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lumotous jfrpattwnt. MARK TWAIN'S PANORAMA STORY. There was a fellow traveling around in that country, said Mr. Nickerson, with a moral religious show?a sort of scriptural panorama? and he hired a wooden-headed old slab to play the piano for him. After the first night's performance, the showman says: "My friend, you seem to know pretty much all the tunes there are, and you worry along I first rate. But then, don't you notice that sometimes last night the piece you happened to be playing was a little rough on the proprieties, so to speak?didn't seem to jibe with the general gait of the picture that was passing at the time, as it were?was a little foreign to the subject, you know?as if you didn't either trump or follow suit,you understand ?" "Well, no," the fellow said; "he hadn't noticed, but it might be; he had played along just as it came handy." * So they put it up that the simple old dummy was to keep his eye on the panorama after that, and as soon as a stunning picture was reeled out, he was to fit it to a dot with a piece of music that would help the audience | to get the idea of the subject, and warm them up like a camp-meeting revivah That sort of thing would corral their sympathies, the showman said. There was a big audience that night?raost ly middle-aged and old people who belonged to the churcn, and took a strong interest in Bible matters, and the balance were pretty i 1 J i_ ii. l mucn young duukh tuiu iituiens?mey a4 nay a come out strong on panoramas, you know, because it gives them a chance to taste one another's mug in the dark. Well, the showman began to swell hin^self, up for his lecture, aud the old-mud dobberj tackled the piano ant run his fingers up and down once or twice to see that she was all right, and the felloWs behind the curtain commenced to grind out the panorama. The showman balanced his weight on his right foot, and propped his hands over his lips, and flung his eyes over his shoulder at the scenery, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the painting now before you illustrates the beautiful and touching parable of the Prodigal Son. Observe the nappy expression just breaking over the features of the poor, suffering youth?so, worn and weary with his long march ; note also the ecstasy beaming from the uplifted countenance of the aged father, and the joy that sparkles in the eyes of the excited group of youths and maidens, and seems ready to buret in the welcoming chorus from their lips. The lesson, my friends is as solemn and instructive as the story is tender and beautiful." The mud-dobber was all ready, and when the second speech was finished, struck up: "Oh, we'll all get blind drnnk, When Johnny comes inarching home!" Some of the people giggled, and couldn't say a word. He looked at the pianist sharp, but he was all lovely and serene?he didn't know there was anything out of gear. The panorama moved on, and the showman drummed up his grit and started in fresh : "Ladies and gentlemen, the fine picture now unfolding itself to your gaze exhibits one of the most notable events in Bible history? our Saviour and his disciples upon the Sea of Galilee. How grand, how awe-inspiring are the reflections which the subject invokes! What sublimity of faith is revealed to us in this lesson from the sacred writings? The Saviour rebukes the angry waves, and walks securely upon the bosom of the deep!" All around the house they were whispering: "Oh, how lovely, how beautiful!" and the or chestra let tumseit out again: "Ob, life on the ocean wave, And a home on the rolling deep !" There was a good deal of honest snickering turned on this time, and considerable groaning, and one or two old deacons got up and went out The showman grated his teeth and cursed the piano man to himself, but the fellow sat there like a knot on a log, and seemed to think he was doing first rate. . After things got quiet, the showman thougm he would make one more stagger at it anyhow, though his confidence was beginning to get mighty shaky. The supes started the panorama to grinding along again, and he says: "Ladies and gentlemen, this exquisite painting illustrates uie raising of Lazarus from the dead by our Saviour. The subject has been handled with rare ability by the artist, and. such touching sweetness and tenderness of expression has he thrown into it, that I have known peculiarly sensitive persons to be even affected to tears by looking at it: Observe the half confused, half inquiring look upon the countenance of the awakened Lazarus. Observe, also, the attitude and expression of the Saviour, who takes him gently by the sleeve of his shroud with one hand, while he points with the other toward tfrt distant city." Before anybody could get off an opinion in the case, the innocent old ass at the piano , struck up: "Come, rise up, William Ri-i-i-ley, And go along with me!" | It was rough on the audience, you bet All the solemn old flats got up in a huff to go, and everybody else laughed till the windows rattled. The showman went down and grabbed the orchestra and shook him up, and says: "That lets you out, you know, you chowder-headed old clam! Go to the door-keeper and get your money, and cut your stick? vamose the ranche! Ladies and