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MY LITTLE LOVE. HESTER A. BENEDICT. I. My little love, asleep so far, so far Beyond the hills I cannot cross nor climb, Forgetting where the bees and wild birds are, And minding not the running river's rhyme— I pray you, in the silence grown so sweet And full of heaven—since having you to hold,— Dream that the wind hath kisses for your feet, Blowu from my heart with blessings manifold. II. The palms are proud above me and I go, .Singing, across the laughter-loving land. Yet saying, sometimes, with my voice dropped low: “If she could wake and understand!” It may be that my fancy runneth riot, Watching the wee birds peering from the nest; ButO, itseemeth often in the quiet Your light breath rocks the roses on my br p ast. Ill- And so 4 T say: “My love, awake so far , Beyond the skies that yet £ may not climb. I think you know where all my treasures are; I think you hold the meaning of my rnvme. I think you stand, this moment, warm and sweet, And reaching dimpled lingers as of old, To catch the kisses for your face and feet, Blown from my heart with blessings manifold.’’ IV. And so I sing with brooks, and birds, and bees, Under the palms and where the "pampa grows; Choosiug my many friends from them and these And from wild winds that seek Sierra's snows. And so I wear the raiment ofdeiight; And so I walk with glad, unfaltering feetj And so I wait, till, past the day and night, Finding my love, I find my life complete. Two Anecdotes Bishop Early. of Bishop Early was a notable man. He was born in Virginia in 1786, and died in 187(5. He joined the Methodist ouurch when he w. s about nineteen years old, aud iD February, 1807 he connected himself with the Virginia Conterence as a traveling preacher. Ho was young, strong and robi.st, and was as dauntless and fearless in natural courage as he was earnest, ardent aDd impnisive in his religion. When be entered the wuik of an Him runt minister, Methodism was, comparatively,a new religion. Everywhere it awakened opposition and ext-i.ed prejudice by its doctrines, style of preaching and mode of conducting religious service. The preachers at this early day were, for the most part, plain and uneducated, but intensely eartus’ men. They preached the simple truths of the Gospel with directness, pungency and power. The ef fect was wonderful. Whole communities were revolutionized by it. Jn the front ra.uk of 'hese preachers in those dais m Virginia and N mb Carolina, esptcially, among the young preachers, John Eariy stwod, like Saul among the prophets, ‘Lead and shoul ders above other men,' Ho had a manly form and commanding presence. His brow was hea vy, bis eye keen and penetrating, bis features bold and stroDgly marked, and his voice sten torian. In the year 1808 he was appointed ‘helper* or ■assistan 1 preacuer'on the Camden Ci cult, em bracing reeeral countiesiu the northeastern sec tion ot North Carolina. The It v. Dcv»ny was ‘preacher in charge.* The two men were unlike e , ch other. D< vatsy was -a son of consolation,* E.rly was ‘a son of thunder.* O i one occasion wc. n preaching in a sc o >’- house in an on —of the—way part ol the c.rcuit, Eirly felt called upon to administer a pretly «e- vere reproof to some girls for eating apples and otheiwise behaving disorderly dining the reli gious service. Tiavchug round a large c remt, and preaching evi ry day, (he circumstance and occasion of the reproof passed out ot Lis mind. In his regular round he hud pleached again at the scboolhouse, and in the aiternoon of a hot August day following the services, he called on a shoemaker living in the neighborhood, to get him to repair his shoes. Ou entering the house of the shoemaker, he found him on his bench at work, aud observed that he did not raise his head, or in any other way respond to the salutation ef the visi or. Af ter a few minuti s sileece, Mr. Early said: ‘I have called :o get you to mend my shoes.* Without raising his eyes to the speaker the shoemaker curtly replied: •I -han’t do it.* ‘Why not?* inquired Mr. Early. •I shan't do it, • was the on y response elicited. Mr. Early was not a little surprised, and siood musing for a few moments, and then quietly took his seat, for he had not been invited to sit down. He was at a loss lo cot j cture the cause of the discourteous conduct ot the shoemaker. Tue sileice was again broken by Mr. Early say ing: •You are a shoemaker. I have called to get some work done, I expected to pay you for it, anei I am not going away till ii is done.* To this the shoemaker sullenly replied: ‘You might as well go, for I do not intend to meud your shoes.