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$2 PfcR ANFUM,! Without br with offen.ce.to friends or foes, W 6 sketch ihe world exactly as it goes." . m ADVANO 5 i -'.. !- . 4... r r'. '' sk VOLUME 111. . ..- , t tub , COHCORT WEEKLY GAZETTE, is Fysmuco EVERY aturdat.mobnlxo . JAM S M. HENDRSON, Editor: c pbopbietoii. .AT TWO DOLLARS EKR XT?mh IP J'Air IS ADVANCE, Two Uollars and fifty coots "if paid within six niOiith8,andTIIBKE IL? LAU3, if payment be delay ld Jill the end of the vear. '..'., t ''"'' : i A D V (5 RTISEMENT3 will be inserted at. one "Dollar per square of 14 lines, for the firt in r :i aertion'and Twenty-five ccnU per square for I each uiVequent insertion. ? - -J i BPECfAL Xotiees charged doable tbrate. j MARRIAOKS and DEATHS inserted free. j OUR STORYTELLER li - . : r , 1 - : Now fiction's groves we. tread, where young .j '.i romance, .Laps fhe glad senses in her sweetest trance." ; THE nt .JIEXRY E UAnXlNGTOX. (Wntikued mom week sBEfore last.; ! ' V CHAPTER II. : Mr, Barlow was a wealthy merchant, a- bdut forty years, of age.- lie was now prosperous, but former reverses had pro jduced at) unhappy influence on a natural lyj unfortunate temper; and he was a mo. .1 "J . 'J-r-- O-J r- A SKETCH. , rose and crabbed man.- One circumstance I- ' enhanced his discontent. lie '"was" child , lesY And, with affections ' considerably strong, he had no object, except Mrs. Bar- low,n which to place them,-for he'-liated all his relations, land those of his, wife into Vthe bargain. If any of them erer veritur i : ed'jtp exercise), the familiarities of relation : slnp, L soon .testified significantly, that 'they were utterly mistaken in tbeir hopes ! of .his faror. , lie often' resolved that, not . m soul of them siliQuld erer handle a'jcenl or his-, money.- Aiia yr w.. u 1 MimuMieu to.maxe a win iui vu Pi- Tose of cutting them .off, a dreadful feeli nnr assailed him.vhen he asked himself the 'question '.""To whom or what shall I give ' it V t- lie could receive no pleasure from -' thought that.his wealth might go arf to alleviate the "distresses or elevate the character of his fellow men. He was any thing bnt a charitable wan;; lie would literally kick a tggr from. 'tis door--ite abhorred the .idea of charitable socj ; eties and .institutions And he looked : somewhat askant at 'a church, whose doors i i nar darkened. lie. was 'fhcffMiiih' I worlding.- Or, rather, he was ' a. creature j .of his own narrow impulses. lie made a "' will, after many struggles, and gave all his" jiropfertyy real and persona", to, his wife, in life'estate, with reversion to bank at which lie did his buisi'nesa. ' i . . ! He bad oifte.fi thought about the pcsi ! bility c?obtaining a child to adopt, and love, and fondle. But then;! it must be . a child that Was all . alpno i nr the " world. TheprobabilityS, of parents, -or friends td interfere in his 'system with it, and. divide its affections and sympathies, would ch ill .. every purpose qtUie kind, t He had gone . . bo far as-to rue&t the matter to Mrs. Bar Tow.v And she had suggested it to -Mr. f Blodget the housekeper ; and Mrs.' Blodi ' ret. tfne- day when Miss Pinkerton, a dress mater, ,ver . uuauutuio nmiueu Jwy, was at the 'house, had suggested it to ler. "When Miss Tiokerton, therefore, in hef charitable rounds, aligted on. Mrs. Owen, and heard her story when she found that "she was1 a yJung English woman whoser husband had .died on the . passage over, "jund left her-a'1 friendless .wanderer and when she saw her, . moreover apparently hastening to the grave, she mentioned the circumstance t6 Mrs. Blodget, The result jwas- the Visit hat has been related, and the adoption of the child. , . . . .CHAPTER III. !ThiJt rislt becurted in 1820. We pass Ss-f Cirer seventeen years. , it is the night before" the liirthday of the adopted child her seventeeth birth dir.' She is now a beautiful girl. ' Her! spirit is as buoyant as a thing of air, and ler laughing, lujtrous eyes, whose dok is1 a rery charra" She is tall, but. graceful; and health is blooming on, her full cheek boilndingtn her agile 'step, 'and ringing in her merry laugh. ' Wll might he .be a creature liko-thi'-.for all' her . life has leeea.a:rolirtom Mav-Iav'. 