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THE N ERALD IS PUBLISHEDd gv sRY THURSDAY MORNING, -t Newber.ry, S. C. BY THOB. F. GRENEKER, Editor and Proprietor. a Terms., $2.00 per Jflnum, Invariably in Advance. -A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, Ne - tfe paper is stopped at the expiratin of time for wLicb it is paid. -.? The 4 mark denotes expiration of sub V .VIII. -., TH1NS9E C H crip tiou. 'THIS DEGENERATE AGE. Ah! those days have gone forever, witi their splendid fire and fever. And their lofty scorn of living, and tuei quenchless thirst of fame! When faith and beauty filled them, an< when love and glory thrilled 'hem, And the sacred light of Honor led them lik a flitting Flame! And the minstrels, tender-hearted! they ar silent and departed, With their amatory music, once so delicat and sweet; Now we never sigh to hear them, but we fi them and we fear them Grinding melancholy organs on the cornei of the street. Gone the Pirate and the Sea King, an< Buccaneer and Viking; Furled the banner of the Rover, hushed hi cannon's heavy roar; And the only reminiscence of his nautica existence Is the banging of the big drum in the pla: of 'Pinafore." Gone's the glamour and the glory of thi Knights of song and story, With their Tove and high endeavor, and the! noble deeds and aims! Of heroic days behind us, now there's noth ing to remind us But the SAiary Horseman in the narrativ '~of James! Yes! the Knights so celebrated, in these day degenerated Wottld be madmen or marauders-we wonit ridicule their cause And the Pirate of the shipping would bt - hanged, or get a whipping, And the Troubadours be prisoned unde local'vagrant laws. Now the soul that scorns to grovel, can bn revel in the novel Of Sir Walter Scott or Bulwer, on the days a long ago; And of Brian de Bourbeon, and of might Coeur de Lion, And of Launcelot and Arthur, and immorts Ivanhoe. For the prosy and pedantic have extit guished the romantic, And the pomp and pride of chivalry ar driven from the stage; All is now so faint and tender that the wor has lost its gender, And the enervate ..sthe tic is the mc del c the Age! -The Century. I 1 1.1 FROM A FORTUNE, -0 The sun rose propitiously oi Gra:e Sylvester's wedding morn the air was balmy,'- the sky blue and all nature seemed in sympa thy with the happy day. Presently a stir awoke in th houtehold, that soon swelled int< a murmur of' consternation. Tb bride was missing. S3ome one ba< gone to her ebamber to awake1 her and found it empty. I[mmed. ately a search was instituted,wiel proved fruitless. ;The bridegroor was sen ' could offer n ex'nation ; lhke the parents, b was distracted with anxiety. * ~ Grace Sylvester was a prou~ impulsive girl, with a warm bea' and impetuous temper. She wa an only child, and somnewha spoiled, as was natural ; but not. ing that could be imagired or ac -duced could account for this ut heard-Of freak ; she had not eve fastened a note on the toile1 cushion, as a key to the mystery after the custom of heroines. For a week previous to thi Dow unlucky day, the Sylveste mansion bad continuously opene it.s hospitable portals to arrivin guests. Friends and relations Mr. Frank Howard, the expeetan bridegroom, crowded to do hone to the occasion, which the Sy veeser connection were not les eager to embellish with tbei * presence. This singular occurrenee, ther< fore could not possibly be prt served a secret, and the chagrine and distracted host . and hostel had all the added misery of knov ing that their daughter's in expl cable flight was tbe subject of a sorts of surmises and discussioc by those w~ ho in set phrase endea ored to condole with them, an at the same time hint at insanit as the only solution of such a naprecedented freak. But a special gleam was soc destined to illume the darknes * Grace had not been unmindful Sher dear parents, nor her devote lover. A letter addressed to ti former had been dropped by h< in the postoffice. it was briE and evidently written under tl pressure of excitement ; but, ev in its fragmentary haste, Mr. at -rs. Sylvester could trace the daughter's tenderhess; and lover, despite the undispu r) 4tery of i's tone, took eot latt from it. Its cotents may be rende thus: . She bad left of her own I will and unaccompanied, thot she admitted that she would met at her journey's end bj worthy guardian, in whose c she would remain, and who, at expiration of a week, would br her home again; until chen, begged they would wait for explanation, and above all ford any pain or annoyance her ha disappearance had caused. This epistle, though grateft received, since it assured then her safety, was not, of con entirely satisfactory to her rents and lover. Despite her promise to retu they could not remain quiet the expiration of the time naml but sought her in every c ceivable place; but, as was dent from the security of her treat., Grace did not mean tc found till after theinterval sbe 1 named. One by by one, or