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Still the heArt of the tyrant is stone, Still his victims are toiling, despairing: Still he heeds not, ho hears not their moan. 'Tis vain that you tell me, hereafter These things are not to be so ; We are only able to reason From that which we see and we know. For centuries long have the curses Of the heart-broken pierced to the skies; For centuries long has no answer Returned to their desolate cries. If I call upon Nature to comfort, It is silent and grim ns the grave ; The winds will not stay nt my question? No reply ftom the long-sounding wave. And the stars, as they gliltc- above me, Pure and calm as the flakes of the snow, Look as cold as the sorrows of mortals As they looked in the years long ago. Oh. give me ! oh. give me my childhood, The unquestioning faith that was there, When I kne't at the feet of my mother. And gently the taught me my prayer. I am sitting alone I y the river, And the willows are sweeping its bank ; The twilight has deepened to midnight, *nit f ?it hv the river and think. FALSE. Marian Grey was a berutiful woman, and she knew tt; she alone could tell how many admirers had placed th* ir hearts at her feet to be trampled ou. At last the youti?rmen thought that she j had found her couqueror in the per.?on of Vance Hastings, a handsome, industrious young man, the junior partner of flic firm of Condor & Co. Walter Hale, a millionaire, was among the admirers of M iss Grey, though no doubt the idea of binding hituslfbv marriage never once entered his mind; for he had boasted of the number of hearts ho had so easily won, aud as carclcs-ly cast aside, to wither. One evening Vance called, having re s>?lved on this evening his future should he settled. He would know whether happiness should be his, or hid life be made u blank by a refusal. Miss Grey was seated in the parlor, and nsslie reclined on the S"fu presented a beautiful picture. R"b< d in blue silk, with b:ight auburn curls falling over her her luagnibccnt sdouiui-rs ana neek in rich profusion, and a pair of merry brown eyes peeping from beneath their long lashes. She lifted her dangerous eyes as Hastings entt ri d. and greeted him cordially. We will lo<<k at him too. In height he was above the average, with well dev-loped limbs, his head, a little too erect, ga\c him the Appearance of haughtiness, his l.air was light brown and his eyes dark blue. He stated himself beside Marian, and soon both were engaged in an animated conversation upon the various tipics of the Jay. Pres?'n:ly Vance said :? "Marian, I love you with my whole heart. 1 am here to-night to ask for your love in return fur mine. Will you 1 marry mc on uiy return from Europe, in o jcir?" And his ardent question was answered bv the simple wotd :? "Yes." i "That one year will seem to mo endless," said he, "so iuipati-nt shall I be to clasp my darling to my breast." One kiss, one embrace, and lie was gone. The next day Vance Hastings left Chicago lor Mew York, from which port he took one of the steamships bound for Europe. On the evening of the same da)' Walter Hale entered the parlor of Mr. Silas Grey, and was soon the participant in the conversation going on between the broker and his wife. Preseutly Marian entered, and the evening pa-red off uiirrily. The time for Waller's departure arrived, but still he s^eue d to have no inclination to take his leave. What could detain him? Ains! the boasting Wltcr had fallen before the charuis of ? > ? - I.I.. l.n nwL.,.,5 .Mariaii, auu miuimj tuvugu v Iter to bo bis ?ilo. Marian hesitated. At first she was on the point ot informing him that she was engaged to another; but when she thought of the positions in society the two occupied, and of her father, who had btcn meeting with heavy losses of late, her course was slightly altered. Really, she liked Walter very well, and Vance would undoubtedly find in his travels some one more worthy of his love. 1 Itu* considering, she gave an affirmative answer. ' Yes, Waiter, I will be your wife." Marian had given a favorable reply to two suitors. Which would be the bridegroom ? * * * * # * A year had passed, and Vance thought of returning home. A happy uian was he as he stepped oo hoard of one of the steamships running between Liverpool and New York. What happy thoughts passed through his miud of his wuiting