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. W / wm ?IB m- ~ . ,*?? # '*m|r*' J .V* * Vn v X ... . '* % " .. " * * ' ' ' _ -... ' -Vt. $2 PER ANNUM. CHAARBITRARY SWAY,1 V 8 I UK ( 'slttM.thUM? TIIK'WAY!"118 BR IN ADVANCE NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME 111 . LANCASTER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLInIFWEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29.1854. NUMBER 7 "* '{Entered according to mi Act of Congreaa, in the year 1854, by R. 8.1 There ia hii organic faculty in lllo mitu! of mihii, which j APDTPTTT CPTTFl AT | vain i.r nnaiuiiiiiiimii* in ?? 1 t-i ^ mrt*-. ~ '"bailey, in the Clcrk'a office of the District Court (or Kontl> i tells linn what in I ' ilu (Drigimil <1 torq. WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE "LEDEGR." THE TWO FAMILIES, OR THE IS To BlOTim A TALE OF DOMESTIC LIFE. UY R. 8. RAILKY. CHA1TEK X. O conspiracy! Shnni'st thou to show thy dsngeroua hrow by night. When e*H* art! most free ? O, then hy day, W here will thou timl a cavern ?l*rk enough To maak thy moustrouj visage t Seek uouc conspiracy, 7/i.lo it ill smile* and nfliltilily : For if thou put thy native *cml dance on, Not Erebu* itself were dim enough, To hide thee from prevention.?SiiAKsrr ark. Provide what money, and what arms they can; Who luu the gold, shall never want the man. Baron's Mbbxa. , In the upper portion of the city of Philadelphia, at the corner of a considerably frequented street, stands a lar^e, four story red brick building. In eilernal appearance, this building bears no peculiar features ; it is like a great many others?on the lower basement floor is a store wall lilted up, and the upper stories may b? considered as constituting a boarding house, or else a private residence. Tingleling?ling?ling, went the 1*11. A youhg boy, decently clad, meets die visitor. The ovei hanging lamp cnanblea him to recognise one, who is always admitted without form or cereinouy, ao, with no words between them, tho visitor precedes the way up the stairs. He does not stop ou the second floor, but wend* his way up another flight of stepe. Im turn, in the IMIS- 1 *?gc to the right, and raps gently but distinctly, four times on tho second door. Tho door was opened by a gentlemanly individual, in a cashmere dressing gown : ? Y..11?'' I.? ? ?l._ .. . ? >-- ...v iirnvui. vouiu 111, unii me door was then closed a^nin, "Take a wit by the firo,*' said the host, and a second invitation was inn needed, for the weather was mure than chilly. A nu:?t aiipcrhly furnished room was this?ehandelie*, va??, paintings, aofuH, nil in profusion. Let us put our ears to the key hole, ami listen to the conversation. " Are you ready for notion, John?" ?nid the visitor. "I am, hut before I incur any risk in lh:* matter, let ua confer Hbout the plnn to ho pursued. Before wc do that though, how much do you say 1 am to have ?" "One thousand dollars." "Whether I succeed or not I" " Yes." The proprietor of the establishment paused awhile. After meditating some time, he continued: "Well, I have been the means, indirectly, of injuring many characters, yet, in all cases by men's own seeking, hut to go to work to break down the character of a good man, to make a character f??r n prollgate, is, | must say, a n'Vcl I usiness; and one, although 1 have had a good deal of cxperience, a little stranger than any thing I have ever heard of. Well, I must have hit note and yours for the payment of the money I" "Oh, y*s," said the other, "you told me that before ; here is the note," and lie presented it. : "Well," said the other, after perudng it, "so far, all correct. Now for my plan ; it is now half past nine o'clock, they are to lie here at ten; I will entertain them as well as you know me capable, until alanit mid night; then we must get up a game, we must try to get his friend, who you say is with him, to got into a ouarrcl, and goad him on to do the ' deed. If his steel is not sharp enough, probably one can he found in the emergency, which iw We will testify, before a Court of Justice, mat we saw this friend of his commit the deed. 8o? this," and ho pulled an ivory handled dagger, from hi* nocket- and tli? .Hj .... ? grated, J. 1J. " Yon understand enough, <lon't you ?" "Yea, hut supp5*e they indite lis for gambling, you may ' get into difficulty I" "Never you mind that," said the other; "the ]>oli.