in small I I ties, as they had come, the w ding guests departed. They ried to their own houses a cha r ingly inexhaustible . theme gossip and wonderment. Ev t one held a separate solution theory, and the subject promi to be one of unusual variety entertainment. But only one of them posses any clew to the truth-and e shy, insidious plotter that she v had laid a train whose suct promised even beyond her hol She watched its development silence. It was not her cue f speak but to await the fulfillm of her dceign, and'so the linge: professing the intensest svmpa for all, and at the sane time triving to bestow the ro t on Frank Howard, her dist cousin. This young lady, May Pres, by name, had long been hopele, in love with her Cousin Fr3 She knew that his heart was di ted to another, but had never an opportunity of seeing her r till the generous and unsuspect Grace, wishing to give both and Frank pleasure, had as Sher by letter to be one of bridesmaids. SMay's darling object was t gained. She had unlimited f Sin her own power of creating Scord, and had secretly resol Sto separate the lovers and Frank for herself, even at eleventh hour. Her first interview with Ga tconvinced her that ardent and Spulsive generosity was the str tpoint of her character. On she acted. 'How oddly the gifts of fate distributed !' said she, with a e Sas they were talking together -night before the wedding. , would think it was enough to a beautiful wife, without gr S ing at a great fortune, too ; r then Frank always bad a I d eye for the main chance.' s Grace's face flushed a deep f dignant crimson ; her faill, br t eyes flashed with sudden ange r she looked at May Prescott st ily. s 'Pray explain yourself, rPrescott,' she said. '1 do not derstand you in the least.' ~ What!l have you never h 'of the will of Frank's eccer old Uncle Paul ? But 1 am som perhaps I have (done wrong mentioning it. No doubt he m, to deceive you-no, no ! I d Imean that-I mean perhaps s did not wish you to know.' dShe affected to be overc with confusion at her own1 vertence, and pretended to re having said so much. Ci quietly but firmly demnandet know all. ~ You have said too muec d recede !' she exclaimed. 'Tel e til there is to tell.' r This was just the opportu , May desired. She arose to ethat the door was closed ;t nsatisfied that she and Grace dalone together, she poured ir..,' s. tm's ear the story w her result w..s Grace's flight from ted home. iso- The week passed anxiously enough to the three people who red ere awaiting the wayward bride's return. The appointed day came, ree and' early in the morning a car igh riage stopped before the Sylvester be mansion, and Grace aligh:ed from a it, followed by an old nurse, of are whom she had always been fond, the and whose presence explained irg the f'act that Grace bad been stay hl ing in her hoihe, not five miles her away. ive Grace walked into the house sty with an air of mingled triumph and:deprecation, After the strange tily greetings were over Mr. Sylvester, of with attempted sternness, de. ,se, manded the promised explanation, pa- and this was the story . The night before my wedding rn, day Il earned, from some one who till thought' I already knew it, that ed, Frank was about to inherit $100,. on- 000 upon a strange condition. His ,vi- uncle had died and left that re- amount to him, provided he mar be' ried me within a year after the ad testator's death. 'I had never seen this uncle, ar- but, as I learned from my infor. ed- mant, he had met me by chance ar- in one of the New York hospitals, rm- -gnd, after taking the trouble to for inquire my name, and no doubt iry satisfying himself of the suitability and of the connection, he made up hie sed eccentric mind that Frank should tnd marry me or lose a large fortune in the event of disobeying his sed command. be, 'Now, though I am deeply as, obliged for the distinguished hon ess or meant me by the deceased, I es. positively decline to be bartered in away to any one at a stated to price. ent 'It was sufficiently embarrassing ed, to me to know that the old gen hy tleman was attracted by a whim on- of mine, and mistook it for carac. f it teristic virtue. The fact is, durinL ant that winter-my first in New York-I was seized with a fancy ;rtt to vary my round of pleasures by sly an afternoon among the sick, tc ,nk. whom I carried the ever-welcom( vo- gift of fruits, and it was while ] had was distributing these offering: ival that the matrimonial project oc ing curred to Frank's uncle. her 'Do you not understabd, and ked can you not sympathize with me her. Had I remained here, no explana tion could have altered the case ben and I should inevitably have be ath come Frank's bride, under con dis- ditions alike paioful to my love o ved ti-uth and self-respect. I havy win always declared I wouldi be love< the for myself alone, not for qualitiel I did not possess, nor the mone: ace of a whimsical old gentleman.' iin- She drew a long breath as sh< ong finished her recital, and held ou this her hand with her own win nin fran kness. are 'The last week of the year ex igh, pired yesterday,' she said, witI the an unmistakable sparkle o One triumph in her handsome eyes get 'If you take me now, Frank,i asp- must be all for love. There's n but longer any money in the que~ :een tion.' 