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Numbers Of people have entirely be-
Wildered and stupefied themselves in en-
deaVOrs to arrive at some rational con-
clUsiOn on the subject Of pins. The stat
istical accounts of the number of Dius
turned out at Birmingham and Sheffield
alone would lead one to expect that the
earth itself would present the appearance
of vast pincushiOn. Where are those
pins OF which the yearly fabrication IS
on so vast scale? Pins are not cOnsum-
ed as an article Of diet. Pins do not
evapOrate. Pins must be somewhere.
All the pins which have been made since
civilization set in must be in existence
IN some place or other; we ought to see
nothing else, look in what direction we
might, but pins. This island, not to
NEEDLE with other countries, ought 10 be
knee deep with pins
Reader, how many pins are imported
into your own house within the course of
the year ? Do you know what becomes
of these pins ? There are few in your
Wife's pinCushiOn, and one may OCCASION
ally be seen cleaning in the hOusemaid's
Waistband; but where are the rest IL
is perfectly astonishing how one seldom
encounters a pin ION the loose" Now
and then, by rare chance, as when car
pet IS taken up, you may catch a glimpse
Of a pin lying in a cTevice; but even this
Is an uncommon occurrence, and not to
be counted, You often want a pin, and
take trouble to get pin. Where are all
the pins that ought to be always in at
tendance everywhere ?
What can possibly become Of all the
steel pens, of which myFiads are eOntin-
ually turned loose upon the world? Each
individual pen does not last for a very long
time. Left UnWiped, as they generally
are, steel pens soon cOrOde, and so get
unfit for use. What do we do with them7
We take them out Of their holders, re-
place them with better ones, and leave
the Olds pens lying about in the pentrays
Of our desks or where not. They are awk-
ard things to get rid of, and mostly lie
about uncared for. Still the pens, like
the pins, do at last disappear. Whittier
The earth is not pTickly with pens. It
ought to be; why isn't it?-EK.
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Christian Manners.

The highest style OF manners shown
in society grows out Of a special state of
the affections, rather than Of the INTEL
lect. Who has not met with individuals
whose faces would be a passport to any
society, and whose manners, the unstud-
ief, and spontaneous expressions Of their
inner selves, make them visibly well
come wherever they 60, and attract un-
bounded confidence toward them i'm
whatever they undertake? They are
frank because they have nothing TO con-
ceal; afeble, because their natures over
flow with benevOlence; Unlurried, be-
cause they dread nothing; ALWAYS at
home, because they carry within them
selves that which can trust to itselfaDv-
where and eveTywherp-pUTi Of soul
with fullness Of heart. Such are our best
guarantees for feeling at home in all so
ciety to which duty takes us, and i'm ev-
cry occupation upon which it ObIiges us
to enter.
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CHRISTMAS.