*e have i . .ever nabhod ine yet, and as they could not find any gain-' ing apparatuses here, but a pack of card*, they could not diurl one of us." "What! have you removed your fixture* f "Certainly ! I was not so green, man, as to keep thorn here." "But, John," said the v'aitor. who was no other than Bator, "suppose some of your old victims should rise up against ^ou r* "Never you fear that," said the other, " they are moat all -of them too low down for that, an J those that arc not, would not use me.uure* to injure their own legitimate busineaa." * Well," replied Baker, "I suppose you and Munroe have arranged everything, so 1 will go and meet with them, as Arthur and myself arranged." At a confectioner? atom, Baker encountered the threo young men. Why, Baker," said Arthur, "I am glad to meet you.? We were on the way to that literary friend's house, you have heard ine apeak mi often of, and a* you told me you wished to become acquainted with him, come, go with u> to night. We stooped in here, to purchase a tew articles for our invalid mother. We will be ready directly." The purchaaea were completed, and the gentlemen wended their way to the building spoken oft. Tingleling?ling?ling, went the Ml again. The same boy made Ida appearance. This time the gentlemen wart up their cards. The boy toon returned with the invitation to walk up. The lad thought rather strange, thai Baker and Arthur, who had been there ao frequent I r, and always witltout this fervnahte, sliouM sand ?|> cards; but it was none of bie bum m to ww m mjnonoui pee u? nun, any way ; he dKl uoi much like it, hut ho wu paid well. Whet wa* done ..,tip M*ire, on the third and fourth floor*, he did not know, iv# lie wa* not allowed to flay up there; hi* apartment wa* on the wood floor, ?ad when ho wu* needed, ho n*< ran# . 4 - 40 . 'W| ** jcT.^ ' iltif*" * ...?? <?uuiuiii?ii<'9 nun or evil; an in- ] I hereiit, investigating faculty, which impresses lis with n ' knowledge of future events. Anil so it is with things ami circumstances around us. This boy, a mere lad, knew of the I commission of no crime in that house ; he could ..ot lay his finger on this instrument of evil, or that, lie could not, by j the physiognomies of the frequenters of this house, attach | a suspicion of criminal or vicious motives to their visits; and 1 yet, something, some indescribable, unknown faculty, told j bim it was not a good house. Yes, be would have declared, as the firm conviction of his mind, that evil practices engaged the attention of those who visited that upper story, and yet, he had seen no cause, daring the month he had been employed there, to form such an opinion. By the light of j the same lamp, by which he had observed the first visitor, he , hastily scanned the faces of the four ; as he cast his glance | to Henry, his countenance changed; he had seen him before. I No one noticed it, however. The gentlemen were ushered up stairs, and introduced in- I to the same room, from which linker had, a half hour pre- | viously, departed. The door, as before, was hastily closed, i so soon as the gentlemen were admitted. Let us put on - j ears to the key-hole again. That little fellow has got his toil! Well! that will do. Arthur Mtuiroe introduced his friends to Mr. Senter. "1 could not,'' said he, debar myself the pleasure of calling on you, l?efore I left the citv. The I pnuiim illness ul my mother, calls me home, ami duty ami 1 affection hasten my steps. I thought, however, 1 woulo come to say farewell, and to enjoy the "ociety of such a valued friend alone I considered too selfish, therefore, brought some of my most intimate friends to enjoy it with me." "Yon are kind, Mr. M tin roe, but I apprehend vou are somewhat given to flattery. I am rejoiced to see vonr friends, Mr. Munroc, and hope I will often have that 1 pleasure." The little boy at the door looks bewildered. No wonder i Intro 'uce Haker to bis employer, when lie bad been there i only a half hour before ! Strange isn't it ? " Well," thought the boy ; "I believed it was a wicked place. I told mother it was a bad place , but I could nev- j er tell her why, when she asked me. She said that the mas- I ter treated im well, and I was well paid, but she ho|>cd 1 ; would soon be able to come home and live. I wish 1 could have gone lioftio with her this evening, when I met Iter at i the hotel, nfle/1 hud left (he left the letter at tho bar; but ' may be it is for the l?est I ought to be here. Yet I >m sort ' of scared. Something is going to happen. If my master found me at the door, he would nit but kill inc.' lie is ! mighty particular about people being on this story, but I I iSf.Y^tW?