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sighed profount aided in hit checks Sraty sts goenha> A VICTIM OF SCIENCE, How my pretty cousin became such an unreasoning horror of all the fieece- bearing, mutton-produeing species, was per- baps a tamily mystery. Rut if, like the be- reditary ghost of our medieval ancestors, its secret vested in the head of the house, my jo- vial and matter-of-fact uncle kept it sacrelly concealed, and, indeed, never gave sign of having any oppressive weight on his Since those days I have ofen sought count for it according to philosophy teience. 1 have attributed it to perha’ ante-ratal impression, eatling to mind the ease of King James, who would shiver at the sight amd who on at least one memorable occasion poked a knesling subject in the eye when delivering the Knightly accolade. e even indulged in ler flights nd traced in imagi- nm the lineage of my gentle kinswoman Prehistoric wolf ofsophistical and saa- racter, coneciving that perhaps develoment of the race, found her- piation for th some . Not that we hat happy. tir x from it. It w: peculi ott versal diffus: mouse ‘vxiris, in this age of the uni- vonsidere | the orous anima oxi ndeed, us feminine logic goes, she monit of sheep is the { way truly more formidal i Was simply « bling physical or moral horre. rather than (right or terror that scemed to take possession of the girl whenever she I ar one of thes in it, of cou it. Eseon <7 We had but dor tt conen: xppening | sha proper con 1 the hibition which Mamie Visit of inspec: m. John was 2 ow. I suppose. TL ought fate, after what has behaved like a man through - Aimbeven in these days the only sin L Jay to his ree, when brought erely to th shis great fondness i John shown less ce of demonst of re; oluntary or invelun' which company the tender pass! other matter to see ni self up io love and w pad been myself y. pel cousin gi hip any man. a very unres 1 approy 1s John. Nor was on which pport ty - to deter the ng to settle house around whieh was to ‘on the ne > paternal wedding gift. His farm, stly and thorongh- bred 1i t in lite th to find a Hanie. chara xistene wding. comfortably. not to say te ay good-looking nm: 1 blonde. arid if any criticism wi be made of a face th: the trouble. It he t forehead w the lower part ¢ Ned together. But with his long ing curly hair, these ich. passed notice en- auld probably have never notiecd them but for what happe It was when John dro non Lo see his first time in y of her constit pt every thin He m that Mam evived the m thy siti ner Spot wh Cotswokis tien struggling spirit in its flicht for longer “ session of fts racked tenement. Certain it is that John somehow pulled past the crisis, feebly recognized us all, smiled a ghastly smile when Mamie kissed him, and entered on the period when, in the proper course of events, he should recover. Here was another puzzie for Dr. Brough- ton. His patient should have begun to gai in strength® but he did not. He still In there, speechless and ‘elpless. his constitu- tfon seemingly powerless for reaction. Each day John's long face grew longer, and the doctor's lengthened with it. His pnise sank until only the feeblest vibration marked the heating Of the heat that used to thump so Stoutly against the broad breast of the young man. There seemed, indeed, little work for Jobn’'s heart todo, so bloodless had the poor fellow become. He lay there like a vam- ire’s victim, helplessiyrand hopelessty fe ng the vital uid ebb from his veins day b. day The tra sion of lamb’s bieod, from a healthily and living specimen of that animal, into the veins of Tering from anae or from f vitality and rath But this, ta Dr. Brough s the last and only hope of our : It was unde nthe Very day on which Mamie. fina’ ng to fatigue wt having very much the sume sympto preeeded Jobn’= attack. [twas nothi erall; but it ke ° from and allowed I room of her I jamb was ch from. John’s pught into town, and est house, ander t nd quiet; anton the stfte when Mamie wught into the chamber by the awe-strack shepherd, ‘The er 1 suffered inuch at the hands of Dr. rund in the way of Dal blished in A the bloot Slowly th hh the where ii showed a str: flexible tube in th doctor's. hanes, through the needle-like duct, flowe streain of life from John’s iam to Je heart. few minutes, wins inh of breath ina and the pi sever » hope had sue- ceeded. Dr. s self-satisfie: congratulatory. Unele Stuart fairly ow: up that John’s