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'SpP^Er:^,.; ioi.'.^'". V'.'v'-'"- GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, -JUNB- t\. W0B. ~"r? NUMBER 7. -
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* JTprto b <nl?rtnonf |*>?bi#, by I*. '
comftiy of VWhtta, wjb th? fuUo*rtft?'W)(#<?fll!?A.|?'lt..?.l,:n
,. jEg ;li
- Let"* w*Ua ltttU longer, TdmL. ^
3Hfor? wo wort w*r4 * !. -?
" wi^t for old"Aunt U?tn?rk?,8%k^- ; ; ,
'-'V Twoftld bVenk l>*r,benri;''Hn?br.? '<y
^foykV-lWrUW1
.!: H*uj>c?! 1?, trtllte an.tmow/. . ,f ,
' Tbe tart leaf of tiui gixnl olS-icec?* )* 2, -* |
i1(8k
4-V !* &>* *?< ^ irfv ^ 1"
V Kag w^l sU? lOroil uitn^rJ ?U all .*:,
0, lon^-nnd Wng ago K s
Be*ido-y?n erqWhMng gnrden wall,
Our gajlautf.dluT 11c - t <"Our
good, old nioihuk'?V ^jl*?
Ajint Ui*!?njtH ojo?od e*o*!
eh#u?M'Ui?flftymst<r<n|lieab-botb, *
j Some Wji -ycirt V^o? \ , i :
- To Vent* doftr Wd grave* behind ,
1 tsx
- .y* BJ?| trc,u,?^? "grca,t.k?>d ?man,.
i Asst. Ua^sh UW wWhi giro %p MOUO,.n, *x -
> *, no 'r*?oh?r W^wnlL^ *
W? laid hj? good award <*? Breast, [js* '
t j,' for Iwiirt'&atjc&rnt ' ?
m,' W hihfl oi4 Auj/l Qanpah knelt Intehra-AU
! Tom ! vrt epnuot go J ^
Tier paddit vW Aon :
. * The kindly angel noihe, - ,*x *
And JfcadHIh^ good^ohi, 'fnltbfol aoirt, "S
" Too4rjr^MMjViA*moAnd
wheg freVe marked kor 'imjda grayo,
I. And dropped.?ie*r or so, ' **|SiHbf '
W*ll ?nr the tabes at tkm-p***, , ?' <^7 L !
And westwaj-d gajl)- ga !
. --'"i
3a ""SHftrsthig" ,?tonj.
T ill HflUSfiK&PliB.^'
.*< iXr '
A 1*ABT> fko?*?lemiki'iimt ?f r?r??
j\,. eticcg ** u? winiiea
b ?Stu4ltan m a nOU#BKPfK>KlVi? <
flraA'aMutly. RofvnsD?Mfc?rfl. A*?1W?
> |^<y> ^ fjXITHi Box ism,
'1 p,e"^ ^f
K BWMy, l.ut T was forty ttve y<*?* old,
?Td ltad n*m arrived *tS?f?gtory
way of ?f?n<fcng i?, I condi?U*l. ilial
tflj erforw fli?- waol of n borne of
my own. ton^ng/a ?udolon dfaguat
tor.4}Otyois and boarding I Ipek a
. ' htMMlV VdiWo in n ftepectafelfc fuut
I . of <h?.towu, and begnif looking tor a
IkuImItaMMI1. Tll? AilrariiMni*"' uiKW> i
heads this nfttrativa \ h?<l jtmt mo' my
gUdcwf'ovariib? "VWHTIU *in'
the evening; pfcper. It flensed mo.
*' . -f wm rebdfog k for- lift - twentieth
t'?m?s JnvcKed ift rny
mmm.
Attention to,, us care - fcr -isy comfort
"SM ntroo.Wthn thom I
lending bor pretty Ashler, t-M^t and
H -bek "believed of ibe three. $ho *** a.
L ? handsome if<mfan,.of wHnin*ndma,-im"
, -"pnrtnl order, and she leojtetb bor beat
P ; |h*t" Winter ejW^D tn her^-rith fnrt
-i ?ad r/r^W?^.?rinj?(2 with
? the dfrctft of tb? kew( frb^y ?Tr, arid
the ?h$b?4*beto-taking. '
w, tf I au?>rery fVad ^o >oy, glita,^
RV '-fanto
fcgfNHM*
WL ilnffMM TwS^^S^BSK
|f ; <? **< +m 9?i ih*r? Will U ?
V # good diwi of Iroiibl*. I* tb? H?rt j>H*?
|B^^^^U?Tfl?Sd?kcto?A6ep?ry^^
1 nwUM IV P]>MK
"VllSinH, Snttdic."
-Wild, at Jill, "troubling yon
about my aftairs."
u-For shame ! ** if j*o?'?r?r bad
Beaton to ikihb anyrt?injy"f could <16 for
yuuj\f<w!d bo a (roulde.
