Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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lilil?. CM ike night the day, thon can'et not then he Jahc to any man.'* VOL. IV..NO. 33 ?ommuni o ations. CIRCULAR. F \ To the Officers of the Bible Societies and Othere Co-Qnerating with tye American Mlle Society in South Carolina. DKAU BRETHREN t ^ jP^rroH mo to direct your nttob tion io tho^followi < i? im por ta n t in etrucUon? from tuo S?or?taries of th? Ameri . "can Biblo Society, Bible House, Astor Plaoe, New York oity ? . "Tho Comm it too on Di? tribu tion hove iu-; ' -fitftteM Us to stato, that hereafter they will expect nil application!! for grants of books by and rid far as practicable alt others, ta receive tlie endorsement of the Agent from whose.State the requests are .nade, together with full information of tho facts which en force each ease. They are* especially desirous, to know tho extent of destitution, tho efforts made by applicants to help themselves, or to ? pay in part for books recoived from our De . poaitory, or to contribute to the. causo, tb JO number and character of th? population to loo supplied, and, io line, all that may assure t he committee of the I propriety of those in quests..'' W Persons needing Bibles nnd Testaments for Sabbath schools or> distribution, must Apply to tho officers of the Biblo Society in the city or court-houso town in tho District wi ?or o they resido j and if they cannot be supplied, the officers will ploase request me to procure books for thoir sooiety, to moot the demand, from the American Biblo Sooiety. i To-meet thc demand for the wen-d of God in this Slate, "tho auxiliaries aro earnestly requosted to increase their efforts to raiso funds for gratuitous work, n,nd especially to forward, without unnecessary delay, all funds now in band or readily collected for books or on donation account." "Tho annual report of the American Bible Sooioty, for May, 1SGR, announces that im mont of tho work of tho Sooiety at nomo and abroad, for which Provideu?e feas oponed tho way, and tho continued support of friends and patrons is confidontly expected." Collections from pustors of Churches, and contributions of any amount from Ml friends of Hie Bible, will bo thankfully received and duly acknowledged. Please address mo at Columbi/*, S. C., be fore tho clocc/of each month, audjit will afford mo pleasure-to servo you. / Y ' '? -, . yotirs?ly;'/ T- ? M,- A. BOLLES, i Ag't Am. Bible SoJ'y for S. 0. Columbia, S. C., June 8, H?0. AU pipers in this State fri/ndly will please gi j ' ? .n. |||, VABIBTY. . . , the Beard of EqfaliB?tionT The State Board of EaJdiaation for South Carolina unjustifiably arfl without any the least authority ha? doub/od the valuation of p r-J by Comity eaaesqors, hy adding to ?? the total value pf real, pmpe^ty(^9,990,O0O ; eo that, instead of 876,000j)00, tho assessors havo? returned ever 126,0W?000, on which ?mount tho land-holdors of ilse Stato will have te/WJ.^rK. ,Ke*vy burdon 0f taxation, equalized as it ie oallcd, so imposed in open j&iaoceof the law pf the4?n4, h?s boen done or roan. Atad' who aro shamelessly wicked and bitter en* otnios io! tno country. To supply the public want?,-the people most bet plundered of their property, resulting, as |t' will. In utter ruin to l?'*? I ^0*^fl wa,lt,y'' ^? th? erilo'reemeoi of \A* f - ?tda? for " ft uniform ind Munt Tt" cf P<?*u*. ?Pry Goods $ Groceries, SIM U . '? the leg & J??AliPWAtlE AND CUTLEB?, One $ "**i?. . . - , < River, g . ROOKERY, .... ; mm M hrit i i mu vi, .u and otb I f'SmS&iqmkik &o, "Ti I 'i ! : , ' th Md h cv*rjr arlj0,e ummy k?p- ? * go??, mm U oral fjtooB. one \ya 28 . ''V'^'r V- ALSO, - [ ling ci ?I I /. ' '?. ' hold nj ! pQii ?;' A good sUpply of the popular ATHENS OA. ? liW'?LE' *N Q( WMOB HO VTV*W(o sell at the lowest .?1,?$ ,0fcV2?? ?'?p ASI! mt i'? A lat" lins, adiom thoifft '.ftt ??* V others, V ii % '/-SP0 &M ^'PVofqro'mako no aliowanco' lin?