MARY NORTH'S DECISION.

Henry Alton bad been admitted to the w and "Aye promise of rising to eminence £ the le-al profession. He was an only child and lived with bis widowed mother. Hie father had been a lawyer of much dis tinction, enjoying a lucrative practice and held in high esteem by a wide circle of in fluential friends. The voun" man had brought home some 0 f his hooks! and after tea he sat with his mother in their quiet parlour studying the. leo-al points bearing upon a case he had m hand While thus engaged, the postman brought a letter. It was for Henry, and as «oon as the postman had gone he broke the seal and read the contents. The missive was short, and vet he gazed upon it a, long time, his*faee growing pale, his lip quiver in<r and his Avhole frame trembling "What is it '(' asked his mother, Avho was really alarmed at his behaviour. He read the note again, but made no an ' Henry, what has happened? Something has gone against you.' < This cannot be real !' he murmured half to himself. ' I cannot believe it. There must be some mistake.' And as he spoke, he handed the letter to his mother. The message Avas from Mary North, and it was to the' effect that die could not be his wife. . . , .. ~, ... ' This is her own Avritmg, said Airs Alton, slowly and thoughtfully, and with a trou bled look. It is her own hand, Henry, and she certainly means Avhat she says.' ' Aye,' cried the youth, Avith a, hurst 01 passionate emotion. ' 1 know she means that, but why has she thus made up her mind V Merciful heavens, Avhat can lie its

cause V . ~. 'Do not be cast dOAVii, Henry, replied his mother affectionately,' she has proved her self a flirt. Try and forget her as soon as you can, and find sonic one who can be more true and worthy.' That was a very easy remark for the mother to make—very simple advice to give but not so easy for the youth to follow. He had known Mary long enough and avcll enough to be assured that she could not be false or uiiAVorthy. She had never directly promised to be his Avife, though he had been led to suppose that she antici pated such a result from their long and ar dent, friendship. Only a week before, he had asked the question if she would be his companion for life, and this Avas her answer. -*• -r '• answer he had not expected. He wafnorp-oparediuv it. H« i-uld not JSSmeaning. His heart VIM eliwked his brain grew dizzy ; and wituoiu reilyingto his parent he sought the street. He Averifc out to gain fresh air, and to compose himself to thought. One of Henry Alton's first impulses was to tear up Mary North's letter, and turn the steps of his life from her ; but upon reflection he found himself unable to do this. He might turn away from the love-path, but it would bo like tearing out his own heart and casting it from him. He was forced to the convic tion that he loved the maiden too avcl\ Instinctively, in the dim starlight lie wandered toward her dwelling, and when he found himself before the door, and saw a light in the parlor where he had spent so many happy moments, he resolved to go in. He had not taken this step designedly. His feet had turned to this spot without any Avill of his own ; but hoav that he found him self so near to the maiden, the temptation was strong upon him to see her at once, and learn Avhat meant her strange decision. He knocked at the door and, was admitted. Mary North was tritely a most beautiful "irl and it is no wonder that a man of soul and'sense should have loved her. She gave tokens of inner as well as of outer beauty. The light of rich intellect gleamed in her eyes, "and the wealth of a true and noble heart was apparent in the calm trustfulness that softened Avith its influence the expres sion of her frair face. As she gazed upon her visitor it was very plainly to be seen that she loved him still. Her heart had not •nven him up. But she Avas composed, and received him Avith that grace of friendship which pure refinement enables its possessor to extend to all worthy objects. There was certainly a conflict within : but she con quered the emotion, and Avas at'lengthcalm and dignified as was her Avoid. Ay, and within the soul of Henry Alton, too,'there was a conflict; audit took him longer to conquer the rising spirit; but he finally succeeded, and was prepared to ask the question that lay deepest in his anxious thoughts. He knew enough of the maiden to know that an open, frank, straightfor ward course would most surely answer his purpose, and he proceeded Avith that under standing. T . . t ' Mary,' he said, ' I received a note from you this evening.' 'Yes,' she replied, as he regarded her as though he would be assured From her own lips that she really sent it. ' I directed one to you.' ' Mary'—he spoke tremulously, and with deep feeling—' I Avas not prepared for such a message, 0 I had expected something far different. I cannot understand it. If you meant that answer as your final decision you caimoi truly understand the love I bear you.' She stopped him with a beseeching wave of the hand, and after a few moments of thought she said, her beautiful face assum ing a holy serenity as she pro-ceded : CHenry I know all that you Ayould tell me —I know how good and true your nature is—and 1 think I know how well you love me In the step which I have taken 1 may have done wrong ; but that wrong has been iv a deed omitted, and not in a deed done. If I have sinned, it has been in that I shrank from assuming what might be deemed the office of mentor and guide. I knew your nature-I knew how confident you were of your own strength-how con scious of your own opinions—how unwilling to be checked—and how restive under re straint ; and hence I shrank from that Avhieh would have been sure to offend. I know you well, Henry, and I think I did wisely. Still, I may have erred.' c And yet,' said the young man, ' I do not Understand you.' 1 But you shall understand me, Henry ; j and in opening the truth to your mind I j must tell you a story which I bad hoped I should never pass my lips, Howcveiy I 'trust it to you, believing that it may still be under the sacred seat, and ,wk&h you have heard it, you will know why I have •answered you so strangely.' The maiden wiped away -U tear from her cheek and after a few ffltiafttfts of self communion she spoke as foftMvs : ' Duriim the three years 'that my mother and myself have, lived in Hlus place, our life has been calm and peaceful, for we have prayed earnestly, and hive sought the spirit "of 'trust and resignation. But, in the other, years, storm and gloom have been ours. :I was übt an only child. I had a brother' once.. &o was older than I, and he was mvidbl Ebr-hiauy reasons. His name was Charles.; •utl'd he was the prop upon which rested :th'e highest hopes of our father and our mother. He was noble, nml onerous, atfj brave ; and he was only known to be .cherished, Ihe wealth of my father gave him every advantage, and at an age'of early youth he had reached a manhodd pf intellect and experience. Off how Ave'did love him and idolize him !It is not strange that a youth o; such lovable qualities as Charles possessed should be early received into society, nor is it strange that his social nature should keep pace in its development Avith the blossoming of his intellect. Among the evils to which he was exposed his warm, ardent nature Was open t<> the influence of only one. He be came fund of wine, and the effect Avas pre '■-.(.;,'•■• ai parent, His mother was the first 'ro notice the danger, and she spoke to him Avoids of warning; but he laughed at her fears. He was astonished ithat she ■»ould fear any danger—that he who was so brave and strong, could be shaken from his manhood bvthe power of the cup. In time j^lm ■; AY )yy. daugar, and spoke to him

