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Its contaiz double column pages, and every endeavor be made to make it worth the money. Every charitably inclined person should scribe for it, as the entire subseription is de to the support of the orphans In the THORNWELL ORPHANAGE of Clinton, S. C., by whom all the work uj is done. It is carefully edited and is wori rie skfor it. Will not the friends< ~ ?rphnag gt up a list of subscribers for u so enable dsrvyng boys to assist in supp< Al subscrptions should be sent at once I editor and pubisheNW WM. P. JACOB! Oct. 20, 42-tf. Clinton, S e OLLIcs 3 i* . -.3 t e a Any Book or Arti In the Stationery Lini NOT IN STOCK, Will be ordered and furnished at publi or manufacturers' regular retail price. SLeave your orders at the Jan. 2. 1...tf. ~ hf I F 9 BABY'S FIRST WORD. es BY PAUL H. HAYNE. at We watched our baby day by day, as With earnest expectation, $C To bear his infant lips unclose In vague articulation. K But weeks, nay, weary months, passed on' lo His last wee tooth had broken From rosy gums,-yet not a word, Not one, had baby spoken. is "O Rol!" I cried, "it cannot be A child so quick and clever, I Who hears ('tis plain be hears our talk), w Should thus stay dumb forever!" Rol answered sharply, vexed and red, St of "What wretched nonsense, Jenny! hi I never could have dreamed, my dear, You'd prate like such a ninny!" lY bu (Yes, that's the term, I must confess. ON By which, with judgment narrow, m He dared for once,-just once, you know- la To call his "winsome marrow.") But what cared I? since, as I live, th True as my name is Jenny, c From out the cradle, clear and loud, Came back the bad word "Ninny!" Ef Thence up rose baby, all aglee, His peaceful slumbers routed, And thrice that naughty, naughty word dC He spoke, nay, almost shouted! ta Rol, glancing in my startled eyes, St His mirth could scarcely smother. an But oh! to think the rogue's first word ba Should thus abuse his . .. mother! -Youth's Companion. B w li a (E. ry Effie's Money; St e,, Or, True sympathy Rewarded, :tern 'ta riber .--. hese St )rip- 'It is no use, mother, I would sooner stay at home than wear M Br that dress again,-I did want to to t**' go to this party, and I wanted w some kind of a pink dress-I could pl etor not have a silk, but I could get a A &c., tarletan and have it just as pretty in t as I want for ?2. Indeed, it is ne Itro too hard,' Effie said, almost cry- or .ung. ti( -I am very sorry, my dear, but in most tan you know I began this year with ot ,by the determination of not going in- it to debt for a thing. I am just get- is a~ ting a little relieved now. Bear of Sup, my child, next year you can m ea have more pretty clothes,' the Smother said, soothingly. o S ext year ! Oh, mother!iNext w * year I may not care for them. m EL Don't you know that Mr. Arthur told us Willie Carleton would be m ughome, and the party was given n< '~for him ?'w Wih There was a bright flush on the E Spretty face that looked so en treat- da Singly into her motber's. 'How can I manage it? No way gi that I can see.' t ~''Mamma-oh, 1 know ! .Please mamma, Mr. Stewart's rent will mn -be due in-let me see-yes, just ni eight days. Ask him to let you ui d,have half of it. Do0 !' al Her voice was raised in the ex De- citemnent of the moment, and Mrs._ ~eta -ow Fairleigh said : En- 'Hush, dear, he will hear you.' ~ orld. 'Ob, no, he cannot. I heard him RAL go out over half an hour ago- t aper 'Indeed I cannot dear. Mr. an Stewart has always been so Sprompt. 1 might borrow it, but c'ie hate so to do it. Well we will see ; tabut don't make up your mind to Y. it. t __ Then her thoughts flew to the one she wanted to wear the dress to please. T wo years before-when Willie d LsS was on the eve of leaving home wml for a sea voyage, he had told lEffie ote she ought always wear pink. And he looked so much, and said not a h ~great deal, but only a word now ~:and then, that with his image, had sabeen treasured in Effie's heart a o h ever since. 'Why, mother, how pretty you 4 __- look. I declare that puts me in mind of what Mrs. Arthur said the other day-that she did not Sknow how Mr. Ste wart could live Sin the same hoube with you and not fall in love with you-tbait Syou were prettier now than half Sthe young girls she knew.'t 'Hush-sh directly, Effie. How c].e could Mrs. Arthur talk so ? 