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t :B MAE AT Sl .
- ?is SCEAYN at.
heli who hinds her warrior's sash
With smile' that wedl her pain diaembles,
The while beneath her drooping lash
Ote starry tear-drop hangs and trembles,
-hho-gh Laven alone records the tear,
And Fame shaH never kWow her story,
1e heart b. hed a-drop as dear
As ver btdewed the Beld of glory !
a'Yesh i h husai d's sword,
. 'i.i le ones A e ep an I wonder,
lAd bravely speaks the cheering word,
What }hoagh her heart be rent asttader,
aqa ed--aigbdy in her dream to hear,
The- bolts of death around hit rattle,
$aW shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon the field of battle I
Tbe mother who conceals her grief
While to her breast her son she preses,
-he breathes a few brave words and brief
Kiumug the patriot broo she blesses,
With noa. but her s-cret God
- Tknbw dhe pais that weighed upon her,
.hed holy- 6oed as e'. the sod
Received on Freedom's lad of honor !
''e s betft fs io dNbe eoet air,
l bch Aknam Ov er sad er
11t. ad amber har,
tiagUer, t aYet va be.th ofp
_ Thbe d a h and. ringet ofrg14d,
gret?eb -w rma for the etaap oCod,
- Brbs mp-air i. strangely ro:d,
*t ma" VW alon I keep.
Tvie'sansess brow with a radiant crowr
A. er " laid d.,wa is the dust,
vlto'' r . . &ese a sbhs e:
-& itsi eir in.oeess trest.
Aide aIs eo.ig again,
Tsiec bsr sass old sengr;
bts fts NMe a sob of In,
s.1ots in the sushine the rati,
. r-O'seresorhe wor$i'bgreat throg.
TItaVo a beeadM ragdon abowe the kim,
liirad g toeamb Ite hore.
lbr It'tetst ssb -d my trese there
T7e igw ede sad amier har.
O!''tas toe s eebtror .
oz. .ee VI I.bmE
A A SKETCH.
IT sThY&us coBB, Ja.
Soe ihne anazing the month of
Junae I864 the American brig &r
r4stdomNorfolk, Va., en
is!ad the port of Liverpool witi
ifllcrgo. She was commande'
bjv.(apt William Brown, and hi
fke mate was Tom McDonough
a true-hearted Yankree sailor, whe
-hailed from somewhere in tbe lit
tie.Stat fDelaware. After th<
~righad been duly entered at tht
emsteasiessey she was soon cleareo
of hengo,~ and within one week
ftedb arrival -she was loaded
no ~ieleasant evening-the one
'pieminthe day on whieh the
brgwas to sail-Tom MeDon
*ough took a stroll up into the
town, was seized by a press.gang.
and in less than half an hour
found himself on board an Eng
IishgiMteo whieh lay at, the
mooth oihhe river.
- ns.awses of men," said the
'Uegiih esptain, as he ran bis eyes
.s ileerzthe stalwart forms
of$efmgressed seamen. "They
wril jusi 511 up the isto fou"min
theeommander of this
!rjgate:?" asked Tom,. addressing
the man who had just spoken.
"Captain Downie, at your ser.
- pie,"replied the commuander,
-itlh miok gravity.
f"Then, sir, of you I demand my
fiuau stealeasee. I[ am second
in eommmand of an Americ~an brig
now ready todr sea and no wer
in*. Sngland eaa legally rtain
me."
"That won't go down, young
ster,"weturned the captain. with
as sneer. "You are little too
~un, for such an office. The
'ngsees.men, and you must
take your ehance with the rest."
"Do you mea to say that I am
-Ao be duetsiaid on boai your
"etily."
