoiced in @ :‘s.: TENDER l.un, 3 ’ it, felt oureelves buoyed up an <ay20rted 'by it. Wa throw up onr veils & Jight have ‘more of it, and breatbed b, itations “of it,. a8 1f it wers balm and o3 W@ lrames. racked and worn with the &k tervia and fngid, of our Western Eat, s we exulted in the sweet sum- “d friende 7 intine & Ifade panting avd fainting in what ld the " fearfal b to ece them ! ¢ 2 1 Fi2 8 2 time, and where an jnebriated John A UpiRel o were ustonished to see our, partiog with every article of superfluous raimen mopping their crimson faces and obing s lodge somewhere where breozes blew fresh from an iceberg's creat, till.we made up our minds that the acientific axiom is quite controvertible, that heet is a positive and cold only relative ‘term ; for what i terrific hieat to the English eeneation ig no heat at all according tothe Amor- ican idea. We reached the town, which lies upor the coast of Kent, between 70 snd 80 miles from London, just as tho sun had virapped itsolf in opalescent clouds, while the eastern soa was growing pale aud gray in the first shudow of tho sweet English twilight. Our firet quest was for lodgings, of conrts. A pilgrim 208 a ftranger in an- Laglish town al- ways goes sbout.with eyes blind to overy other eight than bits of . pasteboard aunouncing “Apartments to let;" for thethorough Englisn man seldom vexes himself with country botels, nor with boarding-houte infelicitien, but sets up a temporary vine-and-fig-treo in lodgings. 'This fashion of living in lodgings is asailadble for a person who tarries bnt a night iv a town, as well as for ono who makes a longer &tay; 50 that a traveler seldom finds a hamict xo secluded that signs arc not pleatiful of invitation to lodgers. _LIVING IN LODGING to an cconomical tanrist, las_some advantage over living 28 a boarder, 2nd some disadvantage. The advantage is, that one can live morocheaply, buying only Just such food. in juet such quanti- ties, zs is desired; the disadvantage, that ono thus livesisolated from the social life of the community, 2nd =0 falls to absorh theinfluences, eocial, artistic, Literary, and uaticnal, of the lifo about one. . We thought thero could be 0o Jack of lodgings in Broadstairs, for the most striking features of thio town 1o us, a3 we drove io a ly domn toward the Parade,—tbe Delgraviaof the town,—was the multiplicity of showy brick houses, looking,with their Lrackets and molding of dark stone. liko stately but rather overdressed woman,—which, with ‘widc-open windows, people lofling upon window-gills and lounging upon baiconies, bad £ho undeniable look of lodging-bouzes. Bt wo found that the heat which had canged London to bLoil over upon all the other sca-coast towns had caused much of it to reach Broudstairs, So it was ozly Y DINT OF MANY INQUIRILS, of much driving to and fro in our kired fly, and rucoiny up an alarming iudebtedoess to our Jehu, that we finally found a pretsy sicting-room 2ud tvo bed-rooms in the most (ashionabls block in thio town, where we ostablished ourselves. For these rooms, simply but prettily fornished. with our food cooked and ~ served 10 us, we pay four gmincss and a balf a week, with four ghillings and eixpencos a week for kitchen-work, threo shillings for tlhe washing of table avd bed Lien, avd whatever we please besides as tips to the servants who wait upon ue. Wefind that, to live comfortably as we_desire to live, tohave a3 good meat, fish, {ruit, and vegetables, a3 the Euglish marke: effords (and that is wofully less thau our Chica- go markets, furnish), we supply our table~for fwo ladies and two children—at an outlsy of £2 5.8 woek. Ata rough calculation, thercfore, our expenses at a fashionable English watering- place a weel are abont $35 in American curreacy for our party ; ana the rader can compare for bimself theso rates with thuse of our American summer-resorts. Of course, this does not in- clude wincs, nor claborate pastries and desserts, euch as the American epicure demauds and finds at hotels, but such moderate fare a8 suits those fihullm\‘c Detter uses for their morivy than to eat it 2l Yrom our windows we bave a full view of +the Sancs.” Iu America we nime that same territory - beach ;" but, on the Lentish coast, he earth’s slope to the tea is not a8 with us, by s shelying, pebbly shore, but br a broad etrip of nothing but_ yellow sand, stretching cu: to the zea from the Toot of THE WHITE CLIFES that gave England its name of Albion. Tacto white cliffs di-appoint at first an American wont- ed to ure's asgnitude and majesty of handi- work at home ; fur they, at least on the Kentish coast, are of height inferior to the Pictured Recke.ot. Supesios, or even tho bold blufls of Ibe Missieeappi, £0 that they. feom quite_an- worthy of their plaze in histocy aud soug. Dus, upou €ccond thoughts, oue remembered that tieso chalk-cliffis do not hold their place in _bis- fory and poetry by reason of their size ; and ho feels tho old romance return apd hover about them in lds fancy, a3 be remembers that theso white landmarks Jured tho Roman warriors on to do their work in the founding of o nation that Las made ~0 much of the worids history and poetry. Down through the oft chalk of the ciafl is.cat s circuiar tunuel, in which are built fhe stono etairs which ace the ouly mieans of communication between the shore aud ke world at the top.of the cliffs. #Thege Sands,” when the.tido is out, are dry and Dard, yellow as Pactolian Fands, and streteh- ing for a full quarter of a mile to meet the blue, lapring waves of the Germac Ocean. This enore is the raslying point st low tide of ALL fUE LITE OF THL TOWN,— the gay cantre toward which converzes ail tho warnith and eparkie of the eocial life of the fuciyating population. . Peaple come to the sea- eide for thie 6ake of tno sea bere in Drondssairs : and thas they intend to devote themeelves to an intimate, even though ephemeral, acquaistance Swith i, i= evident Dy the persistence wth which Which tbeF hang upon its skirts. When the tide in low. tho narraw streets of the town are de- serted; the shops beve - only mow aud then s castomer; a few sentimental or gouty individ- sunter Liatlesely about the Parade unon op of the cliff, aud look over the railing the tiny goai-carts an tbe shadow of th upon the seuds beneath 1 cartiages. are_motionices in the bigh buildings for want of patronage; | the * wide-open windows of the tail lodging- Louses are void of the many bai Tength figures that ornament them at high tide ;. the Lalcomes are empiy; and sltogéthier thy town cems fallen into @ eudden somnolen The Parade runs slopz tho brow of tho c and hero, at high tide, is transferred all the animation of the town; but, when the beach proves wide euough, and the ez setreals far enough, the whole town SEERS THE 83T i Here Papa comes to read lis paper lying full jength upon the watm eand, under the shelter of an umbrells, drawing a little, oy meens of the Times or Standard, upou -the vital currents of ihought and