The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, January 27, 1875, Image 1

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RATES OCF ADvEltrIsING RtEAS DNABLE. All the profits of this paper are used in suppo)ertling destitute orphianCs. We wantl everv onel( who reatds thisto subCs(rib,e. Ad-dress, R. C. OLIVER,. Sup't Carolina Orphan Hon.e. Jan. 2.:,--. Spartanburg, S. C. THE KERSHAW GAZETTE, THlE L.EADING NEWSP'.PER IN KER SHIAW COUNTY, is published every Wed. nesdasy. at Camdeen. S. C.. by- Frank P. Beard. It has a large anCd innluential circulation ii one et the most 1>rodnetive portions of Cenl tral Carolina. galfranteemg greater induce mienits to advertisers than any other pape: i.n the County. The most liberal rates a; advertising. Address FRANK P. BEARD, Proprnetor. aep ..-) sam s THE FLOWER SELLER. "Poor woman !" now I wonder why They call me so! They do not know How many treasures I've laid by! I am not poor! no poverty Is there in love And yet I move Sweet honest hearts to pity me! I poor-with all that's gone before? With all that waits Beyond the gates Till just this little life is o'er! Becaaie I do not wear my wealth Upon my breast, A public tes:, They cast me pitying words by stealth. Because they miss in all this strife The songs I hear, They cry, How drear Must be the echoes of her life! I poor? Ah, well-we'll let it go What did you Fay? You want to-day A cross of flowers all white? I know. No doubt they'll say the same of you As your black gown Glides through the town Bat then you'll km)v it ii not true. Their costly gems, however bright And rare they be, Seem cheap to me B:sides this little cross, all white! IDA WHIPPLE BENHAM. A31 I FAIR? BY EUSTACRE DESCRAXPB. XIVth Century. Tell me, tell me, am I fair? Does my mirror show ine true? Sweet of face and blonde of hair Tell me-is that so to you? Tell me, tell me, am I fair? Gray-blue eyes and eyelids thin, Clear-cut nose and rounded cbin, Slendez throat, neck long and white; 'Tell me, tell me, am I fair? Long arms on my molded breast, With long fingers, lie at rest. Tall and slender is my li-ight: Teli me, tell me, am I fair? Li*tle feet so smooth and round, Deftly sandaled, touch the ground; Blithe and happy do I sing; Tell me. tell mie, am I fair? Mantles have I, far and gold, Robes of satin new and old; I have many a precious thing; Tell ma, tel! me, am I fair? Brave and proud and happy be, Who my love may win, bhall be. Was there c'er so sweet a maid? Tell m,, tell me, am I fair? And my faith, a woman's word, Piedged as though by heaven heard, Never shall be falsely played; Tell me, tell me, am I fair? If my lover gentle prove, Knightly, brave, and true to love, Slave and servant will I be. Tell me, tell me, am I fair? JOHN MORGAFS E80APE. A TIIRILLING EPIsoDE OF TIIE WA Fo SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE. Coh. Don. Piatt, of'the Washing to,n Capital, has communicated t, that paper, from Oakland, Wes Virginia, where he has been suir mering, an accont of John Moi gan's escape from the Ohio Pen tenmtiary, given by a Confederat of!!eer, also sojourning at Oaklant who was one of the party capture with Morgan and cot:signed wit. him to the State prison. Th story is ineetn, not only a giving the Confederate version c the celebrated escapade, not her< tofore published, but as a thrillin narrative of one of the most dai ing exploits of the war. The first part of the storyi taken up with the details wit which the readers of the NEw AND COURIER are already familial Morgan, it is said, managed t cornmunicate with sympathizitn friends outside the prison, by th use of convicts, who, as their terr of service w as about expiring, an whose conduct had inspired conf dence, were sent into Columbus o errands. At first it was his d< sign to organize a general revol among the convicts, seize sevent stand of arms, which he knew t be within the walls, overpowc the guards and blow up the prIiso Fromn a convict with whom b comamunicated through tile ven tihm tor of his cell, Morgan obtaine information which induced himt abantdon this scheme and adopt on entire:v diffe rent. It was to ti eifect that this convict, with number of others, had been en ployed to open art obstructed drai that rani the entire length of tI: prison, directly under the cells, the river. This