me, but he laughed at my fears, as he had done at our mother's, and assured me that there wss no danger. I tried to make him understand that Avhat had at first been only a source of temporary excitement Avas becoming the object of a groAving appetite. He would not believe it. He assured me he had the poAver of control, and Avas his own master. I tried to convince him that appetite Avas taking the place of reason, and that as appetite grew stronger, his power of self-control grew weaker. But he Avould not sec it. He greAv impatient of my anxious counsel, and broke from me. I cannot paint for you the gradual fall of that noble intellect, and the sure debase ment of that generous soul. If sloav, it was, alas ! sure. The cup became his mas ter, and the Avhole current of his life ran Avith the turbid, delirious stream. When he was strong and manful he Avould not lis ten, and when he became Aveak and broken, he could not. Step by step he fell, drag ing doAvn hopes and joys and broken hearts. Shade upon shade the gloom settled over him, until the blackness of midnight set tled over him. Gleam by gleam faded the light of our home ; star after star Avas blotted from the heaven of our promise : and finally, the crash of agony came. One dark, stormy, dismal nitrlit they bore to our door a bruised, disfigured form. It Avas my bro ther, dead and cold ! My father saw the horrid sight, and his great heart broke ; and when the light of the morning came, father and son lay side by side. Oil, mortal tongues cannot tell the deep anguish of that hour ! How my mother lived I knoAv not. There Avere months after that which seem a blank in my life —a blank of pain and death. But Heaven has been kind. The crushed spirit, putting forth its tendrils of hope and faith, has been raising itself to- Avards heaven in trust and resignation. Now. Henry, you know all. I have told you my story—l have told it for your sake and for mine. Heaven forgive me if I have done Avrong. And—you—you—Henry, oh, HeaA'en bless and keep you always ?'

And Avith these Avords bursting forth, as though from the innermost depths of her soul, Mary North covered her face with her hands and sobbed aloud.

For some moments Henry Alton sat like one spell-bound. Then he arose from his chair, and standing by Mary's side he bent 0A rer and kissed her pure white brnAv. He did not speak—he could not—• but he took his hat and left the house, and as he Avalked slowly homcAvard he thought upon the melanchoiv story he had heard. **** * # * *

There was' n chair empty at the el'ib iooin. One of the brightest and most genial spirits was missing. In the song and in the jest a strong voice was wanting. One goblet sparkled not with the rosy Avine ; at one familiar spot upon tho board the flagon stopped not — Where was Henry Alton ?

Ah ! go ask the happy mother ! See the bright tears coursing down her cheek ! Hear her as she exclaims, ' Oh, my son. many a time I had Avarned thee, had I dared to brave the return of thy proud spirit. Blessed be the hour in my memory that brought the angel to thy rescue !'

The chair at the club-room was empty, the one goblet untouched. Where was Henry Alton ':

Ah ! go ask Mary North, Avhile yet for a short hour longer she ansAvers to her maiden name. Sec her at the alter taking upon herself those solemn vows which bind her for life to the man she hath redeemed.

But the influence of Mary North's de cision stopped not here. A man like Henry Akon could not move alone. His example had weight, and those who loved him and recognised his genius thought it safe to fol low his lead.

So, other chairs at the club-room became empty, and other goblets untouched. Ay, and other mothers had reason to thank heaA-cii for the renewal of hope and joy.

HOW THEY LIVE IN JUPITER.

FLAMMARIOUB SPECULATIONS ABOUT ONI

OF OUR NEIGHBORING PLANETS. THE world of Jupiter is the most volumi nous of all the globes of our system : it is only 1,000 times smaller than the sun, and by itself alone is equal to 1,400 terrestrial globes. So, although it revolves in a circuit,

that i-< almost 200,000,000 leagues distant, and receives a light very much fainter than that received by the earth, its bulkincss is manifested through the brilliancy Avith which it shines during our starlight nights; a brilliancy equal, and often very superior, to that Avith which Venus sparkles. His is a ravishing world, at least, so far as one can judge from a distance, without having been there. In the first place, a perpetual spring time radiates over his surface. If lie is bedecked Avith flowers, a circumstance of which Aye entertain no doubt, saving as to knOAving of Avhat such flowers may consist •—-they do net live o:jiy l'espace d'uu matin (the soace of a nuniing,) as your roses, but enjoy an existence infinitely more^ length ened. Scarcely do the older ones begin to show a few wrinkles .and wax wan, ere replaced by charming buds putting forth their bloom before the first have withered. Not only does every year on the Jovian planet equal twelve of our years, but we furthur hardly know when the annual per iod begins or ends. The;c are no summers, no winters, but always the spring. Then, the Avorld of Jupiter presents a surface one hundred and twenty-six times more exten sive than the earth's. I say surface, and not volume. Noav, one hundred and twenty six earths, one placed alongside another, and over which mankind might spread at will, Avould constitute an exceedingly fine country, would it not ? We ought not, then to doubt that such an empire was formed to serve as a, dAvelling-place for some human family worthy of all our respect. Because we fkid, through observation of the Jovian planet, excellent reasons for believ ing its inhabitants greatly favoured, it does not follow that the said inhabitants should make the same reflections respecting us. A food reason confronts the supposition of their bothering themselves thereabout—the fact that thcA: do not so much as suspect our existence. And, indeed, should it ever, in a future more or less distant, happen to you to dwell on Jupiter, you Avould have no little trouble to find your former home. You would have to get up a bit before sun rise (and take note that there are but five hours between the rising and setting of that orb on Jupiter), and, five or six minutes before the sun's appearance, seek in the east for a very tiny Avhite star. With very sharp eyes you might chance, perhaps, to perceive it. In such a case you would know that our earth is in the world* So again, six months later, you might make the same search in the Avcst a feAv moments after the day king's retiring. Such arc the conditions iii Avhieh the dwellers of Jupiter find themselves as regards us. l&artfe is never seen from there during the Wight, while it is precisely in the calm night-fee that avc, from here", can best observe that magnificent planet. As for the planets which follow—Saturn, Uranus and NtrpftWne —they cannot have, respecting thereto, any conception Avhatevcr. Jupiter is in sooth j a world, a splendid Avorld, besides which ours is verily a moon, and Avere Aye 'to observe it close at hand, to grow accus tomed to its nature, to live awhile amid it-si surroundings, and appreciate its; importance, Aye should regard oar globe a« very modest Avhen coming forth from such a place of sojourn. We should belike those' good village folk, avlio came once in their, lifetime to Paris, and avlio, if they have the ill-luck t" remain there a month only, no longer knoAV what to make of their village' —if,'is eclipsed by the mere recollection'of the splendiior caught sight of. Miss Ph(ebe7~Brown7"aged <>S, loved her eats. For eighteen years she lived in a first-floor back room in London, and sys tematically fed a dozen cats. When site grcAV feeble and was no longer able to work, 'she starved herself, and pawned everything she had in order to keep her poor pets 1' iViieix ahc V>\.o a+cl; ; a-ic S'UU'YCU ii-I'SCU 111