gentlemen, circumstances over which I have no control, compel me prematurely to dismiss." tap" A good anecdote is told of the famous French surgeon Nelaton. Going through one of the streets of Paris one day, he came upon a crowd standing in front of a drug store. There a man lay stretched out who had been terribly wounded by a sharp buggy shaft. His belly had been ripped, and a large part" of his intestines protruaea. xim me cuuxu ue saved only by a very difficult and dangerous operation, but Nelaton was equal to the occasion, and soon his patient, quite a wealthy man, was sent home out of danger. For three weeks Nelaton heard nothing more of him, but then he made his appearqnce and asked his preserver how much he owed him. "Hundred and fifty francs," replied the surgeon. "That is much," said the man, "but give me a specified bill; here is^your money." Nealton sat down and wrote as follows: "For re-adjusting a yard and a half of the intestinal canal, at a hundred francs per yard, onehundred and fifty francs." Some years ago, there lived in an Eastern town, an old man who had propensity for "hooking" small and portable articles that came in his way. As he was poor and past labor, and well known about the town, no further notice was taken of his speculations than to keep a sharp look-out when he was around. A deafer had a quantity of dry fish landed on the wharf at an iiour too late to get mem m w his store, and, as he was about covering them I with an old sail-cloth, he espied old B., apparently reconnoitering. Selecting a couple of the fish, he said: '!Here B., I must leave these fish out here to-night, and I will give you these two if you promise me that you will not steal any." "That, is a fair offer, Mr. A., but?well?I don't know," with a glance at the offered fish and then at the pile, "I think I can do belter A Venerable Old Age?The following, from one who was thar, is vouched for by him?that is, that the old lady made the reply given here, not that she was quite as old as she claimed: When the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry entered the town of Dawson, Georgia, in the spring of I860, among those who welcomed them was a negro woman whose appearance denoted extreme old age. Impelled by curiosity, one of the "boys" rode up ta her and asked, "How old are you, auntie ?" " Well, chile," she replied, "I don't 'zactly know horv old I is, but I was here when C'lumbus come ?" Agricultural fcpartmcut. THE OAT CROP. Editors Southern Cultivator:?As a subscriber for several years to your valuable journal, I have derived both pleasure and profit in closely scanning its instructive pages. But, as this is a one-sided game, and a violation of . the law of healthy action, I propose throwing out a few hints upon the subject of oat culture, : which may be of some service to others. Four years ago, I commenced planting oats ! in my cotton field at its last plowing, covering very shallow with a broad, fik sweep, and , running two forrowB in the row. My nrstex- , periment was made on. a fourteen acre field, well nigh exhausted, as evinced from the fact that I only picked 35 cwt of seed cotton from ' the entire area, or 250 pounds per acre. From 1 the oats, sown as indicated, about the middle ; of August, I reaped about twenty bushels per . acre. To save the trouble of detail, I will , nimnlv state that the expense of culture be- , 7? ? ?j ? ing deducted from the gross proceeds of the respective crops, one acre of oats was worth : a little over three of cotton. No fertilizer of 1 any kind was used. I have sown in July, August, September, October and March, in the same field, on land ; of the same quality, for the purpose of determining the period most propitious to plant this valuable oereal. This experiment shows that oats, planted . from the 25th of July to the 18th of August, ] make much the heaviest yields. These dates, then, I would suggest for this latitude, as the oat limits. My profits from this source are heavier than from any other crop. I will now, somewhat in detail, give the result of my operations in this department for '69 and > 70. v. In August of last year I planted twentyfive acres of very thin land in oats, putting . in a bushel and a peck to the acre. The ground, at the time, was dry. and the weather ' very hot and so continued for perhaps, two j months, rendering it almost painfully certain 1 that my efforts at this time, to raise an oat i crop in this way, would prove abortive. The i rains, however, at last set in, and soon a vig- j orous stand covered the ground and remained . uninjured during the cola of winter. About 1 the first of January, when they were some 1 five or six inches high, I turned my mules J and cows in upon them, and kept them there, i more or less, when the ground was not too ] wet, until the 1st of March. At that time, , we knocked down the cotton stalks, which had been still standing, cleared the field of in! trudere and left the growing crop to work out its own destinv. The oats grew up rapidly, matured well, and were reaped by the tenth ; of June. Storm and rain, however, I may observe, laid them and tangled them to such , an extent, a3 to make it impossible to save them fully. From the 25 acres we have obtained withal 513 bushels of shelled oats, making an average of 204 bushels per acre, i The following will show the net profits per acre. 20} bnshels oats at)l per bushel $20 50 300 lbs straw pen acre at $1 per cwt 3 00 100 lbs chaff. 