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And It flown, and it fictwa, with a mMMfe- f«ut.e, and lovely, anaHistleaa, At:d niurwiiir* a tune so resistless, •_ T# kim who bath auffered, and bw»fa; Voa «hali aurely, without a word ppoken, •nasi down thero and know your liaart'a aMjrifttd tfrtfca loiifr-cnrbed amoKa®, Xkat Aairkt tha fountain of tear*. . . and It grows, aa If loatlB# n* mora one ia thinking,*'- : rmr 6» tBnea go on, Rinking p^puatly into the cars ; and good swine that foniltafl after dry desert and mountain-- " fall down at length in your VMfte: bathe your sad faoa iu lta taara. . fM^aJaa! whileywa lie there a Aal'MWween ~ O fee wa«ld •trwtf Bi«ft _ living and dying, Andfffis tip the land yon were trjinf "I your hope« and your fnan. Mall come up and pass o'er •hall not t>tay to care ioryoo, Jfev wonder indeed for what reason VMwr way cbaaid mem harder than thaira. £wt pacta apa while yoo lie. never lifting Taw dbeek from the wet leareg it praasat, Ror«Nkgt» falsa yonr moi«t tremm, >»d look how tha ooJd work! appears; <OjMrhapa tba mer*. wllanoea 'round TOO, "JUFthings in that place grief hath found jroa, Tea, •1M to the clouds o'er yon drifting. May you somswhat through your tears, > ¥<M My foe1! when » falling leaf bnuhas • Tow afcawk, m though some one bad fciaaed yta. Or tbWt, at least, gome one who missed you «' . HMh eaotyw » thought, if that i-hears; , Or a little bird1* song, fai:it and brcM^ -K^f paM for » tender woi d pj.'oken ; ' tlMigll, while around yon there msljaS tkat life-drowning torrent of tears. AAnd the taara shall flow faster and fastsr, jSrta <nrer and baffle reeiatanoa, lad rim down bieak road* to each ( Of pact deaolfttion and years TUlthey covor the placa of And leave you no past and no morrow- Par what man i« a hie to master tad etam the great fountain of tears? M the flood* of the tear* meet and c*H>W Tha sound of them all grow* like tha O into what bosom, I wonder, la poured the whole sorrow of yeaniT^ Par Eternity only seems keeping Amount of the great human weeping. God, then, the Maker and Fathtt^ Mn He find B place for the taara I --«#S*ewe*w*w, HMGIMMD. (I'Lehry's Sub. Hr. Whiffles--the respected parent of hero, Mr. AdolphiiB Wliiffles--WM «B opctent Berkshire farmer, who, be- ^OP! retiring from his bnsiness and le»T- irxg it to his son, fancied that a visit to ihe great metropolis would have the ef- '-fqet of sliaxpening the wits of that amia- 'l»le youth, an operation of which that young gentleman stood greatly in need. BOH Jomped at the idea, especially "when he learned he was to set forth on hi (travels «*ksne. With the parental bless­ ing and his purse well filled, Mr. Whiffles, •Jr., dnly arrived in London and installed j nervously introduced himself as Mr. probably make as much noise as two, and that all Mr. Whiffles had to do, after announcing himself as Mr. O'Leary'a substitute, would be to take his seat leisurely in the orchestra, and, when the curtain rose, carefully watch the pro­ ceedings of the other trombone player and imitate his every movement, so that in reality one trombone would moke all the noise, altliooffh wpparently two were being played. Lastly, he advised Mr. Whiffles to be careful and to mind what he was about, as the leader was a ! Boon afterwards the friends left the Albion and proceeded on their several ways--his friend and companion already more than half repenting hus readiness in embarking in the undertaking. The somber shades of twilight were enwrapping as with a shroud the streets of Loudon when, carrying Mr. O'Leary's trombone in his hand, Mr. Whiffles might have been observed woefully picking his way through the purlieus of Drury Laue, endeavoring to find the stage entrance of the Royal Dash Theater. Two or three sallow-faoed gentlemen were smoking short pipes in front of the en­ trance, and occanmally a lady or gen­ tleman passed bntriedly in, evidently nnder the impression that they were be­ hind their time, but a glance at the clock in the hall appeared to fcassure them as they made their way more leisurely toward their respective dress­ ing-rooms. Upon reference to.liis watch Mr. Whiffles found that the doors had only just been opened, and he therefore had some leisure to look about him. Ha loitered at the door for BOTUA tiw woudering, as the various membegt of the company made their appearanoeL who this was, and who that could pos­ sibly be, until a small but uncommonly sharp boy plucked him by the sleeve, and said, "You'd better make haste-- they're a-goin' to ring in." Mr. Whiffles then became aware that he was almost alone. Without having the faintest idea of the meaning of "ringing in," he mechanically fol­ lowed the small boy down a gloomy passage, tumbled down a few steps, picked himself up and fouud him­ self upon the stage. He had hardly time to east a hurried glance upon the novel, not to say dreary, objects by which he was surrounded, when an elderly in­ dividual, in a white beard, and whose shirt-front appeared to b<plentifully