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THE BAVCY SOOVK. There In itury rogne, well known To youth and gray-beiirrl. inula mid crone A boy, wild eye that mlrtb bonomik, Wltb curly lock! and dimpled cbek; Bnl, maiden fair, Take care, take can! Hi dart may wound you, unawarel With bow anil arrowa In bli band He wanderi up and down Ibe laud; TU Jolly apori to aim a flarl At iome poor mnldeD'a fluttering bcarl; hbe wonders wbat hH burl ber mere. Ab, maiden fHlr, Take care, lake care! IIU dart may wound you, unaware! Her nimble hand the diitafr ply; A aalluut aoldier-lad rl'lea by; He elves ber urb a loving glance , Her heart atonda mill, aa in a trance. And death-pale alnki the maiden (air. Quick, mother there, (Jive heed, take care, Ele you may lone ber, unaware! Who itanda there laughing at tbe door? Tbsl rogue, who triumph thnsouce more! Both lad aud maiden be baa hit, And laughi as i hounb bis sides would split. And so be aporta him everywhere; Now here, now there; He mocks your care; You fall bis victim, unaware. Now who so masterful and brave To catch and hold this saucy knave? Whoever binds him strong and fast, His name and deed hall always last, But, If ibis dang-rous task ou dare. It ware! lake care, Lest III you fare! ' Tbe rogue may tatch you, unaware! THE TRAMP. "No tramps Lore," said I, and shut tho door in his face, I did. The wind blew so, that I could hardly do it, and tho pear trees were moaning and groaning as if they suffered in the storm. "No tramps here; I'm a lone woman, and Ini afraid of 'em." Then the man I hadn't seen yet, for tho dark, went away from the door. Champ, champ, champ, came tho man back again, and knocked on the door. knocked not half as loud as he did be fore and I opened it, hot and angry. This time I saw his face a pale ghost of a face with yellow brown hair, cropped close, and greut staring bluo eyes, and he nut his hand against the door, and held it. "How near is the nest house, ma'am?" said he. "Three miles or more," said I. "And that is not a tavern?" "No," said I: "no drinks to be got there; it is Miss Mitten's, and she's as set against tramps as I am." "I don't want to drink," said the man "though I do want food. You needn't be afraid to let me in ma'am; I've been woundod, and am not able to walk far, and my clothes are thin and its bitter cold. I've been trying to get to my par ents at Grecnbank, where 1 can rest) till I'm better, and all my money was stolen from me three days ago. You needn't be afraid, let mo lie just before the fire, and only give mo a crust, the stalest crust, to keep me from starving, and the Lord will bloss yon for it." Ue then looked at mo with his wild eyes in a way that would have made me do it, if it hadn't been I'd seen so much of these impostors. The war was just over, and every begger that came along said he was a soldier traveling home, and had been wounded and robbed. Une that I had been fool enough to help limped away, out of sight as he thought, and then for I was at tho garrot w indow shouldered his crutches and tramped it with tho strongest. "No doubt your pocket is full of money," said I, "and you only want a chanco to rob and murder me. flo way with you." Drusilla that's my niece was baking cakes in the kitchen. Just then she camo to tho door and motionod with her mouth to mo, "Do let him stay, Auntie;" and if I had not better sense I might, but I knew better than a chick of six teen." "Go way with you," says I, louder than before; "I wont havo this any longer." And he gave a kind of groan, and took his hand from the latch, and then went champ, champ, through tho frozen snow again, and I thought him gono, whon there ho was onco more, hardly with a knock at all, a faint touch like a child's. And whon I opened tho door again ho camo quite in, and stood leaning on his cano, pale as a ghost, his eyes bigger than ever. "Well, of all tho impudoneet" said I. He looked at me and then said: "Madam, I have a mother at Green bank. I want to live to seo her; I shall not if I try to go any farthor to-night." "They all want to seo their mothers," and just then it came into my mind that I hoped my son Charlie, who had leen a real soldier, an officer he had come to be, mind you, wanted to seo his, and would soon. "I have been wounded, as you can see," said he. "Don't go showing me your hurts," said I; "they buy 'em, so they told mo, to go a tagging with now. I read the paters, I tell ye, and I'm principled, and so'a our clergyman, again' giving any thing nnless it a through some w ell or ganized society.. Tramps are my abom ination. And as to keeping you all night, you can't expect that of decent folks go!" Drusilla