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.I ?_i : TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. r CiOO -A.~lSTjO OUR COUNTRY. VOLUME 8. SATURDAY MORNrNO, NOVEMBER 7, 18T4. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. r ' NUMBER 40 [From (ho Darlington Southerner.] A WEDDING. BY MIPS OIIKCSBOROUail. 'We never could understand how she ever made up her mind to marry him. But she did, and six of her old school mates tvero summoned to net as her bride's nm'ds.' 'How wonderful this seems.' said Kstello Heyward, as wo walked up the stairway together. 'He is thirty years older than Isabel, and n perfect fright, nnd so disagreeable' * IIe \r. all that, and he is immensely rich besides.' 'Y?s; but did you not think that she loved Clinton Johns?' 'I know thnt sho did; but what of that? Women mnrry one and love an other constantly, nod men do the same thing, und I suppose that it will con ? ttnuc to be done world without en I.' JJy this time we hail rcuohc I the door of the room; we knocked. 'Coma in,1 said a pleasant voice nod we walked in. 1 here she sat under the giis light, dressed in her bridal dress*, waiting for the hour of the ceremony to arrive. 'I nm till dressed, you see,'she said, {T never like to do things in a hurry, it flusters me. What a clock is it, Estelte? 'It has just struck seven.' 'And I am to be married at eight.' 'You have one hour yet,' replied I stelle, 'to ponder, and repent, after that you need do neither.' 'I have done all the pondering I ex pect to do, and its to repenting, well, when I have once made up my mind to do a tiling, I make it a rule never to repent. Now,sit down both of you, ami look at me; how du i luok ?' 'You tire as pale as a ?host,' replied Estcllc : 'and your eyes look u< if? ' ?1 meant my dress, Kstello,' kIio in ierruptcd her. 'My lace is of no c m sequence; if I do look pale, no wonder, for, for two days, I have had frightful twinges of paiu in my heart. 1 wish you to observe my dress. .Mr. Cleveland insisted upon sending to Paris lor the dress in Which I was to be married; (hit and the diamonds I wear are his wed ding present to me.' t].c spuke calmly enough, but we knew that it was assumed. Save for the uiicaithly pulor of her faeo, she would hnVii leoked beautiful. The dress wits splcnded enough for a queen; it was of rich satin, covered with a mcchlin lace over-dress; which was looped up with long sprays of OMUgo blossoms. Diamonds glittered at her waist, on her bosom, in her ears, on her neck, uroutid her wrists und in her hair, whose midnight darkness seemed to show them to greater* advantage. ?Well, what do 1 look like ?' 'You look,' I said 'as if all the diamonds of Golcotida had beeu emptied upon you.' "'And your dress is superb, Flstelle, remarked. ?1 hope that you may be ns happy as you will i'C rich, lsabel,' 1 said. She looked at men momcut with the tears simmering in her large dark eyes, and replied : 'Iloppiuess I really never expect to enjoy; if I n?i coutented, that is all 1 calculate on.' We pat in silence and looked at her. this victim, dressed out for the sacrifice. 'Don't slaro at me as you an; u-.iiu. ?teile,' she suid, driving back ?h. tears, 'with that hopeless look on y.-ur face. 1 oui not murrying simply lor money, as you seem to think ' ?What, then, tire you mat lying for love?' She arose from her scat; ho.v splend id she looked as she trailed her train alter her. Twice she walked the length of the room, thcu she folded her arm. and stood in liout ol us. 1 shall never forget that vision of splendor and wo man's deFpnrr jib 1 looked up at her Her eyes flashed as she spake and her delicately cut nostrils dilut d. ?jl/arry for love,' she said,'no; I carry n dead heart. I loved once, ah ! how well. I was but fifteen 3cars old when 1 first loved Cliuton Johns; I am now twenty-five, and 1 never ceirod to love biro, until I became convinced that he did not love me. He was attentive to me,' ho allowed uo one else to pay 11 c the Bame