-w" I The clock struck eleven, ami the young gentlemen \-ere still sitting in Mr.'Sculur's apartment, interested and amused by his conversation. James It. proposed a retreat, ami was seconded by Henry Munroe, but they were overruled by riie others, who were unwilling to leave their dear friend <o soon. Refreshments were in superfluous abundance?refreshments of modem days?all kinds of liiptor* ami cigars. The guests participated, with the exception of Henry, who could not ' be prevailed ujkxi to run the risk of another debauch. Cards were intnsluced. Whist was proposed, but as all coti'd not engage in that game at once, "a little game of poker," as Mr. Scnter termed it, was substituted. i ney piayeu tor nominal sunn. Mr. Senler olwervingthat ! | tlmy merely desired to make the game interesting. The clock struck twelve, an.) they were still at the card U- ; | l>le. It wan Mr. Sentci's deal, he having "raked" the last ( pool, lie shuffled tlie cards, and dealt. Henry Munroe j ( held two aces, two queens, and the knave. J allies It. held i throe king*, and a pair of trays. Henry sat next the dealer, j on the left, while James It. sat on his right. Henry von- : ( ttired a small sum?the others passed?James 11. saw his ( j het, ami so much hetier. Senior, who threw up his hand, i ( examined Henry's, and insisted on his seeing him; and betting i ten dollars belter. "1 am only pint ing for amusement, sir," said Henry; "I | never gamble, nwi do not not care to risk any more." I , "Don't gel alarmed," said the other, and they sneered and I taunted him so, that he placed the amount <>u the table. ] , "See liirn!" said ltaker who sal n?xt to James 11., "l>v all | | means, and go one hundred better." t , "No, no!" said James, "I believe I will give it up." | | "I cannot look into your band, sir," said Senior, who was | the adviser of Henry, "so cant say myself; Mr. Baker, though, ' | has excellent judgment." j j "1 believe 1 will give it up, sir," said James. I , "Oh, no," said Baker, "put up tho money, and if you l??se | I will pay half." James still hesitated. "Scared," taunting ly cair.e from Arthur Munroe. The moat cilclual means of i goad ng on n man to frenzy, is to accuse nim of cowardice ) in a game of cards. The passions are exeited hy tho game, | and a taunt is answered in as taunting a manner, if not more i so. James B. was excited hy the game, lie was tantalized i by the others, and when "reared" came from Arthur, sue- j ceeded by a lo v chuckling, wieering kind of giggle, his al- , ready excited passions overruled his belter judgment. < "1 am not too scared," said he, "to resent an insult, sir," i "You are warm, sir." said Arthur ?-I ;? ? ' _ , r v .vwtv it iu mm! 1 | gentleman if you arc not frightened, you act mi if you were; | md<I as to resenting an insult, 1 apprehend sir, it h iiihh is I < in fear from his adversary's IihiuI of cards, he would he t more so fruin a more formidable adversary." ' i "Coine, James," said Henry, throwing down his carls, , | "let us go home. 1 sec trouble brewing," an I lie advanced t to the door and unlocked it. "Come," continued llenry, i seeing bis friend hesitate. "1 will accompany you," said J nines. "I have been in aJted, but I will not take Advantage of a man under the influence of liquor as he spoke he rose to go. "You are a liar, sir, I am not under the in " before ho ; could finish speakjpg, the strong arm of Henry's friend had prostrated Arthur Monroe on the floor. And now arose a general melee. Arthur rose to his (eel, and grappled with < hia opponent, llenry left the door partially o|?eiied, to 1 part lh*in ; James was nearest to liini, an 1 he grasped | his arm to tak; him out. "Now is the time," whispered 1 Baker to the literary friend, "where is it!" i "1 am ready," said the other. Yes! for