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KERSHAM MANOR. tHAPTKR XXXIV. SEBASTIAN'S WIPE. The autumn had been unusually bleak and chill. The leave* had already fallen from ths trees in Kensington (iardeus, and th* flower-beds wsr* bare oUblossotn although October was not yet pssu Kther had oome from a northern city, but she shiver- ad through her wraps si ihe turned one afternoon down a lit tie side-street in Ken- sington and k nocked at the door of the ninth bous on the righthand side. The house at which Ksther stopped was not by any means the imarlrot in IMsmrre Terrace. There were no llownr* in the window* ; th* curtain* were (oiled, aud the paint wa* peeling in large flakes from the door. The " Furnished Apartment*" card looked as if it had been hung up many year* ago. Eithor rang the 1*11 with a faint sinking of heart, and was ushered by a un- tidy maid into the drawing-room. Nina kept her wailing ten minutes, and then cam* in languidly, with no appear- ance of pleasure, although she had respond- sd rather warmly to Ksther** note asking permission to call. Ksther wan always punc- tilious in her dealings with Nina. It hurt her that Nina annul I seem so cold, but she thought it best to talk on quietly in the usual manner. And presently Nina thawed. "So you have written a book, Esther?" Yes, Esther had written a book. It had been out three months. "I've not read it," said Nina. "I dou't read many novels ; I nave so little time for reading thai I like really serious improving books when I do read. Sbasti*n has read it, and likes it very much." "I* he writing now ?" said Ksther. "I don't think so. I'm sure I don't know what he does with himself," Nina an- swersd with a touch of distaste. "He shuts himself up, or goes down to th* Club, or take* the children for a walk I suppose he can't settle to anything, ai w* leave Kngland so soon." Ksther turned on her with a quick move- ment of surprise. " Leav* England ? Where are you going ?" Nina'* eyes dwelt on her for a moment. There wa* an expression of bitter satisfac- tion on her faos. " We ars going to South America somewhere near Valparaiso," she said. Sebastian ha* accepted a consul- .hip." " Oh, Nina, what a long way off '" " Yes, of course it's a long way off. It is better than being in England. He ha* no chance of anything better now. . . ." She panted, and then put her handkerchief to her face. "Why couldn't you leave u* alone ?" she said in a tearful voice. " Why must you interefere with our affair*? If (on had not told Sebastian about these Vyatt people, we need not have gone to South An erica," Esther felt as though her heart were pierced. The pain caught her breath. " Nina, what do you mean ?" she faltered. " It's quile irue, 'sam Nina, " Of courts you could not help it in a way ; but still you did tell Stbaslian about them, yon know." " He said that he wai glad glad to do justice I" " Oh yes, that's the way he talk*. I have no patience with such nonsenw. The fact of the case i* that old Sir Koland lei', him a private letter, telling him to give a thud of bis money to this Henry Wyatt if h* could b* found. Well, he was not found for all these years, and Sebastian and the lawyer and everybody said that he must be dead. So there wa* no harm in touching that sum, you know" And Mr. Malst used it?" laid Ksthsr breathlessly. " Not exactly. Rut h* use 1 hi* own more carelessly than he need have done, and he favs permission to Mr. Colhurn to invest some of it In a mine which ha* com* tn grief- I don't know how exactly. At any rate, when the Wyalle turned up Sebastian insisted or. paying over Ir them what he says Sir Itoland meant them to have, and to do that he hail to sell out some of his own (locks and chares, because part of the original sum wa* sunk in this mine. I dare say I'm not telling you rightly, for I never can understand these business matters , but the long and short of it is that it has made u* a good deal poorer than we were before, and Sebaitian must take whatever he can get in the way of an appointment." Ksihr breathed a word of sorrow. She looked pal*. " It is so unjust I" *ald Nina resentfully. " So unjust to me and the children. When Sir Roland died, of course h* thought that Sebastian would havs the K em ham es- tats, and that his money would make very little