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' The affair of New Orleans is becoming a fierce bone of contention between the twu political parties that divide the Union, and it is significant that the loudest complaints arise from the old Democratic party, who were always on- emies of freedom, ‘ and who now have no sympathy with efforts for the eleva- tion, of the colored .race. ~ The low abettcrs and tools of this party in the great citiesâ€"tho rowdy} Irish element _ Jâ€"liave always been bitter enemies of the colored mun.- Tliey retain the same feeling now, and if they could . they would make him a slave again. Everything they can do to obstruct his path they are doing at present, and of all things they dislike the prospect of a quiet and oi‘dcijy settling down of so‘ cietycandgoffilgesqcmlorder on the basis .licffect?fi‘bedccn andfiuuliw between blaCk man and whit 1here are, 61" Course,” wrongs {on both sidésl' It is hot to be expected that’over sucli-Va vast extent of country audio so ‘ni-any States, the. colored race‘u'ill be entirely frce'from faults. ’thite men commit blunders and crimes too, audit is not pretended that the colored man'is any better than ’a white man in that respect. But neither is he auy‘worsc'.‘ The color of the skin surely makes no difference in theWOi'king of human nature, so, - if we hear of this and that outrage, or - S such and such apiece of fraud and chi- i. canery alleged to have been perpetrated by colored legislators or officials, we can only remember that in every one of these their white brethren have .ct them an example.‘ _ _ A , The action of the President in inter- fering by military force is doubtless most objectionable, but desperate dis- eases. sometiines require desperate reme- dies, and-in a transition state of society it is not always possible to adhere strictly to constitutional methods-~â€" New Dominion; Mont/213} for February. >¢Do< 'A- Mean Fellow. A youngand beautiful lady, attend; oiiiso‘mcj bazaar or other, had occa- sion to step forth early in the evening. Onissuing outside. to her dismay, she found the broad street overflowing, and was nearly blinded by the rain. It seems her errand was imperative, for she ventured on till she came to a crosâ€" sing. There she stopped in a quandary: Of course, a gentleman passed by, undl of Course, his first impulse was to assist the perplexed girl. He picked her up in'lii’s arms and started to traverse the broad sheet of water. ~ But half way, the misty light of the corner lamp fell :suddenly on the face of his delicate charge. I The gentleman was so struck its beauty, that he stopped there and- then and said : , ""‘I'Now really, Miss, you must give 'ine a kiss. "V' Never.” " I will drop you into the you don’t.” " ‘ "I won’t,” exclaimed the: l maid. ' And the brute dropped her splash water if icroic‘ ' into the water. Many people like onions, but dis: like to eat, them because of the bad taste that remains in the mouth. This can be remedied by boiling the sliced onions in 'half‘a gallon of’.V.vat-' er for a minute ‘or two. ' Pour it off, add pepper, salt and butter, and when dished, a few spoonfuls of sweet 'c'reai‘n. No taste of onions will re- main in the mouth, nor can it lie-de- tectod on the breath. ' British public to understand better the I liaisons or STEAM. The following line poem, by George W. Cutter, of Covington, Ky., 'Bfaclcwood has pronounced “ the bcst'lyric of the century :" Harness me down with your iron bands, Be sure of your curb and rein, ForI scorn the strength of your puny hands As a tempest acorns :1 chain. . How I laughed as I lay concealed from Sight For many a countless lionr, . At the childish boasts of human might, - And the pride of human power. When I saw an army upon the land, A navy upon the sea .. - Creeping along, a snail-like band, 0r waiting a wayward breeze ; When I saw the peasant reel With the toll that he faintlybore, As he turned at the tardy wheel, Or toiled at the weary car; .91 When I measured the panting courier’s speed. The flight, of the carrier (love, As they borea law a king decreed, r Or the limos of impatient love, I could but think how the world would feel As these were outstripped afar, When I should be bound to'the rushing keel Or chained to the flying car! Ha I ha I ha ! They invited me forth at lcnvth, And 1 rushed'to my throne Wiili a thunder blast, And laughed in my iron strength! 