drain Morgan d termined to reach, anid through his freedom. The cell appropriated to ti 'General was in the second ti above, reached by a stairway at a gallery ; so he selected tho or occupied hy his brother in whi< to make the attempt. Their fir object was to obtain tools wil jwhbich to work. This they accor plished 'Ey taking from the co vies dinnea,bclae a mm~o -and not from their own, as this would have excited suspicion-the short, strong dull knives, ground square off at the oud so as to rob then of danger as weapons. Er ory day added a knife to the Con federates, until fourteen were so cured. Their first effort was to re move the stone pavement beneath the cot of the cell selected. Tle pieces were broken into small fragmonts and deposited in the ashes of the large stoves useI to warm the halls. This had to be done slowly and cautiously, fir the appearance of any large quantity or large fragments would at once arouse inquiry. After the stone pavement was removed a lay er of cemeint Was found. This, too, was broken up and divided between the stoves and nattress, from which the stuffling was re moved and burnued as the material increased. Tile bed of the cell consistud of a cot, reared during the day against the wall, and, whenl down, covered the hole at which the men were diggin They took turns at this slow, tediOus process, and at the end of three weeks reached the sewer, arched with brick. Thriough this a hole was opened large enough to admit the body of a man. Had the brickwork, coment and pavement been honestly executed the prisoners would not have so readily opened the way. But like all the government work, it was found to be rotten and easily re moved. To lower one of their number into this foul receptacle an1d explore the same, came next. Owing to its size, and the fact that water was flowing through it continuously, the air was not so pisoos as they feared; but they found at the lower end, where the sower leaves the prison for the rivC, a heavy irlon grating that de:ied all efforts to break through. Driven from this end, the prison ors tried ti.e other. It terminated at a wall. They attacked this wal!. Their first impression was that, getting through this obstacle, they would find themselves in the open country. Close but cautious questioning of guards and convicts -such convicts, as I have said be fore, being near the close of their terms, were therefore used as messengers-with such observa t-ions as their indomitable leader could make, convinced them that this wvall was between them and, not liberty, but a court surrounded partly by a prison and partly by a' wall some thirty feet in height. There was nothing left them, how ever, but to dig through. It seemned an endless work. Cer tainly no light one, for the wall was found, when pierced, to be fourteen feet from outside to out ide. Thi work wvas again facili tated by the dishonesty of the )government contractors ini build. ing the prison. After penetrating the shell of solid masonry the inte rior was found to be rubble held -together by mortar and sand. One 2day a messenger convict, who had been trusted by the confederates Iin carrying written messages to theim friends outside, produced efrom one leg of his pants a slender spick, such as miners use, and from fthe other a short, stout handle. T his was repeated until more picks Swere furnished than could be used. And then followed-this time from his bonm-a shovel. After came sbits of candles, and continued un itil Mr. Morgan ordered the man to sdesist, fearing ho might be disceov-I ored. The fellow gave over wvithi omuch reluctance, for the receint Ssigned by Morgan for each article ellivered! brought him a hundred d (ollar greenback, and he was rap. didly and easily accumulating a fortune. The heavy wall was pierced at last and quite an excavation was made in the earth of the court. yard, when the conspirators turn oed their attention to constructing -. opienings into the thirteen other . ells. As the escapeC was to be emade in the night time each cell, -of course, had to be tapped. A fter dcareful reassurement and calcula > tion, the precise places were de esignated, and working from below, ethe arch was broken and the earth aremoved, all but the stone pave -ment-that was left so that a few nblows would open the way at the