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"Full many a stoio eve, and aspect stem, Mnsk hearts, where grief Las little left to learn; And many n withering thought lies hid,?not lost, In .smiles that least befit, who wear them moat." These words come vividly to the mind, when oue sees, niul knows Horace Barker. The lines ubout (lie mouth, dcuoto sorrow, the con stant attitude of reflection, shows Pertubation; and while his fine eye is occasionally, lit with vivacity or omotion, the habitual expression of his handsome fae.>, is abstraction or care. A uiau of wealth, he lives at Louisville?that miniature western world, where talent and af fluence have the highest social value, and where Mr. Barker could demand any public office. A pretty nod pleasant little woman sits at home, rend}' to be entertained, or to talk, just as circumstances direct': yet she, too, has a *ubiitt??iHt*?fcr ? You tlo uofcTronthiV ; for syDi pathy?that spoken BUushiue,?is it not resist less t She is his other self; and the cord of unit}-, which binds us soul to sol, is reflect ed from her polo-star, to her holiest nature. She feels,?''thy joy,?thy Borrow,?thy hope, ?thy prayer is mine." * * *' * * '?Mow oft tho laughing brow (if joy, A nickrning heart conceit la." Their home, has been several times gladden ed by the voice of helpless infancy ; yet as often have they mourned their early dead, feeling the while, that a parent's tie was only torturous, since, so often, death seemed en vious of their parental blessings. One little boy of four months had been left to their fos tering care ; and iu the guileless joy of his hazel eyes, the mother gleaned hope aud con tent. "But why call him Mariou, husband? You have so many actual friends, who would like to name the child. It is so effeminate ; 1 wish you were less determined." IIo left tho room but still the mother poudered. "Will I uever win his confidence ??Are all mcu thus con stantly abstracted, aud immersed iu business '( flc is not mercenary, why should that d'uH re serve thuj daily veil his thoughts aud interests from his faithful wife? Yet, ask him, I null never! His devoted attachment aud his ar dent propositions won me from my widowed father; yet before a year lint) passed, this moody sorrow seemed to hover over my oucc fond husband; and now?each act of kindness, ?'tisa</?/y. I.see?I know it. Still lie loves me some,?and I ought, to be happy. Our sweetost songs arc those that "tell of saddest thoughts ;" Iu future days he'll live to learn, proud hearts can love the strongest." "All the world's a stage, And all the men aud women merely players." Six years ago, Horace Barker lived near Princeton. JAgkilier's position and wealth secured to lrH ?ic advantages qf education and society. ^TO?*\vcul to Vale; and, after several sessious of unwearied application, he returned with every token of succcsslul schol arship. It even murked bj?miniiCiH. for lie was^AAgjuiic and demonsffljOTo in a social cirfl Kl, "nolens totrn," soon found 'lilm 8ef^B alias, a martyr to the tender pas sion?Tovc. Marino Ilolc?inbo was tho daughter of a gifted man. IIo had been long on foreign otubftssage, and his "little fairy"?as he term od tho singing child,?was ever with its mo ther. Yet just as the littlo creature ruuehed her term, Mrs. II. diod suddenly of pneumo nia; and she was loft with her grandmamma, ?to ictet)?and wait?and xcatch for papa, lie did returu, gave up his appointment, and cherished the dear little woman, sole reminder of his beloved spouse. Mouths fled, and as Muriun matured into womanhood, the young lady with unaffected frankness, and confiding manner, seemed fitted only for the atmosphere of a living home, and kindred hearts. "Led by simplicity divine. She plenum!, yet never tried to Bhine." "Like the bright bark sprung'from the glit tering dew, Ail angel,?yet, a very woman too." And Horace loved Marian forvontly. He thought hor presence ho essential to his fu ture happiness, that all probation, or labor would find indomnity, when sho finally be came his bride. Nor did Mr. II. disapprove. The manly earnest tone of one, whom he had known from boyhood, won from the fond fa ther a promise, that, until Horace was able tu support a