'She'earlv won the heart of Mr. Barlow, -jntui lively -suited herself to his whims, humored Mr defects, and M llim aut 5nvi,iib,e strings, as obedient and attentiye as Uio' he had been the child, 'sfod she the arbi trary governess! 'And all that the), world could offer wai hers 'Jearen had blessgd her with gentfe aff(5lions,, an. unfettered spirit, and a frame cast in the 6njest mould. Earth- blessed her now, with all it has to give, appealed 'to. affections, and spirit and frame. - Well might she be happy as the dayjs long. Tlie coming birthday is to bej celebrat edwjth dance aqce ance song; apd weeks -havebeen spent in thought abojut it, and preparations for the brilliant -festival. It is the previous night;; and .Emiiia is sit- .tingivith.Mr iilodget,in her own room, arranging, with her assistance, somo arti cles of dress for the morrow. Heif UiougLtoH turn to the occasion so interestirig to her self.s F.or the playful giril cbulld" thinki Gli'yes, there was a luiue of thojuglifc be neath that 'full and add comnianding fore-, head, whose glittering gems hadeen bur ied all this while under the rubbish of des olating worldliness.' There was character, high, noble, truq, within her," that needetl only appropriate circumstances, jo be cal led forth and developed and displayed in all its proud nobility,. ... . 1 . 1" "Seventeen to'morrow,'-she saijl pausing in her work, and lookkg up. Seventeen! I know that I an orphan. I wonder 4vhere I was born4!' ' ' : i . Mrs. Blpdget all at wonce seemeti'to bei troubled about' her .-work. - Sne held it closer to her eyes, looked at it in the lamp and turned it over and ovr,- Emma'con e 7 tiutied in the contemplative strain she had began. - I 'I remember you as early as I remem beranyone Mis. Blodget. ' Pray v were 4 you here when ! fathsr -took uie io the house T " j , . i. . :. . r ! ; 'I would not ask such 'questions, ohiW,it wouldn't do you any good lo know'.' '! 'I'll tell ,you what it is Mrs. jBlddget, I've alwavs noticed that vou turn me offf. When I ask any questions about lnyTBelf. ' Yes, and so doSs father. . What's1 the rea son 1 Is there any secret ab'oijt jit V 'There wouldn't be if t sboulU". answer vou,r ua'ul Mrs; Blodget, 'l that's votT certain. Ti.n, -v.BrA tilA R11y,w YiTl TTt ty WTilliams be j here to-morf o w, I won 'der. '-. . I ! . 'j . No, no ! . It won't do" 1 I'm now old enough to be trusted,'' aud Fve thought a bout this a great deal lately. So I'm not: to be turned away, so lightly v I tion't wish to trouble father about it, so I shall certainly apply to you.' ; . 4Na don't bother your father with such questions for the world, I beg; of you,' said Mrs. Blodget, .with, great: earnest ness. . . - . 'Why not V asked Emraa, becoming beiselfmore and more interested in the subject, and sliding down from j the stool on which she had been sitting, jnpon her knee, by Mrs. Blodget's side. 'Viiy not! Wtat dees this secrecy meanlj. Father did uot steal me atvay from anybody," did he 1' ; , ; ' ; ' i'tui! siveuf, child,' exclaimed idrs Blod get, 'no, indeed. What should hiake yoj' say such a thing as that V 'Because tou act as theugh it were so,' replied Emraa. 