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m two dollars per annum.1 It* tti : 'ii f/? ? ? -. ??? >ii ?? ? ' 1 ;o it \r.r.i'?l GOD AND OTJR COUNTRY. always in advance. > VOLUME 8. SATURDAY MORNINO, NOVEMBER 7, 1874. NUMBER 40 ? [From tho Darlington Southomor.] A WEDDING. BY MIPS CHEESBOROUOn. 'We never could understand, how she over made up.lier mind to marry hint: But sho did, ond six of' lier old school mntcs wcro summoned to net ns her bride's mnids.' 'How wonderful this seems,' snid EsteUo Heyward, ns wo walked up the stairway together. 'He is thirty years older than Isabel, and a perfect fright, and so dhngreeable.' 'He is all that, and he is immensely rich besides.' 'Yis; but did you not think that she loved Clinton Johns?' 'I know that she did; but what nT that? Women marry ono and love an other constantly, and men do the sa?;o thing, and I suppose that ic will con tinue to bo done world wit limit end.' By this timo we had rcachc 1 llio door of the room; we knocked, '('nine in,' paid a pleasant voice and we walked in. '1 here she sat under the gas light, dressed in her bridal dress,'waiting for the hour of the ceremony to arrive. 'I nm all dressed, you see,'she said, 'I never like to do things in a hurry, it. flutters me. What a clock is it, Estelle?' 'It has just struck seven.' 'And I am to be inarrfed at eight.' 'You have ono hour yet,' replied ] stelle, 'to ponder, and repent, after that you uecddo neither.' 'I have done all the pondering I ex pect to do, and as to repenting, well, when I have once made up my mind to do a thing, I make it u rule never to repent. Now, sit down both of you, and look at me; how do 1 look ?' 'Y"ou tiro ns pa'.c as n ?linst,' rcpKeJ Estellc : 'and your eyes look a* if? ' ?1 meant my dress, E.-telie,' alto in terrupted her. 'My face is of no com' j-cqueucc; if I do look pale, ho wonder, for, for - two days, I have bad frightful twinges of paiu in pay heart. 1 wish you to observe tny dress. Mr. Cleveland insisted upon .'-ending to Paris lor the dress in which I was to be married; this und the diamonds I wear are his wed ding present to the.' irl.o j-ptiko calmly onoiigb, but we kuew that it was assumed. Save for the uneattlily palor of her face, she would have looked beautiful. The dress was spleudcd enough for a tjuccn; it was of rich satin, covered with a mccblin lace ovcr-drcse; which was looped up with long sprays of dr.nigu blossoms". ' Diamonds glittered at her waist, on her bosom, in her cars, on her utek,' around bcr wrists and iu her flair, whose midnight darkness seemed to ahow them to greater advantage. 'Well, what do 1 look like V 'Y'ou look,' I said, 'as if nil the dinitioudi of Gulconda bad becu emptied upon you.' i "'And your dress is superb, Estelle, remarked. '1 hope that you may be ns happy as you will be rich, Isabel,' 1 said. She looked at me a mouicut with the tears simmering iu her large dark eyes, and replied: 'IlnppiuefcS I really never expect to enjoy; if I nui coutcntcd, that is all 1 calculate on.' We sat in silence and looked n't her. this victim, dressed out for tlio sacrifice. 'Don't stare at me as you tiro'doing, Estelle,' bIio said, driving back the tears, 'with that hopeless look on y.-ur face. 1 ai" nut marrying simply for money, ns you ecem to thiuk ' ?What, then, arc you .marrying: for love?* Sho arose from her Fcatj ho(v splend id she looked as she trailed hur train after her. Twice the walked the length of the room, thcu she folded her arms and Mood in front of us. 1 shall never ibrget tltat vision of splendor and wo man's defpntr ns 1 looked up at her Her eyes flashed ns she spake und bcr delicately cut nostrils dilut d. ?JVorry for love,' she said, 'no; I carry a dund heart. I loved unco, all! how well. I waB but fifteen 3cars old when J flrst loved Clinton Johns; I am now twcnty-Gve, and 1 never eeued to love him, until 1 became convinced that he did not love me. He Was attentive to nie,' ho allowed no one else to pay