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6 rather, groan—was his only response to my rap turous exclamation. I sprang towards him with a quick ejaculation. He was standing motion less by the gas-burner which Phil had just lit, his eyes riveted upon the note in his hand; a ring, picture and a number of old letters had favorite ottoman to her side and commenced, Gp-I pp PLTl (I t f lG A p|]S most unreservedly. Wvlvllww CVJ-LVA U “ I spent the Christmas holidays with my un- j cle in Baltimore. He came here for me, and on The Hudson River Tunnel. It is the our way home we stopped with relatives in a lit- 1 intention of the Tunnel Company to begin work tie village in which resided the voung lady to : early in the coming fall. A shaft twenty-eight slipped through his fingers and strewed the car- whom mv uncle was engaged. We stayed three feet deep has been dug at the foot of Fifteenth pet at his feet. days and' during the time there w is a very heavy street, Jersey City, and this depth will be m- I entreated him to tell me what was the mat- j snow. Uncle Everard invited his fiancee to a creased twenty feet. From this as a starting ter, but without speaking he extended the pa per in his hand. ~ „ , .. — . . . , . “ A short, curt note signed “A. C. Merrivalle,” : at the depot on the same evening. Cousin Alice s topher street ferry slip. The entrance on the annulling their engagement, and assigning as a father was not at home and uncle Everard was New York side will be in the neighborhood ol reason his conduct during the past week. I compelled to go to the railroad station, which Washington square. From Jersey City^the grade \xrac ttrn rvii!<a fnr VlPT*. THE HEART OF THE ROSE, BY EMMA LOOPE PIERCE. Within my hand I hold the Queen of Flowcre— Proud, renal Rose! whose lovely, radiant hue Vies with the glory of Aurora's dawning. Ere skies have donned their tender robe of blue. I'm half afraid my rough vet gentle touches Will mar the beauty of each velvet fold: And I do tremble w ith a strange emotion While gazing inward 'pon her heart of gold! Here beanty, balm and fragrance all concenter To thee, each yielding tribute, royal Rose! And "neath thy blushing petals I imagine Soft, downy pinions are enfolded close; For thou an woven of immortal texture— „ . Thy threads of life were dipped in h'avenly dyes— | stood astonished, and looked to him for an ex- was two mile distant, for her. And w hen earth-weary these celestial pinions ‘ ' ‘ " Will hear the exiie to her native skies. I bend my lips to driDk thy breath ambrosial, And dwell entranced upon thy crimson glow ; Divincst thoughts, in vast array, come trooping While conning thy fair chalice o'er and o'er, Ripe, sparkling, ardent as the burning Orient— Wine eyes upon thy Inscious beauty feast, For brow a-flame, 8nd thy rich, red lips' parting, Proclaim thee *• Daughter of the glowing East!” Bright Fancy wafts me o'er the rippling waters Where maids, with dusky eyes and midnrght hair To castanets, dance at the " Feast of Roses, Within the charming "Yale of fair Cashmere!" They twine the blossoms into rosy garlands— They wreathe them 'mong their darkly-streaming curie— They strew the sward in lavish, rich profusion— Those happy, laughter-loving, dusky girls 1 The nightingale, in spicy thicket warbling. Methluks could tell me why his tender lay Wells on the air in floods of liquid music, A- if in song he’d poor himself away ! I half opine the golden-hearted Beauty Ilaa looked "love-eyes" at him aDd elviy smiled— “ Love-eyes" and "smile” unsealing music's fountain And causing the poor fellow to go—wild! Ah, birdie! birdie! have I guessed thy secret ? Dost bend before her soul-entrancing sway? Hast Bleeped thy notes within her rich aroma, Stealing some portion of its balm away ? Be not ashamed, sweet bird, to own her power; For other captives long have felt it too— Have strewn, in willing fondness, 'pon her altar The fairest flowers ol a worship true. Oh ! charming Queen ! thy melting, thrilling glances Imbue my fancy with a lervent heat— Bringing I efore me, with most wondrous magic. Each thing in heaven or earth that's bright or sweet. The very air conies laden with the spices From groves of Araby or far-off lud; And gleeful laughs from scarlet lips of maidens Re-echoed softly by each gentle wind. But language fails to paint my warm emo'ion While gazing inward ’pon thy rojal heart, Or give a shape to all the brilliant fancies That crowd my brain in every weird part. O. peerless lvose ! O, sweet and gracious Princess 1 Le er close the portals of thine heart to me! For me alone keep just one downy chamber. Wherein my soul may hold •• high carnival ” with j thee! “Feminine Orthographic Blinders.” BY PLEASANT KIDER-HOOD. The Sunny South of Jnne 30th, contains an article with the above caption in which the writ er-some fair youth who had lately been disap- she accepted, but he received a telegram stating point, the tunnel will proceed in a northeasterly pointed in love, no doubt—makes a plaintive sleigride.that my cousin Alice ViDc n, would be direction under the Hudson River and the Chris- appeal, a solemn petition for Indies to study nAre • - - n ' rru I thoroughly the noble art of spelling.