wife, Marian might wait for him. Louisville seemed the El Dorado, then ; and. hoping to fiud there the open sesavw. to wanted competence, ho left Priucetown. "Parting is pain"?so says the song: and so added bur' hero, while he lingered at twilight, near the loviug girl, tu whom his earliest vows were given,?for whom ho admitted unrivalled uffectiuti. "The hope of return takes the sting from adcu,"?so said Marian in her quiet way, and "Horace, I will watch for you." He, meanwhile, vehement by nature, declared that only a cruel fate awarded him the present disability : he raved at his own assurance in venturing to wiu such a peerless woman;?but he would couquer; he would tramplo each obstacle, and come back to her in two years, a richer and a readier suitor. "So I'll dream on, ever fondly, Happy dreams of hope and love;. For I know we'll meet, my darling, In this world, or thnt above." The sccucs are changed. A yeav subse quently. Mr. Holconibe, yet in the prime of life, visits Raleigh ; and by letters of intro duction, finds among bis acquaintances, an at tractive nnd accomplished lady, the daughter of a clergyman, whom ho decides, if possible, to marry. Thereon he writes to Marian,? tells his child of all the hopes he cherishes, all the plans he forms ! He reminds her too, of her need of a mother-friend^ whom she. would ever find, in so admirable a woman. He asks her affection for his iulci*dcd wife, assuring her that the happiness of his child has had its influence, in this second alliance. Her letter in reply, indicated perfect compliance with his wishes ; but there was a tone of reserve, so un usual in his confiding daughter, that he wis unable to solve the cause. After his marriage, Mrs. IT. who was a woman of considerable penetration, was told of Marian's previous inclination* and manner. ?She confidently affirmed that her generous luve and attention would soon overcome the jeal ousy of the child; sho knew that love like hers would conquer. It was July, when the summer calms sug gested, that a cooler spot was elsewhere 'neatli the sky ; and Mr. II. aud his southern wiic repaired to their future home at Princeton. On their arrival, Marian met them with affec tionate courtesy; and the new mother, with singular tact and kindness, soon entered into the anticipations aud interests of the daughter, who told of her engagement, and spoke with loving trust of her far oil" Horace. A few months ago a letter had come, begging her to be ready for their nuptials in the full; and with woman's usual pride, the busy fingers fashioned her a full and handsome wardrobe. Naught is needed now, to satisfy the must punctilious eye, save pretty goods of gossamer hue. that some will see but once,?the bridal robe. And muther Kllen fixed and fashioned many a tasty notion, for her now-formed friend. Several moons have waxed and waned, since Horace wrote, "I am having a pleasant time here; but will come for you, if possible, in tin fall. Be ready in September." "J'is strange how wearily time goes by, when Hope grows fuint with waiting. The guest-room, weeks ago. was trimmed; the flowers are fixed and fresh 'cnod. The lovely robes and bright adorn ments of an only child are all prepared, and every garment marked indelibly. "Let no one fondly dream again I That hope with all her shadowy traiu Will not decay ; I Fleeting as were the dreams of old It cm ember cd like a talc '.hat's told, They paas, iiwr.y." And niontlH, I sa?d, have passed sinco Ho race Wrote; aud now th? voico of "busy gos sips" speculate. Yes : one "thought it would be'so," Another "feared he had never in tended tu 9mc." Evil is dono by want of thought, a:, well as want of feeling, of heart. All,?and more,?reached Marian's oars, caus ing her to suspect the truth. A paper from Kentucky, came mysteriously to hand. It an nounced the marriage of Horace Barker with Sue LipNcomh. "If hopo but deferred causcth sickness of heart, What sorrow lo soe it forever depart!" Shall I carry you to Marian's chamber, where the mute walls alone bore witness to her frenzy t Love,? trust,? pride,?hope, ?all writhing in tho anguish of the vanquished. Shall I tell you of her still strong lovo, ?'Unchangeable, unchanged, Felt for but one, from