emoment when escape was doter omined ou. -In the meantime other necessary it preparations were being made .A rope was constructed of the sheets 0 of their beds, torn into strips and rtwisted together. At seven every .d night the prisoners wvere locked in e their cells, and as an hour after awards, there was an inspection, t which consisted of a lantern being bthrust through the door, so that athe officer in command could see n- that his prisoner was in bed, it To this end paddies were con. structed out of their underclothes. stuffed with the filling of their t mattresses. After this Morgan's L ien slept with their headscovered, v so that their inanimate substitutes I might not be discovered. For awhile the officer would call the F prisoner, but found it so difficult f to awaken him that this was aban- t doned, the puz.led guard saying t that Kentucky "rebs" slept like I "niggers," with their heads cover. t ed. and "sound as white oak wood.' All was ready for the despei-ate I b attempt, and the lonler was wait- f ing for a stormy night, when one % day he received through their t, trusted-messenger a bit of' paper. %I On the paper was written, "W.ar- 1 den of the priSon changed to-mor- b row." John Morgan was not slow A to learn the meaning of this. A a new commander meant a new s broom, new regulations, an inspee- t tion and perhaps discovery. u Morgan did not know that this r change was the result of an anony- a mous letter received by Secretary d Stanton; written and mailed in ft Columbus, that hinted darkly at a t revolt in the State's prison and the (estruction of the State's Capi- b tal. But h did know that the at tempt was to be made that night b or abandoned. During the winter almost a per- u petual twilight reigns within the o gloomy walls of the State prison t: at Columbus. Sometimes this deepens into night, and then the unhappy inmates know that a storm is raging without. The i eventful day forced on them for C the attempt so long in preparation a was lighter than usual, and it was fi resolved to fight their way out m should that way be obstructed by 6 guards. To this end their blunted p knives were sharpened to a point, C and fourteen of these deadly weap- P ons, deadly in such hands, were c distributed to as many men. I The first difficulty to be over- I come was to got Gen. Morgan d from the cell in the upper tier to C one of the cells communicating 1 with the sewer. He selected his b brother, not only because of the n personal resemblance, but for that lie thought it just for others that a the punishment following the dis- r, coyery should fall on himself g through the one nearest to him. Night came, and the brother si hurried into the general's cell, d while the general placed himself! a in the one vacated below. The a change worked well, when, at thej moment the guard was about leav ing, havmng 'oeked in the prison- a ers, one appeared at the cell door si so lately occunpied by the general, I thrust a lantern in at the opening, ir and, just as the younger Morgan i was giving up all as lost, demand- ft ed a rat-tail file loaned the gene- d ral the day before. "What file?" sl thought the young man, lie had not heard of the article. borrowed ~ under pretence of makingr a ring n for a lady from a bone. He had, p however, enough presence of mind a to betray no confusion, but began, v with his back to the door, an ac- q tive searchi for the miserable file, a As luck would have it, his hand ft fell on the article where it had a been lef t upon the bed. Covering ec his facs with his hand ,as if th et< light hurt his eyes. lhe gave the u file to the guard, and then listen- g ed with throbbing heart to the si footsteps that died away in the 'I distance. ti The clang of the iron-grated r door as it swung to was the signal ti for immediate action. The pave- si ments above the sewer at the de- r1 signated p)laces w e rec broken o through, and fourteen men drop- ti p)ed into the foul receptacle. Thei candles wer-e lighted and the work e began. Five feet of earth had to ti be removed before midnight, and h taking turns, they woriked as pro- a bably men never labored before. a Rapidly as the earth was loosened ti it was passed back into the sewer, 3, their woolen caps being used for 7j this purpose. At last an opening r was made, enlarged