* "Fkminine Orthographic Blunders,” is it? Well I didn’t know before that orthographic errors were pe culiar to womankind! But read the article‘in question, lndi-s. Ponder the advice well, my lair but foolish fellow-sisters! Weep over your proneness to “violate all the rules of orthogra phy and set at defiance the art of capitalization and punctuation!'' There, hide your diminished heads in a big dictionary until you fully “understand the pow er which a well written letter exercises over the heart and brains of a young man alive to the ne cessities and advantages of married life.” (E. A. for instance.) Pore over your “Webster Unabridged” until will descend two feet in every hundred feet, un- planation. He shook his head in response to Clemence started as I called my uncle’s name, til a point of 2,700 feet from the New York side the mute question and said, with lips that trem- but r-gaining her composure, gazed fixedly into is reached, when it will begin to ascend at the j bled despite his efforts to conceal his emotion: the fire. _ _ rate ol one foot in every hundred feet. Through i “I cannot, by the most strenuous exertion of “He wrote a letter to the lady, stating the cir its entire length it will be lighted by gas. The memory, recall any act which she conld even cumstanoes and asking her to excuse him.” wall will be constructed of brick, with a thick- j construe wrongly.” “ Was it sent?” she asked hurriedly. 1 ness of four feet. At no point will the top of the ! I laid the note on the table and gazed thought- “ No: he intrusted it to me and I forgot it. tunnel be less than thirty-five feet below the fully into the glowing coals. The note was never sent; and she met uncle Ev- surface of the water, and in many places it will “Perhaps she met you the evening yon erard that evening driving home with Alice. She be seventy feet below. One hundred and twen- brought cousin Alice from the depot?” I sug- was not acquainted with her, and, I suppose fan- j ty laborers will be engaged in the construction ; gested, doubtfully. eied that he had omitted his engagement for the of the tunnel. The work will go on during the “ Ella, Ella,” he suddenly exclaimed, with an sake of taking some one else. Ob ! it was all my | whole of the twenty-four hours, the force work- i eager questioning look; “didn’t yon send the fault in forgetting the note. What do you think j ing in three relays, for eight hours each. Al- ; you know exactly when to double your l's, omit note I wrote her that evening? could you pos- she did, Clemence? About a week afterward, | though the tunnel will be used for the convey- | your final e’s, cross your t’s and dot your i’s. sibly Lave forgotten it?” uncle Everard received a note from her annul- \ ance of passengers, its main object will be the it may be a serious task, bnt remember, that a “A note? Impossible !” I said incredulously ling their engagement and plainly referring to ; transportation of freight to and from the great j “pretty and correct orthographic letter will go “ Don’t yon remember that just before I start- his actions that evening as a reason. Oh, Clem- railroad lines which terminate in Jersey City, a great way towards securing you a sensible and ed to bring your cousin home, I gave you a note ence ! Clemence ! I have been so wretched ever | The capital of the company is $10,000,000. j educated husband.”(A self-supporting one, it is addressed to her, and desired you to send it? I since, I sbal 1 never forgive myself, though my j y a lueof Xickel Ore The Ena and Min. ' to be ho P ed -) had made an engagement to drive her ont that dear uncle will not blame me.” Journal replies as follows to the question, “What What an incentive to study! evening, and wrote to excuse myself, telling her Perhaps he doesen t care, suggested Clem- | is thfi Dre sent market value of nickel ore per! What an overwhelming inducement to arm how imperative was the necessity for my going ence, a little proudly, I imagined, to the depot to meet Alice.” “ Care ! why Clemence, it has almost broken An instant’s thought, and I recalled all the ' his heart. I actually saw grey hairs in his is the present market value of