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" lien ul.-ri- AAat.'iue.l. 11 . ivistlierf.jlltuv-- hal behated entirely according wish in auns t'tt; John's W ei'Ji Wife- - Snyder sat in her before the fire, di.iir backcil ,'niighi head droop-iher l be fender, on her left her eyes closed to tell the truth, n'liouti she would have indiguautly denied h, Miss Barbara Snyder was usleep. middle-ageIl.r maid, a about (lie room, woman, was moving i ider, as she diJ hlty nulling it limes a Jay, at her niistess's command, oni watching her futively to .see that i!ic 'lid not fall into the fire. Jane," said Mies Barbara, suddenly unnuking and sitting bolt upright with and I comes he aui "if blinking eyes, sure liewill don't let him in." No, nia'ani," answ ered Jane, submiss- jli,s rnrbara U, d hard-feature- ively-- Tell him he has seen me for the last time the hypocrite ! to pretend always to be so fond of me, at.d then go aud doll-babmarry some empty-heade- d In- sure and send hint away, Jane." - Yes, ma'am." A 9U'Jdeu commotion in tho lower hall few bars of a popu-a them; interrupted air whistled in a masterly manner, a r q iJ clatter of boot heels ou the stairs, uuJ th n a young gentlemen, who might have sat as a model for modern Hercules, rushel in and falling over an ottoman upsetting a chair and making "confusion worse coufouuded" in the quiet room, dislicl at Miss Barbara and took her by k: storm. "Congratulate me?'' lie cried, after s on her imprinting a half-doze- n withered cheek. i'Aunt Barby, she is the dearest '' Miss Barbara "You may go, Jane." Lai recovered from tie shock a little, Mil as Juice had retired she folded her mittened hands tightly together and ' "; turned upon him. "Nephew John." There w as a comical expression of dc rpa'r ou the young fellow's face at this uupropiiious begiuuiug, but he said nothing. "Nephew John I am disappointed in you! 1 am not angry," but I am deeply kis-se- ' i grieved" "Why, aunt Barby?' ef the listener opened ence I him by a stately The blue cyce wide, but she sil- please." , "f , th c are conviueeu that both for the sake of building cheaply and build-tuwell, we shall see before long a wonderful alteration iu the mode of using bricks. We go on making the lurp3 of burnt clay we call bricks in the way we do, chiefly because it has beeu the fashion to make these lumps in some regular f.rm ever since men began to build, although modem science has long ago pointed out to us much cheper and better methods of employing both lime and clay. A brick wall as it is put together with its multiplicity of small joints, and its liability to consist of porous uuburnt bricks or friable, loamy mortar, can hardly escape becoming saturated with moisture every wet day, and retaining for the longest possible period tho water used in its construction, lini why make bricks at all ? We can bum the clay iu heaps with small coal, and bum it thoroughly, to incipient vitd the cost that rification, for we can burn it in the form of bricks ; and we can make the chalk mix with g cement for clay into a very little more thau the expense of converting it into lime. Th ere can be but little doubt that concrete, carefully made from these materials and cast into hoilow blocks a twelvemonth before it is wanted, might be a chat per material, and a better one in every way, than, those we arc now usinjr. Constructed of such blocks as these, we might obtain substantial, damp-roo- f houses ready for occupation directly they were built, with the advantage of hollow walls, out of which the niois ture had evaporated before they were g now-a-day- s, one-thir- water-resistin- - in Finale. liueu-draper- 's j sweet-tempere- d : , now-a-uay- half-hidde- n ? 