experiments in breeiting al last proved of some practical benefit, since he had produced animals of as good loot as his own. So we stronge all thought, as John drew dai nd Mamie on her siek-bed claspet thanked God In as pore ¢ maiden mingled with tears that John seemed as thin in the face r. Another strange thing, though not such a ve: usual result of this sickness, was fever, loath to leave its victim with souvenir of its visitation, had stra volently at the vocal chords of whose fine was It wasas if the east wind hb found a lodgment the doctor gave hope ud a this change in y temporary. it must be said not ple speaker in those Rasping and strident. his tone ch wenle, we: tie uthings of low y e like any 1 <i when, by the doi ~ Me tor’s 3 permitted to rid her lover. Wi rined that the best we co stich a endaverons spe cence. so Man quivering little nininity morning thet uncle had to threat, uinine to bring her to w "with tears it uuntly), “your y clock, “The ought to « long winking ve ‘a “1 tht tale on her “Ia enongh to walk tlast we were there. Thedoor had sottiy behind us, and Johny tered up in bed, with pillows behind him and the chair in whieh Mar many his hed, her portra might find it in wha KL ans where his @ nm he plaice and being allowed fo know ont had been taken suddenly sick of her weak condition, and wis promptly recover- ing, worried his honest heart but little. This could not Jast. “Mamie,” said I. the second day of her ap- arance down stairs. “the doetor lets John drive out this afternoon, and Iwill bring hin around to throw a kiss fo your window.” “Don’t de it, Frank,” said my cousin, with a@solemnity for which I was not prepared. “Don't do it, for 1 can't”—and here came a sob and a sudden flood of tears—“I can't see him. “My silly little cousint” said I, drawing | near with the purpose of administering cer tain coustnly consolations, But Mamie put outone thin hand to repulxe me. “No, Fran Tdon't want a thing of that sort. Tkrow Lam silly. Eknow Tam wicket, and I know that all ars have their part in the lake that burneth with coal and brim- sycke Mamie, with a quaint misqao- ifthe would spare herself nothing wment for her pintsed John 4 Now b me i helped chang iu saw him take his life from that that—sheep!” This was supremely bsurd. but Tsaw Mo- mie was rapicly exciting herself. and thought silk ny best roe. Hardly pausing to each of bereyes with a small wet square handkerchief, she contined : W it In his face, The mtmake m ke her su sisel u used to that should equ bred himself.” all too pathetic to. be who knew my e+ i whose life-blool and Whose fea + reprodc ay he comld @ bum Now bi This we least to me in. Ti was 2 sory, to understand th long ting refused to beliey had long consulta- tions with ers upon Mam he ¢ he could keep himself in her mind by tiny tentions whose mem: s before that fe i Avished flow ping that what s so g-time, and advised him to off his infatuatic for Mamie, or come back Ina year if he felt no better and try his fortune again. The year has passed. John came back month ago. He is fat and brow! his mustache waxed at the ends. a bas not changed. The wonderful metamo phosis of my cousin froma marvel ofpassir Paffection to a unreasoning dis- week, after T knew John’s fac! ‘ocall i termined to brave what Ih red, and put may Before T had hait "s quick wits us she closed uy dd never befor eto the test confesston M ~ Frank, fe h L coul new. Bu rtini eal vie= tims te A Winter Storm on Shasta. State Geologist Muiv of Cali tehed th y with ge nic.) ises ten thousand feet lin blank exposure to und Phave ks and can rsof storm seemed so. for I was, therefore, in constant been in a where the da midable as hi reat into the ti How- tifpast ten o'clock L reached the utmostsumiit. f spent a couple of hours tracing t s of its ancient hiwwa- streams, triute the surrounding plains LYS of its anc pSiantty inere the wind r the wining it in sing long, wi 2 4 succession of inst the sium kening the finite and sadden hed in one’s cloud in which in be Pwo and the side . This show towers ry is the the he id that Mamie ; THE MONT DE PIETE. The Great Pawnbroking Shop of Paris. This institution, originally founded to pro- tect e le from the exactions of usn- rers, is something like a savings-bank, for it reevives small sums from any one who is Willing to lend upon its security, for which interest is paid at from 3 to 5 per cent. There is the central office, and twenty-four minor