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VOLUME XXXVI.
GONE AWAY.
I know a quiet country town.
By which a river falls and (lows:
And in the dell and on the down.
The yellow sunlight glints and glows.
1 know a square gray house of stone,
1 never think oflml I sigh.
Beyond whose garden, smoothly mown,
The rushing engines shriek and fly.
I know a chosen chamber there,
A fairy figure used to grace;
I know an eastern window, where
>Vns wont to watch a fairy face.
I thread the narrow winding street,
1 linger in the lonely lane.
Which once were trod by fairy feet,
That will not trend their path again.
I love that quiet country tow n;
It is to me a sacred place;
And as I wander up and down.
Those vanished steps I seem to trace.
And still the hours serenely pas-,
And still the busy riycr Hows;
And si ill among tbc shining grass
The yellow sunlight gliu:3 und glows.
And there the house is, square and gray.
And there the new mown meadows lieShe
used to gaze on day by day,
In faith, and dreamy reverie.
Yes, all is there?except the face.
That little window gapes forlorn;
And on me, as I haunt the place.
The morning sunshiles in scorn.
WAS SHE IN EARNEST?
BY CASSAXIiltA A'. T1IORND1KE.
"Site abhors widowers!" declared
Hot Kingsley, puffing away at his
'meerschaum" and catching a faint
dimpso of his friend through the dense
:louds of smoke that roKcd upward
owurd the ceiling.
Edward Farnsworth looked gloomy,
tut his countenance brightened a tuoncnt
later, as he said?
She knows nothing of my former
* 1?? <%n,? IrtM Hni* "
inmate, UHICN JUU umv ......
"Never spoke about you to her," he
icknowledged frnn kly.
"'lhcn I shall not inform her of that
ittlc event in my past history, until afcr
I have won her," answered Ed, letnng
back in bis chair and gazing drcamiy
out of the window, while the fair
brm in white tulle, with blue eyed for?
tet-me-nots tangled amid her wavy
rcsses, whom he had met at a party the
tvening before, hovered before hiiu in
magi nation.
**** ****
'-Hush h-h !" whimpered Minnie Kiogs"j,
listening attentively, as she sat in
ler friend's room at the h -tel. "I beicve
I heard my brother's * o:c? in the
ie*t room; what Can lie be doing in
here, I wonder ?
After ten minutes of profound sierce.
Miss Kingsley turned a very rosy,
ndignant face towards Miss t'arlfon.
' Who ever heard of such a thing !
Win me,' indeed ! He'll find out his
nistake," she exclaimed, a saucy smile
rhasing away theftewn which a moment
before haa cloudeu her hiow ; and she
ec untcd what she had heard to her
.1.1 l I illi,. with whom she planned
i conspiracy, saying, as she rose to no,
'I'll wrife y<?u all about it, Lib" And
ben good by- were sai i. and tin y parted.
"1 aui sorry you were not at tlio party
last evening .Met." said Minnie, as they I
;atbcrcd around the breakfast table the
next morning.
"See many of ybur olJ acquaintances
there ?" lie asked, indifferently.
"Oh, scores! And?" Here the violet
eyps dropped, until the long brown
lashes swept her cheek.
"'And' what? he inquired, impatiently.
"And?why?Mr. Farnsworth was
there; 1 e sat quite near rue; and?he's
eery fine bokiug, isn't he ? And again
the snowy lids lull beneath her brother's
gaze.
"Is he?" laughed* Met. "I am glad
you think so; your fancy is so peculiar
that I was afraid wo should have an old
maid on our hands some day."
"Say a crabbed old bachelor, and you
would be nearer the mark," retorted bis
?istor.
"Thauks," smiled Mr. Kingsley, looking
at her complacently, as she pouted
utcr her coffee.
4 Such love!}' curly hair," soliloquized
Minnie.
Thanks to the barber," answered
Met. maliciously, congratulating him*
Keif that Ed was not within hearing
distunce.
She looked at him disdainfully.
44All the barbers in creation could lint
put a 'kink' into your straight locks,"
she replied.
' Well, his hair is r d, any way."
persisted Met knowing that opposition
would make her only the more deeply
interested.
UA beautiful auburn," declared Minnie.
' And such whiskers!"
Certainly," assented lie; a del wale
tnousc color."
'For shame! How can y.ui talk so
about < no whom you profess to love as
a brother," said his sister reprovingly.
