Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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_^__!_??=^r^r-.-z._.--.-^^=^==--lJJ?- =f= ^-^^~~T7^t^~ v^l7 ^^T^rfnT> ^ '" ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. K * . TW? DOLLARS PER ANNUM. _ _Wtete^ttWl^ > .% \^,,^.Z A ' ' > ==-?^.^-T ..iJJa.H i'.L a.t ?). Umu >u 1 ..1, li^Al^ T' 18T4 NUMBER 40 L i [From (ho Darlington Southprnor.] A WEDDING. 11Y MIPS CHEESBOROUGIt. 'We never could understand how .she ever made up.her mind to marry him'. But sho did, and six of her old school mates wcro summoned to not as her bride's maids.' ?How wonderful this seems,' snid Ksteljo Hey ward, as wo walked up the stairway together. 'lie is thirty years older than Isabel, and a perfect fright, and so disagreeable.' ?lie i? all that, and he is immensely rich besides.' ?Y?b; but did you not think that she loved Clinton Johns?' 'I know that flic did; but what of that? Women mnrry one and love an other const""ntly, nnd men do the sa me thing, and L suppose that it will eon tinuc to bo done world without end.' JJy this timo we had reached the door of the room; we knocked. '(Jouie in,' said a pleasant voiee and we walked in. 'J hero she sat under the gas light, dressed in her bridal dress,'waiting for the hour of the ceremony to arrive. ?I tint all dressed, you sec,'she said, ?1 never like to do things in a hurry, it flutters me. What a clock is it, lOstelle? 'It has just utruck seven.' 'And I am to be mnrrhid at eight.' 'You have one hour yet,' replied ] stelle, 'to ponder, and repent, after" that you ueeddo ueithcr.' 'I have douo 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 a rule never to repent. Now, sit down both of you, and look at me; how do i look ?' 'You arc as pale as a ghost,' replied Estellc : 'and your eyes look a; if? ' '1 meant my dress, K.-teilo,' ,>dic in terrupted her. '.My face is of no con sequence; if .1 ilo look pale, no wonder, for, for two d:iys, I have had frightful twinges of paiu in uiy heart. 1 wish you to observehiy dress. Mr. Cleveland insisted upon sending to Paris lor the dress in which I was to be married; this and the diamonds I wear are his wed ding prci-ent to me.' tfl.o spake calmly enough, but we kucw that it was assumed. Save for the uncaithly palor of her faco, she" would have k-oked beautiful. The dre^s was sploiidod enough lor a queen; it was of rich satin, covered with a inechlin lace over-dress; which w;i. loopcd up with long sprays of orange blossom?. Diamonds glittered at her waist, on her bosom, in her ears, un her neck, around her wrists aud in her hair, whose midnight darkness seemed tu ahow them to greater advantage. 'Well, what do 1 look like ?' ?You look,' I said, 'as if till the diamonds of Golcouda had beeu emptied upon you-' I 'And your dress is superb, Kstollei remarked. ?I hope that you may be as happy as you wilt be rich, Isabel,' 1 said. She looked at me a niomcut with the tears simmering iu her lurge dark eyes, and repliod: , . 'Ilnppiuess I really never expect to enjoy; if I nm contented, that is all 1 caleulatoon.' We sot in silence and looked at her, this victim, dressed out for ttic sacrifice. 'Don't etaro at me as you are doing, Katcllc,' she said, driving back the tears, 'with that hopeless look on y.-ur face. I uuv not marrying simply lor money, as you seem to think.' 'What, thcu, arc you marrying for love?' She arose from her scat; ho.v splcnd id-she looked as she trailed her train alter her. Twice she walked the length of the room, then she Joldcd her arms and ttood in frout of us. 1 shall never forget that vision of splendor aud wo man's despair as I looked up at her Her eyes flushed as she spake and her delicately cut nostrils dilat d. 