A SAD SIGHT.

He left her, and stepped out, to see a friend between acts. ' Why, EdAvard,' said she, Avhen he returned, ' there are tears in your eyes.' 'Yes, pet,' replied he solemnly, ' I suppose there are —I saw such a sad sight when I was out,' ' You did—what Avas it ?' inquired she. ' Such a sad sight' —continued lie, keeping his face away, so that she might not smell his breath—' I discovered a young man Avhom I have known for years, drink ing Avhisky.' ' You did ?' ' Yes, standing right in plain sight before me, partaking deeply and carelessly, of the dreadful in toxicating glass.' There Avas a little pause, when the young lady suddenly said, ' Ed- Avard, was he standing right in front of you ?' 'Yes, pet,' was the reply, There Avas an other pause, when the young lady asked again, 'Edward, don't most of the fashion able saloon counters have great nice mirrors behind them ?' Edward Hushed a little, and looked quizzical as he replied that he ' be lieved' they did. And there he permitted the subject to drop.

AN ARAB TOURNAMENT.

SOON after our arrival, live horses were brought in, richly caparisoned in the Moor ish style— powerful Moorish bits, Avith the ring encircling the lower juav ; short stir rups, serving also as spurs ; the high saddle, covered Avith velvet housings, embroidered and fringed Avith gold ; heavy gold fringes on the neck and breast of the horses. All the horses Avere good, some very line. Five sons of Sheik Achmet, all clad iv Oriental robes of brilliant silks, all Avearing the tur ban, now mounted, and the sport began. Tt consisted mainly of dashing across the court at full speed, and suddenly bringing up the horses on their haunches, and of riding rapidly around one another in vari ous circles, lunging and parrying Avith long, light, lance-poles, one endeavoring to gain the unguarded flank of another. ft Avas an admirable display of horsemanship, and Avith the fine carriage of the animals, the superb riding, the rich and graceful robes of the men, and the housings of the horses, formed a remarkable spectacle. It was a scene of another age and of another race, and the first thought that occured to all of us Avas that at last Aye could realise the games that graced the festivals of the Alhambta. Among those avlio took part were two Aery marked men, avlio happened to be the best and most daring riders ; ' UmfiO WPl'O this Oldest find the youngest of ; th?se Avho i:ock'; Ykf} elder wai a power- ' fully-built man of about 46, perhaps nve ' feet eight in height, with an intelligent and \"eiy determined countenance, though there ' Avas nothing unpleasant in it. The other could not have been more than 20, light and graceful as possible, Avith a charming face, full of intelligence and good nature, | yet strong and full of courage ; he was the beau ideal of a noble young man, Avhile the elder looked like a soldier hardened by many campaigns. The youngster's horse ! Avas trained to kneel and lie down and rise ! again to the sound of a drum, and this Avas ! the amusing part of the exhibition. A ; brace of wild Arabs danced frantically in I front of the noble bay, wildly beating their j drums until he knelt, and at last stretched himself at full length on the ground, the young sheik keeping his seat until the horse rolled over on his side.

ADVERTISED FOR A HUSBAND.

SAD RESULT OF A YOUNG LADY'S FOLLY— MARRIED TO ANOTHKU WO.UANS'S HUS BAND.

PORTERVILLE, Pa., March 4th. — Five years ago Miss Mary Athers of this place advertised in a Boston paper for a husband. Among other responses to her advertisement, was one from John U. Johnson, of Rutland, Vermont. A correspondence resulted from the advertisement, and three months after the card was inserted, inaccordance with the request of the person answering to that name, she went to Rutland and was mar ried to him. Miss Athers was the daughter of William R. Athers, cashier of the Rafts men's Bank of this place. Her purpose was entirely unknown to her parents. When she left home she said she Avas going to Boston to vist a college friend. Four weeks after she Avent away she returned home with her new husband. Notwithstanding the fact, that her parents Avere grieved at her freak, they accepted the situation, and, Johnston being a gentlemanly-appearing man and a good bookkeeper, the Avife's father placed him in the bank as an assistant. Although Johnson developed qualities that Avere inconsistent Avith his position, he was retained in the situation that was given him, and his shortcomings were overlooked.

On Wednesday last a lady with two children, both under eight years of age, appeared in Porterville. She inquired for Mr. Johnson, saying that she avus his Avife. and that he was the father of her children. Her story Avas not believed tit first, but when Johnson acknowledged that it avus all true, the village Avas thrown into the most intense excitement. Johnson said that he had been unable to live A\ith his Avife on account of the intemperance of her mother, and had left her two months before he answered Miss Athers' advertisement. He supposed, he says, that all intercourse with her Avas at an end, and thought that she would never trouble him again. He left his victim, however, and went to live with his true Avife and family. Miss Athers, or, as she supposed she avus, Mrs. Johnson, on Monday went to Orchard's drug store, and called for a quantity of arsenic. Being refused the drug she Avent home, and was found Friday morning lying on the floor of her room dead. She had shot herself through the heart with, -a revolver that Johnson kept ill a stand drawer in the room they had occupied.

