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HALF FOIIOOTTKN. Io my youth I ones went boating With a manlrn in yju lit, OH put Niwiwrl want we float in? On Mi ll "tlier nfmonliiK, (lotting; WuU'lilllg iiuseU, quoting vnr On Ui tlurlil uiiniwr ara, Where (lie wi-4 wind itill Micunm To the wayii iU poctree; 1'imt try. Try to Ull mo if I IdvcI 1iv; Iii) the love mo! And Ilia maiden If I lovod Lor why? Oil, hr tmilo, her tyei, her tresii, FliwliiiR in the wooinu air! Whero'i llio wi.pI that full exprmumn llttlf the wiU-liery ol her iIiumd. ' Whut slie waf and what li wann'tT Girl? no; taint? no; liimciT Hhe? . A11H covnr it? Itdin't; Nor mn an f pocecc, IW, tigli. Cinhor out the tnyrtio problem; I can't oven try. Hut her name, I think, wii Alice: l"r't 'lwa Etliul, Maude, r Jane. Twanu't Bcelnl thut't tlieer malice, Cynic-poured In Memory"! ebulioe, From mm ltnbrlaiii'ili jrriuiilng At inyscll I've done line then. JUIten-d round the world aud (inning, At 1 hope to tin again. Hin a gain? 0, emilwind thia moral echo, Folly fain I Ym. I think I once went tailing With a a I tome yean ago, Making love till ttun were paling. How, with feet upon the railing Hit I, comfortably tmoklng, Trying to recall her name. Iid we love, or were we joking? At the comet all aflamel All a 11" tno? Light u timber, out at quickly, All toe Mine. TUX LEAP OF GKBA.MUM. It in very strange, whon, we como to to thick abimt it, 00 what email cog nn J pivots tlio wheel of fate run, and what a alight jiir will do toward changing tbo whole machinery aud not it to running in an entirely different direction. It was a geranium leaf thut allured tlio wholo course of my life, lint for the trivial loaf picked np by a young girl in a thoughtless tnood I should not nave boon Ritting ncro to dayziu tuia pioaHitnt din lng room, wbero the nan conies in ' through the vine-wreathod windows and falls upon the goranmm ikhs IuhkIo; aim this little girl would not be upon my knee, nor yondor rod-cbeceked maiden upon the veranda with young Sniitbors; and nolthor would thut very handsome natron who just pasitod into the parlor Lave boon in her present situation. If you will listen an hour or so I will toll yon my story. It was just twenty years ago this summor that I niarriad Carrie Dunn. 8I10 was 21 and I was 27 both old enough to know what we were about at leant I was, but Carrie was such a coquette that I UHed to think sho Lad no mind of her own. Oh, but sho was lovely! All roso-col-ored und whito and brown tressed, and pearly teeth, with tho roundest, plump wit figure, and us graceful as a fairy iu every movement, aud with beautiful, shapely lunula thut wore a oonxtant do light to the eyes. I was just home from college and Hhe was on a visit to my atepmothor, her aunt and my . half sinter Lillu, und hor cousin. I had soon a good many girls in my seven years at oollego, aud somo of the hollos of tho laud; but I had nover yet had my heart stirred by any wouiau's eyes as Carrio jjcan a stirred it when ray eyes met hers in greeting; and the touch of hor soft lingers completely But mo afloat on tlie sea of love. I was her slave from thut hour not her slate, either, but her passionate lover and worshipper. And of courso she know it, and of course, being a finished coquette, sho queened it ovor mo right rovally. Thore was Fred Town, tho country physician, and Tom Delauo, the hand somo young farmer, both as badly off as I was; and a pretty time we had of it. Frod and I old chums in formorduys were at swords points now, and tinted each other splendidly for a few weeks, aud Tom I held iu the utmost contempt, and railed at them both whenever oppor tunity presented itself, for Carrie's editt catiou, after the manner of men, and was repaid by seeing her bestow her awectost amilos and glances upon thorn the next time they met. Fred drove a splendid span of bays, and almost every day they dashed up the avenue, and dashed out again with Miss Carrie's added weight. Aud Tom was on hand nearly every evening, aud sho was Just as sweet to one as tlio othor, and ust the same to me; and that was what maddened me. I was not to be satisfied by a "widow's third" by any means, and I told hor so at last, and asked her how the matter was to bo settled. "I love you bettor than those bruinloHs fops kuow how to love," I said, hotly; "and now decide between