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Irltrtrt l^attrq.
Ihe lide of 3Q?^f i)The
tide rolls 011, the tide rolls on,? ,
The nevor censing tide.
That sweeps the pleasures from our hearts,
The loved ones from our side,?
Thnl brings affliction* to our lot,
And auguisb and despair,
And bears from youth's unruffled brow
' The charms that lingered there.
The tide rolls on?wave after wave,
Its swelling waters flow;
Before it, all is bright and lair;
Behind it all is woe !
The infant from it* mother's broast,
The gay and glooming bride,
Are swept awav and borne nlong
By that resistless tide.
Tlte tide rolls on-?the soldier's eye
Grows ilim beneath its swell ;
The scholar shuns tho mystic lore,
Thai he hath loved so well;
T*e monarch put* the crown aside,
And labor'* weavy slave
Rejoices that his limbs will know
The quiet of the grave.
The tide roll* on?like summer brook,
It glideth to the sad ;
But, like dark winter's angry tide,
It rusheth to the glad.
From kingly hall and lowly cot,
From battle field and hearth,
It sweep* into oblivion's sea
The dwellers ou the earth.
1U41 On, Uiou dark and turbid waro, .
Thou caust not bear away
The record of the good and brave,
That knowoth not decay
. 1 Krktirvli tl/taMlo man vtuli fl??f Lilhwec1 af k-!fu
W, ? I'Ffu^i* mviw mnj I MOM HIT MUivna
^ Though deep tliy current be,
Still faith nhnll lift thy beacon high,
And guide u* through thy 80a.
Jftisrrllaatons Items.
oir 6 olfqg e &ebofioi).
BT VIRGINIA DE FORHEST.
Anna Fwukr was a farmer's dauglibnt
licr beauty might have been
cvr'eted i,' * ^ony ?t'g'1 ,)0rn dame.
As her father ir OonrfortaUo circirstanccs.
and both tt* "l9 ,w"e
was proud of their lovely
she was allowed to work or to be .
at her own fancy, and her only regti^yjar
duty was attention to the comfort
Of lier Wind sister Ella. Still, although
preserving her delicate hands soft and
white, ana her form stately and tall,
Anna was by no means a uauit?? mam
berofthe cottage family, llor busy
fingers shaped the snowy caps, which
her mother declared 'fitted ner head!
as if they were made for it.' Ella's
spotless dresses and muslins owed
much of their purity to her sister's
watchful care, and many a dainty dish
found its way to the farmer's table
tV yrhiri^e well knew was provided by
,> Arum. So, witti.light pleasant duties,
rendered dear by home affections the
young girl's life sped oj^ {tytit a
change camo.
There arrived at the pleasant
Inge, for recreation, a young man w
handsome face and figure, and winning
address?one skilled iu the art
of pleasing. With his time unoccu
pied, and liis fancy struck by Anna's
exceeding lovflfenesa, he determined to
win the tove of the young country girl.
It waejnat^fter shnset, cm* pleasant
spring evenihg, tliat Anna was walk
iag of terror, for the sound wafl^jiot a
common one in that peaceful tkeigh- ;
borhood, she quickened her pace, and
was hurrying on when a voice calling
her made her pause; in an instant the
sportsman stood "before her, apologi- '
zing for the fright he had ^caused her,
and pleading the unfrequented spot as
an excuse for his haviug chosen it for
sporting.
'But what were you shooting so late
as this ?
The young man was nnprepared for i
this nuestion. and *tannn<?ri>H anmo.
uaiiviM, to ue my wiie?
'I do, but i#> father'?
'JIates me ; t know it well,' said Edwin,
bitterly. 'lie belicve9 because I
am 110 farmer's lad, but a gentleman,
there is 110 truth or goodness in me.?
Believe me, Anna, it is only his prejudice
against cities that causes your
father's dislike to me.'
'But,' faltered Anna, that prejudice
is so strong that I fear he will never
consent to my wedding you.'
'Once my wife, dearest and he will
forgive yon. Though he might not be
wiflhw to let his child go still, believe
me, if the knot was tie<l he would forgive.'
It took long, even with Edwin's most
subtle reasoning, to win Anna's consent
to a clandestine marriage, but it
was given at length, and, with a promise
to bo in the meadow that night prepared
for a journey to Boston,-she left
him.
When she reached home, she found
tup family only awaiting her return for
tho et&tbrTWy evening devotions.?