'For all that, I don't think lie's
handsome," lie answered honestly.
' Very fortunate that everybody is
not of the same opinion. <>r I suppose
you would be the only living uian who
could boast of good looks."
4 I make no pretentions," acknowledged
Met, uso don't let us quarrel about
the fellow, he isn't worth it;" and the
young man very coolly lighted his cigar
and departed, wondering if Minnie was
really as much in earnest as she appeared
to Lc.
Mr. Faiii.-worth became a frequent'
visitor at the Kingsloy mansion, and was
treated so cordially, that his hopes roso
very high, and lie made up his miud
before every cull, to ask the all iupor
CA
tant question; but when tbc time arrived,
bis courage failed, and tbc words
remained unspoken.
' lie is perfectly charming!" declared
Miss Kingsley, oue evening after be bad
left. .
"Tbc mnst awkward, uninteresting
fellow in existence," answered Met, indifferently.
"He is considerably more interesting
than you. and I hop? he'll propose be- j
fore l"ng."
"So do I," responded Met, fervently.
"I will give consent, and blessings, too, (
if lie will only marry you, and take you !
out of tbc house; llieu I can have your j
nice front room, it's much larger and j
pleasauter than mine, you know."
Minnie left the room indignantly,
vouchsafing no reply.
Met dropped into bis friends office the j
following day, saluting bun with a smart j
slap on the shoulder, as be exclaimed? I
"Farnsworth, I congratulate you !" ]
"Why, what about?" asked this gentleman.
turning so suddenly that his
sleeve hit the inkstand, upsetiiug it and
blotting the manuscript he had been
preparing.
"What about ? Why, Minnie thinks
you arc perfection personified, and almost
took my head off not long since, J
Iiomik/i T coin vnnr Imir ?ns red.'1 I
Mr. Farnsworth blushed. He was
very fcnsitivc ill regard to liis auburn i
hair, and the idea of'Mct'a calling his j
sister's attention to its color wounded i
and offended him.
"Slio calls you charming, interesting,
and by every endearing epithet express-;
ed in Webster's I'nubridzed, contitii.mi j
Met, "and was only wishing last night j
you would hurry up and propose."
' I will! I will!" cried lid, springing I
to his feet and pacing the room excited- j
ly. "She is the sweetest, prettiest, and I
most sensible little girl lit the world,"
he murmured.
"But. old boy, it is a pity to deceivo
her so, as she still thinks you arc a
bachelor; and just imagine how horrified
she will be when you introduce1
those three young daughters and noble j
son of yours at the weddiDg," suggested ;
Mr" Kingslcy.
"Suppose I should tell her; what
then?" asked the unfortunate lover,
suddenly pausing in his rapid walk.
"If she loves you truly, as i tiavo :
every reason to believe she does, she !
would overcome her antipathy to wid- !
owers, and accept, you any way," an- !
swered Met.
"Hut I am afraid she would not, and j
a refusal would?"
"Cause you to commit suicide," laugh- |
ed the mercenary, tantalizing Met, if< j
he bade his friend good-day, and passed i
out of the door.
A telegram came to Mr. Earns vcrtli j
that afternoon, announcing the death of I
his mother, aud demanding his immediate
presence, so he must postpone his
interview with Minnie until some other
time.
**** +#?*
"A letter for Minnie !" criod sister
Elsie, bouuding into the room one afternoon,
and tossiug the missile upon
the table.
"Ed's wiitjting," he annocneed, as
his sisti r cati.e forward to take it.
It was a very long letter, and before
she had read the iirsl page down, she
arose hastily and left the room. And i
Met im aginod that her eyes wcro full of
tears, but be was not certain.
"I have been married before," it saiJ,
"hut I feared to acquuint you with the
fact, lest you might dislike me, as )ou
expressed an aversion to widowers."
A dainty little letter was posttKi mat
night, but as to its import, or the contents
of Edward's epistle, Met could
gain no satisfactory information.
One morning Minnie found an exquisite
bouquet resting at her plate, in
the midst of which nestled a tiny note,
from which a beautiful ring rolled out
when she unfolded it, and f ill at her
'feet.
lie called fur his answer during the
day, arid she declared,?
I tried hard not to like you, but
8omo bow 1 couldn't help it."
And so Met wus right after all in
saying that Mr. Famsworth Ixing a
widower would make no difference in
her affection for hiui ; which the wedding
that speedily followed, proved.