mc llic same attention?; he said and did eticufh to crcale hot.c, but not enough to satisfy love. For ten years he bov crcdnroot d mc, f*'i ten ycai3 I alterna ted between hope and despair. Then my pride revolted, and I said, I'll break this chain wbieh gulls me, I'll burdt ihcso fcttcts which bind mc to bun. 3)id I do it easily? No; but I did it. I vfreuched my heart, but I did it. I do not. 1 ennuot over love again; I cm live vithiut loving; I have dono with tbnt ploDsant dream forever and forever.' Her voice which had been vehement, died awny to almost a whisper, but wj heard that'forever and forever,' and it sounded to our ears like tlio waitings of despair. Sho throw herself oa tho chair, And began again : 'When you sen mo stand up to be married, don't pity mo, for I am d dug the very best thing I could do under these circunist'",',08 I could not sit still and let u.r iced upuu itself; I must havo change, excitement; my trip to. Kuropp vfi|l giyo me this. ,Mr. Cleveland's wealth will bestow what T need. I am' only like a great many other wofliehj we are nrit nil destined for a happy love. Hush 1 Here are the other bridesmaids,' and the door was pushed open, ami four radiant girls entered, 'Splendid4?i mtigtiifiretit!' ericd n ehnnius of jVoieofj 'How superb you kok ! how Imppy you must bo I' -liid there she sat, pale and silent, with her hands pressed on her heart Glittering like a lair queen, but, ah ! how miserable. Well, until eight o'clock, wo sat and looked at her rod admired her and ex nmiucd he- rich bridal present. Then we heard a flutter in the entry, and we knew it was time to go down. J/r. HenUtMont had come for his daughter. ?Well, my princess, are you ready '(' ho said. 1 i Mys/fi she replied-, as' she trink her f.ther's arm. I noticed that she some vital shrank back, but she soon recover cd herself, and proceeded with as'e.idy step, while ivo followed her. In the library we found the irrnom and his six attendants; among them stood Clinton J clips, lie came forward with that easy, half-impudent innuher Otitis, and taking Isabel's hand, said, while lie lixed his pleasant-looking brown eyes upon her: 'Do 3011 know since I have been here this evening I have asked myself Vine question several times; shall L toll you \\ hat it i? V She merely bowed her head. 'Why did I never think of asking you to marry me V I saw her put her hand, to her heart and shiver, us if she was cold: 'it's too late now, Isabel.' ?Too lain' pile said, as >ho turnc-1 awa- and to .k tho'ar'iu''of "J/r. Cleve I m 11 d. Paired ofl' with our groom <mon, we followed the bride ami groom into the lirawiti'j room! It seetus ti mi that F can see the s(:euo now; the brillia it e ?in patiy; the rich floral decor .ti ms; the splendidly furnish.;.I room, an 1 t'i ?. p ilo . gorgeously attire 1 bri ft!. Wjordel around her, and the. bi.sh-ip e 1 iiiu uia-.j 1 tho nrirri tire service: as ir pr ?gy ji -o 1. the bride, seemed to grow paler Su-l ueuly she., staggered; a dozen anu.s were tlirust f u'W-jru to uph )11 be'r, ad I she fell fainting as we thought into those of Clinton .John?. Ho b> c her to the sofa and 1 id her down; she never sp ikii; w ? gathered lit a diet .neu around hot: s < as nut to impede the froecircuhiti v.\ of air; but CiitltO 1 Johns 1*0111 itiied bed 1 : her. L never saw any human bei 114 will:er or more radiantly bcdUtft'ul tIt tu s:i ? w is. as she lay on that. uriiiMoii velvet s ?fa, in her glittering attire. She fixed her dying eyes?'or, alas! stfe w is dyi.ig ? on (ho 'hundsbiue fao-j of tli j mm .she loved so w?dl, gave a few short gasps and was dead It was SO suJdcu, s.i \\fft riule, that it seemed to strike m all dumb. Scarcely lc-s wiiite than the dead womau's was the face of the m n who slew her, for slay her he did. I wunder if his conscience ucv-ir ae-'used him of being her murderer. One by one. the bridesmaids stole up to her an I kissed the white brow. 