came to the door and said: "Let hiin stay, aunty," with her lips again, but I took no notice. Ko he went, and this time he did not come back, and I sat down by tho fire and smelt the baking cakes and tho ap ples stewing, and the tea drawing on the kitchen stove, and I ought to have been very comfortable, but I wasn't. Some thing seemed tngging at my heart all the time. I gave the fire a poke, and lit another candlo to cheer myself up, and went to my work basket to get the sock I had been knitting for my Charlie, and as I went to get it I saw something lying on he floor. I picked it up. It was aa old tobacco pouch, over so much like the one I gave Charlie, with fringe around it, and written on it in ink, "From C. F. to It. II.," and inside was a bit of tobac co and a rnmpled old letter; and when I spread it I saw ou the top, "My dear son." I knew the beggar must have dropped it, and my heart gave one big thump, as though it had been turned into a ham mer. Ferliap the story was true, and he had a mother. I shivered all over, and the tire and candles and nice comfortable smells might as well not have been at all. I was cold and wretched. And over and over again had I to say to myself what I had heard our pastor ay so often: "Never give anything to chance beggars, my dear friends; always bestow your alms on worthy persons, through well-organized societies, ' before I could get a bit of comfort. And what an old fool I was to cry, I thought, whon I found my cheeks wet. But I did not cry long, for, as I sat there, dash and crash and jingle came a sleigh over the road, and it stopped at our gate, and I heard my Charlie's voice crying, "Halloa, mother!" And out I went to the door, and had him in my arms my great, tall, handsome, brown son. And there he was in his uniform with his pretty shoulder straps, and as hearty as if he hod never been through any hardships. He had to leave mo to put the horse up, and then I' had by the fire my own son. And Drusilla, who had been up stairs and had leen crying why, I wonder? came down in a ilutter for they were like brother and sister and he kissed her and she kissed him, and then away she went to set the table, and the nice'hot things smoked on a cloth as white as snow; and how Charlie enjoyod them! But once, in tho midst of ail, I felt a frightened feeling come over me, and I know I turnod pale, for Drusilla said, ''What is the matter, Aunt Fairfax?" I said nothing; but it was this, kind o' liko the ghost of a step, going champ, champ, over the frozen snow; kind o' like the ghost of a voice saying, "Let me lie on tho floor, and give me any kind of a crust;" kind o' like some one that had a mother, down on the wintry road and freezing and starving to death. This is what it was. But I put it away and thought only of Charlie. We drew up together by the fire when tho tea was dono, and ho told things about the war I'd never heard bofore how the soldiers suffered, and what weary marches and short rations they sometimes had. And then he told mo how he had been set upon by the foe and badly wounded; and how, at the risk of his own life, a fellow soldier hod saved him, and carried him, fighting his path bock to tho camp. "I'd never seen you but for him," says my Charlie. And if there's a man on earth I love, its Rob Hadaway the dear est best fellow? We've shared each oth er's rations and drank from the samo canteen many and many times, and if I had a brother I couldn't think more of him." "Why didn't yon bring him home to seo your mother, Charlie?" said I. "Why, I'd love him too, and anything I could do for him, for the man who saved my boy's lifo, couldn't be enough. Send for him, Charlie" But Charlio shook his head and cov ered his face with his hands. "Mother," said ho, "I don't know whether Bob Hadaway is alive or dead to-day. Whilo I was still in the ranks he was taken prisoner; and military prisons ore poor places to live in, mother. I'd give my right hand to be able to do him any good, but I cun find no trace of him. And he has a mother, too, and she is so fond of him! Blie lives at Grecnbank poor old lady. My dear, good, noblo Bob, the preserver of my life!" And I saw Charlie was nearly crying. Not to let us see the tears, ho got up and went to tho mantelpiece. I didn't look around until I heard a cry "Great heavens! What is it'r And I turned, and Charlie had the to bacco pouch the man had dropped, iu Ids hand. "Where did this conio from!" said he. "I feel as though I had seen a ghost. I gave this to Bob Hadaway tho day ho saved me. We soldiers had not much to give, you know, and he vowed never to part with it whilo ho lived. How did it como horo, mother?" And