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A SToltY WITH A. MORAL.
\\m : ~
'?Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to bo
eeoi^ _
"I'll bet you five dollars I can," said
Spriggins.
"Atld I'll bet you fivo dollars you
can't." snnlj l\ emphi.-izing the last word
decidedly.' 1
Tito moral and enuscicntioit? reader
t he shocked at what he m iv
the little b??y w.is ctught at school bend
MI2 and twisting a pin in ''position for a
i-choo"mate to sit. upon." *-\vc didn't
liir'iilL J^jiartil by it." The phra<e.
"f.iMlJScT fr**'0 dollars." was simply a
clincher of climax used by Spriggins
wild myself when we had exhausted
every argument and euch had tailed to
convince the other he w >s wrong. And
*ince neitherf?Xty, except in rare in
stances, over acknowledged ourselves in
the wrong, we had to bet fivo dollars
frequently. .,
Hut we never expected to 'Turk over"
when we lost. Indeed, we never de
inuudcd payment when the point in
.d*n^ M'Was. sett Ictl. but. contented our
?ttli't^in^sayihg, *I told you ru."
The point in dispute in the present
instance arose about an item that np
peared in the telegraphic eoltl mis ol
I he nloriiing paper. The item reu 1 as
follows :
"Johu Jones, a convict in the I-a
State's prison bus fallen heir to |5t),0<)0
rirfofM are being made to secure hi>
par.in j "
??Thero," sai1 T. ??y-'U s-e the puwi r
of money I'lut ?aci wn just us iutio
fSff\-l'i jwst^ts i-oilty. bi fore lv w:c w ot
fiTty Ranis ml dolt irs as ho was nllei
ward, rlilit beh-Id whit a change
Wealth ?'i ,o_'- hi.o friends, who uiuki
efforts- fo secure hw .panftu ! Had h
remained poor, bis friends would btve
tii-rn-it i.mI Ikin. * . v*o in nriuoii ufiiti nil
raising a little hu.rer to sueuro bis par
don. This world is 4 litstnhtiir, Mr
3priggins. a regular chair; in thi l.ui
gunge ' 1 pi em I read hi boyhood,
all hollow, hollow, boll i\vj"
"As I concluded this spiteful little
speech Mr. Spriggins straightened hau
seit up tu ; lie-p cuiiar way hu lud wtieu
preparing himself foi a eo.nb.it, and
we would have 11 fight, our ton'ues
being the weapons. Witbuut giving
t^0ljUi?jont pro and con, it ?VIiI -uiti .
to .-ay that the discussion w is brought
to mi end by Mr Spriggius proposing
au ulpetfnmM/ Ii- w..s. be "it 11 del ?
^t|?od; ;l uia'ti of uiuaus; 1 Inn ?n|iwi
vi ^4" ?I bujuoess siwiidtug, out son*
*#nhi ecc-nine; and the pi* >p >-uli ?o Hi
m^f\yto _o nroiliid among his
Icifijids and ten th. m thai oe Was Jon
bloke
"If, ' s..lil lie 1 do ttflB\ and I 1. j
t'reuly cinJ^MisVj money to ?tact ..i? iu
busbuAs,: t win. L have uo douOi that
1 cm borrow ul} tuu money that 1 Want
wuh. uothjiig out my hiee for security.
'lihttu, us- rtulcd. ul the ouUet; we bet
live dollars each on the result; 4iid I
uwaited with enger?ess Liu: result ot the
pr.ictjenK tcM.
I, however, ventured to imitate thm%
if ho carried cut the experiment, ho
might weaken people's confidence in
hi:- truthfulness; but this only wade him
think I (cured tho result, and make him
more determined than ever. So the
experiment was tried .
He- went to Mr. Smith, one of his
most intimate friends, and said
'Smith. I'm a bankrupt.'
'.Indeed!' ejaculated Mr Sj greatly
.?htonished; 'and pray how has It come
ab. ut r
'?1?1?' stammered Mr. Spriggins,
hes:tutingly, for story telll.iig, or, in
plain Ijnglish. lying, was * a new sin
with him, '1 went security lor u irienj.
and had t.? piy every dollar of it '
'Too bud, ind 'cd!' was jkfr. SmithV
sympathising response.
