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M .^-^. ,*lr> ir>--hii .(?'??. ?rfJ Juli ,( . fig r i.,. a kit 1>U* ^nr V lr UtS?l 9 ? - ,.|.xr? *?*.<> {? be*** l?oT f" ; .nttjii!o* twlOOB i m .TaWJTA? two dollars per ann um. )? ? ( ,l??fcl?.t II -'rJ.if-U. VOLUME 5. god ^isrr) SATURDAY MOtt Oll? L I id) no ?li*> bo?% 1* ? ***>'* tt( I ,AA* ?Mm'*** i ' .??.vi {U ?'<- ??'? j B ?? w ?. fI ? ' ?< ? M ' ' i, imi I'M in > ??"" ECEMBER 23, 1871, ALWAYS IN ADVANCE THE ORANGEBORG NEWS 1_?^ PCBLISHED AT Every Saturday Morning. ??ANGEB?R? NEWS COMPACT TKRMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. ??? Copy for one year. $2.00 ?? " " Six Months.~ 1.00 Any one sending TEN DOLLARS, for * tin* sf New Subscribers, will receive an RXTRA COPT for ONE YEAR, free of ?km go. Any ene sending FIVE DOLLARS, fer a Club of New Subscriber., will receive aa EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of ?karge. ?:o:? ?ATKS OF ADVERTISING. 1 Square 1st Insertion. $1.50 ti u 2d " . 1.00 A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or ?ne inch ef Advertising space. AJaatTiistratsr's Nitiwea, .?...$6 00 Ketieee ef Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrator?, Executors, &c.........-$9 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon tho west liberal terms. ?:o:? MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICE8, Vtet exceeding one Square, inserted without ?karge. ^ ? ?fir TerniB Cask In Advance. ~<m* DOES SHE REMEMBERf ' ' ? t' i -\ it. ? 'h. j ? ? W?1 BY RORERT 0. PRANKS. t tf..i iWf .t < ?? ? ? ? .,* . | 'Mid the pomp and the wealth that surround her now, Iriamonda flashing upon her brow, tiaet ? The bmu-innndr at her fe?t. Doee ehe ever rtmniittrr the cLys of old, V hen her heart met mine, and her warm lips told Her leve iu kisses ??wert ! Does ehr ever remeudivr thitt rhrietma* eve Vhtti I helped her the bright holiy-berriee j to wn,re. In her iMth-r'e ?u<-i-iU Ijill ; An I wedwk d tui'?ck j?*rloi m scmHc and t(i ?-t ii. ?ji^Aha??*r*%.**l*Annxn mUH ??> I \ hont thfla i* ? i? ? -.t? ?M< lae |>aue>e ?all! j jHM.e ah* trtiuk of that night when, sll-m en 1 a.ow. Ate walk'd. h*nd in h.ad, e'et the irjflt). liu- snow. In moonliglit cold nnd dear? Jtre thee nil t<>igotten, tho??- v.iwn ehe ma le. As we ?to<'d ihm night in the old hall t hh;:de Tu watch fur the glad New Year? (jo a ?? \ Do-* she think? But. ah! no. In her weulth and j>ride, ? ?ay should ehe think of the love thrown In the vanished days'of eld ? So I smile and bow, and "my lady" greet "With courteous deference jvhen we meet, For my heart, likelier own, is cold. GREETING AT THE CHRISTMAS FIRE! BY K AG IN. The huge back-log is on and glowing red like furnace fire. The Christmus fire is burning hot and beaming bright. Heat and brightness, like life and light, positives and truths, assert the majesty of goodness, nnd in their bright and regal presence, the negative evils, cold and darkness, arc fused, burnt annihila ted. Tbc chill of age itself is warmed, and the darkness of aorrav* - gleamed and brightened ; the icy cold of despair, is made to glow with hope, and the sombre shadow of care is lightened with the light of joy, by the Christmas fire. The uncouth picture of poverty is transformed by the magic li<;ht into u scene of gorgeous and radiant peace nnd beauty, one the homely face is hand aome, by the Christmas firo. Like the shades of light before the morning glory evil things and hate vanish in the beam ing light of "goodwill"; and like tho hoar frost in tho sun, cold want is ban ished by the genial warmth of the heart's content. Love, springing like life from out tho hcut and light, warms tha latent and frozen yood witl?ii us into beaming expression of happiness ! The eold home-dead is warm, as it never was warm before, by the Christ mis fire. The dark cloud ehaoges into a '-pill ir" of bright promise