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VOLUME VI, ~* GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 15O1860. . RoMWSB 4S. ES
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THE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE !
la Iuaid Brarr Thnradaf Morning, by i
t. M. Moluukln. ^ . . v Joto O. BaUejr. ,
fel ft Year, in ftdvnnce; $1.00. if delayed *
?"yg*??"web?*???* J
^rlwifi iMrtj. I
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Comrades, Till no Glut for Hie. ,
mr CTnitncw o ?rtt*?n
Oh, comrades, fill no glase for mo,
\ , i To drown my noalin liquid flams/ ? '
For if I drank, the tpast shoald he?
To blighted fortune, health and fame,
'Tel though 1 lftug to quell the etrifo
That passion hold* against my life,
Still been companion* iney we be;
llut, comrade*, fill no glass for me 1
'i i -I knew a breast that once was light,
Whose pationt sufferings need my care? '
I know a hearth that once was bright;
But drooping hopes have nestled there.
Then,'while the tear drops nightly steal
From woundod hearts that I should hear, I
Though boiy companions ye may be, I
Oh, comrades, filf no'^task for mo ! I
When I was young I felt the tide <
nr l : ? j
VI VUUVIiH'U j *
But manhood'* year* hnvo won tlic prido I
My parents centered in their child.
Then by (be mother'* sacred tear,
By all that memory-should revero,
Though boon companion* ya may be,
Oh, comrades, fill no-glass for me.
Jfimllirarmw 11 railing.
"Meet Liszie at Six."
That was all the dispatch contained. Four
little word*; yet what excitement they caused in
the household of Maple Cottage ; the quiet, sober
household, whose member* at the moment of
ita reception were on" the point of retiring to
l ast Tor the night
" Meet Lt/sie at nix!" Wa* our darling. In '
deed, to near nsl Two year* and three months 1
had passed since our eyea had been gladdened ;
t?y Ner girlish beauty, since h?r voice hud min- j
with the bird music tint floated along the ?]
summer day* among the Maples. Two years and ^
threw month* had been huried among hooka, in ,
* Car away city, bowing her sunny curls over al- (
gebrit and geometry, grammar and philosophy, :
astronomy and botany, French and Latin, pa t
liently at first, because her parent desired it; nf t
terward cheerfully, to please the teachers she ,
had learned to love, at least zealously from pure t
thirst for the treasure these studies unlocked to ,
her. lint it was all over now, thoae toilsome |
years, and ?l?e was on .her way home once more ?j
?our Lizzie?our pet,, and pride?we should t
~ meat her at six." j
Blie had left 11 la the morning ; had jonr- (
neyed without stopping'at all ; this we guessed j
at once, and at eight in the morning, finding n ^
hasty opportunity, *ho had telegraphed to net he ,
abeva words. At six, the eastern train arrived ,
at our station ; Lizzie was to ride ail night, for ,
in# mk? 01 reaching homo thus early. It wna
like her. Impulsive, warm hearted child that she
wit*. '
flow little we slept that night! What alight
sound* aroused us; how early w# were all astir
?-even the baby and the white-haired grandfather.
" Meet Lizzie at six, eh J" he raid, " aye,
indeed, will we!*' And the old mtu'i voice
caught a youthful tone, and his crutches an elastic
movement, aa he hobbled alwut the house,
giving orders aa if all the responsibility rested
upon him. he shtwi
There Was Hannah, loo, bewildering the mother
al>out break fasti "Did Lizzie like coffee or
eoeoa best V And would she make biscuit waffles?
And the mother, smiling all the time,
nodded her head to everything, and went hurryftlg
about With the gridiron in one band and the
rpg-bolWr (n the tidier, coaxing Fanny to eurl
the baby's l?air, led lookiug at the clock* every
live minute*. lfut Fanny,' with uiyslerioiui
apron full* of something, Wats flitting tip stairs
and down, leaving a book here, nnd a flower
there, a daguerreotype on tli'e labia; or a ro?yeherked
full apple in the window?something
for Little to ae? and laugh at. Only the father
seemed nndtelurVied. We noticed, to be aure,
the dimple* in liie cheeks, which Lizzie always
anld she inane with her finger*, when she was a
hdtie, looked deeper when he smiled, and that
hie voiow-wuaa i rifle leas steady w hen he told : (
Thomas tohring the lidjkes j hut he did not like i
to be considered a demonstrative man, so we [
looked significantly at each other, and said nofh- I
ing. Still waters ara sometimes very deep.
