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THE HAUNTING FACE.


BX CONSTANCE P. wOOLsoS.
1 said 81 WI not know thee whence thou art,
And though thOu livest, thou art dePd tc rls.
seal thee in thy coffn, far apart
From I'll my life, from all my memory;
weigh thee down With firm resolve and scoru,
within tiny oateast's grave to lie forlorn.7
And yet, thou hSuntest mel
7 said q face, I bring thee all my gold,
With jewels. sandal-wood, and spices rare:
bring the dearest years my life doth hold
With boarded memories, and dreanlings FAIR
Io-6ulld royal tomb where thou IL state
Shalt lie, with guard Of honor At this gate.s'
And yet, thou hsustost me
I said- Thou art not beautiful, o, face
my. Aeeks are wan, thy far-of ewes are dim
But hi e Is one with budding. youthful
VINO prohers me cup 6lIed to the b-ilu
With hfe's eleNir. See : fuaiI its wine
While loyo5 e,rh1utnent, TO the fun, is mine.1
and yet, thou hauntest me
I said " The wonders Of the world are vast;
Mine eyes shall see them" Forth 90. in auest
or the red-belted lightning coming feet
From ont the cast End stiliue toward the west
hunt the northern lights DER iceburgs high;
seek The star-cross in the southern sky.
And yet thou hauutest me!
[ said: Ny heart is failing me for fear;
My schemes are shadows. and my hopes a dream
I grasp them, and behold they dissppcar-
Nor loyes, nor friends Bsr toys. what the,
I wiz begin anew: win subject
Myself, and live the straightest Of my sect"
And yet, thou hauntest me
said: Art here again, o haunting faee9
Speak, then, and take my curse Th- raleIlipi
Thy Ilte's one love thou eanst not thus efface-
but reflect the image III thine heart
Thine own heart knows me, though thy lips ma,
o false to thine own selfi it cannot die,
This love that naunteth thee y
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Fhe Pgrar,a of oheeps.

A correspondent Of Appletons J6F-
nal writes as follows regarding this
great pyramid
aside from the theory advanced by
man7 learned men throughout Europe
that the real architect of the great Pyr-
amid, under King Cheops, ~es none
other than Melchizedek, and that the
mysterious mass was constructed by di-
vine inspiration, it is neTc-theless true
| that it contains All infinite number If
curicus facts, eIp1Faoing the mathemat-
ical, and meteorological sS.sessas;[,, ssefl
| ingly unknown at the date of its con
! struction-,170 years before the advent
of Christ-and which have only been
revealed to us four thou and years later.
Amons those facts which have recent
| IL excited so much attention and speou-
/ lation among the learned, we may quote
| the following I. The relation Of the
| circumference Of the circle to its diam
eter, the solution as near as possible of
/ the great problem of the quGdrature Of
the circle. 2. The length of the rQtG-
! tory axis OF the earth. 3. The e. act
distance of the earth from the sun, in
computing which, modern astronomy,
! only a few years ago, made an error of
nearly two hundred and fifty million
miles. 4. The Eeean density, and con
! sequently the weight of the earth g.
/ The fiXation of its own date, end of the
singular astronomical circumstances
Which accompanied it at the time when
! the first of the FIeiedes was at the
equinox of spring, and when one o. the
most remarkable stars in the Egyptian
armament removed ninety degrees
| from the Dragon-was the most bril-
liant or the .rsost visible star in the
ueighborhood of tie p6lsG f. A meas
ure of latitude, it being exactly thirty
degrees latitude north. 7. The geo
graphical centre of the earth's surface.
s. The geOmetrical centre of the great
Dtlta Of the Nile, perhaps the greatest
| and most fertiling water-F lurse IN the
known world. 8. An exaf and logical
system of weights and measures, con-
strncted in accordance with invariable
principles, differing little from the
British system actually in force, but
opposed to the system of the French
metre. 10. A clearly established proph-
ecy foretelling the exodus from Egypt.
The precise year OF our SayiOr's advent
together with the chronological details
of his life and last, but not least, a
figure of the end of the order of Things
as at present e tablished-
The great Pyramid, in affording the
solution to so many problems, may well
be regarded as the most marvellous mon
ument of antiquity
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ment of capacity? We notice nothing
of the kind, and, moreover, expect
nothing of the kind. We confidently
expect him to remain horse, be and
his descendants, to the last chapte- OF
tl,is worlds history. Neither the ant
nor tine Ses iF . whit more ssgacious
than they were il the Gsj3 - Solomon
or Virgil. They are not in course 5f
transition to higher platform they
are absolutely stationary-their organs
no wiz eth improyedor multiplied. :"
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The Savior and His Carpenter Shop.