be­ sprinkled with snuff, beckoned the boy. "Tom," said he, "go into the music- room, and ask Mr. Lovejoy for my copy of 'Old King Cole.1" The boy at once complied. Bightly conjecturing that* >the music-room was the place wherein the musicians as­ sembled previous to making their ap­ pearance in the orchestra, Mr. Whiffles followed the boy down a score or so of rickety stairs to the great detriment of his shins, into a sc&ntly-furnished apart­ ment, situated immediately beneath the stage, wherein he found several gentle­ men composedly tuning their instru­ ments. Upon hearing Mr. Lovejoy, the leader, addressed by name, Sir. Whiffles himself in economical quarters in Savoy -Mtreet, Strand. The theaters, of course, occupied a large share of Mr. Whiffles' attentions •daring his stay in London, and the neighborhood of stage doors afforded 'Aim a vast amount of satisfaction. T^he rsight of " professionals " in their every- •day costume was to him a source of great {.gratification, and his delight when he •made the acquaintance of a prominent turtmber of the orchestra of the Royal Dash Theater exceeded all bounds. He •owed eternal friendship for him on the «pot, and there and then ratified the ^agreement by entertaining his new ac- •quaiutauce at a recherche supper at the Albion. Our story opens when Mr. 'Whiffles and his « companion -- Mr. "O'JLeavy by name--had been almost in- •eepn-rables for the space of six weeks. Wi& pain Mr. Whiffles had lately ob- •ierved an expression of settled melan- • 'eholy upon Mr. O'Leary's expressive •countenance, and had resolutely de- 'iirmined to divine the cause. ' You are ill?" said our hero one ••evening, after they had supped at the ^faosteiry above mentioned, and were ~ «*taailng various "whiskies hot" topro- MBote digestion. - Mr. O Leary sighed, shook his head <wiUy, and emptied his glass by way of m reply. " Tour supper has disagreed with you rs-you have eaten too much," continued Jytr. Whiffles tenderly. *' It isn't the supper that worries me," observed his companion; " it's the sub- atitute." * T h i a mysterious answer puzzled Mr. • Whiffles, He thought it over seriously, tfhesi gave it up in despair, and de- anaudeil an explanation. Mr. O'Leary •vigorously puffed at his cigar andpro- oawded to enlighten Mr. Whiffles. It appeared from Mr. O'Leary's ac- ootat that it was customary in the Roy­ al Dash Theater for the management to •How various members of the orchestra to absent themselves from time to time bom their posts in order to attend con­ certs or other entertainments, on the tiondition that they provided efficient •fcbstitutes to fulfill their ordinary du­ ties, As a rule, these substitutes were ®6t hard to find, but Mr. O'Leary con­ fessed, with tears in his eyes, that, al­ though he had searched high and low, ; <Cor some unaccountable reason he could tlnd no one able or willing to supply liis f4ac@ at the theater while he was absent • fill a most profitable engagement he ' ; toad accepted to play at a fashionable West End concert the ensuing evening. "Without a moment's hesitation Mr. Whiffles threw himself into the breach proffered his services. Stuff!" replied Mr. O'Leary, rude- *' what do you know about music ? " j» Mr, Whiffles couldn't tell. He was •quite certain about what he didn't know, Ibut that he refrained from mentioning. The*® was a painful pause. Mr. O'Lea- «ry smoked silently on for some time, now 40id then darting a searching glance upon 4he anxious face of Mr. Whiffles, as if he Jj^ere revolving some great scheme in the Pnnermost recesses of his own mind, but *s yet scarcely saw the manner in which s; ' it could be carried on'. Suddenly--" I ' _ *'£aTe i** Thanks, Whiffles, mv boy. I *^%ccept your generous offer. You 'shall fce my substitute," said Mr. O'Leary. * To say that Mr. Whiffles was delight- •4 wo.u^(l hut feebly express the state of »is mind. He grasped Mr. O'Leary's * ^ifiand and shook it fervently. He trera- »•"» already with excitement. His ••-ffttoroudest hopes were about to be real- • m* szed. He would be admitted behind the .t*i44Menes of the theater. Words failed to *»nyey any idea of his feelings as he lent wdling ear te Mr. O'Leary, who pro- ,»l'$aaeded to give him the necessary in-- -Vv sanctions. J r 5.rst Mr. O'Leary pointed that there were two trombone play- th«or?¥stea of the Royal Dash *sj» .Towter, he himself being one, and that .lor the especial guidance of Mr. Whif- i m ^ he wouid summarily state the case -m follows, premising that after the ris- T of the curtain on the first piece a 4 ^performance upon the two trombones 4*«'#iataldefl tk® approach of the villain of pieoe. >#l * Fttrtaer, Iik (Mr. O'Leary's) experi- **«|̂ «aea induoed Mm t» believe in a wmsmbiy m» toe^booe would . 