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v -r f i rA77 wi .'fcV j ebruatm $ttvertmr ft"?- UfiJ lg' ' 0, WrAIRBROTHlR ft 00,, rrepflWtor. - CALVERT. 4k s NEBRASKA 5TJ57 ETISJmiTY OF Tim STAJta. r.tornnl Blnra, bright orb otalghti In hcnvon'n browl Hrch nbavo, You Milan afiir with tromblhijrllgbt, Art Iiifltliitf as Goil'B lovp. J, f ' .J, You rroot our ga like fteWH that glaaoe f I'Tum noiv unKenneycm: ' ' Forovor fair, you Kllntcnthere "' " k Wlthln.tUo trai)(iulplclc, ;.,. , i -ij Qod'HfniTO nnd features aro unjknomi,., , . His Works are Wlsoiyplnnntidj f " " Hqpltfloii III truiiimuloiin throno . And guides you Wltll 111 baud. . AVbllo ImbcH nro torn, whllo stronfflnenfllo, wmio Kiiifd ami uirotii'8 u While noiiturlPH uo irlldlnif b Whllo kliifpi and Hi rones ducajv vnuc ootiiuriPH ko iriiiiinic oy. un moir lorjfouon way; ..... 1 . . j . . c . - i Yot rttlll, by nlKlit, ns bright and j no wiiiiiiunniri'tiiucifl roam 'fBam T An when Ood'a liaild Jtrst placed tMta tliore, Tlio wuiidurlnirnlnneUi roam J Jn tlielr utoriuil Jiomc- - VJ,!f" TradltloiiH dlappC(U'tff flqlda Wlioro furlou arnilus trod. How liiKlKiilllcant In man. How Kruat and ood Id Opdl AVIllnnygUo llif lit your p!ondor foil lit Aiintii tiflilltft r 1 i lut Upon the world' tlet-royltHf Jmxi Yoiijww old A brum's bopoful mc And Kk im nlKsBiiillcilt. 'Ck W iinuimwrarjo iiioiiiosorraineo wMunvtni wHN.ner ohiicias, fBfy-, r ' -''if V- " On 1'hnntoVa Jjopt((in.imM'6 camp',! On HIlliU's hPlKlit you hIioiio, LV Wlmn (Jl lrnovndod to (Kioluro And maku IIIh inaiidatusknown,, Y'ou nuthiTntlM)f Hoffii Tim HhuMiitnln'iirliuit'tne'WntcboaihOlr flSoku mo niKiu inaiunrifti wait norn. , i By D. D. Pnrioqn, 'Author of "Broad, nttnnW-Ann'irUana." in. AUXSVvMH'k1 omen. I- IjWa-thrrmoJf 'prpv"(5lli)g oliiuso ilinL was evjirmvfnXfiiL.uriuiiiiii.t hu ndvati- tiiL'of of, tostKuhtotttVlinkrthuliulyK V " iHV&WdvjyitwuilWHi-. lineup oryBii iobo tno lonuno," replied the injrtlloijittn. ,af, t A M WhoiiHintlipJgpiijlomftaueijimUo druni vjnwtinl 4irwlth tho lututur tips of lii.i vhit6 llnrfortf upon tho moroeco covoiji)d dllloo Uihlo, whilp lJiQflady beat tlniu With tho point )i iicr narrow foot. 1'oclho AutluitlaiUvns out of tonor, tuul thjS Trttly wivi out of tomjiur. also. I nuiflorryMliuvo to eay it or lior, forsho was V(?vyi young and very hiitulaomo, nnd thouuliUho angry liglit in hor dark gray oyjutf h(id-n'rortlilrr vlXlTitlsli "tfbiuity, It wiw a 8j)()0lo.s of, beauty rather ulnrni ing toft.num ofMniorvoustcniporiihifillt.' hho was very handsome, lior hair was of tho darkest brown, and elustered about hor bond in rieh, waving masses, that tall Into extemporary curls under her elegant Parisian bonuut. lleroyes, ' as 1 have said, wero gray tho.so large, gray oyos, fringed wi tit Jong blank lash es, whieji am moro dangerous than all other eyes over invented for tho perdi tion of honest inon. U'hoy looked like doop pools of shining water, bordered by dark and shadowv rushos: tliov looked like slray,atars in an Inky sky;. win mujr wuru no uuauiiiiu iiinr, jiko mo nignal lamp whioh announces tho advent ot an oxprcfiH upon tho heols of a lug gage train, thoy soomod to say "Dan goriM Her noOHvw.Rquillno;'. hor moutliTsmall, oToarly out and very do torminod in expression: hor cqmploxion hrunotto, and rathBlvimlo.',i,dr thin-ost, sho was tall, hor head sot with a haughty graoo upon hor sloping ghoul dors, hor,lmjiid(uiftdoctmallTMmd