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Newspaper Page TextNEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. V, Ci. COTTimf}, Editor. No. 23 NEW SERIES.] NEWS & PLANTERS GAZETTE. tebis; Published weekly at Three Dollars per annum, if paid at the time ol subscribing; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, without the settlement of all arrearages. HIT Letters, on business, must be post paid, to insure attention. No communication shall be published, unless ice arc made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first (insertion, Sevcnly-Jive Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. ’ A reduction will be made of twenty-five per cent, to those who advertise by the year. Advertisements not limited when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators, and Guardians, are required by law, to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must be published weekly for four months ; notice that applicat ion will be made for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days; and Letters of Dismission, six months. AGENT S 7 THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL FORWARD THE NAMES OF ANY WHO MAY WISH TO SUBSCRIBE 1 J. T. G. IL IVooten, A. D. Slatham, Danburg, Mallorysville, B. F. ‘Tatum, Lincolu- Felix G. Edwards, l’e- ton, tersburg, Elbert, O. A. Luckctt, Crawford- Gen. Grier, Raytown, ville, Taliaferro, W. Davenport, Lexing- James Bell, Powelton, ton, Hancock, 8. J. Bush, Irwington, Wm. B. Nelms, Elber- Wilkinson, ton, Dr. Cain, Cambridge, John A. Simmons, Go- Abbeville District, shen, Lincoln, South < ar dina. Arrangements, POST OFFICE, i Washington, Ga., Jannarg, 1841. $ AUGUSTA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5, A. M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 12, M. MILLEDGEVILLE MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. CLOSES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CAROLINA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. closes. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. ATHENS MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. CLOSES. Sunday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at 8, P. M. ‘| Thursday, at 8, P. M. LINCOLNTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, at 12, M. | Friday, at 12, M. SHOE STOReT JUST Received, a lot cf beautiful Al?i3 & IHAm (LATEST STYLE.) Factory Cloth will be sold either by the yard or by the piece. A. L. LEWIS. January 7, 1841. 19 ts Fair Dissolution • THE Copartnership hitherto existing between JOHN W. WILSON and OLIVER A. LUCKETT, was this day dissolved by mutual consent- The undersigned will attend with punctuality to all business of a Professional na ture intrusted to him. OLIVER A. LUCKETT. Office in Crawfordville, Jan. Bth, 1841. 3t NOTICE. THE Subscriber intending to leave the Coun ty sometime in March next, offers lor sale his STOCK of Books, Stationary, A'r. At a VERY REDUCED PRICE. O’Per sons wishing to purchase, will do well to call— us his determination is to sell out by that time. O* PERSONS indebted to him by Note or Account, are REQUESTED to call and settle, as he wishes his business closed by that time. O’ All those having BOOKS belonging to the Subscriber, are requested to send them in as early as possible. L. M. LENNARD. January 21, 1841. ts 21 Look Here l ALL our debtors must pay up. Every person indebted to us either by NOTE or ACCOUN T ANARUS, are earnestl y requested to cal 1 and settle immediately- Those who have suffered their Notes and Accounts to stand over ever since we commenced business without making any payment on them, can not expect longer indulgence; and will find them in the hands of an Attorney, un less paid very shortly. BURTON & PELOT. January, 7tb. 19 ts The following spirited lines were written by a gentleman of Piscataway, and published some weeks ago in the National Intelligencer. We transfer them with pleasure to our columns. TO THE WHIGS OF THE UNION. Joy, comrades, joy ! One mighty three The mountain from our breasts has hurled, And dashed to nothingness ’he foe, Whose lip in haughty scorning curled ; And, glittering through the storm-clouds, lo 1 — To Kings a sign of wrath and wo— See bend once more our blessed bow Os promise o’er the world ! Breathe, breathe again ! Twelve dreary years Had roll’d in deep’ning gUoni away, And patriots, though their gathering tears, Could scarce behold one cheering ray ; But hope hath paid her long arrears, And now away all doubts, ail fears, For in God’s glorious sky appears The radiant star of day. Too long unholy hands have borne The ark where Freedom's bibie lies; Her sacred records, soil’d and torn, Were blurred with foul hypocrisies, And e’en the spotless vestments, worn By Washington, her priest first born, Were desecrated to adorn Her bitterest enemies. Ye’ve proved your hearts, and limbs are sprung From them who crossed the foaming brine, And