PThe, sir,"- rhled Tom, while
his eyes Sashed St, "you will .do
it at your peril. Already have
your people ?UD up a heavy feek
ening, ad the day shall yet come
when yeur King shall have to set
tIo it. Iam xempt byyour own
laws.' amripisonment, ad you
know it."
ger as our hero spoke, but turn
ing to one of his lieutenants, he
'said :
"Mr. Monson, have these men's
names entered, and then station
them and mess them ;" and with
out further remark he walked aft
to his cabin.
In a moment Tom's mind was
made up, and without resistan :e
or remark of any kind he allowed
his name to be entered on the
pur.er's books, and his station and
mess to be assigned him, after
which a hammock and bedding
were served out to him, and he
was directed to "turn in" as soon
as possible.
The frigate was well guarded
by sentrits, there being two upon
the poop, one at each gangway,
one on the fore-castle, an'i one on
the bowspi it. besides those which
were stationed at various post*M
below, so that no further notice
was taken of-the new comers, af
ter they had re,eived their bed
ding, exepting to give the sen
tinels additional caution with re
ard to watching well that no one
left the ship unless he was passed
by the officer of the deck.
'rom's hammock was already
:lewed, and having hung it mp, he
turned into it without undressing.
The night was warm and sultry,
tnd as a means of giving a circu
lation of fresh air, the gundeck
>orts were lowered, a:. from the
.>lace in vhich our hero swung he
-ould look out upon the water, a
t sparkled beneath the bpams of
,he bright moon. Tom lay quiet
intil midnight, but as yet ht
auld think of no means of escape.
Shortly after that hour had pa.e.
ad, he heard the relief guard call
.d, and in some ten minutes the
-orporal of the first guard came
Iown upon the gun-deck and un
ashed the hammock which hung
,ext to his own, which operatioi
>eing performed, he proceeded tc
Lndreas iimself, - hanging hit
-lothes, as he did so, upn the
-lows of his hammock. The four
iour's duty had given the corpo
-al an excellent appetite for sleep.
end in five minutes after he touch
-d his mattress; he began to snore.
"Now, or never," thought Tom.
'is my chance ;" and with thir
.lea in his mind, he slipped qnietl%
>ut from his hammock, and pro
-eeded to divest himself of hi.
own clothes, which having beei
ecomplished, he very unceremo
ieously substituted those of the
noring corporal in their place.
ad then sat down upon the
breechin'g of a gun to mneiitate
'unther upon his plans.
One bAllstruck, and the sentinels
sassed the usual "all's well."
Then Tom heard the corporal, as
hle started to go his rounds, and
'-e long he descended the main
ltch laddder to visit the posts
be'ow. No sooner had the marine
o:fioer passed beyond the galley,
than our hero sprang up the lad
dJer and gained the spar-deck.
Fhe officer of the deck was aft
upon the star-board side, the sen
tries were walking their posts
with regular tread, while the old
quarter-master stood upon the
poop, with his,. night-glass un del
his arm. The sentries performed
their wak upon gang-b'oards
raised even with the bottom of
the hammock nettings,. and run
ning forward from the ladders.
The larboard gangway was sha
ded from the light of the moon by
the awnings, and walking delib
erately up the ladder, Tom looked
over the ship's side.
"Sentry," said he, in a mum
bling sort of tone, "what boat is
that at the boom ?"
"The second cutter," returned
the marine, showing by his man
ner that he had no suspicions of
the spurious corporal.
Tom immediately walked aft to
where stood the officer of the
deck, and being quite assured by
the mistake of the sentry, he pull
ed his cap down over his eyes,
and, touching his visor respectful
ly, remarked :
"I should like to overhaul that
second cutter, sir, for I think
there is rum aboard of her."
Tom knew he was playing a
desperate game, but liberty was
to be the result of suecess, and he
finched not a hair
"Ha! the villians," uttered the
lieutenant. "U p to their old
tricks again. Go, corporal-get
down into the boat, and if you do
find rum in her, they'll catch it."