'Poor Isabel,' sobbed Este lie, 'your bridal is in heaven.' The doctor said that, sh : died of heart <lis-as;, but I alwavs fch lit'* it that her heait had broken. Shu s lid h : wrenched it, but you know th it it i-> ardly possible site could give it sujIi a wrench without breaking it. Wii itdi you think V 'I think there are m ire hruk>jn he irt.-' than thq world knows bf/ I said. ??Some blow comes down with frightful force, Feme sorrow overtakes; Poor heart ! it struggles s.-iddly on, And then, at last, it breaks.'' That's what the poet says, and \ sup pose that it is so. What became of C m tun Johns V 'He married, of course; and as self fish, heartless mcu are apt to do, he married for money. I met him a few nights hiticc at the opera; he canio iiito my box. 1 had been away for several U'?0liths, and it was tie first time i had seen hitii since his marriage 11 > p ?i it ><i out a dark, low ?browed, short, stout, wo' man, shockingly over dressed, who sat fanning herself with a hugo pink feat It 7 or fan in an opposite bos, ua iiis wilVr 'Why. dear me,' I sai I. 'how voy unlike poor dear Isabel People "tli iia/fi I you were in love with her.' < ?Oh, yes, and I really did lik> ll >r very much you know; we wer/quita young when we first began to IAo each other.' // ?Dike you. indeed: Whyvho love.1 you, and you broke her huZt. I don't sec how you can ever smile/.gaiti.' 'Nonsense!' he exolaijOM jumping up. Good b)c; I niustrotyT" to my wife,' and ho rushed out of n/box. 'I think ho loved Isabol as as hi.s seliish heart could love; b/ho sacrificed her to his cupidity, aA i?:??y a woman is saerificcd in way.' 'You had bc/>r oak for manners than uionoy,'said agilely dressed goiitleiu.n to a beggar \f/p asked for alms. 'I asked you for VthttiA thought you had the tuost of \va//ue roely. Western Customs. T haven't dated this letter, ns T don't know where T am. 1 am about nine milrs IVorh .1 ulesburg. at a little settle mtht on the .South Platte Hi vor. At daylight to morrow, 1 nut to catch some of ilio finest salmon I over saw. They will not, bite at any other time of day. I suppose they learn this disagreeable habit, of early break lasting from the '?Bull Whackers,'' who navigatei these plnius, 1 am stopping at a littl hotel, about thit't y by ten. The se ireest thing io this country is lumber, .settlers, {hav ing to pay ever so many dollars a foot for all they use, besides what they i rought in their valises. The landlord is from rcunsylvauiji. and soonis to be doing a thriving busincis. By dint or hard talking und liberal promises. I got a mom to inysclf. It is just large enough Jo- the bod and candle box, sot on a chair, upon which I am writing this letter. It is in one end of the building and separated from the next, rumi Ivy n bod quilt, which yon must crawl ihulcr to eohie in or go our,. Hut it is my room, and after the jolting I have had upon the Indian pony, I ex pect to have a good night's Was over a poor pilgrim in such a fix? .lust a* 1 had wtitton "night*;" and had 'sleep' on the point, of my j pen. 1 hoard a knock tug on the flo-n' out side the bed quilt. "Crawl under," said I. Enter the landlord's diughtoc. a buxom young la ly, about seventeen years nf age. I should judge. She opened her rosy hps, ati.l spake as fol lows : '.Mister, don't take off your clothes to niaht when you go to bed'.' 'Why?' 'BccSt'uco I'm going to sleep with you.' ?Well, if you hive no | better reasons than that?' 'Hush! Shot up I Von told pa that you would shop with a twiner ?1 had rather sleep with a -woB dog.' ?Well, 1 have given up my bed to a sick mau. I have been 'hard at work ail day. and have to Worfc^hard all day iq-morruw, and 1 can't.afford to set up all night. 