— » ^ — — — — •

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DEVOTED TO POLITICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, LOCAL INTERESTS, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

VOL. XftXIT, NO. r>2. KEESEVILI/E, N. Y„ T H U R S D A Y , SEPT. 26\ 1872. WHOLE NO. 10,01.

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tMru •liiMihl U*uk>u to wnu uti en* *td« only uf 111AJW «•**!•

Wliii>*v«'f U lni.«n*lvt t«#f MMIAAlton mint H« m*. th«'ntl»*tvd hv lite tiit»m» and .ul.lf. *« r>f th» wrltur.

II

A I l o n i ^ y n ,

JAMCA W . fiHUEHY, \ttornry nuil Counsellor ut la^t

1^t Pniil' HKNUY, N, Y.

TIITDT.I1Y ft PtRRY,^

\ltorth.v?i ami foun rlors nt f*nw, Awnh H. httiaiv. MiLP 0. T i m

\ttornf) ami (#uiiii9i*luia*ut*LnWt No. HI llrtMutirnjr, Corner Wall Hl.v

to NHWYOUIC, r»9

"" itAfSriMiTii 4 KETLOOO, ATlullNl' . io AND U>LiN6Kl.uU.^ t^tUnhi ttiftuvti, l».Nnr% rtittttf^ N, Y#

Kv*ta*t el. I U I . I ,

tltiWL4ttttU.KiLI.ofin. 1#00

_ WITCHES AND JEWELRY._

NEW STORE! NEW:GOODS,

I t 0 ( 4 * l l

THE AMERICAN HOUSE. urrr nv L. ni I I vun,

I ' h y M l . ' l n n n .

<HA^ri \ n V A I i i v

I.YE& i:\KI\nKlH4RV, IMnrtiNtmriorlu TV. Y #

l \ f l i %i t lAV\W« Wtl.f» I1M AT I t t l I * lit!....,, .., vs IMIKUII.I/M tffcW t lu ' l ' tL, lot M.uulnAUoti nt^l (j^MittUdUnA, mot ot»«*rnlloni in

IXIIMVI tlt\hM^f4f Ulllj Kfiiiitlftillltttt uml tJoMlttUftUfttl, mot i »ll«. .«*>« *jf U> • fcjy, Kur>u««IThnmt,rtii initi ruo»«lrty of MUfth ttitinih. Ai oil

fjrtjr ui««llylmft»wn.lMhU f««t>lonnt In H*mtmo, J, V.» wh«»;» tmilutitft nri» r«L*vlt«*l for U««ltu«nl, h**>\ ltu«f«l I* IH Hw ulttMttirit • ! * lair rutt. £»riiitril«tiit'tft.titlilt^ii H. IIAVNIIM.II.I) . • ^ • » Humnmi, N, V.

IJUITANir 4 LA MTTDGB. " ^

Shaving & Hair Dressing 8ALOOJST,

In MIIUUI'I tlluck, Kw»efUli',N.Y.

1 AMY rttMttnt WANTtNU A V I H ^ U L A i m

IMPROVED HOWE SEWING MACHINE, WAttftA rrh, o9i v,\*x ^PAxnn^

tiMll on of *MrrM ,f . f?» WI t \ W » A w ' t t

*M>t«r Kotmillt, N Y.

OttVCR AfiliL, JR 7

HEAL ESTATE AGENT, KMir.AiiKritrDWM, N. Y.,

WIL». Att4N0 TO Tim

PttrrliRM nml Salo of Real Gstntft TIM a ml nn t h i n Hl,4krtih««,4Vr#«

tM ttttttfX UOl 'NTY. 10ut

iCViitTttt:tt!ir 'www voiiu'HirJiii•"*T. L I \(<t ^ < \ .

F. L.REED, I'K.M.KIt IN

PIANOS. ORGANS W T O O L * l ,

AMD

lluilrnl MrrrlinmlHo Ufiierallyi J*«r *. I. HMKh, Morttil. tf^ntrt*. N Y.

TutHo'uRink 4 . U b P r t n t i n t Office.

BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, outre tn llnirpny's \^» miiidinir,

'SR^Wf.':'! PLATTSBURGH, N. Y. •Ml *•»»« . »^UW\t til lliv Itvut itviu rtli.i «t k\%u IUW'

#•( «Uy rn<> N A full nw..flftt.nl < f l»*w Miatiht cou*

C il *

" S

a t

WILLIAM REED tt-ldhml fvttirnr'1 from Nuw Yorli, nml hiiBtlrtWrii

eshlMHuti ut hlMHtoro

A l A i w n w T o r u ronrctta* AND AWFntrA^

GOLD AND S I L V E R WATOHES, wub »ft uti'll^ta tttrloly of

JEWELRY, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, n HI: Nil vi:u \v\ui;,

of tht UU'tt aud b«t«l itylon nttU bntt gooJi.

aot.n» mtiVi'.u ANH rr«t : i , S P K C T A -

Wateh chfiim, Rings, Charms T h i m b l e * , Jfiwolry, Ac*

C L O C K S , A f*ry rln>' iU^k. K*r*e'ftt uH*ntton \* euiio<i ut

hit gohoruk tMAortmctji uf

Ni1vc*t* IMntod W n r © ! At 10, A*«1U frif

n n t t T t l K M f K L I G D I l A T K t l o n t i U IM.XS. A HH.I. AHH^IVrMKNI1 Of

RiitiiU Rnok^i mid * m t l o n n y, Ountom^rpnff1 r«f|tlrtt»M| to eili mnl pfHmlno hl»

• U'C'I « t l l | fitlCtMl.

1 U . ( H ! U I I , WATrtlttdnti . l . f lCWKtil ir ffr^Pwl I ) f*iiM>rlt>tt.:<Ml workmen on tliuri notlr«tatul nt Oi*» Ittwt'tt lermn

Wff.i.iAti u r r o , WHf No. W Mllrtini vi ril.i HtH.l uf Hrl'l^o fell.

f |1

LUMBER, i t A T t ^ l H U O I I M'9tfl1«R VAUf>.

•IftMIVim liahil •Mtr

INSURANCE. WKW VOIIH

NKSV Yt)HK. UAHtt AHHITnP,ov»r..«<M<«MM«MM.|lOOlOOO.

w*.?, MirArrn Vt ri.AnHhuium, N( V.

IVKSTfnRSTKU FlttK INS, CO, N K W YfHIK.

A P M H I H I !>V9f*iMiiM«*«««.««iMi..*i.. .1100,000 Wi .!• t l r r A t ' l i l M V ,

tllNHKM. AtlUNt rull iNwMfHlHN ,NWW YoR*(

i'f.ArrKliUUUtl. N Y .

.Aorontn Wnnt f id l ^ r ^ t i r w h U l i m k W t t 0i>iii|NiittvH tn thv UlflVfthl ldwtt« of tt*<H<i (Mtiftly.

