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'Muiif the ajlt-aininf; locks f yellow Bruelit'il bat k from tliy rt-;ul brow, Tli-re hu me to dwell a straitrT, Total strunicer until now; Tii1 a tlirvnil of silver clear, With its glimmer there :inj here. There uut! here. 'Mill the waver of golden yliry Wh'n h thy nolile heait adorn, Thin jale stranger seem intrniliii, 1 iiitrml'm-, wad, forloru; Tiny tre of silver hair. With its glimmer here and there, Here anil there. Fir thy years are not yet many. An J thy life is still tooyouni; For u silver htrand to venture, Venture shining gold among. Vet the strand, without a fear, Cafcts its glimmer there and here, There and here. Hut the year will sometime reach thee When the gray will crown thy brow, And the gold will he a stranger, Stranger than the silver now, Vellow tress will scarcely dare (ilimmer here and glimmer there, ' Here and there. .SY. lAtttia GIdIh-l niin-fitt. A Sailor's Story, Ay, ay, sir; we that travel about much have roiili times of it, t hero's no denyiu; ami I think folks ashore are rather hard on us sailors, that's a fact. Seems tome, lye know, that if one on 'em .was to be rousted out of his warm bed every nii;ht, and made to climb up a church steeple, with the wind a-cuttin' him in two, and the rain a-jeltin his eyes out and then to stick there for two or three hours on end jxillin' and hauliu with his hands frost-bitten, and every sinyer strained like a weather-backstay and then, when he cum down, wet through and tired out, and just hopin for a little rest, to have to jgo up tiyin, mayhap, and to do it all twiced over why, it's my belief as that 'ere eliap "ud oiler pretty niy;h all he had to be let oil'! And all that, mark ye, is nothing to w hat we have to do some times. Well, sir, I was a-going to tell you, it's jut live years ago last March ( no fear o my forgcttiu that tlate, anyhow!) sin' I was on a voyage to Halifax, as quarter master aboard a big cargo-steamer, name o' Sumatra. On the voyage out, I made great chums with one o the other quartermasters, a younjj' fellow just married, name o Bob lJarton. It cum out some way, the fust time as ever I got talkin to him, that he was from my part o' the country, and knowed a lot o' the people as I knowed; and that draws men together wonderfully aboard ship. For, you see, when you're shut up with a lot o' strange faces for months together, in the middle of the sea, away from your sweetheart and your fathwr and mother, and all your chums, it's somethin' to have anybody that you can talk to about 'cm all; and if lie's known 'cm himself, why, it makes it just double as good. Poor old Hob ! Sitehajolly feller as he was, with his songs, and his stories, and his bright merry face, as uothin'ever seemed to damp or cloud for a moment! How I do remember one evening as we was a sittin' under the weather-bulwark on the fo'c'stle, watching the sunset and he pulls out a little waterproof case from his breast, and shows me the por trait of a young girl (the sweetest face as ever I see'd), and says, "That's my lass at home, and we was married only just afore I sailed this time. Ain't she a lxn nie 'un?" ' And arter that, whenever we had a talk together, he'd out with the plcter and show It to me, and talk to me about how he tirst ft 11 in with her, and all the things they were a-goin' to do when he cum back from this voyage. Ah, dear me! Till we war just about 'alf way across, the weather was as fine as heart could wish just as if it was all a-keepin' for us till toward the end. Hut as we drew to wards the 'Merrikin coast, the wind chopped round and got right on the star board bow, and knocked up a nasty sea; and as if that warn't enough, the weather began to get thick, and we didn't get a sight of the sun for two days together. Hut 'twas all one to Hob Harton. Fair or foul, wet or dry, notliin' ever troubled him. When we was a-rollin'a-most gunnel under, he'd just laugh, and shake the spray out o' his eyes, and say, "I can't atrord to have a bad voyage this time, Sam, for it's my last. 31y lass has made me promise to give it up arter this cruise, and stay ashore with her; ami you'll always be welcome to a seat by our tire, old chap!" I tell you, sir, when I think o' them words, and all that coined arter, I can't a-bear to think on't, I can't! "Well, sir, on the fourteenth day o the v'yage, we made sure (for all we couldn't get the sun to show hisself ) that wc weren't far off the land ; and I don't think as any land in the 'varsal world wos ever less welcome. For there's nothin' we sailors fears like a lee-shore, specially in dirty weather; and I knowed well enough that if we got on a lee-shore now, wi' sitch a sea on, and sitch a wind to back it, we was all dead men! I don't think I was off the deck once the whole o' that blessed day; and if we'd had twice as many hands, we'd a wanted "cm all ! The sea kep' breakiu' over us every minute like a waterfall ; and the wind blew through us, wet as we were, just like the cut o' a knife. Oh, my