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VOLUME XXXVI.
DERBY TO LEE. I
[The following lines wee written bv the
late Karl of Derby )n n (Iy-lenfof a copy of
lii^ translation of the " llia<l," presented by
him to Den. R. E. Lee. They are it touching
evidence of sympathy and appreciation
on the part of the scholarly nobleman, who
was aptly styled "the Rupert of debate."
The Ruperts of the nineteenth century
were, in spirit at least, ranged on the side
of the .South:]
The grave old Hard, who never dies,
Receive hint in our native tongue ;
I send thee, but with weepiug eyes,
The story that he sung.
Thy Troy has fallen?thy dear land
Is marred beneath the spoiler's heel;
I cannot trust my trembling hand
To write the grief I feel.
Oli, home of tears! But let her bear
This blazon to the end of tiuie;
No nation rose so white and fair,
None leli so pure of crime.
The widow's moan, the orphan's wail.
Are round thee: but in truth be strong;
Eternnl right, tlisugh nil things fail,
Can never be made wrong.
An angel's heart, an angel's mouth,
(A'ut How<r'$) could alone lor me.
Hymn forth the great Confederate South,
viroiiiifi first?then Lee.
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MISS MELTON'S CODICIL
Miss Rebecca Melton, a valetudinarian
of sixty, lay dying at her house in
town. She had heid so tenacious a grip
upon life that it was difficult for the
two \oung people to realize the end was
so i ear. Tln se two young people were !
Geiald Melton, her nephew, ai.d Miss '
Amy Williams, her companion and I
nurse.
Geiald had seen the young woman
every day for the three \cara she had
lived with his aunt, but i ever until that
moment had bestowed n serious thought
upon her. He did not even know the
color if her eyes, till his auut gasped
out a sentence that caused him to 1< ok
at her attentively. Then lie fouud tin in <
shining luminously in the sombre gh otn '
of the sick-chamber.
"If you expect to pay for tbat horse 1
for Emily Thoipe to ride wi:h the mo- |
ncy you ?. t tnv dtalh. 'said the dying
woman, "you're mistaken."
"You don't uuderstui.d " begao 1
Gerald.
It was an iafamous transaction," j
sn:d the old Icily. "1 found tut euough '
about it to put a codicil to my will, j
1 ' 1-1* ? ?? * r\ 4 mi* \\ II. ^
I vc Hit IUI) | Villi? IV
iiii'Jis "
It was tlic-n that Gerald locked at
Ao.j; hut his aunt suddenly wretched
out her hands to him pleadingly; and j
finding; a ^ray pallor spreading uvtT l.or
f'uca. he knelt down by I or bedside, and J
took her cold withered hand in hi.* >
own.
"If the horse had been for any one
but that Kmiiy Thorpefaltered the!
old lady
Oh, aunt," said (jerald, "If you'd
let UK* explain "
4 1 would if 1 had time", the said,
"but 1 must die now."
In ten ininut-'S it was all ov? r. and
GicruN went out < f the house with a
^rcat ache in his heart. lie was very
i sorry for his aunt; she had been .kind
to bin)?too kmd, for she had reared
him for the useh bs life of a drone, win n
now it appeared thai he must work for
his living like all the rest of the bees 1
It had hi-hcrto been something of a
b<>rc to hiui merely to spend money, and
th- fact bfoan to daw ti unpleasantly upon
his mind to earn it must ho infinitely
more wearisome.
Walking aimlessly on, his feet took
mechanically a familiar direction, and
he found himself pausing befoic a fine
house in a fashionable part of the city,
' from whence shambled a somewhat
beut and awkward figure, that presently
disappeared iu a brougham before the
door. !
(it-raid recognized the man as Mr
lludger, the millionaire, and invduntarily
contrasted his own condition wi ll
that of the fortunate ghop-dcalcr. lie
was howeur, s-? ahsoibcd with the direful
news lie had io tell i.n.ily, that bcforc
she cauic into the parlor lie l ad
forgotten Madder's existence.
It was singular that her remarkable
beauty and brilliant toil* t did not appall
(it-laid at (hiit moment?that (tie
fact of his no lunger being able to "nice
thai lovely haul with icfittiug gems
did not prevent him Irum seizin" it in
both his own and ki-sin^ it rapturously.