1 or-ler- ed - . ! : ra - . I fire-ligh- toii Wor-tbingt- hoe. . , . Concrete in London. ' t i j There are children's voices in the great house now, aud Jane (who wa3 in the plot, aud is back in her old place) and Miss Barbara pet them t5 death, almost, wliil'j John, the rogue, often teasqi his aunt, laughingly, about the "dall-baby- " to whom she considered him sacritic- d. But if there is any one put together. person whom "Miss Barbara loves as "companion." Then, our plastering again; it "No more old women for me." 6he dearly as "h" r boy," it is the swect-fa- c seems hardly credible that we go on said, savagely, in response to the law- cd, gentle girl whom that boy married. our walls with the miserable, yer's look of surprise, Rafter the beha- To her mind all feminine graces and vir- daubing vior of Jane, who lias been with nic for tues are possessed and shown forth by crumbling, rotten f tuff generally used for the purpose, while the. best matethirty years;' and then authorized him "John's wife." to eiamino the applicants, she sent him rial we have ever had, the "patent A Sad away and waited. fibrous plaster," made in large slabs Two days after, the lawyer retnrned, Among tlic cxtraordiuary number to screw against tho quartering of accompanied by a tall, slender young woman, who had come to see if she of suicides le ttcly committed in 1'arL, battens, requires no laths, . can be (Miss Barbara) would engage her. Miss the following is,- - in the opinion 'of fixed by a carpenter in half the time Barbara's black eyes looked keenly at the London the sad- of common plastering, perfectly dry, Echo, her for some time, .and after inquiring dest: A married prehaps, couple who kept a at a cost battens aud all included, sharply into her antecedents, references three-coat plaster lmp reposed the great- less than ordinary and the like, Miss Barbara pronounced herself satisfied,and Alice Worthington, est confidence in their niece, Anna, work. a girl of seventeen, who kept their (as the lawyer called her,) was duly Any invention of this kind has, in the office of ."companion," and books and cash b'jx. The young gii however, to encounter a fearful a most charming companion she proved was an orphan, and was brought lip amount of prejudice and dislike, and to be. . as this did, to alter Miss Barbara was at first disposed to by her uncle and aunt as their own a prccess tending, be a bit critical and captious, but the child. wAnna, however, 'had become the practice of an, entire branch. of young girl was So anxious to please, so acquainted with a commercial travel-c- r, trade, has very- - little chenco oi. sucand amiable, so quiet who courted her for more than a cess. .' th-.- unusual. , , , dispatched. After this decisive step wa taken, Miss Barbara was in a flutter of nervous ness all the time. She donned her richest dress, her most costly cap, and then sat expectant until she heard John's step on the stairs, and John himself came in as of old. Of course there were a few miuutes during which they both talked at once, and tnen, when the first excitement was over, Miss Barbara suddenly grew grave. "Where's your wife??' she said in her old grim way, aud John rose and rang the bell. "She's down stairs. I told her to stay until I sent for her." An! then, as the servant made his appearance, "show my wife up." "Y'ou will love her a little, for my sake?" pleaded John, as a light footstep was heard at the door, and then, greatly to Miss Barbara's surprise, Alice came in. "My nephew, Mr. Barton, Miss she said, and then turning to Alice, "I am engaged now, and you may be excused." To her surprise, John coolly put his arm around his Dew acquaintance and led her across the room. Alice Worth-ingto- n Barton, Aunt Barby," he said; and then, with the old mischief in his eyes, "Love her a little lor my sake, hr hulf-rcgretti- was The next morning Alice, under Mis Barbara's direction, wi jte a Jitlle note to John Barton. "Tell him to come soon," said she; aud as Alice wrote this, Mis. Barbara gat and thought intently for a time, her face restiug on her hands. "Tell him," she said again, "tell him he may bring his wife if he likes I can. at least, see her to please him." And so the uoie was written aud the messenger Miss Barbara was a good woman, but she was very whimsical, a liitle selfish, and, above all, very jealous of her own dignity, and the knowledge that John had asserted his independence, and actually planned out his future life without consulting her beforehand, was a very hard thing for her to bear. She was not patient nor forg ving, and the result ot Johu's confidence was a very unpleasant scene; she