eyes! warn't it cold that day ! My hauds and feet had no more sense in them nor if they'd been made o' timber; and when I got below, bout ten o'clock at night, I was so done up that I jist tumbled into my bunk, wet things and all, and was asleep afore I could turn round. Bob pulled off all his,sayin'he meant to be snug arter all that and advised me to do the same; but I says, UN 'tain't worth the trouble," says I. Little did I think, sir, when I said those words, that 'twas my life as hung upon 'em ; but it was, though, as you'll see. I've heerd o' folks bein' too tired to sleep, but 'twas jist t'other way about wi' me even in my sleep the tiredness fol Iered me. I dreampt wc was away far up in the northern seas, scuddii afore the winds like mad; and I was so spent and done up that I couldn't even muter strength to go below, but hung w i' my arms over the bulwark, like a himage. And then, all to once, some huge and awful thinif loomed up ath'art our !ows, wi a cohl blue sheen all over it, like gleamin steel; and I knowed it d'ructly for a iceberg, bigger and terribler th in I'd ever see'd when I wa awake and we rutin in' right into it; I tried to screech out, or jump back from w here I stood, or anything but 'twarn't not a bit o' use; there I stuck, stock-still and dumb, jist as if I'd leen froze; and every minute the terrible thing loomed up closer and closer, huger and huger, right ahead. Then cum a crash like the end o' the world, and eveiy thing flew everywhere and I awoke. I awoke not a minute too soon. The crash was still in my eurs, and next mo ment T felt the ship give a bit o'a lift up, and then down she cum again, hard and fast ! Vi'e were aground ! There was no time to think on't. The whole place was fillin' with water, and in another minute or two we'd all ha' been drownded like rats in a hole. I flew up the ladder like lightning (havin' all my clothes on, by (Jod's mercy), yell ing for poor Hob as I passed; and heerd hiiu sing out, "All rigid! I'm jest gettin' my duds (clothes) on!" Twas the last words I ever heard him speak! Hut as I scudded up the ladder there come rollin'up arter me a noise o' scufllin, and a smothered rumblin'o' terrible cries; and I knowed what it meant, only too well. When I got on deck, 'twas pitch dark, barrio' a shimmer of moonlight now and aain ; and the great gusts o drivin' spray seemed to put out the very stars. I could just make out as the foremast had gone by the board, 'bout ten foot "bove deck; and all the fo'c'stle was one heap o' rig gin' and tlyin' sheets, lashin'and flappin' tit to knock a house down. I see'd at once there was no stayin' there for me; for, wi sitch a sea breakiu' over the bows, I'll ha been drowned or washed o'board in two minutes. My only chance was to get into the main-riggin' (which was still standing), and cling on till daylight. Hut how to get there? I watched for a chance atwixt two seas, and made a rush for the lee-bulwark; but 'twarn't esisy to dodge the broken riggiu as kep' thrashin and thumpin' all round: and a bit o fly-in' cordage caught my hand back'ards-way, and tore the nail o my middle ringer clear off. Jist as I got to the bulwark another sea broke in, and dashed me agin a iron stanchion, cuttin' my forehead clean open; but I give you my word, sir, I was that excited that, but for the blood tricklin' I'd never have known it was done! The next moment I had fast hold o' the bulwark, and after a deal o bother I got int the main riggin'. Well, sir, there I was; and now it just cum to this could I stand it out till mornin. wet and half-froze as I was, or would the frost and the cold wind kill me first? I managed to scramble up into the top, and there I hit agin somebody. 'Who's there?" says I. "Jem Davis," says he, "and three more with me, all wet enough." "Where's the others;" says I. "(Jod knows!" says he. "May He have mercy on their souls, anyhow ! Come, lads; there's a drop in my flask yet; let's share and share all round." You'd laugh at me, sir, if I was to tell ye how that drop o' liquor set us all up jist like a new life, so to speak. And then we all lay down on the top, cuddlin' together like herrin's in a barrel, to try and get warm; and Jem whimpered to me to tuck my hands under my arm-pits to keep 'em from bcin froze; and so I did. I don't know how long I lay there (if you'd ha' told me a year I'm bound I'd have believed it), but all the time I could sec plain as print the blazin fire in my mother's house at home, and all the folk sittin' round it, and she say in in her cheery way : "Draw in to the fire, Sam you must be cold !' I tell you, sir, that was worse to bear nor all the rest put together! At last it got so murderin' cold that I couldn't stand it no longer, but had to get up, dead-tired ami stiff as I was, and scramble up and down the riggin' to keep myself alive at all. Oh, warn't that mis ery, jist! when I'd ha' guv all I had to lie still, and every move I made was a dozen pains at once, to have to keep on doin' it, know in that I must