11; : •"% • O'Leary's substitnto. " Very good," said Mr. Lovejoy; " he's told yon everything, I suppose?" .Mr. Whiffles bowed assentingly, and darted a piercing glance into every cor­ ner of the apartment in search of the other trombone. Horror! He wasn't there! The man upon whom he solely depended absent! What was to l>e done ? Retreat was out of the question; as, while he was contemplating flight, a small bell sounded, and the musicians proceeded to take their places in the orchestra. Mr.. Whiffles, still bearing the fatal trombone, despairingly fol­ lowed, and, ere long, found himself in the presence of the British public. The novelty of his situation so confused him that he, for a moment, seated himself in the chair belonging to Mr. Lovejoy, and was received with a prodigrous out­ burst of enthusiam, the audience sup­ posing him to be the talented leader himself. This mistake was soon recti­ fied by the appearance of the veritable leader, who muttered something under his breat)i by no means complimentary to our hero, and motioned him angrily to the seat usually occupied by Mr. O'Leary. The audience, perceiving the mistake, expressed their opinion of Mr. Whiffles in candid and unmistakable terms as he ruefully made his way to the spot indicated by the conductor. After trying to reduce to something like order the sheets of music upon the stand be­ fore him, Mr. Whiffles regained suffi­ cient courage to look around him. The house was packed from floor to ceiling-- everybody was on the tiptoe of expecta­ tion, and sundry anxious voices apper­ taining to impatient " gods " implored the musicians to strike np at once, and appease their anxiety. Again the small bell tinkled. Mr. Lovejoy tapped his desk--raised his baton--looked on each side of him, and --stopped. He whispered to the first fiddle, then left his seat and the orches­ tra. Mr. Whiffles asked his next neigh­ bor what this might portend, and was informed, in reply, that Puffier, the other trombone, hadn't aa yet put in an appearance. '«Couldn't they do without him?" asked Mr. Whiffles--devoutly hoping in his heart of hearts they cooldn't. " Certainly not," was tha reply. " Wouldn't the big dram do as well ?" inquired Mr. "Whiffles. His neighbor regarded him with some surprise, smiled, and continued : " Do without him! how can they ? Don't you know that you and he begin the moment the curtain rises, to bring on old Russet, the heavy man? He couldn't come on without music, you i know ; as he appears at the back at first --then crosses the mountains from hft to right--then from right to left, and finally comes down left upon the stage, whore he expresses a variety of emotions in pantomime, and all to your musio." izing moment. The silence was posi­ tively paiufuL One might have heard a pin drop. The small bell was heard again. Mr. Lovejoy tapped his desk, and the curtain slowly rose--in solemn silence ! Mr. Lovejoy began beating the time slowlyt and had even accomplished a few strokes before he realized the fact. Turning round to ascertain the mean ing of this extraordinary., circumstanoe. his surprise and bewilderment may well be imagined at seeing the two trombone players hard at work, distending their cheeks to their utmost capacity, ner­ vously manipulating their instruments and producing not a sound! And the next unaccountable thing was they never took their eyea off one another. Mr. Lovejoy was transfixed with amaze­ ment " This is very strange,M thought Mr. Whiffles. "I wonder when that fellow is going to begin !" The little bell tingled again and again. Mr. Russet stepped upon the stage with some amount of dignity and left it with­ out any, under the impression that he was a trifle too soo. The stage man­ ager, a gentleman of excitable tempera­ ment and much addicted to the use of passionate language, who, played one of the principal parts in the pieoe, rushed from his room, discharged on the spot an inoffensiva " super" who, unfort­ unately, happened to cross lus path-- went, half-a-dozen at a time, down the score of rickety stairs, at the imminent hazard of breaking his neck, and, ap­ pearing at the little door under the stage, that led into the orchestra, de­ manded in unmeasured terms what the --very bad words--Mr. Irovejoy meant by such conduct, and why the--excess­ ively-rude observation--he didn't go on? Mr. Lovejoy was too astounded to make a reply. He could only point, in silent wonder, to the two trombones. There they sat puffing and blowing vigorously, but with no result. The stage-manager gesticulated violently and nearly had a fit. The audience, unable to comprehend what was going on be­ fore their eyes, hissed loudly; and, finally, the curtain fell. Then Mr. Lovejoy gave vent to his feelings. He leaped from his seat and rushed toward Mr. Whiffles, who, panting with ex­ haustion after his unaccustomed exer­ tions, was wiping the perspiration from his face, wondering what on earth was going to happen next \J*o sooner, how­ ever, did he perceive the angry conduc­ tor advancing toward him than, with an intuitive perception that something un­ pleasant was about to occur, he made a precipitate rush through the little door and sought safety under the stage, hotly pursued by Mr. Lovejoy, who oppor­ tunely came across the foreign