I fell back in my chair, white and cold, and said I: "A wandering tramp left it here. Never your Bob, my dear; never your Bob. llo must havo been an impostor. I wouldn't have turned away a person reidly in want. Oh, no, no; it's another pouch, child, or ho stolo it. A tall fel low, with bluo eyes, and yellow-brown hair; wounded, he said, and going to his mother at Grecnbank. Not your Bob." And Charlie stood staring at mo with clenched hands; and said he: "It was my Bob! it was my dear old Bob, wounded and starving! My dear old Bob who saved my lifo, and you have driven him out such a night as this, mother! My moUier, to uso Bob so! " "Condemn me, Charlio," said I "condemn me if you liko I'm afraid God will. Three times he came back; three times ho asked only for a crust and a place to lio, and I drovo him away I I and he's lying in tho roa.l now. Oh! if I had known!" And Charlio caught up his hat. "I'll find him if he is alive," said he. "Ob! Bob, my dear friend!" And then I never suw the girl in such a taking. Down went Drusilla on her knees as if sho was saying her prayers, and says sho: "Thank God I dared to do it! " And says she again to mo: "Oh! aunt, I've been trembling with fright, not knowing w hat you'd say to me. I took hint in tho kitchen way. I couldn't see him go faint and hungry and wounded, and I put him in tho spare chamber over the parlor, and I've been frightened all the whilo." "Lord bless yon, Drusilla!" said Charlie. "Amen," said I. And sho, getting bolder, went on: "And I took him up some hot short cake and apple-sass and tea," said she, "and I took him a candle, and a hot brick for his feet, and I told him to eat and go to bed in the best chamWr, Aunt Fairfax, with the whito counterpane and all, and I locked him in and put the key in mv pocket, and told him that ho should have one night's rest, and that no one should turn him out unless they walked over my dead body." And Drusilla said it like an actress in a tragedy, and went off into hysterics the moment" the words were out of her mouth. She'd leen exiting to be half murdered, you know, and the girl was but sixteen, and always before minded me as if I was her mother. Never was there an old sinner so happy as I was that night, so thankful to the good Lord; and it would have done your heart good if you had gone to see the two meet in the morning Charlie and his friend Rob. And Charlie had a mother a ho was not poor either and helped Rob into business. And he got well over his wounds, at last, and grew as handsome as a picture, and to-day week ho is going to marry Drusilla. "Ill give you anything I have," said I, "and I won't refuse you even Dru silla," when he asked me, telling me that he loved her since she was so kind to him on tho night I've told you of. And Charlie is to stand up with him, and I am to give Drusilla away, and Rob's sister from Greenbank is to be bridesmaid, and I have a guess that some day Charlie will bring her home to me in Drusilla'g place. I don't drive beggars from the door now as I used, and no doubt I'm often imposed upon, but this is what-1 say: "Ttt.or Im iinnosed unon always than to de cruel to one who neods help." And I've read my Bible better oi late, and i know who says, "Even as ye have done it unto the least of these ye have done it unto me." Newspaper Borrowers. An exchange recently published a letter from a lady subscriber, in which she complained bitterly of the annoyance she exper ienced from the habit her female neigh bors had of constantly borrowing her paper. Tho exchange failed to advise hor on tho snbjoct, and as the matter is a serious one, we ourselves have looked into the snbjoct for some method of relief, and now think we can offer the suffering laxly and all others simi larly situated, an adequate means of succor. Here is our plun: Let the lady immediately upon receiving her paper, carefully cut from it some item it makes no particular difference what it is most any item will do, only let it l)e neatly and carefully removed from the paper. Then tho following pro ceeding will be sure to ensue: In a few moments tho neighbor's boy will come after the pajKir, he will take it home, an.l within rhrpn minutes ho will emerge from the house he will scoot down street, ana very suoniy return with a folded newspaper of the samo date as the one just borrowed. By the time tho clipped paper has cir cled round among all the femalo bor rowers, the street will be lively with hurrying boys, and tho revenue of tho newspaper will be materially increased. Not one woman among them all would bo able to sleep a wink withont know ing just exactly what that cnt-ont item was. The next day the