Johnston could not be .found yesterday morning. His Avife and children ate still here. Miss Athers Avas about twenty-four years old, and a highly accomplished lady. She leaves one child, wo years 'old. The greatest excitement pi'cVails, and if John ston could be found the'ffe is no doubt %ut what ho Avould be summarily de-alt with. —[New York @<y?ald.

Putting the Cask Mildly.— Pro fessor Jones had a peculiarly red nose ; so red, indeed, that it avus hshally deemed a si<m that the interior of 'the temple Avas dedicated to Bacchus. Upon this point the Professor Avas peculiarly sensitive. One day a chestnut, propelled by some iiiA'isible hand Avas buried ;ueross the lecture-room, and came so Violently iv contact with the learned gentleman's bald pate, that glanc in<* off, it spun almost to the ceiling. ' Mr. Brdwn !' thundered out the Professor, 'that wtxs you, sir; I know it, sir ; don't deny it, sir'; your blushes betray you, sir.'—'Do vdti'think I blush, sir ?' modestly asked the stuactit. ' Blush !' retorted the Professor, ' ydtir-fnee is as red as beetroot.'—' Pardon me "Sir,' replied Brown, ' I think it's only the reflection of light; perhaps you looked at lhG'fiver your nose.' S.va*BO ox WoMKX.-'Dey may rail •i<.-amst Avomen as much as dey like, dey can't set me up against dcm. I hab always in my life found dem to be fust ill lub, fust iv a quarrel, fust in de dance, delust iv do ice-cream saloon, and de fust, best, and de last in de sick-room. \\ hat avoulo we poor debbles do Avidout dem V Let us be born as voting, as ugly, and lias helpless as we please and a woman's arms am open to reccibc us. She am it who gubs us our fust dose ob castor-oil, and puts cloze 'pon our hclnlesslv naked limbs, and cubbers up out let and toescs in long flannel petticoats: sm d she am it »s wc grow up, tills our dinner basket wid dough-nuts and apples as Are start to skoo!, atiu licks us when we tears our troAVsiss.' '~•• (rockiu"' Neiiv on his knee, f•"■'•' Aunt' Mary's sake) : ' 1 suppose this is * hat \ou ffpliv: « Yes, it's very nice.

BURIED IN THE SNOW.

MR. Varcoe, of Wellington-terrace, Clif ton, Bristol, has just received intelligence of striatal occurence in Alta. United States, of Avhieh his son, a miner, is the only sur viver. Returning from Alta on the after noon of Noav Year's Day, LeAV Boutwell, of American Fork Canyon, who av,-vs familiar • with the district, discovered that a snow ; lide had covered a dwelling near the ; Wellington mine on the east side of Bald j Mountain, and hastened back to report the occurrence. A large party of citizens repaired to the scene, Avhere every A restige of ' the house was buried, with the exception of the roof. Avhieh had been carried aAvay some 300 feet. After Avorking until late into the night and discovering nothing of

the bouse nor its occupants, consisting o Messrs. J. W. Brown, J. B. White, John Varcoe, J. W. Park, and Mrs Park, and her child, and it being evident that the slide had occurred several days previously, the party returned to their homes. Early i next morning a force Avas sent jjovcr from i thaFlagstaff mine to help to recover the I bodies, and after probing the siioav in | A-ariou* places -Avith long iron rods, they 1 struck a portion of the house, Avhen they ; heard a knocking in reply. Hastily sink ing a shaft to the depth of 20ft, they .struck Avh.it had been the upper floor of the house, under Avhieh they found Messrs, BroAvn and Varcoe, the former being delirious. The bodies of Mr White, Mrs Park, and the child Avere also discovered, having probably met Avith instant, death, as tliev Avere badly crushed by portions of the building and the weight of the snow. Mr. Varcoe states that the slide struck them on the 28th of December, at about four o'clock in the afternoon. AH Avere in the house at the time except Mr. Park, avlio was shovelling snow from the steps. BroAvn and Varcoe found themselves under the upper floor of the house, with just sufficient room to turn over, but were unable to sit up or touch Avith their hands their feet and legs, Avhieh became greatly SAVOllcn from the cold they having their stockings on at the time. The tapes which tied their draAversat the ankle cut into thair swollen limbs, producing great pain. Their bed Avas the snow, the melting of Avhieh soon saturated their clothing, Avhile the floor above kept crack ing as the snow settled on it, and they expected every moment it AVOUId fall and crush them. On New Year's night they plainly heard the party searching for them, and could even distinguish the voices of their friends. After shouting|tm<il exhausted they heard tli'MU leave them, as they supposed, to die in their dungeon, add then gave up all hope of being rescued. Mr BroAvn Tims since died. Mr Varcoe, Avho Avas removed to a hospital iv Salt Lake city, is rapidly recovering.

A SCANDAL AT ST. SULPICE.

Tin-: spirit of practical joking, Avhieh is not of very old standing iv France, has of late been spreading with alarming rapidity, and has at last, assumed a form so repulsive as to call for the severest remedies (remarks the' Globe'). The last outrage reported from Paris is one whirh altogether passes the bounds of mere silliness, and displays a combination of malice and ingenuity in the perpetrators which may Avell discourage the friends of morality in the nation. * The story is told without comment by one of the papers, and indeed all comment, would be superfluous in so flagrant a case. It appears that a few days ago a lady avus proceeding to attend a Aveek-day service in the church of St. Sulpice. A" priest Avas saying low mass in one of the side chapels, when she entered the church, and Avifliout raising her eyes dipped her hand, according to custom, into the small font of holy water near the door. Hardly had she done so Avhen she was heard to utter a pier-ing shriek, and fell fainting against one of the pillars of the church. The service Avas interrupted and the small congregation hastened to the spot. The lady, lnlf unconscious, and in ajstate of mortal terror, Avas bewailing her fate, muttering that she Avas eternally lost, that her s>.is had been visited by a miraculous punishment, and that her hand Avas already glowing with tlic fires of the infernal regions. Her incoherent Avoids induced the bystanders at last to look at her hand, when'it Avas seen that one of the fingers Avas pierced by a small Avound. On the floor avus found a live crayfish, aud on examination two others were observed quietly walking about in the sacred water. The whole affair became instantly intelligible, but the lady Avas Avith difficulty disabused of her superstitious terrors. It is almost needless to say that all inquiries for the authors of this miserable jest have been fruitless. But it will not be forgotten that the church in question is in the vicinity of the students' quarter ; and the success'of this escapade is unfortunately only too likely to encourage other tricks of a similar kind.