del' loaiory snapou. Thogontloman was tontorflftoon ,yoars her senior. Ho, too, was hand- Bpmo, eminently luuulsoiuo; but thoro was a, languid iudiHoroncoAnl)outl,.hi3' manner,'- whloh'7:omfriunlcatod 'itself oven to ids faoo.vaud tOcinotl.Ho over-" shadow tho very beauty of that face with n dark veil of weary listlcssness, that oxtlnguislied tlib light of his eyes and much a mystery that onoloaVucd to look- nt him as a man uitdtirNvhduo (juiot out ward bearing lay some deep nnd stormy seerot, uuriivoalablo to commoiv oyos. lie was dark and uafo. with masslvo. ly out features, ,tljouglitful brown eyesi' whioh rarely looked up from under the heavy oyolids that shrouded them. The lliniltll U'lIU Mllivltllill it nviinioitnii ll.n .......... ...... ..g,.a .....I.. ... urtjiniaaiuw. iiu lips thin; but.the,fn.oo was wnutrngiih' one quality, laoking'wheh, It lacked llio' uowor wnieli Is tho highest form of man ly beauty; and that quality ws .deter mination. Ho sat drumminrr with Ida white. taper lingers upon the taljle, nnd look ing down, with 'iV -gloomy shadd' upon his liaudsomo forehead. Tliu soono was a lawyer's olilco in Gray's Inn. Thoro was a third person jnesont, an elderly lady, rathor afadod boauty in appoaraneo, and vory much dressed. She took no part hi tlio con versation, but sat In an oasv ohair bv tho blazing lire, turning over tho crisp sheets of tho Mines nowspapbr,' which, every nine suo moved them, omitted a sharp, crackling sound, unploasaht to tho nervous temperaments of tiio younger lady and tho gontloman. 'llio gentleman was a solicitor, Horace Margrave, tho guardian of tho young lady, and executor of hor unolo'ji wilC Her namo was Kllinor Anion; sho was solo heiress and residuary legatee ta her undo, John Anion, of tho nArl'niiil vilhigo of Anion, in Northamptonshire;, and sho had this very day Oomo ofag'o.t Au r, iuiuuiitvu iinu ocon mo irtiBtea and valued iriendjOf hor Rathor, doad toil' years boforo,taud' of hor undo ohly NrMI fifir"ff!l BkH Ah zm& m 'a?j nau vi KHlM7NfyS o uiouod out tno sytyo upon his lips. $ That aWonplfco gif teU Jrya 'hntiiro as ho sconvbtUgiftpdfoitld bojiUi Se'fTiy bt, life as h6 'auifeTiredpVli9. in itso'lf. so lately (load; nnd Klllnor Ardon had been brought up to think that if Micro wercf truth, liOftd&ty'Or-frjiij-nppn OtirllilhoM , ,tirae Attribjite .wcro cPn tpred wTthp pft? son of librae Mafgmvo, gbllolw, bf Gray's Inn. ' i!"s" HojJ&tOHlur endeavoring tb. explain iM loro4mel4 her to the. conditionsof jhr umdeV will which arc rathor'po- "ptjliac.,.,- ;.'l.In ttio' firiifc place, ray doar Klllnor,1' ho rfayi ptlHdrumnjliig on tlujtftidilo, iilil(.-lodk(ngntlii(rdo9k nrid noCit lior, r3drijiawl no'pRi-Ucnlnr righfto bxptct to bepjitr;Mpc),cf..JXjha Avdon,-,of- Af- , "I'.vw lis' nonrbst' rcltiti6h,1" Hho ''Grnntod? hut thprq. wiW'-iiq ronson .Why yoll 'flllouhl bo Wrfr to'liirri. Your .fnthor itnd he, nftor tliu nnihihlo fashion AWm J". tJb very GhrMh 1iptmlry,llvere Almost strnnjrera wTcach lot TorTth! host, pnrt-.bf, ihdlr. Hi bFouglii up in that remote region until yoyvehj sent to Paris, to bo there educated-'under the surveillanco of your nifyt; ntld you tiierefore never made tho ncmialntnnce "of John Anion, of Anion, your..ftitl)er, jily brother." Wirlld Mid. a horror of Mffiwft'tpfll "f'd )w HOUgllt to ilc ferrflglljiiivc been tltought-A titcd to trot that rich gimonevfdt nllrvlit haVrt o6w tliouglifP My dear girl, it would