lady will pur sue the same courso and similar results will follow. In an extremely obstinate neighborhood those proceedings have to bo repeated three or four days but not longer. By this time the lady will be able to read her newspaper in peace, and the newspaper finances will be the gainer in several new subscribers. The rule is infallible, whore tho borrowers are females, but it can't be vouched f,,r in tlm (MLsn of men. There isn't that inherent curiosity to work upon, yon know, and and but perhaps we are getting a little deep. Boston Courier. Enolish Hioh Life. The loose habits of the English aristocracy are beginning to excite the animadversions of the Press. The London correspondent of the Liverpool Meirurv says the air is full of rumors of coming scandals. Last season was a remarkable one. There was no money every body said, yet there were circles in which extravagance and luxury rushed to extremes never before known. Some balls cost sums of money which would have made the aristocracy nf Pnvia in flip rpirm nf TiOllis XVI. stare. Ul A IU . M wuv - "O , The correspondent adds: "Along with ... ... , i i. tins remarKaDie aoveiopment went, iuucu freedom of manners, and tho result is that one hears of tho highest personages implicated in one story; of a professional beauty, a countess who married for posi tion, uncertain whether her title is her own; of separations that seemed a short timo ago the most unlikely; and of such unsettlement of trust and confidence as makes ono fear for what is called society. Theso stories, one may hope, will never be told at Westminister, and in ono case I believe it has been snrpressed ; in an other tho separation of tho husband and wifo will keep them clear of the law courts. But tho facts are nono tho less distressing, and it is time that we hod a reformation of manners in what are called the highest circles." OoHsiriuo Policemen. Is not a policeman a municipal soutry on guard to watoh property and protect citizens from thieves and highwaymen ? Is it not a gross breach of discipline for mili- furv HontrioM to bilk while oil dutv ? Are not tlieir eyes and ears for watchfulness and vigilance and nothing eiso r in walking tho streots it is tho excep tion to find tho policeman patrolling his beat day or night. It is the rule to find him gossiping with his cronies or flirting with servant girls over area railings. During the past summer a score of houses untenanted by their occupants have been broken into, robbed, and in Hinm thieves have resided and caroused for days together. Is not quite ns much vinrilanco reomred of onr inunic. al sen tries as of military ? And aro t.t'y not nnn Hfiintlv liefnre hundreds of cr..ltv. slv cruerrillas and bushwhackers? Should they gossip by the hour in the street ? The Duke op Hamilton's Escapades. The Duke must have been the hero of a good many escapades of the "Prince Hal" kind. At a restaurant in Paris he was so unfortunate as to be compelled to knock a policeman down, whereupon brother cuardians of tho peace wero un der a painful necessity of taking His Grace and a friend to tho lock-up. I be lieve they were unaware of his rank and jwsition, and looked more ashamed than the Duke when they learned their mis take. The tiling got into the papers, and tho late Felix lutohurst was in structed to state that thero was no truth whatever in the report, etc. For all that, there was a good deal. J. lie late unite, by the way, was far more unfortunate than his "son in these little affairs, manaarinir to terminuto his iinoncely ex istence by tumbling headlong down the steps of the Mann Doree. London Truth, Sept. th. At the eat end of the City Hall mar ket recently a boy suddenly seized a bar rel stave and liegan pounding a dog which was tied to a wagon wheel The animal's yelps and yells at once attracted the attentiou of a man, who called out: "Hold on, there! What's that dog done?" "Snatched a big piece of bologny outer my hand and swallered it!" replied the boy, as he gave the dog another whack. "See here," continued the man, as be came nearer, "don't you know that that dog feels those blows?" "Don't I! Of course I know it! Do you think I'm doin' all this hard work and raisin' all this row just for the sake of workin the rhenmatii outer my elbows?" Detroit Free Tress. Tbe Fte of Wedding rreseuK nli-ot ami snrierfluous wedding presents are a great source of annoyance in many a newly married pair in Eng land as well as America. In the latter country, however, with cnoraciensuc tlmv have known how to turn L'lDlGlUUH") J ' " ... even this fact to account; and there is reported to be at present at least, nan a dozen persons in New York