'jl/arry for love,' she said, 'no; I carry n dead heart. I loved once, uh ! how well. I was but fifteen j cars old when 1 first loved Cliuton Johns; I am now twenty-five, aud 1 never eeiecd to love him, until I became convinced that he did not love me. He was attentive to irie," he allowed no one else to pay me the same attentions; he Bnid and did enough to create hope, but not enough to satisfy love. For ten years be hoy crcdnroui.d mc, for ten ycui3 I alterna ted between hope and despair. Then my pride revolted, and I said, Til break this chain which galls me, I'll bur.it tliCBO fett eis which bind mo to lain. Did I do it easily ? No; but I did it. I wrcuched my heart, but I did it. 1 do npt, 1 cannot over lovo again; I cm Jive v?thtut loving; I havo done with that pleasant dream forever and forever.' Her voice which had been vehement, died tr.vny to almost a whisper, but w ? hoard that'forever and forever,'and it. sounded to our cars like tho waitings of despair. Sho throw horsolf on tho chair, nnd bogan again : 'Whon you seo mo stand up to be married, don't pity mo, for I am doing the very best thing 1 could do under thcBO circumstances. I could not sit still and let my heart feed upon itself; I muat : havo change, excitement; toy trip to Kuropp vf ill gijro nie this tMr. Cleveland's wealth will bestow what T need. I am' only liko a great many other womohj we are nrit all destined for a happy love. H ush I Here arc tho other bridesmaids,' and . tho door was pushed open, and four radiant girls entered, 'Splendid' magnificent!' cried n thonuis of voices; 'How superb you It ok ! how happy you must be !' -lud there she sat, pale and silent, with her hands pressed on her heart..' G littering like a fair queen, but, ah ! how inferable. ? eil, until eight o'clock, wc sat and looked at her rod admired lipr and ex amined her rich bridal present. Then wo heard a flutter in the entry, and we knew it was time to go dewu. Me. HcauMont had conic for his daughter. 'Well, my princess, arc you ready V he said. i ^Yvs,'. she replied-,- ns-she took her f .thcr's arm. I noticed that she so mo what shrank back, but sin? FOpn recover cd herself, and proceeded with as'eady step, while wo folio .ved her. In ihn library wo found.the groom and his six attendants; among them stood Clinton Jclins. lie came for ward with that easy, half impudent manner of his, and taking Isabel's hand, said, while ho fixed his pleasant ?looking brown eyes upon her : 'Do jouknow since I have been here this evening I have asked myself one question .several times; shall L tell you \\ hat it is V She merely bowel her head. 'Why did I never think of asking you to marry me '* I saw her put her hand to her heart and shiver, as if she was cold. 'it's too late now, Isabel.' 'Too late' die said, as she turne 1 awn'.' and to >k the arm of Mr. Cleve land. Paired ifl with our groomsmen, we followed the bride and.groom iuto the drawing room. It seems to me that I can see the soone now; the brillia if e i in pany; the rieh floral dacor .ti ins; f lie splendidly furnished naiii, an 1 t'i ; pile , gorgeously attire 1 hri Ie. We er .del around her, and the bishop co nm -ne i 1 the m irri ige service; as ir pi* igv es o 1. iho bride seemed to gro'w paler Sud donjy jjjip ( 8t.a_ggcri;i|; a dozen arms were thrust fo'W'ifd to upltol 1 her, an I she fell fainting as we thought into those of Clinton .lohn.?. H'o b> o her to th'i so In and I ill her down; she never s;i ike; w i gathered at a dUt.>ucu around her a i us nut to impede the free cirou'.ali vi of air; but Ciin o i .Johns re.n line 1 hesi 1 : her. I ncverKnW any human being white!" or more radiantly beautiful thtu sa ? w is. as she lay on I hat. criinso i vo'v ;t s ?fa, in her glittering attire. She. fixed her dying eyes?iiir, al.is ! she w is dying ? on the handsome face of ill s in in she loved so wdl, gave a few short, gasps and was dead It was su su Idcu, s > her riole, that it seemed to strike us all dumb. Scarcely less white than the dead woman's was the face of the man who slew her, for slay her he did. 1 wonder if his conscience uov-r ac 'used him of being her murderer. One by one. the bridesmaids stole up to her an 1 kissed the white brow. 