Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OVER STORE OF ????.~h -A.-HAMILTON, METALIC CASES. . ?), ;<\ THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND ?11 of the various Sixes of the above Cases, which cau be furnished immediately on a>> ?)ic> (ion. |; Also manufactures WOOD COFFINS ns usual, and at the shortost notice. Apply to II. RIGGS, mar ??Gta Carriage Manufacturer. REEDER & DAVIS, #, COTTON FACTORS General Commission Merchants, Axtget?'? jinufjj joivhn CHARLESTON, S. C. OSWKLL RXEDKB. ZlMMKBMAN DaVIS. , oot 15. Cm rlturtw o! ?-. / , _ _ j_ 7. F. Baonts. it. R. HuneiNs ?d ort nail - C- Uv?l?? 33HOX>IE <fc CO. COTTON FACTORS 1*1'. ? aku COMMISSION MERC II ANTS, Jrahtrh atlas tic wharf, CHARE8T0N, S. C. ^.^^?Xibjeral Adinnces made 011 Consignment. J .Rsrxa to Andrew Sitnoads, Esq., Pres t . .1st National Bunk, Chmluston, S. C. ^0 :< may 21 woe If ?"?'Washington house ?i* irr BY Mrs. M. W. Stratton, {. COIIN'kk GERVAIS & ASSEaMBLY STREETS [ COLUMBIA, S. C, Convenient to the Greenville and Charleston * TJ Railroads and the Business portion of ,tg?? r. .. UloCi,y Rate ?f Transicul ?'??', ' Board?Two Dollars "Vie ' ***** Regular Boardt-ra received at Rcnaonablo tf Our Little People. A dreary place would be this earth Were there no little people in it; Tho song of life would lose ita mir Were there no children to begin it No little forms like buds to grow, And make the admiring her.rt surrender: No little hands on breast and brow To keep tho thrilling lore-chords tender. The sterner soul would grow more stern, | - Unfeeling nature more inhuman; ~ And man to stoic coldness turn, And women would be less than woojan. Life's song, indeed, would lone Its charm. Were there no babies to begin it; .\ doleful place this world would be. Were iltorc no little people in it. JOHN Q. WD ITT I Kit. - -' -= A Night in a Dispensary. The snow lay thickly over the groivhd and upon tho honse-tops?would be a ??rry ute- way to commence my t'hriBt in.-'s story. But as fiction must have a coloring of truth, it would be, absurd ol me to utter so false a statement us the above?at least as far as our town is fcouccrucd. We have seen very little of the article for some time past, aud then only in diluted form, which would uol he pitvsiiiit to introduce into a story. .It would seem as if old King Christinas hail . id a large quantity to theater iiwnngcr.s. and hud but a small pile leit. which lie must use economically How ever, this subject of the s:iow is open to digCUSxion. Meanwhile, I shall no on to state that oil last Christmas day it fell to my lot to be on dutyVt the North east Dispensary, in the good did town of L-. 1 was then auigeop io that institution, having two ?n"0&*| agreeable gentlemen as my colleagues;5?si Ihristtutia moruingl The sky was blue, the sun was bright, air was keen, the gound was hard?in fuet, the'weather was beauti ful for tho time of year. 'Just the morning,' cried Dobbs, 'for a' nice long walk, which will brace us up, and give us'en appetite for tho goose on Jack Doosos table!' y ?Yes/ said Buryhnir, throwing him self into a military attitude, to which he wi?s .partial, and putting up his rimless eyeglass to look nt mij^iylVI IQf?Alf Adams won't have too much work while we are away.' I V' SXT $ Alf Adams, the reader's humble ser vant, smiled a smile seldom to be observ ed. Silently he watched his compan ions muffle themselves in overcoats of alarming dimensions, and being ready, disappear for the remainder of the day and evouing. I stood at the -window, watching the stream of human beings gaily trooping along. Tho bells of tho I various churches pealed forth: but their merry music, instead*of making my he rt I full of joy, only drove mo half wild to think I was fastened up in that