aud guiding by the brightness of the Christmas hearth. Hearths and homes are bright and ?arm and happy. Sunny childhood baake in its own bright atmosphere, and the aged form is lighter, and the old heart is gayer by the genial contagion. Altar of home's sacred influences, thy brightest "gifte" are those of "Christ mas !" Greetings, the most heartfelt well-wishes flowing purer from the wtria heart are those of Christmas Christ mas yule ! Beacon shining over life's dark and toilsome main ! Groat and hallowed light I how shin ing, flooding on the scene and group of home, it keeps them btightand warm in the hearts memorial ! Resting on the sainted form of her, whom earth calls mother, how she is tranafigurnd with glory I how in tho mystic holiness of tho light, does she seem winged of Hearer), crowned, glorified. Tho Christmas fire, with all its asso ciations of brightness, of peace and ol good, is the roating place of the year. In the evening of the year, wheu its toils are over, its sun nearly set, the Christtnass fire is lighted, and around it gather tho weary toilers, gather for the heart's refreshment. Consolation glows in its warmth ; hope gleams in its glad some light. A voice of chcur sings in its burning wood. How appropriate to the great event of whioh Christmas is th- me morial are these thoughts of love and hope and peace, that are warmed into life and action by tho Christmas hearth. The cyunsure of all hintory the event of Christmas is in the wholo earth nnd in the mysterious universe moat memorable Tho birth tif good will and charity and |VciCC on earth, per* ?tiifi d in Christ ; ::?ti erst <4 the iu>titnti?u uf ih? rite.? and v.uMmjmj? of '?'*'* -"4'ld J' 1 !??? p^??u??l g.tti"ll ?f the l iiV nf p ?r ? ! ? iY?.e on ear Ii, ?M'id will toward pirn," It.ii* tic herald aiiiinti i it inn com in^ >i ?* m through the cr.il urica and kindled ami wir.ned anew at each (i'hristtu .s ?ir>\ Cherish the wartuth, and pcrpetuato tliV light. Vieid to the revelry of good though's, aud give them fr?e and lull expression in word and deed aud look. And when the Christmas fire pales, and its ashes ou the hearthstone arc gray and cold, let the latent sparks of good smoul der warm in the heart. Carry ita brightness out into the dark world, its smiling, gcuiul warmth iuto the cold round of life. Act out the good will engendered ho Tore its radiant influ ence of light, by charity aud love. Cherish the peace that glows in your heart beneath its warmth, aud let it be the principle of your life's action. Then will the "merry Christmas" leave no pall behind its departure, wheu its fire is ashes and its light is dark ; but its memories will cheer aud warm and make better und more beautiful the heart and life! WHAT IS CHRISTMAS WITH OUT A TURKEY ? A few days before Christmas there is noticeable a certain ohildliku fraukneas in some of our smaller newspapers, that reminds one of the days when happy, hearted jourualiats were well satisfied to pay for pippins in flattering peraonals and praise young Mrs. Smith of (55) for '"that excellent und most palatable, mince pie, which was eaten with abun dant relish " We h?vc seen a dozen oj twenty papers of lute whose '?Current Items" teemed with turkey, liutil at last we felt impelled to clip Che'lta and put them together here, to lend vvhut aid we may in tiseiating the p^?r1 editor to Iiis favorite; food. Hero ure two in which cure is taken to refer only indirectly t , the prevailing ueed of turkey : ??Now turkeys trouble iu tho r boots." ??A warning to turkejs. The resi dent's proclamation. Ue.al it." But the ibliowiug are of progressive boldness : "Who ssid turkey?" "It nou d not be a foul proceeding to send a foul proceeding to this office." Now conies the appeal direct: "The crop-of turkeys is said to be large, but how can we poor editors know large their crop is?" Another: "So...? prefer the breast. We take it ?s (and when) it comes " This one furnishes an example of the ingenious: "Tho cranberry sauce from good old Mrs. B. is excellent. We would be sor ry to have it spoilt for want of some thing to eat with it." This man thinks ho should have a tur key for his joke: ,;Wc sigh for a sizable turk y." Perhaps this one has a similar idea : ''Who will 'murder most fowl' be twecu this time aud Christmas, is now tho question." Here is a man who will not be sutis Sed with less than a twelve-pounder : "Whitehall, Wcatcher County, elaims a one-yeat old rooster with an nvcrdupois of eleven pounds. Wo should like to spend Christ-tuns i.i that locality. The ibliowiug is an example of the polite and indirect : "We remember distinctly a turkey sent us some three years siuce, when, as editor ol tho - wo, etc., etc." But why multiply examples; there are but two more varieties, the radically unblushing?of these we have seen two expressed iu precisely the same lan guage? as follows : JW&y*"(!lVK, O ! (UVF. U8 TCRKKY !" A i d the fraudulent, which roads : ??There's cholvra in turkey." On which account the wise m..n will scud it to the editor rather than cat i' himself. THE QUAK EU DETECTIVE. A STORY OF THE 110AD. We were five passengers in all ; two ladies on the back soat, a middle uged gentleman, a Quaker, aud myself on the front. The two ladies might have been mother and daughter, aunt and niece governess and charge, or might have sustained any other relationship which makes it proper for two lidics to travel together uuattcuded. Tho middle-aged gentleman was sprightly and talkative, and soon struck up un acquaintance with the ladies, toward whom, in his zeal to do the agreeable, he rather over-did?bowing, smiling, aud chatteriug in a most atten tive manner. He was evidently a gay Lothario The Quaker wore the usual drub of his sect, und confined his speech, as many an M. P. would save his credit by doing, to simple '"yeas" nnd "nnyn.' As for myself, I make it an invariable rule of the road to be merely a looker on and listener. Toward evening I was aroused from one of those reveries into which a young man, without either being n poet or a lover, will sometimes fall, by the abrupt query from the talkative gentleman. '?Are you armed, sir ?" "I am not," I replied ; astnr?i.?????y^1 .... 1,!aiuiy, at the question. "I am sorry to hear it," he said ; -'for before reaching our stopping-place it will be nearly midnight, and wo must pass over a portion of the road on which more than one r -bbery is reported to have been committed." The ladies turned pale, but the stran ger did his best to reassure them. '?Not that 1 think there i:. the slight est danger at present," lie resit "ud ; "only when one is responsible for the safety of ladies, you know, buch a thing as a pistol in one's possession would ma terially add to one's confidence. Your principles, uiy friend," he said, address ing the Quaker, "1 presume, are as much opposed to carrying as to using deadlv weapons." ?'Yes," was the lesponse. "Have the villains murdered any of their victims '.' ' inquired the e der lady nervously. "Or havo they conteutcd themselves with?plundering thetu ?" a ided the youuger, iu a timorous voice. ".Decidedly the latter," the amiable gcutleman hustcued to give assurauee; Mtatify ?tx ?duecd ^ the gentleman "and os w^s/f, f^gajpfcjff; offer resistance in ing worse than rol Then, after blamfag feie thongn^lee* ncss ia having un a disagreeable sub quite excelled hitnajeif in hi* efibrti to reiso the spirits of 'the 1 company, aud succeeded so woM hV tb4 ffinV*rfit$h*) set in that all had quite forgotten their fenis, or only remembered them tp laugh at them. Our genial eouir&^p fairly talked himself hoarse. receiving which, he took from his pockety* package of newly inventcd "cough cuqdy,'! And t^fter pas sing it first to the ladies he helped him self to the remainder, and tossed the paper out of tho wi Ho was in the midst of high encomi. urns on the new. -mmj&r^?fibVe than half the efficacy At* Wfercrr.