Marian ! At last the harbor of X'-w York was j reached, oud boiling u cab he wqa iui V ^p^5555 CAI mediately conveyed to a hotel. A lew hoars later, ou entering the billiard room, lie was greeted with :? "Why, howd'ye do, Vance !" ' Hallo, Jack !" said Vnnce. ' I little thought to meet you so many miles from home " '1 am engaged in this city just now, but canr.ot say I like here as well as Chicago." "I am plad to loam that you have been successful in your business. Shall wr have a gauie at billiards ' I am agreeable." The friend* were soon engaged in a contest to prove who was the more skillful in the use of the cue, and the game was now and then enlivened by convcrsniion. "Jack," said Vance, "you have not as 3ct told rac anything concerning the changes that have taken place during my absence." UW*1I," said Jack Harris, as he sent his ball with rapidity across the table and performed a very difficult double shut, "mariiagcs are first in order, I suppose." "Certainly, Jack; marriages first, byail means." "Well then, your friend Walter Halo lias married the beautiful?" "No. no, you are jesting, Jack, Walter Utile would never marry; he was lorn for a bachelor." ' For once my boy, you arc mistaken. Walter is married, and has a lovely bride ?" ' I can hardly think such a thing pns sible. By the way, who may his charming bride be." She was Mis* Marian Grey." The cue dropped from Vance's hand.! and the c dor quickly fled from his face as ho exclaimed :? -Maiian Grey ! You must be mis-1 taken ! Walter Hale has not married Marian Grey." " "l is the truth " ' It is a lie! No, if nil New York wcro to say so, I would not believe Marian Grey false!" As Vance thus spoke he loft the room, leaving his friend mute with astonishment. "1 wonder what has come over Vance," mused Jack. "What did he mean9 False to whom?? to Vance? Ah! I've guessed the truth. Poor fellow !" A few moments passed, and Vance returned; his face was white with emotion and his eyes.gleamed with a peculiar light. "Excuse me. Jack," he said; "I was hu?-ty a moment ago. but I was suffcrinu' terribly. .Tell me. have you any proof of wh.it you said ?" "Why allow the affair to trouble you, man ?" said Jack. "I must have the truth. I must know all. By what vile mean* did he snatch my darling from me ?" exclaimed Vance, as he brought his fist, down on the table with tremendous force. "Since you desire it. I have a news paper in uiy room in which are the full particulars of the wedding " "Allow me to sec it." "Certainly. Let us adj turn to my room." Thither the friends went, and wen* soon seated beside a table. ''Here it is !" said Jack. As lie spoke lie pushed the paper to. ward his companion. Vance, picking the paper up tmd glancing over it, quickly catnc to the heading, "Fashion able Wedding," b<ueath which was given a full description of the marriage of Marian Grey uod Walter Ilale. Vanco road every word, while his eyes grew brighter, his face whiter, and as he finished reading it, his head fell upon the table. Jack, understanding all, attempted not to cotisclo him, but left him to bis sorrow. The mxt morning Vance re appeared looking like a spectre, ami, after breakfast, took the iraiii for Chicago. ****** Mrs. Hale was seated in her parlor, reading, when the servant entered and announced a visitor. "His card, Delia." ' I have none, ma'am; he raid, 'Tell Mrs. JIalc that a gentleman wishes to see her.' " Mrs. Hale became agitated. Could this be Vance? Turning to Delia, she J said : ? i ' Describe him to me." j '-Jlc is very handsome, uia'am. only his eyes look fierce and blood-hot." ' That will do. Say to him that j I am engaged," said Mrs. Hale, nerI vously. Delia was about to do as she was or; dert-d, when the door opened, and Vance : cnter-d. i "Madam," lie said. "1 must speak ! willi you; you will bo kind enough, therefore, to dismiss the servant." | Mrs. H ate motioned Delia to depart, i When they were alone a ?udd"n fear ; seized her, and she uskel with a quivering voice:? "Dray. sir, what can you wMi tlia? you thus forcibly present yourself before me 7" "What I want you know best; what I shall have, you shall know in time.' " Remember 1 am mistress here, and ! will allow no one to make use of threats.' "Dare you. false woman, ask mo what I want? What could I want? Wert ! you free to-day I would refuse to marry I you! The love