liavo boon thought I Your father aeted.witli lioioWholIominhtoifllih-oAt- uoit,'5,o "P ipcoj a nigu-nundeu .n- oWffiifftrtanuiio acted, In tho roy or the world, li gwr, t''P,fet jT o a fool. Yo.it tQhirierit'your WiitturMamnaiAimSii. l. '! I,? moTliorifl littj JorMlidlvotild have boon onouaM'Tor , Jjjljrlslilil mo. h'cnuM.WSr.iitl a .penny ixvonti iSt i . .0 r-'As Iloracxj l: rJfflsa d"Uheso few .words, thdWstlcWsnMnvWlifct frulo swupt away for a moment, and reveale.d. tfiiiit. iviitviii n. I ill His manner, looked. up. at him of 'wuSrlnAss Tiad" faffeu, over Ids face i uuuiifL;aiuiim!rj HIJJ1IL l 111! villi onCo'.mQrrrfifd ho continued, with1 his urn inuuioronco: ,.y 5 , "Tollieuf-piTso ofovervone. vbur .undo .Uequotithcd toM'ou,-aiidM'fo you aione, nis entire lortuno. fotranger.as. you wero 10. nun, tins was an act, not 01 love to you, but of duty jo his dljad brother. Hut the porson lib ronllyjpved wns'unconnoctod wlth'lirnT'byllio ties' of kindred, and lie no doubt considered tliat-it would beau injustice to'diSinherit his only niece in favor of 11 stranger. This strangor, tills jirolcgu of your 1111010' s, is tho spiv of a lady whoionco was beloved by 'ldm, but who loved another, poor and humbler than Squire Anion, ot Anion, and who told him so,, outididly, but tondbrly, "its a good wonian (lipuld tell a man of that whioh sho knows may shivr tho whole fabrio of his life, blio inavried tills pborbr siiltor, Goorgo Daltoni a young surgeon in1 a small country jtown, She married him, and tlli'66 yoars after her marriage she died, leaving an only child, a boy. This boy, on tho' death of his fatli&r which happoned whon ho wasvonly foim years pld.twlvs h(16ptcd5by 'your'.uhclo.' lloniover married, but devoted himself to tho educaiigiiof thoabiiof tho woman who had rojocted him. Ho did not, howovor,"brlng up tho boy to look upon himsajf ns his heir; but ho educated him as a man ouirht to bo educated who dutSljijs own path to make in life. IIo itim mm eaiicu jto uio ibar, and. Ucnry, Dallon'fluid'pTofldul liis first' 'ciluso a year before yoliguhlo'sdeathK :II6vdid not leave liimbnb 'farthlhg."' i ;Hut ' "lJut ho loft his entiro fortune to you, on condition that you should marry Henry Dalton within a year of your ma- ' Andjif! marry anyqnoolso, or rc fuso,to miircv Hhis anotireoarv's son. I losoino lonunor" ' EVorv farthinrr.of it." A lioautifuWltght Hashed 'from her eyes, as Bhofroso hurriedly from her chair, and, crossinc tho room, laid hor fci' cj . hand lightly upon Horaco Margravo's lpnlder. " o bo At'," sho said, with a smilo. v'thwill forfeit tho fortune. 1 have a hundred a year from nivniothor's ostato enough tor any woman. I will forfeit tho fgrtuno, and" she-paused for u lUomeht, " and marry tho man I lovo." WoMiavo said that Horace Margrave had a pjdo complexion;" but as Klllnor Arduu said theso words, his face changed from its ordinary dark pallor to a (lead ly ashen hue, ;and hi? head sank for-Win'd-uucHnhla'bliost, while his strongly niaVkbu black oyobrows contracted pain fully over his, half-olosod eyes. r She stood a littlo bohihd hlsjohaif, with hor'8inall gloved hand rostlng lightly on his shoulder, so she did not soo tlo change hi his fabo. Sho waited a minuto or two. to hear what ho would say to hor determination; and, on his not speaking, sho moved away from him im pationtly, and resumed hor seat on tho othor sido of tho largo olilco tablo. Nothing could have