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Hygglhqg (.7 b374,," 1,7. 2‘...” 14;, y, . ,. . . -. lilfltllll. H ._._._._._._. «..__.____ THE RIGHTS OF \VOMAN. The rights of woman, what are they 7 'I be right to labor, love, and pray; Tho right to weep with those that weep, “The right to wake when others sleep. A. "I. "â€"3 The right to dry the falling tear; The right to quell the rising fear; Tire right to smoothe the brow of care, And whisper comfort in despair. Theright to watch the parting breath, To soothe and cheer the bed of death ; The rights when earthly hopes all fail To point to that within the veil, Tire right the wanderer to reclaim. And win the lost from paths of shame; The right to comfort and to bless The widow and the fatherless. The right the little ones to guide In simple faith to Him who died ; “’ith earnest love and gentle praise To bless and cheer their youthful days. The right the intellect to train. And guide the soul to noble aim; Teach it to reach above earth '5 f0) s. And wing its flight for heavenly joys. The right to live for those we love, The right to die that love to prove ; The right to brighten earthly homes ‘v‘.’ith pleasant smiles and gentle tones. Are these thy rights? Then use them well, Thy silent influence none can tell. If these are thine, why ask for more, Thou hast enough to answer for. Are these thy rights? Then murmur not That woman’s mission is thy let; Improve the talents God has given : Life’s duty done, thy rest is Heaven. iflnuhnt e l From the “ Montreal Vr'itness.” HERMINE DE LANCY ; THE roisrsoor SLANbEh. .â€"__â€"_ BY ANNIE APTON.â€"-â€"CUAPTER I. JIBe thou chaste as ice, pure as snow, then shall not escape Cullllnll','.”â€"-SHAKESPEARE. Concluded from our last. ‘ Oh! yes, dear Hermine; but I pine for you, my own good daughter, for, being poor, and without friends or relatives, your mother cxccptcd, you must and will prove a severe sufferer; for this will cl.ng to your name through life. Let it be a warning, dear one, and, thinking of your own sad case, nevcrgive a ready car to the tongue of slander. Poor dear child, God granth that 1 may live to see you riglitcd.’ ‘ Yes. motlicr,’ returned I-Ici'minc cheerily, ‘I think now that] am un- fortunate. out what would become of me if deprived of you. Then indeed would my position be miscr- able. You know the adage may in my case be verified, which says :â€" ‘ Never a dark cloud but had a silver lining.’ ‘ I sincerely hope so. dear girl, and cannot bring myself to believe that God will suffer us to live with this stigma so unjustly attached to our name.’ ‘ We ’ll try to forget it, dear moth- er; and strive each to contribute to the amusement of the other ;’ and poor I-lermine resumed her song, and in endeavoring to teach a little bird which hung caged above the flowers, ' tried to amuse her dcsponding mother. And thus many days past. until one morning the landlord informed them that Mr. \Villis Owcn had been in the village a fortnight, but intend- cd leaving it altogether on the fol- lowmg day. This was sad news for -."them ; and Hcrmiuc ignorant of the healnature ofliis feelings toward her- sclf, ranked him, reluctantly though, among the number designated as un- worthy the title of friends. It was true that Willis Owen in- tended leaving; he felt Wrctchcd and unhappy, where lie but hepod to have been happy and cheerful ; and determined on a change of scene and employment by way of improv- ing the state of his mind. W'e will not follow our herornc through years of sorrow and woe, during which time she lived in quiet with her mother, without cvcr soc- ing any of their former friends ex- cept at the little village church where they, unnoticed, failed not to suppli- cate lcrvcntly of God, that he would sustain them and justify them before the world ; we will not follow them we say, through the dark, bitter part of their history, but hasten to the brighter period, where we trust