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A SAD STORY.
Among a savage clan
' Of cunnibulish people,
A missionary man
Seti up his modest steeple.
And there each day lie would
Pursue his noble labors,
He told them to be good
And bade them love their neighbors.
The cannibals, with grins,
Gave car to themes lie treated,
They crossed their tawny shins,
And on thoir hams were seated.
And yet they were not lost,
That missionary's labors.
Ho taught them to his cost
And bado them love their neighbors.
For one day, when for prayers
These cannibals they met him,
They aaught him unawares?
They killed him und they ate him !
L
They said they found him good,?
He'd practised what, he taught them,.?
And now they understood
The"goodness he had brought them.
And when they'd filled cncli maw,
Tliey said, while they deplored him,
? ??They'd loved him?live and raw?
Put, roasted, they adored hiin!"
THE NEW WITNESS.
A STOItV OF TWO WILLS.
An odd sort of personage, as regarded
his pets, was uld Mr. Ovingtoo, and he
had indulged in his peculiarities to his
heart's content in these hitter years, and
there, on the head of ouu gate-post,
while Juhn tjraploy loaned against the
other,' perched the must disagreeable
favorite of them all, except, perhaps, the
newly-discovered gruudchildreu, whose
iuopportuuo arrival had so yj^unjL what
)lcy'
tered
Dr.
Prindlc on money affairs, as much as on
physic. It was tho doctor who drew
the other will, and I kuow what was in
that.'
'Ca-a a-cavr !' emphatically remarked
Martin tho crow.
'It's more than likely,' John contin
ued, with u petulant glance nt Martin,
'that the old man has gut tho doctor
here now to cook up some conlouudod
chango iu favor ol that white-laced girl
and her brother. To rob tue for the
children of a scapegrace whom he disiu
hcritcd a score of years ago. It's a
shame !'
'Ca-a-a-caw,' philosophized Martin.
'Shut up, you ill-natured croaker !
Anyhow, I can lounge around under the
window, and sec if there's a chance of
koowiug what thev 1? ut.
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Doctor Prindlo had entered tho house,
he had been ushered into the study by
sweet Aliee Ovingtoo herself, daughter
of that Adrian Ovingtoo, who.su runa
way love-match had embittered so many
years ol his father's existence
A lovely girl, indeed, was Alice, <A
hot yet, eighteen sum mors; and it was
no wonder that her Btoru grnndlathor
had openo 1 his hcait to his son's dying
petitition in behalt of her and hot
brother.
Doctor Priudlo was one of thosj brisk
but' digaifiud old gentlemen who know
almost everylhing, say very little, and '
arc exceedingly valuable members of so
ciety. Alice told hint that her brother
Georgo was well, and would soon be
home from college, to spend the vacation
with his grandfather.
'Yes, Alice,' said tho doctor; ''et hitn
spend it all hero. It will be better.'
And then he disappeared through the
study door, closing it fust behind hitn.
Alice hurried away, to attend to house
hold affairs, and tho mufflet] sound of
voices from the study died quickly away.
Very few words p issed at first between
Mr. Ovington and his counsellor, and
the old man's red and choleric visage
betrayed no nloiu of emotion, as he took
from its envelope a paper of very mod
erate dimensions, and spread it on the
table, saying :
?There it is, doctor. I guess you'll
Sud it right. That's the will.'
'Sensible thing. Glad of it,' growled J
the doctor, as he settled himseli iu bis
chair.
A moment more, and ho was deeply
engaged on the precious document.
Slowly and carefully he read it down, as
if he did nut mean to do ii twice, und
when he hud completed it he only said:
'Correct. And now what '('
'Ca n-a-caw !' croaked a doubtful voice
at the window ; ami then Martin him
self flapped heavily iu, and perched on
the table beside his master.
'Martin, my boy, it's all right. 1 on
ly wish you could sign as a witness;'
'Ca u-a eaw,' said Martin;
'1 wish he could,'said J)r. Pi indie;
?but as you've only got old Hector's
name here, 1 suppose you will want
mine. It'n till right otherwise.'
'Of course it is,' replied the old gen
tleman. 'It's a copy of the one you
drew, in all but the names and the di
vision. It's no injustice to John Grup
ley. Ho is well taken care of, and. be
sides, he had property of his own, from
his mother, and he ljas no claims of
blood on hip.'
'Still, it cuts him out of a vor)* com
fortable pile,' said the doctor. 'Where's
the pen ? Th.it rascally bird '. Look at
him. There he is on the top of the
bookcase, with the pen iu his mouth '
'Martin, you scamp,' laughed his
master, 'came dowti with that pen. or
I'll disinherit you. Never mind, doctor.