0h ! then ye saw a wondrous change On the earth and ocean wide, ' Where now my fiery armies range, Iver wait. for wind or tide. They found me at last, Hui‘ralil hurrah l the waters o‘er, The mountain stecpdeclmc; tleness, and vivacity of Albert seem, I upon the Princess however, to have made him the favor- Victoria, then only eighteen years old, ite; able. In 1821 the Dowager Duchess of Coburg writes of him to the Duchess of Kent, the mother of Victoria :â€"' “Little Alberinchen, with his large blue eyes and dimpled checks, is be- witching, forward, < and quick as a weasel. He can already say every thing. Ernest is not nearly as pretty, only his intelligent brown eyes are "very fine; but-he is tall, active, and very clever for his age.” ‘And agaiii,r-. few weeks later: “The little fellow is the pendant to the pretty cousin (the Princess Victoria), very handsome, but too slight for a boy ,' lifely, very funny, all good nature, and full of mischief.” Like his mother in person, and resem- bling her also in quickness, vivacity, and playfulness, Albert was her favor- ite child, and she made no secret of her preference. But this was not to last. The Duchess was not only beautiful, but exercised a great charm through her intelligence and kindness of heart. With a habit of viewing men and things in a droll and humorous wayâ€"â€"charac teristics in which the Prince strongly Timo-spachhave yielded to my poWor~ The world! the World is mine! The rivers the sun hutli earliest blcst, Or those where his beams decline; The giant streams of the queenly West, Or the Orient floods divine. The ocean pales wlicre‘erll sweep To hear my strength rejoice, And monsters of the hriny deep Cowcr trembling at my vcice. I carry the wealth and ore of earth. The thought. of the God-like mind: The wind In, 5 after my going forth, The lightning is left behind. resembled herâ€"she was a general favorite in society. But her wedded life, which commenced under the fair- est auspices, proved unhappy. In 1824 a separation, followed by a divorce in 1826, was arranged between the Duke and herself, but not before she had es- tablished a hold upon the affections of her children which, although they never saw her again, remained with them to In the (larksome depths of the fathomless mine _I\ly_tii‘eless arms doth play, Where the rocks ne’er saw thc sun‘s decline Or the dawn of the glorious day ; I bring earth’s glitteringjewels up From the hidden caves below, And I make the fountain‘s granite cup With a crystal gush o‘ci'llow. I blow the bellows, I forgo the steel In all the shops of trade; I hammer the ore and turn the wheel ' Where my arms of strength are made; I manage the furnace, the will, the mint-â€" I carry, Ispin, I weave, And all my doings [put in print On every Saturday cvc. I'vc no muscles to weary, no breast to decay, No bones to be “laid on the shelf," And soon I intend you may “ go and play," While I manage the world myself. But harness me down with your iron bands, Be sure of your curl) and rein, For I scorn the strength of your punin hand! As the tempest scorns a chain. . ._... WORLD Is WHAT we MAKE 1r. .-. “1., my?“ .i. . £3“: I’ve seen some people in this life Who always are repining, Who never, never yet could sec The stornrclcud‘s silver lining. There always something is limiss, From sunrise to its setting; That God‘s hand made their map of life, 'l‘hcy seem the while forgetting. the last. She died at St. Wendel, i Switzerland, in 1831, at the of thirty- two, after a long and painful illness. “ The Prince,” writes the Queen, “ never forgot her, and spoke with much tenderness and sorrow of his poor mo- ther, and was deeply affected in read- ing, after his marriage, the accounts of' her sad and painful illness.” All that could be done to compensate the loss of a mother’s presence and care was done by the grandmother of the princes, who continued to watch over them with a twofold tenderness. Their cducatim was of the broad, gene 'al clniractcr best. suited to their position, and iii- eluded history, geography, mathematics, philosophy, religion, Latin, and the modern European languages, relieved by the study of music and drawing, for both of which the Prince early showed a marked inclination. His father was an ardent sportsman, and the two bro- thers as they grew up took an eager interest in the sports of the field and forest, which Ill Germany are the pre- scriptive