die if I didn't. Ugh ! Hut the pain o' the frost gettin' into my hurts made me savage, and that kep" me up a bit; for it's when a man can't git savage that Ins heart's really broke. Well, daylight cum at last, and jist then I spied a chap hangin' on the lower riggin' who seemed to have rcethcr a bad berth of it; so thinks I "Well, if I cau't do nothin' more, I'll help him." fcjo I calls to Jem Davis to help me, and down I scrambles; but when I got within arm's-length o' the fellow, I see'd all at once that he was a torpe froze stark ami stiff and his dead eyes looked up into mine with a fixed, horrid stare! Well, I s'pose that last bit was some way too much for me, for I don't remem ber nothin more till I heerd a great shout, and somebody said there was a boat comin' off from shore; and presently I don't know how I found myself in it. And when they told me that all the time we'd been up in the riggin was only six hours, I didn't b'lieve it, and I can hardly b'lieve it yet. Hut when the tide fell and they could go down lelow, they found poor Bob Barton at the foot o' the hatchway, drowned and dead, with his wife's por trait still in Ins breast; and when they buried him they buried it with him. This year will be a great year for this American nation. It is leap year, Presi dential election year and the Centennial Anniversary of our Independence, and for the purpose of giving us a rest during so much excitement there will be one extra Sunday, or fifty-three in all. Wouderfui IMsIich. Numerously attended, says the New York World, and displaying in the supper-room a glory of victuals that has never Wen surpassed, the tenth annual ball of the Societe Culinaire I'hilanthro piqiie at Irving Hall Wednesday evening must have proved a gratifying success. There was music in the ball-room above, and dancing, and those that danced were full of tJalilc nimbleuess, and seemed to enjoy it thoroughly; but the eternal fit ness of things made the supper para mount. The room in which supper was served was decorated with streamers of red, white and blue, which answered the requirements loth of native and adopted patriotism. Hows of tables, chastely decorated in cloths of white unsullied linen, quite tilled the apartment; ami on these were displayed during the evening the great master-pieces of architectural cookery. On the right, upon entering the room, the visitor was confronted by a model of the British lion, with a sugar tail having an almond foi a brush, stand ing rampant upon two pads of translu cent jelly, and having beneath him a jungle of sponge cake. Next the lion were Washington and Lafayette shaking hands at the base of Hunker Hill so called, but in truth one of the monuments at Baltimore. n another table stood the first NajMIeon drilling a zouave. From the rear the piece bore every resemblance to the hero, but on close inspection from front, alas! the revelation was of : suck 'no P'a elevated rearwards and clothed in caramel and sundry similar plastic raiment. A travesty of a New Jersey fox-hunt, with turnip horses anil carrot monkeys for riders, chasing jtato foxes amid a dingle of spinac h, formed another piece; another was the infant Bacchus riding in a car drawn by a dol phin and overhung and surrounded by terrific lobsters ; and another an imita tion of the projected statue to le placed in tlx; harlor.-I.ilerty Knlighteuing the World, in which tin tropcrs were to be seen issuing from the base of tha monument, while a Frenc h frigate, with silver guns, sailed placidly in the bay of Welch rarebit. Other great pieces too, there were; fih many feet in length, large puddles of mutton and joints of beef and massive hams, surrounded by quivering jellies and appurtenances of indescribable glory. Supper was eaten at midnight, and sufficed to fill a bill of fare several pages in length. Thk Ckkeimno ok Hails. The "creep ing" of railroad rails has attracted some attention of late, and w hile we do not at tempt to explain it, we oiler a point on the fact that, on lines running north and south, the western rail "creeps" faster than the eastern rail that is, this strange movement of the rail tow ard the south is more marked in one rail than in the other on the same track. Furthermore, it has been noticed that on such a line the east ern rail wears out the fastest. Both of these Mints, we think, can In; explained from the motion of the earth as it turns from the west toward the east. Kvery thing that has free motion is dragged after the whirling glole; every wind that blows and every tide that moves feels the influence, and our train going north or south is pulled over toward the east, and naturally presses the eastern rail most heavily. The western rail, being relieved of its share of weight, "creeps" more freely and quickly. It is also noticed that the wheels that run on the eastern rail wear out the first, and we can but think this earth motion is the true cause. The practical side of this is that the east ern rail and wheels should le stronger. Collisions ok