Much has been said in America about
Mr.. Holman Hunts '' miraculous" pic
tire of the 90 Shadow of Death, and it
has been praised as a,revel -tion of new
capacities in art. I saw sole mn per
son on the street with an advertisement
on his back telling where the picture
was to be seen, and shilling passed me
into the solemn show. more absurd
picture was never painted. The partic-
ular pretension of this picture is Its
literalness, but the litter of shavings on
the floor of the Savior's carpenter shop
seems to account fully and exclusively
for that. The "Shadow of Death
could not fall across the light of the
window as represented. Such a jewel
box as Mary, the mother, is looking into
was nevel seen in carpenter shop.
Such silken drapery as is trailed among
the shavings was always impose Eble in
an association like that, and theDYoung
Carpenter, the Christ OF the piece, is
the funniest fellow have ever seen III
picture. His only garment is what
the Indians call breech- clout. 1t has
the advantage of being fine article OF
figured silk, and though the Savior has
| been toiling with plane and saw, and is
in the act of throwing up his hands with
a sense of relief, having accomplished
his days work and earned his bread IN
the sweat of his face, there is no trace
of possible perspiration. Mr.: Hunts
Savior has a finely developed Jewish
nose. which is all well, no doubt; but
his hair seems shadeRtoo yellow, and
his eyes degree too blue for one of the
young men of the place and period
and we have to account for those hues
by considering his complexion, which
is a fine, bright copper color, producing
a most grotesque effect1 If il is the OBJ
iect of art to make krist ridiculous,
Mr.. Hunt should stepsto the 'front.'
London letter of NJ. Halstedd.
PERHAPS love is never so potent as
when it seizes upon those who have
passed the prime of life. The choice
made is then likely to be thoroughly
suited to the nature of the man; and
any intellectual gifts on the part OF the
woman are likely to be more attractive
to a man of this age than to younger
person. Besides, there is ia feeling that
as life is not likely to be very long, tins
late love is the last thing to be chung
to: and that after it, should it be lost,
ali will be desolation, Arthur Helps.
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FOREIGN.

The king Of Ashantee has paid a
further instellment Of &c, 600 to Great Britain
rs war indemnity.
It Is reported the carlists have shot
2s5 prisoners who were captured from Gen.
Novallas colume in catsllena.
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Halstead Goes to Hear Patti.