gold, lie was ' ready to take the heart's blood of an innocent man. And < Arlliur liunroe prefer*! tliia course. If he had resorted to '1 the check business, as proposed by linker, he would have 1 incurred risk; but in this, there would he no risk. The ' dagger with ' J. 1).' on the handle, the witnesses to prove 1 the quarrel, no Court could convict them. MI ant ready," 1 said Senter, and be placed himeelf to the back of Ida 1 Went worth's betrothed, and quietly drew from his pocket the glittering steel. linker protended to part the combatants. Senter buttoned bis coat to shield his white liar- 1 sails vest from the crimson stains, and raised his arm to make the fatal blow Down?down came the accursed steel?on the floor. In e moment the room wae in utter darkness. r> N *i oexvnrvsa. * ^ wfc *} /umiouLiuruuj. From (he tS'o.7 of (he South. Manuring Land. Mr. Editor: In my communication of last month, upon the subject of farming, I endeavored to draw a parallel between two Hy stems of farming, now being earned on in (icorgia; and I think showed most conclusively, that if confined to cropping alone, the latter system had greatly the advantage. Hut another advantage is derived, which rest.Its more immediately to the land, by this modi- of farming. I will give you one ease, out of a great many, which has come under my own knowledge C. L. Dupree, Esip, a few years since, purchased a farm in l'ike county, a part of which was, as we com to.mil' Bin- I.....ft.- 4*..01 particular, which lay near his dwelling was t<? all "human appearance* not worth cultivating, The first year, that field, only yielded nhout 200 pounds of seed cotton per acre. A tine year lor cotton 100. Mr. 1 >. began to inatune it. The first year ho raised on the same field 350 pounds pcf acre. The second year, tnauurcd, he gathered 550, and the third 750 pounds, and another year by the same mode of farming, lie is sanguine of githering 1000 pounds per aire. Hut 1 will here remark, that I consider Mr. 1>. one of the best planters 1 ever saw is it not strange, that, though there are hundreds of such cases as the otto hove referred to, that when the fact is pressed upon the mind* of many of our planter*, that tney wnrrvrf you n ?;u not pay to manure their old lands f They arc no doubt honest in they say.? It .may he, that my expejfcdtai^lHftoo limited to express an opinion. But let that l>e as it may, it is my honest opinion that there is no labor j?crformed upon a farm which affords the same profit to t e olnnter, as that bestowed upou making, hauling out, and spreadiug manure. But another objection is : "the jnilcrial is so scarco-Uiat 1 TtaVB Belli Collect it together to make manure." By proper attention, there can be a much larger quantity of maiture collected upon the larni in the run of the year, than any one is aware of, who lias never tried it. If a j planter will but make up his mind to have . manure, lie will find the "material" much | more plentiful than at lii.st anticipated.? Von will pardon the liberty which I have Uikcn, in giving my mode of operation. I I have a lake fur each of mv hands; and when too wet for any other kind ofwoik I nut all hands to rakinir ui> leaves in the w hkIs. I tind the best (into to do litis i?, i when the leaves are very wet. At my I lo.iaure, 1 have tliem haule<l into my lots, | ml stables, and when sutticieir.ly trod : upon, I put them into largo pens. i L.ok u|mjii tin; forest as "natures vast iturehoiiso" w Inch affords ahiind inl means to make manure, yet there are other au\- ; iliaries which is a source of revenue for in.iking manure. The chips at your wood j pile, your ashes, w heat and oatstraw, and thin ks all mixed up with the leaves, will j make as much manure as von can haul j out and spread, in time. This will manure your cotton, and your cotton Seed w ill manure your wheal and corn bountifully. (?ive it a fair trial before it is conleuiiied by you, and 1 promise a fair re inuiieralion, in tine cotton, w heat and corn, for all your labor. Try it. Hut another planter will say, I have some manure, perhaps enough to manure one-third of my crop, hut as I have m>t enough to manure all, I will not manure a y ] art at ill. This would be as suicidal to his best | interest as for a planter to say, who has j hirty-live hogs to fatten, I linro corn to j ratten ten, but because I can't fatten the thirty, I will not fatten any No planter n his senses would think that was right, <nd still their course i- perfectly ail a loguis. If a planter could manure one-third jf his farm each year, in three years all would he manured. This system being Icjpt up for a number of years, could not pail to greatly enhance the value and proluctiveiiess of Ids land, The subject icems so plain, to mv mind at least, that , t is a needless consumption of time to i prosecute it any further. "There are none ! 