'J hat l ed is wide enough for . tis both. L shall stay on the back side, iiiid-il'-Jrai rff.n'i firtfy on your side, ruu'uy belli r, that's all.' As she said thu sho raised from hoc dress pocket an infernal jack knil'o-, such a- farmers use in (riming fruit tree, and then let it fail buck with' a chug. I comprehended the situuYtuti in half a moment, :i id unto t his maiden i qu >t ii as follows: ?Mi? young lady, your intentions iniiy or may ii'nft, he honorable, I a?n travel.ng entirely by myself. My n:\i\x .a protect r are miles and miles awajy, beyond the boundless prairie ignorant t>f the perils which may be*ot their ideJl. '1 I.us far 1 have nut been insulted ,by jour at x. 1 am a man of but lew w/irds, but the, arc always emphatic A will give up a part ul ^bat bed, sind that's all 1 vmII do. If you attempt, during the silort watches?of the ?ig/it. anything contrary t<? this linn determination, by St. Joseph, my patron saiiit, I willshuot you right through the uii/riff.' As 1 concluded, I laiuu Slocum pis to) upon the caudle b ;xf Alow chuck lo outside t!ie bu.1 quiiy gave jcvidonce that natcrfauiilis /had approved the iiar.ingeine.tit/ My uiitagb ?list lauj.heil, an 1/(.lying, 'Mister, I reckon we uuderstttftd each other,' burin evd over to the l>?fk side of the heil Those she is, no/', pretending to be asleep. 1 can't/ finish this lutter. I can't, do "Milling. Talk about tho trials of the utrlicr saints?about being broiled ovelf live coals?ab nil being flayed i'.livyf'? about being bioilod on oil. What wapiti I that to all this?' / fi Sei uble Glass. \WterghVss is now uscj extensively for/rlea using o'.ly c ut tori waste. It has beA lisc'd to advantage iu rop > wilks a/l jute fiietoriisj appliod to walls and filings, it. not only renders thj wood ?nnparatively lire proof, but prevents accumulation of fibrous dust Two coat, iays applied to cement cisterns for hold ing water neutralize tho effect of the Iiino in the cement, ami prevent h ud criing of the water. Haifa pint of sili ca to id'soda, ti.lded to a oa'dfu! of coin men lime wash, gives beautiful gloss, and adds to its permanence, especially when exposed to the wcaliur. A paste made of * silicate of s.oda and asbestos is used us a cement on joints connecting sulphuric acid lead chambers. A paste made with common anthracite coil ashes gives a cement which will harden into stono in less than an hour. For cheap nc~b and facility of application iu coal ing casks in which grease is packed, kegs for lead ground in oil, bird oaddicsj butter firkins, etc , to prevent Boiikago silicate ol soda in tiucqualed.? Indui (rial Jiccord, The reason Why a ~ watch is called a Watch is, evidently, becaus) it is always on its guard. S* <uiHs. !; .<\..V\ '? i '' , \ Mni Sqcitts has ukrv Uuns-ino ron Orrr'cn and Oor Left. When I got home lnst night, saht Squills, tho .old lady was up waiting for mo. 1 knew 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 good, paid Squills, for I bad been whiiewasbed in tho conven tion, sold out body, boots and brooches, an 1 I foH like n board yard ho ent with his back hair curled the wrong side up. "Have you got the nomination, Squills, dear I" I knew she had seen the evening paper, but T said, "No, love," as mildly as if con ventions and all such shares were beneath my notice. V'.N' jt got the nomination, Mr. Squills!" "No, Mrs Squills, not. that the court is nwnVe of at this present writting. Certain ly not." Then whrt do you expect to get for all the whisky you've boon pouring down those fellow's throats f" 'What fellow's throat ?' ?Your friends who have been"!ramping in and.out of my house, Mr. Squills, and bor rowtngyour poor children's money, and running 3-011 into all kinds of disroput-ible pi a008 to hunt up votes, and sneaking you o!V into the country to barbocous and infa mous resorts, paying for buggies, an I mik ing ridiculous remarks, which I know you pni l the reporters to work up into a speech. A 1.ice thing vr.it' havo done for yourself and ine und the poor chil Iren, and then, nfTM all, libl to gel anything for your pains Tin ashamed of you, Mr. Squills. If I could afford 11 blush for 50 v. retehed a being. SqUUls, 1 Would blush for you, but I can't and. what's niorO, I won't. Don't toll mo, Squills, that you