that I bore for you ha? now turned to bitter hatred ! One yeui I nj:o you professed to love me." "Knotiuh, sir?I will hear no more.' "Von hall hear me through ' Ay, you may appear devoid of fo< lin<_', hu' when I relate your basem 8s to your bus bond, will he continue to caress a mo I ney-sceker? No, he will seoru despist und hate you, us I do now ! Ilu Wil I cunt you fa* Lis Louie, uud L tLul iIDEN, S. C., JANUARY laugh at you. Degraded woman, the devil that, vis within me has now come forth, augmented into a hatred that will never die." Then, seizin*; his hat, he hastily retreated. Liter in the evening Mr. Hale returned home, and, observing his wife's nervousness, asked the cause. The answer that he received not satisfying his curiosity, he summoned Delia and questioned her. "Delia, who called to see your mistress this afternoon ?" "I do uot know, sir; he gave no name." lloenniKrt litm " Delia thereupon gave & minute description of Hastings. -Thai will do." And Delia retired. ' I thought it was Vance Hastings who rushed by mc like a madman, ns I was returning home," soliloquized Walter. ,4I will be satisfied." | lie immediately went to his wife's room, and demanded an account of the iuterview with Vance. Marian, trembling with fear, told him of the insults mid abuse i hat Vance bad heaped upon her. Her husband became.furious, and rui-hcd out of the bouse in search of Hustings. A few moments later, Walter Ilalc ascended the steps of a hotel, and, inquiring for Vance Hastings, was informed that the gentleman he sought [ was in the billiard room. Vance was [engaged in conversation with n numb<r ol fiicnds. when Mr. Ililc entered and ?i.i?i i,;... |?uu:iuijr uutu'^u uiui. "Mr. Hustings, I demand an apology fur your conduct to my wife this alter- J Moon.*' "I w ill make none." "Then Mr, I shall avenge the insult," I exclaimed Mr. Hale. "I am at your service," sneeringly ic? plied Vance, Karly on the following morning, in a scclud-.d > pot, with a wild expanse of living verdure, shady proves and beautiful cornfields, five men were assembled. A duel was about to take place. Everything beini: satisfactorily arrraug'd, two shots were fired. One of the participants fell to the jrrouud; his face assumed an ashy paleness; the surgeon ruslitd to his aid, but too late?lite had fled. Three of the tn^n stooped to lilt their wounded couipanious when a shot was heard, and, turning around, they beheld Vance Hastings, the victor fall dead. ? 1 v 1 a _ 1 ... -a iMuriun urey n.ia icarncu to mvi- a> Ia.-t, but I he one to whom she bad proven false had snatched her idol from her. Henceforth her life was blighted. Let the Past be Past. We all of us have pleasant memories, which ?t moments of leisure fold 'himselvcs silently around us, and fur a tiiuc wc are buried in their sweet cmbrace. Hut is it well to be so wrapped in the everlasting embrace of the past, us to be dead to the present and future!' Is this the duty wc owe to God and our Icllow-uian ? Ah, no; far from if. To be sure, it is nothing less than mortal to permit oursi Ives and our thoughts to wander back over the past; to feel again all the old emotions of pain or pleasure; to go thtough this scene or that scene again; to fold that once loved ; form again to our hearts. Hut to live I in the past, to have no thought or feeling fur the present aud the opening future, is wrong. Let the past be past. You cannot uow undo its errors, or again go through with its glorious pleasures, or feel its sanctifying realities. I always feel bet: ter after a momentary glance into the past. Again t lie loved form of the one I cherished eveu letter than life itself i couies before my eyes, again I visit the j lined home ol cinidiiooc: again uu my eyes beholJ my sainted mother, long , since a glorious angel with the immortal host, and I have no faith in tho future, and live fur a short time in . the glorious hut dead and buried past of my life. Oh, how fearful the awakening from this dream. Down through the long vista of my .departed years comes the sweet remeui j brance of my darling Twas many | long and weary years since these eyes beheld her face, but every fiature is forever impressed on my mind. 1 loved , her, and lovehci still. 