us." Hhe had listensd to my love confession with bluthiug cheeks aud downcast eyes; but when I said this she turned dctluutly on me, "They are no moro fops than you are," the said, "even if they have not spent seveu years iu college. They are geutle men, and 1 can't auy that for every man of my acquaintance." And hero she thut tho door between us with a slam and left mo to my pleas aut meditation, aud half an hour later I met her at the gate with Fred, going out for a rido, which was vory aggravating, I niuat confess. I thought over my conduct that night, snd concluded that I had been a brute. The next uioraing I found Carrio at the dining-room window alone, aud sought hor aide. She had her hand among the leaves of a sweet-scented geranium, and jnat as I approached the plucked a leaf and twined it among her braids. I re member how bright aud green it looked among the dark locks. "Carrie," 1 began, "I fear I was very rode yesterday." "I know you were," she said, looking indifferently out of the window, This as a bad beginning. "Dot, Carrie, I love you no, and wuon I aee you with that Fred" But here Misa Carrio turned on her beel. "I am not going to listen to you while ym slander my friends," she said. "When you can apeak reepoctfully of Mr. Town I will return," and here she loft me again. I left the honse then, and did not re turn till afternoon. At I cam np the path, I met Tom Delano. Foor fellow. he looked like tho laHt rose of summer after a rein. "Goo-byo," he said gloomily, "lam going away. Hhe has sent me away and I can't stsy about the plnco. I hope you are the happy one I do? honestly, AI. She said hor heart was given to anothor, and it's either you or Fred. I hopo it is you, and God bloss you!" Here Tom dashed away and loft mo staring aftor him in amazement. "Given her heart to another 1" I re peated, with a pain in my chest some where "Well, it is evident that I'm not tho othor, and that Frod is. Poor Tom poor mo! The beet thing I can do is to follow suit and loavo, too. lean never see her tho wio of another, and tho soonor I'm off the better." Ho I went moodily np to my room and packed a satchel and got all things in readiness for a spoody departure. On my way np I mot Carrie just omorging from hor room, arrayed in her jaunty riding habit, and I could hoar V.lt. .1 .l.nnlino "Itflmil!" down in the yard below. I watched her trip down the stairs add out of sight, thinking it was the loot time I should soe hor for years, perhaps forever. ... When I had strapped the lust buckle on my sutchel and all was in readiness, I went to ear good-bye to my father, mothor and Lilla. Lilla was not indoors and my parents looked at me in amaze ment. "But, Allen, my son," pleaded father, "I hod thought you would enter into business with me. There is a grand opening for you, and I have hold the position in reservo." "I thank you for all that, but I want to travol a year or two before going into business," was all that I could answer, and my father gave me up in dospair. Lilla was still absent; but it was quite dark, and the train would leave in half an hour, so I loft a "good by" for hor and passed out into the hall. It was a long, narrow ball, reaching tho wholo length of the house, and with soveral rooms oponing into it; but us yot it was unlightod and us dark as Egypt. About half-way through it I hoard tho street door oiion and shut, and a mo ment later ran full against somo one en tering. It is Lilla, I thought.and reaching out my arms caught her between thorn. "is it you, Lima? 1 saia. But she did not answer, only twiuod hor arms about my nock. "Why. littlo sister " I said softly, "do you love mo so much?" For Lilla was not demonstrative as a usual thing, and I was surprised at hor movement. "Oh. bettor than all the world beside, Allen," she said in a whisper. And then, as I lifted the face to my lips, the sweot odor of goranium por f iimod the air, aud my hoart gavo a groat loap. It was Carrie, not LUIu, that 1 liehl in my arms. Sho was trying to disongage herself now, but I suddeuly caught hor light form iu my two stout arms, and, open ing the library door, I carried hor into the brilliantly-lighted room. Her faco wus hot with blushos now, and her eyes full of tears. "You are too bad," sho sobbod, "and I hate you." But inst then she noticed my traveling attire and paused abruptly. "Why, whoro