difference. As I tell .Sebastian, he would never have wanted him todivide it with those horrid Wyatts if he had known how we were circumstanced. And Sebas- tian threw np his Algerian appointment before he heard of these wretched penpls, thinking that he uonld afford to do without it, or that he could get a post at home, for he wai quite tired of ths Consular .Service. Anil now, I assure you, Ksther, we have less than five hundred a year to live upon." " That would be wealth to some people," said Kaihsr, trying to smile. llul 1 wa* not brought up among inch people. I don't know how they live. Now loo k at this tea-gown that I am wearing. It was a greVt bargain I got it fur ten guineas at Liberty's reduced of conise ; and srtn- ally Sebastian was angry about it, and said that I must not spend so much. I'm sure if you lixik at it you will say that it WAS cheap at the money." Ksther did look. It wa* certainly a very pretty garment, made of the softest silk, delicate in color, elaborately simple in out, but quite unsuiUd to Mrs. Malet'i present circumstance s. " Why don't you keep it for your new home ?" *h* said heiitaliugly. " Why wear it here in tx>ndmi ?" " I must hav* .nothing pretty about me," Nina answered fretfully. "I'm sure It isdreadfal enough lo live in these horrid lodgings ; but Selxutian would not let mt take more expensive ones. My father ami mother are abroad, you know ; and we have to g*l our iiiiitit, so we were nlilign.l ' com* up to London. I wanted to i, ay at a good houl ; it would have been so much more comforuM' . " " Hut very expensive." " You are as bad i Sjl.-v.tnan ; alwayt talking *liout *pense! As I tell Mm, whose fault is it. thst we have not enough to live spoil ? Not ipme, although hi doe* say I am so extravagant. I never heard of su.'h folly in all my life giving sway ten thuiissnd pounds, and expai-tmg me to live on four or five hundred a year. It's not fair to the children ; il's not fair to ms. .Mamma sys thai Sebaitian must be mad !" " You will be better off in South America," said Ksther in a low voice. " Yes, we shall. But think how faraway it is t" said Nina, weeping. "And no ad- vantages for the children, no society, no amusement, and a very trying climate so . they say it is horrible to think of ! I cried for three days straight off when S-i.ani.in told me about it. As I said to him, I n-vor would hav* married him if I had known what he would bring me to ! Rut I made him so miserable by laying so that I don't mean to repeat it although it is true. You see he was always so devoted, so absolutely devoted to me." She wiped her eye* and looked slightly complacent. A 'title smile stole to the corners of her muuth as she cat, evidently , recau.ng to her mind tnstanoes of Sebas- tian's devotion. There was a thrill of im- | patience in Kither't voice as she asked, rather suddenly, if she mi^lit *ee the chil- dren. " Koland i* out with his father. Muriel is in tin; nursery with baby ; I will ring for them. Muriel is growing rather pret- ty." "She i* like you, U iho not?" Ktther asked, with a *u.ile. p-un^*v say so. But I am not pretty bow." ' Yuu wilt Aever be anything els* ma." " And the*e people, the VVyatt*. Ksthsr. irw you di I not know anything about Uncle It 'land's wishes, and it was not your fault for mentioning' hem, I know. Aren't they very common? What are they like T" " Pi His is a great friend of mine." " Then I must nol expect to hear her de- svrihed? You really like her?" "I love her dearly. And this money enables her lo marry the man she love*." Nina shrugged her shoulders. " I* lhat such a benefit? Ah, here come* Muriel and baby." ^ Ksther had not seen tht baby, who was barely a year old. Shs took her leave be- fore Sehastian's return, but promised, at Nina's invitation, to come next day. " As Ks'her was in town," Nina sail, with the unconscious selfishness which in* showed in every relation of life, " she might as well be made use of." And Mrs. Malel devised , S'-hemes fur inducing Kir her to do the more ; interesting kinds of shopping for her, and! to help in the pa-kitr). The excitement of an impending change, > the bustle of preparation, kept up Nina'* spirits for sometime loan unusually high pitch. It was not until nearly the last day of their (lay in London tl.at she broke down. She had been hoping