gentle­ man quietly sneaking away, ami fell upon him tooth and nail. The foreign gentleman, being choleric, knocked Mr. Lovejoy down. Mr. Lovejoy, being by no means deficient in pluck, regained the perpendicular and--in the language of tihe ring--let the foreign gentleman " have it" Th» individual next seized the astonished Whiffles and endeavored to drag him before Mr. Lovejoy, in or­ der that he might undergo condign pun­ ishment, when the foreign gentlem&ia slipped; they both fell, and the t%o>-. trombone-players mysteriously disap*- pe sired. They had fallen £CNF» aft unused well uader the stage, M*. Whiffles under­ most. There being bat very little water they were soon extricated, and, fortu­ nately, no bones were broken. The two gentlemen.--after a rather ex- citiog interview with- the stage manager --weare, shortly afterward, permitted to take their departure. Mr. O'Leary, next dtay, was duly in­ formed of the disaster, and lost his situ­ ation. The same fate belel the unfort­ unate Puffler, who, it appeared upon inquiry, was really laboring under some severe indisposition that threatened to confiae him to iiis bed and, being nat­ urally unwilling to los» his salary, he provided a substitute, lik» Mr. Wlnillea, utterly unable to play, and to whom he gave, in effect, instructions almost iden­ tical with those given to our hero by Mr. O'Leary. Mi. Whiffles returned te the home of his ancestors a sadder and a wiser man. He has never been iira theater since, and never thinks, without a shudder, of his terrible adventure connected with the Two Trombones. Eating Hot Bread. What to eat and what not to eat is a question every one should be able to answer for himself. What would kill one person may,not hurt another in the leaat. A person in good health may eat and thrive on what woold injure him if not in robust health. The American Miller thinks hot bread very injurious. It says : "That hot bread in nine cases out of ten will produce dyspepsia is no newly-discovered fact, and especially is this terrible result sure to follow per­ sistent indulgence oa the part of those whose pursuits are quiet, indoors ani sedentary. And yet the reformers, cr those wno call themselves such--tha men and women who work themselves into a white heat over the sale of a glass of cider--will go 011 year after year, not only making no outcry against this per­ nicious indulgenoe, but actually filling themselves up day by day with the hot and poisonous gases of the oven. This servant of the housewife can be made as terrible a stomach-destroyer as the dis­ tillery, and the sworn foes of the latter are apt to be its best patrons. Dyspepsia paints the nose and sours the temper as dram-drinking, and many sufferers from the former, though by their own willful acts, inveigh the moat loudly agaixiat the latter." It is nothing new to find "reformers" among those who have not reformed themselves. But all grown persons should have knowledge enough to know, and coarage enough to practice, what is good for thembelvea. At these words Mr. Whiffles resigned all hope, and was mentally calculating the dangers to which h« would 1>" »•* posed if he leaped into the stalls, from thenoe into the pit, and fought his way out of the theater ; when the leader re­ turned, an ominous frown upon hi*, brow, followed by a short, fat, pale-faced gentleman, apparently of foreign ex­ traction, who carried a trombone under his arm. Joy ! Mr. Whiffles felt a man again. This, then, was Puffler! Mr. Whiffles remembered his instructions, and watched the new-comer attentively, who, on his part, appeared to regard him with the uttermost concern. Mr. Whiffles had occasion to shift his trom­ bone--Puffler did likewise. Mr. Whiffles felt for his handkerchief--Mr. Puffler followed his example. All this seemed very mysterious, and Mr. Whiffles was lost in wonderment when the overture commenced. Luckily, the trombones were not wanted until the commence­ ment of the drama. The overture ceased. " Now, look out," observed Mr. Whiffles' neighbor--"it's you now." Mr. Whiffles mechanically raised the instrument to his lips, keeping a stead­ fast gaze the while upon the proceedings of Mr. Puffler, who aid his best to stare Mr. Whiffles out of countenance. Mr. Lovejoy looked round and, seeing the trombones perfectly ready, awaited the raising of the oortaan. Ift waa aa agon What Makes a Legal Marriage in New York. The Court of Appeals, through Justice Folger, has clearly defined what consti­ tutes a marriage-contract ip this State: By the law of this State a man and woman who are competent to marry each other, without going before a minister or magistrate, without previous public no­ tice given, with no form or ceremouy, civil or religious, and with no record or written evidence of the act kept, and merely by words of present contract l>e- tween them, may take upon themselves relation of husband and wife, and l>e bound to themselves. Jr> the State and society as such. And n after that the marriage is denied, proof of actual co­ habitation as husband and wife, acknowl­ edgement and recognition of each other to friends and acquaintances and the public as such, and the general reputa­ tion thereof, will en aide a Court to pre­ sume that a bona fide marriage.