The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, July 05, 1877, Image 3
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^ '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).
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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.
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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
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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
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