gloomy place, while my own family were living ayjai making merry not quite half a mile from me, aud I dare not go to see them ! No surgeon could bo got for love or mon ey to take my place for half pn hour. One tiling might have enlivened the hours: I had a presmit of a turkey. sent me from the Green Isle, which, with a small plum pudding, was to be my dinner Sol had invited Jack Byrden to help me to cut it. But. alas! m) bosom friend and school-fellow cou'd not muster cour age to enter my deu on sueh a day. So 1 sat down to my solitary meal, railing at the whole world, and particularly at that smart young man, Juck Bayden, I believe I was very ill-tempered over my dinner. The turkey was pretty good, but the servant had a look on her tace of pity for me and satisfaction for her self us to the good things in tho kitohen. 1 theretore coucluded she had beeu diiuking. Tho pudding was brought in. but what was my horror to flnd it smelt of hraudy ! r'ully half a glass of brundy had been put upon it! Now, 1 ask any one, had that girl any right to act thus to me, when she knew very well'that I was a perfect teetotaller'/ Her reason was found out uttcrwards?1 blamed the poor girl for half a glass?when' in three dajs a hill i<?r */' glasses wa^ pre sented from a neighboring.public nOUfc-e! Of COUFSO the servant declared ahe bad put all the braudy on tho pudding, which was about the size of my two fists' and I assure you, holies, tiny are but small. Affcttr ntj loii-iiy 'i.nner I drew the lur<e arm chair to the Bre, which 1 stirred Into a blaao, aud light ing my pipe (for I smoke, if I dpn't drink) I began gazing abstractedly at the "picture of the grandfather of a lato surgeon to tho institution, which had nor, been removed from over iuer chim ney-board. But tho grim old patriarch seemed to ^ffoWnT&'Jjscomfort so much that I Btartea up Tu aisgwet, and onco more sought the window. Ilorc they go, the merry crowd, laughing and chatter ing, although every nose was in danger of frostbite. Four weddieg coaches dabbed past, lest they be late for tho church, but I also saw onn which went slowly along, aud it recalled tho lines of a very aeuti rutntal friend, who onco wroto au ''Ode to Christinas:" ? , "The wedding coach was busy, And tho heart!" was busy, too." I was about to moralize on this point, wh^s^the porter, dressed inhis Sunday suit, knocked, to say there was a case in the|lBur^j?Tj| db|t ttawl to find a nicrr^young mat) in 'delirium, tremens,' who requested a draught, and glad I was to get him out. lest he might do 2?? an injury ; for persons in his state have a peculiar way of polishing one off if | the charico p re-outs itself. There is never more drunkenucss in L-than on Christmas day ; not only because it is a day of rejoicing, but because so many take pledges not to drink from a given time'till Christmas day.' So 1 expected to have pleutj of] c:iscs about twelve o'clock that night, wheu friend-hip would have had time to merge iuio^? hostility, with broken beads ns the rc/ullf^ During the afternoon I had cases dropping in of various sorts. But I wiiH called out to visit one person, whose state was most pitiable. A female lying on an old. dirty sack, weak and ill; twu children playing about the floor of tho 8t|Uulid room. Where was your 'merry Christmas' for that poor mother? Her husband dead; sho too ill to work ; phthisis hurrying her auray ere the yoar* went out. Two shillings a week, for sooth, front the pariah, and this a 'merry J CbrtKcts" SO roabwr,- the'children"*] will bflpefSqr t* lb* fldjpflstrial school, and theffr f motHpn nifipcly reposing in licr pvtslV $oJ%t! tfilf 4Ji|tvo 'a happy New reweUsnLbeveTJaMlborrow more. ?uco more in my sitting-room. The?1 bltudca of evening have dccpivied; the vv'?d begius to sigh round the house, clown the chimney, aud through tbe l.cyholes; so I have the gas lit, the fire stirred up nguin, and order tea. Just as I was beginning my evening meal the door opened soltly. theu there was a pause, as if some one was examin ing mc through the space formed by the binges. 