whom it never ranged." i Home hearts offered kindred sympathy.' Th?y' too, shccrly from piqne, could weep, because she grieved. '?Behold! we live through all things,?famine, 1 thirst, Ueroavmcnt, pain; all grief and misery; All woe and sorrow; lifo inflicts-its worsi On aoul and body:?but we cannot die, Though we be sick and tired und faint and wornc: Co! all things can be borne." A week elapsed; and Marian had uot left her room. Several times, when grief's wild waves wore dashing o'er her heart, she had refused all friends. Not even father's voice wns heard amidstthis wilder storm. But, suddenly, a calm and gentle tone was v.efl assumed. ? Marian came o?f, 'and dined wi<->i thfcfamily. Her father kissed her brow, and thanked her for her fortitude and heroism. HoMtrow her to his heart, and said : "Child, lbrlhy loved mother's sake, look up aud agaiu be glad." The evening came, when, equipped for a walk,' she bade good bye ; but soon returned to tea, and retired early. They bade her rest well, and try to be with them at the breakfast hour. She smiled faiutly,?returned, aud kissed them, each !! Mnu's love is of man's life a thing apart : ?TU woman's whole existence;" ^"Alas the love of woman,?it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing!" The morning bell rang vaiuly; she came not at its call. '-Shu sleeps," said Mrs. li. ?1.11 wake her." The door was barred; uor kuockj nor voice provoked a sound. The lock \v.:s forced; and, pale and frosted o'er by Death, lay that lone, lovely girl. The light of life dissevered, Death, the reliever of our mortal throes, had snapped that thread, and left her blighted spirit at the Eternal gateway, pleading for gome mercyJ'rom her God. / Ah, uhe was weary of wishing, For u form thut tost to h?r here; -I For a voice, that was changed now, forever, . ^??<k^^.; I a !jru-.v iJntl sue:nod noble and l'uir. Tired of living, go weary. Longing to lie down und die, j To find rest,?oh! sad heart und dreary,? The cud of the pilgriumge uigh. The druggist affirmed, that a lady had asked lor an eraser of indelible ink. lie had sold her "oxalic acid." and marked it, ? Poison." She.?the woman scorned,?had not courage to bear the bitter pang, and to meet the added scoffs of a censorious world. Come, Charity, aud draw thy loving mantle o'er the deed. Cod knows, she suffered : aud may the blood of a pure Savior atone for all her errors. We love her memory yet ; and hope she is for given." Still Horace Barker lives; but is there any joy for one, whose bosom is the seat of grim Remorse '! Ask your own heart, with ali its hidden faults,?Shall we award that sad man hute, or pity ??Oh ! memory, blessing or curse of the soul, bliss or bane of our existence. "For him does life's dull desert-hold No fountain shade,?no date grove fair,? Nu gusli of waters clear und cold ;? Hut sandy reaches wide und bare. The foot muy full, the soul may fuiut. And weigh to earth the weary frame. Yet still iff make no weak complaint. And Hpcuk no word of grief or blumo." ??There is a grief the heart must bcur: Nor eye, nor pen. nor friend muy sympathize, Its home is in I he soul." VARIOUS. Tho Fortune Tellers Almanac. To dream of a mill stone about your neck is a sign of what you may expect if you marry an extravagant wife. It is very lucky to dream that you pay for a thing twice, as afterwards you will pn?jUbly take care to huvo your bills recu'^tcd. Vor a person who is iu embarrassed Urcntn stauces to dream tb.^t he has been arrested is very fortunate. j01. jt ^ bo ft waruj?g to nim not account io accepts bill. Tc civoam of fire is a sign that?if you nre rfise?you will see that all the lights iu your house are out before you go. to bed. To dream that your nose is red to the tip, is an intimation that you had better leave brandy for water. To dream of a bear betokens mischief, which your vision shows you is a bruin. When a fashionable young lady dreams of a filbert it^BLpretty sure sign that, her thoughts are runii^j^m the Colonel. If j'ou dream of clothes it is a warning not to go to law, for by tho rule of contraries you will he sure of a non-suit. Wheu a young lady dreams of a coffin, it betokens that she should instantly discoutinue tight stays, aud