* Tee heit was oppressive. Scarcely a leaf qniefl - ed in the bre« za. For a while,the silence was uubrokeD. The shoemaker plied his awl and worked away, the perspiration pouring off him meanwhile. Mr. Eariy at length broke the silercs by repeating: •You might as well take my shoes and go to work on them, tor I am not going to leave till they are mended.* The shoemaker now, for the first time, turned his eyes on his visitor, and said, pointing to the door: ‘Do you see that door? ‘I do,’ was the answer ‘Do you see that gun over the door?’ inquired the shoemaker, with »n angry snarl. •I do,’ replied Mr. Early. ‘Now get up,’ said the shoemaker, savagely, ‘and go out at that door and ltave me, or I will use that gun.* Mr. Early was a little bewildered, but he was not The man to quail or to be frightened. He retained his seat and maintained his composure. Just then it negan to thunder. The black clouds lay in the west. Nature was portentous of a c lining storm. Again Mr. Earlr said, very firmly: " •Take my s^oes and mend them at once. Again the shoemaker replied as before, raising his -oice and assuming a manacing air: •Do you see that door ?’ *I do t - replied Mr. Early, with decided em- Ph ‘Do%ou see that gun over the door?' gruffly and vociferously h-quired the shoemaker. •I do,’ was the reply, delivered in no equivo cal manner. ...... . , ‘Then, at once get cut at that door and be gone,’ said the enraged shoemaker, or I will use that gun.* At that moment there came a bunding hash of lightning and a tremendous crash ot thun der. Mr. Early closed his eyes and said with great solemnity: , . . ‘That's right, my God; thunder m the heav- The air grew dark and the shoemaker grew pale. Then, in rapid sueoestlon, there came * ash after flash of lightning peal after peal : thunder. The shoemaker trembled and turning to Mr. Early said, beseeching y: 'Let me have your shoes.* The storm raged with increased violence; Mr. Earley again repeated: ‘That's right, my God; thunder in the heav ens. * Yielding to the earnest intreaties of the cob bler, the shoes were handed over, and in a short time were ready for use. In the meantime, the girls of the household came into the room. Mr. Early recognized them as those whom t,e had reproved. In an instant an explanation of the strange conduct of the shoemaker flashed on his mind. The storm subsided, and Mr. Early proposed to hold prayers with the family betore leaving. The shoemaker readily assented. Mr. Early gave them an earnest talk on the subject of reli gion, and then prayed with them and for them. Before leaving, he extracted a promise from the shoemaker that he and his family would attend preaching on his next round. They came, and he had the pleasure of gathering them all into the church betore the year ended. At the session of one of the Annual Confer- eucies, over which Bishop Early presided, the pastors were called od, in turn, to give some ac count of their respective charges. It so happen ed that a young man, well-known to the Bish op, had been on a circuit lying on the outskirts of the Conference territory, who, during the yiar, had married a lady of property, and who came up, to the surprise of the Conference, with a fine outfit in the way of new clothes,kid gloves, glossy beaver, gold spectacles and a gold-head ed cane. He was decidedly 'stuck-up 1 and car ried himself with tff cted dignity. His name was called and he arose to give an account of his circuit. He proceeded to state that several new houses of worship had been erected, new con gregations formed, a fresh impulse given to the cause of religion, and that general prosperity prevailed on the circuit; and then concluded tiis renarks by saying: ‘And now, Bishop, if you will only give that circuit half a chance, it will do well.’ The Bishop drew up bis mouth, nodded his head once or twice, and said: ‘Tne circuit has had half a chance.’ The young man subsided and another name was called. Hasn’t She a Splendid Figure ? PIERCE THORNTON. We were lounging on the sofa together—my wife and I—as it has been our custom to do for a little half hour on almost every evening of our long and happy wedded life. That delightful space of time between the bright sunshine ot day ana the black shadows of night—when it is •oo dark to work and too light for lamps—is sacred to small confidences, twilight talks, the dissection of the day's anxieties and perplexi ties, and the ever blessed, ntver-w a<ying inter change of thought and sentiment and feeling, 'n winter we occupy a spring sofa before the fire; in summer-time a cane one on the veranda, which overlooks the moBt qui--t and modest of gras-'-growa streets in a rural town. It was August at the time I write, and Maidie, whose hand had been lying in mine under a wind blown fold of her dress, suddenly withdrew it and exclaimed: ‘There ! she’s coming, Pierce ! that girl I told you ab u', from tte < i:y, you know, Hasn t sue aspen lid figure?’ I do .’t life the ar j ctive ‘splendid.’ It sounds to my ears coaiaior ish ind gvnhing, and is very larely heard from the lips of my wife; but this time, instead of . xpressir.g surprise or disap proval, I only answered, ‘Perfect! and my loag- ir.g eyes followed the walking goddess down the street. Figures are my specialty; I have made p. study of them from my youth up without discovering any that so nearly approached per'e ition as this. I lave observed tie ‘human form divine’—ah, bow sadly sardonic the quotation often is—iu all its infinite variety. Tne thick and thin, the dowdy and distinguished, the undersized and overgri wn, the crooked and bent and distorted, ample and meager, broad and.contr e f ed, these and a hundr id more have been the obj els of my interest for years. And the interest has been almost as melancholy as it hrs been long-con tinued. Iu all my journeyings abroad, and walks about hom >, I had not till that evening beheld my ideal figure. Not being a hardened novel writer, I will not pass over my heroine with a few grandiloquent adjectives, but will describe her noble contour iu minutest detail. Firstly, then, she was perfectly straight, and here I am ready to pause and give a definition of that, abused word. She wi s not flat, as tbe phrase 'straight up and down' iiusd to signify; but can you fancy (you will have to draw upon your imagination, as it is so seldom seen) a figure splendidly erect, straight as an arrow let loose from the bow, supple as a willow and vigorous as a young forest tree, the wa:st free and untraromeled to •‘Sink or swell as heaven pleases.” the head balanced fairly on the backward-thrown shoulders, the—but how shall I continue, how can I describe what so nearly passes descrip tion. 0d6 more point, however, I can not pass over. There was not anangle in the whole o! her beauti- fudy-formed body. That long flowing curve from well-turned waist to hip was as line as it was rare. Every line was one of beauty, from rounded cht ek, reddened with the fresh free walk, to firm elas ic feet. ‘Now, by way of contrast, take the average young pirl that walks the streets of an average town and this is what you see. A form either stout or scrawny—generally the latter—but in any case prominent shoulder blades- really a hunchback, to some degree—and the whole weight of head arms, and square, angular shoulders, dragging in a stupid, slovenly manner ou tne chest, thereby assisting the inevitable corset in keeping the vitalizing, lifi-giving air from the heavy, sluggish blood. That sharp lice, from pushed-out shoulders to piuched-in waist, is the very reverse of beautiful, and that coarse, dug-out look between waist and hip is even more ugly. Yet this figure well padded, and ditto dressed, is esteemed fine, or at least stylish. I believe it to he a literal fact that very, very few people are born into the world well-shaped, and we are grown so accustomed to the natural deformities of contracted chests, stooping shoulders, and crooked back spines that they have ceased to be repulsive. That man is the only creature that stands erect, is a bitter sar casm. Straight, erect, upright—how mauiv the words sound, bat where is the man to whom they will apply ? Do you think there is room for a noble, strightforward soul in a cringing, bowed-down old-young body ? Do mothers ever think of such things at all, I wonder? My daughter dosen't lace at all,’ said the mother of a lauK, narrow-chested girl to me lately. ‘She has naturally a tine waist.’* That daughter may not lace, but she wears corsets, and for a girl that is naturally badly formed, with small lungs and narrow body, this is simply suicide. Tuere is no lack of room and air in the world to be had for the taking—room for lungs to expand in fullest exuberance, and hard, apiupt angles to soften into tte loveliest lines of beauty, and air enough to invigorate and renew the pallid, poisoned blood that comes so feebly through pinched and starving veins. There is no knowl edge like that which relates to one’s own well being. There is no beauty like health: there is no virtue like uprightness, physical as wall as moral, AMONG THE GLEANERS. BY LOUISE CEOS 6 LEY. ONE OF CAXLYLE S PHILIPPICS. Some years before the civil war a Northern woman, who w. s under the impression that Car lyle was a great philanthropist, according ’o her interpretation of the word, visited him while in England. She immediately opened the conver sation with some remarks in favor of the aboli tion of slavery. Carlyle growled out a bitter re joinder in which be took strong grounds in fa vor of that institution, and denounced all abo litionists as sentimental fools and flunkies. The lady, irritated and and surprised, hit instantly upon the true woman's method, argumentum ad homimem. and put the startling question. ‘Huw, Mr. Carlyle, would you like to be a slave ?’ The old Sea lion of Chelsea shook his mane, dilated his person to its fullest dimen sions, and in his broad Scotch brogue, ex claimed. •Well, madame, I should be glad to be a great bu!!-necked nigger, and have somebody to 'ake care of me.’ Tne female shrieker vamoosed. THE MADONNA DEL VELO. There was ODee in the art gallery of the Bracce family of Miian, one of the rarest gems of Ha; h- aei's rare genius. / It was called The Madonno del Veto, and derived i's title from the V.rgiu being represented as lifting a transparent veil from the face of the sleeping Jesus - She is gazing on the infant with all the devoted love of a mother, and with all a Madonna's reverence beaming from bereyes.ind depicted in term untenance and her posture, w hile the young St J.din is standing by an attentive and interested spictatorof the pro ceeding. The colors are very b autifui, and are blended with exquisite taste and juigment. The minutest details of the painting bear the closest examination, and every new inspection brings to view some unobserved charm, some previously undetected beauty. The figures are perfect, and the landscape forms a delightful and effective back-ground. But the singular and wonderful skill and fin ish of this beautiful work, is displayed in the veil which the Virgin is represented as lifting from the sleeping infant’s face. It is marvel ously painted. It is perfectly transparent, and seems so singularly Sn», filmy, and light, that it has all tbe appearand of what a silken cob web might be imagined to be. Tbe whole work isa remarkable spe. i u -n of the great artis’s skill even in the most d fficuit and delicate matters. f F SIR WALTER SCOTT. Mrs. John Ballantyne, a young beauty ofE 7 - ioburgh, and half spoiled bv flattery, was just married. She was to meet Sir Walter at dinner, and she resolved to put on airs, and show the great lion of the day that she was not to be besought to fawn even at his illustrious feet. Sir Walter asked her to takeaglass of wine, and she affected not, to hear him, but the great man, instead of not) mg this girlish folly, proceeded to talk to her with so much frankness and court esy that she spesdily felt ashamed of herself. This lady related that once, at her own table, no the occasion of a large and ceremonious din ner-party, there was a scarcity of spoons, and whit added to the awkwardness, at the very mo ment when a servant was washing the spoons for farther use in an adjoining room, a most deter mined pause iu conversation occurred. Tue silence was so profound that no sound could be heard save the whispers of the servants just without, and the washing of the spoons. At last the blushing lady‘s husband drank, ‘Be lief to all in distress,’ which broke the spell and set all laughing, while Mr. J.rues Baiian- lyne called oat, wi h a line of Shakspeare. •My iord, my lord, melhiuks you‘d spare your spoons.* Not I, indeed, my lord, re sponded M s. B.,’ for I have none to spare.' 'Not amiss,' cried Sir Walter in genial recogni tion of the lady's hi Next day a parcel came to her in an unmistakable hand writing,containing a dozen of tbe handsomest spoons that could be obtained in Elincurgh. SUNSET ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE - Bayard Taylor, who had travelled in so many lands, and stood beneath the encranting beauty of Italian skies, thus writes ot sunset on our occidental shores: ‘No where on this earth ctn one be overvaulted with such a glory of colors The sky, with a ground hue of rose towards the west, and purple toward the east, is mottied and fi eked over ail its surface with light clouds, running through every shade of erimson, amber, violet, and russet gold. There is no dead dus kiness opposite the sunken sun, the whole vast shell of the firmament glows with an equal ra diance, reduplica'ing its huesoE. the glassy sea, so that we seem floating to a hooli.v sphere of prismatic crystal. The cloud strata, at different heights in the air, take different colorii g through bars of burning carmine one may lo a on the soft rose-purple folds of an inner curtain and, f«r within and beyond that, on the char amber-green of the immaculate sky. As he light d’.mioishes, these ridiant vapors sink ana gather into flaming pyramids, between whose pinnacles tbe serene depth of air is of that fath omless violet-green which we see in the skies of Titian. Mrs. Sallie Roach, who died in Shelby coun ty, Ky., on the 12 h in3t., was a 106 years old. It is said that she was never sick a day in her Ufa but died of old age. She