have heard Patti in opera, privi-
lege We are denied in the United States.
It is not far from twenty years since she
was a slender little girl, with great
black sparkling eyes, singing in concerts
under the direction of Strakosch. Her
youth has been wonderfully preserved.
Her eyes seem larger and blacker, and
glow with deep fire. There is not q
lire in her face to speak of the unkind-
Iiness of time. There is tenderness
almost weak IN the expression of her
mouth. Her throat and arms are
plump, and have the whiteness of snow.
Her figure is charming, and in grace
and vivacity she is bird-like. In the
third act of ''Il Trovatore" the splen-
dor of her diamonds was astounding:
There we're coronet and necklace and
girdle. bands and bracelets and rings OF
diamonds, diamond bird and buttor-
fly in her hair, diamond bouquet on
her bosom, and as she moved she gllt-
tered from head to foot in degree that
was dazzling. The part of Leonora IS
an exacting one, and as she submitted
repeatedly to be recalled and encored,
she was in the last scene nearly exhaust
ed, and her pallor, which was very
marked, was not all artistic. The ques-
America has not been settled. She
agrees to go. All that she asks as a
condition is granted. She signs the
contract to go; and then she does not
90. With Europe treating her as the
very queen of song, and showering the
richest evidence of admiration and hom-
age upon her, it is nos surprising that
size hesitates to cross the Atlantic to
encounter the immense fatigues of Q
season in America. / do not think il
important that / should discuss the
question of her capacity as an artist, OF
compare her with Nilsson and Lucca.
The poison of the viper is said to be
an antidote to the poison OF a mad dog
All that is necessary, therefore, to in
sure safety in hydrophobia days is tC
carry viper in your pocket, and apply
its fangs to your leg every time you are
bitten by a mad dog. The remedy il
simple and probably certain.
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MORE CERTAIN II N PHILOSOPHICAL.
One of the stuGents at Davidson
College, who wa; too lazy to do any
ont his lamp chimney by running his
finger down it as far he could and twist
ing it around. After he had cleaned il
out in this partial manner, one day n not d
long ago, q fellGT el GEa stndent took it up
;s Isl :, that this chimney is smoked mn ~ ~
this point and no farther ?" The learn.
ed gentleman entered into an elaborate
scientific explanation of why it was
aGgang w,hogges with g5sss t0'iaaess to sbo Ia and citing
fris en;sbed % the student said to him "No No
sir Won are wrong. " " Why is it, then S''
inc INQUIRED the Professor. Because the
fellows finger wasn't long enough to
reach reach any farther, " replied the student
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SOMEBODY told us the other day that
If Won will putt little syrup and water
in q bowl and set the bowl on your Ia
HE ~ With a small piece of wood extaSd-
inc I,e' from the table to the rim of the
howl hoe to serve as sort of bridge. Won
con can catch all the reaches in the neigh
borbood s-lr in single night. We tried If
The TP.nJ reaches went to the syrup and wa "a
tar - by companies, battalions and brig
dos al but when you gave them small
saosu, scare they shot up the sides of that
bow, bowl faster than lightning express
49,, can travel an upgrade of three
EFT ct to the mile: A more diabolicaI
freU fTeud "a upon a confiding and unprotected
- nr,,ban naJ was never perpetrated. - Courfer
Journal.
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The ROYAL Family,

The London Saturday Review says :
For nearly three centuries royal per-
sonages were so scarce in England that
it was no wonder that, when they began
TO be more common, people began to
look upon them as a distinct class from
other people. All through the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries the
royal family consisted of very few men,
bers; sometimes, as in the reign of
Elizabeth, there could not be said to be
! arz royal family at all Between Henry
/ the Fourth and George the First six
sovereigns only were the fathers of a
Prince of Wales two of them, it may
noted, we're the father s of two Princes
of Wales. And in all that time Charles
the First, as Prince of Wales, and
James the Second, as Duke of York,
were the only son or brother of a king
who had ever the opportunity of play
ing any part in affairs. The rest either
died young or succeeded young.
Through the whole sixteenth century
there were crowds of people who had
contingent claims to the crown, but
they were not people whom any body
would have called royal The royal
family, as working Institution, really
takes leap from the son of Henry the
Fourth to the son and grandson of
0cOIRo bnc L ISL-16 lb JOO OlbbSI bdTs
casm to say from John Duke of Bed
ford to Frederick Prince of Wales
Between these there was only a prince
or princess now and then. It was no
wonder, then, that when the royal
family began again they started ON
quite new terms. And, after all, no
one has ever told us what is the royal
family. No one has yet been further
off the reigning sovereign than first
cousin.
THE return to antique styles In Jew
elry has been very marked. The trade
in cameos copied from ancient patterns
has becomee regular branch of Euro
pean industry. Modern styles have
been utterly discarded. Egyptian,
Etruscan and Greek models are most in
vogue. The bracelet bears the hiero
glyphics of the Pharaoha. The high
comb has engraved on its arch the tri-
umphal professions of Caesar. Ear
rings are patterned after old lines of
beauty III which Cleopatra and Zenobia
delighted. The connoisseur is charmed
with ring that,bears the the similitude
of the scarabees. In a word, the one
requisite for fashionable iewelry is that
it shall, bear the stamp of antiquity,
although it is well know that it has just
come from the Workman's hands,
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chest, eSs@ A4Sy @y ssssz "a iios' not haTs %s
been different.
4 thought of the evil spirit which my
friend had suggested family struggled
into my mind. As Istaggered to my
feet noise like the roaring of q sea
was In my ear. The flames of a candle
turned to great yellow blue. I barely
retained strength enough to stagger to
the window and fling itopen. The fresh,
cold winter air rushed in at it. 1t gave
me intense p in, but itrelie7ed me. In
n moment more was able TO Chamber
out OF it upon the SHED below.
There I remained until the day dawn.
With my returning senses the truth
came to me. That which had murdered
the three men who slept before me III
the blue chamber was nothing more or
less than the coal sto7e.
It was provided with what is called q
damper, and this being caught in man
ner which closed it sent the poisonous
air into the room. It had been kindled
as a wOod-tire would have been at the
hour of retiring, by one quite gnorant
OF the danger possible from coal gas,
and they had slept never to awaken:
Had thrown myself upon the bed, 1
also should have been found dead at
daylight, in all probability.
@As for the fact that neither doctor no.
c6roner discovered the truth, l have buC
to say that they were not deeply scien-
tife men.
OF course I reioiced the household
by my discovery next morning, and
equally, of course, Nine. Matteau, who
was not only freed from suspicion, but
became the object of universal sympa-
thy. She was always grateful to me,
and she proved her gratitude by giving
what soon asked for, the hand of her
daughter Gabrielle in marriage.
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The Plaques of the southern Planters.