'With all my heart l' cried th in- indulg'ent lover.'icyoha ight come back to me of your own fre r as will, and have no further objet ead- tions to make to our union, consider myself one of the bar d2is piest and most fortunate of bride un- grooms.' He caught Grace's pretty, uti ard reluctant hand in his and presse tric it rapturously to his lips, with ry ; smile quite as triumpbant as he in own, and a glance whose intens sant and mischievous meaning was nc on't explained until after the quie he wedding, at which May Prescot was the "only guest, for Mr. an ome Mrs. Sylvester's prudence an nad- worldly wisdom still condemne gret their impulsive daughter's esem race pade, though their partial tendes I to ness fo.rgave it. 'You have chosen povertyi 2 to preference to wealth,' they sait I me -and so must be content to d 'without the grand wedding w ity had contemplated.' see Grace submitted with the be: hen, mor possible,; she had teste ,vere Frank's love and gained her ow into end, and all was bright before he After the wedding, Frank asked we< his bride : chi 'Are you quite satisfied with a tc your choice of poverty, .and glad and that your marriage occurred to- len day instead of a week ago?' of '1 am perfectly delighted,' stal Grace answered. str< 'Will you take a little wedding Cor gift from me, as I have not yet wei presented you with one ?' Frank to asked, meekly. 180 'With pleasure,' Grace answered, wei as she extended her hand expect- lift< ing to receive a jewel ';ase. mo But, instead of that, a ponderous ver legal document was produced, at I which Grace gazed in blank sur- the pirse- tior Then Frank explained that, wei despite Miss Prescott's kind in terest in their affairs, the fortune tric was not lost, as she had made a its slight mistake in dates; and his by uncle's discernment in selecting hav so charming a wife for him had made him the happiest of men. May Irescott's chagrin at the giv ofa failure of her conspiracy, and the delight of Grace's parents at her ffl good fortune can easily be im- for agined. Grace bore her partial defeat rea woi with.charming equanimity, as she ti Lim was quite convinced, by some mental process of her own, that res ml she had her husband's love. So har she A as reconciled to the posses- ma sion of a fortune! the owl ISeUZttO$. en ____________ ____ __ eae FOR THE HERALD. thl SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. apf af The appropriations of the Brit- ti ish government for scientific pur- dea poses this year include $4,000 to the the Meteorological Council for 'i furnishing weather forecasts to of newspapers without cost. The of same liberal patron of science wili in be called upon to-contribute $75,- on, 000 to defray the expenses of ob- sill serving the transit of Venus in har December. wa The micro-telephone has been silc applied by Count Von Eugen berg, wa in the Tyrol. to the discovery of PVf underground streams of water. He buries several microphones in we the soil, connecting each with a tu telephone. With this arrange- be ment he is enabled, in the quiet of qu night, to distinguish the gurgle of W; flowing water at a considerable depth in the earth. Gil me M. Arthbur Morin, of Paris, statesav Fthat experiments continued for a a number of years by garrisoned a cavalry regiments in variousal parts of France have proved that o -borses are healthier and stronger dre when kept in stables with doors eat and windows open night and day a Sin all seasons than where they are loc Skept shut. Similar observations have been made in stables contain ing large numbers of cattle, _ which are by good' ventilation f pa relioved from epidemic affectionsla of the respiratory organs. h Prof. Nordenskjold during his th Arctic voyages was perplexed by so the question, what becomes of the .A bodies of animals which die a nat- wi ural death. He very seldom found ne such remains, and declared that se on Spitabergen it was easier to im find vertebrae of monster extinct pa reptiles than the bones of the hi! seal, walrus or bird of the present an day. The problem is yet unm- so solved. hii A curious burial place was late- fa( Sly revealed in New Zealand. An tri immense tree, supposed to be W( many centuries old was blown 'T down, and a large quantity of hu- mi man bones was disclosed in the PO hollow interior, some of the skel- dr etons being quite perfect. -The ev existence of the cemetery was un- ni known to the Maoris of the vicin ity, whbo assert that it mus.t date from a very ancient period. A remarkable cloud, observed a Sin Guatemala during eight con- be secutive days of last February, p was