1 am astonished at you Effie, to repeat e her words. Dear me!I suppose s,es Mr. Stewart should be in hist room I IDo go and try the door. I shall be miserable until 1 am e * une hn has gone out. He could i 3ar every word, and wnat woula 3 think of you and me ?' Mrs, %irleigh said, looking vory un 6sy. Mr. Stewart was in his room, id he beard every word. Quick thought he darted across the or and noiselessly turned the y. 'Now rest easy; the door is eked and he is out, of course. u know wher he is in, the door never fastened,' Effie said. 'Go and see if the key is out. cannot rest, I'm so afraid. And bat would be think of me?' Quickly across the room Mr. ewart went again, returning to s armchair with the key not on. to Mrs. Fairleigh's front door, it with the key to the little wo in's heart and her reserve of e. 'Then she does care what I ink of her,' Mr. Stewart said ; am glad of that.' 'The key is out, mother,' said fie. 'I am relieved now. Now, child, n't you ever talk or let anybody lk to you like that again. Ar. ewart has some sorrow, I know, d I would not add to that by ,ving such talk reach his ears. it, indeed, I should like to know bat his trouble is; and I'd like comfort him if I could. He is good man, I know, and I'm sor enough for him.' And in the front room Mr. ewart thought. The next day there was a light p on the back door, and Mr ewart stepped in, saying : 'I am going out of town to-day, rs. Fairleigb. I may get back -morrow, or perhaps not for a ek or ten days. So, if you ease, I'll pay for my room now. ad, madame, if you would have quired a little among your ighbors, you would have found it and saved me the mortifica )n of knowing that I was keep g your room for ?4, ?I less than her gentlemen are paying for e same kind of room. There it for this month, and the balance last month. Good morning, adame.' And Mr. Stewart was out and F before the astonished little oman could offer a word of re onstrance. 'Oh, how lucky ! Mr. Stewart is y fairy, surely. And if I did >t know better I should think he as in the room and hoard us!l Efie exclaimed, her bright eyes ncing with delight. In loss than an hour the happy ri was on her way to purchase Le pink tarletan. 'This is a clever little ruse of ie,' said Mr. Stewart. 'But, less I can manago to steal in oberved, I shall have to stay night at a hotel, or-let me *e! Cannot I fix up some story -not exactly a lie-to tell the d woman ? What a sweet voice ie has! Ah! I have it! I will say received a letter, and learned iat the gentleman I had business ith was in town, and there wai :longer any necessity for going es, that will do. And, well pleased with the littli [an for Effie's pleasure and hit wn relief, he determined to re irn borne as usnal, and give the ivented reasons for his not being at of town. Effie was just stepping into raper's when she felt her dresi ulled gently, and, turning, sh< tw a little, pale face, with great leading brown eyes raised t< 'Please, oh please, give me some 'uing for mamma. She's so sick od so cold and hungry, too I' The little thing was shivering .nd Effie saw the poor blue toe eeping out of the old shoe . 'Oh, come on, Effie ; it's th sme old story they all tell. m going to got some fixings fu be party ; are y ou ?' said a frien oming up. 'Please!l' the quivering lips u1 sred again. 'Come, do,' said the gay girl. Effie put her hand in her poch t, took out and opened the pori aonnaie. Nothing was there bu wo pound notes. The child's eyes were fixed f agerly on her face that slie coul 'I must help her; I believe she is telling the truth,' she said, turn ing to her companion, who, with a toss of her head, said: 'Very well-I came out to buy, not to be sold,' and passed on. 'Where do you live, child ?' Effie asked. 