1 can never, never i forget her look of agony as I told her if my love. With saddened, breaking heart I listened as she toM mo of her plighted troth to wed another. I hogged, I prayed even in my anguish of soul, that she would fly with me, and bo mine, mine alone. Dut no, as ca'ui as I was agitated, she sat, glorious in Iter womanhood, and with the fatal significance of her pledged word glaring her in the face. I cursed tier then. I deeply and fondly honor her now. The storm has passed. The snow I--., o...r. ,i I, n mil nil The sun. with here and there a cloud athwart its path, moves steadily along the skv, and dimly tho mind remembers the past. It take* in nil the details of the storm, and coin' pares it w ith the gentleness of the pres. I cut, and at last it ceases to reflect on ' the storm, and dwells only on the bright aud glorious present. t Just so it is in life; and it is best. It is the will of the All-seeiug Ono that this should be. Look on the past but r liitle. live not in it. Se-'k out your errors, and profit by their experience in ' future. Alas, too true it is that many, , as they glance back ou I in ir bygoii" i j days, see so little of good that they dare not look again. This is only toe - true. Hut ''to the pure, all things arc pure," and if they look with u pure 1 heart, determines for better things in i iliu Wight aud glorious futurs thuJ .r 29, 1878. God has spread out before them, they will find some good to he thankful for. O reader, throw those paiolul riieinorir-s behind you, and turn resolutely to a future which njay yet be rendered holy nnd happy. Tho Country Store. Just the place among the hills for the old time country store, that, ltko Noah's ! Ark, contains a little of all sorts. You look for it at some lazy four corners, within hearing of an anvil's ring, ar.d the grind of a mill where the creek plays in lite wheel like a cagcd squirrel. And you find ir, the variety store of a hundred years ago, where needles and crowbars, poos? yokes and finger rings, liquorice-stick and leather, are to be had for cash or4 dicker." In the corner yonder stands the spindle legged desk, behind a breastwork of barrels, mid a bastion of codfish criss-crossed, a bi?? blotter spread upon the lid, a goose quill pen, a sand box and a pewter ink staud within reach. Here is the wooden bench beside the stove, covered with jack knife sculpture, awkward II's like a pair of leaning bar posts with one bar, and li's like ox yokes. It is here that in raiuy days and winter nights the whittlers. smokers, spitters and talkers gather in, and lay ; their blue and white mittens beneath the stove to dry; perhaps a village dector, with his saddle bags und pink and senna-nimbus perhaps a country lawyer, who practices at the country bar in court timo nul the tavern bar the I year round, with bis dogmatic way and j tobacco atmosphere. Here Unious are I caved, States constructed, stories iciu I and pigtail gnawed. Here fore-handed j farmers talk pi / mid potatoes, uud box I mil couutry tills smell of peppermint. ! and warm their rosy finders, that match | their ripe cheeks lor color. Here cloud3 ! of smoke from clay pipes float up among { the bed cords, and brooms, and tin Ian' terns, and cowhide boots suspended | overhead. And the stove, with its red | mouth close to the hearth, roars and | reddens in rlie howling nights, and the black :! Ilea Is in the floor are worn I silver bright by stampiug and uneasy feet. A boy. tipped with red as to fiu! gers. nose, ears and toes, stands before I j a short row of glass pickle jars, in j brimless hats of covers, therein lean a : few streaked sticks of childish happi! Hess at a penny apiece, and gazes with watering month, that keeps him swallowing in blissful expectancy. In a Hurry. An alderman was rather puzzled the nlhi-r day by a call from a stringer who hud a carpet-bag in one hand and a malicious look in his eyes. He let the cur' pet-bag drop, wiped his forehead, and ' wanted to know it the uian before biui was an alderman. "1 am." was the reply. ..li _r.._#l.. ..icnnntiKli. I ?'nn5<>ir.n " I CIIWHIJ IICJ/UUIIU.V) . ? | v~. . the query "I suppose I ain." ' Well, sir," continued the stranger, "down hero nt the d-pit some one hit me on ihe n-ck with a stone." j "Did, ch ?" "Yes. sir, lie did, and [ estimate the damage at twenty-five dollars." "1 am sorry," remarked the alderman. "It is no way to use u stranger to hit him on the neck." "Of course it isn't; but I don't care