'Now. I ask yau plainly, dejrr Mrs. Blodget, do you know where was born ! Do tell me, if you do- Can you withhold from me anything'so intense ly interesting as that ! Would jy'ou keep me in ignorance w here I was boW !' JU i. blodget could not keep a" socret ; she was as guileldss as a lamb, and trans-, parent as water, Nothin bnt her fear of Mr. Barlows anger, could have prevented her from revealing the whole truth to Era ma locg ago. And now impertuned "in tins manner, she was in torture with offort to restain herself, . j t the 'My dear child,' she said,' 'it's because I musn't-l musn't say a wrdj about it. Don'f ask me againpray don't 1 'cannot help it, dear Mas Blodget ; . I musl know all that you know, of ray pa rents and my birtB. And you 'ought to tell me. No promise can be binding of ucu a-cuaracier. ine d not tell me all.' wrong is-that you i , 'But your father, my dear, y0Ur father. I Ug of you don't ask me anything. Oh, I shall die, if you do. j 1 shall'die sooner,' if yon don't. sfor" my father, I piopose not to betray, by hk, word or action, that I .k.noV.anythjng .a .bout it It's for my; own satisiaction that I ask. Won't that satisfy yon J'i - . airs. JJlodget. hesitated Wbnld rou I 11 l ."... . . ! . H reaiijtjteepii-wnoiry trom him J' -She fi nally stammered out. . " : 'Yes, yes indeed all shall'-go on' jit as ever.' Pray begin and tell me. TeH' CONCORD, N. C. SATURDAY MORNING MAY 31, all you know, without my asking a ques tion .. . . After some furtlter hesitaUon,apd paus-1 ing, and stammeripg, Mrs. Blodget began t henarration of the events that have been recorded. 0h howEmma hung upon her words, "jind gazed into'herface, motionless as a statute, while she told of that craay old house and desolate room, and lonelr wjetched mother fHow the tears swell ed, and broke, and trickled, one by, one; down 'her .cheeks. .: . . . 'So, then, your father foot the baby and brought it away, and yon are that ljttle ba by.' ; ; 'And my mother' died JV asked .Emma, witfi bursting emotion. Not fhen,' said Mrs Blodget, evasi vel r and confusedly. T 'When 'did; 6hedieJ and. where !' eager ly .interrogated Emma! NDh' tell me at once V ' '' 'l don't. know I really. d,on't "know said Airs. Blodget." 'She certainly recover ed then. But where she went I never knew.-, . 'Did you see her afterwards after she left that room!' . Yes once. I did see hej once"af-v lef,' said . Mrs. Blodget -more confusedly' than ver. " ''''. -i-".,'. , f 'Where?! a ;'-.'- v ' t"i' . 'Itja lata, dear." I mmt go to bed!- You have asked questions enough.. I must Sherose hastily to put an end to the conversation BafEmma caught her by Lthe hand, iind drew her back again. ' 'Ho I-cannot spare you yet. - It is use less to opposemef. You must tell - me all. My soul is wide awake, as it n veer "was before'.- 'Where did you see her afterwards I Tell me at once!' " . 'Before this house it . was -just at. day break: I wai opening the parlor shutters She sttfodpn the sidewalks directly 'oppo site. I kneyr hejr, for she had on the bon net, andhawl that. I had got for '"her my?" self. J3he" waa , looking, at, the ehamt wiudowswilUajit lwy -eye. ; and-Iahall ne ver foYret towmiicb expression there" was in her pale, th'ra face.' - - No doubt,'' safd Enma, bursting into taars, 'she was faki.iig her leavtf of her own dear child, before she went away, forever. When'did you hear, that she was dead !' ' We.nevef heard so.' - 'No! Then she maybe living!' ex claimed Emra,with sudden ehergy,starting from the floor. 'She may be living !' Oh, Heavens, that ,1 only knew where and at what place. .'. ' - She Slowly and thoughtfully went to her bed. A new light had beamed upon her soul. New energies had been awak ened within herl Ne soinpathies had been suddenly kindled.; J - "'' "' ! . :.. . . She lain her head upon her pillow. And ere sb.e cjosed her eyes in sleep,the pure as pirationsprunk up within hefj that dearer would be that mother's prayer above her, anp'sweeter that mother's kiss on her heek, than all the splendors of he fortune and prospects. Ana au lthe live lonptjiiglt she j , .