nickel ore per unit contained in the ore?” The only large dealer in nickel in this conn- events of that evening.. With a quick revulsion I clasped my hands appealingly. “Oh ! uncle Everard, forgive me, forgive me; I did forget it. I have never thought of it since, until this moment.” He turned from me with a glance, white, head to-day and I think the young lady must be completely heartless. “But how was she to know the note was writ ten ?” she said, the pride all gone from the low, agitated tones. “Why, uncle Everard wrote to her, of course; yourselves for an orthographical wrestle! “Feminineorthographic blunders,”hey? Shade of Daniel — no, I mean Noah Websterf Of all except in trifling quantities at about $1.70 cur rency per pound, which is but little over one- half of last year's price. The entire consumption of nickel in America being in good years but about 100,000 pounds per annum, and this year probably not over 40,- My Uncle’s Love Scrape. BY ZOE ZENITH. stern, and reproachful, which I shall never j explained every thing, actually enclosed the forget. I note to prove that it had been written. And, “Oh! Ella, your carelessness has wrecked Clemence, she would not even read his justifi- my happiness.” cation, the letter was returned unopened. Oh!’’ “ Oh, no, uncle Everard,” I cried with a burst i I added, growing angry at the thought, “ if she of tears, “ don’t say that. Can’t you write and ’ had had one bit of love for him she would not explain it to her?” : have done that." He sat down, crossed his arms on the reading ' “ Stop! Ella, cried Clemence, turning her white , , ... , - s desk, and concealed his face lor a iew moments 8 tearful,"face towards me. “ I was foolishly jeal- | After a while he looked up and, touched by my ous, but I thought—I thought I had good reas- distress, said: Ions!” “Hush, Ella. I must ask you to forgive my “ Oh, Clemence ? was it you? But your name harshness; I shall not blame you but will write is not Adele aud you did not come from Olden.” at once. Do not make yourself unhappy, goon “My name is Adele—Adele Clemence, and I to dinner. Tell Phil that I do not wish any.” live in Olden, though I came here from New He stooped to pick up the scattered letters, York.” and I saw that it was only by an effort that he j “ How could you do my uncle so?” had regained his usual manner. With a silent i “Don’t blame me,” she said, excitedly jump- gesture to Phil, who was standing, aghast, in ing out of her chair. “Oh ! Ella, how I have re- the door, I ran past him and went up to my own pented not opening that letter, but I was so hurt, room. ‘ and angry. Y'ou didn’t know me, of course,’’she What a miserable night I spent; I could not went on, answering my amazed looks, “and I am trv is Mr. Joseph Wharton, whose mines are in ! j , mean f\ oan ’ Lancaster County, Pa., and we are indebted to j delightfully funny things I ever heard, saw his courtesy for the following interesting infor- | or -J ead ’ ar . es ? aldl<de takes the lead! mation regarding the present condition of the -Now, the advice it contains would be good, nickel trade: , truly excellent, if, instead of complacently lim- “No satisfactory answer can be given to this ! it to us, the author had extended it to his question. Just now it has no value, for pure | brother men. nickel has buta nominal value, and is unsalable, | , s J, our 'P 11 ™,®. Httle neart, John Quincy “ If you plase, Miss, it’s three o’clock, and Mr. , _ . Warner’s study Lain t cleaned up yit, and din- 1 roy room again that evening, not even in you didn t; I am so thankful that j’ou told ner ’most ready, too.” * j response to my uncle’s repeated messages, and ; me this. But what am I to do now? I am afraid “Three o’clock 1” I dropped my novel, gave ! passed the time iniorming wildly impracticable bat he will never love me again.’ And she laid vent to a yawn and rose from my lounging posi- ' scheme, mingled with fits of useless weeping, j her head on my shoulder and deluged me with “Very well, Bridget; I’ll dress directly and go down and arrange the study.” “ What a lore !” was my mental soliloquy, “ to leave this splendid fire and my new novel when I was feeling so comfortable. A bother upon dusty studies and over-particular bachelors ! Uncle might as well be an old maid at ODce.” The next instant my conscience reproached me with ingratitude to the very best and most generous as well as the handsomest of uncles. It was all due to his kindness that 1 was so com lortable this December afternoon, in this charm How lagging are the wings of time when burd ened with remorseful tears ! On the following morning I was compelled to return to school. When I met uncle Everard he told me