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\ SELECTEI^STOR?!"^' ^ food yjispf&T ^ 'And jou rja#ffy fancy yourself in haired little shopgirl ?' ^""'^BMlH^Sedith, a tail, noble featured man oi fifty, looked lather sadly at hits enthusiastic youug nephew. 'Fancy, uncle ? 1 hat is hardly an ap propriate word tq. use. I am quite cer tain of the fact.' . 'j suppose you will consider me a Tery bad judge of the human character, if I tell you that [ like her little cousin's demure face best. Believe mr, Harry, t^pre is more real sgfoiiua in Ruth Duel than in her pretty cousin Rachel.' 'There, sir/ answered Harry, resolutely. 'is where I must beg leave to differ jrith you.' Well, njy boy, you must choose for yourself. Remember, it is no question of a partner for a'wnlu, or a pair of bright eyea wb#se git tew u to amuse yon for one or two eveuifrojs. The wo man whom you ?aeleefr. f0. your wife most necessarily ^xert a uiore or less potent influence dyer y?urr \whole life.' 'I know it sir,' ind Harry's mirthful face became for the moiteut almost grave. 'That she earns her own living be ?t.1 e .. r....... cf.ir,.? tli-.f BWU UD UUU111C1 IN m WNV/ they bo'h do, in fact, is no draw tuck j is my aye*. Iudoponden^ and self re | - ^-V,WpimU>*?*e^Vnul 'vi*ue$, ted/ even though your wife will be raised into tn atmosphere of "comparative " wealth, a few lessons taken beforehand in the impartial school of wordly experience will be of incalculable use to her.' Harry Meredith safclong, that night, b.'ford 'be snug bright (fro in his snug little bached *pa?*itent? niusiug over his uocVs words, t ^ He bad met th?y tj^/v^uains, Rachel and Ruth Duer at-a qWet little binl>daygathering at the bouse of a fric'uJ, a."*'1 had instantaneously felt Jrnwn towards the elder one, elder by eighteen mouths. She was a beautiful blonde, while the > ] Other was rather of the brunette type. During the three months which had : followed upon his first introduction. | Harry Meredith had contrived to see i the cousins several times a w ek, and. consequently fell iu love with the golden-haired lr^>ie even while lie was quite conscious of Ruth'a deeper character and stranger intellect. Sometimes he was almost tempted to waver in Ins alliance toward the elder,; aod then betooa himself with* \ery uu ; accessary rernuess to ta-k. To-night, however, lie posse 1 tinwhole o' the last itw weeks in review before hf? memory, aud decide thjft iu ction was the v<hy worst policy in the world. "This snspeusc must to put to an todejaculated our hero half e!qpd, and then he smiled mischievously to himself, as an idea cauic into his head. "I'll do it," he thought, biting his lip. Of course it's merely for the font o( the thing. I have uot the shadow of si doubt that she is all she seems, but wtilL-" He was silent for a few minutes, aud Chen rose to prepare for slumber. ' They are polite enough In me as the lavored child of luxury. Now I will take measures to learn whether this courtesy is genuinely from the heart, or nerely born of empty form and adulation to wealth." So our boro, laying his head oil hi** pillow, dreamed of private masqurade parties all night long. Rachel Duer and her cousin Ruth were shop girls in Savory & St. Clair's great fancy store. "O, dear !' sighed Rachel, one morning as she took off ftcr bonnet in the little dressing-room at the back of the tore and shook down her golden show* 1 1 C.L!- I. _ er of curls, "how ttreu t ani or mm nor rid drudgery. How I wish Harry h/eredith would propose if lie w going to." Ruth laughed as she smoothed down ' ^ Iter patio-browu hair, and tied the bow ?f crimson at ber throat. "And what do you tfiink of me, Raclit ?h/> l,arp no such brilliant hoDes n < X) ??"v ? ? ? -- , of matrimony to light up the monotony of niy daily toil!' Eichel shrugged her shoulders. "I don't see how you bear it no patiently. I should have died with vexatioo and eundfcif I did not hope fur jomethingbetftr.." .'lush I" said Ruth, 'there '? Mrs. Wickex, the foro-woman coiling ua. "How I ha.'e the old vixen I" Kacliel J ^^ilated, alowly following Ruth into Huer, you must T turtle more punctual." said Mrs. %Ylckea, pursing up her mouth primly. t You are fuil five minute* IthiuJ time, | In 1 it whs just so yesterday." Rachel pouted, and went to work labelling a box of newly-arrived ribbons. Bhe and Mrs. Wickes had never agreed [very harmoniously, nor did she affiliate [with the shop girls. "A stuck up, impertinent thiug," they callecUher ; while she, front the serene height^Mhe possibility of her one day beoounn* Airs. Harry Meredith, treated them withtlisdain. which .was anything jo the world but agreeable- . In