acfion in_the world, while given over to the dolce far niente of a summer-vaca- tion. There Mamma comes with her eewing, and otlier mammae gather with ber, tifl the com- pany seems broken 1nto sewing £ccieties or con- mitieca on the public morals. Here como Tobby, Charley, Tommy, Dick each with wooden spade and gaudily-painted buckets, to go through each day with the hesculean labors of {he. day. before,—well-digging and castle-build- ing in tho softsand.” cre, t0o, comes nurse and baby, il hitle ones lying aboutan the shoro, dressed and undressed,—some drawing ou Dottles of milk, and some_on their own thumbs, Zare as plentiful as cherzics ia July. Iereslso comes Miss Garafelis Gushington, to flannt 3ud flirt with the young swells who come from their dip in the sen with drooping mustaches and Shnk Jocks, but with no briuy dilution of their admiration of the pre.y belles of Jirondatairs. Itis A TICTURESQUE SCENE at low tide, this upon which we look down from our windows, but not at all such 28 reminds us of tho glitier of life, the glory of costumo, and the swoetness of beauty, ot our own watering- places. The eca-coast Keutish towns do not blogsom out, even during their bnef *geason,” intosuchi s tropical laxuriance of style and fashion as ¢ Drighton, Scarborough, aud Folkestone. People come here to throw off care, oven tho care for appearsnces; to breathe the el air: fo face the bright sun; to grow brown, and conrse, and bealthy, asif to draw upon Nature's bank for supplies of strength and vizor for the reat of the year. So thev pand most of the day in moruing-dress upon **1be Sands,” returning only to the houso to the 2-o'clock dinpor; then 10 the afternoon-giestas nest to a promenads upoa the Parade; then to supper ad 0: to music and conversation for an Lour or two: then to ihe arms of the benign &pirit who Lovers moro Jovingly sbout the mights at tho seaside thao anywhere elve in tho world,—ihe sweet messen- ger of pesce,—slecp. During the forenoon, Slmost every men, woman, and child ia the towsn gocs into tho scs fora *dip.” And it seems to Sie that nowhere clse in_tho civilized world can be more complete abandoa than at an Lnglish watering-place. 2len, women, and chuldren BATIE rnnuxfioquI‘xoanm:‘x’g‘— ep wearing nothiog in the water but 3 ecrap :w‘;nsn}:;mmt. thsp which Adam’s fig-leaf must have been of more geaerons dimensions, or he wonld Lave chasen rose-loaves ipstexd in bis in- lial experiment in_tsiloring. Women weara kingle garment, low in the neck and short in the slecyes —so wuch mote abbreviated in length than their own statnro that one in the water sces littte else than dashing of ‘white limbs 83 tho sea-nymphs. float,_snd ewim, for _the English Somen aro_ capital Oceanides: while childrea, oven girls of 8-aud 10 spatter agd gcream in the Siinyalement, clothed oply ze Nature clothed thers when sha;sent .them forth unon their life- Dhgrmage. Modests 18 b o diecouat in tho water, and- I find- mnyeell continually wondering I peoplo who makis such a completo surrender of delicacy in ome element can-win back again any proper degreo of chaste S wonder that English Womenia our coun:ry congemn our maids and mattoza 28 prades, and think them in bondage to 2 ‘meretricious epirit that is not modesty, but squeamishness. For the Epglishwoman makes such lavish displaysof Teserve mpon aa- her person =il winter in London gociety, with her decollete dresscs, snch an _exhibition of her limos all summer at the scagide, that her masca- line acquaintancos must have as intimate knowl- edze of her fleshly contours as of the marble outline ot the Medicean Venus. And ehe ber- eelf must almost cease to remember whero mod- esty ceases and immodesty beginz. THE ENGLISH FASHION OF DATHING has one great advantage over ours: * The bather does not wade into tho sca, tho cold water rsing higher and bigher by degrees about his bods, and driving the breath almost out of the Jungs by tho continued shock. Here the bather takes a plunge into deep water; no shock is percoptible ; 2nd the diver coraes to the sur- face s wonted to the chill-temperature, ax happy eod buoyaut in the briny clement, as if 3 whale wero Lis_father, and all the fiches of the sca eaid, “ ail, brother!” In England, bathing- houses upon tho shore are unknown. A curious concern, called 5 bathing-machine,—which is s wsmall Liouse on wheels, fitted with seats, s small mirror, & few pin-cushious, and multitudinous books for discarded garments,—is used instead. This machine is drawn into the water by horses, and, standing with its tloor 5 feet from the ground, is wlhen it is drawn out as far a3 is safo, deep’ enough in tho water to give the bather opportunity for » deep plunge. ‘The sliort, bottomless 'bag in which the nymphs dis- port, and the nondescript garment in ®hich thoe merfuen splash and spatier, aro donned in tho maclune; then the bather unlocks the rear door of thaark, and,if bold encugh,—as are neatly all of tue Broadstairs habitucs, male and femal —jumps 22 once ivto the sea. If, however, * 2 A TIMID DATHEE— as I regct to eayis oneof the party of thosg who thrill at sight of the Stars and Stripes, and who swear by St. Chnstopher Columbus—comes to the sea with insptlicient perva for a dive, a strong ropo is provided, and fasienod seeurely to tho top of the machiné. The timid ono grasps this rope tirmly, with terror on her pale face and desperation playing the auvil chorus with all her pulses,and descends tho'steepsteps of themackine 1010 the water, inch by ineh, with oll of the ehock to tbe system, all the heavy inipiratione, the deep gighing, the sarill shrieks, and the bitter repeutance for haviyg been such a fool as to 5o bathing, that are concomitants of our Aunierican practice. When the bath is com- Dleted, the sigzal is given to tho driver, who waits upon the shore. 1o at once rides iuto tho water on horseback, and fasteus his bLuree to tho lumbering vehicle, which, with much eXort and splashing of briny foam, is drawn_ashore, and the bather comes forth, clotbed and i his right mind, to pay bis sixpence to the bathing woman, and then to dally on the beach, content to heap sand, one handful over another, an hour at a time,—30 quietly do the vital tides tlow in 1otus-eating life at the seaside,—till dinner-time. Ou the summit of ona of these snowy cliffs whers the slope to the ses makes tho émerald verdure to bave the soft sheen of velvet iu the sunligit; on a lofiy heigut, exposed to every witd thzs biows, stands . A SOLITARY STONE HOGIE. This house has blossomed over with bay-win- dows; balcomes ruu to aud fro about it, as if the old house were some massivo tree-trunk on. which agriculturs]l parasites must grow; monsirons chimueys riso from the roof like grim sentineis keeping watch on patapets; whi & dense mass of ivy wreathes it, xs the idealizing ivy bides all uncomeliness Lero in England. "Thiis house it let every suauner to visitors from London or elsewhere ; ko, for two months of the vear, tue windows are