For that enclmuiiiig in iment he was allowed
to luiget the gloomy ehamher
where his aunt lay di-ad. and the wo?
man that waited there for the money
that he had been taught to consider i.is
own.
"It so- iu- to rue that you are ier>
beautiful tli.s morning," was all that he
coul-l say.
Ktnily drew h r I and gently away
Inn.i lii< - i.iij
' herald," she said,ui lave something
t<? It'll )OU-"
I h i accent was cold. There \v:i.?
something in her manner that caused
hiin to st< p lun-lc ?ml look at lo r with
a dim premonition of wliat wm to com".
-You know," flic continued, uh<-w
bitterly opposed your tr.uit i* t? yutr
, all-ciioii I. r inc. She ha? t Id iu?* lu r?
tii II'that .slie wiil ncvi r consent to our
happiness. (it laid. I i'ill too loi d ol
you to wit" k your wli l?.? life. 'J here
was hut on*' way to cud it all "
Site pauH'il. lli* leaned forward,
and still ki j,l liia ey s, now wan ,tt.tl
haeganJ, up"ii her lace. 'Jinn' sle
sink, pale ami trcu bluiir into a chair,
and Covered her eyes w th her hand.
She was moved with pitv, perhaps, or a
vacuo regret. At last she spoke:
I have just accepted an off. r of uinr|
riwflt."
CAM]
"From J ladder !" cried Gerald, and
I wa k<il to the d'?or. "Your prud- nee."
! lie ndded, standing upon tli?? t! rosin?!d,
I "hits served you well. You just got rid
11if* me in time. My aunt dn?i this
morning and has lelt everything she
had to her nurse and coin pan ion."
Then I c g"t out iuto the street and |
walked a!ou?_' w.th a fuiterir.tr, stngirei- 1
intr step. His eyes were wild?his luce |
! lividly p ile.
He went lion e and stood by the body ;
' of his aunt. 'I here wa? a singular fas- '
[ ciua'ioii about this death?something
very wonderful and templing in tl at J
mysterious absolute rest. Suddenly he
hi came master of himself, of the bitterness
and despair of the moment. He
walked Srmly to the door; but a step
followed him, and, turning, lie saw the
pale peturbed face of Mi.-s Williams.
Then he remembered her presence in
the room, but. his madness and grief
had prevented hiui from realizing it.
"Just one word, Mr. Melton," sain
- - * T ? Ml
she. '-orcurse You know inai i win j
not touch one cent of this money !"
I " It doesn't matter now," hen pled.
"It might as well be yours as anybody's
!"
".But it is yours," she said.
"Ob, as f? r me." said Gerald. "1 shall
not want it.'' He walked on through
the hall. Miss Williams followid him
stealthily. He entered his room, hut
when the door shut him in, Amy remained
hazard and trembling. A grim
silence reigned ubout lier. She could j
hear the cl ick ti?k in the dead woman's
room bch'W. Suddenly slie put both
her hands about the knob end opened
the door. Getald turned quickly; there
was an ominous click , the pistol fella i
a little as it went off The b'ood sorted ,
through his coat and trickled down j i
upon the floor. Just as Amy was about
sinking at bis feet, G. raid put out his i
hand to her. <
"Au accident. Miss Williams," he 1
said. "Please send Adams for ihe doc- ' i
tor, and then help mo off with my coat " j i
This brought Atr.y to herself. She '
hastened to do his bidding, dispatched <
Adams, and returning again to Gerald. I
s'anched lhe blood with strips of pillow '
tu-i,. irnm ilio Iti-fl \\ hen tin; doctor 1
tame she held (he light fr hi 11 while I
lie probed the wound and extracted (he . !
bullet. * ! <
' An inch or s?> higher," siid the
dot tor, ' and you would have been hu- '
ried on (lie same day wilh your nont." ; |
"It was a lucky tiling, thin that: I
Miss Wiiliams had an errand to my |
room when she did,'' said Getald. "As I
she opened the iloor my hand Ceil and j
the pistol weut off. *
"Hie has unconsciously saved your
lilc," said the doctor 'J hen as Amy
left the room, he added, She's the fino-t
young woman I know, and would make
a capital nurse in my hospital. l?o you 1
know what she thinks of doing, t:ow
that your aunt is gom-f"
"No," said Gerald, with a grim smile;
"hut I fancy she'll think of something
livelier than that."