Don't look at him: and ho'll bring it
back in a minute. He's loud of stealing,
but he never keeps anything long.'
Sure enough, in the course of two or
three miuutes, the pun was on the table
again, and meantime the two friends
talked on.
'John will hardly bu pleased with
this,' said the doctor.
'I shan't eure, theu, whether he is or
not, and I don't care much, anyway.'
'Have you d stroyod the other will ?
'No; but I'm going to. It's over
there in the secretary. You will know
where to find this one, if you outlive
me.'
'A il right,' said the doctor. 'Martin
has brought back <hc pen.'
It was a slow and crubhed signature
that the doctor affixed, but it was good
enough for the purpose.
When he had signed the will, and put
it back in its envelope, he looked around
over tho table, only to find that Martiu
was again on the top ol the book case,
afiii lois iiuio nun iiiu iitiu uv&iu*iivau*
cd penwiper in his beak.
'That rascally bird '.' laughed the doc
tor. 'Well, the pen can go uuwiped.'
'Ho'll bring it back again. Martin is
a good bird,' said Mr. Ovington.
'Ca n-ca.w !' exclaimed Martin, and
the penwiper dropped lightly on the
floor.
'Come, doctor?ComO and take a look
at my new Devons, before you go. I'm
hslf-n hided to drive into town with you
The walk back will be good for inc?
help kci p down this loo heavy e irCUSS oi
mine. I dou't get half enough exer
cise.'
'No more you don't,' growled the doc
tor, with tt pido glance at his friend's
plethoric proportions us they mad'! their
way out of the study.
Their conversation hud not been in
whispers, and John Grupley had lost
none of it sine.' he took his stand bv
tilg window. Nor was :t many minutes
after the departure of his stepfather be
foie .John, w tit an itir.iccouutuhlu pallor
in hin face and a hesitating step, was
passing tin ugh (he house from room to
r-'itu. All was deserted?solitary. Kven
the fair Inco of Alice Ovington was
bright'joing BOtuo more distant corner of
tlic mansion.
The young; man's step beoamo oven
more stealthy, mid his thin, white lips
shut more closoly on each elber, as he
laid his hnod at last on thojUob of tho
study door. It turned in bis grasp, and
he stepped within.
The room was empty of hvnan forms,
and John Graplcy's eyes mudered iu
vaiu search around tho roodh? not find
ing something they expected. A few
loose papers ou the tables wofe hurriedly
turned over, and as hastily tWOWi down,
with u sharp exclamation of angry dis
satisfaction.
The key was in the secretary, but
.lohn Graplcy's hand Bhookl(porc than n
little as he turned it in the lock, lie
did turn it, however, and 8>cn at last
his search seemed to be suliessPul; for
from ouo of the little pigAn-holes ho
drew and opened a long fellow cuvel
opo. ' ? *
John gave the paper wnjp?u ho held
in his hand but oue swift^kcon, eager
glance and then thrust it il^to an inside
pocket ot his coat, muttering:
'At all events, he shall ?>iot destroy
this. He hes got. the cthof with him
now, and I must trust to I?k to get it
out of tho way. Now, I ifjtust get out
of this.'
lie put the empty envefbpo back iu
the pigeon hole, locked tpc -secretary,
left the key as he found it, and hastened
away He did not make Iiis appearance
near home again uutil l\\Q< next day at
noon.
It was late that evening before old
Mr. Oviugton returned frofd town, weary
with his unaccustomed w all; , and anx
ious only to get straightway to bed. It
was lute in the morning when he arose
and then his Devons aud his other mute
favorites kept hi:n for a time from his
cosy study.
Alice. Oviugton had looked at the cat
tle, with him, and Martin had eawed
graciously about them, as if he consid
ered himself a good judge of both
brutes und human bcintw; but John
rap ley" did not put in"7ns custouurVy
appearance.
When he did return,however, half an
hour later, he was met iu tho gateway
by the form of h's stepfather, looking a
loot taller than usual, being literally in
a 'towering* fit of anger.
'John Grapley, do you know where
they are?do you ?'
'Where what arc ? What on earth's
the matter?' gasped John, with a well
assumed look of bewildered innocence.
?Tho will, you scoundrel, the will !
Roth of thorn ! Give them up, or I'll?j
Alas, for swollen veins ami hasty pas
sions ! Tor ns .lohn Grapley quailed
and trembled before the wrathful face of
his stepfather, suddenly the old man put
on a strange and f.et. expressiou. his
tongue ceused to obey hir. r.ngry will, his
limbs failed under him, aud the old gen
tleman saufc helple.;s on the grass !