' yory jn*t rtMnnrfc, consnloriffg tint
4ieK ^pluouifv teryjco on my Uifialf
jpitiounteU to, los'klo fre<p>vnt viaiix. n
.pair ofuUppers, with a pink-owl (fllBfjV
cat on cmditoe, ami u t>inokiug cap.
with, a gr?*ri eved,p?<H\lo q^tichwih j
'' \o^plnue ba$?re-? bar* l)?c
pa par in wbicli T hadJ marked* tbo'iifl?t*
linemen vtlmtl liMul* (kWnUiela. }
> u Thwe. Elian. that is whirl I -iinvo
"been thinking about'. <SotH' briv/ I fhnailio(ri3
lite Mrs. Ni. L.Smlth \
untajVtuo lioi naiiK.' i-. T am ,
gotag U? wtilo to box 1004"s"?
liut aren't 3*x>u acting- ort impubc,
. Perhaps bo?1 nUyftve do?r?h1
eflmpbow liiy ventures- have been tolcr
but tins m sitcli nu..important
tjrfnjfr yu? know," and she
unWJM Vnthfr utiensfty. * that 'you
wilTie ?ure Uv marry the litdy," ,. '!
at-Mnrr* f > 1 'believe every woman bus
Vli httf thfe elements of nn- ICve. Hero j
whs hd npylp I never should hare seen
but far'my hi>v-. 4lt-*as my
Hull to lad^lt.
" }Y|iv, yo, EHr.n. That ,ts\Aji idea
of cuuiJKi i never thought of. I don't
jwiHgtHe it would prove to lie ono with
?m not :l marrvin-r mat). Hesides,
slie is without doubt a widow
will) children, ?nd;? " ?s
I pepped, tor I Ycmejnbered my sis- j
'WrV< l>vr?H\Tni&ut nutl incumbrance. |
tier face turned crimson.-. \
ilo not think if Impossible
ibairv n wUlbvir witb .children, and
you nuiynot when Kirs. Smith has kept
horse for you si* months; thbrtgh, to
?e*bure, I don't think some women
Could-ever tnako up their mind* to luarryngurn."
' * - >
1 Mipi'OMi " some tvonmn " referred
lO IMMX'il, ftlMt I fttU gilKl ut tin* him
aa to "her'sentiment*, fur poor Kobori
Jiu.d'Icf^.Ids' fiuiiilv vt/ry comfortable,
?iul fUivl not. waul lo see. lii? children-,
vtehiifet' -to (lie unlentler mcicie? of n
After a fctv im?r?rtrilU?
tiona. froln Mr.*. Bishop, ami ?v few
strouj? cxpreasjons of admiration for
\ariom uiti<les of feminine adornment
frttn Mule BUV.A. which exlinoti .1 ftnm
Vfj>er go0(l nntUu (1 uncle
fh? OTWoTOF^aniuuiit of hu h money,
anil I wrote my
latiar^oMcb. In il I Rtn\pd tyy
t&tfehcotfia salary 1 was willing lo
pay, iwul the nmuber of iny household. 1
t ga^e her my n:imc and the nam<* of
V few. of my fitends who would be
ready tt> jtffhfd her whatever informalioittdtu
lri)u\r<|(I a? to ;ny..means njid
iobarncter. l-ndded a postscript Lu any tbul
i pi*H\ctirhrly objected to-children, and
should inaku it ft tuijnt with my housekeeper
to leave hers bent nil her. If
-thedlfced the terms and stipulation*, I
H^JfWited llf? .to. call nt my comitim;room
the entuiit#.eveuing. I
It wf nid bn idle lo say tlmt I atiendO.I
thiv' jilmAte IA linaihua it...
forenoon. aTlia housekeeper-fever, the
Lpmrr lodging*. Iiuii taken full pomjev
?k>n of me- -"I mu.*t con few. l>e?idew, lp
no anyiilV curiosity' as to tin? por*onnl
appearance of M L. Smith. I wanted
ftft ngreenble hoiin*ke?<p?r. Not too
y,oOng?Utht wouldn't lork well ?no
"tocdbUaw, wrinkled crono to' sit opposite
rn? nt my b?v>rd, but n pleMant, oheerroft^otnan,
yonnj epupgfc tt> ruako my
homo lively.
It wh? about 11 n'clock when my
young inAn waited ujon the Inrly in.
My ptetyous favNiublu i fit prions were
^BinfianpV. l,y apppirauco. i
diw-TwR 'Wlh?h-hor handsome, iiitainlv
not in tl*.?i>le ot' my sister-in-law.
She * small womtn, li<;lit footed
and "i.'iul.'t, v. ttli a snnny, pieA??ntface,
*.viiich might Lave tCbtifiqd to lib ty-live
summer*. Lui no-winter*, surely ; or, if
ehrrHHtb wot. stnrih ?twl rliill she had
Liprffe th&in"1v!>h aucK.'br Ave nnl?#nce
lit fit hot VcfteoU'd onlv li? >?n
'beam*. Ik-r brown hair \\wbut aimply
RH^-nlD'toUiiy *way bum licr tr in?firil
face. lUif ayou. yore, frank and
cheerful. lief mouth was Hot email,
"but wirmlnj* and. smiling.. ^\V hen she
spoko, lier tmv, pleas n at lonfc endorsed
n <T her e6un\(Fnan?o.
' Wr, fti?liop. I believe ; the gentle
Hito k*n*kt flit* Iffer&SftV
'&tf* drew the *>pl*tl? frdqp her pocket.
the ap*fc*. Hutdnm."