"She has such an excell- nt physique '
and splendid nerve," said the doctor, i
"But 1 must go, keep quiet as jou can, i
and have Adams within call."
That light Gerald awoke with an in- '
tolerable thirst , his temples throbb d.
his cys burned. Looking over at Adams,
lie found that he w -s Sound asleep. 1
This, of itself, was offensive to Gerald.
What business had the mm asleep
w hen lie was sufT ri"g ? I low horribly
oppressive the stillness wu?, tins seiui
darkness and loneliness ! At that uio. ;
IlH'lll a pOliUt'lUUS snoie ri-.-uuilnm IK in
the throat of the sturdy Adam*. mid,
Gerald almost b aped froui his bed; it
' was unendurable. He ptr< tclud ovy
| bis sound arm, and reaching a pl'lor,'
| tlirew it with all bis might at the uu j
conscious uian. but. in spite of the ;
agony the movement Cost bun, it wn a |
lutile one, 1 lie pillow fell far short of
the object, and (leiaid soul bad with a j
groan.
Hut suddenly the soft touch of a wo- J
man's hand f< I! tenderly ujioti his fur?
brad, and ihcsweet tones of a woman's '
' voice fell smlhinidv ufon 1 is u.r.
' It is time for your medicine," said i
Amy, and put the cup to bis lips tier. ;
aid drank as if it were nectar. Then
she arranged hi- pillows for him. and
was about retreating from the ro m ;
l.when lie faintly called for a mink.?
Then he thought his head was too high. I
or perhaps a uifle low* every movement
ranted him iiroWable agony, but 1
be bated lo be almr with Adams ng'aiti. 1
lo sides, lie was eutious about ibis volutin.
H>e must i?ally have divined i
I is mothos. and come to bim to suv j
his lite. Site was i?;ain about to Irave i
him, hut lie put his hand upon her hi
detain her, and found that it ticinbled .
a little bineath I is touch.
* V ui liaiid didu t treiidde when y >u :
held I in: lamp for the d< Ctor." s id
(icruld. -He wiin's von for a i ins - in 1
Ids hospital, but I told hiui you'd put- !
i Icr floiiictbin^ more chei lful."
"Why, I think I'd iike i\" said Amy.
.' You know 1 must do s ?nethinji."
' I don't S' C the ueccsMiy," said (lornld
: you have my aunt's money, and it 1
\ will occupy a I your lime io enjoy it " j
' Your Hunt's money is jour own,"
srd A my. ' and y? u i..M?|t uir liitiki ?ir
I would Ik - advu't ij:c of the p. or oM
lady's weak in *s; I in vcr will touch a
; penny of in. And, Mi Melo-a. you
inn t n-<t talk."
"One word only?on'y one." pkinh d !
?fieni'd. "Hut for you I uiiuht h:iv?* ]
heen I ke?like our po >r old friend helow."
(braid shudd-ied and turind
pile. "I am cowardiy < iiouuh,' he
went on, ' t<* h;?t?* even the thought ol
it now. (low mo 1 thank jou, Alia*
| VYilJitiua?"
DEN, S. C., DECEMBEI
' By taking what is vonr own, and J
using it well and nobly," said Amy. 1
and vanished from his sight.
But as she left him he felt a sudden
throb in the hand beneath his own. and '
saw a quick flame leap into her cheek? I
a glow to her ryes.
'Three long years," murmured Gerald.
'and I never knew her till now !"
Ge aM was young and strong, and
the fourth day, the one appointed for
the funeral, lie was able to he up and
dress H. and welcomed Amy warmly as
she en''red his room. She looked paler
thnn ever in h- r black dr< S", but Gerald
thought he had never seen so sweet
and noble a face.