John Graplcy's face v. ors for a mo
nieut tho look of a reprieved criminal ;
but he retained his Belf-possession, and
no alarm could have been more prompt
and loud than that which he sounded.
Mr. Oviugton was borne into the
house, and medical aid was summoned.
John wont himself for Dr. Prindle ;
but could hardly simulate vexation on
learning that that gentleman had been
called away to an important cons tltatiou,
and would not be home under two days.
Physicians were to be had in abund
ance however, and they came; but they
came too late to do anything for Mr.
Oviugton. The silvor cord was loosed,
and his pitcher was utterly shattered
at the fountain of lifo.
Great was the consternation of poor
Alice Oviugton, and it was greut help
to her that her brother George e.miu
homo nest day, in the midst of the
funeral preparations. Still, both George
and Alice found themselves of small ac
couut in tho house of their grandfather,
for .John Grapley had taken nil matters
in chargo at once, and issued his orders
with the air and manner of a well assur
ed proprietor. At first they did not
mind it much, though Georgo Oviugton,
more solfish than his sister, remarked to
himself that it augured little of good for
their future prospects.
Poor Martin had not doomed to com
prehend tho terrible change in the
house-hold affairs, and perhaps his in
stinct of self-preservation taught him t>
do his allowance of discontented cawing
at a safe distance !*r<#111 the spirited
hands of John Grapley.
The succeeding day had been set for
tho funeral, and the coffin lay in the old,
deep windowed drawing-room, which
was, perforce, all thrown open for tho
circulation of the warm summer air. ami
tho entrance of tho uusympathizing sun
light.
More than an hour before tho time
fixed for the funeral, Dr. Priudlc drove
up to tho gute, threw his reins on his
horse, and strode into the house. He
gave George Ovington a hasty grasp of
the hand, spoke to Alice a few kindly
words, and then went on into the parlor.
Here he was standing in sorrowful
silence, his usually firm features work
ing slowly us he gazed down upon the
face of his old friend, when he heard a
step beside him, aud the voice of John
Grapley said :
'Ah, doctor, I am so sorry you were
not here ! I fear yon could have done
nothing fur him ; but just before he was
takoH he was wishing to see you.'
'To nee me? What for?'
'Something about a new will, lie
said ho had made one, but destroyed it,
and wanted your help in framing
another. He led me to believe that he
intended making Home liberal provision
For George and Alice.'
'That, indeed he did,' replied tho doc
tor, but somehow he did not feel called
upon to say any more.
'C-a-a-eaw,'added a course, compl lin
ing voice at the window ; bu: the (lap of
departing wings tuld that Martin's
policy was btill one ol doubt and pru
dence.
'Here,' said John, 'is an envelope
addressed to yourself, which 1 have
taken the liberty to open, as it is un
sealed, and as I have long known it
contained my step-father's will.'
'You know it.s conteus, then V
'(.), yes, of course. They are in ac
cordance with hut repeated assurances to
my sainted mother and myself. As it im
iu your own haudwrit'ug, I cau tell you
nothing, except that 1 shall take pleas
ure iu carrying o .t what 1 believe to
have boon Mr. Ovingtqu's intentions to
ward the children of his disinherited sou.
T'.u.y Ahull always I have a home aud
good provision while 1 live.'
'Aye?yes, indeed, I hope so,' ab
stractedly returned the doctor. 'Are
you sure there is no other will ?'
'Quite sure. I have searched every
where,' replied John.
'Will, ap I am named an executor
under this instrument. I bIiuII deem it
my duty to take a look on my own ac
count,' half curtly rcj fined the doctor.
'I might have something to say as to
what is done in my own house,' replied
John; 'but I have no manner of ob
jection. Let us go to the study.'
John Grapley might well have waived
all objection, for his search had been
mi _,t thorough, and he was altogether
sure that no subsequent searching would
reveal more. Ho had been haunted by
a lear that tho doctor himself could ac
count for the paper wh< Be absence had
so excited Mr Ovington. but the dread
had now vanished.
Straight to the scoretary went the
doctor, and John Grapley showed him
where he had found the will.
?I knew it would b? just thcro,' fiaiJ
the doctor; 'but there is something?'
?Ca a a-caw !' croaked Martin, from
die window sill.
'That rascally bird !' exclaimed John
Grapley : but, if he had any present no
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the bird's quick, flapping dash for his
citadel on the tup of the high book
case.
