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The London Men aud Women's Club,

The Albemarle Club has at last, after
many months delay, opened it's doors.
This is an association organized on the
principle of ignoring sex, and giving to
men and women together the ordinary
facilities of a London club. 1t is the
first experiment of the kind. There is
club for women separately already in
existence on a small scale, but there
never has been one where the two sexes
meet on even terms Bold as the ven
ture is, it has the cOuntenance of some
of the best women and men in England,
and it begins with over three hundred
members, having accommodation for
five hundred Care has been taken to
meet some eff the obvious difficulties in
the case. Only some of the rooms are
to be used in cOmm-n. There is a sepa
rate drawing room for ladies and
smoking room for men, from which Ia
dies are expressly though
smoking among ladies is not unknown
The dining room is open to both, but if
lady likes a emp of tea i'll the ladies
drawing room sine may have that At
present there ls nothing in the rules to
prevent q member of the club of either
eX from asking n friend of either sex to
lunch or dinner. The only security
taken on this point is that the name Of
the guest and the host shall be entered
together in a book open to inspection.
The marriage relation gave rise 10
some debate, | hear, III connection
with the question OF membership,
but it was decided that the club
had nothing to do with TIN other
words, that wife might lie
q member without her husband and the
husband of course without his wife. !
Indicate only one or two ont of several
curious points of inquiry, some of
which remain yet in doubt and yet
must be disposed of. The experiment
is made in perfect good faith, and the
club IL entitled they would make
it to fair treatment. But j. il diflicut
to see how it's life can he much pro-
longed without giving rise to scandal,
though scandal and entire innocence, as
is often the case, go together, or to be
lieve that its members will not by and
by find that they have made a mistake.
-LOndOn Letter.
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The Journalistic MaplstrOm.

The Arcadian. speaking of the Iecent
suicide of Arthur Dyer and tho sad
death Of Henry Clapp, as a warning to
those who seek admission into what
hey fancy the enchanted realms of
journalism, says:
"The prizes in journalism are fewand
far between. The life is. at it's best,
peculiarly exhausting anG wearing one,
and it is only men of extremely tough
bodily and mental material who do not
give away under the strain before they
reach old age. Remunerative positions
on the press, even of New York, are few,
and too often they are not secured by
merit, but rather by money, influence,
and friendship. The precariOus living
picked up by occasional contributors
and reporters barely suffices for imme-
diate wants, and such positions expose
one to the caprices of editors who are
sometimes ignorant and not seldom I'M
mannerly. Even those who secure edi-
torial appointments do not get paid for
their talent in the same ratio as they
would if they had devoted themtO other
pursuits, and the necessities of their
associations generally compel them to
live quite up to their incomes. Young
man, unless you possess exceptional
taller and education, strong physique,
imperturbability of temper under iDjus-
tice and hard usage, and invincible de.
termination to succeed, temperament
proof against constant temptations to
excess and dissipation, and unwearing
industry, you can never hope to rise
above the mere rank and file of journal
lists. Possessing all these, you may,
after years of arduous work, win dis
tinction, and moderate compensation,
but even then, you will not uufrequently
be tempted to ask yourself whether the
- game was worth the candle p
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TDGETHER
BY SARAH o. JEwETT.

l wonder if you really send
These dreams of you that come and go!
like to say, 90 She thought of me,
And I have known it" Is it so?
Though other friends walk by your side,
Yet sometimes it must surely be
They wonder where your thoughts have ga
Because 1 have you here with me.
And when the busy day is done,
And work is ended, voices cease,
When every one has said goodnight
In fading freight then in peace.
Idly I rest; you come to me-
Your dear love holds me close to you:
If could see you face to face,
1t would not be more sweet and true.
do not hear the words You speak,
Nor touch your hands, nor see your eyes;
Yet far away the flowers may grow
From where to me the fragrance flies.
And so across the empty miles,
Light from my star shines. Is it, dear,
Your love has never gone away ?
said good-by, and kept you here
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FARmER JonN;s RETURN.