alono who have engaged in the business of pur chasing or exchanging wedding pres ents. Of course tho transaction must be carried on in the most private man ner, and witn no ntiio ingenuity, avoid giving pain to the kindly donors. Half a dozen opera glasses, biscuit boxes, uutter uisucs or ubii uvmo " nnnmmnn number: anv as for several articles of electro-plate, they pervade every collection oi weuumg piw such a dreadful extent that the poor bride positively groans over the sight. Hie meuiou m niuuiiiuug imuinaau in of itself increnious. Tho buyer or exchanger watches the marri ages as their resiective announcements i.iiui.n.1 in flip dailv naiiers. and collects the names and residences; and . . . 11 1 when tho wedding is mat oi weu-auio v. u ... l,Vf nf m-PHpnta is invariably given; this list is carefully read and thongut over, ana anoui mree uiumu ft- -n,l,ln.l ituir linvp settled down u i iv i m v. j - - in their new homo a gentlemanly stranger 1 1 ' , . nn,l inilllifHa f(Y mns.es uis appeuruui-u .u iinju.. Mrs. So-and-so, at the same time sending in his card. Tlie laay repairs w uer drawing room and gives audience to her visitor, who opens his business in the most circumspect manner; for, of course, until he knows with whom he has to deal, the bare suggestion may be consid ered onensive. uenerauy, uuwe, women are very weak where bargains are and the visitor obtains a hearing for his proposals. The presents are produced, and while the bride con siders her requirements, tho dealer offers ... i t K, either exenonge or purxuuse, mj ninaf nnnnntfililu AtflrsttllO objection is made, "Oh, dear! I cannot sell Aunt ! ' . , -a- l t A Mary s opera glass, or Aunt Jjticy s uut t.r wlmt will thev 60V ?" But a different opinion is soon arrived at, when once slie tliinKS 01 tue remammg mo ui six article! of the same description. There is another sine to ims new uus- ,'noua lmu-avpr find Hint is that the T)CO- r1n am linrrinninrr to Rppk out the Wed- 1" " r- o - . ding present dealers with a view to obtaining cheaper presents ior iut;ii miprvinir fripmlM. Of course, thev are UIW1 J O 7 " as good as now, and as they are pur- cnasea cneapiy enougn irum uio untie, they can bo sold at moderate prices. Tho latter idea is not entirely new among ourselves, lor last season it was kuo n that many firms in London marked "suitable articles for wedding presents" second-hand, that intending purchasers micrlif Hiinlr them i-heao. Every one seemed so anxious to find effective-look ing articles for next to nothing. In fact, . ... . 1 1 . . t. the "wedding present uusiness i uo v" n j . nAiitlnn Inn liaavr a tnv Tnr lipmilft With slenrier resources. junmusn xiwit Journal. Tan Twwr.riii'vr'B op Women. Cardinal Manning addressed on audience of about 4000 peoplo recently in uverpooi, on uis influence of women. Of all the powers upon earth, he said, there was in the hands of mothers and daughters and sis ters a. rmwpr which could control the greatest strength of man, and this was the power of good example, and oi goou lifo, of true Christian love, the persuasion of their patience in waiting until the faults of those whom they tried to win to bettor ways should be wiped out. wen niirrlit rniLKmi and wranirle. and might convince one another, but they had not the power of persuasion that the mother or tister or daughter possessed over a fatlier or brother. They could sometimes . , ml - ! 1 do what priosts could nor. iiie uisuop of Ferns, who had gono to his rest, had nl.l Hipm flint ho hiul often seen women kneeling beside men and taking tho pledge along with them ior tno purpose nf rrivinor t.hpm pmirno-n and streotrth to do that which many of them were so cowardly that they aaro not promise to An T?nnv n. man had been brought to heaven and the sacrament and a holy ... . . ... ii . death by tho lniluence oi wne or mouier or sister. It was most certain that the character of man was formed for lifo by the mother, and ho had rarely known a good mother who hail a bad daughter or a bad son. Toward tho conclusion of his remarks he condmhed the employment of married women ouisuie tiicir owu linnuplinlila Hiivintr tlmt when a woman ....,.. . . , j 0 married she entered into a solemn con tract for life that she would give her timo to her husband, her home and her children, and if she did not do so she de stroyed the whole domestio life! iLirBitEEUixo is Chcrch. Bev. Rob ert Collyer, who has recently come from Chicago" to tho Church of the Messiah in New York, is expressing with commend able frankness his opinion of certain liberties token in the New York churches. After his sermon, the other evening, and while the choir was singing tho