At last, the carriage cKir.e round, mid we got
!?J' %$rm of us lietddcs the other who was to
was room for more, but it w as | '
3 alto out of her line, the mother said, to go on A
ashing drile before breakfast; so wo left her
oh the piazza Villi a pickle dirh ia her hand, and
wijdog hec eyt#? With her apron.
ii i? * nan mne 10 me depot, and the ton not
quite Vtfen when we started. Hour calm the eir <
wee, of that September fr.urniog. We thought,
egntieU that ?e were, in ?ur bapptoem, thnt rre- t
tare sympathised with u?. It teemed m if there I
M never been oo fntr * etin rMng before, and 1
aetf half the glory of the morntug would hare i
been wnstedjiad-Liuie not been coming home. <
The e.?ra had not arrived when wo stopped at <
the station, but we heard the whistle of the lo- I
eomotiee, not rety far distant, and those few I
afeqt Waiting moments?what a world of bless- J i
ed autielpation they held. The sun was rising I
?Juliet Liulaf '
At last the train eame up?slopped. We looked
at the window-*; only a vow of and feces? <
li?e must hare been oo the other tide, A few j i
passengers wnw out, solemn-faced tuul silent
Wa pressed forward?so did those who were going
out of the train. The conductor motioned
to some^o i> in the earn. The two men enm?
out, and slowly descended the car, hearing a lifeless
body?a woman; her fenture* covered l>y n
veil. They bore it into a saloon, and laid it
reverently i^pon the eofa. 8ti\l tlic conductor
waved the crowd back?except our patty ^ 11a
knew ui, mil turned a Way bis face as we approached.
Then ho knew how it was; nil except the in
thcr; ho could not Wlieve! Firmly Ls raised
the veil from the dead face. Oh, God I All
Mereiful I la it thus wo meet thee, Lizzie, darling.
our best beloved, idol of our hearts J [.
In a brief time wo Icarped the .story. Learned
how the Angel of the 1 ord bad mot Lhuie
before us, in the still twilight of that autumn
morning, and after one pang, terrible we kuow,
but brief, had wnfted her gentle spirit to thoae
who waited for her in the home of angels I
At the very last stopping place Lizzie had left
Llife car to procure Some food for a little child
that had fretted all night in the arms of a wearied
mother. The train stopped hut a moment;
It was dhsk, an j none of the officials had seen
licr leave it. She returned hastily, to find the
rara in morion ; innde a mis-step, fell forward?
the rest is a Common JUtle, such as newspapers
chronicle every week. The beni'titul head with
ninny uurls? it as what we saw at the station
house. And
"Thus aver fades Car earthly dreams of bliss!" (
An Amuiing Expose.
A few days since, wc called attention to the 1
fact, that great cxciu-inent existed in Zanesvills, I
Dhio, with regard to the disappearance of n Mr.
Curtis, who, it is said, had divulged the secrets
>f tlie Sons of Malta, and had been spirited away
i?y the members of the Order, to the great distress
of his family and the astonishment of the
rruhlie at large, who scarcely knew what to think
>f the boldness of the proceedings. It turns out
row that the expose which gave such offence to
ihe Order, was net written by Curtis, but by ! ?
wife, who cornea out with an avowal of the fact,
lud gives it as her opinion that the Sons are not
4> blnmc for his disappearance.
Mrs. Curtis writes a very amusing account of
dr. Curtis and a Mr. Smith becoming Sons of
Malta, and the natural ctniosity of herself and
drs. South to find out the secrets of the Order.
The two Indies agreed to have themselves pro?osed
as member*, and got Mrs. Smith's cousin to
iltend to the mutter. "Well," Mr*. Curtis gim
>n to Ay, '* we were proposed and elected, and
ioe Came down to the*tore where we were, and
old us, *o we hurried through with the dressing,
ind went up to the ante-chamber and sat down
ill in a row. We hadn't si it there long before
wo men came out to us, from the inside room,
ill muffled up iu gowns, and having a kind of tin
int on their heads, w hich covered their faces.