vain were ltuth's remoustraflpes. Rachel*bud always been willful anew ia4 elincd to superciliousness, nor would she listen to hot cousin's uldly prof* fered advice now. ^It's all very well fot^^^l, Rulfe^ you've Rtjt-to spend ail your^^ys, but^'. she said, eu^ing Iter pretty lipV? "ittt I shall s on be lilud <jnt of this grove? ling atmosphere." ? '"(ijs by no means a certainty." ''Yes," laughingly answered Rachel, blushing like a damask rose. And Ruth would nigh softly, and think 1m<w brightly the future was an' lolling Us vast map before her pretty cousin. Rachel Duer waited rather languidiy upon one or two customers thatmoroing Evidently Iter heart- was nrg. in the work, and Mrs. Wicks, from her lurking place behind the cash box, east several envenomed glances at her, premonitory of a coming storm. Presently a new customer hobbled in. bent and crooked, aud made his way directly to the counter where Ruch.d and Ruth were standing. A huge cotton umbrella protruded in a warlike manner from beneath his arut, and mended cotton gloves covered his hands, while a rusty red wig was half conceacd by his bent and battered hat. My goodness! 1 tuth, what a figure!' ejaculated Rachel, in a very audible voice. 4What cau that old bumU? of second hand clothes want here" Hush!'said Ruth, almost sterol/, 4he wiii hear you/ 'And what if he does! What do I care ?' 'He is old and infirm, Rachel, and bis , age should render him sacred iu your eyes.' Ruth tossed her head euceringly, 'Ruth,you are too absurd for any- i I.!.... 1 itah'i nn liim' 'li t*. the >i!J n/a?-itemed resolutely fc?r !' ' ' . 1 'I WMttrfo buy s<>mC At yes, Miss,' he] said, in a feeble, eroakimf voice. i 'You'd better go soiuewh^aj else,' said the young lady superciliously, 'our stor* doesn't ko p cheap goods.' 'Please let tue see the articles.' lljjchel tossed the box dowa on the counter; the old man bent his spectacled eyes down to survey the goods. -II * much re these?' 'A dollar a pair.' 'Hut I am a poor man, Miss; havo you nothing cheaper?" ' No !" surnt3"d Pachel; "I told you to go elsewhere. I've il? patience with paupers." ' I beg your pardon, Miss," said the old man; ''I'm not a pauper." "Well, observed the girl, scornfully, ''you look like one ! ' "Appearances arevofton deceitfuI.? I>iJ yo'i tell lue that you had cheaper gloves ? "1 ii<Jti'i tell you any oiicli tiling !" "IJ.tchc!! Kaclu-I! remonstrated her; cousin * Let idc show j.m whit you; want, .-ii.'she raid, sofilv, turning to the old i ustomrr. 'We have f-uuc veiy hiec ul.jvi s at seventy five cents." '8 jv iry five units is a great dual of i money to pay f'?r a pair of glove*," paid j the old man, I mking sorrowfully down ou the mended fingers he wore, 'hut the weather is g- tting frosty, and I am not so young as I was." -I should think that \va> quite evident, .-aid UutTicI, with a heartless tit. ter. / i Ruth bout toward the old man, sayi"g in a low ssvet voice : 'Take the warm worsted gloves, sir.' j The price is seventy five cents, but you ! shall hAve them for fifty. J myself will ; make up the difference to the store. I You are un old omitletnan, and I atu i younu and able to work.' Hut J am nothing to you. Miss.' Rutli folded tlie gloved r?o.:t!y in a piece of paper, and handed tlie'ui to him. '{ 'or the s.iki; of the dear father w'o died a year ap., ' ace can never be nothing to me, sir. J'lcasC <?(^;;'t thank me; indeed i Jes rvo no jrratitude.' And Jluth divv blnshin^ly back, while Rachel burf into a latish. 'I'pon my word, itnth, yo?j arc the greatest find 1 ever "aw,' she cried, i while the cM oentleman hobbled out of j the store. 'I would have seen the old beggar in .Jericho Ik fine I would have given him anything Why doesn't he | go to the poor hous T 1 ' J .7 .,. ATi i lie 'I tys civjn, i>ii, niiu ijwu u.?j Ileury Meredith astonished liitle Ruth Puer very much by asking her to be hi* wile. It was &< if f ho gates o'' Paradise had l>ccn suddenly opened t.; J??t. The modest little girl, secretly worshipping Uarry Mcr-dith in her heart of hearts,! had never dreamed of the possibility of such good luck being in store for her. 'That evening she told her cousin. .Rachel listened in silence. The prize had been very near her grasp once, but somehow it had slipped away. 'I think you must be mistaken, Ruth, lghe gj*d. acrimoniously, 'I think Mr. Meredith ne\V w'd J She checked herself, for !lt !'ial stant the dour opened, and Harry Mercjdith was announced. Well, Rachel,' he said pleasantly, arc you ready to congratulate ^HH|| the sweet little wife 1 have won Rachel muttered one or two senteuces, hut she was vciy pale. >\ci ^vN Ruth/ he said, turning to her V smile, 'I have something to shdw yhti? He pal jl?py per parcel in her hand, ^E$Jwp''n'cd it, and out fell a pair of fofrdfed gloves. *?