Spirit of the Age from Woodstock, Vermont • Page 2

For tho Old Lovc's Snlto. And havo you forgotton mo quito, dcar, Or Bay. do vou Homotimon drcam What lifo mifilit liavo lieon if wo watidmd Btlll Togotlicr by wood and Htroam Do vou tliinlc ot' days whcn uiy lovo was all Tho world coulil pivo or lake, And eay.with a sleh, they wero happy duys," Just for llio old love's sako? Do you ever Blt in tho twillght, doar, Aiid think of thatwintry day Whon wo mct and partcd and jouruoycd forth; Kacli on our Bcparato way? I turncd, and Btood for iv moment, dcar, And looked in ynnr faco, to talto ItB raomory far on my way through life, Just for tho old love's snko Just for tho old Iovo'b Hako, Swcctheart, Just for tho old loYO's-sakc, Do vou ovcr think they woro hlttcr words? Their mouiory hauntn mo yot, Do you wondor how you could tay tliom all, Anil wondor if I forgol? Ycb, dear, niv licart has forgiven them loii, Though I thouglit at llrat 'twould broak And whcnevcr I think, it iH kindly still, Just for tho old lovu's sako: JuBt for tho old Iovo'h sako, Swcethoart, Just for tho old lovo'a Bakc. AND FUOM SUCH A SOUKCF. A good mnny ycars ago tho rcgimont to which 1 thcn bclonged was quaitcrcd at Aldcr.ihott.

Aftcr long abscnce froni England, spent on a parcliing rock in tlio middle of tho Itccl Sea, blcak and dreary Aldersliott seemed a very paradise. It was delightfully near Loml'on, too Ieavo was oasily to bo obtaincd and a gieat part of my spare tiinc, and moro tlian all my spare money, was spent by nic in thc mctropolis spent, am ashamed to confess, in riot-ous Jiving and mucli disorder. Still, had it only bcen tliat, 1 sliould, possibly, liko many of my brotlicr ofTicers, at tho cost of intich subsequont pain, and wearinoss, and pinching, havc passed througli my cyclo o( dissipation, and settlcd down at last but, in addition to my youthful aberralions, I had a fatal pretlilection for games of skill and chance. I was tlio best whist-player in tlie rcgiuicnt, and rould hold my own with tlio crack players of tlio clubs and hatl stuclc to wlust, whicli, in my belici, nevcr ruined any rnan wlio had a hoad up-on his sliouldois, I could lmvc mado a de-cont incomc outof my skill but my mod-cratc winnings at whist weicswallowcd up, and mucli moro lost bcsides, at unlimited loo, blind liookcy, linzard, and otlier kin-drcd To" crown all, I took to back-ing horscs, and lost at tliat, I nced hardly Fay. Alongnmof cvil lnck beset mc; I had loit all my available funds, had mortgagcd my commisston to tlio utmoit peniiy 1 could raiso upon it, and found my-fielf, at tlio cnd ol tho Etsom wcek, foverctl and parcliud in body, in soul wrotched and deapairing.

I had como to tho end of my tctlier; 1 was rcguhrly doneup; lifo had nothingbut ovil in storp for nic. On tlio iollowing wcek I sliould bo postcd as a de-faultcron tlioturl; 1 should Icavo tlicaimy In disgrace, and such tidings would kill my old widowcd mothcr. It was Sunday night I had been in Lon-don, trying to raisc money, but uselo.ly tlio Jews closcd their ftets to mo. I only wantcd a hundrcd potinds to pay my Derby losses; thi.s achicvod, I could so'll out, and rotiie witliout opcn dispraco; but 1 couldn't rtise it. Ono manollcred nic filty pounds for my bill of two hundrcd and filty poumls at tliroc months, but 1 wasn't quito M) uiad as to tako tliat I might as wcll sinash for a hundral as llfty.

My last sovcrdgn was chanacd in paying my hotcl bill on that Snnday night. I had a retmn tickct to Aldorshott in my jiockct, and a fcw shillings bc-idcs iiothing clso in thc world in tho way of available asets. I think if I had been poossed of a five pound noto I shouhl liavo goncdown to Livcipnol and takcn a stcoragc pahsago to America. It was thc liinited exknt of my moiins which mado mo resolve to go back to my nuartcrs at Aldershott. and appcar on liarade thc next dav, llio clocU in the cofrce-room where 1 1 mine, smoUing, clialhng, aiul playmg loo was sitting showccl half-past clc7en as tlio on a rug stretched over their knccs! Sure-hour of night the waiter only was in tho i ly thc wliuloof thc prcvious sccno had bcen ronni, arranging his spoons and napklns in a drcam, or could it have bcen an inripicnt the buflut, yawning surreptitiously every attack ofl).

TJ not broughtbn by drink, now and thcn, quitc indillt'rent to tlie pio- indced, for I was not given to that, but by blems which were ngitating me. Waterloo i' regular h'abits and stress of niind. Dridgeor Aldershott 1 inust make up I It wasn't till 1 had reaehed my own lntt my mmd quiekly; another tlve minutes. Aldershott, that I thouglit of tlie paper and it would be too latc for the ono the other was always opcn. Waiter, a hansom I shoutcd all of a sudden in a tono whisli mado the man jump.

At that tiino there was a train whicli lelt not Waterloo, but somc station a little distance down the line it might have bcen Vauxhall, or possibly Nino Elms, I scarcc-ly lenicmbcr which left the station at midniglit. It was popularly known among us as tlie Cf.ld-meat Train." Itspafiengers wero dcad bodies for tlio Woking Cemctc-ry. Thc raiboad company, cver solicitous to accommodato tho public and tuin an lionestpenny, had, for tlio convenience of tho camp, aflixed to this train ono first-class carriago. After leaving tho dead bodies at Woking, the cariiage was run on to Faruborough, whence you could walk to camp, if you had not bcen prudent enough to ordcr a fly to mcct you. The liotclstrvant wliouhciedinetotlie cab got a handomo gratuity for his pains.

It was my lcnve-taking of tho world of pleasurc, and 1 wns too insolvcnt to be carsful about little mattore. The sped me quiekly to tho station; but tho clock at thc hotcl had bcen slow a3 we passed under thc railway arch, a premonitory hhrick from theoiigincoverhead wained me that thc train wason tho pjint of startmg. I stopped tho cab at tho bridge, and ran quiekly up a narrow fliglit of steps which led dx-cctly on tothe cnd of thc platform known only to tho initiatcd the train was moving on, but I had juit timc, dcspito warning bliouts of guard and portcrs, to open thc door of thc last carriago and jump in. Tlio othcr conipartments of the car rigc I liuticcd wero Iightcd, but this ono was dark; that didn't aflect mo, I didn't want to read. I took out a box of wax matchcs and proccedcd to light a cigar.