Home from his journey Farmer John
:, Arrived this morning safe and sound;
His blsck coat of ar q his old clothes on,
" Now / 70 myself, says Farmer John;
And ne tn nks. " III look around
Up leaps the dog Get down, you pupi
Are you so glad yOH would eat me up 7r
Tue Old COW lows az the gate 20 mest him:
We'll, well, old Bay
Ha- ha, old GrSyi
Do you get good feed when I am awayl
" You have not rib J" saws Farmer John,
" The cattle are looking round and seek:
The colt is going to be roam,
And beauty, too; how be has provnl
Wei vean the calf next week
says Farmer John, " When I've been of
TO cal you again about the trough
Ana watch you, and pet You while you drink,
Is a greater comfort than you think -
AMI he pats old Bay,
And he slaps old Grav;
Alb. this IS the comfort Cf going away!7
" For. after all, = says Farmer John,
" The best Of the journey is getting home.
~, I've seen great sights; hut would give
Ihis spot, and the peaceful life live,
For al their Paris and Rome?
These hills for the City's stiied air,
AMI big hotel, aud hustle aud glare,
Land all houses, and roads all stGHes,
That deafen your ears, and bat .er Your bones.
Would you, old Bay?
Would you, old Gray2
That's what one gets by going away"
There money is king says Farmer John,
And fashion is quee and is mighty queer
To see how sometimes while the man,
Haktug and scTapinR ali lac can,
d The wife SPENDS every year,
Enough you would think for a score of wives,
70 keep them in IuNurv all their lives!
U he town is a perfect Babylon
To quiet chap" says Farmer John
You see old Bay,
You see, old GIaF
I'm wiser than when I went away
" I've found ont this, " SAYS Farmer John.
THAT happiness is not bought aud sold
Aud Cla'Ched in a life Of waste and hurry
In uigh'sot pleasure and DAYS of worry;
And " ath isn't all in gold
Mortgages and stocks and ten per cent
bU' m Eimpe ways aud sweet content
r" wants, pure hopes, and noble ends,
some land 10 till and few good friends,
Like yoU, old Bav,
Aud you. old Gray,
That's what I've learned by going away"
And happy man Is Farmer John,
o, rich aud happy man il he:
He sees tire peas aud pumpkin. growing
The corn in tassels the buckwhea bloSing,
Ard fruit ON vine and tree:
Tue large, kind oxen look their thanks
As ne rubs their foreheads and strokes their tanks
I be doves light round HIM. and strut aud COO
Days Farmer John. III take you too,
And you, old Bay,
And you, old Grav
Next time I travel so far awav :"
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which Junot had been successful be-
yond his hopes, he repaired to his chief
and handed him his winnings, which he
thought would be more than sufficient
to meet all immediate claims. The
general sent him back once more to
tempt fortune, with an order not to re-
turn till he had doubled the sum or lost
every cent. When Junot appeared
again it was with enough money to
enable Napoleon to make splendid
appearance at headquarters. The last
sum won by Junot that night has been
put at $50, 200, while the anecdote
itself rests on excellent authority.
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Paddy Wards Epitaph.