ones in different parts of the city, and. to avoid embarrassment, there are always two departments; in the first, jewelry and smali valuable articles are pawned, and in the sec- ond every diversity of goods. It may be generally supposed that the work of the “Mont-de-picte would be much in- creased when a commercial crisis takes place, when the workmen are iu want, or politics disarranges the onlinary course of events. Nothing of the kind; it is the banker of all the Nttle shop-keepers and trades in Paris, and its surest and most numerous customers Want money when th an turn it over most quickly. Ji) an re the times when ti test activity fakes place, and alvo during the month Of December, when | the makers of t 2 preparing fer opening ievants for tose s Kitt b is not wan king the tasteful ts which prove so ids who crowd the rials for Tad siweetme thou boulevar this is ended office with gre falls dui patent. watches, ¢ they b mei: time arrives for ren i generally pl hes, or jewelry, but the wi vedone, Which accounts for. the tm- e quantity, amounting to a sixth of the wh of new gooxts in the warehouses, pledge the materials given t In onler to finish the we A dressmaker Of silk for a dress: Which require de-pie fringe buys the » takes the d mal buttons: r and with the pa the other—a very rangement, as persons clos: capital can still pursue their ¢ ‘the really indigent classes zo Ivantageous ¥_ pressed Ting ery ittle to this hughe pawn-shop.a fact which was prov- ed during t moved © late war. the sufferin, Ww of th en the Engli people during the blocka sent over money to assist sum of eight handred pounds wa especially text to release the tools of th Were supposed to have pledg- ed them during sueh a time of misery, The managers of the Mont-de-piete made th: known as wide possitle, for the wares houses contained above a million articles, nd bow far would that small subseription when the sum total was so great? Yet it roved to be much more than was necded, for they were only al to release two thousand tools. and two hundred pounds were lefl to apply to other purposes. freal misery had pledged its goods at the Mont-d no doubt it would h its appe but most of the elk quite able to recteem their goods wh er days dawned Soinetimes those who pled, About fifteen years ago, before Hlustrions . pledged in one day some w jewels to the amount of fifty Seon x r h Surprised to b families in Franc Sets Of thousand gems on eredit. and ithem. The credite Waiting for their mon trutt ed. to the JoUbt WAS posit Num- nituk interfered in the » but the lady ickly fe fused to J inmediately when tired « suspecting ty A seared bers of persons of afiair, hoping to husi money, hy she itd got. a Justice ir was arre ct of polic who gay articles nd pay in, whee ntment. ken of it to the rk to pay for the urn them to the real owners. The most curious part of the affair was that the emperor, deceived by the name, thought he was say 1e Wifeofaman emperoy am diss who was in strong @pposit ment Se Preserving Street-Trees, Some time since we called attention to the singular fact that who would give many a dollar fora gowl shade-tree before their doors, yet neglect the very small cost that will protect them inst the ray of horses; for there is very little doubt that it ix | any inability of | from the horse, and net from trees to grow that we find trees almost entirely absent from the older portions of cith We again refer to thts seeing recently two remarkably handsome Norway maples on the sidewalk before the home of one of © citizens, thoroughly gindled by borses that haye been tel to and which will no doubt die therefrom the ext season. het take a bundred dollars a piece for those trees; and we are sure that a handred dollars each will not replace them after they are would have made them entirely secure. Now we know very well what the end of all this , willbe. Th of those trees has not the | slightest id Importance of bark to the tree. He oubt annoyed that his trees are disfigured, but has not the slightest idea that the trees willdie. After they arc gone. and when pext summer he misses their grateful she deekle that any w who hiteb that it all comes f bly he himself would be biteh his horse am thought of t the situation x ‘There are only two ways in whieh preserve the luxury of shade trees be door in the public streets, and + that possi- ng the first to tree, without > if he were ip the investment of or tree protectors