I for \our soft words. I want my twenty! five dollars." "Why, I have nothing to do with it. I didn't hit you." "1 know you didn't; but you run this town, don't you ? Some one .uust be responsible. I am not the kind of a man to be hit?on the nock and go right along without saying a word." "1 will tell you what to do." said the I alderman, after a little reflection "You goto t ho mayor and get an order on uie for the money, and I will pay it." "That's angelic and all right," replied the mail, and he steered for the City j Hall. He began blowing around to some of the idlers in the corridors, and they sent him to saloon on Monroe aveI nue, "to see the mayor's brother." lie must have found some one there, and miisi have bad some words. Those watching I)iin saw Iii.-* big satchel come out lir.-t, Ilion ho slid out after it, bair ! on en J aud chin all biuised up, aud as : lie reached the curb stone his suuill satchel him on the back with a loud ; "chug " lie went down Woodward avenue, stepping fast end high ; and at ' Congress street ran against a woman, | and explained : "Iu a hurry?didn't mean to?just licked the hruthor of the mayor of this town stone blind." How It Was. Everybody knew that another four I years ot the hell which (Jrunt organized ; in LousiaIIa and South Carolina would j not he tolerated by the public opinion of the Country. Nobody knew this bct? j ter than Grant himself; and he know 1 it so well that within forty-eight hours [ of his retirement from otnce ne pave formal notice to Packard and Chamber lain that the uiaintainance of sham governments by bayonet power bad become offensive to the moral sense of the whole country, and that orders had been issued for the withdrawal of the military support from the pretenders. If, under these circumstances and with tliin knowledge, any Republican iu Congress sought to bio 1 Mr. Ilayas by , pledges to defy public opinion, undo the orders that Grant had issued, perpetuate carpet-baggery, and repudiate i the contracts made by Stanley Mut? thews and Foster, they simply asked i bim 10 u.uko himself utterly iufutm-u' by a breach of faith without a purullci i in iU titroaity.?CAi'aijo lYt/w* NUMBER 29 A Slight Mistake. There she stood, the apple of their eyes trembling with suppressed weeps. Their frowns deepened as the mother wiped her glassei^prcparatory to reading a letter found in* the gffTa pocket. It i began : "Angel of uiy existence." "What!" howled the male parent; "You don't mean to say it began like that ? Oh, that a child of mine should correspond with?but pray proceed, my dear." "Hera, existence spelt with 'a', too," proceeded the mater. "Why, the lunatic can't spell," chipped in the old man. "It is impossible for mo to describe the joy with which your presence has filled me." Then why docs he attempt it, ass ? But pray don't let mo interrupt you. 3o on, go on ; let joy bo unconfined " "I have speut the whole night in think-j ing of you"?that's picturesque, any I way?"and in bitterly deriding the ob- j stinate old whelp who will not consent j to our union." "Oh, lot me get at him ! Whelp ! Is i thy servant a toad, that ho should thus j be spoken of?" "Yen, yes; one moment. I was about; to observe that the band tbst could pen | such words would not hesitate to scalp j the most cherished relative." ' Theodorous, I didn't see this over ; the leaf." 4,Eh ? Let me see; hum. 'Yours, I with all the love of my heart?Tbeodo- j rus. May 10. 1835.' Why, bless my ; eyes, it's one of my letters." (Seusa- t tion.) "Yes, papa," echoed the olive branch, "1 found it in the cleset yesterday?j only you wouldn't lot me speak." "You may go to the park, my child.; Hem, we'eve made a nice mess of it." I "Yes, love. Next time we will look j at tho date." m Baboons. % Tlnrnriii lino oiifippni'pd in firp.ltifl? such ? ? n | an interest in the entire monkey spc- j cieh, that we venture on a baboon st<*y. | A Hottentot f o-eossed a tame baboon, j which entertained an intense dread of*j snakes; its muster, for mere wantonness.! I forcibly entwined a dead snake round! | the baboou'i neck, when thai animal ; sat stupefied with tVar, and on the snake ; buing removed, stole timidly into the ; hut of the Hottentot. After a short lapse of time, the baboon was, actor a in?r j to custom, called on bv its master to | scratch his head. Although summoned several times in an angry voice,it refused j to move. The Hotleutot rose and struck ' it with a stick, and immediately the en- j raged and aggrieved animal sprang upon | him ; the neighbors hearing tho scuffle, j run to a-'C what was the matter, but1 j could distinguish nothing through the j dust raised in the interior of the hut, except hot cinders, which were kicked ! about in ail directions from a fire-place | in the centre of the abode. The screams * ?