Si'nk anoStaks. When we duly take all things into account, the case of our solar system will apjcar as only one of a thousand cases of evo lution and dissolution with which the heavens furnish us. Other stars, like omr sun, have undoubtedly started as vajor ous masses, and have thrown off planets in contracting. The inference may seem a bold one, but after all it involves no other assumption than that of the continuity of natural phenomena. It is not likely, therefore, that the solar sys tem will forever be left to itself. Stars which strongly gravitate towards cacl- other, while moving through a crennially resisting medium, must in time le drawn together. The collision of our extinct sun with one of the Pleiades, after this manner, would very likely suflice to gen erate even a grander nebula than the one with which we started. Possibly, the entire galactic system may, in an incon ceivably remote future, remodel itself in this way; and possibly the nebula from which our own group of planets has Ieen formed may have owned its origin to the disintegration of systems which had ac complished their career in the depth of the bygone eternity. Lkakn Ai.i. You Can. An unfortunate man is he who can only do one thing especially if he has not learned a trade. A gentleman who can write five or six languages, but w ho could do nothing else, found it impossible to obtain employ ment during a long, cold winter. Another man preached for twenty-five years, until his throat failed him, ami he used to go around looking very, very blue and sad, until people pitied him and got up do nation parties for him, because he was good for nothing except to preach. A lady taught school for twenty years, till she was a poor, nervous, broken-down woman, and didn't know how to make a dress for herself. Now, lxys and girls, every real man should know how to do one thing right and well. Every wise farmer has a principal crop; but he has always a little something to live on. Don't carry all your eggs in one basket. Don't put all your money in one pocket. If you want to get along right well, learn one sort of work to get along by, and all sorts of work to get a living with when your oue sort give out. "I wondek if it's sea-sickness that makes sailors always a-heaving up an chors!" exclaimed Aunt Hepzibah as she looked thoughtfully up from the paper she had been reading. New Mode of Washing. The ill effects of soda on linen have given rise to a new method of wash ing, which has lieen extensively adopted in fJermany, and introduced into Belgium. The operation consists iu dissolving two pounds of soap in about thiee gallons of water as liot as the baud can lear, and adding to this one tablespmmful of turpentine and three of liquid ammonia; the mixture must then be well stirred, and the linen stee(cd in it for two or three hours, taking care to cover up the vessel containing them as nearly hermetically as iossible. The clothes are afterward washed out and rinsed in the usual way. The soap and water may be reheated anil used a second time, but in that case half a tablespoon ful of turpentine and a tablespoonful of ammonia must be added. The process is said to cause a greait ecouomy of time, lalxir and fuel. The linen scarcely suf fers at all, as there is little necessity for rubbing, and its cleanliness and color are perfect. The ammonia and turpen tine, although their detersive action is great, have no injurious effect upon the linen; and while the former evaporates immediately, the smell of the latter is said to disapjiear entirely during the dry ing of the clothes. Hykas a Laxativk. Itis morelaxative than wheat, and it has been much used for this reason by people who have found out that they cannot eat fiue white bread, llye mush has quite a reputation in this direc tion. Thedilliculty isthatsiich ieople take it more as a medicine than asafitod ; that is, they suppiwe that it contains some active medicinal quality which benefits them. I once knew a man who almost lived on rye mush for three years, in order to be free from constipation, supjxsing that it was medicinal in its nature, and not sus-jK-cting that the same result could be produced by the proper use of other natural food. Although he was securing the effect satisfactorily, and was in fine health, he was very grateful for the knowledge that he could enjoy with his family a moie varied diet, which would le alike good for all. Hut V get the best results from the use of rye, it should, like wheat, be ground without Ixdting. This improves its taste as well as its nu trition, and makes it much better for all purposes. P.vrknts, umik to it. Your children are poisoning themselves! Some of them are already leyond recovery, but save those who are not. They are great readers, anil you encourage their atten tion to lMM)ks, but what books do they read? Hear what Charles Francis Adams says: "Three-fourths of the demand for Iwioks from the Public Library is always for the most rabid and sensatioaal books; the advice of a competent person