'If I can only borrow a few thousands,
S:oWiVer to get started in busings'. I
think I can got along very well.
Mr. Smith Uf uiht there would be
m> d:tBeu>ty in getting the money. He
would be very glad to advanceNt^ehim
self, but he was a | most strapped just at
i hat time. Mr Smith's undying friend
ship, underwent a rapid and r?iTcal
change.
He saw all of his many friends, and
renewed his request to each tw*turu.
bt.t they happened to bo 'short' ajust at
that time. After a few days ofguusutj
eossful attempt* to borrow nmAvy, be
humbly confessed he had lost his bei
fairly, and that Iiis face Was not good
Security iithimg his IViemle.
?I told you h>,' said i.
Hut an unlooked for trouble came
upon him. He.was engaged pi a jaery
accomplished lady. His tru*t in her
was unbounded. He had often tol I me ]
that, if ever there was a good true woman !
on earth, it was his intended
I Hut tier f ?tlier. Wearing of the bank
ruj.tey of the soil in-law 4h.it was to be.
; accosted him, saying :
?1 undeiscaud, Mr. Spri; gins, that
y:.u pip mt.i- witHv 'A -reverie i\nu.
tune.''
'?Yes, sir," replied Spriggins, sheep
I i^ily. '
\ "Of course, under your -altered cir
cuiiilitahcce, you cannot expect to marry |
my daughter ?"
Tore was a new turn in affiirs for j
i which Mr S. was not prepared. He
! thought at 6r. t of correcting the false- J
hood which he himself'-had started; but
\ the idea suddenly flashed upon his mind i
j that there was a good opportunity for
! testing the sterling qualities of Iiis swuet- '
heart. This would be a triumph which
would more than compensate lor his
defeats in other directions. So he re
plied :
??Of course, sir, I have a better opin
ion of your daughter than that she
promised to he my wif lor the siko of
sharing tny motley. Marriage lor mon
ey--, on) Mr Spiiggius was beeomiuu
very indignant; 'marrigu for money, sir,
is prostitution and nothing else, let the
w old call ir whittver it may."
? Oi ci'iir>c. Mr. Sprig ins my daugh
ter thought som tiling ol you. but you
i. w a ii;?n wit i- u< moans would be
? :; !.;.;, ortk of marry in^ "
??I hav?r strong hands, und I may say,
a hin?? heart, und though deprived oi
fortune, i ci?i> earn ctiowgh to support
myrfeff ?nd another."
? It is useless prolmtg this cootro
verity, \tv Sprig^iiw," s>ihl the oil
; man . .- 4..... ' '* " will
I certainly eile? to release my daughter
lio n her engagement. Of course, if
-he do H not ivCcept your ?fter of frei
dorn iiS the h?st thing under tl?e cireit'.n
<ib, I hIi-iI have nothing more to
-ay. tlood day, Mr. Spriggins; I urn in
t^oioewhnl ol a huriy."
"In a hurry is he '/" muttered Sprig
?ins, us his intended lather in law dss
appealed tr<? tit view. "Siems to uie
. very ho ly is in a hurry n iW that meets
im Ah. I und rstaud it Tho sickly
Minie, the tiuny and hurry, means sim
ply thai ihey want to dr p me Irvm
I heir list ol Irtends. W ell, they -!i .1.
be lieeoiumtidated B.?f thcrea- wi
id Ihn) .ck ill closer than a broth
?i, *.iu wih not Ji'seri me There'r
rieitl consolation in th.tt. '
So saying, ho hastened tu s :e h r
He louu ? her in tears. L'or the tir-i
li.no sines engaged in trying his expert
.i.ont, lie Iclt iikn ,t Very menu mu.ii He
w mi, mi huve confessed at once whsit u
gi m liar lie ii.nl ih i it making ot him
sell, but that would have been a rather
awkward undertaking.