A Bad Man.
As Si was coming up town from the
Atlanta and Uichard Air-lino depot in
Viekshurg, he indulged n a little song
all to himself. Two other negroes
passec by. and one of them shouted :
fin up yer onder lip, ole man, and
stop el it racket!'
'Who yer talk in tcr V said Si, stopping
short and turning around.
'Tnlkin to you ! who you tink I'm
talk in' to, you old Guinea rooster,
you V
'Ver don't know mc. do yer?' said
Si.
I don't kcor who yon i<; you ain't
no giaud army ob the 'public, nohow!'
'Look hyer, I'm do most discountgrous
nigger iii ilisi At Lint y city, and
I'll jist take dis hyar head and hut yer
in'cr do Ibrcpart of OliiLstmas week, I
will!'
' You'so a da '
du^t then Si took a run w ith head
bvnt down, and two minutes there was
j a sick nigger in tho mud, wanting noth!
ing under heaven but a doctor. And
j as Si went on, lie remarked over his
!shoulder:
J 4I'm n bad nigger; alius wus; was
' bad Tore de war; bad all in do war, bad
: aiter de war, and I'm do louden' buttiu'
I nigger you ncber read 'bout in l>ooks
j wid de Kales all out an' de kivcr till
j loat L.
MDEN, S. C., JANUAR"
.I.aws Passed.
An Act Jo amend ilie laws relating to
juries and jurors.
Section 1. Be it ntac/eil by (ho Sonate
and 11 oti5o of llcprescntatives of (lie I
[ State of S'-uth Carolina, now nirt and j
' silling in General Assembly, and by the j
! authority ol the same : That the Hoard j
of County Commissioners for the county j
of Orangeburg shall prepare a new jury j
list for the said county as soon as practicable
after the passage of thin Act: j
and that grand and petit jurors shall j i
be drawn from the li.-t so prepared, t<- 11
serve at the next ensuing session of the j
Courts of General Sessions and Com-1
mon Pleas for said county; and that 11
the grand and petit jurors si drawn J j
shall be taken and held to ho the law- !
fui jurors for the courts aforesaid in ,
like manner as if the said iist had been ; ;
.prepared during the month of Janua- i
ry last. I
Section 2. That whenever the jury n
ic.? nnni.to cVirili hr dostrovod bv ! i
Ijai? ui uvwunvj .. - ^ | _
fire or other casualty, or wheifbvcr it |
shall be held by any court of competent 1 i
jurisdiction that tlie jury lisi ui' any t
county has been unlawfully prepared to ]
as to render void the drawing of jurors ij
therefrom, it shall be the duty of the j 1
Hoard of Jury Commissioners of tlie ! i
county to prepare a special jury list lor ' I
the said county forthwith, in the manner
now prescribed by law, front which \ <
special list grand and petit jurors shall j i
bo. drawn for the Courts of Ceucial i
Sessions and Couiu.ou Picas for such (
county until the annuai jury list thai! ! i
have been prepared for such county j |
during the mouth of January next ' i
thereafter. ' i
Section 3. That all arts or parts of <
acts inconsistent with this act he, and <
the same are hereby, repealed !
Approved December 2U, 1877.
Jo'nt Resolution to require the Secretary
of State to ascertain and report
at the next session what lands have |
been purchased for the State under j
the Land Commission, and in what |
counties, the prices pr.d. whether ,
the State has received titles *nd to |
which, and what disposition has been
made of said lands;
Jit it rewhtd by the Senate nnd ,
House of Representatives of the State |
of South Carolina, now met aud sitting |
io General Assembly, and by theau- ,
thority of the same, That the Sec- ,
rotary of State he, and he is hereby ,
required to ascertain and report at the
present session what lands have been purchased
lor the State under the Land
Couitnssion, and in what counties, the
prices paid, whether the State has received
titles, and to which, and what
disposition has been made of said lands.
Approved December 20, 1877.
Conkling, the silver-tongued orator I
from New York and the leader of tho j
anti-Hayes party in the Senate, and j
Senator liordon hud a very sharp little j
fight in the Senate recently. They :
called each other hard names and would j
have fought it out according to the j
code of honor had not the venerable j
Hamlin linui Maine and a couple of
other friends interfered. Hordon ought !
to have shot the sneak. We ure g.'tting
strong enough to talk as we please
and another cowhiding alicr tnc sumncr-IJrooks
pattern would do the whole
j country good. WIicu old Mart. Gary
goes to take l'uitcrson's place we may
look for !iome consternation among the
Radical Senators. Gary will make them
I move around lively?All'cvillc MoUum.