found to consist of seeds efloating in the air. The stream of particles resembled snowflakes tin appearance, and was only vis th dible when between the observer nc n and the sun. gr r The havoc wrought by light- th ning is often frightful. A fewr ri' ks ago a tbunderbolt struck a nney 150 feet high-located in ,wn in the north of France cut a deep fissure in its entire tb. Among other examples th like powerful effects, Arago ed es that in 1762 lightning de- on yed the turret of a church at or nouailles, and threw a stone of ghing not less than 225 poundsd distance of 150 feet; and, in fa in 9, a wall near Manchester, .a ghing more than 26 tons, was l d from its foundation and re- ar ed nine feet at one end by a cr y violent thunderbolt. an >r. Elliott Coues' new list of or tal birds of North America men is 888 species. Only about 500 h -e known in Audubon's time. be 'he dazzling effect of the elec- a are is a source of objection to lot ise as a locomotive head-light to the French engineers who rei e been trying it. be .n oriental writer has recently cc, :n an interesting description th n ancient burial in the Chi. ev a empire. It was the custom to the wealthy man to pro- trc a his coffin when he bad wi ,hed the age of forty. Ile be ild then have it painted three mi es a year with a composition w ,moling silicate paint or ena- ta , which formed an exceedingly se, d coating. The process of a ring this paint is now one of fal lost arts of China. If the ha >er of the coffin lived long th ugh, the frequent painting--, th b coat being of considerable yc kness-caused it to assume the all earance of a sarcophagus, with yt oot or more in thickness of of bard stone-like shell. After aE th the veins and cavities of tm person's stomach were filled ac h quicksilver for the purpose pr preserving the body. A piece a j jade would then be placed hv each nostril and ear, and in tb hand, while a piece of bar a er would be placed in the other ot id. The body thus prepared y< 3 placed on a layer of quick- be er within the coffin ; the latter D s sealed, and the whole de- ta ited in its final resting-place. ien some of these sarcophagi co re opened after a lapse of cen- sc ies, the bodies were found to o perfectly preserved, but they ly ckly crumbled to dust on be- g exposed to the air. L. London medical officer, Dr. tI >bonl, is authority for the state- uii nt that the Jews of London pl irage twice as long a period of ci as the Christians. Pulmon- 01 consumption and scrofula are ul 2oet unknown among the Jews ai the metropolis. Their chil- ti mn seem to suffer less from dis- vi e than do those~ of the English h I Irish Gentiles in neighboring c< alities.: t A. WHOLESALE GRoCER's flULE. b' ~very established local news- y per receives subscription, from t< ge cities, which puzzle the pub- ti 2ers to account for, but which a New York Time.s lately threw ti ne light upon in the'following ; c3 wholesale grocer in this city, el lo had become rich at the bust- U is, says his rule is that when be 'w Is a bill of goods on credit to TI mediately subscribe for the local a per of his debtor. So long as ii customer advertised liberally b d vigorously he rested, but as 5 n as he began to contract b Iadvertising space he took the I t as evidence that there was t< iuble ahead, and invariably g nL for his debtor, Said he; b be man who is too poor to Y Lke his business known is too n or to do business.'' The with- d i.wal of an advertisement is iI idence of weakness that busi- " sa men are not slow to act upon. d ( Exchange. t it is bard to personate and act a p rtL long, for where truth is not c the bottom nature will always a endeavoring to return, and will fi ep out and betray itself one ne or another. b: -- - There is nothing keeps longer f an a middling fort've, and thing melts away sooner than a t eat one. Poverty treads upon s e heels of great and unexpected d ECO3OMIZING! se -- hl Greenville News. Economize. Yes, you've heard f, at before, havn't you? The of itor who smokes ten cent cigars at a salary of six dollars a week re an income consisting principally fo potatoes and general merchan- y e always preaches it to the pt -mers, who could buy him out m d afford to use his type for fish- y( line sinkers, whenever-politics a a too dull and the rotation of at )ps too threadbare to give him m idea. The individual who is hon- so ed by being your father has B ked to you about it until be ci ,s tried and you were sick, and m s grasping person who buys the m aefits of your massive brain for t pittance that would be ridicu Li if it was not disgusting has to d you often and over that the C1 wson he hires you instead of s ing hired himself is that be has nomized. You've had economy is rown at you in solid chunks er since you were old enough wear out the knees of your )users, or dredge for minnows th your new straw hat. You've en thrashed as an economic asure at home, and in your ca ilks abroad advantage has been