as to w hat should be read and how, would do much more for the higher education of a town than is done through the whole agency of the High School." True, every word of it. You are that comjetent iht son so far as your children are concerned, or if not, you ought to Ik It is in your power now to prevent them from doing themselves any great harm. It is amaz ing to see how careless even many intel ligent and good parents are in a mutter of such vital inijiortance. PiiKrAiiATios ok Haw Mkats koh Is vaitih. In spite of its general introduc tion, as fixxl for invalids, raw meat, in any of its forms, is rather repulsive. By the following method, suggested by Yvon, it is said that a very palatable product, of an attractive appearance, not suggestive of its composition, can be ob tained. Pound in a stone mortar, to a uniform mass, 2,500 grains of raw meat, 7o0 grains of sweet, blanched almonds, fif'tv grains of bitter almonds, and 8(H) grains of white sugar. To improve its appearance, as well as to free it from ad hering fibres, it mty be converted into a pulpand if it is preferred in a liquid form, a certain amount of this can be triturated to an emulsion with water. Makisf. C2i.ce. An excellent marine glue, which can be melted at the same heat as common glue, can be applied with a brush, sets very quickly, is elas tic and perfectly soluble in water, can le made by dissolving two ounces of In dia rubber in half a gallon of mineral naptha. When the rubber is dissolved, add twice the quantity of shellac to the naptha, place the whole in an iron vessel, apply heat cautiously, stir till well mixed, and then pour out on a slab to cool. A Hist fok the Lai-ndrv. A table- spoonful of black pepper put in the first water in whicn gray ami uun uncus are washed w ill keep the colors of black or coloretl cambrics or muslins from run ning, and does not harden the water. A little gum arabic imparts agios to ordi nary starch. Cuttino CJi.ass. To cut a Ixtttle in two, turn it as evenly as possible over a gaslight flame for about ten minutes. Then dip steadily iu water, and the sud den cooling will cause a regular crack to encircle the side at the heated place, al lowing the portions to be easily separated. To Cuke a Cold. Eat absolutely noth- thing after breakfast, during the day, and at night, just before retiring, heat the feet thoroughly hot at the fire, and drink co piously of hot herb tea the last thing. Catnip is Itest, though any domestic herb is gixxl. Featiiekcakk. Take two cupfuls of sugar, three eggs, one-half cupful of but ter, two-thirds cupful of sweet milk, three cupfuls of flour, two heaping table spoonfuls of baking powder, flavor with lemon. This is excellent. Cement. Diamond cement, for glass or china, is nothing more than isinglass boiled in water to the consistency of cream, with a small portion of rectified spirits added. It must be warmed when used. Good Gingerbread Without Eoos. One capful molasses, one small cupful shortening, one-half cupful cold water, one large teaspoonful soda,one teaspoon- iut ginger. Words of love are works of lore. . Dan bury New Items. Philadelphia people arc beginning to find out now-just how many relatives they possess in various parts of the country. and are astounded by the numlter. A correspondent wants to know what is the difference between the watermen of China and the milkmen of New York. 11 the difference in the world. One sells pure water ami the other doesn't. John B. Gough has been seriously ill for some days. We hojie the illness has not affected his joints. He has done more with his spinal cord and knee pans to leautify and ennoble the rostrum, than all other agencies combined. Darwin was always intently fond of (lough. An agriculturist drove iuto the village on the tith with a load of wood. He was greatly astonished by the deserted appear ance of the streets, and seeing an ac quaintance on Main street, he shouted: 'W hat s the matter that the stores is all closed? Who is dead, Jones?" "Dead!" ejaculated Jones, in surprise, "No one's dead. Don't you know this is Sunday?" Jones may live a hundred years and never again see a load of wood whisked so quickly out of a New England village. She was at a party. He had not yet arrived, but she was momentarily expect ing him. The hum of conversation through the room had no significance for her. All her faculties were bent on the front door. Every time it opened, at every step iu the hallway, she would start, while her face would flush, and her eyes light up with feverish exjteetation. I In n the color would go hack from tier checks, her eyes would dull, and her heart sink, when another than he came into the room. Finally he arrived, and took a seat by her, and she leaned over Ids shoulder and joyously murmured: "My darling! my darling! Mie was too happy to say aught more. Icn years later, and she again waits. It is iu their own home now-. His step is on the stoop; he opens the dKr. She springs quickly to tiie hall. "(.lean your feet I she screams. Ten years ago