who had never spoken to him harshly before, overwhelmed him with hard, bitter words, and then, when he was gone, wept herself, asleep over his 'ingratitude," as she called it. When at last he was really married, her auger knew no bounds, and his first visit to her after that eventt ended as we have seen. The days passed away slowly after John, with his bright face and ringing voi c, was banished, and Miss Barbara, harshness, was ofieu tempted to seud fur him again, but her obstinacy, er pride, ns she called it, prevented her, aud so she fretted and worried until Jane was almost driven distracted by her irritability and unreasonableness. She was so cross, so hard to please, and so "awfully savage," as John would have said, that Jane became at last entirely worn out, and one day when her duties had been more than usually hard, she surprised her mistress by packing up her movable property and Then Miss departing from the Barbara was wretched; for three days she sa't in a solitary state, and theu, sending for her lawyer, directed him to insert an advertisement in the leading papers to the effect that she wanted a "young, neat and ladylike person" for a . - that ried." and self forgetful, that Miss Barbara's "l'lcase be quiet 1 wish to epcak. 1 melted away by degrees, and at severity Lave done my duly by you, John (here last she began to love her attendant and was a little tremble in her voice as she to dry iu various little ways to make her said this, but she went ou aud cheerful and contented in her new grimly.) nnw it, ii you were just oming to man- home. 1 , hood (John was twenty-six,- ) and I had 'Alice," she said one day ns the begun to trust in you a little, you desert young girl sat opposite her before the me for a a doll .'. ' . baby." tiro, "how old are you?" ,,, y: U i "She is not a' doll baby !" said the "Net quite nineteen," was the shy anyoung husband indignantly. "If you swer. ..,.?.,. only knew her you would Iotc her dearAnd Miss Barbara, looked at her in ly." Not quite nineteen," and yet "Nonsense!" The black eyes snapped surprise. 80 quiet and "dignified, and womanly; it s decidedly. "All girls are fools was almost incredible. Miss Barbara bm no matter, you have chosen looked at her again, and with a new apbetween us. My will is made,' and I probation in her face, she saw how pure shall not change it, but you will never be and sweet the fair face looked, with the again to mens you were before." the brown eyes s by There was a real distress in John Bar- shy J "she saw how' plainly &nd white lids; ton s heart as he rose and stood before smoothly the brown hair. was. fastened her. "If you will only let me bring her back, how neat and trim was the dark to see you,:' ho pleaded. -- I am eorry dress, how snowy were the cuffs and the 7u are so displeased. Aunt Barby don't narrow collar, and her heart was filled Iwt ; ; j.aii us." A girl in the nineteenth wonder. with "Y..u have chosen." The could century without a rune, a puff, a crimp, Sphinx not have looked more unmoved. "I an overskirt. a sash, or a buspicion of a them not to admit wonders you you need paaier about her! Truly not come , again.".'. would never oease; and, as she gazed on I'lf you will only hear me" this rara avis, her heart was filled with I won't good afternoon." And for poor John, who had thrown himpity John Burton left with her face self away. I, ,! ; ' her, :. V wuod aw.y froni hila L Lands anJ for wife the She's him," she just "ill damped before her. a little waited he had "if only thought, Mim Barbara was roud. I am sure." Snyder Lave liked would he her, uss Larhaia wan wealthy. Miss Bar-oa- And then she dismissed the thought with, imydor was fond of her own war, a 8igh,'anJ turned, to Alice for consular W he was still a . J.W3ian, na in her t ion. r. - "w . J!!V ot, Lcar,s lved Johb Barton, As the days went by Miss Barbara's Jiandsome nephew, dearly. II is moth4 hoart began to !ye; rn for her nephew. Her only ha(1 die , when he She loved Alice giei s a dearly, but even she did ehn Jt ana ;Lis fat ,ie take the not jw place of the absent one. His n alter, Miss Barbara had, in a fash- - handsome hauuted her day and face, JcctPted biui, , Sue, had ' indulged night, and often as he 'heard a sudden a rom ihe first J her day of his entrance iu the hall,' or at the. doorshe house ; .he had watched over noise would look up eagerly, half expecting to "un and nmu i. .t cr "e orject in lile. jte sec him as she, used to do, Eet KirVw0116 ?tcof Hshinein ting old," she! 6aid sadly ',',m to herself. I was a little bard with him hceu unworthy of the "Perhaps We'a i ast Alide'J' boy-F- B ntiv,,r my L:"e WBhdcnco ' which nr tc. U "And so1 one" rtigh't ;stie called Alice to tuta. 