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FRANK P. BEAllD, Editob ami> J'bopbmtob. % ' DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF KERSHAW COUNTY. TERMS :?$2.00 rxa kincuu, n? leyk*cm. ? * . * ? ' ' ' ' , ' ?" . VOL. I, . CAMDEN, S. C., WEDNESDAY} JUNE 3, 1874. NO. 3o. The Consdeotiooj} Hen. "Dear! dear! who b*oke my farorite egg ?" Cried Biddy Bantam to her daughter , " Some laay car, too proud to beg, Hit mashed it?and he hadn't ought ter. The child gaye one pathetic craw, Her rarful teara began to thicken ; Bhe sobbed aloud, " I broke it, ma? This little person is my chicken. 8ome albumen and lime I'll bay, And make another one to match it ; Oh, ma ! I cannot tell a lie ? I did it with my little hatch it." THE NEW NEIGHBOR. There was a fine property in the vil-1 lago of B , that, for some unac countable reason, remained untenanted for several years. No one seemed de sirous to purchase it; though it was by far the best house in the place, in good repair, and had a oouple of acres of fertile land surrounding it. The former occupant, having got tired of B , moved away to the citj, and placed his deserted mansion in the hands of his agent for sale. At length, one day the whole village was thrown into a ferment by the re port that the residence had actually been purchased by a gentleman who was a stranger to everybody in the neighborhood. The painters, carpen ters, upholsterers and gardeners were directed to meet the gentleman, on a oertaiu day, and receive instructions to oommence operations forthwith. Happy enough were the mechanics of B to hear this news, for the plaoe was never overburdened with business, and every man would have proceeded without hesitation to execute the orders given, had not old Daniel Stout, the gardener, raised suspioions among them, by hint ing that they ought to know the gentle man's name before they gave away the labor of their hands. < Now, Daniel Stout had been following the stranger all over the grounds, re ceiving his directions, and assenting to all his orders, and had not been able to find out his name. Josh Turner, the o&rpenter, declared that he would not drive a single nail until he knew who he was working for. All the rest de termined to follow the example of Jotk{. ^ " IfUT, without some misgivings own minds that they might iy *- shoot beyond the mark." er, the gentleman having finished arrangements at B left, with an ( intimation that he would return again in a oouple of weeks, and hoped to get < into the house soon afterwards. Day after day^&ssed, and everything remained in tlatu quo, and as the gen tleman brought no servants to leave be hind him for the inquisitive to pump, Daniel Stout was no nearer the object he had at heart, than when he first be held the stranger. The two weeks flnallv expired, and trfle to his promise, the stranger returned to B , and was surprised to find that nothing he had ordered had received attention. M Why, whet does this mean, my man ?" said the owner, -..Addressing Daniel Htotit* ??? ?? Well, you see, sir," replied D?iel, who was never at a loss for ajlie, ? yon J?ee, air, we have had bad time* here abouts sinoe your last visit. Josh Tur "nat; thtf earpenter. has been v?jy ill, and the wife of Mr. Flash, the uphol sterer, ran away with the village school master, and he has been hunting, her r . f*?1" sinoe, but has never once heard of "?A Prime, the painter, has had * ortf of his ohiidren down with the leasles, his wife having the rheumatis i ft the same toon? " " Stop 1" said the stranger, holding : v his h nd, and showing evident re lation in his ocft&enenoe. " A pretty 1 laoe I've oome to settle In, truly," he i lid, a(ter a few momentr silence. "I < on'|4uink I shall liks It." Then, as i " a sudden thought oocurred to him, 1 ? aaid quiokly, "but you?why have >n not planted the trees and bushes I reeled ?" "To tell yon the honest |mth, sir," >lied Daniel Stout, " I did not know to to oharge the things te. and so I "iught I'd wait until I saw you. Any the spring is a little backward, it won't make any diffofenee, sir ; far, at least, as the shrubs are oon 1." j oluud that had been gathering on [stranger's brow psssed away, when Mel Stout had oonoluded his lie. and a to laugh. ?t next, old man?" he you are a queer set of Jo, I was wrong. I ?e, it will give me gi~. ! to etudy your characters. could not evt out my h without knowing my i laughed heartily at he I listen, good Daniel: Tell the my name is John Mi^ii ? are fond of titl^andl sup florist is not an exception to le, Ull him I am called b ow me, and hare fought nel Mitchell." Stout opened L_ aft the same time, |1 Mitchell in mute i .wse to harve not oaly a Rt a hero?a real uve L? i really smelt powder, and n of hostile cannon. Jyeo were truly in the Bebel i?2KJdIih^oi3Srfy I oiterva toe inquiry. \ truly as your name la Daniel tfJisdlhe other with a laugh. ~ bared hit arm, end showed Daniel en ugly red the saatire ff th ??And who did that?" asked