has worked many a day in the woods,splitting rails, cutting wood, and the like. By an actual count Mrs. John Wilhelm, near Womelsuorf, Pa., found that she had fed and given meals last year to five hundred and fifty tramps and gypsies. The Lieutenant Governor of Colorado is worth $5,000,000, owns two mines, is President of a bank aud proprietor of a large wholesale stor . A few years ago he was a poor stone-cutter u. Augusta, Me., bat he took Mr. Greeley’s advice On a certain social occasion, Tennyson told an anecdote that was as coarse as any gentle man’s story could well be. Longfellow, who was present,.caa never endure anything .if this nature, and found some pretext for retiring, and afterwards expressed his astonisement that a man ot Tennyson’s intense refinement could be guilty of such coarseness. Bayard T ylor explained it by saying that he required some rehet from the strong, emotional pitch he had been worked up to in his reading, and had probably found it in this direct contrast to re fined sentiment. Tennyson, who scspected that Longfellow did not relish his story, gave the same reason before the conclusion of the visit. A. Stephens, collector of customs at Owen Sound, Ontario, has written a poem of serious length, entirely devoted to the celebration of our recent Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia, which, it seems, he visited. Here is a single stanza, from whtch a judicious reader may have ail, at least enough, of this Canadian produc tion : “We left the good city of Toronto, With tickets to carry us on to where the world has been getting a s v ove; To where ail the world has been going. To see what the world has been showing, At the city ot Brotherly hove,” A preacher was called to preach in a Western town and the elders warned him that it was a rough place and he might be interrupted. The reverend man said notning, but on Sunday morning got up in the pulpit, looked carefully ail around, took out a navy six. cocked it, laid it on the Bible, and after eyeiDg those of the brethren who were opposed to him, raised his hands and said fervently: ‘Let us pray’—and they did. THS CHUBCH. Dcings and sayings in the Re ligions World, Talking with God in public is found by many Christians who have undertaken it, a difficuh experiment, but*was ever crowd too large for sinners to call upon their Maker with blasphem ous oaths? Child of God tale courage, a crown awaits you ‘that fadeth not away.’ The : nterest manifested in the religious ser vices held in the First Presbyterian Church Atlanta, Ga., for the past three weeks is un abated. -And yet there is room.’ About fifty of those awakened in regard to their soul's sal vation, have found peace with God. A little farther on and our limbs will grow weary of walking these dusty roads of life, our senses will be dulled, our vital force will be abated, at last we shall lie down by the wayside and say to our friends, 'we are tired out, we can go no farther.’ And then we shall turn our backs upon the things of the world and liv< face to face with eternity. Its breath will fan our cheeks, and its mighty whisperings will echo though our soul. We shall have but one great want then, and that will be God. Daily journalism is a deeo mystery, and the > 0r< ri^ e Etn<1 y more we don’t comprehend , •y should every pit of nastiness and den of crime be ransacked, and spread ont from day to dav before all classes of people? An average daily newspaper leaves no other impres sion than that everything in morals and busi ness is growing worse and worse, and that the sooner the final confligation comes the better. But while all this carrion gathering and ped dling are going on, the suppressed fact, te that there never was so much intelligence, mo’ality and piety in the world as there is to-day. Mr. Ralph Wells is abon* to take a three months tear in the Southern states, in the in terest of Sunday-school work. One-seventh of the population of North Car olina are members of the R <ptist Cb ireb. About half of the number. 160 000 are colored people, who added to their churches last year 9,000 mem bers. At religious Rervic°s held in Auguste during the weolr of praver in the hall of the Young M 0 u’s Christi ip Aseoeiatiou, R“v. Dr. Irvine d'seussed the influence and power of the press and fervently prayed in be'alf of the editors and authors. Information received in Washington is to the effect that a plan has actuallv been eomnteted by leading Jews, for the purchase of Palestine. The details are not given, but it is confidently assorted that the long cherished scheme of Jew ish patriots is about to be aceomplised. Rev Noah M. Wells.residing at Vienna.Mich;. ’S said to he the oldest Preshvterian min ster in the United States. He is