sufficiently to e admit the passage of a man, and t John Morgan pushed his way fi through and stood upon the ground of the court. He found the sky overcast and a drizzling rain slow-jb ly falling. The place seemed de-a serted. The man on guard had evidently sought shelter Irom I the inclement weather. One by one these resolute men emerged f-rm the hole. Grasping each other by the hand and led by their general, they moved slowly and quietly to the wall that divided 1 the female prison from that wvhichf they so latelyoccupied. The wvall was reached, and the stoutestf bracing himself against it withi his hands, another mounted on his shoulders, then a third climbed above the two, and a fourth was making his way up, when, the t second man missed his footing and: ali l to1i tha m.nnn. This mode of scaling a perpei licul.ur wall is successfully prac iced by French zouaves and acru ats. But it requires strength nd dexterity, a dexterity that ones of long practice, and this >ractice had been denied Morgan's Lien. Gen. Morgan then shifted rom the dividing wall, after lis ening a minute to find whether he noise cf the unlucky tumble ad beeri heard, to the corner fur best from the prison. In former years on this corner ad been a platform and a box >r a sentry. But as the guard ras over women, not given to at ampted escapes, and as the sentry -as subject to a continuous vol !y of abuse fron the female wards Clow, the guard had been removed. ,ided by the corner, that served s a support, the human ladder ucceeded in reaching the top of be wall, and the men clambering pon it with their improvised )pe, made it fast. Oae by one 11 of the fourteen caine up, and ropped on the outside, and in a ny minutes the entire party found bemsclvcs free. Here, of course, they were met y their sympathizing friends. ly informant. on this part of the usiness was silent. Who guard d the escaped prisoners to a place f refuge and gave each a change f clothing-warm overcoats, cloth ravelling caps and carpet bacrs rill probably never be known. John Morgan selected one of is officers, now an eminent judge i Kentucky, a man noted for bis ool self-possession and courage, s his companion, and, separating -on the other twelve, the two talked into the depot at Colum ns at the moment the eastern ex ress train was about to start for inciniati. They had no time to rocure tickets, and boarding the 1rs, Gen. Morgan purposely se -cted a seat by a Federal officer. n a few seconds the cars were ashing into the night, towards inciunati. Shortly after Gen. [organ's companion pointed with is finger through the window ext which he sat, and said "That, sir, is our penitentiary, nd just now, you know, it is the ,sidence of the fiamous John Mor an." "Indeed, it's there is it ?" re 'onded Morgan. "WVell, let us rink to the strength of its walls," nd pulling from his breast pocket flask of old whiskey the officeir >ined in the toast. The conductor collected his fare, nd the passengers nodded and ept, and among the rest Gen. [organ's Federal offeer, who hav ig taken several draughts from [organ's flask, and dou btless being tigued by his many labors of the ay, snorcd in the deepest sort of umnber. Daylight and the trains were ap roaching Cincinnati t o g e t h e r, 'hen Morgan, leaning over whis ered to his comp)anion that it was bout time to get off. Putting his alise under his coat he went nietly to the rear platformn. In few minutes after his companion diowed. Fortunately the brake ian was at the other end of the :r. Morgan directed his friend > throw his might and strength pon t.he brakes when he (Mor an) should p)ull the bell-rope that gnals a stop. This was done. 'ie shrill scream of the locomo ye was heard, followed by the ~sping noise of brakes along the -ain. Before it came to a full ~op, but after it had ceased to an as to be dangerous to jump tf, the two fugitives jumped from de platforni and immediately hid nthe bush that lined both sides f' the road. They heard the rain come to a full stop, they eard the voices of the conductor nd brakeman crying to each ther with much profainity; then be bell rang, the locomotive ~reamecd and the train moved on. ~hey waited until the last faint oar died ini the distam'ce, and then mci-god fr-om their hiding places o fall almost into the arms of .ye government