I' I ca<Q+! fcir, to S?y tU^t'T' *t>h1<1 *cK#f)t
your propy?iti?)hH, UJ you till wilb
it, no* that wo havtf met. .
! ? wa* about to.any thai. .J wished ,it
niore than e*er, J?tn<H) i had seen her,
bntfhrttmauly reoo)lfcl?d it) lime, that
to. ujjr > tyouackedper hot6
iti part of ^hrf 'prpgramijtc, arid rery
(feooroatly eoneUuksd way engagement
in i rttatVcr of finH etKl hiahjWh manner.
The' riv?x\ week ?i>e eMir?4 Upon her
mine*. i.ivru. mw Known what H
was, to .?!' comfvrlnbk. Mv liotism
was ? mod*) of <wnv?nte^? indiljhple
r^TnT5w^S- <*wTreei^g
if Wat IMfttWffr 1i :nowtl J^aa^room
1 enough it* all my |><>ssos*i<aj*, a place
J to welcome iny friends tor, and a very
ayreeaoie companion in tny lioia-ukeep
?r when 1 chtme to talk tn her, mid mi
unol>l<u?ivo iniii inlcr to uty com torts
when I was silent, ' * >
? ^1'rue, Mrs. Jiishop found, w.bcno.vor
t-lio honored mo w.itii n yj.-rit, thnJ.iH>uie.thing
or other wjia K.ot< ordered.as she
fiaJ managed ?Lin poor, .dew Kgbert's
time. M U?'uselieepers, even tlio bpst pf
them,''. sho was wont la sjvp, " r^(|iiije.n
little looking after. They .can't ho ?*
peeled.to take so tnuch in(cre*ljn one's
atf.iis as one's own iclaUons", tier
comments <liil not give me much unejij-iness,
however.
' I weul home, one day, a little earlier
I than usual. I tfiouglii a ouk'f eliut
! ...hi. ..... 1.: ?-i- -
...hi i.ijt iiwusc ,'Twr nvcr IllO niliTVSj1
i<>r>tn fiio would hot ho n'np!ivflknrrt. I
1i:i<! ho^nn already to take altrijjt'hcr
jn'dro Interest' in her llifltt I wHS propnr
' e*T fo MtTynft'lrTrdW"lb ni l so! I. I pfotnrHMfj
'us 1 hurried WUlilff tl 1 e ehenrful
mrnVi, the handsomely tfcifi, nbd
I Mrs". Sfnirh~<rt herneat, rpdct dre?H, *fttmjr
with twiok or wfak 'waiting fin1 dinner
to t>e up. As I rest-lied
my rrWn door, however, I found it h^n, j
im?1 in tliq tinH thr** children 1 of
v?*#t i its; "t akin ?y * mott wfiooi i onnfe
farewell of' my house keeper. I had
never cared enough for hiiv on? before
to expeiienea such :?n .emotion n? jeal
. mwy. but l.iliink no oilier would adequately
describe my feelings a* I walked
into the parlor inul fcJuit the door,
l'reseutly Mrs. Smith made her appearaucev
. , . .. (
I " I am sorry, Mr," hha. began.
' Notnt ?l!, madam."
u u.Oh,.but I ?t?? J yomcmber your
stipulations <J>otU the children peifaclly.
I fcurely,<jid not intend they should annoy
von. 1 pioMinied you would have
11 w yiy?-tl|UU> IU IW?jir QOMIing
| in your absence, and I liku to see them I
ns often as 1 can, Bill they snkfl not Be
lier.c ngnin at any hour when you ftrs
likely to coinc home,
?hc must have thought ino an tin
gracious bore, for I giouieeTout merely :
44 No matter?no matter'at all."
I was in r.n ill humor. Thd pleasant
anticipation; <*Wi*which I hurried
hiSmc lvnd hot been rentl^od. Mbr/eliver!.T
'i? us ported I wsUk becoming too
imub iutfcie*tod in my housckeopwr to '
like to .he rutuinded. that others luul
stronger claims upon Iter. 'ITiat evening
T sal on otie side ot' the bright tiro
? Mrs. Smith on tho other. I abhor
furnaces?it is one of my w\)i.o?v I
tared, when I was a hoy, lo make picturos
in tho fire, anil the linbir and I
ii.nl grown old folfPtl i or., We had sal
I silently for horrid time. Pwvns watching
I In two embers two little boats sailing on
lovingly side' by side. At length I a>k
*1 iiliritjiili1;" " 1 r "
44 What wat?Mr 1 SlniUi'e business,
madam I"
44 A merchant. lie, MR in a dry
good* firm, and nblu to give us every
luxiirv until lie died."
So that wan it. lie had failed and
died, and hi ft her ail ihose children to
support. I looked into tho ftfo agMh.
The boats had ^lriftedt far * apart and ^
wore sailing du,wn a flamo colored tiv"
ITo on one ride?the on^tpe other.44
l lutisid .m, l.ii'.f 10.im, fvli>, l,mil nt
44 Perhaps I . co?M 'have stood tho
duMroo If it wofeift fwk thinking slir
bad lovtd somebody else. She'd he
looking hack all tho while, comparing
the tfflh No. 1."