As thc glow ol thc matc.h lit up tho intc-rior of tho carriagc, I saw in thc corner a long dark objcct, quite black, and yetwith somo little mctallic glcam about it was a coffin, rcarcd upat Uiefarther Mo of tho carriago, a board bcing placed bchind it, against which it lcancd. As I lookcd stead-fastly at tho coflin, it appearcd suddenly to glow with a faint radiance. Every nail and every plato upon it bcgan to glcam with strangc mysterious light. Bah! it was the moon. Wo had just lcft theclouds of London bchind us, and tlie great round moon, rising out of iiver-mists, east hcr glorious beams right athwarti us.

But 1 tu. away from her in disgust. What wa? tho bcauty ot' the night to tne a ruined spen dthrilt -tlio scorn and laughing stock of tho world Tho black coflin on the other sido was a moro congenial companiou to mc. I lit another niatcb, and read the inscription on thcplatc: "Williaji Hkatii-cote, died 25th May, 18, aged twcnty-flve years." Thohaironmy head rose in amass; my heai hcart ceased to beat. My own name, my own age, and tho very ctate of the day that was now just born It chimed in, too, did this inscription, mysteriously with that impulse I had felt the whole day a turning to self destruc-tion as a uacans of escape from all Mio dcg-radation of life.

I would accept tho omen. carrled with me. a mactioo I had acnulrcd in tho Kast, a Btnall American rovolvor wliich fittcd in my waistcoat pockot. It wmltl kill at twcnty wonldgivo mo mv mittiinua casilv enoimh. drcw it out and nlacod it imalnst my foroheni then it strnok mo thnt tho ball, aftcr paw- imr thi'ouch mv hcad.

miuht nass nlto tliroutth tlio nartition divldinn tho com partments and strike ono in tlio noxt cairiagc. 1 turncd, tlicj'eforo, my back to tlie window, and again placed thc mu.zlo of tho pistol to my fccehead, Again I with-drcw it. Theru was n'o hurry. Tho train did not ston till it iitachod could not possihly he disturbed. I wanted sitriiul tiio whfetlo of tho eniilno, ns tho driver siglitcd 1ho vod lamps at Woking, sliould bo tho signallor my Uopartiuc miui tho WOI'lll.

1 said, aloud, turning upon my solf. as it woic. a tort of frcnzy "yea tho momont tho whistlo boundd, William lleathcoto, you slmll die. I have said tliat tlio nsinp; moon was shinina: brichtiy into tho carriaKe, full up on tho foflln, and upon tho myHterious in- scnption. I uon't tliink 1 realiy uoiiovcd that tlns collln uad any tansihle oxtstunce It might bo but tlie production o.f my own levoicd uram, but nono Uio loss, on tliat account, was it a voritable warning of my doom.

Loolcing up, howevcr, to seo if it hatl mileed UisapDcared, saw no loiiger tlio CBflln-lid. but a white shroudod liguro, a pallid, corp-o-liko face, tlieeycB of whlch, iu tho momibcains, sliono upouo me with a sermlciiral cleam. For a momont, I thouglit that I had in-decd passed into tlie landof shadows; that was a (liscmbodieu spint, looKmg upon my own mortal remains and tho thouglit tliat I had ceased to bo an lnrtivmuaiity, and had bocome thc moro shauow ot a thousht, struok eucli a chill torrorand Iioj-- ror to my soul, that cvcry othcr impulso of it was lcst iu an cajrcr cllbrt to resunio my indiidual c.xistencc. I came to myscll'witli a deep gasp, dig-ging my fingor-nails into my palms. Ah, tho joy of tliat momcntj aftcr tho torturc of tlie stiuggleback to hfo Lifo raggod, miserablo, it might bc, but.

still dcar lifo liownrecious itscomed howunfathomably deop, bclow tlie utmost wretclicdness of being, was thc dread abyss of non-csistencc! Sliadnws! I dolied them. Como forth, old molo I shoulcd to mv double in tho coffin. IIc camo forth. As I live, hc stcpped out of'tlic coffin, scat-cdhimsclf opposite to mi', and laid aiingcr on my arm laid a fingcr on my arm, and kaned forward to spcak in my car. Merey, mcrcy," shrieked tho figure, in a voice that pierced the roar of tlio train, then thumbring ovcr a bridge.

Seo cricd tlio figutcs, slipping a jiaper my liands keep itj kcep it; only don't be-trav me." Whow-w went tlio whistlo of tho eninc, shi'icking, as it seemed, close into my oars. I turncd niy hcad for amonipnt: tliomoou had just p.used into a cloud tlie figuro had vanislied thc coflin still stood in thc 1 comer, dark aud grim. Thc train slackcn-I cd, stoppal. Jem," said a voioo that of tho guard's I thrre's a body in that middlo lirst-class I coaoh there'o ome partics coming to moot it with an 'eaisc." All rlght, Jack," said another voico; Uear a Imnd shoutcd thc ui.iv.) in j'-'i lnan, as he saw mc sittins tuu corner. 1 "Oh, I brg yonr pai'don, sir.

1 hopo you i aren't licrn'annoycd, sir? Jack, what did you mean by puttiug tlie gent into this compartnient 1 auln't," growleu Jack; "he must -a got in by hisself." "All right," I said, getting out and strctchinc mvself on thc nlatfonn. I'll Iget into tne noxt carriage. No bodics i thcie, aio there D'yc call me nobody said Pat Reil-; ly, looking out of the window. "Jump in, llilly, mo bhoy I've cleared out tlie rest of tho company; ye'll introduco a little fresh capital into the conc'ern." What a c.mtrast to thosceiieT had ((uit-ted was tho ehecrful, lighted cariiage, with its occupants, all brothcr-ofliecrs ol lin frlincf liiil nitmi nvwl tili! in my delirium, I had imagincd I had thrust into my waistcoat pockct. Hero was a test, at all cvents if there was a real paper, bearing signs of its ghostly or-ipin, then was still sane, and tho appar-ation I had witnesscd was not a dtlusion of tho brain.