they were not married. Now they are. A Steamboat in a Mississippi Crevjisse. Monday morning, says the New Orleans Bulletin, at about one o'clock, as the large and magnificent steamer Katie was on her way down the river, drifting down in a dense tog, she was caught in the cur rent which rushes through the Bonnet Carre crevasse, alout thirty-five miles alKve the city, and before the engines could lie started she was through the gap. All efforts to turn her and bring her back to the river were unsuccessful, and, borne by the current, she was lauded in six feet of water, 2,200 feet something less than half a mile from the river bank. s she was lorne along she struck and bounced over innumerable stumps, but so great was the force of the current that the contact with the stumps amounted to nothing, as by it the great vessel was forced over or by them. The Katie had on hoard :i,000 bales of cotton, a large quantity of other freight ami a large numler of passenger, the passenger were at daylight all taken off, and came down on the Iee, arriving in the city Monday night. Gen. Jeff Thomp son was one of the passengers, and he ex presses the opinion that the Katie will not get out for some time, if she get out at all. Wavside Fees iiv Travelers. As a last piece of information, say John Paul, in a letter from London, for w hich many coming over for the first time may thank me, "How much shall we give our servi tors on Imard ship?" let me say that a small and not very troublesome family do not over nor under pay by giving the stewardess a sovereign, their !edrooin steward and table waiter a half-sovereign each, the "Hoots" from a half crown to a whole one, according to the boot you carry with you, and shillings or half crowns to any of the cabin boy w ho may deserve them, r or ' transporting your baggage from the steamer to the railway station you pay a shilling a package, an I If you have many or very heavy packages an extra shilling on the whole lot will not be taken amis by the man who ha it in charge. A sixicncc will do for the itorter at the station, but if voti have a dozen small bags and a baby to carry, a shilling will make the man your slave, and he will speak to the guard and get a whole compartment for you then a half- crown to the guard for hi part of the compartment, and you are launched for Loudon, w here, in the general scramble, you must take care of yourself. A Hangman's Refreshment. Mr. Grant, the Governor of the Dumbarton Prison, in England, sent in an account to the Town Council for the "refreshment" of Marwood during the three days he was a resident in the prison on the occasion of the hanging of one Wardlaw. Among the items of the first two days are one bottle of brandy, one bottle of whisky and one dozen of bitter leer. There is also a charge for "one bottle of brandy, one bottle of whisky, one Imttle of sherry and oie lttleof port," said to have leen used on the morning of the execution. As Mr. Grant had no authority from the magistrates to incur any such expense, the council refused to pay the account, and remitted it to the treasurer for in quiry. Doi no Business Under Difficulties. .It i told of a Western nrotn urcnt thai on a recent trip he wa attacked by high- way rooocrs, who uemanueu ins money. As he was too prudent to carry money in the country they failed to make a haul nut of their victim. "But sni.l th agent, "I have some splendid maps of the country aioug wim me which i snouiu like to show you;' and iA a twinkling he was off his horse and had a map stuck nnnn wl. Anil AXnl&inml it tn fTr'tll. ally that he sold each of the bandits a map, pocaeteu ine money ana resumeu his journey Don't publish yoar acts of charity. The Lord will keep the account. Corporal Punishment. We often hear parent make the fol lowing remarks : "I allow no one to correct my chil dren but myself. I tell my children never to take a punishment unlet they deserve it. I think a teacher ha no right to tlrike a child. My opinioo I that whipping should uot le allowed in school. No true teacher ever inflict corporal punishment." Kemark similar to the above are frequently made by parent iu the hear ing of their children. Now this i very wrong, and frequently result In much harm. Just a noon as the child under stand that hi parent are uot iu favor of the use of the rod, just so soon he in fer that he will be shielded from de served punishment, and he become bold in the pursuance of wrong doing, and if the teacher object to hi becoming master of the situation, and attempt to administer punishment, then a scene oc curs; difficulty arises, the child quote the parent's remarks, the parent sympa thize with the child, and evil only i the result. It i a noticeable fact that in such families there is generally a lament able lack of home discipline and parental government. I by no mean advocate the too fre quent use of the rod, but I do contend that human nature a exhibited iu chil dren is far from erfectioii, a iJ that thi age i not an age of miracle, neither are teachers