They asked us for f6 eaelt, and Joe handed over
hu? money for us and himself, as we had given
dm neurly all our amounts, mid promised him
lie rest soon. Then there came two other men
ike the other two, who formed us into n line, "
111 ry cmicfl it uiugie ni?%) and to|il us to walk "
iglit along. They bad rwoi'ilt, and one of them *
vulkcd Id-lore Joe, w ho wu? in front, while the '
ither walked behind me. It was dark, or nearly
o, when we pasted in. 1 was glad of the dark* |
leas, because, hating on a anil of my husband's i
lothes, I was not enre that I hey fit very well."
bhe next describee some of the scenes in>ide ns n
he aaw then), and soya: " 1 w?a not frighleued ;
or I am not one of your timid people, being
reared to ride eolta, shoot pistols, skate and swim.
!o I got through all t|ie manoeuvres previous to
hat coat business pretty well. But when the
ionduetor aaid, * Can you aw int. air V I said ' yea I'
Can yon swim in fourteen feet water V 1 aaid
yea, the deeper the better I' ' Well, take off your
toat and try yourself 1' Now, when he said ' lake
If your coot,' that seared me, because 1 had put
>d o loose seek on purpose, for reasons you will
ee yourself However, I thought a moment, and
hen aaid, ' No, sir, never heed the coat?I can
iwim ns well with as.without it.' 'Very well,'
aid the conductor,' your peril will he upon your
> >. k?.S V I.. I1 ' ' - ? - *
iivm *?j? joiir ii/iu nnnn, ?ir, c
take this life pr?*server,' and here he gave me a c
)U*h, atid 1 went over back ward, and aa noon as 1 ?
flighted 1 went up again, then flying down and |
ip in the same way till I thought all my limine .
vere flying out of the top of my brad, one? then I
everything swam round until 1 did not know any- r
king at all, for 1 hud fainted, t
" The next place 1 found myself was in the nnte:h
amber, or rrtlher, just being led into the nutehninhcr
by two men, and 1 was first conscious
hat 1 must have been sitting in a bath tub with
ny clothes on. 1 think that the chbl air brought
ne io my KiiK>> i lie two men ioohwu wry
eared and sorry. 1 looked about fur Mrs. Smith <
ind Joe, but they bad gone aa soon av tli-y heard
lie n<dse made in initiating ine. I asked one of
he men if Mr. Curtis was in the Lodge. The
nan skid Ire was, 1 said 1 would lika to see liim
i minute, 'flit man went into the lodge-room,
md presently out came my beautiful husband, ail
nuflicd up. 1 just whispered a word or two tn
lie ear, and may be be didn't pull of hie gown
ind hood io short order and walk hon e with iufr
" lie left me that niglff in anger and mortifleaioti,
and I have not seen him since. But then he
lad no need to be angry, because he has always
mown Uiat I have been in favor of woman's
ights, and have always held that women are as
nil mrii. i/nv wikh hwiii? iu vur r?uii? *
?f Malta," 1 think women'* rights is a failure ; >
!hr*y ea/mrrt. do h. I do not suppose any of the '
iietubara recollect my initiation, but they will !
rcolleet the man who fainted uiilena ther9 have I
>een o the re who have fainted ae well as my Self, i
ivfileh last, f think quite probable."
Mra. Curtisatofw here. Her husband, we may
?d?f, is jat missing, and Is not likely tuom U> turn <
op, but she blastn bereelf wifli ths^wl^ls thing. <
A
Waqks or Nomhkrn Farm Lahore"?.?The
New Vsfk Tribune (wo presume to demons-rnto
iho blessedness of free labor) ia publishing ?niwen
to ibt inquiries about present nndpfospectvo
prices of form labor in the Northern nnd
IVielerii States. IUre are a few figures which
"rill give a just idea of all. Weil em Xno York,
Jlsego county, C2+ cents a day. Farmers do
lot liiro by the month in winter. Onondago
;otiWty, 87$ cents per day ond board. Chemung
:ounty, 60 to 02} cents per day. UUter county,
T6.00 per month and hoard. Michigan, 60 cents
>er day and board. Wixeonnin, $140 per year
ind hoard. Indiana, $200 a year nnd board.
Ohio, 60 cents nnd board. Penntylvauia, $8.00
>er month in winter and board, $180 to $140 all
he year round. Girls get $1.26 per week for
tousework. Ma?ochuottto, (interior,) *76 cents
lor day nnd board.