of some by the universal spreading that the hark is the life of the tree. Way round is taken away, the tree has only half the proper chance of getting foot, the next year succeeding the loss it will net pot a sickly tint Be grow well. The leaves all semimer, and arlier in sides this the growth ix proport When the bark is wholly plete circle, autumn, ely Ww ain a com » for the ith the roots are continuation ofl These things are of course intelligent readers; but experience shows how few others know these things; and we hope for the good of the whole of us who en- joy Street trees. all our readers who know these things will turn missionaries, teach those who di graph. t.— Germantown MASTERS AND MAN.—Th zetle says: “A pair of fashionable vo gentlemen we calling on New This is nothing mnusual. But these mtle- men determined to call in style, and it was this that caused a misapprehension, so to speak. They had a fine turnout; that is to say a pair of good horses, a handsome riage. and a driver and footman handsomely dresseal. gentlemen were colored. The business of the driver was to take care of th sand that of the footman to deliver th cards of those who occupied the carriage on the inside. Stopping at a fashionable resi- denee, the footman took the cards and ran the bell. The door was opened by a colores r person. Mr. Footman inquired if the ladies were receiving. +No,’ was the answer. Mr. Footman then tendered the cards, which were refused, and the door was closed in his face. The ease orted to the principals in the carriage, who considered it 4 queer case, but did ne Subsequent- ly it was ascer 1 charming Young ladies were -receiving,’ but the door man took the colored footman as the princi- pal, and concluding that the ladies were not ‘receiving’ gentlemen of that color, ma answer as above described, and even refused to permit the cards to be deposited on the silver plate which vd tn bis hand. He was overhe closed the door on “Those flashy dar- ty can’t come it over me” Taugh comes in,and it is at P ofthe white gentleman who put on rather more style than is common ip is part of the country.” A YOUNG GtRx in Paris, named Marguerite Reliet, who had been unfortunate in a love aflair. resolved to commit suicide. Before going to bed she most odorous flowe: 1 having completely xi up her head and went tos! She was found in an uneon- cious state about noon the next day, and Ithough by great medical skill she was re- called to life, ber reason had fled. She imagines thatshe has been transported to the kingdom of flowers and has become « rigold. =I remember that I loved a but them, | We know that the owner would | . and yet five dollars a-piece | filled her chamber with the Poe MERRY CuRistMas am HAPPY NEW YEAR ve MASSEY 'S PHILADELPHIA ALB, CINCINNATI LAGER BERR, PURE APPLE CIDER, : axp SWEET CATAWBA WINE, From SAM'L C. PALMER, Greene street, Georgetown, DC. 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STRAUS, ne gleaming y ¥ pays homage t Ize mnore Cost jealousy ant re- rl named Flor ‘whieh she fig some means slic ts- i that he was not faithful to same troupe. , ry were allowed to She still smilet sweetly upon him. ily to bis ar som she planned ag recently when the 4 i been unusual! ipped the lions ant et _sheealled knew that I sho you should dey hoen tt himself, and one oc her hutnilicerchiots, Ww ext more thin an hone | such adventures. Some years ago, it seemed she murmurs “but he bas gone S018 CXENEENT ARES OFREEN an 2 sputind man mp at aa Sf ee ee on nem meee for a nest in the lee of a block | ib every mark of authenticity, SO 9 ea pond Becty mmilesioe somes Orit So easter easthe most foolish thing in the work! a. where fi bar Pi Bt lal fe deeper pn Degen el oes : : I bef Re Reaver te cae for lon ie hace bis nitelache cavom t morning. t ing suddeniy out of pro. | Ue this they demanded when they applied hat Farr TL Rane tie mmalecine Ganiar tite rane found sleep, my eyes opened on. one the | for it. Stric: ination proved that the “GRAND FIVALE” on maxpeons, m: they can ne offending ornament. ¢ es Dever betield, “& honnt- | € The poli F be cae had» w mess of storm-clouds of ‘ who ted a 1 " unk # - % <W ated over al nt of USEFUL, Fi eo Mie. | Tithe tailor, Sir. for tousa square mites, | * Trappe ——— E ay GIEHE § ul pur pard, sired e, he haw 7 ae -s0e- De Se RIL cone orate iets + from nd shew i ‘ , ORNAMENTAL, : 5 E nl 2 Rene Aunione W 1 to be | ¢ cto] CLOSING TEMPTATIONS. 