'Poor Isabel,' sobbed Kstello, 'your bridal is in heaven'.' The doctor said that, sh ; died of heart diseaso, b it I alwitvs th hi; ir. that her heait had broken. Shu said Ii ; wrenched it, but you know rhu it ii lirdly possible she could give it su jli a wiotieh without breaking it,. What d i you think V 'I think there are in ire broken hearts than the world knows of,' I said. "Some blow- comes down with frightful force, Pome sorrow overtakes; Poor heart ! it struggles saddly on. And then, at last, it breaks." That's what the [met says, and I sup pose that it is so. What became of (Jiili ton Johns V 'He married, of course; and as self fish, heartless muu are apt to do, he married for money. I met hi in a few nights since at the opera; he came into my box. 1 had been away for several months, and it wus t) e first time 1 had seen hi til since his marriage II > pointed out a dark, low-browed, short, stout wo man, shockingly over dressed, who sat fanning herself with u huge pink featll- j er fan in an opposite box, as iiis wife 'Why, dear mo,' I sai I. 'how ve/ unlike poor dear Isabel People thou'rtt you were in love with her.' < 'Oh, yes, and I really did ?k> h it very much you know; we wor/.qoito young when we first began to lyO each other.' 7 'Kike you, indeed: Wh^hc love 1 you, and you broke her \\e$J- I don't sec how you can ever suijlleMjaM'? 'Nonsense!' he cxolai/2d jumping up. Good b)c; I must ret/f'? to my wile,' and hu rushed out of n/box. 'I think ho loved Uabol as i/M as Ips Hellish heart could love; bj'/bn saetifieed lie. to his cupidity, ii/i many a woman is sacrificed iu the y*? way.' 'You hud bet*1' {,s'{ for manners than money,'said finely dressed gouideiuiii to a beggar y/w asked for alms. 'I asked you for whayl thought you had the most of wV/be roely. Western Customs. I haven't dated this letter, as T don't know where I am. 1 am about nine miles from Julosburg. at a little settle ment on the South Platte lliver. At tiny light to morrow, I nm to catch some of the linpst Siilnioti I over saw. They will not bite at any other time of day. I Suppose they learn this disagreeable habit of early breakfasting from the '?Hull Whackers," who navigate these p'ains. 1 am stopping at a littl hotel, about,thirty,by ten. [Che,scarcest thing io this country is lumber, settlor.?, [hav ing to pay eror so many dollars a foot for all they use, besides what they I rought in iheir valises. The landlord is from Pennsylvania, and seems to be doing a i In iving business. By dint or hard talking an I liberal promises. I got a room to myself. It is just large enough fov the bed and candle box, sot on a chair, upon which I nm writing this letter. It is in one end of the building and separated from the next r.vdni by a bed quilt, which, yon must erawl irtnler to tJOthO in or go our. Hut it is my rooui, and alter the jolting I have had upon the Indian pony, I ex pect to have a good night's Wn< over a poor pilgrim in such a fix? just ins] had written "night*,'" and had 'sleep' on the point of my j pen. 1 hoaid a knocking on the floor out side the bed quilt. "Crawl under," said I. F.uler (ho landlord's d tughtog, a buxom young la ly, about seventeen years of age. 1 should judge. She opened her rosy lips, and spake as fol lows : '.Mister, don't take off your clothes to night wheii you go to bed.' 'Why?' 'Boi-hueo I'm going to sleep with you.' ?Well, if you hive no jbetter reasons than that?' 'H indi! Shot up 1 Von told pa that you vnul 1 nol si iop with a man "1 had rather sleep with a vrl dog.? 