pastime of their class. Albert, though an excellent shot, enjoyed them, And lhuve sccn a blessed sight To sin-bccloudcd vision, Some people who, wlivre’or they be, Make Ozll‘tll seem an Elysian. ’l‘licyolwuys sec the brightest sideâ€" The (lirol‘nl shadows never:â€" And keep the flower of hope in bloom Within their hourls forever. The one can make the sunm’cst day Seem-wondrous find and dreary; The other smiles the clouds away, And makes a dark day cheery. This life of ours is, after all, About as we shall make it. If we. can banish grief and care, Let‘s haste to undertake it. â€"Frr;m the Annual ofP/rrcnology and Physiology- ~~â€"â€"-â€"-« ~«o .vo w oâ€"--â€"--â€"â€" ' A ROYAL Lovasrcnv. Vill‘lr'oni Harper’s Buzur.) On the 26th of August, 1819, a boy was born at the Rosenau, the suinyiner residence of Ernest, Duke of Saxo- Coburg-Saalf‘cld, who was destined to play an important part in the world. He was furnished at christening with a long list of' names, after the fashion of royaltyâ€"Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emanuelâ€"but in the household was known simply as Albert, and in later years as Prince Albert, the con- sort of the Queen of England. The birth of .a‘ prince or princess at one of the innumerable petty courts that Once divided Germany between them, before the nation had become consolidated into an empire, was, as ariile, a matter of very little importance to the great world outside; and but for the influ- ence that made him the husband of Queen 'Victoria, Prince Albert would in all probability have been reckoned with the vast multitude of German royal pci‘sonages who lived undistinguishcd but blameless lives, and whose record is found only in the pages of the Alma- nac/o dc Gal/m. A different and hap- pier fate awaited the amiable and large-hearted boy, whose story is so well told in Theodore M artin’s .“ Life of the Prince Consort,” the first volume of which has ust been published by Smit h ,1 Elder & 00., London. The work was undertaken by Mr. Martin in compli- ancev'with-thc express desire of the widowed Queen, who placed niuch very interesting material in his hands." His however, chiefly for the sake of exerâ€" cise and for the pleasures of the scenery into which they carried him. The house of Coburg was intimately related by marriage with the royal family of England. In 1816 Prince Leopold, the youngest brother of Prince Albert's father, had married the Prin- cess Charlotte, then presumptive heir- ess to the English throne. After her untimely death the Duke of Kent mar- ried the youngest sister of the Duke of Coburg, and on tlle'24tll of May, 1819, she presented him with a daughter, who was destined to become Queen of Eng- land. But long before it was known that she would ascend the throne the idea of her marriage with one of her Coburg cousins had taken such root in the family that Prince Albert’s nurse was in the habit of prattling to her in- fulit charge, when he was only three years old, of his destined bride in Eng land. In 1836 there was no lcngerany doubt as to the succession of the Prin- cess Victoria to the throne, and already several aspirants for her hand were in the field. King Leopold, her uncle and loved adviser in all matters, greatly de~ sired her marriage to Prince Albert ,‘ but he also desired that the union should be one of affection, and not, one merely of political expediency. He therefore arranged with the Duchess of Kent that she should invite the Duke of ’Coburg and his sons to visit her at Kensington Palace. The object of the visit was kept strictly secret from the Princess and the Prince, so as to leave them completely at their case. The Prince’s grandmother had, it is true, often spoken to him years before of her earnest desires on this subject; but he had no reason to think this was more than a family wish, and the Princess at least was left freely to the impulse of her own inclination. Her uncle. King Leopold, saw that the impression was favorable, and made her aware of his wishes in the matter. Her answer made it impossible to doubt how entire- ly those of the Princess were in accord- ance with his own.. In June, 1836, soon after Prince A1 bert’s departure portraiture of the Prince isinost attrac- ‘flom England: 3110 “10130 t0 the K1113 . Live, and will enable the grumbling prolonged sorrow of the Queen, which it has viewed almost with resentment. llis was a rare