up to th* end that Colonel and Mn. La louche would return from (Urmany in time to *e* her before he left Kngland. Kitiier wa* with her when she received (letter from her mother. "My sorrow at this untoward circum- stance," she wrote, "u mitigated by envy of your dnligklful fats. T> (ravel in foreign lands, ta see Kurope and Africa and America in company with a man of your dear h'.isbatid'i intellect and attainments, is indeed, dear Nina, a privilege which few women can enj ly. Such experience i* an education in itself I" Nina threw down the letter very angrily. "What doe* rntmma mean by talking in lhat ridicnlou* manner about education and my husband's attainments ! On* would think she believed that we liked the idea of going tn South America ' ' " I'erhapa she wanted to persuadt you to like it," said Sebastian, with a quiet smile. " She should not be so silly. She knows thkt I hale it, and that I always shill. " "We may perhaps find it pleasant enough. I met a man to-day who told me that life was very bearable nut there." " For a man I dare say it may be. Yon men make yourselves comfortahl* wherever you are, and care for nothing els*. But for me for in* tn talk ot life being jusi ' bear- i able'-" Sebastian put his hand caressingly on her shoulder. "It is not even bearable to all people, Nina," he said, half playfully, half sorrowfully. " He thankful at least that it U no won*." "She flung away from him. "I've noth- ing to be thankful for. I am very miser- able," she cried. " If mamma had been at the Dower House still I would have stayed with her. 1 wish I were a girl at home I wish I had never married at all !" She had forgotten Kilher's presence, or did not regard it as important, Kilher saw Sebastian bite his lip. H* walked two or three ste|>s away from hi* wife anil did not (peak. "If I had known," said Nina, sobbing hysterically, "what marriage would mean for me, I never would have married. I never thought that you would bnng me to poverty and disgrace) and ruin !" "Poverty, porhapi, but neither diigraoe nor ruin," said her husband'* grave, con- trolled voice. "Poverty is disgrac*," Nina answered him. "And you are under a cloud in the Service too, and that i* nisgrac*. You know Lord Kcrsham warned you that you were ruining yourself t.y your changes, your unseiiled ways. They have given you this appointment for Sir Koland's saci, but it is lending you Into baniihment afler all. A paltry conitililiip m South America I I call that ruin and disgrace, after Ihe poit* that you have held !" Suhastian turned round. " I'emerr.ber, Niua, why 1 gave up the other appoint- ment*," he Haul. " Of course.it is all my fault," said Nina, throwing herself back oil the sofa, and (till robbing passionately. " H* always turns on m* in that cruel way, a* if I were the Ihorn in hi* side, the clog; on his foet. I am ure I never wanted him to leave Vienna 1 If only I had known what would happen ! I lever thought that I should be poor and despised and neglected ! I am the moat miserable woman in tile world, and you, Kither, you dou'i pity me one bit I" She looked at Ksther frnu behind her wet handkerchief, quite expecting to be caressed and consoled next moment, and to luxuriate in Ksiher's love and sympathy. Hut there wa* lilsno*. "I do not pity you. If I wereynu.I should feel afraid of what I bad said. I shot- Id fear lest real sorrow should come upon me; l*sl wine day I should be k miserable worn in I have said so to you before." "What do you mean?' cried Nina, throwing w id* her arms, with haudkerrbiel doubled into a ball in her hand, and th* tear* still wet upon her chseks. Her eys* dilated with a sudden terror. It i* terrible to me," said Esther, now facing her, but still standing at some dis lance, with her band* clasped and her figure tense with repressed agitation, " to hear you *peak so lightly of the greatest good that the werloT contains. U is as though you wastefully flung away bread when people were starving at your doors. When you cull yourself a missrable woman because you are not even poor, but poorer than you expected to be, not able to buy so many beautiful things, or clreis your chil- dren as daintily a* you wish, I ask my*olf what you would do if yon had neither tatlier nor mother, sister, husband, child ; if all of these were taken from you, what would be- come of you then ? Then you would have the right to call yourself a miserable woman. Now you are a happy woman, and it it base to feel no gratitude for the gifts that havs been y out s your whole life long. It may be uperitilious dread lhat oomes across me ; but I should fear I should fear to lose these good thing* thai were mine." How oould I lose them all!"