*1 lisfi" ''r -^f? deb'8, Jtvrm OelFand examine''my Stott ohd price? If y0U! *** m .l?ftol.bargains, asmaraidetorodiiod n,ot j,p( bo ex- Juno m f tion is unequally nmuu, uui^nuiMo ?tu uirao-wi P*v nurt? Ux tnm other? foithe ?ame amount Ww ?f ^ndi ^?otjh^ th^ lendW?uld l?ripg^he w i l&Wrt assewed ot nofc y \ ? ' ? . .. S? ?ftoW%L WttoWnutovb1* ft? ft** of evil a,nd _. o ftPP^^^ WBQW? feling lhe iono.1 T. AtB?Vl?nd-holdW^ *^?g|Ali OheoiarpeVhag^ors who now infftit our o>w?tryr for no% It?v?&Mkfi pdtposb of .^ndOr'. kniclllgto?e; and, ?fe?, ?od SjSwiAk hm bop,n'Orushe<V bi??oath tho\-eol off ^Oflly.flro # ^ lyraat? ffho now rul/tho oouotryi EVT ^1 ory fir ir-nu nd od llopublioan or Domoorat will oondoann such reckless injustioo to an op* pressed people. In some instances fraudulent returns have b^.n made for no other purpose th m to fatten tho office-holders, who aro li'/ing Ott tho honest iand-holdora, which must inevitably result in the destruction of the \-?holo country, if it is bnforood. This tramp lUng upon tho law of the land ls totally un authorized and unjustifiable, whioh should bring down the wrath and indignation of evory truo-hearted citizen. . [BcnncttvMe Journal. *\>MV.V>V 8 Very1 Sad., , , . * .. . 8TORY OF A GOVCRNBS8 IN ENGfcANEK. -, A correspondent of the London Telegraph vouches for tho following as a true story : j "A fow days ago I stood by the sido of a dying girl, her age was ?oventoon, and this is ber history : Sho was tho youngest ohild iu a largo family. Her mother was the wid ow Of a dork /n a City bank, who died sud denly, loaving his wifo and children destitute. Her sisters wont out os governesses j she re mained at homo until increasing Want ren dered it noccssury fpr bor, too, to mako her own living. Sho found employment as a daily govornoss. Sho walked oaoh day,four miles to and from her work, and received a few shillings a woek. All day long she toiled, getting no food until sho roaohod home in the oveuing. Who does not remember tho hot Summer "of last year ? Through the glare of that oloudloss soason, this poor ohild starved on. The sun 'witherod up flower and shrub also witherod tho braiu of tho daily govern ess. . "Day by day ber s ire n g th meltod away; at last sho broko down. She oould go no I more tho daily lesson ; it was too late pow to I give her food, kindly smilos, or more wages. Ser orv from morn ia^tM??^? rooked onoTTro, proasf?g rtor ?atttlfWl ')*-?r-j-fra^. ing forehead, was, 'Mothor, mother, my brain is gono.' Ouc day. sho was found with one hand copying versos from tho Diblo, and with the other had gashed horsolf with a knife. It was thon I first hoard of the caso. I ad vised hor mother to send hor to a hospital for the insano. . My advice was taken. I ofton went to lue] Ure after hor. t found tho placo full of g)vorn03303, and all that kind noss oduld do soo:ir;d to bo done for thom. Sim soon booauip a raving lunatio. ? h/'Ono day I took two. of .hor sister? to. soo her. It was, thoir first visit to tho hospital, and thoy brought some How n to givo tho pationt. Thoy woro just in time to see hor dio. In hor coll, with an angel smile on her young race, lay the little governess. She had fought tho fight of life to its bitter end, and all was ovpr now; and with ? look as though -she blessed the world whioh killed her, hor young spirit passed away to God. "Thoro was a pott mortem examination. Congestion of the brain was the cause of hot death--hard work, they said, the cause ol tho congestion. A little food,, a ii ttl o kind thoughtfulness on the part of those, who em* ployed her, might havo savod ber lifo , and tho broken heart of her widowed mother. Th? birds Were Binging gayly, the sun was shining brightly) as thoy laid hor by fathor'n side in a quiot country grave. There were few mourners, but ?orno poor obi I dre ri and an old oripplo, whom Ino taught and to whom nbc t>d/ the iible' ?nSuhdaysVn?r only tiqji days -carno soma mlle* to ?eb tho last ol th^lHtWteaoh?y:- fl" f--: ' ?Sir, in tolling , tty? "story < do not ou) Mandoon any ono, but^ hopo those who ft ad It,4f tboj empl?v^gof?rneases^ ^I'^emen^ei that human creatures are not mere moobi nos \ and if they soo them fagged and worn, will think of the story of this poor ohild, whose ^^'t^f-ij^^ a kindlier world tW fojaV' \--{ f? .