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COTTON FACTORS <-'cfiAllLi48SblV,>c. * I s ?iirni RaKDam^aja* i Zimmkuxan Davis ?ot 16 *r? j ^imp-H? **** .TlimeTrfOTTO?^rACTOKS t?ubet???*e*r^ 9**1* *,tm j fl ^ 'WUMft^yMyiW*Tf?y ?ajrt>maiffwot?fc i. |p KarTT?" JfrTrftfw*^feiMMill1 jWj *Pri? i m fmj Hattowal Bauk, Cliarleston, S.' t'. 1 ^IWfflaHWKPON SOUSE. mK?^ 4?. StrSttt?lf,1 " - ?KaVAia& AS8EMMI.t'?fins^f.-. ?eavenl?-V-lo the, Greenville and Charlefton *Mtl#FiI)^inc?i por?on of ?Htf t i Country Children. tttttl fresh violets. Bit eetly illustrating Inn-..'cut ch.il-Ihood ; I tsMt* ItO r ,\ f.iW / *>-r. , buy tin the nnlelope? I'.rown as a berry? Free us the mountain air, Romping and mevry. Blue e.ves nnd ba/cl eyes I'eeji from the hedges, Shudod by .-un bonnets Krayed at t he i-dges. I'p in tho appls trues, Heedless of danger, '"'JHnuh?od'ln ofbbryo Stuies at the stranger. Out in tho hilly patch. Seeking the berries? Under tho orchard trees, Feasting oti cherries ; Trampling,the blossoms, (, . Down nroug tlrw^^sscs, No voice to-hinder tllem, Dear bids and lasses. "iv. '?' 'irM??*?*!? . No grim propriety? No interdiction ; Frei- us the biruLugs ?****<' ^Pivun city restriction. Coining the purest bluud, ? t -jkjfr Streiigth'nmtr each muscle, Donning healths urmur ''Qulbsf life's coming bustle. - ' Jv?>- . * ? einnocent! "' "sftyfesaaV U iittlo* ... a cWidbood ; God's blue spread over them, IsTl^ %u'#.gariliiu beneath them; -?r ie'i jjiaf irWeetcr heritage ->',/.\*>' 1 Could we bVqufufh them. ? its-- ?. BSnMrw -j^s . t PHIL Ll/iON'S LOVES. A Story of Fancy and Reason. ?aa-.-.W Jf saL JWRp* iWaiau? ?, . - .* ufM f j m , ? BT YVIU.iam II BUSUNKLTi. oo.a oKpaffaoi I .a ?Such talk* as ytmrs, Phil, is tin vogjesL nonsense possible.' u;.d Kittie Moultoti (his half sister) rapped upon the table by wht.h they wcie sitting, with hur ileli -ito lingers, as if.lu gi.'c emphasis ti> the idea. 'I tell you 1 am in earnest. Kitten, nml )utir eighteen years of wisdom can not cl tyigc ',,^'utUr,ose?' U,1U< ^>'1'' Elton 'raj pel in his luru. but so loudly as to Cause her* to give n sudden Mart and a c-iii ht scveuni 'Ho v you do frighten n !' she ex cLimcd, an 1 then continued wi?h i Isugh, 'I trust you will never he gifted With such power when you become a spirit., fur the ideu of earthquakes wuuid Wve'ry TiMi-ch magnified.* as** s ?r' . a * ~ ? i ?'And ,1 trust to retain my corpora.i f. rin these many Ifltljr years. Here ;iiu 1 f-ix and tvvi uty, well to Ju in tho world .sound 'wind and limb ' as the tuititea . ?'?? ? say. and? 'Pound to make n foul of yourself by marrying sou.c flirt ul u girl whose mil) i e> on.iiieudai hm is a pretty face and u little foot and hau 1.' ?'.1 hu.-e ; if imM certainly thy pi<> requisites in my idea uf a wit*.' 'And puidp. - vdue.iliuu and courage have nothing tu do with the matter, ny? ri.ii v 'Oh ! I r- presume she will have hei share?;iis must of you girls do.' 'lluw 1 du pity yuu, 1'hil do.r,' nud :< aicuii c into her sweet brown eves a* sin; laid' h-.-r baud tenderly upon hi iWlhAsViirrt i/rjrio Wflu, < 'By Jove! Kitten, iryou wasn't my hull" i-isier inarry you '^ot without my consent, T prcsu no,' she replied. Mulling at his impsduousucss. though with the deepest of i.?scs upon her s fr. ehe? k?, for she Icms bad her gi ldcu dreams 'Dut as the ties of blood hayucn to st'.ud in the. way ul'sucli a boiisiiiiimulioii, yi.u will have t?'h.olj" clfcuwhero fur a tuidu. And now, Phil, he hum st nod it'll me whom you admit the most of all vom lady f. icmls.' ?AVc'll,' with a sigh, 'I duu't kuoir^ Hut what say you, Kittotl, to Ucllart I nut what say you, 1 . M 4?Miiy huaveu keop the insu tht|t gftst her for *a wi!o. Dtit tlicio is little four ot her betmtuiUfj yours, il you ?tiok; to lThrirTt?il;*; * "? ' 1 ??