aro you goingr suo asked, with interest. "I was going away, nover to return, I auBwored; "but since you said what you did in the hall I have changed my mind." Carrio pouted. "I was only speaking for Lilla." "Then I shall go, shall I, aud loavo you to marry Fred?'' "I UotcBt red, sue orioit. "And you love me hotter than all tho world?" "Yes." So the llirt was oonquerod at last, and I was the victor. "But how did you know it was not Lilla?" she asked as we sat together. "By tho geranium loaf l saw you put tu your nair tnis morning. "And but for tuat you would have gone away and not oome back for yeaw?" "10s; perhaps never oome back, but for that toll-tele leaf." "Then we will keen this loaf always." she said, taking it from her hair. And so we havo. I procured a little golden box, and thore it is to-day one of our dearest treasures. Of course I married Carrio. aud of course that blooming matron is she. Tom Delano did not die of a broken heart, but married a lovely girl out West a few mouths after his departure; and Frod Town is our family physician, and has a pretty wife of his own. ExrKNaivrostKH. Jaotiueminot roses that sell for teu ceuts in June now oost 2 and 8150, and mauy aro cold at this rate, they being brought from New York and Philadelphia and ordered by Mo graiih wheu wanted. In a greonhouse of these roses, measuring 100 feet by 30 feet, the first crop only was recently sold iu I'aterHou, N. J., for $10,000. As these (lowers have to lie frozen before they will bloom, and bear flowers ordinarily in June only, a late fall carried the bear ing of flowers in greenhouses over into eaaly spring, aud hence the high price. as a aampio 01 tiign-priood flowers, a florist of Union Hill, X. J., recently of fered a nurseryman in England $2000 for a single roue-bush, and was refused, the price being fixed at $1000. Erastus Corning has several small orchids in his greenhouses atAlbany that cost over$1000 each. In this city on Christmas day, tue common lilacs that are seen so plen tifully bloomiug in this vicinity in tbo spring, were sold for $2 a sincle snrar. and a good many sprays were sold at tnat. As an instance of extravagance in flowers at Whitehall there was a recep tion on Cbriasmas day, and there was wauled for it some lilies of the valley and a new variety of sunflower called the Os car Wilde sunflower. These were ordored by telegraph from Philadelphia and cost for a bunch of lilies as large as a man's two lists, $12, and for the sunflowers. $14 for two. Troy Telogram. The Bannock Indiana alwavi destroy whatever cause or ia connected with death. If a hone kicks a man to death, the animal ia killed; if an Indian dies ia A rfTWm .1 i- I. ....... 1 ITL. 1 - I. short-lived animal in that tribe,; I ' a wMu.. i. mm iuiumi, iud aims im m ? TBI RECAPTURE. Man the mast-hoads there!" was the order from the mate of the Statesman on a olear, bright morning in the tropical latitude of the Famtto. - Tho order was oboyed by those whose tnrn it was to take the first lookout of the morning. But tho youngster whose stution was up in the fore to'gullant orosstress paused a moment in tho fore top and threw a rapid glance around the horizon. "Sail on the weather bowl he re ported. "A boat with all sail sot ooming right at us." Tho announcement caused a stir at once on deck, and brought up not only the captain, but all the watch below. Tho all-important morning duty of washing off decks was suspended for the timo being, to gaze upon tho unwonted spectacle of a whale-boat alone on tho ocean, coming to board us in the morn ing, like the voritiblo barber Noptune, of equatorial notoriety. The boat was not moro than a couple of miles from us when first discovered, approaching ewiftly under the combinod poworofsail and oars. The captain's telescope was bronght to bear, and it was soon ascertained that she had at least a crew. We backed the maintopBail and hove to, waiting impationtly to know more, and mailing various shrewd guossos and speculations as to hor his tory and character. "A gang of runaways," said one, dog matically. "Oh, that's nothing. Why, when Fa in the old Speody " "They've lowered for whales, and got lost from their ship," suggest anothor speaker. "Ay, that's more likely." "The old man makes out eight mon in hor," said ono of the boat-stoerers, coming from aft. Hero was a now