3 ee ee an ap of Alerney milk pes f. While the cone of Shasta above aad | the Montde-piete, that he was known by. o nt mabsling eiet hid out of his was tranquil and fullot the sun, It | two different names, and had hom chestnut hair. n't have had ft. tohappen for th one. ti seemed not sognach a ocean as a land of | He was arrested, fore the iagistrs ATPRACTIVE, Mr P Lei Isame. ushed pp as ads, undulating billanddzic, smooth, pur- | Where hed exit intention dl for tre ae ple plains and silvery mountains of cunmult, | S64 2 mon he was unobs - : : Ty he drew a pair of compasses from his 30 PER CENT. REDUCTIONS. showy : kere! wl stabbed himself to the heart. = a A Pathological Fiar. rently made i 3 OF MADAME COROT ~ ~ a NEAT, sentence in a whisper re Rut there was peness ; canon As Ma ne ; CLOSING OUT SALES 1 Feeoil in her me nt. Tie —The OF FINE BUSINESS SUITS. a . pee ie pen Hai INE BUSINESS SUITS. DURABLE, jenlousy. pallor th thir hand his the pati 1ad finishe teal uy She was staring si ming by a proper use vivet by tthe sick ane 1 lips be AND jove andl unressoning fear.wihose J her breath to come fst. SAVE 30 PER CENT. tion Jobin at least did not care to Johnt” She spoke with a sort of surprised interrog bb rie REMARKABLY CHEAP 7 : : been known to bite,” ban . aid embroidery “What hay ? i — . ‘ xt in oW what in the world do you 5% FINAL FORCING SALES ostliesl fubries. rene the house with | me: “tid 1. in an known to tell it—and in be zzling skins rsistencs ing to with 1 cole have prevallet over There was some ned 3 n With ae » blanke trout Was dulled atop wuld quell. In the im an abomination. a “ssing Was to him nd the direful Dy. Broughton, “ Pr needed little of bis rmine what was the his long hen erat i tamt if im still’ greater con skill matter when he found J length on the tour Arnis about in uneasy motion. bis curly blonde bi ng ht to-morrow? Of course you will lay after perhaps. On in a hurry sbont it, my bo: or. as he took leave of the unw whom b had seen comfort “Don't fret ivself. I've got vou be- thumb finger now. By-by.” this he had a nurse installed re inidnight: and by morning Johu's in the moment while U closing the door behind us. rd, with the h All this pass Stuart wa he stepped for a smile on his him, and spoke rapidly under her breath “You di me they brought him to life ain by putting lamb's blood in his empty veins. You toll meso! 1 athim! 1 athim! Oh wud the Littl seemed almost rn As artiest sort of nce, Mamie whirled around to Tdid look Hashed over me tures of the con tinguishing eb Phe ahsen nly it all the emaciatedt + Were traly the acteristics of a sheep's of hair emphasiz peculiar effect to the sloping lines of Ut tal bones: the long nose, gently ber wristocratic curve at the ovine contour: and the conformation his head was leaned fainly 1 the pillow, completed the resem- with the idea in my Ath didded to the gnific y vivid with each ins vement which me into the momentary hi sthed completed the port Mamie was nothing to be done but to break the sj ell as trembling like a leaf. Thor zed bravely, T had a could not demolish, and T had, more- plenty of materials for the making of lepth of the snow should y. The storm lasted todo list gestures ¢ w-shoes if th: r them 1 youl & Week, ing to its tone the texilis fine. tals and exa obser as su unend the following our excellent con temporary rs Magazine, to ty consideration of our readers. Tt should, no doubt, cause them to regard our lowly cider With an interest, its claims to which they would hitherto have been slow to accord “Jerrold’s” joke about the old port and F) port will be'v recailed to “custy drinkers by paragraph on the manvfacture of Portus win a note by our Secrets n: All port wine hit ed for the En- glish market js largely mixed with brandy and is composed as mach of elderberries as of grapes. The w in which what in| En- gland is l port wine has bitherto be manufactured for the he Paiz de V trees; the be sun or in kilns. The wine is then thrown on an, and the berries are trodden (as p 1 ose from London market is t hounds 1 the grapes) t t is thoroughly satu- A willy coloriy uatter of the berries. detenss M. Henri Bersoutl on the eharge of perjury her advo- eat , has pleaded her milar to those so in behalf of erimi- insanity. often urged in Amy natls— temporary and the Vik Mr. Seward j man. al insanity, lieve. by the late the negro Free- of % case of s close she perjury, and he clans that, bi was such ap was