- , .-f .. . . - , f na , j.iL-'.-.-iV. '';-- , .dreamed that a 'payer not far away, was e hiight-scenes of the , - c.-.. f bU dreamed, not of the hiight bright scenes of the coming festival, bat of that suffering, lonely mother !'..... T - CHAPTER-IV. : : . Theirth night came; and Mr. Barlow's old i mansion in Greenwich street .was a blaze flight. Poor MrSj Barlow was not alive to witness the earless hilarity, "She had long ago passed away to the grave, as silently as she had lived. But Mr. Barlow now more rotund thau evep, and with a gray springkled with the gray of years, was happy as a very child. . And Emma was. happy too. But her joy wa3 t empered as it never had been before.- This niht. that was an era in her mortal life, and had oe come an era'also in her , soul's existence. The conversation with Mrs." BlodgeV.a bont her mother, remained on her -'mind, and would "come up, with thronging as sociations, to chasten her gaiety, and sub due her levity. But there was something even more active than this, that .ruled .in Emma's heart . She had but lately fel t the power of love. She had bnt lately ' hid I presented before - her mind an object ' to coucetrate its energies, and expand its glowing sensibilities. And, yet more, she possessed a thrilling intuition, that he, who was'all the world td her nojr,- would, rtn this night " declare h is lore, - and remove the concealing shadows frcua the bonds that had already been fast rivited. So the froli csome jayety that ' had wever , distia-i guishe'd her, was subdued ; ; there was ' a look on her features that. 'proclaimed a calm, deep purpose ; anJ the brilliant com', pany'that thronged Mr; Barlows dr-twing room, whispered,. one to another,-' hbw changed she w ai. ! : Hei anticipations: were realized. Not long after her loverrhadbined her, they gradually withdrew.fromj heYooms, and found" themselves alonoba the ' balcony that projected bepeath t hfe'windo W3. And then "rmd there" weje the3eep.words, Srea thedintq willing yearSjlhatTwcre to cdu- sectate two hearts to eatn otlier lor er- er. r-l-J-i, A 'iQve Sory" is, to many, a. foolish, senseiess chil3ftli- thing'; And so every love 'ory ""ought to be stigmatized, in which the love is the "wliQle end andaim. i Songht e erj -stoiyy Q.b stigmatized mat is written to aeTeropeipfrpose,ana whose only mentis its.raashroonvsintimen tality, But all out hearts testhV jto " th,e -naturah sympathies . that draw us - to- the 1 uuuesi laie onue.youug .nearis gusuiug affections.. There is a charnr-.irr a truth ful story of lovel ! And there shoulS be a "deeper, stongef, and, mere sacred charm, were then ah abiding sense of the moral associations that sanctify the young heart's love. - There Wpuld be- a. "sacred, charm, -'were it" viewedin its own consecrated hp l'ness as one of the precious gifts of God ; and were jt appreciated, not alone .as a blissful "emotion, but at. the portal 6 ma "ny of li.'e's holiest duties, and most ennob- Wng ties. . f - :.BilC there h an observer of the Irappy. twaiu"wlio;'fron .hat moment, hid but .'one heart.' 'On the opposite side jjf -the, street, stood a middle-aged "oman and, through all their conduce, she Had been gazing on them, never-lnovirTg --from her position. She had pufhed back her bon net from Her head, and the light, s'treajn iug out from the vindOws upon her,' reveal ed a pale, and emaciated countenance that was startling rh its'intense expression. Now and then her full, dark; brilliant .eyes roa med over the whole elterior of ihe, house, then. rested fixedly 'again on the two in the balcony. Her hands were clasped be-. fore Jier ; and- had aay ine gone 'close be ,hind"vliej'in rtief wrnpt abstractron, he wmd iiaye seen yer iip.to perempiiHg, bor4oSp iolbVh.earitfgVnd teara- t? be streaming down her cheek, and he w