''How I would like to go down, Miss ,
Williams," be said, ''and enjoy the surprise
of the good p< nple below ! I'd like
to sec theui bow and scrape to the heir-!
ess of my aunt's fortune. I'm as b;d
as the rest of them, I suppose, fur I;
feci like making you all sorts of pretty
speeches." Gerald paused, and his I ice i
grew suddenly irrave ami t*nder "(Jo
now," he added, "and ki?? my nunt
good bye for me ; tell her I am quite !
satisBed with everything."
Amy went from the room and down !
the Mairs. For the last three days she I
hud brcn like one in n dream It [
scented awful to he wurut and happy 1
evrn alter she hud entered the dark, 1
gloomy drawing room, and ovi tt afier
she had bent and kissed the eold stern !1
face for Gerald and for her-elf.
M will not take it," she whispered, ' 1
hot tears raining on the dead woman'* 1
face?"I will not take a penny of it; 11
hut it has given me such a glcajn of j<
happiness. God for ever bless you for
it!" 11
Then the people began to pour in, : 1
sod the ceremony commenced. Ann's j
were the only tears that were shed ; 11
most of the euestscame from civility or <
curiosity. Miss Melton had taken hut j |
little active part in the world lor many : !
a year, nnd the poor lady was soon put j i
iwiy and f .rgottcn. , i
The most important p*irt of the pro j ]
erodings was when they returned from j <
l'?o burial to hear the reading of the ; I
will. ; I
Amy trembled when the pompous j 1
lawyer unr.dled the parchment, and he- , I
iran in a sonorous voice?"In the in me j <
af God. amen !" i
What vrou'd they think of her? 1
what would they say of her? Oh, how ( '
glad she was that the only one site cared ( '
for in the world knew all about it ! , <
How innocent she was, and how igno- J i
rant!
Hut even while she thought thus she j
heard the lawyer read : "To n.y beloved , i
n-phew. Gerald Melton. I brrjuetth all : i
my property, peisonal nod t therwNe.^ j
Amy could scarcely b-lieve h-r ears. 11
She listen* d 'o the end, and In aid at j1
last. "To Amy Williams, my faithful 1
nurse. I give a tm ttrning ring and the !
sum of fifty pounds."
Thou she went upstairs to Gerald.
' 'Ihc king shall have his owu!" she |
said,
Only on ot e condition," said Gerald, j
1 I'll take your u.oncy only ou one condition."
;
"You'll take my money !" echoed
Amy; "my poor little fifty pounds!" |
Amy's face shone with a profound joy.;
'Youraunt left h?r money where it
belonged. Mr Mellon. I have justj
heard you deflated her sole surviving ,
heir."
n> ! 1 :?J I j
_iera:u rcuiaiiicu nuuuvu tuu nuderod.
"Where i? the codicil ?" lio cried to
the l awyer, who stood at the door. My
aunt h-It her mom y to Mira Williams.
She t dd me so when she was dying "
"Oh. that was when y< u bought that ,
horse. I was atraid there would be
trouble tlitn. but Uc.-s your soul; she
got over all that."
"And the money is miue 7" cried
Gerald.
"Of course it's yours;" and the lawyer
went down the stairs chuckling at his
incredulity.
Then Gerald held out his liauds to
Amy.
"1 was going to he magnanimous
enough to marry you despite your morn
y." said he; "now there is no obstacle
to our happiness. V >me, my sweet,
and Lh .-s the I tie you have given inc."
Amy became his wile. Mrs. Grundy
said that lie married her to spite Kmily
Tl.opo lint we know that it was lor
love, and lor love alone.
Lifo.
\V!<at a varying thing is tlie stuaiu
of life. Hew it sparkles and glittets!
How it bounds along its jicbl.ly bed,
sometimes in r*ha?le. sometimes sporting
round all things, as if i's essence w< re
tic rrimeiit and brightness; 9> tnetiui-H I
flow itiir f Itmuly on, as if it wue do-'
rived from l.othe itself. Now it runs
!>ke a Iitjui'l diamond ulong tlie meadow;
m w it plunges in fume and I'urv over ,
tbe roi l: : now it i? ele.tr and limpid in
ynutli and innocence can in ike it ; now
it is heavy and turbid as the varying 1
streams of thought and memory that ,
are flowiim into it, each bringing its)
store of dullness an I pollnti n as it tends
toward iSic end Its Voire, too, varies .
as it pus ; now it sings lightly as it
Janet s on; m>w ii roars amidst the ohsta- !
cles that tippo.se its way; and now it has
no tone but the dull, low murmur of j
exhausted energy.