*heexclaim ed, half in fear, half in petulance. " You talk quite foolishly Kither; I could not lose all my relations at ouce '" "We can not toll wliat life is bringing to us ; we can nol tsll how Death may come or to whom," said Esther sadly, but with deepening earnestness. "The on* thing that i an nol fail u* i* love; not th* love of other* to us, but our love for them. It is in love for them you should be rich. That can never be taken away from you ; what ever life or death may do, you can (till love on. You hav* r.,oy lo lore; you hardly know that you are blesssd in having i hem. Your true happiness is in your own hands, and you are throwing it away." "You talk a* if I did not love my bus- band and n.y children!" said Nina resent- fully. " No, only that you do not find your happiness in loving them. Yon think that a higher position in society, greater wealth, and undoubted success would make you happier. Dear, you would be just as dis- contented, just a* miserable, if you had all that your heart desires, as you are now. All thai can make you happy is yours already. " She came swiftly to the couuh where Nina was reclining, aud put her arm* aiound the lender figure. " 1 trieti one* to make you happier," she laid, " by telling you that Sebaitian loved you. I was right in aaying so, wrong in thinking that your happin*** lay in that knowledge. It is in your love for him lhat you muit be happy. Don't think about yourself, about what is nue to you, what your life might have been in different cir- cumstances. Think of these others, whom you love. When you have forgotten your- self and lost yourself in the love of them, you will find happiness. It is always quite true that the kingdom of heaven u within us, Nina ; we can nol hope to find it in the world. We carry it about with as, our heaven or our hell. . . . It i* a* much our duty to b* happy as to be good." Nina let her head be drawn down upon Either'! shoulder. She ipoke in a com- plaining tone. " It is easy for you to talk so ; you hav* no anxieties, no care*." "And fewer dear ones to love," (aid Ksther in a low voice. " You are happy in having the right to love the right to be more than any one slse in the world to them. I* that nothiua ? Love them more, Nina ; love them till you forget to love anything else, and you will be happy in pit* of poverty and car*." Out Nina had ear* that would not hear. (TO BKCONTIM D > in -n.> 1 1 io\ Tlie Brooklyn Blvlne I tun.. Tornir n> 1'ean t ! Knssixk far w*je ralrale A Brooklyn special says: This coming spring I will hav* been pastor of this church twenty-five years, and a quarter of a cen- tury is long enough for any minister to preach in one place. At lhat anniversary I will resign th.s pulpit, and it will b* occu- pied by such persons as you may select.'' This ws the startling aunouncement which Rev. Dr. Talmage made to his con- gregation in Brooklyn tabernacle, afler having preached a sermon of unusual elo- quence, bul through which r*n a sorrowful vein. No previous intimalion of the rev. gentleman's inlentiou had bean given, and therefore Ihe whole congregation were dumbfounded. A probable reason for resignation is thai after ihii last year, when a whole-souled response to a call for help was imperative, and when the strain wai mort pressing by an immediate de- mand for some of Hi indebtedness, the con grogation was weighed and found wanting. The present church wa* finished over a ytr ago, and the congregation started out with the enormous debt of JtOO.OOO staring it in the face. Th* obligations were re- duced to about $169,000, which the congre- gation were struggling to meet when Mr. Kussell Sage sent in a demand, which was considered imperative, for payment of the interest on a mortgage amounting to Jl'J.V "i 1 . Kev. Dr. Talmage ha* arranged for k two month*' lecture tour through Aus- tralia. iiioiiu M BV A mm. W4VK. I nn.l tr< lilrnl It Ike Allaallc llaer WsrMMDlt. A New York