attentions; ho said and did cucugli to create hope, but not enough to satisfy love. Tor ten years hu hov ered 1?root.d me, for ten yeala I alterna ted between hope and despair. Then my pride revolted, aud I said, I'll break this chain which ga.'ls me, 1 11 burdt ihcso icttcts which nind me to him. Did I do it easily ? No; but. I did it. I wrenched my heart, but 1 did it. 1 do not, 1 cannot over lovo again; I en Jivo viithiut loving; I have done with that pleasant dream forever and forever.' Ilcr voice which had been vehement, died away to almost a whisper, but Wo heard that'forever and forever,' and it sounded to our cars like the Waitings of despair. Sho throw herself on tho chair, nnd bogan again : 'When you seo mo stand up to bo lanrried, don't pity mo, for I am d dug the very best thing I could do under thcFO circumstances. I could not sit still and let my heurt feed upon itself; I must, hnvo change, excitement; my trip to Europe will givo nie this. Mr. Cleveland's wealth will bestow what I need. 1 dru1 only liko n prent li'inny other women; we nrti not nil destined I'ura happy love. Hush ! Hero arc tho other bridesmaids,' and .tho door was pushed open, and four radiant girls tutored, 'Splendid & mti'gni Recht!' oricd n ehnroiis of voices; 'How superb you kok ! how happy you must be !' .?hid tliere she sat, pale and silent, with her bands pressed on her heart..' Glittering like a fair queen, but, ah ! bow miserable.-. Well, until eight o'clock, wc sat and looked at lwr rod admired her and ex auiined her rich bridal present. Then we heard a flutter in the on try, and we knew it was time to go down. Mv. lleaUniont bad conic for his daughter. 'Well, my princess, arc you ready ?' he said. 'Yvs,' f,ho replied-, ns she took her f .tlier's arm. I noticed that she so mo what shrank back, but she sunn recover cd herself, and proceeded with as'cidy stop, while wo followed her. In tho library wo found t he groom and his six attendants; among them stood Clinton .!< bus. lie came forward with that easy, half-impudent manner oil*Isis, and Inking Isabel's band. said, while !>.? fixed his pleasant-looking brown eyes upon her : 'Do you know since I have been here this evening I have asked myself ?ine question Hevcrai times; shall 1 tell von w bat it is V She merely bowed her head. 'Why did I never lliiuk of asking you to marry me V I saw hor put hor hand to her li sari and shiver, as if.she was cold. 'it's too late now, Isabel.' 'Tob late' .-he said, as she tn. ii.-i awn" and to >k the arm of* ,1/r. Clevs land. Paired off with our groom mien, wc followed the bride and groom i':t i th-. urawinv room. It sootm to me thit i can see the stfon : now. the brillia it c >n pany; the rich floral decor >ti ins; the splcndi lly furiiUhu 1 r iniu, in I l'\ : [i ila . gorgeously af ire 1 bribe. W'j u*r-:le I around her, and thebisll-in e > n.u n.:: 1 the m irri ige. Service; as i: pr ? >.*.?<-o 1. the bride .seemed to ?:roW paler Si-I denly ?j,ic StJiggqreij; a d:>:'.uu arm.- were thrust I' rwiid to n^holiucTr, an I >h<? loll fainting as we thought into thosn a I Clinton Juh'u.?. H ? b < o her to t!i i sofa and I id her down; she never -;i ike; vv sjat'uered a: a diet neu arouu i her ; - as not to impede ihu free e rcuetti >-i ?fair; but Ciinio i iful?H rein lined boo I : her. 1 never Vnw any human boiue; whiter or more radiuutly liuiiu'.it'ul thin - i w ? as she lay i;n that-crim-sou velvet a?fa. in her glittering attire. She fixed her dying eyes ? Inr, alas! site vv is dyi.i^ ? on tho handsome face of tit ! man she loved so w-dl, gave a lew short ?;uq?s and was deal It was SO so l ieu, so hor riuie, that it seemed to strike >n all dumb. Scarcely lc-s white than the dead woman's was the face of the ni n who slew her, for slay her lie di I. I wonder if his eoiHoionce ueV'Sr ae -u^-d him of being her murderer. One by one liic bridesmaids stole up to her an I kissed ilio white brow, 'Pour Isabel,' sobbed lOst'lle, 'your bridal i-i in heaven.' The doctor said that sh >. died of heaf't diseasi, b tt 1 alwiivs t,h ><i? it that her heait bad broken. Shu said Ii i wrenched it, but you know thit it. i ardly possible .