aizme with cheerful light ack evening; the bay-windows and bulconies are radiant with the shimmer aud gleam of woman's dainty rament; the halls resound wish merry yuces; and tho lawn shows fair women and Bbrave wenat croquet, bowls, and in tho precty pastima of _cuquet from morn il eve. DBut, when the dars Lave lost their wummer splendor ;. whea tius ses growe gray, the vistas eomure, aud. the sumosphere chull, the Louse is left alone. Then tho windows are boarded mp; the garden-giutues aro covered; the ruetic chairg are removed. Theu the bleak and bitter wind waila and slrichs about its many angles, % down its’ dpep climueys, aud woius, with the sad lameut of the wintry sea, m every crevice aad coraer. Thew the gray stone house looks woluily melancholy 2nd swit- ten as if with a blight; then it is iwpossible to find a teuant who will occupy it even reat free, for the scarching wind cannot be kept out with ever to lavieh use of coul. Then The fow strangers wiose busincss Lrings them to Bioadstairs 100k over to the desolate, wind- gwept £pot wich interest, but scldom wend. their steps thither, but the angry minds baffet them and the fierce sca-air siing them for their over- boldoess. Iu tlus bouso CHARLES DICELNS once shut himself up from the world thrangh the wild winter-mentbs, that cne of his lotyr rtories might ripen from bis fancy ivto fruii for the. world to pluck. From these windows ote may faucg that Esther may bave gazed with solomn exe upon the wystery of lifo and cter- nity symbolized by tho yearowg, restless, en- treating sea. - In this houss must yet be tno Growlers, -for . the hand of change has not touched it since Diciiens immortalized it a8 » Bieak Houze.” BerTua DAYNE. Phinme, 2 man tul; v] And runniy ‘Once, in a moment of Liind T: "Tin true, temptation like a whirl ‘And pleasing voices whixpered, But, when the deed was dune, Was goe,—his feel were deep ia slime? Tet still God's Goepel, ling'ring on his lips, ‘Camie to hs peoze In the usual voice: To Liim %twas but a voice. His soul, in pensl deeps Louna by his secres, had no right of chioice. Ao Phincas groaned bencath the li L lived, Tlirongh many sickencd doy and burning night, Tatil Lis lortured soul, chafed sore and overzricved, Gathered 3 wail aud eried to God for Light ! And God, to whom none ever cziled in vuin From the sincerity of anguish, sent, Through visions, born of sle¢p and mental pain, "A stern, just Angel, with His covezant. Poor Phiness, tossicg 1n a troubled sleep, Debeld, impressed as answer to his prayer, “Thewords: Repsnt ! Confess ! in livid letters creep Alopg night's wall of darkness, everywhere. And, risin at bis bedside like 2 fame, “Tile Angel stood, with etern, upbraiding ese; Anil yot it frowning flashes went and came— Tiicss God i—o'er l2mbent depths of char And thus a voice : *O Thinear, much beloved ! Thy #in is great, and deep humilities Thy *oul must pass to havo ts stain remoTed.— Tiven the edge of Holl, with all ita mserios ! « Thipk not that other volco than that of pray And free confession, e'er can ret thee right : For sins like thine work outward to the air, And lezd with peison whispers of the night. s4Thon may'st not preack the cursed thing awax, 1Ven from the Juiman sense of cye and ear : The corpse will be the croakiag raven’s pres, Duried, however decp, in gossamer, #Bat, o the helping hanils of God snd men, Thysclf mauat givo thy #n for burisl, it grief, snd tears, and prayer ; and then ‘Huipbly condemn thyself in efght ef ail. “How could'st thou fisunt the pure, white robs cf Truth, Day uttering speech to Day through thes, While of fhee Night to Night, 'mong maids aod youth, Taught ecandad and such sile impurits ? 473t s not brave to hold wifh brazcn face, To questioning eyes, & AhIniog lis in sight ! "Tis brave to speak the troth ! The fiend, Disgrace, ‘Siulks from the soal Lid open to the light ! W& Hezf, Phincas, what God #aith to thee : Arisel Confers thy sin ! And, all hereater, words Of thige, with double meaniug, right and wiee, ‘Skall stay thu Wrong like two-cdged sworde. + Thy datk envirenmente are tests to ehaw Tho strength of truth in thee, However dire Thie rdeal, speak the truth ! aud mea will knawy Thou hast & eunl well tried in hottest fizé ! T passions of wesk flesh My Grace forives, Bt not the willful sius of souls that lie { What the sous does, forever. liks it, Lives For,peace or torment 1. Flesh was uale to die. #Repent?. Confess! Conirstion from thee now Wauld hie 3 sermon which who ever 4 Could pever preach, snd thy experience slow ow Trath redeeineth from the edge of Hell I This sald, the Ancel ynnished. - Suffering Ihineas 82w, With inner vision, by the trailing Uzhit He left, Old Sinai, Scriptural Mount of; Lag, Groaning with wrsthiful thunders,—black 3s ni ght, ed Like a polsed fate ths ocking mozntain se; “Bending above him, theatniug orrors dires TWhilst, topmost 'mid its erowning lighiningy, beamed The broken Law.in words of bivod-red frv. tans the Angel, on'tho Heavenly rezd Naw far returned. flashed wange, and Phincas’ eyes ‘Beheld the City of the Living God 3 But, far above if, weniling peaceful skics, na And all its betlemented reach of gold Was-thronged with fives bathed fn prarefal ewe; hile Phiness heard: “ Hep. hine the truth (7w foid,—~ : For Truth alone can snalch him from the Law 17 Then, dszed with glory, Phizess waked, Toeun, arisen, = Flooded his room with young and vigorous dar: * Before that usy grew 0.4, hrs decret, ont of Lrieom, 7 Was drownad in £0as of grief——~uut he waa fzc e e -AIRS Appeals for Sweof Charity’s i Sake.- Occasions on Which There ‘Should Be Ko Seetarianism of Fecling. Opportunitics for the Study of Character. N The orthography of the English languzge has been the port, s well as stumbling-block, of forcigners whenéver they have aftempted’ to master its difficalties. Tt presents itself to us now ig respect to the siecial subject which wo wish to broach this moruing. Tho word “yam,” whether nsed 28 defining expositions of indus- trial art; ‘as’a mezns of opening the purses of tho people in bebalf of somo charitable institu- tion or sectarian furnishing; or as applicable to that gentler sex who. whatever their physiog- nomical disproportions, ‘are courteously tkus entitled; or, with & different epelling, consti- tuting a subject of frequent differenco betwoen man aud map,—it is cqually lisble to Liave ita meaning misconstrued, as any otber word in the English language,—spelied the same with dif- ferent mozanings, or spelled dilferently acd’ pro- nounced the same. Taking its differept significations, it scarcely seems fair that, when ono bas paid the extra fare demanded by the 'bus-proprietors for bring- ing people safely to thewr own doors from tho theatres, he should be landed in a sand-bank several tlocks away from his destioation. How that 'bus-driver got out of that Twenty-ninth strect sapd-bank on Thursday night, is a m; tory known ouly to himself aud bis balky horses. It would bo fairer to the passengers, howover, if he avaids, for tho future, stroets that are just being paved. g However, it is scarcely that speciall deficition of the word we to discuss at present. Neither aro wa inclioed to go Geeply into the merits of the Greek, Itoman, Anglo-Saxon, Ma- laysian, African, or zny othier type, pure or com- posite, wuich may generally bo suppared to Le that sabject which aone but the brave are said to deserve. 