--Troy Budget. • GAIIVXOTON father rebuked his ugly daughter for being rather forward. He said : "You ought to be ashamed to be always running after the young men." " It is not my fault/* she responded. "Whoee fault is it?" "It is their fault If they would stand still I would not have to run after them."--Galveston New. 1 THE FAMILY DOCTOR. THE eyes of a child under a yearmold should not be allowed to meet the blaze of Qn unshaded light IF we take the word of Dr. Cursch- mann, consumption may be cured by inhaling pure carbolic acid and oil of turpentine. Sisma DRSIK FOB DTSPMFTIOS.--A most palatable drink for a weak stom­ ach is a pint of the best milk and a pint of cold water; adding a well-beaten egg, with salt to suit. GET YOUR SLEEP. -- Nothing gives more mental and bodily vigor than sound rest when properly applied. Sleep is our great replenishes and if we neglect to take it naturally in childhood, all the worse for us when we grow up. If we go to bed early, we ripen ; if we sit up late, we decay; and, sooner or later, we contract a disease ealled insomnia, al­ lowing it to be permanently fixed upon us, and then we decay, even in youth. Late hours are shadows from the grave. How TO CUBE A COLD.--A medical journal tells how one man was cured of a cold : " He boiled a little wormwood and horehound together, and drank freely of the mixture before going to bed. The next day he took five pills, put one kind of plaster on his breast, another under his arm, and still another on his back. Upon advice from an ex­ perienced old lady he took all these off with an oyster-knife in the afternoon, and slapped on a mustard-plaster in­ stead. Then he put some hot bricks on his feet and went to bed. Next morn­ ing another old lady came in with a bottle of goose-oil, and gave him a dose of it on a quill; and an aunt arrived about the same time with a bundle of sweet fern, which she made into tea and gave him every half-hour until noon, when he took a big dese of salts. After din­ ner, his wife, who had seen a fine old lady of great experience in dontoring, gave him two pills of her own make, about the size of a walnut and of similar shape, and two teaspoonfuls of home­ made balsam to keep them down. Then he took a half-pint of hot rum, at the suggestion of an old sea Captain visiting in the .nest house, and steamed his legs with an alcohol bath. At this crisis two of his neighbors arrived, who saw at once that his blood was out of order, and gave him a half-gallon of spearmint tea and a big dose of castor-oil. Before going to bed he took eight of a new kind of pills, wrapped about his neck a flan­ nel soaked in hot vinegar and salt, and had feathers burned off a shovel in his room. He ia uow cured augl full of gratitude." KVSAI, CATABBH.- -We condense some leading points from an excellent paper on the subject, read by Dr, Boswortli before the New York Academy of Medi­ cine : The nasal cavity and the pharynx (the cavity ofi the moutli back of the soft palate} are alike covered with a aouceus membrane; are alike traversed by the current of air in respiration; ase alike exposed! to inflammation from changes of temperature and from inbreathed dust, and are alike without meant of cleansing from hurtful accumulations. The mueous membrane keep& itself moist and soft fey its own peculiar se­ cretion. Its in&ammation is the soaree of nasal sutarrh. When intlamecl the secretion- i3 either increased or dimin­ ished. Ini the latter case we have " &ry" catarrh. In both cases the inflammation tends to became chronic--the liability to "colds" constantly increasing,, and each new one helping toward the chronic condition. In both cases--and this is the worst fact about it--the membnuie is thickened by the inflammation,, and m time may become permanently so} to the extent of elosing up the passages. When the inflammation causes an. in- oreased flow ot mrncus it may also cause the wh^te blood eorpusdes to exude from tlie blood vessels, and thus render the mucus purulent or pus-like. This, finds exit into, the pharynx, wheae it either accumulates between its roof audi the palate, op-falls into the throat The. nasal passages, becoming obstructed),, the patient is forced to breathe through his- mouth, whereby th£ disease is extended to the larynx and toward the lungs. In dry catarrh tlue thickened membrane erowds upon the mucous glands and. ar- Msts their natural activity. In this case- the mucus is thick, dries rapidly, and forms a tenacious crust, beneath which the imprisoned adorations undergo de­ generation, and become fetid and offen­ sive. The disease should have the early attention ot a physician. When the membranes-have become hypertrophies! (tliickened)i it is difficult t ° redace them except by paiafwi operations, and