10 blind ss those who will not sec,M so ays Your old friend, AltNKK. From the Soil of the South. Corn and Cotton Culture. Ma. Editor : "If 1 can make a good :rop of corn ami cotton this year," is a reflection that is absorbing the greater portion ol the planter's time ut the prev t-nt season. i iit3 economy in me various mods of preparing and cultivating, and Lite filial yield, are three point* which cnX?ge the talents of those employed in farming. Why in tin* the case? Have wa not planted corn and cotton long enough u> know the l?est mode of preparing and planting I 1 hi* in a bo answered by the wattle, ware and consumption of the nutritive projierties of the soil, aiuI the evvr varying seasons. These make it to every fanner's interest to bc:ome a subscriber and reader ofsome agricultural pajier, so that he may not rely u|>on his meagre or limited experienoe or observa< ties, though he m iy be old in his buain?ee. Vtreat it will wot be considered ' ** * % m- ' y * fi. I J . ????uv *v ( 111(11 I In- Soi/ of' the South >houlvl be first fui I planters in our section of the country.? "tJivc honor unto liitu to whom lionori; due," is an old maxim, and with feeling mingled with pleasure and pride, have we heard the name called, and witnessed our distinguished editor receive the premiums awarded to the be>t essay upon the cultivation of corn and cotton, at our State Fairs. Now, Mr, Hditor, after your acknowledged and well merited essays have been given to us for our reflection, | ami as an example, I hope von will not I consider it presumption in me, to give ! >ou my plan of preparing and planting i these crops. In the first place, 1 have my corn land | plowed close and deep as early as possij ble; lay off my rows the distance 1 wish ] to give the corn, and throwing t into I bed'. W hen ready to plant, open the middle or water furrow, drop the corn the j distance I wish to have it in the drill ; or i if hill corn, let it be checked oil'previously covering with a wooden tooth liarravv, ! which gives a light and loose covering.? ' Should there come rain and bake the I ground before the corn is tip, run the harj row over l e second time. Corn planted ; this way, <>u low and flat land, of a wet j or backward spring, will be apt to rot, unless covered very lightly by a harrow j or something that will give a similar covl cring. I'pon this plau, after the corn re1 cei\es the third plowing, it will be fully a foot in the ground, and as the roots are nearly all given, off laterally, and grow superficially they consequently require some depth to be protected from u drought ??.J uru li>?? ii?ilir??<l liv ill*, lunf i.Ui?.n~ As to distance, I an? governed altogether by the quality of tl>e land' As a general rule, one hundred stalks will make a bushel of corn, and if the land under fuvornble seas mis will produce twenty bushels of corn [>er acre, 1 give it four and a half feet each way-; or if in the drills three and a half by bix feet, will give about two thousand stalks to the acre. Now if an acre of irrpmut .eay only mature twenty bushel* ofcorn, n it Mtamy ~wo |nii any more upon it? For there will be an excess in stalks and fodder, and a deficiency | in w eight of corn, besides being a disadvantage to the land, and leaving less space tor a pea crop. My mode of planting swamp corn, is a little different from the plan usually followed. Some bottom land is the belter for being thrown into beds, while with some other land, it does tot make any matciial difference. Kuu - tf the row, drop (or 1 would not do wrong to say sow,) (lie corn, cover it with four furrows, run over this an iron toollt l ake, which breaks up the clods, and remove.