'Well, 1 have given up my bed to a sick mau. I have been 'hard at work, ail day. and have to work?,hard all day to-morrow, and I can't alford to set up all night. That l ed is wide enough for its belli. I hhall stay en the back side, ?ml ii'jr.u aim'-t erfty on your siae, y?fr%j bet li r, that's all.' As s'lie said this she raised from hen dress pocket an infernal jack knife', such as farmers use in triming (Vint tree, nnd then let io lall back with' a chug. 1 comprehended the situaniin in half a neone'it, a id liutO tins At.liiou i qu >te ns follows: '.Mi s young lady, your intentions may or may no*, be honorable, I a in travel.ug entirely by myself. My natu :a protect r. are miles and miles nwaw, beyond the boundless prairie ignorant hf the perils which may beset their idofl. Thus far I have not been insulted ,by your sex. 1 am a man of but lew iv/rd.s, but the, are always emplutio. A will give up a pal', ol ,11)111 bed, ap/f that's all I will do. If 30U nttcm/St, during the idler t watches got the night, anything contrary to this linn detenuiuatiou, by St. Joseph, my patron sui/t, I will shoot you right through the uii/rill'.' As 1 concluded, I laid/a Slocum pis tol upon the caiid|ob;JK A low chuck le outside the bed qujiy gave (evidence ih it patcriamilis /had approved the aaraiigeit'teiit/ My aritiigo iilst lau*.licd, ?h 1 paying j 'Mister, I reckon we understand e.ieh other,' burin ce'd over to the bijek side of the bed There she ti?, u<y*\ pretending to be asleep. 1 cany finish this letter. 1 can't do air/iing. Talk about, the trials of the Utrlier saints?about being broiled oveu' live coals?about being flayed alive ?about being baoileJ on oil. W hat waj all that to all this V Soluble (lluss. W^terilass is .now usQ.1 exicn'siv oly for/lea using o ly cotton waste1. It h is be/A used to advantage in roipi wdks a/l jute faetori's; applied to walls and filings, it not only renders the wood ?oii>parat<vely fire proof, but prevents accumulation of fibrous dust Two coat iit'gs lippliOtl to cement cisterns for hold iog water neutralize the ofTcct of the lime in the cement, and prevent hud dling of the water. Haif a pint of sili cate id'soda, added to a vj;ii|fu! ol'com uion lime wash, gives beautiful gloss, and adds to its permanence, especially when exposed to the weather. A paste made of 'silicate Of*hodn nnd asbestos is used as a cement oil 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 ness and facility of application in coal* ihg casks in which grease is packed. Ifegs for lead ground in oil, lard baddies J butter firkins, etc , to prevent soaknge silicate ol soda is Utieijualed.? Ao/i/.s tritil Jiccord. The reason why a "watch is called a watch is, evidently, bubausJit is always on its guard. NquillH. Mn. Squills has hekn Runnino rori drricF. and GOT Lp.PT. -vv ??? " 'I II When I got home lnst night, said Squills, Ilm old lady was up waiting for nie. 1 knew there was something iu soak. There always is when she sits propped up in bed rending, nnd 1 know it. I wasn't feeling pretty good, said 8quill s, for I had becu whitewashed in tho conven tion, sold out body, boots and breeches, an 1 I foil like a board yard be eat with his back hair curled tho wrong Bide up. "Have you got the nomination, Squills, lear ?" 1 knew she had seen the evening paper, but T. said, "No, love," as mildly as if con ventions, nnd all such snare; were beneath my notice. '?\' ;t got the nomination, Mr. Squills !" "No, Mrs Squills, not that the court, is aware of at this present wriiting. Certain ly not." Then whrt do you expect to gel for nil the whisky you've boon pouring down those fellow's throats f" ?What fellow's throat ?' * ?Your friends who have beeu tratnpiiig in ahdi?ut of my house, Mr. Squills, and hor rowlligyour poor children's money, and running you into nil kinds of disreput ible places to hunt up voles, and sneaking you otf into the country to barbocous and infa mous resorts, paying for buggies, [an 1 m ik ing cblicuious remarks, which r know yon paid the reporters lo work up into a speech. A idee 1 hing yr.u have done for yourself and nie and the poor children, and then, affo-' all, not to get anything for your pains Tin ashamed of you, Mr. Squills. If I could alTOrd a blush for SO v. retched a being. Squills, I would blush for you, bill I can t and what's more, 1 woti't. Don't tell me Squills, that you don't want tue to blush for you and von silling I hero just as mad as a hat full of 'hornetsi After you felling me, tiinj an 1, the dear child, that she should have a new silk when yon got the nomina tion. A nice nomination you've gr.f, those fellows who took your motley and your whis ky lust laughing at yon, and thinking what u i'/ol'you are for believing them. That's v.jiWy'baits mc in the tchderest p?tfit Sqji'.ls.' ?? H*~?l i<*tri*" M:nr.' esfjfj SqtjliH.