oufd have heard sigh 6fter.sigh frorij a laden heart r. . ' The euening wore onv Coaches; droi e up, one after another; and hove .awayhe corrtpany. Strtness reigied in the room once more, that lately enclosed so . much oflife. The lamps.were eitinguishedv at Jeng'h below, and the only gleal-njuto the street was from Emma's chamber- That, itt its turn, disappeared, and ail was dark ness.: The bells, just then, with impressive sound slowly struck th hour of mid nigt, . . ' But there stilly across the street, ;gazing up to Emma's'windows, stood the solitary 1 woman. The gray dawn of the morning,. Emma had stink to sleep, love 1 and .its thrilling"ho)es reigning paramount wjthin her. . But the thought of ber mother stole across her mind, and divided the palm. Mrttii liai laan ran Uie nf ?ov. " ""She little ascenuiug tu usaveu ivt "-, lowed depths of a mptberr's heartr ' " ' CHAPTER V. It had been determined between Emma and her lover, that he should early wait on Mr Barlow at his office, and ask his con se"ht to theiraffiance; and then they would lide'out together. The" consultation ofJ Mr. Barlow was a mere matter of form. For himself he had introduced Philip Wherwood to the house, and it wai a for tunate circumstance that the young man possesed not pnly the peculiar attributes to conciliate him, but also those that would secure Emma' affections. Errfma did not hesitate, thejefore, to rrepare 'herself for the ride ; and at the designated hour, with, a lover's exactness, Philip drove ' to the door. Emma was all ready, and tripped down the stone steps to meet him. he stood, for a moment, beside the ve hicle, while Philip was adjusting- some part of she harness. And while thawtan dino1, her mother nastily brushed 1 between her and the vehicle, and gazed sudden ly in her facewitlva look so full of wild, and singular earnestness, that she started back with an affrighted cry And on their return, after Phillip had handed her "to the walk, "and she was just springing to the step, she was startled back by the same sudden interference, and Strang peculiar "look. - - ln the course of the afternoon, she starr led for a walk. But she had scarcely left the honsel when she encountered the sin- fimlar looting woman .once more, and shunk from her mysterious star. , What coufd it mean ! She paused, and' looked 1856 after her, and foand that that the woman had herself turned, and was gasipg intent lj on her, Aai'n she met the h?4k of those wild Vyes, and it made the bloorl cViIl in her uein's.1" To complete her, aiiiazeraent, the strange woman moved to ihe inner part.' of the walk,wheie she bega to weep uoie"nliy--never, withaiv:nb2rmftting her thrilling gaze. Toor maniac r; inurmurs, ei Emma, as she continued on, . She fearfully approached theihouse, on her return, dreading to be startled by the abrupt appearance of what senrted to her a senseless mauinjac But tlie'ohject of her fear was standing on the opposite side of the street, 'anFweteTn.i interinption to u- . v wi.i,Di,;i;';.') vr- "nM ' fow iomed her in Ihe parl6r,4leif convey sation turned on the singular woman; anu Emma-could not avoid :an irresfatabfe im pulse to look frequently out at hex, as she still maintained her position on the oppos ite "walk,ever gazing, with the same strange, look, upon the house. ; i If she. annoys us much longer,' said Mr. Barlow, while they were at supper, Til hand her orer to the watch, , to jbe taken f cae of.' ..-; ' But the shutters were soon closed, there was happiness jn their hearts, and the ves ry strange woman was. forgotten. The evening passed. .MrBarlbw'eaVly retired to his joom, and leftthe young ipeople to themselves. 