the still won daring Daniel Stent. " Well/' Answered the Colonel, ^that is the way the troopers of a oertain Mr. Ash by used to make their mark." " I'm glad I wasn't there/* said Daniel. ?? Now, Daniel Stout," said the Col onel, " yon have enough of my history to satisfy your curiosity, and the rest of the neighborhood. I shall be baok again in a week, wjien I hope to observe some activity about this plaoe," and Colonel Mitchell left the village that same honr. Forth went Daniel Stont, and before the 8un set that evening, lie had spread the name of Celonel Mitchell to the farthest bounds of B . The follow ing day, there was great activity in the honse and about the grounds of the Colonel's property. There was a certain set of inquisitors in B , who sat in judgment on the characters of " all the inhabitants, onoe a week, over sundry cups of strong tea. The corterie oonsisted of a number of ladies of uncertain age, usually denom- j inated " old maids. Of oourse, Col- j onel Mitchell came directly before their meeting, and they sifted his out goings and hia ^inoomings very thor oughly. " It is strange," remarked Miss Bet sey, Pringle, 41 that he oomes unattend ? ed. Strange that no friends accom panies him to look at the house. It is very mysterious." " Something is behind all this, I am sure," chimed in Miss Jannette Sharp : "there must be something wrong. 1 I am afraid he will not be much of an ac quisition to the neighborhood." " For my part," said Miss Quick, " I consider that visiting him would be out of the question, unless something more ! satisfactory can be heard about him. It j is oertainly remarkable that no ladv has 1 oome to give any directions, ana the hint that we have heard about his being married, is, to my mind, a little doub fnl." These and many more such remarks must have made the Colonel's ears tin gle oould he have heard this amiable group discussing his name and fame. At length the house was ready for Colonel Mitchell, a^upon the after noon of hia arrivaEpfcvery window in waa thronged' to' tee the entree. e old maids in their hearts devoutly hoped that the Colonel might prove a bachelor, while the married ladies trusted he might bring a wife and fam ily in his train. . " Who is in the carriage ? asked a soore of lips. "lathe gentleman alone?" gasped the old mnidg. "I observe an immense quantity of something," replied a wag, " in a oor ner of the ooaoh, but it is such a shape less mass that I oanhat determine whether it is a lady or a pile of bag 'Tdeed, some days elapsed before anything official was known as to the existence of a real living Woman at Colonel Mitchell's house. Bnt at last Mrs. Smart, in a fit of desperation, drove in her carriage to Colonel Mit chell's, to make a oeremonious oall, and offer the new oomers anything her honse afforded. This was a rtfsc tne Colonel little expected. He begged her to alight, and apologised for the oonfasion she found matters in. The keen gray eyes of Mrs. Smart glittered when ths Colonel brought forward his wife and presented her to their guest. Poor Mrs. Smart gave a gasp as she beheld the lady. She waa exceaaively fat and-very short in stature, and decidedly plain in her looks. In an instant, dress, per son and manners were all taken in the hurried glanoe Mrs. Smart bestowed on Mrs. Mitchell. The latter was not very talkative, and sat with rosy cheeks and a pair of eyes almost stupidly soft, quietly wondering at her visitor s easy impndenoe, but feeling too indolent to show any resentment. When Mrs. Smart had made a satis factory examination of the Colonel's family and home, she arose to depart, giving the Oolonel and his wife a press ing invitation to oall and see her. The news of Mrs. Smart's visit soon got abroad, accordingly the following morn ing she had a numerous levee of all the visitable people in B??. They went on pretenses totally foreign to the real object of their calL Among the rest oame Mrs. MerrywelL with her two dashing daughters, really pretty girls. The Mitchell family were oanvaased most completely. "They are nice people, then?" in quired Miss Quiok. " Perfectly so," responded Mrs. Smart. " And ah? is really his wife ? said Miss Pringle, rolling np the whites 6f ??JO. AO doubt of it," answered Mm Smart, tartly. " Did yon learn," anked Mr. Merry welL Who always had an eye to busi ness, " Whether they had any chil dren r Oh I bless yon, yes, thev hsve fonr U unmarried. One is an offleer army, one is a proment lawyer, one of the most ?iiji 9 ?'*?* eonntry, the hurt te a young physician just ^ *0. MHMMt his practice. Che Oolonel is immensely hill sons are said to be i They will soon be him a visit," aad Mrs. jpr artM and iA retard to nolo the sffoo* of her to oursoei What an atosi^Slon f* sfetwused shot revengeful glances at the Merry well girls. ?