from their struggling mother wrung The freedom of tiieir Saxon line ! That mother, at wliose breast they hung, Was old and strong, and they were young And weak, but to their chief they clung, And destiny divine. But can it be tiiat Freedom’s foes Should find a spot to rest upon 1 Nay! choose that soil lor their repose, Where grew her first and dearest son 1 The mourniul truth might welt have froze With grief the siream that sadiy Hows Where, tear-bedewed, a tomb arose— The tomb of Washington ! Thanks be to God ! Our onward stride Full soon will reach the western wave; Our woodmen in its peaceful tide Their way-worn feet will gladly lave ; And in our valleys, roe and wide, Oppression’s sons their heads may hide, And find, secure from Power and Pride, A siieiier and a grave. And long through coming ages, bom When we shall slumber, cold and still, The sultry Summer will adorn The verdant vale and hazy hill; And Autumn, walking e’en and morn Through bearded wheat and rustling corn, See Plenty from tier streaming horn His largest wishes fill. Europe’s rich realms will then admire And emulate iier matchless lame, And Asia burn with tierce desire To burst her galling bonds ot shame. Greece will resume the Aoman lyre, And Rome again to Heaven aspire, And vesta i Freedom's quenchless lire From the Pyramids shall liame. SYDNEY. mmmmmmaAmmmmmmmßmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmuvxamari MISCELLANEOUS. “ Pete, are you into them sweetmeats a gin?” ‘No marm, them sweetmeats are into me.’ “ I say, landlord,” enquired a loafer, “ what are you going to charge to keep me all winter for nothing ?” SMOKING. We are as devotedly fond of a good ci gar as any man living, and in our time have consumed little rolls of “the weed” entirely “too numerous to mention,” though if any person should feel a curiosity touch ing the precise number, we may conscien tiously say “upwards of a little” would be somewhere distant from the mark. We love a goed cigar, and with a constancy of attachment which would throw any hero ol ancient romance in the shade, we have continued our devotion for years. In early boyhond, (we remember it “ e’en as it were a thing of yesterday,”) we one eve ning smoked a cigar. A “sudden indisposi tion’ vas iV immediate consequence, and we rememoei very distinctly being doctor ed for a “bad told” by our grand mater nal relative. Then we hated cigars, and for a long time shunned the noxious effluvia of tobacco, dreading smoke worse than any burnt child ever dreadsd fire. But it seem ed to our infantine intel'.ect that all men smoked, and the coming of manhood would bemeterially hastened by the acquisition of this accomplishment. So by delicate and cautious advances we continued to ap proach the dear object of our early regard, with a generous magnanimity, much to be applauded, forgiving our first cruel Hebuff. Then must we have made an interesting pic ture, when, getting be hind a lighted Ha vana, we ventured to inhale a breath of the curling vapor; suddenly coughing, spit ting, blowingaway the smoke, and hold ing the cigar at arms length until the fit was over. Perseverance and industry are great conquerors. We were industrious; we were persevering, and we were soon a most val iant and unconquerable smoker. Now ye youth, ye youth, we are wiser, and we tell you that smoking is a most civilised and barbarous custom. It is ungenteel, it is impolite, it is generally offensive to ladies.it is particularly delightful to nobody, it is not right, and in fact it is wrong. Now dear young men, don’t smoke. We lay down a valuable medical work which we WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) FEBRUARY , 1841. are glancing over, and in which we have just discovered some startling observations on smoking that we may pen this impor tant advice toyoung men. Are you aware that smoking is more injurious to the nerves than alcohol? Are you informed that smo king is one of the prime moving causes of dyspepsia ? Do you know that congestive fever, if not induced, is most materially assisted in its premonitory stages by smo king? Smoke no more! Already do we see the cigar boxes tumb ling out of the windows, the cigar shops shutting up, young men throwing away t)ie lighted Principes from their mouths, scatter ing the Havanas out of their hats, and sha king the long nines out of their poeketk. Enough ; there shall he no more smoking. Give us a cigar, somebody. N. O. Picayune. From the Ladies’ Companion. THE TWO PARLORS; Or, Doing as other People do. BY MRS. A. M. F. ANNAN. “ It is very well for people to live in what is called style, if they have every thing in agree ment,” but “ no style of living is good, or gtnleet that is not thorough, consistent, and well carried through.” —Three Experiments if Living. “Don’t you think, Henry, that now since your business begins to increase, wc might afford to go to housekeeping?” “I hadly know how that would