A PLEA FOR NEGLECTED AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN.

Worn Avith disease and with famine, Wrinkled as men are Avith years. In your hearts have ye thought of such lamb in Its Avoes, till your eyes gathered tears ? Have ye hearkened its moaning ascending to a God avlio permits, but Avho hears ? Loathsome with filth and with vermin, An image of God thus defaced! lliiA-e ye thought of it, ye, in your ermine, A prey for corruption to AVastc I Will ye go to the kingdom hereafter, and say ye passed by in your haste ? Will ye plead, 'twas the sins of its father, Its mother, your shame to enhance ? And Avill ye not, 0 then, much rather, Redeem it from such a mischance ? God gives you grim foemen to grapple with, Avorthy your shield and your lance. Protect With the shield of your giving, Defend with the lance of your prayer ; So shield the pain-stricken—scarce living; So take the lost lambs to your care- That the hearts of the helpless may bless j rou ; here, silently—openly there. By th<e joys of your sons and your daughters, lit the raiment of luxury clad. Whose freshness of life, and whose laughters. Your homes with their beauty make glad. [Remember the wrongs of the outcast, remember the griefs of the pad. By the piteous cries of their sorrow Beneath the mysterious sort ; Who know not of any to-morrow, Who dream not of Heaven—nor of God; Let them hear human voices of kindness, before they go under the sod. Be ye then as friends to these friendless, Be ye then as feet to these lame. To the weak ones whose sorrow* are endless Before they can give them a name; Who are branded with brands they divine not; even poverty, sickness, and shame. Hereafter, Avith angels to teach them, Their lives Avill be cared for, and bloom ; But, your kindliness then cannot reach them— Only here for your love there is room. Let them know what it is to be cared for, before they go down to the tomb. Of all things what thing is more fearful Than the glory of childhood defiled? What more sad can you see, than the tearful And sorrowful face of a child? LookinK with calm, bred of anguish, the days are so long since it smiled. Looking wistful with questioning Avondcr, With thoughts of the heart unexprest, - For the rolling to pass of life's thunder, The storms and the strifes to have rest, For tlm pestilent airs to be sweetened, with Avinds from the fields of the blest. These Avill notjudtre your behaviour, If ye help, or withold cannot see, Hereafter, 0 child-loving Saviour, When from life and its burdens set free. For the ills of neglect, when earth's pilgrims the little ones, cry unto Thee. Ersmox.

A Heavy Bloav.—A colonel, who avus fond of telling tough 'tins, especially stories of which he himself was the hero, on one oe occasiou drcAV the long boAv after the fol lowing fashion. ' T was once at Montne lier,' says the colonel, ; on official business. During my stay a horse-race came off near the capital ; and as I am rather partial to horse-racing, I went to see it. Just as the horses Avere about starting, some fellow in sulted me, by jostling me rather roughly. Now, you know. ! don't ofren fight, bar Miien I strike, then fdo strike. So lup with my list and E hit Iran a blow that sent him against the fence into a field, carrying with him nine sections o: posts and rails. • The fellow lay a short time, then raised wildly around him, ' Gentlemen,' said lie, ' has the storm done much damage ? Did In—■MMrilll I 'l ' • "

THE PROPER WAY TO PRESERVE EGGS.

A South GERMAN paper has made for us the discovery that the proper Avay to pre serve eggs is to put them in a glass case. Those who hold the opinion that the best Avay to get fresh eggs is to have them laid on the premises, and that the best use to Avhieh one can put a newly-laid egg is to eat it, Avill perhaps not be much interested in the discovery ; but those Avho have to experience the prevalence of stale eggs in Avinter may appreciate it. We hive said that the eggs are preserved in a glass case, and this is strictly true, but each case is Kiade for its own e;^. The material em ployed, known as 'water-glass,' is chiefly manufactured at Mannheim, Avhere it is , retailed at (is. or 7s. per cwt. This Avater glass consists of silicic acid and soda in a, syrupy form, Avhile solid windoAV glass is composed of silicic acid, soda, and lime. The chemical affinity of silicic acid for iime is so great, that if Avater-giass is brought in contact with it, a silicate of lime is almost instantaneously formed, and the soda set free. Its application to the shells of eggs covers them Avith a ' skin' of glass by the combination of their lime Avith the silicic acid it contains : the pores are effectually closed to the admission, of air, and the eggs can be kept for a very con siderable time without undergoing any change. The mode of treatment is A*ery simple. A portion of Abater-glass is diluted with six times its bulk of boiling water, and the eggs are placed in the solution for a few minutes, when it has become cold. In this Avay a superficial layer of glass is deposited on the exterior of the shell, [f by chance they should remain immersed for a whole night no harm is done ; the forma tion of ' glass' goes on so long as there is lime for the acid to combine Avith, ami it has no action at all upon the contents. Eggs thus treated often appear somewhat discoloured, and potted, or streaked ex ternally, but tilts disfigurement is only ' shell-deep.' The invention has the additional advantage of being a double bai relied one, for the residue of the solution which has thus lost most of its silicic acid, and is no longer suitable for treating cgsrs, can be usefully applied to the surface of Avood-Avork exposed to the risk of fire, always provided that it is not painted. Wood that has thus been Avashed down two or three times, burns only under most in tense heat, and even then is merely charred. without giving out any flame. To be able at, one stroke to preserve our bouses from fire and our eggs from getting bad has all the advantage and none of the barbarity of killing lavo birds Avith one stone.—[' Even ing Standard,'

A LADY IN A TRANCE.