that he had written, and spoke hope fully of the consequences; but though his man ner was as kind as usual, I could not help fan- tears. “You needn't be afraid of that,” said I coura geously. He loves you as well as ever. Look up Clemance, he will be here on Friday eve ning.” “Friday evening came, and with it uncle Ed ward. I was talking to him in the private par- which have become prevalent that one has only to discover a nickel deposit to realize a speedy fortune can only lead to disappointment. At best, and even if a large market existed, nickel ore could only have value in existing in large quantity of good quality, and near to fuel fluxes and market. Should any really great de posit be found, the price would fall, as has in fact been the result from the New Caledonia dis coveries. The mine in Lancaster county, Pa., can pro duce with perfect ease double as much nickel as this country consumes, and it has all the advan tages above named. It has, however, been found necessary to dismiss two-tbirds of the miners there, and the mine may possibly have to be closed entirely for want of market.” Spontaneous Combustion, Charles Francis Ellis Adams, don’t you know that it is your own towering sex, who as “sptfil- ists” are frequently such miserable failures/ Haven’t you noticed that no boy can compete in spelling with a girl whose advantages have been equal to his? No. You haven’t? Well, I have, and if you’ll lay aside your prejudice and exercise a little observation you’ll soon find that it is your own sex, the lords and lordlets of cre ation, who need your kind advice far more than we do. For some time I have been interested in this subject, and have taken pains to ask the opinion of numbers of our most experienced teachers. Their answers, almost invariably, were in the girls’ favor. One of these teachers, anxious to be just, yet not willing to accord the “softer sex” any more credit than truth requir-' ed, shrugged his shoulders and gave me to un derstand that it was no compliment. I say they excelled in orthography, it was on ly because they are more patient, more willing to study detail and plod along with the minute, while the soaring masculine mind grasped at higher things! Ahem!!! Searching after the great rushing, roaring, uncatchable infinite. I Strictly I used to wonder why boys were so deficient in speaking, there is no such phenomenon as spon- this all-important branch of learning, and afte.<» r l taneous combustion. I he inflammation ot va- many years of observation, I have at last ,3ome »r, rious organic and inorganic substances, without to the conclusion that it is not from any dull- > the immediate contact ot any ignited matter, ness on their part—they are often bright enough which has given rise to the term, is, neverthe- , —but simply because their poor craniums are „ , less, as certainly the result ot some direct act or i crammed to overflowing with Greek and Latin, eying that his good morniDg kiss was less affec- lor when Clemence came in. He was standing acts which can be accurately traced, as is the , an d a hundred useless things, to the exclusion tionate than it had been on the previous morn- j with his back to the door and could not see her ; firing of a lucifer match when struck on a rc.a^i 0 f tfi e English Dictionary, ing. I controlled my feelings, however, as well enter. I instantly commenced my retreat. She ! surface. '•* — as I conld, and we set out for the depot. It was j noiselessly approached him and laid her hand j The discovery of what the active agents are, only a few hours ride on the cars to my destina- i on his sleeve. r | and the circumstances un-der which they occa*- tion, and on our arrival, uncle Everard bade me i “ Everard,” she aaid softly, “forgive my use- j sion visible ignition, has long been the subject ing, luxurious reem, whose rosewood lurniture adieu at the college entrance, returning at once, less jealousy. Ella Ires-*explained all, all, and j of research, and, one by one, they have been so and warm, crimson carpet and draperies I could to Baltimore. j I ” i fully investigated that there should be lil’ig dif- ' With downcast eyes and heavy heart I enter- I heard no more, but saw uncle Everard turn Acuity in at once assigning the specific cause to r see by raising my eyes to the oval mirror over the mantel-piece, as well as my own rounded, petite figure, brown eyes and childish face, and my very satis sov.ci posture, slippeied teet upon the lender, and figure suLk in the purple-cush- ed and was noisily welcomed by a crowd of with a look of such happy surprise that tears girls. While I was wearily answering innu- blinded my eyes as I went upstairs. If I had merable