3 E 1t i8 1n that acceplation in which IT GENEBALLY APPEARS LLFORE US IN THE WINTZR SEASON, when cburches peed new orgaus, carpeis, or other furmehings, or possibly 2o addition to {he structuro itself. Theso gatherngs, bLowever, only affect certain individaals in the communi- ty,—people who keloug to that.pecial congrega- von or denumiuauop, snd who, while, the no doubt attract some outsiders, do not look for that esrncet sympathy with their individual caure which they would claim bad ths cause for wluch they are working s broader siguiticance. Occasionaily, bowever, the wholo.pulse of the naticn beats in unison, as in the case of those immense bazars which wers originated for tho benefit of the Sanitary Commssion during oir lato War. Every man, woman, and child responded then: and, whatever might bave been the diffeing political seutiments of the people, their geacrous impulses all sion,—showed themeelves in the same B mauner, ‘While we all hope that a similar need, demand- ing the mmultancous. action. of an eu- tive people, may uot scon again erite for us, gtill no year passes without bringing be- fore the public certam charities which raise the sympathios of all. For thicse, ‘whetlier they Le 10 help the sick or the poor, tiere can bo X0 SECTARIANIE OF FEELL: Such causes as these, no matzer w: auapices they may be first £tarted,-appexl to tho universal heart, the nmveeal purss. ~ The j.oor must be fed and clothed; tho 'ick must bo healed; and, whatever mcans is tukien to pro- cure thia necessary funds for these purposcs. no nurrownes3 of fath, .bounded by certain dogmas, can be aroused into saying, I have no interest here; itis pot my church or soctefy.” With capets, and organs, and ewsplices, and roers, sod other matters of that Lind, 1} ew of tbe matter might be received aud aceepted : bt thore who' profess to bo Clris- tians manst accopt the poor as & leg- acy to cach avd all of them,—while those who aze cutside of tue vale, =t least if; lacking in §enera5|tr, must view suy abatement of the evilsentsiled by a mass of people cut of woik, is desirable from s pohtical staudnoiat. Itisall very woli to say that wealtir and lax- ry make no difference when sickness. kiepa it &ud takes pussession of the human frame, rac ing it with pain, burning it up with fever, or i it with egue; that “Madame Dill- ionaire jon' the - Avenuc euffers as much old Meg’ Cbiffouicr down in Raz Allev. It is the merest clap-trap in the worid, and the peopio who advance such opinions know i to be. Ark Madame how ebe would Jike to be taken from her lofty, well-ventilated, properly-heated apart- 1gent, with all its appointments of easy chairs, lounges, hair-maitresees, comfortable sprivgs, and quict, gentle attondance, aud placed ona acraw paliet, in a crowded tenemeut, with dia- gusting smells' from stagnant drains, no one to cata for_her, no proper food provided, ministered to only Ly ixnorance, not infrequentiy by bratal ity. “*Ob!” ghe will answer, ** Linever was used 1o such » life, I was Lrought up so_differeutls. Of course, I couldn't stand it : but these people DON'T ENOW THL DIFTERENCE.” : Tene, many of them do not, for Lhe 1o chance todo s0; bat There s 3 Reaper whese name is Death, And, with Lus sickle keen, | X0 rewps the bearded grain =t a breath, “And the flowers that grow betreen, And this same Reaper kuows™all about it. His harvests oro rich amoms thess people, and, though tbe flowers he zathers may bo nothing more than those dandelions and dalsies that you 106k upon as worthless weeas, still even they Lave their allotted place m creation. They at leasi nave a natural right to be here; for all exotics, Whether human_ or floral, are the. result of r whiora ave had civilization and calture. e knows™ all sbout the bearded 'main, loo,—rusty, mil- dewed, perbaps,—not worth eaving, 1 Lo baughts, self-conscious assertion_of that Tipe cereal that hias grown on highly nutritive soil to full perfection. ' Lut supposa it1s left. to droop and rot where it fails, until tho . infectiod arising from it approaches that wholesome grain, and taints that,—what then? I3 msy be that 2 little timely attention could eave that grainm— could vitalize it, remave it impurities, and, if it mighit not become tho basis for superfine flour, gtill make of it wholesomo straw—would not even that be better thani to let it fall where'it etands, and decay? 5 £ Ttis'for theso little, weedy flowers. for this coarse grain, that Charity appeals, to 'us. Sho urges that tie cut-worm of discasd should bo de- gtroyed before 1t bas killed or bliglited this com- mon but necessary vegetation. Science is doing its best : but, while money 18 power, the weakest must go to tho wall: and. iu . tlis” sense, the poorest are tho weakest. Ignorance will despise {he rovelations of scienca; poverty must, por- force, fight for existence in the shuns. If here Evolution has full play, and only the strongest and Gttest are spared, still even theso nceessari- I often come outof the struggle in & dilapidated condition. That this does not tepd to the ywholo- some preservation of, the rece is too palpable to require argument, aod if 84y meang can be af- forded by which this imperlect result MAY RE LETTEDFD, those who are in.a.condition to ayail {hemscly: af all ecience can advaace in their beball ough to be bappy in reudering any aid to make suck means possible to less-fortunate icdividuals. So, when sweet, Charity comes to us, 8nd .begs for food for the poar aod hospitals £or tho rick, the civic, not the political or scctarian, palse iy touched. To be eure, we kiow that,doctoss dif- fer : but 80, it may cqually be suswered, do’ pa* ticnts. Soma prefer those medicaments which witty physician once. said _wers. intended for orking-peoplo. Oikers Jiké to be washed and muade whole with & euperabandasce of aqucoud Hoid and 3 vezciarien diet. Others. pin their faith on to **yarbs,” and undergo a martyrdom of nasty decoctions-for their faith’s kake. Others regard blue-pill as the Alpha and Omega of cure;.while others, still hat¢ much and profound faith in eugar of milk, if proper triturated. VWhat ape's opinion 13 jm this r spect is altogether a personal matier, and merely adlects the commanisy &t large when 00 - pros ‘posal is bronght beforo it to =id suffering hu- mabity in some of . tho many ways they beleye i.. Lt is for this reason, thep, that any chazta: Llo imstitution, which proposes.to relieve. (his same suffering humanivy is . worthy. the. gea- erous responeo of tha' enotize public vhed it colls for aid. Yon, my dear friecd, may. beiieve that. ¥ goal, cao . only _be asved through an endlra faith in the tenst of infant dampation,.