St ken of your youth by some to 1dy old individual smelling like fo concentrated rum mill, or some in bald-headed man with a high ea ,t and broadcloth clothes, and ti, ey've beguiled you and thrown Pt e subject of economy down ur throat. You've beeu all tb ng there, and its long odds that w u won't get below the heading this present writing, if you are o ywbere between fifteen and q renty-five. You've become wary, at d wben economy crops Out in hi int or talk you've learned to walk w ong way around it. You might m ,vo been trapped into reading d< is if something about a girl or tt billiard match or some of the her profound subjects on which d, >ur intellect is exercised had tc en in the beginning. But the aily News doesn't propose to fe ke advantage of you. E It's pretty hard that a man it .n't enjoy his youth and have tc me fun while he's young with- n it having somebody everlasting preaching economy at .him. n 'e know that. Most of you sl urk for what you get, and ere's no use working unless you tl :e what you make to have some p easure, and good clothes and n gars; and billiards and a nighbt it it now and then are your pleas es. What's the use of living 'l yhow, if a man has to lose all :e enjoyment in" life. That's s: 3ry sound philosophy ; but look n ere: If the fool killer don't r me along, and you don't have s ie delirium tremens more than g x times you'll probably live to s 3 about sixty years old. When e ou get past thirty, you've had a mn or fifteen years of v good me. What about the thirty v aead ? You won't be as young ien as you were. Most of your rowd will have been crowd- ~ I out of the way and younger e en about the billiard room on't want you standing around. b he chances are you'll have a family started then, soo, and j you are lucky enough to ave a chance to be working for~ j >mebody else your wages won't ~ e much more than they are now. ou've got thirty odd years then > get through on, and you're a etting older every day. You'll egin to think then that the fun ou've had didn't amount to iuch after all, and when rent's ue and men wvith bills are hunt g you around, and the man you I rork for begins to talk of cutting own expenses your hair will ? Irn gray and you'll think of the 1 ig silver dollars you've invested ermanently with the bar rooms, igar stores, billiard table men nd poker parties. Then you'll el like hiring somnebody tokick1l ou out to the graveyard, and a ate all the good fellows who elped you in that ten years of an with a bitter hatred, and 1 'on'll call up your oldest boy and alk economy to him until he's ij ick and you're tired. You'll un erstand then that your father, nd teha ld-haded man, and the edy man had brains under their its-brains acquired by ex rience. You'll realize for the -st time that the first ten years a man's life is his seed time, d whatever crop he sows he'll ap, in spite of sunshine of good rtune or cold winds of bad luck. on will see then, youth with the -omising mustache and deter ined to go it while you're )ung, that that ten years is only little piece of your life after all, d: that the years that follow ight have been- crowded with lid ease and happiness and self-re. ect if you had bonly saved your gar money, and your billiard oney, and your other surplus oney and never wasted any ing. Then it will be too late. You won't pay much attention this. Do us one favor though. it it out, and paste it away mewhere. Then when you're ,irty-five look at it, and see if it 't true, whichever way you've ne. RS. PARTINGTON AT THE SOLDIERS BAZAAR. It was at a distinguished party, lled by the ladies in aid of the ildiers' Bazaar, that Mrs. Parting n found herself, as well as she could r the crowd. There was much said support of the.object, and a warm thusiams prevailed, amounting at nes to loud manifestations of ap oval. 'Quite a furore,' the President of e meeting remarked to the dame, ho sat beside him. 'A few roar!' she replied, her ectacles flashing with excitement. should call it a good many roar, id everybody seems willing to ex larate the movement. How much a owe the soldiers who made sacra ents of themselves for us and laid wn their arms and legs only when e Union was saved !' 'Very true.' responded the Presi :nt, 'and I trust that all are willing admit their indebtedness.' 'They may be,' replied she ; 'but I ared is was something like Mrs. ite's borrowing my eggs and say. g she would be always indebted me for them; as she was, for she aver paid 'em back.' The President looked a little an Dyed. Scon there 'ame another lout. 'Don't you think,' she said, that 1ese few roars should have been per. etrated when the war was over, and ot left the women to do what was icumbered on the men ?' 'Perhaps,' replied her interlocutor, >ut better than never.' 