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TUB DKHTIHY MAKER. fib pcd; nd I, wlio 1lnrrd there, I aaw that lie v ly lair; And, with my a'tcha lb ft prlila uppmaed, HuiMred wry mil lor roat. Full, woo had rekolvml lob Tbe omlierol my ttanllny, I turord in to my titk Hud wrnagbt, ADd ko Uitfoi lb pulnf tboujhl. Bn pnt ; and I wbo questioned tbere. I linrd nli mi a good u fHlr. And In my miiiI aUII,mll voice, Did chide beue I checked my choice. But I, who bed reolvi-d to be Tbe linker ol my dmtlny, 1 bade iheeealle (unrdlan down, And tried lo think about renowu. Hhe led; and I, who a-anier, fear, Tbcre'i notliluf more to eve or bwtr, Tatwe walla that ward my paiauiaf, Are very blub, nor open iwIom. And I. wbo bad rewilved to be The maker ot my deminy, Can only wait without tbe fW, And eitand algb-Too laiel loo laid (J eo. L. liny mi. nil. X FLIRTATION, ISO HOW IT EXl)ED, CHAPTEB I. We bad never been acquainted; but it soems fate threw her continually in my pith. Wherever I would go, she would certainly be there. She would cast such sweet, Inspiring glance at me, that it fairly tortured me. Mr pain was mv placable. I suffered slocpless nights. was unfit for business. Everything that I touched or even looked at bore that fatal name, which I will call by tho sob riquct "Dot." She had conquered me over powered me; fuseinatcd mo. 1 was lout! What was I to do? I waited patiently for the third party to introduco ns, but lie was evidently not to bo found I know that there was only one courso loft for me, and that was to introduco myself. Ho I out down and deliberately wrote tho following letter: Ban Francisco, Nov. 20, 1879 My hear Dot: It seems that it is impossible for ns to become acquainted Hut why should wo wait? Why not in troduce ourselves? I sco nothing wrong in doing a, and I hopo tlmt you do not. VM yon ever bear the story of tho i renea manr Here it is: "More consistent was tho Fronchman who rolutod to another bow he hod seen a man drown in the Heine. Said the disciple of Chesterfield: "I saw the poor man full into tho river and strugglo close to the bank for two or throe minutes, and then he tank and was drowned. ' Hut couldn t vou have liolpod him if you had tried much?" asked liio other with some surprise. "Uh, yes, replied the fastidious Frenchman; "I ooiild have kolpod him out without any danger to myself; but then you must know I had never been Introduced to the gentleman." Now of course you can oo that this was mere folly, and in tho same way relates to us, therefore I beg of you tell mo, when, and where can I meet you. Do not disappoint me, and if I Iiavo boon too rude, forgive mo. With kind regards, I am your sincere friend, 1'utiently and anxiously, I waited for a reply, but alas I None eunio. Could I have niistskon her? That very afternoon I met her on tin sheet, and instead of passing mo, and "lifting those blue win dows of the soul" ui) at me, tho avoided me altogether; whether it was a mo in tentionally or uot, I never learned. I felt abuHhed; cowered. I imagined all sorts of things. Hhu must be insulted, I opined! l'erliaps it was mi'Asieue imp, I was regarding myself as an insolent follow. riiAPrr.11 11. A few days altorwards as Tunnksgiv ing day, and I was allowed a half holi day. I fult supremely happy. Hut wherowasl going to sound the after noon? I wus hopelessly despondent. Just as I was pondering over this weighty question, I felt a light t ip upon my shoulder, and turning around I suw D , iny particular friend. 1 "Whore do you intend gol ig this af ternoon," snvs he. "Ihat is just what I have been think ing about "I replied, lie looked ut 1110 curiously, and in touo which bore mystery with it. told me to go to I'lutt Hull. I asked him why "Why," says ho, "do you not know that there is a fair 111 progress there?" I replied iu tho negative. "Why, res," answered he, "there is fair, and I was told to inform you, that jf possiblo you should come there." I hud my suspicious, and as I am very (.reunions, 1 determined to go. To siy unit 1 uurrieu mere would not ex press it W 1 i 1 I Jt A . ' 1 nivrai iy new iiieuee iu a street ear- Hut first taking the precaution to have friend with nie. I asked the price of ad mission. "Nothing," I paid and walked in, expecting accepted them; for who could refuse any excuse from such an angel. We walked up and down one