questions, Madame Recamier advanced parted them, I had united them again. __ “You seem to be unusually fatigued by so When the June roses were blowing auntie ioned depths of a C very “Sleepy Hollow” of an j short a journey, Mademoiselle Myrton,” she : Clemence graduated, and before the “melan- arm-chair. Yes, it was owing to my uncle Ever- j said, with her customary acid expression, “ and ; choly days” had come, she and uncle Everard ard’s kindness that I, an orphan, was so well ! had better to go to your room. Your former j were married. They sealed their forgiveness of cared tor, and was having such a pleasant Christ- ! room-mate received letters which necessitated my thoughtlessness by selecting me for little mas holiday in the city, which I enjoyed as only her absence, and your apartment will now be bridesmaid on the all-important occasion a girl of seventeen, who has been cooped for shared by a new pupil, Mile Merrivalle. months in a boarding-school, can enjoy sleigh- “Merrivalle ! ’ I repeated, struck by the name rides, operas and picture galleries. —the same as my uncle’s betrothed. “What is ~ * the first name, rnadame, and from what place does she come ?” “ Have I not told you how unladylike it is to ask more than one question in a breath, made- Your new room-mate’s first name is THE INDIAN MAR. every species of “spontaneous combustion.” It is, nevertheless, so difficult to shake off the trammels of incorrect observation, and theory founded thereon, that there are even now 'many cases in which combustible substances catch fire, in spite of great precaution having been taken to prevent such catastrophes, and this be cause care and attention has been wholly direct ed to prevent something which is not likely to take place, and no thought has been given to that phenomenon upon which all combustion, How many of our American gentlemen who know how to adorn themselves tastefully in , “killing" cravats and stove-pipe hats as “stun ning” as any Adonis ever wore, part their hair in the middle artistically*, twirl their walking"'-* canes and fondle the'ir tender, silken mustaelK-® 3 * with the grace of an Apollo, and flirt with twe^^f ty girls at the same time, know anything of the power which a well written letter exercises over the heart and brains of a young lady alive to the necessities and advantages of married life? Every man may not be a Richard Grant White and capture the heart of some Susan B: Anthony, but he may soon acquire the art of writing a very pretty and even correct orthographic letter which will go a great way towards securing him a sen- ) sible and educated wife. That’s my way of twist ing E. A. ’s advice. I I defied my scarlet wrapper for a gray merino, over which 1 tied an alpaca apron while I went down to uncle Everard’s study, and was soon busy with duster and soft, old silk handkerchief, polishing the locks in theirplain butrich bind- moiselle? ings, then arranging papers and giving a pleas ant, orderly look to the snug apartment. This done, I dropped in a chair and surveyed the marble Clj tie over the mantle and the bronze busts of Newton and Sbakspeare, and then the portrait of my dear mother, who had been taken lrcm me wLen I was too young to retain more The Causes which Led Chief Joseph to Take I'p Arms Against the While Man. A correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle, writing from Lewiston, Id,, gives the following in formation about the causes which led to the out- Clemence, and she comes from Baltimore.” I break Jo8eph , and Ms bands: , The CaUSeS ° f Ah .'then this was not unde’s former fiancee, i J °! epbs ombreak a chain of circumstances Her name was Adele, and she did not live in i which I present here as briefly as possible. In 18o5 New York bnt in the little town of Olden. j a . treaty was made with all tae Indians of this sec- j sem j na ted flour, or cotton, etc. ; but to examine Nevertheless, I was curious to see my new tl0 . n °* country, by which they were to relin- some of those cases when starting with the com- room-mate, and I went up stairs directly; but fidsl a R lands, except certain reservations, in j fi^stible at the ordinary temperature, it gradu- my narrow, cheerless dormitory was empty. I consideration of annuities aud certain specified j a ppy becomes hotter and hotter, and at last takes as it is commonly understood, depends, {. e., Jq conclusion, allow me to say, young gentle- the combination of the components of the com- men, that first secure sufficient knowledge to bustible body with oxygen. _ _ speak and write your own language correctly, It is not here intended to treat of firesarising and then if you so desire, wrestle with Greek, from friction of