And now, with his accustomed regu-
larity, comes the boil worm in some
parts of Alabama Mississippi and Lou
isiana. The boil worm is no stranger.
He is an annual visitor, but this season
he is later than usual. Fortunately its
ravages are confined to comparatively
limited areas, and seldom extend be-
yond the immediate eneighborhood OF its
birth, the worm not being migratory IN
its habits. It's deshuctivenessi is as great,
however, as that Of the caterpillar, as 1t
attacks the exterior of the boil and bores
entirely through, completely destroying
the fibre. caellyx. etc. Last year the IN
sect ravaged Upson, Marion. Twiggs,
Stewart, Coweta, Calhoun, McDuffie,
Butts, Baldwin ag& Heard counties,
Georgia, destroyini the cotton crops
and inficting mucl ecuniary loss upon
the planters there ! Ut on this occasion
this year Georgia ihned. The cater
Rfl5sa, sPPsssas = lss Gedn5is's, Ras 5s on o5
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THE PUBLIC DEBT.

Regular Monthly Statement Decrease
in June 81, I,2s2, SOC.
Tue public debt statement has just
been issued, of which the following is a
recapitulatiOn
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''No ANIMAL says writer in Fraser,
contending against Darwinism, has
ever been so honored, SO carefully
tended, and so priced by man as the
horse. He has been for many years the
companion and darling of man. Yet,
is the horse of to day more exalted than
the horse of Job, and Homer, and Vir-
gil? Do we notice him to be in a
course of transition to higher state OF
being accompanied with some change
of form, and with manifest enlarge
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it. I fancied a strange color. curious
smell. put it FROM me and would not
have tasted it for ekiagdon.
/ had not INTENDED t. sleep, an. I lid
not undress myself I merely removed
INV disguise. and at down beside the
table With my pistols beside me. That
some attempt mighE be shortly made to
murder me I felt tr be possible. I
thought Of all the old tales ! had heard
of trap doors, and sitting panels, and
secret entrances to travellers rooms. 7
was not a eowardg bpt ] felt strangely
nervous. and singharly enough for a
man in my perfees health my hands
were growing cold,sand my feet were
Jumps of ice, while tay head was burn
ing hot
Fifteen minutes d. passed and the
fire was kindled, basths room was not
warm. The blue yG 80 suggled
faeps fongass 'ns t. ola. y Z = lffhea tihtsl
into the ,is.ing re,
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Comforting Sentence.

lone % them fellers." remal ked Bijah,
as he handed out Tom LudingtOn, a young
man charged with vagrancy.
$50 YOU haven't anything to do, eh?"
asked the Court.
Nothing" mournfully answered the
prisoner.
"Out of work-no home, and your cash
so short that you couldn't get into wo-
mans rights convention, eh?" continued
his Honor.
"You've struck it, pardner," answered
the prisoner with a smile.
"Yes. and now I'll strike you, Mr.. Lud-
ington. Pm down on lOafers and vags.
and Pm going to boost you for sixty If IL
tears the desk down. You'll have some
thing to do up there besides sitting on
box in an alley and whistling Come,
Love, Come And when day fades into
night, and the remainder of the world re,
tires to rest, You'll have bed u some
covering. They'll hire some one to hoe
that dirt off of you, cut your hair, dig ou
your nails, and when YOU come out you
will be so disguised that your own mother
will think you are some English duke
over here to hunt ducks and buy ga
| stock"
The prisoner said he was willing to q
up. and if the institution pleased him a
well as he thought it would he might COM
back for a longer sentence.-De'Tott Ere
/ Praes
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MY CAPTIVE.
Hr LOUISE cuAxDLAR nourrox.