- She looked wistful!^ nuto his face, then the whole tide of memory came back upon her. Harry, wcr&you tlu old man ?' 'I was the old ina.u, dearest.' And then Racli.Tic new wlfy.'it was ihot the ship freighted with all hci hopes had drifted away, when it w;is so near tbo haven. . ' ' { ' "FoiSriiTuten. > T!T45K?f VS. HAYt>. Mr. Tilden in.his speech at the. Man-. . hat ten Club s.iys, speaking of the counting in of .Mr. Hayes : "The pojplp ni u-^fcignr.Ily condemn ilic great wrong which lias been done I hem. They must strip the example of everything that can attract immiratorr. Wey must reI'uie a prosperous immunity to crime," aud more in that straiu. It would have been good music six mouths ago. but it is n<?w wtetthildiy out of time, place und taste. Had Mr. Ti den and his New York und New England supporters sliyn the spirit which the uccasiou demanded, there is scarcely a dsubt but that he would to-day have had his residence in the White House. But they trembled for their money chests, and meanly shrank, appalled, front the phantom of civil war, opeulv declaring their opposition to any rorcible resistance to the wrongs and usurpation which the tyrant (irant seemed determined to fix upon thent.. -^'hc Democratic party was driven by fhis wavering In their leader, and in his part of the line, to adopt a compromise as* lie best alteruu. live under the eircwostaticc*, and Quder that compromise Hayes was counted in by a strictly partisan vote. Had Mr. Tilden even then protested, and called upon the people who -elected hini, to scat him, it would have been rather late but .not-no ut/crly out of 'place. But ^ " Jf " fT 1 P.* 110 5V, unci' i'lr. uaya uua uwru jor three mouths quietly seated in the Presidential chair and has manifested a will., and capacity to grapple with rt*c corruptiou around hint aud restore to the gov* moment tho purity and honesty of auta helium- administrations, Mr. Tildeu umd his special partisfatis .Only ;:over teraptiin the j contest with the thieves and plunderers, i They wouldn't fight when the occasion invited?upy demanded it. Let them not now crow when they ought to be silent. Josh Rilling/ Sayings. Mi doktnnc iz, that I won't argv about things that nobody leant prove. Unless a woman has a large invoice ov good common sense, it is a danger, j ous thing for her to Le smarter than her i husband. Stick and bang, young man ; it is ul- j truss the last six inches that wins the money. The Lord in his kindness meets everybuddy more than huff way. man can't tell one lia and stop en ny more tlian lio car? tup a barrel of nu siiler and draw a spoonful and no tpore. j . Thare novel* was u man yet so rich j or exalted but what ihe finding of a ! gold dollar on ihe sidewalk sent a thrill of delight a.l t|;rqo hiuj. Sum men tiilvvu-* Ijto ih be-, nn ||;? under fide, and yu ^viil notice one. thing?these men are me hardest kind to whip. Az long az yo;? don't want to borrow ennythiii*:, yu wiy find plenty ov folks! who tiro an:,ions to lend you sijmthin;.r ' I hav been ubus<"J about mueh az j enoybody, hut the skundal that lc run ning thru the jjij?cr.s just now that 1 i am wurth 250 thousand dollars, iz the ; wust abuse i v all. Philusofy is not a euro for all not eve:: uiny evils, but i; ?luz take the gall ' out ov them n.ightty. Yung man, politcue*.^ ii ^ hard tlu.t you kaii alwus plu and not make enny | mistake. It will almost win on u hornet or mule. A T\r lhiOT.?Xo man ever saw a black iiiekory tie.* bkiwn out of root.? I yhe h"rri'-ane may twi-t it o/f or break ! It down, though even that gelcjon. occurs; but it cannot drag it out of the I ground. The rea.-nu is that this tree,' while it sends out plenty of .surface , vc>ots, always sends a strong tap-root ! ri.t iinu *. : i!M nib sail, and! lays hole! of the foundations of stone, or j t'.iv, or li.trupai). as tlm case may he.? There are other tree.i? the Leech, maple J ami aJt?which inteilafe the surface with a web ui^roots. Lt.i ! . a -form, cs-1 pecially il the ground prcviou-ly had! licet) water soaked, over they t;o ! A (Mirisiiu;. ;s not sale and reliable unless he has sent a tap toot down into the hard, s'ronp? foundations of Chiistian doctrine. Hurfrce roots of sentiment and emotion liavu their uses, but they are not "ood for mueh, either in a dry time or in a tempest.? Christian Voices. Tne !>'tii.t:.?Cities fail, empires 1 * i 1 Mo. i f:. 