then the result is. sot certain. In many cases round masses of flesh develop far within the nostrils^ which wholly close up. the passages, sod can be removed only by The Devil's BrMgse. It is an enchanting drive to the baihs of Lucca. The white road, dazsaiMg and dusty, first runs across- the fiow©^ plain to the foot of the Mils, and then follows the Serchio far into their re­ cesses. Picturesque villages, with wide­ ly overhanging roofs and pergolas of vines bowed with their purple grape clusters eling to the side of the hills, Roses, especially our common China rosea, are formed into hedges, amid which a Bhrine with a picture or an image of a saint peeps out here and there. The corn fields are red with gladiolus and poppies, or blue with corn tipwers. High above the olives, tall cypresses shoot up into the sky. At length, in the narrowest part of the val­ ley, we come upon the old bridge, the Ponte della Mandelena, built by Cas- | truccio more than 500 years ago, with I one of the highest and widest arches in Italy, raised even far higher than the roofs of the neighboring houses to be out of the way of the sudden floods which characterize the river. So high it is that the peasants believe that it is impossible that it can have been built by human hands, and it is often known by the name of Ponte del Diavolo. When the builder was in despair, they say, the devil came by night to help him, but de­ manded the first passenger across the 1 bridge as his reward. In the morning I the bridge was finished, but the man j outwitted the fiend by making a dog , cross the bridge first So furious was j the devil at his disappointment, that he tseizod the animal and dasheddt with such force upon the ground that it went through the center arch, and was carried away by the flood, " in proof of which," says the contadini, " the hole which the dog fell tlirungh might be seen under the present pavement of this day." Manufacture of Pins. The pins used in this country are made by fourteen factories, somewhat scattered as to locality, but chiefly in New England. Their annual production for several years past has been about 7, - 000,000,000 pins. This number has not varied much for some years, the demand remaining about the same. The impor­ tations of English pins are small, and the exportation of pins from the United States is confined to Cuba, South Amer­ ica and parts of Canada, where, however, but few pins are stent England supplies almost the whole world outside of the United States, although it is claimed that the American pins are not inferior in- quality. Quality, however, is a matter which but slightly concerns the retail buyer. To him a paper of pins is a paper of pins, so long as they don't have heads on both ends. The raw material-- the brass and iron wire from which all American pins are made--is from the wire mills of this country, and much of the machinery for their manufacture is of American invention and patent uix. .We All H«VW Faults. He who boasts of bWng perfect is per­ fect in his folly. I have been a great deal up and down in the world, and I never yet saw perfect man or horse, and I never shall until I see Sundays come together. You cannot get white floor out of a coal sack, nor perfection out of human nature; he who looks for it had better look for sugar in the sea. The old say­ ing is "Lifeless, faultless." Of dead men we should say nothing but good; but as for the living, they are all tarred more or less with a black brush, and half an eye can see it Every heart has a soft place in it, and every heart has its black drop. Every rose has its prickles, and every day its night. Even the sun shows spots, and the skies are darkened with clouds. Nobody is so wise but he has folly enough to stock a Btall at Vanity Fair. Where I could see the fool's cap, I have never­ theless heard the bells jingle. As thepe is no sunshine without some shadows, so all human good is mixed up with more or less evil; even poor law guardians have their little failings, ami parish beadles are not wholly of a heavenly nature. The best wine has its lees. All men's faults are not written on their foreheads and it is quite as well they are not, or hats would need wide rims; yet as sure as eggs are eggs fault of some kind nes­ tles in every man's bosom. There's no tellihg when a man's faults will show themselves, for hares pop out of a ditch just when you are not looking for them. A horse that is weak in the knees may not stumble for a mile or two, but it is in him, and the rider had better hold him up well. The tabby cat is not lapping milk just now, but leave the dairy door^open, and we will see if she is not as big a thief as the kitten. There's fire in the flint, cool as it looks; wait till the steel gets a knock at it, and you will see. Everybody can read that riddle, but it is not everybody that will remember to keep bis gunpow­ der out of the way of the candle. Yes, and the very ones who cry the loudest over one's faults have grosser failings- in themselves. It