and excellent nature, royal not only by the accident of birth. but by levci'y moral and intellectual quality which men deem admirable. “ 7 have only now to beg you, my dear- est uncle, to take care of the health of one now so dear to me, and to take him 'undcr your special protection. I hope and trust that all will go on prosperâ€" ously and well on a subject now of so much importance to ine.” The Prince, however, was still kept 1 Americans have every 1' ‘ason to honor his memory. It was his wise counsel, almost the closing act of his life, that England when the Treblaflhir roused national passion to fever» lien, and averted war between this country and} in the cork , but his education was di- rected with a view to the possibility of . his marriage with the English Princess. He and his brother were sent to Brus- sels, where, under the care of Baron \Viechmann, a retired officer of the when tho Queen’s"ministry were not unwilling to precipitate hostilities. ‘ Albert was the second son of his par- ents. His: only br(>tliei',:Ei'nest,‘ LOW Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gctlia,was born a little more that a. year before. 'Both the young princes were distinguished by their preecoity. The beauty, gon- English German Legion, they remained yfor a period of twelve months, closely loccupicd with the study of history, the 'inodcrn languages, the higher mathe- matics, etc. From Brussels they went to Bonn, where they remained eighteen months. While they were still at that university the death of William IV., As a child his beauty was remarkâ€" the grave responsibilities of - Queen of England. for accession to the throne revived the rumors, which had been for sometime current, of a contemplated marriage with her cousin, and it was thought inexpedient by their uncle, with the view ,of withdrawing public attention for the time from the young princes, that they should spend the autumn of 1837 in making a tour through Switzerland and the north of Italy! September and October were accordingly Spent in a thorough explo- ration of Switzerland and the Italian lakes on footâ€"a mode of travelling of which Prince Albert was very fond. v But the time had arrived when the question of the English marriage had to be settled. King Leopold desired that some decisive arrangement should be made for he year 1830; but to this the Queen dcmurred, for reasons which her uncle considered conclusive. She was herself, she urged, too young, so also was the Prince, and, moreover, his mastery of the English language was still very imperfect. The Prince, on being made aware of what was proposed and of the necessity of delay, very sen- sibly declared himself willing to sub- mit, if he had only some certain assur- ance to go upon; “But,” he said to King Leopold, ‘f if after waiting perâ€" haps three years I should find that the Queen no longer desired the marriage, it would place me in a ridiculous posi- tion, and would, to a certain extent, ruin all my pli‘ospects for the future.” This serious question, \ however, soon settled in a way entirely satisfac- tory to the Prince’s mind, and in the Via (.3 1 winter of 1838 lo set out on a pro- tracted and interesting tour through Italy, returning to Coburg in the fol- lowing May. Meanwhile political events in Eng. land, which it ‘is needless to go into, mode it desirable that the question of the Queen’s iiiari'iagc should again be pressed. Tliosc'wlio had her welfare liltist'llb heart were anxious to secure for her withOut longer delay a husband’s guidance and support. To effect this was, however, no simple matter. All that the Queen had heard of the Prince was most favorable. IIer inclination toward him remained unchanged, and, to use her own words, “ she never had an idea, if she married at all, of any one else.” Still she desired delay; and the Prince went to England with his brother in October, 1839, under the impression that she wished the affair to be considered as broken off, and that for four years she could think of no marriage. Her reasons for delay were, however, destined to’give way before the irresistible feeling inSpircd by the Prince when they again met. The three years which had passed since the princes were last in England had greatly iinâ€" proved their personal appcaranca. Tall and manly as they both were, Prince Albert was eminently handsome. But there was also in his countenance a gentleness of