'Come in!' I cried. A fare appeared at tbe door, and the eyes having examined the room general ly, and me particularly, the remainder of the body followed, and then 1 saw tUe form of u man I bud twice met be fore. Staring nt me in a wild m aimer he said, ?How do? Don't you know me? Dou't you remember me telling you that T should come to tea some ovcuing? your man dowu stairs wasn't going to let me in; but I gave him a farthing rolled up in paper, und said 1 was a most particu lar friend of yours. lie will think I gave him a sovereign.' At this tho being uttered a series of horrid chuckles,- enrolled his eye. about TiJ a most afarmitiglbanncr. Tho firwt lime T r?et this rjersnn ~~~ at an hotel, where he watt caperiug about, singing aud reciting, and theu going rouud the room with his hat for coppers. 1 was told by a gentleman that he was a harmless lunatic. Tbe secoud time I met bim 1 was hur rying along 00 business. With tbe most unfortunate want of forethought I nod al to hiiu and passed on. In u second ho was by my side ,and, tapping mo htpurtly with his foro?ngerv cried : . *(>c> Jo/ko*>w me,ji(?) j 'Yea,' 1 iiuswcred, smiling, aud at tempting to Walk away: but preventing me, be raid : 'What's my name ?' 'Riehey,' I said, with a half frown ; but his unties made 1110 smile, for he kept skipping about from oue side ol me 10 tho other. 'You're u medicul man, I think,' then id ho; 'and I have scon you go iuto am a in|di<fil mal fUt?""! pj . 8 eTlst* I kioir &UJu|ttidLAnd upon giving him a look whicn couveyed my doubt, be qnickly added. 'That, is, I hui a chemist; I am at present in tee literary line, and I assuro I am heartily sick of it.' These last words given with an emphasis. Now- 1/ ko$r^ w^t bis literary lino was.-'If (jeSg^ aboui the hotels with six old?very o)d?Brad nhaw's Railway Guides, land offering thom for sale, as belonging to * tho pre sent month, 'isv anything ?litorary Hno,' then ho wis in that ftUstbcss. ?I must go now,' said 'tjfdeiing t!iat the eyes of tho passers-by5 Were on me ; *I have a moat important'cec to attend.' 'Very well,' ho answered;' ?'Then talc ing off his bat, aud hold&g'it toward me, said, 'Will you ? toss r*o/ to see if I shall give you a penny, o# -you giro me oue, for I want a glass of tp*?. ?{ r 'Oh. bore's a penny for^aul' I orlod; "good-bye., 'Will you take mo home to tea with you ?' ho porVwted. 'No,' I cried. 'PcrhaBi IV'11 see you to-morrow.' Fori wishes,to leave him, as quite a crowd of giggliig persons had collected. Jt, 'No,' ho murmured, ida,niclunoboly manucr. as if ho had lica deceived in that way boforc; 'no, no^tfoiuorrow; do not say 'to-morrow,' but X^ihaU come to tea some evening?to tea tome evcuuig.' And now, this Christmas evening, he came to fulfill his protntse, which hud never bepn exacted fVom.lim by me. ?Richey*?for this was! the name hq went by?was below the'piddle he^ht, but evidently very strode and active ; indeed, it struck me tha I should not like to have a tussle with im. He hud the most extraordinary tnent for imita tion; iudeed he appeared v be constant ly imitating somebodjkV'His general accent was that of a 'hesry swell' to be seen on a concert-room fstago. But it would change, as the^jdehs^ pnsspd through his mind, to'/tg' Buckstonc, and locu) spoke be threw himself^ und ludicrous attitudes: As he stood befei parcel urider hit' h0M understand What h.'