In tho corner of my waLstcoat pockot was a eruinpled piece of flitnsy paper 1 unlolded it, and found it a 15ank of England noto for ono hundrcd pound. Froin that time I was a-i allcicd man. 1 paid my gambling debts confcsicd all my cmbarrassinents to my friends. who lilted me out of tho niiro nevcr toiiclicd a cardoradio; studied for tho StalfOol-Icro; passed a good cxaniinatimi: wcnt to Sandhurst, camo out with high having a little intorcst at hcadquatters, got an appointmcnt as coniniissiuner, to watch tho opcrations of tlio American War of Seccssion, on Gcnoral stalf. It was at thc closc of a bloody but des-perato battlc, or scrics of battles, which rcsulted in tho retieat of tlio arniy of thc South, that I visitcd the flcld-hospit-als at tlie rearof tho army, in search of a fricnd who had bcen wounded diiring tho day.

Tlio doctors and attcndants wero tco busy to pay any attcntion to my wants, and I walkcd down the long row's of hastily improviscd couches, trying to rccogniso my fricnd. Seraps of paper, on whlch thc names of the paticnts had bcen hastily scrawlcd. were pinncd to Istartcil us read on lleathcoto" my own name. Tho man appeaicdtobe sinking from cxhaustion, but he brightencd up whcn he heard the toncs of a friondly voicc. I kndt down heside him, and askcd if I could do anything for hiin.

Ilo noddcd liis licad. "You'ro EngHsh lio whisporcd. "Ycs, I am." So am I. If you sliould be in thc ncighborhood of ficdford, and sliould be ablo to hcar of an old man namcd lleathcoto, a retircd draper, will you tcll him his son died in a creditablo way I was a disgrace to him, sir, wlien I was alivc; but when I am dead.pcrhaps he'll think kindly of mo again. I'll tcll yon my story, sir.

I was a rogtio I was an undcrtaker, butl was a collector of taxcs too and I entircd into a conspiracy to dcfraud thc govern-ment. It camo out; but 1 had warning iu timc. I filiammed dead, and got away in one of my colflns with all the swag. Tbey wasn't very kccn aftcr mc; I don't know why; but just at tho last moment I thouglit they'd liavo mo. A dctcctivc followcd me right to Working but I squarcd hiin with a hundrcd pound note, and got clear away to America by the Snuthampton packet.

Jt novcr pros-percd mc, that nionoy and I got lowcr and lowcr, till I listed as a soldicr, and hero I am 1 l'm getting tircd sir. Don't forgot Bcdford lleathcoto, retircd draper." I passed on in wondor and astonih-ment and, if I must confess, a little dis-appointed and disenchanted. 1 wa no spccial caro, then, of any overruling Provi-donco, as I had fondly detuied myself. My wondorful warning and dclivoraoco was a mero all'air of chance and acoident. As I pa'sed tho man's couch again, lio laj' on it stid'und stark and dead.

On my return to England, I mado in-quiry of the ofilcials of' tlie revcnuo dc-partineiit, and found thcre rcnlly had been a fraud of tho kind in qtiestion, that tho collector implicated in it had died suddcn-ly-by snicido, it was thouglit. As to tlio defalcatlons, tho dcfaulter's surietics had paid a part ono of them, his fathor, having bcen sold up in conscquenco aiid tho test had bcen paid ovcr again by tho parisliioncrs ho had defrauded. So 1 lound out the old man at Bcdford. lio was living with a daughtcr, in abjoct poverty, aud I paid to iiim tho hundrcd ponnds with compound intorcst. To liim 1 Beenied a colestial vwitant.

Tho Oold-moat Train is now a thing of tho past, 1 beliovc A luggago train car-ries bclatcd ofllccrs back to camp; but, to tltis day, 1 confoss that I nlways ircfor to pas okhig in hroad daylight, and tliat I carcfully look insido tho carriago before I entcr it, 1 desiro no moro Loans from tho Dcad. C'titlliitr antl I'olislilng Bhiiuoiids. Tho nrt of outtin nucl polishhig lia-monds is supposod to liavo originnted in Asiu nt very carly poriod, but was flrst introdueed into Eurono by Lnuis Bor- quon, of Bruges, nbout tlm middlo of tlio fll'teonth centmy. Ilo nccidcutally dis-covcred tlmt nibbinrr two diamonils to. gothei' causod an nbrasion of thcir sur- laccs, nnd lrom tlns soon deuuced tlie art as it is now prnctisod.

Tlio nrocoss of nolislnnp; and eutlincr, ns I obscrved in Amsterdam, is very slow nnd tedious, ncnrly overy part of it, from llio (lohcacy nnd cxtictncss l-equircd, nccding to bo ilouo by liand. Tho prcparation of a sin-glo domands two months of continuous labor nnd tho fnmous Pitt or Regcnt diamond uuderwcnt two ycars of con- stnnt mnnipuliition boforo it waa com- plete. In thc mills ono (liamond is cm-nloyed upon nnolhor, cachboini' ccmcnt- ed into tho cnds of handlo, and a model of lead boing fnkcu of thc gem to bo cut, which iloterminca tho faccs. The stones nre thcn rubbed togotlicr with strong pressurc, nnd hold over metal box with doublo bottom, tho upper bottom bcing pcrloratcd withsmall holos, througli which tho diaraond dust falls. Thc dust is of such valuo that it is vcy carofully collcctcd nnd, nftcr mixture with vegetablo oil, in uscd for polishing tho gem upon a steel or cast-iron plate, whicli is mado to rovolvo rapidly, some- timo.3 by stcam, as I liavo said, but gen-erally by mcans of a tredlo.

Tlio dia- mond powder is nlso usod for cutting. It is pluccrt upon stecl wiro or saw, aud tlns, drawn swiitly backwanl and for ward, niakcs tho renuircd mcision. hen a largo picco of the stono is to bo rcmov-ed, it is oceasionally done with fino lnscl nnd hammcr but tlns soincreases tlio dangor of brenking or dostroying tho gom, tliat it is rarcly resortetl to. Ko kmd of wonc can bo niccr or moro difh- cult, for tho workmnu must thoroughlv understand the character and pcculiaiity of uiamoiuls, nnd must havonu nbsolnto knowledgo ot tlio eleavago planes hoforo ho can bo trusted with their manipula-tion. How lo Jlako Scrapiile.