Short Shrift in France.
In France the unfortunate criminals
under sentence of death never know the ;
time fixed f<>r their execution until the
moment arrives; indeed, as a prisoner .
capitally condemned usually appeals as
a matter of course to the Cour tie Gas*
Ration against his sentence, they must
often ho uncertain to the last whether
the sentence will be carried out. The
order for the execution is only suit to
the prison the evening before it is to
take place, and the criminal is not informed
of it till the fatal morning nri
rives. At the time of oar visit to this
j prison, n correspondent wiites, there
happened to he two unfortunate inmates
of the condeuiued cells. The next evening
hut one,an order came down from
intneinr re.nitir.?' tlie
| I ill? mm i.->i j vi inv lvr. f
, ono and directing the execution of the
other. At daybreak on the following
morning the wretched man was roused
from sleep and informed that his appeal
had been rejected, and tie must prepare i
for death, aud in eighteen minutes, as
we wore informed, from the moment he
awoke his head hud fallen beneath the
j guillotine.
Timo.
| Tn all actions which a man performs,
1 some part of his life passes. We die
I whilo doing that for which alono our j
sliding life was granted Nay, though i
wo do nothing, time keeps his constant!
pace and flies us fast in idleness as in
employment. Whether no piay, or
sleep, or dance, or study, the sun posts
on, and the sand runs. An hour of vice
is as long as an hour of virtue, Hut
the difference between good and badnetion.s
is infinite, (food not ions, though
they diminish our time here' as well as
had actions, yet they lay up for us a j
happiness in eternity; and will recompense
what they take away by a plentiful
return at last. Win 11 we trade with
virtue, we do but buy pleasure at the
expense of time. So it is not so much
a consuming of time as an exchange.
As a man sows his coru, lie is/Fntont
to wait u while, that be may, ut tbo
harvest rceoivs with advantage. ' J
M
Y 1, 1878.
Solemnity and Dignity Versus Wit
and Wisdom.
We liavc lung notice") a tendency on
tlie part of the American people to a
sort of undiscriuiinnting specialism.?
The current notion is that the man 0/
serious mental processes must necossalily
be on owl, and, conversely, that
the person of humorous proclivities
must be incapable of solemn thought.
But, bless your sood soul, it is the
easiest thing in the world to be profound.
Gravity is the normal expression
of the human countenr.uce, and the
symbol of solemnity is the animal that
has the longest cars. We see no reason
whv an argument should iose force be
cause it happens to he garnished with
fin illustration that appeals to the risibilities.
Ar.il we cannot comprehend
why athesio should be judged preferiblc
to an epigram where bo'h tend to
the fame conclusion, or each leads to
the sauic conviction in the tniud of the i
reader. For example, why should we
lay, "The energies of the Republican
party have been exhausted in an effort
lo elevate the negro race to a position
bat nature never intended it to occupy,"
when both the humor of the sub.
ject and the logic of the sentiment would
be more aptly fitted by the.observation
that Radicalism had tircu itself out in
die arduous task of holding the nigger
up by the tdil as it were? In either,
rase the impression produced upon the
Uiind of the reader is that the deration ,
>ril.c negro was forced, unnatural and j
iruel alike to all parties concerned.- Huf |
iln? m,1 inn!v fdiioiims stvlo would iui-i
~ "" 1 " - J ply
that titcri! was nothing ridiculous
id the attitude occupird by the negro
in politics; wheruw in factruu may ran.
tack the annuls of the human race in
rain for such another travesty upon the
science ol goverumont as it lias afforded.
irculling ton J W.
An Editor's Sanctum.
A few mornings ago, ju?t after we;
had swept up aud made our bed look as !
plump as a soda bi-cuit, we were surprised
at hearing a modest rap at the
lour. Callers seldom rap?th?y usually
kick. When we answered the stunmous
wo found two ladies awaiting entrance.
They told us they'd always had a curiosity
to see how an editor's sanctum
looked and begged the privilege of entering
and looking 'round. They spent
the next half hour in extravagant praise
of our furniture, etc, '-How spotlessly
clean lie keeps his Brussels carpet?it
looks as fresh and bright as if it had
just conic from the loom," said one; and
tllp other chimed in with ''Yes, and do
look how sweetly that bed is made up.