<?.'<< vi -rt I itt '.} i?r^?f*(*j ff , ' :.M :!'.'? . I To YOUNO MEN.~-Young man in tho fol I lowing short paragraph you Will find the en lt!v?..i?ei^r'i^^^^M^-?y*'J' ' ?' *'''?'.' Young man I s?vo that peuriy, p?ok up tha pin ; lot that(acoount be corroot tp a farthing u>f QUt Wht't thife b(t M W>bop ^te/efjr you say you will take it ; : pay that hal?dim your friend heUde?4 you to make change with in a.word. be eeonetuioal; bet genoroua: fo a'H you* havo of wMfa * v beldngf t?>' by every rulo'of Aglit, 'and' yWfe?y put it t any goo*jwe that m>fea?e? "UU^ot mle orly to ?ave a pin from loss. It is not sol fis to be cor root in your dealings, lt is hot sm? to know the prio.o of artlolcs vpn aro about t pur chace, or to remember tho li ttl o dob t yo Owe- (Mm Hm do ?aH mPrlde decke OUt (tf a much finer salt than ym% th?>prio of whioh be has not yet learned item tho. tai Or, who laugh? at your faded droaa ?ad ol .foahionod.notionB of honesty 'and right) yoi will, bbm?. FroUkll?; from a penn: saving hoy, walking & tho ?tr?ete with a ?* ??brood nader,his ?ro>, b<mt?tf How Small Exp cudi turo s Count. Fivo odo ts caoh morning. A mero t ri?o. Thirty-fivo coats por weok. Not much, yet it would buy coffoo or sugar for a wholo fam ily. $18.25 a year. Aod this amount in? tested lo a savings hank at tho cod of eaoh year, aod the Interest thercoo at six per cont, computed annually, would in twelve years Amount to moro .than 8670. Enough to buy a good farm io the West. Fire coots before breakfast, dinner, and a upper j you'd hardly miss it, yet 'tis tl f to or. oonts a day ; $1.05 por week. Enough to buya wife or daughter a dress. $54 GO a year.. Enough to buy a small library of books. Invest this as.before, and in twouty years you would have over 02,000. Quite enough to buy a good house and lot. Ton oonts each morning; hardly worth a second thought; yet with it you can buy a paper of pins or a spool pf thread, co von ty cents per week j 'twould buy sovoral yards .of muslim 836.60 in ono year. Deposit this amount as before, and you would havo $1,310 lu twenty years ; quite a einig little fortuno. Ten o ou ts before oacb breakfast, dinner, and snppor-thirty contd a day. ' It would buy a book for tho children 82,10 a week ; enough to pay for a year's subscription to a good news paper. $109.29 per ?! year. ; With it you could buy a good melodcon on which your wife or daughter could produce sweet music to pleasantly whilo the evening hours away. And this amount, invested ns bo fore, would in forty yoars produoo tho desirable amoun t $12,000. . Boys, loam a lossoh. If you would bo a happy youth, load a sober life, and bo a woalthy and influential mau-instead of squandering your extra ?hango, invest in a li brary or a savings bank If you would bo a mlsorablo youth, load a drunken life, abase your children, grieve your wife, be a wretched and desploable be Itt^o^rib^g^^ your7 Oxtra^ohabgc aod invest it in ?drinking saloon. QIVB YOUR CHILD A LOCAL PAi*ten.^-A ohild beginning to road becomes delighted with a newspaper, because ho reads the namoi of persons and things which aro very familiar and will mako progross accordingly. A nows paper in ono yoar is worth a quarter's school ing to a ohild, un J ovory father must oonsidoi that substantial information is oonncotcd witl advaaoomoot. The mother! of n family boirij one of tho hoad, and having n moro immcdi ato charge of children, should herself be io strueted. A mind oooupiod, becomes foi ti fled against tho ills of life, and is bract?i against any omorgoooy. Children, anuna by reading or study, are ot course more ooo siderate and more easily governed. Hoi many parents who have not twenty