-lie could give it. sueh a wrciich without breaking it. Whitdi you think V '1 think there are more broken bent.-1 than the world knows of,' I said. '?Some blow comes down with frightful force, Prune sorrow ovcrtakos; Poor heart ! it snuggles saddly on, And then, :.t last, it breaks.'1 That's what the poet says, and I sup pope I hut it is so. What became of C.iu ton Johns V ?lie married, of course; and as self fish, heartless m n arc a;>t to do, he married lor money I met him a lew nights siii'-e at the opera; lie came into my box. I htol been away for several li out Its, and it was tl c first tiu.e 1 had seen him since his marriage Ha p >i it "i out a dark, low-browed, short , stout wo man, shockingly over dre-se l, who sat fanning herself with a hugO pink loath7 er fan in an opposite bos, as his wily/ 'Why. (b ar me,' I sai I. 'bow vc/f unlike pour dear Isabel People thoiy^il you were in love with her.' < ?Oh, yes, and I really did lik* h >r very much you know; we wor/ojuito young when wc first began to U?u each other.' 'Like you, indeed: WhyV?? love-J you, and you broke bur hoi?^- I don't sec bow you can ever sinile/zgaiii. 'Nonsense!' he exolai/-'-l jumping up. Good bye; I niu.-trct/f" to my wile,' and bo rushed out of n/box. -1 think he loved Label as i? aa his sollish heart could love; be he saeriti :;vi he. to his cupidity, a i i?:'"y a woman is sacrificed in the s/*l! way/ 'You hud bcy>1' :1S'{ f?r manners than money,'said sanely dressed gentleui.in to a beggar uw* usked for alms. 'I asked you for whuA I thought you had the must of w/dic recly. YYeslerii Customs. T Haven't dated this letter, as T don't know where 1 am. 1 am about nine miles from Julesburp. at a little settle mint on the South IMatte llivc'r. At daylight to morrow, I am to catch some of i ho (incut salmon 1 ever saw. They will not l)ii?: ar any other time of day*. I suppose they learn this disagree it bio habit of early break lasting from the '?Hull Whackers,'.' who navigate these plains. 1 am stopping at a liltl hotel, about, thirty by teil. The scarcest thing in this country is lumber, settler.-;, Shav ing to pay urcr so many dollars a foot for;all they use, besides what they i i on-hi in I heir valises. The landlord is (Vo;u Pennsylvania, and seeing to be doing a I hriving biisitiu^.s. dint or hard talking an I liberal promises, L got a room to iiiysejf. It is just large chough fo ? the bed and candle box, set on a (hair, upon which 1 am writing this btter. It is ill Olle eti l of tin: building and a;paratcd Irom the next, room by a hod quilt, which yon must crawl on ler to come in or go our. Mitt, it is my room, and after the j ilting I have had upon the Indian pony, I ex pent to have a good night's W as over a pour pilgrim in such a fix? .lost a- I had written "night*," and had '.?deep' on the point of my ? [ion. I Iteatd a knocking on the floor out side the bed quilt. ?'Crawl under," said Knter the landlord's d nigh tog, a buxom young i.i I)-, about seventeen years of age, I should judge. She o; cued her rosy hps, an 1 sp ike as fol io w- : 'Mister, don't take off your clothes to ni Jit when \ on yo to lud.' 'Why!" 'Boi-nueC I'm going to sleep with )?<">.' ?W ell, if you h ive no S better reasons titan t hat ?1 ?Hush 1 Shot up 1 Von told pa that you v.iuld :ioi sloop with a man.' 1 had rather sleep with a wet dog.' ?Well. 1 have given up my bed to a sick mho. 1 have been 'hard at work ail day. and have to work^hard ail day to-morrow, and I can't afford to set up ail night. '1 hat bed is wide enough for U.s both. I shall stay on the back side, ii..d if yrirt uj.h'C stay on your side, you'd bi t It r. : fiat's all.' ? As she said this she raised from !:'-?!? diess i oeket an infernal jack knife*, .??ni l! a> farmers, use in trimiug Iran tree, and then let it fall back with ti chug. I comprehended the Situation in half n moment, :i id on: i i'.n- .n.ii ieii i qu -te as follows: ?Mi > young lady, your intciiti i~ may or 11.113 1:..'