phase of tho matter, and our theories were blown to the four winds. Nobody would lower in pursuit of whulcs with any moro than six in a boat; and evon, deserters, reckless as tbey are sometiiiios known to be, would hardly overload for a long Boa voyage. "Castaways, of course," was the unanimous opinion. "Ship foundered or burst at sea, and some of her boats lost with her." But we wero not kept long in sus pense, for tho strangers brought their frail craft alongside aa rapidly as oars and canvas could do it, and leaped in on dook. In a fow minutes we were in possession of the whole story, a parody on tho old ono of Bligh and Flotohor Christian. The boat oontained Captain Watson, his mate and six others, from the bark New castle of Sydney, who had boen set adrift the day before by inutineors. The sooond mate was at tho heud of the con spiracy, which had boon most artfully planned and carried into execution while ho had charge of the deck. His two superiors had not tho slightest suspicion of anything wrong until they found thomsolvos prisoners iu their state rooms. It was supposed that McQrogor, the new commander, intended to carry the bark down among the Marshall Islands and thore destroy her, taking up his residence among the savages. Thore wero still twenty mon on board; but how many of them wero actively engagod in the plot, and how many wero moroly cowod into submission to tho new authority, was moro than tho captain could tell. -i "And how far do yon supposo your ship to bo from us now?" bsltcd Captain Bout. "I have steered west-northwest by oompass, as near as I could, said Cap taiu Watson, "and have run, I should judge, about eighty miles. The New castlo, whon I lost sight of hor, was by the wind on the northorn track, under easy sail. She ought to be nearly duo east from us." "Come bolow and let's lay off your course on tho chart. I don't know as I oan do anything for you.eveu if I should fall iu with your ship, but it might be some satisfaction to see." The two captains went into the cabin, and soon the order was passed along to make all sail on a wind. Nothing was seen during the day, and at night we tacked baok agiuu. And the first gray light of morning showed us the bark reoogniaod at once by Captain Watson and his mate as thoir own vessel run ning down across our course. "Of oourse be won't pass noar us if ho can help it," said Watson. "No, I supposo he will avoid ns; but I am going to signalize at any rate. Haul the mainsail up," said Captain Bent to the otlloer on dock, "and sot the ensign at the gaff." The orders were obeyed, and much to our surprise the mutineers altered their course a littlo.with the evident intention of speaking to us. "What can it mean that he is so ready to speak a stranger?" was the qnestiou that passed from ono to another of the group. . "Now I think of it," said the mate of the Newcastlo, "I think I know his ob ject. It he really means to wind up his crniso in one of the Marshall Islends, he will want to make a trade for tobacco and fire-arms." "You've hit it," rejoined his captain. "That mnt bo McGregor's object. There isn't much tobacco ou board, and bnt little powder. He wants to buy more. Captain Bent, lot you and I have another talk by ourselves," he added, seeming to have conceived some new idea. Their conference was short, but, judg ing from the expression of thoir faces when they came on deck and took the mates into thoir confidence, it seemed to have been productive of something ot mportanoe. The bark's boat, in which the wanderer had beeu picked up, was ilaoed overhead ou the skids, as if she tad been one of our own, and a sail thrown over her, that "she might not be recognised. The crew were instructed to keep themselves out of sight while tbo two vessels were in communication. "What bark ia that?' asked Captain Bent, iunocently, after he had given his own name. "The Xewcastle of Sydney." "Who commands her?" "Wateon," was the reply, "Not just at present," muttered Wat son to himself, who waa crouching in the companion way, ao as to aee and hear witbont being seen. "Bnt I hope he may before night" "One of my men had his leg broken yteterday," aaid our captain "and I would like to get the servicca of yonr Burgeon. "Certainly. I'll oome abourd and bring the doctor with me. I wlshte see you, to make some trade with you." And with