In Now York a diseussion oxists as to tho costof liviug. A lady housekecpcr eiids tlu following Got young pig's licad (fresh) wcigh- nig livo or mx pounds, whicli can ue louglit for twenly-uve or tiurty cents onn from tlio coiuitry prolcrrcd." Clcan it well, eutting oir the ears to cn-ablo you to cloan them wcll insido. (frut tho buteher to take out tho evcn aud teeth whcn vou buy it Put tho hcad in two gallons nnd half of cold wnler. Lutit boil uutil thobonescan be oasily soparated from tho meat. C'liop tho ment vory line, iut it bacf: into tho liquor it lnis bocn boilcd in, nnd soason with pepper, salt, tliymo, nnd swoet murjorani.

(Don't put too much of the horbs.) Tjoii tako eqnalparts of buck-wheat nnd corn-moiil, nnd stir in until the compound is nbout tho coiisistcncy of mush lifting it oil' tho liro whilo thickeiiing, to provcnt it getting lumiiy. Thcn lot it boil for ubout fiftcen or tweu-ty minutes, stirring it to provent hurn-ing. Turn it into pans to cool. Gufc into Ihin sliees, nntl fry brown as you waut to uso it. Tho cost will bo nbout fifty cents.

For thnt sum my family of fivo grown persons havo plenty for breakfast overy day for a week. As my husband is, ns ho calls liimsolf, some-what of un cpicuro, nnd dceidcdly ob-jeats to nu ituiuterniptcd couvso of bccfsteaks nnd chops, which mainly comprise tho rango of Bridgot's bill o'f fair for brcakfast, I liavo sovcral domcs-tic dishes, tho result of a lone, cxporionco in hour.kooping, which I wil! bo happy to furnish nt somc futuro timc, as I am nfiaid I liavo nlready trespassod too much on your vnluablo space. 'Jhe Extcnt of England. Ilon. Jttmes Brooks, in letter froin Cidcutta, spcnks us follows England, onco more, ouo overlasting England That little sea-giit island has not only girdled tho grcat isles of tho world, and put its Htiimp upon them, but, hero nm in tho portnls of a great British East Ii.diik Empire, tho very mngnitudo of whinh is astounding.

Think of it, over 200,000,000 of peoplo, uativo aud British in tho Indinn Govcrnmcnt projier, under tho British llag I Satiatcd with tho very vastness of dominion hero, tho British Crown deelincs moro land, nnd all tho population it wants nay, moro, too, nnd rel'uses, notunlly, to bo bothered. with yot moro I Think of tho rovcnucs nnd ox-ponditurcs of this British Indian Empire, 8200,000,000 of our monoy, iucoming and outgoing, each year. Think of its immenso army, 320,000 in all, of whom 70,000 nro Europoan soldiers, tho others, Indinns, under British ofllccrs, nll 1 Think of Cliristiim Govornmcut over 110,000,000 of Hindoos, 25,000,000 of Mussulmans, 12,000,000 of Aboriginal Nothingarians, 3,000,000 of Buddhists; iic, 1 What mcdloy of humanity to rulo What a mixturo of laws, as wcll ns of creeds, and of tonguos, and 1 (Thoro nro sixtcen, or more, liinguago3 that a British rulcr onght to lcarn, What a vast trado, somo of iinports, nnd over of cxports I Tho littlo England nt homo, which govorns all this vast torri-tory, nnd these millions of peoplo, dwmdlcs, hcrsolf, into insignilicanco, whon contrastcd with this, her mighty Einpiro of tho East. Fasiiion. In iTaTinn tho aro hehl responsiblo for tho safety of thcur passongcrs, nntl if ono of theso is drownetl tho ferrymnn is in dnty houucl to either drown with him or com-mit harikari on tho instant.

If ho does noither tho govcrnmcnt very considera-tivolyrolioveshim of hishoad. Thoadop-tion of this priuoiplo with wspcct to railway passenger trafllo iu this country would probably liavo tho cffecfc of consid-ctably leMoningtlionumborof accidents. The Missouri Legislature hftB appoint-ed a committeo to rcceive the Grand Duko nt tho Stato capital. A Itefonn Nccdcd. It is througli tho unouualed managc-mout of tho Fronch womon of all clnssos that Frnnco now, despito iti cnormous lossos tlio reccnt war, is showing ro-sources which uinazo nll Europo, antl scom to rank her us tho riohest country or at least tho country of best tlis'tributcd wcalth under modern civiliznlion.

Every family has been trninod to savo, nnd, in tho middlo class, to mako tastoful appparuuco on small mcans. 'This is, of courso, only dono througli caroful man-ngcmcnt nnd judicious solf-control. A renticr in Pnris who sces an expsnsivc play, dines that day on howl of bouil-lon, will, on tho next day havo a stylish tlinnor both cascskccpingwithin tho oxact nvorago oxpcnso npportioncd day. Tho Gcrinnn womnn Buco6eds in tho samo department, but with much so-veror labor. Sho tiusts moro to woik tlian to nmnagcmont.

tShosavesby tloing with hor hantls grcat tlcal which nn American womau gota douo. Sho is con-tonted, too, with lcsa show for horself nnd her niain oxtravngancics nro in din-uors and out-door pleasures. Tho Ger-man matron has, moreover, an immenso ndvantago ovor tho American, in eecnping two ol our licavy oxponses carriago lnro antl cost of edncation. Whatever plso is dcar in Gormany, thcsc two nre always cheap. The markct supply of tcachers whether in music, nrt, or scionce is nlways boyond tho dcmand, nnd thustho tiachihg of children costs littlo.

For somo iuscrutable rcasons, also, hnclcs and carriagcs aro remarkably low-priced in Gcrmnn cities. Ront, too, in Freuch nnd Gcrman citics is less thnn in ours, but thcn you gct much loss with it. Tho samo comforts iu Now York nnd Berlin would not now cost so very diflerently. Still this does form markcd ndvantago with tho Continentnl housekeeper in making both cnds meet on a small incomc Tho grand reason, howevcr, of tho su-poriority iu this mattor of tho foreign housc-lady, wo nro convinccd, lics in tho l'act that sho looks closely aftcr hcr kitch-cn. Sho scos wasto at onco sho detects thicving or giving sho can dircct tho applieation of each odd and cnd sho knows immcdiatoly if groccr nnd buteher nnd tradosman aro putting down wrong itoms, or aro overcharging.

