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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1876. No. 7. T"H E fHasERf A L D IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDN~ESDAY MIOIRNIXG, It Nerberry, S. C, BY TH09. K.G(RENEKER Editor and Proprietor. Term, $2.50 per Junnly, Invariably in Advance. ~ Th papr is stopped at the expiration of ti=efrhchgit is paid. #37 The >4 mark denotes expiration of sub ,cription. THE TWO CITIES. To-night as I sat in the sunset, I read with solemu awe, Of the Revelator's vision And the city that be saw; The city whose ga.tes are jasper, And streets are paved with gold, And of whose wonderful beauty Thi half was never told. Amd I thought of another city That is'not far away; The moonlight and the sushine Across Its marbles play. Its houses are long and narrow And their roofs are green and low, And never a care or sorrow Its silent dwellers know. There is never a soud of weeping In this city on the hill; There it "ver a.sowad of tumult In ttresteetsstd-green and still. The dwellers have done forever .With the old life's strife aad din, For whom the gates of that city Have opened to let them in. I have known some who grew wear Of life so full of loss And the bitter, bitter burden, Of the neveir lMftd cross. Thus speaking, Morton threw his saddle-bags into the cabin and the only regular visitor at the hun ter's cabin and although the in tervals between his visits were long, yet he seemed almost a fixture to the place. Polly Burnap, just in the bloom of womanhood, knew his gentle, generous and noble char acter; so she felt perfectly free and at home in his presence. "Is it not known on the route that your load is valuable ?" asked Polly. "I think not-though it may be. Still, I am well armed, and I fancy it would be a very tough job for any one to tackle old Morton." "A man was robbed on the creek a few days ago." "And the robbers have fled," add ed Morton, carelessly, as he threw his mail-bags after him. Morton went to bed at 9 o'clock, as he was tired from his long ride. Polly had work to do, having neg lected it while talking to her guest; so when she had seen him safe at rest she drew her basket to a little table where the candle was, and went to work upon some clothing for her child, who was soundly sleeping in a corner. The old German clock upon the wall, with its great weight and wind strings all exposed, had struck 10 ere Polly rose from her work. She had just put the basket beneath the table when the front door pened, and two men entered. They were in their stockings, their shoes having been left outside. "Hush !" uttered the foremost in ruder. "Speak but one word above a whisper, and you die in a mo ment !" Polly recovered from her quick Ero, and 16oked np. She saw bwo stout wicked men, one of whom beld a cocked pistol toward her. With a quickness of perception iatural to her, she knew the pistol kmold not be fired if she held her peace, as that would make more oiser than she could make ; and urther,' she recogxiized in the fore nost a notorious villain who bore he name of Dlick Gallus. She had never seen him before, ut the minute description her hus >nd had given of the man led her o know him-and positively, too, or one big scar on the left cheek ~vas mark enough. "What do you want ?" asked Pol .y, without bet.raying the least ear.- - "We have come to see the mail* ~arrier," one replied in ahoarse whis er; "where is he ? Dont speak too oud." "He is long since asl1eeP. Would t not do as well to see him in the norning ? We can find you a room d lodging." The fair hostess had said this or the purpose of gaining time. he knew very well that these men ad come to rob the carrier, and vas equally sure that they would nurder him if they could, and would .n all probability put her out of he Way as well. They had evident y learned of the valuable load e carried, and meant to carry it in ii stead. "Never mind his being asleep. show us where he is at once," rough y replied Gallus, in answer to Pol ly's last remark. "But I can call him, good sirs,'' easoned the woman, calmly, though here was alarm in her soul. "Call him! call !" growled the illain,~ with a fierce oath. "You all him and you will be called to mother world. Quick ! show us he way." The mild eye that could aim an merring bullet at the forest beast lid not even betray the thoughts of ;he woman's soul, nor did a look ell her meaning. "This way, sirs," she whispered. And as she spoke -.she turned ,owards a side door. She did not pen it till both the men were close ehind her. "Don't you hear him breathe." "Yes," returned both villains. And they did hear a breathing, ut it was of a child close at hand. As they thus answered her she blrew the door open--it open d inward. The men saw a dark void, but they pressed forward. In a instant Folly Burnap leaped ack, Gallus was