don't want me to blush For you and you silting t hero just as ihid as a jialfilll of Jhofnets. .After you telling me. ?00, and, the dear child, that, she should have n new silk when you got the nomina tion. A nice nomination you've gr-f, tho.se fellows who tool; your money and youv wins Icy :ust laughing at yon, and thinking what a iVol'you are for believing them. That's v.JiW/liert'i me in the tohdcrcst pein! Sqjilla.' -fv^',,.,; tMs Mme.' ti'i\ Squill*, jj YXl? OU.l tho light, tumbled into bed, and prepared to go t? sleep, but Mrs. S piills still kipt at It with forty Squill power.' After a time exhausted natura g.ito way, and she was'sileilt. Then 1 felt a singular jinggllng (if Hie licdi and I turned round and said, 'Mrs. Squills, is that you? Wh it in the world arc yottdouig that fir. If you want to laugh, laugh, but don't shake as if you had the hacK-aguo.1 'O, whet a politician you nr< . Squill.4/ said : he. 'Two week- cunvnssiug, nud then to he skunked by a tadpole '.' ?To keop peace in the family,' said Squills '1 ha 1 te pro 111 iso that dress or something else, as for the tadpole business, what can you explain to a woman.' --r^ ? !> ? - ? .am 1 ? - - - Havo Two Strings to Your Row. ?Well, Hodge,' said a skeptic to a worthy cottager, who was on his way home from church, '.so you are tru Igiug home ufl,cr Ctljoyiug the lino balmy brcc/.es ibis morning ?' 'Sir,' said the man, 'I have been to the house of God to hear the holy word.' ?Ah ! are you one. of thoso weak and ignorant folks that, in these country places, believe the pars ins mid the Bible, and who never enjoy ybnrsclvcs mi a Sunday ?' ?Well, Mr Stranger, but do you know, i weak ignorant as we country peop'e are, 1 we like to have two strings to our bow?' ? Two strings to 3-0111- bow ! what do you mean by that V ?Why, sir. I mean that to believe the Hible, and not up to it, is like hiving two Ktlinga to my bow; for even should it turn out to be untrue, / shall have been a bitter and happier man in this Woild for living according to its dicta tes; and so it will bo for my guud in that respect?here is one Hiring; ?od if it should prove true, it will be better for me in tlipnorld to po.uio?there is an other string,a d a pre ty stroug.ono it i . Hut, sir, il yuu disbelieve tho Hible, and on that account di not live as it requires 3'ou have not even one string t > your bow. And oh ! if the tromeil loua threats of the Hible pruve true, what will be ooiiic of you then?' This plain appeal to common sense sib need the city gainsayer, and afforded proof that he was not rjuUo so wise as he supposed. ?> ? - ? ?MIHI I ? ? A physician was walking along a road in the country one day. lie met an old man who had a bottlo ol whis key sticking out of his coat picket. ?l> this the way to the poor house sir '/' asked tho old man, pointing in tho direction in which he was walking. '.No, sir,' answered tho physieia 11; 'but this is,' laying his hand 011 the bat He of whiskey. The doctor was bath witty and wise. Drink, But Homer? bcr, Tf you think it is your duty to drink intoxicating liquors by nil moans do bo. On DO account violate your consoicn li ons (onvioii ms, but whilovou raise the cup to your hps, 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 maltcr and distilh r, and its nourish dient destroyed. I'rinemhcr thi t so longns you are in health, (41030 liquors' aro unnecessary two thmisnnd medical men have asserted it. and hundreds of thousands teetotalers have proved it. J Item ; in bcr that most persons who net as you do i jure their health and 6hor ten (heir lives by so doing. itctnembor that not drunkards alone, but drinking, lills our jails 'and penitcu tturies, our poor houses; and lunatic asy liiuts; employs our coroners ahd our Langmeil, and both sexes, "af which hu mane institutions takes c-jguizanco. licniembcr that drinking retards edit eat ion, industry, and ^every brauch of political and social improvement. ltcmcmbor that uiuliitudcs ycnly