angel. Now in a school of from seventy U. oue hundred pupil, gathered together from all grades of so ciety, uo two having the same disposition or temperament; some naturally vicious, some never governed at .home, and all having that restle disposition peculiar to childhood ; it i not strange that the teacher ofteu finds it necessary to resort to severity iu order to briug all these conflicting element into comparative uniformity. I maintain, however, that if parents would co-operate w ith teachers, aud give their children to understand that the teacher ha the same authority over them, and the same right to inflict pun ishment that they themselves have, then there would le but little necessity for contoral punishment. The teacher' du ties are arduous and varied, and they arc often censured where it more justly be long to parents. All who wish the glad day to dawn when Ion shall be the controlling force in our schools, should hasten that day by a hearty suport of the teacher's authority, a that i the only true way to abolish corporal punishment. E. II. M. in Port' land Tra fine ri jd. Wiuslow, the Forger. Fresh illustration of Winslow's swind ling come to light daily. A gentleman interested in a Christian object recently went to Winslow ana asked him to con tribute something. In the cure of the conversation the gentleman remarked that he had a check for ."i0 which he in tended to hand in for the object named. I am glad to have an opportunity to give what I can to it," said Winslow. "Here is a note for f 100, uu. you must give me that $50 check, as I cannot af ford to contribute more than $0." It is needles to say, that the note wa forged. and that Winslow received a check for $50 for a worthless piece of paper. One night Winslow left hi wife in the sitting-room and went to lock up the house previous to retiring. Being gone much longer than he should have been she sought for him and found him lying senseless on the floor. lie recovered in a lay or two so a to attend to business. A few months later he was found, late at night, senseless in his chair iu his library. A friend of Wiuslow is reitortcd to have said to him a few month since, Why, Winslow, I should go insane If 1 owed what you do," when he replied, "Oh, I do not owe much now, not so much by 100,000 as I did a year ago." One morning last summer, says the same authority, he had a note of $50,00() to pay U-tore the bank closed at so clock, and not $10 in hi iocket, or the promise of a single dollar, but he raised the money, and with apparently very little trouble. Having a genuine note of $10,000 from a wealthy Boston capitalist, he made three copies, putting them into a many different banks. An officer of one of these banks went to the maker of the genuine note, and asked him if he had given any such note. Being told that he had, and supposing that they had that note, aud not an imitation, the bank of ficers rested iu sweet content, until they discovered their ios a few days ago. Hottoa T rat tier. Sentimental Views of an Exff.rt ok Women ash Men. Perhaps there is no more painful time in a women's life, says the Horn Journal, than the time of transition, when the assiduous lover is passing into the matter-of-fact husband, and the wooer is gradually changing into the master. Women, who are so much more sensitive than men, more sentimental, too, and less content to trust in silence to an andemonstrativc affec tion, are for the most part happy only while they are letng made love to. It is not enough to be loved; they want to be told twenty times a day, and to have the harmonies of life enriched by a crowd of "occasional notes," embroidering the solid substance by which they live. Men, on the contrary, get tired of making love. When they ha?e wooed and won, they are content to be quiet, and to take all the rest for granted. They are not cold, however, because they are secure; and to most and thoso the lcst prac tical kindness is better than flattery, se curity ranks before excitement aud hy steria,and life passed in serene friendship, fearing no evil, knowing no break and needing no praising, is better than life passed in perpetual turmoil of passion, where there are scenes and tears, and doubts, and broken hearts, if there art not endless courtships and fatiguing demon strations. PocAnoNTxs' veritable portrait has been found in England, Two Hundred Years Old. Almost everybody knows, says the Iron, ton (Missouri) Ilegnter, our oldest inhab. itant, "Old Uncle Isaac," but hoie old he is, nobody knows. We culled upon him the other day, aid sre now willing to swear on our faith in hi word that "two hundred years of Marvin' de Lo'd" will not more thau fill the bill. Of course, Uncle Isaac i piou; all darkies wholivo to the age of a hundred and fifty are pious. One of the first thing which enlisted our attention after entering Issac's house was a small hatchet hung over the ample fire place on two or three riuty nails; and it, of course, became the subject of inquiry. We were astounded at learning