111> COHIC 10 noilllll^, HUH , ... ( away as smoke. Whore is Xuma, Minos. Lycuuus? \V'here are their books? and what h;:s bccotuo of tlu"tr laws?! Hut that tiiis book no tyrant should : have been alile to consume, in? Uauilion | check, no heretic maliciously to cor | rupt; that it should stand until this day atnid the wreck nf all that was human, i without the alt italign ot one sentence so h? to ohnuiio the doctiinc tnuplit therein?suiely this is a very singular providence, rlaimin^ our attention in a i very reiuarkohle manner. punish fgnul in (he \ .-iP^ ^ Mlq; <j produce. * N\ ' ^ou 1. $e (fyiuicted by (Tie Senate nousu of ilepi .itntatives of tlie State of South Cnrojinn, VoW met and sitting in General Assembly.. ar.d by the authority of the same, Any-'oarttau engaged in tiie i business of buying ji!fton, ctfrn, rice or such commodities, either on his.account c'r for others, who shall nueli on s.ilc from a planter, coromissugi merchant, or any otlicr person or persons, i>* msh, anil shall fail 1 or refuse to pay fir the same, and shall make way with pr^'ispose of the same before lie has pai l- therefor, shah be deemed g$Uty of f*aud anUembcMkaiont. and shall be liable, on eonvfctTLC^o be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not less than one year nor more t.'nan five years, at the discretion of tho qwict. Sec. 2. That if Ifcy factor or. commission merchant shall. iW<4v? from any planter any cotton, rice r?<itlB>r agricultural produce for sale, and ihall sfll the same and fail to pay over thinet proceeds thereof to the plauter on dttnnd, or to apply the nunc to his own mc on-l benefit, or shall fail to account foizae same in a satisfactory manner if nnsdW^ie shall be guilty of fv tnd and einbezifci^nt. and on conviction thereof, shall be ihiorisoncd in the penitentiary, not less than ope year nor more than five years .it tho J., cretion of the court. See. o. No pertnt ajiairbe convictcl nn-| der the provision*->r the preceding sections if lie clmw that the cotton, corn, rice or other products rt*eired by hiin was destroyed by accident after due diligence on his part, or that liS was forcibly deprived of the possession fhcreof. Approved Juno 1877." An Act to reqiur^ all school claims and claims for tearh'v pay to be sworn to. Section 1. Be i^'enacted by the Seuate and House of Representatives of tin? State of South CaroltQj?gnow met and sitting in General Assembly, an 1 by the authority of the same, TVat-fi ti and after the passage of this act the CiTttetuess and legality ol all claims for Hnrwjcos rendered in teach ng in any of tiie srHKds of this State which aro supported Wholly or in part by the State, nnd all claiiAs what soever which ni-? chargeableagainsMhe fund raised for the support of tho fr-y"schools or tii* ?;ate, l>e sworn to-% the person presenting s/ud claim, lrefoie it shall he approved by tins person or perfj.18 authorized by law to give such spprov# Pec. .2. Thai iilNchool trustees are hereby iuv?Mci| wkh rjhc power, an 1 required. , free of charge* t^jgdministcr oaths to per sons jtbeseut iogjK chums ?eouU-tnp! tied in this set; as fullvgw-till intents and purposes as Are all otherfMrsoiw who by the laws of this tftale arc qu&hiied vP administer oaths. Approved Ma^ ftl, 1877. AnAet-lo reguhMi rhe appAitjr.cn t of ca.m. oeciion 1. Be " tVim/lisf by the Senate ami Houso of Rr,; . .'em.aivcs of the State pf South Oarolininow ruet, Ihid fitting in ilencral AMcmlgfceud*bT the authority of Appointed to fill any county office who shall not bean elector of said county. Approved May 31, 1877. The fearful famine now prevailing in India, from which more than a million of people have already perished, auglit to enhance the price of cotton, as its manifest effect will he to shorten very materially the product of thy crops in that t|U.irter. Its effect will bo felt probably not only on 'he present crops but on future crops for soipe time to conic, A special Constantinople to tliefiolos n?? sorts thai Mr. hazard, the UritUh Aiiibii-sador to tbe Porte, has counselled the Sultan to make peace Immediately. All tho Ministers except Kudlrh l'uih are in favor of peace. If this he so, we may reasonably hope for an early peace. What renders it exceedingly probable is tho fact, now nppmeiit, that it i.: impossible for the Turks unaided to resist the Russians. o.. > -.i ' /- , .1 r i I m.' I?ri'isii "lovciunirni, (iiei' inc, n;>* tlio option to ur.ro tho conclusion of immediate peace oil tlie best, terms the 1'uikr. can uct, or to take part in the ; conflict and involve ilio world in a .con? oral war, wiio-'c results no man can now forecast, and it cannot bo doubtful wliiclt lii.ru of' tha daictuina lie will ta^c. "The Now Volk Ht.nihT says tlic Xr.ic* ti'itl Court''r, "i.