immediately held for connsel proved by physi- «all manner of doubt, there vous disorder as aphasia, and Micted with it are not always and in every instance subject to its influence. They can at times call things by their right panies, The disease is anobscure one, nor fs it possible to detect its presence by other exter- nal signs than this misnaming of facts and objects. This being proved, M. Bernouilli next called numbers of witnesses who had known the prisoner for years, and whose tes- timony was to the effect that it always r to tell the prisoner durin seemed impossible for truth. In questioning th: the process verbal she had been detected in humerous misstatements; she called one vsician a cow; said that a slop bowl ex- wmined her, and acdressed M. ernouilli under the title of “hair brush.” M. Bernon- illais one of the most eloquent and subtle of Parisian advocates, and, on the grounds shown above, actually succeeded tn acquit- Ung his client of the crime with which Was charged. To many 1 seem her ease wi to be simply nat of an enormous liar; bat, OF FINE OVERCOATS. REDUCED 30 PER CENT. Overcoats! Overcoats! Business Suits! Business Suits! AT 30 PER CENT. REDUCTION. BUY AND SAVE. HMABLE BROTHERS, MERCHANT TAILORS § FINECLOTHIERS, Jan6-tr CORNER TTH AND D Streets Ft RAND GIFT CONCERT. HOLIDAY PRESENTS, AS WELL AS POR THE LARGEST VARIETY OF TOYS EVER OFFERED, DO NOT FAIL TO VISIT THE GREAT Metropolitan Dollar Store, 312 SEVENTH STREET, Near PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE HOLIDAYS. " SPECIAL PREPARATIONS At WEBER & BEY IDGE: mn ? ae AT ESE, 1009 ANTA IMMENSE STUCK OF SHORT POSTPONEMENT DAY FIXED. > protes st being ted with mevi- $ possibl 4 ; as her swearing was gratuitous, and she was : airom a strange baud with which he | whee cit ieee Brandy is then added in the proportion of | in no way benefited or coukl have been ben- FULL DISTRIBUTION, ee ete Goons, reted the doctor's assistant, had changed | with Mamie like n+ efited by it, her position was peculiar, But 5 s intothe fl ings of sex tt ‘our companion in convitles greeting.” With the best ir ess mutt power of the FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Montpelier Female Humane Association, Doxt BE Too Maknien—W mirks abou how many gratuitous liars are there in the world, and if aphasin can be used as a plea for them what is to become of morals and of Sure Asovr thout making an Getrixe FLNE PLATED W. BRONZES. wet ge thi entions in the world, Thad ¢ historic © . : ‘ terated for the English taste, was allowed by | for Uy a In addition to our full stock of above, we offer oye . £,. Move rng up disease 4 kK quickly and surely BS ipitated the crisis. Had Mamie beenal- | the goverment committee of tasters to pass criminal justice? AT ALEXANDRIA, vA eepecially for, RISTNAS PRECEY cee od ag 1h os Soha 3 The rever seized him and tortured him rave age the first words in the close | the bar of Douro before the year of 1865. The THE OysTER TRADE.—Old oystermen pro- : _- DESSER 7 3 me BRonzes, in Eng 1 ty accumulated ig | ously. The vigorous nature which had SOF hich lovers ae 8o fond. she | writer of the above note is, we may mention, | nounce the vear Ist asthe mont rosperous PETE ATETE SETS, PARIUN S ES, im Engiaud. 1 ntly accumulated, in neo the pgmptomes almost to the very | might have forgotten sheep and every thing | the present Lord Lytton, son of the great | Downes the vear inginia trade bas been bette March 29,1875. Gur ce P..£5 GARR oe ES. iwo pitchers zi phe, amd AG | Sat nae ee ae the eae tens | cise in the happy consclonmess of novelist, but, better kuownh to the public as | {han for the past mine years. boty ae meee re 2 i. COLOGNE SETS. 1 oy JANDENIERS. fe» aeconieon. Atl these beautiful and comfort | session. 4 = across the room, when John, compellal to | OWen Meredith. the quantity of the oysters produced and the ane! a - articles were deposited by the young Mamie had to know it as soon as any one. — quality, i Newark bay the same success ix : an effort to speak aloud, tried to say: . RRIT SMITH Was not a Christian in the 4 v1 = TSICAL GIFTS R TAR HOLIDAYS. Be ia hacer th Sonifence, in the | for Jolin was to take her to the opera at th We . Mamie.” . » | Orthodox view. He did not believe Christ | Rone teapa cet ha pree Etna during, the Graces, Mesto, Musto nr ar = eemronre i g night of the season. It was not The very essence of the strident tones left | was God, but he did believe