street, then upon an other, chatting and caressing all tbe time. I never felt happier in my life. It was a beautiful evening, one tlmt I shall nerer forget. The moon was full of those little clouds which gave tho hea ven a sombre hue. It wa cold and chilly, and the snow lay on Ue ground frozen and hard. It was love-making under distressing circumstances, the thermomoter being down to zero. I part ed from her that evening with a heavy heart, tj say nothing ot my frozen feet! Next evening we met again, but "purely accidental." She was just going to church, and I well I don't know defi nitely where I was going. She asked me to escort her, which I did most gracious ly and happily. Sho was in a very talk ative mood; iu fact she was as churming in conversation as she was sweet, and "In my mlnd'e eye l Ibe iweeleet lady that I ever looked on." I bodo her (rood night at the church door, but I would a thousand times rather taken her hand and led her to the altar. In answer to my question, as to who intended soemg her home, she answered, and intuitively, "My father!" I could see no objection and received tho an swer satisfactorily. Hut imagine my surprise when I saw her an hour after wards walkintr down Kearny street witn my rival, Maro Antony I , I could hardly control my passion. Hut I was not to bo out-dono. I eatforly watched their action, and was soon "shadowing" thorn. Booing that they intended going straight homo. I turnod up a side stroet and walked in the direction of my residence I then took a cigarette from my pocket, commenced smoking and walked slowly, as if I was just coming from home. We met. face to face. She bowod; so did I. That was all. Hut I felt a bit ter sting in my breast, and it has not entirely vanished yet. CIUFTKB IV. Our acquaintance grew stronger. We met nearly every evening. I begun to feel that I was fully prepared to answer Mr. Mullock's great question: "Is lifo worth living? " After mature Reflection discovered that I was deeply in lovo; ilosperatelv so. Now this wus dungorous, for I was treading 011 forbidden ground and eating forbidden fruit. Hut how could one help loving ono so good, kiud. pure and true? At least I credited her with all thoso virtues, although I knew sho was faithless in soino of thorn. Bo ono day, after a dosperato and con tinued struggle with myself, I concluded to propose I determined to do so that very evening. Ho I worked hard all lay, and wore myself completely out. then drank several glusses of good ginger tea. 1 smoked continually. I mashod my hand: I hud my hair out and was cleanly shaven. Donned my Sunday apparel, and hud my boots nicely and tastefully blacked just Ijr Jeannle'i i-orer. been sent by cable. Sho did not say . , ,, much when she finished tbe dispatch iw v.v. ... - ivauK .,. neP miBtreaa tilil hir not. tn Scotch girl, who had been carefully worry about Stewart, aa he was prob- educated and brought op In the mid dlo class of Scottish society? If you have never bad tho good fortune to seo ono, your liio has not yet reached the zenith of its possibilities. A bon- nie Scotch lassie with tho "lint white locks" that Bobbie Burns loved to speak of, with big blue eyes, that are 1 a I '1 I'.L ... I. I almost cuuuisu in men- mouesty unci shyness, with pretty, round cheeks aoiy an ngnt. me sob and cried out. sho began to of the disaster, uod a list of the names of thoso drowned. Stewart's name wus among the list of the train men, and when Jeannie read it she went to her room and would not seo that wear tbe lovely ,pink tints of an' one unlil tho follo,vi'Jg morning, perfect health, with a supple, slender figuro and neat foot, encased in a sensible, thick solod boot, and a slim band, slightly browned by the ab sence of gloves. A "lassio" with all this is us pleasant a Bight as one could wish tor on theso cloudy, disa greeable days. Just such a dainty "lassie" could have been seen in a household in Allegheny a little more tbun a week ago. oho is not tbcro now. Sho docs not exist savo in tbe memory of her friends and in that great receptacle of sorrow, the past. In her placo tbcro is a woman with nothing of brightness or happiness about her. Sbo bus "big blue eyes," but they uro dull and expressionless, all their brilliancy being washed away by frequent weepings. Her faco is Palo, colorless and thin. Tho sprightly gruco that