*?*tIA MKt\ OimVIV0*?- She has a pr.:lty lace, but* 8Uch kimnls and li^eH!' > ? i 7j ??ud Jftmiua S-avago V * 'Oh ; now you striko nearer ur^<be?rt >ur hIio uoituinly bus all thu utlur r><ittiiu^t-f^ typu^noats ( j 'ijf-tfou*$0tk t>\r> if you please, when spc-akinp of my MX. ^flwJ^ritiro list W-tlt? ftlfft rtfll ach ton were disods?tff In lhe aama manner butasrithout the sli|jlitcsb'jir<*jioct if a wife bei?4f -f^U.'tqd. It was as tho yld ?loikgt.b. ..- aiedi Ii |lQA * V, i?l ? ??The-first docs-notaui^may s ? ???V I aauont itUhow^ And tho sect ud I cannot tell why." And,, yet any hut a foolish, one idea man, could have found tuauy who were the poesessi rs of undoubted charms, and would have made his home us happy us the ordinary lot of mortals. Thou Kate tiskad, with a malicious smilo lurking about the corners of hr-r little rosebud m 'Utb, of which she was very proud the minx, as well she might be with its coral lips aad regular pearly teeth : ?What Iirto you u? jajty to Madge Skinner T 'Horror of fiorrort for a woman ! As [ lite? there she goes now. Just look at horl' ' * r 'ficuuty certainly was nut her dower, but she is good, loving, brave and true, and tile- Inno vrho wins her will have a ?rare and noble wife.' 'How in the name of heaven }*ou cau get up bo Hiuch enthusiasm over her, is more I Cut) undemUlid ?She is a positive fright, and, as I live, abo is eo mi tig in Margaret Skinner most certainly was not beautiful. On the contrary, she was decidedly pl.iiu ? in the . eyes of strangers' positively homely at the first glunte, but one could tiot'be long iu her H. fitly with.tilt (?olit.o- ths charm of her j s^^WP*WWaTtmj^lier%w'*aJno?,*uiusicaT vl-kc, licr^YYiyH jjiii'.lo. Sli? was mje ot the kind 1$^niou*eu feViO ifrour ugini us, and the' lack nT the fading beauty ul earth was aOun eutirelo lost in tho more, lasting powers* of mind. * Knowing her I ail uro ho e?uie op*to tiie stamiui J that m< u olten I'uim in tlii? regard??-liav,iug l^euti enui/u;d -amj iwatcd at ui'bool aud .disreijsnd^d-ju 8i>oiely, her dies? aud uiauooiu wen* t itled down to perfect ?'keeping with ^her person, and .?he I.ad Wisely coriipiered all foolish regrets f>r what iV?l-nt have men. but was not, und the girl of twenty was developing into the highest type of true womanhood, an understood by those who hiok deeper than the surface. Yes, she was plain, very pliin. There j W?4 no single foiture >hat could have been pointed out as fine, through her 1 STgO grey eyes?cat lik^ tho mips off , gi.ls sp'lel'iill\ cal.e.l then! Were gilU.I with rare ^Xpres-inii, Her mouth was large?the lips lar from delicate iu their moulding ? the m-se out ol proportion ami broad at the his-?die cheeks some, vykat heavy ?jhe brow too much dnvolo ped aud over haiigin ?tin throat mas sive?the head broad and doep, and the hair, though ampl ?, in supply, ol a reddish bl'Wii and coarse iu texture Her hands au I feet, which nob idy could deny wcie well proportioned, nut ?uro a- senstfleao girls ?n I eq.i illy :juns du-s men ?hflfcnr in lu?ug the C pupst-ss >rs of. : or aduiianiglnlid tu crotlti jilli le r cum 1 * m* 1 plex'di) *wag bad?what Women oil ?'muddy." No. Margret Skinner was not beau tiful, but Kittie Moulton had only npnk en (lie truth when she described her as pbnd, 1 ving, brave and true. Her call, d ended, the half brother ajiA **i^fr p 4 fei^nsi)i| |^ c|.4^cter,' \? hen a/?U.nbeam appealed to suddenly entered the room. A stranger to the in ip the town came witu a mutual friend j and