A singular instance of prolonged lethargy or trance has just occurred in Paris. The other morning the concierge of a lodging house situated in the Avenue dv Maine, who had frequently during the last Aveek commented with amazement upon the non appearance of a AvidoAV lady residing alone on one of the upper floors, who habitually Avent out every day, resolved to satisfy her curiosity concerning the reason for her lodger's seclusion. No answer being re turned to her repeated knocks, the door of the apartment was broken open, and the occupant of the room found to all appear ance dead on the bed. A doctor avlio resided in the house, upon being summoned, however, quickly recognised by certain diagnostics that he Avas in presence of a curious pathological case, but not death, although so strikingly Avere the usual symptoms that accompany the grim reaper s presence simulated that inexperienced persons Avere naturally misled by the Counterfeit. The patient lay quite motion less and inanimate, her face livid, the limbs still'and eohl, the pulse almost impercepti ble. The lethargy had lasted upAvards of a Aveek, and as the medical man could dis cover no pruprsor of a near awakening, the woman was conveyed to the Hospital Necker. But, OAving, perhaps, totheinove ment, or the cold exterior air acting as a restorative, the slumberer roused twelve hours after her admission to the hospital, and is now, although Avcakened by inani tion, on the road to recovery.

LADY-HELPS.

The 'Times'has published the following letter :—

Sir, —It is the custom to ridicule lady helps ; in fact, the term has only to be men tioned to raise a laugh. But is this alto gether just '! Servants, as a, class, have be come almost intolerable—they Avant higher Avages for indifferent work.

There are a number of educated women ready to do the work of servants at a. lower rate of payment. They are surely rather to be praised than ridiculed for this. I oavh I Avas inclined to laugh myself at first, for, in common Avith many others, I had mista ken the functions of a lady-help. The term is an unfortunate one, and is likely to mis lead. I should be glad to give my experience of the services of a lady-help, for the encour agement of those who are plagued Avifch bad servants. Finding it necessary to break up my establishment and live in rooms in Lon don, I inquired at Mrs. Crawshay's office, at lfi, Lower Seymour-street, Portnian square, Avhcther any lady would be willing to be my servant, aud act as house-keeper, cook, housemaid, and personal attendant. I received some two dozen letters during the next day from educated women, all able and willing to do the work I required. In these days a cook or housemaid seek ing a" place can positively choose her mis tress, as the individuals soaking service are about one to six of those requiring ser vants ; but in this case I avus puzzled which to choose among so many excellent women. The lady I selected has lived with me since, and is a thoroughly good servant ; she is a good housekeeper, a capital cook, Avaits pleasantly at table, washes my laces, and brings refinement into all her work. She has quite convinced me that it is possi ble to do what is called ' menial' Avork, and yet be a lady. , There is a general impression that lady helps require to sit at table Avith their em ployers, but it is quite a mistake. I offer my servant ionlv the same treatment and payment that I have offered to other ser vants, from Avhom I have received insolence, ingratitude, and indifferent service. We know how well it has answered for head nurses to be educated Avomen ; but any lady Avho keeps only a cook and housemaid, or a general servant, Avill find plenty of avo men at the office ready to serve her. Women are scorned for attempting to do man's Avork in the Avorld ; lady-helps should be encouraged for their noble endeavour to bring to a higher standard of excellence thatdepartment of AVOilian'sAvork accounted so humble, but which is so necessary to our comfort. Mrs. Crawshay has, m a, philanthropic spirit, established the office at her own ex pense. If she had found a more suitable term than 'lady-help,' she Avould, perhaps, not have met Avith so much ridicule. Should she be successful in her project, she Avill lessen two great evils. She will find suit able employment for Avomen, and Avill free us from the tyranny of ignorant and bad servants.

' Mutual Satisfaction.—lt is seldom j that so much mutual satisfactionis chronicled i in four lines as in the following :— | Here .lies Margaret, Stephen's wife, j We lived six mouths in broil and strife, j Death came at last, and set her free, And 1. was glad, and so was she. ; 'Dox'tdo th.vt!' 'My friend,' said a I hotel-keeper to an uvcr-voraciouy boarder. j•' You eat so much. 1 shall charge you an j extra half-crown.'—An extra half-croAvu :" j replied the boarder, with his countenance I the very pic. turn of pain. ' For goodness' j sake. d-»u't d< tlni; : i' ■ ahim-d-. d-a«I now. j eating three half-crowns worth; aud ii^yuu I out on an extra half-crown I shall certainly ' burst— l shalU'

THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER AND THE THEATRICAL PROFESSION.

THE Bishop of Manchester, in connection Avith the Church of England Mission now going on in that city, addressed the mem bers of the theatrical profession from the stages of the Theatre Royal and the Princess's Theatre on Friday in last Aveck. On both occasions the actors, members of the ballet, and subordinates Avere present in large numbers, and the Bishop Avas accompanied on the stages by the mauager and directors.