be, Eliza. “Then 1 do wish you would deliberate upon it, it is so disagreeable to be living in boardinghouses, particularly to persons like ourselves, who have children to take care of. Harry and Agnrs are really to be pitied, poor little things ! —they are compelled to stay shut up in our room the whole day long, without air or exercise, except when I take them, myself, into the streets to walk, which is very troublesome from their being so young. They have not played in the yard for two months, in consequence of their voices having disturbed Mrs. Downes in one of her nervous spells, after she had been removed into the back building for quiet; and if l let them at any time run a bout the house for a change, they are in danger of falling down stairs, or of incom moding some of the old bachelors. Mr. Townsend looked cross at me for a week because Agnes happened, one day to catch hold of his coat skirts when her hands were daubed with molasses candy, and Mr. Twaite wondered why people could not keep their children in their proper places, and complained of having had to re-write a letter several times on account of Harry’s rattling with a stick against the bannisters. And you know it is next to an impossibility to find a boardinghouse without old bache lors?” “Os course, my dear; —what were boar dinghouses instituted for, if not for the accommodation of those who could not be expected to have agreeable homes of their own.” “Then that is not all. As we cannot af ford to keep a nurse to look after the chil dren, and as it is inconvenient to Mrs. Wil liams to send their meals into our own a partment, I am always obliged to remain in the diningroom and wait on them myself, while every now and then I hear the ser vants grumble about being required to leave the table standing so long. Then if they happen to spill their coffee or break an egg, old Hannah never fails to let me know that her washings of napkins and table cloths are always larger on their ac count than that of the whole family be sides. And really I should not wonder if Mrs. Williams herself were dissatisfied, though to be sure, she never hints it. On ly last week she lost a chance of three addi tional boarders, a gentleman and his wife, and a single gentleman, who were every way pleased with the house and accommo dations, but could not agree to remain where there were children. I overheard their objecting to it myself.” “All very cogent reasons, Eliza, and to tell the truth, I have also been thinking occasionally about the matter ofhousekeep ing for some time past,—not however, from such causes as yours, exactly. I should like to have my sister Jane to live with me, now that my uncle is dead; I am averse to leaving her with his family, and think it proper that I should take charge of her my self, particularly as I can better afford it than formerly.” “Oh, certainly—l should be delighted ! and in that case, housekeeping would be the only plan. The expense of her boar ding added to that of our own, and of our washing and so forth, would make up an amount very little less than would be re quired to mantain us all in the comforts of home.” “That is the conclusion I had partly come *o ; but there is another matter to be thought of. Though I could easily spare enough from week to week for the family expenditures, it will require what to me would be a considerable sum, to make a beginning, to get furniture and all that.— My share of capital in business is so small and money is so hard to raise in these critic al times, that a few hundred dollars to be withdrawn is a thing of some consequence. However, we must economise, and content ourselves with as little as possible, and we may do very well. I know of a house in a genteel neighborhood, pleasant and of a suitable size, which will be vacant in two or three weeks, and if we have decided upon the project, I can make application for it.” “Pray’ do, and if you succeed in get- PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. ting it, 1 will immediately write for Jane. By the by, had we not better make some arrangement about servants ? you know what a trouble every one lias with them herein the city. Do you remember my mother’s woman, Liddy Baker ? If we send for Jane, it would be a good thought to let her bring Liddy with her. 1 have always promised her a home, whenever I should have a house of my own. She is an excellent cook, washer and ironer, and would come for even less wages than an ordinary girl here. With her to do the principal work, and a small girl to attend the children and run errands—l might get little Phoeby, who used to live with Mrs. Williams—we could do admirably.” “Exactly so; hut we can settle that after we have found a house. I shall inquire about the one I spoke of, before I come to dinner.” We must premise, before going any fur ther that Mr. Heny Waters, the gentleman whom we have introduced, was a partner to a very limited extent in