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"Well, then, I don't know whether to get in or | New Hamphire; and if any thing should happen, not,' said the lady; "'cause I must see Deacon I don't know what I should do. I'm quite unfaHitchcock before I go home. I am a lone widow miliar with traveling. I'm a widow lady. My lady, all the way from the State of New Hamp-husband, this little girl's father, has been dead shire, and the Deacon was a very particular friend these two years come this spring, and I'm going of my husband's, this little girl's father, who has with her to the Springs: she has got a dreadful been dead two long years, and I should like to see bad complaint in her stomach. Are you going to him 'mazingly.' the Springs?' she asked of an invalid passenger. "He shook his head feebly in reply.

"Does he live about here?' asked the driver. "Well, I don't know for certain,' said the lady; 'but he lives somewhere in Connecticut. This is the first time I was ever so far from home. I live in the State of New Hampshire, and it is dreadful unpleasant. I feel a little dubersome abeöut riding all alone in a stage with gentlemen that I never see before in all my life.'

"There is no danger, ma'am,' said the driver; 'the gentlemen won't hurt you.'

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'Well, perhaps they won't; but it is very unpleasant for a lady to be so far from home. I live in the State of New Hampshire; and this little girl's '

"You had better get in, ma'am,' said the driver, with praiseworthy moderation.

"Well, I don't know but I may as well,' she replied; and after informing the driver once more that she was from the State of New Hampshire, and that her husband had been dead two years, she got in and took her seat.

"I will take your fare, ma'am,' said the driver. "How much is it, Sir?' asked the lady. "Four-and-sixpence,' said the driver, 'for yourself and the little girl.'

"Well, now, that's a monstrous sight of money for a little girl's passage like that; her father, my husband, has been dead these two long years, and I never was so far from home in all my life. I live in the State of New Hampshire. It is very unpleasant for a lady; but I dare say neither of them gentlemen would see me, a lone widow, imposed upon.'

"I'll take your fare, if you please,' repeated the driver, in a tone somewhat bordering upon impatience.

"Are you going, Sir?' she said, addressing the humorist.

"No,' he replied, 'I am not; and if I were-' But the contingency was inwardly pronounced. "Are you?' she asked, turning to me. "No!

"Ah? I am very sorry. I should like to put myself under the care of some clever gentleman; it is so awful unpleasant for a lady to be so far from home without a protector. I am from the State of New Hampshire, and this is the first time I ever went a-traveling in my life. Do you know any body in New Hampshire ?'

"No, madam,' answered our wag, 'I do not, and I hope you will excuse me for saying that I never wish to!'

"Well, now, that's very strange,' continued the old gossip, 'I haven't met a single soul that I know since I left home. I am acquainted with all the first people in the State. I am very well known in Rocky Bottom, Rockingham County, in the State of New Hampshire. I know all the first gentlemen in the place. There's Squire Goodwin, Squire Cushman, Mr. Timothy Havens, Mr. Zachary Upham, Doctor David-'

"Hold on, driver! hold on!' exclaimed the humorist; 'I can't stand this! Stop, for mercy's sake, and let me out!'

"The driver reined up, and the wag took his valise in his hand and jumped out-the discomfited victim of a garrulous Yankee widow!"

THE poet Longfellow, in his "Hyperion," makes one of his characters convey the following consolation to another who has been rejected by his "How much did you say it was?-three-and-sweet-heart; whose "bright star has waned," and sixpence ?' asked the lady. the course of whose true love has been running roughly:

"Four-and-six, if you please, ma'am,' politely answered the driver.

"Oh! four-and-sixpence!" And after a good deal of fumbling and shaking of her pockets, she at last produced a half-dollar and a York shilling, and put them into the driver's hand.

"That's not enough, ma'am,' said the driver; 'I want ninepence more.'

"What! ain't we in York State?' she asked, eagerly.

"No, ma'am,' replied the driver, 'it is six shillings, York money.'