The reader will bo surprised to see, in running
>vor these figures, that the pries of Northern frse
abor (and it la hard labor at that) is something
ess than average negro hire in this part of tho
South, lie will see, too, tlint^ Northern farm
nborcr cannot octually lay by as much money
n the year as a clever Georgia plantation negro
with nu ordiunrily indulgent muster. Indeed,
uany of our Georgia plantation bonds could
lire ona of thmi f?nn I.. - ...i..i
vitli the product of his "Nankeen colton crop." j
ilurrah for (he blessedness and luxury of North I
n free farm labor. It it wonderful those boy*
ire ready to fight fur the "dignity" of Northern
free farm labor 1 Toiling ten hours a day in
sinter snows at five cent* an hour is something
vorth fighting for indeed! Turn away with
four hurdy gurdy, Mr. Greely.
[ if aeon Telegraph.
Tmt Wsr thic Exoi.mii bimxo t*r Cliltnaitx.?The
English bring up their childreu very differently
torn the manner iu which we bring up ours ?
They have aii abundance of fresh out-door air,
very day, whenever it it possible. The nurserynaids
are expected to take nil the children out
dring every day, even to the infant. This eusoin
it becoming more prevalent in this country,
ind should be pursued wherever it is practicable,
nfanta should be accustomed to the open air.?
Ve confine them too much, and heat tlicm too
ntich for vigorous growth. One of the finest
i-Alures of the Londun parks is said to be the
trowds of nursery maids with their groups
leulthy children. It is so with the promenades
if our large cities to a great extent, but is less
:ommon in our country towns than what it
hould he. In consequence of their training En[lish
girls acquire n habit of walking that uclompnuies
them tlirough life, und gives them a
nuch healthier middle life tlinn our women enuy.
They are not fatigued with a walk of five
mils,*ud are not ashamed to wear, when walk
ng, thick soled shoes, fitted for the dampness I
h?-y must encounter, llalf of the consumptive |
eohlrness of our girls results from tlie thin allocs j
hey \v?.ar and the cold feet they must neeessari>
have. English children, especially girls, are I
icpl in I lie nursery and excluded from fashion,
i,t., i. >.1 -ii />s?..i;.i 1 a
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,ge when our girl* are in the very heat of tlirtaion,
utid are llnuking of uothing but f. sliionuble
ife.
Dk. IIall on Hotel I.ivino.?In the last num>?r
of hi* "Journal of Health," Dr. Iiall soya of
he system of family hotel living:
" When a wife or daughter bus nothing to do, J
nd the, appetite is stimulated day ufter day by
.11 the arts of ' scientific cookery'?when the
ive o'clock dinner is universal, and when the
tomach is 'raving' for food in consequence ol
he almost entire abstinence since breakfast?a
louble work is ikrowu in upon it in itsdcbilitnt
id state and keeps it 'laboring' during the
greater part of the night, making what ought to
>e the hours of peaceful rest absolutely hideous
jy terrible dreams, nnd the morning comes with>ut
the blessed renewal of strength which healthul
sleep would have given, and this for weeks
tnd mouths together. Verily, it is no wonder
hat the thoughtful physician should apply the
I'?ucii anvu iuui, au uiij jiureni wnu wouiu
sptXto o family to such * lifo. And in the light
>f it we may gather that the most certain means
>f making life a failure, in toto, on the part of
my newly-married couple it to ' go to boarding.'
letter a thousand timea, socially, morally and
ihyaieally, hire a two-roomed shanty, live on
iread and potatoes, and do the housework Wilh>ut
the aid of menials, and continue to do these
hinge until means are accumulated to take a
itep higher.
Ma.nt Facto in a Small Compass.?The number
>f languages spo'sen is 4,004. The fiumitcr of
nt>n fs aliont equal to tho number of women,
iiii average of human life U .>? years. One
ptmrter die before the age of seven; half befofe
he ago ot 17. To every 100, 6 reaches 7ft yearsnd
not thofe than 1 In ffOO tfill reach 80 years
There ere on the earth 1,000,000,000 of inhabiting.
