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CHAPTER vIII.-The Moral of the Thing

First: Never judge a man to be hap
py and free from care, because he
wears smiling face and appears to in
duIge flow Of good spirits. The one
is mask easily assumed, and the other
often conceals hidden anguish.
Necond: Be content with the condi-
ton in which God has placed you. He
knows great deal better than you do
what your position should be.
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Childhood.

Oh! twas the summer time of all
The hopes my fancy knew;
The garden, where the blooming flowers
OF young ambition grew.
But winter clouds have veiled the sky
OF that sweet summer time;
And frosts have withered buds and flowers
Whilst in their infant prime.
And many hope as dear as life,
Hath known witheriug blight;
And many a sun which brightly rose,
Hath set in endless night!
"a Baltimore Ess
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p o u II R Y !.

- From the New Orleans Delta.
The Unwilling Bride.
She stood amidst the joyous throng
Before the sacred shrine,
And listened to the nuptial song,
Its mellow cadence. sweet and long
The voice that said +" thou 'rt mine"
The sun was sinking in the west,
And shed golden ray
Upon that bride, whom all thought blest-
Whose gentle bosom knew no rest
Whose heart was far away.
watched her melancholy brow,
No sparkling gems were there;
] sought her eyes-they did not glow
With true affection, but with woe,
And glistened with tear.
She is no more! One short. sad year
She passed in silent grief;
Her gentle heart dissolved. A tear
Burst from Its fountain pure and clear
Her spirit found relief.
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Dark Days.

The late Noah Webster, OF New Ha-
ven, makes the following mention Of
several wonderful appearances which
occurred during the last century.
In the dark day May, Ie, 1880, the
heavens were covered with dense clouds
for three or four hours; the Legislature
was in session at Hartford, and such
was the darkness that business could
not be transacted without candles. Du-
ring the time the clouds were tinged
with a yellow or faint red color for
hours, for which no cause has yet been
assigned.
In the evening of March %, 1882, an
extraordinary light spread over the
whole hemisphere, from horizon to hor-
izon, north and south, east and west.
The light was of yeIlowish cast and
wavy. The waving of the light was
visible, and some persons heard, or i'm
agined they heard, a light rusting
sound.
In the year 1898, great part Of Eu-
rope was for some weeks overspread
with haziness Of atmosphere, which
caused great CONSERVATION. The chur-
ches were crowded with supplicants.
The astronomer, Laland, attempted to
allay the fright by endeavoring to ac-
count for the appearance, which he as
cribed to an uncommon exhalation of
watery particulars from the great rain
of the preceding year. But at last the
cause was ascer,ained to be smoke from
the great eruption of the volcano Hecia,
in Iceland, which covered more than
three thousand square miles with burn.
ming lava, in some places to the depth
Of forty feet.
In late paper, published by the Mil
lerltes, was an article. stating that the
northern lights foretel something terri
BILE. The writer seems not to know
that in the high northern latitu les, in
the sixteth degree and northward,
northern lights are of daily occurrence,
and so have been from time immemo-
rial. So Illuminated are the heavens
that persons may often see toread by
the light.
The lights occasionally come so far
south as to illuminate the sky in our lat
itude. Sometimes they do not appear
for many years. At the close of the
seventeenth and beginning OF the eigh-
teenth century. those lights were not
seen for long period. and when they
reappeared, about the year l717, our
ancestors, who had not seen or heard
Of them, were all alarmed, and actually
supposed the day of judgment had
come.
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IMPORTANCE OF WELL VENTILATED
APARTMENTS. man consumes or
spoils more than gallon of air per
minute; consequently all closely con-
fined places be very unwholesome.
Candles and lamps become dim in pub
lie assemblies, and this is the indication
of the impurity Of the air. The per-
spiration from animal bodies is exceed
ingly injurious in confined space.--
Three thousand human beings" OBJ
served DR.. Arbuthnot, " living within
an acre Of ground would make an at
mosphere Of their own steam about
seventy-one feet high, which, if not car
ried away by the winds. would become
pes,iferous in a moment" Dressed
food, both animal and vegetable, pol
lutes the atmosphere; consequently a
room is very insalubrious Immediately
after it has been used for the purpose
of dining. DR.. Priestly, on one occa-
sion, corked up bottle of this oxygen.
Every room ought to be completely
purified by the opening of the door and
windows at least once day. A close
bedroom is also extremely unwhole-
some; neither ought the bed to be sur
rounded with the curtains; many per-
sons have a habit Of sleeping with the
curtains drawn around the bed; no
practice can be more injurious. The
fire place should never be stopped up
by chimney boards, but in damp and
very cold weather.; a fire is essential to
health, care being taken that the room
is not overheated. Many dangerous
colds are caught by those whose lungs
are delicate, by changing the atnos-
phere of warm sitting-room, for that
of a damp and cold bed-chamber; such
transitions are Injurious even to the
robust, and often fatal to the weak and
delicate,
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CHAPTER lv.-Confusien.