Those pillows look like snow heaps and
the symmetrical plumpness of iho bed
is somewhat wonderful." And thus
they went on, now bestowing the most
extravagant laudations upon our statuary
and oil paintings, and then going into
Testacies over the diamond studded chandelier.
Titer looked with admiration
upon our gold-mounted spittoons and
wondered where we got the enchanted
soap wi'h which our towel had b??cn
?' > mi c.:.t? it.r'..L-iv1 tliflir
Wasill'U. 1 liuj lanijr ni?- nv??
appreciation of our beautiful laco curtains
and stared iu inuto admiration before
our gold-framed full-length mirror.
' Is this indeed un editor's quarters, or
are we in a fairy-land ?" cue of them
gasped, and the other, sinking on the
luxurious sofa, sobbed, ''I don't know
? I am bewildered by the magnificence
around inc."
Ilcighu! The above, alas, is merely
a fable. It is true that we were called
upon by two ladits, but ye cods ! what
a spectacle met their gaze. When they
entered we crawled under the bed among
the old boots and sardine cans and remained
there till they left. Their derisive
laughter still rinits in our ears.
Their sarcastic remarks still lacerate our
bosom.?/'/ ait/.Hit (Ay.) Patriot.
The Violiu.
In the ease of violinists, their virtuosity
is n it altogether the result of finger
dexterity and pure technical skill
as with piano players. The violin is
an instrument which has almost human
caprices, and has. so to speak, svnipathe-tie
relations with the mood of the
performer. The smallest discomfort,
the slightest disturbance of the spirits,
a breath of emotion, finds in it an immediate
echo; and such may be the case
because (.lie violin; pressed close to the
breast, participate in the beatings of
the heart This however is only the
ca?o with artist* who really have a heart
in the breast which docs beat, and above
all, a soul. The more prosy, the more
heartless a violin | layer is, so much
the umrc regular will his execution be.
and he can reckon on the obedienco of
his fiddlchow at any hour and in every
place; hut this much belauded certainty
of execution is only the result of spiritual
mediocrity, and the greatest masters
were those whose faculties of playing
not uufrer|ucnt!y depended on outward
and in war J influences. 1 have never
heard any one play hotter than Pagan
ini, and 1 can say the same of J'lrust.
He is perhaps the greatest violinist of
our day, and resembles Paganini as
much in failing as in genius. His absence
this winter is much regretted.
Savori was a very poor substitute, yet
we heard him with pleasure, since ho
was horn In ("Senna, and as a child in
his native city may have met Paganiui.
People have said that he was a pupil of
the latter. No, Paganini never had a
pupil, since the best part of what lie
knew?that which is the highest in art
?can neither be taught nor learned.?
Ileinrich llcir.c (1811.)
The papers of Kentucky arc urging
the ro-establishment of the whipping
NUMBER 25
What is Trouble?
A company of Southern ladies were
assembled in a lady's parlor, when the
conversation turned upon the subject of
earthly affliction. Each had her story
of peculiar trie! and bereavement to re*
late, except one pale, sad-looking woman,
whose lustreless eye and dejected
air, showed she was a prey to the deepest
melnr.choly. Suddenly arousing
herself, she said in a hollow voice?
'Not one of you know what trouble is.'
'Will you please, Mrs. Grey/ said tbe
kind voice of a lady. who well knew her
story, 'tell the ladies what you call
trouble ?'
'I will if you desire it/ she replied,
'for I have seen it. My parents possessed
a competence, and my girlhood
was surrounded by all the comforts of
life. I seldom knew an ungratified wish,
and was always gay and lighthearted.
I married at nineteen one I loved more
thau ail the world beside. Our home
was retired, but the sun never shone on
a lovelier one or a happier household.
Years rolled on peacefully. Five children
sat around cur table, and a little
curly head still nestled in my bosom.
'Ouc uight tjbout suodown one of
those black storms came on which arc
so common to our Southcrti climate.