machinery; lighting of explos- i Latin, Sioux, Sanscrit, Hebrew, Choctaw, Ger- ive gases or vapors; the action of the sun’s rays man, Hindostane and Comanche, through unintentionally disposed lenses, such From the dark, cobb-webbed nooks of vour as may be formed by glass globes filled with libraries bring out your musty, dusty, dingy, water of knots in a pane of glass; firing of dis- ; hall-forgotten, old blue spelling books with any guished lawyer in the city of Baltimore, with a suite of rooms at an elegant boarding-house, one of which he had had fitted up for me, though I was only to stay through the Christmas holiday, then back to Madame’s prim establishment, where I should have to stay another year before I completed my education. A tap on the door announced the servant who brought the mail, and who, depositing the little heap of papers and letters on the table, with- their “Ail, To be troubled” columns, and quaint, familiar pictures of “The Partial Judge,” and that visionary milk maid who exclaimed, “Then green it shall be!” and tossed her vain little head at precisely the wrong moment. Oh! young men of America, with tears in my eyes,(almost) I beg that yon will devote a little more time to the study of that invaluable blue book and a little less to base-balling on the lawn and bass bawling with the piano. This advice, lor which I charge nothing, is worth a vast sum of Confederate money even at this depressed period. than a shadowy recollection of the face that i How bare and ugly it looked after my lovely ' presents. Joseph claims to be a non-treaty In- g re without, to the unscientific observer, smiled on me trem the painted canvas--a face at room in the city and uncle Everard's luxurious dian and therefore will not go on the reservation apparent reason for its so doing, once sweet and firm, with frank brow and clear study ! Dear uncle, my thoughts again reverted | provided for the Nez l’erces at Lapwai, preferring Many animal and vegetable substances heaped eyes—so like uncle Everard, her onlv brother goodness and to the trouble I had caused ; to go to the buffalo country in the season and spend ; together In a large mass, when neither too wet and I verily believed the handsomest*of men— i kinL a t>d throwing myself across the narrow the rest of his time in the Wallowa Valley, in Ore- i nor too dry, are liable to take fire by the heat tall and broad-shouldered, with a grand face be( I* I g ave wa y *° sorrow and sobbed my- gon. This valley, about which there has been lately produced by their own decomposition. Hay- and calm, deep eyes that were almost too grave i self to sleep. \ so much trouble, is a small green patch in the ; stacks often afford examples of this. Heaps of until he Biniled. He was not a dozen years my A slight noise in the room aroused me. With- mountains of Union County, which is visited by any dry fibrous vegetable material, or ot dry senior, but already a successful and distin- i on *' stirring I glanced across and saw in the frost almost every night, and very little growing wool, cotton, cloth, calico, paper, sawdust, etc., i dressing mirror opposite the beautiful face and there except camas root. It is a good grazing coun- ' when smeared with grease, oily matter, or par- ) figureot a j-oung girl—a graceful, willowy shape, i try, however, and here Joseph, with ex President tieularly a drying oil, such as linseed, and left , __ a finely chiseled face, with great, brown, fawn- j Grant’s permission to stay, was happy. For some undisturbed in a warm dry place, are tolerably r! 0111611 dllll tt aLiIJ CS» like eyes. She was in the act of sealing a letter, . un k n0 wn reason Grant revoked his tacit gift—per- sure to be consumed by fire. Coal piled in and the expression on her face struck me forci- | hapa some so ii, a ry white man wanted to dislodge quantity, and left too long in one place, or con- “ It is not for kings to drink wine, nor princes the fifty eight families of Joseph’s band for his ^ ned 111 8 reat bulk m of a . shlp ’. °“ a strong drink. Lest they drink and forget the own benefit-and after a few threats Joseph per- lon S voyage, frequent y behaves in a similar , and pervert the judgement of any of the milled his pile brothers to occupyhis old home. C W. Uarcourt, before the Soc. ot Arts. affl.cted.” Last spring, a couple of white men, named McNail ; Tile Great Coal FieRls of Ohio,—-A These words ot admonition to her son render- and Finley, lost some Cayuse ponies, and suspect- i district of one hundred miles square, including ed an ancient mother immortal, and so long as ing that Indians had stolen them, started for their the connties of Athens, Perry and Hocking, is t jj 6 p r0V