i» a much eas­ ier thing to point out and speak of a man's faults than it is to say you are sorry he has them. Together hand in hand with fauliia and failings should go sym­ pathy. Then we could say that we had soberly reflected on these faults ol others, and then how much the sum of human happiness could be advanced by sympathy. We get cheerfulness- and vigor, we scarcely koanr how or when, from mere association with our fellow men, and from the looks reflected on us of gladness and enjoyment. We catch inspiration and power to go on from human presence and from cheerful looks. The woman works with additional' energy having others by. The full family circle haa a strength and life peculiarly it» own. The substantial geod and effectual relief which men extend to another is trifling. It is not by these, but something far less costly that the work is done. Our Maker has insured it by a much more simple machinery. Qs has given to-the weak­ est and the poorest, power to contribute largely to the common stock »f gladnessi The cnild's smile and laugh are mighty powers in this, world. When bereave­ ment has lelt you desolate, os misfortune bowed you to -the earth, what substan­ tial benefit is there which makes eon>- dolence acceptable ? It can bestow on you nothing permanent. But a warm hand has touched yours, and; its thrill' told you that there is indeed a living response there- to your evesy emotion. On look, one human sigh, hasidone atom for you than'the costliest peesent eoolld convey. How much better then would it be for us all to eschew altogether calling at­ tention to each other's faults, and puae* tice sympathy strictly and entirely--- Unknown Exchange. ascertained by data left by the latter--the faithful dog tended the flock oommitted to his charge, and had fresh mutton for lus supper every night The flock WM not decimated by this steady drain upon its resources. On the contrary, it increased in numbers, and when, at the end of two years from the time of the death of the proprietor, the ranch was visited and the remains of the owner found, the dog was still at his post of duty, jealously guarding his flock, and driving them to the best pasture every day and to the fold at night, before which he slept, to keep the wild sheep-eaters ol the plains at a civil distance. Herman C*.nrt Ceremonies. Ia plain-going England a Prinoe has to be married yery much like anybody else. Bnt in Prussia the Court still live# in an old-fashioned world, which lower mortals have not yet presumed to enter. A King's marriage is a ceremonial of it­ self, and a Prince must submit to a weari­ some ordeal of forms. The Hof-Predi- ger's duties are at an end, the Hof-Mar- schall's begin, and doubtless that stern functionary will scorn to intermit on thi« one jot or title of the medieval ceremon­ ies which three years ago attended the wffddings of Prince William's sister and cousin. "La Cour" is a form which has ever been dear to the Hohenzollerns. While the Emporer and Empress sit in state the guests walk past them in silent file--the ladies first, the gentlemen next, and the less distinguished courtiers in the order wliich has been assigned them. At one time the sovereign, to indicate his superiority, used to play whist and chess while tiie procession swept along on its stately march. Bnt of late years he has contrived to bear the irksome ceremony without reoourse to any pastime. Supper is a less undesirable form; but it, too, is a ceremony. The place of every human being is fixed in Prussia by somfe law, written or traditional, and at the royal table is apportioned in exact accordance with the particular individual's rank in the table of precedence. Even the great nobles and Princes who hand the soup wid plates and poor out the wine are as much hereditary officials as is the Grand Carver in the Queen's Scottish household or the Pipe-bearer iu the Seraglio of the Sultan. There being now no Holy Roman Empire, there are, of course, no Electors to surround the Em­ porer as be "sits in kaiser pomp and pride;" but the duty of attending on his wants is too lofty to be yet trusted to the ignoblle hands of untitled footmen. Supper over, the medieval "Fockeltanz" begins. As the royal personages sit on the dais--the- ladies on the right, the gentlemen on the left,. of the Emperor and Empress--the Grand Marshal, bear­ ing a lightedl taper, approaches. Be­ hind him are the Cabinet Ministers, and at their backs- eome the married couple. After they have solemnly walked around the room to the music of a polonaise, the Emperor takes* up the march the es­ cort of the bridft; Then follows the Em­ press, and so an until the hall has been paced in circuit 22 times, and every guest has conventionally danced with the bride and bridegroom. The last «ere- mony of all is the most curious. The bride's garters aee distributed to the as­ sembled guestsj But as these articles- of toilet are limited* by nature, scarlet rib­ bons embroidered! with her initials serve their places, and enable the royal lady to gratify every assistant in the laborious- operation of marrying an imperial base­ band.