IMh .»f UI*>*Y »witiimitl«* Will litiurt' fnm Vtmvh

A.UrwMi W . J MoOA^rUMtt *»»* IMmuburih, K Y,

• - - — • • • — * • — * ^ — •! .. ... mm

Tcr.rsMtnvit.t.tti

Insurance Agency I Tti! nfnufttfftWfi7M AOMT rim Hatiovrr Plr Insiinuiff fompnuy*

H*W tOMit i t i Y , Onnh ttnplul, • • . . . . . . . , , 1000,000

SprlnitllHil Flrf nnil Unrlnr Iiw. to «»r UAf t r tA l l lUHh l IH.

0H|ll»»ll. . . i . . . , I H M M M M M , • . $600f 000 A M O U , . • . • . . . . . , , . . b«7 f 1T4

I-yromlnB: Plr tit nrnnrt rompdiiy, MiNt^V, 1 A.

AnnittHf 11 *«i * « « , . * i . , , . , , , , , , , , f 000, uOO

\i»t! Flrf ftiTIHhrtiw ln^ roM *»tN» -IMSAl'li OHIO.

0M»» CV|IUNI9 11,000,000

Trlnw|ih PlrTTiHHranff roH I'lftlilMNATI, OHIO.

0 * p l U t , . . M . M . M . H M M M . M . |S00,O0O

\mniron Flrf ItiMtriuiro FoM IMNIMSINATIf UIIIO,

Oaptlnl, . . . . . . . . . , • • .1500,000

Miitnul t.lfo Insnnniff fompnn^ Nrtw Tnmc OITT.

Ortih AMOU» nvor . . . , . „„„ |50 ,000 ,000

UAHII M.AN, rth.l i n 11 ,0011.1100 Amiftft Itttihtti m» |ir.>mtiim t m l ^ . frtitr> sioulm, or uth i t Uttiiirlnipy i|Uf»iUuimUlM ftwitrltlfi. ^ *

Trnr lrr?*1 InjitirftfifM'ompfiny, l lAUk'F ' iKI t , i t».N.X.

fHrittl>ft<ii«|i(tliut A r r l d v n t i i n f n l l I th i i fna I W\ i ' n p i t n i , , . . , . . , . . . , . . . , . , . f;mo%on0 Nt»l H * . i r | v l t i « H . . . . . . . , . , . . . . , , . , . . S U , 8 H 7

fluUwnjf Pii fncrr iMttrnnf

o. n. I*K VIIODY, Agnm. flt tdftit*,.tw ut uu. \m

BAKER BROTHERS, Wht»1r»P«u1«* i i n t l l l o i n t t

DKALKUH \X

Lumber of a!! Kinds. W i t h n n N f . H nr««%hi«.nt tt# Wtiftrf.

.1 tl. HAKKH.) =* IA . , • • • *

B-.Si 'tAlm Wattalmrgli, N. T. Wi» hiivo Ihc t«ltt*«urp to rthhoutic*1 to ottr ptttron-

h\\\ nil UttMruiitpit tn UM* Liunhor IWl*', tluit uttict* III* it.»*tttlrlloli <»f our itof?k liy l\r*» l*<it Hitmin*r, Wt-ttitvv rvbutU ott ii ttturh hum r iictiK tticrcttt* d out |tnW(<r n»-,»t ntitchlhory tn.lnulilo tl* frrnn-r iij»;»cHy, ntii) *tHiur»'<1 A r»»H Plonk or tiotfi atut laim'MT.

W»» «r«» U'crvfoN* pri«|»i\i<L A u vlU-i to UcuKrp tltn) OuttiUtlioii, In mmhtUU'*,

nv m>.\T toAn. v\n LOAt>, on T.K<«I, A t «ATUFAl"tMUir ttATKH.

W* wl*li lo **U fi\rtloutftrty U»o ittkntlon off><mt ^r» lo ottr

Wholesale Stock! Wtilth ron*UM of ft full nttarttiionl or

NAHA^Acwuirrri I M II I t O A K U M . M ' U l t l K l i S ,

I t l t I Of. I . \ S , I IATTKNM, Xv.

Tltt* *nrr* i1rt'«ii«Ml fttt.1 mnttrho.t, <1rp**i'<1 nnd joint-•M|,fir rnrtil*lio*i tit iitittutttle* In tho rntiiflu

crutt ittr.MiiC^rtt ^rnt?ic f ottpiitu of * lurtfo ntttottnt of

rittttttttliilh ftrfiitm-U *tfn<*U nnnt-it«i. u tile it m l inn row V M I I » I M . ^ Iti* ti IM i tnk .

K4\ I n i u l \\S . IOIHIII ,

An>tiling lnthonbovotlnoort$|miaoiui«t ttemlock li'tmMr tvu IIn* nri'i'iiti'l lo Uvliwr to JcuUr* In imy Hottihern or )£i«torn cl») nt the f irst vot f f r o m ffte i f i i i t i | t« tlicrvhy ntiv.i^ n i l t - o i i i m U i l o i i i nu\ t n l i l i l U |if*f«flf • to the purt'liuAot.

Wy liiiw ulao i« **ry lurgi* und *u|>vrlor niiorlmt'tit of

cr.iiAii Miivnt.r* mut LATHM. HY OAK Ott ItoAT 1.0An.

T o fiuvTV^ttxiWfttvonH Wi» wotti.l uny wo hnt* nt gr*»nt enro nn«l ftt»on*i-PUIM'OIHU'II In rt>p|iielngotirii*Poilitiuttt of MumiotivU Ltimtmr, wtiiQh Qonntpti of

MIMitt iV^f AKfl t\\yt\ty\ PINK*

of nil l*nfth», wUihH nn<1 thlckncitfl, itrotii'<t una nn-»t>rh»t| for thu trmln,

Ul* »r«, HvkutN, Hlti'Mnt, ricklnitp, Ttox nn-t OIIIIP, 0!.I|» BOIUIP, mnUhn.t mill liiivrltv HUllnifP, I'tin*'! Iln«ir.l«, I'lckt't*, AtP., Willi Urmlork AtiilH|Miiri*,Ot>. * " ' Hlttti lUullty. 8t0«r lur tVtftta, Liithi, Hlilnnle*, A c . tn pvrty fnrni unO

IIAKttU HUMS

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. ^ n w * P. n A ti

PIANO AGENCY. titttnwtiy A loiif!<. f1n%«tton flt*t>tti*f*,

Mntt t t i« t ip | i t uti'l nil oth.i i|t>p4:r!|)tiun uf l'iiino*, lut!ii-h> i \\ tli.« lowott poiPlblo prlco. AUo,

MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS. A ifuo.l ttonk of tnptrumotis kept cotiMAtitty on

hainl. AddrviP A, W. rr.iWKtt». ilnrllngton, Vt.

PIANO TUNING! W* ttiuiU AIWU.I U> ttiuini; lu l'l<iiu;,m^h thrt><>

tlriie* c\ »*«». Al io , twlco n your nt KPPHOVIU* Hou*?t l\)lhtuiHt tIhiiniplain,

Unit m l«rtnt Jiuu.p l l . ToUtnn*i, ruttibtttgh, will bw ptomptly ntti'iulvd to.

A. w. powiens. Tlrttttnglott. Vt., Mitrch fri. m* . «74> i«r

ouTiirnit w. *• itntstcj AOKKCV.