^nl taking it from under his^^rm and putting ^tfm^tt' hit, ttasti !utfog Ir* from that atid* returning it to its origin si position,' Aftor capering about tho room1*look ing at the pictures, he suddenly stopped short to ask me in a whisper, with mock alarm/ if'the gentlemen over the chim riey-board was my father.' Then taking ofF his kat, in an assumed attitude of humility, ho, held out his clusped hands, muttering his awe and respect for 'such a noble person?such n forehead?mouth?nose?such oyes. &o.' 'Well,' thought I,'this follow begins to amuse mej' .1 felt nthor glad he came. Po I pulled the bell ro,e for another cup, and when it came I asked! him. J rather pleasantly, to draw ever his chair. I may here remark that while the servant was in the room he sat down very quietly, his ? large, .staring vyca IL'ed on her face with a look of intense admiration for her beauty, always keep ing the mysterious package, however, vacillating between his unipit and hat. i As soon as she left the room, ho began imitating the 'Artful Dodger,' when ho gives his dislocating twis-. of the head, I and glanced at the door. 'Do you know, I liko girls. No matter ! what their station be. I fell in love i with a nice young lady onto. We met, (twna in a bar; but the mansger's eye was upon me. He discovered that 1 I was trying to 'toss her' for n glass of ale, He changed his subject 80 quickly, that I soon was obliged to Lecomo dumb, with the exception of a monosyllable now and then. Thus some hours passed nicnily. At length he jumped up aud skipped round tho room. Suddenly stopping at the sidobourd, ho opened it quickly to see if uuythiug was inside. Immediately he dived his baud in aud skipped round the room with a buttlo of Dsbbs' whisky in his hand. This had been a Christ mjjs present to Dobbs. What would Dobbs say ? Of course be would say that I had broken the pledge with it ' Oh, it must be rescued ! But. no, I could uot persuade my lolutiic visitor to put it down?'brce would bo dangerous. So 1 leaned ba 3k helplessly in the chair. 'Now,, sir,' cried herkliookitg oil the head of the bottle, and pouring out a quantity into a tumbler taking from the sideboard, "I shall drink your health! A toast to my most noble frienis, which are yoursulf aud our noble griaUjjfuther ovor tho chimney-board 1 llore's to him, as tho old year going out; and here's to you, the New Year coming i?.' Hero he rambled off into a lot of nonsense. The whisky soon began to fire bis brain. m r?i??U9CV1U01 Ulli nu^OOJli .SlUjlUVl P Just then tho poitor called me down to a case. :To" nim 1 'mentioned that I had n qtieor feiiow up stairs, and that if I pulled the 'hull rope he was to come np At once?not -that I fearer? danger, but there was uo knowing wh?' might hap pen. I came up tho stnirs to my room with a full determination to get rid of my strange friend as quickly and quietly na possible. When 1 entered I found him dressed with the tablo-oloth round his .-boulders, hangiug liko a toga. His eyes were liko blazing coals ns be stole toward the door, turned the key, and removed it from the lock. 'Now," dried he, 'I shall toll you who I really am. 1 am the Evil Spirit of Ohrismas; Long have I roamed the earth, nud until bow I. have uot had one victim. Tho time has at length arrivod. This shall indeed be a 'merry Christmas' to me.' T laughed, and said, 'Very well acted, indeed.' 'Acted ? I am in earnest I' Hero be rjroiluc^d, to my slnrin, 2 long dissecting-knife, which,ho had tak en from a case (for wc kept those in struments up Blairs.) I saw that the drink had carried away what little sense the wretched man over had, but 1 'thought a bold front would quiet him.. So I laughed, aud said, 'Now, my dear sir, do sit down, aud-' Never! BJood I must have!' 