Sin b i.? the surnui of 'ile. Vet per-I
Imps lew of us would wish to change our j
p nioii of i' for the calm rcuulnrity of;
| h canal?even if one could be c -n|
>ti not? () without loi ks and flood-pates
upon it to hold in the pent-up waters
oftho brail till they arc ready to buret
through the banks.
A ' maw*" l*t?-KlUtt'i portrait.
I 18, 1877.
Tho Two.
It is imbed a funny nu l ridiculous
sight to sec a lovely woman stop at a j
str<< t dossing, give her body a fearful
twist, stoop low ami reach backward !
and downward nearly to her heels, and j
grab from five to forty pounds of dress
tail, full of dirt and dust, shake it five
or six times, like a buzzard fixing his
wings to fly, then hobble across the;
stree t like a lame turkey to the other j
side, there to 'Met go,*' turn around j
four or five times, and start off like a'
stern-wheel boat in a storm. Such fantastic,
fashionable freaks of folly as we
sec sometimes upon our streets are very
unhccniuit K in all that is modest, beautiful,
and lovely in woman. Think of
it. The idea of a fashionably-dressed
blonde or brunette stopping dead still
upon the street, kick out and up like a
cow at an army of loose hornets, grab
her clothes in her hand, and with a
body bent, locking out from under a:
little bat per'died upon one side of the
head, and making a public exhibition of
her heels and hose an she sWips across
the street like an ostrich on a run,
an exact copy in style and drcs? of the
woman who rides a spotted lior.se in a
circus and jumps through a paper balloun
f r fifteen dollars a week and
and app1fc?e. Look at the modestly
dressed, sweet faced, humble girl, walking
homeward, having been on a mission
for her mother, perhaps. No loolishncss
about her. She lives, dresses,
acts and looks plain. She and fashion
arc strangers. J.oaicrs and blackguards
don't stare at lor, and make >all kinds
of remarks about her. No! She com
marids respect by her dress and conduct
upon the public streets. Sec her in j
spotless white, looking liko an'angel.!
Kneclingntihebids.de with her faceinJ
eyes lilted heavenward, and in ac-j
cents l.iw and sweet, br?a liing from her;
pure lips the language of her soul in j
r\ n .1 l I
humble prayer: "uur miner who an
ia lieavcn." Angels put their cars to
[he twinkling stars and lis'en to her
prayers. The one, a meek, humble,
Christian young woman, whose affoc[iiins
are fixed on things above the foibles
and follies of a fashionable world?
whose very mul pints for the light and
iove of a "home over there" The
other, a thin-viiaged. ' made-up" woman
of a fashionable world, whose whole
heart ami soul is engulfed in the great
whirlpool nf mock happiness and folly;
who never looks in the Uiblc 010 Ipiii- j
lin-dth part as much as she doc a look- j
itig-g!us?, whose whole idea of life is to
' have lun with the boys" uutil she's
forty, and tlo-u take the chance of fooling
some old u?an into "buying bar," if
she ran. The one breathes her prayer i
and lies down upon Iter downy bed tnj
dream of heaven and the angels. The ^
other c-'tiu's out of the parlor at a very '
late hi ur, like a tired and hungry I
coach horse, rushes to the pantry, grabs i
a pickle in one hand, and a cold hutn
b-nc in the other; then to her moui
She swings her ' harness" over the buck
of ball'a dozen choirs, scatters the other
"make-up" about the floor, and forgets
the duty-lie owes to (>od and herself,
and dives into bed like a wliarl-rat into
thi- canal, rolls and tumbles all night us
ii the bed was lull of hornets, and rises
at eight, nine or ten o'ch-ck next morning
us stiff and lifeless as a billy-goat;
! 1- A. I
that has he n run over vy a ir? tgnt
train. Now, which of the two, think
you, God and the angels smile upon the
most, the beautifu) wot: an or the lashiuualde
young lady '{?Qour 'tr?Journ:tf.