I knew Of one little giTl-she lived at
SpOtgWOOd, in New Jersey at the
age of fourteen, had never had a Christ
mas present! Yet this poor little erea-
ture went to school, and had warm
er ''Well-tO-dO" schoolgirl told me that
her present last year was a pair Of gum
OveF-shOes; ''real good ones" she added,
fbut-but''-
Good friends! don't let any little
child walk about on Christmas with a
''but" in its heart if you can help It.
Let this one day Of all others be radiant
with fulillment. Give useful things if
you viii, but, il they are not beautiful, at
least enliven the dull gift with some
thing pretty and bright.
Only once In all the year comes the
the Christ-child knocking at our hearts
on his sweet errand. Let US do his bid
ding.
Let US make the day beautiful and
precious, tenderly shading the inevita-
bic disenchantment when it comes, and
as far as we fitly can, filing the meas
ufe Of faith in Christmas mysteries with
a loving compliance to Christmas needs.
Every tender observance, from the
. Merry Christmas ~ strife Of the morn
ing to evening sports under Wreaths Of
holly and laurels, should be held sacred.
Then when with reverent love we 90
back in prayer to where the Young
Child lay, the beautiful glee Of our
homes shall yield US frankincense and
myrrh.-MGTy E. Dodge, az Hours at
Home for January.
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A STORY is told Of a very eminent
lawyer in New York receiving q severe
repTimand nom q witness on the stand.
whom he was attempting to broW-beat
It was an important issue, and, in order
to save his cause from defeat, it was
necessary that Mr.. A - should i'm
peach the witness. He endeavOred to
do it on the ground Of age. The follow
lowing dialogue ensued.
''HOw old are you %
''Seventy-twO years.
Your memory, of course, is not so
brilliant as it was twenty years ago is
it?D
''I do not know but it is"
Estate some circumstances which Oc-
CURED, say twelve years ago. and we
shall be able to see how well you can re-
member"
81 appeal to your honor if am to be
Intercepted in this manner-it is insO-
lent.
eyes, sir, state it,p replied the Judge.
''Well, sir; if you compel me to do it,
viii. About twelve years ago you
studied in Judge B -'s Office, did you
not ?n
t'Yes.D
''Well, sir, I remember your father
coming into my Office and saying to me,
Mr.. D. my son is to be examined
tomorrow, and wish you would lend
me fifteen dollars 70 buy him a suit of
Clothes remember also, sir, that from
that day to this, he has never paid me
that sum. That sir, I remember as
though it had been yesterday
1.-THE laWyersai6, considerable abash-
ed:
''That viii do, Sir,n to which the wit
ness replied
t'I presume it willn
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Artlelg glnplloItr.

One Of the sweetest incidents which
we have noticed for many a day-and
one which shows the effect of early
training, assisted by a pure and undefi-
ed imagination, has just fallen under our
observation. tt was thus related.
A lady visited New York City, and
saw on the sidewalk a ragged, cold and
hungry little girl, gazing Wistfully at
the cakes in a shop window. She stop
ped, and taking the little one by the
hand, led her into the store. Though
she was aware that bread might be bet
ter for the cold child than cake, vet de-
string to crafty the shivering and for
lOTn one, she bought and gave her the
cake she wanted. She then took her to
another place, where she purchased her
a shawl and other articles Of comfort.
The grateful little creature looked the
benevolent lady full in the face, and,
with artless simplicity, said 60 Are you
Gods wife ?' Did the most elOquent
speaker ever employ words to greater
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Anecdotes OrMendelssohn.

A curious anecdOte of MendelssOhn Is
given in Devrient's recent book. He
was in England when he received, i'm
l847, the Intelligence of the sudden death
OF his sister Fanny, lady distinguished
for her refunded and superior intellectual
powers. Shortly after his return TO Lem
sic, he was attacked by an illness that
carried him off in a few days; he sue
cumbed to it on the 4th Of November, at
the age of thirty-nine. On the occasion
of his last visit to Berlin, Fanny re-
preached him with not having spent his
birthday with her for years. As he was
bidding her goodbye he said: trYOu
may rely on my being with you on the
next birthday" A special train convey
ed the body to Berlin, and &c was laid.
on the Sth Of November, near that Of his
sister, in the family vault. The Sth Of
November was the anniversary Of Fam
ny's birth. MendelssOhn had kept his
word.
MendelssOhn was one Of the few COM
pOsers who had every facility for i'm
proving himself in his art. His father
was q wealthy man, and when the Young
composer was in his teens, engaged for
him the full orchestra of the Royal Chap
ell of Berlin for the private production Of
his youthful works. MendelssOhn i'm his
younger days was fond of dancing, SWIM
ming and gymnastics, as well as Of mu-
sic; he was, too, rather cOnceited, and
despised everybody who betrayed indif-
ference to his musical powers.
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The Oak ~ the Rssd.