Tom started quickly forward,
but just as he got abreast of the
fore hatch-way, he saw the Bima
pur. corporaP's head rising above
the comnbings. The marine as
sended no higher, for with one
blow of his fist, T6a sent him
back from whence he came, and
whn sJn'an' qnicrly ont through
the port upon the swinging boom
and having reached the place
where the second cutter's painter
was made fast, he hauled the boat
up and leaped into her. The flood
tide was setting up the river very
strongly, and quick as thought
Tom cast off the painter, and rap
idly dropped astern.
"help, help I" shouted our hero,
at the top of his voice, "the boat's
got loose."
"Get out a couple of oars, you
lubber," cried the officer of the
deck, as he jumped upon the poop
on hearing the cry, where he ar
rived just as the eutter was sweep
ing past the quarter. "You can
hold her against the tide."
Tom did get out a couple of
oars, but the moment he got
them balanced in the rawlocks,
he commeneed pulling for dear
life, and, to the utter consterna
tion of the lieutentant, the boat
began rapidly to shoot up the
river. All the sentries on deck
were immediately called upon the
poop, and their muskets were
frsd at the deserter, but though
two of the balls whistled near the
boat, yet none of them did any
harm, and on the next moment
Tom heard the third cutter called
away, but he knew the men were
all sound asleep in their ham.
mocks, and so he felt secure.
It was ten minutes before the
bird cutter east oC from the ship,
and long ere they reached Tom
he had gained the shore, and was
running at a remarkable speed to
wards the city, which he reached
in safety, and before two o'clock
tie was on hoard his own brig.
The next morning the Sarah
"ropped down with the ebb tide,
and as she passed the frigate, Tom
,aw the second cutter swinging in
her usual place, and as he gazed
rpon the proud flag that floated at
t-ae Englishman's peak, he mutter
:d to himself:
"If I live, I'll some day take
the pride from those proud t) -
ants."
How literally was that saying
iilfilIed! Tom McDonough had
been Decatur's favorite midship
man at the siege of Tripoli, and
-wherever Decatur led he dared
t> follow." Subsequent to that
irilliant chapter in the page of
'ur history, occurred the event
which is embodied in our sketch;
'nt five years afterwards, on the
11th of September, 1814, Thomas
McDonough met one of England's
rroud fleets on Lake Champlain.
At the first broadside, the British
Commodore, Downie, fell, and at
he end of~a fight which lasted
two hours and twenty minutes,
without intermission, dommodore
Thomas McDonough was the co i
querer of the Champlain. He
had gained a victory-he had in
deed humbled the prid, of the ty
rant, anid that day's achievement
f'ormns one of the brightest pages
in the history of America.
Commodore Thomas McDon
ough-the hero of Tripoli-the
conqueror of Champlaim!i He
was a noble and true-hearted man,
and a terror to all enemies of his
country. Peace to his ashes, and
everlasting honor to his memory !
[Neto York Ledger.
HIEAVY ON BACHELORS..-TbO oper
ations of the Homestead Act have
raisedl the question as to what con
stitutes a "family" in a legal sense.
The first ser-tion of said Act pro.
vides that whenever the real es
tate of' any "head of a family"
shall be levied on under any mesne
or final process, if such be the
"t'amily homestead, shall not be li
able to attachment, levy and sale."
A Georgia exchange says an ap
lIication had been made before
the Ordinary of Coweta County
for a homestead, from a bachelor
sixty years of age. The creditors
of the bachelor filed their objection
to the passage of an order assign
ing a homestead in this case, on
the ground that the applicant was
not the "head of a family," in a le
gal sense. It was admitted that
he had neither wife nor children,
but had servants in his employ
ment, and it was contended that
this fact constituted him the head
of a family. The objections were
sustained, and the applicant ap
pealed. Miserable bachelors.