dollars fo: books for their families would havo givei hundreds to reclaim a son or daughter wh had ignorantly or thoughtlessly fallon int temptation: "MVI^AR .NA?HV*??4WW??r-,Ai the Coi yentioO) in Macon, wc mot a South Carol i nia who now lives in ano thor State, and while v? were s^ill shaking hands, ho remarked, "Sout Carolina is Uko an old leaky boat ; every bod wishes to leave ber that can got off into better." An old gray headed man stacdin ol? o a is R glorious ojd SUtp. I haye be? away from her f?r 'Mrty years; tmtshe Still precious--she hi my dear nativo hw tyor sons ere ?ouad io every SUto of tl South, and she is a.o bono* io them ead, th.? to her wfcoreyer theygo." : These words d ^.g^v. Wo.?MVO? ,?9?, m?!.ft*'4fjm<i which, wo would oxchange South Carolina f a ny other S tnt o. South Carolina is the mother of great mi undying prlno?ples and hobie plans. SI seems now, ohangod and fallon; but tho hm draws near wheo her gratoful sons, willi atoro to her wooping brow; tholaurols of gi ry. Lei us cling to the land of our birt .Let tts love still tho very dust in Which h orown Hes. Shall th? tl mo-honored mon mont on whion the golden lot tora of hor gio solong shone In splendor, bo forsaken, a tho cold, damp north-wind bo nliowcd to dn tho sands of adversity over' them till they soon no mofo? No 1 never. By . woll dire ed industry,' her child ron eau ropair h or wa plaoos, and ranko hor wilderness bloom as t lOSe. ' Work, work, is what wo fleed? 1 the ?OM and daughters of South Carol!i by virtuo, in toll i genoe and enterprise, hast to raise ?por dear mothov State from the dc And may God send prosperity throughout hor borders. -? 'r\> j {Wori(in# Christian, m#3T A Hartford paper thinks thatt quart of whiskey a day ?? as muoh aie good oivilUed?odja? -wefts and that, in $ fosp^ot, the Indian .le mow ? moderate In demands and appetites than ocrta}f\ Jkdl Congrewn^eu and Wnah'iogt<m oftoe*ho)<?i How it Fe^? to ba Scalped-What a Victim : Say? About It, A victim of Indian vengeance arrived in thld etty Sniurdny night, departing yesterday lor bli ItoWtf?> Monroe County, New York. His namo^W D?los. G. . Sanberatoo, end ho lost hi B searj^ortho Ba 11! o of Wno 1111 a. Per haps tho^fi?ationH oiporionc?d by Mr. San herston will interest and enlighten. Says he? ' ..' " ? was in tho infantry. Gustar had com mand of tho troop?. Thom was quito a force of cavalry with UH, but they wero about a mile in the rcav whoo wo first discovered tho reds. Some of the troops had boon sont around so as to attaoft from tho other ?ido. Tho rods worn camped in a sort of valley, and we wore within eighty rods of them for half an hour before daybreak. Just in the gray of morn ing, the firing commenced on both sides, and wo had it nil our own way for a few minutes j tho1 cursed snakes being much confused, and uot knowing what was up. At longth they rallied, aWLwo could hear Black Kettle shout ing and onloriug. Tho vermin got into holes andj'roc?K^-anywhoro they cou d lind a placo -aj)d brittan- to fight back wit i a will. We fuod w?i ci io vin- we could see a op-knot, and tfb?t'sq?o.ws-thorb was lots'op thom-just as.quick as Indians. ' We just went in'for wiping out the whole gang. When' it Was fully daylight, wo all gave a big yell, and oharged right down into camp. Tho lodges wero all a standing yet, and lots of Indians in thom. As wo run through tho alloys, a big r<,d jumped out at mo from behind a tont, and boforo I. .could ?hurten up enough to run him through'with my bayonet, a squaw grabbed mo around tho legs and twisted mo down. Tho camp was then full of men fighting, and everybody seemed yelling as loud as ho could When I foll, I wont oYor backward, dropping my gun'and I had just got part way up agu in, t&*.?""^Mr^anking me by tho hair, when the ?^ia^..Osw,i?nvf.'i.i^ .'"V-.