'Not far. Will you come ? You will know then.' Effie followed the little form as she hurried, shivering, along sev eral squares to a row of small but decent looking houses. Opening the door she led her friend up the stairs to a small, almost empty room. Tears sprang to Effie's eyes as she saw the pale face so wasted and full of suffering. Effie; listened to her story, and then bidding the child to stay with her mother, she started off. In less than half an hour she was back again, w.ith a strong, pleasant looking woman, bringing a basket well filled with things Effic thought the best for the sick woman. A fire was soon started in the little grate; a cup of tea and toast were placed before the mother. Nell started down stairs to beg their landlady to let the girl broil a piece of steak on her fire. From the basket Effie took a pair of shoes and warm stockings for lit tie Nell. When the dear, good girl bad made them comforta ble, she placed the balauce of her money in the woman's hand, tell ing her that she must take it to buy medicine with. And then she went to find her a doctor, and sent him where she bad been. Willingly he went, bless his kind heart, feeling never better paid than when having a chance to help God's needy ones. * * * * * * 'And that's where the money's gone?' said Mrs. Fair!eigh, that afternoon, when Effie told her story of the sick woman and poor, half-naked child. 'Yes, mother ; and I hope you are not hurt about it. I'm not going to ask for any more. I don't care about the pink dress now,' Effie said, looking doubtful ly at her mother. 'Dear child, I am not hurt about it, but you were so happy when you went off to spend your money-' 'Oh, yes, mother; but oh !I am happier now ; indeed I am. Just think how much my money has done.' 'But their names, my child ; you have not told me that.' 'Why, hers is Eleanor Fenton, and Nell, her little child.' Scarcely had she uttered these words when a quick step crossed IMr. Stewart's room; his door opened, and without a knock theirs, too. 'Take me to them !' Mr. Ste wart cried. 'They are mine-my child and hers ! God bless you Effie, for whatyounhavedone! Now come with me quickly, do !' Au hour had hardly passed when a carriage rolled up to Mrs. Fairleigh's door, and soon after Mr. Stewart came in bearing in his arms his daughter. Gently b e placed her in his armchair, be 'fore the brightly burning fire, and -then turning to Effie, he said : S'Will you stay and take care of them while I speak to your mo ther!' SNever in the world was a wo man so taken by surprise as Mrs. SFairleigh, when, meeting her in 'the hall, Mr. Stewart said, taking Sher hand and drawing her into her own room: -'Mrs. Fairleigh, if 1 had had a cheerful heart, I should have offered it to you long ago. But I could not think of casting ray Sgloom over you. Now I1 am re lieved, and will be happy if you Swill just say yea to my question can you care enough for me to rmarry nwe? My poor daughter wants a mother's care, and Effie ought to bave a father, and I-I -want the little woman who said, only yesterday, she would likeb to comfort me.' 'Oh ! did you hear ?' Mrs. Fair leigh began saying, blushing like a young girl. *'Yes, all-but my answer.' d'Yes, if-.' 'Yes. Thna enough. Thank you, dear Mary,' Mr. Stewart said raising ber hand to his lips an( then drawing her nearer. 'I hav< felt like kissing you many times I might as well begin now.' And before Mary could object the kiss was taken ; and with i merry laugh, the first she bac ever heard from Mr. Stewart, hE drew her with him to his daugh ter's side. 'Here my daughter, is the mo ther of your kind little friend and she will very soon, I hope, bE your motber, too.' And when Mary Fairleigh wa: bending over to kiss Eleanor, Mr Stewart went and put his arm around Effie, and asked : 'Can you make up your mind tc welcome me with a kiss,: littl( daughter ?' 'Indeed .[ can,' said little Effie with a warm kiss, 'and I am jusl as glad as I can be.' Under their loving care the widowed daughter soon grew wel and cheerful again ; and Nell'E merry laugh resounded through out the house. The night of the party EffiE stayed at home. She forgot al about it in the excitement of thal day on which Mr. Stewart founc his daughter, and the next also Then the third day it was to be and then it was too lato to gel ready. How happy she was! Ho% happy they both were! The par ty was quite forgotten until aftei 11 o'clock, when Willie startec up, saying: 'They will never forgive me But how I hate to go. May ] come to-morrow ? Will you takE a walk ? And in the evening we will go to the opera, and-I as selfish enough to make you prom ise that while I am here you wil go with no one else ? Say, Effie promise me that, and I will g away contented to night anc happy enough, too !' Of course she promised, and was glad enough to do it. And, with such a beginning, we may know before a week hac passed she had promised more than that. Mr. Stewart carried his wife tc their eiegant home just as soot as their daughter was well enougi to be removed, and that was scarcely a month after he found her. And in the new home there is to be a wedding right soon Willie doesn't believe in long en gagements, neither do I. 