* My dears," said Mrs. Merrywell, addressing her daughters, ?? civility costs nothing ; we must call on the Mitchells." " Yes, we all must call," cried the old maids, ready to tear the hair from the heads of tne laughing Merrywell girls. Mrs. Smart loved a joke. The hus band of Mrs. Merrywell was the village physician. |. " You must take your papa with you, my dears," said Mrs. Smart, " for jou see, both the Colonel and his wife are gouty, and they will make better pa tients than most of us who are in health." ! The following Sunday the Colonel sjxd his wife aiid the military son ap peared in church, and set the whole congregation agog. The preacher's text, I venture to say, was not remem bered by half a dozen of his hearers, so much were they occupied with the Mitchells. But everything finds its level. After awhile the excitement subsided, and as the ^lonel and his family became bet ter known, their popularity had soarcely a parallel in the village. The Colonel loved good dinners, and he gave them liberally to his friends. All B were free to his board, and never before was there so great a flow of geod wine. The village of B contained about four hnndred souls, and was situated upon a broad, rushing creek thst was able to supply motive power to a dozen very large mills. The mills were built about a half mile to the eaet of the vil lage, and gave employment to nearly a thousand hands. The owners of these establishments resided in the village during the summer and in the city dur ing the winter months. They were opulent men, the war having enriched them to a very large extent. These persons were soon guests at the oolonel's table, and it was not long before he was on the olosest terms of intimacy with them. They carried him over their establishments, and gave hiir> a pretty clear insight into their business, and ended upon a oonvivial occasion, when the flow of good wine was unlimi ted, by explaining the earning* *htir mills had netted daring the years when he was battling that they might resp gold. Very few men at the present day would like to acknowledge that they systematically withheld the just dues of the country, and never onoe rendered oorrect returns of their incomes. B? was not the only place whose citisens thought it not wrong to rob the Gov ernment, bat the men of B stood fortji pre-eminent in this glaring dis honesty. It was after an almost regal banquet at Colonel Mitchell's, when the guests were discussing politics over their se gars and wine, that some of the party, more inquisitive than the rest, ven tured to ask the Colonel if he were en gaged in any business, and the nature of the same. With a bright twinkle in his eyes and a smile on his Uns, he informed them that he was the United States Assessor of Interns! Be venue, in and for the dis trict where they resided. Reader, did yon ever hear a clari^f thunder in a bright sky ? Did you ever hear the announcement of a terrible woe to those who were at the moment in fancied security and pfcaoe ? Well, this would scarcely have oonveved to yon the consternation depicted is the faoes st Colonel Mitchell's board. The following day there was a footing up of old books, and a hurrying up of state ments that should have been rendered long ago. Before a month had elapsed the Treasury of the United States was many thousands of dollars better off thsn it was before Colonel Mitchell oame to settle in B Even Miss Pringle and Miss Sharp were sufferers by the Colo nel's advent. Both were rich, and both were penurious. ** Just as I expected," snapped Miss Pringle, when she met the ooterie at the tea-drinking, ??just as I expected. An acquisition, yes, truly a rsre ono ; but of Ruch good Lord deliver m*.M " And to think," sighed Miss Quiok, "I had to pay back taxes amounting to nearly sevon hundred dollars. It almost kJIlod me. Oh, that infamous man I But you all know I was suspioious of him from the flrst,'' Colonel Mitchell still resides.in B , but he does not give as many dinner parties as formerly. DUMMi milk. A French investigator, M. ChftTeau. has reoentlr made several observations of the action upon healthy calves of milk from oows suffering from tuber enlonin or phthiaia. The oalrea wen perfectly healthj, and, after sixty dafrs' feeding, were slaughtered. Thej were then found seriously diseased; numsr* ons tubercles were found thronghont the lymphatio sy*t*m, and the lungs were full of oaseous deposits. Bimilar investigations by I>r. Kl*b?. a Oerman physician, resulted similarly, and he oonoludes that the infeotion first attacks the intestines, then the liver and the spleen, and finally the lungs. Vigorous organisms may resist the infection or overoome its effect, but the virus is contained in the milk of diseased cows in proportion to their condition. Berofula is thus oommuQioated to a healthy animal by a diseased nurse. The virus is contained in the serum of the milk, and it is not destroyed by boiling. AH of which is important ana interseting in % high degfM on many aocoants. Half the Brata Equal to the Whole. There ia one point about which I should like to deliver a whole leoture, says Dr. Brow*8equard. A