*infantsin hell only s epan long;" or that, if. you. extend: the gjzht hana ef Tellovship to asy one outride of your own closo Tittie body of commpai ts, ou will have taken | a stcp on to that broad way that le c to Gestruction; =od you may equally believe that tho lifo of ‘yous body can only be preserved by drenching "your ‘stomach with drastic com- pouuds that you would not let fall for the world on your “marble table or bronze ornaments, or even put into your old-fashioned preaerving- Lotule. Still, if sou will not les othera save their 8quls except after your owa privato paitern, you t Lielp them o BAVE TEEIZ BODILS aftor any epecial’ formula they may desire. In fzct, solittle is really known of the scieuce of medicive, excopt by o study of its effects, that any institgtion which offers to the poor wretch suilering in poverty the aids which cieanliness, ventilasion, and’ judicious nursing afford, is worthy of the support of tho entirc commanity. “That such an appeal will be made ue this win- ter, wo biave slrexdy been forewarnad; and this takcsus back to our origioal muttons, which must be derignated “ Fair.” Itisin bebslf of this much-abiired institution that we bsvo a word tosay. Tho scx who aro mot generally Enown . by ihis title are wnt t0 inveigh against i Tost bitterly; ‘but let any body of them have a particular ax to ‘grind, and you ma7 Lo sure they will at once at- tempt to calist the ladies to turn this particular grindstone” {of them. ¢t the ladies usually respond both heartily and generously, redounds infinitely to their erodit, ns they arg yery certain of being sbused most 'heartivy for it. ~ Chacity Tarely appeals to & women's’ heattin vain. Sho knows she might svear out hor lungs,snd’ bank- rupt ber husband in shoe-leather, iu attempting 2 mere raising of funds by appealing {0 the bo- pevolent susceptibilities of ** the Dray She calls on old Skinflint, and hesnaps his purse togetber nnd puckers his lips closor: “Iais very eotry; but, really, business dull, motca «auo, money tight, bauks refusing dixcount, and &0 on, ontil, disheartencd, the Fair turos away with hier hopes rapidly einking down into ber boots. She canndt manage cld Skinfling that wey, but 3 SITE ENOWS WHAT SIE CAN DO. There are liberal **.Braves” who will help tho Tair to organizo ways and means. ‘Thero sro Women whio wers not born Suxan B.’s, but whoze mission may simply eeem to be™** to suckle fools 2nd ehronicle eall beer,” but moet of theso are availsble a8 belp toward the grand echemo. Thero .are pleoty.of voung girls willing to diversify flirtation with fascy work for a claritable purpose; others. who can only .give their time, bat, who .are glad .t0 ibo able in this manoer to help stong any worthy cause. 'To their more affluent neighbors is given the privilege of purchasing materials which thoso deft but impecunious fingers can _readily trans- form into objecta worth twenty times the cost of the raw material. Iu such sn organizationovery oua may find her propor sphére. and the chanco be given her, at least once in ber life, to show what she can do. . Thuy, throngh generous, un- siinted offort, the Fair is arganized, and tho re- calcitrant, who bave inveighod againet it, flock to it doors. B A “T'am not stire that it wonld not be a good plan to open a Fair for ladies only. Shouid 1t bo attempted, there i=n't "a mother's son of them who wouldnt eend . wifo, mother, daughter, or eister, to fiud out what it wag ull about,"and reportto the mon- curious masculing eéar, evén if it didcost a pr penny. Tor a kex disclaiming thst pecnliar characterisne, they. costainty show & remarkably intense desite for iuformation. Ifowever, after all, like children they prefer spending their omn meney & 50, acceptivg the Fair upon its usual plan, what A STUDT OF CHARACT is hera afforded to both sexes. Here old Skin- flint, for very shame eake, must open his purse a little wav : aod if when fairv fingers ooce get in, if they. keep it nncloeped. until thev have grasped tbe Jast dime, ot is_ all the better for Lim, for tiis class of man must needs be treated like the bird who can sing and won't: he ust even be made to. Here, too, the girl wbo has dreamed some youth is all her fancy has painted him, has a fair chanee to discover what his real natnre ! i Doos bie lavien bis money with a prodigahty that betokens the spendthrift,—let herbeware of i 3eshe invest in every lottery, and watch ifl-concealed ¢agerneas,—there is lood in hiis veins, Does ho invesi 1is money in.aloud, pompous, boasting way~— woman's_ wronga will probably ery out for worsan's riguts in thai household. Does he dray the frastioral currency or nickels trom his pocket awif each one was securcly fastened thore, she hiad better look out for proper setflcments Tefore marringe, and potlimit her trouseesu. Lie quiet, polite, libexal without prodigalizy, un- ostentations, gente.—let hor say + Yes” quick, for he is indeed o racn ovis, and she may never Jook upon his like again. i He too, in his time, marstudrher. Issheloud, naixy, impor:iunate,.—~1'd none of ber if I was him. I Iively, full of whims and coquetries, but ptiil reavonable with all her contradictions,—the cares of lifa will sober. her scon enough. Sao, %00, in & dilferent was, 6 open to a8 many tests of character as he. Therefore, when sweet Charity finds work for many idle bands, let us tako our widow's mits, open our Rothschild's purse, or ecud our Lenox cieck, aod STUDY OCR NEIGOZORS while we bestow our pennies or dollsrs,—finding out how much worse they are than we are ourscives, and how, ‘much we bave to bo thantful, for that .'wo ase mot as other men,—joining tozsiher for the nonce, the Pharisce, aud the Samaritan, the bolier- than-thou and__ the . lelping-the-neighbor. Tt will benefit both him and ourselves phyecally. Ha will reap tbe reward which shall bo gained pecuniarity and edministered for his bo ing, and wo will secure that healthy aig \hich mmmst paturally ensue from the serene relf-gatisfaction that shall accrne to us from finding out how much beter we are than every- body elso; and we hall bo sure to do that, every one of us. for, until tho end of time, wo will carry our neighbor's faults in 2 bag oo our Dreast, where wo can eeo them, and our own on our backs, qmto ont of our own aight.A e “ RARIQN.” (It Refugto 3ine, Sorthern Mexico, 1874) D, nd sepselers n his Foue and eprawling on b~ Mofe like brute than any man, 1y his grest pump out Cf geals Lay tho peon enginceri Waking only ju; to bear, vorbea . Angry tones that called hin nama, Outhaand cries of bijtes nlam Woke 10 Licar all thie, and, waking, “ To the man who'l bring o rme,” Cricd Tntendant Harry Lee,— Harry Lee, the English foreman of the miac,—* “ Bripg the sot alive or dead, 1 will give to him,” be aid, # Fiftcen hundred pesos dor, Just to seo the rascal's crowa Underneath this becl of miu Since bt death