* 'T rot out the lig!;f, tuhlblod into bed, and prepared to go to sleep, but Mrs. S piills still Rjpt at It with forty- Squill power!' After n time exhausted nature gate way, nhd she wns'silenl. Then 1 foil a singular jinggling of the bed, and I turned round and said. 'Mrs. Squills, is that you? What in the world are you liomg that far. If you want to laugh, laugh, but don't shake as if you had the back-ague.' '(), what a politician you are. Squills'," said :h;*. 'Two weeks ca nvnssing, and then I to he skunked by a tadpole !' ?To keep peace in the family,' said S pulls ?1 had to promise that dress or something else, as for the tadpole business, what can you explain to a woman.' Havo Two Strings to Your How. ?Well, Hodge,' said a skeptic to a worthy eoltager, who was on his way home from church, 'so you are tru Igiug homo aft,er enjoying thu line balmy luve/es this morning ?' ?Sir,' said the man, 'I have been to the house of God to hear the holy \\ vi i d.' 'Ah! are yon one of th is.; weak and ignorant folks that, iu these country pjaecs, believe the j.arsnn au I tire Bible, and who never enjoy yourselves on a Sui.day ?' ''Well, Mr Stranger, but do you know, weak ignorant as we country pcop'eare, we like lo have two strings to our bow?' ' Two strings lo your bow ! what do y..u mean by that V ?Why, sir, I mean that t) believe the llible, and net up to it, is like h iving two Btlings to my bow; lor even should it turn out to lie untrue, / shall have been a bi tter and happier man iu this woild for living according tp its dicta tes; and so it will be for my good in that respect?here is one string; aud if it should prove true, it will be better for in.! iu the world to c nue?there is an other string, a d a pie ty strong one it i . Hut, sir, it you disbelieve the llible, and on that account d> uot live as it requires you have not even ono string to your bow. And oh ! if the tremeu lous threats of the Bible prove true, what will be come of you t hen?' This plain appeal to common sense silenced the city gainsaycr, ami afforded proof that, he was not quite so wise as ho supposed. A physician was walking along a road iu the country onu day. He met an old man who had a bottle ol whis key .-ticking out of his eoat pookot,. '1> this the way to the poor house sir '' asked the old mau, pointtilg iu tho direction in which he was walking \Noj sir,' answered the physiuia n; 'but this is,' laying his hand on the but. tie of whiskey. Tho doctor was belli witty uud wise. Drink, Dal Itomcmbcr, Tf you think it is your duty to drink intoxicating liquors by all means do so. On no account violate your conscien ti ous t on vie: i ins, but while vou raise the cop 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 itH nourish incut destroyed. Remember that so long as you arc in health, the-o liquors'aVo unnecessary two thousand medical men have assorted it. and hundreds of thousands teetotalers have proved it. Ucni.'tuber that most ptrsonswho act as you do i jure their health and shor ten their lives by so doing. Hi member that not drunkards alone, but drinking, fills our jails "and penitcu tiurics, our p ior houses, and lunatic asy luuisj employs our coroners nhd our linngtncn, and both s;xos, ||uf which hu mauc institutions takes cognizauuo. lietnetnber that drinking retards edti cation, industry, and jeyery branch of politic d and social improvement. Remember that multitudes yearly die tlr uuknrd's deaths and go to meet a druukuids doom Hi member that u.ultitudo fall from your 'moderate ranks to recruit the was ted army of drunkards. Remember that every drunkard once tried to follow the example you set a-id on trial fell from his slippery ground into the whirlpool of intemperance. Remember that if you sanction the custom, you arc answerable lor its fruits. Remember that if the weak and temp t.