Of thein X8.888,838 die every year; 91,
>?* uiu every any; every hour; ana 00
>er urinate, or 1 erefy eeeood. These nre aliout
>alane?-d by nn equal number of Idrlhs; The
harried are longer lived than the single, and
ibove all thoee who obearve a dober and indue*
rioua conduct. Tall men live longer titan short
>nrt Women have more olianoee of life previtna
to the age of fifty years Altanrmen, but fewer
iftef. The number of marriages are in the pro
vortion of 76 to 1,000. Marriages are more ftejuent
after the equinoxes?that la, during the
nouths of June and Decembef. Tltese born in'
iprlng are generally more robust than others,
dirths and death* are more frequently by night
hen by dey. Number of men capable of bearng
arms is one fourth of the population.
"I oo through my work,"' as the needle said to
the idle toy. " But not till you're hard pushed,"
as tbs idle boy said ta the needle.
+ * '
Time Waited.?A dreadful account niuet be
gtvch of sll that i* lort nnd w?>Ud. When the I
Judge shell nfeen>l IUs throne in the air, And nil
the mods and daughters of Adnni nre brought bofore
liiiTf, the gin ml inquiry will be, What have
you done all tlio time in yonder world? You
pent thirty or forty ye*re there, or |K-rh*ps seventy
or eighty ; and I gave you this time, with
a thousand opportunities and means of grace and
Salvation, and what have you done with them
all? |kw many sermons hnve you iicnrdf?
How many seasons did I give you for prayer and
retirement nnd converse with God and yourowrt
souls? Did you improve time well? Did yoti
pray ? Did you converse with your souls and
with Godf Or did you suffer them to sliJV
awsy in s thousand Impertincuces, aod neglect
the one thing necessary T
A fruitless and bitter mourning for tho waste
nnd abuse of time will be another consequence of
your folly. "Whatsoever satisfaction yon may
take now in ^passing away time merrily, nnd
without thinking, it must not n?? nwav iu> fnr.
over. If the approaches of dentil do not awnken
yon, judgment will do it. Your conscience will
he worried with'terrible reflections on your foolish
conduct.
Not Alonk.?Alone! sny not that I nm alone!
Do yon not ace that little sunbeam dancing so
gracefullyf It peeps ever and anon over my
shoulder, and now shrinks back as if bluahing to
see itself llie subject of enlogism. Welcome,
sunbeam I for thou hast come from a world fur
brighter than this?'tis thou who gildest the angel's
crown, and tlirowest a halo of light where'er
thou dwelleab The ocean Welcomes thee, and
ceases for s while Its heaving; for to Its bosom a
sncrcd guest is clasped. The sea nymphs woo
thy gaze; the untold wealth of thi sea thou be- ,
boldest, while man cannot give one glance at the ^
many mysteries nnd beauties concealed beneath
its profound depths. Thou hast come to bring
good tiding? to the weary, and tlinn whisperest,
" There is rest in heaven." And thou lias visited
the lonely cell, too, where the poor criminal is
incarcerated in chains; thou art kind, indeed, to
think of him: to wander from so bright a home
lo cheer the unfortunate. '
Nut a Commission M snort ant.?Some time since,
Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati, shipped, to ,
the care'of the American Minister in London,
Mr. Dallas, ten boxes of sparkling Cntnwbi*. and |
requested him to be so very good as to accept (
one box for bis own use, and turn over the other
nine to his wine-merchant, with instructions to ,
sell them for what price he thought beet, and ac- |
count for the net proceeds to one Nicholas Longworth,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, direct. Mr. Dallas,
however, returned the subjoined reply: I
"DearSir?Yours is received, informing, <?e.
I cannot approve of your proceed lire. I cannot (
reconcile the duties of Minister Plenipotentiary
of the United States at this Court willi those of (
n commiuion merchant. I shall not receive the
wine, dco. Yours, Ac.,
"Cronaic M. Dallas." '
Mr. Dallas was perfectly right, and Mr. Longworth
about as grecu as some of his own young
grapes.
? -4^k- ? -
i limited i i>kah.?oinria naunuers, an oia laciy,
had formed u singularly low estimate of heavenly
things. She was crippled and wasted away,
and the moral tenement seemed scarcely to hold '
together. So, one day, I said?" Never mind,
Maria, all will be changed ; there will be no pain 1
or sorrows; and we shall have a new body, even
a heavenly tody." "Ah, sir," she said, "I am
eo glad to hear you say so. 1 do want a new
body very bad ; yea, and a new inside too.4' Indeed,
the sublunary notions of the poor ar^^f
ten very striking. A friend related to me how
onec, when he had mistificd an old sailor with
the text* lie quoted in answer to his inquiry as
to what heaven would be like, and what kind of
happiness to hope for, the olJ man exclaimed?