Waiting.
loader, have you ever sat watching,
waiting, for some one far away, hut oft.
time# near?too near to he absent from
the loved oiks who gather around the
honiec irele? llow sad it is to have one
vacant eh.iir. when evening comes, '.nd i
we gather around the cheerful tire, the !
lamps all aglow, studding a subdued
light over all, tlie toils and cares of the
day passed ! How contented we feel if
our home circle is complete ! Hut, ult !
if one is absent, how changed the (eel*
inp ! A I roll er or pet heps a father is
missed : how one hen it is clouded with
gi iol! The younger ones can enjoy
i - - .
themselves, tor youm ones !l??l ll*U Ui^i; j
in giim forebodings; but the mother,
wife?who ean betray her anguish ns
she si's, right after night, watching in
vain? Ileitis have passed since the f
younger ones said "good night," and
have forgot ten the petty cares of the day
in tjuii't slumlcr; but still the wife is
waning Cor 1 iui who j ruuiiscd to el crish
ami protect her.
Where is the protection? Instead,
she is left ulott''. w hen she n"eds sytu
pa thy most. In the evening, after keep
ing the domestic inachini rv in motion
al! lay, never flagging, hut keging on
to i he last, satisfied if she can spend l-u*
an Li ur with the one she loves, her
h"pes are da-lied to the ground by an
unthinking hand. So little will satisfy
an aelring heart that it is hard to have
tint refused. After waiting until daylight
streaks the eastern horizon her
lord returns and she is met with rebuffs,1
perhaps cur-en, because she is still up.
Do yon know what it is to have a
vacant chair, a loved one absent ? S"nie
are across the sea. but we know their
hearts are loyal and true, and, if possible.
they would stay in ihe home nest;
thus we have cnnsolati n. lint ( o*l
pity tlte wife or mother who spends th?
best years of her life in wailing for and
watching ?>1110 of the 'oved ones ! And.
Voir lagging ones, listen ! IDamcle-s
lho igh you may be otherwise, lio'i will
f?ir?ly make t>?u wait for your heaveuly
crown as you have m ule your loved one
wail for her crown of happiness below.
MADOK 'J RUTUFIT,.
A kC[uarc mile wouttiaj 64Q ?or??.
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NUMBER, 23
Eound to Sing.
Brit her Glover was a pretty big uian .
in a certain old Connecticut villuge. He ,
would swear a little sometimes. Iwf |
wlien he snbscrib'd fiv* liundred dol-l
hirs towards rebuilding and refitting ti c i
old chinch, that special act of charity
covered a multitude of sins.
Brother Glover had a big voice.?
There wa9 no time or tone in it, but be
bellowed as he pleased in church singing.
When the church was finished!
it bad to be dedicated, and a choir was |
carefully trained to do the singing.1
Brother Glover was not one of the chair,'
and the intention was to rule him out
of the singing exercises.
The choir had carefully rehearsed a {
new dedicatory hymn, and everything j
waa ready lor the interesting ccremo- i
? ?" TLa a.U lit waa /iVAtv/lnil nttsl
MILD, i IJU VIIU1V.II TTU.i Vl'/nUQM, UHVI
Brother Clover was in l)U place in aj
front pew, as hirge as life. The uew J
piece wan struck up, and Brother Glover's
voice rose above the organ. There
was a pause. The organ and choir were I
mule, and the latter n>rd. The minis-'
fcr looking at a fiy on the ceiling ox-,
plained that it was a new piece which!
the choir alone had practiced, and re-'
quested the congregation not to join in
the singing.
The piece was recommended, and
again Brother Glover's big voice broke
it up. The preacher then fixed his
eyes on Brother Glover aud requested
him to keep silence during the performnuec
of the new piece, which he did not |
understand, and brother Glover, looking j
at his beloved pastor, with his big,
round eyes, replied in a big voice,? j
Look-a here, Mr. Barnhart, I paid j
five hundred dollars toward repairing
this darned oM gospel box, and by lliun- j
dor I will sing."
The preacher gave up, and so did li e:
choir.