HARDWARE. Nfow Oprn & In order for Business*

THE NEW

Hardware Store AT KEESKVILLE,

Next door south of

Adirondac Hotel, Where will bo found a full and com­

plete assortment of HEAVY i\iui 811 ELF 11AHDWAHK, consisting "C

Iron, Steel. Nails, Springs, Axles, and

Blacksmith's Supplies. Bent Shads, Felloes,

Hubs, Spokes, and Carriage Trimmings.

Mill Saws, Carpenter's Tools, and

House Trimmings. ruble and Pocket Cut lory.

PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS. Rope, Twine,

Cordage and Oakum. Aftricullimil Implements, Oak-Titnncil Leather Bolting,

ANT) LACK LEATHER.

Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead,

Zinc and Solder. Guns, Pistols,

And Ammunition. READY ROOFING.

Tarred ?nd Dry Felt for SHEATHING.

M A I N TILE, CEMENT, k CALCINED TLASTETl,

In fine, wo design to keep everything Usually Imind In a BUHST OLA8» 1IA1UV WAHnSTOKR, tui.l we* respectfully soli-eit the putmnugc of the clli/.uus of Clinton, Fnuikliii) nnd R*se.v Counties,

ll» I>. ( L A P ! 1 A CO. KecftevlUe, Mny It, ls7i, 1G5»2

I^ootry .

Lumber & Shingles. ' • • • i • - — I I

Till!* « t f * t t « r 1 t i l ! m « Wlf . t* TtKini*, AT I ' i ' - l i L i ' M l : | . . u \ . \ K l » i.'V I ' l - l l i l ' , - I m ; * : * U U H

e<.':IHOll, it f l t l l MU|»ply vt

llctiilock Frncc & noolltt? Hoards. strip*, . lout*, : i \ l IUKI 1\1«

2 Inch IMank ntul 2x I Wull Strips ami Fur­ring. Also a variety of

Pine and Cedar Shingles. Th»>y will hnvu «t lln-r mill u f>ui>| ly <»i I'iNK und

Hl'KJX'K In tint ltouuh I\M.| HP-H- .1, oonnimiinc of I ^ Fluutiitv: lM:ktikt Bpitier r,u|*lMmiiU. I iiuli Tim ttldiutt" uti'l (JoveHmj 13oui'lj, I lin-li H^ruco IUKI ?I Ami t: Vin< (toillntr.

TIM Hl>:i{ i T T TO (lUDKIl on lillln for Mil! ling. HASH A M ) 1>OOUH prot'urod nt Miort notli'**. A I'uM nlo'lt ut HhlnuU'P, mul PUIIH' v:mctk** oi

llttrtl Wuott :tiiit Wl'K' Tlno. N. LATHAM * PON*.

Pom, K. V., .Tun<* 4, H M TMu

Dress Goods, Dress Goods,

l i on iHT A'l'

Great Reduction F R O M

cmm ARY inucEs, Atut lor sale at a

Small Advance BROM COST.

WuTDouH wait until they nrc all gone, GEO. H. POTTKU.

Kcpsovlllo, May 25, 1«72. WiT

REMOVAL. rpliiij si imcuiiiKii. cfAvixo nr.^to

1. \ - l It.-tn \\\--ij.urt i«, lrini H--u^, uti'l ^uivuli tu* O. II. tVu»f, vruuld *nnounoo to 111 A ctt*trttiit*r

AtiKNT P(>U TI1K

ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS,

nrnntlftil Vox nittnana Tffmoto

Wonderful Vox Jubilants, t *» *n t t * *«T* fidrt.iiltt fo 4Hf» ofUdtifAt frifii f « t

• STNV OhfiA^i.

A Irtnrt* YAHoly of PwiMtful Stytci, ulaptod to nil rtH|tiiri»nw?uUiimt tii*ti<*« Ben-t for HluntruU>il CM* filoguo*

A.tdrwt P. !*• f l E K D , A f t n t i Morlah Cftitet, N. ¥ •

* % . f 5 v ^ * y T f l i t n t m e i t t F u l l y W n r r n n t e ^ . P I A N Q B ( t f tliv W(*t nmkorit furntshc4 upon

Pm w i t i|T">riit tf>rm*» 774

"Dentistry." T)ti, t . w» ii. T I K K T , oi*' rtrn^tif!-•ati*futUm to hln imuty putmn* In nil thv nuw nnd Imjir »VIM| o|wmtlgu<i ri|i|n>rlnitUh|t to hln profi*P*lon.

F . H l r r tu : r t i t n t o f h r t t i ii.|inliil*tor»-.l, wkfti tloMivl. Cu'inj •• MI i .h\- u\ In ntti'tnliuicf.

» f * Work iluiio Willi nt'utnopn ami ile*|»tiU*li. N. It. -Hi'tti nf Tuith fmni #iu to ft&. Tl«ou^vrvKii| Juiw 17, L37i. Pi50ta3

an«l tin? i*uhlU'f that lie will cnntinu< to famUli (trut CIAM Work nt tliv luwcut |»o*nlbU* K)M\\ l'rlec*.

He ltu« un liuii'l a huge anHnrtUK'nt of

Stoves, Tin Ware, Wood and Hollow Ware,

Of Uii« lifti ityli** itltU i|unlity. Aldo, the liunfH*: stock of

(IIHMIW TOYS ofpr kiM»i tn town, which lu» wilt m-ll very chum* for ItKAPY PAY. Old Iron, ftntr*. rotnipp, I V w t r r ,

T.riul, IlriiNs. IN Un, l l i d e i , utiil all kui«U of Harterttnkfii In exilmiiKe fir ^000^.

MTPk'jwu call an>t ^ e f JV yuur-elvex. T. O. C A 1 / S T W .

INirt tfeuty, .Tuly 11, 1R72. i.r»o;jw4

Wo are now Opening nt*U PtMPlHASKS (>K N*t:\V

Spring Dry Gootls, CLOTHING,

and Ladies* Shoes, W tileh w»- *¥iil ull'-r at |ihcvi» th;»l will

Kri.irsi: AM.roitm:n EFFORTS. N H.- Mr. Htftn* Will call on tils cu^tonu'r* tn a

;i f tw iluyo.

fU'*pcct fully HTKUN.' A ttoOKIP4

Uea<l our ativettUement In tl»in paper next wetk. Kwnifvlllp, April 9, W i . PVI0

DSESS^AKING: New Rooms.

Tt i ft I ' M l l F . l t ^ l l ^ F n TAKKJH THIS \\ \y t»f » i " M f \ ! » u t i p ' L . i ' l i f* «>f K c v H v V t a- a t i ' l

'ti/ltiUy, thtUihv'hn* taken ulciuant nwinn In the ,A nrrlN hoime. now ocGUpiotl hy Mr. 1L H. nciyutoii txhcrv nhe Mrtll timlcrtiikf* to itu nu*M*-4*fnUy Jitxl *at rpfaetorily PltKHH M A K l N O In all \\% part* an«t va-IcvtlvH, tuul »ccor«liia( to (HrvvtloiiH or LhO latent Ihvhm.

Who will tmrn thr iraity nmt vahlnM* mmtntrnee nf iceea Taulina Lenin,n* a party IJ> tittiMvM, wl th tki* Poi»» «tio Ht'WliiK Maehine, t»» ai«l kvr in inet'l ing all jupt am! rcAftonithlo t'stuvtatloii*.