I "lou huvs not learned," said he,
"that I have met with a suddeu reverse
' of fortune. Tour fsther teilt mc that
the only honoradjlo'^ourso for mo is to
offer toj-eleasc you from your engupe
incnt. And,-while doing so, permit me
to say that "if after being released from
\our engagement with Spriggins the rich
uian'. you will plight your faith to him as
a poor m i i), I shall be the happiest mor-'
tal on earth. " 1. wttut to be an honora
ble man, and so givo you your freed
om.
Miss Duleina sobbed eoneahhtei? but
tioJIy succeeded in speaking through
but sobs so as to>be understood.
"V"u arc very kind, Mr. Spriggius,"
she said. "1 am very sorry that our en
gagement uin.-1 be brokeu off for I did
like you very well."
-1 And ho the hopes that Spriggius hud
entertained were .dashed to the ground.
Iiis M/ulciuu liked him very <wcE(, but'
fiked his nmuey better; and so wh u
she inuiriuwd it was gojie, she, too, left
him.
Without another word bestrode off
-from her presence, a different, but by uo
means, a better man.
. .*'So ! so !". . he muttered. "The en
gagement on her part has been a mere
matter of money. 1 am as good, and a
great deal wiser "
"Y oh'are right," said he to me. "This
world is a humbug. There is uot a man
or woman ??monir . all my friends, that's
worth a pinch of snuff But I wiH be
revenged I have a plan in my head
that will rfplte fjld Smitlrj delightfully.."
Mr S*prrgi?ins seemed to have been
struck With s new thought. He left u e
'abruptly, and I saw him no more for!
several days. Meantime the news was
spread ?round that Spriggins was not J
bankrupt?that it wuo all a hoax.
The next lime 1 saw him, he told nie
with a sort of malicious pleasure that he
had^got about' even wiih his '?friends "
! Saul he:
"L know of au investment that will uo
doubt pay at least fifty -yer cent. 1
called on .Mr. Smith and explaiuod the
Tlifng to him;- Hx-wu*--highlyplei^exK
and offered to "go snooks." ''But," said :
T, "you have no money." I've called on
the nsl with a like result, and l'sn rc
vonged."
Mr. Spriggius really laughed, but it
was rather tt disagreoble laugh.
'?I met,".said he, 'ihe father of her
1 ones iutemWd to marry. lie Was very
friendly, but I told him 1 was in a hurry
mid jcoald not stop to talk ?my time
being too precious. And every time
thoM! false-hearted friends smile on mo
ao plea.-iintly, I piss on and tell them
I'm in a hurry."
I suppose Mr. Spriggius has had his
revenge, but he is a very ?ad man, now.
Uo is an old bachelor, aud vows that
girls cars more about money that a good
true heart. He says, too, that the lovd
stories scattered around the country are
without foundation in real lite. Boor
?Spriggius! lie has learned at great
cost the truth that,
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to bo
wise."
Our Thoughts.
We all carry wi hin our own bosoms
the deeds ul our greatest joy or sorrow.
Ike. do uot flow front our outward sur
Puuuditigs k?r persons have been happy
Where ail Wi.s most dreary, aud miserable
where there seemed everything to bring
happiocv^ It i? in I bo thoughts we
ti.uo it that our cuici en-joy-uetiv u.U
or-) la lou..d.
A convict was removed from uue
pI'iMiu to another, and was as a ed how ke
liked the. change ?
'^oi at all," was his reply. lie ad
mitted that tie waa better clothed uud
<td, uud had icss labur UOW, .tod that he
hum treat ad klodiy
"Why itieu do \ou not like it?" he
was asked.
"liceau.-e 1 am allowed to-speak to uo
ue 1 go to the labte, und sit ami
think, i gi.-..'-ott my work all day to
think, und at ui^Ut Ike won doors shuts
...u. in my solitary cell to think, think?
and l cannot endure it'-"
il is thoughts, no doubt, were gloomy
enough. A die that leads to the felon's
call couJa u.it have bright, pleating
uic tor.es.
No matter w here you are, mast lake
)our thoughts lor company. There is
uo lUnuiug away from them. Uow im
j.oi t.lot. then, to treasure up such us
will oheer and bless the life. Kind acts
aud Words have memories like sweet
inusie in ihe heut; but bitter words aud
{ unkiud deeds win, like vipers, sting the
' heart that, prompts them.