boon moro com ploto in its indipbronjpo, than 'Mr. Mar gravo's manner,, as' ho" looked lazily up at her, andsmd;" "My pool 'Vomantlo child! Throw away !a fortune of throe thousand a year,' to say-jibthlug.of Ardon Hall, and tho broad lands thereto appertaining, and marry .Uioman you lovdV" My sweet; poetical Elllnor, may I vonturo ito ask: who is tho fortunato man whom you loyoP"' ,t t s , iV , ' Url lP-ud a vory simple and straight forward qucstlonjibmRnatlng.'fas HUId? kYj)MjyirihciD fnovpr saw, forypur ifntJioriUViMl on hiswlfd's small property .Ifc.tlwfHbftli rif&Beotlatul. nrirl tnVi xvrft from a man of business many years hor senior, her dead father's oldfriond, and her own guardian and trusteo, hut, for all that, Elllnor Ardon appeared utterly unable to endure It. A dark flush spread itself over lior handsome face; her oyo lids fell over her Hashing eyes; and lior lips quivered with an agitation she wa3 Jioworless to repress. Sho was silent or some minutes, during which Horaco Mnrgravo played carelessly with a pen knife, opening ami shutting it absently, and not onco looking at his beautiful ward. Tho elderly lady by tiie Hre-nlaeo turned tho crackling sheets of tho Times moro than onco during tho short silence, which seemed so long. Horace Margrave was tho first to speak. My dear Elllnor, as your guardian, till this vory-idaypossesscd'of'fullowbr to control your actions after to-day, I trust, still possessed of the privilege, though, perhaps, not tho right, to advise thom 1 have, I hope, sonio claim on your confidence. Tell mo, then, candid ly, ns you may tell a middlo-ngcd old lawyer, like myself, who Is it you lovo? Who is it vou would rather inarrv than Henry Dalton, tho adopted son of your uncle?" For onco he looked at her as ho spoke, sho looking full at him; so it was that their oyes met; a long, earnest, re proachful, and look was in hers; in his a darkness of gloomy sorrow, boyond all power of description. jus eyes wero tliehrstto fall; ho went on playing with tho handle bt tho pen knife, and said; "You nro so long in giving mo a can did and straightforward answer, my dear girl, that I begin to think this lioro is of rather 11 mythic order, and that your heart is, after all, perhaps, free. Tell mo, Elllnor, is it not so? You liavo met so few people liavo passed so much of your tiiVb in tho utter seclu sion of a ParisiAn convent and when away from the convent you liavo been so protected by the Argus-like guar dianship of your respected aunt -that 1 really cannot see how you can 'have lost that dear, generous heart of yours. I suspect that you'are only trying to inys-! tifyimo..,0nco for all, tlion, my ward Is there any one whom you lovo?" ! Ho looked at her as lie asked this de cisive question, with a shrinking up wanU'glanco.under his dark eyelashes Something likethe glance of a man who Ipoks'ur), exnectinrr a blow, and knows 1 that lie must shiver and cioso his oyos .when that blow falls. J I Tho crimson Hush passed away from I..... ft... A .1.1.1 l.lfi 1...H.1 II.. ....ln I J'i' miiu, aim iuii. iu;i nulling piuu, Z13 SUU said, with a firm voice: "No." "No one?" "No one." Horace. Marrfravo sicrhedV a 'sifrli of dcoji. relief,' a'ifd.pioeeeucd in Ills' fdrinor tbne -entirely the tone of a man of busi ness. JVory woU,wtlicn, my dear llinor, Seeing that, you have, formed no)prior atttu-limeuY, (hnflt is your unblb's earn ost roquest, nay, solemn prayer, that this marriage should take place; seeing also, that Henry Dalton is a very good young man" "1 hnto good young men!" sIiq said, impatiently. "Droadfully porfeqt be-, ings, with liglit! hair and fresh-colored eliQuks; dressed in pepper-and-salt suits, and doublo-solod boots! 