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On thejworld’s stage, this play is well known; the innocent victim ; the unfortunate slayer wrought to frenzy by the green-eyed mon- ster ; and the real murderer of both, the vilâ€" lain who in the name of friend, planned this most wicked plot. Yes, the world‘s great theatre often presents more woeful scenes, than the most heart-rending of those we be- hold on the mimic stage. Here we see ecunterparts or rather models to all the strange characters. The two-faced Falstaff, proffering double suit. Thesmooth-tongued 'Sliylock, holding to the cruel forfeit; and external ageooyi When the moth can be 9“ no‘yv we welcome a wise yelinngortia, who tracted with f-‘no‘pain ing therlif iii the Robiiisbii Twill .use of Chlol‘oform. 1d)! “be; at the fouomg PM“: sought fora remedy in vain. and without $.11 . “gel? brings liorforltohe‘i‘ sex by foutwitting some wily villian, when the lords of creation have \Ve see many Prepared to eXtht teeth With, his new a?“ Macbeths, mad with ambition and revenge. 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Again we see “ Love’s Labor Lost,” and then a play, which, though it engages many players, proves to be “ Much Ado About Nothing.’ Another play, very excit- ing and tragic, we are rejoiced to find has roved “ All‘s Well That Ends Well.” In the next we are glad to note that the actors receive, what is seldom distributed on the world’s stage, “ Measure for Measure.” Sometimes a vision, fairer than “Midsummer Night's Dream,” presents itself to our view, not even wanting the mischievous Puck ;and ‘ UTCHERS, RICHMOND 'III'LL, HAVE though we moralizc over this, “that the - flwfiySQn-ihmdthebestiof Beef, Mutton, . course of true love never can run smoothly,’ Lamb, Veal, Pork, Sausage the lowestsprices fog“ Alsb,‘ Corned and B ,Dricd‘Hams. ‘ - V i The highest mitrkeli price ' Sheep, Lambs, kc”. ‘ Richmond Hill, Oct. 24, ‘72. I‘lARMllesi’il/SUO'I‘ AND *siiou s'ijoii'E our; BEBRON, manufacturer ahdueaier . Hg, in hunches of been . M arket'Slj‘oarc‘, Toronto. 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SANDER ON“ V “ "ark. .I‘isifiiifrtsmiunmv, Graduate of . ’ -..,./.l‘e‘orontn thinkersity College, corner“ of :Yonge, and Gen 'c East, Richmond Hill, bags‘to announcer thcfpublic that he is now practising with ‘lleSandcrson, 0f the same place, where'thcy may be copsulted person- ally or li'y’letter, on all ‘fliseases of horses,- cattlc,‘&c. » " ‘ All orders from a. distance promptly at: tended. to, and ,incdicinc sent to any part of thel’roviif’ee’. 'i , ' V *‘ Horses examined as to scimdness, and also : bought and sold on commission. Richmond Hill,” I an. 25, 1872. 507 756-1y hoviuéixf.‘ "LA'N D 's'URVEYou, of manner- &c., and sell at still it makes the ending all the fairer. These , plays and countless others, of every charac- Sfijéked and ter, are happening in real life, all about us. Olil wonderful is the vast theatre of the world, in which pride, humility, wealth, pen- ury, wisdom and fully, participate in. the same play ; their fates strangely commingl- 745‘1y ed, and each oftentimes assuming the others’ part. At last to him who lives to play his strange eventful history, through the allott- time of man, comes the final scene of all ;for and 511093, ’38‘D505t “All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity. ” *0â€"0». Good Humor. Good humor, which is good nature polished and consolidated into habit, consists in the amiable virtues of the heart, and in suavity A person of good humor is pleased with himself, he 'is pleased with others ; lie cherishes humanity, benevolence, candor, and‘these qualities, infused into his disposition and conduct, shed around lllnl'ft chastened, gaiety, and he feels complaccncc in general happiness, ii‘Mirth‘ is the glaring so- lar beams ’of summer; wit is‘tlie gleam of departing clouds on the autumnal plain ; good humor is the balmy and genial sunshine ’of spring, under which we love to recline. Mild and genuine gopd humor has a peculiar simplicity, frankness, and softness of ex- pression ; fashion puts on its semblance, but as is the case with every species of hypocrisy it fills by its ‘ovcr-acte‘d efforts to please. "This amiable quality is consistent ; no latent "frown befriends with its smiles, no feigned officiousnéss contradicts-the language of the lips ; its expressions are faithful to its Senti- ments, and it is perennial as the source from 'which it flows. Good humor is estimable as a social virtueâ€"it is equally estimable as a personalflu'ality, _ ' . ' ‘ t . High reputation and superior attainments have naturally a dazzling splendor, which Is only approabhable by confidence, when sub- ‘dued by the refreshing softness of good hu- mor. 