The room* arc tn a <lry an«t jilcnuatit part of the village, ttml callurR aro luvilud,

Mnn. E. B. PTPKVtj ^ . M t « P . H. L K W i y . Kouipvtttp, July fl6, \%n. Jt»356

CI A T ' l ' l , K C IfA t N S - F o r mW liy ' ~*' f n. n. I:L/ PMPmhor 21, 1*71.

S A T P U D A V N I G H T . IMaclnjr the liuic hui. all iu u ruw, H'.udylur t'hurcti on the inorruw. you knowj Wa.-lihiK wee face-!* ami Illtle l>hi»-U flt*tHf Oi'tthiif them ready und lit to be kiiwed j Putting tluiii liitu I'Uum trurtiii'iitA tuul whlto: That U whut Uiulhci» tire duin^ to-ulghl.

^r.vlnjc out hole* In the tittle worn ho*u, Luylntr by nhous that are worn through the (oc-f; LoiikhufVer ifuniifiJUBo faded and thin—. Who, but ft mother, ktmvrt* where to betrln? tliaii^inu" a !»uti»'ii to mukc it look ri^ht, Thut w what mother* ure dotug to-iiUht.

CulUnjj; the Uttlo ones all round her ehutn iP'iuhiu: thuui U>p forth lheir»t»iteiihit:praycr, Telling thctu *toi ief» of Jesus of old. W!»o hives to (futher the lambs to his fold \ Wuteliliitf, they lUteu with childhh deliuht, TJiut l.-* what mother* tire doing to-night.

Cre< ping *o POHIV to take a InM peep, After the little <mo* ^lil u , v it^leep, Anxloiu to know if the children are warm. Ttieklnu- the blanket round eaeh little form ; KltMut; eaeh tttth faeu. rosy and briirht, That U what mothers are doing to-night.

Kueethur down cently hestde the white bed, Lowly und meekly .-liu lM»w»down her head, Praving as only a mother ean pray. '•God. guide anil keep them Iromgoingnstray!"

TJFK'S HF/l 'TKIi ^lOMKNTS, Lite ilUe its moiiR'litB

Of lieuutv and bloom ; iittl they hang like nweet roseB

On the edire of tomb, liles^lngs they bring tie,

A* lovely ai* brief, Thev meft u» when happy*

And leave us in griel.

Hue* of tin1 morning, Ttnuinu: the *ky,

Uoine on the sunbeam*. And oil with them liy ;

Shadows of evening Hang s«»ft on the xhore,

Parknens cnwrnpK them, We see them no more.

So life's better moment* lu brlllianec appear,

l )awnlug In beauty, Our Journey to ehecr.

Hound u« they linger, Like Miadowrt of evening;

Woubl that we like them, Mlisht melt Into heaven.

"THE STEP MOTHER,

.Tulirt mul Waiter Tmikhdalo lived with their grandmother in a sweet old house, •whieh ntootl un the crown of a ftlopin^f hill. The grand old oaks nnd chestnuts, hundreds of yours old, waved their branches overhead, and the) little ones made teacups of the ncorns and played "party," us their great-grandmothers and fat hers had before them. For the old house had stood in the midst of the trees for more than a hundred years; tliere were thu sumo walls with their panelling of live oak, that had m verseeii juiint or oil in all that time, and in some instances the same old pieces of furni­ture, that had been standing still all these long years, while the years and the time went on without waiting for any one.

These little

'.?

"That is easily done. What else V9

"Well, I\l like to have a pony." "That is a big thiug to get, and, what

is worse, to keep, Papa won't huvo grandma's hay and oats in town to feed a pony with. Can't you think of something else?"

"110*8 BO little, mamma/' said Tulia, ashamed of Wulter'i largo demand,— though she did not know herself how ab­surd it was,—44he don't know any bet­ter/*

•'Iknow it, my dear, T don't know how we can manage to have tho pony ; but wo will see.**

Walty was being won over by his moth­er's gentle, winning way. 8ho had not forced herself upon him ; but seeing that he WUB disposed to be shy of her, bided her time.

Under some of the trees on the lawn, wom nif-tie seats. On ono of these, \Vnlty spied Miss Annie, reading. Hlie did not see him as ho tripped up, and started when she heard his voice-, "Miss Annie, I say ! won't you tell me that storv now ?"*

Prom the ftfTitioii IVniii

r^tinbunrh tantinc-l. Ft. ^forrnit,

"Yes, Mr, Walty; with pleasure," "Wh ' m< Mr. Walty

me Miss Annie

ten­like

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R l t A T M - T h e bout nnd ttvollopt ktnnV for mk-~ »y IV P. C L A P P A VO.

December 21.1*71, 1 ^ 1

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children wore very happy in their country home, for it hud been the pleasure of grandma's life, as well as her duty, to keep them from feeling the loss of their mother, ever since that dear mother died, and thev had been under iter friendly roof, Their father lived iu the far West, and his life wassuch u bupy one that once a year was as often as he could see his children.

One day u letter came, which gave some concern to grandma and to Aunt Cattie, and Aunt Jenny, too, It said:

4lYou all have hud the care of my little ones long enough, and 1 am going to marry again and take them home with me. *T don't know if it will suit little country children to live in town, but I hope, after a while,they will be very hap­py with their new mother. She isu gen­tle, lovely girl, and will love them and euro for them for my sake, I know."

*'How will these children ever get used to a stranger, and bo happy with her," sighed grandma.

M\Vo will have to take care to say pleasant things about Miss Annie Clif­ford,'* said Aunt Oattio. "1 think the most unkind and injudicious thing in tho world is to set a child against its step­mother.'*

Ho did MO/ think %fi»» Penny Tones, an old lady who lived in the neighborhood, and was then on a visit to 4,Tho Hills."

*Toor little things !'' she would fool­ishly say in their hearing. ''They'll have a hard time. They'll be neglected, or they'll be brought up quick with a tight rein, even if this young woman don't treat them real bad. T never be­lieved iu a stepmother, anyhow/'

"Do please, Miss Penny," one of the kind aunts would say, "don't let Julia or Walter hear you ; vou will make trouble for them."

"Watty," said Julia, when they were at their play one day, "what an; you go­ing to cull ^Iiss Annie Cliilbrd V*

*Tm going to call her Miss Anuio Cliilbrd," said Walter, in^ his five-year-old wisdom. "I don't b'lieve she's nice, sister; Miss Penny said so, and she knows. I heard her say 'Poor children,' and then she tdiook her" head. You may b'lieve she knows."

"I don't believe she's not nice ; T don't think papa would like her if she wasn't; and ho said, you know, that sho was lovely, T mean to love her if t can."

4Vf"don't mean to lovelier, andlwon'tl" said Walter.

When the brown days of October came, Mr. Harksdulo brought his wife to see las people. Miss Annie Cliilbrd,as Wal­ter persisted in calling her, was a very young girl, merry and light-hearted. Miss Penny earae over to see for herself how matters stood. "T don't believe," thought she, Mthat she'll ever take those children ; she don't look to mo like the sort that's going to take any trouble she can help ; and site's nothing but a child herself."

