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And tho Ud olook tick® in th® ottag® halL ller® lor®ly attll, on th® window aAli* Tho d®w-ey®d flowers rost, Whil® ’mid th® lav® oo Um mm gwa ®ava, Th® marten build® her no®*. And all day long th® Summer hr®*®® la whlsporing lev® W th® bsudod trorib Orsr th® doer, all oovsrsd ®'r, With a sack of dark gr®om bairn. Lay® a muakot old, whooo worth I® told In tho evonts of other days. And the powder flank and the hunter*® hom ■avo hung beside it for many a morn. For year® hav® fled with ® ooisslsM trsadk Like fairy dreams away, And In their flight, all shorn of It® mighA A father, old and gray, Aa tho aofl winds play with his snow-whits hair. And ths old man sleeps ta his sasy skaif, Zfcstde ths door, on hb sanded-floor. Light, airy footsteps gilds, And a maiAm fair, with flaxen hath. Kneels by the old man's aide— An old oak wrecked by tho angry storm. ’ While ths ivy clings to its trembling tesh CLl_jgjll.UilJX.l The Hole In The Floor. Tho life ( Eject af Seth Grovner and Susun his wife was to amass property. It had been their aim during their wedded existence, which now counted fifteen years, and was still cherished as the dearest wish of their beans. No change was made except it would hasten tho desired consummation of this long nurtured hope; no outlay was ventured upon unless it promised asjistance in the hoarding of money. Not a day’s respite ii 1i he one from unceasing application to - , o<i nn hour passed that the - o'* ; some new way to save dollars arid cents. In such .hi atmosphere of eairer grasp ing for property, it would be strange had their children escaped the infect ion. 7 heir little faces brightened at the sight of a penny, not that it would procure sweet meats, but because it would add another to their store of coins; and the small hand grasped it with as instinctive ami keen a pleasure as an aged miser clutches hi gold. The oft repeated parental injunc tion, "A penny saved is a penny earned.” fell upon the childish cars, but childish wisdom applied the maxim; tho confec tioner and fruit-vender were rarely called upon by the young Urovners—the seed was taking root. Mr. and Mrs. Grovner had nothing to give away. Poverty, iu the form of a rag ged mendicant, was rudely repulsed; mis fortune, in the garb of despondency, met with rebuke instead of sympathy; sorow, in the persons of mourning widows and fatherless children, vainly sought wor s of consolation and a helping hand; the kiudly voice of pity, and tho whisperings of charity, were unheard by ears inac cessible save to the hints o 1 frugality, the suggestions ot economy, or the prompt ings of prudence. Ah, little do the un fortunate gain from those making haste to be rich 1 Reading, the cheapest of all luxuries, Mr. Grovncr thought too expensive to be encouraged. Books cost money, and newspapers couldn’t be bad for nothing, even if there wasn’t any postage on them. When he was rich he would have a library worth showing. Hi* wife had no social intercourse with her friends and neigh bors; visits took time, arid if she attended parties, she would be expected to give them. That would not do, so she re mained at home, mind and body absorbed iri the one paramount idea. Did either feel a lingering desire to listen to the notes of some lauded singer, or the eloquence of a distinguished lecturer, the price of tickets of admission softened disappoint ment, and made the sacrifice seem less. The Grovncr children were never per mitted to leave the dusty, crowded city fora day in the wools with their com pardons. The fare back and forth was an item not to be disregarded; and an excur sion of this nature was inevitably attend ed with more or less tom clothes. Money was always the mother’s inducement; a promise of three cents each made the little men bear the deprivation heroically. Ah, nature is a better teacher than a mother whose idol is gold 1 One opens the heart to kindly influences, makes if, more .sus ceptible to genial impressions, quickens brotherly love, and brings the creature nearer the C eator; the other biuats tit sensibilities, chokes the springs of benevo lenee, clogs the aspiring spirit, makes it insensible to a loftier sentiment than the love of gain. Aro there no other Mrs. ; Grovners? None of the family attended church, for pew rent w .s an item, and a minister’s tax not an unimportant consideration. If * preaching and good example cost nothing, they would have availed themselves of their benefits, but os it was, parents and children were “a law