-, all trash, leaving the corn row entirely clean, for twelve inches on each si.le. I use the harrow after each plowing. I live it to a careful hand and let him follow after the plows, running two or three times in each row, which breaks up and kills the bunches of grass Voting cane, weeds, Are., saving fully twothirds of the hoeing. This harrow can be used to an advantage, on first year's tarn:. i no construction ot it is very simple, after the old pattern, two feet wide at the open end, lias eleven teetli made out of an inch square bar of iron, straight, the lower end Vtpcred to a point, tie upper end tap-led to half an inch, with a tap ; the mortice in the stock must he cut tapciing also. It will lie found very useful in sowing turnip-*, graying lots, (fee., It is generally admitted to be tlie l est plan to plant cotton on beds, and that they should be made early, and it is frequently the case, that the grass ami weeds come up w ith the cotton, or a little ahead and get the start of it. In order to obviate this, run otf the rows, make a ridge with two furrows,Jeaving the middles to he split out with two or more furrows, as th 3 distance of the rows may require, to complete the heds, just before planting.? This combines the advantages of early and late heddi.ig, without the disadvantages of either, and consumes no more time. The beds should be opened with a small scooter, made for the purpose, so that in running round with the plows for the first time, there will l?e a space not more than three or four inches wide, instead of six or eight inches, which gives nearly hall of the space of the cotton row list, in favor of the hoe hands. The seed should he covered with a wooden tooth harrow ; if the ground bakes, run over the second time. 1t.>>rtectfu!W*. J. White Sulphur Spriufjn, Ga., 1854. Self Improvmett.?Yong men v ho have rare and brief interval* of leisure to devote to mental cultivation, have, after all, more to entourage thcin than thcv are apt to imagine. It i? astonishing how fruitful even those frng| menU of titno become, when faithfully improved. An hour or even half an hour a day 1 devoted atrenuoualy to the acquisition of any art or science, will bring unexpected accumulations of Knowledge. All our real labor to mnxter any particular branch of xtudy lies in a nutshell. The mind makes, at tainc period or other, one I ieroulean effort and the Peat is mechanical. We have to climb a steer and narrow precipice at first, but after that Um way ia broad and easy, where we drivr overs! accomplishments abrest. Men ahoulc have ono principal pursuit, which may lx both agreeably and advantageously devr sifted with lighter ones. ? ^ ;- 54 m ...? . run THE YUUNu. From the Little I'ilgrim. | AUNT JANES LITTLE LECRURE. c I January 1, 1S51. f r.t mrs. 8. c. hall. 44 Well," exclaimed (larakline, with an I impatient toss of her pretty head?44 Well, 1 | I was never before taxed with want of ! generosity ; I hid sure I give away every- 4 thing I have in the world." 4 44 Excuse tne?you do not." * 44 Indeed, Aunt, I give up everything." ' 44 Again, excuse me; there is one thing 1 you never give up." ' 44 What, aunty ?" 4 44 Your temper." 1 (.jcraldine pulled at the fingers of her 4 gloves, one by one and then tossed them c on the table, while, her cheeks flushed and 4 her eyes grew bright, but not with plea I' sure. 3 441 am sure I give away all nty money ; 1 is not that being generous ?" " 44You give away the thing,of all others, '> you want least, and which it gives you the least trouble to part with. All your l' wants and wishes are supplied to you with- 4' out money." 1 4*I give away my l?ooks ami my toys." 1 4'They are constantly replaced by other ^ ?not at your own cost but by the liberalitv of those whose love is, jierhaps injudicious." a 44I even give away my pets." 8' "When you are tired of thetn." r Geraldine burst into tears. "I am sure," ~ *>I mn sure people seem v to think they have done their duty when v they give money ; ami 1?give?all? u mine?yesterday?and?uncle?Richard ? ?said?I?was?so?good1?I should? e have?plenty?more?-to-day." w ' However necessary money is to us all," r' observed aunt Jane gravely, "I often con- 0 aider giving it as but a small evidence of 8 generosity particularly when certain of 0 | l- -** ?t 1 - I..U .1 <1.1. 