"Well,' said the lady, 'I used to be quite good at reckoning, when I was to home in New Hampshire; but since I've got so far from home, I b'lieve I'm beginning to lose my mental faculties.'

"I'll take that other ninepence, if you please,' said the driver, in a voice approaching a little nearer to impatience. At last, after making allusion three or four times more to her native State and her deceased husband (happy man!), she handed the driver his ninepence, and we were once more in motion.

"Do you think it's dangerous on this road?' began the lady, as soon as the door was closed; I am a very lengthy way from home, in the State of

"That is the way with all you young men. You see a sweet face, or something, you know not what, and flickering Reason says 'Good-night!—amen to common sense!' I was once as desperately in love as you are now, and went through all the

"Delicious deaths, soft exhalations Of soul; dear and divine annihilations, A thousand unknown rites,

Of joys and rarefied delights.'

"I adored, and was rejected!

"You are in love with certain attributes,' said the lady.

"Confound your attributes, madam,' said I; 'I know nothing about attributes.'

"Sir,' said she, with dignity, 'you have been drinking!'

"So we parted. She was married afterward to another, who knew something about attributes, I suppose. I have seen her once since, and only once. She had a baby in a yellow gown. I hate a baby in a yellow gown. How glad I am she didn't marry me! One of these days you'll be glad that you have been rejected. Take my word for it."

Such advice, however, always falls very coldly upon the heart of a discarded swain.

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Mr. Bloemup arrives at Washington. His first Looks in at the House. His Idea of the Members Impressions of the Metropolis.

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a Whisky Cocktail instead.

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The Hon. Mr. Bloemup takes his seat in the House. Hears every body crying out "Mr. Speaker." He Ready for Business.

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Ugly old Lady with pretty Daughter solicits his Two Eras in the Life of a Petitioner. Interval, Influence. He promises to give it.

Twenty Years. His Bill not through yet. VOL. XII.-No. 67.-I*

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General Appearance of the House while Mr. Bloem- An Honorable Member replies to Mr. Bloemup's up is speaking.

Speech.-Time, 4 o'clock A.M.

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Mr. Bloemup is delighted at the accurate report of He sends a few copies of his Speech to his Conhis Speech next morning.

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Attends the President's Levee in the evening, and A Hint at the way in which "Great Speeches" are

considers himself the Lion.

manufactured.

Furnished by Mr. G. BRODIE, 51 Canal Street, New York, and drawn by VOIGT from actual articles of Costume.

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HE costumes the page requireNAL. The somewhat than was

T16 vestan es plantatio precede prie du Bal, worn last year, and the front is rounded away as

from which our illustration was drawn, is of white moire antique trimmed with watered pink ribbon. They are, however, trimmed with various materials, according to the taste of the wearer.

FIG. 5.-COLLAR.

represented above. The collar is also rounded. The collar may be detached and worn separately. We therefore

present a separate illustration of it. The TALThe collar is like

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MA is another favorite mode. wise removable, and is cut with peaks at the breast, shoulders, and back. Instead of the simple loops by which the Cardinal is confined, the Talma has a rich cord and tassels.-MUFFS are made smaller than heretofore, and will be more generally worn than they have been of late years.

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FIG. 3.-SUIT OF FURS.

FURS. The changes in the articles that go to make up a "set of furs" are less marked, from season to season, than in other parts of a lady's toilet. As a general rule, we may say that any one who is provided with those indicated by us last year, is under no imperative necessity of exchanging them the present season. Still there are some novelties worthy the attention of those who contemplate purchasing. One of these is the CARDI

FIG. 6.-MUFF.

No one species of fur can claim absolute precedence. Of course the Russian Sable retains its imperial rank; but its cost, always great, and now considerably enhanced by the war, confines it to the few. The Sable from Sweden and Hudson's Bay, the Mink and Stone-marten, however, afford a very acceptable substitute. These, with a large variety of fancy furs, constitute the leading materials actually worn. For trimmings, Swansdown will be largely used.

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FIG. 4.-CARDINAL.

FIG. 7.-TALMA.

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