our tale will point out the necessity for not giving a too ready car to the tongue of sl:72dcr. CHAPTER II. Truth crushed to earth will rise again : The eternal years of God are her’s; But, Error wounded, writhes in pain. And dies amid her worshippersâ€"BRYMIT. Ten years have rolled by, and worked such changes in the village )rf L Grace Farnham, and manyothers have married and settled some there, and others in the city ; and perhaps only in one house do we find no changeâ€"â€"where Ilermine and her mother have lived so long. --Start not, nor wonder, gentle read- er, that she had not regained her po- sition. Such cases, we doubt not, are of frequent occurrence, and pro- ALEX. SC OTT, Proprietor. ...-.-.-».‘::t~'v. -,,.c.r.u_-.~ , AURORA ~' \./’W\'v \ , V WV-\/â€" 4 -\-. «V \ r~-Vrâ€"...«./ ./ \D-x .7 v \4' Vol. 111. No. 1g: i bably, the victims of these base as- sertions have passed their remaining he said w years of lilc, as Hcrmine passed these ten, in patient hoping and quiet sub- mission to her hard fatc. Ofor from Willis Owen they never heard ; indeed. they had almost for- goten him. VVO,lioWCVCt‘JitinW more of him, and will beg the reader to follow us into the city of ; and in one of its principal business strccts' we remark almost immediately. the name ‘ Willis Owen,’ in large white letters extending along the front of a large store. We Will enter to learn more of him, and of what tcn ycars' have left him in their onward course 'l‘wo gentlemen are seated in a room ' comfortably furnished as a private office. In one, we recognize little Stephen Mills, and in the sober. grave man m his side, Willis Owcn. Mills had just announced the fact of his engagement to marry ‘ some few thousands, with an encumbrance in the shape of a pretty damsc ;’ and as \Villis had done in years gone by, he asked his friends congratulations and continued thus : ‘ But, by-tlic-byc, Owen, how is it, the charms of the fair have never captivated you 7. Surely you never left yovr heart with that llcrminc Dc L‘incy !’â€"and Stephen’s littlc wicked cycs danced again as he spoke. “I shall never marry,’ responded \Villis, with gravity. ‘ llcigh l ho l Never marry, ch? What a different story you told ten years ago?’ ‘ Do not joke about it, Stephen. I; has proved no jesting matter with me, I assure you. My dctcrmintp tion is unaltcrablc,â€"â€"I shall irchi' marry.’ ‘And in the name of goodness, why have you been spending all this while in becoming rich l And why have you lived only in business pur- suits, without participating in the amusements of other men 'l 'VVhy have you worked for wealth, ifyou are not going to have a woman to spend it I’ ‘My application to business has been, perhaps, more steady, bccinsc l the amusements and pleasures of, other menâ€"men of your stamp, Millsâ€"do nor please me. I was in- tended for a purely domestic man." ‘A pity you hadn’t been one thcn,’ said Mills. ‘ However, I dare say you’ll forgot IICl‘llllllC one of these days, and ca‘ry off some other char- mcr.’ Both were silent for some minutes when \‘Villis rcsumcd : ‘l have heard, and indeed have made many enquiries relative to Mrs. De Lancv and her daughter; and it seems that all this time, they have lived isolated and deserted, nothing having occurred to restore to Her- minc her good name ; and still I canâ€" notâ€"will not, yet believe ought against her.’ ‘ Then, why don’t you marry her? l and Stephen Mills rose from his scat and walked the floor. ‘ Honestly now, Owen. did you ever bolicvcl what I told you concerning llcr-i mine l’ ‘ Probably, I wouldn’t have notic-g cd it on your single assertion; but, when all her friends dcscrtcd her, and it was whispered in all dircc-,l tions, 1 must Confess I \VttSâ€"â€"-ll0b made to believe it, altogether, butt somehow Oh! I don’t know l * At all events, I could not get rid of the idea.’ Still Stephen walked the floor. = ‘ I‘Ia ! ha! Hcrniinc Dc Laney, nor any other woman, Would turn me from her house again. She wouldn’t forget me, if she knew the truth.’