Heating heitoif opP?site her father,
Anna listened to :M *?rds of Divine
truth which he read. After reading a
chapter from tfic Jfow ' 1turnout lie
rea<?, in a clear distinct voice, ti?? commandment;
'Honor thy father and thy
mother that thy days may be long up- 1
011 tho land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee.' Then rising, he kissed
Ella and Anna, and left the room.
Anna sat motionless where he left
her ; her mother, the servant, and her .
little brother, and, last of all, $51ia left
the room, but still sho remained.
'Heavenly Father,' sho murmured,
bowing her head upon her hands
'strengthen this poor head, and guide
ine in the right way.' Ilcary sobs
choked her voice, and she gave way to
a voilent lit of weeping.
. A ? 1 .1 _ 1 .A.
'Bister Anna, saiu mo low, swew
voice of her blind fitter, coming in,you
are weeping? Will yon not tell mc
whAt troubled you V
Choking back her sobe, Anna endeavored
to apeak cheerfully to Ella; k was
in vain ; and? after one or two fruitless
efforts, she silently embraced her, and
sought her own room.
Edwin Parker was early at th? anii
dWjl, ami aw*fo<K$pit
thing about an accidental discharge.
Accidental 1 So far as watching for
some hours for Anna's return, and
then firing in hoj>e? of startling her,
could make it. L - .iili oduded himself
as Edwin Parker, from Boston, and
she in return told him her name.?
When they parted at Farmer Fisher's
Kto, it was with determination on
i part that this should not bo their
last meeting, nnd a strong desire on
Iter's to see liim again.
Somehow it happened that Anna
grew very fond of taking long strolls
about sunsetand Edwin, by sum? unaccountable
magic, was always going
the Bame way about the same time.
I will now give my readers the sulvstancc
of a conversation which passed
between the lovers one ovening, some
four or live weeks after their first
meeting. They were walking in the
old meadow, Edwin's arm thrown
round Annn'a wniat in tho mnat tint .
railway possible.
Anna,'he said, in a low tone, 'you
do not answer nie; I say I must return
to lioetou to-morrow.'
Tt is so sudden?' murmured the
young girl. 4llut you will be hero
soon Edwin ?'
4Tlint, it is impossible for me to tell.
It may bo years before I can visit this
spot agaiu. Oh Anna!' he cried, in n
sudden burst of passion, 4how can I live
without you ? Why must we part V
4IIush Edwin you arc two violent.
Yon will,you must return soon!
4Soon! A whole year must pass before
I can come here again.'
There was ft moment's silence, then
bending over her, Edwin whispered :
"Anpa, do you love me ? ^
4 You know I do,' she answered.
4Do you lore nie well enough to
trust your future happiness in my
tiently for Anna. The hour was past <
and still she came not. At length
weary with watching, Edwin strode
from the meadow to the little country
inn where he was boarding. On his j
table he found a tiny note directed to
himself t ]
'Ah 1' ho murmured, as lie tore it \
open, 'detained at home, I imagine;
this will explain all.1 . - 1
Within, ne found these words?
'Dkar Knwtof: Gould one who forsook
her first duty, that to her parents,
ruinii tne holy duties the name ot" wife v
would bring? I dare not come: it has ,
cost mo much to write this, but 1 feci
that I am doing right, and that streug- (
thens me. Win my father's consent
and I am vours. Anna.' ?
'Pshaw!' said Edwin, tossing the '
note impatiently into the fire, 'it ain't
worth the trouble.'
The noxt morning, Edwin Parker
had left tho village. ,
About a month after this, Anna, was i
in the garden watering some plants !
when her father joined hor.
'Anna,'said ho, 'do yon recollect a
young man who was here some weeks
ago, named Parker V
How her heart bounded!
.ir i* .1 * ? *
i es, iameiy sue saia. ]i
'lie has been arrested for forgery
and is?Heavens, Anna, how pale you
arel Are you faint V s i
'I am better now,' said Anno, struggling
for composure. 'Father, I will
tell von all, and then pray for your :
forgiveness.'
'Dear Anna, did you think old father
was blind ; no, no, my child, yon
need tell me nothing; the commandment
was not selected by chance; I
knew all then and Ileaven alone knew
the joy of yourj father's heart when lie
saw you still with him after the tempter
had left the place.'
'llow did you know 1' asked the astonished
girll'
'I was passing in the thicket when
your appointment was made, and over
heard all. I watched your chamber
door all night, thinking to stop yon by
force if yon ventured forth! Thank
God, it was not needed.'
Thank God, indeed!' said Anna.?
'Had I not called upon his name, I
should now be either the forger's wife,
or the wretched suspected daughter.?