expression and peculiar sweetness in his smile, with a lock of deep thought and high intelligence in his clear blue eye and expansive fore- head, that added a charm to the impres- sion he produced in all who saw him, far beyond that derived from more beauty or irgulai'ity of features. The Queen vus most favorably impressed. On the second day after their arrival she wrote to her uncle: “ Albert’s beauty is most striking, and he is most amiable and unaffectedain short, very fascinating.” The question was soon settled. The Prince arrived at \‘Vind- sor lastle on the 10th of October; on the 14th the Queen informed Lord Mel- bourne of her decision. To Baron Stockmar, her uncle’s lifeâ€"long friend and confidential counselor, to whom she had recently and strongly expressed 1191‘ resolution not to marry for some time, she" wrote with a naive embarrassment : “ Winnsou CASTLE, y , _ 15th October, 1839. “ I do feel so guilty, I know not how to begin my letter'; but I think the news it contains will be suffi- cient to insure your forgiveness. Albert has coin- pletely won my heart, and all was settled between us this morning. . . . I feel certain he will make me very happy. I wish-Icould say Ifelt as certain of my makâ€" ing li‘in happy. but I shall do my best. Uncle Leopold must tell you ulla‘bdut the details, which I have not time to do. . . . vAlbcrt is very much attached to you." The next/day Prince Albert wrote to give Baron Stockinar what he knew would be "’ the most welcome news possible.” He added : “Victoria is so good and kind to inc that I am often puzzled to bcl eve that I should be the object of so much affection. I know the interest you take in my happini ss, and therefore pour out my heart to you. $81130. sit in the sovereign’s carriage on state occasions. step-mother, “ my future position will have its dark side, and the sky will not always be blue and unclouded. But life has its thorns in every position, and the consciousness of having used one’s powers and endeavors for an object so great as that of promoting the welfare of so many will surely be sufficient to support me.” The announcement of the betrothal caused great rejoicings in England and among the Prince’s own people. But when the question of the, annuity to be settled upon him on his marriage came before Parliament there was a squabble which must have- been very disagree- able to him and to the Queen. JHcr cabinet proposed £50,000 a year, the same that had been granted to Prince Leopold on his marriage with the Prin- cess Charlotte ; but after an acrimoni- ous debate this sum was reduced to £30,000. The Prince took it in a manly manner, merely remarking to Baron Stockinar that his only regret was to find that his ability to help an tists and men of science, to which he had been looking forWard with delight, would be more restricted than he had hoped. A thousand times more voxatious were the questions as to the rank and precedence he was to enjoy as the linsâ€" band of the Queen. There is no pro- vision in the English constitution for the title and precedence of the husband of a queen regnant, while the wife of a king has the highest rank and dignity, after her husband, assigned her by law ,- and while it is no doubt always in ther' power of a queen regnant to give her consort precedence at home over all her subjects by placing him next lior per- son, her power stops there. The status is due to her personal favor alone, and, if acknowledged by other royal personâ€" ziges, it is so merely by courtesy. A bill was introduced in Parliament givâ€" ing the Prince precedence for life next after the Queen in Parliament or else- where as her Majesty might think pro- per; but after much debate Parliai'neiit refused to give him any distinctive title, and left the question of precedence to the royal prerogative. 1857 that; the title and dignity of Prince Consort were conferred upon him by royal letters patent. This omis- sion gave rise to endless v motions, especially when the Queen and her hus- band were abroad. The position ac«- corded to him at foreign courts the Quecn always had to acknowledge as a grace and favor bestowed upon herself by the sovereigns whom she visited.