1 00 Gross proceeds in money per acre $24 '50 Expenses of plowing, nothing. li bushels seed per acre $1 25 Knocking down cotton stalks 0 25 Cutting, and tying and shocking 1 00 Hauling to barn 0 25 One-tenth of 20} bushels for thrashing 2 05 Labor of sowing 0 10 $4 90 Net proceeds from one acre $19 50. In estimating the profits, we must not overlook the amount of forage saved by pasturing stock during the winter months on the young oats?the saving of the land from washing by the matted roots of growing crop, and the accumulation of the vegetable mold from stubble, weeds and grass, which being turned under, before frost, enriches poor land twentyfive per cent, keeps the ground loose on top and renders subsoiling advantageous. But my article is growing too long. I will say, however, that every farmer should sow oats j extensively. Then his cotton profits will be his own, not go to corn producers tat' the West I raised 50 bushels of oats per acre last year, and now am satisfied that, with proper attention to the fertility of the soil, I can raise 100. Since March to date, my mules have fed on oats alone. They work hard, sweat almost none and are fat and sleek. A. l. DAVIDSON. Newton Co., Ga., July, 1870. greIn corn fodder for cows. Occasionally the farming community is astonished with a statement upon high authority, says the Country Gentleman, which seems to contravene all the experience of the community. Of this kind is the opinion persistently repeated in public addresses, that corn fodder is the meanest thing that can be offered to milch cows, uttered by a gentleman hold ? fVirk orvvinulfiii?o1 ti7Arl/1 ILIg a UlgU JJUCitlV/u Ul biio ogitvuxvuim nvxxui Now, if this gentleman should live a hundred years, and make ,two speeches every day, as he probably might, he would not do good enough to counterbalance the evil which his opinion about corn fodder would do, if it was generally accepted as correct Fortunately, however, only about one person in a thousand agrees with it?not so large a proportion as we have in the community of insane or idiots. In Concord we furnish about two thousand gallons of milk a day for Boston, of quality equal to the best; and our farmers, almost without exception, rely upon green corn for their cows in August and September. My next neighbor says he could not keep half his number without it I kept eight <k>ws1n the yard nearly a month last year, in August and September, and fed them almost wholly on green corn fodder, giving them a little dry hay and no grain, and they gave more milk than s.nen at pasture, and made excellent butter. We reckon sweet corn best, but usually sow the Southern corn, because the seed of the sweet corn is too expensive. I have nearly two acres sown this year, part of winch I hope to dry and save for winter use. Ifjbere is anything settled in my neighborhood, St is that corn fodder is valuable for milch cows. My own experience of twenty years corresponds with the general opinion. "Error of opinion," says Jefferson, "may safely be ^derated while reason is left free to combat?it and the wise men of the East, who denounce ^cotfn fodder and swamp mud as useless, create ,but a small ripple onvthe great ocean of pub- j lie opinion. * ' When to Prune Apple Trees.?A correspondent of the Times, Watertown, N. Y., gives his experience in pruning apple trees as follows: t. "It has long beeg jt practice among farmers to commence* pruning apple trees in February?mainly, I suppose, because there is leisure time. There are reasons why this nM Ko rlrmp Thprp will rint hp cnffi. cient action in the tree to harden the surface where a limb has been taken off, before the sap ascends in the spring. When this action does take place, the sap flows out and spreads over the surrounding bark, and by some chemical action which takes place, it is changed to a poisonous fluid, which greatly injures the tree. T^m your fruit trees in August, and I will guarantee you will have no Black-hearted trees." ? A New Milker.?A milker has been invented and tested which bids fair to supersede hand milking. The theory on which it is constructed is that the milk collects in an enlargement of the teat a short distance above the orifice. The cow holds her milk by contracting the lower part of the teat, so that if a tube is inserted reaching the reservior, the cow loses the power of holding her milk, which accordingly flows easily through the tube, and is discharged into the pail. The tube must be small and smooth, (ivory is the material employed in the model,) and the milk enters through a small opening in the side near the end. One of these tubes in each teat, and the cow at once runs dry. The report of the trial stated that the cow manifested no uneasiness, but stood, without lifting a foot until her milk was gone. fading fat the fabbatb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] CHOICE IN A PROFESSION. Every young man, before commencing the business of life, should carefully and prayerfully choose an avocation. Usefulness during life depends very much upon this.? Many young men commence life evidently before they are ready for the task. They enter upon the duties of some avocation which they think will lead them to honor and fame and wealth; but which, to their utter dismay and ruin, terminates with the fame and wealth of the vagabond. Most young men commence life with erroneous views and mistaken ideas respecting men and things. Their ideas are very like the incoherent dreams of a sick man. Their secular and spiritual affairs are so inti * t .1 . ?i v f ii_ . 