--vitovysr tho nook; *Hd might just as well have run mo through ; but ho wasn't used to tho bayo net, or didn't think. The blow stunned me ; it didn't Irurt in tho loast, but gavo me a numb fooling all over. I couldn't 'have got to my feet thon if all alono, whilo the squaw kept screeching, and pulling my hair out by hands-fill. I heard sonic of our boys shout ing closo by, and tho squaw started and ran -ono of tho boys killing her not three yards off. Tho Indian stepped ono foot on my chest, and witti his hand fathered up tho hair near tho crown of my hoad*. Ho wasn't very ton do/ about it, but jorked my hoad this way and that, and pinched Uko Satan. My oyes wpm partially open, I could soo tho bead* work and trimming on his leggings. Sudden ly I fetththe'awfulest biting, cutting flash go round tty hoad, and then it ?00med to mo as if nop wiio?o head had been jerked clean off;' Ison vor felt such pain in all my life; Why it waa like pulling your brains right out. I didn't know any more for two or ( three days, and thon ? came to find that I had thc sorest hoad of any human that ever lived If the foy* killed tho viper, they didn't get back my scalp ; perhaps it got lost in tho snow. I Was shipped down to Earamio after a bit, and all the nursing I got hain't made the hair prow out on this spot yet." . V'* IDei^Fr?e Pre?, June lb. .';[ A FARVS?II'? BviNCt ADVIOK TO HI? OtHL. DREN.-Give 'yourselves to grayer. Study oar nostly .to love, ho wr, ?nd obey your mother. Avoids* p?ag?es, overy light, frothy, and wiokod- companion. Bo not a disgraoo to mo and causo of damnation to yourselves, by keeping company with idly talkors' sorcerers, druntepld, tipplers, frothy: Qt lewd persons. S ca reo buy thing moro infallibly brings per. sons to misery in this* world and hell in tho noxt, than looao nod trifling companions ^ Hi [John Ifrovm 'o/UddiUngibn. ' ? . --\ > I ?tia nfflrl Soi^ETmNO.rr-ThQU?ands broatho, move and livo, poss off tho'stage of |ifo an^ oro heard of no moro. Why ? Thoy did not a parti?lo of good In tho wprld; nono woro bleat by thom; none could point to thoo* as tho wstrumont of their rodomption;, not a line they wrote-not a word thoy spoke could be recalled, and so they porishod, their ?light went ont in darkness, and thoy woro not remembered more than the in soot of yos tor day. W i ll you thus Jive' and dio, O man im m ort al T Live for so in 0 th I n g. Do go cl and leave behind you a monument of Virtue that th? storm H of timo oan no vor dotlrby-. Write your namo by ki 11 dnoss, ?tove and mer oy, on the hoar ta of the: thousands, you como itt oonfcaob with year by year; and. you wlU noter be forgotten No, your doods will bo avor legible on their hearts. TI?KIIK is no human oroaturo HO insignifi cant but may bo?omo famous for vico, sedi tion, lawlossnoso, or buffoonery. The police reports and tho Nowgato Colondur,' aro mit? of faun; f t om which no dog rec is exetaded ? UNCLE SAM'S STANDING ABUOAI>-NK ono HULK.-It was announced a day or two ago in "knowing quartern," whioh I general. ly disregard, that tho British Minister accre dited to this Government will shortly bo "promoted" to tho Spanish Erobaa*y. Shock ed at this tenu, I catted nt tW t?tk\?- Depart mont to ascertain if tho leading powers of Eufopo yet siuco tho-War) recognized an in vidious distinction detrimental toour "repub. lio." "Certainly," said my informant, "you can seo by this document (handing mo a book) that wo are now below Portugal, and come just before Switzerland. The Qrand Turk is beyond us in the matter of tho honor, salary nod perquisites attached to the European diplomatic missions." "But," said I "these distillations oanuot exist, at this day, with respect to our Ministors in thoir formal intercourse abroad ?" "I am sorry to say/' said be, "that by referring to 'tho book' I have given you, you will seo that in all ocre, monial arrangements wo sro far behindhand." Being determined to know tho worst I put tho case 'of Motley, and asked what his posi tion would bo ot a Boyal (or loyal) dinner par ty given by the Queen to foreign ambassadors* "His plato would bo placed bolow that of tho Brazilian