1 matter steadily, nnd with a gentle, yet c enquiring spirit. * "You give a shilling to I)amc Godfry. c the other morning; you did not want the ' shilling. Do you remember what she saidi" "Ye<, nunt." "She said, thank you, my dear young r ! lady; but, oh, how grateful 1 should be if u you would read to me just one chapter in I' the Now Testament." k "I don't like reading to old women," ) pouted out Geraldine. I' "Your generosity did not extend to the s< sacrifice of doing what you disliked, but l' Marv Culler's did." 8< "Mary Collier," repeated the little girl, l< I disdainfully ; "poor little Mary Collier! 1 how can she be generous?" I "M iry Collier's chest is weak,and heaves land pants when sin reads alound, and yet I often find her sitting beside Dame ^ , Godfrey's bed, and doing?what you re- ' fused to do?though you can read and | l' sing, w ithout pausing. Your shilling gift M' robbed you neither <?f ease nor cotufort; i s| Mary Collier sacrfieed both?that was ' generosity. Ami there is that poor, aged n woman, A'ice Grey; Alice is one of the most truly generous women I ever knew." tl " Alice !" exclaimed GeraUline ; " Why A i;.,., I I ..... i - i i ' I i i.?mu nuuui nut nine ii.ui ;t umner ai i l" Christmas, bill for you kindness?liow can I she be generous." j ''There is one great gift, amongst d , many which God gives us at our birth o! Guraldinc, and which remains with us ti from tlie cradle to the grave?oi k timr. w ' ?We sell it and exchange it; woik it or it, but still it is our own?it is the only treasure the working man, or the work- en ing women possesses; we have tio right li' to squander, or abase it or to lead others f? to do so. Now, Alice iives by her I )'< timk?mind you she lives by it?so |?i she understands and appreciates its value In I If she leaves her daily labor, even for an > y< hour, she knows that she is depriving her- h: self of n certain quantity of food, or light fr or lire,or abridging the size or quality of her ti poor dress, miserably, scanty as it is; and Ic yet, Alice (Jroy gives that hour?aye, and may hours-?to comfort '.he fatherless and tl the widow ; she works for others?she *v thin .s of others?she deprives herself of In what to her is necessa.v, to serve others, o That is generosity. w "I saw a little law, the other day, go In into a baker's slion: lie u:?s rnnllv lm?ori> ,? * *?" "j, J """8V " ' and lit- was vurv fond of Imiis-all littlo boys 11 I are?but tlie great matter wan,ho was hun- y< ^ry; be bought a large twopenny bun;he In was so hungry that lie tu red all the mar- io bios and bits of string, ami odds and ends fe of queer boy-like things, out of lis pocket*, cti hoping to find another penny, to add n small lain to the largo one, hut he had not ht even another farthing: so he took a great, "t hungry bite out of his bun, and looked pi with pleasure at the piece in his hand, V . spotted over with little black currants. In What a nice bun,'said the little boy,'and In I am so hungry !' When he looked up from the bun, ho saw a pair of lar^c, blue i eyes,staring from amid a shock of wild hair. H< > Alas! the nose ami lip*, the very cheek* ' of the child who gazed so oagerly at hi* 1 bun, were pinched and yellow from star | ration. My littlo (Viend aaw It in a mo} ment, and not a moment (fid he hesitate j/ . hut, without a worJ, he walked up to the *1 starving ehiM; ?mf plUBwd^th^trtna'ttdef H '' *" -r% Jt & |H > iii her tlnii liaiKl. Unit was generosity. I'lie boy who bail the bun was hungry uid poor, yet bo remained hungry rather bail suffer one poorer and more hungry ban himself to starve. Now, it is not mough for you to say, 'well done, lino el low !' but I want you to 'go and do likevise.' It is not enough for the heart to >eat and the eyes to swim in tears, when i generous action is recorded; if it makes a iroper impression, you will not be happy ill til you have done 'likewise.'" (ieraldinc looked streigh' on. She harloned her heart sometimes, and when she lid, you saw it in the expression of eyes urned almost to stone?e\es hard and earless. She had a long time believed hn? she was very generous in giving her noney'. her aunt's observations had nearly onvinced her that generosity was some hing more than giving what she did not are for or want, and it inaJe her very uiioiiifortble: but she was stubborn to confess lie was wrong, God had not yet softened icr heart. She knew but little of prayer, nil had very seldom proved how a prayer i answered, when it is laid before the xitstool oi the Almighty in a pure and limbic spirit. "Aunt Jane" loved her early, and the more dearly sh? loved her lie more anxious she haeama lint floral - inc should conquer the evil and cultivate he good of her disposition; but that is m hing the young aro slow to understand 'hey think?silly things?that these who !