'Modern abilities with assumed proâ€" tensions, provoke censure or excite ridicule ; but adorned with good humor, they insmuatc themselves into esteeiniieven more than emi- hont but austere attainments. The show of distinguished qualities humblcs mediocrity, and generates the dissatisfaction of Jealousy ; the display of witty and confident assurances silences modesty, and produces a feeling that has perhaps a tincture of envy ;. a vein of‘sa- tire, which elicits occasional hilarity, arms all with the precaution of fear. NOTHING BUT LEAVES. Nothing but leaves; the spirit grieves Over a wasted life; . Sin committed while conscience slept, l'rouiiseo made but never kept, llutred, battle, and strife; Nothing but leaves! Nolliii-g but leaves; no garnered sheaves of life‘s fiiii', ripened grain; Words, idle words, for earnest deeds; \Vc sow our socds,-lo l tarcs and weeds ; We reap, with toil and pain, Nothing but leaves 1 Nothing but leaves; memory weaves No veil to screen the past; As we retrace our weary way. Counting each lost and inlsspcnt day We find, sadly, at last, Not/ling but lcuceo! And shall we meet the Master so, Bearing our withered leaves? The Saviour looks for perfect fruit; .Wo stand before him, humbled, mute; , Waitinv the words he lll'autlll'3.â€" “ .Nofiiing but leaves 1" WITH THE TIDE. Wan by wave o’er the sandy bar, Up to the coast lights glimmering wan, Out of tho darkness deep and far, Slowly iho tide came creeping on. Through the clamor of billowy strife Another voice went wailing thin : The first faint cry of a new-born life Broke on the nightâ€"and the tide was in. Wave by wave o'er the sandy bur, Buck again from the sleeping town, Buck to the darkness, deep and far, Slowly the tide went dropping down. Silence lay on the chamber of death ; Silence lay on the land about : The last low flutter of weary breath Fell on the nightâ€"sud the tide was out. .. WW... _. - F A SONG OF LOVE. Love is but an autumn flower, Bright and happy, free from care : Courted by the smiling suiibeains, Kissed to sleep by wooing air '. Thinking never of the future, Chilled by winter's lcy blast ; Love is nothing but a flower with a flowcr's life to last. Love is but a ray of sunlight Clearing shadows from our way, Brightly lighting all before us, Alas! alas ! but for a day; For the shadows soon returning Darkness on our pathway cast ; Love is nothing but a sunbeam With a sunbcain’s life to last. ~¢~â€"â€"â€"â€"¢ . A LITTLE ERIMSTONE. BY IIAR IlIIiT PRESCOTT SPOFFORI). So those styled her who seemed to know best. But she was a pretty Little Brim. stone. Pretty? Iler lovcrs declared her a blazing beauty. But a stranger might only be attracted, by the contrast of dark skin and light eyes to look again; but, lookin again, the charm had worked and he fouiu her as blazing a beauty as olive and carmine tints over soft outlines, as luminous gray and black-lashed eyes hiding their brilliance un- der drooping waxcn lids, as pearly teeth and alluring smiles, could make her. Round, supple, under-sized, she insinuath herself wherever she would, and when she did not fascinate as a woman, she overcame as a child. But the worst of it was that she (lid her mischief with such an artlcss air that her very victims we‘re-at a loss -to tell whether she were guilty or guiltlcss. Not so the gos- sips. ‘Vith one accord they doomed her, and among themselves forgot that her name was Virginia \Varren, and spoke of her only as that Little Brimstone. “711911 Roger Harvey came to the borough and decided to settle there, taking old Dr. Frecleigh’s good-will, it was agreed among the matrons that he was to undergo an early matriculation at Virginia \Varren‘s hands. If he were a tender-natured young man, he might do as the divinity student did, who was found drowned in Bruce Brook. If he were of sterner stuffâ€"but that made no dif- ference; the sternest stuff had gone down before Little Brimstone. But when it was seen that the young doc- tor liad looked “ a head and shoulders ” over Virginia, and had allowed his eyes to rest on Louise Freeleigh, then the ossips transferred their solicitude to the gent e girl whose cheek was just painted with the blush of her first liappincss,’and they only hoped that Little Brimstone would let Louise alone, and be content with her own property. For Little Brimstonc’s property was a presumable though not yet declared lover, Gilbert Allen, whom, perhaps because not sure of his regard, she loved with all the passion of her nature, which did not, unfortunately, abate her on- deavors to seduce the affection of other lovers still, since the excitement of the game was dear to her as the breath she drew. As for Gilbert Allen, though drawn by I) Virginia’s beauty, he did not approve of her conduct. And it may have been a sense of this that rendered her defiant, and that, when Dr. Harvey was first seen in church made her balance whether it was worth while to drag this new captive in her chains. But when she heard that he was likely to marry Louise Freeleigh, that ended her doubts. Of course she would let him know that he had been precipitate. “ The ‘sly puss l” she ex- claimed. “ All the time he negotiated with her father, she used her opportunity. If he finds he has been in a hurry, itâ€"it will serve him right." Simple, sweet Louise Frecleighâ€"as for using her opportunity, it had never occurred to her. A gentle spirit, ovcrawed by her father’s stcrnnoss, the first moment that the young doctor turned to her with the defer- cntial courtesy to which she was all unused, the first moment she saw his smiling face, mothis glance, that moment she felt, though without recognizing the feeling, that he was the only maniu the world whose existence mattered a rush. And as for