aas iutro^uccJ as Mia* Jo-Vie V.m j derburg. Nutet rouid thorn h ive been a gro*t e r C' 01' I ast, 111 aII to I. f who 11: i < 1 jus! detarted. She was cvdn more beautiful I tal I j 1 I, ?i than Madge Skniucr wns pi i n ? was' nUirioiis to her lovcliuo.vs -vv.is a gill such n> poeta luve t i wruive idaal drca.ns about, but rarely so ? -Was at once a de 4rgwAAlid^Jwmu4er to the e.V % .Just in tlm fruuhc-t bio un of the mysterious iine that divide* girl und mnbhood^-with e>et> and ban black ,a* nigtit. Xbe one curtaiue t by lmg Lsj^Vv? ns ifj^o partially h. l ?their spark ling, and tli" other long, suit and giussy. Shu hid n dainty little mouth. Her Icet were of the kind StY Job i Suckling i' quaintly ' pictured as little mice that peep ad out ; hnlids small, with ta per lltigCrs auu roscloaf natls: skin like ve 1 gi2jU??f jfhl?is nsfXiliiaT^ a thro it uf ?xqui.Hite proportiuns?a ?Tuno heud and as proudly a.t and carried as that j of h\<i "S:ar Ky6d ttgyptaiu," ibr '?no n u world was inauly thrown aw.ty; a very I'e.xihlo and curelull) tUOtUMd vuicrj ^rtia dajlen?cd-nod af arkjio^. ju^poji^rtta lion, aud preKtong all the aidct ?if |fr| aud' culatetd to <dnt/.ie tfmi enolietu ratoh a teart ue 'Ibttt"* uf 1 *hll k'Mltdn^a^T ?, .IS'amvid l?rt ?<??,! if? .rt>tr .*? -i* JjhJ' loved hin dearly) saw at the firatglance ?rt?avf;Inter' with re^rut, foa sho becamo eortfiin tbat^Jowsie Vaudosbargh would nover love any uiio truly but herself? that she might "tolerate" a mau if he had plenty of wealth?but vrus heart t?iVi/a ivim-u* tl. .n4i'i!<i , -k Many and varied wore the disouasious sho had with Phil upon tho jbopio, but nlwaya with the snruo raaalt. Ho wan iuf.ituuted, completely so, though he could nut- deny tu hiniRclf that the girl he was madly in love with waa wanting depth of iniud. But when did a in.so of strong und ardent passions fail to bucom-1 the slave of a boautiful woman, if Bin played her ends with finesse-?if she was determined to win?goiug to even extreme measures?a^tnovt sacriGoing modesty to do so! r*ueh was tho ease with Jessie V under burgh,nnd unnc than she k new better how to ensnare the he-Mot tuun wheu ahe was detenuitied to do so, and in Phil til to u she had found so oa|iy a ucnqueal that she soeretly sneeredjtt him and bad his position iu society oofe'beon high ? had he not been wealfiy?she would hnVe cast off as an old glove, anr made merry at his sufferings, *Efow she w?6 proud.of Buoh a lover and- the more es pocially as it was a grea^ triumph ovor the girls of the Ttlljfce-r-ull but plain Ms.-igc Skinner, who-rfcM s? reality lovud him long and tenderly-?would have giton.tbe -very lojpi*- di<?p ef ber blood to have r?avcd him iVosu u siogh? hour cd' suffering. Hut none, not oran hia?^uiok sighted Half *i*tcr. Kittle Mi .ultSt>, bad the slightest sm-pieion otalin^ Madge had crushed down the ieeHurt?svith au iron will und an iron hand?v^Hd h*v# per tslft.d bravely aw ttlo aiaks'b?.!' >r& ?-w*s;-d Id confession could have beeu wruug from ber lips. Of ever winning the love of l'hil tiiton, she had n it even the uio?t remote h -po, und failing in that she would go down to tho grave unwed, I?nt a few months had pnfcsed and yet Elten, though knowing but iittle of the true character ur antecedents of Jessie Vandcrburg, hud v/on her promise lb be<*nt: c Irs wife, and lavished pros rm's hpori her, enomjh, it would have. Inn :i thought, to have suti-fi-vl nny wti iii?m*i> h'jfrV By* frays known only to .1 e.ti,f..:i, i.ov-.rver she Was eon-f:;ntl^* gain ing more?wr.s almost cold, cen.iuly pettish when he came to her with empty I hands. And how was it tuend. If sol as a lover, what would she be as a wif ? lie avoided answering the question even though 'n forced it.seli' upon hi to, but dear little Kittie Moulton oneoj sb?d Ies; s .