? Btr t"
My voice had attracted Mi*. Smith's
attention from her book, but she had
evidently not umlerstood what h said,
and wns looking up inquiringly.?
Thank frtMlfnrf lor thai 1 Unrrlm.l ?
lil'tto nervously, J imagine.
" Nutting?- I. was ui't speaking to
you. 1. think I was talking in my
sleep."'
* f-Jlio looked down again, and T watch-*
ed her instead ,of tlto (Ti Q. She was
pretty?prettier than I had given her
.credit for at tiret. 1 thought, too, alio
might ho younger than thirty, as I surveyed
Iter nor*. . 'there was a delicate
penuh blossom on her check, an inuorent,
almost giili.-h expres-ion to her
face. Well, cj^eek nnd expression were
nothiug W me. T got tip and went disconsolately
to bed.
The ue^t day my sister-in-law came
to see nte. . As usual, she hitd plenty of
suggestion* to make to Mis. Smith,
r which that lady received in s'tlenge, hut
with a peculiar inklo in her eyos.
At leogtii Mrs. Bishop followed me iu
tojnv library.
, Well,fcaiijio/* ?ljc romatkod, seating
UerftolC " since you do not stein dis*
(> I ip fulfill my prudiotiou and marry.
Awir houscksepor, I suppose I may
peak, 06 her freely. I have thought
.from (he first that sho was a vary artful
wom?m- ,ui h?re 00 dutabt tha?-wh?n
ah# cause here she meant to marry you.
Hho is, attentive now, btit of course
8l>ks herj6\iii,tootive. If any trial
oldcoffMyjfe*- wen Id find out who
year fVtenH* afy?'' V**. , . '
Jftti B?hop was right in litis, for the
trial, did- come, sfcd t aaw who my
frlemi was, rr 1 only frteiM.
i warn Lakes.ill early r* ife* eprinp<
My sfekaem eatne en St*l<i*$yb*ul was
attacked with sevcto* htoflnc1r&~ and
sharp pain* >0 my Wfofc J,TUe tn\. ftrg
1 days Mra Bishop spent in aaasduoUs
| care fortune; trough, to eoofoaa the
; truth, h?r .i>Ucmio;q, wefa JVPVii&W
iHJ'l.I would far rirli- r lu*yg
ilunoij to the tender w^iQty.<?; Sp
iiousi keeper, who, yaryly ?Jg? jiUo, toft
[mi* % t,1s
'111<> llind morning inv Jilivwian pv^noimced
rny disea-e miw}1 .. 1 v '
in that moment of tojror T 1 <> k< < 1 at
Eliza Bishop. IJer face iialof, ami I'
' couh] ?co n'cr liainl shako. Sin; t-pttke
iii a tti'ifiMing voice?
" T WfXn I ("til ! -tav n-ftn yon, Snh- j
!(Trt| Fwi-h I couhl. if it wow only
for myself I won!.I ; lot my oliiMien."' :
IwNrttj wotiM not have yci -lay,'' ! an-.i
"1 tv atilil" hnVo von iff ay
itrr worms; i rrw?ry?rn lihve not ?>tvMn i
! ?fer*d yourself. f Joddtye, sister Ulflb\.n |
F 8bo* front out of the room, and 1
ttn+ied to Mrs. Smith, who was stand
ing near:
* Notr you must go aho ! 'Pho doe- !
lor wilt find some ohu f6 tinrse me, mVd j
yon, too, m us I look out for vonrehildrcn." 1
" Jt iniistlock out for you? air mv ^
duly is hero now; 'Livotn nlie; 1 shaM !
stuv with you whifo you fined mo." i
Tlio little woman's voice w?s Ihm. j,
and her-eycs sJvoue with a clear, rrso- |
Into .light. 1 had not llw/iiglit hho pos,
aossedfQ much rcsoptic will and courage.
" Uouskjer," I v?id r "-do ><>W realise
all tlio risk you juu I loatlo-omn
du-ense, dhlgluieu)CJil, and perhaps lor
lil'lo death {"
' I have con.-iJeicd all, fir, and shall
stay."
Was I selfi-jh tp allow i^.? Perhaps
so, W even in, the hours, of deadly I
ireril, I, wljo had nevpr loved a woman 1
>efore, longed to have her at my tide. |
t to share my danger?uay. to die if 1
died ; to live for ine, or failing that, for |
no oilier.
I need not give the details of the I
' sickness thai followed ? the Weeks of '
terrible suffering, when tny soul and !
body coidu scarcely Cling together. I !
look hack upon it, strong nmn'nS I nm, j
With shivering dread.
It was dwing, under Cmd, to her, Mint (
dentil who stood wnilimr rt:ir atiup I
o .* "'V j
at my pillow, at hot pa?*e<l by mo.
Whnt a nurse who w??, vigilant, slwp- |
lows, untiring. IVrftnpw it was owing ,
to her calm coinage that she did not
j take the disease.- tSlie seemed to be nl*
j ways netir n?e, anil yet she found time
i to mnkc herself look as tivat and oven
tasteful fur usual. it very tiling in my
room, after i wite nl?l? to notice any* '
thing. V'as in scrupulous eider. IMi
calc.tlower*, as fresh and sweet as her* t
soil, bloomed oft iuv table ; a pleasant,
dreamy, halt'light tlie apartment.