din drunkard's deaths und go to meet a drunkards doorr. lie member that .multitude fall from your 'moderate ranks to recruit the was ted army of drunkards. Itcmctuber that every drunkard once tried to follow the example you set ttud on trial fell from his slippery grouud into the whirlpo )l of intemperance. Keine tuber that if you sanction the custom, you aro answerable for its fruits. Bcmctnbcr that if the weak and temp ted unes look to you, and that under Hud it depends on you whether they may i:e drunkards or saber men. Kemombcr that 'to him that knoweth to do good and docth it not to him it is sin,' and there is 'a woe for that man through whom offense e uueth to tho lit tic ones.' llomeuibcr that you 'cannot be neu trai, that there will be a day when you j will be unable to plead ignorance. Itemcutber that all this weight of re sponsibility rests upon you, as you raise that cup, if you thin!; it right, but we envy eot your couicieuco Buying n ;Iiuili'ond- - The fuel that fruit cars r.re hauled fn iu San Fran isco to Chicago f.r ?1, 501) per car reminds the editor ol a lit tin storv. Shortly after the completion i of the Union Pacific au old friend of ours and an invctruto wag, Kd. Bay, J who owns a big ranch in Carson Valley Nevada, came through to Chicago, and while iu the city concluded to by a car load of agricultural ipipleu)* llts for use j ol his farm, He visited tho Union Pacific otilec, and cnquitcJ the price of ' a car, anil the agent, taking hu address I ro in bed to drop him a line giving him j the rates. Iu due time the notification I arrived, the ligure being somewhere up ' in tho thousand. Ivl read tho note carefully, aud they sent tho following reply: 'Hoar Sir: I regret that T was not a little more explicit in my language des tor ! iy. Your ligure would imply that you understood me ?'.s being desirous of sit' buying your railroad, whereas I wish only to hire one car one trip. Wlieu I desire to purchase a railroa 1 1 shall hunt up one that is held at lower figures than you hold yours. "K. Hay." The result was that Kd. was hunted up. and ucgotatioiis entered iota by which he got his car at a reasonable price, on the ground we believe, of be ing a resident, of Nevada, engaged in ? building up tilo country.' - I ???. ? . ?? I 1?1 ? - . How to Make Farm Lifo Attractive 1 l>y less hard, work: Farmers often undertake more than they can do well, and COtiACqueiitly work too early and too late. '1. By more system. The farmer should liuvo a time to begin and stop labor. They should put more mind and mticbinerv into their work. They should theorize as well as practice, and let both gn together, Funning is moral, healthy ami refpectabloj and, in the long run, may be made profitable. Tho fanner should keep good stock, and out of debt. ;>. By taking caro of health. Far mers have a healthy variety of exer cise, but too often neglect cleanliness, c.it irregularly and hurriedly, sleep in ill ventilated apartments and expose themselves ticcdlessly to cold; -1. By tub ruing the home. Books, papers, mu-ic and reading, should all be brought to bear upon tho indoor family entertainments; and neatness nud com fort, order, shrubbery, flowers and fruits should harmonize all without. 'I huro would be fewer dcscitions of old home steads if pains were takeu to make them agr. eible. 4 iiase, order, health and beauty aro compatible *WHli faun life, and were ordained to go with it. Three Tons of Hay Per Acr?r~-/ Mr. George Gcddes reports that ho cut and drow eighty loads of tlmotHy-1 ind clover hay from uinetecn acres, and. that an average; load woighod 1,500 pounds; thus the whole field must have yielded three tons" par aero. He also reports Mr. Swaby, of Sonoea Falls, as having drawn forty {loads from twelve acred of clover. These wore certainly line crops, but it must be remembered that hay as drawn {from the field will shrink from ten to twelve per oont. and that these three tons will not weigh out more titan