For many hours the rain poured down
incessantly. Morning dawned, but still
the element raged. The whole Savannah
seemed ntloat. The little stream
near our dwelling becaino a raging tor?
rent. Before we were aware of it our!
house was surrounded by water. I
managed v ith my tube to reach a little j
elevated spot, on which a S.w widespreading
trees were standing, whose
douse foliage afforded some protection,:
vt hilo my husband and sons strove to save
ft bat tl.ey could of cur property. At
last a fearful surge swept away my hus-1
band, and lie never rose again. Indies, j
no one ever loved a husband more, but |
that was not trouble.
Presently, my sons saw their danger, j
and then the struggle for life became!
the only consideration. They were as'
brave, loving boys as ever blessed a mo? j
titer's In art, and I watched their of-j
forts to escape with such agony as only j
mothers can feel. They were so far off
I could not speak to them, but I eould !
see them closing nearer and nearer to j
each other, as their little island grew
smaller and smaller.
The sullen river raged around the
huge trees; dead brooches, upturned
trunks, wrecks of houses, drowning cattic,
masses of rubbish, all went floating
past us. My boys waved their hands
to use, and (lieu pointed upward. I
I knew it was a farewell signal, end you
i mothers can iu.agiuo my anguish. I
saw them all perish and disappear, and
| yet?that was not trouble,
j 'I hugged tny babe close to my heart,
I and when the water rose to uty feet, I
climbed into the low branches of the
tree, and so kept retiring before it till
on all-powcrfui Hand stayed the waves
that they should come no further. I
was saved. All my earthly possessions
were swipt away, and all uiy earthly
hopes were blighted?yet that was not
trouble.
'My babe was all I had left on earth.
I labored night and day to support him
and mvsi'lf. and sought, to train him in
iho light way; lut as lie grew older,
evil companions won him away from
home. He ceased to care for Lis uio
ther's counsels; lie would sneer at her
entreaties and agonizing prayers. lie
left u.v humble roof that he might be
unrestrained in the pursuit of evil; and
at last, ouc night when heated by wine,
lie took the life of a fellow being, and
ended his own upon the scaffold. My
Heavenly father had filled my cup of
sorrow before; now it ran over. Tbia
was trouble, ladies, such an I h|pc his
mercy will save you from experiencing/
There was not u dry eye among her
listeners, and the warmest sympathy
was expressed for the bereaved mother,
whose sad history hud taught them such
a lesson.
Golden Leaves.
She was searching over the golden
i leaves which the frosts of October had
, detached from the stiffened twigs. Her
! auburn hair took on the glint of gold
' as the bright sun streamed dowu over
chimney and roof and tree top, and the
f..n<t.>r lines around her mouth deepened
as she whispered:
'0, guldeu leaves, your life is ty pical
of?'
At that moment her mother conic to
the gate, sleeves rolled up. and her big
red hands hiding the view of the back
yard.
'Pairing over them leaves again, ar'
ye ?' she exclaimed, us she caught sight
of the sentimental maiden. 'Well, now
you trot in here, and wash out, the rest
of them colored clothes, or I'll paw you,
I will.'
'Yea, mother dear; but these golden?'
'Trot, I say ! Good bur soap is the
golJencst thing in market, and a washboard
costs more inoucy than all the
yalicr leaves on the street.
And the gentle maidcu trotted.
A story is told of a shrewish Scotch
woman who tried to wcau her husband
from tlio public house by employing
her brother to act the part of a ghost,
and frighten John on his way houie.
Why are you?' said (ho gndeman. cs
the apparition rose up before him from
behind a bush. 'I am auld Nick,' was
the reply. 'Gome awn', man/ s'jj
, John, nothing daunted; 'gic's
of your hand, I'm married
The man who couldu't^^^^^^H
to bvd ic the
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with the cash to Insure i:.^?ruou.
Qu?8fcionable Dtet.
Egyptian women owe much of their
beauty, 'tis said, to a dish ony-ting of
beetles. A traveler in Egypt sao- a
number of Circassian and Georgian ;
male slaves sitting en shore, where they >
! had just landed front a ship. They
were pale, thin, rough skinned, tawny
haired, unkempt, in ccarse-t .- ('ire. :?iiu
were in pursuit of fit-ai. IE- expressed
his disappointment loan Egyptian drag- ?
oman stauding near, who, with a grace. *
ful waive of his hand, replied. "Oh, JSffendi,
could you sco these womeu three
months hence )*''U would t y that tbo
prophet had fitted tlicni lcr heaven. Jjk
Good mashed beetles and peocronsynV f i
shall uiakc I hern plump; the daily Lath
shall give their skins the huc-s of ercsmy
milk and their joiuts the suppleness and g.
gtace of the gazelle. Willi new health
their eyes shall sparklo with ntirlh and
be bedewed with tenderncs1, the ioso
shall bloom on their che*ks aod the
gold shall gild their tresses. (jo'J is
great I'' And he might hare added,
"mashed beetles nre tits Jpolit et the ^
hareui traders." Does this incident of*
Per a suggestion to ambitious American
belles ?"