Wlpjt u shangu from hoarding hou- ' htjb
* . term <
I \\9? thinking .of all. this c' *t tire
care and tenderness, as I sat up* ,rip,' ?
fn,t time at the window. Nfarv to
learned to call her.s^ >1 tntny ^ ^ 1 mmw
? was out of the room, T.ht *runcti 14 >'
?>f her presence wrc aft fl* w"r"
Piesi ntly she caine in andW(UTMIt. la
inv sitjo. mil.'.I. of far
" Mary,** ttTniorl In *'?*?.
"I hnt'6 been tfiinkifjj r <>u^ 5 wep j,
' you fir saving? my ffte. Ai?h 15 pr?p?
not know as ! am grateful*." ?f i r"
Hot be of much r-ilnlrt 1nril.,cc ? . I I"'' ,f
------ - | (ho t<*
inarfe It. With You for iny wile, 4
could be happy ; but if rott cannot love I
me, you might as well lt;t inego by the |
board."'
* I had spoken as I had felt, seriously (
ami sadly, but a ?i"ny twinkle -danced
in her ejea.
vott think, now. yon could stand '
i not only tho children, but my having
loved some one <-h?? I''
" Then ybu hoard that foolish speech,
after all.? it wasn't meant for your ear '
T-iurgite it. Von aie too good forme, t
tiny-nay. I tv-k nothing hotter^ if yt>u 1
Cat) love I?e, than to tako you just as |
you are.'' ... ?x j , , * ^
" idtildrcn and. ad
" Childun hiul all i HI try to bo a-i
father to lliout. Heaven help ui<\" |
" i shall bo anlntiod, t-ir, if you will j
bo u brother to lttetur tyin-e they arc uiy ,
mother's children, not mige,''
" And Mr. hjnitli is i
" My father, He failed iu business (
last year, though t apt happy to nay ho
ii iir|ii? Rjiu won. i wanteU to Help
him, i?nt twenty ijiing I know how to (
ilo was to keep house. It seemed n 1
proper cpough occupation for an old f
maid like ino. Yon see Tin not rery
young, sir. When 1 found you thought 1
me a widow with children, I determin- 1
ed to furor the odd mistake. I thought 1
it would seem more dignified. ' I am :
not Mrs. Smith, though, but Mary I
1 Smith,spinster, at service in your family,
If you Hke that way t/f stating it hotter," i
< i.4 ?:n .s,i 1
i nnu jY" win unmi|ju juur IIUU IHK1
retain your situation!" ' i
Her answer itf nP <nre*a btndnem bnt
my dim. Sii-weeka afterwards my
Ki*wto-!?w *m ftirlted to my -Wedding.
Sho lddlr&f *t)rp^i?od, hut she
forbore atiy comment saVe a remainder
'of her prediction that Mr*. Smith would
ehnqnet my prejudice* against widow*
with Ineumbmmjw.v The langh vm
again*th*r when 'f fofd.JhPr that Mrs.
1 Samlia BH<Hop was to gtv to tha tiynic-.
| nml altar for that limp.
1 ,<*I have be?a married fla^r yeafy/ Vy
j WejiTtUee?i agairtet children hare viewed
I to the feseina'tiorn of a hold little Sandie
and a wtmarfcefWw s|t.
<mj by my own peaceful firatide, I
A hie** til* <W aad the Tu?rd??*P th?X
|1 firsl made ma known tor my houjpi;
keeper. ff
?* 7: --7
?^ferr!Iiinrnti3 lirnbrng.
"-;- ....
A Tribute to Hate JrlcHown.
A. \ 1
w?r iviw?ri may have seen nn aopoynl
of a yotii^s n'jrl, baptized. ill Alb/my,
N. \l>v lvov. K. L. Mit"ai>u,
ipb}Ui?*h<j was, in a helpless epnditioo.
Wojlicre pie>ei}tn fnJbaccount t?f the
occurrence obtaitiej.lL l?)' special cones- 1
deiice: - si ?>* ?
! Tun Baptism.?On tho firsl^abiiaili
in Apiil, in Dr.AUqpoohs church, then'
wens; .eighteen candidates for l>:?pti-in. I
Wt4wro llic ordinance was admiiiiMered,
the I'ftMOf Mated that I litre was a
Y^rthtf fii'l. I>AVI been connyCfWl
with tho female Bible class, past the
hope of recovery with const) in pi ion. . At
lior earnest enUcnlv. ami with the con
sen', of her only surviving parent, which
she pcr.?i-todvJrt *Gllbitifig until she
Could withhold it no longer, lm had con^eiited
to baptize her. The lhrstor told
hor that he did not (tiiiih, tn lief stale ol
11- -'tli. such an act of Ini wa- ferjnifeTl
"bf her, ai:d that it wuS nof a
*Rvinjj ordinance. She had been fail
? <?? for etc**en mnniln w as much etna
eiated, she tnijVht die in tho water.-?