'Vutit Barby". WJ8 to him the on- - her, and as she sat at her feet in the vorId' an,J "'lough pco-u- S as John had done so often, she Pie a,!;. fcd &t,b9 'Action the told her all about itand ho. sh,e longK " w his ed lose him agaln. was geuuine ftnJ tr,,e-- grim pahl-"w "I am getting eld, Alice"., iU ' UgU CwlleEe itt J Km troughmay die soon' and I want to' see n,anner auJ "Awards iSl.irJdown'intoas bsy.jj'.Perba'piI wlai wfonj abaut his and It would do n harm, to. ae? theiu steady MW yu.n bintsa man as wife.once, Alice." V r.l lWiL L just en;, and for three jean ' Anl Aliee twyer gently Ifcat gesture. it would be better for them all to do so; but she avoided her kind fnend'a eye, and there was a scarlet flush 6r. her fact to hi every respect. One day, however, the peace and tranquility of Miss Barbura's household was broken up by a whisper which came to her ars John, her John, was "paying aitentiotiV to somebody ! She w a at first incredulous, but as the days went by she was forced to believe it; fur one tight, John, sitiing at her feet, with his yellow hair shining in the firelight, told her with much confusion and embarrassment, that he "was going to be mar- t, I , I .' J-- jtrhj year, and at length persuaded her to Hy with him, and to give him the saving of . her benefactors, which consisted in Credit Foncier a sum of 700 francs. Ou the day fixed for their flight, Anna went to the place named by her lover, but waited all day iu vaiu, at length, suspecting some treachery, the poor girl went to his abode, and there learned that he had disappeared two days' before, taking with him a sum of G.000 francs which had been in- trusted to him by the house he represented. Anon, thus forsakcu nnd friendless, stole under cover of the night into her aunt's room, where having written a letter in pencil, she blew out her brains with her uncle's revolver. W lieu her protectors hastened to her assistance she had ceased to live. obliga-t;ons,'a- ud A ?Iolrl JbgWrale."' New Orir.KAXs, January 13. the following is from yesterday's Picayune; ir; I ... .. i , "An unusual scene occurred in tho United States Court on last Thursday Mr. Thorns llunton read morning. to the Court an affidavit mado by Carson Mudge, charging It. II. Shannon, United States Commissioner, w ith unprofessional conduct. Anion r other things, the affidavit charged Shannon with saying, on a recent occasion, that ho (Shannon) wrote the decision of Judge Duroll: that he pos sessed his ear and could influence his judgment' and that for a small fee he could make a certain case then pending iu the United States Court all right. In presenting the affidavit Mr. llunton alluded to the frequent attacks that had recently been mada on the Court. This allusion was too much for the Judge, lie at once allowed himself to be transported hitr the most violent rage, and indulged in language most unbecoming to a judge. Among much else that was unseemly he used this language: 'lam the vicegerent of Almighty (iod, sitting here to dispense justice, and ai his agent I iutend to see justice done.'" A Connecticut clergyman had a deacon who insisted upon well-know- n leading the singing at lie wan a great blunderer, and ho sang all the sad and meVueholy tunes he could think of. The hymn prayer-meft-ing- s. was given out, "I love to steal awhile away." The deacon began, "I love to steal'' "Mear," where he broke down, ile started with 'Dundee" "I love to steal." The third time he commenced and broke down, when the paxtor arose aud gravely said, "I am sorry for our brother's propensity. Will some brother pray V Dodgcaiid His friend Grant. N. Y. Sun Interview with