. ho honorable, I am travel ng entirely by myself. My iiat.it .a protect r are miles a.id miles away, beyond the boundless prairie ignorant 0;* tl.e perils which may beset their idol, 'i bus 1.if i have not been insulted by j our sex. 1 .101 :i man of but low w/rds, lor. the, are always emphatic. .1 will give up a part ul Jdial bed, iip<I tint's ail I will do. Ii' you attempt, during the filert watches |of the night, anything contrary to thi.s firm detcyiniuatiou, by St. Joseph, my patron saii/t, 1 will shoot yuuriglil through the mi/rill'.' As I concluded, I lni</u Slocum pis tol upon the can Me b x. A low chuck le outside the bed quilt/ gave |evidence 1 hit p t e r fa mil is /had approved tin; aaraugcui lit) My antago ?1st laughed, aiily^ayihg, 'Mister, I reckon we iiudct-st-w-J e.ich uthor,' boun eed over to the bn/k side of the bed Theie she ts, myv, pretending to be asleep. I can't/finish this letter. I can t do ?aliv/tiug. Talk about, the tin!.- ot the utrlier saint.-.?about being broiled ovcif1 live coals?about being flayed alivO-?about being bjoiled 011 oil. W hat \\:oAxil that to all this '{' Solsibl? Class. W/terglass i" now use 1 cxfeir-jively or/leaiising oily cotton waste, /t his Ix/? used to advantage in ropi wilk-< ;,/.\ jute factoriis; applied to walls and ilings, it not only renders the wood Ztomparal'vely lire proof, but pruvchts accumulation of fibrous dust Two coat ings applied to cement cisterns for hold ing water iieutrali/.o the effect of the lime in the cement, and prevent !? ird cning of the water. 11 ilfa pint of sili cate of soda, a.lded to a wailful of com mon lime wash, gives beautiful gloss, ami adds to its permanence, especially when exposed to the weaiiur. A paste made of ^silicate of soda and asbestos is Used as a ceil tut 011 joints connect ing sulphuric acid lead chambers. A paste made with common anthracite co.il ashes gives a cement which will harden into stone in less than an hour. For cheap ness iiml facility of application in coal ing casks in which grease is packed, kegs for lead ground in oil, bird Caddies I butter firkins, etc , to prevent soak ago silicate of soda is uoequaled.? Indus trial Jiccord. The reason why a " watch is called 11 watch is, evidently, because it is always on its guard. Squill** Mn. Squills has itcrn Musxixu von Office axi> Got Lkft. When I got home hist night, said .S?|Uills. tho old lady was up wailing for nie. I know there was something in soak. There always is when she sits propped up in bed rending, and 1 know it. I wasn't feeling pretty gnnil, said Squill s, for I had beta whitewashed in the conven tion, sold out body, boots and broonhes, an I 1 foU like a board yard he eat with his back hair curled the wrong side up. "Have you got the nomination, Squills, dear 1" I km-'.r she had seen the evening paper, i ut f said, "No, love,"' as mildly us if con ventions and all such snare ; were beneath my notice. '.\N-jt got tho nomination, Mr. Squills!" '?No, Mrs Squills, not Hint tiie court i< a.vare of at. tiiis present writiing. Certain ly not.'' Then whrt do you expect to gal for all the whisky you've been pouring down those fellow's thront ."' 'What fellow's throat?' 'Your friends who have been" tram ping in and.ottt of my house, Mr. Squill*, and bor rowtiigyour poor children's money, and ranging you in! > all kinds of disreput ible places to hunt up votes, and sneaking you oil' into the country to barbaceus and infa mous resorts, paying for buggies, aa I in ik ing ridiculous remarks, which I know yon pni i the reporlers to work up into a speech. \ nice thing yen have done fur yourself ami me and tho poor children, and then, al't^p all, not to get anything for your pains I'm iishumed of you, Mr. Squills. If I could afford a blush for so wretched a being, Squills, 1 would blush for you, but 1 can't and. what's move. I won't. Dan'l toil me Squills, that you don't w int me to bind: for yau and you sitting there just as mil as a half.ill of 'hornets. .After you telling mo. en, and, the dehr child, that she uhou'd hnvo a new' silk when you got the nomina tion. A nil-- nomination you've got, (hose fclwws who took your money and yo whis ' y [hist laughing at you, and thinking what a :f"ot you are for believing them. That's wlrjR''hurts me in the tchderest point Sqfills.' -**~!Uf??