How Jack Lost Hi* Position.
fWolK my. little roan, you.afe here ou
time, 1 we," said Mr. Jone$, to Jack
ICaowles.as lie stepped into his store one
morning ; ' that ia a good beginning, and
I hope you will always be prompt in
meeting every engagement, ami energet
ic in attending to your duties."
"I will try to be both, sir." Jack an
swered;,-?ud just at that momont he
thought nothing could tempt him to
neglect any part of his work.
'?Come tliis way und I Will tell you
what you will have to do." ?
sir. Jones then led him into his count
ing-room and kindly placed hi- hand on
his head while he said : "^low Jack,
you know the bargain between your
mother and myself if, that you conic in
to my family as my own child. Do
whatever I ask you to do quickly, and
cheerfully, and try to make yourself us -
ful uK the time. You will lie expected
to run errnuds, such as carrying smalt
packages home for customer^, going to
'he post office, delivering messages, aud
assisting the clerks in whatever Way you
can. In return 1 expect to clothe-^Vt^
feed you, send yeu to school dinfrfn*: the
winter mouths, and, if you j>rove your
self worthy, will advanco you in your
position in the store. Healjj I do not
need a boy. but L do this for your moth
er's sake. Do you agree to the terms?"
'Yes, sir. and I am very grateful to
you?indeed 1 am?and you shall see by
my work ho,v much I lovo *-luy mother
and you.' Jack spoke these words earn
estly He mount all he said.
'1 believe you, my buy, and wi 1 do all
I can to help yeu keep youirgood reso
lutions.'
?Thank you, sir.' %
'Your place v ill be in tlu sale: roam j
renumber to help all you c:?v..'
?1 will, sir. You may derend on mo '
In an hour or two thy r^jjOj began to
Gil with customer.*. *ud *5Lc., all tho
cliirks w^'l*1 Wsy'ifrMsflPj^
was nearly everywhere, with his plena
ant, "Lot me help yon, please,' and wheu
night cauio all were ready to praise the
'errand boy' for good nature aud willing
assistance That night Jack slept
sweetly. He had done his whole duty.
His employer approved his conduct ; but
whit was butter than all, his own con
science whispered, 'Peacej you've d ine
right.'
The sun was just peeping over the
hills when Jack rose next morning, and
as soon as the store v as opened he was
in his place. All day, as th ; day before,
Jack was busy. When the store was
clo-cl he lelt happy, but his lirphs were
tired ; the w irk he had to perform was
more than he was accustomed to do, but
he di l not complain.
Thus matters went on. Jack gradu
ally rose in coufideuce of all who knew
him, aud if u message was to be sent in
haste, a package delivered promptly, or
a check cashed at tho bank. Jack was
the boy to do it. His word was consid
ered truth it>e!f. One day oue of tho
clerks wished to send a package to the
express. (.Jailing Jack, he said: 'Take
tilts to the office, quick ; run, p'ease. 1
waet it to go out to-day, and 1 am afraid
you ?rill be too late/
Away Jack bounded, but had nut gone
far before he iuirJ souiu oue shout :
I 'Hello Jack Know I ! wait lor a ful
I low. I am going that way.'
i 'I can't Hill: I must hurry with this
package.'
?Wait till I ottch up. 1 am going
that way.' Hill hastened, and came up
with .Jack, who never stopped until
11.11 Smith seized him by the shoulder.
I sayjog, -Walk u bit Don't kill yourself.
Whose is that you cot :1 Where arc
you going ' What's the hurry V
?It is Mr. Johnson's; I am going to
the express office. I am si raid I will
j be too late; if you go with me, y ou must
! ruin.' So saying, ho shook oil Hill's
1 hand mwl sped away, leaving his emu
pinion h. Im. 1 muttering to himself:
?Such a boy ! Ho d kill himself, if
old Jones ur any of thci.. clerks told
him to. You wouldn't citch me work
in that way for anybody.' He turned to
fltid swine one, who' had more leisure
than Jack.