Lord's prayer in subdued tones, a number of jiersons left the church, to the great an noyanco of the largo congregation as sembled. At the close of the singing Mr. Collyer said: "May I ask those who have been so kind as to remain through the services to say to any they may know, who have just left the church, that if they come again I wish they would re main to the end, unless their business is imperative. I was told before leaving the West that I should find finer manners in New York than in Chicago, but I have found it otherwise. I havo been hero but two Sundays, yet I have been more annoyed in this wav than during two years in Chicago. I don't like it, and I won't stand it. You will tell them, won't you?" It is a pity that this well-merited rebuke could not reach all who are guilty of so gross a breach of good manners. pLfOK axd Plod. I don't believe the annals of the world will show a true business man asking for employment who did not get it. But there can be no true business man without pluck, and that other thing expressed by the old Saxon word, "plod." There was never a brilliant genius in the world who didn't owe his true success to being a plodder also. It is all very well for genius to rorruscate, but it is pluck and plodding that carry a man up the great heights of life. These two words, pluck and plod, are tho key to snccess.j Oakey Hail. When yon hear a man bragging about his many virtues, don't let him see where you hang the ke to yonr hen-roost. The Great Western Empire. f-.11.. AnrviinnB tllA sta Whoever careiuujr --- .. .. i .hp nnnnlation of IISIICH BllUKH'B " M. , . , the United States has grown t,f Me years, must be improsseu '-. with which the Western States are outstripping tlio Southern d Jbwterjj. Tho rate of increase in some of the South ern and Northern States is almost identi cal; for instance, the Bouuicru " Mississippi and tho ISortnern muu r ii .i.:, nn a nur in this re- spect, whilo Alabama, one of the most . - . . . -i. . - Utntna ltt Tint. backward oi tue iorm -- - m.1,.1. hphind Vermont, one of the most enterprising of the latter. If Texas bo classed among me ouuuiw ,,r, . i. ....,.,.inn aa nn excei'tion, be- cause it seems to exhibit as rapid pro gress as any one in tho v est, yet uou iw size is taken into account, there is noth ing very wonderful in its development. Such States as Aiinsas uuu .wi", rado and Minnesota, are really conspicu- ; .!.: .;,.ii.v nml tlipv bid fair to continno to be distinguished above the others. It is with reiereneu w -maw r.n Kio.oa tli at tlm words of Mr. Whittier, in his well known verses on the Western pioneers, are iraugn. ............ frn.li fnr in them tho l)10- neers are really advancing like tho nrst low wash of waves wiiero a uumuu bc ....ii onn l.mnir Thp TironTcss westward is the more significant because it is em phatically a progress oi trameu uuu oc- -u.hr havA learned what life IS BUll.U Uivu) " " - " in less congenial regions, and who are well adapted for bearing witn equiuum itt ft nn hardihood the orivations insep arable from a new sphere of existence. The fertile prairies of the great West are as inviting to the fanner who tills the stubborn soil of Now England as the virgin land of the seabord was to uio first settlers in America. What proves most attractive to the European immi grant is not the western prairies, but the l.-nlr Tlfnnntain mines: ho Dresses On to a mining camp, hoping to draw a prize in the mining lottery, in preierence w tliug on a farm, and earning a comforta ble subsistence by agriculture. In con sequence of this, tho absorptive power of theso regions is greatly heightened. There is always room for new-comers, because the older hands die off so quick ly. A miners chances for a long life are far less than those of a farmer, and it is very unlikely that we shall see the capacity of the West to sustain a large population tested till mining holds a second rank among tho in ducements to seek new homes. In any case the citizens of the United States will doubtless have ample reason to con gratulate each other as the figures of every succeeding census aro made pub lic. They are certain to become as num erous as the most exacting among them ipiin . Aa thpv widen the circle of their nationality, they at the same time enlargo the bounus oi our comuiuu race and our mother tongue. M. do Candollo, the French statistician, esti mates that a century hence ,ngnsii win i. n.o n-,nli nf Klin ..00.000 persons. iU tlAU DIVI.VM v y ? i - ' German of 124,000,000 and French of 60,000,000. The figures aro lancuui, ior n ia i.nllv in lm PYiipntpil that the in- Ib IO ilWAl.AJ fcv crease of the English-speaking