special says . Tht Nor- minima, which has rsturned to this port disabled, was struck at sea by a tidal wave, which swept away some of the deck roofs and part of the promenade deck and injured seven men, including ths second olficer,who will die. All the injured are (iermani. The wave sprung the hurricane deck, complete- ly wrecked the ladies' parlor, the music room, the main saloons, both upper and lower, and flooded the steerage. The lifti tun-class and the 145 steerage passengers were thrown into a paxtio when the immense wave boarded the ship. 1 nll/ln Herat) Hleel. A process hat been discovered by which scrap Heel car be heattd and rolled into shape. The secret of the invention is a nun era! oompoiition, which, hlondjd with cer- tain clieinioais and mixed with the scrap, enables the misi to be htated, rolled aud welded without mehing. Cross piece) of scrap lie placed in layers over a bottom piece, and the composition i* applied. I i nally a ton piece, 14 U'<l on, and tht whole is strapped together with iron, making a bundle -2\ inches thick, which i* heate.l and rolled into any li\i> required. The culminating power of administration i* to well know how much power, great or small, we ought to us* in all circum- stance*. Rtparte* is the highest order of wit, as it bespeaks the cojlost yet quickest exer- cise of genius at a moment when ihe pass- ions are roused. Our sweet illusions only die, fulfilling love's sure prophecy; and every wish for better things au undreamed beauty nearer brings. A helping word to on* in trouble often like a switch on a rail road track a inch between wreck and smooth-rolling prosperity. Remorse is a man's dread prerogative. Remorse, if w* exclude the notion ot re*pon- ibility, i* an anigtna in human nature never to b* explained. Th* drafts which true genius draw upon posterity, although they may not al- ways be honored as soon as thsy art due, are *nre to be paid with compound interest in the end. The greatest comfort of my old age, and that which givts me the highest satisfaction is the pltasiug remembrance of the many benefits and friendly ottict* I havtdone to others. Wisdom, valor, justice, and learning, can not keep a man in countenance that is possessed with these exctllencie*,if he wants that inferior art of life and behavior, called good breeding. In all disputes, so much as there U of passion, so much there is ot nothing to the purpose ; for thsn reason, like a bad hound, spends upon a false scent, and forsakes the question first started. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. If it cum** at all it will Rome because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. _ . It ii by little thing* that we know our- selves : a soul would very probably misuk* itself for another, when once disembodied, were it not for individual experiences which differ from those of others only in details seemingly trifling. Vice is the bans of a republic, and saps Iht foundaiions of liberty. If our industry, economy, temperance, justice and public faith ars once extinguished by the opposite vie**, our boasted Constitution, which is built on the pillars ot virtue, must necessar- ily fall. Like snow that falls on :vater seam the years, the inappreciable yean that melt away into time's welter yet, unseen, the tide is swelled thereby, and happily some good ship iloated across the sand ban into port thai means smooth haven and a light of home. A* a principle, pride i* the parent of al- most every virtue and every vice every- thing that pleases and displeases in man- kind ; and as the effects are so very differ ent, nothing is more easy than to discover, even to ourselves, whether the p'lde that produces them u virtuous or vicious. What if you fail in busint**? Yon (till hav* life and health. Don't lit down and cry about mishaps, for that will never get you out of debt nor buy your children frock*, tio to work at (omething, cat spar- ingly, diets moderately, drink nothing ex- citing, and. above all, keep a merry heart, and you'll be up in the world. ABOUT WOMEN SOLDIERS. Interesting Stonw of Military HaroinM- Fewalr tmiur br errMar. Carlisle <! u( > < irrul.r l> VlllBt; 'Uh.rrlpllou, Secretary Carlis'e lately iMue.l a -ircular offering for pulilic subscription an issue of bomli of the United State* to the amount of $.Y',imti,<nrfi, in either registered or coupon form, in denomination* of $.Vl and upwards, redeemable in coin at the pleaiure of the Government after 1" year* fr >.n date of Issue and bearing interact payable quarterly in coin at the rate of ."