'Here. s:r. ploilSC, send this package
today, sir. please,' said Jack to the
clerk in the express offtco, slopping two
or three times to get ln> breath.
'All right; you ate just in time, niy
little mai>; two minutes move and the
office would be closed.'
?Oh, lam so glad I didn't wait for
Hill Smith '." he said half aloud. Thou.
aftor stopping a moment to reel, he has
tened back with a light step, fooliog
that he had done right, and that this
pleusnut fecliug more than paid biiu for
hie troublo. 'Just in time, Mr. John
son; two minutes more would have been
too lute.'
'Thank you, thank, you, Jack; I will
not forj'ot this fuvor.'
'No thanks are due me; I have only
done my d uty.'
A few days afterwards, Mr. JoncB
called Jack jjnto his countingroot? aud
handed Mm a package, saying, 'This
was left lbr/*you/ Jaek opened it and
found a beautiful Bible with Iiis uumo
in gill letters on the side, while on a fly
leaf he read : 'To the boy who is always
on time?J.' Tears of Joy came into
bis eyes us he stammered, 'I don't de
serve it.'
'I urn sure I know nothing about that
said Mr. Jones; '1 suppose some one
thought you did, or they would not
have given it to you,' he added kindly.
'It must be Mr. Johnson, nud ho hur
ried oil to find that gentleman, but he
was busy aud continued so all day.
?Aiek thought hjj jffj^jiuusuaJly iudua^j
triotV?.for he never saw lihu ^4eisure,
and could not tell him how much he
prized the little git. Mr. Johnson,
however, read it in his eyes, and that
was all the thanks he wanted.
'Herf, tlack. lake this check and get
it cashc 1. The amouut is one hundred
dollars and seventy-five cents. Count
the money before you leuve the Lank.'
The banker knew Jack; besides Mr.
Jones had told him to let Jack have
money whenever h? ^ent htm, so ho hud
uo difficulty in getting money ou the
cheek. After it was paid to him he
: stopped and commenced to count it
I slowly.
'l)on't you think I have given you
! the right amount,' said the caahcr, vex
I cd to see the little slowly turning the
bills and counting. . 'Ten, tttunty, twen
ly-gvc, forty-live.'
^t**r?ym. ? ? ^Mii.l(ajiutf-'
?cashier, with a couteroptuous cuirl cT
I his lip.
'No, sir: this is not right,
j 'Boy! what do yon nioan. Net
! right V
'Yes, sir, uot right. 1 wsr.t only ouc
? hundred dollars and seventy-five cents.
You have giveu me ouc hundred and
seventy-five dollars.'
'Impossible I"
? Look and sec.'
He looked and saw that Jack was
correct. He then paid him the light
amount, saying, iu an undertone.
'Whew \ beat by a boy.'
Jack thought he had done nothing
worthy of comment, and therefore never
mcutioued the occurrence to his em
ployer.
Oue evening just before closing, Mr.
Jones summoned all the clerks into the
counting-room and then called Jack.
When be had taken his seat amoug
them, Mr Jones arose and slowly said ;
'Jack Knowles, it is my duty to tell
you that you are no longer au errand
boy in my store.' He then sat doWa.
For a moment Jack was speechless.
The eyes of all the clerks were upon
him. Suddenly recovering himself,
I speaking through tears and chokiug
emotion, be said, 'Oh, Mr. Joires what
have 1 dons? What have I doueV
?These gentlemen will tell you,' he
coolly answered. 'Mr. Johuson may
speak first.'
Mr. Johnson ar??e and said.
'He runs all the way to?the express of
fice when there is a possibility of being
too late.'
Mr. Henderson said :
'He is always on hand wheu? a pack
age is to be delivered.'
Mr. Holmes, the book-keeper:
'He h?l|>s me post my hooks at night.'
Mr. IISt.Icy :
"I heard linn tell the en.-hie'' of the
Huion Hank that he had paid him too
much money once last summer.'
Mr. Howe :
'He is always neat and tidy, aud eau
tie up a package as quick nnd as nicely
as 1 can.'