The Bishop, after a short sendee at ' The Royal,' addressed the company at some length. He adverted to St. Paul being advised not to adventure himself into a theatre, and said he (the Bishop of Man chester) Avas the first bishop of the Church of England, if not the first bishop of the Christian Church, avlio had ever addressed a congregation in a theatre. The circum stances in connection Avirh the theatres to day Avere different to what they Avere in St. Paul's day. He desired to address them on the delicate, difficult, and the somewhat perilous work in Avhieh they Avere engaged, lie thought that Christanity ought to pene trate into theatres, but it, Avould be an idle dream to to think that they might be made directly spiritual. He should bo quite satisfied if purity and modesty in Avord, deed, gesture, and conduct, were the ruling principles of the theatre. He did not think any one could sec a A\ rell-graced actor in such plays as Othello or Hamlet with out being benefitted by it. He thought a player should not be ashamed to refuse to take a part in any drama, Avhieh would compromise his proper dignity as a man, oi lier proper modesty as a Avoman. If they could realise that, the stage Avould be puri fied. There Avere those Avho thought that it Avould be better for society if the theatres Avere swept aAvay altogether. That had been once tried in the times of the Puritans, and it had brought about a terrible reaction, and the plays of Congreve, Farquhar, and Vanburgh, no actor Avould uoav study, and no manager dare to putupon the Boards. He quoted an extract from the ' Theatre' on stage decorum, in Avhieh the writer, af'or speaking of the gross indecency of the stage in the first year of King Charles 11., went on to say, ' Are Aye better now ? How about those costumes and queer dresses that have made the drama more than ! ordinarily conspicuous '! The ladies Avho so [ much delight in abbreviating their Christain names talk innocently enough, and if their j tongues do Avandcr in a Avroog direction the i tendency is toAvards a certain slang which has found its way even into society, towards indecency never." But how by dint of Avhat they put'oil"and what they put on do they I contrive to look V Are Aye not justified in guessing that, the ribalds of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries Avho Avere so highly gratified to hear ugly words dropped from pretty lips, might have regarded some of the extravaganza-, as iioav promineiv '. among theatrical entertainments, Avith j virtuous abhorrence f He did not Avant to abolish the theatre, but to purify it, and to j make it a great instrument for providing healthful and harmless recreation for those j who sought it. He believed public taste • Avas much to blame. In the year 1858, j Avhen lie avus on a Government Commission, . he Avent to Sherborne, in Dorsetshire, ; Avhere he found living the great actor ; Macready, occupying himself in good Avorks. j He had come in contact Avith Mr and Mrs ; Charles Kean in Canada, and he had since ' n'iet Helen Faucit, a most accomplished lady, at Lord Egei ton's. With such names before him, he did not think that the stage should be necessarily degraded; but, on the contrary, be thought it might be pervaded by high and worthy motives. He did not think* he had been more than half a dozen times in a London theatre in his life, but he remembered being in Drury Lane and seeing Macready and Heleii Faucit play in Othello, and he I Avas very much the better man for it. It ; might be said by some of the actresses that they did not like to pose themselves before Avauton and gloating men, AA-ho looked upon them Avith their lustful and lascivious eye.-,, and that they did not want to pose in an attitude which, as Christian maidens, digraded them in tl «'r e.es. They might say, what Avere they to do ? If they remonstrated they might be told to go somcAvhere else ; and he did not knoA\'. how they Avere to get out of the difficulty unless there was some consideration slioavu on all sides. Modesty and purity fought never to be compromised in a theatre. , AfteiAvards the Bishop spoke at the Princess's Theatre, and said he did not j believe any one Avould think it Puritanical if one Avished the skirts of the ballet dancers Avere a little longer, and he did not think that any one would say it Avas over : righteous if he Avished that no woman avus , ever called upon to pose herself in a ballet j or pantomime in any Avay that Avould com promise her maidenly and Avomanly modesty and purity, and in thejpresence of men who ! Avent to these theatres—they were as often old men as young men—Avho sat in the pit Avith opera-glasses, and who gloated upon , the poor girls. It Avas not the Avomen avlio : were the offenders, but the men Avho j degraded the theatre. They Avould bear j witness that he had not said he considered it Avas a sinful thing to go to a theatre, or that the theatrical profession was a sinful | thing. As he Avent about the toAvn at Christmas time and looked upon the hoard- j ings he saAV announcement of the various doiims by which enterprising managers attracted the public to their theatres, and j he confessed he should be glad if some of | those attractive paintings Avere slightly : more in harmony with ideas of modesty | and decency. He had noticed one large yelloAV placard, inviting people to a house where it Avas promised the entertainment should be ' cheerful, popular, and respec table ' and he should like all theatres to keep'distinctly before them those three ideas. Yet, Avhat was presented to the public is popular, for if it Avas not they might as well close their doors. There was no use in playing to a beggarly audience, to empty boxes, or a thin pit. It Aye Avere to have theatres at all, they might as Avell be attractive, and let them be cheer ful for there Avas no sin that he kneAv of in cheerfulness. They remembered the lady of the play to Avhc»m it-Avas said—-Thou hast a merry heart,' and they kneAV the reply ' Yes, thank God, I keep it on the windy side of care.' We should try to keep our hearts as much as possible on the Avindv side of care. At the Theatre Royal, Manchester, Mr. Sidney, the manager, had thanked him for having spoken there. Mr. Sidney said, 'We players are a volatile race ' Perhaps that Avas so, for perhaps their profession made them so, and perhaps it made them a little unreal. Mr Sidney encouraged him to think that he had not spoken in vain when he said that he would find no persons whom he had addressed who would take his Avords more to heart than those connected with the theatrical profession. Volatility Avas not a sin, but there Avas a time to be serious, and he asked them to think that in whatever parts they played in the dramas that Avere j enacted, they had to play a part in the ! o-reat drama of life, and that the King of Kings Avhom they served Avas watching every play and observed every bad thought or light word Avhieh escaped their lips. He hoped they would, not do anything, and would not be called upon to_ do anything, thai Avould corrupt or imperil the souls of their felloAV women or fellow men.

The hymn ' Rock of Ages' was sung at the conclusion of the Bishop's address, and his lordship pronounced the benediction.

Ouil DOMESTICS. —The correspondent of a contemporary vouches for the truth of the following:—A rev.- days ago, a servant makin" an anpiieation for a situation, and negotiating terms with the mistress of the house said ' I must have three evenings a week,'for I have got a season ticket for the sl-tbV.- rink '' What the lady said is not sbt had tetter "taS^e remainder of the week as welL

A HORRIBLE STORY.

[From the "Pilot."]