" Yea, sirall very good, as your honor soya: no
doubt of it ? but, says I, old England fur tue."
Loveusrrs.?What constitutes true loveliness f
Not the poli?hed brow, the gaudy dress, nor the
show and parade of fashionable life. A woman
may have all the outward marks of beauty, and
yet not possess a lovely temperament. It is the
benevolent disposition, the kind acts and the
Christian deportment. It is in the heart, where
meekness, truth,affection on<l humility are found,
where we louk for loveliness, nor do we look in
vniu. The woman that can Mtioolftc the aching
heart, smooths the wrinkled brow, alleviate the
anguish of the miud, and pour the bulm of con
solut ion in the wounded breast, possesses, in an 1
eniineiit decree, true loveliness of character.?
6'iit- is the r?-i companion of man, and docs {i.o
work of an angel. It ia suih a character that
l>les>ee witli warmth and sunshine, and uiakelh
earth torusetnblfi tbc Parnd'ue of Cod.
A Rittdioi's Lira.?The beauty of n religious
life is fine of ita grenteat recommendations.
What does It profeM? Peace to oil ninnkiml.
ft teaehea us those arts which Will contribute to'
our present comfort as well ns our future happh i
uesa. Its greatest ornament is charity?it iiieult
atea nothing but love and simplicity of affection,
trbreaUies nothing but the purest spirit of delight;
in short, it ia a system perfectly calculated
to benefit the heart, improve the ntind, and enlighten
the understanding.
??
Thrri ia one redeeming trait about lsr.y people,
and (hat is, they are always good-natured.
%iw ut u man who eleepe eight hours out of
dPnve, and we wilj show you an Individual who
will noftjgear, though en omnibus shofild stand
for an li^hr on "that aofe f6ot of his." The only
folks who lose their tempers nnd " take on,"
nfk yqar smart, enterpfidng fellows, who deal ia
ttocfca sad get op "coroin " on (toabi
*
To Stop Potato** >rov HOmao.?*Ah agricul-lira]
cxcliunge says: _ ,
" An experienced agriculturist Inform* us 1li?i
\l>out six yeors ago lie applied lime to potato**
that were partly rotten, and that it immediately
rrrcHtod the decay; Since then he has made it a
common practice to apply slacked lime to his potatoes
as he takes them up. 11a puts a thin layer
of lime upon the floor tfhtre the potatoes are
to he laid,-slid sprinkles some of it o\'er them
iiront every ten incites ns insMP) |Mi down?
con^Wefs this as perfectly pr^fflng them from
rotting, as he has uever had a l'otten potatoe
liuce he lias practiced it; and lie believe*, also,
hat the potatoes thus used, are rendered better
by the action of the lime. We advise the farmers
to trv this plan, as it easily can be done by
Lhem nit."
Save Your Uootb.?The Fishermen, in some
parts of life country, preserve tlieir l>oots waterproof
by the following composition : One pint of
boiled linseed oil, half a pound of mutton euet,
six ounces of pure beeswax, and four ounces of
resin. These ingredients are melted together
over slow tire, and the hoots, when new and
quite clean, are warmed and rubbed with the
composition, till the leather is completely Saturated.
There is also an improved composition,
the good effects of which are sufficiently ascertained,
vi?: One onnee of drying oil, two ounces
>f yellow wax, two ounces of spirits of turpentinei
ind half an ounce of Burgundy pitch, carefully
melted together over a slow fire.
A Last Look.?There is a feeling that resembles
death in the last glance we are ever to bestow
on a loved object The girl you have treasured
in J'onr IsCart, ns She pnfires by on her wediing
day, it may be happy and blissful, lifts up
Iter laughing eyes, the symbol 6f her own light
heart, and leaves in that took, darkness and deso
lation to you foreter. The boy your falher-spirit
clung to like the very light of your existence,
svavce his hand from iquurU-r deck, as the gigantic
ship bends over the breexe; the wind is playing
through the locks your hand so ofl-time has
smoothed ; the tears have dimned his eyes, for
mark, he moves his fingers over them?and this
is a last look.
Gov. CnASK tells the etory that when Lieut.