^Je insisted, depended on its beiqg taken by suction, when a shrill whistle, was heard, and immediately the coacjn stopped' and two faces, hid-'ously bJttMMd, prescjtcd themselves, i-no at cntih Mudow. "Sorry to trouble??hojp(' said the man on the right, neknowfSdging with u bow two lady-like sc reams from the back scat: ' but 'btibiuessm business,' and ours will soon be war if 'things go smoothly." "Of course, grinclertten, you will spiro. as far as may bo consistent with your disagreeable duty, thh feelings of thcs?j ladies 5"' appealed tho polite passen-.'cr, in his blandest muuQev, "I h, certainly," ifflrrhc reply; "they shall be first ttttende^to, and shuli not he required to leave flpeir places or sub mit to a search, unless their*?"co'douet renders it necessarjuViS 'And 'W, hidtee'' continued the robber, the barrel i pistol gleaming in the light of the c.ctch lamp, "be so good as to pass out yiitr pj^tsj ^watches and such other trinkt as may be ac cessible without much trouble." The lad io*'* came 4P*lf handsomely, and were ij^jp^Jlii^A^.-1-_ Due by ouWno real of us w.Tre cotu palled to getont, the middle-aged g m t'ematis turn coming first. He submit ted with a winning grace, und Was robb ed like a Chesterfield. My own affair, like the sum I lost, was scarcely worth mentioning. The Quaker's turn came n?xt. He quietly bunded over his pocket-book and watch, and when asked if he had any other valuables, .?uid "Nay." A Quacker'a word is good even among thieves; s ., alter a hasty "good-night," the robber thrust his pistol into his pocket, and.with his two companions, one of whom held the reins of tho lea ders, v. a-, about to take his departure. "StopJ" exclaimed the Quaker, in a tone more ol command than request. "Stop ! what for?" returned the other in evident surprise. "For at least two good reasons," was the reply, emphasized with a couple of pistols cocked aud prc&euted. "Help 1" shouted the robber. "Stop !" again exclaimed the Quaker, ??ami if one of thy sinful companions ad vances a step tu th_\ relief, the spirit will surely move me to blow thy brains out The robber at the opposite window, and the one at thl leaders' heads, thought it a good time to leave. "Now <;<-i in, friend," said the Qua ker, sti'l covering his mm, "and take the middle suit; but fir-' ???*'.:r 4 ,'?j pistol. The other, however, hesitate 1. "Thee had better not delay," said the Quaker; "I fe. I the spirit beginning to iiu-ve my right forefinger." The robber did aa he was dip eted and tho Quaker than taok his place, by his side, giving the new comer the mid dle of the seat. The driver, who was half frigh'ened out of his wits, now sei forward at a rapid rate. '1 he lively gentleman soon recovered his vivacity, und WS? especi ally face I i ms on the Quaker's prowess; but, the Quaker rclasping into his usual monosyllables, the conversation soon Rugged. Time sped, and, earlier than wc ex pected, the Couch stopped where we were to ha e supper and change of hor ses. We had defined a redistribution uf our effects till wu shouts! teach this place, as the dim light <i the conch lamp would have rendered (he process aomewhat difficult before. It uns now necessary, however, ihut it should be attended to ut once, as our jovial com panion hud previously announced his intention of luuving us at this poiut. He proj/vmu a postponement. ?U; *fW lupper, wbiah *? 