'Philip finally took his lea ve, and Emma condueteS him to-the docr. She" could scarcely' repress a cry of fear, when it opened,'. to see still Jonvtie oppo site "walk, the, unaccountable ! woman.". It was too dark to distinguish her featilKes. the dim street lamp only marked" her mo tionless figure. But Emma icbuld feel her thrilling look, -in every fibre of '.her frame.' chapter vi.; Morniug came. Mr. Bailofe "Emma; arid Mrs. Blodget were at breakifastj wln the door bell rung, 'i be set-rant answer ed it, but the comer, without a word, pass ed bvMm,;ahd entered the ro'orn; Eirv, j-ma, who at trtgKt opposite- f t)ier ."door, prunj,wwn,A sniiek trom Her teat. :;Alr. Barlow started up to discover the. cause .of her "dismay; and a 'he turned, be Vas'lbro't lace to race wunc sirange, . w'ild wom an. 'Who are you '"he rdughly asked ; and wnat dbesthis iutrusiou mean ; out " with" you,' or ril'cal the servanis, andhaveyou fpiced into the street.1 ,. - . " i. ; , . 'I cannot help it I ca'nUot hlp: it !' -said the woman, in a lbwf tremulous voice. "I've struggled with it fosevente?nJ years, a heavy weight on my soul ;. and' in spited of promise, .and fortune, ajid all, I was forced to come ! I was forced t come ! There.was a 3eeptnaddenirig earning within me, that I" couldn't 'battle with n7 o- I must-iiinst spek to my As she said thisshe had beeofi.htently looking at Emma. 'And now, vrijh clasp ed hands, and bursting sighs of emotion, ahe waited to see if there would come from her a word or a look for herown-poor lo.wly mother. She,, waited to seewhetber j,he tie of nature was broken, ; indeed, for ever ! - " ' ''i. Emma possessed slrength'of raSTjdi Her shriek was only the effect of hefj sudden flight. A moment or two fullyrecovery ed her, and she heard every syllable that her mother uttered. But she heafiated in an agony of doubt There was.thTefull free impule within'her to spring, to moth er's arm. There wai abundant wllingness to recognize a mother's claims! But it was all so sudden, so overwhelming, so un certain, that she did .not con Id not speak or move. ' : If-; 'Impostor ! vagabond !' shouterJMr. Bar low, in an extremity of rage ; 'ayay with you ! Speak'on word more, orand one moment longer, in.this houseandjill have you crammed into a dungeon.' j !:! He laid his hands vfo'.ently on l er shonl der,and pushed her towards the ijot. The gcrvant whostood near-incited by -this movement of his master, also gnsped her by the arm; ' ' ''"."' - j y . But this action restored Emm to her full self possession. - "No, father, no V she exclaime2lt as she sprung forward, and interposid j Herself to his rude violence. This muit nobe I' 1 know that perhape I have a mother. Lis-j ten, then to her story ; and if she -proves to be my , mother, you will not harm her for my'sake V ' - !: "Mr. Baj-low was so astounded a this ap peal, that his dumb bwildermijt gave the stranger an opportunity tojsk.. 'Prove ! said she; 'alas 1 be wel remem bers the old ruinous housej.and ditk and lonely room. .He well rememberji his co rning with, the good lady that told hiin of. me, ana ene sue looxea arouna on the' group 'whom. f I " do not bow see. He well remembers how I prayed td keep the little one till I was gone foreTer"; and be said no. ! He Veil remembers that fear fill promise, never, if I lived, Jo see my child again.'1 And Fve remembered it I've remembered itl Pre wandered eve rywhere to forget my child. That prom-; L iso has been like fire in my brain ! But I could not I could not I have waked in the still midnight and had risions of my child. And everywheiefor sevente'en'jeart inthe colh and the heat in the5y and the "wildVbpds, something Jia'Jispered tomepfmy chUd; "U JStfy- 'V . Hef voice faltered befVe she concluded an pTaci ng her hauotv heijviceheadhe 1 .! 1 m"- W" reeled with exhaustion. Emma-, sprung to her aid, and assisted her to a chair. . But before she was fully seated,Mr.Barlow hadTeturned to hiscollectedness. 