Tho mero l'act of hcr overlooking tho ldtchcn chccks grcat dcal of pctty jobbcry. The kitchcn boing on the samo lloor with tho drawing nnd bed-rooms, puts tho Continontal housokceper nt onco on vantago ground. Probably our basement kitchens sink a good dcal of our incomes. Wo doubt if most American housckecp-ers mako study of houso manngement. Tho immenso gain in tho wintor seasou of wholosalo purchaso of meats the lay-hig in of wholosalo groccries, and carcful watching of fhem tho using oi provis- lons, nnd cht'cking of wasle, aro not much known in prnetice to our American matrons.

It is truo thnt, to tlio demoeratic spirit of cquality, tho middle class hero nim often nt a stylo fnr beyoud their incomps. And in tho mattor of dress and furniturc, all classos nro cxtrav-ugant. This gcucral stylo cannot easily bo varicd from. Yet with ull this, antl under all our disadvantnges, aud with a taxntion cating out our mcans, skillful finniiciering ought to cnablo our familios to lay uj) ouc-fifth of an income of livo (housand. Tho reform must begin with our women, wlio, in American society, aro absoluto.

They must bo trained, as girls. moro to nccounts and houso-man-agcmcnt, aud not bo keptiu suchchann-ing ignoranee. Antl they must sct tho fashion of moro moderato display in dress antl lumso lurmture, antl show that high-est busines faculty of tho cultivated lady, the power of protlucing cffects of beauty in the honiefi by fcmall expendituro of money. A Trinily Tomhsloiio. Tfiitlcr interestclings round an unpro-tentioua aud almost undiscovored tomb, in Trinity Cliurch ynrtl, which is scon by but fow it lies so close to Broadway that it may almost ho touchcd from tlio sidowalk.

All old New Yorkors at least will rccall tho melancholy story of a young aud most beautif ul girl, who, nigh upon a hundrcd years ngo, wns taken from a boarding-school by a British of-fieorof high rank nnd by him betrayetl antl descrted. Discarded byhorfricnds, sho with her child wero found by her fathcr in wretched quartcis, both at tho point of dcalh. Tho honrt-broken par- cu wm just timo to rcccivo hor last sigh antl to closo her eyes for ever. The pitiful story was written out iu book-form, and wn3 dramatizcd aud jilayed in every thoatro thcn in tho eountry, thus becoming i'amiliar ns household words to thousands who lmd uo persounl knowledgo of any of tho parties. Years thercaftor the oilicer mado such tnrdy reparation as ho could, by placing a stono table with an oxponsivo silver hcad-plato over tho rcmnins of his dead vic-tims.

This silvcr plato has bcen wroncli-ed off nntl stolcn by saerilcgious thioves, and now all that remains to mark tlio last rcstuig placo of theso unhappy ones, is plain brown stono slab, lying lovol wij.li tho paved walks in Trinity Church-yard, aud bearing but theso two words, CflAHLOTTE Tnil'LE." Phant)T3. Tho pcanut, wliich is so popnlar a commodity, has one peculiari-ty of growth which distiuguishes it from all other known plauts. Tho tlowersand lcaves nre produced as thoy nro in othcr plnnts of tho pen or bcan tribo but whcn tho flower has withcretl, tho stem which supported it grows rapidly iu curved manner, bcuding toward tho ground, into which it ponctrates scvoral inches. In this positiou tho fruit becomes ripcned aud from this siugularoperation thopea-nut has dorivcd tho name of earth-iint in Europc. This nut is a vnluablo articlo of food in many tropical couutrics, antl is extonsively cultivated.

Formorly it was largoly iinportctl now wo dcpond chiefly on tho crops irom Virgiuia nntl tho Carolinas. It contaius largo per-centago of clear ycllow oil, which is large-ly csleemed for domestio purposes, nnd is frequontly uscd to ndulteratc olivo oil. Iu Cocliin China aud iii Tudia pcanut oil is uscd in lamps. An Insask Wojian. A young woman whoso fathcr'spalatialrcsidcncoin situa-tetl in ono of thoprincipnl streets of Mis- souii's capital, recently in tho space of singlo twonty-four hours managcd witli out thscovory to get lierself ticd in tho matrinionial knot of ciRhtdiffercnt men.

nnd told them nll to como nt tho samo timo tho noxt day to obtain hcr father's blcssing on their uuion. Thoy nll did so and tho scono that ensued can bo bclter imagincd tlian dcscribcd. Tho lady meantirao had left tho Stato dis-guiscd ns a Jew pcddlcr. HowTnEr do it. A printing ofllco in Ohicanro is sclliiicr to nnxious whiskev bummors tho following blnnk form "rcrmit, Permission is hcrobv Krnuted by mo, tho lawful wifo of antl I dcclaro and witncss by my own signa-ture that my husband has tho porfect right nnd liberty to drink, nnd ns often ns he chooses to drink, nntl I horeby ro-linquish all thoolnimsarisingthorofrom.

Li. a.j" Two miners wero frozen to dcth, Helonn, Montann. Automnton IteinliilsenccH. A largo proportion of our readors havo probably socn or heaul of tho uutoma-ton chess-pluyer which was oxhibitetl throughout tho Unitcd Stntes somo yeais ago. To such, nnd to otliors, tho subjoincd reininiscouccs, wliich wo fliul in Into traiiHlntion from tho Frcneh, will be found interosting Mnclzcl nnd Mouret ns pnrtnt'rs, wero oxhiliiting ut Amsterdam beforo the king and court.

Tho king hml announcetl his infcntion of hnving gamo of choss with tho automnton. Tho daynrrived. occupiedhimself with tho dccorntions, to givo tho grcatest cclat possiblo to tho coming eontest bctween tho king nnd tho macliino inoro mnchine, gentle-mnn 1" Tho exhibition wns ordered for 12:30 and as 12 o'clock Houndcd, his ac-complico not beingin thodressing-room, as wns nlways his custom, Maelzol stcpped ncross tho stroct to tho hotol to hurry him up. lmagino his surpriso to lind poor Jlourct in bcd, covercd to tho noso with tho blankotn. Gootlncss gracious 1 What do I sco What is tho mntter crios Maelzel.

Oh, I'vo got a fever coolly rcplies irouret. "Afo.verl How so? You wero all right at brcakfast 1" "Ycs; but this has como on sinco liko clnp of thunder." Well, but Why, tho king is coming, man alivo 1" greatly excftcd. "Oh, ho will havo to go back cool ns a cueumber, "But what canltell him?" "Tcll him tho automaton has gota fover. "Oh, quityour joking, nndgctupl" impcrnlively. 'Ah! but Ican't," dceidcdly.