to themselves ” Thoir living was of the plainest possibl kind, aud quantity was studied as closely as quality. None of the Grovners were afflicted with gout or dyspepsia, if timi palates wore never regn'-'d by and.: nly dishes. Mr. Seth and Mrs. ■ usuu were threaten ed with a dire calamity, iti the shape of a visit from an elderly relative, who had troubled them hut otioo sinco their mar riage. A lotter had been received, avow ing his intention to become better aj quaiuted with his nephew and niece. They knew little about him, save that he was a childless old man, rather odd iu his ways, and burdened with but a small por tion of this world's goods. Yet this much was certain; his stay with them would be attended with great inconvenience aud expense—and the last reflection was the most annoying of all. His appearance was not an event of re joicing on the part of tho host and hostess; the respectable looking old gen tleman missed the hearty welcome be had promised himself. They were polite, but not cordial; attentive, but cold and dis tant, meeting his familiar advances with that indifferent reserve so chilling and discouraging. The children hau been sent off to bed as soon as tea was ever, and the three sat stiffly abrut the cold stove, Mrs. Grovner glancing now and then at tho clock on the mantel piece. “Perhaps yout uncle would like to re tire,” she observed to Mr. Seth. Conversation had flat-red for some minutes; it was hard doing all the talk ug, and uncle Abel approve i the suggestion, though if. was tc.iredy ebtht o'clock. “Ituu-t confess to fatigue,” he said. “F:n not young as l w i.< one and exer tion ares me. I’ve been accustomed to sleeping in a warm room, if it won't oe oo much trouble, I’d like a little lire kindled for me; old blood feats these chilly nights," he added, apologetically. Mr. Feth said, “Oh, no I ” and Mrs. Susan, “Certainly no!" but anybody could see that their thoughts widely diverged from their words. Ihe fire was mafic, and the nephew took a small hand lamp to light Uncle Abel to his chamber. ‘ I should prefer this," said the latter, taking a larger one from the shelf near him, "if you have no objections. It holds more oil, I see, and sometimes, when I am restless and can’t sleep, 1 read to in duje drowsiness. It won’t incommode you very much, I hope.” Seth said, “No, indeedl” and Susan, “Not in the least!” hut mentally, their replies were different. Unde Abet and the largest lamp went up stairs, husband and wife closed the doors for a eormubn. conference. “Well!” said the niece. “What do you think?’’ said the nephe w. “An assuming did fox!" she exclaim."l. "A confounded bore!" he ejaculated. "An extra fire, Sethi” “A lamp to read by, Susan!” "Meat for dinner!” “And coffee for breakfast!” “Will he stay long, think?” “Two or three months, judging from the size and weight of his trunk.” “A j.retty hill of expense, truly!—and not a dollar to pay his board I” “Fuel and light, and what he’ll eat and drink, will put ua back a whole year in our calculations. This comes of having relations! I wish I hadn’t one in the world! —and to think he a nothing but a great uncle.” This interesting conversation was pro longed sou e time; but enough has been given to show the feelings of Mr. arid Mrs. Grovner in regard to Uncle Abel. Mourning did not mend the manners of the couple, yet the worthy old gentle man was urbane and sailing, seeming not to notice the frigid atmosphere that prevailed. He tried in vain to make the acquaintance ot' the children, but parental oversight prevented the object in view, [t was rooolieuted that they, with a certain c ass designated ;j,s “fools, ’ ’ were said to “tell the truth;’’ and that, ia this instance, was not to be spoken. Uncle Xbel's sight vas impaired, but ■ was not so biind that be could not de tect dissatisfaction, though in a tueaiure cioaked. Hi- tarry was short at the ‘: rovner ma - ion; in a week be took leave of his nephew and niece, to their un bounded satisfaction. • We have done well,’’ they :aid, “to got lid -if him so easily. He might have staid a month.” An Undo Abel w.,s forgotten' in the g i struggle to oiako a fortune. Uue year afterward, they hoard of his decease by means of the following siy. va cant letter, which was found among his private papers, and forwarded after hi death. “Nephew an ! Niece:—When a child les old iivui eronses your threshold, yeartt- Iny for love at"! sympathy, and that vi e •Vi yout .de.mld voluntarily ac cord I oil! ai r. in . hi u n-.it coldly, he grudge hitu-not ’ food bn eat e the lire that-wmi;r. ■■ ' i' ll enables him to beguile ; mm-H mill,-.ici hour. And raoreov r and ■>•. ■' * a-,* i' hole in the floor. 