a mercantile house, in which he had formerly served as clerk. lie was a native of a retired part of the country, and had married an old school-mate of hisown,countrary to the sug gestions of prudence, with regard to pecu niary affairs. Consequently on this, he had always been restricted to careful econ omy in his manner of living. Mr. Waters secured the house, which was to be vacated in two weeks, and be fore the expiration of that time his sister ar rived, accompanied according to agree ment, by Liddy Baker. “Really, we were very fortunate in get ting such a house as this!” exclaimed Mrs. Waters, whilst they were all examining it on the day after their predecessors had departed. “I am very glad that the kitch en is on a level with the parlors, Liddy has such a dread of basements, of working under ground as she says; and these par lors, they are beautiful. There is such a difference in rooms, even in those of the same size and general appearance. These are designed to show every thing to advan tage, and will hold a great deal of furni ture.” “Rather more than it would he conve nient for me to put into them, under present circumstances,” returned her husband; however, I can afford to furnish this fiont room very neatly.” “ This front room, my dear, said Mrs. Waters, laughingly, “you forget that eve ry body furnishes both parlors pretty much alike now.” “ Blit lam not able to do as every bodv does. I would rather put up with all thedis comforts of boarding houses, than to run in debt to furnish my own. Besides it is not necessary with us. We have very few ac quaintances, and they ought to know our circumstances well enough not to expect to see us attempting style. However, if you insist upon having both rooms furnished a like, I have no objection; hut you will have to put up with plain articles and a scant number. Indeed, I like the plan of having both rooms in use at once, very much ; one can feel much more at ease from having the greater space to move a bout in.” J “ But tliere are certain things absolutely necessary to making a genteel appearance, said Mrs. Waters, with a look of uneasiness, and sheranovera considerable catalogue; every person of my acquaintance has them and it would appear strange if we, who are of as good standing as any of them, should not live as well as they. Such and such articles are the fashion, and for our own credit it would not do to do without them. “ Your ideas on that subject are wrong, my dear, begging your pardon. The peo ple you know all belong to a particular set, and an exceedingly limited one. When you extend your acquaintance, you will find that the greatest variety of domestic ar rangements is to be met with n every cir cle, as, indeed, is unavoidable in a popu lous city.” “ But we won’t be likely to make up with people plainer than the ones we visit at present. You are known to many of the gentlemen in this neighborhood, and it is probable that their families, certainly some of them, will call on us. They all seem to live very finely. I glanced in at the win dows as we came along, and noticed that ev ery house was apparently furnished ele gantly. And to continue the acquaintance of those who may show us attention, it will be necessary that we should keep up some equality of appearance.” “ 1 should not object ifwehad any equal ity of means, but that, unfortunately, is far from our case. As I said before I can fur nish one room handsomely, and that ought to answer our purpose for the present. If your neighbors call, they will hardly come cn masse, and, otherwise, this room will be quite sufficient to hold them. By the time we are in circumstances toincrease our vis iting list, so that both rooms will be in requi sition, I hope I shall be able to make some additions to my household stores. In the mean time, the back parlor must remain in a decent undress for an eating-room. My idea was to get such things as we might purchase of a good quality, so that as our stock gradually enlarged, the articles on hand might not look shabby or incongru ous besides new ones. I have the cash by me for that purpose.” llow much have you concluded on laying out, Henry ?” Mr. Waters named the sum. “ Why I think, my dear that out of that we might contrive to furnish both rooms ve- ry well,” said his wife. “Not besides having things comfortable in the chambers and kitchen, which 1 have determined on. Here is want I allow for parlor furniture. 