him, he went back to the hotel that night repeating the words from the Canticles, “ Thou hast doves' eyes.” He had not made many more visits to the place, in the process of arranging the business with the old doctor, before he was saying to himself, as he went home, the whole verse, “Behold, thou art fair, my love ; behold, thou art fair : thou hast dovcs’ eyes.” And by that time it was settled that he was to take up his abode for life in the P house of, the old doctor, who. on the day he came, was to give him Louise for his wife. His wife! Louise, sat with the letter trembling in her hands in which he spoke of that fact of the immediate future. It did Iiot seem possible ; she had had no lovers ; she thought herself unattractive ; she had no especial talent. W'hy had she been chosen for such happiness ? and was it pOSSIble that Faté’liad not been playing with her? She knew nothing of the serenity of her face, her womanly grace, of her gentle and stately dignity, that seemed to rest those that en- tered her presence. Yet when Roger Har- vey came the next night, and she greeted him with, first, a movement of her out- stretched arms, and then with downcast eyes and the deep blush slowly mounting to her forehead, she seemed to him almost too fair, too pure a being for his love to approach. Perhaps Dr. Harvey remembered his com. paiiion iii the railway car, with her rich colors, her tremulously musical voice, her fancies, her theories, her regrets, her glances, and the countless parcels of her shopping ex- cursion to townâ€"remembered, too, the dis- like and displeasure that had troubled him as a grave, stalwart fellow (no other than Gilbert Allen) had stood ready to aSSIst the pretty captivator down at the end of her journey. Certainly, it would never have crossed his mind that the Little Brimstone M. Toel'v flu. ‘\v 0 f1! Imm- nu m... .. .. lTHE, YORK HERALD PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE YONG: Sn, RICHMOND . Issued Weekly on Friday Morning. Taniaâ€"0m Dollar per Arman in Adana â€".â€"â€" Aux. SCOTT, Pnormm'on. to approach. bright and sweet and wholesome. reco seal of holiness upon him. on her knees by the little hall window, an head. All which did not hinder young tion. did their object seem to see. was. a woman,” said Dr. Harvey before. an enchantress. dropped lids never lifted as they passedwoc- cupied just then in doing the work of Little Brimstone. “ Who is she ?” he asked Louise. “ Isn’t she beautiful?” returned Louise. “ I don’t know. Peculiar~pictures ue. \Vith those colors and contrasts so blem ed, she would be beautiful in a painting.” “ It is Virginia \Varren, a fascinating little being, I think.’' ” That sounds as if other women didn’t.” ” All the men admire her.” “ And their wives hate her.” “ Oh, nobody would hate her. child, not twenty yet, you know.” “ There must be a character to a little body who makes the men admire her and the women hate her at twenty.” “ There is. I’ve half a mind to tell you. Old Mrs. Searle, the postmistross, who knows all our: secrets, and Mrs. Carr, and the rest, call her the Little Brimstone.” “A knot of scandal-mongers.” “ Oli iioâ€"good old souls, who think if papa didn’t make the world, he keeps it going, and who pct me~â€"” “ I take it back. Yet it’s a. pity that the busybodies have no other affairs to be inter- ested in." “ Virginia is a perpetual play to them, the curtain always drawing 11 ) on a new scene ; she is their sensation novelâ€"only they would think it wrong to read a novel. \ But we are very good friends." i ‘ ‘ Anyone would be good friends with you. ” And here the conversation, becoming ten- derer, became so like that of lovers "in gen- eral that it has no interest to third parties. As they retraced their steps they passed that window again. It was open now, as if the room had been too warm, and the lamp- light was pouring through. A flood of song poured through too, scored song, every note clear and sweet as bells over water; and, glancing in, they saw the singer singing as one rapt. Of course they paused. “ Do you know her well 2’” asked Roger. “_Oh yes,” Louise replied. “ Would you like to go in ‘2” And in they went. Gilbert Allen, grave and uiet rose and welcomed them, when Miss I arren had re- ceived them. Afterward he sat grave and quite stillH“ As if he were at a spectacle,” Roger said, later, with indignant contempt ; but Gilbert was really weighing whether he cared enough for this supple little siren to make the proposal he had been about to make half an hour since while she was singing; wondering if it were, after all, a. mere fasci- nation of the flesh ; wondering if the entrance of this calm girl with the saint’s face had been like the entrance of a holy spirit, exer- cising the demons of a lower passion than he had a right to feel 1 He had plenty of time for reflection, for Virginia was entirely occu- pied with her new guest, exerting all her owers to keep him occupied with her, and pleased to have Gilbert see another admiring her, to have his jealousy piqued enough to put things in the train she desired. Louise, meanwhile, when she had assorted Miss War- ren’s music and selected a son for her, when she had looked over the last eaf of Dore’s Dante, which she considered