> engaged in bury* iiijf {lipoid jMjlitjcnl narties." TI.o1 Huti'J may i.ury tli Hupublicati party J as Mjoii as it is cut d.ovn Iroui the gallows on which public opiniou ought to gibbet if. Hut the 1 >etnocr.itic party, founded on principles wlii hare imperishable. can never die. Champions like I 'Jroeleyand Tildeii on whom it may co to pi limine t?t n, ten.), nary expediency, become defunct as such, as soon as llie causes are past lor which they arc got up. Hut the party itself is founded in truth, justice and the Constitution, and und'-r whatever change of iintqo (though v.'e htipo to jGfl the old natiie a I way a retained) will iivo, flourish and tnunij.h an as tlioso virtues or tliat instrument is revered by the American people. I'hom Portland, Oregon, on the 21st lost., wo have netvs that, the 1'nited Stat? s troops under Col. Perry, have been repulsed with heavy los<; killed r.nd woundcl upwards of sixty, Indians pursuing and liringinto them continuously. The Indians artned with better guns than the sub tiers and using theiji with deadly aim. What a spectacle! A nation of collossalVizo and gigantic power, at peace with all the world and no* able to (jucll a few hundred Indians ! With tlio best arms, tTio best armories and the best armorers in the world", its troops are not armed as well as the vagabond red skins, and against whom they arc sent and arc beaten in consequence of it! Such is a j part of the price which a people pays for such a president as tjraut was and such a (jieneral as Sherman ij. Sim ut: Momknts.?Spare moments are the iroM dust uf time ; and Young was writing a true as \yeil as a sinking line, when lie thought that "sands make the mountain, aud moments make tlic year." Of all tho portions of our life, the spare minutes are the most fruitful ] in good op evil. They are the gaps ' through which temptations find the J easiest access to il?o garden ot i no sou). I , // i i i v 9 w*" . i I FAMILY CIRCLE. . Teach the Boy3.?Teach them that a true lady may be found'in calico quite I as frequent as in"velvct. Teach them that a good common school education, tvith common sense, is far better than a college education without it. Teach thctn that one good, honest trade, wl'll mastered, is worth a dozen beggarly professions. Teach them that honesty is the best policy?that lis better to be poor than to be rich on the profits of ''crooked | whiskey," etc., and point your precept j by the example of those who are now I suffering the tormeots of the doomed. ! Teach them to respect their ciders ! and themselves. Teach them, as they expect to be men somo day, that they cannot too soon learn to protect the weak and helpless. Teach them by jour own example that smoking ih moderation, though the least of the vices to which men are heirs, is disgusting to others and hurt-1 ful to themselves. | Teach thoni that to wear patched ! clothes is. 110 disgrace, but to wear a black I tye is. Teach them that God is no respcctor of sex, and when He gave the 7th commandment, lie meant it for them as well as for their sisters. Teach them thai by indulging their depraved appetites in the wor3t forms of dissipation they arc uufittiog them* solves to become the husbands of pure girls. " Teach them that it is better to be an honest man seven dajrs in the week than to be a Christian (?) one day and a villain six days. Teach them ahovo everything to always'support their county paper. "M.vv. You Dis Among Yoce KinItRF.n."?How sail a tiling to feel that one must die away from home. Tell uot the invalid, who is yearning after his distant country, that the atmosphere around him is soft; that the gales are filled with balm, and tho flowers #are springing from the green earth; he knows that the softest air-to his heart would bfi the air which haugs over his native land; that marc grateful than all the gales of the South would breathe the low whis~ per of anxious affection; that the icicles clinging to his own eaves and the sncw windows would be far nioft pleasant to bis owu eyes than the bloom and verdure which oqly more forcibly remind him how far he is from that one spot which is dearer to him than all the world beside. He may indeed find estimable friends who will do till iu their power to promote his com fort and assuige his pains; but they can not supply the place of the long-knotf" and long-lived; they cannot read as in a book the mute language of his face; they ? ' i - L:, kJk have not learnou 10 wan upon ma imuits and anticipate his wants, and he has not learned to ooauiiiunioato without hesitation all his wishes, iiupresstous and thoughts to theui. He feels that he is a stranger; and a more desolate feeling than that could not visit the soul. How much is expressed by that form of oriental benediction : ".May you die among your kindred J" Mistaken Kindness.?The father who, for a great portion of his life has strugeled with poverty, is unwilling that his children should h?vo siqilar experience. cio lie deni-.'s himself indulgence in even necessary things that he may save and make for his family. The mother renumber ug how irksoThe household t asks were to tier iu tier girl hood, permits her daughters to lead lives of | domestic ease and indolence, thinking .i-.? l.. ilf.imf sh,? 