> per centner annum. No proposal at lower price than 1 1 7, -.".'!, which it the equivalent of a '-I ft cent, bond at par will be considered. Bond* will be iatod February 1. The action of Secretary Carlisle in an- nouncing a bond i**ue wa* not generally known even in the Treasury circles when the department cloned. Among official* who were cognizant ol hi* intention the opinion wa* expressed that he acted none too *oon. Treaiury gold i* rapidly on the decline. The lou to date wat #H<i.',(KK) and *ince the lir*t of the month the gold balance ha* de- clined from $80,S91,000 to $7D,(i3l,'.i].'> with the present indications that it will fall be- low tTO.ixm.OOO to-morrow. The bondi are, of course, to be purchased (or gold only, and the treaiury ({old will be built up to the extent of the bond issue. This, however, it i* anticipate*!, may only give temporary re- lief. Hold may be paid into the treasury for bond* on* day and the very next day the name gold may be withdrawn by presenting If Hal tender note* or coin certificate* for re- demption. The effect of the bond issue, how- ever.nill betogivethe treasury more moix-y, whether goldor currency is immaterial, and ease up the (joveruinent finances at leait {or the present. will, h risk < W|M at Ihe Create!* The shark i* the faiteit swimmer of the fish tribe over long distance*, and find* no 'iitliculty in keeping up with the "Widen vessels, iwimming and playing round them. and ever on the look-out for morsels, small or large. To fall overboard in shark infest cd water* is almo*t certain death, this voraciou* monitor making very few bile* of any human being within reach of it* jaw*. The salmon, in case of short distance*, take* the lead, managing to swim with great ease at a speed of twenty-five miles in hour. 'Die dolphin and Spanish mackerel are also very fast swimmers, the latter cutting through tk* water like a yacht, with it* cone shape i 'body a* smooth an burnished metal. Any one can *ee at k glance whether a flih i* shaped for speed or not. A fast fish look* trim and pointed, its head conical in shape, and its tin* filling close to the body like a knife-blade into it* handle ; while r> fish with large head and short stubby fin* i* one of the slow species I'.ridget " Please ma'am, the market man ha* brought in a meat bill-" Mrs. Nn- wife- " How stupid ; it wa* fish I ordered, I'm *r. " Warriers Wh We Tketr Bravery. If we go back to th* time of the Crusade*. we find frequent reference* made to th* parts women played in these holy war*. Horo'ne* often appeared in the melee, and disputed the prize of strength and courage wuh the bravest of Saracens. Omul 01 Ispahan speak* of the Christian heroines who mingled in the fight. He adds that ths young women fonght, and the old woman animated them by their cries. Of really British origin, we have not a great many Amazons. True, we had our Bjadicea, whose courage in leading the Iceni against th* legions of Suetonius deserved better fortune. We had Alfred'* daughter, Ath elfleda, who directed the slaughter of the Danes in the streets of Derby, and even *Jueen Klual*th herself whoa* Ama/oniau tendencies werp prodigious, la her reign the bellicose btron* were almost constantly at war, and they used to leave ttieir liege ladiss at home to tight any enemies who might choose this time to make a raid upon the castle. Th* Dudley* of Northampton are laid to ow* their crest, a hclmeced female with bare bosom and dishevelled hair, to an Amazon named Agnes liotot, who fonght a neighbor OX BEHALF Or UXK SICK X ATH IB about s.