now in his ninetv- eighth year, having been born in 1781; was in J the m ; o’'i*ry, and somewhat prominent, in the far 1812. The most, unhappy people that extet in the Church, and we might almost say in the world, are those who are trying to serve God and are still clinging to their idols. Societe is honey-combed with infidelity. Men stagger in their pulpits with their burden of difficulties and doubts. The theological semi naries have become shaky plaeies and faith has taken its flight, from an uncounted number of souls, leaving them in adirkness and sadness that, no words can describe. AH this is true. It is so true that tears raav well mingle in one's ink as he writes it; but, after all, we have eve ry thing left that we have ever possessed. Noth ing is proved against our faith. Science has never proved that there is no personal God, no soul, no immortality, no C irist. and these are matters that we have always taken on faith. Not only this, but they are matters which sci ence is utterly ineomp«tant to handle. They are outside (he domain of sei nee. Science can no more touch th°m than it can touch anything that it confet-ses to be ‘unknowable.’ Answers to 0 > ’3*civile its. Aleck says: “At a meeting of our Literary and Social Club last evening the question was asked ‘What is tbereil meaning of the word halcyon ?’ mid no one could answer it: then some one asked the or igin of the words ‘husband and wife,’ a young lady said the former word was originally ‘house-band but nobody could tell the origin of the word, wife. Will you please inform us?’ “Halcyon is synonoraous with joyous calm. It is derived irom the table that thehaleyon or kingfisher made its nest on the surrace ot the sea and possessed the power ofeharmingthe winds and waves to rest during the period it was hatching its eggs, which was fourteen days, rhe young lady was right os to the signification of the word husband. It means ‘band of tbe house,’ coming from two Saxon words and has alius on to lie‘tie’that holds together the sheaf of wheat. ‘Wi le’ signifies weaver, referring to the universal custom of the women of tiie house in those days when factories and steam were U' known —to weave with their own hands the clothing for their husbands, children and themselves.” ° Geo roe C- writes: “When I was in Atlanta last, I saw Ro‘e Eytinge play ‘Led Astray’ and thought her a splendid looking lady. Is she married? Some one said she was, but she looked quite young.’ “Sorry to be disappointing, but Rose Eytinge is married-very much married indeed, havi n g°two living husbands and a grown up son and daughter who are also on the stage. Y'oung looking! why, my unsophisticated triend. all actresses are young. \Y rink led Time never dares show his head be ind the footlights. tie stands in awe of enamel and French rouge, patent eye brows, beila donna, and that other mysterious and cosl’y preparation known onlvto professionals, whereby .vgeis utterly rout ed.’and Lotta at thirty-two frisks as Littie Bright- eyes of twelve, peeping at you kora under a sun bon net, and Maggie Mitchell sheds forty o- her fifty odd years and skips in the shadow dance, or paddles about as artless Little Barefoot Oscar D’ T. ask-: “Can you tell me at what time the Natural Scientific Expedition sets out, and when it returns. Also what is the entire cost to each person accompanying it?” “It sets out ou the eighth of May next and it re turns in September of the same year. It will leave from the harbor of New York and visits Ireland, England, the Mediterranean Sea and the shores of Greece and Italy, Egypt, the East India islands, China and Japan, the sandwich Islands, and final ly anchors in the Golden Bay of Ban Francisco and take a three thousand mile journey over the won derful and picturesque Pacific railroad- The Expe dition takes placeunderthe patronage of the Nation al Government and its entire cost is twenty-five hundre i dollars to be paid in five hundred dollar installments.” Chart.ie P. says: “Do you think there is any harm in a mock marriage?” “Yes. even if no serious result grew out of such an amusement it is a flippant burlesque of a solemn ceremony, and it seems indelicate and frivolous. There is too great a tendency to look on marriage as a kind ot frolic.” L. W. T. S. of Augusta Ga., asks: “How do you pro nounce the name of the great violinist Wilhelmj ? That “j” seems to me as useless as a fifth leg to a horse. Does Wilhelmj use Paganini's violin as I have heard. Who made the first violin and when? What is the difference between a Cremona and aj Stradiuarius, and why must a violin be old before it is considered good? A iong list of questions, I know, bat please answer them, as I am deeply inter ested in all that concerns the