'It came nigh being too late,' said he, 'with the poor legless heroes run ing to their long home through a nor-house gate ; but, thank Heaven, me will have a comfortable home to o to, after this, where they can moke the calumny of peace, without yen a tax collector to make 'em fraid.' She was wearying, but she meant rell. THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE.-A South. rn paper relates how G. T. met an ld friend, who was formerly a pros. erous young lumberman up North, ut whose bad habits of drinking re ulted as they often do, though be as since reformed and is trying to o better. 'flow are you ?' said G. '. 'Pretty well thank you, except hat I've had a good deal of worry ent cause by the prevailing throat ifficulty, and I have just been to a octor to have him look at my throat.' What's the matter ?' 'Well the doctor ouldn't give me any encouragement. Lt least, he couldn't find what I ranted to find.' 'What did you ex ect hlm to find ?' 'I asked him tc aok down my throat for the saw mill nd farm that had gone down there.' And did he see anything of it ?' 'No: ut he advised me, if ever I had nother mill, to run it by water.' The cat is the great American >rima donna. If bootjacks were ~ouq'uts, her nine lives would be trewn with roses. Patients do more for doctors han doctori can do for patients. ['he patients enable the doctors tc lve. There is something wrong about i Clay statue made of brne. GEORGE WASHINGTON. - The Hero Imagined at Home, Loanghr.ain -[ount Verion. - I don't know how it was with :. . rest of the crowd, but I could _in George Washington loafing acr Mount Vernon, enjoying himself -Ii aby other human being. Mostpeo think of him as he is seen in "p tures-grand in appearance, dign - making his farewell addrese , mounted on horseback, leading to battle. I could not think of" - in that way while wandering his home, where he was not to be on dress parade. I Od1-e him come out of the back doori4,sdt well in the morning witha a collar on, his gallusses hangingde by his side, a pair of blue, wooea"= stockings on his feet that Martha knit, and see him pour some water iq a tin wash basin, take a handful,of% soft soap and wash himself. As stood by the side of his bedwonY dered 'how many times he bad gc ' Martha up in the night to put mus tard drafts on his feet when he had a cold, or had her bring him a bowl of. ginger tea to get up a sweat. Ieou1d not think of him as a President ;or:a general of armies, there at bif bimme, but only as a man liable toiave mully grubs, be cross, and talk sassy if he felt like it. It is right to reveret e memory of George Washingtoui is it wise to teach children that:le was a saint and try -to get them to follow his example in everything, There is one mistake that George:and'' Martha made, I have no doubt that they regret it as much -as anybody and that is in not leaving any poe. terity. George was a man that would have made an excellent father,-'ad Martha always- looked to -me as though it would have improved liee < 100 per cent. to have had her picture taken with a baby in her armsr and I have wondered at it more than $ -' little that they struggled th those times that -tried men's souls and upper leather' too, gd came out victorious, and never had any chi .. dren. Of course, during the war when everything was high, it was all George could do to be a father of his: country; but when peace spread her mantle over the country, and there ' were no more Eiglishmen to con- ' quer, and they settled down there at Mount Vernon to enjoy home "comb forts, it would seem as though a floec . of babies would have just filled the bill. We sat down in the old kitchen co lunch, and drew a cup of coffee right by the oldi fireside where hun dreds of meals had been cooked for i. George Washington. The old crane was in the fireplace, on which had been cooked the possum, the deer and the duck, and I was so overcome by the thought that where I sat George Washington had walked around and told the colored cookrs how to baste the canvas-back duck so as to retain tfie flavor, that every time the door opened I expected to see George and Martha come in and ask us to take off our things and stay to sup. .. per. But they didn't. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the bost whistled, - and we passed down by the tomb, dropping a tear and a bad cigar stump in front of the vault, and steamed away from a spot that should be dearer than any other to the heart of 2 every American.-AMilwaukee Sun. At a young ladies' seminary re cently, during an examination in his- ? tory, one of the pupils was interroga ted thus : 'Mary, did Martin Luther die a natural death ?' '&o,' was the reply ; 'he was excommunicated by a bull.' When is a baker like a beggar? When he kneads his bread. Poverty, idleness, and honesty never traveled together. Without liberty n,o happiness can be enjoyed by society. Mend your manners, and that will mend your fortune. Hate shuts the soul when dove eyed mercy pleads. We take less pains to be happy than to appear so. There is a blessing attending the Iministry of mercy. Faith and hope cure more diseasess