that He was the ; he . pleasant thing to tell her that instead of talk- ing sweet nonsense in evening dress to her st the Academy, her lover was mumbling de- lirious phrases. perhaps not more nonsensi- ca}, however. in the insensate ears of a hired attendant. Perhaps the pity of this contrast struck her soul. For the first words she said, with a prettily heroic expansion of her little by the fever in his voice seemed condensed in those two words. It was too much for the overwrought imagination of my cousin. «He beats! oh, Frank, he bléats!” It was really agonizing and horrible enough, as that poor girl sank on my arm, to recognize in the voice of the sick mana strik- ing resemblance to the plaint of the animal whose likeness he seemed to have acquired. He was astonished too. = “Mamie!” he cried again, ees. ikea exertion than before, and thus rendering his Amboy planters and dealers haye done well, and have no cause to complain, as they have 4 steady demand the year round, In 1871 the dealers who own beds in Newark bay sup- lied the market with upwards of one million ushels of oysters, and this vear will show a much larger exhibit. Outside of the oyster trade, but few are aware of the great import- — Lea eles bay plays in md great hl jer natural beds are pronoun ual, if not lor, to the “Great Beds” at ‘Alnbo: 3 viring the past few years large quantities ep Unfortunately the young fady changed her mind and wrote a letter to ihe youth to say so. ending melodiousty !hus: “So farewell, and a long farewell to you for ever. farewell for us both.” But not a word did she say eoneerning the furniture. Reminders were, in vain: so the young man it ¢l 4 inagistrate: whereapon he got the vere. tiles with tMe exception of the acconieon, fae hoy eae 29 to him!" a jodge ruling that the defendant must Unele Stuart had a very fatr idea of dipto- it, as she alone could play it. W_ . ries Was so curious a decision macy in managing his motherless daughter, best of men, and be daily prayed to his Got. He had family prayers évery morning. He would read a chapter in the Bible, and kneel down and pray with his family. Latel: has repeated the chapters of the Bible memory. He would thow back his patriarcn- al head, close his eyes, and in that rich, sonorous voice, for which he was famous, re- peat the words of divine wisdom. It was the most solemn of scenes. Ashe grew old he gave up the practice of kneeling, and he rom. raved at it well * He W33 sitting in his chair. His one rule of life was | of plants haye been sent to France: to stock 20 60 Serves the respectful mention hereby given. | “Mi {herefore he only salt. eo ee eee nant? exled the girt, | 10,90 food to others, and that is certainly | tnd rivers of that counter, and 10 te ween 18 90 | a — jus een tae ee gh Ot Shall go to Joba | «Oh, don't! please don't!” eried the girl, | the fundamental principle of Christianity... stood that they have been thoroughly accli- 300 WHY should not the children’s Just as soon as you can. I will have Dr. | now utterly frantic. “Take me away! General Cochrane. mated and have proved an Invaluable a ” 250 B. H. STINEMETZ, feard in matters which concern themselves: | Broughton stop in here on bis way and ar- | have changed him! Oh, my John, my Joby mated and have pro avaluable aca ui- 99 3 Would not their elders gain some valuable | Tnze !{ with you. z why did they change your blood! k Tne Empness or Russia was driving in | heen sent to California, where then barre ie 200 sy Renter ond Farrieny ideas theres ot long ago an intelligent It was done, and. as Unele Stuart had | Mr. Stuart and I whisked her ont of the | paris the other day, when, as her carriage | ¢y, thee! tiene of y ts decl®- Im 1237 Penn. ave.. wear cor. 13th Pits pehoot sist called at the office of the | Shticipated. Dr. Broughton’s experience with | room as quickly as we could, fearing the ef- | turned into @ narrow strest, &. frneeat pe | oe pectic Of eiee: Laird meng stale Paxton (Ohio) Journal to make a complaint | Steh cases enabled him to convince Mamie | fect both upon herselfand upon John. And | cession of the humblest onder filed past, lel | {thee — — during tee — me ey against the management of her school. Hor | {hat she had at least better sleep overnight | as we went there came from the room pathe- a young girl plunged in grief and despair. | ana Pre isin from the Nowacke Bayt ge ‘coxten of grievanc that when school was out the | OM the subject. . | tic