111:1 kas the best tiiuiiiil'aiatic:i in jjcr power of taatmuai love. As a natural couserjueuce of thi? view on the part of parents, we see growing up all around us young men | and women perfectly useless for all the j practical purposes of life?unable to | cope with tn*sf'ortnnc. Intellectual or | tr.orJ fibre is i,r,i itinerant, it must be ( built up Iron) within, and U the result i of independent thought and action.? i The sooner a boy can bo made to wnit i upon himself, to think fur himself, to i act for himself, the sooner will the germs 1 of true manhood togiii (o. develop withF in him'. It is no kindness to surround ' him with such attention and care that 1 he will not be compelled to learn the 1 lesson of self-reliance, of patient indus 4-? !*.%??? Tltn rnnl nrnwnQ IIV, (II [II'IJIMCIII IIIIJIV! *.IIV IV?> I of tliis world arc crowns of lubor.? _J . <f. . Mpy Wr. llol'T A Nkws- AI'EH.?N'oming 1 presents a sadder commentary upon | the pfrscnt condition ol society, both j in town and in the country, but more especially in the latter, than the class tinit subscribe to no paper of cny^ind i Hundreds and thousands of families are i thus crowing up utterly ignorant of what is transpiring in the mighty , events of the day. Hut who can tell the vast ainouut of injury that is being inflicted on the rising generation?those who are to take our places in the busy world at no distant day?growing up without any knowledge of the present, "or study of the past, this ignorance, too, jbcin^ infused into them by those who should, and doubtless do know better, did they ; think of the injurious effect of their in. sane course V L,?t tho head of every family think of this, and placo into the hands of those for whom he is rcsponsidle, the means of acquiring some knowledge of the moving puuoruraa'in wfljch wo act our different parts. ? *-?f? ? if' just and fear uot. FOB THE YOUNG. =============================== A Word to the Boys. I wish to say a few words to oar rural boys. Boys, I do not propose, in these few words to preach a sermon, bat simply to hare a talk with you, and endeavor to correct some orroneous ideas I know to be entertained in many-young men and boys ia our rural districts. You sometimes think your rolicking farm life dull, monotonous and extremely laborious, and long for a situation as clerk in some kind of an establishment in the city. If I should tell you that your life the farm is of the two, much thd easier, you would undoubtedly think it very strange. , But I do say so; tor such is the case. Could you but look in upon some ,of the clerks employed m many of the dry-goods esj tabiishmeots in our cities, and see the ! labor performed by them in their daily rounds, no words would bo needed to convince you of this fact. Your labor is varied ; 'tis walking, riding, driving j and other changes, all of which are aT . most indispensible to proper moscultr development and good health, and very unlike the closely confined, monotonous 1 occupation of daily standing behind a counter or sitting at a desk from the rising of the sun till near midnight, ere < your labor is completed apd rest comes. 1 But I hear some young man say, "I ' will go to the city and make my fortune i ?rise to honor and eloquence, instead t of staying here on the farm and ' work- 1 log hard to make a little. xoung man I banish that idea. When you do , away with such thoughts you will bare laid more certiinly the stepping stone f that leads to ambition's goal. Do not 1 thiuk because you were bora on a farm ? that you surely will not rise to honor 1 and independence, Remember what ' Pope says; 1 "Honor and fame from no condition riM, t Act well your part, there all the honor lies." t Ah 1 that's it, '-Act well your part." * Act it well on the old farm, and iu ^ limes like these, when fortune smiles d one moment and frowns the nest, upon the farm is the place to stay, where you fi are comparatively safe from the ever i changing whirl-wind and the oootamina 1 tiug influence of the metropolis.?Rural r New Yorker. a 'Mil * <| Hide Me From Pa#*. [ , lease take me home with you and I tiTdcmie, so papa caiftimTme?