caught little bird. and I shut him In cage,
And SAID, Now, my pet, love thee aeAIsy I.
Fold thy bright wings, nor let thy fancy range
Ihou art mine, so sing, pray thee' cneeih'
But oh, the little bird he huttered still his wings
And with bright, wild eyes ne ceased moi 70
And I only heard him say. '''Tis a free heart
Open but TN my door and IN sing till you catch
me-"
brought him dainty food. and I soothed him
long and welt,
But the timid little heart ceased not TO tremble
decked his cage with nJwers, with leaves
wrouglt spill,
BY such fond device his capture TO dissembIe.
But still he missed above him the.far and shining
sky.
And still he missed about him the free winds
blowing,
He beat his lille wings, for he had no space q
fly,
And his bright, wild eyes like twin stars were
glowing.
And heard his little heart, as it throbbed loud
and last,
And my love and my pity wrought together.
Till opened wide his door and said "Thy
thralldom's past.
Fly away, bright wings, and seek the summer
weather. -
But now think he loves me, since have made
For."ftentimes hear, at daybreak or at gloam
ing,
A song a think is his, that seems to be for me,
And now his door is open, he cares no more
for roaming
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Household Exercise.

Dishwashing is good for dyspeptics. 1t
is light exercise of the arms and chest
soon after meals and it may be done sit
ting as well as standing. \ high Office
stool is very useful in the kitchen. Feeble
women. who do their Town work, often
stand upon their feet more than necessary.
You can sit down TO dress vegetables, TO
wash and wipe dishes, to knead bread, to
iron. and to do many other things. You
NAV be little more slow about the work,
but YOU will get through it in better con-
ditiOn. Housekeepers would often like to
take an outdoor walk, only their - feet
are so tired"
Dish-washing would not be halt so disa-
greeable as it often is, if the dishes were
lightly scraped free from crumbs, and
neatly piled up for washing. There should
be large dish-pan and plenty of hot wa
ter, with which to fill up the pan graduM
lv as its contents cool. L seldom use
soap for washing dishes, but to the I'M
skilled, or to those who use much butter
and fat in their cooking, it seems neces-
sity.
Sweeping is good exercise if the floors
and carpets are not dusty. An! that
= if" Bed-making will serve as gymnas-
tics, if the beds are kept clean and well
aired.
And what of washing? l do not think
biohly of the old fashioned wash board
| exercise. 1t is hard for both lungs and
back. With good washers and wringers-
with strong arms for lifting, it may be
made passable as exercise, and it is always
pleasure to see soiled things clean once
more.
A moderate amount of ironing is good
for women in health, in cool weather. On
hot days endeavor to do it in a cool room
or on shady porch.
Cooking is perhaps the most important
part of hOusework, and its exercise Is moi
heavy in quality, though to some 1t may
be burdensome in quantity. 1t seems t'
me more like high art, or dignlf1ed Occu
nation. worthy to be called profession
far more honorable than-the legal pro
fession, for instance. | should not wonder
if really good and scientific cooks could d(
more to preserve and to restore health thai
the doctors of medicine can. AS will
ironing, the hardest kind of cookery Is tn
least necessary-the ornamental part. W.
should study to make our cooking work a
little heating as possible. For instance
bread NAV be baked1n the oven instead o
cooking it upon the griddle i'll the form
pancakes" and in hot weather we cal
avoid those forms of food that require con
slant stirring while cooking.
There is a great deal of necessary work {
be done in the word in order that we ma
all be comfortably fed, clothed and lodged
| should like to see what would be the RI
suit if the labor and strength spent upO
unnecessary work, usually considered OF
namental, should be given cheerfuliy
doing the necessary work Of the world, q
preparation for the advent of real beaut
or genuine adornment in all department
of our daily life.-Anserican Ag7Tc~ttaT1S