a-furewoll wave of his trumpot, aa the vessel passed out of hearing, be luffod to under our lee and lowered his Now the doctor of the Newcastle was at that moment in our own cabin, he having been set adrift in the boat with the captain; but McGregor would, of course, briug some one to porsonate the character. This would tuke seven mon from the crew; and it was also cer tain that he would man bia boat with his choice spirits, for if he brought any doubtful and lukewarm ones they might prattlo. We had our instructions and within five minutes after the seven men stepped on our deck they had all been doooyed bolow and quietly secured. The boat was voered astern by the warp, and the maintopsail filled on the wind, Just as if we had made arrange ments for a day's "gam,"' according to the frequent UBago of whale-ships on crnising-ground. Of course our partner followed our load, keeping company with ns all day, without the least suspicion. Tho remainder of our plan to regain pos session of tho Bhip could only be carried out under the cover of darkness. McGregor and his associates in crime were ironed and placed in the run for safe-keeping, where they cbafod under confinement, totally unable to free them selves or to make their situation known to their frionds. Aftor dark we hovo to and set a light in the rigging, which was at onoe answered by another from the Newcastle, as she closed with us and lay under our lee. Away went a boat from us in chargo of our mate, with a picked crow, whilo a short distance astern of her followed an other, with Captain Watson and his wholo party. Tho ruffian who was in charge of the bark, calling himsolf mute of her, was amused by tho first-comers with a story that his captain made a bar gain for a quantity of gunpowder and tobacco, and that our mate had boen Bent for the' money in payment. Suspecting nothing, ho invited his visitor below to drink and enjoy himself for a while. Our mon managed adroitly to engage the attention of those on deck, and the second boat was almost alongside in the darkness before hor approach had beon discovered by them. The alarm was given by tho cry, "Boat ahoy!" but too late. As she touched the sido, her crew sprang up to assist ours, forming a superior force, with all the advantages of a surprise. McGregor's lieutenant was knocked down by onr mate in tho cabin. The few men who roally had any heart in tho mutiny were quickly disposod of, and in less than two minutes from the time the boat was hailed, the quarter-deck of the Now caHtlo was in possession of her former officers. McGregor and the other principal in the revolt, still ironed, were carried to Sydney for trial. As our season was up, wo kept company with Captain Wutson, and mado our port there, whore we were liberally rewarded by the owners of the recaptured yessol for our share in the business. Old Hickory's Wire. Whon Gen. Jackson was a candidate for the Presidency, in 1828, not only did the party opposed him abuso him for his public acts, which, if unconstitutional or violent, were a legitimate subjoct for reprobation, but they dofamed the char acter of his wife. On one occasion a newspaper published in Nashville was placed upon the General's table. Ue glanced ovor it, and his eyes fell upon an article in which the character of Mrs. Jackson was violently assailed. So Boon as he had read it he sent for his trusty old servant, lunwoodie.J "Saddle my horse," said he to him, in a whisper, "and put my holsters on him." Mrs. Jaokson watched him.and though she heard not a word she faw misohief iu his eyes. The Gonoral went out after a few moments, whon she took up the paper and understood everything. She ran out to the south gate of the Hermit age, by which the Goneral would have to pass. She had not been there more thaa a few Boconds before the General rodo up with the countenance of a mad msi. She placed herself before the horse, and cried ont: "Oh, General, don't go to Nashville! Let that poor editor live." "Let me alone," he replied; "how came you to know what I was going for?" She answered: "I saw it in the paper after you went out; put npyournorse and go back.' He replied furiously: "But I will grj got out of my way." Instead of this she grasped the bridle with both hands. He cried to hor: "I say let go my horse! The villain who reviles my wife shall not live." She grasped the reins the tighter and began to expostulate with him, saying that she was the one who ought to be angry, but that she forgave her perse cutors from the bottom of her heart, and prayed for them that lie should for give if he hoped to be forgiven. At last, by reasoning, her entreaties and her tears, she so worked upon her husband that he soemed mollified to a certain ex tent. She wound up by saving: "No, Genoral, you shall not take the life of my reviler you dare not do it; for it is written. 