4*t*i?l'to -"go {?M ?4?. W*M,(* * ? '~ vT ! Mnf I niftay/'urged the qualrcr, with eud- , tlfu abruptness: and laying his hand on bbw other's arm, "business before pleae ness H,h?re[ $a y^ok time Uke' tho present. Will tb?e be good enough to search the prisoner ?" he said to me, still keeping his hand in a friendly way cu the pas senger's arm. I did so, hut not one of the stolen articles could he found. "lie must hare gotten rid of them io the coach," suggested the gay gentlev man, and immediately offered to go and March. "Stop !" thundered the Quaker, tight ening his grasp. The man turned pale, and struggled to release his arm. In an instant one of the pistols wits leveled at his heart. "Stir a tiatra or foot, and you are a dead man !" said the Quaker, who must beoh awfully excited so to forget both the language and the principles of hi* persuasion. Placing tho other pistol iu my bant! with directions to fire on the first of the two:iuon that mado a suspicious move ment, the Quaker went to work on Lo thario, from whose pockets, in less time than it takes to tell it, he produced eve ry item of the missing property, to tho utter am.tzemont of the ladies, who had begun iu no measured terms to remon strate agsitist the shameful treatment the geutlemau was receiving. Tbe Quaker, I need scarcely add, was no Quaker at all, but a shrewd de tective, who had been set on the track ol a-hand of desperadoes, of whom our middle-aged friend?who didn't look hrJarly so middle-aged with his wig off? v.u.- the chief. The robbery had been-adroitly plann ed. The leader of the gang had taken possession of a seat in the couch, and after leaguing, as he supposed, our de fenceless condition, had g.ven the signal t-ohia companions by throwintr out tho bit of paper already mentioned. After the unexpected capture of the first rob b-. r, an attempt was made to save tho booty by secretly passing it to the nc coii.place, still believed to bo unsuspec ted. who counted on being able to make off with it at the next stopping place. The result was that both, for a season, ?'did the State sonic service." The Cold Water Boys. Behold a table with boiled turkey nod ham, with vegetables Jnicely cooked and Slavics rich and juicy. There sits a father at its head and the mother oppo site, and guests arc seated on cither side; there is no lack of good humor and mer ry jests give spice to eonversaiioa. There are children, too ; a boy of ten and a little girl of eight. They listen intelligently und attentively to the re marks of parents and *uests, look up into the faces of one aud another with interest. Behold! decanters are brought iu ; glasses '(re filled, aud one und another sip the sparkling wine. ??Excellent !" exclaimed one,smacking his lips.. "Fine!'' echoed another, wi-.h glass refilled. '?^hull 1 dtiuK wine with you, my lad?" asked one of tha gentlemen, bow ing to the boy. "Is not your gla?s filled, WHIian??'' I .', .ii.Vc-i." --John, tili William's gl iss," turning to tho servant. Slowly diil William turn up his plass to receive the rt.sy liquor. ??Driuk with the gentleman, my dear," w hinpered ' the mother, encouragingly. I he b>iy blushed und cast down his eyes, but he obeyed not. Was hu frightened ? Was lie diffident ? "My sou, did )uu not hear Mr. Black address y>u '" said kthe hither quickly and sternly. "Brink wine with him, William." Accustomed to obey his father's slightest .wish, the boy's lips quivered, bin he obeyed not. In a moment, raising his eyes and looking his lather lull iu the face, he said manfully : "l ather. 1 am a suldicr ill the Cold Water Army, and 1 can't drink wine." ?Brave boy!' exclaimed one of the aisiiilemci Betting doWu his glass ? I he Cold Water Army must conquer it every soldier rands his ground as well, ' said another, regarding V. illiad) 1 with great respect. "We will excuse you, my son," fluid the father, in a sot toned voice, and though they sat loug at the table, his glass was" not agiiu rained UuhiajliDS, The** ft sWGd.' rint?f^^Vftll. ? t**V tll? oold water ranks can boM of other soldiers as brave as Wililafrifcv eknod | .v^n Stand firm, my boys { let: no one best his