ambassadors/' said he, "as is put down in tho book of etiquette you hold." Tho blighting offeot of negro rulo are al. ready felt here. House after homo untem-n ted, the lengthy bulletins of tho real estate agent of property for sale, and a depreciation in value of thirty threo per eent, as compared with the prices of last year, indicate very clearly the result of negro domination, and aro but tho precursors of evils yot to como. It is truly said that it does not ncod any warning from any quarter to provent peoplo seeking this town ns a plaoe of residence or business. They shun it now as if it were in fected.-jr 'more Gazette's Wathington Letter. x ... N*:ano Biswi?<I.?k^?ajrt iii f*T minos m Tho Mason Tclgrnph has been permitted lo copy tho following oxtraot from a letter from a gentleman in Elbert county te his son io Macon. Thc letter is dated May ?lst. Thc writer says : "Ahore is a report in Elberton of a threat ened insurrection among negroes at Lexing ton, Oglcthorpo county, but it was suppressed before any damage was done. A- negro gave notice that tho blacks threatened on a certain night to kill some of the most prominent citl zens bf ?ho plaoe and thou firo it ; but thc timely information put the people on tncii guard and tho negroes did not rue. A wax rant was issued for tho arrest of the leaders One of them refused to surrender to Wm .Edwards, tito officer, And drew bis gun. Ed wards then shot bim through the body, am ho fell dead, and is still laying by tho rose side. 1 have not beard that any of thoo have boco arrested." ) Tnp CAUSK OF RUST ON WHEAT.-Th< lose long oontinuod analytioal resoarohes ol Br. Sprengel lcd to the conclusion that a excess of iron salts, and especially of th phosphate of iron, greatly increases the growtl of rod dust ou the leaves and culms of whet and other core?is. A soil in the vicinity i Brunswick that did not lack drainage by limo, was remarkable for growing wheat an barley, always atUOKeaVand' generally blighl ed by rust. ' A quantity of this soil was take into a field generally free from Chit rulnot parasite, to artificial soil fifteen inches I depth. Wheat planted in this was badly rut tod, whllo that grown' all around it, in tl samo flold, wan freo from the malady. Thoi was some th i tig* in tho soil peculiarly fovorob' to tho fogus whioh stains one'* clothes aa re as bog iron; ore itself. Low grounds in whic cul ta of iron oolloot in excess, are general recognized aa being very subjoet to ruat. Drainago is a partial remedy and no more. Br. Sprengel found on analysis a fraoth ovor a half per cont of tho phosphate of in int the soil under consideration with only traoo of lim? uncombined with silicio aol As freo limo will take phosphoric ?old nw from iron and-indirectly convert iron into tl harmless peroxide, and ?fe the same time pi duoo tho valuablo fertilizer, phosphate lime, liming was proscribed and the onto w porfoot. Hore ls * plain caso where the analysis 1 a soil by ft competent1 einett ! da tooted t source of a great and pnrmanont evil, ni transformed, as by inagio, a mineral poll into a plant of i oes ti.mable value. \Rur?l ?Yew VorW. jar The humours of the "XIX Ocular, ?batter than medicine te promoted ige? tic Subsoription88.&0 por Annum. Soldat bookstores. *tfr Ledie^T^Mh! rnipetb rooeipt the XIX Century I8.GQ per Annum fe? ?Il?stratela utentbly. Andreas F. G. diift taino, Esq: Charleston. After Death "Frpm thia boautiful world," said thc BOD sueus Greek, "I shall not uttorly dio, for beyond tho power of Mars opines the edict of Hades. I shall enter some other body. Bo? - fore tho throne of a powerful necessity tho thread of my now Ufo will J)o drawn and wo ve? into some frosh existence! Not so deep shall I quaff of the waters of oblivion but that I Shall remember the follies, tho faults and delights of my former Stato I" "Hnsh I" cries tho Buddhist, "disturb not my self-envelopment From tho iuflnity of space I passed into the infinity of intelligence, then