She, with a fidelity that partook of iho I
sublimity of faith, nnd the cheerfulness !
of obedience, detoi mined to follow tlie.l
footsteps of her byviour, and confess J
jJbrjst before the ehimh arid woild.?
" Will the church receive tier ilmir I
fellowship ?" was the question n><kei1.-?
She was received without a dissenting
Vbftc. "Obedience is trujy bolter than
sacrifice.1' She came in loaning on the .
strong" fn m t?f her undo. Tilth o was
such love and trust in hot- heart that it
gave-otrengih to I for feeblft. footstep.
She was literally dressed in her white
grave-clot(tea which had been prepared
by loving bands as for a bride, tor she
might become such by death. As she
appeared from that douse mass gathered
within,the church, in the stillness,
sobs as fioiu one great heart broke
forth!
'J lie pastor secured her in his arms
frrnn the front of the baptistry. Like
a child she lay tire re: lie pressed his
forehand on her chest, and when thev
rose from the watery grave, titer* were
so radiant, L was reminded of the transfiguration.
v
From the widowed mother a cry j
came, vviting fiqm the liwd spiivt. as I
she rushed to \l?e haniistry and saw that
she was sjjfo, * Gdl bless my child.''
As I marked the groat drops of sweat
standing like bends irpon the b'rqw of
our pastor, I felt that the martyr
Cayiril died not out centuries ago with
?f h* thnnea Which tlie persecutors of
kindled. Here was the
0 b?Snt ot Oh list, rendy at all times.
?*k?lnnd*r nil circumstances, fearlessly
" ^livUnvge his dntv, "though it led |
it Term)"1 tbR easier path which thong- j
enire* 1% end.11 1 will pay a jnwl tiihute to
?"cr.*JXrislian heroism of hi* character.
2mA *UpM'd;?l it'll ii). It is arms, how deeply
r^jh^hav? been, t?ii
1 ""^Rrepy^ijy of. J he man of QoJ wjio
,^tjrvs Jus ovist or fully, and was aware
nii/t the iluihitiula were as ready to cry I
rW.nvny with him " and to hurl the first !
stone at defeat, it*. they wero to oiler
warmest cnhjjrsttulntinhs at liis'success.
Yet he risked the dinners, and giiVo
such happiness to that voting believer.
! " Hre was planted ill Jlie likeness of
Christ's death'' mid when the hymn
aroso V in.' its full volume'of sweetness !
ahovo the rich strains of the solemn {
roignn, in its anthem roll,'' " and, see
tl>w place whoro .leans lay " died away. '
sjie fell that, sue by faith, had seen, it I
jd baptism, and wa> happy,' and that
kite pioiuise of the i?j^ui;;cctiou was ,
- . II rW r- As U,t
Sire was removed to the pastor's
Mtidv, and several Hours after, ?at down I
to the Is>rdV snpp'or, and partook for j
the first trtne on earth,'"<Sf tlifc ettlWems !
of the broken liodv Atl'd shod hfood u? j
thod vtng lionl;- To her it was emphnt- i
ietdiy tho sapper. Tlitm rro snftcf a i
iivinn, as mey in null upper room, I
centuries ago, did, rind went opt, and i
Jctfti*' will eat of (lie fruit of the vino {
wftlr her in hi* futherV kingdom. i
. 'I'bcy bore her lo her homo "refresh- I
ed," and alio whispered to the 1'aalnr. i
" I have fought a good fight, I am ready
to l?e oft'ored up."
Tub Fvkriul.?"When May morn- '
ing dawned, which bnoga delight lo an 1
many young hearts, as they go to cull i
tho lovely (lowers, which fade in pluck- :
ing, to twino about tho biow of tho i
Queen of an hour, she went forth from (
the friends who loved her, from tho j
mother who bore her, alone, yet guard- j
ed bv an innntnernMe company.crown- i
ed with a dlndnn nnfAdinjj a* the trao
of life, with the immortal- blossom* in
her hand giverr by-the Sarionr himself.
* On thnt day month, she hnd given
, herself to thg chtitoh milium, anj her
name wm enrolled among iu members,
but now, "ho WA*ln the church triumph*nt,
apd bef name mscril?ed henenth
her Lord, the Lamb's. Ajjein a vast
rauhitilde Aro gathered within the trni.
pie of the Most High. TWs is woop??f*
And lamentation, minglod with
runmjseVon of praise. The hand that
sitritheth wilV s?ef?in the atrudcrn onea, I
As atirefy ah llelivea, whosent thft abaft
qniveriwg through rtie 1 deeding heart*.
'Of iHaI mourning mother end (hoee.be
loved sisters. .laAnS wetl,b*al the w<mrMa
. which her ban me'le. Torhaps while
| her companions tang the hyiuns whkh
rho kv*i% her *pirit, wm
tanning her inoltieVa clTc?V hs iinc I
sank beside tIimL muuc baptistry and
tittered m\Mi another cry of niigttish
for bee who lay in Iter coffin with the
choicest dowers blooming around her.
A month before her child was safe in
life, iiilininlv safer now in the life
immortal, Well might die angel any,
>lu? is not here but is risen." Aud
while they -lav that fair young head
bciK-atii the sod, from which violets
ijiav sjning, it is hut tlio crumbling
casket which once coiiUtincJ a jewel.?