7". > ‘his benefit,you, is the wi' ; . ymr 11 soi.b A i . ; .. “Tho hole in the flom mean. Ligbt slowly bcgnii to erw y li the bewildered brain of Mi in. 1 . Grovnor, revealing a st-ardioc Irm-ii - - every line of the singular oj>ist.lc bci o’. them. They looked ut, each o.!;>•: iu blank dismay, in the that their hypocrisy anil littleness had been exposed. A placo had been cut in tho floor for tho admission of a pipe from tho stove in tho room below' Being early in the sea son, this pipe had not been adjusted for the winter, and the space was consequent ly open. Uncle Abel occupied that chamber, and had no difficulty in over hearing every word that had been utter ed beneath him by Seth and Mrs, Susan. The hole in the floor had thus betrayed them. How unfortunate they should have forgotten it I The secret of his short visit was understood. Both were much diseomposed that their petty mean ness had been brought to light, but were consoled by reflecting that nothing au tagpnislio to thoir interest would come of it! “But, ah, a great many improbable things transpire in thin worldl Who would have imagined that Undo Abel was worth his thousands? Who would have supposed that he was in possession of a fortune called by the initiated, “inile pondant?” The “assuming old fox” had shewn his cunning. ISet.U and Susan had overreached themselves. In striving to save a penny, they had lost a great many pounds. They were Uncle Abel’s only surviving relatives, and be had in tended making them his heirs. But, alas, tho hole in thefloor! it had willed his money to a charitable List it ; tion, bequeathing them only the know! odfe of their parsimony and self ab.e-e merit! Irretrievable mistake—irrepara ble error! The imporeant object of their lives defeated by a hole in the floor, when lust upon the verge of realization. >JOW A TJIOY MAN WAS TREATED AT THIS NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE. A prominent German of this city, on Ids return from the fatherland not long I.go, brought with him a silk dress for his wife, anew suit of clothes for himself, and several meerschaum pipes, which lie bought cheaply and thought, to sell at a fair pro>. He had also silk handkerchiefs, fur gh • ■ and trinkets for his friends. Our fr. : < having heard so much about the corrupts n of Custom House officers, decided to save his pipes and bis duties at the same lime, and accordingly brought out his trunk tor inspection on landing, placed a $5 bill upon the top of the contents, so that it would be seen when the lid win lifted, and confident ly waited to see the Inspector pick up the i ill, jab it into his pocket, shut the trunk, chalk it, and pass on; but he didn't. Ho opened the trunk, glanced at the pipes, put the bill back, closed the chest, chalked it, and remarking “Wait a minute,” shortly returned with a second officer, and gave the wardrobe such an overhauling on only a suspicious inspector can give one. Every thing was charged with d-uty—the pipes, the ailk dresa, even the suit of clothes and nil tire trinkets—and the poor traveler paid dearly for his little indiscretion. His $5 was handed back to him after a settlement had been effected, and he was told to keep it to purchase smaller game. —Troy Times. IHB GREAT GRAPE VINE OF SANTA BARBARA. The monster grape vine of Santa Barbara nrrived recently on the steamship Ancon, packed for shipment to the Philadelphia Centennial, where it is to be set up with the limbs attached in their natural position. Eight fast from the ground its body was five and a half feet in circumference. Its foilage covered 10,000 square feet, and an nually produced six tons of excellent Mis sion grapes. At the point of this measure ment it branched out into twenty large limbs, one of which is twenty-seven inches in circumference, just the exact size of the Queen’s celebrated vine at Hamilton Court, Ingland, the largest in the Old World. An pjiortunity of seeing this great natural rioslty should be given to the people of I,c State before its departure. —San Frcrn- Uoo Lerlyop. NUMBER 15. BUNBELM3. Tu the count ,’v - hey blow a hom before M rttuncr; in town they take one. CM'* /> in Virginia are politely called “beli. - . ofiVr*," M- - ;V" i, made her husband quail before lier. Ga-mnyi A philosopher doeoribea a bold man or one who combs bis head with a towel. “Hain’t got a eont to day” is probably one of the oldest lies on