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord!' " The iron nerved hero gave way be fore the pleading of his beloved wife.and replied: "I yield to you; but had it not been for you and the words of the Almighty, the wretch Bhould not have lived an hour." "Oath" writes that sauntering into the opera at St. Louis one evening he found an empty seat near Mrs. Gen. Sherman. She asked him who he was for for presi dent, and then answered the question herself by saying: "There are two men I hope won't get it; one of them is Grant and the other Sherman," meaning her husband. In thia Mrs. Sherman showed excellent aense; and there aro many peo ple w ho cordially second her wish. The men employed in one department of the Elgin, 111., wateh factory did not strike ou the arrival of a yonng woman aa the first employ of her sex among , them, but received her with speeches of welooma and the gift of a toilet set. Married at CmIIb Garden. The rotunda of Costlo Garden rever berated with Basic, Bong and laughter last evening. A Hungarian marriage ceremony, performed by a Hungarian clergyman, took place there. The bride is a pretty, (soft-eyed, well-proportioned girl of eighteen. The groom is a young man about twenty-two years old. They are both Hungarian immigrants, lor merly they were schoolmates in Wcsprim. As they grew older they began to look ..i. n,. in ft licht that caused UIIUU CBV.U "o , their families to separate them. They resolvod not to ue separaiou, uu uuu w America. ti.. .onnntiv announced tueir inten tion of becoming man and wifo. Count Paul Esterhazy, president of the Hun garian Colonization Socioty, took an in terest in the conple. The Rev. Francis Kecskemeti, pastor of a ohapel oonnectod i. o rhnmh of the straueers. volun teered to perform the coremony. Messrs. li. A. JllByer, jj. arm.uu;i, v-""o ian merchants), Superintendent Jackson, TTmiAfllt. and numerous Hungarian and American ministers were present in tne rotunda oi vue umucu. hannv Ilnncarian peasants stood in couples waiting for the Hungar- ian gypsy bana ot ims cuy 10 bwir- mo Tim men wore a white garment termed gatya, whioh resembles a petti coat, and extends doiow me aness, uu a bright-colored, brass-buttoned, tight-fitting jacket called the attala. The women bad thoir hair braided with the national colors of Hungary. Some of the men had bells attached to their heels. When the music struck np the bride, led by Interpreter Grnelle, walked from a railn.l inilnmirn into an ODOn BDaoe in the rotunda. She was dressed simply 1 A. but neatly and carried a jarge uouquei. The groom, who was in his work-day clothes and wore a pair of heavy dogskin boots, walked alter tne onuo. .oeumu them came the fifty Hungarian couples. twine around the rotunda and then stopped in front of the clorgy- man. who sat in a largo armcuuir m me south end of the rotunda. He arose and addrossod the couplo in their native tongue. The girl looked modestly down ward and the young man gazed steadily at the clergyman, who told them that, as they were in a Btrange land, far away from homo, they should love each other more dearly than man and wifo ordina rily love. Two bearded Hungarians were then called from among the throng to witness the marriage. The clergyman put the right hands of the couple to gether and pronounced them man and wife. Mr. Zit Perczol, a relation of one of the Hungarian ministers of state, then presented tho bride with a bouquet. The music struck up again and the company began tho wedding dance, in which the bride and groom were active partici pants. The dance was followed by sing iug, in which all tho immigrants joined, and another danoo, in which the fantas tically clad dancers formed a circlo by joining hands, and dashed around in a careless and boisterous way. The bride's name was Anna Weber. Klin iu nnnr Mrs. Samuel Kovaski. which