popula- lion will oe maiiiuuucu l mo uu in tlio fntiiro aa in the Wist. ISllt tllO no 1. .AW . V.. .11 --- f inn invnlvpl in the forecast is as gratify ing to a citizen of the firmsii umpire us it is to a citizen oi tlie norm American l.lin Tt is asserted that trade fol lows the flag. It is certuin that ideas fr.iin.va tha innirnafrA and the increase of 1 WA.V. 1 ... O " , - the English-speaking people implies the wider dmusion oi tno lueas oi wen nr1pvpl freedom and continual improve mniit. which ar-A tlie clorv of onr race. and tho source of its prosperity and greatness. London Jimen. A 'tw T!i!i.'F.n OP HonsES. The Nubi ans who have recently arrived at tho .. ... .. i i i.i Paris Jardin d Acclimation nave oroujjui iriili flipm spvprai animals wmcn are likely to excite much interest with zoolo gists, among them being a mare oi uie Abvssinian mountain breed, and three Domrola. Bruce, in his travels, saw those Doncolo horses, which according to some authorities, are not oi Afrii-nn nnVin lmt of Arab descent, hav - . . ing been introduced into tho country at the timo of the Mussulman conquest. The Dongola horses are, for the most iinvf nn tlm hirHiile. averaL'inir 1G hands. Their powerful characteristics are a long and well-set necli, and goou snoumers 1 U. ilmir nio tnnli'iwul tsi llA a trifle flat-sided. They are endowed . , 11 L with great stamina, and maue excellent war horses. The breed is to be found in the desert of Alfaia, Yerra and Dongola, in n-lnVh latter district the larsrest are bred. They are generally bay, black or n-hirp- lmt. nnn never sees a flrev. Mr. Hoskius savs that the best horses of this breed are block, with white feet and legs. They cost from $250 to S750; and some years back one of them was sold at Cairo for S2000. London Lm Mock saarnei The Society Yocxo Max. Scene Tlm liillianl-rnom of a fashionable club house. At 9 o'clock enter Augustus, lm removes his summer ulster and dis closes a dress suit. One of the Players Hullo! Gns is rigged out under full sail and all the candles lighted. What is it, old fellow ? Augustus Oh, I have been to make my party call on Miss Banker. She wasn't at home, so I left my pasteboard and came around here, Thirteen vonnff men drop their cues. seice their hats, remark "that's the mnl-pt fnr mo " and slide off to Beacon street. At 11 o'clock Miss Banker gets home, finds fourteen cards and savs: "How funny that all the loys should have called this evening." At the same hnnr Anonatnt receives three "smiles" and ten cigars, the grateful offerings of thirteen young men wno nave maue their party call without the trouble of dressing or the expense oi a naca Trapixo ox Sex. She has a poor Doein. a poor story, a very poor picture a poor play and a poor excuse for forcing its notice on men, wnom sue Dores uu annovs bv her persistency, and that is because she is a woman. Because she is a woman, and because of the attention and pallantrr due hersex from the other, she expects ner story, her picture, her statue, her play, to have the preference over that of the man, who has an equal wolve howling at his door, and whose work may be more meritorious. This is simply trailing on sex. and it's animus won't liear close inspection, liecause it is akin to something from which the woman might shrink in horror did she see it in its true color. I Graphic. The Great Captain. A gentloman who formed r:i. , . Galena, and who was subsequently , officer in the Union army, furnishe, tu " ,. . " "earu 10 General Grant s joining the army in tlm li When tho war broke out General Or. was an employee in his fatw. i"1 store, which was located on Main bZ! in Galena. Grant had only been in r ' Jena about ono year, and had made buts tho first call for troops ww made k President Lincoln in 1861. t,,n,.i '"'"V "iiwiuci ui uL-quuintuices win,. vere E. D. WTashburno. John iT lins, John Bussell Jones and a fe others. A company was raised in CaW at once. A mass meeting wass called i! the Court House, and a muster roll called The result was that a company formed, and Augustus L. ChetW elected Captain; Wallace Campliell FiI uicuwuuui uuu Aiiunuiua noui Second Lieutenant. The company left f, Springfield soon afterwards, and wasai. signed to tho Twelfth Illinois Infantrr Meanwhile Washburno went to Spring field, and in conversation with Governs Yates, mentioned the name of 1J s Grant, and, upon Washburne's record mendation, Governor Yates sent to G lena for Grant, who camo at once and a sisted Allen C. luller. then Adjntant General of the State, in the organization of the Illinois regiments. After a time Grant was commissioned as Colonel ot of tlie Twenty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and