onco garo a charm to her walk and ber figure, bus gono, and sho walks about liko un old woman who has lost all tbo hope and has discovered that tbe world is full of bitterness and cure. Tbo first and second pictures are of An Ancient lore Story. ' schooner's papers, and fought as bravely us any one on board when th oppor- In an old seaport town like Newport tunity Offered. After a cruise lasting one may often listen to tale, of Pa,n ul vicissitudes-tales of privation and sul- coulJ swim witu yuluable gooJg fenng, of ships that went down to me 00ftrti ttna she had also sent in seven "It isna all richt.! ir. wAa Rtanrari',1 oo nAVAr mitim nf the. Bad. heart- prizes. train and Stewart' drowned! " rending suspense that grov out of an Pollock rowed in the first boat that Next morning came the particulars uncertainty, whether tho loved ones wuo came on snore anu 11 was win lear and . . 1 1 . . A 41... B.ni.i.1 n,d vflf b vk. a tn rjin ( m tiihi, iih hmk.iii iur r.Liif'i. inn- Wcul UUI luw IJ1U WUI1U His .T ' - " I "D . may yet return, or have gone down un- teen years had elapsed, and no one could ' . T. XL i rr.. :.. n n m. wept into tue great ueep, in unint: One of the Southern families that early adequate to thoir support, they had gone came to Newport to enjoy the advantages to New York, and from there to Long f j Ita olimnta m llml nf f 'nlnnel Thomas Trtlnnd. Nor WOH this his only (li.sun. Pollock. He was not the Pollock to pointment; his sister Elizabeth had died whom refoi ence was made by Mr. Burke, m 1801, and his kind friend-one who in his speech before the House of Com- had been to him a father Dr. Olyphanl, mons in 1781, as having formerly lived in had gone to rest in 1803. Over the grave Khode Island, and as having been strip- of his sister in Innity Churchyard, ped by the British at tho taking of St. where there is a slab to her memory, Eustatins; bnt he came from North Caro- placed there by his hand, he gave vent lina, where his grandfather, who had to hiB- tears and then sailed for Long been a deputy of Lord Carteret for a Island. There, after a persistent search, period of twenty years, was elected Gov- for he bad nothing to guide him, he crnor of the Colony in 1712. found the object of his affections living Colonel Pollock, who had frequent with her mother in straightened circum- business relations with the merchants of stances. The meeting was as happy as it Newport and Boston, and who passed was unexpected to i.thel, and when the much of his time in Newport, became in- first excitement was over they had much volved in 1771 or 1772, when John Scol- to say to each other, and a tale to tell of 1 it v diihii 111 niit'ii in Lim 1 in 11 m lit 1 tin nr 11 ir h 11 iili 11 1 11 11 initiiiniiiniiifiii h How Far Twenty-live Cents Will Go. Kf,je i8iaU(i 8nd recovered judgment To Newport they never returned, but to the amount of more than 'o00 sterling, when their hands, as well as their hearts, Walter Chaloner, then Sheriff, went bail were joined, they left for North Carolina. for Pollock, who took himself off, and where Pollock hoped to recover oome of was never after seen in Newport. V hen the time of payment came round Clialo ner was thrown into jail, and there re mained till the British took possession of the island, when, lcarningthat the Sheriff was a royalist, they released him. Colonel Pollock left a son and daugh ter in Newport, the latter being the eld est. Dr. Olyphaut was the family phy- Iben she came quietly down stairs and wont about her usual duties without a word to anybody. She looked ten years older than she did before, but sho mado no complaints, and bus not referred to her loss since that first day, and her friends in their pity and warm sympathy t.re watch ing her anxiously to see that sho docs not do herself some harm. And thus even this faraway calamity shows bow long reaching are tho shadowy arms of affliction and sor row. I'ittsburq Teleqraph. The wife of the man next door has a fertile brain, which is kept actively em ployed in a variety of directions. Among her household goods are a dozen of plants in pots, and a variety of these in a box mounted on a pedestal. The box she got at the store; the pedestal she and the boy together made. After it was done she wanted it painted. She might have sent it to the painter the property that had once 'belonged to his ancestors. The Count Johannes. 