Mrs. Harksdale was in years Mo more than a child, but she had a woman's heart, and a woman's will, too, which, fortunately, was for good, and a prayer­ful spirit/ Hue had thought well over what she was taking upon herself, and at first sho had thought sho could never make up her mind to do it ; but the love that came before she knew it, plead hard against her determination ; ami when «ho took Herbert Ihirksdule, for better, for worse, she meant it, and, with a Mut­ter at her heart, had hoped * 'those chil­dren" might not make it "for worse.'* She was as much afraid of them as they were of her. When she met them ilrst, ii little net expression in Walter's mouth made her a littlo anxious ; but she thought, "A tittle patience, and all will be well."

4'Bister, T heard Aunt Cattio sftv we were not going with papa and Miss Annie Cliilbrd. Maybe we will never go."

"YCR wo wJ!), Watty ; wo're only goln to wait'till they've got tho house an furniture—and oh! Watty, what do you think r

i4I think she's getting a little bit nice," nays Yvulty.

"Ain't she, though! Bhe's going to give me a little play-room, with beauti­ful chairs nnd tables, a bureau and louuge, all little ones, just big enough for you and me ; and we can have such nice little parties, and I can play dollies all day."

44Not all day, dear," said tho new mamma,who was walking near and heard them talking. ' 'Don't you know the old saying about all play and no work? I wouldn't have my littlo daughter a *mere toy,'but a helpful little woman. And

'what must T get for you, Walter,in place of sister's little room i"

"Tell mo a story,'1 says Walter," 'bout that boy whoso papa gave him ft coat with a whole lot of blue and red in i t ; and you said you knew another ono about Moses, too,—'bout Mosos."

t do you Call for?"

"What do vou call for V"

Walty hung his head. Sho took him ou her la]) and there eamo no end of stories, all about Joseph and Moses ; how Moses stretched otit his arm and brought the locusts and frogs, and all the plagues God saw tit to send upon the wicked king of Egypt. Then her voice softened as she tofd "that sweet story of old," and of the dear child Jesus, born in the stable, becauso "there was no place for them in the Tim." Our hearts are sometimes like the Tim people, dear Walty. When we are naughty, and our dear Saviour wants to whisper to us to be good, we won't listen to him ; then we are like those hard-hearted people, and there is no place for him with U8, U'cwili try and keep him with iu, won't

we, dear?" "I don't think TO call yon Miss Annlc,

any more. T think you are just //oocJ— and that old Miss Penny is a crow.'*

"T wouldn't call names, Walty; what isthetroublo?"

"Oh, me! I didn't mean to tell; I wouldn't even tell Granny.'*

"Did you promise not to tell ? Tf you did, 1 don't want you to break your prom­ise—a fjood boy always keeps his prom­ises ; but [ want my boy not to make silly or wrong oues, ever, for sometimes it is wicked to make or keep them, when they wrong other people,'*

"No ma'am, I didn't promise; but I didn't want to tell tales ou Miss Penny. She said you wasn't going to be good and kind to us, and you were our sb mother, Hister Baid papa wouldn't you if you wasn't good and idee, but I. didn't like to call you mamma; und Pm no sorry."

A shade came over Mrs, Barksdale*a face. It was a great wrong Misa Penny had done her. "I! hope she did not do it maliciously/' she thought; "perhaps she thinks it.'* Sho said to Walter; "Maybe Miss Penny knows some ono who does not think atuPprny over her duty to her husband's children. Walty; and I should not wonder if such a person would bo unkind. T have done both, my dear, and T hope when you know mo a little better, you will be able to tell her that a stepmother is not always a bad thing for a boy to have. And now, we won't talk about Miss Penny any more. I can beat you in n race from hero to where papain; don't you see him by that big tree? *One to make ready, two for a show; three to make ready, and four for to go! '"

Walty won the race, but tho new mam­ma felt that she had wfon Walter's heart. She talked papa over to her way of think ing—that the children had better go with them and help furnish the house. They would enjov living in it a great deal more, aud they would help, not hinder her, she was sure. So when at the end of a fortnight, the timo arrived for them to go, and the children had to say good­bye to the dear old 4'Hills," they were like Ivory O'Mooro's Kathie, and had a "smile on their lips, but a tear in their eyes."

"Good-bye, Granny, dear/* sobbed Julia; "you must come and seo my little room, and I'm coming back home next spring."

"And Aunt Cattie, we're going to have the pony, only we're to have a little car­riage, so we can all ride;" whispered Wal­ter. "Its a secret, but mamma told me, and she is the joihest mamma !"

The next summer, when the children went back to tho "Hills/* Walty was of tho same mind. He said to grandma, "I can't stay very long, grandma; mamma will miss me so.** __

"And won't you miss her, Walty ?'* 41 Why yes, of course ; but I am out

here with you all, and the old place, and she's in town you know, and hasn't any HPle children all day, while papa is at the ulliee, and she'll bo so lonesome."

Walter did not seem disposed to bo Very friendly with Miss Penny—rather gave her the cold shoulder when sho came to the "Hills" and asked the children numberless questions about homo and mother, When she went away sho said to Julia,—

"Mamma is right; she don't know any better, poor old Silly. She never had a nice stepmother !"—iV. Y. Observer.

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T h e c l o s i n g ftciiMHt* The tide of travel toward tho country

and seaside resorts, has in a great meas­ure ceased, Tho almanac and corres­pondents unite in telling us that "tho season" is nearly ended. Tho summer letters speak of departure, ami the long trains city-ward, laden with passengers and luggage, inform us of the same fact. Even yet, some sensible persons, aware of the glories of September and October in the country, and some belated men of business, aro to bo found seeking the more nuiet and more comfortable re­sorts just deserted by the crowd, but thfl rush is past, and families are rapidly set-tling down again in city homes. The outward bound steamers are less erowd-od, and soon we shall be informed, day by day, of the numerous arrivals rather than departures. To complete the be­ginning of another phase of the year's progress, the business meu aro engrossed in the excitement incident to the open­ing of fall trade, aud the parties in chargo of amusements aro laying elaborate programmes before the public.

In tho season drawing to an end no very important changes are to be notic­ed. There has been tho same throng of pleasure-seekers running hit] er and thither In Bearch of rest, excitement or change, as fancy might direct. rJ'o some resorts tho usual amount of custom and profits has come; others have miTercd neglect. The old and well-known places, as Long Branch, Saratoga and New­port, havo been woll patronized as us­ual. From tho Catskill, Sharon, Niaga­ra, Wee1 Point and Lake George, a com­plaint comes of a lack of custom. Cape Afay, Uichfield Springs, tho White Mountains and Virginia Springs, havo been moderately prosperous.

During two months not far from twen­ty thousand persons took passage for £uropo.( E very thiug goes to show a disposition to avoid placeft whieh havo become extremely costly without a cor­responding increase of conveniences. Somo seek Europe in preference for a few months with a littlo increase iu ex­pense, while a great majority go to new places a little out of the regular courso of summer travel, as Mt. Desert, and along tho sea-shore, central Maine, the Adirondack*, central Now York and Canada,

^nu ECONOMY ov HRXRVOLEXCE.