two and one-half tons, at most, in winter. Mr, Gcddes also Cut n> Fecorid crop of clover seed of three tosir bushols to an acre. *Ho thinks the land can (ftaatl this sort of cropping by mak ing clover and timothy tho principal crop to be fed out on the farm or pattur ed off year after year. He instance tho fact that, probably, this ^crop on this nineteen acres is the largest that has ever been eutoti it. We doubt the soundness of thi3 theo ry, whatever tu ay "J bo thc^fact of this particular piece of land. There must certainly, be carried ofi" in seed and flesh of animals much fertility, aud this is not replaced by the utanuro returned. This, land, by).'good cultivation, may have abundant ^fertility to supply crops for a life-time, but the cod must come unless the mineral constituents are re turned, in some form, to the soil.? Rural Ili>)ii>:. Lie By Till Mo-ruing." Toes the reader vcmombcr~tho loss of the vessel called the 'Central America?' She was in a bad state, bad sprung a leuk and was going down, and she hoist ed a s'gnal of distress 1 A ship came close to her, the captain of which asked, through tho trumpet,'What is amiss ?' 'We arc in bad repair aud are going down;' 'Lie by till moruing,' was tho answer. Hut the captain on board the rescue ship said, 'Let me take your passengers on board uoyy.' 'Lie. by till, morning,' was the message which came back. Once again the captain cried, 'You had better let mo take your p ts.se u gcra on board now.' 'Lio:by till moru-. ing.' was the reply which soundad thr:ugh tho trumpet. About an hour and a half after, the lights were miss ing, and though uo sound was hoard, she and all on board had gone down to t he fathomless abys?. Procrastination. Tt is u rnowy day, and some boy? have put a few bricks together, making a sort ol square box of them; they have set up one edge on a piece of stick, and have scattered under it a few cru abs. Hare comes a robin, and he picks up a cruoib or two, and while he is feeding, d >wn comes the brick! 'i did not wait long,' says the robin, 'but / am caught! 1 did not wait long, but I cannot get oaf. I I d id not wait long, but / havo lost my liberty ! / did not wait long, but it may bo / shall lose my life !' Ah ! littlo robin, thou shalt be a preacher to some here. They have gone a littlo into sin and they are inclined to night to wait a little, while Take euro that this is not your do-orous note one of the3e d-.tys, '/did not wait long, but Satan has caught mo in his trap '. / did nit wait long, but / waited too long! / did not wait long, but / lost my soul for ever.' A little five year old boy was bein^ instructed in morals by his grand mother. Tho oid lady toldhiuith.it such terms u.* '-by golly," ''by jingo," ' by thunder," etc., wore oulylittli oaths, and but little battc than oMior profanities, In fact, she said he could tell a profane word by the pre?x '*by." All such were oaths. " Woll ? than, grandmother," said the littlo hopeful, ' is 'by telegraph,' which I sco in tho newspapers, sweariug?" "No." sa'ul I the old lady, "that's only lyiug." It make a great difiarouce whothor glasses a o used over or under fcha nose. ? *'?.'?> \i. t- ?? When tt widow in any neighborhood sots her cap for a young tnaa, there Isn't one chance in a million for any young woman to win, even if sho holds tho four aces. 'IIow much do you sell these tearful bulbs V asked an alfeotod young Jlady of a green grocer. He stared at her a mo ment, recovered himself, and said. 'Oh, them tuyuns? By the ropo.' A man at Andovcr, Mass., doos not b cl ove in the fall prices, becauso ho has just said for fifty cents a pockot kuifn which he bought for that price in 1809, and has use.l steadily for sixty four years. A little girl who had groat kindness of heart for all tho animal creation, saw a hen preparing to' gather her chickens under her shcl'ori.ug wings, and shou ld oar nest lyj 'Oh, dont su down on thoso "beautiful, little birds, you great ugly old roaster.