A Fable. An oak stood on the bank
Of river, and growing at its foot was a
reed. The oak was aged, and its limbs
were torn away by the blasts Of years:
but still it lifted its head in pride, and
looked down with contempt upon the
reed.
At last there came a fearful tempest.
The oak defied it, but the reed trembled
in every fibre. "See," said, the oak.
''the advantage Of strength and power;
see how resist and triumph 2" While
it spoke thus, a terrible rush of the
gale beset it, its roots gave way, and it
felltO the earth with a Tremendous crash
But while the oak was thus destroyed i'm
its pride, the humble reed bowed to the
blast, and, when this was past, it arose
and fOurished as before.
Thus it is that the weak and the hum
bic are often safe, when the strong and
proud are dashed to the earth. HumiI-
ity is a great virtue, for it teaches us to
submit to the ways Of Providence, and
not to place a proud dependence on our
own strength, which, after all is but
weakness,
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Under New York.
The Central Underground RailUdy.

The Central Underground Rail,Udy.
THE work will be commenced stimuli
taneOusly all along the line, and it is
proposed to have 5000 men engaged on
the great work at q time. The work
when commenced will be pushed for
ward by day and night, the earth being
drawn out on over l 200 carts during the
night, while the streets are unObstruct-
ed. Every effort will be made to push
the work on the lower end Ofthe tunnel,
and as soon as the road is completed to
Union Square cars will begin to run.
The principal depot will be at the lower
terminus, between the old City Hall and
the new pOst-Offiee. This depot will be
500 feet long, and will be q splendid
architectural work well lighted and
ventilated. 1t is proposed to have
stations at intervals of about One-fOurth
of a mile along the route, to be reached
by ornamental stairWays from the
sidewalk. The largest sub-statiOns, be-
tween the City Hall and Harlem, will be
in Union and Madison Squares. The
proposed route of the tunnel is from the
City Hall easterly, across Center street,
across Pearl street to Mulberry, under
Mulberry to Bleecker street, across
Bleecker to Lafayette Place, up Lafay-
cite Place to Aston Place, across Eighth
street, under st. Anne's church to the
westerly side of Fourth avenue to Union
square; the tunnel OfSeventeenth street
and in a direct line to TWenty-third
street: then, under Madison square to
Madison avenue, and up Madison avenue
to Eighty-siXth street; thence in a direct
line to 120th street, and to the Harlem
river, and thence, along the Harlem
river, to head of Third avenue.
The amount of capital required is i'm
mense, and subscriptions, however
small, will be solicited from all citizens.
The directors estimate that the cost of
the road, according to the new repart of
the engineers, will amount to O,OOO, 600
or S12,000,000. At least they will not
the work without S1O,OOO,O 900
being subscribed, so that they will be
able to defray all expenses at the end of
each week while the road is being con-
stituted. If the road to Harlem proves
a success it is the intention of the COM
pany to extend it into Westehester at
once.
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A. It. Stewards Principles of Trade.

I have said that "the problem of Mr.
Stewards career was already solved.
The reason why it was there solved lies
in the fact that in the little Broadway
stOre-the very cradle of his fortunes
he adopted those rules and principles of
trade and Oflife from which he has new
er swerved; and to which, in connection
with his mental and physical capacities
for labor, his un1agging industry, his
native shreWdness and sagacity, his
thorough good sense and profound mer-
camille judgement, and his absolute gen.
ius for trade, his stupendOus success is
due.
I. His first rule was honesty between
seller and buyer. His career is a perfect
exemplification of poor Richards max
i'm, Honesty is the best policy" and
of the poets declaration, 'NOthiDg can
need a lie." His interest cOnsOrted
with his inclination, his policy with his
principles, and the business with the
man; when he determined that the truth
should be told over his counter, and
that no misrepresentation of his goods
should be made. He never asked, he
never would suffer a clerk to misrepre-
sent the quality of his merchandise.
Clerks who had been educated in other
stores to cheat customers, and then to
laugh of the transactions as "cuteness,n -
or defend it as "diamOnd cut diamond" )"
found no such slip-shOd code of morality
at Stewards little store, and learned
frankness and fairness in representa-
ton at the peril of dismissal. Their
employer asked no gain from deceit in
trade. On his part, too, in buying, he
rarely gave a seller a second OppOrtuni-
ty to misrepresent goods to him. I
leave others to speak of the moral effect
of this resOlute conduct in general trade;
my purpose is only to show its mercan-
tile effect on the career of the trader
himself.
II. A second innovation of the young
dry-goOds dealer was selling at one price
"a custom which has also lasted with
out interruption, and which has spread
to all the houses. He fixed his price,
after careful consideration, at what he
thought the goods would and could bring,
and would not deviate from it for any
haggling, or to suit individual cases. /
Of course he followed the fluctuations of
the market, and marked his goods up or
down in accordance with it, but no diff |
ference in the price was made to differ |
ent people. Perhaps those who had |
some art in "beating down" prices were !
but people in general were
pleased.
III. The third principle he adopted |
was that of cash on delivery. 1t is said /
that his own early experience in buy
ing on credit and selling on credit drove
him to this rule; that he had, at one
time, large note to pay, and in order
to meet il, was forced to sacrifice his
goods. But he did this, even, with skill,
by hand bills his ''great re-
duction of pricesn (now stale device,
but then novelty, and so came off,
with flying colors.
". A fourth principle with him was
to conduct business as business not as
sentiment. His aim was honorable
profit; and he had no purpose of confus-
ing it by eXtraneous considerations
GALAXY.
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Infamous Conduct Of a radical Leader.