1 detest thom!" " My dear Ellinor! My dear Ellinor! Lifo U neither a stage play nor a thrco volumo novel; and, roly upon it, tho happiness of a wife depends vory littlo on tlio color of her husband's hair, or tho cut of ids coat. If ho neglects you, will you bo happier, lonely and desert ed at homo, in remembering tlio dark waving curls clustering round his head,' aUthat Vory moment, norhuns. droou- .ingiover tlio green cloth of a hazard table in St. James' street ? If lip wrings , Volir heart with thp racking torturosof jealousy, will it console you to recall tlio Hashing glances of his hazel oyos, whoso gazo no longer meets your own? No, no. Ellinor! dispossess yourself of tho school-girl's notion of liyronlc heroes, with turn-down collars, and deficient moral region Marry Henry Dalton; ho 'Is so'good, honored and sensiblo, that you must ultimately; loam to csteont him. Out of that esteom will grow, byo-nnd-bye, lovo; and, believe me, paradox ical as it may sound, you will lovo him better from not loving him too much." "As you will, mv dear guardian," she said. "Henry Dalton, by all means, then, and tho fort una. I should bo vory sorry not to follow your excollont, sen sible and business-like advice'' ' - Sho tries to say this with his own in dliroronco; but nhe says it with a sneer ing emphasis, and, in spite of herself, sho betrays considerable 'agitation. it wo are to dine at six," interposed tlio faded hidy by tlio looking over firo-plaeo, who had been tho ton of the newspaper every thrco minutes, hope lessly awaiting a break in tlio conversa tion. "Wo must go home directly," said Ellinor. "You aro right, my dear Mrs. Morrison; 1 am mostrihatfontivo to you. Pray forgivo mo; remember tlio happi ness of a lifo," sho lpokcd not at Mrs. Morrison, but at Mr. Margrave, who had rison and stood lounirinsr tall. graceful and Indillbront against tho mantelpiece, "tho happiness of a lifo, perhaps, trembled on tlio intorviow of to-day. I liavo made my doolslon, at tho advico of my kind guardian. A de cision must, no doubt, result in tlio hap piness of overy 0110 concoriiod. I a;n qulto at your service, Mrs. Morrison." Horaco Margrave laid his hand on tho boll by his sido. "Your carriago will bo at tho en trance to tho Inn In throe minutes, Elli nor. I will see you to it. Beliovo mo, yqu have aotod wisely; how wisely, you may nover know." , ylIo.him8elf conductod thom down tho toroad'panolcd stalrcaso, and putting on his hat, led h)4 want through tho quiet Inn gardons to her carriage. She was gravo and silent, and ho (lid not spoak to her till sho was seated with her elder ly companion nnd chapcrbrtc in her roomy clarence, when ho leaded his hand on tho carriage doorfl and said: "I shall bring Henry Dalton to Hert ford street this ovenirig, to iutroduco him to ids future wife."1 "Pray do so," she said. "AdlbuJ" "Only till eight o'eldck." IIo lifted his hat, and stood watching tlio carriago as it drovo awayv then walking slowly back to his chambers, iluiijg Tiimself Into a luxurious easy chair, took a cigar from a costly little Venetian caskot, standing on a tiny ta ble at his sido, lit It, wheeled his Chair cioso to