*.i rfcls * jiiU\ Snuilla. ?! out Cm- light, tumble 1 into bed, and prepared to gi? to sloop, but Mrs. S piills still kipt at it With forty Squill ]>ower.' After a time exhausted nature g.??c way, an! slic wns]silcnl. Then 1 felt a singular jingglin ; of the b 1, an I 1 turned round and said. 'Mrs, Squills, is that you ? What in the world are you doing Ilia! fir. if you wi: t ti> laugh, liuiglt, bat don't shake as if \ .a. h id the back-ague/ ?I), whet a pelitictan you arc. Squills, sa'n! : he. ?Two weeks ca nvassiug, and then to l>e sktiiike I by a tadpole !' ?To keep peace in the family,' said S piills ?1 ha ! t.> i romiso that dress or something else, as for the tadpole business, what eat. yo i explain to a woman.' Have. Two SI t itles to Your How. ?W. ll, Hodge,' sii l a skeptic to a worth' cottager, who was on his way home IV mi church, 'so .you are tru Igiug hone alter enjoying tho line balmy bi ce 'es t bis morning i' ?Sir,' said thu man,'] have been to ilia kou.SU of Hol to hear the holy word.' ?Ali I are you one of those weak and ignorant folks that, in these country places, believe the parson an I the Bible, and who never enjoy yourselves on a Sunday . ? V.'c 1!. Mr Stranger, but d > you know, weak ignorant as wo country pcop'eare, we like to have t wo strings to our bow?' 'Two strings to your bow I what do you mean by that V ?\\'by, sir. I mean that t> believe tin llible, and tie: up to it, is like h iving two tstlings t.) my bow; lor even should j: turn out to lie untrue, /shall have I.e. n a better and happier ti.mi in this Woihl lor living acuortling to its dicta tes; and so it. will I?.: for toy guud in that rospcet?here is one stria;, a id if i: should prove true, it w ill be better for mo in the world to otno?there is an other . tri.ig. a d ;i pre ty strong one it i . But, sir,W you disbelieve the Bible, and on tn.it account di not live as it requires you have not even one .string t? your bow. And oh I if tho trciueu Inus threats of tho llible pr..ve true, what will bo C one of y'OU then?' This plain appeal to common sense ?ikliCed the city gaiusayer, and afforded proof that ho was not quite so wise as he HUpposcd. A physician was walking along a road in the country ouu day. lie met an old man who had a !>>;i!.' ol whis key sticking out of his coat piokofc. 'Is this tho way to the poor house sir .'' asked tho old man, pointing; in t hu direction in which be was walking 'Mo, sir,' answered the physioisn; ?but ibis is,' laying bis hand on the bot tie of whiskey. The doctor was bulb witty and wise. Drink, Hut Kcmcmbcr, If you (liink it is your duty to drink intoxicating liquors by all moans do so. On uq account violate your conscieu li ons ( onvicti in?, bat whil?y?? raise the cup to your lips, remember that this draught represents the bread of a starv ing brother", for the food of at least six million persons is yearly grasped by the maker and distiller, and its nourish meat destroyed Remember that so long as you are in health, the e liquors aro unnecessary two thousand medical men have assorted it. and hundreds of thousands teetotalers have proved it. * Hem tuber that most persons who net asyoudo..i jure their health and ?hor tcu their lives by so doing. itcmctnber that not drunkards alone, but drinking, fills our jails [and pchitctl ttarics, our poor houses, and lunatic asy brass; employs our coroners ahd our hnngmcn, and both saxes, "af which hu imiue institutions takes cognizance I'.