atudy of the facta relating to the brain has led me to oonelude that each half of the brain?paradoxical aa it may seem?ia a whole brain. That is, that one-half of the brain ia sufficient for all the func tions of the two halves of the brain. If that is the caea, ^jnust mention a con clusion, although it may seem outside of my subject, tt is that we are ex tremely neglectful in educating ODly one part of the body. We educate our right arm and make use of the right side of the body aa much as possible, and. leave the other side inactive, ex cept in walking. We do not perform what is really needed if we have two brains. There ia no question that it is our habit of making use of only one side of the bodi r that consigns to one half of the brain?the right side ?the faculty of expreeaiag ideas by speech. If we developed botih aides of our body equally, not only mould there be the benefit that we ootid write or work with the left hand ia well as with the right, but we should have two brains instead of one, an&7would not be de prived of the power of speech through disease of one side o| the brain. 1 pass now to quit* another subject. You know that I said that I would ex amine two series of -Atcts, one showing the power or arre?t~ of activity that nerve force posseaita, and the other having just the oppa^te object, that is, to produoe an activity instead of an ar rest. I now oomajf therefore, to the Btudy of the prodae^n of the various kinds of activity thai the nerve foroe possesses. The flnK question I have to examine is that wlritph relates to the influenoe of nerve Jotoe in producing muscular contraction. It is essential first to say a few worts on the power of muscular oontractkm tnd to see if that power is distinct and,independent of nerve force. There .ifrTO been a good many different view*about this; bat as I have little time I ehep only say that the view ia almost uftumsal now that the nervous system jlW' ettential to the exiatenoe of muactfla* contraction take place wit&out anfer interference of the nervoua system. My friend, Prof. Bernard of Paris, made some ingenious experiments on this subject. He found that the poison woorari affects the mo tor nerves in maaolee, so that the con ductors which unite the wain with the muaolea become paralysed, while the muaolea remain active. He drew thfl conclusion that muaolea remain 001P nected with the brain as regards their aotivitv. But, there is an objection to this which I put forward long ago. It ia not dear at all that in that oaae the muaoular power in the fibre ia lost. There is a state of things, anatomically and phyaiologioally, inside of the aheath of the muscular fibers which renders it very doubtful that the woo rari acts upon thoee parte, and it may be that the nerve power remains inside of the sheath of the muaoular fibres. The aame objection can be made to the facts relating to the section of nerves. An Exciting $cene? ? A new break has been tried at the Oonoours Hippique, in the Champs Elysees, with a result that might hare had tragio oonsequenges. Fortunately, the experiment was not attempted until five o dock in the afternoon, when a oonaiderable number of the audience had already left the building. Then came the order, " Bring in the fiery, untamed steed when forthwith ap peared a furious animal with a number of men hanging on to his head, and exerting all their strength to hold him in. He was harnessed to one of those convenient but undis vehicles whioh of Paris. On man holding the reins with hand, and whose eye was intent! on the apparatus whioh he wh a test. The men had no sooner let go than the%orse started off at a furious galop, and the animal had scarcely be gun to feel his strength when the break was applied, witn the result of bringing 'IM MM him to the ground. And here began i part of the business. For s number of individuals, in their a^lorta to raise the ptoptrate animal, seised him by the bridle, and gave him a chaaoe of getting his head quite free, whereupon, bounding to his feet, uncontrolled by oonnaing to nis iem, uncontrolled by bridle or bit, he started off at a head long pace, dragging vehicle and driver after him in his mad eateer. At one1 mgh he would or of the Palais everything on by |the shriek* seemed as thoue;!, he would bolt tVfcicb the gltsadoor of the Palais <le his the frightened spectators, ^ddenly at the eritioal moment he turned sharp round. The drivfcr jumped the ve Fnnfl pints of | set il on a water with a around} into ft the yolk tor: continue to 0OHMd { skimmer e?d pel i? water; boil one at a enougk Theee will long time. Or. put a frying-pan ; break fa Driving and Killing Seal, In Interfiling Sketch of the F*nr Seal . Trade ?How the Seal are Controlled and Killed. A. walk of half a mile down from the village to the reef on St. Panl Island any time during September, pays a cor respondent writing from Behring's Straits, will carry you to the parade grounds of over two hundred thousand Beal, among