the lire, stretched his foot out against the polished steel of tho low grato, and prepared for a lazy half hour beforo dinner. f1 As ho smoked the -cigar, ho' looked gloomily into tho blaze at his feet rind said: :' "Horaco Lionel- iWelmordbn 'Mar? gravo, if you had onlyibooiv nn'hoticsfc' maul" tflfc - CIIAPTEUfffi ' y" IN WHICH A 8ECKET 18 HHVKAI.EO, UT NOT TO TUB UEADKtlq - The hands of the ormolu clock, in tlio little drawing-room in Hertford strceU occupied by Ellinor Anion and hor companion, protectress ' and dependent, Mrs. Morrison, pointed to a quarter past eight, as Horace MargmVe's quiet Drougimm roiled up.toyicr door. f Horace Margrave's 'professional posi tion was no mconsiderablo ono. His' practico was largo and eminently re spectable; lying principally amongst railway companies, 'anil involving trans actions of n very ox'tenslvo kind. Ho was a man of excellent family, a perfect gentleman, el6garit,'"clcvor, and accom plished; too good fbr'a lawyer, as every body said, but a .very good' lawyer for all that, as histblietits coiis'tantly re peated. At fivo'-and-thlrty he was still unmarried; why,, no one could guess; as many a great heiress, and many a pretty woman, would liavo bpen only to oproud to say ,Yos" to a matrimonial proposition from Horace Margrave,, of Gray's Inn, Fir 'Grove, Stanlydalo, Berk shire. But tlib handsome lawyer, ovj-i dontly 'preferred his" frep baghclor if(j; for if his heart had bceit very suscept ible to womanly graces, 'ho would.mQst inevitably liaVe lost it in t)io society of his lovely witrd, Ellinor- Ardon," ., ')"' Ellinor hud been" only a' few weeks resident in 'London; Sho had left tho guardianship "df Her -'aifiii in Paris, to launch herself updn the whirlpool of English sobiety, sheltered only by tho amplo.wing of an elderly lady, duly selected andeliartored by her aunt ami Mr. Margrave The wtorld was now to lior, and .she camo from tho narrow circle of tho convent in which she had been .educated, and the quiot coteries of the Faubourg Saint GermainS, in which hor aunt delighted, to tako her position at once in Loudon, as the solo Heiress of Mr. Ardcn, of Arden. It was then to Horace Margrave to Horco Margrave, whom she remembered in hor happy youth among tho Scottisli mountains, a young man on a shooting expedition, visiting at her father's nouse, tioraco who had visited her aunt, from, time tb timo, in Paris', and who had oxhibjtod towards hor all' the tender friendship and respectful devo tion of ah elder brother to nim, and him alone, did 'sho lbbktfdr counsel and guidance; and sho submitted as dntlroly to his iniluenco as if ho liadandeediboeri. that guardian and father wjiom, hp by, law represented. Her (cheek' Hushed as the barriagb wheels stopped below- the windowf "Now. Mrs Morrison.?' she. said. with a sneer r ' ' ablo lutur. ' -tir " '"J 'hwwijiijih- tS'.M.P ,m. mn ;..... ...... WPw for tho light hair and thp thick bootsfl t "It will bo very impertinent of him if ho comes in thick boots," replied her matter-of-fact protectress, , "Mr.fMar gravesays h0 is'6ttoh"Hde;cllni,dii5g person." "' ""p '" " Exactly, my dear' Mrs. Mbrrisdn a young person. Ho js described in one word, a person.' " j - Oil, my drcam!,my dtcam!" she; murmured, under her4breath. llomcmbor, sho hadbut this day passed wisdom's Kubicbii, and she Whs' now to tho hithor bank.'JSlio was JtiU very i-omantlc andt,,, perhaps, vory fool-' isli. !. Tho servant