-member that drinking retards edit cation, industry, and .every branch of litted and social improvement. Kcmcmbcr that multitudes yearly di ? tlr uukard's deaths and go to meet a drunkards doom ? 11 member that multitude fall from your -moderate ranks, to recruit the was ted army of drunkards. lU member that every drunkard once tried to follow the example you set and on t;iil fall from his slippery ground into the whirlpool of iutemporanee Ucmcmbcr that if you sanction the custom, you aro ans wcrablo lor it-> fruit*. ?. member that if the weak and temp ones look t > you, and that under Hod it oli [am is on you whether they ntnv bo drunkards or sober men. Ki member that 'to him that kuowoth tu do goo>i and docth it not to him it is sill,' and lliCl'J is 'a woe for that man tl.imgh whom offense e nueth to the lit tie ?iics,' Kemember that you ^cannot be neu tr.il. that there will bo n day when you will be unable to plead ignorance, I;, n einher thai all this weight of re sponsibility re-ts upon you, as you raise that eup, if you think it right, but WO envy not your conscience* i. ?sawnh ? - ? ' - Buying n liuilionil Thu fact that fruit ear- . re hauled IV. in San Fraucisco to Chicago fr Sl, 500 per car reminds the editor of a lit tie storv. Shortly after the completion of the Union Pacific au old friend of our> and. an invctrato wag, Md. 11 ay, who owns a big ranch in Carson Valley Nevada, came through to Chicago, and while in the city concluded to by n car lo;: I of agricultural iinplem-nts lor use ol Irs [arm. He visited the Union Pacific oillec, ami etiquitc I the price of a car, ami the agent, taking his address 1 romiscd t" drop him a line giving him the rates. I a due time the notification arrived, the iig-tre boing somewhere up in the thousand. Ed read the note carefully, and they sent the following reply: -Pear Sir: I regret that I was not a litt! - more explicit in my language das lord iy. Your liguro vvoul I imply that you no lersl >?! mi" r.s being desirous of of buying y ur railroad, whereas I wish only t < hire one ear .me trip When I desire !?? pnrcli i e a railroa 1 1 shall haut up one that is held at lower figures than vou hold yours. '? K. Ray." The result was that lid. was hunted up, and negotations eutero J into by which he got his cur at a reasonable price, on the ground wo believe, of he ing a iv.-i.loni of Nevada, engaged in '-building up to s country.' How to Make Farm Lite Attractive 1 liy le*s hard work. Farmers often undertake nose than they can do well and consequently work too early and too late. ?J. lly more system. The farmer should Itnvo a time to begin and stop labor. They should put more m ind and machinen into their work. They should theorize as well as practico, nud let both go together, fanning is moral, healthy and ie.-peetable; ami, in the long run, may be made profitable. The fanner should keep good stock, and out of debt. 1?y taking care of health. Far mers have a healthy variety of exer cise, but loo often to gleet cleanliness, oat irregularly au.l hurriodly, sleep in ili \ l i t dated apartments and expose themselves needlessly to cold. ?I I5y ndi rning the home Hooks, papers, mu-ie and reading,should all bo brought to bear upon the indoor family entertainments* and neatness ami com fort, onli r, shrubbery, flowers and fruits should harmonize all without. I here would be fewer dcSOllions ol old homo steads if pains were taken to make them agreetblo. t Kase, order, health and beauty aro compatible j^with farm life, and were ordained to jjo with it. Three Tons of Hay Per Aer?r~ t Mv. Gcorgo Gcddes reports that ho cut and drow eighty load* of timothy and clover hay from uinetocn acres, and. that nn average; load -.voighed 1,500 pounds; Ilms (he whole field must have yielded three tons pot* aero. Ho also reports! Mr. Swaby, of Seneca Falls, a* having drawn forty |loads from twelve acres of clover. These wore certainly fine crops, but it must be remembered that hay as drawn gfrom the field will shrink from ten to twelve per cout. and that these three tons