'The bell,' I thought, and turning quickly. Good: benvens !?thihcV-nq>e teas n>i high, up I 1 felt faint; but with nil effort 1 rallied; nnd snatching up the poker, I cried, 'Look here ! if you don't stop this nonsense instantly I bhull smash you with this !' The maniac roared with in dish laughter as he cried, 'I am a spirit! your weapon will go through me as through nir !' There he stood, glaring on:tuc, a re morseless maniac. Oh ! how T prayed that (he do?r-bell might ring,:irtcT that the'ridrfer^thight fle*4W^^^^^8^F5^HS^6dy1^ my hoartT But>o j cases were but few at present. Oh', that I had told John to 'follow after mo ! 'Prepare! Thy doom is come !' cried the madman, as he drew toward me. stood behind a chair, with the poker firmly clutched in my left hand. Suddenly he rushed at me, catching my blow upon h'z arm, and sciz ing me by tho throat. Fortunate ly I caught the^ wrist of tho arm that held the kuifo?that long, sharp instrument glittering in the gaslight. I raised my voice, and cried, 'Help! Help !' But the wind, which had now risen to a storm, drowned my voice; besides, in that long, rambling house I could only be beard outside the door. The maniac at length got a firm hold of my throat; but just before he did so I gave one loud, piercing shriek of 'Mur der !' Thou my eyes seemed'forced out of my bead; my brain was on fire ; tbe membranes of my cars seemed bursiiug; and?1 remembered uo tuoro I a * * * * * When I icvived 1 found myself in bed, with Buryhao and Dobbs standing by inc. 'All rig.'.t, old boy!' cried Dobbs; 'you nrc better now.' At first I thought I had been dream ing ; but as tbe reme nbrance came back in all its horrors, I shudderiugly asked. M 1? I T .9% 'Dobbs and I came home earlier than usual,' Bury ban replied. 'When we came in tbe porter told us you had a queer follow with you, and mentioned what you bad sa?d to him. Wc hurried up stairs, tried tbe door, but found it fastened. Wo theu beard your cry of 'murder l* So, without more ado, we burst open the door?-and, by Jove ! we were only just in time, as tho madman was turning you round to drive tho knife into your heart ! However, be Ls safe enough now. By this time he is lying in the padded chamber of the vurk houso." I pressed both their hands, and the Idars siluutly rolled down my obcoks. Since then I have been very select in my Company ; and whouovor I see a man of eccentric character I I eel a cold shud der creeping through my anatomy ns 1 rotuember tho horrors of that *Christ ruas in u Dispensary.'?Dr. Sulucus ?/? 1,'jinlon Society. A tourist, who did the Colorado mountains last fall, sayB bo got as raven ous as a ruveu among the raviuee, and sat dowu in oue of tho gorgeous gorgos aud gorged himself. Editorial Amenities. In individul life, it is patent to ordinary observation, Chat a bellicose disposition is usually the accompaniment of a raw and untrained youth. A boy, with' largo muscular <dovoJopnseutnnd small brain, cannot help being a bully unless restrained by education. He will be tyrannical to his inferiors, insolent to his superiors, and his chief delight will consist in standing at corners, hurling oflcusivo epithets at his fellows, and, if they retort, punishing them with his fists for their temerity. In journalism wo think we discern traces of the sarao universal law- Edu cation, with all ittr chastening and re fining tendencies, often fails to repress natural ferocity. A tyro, when ho as cends the editorial tripod, feels an irresistible itching and inclination to "pitch into somebody," especially into his rival contemporary. When we find that ouo newspupcr writer has published his neighbor as a "sneak," a "skunk," a "toad," a "pot-bellied bloat," we know that journal id yet iu its adolescent period. Wo know that writer, though he may thrust with a rusty bodkin, can not wield a flashing Bciznctar of Hamas