in front. With ll her power, the noble woman and the next moment both the robbers lay sprawling on the cel lar bottom. This had been the door opening to the deep excavation, and the on ly means of egress was by a per pendicular ladder. Could this have been moved, Polly would have pull ed it up immediately; but it was spiked to its place, and she must let it remain. To close the door would be useless, for she had not ready means to fasten it. So she did what she had resolved upon from the first-she -sprang to the fire place, and caught the trusty rifle, and, cocking it she moved towards the open door. She heard the curses of the villains as they reach ed the ladder, and she soon knew one of them had feund it. "Back!" she cried, as she saw a head above the threshold. The candle upon the table threw but a dim light upon the spot, but it was sufficient. She saw the robber raise a pistol. She had a husband-a child-and had set herself to save the carrier. With these thoughts d a s h i n g through her mind, she pulled the trigger. A sharp report went ring ing through the house, and its echo was a deep groan from the cellar bottom. Ere the second robber could show himself, Morton came rushing into the roomvwith a pistol in each hand. "What is it ?" he cried. "There! there !' gasped Polly, pointing to the doorway, when a savage looking face had just pre sented itself. Lant Morton had been too much used to danger to waste time in conjecture, and immediately shot the villain. dead,.who fell with a heavy sound upon the cellar floor. * ** * - * In the morning, just as the car rier was dressed, there was a rap at the door, accompanied by a voice :e knew fall welL He hastened to >pen the door, and gave entrance o Jacob Burnap. The hunter had net a party of traders at Lewis urg, and disposed of all his skins o them, thus finishing his journey six days earlier than he had antici ated. Polly was soon upon her hus and's bosom, and when he had told hem his own story, Morton gave im the adventure. Jacob was at rst incredulous, but when he had seen the bodies was satisfied. "Polly, my jewel," he said, placing is arm around her neck, "I am roud of you. I love you more and nore, for every day I find more to ove." And then turning to Morton, e added, "What do you think of uch a wife ?" "Ah?" returned the guest, with eep feeling, "if poor Lant Morton ad such a wife he wouldn't be a nail carrier." When Morton left he was direct d to stop at the first settlement md state to the officers what had appened and he promised to do so. :e once more blessed the br've roman who had saved his life, and hen set out. Late in the afternoon wo officers arrived at the cabin, and when they were shown the dead yodies, at once proceeded to remove hem, and ere a week had passed he whole settlement blessed the yorder heroine for the work she had one. A farmer having buried his wife, aited upon the grave-digger, who ad performed the necessary duties, o pay him his fees. Being of a nig ~ardly disposition, he endeavored o get the knight of the spade to ~bate his charges. The patience of he latter becoming exhausted, he ~rasped his shovel impulsively, and, ~vith an angry 'look, exclaimed, Doon wi' another shillin', or up she omes!' The threat had the de sired effect. "Have you any nice fresh far er's eggs ?" inquired a precise old ady at a grocery store. "No, a'am," replied the practical clerk, but we have some very good hen's ~ggs." She took three to try. That writer does the most that gives the reader the most knowledge ad takes from him the least time. English aurist to his Celtic pa ient:. "Come back to 'Earin!'" [From the Lutheran Visitor.] WORLDLY PLEASURE. NUMBER IL CARES, RICHES, DISSIPATIONS, ETC. St. Mark records this saying of our Lord: "And there are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word and the cares of this world and the.deceitfulness of rich es, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful." -Chap. xii. 19, 20. In St. Luke the Saviour gives an account of a certain man, who so prospered in worldly things, that he did not know what to do with his wealth. Hear him: "And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night. shall thy soul be required of thee." -Chap. xii. 19, 20. Luke, furthermore records thesW additional words of Jesus Christk' "And take heed to yourselves, lest. at any time your hearts be over charged with suffering and drunken ness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."-Chap. xxi: 34, 35. I pass on to the Epistles. St. Paul to the Romans: "Let as walk honestly; as in the! day, not rioting and drunkenness, not in chamberiig and wantonness, 2ot.in.t4 an4 enying. But put: on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof."-Chap. xiii. 13. There is no possibility of mistak ing the meaning of this. Whoever as "put on the Lord Jesus Christ" ust be careful not only not to make "provision for the flesh, to flfil tihe lusts thereof," but must avoid the provisions-opportunities so profusely scattered along that ighway,. which has received" the ame c f "fashionable society," against which St. Paul in his second pistle to the Corinthians, has warned us in tlhe following perti ent language: "And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he hat believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple f God with idols?i for ye [mem ers of the church] are the temple f the living God ; as God hath1 said, I will dwell in them, and walk n them; andlIwill be their God and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among hem, and be ye separate, saith the ord, and touch not the unclean hing; and I will receive you and be a father unto you, and ye shall be y sons and daughters, saith the ord Almighty."-Chap. vi. 15 1.8. Reserving Galatians for reference, resently, I select this beautiful an ithesis from Ephesians: "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with he Spirit; speaking to yourselves n psalms, and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody1 n your hearts to the Lord-Chap. . 18, 19. Can the characteristics of the comn miiion of worldlings "and the corn nunion of saints" be more striking- ~ y contrasted than they are in the anguage of this passage ? In Phillippians the Apostle says: t "For mnany.walk, of whom I have , told you often, and now tell you t ven weeping, that they are the a nemies of the cross of Christ, ~ hose God is their belly, and .y hose glory .is in their shame, who e afind earthly things."-Chap. iii. 18, a The whole of the third chapter of Jolossians is very plain and forcible i gainst wonldly pleasure. I quote i wo verses: "Set your affections on things t ~bove, not on things on the earth. g -verse 3. And whatsoever ye do in x ord or deed, do all in the name c f the Lord Jesus, giving thanks o God and the Father by him."- I vers 17. It would be well to read the whole of the third chapter of the second Epistle to Timothy, pausing at the third and fourth verses; also the whole of the second chapter of Titus, particu larly considering the last part of it, which reads thus: "For the grace of God that bring eth salvation lath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying un godliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the gracious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good viorks." The Epistles of James and Peter are so abundant in warnings and dissuasions concerning the love of the world, that they must be read ntirely. The same may be said of the first Epistle of John, from which I make only one selection. 'his, alone, would be sufficient for my purpose, of showing that .the benor of the Bible is against fash [onable pleasures; and I direct ittention to this passage, as a most istonishing piece of writing, ex pressed, as it is, in language as art less as the first attempt of a school boy at composition; while its pro positions are so grand as to shake oiety to its center. Moreover, it nust be under some superhuman %uthority, that it could force its way down to us, through the )pposing inclinations of mankind edded to the world, and stand, ow, as bright and uncompromis Lng, as when it was first penned. "Love not the world, neither the ,hings that are in the world. If my man love the world. The love )f the Father is not in him. For 1l that is in the world, the lust )f the flesh, and the lust of the 3ye, and the pride of life, is not >f the Father, but of the world. nd the world passeth away,' and he lust thereof; but he that doeth he will of God abideth forever." Jhap. ii. 15,17. The will of God can be easily as sertained from the word of God. Among a thousand declarations, the yeginning of the twelfth chapter of tomans is sufficient for my purpose, lainly pointing out "what is that ood and acceptable, and perfect wil of God:" -"I beseech you therefore, breth ren by the mercies of God, that ye resent your bodies a living sacrifice, 11y, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service. And be iot conformed to this world but >e ye transformed by the renew ng of your mind, that ye may rove what is that good, and accept ble and perfect will of God." Jomi ABNDT. A HOT JoKE.