No Colored Troops In OhioThe
Adjutant General of Ohio, a
Republican of course, has got into trouble
with the colored militia, and i liwl
days ago disbanded two Cleland cotnvc- |
? n?l 11 ./i L- n tp .* t? fb/iiF n *1*1 a Tlintl*
pliiicji t>uu u'vt unaj ?iav?? hiuio. a ?
emphatic protest against this unexpected
1 outrage" hus led to a curious and ?ug-,
gestive discovery. It seems that tho.
last Legislature, Republican, of course,
passed a "bill to reorganize the militia.
An examination of the new law shows
that by its previsions only ''white male
citizens" are authorized to form military 1
companies in Ohio?which leaves the
nlack brother entirely out of "doors, so !
far as tho soldiering business is con.
ccrncd. The colored people argue?
very tcr.si'dy. we think?that this un. '
generous discrimination could Dot have
been the re*u't of accident, but that the ,
law was constructed for the express
purpose of enforcing tho ''color line" i
in the militia. Their denunciations of
Republican inconsistency arc loud and !
do-p. and will take practical shape iu
the next election.
Suppose, sugges's the St. Louis Rt '
publican. this littlo affair, had trans. ;
piiod iu Mississippi instead of Ohio,
and been the result of Democratic in. i
stead of Republican legislation, what a
howl would have gone up from every
Republican paper in the laud ! What
multitudinous changes would have been
rung ou the "white liners," tho "Ku.
Klux," "the prejudice of caste," "the
rebel ruffians," and other familiar bloody
shirt war cries. Now, we suppose, the
?111 ..n
ncpuuucm ur^aua mu vuu it u ui^.
rake" and hasten to express their worth-;
less regrets.? Savannah JS'act.
The Battle Fields.
The battle fields around Richmond
are quiet meadows now, reclaimed by j
Nature, wiih few signs of the days of
''blood and iron." At Cold Harbor, Fair'
Oaks, Seven Pines, and Malvern Hill, i
one set s but little to remind him of th* 1
terrible scenes enacted there twelve and 1
fifteen years ago. 1 ti the woods and on
hi'lsides and river bluffs in the Penh -!
suln, where no attempt has been nude I
to cultivate the land, sloping earthworks ;
:ue still to be seen, but elsewhere tho
entrenchments have been levelled. I5c
low Petersburg there ar? but few traces
eve u of such formidable for;ideation- as;
Steuduiun, Hell and Damnation. The
Crater and the fields around it arc owned j
by Mr. Griffiths, who was born close tv.
and was in Petersburg when the mine'
?* us fired. He has built a bouse near !
there, nul now has his father's farm under
cxcillent cultivation. 'J'hc Crater;
itself has been left almost untouched,
and a thick underbrush of peach trees i
and spr uts bus sprung up from the pits!
thrown *way by the soldiers during the'
sieee. The ravine where the dead lay '
in great heaps on that terrible morning, j
has been brought under the plow y-ar'
alter year, until now only a slight depression
in the field ean be pointed out.:
The vi.-itor has to pay twenty-five cents
for a glimpse of the Crater, and the in" j
terior of ashed stocked with battle-j
relics.?Xeic York Tribune.
raLieuce.
What iron is in the material articles
with which we are surrounded, patience j
is anions iho graces of the soul. Other
gifts are more showy, but none more'
useful. We lend a listening ear to him I
' who has the gift of utterance ; but We
rive our life-long friendship to him who ;
bears in patience our imperfections and j
our mistakes Faith may bring to our'
i aid a marvelous power, and seem to,
open the future to our enraptured vis
ion; hut puieuce enables us to plod
ill rough the lessons which Jesus give.us.
from day to day, until we become
strong iu the knowledge of the wsys oi
God.
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A Beautiful Extract. '
The glories of summer have gone by ;
the beautiful grtcuncss has become
withered ur.d uead. Were these all?
were there no associations of moral desolation?of
faded hopes?of*hcarts withering
in the bosoms of lite living?connected
with the decaying scenery around
us, we would not itiot.lge in a moment's
melancholy ?the scasou of flowers will
come again?the sireams will flow
gracefully as Leh?rc?the trees will
again toss their cumbrous heads of
greenness to the sunlight?and by mossy
stone and winding rivulet the coming
blossoms will start up at the bidding
of their guardian. But the Imman
heart has no change like that of nature.