The Sleeping Child.
Tlicrc arc seasons peculiarly sweet
and soothing. There scums Fomct'.ing
holy ir. the air of the lighted chnmh* c
wherein no sound is l card but the rote
breath of the sleeping infant. T f-nlat
such times as if brought nearer to the
Divine presence, r.tui with every care
and I my thought pat Ik red i ito-ilemv,
almost serin as though admitted to the i
company of the angels who hoop their
appointed wa'rh around the li:? ?: child,
one desire only filling inj soul?that A
my children may grow nod walk in the 'J
way of iighteouMiess. At such n*oments,
ton. bow clearly is pen eiveJ and
acknowledged the claim of the Creator
over the young creature He hath formed.
lie hath breathed into it the bre..th of
life, and made it a living soul, and hath fl
given it Jo a mother's keeping. .She JB
bows herself before Ilim and receives
from His hand this pearl of great price,
when the Lord makes up His jewels to
be required of her again.
Trust Her.
Confidence-is everything between
man nod wife, and a woman vviio loves ?
desires to bo trusted. She would not
bo glad when he is sad. She would not
be ignorant of his troubles or nc'si -tlcs.
Anything is better to her an t ? be ~ ?"w"~
shut out from the innermo-t orsli?; life
of one who should be hers, s- .be is uil
his. Women generally nro nvirsa to
keeping things to themselves, and a
husband is often overdosed with con ftdonee,
but many really sffuc'ionMo men
lead, us far as their wives arc cone rr.ee*,
a double life. [Of that which i Vnk
is not domestic they think light to
say nothing. Some grievous troubo
may be upon them?drer.J of r.:i!uro,
certainly of loss; remorse fi r some tipstake
lias been plunged ihe.n into . * xiety?and
tlicy make no of save
by a change of manner, v. iiich the
women who arc ignorant that hey havo
any care. incomprehenfii/.e. The
wife would gladly be sympathetic;
when she knows nothing of her leigo
lord's trouble, all her intuitous cannot J
i i #? ?i.? ?
KCv|J IICI I I "111 Jl , IN- IU I It tUlil lU.^IUU V
that it is u pcrsoual inntter?that she is
no longer loved, or that he loves some
To-Morrow. ? v ?
To-morrow may never come to us. y a
We do not live in to-morrow. We can- J|H
not 6nd it in any title deeds. The man
who owns whole blocks of real estate
and great ships on tlio sea does not own
a single minute of to-morrow. It is a
mysterious possibility not yet boru. It *
lies glittering under the seal of midnight,
behind the veil of glittering con- I
stcllations. I
Enjoy the present, whatever ii may \
be, and not be solicitous for ?ho future; ;
for if you take your lbotlVoni the present
standing, and thrust it ] I'.ur.l io
to-morrow's event, you are in a i?wth>s.s
condition. It is like refusing to qifneh
your present thirst by fearing you will
want to drink the next day. If tomorrow
you should want, your sorrcw
would couio lime enough, though you
do not hasten it. Let your trouble tar- -?
ry till its own day comes. Enjoy Liessings
this day, if God scuds them, ai d
the evils of today bear patiently snd
sweetly, for this day is ours. We a.a
the dead id' yesterday, aud not yet boru
to-morrow.
Ho Struck tho Wrontf Man.
'Sco what feet!' exclaimed a dapper
little Chicago dandy, as be poiuted to
the tremendous pedal extremities of on
overgrown but honest looking country
youth who happened to be passing at
the time.
'Oh-ho-lio 1' laughed a crowd of b:o- 0
tlier 'sty Irs.'
'I sweali, though,' continued the !ii :t
speaker,'if I don't belicto fell. >
wanhs twice as lawdgo a i.vit as L
do.' . ., 4
l 'Yes,' quietly sa:d the youlhlul coun- 1
jtryiuan, as ho turned bad mound in J
his course, 'and twice as large a li.it,