A wealthy bachelor of Sacra
mento having had one or two law
suits for breach of promise, now
replies to any young lady who
wishes a "feg, minutes' private
conversation :' "No you don't,
madam. It ents me to the
heart to be compelled to doubt the
honiorableness of your intentions,
but that sort of thing has played
out. My rule is imperative ; and
if you have any busmness with me,
it must be traxjsacted in-the prew
Make Farm Life Attractive,
Just now, when the cotton ma
nia prevails so extensively, and
men are not disposed to heed
Solomon's advice about making
haste to get rich, we publish the
following beautiful and truthful ex
tract from a speech delivered by
Hon. H. Seymour, at an agricultu
ral fair last year, with the hope
that it may induce some poor
voyager to pause ere he wanders
too far from his mooorings.-EDs.
So. CULT
It not unfrequently happens
tha', a man of fortune who has
given himseif up to the love of
gain, or who, may live in a magni
ficent house, well filled with cost.
ly articles, after all this may still
be the dweller of a dreary, un
furnished world. Hlis poorer but
more intelligent neighbor may
see from his porch grea: er beau
ties and objects of deeper interest
than wealth can give.
We can see, then, why country
life is dreary to eneand full ofpleas
are to an other. * We can see why
we have not put the farmer upon
the highest grounds when we
have merely taught him the skill
of a husbandman or the art of
making money. These do not
meet the demands of nature when
our vital powers begin to give
way. They do not meet the call
for mental interest when time
shall have laid its hand upon us
and disabled us for physical toil.
To lift up agrieulture to its best
and highest estate, those who
follow it must have a measure of
taste and of education which will
make them hkppy upon their
farms through all periods of their
lives. If these are wanting men
will abandon the country for the
excitement ;of towns. We now
see why the great men to whom
I alluded sought homes amid
the remote scenes of nature.
We also see whence springs this
hurtful and unhealthy passion for
city life. But it may besaid that all
men cannot become learned in the
mysteries of nature. It would in.
deed be a mockery to tell the man
who begins in the humblest posi.
tions, without the.aid of early edu.
cation, and who is toiling on to
wring out a support by his farm
labor for himself and family, that
he must become either an astro
onomer, or a geologist, or a botan
ist, to be happy in his home. Nur
are thosb things necessary. The
Almighty has been too kind to
demand of any for their happiness
that which is beyond their reach.
But he does require them, ifthey
would enjoy the beau ties of Hlis.
world, that they should Open their
eyes and look. He does demand.
if they would have habits of
thought and mental pleasures.
that they should cultivate their
powers of observation and learn
the lessons which He tries to
teach them in every bush or flow
er, in every stone or stream, and
in all animated uatur'e that sur
rounds them. It needs no more
knowledge than every man can
gain who will look and think, to
make rural life full of enjoy ments.
He who will not do this cheats
and wrongs himself. In the order
of nature a love of the country is a
natural enjoyment in our declining
years. All men should bear in
mind that their tastes outlive their
intellectual power. They should
therefore cultivate those tastes
which can be easily gratified,
that are not inconsistent with
weakness of age, which make no
heavy demands upon our powers,
or which we hold by an uncertain
tenure. Objects of art or wealth
are frequently stripped from-men
when their powers begin to fail,
but he who loves God's works is
happy in the scenes of nature, and
has pleasures more certain and
lasting than fortune can give. It's
a good investment to cultivate the
tastes. I care not how humble
they may be. The man is untrue
to himself, amidst the labor of the
farm, when following the plow
or busy at any other work, who
does not teaeh himself to love
what is beautiful, and who does
not exercise and strengthen his
mind by observing all there is
about him. He lives in the midst
of God's great museum of wonders,
and he cannot say he was never
taught, for all the world about
hinm is teaching, if he will but
learn truths that will make him
content with his lot, that will
streng'then his mind, purify his
taste, and lift bira up in his
whole nature. I have seen and
known mauch of roen of all
conditions. I have listened to the
stories and thVprayer for pardoni
of the criminal in hisocellI have
annwa the inteaconrs af man
abilities in high social and official
positions. Beyond most men I
have had a chance to study huffan
nature in all its phases, and I do
not hesitate to say as one of the re
sults of life long ohservation, that
virtue, health, and happiness are
best promoted by cultivating a
love of nature. Its teachings,
next to the teachings of religion,
do most to make men wise and
contented here and hereafter.
YOUNG MEN SHOULD NOT ABANDON
COUNTRY LIFE.
May we not hope that the taste
for rural life which once prevailed
in our land may be restored by a
better public opinion and by a
judicious system of education
which shall aim at gaining that
knowledge which is needed by
our farming population ? T h e
young men of our country are
crowded into cities; they are
leaving safe, healthful, and useful
pursuits for the speculative chan
ces of town life. In too many in
stances tney make miserable fail
ures, and shipwreck health and
character.
The practice which prevails
among our successful farmers, of
selling their lands and moving in
to cities and villages, does a double
mischief. It strips the rural dis
tricts of their accumulated captital
and deprvies them of the wisdom
and skill gained by long experience.
The double drain of the young
and gctive, as well as the old and
wealthy, is hurtful to the moral I
tone, as well as to the material
power of the agricultural interest.
It weakens the influence of the
greatest industrial pursuit of our
land-the one upon which the 1
prosperity of all others is based.
It is our duty, then, not only
to urge measures which will make +
farming prufit.,ble. but a!so those
which will make country life at
tractive. It must be lifted up and I
made an intellectual profession. i
It must not be shuned, but it must t
be sought as a mode of life which t
gives not only just reward to labor,
but honor and influence in our I
soci-dl and political system. t
We find a great diversity of I
tastes amongeivilized nations.
They are the results of eduen- t
tion and public opinion. Our
;astes and habits should be made
to conform to the condition of our
country. Our chief wealth ig in c
our lands. Our growth in greatness 1
depends upon our bringing into e
use our vast uncultivated domain. -e
These tastes and habits which 1
lead our people to turn their backs 1
upon country life are hurtful to c
our prosperity. The system of a
education which fails to give in- d
tel:ectual interest and mental ac- e
tivity to rural putrsuits is nott
well directed, and does not meet r
the wants and conditions of the
A merican people. We must have, I
as a basis -of political stability '
and business prosperity, not onlyd
agricultural skill and mechanical e
inventions, but also the diffusion a
of that kind of knowledge which a
will make our farmers and their n
families honor their pursuits and fi
love the rural scenes amidst which a
they are carried on. C
A STORY FROM "NED BRACE."- .3
A friend, says the Columbus Sun, a
sends us the fellowing story from C
"Ned Brace," the famous humor- 1
ist of "Georgia Scenes." We do b
not remember to have heard it a
trefore, and do not think it has tl
over been in print: a
Mr. Bacon, of Edgefleld, South a
Carolina, the hero of the "Georgia U
Scenes," under the name of "Ned v
Brace," was once courting a lady 0
in Georgia or South Carolina.- 0
She had refused him frequently, y
and he as often renewed his suit. a
At one interview she became ex- t<
ceedingly annoyed at his impor- ti
tunity, and told him she could not si
marry him, that their tastes, opin. nl
ions, likes and dislikes were to- sI
tally different. "In fact," said h
she, ":Mr. Bacon, I don't think A
there is one subject on earth upon
which we agree."
"I assure you, madam. that you "!
are mistaken," said Mr. Bacon, Ih
"and I can prove it." "i
"If you will mention one thing "
about which we agree," said she, h
"I will marry you." h
"Well," said Mr. Bacon, "I will it
do it. Suppose, now, you and L i
were traveling together, we ar. tI
rive at night at 'a botel, and there s
are only two beds vacant, in one
there is a man and in the other a
woman, which bed would you so.
loot to sleep in ?" a
She arose indignantly and re- 04
plied, "with the woman, of oourso,
sir."
"So wiould I," earnestly replied ~
Mr. Bacon.
----by wUn.-- ~d
SEA-SIDE SKETCHES.
fow ,OVELY LADIES LOOK IN T8E
SALT SURP OF THE SAD SEA.
About half-past 10 o'clock the
white flag is raised, which is the
signal for bathing, when prepara
rations for that rare sport are im
mediately commenced, and. small
parties start for the booths of the
beach; these booths are mere
board houses, about four feet
square, just large enough for a
well-developed crinoline to get in.
They resem ble pig-pens more than
dressing rooms for ladies and gen
tlemen, but they s,re all alike, and
answer the purpose. You will see
a fashionably attired lady or gen
tleman enter one of these narrow
dens, and in a few moments emerge
minus all the "toggery" that con
tributes to make up the inviting
exterior, clad in a flannel jacket
and pants. the latter coming only
to the ankle, generally in their
bare feet, with an old straw hat
tied down in the most ludicrous
and uninviting manner to prevent
the wearers from beingsun-burned,
the reflection of the sun on the
water being quite severe. Bath
ers when dressed for the bath, all
Look alike; but those clad in such
meagre habiliments for the first
time are generally nervous, and
net very much as if they were
ishamed of themselves, and glance
lown at their pants, especially if
hey are ladies, in a manner that
a highly amusing to all veteran
alts. They venture in the water
mautiously and not unlike young
lucks, but, finally, after being buf
etted and tossed about by the
mrf for a half hour or so, they in
variably put on a bold face and
narch out of the water as if they
vere "no novices."
Here is an excellent opportuni
y for a single gentleman matri
nonially inclined to see what
imount of frauds there are upon
he market. The young lady who
nay appear to poscss a handsome
igure, and is always gotten up on
he expansive principle, with a
)rofusion of false hair, hoops. pads,
nd all the paraphernalia known
,o femele genius and penetration,
nay prove to be a mere skeleton
when she is disengaged and extri
ated from the mysterious and
omplicated concerns which sur
ound her. While upon the oth
r hand, if the lady is inclined to
mbonpoint and is laced up daily
vith a block and tackle in order
o make her waist appear small,
>r compress her proportions into
n unreasonably small quantity of
try goods, the fact will reveal it
elf the moment she is well satura
ed with the surf. She can take
one of her "make up" into the
rater with her. The ocean is
onest. While the bathing-dress
nil not adhere to the skin it will
o0 so readily to any other sub
tance, like a corset or , I
haun't tell what else, for the rea
on that I am not aufait in such
iatters. But the woman is be
are you, devoid of all deformities
nd you van form an adequate idea
f what you will be called upon to
isburse your stamps for, should
'ou enter into a matrimonial alli
nee with her. It would be agreat
onsolation to know these things
m advance. The water is a great
veler of distinction. It treats
11 of its patrons precisely allike ;
be rich and the poor, the strong
nd the weak, are all swayed to
nd fro, knocked down or thrown
pon the beach by its resistless
raye, as if they were mere blocks
f wood. Every one is in the best
f humor, and if any unlucky no
ice in sea-bathing should swallow
mouthful of salt water and stop
> cough, and the succeeding wave
ike him amidships, and send him
>rawling towards the shore, his
touth wide open, to receive a fresh
ipply, the crowd, as well as the
undreds on the beach, will shout
-ith di l ght.-Journal.
Pc-r A HOLE THROUGH IT.-One
ight Gen.--was out on the
ne. He dtserved a light on the
onntain opposite. Thinking it
as the signal light of the enemy,
e told his artillery officer that a
ole could easily be put through
.Whereupon the officer, turn
g to the corporal in charge of 4
e8 gun, said : "Corporal, do you
e that hght ?" 4
"Yes, sir:"
"Put a hole through it."
The Corporal sighted the gun, 4
ad when all was ready, he look.
I up and said:
"General, that's the moon."