'You are very happy, Effie,' bei mother said, as they were busy in making beautiful things foi Effe's wedding. 'Indeed, I am, mother. I hav< been every hour since I spent my money. Oh. mother, did evel two pounds bring such happines before ?' 'Oh, my love, it is all the re ward of a pure, kind and loving eart.' MISS JOHNSON'S PL AN. How to Treat the Traditionial "Nan Unde: the Bed." One of the most striking char acteristics of woman is her cheer ful perseverance in looking unde the bed for a man. No man in hia senses ever looks under the be< for a woms,n, but there arc mnil lions of wo,men in this countrj who would find it quite impossibl to .sleep in any bed under whici they had not previously searche< for a concealed man. Experienc< is lost upon them. The averag unmarried woman of forty year of age has usually looked ude the bed at least 7,500 times, with out ever once finding the expecte man, but she is not in the leas discouraged by so long a course c failure ; and it would be easy t find women of eighty or ninet; years who still nightly search fc the man whom they have neve found. Miss Johnson, of Evanston, Ne> York, will hereafter be famous a a woman, whose long persevel ance has been signally rewarde< It would be indelicate to inquir into her precise age, had she nt Ade..ribed herself in a recent all davit as having been born in the I year 1834, and we may therefore take it for granted that she is at least 43 years old. If we assume that she began to look under the bed at the age of 15, it follows that she has performed that cere l mony more than 10,000 times. Until last Friday night she never found the smallest fragment of a man under her bed, but on that eventful night her perseverance was rewarded, and the long-sought man greeted her astonished gaze. Miss Johnson being an unmar ried lady, not wholly unconnected with the milliner's trade, and full of womanly independence, resides entirely alone in a small house containing but three rooms, a kitchen, shop and bedroom. Dogs she despises, and cats she mis trusts; while, as for men, she re gards them as poor creatures, who may possibly have their uses in time of drought, when water must be carted from the creek; but who, as a rule, make more trouble about a house than their necks are worth. Holding those views, it naturally follows that Miss I Johnson lives alone, and the cool bravery with which she locks up her house at night and seeks her solitary couch, no matter if a first class thunder storm is in progress, has for years been the admiration of the more timid of her sex. It was about 11 o'clock last Friday night when Miss Johnson stooped down and looked under her bed for a possible man pre cisely as she had done on ten thousand previous nights. Whe ther she was or was not astonished at perceiving a large-sized man lying under the bed with the back of his head toward her, will never be known, but at any rate, she gave no sign of astonishment, and did not even inform the man that she saw him. On the contrary, she resumed with great delibera tion the nocturnal twisting of her back hair, and even softly hum med 'Hold the Fort," with as much distinctness as could be ex pected of a woman while holding a comb between her teeth. Her back hair -being finally finished, she opened her window, turned down the lamp until it gave forth a dim and modest light, and then stepped gracefully into bed, but not to sleep. That sagacious woman was per feotly well aware that the man under the bed, not suspecting that he had been discovered, would creep forth w ith a view to plunder as soon as. be found that sbe was asleep. The bedstead stood in the corner of the room, and from the position of the man it was plain that be would creep out at the side of the bed. Miss Johnson, therefore, changed her usual man ner of composing herself to rest, and lay, as she subsequently ex pressed it, "flat as a pancake," with her head projecting over the side of the bed at the precise lo cality