4'T more than it was worth. To save the ex !. .., 1.1 .! U 1 ,.! Ul. , n " .I'll Un liUBt OliC WUUIU UU ill UVLDVll, OUC the saino person so far as actual iden- couJ get a poimJ of paint mixoJ fa a tity and name are concerned, but oh! how they aro at variance in hcurt and soull Tho change is striking, and it camo about so suddenly, that tho writer sought to learn tbo cause U. M, U, ..U U.0 kllC OlfUl J about jt n()t b h(J ftl.l i" him ynniAlimn attt n frmif In. I ..... ' '"w Him. 6 " bv,,",u got tho paint. man who lives in Allegheny went Ttwosairreat surprise to the wife of abroad for a pleasuro trip, taking the man next door to see how little of Tho Count Joannes, who died in Now York recently, was a man of little value in the world, yet one may lortuai purpose, duc ne wouiu charge 8ician anj the interest the doctor had say with Prince Hal, when he sup. mnra tnon tf ivaa txrrt 11 rVn an tra ilia av. I.. . . . 1 i . 1 1 1 eii.nni..l 111 taicen in the lutner led mm to ue Kind posca j?aistan aoaa, wo "couiu nave and fatherly to the children, particularly better spared a better man." He to the son, who had shown a love for wug bol. Georijo Jones iu London WArt.l.nw I I n. .1 nf ,lin . I .1.1 11 rf .nn.in. . . V w the young was a book store and circa lating library, kept by Joseph J. Tdod, near the Postolhce. Hub was in 17U7 Todd's library contained about 800 vol umes. There was more than ono circu pot and a brush for twenty cents the pot and brush to be returned after the work was done. It was a simple thing to paint, and sho oould put it on as eas ily und nicely as a truinod hand could do it. The mun next door didn't think sixty-three years ago last March, and began au actor at 22 in Boston, where ho had his education. He was a good actor, too, and mnrriod a wh'o who had a good lino on tho lating library iu the place; but the only stage, and together they "starred" one that Todd had to contend with was tnrouh this country and Great Brit- rT; J 1. " , YrT, ,:,f ain and Ireland with success. Their muster, w uu uastuteu uiuu uio uurury with bim his wifo and young chil- tho paint was required to cover the box contained more than 1000 volumes. Todd daughter Avoml, named alter tho dren. Somooftho gentleman's im- and pedestal, and how much was loft af- not to be outdone promised to increase Avon of Shakespeare, who was also his collection to zuw volumes, and, in a un excellent, ucneso, iimrnou uusiu. to meet 'Dot at the door. Hut 1 was doom 1 A ( xi 10 uisuiipointment, lor she wus no- whore to tm wnm. 1 began to suspect foul play. I felt iniserablu. Presently ruy friend diseovered a lady uequuiulauco aim was soou diH'juy turned iu conversa tiou. Meanwhile, I helped to aupport tlie railing of tho stage, and euKerly a. 11. 1.1 t, . ., " waieuwi uie uoor. fliv ineuds conver nation grew so intensely interesting that lie actually Heeame reckless and went to the extravagance of buying a doll for h friend's child. I begun to enjoy tho affair hugely; it was ium receiving a on oi romance Presently I saw a form rush through uiu ior. nor nice ah'iow; iier eyes sparkled. I in turn trembled, and hung on w uie railing lor dear life. My heart ueat; my eyes swain. However, I soon Jrcovered my niMi and searched tho hall for the third party. He had not yet arrived. What waa I to do? My position became more perilous. Sud denly I perceived "Dot rush to where I was standing hold out her hand with a "how do you do, Mr. Z. How well do I remember that hand, no frail, fur and teiulor! I claKiied it like a wolf clutches Ins meat. I told her I wm "quite well, and thus we became acquainted. CUArTEB III. I planned an nt'agoment with her for the next vening, and as I have hod a military education. I was punctually at the agreed jot. I nave never yet known woman to keep an engageiuont on time. She is almost always detained by compa ny or perhaps a headache! f count, "lt" was no exHption t the rule, for he did not make her appearance until nearly half au hour after the apointed time. But I was stoical. Without say ing good evening, she took my offered arm, and began pouring into my ears thoe indefatigable excuses which man mast ever besr. It it needless lo say, I tho occasion. The bootblack said ooked churming; and I am certain ho never flutters. I paid him a dollar for tho unasked for but accepted couipli incut. 