! There was a drOll debate the Other
day at a meeting of the guardians ot
the DrOgheda union. 1t happened IL
this way. Long aGc in DrOgheda there
lived one Paddy Ward, iovial gentle.
man, who took fancy to erecting his
! own monument in the place where he
intended to 10 buried. He did so and
| upon the stone he cai:ssd to be inscribed
| the following: Beneath this stone
here lieth one, That still his friends did
please; To heaven | hope he's surely
gone, to enjoy eternal ease. He drank,
he sang, whilst here on earth, Lived
happy as a lord, and now lie has re-
signed his breath, God rest him, Paddy
Ward I"
Having set up this memorial of him
self, Mr.. Ward, according to tradition,
dedicated it by giving a party on the
spot, at which he, with all his guests,
got &" gloriously drunk" In due time
he was gathered TO his fathers and
placed under the stone. When the Rev.
Mr.. POwderly, came to rule spiritually
over the vicinage, he was greatly
shocked and scGndaIized by the in
scription, and he ordered il to be
effaced, allowing only the words "GOd
rest Paddy Ward to remain. Then,
indeed, there was a row and riot and
rumpus in that parish, end Mr.. Owen
Markey, taking the matter mp, asked for
the dismissal of Johnny McGeough, the
sexton who had not rep prted the deface-
ment. Mr.. Markey said that so much
did he admire the inscription that when
ever he had employed a stone cutter he
boJ Al hIy,, 10 xr;ryo 4,
tie touch to Paddy Wards tombstone" "
The Rev. Mr.. Powderly being called
upon to defend his 2)Tin1d fdcie piece of
vandalism, made most solemn speech
to the guardians, in which he argued
the matter thus "Ihere would be no
sense at all in writing that Paddy Ward
drank, if it was not intended to convey
that he drank too much-in plain Eng
lish, that he was drunkard and the
words 'he sang could only mean that
he sang the indecent and ribald songs
in which drunkards are wont to in
dulge ;" "and yet, said Mr.. POwderly,
'we are told that 'tO heaven he is
surely gone. Was this thing "to
be read " by the children of the "par-
lsh ?" at a time, too, when the vice of
intemperance was spreading over the
whole country?" He hadn't in the
least injured the stone. but he had
given the deceased a respectable, decent,
temperance epitaph, with "God rest
Paddy Ward p as legible as ever.
The board of guardians appears to
have been bothered and unable to come
to any decision. Mr.. Mangan aeked
Mr.. Markey eff he intended to renew
the inscription" Mr.. Markey answered
promptly and decisively, 81 will, by
the blessing of God p and so the matter
was allowed to drop.
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left his parents roof with pocket
knife, sandwich and bunch of twine
as his sole capital, resolving to go to
sea and become an admiral, Five miles
away from home this brave, ambitious
lad was kicked into duck-pond by an
exasperated mule, and he is now one of
the wealthiest and most devoted agri
culturists in the state of New York.
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SAFE.

Safe the battlefield Of life
Seldom knows pause in strife.
Every path is set with snares,
Every Joy is crossed by cares,
Brightest morn has darkest night,
Fairest bloom has quic kest blight,
Hope has but transient CLEAN,
Love is but a passing dream.
Trust is Folly's helpless Waf
Who dare call their dearest safe?
But thou, though peril loom afar,
What hast thou 10 do with war
Let the wild stream Hood its brink,
There's no bark Of thine 10 sink.
Let Fa'sehoOd weave its subtle net,
Thou art done with vain regret.
Let Fortune fr0wu. and friends grow strange
Thou hast passed the doom Of chance.
We plan aud struggle, mourn and Ch1tc-
safe, my darling dead, and safe
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-09