>me disputed land, and ths neigh- bor, it appear*, got the worst of it. Then there U Mary Ambree, or English Moll, who distinguished herself in the attempt to reco/er (ihent from the Prince ot Parma in 1584. She was at the head of 1000 men, and sustained an equal combat witli 30'W Spaniards for seven hours. Wutn com- pelled lo leave off she went into a castle and defied the enemy challenging any three Spaniards to try their prownass against her single arm, and when summoned ts surrender she said No." - No knight, ilr. of England or captain, vo see. But a poor simple U called Mary Ambree. Another noble example is Hannah Snell, or James Gray, ths Worcester hosier'* daughter, who had such so extraordinary career ; first enlisting in Captain Miller'* company of Guise's regiment at Coventry, and finally becoming tin possessor of a public -house at Wapping. Christian Kav- anah or W*l*h fought in th* war of ths Spanish Succession, and WOUND* and a pension from Queen Anne, She mard ned a soldur named Davis at Chelsea, ani- at her death she was buried with full mil tary honor* in the burial -ground of th* soldiers' hospital. Mrs. Christian Davis, the trooper of the Scots tirajrs, commonly called " Mother Ross," was a hardy Irish Amazon who led a strung* and decidedly, rqmantic career, and wa* wounded at Kami- lie* at which battle the Grey* took sixteen or eveu teen colors and standards. The** are only a few examples of female military courage picked O'lt at random, but there are hundreds of instance* which might, if space permitted, be cited. There were also naval Ama/ons who did good service a* able ssawomen, such a* Ann Mills, who served as a seaman, on the Maidstone frigate, and on board the " Queen Charlotte an African woman t*rved for eleven years, receiving frequent commendation rOR II IK EXCKLUt.tT WORK. Than them was Rebecca Anna Johnstons, who fought and died on board one of Nel- son ship*. Women played no u consider- able part in the American Revolution, They helped to write some of the truly animating, patriotic songs which served to cheer and encourage the loldiers of both armies ; they housed and sheltered those who were in danger ; they carried de- spatches which, entrusted to other hsnds, would never have reached their destination, and some few of them fought themselves. Of these few perhaps the best known were Katherine Steel, or " Katey of the Tosh," as she wa* wont to be called, Jane) Huston, Mr. I'ickens, the general's wife, Mary Gould, MM. Wright, brave Deborah Sam- son, who served in the army as Robert Shirtlitfe, and was at the storming of York Town, Nancy Hart, "the honey of a patriot, the devil of a wife," who never by any chance looked in a mirror, 10 Uftly was shs with her cross eyos and her broad angular month. There are others WHOSE NAME* ARK KKVERKD n many part* of the State*, a* brave, fear- ess mothers, wives and litter*, who forgot everything but their family and their coun- :ry's honor in these terrible days when the Slate* were deluged with blood, when lome* were confiscated, and broken hearts and limb* the most common of possessions. In speaking of famous military women we naturally turn to France, which ha* given birth to more courageous swords-women than any other country. From the time of the invasion of (taul hv Julius Cottar*, to ths days of the first Empire, and even | later, Francs can reckon to herself a whole ITI'-H of heroines gathered from all ranks, from th* throne to the most obscure women of the country. Lamartin* say* of these Amazons that all nation* have somewhere in their annalf A VKW MIRACLES OF PATRIOTISM, of which a woman is the instrument in th* hands cf God. When all is lost and seem- ingly hopeless in a national cause, still on* must not give up hope if there remain* oce corner of resistance in a woman's l^eart. Th* subject of military women i* one which ha* been deemed worthy of all honor in France, and in addition to the many men- tion* of such heroines in the works of .torn* of the greatest author* and poets, there is a delightful volume on " Lea Feinmes Mili- taire* de U France," by Alfred Ttaucleau and .lilies Lsdimir, which gives detail* of the life and work of every heroine who ha* won fame and glory amongst the ranks of the French Army. .The lint we learn of th" military heroines of France is of Saint Oenevieve (451) Freds- gonde, Hermangarde, Emma and those re- markable women of the second crtasadt. known ai "!. en Damns an x Bottes d'or et ses ron-paguei," KUnche of Castile, Jeanne de Moutifort, .Iranne de Bloii, and th* beautiful Jeanne de Belleville, whose hus- band's death was due to the treachery of the Lord Salisbury oftl, j day (134.3). IB tho next epoch we have the women of Or- lean*, and amongst them the military gem of many itars of female v ilitary glory, ths intrepid Joaa of Arc.