'Now, boy,' paid Mr. Jooos, scarcely
able to keep a straight face, as he saw
Jack's look of mingled surprise, joy aud
^ fear, 'you .-.c-e what you have done, and
I say again, we do not ffuut you as uti
errand-boy, but make you a clerk iu u
departing' of tlx; store.'
Then j gentlemen present grasped
him by the hand and congratulated bim,
saying, 'You have lost ene place, but f:e
ourcd a bettor one."
Not many days hence there will bo
seen the Bigp, 'Jones & Knowioa,' in
Shepardsvillo. So much for an obliging
disposition, attention to interest pf em
ployer, strict honesty, energy nod pane*
t utility.
Uow this Factory Hjclp* the
Fahm.?"It will cost you a bushel of!,
Wheat to send another to New York soar- j ,
ket," a wise oac remarked to' a Western
colonist.
"We don't intend to send oar wheat
to New York," waa the reply, wo are
putting up mills to grind it for home
consumption."
These colouisls are on a high road t?
success. They will not only make whoat,
but at the same time a market. We at
tha South should be willing to learn a
lesson from the West in this matter. We
make cotton. Can we not also make a
home market for it, and thus make the
factory help the farm ? On this point
the following remarks from the New
York Tribune are ^worthy of thoughtful
attention :
"The introduction of manufactures
itMo^agricultural communities brings to
gctTrertno essential elements of wealth
producing enterprise, establishing the
shortest circuit of communication. This
is iu accordauce not only with the laws
of political economy, but of that higher
order whereby Nature conducts the com
merce of the material world. The farm*
cr end manufacturer eaoh hare needs
which the other supplies; and to bring
the two into such close connection that
exchanges can be made with the least
possible cost, is a saving that must com
maud itself to tha dullest mind. If our
grain eau bo bartered for cloth made
within sight cf the field where it grew,
that is plainly a better deal than send
ing the same graiu to Liverpool to pay
for fabrics woven in Yorkshire.
"The factory ndds value to tbe farm
by affordiug a home market. A home
market saves the charges, risks and) waste
turns, and gives lr-crchai
products that will uot pay such charges.
Hotter still, a bo-no market is a suro
market, little subject to the fluctuations
incident to foreign demand. Regular
homo cousnmptiou steadies prices, drives
ont speculation, and gives to intelligent
forethought a basis for reasonable calcu
lation."
Advantages ov Crying.?A French
physieiau is out iu a long dissertation on
the advantages of groaning and crying
in geuciul, ispecially daring surgical
operations. IIo contends that groauiug
uud crying are two grand operations by
which nature allays anguish ; that those
patieuts who give way to natural feelings,
more spscdily recover from accidents
and operations, than those who supposu
it uuworthy a man to betray such symp
toms of cowardice as either to groau or
cry. He tells ol a man who reduced
his pulse from oue hundred and twenty
six to sixty in the course of a few hours,
by giving full vent to hw emotions. If
people are at all unhappy about any
thing, let them go into their rooms and
com lor t themselves with u loud boo-hoo,
and they will feel a hundred per ceut
i better afterwards.
I In ascordauee with the above, tbe
j crying of children should uot bo too
greatly discouraged. If it is systemati
i cully repressed, the re>ult may be St.
I Vitus' dance, epileptic Bits, or some ether
J disease of the nervous system. What is
natural, is nearly always useful and
I nothing can be tuore natural than the
crying of children, wlieu auything oceur=
to give them physical or mental pain.
Beverly, in Massachusetts, is known
as "Beau Town." No virtuous citizen
j of that place thinks of passing Sunday
, morning without baked pork and beans
lor breakfast. Formerly they went to
the different bakeries Saturday nights,
each man with his beau-pot. Each pot
i was numbered with a ohoek as received
und the number given to the owner, and
crowds would gather around the bakery
door uuday morning, each man calling
his number ami receiving his pot. But
now they have a pot:ory iu the town,
and each householder has had his beau
pot made to order, with his namo or
initials baked into the sides, and the
plan works beautifully. The bukers
charge six cents for baaing beans, und
it is no mean source of revenue.