^ The speaker of the above touehing e words was a little child jlist two yean t of age. She was endowed with unusual 8 8prightliness and loveliness, both of per- * son and disposition. q We had been visiting her mother, and, a on leaving, had taken the dew ljttfe one a to ride a short distapcc. 1 ^e said, "Jfow, Jfary, kiss us good- ? by; it is too colu to take you any forth- j er." The little darling looked up with f tho most pitoous expression, and cling- t ing to rao, said, in her buby words, 8 "0, Lenny, p'ease take mc home with 0 you, and hide me, so papa can't find me." D k) darliDg, precious Mary, bow my heart ached for you as I pressed you j to my bosom ! What visions of sqroojf c and cruelty your word^ called up I How terriblo it ?6't>incd that one so young and innocent should know so much ot fear! Ar. 1 rode homewards, tho thought would again and again recur to me.? 0, that all who bqvc helped to ?ny way to make her father a drunkard, couid have heard that piteous appeal, could have seen those baby haQfr raised in entreaty, and her Ijpa quivering with suppressed emotion. Surely, surely, the heart of the most hcardoncJ whiskey dealer would have been reached, and slunihe^og conscience would hayo been awakened to a true sense qf the terrible amouut of wretchedness caused by the use of avdcqt spirits. , O think ofit, barkeepers and whiskey sellers of every grade 1 think of your sad, sad work. Here was a man tvhu when sober was a kind and devoted parent, vet, from she usoof the curse of our land, had be" coni^ go cruel and unkind as to inspire 1 abject fenr in his only child, May all who r?aq these ffew lines, : and have ever encouraged the use afar- J dent spirits in any way, be warned in , time, lest in the last groat day many women and little ohlldren shall say to l them, "To you we owo the untold 1 wretchedness and agony of our lives; 1 our blood be upon your sk.rts."?Richmond Advocate. ^Beaus' Ingenuity.?A gentleman [once making inquiries in Russia about the method of catching bears in that country, he was told that, to entrap them, a pit was dug several feet deep, and after covering it over with turf, leaves, etc., some food was placed cu tiie top. The b^ar, tempted by the bait, very easily fell into the snare. "But," be added, '-if four or 6vc happen to get in together, they will all get out agaiu." "How is that ?" asked the gentleman. "They form a sort of ladder by step* ping on each other's shouU|era, pud thus make their escape." "But how does the bottom one get out ?" "Ah ! these bears,though not possessing a inind and soul, oau foci gratituJo; and thoy wou't forget the one who lias boon the chief means of procuring their liberty. Scampering off, they fetch the branch of a free which they let down to their poor brother, on" abling him to speedily juiu thciq iu the freedom iq which they r-joico." f :?t % Ke*p your promiso to the ( \ WIT *MP HUMOK.' 3 """3 JWd <h? little pet of the household m j hewwtbirth day: "Its a lovsiy doll, .gear 1 grandpa end grandma ; but?bit I tru so J is hope* it would be twins." 1 A comprehensive school inspeetor naked ' an Aberdeen class if nnj could tell hi* an/thing remarkable In the lifi of Moss*. Boys: Yes, sir; he was the only mow that broke all the commandment! it once." A dog with n tin pan attached to hU tail is rarely willing to depend Upon the slow process of evolution for prsggpe. Ha will usually tdkt the middle Of lb* load and spread-himsel/, no hiattst what hap* pens to science and the hayin. If the saying were teat, how easily one *V. could earn his living now by th# sweat of ? . r. . bis brow. He would only have to etand in the sun for a few minutes, and he wonld_ V be comparatively wealthy. * The Norriatown Herald'.man till a re* former writes about hair piaa, hutas'long as bair pins-are so much store convenient than forks for picking out walnut and - * shellbarMternels, the women Will not diecard them. / Dennis, daclint, what is it are do* ingl" . "Whist, Biddy, Tee trying an experiment." "Murther, What is it?" "What is it did you say ? Why, it's tiring hot i water to the chickens, 1 am, so gat they'll \ oe after laying toiled eggs." J An Ohio young man aat down the other lay, and wrote on the backs of two postal sards. * Then he turned them over end di- g reeled them, but by some mleehanco placed the addresses on'the wrong tprds rbe result was that a shirt maufhOtnror n New York got a very polite invitation o go carriage riding some whore U Ohio, whila iha wannaiMsa'a at*1 moo SnOlIn reaaaav vuv j uuug iu?u ^11? www otw ^ io by receiring the following: lend rae samples of themtuff jaw fehlrta ire made of." Be kind to the book agent, fee has a 'ether, perhaps, and a mother, who knew nra in his innocent youth; Perhaps (Ten now, in some peaceful New Ihgland ullage, fond hearts are beating for him, md sweet lips breathe lore's dearest >r*jers for nis welfare. Therefor* la/ lim down teaderlj, fold his hand! pesos ally en-hie breast, and close his Ij as you put' him to rest uM(? 