'And his anger was more furious than be :fore. - - ' '""r ;' " '.';. 'She shaH uot sit In this house, if I live to prevent itf-he shouted. Stop. Emma I I. say sne. shall' not sitt! Out with you( into the street. Dare you disobey me ! Oat; I say ' . . " - '. ' . 'Father, said Emma, this is unworthy of you. I beg you to answer the this. Do you think her to, be. ray . mother V' What ifshe'iJ I he answared hurriedly in hispassiotK What doos it concern you! Have not 1 been your guardian ! Hate not I given you all ytu have .bad of happiness Is she not a Stranger to you-an utter stran ger ! Are you hoC educated and elevated! Is not she a rude, - ill-dressed, unknown vagabond 1 ' . : " There was in everv word a tacit acknoll- e'dgment of the mother's clai ms. Emraa felt the'ajimission. JShe felt, too the low degrading effef t tVinfluehce her jp"ind,"by ,'theheaftless comparison "lie had , su'gge'sn ted. - fciTNCi'CSIOJf -NEXTWEEK.l ... . ..' Fji)rCleaningITp. . As . theC tiidft? approachingwhen the 'people want"tp, clean up, and rub down Sud iasi ;byer,.lt will ffoixl lomeinfor- mati'oVjiow. tolilo.it, to. read the following which gives, a' cheap and excellent com .poimd to fix ti) wiflir Tak "a clean barrel tliat wiil hold water, put ihit half a bushel of fresh quicklimt ind slake it by pouring overHt boUing" wabir aufEcient to cover. four" or five in iches" deep and stirring-it until .slacken- -' i - - ' Wjien quite slaoked dissolve it in water ibdd two pounds sulpliate zinc, Tvhife vit- noi wuicn may,. De uaa at any oi tne drug gists and which in a few weeks will cause the whitewash"; to -harden on the -.wood' work. . Add sufficient water to dring it o the consistency; of whitewash. - . -; This wash is of course white and "white is a color which Wthiuk should never be used except upon buildings a good, deal surrounded by trees, so as lo prevent its glare, we would make fawn or drab color before using, ,"- To make the above wash a .pleasant cream color, add four , pojunds of yellow ochre. ; .,' -:',.v. .... .For fawn color, take four pounds of umber one pound of Indian red and one pound of lampblack.- ' t . i To make the wash gray or stone olor, add four pounds of raw umbef and two pounds of lampblack. - A Witty 'Ryoindert Pete, a comical son of the Euferaidlsle who 'carries wood and water, bnllds jires,' &coi the boys at Hamilton College is as odd a specimen of the genus Hibernian as ever toddled 1 in a broan. , On of thy students hnvihg occasion to reprove him one morning for de'inqnency asking him where Le expecting to go when he died. ; , 'Expect to co to the hot place, said Pet . f . "! ;t',' - i . withont wincing; . J 'And what do you suppose will be. your portion there f asked the Soph, solemn- Ohrgro wled the old fUow as he brushed his ar lazily with his eoat tai bring wood and waiter for the boys.' Fffnntf and Frenchy.--Tht Frcnoh Em peror has hit upon a decidedly novel and crtainly ; popular way of celebrating the- birth of his son andieir. Eugenie is to be Godmother to all. childem born in France on the same day with her boy to wit, cn March 15th and these lucky lit tie people are to receive 600 jtpiece tot coming into the world at the right time, me ouiy soijuiuvn oi me giit.u ,tnat;aiJ the dots shall be named Louis and all the girla Eugenie. - , ,1 "1" i Tne telegraph computes the number at twenty five hundred . Vot a rople Vo'tV country'. NUMBER U A bashful Yoke! was paying, his addresses to a gay law of the country who had long despaired to bringihings to acris when she .was alone at horn, "After settU ing the. meritsof the weather, Misi saia looking slyly into his, face, I dreamed of you last night. ' i- " 4Didyon!,Yhyn6wS, . . 4 Yes I dreamed you ' kissed me !'