weapons, destroy1 '?W 0cKg1bes. ^iVe him no quarter. P v* ' ? ?'Cold watkr ! Cold watib 09 Let this shout of triumph be heard all | over tho land, from city and ? haode,tj from mountain and glen. "Cold water ! cold water and victor or, The Mouldy Loaf. ' i >* ml JaaiD A ? rt"l0' Once, as a peor. family sat around the table to a scanty meal, one of the chil dren looked up reproachfully at his fatti er} and down distastefully at the por tion,; before him. The portion was' bread, and the broad {was dry and moal Tho father was quick to see his ion's, discontent, but ho spoke gently : ?'My dear boy, I am sorry we have nothing more pleasant than dry bread to-day, 1 am still mote sorFy that our bread is mouldy ; but see"?and ho handed his own portion to tho boy, who naw that his father had taken the very worst part of the loaf for his share, and cut and pared away the most mouldly and bitter parts for his own plats. The boy colored, looking wistfully in to his father's kind and patient, but anx ious countenance, and burst into tears. His mouldy bread was sweet after that. Christian, you sometimes are tempted to look up reproachfully to your heaven ly Father, and dowu discoutentedly! at yonr hard and scanty portion. You half revolt against the mouldy loaf, and are prono to envy the prosperity of others. Perhaps the best cure for thit discontent, and the best way to make your bitter bread sweet, is to be shown of what, your Saviour's portion consist "How bitter that cup no heart can conceirc: 'Which he drank quite up, that sinners might live. His way was muub rougher and darker than mine: 1 Did Christ, my Lord, auflcr, and shall I re pine !'* , Is poverty your mouldy-loaf? Your Redeemer and Lord was poor. Though he was rich, for your sake be became poor. The son of man had not where to lay his head. Look at this, his por tiou ; then look back-at your own, and it will be more sweet to you. Take, then your small share of the mouldy loaf, and thank God for h. There is another course to come ; and ??blessed are they who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb." WiitT.i Man Turning Black.? The following wil| bo regarded one of the most eccentric freaks of nature, if it be a freak at all: A gentlemen about 25 yours of age, ruddy complexion and early red hair, who had and an intracta ble und painful ulcer ou the loft arm, resisting all previous modes of treatment yielded to the request t?f trying the ef fect of translating a piece of skin to the ulcer from another person* The ulcer was prepared in the uoual manner by his physician, and a bit of skin about ni> Snnh <-?? ? - ... vUjkjtju ;roui itte arm of a fine healthy negro man and imme diately spread over the ugly uleor and tuen carefully dressed und biudaged. The skin transplantation had tho desired etfeet. lleulthy grauulatiuu spraug up. aud the uiisightly ulcer soou healed. A few monlha afterwards he wont to his physician and told hitu that over since the hoic healed the black skin commenc ed to spread, and it was increasing. About one third of bin arm was oota? pletely negroed. Tho high probability is that the whole skin ot this white man will became tucgro. This is a new thing under the sun. It would bo rather diiheult to es claim the physiological process which takes place tu biing about auch a skin change as this. Tho pro blem it, how can the coloring mutter ol the skin be so radically changed '! und how is tho pigment change propagated 1 It is certain that the law of capillary attraction plays no insignificant part it the spreading * process. Grafting pear: on an apple tree |laa ?'.?ominuuieulud tc the apples a pear taste. What would a pig do who wUhed tt build himself a habitation? Tie a knol in his tail, and call it u pig's-tie. yonr big brother, though J rould advise kiaViU totaik "Pigeon English," when there is au elegant systematizodianguago thajf he; can | just as we? - Vt?oo't y?u do it. You have no aritafcefow it ?wM*'rT " ia^T ?