Godeifz Lady 8 Book,
Ibe looting ^eOOiel*.
One rainy afternoon, in the earliest
part of Autumn, I heard a low knock
at uiy back door, and upon opening it,
firvnml IV rvoflllloi- nofliUnwi n.? ?
?.? a* v?? ivi o ui ^ a
great vexation to me; they leave tho
FUcs epen, thev never have anything
want, and I don't like the faces that
belong to most of them, especially those
of the strong men who go about with
little packages of coarse goods, and I
always close the door upon them, saying
to myself?lazy.
This was a little boy, and he was
pale and wet and looked so cold, I forgot
he wis a poddler- and asked
hira to come in by tho lire. I t hought
he appeared as thongh he expected I
was going to bny something, for he
commenced opening his tin box, but I
had no such intention. lie looked up
in my/ace very earnestly and sadly
when I told him to warm himself by
the fire, and that I did not wish to purchase
anything. lie rose slowly trom
his scat, and there was something in
his air which reproached me, and I
detail, id him to inquire why he was
out in the rain. He replied .*
"X Aiti out every day, and can't stay
in for a little rain ; besides, most penalers
stay at home then and I can sell
more oa rainy days."
"Ht?w miion <lo you cam in a day I"
"Sometimes iwo shillings, sometimes
one, and once in ft while! get nothing
all day, and then ma'am, I am very
tired.
Here he gave a quick, dry cough, !
which startled me.
"How long have you had that ,
cough I" 1
"I don't know raa'nm." i
"Does it hurt you ?"
"Yes, ma'am.
"Where does your mother live?"
"In heaven, ma'am," said he unino- 1
vod.
"Have yon a father?"
"Yes, ma'iira, bo is with mother," he <
replied in the same tone.
"Have yon auy brothers or sisters?"
' I have a nuk? sistafflmt she went,
to mother alamt a?month ago." .1
"What ailed her ??
"She wanted to ee? mother, uud so
TO M||rV , / * * ' *
? ft-*/-*'' i >.. wL/t * >/.<i't
" J r t ' * ffc- , F JL
i** &***&& ?i.. A <i v '* *
io I^and I guess that's why I cough bo."
"Where do you live 1"
"With Mrs. Brown, on S 9treet."
"Does she give you any medicine
for your cough ?"
"Wot doctor's medicine?she is too
poor, but she makes something for me
to take."
"Will you take something if I give it
bo you?"
"No, ma'am, I thank yon ; mother
took medicine, and it didnt help her,
though'she wanted to stay, and you see
I want to go, it would not stop my
cough. Good day, ma'am."
"Wait a minute," I said "I want to
see what you carry."
He opened his l>ox, and for once I
found what I wanted. Indeed, I didn't
think it would have mattered what he
had. I should have wanted it, for the
little peddler had changed in my eyes
?he nad a father aud mother in heaven,
and so had I. How strange that
peddlers had never seemed like people
?hunian^sonl-filled beings, before.?
IIow thankful he was. and how the
- >v en, men,' Mia me King, *vou arc
lx>tli jnst men i marry your children to;
each other ai)d give them the discovered
treasure as a marriage portion.?
I'hat is Illy verdict.'
" ' ly*'"
'J? y
threat, sunken blue eyes looked into
mine when I paid him.
"Yon don't ask me to take a cent
less," said he, after hesitating a minute.
"I think you must be very rich."
"Oh, no," I replied; "I am far from
that; and these tilings are worth more
to me now than I gave yon for them.?
W ill you come again 2
es ma'am irl don't go to mother
80011."
"Are you hungry."
"No, ma'am, I never feel hungry,
now, I sometimes think mother feeds
me when I sleep, though I don't remember
it when I am awake. I only
know I don't wish to eat now, since my
sister died."
"Did you feel very sad ?"
"1 felt very big iu ray throat, and I
thought I was choked, but I didn't cry
a bit, though I felt very lonely at night
for a while; but I'm glad she's up there
now."
"Who told you you were going to
die I"
"Nobody, hut I know I am. Perhaps
I'll go before Christmas."
I could not endure that, and tried to
make him stay, but he would run and
tell Mrs. Brown what good luck he
had met with. He bade me good day
again cheerfully, and went out into the
cold rain, while I could only say,
"God he with vou. mv child <"
Alexander was astonished when he
heard this decision.
'Have I judged unjustly,' said the
king of this remote country, 'that thou i
art astonished?' * i
'Not at all,' answered Alexander, i
'but in our country they would have i
judged far otherwise.'