quite a Sunday book, went and sat down by Gilbert, and talked to him so easily, so naturally, so sim- ply, that it seemed to him he was but think- ing aloud. And he left off wondering about Virginia. in a wonderment over this girl ; for he had known few women in the coure of his rather recluse and studious life, save some cantankerous cousins, and had been model- ling his ideas of feminine perfection on this Vivien of a girl, without the knowledge of any higher type. It was the experience of a man who, familiar only with the ray of a col- ored lantern, is suddenly given the radiance of the evenin star. His enjoyment, though, was disturbs by the entrance of other peo- ple ; and it was not till he was in the street that he had time to recall the incidents of the evening, and see through Virginia’s at- tempt to excite his jealousy. He wondered then if the young doctor were a lover of Louise, and if Virginia’s conduct had given the other any trouble ; but he felt directly that it would be as impossible to excite an unworthy emotion in that heart as to make a. rose-bush bear nightshade blossoms. Her own nature seemed too lofty to let her idly suspect a wrong that was not palpably ap- ai‘ent. But for all Gilbert Allen’s conclusions, when Roger, on the homcward way, said it had been a delightful evening, it cost Louise a sigh, she hardly knew why. Perhaps be- cause it would have been so much more de- lightful if she had had her lover alone to herself, with only her father nodding in the corner. But she reproved herself for the sel- fish feeling, and resolved to give Roger just such another delighful evening by inviting Virginia and Mr. Allen and seine others to meet him. Roger, however, did not need this demom stration of unselfishncss ; he gave himself the pleasure before the week was overâ€"not ex- actly the same pleasure, for the presence of others made a difference ; but calling on Miss W'arrcn and finding her alone, he prolonged his call till the clock was chiming midnight. He told himself it was a matter of curiosity, a matter of research, a psychological study ; he did not tell Louise anything about it. “ I think,” said Miss \N’arren, glancing from the window of a lampless room to see him pause at the gate post in the shadow of the bud- trees, and look back, gazing’up at the house â€"-“ I think Dr. Harvey is eginning to find that he has been precipitate.” And then she yawnedheartily. “ I don’t believe it pays,” she said. “ Such inflammable stuff makes a contemptible flame. Give me a great solid heart of oak that burns to the She is a But it was a delightful evening that he had with Louise ; the old doctor nodding by the low fire, the spring weather being yet cool ; flowers blooming on their stems ; lamps burn- ing clearly ; the atmosphere of the room They compared their thoughts, their reading, their lections ; they had so lunch to tell ; they spoke so hesitatingly of their future ; and then as he bade her good-by in the vestibule, and held her a moment trembling in his arms, and felt her heart beating‘like a. bird’s, the love of such a woman seemed to set a And Louise fell Watched him disappear in the starlight, pray- ing Heaven to shower blessings on his dear Dr. Harvey on the morrow from turning that head in church to see if his companion of the journey was there, and when he found her, from giving her sidelong glances at first of curious inspection, at last of open admira- But with her veil down, and her eyes on her prayer-book, not one of those glances She made her responses and sang her chants with a voice that Dr. Harvey could distinguish through the voices of the choir, so fine and rich it Louise Freeleigh, loving music as she did, could not sing a noteâ€"“ A fatal flaw in to himself that day, thou h it had never occurred to him et when, afterward he sat with Louise in the embrazure of the bay window, and she read him the old Bible stories in her dramatic fashion, with the intonation and accent of to-day, so that N aaman and Gehazi seemed to draw the some human breath that he himself did, then he‘forgot the pretty de- ooee at church, and told Louise that she was Nevertheless, walking out with her on the edge of the evening, there at a window were to be seen the pensive out- lines of afacc lost in thought, whose down- was too scraphic a being for any one’s love core. I wonderâ€"oh, I wonder where Gil- bert was to-night.” Gilbert? He was with Louise. himself at liberty and innocent girl. stone. dwelt in the day. care of the guests ! out of sight. Brimstone. But Dr. Harvey That was all right, Louise thought. not disturb Gilbert Allen. Brimstone. especial crony, till Virginia, suspecting it, became more recklessly audacious. Mrs. two having taken Mrs. Mann into their con- Louise Freeleigh had heard their conversa- wrath of those matrons between whose out- raged ranks, well armed with whips, offend- ing sisters once had to run a bloody gauntlet. Gilbert Allen, slow to learn the speech of people, learned that night the relationship between Louise and Roger~learned it as he stood behind Mrs. Carr’s chair. He bade Louise good-night early, and went out from the lighted scene, went wandering into the night with its darkness and dew ; and when morning found him