Dr. Durant. Pr.Durant "Hut tho presidential left not out in the cold. party Let's The President hasn't yet bccti referred to in the testimony before the committeee at "Washington,, has he?" "I believe not. I have Keporter observed not it." Dr. Durant "Well, let's not be . aud on are most (Jrant Dodge iutiuiatc terms. Dodge looked after kis friend Grant. There arc a great many town lots on the line of the Pacific Kailroad. Some of those town Houses need not necessarily bs sites arc already, becoming valuable. damp, and we could avoid this evil Dodge managed that for the White by altering our present mode of House people very skillfully." Kx buildiug. Any change in existing systems, however, can only be bro't llcd. about by the most imperceptibly slow On Tuesday evening, 21st inet., at was see: too-fast- - degrees, unless, indeed, some powerful and united action be induced, either by Government legislation, or by awakening the public to the sen;c of the evil of the present pystcin. London Architect. North Ogden. Mrs. l'oi.Lr Shaw. ng.e. years and 9 da e. Funeral on Thursday, 23rd inst., at 11 a.m. Friends in83 ' vited. . At Sutton, Yorkshire, Dec. 8, 872t Elder John McClatchly. Deceased wa born in Ireland, Aug. 1S0O, and embraced the Gospel in the year 1842, at Hillsburn, Ireland. He has cnlurel, trials and for tho. many Considerably oft t lie Track. Gospel's sake, but persecutions died in good fniih in, the work of the Lord. From the Boston Traoscipt, Jan. 11. At Birmingham, Nov. Jt, lf72, Eliia The Ncwbnryport lhrahl states wife of Samuel l Jarvis, aged that the mailing clerk of that paper, 57 yenrs. H months and .9 Jarvis, days. Mill. in sending away his mail on Friday Stat, Dec. 31, ,1872. , morning, used among his wrappers some waste title pages of a ecrmbn printed in its job office, aud on it was a motto so that the direction on one , A Mild Climate. of tho packages read York City. Toward the latitude of the railroad Always abounding in the work of the of Jay Cookk, which is situated, gc- - Lord' ; The. . incongruity of such a otrranhicallv , a few rou from the dircction,siii view of the King swindle a and the frequent murders which of equator, there was a enow-squaE1SCOVKRY T YETEM.VIRY week ago. Men walked over telegraph late characterized that city,; was so wires ou the snow; iieaus oi norses striking that he called attention to it. were, seen sticking out of drifts; frozen A gentleman who called at the Herald men were found buried beneath sanctum was reminded by this of aa A SFECIMC iOR THE several feet of suow; men died within incident y hick, occurred at p Tgvet I a few rods of the shelter; half a dozen religious gathering fu CJvleago, aJ few Tsiuee death which' their he on Was at Cur to froze lu fruqi 3 to 4 (lost. children way years present. to school; a man went for a doctor Among the speaker was the vener1.00 Price - Ko(I to attend his sick wife, aud frozo to able lie v. Dr, G oodell'i Broken iu $10.00 TLB. LOZO'. WHOLESALE, death returning, when the doctor mind and body, but animated by he reached his patient, she and the babti occasion, the aged clergymau said ASK FOR were frozen and dead; fifty victims to "Friendsj I am far on, upon ay jour, ' the gentleness of this climate perished iiey toward the CeleVttaf City, f mHcs,5 could not help i Mopping on my way I 111 I I within a radius f twenty-fivand wore people fell, before, the cold to attend this meeting iu Chicago." WLolwl and KttailBv antl tiki storm than the Iudians have Here a voice from the multitude was slaughtered in many yeart.i 3Jut heard y allwChidigo ' fcj'nbt on that SciiL-YLEColfax says, with a smile, roftcr." Th.e etfect was electrical1, estha t climate spr jeds her tofteat tharms pecially npoa the poor old geutlem.au, alone the lane of this railroad, and who was so confused that lie could SAIT ItAKH CITY UTA1IV diotanM ty Utl.r or from V OrWi even Jay CookE admits the truth 6fj say no wore aud was obliged to it will launftt UetMa. Ml-C' w rerv this statement , OWu , fcrvr4l h it; , EPIZOOTIC! EPIZOOTIC! EPIZOOTIC! ll I'Qund at Insi HORSE EPIDEMIC enV-tc- per e' it , - W'l UIDDnODACTIjC wOllHO UJ C.F.CULMER&CO.ft riy j 2ftN, Th-rM'- K m |