cus steel. Wo know the society that applauds such utterances is raw and primitive. We smell the prairio flowers, or rather we seo prismatically, a phantas magoria 61 miasmatic swamps,; slimy' alligators, and coatless men sitting on barrels id c?rder groceries king with the chills. Hut notwithstanding tho difficulties incident to the pursuit, mon must not turn bees, and wound thnmsolves or their fellows with their stings. Solomon, says in substance- that ho who ever-, cometh his own spirit is greater than a conqueror of walled cities. Moreover, editors who value' reputation should remember' that often a single utterance ? reveils^a '-mSn's antecedents' -and gives ,; 3? ??>' v ?i - ** *?rt JIT*'iT^rtj 11 kmj} ] organization. Dr. Hohnes contend* that < even suofi innocent expressions as "prime" "rust-rate,M ^"SquSuqer piece of goods," a f!geut m a fioweied vest." \ are final. They blast the llneago of hin^ 4 or her who utteis them, for generations^ , up and dowu. Editors should never forget they are the oracles of tho people, and it will never do to let the people see that their Delphic Apollo is made of common clay. Many of the abusive personalities that disgrace American journalism doubtless spring from a mistaken notion as to what constitutes wit and humor. All Americans appreciate humor, but unfortunately all American writers are not humorous. Wit is a delicate light that plays around tho moors of thought and surprises by unexpected flashes. Humor is wit. with kerosene thrown up on it to make a brighter light, that may be seen and comprehended by common ?understandings. Both contribute to pleasure, and through mirth lighten toil. Humor, however, in America, is more than an amusement, it Is an effective political agent. A late writer in the fjoiutoh Spectator admits that he k flows of no more striking difference between English and American society than tho political power which, on our side of the Atlantic, Humor appears to exercise over the masses of the people. Probtlblv 'he m?"w:r. witty nntrannnnr editor who ever wrote in*the United States, was George D. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, but while ho often worried his contemporaries, ho never, we believe, iudulged in vulgar abuse. He fenced with a sharp rapier, but it was fencing, not stabbing. Tagliotii pirouttening on the stage is a picture of oeauty, but an nwkward lout danciug on his partner's corns, is quite another thing. We notice with gratification a gro.? ing disposition among tho roputable members of tho American Press to abandon personal vituperation, and we I trust they Will not forget it during the I fever of tho coming Presidential oam paigu. Tho editor of tho AWW/ Times somo time since proclaimed, "It is far I more noblo and becoming to try to build up tho interests of our new and beautiful country, than to pick flaws with onr ooutemporaries. Hence we bury tho hatchet, and shall engage in no more newspapor oontrovorsia*?-our space cau be used for a uctter purpose." At tho recent Franklin statue banquet in Now York, one of the toasts was, 4,Tho Press?while its conductors owe to each other the courtwy and charity e>f fruit gentlemen^ they *owd?to^he" P&Ufl the diffu?l?n Of l?crWlWg^'foun^ up on truth. It is hot oirWh tdaVmcn mean well, it becomes UeWtto&*#H." The President of tho Pennsylvania- Stato Editorial Convention congrAtdraJWrfhia brethren on the marked improve'ftlew* in their manners.!of late,years,.a*1$says: "Thero ia no reason why editoraafeeaild engage in personal abuse of eohhiafter because they differ in polities^sVUiey ought rather to cultivate the kjndlieat relations with each other,''; Thfc*%aro golden, sentiments, worthy to bo,4ns^>ed on every publisher's standard, and*?