â€"â€" And saying this, his head was bowed and a spiteful, provoking expression played on his face. A new light flashed on Willis Owen, as he asked haughtin : ‘ \Vhat do you mean, Mr. Mills l” ‘ Ila l ha !’ again laughed Stepheuf ‘ can’t y ou guess 1‘ ‘ A suspicion occurs to my mind â€"-but I repulse itâ€"for I cannot be- r licvo that that you, Step/ten Jilills.‘ were the propagator of those slunders ! l â€"â€"W'halcvet your words imply, ex- plain quickly.’ ‘ \Vcll, if you suspect that I did; it, you’re pretty near the mark ; and i I tell you, it docsn’tdo for a woman l to vex a man, for she is sure to get the worst of it. I will confess, I didn’t thitik it would prove so scri' ous to her, poor girl. However, you can marry her, \Villis, and try to forget all that passed, tonâ€"«why it’s so long since, I , wonder you did not forget before l’ given our to a tale ofslunder c: incorri- \Villis Owen’s brow flushed-“his eyes betokencd that with difficulty be restrained his rising passron, as, $05!: I hax‘ififi'k‘rh.‘ “so, a. twist.“ l'. w... a xrr '. \/ V \r -., “I \ zx/ W\.â€"\/-._/ xx» \.,/\,./‘¥r\/\ /« Mail"? I»? w,” RICIOND HILL ADV ./\,”\/V\/\/-.A »~._/ ‘\_/’\_l"_/ \m'm/V'V" LA‘W‘Is...-\JV~ /~‘./ A Use Axum)“ no»... u M 'l‘eefy .w defame. .r a: mauagxer ‘» ..~.r"-..:r. *3 '1. OCATE AND ADVERTISER. . Esq ,/\/ “Ix/‘fo “ Let Sound Reason weigh more with us t/can Popular Opinion.” drawing himself up to his full heightl itli scorn : l ‘ Stephen Mills, you are unwor-l thy the name of a man, sir, and ll despise you. Who, with the soul; of a man would act the base part you have acted l-~â€"who, unless dc- void of principle and self-respect, would make himself a slanderer of woman? Well for you sir, that I am not a man of hasty passions, else would your hopes and prospects be. crushedâ€"oven as mine have been-'â€" lllOUgil, with less hope. Yes, from my Soul I despise you or arty other man so base 1 And now, hear my (:Ot’tllltljtllt‘lS--f0l'yt)u shall obcy thcm.’ \‘Vlllls Owcn locked the door. and taking the key, continued : ‘ Before yonder sun is couched in tho Ilcav- cos, you will confess to Miss Del Laney how you have wronged hcr. More too, you will do-â€"-but_vou know enough for the present ;’ and Willis rang a bell, summoning a servant. and bade him procure a chaise. Little Stephen Mills’ anger was aroused ; but being a coward, he only reflected that Willis, being the largest man of the two, and more- over, the door being locked. he would probably not improve his positrorr by showing any tcmpcr. At last he mustered courage to say : ‘What right have you, Owen, to treat me thus 9’ ‘ The right every man has to re- vengc an insult to a woman, sir! I say you shall make full reparation ; and if you show sign of objection, I shall. administer as through a chas- tiscnicnt as your base, cowardly spirit dcscrvcs. Here’s the coach, comc,’ and with the air of one do- tcrmincd to be obeyed, he placed the arm of thc cowering Mills, with- in his own. and led him to tho chaise. ‘ To dcpot l’ he driver, and off they wont. Let us, in the me intimc, go back to the Village of L . We have said there was no change in the little boarding-house; but now, we fear there is likely soon to be, for Mrs. Dc Lancy has grown ill and weak, during the past year, and we fear site will soon fall under the combined cflocts of age and ill-health. Sup- porto i by pillows, she i'cclinrs in bed attended by IIorminc, to whom ten years added a more womanly ap- pearance, and a gentle dignity of manner. ‘l‘i'cll, Hermine, it is ten years, dcai'. since we entered on this hermit. like i fo.but V‘ct, time has not brought us what we hoped for. So be it, my daughter; nought that we can do, may alter it; only let us take what poor consolation is offered, and to main in hope.’ ‘I think hope ncvcr deserts the human breast,’ said llcrmiuc, ' else how hit-1‘. I livcd so long under this iii‘tputation.’ ‘ The consciousness of innocence, idcar, has sustained you; and rest assured, lIci'iiiiiie. truth will rise again, and you will triumph.’ ‘l look for it momma ; becausc,l cannot believe that God will permit me to be much longer the bearer of this unjust, but, oh! how severe, punislirncnt.’ They were interrupth by the pos- tor of the village. who had made a daily pastoral call on Mrs. Dc Lanny since her illness. Conversation turn-, 0 l on general topics at first, and then, after reading a chapter, and when they were about joining in prayer, the landlord announced two gentle-l mcn. \Vondcring who they could he, I-lcrmiuc descended to the parlor. On her entering the zoom, both gentlemen rose and bowed respect- fully slie rcturncd their salute with coolness, and a manner that told the visitors they were not recognized. ‘I think Miss De Lancy has for" gotten mc~â€"â€"VVillis Owcn.’ ‘Mr. Owcnl’ she asked, in sur- prise, '1 had not recognized you ; time has changed you considerably ;’ and seating herself, she motioned them to be seated also ; but V'Villis, taking the hand of Stephen, advanc- ed towards her. ‘Miss Dc Lancy, before saying anything further, let me ask your pardon for havrng many years ago 1 ing you. To assert that I did not believe it at the time-‘nor have I cvcrsincoâ€"~would seem a strange contradiction to my conduct ; think of me, I beg of you, as the least of! your oflbnders, and let me be for- given for never having defended you.’ Herminc’s cycs filled with tears, and her face flushed red as she answered with difiicul : ‘I have suffcred so long. and so muchâ€"and 0ND HELL, cried to then news of the affair arrived there be his intended bride, and his company 1...... .... .. so unjustly tooâ€"from the tales you refer to, that you might not be sur- prised were I too refuse. Mr. Owen my heart has been wrungâ€"my spirit cruslrcd-â€"-â€"ycars of grief and soul suffering have been my portion and God in lleaven knows none were ever punished more unjustly. [have little care to live; again established, inc-thinks I would gladly dic. Hope. that I should one day be riglitcd, has alone kcpt life in this brcust ; but whatever my offen- ccs in lifc mav have been, I look to ! fuse what you ask. I Take it, Mr. Owen, you are forgiven. for her. and she \cht bittci‘ly. ‘rVillis Owen read in (icrdccp grief and the low earnestness of her words. what misery he might have saved, had he not given a. too ready car to t/tc tongue of slander .7 ‘Miss Dc Laney, this person has something of importance to relate. May I ask for him your attention Pâ€" Mr. Stephen Mills.’ I‘Icrmiue bowed coldly; hcr recol- lections of the gentleman were not of the most agreeable. ‘ Miss Dc Laney may remember mc,’ said Stephen. Again llerminc bowed. ‘ Vv'ell, Miss De Laney, if you would know the propagator of the tales which slandct‘cd yourfair name; if you would know who first breath- cd vilc words concerning you, to all your friends; if you would learn who prevented this gentleman, Mr. qucu, from making to you a tcnder of his heart and hand, on the plea of those slanderous tales, ten years ago; I say, if you would know these things, I can answer; and to one and all i answerâ€"Stephen Mills. I‘Ici‘mine Dc Lancy. ten years ago you dismissed me from your house, for conduct you considered importi- nent and insulting. I vowed to have my revenge, and [have kept my vow.’ ‘ And Well have you done it ; and dark, bitter and sad. the results, Mr. Mills. But, probably, you would do the same thing again with as little ,indiffcrcncc. If you ever contem- platc such a thing, think ofmy words â€"â€"a woman’s wordsâ€"be a drunkard, a robber, a murderer, if you will; be anything, degrading or criminul~ but the Cowardly slandcrer of deâ€" fcncclcss women;’ and poor Hcrininc lsobbcd aloud. A gesture from li'illis, and Mills was on his knees. ‘ Perhapsâ€"m7 mom, to me. is no reparation ftll'i your dccp offence. Wait, Agentlew men,’ and leaving the room she has- ‘tencd to her mother. wait, will you see them 2’ And lcaving that room in strange basic. she returned to the parlor, and sum-l moncd the two upstairs. Seating] licrsclf near her mother’s hed,- â€" I ‘Mr. Owen, Mr. Mills, have the goodness to repeat to my mother and this gentleman all you have told me.’ And here Mills told, about in the some words, what he had said be- low. After some conversation on the subject, it was determined that \Villis Owen, :is well as Miks, should rc- iain over the followmg day, which! was the Sabbath; and Mr. ()wcn,{ after a fcw words with the pastor, left the house, and proceeded with Mills to the Village inn, where they rcmziuicd till the morning. After divine service, the minister, whose sermon had been much to the purpose, requested the congregation to remain; and before them Willis Owen arose and introiuced Mr. Mills who a third time related his tale of slander. This produced a great sen-l sation in the village, and was the one' theme ofconvcrsation for many days. Stephen Mills was sent tht'iroughly humbled and dobascd in the opinion of all, back to the city. The whole I p c fore liii‘n,liowcver, and he soon found himself dismissed from the house of shunned by all his friends. \Villis Owen yet remained in I..â€"~â€"-.; His heart was light, for Hermincl was i‘ightcd. The sun was low in the Heavens} on Monday afternoon, when the pas- tor was sent for in haste, to attend Mrs. De Laney. Willis met the messenger at the door, and he. too, hastened into the little boarding- liouse. On‘being made aware of his. presence in the house, Mrs. Do. Laney requested him to attend in her room. When be cute rm Av d, IIct‘minej APRIL 5, 1861 God for pardon, andthus cannot i‘c-‘ ]in the gift-book business. ‘ No, Mr. Mills; this acknowledg- I ing 3 fl ‘Dcur inamma, two gentlemen, a.“ . standing by her dying mother and holding her hand, said slowly, and as if to call her mother’s attention to him ‘Dcar mamma, here is Mr. Och.’ Mrs. Dc Lain-y held out her hand which he took. ‘ 0! may God bless you, Mr. Owen, for what you were my itai'nc'liavc done for my poor, crushed l llcrmiuc 1’ ‘Mrs. Dcl_.ancy, mv conscience! icproachcs me deeply for ever hav- ing permitted myself to listen to anght against her. Ten years ago, my visit to the city was to obtain! my father’s permission to make her | my wife, and to procure some scttle-‘ pm), Hermincj h was a sad may mom to offer her, when, on my rc-i iturn, tlicsc tidings met me. lshalli l never pardon n‘iysclf for having given car to them ; nor for the deep igricf l aided in causing to Miss Dc Laney. Listen madam, l have not married. nor shall I do so, unless with your daughter. Say, Heriniue will you forget the past, and grant me the power of protecting you in the future. Hermine Was overcome and said nought; but her mother plaCcd her hand in his. ‘ Take her, Willis, care for her ; she needs a protector such as you.’ Here the good pastor made his appearance, and at Willis‘ earnest request, and poor Mrs. Dc Lancy’si solicitation, \Villis Owen and Her- mind Dc Laucy were made man and wife. Scarce had the last words of the last prayer boon uttcrcd, when Mrs. Dc Lancy said: ‘God bless you, my children! Be happy, cvcr ; but ever rcmcmbcr my last words : “ GIVE NOT A READY EAR TO THE TONGUE 0F SLANDER l”’ They laid her in the village church- yard, and \Villis Owen took home his bride. THE AGE OF BRASS. From a N. Y. Paper. A monstrous scheme to cheat and rob the credulous,both rich and poor, known as the ‘Dollar Jewelry '.l.‘rado,’ has begun to unfold itself in this city. and thousands of agents will soon be dispatched to all quarters of the Union, the Canadas, Mexico, South America and the West Indies, with the design of reaping a plentiful harvest while the ‘cntcrprise’ lasts, and before the game shall be ‘blown.’ The honor of the conception of this swindle belongs to a well known firm Perceiv- agging business, and perceiv- ing the want of some brilliant schcme to rcvivify their trade and keep their coffers fullmaftet' a great deal of labtr, one of the firm con- ceived the present adroit plan. The costliest part of the apparatus used in this manufacture gift stutfis un- doubtedly the moulds and forms in which the jewelry, the bracelets, chains, rings. lockcts,&c.,arc shaped and cut. And were they obliged to have these moulds and forms m'idc expressly for tlrcm,changed too with each new fashion originated in orna- mental jewelry, their profits would be lessened nearly oneâ€"half from the figure they now amount to. They avail themse'vcs of what in the business is known as the Attleboro Dodge. This is the old plans adopted years ago by the manufactu- ring companies of cheap jewelry, who bought from the loading and red ally honest houses in the trade the moulds with which they had madc the positive and substantial gold jewelry, of course of the latest pats tern too ; in these moulds they cast their own cheap composition metals, and out of thorn turned a deceptive imitation of the true article. It is in such moulds, thcn, purchased third- band from these last manufacturers, that our ‘Dollar .Icwclry’ mcn make tip those articles which for the List six weeks have been seen and won- dered over by the public, exhibith in certain shop windows in our prin- cipal thoroughfares. Every species ofjewclry ornament is made up the same; set of car rings and breast pins, bracelets, watch-chains, rings, seals, watchâ€"kcysâ€"soznc set with: those French glass baubles, tinted to represent pearls ; some with pole lshcd white and colored bonc,cut and fashioned in imitation ofcoroi ; some with plaster tl’tOUltllngS, and called Cameos; some with daublings on. shaded clay, to imitate mosiacs ; all, of them set in, attached to, or Sill“ rounded by the so-callcd gold! and‘ each piece displayed in the windows, and spread out on cards in glass lcascs inside the store, and labelled, prominently,\vitli a placard on which, WNv./\,vv/ v’\/\/ \memxcrx rvxlcm /.._ A ,A_ p. An ~v «r. “.4...- TERMS: $1 50 In Advance. WhOle N0. 123. gin staring letters, is painted, ‘Any article of jewelry in this store for .only one dollar.’ Reader, lctus tell lyou that in seven-eighth ofthis stuff .there is not one grain of gold 1 and even in that single proportion the quantity of gold in each single pro- . portion does not amount to the value of two and mixed cents! The prin- cipal composition used in the manu- facturc of this stuff,is a manufactur- cd metal, the invention of French- men, and was introduced to the jewelers ofthis country several years ago, and is known by the name of Orcida. It is the most positive imi- tation of gold that has ever been diSCovered ; it wears like itâ€"in not discoloring anything it touches, as brass or copper will ; it may be en- graved and chasedâ€"being the same all the way through it is much softer and more readily fused than ,gold, and is of about twice the Value of common brass. It is ofthis metal, possessing, as we have said, not one particle. of the hundredth mite of an atom of gold in its composition. that scvcn-eighths of this stuff is made. A very brilliant idea, indeed, then, iwas it to manufacture a lot. of this trumpery. the most expensive look- ing piece of which does not cost, for the metal, moulding, putting toge- ther, and making up, thirty-eight cents! and which is sold at the 'rninous price of one dollar,’ sacri- ficed of course merely to get the cash wherewitli to meet their notes, save themselves from the obligation to suspend or fail, and preserve their honor as merchants? About ten weeks ago the first shop for the sale of this trash was opened in Philadel- phia, and about the same time an- other was started in Boston. It is not quite two months since the ‘ori- ginal onc’ was started in Broadway in this ctty. And now they swarm in every prominent