Gov. Bullock, Of Georgia, who was a
lobbyist in Washington, to get that
State disfranchised, is thus reported in
the Washington kilograms to the Com
mercial;
"GOv. Bullock's conduct here since
this Georgia bill came up has been sad
ly wanting in dignity and respect for
his Office, and many persons speak Of it
as shameful. To-day and yesterday he
was the busiest man in the House, and
constantly, while the bill was under
discussion, has been doing all he could
to manipulate its provisions. He is of
fieially charged in documents laid be-
fore the House by the State Treasurer,
a Republican Of many years standing,
with using S51 900 of the State money,
in direct violation Of law; with apprO-
priating $4,000 to himself and never ac-
counting therefor; with taking and pay
ing out $4,000 in disObedience Of the
order of the lower branch Of the Legisla-
tUre; with using nearly $4,000 In the
way of patronage to buy influence, and
with selling S25, 600 in State bonds on no
warrant or color of authority, to the
great detriment of the State credit, and
~
and Europe. If the Legislature had met
in the regular way he would probably
have been impeached. His friends say
that now he will be elected to the Sem
ate of the United States in January. In
view Of all circumstances OF the case,
gentlemen OfcharRcter say he has shown
imprudence."
As President Grant has signed the
Georgia bill, this same Bullock VIII
issue his proclamation requiring the
as it was before the negroes |
were expelled, to meet negroes and all, |
on Wednesday, 18th of January. 10 or
consisted OfT4 Senators aud 1T5 !
Since It met two
members have been killed, five have /
died, and fifteen are refugees from the |
State, while Bullock says twenty-nine |
more are ineligible, chiefly, because
they are Democrats. The bill does not |
make any provisions for districts unrep-
Statesman.
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can the Arabs be olvlIrzeds

The popular notion that these wander
ing tribes cannot be civilized has pro-
badly grown out of the familiar prophecy
concerning the wild man Ishmael; but
there is no prophecy which prevents the
civilization of the Arab stock, upon
which he was but a graft. Many tribes
have been already settled. The inhabi-
tants of all the towns and Villages Of the
Neiid are descended from BedOuin tribes,
whom they much resemble in thir man
ners and customs. BurkhaTdt, who
lived seven years among the Arabs, says
that almost every tribe has adopted both
modes of life. Some tribes represent all
stages of gradual transition from the
wild life of the desert. The SObh- a
sub-tribe of the Beni-Harb-sit in the
shops Of Bedr, where a market is held,
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add a piece Of camphOr as large as a
hens egg, shake 1t again and add one
ounce Of lampblack. If the alcohol is
good, it viii be all Dissolved in two or
three days; then shake and use. If it
gets too thick, add alcohol, pour out two
or three teaspOOnfuls in a saucer, and
apply with a small paint brush. If the
materials are all good it viii drv in
about five minutes, and will be remOv-
ed only by wearing it of, giving a gloss
almost equal to patent leather.
The advantage Of this preparation
over others Is, 1t does not strike into
the leather and make It hard, but re-
mains on the surface and yet excludes
the water almost perfectly. This same
preparation is admirable for harness.
and does not soil if touched, as lamp
black preparations dO.--HdlP8 Journal Of
Health.
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YnrnIsh rnr Shoe.