UcW. Newman, of Tennessee, was in Cineinnnti
Willi the Kentucky And Tennessee Legislatures,
lie was accompanied by bis " body sCivanf," a
sprightly, sadder colored " boy" of about thirty,
a lio was conscious of his dignity, Ills master,
who was in the habit of jesting with him fntnil
iarly, accosted him in the hall of the Neill
Mouse just before the departure of the guests,
with m " Why, Jack, linvn't any of the Abolitionists
enrried jou off yetV" "Yah! yaii j
Ma-?' Newman," quoth Jack, " when 1 seed you
gwine down dc street, arm in arm wid Oubiu-r
Dennisou and Oubncr Chase, I tot you were gono
sure." ^
"Modal Bctobm."?Subject?a boy four years
?ld?" By gracious, mother, 1 want some money.'* j
" Oh, my darling, you should not use such
words." ?
" Well, hy thunder and lightning, then, I must
bave some."
" Oh, dear me ! James Charles William Henry
Augustus Cn-sar Frederick Lufnyetta .Bonaparte
Smith, if ydu say such awful words 1 must punish
you."
** Well, then, old woman, I ?eear I will have
some; now."
t t \f /> n . /i h - ? t. ?
jl1uw iu .mams u"uu ua^wlkj.?v>aihlie wick, ii
steeped iu liuie aiul saltpetre, and dried in the
tun, will give a clear light, and be little apt to
fun. Good candles may he made thus: Melt together
ten ounces of mutton tallow, a quarter of
an ounce of camphor, four ounces of alum ; then
run it into moulds, or dip the caudles. These
candles furnish a beautiful light.'
A fkw more smiles, a few more tears, soige
pleasure, much pain, a little longer hurrying and
worrying through the world, some hasty greetings,
and abrupt farewells, and our play will be
played out, and the injurer and injured will he
led away, and ere long forgotten. Is it worth
while to hate eaih other?
Rkugiok should begin in the family. The holiest
sanctuary is home. The family nNhr is
more venerable than that of the cathedral. The
education ot the s?ul should begin and be carried
on at the fireside.
" Brr down, sit down, now?eat, drink ffnd he
merry, every mother's son of ye," cried Tat, to
his guests. " Make youfSclvcs at home; 1 'in nt'
home, and jist wish ye wore every one of ye that
same."
Look on slanderers as direct enentcs to civil
society, as persons without honor, honesty, hufrtftnity.
Whoever entertain* you with the faults
of others, designs to serve you in a similar manner.
Nrw clothe* and piety go well fogether. Fof
n whole month lifter n eeftflin Miss obtained n
new tniiiililla, she appeared in church three limes
n d*r.
Lisa* in cfiil<l(ivod, if you can, that happiness
is not outside, hut iuside. A good heart and a
clear conscience brings happiness; uo riches and
ho circumsMinces ever do.
wT ' ?--1
Tnt rfiftfTwho vy kicked by a saw horse Inst
week w?s obTigo to aubrnit to nn amputation.?Ilia
trow sen leges were tHken off just above bis
boots. Ilis case is a end one.
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Write your came-by amdncse, love nnd mercy
on the hearts of tho people you conie in cutset
Vith year by year, aud yon will never be
forgotten.
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The Jadge'a Saw Logs. H
In the village uf \\ lived a innti whefl
had once beeu Judge of the counlt^^H
and wat known >11 found by the name <>fl
1 Ju.lgo 1j "* . He kept a store and saw initi^H
and t#as always sure to have the best of *HH
bargain on hut side, by wfflck nreahs he had^H
gaiued An ample competency, a'ud ?< me didHH
not he^itnte to call him the M biggest rnscaJlMH
in the world. He was Very conceited with-^H
al, and used to delimit in bragging of his^H
business capacity when any one was near to^H
listen. One rainy day, at tpiite a i.uuTberMB
Was sealed round t!i* stove in ihe t-torc, he^H
I began as usual to tell of his great birgairtnMB
| and finally wound up with. "Nobodv everBi
cheated 'me, nor they can't licit her."
Judge," said an old man of the compa-j^H
nv, " I've cheated you tnore'u you ever ditfHgp
. m
" How so f" said the Judge.