Deserves the man ¥ e it vice or want Stoj Leed, ‘the purnpa thal ive 8 hréath; Stops the pumps thids suck the death From tho poisoned Jowcr Jevels of 1Eg orie answered, for acry ‘rom, the shaft rose up on highs And shamiag, turabling frota below ‘ame the miners eacl Lolder JMounting on the weaker's shoulder, Grapphng, clingicg to their hold, o Larting go, As ths weaker gasped and fall ¥rom the ladder to the will, — T'o the poisoned pit of ke "Dowrn beloss ¢ ‘0 the mea who sets tuam fre. * Cried the foreman, Harry Lee— Marry Lee, the Englieh foreiun of the mine, — ¥ Hrings tkem out nd scta 1o xee. I wll give the man,” raid Le, “ Twvico that sum, whio with Face 1o face withs Death skall (e, Let him corae who dares 1o hope w1foid yaur peace I” some one rej nding by the foreman’s gide erc lias Gne aleady goze, Th Tien they, held their bregth wilh awe, | Yulling on ths rope, aod £a%. Fainting Sguses reappear, On the Elack rope awinging clear, Fantercd by some #kiiifnl band from below. Till a corn tha level grined, Axd trat one alope rematned,— « itc the hezoand tho lasi, “ 1a whore skiliful hand made fast Thelong Lne that brought them Lack ta hopeazd cleer. Inggard, gasping, dows dropped be At fhie fout of Hatry ¥ errs Lee, the English foreman.of the mine 1 haxe come,” he gaspod. *10 chilm . . Tothrewarda. Senar, 8y namo Js Ramoa ! 1'm the coward,. e felf over, by that sign 2. il Dead as stone. —Bret Harte in the Octoyer Atlan: ————————— - " irwwo Chickens from One EEZs . * A ben belongivz to Mre. Dolin, living in thé perzbborhoud of Ltingweod Mills, Chester Coun- ty. 2., stole a nest apd batched “out a-dozen ickets. When found sbo was trriag 10 per- £uado thrée’ more ezga in hernesi to broduce chick Oise of theso eges was broken and was found ‘to. coutsin two littla chickens, ons white.znd ona black, ecparate and well formed, but dead. The egy was probably doublo yolked, 200 the, resnlt Tn this case is_oppoved ‘10 the Fenenat- opivion that Guuble-volked eggs elways produce twin chickens united together. THE CRINKLETON MYSTERY. From'Cussell's i, Oyr grotesquo teapos was 2u acticls decidedly ugly. weasing s permancat and disagreeabls grin, and with 3 kind of soako arrangement for han- die and spout. Tue gentle associations—tho day's labor done, ¢he drawiag in round the fire, the family cifcle, with tho cheering and not in- cbriating results—scem wholly incompatibla with the uso of such an article; axd tho spectaclo of the amiable fiaia poured from such s vessel by gentlo hards, almost 2 paiufal one. 'But I would not part wich it for any money; it is hefd jo at- fection like a cherished heirloom. Yet it is dam- aged—indeed, from tho neswork of hnes and eracks which covers it, oven en unprofessional could sce that it had been *emashed”intos hupdged pieces at least, Soit bas. Ounedayit got a fall-was dropped—z2ad Iay on the floor, sluvered into = heap of fragments. The restoration, deemed impossibla at first, wag uadesrtaken for a large sum of imoney, which was paid with delight, for that fall brought about what you are now going to hear. 1 well recollect tho day that my dear father eecured it, and whea he said it was **a unique.” We could ece no beauty in'it, although we tried Lard to'doso; and, a8 to its uniqueness, we rather thougnbt that was an advantage for the world, azd for tho spread of tasto. 1le wascon- sidered a geaeral enthusiast, this Mr. Crinkle- !.Op‘, #nd, a8 I once overhieard a brother amateur whieper 2a bis fricad, *likes particular ssucer —all cracked and mended,” and, though I should not £8y it, etill the conviction began to fome itself on me of late years that; from aver-devo- tion to tbis puravit, he had grown a little odd. Not that ho wae ono of the recklegs, wastefol amateurs, with whom collecting is s passion 23 impossible to be resisted as drinking, and who devour aud swailow eversthing with- & reckless craving. e had the most surprising taate and judgment, and it was admitted that the choicest and mosb valuable portion of his colicction had been gathored very cteaply, when he was a poor man. ButIcanscol bave been sssuming a good many thinas as known, which thero bas not ‘teen time to tell. 1, who have now the grotesque teapot in my bead, and am reluting thin story, waa bis son,— a son-that worshiped him, and sympatbized with what friends cslled-his hobby; though 1 frankly own I never conid nnderstand how this plate a8 precious, or that jug was raro, or this “bit" of Palissy worth more thau the number of sovereigns that would cover ite surface. I confess, indeed, 1 had a feeling, bat it was one of repulsion, for those brown lizards which kept crawling over the green plates. However, he understood these things, and I dia not, though he often offered to teach, or Tather iuspire, mo. Gradually the house -began to il with thege treasures, Corner shelyes acd cupboards appeared, and were crowded. Cab- ineta became choke full, and the fame of the “Crinkleton Collection” begen to epread. As is usual in such cases, pablic: opinion was_divided, ono portion of the community Jaughing at and pityiug that poor man who was wasting his own mnd the family sub- stance in A Jot of ecrockery and gailipots; he other. lookise knowing, nd eaying that 1o old Crinklaton " knew well what be wes about, apd would, by-and-by, sell the collection for ten times the amounct 1t cost Lim. It did, indeed, seem lkely—for whatbhe had. bought for a few ehilliugs Be w28 now offered pounds. I was all this time whatis called **a liutle thing"—a pet, dividing the afcction of my father with bis other treasures. That constitut- ed onr united family—I finding new relations cvery day, in the shape of china dogs, Chelses shepherds, Dresden beauties, and Toby jugs. Oh, the Lattersea enamel snufl-hoxes and wine labels! the tea urns of rara i}cz\lin !—but I must leave this subject, or I shali never get on. One day, bowever, thero came 3 _surpriso, not to say & shock, for me. That quecr little Crin- Lleton, as the neighbors and friends would call him, bad brought some new trexsures snd corios- ities. Alas! = step-mosher and ber daughter. 