BY AND BY. ly A1TCY LARCUM. We built a bridge across the gulf, That held us seperate here; Our perfect faith was rtore than sight; The far was as the near. We said, "Though glad things out of reach Above us float and fly The gladdest, the most beautiful Await us by and by." 'Thy heart to mine, and mine to thine, Said, "only true be thou, Nor lull thyself with alien dreani, Nor break the unspoken vow'; And we, the storm-clouds overpast, The thunder-crash rolled by, Shall we meet and cross the rain-bow bridge Tn sunshine, by and by.'' Who saw .hc beauteotis rainbow bridge Break into shreds of air, Till yawning, gray, and measureless, The sullen gulf lay bare ? Alas! it i6 not as it was! Where are , thou and I, Left with the faint, receding breath Of echo, "by.and by ?" And fainter, farther yet, the souid Dies out in blankness blue; Do all the a ysses gape, lubridge, All seas lie shoerless, too? Is Heaven itself a mist, a cheat? Nay! t.ke heart 's lonelv crv, Pathetic. with unconq uered hope, Rings loyal. hv and hv01" Choosing a Husband. it is not, of course, every girl who has the power of choosing a husband, in the sense of selectina and appropriating the one among her male acquaintances who pleas es her best. It is not natural that she should do this, and when na ture is not followed there is gen erally a disasterous ending. It is true that love sometimes begets love; but, on the other hand, noth ing is more likely to cheek it than a too ready response in the c-arly stages. If mnan's love is genuine, if he is not deceiving himself in fan eying he has an affection which he does not really feel, lie wants no enicouirageinent beyond the ordina ry conduct which politeness and good feeling dictate. Ir, witho it ny further encouragement, love (hes away, it is pretty certain that it had very weak roo'ts. Itf a pro posal comes before a girl has a! lowed herself to believe that little attentons offered to her had any special meaning-before she has pe-mitted her feelings to shape themselves as they might have done-no harm will follow. it is unfair to expect that a girl should be ready to yield the moment the word isspoken, and yet be readly to go her own way, without an'y cause of complaint if the word is not spoken. No sensible man, no man whose a!fection is worth re taining, is dlriVenl away by being told b~y the lady of his choice that she likes him, that she feels that in time she may come to love him, but that her heart is not yet his. I! he really loves her he will come back again, and it is pretty cer tain that he will learn before a sec ond asking whether his affectiion as returnedl or niot. But a girl, if she cannot always choose, can al ways refuse; and generally her difficulty is this-it is evident that this man is making love to me, I do not love him, but I think I might do0 so if .1 chooe; sall i choose or shall I forbear? It is here that the power of choice come in; and it is here that the i olcef prudence must be heard, if' it is to be heard a tall. . In such circum stances will act. wisely if she gives . considerable weight to the general opinion that is held of the gentle man in question by his profession al brethren or his business ac quaintances. It is, in short, not the man who is agreeable among women, but he who is well liked by his own sex, who is the man for a husband. There are certain persons, however, of the opposite, sex who are almost as good judges of a man's disposition as those of his own, and they are his sisters. A girl can always tell how a man stands with his sisters; ir they are really fond of him, she may be, almost sure that he will make a good husband. A mother always speaks well of her son ; it is no' what she says of him, but his be havior to her, that is to be looked to. And a lady may feel certain on this point, that is how f ia m i treats his mohter and sister, o he twill treAt her six months after marriage. All this my seem cold blo-ded, vey far removed from the tender feeling which courtship induces. But, after all, a girl : has a Choice to make-a choice upon which the happiness of her whdle life will depend; 1nd there is al ways a tine whether she notices it or not, betore she part's with the control of her hearI't, at which she 'Ougiht to lsten to her judgment. I Without better (videlce than ler owil feelings she is very likely to! mivalke a mistake; but if she can assure herself that her lover is a man who is respected and liked by. his male friends, and is a favoritej at home, she may be pretty surej that in listening to his love she is choosing wisely. Los-r Wailmp.-A poor boy m ployed in Scotland to ke:-p sheepl Iwas ove-itken on the hills by a se-I vere snow storm. Long an 1 benve 'ly he kept up, sand tr ied to drive his flock toward ho:ne by ta;king~ note of the landmarks; he knew. All in vain ; the snow fell last, andl~ before night all traces of road s and pa.ths were lost, and poor Willie found himself alone in the hills with his sheep. As the night wore on the fatali drowsiness began to creep overj him beyond his power to resist,! and without a scrap of shelter he! lay himself down among his sheep to sleep and die, for he was sure he would never wake on earth. With a smothered prayer for help he fell asleep, and as he lay there ' more sheep came and huddlled around him. Strange, indeed, as it may seem, the warmth from their bodies kept him from being frozen to death. A part~y from home went in search of him, and they found him surrounded by a dozen old1 sheep, whose instinct had saved his life. In keeping 'themselves warm they had kept warmth anld life in him~. And he lived many years to tell this anec dote of his bo3 hood's peril when lost on the wild Northern hillside. --The Pans'v. Marble and Gmite, MlONUMJENTS, Gireenmvile, S. C. May 23 ly BOWEN'S MILLS! AV7 I NG beeni recently overhauleth, ate n)w inl fir'st rate Order. Per- I ;ons coming from a (ist ance will get heir griling p m 8 23" WVest (Daily except Sunday.) Depat Camden at 90)0 a mn 4 00o p mn Du tColumbi L. 1238 "' 9 22 TO AND) FROM AUGUSTA. East (Daily.) D)epart Columbia at 7 50 a m 5 25 p mV DeA Augusta at 1 20 p mn 8 10 a mn West (Daily.) Depart Auigusta at 7 15 a m Due at Colnnbia at 12 38 p mn CONNECTI ONS mmde at Coltumbia withm Gohiba and Greenville Railroad by train arriving at 12 38 p mn, andl departing at 5 50p. mn. At Columbia Junction with Char lotte, Coltiumibia and~ Augusta Rail road1 by3 same t rain to and~ from all p)olrits on bo0th road1s. At Chairleston with Steamers fo New York on Saturday; and on Tu'Le$ (lay and1 Saturday with Steamer for Jacksonville andi p)oints on St. John's~ River; also, wit~h Charleston and Sa vannah Railroad1 to andi from Savan~. iah and1 all p)Oints ini Florida0 A t A ugusta with Georgia 'and( Cen . tral Railroads to anid from all pOintM WVest anth South. A t Blackvhil to and fromi pointis on B.trnwe'lI Railroad. Trhrough ticketseani be purchiased to all point~s South and WVest by applying to D). McQUEEN, Agent, Columbia,S.C. JonNx B. PECK, General Mannger. I) C ALLEN.rGen. Pa. and 'hkt Awl: