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Vol. IN'. 0WE ODNE- StA*Y 'R)IN ?,IIN'(, AtJ)~ IS'U 8~ 1 THE HERALD I8 PUl.'II181I1-n KVERY VEDNHSDJAY MORNING, At Newberry V. 11., BY TH08. F. GR11E1NEI1lli, E.ditor aull Proprietor. Tlerms, l .5 per.1us2, Invtariably in Advanuce. B7 T ppeir i s slopped i at lie ex pirationt of time 'or wiloli it Is paid. li j- The M mark detotei expiration of' sib .Periptionl. fXtctr. AN N FIIN1IIE-l PRI'AYVEft. "NwIlaly"--say it, dlarlingl: "I,ay m110" lisped the tinly lips lM. 11V 1l"ghter., knkeeflng, benlding, W'1t-jii. loldird iliger. tip'4. "Down to 81vp"-"to sleep"h-lo inutr MtIre, Anl the ciryi heal dropped low "I pray the Lo,d," I gently addei, "Youa call Say it aill, I knlow." "P'ray tiho l,ord," I gently :added, * Fainr stie-"My sou to keep." 'l'hl tho tired headi faintly lloddled, A i,] the rhibd wats ilist, sileop. t tho dewy cycs half opened WIln I vlaspol her to my breast, Aiild tI lear voice soflty aidileil, Cpdnut Golinows all thle veSt." 1), 1ho tihlesting, Sweet colitdln of thle chihdilhearN Wonlid 0hat' I ' 11 b night trust Illy heavenly Pithiv lie who hears lily Foeble.st cry. Tho0 Thldt Tilm10 of' Askinlg, "\(Al, llora, you are certainly beit on loquet to-11 igh't. I neV (11 sa:W yote soboer Ind.Yshdip hall1' 140 I'harmIlin" beoe"Saidi mly sis te'r AlIiuo, dropiing umet a vr playlil co rtsey a I cam111k to wat-lidr, alid very sinlCeIvrly ' - tt'0l -I e b r mitn Iilmenlt . .111i 1y ap:arl , a1 (Id jlild ti 1 g o I]r - sel vm by th 1 le It aIdai-d of each ot,ber, I t.hilk Il IMInay s:ay , that wo wero a \er'y )prsentablo pair of' dc/,uin/es, as wo stood thuro r' tyed lot' or first hall. Wo wrCIo twin sist,ors, j tist suve-1t.eon yoars; ( age, allthou"i I WaIS g0edIAly dist.ingu 11ished as lth' older, oiln c - Coutlt of my iiorc sober charactor. Aklieco's geolden hair,volt.ys and rich, Warm11 color, Were10.1 alil 'o" le!td ill 11, (11m1ya0 ill Paler, fainter tints. Vo werc alike, but sie was er 1. r'espe 1t. She was th n!oonday andit I 1.1ho401 vning. ~As I stooped to arriangeO1. ihe wreaths5 of trailing 1.vy I wich41 looped upj hor del icaItL whlico t.ullo drdss44, shte whlispered, hair I latighing, hi a I f biluishing, "Wilf'red A nderiseni will be0 there', colleet mne-t hat is us ?" "::l)o you t,in h will ro i --that is, you ?" I retorted. "You have the ad(vatage of' me, Ally oine moro1 lelasuIre to look( for'ward to among homany we areo anti (eipanting. No, . expeCt nto old fr'iend(, nto W~ilfrod~ Andi(Orson, to turn'i up! fort my especil bonofit to unight. "A ha: I wo s hi a II B OO, sober llora,"' saIid Alice, danicinig about. "or mty par't,, . should not bo surpr)Iised( if____ " 'A.ro y ou readly, oh ildtron ?" in terrt'tod mry mtother', alpproa1ch ing thei door in lbcr rich black silk ajiml poin t laco calp, looking as A lice protest,od, "maclh hotter thani (itherit of us ;"' and in fivo minut.es morel' we were on our wvay to LIho My' father', though by no imeans oliho of' its we'althiest inhabitants, hmd long hold a good p)osition in hisi- native town. 'T'horo he had mridmy mothior, the (laughLt'r ofahighyinunia land-owner101, and thore ho had resided thr'ough omut, an activo and enor'gotic career, following the priofeOssion of' a phy si(iani. We, his only childroen, had soon littlo of the world beyond t heo i mnediatoe neigh bor'hood of' our' homoe; ntnd to this day my br'ight eit, anId most endurlIing memIorios aroe cluster'od aronund that (lear, qutaint htt.lo town, with its gabled ntr'eet,s, over the ver'y shop-win dlows of'whichi gr'apo vinog wro'ath (Id wyi1t proud luxuriance; its noble elhurtch, and its anlcien tly ondlowed gramtimar school. On the latter ins5titutioni Eidount wats wont to pulumio itself'; and i n d o o(d tihe gripsf of gow~vned and trencher (app)od youths,, loitering in the stuntny markot- place, or' congr'ogai todl under tIho fine 0ob1 walnut trooes which overbung the. cloister - di walls of the gr'amm' school, addedlC( not a little to tihe reospoota bAity as weoll as to (ho picturoes (juo chiaracteor of the p)laco. T.ihroo year's preoviously to the dlat.o of my stor'y, Wilfreod A ndor' son had boon a seniotr scholar' at 'ildoun, and there had somehow sprungll up a sor't of' boy anid gir'l liking betwvoon him i and1 my priot ty little aistor ; for our, father who had a rar'o symnpathy wvith all ichiool lad;, and who esp)ec,ially r'e gr'otled having 1no sons of' his own, would fre'quiontly invite those08 manttly youths home to his house, -whiero many an ardent dliscussion 01n angling, cr'icket, etc., took place0 arounmd our' cheerful tea ta blo the doctor hioldling forth like an. oracle, and his youtng guests dtrinking in his words as eagerly its if' hie had really boon suchl. Wil f'rod A nderson was always a favor it ; liut when lie came to Iblid us g iod-b'lye, bofor'o goling to Cam lie hold the lonlgost, nor my 1a hor'sfac hIle lo'ked at the last. 'l'h lad of oi.eel went, away, firmly bolievilg, limsellf tie most sorely tried of Collstalit lovers aId Ally's brigh eyes woro cloud ed for ILL least tlhree days after his departuo. It hias ben (Iostioned whether ally Of tho ploasires of our lives coiol ip to the expectatiouli wo have frmiled of them. f think however, I may salfely sty our first ball d(id. Rverythiig appear. od to our oichaited eyOs co/ur da rose. As for. Alice, bt-foro she Imd bween tir00 miiuItes tin thle roomi, Wiltred came to claim her hand, looking altog'ther so manily, hand SO1110 and happy, that it 'was no voider that she 1 61L proud of his ovilellt admiration, anld inl her () W II fiallc, iIIIoceIIt naini m"r, shlowed tbat tihe pleasmro of' their meeting was m1utaIl. Presenltly Wilf'rv( Cilo to me. ".\l iss Gilbart," ho said, ill a low voice, "1 want you to takO pity on a friend cf mile. 110 is my collogo hw has notLhig to hoast, f. cither as regars face or fortune. There hei is. 3Ay I- introdutck- him ?" I assenid (Ilning with somno ciriosi.ty at. the .indivi(ilal pointed out. llo was a1 tall, grave looking Imial, with broad Shouilde.rs, and hleavy ilrregu0lar feanires, onlyN, re doomled fr-oml positive tlglinless- by th1 Ox [wessiOnl0 of' his soft, gray y at, aon1eo so inltelligCIt and k idly, that tlheir fihst, Steady look at mo glave me a pleasant Senlso of cofilIidlence ii theLi r ow ile'. In lste a(d oft tho forIlmal inclinationll which 11sually iarkis a first, introduction, I ils.tilletively pit oit lmly hand, whhehi he, as instinctively, shook withl a ecwrdial grasp. "Miss Gilharl--my frield, .Mr. A CCW words of mut.al c n('0111011 phiev rollowei, and Wilfi(l then loft, us to devoto hi m11self ano. v to Alice. .11ring the r01IMainlder of the eveniig Mr. Owen and I im proved our acqullainance rapidly; and I assuired Ali.o, whuring our (rive lolileward, rallied me not a little 011 1113' peculiar fortun11o inl Captivating the ugliest man in the rOOM, that I hald liever mot With so sensilo a companioi, papa al ways oxepted. ",Thaiank you, my dear," sililed olir father. ThLullroo happy Weks succueded, enlliveied by skating excursiins, walking parties, and many gather Iogs 0n111(d the ovening fire. Will fred and his friend were coptinual ly with i us, and still John Owen's .was ever lit my side. What lily Foolings towid him at this timo really wero I Can scarely toll. Gwl.-liko, I was flattered by the evident pleasure which this maln, so far my.suporior in ago and in tellcet, found in my society, but as yet I had not learied fully to appreciato his excellenoco. Cons quently, it was with no peculiar emotioni that I heard t I o an niounlComonlt onlO afternioonl, that tho noxt (lay would witness his dopa):rtuo. W ilfredi and1 Alice0--now openily betrothed, and( only waitinlg until the former should have comp jlotdI his collego earoer to bo uniited were sontedI ill a dlistant wiindow in thie fast falling winter twilight, ox changing lovers'oconfidences; and 1, wi th my father andl Mr. Owen ,sat ar'oundl the fireside. Presently there was ai ring at thle bell, anld tile foirmeor was summonlefed to his surgery. .John Owes begn t-o exIpress his regret at our apprLoach ing separationl. "Yets, indooed," I replied. "I am sorry you are goi 1g. WYe shall all m1)ss you very much(1."' As I spoke I glanced at Wilfrod anid Alioc ; but my- companion (1id niot, or w~ou1ld nlot see the glance. "All !" lhe repeaited earnlestly. "Aro you really sorry ? Oh, Flor' oneo0, call it madnoess, presumntion, ifyou n ill, but I lust speakc. I must tell you, bofore we p)art, how dlearly, h'ow deovotedly I love you!1 Yet, wvhat have I to 1h01)? 1, a p)oor college tutor, homeless anid penn~liloss; wvhilo you---, Florence, forgive 11)."' ''O)h, hush, 11ush1!" I cried, tear fully. D)o niot speak such words!I Indeod, I never thought of this. I (1o not love you. 1 do not seem to 'know my own heart as yet." -"Enoughl, F!orence," ho replied, with coa I m, sorrowful dignlity. ''Ah, child, had you k nowni it, you wouild never have trifled withl my heart as you have done." A strong, yet unukindly grasp wvas laid on his shoulder. "Right, Owen," said. my father, who hlad entorod uobserved, "shle is a child. Think no more of' this wveaknoss, John miy god fellow. hand it been otherwise, I could scarcely have givenl my daughter to a man, however estimable, wvho has no0 home1 to offer 1h01. Flora, shako hands with Mr. Owen ,and go to your' r'oomn." John1 left Eldoun the next morn inig. I (lid not see hIim again. * * * * * - "Bloast nlot thyself' of to-mor r'ow, for thou knoweost not what not fielt the truth ol'lese inspired wor-ds ? Within onlo short, youL uil. ter the ovents above nalratod, my father was a ruined man. The fIil ur of' a bank, wherein all II is funids had for years boon deposi tod, reduced us at onc 0 from a do. gree1ofcomparative alltuonco to the verge of llecossity. My father's telperamost wtas not voll caleu lated to withstand theso rovorss; ho Vas seized With11 a kind of-m0n tll parlysis, Which rondeod him totally ulal)10 to puI3u0 his call ing as a lphysician; and ill this extremity wo judged it the wisest ('Ou11'.so to comply witil the Irlgellt entreaty of' a sister of' his long set, led in A ustralia, that wo Would go out an([ try onur fortutno inl a new world, hoping that tho voy age m1ig1 t also be beneficial inl re .so'ilg m1 dear father's inild to its wonted healthy tono. My m11o ilher's fl un1iHy provided the nloces sary fund.s flor my passage and out fit-not wholly ungrudgingly, it .ni tit bo conlfessed, for fo and far bet"'wen are the ' "brothers born l'or adv0rsity; and it was a iattor of great thakfulncss to my moth er and myself that Our sweet Alice was exciipted from our trials, bo ing the happy little wife of* Wil fred A n(erson, now established as a junlior partnel in a firm of' omi non-t solicitor- in tho neighboring cointy town, of' which his flther was the head. Nevo~'theless, it vas with a heavy heart that I prepared to quit Eldoun, the scene of all my past happy life ; and When the. last bustie and excite of packing were over, when wo turted away for tho last timo from the door of' that house we had all our lives called 'home," and sought shelter 111(101 the roof' of a kind f'riend, who 'urgod us to Spend r0111 last Ioilainling days ill I,gh l with her, my fortitild gav way, and, like tho patriarch of old, I "sought where to VOOp alid I) entored into my chamber, and wept there." F was* rocalled to myself by a Message, requesting my presonco down stairs. Rastily drying my tears, I obeyed the summons, apd descended to the parlor. My pa rents were both there, and w ith them a genl'.om1an whom, in the darkoning gloom, I failod to ro cognize-only foi- an instant, how. (ver. One clasp of' that friendly handl, and fi1'lrI my heart Sprang up ai llu ns1ploken wolcome to John Owenl. It needed not many preliminary words to explain to m0 tho object of' his coming. The news of my father's trouble had reached him in a distant part of' England, where lie had through the in fluonce of Wilfred's father, obtain. ed accuracy on the latter's quit ting Cambridge. Full of sym pathy for our misfortunes, ho had lost no time in hastening to Eldoun, to proffer consolation and advice, and to imploro mo onco more truo and constant hoart I-to share his lot, now moro prosperous than my own. As yet, he was igno rant of' 0our intended emigration. "It cannot be, John," I answor. edl, trying to speak firnrdy. "God bless you for your gener'ous offor; but it cannot be ? My place is wvith my honored par'ents now;V and1( 1 couldI neOver bear' to see them sot sail f'or that distant land alone. "But must they go ?" asked poor1 .John, en treatinlgly. "Canl nlothin)g be dlone for thlem hero ?" ".No, my good friend," replied* my mothera, stoadfastly. "All is arr'1anged1 nowv ; our passage is taken, aund we must follow tihe .desti ny which is leading us on. Bu t, lora, my poor1 child," she adlded, rogroetf'ully, "I grieve to standl ill the way of' her' pr'ospect of' hlaipiness. Po'rhaps, even now "Mothor," I intorrup)ted, laying my hand upon01 her ar'm, "(do not try to shlako my resolution. I must go with you1 and papa. Anid believe me, Mr. Owen, that is now my truio andI only roeason for turn ing a (leaf ear to your' pleadhings. I am wisor', if sadder, than I was1 a year ago." "Is it indeedCC to ?" said JohIn. "D)o you love me at last, my Florence ? Then I. 01an )ear' all, even this bitter disapp)ointmnent; and, believe me, my darling, that the very act wvhich dlestr'oys my hopes raises you hi gher than ever in my estimation. arewell, Flor on ce I May Heaven bless yonur goodl workc, andl prospoPr you1 all I" lie turlnodl to my fat,bor and mother, and wvarmnly shoo0k their hands. Then lhe p)aused bof'oro leaving the room. "One kiss, Floronco," said hoi; "it is the last time." What could I do but yieldl? Leor' one instant lie str'ainedl me to his heart, thle next he hlad left me, andl thle wind moaned sadly roun.d. the gables and the,nighit foil dark-c ly r'ound(. It was a glor'ious evoning ill July. All around spoke peace to the tr'iedl and tired spirit, andl fill ed it, wvith tihe ineffable calm whlich sometimes come thrloughl the medium of' quiet and bhanui Scenlery tO tho heart hieli, amid aill its worldly varks, h. not I ost the frosliness of its love for holv Iature. Toars roso tiilidden 1o my1 - 03101o asIS gaze on tile drnamv lovelinoss of the lind.scapm wiliel lay before io, bathed in the gold. en ligh t of sunIset-tears that vere not all sorrowful;' and Ilemorlies of the old dcar ldays at I-ldounil for at timoi dispilled 'the recollectionl of' alUn). a heavy and Scathilig trial which had como to me dIu-ing the last sevon years. A h,ie ! I was only fivo-anld-tweity, yet my you0h-time seemed very far away -so uitcil ha:Ld Como and gone in that seven years. The fir-st long voyage, the Australian ex porieices, which had promlised brightly at first, until a malignant fever swAe)t aw'ay my father, aunlt and uncle in a fow days; the 'ior rowfil'leavin g of our ldead in thoir lonely burial places inl the bush ; and the suibsequoitt, rottun of' liy wido-wed mllot,rho' and myself'--a 8cond Naomi and Uth--to the old countLry, still callod homic, tho' offeriig now I)o cor'tai hio.m111 to i 1ther of is; all tlhis outlinte, tilled With a crowd of' attendant details, SOOd to co1pre1SS at life's history into tile spatc I havo mentionod. And now mly dear mother had fiund homo with hr owin kindred, and the same refugo had beei of fored to me ; but Imly naturo rose in proud rebellion against a lifo of' dependence oil others. Conlse quently I had sought and obtain ed a situation as goveriess. My new abode was ii a picturesque part of' Devonshirc, and something ill its bowery lanes and suinlly fields reminded mie irresistibly of' 11my' girlhood's home. I was a mutich better walker fhan were my fittle pupils, uid oil the eclling I have mentioned I wasonl tho way toadis tant Village church (it was Sii day) inl oider to be present at the ovning Service. Lisinlg fiom the scat I had towporar-ily occupied onl a fallen trce, I pursuledIl my road, and in due time arrived at the sacred edifice. I enterod, and was shown11 illto a largO, old C1sh ioned, square pow. The oflicia ting clergyman was a young man, a perfect stranger to me, of cotrse. L listened, earnestly at flist, but graduailly vith d i s t r a e t o d thoughts, as the Service proccd(led, until I le%v consciousless Sudden ly aroused my whole attention. Tho introductory words which preceded the sermon worc pro nounced in a difforent, voico-a Clear, 1*ull Voice, Which ranl through every chord of' my memory like a strain of, muh1sic. I had been sitting inl a corner of the )Ow with lly face turned away from tile pulpit., and nlow I did not move. No look wals flood ed to assure mo whose voice it was that was speaking, ill the old oloquent tones, those words of coifo'rtand counsol. Like a flood of' light, thoro Came uiponl im spirit the Joy andl([ co.nfidenco of' earlier years. I linvor for anll in stant thlonght that thoro' could be change in that no0blo, genlerous nlaturo'e; and when at last tihe pas tor's voice consod, I turn'ledl and gazed wilth loving reveorence on then face, (homely perhIaps, in 'lhe eyes of' othlers, but, moro attr'act ive thtan all tile wvorld besides to me)), of my tr'ue andl dear f'riend, John Owen. As I turn'ied, Our eyes mot0. lIn spite of' my) al t0od applear'anlce, my fadled cheek, my heavy black dress. I saw that his reCcognlitioni of me wais inIstantanleous. I left the churci'h, but linger'ed in) tile CI'chrchyar'd, for L wvas su ro thtat. he wou0ild join) mo1 there. And I wais right. Not manny weeks aft.or, the Rlev. .Johni Owen, rector of' Woodloigh, one of Lte richest livings ill tile country, was cal lig at Hiarleston hall, and took occasion to say to my employer', a most kinld and lady like wonIaan, "Mrs. .Bartram, 1 aml goinIg to req(ueOst y'ou to ro-. lease Miss G ihart from her con gagenit with you. I have estab lishod a claim upon01 her, to whlich 1n0 imped0(iment11 is alleged, and thiis ia m1y third timo of'asking." One month later I wvas his wif'e. In1 a little village in Virginia thlere lived a faiily namlled Rlanlsom. They wer'e not pious people-rather on1 the reprobate order in fact, andit they ntever wenIt to church. Once, however, during 1 -revival, the family wer'e prle vailed 1111on to aittend( prIeacing. Wh len they malfde thei' rehlcietat and1( tardy appearan~ce the services had be gun~ and( they had scarcely taken their seats whenl tihe pr'eaeri gave out thie hlymnI, reaiding" it somewhaVl)t thus: - 'Return ye r'anlsom Sinnlers, home.'" ''All right,"' cried the hiead( of' the Itan soms1, gettinlg upl int a raige, anld chip pinlg his hat on his head. "C~omIe a(long, old1 womnan and galls, we'll go home fast enough, anld everybody in the 0o(d church knows we (din't wuant BjornIsinl, the nlovelist, is comning to live in Ameien.' (Onnukem- call int imna .C.lna;nt. J1is tellanuteous. 'TH E NE.A OF (.1A . L EE. The Sea of G'alilcc, or. Sea of* Tiberias, or Lako (pl Gwieesaroth1 , IS a shect of water f'ormed b% t.hw expanlsionl of'the bud tfit h e. l,danl. It is about twelve ru1l a qu:I-ter miles froml north to) Smuth, aI atL its broadest. part, six aid t It -ce. (111ar1ter Imliles froiml vast to west. But its width i4 b no mIieas reg . ubla-, it's Shape being" thatL ot'a pear or a Ic" o), 11111 tton, the broadest. pmrt towar-d thie north0. atid .he m1ore projectinIg sidus toward tie w (est, tho castern shore being by COmpar)11 Siso Straighlt, except, nlear. the lowe.r Old. It is hill of' lish. Its waters, thick and iluddy at the extreic norti, becoine clear at as tile)" approach its narr11oV elI ; fCo the Jordan, Whieh flows into' it a foul stream, leaves the lake a1 puro and sweet, I'i-ver. The sur111ce is from1 G00 to '700 1et below tle level of the Medit,er I'aleu. 'l'he climate is genial inl the wiiter, and not I xcessivel hot in sutitfier. W ith shoros t hat riSe but, genldy-inl m1ost, part.s frot the basi 1, and whose color is tii. forily brown whero seen abo-ve the foliagO at their bases, the scenlery l?Would be tamlie were it nt1( for the filnb hills, jincliditng the snowy tops of' 11 erillo>n, Whicheall be seen all around through the tralnspr:ent Other, - and for the iuinumerable ciects of' Ilight and shade. -'Shr uUs and blossoms adi to tie beauty of' tile coasts, which vary continuially, bein(g s;oiietimlles .bticked Liy *broad plains, showing at others the opuningsof long gor ges, and elsewh11ore, cspe.cially to I,hie north, being broken into i many and charming bays. Volcaiie te t,ion aipears to be energetic; thero are hot springs in the basill of' tle lake, and very serious cartliquakes oftOn occur. Wild boar are to be found on a lilain to the northeast. Those who have formed a men -al picture of' the sea, so often re curri'ing in sacred history-as who in childhood have not, ?-I-have, no doibt, imagined a vator covered with ships and boats, resounding with the cries of' sailors and fish Ormon, and flankod by many prould cit.is rich in mehan)dis alid glo riouls to the sight. Alas for such Visions ! the citics and the men and traflic were there, bLt tLIeyN havo disappeared so completely that tho waters of the lake may be SaidO t.O sleo amid a solittle. As for the famous cities, of most of thorn it cannot be said with Cerl tainty VIIo they were, and] t bis survoy now first begins to give us some reliable data for identtifyintg their ruins. ()to or two romain, but not as ciLies; small, dirty Arab villages alone representt b o s e busy towns, wherein were done "mighty " works,'" Stchi as would have overcome the sinful obduraev of Tyro and Sidon. Tiberias Is te, on the wvest coast, rather belowv the centre of the lakie. .Its son-wvall, broken columns, towoers, aquedlucts, attest the glory of' its anienidit estate; b)ut the modernt Tiberias is but a poor' collection of' houses, chiefly. inhabited b)y Jews whto have ireturnod to P'alestiute. Its filth and verimini havo become a pr'overb. About f'our miles northi of this, a heap) of' ruins, now itoned Mojdel, matrks the sight, of' that. Magdala where Mary 31agdalenoe had her home, iN ort.h of' this. agai n, is the plaini of Genitesaret,hi, an area of' great, beau ty an d. f'ertilIi ty, along wvhich, sad~ to say, ar'e several boaps of' rubbish, dentotinmg, pr1obably, t lhe p)lace of' ol townts and villages whieroin onur Lord taught. . - A rp"' writes :' "enitlemen, t her'e is onte thing about drinking. l abnitost wi.'lh Cvery manh was a r'eformied dr'unk ard'I. No mian who hiasn't dt'ank li quor' knows what a huut'y coIld waiter is. I have got upi in thle night in cold weaitther after I liiha bee sprinIg nround, anid -gone to the well, buri'nizg up with thtirst, feeling hike the gallows andt the gr-ave andio the iuiferinal regions were ttoo good f'or mne,and when I. took up thte lbucket in miy hanids, antd with my (elbowY tremblitng like [11had the sliak intg agule, put. the water to myl) lips, it was the tmost deliciousH, satisfyinig, luxui rious dIraft that ever went dIown liy throat., "'I htave stoodi thiere and drank uno til I could driniik no mtoi'e, anid gone baick to bed thaiiking GAod for the pure, ininocent, anid cooling beverage, anid oursimg miyse'lf fromt liy I imost for (evert toucing the ac'cur'sedh whiskeiy. Ini miy torturo' of' mtind and( bodly 1 htave made vowYs and pr'onitses, anud br'oken them'i wvithin, a day. But if you want to kniow thie luxury of' cold water, gct dlrunik and( keep at it until you get on fire, and1( thieti try a bucket full at the wvell in the mtiddle of the night. You won't watnt a gourd full -yll feel like the bucket ain't big entought, and when you begin to dink an earthiquakce couldn't stop you.I know a huntdred mna who will swear'to the truth of what 1 say ; but you see it's a thing they dlon't meanu to talk about - iW' too lininilhing'' A NICNlIT IN . STT.TIOyN. , w (Ias a forlorn sight. A (rtlikii failt.hr, bloar-oved and bloatcd, to whose hand a cilil of' live ye:a's ol clung1.! viII a tenne11ious. grrasp. -Wlat's tIlis Inl ill t'or'?"' ilk r tlie ('hief' ol olice. iisoruderly conidu, throw iing stoneks at Pieoplo, am1( cuirsing.' :ail "Very~ w pll; ntliq -ino t lie cell. Blt mtop; ll rv's ihe clil iThe litti It'llow was an exvep tionlally beaultifull bmoy. lie had grav blu vys. so lreads 'pitifull t-1.a their gbullee appealed to the ('hie's stout lieart. lisI Comp11111lexionl, wlero it was not. dis eolored b)v dirt n111d t:-, was (f th i' ni iest aid Citi ret. lls lip i WN't. e like cheorrioq. 11 Is p-1low ha*1ir- (.1r-.1 d thickly ov r.'no l sipedl he:al. liThat, ma1a.gn e,e days." said th 'hiol to himself. "Cone. I) th, your ather uISt, go inl th e (ell. W e'll find :a place Cl'o "No, no, sir ; oh, no !" cried le boy in a teriflied voico. "I'll go wit.h Itapa. (h! please lo't take mIe from my papa." "IBit,) Chihd, You m4ust41. S8ee here, Colbert, y"u 11n1st. t,ak(i the chibd away. Hasier. said 01han dtonle. The lit tIe flloW caught his fat her's h:ulb, Cl,ug I() Ils boly, whichI I 1aggre at his touch, :ll the time scream ilg in heartbreTlkiig tones, that le mu1ist, le voild go with papa. "l'm alone," said the maun at inst, seeming to comle out of his stupor for- it Imomenlit. "Don' ye see-he's got nobody but il ? I: 'im 'h(one." "I can't, allow the child to go into the cell," said the ('hief; "but I van't bear to hear his cries. I suippose there's nothin g OIse to (10. lio must, go. Put, them inl toget h (1r, Colbert." So thoy were put. inl together in the dark, stifling dein, and the (1001 was shult. ''hei lit tle 1ellow ctIddled himsolf aginst the half-in sensible 11f1om, and laid his IICa upon his 1,a1ther's bosom. So they slopt together. 'lho fiinta I i g hit lookod in through grimy bars when, on the followiig morning, t h1 c fa'ther awoke and bestirred limself. Of cOuIS, as is lislally the Case, lie Wondered where lie was and how lie caine there. I'lle lst thinlg le roleibered, he had gone into a saloon alono and drank at few glass os, and then recoll,ction ceased. Where was his hat? where his coat ? A nd looking round, lie cries out inl agony "UOd 01 o IeaveI tIeiO's my lit tic Bennvy!" Yos ; hier0 was little 1enny, the pure, fatir child, the idiol of a bro ken-hearted mother. There was little Benny, aid lhe had spenIt the night in this hole. The.man fairly beat his breast as lie looked down~ i on that bright, curly hoodi(. "'husband and chiild both,'" lie inuattred bitcerly. '"Too bad, too badl.'' At that momient the blue eyes of the boy opened. Ho. ranisedl him.i self in wonder, but as lie met his fat her's gaze lie smniled ats an ani gel. '"The bad man wvouild pit y'ou ini here papa, but 1. wouildni't, lot him tako mue. You didni't knowv anly thing paa when I found you in tho street. You lost your liat-I guess tbe wind took it-aid the boys were laughin g. You was sick; wasn't you papa ? An wl~hen the bad man took you ofl, I canio too. Now, let's go home anid toll imauma all about it. hot's tell hior we was stolen,'' tand the dear, umi conious~i0i little followv laughed merriily over the briljliat idea. Bumt that fathor ! GIold hep him I .llis heart was touched its it never' had boon1 bofore. .11o coul d not speakl-conld 8 car e1 o ly iniik. WVhat wvas thli mother suffer-ing thiat moment? And this awful Bin that had led him into its toiIs-it nevei had looked as it looked to him now; within the unsightly cell, the faint light ly ing on theo curli-s of' his in nooonut boy3. . A mud when they went ont, there stood the mnother, wvho, half-dis tractedl, had1 boeii wandcring and searching all nigh t. Oh I w hat a sight lbr her genit.l, loving eyes! Wit,h a wild cr-y she fell uphon tho tnek of' hier clild, and drawing him away snk to the floor- with him, sobbing as if hor bohart would bireak. Thliin k of' the l)itter anguish so mnany3 goodi and gent.le womien are cal led to endurio, on accoutit of the pein iciouts pr-actico of' habuitual TOH~IAOCO' AND IIE UIRAiN. A n ossayist, in a foreign scien tific periodical, says: "The mode in whlich nmicoti no acts upon th~e blood-vessels, explains the appa r-ont contradiction tha&t it should bo able to oxcito into momentary activity an organ which it has on benhhd and Stitiif(l 'he exit I 11 :Ci l f he blv4 % ke.% e . ar t'ejil ily tllowdied by a e~i genIerl~1 it i. --, I ib is (IIIl a il iilled p: ralIyN . - I h iliin , ats we lave I I r .; o r w ve 1 i t vla i \' ien, by( suie ofi I he b'lood-v'essels hi;m he ('icle< i i'i'' % Ca \' ile lllilt bed, I lit' bC(I , in puu-t ee its Initura 11h ris i -It h i b i. ; v i t I li t I it hed lit, li aty is gi n l iclatei.1 ch tir' ub t Ion h t (m l i r \v :ie I I okv cNI he'') i)' )ji ie'(i bri n, ab il:i 1 I a - regIlarlv hn Ited by v t.h e lif. kbh, . k It ' y again its liil etins. Ihe lt a 1i w. er ita-reiser, beI s ll .v w i I b ra - (ir r1apid : but * he I <-l i viIy th:is Irmod ite c I: not hIe,I. \\ ' I h his stim hia t io ln d isap pear tl l, b rillia I rostiits whieb it had produced, andt the orgalls ills iito at relaxed Coil. ditioln, I'r-omi wiicl only increased doses vall tei poraril y reselne it. )ne oft the results upol the brainl is Ih1 loss ofell n'V. Malny ait I hors have ioticed this tet. Te ease o0 l' I'A bb) M igno, the lie CQl brated kditor oII ee i indtes, is cit rio us. Ile Ih:l ofIt en tin iII tlie labit. of ain sii w a hiieb had al ways Hld to p'rej. udieiai re SIuItI . 'tevrI varvious - temoIlI)IIrary 1in soIm11e V in he1 miIiatial lab ors, l tofowk. twent y to t wey I ve v v'r gI In Ilivs dai)y and IIhIIIn i h IS4,lf con - tiuiially havilg r'courso t o I ho sIo IbIx' e. lhe l'eet was t le r:1p id ext.inetioll of' Lit)o Ilt Ity of em)t11r0u'y. IHe had !aritld soral lanini es by thwir. root words. of, which hle knew-Irom 1200 to 1.500 of1each Ltglile, bilt. Io oumild that his powers of' reeallillg thle words W it (s * heattd ly tdim inlishingl , a dll reT <nMrSC 0o 1.lt' dit1onary beCk:IIC ceh:.lll day llore liecessarv. Str1-ck with tills Lt(.(, he resolved to alealn. don the tabatiere anld eigar. \\'ril. ing, ater six years' vXlerielnev 1s I no0n1-sm111olkor1I, lIe S. ays "It has been for us the comtimencement, of' a vervitablo resurroetion of' iealih, mnind anid mllimory ; ourl ideas halve beo mL111 10MOrO Iucid, 0111' imlilginlt tiolls mllore vivid, our work easierv, ()ilr poln quicker, atnd we havv S(It '9,1ldually rtunlii that, ml-mlly (f Words wiebl ha11 -ill run aw\ Y. Onr m11eilory ill a word, has rkco v - cred all its riches. all its henisibili ty." TIIO@1E C('PISII@RI EN. 80111 timo 0111nce, w COAe asked ou. friends "what is a cispidor-O." As Ilonlo of them11 will givo tus the re quired informatioll wo will toll tb eim. A cuspidore is a u sefulI arI ticle of' fillitilr0. It, assists tho housekeeperl ill keopinlg'hler brass andirons1. cleanl. It, obviates the necessity of firequent, scouring. The houiis ball considers(01' it a nui1 sanlce; the w if'e pronouncel1s it ia lossing.. I t, is not fouind in the dliCtionar1y. In1 comman IIU)parlancet it is know,~n ats aL "'sittoon."' Iit 1as the. good old.;asionied ar1ticle eye and1( ear1 polite, ai no0w two stor'iol, vase-Ii ko arr'langomen t 111as bo00n fabricated of theO fineat, porco 11a1in, and1( ciihristened w,~ith thlo Ohu p honills name111 of "ouiispidore." T1ho bill for (cus'pidoroe formed a conlsidera'ble i tem ill the Donnis11 bill for' fur'nishiing thle Stateo llouse. Two hundro iill01cuspidloros of elabo raIto fin111 ish wor uished)810 at the rate of foutoont01 dllars'i oneh. I low soul-inlspir'ing it,1)1 mut, b.e to the sabio son1 of A fiic, born iand( roar' ed "aidt tihe cottoni and thie01 cor," to rlino11 hiz.ily in the Ilegislatlive hall1 , w,i th Is feet upjonl tile desk befro him1, nodding r'esponlsivo to t,bo taps of' th1 Speakore's8 gavel, and1( d0posi tig th eit xpre'(ssedi ju1ice of' t,h herb, narj(c( llai a Iwiurtton We believe we have not,hi ng mfore0 to say onl the sutbject of' culs p)idoros.--lh'airfield .Ihera(d. 'lH E VA LME OF A N EWNPA PERl. Theo follhowling is the exper'ience of' aLI meChai c 0 COncring Ih tile blne. fit, of'I 11 nwspalper: TPenI yours agol( 1 lived in Ia towni I 01n0 night, for' I am ai car penteor by trade, I saw aL little gilI loav( myl (1o0r, and1( 1 asked0( my wife who1( shol wasi1. She saidl, M rs. I[arris bad1( 80ont hertaf'ter thioOwspa1pori; wichitl mIy wJifo hadi borr'owed. As we sIat dOWln to tea my wif'e said to mie, by name)1: "1 wish yott WVOuld( subcrpi be for Lhe 1n0wspaper)0t ; it, is 8o 1)uch1 0011 ort, to )no w,,henl 3'ott llro away rom1f homio."' 'ii would klike t d sO," slaYid , >nl the hlouis and lot. It will be Shie rophod 1(: ''If you w ill talko hti pap)or)(i, 1 wvill sow~ for' tbe t.ailot' to paLy 1for it."' I stubscribod for thie paper ; it1 'Iamet ini due hi me to the shiop. Wh lilo resting one 11001)n 1, o, ADVERTISINC RATES. AtIveri vieeslli inser-tedi ut (tie rate ol .M 00 w-r stiiaare - one ich- -I'mr lirst insertioi, awr 7i. ior eachi sIt)Stiei itisertioi . I)miabij ad11 e tii etisceilunts ll ier ent oI ? ili e. Notives of' uctings, obittiaries fulI triil<i s o, r'uslivel , "*:title Iatvs IWI, Iitirs ordhilil y It, Ivel'likenItIents ,. S1wei:ll notices il local colunn cents per IinI*. Advviisenliilts not 1111rkee with te IIll hi-i of' iiljsertionls will Ibe cep>t ill (i f ForIlid ald ch:arged acecordingly . S1-eIci:Il conltraets I4 ltle witih ilge adiver tiser' , w:t-i liber-Ia dvil1ctions onl above rate. n ) N e ls iihll ND:ne a<l Disptelh. TolIllas ('tAsl. ' 1W i, aw ll lidv1. r( ist'lgivi of, tho ('>IItY ('tommniiss i on r t I, leta b idgWth t f s -t o bo bilt. pu tn inl a bid 1,0>r tho bridge, mnd ( lie jh was 11aarle(l ( (Ill biled me' 1 pay for my hou o :14 1( h ea i ly, :u44 i i> iLha m ws~ p'$ .1..( nw i I c ar14 'l),', lig ll'. II\\11l4'I I 1)1 l1 Wo. p: 11) c ' lyllii g ' llt It i 11.1vo. tracl , o 1 ztd colid n haImlflvo nwi. Im l v In lloll t 41n4 mlly lm>tso andI) llt. '\ Inet'.1a ll c ll,vt - I h l! I1 - t 4 l I w a - I, I I I o ? I OT'WN(k, M.A. -1,1 li I v 4 I cs l 'iv I . lilella. CAll.1n11 n. ill a jl d '.11111d has 1 't 11 ry pr l v 14 hilt 11-.:1 1-l 1 !-'1m, who h:nd p.: l,I -v rl \T - un s til! hwr 1:; he li <-l , I a - t-- r n i , .t-, ('1e1r1 , ay to4V . filh. to n l -was <ire. Idl.( pr IIil 11. thv fir-t tlime ill h li e - it , Vr 1 . sills aill] Ib n liaml'. Aal -I ' I "A N , alnl' o4t tuIr - ii.-r 1 -d .j Ib 4 twh 1111t inltilr-ested hlor was ha11 1 Il h liri-lo 54il'14u1w. -1 119; - h 1.'144 v Iii 41a Il' wEry tilne 'hw Sa w (m, :-ho wvotld ix hei4 seve ra11l 'cst I'ip 11 111 ,1-14 - 1 (r w t(I.I(IV t,Vld i'iilt leIii., , away1)W' - h14, nan, tha( t mh nl i--di. (e 1 iva.l nien,~ ~~.1 d1tath inlycuh s m d' her1 by' ilm( h i'.la i A 4fer w. 4-4-1 hi .. t4 h b'I1 1 4 r 1 Illej), fl l t1u nllewa d lu ril Iw.1t11 p111- y'e(t 4$t :111' 111al44 litkilh ill kinlco of . 1 I i e 1.'. Id C. 1sCinatd with the inn.111 st-ily timt she Ilade arnmll- ikenis to Cors:dw herl ohd fialther anld owithi divi-m. S ho u y glI*VS4I .4ave It.-r Io 3 slp v Ilvil1 (It(.4 ,~i v 41 kT l l I tSe lit-t 1shp11 when they let 1. hebgat for' th1e ears, ald the infa-Itulat(d 1 1r1 was ' wmetl bet-tween thenm il a sumUinv- emt.. Ll hivr-Cather ) oun heri ndlivrand I'iritl 1 or t 1f that var ill the livelist Ili lit$4) . a1 kit.his hI all s I cr ill I lley re.-4tiotl ImIlne. li will o dar' vxpos, Il-r 14 u' MA I 1eril iin .Ih or gir] is d 1 t . c o n tieg on.t l 45of the wold~~ of un11(ni41 uie(1'14 by of TO n ,P4 Og,C g. (i'Il14 not)1 try l t hardito be01I pI0i14 Ii -ver i'(~ overwheln4 yoml iend4'sjt by14 - 311gthelta to umke11 $11t'hnIisvsd n or415 ihe ey il onlwishd i wi- ism-1 w'rit isu wtl: lt 14l aregld Wil4te ol o pohtenesk. A .\ld pet thsis -904'0 Ito w nl fuy ne Hle,u' sI 1jtot il)y to latl' exciin of other al'pins of't fa Ayouh twolva.mla'(i th heltat othra folk wil' thin s whld everthey forh tIodO 'vln .a I011t1mc4y be ithnutn t.os you' tof.'l frther tolstn ito. i 'ar' lake' people t~hink0t'til yitI cmond 11,hemWCI pl 'ig: tan agreeabl am'g 'they Trnttplojst (lt(Isi i you0 wonhti likeif to havle te rat y biou. 'Ai Im olti"n of iopcl'?e 4l t etin tit - amOl00when1( anyt'' :1ne4 dof no cae o' he4 good11 oliit ofIos'', he11 orllh i not worthyo reiet. Zihn; ri excus yor oue furniot'y-e yn onPJ'1, no14to your suroun ings. 40 Thjlleil w hl mahinr tof soilner. coures o's theryge irica'I aml'itk ~iu business1( og keep alg plae tof ps i le fri'tionl suhed wirth t1)Ih oiof plitons tim to4 keep 1'ls ilence, and legim "spe'ch is lvern,C butal svilc is byIthe laestn ruig of3il moriatsad