- v.-r it, and in the siinp?cty of her heart t? ?1 ? 1 hor trouble t > Midge Skinner, and that brave girl took up the bunten, bowed beneath the weigh' of the cross fate h id pi iced upon her -bmilders, and did all she could to eo 11 fort aud console. "What must he, most,' ahe replied, choking dowu her emotio ), let u< hope In- v. ill be hapny." 'Happy / 0, dear Mnd^e, if he had otily loved yOU. 1 'Me. Kiltie? Oh heaven, you know not what yuu, are talking about.' And; ! then tdio cheeked her w'M utterances j apd ha-tily cu'Jcavnrcd to nun the sub httfffii ^Ul'h ? picture was far too much for even her to bear Hut the loving girl clung to her, In* Uicting^ torture of the deepest kind, though ^without knowing it, and whfsp u; id ag iiu and ag.iin : 'If he wo lid UlMJf love you, deir.' ^l.-.d^c skinner used her want of beauty as an a gunient against such a much hoped-lor consummation, and as a 8 .Teen behind which to bide her true feelings, and yet when they scj anted, their hearts had become, far more closely lutorwoveu than ever before, though the gulf between her and l'hil Kit ui hud uot in the slightest mrrowed. And he remaiuod still as deeply in love?Up, infatuated weru the bettor term?with the beautiful Jessie, aft heartless a pieco ol human statuary as the sun ever shone upon, Geklu as ihe wind, cold as ice save when it suited hor purpose to be otherwise, and hen glowing with mere than tropical w.n inth. She hud t-euircly hooked the tish and vvus in no huste tu lat.d it, and so when he prei-sed her to unnie tho weddingda> shu constantly put him off, and, drunk with her outward loveliness., he bowed to her doeisic* ajipearedeared {0 have lost all of his manhood, to be but na u puppet in her little hands, ?s wax that idic moulded to any shape shopleased. Would this never end ?his eyea never* bo opened 1 * Ho Was Binding upon tho .very brink and another stop would be his ruin, lor once wed?forced* (oh he would believe he ww? bouud to do by honor) to live With such a woman ufter the glamour ol* beauty had departed, his was the very nature to duller to the very depths of bitterness At last tha bridal day Was nppointel. and the preparations complete. A briel twenty lour hours, and the bliss be anticipated would begin. The Tillage was stirred to its v_ry centre?far more so than by all the marrying and giving in inarra'ce that had ever occurred be fore, and /whi'.o the dashing bride was dreaming of t he proud posium -die w is to occupy, calculating how well she would fill it and make the gold bilieY husband subservient to her own selfish ptirpr.. ( ?. he &it in his chamber with his head rosting upon hir. clenched h.mdi, that were laid npou the table, aud thud during undor the wji^ht of*.sour.- un known and terrible lean. Hut it was not of the Future, uot of the days when he would call the bouitiful ijesslej wife.' Ah, no ; his every thought was concern tratud - Upon himself ami his strange feelings?-upon tho ghastly present. His head was aching as tt hud never done before, ihero were sharp pains in his back, shoot tug through his I i titba. his tongue was patched, his lips dry', Iii? flesh on fire. W hat could be the matter with .htm ? ' 11 ?' * ?"M He openca 'he window for fresh air ami looked out upon the still, starry night. M'r.thfd his flushed face drank to dbol the inwiiid flame, ami at lust tor tured beyond endurance, Htaggciod uut of . bi>> room to summon a servant, when he met K it tic Marltou?who hid been WJVSV , W abroad?just goiug to her own apart uieut. 