1 have made a close cal culation. By occasionally asking the pri ces of different, things, in this line, when they came in my way, I am pretty well in formed as to their value. Hi re is a cata logue of those articles we shall need, with their prices annexed,” Mrs. Waters examined the paper. “The prices you have placed here, Henry, are very liberal,” said she, “ I am confident that with a little management we might make this sum reach to furnish both rooms. It would he a pity to keep these doors clo sed ;” and throwing them back she contem plated from the front windows the vista to the end of the other apartment, deciding to herself the effect of a mirror here, and a sofa there, and so forth. “It would have to be management more ingenious than I could devise,” said Mr. Waters, smiling, “ you remember 1 told you that I wished to have every thing of a good quality.” “ Certainly, certainly—but that could be bad at very reduced prices by going to the auction-rooms.” “ You are mistaken, my dear, good fur niture sells at pretty much the same prices all over the city,—in auction-rooms nearly the same as in shops. Well kept sec ond hand articles bring, sometimes, almost as much as new, and by going to auction rooms we might miss a chance of being properly suited, froni having less variety to choose from.” “ But I don’t mean the most extensive, fashionable sale rooms ; the common sec ond-hand furniture warehouses are the pla ces I would go to. The most astonishing bargains are sometimes to be had in them. You know that goods kept there are mostly repaired and dressed after being sent in, so that what is got from them look quite like new.” “ A process by which the defects are hid den, and we are prevented from knowing what our money is given for. I always prefer going to people who have established a reputation, and are interested to keep it. —then I feel I run no risk.” “ But Henry it must be our own look out that we may make good selections ; and if we can have them at little cost, my plan certainly would be the better one. It was Mrs. Williams that gave me these hints and you know she is a capital manager You should have seen the bedstead she bought at one of these establishments the other day ; it cost her literally nothing, and it is fitted to be placed in a very genteel chamber.” “ I did see it, and predict that when the warm weather returns, its lodger will dis cover the reason ofits cheapness.” “ Well, just give me leave to test my plan. Jane and I can go around to these places, and if I should he disappointed in them, I will submit to your opinion. When Mr. Wa tors came in to tea, his wife met him with a look of triumph.— “What was the price ofthe pier glass you described to me for the front parlor ?” she asked. “ Twenty-five dollars, —ten under the u sual cost.” “ I saw a pair to-day, only a trifle short er and scarcely less wide, for—guess how much ?” “ Very little, I presume, from your coun tenance. “ For fifty dollars, both of them ; I was absolutely astonished !” “ They must be old ones, or must have very inferior plates.” “ No, they are new, perfectly new. The frames were wrapped with paper to pre serve th<’ “'lding, but the man uncovered them for our inspection. The plates were dim with smoke and dust from standing so long exposed, but we cleaned a part of them and found the glass of unusual thickness. We might take the two instead of the one you spoke of; it would be an extraordina ry bargain. One ofthem would do to place between the front window, and the other on the back parlor mantle-piece.” “ There must be something wrong about them. Good articles are rarely offered so much below their common value.” “ How suspicious you are, Henry ! I assure you they are excellent, and at the same place we saw a centre-table for little more than half the price of the one I look ed at with you. The pedestal was very much the same, and the only perceptible difference was, that the top, instead of being a solid slab, was inerusted with marble.” “ Avery material difference, Eliza. But why not be satisfied with a plain mahoga ny one ? I don’t like sham things. Be sides, if we had a marble-topped one, I should always keep a cloth over it ; I can’t bare to sit at one of those hard, cold things, they always remind me of grave-stones, when I lay my hand on them.” “ But marble-slabbed tables are the only kind fashionable, and this one, though near ly as low priced as a plain mahogany one, looks as well as if the top were solid. The man says it is quite anew style ; one that will supercede the present fashion entirely. I wish very much you would go and look at it, and the glasses ! There are other things, too, that might suit us ; among them a pair of astral lamps, very low, indeed. “ I have no fancy for trusting second hand lamps, one good new one would pro bably be worth more to us than the pair ; but I have something more important to oc cupy me for the present. I will be obliged to set off for the country to-morrow before ITI. J. KAPPEL, Printer. day. to attend to some urgent business that will keep me away for a week. I have been in a state of uneasiness about it all the afternoon.” “ Then I'll let these matters rest for the evening. When you go. just leave me the money and I can arrange them all during absence. You know we ladies have a superior knack at suedi things.” “ As you please, my dear, only be care ful not to meet with imposition. I think you