which vou can slowly make your way, whila they clear out from you path ahead, and close again in your rear, you only interrupting thom in their sleep or at play for a few moments. This reef ground ?n September and early October is a strange spectacle, as you walk through legions of semi-in dififerent seals, some timid, others bold-4 ly defiant, though all giro you room enough to move safely over the length and breadth of the mighty breeding ground, the summer haunt of a million of animals universally deemed wild, yet breeding here undisturbed by the close proximity and daily visitation of man ; creatures which will fight with one another to the death rathei than forsake their stands on the rookeries, yet will permit you to approach them to within almost reaching distance with out injury ; old bulls which will die be fore they will leave their posts, yet lie down and sleep while you stand by to sketch or observe them scaroely ten feet distant. No other wild animal in the bruto world will permit this im mediate attention from man. The great oowardly sea-lions, the big lum bering walruses, leave their offspring at slight alarm, and retreat precipitate ly to the water ; the presence of human beings is the signal for speedy depar ture from their breeding haunts ; but the fhr seal breeds within a pistol-shot of the villages on St. Paul and St. George Islands, and in full sight, and is in no way whatever concerned if not purposely harassed or driven from its position. From the windows of the Government House of St. Paul Island one can view the movements and listen to the cries of fifty thousand breeding seals and pups at any time during J?ly, Aagust, and September, as they lie on ?W?goon spit, leas than a quarter of * mile away, and in the same field of vision see the killing gang at work slaughtering and skinning, not muoh more than fifty yards away from the in different animals on this lagoon rookery which are only separated from these men busy in their bloody labor by a small stream of tide-water. The capturing, driving, killing, and skinning of the for seals is done entire ly by the people of the islands, 4h6 carry on this business rapidly and skil fully, and who are alone, by the terms of the lease, permitted to particij&te in this labo?and share it# reward, so long A they shall of their own free-will be equal to its proper execution. The Old Charger's Well-kept .Trust, The following story is strange enough not to be true, but as we are oonstantly reminded that truth is stranger than fiction possibly we fead better swallow it, as the horse did the silver box, aud say nothing about it. The story first appeared in 1850, and now it is taken from the " scrapbook " of Dr. Robert Chambers: "The contractor for slaughtering horses at Montfanooa pur chased, a short time ago, a lot of old worn-out animals, including several whioh had belonged to the army. In cutting up one of the af-sd military horses, a man named Matelot was aston ished to find a small silver box, in which were a cross of the Legion of Honor and a paper, in a perfect state of ?Meervation, containing the following ?Bes: "?A.s I cannot survive the defeat of my .Emperor, and, as I have neither Wife nor child nor oousins, I am about to get myself killed in a last charge against the English, and as I will not let them have my cross, I will make my faithful horse. Chateau Mar got, swal low it. He will give it up when he can. Pttve Dardenne, Sergeant in the Seo ond squadron of Red Lancers.' Mate lot took tin thin gn to the commissary of police of the district, and that func tionary allowed him to keep the silver box. it for the cross, it was sent to the Grande Ohanoellerie of the Legion of Honor. ? From documents published by the professors of the Eoole d'Alfort, it appears that certain horses have lived to the ago, of forty-five; that whioh Oh arise Xu. rode at the battle of Pul toaa attained that' age. The white dMfcger of Napoleon lived twenty-nine Mars. Chateau Margot is supposed to nave been abont forty. He had been made to swallow the box at the battle of Waterloo, in whioh his master wil fully perished. The box had aooord ingly been in his stomaah thirty-five yean." Moles. M. Flonrens and other Frenoh natn falists kftte experimented with moles to aaoertain their true habtte. It hae been fonnd that they will utarre to death in pceeenee of abnndaat yftgfltable food, refusing to tonoh it, but that they will greedily devour entworme, earthworm*, and eren nmall birds, when near _ in an ineloeed jar. Of the they only devoured the inMde, they devoured im1inrtrimi?at?1y own weight each day of snails, in Wets, lame, orysalidee, oaterpillars, fedders, slow-worms and lissrds. Mr. Oarl Vogt relates an instsnoe of a land proprietor in Fraaoe Who dsqfcsjsd sewy mole upon hie property.''The next season his fields wexe ravaged with ratwotms and hie erops totally de itroyed. He then ywhseed moles of iii neighbors and stocked !