promenade and business strcct ofeach ofthcse cities, are represented by at least one in al- most every town or city of any pro- minence in the Union, East, North and West. You can hardly pass a block in any of the streets usually crowded with promenaders, without coming across any of those dens,thc showy windows surrounded with a greedy and admiring crowd. It is a fearful and astounding fact. that al- though this ' Dollar Jewelry’ hum- bug has not been two months intro- duced, there are now no less than twenty~six different places where it is on sale it‘. New York alone, and half as manv in Brooklyn and \Vil- liamsburg alone. The city is posi- tively flooded with it! and unless the public accept the warning in time those men who have gotten up this fraud will actually fulfil their inten- tion, in originating it, of actually duping the crcdulous of this city and country out of more titan five mil- lion dollars, which they havc carncd hard enough, but which in such a case as this, to purchase this stuff, would be nothing less than casting it With open eyes and clear senses, yet wantonly into the streets. I t ‘OLD ll'lon'rAi.irY.’â€"-'l‘he only occu- pation ot the old man was wandering about the country repairing the tombstones of the Covenantcrs,travcling from one church- yard to another mounted on his old white pony, till he was found dcad one day by the roadside. His family expcricnccd a singular variety of fortuneâ€"one of his sons went to America and settled at Balti- more, wlirre he nude a large fortune. III: had a son who narricd an American lady â€"-tlie latter outliving her husband, became Marchionoss 0t \Vcllrslcy. His daughter was married to Jerome Bonaparte, and after her separation from him wedded M Serrum, the French Consul at Baltimore. \Yliat would Old Mortality have thought, as he porcd among the neglected graves stones in Scotland, had be foreseen that the widow of his grandson was to broome an English Marchioness, and sister-in-law to the Duke of VVcIlington; and his grand-daughter, Queen of IVcstplialia, and sister in law to the great Napoleon Bonaparte. A tailor Was charged with having unjus- tifiably dismissed a servint girl from hi:- service. The defendant pied that the girl was so enormously voracious that he could not keep her in food. ‘ IVill four and sixpcnce 21-week (the usual amount of board wages allowed a s -rvant) keep her I’ ‘ Not near,” replied the defendant.- ‘ \Vill six shillings do '!’ questioned the Sheriff. ‘ No, th..t watlua keep her.’ ‘ Now take care,’ said the Judge, ‘ and answer cautiously. ‘ Will seven shillings do 1’ ‘It will take cight,’ said the persisting dcfender.’ ‘ Then, said the Sheriff, ‘I tieccrn that you pay eight shillings a week to the. girl till the expiry of her engage- ruent.’ He must be a very thorough fool who able offctice to 0 can learn nothing from his own folly. ".n'm‘v - I -' 14‘, ,i..~cx,. - ._ »\~ THE STREETS or LONDoN.â€"-Somo of the facts stated by Mr. Gough, in his lecture on the ‘ Streets of Lon- don,’ are very curious. Ho says~the population is increasing at the rate of 1,000 per week ;. from this it fol- lows tbat, in the average, in every hour of the day and night there are six persons in London more than there were the hour before. The city is 60 miles in circumference, and has 5,000 miles of paved streets. Land in the vicinity of Cornhill and the Exchange has been sold for $5,000,000 per acre. The fog of London had never been adequately described. It was an odd sensation, when he was speaking in Exeter Hall, produced in the course of a few minutes, not to be able to see one in the crowded galleriesmto be speaking to people, and see nobody there. lf'you go out iii the streets, it seems as if you were \‘ttdll’lg in an illuminated sea of pea soup. These fogs never rise higher than 200 feet above the city ; they cone in December, and are never seen after February. They are supposed to be caused by the