-There has been pened on Second street in a beer ellar, a free minstrel performance, uch as it is. .Last night some scal wag, who said if there was any hing in this world he did love it ras to see people sneeze, the expres ion of the countenance being so ~xcruciatingly uncertain, "steam >oated" the cellar wvhile it was rowded with visitors. His plan of >rocedure was to roll a quantity of e[ pepper to a piece of cloth, ig ite it, and then throw it on the oor beneath a seat. It is said that he effect was astonishing. Some f the occupants of the place fell up tairs into the street, and others umbed into the mud in the alley. fat performer, who weighs about ree hundred pounds got more han his share. While he was arbling, "Mother, I've come Home o Die," the perfume struck him, nd he almost collapsed. For ~etting all about his mother, he ent out of the window with the ash around his neck into the mud Lydaley. A family who moved on to Beau ien street a few weeks ago attemp1 ed togive a party the other night, ut it was a failure. The head of he family met the guests at the] ate and explained, "I've got into a < iighty bad neighborhood. We 1 an't borrow chairs or dishes or su-1 -ar or butter, and the party is off. '1 get out of this as soon as I can] n a house !"-DTrnit Free Press. 1 WASTE. A very curious and interestii table.might be made by a though ful physiologist an d hygieniE showing each person where lh strength goes; and I am not su that a young man could do a bett service for himself than to seek tI counsel of some wise physiologiE tell him frankly all his habits, at have such a table prepared, not o ly to guard him against excess, b' to show him his weak places, at point out where he would be mo likely to fall. Some of these tabl would, no doubt, read very mu< as follows: Spent in digesting i big dinn which the body did not need, suf cient force to raise thirty tons matter one foot. Spent in hesitation, doubt at uncertainty, force sufficient to rail five tons one foot high. Total-120 tons one foot. Left for practical and useful labi only enough to raise fifty-five toi one foot high, or to do less ths one-third of a day's work. Sometimes there would be draft on the original capital considerable force, so that thei would not be enough to keep tI body warm, or the food well diges ed, or the muscles plump and ful or the hearing acute, or the eyE keen and bright, or the brai thoughtful and active. Very-often a single debauch woul use up the entire available pow( of the whole system for a who] week or month. Spent in getting rid of sever drinks of wine and brandy, for( sufficient to raise twenty tons. or foot high. Spent in smoking six cigari force suffcient to raise ten tons or foot high. Spent in keeping awake all nigI at a spree, force sufficient to rail twenty tons one foot high. Spent in breathing bad air, for< sufficient to raise fifteen tons ot foot high. Spent in cheating a neighbor o1 of $30 in a business transactio> force sufficient to raise fifteen tot one foot high. Spent in reading worthless booli and newspapers, force sufficient i raise five tons one foot high. Somebody has brought out i following interesting reminiscence "When Banjamin Franklin was lad, he began to study philosoph; and soon became fond of applyin technical names to common object One evening, when he mentione to his father that he had swallowe some acephalous mollusks, the ol man was much alarmed,and suddei ly seizing him called loudly ft help. Mrs. Franklin came wit warm water and the hired ma rushed in with the garden pum] They forced half a gallon down Bei jamin's throat, then held him b the heels over the edge of the porci and shook him; while the old ma said: 'If we don't get them thina out of Benny he will be pizenei sure.' When they were out an Benjamin explained that the article alluded to were oysters, his fathe fondled him for an hour with: tru.nk strap for scaring the famil3 Ever afterward Franklin's languag was marvelously simple and expli< it." LovE's YOUNG DRi Ax-They -s pon an inverted wash-tub (directl nder a window) dreaming wil reams of love. With her grea starry eyes upturned to his, sh softly whispered, "Will you always always, love me, Warren?~" Ani Warren murmured back: ".'Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And-" hen he sprang to his feet in a wil< anic, and made frenzied effort o get his face through a coating a ~omething that seeied to have fall n from the clouds. Cleaning hi ~yes he shot one quick glance o atred up to the window, made olt for the back gate, and disap >eared from the startled girl's side )ld gentleman up stairs turning t4 is wife, remarks, "There, Main ly, I bet $500 I've knocked tha lamed bowl of hot starch out o; he winder, and upsot the wholi n't." The desolate maiden has n< over now, but goes around with ax moniet glare in her downlcast eyes A BALK AT A WEDDING. ig A party came to the clergyman's t- house one evening to be married. it, Every thing went on harmoniously is until the woman came to the word re "obey" in the service. Here a balky 9r scene ensued. ie "Never-never!" she said. "I t, did not know that word was in the d service, and I will never say it !" a- "Oh, dear,"remonstrated her part it ner, "do not make trouble now. d Just say it-say it even if you don't s mean it. Say it for my sake-for ds your dear John's sake !" h "Never-never !" insisted t h e high