one day asked Governor Yfttesfor marching orders. "But I haven't the transportation," said the Governor. .in in iuuiu um., wuu VU1UUIU jrunt "Give me the orders, and I'll find tiun! portation. The orders were given, and within forty-eight hours the Twenty first Illinois went out of Springfield in column by fours.and took the road to Quincy, where in duo time they arrivod, and then went into Mis souri and reported to General Fremont for duty. General Fremont knew General Grant so well that ho put him in command of the post nt Cairo, where he remained until he ascertained from his scouts tint the Confederates, who were massed at Columbus, Kentucky, twenty miles below, were establishing a camp at Bel mont landing, on the Missouri side of tlie Mississippi river, opposito Colum bus, with the object of raiding that State and tho flanking of Fremont and Sigel. Colonel Grant immediately made prepa rations to attack them, and did so (luring the week, capturing their guns and sup plies; and "breaking up the whole con cern," as Grant expressed it. This was really the first victory of the war, and showed the people of the United States that one officer meant business. From here Grant's career is a part of the his tory of the country and the people unite to do honor to the man whose genins and patriotism and wise statesmanship have placed our country where it is the foremost amongst the nations of the earth. Onr avv Naii.s? He was iust Ml enough not to know a grindstono from a rihhnn lilnclt. nml he came sailinc alontr Fourth street, tacking from side to side, like a slup going against tne wina. ue Btruck a dry goods store at last and stum bled in, anil a pretty girl clerk came to wait on him. "iiic, ne saw, -yon goi anw nails'" Thn p'irl was a little bit scared, but she told him no; that vas a dry goods store and they diiuu Keep nails in stock. Then ho went ont and started ahead again, but took a creel to himself and turned and got into me same store again. "Hie," he said, "you got ann noiluV" Thin time, the rirl was a lit tle provoked. "No," she said; a hard ware store is the place to gei imn, " don't keep them. Out he went again in,1 Hinrfe.l nir as before, but cot turned again and came back to the same place the third time, "llic,'- he saiu, juu rrftt nnv nails?" X(VW the crirl was mad and snapped out, "No, we ain't got any nails; you'ro drunk and you want to stay away from here." "Hie," he answered, "you am t got any nans.' -i, haven't," "Well (hie), if you ain't got no nails, how the dnce do you scratch l..10' Tl,p nnlomnn tnok lllUl Ofl VVUI JlL'DUi Alio ri.i-i- U.I. before her answer was sent to his conun drum. I Cincinnati Saturday rug"'. rlOWJlK. OJIIEW DIEB.-iuow"1" Daniel Drew, the famous financier, oc curred with suprising suddenness. ii deed, he scarcely spoko after assistance .i Tropin the evening ne waa duiuiiiuiim. . .., r- i .i n.irii iiir. as as well as usual, ami umru " - . ms t T.ottTPnte I. .Lawrence, oi uio urn. m 7i" nf Broad street, at Uie Grand Union Hotel. The old gentleman ate quite heartily, and was in his usnai quaint humor. Having returned to tlie 1 ... .I.:- vn a Fast Forty- resiaence oi ma ouu, - - .:, second street, ho talked pleasant y wiU nr T on.l nfhers Until "UOUt Mr nine o'clock, when he complain that he did not feel wel , " retired to his room, declining w have any one sit up with him, on the grounu vnav mo iuuinj.-- - ... off after he got to bed. A little after W o'clock he rose and summoned a ance, saving he felt a strange pain in Uie region of the heart, just such mW mother experienced a few MJfg her death He had scarcely otteredflj preceding sentence when his head sans forward upon his breast and h caught in the arras of MrU" There was no further struggle; scarcely a movement. He expired instantly, i thought, of failure of action of the induced possibly, by an epdeptic attart. livoaV The awe of Ronsc.ousn ing into occasional iuriu -t - hs4 thS chasms of our SS5tu struck me, in my own jinit as a mystery of nature very grand mvstery oi naiure. j o-- . m and is quite a distinct mystery fro" cience. Conscience has to do w self, and is conscience, w-tion every tnougni. v -j.anCt, 1.4 kiinrT KIllll" action) There e are momena " ,"in(f Bor 5 footsteps of our own in?oiz4. , thnnders of God. l1" at the than beth Barrett Browning. mt as she ! was caiit-u, " t j 0De Kv., where she was WW w -Queen of the Negroes. . ivvTirrht her freedom rears viUe, time as and succeeded in saving connfl property afterward in f-Wj, Icted as banker for hundreds i ol bg was sent for when any oil ber j got into trouble and gave them ot advice but more substantial Fanny