1 mately blended tnat tne rum 01 ine secwur often shipwrecks the spiritual. It is difficult for a young man to prosecute his earthly calling or avocation for years, without a reasonable amount of success, and not jeopardize his immortal soul. For a few years a young man may play the prodigal and not feel the pressure; but the cares of life will come upon him like an armed man, and the shock will be too much for him to bear. God, in his providence, so arranges things that it is not absolutely necessary that we always row against the current Such is human nature that no man can baar to; be continually struggling ag&iust the stream. No man is in the way of his duty when be cannot by the sweat of his face procure bread for himself and household. He has chosen an occupation, the duties of which he is incapable of discharging, or he has commenced discharging its duties before he learned their nature. In both cases failure in his secular plans is the Inevitable result, and spiritually, the man is in nine cases out of ten, ruined. His disposition is soured, and in bitter disappointment he reviles tbe world for mistreating him. Sometimes the want of success is attended with the most desperate results. Many men resort to the intoxicating cup to drown their sorrow and dispel the agony which attends thwarted plans and frustrated schemes. The decent boy makes a very indecent man ; the boy of nromise turns out to be a street drunkard. All these things are not to be traced back to the ill choice of an occupation'; but a bad choice of a profession has very much to do with it. There are three things that can scarcely fail to ruin the most promising young man. These are bad companions, a wife without the fear of God, and an occupation for which he is not naturally capacitated. If it be asked what occupation is the best, the answer must be general. The trade or profession that would suit one man would not suit another. Any trade or occupation is honorable, provided the pursuit of it doea the community in which we dwell no injury, and does not conflict with the laws of God. But whilst this is true, there are some occupations that are attended with more and greater, temptations than others. There are some occupations which are so full of enticements to sin that it would be impossible for men of some temperaments to engage in them without jeopardizing thp best interests of their souls for time and eternity. To men differently constituted, these vocations would not be perilous. Some men are so sure footed that they can walk over the most difficult places and never stumble; but other men are liable stumble over and every impediment. The former may safely go where ftie latter cannot go at all. Most young men make a grave error in the outset. They are impatient to get ?jph and arrive at that point in human existence "where there is all pleasures and no cares. This is a grave blunder. The highest authority, on earth says "He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty ?i nnn Ikiyy-t 99 /"IKaAfTTO f J/\n lBf?l AQAC Sllttll t'UliiC UjJUU iliUii \jruo\s* twvivu u<uvavwvs the fact that "He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent." It is possible for an individual to amass a fortune in a fevs years; but it is at the peril of his immortal soul. To be useful is more to be desired thai to be rich. A useful man cannot be miserable ; a rich man can scarcely avoid being wretched in this world, and the blessed Sa viour teaches us that it is easier for a came] to go through the eye of a needle than for s rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven Human greatness does not consist in riches A man may fill his coffers with gold, and at the same time impoverish his soul. There if another thing that every young man in select ing a calling for life should keep constantly in view. It is" this: Riches and honor ar< not inseprrably connected; but every honest man will receive the approbation of all gooc men whether he be rich or pobkr'lA>cesus waf a. rich man, Cincinnatus a p?