It is a little odd that tho intelligent Yankee, who has found out nearly every­thing, has never discovered, to any very great extent, tho most economical way of doing good to others. Posthumous gifts to charitable institutions wo have, in abundance, and indeed the spirit of charity extends even to tho State, whieh occasionally indulges in tho uncondi­tional giving away, to secular establish­ments, of a spare million or so of tho people's money that happens to bo ly­ing around loose. But all this amounts to nothing more than the most barbaric kind of alum-giving, that lacks the in­tellectual spirit characteristic of modem enterprises, and except the securing in the one case of notoriety to the donor nnd in the other, of a few more votes for the maintainanco in power of the party that dispenses the gifts is of no other benefit to the givers.

In all transactions in life save those only wherein the sentiment of benevo­lence has play, the "killirgof two birds with one stone" is looked upon not as an achievement in any way remarkable but a thing to be done as a matter of courso in tho ordinary routine of business, But when a man of average reflective powers, having achieved a fortune, be­comes ailccted with enlargement of the heart, he looks about him for some ob­ject worthy of his charity with the view of making a bequest to it in the respect­able, conventional way, and the money that ho cannot possibly take with him into tho grave to entertain the worms with, he leaves at the very lad moment, in a lump, to Pome college or asylum to perpetuate his memory,

This dispopition of a man's estate is better doubtless, than not doing any good with it at all, but it does seem to mo that by the ordinal1}' exercise of the same business talent by which his money was accumulated, a plan might bo devised by which doubly the amount of good would be done and at the same timo tho donor bo fully remunerated in his own life time by the positive enjoyment he would derivo from tho contemplation of the immediate and beneficial results of his bounty.

Beading last evening in the pages of Bernardin do Saint Pierre, I. came across a passage which, though meant to illustrate a different but kindred subject, seems so appropriate to the one wo are discussing that I translate it, St. Pierre discoursing in his inimitable way of the possibility of benevolence to tho poor without direct alms giving, relates the following incident as told him by Rous scan on that point t

"Ono day I found myself at a village festival held at a chateau in the environs of Paris. After dinner, tho company betook themselves to walk in the neigh boring fair grounds and amused them­selves by throwing pieces of money among the peasants for the pleasure of seeing them struggling and lighting in tho endeavor to pick them up. As for myself, following my humor for solitude, I was walking alone in another direction when I perceived a little girl who had apples exposed for sale, on a Hat basket that sho carried before her. She had cried up her merchandise very well but she could find no more purchasers. 'How much for all your apples V baid I to her. 'All my apples?' replied she, beginning to calculate mentally. 'Six sous/ said sho. 'I will take them at that price/ said I to her, 'on condition that you distribute them among those little Savoyards you seo down there.' which she did immediately. These chil­dren were overcome* with joy at the pros-pc etof being thus regaled,as was the little girl from having sold all lipr fruit. 1 would have imparted much less pleasure to them had I given them money. Ev­ery body was contented and no one was humiliated."

The very poor wo have with us always, and co-existent is another class, more deserving but with claims less patent and therefore more difficult to satisfy. I meau tho daily laborers in crafts for which there is not at all times sufficient employment. There has occurred to me several methods by which, in this con­nection "two birds might be killed with one stone," and as Rousseau says, "ev­ery body be contented and no ono humil­iated."

Among the wants of tho people of this beautiful town is a third bridge, to cross the river just above the dam which is lo­cated immediately south of Bridge street. Such n bridge should be durable, a sin­gle span of stone, built, of courso, with the material and labor to be found in the vicinity. Employment could be thus found for months for many of the poorer class of people, in quarrying and shaping tho stone, hauling it to tho ground, and iu securing and ornamenting the contig­uous banks. Fancy already erected at that point a structuro that would be the pride of the town. A light graceful arch, reileeted in the lovely Saranac, aud the soft grey of its parapet wall seen against tho purple sides of tho Adirondack*; carriages crossing and recrossing its wide double tracks and in tho stats and re­cesses of its footways pedestrians loiter­ing to enjoy the view. Designed as it should be in strict accordance with the rules of architecture, and seen daily by nearly every man, woman and child in Pluttsbnrgh, it would bo an impressive and perpetual lesson in art. There is too little of tho orsthctical in our public structures in this frigid region. But this I would have so built as to leave on the minds of the passer* by that vague, in­definable, yet none tho less effective senso of refreshment to tho wearied soul that i* the peculiar attribute of the beau­tiful,

Suppose a man of fortune were to give such a bridge to Plattsburgh ! n o could superintend its construction while living, seek out tho unemployed and set them to work, provide for their wants while educating their tastes and extending the sphere of their enjoyments and in dying leave behind him grateful heart* among the poor lie had befriended in erecting an ornament for the town in which he had amassed his fortune.

Could a wealthy man desiro a better monument ? Is there a finer epitaph than the words, "A public spirited citizen and a friend of the poor ?" If it were his de­siro to perpetuate Ids memory, rarely more people would bless his name if in­scribed on such a rich legacy than would

seek to decipher it on a ruined tomb­stone among tho bramblos of a country churchyard. REOI'LAR,

Macomb riatc, TlaiwburgL. N. V. - ^ • * — -

Tl io %v\x Y o r k Harbor Po l i ce . All water patrol duty on the East and

North river*, the harbor, and the bay, is especially assigned to the regular police of the Twenty-fourth Precinct, not iu any other respect an independent body, but under the geuer.al supervision of tlie police authorities. They are, in fact, the navy of our ambitious munic­ipality, and their service is a perpetual cruise without any hope of prize-meney.

This force musters a formidable array of ono captain, three sergeants, and twenty-five men. or twenty-nine men in all; and if any one feels disposed to laugh, let it lie at their numbers only, for a better selected aud more efficient set of men it would be hard to find. Most of them have been so long in the service as to develop a fair degree of special skill, acumen, and c*prit de corps.

To enable these twenty-nine men by day and night to be every where present, watching and protecting our miles and miles of water-front, scouring the piers and docks for thieves and their booty in storm or calm, hot weather or cold, keep­ing a bright look-out on vessels and their visitors from TTarlcra River to Sandy Hook, and performing other moderate and reasonable duties, they have con­stantly at their disposal a pretty fast little steamer, of two hundred and fifteen tons, called tho Seneca, and six row-boats, the latter being models of strength and lightness, and admirable in their way. No permanent head-ouar-ters on shoro arc provided ; but, by a species of sufferance, the Seneca 1 as at present a tolerable "tying-up" placo on the pier at the foot of Warren Street, North River. Tt is, however, no uncom­mon thing for the littlo cruiser to be crowded out from even that remarkably ill-adapted police centre, and she is not at any time a "sure find" for those who niav desire to communicate with her.

Two or three times a day the Seneca makes more or less extended patrol trips tip and down the rivers, and often out into the Lower Bay, and even as far as Sandy Hook when urgent occasion calls. It may well be that her prowling habits and irregular, uncertain presence tend to increase the terror and protective value of her cruisiug. The small boat*, with crews of two or three men each, are sent out every four hours to patrol the linos of the piers, but seldom go above Sixty-fifth Street o:i either side of the island. How severe this boat service, enforced without reference to times, or seasons, or stress of weather, must bo unou the men can better bo imagined than do-scribed.