'Why, Pl i..' she ex<:l im -d, up yet ' Ab ! the lover cannot sluepi Atme pa tiou is loo bright for that.' 'KiWcii,' uml his "oiqo vv * fb -p toned and ttern 1 djng, d do not ky vv what is the matter with inc. S. nJ foi th doctor?send for .Jc.-ss'o.' She waitc I !o hear no m re?wa i'.riud ,o sho iia 1 uev :r b-.jf.ro b.eu. and (lisp sridilllg a lUUvSuugor !or the ph^stuiait, threw on her bwonct and a'.:awl igain, and rtfshcd tvil lly lor th gill it hat was soiin to bo bis wit';. '1 hilsiek '{ What is the untier wit', him Vi Ssjueatt?lled the aOoiuy hearted beauty, ii? sdie s'owly robed herself, ua slowly and carefully as ifaho was aLaut to saunter forth lor pleasure. I tt> l^avi 'ts sad *,'?.' .1 - L :<ll 1 don't ki.ow, but for the love of lieavcn bu tjiuck. lie is very siek and ma) be dying.' 'Pshaw ! Your are over and need i lesaly ab?rmed. Indigestion I presume i 1 have warned bun oitou against late suppers and-' j Poor Kiltie Moult^rj stood aghast '. She Would have ran ut break neck speed it' summoned upon such ttn errand, and yet Jessie tt^ as much unmoved i.s il she had heard uothiug of tl-.o sliglu-si moment. Uut ut last the thing uf ice r.js ready and she u! : ost drugged her along in her haste to be again l>y the side of the hall, brother she loved better than all the world save only om, as yet unConfessed. But she jansed lor a moment on hu way lo leave word for Muino Skiuuer to come to hor. -s Ijie physician ,had alrcadj arrived, and Phil Kilon was plaoed in bed. He held up his ling r warningly as the two girls c.tm? in, and tiividrlg to tha be trothed asked in on iLpresuve voice* '.Miss V atideiburg, are ycu bjavo und atrui! g T< rtainly,' she repli d. p tie as death ami not in the least comprehending his meaning. ? 'Kilon is very si -k.' "(Irfeat hcsvcin!' and putting on n love she was dar from toni ug, the tru about to rush to tho bedside, whou he lu l l her back and contiuu d 'And the d' ei-e is danger ms?i'. is oontagecrus ! ? Honor !' and she shrank biek. " "As* l understand your position k Is ? your duty?that of auy girl to nurse him so las as she can safely do so. Have jim been recently vuceiuated V '< III, Lord, i; is?' 'The Small Pox?' With a tefriblo shriek sho find from the ro on and Kiltie, who followed, found ber lying upon a sofa and wailing out; ? /Uioat hvaveu ! the smallpox, aud 1 have been exposed ! What if I should 1 :s tike it and b? marked 1 It rouid kill mo, I kuow it would !' To lose your beauty v was sternly asked. \** t * *? cs, yes. 'And you tbiuk nothing of poor Pliil V 'He is a man, and?>-0h! heaved, What shall I du V 'Go h mo,' replied Madge Skiuner, who had ontercd, and heard enough of the conversation to understand it. 'Go home. This is no plaeo for you?f<?r any one who fears,' and seeing that she was obeyed without hesitation, she turn el to Kittic, took her iu her strong arme as if she had been a child, and contin ucd, 'lluidi my darling, l'hil will m t die. I feel that ho will bo saved. It is indeed a fiery, torrible ordeal tor him to puss, yet nothing would hive saved him I'rom a life of misery. Now the heart lessncss oi Jessie Vandoiburgh will be proved that even ho oauuoc doubt, and he. will be saved, thank heaven saved !' "With such bra re and just words she quieted the trembling Kitten, aud then announced her intention of going to take, care of* l'hil. as iu that little village no professional nurse c mid have becu found. 'But you might take it, and?