>ve them most will indulge them most. " I will tell yon," continued>?unt Jaue fter a pause?for she was so wise, that ho paused to let one thing sink into Gdaldino's mind, before she spoke of auother -"I will tell you of a boy, who had a ery aggravating temper?it was not so ery violent, hot it wilful, ubstiuate* nyelding; if be was told tq read at one 'clock, write at two, and, do his Latin xcrcise at three, he would argue that it fould be better to do his Latiu at one, and a 1 at lluco Half his time was spent in ontradioiion Ho \ws absuid enough to upposo that be knew better than bis leachrs no would not, of courso, say he did, but ie. would art. as if he <)id. lje knew.nothinir >f tho generosity which yield a will to the vill of others-he had not lerned the duty >f obedience, and did not see its advnuages." "Its advantages J" questioned Geralino. "Ves, its advantages. Is it not an adantage to have every thing provided, very thing thought of, every tiling preaieil, everything that the experience and nowledge of age can sugge.-t, done for outli?the thorns removed from their atli, tlie whole business of life arranged, ) as to prepare them for the future with le least possible outlay of troble to them;lves?and all required in return bciny: at ntion hikI obediennce?" (teraldino's eyes were growing less ony, and she half muttered, in a low tie, "that is true." "This U>y, like many girls, wanted to arn only what he liked; and it would avo been ditlicull to teach him even on icse term's for what he 1 k *d this week u did not like next; and such was his uirit of op|>osition, that if it were wihed c should like this, lie would be sure to tsli at the belief that he liked that. ''If yon are so contradictory,' said his faicr, 'no one will love you.' '"I don't care for being loved," said the jy. " Oh, very well," raid his father. The next morning, when he^ came own stairs, he looked round, and then Tcred his mother his marning kiss. She irnod from him, and he saw she had been eeping. " 'Vou do not care for being loved,' lid bis farther, 'and so, as you do not ire about being loved, you must try to re without love. Love has hitherto toiled ryou; love has clothed you, love has fed ni, love has educated you, love has had ilience with you, love has rewarded you, is watched oror you, love has cevished mi, love has found fault with you, love us wept for you, love has prayed for you oin your cradle you have been ministered > by love; but you do not caro for being ivod?so. now live witont love., ( T! I - ? 1 - I 1 ' ' in*" u<>_> ? noun was uaro, mikj so no lought In; couM live without his fartlierV 01 k ami his mother's blessing; he thought o couhl live with >ut love. He had no enkkosity in his nature?it' lie had he oil Id have curbed his tem|?cr; ho would ave yielded all ho had to yield?hist ill?to the will of those who lo ed him. [e ha I nothing hut that to give for the ?ar* of love, of labor of thought of prayer 3 had cost his parents. It never entered to his head t'> th ink, or in his heart lo el, that his obedience, his docility, his irbing himself, would have been generous "Ainl Jane!'' exclaimed Geruldine, irsting into a flood of honest tears, hough not a boy, I am that boy. Ob, ay with ino?pray for me?this New ear's day ; pray that I may feel, and slieve, that giving up what wo moat erish, is the only t ue geinroaity." Wc Aiicrlii eltvuve Hi mulro uKaUa na* B - - /- ? r " r*'" >ns of Much worth nnd honor for our friends >?t, if they should ever otiw to bo so, they v,) HI not sbuso our coutidcnoe, nor givs n? sum to lost them ss enemies. If n man hnvo not corrrot principles, snd ' his pmotioo b? not ment therewith UV5SSWK?""" 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