soldiers tr-aveling .long the track. "What the devil aire you about Lere ?" cried one facing Mor-gan ,nd his companion. "Rather-," replied Morgan quiet y, but firmly, "what are you doing rom camp at this hour ?" The question was embarrassing,~ or the men were laden with a n ~dmirable assor-tment o f dead1 )oultry, and conspicuous among he lot an infaint pig lately saci iced. "We're out buyin' provisions or our colonel," was the prompt -eply, with some stress on the vord that indicated the parchase. "Does your colonel send you out o pur-chase poultry after night mUd who is he ?" we're tightin' all day and his name's Squibob. Cul. Squibob. ol the One Hundred and Ninety sixth Ohio Volunteers," was the response of the chicken thieveq as thev moved on. The two arrived in Cincinnati as the day began to break. At th y 0 i Coz that hour police waken, cats steal homne, and at intervals milk carte and meat wagons can be hcard rat tling over the rough streets. The few they met regarded themii as an ut early travellers seekihg the depot eu and unobstructed they tound them selves on the banks of tle Ohio. b tie The ferry boats were preparing I their daily rounds.but the two hesi- ov tated trusting themselves to this sort of conveyance, for they saw tal a squad of infantry under com- Py mand of a sergeant hurrying to of one of the landings. They did not pa sha know but what their escape had been discovered, and were well abo aware that in an hour the guard the would take their rounds through for the prison, and imniediately there- o' after the telegraph wires would op fairly hum with the news of John ti Morgan's escape. While they hesi- tr tated and thought, a small boat ag rowed by a boy shot in near the lag spot where they stood. Morgan ti"' approached the lad and asked him wa what lie would charge to row at 0 ~of* them to the Kentucky side of the sh river. The boy eyed the two in- sh quiringly as well as he could in m the dim light of the morn, and car then responded that he thought be 0 id fifty cents apiece would not be too Ie much. This compeusation was 'n iinmediately agreed to,and then the for 0 the money-getting gamin said he must th have it in advance. The shrewd tre boy suspected the two men call- dia ing for a rowboat when the ferry ac boats were plying between the upC shores, and the information that to lie gathered cost subsequently th 0 tile some money and no little blood shed. The only track the authori- til ties had of Gen. Morgan, after he th left the penitentiary till he struck ma; the Ohio River, was from this ob- wa servant little Yankee, and the pr proof of his shrewdness was in the vis fact that he collected his fare in vh, advance. The boat was small, and the two her the heavy men sunk it into the gun'- o nels, but it carried Czesar and his oi an( rortunes, or rather, I should say, the carried Cosar to his fate. Could the daring rider, who sat with arms folded in the stern of that rail craft, have had the present mi Jarkness suddenly lifted and the l:L future revealed. I doubt if he tim would have cared wihether the the boat sunk or floated. He would cou have seen that his brilliant career had already ended, and in the fu- B3u ture was only the applause given dor i popular actor as he leaves the stage, while the ignoble deathtu Lhat began with treachery andtu nec anded in a few shots, and a body a chrown uplonl a wagoner's horse,cu would make that found in the the uimet waters of the wintry Ohio tm f'ar more pleasant and dignified. m While slowly breasting the swift current the ruddy couriers >f the early dawn began to bright mn up the east, while night hung lark and gloomy in the west. In eess ~his dim and cloudy quarter, high fac Ilpon the Kentucky bank of the ~iver, Morgan saw a bright light, 011 tnd asked the boy wvhat that was. .)i "That," answered the little boat mnan, looking over his shoulders W without ceasing his efforts, "why ~hat's widow Ludlow's; she keeps j ber house lit up all night, 'cause nois ~hey say she's feard of ghosts. box~ "Land me the-re and I'll give Let you another dollar."yo "Fork over," was the brief re- Nei sponse, and getting his money ho ,'v urned his boat more with theyo aurrent, and in a few minutes m landed the fugitives near the ii widow's house. Tb< Gettingr once more upon Ken- I di tucky soil, John