* "Thus drifting afar to the dim vaulted caves, Where life and its ventures ere kid. The dreamers who gaze while wc battle tho waves ; rA May see us In sunshine or shade* Yet true to our couide though our Shadow grow dark .... ? ? We'll trim our broad sail,as before. And stand by the rudder that governs the bark,- ffsowo wstdT? Nor ask how w* look f^yrs. ?hS sLcri." : -.- . [Am. Journal & Ad. ?tfex.] ! Ji < .:?ui oi ' i! bl?Tl ? oi? sdJ ia^l I was picking my teeth*OH fhelflifch Vveuuo I:. .?;.:8L.ep5,: ;?%r- ^ng ft L .^eny ccut, JiHH^i?^ii?o3rwi?afT' anu|, as is my CMtoin, of ^Jl.aiJe|njjon. Thero came hy a jrak]a? oftf^j^he scuded along under a' closely* $gqfed bustle and tolerably, hare poles. The wind Was a nor'-nop-weater, ahdstruck her aft, making fearful tiaroc irufTber canvas. She wore the rieij sryle of metal garters with.'gi^t^ ?ia^pW*"T^rill take my oath, you obs^rve/bf ihjf?'the signaled me with 'her eye/ aridT^flore down ^oh her. T- thd throwVabout seven words when': she iaterrtpMSftmo by yanking a big ftboV oftlf^f Hot lfeftlo, 6r ^?m'ewhete. ^ere" ? is eoftfethrng,' -be warbled, kwhichJ^d iii^VbshJw^ou. It is called the histoty^?T'Chrisifrfity ia tM Fejfc4tMts,da,irelth6' Salpeter Portri^saioi ^oa?(sttuseii?te^lKtffeeav rim wbm FtoCTt^wpt wi?i??vflw sjsj ttsattawaya^Seg^ Itf ***** ^'g*?^*ivWa*nV*pda>^^ irt^ory"iorit. The price loUara. I .will put -yo*r~ ?aatt down kncf-rredw iitowm si dt nor. th>* I ata 'False womanl' I .aJaticseeO,r>sfjiy 1 ?tou kW? d^^foji^ r^r^.^k^ltatist log wan.*, Youtereea taftfc Agent.*; tBe waro, woman, although.. ptfw?ariited, I will defend inyaelf to Abe a^fh^i Ii? (Thap \ fled. , ._v . ? f Jtnpnoq? tioa do;wioyi A, - But the creature, you comrjreb^nd, was like, the itch, or, a bad, conjewnco, or a washer-wonjau's bui?pot to Na ao easily got rid of. Site dogged mxfoot steps like a divocco dej^^ye^.^he hovered over mo )ike ao avenging spirit. Sho laid for me when t went to my meals, interviewed mo it my ofl&e, and bored tnc at every poitit. Idfe'seeroed a burden. ' : "* ": oa I disguised myself as a hackntun, aa no organ grinder, as a rht?raf?^^put myself in the most humiliating positions, you observe?but it wasn't any use** Be suro that female wickedness fonricT mo out. At last I meandered down by tho sud sea waves, and was happy for a time. Days apod by?at fifteen pr twenty dol lars each?aud I was begiuurug to for get the book agent. ' One evening I wandered on the sand - cd beach in the mellow moonlight. I suppose that is the correct Long Branch .. ? alrbraal t?i?g c? so. i ?a :^?-v ;u white tulle, or cotton shoeting, qr aome thiog. I took hor lor a moonbeam at fir.: , you comprehend, and my' Keart bounded with admiration. I flirted with the ethereal apparition, and we sht on a damp rook very olosu together. I My arm got arouud her waist, and we were hav ing a uico, comfortable tjmo. '.^You possible know how it is yourself. 'Fair straogor/ I murmureAf' Most love thus to squat on the primovut rock, <?nd com"v"e with natu?-???' BVjo ?ald sSo di t. '- '- ' 1 ?Couldst thou laavc (fa aV.ure'fcWk of art, aud live aiways amidstit??3'.?osvoi-3 and troca of the moonbeams V j0 She said she oould. 'Why ?o silent ?' I asked, softly pressing her hand. 'Dost ftoghtdisturb the harBSony of thy Bou1--i* anything but adtniratiou for ?Iiis soaubtaethy boart?' ; . cnuoos Sho said thorc was. 4Hoic is something,' ?he broko out, pullinr, out a ton-pound VoUiUM from somewhere, 'that I'd like,to show.you. It is called the History of Christianity in the?' I rooognixod her. She was th&t in fernal book agent. With r. witi shriek, I tore myself away. A suddca horror overwhelmed my wul, aud, an ocean of disgust drowned out Jorever a*U admirv tion of female divinities, who all seemed! but demons tu dUguis^ i.ainyeta h.tchelor.