-i . i.-u .? ..... ;,t?. i 01 iuc* man aim uiu uiiuuun ncic m?i: mingled, till nt length the latter dashed : out through the by3tandors,and escaped to 8iiuii> mountains. The Hottentot 1 had bccu seriously bitten in the eni counter, and was some weclt9 in recovi ering, but ultimately rcgaiued Ins strength,and bcut upon revenge, scoured ; the mountains in search of his antago; uist. lie at Lst descried his baboon, ; which he could discern from aoy other, peeping over a erug, and leveled a gun ; at him; but the animal instantly with| drew its head, and held forward one of | his companions as a target instead of i himself, chattering loudly as in defiance, so that the man was compelled to return ! home foiled and disappointed. Which acted like the nobler uuiraal, tho man or the baboon? It would puzzle even Darwin to ?ccidc tho question. We are glad the baboon was not killed, howj ever. I A Genuine Love Match, and What Came of It. Ten years ago a handsome young j man passed through Monticcllo, Kj., aud was noticed by a young girl sitting at tho window of the most aristocratic house iu the town. She fell iu love ; with hiin at first sight. She hud wealth, culture and beauty. He was poor, and was then on his way to ,-cek his fortune as u cuttle herder in Texas. After nm1 ? 1 !'i himself iho uy U|># UIIU UUHII9, lib IVUUU owuer of a silver mine in New Mexico. I , The j^irl bloomed into a beautiful wo mau, with literary ability, and became : a contributor to the Jjxtsfo/ir Time*. ^he learned who the unconscious object 1 of her fancy was, and they corresponded throughout the ten years She uever | wrote a word ol her personal attractions ' or family, uor did he speak of his pood i fortuue. A tew days ago lie wrote hrr pro. , posing marriage, and soon followed his letter to her Kentucky home, when he I saw her for the first tiuio. Recently I they were married, and Miss Ann^t Horry, that was, harncit on reacmpig Stiver City that her husband, R. fb. Mctculf, was the greatest capitalist in Now Mexico. The volcano Ceboruco, situated on the road between Guadalajara and Topic, Mexico, has lately been throwing up great volumes of stuoke and nshea. The eruptions are. at times, of daily occurrence, and a Mexican photographer is watching every moment, and taking photographs of the extraordinary freaks. The lato eruptions have not caused as much fright and terror as usual. A New York receiver, duly appointed, collected all the assets, to wit: 84,420, and his expenses wero $4,340, i leaving $70 to be distributed umong the i creditors. And of such is the kingdom of bankruptcy ut atodcru tiatti ADVERTISING RATES. Time. 1 in. J col. A col. 1-co!. 1 wnek, $1 00 $5 00 $9 00 $15 00 2 " 175 7 50 12 26 20 00 3 " 2 50 9 00 16 26 2*00 4 <? 3 00 10 50 18 00 27 60 5 ** 3 50 11 75 20 50 3100 G " 4 00 12 60 22 75 54 (X) 7 " 4 50 18 26 21 76 37 00 8 " 6 00 14 00 26 00 40 00 3 mos 6 60 17 00 32 00 60 00 4 " 7 60 19 00 39 60 69 00 6 " 8 60 24 00 4H 00 84 00 9 ? 0 60 30 00 50 00 105 00 12" 10 25 35 00 G8 00 120 00 tr Tianslcnt advertisement* must be aocomanied with the cash to liurare Insertion. Old Kentucky. Governor McGreary, of Kentucky, in hid message says in a simple tray that the financial condition of that commonwealth is gratifying. Tho funded debt of that State has reached the coutempt iblc aggrcgato of only 8183,394. Of this amount, however, only onetwentieth part is now due, and has not been paid only because the bonds due have uot been presented for pnymeut. The rest are not payable till 1894-5-6. Thcra is just about seven times the amount of this debt in the state treasury applicable to ita payment. With a revenue tax of four mills, the State raised in 1S77 something over two millions' of which it could spend less than a million and a half, so that its surplus for one year is ouo-fourth its total tennue, and one third its expenditures. Work upon a new State