*pian. Th< name of the latter will be hel<f u?",sweet re membrance by every friend (SUood order when the latter will be lost injjfc getfulness The highest honors that the Romfcn peoph could confer an any man were t\tfice bestowec upon Cincinnatus. "When the delates went on the first occasion, to announce to'him thai he had been made dictator, they flmnd hin at the plow. For fourte^p days hp'reignec supreme, saved RoqJe, then laid aside th< robes of dictate went back quietly to th< plo^ Who'can keep from honoring such f ;<But in fine letrit'ArM point with ever] vnunc man to eneaere in some laudable em /*w" O ~~ ww ployment. The gentleman of leisure is suri to make his temporal exist<;nco infamous, am if saved in heaven, it will be a miracle of God'i grace. Any employment rather than none There is more hope, both for time and eterni ty, for the body and the soul of a chimne; sweep, a street scavanger, than of the mai who has no employment. The former will d< some good for society, the latter will be sun to do a great deal of harm. The former ma; rise and take his place amongst the honora ble of the earth; the latter is sure to fill i vagabond's grave. The Voice of Conscience.?Have yoi ever heard of the great clock of St. Paul's ii London ? At midday, in the roar of business when carriages, and carts, and wagons, anc omnibuses, go rolling through the streets, hov many never hear the great clock strike unlea they live very near it! But when the worl of the day is over, and the roar of businea has passed away?when men are gone to sleep and silence reigns in London?then at twelve at one, at two, at three, at four, the sound o that clock may be beard for miles around Twelve I one! two! three! four! How thai clock is heard by many a sleepless man! That clock is just like the conscience o: the impenitent man. While he has healtl and strength, and goes on in the whirl of bus iness, he will not hear his conscience. He drowns and silences its voice by plunging intc the world. He will not allow the inner mac to speak to him. But the day will come when conscience will be heard, whether he likes it or not. The day will come when its voice will sound ir his ears, and pierce him like a sword. The time will come when we must retire from the World, and lie down on the sick-bed, and look death in the face. And then the clock of conscience, thas solemn clock, will sound in his heart, and, if he has not repented, will bring wretchedness and misery to his soul. Oh, no, write it down in the tablets of your heart?without repentance, no peace. "There is no peace, saith my God, to thfrwwked." Reader, have you repented? If not, will you repent to-day ? "To-day, if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts 1" THE POWEB OF THE CBO&S. A missionary who had penetrated as far as Thibet, in order to preach the gospel in that distant land, relates that in one of the principal towns of that vast heathen kingdom, he made the acquaintance of a young physician, - celebrated throughout the country for the purity of his morals, for his kindness toward the poor, and for his attention to all the ordinances of his religion. This man was ignorant of the name and even the existence of Christianity. The missionary instructed him, gradually destroying his prejudices, and, by degrees, preparing his soul to receive Divine light. One day the doctor came to visit the missionary in the humble lodging which he occupied at Lassa, and on the walls of which he had hung a large picture which he had brought from France, representing Jesus crucified. .It was the only ornament of his humble dwelling. During the conversation, the missionary perceived that this picture;excited the curiosity of the Thibetian doctoir, and.he took the opportunity of explaining to him more fullv than he had done before the adorable mysteries of the Divine Incarnation and Redemption. He told him how ance pf his infinite come himself into this world, veilw inVu man form; how He had become incarrjvte and humbled Himself even to us, withoutj at the same time, losing anything of His perfect holiness ; how Jesus not only thus became our ' King, our Example, and our Brother; but also, in His great love, even took jupon Him the punishment of .our sins and became our Redeemer. Thus he explained to him the 1 picture of the blood-stained Cross, upbn which i the expiatory sacrifice of the Divine Saviour was offered on Calvary. , When he had finished, he perceived how large tears rolled down from the eyes of his hearer, who looked fixedly at the sacred picture, without, as it seemed, being able to take his eves off it. Resnectinir this religious emo ^ A U " tion, the missionary retired, and kneeling down in prayer, asked of God, whose myste; ries he had just been endeavoring to explain, t to draw to Himself, by the secret charms of His grace, this good and simple soul, who seemed naturally so well adapted to- know, 1 serve, and love Him. The silent contemplation of the yodng doc* tor lasted for more than half an hour, and the sentiments which agitated his soul were . so profound, that he could scarcely utter a few words before taking leave of the good 1 missionary. The Cross, the mystery of Jesus crucified, had penetrated- his soul, and he earned away with him the light of life, which , soon led to his receiving the sacrament of holy > baptism. ?' Header! you have before you in thef holy Gospel?not the silent picture only, but-*the minute details of this same mystery of love 1 and suffering. May they make upon your < heart as vivid an impression as the representation of the Crucifixion did on the physician of Thibet. Above all, may the reading of those sacred books bring you (if you are not already there), full of repentance, faith, and thankful love, to the foot of the Cross of your Divine Redeemer.?Parish Magazine. HOW SAINTS MAY HELP THE DEyiL. There was a young minister once preaching very earnestly in a certain chapel, and he had to walk some four or five miles to his home, along a country road, after service. A young man, who had been deeply impressed