>*~* sounds to ears unused or averse to it, to to bear a young lady, whoa she is asked tbUvend somo place of amusement an swer?Not much," or if requested to do something she does" not wish to?"Gan't seo it'r j Not. long agi? I heard i#9fiss who is educated and accourplbdied, say iu speakiog of a young man, that she intended to "go for him !" and. when her sister asked hor assistance at some work, ehe. answered?"Not for Joe I" Now, young ladies of unexceptional character and really good education, fall iuto this habit, \hinVier;tptjjj]Tpj |fl?|rt ncss to answer back in slang phrase; and they soon slip flippantly from their tongues with a eaUey^pcriness that is not lady-liko or becoming. Young men who talk in that way, do not care to hear it from the lips they love or admire. It Bounds much coarser then. . And, realty, slang does not save time in use of lau guage, as an abrcviation. No! is short* er and much more decided thafa??'rNot much," "I am sure," is quite as easily said as "I'll betl" >) b^ovtri More than one promising wedding has been indefinitely postponed by such means; for however remiss youag men may bo themselves, they look for better things in the girls of their choice; and it does not help them to mend a bad habit to adopt it too. .'dad Tat A Smili.no CouxTJtNaKCK.?"AoJ aunt of ours concluded to , try the effect of a pleasant smile and a kind word upon her husband when be reiurnjeeT from his work; . She had. read : How" a home ^should be pleasant, and the wifd should afways meet, t jb^er JmaJiiu A WitMtt? joyful smilo. The success , she beat in Ai?AflHpP||M fEnter husband, very much exl ed, and very hungry withal; throws his hat on the floor and drops heavily iuto a seat. Wife, preparing tea, looks'xsp^ with a smile, and b sp glad to seo him.} - Wife?Well, my dear, it is so nica t*> i have you here at meal-lime. [A long ssnle?J o?m!':* "* *? W , Utusbaud?,Yes, I suppose so. Wife?How lxas your business pros- ! percd to-day ? [Another sm?aj- \:< i Iluiband?About so-so.. "? jr?ytii> Wife?Come, my dear, supper is ready ; let mollraw your chair- JAjnoth crlsmile.] ?*UltT T*? J*M (Husband, gruffly?I^aro too tired to stir. Wait till I warm my feet. f W ifo^Da c?ali yen "?Rd?ie/ "AfmJuF [Another sweetysrti^;.-,-!'^" T> 11???* Husband?Look o'bore, old wasM**;* before any uiore fuss is made aboifc?VZ => should like to know what your are grin* uiug at ? . * ~ i. ... 7~? . Wesley's Hymns?Some of Charles Wesley's beautiful und most successful funeral hymns grow out of the scenes that transpired at the dying bed of his sainted mother.. "Children," she said, to her sons aud daughters, "as sooa as X am released, slug a soug of praise to God." And several of these hymns are illuuiinn?p<' *.u - o? mo chamber from whence she ascended, "at the very top of the old building at Moor fields." Tho allusion.in hymn 1093 of the Psalmist,? ??As a living rose raaj bloom On the borders of my tomb"? grew cut of the fact that a monthly rose "bloomed" at the head of the death-bed of the voting thco.ogical student at whose funeral the hymn was first sung by his fellow divines. He loved flowers, and kept pots of them in his room; and the rosebud, bursting iuto perfect beauty at tho hour of his departure, seemed a precious reminder of the clime where there are "Never-withering fiowers." A story is told'of two travelers who wore jissigned to the samo bedroom iu a crowded hotel. Before retiring one of i thoni knelt down to pray, ond confessed 1 a long catalogue of sins. On lisiug from ' j his knocs he saw his his fellow traveler, valise ?n hand, going out of tho ddor, aud exclaimed : "What's the matter? What's up ?" "Oh, nothing," wai tha reply, "only I'm not going to risk my self with such a scamp as you confess yourself to be."