Tin: tavern of the " Golden Omelette " is situated close under the fortification Avail of the city of Radua. Its proprietor, Trouilleson, is a man of gigantic stature — an old soldier of the Austrian army, Avho was blinded by the explosion of a cannon while tiring a salute from the forts _of Trieste. Returning to his native city with his mistress, a line-looking Russian woman of the Volga, he started the house of call for beggars, which he, up to a feAV Aveeks ago, directed, and made money of. The house is a long, loav, rambling structure—a nondescript of brick, stone and Avood —and when decdended on by the police served as a shelter for nearly tAVO hundred men, women and children, all of whom, with the exception of about a dozen, were pro fessional beggars. Upon the arrest of the host he Avas discovered to be worth in money deposited in the Imperial Bank, over 100,000 dollars—an enormous fortune for the country in which he lived. How this money was obtained was the crowning horror of the Avhole affair. Antoine Cherguille, nicknamed "The Player," is the "brother of Trouilleson's mistress. Among the frequenters of the " Golden Omelette" he is called the " Operateur.'' He is a man of raver iilty, and for thirty years ot his life has been engaged in the business of manufacturing cripples. From the evidence given at the trial, which is likely to send him to the guillotine, his method of procedure was as follows : —The members of a gang of kidnappers, organised by his sister and her sightless paramour, have for the last twenty years been engaged in stealing children from the various cities of "the empire. The unfortunate little ones Avere brought to the head quarters at Radua, where they passed into the merciless hands of the " Operateur.' He took charge of them in a separate section of the inn, where, assisted by a couple of surgeons, avlioso vices had reduced them to ids own level, and by his OAVn knowledge of anatomy—for he had studied the art himself in his youth— evolved the terribly crippled spectres avlio have so long pestered the pilgrims of St. Nepomuck. At the time of his arrest, three children, in various stages of con valescence from mutilation, were found in the filthy cots of this demoniac hospital. One of them, a pretty girl of five, had her right hand amputated. The other two— both boys—had lost their hands and feet respectively. In a pit under the floor,in one corner of the torture-chamber,wore found the putrifying remnants of a dozen human members buried hi a compost of chloride of lime and quicklime. Cherguilo manifested no emotion on his arrest, but utterly re fused to render any information, and has been obstinately silent ever since. At the time the arrest avus made the business of the infamous den was in full blast. In the long common room, a hundred miserable Avrecks of humanity, armless, legless, foot less, blind, and awfully disfigured, congre gated about the long table. The smoke of their pipes veiled the scene, the reek of foul meat tainted the air, and the clattering of their crutches, the curses and shrieks and loud conversation all about, deafened the ordinary ear. Upon the entrance of the detectives they merely looked up, and noting the artfully disguised figures, _ took them for strange "beggars, and continued their orgies without honoring them with any further attention. The house had been surrounded by a double cordon of police, and at a signal the descent Avas made. The result was that all the frequenters Avere seized except one. This, singularly enough, Avas a man without legs, Avho managed to conceal himself in the cellar, and eventually made his escape. The prisoners Aye re at once loaded into a special train, aud con veyed to Vienna. There the promise of pardon induced a number of them to a series of confessions. The art of crippling child ren Avas, it seems, not the only one practised by the "operateur." More than one poor innocent had been Avilfully blinded by the atrocious torturer, and at the trial three such victims of his infamous business were produced. Th c money gained by these children was divided between Cherguille and his sister and her paramour. The unfortunate little ones Avere closely watched, and no avenue of escape left open to them. That the circumstances of the case Avere not altogether unknown to the authorities at Radua, is patent from the fact that the Mayor and tAvo other officials have been arrested for accepting bribes to hush the matter up.

A DISCONSOLATE WIDOW.

The latest Police Administration Report of the Madras Presidency contains an authen ticated story of some interest. The facts are vouched for by the District Superinten dent of Tinnevelly, South India, the suc cessor of a native gentleman Avho made himself notorious some years ago by captur ing three dacoits who had committed a horrible murder, and, lest they should escape, causing the three to be hung to a tree then and there ! The present Superin tendent tells how a Avidow lady, aged 25, by the well-known process of suttee, deliberated sacrificed herself in honor of her husband the other day. She Avas child less, and, loving her departed lord fondly, she seriously determined to have a small pit and bonfire in her house, and perform the solemn act of self-cremation. This she accomplished in the most thorough manner, Avith a good deal df religious . feeling and ceremonial observances. The somewhat startling rite was performed at the toAvn of Rama Chandra Puram, in the Stri-vili Puthur division of the province. Formontksfl before she reduced herself to ashes shei prepared for the awful act, She spent all her money and jewels on religiousf mendicants, Avho doubtless had their owif private reasons for not thwarting her in he J holy design. We must, leave the Superinjj tendent of Police to tell the rest of hiJ tale A feAV days before her death shew unassisted, dug a pit in the floor of one of her rooms. The pit was filled by her AvitM sandal and other scented Avood. She steepel her clothes in a dye of which the principal ingredient appears to have been red ochrajj Having made these preparations, she, ojjj! the night alluded to, secured all the dooi«! of her house from inside, enveloped he* self in her dyed garments, set fire to tbffl Avood, aud threw herself into the flame 1 It Avas a purely voluntary act. No oi j assisted her.' Her body avus found in tl J I pit on the followiug day, a charred mas There were also some fragments of dy< cloth. An inquest avus held, and the bo< burned.' The last act of the dismal tragei may seem superfluous, but they do thin thoroughly in India ; and no doubt all Rar Chandra Puram turned out to see thewid< burnt by law who had burnt herself fgj love. •

Recent Event at ax Hotel.—' Wh there?' There Avas no ansAver, and t queer noise stopped. ' Anybody then No ansAver. ' It must have, been a spir, he said to himself, ' I must be a media I Avill try.' (Aloud.) 'If there is a spirit the room, it Avill signify the same by say: a y e —v.o, that's not what 1 mean. If tlu is a spirit in the roo.u, it Avill please j three times.' Three very distinct raps av| given in the direction of the bimeau. p ?t the spirit of my sister ?' No answer. j,j it the spirit of my mother ?' Three rai 'Are you happy. Nine raps. ' Do fl want anything ?' A succession ol very lfl| i rans -Will you give me any conimun* ! jSn if I o-etupf #o answer. ' Shall llf • '* B+«,nnrrftM'»' BapS VCI'V IoUtH troin you to-moiroAA-. xiuj . Hj the direction of the door Shall 1 f see you?' Then raps came from outside J door He waited long ior an answer to jS V „«-'o" but none came. Hio N fflSry after thinking about Jl cx"'.- ; "^marv visit, he mined over and I asle ep. On getting up in tne morning I ~ ■flnt the sou-it oi his mother Hi round i.:..-u ->'c ■ l' lllL , H, cn-ried off ?»;J8 watch ana purs:.. I tlie halil—[Court Journal. . <

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