under th^ermon, requested the privilege of walking^with the minister, with anjfirnest hope ' his feelings to hira sorS^o^l of guidance or comfort. Instead of that the young minister, all the way along, told the most singular tales to those who were with him, causing loud roars of laughter. He stopped at a certain house, and this young man with him, and the whole evening was spent in frivolity and foolish' talking. Some years after, when the minister had grown old, he was sent to the bed-side of a dying man. He hastened thither with a heart desirous to do good. He was requested to sit down at the bed-side, and the dying man, looking at * * i.l. ?1? ! J ' him ana regarding mm most cioseiy, sam w ' him : "Do you remember ^preaching in sueh 1 and such a village, and on such occasion ?" i "I do," said the minister. "I was one of your . hearers," said the man, "and was deeply im, pressed by the-sermon." "Thank God for 1 that 1" said the minister. "Stop!" said the man, "don't thank God until you have heard I the whole story; you will have reason to alter i your tone before I have done," The minister . changed countenance, but he little guessed what would be the full extent of that man's t testimony. Said he: "Sir, do you remember after you had finished that earnest sermon, 5 that I, with some others, walked home with * you ? I was sincerely desirous of being led r m the right path that night, but I heard you 5 speak in such a strain of levity, and with sc t much coarseness, too, that I went outside the [ house, while you were sitting down to your } evening meal; I stamped my foot upon the ground; I said that you were a liar; that 5 Christianity was a falsehood; that if you could pretend to be so'earnest in the-pulpit, , and then come down and talk like that, the . whole thing must be a sham; and I have been , an.infidel," said he, "a confirmed infidel, from I that day to this. But I am not an infidel at this moment; I know better. I am dying ' and about to be damned, and at the bar oi k God I will lay my damnation to yohr charge i My blood is upon your head." And with a L dreadful shriek, and one demoniacal glance ? at the trembling minister, he shut his eye* ? and died. ^ 0, ye who profess tojlove Christ, h ye minister-or laymen, hath not Satan legions enough of devils to drown men's souls in perdition, without employing you? Let us be more - careful of our conversation. Letf hot oui 3 words destroy men's souls. It is a''fearful 1 thing to go to the bar^f God -jvkfc the blood s of souls upon our skirof? tfarirta tioii" be always with grace."?'Christian a\ " Work.\ , j Fifteen Great Mistakes?It is a greal i mistake to set up our own standard of righi 3 and wrong, and judge people accordingly. Ii e is a great mistake to measure the enjoyment* of others by our own; to expect uniformity o: ^ opinion in this world; to look for judgment anc " experience in youth to endeavor to mould all i dispositions alike; not to yield in immaterial trifles to look for perfection in our own ac tions; to worry ourselves and others wit! l what cannot be remedied; not to alleviate all l that needs alleviation as far as lies in oui , power; not to make allowances for the iofirmi 1 ties of others; to consider everything impossi r ble which We cannot perform; to believe onlj 9 what our finite minds can grasp; to expect tc i be able to understand everything. The gffeat 9 est of all mistakes is, to live only for time , when any moment may launch us into eter, nity. t ! The Death of Children.?Till we see t our children in suffering, we never fully un derstand the divine comparison, so fhll of cor f descending kindnffis: "Like as a father pitieth 1 his children, so the Lord pitieth them thai - fear himour feelings then become a com) mentary to us, as if written on ou" hearts with ) the very finger of God, on such gracious assui ranees. And when little childrefc~we taken away from us, how precious are the Saviour's 5 words, "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." > On such occasions, he seems to say, with the i smile of pitying love: "Suffer your little ones i to come unto me and forbid them not."? ! Wardlaw. fpsctltatiMttSi Jtrticlw. THE GHOST OF THE GUARD. In 1863, Hilton Head Island, in South Carolina, was the headquarters of a Federal corps. It was garrisoned by ten thousand choice troops from seven different States?Port Royal harbor was black with masts, and a hundred ships carried the American flag. Hilton Head proper was strongly fortified. It contained vast stores of provisions and untold quantities of ammunition and implements of war. The Confederates looked on with eager eyes, naturally desiring its possession, and therefore sent swarms of spies and pretended deserters to observe its strength and take notes of its weak points. The land bordering on the sea was defended by the iron clads and some line-of-battle ships, and that portion bordering on Broad River was held by a single picket line of infantry and cavalry. One dark and stormy night a picket on a solitary post was suddenly approached by what he thought was a human form. The intruder was apparently a powerful and well built man, ana wore a blue overcoat He evidently did not observe the picket at first, but kept advancing until the loud command to "Halt 1" was given three times in succession, and the sharp report of a rifle broke the midnight silence. The flash of the gun enabled the picket to see the form in the blue /Mrornnof fiall ViaottiItt fn fKo rri*nnn/1 Qa fliAlirrK UTOIWHV iUU 11VMT W VUV gk VUUViy wu uuvMgu pierced in a vital part The sentinel, suppos-' mg that a force of the enemy was in his immediate presence, did not leave his post to observe the effects of his shot, but like a good soldier, stood his ground" until the alarm brovght speedy: reinforcements. Having in'tffeswd to his profflersoldidre the spot where his dead man had fallen, they lost no time in examining the bushes; but, strange to relate, nothing could be found. After a thorough search, and upon talking the matter all over, they concluded that the sentinel had mistaken a tree for a man, and were rather disposed to ridicule his story; but he stoutly persisted that he knew his business, and was not fool enough not to know the difference between a man and a tree. To be on the safe side, the picket was doubled for the remainder of the night, but all remained quiet until morning. At daylight a fresh survey of the suspicious spot was made, and the soldiery were Btartled to find the foot-prints of a man 1 They suddenly believed the picket's story, but were at a loss to know what had become of the intruder. The next night a different detachment was on duty, and the same scenes were enacted over again, with the exception that the form appeared at a different spot. Each nignt for a whole week the picket line was kept in constant commotion by the strange visitor, and fresh detachments were sent out, from time to time, until there was almost a continuous line of battle. Bodies of troops and scouts scoured the woods by day, and volunteers werrfin the swamps by night - ? ? il - A. -j i_x Ui.L xt . _V in tne meantime tne iooiprinis wmcu tae visitor invariably left behind were measured, and found in every case to be identical in shape and si?e. A company of the One Hundred and Fifteenth New York, hearing of the affair and the wonder and excitement it produced, requested to be sent to the identical place for one night The men felt sure that they could clear up the mystery. The New Yorkers, after being accepted, repaired to the lines; and, in placing their videttes, the officers took the precaution to always have at least two men on each post, and in the more remote and exposed places three or four. All had an intense desire to be successful, and they moved about as quietly as possible. Shortly after midnight, Andrew Smith heard a stick crack in some dense bushes a fe^ yards distant. He instantly dropped down into the tall grass, and peered out into the thick darkness. All was as still as death for a moment, when another stick cracked and there was a rustling in the leaves. He clutched his rifle firmly, put his finger on the trigger, and pointed it in the threatened direc-^~2*ady to blaze away at the first sight of JHHKect. Nothing appearing, Smifh cop'eluPFthat after all it must have beeil an alligator or some other denizen of the forest that hb heard. He was speedily undeceived, however, for the terrible form in blue stood i before him ere he could think. At first Smith was startled and almost thunderstruck; but, i being naturally a brave man, he quickly rei covered his self-possession and fired his gun, aiming for the breast of the form in front "The object fell, with a deep groan, to the i ground; there was a tumbling in the bushes ; for a moment, and all was still. A dozen sol, diers bounded to the spot, but the man in blue i was gone I After that night no more was ever heard or seen of the man in blue on the picket line. The Little Tragedy Queen.?A Pari sian Romance of the Stage.?Some years i ago a pale, thin, fragile, but bright-eyed and [ intelligent looking girl of perhaps ten or twelve years of age, used to appear in Paris, in the most crowded part of the walk Chaqaps 1 Elysees, an hour or so before sunset. She was i attended by an old woman who carried a vio lin, a tin cup and a carpet. While the girl , stood apart for a moment, with something of i a rapt look, the old woman spread the carpet, I put down the cup at one corner, and scraped i a preliminary air upon the violin, which was i often most appropriate to the drama which > was to follow. The prelude having termina ted, the girl steppea on the carpet, with the I air of a little tragedy queen, and recited long ; tirades from Racine and Corneille. She rei cited them superbly; and, despite her air of , suffering and her exceedingly poor attire, she i product such an effect on the crowd, that t while she rested they filled again and again ^ the cup carried around by the old woman with ; sous and half franc pieces, to encourage her to ; new efforts. The collection was' always a large one, and when the delicate-looking child , retired?all palpitating, and with a flush upon t her cheek, of which it was difficult to say i whether it were the flush of her own triumph i or that of death destined to triumph over her, the acclamations and cordial compliments of . her hearers greeted her as she retired. The i winter passed, the summer came; but not the , young girl who had claimed the crowds by i ner tragic music. During that