"Why, wohavo novcr rcccived moro money for ono exhibition." "I know but you can givo it back." Tho dcvil you say I'll run for a doctor." "No that useless." "Why What can I tlo Is there no way to break thc fever Oh now you talk. Yes thoro is a wny ono way." "Tell mo tho way." Pay me that thouo'ccsl "Oh, well is that all? Yes; so I will, when tho soireo is over." "No sir I I must havo it herc." "Now?" "Beforo we bcgin. I want the 2,000 francs thnt was paid you this morning." All of it Just that aud no moro antl no less, Then I will play nnd not till then." "Maelzel looketl tho littlo man in tho oyo, but tlctermination was written there. This was evidently no timo for excuses. Ho had tho money, nntl his partncrkncw it, nnd, hesides, was only nsking what was his duo.

Ho looketl at his watch it markcd 12:15, aud His Majesty, wlio was known ns motlol of punctuality, would be tharo nt 12:30. Ho took out hi3 poekct-book from his brcast pockct, nnd couuted out tho t'our of 500 francs each, with a groan. The euro wns marvelous to bohold for, ns soon ns Mouret's hand closed on the money, he juniped out of (Irisned, hoolsand ull! Tho aitful dodger had been watching for Maelzel from tho window, and whcn he saw him cross thu street had just timo to pop into bed. "Tho soircc camo off as appoinfcd, nntl nevcr had tho automaton scemed to play with deeper inspiration. The king did not ihovo tho pirces himself ho simply eounseled lus Mimstcrof nr, wlio pl.iyed for him, but tho coalition was eoniplctely routed in two gnines.

Tiio dofeut, howevcr, wns put wholly on the shonlders of tlie Ministor. "Ilud thoy won, it would have probably been tho king who wns the victor In this samo city, a fow days nfter-wards, endcd tho travels of tho machino in Europp. Tlio partners soparated, the best of friends, and Maelzel begnn his proparations for a lour in the New World, tho tlctails ol whieh wero nlily recitcd in the Cicss Jouriial, formeily editedby Paul Morphy nntl pnblished in New York. Schlumbcrgei-, a German, nnd very strong chess playcr, directcd the movempnts of tho machino, antl the so-cret was undiscovered, exccpt by somo lioys iu Jjaltimore, wJio, not having the cash to pay for an ndmission, climbctl upon somo sheds overlooking the rooms in the, rear antl wero so startletl ujion the conelusion of thc exhibition to seo a littlo man in shirt-sleoves hop out of tho machine, thnt thoy nearly broko their necks in their efforts to gct away, and, upon rcaching liome, repeatetl what thei had seen. Theso facts were pnblished by Balti moro newspapor, but Maelzel had the good soiiso to buy its furthor fiilenco, J3ut their fale was more especially set-tled by some of tho loading New York nnd Boston pnpers, who took them up or llieir own free wtU, antlcombateutlicm ns tho most preposterous idcas ever put lortli, niul wortliy ot tlio clnltlisli mnitls they camc from," nnd tho macliino con- tinucd to bo eonsidpred thc greatcst lnechnuieal triumph the world evor saw Oh I most lcarned punthts Thoro was ono thing nmong thonumcr ous instnictions which Moii.

Maelzel iuvariably gavo his accomplico that do serves to bo rcmnrkcd. If any one, at any exhibition, sliould cry he, don't you bo in tho least bit alarnictl. Depenil upon me. will got you out safo, if I tlio iu tho nt- tempt. Upon this loint ho was nlways cxtremc-ly urgent and his reasn for it was this In tho courso of his travels lio hatl nrnvcd ono dny at littlo town iu Gormany, whero a celebrated prestidigitatcur, tho I'rofessor Anderson of that tlay, was giv ing his cxhibitions.

Tho automaton soon cclip'etl tholesser humlnig, aud he, in jnque, jealous of tho supenor power oi nis nvni, wuo causeti his nudiences to becomo sinnll by do-grces antl bcautifully less," closed his doors ono fino afternoou, antl wont to sco tho wondor, tlctcrmined, if possiblc, to discovcr its secret. Fiftecn minutes in its company, and this skillful manijmlator of huinbugs saw through tho vcil and know thcro was a man in that box. Whero ho was conccalcd ho couldn't say, but ho know he must be thtre, and secondcd by a fricnd, ho raiscd thc terri-blocry: Fire 1 Fiie 1 Firo 1" Ono can judgo of tho terror spread in tho nudicnce, nnd of tho immcthato rush for tho door, but straugo to rclate, tho automaton, too, partook of tho panic, npparently, for tho most frightful noises camo from its bowels, nnd a pcrfcet suc-cossion of thumpingantl kicks, as though it wns trying to break looso from itself, while MncTiiel stood rghast stiuo specchless. His surprise, liowcver, was only mo-mentnry, antl wns c.uisetl by tho fact of a catastropho ho had nover proparcd for staring him in tho face, monaoing him with ruin, and demanding nn immctliato remcdy. llecovenug lus presonco ot miuu, no pushetl thoautomatou quiekly behind tho screen, nnd then proccedcd to reassuro tho audicnco, who, by this fime, bco-ing aud Bmeliiug uo smoke, had begtm to think it a false clarm, btit whose attcntion heretofore had so luckily been occnpied mth.

themselvos and their mcans of escapo that thoy had not iniud cd tho antics of tho machine. Tho ruso of his rival, thus promptly met, did no hnrm, antl tho flcld of bnttlo wns loft in quiot posscssion of tho grcuter light, but. Mnolzol ofton snitl ho could nll'ord to pay that mnu haudsomnly, for ho showcd him tho only defcct in his machino. Tho Town of Sllkn, Iu Alasfcn. Tho villago contaius foity or flfty housen.

Tho population consists of ono thousand Indiaiis and two thousand dogs. Of tho dogs, nll but ono nro of the samo Rhnrp-eared, wolfish typo soon among tho Indinns of tho plnins. Tho cxception was a bandy-legged, lop-carcd cur of civilizcd brced, tho only ono nmong tho two thmisund that showcd lack of civility by barking ut our hecls. Tho housea niueh moro resemblo tho Romi-subtcrranean abodes of tho Lap-lundcrs ond Esquimnux tlian tho wig-wams of Amorican Indinns. Liko tho oak desoribed by tho Amorican poet, thoy extentl as far into tho earth ns nboyo it.