The man who sat dowu on an open
j paper of carpet nails, said they rcmiud
' cd ImiivoI the in.'.jtu,: Ux^
I* A PUKDICAMKhT.-It IS XStJ
pleasant to be id lore sometimes; bs*
riuitc annoying * hen the tender feeling
is accompanied by petty drawbacks
which nre sdre to follow parsfntal hos
tility. Such at least is the exparienoo
of Mr. August Kleine, a youth whose
beelt has softened end brains grows
dizzy boneath the smiles of an Erato
street bo!!e. Sorna how or other her
father Won't listen to bis suit, and clan
destine inter?iews here taken place In *
vacant lot in the rear of her residence.
Seated ou a bench elose up to the fence
they bill and coo scarlessly, as two gee
tie doves.
But one evening lately, their stolen
interviews were discovered by tho girl's
brother, a maligoant little wretch, who
out of their lore determined to osjgoxt*
some fun for himself. With this end
in view, he watched for their next meet
ing, and when they were comfortably
seated on the bench, ho managed, with
out exciting their suspicious, to draw
the gentleman's coat teil and pert o
tho lady's dress through e crack its ike
fence and fasten them to a post.
This accomplished, he retired e few
paces, and thon screamed lustily for hie
father. At the first screech the loves*
started to run, but the post held these
fast. "Let me go pleaded the lady.
The gentleman, quicker in expedi
ent?, threw his coat off eod bound od
away. Now, the lady couldn't poll off"
her coat, neither could she uoloose ?;
her lover had lfet her?her
stilled screamed, and she, like an
tious dray horse, stilled tugged et; the
obdurate post.
The old men by this time wee heart
approaching. The affair eried haste,
aud speed must answer it. But bee
coarse was left. A desperate poll fore
the dress at the waist, eud e skeUon
olad tigure fled wildly across the lot.
Some how or other the lovers haven't
met since.?Picayune.
"Nercr neglect, ne*
daily prayer. It is here that the chrie
tian loses ground. Neglect this and yoa
can not fail to grow cold and indifferent.
Never let e day paae over your heed
without earnest prayer."
The good old men is dead, Best the
words he ntltrcd may serve aee warning
to more than one, especially to tie*
young. Never neglect secret prayer.
Arc you busy ? Do yon excuse yourself
because you are so harried every day f
i Remember who gites yon time. Are
you well aud strong ? Thank God Urn
your health. Are you sick? Surely
your heart roust frame petitions to hum
who holds life and death in his baud.
Are you exposed to temptations ? There
is no safe-guard like prayer. Here
you neglected this duty ? v Take op
agaiu the broken threads. Have yon
never begun ? '-Life is short eed time
is fleeting." Do not neglect scare*
prayer.
An enterprising constable of Rock Is
land made the following return on the
back of a subpoena giren him to serf*
on a witness : "I execute this speeny by
trying to read it to John Mack, bat he
was driviu cattle on horseback, sod ran
faster than I could, and kept of such n
h?1 of a holler in I don't know whether
ho heered or not. Taus i? tk* k?* f
could do, aad don't know whether tie*
speeny is served according to law es not.
Attest Eli Smith, cont."
A girl at Peru writes to a male ja?,
(luaintaocc: "Come over and see me;
we have a uew lamp, as our house the*
we can turn down, down, down, until*
there is scarcely a bit of light ie the
room."
A n Oregon toast over a glass of the
ardent 5 '"sieve's what makes us wear old
clothes."
Why will folke pay so? nvuefefem
when they can get a house maid for thro*
or four dollars.
NOTICE.
Mrs. H. M. Siluu:It JUtSPECTF?lk?
informs her friends that she ie prepared t*
make LADIES' PRESSES, CUTTING, FIT*
TING aud BASTING in all the varies*
Styles Doing deprived of her only STAY
IN LIFE, and having the CAMS of TWQ)
LITTLE CHILDREN, she is forced to<seek*
living in this way. Hoping that her frump*
in> Pvespority will be her friends la the dark
days of sad misfortune, she aas tk?s bee*
prompted to appeal to their sysapethies.
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