erbs of Solomon shall he read, this camp. On the way they found two Indians, whom the future coal field of this nation. It is to be ( comprehensive temperance speech will be hand- they disarmed, and were making preparations to , the “Black Country of the Lnitel States, as j 0 __ to a ii na ti 0 ns as a memorial of the leave when another buck came up, who was also the noted district in Staffordshire is the » Black “ “ m'T memorial of the armed. They ordered him to throw up his hands, C° unt ^y of Great Bntiam. In fifty years it wil ® ’ . . and on refusing a struggle ensued, when one of probably equal Staffordshire or any district in the History repeats itself. A voice is heard in the the two whites shot and killed him. It was very ^ orld : . Tkl8 dl8tnot ha f twcnty-ltwo feet ot sol- Mansion of the President ot the United States: evident that the Indians had not stolen the ponies, ! ldcoa l ln five s f am *’ * *n J ™ “ Piace no wlne 8 lass at the plate of Mr - Hayes, “bed’) is, m places, twelve feet thick and no- and none for my sons. If National hospitality bly. It was one of intense pain, but at the same time of proud determination. It seemed to me she was doing something that her pride dictated and her affection rebelled against. I __ ... raised myseifon my elbow, the better to con tem- drew and left me to look over th*em at myTefe- plate tb i s interesting face, when she suddenly ure. Only two letters for me—one from mv looked around, slipped the letter into a writing “donble,” my school friend and confident; the desk on the table and came to my side, other a formal epistle from Madame, reminding i “ Yon seem to have been very much distressed me that school commenced without fail three about something,” she said in a melodious, clear days from now—hateful reminder! voice, “you have been sobbing in your sleep, There were several papers, a magazine and Miss Myrton.” three letters for uncle Everard. Two were yel- j “I do not wonder,” I answered with an at- low, business-looking envelopes; the other was tempt to smile, “for I am very much distress- a bulky-looking package, daintily enveloped and ed ” My tone quivered in spite of my efforts, containing something hard to the feel. “What “ I have known sorrow, too, she said gentlv. could it be ?” I wondered. The package was di- Well, in short I fell in love with my beautiful rected in a graceful feminine hand and post- room-mate at first sight, and in a short time I marked “Olden,” a village at which uncle and I fairly idolized her, for she was one of the very had stopped with relatives on our way from the few who improve on acquaintance. Seminary. I was looking at the parcel when When I had been at school about six weeks, and the case was dismissed. This was a wound in the door opened and uncle Everard came in. I 1 uncle Everard came to see me. He avoided, as j Joseph's heart and on leaving the court-room he went to meet him, and he kissed me affection- far as possible,, all allusion to Miss Merrivalle, was heard to say that “an Indian can find no ately and praised the neat appearance of the merely telling me that his letter had been re- justice among white men unless he makes it bim- stndy; then throwing himself in his favorite turned unopened. He made arrangements wit i self.” Closely following this came the instructions arm-chair, put two er three packages in my Mme. Recamier toilet me leave school on the from Washington to force this roving band on to haL.(L . ensuing Friday, in order that I might attend a the Nez Perces reservation. Joseph blustered con “Another present. My dear nncle, you are concert in Baltimore. He stayed but a short too good. I shall never be able to endure that time, leaving on the same evening he arrived, boarding-school again.” After he had told me good bye he paused in “Ob, yes, Brownie,” toying with the golden- the hall.to confer with Mme. Recamier, and in brown hair which had gained me the appella- the mean time I went to my room. It was late and when Joseph heard of the murder he was j , 1 . ’ . j, f , immediately 1 wbere * ess H* 811 i^hp rUv arrived coa ^ bed8 are * ne * liauatlt,le Dea ® 01 lron - must have wine at dinner,it does not require e a i n at lee T lsenh ! iHiclxcst is five feet deep at the outcrop; the that the President’s family drink wine with the e a justice, oosepn t v: : n sinks to six inches. But j:.,.: ■> very indignant, having the men immediately ! coal bed^Me'inOThaustible bedfof fron^The > reqM " that the f ° rel - gD ° f th ® 1>reslden ’ t identified and arrested. When ~ for the preliminary trial before a justice, Josepn thinnest in p i ace s, sinks to six inchesT But was unable to get a lawyer to prosecute his case, the thickness of neither seam is quite persistent; on account of the unpopularity of such proceeding, j there are „ waves -> f roa j time to time, which nar row the seam.