Tho day of twenty-four hours is divided by the harbor police into watches of four hour* each, beginning at eight o'clock i'. M., except two dog-watches, of two hours each, between I and 8 o'­clock p. M. By this means each squad of men is allowed ample time for rest and refreshments, the quarters on the Seneca being reasonably com fort abe, but no more so than of right they should be.

So much for our commercial frontier and our municipal navy, but it is not so easy to define tue miscellaneous rovers with whom they are compelled to deal. Somo idea of these latter might be gathered from an inspection of the swarming population of West Street, South Street, and the neighboring thoroughfares. There i* such a super­abundance hero of those, who toil not, neither do they spin, but have nothing else of the lily kind about them ; smok­ing, drinking, listless, lounging human beings of both sexes and all ages, who provoke such perpetual wontlcr as to now they live at all; stalwart and grimy men, whose life seems one long "waiting for a job" that never comes; boys of from six to eighteen years, to whom, in summer at least, and in all the time of fruit importation, tho world seems all a play-day and a frolic, in the water and out of tho water ; strolling old women, who do or do not pretend to sell some­thing, and smell so dreadfully of gin and tobacco; keepers of gloomy junk-shops, who maintain their stolid cheerfulness, and appear to pay their rents and make money with hardly ft visible sign of business, either in buying or selling, and whose dens might stir a feeling of envy in the bosom oi Bafnum's Museum. All these, and many others of an ap­parently higher social grade and cleanlier exterior, bear a perpetual grudgeagainst aud wage unceasing war with the vigil­ance of the harbor police. It should be added here that tho lower classes of smugglers are personally identical with the river thieves, and that tho cruising of the Seneca and her boats probably interferes with all their operations quite as much as any other police agency, governmental or otherwise.—W. O. STOD-DAUD,in Harper ti Magazine jor October.

Sirups . —The rest of the week—Sunday. —Educated on a "sound" basis-The

drummer. —A very narrow aperture—the "crack"

of a whip. —Two American sovereigns—Smo­

king and Joking. - Who is the first boy mentioned in

the Bible? Chap. 1. —A social glass to which the ladies

aro addicted—Tho mirror. —Never undertako to fasten a door

with a lock from your own head. - W h y is a calm man like a school­

teacher \ Because he keeps cool. —A man may not like tho fashion of

hif* nose although ho follows it. —"1 see through it," as the washer­

woman said when the bottom of the tub fell out.

- Why is tho coupling of a locomotive like love ? Because it's a tender attach­ment,

—A furniture man is said to be the laziest member of society, because he keeps chairs aud lounges about all day.

—What is tho difference between ft gauze dross and a drawn tooth ? One is too thin and the other is a tooth out.

—A lady wrote of her lover, who had become insauc, that "he had gone out of his mind, but had never gone out of Acr*."

—We are told "tho evening wore on," but we arc never told what the evening woro on that occasion. Was it tho "close" of a summer's day'(

—There i* more truth than poetry in tho following lino from an advertise­ment: "Babies after having taken one bottle of my sootking*syrup will never cry any more,"

—The following notice is posted con­spicuously in a newspaper office out WeHt: "shut tho door, and as soon as you havo done talking business, serve your mouth in the same way.''

—Wo are told now that "chignons fall en cascade down the back and rinple under waves of lace, which tumble in chaotic confusion from tho top of the new fiat crowned hats." That is so much sweeter than a waterfall.

—A popular attorney called upon an­other member of the profession and ask­ed his opinion upon a certain point of law. The lawyer to whom the question was addressed drew himself up and said, "1 generally get i>aid for what I know.'' The questioner drew a half-dollar from his pocket, handed it to the ether, and coolly remarked, "Tell me all you know and give me the change." There is cold­ness between the parties now.

Sk<*t<li<* o f T r a w l tn Km <t|N>t

We have left Eiitflund behind for the prvei'iil aud have entered upon continental life. A f u r writing mv la*t letter, w e vWtcd tiouihamr>tonft the i*le o i Wight, Haiuibury and W i n c h w u v] and on Saturday morning lef t Dover and tho WhlU' C'llfTn uf Albion for Calais, and eaiae to UiU capital of Belgium la*i evening.

Old England ha* much to a d m i r e ; some ihbitfb that, to an American, arc not so admira­ble. The tieauiy aud cultivation of thecountrv ; the tubptantial struct urea iu her town* and cities; thentrife and vi^or of her mauufacturee; the activity and euergv of her trade* and c o m ­merce can hardly be t u r p a ^ c d , but her foseU-ised ccclesuifeticUni, fastened upon the fetate, and her hi*ano rage for royalty are things whieh in tune the will alter and overcome, and, in­deed, the last exktfi now rather as a social pro­priety than as a political necessity—for the gov­ernment U that of an oUgarchy of the lauded Interests, composed principally of lords instead of klneti. lords and commons . The aristocracy own* Euglaud ; the Queen is a 60clal figurehead —to drcfcb out a parade, organize royal fetes aud parties, confer titles, aud distribute garters, & c , and the chief complaint again&t her is that t>hc will not eoufeent to figure in as many of these jjraud affairs as seem desirable, but prefers qutet, aud decline* to bo stared at. And the trades people m a k e tho loudi s t complaint; they want a grand reception every day . W h y do you suppose? T o compel the aristocracy to *l>cnd their money iu new dresses, fixings and f urbcloWH. They say trade flourishes best at a splendid court, and aU the good royalty does them U to give a spur to trade, and employment to labor, in all the manifold w a y s necessary to support the e legance of a court and the majesty of die crowu. ' *1 and the Quecn,'' as Mark T\vain would say, "decided to ^o to tbc Isle of Wijjht, but the dear old lady started off ahead without letting me know, and i*o when 1 did zo down, 1 declined to call ou her at Osborn House, and went ri^ibt by the door without so much as say iutf •How are you this morning ?'" The Prince und Princess >f Wales are now supplying what the Queen luc **> iu respect to these y;raud occa­sions, and arc growing vastly popular iu conse­quence.

Southern England h more broken, aud seems to be less highly cultivated than the more north­erly portions oi the island, yet the crops every­where are heavy, and the wheat harvests now going on. Dover Ues in an indentation of the chalky cliffs, aud a splendid mole runs near half a mile out into the sea with safe basins for ves­sel* at its foot. W e crossed the chaunel in less than two hours, as quietly as If sailing up the Hudson, and then c a m e a jabber of all tongues —French. Flemish. German I can't understand a word of the confounded gibberish, so I push aloii£ and get througa somehow. W c started for lirusselb ai 2 o'clock and arrived about five. They compute distances here by the hour, and I believe it takes four of our miles for one here. We are staying at the Bcllevue. and the change from the cl imate of England to this is l ike g i > ting out of April into Augus t ; i t is melt ing hot— the same as you have it in New York. The ride from Calais to Brussels i* first through a largo district where the water stands hi the ditches, cut about fifty feet apart, and Uued o n each side by wiUows, which a r t trimmed off for wood as fast as it g r o w s ; and on the land between u>-are the moist luxuriant crops of beans, wheat , oats beets. <fcc. All the w a y the laud groans with its burden, and the absence of aU fences, even of hedges as in England, makes, the country appear like an Immense Illinois prairie waving with wheat fields as far as the eye can reach. If this old country is so fertile, wo need not tear our land will wear out, but our &afety lies in the system pursued here, of high, rich cult ivat ion; they get more here from an acre tnau w e d o f roin three, and the soil is mostly a red, tough clay.