Morgan drew a w long breath, filling his lungs with W not only to him free air, but giving m to his heart a fresh impulse of cour- Get age for the cause he helped to make 1 immortal. He and hisi comrade nes found refug~e in Mrs. Ludlow's my house. What followed I have not~ space to tell, nor is it my pro vince. I sat dlown only to detail ter the heretofore unknown history of in his escape fronm the Ohio prison. All that followed is already known and belongs to the history of our country. Pl A showman whose notice called yo for a few fat boys to 'feed his can ibais,' received a card from a man mz saying that he couldn't spare his w~ boys, but he had a good 'stall-fed Su mother-in-law' that he thought th would suit. nc _____ _ ______-th They nowv say that Bozarris nC didn't "cheer his band'' at all, but ot: h:,d in a .m-nfi,ld .s soon a the sei Miscellaneous. CIENT TREES IN NEVADA. he Virginia City (Nevada) Yrpre s:iys "In the bottom of main shaft of the Virginia City 0 C)npany, Eldorado Canon, )n County. has been encoun Ad in the trunk of a tree four in diameter, a long relic of"an ient aid extinct f'orest. When throngh1 by the shaft, this old is found to be perietly ear ized, turned into coal. Outside old log is completely crusted r with iron pyrites, many of ich are so bright that the crys shine like diamonds. These -ites also extend into the body he log. filling what were ap entlv once cracks or wind kes, and even forming clusters ut what was once the heart of tree. This relic of an old tUie ast lies far below the two veins oal the company are about to n. The finding of this old nk, is evidence that the coun was at sonic time. ages and s ago, covered by a forest of' re trees, though the native ber growth, when the country first visited by the whites, as far back as the traditions Ahe Indian extend, was but a ubbyspeciesof'nutpine. Atfe4w es from the shaft in which this bonized tree was found are to seen on the surface the petri remains of many large trees. the early days of Washoc, be , the pros;eetors had broken in up flor specimens, pieces of a-trunks, two or three feet in meter, and twenty or thirty ,in lengtb, were to be seen lying n the surface of the ground. wever, the3e trees, and even one, found in the bottom of shaft of the coal-mine, may e come from the foot. ilis of Sierra Nevada Mountains y have drifted out wLen seas of .er, everywhere covered our sent valleys. The water-lines ble on the hills show that the ale country was filled with s, and the petrified trees lying e and there on the surface of ground probably floated out the waters of the extinct lakes, I finally sunk to the bottom in places where they are now rid. RIENerI Potrm:NEss-The fa as saying of Charles II., of Eng I is often quoted as an illustra 1 of politeness in death, where king begged pardon of his rtier's for detaininig them so onscionably long in dying. two Frenchmen have out e the monarch. Scitizen of Fr-ance had unfor ately done something which essitated his being hanged; and, ,here was no professional exe. ioner available for the occasion, p)ainmful duty of carrying out sentence devolved upon an teur, who apologized for any sible shor tcomings to the per principally concerned. I hope you will pardon me," he, "-if I p)ut you to any unne ary inconvenience; but the is, I have never hanged any before." Pray do not mention it," re- -' d the other; "for that matter I e never been hanged before. must each do our best. LOUsEHJOLD WoaDs.-Stop yourr e ! Shut up this minute ! I'll your ears! HIold your tongue! me go! Get out! Behavel rs-'f! I won't! You shall! rer mind ! You'll catch it !P PutK ty those things! You'll kill i-self! I don't care ! They're] e ! Mind your- o wn business ! tell ma ! You mean thing ! ~re, I told you so ! You dion't ! d ! I will have it ! Ob, look it you have done! 'Twas you! n't you catch it, thought ! It's house! Who's afraid of you! out of' this r-oom directly! you hear mec ! Dear me ! I -er did see such things in all borni days! LN EXPREssrvE SERMoN.-In a rible agony, a so!'dier lay dying the hospital. i. visitor asked him: -What church ar'o you of ?" 'Of the churchi of~ Christ ,"lhe re ed. 'I mean, of what persuasion are u," then inquired the visitor. 