Capitol has been suspended for some years, but in this condition of the public purse, Gov* ernor McCreary prudently, ns it appears, recommends that' the building be linished. Need we add that no "ring' ever plundered that purse in Kentucky Making People Happy. Some men move through !'fe as a band of music moves down the street, flinging out pleasure on every side through the air, to every one, far and ucar, that can listen. Some men till the air with their strength and sweet-' ucss, as orchards in October days fill the air with ripe fruit. Some women cling to their houses like the Looeysuckle over the door, yet like it fill all the region with the subilc fragrance of their gooduess. IIow great a baunty and a blessing it it so tu hold the roy.?l gifts of the soul thai they fhjli be music to some, and fragrance to others, and life to all! It would be no unwornhy tl.iug to live for. to make the power which we have withtu us the breath of other meu's joy: to fill the atmosphere which they must stand in with a brightness which they cannot create for themselves. New Year in New York. A eorrespondent writing to the tial of Commerce from New York, says: " One of the most exquisite of the many floral decorations which adorned our New York parlors oa New Year's Day, was a Confederate flap, composed of crimson and of white car* nations, with a flap staff of gold colored immortells. The whole was encloe-d in ? frame of catnelias. tube ros<s, white hyacinths, heliotrope, stnilax and other rare flowers. This artistic flower piece appeared in the most conspicuous place in tho parlors of one of Carolina's daughters. Mrs. F. G. DeFontainc, to whom it was sent as a'-New Year's" offering, by J. B. Polk, a nephew of Bishop Polk, and right royally did she insist upon its sharing the "comphmcuts of the season" with her. A Mighty Clever Girl. She lives at Ottawa, Canada, and this ! is how she managed it: She thought it would be just as well to commence : housekeeping right away, and begin the i new year with training up a hushand in j the way he should go, but her father I thought differently. So she invited all | her friends to the wedding at a certain I church at a given hour. Of course thero was a big crowd, including the angry father, who was prepared to forbid the baos with a shotgun. Meanwhile the young lady uud her adored ' William went to another church and I were quietly married; and a< they kit i the sacred edifice, sho remarked that j where there was a Will there was a way. A Peaceful Town. "There is not," wrote the editor of the Dead wo d Daily Champion, " a quieter, more peaceful, well regulated j nod orderly community in the western country." And then, as the office boy j entered to say that somebody wanted to see him, he took his Howie knife between his teeth, put u Colt's new pat| tern scren-shooter on the desk iu front ; of him, and then said: "Jim, get out nuother coffin?a plain one this time? 1 and let the critter corno in." ^ i j The larg.-st bell in the world is in ; the temple of Clars, iu Kiota, Japan, i Uulikc the great bells in Pekin and I Moscow, it is whole, and its tone is as perfect and as sweet as when first suspended. Where and by whom if wn*. " east is not known. Chinese and '? crit characters completely coveMff but , ; they are not translatableh^Japaneso 1 scholars. It is ^jLJinTnigh am! It) 4 j inches thick^jeflff'rim. It has no clop. I pee, buM^struck by o sort of woodcu ' batU^mg ram on the outside. 1/ ] Jos WELL once asked Johnson if f there was no possible circumstance under which suicide would bo justifiable. : "No," was the reply. "Well," anv? Bos well, "suppose a man has been guilty y of fraud that he was certain would bo ; found out." ' Why, then," says Johpson, "in that case let him go to soum ; country where he is not known ; not to the devil, where he is known." In New York forty-one per cent, of the collections for the poor go into tho j pockets of the officers of tho bencvu| lent societies. That is to say, where * 1 man bestows one dollar in charity, ho gives 50 cents to tho suffering poor and j 41 cents to tho pampered officers Congressman Smalls, of South Carolina, still decks his desk in the House , of Representatives with a boqurt froui 1 the Rotanioal Gardens, and, inhaling 1 its perfume, ulmost ihrgeU that lie it under ecuteuM to iUcpeniUBiier/ i