annptinced "Mr. Mar-' grayo and Mr. Daltoiiiy ) ''--4i In spito of herself, Ellinor' Ardeti' lookod up with some curiosity uo see tliis young man, for whojii sho enter tained so profound a contempt and so unmerited an aversion J1 Ho was-about thrco yoars her sohidrj of average height, neither tall or 'short. Ills hair was, as sho had prophesied, liglit; but it was by no means an ugly color, and it clustered In short curls, round it broad, low, but masslvo forehead. IHh features wore suHlciontly regular; his oyes dark blue. Tho general expression pf liis faeo was gravo, and it was only on "rar occasions that a quiot smilo played round his (irmly-molded lips. Standing sido by sidb with Horaco Margrave, lie appeared anything' but a hondsonn man; but, to tlio physiognomist, hie face was superior in tlio vory qualities in which tlio dark boauty of tho lawyer was deficiont; force, determination, solf-rolianco, porsoveranqo; all -thosa attributes, in short, which go to mako a great man. "Mr. Dalton has boca anxiously awaiting tlio hour that should bring him to your sido, Miss Arden,". said Horace Margrave. Ho has been for a longtime acquainted with those "articles in your uncle's will which you only learned to-day." (TO llE CONTINUED. The ago of tho circus joke has ,at lastbeen statistically determined; Th( iil-si circus started out" In 1827. ' lELI(jIOUSfANI) DUCATIO.L. -.When tho RovTjolin Hall, of Nef York, begins his sermon, tlio doors ot his church are locked, and aro not opened until tho bonediction has fallen upon1 th'b congregation. Ar. Y. Graphic. Tlfo Connecticut Legislature has provided that School Boards, on tiio po tition of twelve adult residents, may or der instruction in the public schools concerning tlio ellcct of intoxicating beverages. In the first decado of tho Mctiiodist Episcopal Church thore was one min ister to every 11)0 members; in. tho fifth decado tlio proportion was one to 281. Tho present proportion is one ..minister tO'l'-17htfn'rilrors, ugKlnsif 113 In the ninth nnd tenth decades. . ' ' ' "" At Cambridgo University Miss IIol on Magill, Ph. I)., who was a student thoro, declares that a woman can now do almost all that a man can in all de partments, classical and scientific, Al most all tho university and a. number of tho college, lectipres'aro ppdhjtp women. BoVlcwood 'Seminary is a Presby terian institution for girls near Louis ville. Tho faculty forbade the students 'to mako any acquaintance with tlio young .men of tiio neighborhood, who have retaliated by a night raid on tlio s ciriaryAorunianlyinyadoi's.re-. J )ifoved the shutters from the house for )v bonfire,' and smcared'all the accessible rooms and furniture with tar. Detroit post. ' In concluding a late lecture on tele phonic communication Colonel Webber said that there was a great social aspect Pf this now industry' Which will mate rially ail'ect tho body politic," namely, ' tho question of public order, nnd tho , preservation of tlio peacb. '' PAver of communication between a riumbor of householders means rapid combination against disordbr, rapihb 6r 'burglary, Which no,polico regulations could over supply; and comparative aid and- secur- itiy will bo .afforded 'in thousand6f cases ' for which thero is now hardly ally 'pro- '' vision. American Itcgistcr. Tho -caldridnr'for 1881-1882 of tlib University of Miphigan is a large pam- phlot of 188 pages and gives complete information r,egardln' thoanstitdti'bn. The tbtarhumbori.