—Xelsonville (0) G izelte. siderab y at first, but on General Hiwird’s arrival there he promised with alacrity to obey orders, distinguished visitor. These we r e the words of the President’s wife. God bless, and give length of days to the woman , ^ . ,, , , who dares to combat the terrible, growing evil of ief ofUllnead hfsfuTbeen' ^hfbLd In the 10th century and occupying the highest Berlin. It is the invention of a Mr. Tominetti place in the greatest nation upon the earth, of Hamburg, and consists in a thorough drying boldly, decidedly, yet modestly and quietly of the tissues by means of an injected gas, which claims womans dearest, holiest right • To absorbs the moisture and drives it out through direct the ways of her household.” She openeth the pores. Prepared in this way, an animal ^ er m0Tlt h with wisdom, and on her tongue is , . . .. , . .... ,, i • preserves its form and color in perfection. Mr. .. .. “ asking but thirty days in which to collect ' Tominetti exhibited a bear which had thus been the law of kings. flocks and effects. His prayer was granted, but ' tr6ated after ]jj s death four months previously. And who knoweth, but that Mrs. Hayes has come tion “Bv ‘he wav did vou hear from Madame in the evening a cold rainv evening in Febru the sudde 1 aaes8 which J *eph asoepted the j S;ices were cut from the body to show that the to the White House for such a time, to lead RecamieMo-'Say ?” * ary. Clemen* sat in’wrapper andllipperf bl : nulMhe woofer £“ nes Were DOt destro ? ed i but « c f pt ;° r th ^ her countrywomen and help them to bruise the “Yes, indeed; and she gave me a solemn warn- fore a blazing fire. I went to the front window H , P .. ■ desiccation, were preserved in ex^.e en con head ot the serpent Intemperance, ing to be at school aav alter to-morrow.” in order to see my uncle drive off. Clemence ,. . , r „ nnP r« tn tho lifferonr lwaffpotpi tlon ' — ‘- cu * dm -' SXXT,1 > If every Christian mother in the land will “Then the mail has been brought in? Will soon joined me. i ^ Observations of Mars.—In the obser- follow h ' r noble e le and T*’ yon hand me my letters, Phil ?’’ to the waiter “Who is that ? Do you know ?’she said catch- lnb . e3,t ° e effect that he intended making a fig yations about to be made of Mars at the timei of bou5es in ord th ’ , who entered at that moment ing a glimpse of uncle Everard s tall form as he I a g aiQS '- th e whites and wanted their assistance. J it9 opposition, which occurs in September, Mr. ln °^ der .. they may soon prove that wo- ’ “Oh-h-h n exclaimed in accents of deepest stepped into the carriage. In substantaion of this several squaws, who do Proctor thinks that it will be a favorable oppor- man trains the intellect that moves the world, delight, as a set of pink eoral and a diamond “ My nncle,” I answered, “ Oh! Clemence, I washing at the Dalles, in Oregon, several hundred ttxnity for a more careful study of the varieties A nail driven by a woman once vanquished a ring met my gaze. “Dear uncle, yon have lit- ' have caused him so much unhappiness, and yet miles off, foretold the trouble to the very day, and 0 f light and shade and of color on this plan- powerful foe. Who knoweth what the “harvest” erally overwhelmed me with presents, bnt this I love him better than anyone in the world.” a half-breed herder told Moor, a big cattle-buyer,.; ne t. In comparing pictures of the same ob- 0 f Mrs. Hayes Temperance Reform mav urove is,the most beautiful and most acceptable.” “ Is it intrusive for me to ask how that can the very day of the breaking out of the trouble, j ect made by different observers, great difference r a - r ' 4 was kneeling upon the hearth-rue, turning be ?” she said as we went back to the fire. ' that there was at that time big shooting going on is apparent, and can be traced to this cause. The . AUN * ' K ^ TH ' the ring round and round upon my finger, and “ No, indeed. I feel as if it would relieve my ia Camas Prairie. It therefore looks as if Joseph notion that the surface is divided into ruddy and Marshall, Harrison Co. Texas, watching the sparkles. I now rose to thank’him, : feelings to tell you the whole story.” * j goaded by the many real and fancied injustices j the white polar crown cape and occasional white This is from the wife of a Democrat, but but he did not look up, and a deep sigh—or j She sat down in her rocker, while I drew my j done him, had prearranged the whole affair. | cloud markings, is far from the truth. , is for Mrs. Hayes. \ I * TNKTTNCT PRINT