exelamations of “Mamie! Mamie ne Empress, struck by the appearance of | the beds of Ambox will he eentex re Bowe Pupils were coi put on their wraps | 422t It could not goon so long: The doctor's | Mam—* and the door closed upon wha | ihe youthful mourner, ordered person of | te,Deds the extausted Geller the og de Infirm: tind Destitate of Virginie out-of-doors in the rain. and sit dowa on the | @#ily reports grew less assuring: and one | seemed only too like the bleatings of th her suite to make inquiries, which prove! teeny stish = noel, ‘the residence of President curb to put on their rubbers. If they 1 morning as he Was speaking quite freely aad | Cotswold whose blood now flowed in the vein | the young lady worthy of the highsst eetesm . ogee Madison, a ee whi Fuptes! the line of mareh while getting ont of | #Xiously with me in the library, we heard a | of our unlucky friend. Ora good family, she had sustained by her A BAND OF ROBBERS has just been broken | tees. six of whom are elected te oghiong doors to put them on they were sent up to the | *0 from the conservatory, whose curtained The drive home. as may be imagined, was | incessant labor an infirm mothe, who hal | upin Paris, They called themselves “Che- | holders, and two appointed by the ernor of Vir Coen p ol bored ae correction. she thought | Chirance was directly behind os.and there | not altogether pleasant. But for the patho | just died, leaving her alone im the won. | veiler des’ Cracaties Veen eal were | ginia. ihe hoot boant should reform this matter. | Sppeared Marnie, the picture of heart-broken | of Mamie’s collapsed condition I believe that | The Czarina, on ing these details, pro- | known to each other by 8 peculiar green neck Remittances for tickets may be made by express, child told her story in Woe, tears brimming over her soft eyes, and the very ribbon at her throat. Gotvering with the motion of the heart beneath. n artless Uncle Stuart’s almost. motherly tenderness would have given way before theindignation | Posd.,to the bereaved o1 = ee tie which each wore. band contains 143 situation in the imperial household, which and was much rejoiced to k sire should be made kno THE + ptt thither like uin began fo shat out thelignt, | paris. teetmnber lent that they would soon hb inane oo nist. ph or storm. I gathered symptom of w and snugged it sh toexpress his m y storm-nest. My biank ere rds, so thitt should he wish for gruel | anged. and the topmost fasten will call for snuff or his boots, r + and my precious bread- dsed some curions devele nis in the tmy head, 7 was ready when the of the Corottier, about whose moral and tilakes fell. All kinds of clouds t accountability there has been mach to one. the winds swept past in hissing hats WttcHe UNADIS to tet the and the storm closed down on all ubject—at least she bas not for producing & exhilaration. My vs from three to sixteen gallons to, every pipe of 15 gallons. This is the composition ofall the port wine hitherto drank in England. No pure Wine, no wine not thus especially adul- members, ail young men of good family eon- LZ Y swelling in his heart. The poor girl lay there ‘and were commanded b: Hon. JAMES BARBOUR, LNWICK SEMINARY FOR YOUNG . isin athe aw ase. | Raat leita cna | eee nnn” | GH i a ae pear rien | A pe eeee comme § al accent. ir 5 J > . A inrien dated Havana, January 2, con- | shail go to John now:" and she swept past us, ing with Bow and then @ futtering. sob, poo Ap del pe pyro per pembean Irom th Brcellency. Ci. marit'ly Conte's PO. Prince desea tains the following: The proclamation of | dropping roses and violets from her hands as | secimingly stricken in heart and body. There whi! a Alfonso as King of Spain was not recetved | she went, like a stricken Flora. was nothing for it but to get her home as soon Steen here with any extraordinary demonstration Go to John she did. And I nave no doubt | as ible,” roby YY ¥ . San ts eee tans that the gentle f meareg which tee Jexelsa It was not a bad relapse. Mamie picked Sil PBZ OC and Officers ne delirum, again and came Tally. with few exceptions. Carlists Ere ‘Attentions and the subtle essence of py be Ay Seer ratean tego rot pleasent. but prefer thenew state ofamairs to republican ru! love which pervaded all like a healing ether, tronger, but thoughtful. John, for his part, must have strengthened abd comforted the | AUCRANy te stave of affairs, not fully comprehending the state of affairs, .