6y wero very dosigning people, ind, I believe, frightoned bim juto it. Ho was ehrinking and timorous ; ho would nover have had courage to guch a echeme into execation. Thence- forth hegan s pew and, for_me, a terriblo life. They brought no.moucs with them, though he was persuaded that Lo wes doing what is catled *n good thng.” Thiey very svon convineed him of the contrary, Twvo taore rapacious spoila:s could not be con- ceived. Every momentin tho day they wero makingan inventory of * the property " about them with a questioning eve. An order was gternly set forh that all buying was to bo given up, and that * good money " was no longer to be squandered on'rubbish. Yet it could bo scen that with ap extraordiuary inconsistency, they watch- o1 jealously over every article of the properts, counting them, aud taking good caro to “ascerlain their value. All " our lifo in that louse was of a middea changed. Our poor dear father seemed to shrink and cower away under this despotism. As for me, I felt that ail happiness was gone, and tha¢ I was living in a priton under tie cbarge of jailers Aany were the little furtive walks he took with me—1 being no older than 8 ar 10 years—when o would make our way guiltily to_the narrow lane or street, ta gaze at cunosities which he dared pot purchase. It was miscrablo for me, whose band was'in his, to note his wistfal looka, and even more miserablo to see that this was but'part of his' euferings under this slavery, which grew more eud moro galling every day. 1t was oo one of these occaions that we spied the grotesque teapot. The sight brought the color to his éhecks, for he had nothing of that pattera in the cgilection. It was exposed ina poor. mean litt]e den—nat a cariosity shop at all —a Find of huéksler's place. “Ifero the teapot was offered with o view of fiuding some pur- ehaser who would uso it for the purpose of mak- ing tea. He was enraptured with 1t Ile could av least ask the price. Four-and-sixpence— Sorth, ha sald, 5 guineas, and would be worth double by-sud-by.” As ws went out it was of- ; fered for three-nnd-six. but be registed it then. The nextday he took me out with Lim for a 1 walk, bu thig was for & second inspection. e ! Qelayed Tong befora he could mako up Lis mind, Lus at last tho purchase was made. Then it was : to bo brought hote, and then came the difficulty. Where was it to be placed *—for their Argns cyes would delect tho elightest chango. Dut {hev had an instinct that something was_wrong. i ‘I'be datighter. was in the parlor window, looking up and down tue street, whilo she—I alwavs thought of ber 25 thongh ¢he were a unique, lise the teapot—opened tho door and gave a police- man-like look at his figure. The grotesque was hidden away under his coat, but a great protuberance revealed its place of concealment. e were both arrested, the trembling victim assailed by both women, ond tho grotesqus confiscated on. the spot, as, indeed, all his treasures- bad been already. I eaw thom later inspecting it curiously and With eager eves, for they had & suspicion of its value, aud sfter all trusted to his judgment. e Indecd, latterly Lnoticed’ that this pair was inspecting the cabinets: and more thau once I + had surprised them with their heads bent down over some listle cup or figure. Oneday, too, I Lieard them talking carnestly | about same one_they called * Dimbley's man,” and what he had said. This did not make much impression, but in a day or two I again heard 3 | zemsrk about Dimbley's man. to tho effect that . ho was coming to-morrow. In our next littlo walk, grown carious about the mother, I asked | my fathier: ¢ Who is Dimbley'a man, father? i e stored.. . - “\hy2” heeaid; “iwhat about him? what do sou knaw sbout him? Wwho-wauts him'? ™ Theea questions were put auickly-and with aguation. I told bim what I bad beard, whea | hia almost gaso A cry, and turned sharply round to go bome. - [ sce what they are zt. I suspecied-it. -They want to sell tho thiaza,” We returned bumicdly.—bo was in s perfect fover, and, when ho. enterod, flow to inspect his tresures, whica Le found all sate, though' ho discovered ' the two women bueily engaged in ering into_tlke cabinets, aad handling them | cautiously. Dat with them was a gentlomanly and.fluent personace, who was - giviug his opin- 10n and admiring the colloction. He read tho whole sitzation at a glance. The color flew to his cheeke, and, with vehomence that was wholly ‘artifcial and unnataral, he ad- dreased tho party. h T gmoy well -what ail this smeans,” he £ai +T1l not have it—I'll-not aflow it. Tt is robbery. Tl pot past withthese things bat with my 1 Go away, eir,” he said to the gentlomanly mzn, wthis is my property. They are not to be valued or sold.” o To do bLim'justice ‘the gen:lemanly man waa much’ put out at_this iscidect, snd declared truly that he had mercly come. 23 he anpp'onpd, a& Ar.:Crinkleton’s .Tegnest.. he. took his depariure at once. ‘Liin my father turnod on them. . ; % Ly Lot finger bo 1did on my tiéisures,” ba cried, *and I will do somcthing desperate. Tl send them to-morrow to some usoRm—Zzive them away—aooner than have them scasseced. Mind. tste warning, for tlicy .afe part of my Lfa!” 5 - “The two ladics wers much tazen aback al this . It waa very tempting, sadden oxplosion, and even trisd to soothe him. Bat for the rest” of the day he was terribly ex~ citad, and the following morning was Iring ill in bed, with wild eyesand a!l ‘tba Svmptoms of er. A docior waseent for to attend him—aa eminent practitioner—wh6 looked grave. Ine deed, the two ladies caught the retlection from hig face, aud looked grave aud disturbed. I was the only ozo whom _ha scemad £o recog- nize. though indistinctly. Again there was fresh whxspcnng, and inspeciion of papers and proj erty. And agam bis eves peered out wisifully lo’:nrgs \‘h;_dao\i.] 23if Elux could ses the spectral 1mages of his collection tloating away in tte Gk rection of Dimbley's. RATALI te gk e grew worse and worse. To my inaxp: ble grief. it one moruing passed fonud the honso in a myaterious way tbat we wera to lose him. Soue one came runding for mé. and took me by the hand to lead ma to him. Thers was a pite~ ous inteljigence in his eve, and a gleam of Light came into 1t s ho saw me. Ile was moving his arms, and pointing, and trying to spesk. -1 The lady who was lis wifs kept turning up her eyes and ehakicg her head, as who should eay his ° wils' were gone. But he kopt his implaring glance fixel on me, making a3 thongh he would clutch some- thing in Lia hand. I 'was'gure, I could bava sworn it waa one of his pet treasures, and stols away to rack my little brain with deperate at- tempts. At first I thought it must be two precious figures of Old Bow, represeating Kitty Clive and VYoodward Martio, as the fine Tady sud gontleman, and I returncd willy thesé in my baods. A 'fresh eagerness came into his eyes, and ho scemed to. smile and.nod bis head, a8 though it was something near what. ke desirsd. . Somo curious stupidity came over me—ar it my trouble? for I putely ought to b zuessed, and gone out'to choose some other articlo, which should be the right one. Wiile1 was taking a harried bizd's-cya glanca over the coliection, they came runuiug to me again, sod Iwas dragged in to ges the last friend I had oz carth in 8 agony. e 3 §0'he passed away ; and sfter & ecarcely dox cont interval the t#0 women were going about with avaricioua eyes, conating up.the.treasarss. This time there ‘was no one to interfere with ' Dimbloy's man,” and thé emineat firm had pronounced that the wholo, when submitted tc competition ab their ‘well-known mart, would bring a vast sum. By the will of the® deceased collector, mude shortly pfter his second mary riage, the whole of his proparty was to go to her, and a small pictancs was kept for us, that'is, fop me and my swter, who was at a cheap boarding- echool. 