Jesus needed it fy?r hi} crown, lie ouly
lout it to her inolhet.
The fltikateef Strvtrranv.?The firo
side in u sefniriiirv of infinite importance,
h i* important fiecan<o it is universal,
and IwCatise the education it bestows
being wM'en in with the woof-of 'child
iMFtxl, give* rottri ntul color to the wliot*
texture of life'. Tlicm nre few who can
recoivo the honor* of a college, but nil
Hra^rndnntM of the hearth. The learning
<M" the university may fade from the
rccollection ; its classic hue ntnv monl
der in the hulks of memory. Ihit the
simple lessons <if home, enumlled upon
the lie art of childhood, defy the rust of
years, Hiul outlive tho more mature
hut less vivid pictures of after days.
So deep, so lasting, indeed, are the imjwesaions
of early l.ifo, that you often see
a man in the imbecility of ago holding
fresh in his recollection tho events of
childhood, while all the wido space between
that and the present?liour is it
blasted and forgotten waste. You have
perchance seen an old and half obliterated
portrait, and in t|>e attempt to have
it cleaned and restored, you may Itave
seen it fade away, while lybrighter and
more perfect picture, painted beneath,
is revealed to view. This portrait, first
drawn upon the canvass, is no inapt il
lustration of youth; and though it may j
be concealed bv some after design, still I
me original traits will sliinc tlirough tho
outward picture, giving it tone while
fresh, and surviving it in decay.
Such is the fire-ide?the great insti- i
tntion furnished hy Providence for the
education of man. f
CoNTKN'TMr.r.*T,?Some people lta<*e a
hnppv knack fnr-puiting in a pleasant
way everything (Ifat Concerns thcim
selves. Mr. A.'s son gets a poor plaoo
as a batik clerk; his father got* annul
sf?\ittg that the lad has found a fine
opening in business. The young tnitn
is ordained, if rid Kyis a etirncy on Salisbury
Plain ; his hither rejoices that there
never seeing a human face, ho has
iibiunlnnt leisure for study, and for improving
his mind. Or, the curacy is in
the most crowded part of Manchester or
Pe'.hnal Green ; the father now rejoices
that his son h,as opportunities yf acquiring
clerical experience, and of visiting
| the homes of tho poor. Such a man's
i house is in a well wooded country: the sit|
uatioN is delightfully sheltered, lie re|
moves to a haro<district without a tree;
nh ! tberoho has imrmtiful piiro air and
extensive views, It is well for human
heiugs when lliev liave the pleasant art
of thus putting things, for many, we all
know, have the art of pulling (hinge in j
jltst the .way.
" MoTjiS^sw^^word of undying
heauty ! tMtHJr'Ctjlflrtos sound along the
walls of Kmc Ym thev crnrrilda at the
litohth 0fmtfEt?ri>.i!. Til nil the world
therein not rt habitual spot where tho
fnttsid of that holiest word has not
sounded. Ah, by the golden flow of
tho rlWr. by tlie crystal margin of tho
rock, under the leafy shade of tho fores;
tree, in tho hut'bnilt bf the l>ltmhoo
cane, in the' modthnhMied cottage, l?y
the peaks of fliekissing mountains, in
the wWtf spread valley, on tire hluo
ocean, in the changeless desert whore
the aflgel came down to give tho parch- j
od lips the sweet waters of tho wilder- I
rteas ; under the wldto tent of the Arab, I
and in the dark covered wigwam of the j
Indian hunter; wherever the pulses-of:
a human In-art beat rpiiek and warm, i
or float* feebly along tho current of I
failing life, tliero js that aweet word
spoken, like a universal prayer?Mother."
Tub mcrchanta of New Bedford hare
lately held a meeting (ci dotiso means
by which more wlinle oil shall be used'. :
hard, earn phone, coal, and lastly, wh- j
terraneah oil spring*, make such a vigorous
competition with the town, in the '
great interest to whieb it owes ita chief!
wealth, that there is danger of it* de- j
dine in commercial rank. There is obviously
nothing to bo done, bu'. to make
a winding pond of one of our mighty
lakes. Hy introducing tbo sperm of
the whale into it, a source of supply
may be Granted to compete with the
Western bog, Tho quality of the oil
might bo improved by feeding the whales
, on hojp; but there is go apparent way
of getting rid of iho coal mines an<J
springs. ;
Tnit u erTtrrs of ihQ,pres$ " apfeaotuoliipes
verV annoying?*t oilfcx finite so
I irrcei>libly UughsbMi, that doe fa almost
that they occur, for th? snke-af the
! heaftt lattgh they occasion* Of this
! fattov kincf ts tt)o nutioonccment "fn *
; Georgia paper, thai '* L. M.
I bean appointed Receiver1 of l*uWhoM<m?
. keys in Cherokee County, Alabama."