We thought of our dodgers, and strove
| to ascend to them. but were driven
back by volumes of dark smoke rushing
down, through which the red glare OF
flame was visible.
The fire was in Mr. Fortescue's rooms.
"Oh, poor Miss Kathleen!" I shrieked.
| "Help help II
l threw the street door open, and
filed the place with cries for assistance.
l was soon joined in the appeal by
| Mr.. Fortescue and his niece from the
upper window. They had evidently
tried the stairs and found it impossible
to descend.
John had Just run off to the engine
station, when, from the opposite direc.
tion, perceived man coming toward
me.
/ recognized him at once.
"Oh Mr.. Airlie, thank heaven it is
you p [ calculated.
"Good Heaven what is the matter 2"
he asked.
began to tell him, but the form of
Kathleen Millbrooke at the window re-
lated 1t quicker than words.
In a second her cousin had darted
into the burning house.
L followed, bat already he had van
ished up the stairs.
One, two minutes, and, blackened,
burnt, he was back with Kathleen
Millbrooke.
ooh, dear Richard !'' she cried, ''My
uncle"
"Do not fear will save him, if
possible, darling" he answered, again
disappearing amid the smoke.
Three, four, five minutes it seemed
now before he descended, with the old
man wrapped in the coverlet, aud cling
ing wildly around his sons neck.
We bore him into the open air, for he
seemed half suffocated and paralyzed
with terror. Airlie rested him on his
knee but Mr.. Fortescue would not un-
clasp his arms from him.
His eyes were closed.
The crowd gathered. 1 bade them
keep back. The fre-engine ratified up,
but [ could not leave that group.
Abruptly Mr.. Fortescue looked up,
and his eyes rested upon the blackened
features of Mr.. Airlie.
He started violently, then exclaimed
Richard was it you, then, who
saved me?"
az was so Fortunate he answered
Quietly.
You ere in no danger now, sir. "
There was a pause. The old man
never removed his gaze.
Then 1 saw great change come over
his features.
Richard" he said in a low voice,
lean you forgive?' %
"Yes, father; but rather ask it of
her," and he pointed upward.
- I do have, when in yonder awful
room. Mary, pardon ~ he murmured,
lifting his eyes. Afterward he added,
anxiously: My will-my will 1t is
there-burnt Thank Heaven for that"
He made an effort to turn toward the
burning house, and in the effort fell
back on his sons shoulder dead.
l have no more to say. The will be-
ing burnt, of course Richard Fortescue,
alias Airlie, succeeded to his fathers
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-09

A LOUISVILLE man complained of
marble tablecloths at restaurant. He
said he didn't like TO wipe his mouth
with a tombstone in the absence of a
napkin.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-09

II a man asks you why on don't live
in three-story house, put this at him ::
"In an ordinary three story brick
house, 10000 gallons of water are alb.
sorbed by the brick and mortar used in
the construction and this immense
quantity must al or nearly all be got rid
Of before they are safe as dwellings,"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-09

BROOKLYN ARGUS Twenty years ago
poor boy, after attentively perus-
ing the life of Lord Nelson, secretly
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PROVIDENCE has decreed that these
common acquisitions - money, gems,
plate, noble mansions, and dominion
should be sometimes bestowed on the
indolent and unworthy; but those
things which constitute our true riches,
and which are properly our own, must
be procured by our own labor.
The Columbus Journal, describing an
Ohio politician, says: He Is an hon
est man by profession, and he earns his
bread by the sweat of his Jaw"
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l have no more to say. The will be-
ing burnt, of course Richard Fortescue,
alias Airlie, succeeded to his fathers
property, and also married his cousin
Miss Millbrooke.
They now reside in Devonshire, and
when we pay visit there-which we do
frequently always are sure of a
hearty welcome from the family of our
second floor lodger.
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An English officer at Boston thus
wrote of our revolutionary sires I'm
this army (the British) are many OF
noble family, many very respectable,
virtuous, and amiable characters, and 1t
Rrieves one that gentlemen, brave
British soldiers, should fall by the
hands of such despicable wretches as
compose the ban It'll of the country
amongst whom there is not one that has
the least pretension to be- called gem
tleman. They are a most rude, de
PRAYED, degenerate race, and it Is a NOR
tidcation to us that they speak English,
and can trace themselves from that
stock"
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Or confession. True humility
being wise virtue, Will Goal more IN
self examination and secret cOntrition
than in confession. For confession is
often a mere luxury of the conscience,
used as the epicures Of ancient Rome
would use an emetic and 3 warm bath
before they sat down to feast. II is
often also very snare 10 the maker of
it, and delusiOn practised on tine party
to whom it is made For, first, the
faults may be such as words will not
adequately explain secondly, the plea
of guilty shakes judgment in her seat {;
thirdly, the indulgence shown to con-
fession might be better bestowed on
the shame which conceals, for this
tends to cOrrec ion, whereas confession
will many times stand instead Of peni-
tence to the wrong dOer and sometimes
even sorrOwfnl penitence stands N tue
place of amendment, and is washed
away in its own tears. s.-Hcnry TagiDr.
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