year, howev er, a marvelous girl appeared on the stage of 1 the Gymnase Dramatique, and as suddenly I departed, like a brilliant meteor; and speculatfoft ian high -as fce whetheT this fascinating t .girl was the pale enchantress of the public walk. Another year had nearly passed, when one night the lady appeared on the stage of t the Theatre Francais, and awoke French t tragedy out of the sleep into which it had faille ?" Tl.n nnma nf fVio rniitiff orirl WHS An If Oil* iuc juauiu vi vitv juuu^ J-J j nounced as Rachel; and all Paris not only acf Knowledged her as the sovereign of the tragic I throne, but declared that she was the poor [ girl who once stood on the carpet ifi the I Champs Elysees and recited Racine four sous - and half francs. The young lady maintained t a discreet silence, and various were the opinl ions as to her identity. In the course of time, however, she cleared up the mystery by one of the prettiest and most practical confea sions. She invited a large number of literary r and artistic friends to a soiree in her spacious > saloons. The fair hostess, in the course of the evening, recited in costume every one of her , principal tirades, from all the great tragedies wherein she acquired undying fame, and then withdrew. amid the hearty applause of her guests. Presently she returnea in a new char; acter to them, but an old one to herself?that of a street singer, dressed in appropriate cos tume. Her appearance caused an almost i painful interest. There was poetry in the : whole scene?in the clatter of her boots as she passed up the splendid gallery,'with the i wooden bowl with the sous at the bottom, which she rattled as she stepped forward, with i a melancholy smile. She walked straight to i the head of the gallery, and standing motionless for a minute, began the ballad which she i had sung last of all before she was summoned i from the street to the stage, from rags and poverty to glory, influence and riches. The voice of the singer was low and faltering, and j produced such an effect that the audience wept Having terminated the recitation, she carried round the little cup or bowl, as of old; only this time intimating to those to whom her trembling hand hid extended it, "It is for the poor." ANECDOTES OF HANDEL. Augusta Brown Garett, in an article in the Musical World, relates some very entertaining anecdotes of Handel, the great musical composer: Handel was extremely passionate, and had so remarkable irritability of nerve that he 1 could never endure to hear the tuning of instruments, which process, therefore, was always completed before he arrived in the orchestra. A musical wag, who knew how to extract mirth from his irascibility in temper, stole into the orchestra on a night when the Prince of Wales was to be present at the performance of a new oratorio, and nntuned all the instruments, some half a note, and others a whole note lower than the organ. As soon omaTTfld XTnn/lnl imwa iVin Qlivnol ao tuc jl xiiivv oiiivcuj xiouuqi gave mo oigutm of beginning con spirato, but such was the horrible discord that the enraged musician started up from his seat, and, na'ving overturned a double bass which stood in hit way, he seized a kettle drum, which he threw with such violence at the leader of the band, that he lost his full-bottomed wig by the effort Without waiting to replace it, he advanced bare-headed to the front of the orchestra, breathing vengeance, but so much choked with passion that utterance was denied him. In this ridiculous attitude he stood staring and stamping for some minutes, amid a convulsion 01 laughter, nor could he be prevailed on to resume his seat, till the Prince went personally to appeaseiliis jrrath, which he with difficulty accomplished: Having occasion to bring out one of his oratorios in a provincial town of England, he began to look about for such material to complete his orchestra and chorus as the place' might afford. One and another were recommended, as usual, as being a splendid singer, a great player, and so onl After a while, such as were collectable were gathered together in a room, and after preliminaries, Handelmade his appearance, puffing, both arms foil of manuscripts. "Gentlemen," quoth he, "you all read manuscript ?" "Yes, yes," responded from all parts of the room. "We play in the church," added an old man behind a violincello. "Very well, play dis," said Handel, distributing the parts. This done, and a few explanations delivered, Handel retired to a distant part of the room to enioy the effect The stumbling, fumbling, and blundering that ensued is said to have been indescribable; Handel's sensitive ear and impetuous spirit could not long brook the insult, and, clapping his hands to his ears, he ran to the old gentleman of the violincello, and shaking his rust furiously at the terrified man and the instrument, said, "You blay in de church I? very well; you may blay in de church?for we read, De Lord is long suffering; of great kindness, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin; you sal blay in de church, but you sal not blay for me!" and snatching together his manuscripts, he rushed out of the room, leaving Ms astonished performers to draw their own conclusions. ?be fotMlc tftquim. 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