Septolemus found himself mounted
on high blood-horse, and passing over
private road that led to the mansion
of neighbor Huddy. He could not ac-
count for the strange metamorphosis he
had undergone. He was on neighbor
Huddy's horse; he had on neighbor Hud-
dy's clothes. and his watch in his pocket;
and, in passing stream, he saw mir.
rored therein neighbor Huddy's face.
He was certainly his ownself--Septole-
mus Trunco-and yet he was just as
certainly neighbor Huddy! His at
attempts 70 emerge from his confusion
only served to mystify him the more,
and he at last determined to put the
best face on the matter and push bold
y on. The addresses of the laborers
he passed, who invariably called him
Mr.. Huddy, finally inspired him with
the assurance that his disguise was not
penetrated, and when he stood before
the mirror in the dressing room, he was
fully convinced that he had, although
in an unace ountable manner, positively
changed bodies with ne!ghbor Huddy.
He had now reached the acme Of his
hopes. No, he should be happy and
contented. Every thing that heart
could desire was his, and though he
could not refuse his tribute Of pity to
the unfortunate man who must of course
have taken possession of his cast off
carcass, still he would he very unwll-
ling to change back again.
His reflections were interrupted by
a rap at his door. Throwing himself
into luxurious fauteail he signified to
the rapper 10 come in.
CHAPTER v.-AlI not Gold that GIiters.
The intruder was neighbor Huddy's
man Of business. As soon as he en-.
tered, he addressed his auditor as fol-
lows:-
sit is no use, Mr.. Huddy. Neither
of them will advance the money with
out the very best security. They say
your estates is mortgaged now to its
full value, and one of them limited at
foreclosing. | have done all ! could,
and unless you coin an hundred thous-
and in two weeks time, You must
smash. The money in bank will just
pay my private advances to you, and
this ! have just sent to withdraw. !
mus; look out for myself, Mr.. Huddy.
Rats desert sinking ship, you know.
Good morning, sir"
The man Of business vanished, and
Septolemus INDUCED ia long and en-
phalic--"Whew!" sn
CHAPTER vI.--Beautiful and Amiabls Mrs
Huddy.
She was indeed superb beauty
Septolemus neverfelt before, as he did
few minutes later, when white arm
stole around his neck, and pair of de-
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.'~ DISCONTEN L.
A TALE OF TRANSMISSION.
BY JULIAN cRAMER.