'1 think there will be no u?o in seek
ing further,' said John, 'especially in
view of what Mr. Ovington said to me j
just before ho was seized with this sad
attack of appoplcxy,'
?1 fear not,' muttered the doctor, as
he bent his eyes Ibra moment, musingly,
on the floor. Slowly he raise! them,
still evidently iu deep thought; but, as
he did so, they flashed with a sudden
light.
'That rascally bird: What is that he
has got iu his beak?'
'Ca-a a caw!' vigorously croaked Mar
tin, and its his thieving mouth opep
ed, a long yellow envelope fell at the
doctor's f et.
John Grnploy g ive a convulsive start,
sn l essayed to pick it up, but the doctor
was too quit k for him.
'It is addressed to me,' ho said; 'and,
as for its content's, I pu' them in myself,
in Mr. Ovington's preseneo, the day bo
fore he died. This. John Grapley, is
your step father's lust will and testa
ment, and .Martin has proved, himself a
good witness to it 1 am more than half
inclined to think thftl he has been a most
valuable friend to (Jcorgc and Alice.
Martin, my boy. yon are a I rump!'
?Ca-a-a-cawl' said Mar tain.
'That rascally bijrd!' faintly gasped John
Grapley, as he stole out of the study.
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Let Us Elevate Journalism.
It is to be lamented th at tho profession
of journalism is not characterized by a
justcr appreciation of the courtesies and
amenities of life. For many years past,
if a groat leader appears iu its ranks,?
and there arc many such?tho fact is no
sooner demonstrated than tho lesser
lights seem to become envious and unite
to pull him down evou below the com
mon level. If only fair moans wore al
wujs employed in effecting such a con
summation, there would be infinitely
less to object to. But it is notorious that
with a large class in tho editorial pro
fession the end justifies the moans, and
misrepresentation, often vilification, is
but too readily brought into requisition.
Now wo would inculcate a different code
of ethics for the editorial prolcssion. Wc
would have each editor to "magnify his
office," not only when he comes to the
Capitol to meet his brcthrcu iu the an
uual conventions, but all the year
round in all his discussions. Wc
would have the members of the Press
Association to so act toward* (heir
brethren as to impress "all the world
and the rest of mankind" with some just
appreciation of tho intellectual worth of
the members of "tho fourth estate".
That the journalists of tho South em
brace intellect of tho highest order, and
above the average of that iu the other
professions, no intelligent citizen will
pretend to deny. But instead of cultiva
ting tho courtesy, dignity and lofty bear
ing without which it is impossible to
favorably impress the community at
large, journalists too frequently seek to
unjustly disparage each other, and some
times resort to the coarsest vilification,
thus ueecssarily degrading, to some ex
tent, the whole profession; aud that, too,
while they Iaudf*"io tho proportion or
giantfa* the men with a multiplicity of
words and paucity of ideas in other pro
fessions, who would impose their fancied
greatness upou tho thoughtless in the
communities afflicted with their presence.
Now all this is not only wrong in princi
ple, but atrocious iu practice. Let us
inaugurate a higher standard of profes
sional justice. Whatever tho peculiari
ties or foibLs of the individual members
of the editorial profession, let them be
studiously ignored iu public discussions.
Let each one assert aud maintain a high
toned demeanor towards his brethren?a
courtesy and kindness that shall have
constant reference to the elevation of
tho profession. Instead of seeking to
disparage tho members of our own pro
i -ion, 'e us emulate that- of tho med
1 al faculty, which is ever uniting with
mother earth in hiding tho fatal failings
of those who are . most conspicuously
unworthy.?Xttflwille Southern Press.
About a Snake.
Tho Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg Index, tells the following;
I "A gentleman, a physician, resident
near the Warm Spring, but now on a
visit to this place, tells a remarkable story.
The doctor wn? rorviitlv P.... o<?.? ..
lady of his neighborhood who had been
bitten on tho nuklc by a rattlesnake
When he reached the patient ho found
that her lricnds, adopting an old Indian
remedy, which had.come down to thi
genernliou with all tho legendary lore of
the neighborhood, had bound the wound,
j already much swollen, with several folds
of the inner lining (fibre) of tho bark of
the sycamore tree. Willing to await the
result of thjs experiment, and scciug
really no chance fur the application of a
bsttor remedy, uur ductor allowed the
lady to keep the bandago on, and in a
few hours sho was relieved from the pain
and the effects of the poison, too, ns the
declared. Then it was removed. Tho
wound presented a most favorablo ap
pearance, aud the cure was soou pro
nounced complete. Now the mcst aston
ishing part remains to bo told. On un
folding tho bandages above referred to,
the exact outlines, tho very photograph,
yen, the perfect picture of the snake,
ooilod rendy for a spring, was found
impressed upou it. So perfect was the
likeness, that if any one had seen the
b ark bandage lying open on tho road
side, he would have thought the 'rattle'
had coiled upon it for one of his deadly
springs. The doctor saw this with his
own eyos, and the remedy has been ap
plied to similar cases in that section of
the country with as happy i ff cts."