'Persuasion !" said the dying in, as his eyes looked heaven srd, beaming with love to tihe, vior ; "I am persuaded that nmei er death, nor life, nor angels, r principalities, nor powers, nor ings present, nor things to come, r height, nor depth, nor any ber creature, shall be able to arate me from the love of God, HOW WE TREAT OUR BODIES. Our bodies grow Dowly. Dc velopment is the work of time, te and the result of conformity to bl aertain fixed laws of diet, exercite. Ia rest, etc. Now if growth is A . slow pirocess, disease is none the si less so. hit when once a large an part of the organism is mpaired. di Lhe abnormal processes go 0:1 very11i rapidly. When checked in sOic do mpropriety, how often we hear nj people say. "O,i this never hutts j1 we! I have done it thousands of !Ab 'imes." Bat I tell you there is no 13; nargin allowed to any of Nature's -o aws, nfr exceptions in favor ofihe ndividuals. As throughout the w: naterial universe we have laws sti ,apable of mathematical demon- n tration that the laps of ages hi iever varies. so in the govern-a nent of our bolies there is an ,qually demonstrable code of ac- i ion. A slight expsire ioi may s aot be felt to day:; but tho system ias been shocked, its equilibrium co Iisturbed, and expenditure of vi- ye ,alitv must occur for its restora ,ion to normal actiin. But as on- pA y a given amount of vitality i urnished at the outset, Ithese ex- ch posures finally result in total loss as )f strength and action, and we li ailk about "acute attacks." or sud- fo len cases of disease, and seek in a vain for the cause. The cause has been a series of wrong doings, at -xtending through a l-ng period bl :f tine, and showing the effect of st the whole by one grand manifes- r tation of suffering to which the m wise (?) give some wonderful name w that savors more of superstition re and alchemistie empiricism than bc of common sense or even reason. eg Now, while habits of body and ef- h f'cts thereof may be perpetuated iF from generation to generatio; it at is never too late to begin the re- C medial effcrts of reform, and often in the victims of prenatal ignorance tI or wilful abuse, may, by strict ob- pt servance of legitimiate rules, great ly modify evil tendencies, and per haps utterly remove them from the system.-cience o Health. cc "I CAN'T Do IT."-What a vo!- ra time of human misery is unfolded is in this short sentence? Whatia. mighty efforts of undeveloped go- ei nius are chained by this conclusion pr of despondency w hen a barrier b( chanIces to interrupt the inward be progress of the wvill. W~hait domes- or tic unhlappiuess, what downward dt Iarches toward the gloomy and th solitary abodes of aoveity-wriat I inxious solicitude, that fills the in breast of the dependent wife- i whlat ardent wrestling with tile Iab Jemon of despair-what social Ito wretchedness-what deep painful t inxiety-whiat unheard of evils are ph1 Jepicted in the spirit of that ex- eca >ression !It is t.he language only an >f the self-w~rtehed-the determi- e 2ation of the weak an5d imbe- an nie. an It is the voit:e of the moral cow- d rrd, who. standing upon tile shorefu )f someC desolate island, in the Ido tormny oceanl of life, and lookin gth )ut upon the billows, strewn with m he wreck of carlthmy grandeur he nd hutman happiness, is so blinded on )y fear, that he cannot see thirough1wi he surrounding gloom. It is the i riticulated feelingr of the traveler >f the desert, who hlaving gained mn eminence, sees nothing but a P >arren plain before him; thirst in >archling his tongue. and weari- shm mess subduing his strength.- But fri hall lie lay do.vn without hope ? sh say, let him press forward, make h ut one effort and a gree.'oasis will th; nleet his vision-a cool stream th' *rill bubble up fron some unfore- gu sen fountain, arid he will i-eachb so ais journey's end, crowned with wi ,he rich rewards of his persever pa mnce. be UNPALATABLE ADyreE.