CHAPTER 1.-The Hero introduced.
Septolemus Trunco was one of those
singular unfortunate individuals against
whom all creation seems 10y their own
story to indulge an especial spite.
Nothing had ever gone right with him.
nothing would 60 right. All his good
nature was insufficient to insure good
treatment from the fate that held him
in her grasp. He must have been
born under peculiarly unucky star.
He was left, by the decease ofa rela-
tive, sole possessor OF an estate suffi-
cient, by good management and econo-
my, to insure complete independence.
But the spirit OF discomfort that had
seized upon him otherwise ordered his
movements, and, under its baleful influ-
ence, he himself and everything about
him were going to rot as fast as posi-
Bile. His days were passed in vain
regrets, that he was not like other men,
and in bewailing the concatenation of
circumstances that had made him no
other than Septolcmus Trunco. There
must have been some mental malfor-
nation in his case, for he saw every
thing through a false medium. Moth
ing belonging to himself possessed any
value; it only acquired that by passing
beyond his reach. He was, in short,
the embodiment Of discpntent-the
spirit of unrest made incarnate! Would
you have attempted to teach him the
secret Of true philosophical content
ment? you might as well have endeav-
cred to teach cowardice TO the Ameri-
can Eagle.
said that nothing possessed any
value to him unless it was the property
Of another. 1t would seem that this
state Of things would naturally induce
on his part a system Of depreciation
upon the possession Of his fellows,
and so it did. But Septolemus Trunco
was petty pilferer. When he took
what did not belong to him, he com
mitted no offence against the laws of
the land. The statutes took no cog
niEance Of his crime, for he stole the
liuing body ofhis neighbor Huddy!
CHAPTER II.--Neighbor Huddy.
Adjoining the Patrimonial possessions
ofthe hero was the estate of Neighbor
Huddy, man Of taste and refinement,
fond ot sport, equally SO ofextravaganI
living, and apparently enjoying life
without being lacerated by the thorns
that usually hedge plentifnlly the path
Of every living man-that is to say, he
had, in the first place Gas was univer.
sally understoodD an ample fortune, and
secondly, very beautiful and amiable
wife. How was it possible to be other
than content and happy, when from
these two possessions, every enjoy
ment of which mere animal life is sus-
ceptible can be derivedi
Mr.. Trunco had always looked on
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CTtAf lCN Vh--beautHuI and AmIable MrS'
Huddy.
She was indeed superb beauty
Septolemus never felt before, as he did
a few minutes later, when white arm
stole around his neck, and pair of de-
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TyRESH GkOCERIES.--Th subscriber is now
Il receiving by packets Statesman and Alexan-
dria, from New York, his Fall and Winter supply
Of Family Groceries, making his assortment COM
pete.
1t is deemed unnecessary to enumerate general
ly, but he will name the following articles, viz:
st. Ctoix, Porto Rico, New Orleans, Muscovado,
Sugar in hhds. and bbls.
Loaf Lump, Crushed, Powdered, Brown, and
White Havana Sugars
Sugar house. st. Croix, and N. l. Syrup
New Orleans, Porto Rico, Sugar-house, st.
Croix, and Trinidad Molasses.
I o - TEAS.
Gunpowder, Imperial, Young Hyson, Skin, and
Black fresh and Of the best quality.
COFFEE.
Mocha, Java, Maracaibo, Laguyra, (green and
whte,) Rio, st. Catharne's, and Angostufa
Spices of every description, ground and un-
ground
Catsups in great variety
Sardnes and Curry Powder
Fresh Salmon, Lobster, and CLANS, Theoretically
sealed
Anchovies, Capers, and Olives
Bakers Kitchens, and others make, Cocoa and
Chocolate
Salad oil of very superior qualify
French and other Mustards
Fish, Mackerel, Gin bbls and kits, (Shad, Salmon
Cod, and Herring
CANDLES-Sperm, Adamantine, Sterine, and
Mould
NUTS-Almonds, Pecan. English and Brazil
FRUI rS-Raisins, Currants, Prunes, Figs, Ap.
pies, Cranberries, &c.
CHEESE Sapsago and dairy Cheese
BUTTER-New York and Glades Butter
FLOUR.
60 bbs. New York, of choice brands
so bbls. Virginia, Family, Extra, and Super6ne
100 packages Buckwheat Flour, (New York;
Oat and Cornmeal
BACON AND DRIED BEEF.
200 choice Family Hams
1000 lbs Middlings
1000 lbs. Shoulders
1000 lbs. fresh Dried Beef
1000 gals. Winter Sperm Oil, bleached and un.
bleached
10000 Cigars, comprising Regalia, La Norma,
Pantla Cheroots, Lord Byron, Principe, and
other brands
Tobacco, in greatOvariety, plug and fne-cut
chewing
SOAP
Is boxes fancy Toilet Soap
20 boxes Family Soap
Buckets, Pals, Baskets, Brooms, Brushes, Mats,
&c.
Thankful for a liberal share of patronage from
the citizens of Washington hitherto he respectful
y solicits continuance OF the same.
s. HOLMES,
nearly opposite the Patriotic Bank, 9TH street.
dec 13-tf
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--
USEFUL MISCELLANY.
what can reclaim the drunkard I
ssLike the landscape to the view,
Ever charming, ever new.o