'Hound went tho clock, and round camo woven. As usual, "Dot" wus Jute, blie smd X looked "awful lite." I thanked her for her keen observation. I thought I was progress ing. Presontly my heart grow bolder; 1 Inlt brave. 1 consented to present her with a pioeo of candy. I then watched tho play of ber features. Her eyes swam with delight; so did her tongue. I then asked her in a free-spoken out-and-out manner if sho would consent to bo my better-half for the rest of her natural life. For tho moment sho seemed sorely icrploxed. I had evidently startled her. She turned her head evasively, and in a voice so unnatural that I was almost ashamed of myself for having proprosed, sho told mo that sho was already en gaged, and then bowed her head und wept. Was I thunder-struck; and did I cry "(Ireat Heavens?" Oh, no, I sim ply escorted her home, and bid her "good-night." Although 1 felt my dis appointment bitterly, yet I bore it liko a man. I did not even ask her who it was that hud told tho story bcfi.ro mo. It was useless, I could easily conjecture, "Alas! poor Yorick," liko Othello, "I loved hot wisely, but too well." I sought comfort in Tennyson, who Bays " Tli brllcr to liavs lovt n l lol Tbau usver to have loved at all." during and li her after ice sho ino house, oi u Tint Wiru'a Poweh. Miss Kate Field had an interview with Hepworth Dixon, the brilliant editor of tho London Athaiwuin, shortly before his death. She says: "He was exceedingly fortu nate in his domestic lifo. His homo was ono of tho plcusuiitcst in London. Onco in conversation with him I asked f wnetner no thought the majority o: murriuges were huppy or unhappy 'Happy, certainly,' was tho reply. 'I think most men marry for love, ami get tho right woman, with whom they are lK'rfectly satisfied through life. Of course, however, there are wives who fail to fail to hold the hearts of their husbands.' 'Will you tell me,' I said, 'in what you tliiuk is tho secret of a woman s lasting power what nudity it is in her which makes her hold her husband's heart forever?' 'That sho should 1k a pillow.' answered Mr, Dixon, seriously. 'I mean that in hor, as on a pillow, her hushutul must und repose. He gets hard knocks enough in the world; people stick their sharp corners into him; they hurt his pride or wound his scusihilitios. ljct him bo able to go home feeling that there, at letiKt, is some ono who lielicvcs in him utterly. He has no need to tax himself. f he is tired. She will bo contented even K lie does not tell her his Pest stories, or tells her the old ones three times over. She auks nothing of him but that he will 1e himself. Do you think year make such refuge of l-'ss worth? No; a man will never stay hmi. away from such companionship tho sincerest flatter, the most perfect rest. ' No human scheme can be so accu rately projected but some little circum stance may intervene to sioil it. liossuet. This is a high-handed outrage," as the boy remarked when he found that his mother had pnt the cookie on the upper shelf. Punts on iHMitage stamps: On ones, Franklin; twos. Jackson; threes, Wash ington; live, Taylor; sixes, Incoln; tens, Jefferson; tittevns, Welxter; thir ties, Hamilton; nineties, Commodore O. II. Perry. mediate ancestors hud been born in Scollund, and be desired to spend coiisidciabhf time in that country, und did so. During tho visit of tho party ono of tbo children was taken sick at Dunkcld, a littlo town in Perthshire, on tho left bank of Tay Tho town bad but1 low accommoda tions, but as tbe child wus too weak to bo moved, tho 1'tnnily were com polled lo take lodgings in a hotel and wuit tor tho littlo ones recovery Tho mother bocumo worn out with wulcliilig tho sick boy, und his father askod the doctor it be knew ot any ono who could bo obtained asannrso, und promised libeiul pay. Tho doc tor said ho knew just tho right kind ot a poron, provided sho would con sent lo servo us nurse. Mio wus Jeannie, daughter of tho clergyman who hud formerly hud charge ot the kirk, und who had died, leaving his only child uu orphan, poor and al most friendless. Mio had always been cood to tho poor and needy fathers lifetime, ho had left had L'ono to friend to remain until she could obtain sumo kind ot work. Tho doctor told Jiannie how matters stood und sho at onco declared her iiurso tho sick child, and