'Don't care a cent ; put a hDoe e
irough it any way."
The inwat dea df idoiety-m
ABOUT BABIES,
In one of the street-Mars of th
metropolis, a few evenings silo%.
was a lady with a baby.
One of the blue-eyed, crowing
happy babies, disarranging its
white robes, and rumpling its
blue ribbons with all the abandon
of a baby that is secure in evet
fiesh supplies, both of love ad
clothes. The mother was evident.
ly a stranger to the other ladies
in the ear; yet all of them smiled
when they looked in herdirection,
and many of them spoke tE o*a
and seemed to love her for the
sake of the beautiful child.
The opening instinct of woma.
hood seems to be the love of the
babies, and the gife most boa
little one who does not want a
to which she can play the sweet
part of mother. The depth and
purpose of the instinct are re'
vealed to us in the petition of the
little miss of five years, who o
pens te be an only child--"Xamb
ma, Iwantababyto play with, i
meat baby, mamma."
No kinder blessing was ever be
stowed, than in the close of Panny
Fern's letter to the then newly
married Princess Royal of Eng
land : "And when, brightest of
all others, the crown of maternity
shall descend upon your yntbful
brow, God grant you that nics
of all places on earth to cry in
a mother's bosom!"
Yet, while the instinct of ma.
ternity is peculiar to woman, and
marks her sex more plainly than
rounded limbs or gentle manners,
it is not to women and girls atone
that the love of babies is confned.
It was once the lot of the wrltor
to dwell in the white tents of
Camp Harrison, in Georsid,iu the
lower part of the State, where !am
ilies are always far bet*sen, and
much more so in war tins For
long weeks we had not seen a wo
man or child.
At last the railroad througrther
Camp was repaired, and in the
first train there was a lady, with
snch a wide-awake, kicking baby,
as the latter one of the metropo
Some hundreds of rough soldiers
were around the ears, and Captaiu
Story of the 67th Infantry was the
biggest and roughest amongtbem,
if we may judge of the tree by its
bark.
The lady with the baby in her
arms was looking from a window,
and he took off his hat and usid,
"Madam, I wil give you five ded.
lars, if you will let me kiss that
babv." One look at his beaded
face told her that there was no
thing bad in it, and, saying, wath
a pleased laugh, "I do not eharg
anything for kissing my baby ;" iZ
was handed over. The little one
was not afraid, and the bushy wha.
kers, an eighth of an oll long, was
just the play-house it had be
looking for.
More than one kiss did the Cap
tain get from the little red lipse.
and there was energy in the hag
of the little round arms. Theni
other voices said, "Pass him over
here, Cap!1" and before the train
was ready to move, half a hundred
men had kissed the baby. It was
on its best behavior, and kicked,
and tugged at whiskers, as only a
happy iaby can. It was an emen.
of th.e campaign ; and one giant of
a mountaineer, whbo strode past
with tread like a mammoth, het
with tear dimmed eves and qui
ering lips, said, "ny George, it
makes me feel and act like a fool:i
but I've got one just like it at
borne."
Other lands have owned tha
power of this young immortality;
and the Hlindoo hails the littla
stranger with the words, "Younj
uhild, as thon hast entered the
world in tears when all around the's
s'miled, so live, as to leave tk4
world in smiles while all arou%d
thee weep."
A man had a sign up-Cb
adies, shoes for sale here?'*
'ound that not a woman en '
iis shop. No wonder ; the~ 1k
lon't like to be called ch'ee they
w'ant to be called dear.
It was a solemn hour anW ?
onely walk for the old baeYmier
mn his way home of a dark night,
after Jerusha told him he "ue4da'
orno again."
They say in Paris that Pattk
daux is.-wwell, as some ladies lh3e
o be.
Blacquze Bey plays th.bsNtga
ifwhist ab White SulpharSprings.
The pinnacle of style-a. fash
msi%h lady's eoffkw.