What can rcCIdIm inc OrunkdfQ y
II was winler--and on The morning of q
Sabbath day, while the storm ragged with
ont and the cold winds whistled in at every
crevice, drunkard saw his family around
him destitute Unnecessary comforts and even
without the means of kindling fire. They
had been reduced to this condition by his
inemperance. He had long withstood the
expostulations Of the tract vsiter and al
though, years before, when death was star
ing him in the face, he had promised to re-
form, he resumed his evil indulgence when
restored to health Neither the entreaties
of his suffering wife nor the cries Of hun
cry children had softened his heart; trouble
had succeeded, and now all around was sad
ness in the drunkard's dwelling. Thus
the day commenced. The tract visiter was
married lady, and she no sooner became
acquainted with the circumstances of the
unhappy family than she named them to
her husband. It is lawful to do we'll on
the Sabbath" and soon the wants Of the
destitute were supplied. As the gentleman
approached, carrying basket Of Goals, the
dlunkard saw him and was subdued He
was overcome by such kindness; and while
the cold room was made warm and the hun
cry feed, while smiles succeeded tears, and
sl5 ( ~ K H
all around again wore cheerful appearance,
he felt all the bitterness Of self-reproach.
That day be resolved never again to give
any indulgence to his unhappy propensity,
and the Lord has enabled him to keep sa !
cred this good resolution. Rags were the
clothing Of his family, but decent apparel
was given them, and they consented to go
to the house Of God. They became regu-
lar attendants there and the Lord clothed
with power the words they heard; the wife
has obtained a. good hope through grace
and been received to church fellowship I;
and the husband is in that state of mind
which encourages expectation that, ere long.
he also will rejoice with JOY unspeakable
and full Of glory.-N " Observer.
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A CARD.-The undersigned begs leave to ten
"a der his thanks to the citizens Of this COM
munity for the liberal patronage which they have
bestowed upon him during the past year, and very
respectfully informs them that he still continues
the Auction and Commission business at Concert
Hall, near Browns hotel where he will promptly
and with dispatch discharge all business in his
ine to the satisfaction Of any and all persons who
may favor him with it.
n He would also inform those who are in arrears
with him to call and settle their accounts as soon
as possible the needa being at all times accepta-
BILE, and at this time peculiarly indispensable.
eea "A. GREEN,
jan 90 Auction and Commission Merchant
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OLIVER WHITTLE EsEY,

DEALER in Paints, Oils. Glass, &c. Q. street.
~ Todd's Buildings, Washington, D. ", mas Jus'
received from the original inventors and so'e manu-
iacturefs, large supply of the genuine
DOric Lamp.
This Lamp is simple in its construction, easily
trimmed, and will give hight equai % '"ehy
sperm candles, al cost OF one cent an hour.
Its superiority to other lamps consists IN tne ioi.
lowing advantages: there IS no brass or other metal
that corrodes which comes in contact with the hud
the external and internal draughts pass through
the body of the lamp, producing more perfect
combustion, and keeps the lamp perfectly cool. Il
can be used with open doors and will be less affect
ed by wind or currents of air. than any other lamp
Also, other improved Pine Oil Lamps Hall
Lamps and Lanterns, and dealer in Astral and So
lar Shades, Chimnies and Lamp Glasses of all
kinds, Lamp Wick, Pure Sperm Oil, M. b. Dyott's
a. Gould 8 Gass Fount Pine Oil Lamp all Of
which are offered at wholesale and RETAIL at the
lo,cest prices for cash. A
~. B.-Dsrecfions TO be obseryed In using the
PINE OIL LAMPS.
In trimming the Doric Lamp the chimney is first
removed and the Lamp taken out Of the ring, the
button and cone must be next taken off, and the
cone may be used for stand to set the lamp on
while rimming-after which the wick-holder is
taken out and the wick raised above the tube suff
cient to cut off the black or crusted edge, which
should he done with sharp pair Of scissors-the
wick-holder is then returned to its place. and the
wick should be perfectly even with the top Of the
tube-fll the Lamp, replace the cone and button,
and it is ready for use.
GTTo avoid accidents, the Lamp should never
be filed while burning. feb 5--tf
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PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
or TY4R
COLUMBIAN COLLEGE, D. G.

NOLOND4AIN SA'LI4EIE, ~. C.t
In this School pupils are fited for adlnitancs
70 the College classes, or for other objects.-
Students who are unprepared for entering 4 bar
ticular class, may here pursue tho requisite 81,
dies; while those who are not designed for pro-
fession can select such branches as will suit tbe
objects in life
Mr.. Thomas w. Tobey, gents IAN who is
amply qualified, having passed thn collie
gate course, and been engaged for 5. ,eral years
In the business ofinstruction, will have charge Of
the school. His whole time and energies will be
devoted toits interests, and it is hoped ii will
thus be rendered worthy of extensive patronage.
This school will be under the constant superin-
tendence Of the Faculty Of the College,
COURSE OF STUDY. s
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Ancient and
Modern Geography, English Grammar, Ancient
and Modern History, Book Keeping, Chemistry.
Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, algebra, ,Geome
try Surveying, Andrews and Stoddard,s Latin
Grammar and Exercises, Sophocles' Greek
Grammar and Exercises, Latin Reader, Cesar.
Virgil, Cicero's Select Orations, the Gospels.
Jacobs Greek Reader, Anthon's ed., and such
authors as are read in the lower classes Of the
college, Defamation and Composition
CHARGES PER aRARTER.
Reading, Writing, and Elementary Arith,
metlc $4 90
Arithmetic, Geography, English Gram
mar, Geography Of the Heavens, Anci-
ent and Modern History 500
Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Algebra,
Geometry, Surveying, Book Keeping
and Composition 8 90
Latin and Greek Classics 10 90
Pupils who board and have room in the
College building will be charged for
Library, Room, Bed and Furniture,
per Quarter 500
Table, Lights and Servant, per week 2 rs
At q less expensive table, where tea and W
coffee are excluded, per week SO
Instruction will be given in French and Ger
man, without additional expense to those who
study the Languages.
There are three vacations in the School; four
weeks in August, one at Christmas, and the lst
week in May. #. ..'-..,- ss,-
COLLEGE HILL, Jan. 1, 1896 jan I'm
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PROSPECTUS FOR
THE SIDEREAL MESSENGER,