-"I)on' t <~iss the baby," says the &%entiic th 4nmerlean. It, of course, bases its b -omlmanld not on the shifting sands of sentimentalism, but on the rock (pasteboard or otherwise) Ice :>fscience. Thel danger it finds in Ire thme kissing of babies is, that dip- thm theriaL may be given to them by ra an alilt who has the disease in a such a mild forml that he (or more m i probably sihe) treats it only as a e cold. The American admits that w *-it would be absurd to charge the spread of diptheria entirely to the practice of child kissing." but says w that it is hard to conceive of any mode of propagation more direct - ly suited to the spread of the infec tionl. It is so natural for good men and good women to kiss p< bright little children, and it is a t sign of good-will and affection so tc readily under-stood by the babies, that they mighlt after all suffer more from living without either p kisses or diptheria than from dying h with boh I ATIIER. I STEP IN ALL YOUR TRACKS." (h:' bright win ter's morning. at r a -iow storm. a father tLok his t fo a walk to atteid to some rm affairs requ-ring atteit.ion. he started, his Hittle bov of five mmers also snatched his hat d followed the fitier wit i mock nriLv and an assumed beinre :e air. Whenl they raeCd the or, the gentleman noticed that track or path-.way had1 been ide inl t he sn W, and he homiiated ot letting Iis boy ioliow im). it the soft fle-c Snow looked. temiptirn. so pearly white. that colelided to allow the cili"d to tl!C after him. Hie took ilort 'ides thr>ugh the untrodden ow.when,suddenlv rnembering i little bu%, lie paused I.hoked ek for him. and exclaimed : "Well, my son. don't von lind hard work to walk in this deep ow ? "h~. n'." said the bov. - 'm i ; fr, father. I step in aI 111, tracks." True euough, the dear clild was tnting his tiny Feet ist where c parent had trodden. The ild's reply startled the fathcr, he reflected that thus would s child keep pace with him and low in his tracks through life. e was not a friend to Jesus-not nan otpraver.and not a Christ ian; :d well might he pause and trem a as lie thought of'his child, ever riving to "step in all his tracks, ward, onward through liif's vsterious mazes and myths. to ard eternity ! The little boy's p~.y brought that strong stub. rn-hearted man to think, when en the preached Word of God d made no impression upon him. nally lie repented. and sought id found peace i believing in ri st. We belive he is now aking sich tracks through ~ life at at some day that son may be oud to say. "Father I step in all )ilr tracks. Tn ; I[AIn'T OF SwEA1rsIN.-Tho canest, most useless and most ntemptibb vice that ever grew nk in the hot-house of the devil profane swearing. We protest ainst it not as preachers and urch niem ers object to sin on ofessional grounds, but as memt rs of society, as decent men. On ats, in ears, in places of business, the open street, at coneet ors and everywhere else rings e inlcessanIt oath of the habitual coarer. Young men just learn g to cur-se aippearr to think there something manly a:id brave out it: while old swearers in vLard the comnmon est r'emarts cy make with cold-blooded bias emnies and a variety of diaboli I curse. No man or woman of y reiinemenrt or decency at all n be otherwise than lacerated d shocked bx these brutal and d vulgar verbal missiles every y ;and nLo fel ow w ho is shame ly guilty of pr'octing themI can otherwise than sink beneath e con tempt of sne-h mren and wo m with every vile epithe.t they ar him utter. Public profaniity ght to be0 air indietable orlfense th a p)ena:lty of tent day1s in jail every oath. BLOWN L P jrY a (G UM .IED.--A *nnsylvania lady enganged a berth a pahtree slbeping coachr. W hen o was ready to retire she took >mn her satchel a gurm bed, which e inifated and p)laced in the berth ii was to )ccupyi. It ha~ppenecd at her berth was very close to 3 stove, and thre heat caused the in bed to expratnd until the prs-. 'e got so great that it collarps.d th a tremendouts shock, and the ssengers inmped out of their rths in their rnight clothes uking there was a coliision. to for-ce of the coliapse threw lady againrst the c'eilingr of the r'th but did not hur-t her. A FINE IIoTEL.-(.ld Tony Wet , the Pickwickian philosopher. mar-ked to Sarm, his dutiful sorn, at "a man as cant formri a akke to opinion of a horse can form a ker-ate opinion of anything. Hie ight have added that a mrani who a keep a hotel layseclaim to equral isdom and ability. The strike among the whee rightts pr'odue soefine orators. 'heelwrightg- are good spke The p)urest joy that we cant c: r-ience in one we love, is to see rat person a sour-ce of hrappiness others. "~M i sr e p r es e 'n tatives. ot te ress" is Donn Piatt's phrase for otel dead-heads, and a very good bra6c it is.