is Hungarian for Smith. New York Sun. Couldn't Work That String. In tho early days of what is now a very rich and widely circulated Michigan weekly newspaper, the oditor had occa sion to bostow some advioe ou a rich and influential citizen. The advice was not kindly taken. On the contrary, word was sent to the office that in case the of fence was repeated somebody would be mado to sufler for it. It was promptly repeated, of course, and the influential citizen soon appeared and began: "Sir! joujiave seen fit to attuck mo through the columns of your paper. You have declared war. I aocopt it. From this on it shall be war to the knife. My brother will withdraw his advertising." "Nover advertised a line with us," re pliod the editor. "I will ask my friends to refuse you all job work." "This whole town doesn't have ten dol lars worth a year." "You shall have no more legal adver tising." "Never bad a square of it yet, and do not expect any." "Sir!" exclaimed Influential, as he paused in his walk, "I will ride through the county and stop your subscriptions; yes, sir, I will lose you .four hundred subscribers between this and winter." "How many?" "Four hundred, sir." "Col.' Blank!" shouted the editor, as he roso up in his wrath,"you are the big gest fool in America 1 How on earth are you going to take four hundred sub scribers off my books, when the Gazette has only three hundred and fifty-five, counting in all the dead-heads and dead beats? Go away, sir! Go and take your revenge by throwing stones at my cow and making up faces at my dog!" Thoughts About Pottery. Verily, the potter hath power over tho clay. Therefore the clay is the pot, but the man who makes it is the potter. Erco. protest. Refined and scholarly joke. This style rix for a dollar. For two dollars an explanation of. this super lative joko and the Hawk-eye tot one year will be sent to any part of the United States or Canada. Put that in your clear Havana seggar and smoke it. Pottery is the oldest industry in the world. Adams was made of clay. But he acted as though he was only half baked. His son Cain did the first kiln in the country. The potter works the mud, hence we admire his work. His life is one long act of mudder, but he is never hanged for it, though sometimes, he is broken at toe wheel. All his work, however good, goes to the fire. What he bakes you cannot eat, although you eat what the other baker seta on it. Th potter is in aristocrat by nature, and always belongs to a set. To several sets, in fact He ia independent, and urns his own living. He is a base ball star, and makes a better pitcher than the "only Nolan." He ia no deacon, but he paasea the plate regularly. A rigid temperanoe man, he is fond of his bowl. And he always makes it go round, too. There never was but one blind potter. and he did not stay blind long, for he made a cup ana saw, air. He is always hopeful, for it is in his nature to look cup. He is a srenerous follow, and what is his, is ewers. He bolioves in Human equality, and thinks the law should make daymen the equals of the clorgy. "Who breaks, pays," must have been originated by tho potter. Although in these perilous times, it is more likely tn read, "who pays, brooks." Mr. Potter is also the author of the old proverb, "People who live in china stores Biiouid not Keep uuus. A nnttnrv is the lilacs where they mnVo pots, but not Jack pots, by a long chalk. The potters mano an mings oi oiay,bnt this does not make clazay of them, by any means. This thing may seem to be running into the ground. That's where it has to go, to get the raw material. Burlington Uawk-cye Social Mentation. For the first time in the history of Bal timore a Sister of Charity has absolved herself from the vows of thd Catholic church and takon a chance in the lottery of marriage. Tho solemn ceremony that transformed a demure Sister of Charity Into a blooming bride was solemnized at the Roman Catholic cathedral on Sun day evening last, one of the priests of the parish, Rev. Father Devine, offi ciuting. The case is an extraordinary one. The bride was Miss Lizaie Mo Donald, of.Baltimore, and the announce ment of her wedding, which is oajy just mode publio, has created a decided sensation in social and religious circles. Inquiry at the cathedral indicated a de sire on the part of the clorgy to prevent any publicity in connection