1*4 tranches of the weeping willow, where * he birds carol all through the fMUnev lays their softest songs. But plant hint leep?bury him deep, < ' A young man applied at srnewafepwr ofice the ether day for a situation' "mare ou had any experience as sn -dftttor?", nquired the newspaper man. * "Wall, no, lot exactly," replied the ambitious aspi. ant, cautiously, "but Tre boon powhidod . number of times, hare been feuied [inte a while, hare worn borrowed clothes or three years, and aorsr had a sgftt.U isswrftyr.^. He entered the store modestly, and ask* id for the proprietor, who was pointed out o him. "You adrortlsed for a clerk," ha aid. "I did. Are you m search of a itualion ?" asked the merchant,. "1 am/* ras the reply. "Permit me to aik Jou a [uestiop op twft. Of coarse you belong to A , hase ball club?" said the merehhaL with , bland smile. "No sir, I do net," was he answer "You don't," said thl marhant, his feoe growing grare. "Well, hen, of oourse you belong to the Young den's Cbristiah Union? "I tnutt coness, sir, said the young man, with a tremile in his voice,-"that I do not. "then. ir," said the merchant, a smile breaking iut all otcr his face, "you lake of Jour } oat and go to work. You're the kind of . _ nan I want." ^ A Bot's Composition o* Gists.?Girls v a a ^ue<f kind of a varmint. Girls U the inly thing that haa their own Why every ime Girls is of several thousand kinds, ind sometimes one girl can be like Several housand other girls, if she wants fan to lo anything. Girl^is all alike toe way; hey is all like oats. If you rub 'tin the vrong way or stop cn their fqpt, they'll :law you. S'long as you let a gill have icr own, she's uice and sweet; but jast , ro?s her, and she'll spit on you wdm nor i cat. Girls is also like males; they're leadstrong. If a girl don't want to helietn i ay thing, you can't make her. If alt mows it s so, sh? won't say so. Olrls is ittle women, if they' are goo4; bad if hoy'rs not good then, nor wne* theyget * * >ig, tbey'ere she devils. That's whit fa-. ? her said mamma was ones, when shS fixed i hot fiat iron in the chair so ae'4 sot dawn in it, oause she was mad at hiss. Brother loe says he don't like big girls, bit he loes Hke little ones; and when I s*W him kissing Jennie Jones last 8unday, and old him what he'd said, he said he waa >iting her because be did'nt like her. I hink he hurt her, because there vase big cd spot all over both her ehoiks. This is .11 1 L',?t? .l.nnl ?: .la ?.ll ??-- . ? ' it * ?uvn avvw* <*f RUU IKVIIVT MJV lUtl ess I kn.qvv 5. heat thorn the better off 1 Faciso Dkatii.?Brother Gardner waa yesterday whitewashing the back end of the oil house on Catherine street, when the staring gave way and he had a fall of about fifteen feet. He was senseless whoa jS&Sjj picked up, hut a man poured about a gallon of water down his back and brought v him to. Mr. Gardner then explained matters to the reporters: Waal, I was up da, and dar was do house nnd dar waa de scaffold, an dar waa we all, I was just drawindst brush roua ?a trill urtinn T foil m. vnntnMi Humul to Die I was pranoin aroun on de air wid no ohance to dig in my toes." * "Why didn't you fall at once and hare //. (he affair off your mind !" asked a police- ' man Why didn't I fall ? Why, tab, I waa fallin all de time. I went down bout fifty feet head fust, an deu I changed and went sideways, an den 1 struck on one foot and bonf ears. All dis time I was doin son# powerful thinkin, I was." 'Did you think of oysters fried Willi crumbs?" asked a reporter. Doant be talkin dat way, boy. I seembored all my bad deeds when I was gwine down, HQ 11 called out dat I would lib a better lift If de shook didn't kill me." In the group was a colored man, whose face brightened up at the#* words, and bo soitly asked: "IJrudder Gardner, daant you member de two dollars you borrowed o'm# ?" I do." "Den pay it?hap it over. De shock didn't kill you, and now begin on dat better life." > " Brudder ./ones," solemnly rsplisl Gardner, "ds shock didn't kill me dead, but bofo I pays out my money, I's gwine ' to wait do result o' my nertous system. I pears to be all right, but possaaiy I may be fatallv injured in some of do corners, and not know it for a month. G'lsn*, # Tlrudder Jones, and doaat tftiiO I and de grate." #v, Vj * A . nmfif