smoke of bitu- minous coal issuing from innumer- able chimneys. As an illustration of the benevolence of London, the lecturer instanccd the amount raised for the soldiers in the Crimeaâ€"â€" $6,500,000 in lcss'than six months by subscription. In the prisons the prisoners said they could not give money, but they would give their provisions, and they starved them- selves twenty-hours so that the amount ofa day’s provisions could go into the sum. The lecturer dc- scribcd the ragged schools, of which there are 170, with 25,000 pupils; also the various shifts made to get a living. Nothing is wasted in Lonâ€" donâ€"the hools and' nostrils of dead horses serve to make a fine gclatine, and the blood is used to give a par- ticularly nice flavor to catsup. Mr. Gough closed with a humorous ac- count of the celebration of Guy Fawkes’s day, the 51h of November. ELECTRICAL ATMOSPHERIC I’IIENOMENA AND DISEASE At a late meeting oftlic Manches~ tor (England) Philostiphical Society a paper was read by Thoma Motfat, M.D., on the prevalence of certain forms of disease in connection with snow, hail and rain storms. During observations made for eight years, it was found that persons subject to apoplexy,paralysis,and vertigo were affected in a most marked manner when bail and snow storms prevail- ed. A table had been formed of 236 cases of the above diseases and upwards of one thousand observa‘ tions were made with tltc electro- metcr, and it was shown that the nervous centres were affected ac- cording to the electrical condition if the atmosphere. On the approach of great storms the air was electri- cally negative, and diseases of the nervous centres and convulsions were common. Other forms ofdis- case also frequently accompanied such electrical conditions of the 111-» mospheru, such as cramps, vertigo, and diarrhcert. It therefore appears that negative electricity in the at- mosphere plays an important part in relation to the morbid conditions of the human system. As in England so in America, the condition of the atmosphere affects the human system almost in the same manner as related in the above abstract of Dr. Moffat’s paper; and although We are not aware of any observations having been made to determine the electrical condition of our atmosphere during storms,we have no doubt but the causes are the same on both continents. Dur ing the prevalence of cast, north- east, and southeast winds on the American Atlantic coast. persons subject to rheumatic and nervous diseases generally suffer acutely.â€" Is there any remedy for this'lâ€"â€" Scientific flmerican. A distinguished counsel, being employed for the defence on a trial for murder, found it nt‘ccssary, in the course of his speech, to comment withsome severity on the testi- mony of a witness for the prosecution. In the midst of a most searching and logical sentence, wherein he was convincing the jury that the witness had sworn to more than the truth, be was interrupted by a iirvmziii, a tall, lank fellow, evidently from‘ the backwoods, who, rising. thus addressed him: ‘See here, Mr. Lawyer, I don’t want. yer to go on that way abusing me ; I won't. stand it; I’ll break up the court if you do; Ididn’t come to be abused l’ , My dear sir.’ replied the barrister, in his politest manner, ‘I was alluding to the witness, not to you; my remarks were not intended to apply to any ofthejurors‘.’ ‘ I’Vcll then,’ said the juror, ‘just quit a pinting your finger at me when you talk that way.’ EARLY iISING.-â€"‘ What makes you get up so late, sir ?’ said a father to his sort, who made his appearance at the breakfast, table about ten o'clock. ‘Late! wiry, father, I was up with" the lark.’ ‘ \Vcll, then, sir, for the future don’t re main up so long with the lark, but come down a little earlier to breakfast.’ An Albany barber having to shave an iiitempcrate man on Sunday, begged him to keep his mouth shut, as it was a punish- fi pen a ‘rtiin liolo’ on the babbuth. ‘