wbere she expected the man to app)ear. For at least half an hour she lay perfectly still, watching for the man with a stealthy vigilance that would have done credit to an astute and ex perienced cat. -Not a muscle or a hairpin of her .frame moved, and her breathing a was as slow and regular as that of 3 a profound sleeper. At length I the man, confident that she was - asleep, softly began to worm him r self from under the bed, moving , after the manner prescribed by Sway of penalLy to the original ser i pent of the Garden of ~Eden. Lit a tle did he imagine that a pair of a pitiless gray eyes were waiting s for the appearance of his head, r while a pair of lithe and nervous .hands were ready to pounce upon . his cars. It wvas not many min t utes, however, before each ear f was suddenly caught in an inex o orable grasp, and his head began yto oscillate with remarkable speed r between the floor-and the edge of r the bedstead. Von Moltke himself could not V have surpassed Miss Johnson's S tactics. She had the man comi 7pletely at her mercy, an I he was 1. as helpless as though ais head e were in the stocks. A. first his t captor maintained a gri:a silence, - but after she had bumoed him sufficiently to ease her mind, she addressed him upon the wicked ness and folly of seeking to rob her. In vain did the man protest that his motives were innocent; that he had mistaken the house, and had merely intended to take a quiet nap under his own bed stead, where the flies could not find him. Miss Johnson sternly told him that he could not make her believe any such nonsense, and that she would "let him know," and would also "show him." These threats were carried out by a renewal of the bumping pro cess, until the man yelled for mercy so loudly that the neighbors were aroused, and rushed to Miss Johnson's house with the firm conviction that a gang of burglars had murdered that excellent wo man, and were quarreling over the division of her spoils. It was not until a strong force, armed with clubs and hatchets, had recklessly entered the room that Miss Johnson snrrendered her captive, with the remark that the sooner they took themselves off the better, and that if any other man would like to hide un der her bed, she was entirely ready to knock a little sense into him. Thus this intrepid woman not Duly defended herself with the most signal success, but she pointed out the true way to deal with a man under the bed. Most women would have tried to poke the man out with a broom, at the same time requesting him to "shoo." The result would have been to expose themselves to an attack at a very great disadvan tage. Miss Johnson's plan, on the contraiy, places a man under tho bed entirely at the mercy of a cool and courageous woman, and those women who may at any time hereafter find a man un.der their respective beds will do well to imitate her example, and share her well-earned glory. THINGS TO BE AVOIDED. Never exaggerate. Never betray a confidence. Never leave home with unkind words. Never neglect to call upon your friends. Never laugh at the misfortunes of others. Never give a promise that you do not fulfill. Never fail to be punctual at the time appointed. Never make yourself the hero of your own story. Never fail to give a polite an swer to a civil question. Never question a servant or child about family matters. Never refer to a gift you have made or favor you have rendered. Never associate with bad com pany. Rave good company or none. Never appear to notice a scar, deformity or defect of any one present. Nevex answer questions in gen eral company that have been~ put to others. Never lend an article you have borrowed unless you have per. mission to do so. Never exhibit anger, or impa tience. or excitement when an ac cident happens. Never pass between two per sons who are talking together without an apology. 4ever enter a room noisily ; never fail to close the door after you and never slam it. Next to her own love affair a girl is interested in somebody else's love affairs. Forty years is the old age of youth, while fifty years is the youth of old age. Motives are like harlequins there is always a second dress be neath the first. Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe unless it is mixed with a lit tle adversity. The man lacks moral courage who treats when he should re