at his gate he had hardly an idea where he had been; he only knew that he had conquered. The sweetest, the most holy of women she should be to him ; no other should ocoupy the place where he had throned her, but earthly love of his should never again dare draw near her. Self should never come between them ; he, Gilbert Allen, would stand aside, would be no more ; ut in his place there should be that friend better than a lover, who, worshiping her as an ideal, would shield her all he might in the hourâ€"~far off, perhaps, yet which his con- sciousness told him must come at lastâ€"â€" when Roger Harvey would prove himself a broken reed. But it was time that Roger Harvey be- thought himself. Why had he been in such haste ? Why had he engaged himself to Louise before looking about him? Why had she so ungenerously accepted the sacri- fice ? Had it been because she was the first to greet him in this new home? Had it been with an eye sinole to his own interest, and to the old doctoiss interest in him, too? Had it been because she was a revelation of delicacy and sweetness? Well, what was Vir inia Warren, with the blaze of her beau- ty, ut a revelation too? He had been a. student occupied with his profession before he knew these two women. And now, he said, the sweetness, and delicacy, and cold, calm grace of the first one were not all there was in the world-the crushed carmine on the swarthy check of the little Cleopatra was something too ! An evening with Louise, confident, clear and assured in the matter of emotion, bright and fresh, well-lighted, well- hestowed, was pleasant; but was it to be compared to the tremors and trills of an evening with Virginia, when the lamp burned low, when the heavy odors of cut flowers stole around him, when her music was like an incantation, when her sweet breath, her movement, her touch intoxicated him ? But as for the little creature herself, she would have given a wilderness of R0 er Harveys for one such hour of Gilbert A1 en as she used to have when he seemed on the point of confessing all she felt. “ I am black. but comely,” she said, the afternoon when they were all picnicking on the River Rocks by Bruce Brook, winding a wreath of red ground-nut vine about her hair, and gaz- ing at her reflection in the river, flowing so swiftly to its fall as to be glassy as a mirror â€"“I am black, but comely; the Queen of Sheba was no more.” “ You are divine,” whispered Roger, close behind her. “ No, no,” she said aloud. “ I am of the earth, earthy.” And of the earth, earthy, of the delicious earthy, she looked, with all her reds and golds and her long dark unbound hair in the sun. He caught her hand, rais- ing it to his lips before she could gainsay it, kissing it ; and just then Louise came clam- bering 11p the rock behind them, with Gil- bert and her father; and her head coming first over the brink, she saw what neither of the others saw. Startlcd, she stepped aside, the crumbling edge gave way, and with a cry and a helpless toss of the hands she had fallen backward, and was in the swift water running to its fall beneath. “ 0 God 1 Louise, my darlin ,” cried a great voice. And in an instant ilbert Allen, thrusting aside with a bitter, bitter word the one that would have impeded him, have clung to him, that looked after him a single moment with a face white as if hearing her death-warrant, had plunged after the drowning girl, caught her as she rose close inshore, and caught the hand that Roger stretched and held him by till others came and drew them in. ' \Vhat an age, what an eternity it was, as Louise lay there on the grass, her heart just beating, but still as any dead clay, while Roger applied to her the quickest remedies his art and skill could summon. Roger did not pause to think how like some sacred sculpture she seemed ; he wrought as a re- pentantmurderer might work to bring his dead to life ; he wrought as a man awakened to some awful impending fate works to avert it. If she died now I If he lost her! He was shaking with the revulsion the possibil- ity had brought, with the conflict of ignoble flesh and noble spirit. To think that the mere spell of base beauty, which at this in- stant he loathed like something vile, could have darkened life for him, have lost to him irretrievably this innocent and lofty love. To think of it, he could not. The first ten- derness with which Louise had inspired him, and made earth seem holier and heaven higher, surged over him; he called her by every endearing name, he kissed her white lips ; and as she opened her eyes, he caught her to his tormented heart, iinploring her forgiveness in whispers, in whispers assuring her of his love. He did not deserve her ; he never would deserve her ; doubtless he would Bound by make her wretched ; but he had her, and her no promise, by no understanding, he felt to see more of this sweet He did not know of her engagement to Roger, for he seldom heard rumors and Virginia had not mentioned it to him ; and he turned to her as to a fresh and perfect noem, a new strain of music ; she was satisfaction and repose to him,‘ tired of the frivolities and the caprices of a Little Brim- And Louise wishing it were Roger, marvelling where. Roger could be, wearying to see Roger, was