'And how then would they have
jtulged?' inquired the African king.
'Both parties would have lost their
Iteads,' answered Ale.^ndcr, 'and their
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-ivoouio yvuuiu uuvwiuiiGi) into ttie
hands of the ki
Then the kiy^alfl^ied his hands together,
and said:
'Does the 6un shine upon you??
And do the heavens still shower their
rain upon vou I'
Alexander replied, Al~es.'
'It must then be/' continued the
king, 'for the sake of the innocent
beasts which live in your country ; for
upon such men no sun should shine and
no rain should fall/
ftfeclldntous llruiiing.
i he Magician of ?g(|pf.
Egypt swarms with magicians now,
as in the days of Moses; nor do the
practitioners of the present day bring
and discredit upon tlieir renowned an
cestora, thus lurmslnng strong circumstantial
evidence of the truth of the inj
spired narrative. So wonderful are
the prodigies they perform, that they
have been deemed worthy of grave
recital in works on Egyptian life and
manners, and been vouched for by authors
as things which they saw and
heard, but which they neither explaiu
nor account for. And some of thein
not only witness thgse marvellous
things, but actually learned how to
pertorin them, and yet were unable to
?ivc any explanation, only that they
id as they wero told, and the result
fo'lowed.
There is a branch in their hidden
art, employed to bring hidden things
to iight, which has been practised with
startling effect. In the process, variI
ous mummeries are gone through, such
j as writing certain words on paper, separating
and arragning them, burning
coriander and frank incense,and making
diagrams, in th3 midst of all is deposited
a few drops of black ink, which is
called the magic mirror, and into
which a boy, selected at random, looks
intently, and sees any thing concerning
which you desire information, posting
you up in relation to it to your
heart's content.
Two of the British Consuls, residing
a Cairo successively, have published
the results of their own observations in
relation to tho matter, gravely testifying
that, having used every precaution
against lmnomtinn. mnkmor rliAii* nwn
selection ot the boy who was to reveal
the mysteries of the magic mirror, they
propounded questions to him concerning
matters in England, which it was
impossible for him to know anything
about, and received answers corresponding
with facts in every instance.
Both wccc incredulous before instituting
their inquiries; both repeated
their interrogatories a number ot times,
and theui in various forms, in relation
to various subjects, but always with
the same result; the correct answer
being invariably given, and both continued
incredulous still, and yet thus
testified to the facts.
This beats our own clairvoyants a
long way, for the latter only hit the
mark occasionally?about as often as
one would naturally guess right. I did
not myself put the pretensions of these
professsors of the black art to the test,
neing satisfied, as I said, \yith the demonstrations
forced upon me in the
street.
Jugglery, in all its various forms,
developes itself as the natural born offspring
of such parentage. Among in
n umor able*feats of the juggler here, he
^allows himself t1> l>c searched from
head to foot, and then submits to be
bound up in a sack, which has been
searched, and from which he very
complacently makes his exit, holding
in one hand a lightfed candle,
and in the other a plate of sweetmeats,
I of which the spectators partake, and
in return for which they are expected
to throw him some coppers.
Tbx.v8.?-The Austin State (hut*Ue says:
"Our crops are looking very fine. We shall
, make plenty of cotton and corn, lleccnt
: rains will have a good effect upon our pra ;
' ries. Ryery thing is encouraging."' 1
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AU iMj l)e 3) id p't f ifg. %
"No, I don't play on airy histru- _>3
mcnt," said.our friend, Tom Pringie,
in answer to onr cprention. "To tell
the truth, I became discouraged by a 4
slight misconceplion, when 1 was a *
young- man'. 1 wasn't appreciated,
you know, and all that sort of thing.
"Well, von see." uniH l?r?
; ..V, ... IM jj
another question, "it was a bent twenty
years ago, when I was studying law,
an* my brother was a medical student,
that we both fancied we had a wonderful
talent for music. So John bought
a Ante, and I a fidole, and turning one
of the attics irfto a study, we practiced
there half the night through. We
didn't waut nnv one to know about it,
especialUftbur 'Either, who had verystrict
notions as to the value of time ;
and to make him think us usefully employed,
I had quantities of law books
neaped up, ami John had a skull and
all sorts of bones scattered about. We
knew that up itour 'study,' no one could
hear us, but Betsy, the housekeeper,
and as she was our old nurse, we felt
sure she would keep our secret. Oue
morn inc. after wo hsul ?rV:i:?