into tho region of nothing, and tho idea of nothing. Now for tho blessed Nirvana total extinction." '.Burn plouty of din on my grave," say? tho Chinese, "and kcop up my worship. Lot tho ancestral tablets bo kopt unsoiled that I may have due honor in thc world of light nor have my angry spirit torment you for your noglcot." "I go," said tho Soaudioavian, "red with tho blood of battlo, to tho Valkyries who lill tho hour io tho Hall of Odiu. Eternal ;OM fliot, ctcrual wassail, until tho Ragnarok, tho gray twilight of tho Gods, which will lead us to tho AU Fathor's eternal abodes." "Tho God of Abraham, tho God of Lane and of Jacob," ories tho Jow-"tho solo Ruler of Heaven and earth, without begin ning or cud. Into his hands I rendor tho breath of lifo ho gavo. God's my (.?od what can I fear ?" "Behold I am on tho borders of tho chill dark river," says the Protestant Christian, "I catch tho gleam of tho Eternal City, and the goodly company of tho Blessed await me in shining garments'. Not in my own works do I trust-naked of all but faith in tho atonement, I como, O Lord, to theo. Nay, X have no fear, for Hitnjth whom I trust has trod the waters*!" J.N TB DOMINI SFERA TI?" A ''-'Hon culpa," cries the ^Catholic, striking his breast, "let masses bc sahl -, * *-nT ._ .* ..-"..u. uu invoked for a soul m Purgatory. Tho good works I loavo unfin ished let prayer accomplish. Lot my purifi cation bo brtof, that I may enter into thc eternal reward of thoso who havo tried to sorve tho Lord." "Allah I" ories the Mahometan, "there is but ono God, and Mahomet is his Prophet ! Tho two blaok angels oannot keep thc soul of the trae believe* fsom Al Januat, with its margins of Gamphire, its tree Tuba, and where the melodious voice of Israel mixes with the songs of tho daughters ef Para dise." We listen to these diverso utterances, ts diverse as the customs, habit of thought, Pr natara! diffii uncca cf the people who utter thom. After death, who sneers at it ! Where is the skeptic so firmly int ron ched in his indifforontism to articles of religious faith, who yet does not share the human paasionato yearning, to plnngo into its mysteries and bring back trae tidings of the solemn, unbro ken aitonoe. "After death" is either a realm glorious beyond the ?peech of man, or an utterly star less night to which no mern cometh. Reason tt ?oing tho di ?Solution of the earthy parti?les is silent, or. she argues from analogy, and analogy only brings a partial conclusion. It, in return points to Hope, and Hope, Hko ita own rainbow, reflects tho glittering coloring of other things. But there is a volco which speaks, and thoso who. hear it vcooivo unquestioningly the Divine Evangel of premiso. Tho faith in Revelation, th? garnered words bf thoso who did See the dead aviso, ls tho Christian anchor tn tho tempests of doubt. This century, which can look baok to the fulfillment of the darkest propeoies of tho inspirod Book, should not doubt the ono eplsodo of tho Resurrec tion. Time has either driven other creeds ?ute dark corners, wimro tho fi, a of civilization cannot penetrate, or utterly swopt thom frorii the face of tho earth. Christianity alone walks hand iii hand with progress, tho moa! faithful exponent of the heights humanity can attain tu timo, tho ono faithful propho of what it oan aspiro to in tho eternities. AT. O. Times i ? POWKR OT PRAY KU. -Tho root that pro duces the beautiful and flourishing tree, wit* aU its spreading branohes, verdant leaves am refreshing fruit-that whioh galls for it sat) life, vigQ? and fretfulness---is all unseen and the further and the deepor tho roo spreads beneath, tho moro the tree expand above. Christian, If you wish to prosper, i you long to bring forth all tho fruits of th Spirit, strike your roots deep and wido ii private prayer. Tho faith and support, tba strength and groco whioh you seek of God ii secret, that it may be exereiscd in tho hou of need, God will inthat hour give it yc^gi |O$P men.-HMm?cth.