nlways go warmly clad in wet weather. The use of grapeshot has be/,in abolished io the British army. Advertising Aphorisms. If you don't mean to mind your business, it will not pay to advertise. Bread is the stuff of human life, and adver tising is tho staff of life in trade. ^Dou't attempt to advertise uuless you have a good stock of a mcritoriour article. Newspaper advertisements are good of their kind, hut they cannot take the place of circu lars aud handbills. Handbills and circulars are good of their kind, hut they cannot take the place of new* paper adveitiseiueuts. ? No bell can ring so loudly as a good adver* tisement. People will believe what they see rather than what they hear. Bonner, for several successive years, invested in advertising all the profits of the preceding year. Now "see where he Is! Quitting advertising in dull times is like tearing out a dam because the water is low. Either plan will prevcut goou" times from ever coming. If you would add to your business, put your "ad" into our Hut.?Inside Track. Sayings from Madame Swetchine.? "We arc always looking into the future, but we sec only the past. The courage with which we have met past dangers is oftou our best security in the present. Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty'. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the uue aud the wounds of tho other. He who has never denied himself fur the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity. We owe our superfluity, and to be happy in tho performance of our duty we must exceed it. Let us ever exceed our appointed duties, and keep v. ithin our lawful pleasures. Wo expect everything, and w'e are prepared for nothing. There are not good things enough iu life to indemnify us fur the neglect of a single duty. I We are rich only through what we give, aud poor only through what we refuse. There is a transcendant power iu example. We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly. The inventory of my faith fur this lower world is swfln made out. I believe in Him who made it. Situations are like skeins of thread. To make the most of them we need only to take them by the right cud. We deceive ourselves when wo fancy that only weakness needs*support. Strength needs it far more. A Btraw or a feather sustaius it self long in the air. Liberty has no actual rights which are not greatcful upon justice. Her principal duty it to defend it. Things we Should Like to See.?A fruit tree that keeps away pilferers by its owu bark. (Jas that would go out at night and come iu again iu the morning. A saucepan that will boil over with ragi when the cook '8 insulted. ? A clock that is so conceited as not to run down it.s own works. Some bristles from the last brush with tlu llehs. Gome sand from Time's hour-glass. The iron from tho plane of the eliptie. Some tenpenny nails made from fragments of the Iron l>uke. A finger-post from the Road to Ruin. The cap of a climax. Tho musket and powderhe.rn of a shooting star. HUS0ROU8. ?'In my time, Miss," said a storn aunt, "the men lookod at tho women's face? iustcadof) their aukles." "Ah, but my dear aunt," retorted the young lady, "you see the world has improved, aud is more civilized than it used to bo. It looks more to the understanding." An Irishman stopped at a hotel, aud at night was in bed with a darkey. In the night some boys blackened his face. Just before day the stago was announced, aud Pat jumped up in haste and made for the vehicle. On arriving at the point where they wero to breakfast he eutcred tho house, and lookiug into a glass he exclaimed in astonishment: Bo jubbcrs, they've brought tho nigger along and hjft'me fifteen miles behiud. l)Esro.Ni?ENT Youth.?A bright little hoy Was acked by a lady if ho studied hard at nohool. Ho replied that ho did not hurt him solf much at it. "Oh," said tho lady, "you must study hard or you wjil cover be Presi dent of the United States." ''Ves, ma:nui(" ho replied, ".but I don't expect't?; bo 1 htn a l)emocrat " Contretemps,?A very well dressed in-'5 dividual, rejoicing in the appc 11 at ion of James Townsond, appeared in tho dock of tho He., cord's Court. Ilia hair, was uncombed, and huog in elf locks down his face; the face itself was haggard, and still retained impression^,of a night of dissipation. : , . , "You are accused of heing dr?ht^' no',vr 1 "I am so informed, sir," responded the culprit. ; ?jfeM ioijrft? "I shall have to find you," said the Judge. "I presume bo," was the reply^ '"n W "Where did you get drunk'?" i:'"'> "?