Nothing Ifomains at Rost.
It is a fallacy to suppose there is any
such thing as rest to matter. There is
not a particle in the universe which U
not on the move, nor a drop of fluid oa
the globe that is perfectly quiescent, not
a Gbre in the vegetable kingdom in a
state of inactivity. In animal bodies,
from mounds to the complicated organ
sin of man, every p.irt and pirccl,6V0n
iu the solids, are incessantly mo ring
among themselves, and their component
elements never cease to act in accord
ance with that universal law till death
stops the machinery. Even then a new
scries of movements commence at that
culminating point. Chemical dissolu
tion of organic structures is but a liber
ation of molecules, the aggregation
of which was necessary for a corporeal
beginning nnd subsequent growth; and
they then dispersed to enter into new
relations and new forms, aud thus one
never-ending circle of activity character
izes the material universe.
Death is a dissolution of the union
that existed for n limited period of what
is called life with organised matter.?
How that union commenced is as much
of a Divine mystery as their separation,
They are distinct in nature and charac
ter, although one cm not manifest itself
without tho brain and nerves of the oth
er.
Astronomy reveals the astounding in
telligence that there are no fixed or sta
tionary bodies in the unsurveyed regions
of celestial space. Even the fixed- stars,
as they were once considered, perma
nent landmarks in the heavens, are
coursing with undefined rapidity in the
train of countless globes of shining glory,
on a circuit too distant to be followed
even by human inn gin at ion, in the
bouudlu*3< realms only known to that
God who controls the mighty whole.
Everything, therefore, is moving.?
When motion ceases there will be a
wrectc of^roihW; lioJ'd^ilt"?f an p?
tire universe. Life is motion;'inertia, to
our I'm ire minds, is death. Nature, how
ever, neither modifies nor repeals a law,
nnd consequently those "now in force will
operate with unerring certainty through
the endless cycles of eternity. .
Money in Mli.es!?J.- 1$. Lyman,
Esq , an intelligent correspondent of the
New York Triune, 'who is travelling in
tho Wcst,reeet.tly visited Edgar County,
Kentucky, and thus relates how Mr.
S. IL Elliott, ofthat Coaoty, is making
money out of mules:
"In 1SG5 be changed his stock and
became interested in mules. Now he
feeds one hundred and fifty of these ani
mals. Wlicu a mule is weaned no will
give fifty dollars for fifty inches of height.
Hc^docs not buy mojes that are less
than fifty inches at wanning, for. these
he can feed and care for till they tro
fifteen hands high, and then they are
worth from ?125 to $175 each. It takes
about eighteen months, nnd some $20
worth of hay and oats, to produce this
growth.?That is to say, spend $50 for
your mule colt, and ?20 for his keeping,
and you have in eighteen months time
an article worth 8150. Feeding as he
now docs, one hundred and fifty, and
;? . t (inn .... -- -V _?....? *?
Soap.?A young.lady, who nakesall
the family soap, gives the following re
cipe for a good cheap article: Add to 10
quarts of water, 6 pounds of quicklime
shell lime is the best), nnd 6 pounds
common washing soda. Tut alltogother
and boil for half an hour, and let it
stand all night to clear. Draw off the lye,
und add to it 1 pound ' common resin,
and seven pounds of fat (any fat will
do). Boil this for half an hour; then let
it stand till cool and cut. into burs.
To PaS8ERVE Lard.?Lard can not
be preserved for a length of time with
out complete protection from tho atmos
phere. It nray be kept perfectly well for
any length of time by filling it into blad
ders, which are tied at the neck and
hung in a cool cellar. When used, the
bladder is Cnt through and the lard
taken out as needed. The pearly-white
lard exposed fc:- ?*% in the gntccrs'shops
is very often adulterated' with lirae,
which not only gives a hue color, but
enables twenty-five per cent of water to
be mixed in, by forming a soapy com
pound.
- ii mm ' ? ? a-mm i ?
' Husband, if an honest'men is flod's
most noblest work, what is an honest
woman? '*llis rarest, dear," was the un
civil reply.