A Monthly Journal deuoted to Astronomical Sci
ence, conducted By 0. M. MITCHELL, Director
Of the Cincinnati Observatory.
NHERE does not exist, at present, in the world,
u single popular Journal from whose pages
the general reader may follow the rapidly advancing
progress of Modern Astronomy.
The great truths now developing, are only to be
found in the Transactions of learned Societies. or
locked up in the annual volumes of Observations,
in strict technical form.
The erection of the Cincinnati Observatory by
the voluntary efforts Of more than seven hundred
persons OF all ranks, conditions and calllngs, in one
single city, has demonstrated in the most satisfac
tory manner, the interest which the people take in
the science of Astronomy. OF these seven hundred
very lew make any preensions to scientific attain.
ments In Astronomy; and yet all are anxious to
learn not only what is doing in their own Observa-
tory, out likewise what discoveries are making
throughout the world.
The capital Instrument Of the Cincinnati, Obser-
vaory, the Great Achromatic Reractor, the second
Telescope in the world. To record, in a plain and
simple FORM the results of the researches made with
this lnstrument-to present the earliest Astronomi
cal intelligence from all parts Of the word--to fur
nish to our conntrymen, in their own language, the
most interesting articles from foreign Astronomical
Journalistic excite an interest among the people, in
the eievatng study Of Astronomy-and to give a
permanent support to the Institution under whose
auspices this publication is made-will be the OBJ
ects Of the SIDERAL MESSENGER
All subscribers to this Journal not residing in the
city Of Cincinnati cordially invited 20 visit the
Observatory, subject to the same regulations which
govern the members Of the Society. +
All members Of the Astronomical Society, who
may subscribe for this journal, will be entitled a
the privilege Of introducing to the Observatory in
their company, not more than two strangers at tbe
same time.
The MEssErexR will contain eight quaro papes
and may be conveniently bound into volume al The
end of twa years.
Each number will be accompanied by litho
graphic engraving.
PRIcE.--xtfee dollars per annuns, to be paid in
vanably on t6e delivery Of the first No. Of each an
nual volume. may ll-ltd3tw
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MIR. GOODMAN,

Manufacturer and I,serter Of artificial Teeth.
A RTIFlCIAL TEETH inserted from one to an
"A entire set, upon the late improved method, and
also upon the atmospheric principle, and in the most
superior manner. On fine Gold Plate from 81 to
six dollars; on Silver from So so to three dollars.
In all perfect satisfaction given, otherwise no
charge made. Office on Pennsylvania avenue, near
18th street. Ill april 2l-lm.*
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BUTTER, CHEESE AND FRUIT.
Just received, by the schooner Columbia, from
u New York.
II packages prime Butter;
SIS boxes do Cheese;
8 do Pine Apple do;
$50 la l-2 and whole boxes Raisns;
80 drums fresh Smyrna Figs;
s do Turkey Raisins Gree from stones;)
2 cases Bordeau Prunes;
Also, on hand:
2 casks Currants;
S cases Citron;
do preserved Ginger;
Other Preserves and Jellies;
Cranbcrries in quarter bbls and by measure;
Catsups, Sardines, Olives, Capers;
Anchovies, Curry Powder, &c. &c;
A general assortment Of Pickles.
Fresh Salmon, CLAIMS and Lobsters;
Hermetically sealed do;
Fresh Macaron and Vermacilla;
Do Salad Oils, SC, SC;
Which, with his former stock, renders his assort-
ment complete, and to which attention is invited.
S. HOLMES,
7th street, nearly opposite Patriotic Bank.
Dec l8-tf