Brussels has an upper and lower town aud lie* mostly on a side hill, where the streets are narrow aud crooked, aud swarm like a bec-hivc. I have beeu In three Catholic Churches, aud witnessed tho worship iu tho various chapels where they were burning candles at a great rate, until tho sexton unceremoniously b b w ihcui all out. aud started the women and child­ren out, as lie thought the saint* had enough for once. They seemed a very siueero and simple hearted people. The cathedral is the must sumptuous, altogether, iu tho gorgeous decoration of tho various shriuos; iu the images of various saints and martyrs and in the precious stones aud other ornaments with which tho shrines aro literally bung. There is a superb crimson canopy at the side of the altar, for the Royal family and some e legant pictures on the walls to commemorate events in the Slate and Church. There is one stained g lass window iu which is represented the sacred wafer pierced by the daggers of the J e w s and actually bleed­ing as ii it w a s live fiesh and blood, and tho people believe it actually happened. There is also a fine picture iu oil*representing the samo thiug. In England the dismantled abbeys und cathedrals have lost their guardiau saints out­side, and their splendid paintings and embellish­ment* wi th in; but here they are all on guard as of yore, neither thrown down by ruritanic Roundheads, nor disfigured by the whi tewash of l*rotc«*UUit spoliation. AU the ghostly pro-teciloi. they ever afforded to man or woman, they oder s t i l l ; aud although some of them aro live or s ix centuries old. they aro a s firm on their legs, and as ready with blessings as when they wore first turned off from tho hands of tho sculptor. They escape iu this clearer air the grime aud blackness of all English statuary.

W e made a vi*it to the Parliament House. I t ih a tjcautiiul structure, and l ike all the recent public buildings here, in the Corinthian style, and which gives the new part of the city a cleau aud elegant appearance. I think It is hi much Uater taste than tho Parl iament House iu Eng­land ; the appointments are ail in the cleanest taste and very rich notwithstanding. It fronts the park ou one side aud the palace fronts it on the other side. King Leopold seems to be a great favorite in this little k ingdom, and tho people generally seem contented and happy, l u truth, in go ing through the streets oue is struck with the quiet, orderly, industrious aud w ell-to-do aspect of the inhabitants, and if they do get the best of Americans lu their purchases of lace and trinkets, they deserve all they gain, lor we are the biggest ninnies iu these matters that the wcrlu contains.

A M S T E R D A M . July 24. I meant to write you more about Brussels, its

fine parks, walks and pleasure grounds, but after a stay there of three days, w e came her*1., stopping lour hours a t Antwerp by the way , riding around the town and visiting four churches Ijcside. You wiU tire of my descrip­tions, but oue coutuius the tomb of l iuhens and four of his priucipul paintings, "The crucifix­ion." "The decent from the e r o ^ , " "The scourg­ing,*' and "Tho ascension. , f They arc beauti­fully done and the world has aduiired them for ages as gems of art, but as I gazed on them, I could not but feel that these horrid scenes of torture and agony have done very little to create a purer, holier, more self-denying l i fe; they ex­cite a morbid sentimeutalism, which exhausts itself, a s the eye looses the object, aud a people uccut-toMcd to indulge in spasms of passiouau^ pietism e cry Sabbath, are no more honest to­ward (sod or man through the week thau their neighbors, whose tenses have been regaled with with no such stimulants. Still 1 hardly think I would take the the pictures down, if I had leave, a l though I would not permit a set of irresponsi­ble lackucy* to pluuder the public ou the price of khowiug them. One church has adjoining it, in a garden, "the way of the cross"—an avenue lined with the statues of Baiuts aud apostles—and at the end, h igh above the cruci­fixion and beneath in a grotto, "the Saviour's body entombed," and outside thirty or forty figures iu hell, in all shapes of writhing aud contortion ; aud the flames nicely gi ldea have preserve I their brightness for the many years since they were originally set a going . The priests consider this a great affair.

It was *o hot yesterday that w c were a lmost sick when we reached La Hay wher \ we stayed all night, and In the morning rode *our miles through tho beech forest to the palace. This city and its suburbs is one of the finest wo have yet seen, the streets arc PO c lean; the houses are so c o m m o d i o u s ; the squares are so ample and the rides aboutso licautiful, that wecould hardly consent to c o m e away as w c did. I wonder if Horace will g ive me the beith of Minister here, if I w ill consent to stay abroad and not g o home to vote against him ** Being sovereigns our­selves w c concluded to eaU ou the Queen, at her palace (fee. two franks) but not the Quceu ; the King was absent and she did not receive visitors. The rooms, furnished in Chinese aud Japan, were very beautiful, and the whole palace is iu simple, rich and elegant taste.

We came through places celebrated In history. Ley den, the temporary home of the pilgrims -, Haeriem, dear to the old Hollanders w h o set­tled tn New Y o r k ; Schiedam, tbc place of schnapps. The scenes are similar, Immense meadow s. threaded by c a n a l s ; s loops and tioats sailing all through the country aud wind-mills throwing up their long arms in every direction.

I The fine stock, spotted cattle, black and *htU», In Immense droves forms one of the finest ob­jects to a stranger, and the great elephantine Norman horses, weighing 2.000 pounds, arc seen everywhere, drawing loads which four of ours could hardlv stir. Tins city Is Venice over again. The canals occupy about as much space as the houses and streets, aud boats are moored under tho windows- and such mosquitoes as the^o waters breed In the broiling weather arc not to U> found e l sewhere; they are not only "lively little cusses," but they have a bite that goes a s deep an a landlord's, and when a stranger ap-neai * with sweet blood and a tender skin, a stout fellow sounds his trumpet, anu they come troop-lug lu like au armv with banners, and soon put him on the defensive if he cares for his life ;

o e might as well try to steep on a hatchet as ueh company. They have another tieauti-

ful contrivance to keep oue a w a k e : a chime oi bell* that sounds every half hour, and keeps go ing ubout live minutes each time. The Hol­landers have music so much that they mingle It with their dream*. W e hope to reach Cologne to-night, as there Is nothing of special Interest here to detain us longer. J. T.

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Splinters, During a recent trial at Rockport,

„A1v.i., the Judge interrupted the testi­mony of a lady witness, remarking that it was not relevant The lady laised her head, and, with a look made all of injur­ed innocence, inquired; "Well, sir, am I telling tolling this story, or are you?" The Judge wilted.

— A Chinaman in Wcatherville, Cali­fornia, whose life was insured for a large amount, was seriously hurt by falling from a wagon, Thero was somo doubt of his ever getting better, and at length one of his friends wrote to the insurance company. "Charley half dead, hkeo half money."

—When you see an old gentleman of sixtv, on a clear bright day, carrying a blue cotton umbrella, tied tightly about tho waist with a shoo string—tho um­brella, tied, not the old gentleman—voa may look out for rain before night, out tho probabilities aro that yon will not sec it.