will not weigh out more than two and one-half tons, at most, in winter. Mr, Gcddc3 also cut a tocond crop of clover seed of three tosir bushois to an acre. ^lie thinks the land cm '-land this sort of cropping by mak ing clover and timothy the principal crop to be fed out on the farm or patlur ed oil year after year. lie instance the fact that, probably, this {crop on this nineteen acres is the largest that has ever been cuton it. We doubt the soundness of this theo ry, whatever may j be the^fact of this particular piece of land. There must certainly, bo carried oft" in seed and flesh of animals much fertility, and this is not replaced by the manure returned. This# land, by, pood cultivation, may have abundant "fertility to supply crops for a life-time, but the end must come unless the mineral constituents arc re turned, in some form, to the soil.? j littrul Home. "Lie By Till Morning." l'oes the reader remember ~tho loss of the vessel called the 'Central America?' She was in a bad .state, bad sprang a leak and was going down, arid she hoist ed a s?gnal of distress. A ship came eh .se to her, the captain of which asked, through the trumpet, 'What is amiss V 'Wo are in bad repair aud are going down;' 'Lie by till moruitig,' was the answer. Hut the captain on board the rescue ship said, 'Let me take your passengers on board now.' 'Lie by till morning,' was the message which cam? back. Once again the captain cried, ?You had better let me take your pissen ger.s on board uow.' 'Lie by till moru itig.' was the reply which sounded th; ;ugh tho trumpet. About an hour aud a half after, the lights were miss ing, and though no sound was hoard, she and all on board bad goue down to t be fathomless abyss. Procras'ination. Ti is a snowy day, and some boys have put a few bricks together, making a sort ol square box of the in; they have set up one edge ou a piece of stick, and havo scattered under it a few cru nbs. Here comes a robin, nn 1 ho picks up a cruaiS or two, and while he is fcediug, d >wn comes the brick! 'I did not wait long,' says the robin, -but / am caught! / did not wait long, but I cannot get ou?.! I did not wait long, but J have lost my liberty ! / did not wait loug, but it may bo / shall lose my life !' Ah ! littlo robin, thou .?halt be a preacher to some here. They have gone a little into sin and they are inclined to night to wait a littlo while Take care that this is not your dolorous note one of these days, '/did not wait long, but Satan has caught me in bis trap 1 / did mt wait long, but I waited too long! /"did not wait long, but 7 lost my soul for ever.' ?mi ? . * ? mi ? in A littlo live year old boy was beta* instructed in morals by bis grand mother. Tlio Oid lady told bitu tint such terms as "by golly," ''by jingo," ??by thunder." etc., wore ouly littii oaths, aud but littlo bette'* than oMior profanities. In fact, she said he ould tell a profane word by the prefix '?by." All such were oaths. "Woll than, grandmother," s lid the little hopeful, ' is by telegraph,' which I seo in tho n iwsqvipera, swearing V. "No," said the old la ly, "that's only lyiug." It make a great di.Tsrcuce whothor glasses ii o used over or under tho nose. When it widow in tiny neighborhood sets her cap for a young mm, there isn't one chtiuco in a million for any yjuag woman to win, even if sho holds tho four acef. 1 How much do you sell theso tearful bulbs V asked an affjotod young Ilady of a green grocer. He stared at her a mo incut, recovered himself, and said. 40h, them iuyuns? By the rope.' A man nt Andover, Mass., doos not bei.eve in the fall prices, because ho has jiist said for fifty cents a poekot knifo which lib bought for that price in 1800, and has usel steadily for sixty four years. A little girl who had great kindness of heart for all the animal creation, saw a hen preparing to" gather her chickens under her sheltering Wings, aud ahou ted earnestly; 'Oh, dont sL down on those "beautiful, little birds, you great ugly old roster.