accordinirly took her placo at his bedside, liio bright, cheerful luce ot the utrl mnl'lier winninjr manners made her u 'rre;it favorite with the children und their parents, and when they weio about to leave Dunucld, tho mother insisted on Jen nio coming to this couutry with her as governess of tho children und a companion for herself. To this Jean- mo objected stoutly, and said, with many blushes and much confusion, that sho could not Icavo Dunkcld. Thou tho reason enmo'out. Sho was engaged to bo married to tho young man w.iotu sho hud known since childhood, and who wus to marry her us soon as ho wus able. He was a guard on tho North British Hail road. "Why could not Stewart come to?" said the father ot tho boy whom Jeannie hud so faithfully watched. "1 will find work for bim in Pitts burg, and you need uot bo Bcpa rated." Then it camo out that Stewart had a sister who wus bedridden, and who bo hud to support, and this was the reason why tho marriage had not taken place before. Jeannie was persuaded to go to'Dundeo to see Stewart and ask Ins udvico, and ho was urgent in his counsel that she should uceept tho liberal offer that had been made to her and 1:0 to America. Ho told her ho would fol low tier Flcro when he was able to rrovido for bis sister. Stewart added that tho doctors said that tho sick girl could not outlive tho winter. Poor Jeaiinio wus nil tear and sor row when she loft with her friends. but alio heard regularly Irom Slew art. aud 011 arriving tore she soon became accustomed to her new life aud likod it greatly. About a month ago Stewart wrote to her that his sister was dead and that he would leave for America about tbo first of January. Jeanuio's songs and smiles became more frequent, and she look ed forward eagerly for the arrival of mo new year. Un iuesdar last the papers con tained the account of tbo terrible accident to tho Edinburgh train ou tbe bridgo over the Frith of Tar. Jeannie heard about it, and hurried ly read tbo meager account that had tor tho work was dono. What should sho do with it? Not return it, of courso, for she would not be allowed anything for it. Now that she had it, who might as well use it. There was undoubtedly something it could be used on. bhe looked around for the object in question, and was not long in finding it. There aro more or less dingy, battered articlos around a house which u coat of paint would improve. Her house was' no exception. Hor eyes light ed on a box holding hor scouring sand. Iu a few moments it wi.'j a delightful green. lhen she looked round for other fields to conquer, aud presontly she found them, and continued to Und them as long as the presence of paint mado it neuessury to search for them. She was nearly tho whole afternoon using up that pot of paint, but it was time well em ployed. And it was amazing, as she admitted to herself, how far twenty cents worth of paint would go, judiciously applied. Sho knew her husband would be sur prised when ho cume homo at night at all sho had dono. And he was. When ho observed the green clock caso and looked at tho green paper rack, and found that he had a green writing desk, and contemplated tho green foot stool, and saw tho green coal scuttlu, and got against tho green clothes-horse, ho wus too full to say a word. lhen he picked up his green bootjack, und when ho did that ho gavo a wild, scared look about the room, sauk down in a chair and found his voice. He said: "Holy llsh-hooks! " Danbury News. spirit of enterprise, issuod proposals for vus Vaughan Brooke, the tragedian, publishing the poems of Ossian. In this shop voung Pollock almost lived, so fond was he of reading, devouring books not only in his own language but also in French, for, after the arrival of the frigate Medusa in 17U5, with a num ber of distinguished frenchmen on board, he applied himself to learning the and died young. Mr. Jones was tho original '-Claudo Alelnotto" in this country. He was somewhat ecccn. trie as an actor, and started out us an author with a tract to prove that tho American Aborginies wore iden tical with the lost tribes of Israel. French language under M. Bounemot, This was a symptom of the obtrusive Where Did ."ilan Originate! The various writers aud thinkers on tho subject of prehistoric man generally concodo that tho races of to-day have radiated over tho globe from somo point in