spirited dame. "I will not say ,r what I do not mean, and I do not a- mean to obey. You must go on, >f sir," she added, to the clergyman, "without that word." d "That is impossible, madam," re ;e plied the minister. "I cannot mar ry you unless you promise to 'love, cherish and obey' your husband." )r "Won't you leave us for a little is while together ?" interceded the n young man. "I think I can man age her after a while." a So the minister went back to his f study and wrote on his sermon -e for an hour and a half, and finally, e at a quarter before ten o'clock t- there 1, - Came a tapping As of some one gently rapping, n and tle mild-mannered Benedict informed the parson that at last, af d ter a long wrestling of spirit, his r dear Jane had consented to say le obey. But how that compromise was brought about, no one ever g knew. I have often heard this * same clergyman relate how, after e a wedding ceremony on one occasion, which occurred in his own parlor, the husband whispered to his brand new bride, as they approached the door, "Mary, have you got any small t change ?" A WECK OF A MA.-What wreck e so shocking to behold as the wreck of a dissolute man-the vigor of elife exhausted, and yet the first t steps in an honorable career not taken-in himself a lazar-house of idisease; dead, but, by a heathenish acustom of society, not buried ! SRogues have had the initial letters of their title burnt into the palms 0of their hands-even for murder. Cain was only brand9d on the .e forehead; but over the whole person 3: of the debauchee or the inebriate the a signatures of infamy are written. r, How nature brands him with stig g ma and opprobrium!- How she 3. hangs labels all over him, to testi d fy her disgust at his existence, and d to admonish others to beware of his d example! How she loosens all his i- joints, sends tremors along the mus er cles, and bends forward his frame, h as if to bring him upon all-fours a with kindred brutes, or to degrade >. him to the reptile's crawling! How - she disfigures his countenance, as y if intent upon obliterating all i, traces of her own image, so that ai she may swear that she never made s him ! How she pours rheum over l, his eyes, sends foul spirits to in a habit his breath, and shrieks as with s a trumpet, from every pore of his r body : "Behold a beast !" .A SAe.cous HoBsE.-The editor e of the "Christian Advocate" tells ~- the following anecdote of one of his horses: "A few days since, as we t w-ere leaving our residence, on our usual morning visit to the office, a chestnut horse belonging to us gal t lopped up and caught our arm, and made an attempt to pull us in the direction we wished to go. He then left, and went off at a quick gait towards a pasture on a farm about a quarter of a mile distant from our residence. In a few min utes he approached us again, mak I ing an unusual noise, and seemed by a his actions to desire us to follow f him. This we did, and when we - reached the pasture, we observed 3 the mate of the horse entangled in4 fa bridge that had broken through Swith him. After we had extricated - his companion from his dangerous .position, the horse which had given1 >us notice of his companion's dan -ger, came up and rubbed his head bagainst us, showing great signs of1 saisfaction." The earliest art studen## .nade1 arrow heads. Some of th&estd.] art students make chuckleheads. ' ADVERTISINC RATESG Advertisements inserted at the ratw of $1.00 per square-one inch-forfirst fnsertion, and 75c. for eacb subsequent insertion, DUble column advertisements ten per cent on above. Notices of meeting,btai 'Lakutte# of respect, same rate per square 'is oinary advertisements. Special notices In local column 15 ceaits per line, Advertisements not marked witb the num ber of insertionsVill1 be -kqat In till forbid and chazge?Cc.z=zfngIy. Special coub-afta made wf&'larW adver tisers, with llberaIdedutkw W above ratu. jej ftu.j vff f Done with Neatums and Dispatca Terms Cash. A THEATRICAL ]INCIDENTO aSome years ago the manager of awell regulated theatre some where along the line of the Erie canal engaged a young. lady as a supernumerary. It.-so happened that the young lady had formerly officiated in, some capacity as a "band" on board a canal boat.,. a tact which she was anxious to con ceal. She evinced much anxiety to master the details of her newly chosen profession, and exhibited more than ordinary comic -talent. She was duly. promoted, and in time became a general, favorite with both manager and.publie. One night,.when she was to ap-Pear InM a favorite part, a couple of boatmien found their way into the pit near, the footlights, anxious to .see'the famous comedienne. The house was crowded, and after the sabei. derice of the general .applause. which greeted her appearance,-one of the boatmen s)apped his r-8-CM panion on the shoulder and. ex.