* 'My beauty is proof agaiustlts ravages she answered with a touch of bitteraeis and Kittic saw her not again for many days. The physician too, reasoned with her, but in vain. Even Phil roused him-elf to do the same, but she was firm aud not to be moved, aud hiving laid asidj iier wrappings and bared her arm?a *ell rounded and white one?and sub- ' mittel to the T.in-et of the physician to bo innoeulated ugaiust the.most dreaded I ol',?U.d?*ep*cs, :. rj K*ej I 'Where is Joste V P?il asko 1, whon the operation was ended, and she ha I assumed the duties of nurse in the Uinnageuiet/l of the room. ?CiAi'e hom<*,' and the subject was not ... ,!ti nrd a-ain bctwocu thoni, no mit ICJ Low much each might have thought. Phi! Klion, though at tho xery ge.t? j of Je ii h, av-'i le 1 passing though aud 1 urn. itit ) the v \'\ ty ol aifoti ir II t w n slightly marked, though n it sudioiontly th h- nnieol. An 1 ull thrmgh the ! r * ?# 1 -tekucss. brave Mud go Skinner ?tu >d firmly at her pc<t?was indeed a ntiuuUoimg angel by bis si lo. But as i >u as able to help himself, she retired, .u I i:\3 very suiio night he le irn i l thar she was very ill. and his heart smotuhi n uh'd such a feeling as he had never known To Jessie VaudcrUargh began to grow u-i in it, almost u.iku >wu to him >m* .. t?j';> 'Jo \i>it her iu his then condition wns impossible?he was not as yot *vell and when all danger of o ui'.-igimi vrn passid ,lo**iR eftTho to see him aud endeavor to make hnu forget her hearties* desertion ? to regain her old power over hint Now he was as stone t., her. While he m gl.t not have blamed her under ordin ary circumstances, yet ho did for her permitting another to t ike her place an 1 * the unfeeling conduct she exhibited as , Kittie told him) when the black shad oivs of death were lowering over hi.u. Ji wns their last interview. Wi:h nit even the dulicuor uf ofTuriug; to return ? o ? x ? t the many and v.liable prcsouts he had giveu ii- r t^though such an idler wouid hiivo bsu-n refused with scorn) Joesie Yaiiderburgh hastily left the village to seek another victim?to?(for the truth might as well bo told here) to receive at least poutieal justice aTew years later by being horribly disfigured by the same diso.mu that had but slightly left Its marks upou her lover. In due time Malige SkinncrTotfot?red and disappeared from sight?gone, it warf said to visit rolatives in a distant part of the country. The fact was, sh ? dared not meet Phil again for fear of betraying her weakness. 8ho had leamei to luve him a thousand fold letter than over before, and she was1 toe noble to have h-:ni seek to win her to the first flush of ?rntftudo for a life preserved. And now Phil Klton found hie heart But many months passed before they mot. and then |by aoiidrnt. She waa rofinning privately to the village?had dismounted from the stage at I little distance, and was*walking ?lawIt along heuenfeh the maples, when lie euuo "sud denly upon her. ,, 'Mr. Klton V 'Doarost Madge V and he teak both of her hands in'his and continued : 'Had "it nrtllftln for your voice I de not think XVdttld bhvc known you. !low Strau? i^ij*.ia!jr: >-r,J ' s ???'??a I i.!???,>< iu ly you have altered?b )w beautiful to* bdVe growifV' An'ul* .itfmttt'l 1 j v?f. IM r. Elton !' tti 8 at inK , vjtfrV( 'Gall rae Phil? pica ?, aeyou did whew., you more than nobly periled your own life for nine.' 