It is bad plan to grease the upper
leather of a pair Of shoes for the purpose
of keeping them soft. Il rOts the leath-
er and admits dampness more readily.
1t Is better to make vaTnish, thus: Put
half a pound Ofgum shell0c, broken up
into small pieces, In a quart bottle OF
jug, cover It with alcohol, cork it tight,
aud put it on a shelf, in q warm place,
shake 1t well several times a day, then
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The Outward Tests of Character.

There is a physiOgomy in the human
back, the wave of the rim Of hat, the
hight of a shirt collar, by which a man
may be recognized quite as we'll as by
his beaming face. The ignoring of this
familiar truth, for purpose was singu-
larly illustrated in the Rush trial, when
the endeavOr was made to shake the
maid servants Identification Of that
murderer, because she had only seen
his back. Yet we do not remember
that the learned judge or any body else
asked the jury to consider whether, in
their daily experience, they were ac-
custOmed to know people by their backs
as well as by their faces. To know such
a mans walk, the shape of such another
mans back, &c, seems to belong to a
specially acute and Indian-like instinct;
while sailors, in refutatiOn of that mea-
gre sense, which excuses some failure of
recognition by such q pretense as at
could not see his face, " talk airily, and
with q metaphor drawn from their own
profession, knowing some unfamiliar
figure "by the cut of his iib." These
loose expressions all point to a deeper
principle; to the curious marks which
the interior soul leaves behind it, wher-
ever it comes in contact with earthly
matter, or earthly manners and modes.
It all comes under the head of style,
which, we have been told, makes the
man. Tell us q particular style, and
we shall know the man. And in dearth
of all other helps and tokens, show us a
mans trunk and we may be pretty sure
as to what he is.-AUtbG Year Round.
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A SCHOOL visitor lately gave a teach
er the following sentence to write cor
Teotly: Robert Wright, the beautiful
writer Of Wrightville, down in Terrinr-
ton, claims the exclusive right to write
the rites and ceremonies Of his church.
and has secured q COPY right for his
writings; but Henry Wright, the wri-
ting-master, also writes those rites. now
is it honorable for the Right Honorable
Henry Wright boldly to write himself
upright In the presence Of the right
handed WheelWright, Robert Wright p
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TO ONE IN ABSENCE.
By h. r. ENGLE.


Each hour, each day, my longing eyes
Would gaze on thy beloved face;
Through nights and days. with anxious sigh
Each lineament Of my love trace,
AfaT from thee, no joy know
save when M thoughts are all OF thee;
Ny wayward thoughts far from nc go,
And dwell with thee with only thecl
When shall clasp thy loving hand?
When shall feel that hearts warm beat?
When, darling shall I, happy, stand
And hear thee words OF love repeats
weary waiting for the day;
I Icount each month as if were years,
And feel tits hard 70 be away
And in sad silence shed my tears.
Afar from thee, I feel alone;
Gay crowds and pleasures all are vain
To cheer my solituce; 1 mourn
To see my souls mate once again.
Oh, time, speed on and bring TO me
The blessed hours for which 1 sigh;
When 1 shalIb alone with thee,
With thee, dear one, and none else nigh
o. Dec. 20
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Tn has been discovered that persons
who work I'm copper are never attacked
by cholera, and it is suggested that ply
sicians should experiment with prepar-
ations of the metal for the purpose of de-
Gliding whether it could not be employed
as a preventive during future visits of
the epidemic.