-d ones look to you, and that under God it depends on you whether they may bo drunkards or sober men. Ucincmbcr that 'to him that knowoth to do good mid doeth it not to him it is siii,' and llicrj is 'a woe for that man thr.Migh whom offense c.imeth to tho lit lie out s.' lleineuibcr thai you ^cannot be neu tral, lhat there will be a day when jou will be unable to plead ignorance. Remember thai all this weight of re sponsibility rests upon you, as you raise I that cup, if you think it right, but we envy uot your coiweioiico . ? i ?my.. - . mnil-.. - jriujiug ft .Railroad. The fact that fruit cars ;:ro hauled fr. in San Fran is-eo to Chicago f.r ?1, 500 per car reminds the editor of a lit tie story. Shortly after the completion of the Union Pacific an old friend of ours and an invotrato wag, Ed-, Hay, who owns a big ranch in Carson Valley Nevada, ca:nc through to Chicago, and I while in the city concluded to by a car i load of agricultural implcm-uts for use ' ol his faruii lie visited tho Union I Pacific olllcc, and cuquitcj the price of ' a car, and the agent, taking hii address I i rotni.?od t" drop him a line giving htm , the rates, [it due lime the notification arrived, the figure boing somewhere up in tho thousand. E l read the note j carefully, and they sent the following reply: 'Pear Sir: T regret that [ was not a little more explicit in my language des terday. Your figure would imply that you linderst t ri me :.s being desirous of of buying y> tir railroad, w hereas I wish only to hue one ear one trip. When I desire to purchase a ruilroa 1 I shall hunt up on:; that is held at lower figures than you hold yours. '?!<:. Kay." 'fhi! result was that Kd. was hunted up. and ucgotatious entere 1 into 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 the country.' How to Make Farm Life Attractive 1 P>y less hard work. Partners often undertake more than they can do well, and consequently work too early and too late. ?J. Py more system. Tho farmer should havo a time to begin and slop labor. They should put more mind and machinery into their work. They should theorize as w.11 as practice, and let both go together, fanning is moral, healthy and rt'Ppectnbloj and, in the long run, may be made profitable. Tho farmer should keep good stock, and out of debt. ;>. By taking caro ol health. Far mers have a healthy variety of exer cise, but too often neglect cleanliness, c :t irregularly and hurriedly, Sleep ia ill ventilated apartments and expose themselves needlessly to cold. ?1 . P?y nib ruing the home. Hooks, papers, mu-ie and reading, should all be brought to bear upon the indoor family L'lilcrtaiuniciits; and neatness and com fort, ordi r, shrubberyj Uowersaud fruits should harmonise ail without. I huro would be fewer desoitions ol old home sleiids if pains were taken to make them Hgreoable. , Ease, order, health and beauty are compatible ?with fariu life, and were ordained to pjo with it. Threw Tons of Hay Per Acre . ii f f 'j_M ? " Mv. George Gcddes reports that ho cut and drew oighty londvof tiniotfiy' and clover hay from uinetccn acres, and. that an aver agoJ load . yroighed 1,500 pounds; ihus the whole field must have yielded 'three tons par aero. He also reports! Mr. Swaby, of Seneca Falls, as having drawn forty J loads from twelve acres of clover. These wore certainly fine crops, but it must bo remembered that hay as drawn {from the field will shrink from ten to twelve per cont. aud