that it was the iJentlcal hatchet with which the mischievous little George Washington had hacked the favorite cherry tree in his "uncle's" garden. We endeavored to make Isaac understand that the garden was not the uncle's, but the father's, Isaac's memory was good, and our his tory at fault. He knew, because he wa "thar." He had gone "wid Mu' Jawgu for to see hi uncle, and hi uncle took him iuto the garden aud showed him de cherry tree, aud tole him dat wa de fust cherry tree dat ever come over to di country, aud dat in about so many year do tree would b'ar fruit, and that he would seud Mas' Jawge some, sho." "Ma Jawge wasa mighty indcpendcu' little cuss, and says to me, arter hi uncle had gwine in de house, suys he, Ike' for I was u youngster den 'ike, I isn't gwine to wait on uncle for deiu chert ie; Pse gwine to cut dat tree right down, and will take it 'long home wid us.' Hays I, 'don't you do it, honey; for if you does your uncle he'll skin you live!' 'Jist as soon be skinned a not,' says Ma' Jawge, 'I'm gwine to halt dat 'ar tree.1 Ho he goes an' git dat ur same identical tool, an' putty soon he wa whack in away at dat tree. And I don't think de chile had chopped inorc'u suv eral lick Ix'fore the old gentleman, dat's hi uncle, he come a slippiu' out'n do gooseberry budir wid a wattle, and de way he flaxed dat chile was a absolom sin. De chile flung dat same little hatchet at hi poor uncle, and jist more'n got out'n dat garding; and when I cotched up wid him he was a-waring like a mate on a steamboat. "Now, sar, dat's de true story, sur. "Desc little ono-hoss school books, dey don't know uulliu 'bout it. W'y, hies your soul, honey, I went homo wid him, Mas' Jawge, an I staid l ight wid him, and I followed him to Braddock's 'feat, aud I got lost dar, aud I kep' a-coinin' out West, 'cord in to du device of Mr. Hobs Greely dat killed Mr. Burr, and I was 'mong de Injuns for 'bout seventy-five year, 'fore di country wa settled by de iust white woman." We had given Uncle Isaac a "snort" when we went in, and we gave him an other and came away. He's booked for the Centennial. The Value of Profcmdonal Advice. Did you ever know Msjor Den Gamble, who used to own a bed of those magnifi cent oysters at the head of Buzzard's Hay f You have eaten the "Warehani" oysters? Well, the Major's were of the same qual ity. Once upon a time Msjor Ben had occasion ta send for the doctor Dr. An sel Sprowlc was the man and he came and examined, and prescribed and dealt out hi medicine. In due course the doc tor sent in hi bill, having evidently made it out with au eye to the pecuniary ability of Id customer. For medicine he charged $1.75; for professional advice, $5. The Major squirmed, but paid ti e bill. He could see no help. Not long after this Dr. Sprowle got a taste of the Gamble bed oysters at a neigh bor's, and, having ascertained where they were obtained, he resolved to have some. The next time he had occssion to pass the Major's restaurant, he pulled up and made inquiries about the bivalve, lie thought he could take home a half a bushel in hi wagon. How long would they kecpf "Put 'cm down on your cellar bottom, and they'll keep a fortnight good," said the Msjor. "I want 'em to roast," explained the Doctor. "They're just In good trim for that." "How do you do it? How long does it take?" "You never roasted an oyster, did ynu, doctor!" "Never cooked one in my life, but I ate some in at neighbor Sanborn's, and they were toothsome. He said they were roasted in the shell." "And you want me to tell you how to do it?" "Yes, if you will." And thereupon Major lieu very minute ly set forth the modut operandi of roast ing oysters in the shell. The doctor took the oysters and depart' ed, and so well was he pleased with his roast, that he obtained other quantities. By and by Major Ben sent in hi bill: "For oysters, $3.75; for . professional ad vice, $5. Dr. Hprowle was not a dunderhead. Ho saw the point, and paid the bill. A Severe Winter in Hussia. A let ter from Ht. Petersburg, dated the 29th of December, in the Vehatt, says: "The excessive and almost exceptional rigor of thi winter seem to have thrown a veil of sadness over this capital, and iced the political life at well as the mundane pleasures of the season. The thermome ter marks thirty-two degrees centigrade below freezing point, (IS 6-10 degrees Fahrenheit lelow zero); the lamps giving only a vaguo and insufficient light; tha wheels of the vehicles rolllngon the snow produce a horrible crunching unknown to inhabitants of more temperate zones; the faces of the unlucky cab-drivers and workmen who aro obliged to face that polar air present nothing more than a blue surf-co surrounded with icicle. Foot passengers go at a full run, covering tha face with thick fur. Conversation turns solely on the state of the atmosphere. The head becomes heavy, and at last languor overcomes every one in spite of the arti ficial heat of the stove. TnE Emperor of Brazil respectfully asks for an eighteen month's vacation, 9 S ( l r -