with the nuptial ceremony. Fathor Devine re fused to be interviewed on the subject. From ' other sources, however, it was learned that Miss McDonald entered the sisterhood when only 18 yoara of ago, at whioh time she was a very attractive young lady. After assuming the vow she taught school with the sisterhood at Mobile, Milwaukee, Chicago, Mt. De Sales, Maryland, and other places. She spent altogether eleven years as a devout member of the order. About five years ago she was attacked with a sud den and severe illness, and, at the request of her father, was permitted to roturn home. At one time she was supposed to be in a dying condi tion, but finally reoovered and was about to resume her religious duties when her father was taken seriously ill. She nursed him tenderly until his recovery and then went to Washington on a social visit, where she met a Mr. Moore. A warm friendship sprung up between them immediately, and, after a brief so journ at the capita, Miss McDonald re turned to Baltimore, and a regular cor respondence was kept up for some time, ending in a proposal of marriage from Mr. Mooro. Arrangements for the mar riage were quickly made, and on Sunday evening last the once demure Sister of Charity cast asido, figuratively, the som bre roues that bound her in the holy sis terhood, and, attired in the brightest of worldly costumes and adorned with a wreath of orange blossoms, became a joy ous bride. There was no reception, and the happy couple entered the carriage in front of the archepisoopal residence and drove quickly to the nearest railway sta tion for a bridal tour to New York and the East. Such had been the precau tions taken to keep the matter quiet that it only became known through an acci dent this afternoon. SELECTXD MISCELLANY. Four months ago a dense Virginia forest covered the site of Pocahontas, which now has a population of 2000. A tool mine was the cause. A Nebraska man named Day recently reoovered possession of a valuable dog which was stolen from him. Thus is an other ancient aphorism reversed. Washington has "comet parties." "A good idea, by Jupiter," says young Spinks, "for the boys can now planet to get the girls away from thoir Mars." The number of domestic patents issued in one weok recently was 330, and yet it is patent to all that the domestio is no bettor than she ever was. Boston Trans. ' John Bright will deliver his rectorial address to the studentB ot Glasgow Uni versity on March 12th, and on the fol lowing eveneng address a publio meeting in that city. "What kind of dogs are these, Mr. Briggs?" inquired a customer, pointing to a group of crockery canines. "Terrier Cotts," said the genial china man, his face beaming like a full moon. A Dover, N. H., family, consisting of three persons, boasts that it consumed 021 pies during the year just closed. The family hopes that by diligent atten tion to business it may do better for 1883. There have been many definitions of the word school teacher, but the father of a numerous family declares it to be "a person employed to give parents five hours of peace and quietness per day. An Illinois court has decided that a woman's lie about her ago doesn't vitiate her insurance policy. The judge thought that if they expected a womaa to tell the truth on that point they deserved to be swindled. The deacon's son was telling the minis ter about the bees sting his pa, and the minister inquired: "Stung your pa, did they? Well, what did vour pa Bay?" "Step this way a moment. b said the boy, "I'd rather whisper it to you." There is deep significance in silence. Were a man forced for a length of time but to hold his peaoe, it were in most cases an incalculable benefit to his in sight. Thought works in silence, so does virtue. What folly would one avoid did the tongue be qtfiet till the mind had finished and was calling for utterance. f Thomas Carlyle. The old Van Rensselaer manor house, in Albany, has been deserted and dis mantled, but even in its desolation it i described by Martha J. Lamb as a mon ument of architectural elegance. It is relio of the colonial period, and one of the few existing links which connect us with the feudal institutions introduced in New York from Holland upward of 250 years ago. The houae was erected in ' 17C5, and was ao much grander than any. other in the country that it was called a palace.