nevertheless gracious to Gilbert; and when he went away he asked himself where his eyes had been since he had lace that he had suffered a witchliglit to b ind him to the light of pure How lovely Louise looked at the little ar- ty she made a. few weeks later, gowne in white, with some pale green sprays, standing by the side of the patriarchal physician, and bidding Roger forget about her and take He did not obey her at once, though ; that is, not until Miss W'arren made her appearance and dazzled her hostess Her black lace dress, embroid- ered in white daisies and scarlet pimpernel, harmonized with her dusky beauty and made Mrs. Carr put on her spectacles. The little knot who had her in their keeping wondered how she had contrived such a thing short of France, and added it to her enormities. They did not imagine that it had been made after dark by the nimble fingers of Little needed no second bidding when the glance of the little lady flashed by him ; he was with her in a moment; nor did he leave her till it was at her own door. It did The only person whom it annoyed was the young woman her- self, who With her inner man would have liked to shake him off like a fly, but with her outer one smiled and smiled, and was a Little Not the only person, perhaps; it certainly annoyed good Mrs. Carr, col- loguing half the evening about every fresh incident of the behaviour of the two with her Carr had to tell Mrs. Searle about it, and the fidencc, the three declared that they who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind; and if tiou, she would have understood the virtuous answering smile was all the vow he asked. And Gilbert Allen stood aside. remembered his passionate cry, “ O God Louise, my darling !" leaping for Louise. ling with some fresh conquest. ancc that Louise was spared to him. But late that night, at the red moonsct, when a cold wind came blowing up, a com- Pally that had caught among the reeds where their boat was wedged. They turned to view it more closely. They took it up and brought it home with them to the village, and sum- moned the young doctor to inspect it. It was all that was leftâ€"«the earth, earthyâ€"of Little Brimstone. MOMâ€"â€" MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. I LEAP year mottoâ€"Look before you leapâ€" into matrimony. \VIIEN a Virrginia Judge ordered Henry Door to shut u , Mr. Door refused to do so on the groun that he was not a folding door. A MURDERER at VVatertown, , New York, wants to be hung with a brass band playing around the scaffold. He wants everything as horrible as it can be. ' Camus]: hotels have raised their rates, and it now costs twenty-two cents a. day to stop around a first class hotel. Of course, commercial travelers are given the usual dis- count. TIIE ladies of Toledo provided nothing stronger than coffee for New Year’s callers, and when night came the old topers gathered am “ Resolvedn’l‘liat New Year’s is a blasted fraui .” A NEVADA Chinaman cut down six tele- graph poles for firewood and used the wire to make fox-traps. He was last seen going up a lull. There was a man after him. \VALT VVIIITMAN is going to issue a volume of poetry under the title of “ Leaves of Grass.” \Vhy shouldn’t he call it “Blades of Trees ” if he wants to be consistent ? ’ MANY a man who would roll up his eyes in terror at the idea of stealino' a five cent piece will swoop down on a silk umbrella worth $10, and macrh off with his lips mov- ing peacefully as if in prayer. A LETTER from Ragusa in the Galas relates some horrible incidents in illustration of the cruelty practised by the Turks toward the Christians in the Herzegovina. These out- rages, says the correspondent, are over- looked by the officers, it being found impos- sible to maintain discipline among the troops so long as their pay is many months in ar- rear, and they are kept on starvation rations. Even the, Turkishlmyawhoare not usually models of humanity, are indignant at the atromtics committed by their countrymen. NOTHING, says an observer on the spot, seems taken seriously in Paris, even work (and the Parisions who cater the world’s amusement have to work very hard) is done in a cheerful, nonchalent manner that seems to say, “I enjoy what I am doing, and do not realize that I am working.” The waiters at the cafes and restaurants, who are veri- table slavcs (for they get only a few hours’ sleep), seems always gay and contented, and ever have a bright smile anda cheerful man- ner to all. Hum; is a sample of the ups and downs of English life. Recently one of the “upper ten ” became a bankrupt and his establish- ment has been broken up. Three weeks ago his magnificent town house was sold at auc- tion for $115,000. And who do you think was the purchaser? No other than his own butler, who, while his master was squander- ing his estate, saved up his money and was able to pay the cash for his purchase. He is now about to turn the house into a first-class hotel, of which he will be the solo proprie- tor. A LADY at Bradford, N. H., has had a nar- row escape from being buried alive. She had been sick for some time, and had apparently died. Preparations for the funeral was made on the third (lay after the supposed death, when it was observed as she lay in