Asia. Indeed, the traditious of dif ferent nations lead to tho conclusion that this point of dispersion was located in the high central regions of that country. There, apparently, tho dog, horse and ox were llrst domesticated, and can at present time be found in thoir natural. wild state, Hudson Tuttle says, in his Arcana of nature, "that "man originated near tho equator, where the climate was better adapted to his defenseless con dition aud food abundant." This con clusion seemed to be based upon the im pression that the different zones of the earth occupy the same relative positions now that they have always done, and can hardly hold good iu view of recent de velopments. Colorado, an almost unex plored country, comparatively speaking, to the scientific world will bo apt to change the logical reasonings that have so far been advauced upon this interest ing subject. Senor Altamiruno, of Mexico, the best Aztec scholar living, claims the proof is conclusive that the Aztecs did not come to Mexico from Asia, as has long been universally lie lieved, but that they were a race origin ated in tho nnsubmerged parts of America, us old as the Asiatics them selves, and that that country may even have lieen jnopled from this. From the ruins recently found, the most northern of any yet discovered, the indications of improved architecture, tho work of dif fere nt ages, can be traced in a continual chain to Mexico, where they culminate in massive aud imposing structures, thus giviug some proof by circumstantial evidence to Altamiranio's reasoning. who taught classes alternately iu New port urn; Providence The sliops of book-sellers in thoso days were liko rea;ling rooms, anil were fre quented by both old and young readers; and it was in lodd s library that young Pollock met Ethel Fergnrsou, tho pride and solace of her widowed mother. Ethel was the only daughtor of Adam Fergur son. Adam and John Fergurson were snuff-makers, who came to America from Scotland and settled in Newport. Dr. Moffat, another Scotchman, had previ ously carried on tho business of snuff making in Rhode Island, and for a time wus very successful, j. he l'ergursons had a Bbop on the Long Wharf in 1774, where they made snuff, but their retail trade was carried ou chiefly in a little shop near Trinitv Church. Almost every ono took snuff in thoso days, und the l'ergursons had the satisfaction of know ing that thoy could sell an article "equal to anything imported from England at a less price than the imported article bore. Adam died here, and John, when he closed tho business, found there was littlo to go to tho widow and orphan. With his part ho removed to Jow lork, and there went into business. With care and prudence Mrs. Fergurson and Ji,thel could just live on their smal income. Ethel was fond of reading, and. as I have said, sho and young Pollock met frequently m lodds book shop. Pollock, from long familiarity with tho library, aided Todd iu his duties .'and thus it was that he and Ethel had long talks over their favorite authors. Is it to be wondered at thatthey Boon began to love each other? But this was not of long duration, for as soon as it was known Ethel was not permitted to go again to the library, and Pollock was told it would be timo enough to look for a wifo when he was in a position to sup port one. In a moment ho took it all in, and knowing there wus no oneninu for mm ai nome, ue determined to push out un "adopted dau board the liussell, a fine ship, then up for Batuvia. This was in March, 17W. The liussell sailed in a few days, and on the 8th of tho following Auirnst while lying at anchor off Anger Point, on the island of Java, under the guns of the fort, she was captured by tho French privateer Hazard. All on board the shin wiui 1110 exeepi.ion 01 me captain, super cargo aud two boys, were put on almro at Butavia, and the ship was carriod to the Isle of France. The long story of mo uiiui-iiiues mui oeset tne captain, and how he obtained the releaso of his ship, 1 need not here relate. He finally brought her honit, reaching Newport in inrr.iul lUkl Tl.., 1.1 ... f.i i . ........... i no uiuw 10 r.uiei, wnen it was known to hor what had befallen the crew, was painful, indeed; hard aa hod been her trials, this was tho severest oi mem an. Pollock was stripped of everything bnt the clothes in which he stood", whou