record. The height; of i -lit. ‘ness-—Running against a lamp-post and asking it to J lease excuse you. The Brooklyn girl who was naught s!oV in.' a pair of "hoes to wear to the Pnnday " 01, says eho will never try to bo good again. Tight times are not confined to this sublunary sphere. Tho other night there was a tremendous ring about the moon. J.t was a fair, square promise of a severo storm, and everybody pre pare! for it: but after several days of vacillating policy, the matter was finally compromised ut about, thirty cents on the dollar. no skulked Into a saloon, loaned over the bar, and whispered : "Here's my last ten cents. If you were me would you pav it out for whisky, or buy some candy for the children. “I’d buv oandy, replied the bar keeper. The man j.ut up tho money, made for the door, but halted as a happy idoa struck him, and returned and said: "I guess I’ll pay for tho wliisky, and get trusted for the candy.’' A Kearney man started with a team to the Black Hills, and the Indians wanted to Interview him on the way. He whip ped up his team, but the redskins gained on him. He threw out his load, but they came still nearer. He finally tumbled off the bod, drew the kingbolt and rode the forewheels safely Into Custer City at the rate of twenty miles an hour. Hiram Powers, the sculptor, who had spiritual visions, said that if a man's ner vous system were carefully separated from the rest of his body. It Is so com plex and great that it would appear as a perfect representation of the man. “Why, then,” said he, “cannot that which is be low the delicate nervous system be re vealed to ns in spiritual manifestations?” row oustrcNi-ANPinis drubs. A correspondent with tha into Juniata ex pedition says of the Greenlanders, tliat, t one ignorant of their style of dress, and the similarity of the dress of both sexes, it would he difficult to distinguish the man from the woman. The man combs his hair straight down and over id forehead, only parting it sufficiently to enable him hi see directly abend of him, while the woman combs her 1 air in a long plait, forming it Into a knot! cm t.iis top of iho head, which is elevated Rbout four inches from tile scalp, and tied with a strip of ribbon, cither of a black, bine or rod color—too widow being dis tinguished by the black ribbon, tho wife by the bisc. end the maiden by the rod one. Their -'-on is c- poetry, like that of tho Indian, a-. v.,r bi&ek and their nose flat, nriiiic Jr c< • ek-boinv are brood and prom inent, nearly hiding the nasal appendage when the profile i presented. The kepetab, or jumper, with hood attachment, worn by both sexes, the ho.f i of tha woman being made larger, in which to carry the young, babe, is - aiskm with trimmings of dogskin.. The panni! ion and boots are also worn by both sexes, those of the women being, in most cares, very elaborately and artistically trimmed. The pantaloons of the women resell only to the knee, while the hoots, made of fi. .sly tanned sealskin, nicely crimped and sawed with the sinews of the deer, make them look comfortable. PEAS THREE THOUSAND YEARS OLD, la the courts of Intc explorations in tho ancient ruina of Egypt, Gen. Anderson, an English traveler, found, iuciosed in a sarco phagus beside a mummy, a few dry peso, which he preserved carefully, and on his re turn to Great Britain, planted in tho rich soil of the island of Guernsey. The seeds germinated, and soon tvro little plants ap peared, from which, at maturity, sufficient peas were gathered to plant quite a large tract of ground in the following s canon. Some of the plants thus raised hare attained a height of over six foot, and have been loaded with blossoms of exquisite odor, and of a deiicata rose tint. The peculiar feature of the growth is the stem, which is so small near the root but increases greatly in size u it ascends, requiring a support to sustain it upright The pods, instead of being dis tributed around all portion* of the stem, aa in the ordinary plant, are grouped about the upper extremity. The vegetable, it is said, belongs to the ordinary garden variety; but from its presenting the very distinctive dif ferences above noted, it seems worthy of close botanical observation. The peas are of remarkably Cue flavor, excelling in de licacy those of the choicest taown va rieties. The publisher of a weekly newspaper, in Illinois, prints in each nam her a chap ter of tho Bible, and upon being ridiculed for if. by its coutcraporariee, remarks ed itorially: “V 1 . .mbii-.i, nothing but what in nows to our readers.”