her coffin that one of the eyes was partly open. Noth- ing was, however, thought of this as it was thought to be muscular contraction after death. But when all the arrangements for the funeral were complete, she astonished the attendants by a sudden request to be placed on one side. A complete recovery is expected. A FRUIT-CAR is building at San Francisco for the transportation of fruit from that city to Chicago. It is provided with a fan-blower driven by one of the car-axles, by means of which the air is driven through ice, which reduces it to a low temperature and then dis- tributes it among the fruit-boxes through a. large perforated pipe laid along the bottom of the car. After the cool air has passed among the fruit it returns to the blower, and is again forced through the apparatus. By this means the atmosphere of the car is kept at the uniform temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit. “OPEN that safe,” said a merchant to an expert who had been sent for. “ Open it in twenty minutes and I will give you $20.” The safe was open in five minutes. “All right,” said the merchant, “here is $10â€" enough for five minutes’ work.” The $510 was looked at but not taken, and in the next moment the safe was closed as tight as ever. “Oh, how is that?” “ The how,” said the man, “is that I charge nothing for closing the safe, but $20 more for the next opening~ $40 in all, and want my pay in advance,” Of course he did, and whoever has anything to say on the subject can now speak. MAJon.G-EN. UCHATIUS, the inventor of the newAustrian gun, has also inventeda new projectile, which has been tried, with such favorite results that it will probably be adopt- cd for use in the Austrian artillery. It con- sists of acast-iron shell, about 11 millimetres in diameter, enclosing l2 rings and a centre piece, all fitting into each other, but easily detachable. Both the shell and the rings are conical in shape, and each ring is divided iii- to 10 sections, so that when the shell explodes, besides the fragments of the outer case, 120 iron balls, re resenting the sections or the rings, are sent fplying in all directions. THE Tablet gives the following facts res ect- ing the liierachy of the Roman Cat olic Church : “ Pope Pius IX., the two hundred and fiftyâ€"seventh Roman Pontiff, is the two hundred and fifty-sixth successor of St. Peter. Elected Pope on the 18th of June and crowned on the 21st of June, 1846, the Holy Father is in the thirtieth year of his Pontificate. Born on the 13th of May, 1792, he is in his eighty-fourth year. The Sacred College at present comprises within it fifty. eight cardinals. The number of patriarchs, primates, archbishops and bishops shows a grand total of 1,103. In the British Empire there are 125 Catholic prelates.” No one In the shock and the alarm possiblyno one had heard it-â€"no one, that is, but the palpitating little creature he had thrust aside with a word of scorn as she would have clung to him, and hindered his ' Where was she now? Hiding, probably among the trees, or strol- into the ferny and shadowy recesses If she were they would leave her to her pleasure ; for, full of wraps, the wagon came to take Gilbert and Louise to their homes, Roger driving it, and turning his head every moment for the assur- of fishers stumbled over something PERSONAL. THEY fine a Delaware man for greasing his wagon. One reason why they do so is be- cause lie steals the grease and does the work on Sunday. A LoNDox‘doctor says that it will certain- ly give a {young lady the spinal diseaseto wash dishes, and now go ahead on those worsted dogs, “ Talk about the extravagance in dress of women!” cries Martha Jane, exultingly ; “what do you say to Tweed’s six million suit, I’d like to know 1 He isn’t awoman, I guess.” A W'I‘OMING mail contractor tried tortrain his dog to carry the bag for him, but the dog saw a rabbit and awe want the mail and was lost among the hi fs, and the contractor froze to death while hunting for it. ' COLONEL VI'LLET'I‘E, the aid-de-camp of Marshal Bazoine, who aided in his escape, has finished the period of imprisenment to which he was sentenced, and has become a Wine merchant in order to gain a living, as he has been deprived of the right to a pen- sion. A GENTLEMAN in company with Dr, Johnâ€" son, to the usual arguments for drinking, ad- ded this : “You know, sir, drinking drives away care, and makes us forget what is dis- agreeable. Would you not allow one to drink for that reason ‘2” Johnson replied, “ Yes, if he sat nigh you.” THE plan of making England the purcha- ser of the thdive’s interest in the Suez Canal, and its practical controller, for $20,- 000,000, was substantially the work of Mr. Frederick Greenwood, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, and one of- the most capable of London journalists. The memorandum drawn up by him setting forth the argu- ments in its favor is said to have inadea deep impression on Mr. Disraeli, and secured his adhesion. IN his last illness poor Hood was reduced to a skeleton. As he noticed a very large mustard pnulticc which Mrs. Hood was pre- paring for him, he exclaimed : “ 0, Mary, Mary, that will be a great deal of mustard to a very little meat I” Shortly before his death, being