--London St'mndard. .American. Sagsr. The time ia approaching very evident ly when the manufacture of sugar in this republic will reach a sufficient magnitude to supply the whole country. Our terri­ tory is so extensive and the temperature so varied that there ia scarcely anything consumed by man that it will not fur­ nish, when the intricacies of the art of producing, it is once sufficiently well un­ derstood. We do not say that the sugar supply will come from, beets, though to some extent, and a very large extent, it may, and we hope will. But more like it will be the product of sorghum and the* amber cane, whieh would seem to be less costly in the waj of labor. Sugar from beets can undoubtedly be made of aq excellent quality as any produced from aoy other material, but we fear not so cheaply. Labor is the great draw­ back; this being so much more econom­ ically supplied in France and Germany than in the United States, readily ac­ counts for the success of beet-sugar making there; and it seems that it will always continue to be so, at least so long as ihis discrepancy in the price of labor exists. Should we be able, how­ ever, to counterbalance this by increased product ot the beet per acre, or by im­ proved machinery, or from any other oause not now developed, the aspect of things may be changed. The factory in Delaware is experimenting perhaps more intelligently tnan any other that has been established in this country, and the prospect is more encouraging than any other. Should it be finally successful, it will of- course lead the way to the establishment o'f others, and hence sup­ ply a want in the United States so great and commanding aa to give employment to labor and capital to an enormous ex­ tent--Qermantown Telegraph. A Faithful Dog. A dog in New Mexico, returning one evening with his sheep to the fold, dis­ covered that his master was still in his shanty, and kept very quiet. The next evening it was the same. But after pen­ ning up the sheep the dog smelled about the door, scratched, barked, and even howled, as he was getting very hungry, but his master did not move. The dog, true to hia appointed duty, went out with the sheep on the third day, but that night when he drove the stock into their pen the last one to attempt to get in became the victim of the dog's appetite. This method of providing for his own wants became a part of the faithful dog's daily duty. Every evening the last sheeo to try to enter the fold was seized by "him and served for supper and breakfast, and for dinner the following day. The ranch to which the dog belonged was in a soli­ tary part of the Territory, and out of the track of travel or visitation. For two years from the time of his master's death--as Milton, th» Ureat Poet. John Milton was. a blue-eyed, yellow- haired Saxon boy,, the type of toe En­ glish race. He was somewhat short, stout and healthy ; his eyes were bright and sparkling in liis> youth, before he be­ came blind. But he inherited weakness of sight from his mother. He was boru in 1609, in a pleasant house ia Bread street, London, almost under the .shadow of Bow Bells. It was back in & court. His father, who had made a fortune as a scrivener, was foniof mueic, books aud literature, and his son, was carefully edu­ cated at St. Paul's school. Milton re lates that he frequently studied in the house in Bread street until after mid­ night, and his head ached and his sight grew dim with these late vigils. He was then about 12 yeans old. He was one of the beet scholars, at St. Paul's school, and loved study aa- most boys like play. He was eager to. know how men lived* and acted in Greece and Rome, what they thought of, and. what they discovered. He studied the rise and fall of empires and republic^ and became a republican in the midet of Kings and Princes. He was always, fond of poetry, Itnd soon began to wrube find verses. One of his earliest is his "Ode on the Nativity."'--Harper'# Young People. Os MS •sen Steamer. The principal change I remarked in the manners and customs on the voyage was the marked increase of playing and betting on board. When I first crossed, ten years ago, there was nothing more than an occasional game at whist in the saloon or smoking-room. This voyage it was not easy to get out of the way of hard play, except on deck. The best corner of the smoking-room was occupied from breakfast till "Out ISglits" by a steady pokerparty, and other smaller and more casual groups played fitfully at the other tables. There were always whist and other games going on in the saloon, but of a soberer and (in a pecuniary sense) more innocent character. There were "pools" of sovereign or half-sover- eign on every event of the day, the "run" being the most exciting issue. The drawer of the winning number seldom pocketed less than £10, when it was posted on the captain's chart at noon. 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