â€" Soverul sovereigns positively refused to I gratify her wishes in this respect, and l the only one who was courteous enough to do so without an ofibnsive show of doing a favor was the late Emperor of the French. anccs constantly arose from the want of Parliamentary action on this question. The Prince’s right to occupy the seat next the throne when Parliament was opened or prorogucd was questioned by the Duke of Sussex and others,- but the Queen, supported by the Duke of Wel- lington, quietly ignored the interferâ€" ence. ” Let the Queen put the Prince where she likes,” he said. The great 1 Duke had not much toleration for the traditions of court etiquette when they conflicted with the dictates of cbmmon- The late Lord Albcmarlo, when Master of the Horse, was very sensi« tive about his right in that capacity to “ The Queen,” said the Duke, when appealed to for his opinion, “ can make Lord Albcmarle sit at the when I was arrested. 1 solemn truth as I hope for Heaven’s mercy. ‘ story. pause in court. covered the bright coins, eyed them for a moment, smiled, and then put Even in Hughmd annoy- forth its tiny hand and clutched them in its fingers with a miser’s eagerness. The mother was at once acquitted.â€" Clii‘isz‘lan Weekly. lTHE YORK HEfiALD PUBLISHED AT THE .OFFICE YONG]: ST., RICHMOND ‘HnLL. Issued \Vcckly. on Friday Morning. Termsâ€"One Dollar per Annum in Advance ALEX. SCOTT, PKOI’RIETOB. .5- 2â€".â€" WVHOLE NO. 865. Testing her Innocence. The following touching scene to eentlyoccurred in a court of’justico in Paris: . Apoor pale seamstress, who had recently become a Widow, was ar- raigned for theft. She ‘ appeared at the bar with her" baby of leleveu months on her arm. The Went to get some work one day,’-'and it was alleged that she stole three gold coins of ten francs each. The money was missed soon ofter she left her employ- or, and a servant was sent to her room to claim it. The servant found her about to quit the room, with the the three gold coins in her hand. She said to the servant, “ I was going to carry them back to you.” Neverthe- less she was carried before the com- missioner of police, and he ordered her to be sent before the police court for trial. She was too poor to engage a lawyer, and when asked by the judge what she had to say for herself she answered: “ The day I went to my employers I carried my child with me. It was in my arms as it is now. I was not paying attention to it. There were several gold coins on tdc mantelpiccc, and unknown to me, it stretched out its little hand and. seized three pieces, which I did not observe till I got home. I at once put on my bonnet, and was going back to my employer to return them This is the H The court could not believe this They upbraided her for .her impudcncc in endeavoring to palm such a manifest falsehood for truth. They be‘sought her for her own sake, to retract so absurd a tale, for it could have no effect but to oblige the court to sentence her to a much so- verer punishment than they were (lispOSOd to inflict upon oncso young and evidently steeped so deep in povâ€" crty. These appeals had no effect except to strengthen the poor mother‘s per- tinacious adherence to her original It was not until story. As this firmness was sustain- ed by that look of innocence which the most adroit criminal can never counterfeit, the Court was at some loss ‘to discover what decision justice de- mended. ra’ssment, one of the judges proposed to renew the scene described by" the mother. on the clerk’p‘table. was requested to assume the position -To relieve their embar- Thrcc gold coins were laid The mother nvwhich she stood at. her employer’s 1011.30. There was then a breathless The baby soon dis- H.~.â€"o-» Fire Incidents. The tendency of the average persén to "lose his head ” at a fire was well llustratcd lately at Rutland, Vt. The Herald thus enumerates :â€"~“ A girl in one of out hotels, who was absent dur- ing the first of the fire, came rushing in when it was at its height, and in breathless haste ran to her room. quickly seized a hair-brush, and stuff- ing it into her muff, started downstairs in the same haste, leaving her trunk and other valuables in the room. She An- top of the coach, under the coach, be- hind the coach, or wherever else licr Majesty pleases.” . . . More or seriously I can not write ; 1 am at this moment too much bewildered to do so. " ‘ Das Ange sieht den Himinel ofieii, Es schwelgt (his Herz in Seligkc‘it.’ " [Heaven opens on the ravished eye. The heart is all entranced in bliss] \Vliilc offering to the Prince his hearty congratulations on the happy event, Stockmar coupled them with earnest counsels as to the course which must be pursued in laying the foundaâ€" tions of his future happiness, and in fulfilling worthily the duties of his high position. . To this the Prince replied in a strain of lofty aspiration, and with a deep sense of the great part he was to play in his new career, which evinced true nobility of character, and promised well for the future. Neither the bap- piness of love made more intense by the singular pur- ity and unselfislincss of his own nature, on which the devotion shown him seems to have come with a bewildering strange- nessâ€"nor the brilliancy of the position into which this love had raised him, blinded him for a moment to its sterner features. "' Treu und fest ” (True and firm) was the motto of his house, and he was prepared to grapple with diffi- culties and face opposition with a manly heart. “ \Vitli the exception of my reâ€" lations to the Queen,” he wrote to his a happiness in his case. The marriage took place at the chapel of St. Janies’s Palace on the 10th of Februar , 1840. It was very popular with the people, because it was not one of political convenience, but of pure af- fection, and thousands lined the roads from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle to .see the Queen and her hus- band as they passed. The morning of the day had been wet, foggy, and dis- mal, but there was not wanting soon other, in her excitement, forgot her lit- tle child, and left it to its fate. Two courageous young men, however, amid thick smoke, and in close proximity to the flames, rushed upstairs and secured 'the child. lVliile one of the blocks was burning, a woman came down-stairs with an old custiron kettle in her hand which she clung to with great tenacity. On reaching the sidewalk she crossed the street, walked along that side some distance, recrossed, walked along the sidewalk, and crossed back again, all the while carefully carrying the kettle. When she crossed the last time she was after the ceremony the happy cnicn of “005‘th by a gentleman; W110 531d: . . . ‘ that sunshine which came afterward to be proverbially known as “ Queen's weather.” Whatever annoyances came to the Queen and her consort from that day to the hour of the Prince’s death came from the outside. Their home life was always happy. From the day of his betrothal to the Queen, Prince Albert held unwaveringly to the high course of life he had marked out for himself a course that gained him the confidence and affection of the people and the name of “ Albert the Good.” '9 A Patent Baggage-Smasher. Among the other pleasant recol lections which mark the holidays, a friend ofa Burlington and Missouri baggageman presented him with a patent trunk-lifter. It is made of. brass and steel. Two clamps claspI the trunk at either end, and a turn of aknob in the hands of the bag gageman pulls both straps out by the roots, while, at the same time, an iron ball weighing nine pounds hammers away at the bottom of the trunk, and a neat, threerjoiuted, self-actingrake with twelve teeth, reaches in' as quick as ever a hole is made, and sweeps from end to end of the trunk, finally emerging through the lid, Where it clinches, and by a sudden backward jerk it turns the trunk inside out. No baggageman should be without the article. the lady,” said I to myself. outrageous ! ’. Madam, what are you looking for?’ She replied : ‘ I am looking for a place to put this kettle down.’ man volunteered to take care of it, and she [cf t perfectly satisfied. ' ‘The gentle- Garcless English. A lady and gentleman were crossing our meadow one cloudy day, when sud- denly it began to rain. . “ VVon’t you be kind enough to hoist my umbrella 1” said the lady, “Certainly,” said the gentleman. I was astonished at this, for if “won’t” means anything at all "it. means will not; and therefore, accord- ing to my translation, the gentleman really had told the lady that really he would not be kind enough to hoist liei‘ umbrella 1 But no. Even while he spoke, he opened that useful article, and held it gracefully over his companion. “ Thank you 1” said slicearnestly. “ Not at all,” said he, still more carâ€" iicsll'y' And on they went. ‘ “ Why the fellow flatly contradicted “ How But no, again, for they were on the best of terms, and the lady smiled Swectly at his words. Yet the birds tell me that this sort’ of talk is quite usual among genteel human beings.