visited by a clergyman, whose - features as well as his language were more lugubrious than consoling, Hood looked up at him compassionatcly and said : “ My dear sir, I’m afraid your religion doesn’t agree with you.” IT has been given to Italy to present to the world one of the greatest benefactors of any age. The Duke of Galliera, one of the richest noblemen in Europe, has recently made his native city, Genoa, the munifioent present of 22,000,000 francs, to be expended in enlarging the port. A few years ago he presented the gorgeous Brignole Palace to the city of Genoa, together with its superb gallery of paintings, which includes many notable Vandycks. He has also built a hospital, a church, and a whole street of ’ model lodging-houses for the poor. I SYDNEY SMITH once said: “Most people sulk in stage coache. I always talk. Once a. gentleman in the coach with me looked out of the window as we approached York and said : ‘ There is a very clever man, but a devilish odd fellow lives hereâ€"~Sydney Smith I believe.‘ ‘ He may be an odd fellow,’ said ’I, ‘ and'I dare say he is ; but‘odd as he is, he is here very much at your service.” Poor man I I thought he would have sunk into his boots, but I thou ht it best to tell him, or he might say I ha murdered my grand- mother, which I must have resented.” Orthc late \Villiam B. Astor it is said that he used no tobacco and little wine, though when in health formerly he gave quiet, pleasant dinners. He seldom was out late, did not attend theatres, did not get ex- cited nor indulge in profane adjectives, sported not with dogs and guns (nor do the two sons who are his principal heirs), never kept a fast horse, never gambled. His whole life was sim 1e and orderly. He could never be induce to “take the chair ” or enter into politics, and had small respect for or confidence in the “great man’ of the period. He minded his own business. THERE has been a hecatomb of game also at Baron Rothschilds, says Arsene Houssaye. Let me finish with amalicious s eech of the Baron. One of his friendsâ€"of t 9 third de- reeâ€"a sort of a banker, came to borrow 2,000. “ Here it is,” said the Baron, ” but remember that as a rule I only lend to crowned heads.” M. de Rothschild never dreamed of seeing his money a ain, but, won- derful to relate, at the end 0 a month the borrower came back with the $2,000. The Baron could hardly believe his eyes ; but he foreboded that this was not the end. Sure enough a month later the borrower reappear- ed, asking for the loan of $4,000. “ No, no,” said the Baron,|“ you disappointed meonce by paying that money. I do not want to be disappointed again. ” As Sheridan Knowles was walking one day with a. brother dramatist, he was accost- ed by a gentleman in these terms : “ You’re a pretty fellow, Knowles ; after fixing your own day and hour to dine with us, you never make your appearance.” “ I couldn’t help it, upon my honor,” replied Knowles; “ how are you all at home 1'” “ 0h, quite well, thank you ; but come now, will you name another day and keep your word ‘2” “ I willâ€"sure I will.” ” \Vell, what day ‘2 ” “ Shall we say Thursday next ?” “ Yes. Thursday be it.” “ At six ‘3" “ At six.” “ I’ll be there punctually. My love to them all.” The friend departed, and Knowles, re- liiiking his arm with that of Bernard, said : “ \Vho’s that chap?” not having the least idea of the name or residence of the man he had promised to dine with, or the interesting family to whom he had sent his love. VVIIEN at Anxonne, Napoleon and some of- ficers were quartered at the house of a bar- ber, Napoleon shut himself in his room and devoted himself to study. The other young officers amused themselves by coquetting with the barber’s pretty wife, who was much annoyed that her charms had no power to draw Napoleon from his studies. Afterwards when in command of the army in Italy, Na- poleon passed through Anxonne on his way to Marengo. He stopped at the barber’s door, and asked her if she rembered a young officer by the name of Bonaparte, who once quartered in her family. “Indeed I do,” she replied pettishly, “ and a very disagree- able young man he was. He was always shut in his room and never condescended to speak to any one.” “ Ah ! my good woman,” Napoleon rejoined, “ had I passed my time as you wished I should not now be in com- mand of the army of Italy.” IN Samuel Smilc’s new book, Thrift, just published by Harper ll; Brothers, we find the two following noteworthy examples of the successful practice of that virtue : “ The tenth Earl of Buchan brought up a numerous family of children, one of whom afterward rose to be Lord Chancellor of England, upon an income not exceeding £200 a year. The late Dr. Aiton said that his father brought a still larger family up on only half the income of the Earl of Buchan. The followin ded- ication, prefixed to his work on lerzcal Economics, is worthy of being remembered : ‘ This work is respectfully dedicated to a father, now in the eighty-third year of his age, who, on an income which never exceeded a hundred pounds yearly, educated, out. of a family of twelve children, four sons to liber- al professions, and who has often sent his last shilling to each of them in their turn when they were at college.’ ”