had better wait ’till my return.” “Oh, no!” replied Mrs. Waters, quick ly, in fear that she might lose so favorable a chance to carry out her own views ; “von shall see how well 1 can attend to it. and on your return you can come into your own house, and find yourself snugly seated at home without further trouble.” Mr. Waters got through with his busi ness satisfactorily, and on his return to the city, he found, with all the gratification that a man of domestic feelings and habits en joys on the occasion of first entering a house of his own, that liis family were comforta bly established in their own domicile. Af ter the first greetings and congratulations were over, betook leisure to scan the ar rangements. The parlors were thrown o pen, and displayed every article held indis pensable to persons of some pretensions ; yet, in almost each could be detected, with out much scrutiny, some indisputable signs of its being second-handed. There were dark places in the carved parts that sand paper could not reach, cracks filled up with glue, and ridges and streaks in the varnish that betrayed hasty and careless workman ship. All, however, were disposed with taste, and made quite a showy appearance. “Well, Henry, I suppose you will now agree that my notions were best aftef all,” said Mrs. Waters ; “ I have accomplished furnishing both rooms on your allowance, and, besides, have made it reach to supply a quantity of ware sufficient for a large dinner party. Here it is in the sideboard. To be sure, the knobs had been broken oil’ the covers of some of the dishes, but they are so neatly and durably cemented, that it will never be perceived, and though a good many of the pieces are wanting, the set is still large. 1 got it also for half price.— Isn’t that large tureen beautiful ? the shape is so uncommon and so elegant. It is an excellent piece ; so heavy, and so clear of defects. Look what substantial handles ! they would hold up a hundred weight !” “ I am satisfied, of course, seeing you arc so,” returned Mr. Waters, “ but I feci ra ther out of order from my journey. I must put on some clean clothes ; why what in duced you to cover the glasses ?” going up to one of the mirrors to survey his disha bille ; they were both veiled with thin gauze. “ Why candidly, Henry, there was some, mistake about those glasses. After the}’ w ere sent home, and we had washed them, we discovered that a great deal of the dim ness and nearly all the spots, which, we had supposed, were occasioned by the dust settling on them in damp weather, were blemishes in the glass. This made them look so badly that Jane and I determined to cover them, that the gauze might hide it all. Every one can see that we have mirrors in their proper places, and in parlors they are more for show than they are for use.” “ But that does not content me; they must be sent back.” “ Unfortunately, that is out of the ques tion now. The establishment was closed the day after I had made my purchases, the ow'ners having prepared themselves to set up in another city. It was owing to this that I got every thing so cheap.” “ Then, I suppose, as it can’t be helped, the less we say about it the better. I am afraid, though, that you have been drawn into some bad bargains. But, isn’t it tea time ? lam ready for a double portion of good things, as I got no dinner on the road.” “ Jane has just gone to have tea set on the table, and there is the bell now’. ” “ Why, I see no table, my dear.” “Come this way—we have concluded to eat in the little passage between the entry and the kitchen ; see here, does it not look quite comfortable 1” “ It is contrary to my theory, that a pas sage six feet by eight, can be a comfortable eating-room for three grown persons and two children,” said Mr. Waters, looking anything but agreeably surprised ; “ will you close the kitchen door, Liddy ?” called he, after they had seated themselves as compactly as possible around the little table. “ It can’t be kept closed, sir,” called Lid dy in return, “the kitchen smokes outra geously when we shut it.” “ Then open the windows.” “ That only makes it worse, sir.” “No matter, I can’t eat while my. eyes are filling with smoke. “ Never mind, my dear, we will have the cooking stove up in a day or two,” said Mrs. Waters, persuasively, “and then this objection will be at an end. That was part of my plan. The kitchen door can then be left open, and the stove will warm this place delightfully in the cold weather.” “ But in a case of necessity, my dear. All the other families in this block, I un derstand, use the apartment above the kitchen for art eating-room ; but, on ac count of economy.! cannot follow their example. We must have a warm cham ber for the children and also for Liddy, on account of her rheumatism, and as that one can be heated from the stove below, I have placed beds in it. Besides, Liddy would soon become dissatisfied, if she tterc ooli- [VOLUME XXVI.