'I?I? ' ahe stammered and blushed, * 'I hut came back to the village i<t> be-**' 'My wife, darling ' I woli ? The maples and the little birds-foejal^ words that we usay not, but the faces of each became glorified, and when a few months later the village church bell* chimed a joyous peal, no one would" have called the'bridc, Madge Skinner, j lain, but a queenly woman. Tha sickness through which shehad passed had removed ovcry cloud fron? her complexion, and her skiu was now? fair and complexion as pure and blush ing us .Tune roses. The hair, too, Which had fallen off, ha i reappeared, of-Mfe chestnut brown, and the goodness^ trajlt and love that were stamped upon hor fauo gare a glory that the features eoeld not dissipate. Of the loves of Phil Elton, none conld question which was the true and 'heave* born' one, and sweet Kiltie MotrltOa? glanced at tho groomsman, (herself the bridesmaid) aud prayed he might be as noble as her half brother, when he should claim her as his own, and that she might make as ^good aud noble a wife as Madge. ? i asps .???????? i I.??) Man ami Wife. : . ! ? l ? (SIB "-PTi'm* r->i;-*W4rt ?0$ Thomas JetTarson wrote tho fuilowjqg excellent advice. There U mu:h nature and good sense in it : ' Harmony in the. hiimn state if) the first to bo aimed at* Nothing eaw "B^TeP | serve affections uninterrupted but a fir na I resolution eaoh to considar the lovo of others of more value thin any oldest whatovcr on which a wish haJ boon fixed. How light, iu. fact, is tho siari fieo of any other wish w hen wdigfie'i again?t th; affections of one with whom ?ve are to pass oar whole lifo! Aal though opp isilion i.i a aiugic inrixai? will hardly of itself pro luce alienations, yot every one has their pouch into which, all these I ttle opp ?sitloui arc put; while that ii filling, the alienation is iusondb* j ly o?'llo oni nti<* when tilled it is ae<a plete. It would poxzlo. oither ^Jmwf why, because no oue diffarencoof opi? ion has been marked enough to produce a strious effect by its-elf. Uut he finis his affections wearied out by a CJQJttaWfc stream of Tittle' checks r.nd obstacle*. Other sources oi diaaonteat, rar y) Sanaa - mon indeed, are the little orosa-purra^ejasj of husband and wile ia oouitu ju j?on.Ter sation, a disposition in oither togS^Sj* and question whatovcr the other stye,**> desire ahv tys to le:u m .trato an J .u?\te him feel himself in the wrtn?, espeeull/ in Company. . xSothiog i*sj g>adiog. Much Letter, therefore, if oir cjux^aw* ijn view a tiding iu a light different froai what wo d?, to leave him in quiet possession of his vie.vs\ Whit ts the use of rectifying- him if the thin g be unimportant? Let Hi paw for th* pre sent, and wail a softer m >uient and mire oonoiliatory oecasiou of reviving the itth? ject together, it it wonderful how many persons are rendered unhappy by inattention to these little rulea of pru dence" !^5""' t*awwtd iin -i; A young lady writing from Europe finds there some very odd but agreeable tilings. For lust nice, she says:' 'As s> general role, wd'.ers and sfciltfber "maids" are motu In one hotel where .id 9fupped for t^reo weeks tb^ttriy domestic 1 ever saw was a man. He did ev< rything ; swept and brushed and cleaned my talon, made my bed, earod ' for my dressing room, served nsjr break , ;faa4{ and always at night, about 8 .u'olock, he would, outer with cloaa towels, open my bed as a mother does) j for her children, lay out my night dreae and bow himself out with a "goodnight, : inndehi ?isille." Oue becomes ?ceuetottt ed to odd things, aud n~T~ I mush sjwo for a man tU? a woman.servant. . The young lady should bo crodUod with Iraukncsa and most unquestionable stuccrity. ?? Vermont pa^ereaareiaoosting of eigM eld farmers Ut * Franklin county, :*rfce , l^ve within t*a miles of each otbar. and who have had twenty-tiro wives atuoasr theui. ** n>*wF^? ' ' ' ' ilaelii " "* ' Is took three<t?iirreIs of whiskey and ten bands of cider to satisfy ,tjbe> ;waat* ? of tho im mates of the alms hoo.se j,Bridgeport, Connecticut, the past wie? tor. st i, Tavi">?' +4* ? "Sva