violin.” --« , Wi’helmj’s name Is pronounced ‘Vilhe'irme. “It is not known certainly who made the first vio lin in its present form, the violin became what it is through improvements upon anutn wrote ther instruments. It had its “evolutions” through the eythera, the lyre, the lute the viol and the ernoth. It is generallybelievedhowever, that the first regu lar violin was made by Gasparo, a young lute maker of Salo, It ly The story goes that he loved a beau tiful girl whose parents bitterly opposed his mar- iage with her. and finally put 'her in a convent to prevent it. >he had a voice of wonderful sweetness and Gaspare's only consolation was wandering around the chapel walls to listen to i's ange'ic notes. Finally, he conceived the idea of imprison ing those notes in a lute He worked day and li ght with this ide i, and ihe violin—'lie one instrument whose tones resemble those of the human voice— was the result. This violin, which has an angel beautifully carved upon it, is said to be still extant and in the possession of ule Bull. Cremona is the name of the town » here the two world renowned makers of violins lived and worked, stradiuarius is the name of the most famous of these; the other is Amati- Paganini’s celebrated violin is not the one that Wilhelmj plays. All Wilbelmj’s money could not buy it. It is kept in a g ass ease in the muni cipal palace at Genoa. It is a Guirnerius—that is, it was made by Joseph Guarnerius. The reason a violin has to be old before it is considered good is because nothing but age can give the seasouing necessary to its sounding board. The makers of violins travel in the Tyo ese mountains and buy up all the peasant's oid tables, benches, etc., which are made of red fir, for the sounding boards of t'n ir instrumen s. These to be good must be of the soft red fir that is only found in the Tyrolese mountain regions. Ida Lewis, the ‘American Grace Darling,’ who, as assistant to her mother, the lighthouse keep er at Lime Rock. Narragansett Bay, has saved many persons f-otu drowning has succeeded her mother, and is now in charge. The salary has been raised from $500 to $750 a year. Some railroads keep photographs of all the journalists who have passes, so that the conduc tors can tell whether the right man has the pass, if the photograph happens not to be a good likeness the most honestly disposed dead-head may be put off the train. That is. the original will be better taken than the picture. Lord Stanley defines health to be the state in which existence iis«lf is felt to be an enjoyment, in which all simple and natural pleasures are appreciated, and tbe little every-day anxieties of our bnsinrss sit lightly upon us. ‘ A son of the famous David Crocket is living in Texas, old, infirm and poor. It will be re membered that his father was killed while fight ing galiautly at the battle of San Antonio de Bexar. According to the Romanul, Ihe Governments of Belgium and Holland are disposed to recognize the independence of Rwmania, and \Ir. Collimachi Catargi is about to proceed to Brussels and the Hague to induce the two Governments to make a formal recognition to this effect. Breslau.—A conference of Jewish teachers and Tabbis in the province of Silesia and Posen was held in Breslau towards the close of D cember. Some of the most eminent Jewish professors took part in the proceedings.' At one of the meetings it was resolved to establish a Jewish Teachers' Association for the two provinces. London.—The Late Sir Francis Goldsmid.— A memoir of the late Sir Francis Goldsmid is in preparation, and will contain an extensive selec tion from his correspondence. The memoir and c irrespondence will throw considerable light and will give much valuable information on tne sub. ject, of the emancipation of the Jews in England and other countries. In a pamphlet on the condition of the blind in Great Britain and Ireland by Dr. Armitag the blind philanthropist, he mentions fifteen pension societies which give in the aggregate about, £23,- 832 a year, mostly to ihe infirm ami a a @j blind to the numher of 3.005 pensions. The Jewish blind pension fund, forming part of the aggregate, is stateil by Dr. nrmitage to he £1,100 annually, and the number of pensioners 49. Clubbing With Other Papers. The Sunny Smitli sun! any oilier Paper or llitgnzine for about tiie Price of One. Let every one avail himself of the following remarkable propositions and secure, his reading matter for the next twelvemonths. Such inducements have never before been offered to the public. Any paper or magazine may be secured in connection with the Sunny South at very nearly the price of one, and spe cial attention is invited to the unparal leled offer. 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