-.pf.st'udbnts' in 'at- teiidaqco is"i631, divided as follpws f; amohg,tllo various-departments., Do- '.i partmenfcof LlteratPro, Science and tli6rv Arts, 513; of Medicine and Surgery"! 880; of Law, 395; of Pharmacy, 100; tho f Homeopathic Medical College, 71; and j the College of Dental Surgery, 76. Thoy faculty numbers 87, under tho prosidon- )' oyof James B. Augcll, LL. D. JV.'K Independent. 'i v To make a potato patch out of part of the Lewis College grounds is under-'- t.'ilvi'n liv Pnrlnv UnlknAn. n. Tirnniitinnf citizen of Nortlilield Vt., who pssorts.a. claim to the grounds on account of k work done when tho buildings woro ' erected in 18GG. 'J'lio students set out'': u hundred or more trees a few weeks since, some of which interfered with his u plants and wero pullod up. Tho noxt; morning Mr. Belknap's nowly:plantod;& potatoes wero found on top of tho. ground, and tho stiubnts had tho patch ,$ thoroughly harrowed. The trees wero ; replaced and the field seededand rolled?! Mr. Belknap was hangod in efligy thoVkl' other night from a tree on the opmmonj and buried tho following day with muf- , lied drum. AT. Y. Post. Dih'couraging the Truth. .He, had a stub of a pencil in ono hand1 ' andvii sheet of n.innr 5n tho ot.linr. mwl '.: , r .j -. X i t " - .-... no waiKou up do a citizen who Avas about to go aboard a Jerry boat,, and 'said; ' ' " ,i.r. . 'I have a' dooumentlferd 'for' ybu to' sign '? tH4Vi "But I neyer sign any pot-itions'waflki ' ' tlio speedy reply. ( ' ''This is no petition. This is an agree ment to tlio effect that noue vhoso names are" sighed boloy will eithpr swear while -'fishing or liu about1 iho size or, number of tho lish afttirwards., Please, write your name on the blue 1'ino there." "But I never go fishing:" ' 'Well, you can't tell when you may. Besides, I want tho infiuonceo'f your Minnie.'' ,..,.,..' "I guess I won't sign." . -' "Let urn hope that you will. ! Aro you npt willing to osohyw profanity for tin hpur or two oneo or twice a yonrP'V , , . "I npve'r swear, anyhow." . 'fBn( peiiiaps you lie! If so 1 only (ask you to toll tho truth in just this ono instance.'" ' '' li'1' l! ' "I'm in a hurry to catch this boat." '.'Never mind tho boat. Isn't, vmir 'soul of moro conscqiionco than a ferry boat, nease sign right there." "I wpn't dq it." "Ybit won't, ehP- Yourofuso to bind yourself liot to rip and cuss and jaw and hoWl bPoauso you don't get a bite. You refuse to enter into an agreement not to come homo nnd lie like a trooper ami lose your soul for the sake of making somebody believo you caught a bass ""'6"'"o ",,x l'""ol J.llilb B UlU Klllll of a Dotroitor you are, is it?" "I've a good mind to spoil your nose," growled tlio passenger. 0f course you have, .hist because I want to bind you not to lie and swear you Want my heart's blood. If I had asked you to agree not to cheat and stoal nnd burn buildings you'd have wanted to cut my throat. Go on, sir! Tako your old lorry boat and go to Windsor with it!" "I'll seo 3011 again!" "That's it more threats. But you have tackled tho wrong man, sir! I'll have an eye on you tor the next ton years, and tho first timo 1 know of your going out to lish I'll follow you. Yes, sir; I'll bo on your track, and if you utter one profane word or tell one singlo lie Til put you behind tlio cross-bars of the cooler. Go heuce, marked man!" Detroit Free Press. j- m;.-i 11 ui i "Sjr-" . .