' If you'll pronrive ybu Won't go to law
about it, nor do nothin*, I'll tell, or else
wont;you aro too much of a law chaiaeierH^
for me." . , m
" Let's hear ! let's hear !" cried half a doZ-M
en voices at once. M We'll bear you out liffl
it?go ou 1"
" I'll promise," said the Judge, " and trtaftfl
in the bargain, if you have."
? W..II .t? ...... -i? .1?? ? ?
? vii, v*v j vu i vjuikiuuci kunb nagvu \ UU
rybbcd tWe OUt of P*
" 1 nevor robbed you out of any wagon,** '
exclaimed the Judge, " I only got inyl'
" Well. I made up my mind to have it I
back, and " ...
14 Hut you never did f* cried the Judge. B
" Yes I did, and interest, too J"
" llow ?" thundered the now enragecr
Judge.
" \Vell, you see, Judge, I sold you, one H
day,- a very nice pine log. .and bargained I
with you for a lot more. Well, that log I I
stole off your pile, down bv your mill, the I
night beforC, and rtext day I sold it to fan. I:
That night I drew it hack home, and sold it 11
to you next day, and so I kept 6n until you B
bought your own leg of me twenty-seven I
timesJ" > .... ,
" Thafs a lie P cited the inaa Judge, run'- I
ning to his book and examining bis log no- I
counts;"you never sold ine t .venty-sevotf I
logs of the same measurement." ; ;
" 1 know H,w said the vender in logs.?- B
" By drawing it back and forth tue end wore pi
| off; and. as it wore, I kept cutting the ondl fl
off until it was only ten feet l6ng?just four J 1^
teen feet shorter than it wa9 the KM time I
you bought it, and whey it got so short, I I
d ew it home and worked it up into shingles,- li
and the next week you bought the shingles, JM
and then I concluded I had got my wagcm
back, and in my pocket book."
The exclamation of the Judge was drown- [Ij
ed in the shouts of the bystanders, and thd pj
log drawer found the door without wailing I
f r the Droiuised treat. And to see ? fi'
man, you have only to ask the Judge if hr?'
was ever shaved.
A Witty Rkuskist.?Away down inf
Maine, a big Indian was tried, convicted and
fined five dollars for'stealing, lie immediately
pulled out n Well filled wallet and
counted out the money to Judge Johnson,
demanding ail the same time a receipt; When
the following colloquy occurred.
Judge.?" Sam', you doh't want a receipt
yor it is settled on the docket, and
can ?e\er again come up against you."
Indiati ?" 1 pay yoif the mon6y : woll,give
me receipt. , ,
Judge.?" I tell you that you don't need
it, for it is settled on the docket."
Indian.?" While man say me steal,
Judge Johnson day me steal, I say me no
steal, but ine pay uiu, uovv give oin receipt."
Judyas?" Well, since yon iiishd upon it,
if you will give a good reasou for wanting it,
1 vk ill nrivA t'oii ai?o "
~ .1 ??v ft
Indian.? ' Well, wuen roe die, me spects
to go to heuvch. VTerry well! when me,
get-, to (lie gale, Feter snjs 'go way Indian,
von steal.' I sSys worry well, what if ! do,
don't I pay uni f l'eter say*, show um a r^
ceipt. and tlien if I don't have um I ah an
l>? obliged to go look all through hell
find Judge Johti>ort to prove I pay um.''
stcrvndors Ei-oquknck.?One of the
greatest speeches on record is the follow ing,
de-<rd?hig the destruction of a (heelinghouse
l y a flood :
* A lew short w6eki Ago, and you sa*
I w.u mmo; ni'-^nii^ nuuKu lowering up in
\our midst like a granny dctir in a cornfield!
Now, none so poor to do it icVtfenco
! It has gone the way of all ftesb/-?llie
mighty torrents descended frofn the
eternal clouds; the nir Was filled with cries
of despair ; the rivfef swelled and ran over :
the mighty building creaked, shook, lose
from the suiface of the water, inojt?d like a
world In miniature dotvh the vast expanse,
cariying off with it an old pair of boot*
that I had left in one corner of our po*."
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Fat's rikfn?on?b.? A Iiislininn was about
to lil ifrv a Southern girl for iter propeity.
" Will you take tins woman to be your
wedded wife iM said tho minister,
"Yes, your me.cnce, aird the uiggors
too," said J 'at,
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l> > NOT WV. \r Mie half yon that von
hear, but Inako sure that you Ulici?. aU
hat you say.
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