Year: 1864

eminent degree. The first time Zach
showed his admiration for Sally was by
seizing large basket of cow food she was
about to carry into the stables and hurry
ing thither in a frightened way, much as
though he was taking it from a burning
house. After that Zach. seemed to be
perpetually on the watch for opportunities
to save the fair Sally from any heavy
work. These delicate attentions could
not fail to attract the notice of the Widow
Brown, who really respecting the young
man, invited him into the house to spend
the evening, and from that time Zach.
was fixity. He would sit in the CHM
newcomer of the old fashioned house,
scarcely ever speaking, dividing his at
tention equally between the fire and feast
ing his eyes on Sally. For two years this
quiet alteration went on, and the neigh
bors wondered why, as there was nothing
to prevent it, they did not get married.
1t never has been known whether the
idea arose out of Zach.'s own brain. or
whether it was hint from friend, but
at last he did find courage to pop the
question. 1t was done in this way. The
time was New Years eve, and the fair
Sally had been preparing a stout jug OF
mulled cider that she might have some
thing with which to cheer Zach.'s heart
when he came in. Zach. came in, he
drank, and took his accustomed seat in
the chimney corner, where he sat quietly
as usual for a few minutes, and then,
without any previous symptoms, he rose
to his full height, six feet and two inches,
putting his head up the chimney, so that
but little of him was seen above the waist,
and delivered the following Grafton "f
somebody loved somebody as well as
somebody loves somebody, somebody
would marry somebody" Zach. re-
mained with his head up the chimney af-
ter this speech, silent as death for some
minutes, until he came forth from his
place of refuge, at the earnest solicitation
of the Widow Brown, with face glowing
like the setting sun. The thing was done,
however, and Zach. and Sally were mar
ried in few weeks after, and we are con-
vinced that if either of them could be in
dueed to talk, now, after trial OF
dozen years, they would say that they
were entirely satisfied with that mode of
popping the question.


d. AMUSEMENT IN HIGH CIRcLEs.-Ihe
Paris correspondent of the Montreal Her.
aid gives the following description Of the
manner in which the Emperor and En-
press contrive to amuse themselves occa-
sionally: "The Emperor and Empress
not unfrequently take a great liking to
persons accidentally presented to them,
invite them to their parties, make much OF
them, and sometimes rousing a little jeal-
ousy by so doing among the persons be-
longing to the Court. Of the ladies Off
cially foremost, the reigning favorites are
Princess Metternich, extremely clever and
piuuaute, WHO invents the oldest toilettes
dances the oldest dances, and says the
oldest things; the Marquis de Gallifet,
whose past life is a romance, not alto
gether according to the French proverb-
aft for school reading but who is very
handsome, brilliant, merry, and audaclous
and two others, the handsome. dashing
wives of men high in the employment OF
the Emperor. These ladies spend enor-
nous sums on their toilette, and are per-
petually inventing some merry and
brilliant nonsense for the amusement Of
the Empress. Among the persons from
the outside most in favor just now in the
inner circle of the Court, is a very hand
some and accomplished American lady,
the youthful wife Of a millionaire, pos
sessing a magnificent voice and very
amiable temper, and wonderfully splendid
hair. After very small and very merry
party in the Empress private apartments
few nights ago, the Imperial hosts aud
their guests sat down to an exquisite
little supper" this lady being one of the
party. During the supper one of the
Empress ladies began playfully to tease
Mrs. about her hair, declaring that
no human head could grow such luxu.
rant mass of lustrous hair, and advised
her to confess to sporting certain skillfully
contrived additions to the locks OF natures
bestowing. Mrs. - modestly protest.
ed that her hair, such as it was, was
really and truly her own, by right of
growth and not of purchase. All present
speedily took part in the laughing dispute
some declaring for the opinion of the
Lady of Honor, and others for that of
Mrs. -. The Emperor and Empress
greatly amused at the dispute. professed
strong desire to know the facts of the case.
The Emperor declaring that it was clearly
impossible to get at the truth in any other
manner, invited Mrs. - to settle the
controversy by letting down her hair, and
giving occular demonstration that in was
her own. The lady whereupon drew out
the comb and hair-pins that held up her
hair, and shook its heavy and shining
masses all over her shoulders, thus giving
conclusive proof of the tenure by which
she held it. As French women seldom
have good heads of hair, it is probable
that some-little disappointment may have
been caused to some of the ladies by this
magnificent torrent of hair displayed BY
Mrs. -, but the gentlemen were all in
raptures at the really beautiful spectacle
the lady's husband, who worships her,
being as proud of his wife's triumph as
though her luxuriant locks were Of his
own creation.


FRANKL1S's MoDE.-Franklin had
capital mode of deciding difficult questions.
He took sheet of paper, ruled line
down the middle in red ink, and then en-
tered on either side the argument for and
against. This paper he kept on his writ
ing table for several days, and when any
new argument presented itself to him. he
wrote it Immediately in its proper place.
When he found that no more reasons pre-
sented themselves-that the subject so far
as his capacity and facts went, appeared
to be exhausted, he began the labor of
sitting this mass. If he found an article
in one column balanced by one in the OPP
posite, he struck off both. If he found
one that took two to balance it, he erased
two on one side and one on the other.
By this process he finally found himself
with no arguments left in one column, or
with but few, and these greatly dispro-
portioned to those in the other. BY
adopting this method on all difficult and
important occasions, he acquired that