. Wo wwb Mr. 9tlff a good time of ilf
. Tiiif Auvaxzaoks or -^ovbkty a?j>
A l> VUJMtTYVtrr-V/OU waar. out your oiu
clothe*. You are not tiouWed with
many visitor*." You ate exonerated'
from making enlls. Bores 4? l>oru
you. .Sj>nngea cannot haunt your Utr
hie. luucraiit bamU do uot pUv op,, *
site your window. You avoid the-nuisuqcq
of serving on juriea. No aiie
thinks of presenting you with a taatimqniaJt
No tradesman irritate* yt;::
by asking, " la -Uioro any Other little .
article today, sit?" Pegging Tetterwriters
leave your alone,- Impost era
know ijt useWa to bleetl ^.you. Vpu
practice terqperanco. Vou swallow infinitely
loss poison than others. You
are saved umny a deception ? many a
heartache. And, lastly, if you have a
true friend in llto-woiUl you are euro, iu
a very short spaysTof time, to uUo>voi
the-agreeabU fact.''
TnouduTS on Papi.w?The paper
having the largest circulation? The l'aj
per of-Tobacco.
Paper for the roughs?Sand Paper.
Paper containing many tine points
?The Paper of Needles. ,
Ruled papor?The French Press.
The paper that is full of rows?The
Paper of Pins.
Spiritualist's paper?( W)rapping Paper.
. . *" "*
Papers illustrated with cuts?Editorial
Exchanges.
Drawing paper?The Dentist's Dill.
The fnvprito paper on railroaus?Carpet
paper.
A taking pan^r?Sheriffs Warrant.
The paper that most resembles the
reader?Tts vou?Tissue?Papor.
An* Aixbcobv.?A humming bird *
met a butterfly, and being pleased with
the beauty of its wing?, made an offer
of perpetual friendship.
-- " I cannot think of it." ttas the replv,
L" as yon once spurned me, and called
ine a crawling dolt."*
- Impossible!" ?'*elnimftd the humming-bird.
"I always entertained the
highest respe-H for such beatitiful creatine!*
?s you."
" Perhaps you do now," sard the
I other, " but when von insulted me I
was a eatterpillar. So let me give von
? bit of ndvire. Never in?tiit the humble,
as tliuy may Rome day bccouic yom
superiors," . . ..
Rvi.ks tor Good Haiiits.? 1. Have
a plan laid beforehand for every day.
i 2. Acquire the habit of untiring industry.
3. Cultivate perseverence. 4.
Cultivate the habit of uuneluality. 6.
Be an early riser, (J. lie in the habit
of learning something from every one
with whom you inei-L. 7. form fixed
principles upon which to think and act.
I 8. Be simple and mat in your personal
I habits. 0. Acquire the habit of doing
i everything weli. 10. Make constant
| eft'orta to he master of your teinnor.
| It, Cultivate soundness of judgment.
I 12. Olmorvo a proper treatment of parents,
fiiends, and companions.?Todd.
A KOTHKrt.Vf:RSB.?It,ia o?r honorable
privilege (shys the EdgefloJd Adver
tiser) to give the world another verse of
" Olo Uncle Ned," never before published,
but written and rung by the originnl
author. It is nn important addon1
dnm to tho picture :
" I'nklc Ned's ole dog Imd down by bis grave
And'be howl'd in the tight oh *4e m< oa ;
j And h<> wonder'd it Ned wouldn't eonjo baok
agin
i To ouut for de portum anl dc coop.**
: ? '
Intekkstino Qurutiow.?At a debating
c|tib, the question war discussed,
whether there was more happiness in
tho possesion pr pursuit of an -object.
" Mr. J'resident," said an orator, ** suppose
I was courtip' I gal, aud she was
to run away, and I was to rtiti after her ;
wouldn't I be. happier when 1 cotched
| her than when I was running after her."
T*rAYRfi draws nil the Chriatinn gra|
ccs into its fdcitn. It drnwa charity
with her lovely train, repentanco with
i her holy sorrows, faith with her elerftt!
ed eyea, hope with ber {joly sorrows,
, faith with her grasped anchor, beniti
I cence with her open hands, zeal looking
far aud humility looking at home.
[J/annah More.
TTkau the heat men," read the heat
hooks, and keep the l>fcat company.
I J r ^ W /? * 7 . MfL
Tnr. wheel a aid jl wm tired% whero
upon every felloe ?pt>kn out at onoe and
created a groat hub bub.. ? ^
It je a had aign to aee a man with
! hia hat off at midnight, ettplainning the
[ theory and principles of true democracy
to ft I drop post. /
Tnu oM problem is sained. When
ftn inesistiblc body, meet* no lmiuo* h
ble body, whet ? the cdnseqircnot) ??
: They ?<l)i?Mrn to meet ngain in Haiti:
more. ?-w *
rnrfticiAKs in Tntlie rslsc 1?!isier>
with red Ktft irt.ii*, and dre*s them 5ft-it I
ravenno popper. If micIi treatnrm t
does not make f>oopto '?amr?rt," w<don't
know nhy thing that would.
Lqcic.?tlad lock i*?simplyji n>s?i
with hie hands irt Ilia bierehe* t*?k<i
and r pipe in hi* month, looking <>o <
wee hew it will fc"fO? owl, twiojl h i i.
i S* ft man with ptlmk W> meet <lifli< ivUi e.
and lii? -sleeves lolled lip, vol fobg t?
, mako it coine right.