It has no returning tyring time{ Once
blighted in its hour of freshness, it bears
forever the mark of the spoiler. The
dews of affectum may fall and the gentle
rain of sympathy be lavished upon
it," lut the stone root of blighted feeling
will rover again waken into life, nor
the crushed flowers of hope blossoui
with.their wonted beauty.
Poor Girls.
The poorest girls in the world aie
those who have never been taught to
work. There are thousands of them.
Rich parents have petted them ; they
have been taught to despise labor und j&*
depend upon others for a living and are
perfectly helpless. If misfortune comes
upon their friends, us it often does,
their ease is helpless. The most forlorn
and miserable women upon earth is of
this class. It belongs to parents to protect
their daughters from this deplorable
condition. 'J hey do them great
wrong when they neglect it. Every
daughter should be taught to earn her
own living. 'J he rich as well as the poor
require this training. The wheel
of fortune rolls swiftly round ; the rich
are very lik?Iy to become poor ond tho
rich poor. Still to labor is no disadvantage
to the rich and is indispensable
to the poor. Well-to-do parents ^
must educate their children to work.
No reform is more imperative than this.
An Affab e Mannor.
Mueh of the happiness of life depends
upon our outward demeanor. We have
all experienced the charm of gentle and
courteous conduct; we have all been
drawn irresistibly to those who are obliging,
affable, and sympathetic iu their
LmunA. TO o frionillt' ivr>ii:n t^A
Uriuvuuui, A law 11 ?v MW
warm welcome, the- cheery tone, the
encouraging word, the respectful meaner,
bear no small share in creating ?h?
j<?y of life ; while the austere tone, the
sturn rebuke, the sharp and acrid reinnk,
the cold and indifferent manner, the ^
curt and disrespectful air, the supercilious
and scornful bearing, are responsible
for more human distress, despair and
woe, than their transient nature might
seem to warrant.
What it Costs.
Those who commit crime seldom look
at more than cue ei-Je of the balance
shoot. Satan always shows the gilded
aide of sin, and that side only, whon ho
tempts men ; and when they arc drawn
awuy by their own lusts, they tak? into
account only the profit they hope to
derive from an evil course. How otherwise
could so many intelligent men
cover themselves with disgrace and
plunge themselves end their families
into aseaof wretchedness for the doubtful
enjoyment of ill gotten gains. We
wish every young man, and every old
uinn as well, could examine the balance
sheet.
Scope of a Nowepaper.
A newspaper is a winnow through
which men look out on what is going
on in the world. \\ itnout a newspaper
a man is shut up iu u small room, an !
knows little or nothing of what is happening
outside of hiuiself. In our day,
the newspaper ke-'ps paee witii history
and records it. A newspaper will keep
a sensible man in sympathy with the
world's current history. It is an enfolding
encyclopedia and unbound book,
forever issuing and never finished. Always
bear this in mind, and never fail
to dike, and more particularly, pay for
your home paper.?FogdtviUe (Pa.)
iritcftc/ci/c
Sho Was Willing.
They were sitting side by side, at J
nlic signed and then he sighed ; lie said,
"M v darling idol," and he idled and then
she idled; '"You are creation's belle,"
and sho bellowed, and then he bellowed;
"On uiy soul there is such a weight,"
and she wailed, and then he Waited;
'Your hand I a>k. so hold I've grown,"
and he groaned, and the? sho groaned ;
You shall have a private pig," and si rgiggled
ami then he giggled; said she,
"My dear- st Luke," and he looked r.r.d
she looked ; "Shan't we ?" and tl ey
shanted: "I'll have thee if thou wilt,"
and he wilted and he wilted.
Help tlio Poor.
No one who lives in plenty or it: comfort
should sit down to a Thanksgiving
dinner without having provided a generous
meal for soiuo of tnose who are
called to struggle with poverty. Each
one should look out for some families
whom he knows to he needy and deserving,
or put the money into the hands
of some one who will see that it goes to
the right place. Indiscriminate, blind
I charity, does no one any good, but it
will give z?st to a feast to know that B
others in their homes aie sharing with
us in the bounties entrusted to us.
1 Our circamatanet< tre never eo bad
I that th?| wald M be ?rar>e.