**'/ g "At the same place your Honor did/^'-1"!* "What, sir I" ! !" 1 uiofo "Even so, But i attributed your Utmost being in that condition\ to the bad quality of whiskey. I wish your Honor Would' mtik? the same excuse for me/' . .'t-ivjoiq i'jiw It. is needless- tc say the eiplamrtloi&WAB ' satisfactory, and the victim of bad Whiskey was suffered to to go on his way rejoicing. - n.ii ?i ? -'' f'tiV P?nqent.?"Bid you ever hear the story of tho Irishman and tho horse-radishu'x i jfoo "No; how was it ?" ?>? - [ "Welljsceing a dish ot grated hotte rndish on the table where they had stopped; for() din* ner, each helped himself largely to the 'Bailee/ supposing it to be eaten as potato oh sqUash; and the first, putting a knife-ful into his mouth) jerked his handkerchief front:his trowscrs and commenced wiping hisflsyes; ? ?? , "What troubles yer, Jemmy 1" inquired his comrade. .' ? *? iiilpJl In "Sure, and I Was thinkin' of my -..poor old father's death when he was hung/'; he replied shrewdly. n.-jvl..: -) -r. Presently the other, taking ftfi greedily of the pungent vegetable, had as sudden . .use for the handkerchief) whereat Jemmy as coolly inquired ; : flit at bht "And what tfvnbles yer, Pat ?" i< k?d "Troth/' he replied, "that you was not hung with yer father.'* The Doctor and the Sexton.=A good story is told of a doctor in Beverly j whd'.wis apmewhat of a wag. , Ho. wet our day i&thV..^. strcct the sexton, with whom he was acquainted As the usual salutations were passed,' the doctor happened to cough "Why, doctor," said thd sextoh, "yott have got a cold; how long have you had that?" "Look here, Mr.-/'said the doctor, with a show of indignation, "what is your charge for iutermcuts ??*' ? "Nine shillings." was the reply. "Well, contiuued the doctor, "just come into my office, and t will pay it. I don't want to have you round, and so anxious about my health." ^ The sexton was soon even with him, how ever. . Turning around to the doctor, he re plied : . "?h, doctor, I cannot afford to bury ^ou yet. Business has never been so good as it has since you began to practice." Since the above conversation neither party has ventured to joke at the expense of the other. ? - ifftrr ?? '?i(\ - ? Rip VajtWinkle Sleep.?A man called into the establishment of a joking''druggist, and overcome b} the sultry weather, sat down in a chair aud was soon enjoying a sound slumber. Observing that tho sleeper had bn a ?ue ucw hat the druggist, gently removed it, substituting in it* place an bid Ml witu a sadly dilapidated fcit& *Usty 'The drowsy cltir.cn nl last awoke and after a'Kew "Ho-hnins/' f?]t of tho hat which wt? rather a ti^V? fit. Removing it from his Yieaa ?hd taking a long, steady gar.o at tho hattCre^o^o, ho turned to tho druggist and inquired. ? ^ "Did I sleep a long time ?" "Yes," replied the joker, "aVe'ry iohg time." "Woll," continued the first. "I should judge I had, for when I canfc ihto your store, this old hat wus bran new?" ... j . : ? I .: It is said there is a Yankee ih Springfield, Massachusetts, who rides every day in 'the omnibus, and always sits near the forward 6nd so as to pass up the fare of'his *f b\\o\r passen gers. Each one gives him * ten-cent piece but ho gives the drivor ih'stcad a ticket, which as he buys thorn in quantities, crats him But nine cents. Tim finest idea of a thunder-"Mt?rin 'extant is when O 'i^ogafrsy Carrie libmc HKghft. Ho oame into tho room among his wife ftfid daughters and just then tumbled over the cradle and fell heavily to the floor. After awhile1 ho rose and said: "Wife, are yonhtfrt?*'"No." "Girls are you hurt ?" -No." "Torrihl? olap wasn't it?" : t Well Answered.-^An old maid, some wha*- advanced in .years, whose vivacity ap* proaohed tlie borders 'c>nmp*rtuicncs, asked an old man, in rather a jeering tone, why he Was always dressed'?h black, and wliftihcworo mourning 'for? l\*}&dt .ydtir Parins, nriss/* h^.giUfuttyt* lpTie?\