><? fields, ind afterward pi?siisd them as his jest friends. 3 Items of Interest. Why is a chicken like a farmer ? Be cause both delight in a fall crop. Death is the veil which those who live call life; they sleep, and it iB lifted. A Nashville man advertised for "a Christian man who understands how to run a boiler." A legal friend says that the deri tion of the word '' Mormon " is from the wail of the women for more men. A kind word spoken to <\ husband will go farther than a broomstick or a flirtation, says a woman of experience. The entire population of Australia is estimated at 2,000,000. The island oontinent has an area almost as large as the whole of Europe. It is said that the farmers in the east of England, where a general lock-out of the laborers has taken place, propose to import farm hands from Belgium. Peru thinks she will be able te pay off all her debts and have a handsome sur plus out of the rich guano deposits which she is now known to possess. Icelanders are beginning to emigrate to this country, ana are described as a bright, cleanly, healthy-looking class of people, closely resembling the Scotch. Nothing so much disturbs the devel opment of vital piety in a sensitive congregation, as the efforts of a ven erable deacon, with a oold in his head, to sing. A Pennsylvania wife has been cutting off her husband's ears because he was insolent. But, as one of on* exchanges remarked a few days sinoe, " Man wants but little ear below." A Los Angeles paper says : The last report about Yasquez is that he notified the publishers of La Oronica to dis continue his paper, stating that if ke oould not get it regulaiHy he did not I'want it at aih There isn't any bootblack ii> Detroit who baa a bank aooount of $700 like that Troy boy, but there are several who know wnere they can lay their hands on a stove-boiler when .the next circus 'lfeadvertised. A prospective mother-in-law up in Maine, joined issue with a young man who declined to fulfill his marriage en gagement with her daughter. When she got through with him, there was no longer any breeohes of promise. Mfalfa must be the pasture grass of the*great half barren plains of the Northwest. Experiments in Utah have ahovn that it can be sown on the most barren soil, and will be productive with oat muoh attention, yielding two orops a year of rich, nutritious aliment for cattle. , The publio debt of Gre^t Britain stands at less than ?780,000,000 ; and more than ?51,000,000 of.this sum rep resents thq value of a series of tempor ary annuities, whioh wiy expire ohiefly in *1885. The permanent debt of the oountry, then, amounts to about ?728, ooojooo. A singular accident occurred at Whitehall durftfg the prevalence of a high wind. A little boy was blown from the front steps of his father's resi dence, on to the pioket fenoe of the front yard, and hung there suspended by the ohin on a sharp pioket until his cries brought aasistanoe. John Green is strictly a self-made man. He went to Omaha without a oent. By industry and enterprise he won $10,000 in a three days' game of poker. Having got his hand in he emi grated to Ohioago, invested in faro, and was worth $80,000 at last aooounts. But that was two or three days ago. The Chicago polioe have found a den where forty boys are kept in charge of an old scoundrel who is training them to beggary. He aends them out in the morning.with the understanding that each boy returns at night with fifty cents, or partakes of a flogging in de fault. The ages of the boys range from seven to teu years, and most of them are hired out by their parents for one dollar a week to their intellectual employer. Dead, Bat Not Rurled. When a friend dies and in bnried, there's an end of him. We miss him for a space out of our daily existence ; we mourn for him by degrees that be come mercifully less ; we cling to the blessed hope that we shall bo nnited in some more perfect sphere : bnt, so far as this earth is oonoerned, there'* an end of him. However near and dear he was, the time arrives when he does not form a part of our daily thought; he oases ever to he an attraction. Wo go no more with flowers and tears into theqniet cemetery; only the rain and the mow flakes fall there ; we leave it foftjthe finger* of spriiw to dock the neglected mound. Bnt wl) en our friend vanishes nnaooountably in the midst of a crowded city, or goes oft on a sea Toyage and ia never heard of again, his memory nfce a singular tenacity. He JM7 be to all intents and purposes dead, brut we have not lost him. The ring of the door bell at midnight may be his ring ; the approaching footstep may be his footstep ; the unexpected letter with foreign postmarks may be fitom hie hand. He haunts us as the dead never oan. The won^an whose husband died last ^ night may marry AgAin within a lustre of montns. Do you feuppoee a week passes by when th? woman whose husband disappeared mysteriously tea year* ago dees not tfcdak of hutlt There are moments whoa the dfrwrfng Of a door mnst no tedI absence