Somo of them nro from twcnty to thirty feot squnro, nnd bnilt of very widc cedur planks, many ofthem moro tlian four feetnerosa, wnrkcd out by thoso rudo people. Wo cntored sovernl. Creeping through aporlure.s, both squaro antl round not moro thnn threo feot in diameter, wo de-scontlcd llights of steps into tho largo ninglo room. Iu the ccntro of each a liro was built on tho ground, and in tho ccutrc of each roof holo, out of whicli passed a small portion of the smoko, tho mostofit remaining for tho benelitof thosalmon hnnging over our hcads, and to mako soro eyes for tho inmatcs. Tho wholo insido is floored, exccpt tho flre-placo in tho middlo.

On both sidos nic tho slcoping-placos, covered with skins nnd blnnkcts, aud in somo instances soparated by low partitinns. In tho rear, and on shelves below tho dormitories, wero storcd potatoes and tlriod salmon in sinall balos, covered with matting. Their largestpotatoea aro tho sizoofa hulletl walnut. Tho ladies boautify their complexions with soot nnd retl pa'int, nnd still furthor enhanco theircharnis by wearinga bono through thoupper liji, thcsizo of whioh is increased from year to year until, in somo of tho old ones, itntlainsn width of two inches. An Indian lady thus adorucd, with hor coarse, black uncomb-etl loeks hanging in mattcd nrofusion around her beautiful pig eycs and lop eniu.

is nnlv rpsistildn in tbnin wlmnnf. fections nre fhoroughly preoccunicd. Thodelightsofcourtship mustbo dou bled by tho pleasant aroma of salmon which prevadcs tho premises antl, I havc heard, their persons. ivmong them tlie crow ontl the raven nro lieltl sacred, nntl fly around thoir nbodcs undisturbetl. They livo mainly on lish, nnd havo a mouopoly of tho trapping.

Thoro is but ono white trap-pcr in tho country, and ho is at Cook's Inlet, six huudrcd miles west northwest. Ilo camo down to Sitka onco to go to Lodiak. Learniug thatno vcssel would sail for a month, nnd growing tired of'tho placo, ho said ho would take little walk." Ho started with his rifio nnd a pockct full of salt, aud travcrscd olono that mountain wilderuess for threo weeks. Ue had no covering at night but the skins of freshly slaughtered animals. Hc roturncd in good contlition, nnd iu nnswer to questious, boasted that he had lived botter thnn his questioners.

Buniioso I'nnrlship. Tho Buruiosp aro Buddhists, nnd Budd-hiam hns nothing to do with marriago. In other words, marriago is contrnry to the prineiplcs of the Butldhist religion. So says a of the Pall Mall Gazctle, writing from Eangoon nnd he adds A Burmeso damsel is demure, laughter-loving and self-roliaut. Hor manner is graeeful and iileasing.

Sho weais a bright bill; pcttieoat, a white jaekct, a gold nccklace, nnd has glossy black hair dcekcd with ilowers. Shc often smokes green oheroot. Of courso sho has nd-mirers, and sho givos them all fair chancp. Every cvening she receives visit from ull theso young gcntlcmen and such in thc waywardnpss of human lmturo that tho samo swain will often pay similar visits on tho samo evennig to other young ladies of tho samo villngoor township. This eourtship is nlways going on, nntl timo has bccnnn ncknowledged institution from timo im-liiemorial.

Hero somo explanation is nccossary. Tho Burmeso cvening is divided into threo wntchos, viz. childrcn's bcd time. old folks' bed time, nnd young folks' bcd time, Children's bed timo is snnset, or shortly ufterwards. Courting timo be-gins soon after children's bed timo, nnd it eoiitinucs long nftcr old folks' bcd time, whieh is about nine o'clock.

Young folks' bed timo depends a great deal upon thu will nntl pleasuro of the young peoplo in question wo will say about elevon When tho hourof courting approaches tho young lady trims her little laiup, so that it glenms through tho window, nntl takes her seat upon a mat on the tloor. Meantimo tho young gentlemeu havo been putting on their best bright silk putzop.s, a nondescript garment, some-thing betwecn a pair of trousers nnd a petticoat, have tlonncd their clean white nckcts, havo ticd colored trilk handkcr- clnefs on their hcnds in tho most np-proved styles, antl havo turncd out alto- Kothor in tho heiglit of liurmese fashion. They cuter, they seat themselvcs on the 1 barrels ot llour, uuu. mats round tho-fair one, nntl then the'ocks, 2,975,000 6heop, 19,000 calves, "challing" bogins. If a gallant has 01,250 hogs, and ono market nlono sup-been unsuccessful in a boat race.

or has nlics nununllv 7.013,750 hcad of cainc. tumbled into tho watcr, or has paid too I much nttention nnotherdumsel, orhas been descrted by nnother damsel, or lias matio nimsen nuicuious in nnv other way, tlio oliances aro that lus fceliugs will be hurt beforo tho ovening is over. How the lady receives caeh lover. csno- cially in tho prcscnco of other lovcrs, is more thnn wo can describo. Sho lierself roqnires cousiderablo nttention, and tho old people nover interfcrc.

Indced, why sliould the old folks interfero The young folks can tako caro of themselvos, and nro only tloing what thoy themselvcs did in tho days when they, too, wero young. A Hnrr. If a youth is wooingly dis- posetl towartls any damsel, as he vulues lus happiness, lct him call on that lady when sho least cxpects him, and tako noto of thc appearanco of nll thnt is under her control. Observo if tho shoes fit nently, antl tho hair is well drosscd. And wo would forgivo man for brcnkincr off an cngagcment, if lio tliscovcredagreasy novcl hid away under tho cushiou of a sofa, or a holo in tho garnituro of tho wctticst foot tho world.

SIovcnhups3 woman will over be nvoidetl by a wcll regulated mind. A woman cannot always bo what is calletl "drcssed;" but she may be always neat. Antl ns ccrtain-ly as virtuous woman is a crown of glory to hcr husband, so surely is a slovenly ono a crown of thorns. 1 Onoc for all, Miatrcas By tho way Anna Hannah l'm not euro. Is your namo 'Anna or 'Hannah''l, Now Cook (tartly)'1 Whioh niy nauie is Anna, mum Hnich, Ha, Hen, Hon, Ha, Haioh, 'Anna'" Mistress (giving it up in despair) Ahl Thank you." A Klss.