. : . . xWhy now, what did you drt am your mother said !' , . Oh, I dreamed she wasrit at hoin . IV - A light dawned on Yokel's mind, dir ectly something, was . hekrd, to crack peS haps Yokel whip v and perhaps Jaot but about a month more, and they were J. twwn 1 rnnt it in Letters of A father whose son was addicfaitd some vicious propensities bade Jwrn, drive anail i nto a certain post whenever he eotnm hted a. ceitara kult'and grted fhat a nail should be drawn out whenever he pprveetedh " an erroru In course of time the post was l-.-l All ' 1 .!'-. . cowpieiejynweq wuu nans. -i - i. . - The youth, became, alarmed "at hisv in discretions, and "set about reforming him- -elf.4 ' .h-' ';? -l.i- ..' l One by one the nails were drawn out: v : .' - :':' i ' .The delighted . father commended- him for his noble self-d enying heioism in free ing himself from his faults. ' ' They are all drawn out said the pars ent." i .."1 .i . '; 'V . ' ' " a -The boy looked sad ahd' th,enrH'Wasa whole y6lume of practical wisdom'in his sadrJees. With'a heavy iheart'he replied True father, but the! scan still i there " Parents, who w'ould have their children . grow aound and healthy in 'character rhns s6w the seeds at' the fireside:. . 1 -V mi T Charitable YlSiciations can - refo m .the man.-a.nd ptrhsps make a useful iiemVer of society "but alas theiscaTs. ar there ! - the. reformed dfunkardy"gambler aid thief, " is only the wreck of the man he bnce was covered with scarsdishonprable' scars; wh1ch will disfigure his charecter as lonj as he lives.. - . .J ' ' . ' p.-: - -.:.y - v' -- ii' . . Orgin of tlae Hamebf oldKick- i The Germans had a deity of th'e atefs' worshiped' under 'the name of Nocka or Nickea which is derived frorri German word answering to 'the Latin n&are to kilU Wormius says that the" redness of the face in drowned persons ; was : ascribed' to thij deity who sucked their iblopd 'out at the nostrils and so brought it. txpj to the face. The Ioelanders had a natioa.that Neokur who governed the sea assumed the-form. of various animals or of a horseman or of a.maa'4o a'bpat. . '. - tt "'; 'This --deity was the nprlljern 2Tepture- ' and was called Neckur- Wheq christiani tyvprevaifecl in these cations the transfetr-. ed the name of thh sea god to the -father of evil. '"" LSerpeyttiht. -A punstor happened fnto one of the. banks the othOday jusi'si the worthy cashier 'Was running' up. with his accustomed celerity and correctness a yer r long column of figures. 'The waggish, visitor saw the sum compleated and then remarked to the official with a very grave face: - . h : B ,1 understand they talk ofaen ding you on to lha-Worlds' Fair as a spechnen of the American adder. Ll- ' A great curiosity has. recently been dis covered the flute with which John. Bun yan beguiled the tediouooss of ihia captive hours. It is an nnsiphtly affair and. looks' ike the leg of a stool indeed it is saidihat - he manefactured it put of one and wjien the turnkey attached by the sound .U mar; sic entered his cell to ascertain if possibl f the cause ef the harmaony the flute,. was i replaced in the stopl and by this means deteetion was avoided. - Marr kd. Mj-i-The Pittsburg Chron icle with great truth aays;.. i .' i 'It sesms that every woman who appears before the publiaasan artiste of anykind feels it necessary to represent herself as a : Mis whether married -or not , .It adds: Is wedlock io ridiculous and-prosaio an institutian that ladies must hide their con nextion with it t -"We know-nothing.' moire bitterly satirical upon-marriage than . thU rapidly increasing enstom., , Annette ray dear; what country iaoppoaitetoos pn the globe V ' i 'Don't knowain': Well now, taJd. the rJsM toacher, i if I were.tp Ww a hole aruugh the ar(h. and you -were to;gii6 at th" fd where would you came if' : ' .' ' i ;v ! .'Out of fhe tqtefrt repied thg pupOi with an air K lHuniph at having solved the jrreat oieetio-ii ' - 'T':.