that these three tons will not weigh out more than two and one-half tons, at most, in winter. Mr, Gcddc3 also cut a Fecond crop of clover seed of three to sir bushols to an. acre. ^Hc thinks the land can jjstand this sort of cropping by mak ing clover and timothy the principal crop tobe fed out on the farm or pattur j ed oil' year after year. He instance the fact that, probably, this |crop on this nineteen acres is the largest that has ever been cut on it. We doubt the soundness of this theo ry, whatever may j bo the^fact of this particular piece of land. There must certainly, be carried ou" in seed and flesh of animals much fertility, and this is not replaced by tho manure returned. This;, land, by, good cultivation, may have abundant "fertility to supply crops for a life-time, but the end must come unless (he mineral constituents aro re turned, in some form, to the soil.? Iiuru.1 IIoiiic. ??* ? <fy "Lie By Till Morning." Toes the reader rcmonibcr'tho loss .of the vcsrel called the 'Central America?' She was in a bad state, had sprang a lea!; and was going down, and sho hoist ed a signal of distress. 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 morning,' was tho answer. Hut the captain on board tho rescue ship said, 'Let mo take your passengers on board now.' 'Lie by till morning,' was the message which came back. Once again the captain cried, ?You had better let mc take your pissen gera on board uow.' 'Lie by till morn ing,' was the reply which sounded thr;u^h the trumpet. About an hour and a half after, the lights were miss- '" ing, and though no sound was hoard, I she and all on board had gone down to t be (athornless abyss. I rrocrns'J nation. I Tt is a snowy day, and some boy? have I put n few bricks together, making a sort ol square box of them; they have sot up I one edge on a piece of stick, and h.'ivo scattered under it. a few cru nbs. Here comes a robin, an d ho picks up a crumb I or two, and while ho is feeding, down comes the brick! 'I did not wait long,' says the robin, 'but / am caught! 1 did not wait long, but I cannot get oa'. I I. did not wait long, but / havo lost my liberty ! / did not wait long, but it may be / .shall lose my life !' Ah ! littlo robin, thou shtilt be a preacher to some here. They have gono a little into sin and they arc inclined to night to wait a littlo while Take care that this is not your do'orous note one of these days, '/did not wait long, but Satan has caught mo I in his trap ! / did nit wait long, but / waited loo long! / did not wait loug, but / lest my soul for ever.' A littlo five year old boy was bein^ instructed iu morals by his grand mother. The q?d l.idy told hiiu tint such terms a.< '-by golly," ''by jingo," ' by tbunder," etc., wore ouly littlo oaths, and but little bette1* than Other profanities, In fact, she said he could tell a profane word by the prefix ''by." All such were oaths. "Woll then, grandmother," said tho littlo hopeful, ' is 'by telegraph,' which I sco in tho newspapers, sweariug ?" "No," said the old lady, "that's ouly lyiug." It make a great difference whothor glasses a o used over or under tho nose. .' When a widow in tiny neighborhood sets bur cup for a young mm, there isn 't one chauco in a million for any young woman to win, cvou if sho holds tho four aces. 'How much do you sell these tearful bulbs V asked au affected young Jlady of a green grocer. He stared at her n mo ment, recovered himself, and said. 'Oh, them inyuns? By the rope' A man at Audover, Mass., doos not bei.eve in the fall prices, becauso ho has just said for fifty cents a pocket knifo which he bought for that price in 1809, and has used steadily for sixty four years. A little girl who had great kindness of heart for all tho auiiual creation, saw a hen preparing to' gather her chickens under her shcltoriug wings, and shou ted earnestly; 'Oh, dont si- dowa on ihoso "beautiful, littlo birds, you great ugly old rojstcr.