Jutt onn Um i two hfn mot, tho brown wero knlt and tho chccks woro wct Juit ono ldftr thcn up anO away llatlts mark will last for many a day. ono Uhh and just ono word, Hultly cpoken and hardly hcard Just oii" word that was Hnid through tcara, And told tho Btory of all tho ycars. JiiHt ono look from tho dcop dark eyes Jiwt ono graBp at a pvlzo JiiHt ono klss thcn up and away Hut ahl bucIi a hoavy dcht to payl l'ncts aiul Fnncics. If you couvt a young womnn nnd you aro won and sho is won, you will both boono. A Barcastic young lady caya that tho most unplcasiint thiuga in naturo aro lovcrs and pigs.

"Whero havo you bcen sincc tho cow kiekcd is a dclicato way tho Ohi-cagoans havo of reforring to tho lato calnmity. Tho new Fronch Tariff bill imposcs tho following dutics On wool, 80 francs por 100 kilogrnmmes cotton, -1 francs rosin, from 1 to 7 francs chcesc, from 15 to 13 francs hops, 00 francs. During tho last fivo centuries moro thnn worth of land has been washed nwny from tho eastern coast of England by tho cncroaoments of tho sea. Holland 1ms lost 8500,000,000. Titusvillo bridegrooms step upon hy-mcnial platform, adjust tho fatal noose, antl swing off into that silent bourno from whenco thoy can never return save by tlio Indinnapolis or conuecting lines.

Tho last subject diseussed by a debat-ing society was, "If you had to havo a boil, whero would you profcr to havo it Tho unanimous deeision of tho momberswas, "Onsomo other fellow." A gontlcman riding in a P.iris fuicra indignantly nbused the coachman for driving 6o'sloy. Tho Inttcr disdainfully rcplicd: "Do you think that simply to plcaso you 1 am going to spoil a pair of horses worth thirty-fivo fraacs." Tho Chincso hnvo a custom at thcir (veddings whieh wo protcst i3 no im-provcnipnt upon our own practico on those blissful occnsions. Iustcad of kiss-ing tho britlo tho hridcgroom nnd gucsta slap hor gontly on tho mouth with thcir sandals. It is noticeablc fact that in elile so-cietv flirtiiiL' is not carrictl on in as great I adnDTOO ns WI13 formcrly tllO caSO. It is I intlectl cnuso for sinccrc cougrntulatiou, 1 as in mos't instauces what wns hfeand I pleasuro to ouo party was intensomisery to tho other.

i Califwuia udgo recently had a gro- cer brought bofore him for sellmg matcii- os witliout btamps. no ueciueu niau tho grocor hatl not violatcd tho law which forbids "cxposing for salo" un-stamped iiackagcs, bccauao tho matches in question wero sold from under tho couutcr. "I weeded my friends," said an cccen- trio old man, "by hanging piece of stair-carpet ont of niy ihst floor iront window with cnnstablos aunonnco-ment aflixed. It had tho tlcsired effect. 1 soon saw who wero my frieuds.

It was liko firing a gnn at a pigpon-house. They forsool; the building nt tho roport. A man stopping at hotcl in Eich-mond, lately causedno littlo troublo by the repreheusivo habit of walking about at all hours of the night. Having cstablished thereputation of first-class stimnambulist, he walketl off to an carly train with his wrpet-bag as naturally as though he hatl been awake, and left his bill paid. The Ofremlca Dandy.

I had quite a laugh in thc park tho other day. Not far from where I waa lounging'n geutlemnu was promonnding, accompanictl by a magnificfent grey-hound, while just in advanco of him wnlketl a well-knowu dandy. The Bruno!" Tho dandy stopped aud looketl around, but not knowing tho gentlemeu, quiekly re-sumed his walk. Again tho gentlemeu Bruuo como here Upon this tho dandy turued, thus an-grily dem.uidetl, What is your pleasurc, sir "With you-nothing." "Then 'how tlaro you, not knowing mo, thus addrcss mo ou a publio prom-enado Pray, sir if I may ask what isyour name "How, sir Do vou wish to insult 1 mo "But will you pleaso give me yoar nume quietly pleatled the owner of tho i grcyhouud. There is my card, sir 1" Antl tho dandv haiided forth a slip of pasteboard.

tho gcntlemau, reading aloud the letters upon tho card, "this is B-i-u-n-o-tv. You nced borrow no fur- ther trouhlc, si: My dog spells his name without the (irontticH Lomlon. Tho population of London, nccording to tho last census, is This vast multitude is moro thnn tlio eombin-cd population of Now York, Plnhulel-phia, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, Ciucinnati, Boston, New Orleans, San Francisco, Buffalo, and Alle-gheny City, Penn. To lodgo theso pcjplc, 777,000 dwelliugs nro requircd, nnd tho neonlo consumo annually about This, togethpr with 5,200,000 salmon, irrcspectivc of otlier fish nnd flesh, is washed down by 75,000,000 gallons of alo nntl porter.

u.wu.uuj gauous oi siiinis, nnd 113.750 pipes of winc. To 1111 its milk nnd eream jugs 22,750 cows aro kept. To light its streets at night gaslights aro requircd, consuming every 21 hours 22,270,000 cubiq fcct of gns. Its wator systom supplies tho onormous quantily of 77.G70.82i gallons jior dav, while it1 sower system carrics ofl 10,029,770 cubic fcct of rcfuse. Faille and Silk.

Thc palcst tints of silk aro most stylish. At tho begin-ning of thc scason only fino failles, worth $5 or 90 a yard, wero produced the fiiint shndnwv tints. but now chcancr silks marked 2.50 or S3, aro shown in a pale rose, sky bluo, light green, nnd tho delicnto ccrn aud euir shnilcs, that com-bino so prettily with roso antl may bo trimmed with either black or white lace. Thcsa chenpcr silks, whon lined, aro quito handsome, nnd aro so covercd with tnllo, grenadiue, antl mus-lin over thesscs that thcir quality is not apparcnt. Tira Westcrn New l'ork Poulti'y Asso-cintion opencd thcir second niinual cx.

hibition under tho most flattcring aus spices. Tho collection of domestio fowl nntl othcr birds was atlmittcd to bo th8 finost exhibition in ths scction of th country. Ovor iu pvizes wero ofl'ered, and tho attondance was large. All the New York City Notories whoso terms expire March 80, 1872, havo been lenombated by the Governor, aud woio conflrraed by the Senate.