ho stepped ashore in Batavia, but it was something to know that he had reached the port for which ho sailed. His will- iiigiiess 10 work, his good address, and u. auowieugooi tngnsn and French soon gained for him emplovnieut and' Bat-in. t. l:,ilA 1 . i t ... I . ' lunacy that mnao the man a nuisance for years afterward, solely from b s love of notriety. Ho was ono of Louis Napoleons friends during that Prince's cxilo in this country, and after bo became Emperor, ho was made a Count Palatine by somo swell German Prince, who had the right to confer that titlo. Ever after he wrote his name "Georgo, tho Count Joan nes, citizen ot the unitea .states. lie turned lawyer, and mado a good livinjr at that in Boston, and after ward in Now York. He sued a Bos ton paper for calling him a "so-dis- ant Count, and called Governor Andrew, General Butler and others lor witnesses, making a very amus ing plea for himself, in which be asked tho jury to consider how it 'vould sound to cull Mr. Andrew a 'so.disant Governor," etc. The Count brought so many s'lits to sustain bis personal dignity that ho was finally put through for barratry, that is, as a common suer of of baseless litiga tion. Ho was a familiar figuro in tho New York lower courts, and among the stories told uf h's eccentric ap pearances, is that of u contested election case tried before Judge Brady, who interrupted a squubblo between the lawyers by saying: "Well, gentlemen, let us go into the merits of tho case, I supposo that all cither party want is an honest count." At this point tbo Count Joannes, who wus in tbe room, aroso with his hand upon his breast, and bowing low, said: "May it please tho Court, ecce homo'. Ihreo years niro ho mado a starring tour as actor with Fairbanks, appearing in this city one evcnni''. and erected avcrv where with cabbage boquets and other un savory marks ot distinction. Ho The happiness of your life depends MvinK by little, he bad" with him III. lavlMUO i-l . . uat upon the quality of your thoughts! , D. ulu "ul" saued lor fcng therefore guard accordingly, and take f na thfl vessul captured bj care that yi.j entertain no notions un suitable to virtue and unreasonable to nature f Marcus Antonius. Nothiug could be more natural or proper, when a defaulting clerk tails to keep his accounts straight, than to send his to the house of correction. Good intentions are at last the seed of i. Spanish gunboats and sent to Algeria . . .;.u,u(i ouuua ironi all on iKittrd, who were then reduced to slavery 1 olloek at length eseaied and found him s. If on board an Englwh vessel, bound for Liverpool. Till then lm kn -.i. ing of the war between the United SUtea anil cugianu. and lid learned the particular wh t good action; and every man ouKht to which was hearing him from slavery waa ew them, and leave it to the od and taken, close in under th ri J. i season whether they come up or no, cr the American privateer Yankv 1'..; Kill,... I,, n, tl,a,. rtl,., .1,. I ll TV:. ' I , 01 lri8- " J vtmi. ..iuu u.w I MSI. 11119 J5 I JUI'IT inrn 1 . .T- of rollock, who at once signed the whether fruit. mado money out of his trip, and more ot the notriety that was bis life, out of Sothern's personation of "1 he Crushed Tragedian," in which ho wus the model for "Fitz Alta. mont." lie was a strange looking person in his later years; ho prided himself on his marked rescmblanco to Ex-Governor Hoffman, and when he first suw Southern in the above mentioned part, ho turned to that gentleman, who was standing beside him, and exclaimed: "Heavens! Hoff man, j8 that you or I, or our third?" Lately, ho has been in a sort of harmless dementia, sitting in a New York squaro playini; with the birds and children, liko Genrce Francis Trzia.Sprinqfield Itcvublican. If yon would not have afllction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches. f James Burgh. ' If He prayed who vu witlmnt sin. how much more it becometh a sinner to pray. Cyprian. The best of all plavers is to act with a pure mtentidn, and with a continual reference to the will ot God. Fenelon. As sins PTOCeoxl the r mnPInlv: like figures in arithmetic, the lust stands for more than all that went be fore it. If Christiana mrml inr,t.n,l lot it lw like the olive and vine, which shall bear most and best frniLs: not ULa tho nen and elm, which shall make the most noise in the wind.