-- - - ? ? h-VVM VTUlIillg
the long night hours away with our
music, to our own mutual delight, we
cnino down late to breakfast, looking,
I suppose, somewhat unrefreslied.
" 'You mustn't study too hard, boys,'
said our father, considerately.
" 'Yes, sir,' said I, gravely.
Just then Betsy appeared at the
door, and looked mysteriously at my
mother.
' Yes, what is it?'' said mother,surprised
at Betsy's excited manner.
kWhat is it Betsy?" *
"Well ma'am, I wish to say, ma'- *
am,'?Betsy always spoke in that short,
nipping way, when sne was what she
called 'worked up,'?'I mast leave you,
ma'am.'
" Leave me ? why V asked mother.
"Yes ma'am, it's twenty-live years
that I've been with you, ina'oin?and
it's the boys at last ma'am. I can't
stand it, and I ain't going to. It's not
Christian-like, ma'am.'
What have th boys been doing ?
asked mother.
"It's Mr. John, ma'am, and sometimes
I think Mr. Tom helps Jjim. He's
gut same poor cretnr ,up stairs, ma'am,
amUie tormdhte him awful. Ilcscreaks
and'groans all the might through. It *
is worse than the heathen. I've stood
it for more nor a week. I didn't get
a wink of sleep last night, and what
that poor cretur went tbroingb was
dreadful. I know tl\py say such
things must be done by doctors, but I
ain't going to slay where it is, and I
never thought John was the one to do
it.'
And Betsy gave my Brother a
look of withering condemnation.
M y mother was acute enough to
see that something unusual was going
on in our study, and telling Betsy eho
would inquire into it, sho dismissed
her for the present.
That was the end of our musical
practice, though not the end of the
story, lor our father took core, we
should not forget it. It was a long
time before wo heard the last about
'that poor cre*ur un stairs."'?
York Dutchman.
Fine Preaching.?The curse of the
age is fine preaching; it is morbid and
pestilential. The want of the age is
plain, intelligent preaching?prencning
suggestive and illustrative-preaching
absorbing all that eloquencecan offer;
eloquence adapting itself (wituov.t
which it ceases to be eloquence) to the
wants and tastes of the people J availing
itself of the lights or history lor illustration,
or of science for confirmation,
or of philology for elucidation, and *
holding all so aloft that they may reflect
tliOIH Vll I'O niwn ^ ^ * ?
UIVII j?io ?|^/U ?11C ^VUIIID UI \^nristianlty,
and develop its superior lnfetre*
adaptability and power, To attempt to
May line things in the pulpit is a solemn ?
din; and lino ser.nons (like all other lino- g
ry) ure very evanescent in their influence.
Let the fine sermon fcystcm die > >
out ns soon as possible, unless as it is
to God and man. It devolves upon a
few men to show to those not gifted
with so mnch moral courage that thero
is ?very thing to ?ain, and nothing to
lose, by the adopt ion of a more honest
system pf instruction. Intelligence grill
ever hie away to the man ablo to teach.
0-ospel Messenger.
" ' ? - ** The
Madision (Kentucky) packers
hove contracted for 25,000 nogs at
net, for November delivery.
~ ~ it T if ~ '
lie never came again, though I
looked for him every day. At length
about New Year's t went to the place
he calledjhome. Mrs. Brown was there,
but the little pilgrim ! his weary feet
were at rest and never more would
his gentle knock be heard at the doors
of those, who, like myself, forgot the
necessity and stern want that often sent
about these wanderers from house to
house, and that their employment
might be far more unseemly to them
than annoying to us.
Sfirican
Ai.kxaxdkr, of Macedonia, once entered
into a neighboring and wealthy
province of Africa; the inhabitants
came forth to meet him, and brought
him their robes filled with golden apples
and fruits.
4Eat this fruit among yourselves V
said Alexander?lI am not come to see
your wealth, but to learn your customs.
Tlioy then conducted him to the
market where their king administered
justice.
A citizen just then came before him
and said:
*1 bought of this man, O king, a sack
full of chaff, and have found in it a secret
treasure. The chaff is mine, but
not the gold ; and this man will not
take it again. Command him, O king
to receive it, for it is his own.'
And his antagonist, a citizen also of
the place, answered:
Thou fenrest to retain anything unjustly
; and should not I also fear to receive
such a thing from thee ? I have
sold thee the sack with all that was in it.
Keep it, for it is thine. Command him
O king P
The king inquired of the first one, if I
lie had a son. He answered.
Yea."
He inquired of the other if he liad a
daughter, and the same answer.
Yes,' was returned.
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