2 A grest fuss -begnu to be made about the Crinkleton collection, and it was discovered that another portion wss at some musonm in ths couuntry, where it had been exhibited, and, which was quito 38 valugble as that in oar house. Tae whole, 1t was expected, would bring £10,600 o1 £12,000. Thoy. wece gloating over thair prow pock.-, Wo—that s, 1oy sister and Le-modld be beggars, bug that they did not think aout, . By-and-by the inventary was taken, the cata logue made out, and the prospect dietovered to be'even more iuviting. The men 1u green baize axvived to pack and carry awsy. Spring vans stood at tho door. o saw the whole stripped gradually—thero was not to_be s relic kept (so1 was wid) to remind us of tho dear old collectos who bad brought them together. Very timor- ously I begged that they would lct mé choose something which I might keep a8 a souvenir; bub an excuse was made that a iist Lad heeu txe and that it would be impoeublp to make any 2 teration now, A 0 s Utterly shocked, and almost desperate with rage ot such heartlesancss, I cams to the resoln- tion that I would have what I wanted. and deter- mined to securs what was associated with ane of the last acts of my fatber's life at which Lhaé asaisted, namely, the old ieapot. That shoutd be mine, and should not be sunjected to.the pro- fanation of a salo. Idid not care for the pensl ties, which I kuew would be awful; they migh put me to the torture, they should nsver knon where I kad concealed this relic. Iy plana were well Jaid.. L. chase .a.moment when they had gone out, and,.taking no one into .my confidence, prepared fo execnte the daring schome. It was & nervous task. The tespot was placed, with a fow other articles not yet romoved, on a high brackst of sntique pat- tern over tha chimney-pisca. . Even ing on @ chair, I conld not reach it ; il I wasnot to be dsunted. .l constructed s sort of Iaddsr formed of chaira, which, with much trepidation, I ascended. I secured.the grotesqua teapob.y but, withont éver Laving heard the Latin quota- tion, Facilis descensus. I found myself cordially Indorsing its trnth, snd stood thore on a.pTe- carious balance, carefnlly. holding ths tressuro, ‘and not knowing what to do next . To down and leave the tespot, it might bs thouj wonld be the mmplest course; but, with my nervousness, and its own insecurity, the stract- ure now bogan to totter. ‘Tho next inssant I beard her,on the stawra. . Sk ‘Hov it ocenrred L kuow not, bat thers followed a crash, I being left standing upon tha insscura construction, whilst the old cherished teapot had. slspped | from. my fingers, and was dashed juto a hundred fragmentson the heartbatons | They rushed in—I was dragged dowp, and in & storm of scaldings was hurried off for punish- ment. It was intlicted with. terrible ssvarity, and I bore it without fiinching. Que thought was even then in my mind, to recover the shab tezed fragments, keep them in that condition, and perhaps one day, whea I was richer, gat them restored. Whep thay were tired of scolding and beating, they hnd gone dotwn-stairs; .then, alter waiting patiently, 1 watched my opportunity and etals down. They had not thought it worth while to re- movs the fragments, which Iay there in a heap— the curved bandle, the leering face, the apout tholid. 1gatbered thom up tenderly, aad, as did 8o, #aw that & amall pieca of paper, folded up, wa8 Iying, as it were, partialiy thrust.inte tho spoat. I toak it up with the piecos, on the sround that it was a relic of his that onght tc De preserved, and reverently brought the whole mass away to my room, 5 It seemed hopeless. I tried myself to put the pieces together in many differeat ways, bat it Yas not to be done ¥ave by a miracle—a mifacle, bowever, which akiliful hands accomplished ater. Inasart of despair L laid it side, and them carolesaly opeasd the paper. < It wos sigoed with his namo, which wassuf- ficient to give it an interest for mo. And ¥® this only made me feel more accurately the Toss of the pieco of carthenwaro, which I. folf tiat nothing could ever reatore to us. ‘ 1t was'a long time 1ndeed before I set myself seriously to the tavk of making out what was written on the slip of paper. * 4 1t began, ** Codicil to my will,” and stated thal it ravoked the bequest of & particular daze, and Jefu all his perzonal property and effects, inclad- jor the clina, which fvas ta bo sald off, to his two children. 'This § did not quits understand at the tims, nor did I see the full force aud meaning of it Dat scizing & {avorable opportunity I got ous of the house, and hurriedto a {ricndly Mr. Baker— —of course bald and beoovolent—to show it He sterted ss ho read. x . “This makes » most imporfant difforeuce,” iT; * you must leave it with me, and I i call up in tho morpiog” . _ . Everythiog, a8 it proved, waa oiira. Tho crue} poir got notliung, eave the small sum that had been settled on her at the time of ber mar riago. Thecollection brought o vast sum—muchmore. indeed, than any one had ever anticipated. And the teapot, as I have already #aid, ropaired with {,xlm most exquisite art, now reposes ia a place o) onor. Ancient Xingw, One af tie most interesting of the historical rings that lave come down to oar times is the mmet opa of Mary Quoen of Scots, which id no¥ 1m the Biitlsh’ Musenm. The genaral opinion'( that this was her nuptlal ring when she was mar: ried to Daroley. Another colebrated ring is‘th¢ oue Queen Flizabeth is supposed 8o hava senf to thie Farl of Essex, but which, a8 all know, h¢ failed to receive. It i of gold, witd the Queen’t headcut on onyx. s4d ia pow in the - pdssesslor of the Rev. Lord John Thyme, a descendent froms Ereex's danghter, In 1765, in_the prison whert John Bunyan was once confined. was found 4 Ting- besring bis_initials, **J. L..” aod also aa engraving of a death's-hesd.’ This ring, aftel paseing throagb several bands, finally came inja tha possession of a curate of Elstow. where Bun- vax was borp. Ths signet ring of Cwmsar Borgla was on exhibition, a few_ years ago, at a'meetin, of tho Eritish Afchmological Assaciation. is gold, slightly ecameled, witk' the’ datd and & mot£p on the inzide. At the back o, within which, it is_related, hs'r:_arm the poiaon ho was in the habit'of droppibg tho wize of his gaeste. Tod Much. Medicine ai One Time. ' . Fromthe New Yorkfun, . : ...k A man painoi Mike Loog died Susday eveniag at Grantop, N. J., from taking an qrerdoss af medicine. Iv appears that he had the fever aod sgue, Dr. Ayres, of Fairriew, propared aod gaso_him a bottle of medicing, composed of quinipo and other ingrediente, with insructiond to take a teaspoonful every threo hours., Long, aftor yhe Doctor lett, remarked to gdo of the in= mates of the houss, * Da jsbbers, and it's 100 mech trouble to be bothered abaus the tima; L witl take iz alf at ooce,” and hedid so. . Ha yax quickly prostrated. Tho Docior w=3sxmt for. Lut nothiag could be 3ons Lo s. m,, '_m: died i twentr-%aur hours afier be had taken the overdose.