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VOLUME XXXVI.
I AM DY1XG.
' Raise my pillow, husband, dearest?
Faint and fain'er comes niv breath;
. And these shadows stealing slowly,
Must, I know, be (hose of death.
Sit down close beside me. darling.
Let me clasp you warm: strong hand,
Yours that ever has sustained me,
To the borders of this land.
For your God and mine?our Father
Then shall ever lead me on?
While upon a throne eternal.
! Sits lus loved and holy Sou;
i I've had visions and been di earning
O'er the past ofjoy and pain.
Vent by year I've wandered backward,
Till 1 was a child again.
I Dreams of girlhood and the moment
When I stood your wife and bride.
How my heart thrilled with Love's triumph,
In that hour of woman's pride.
Dreams of thee and all the earth chords
Firmly twined about my heart?
j Oh! the bitter, burning anguish
When I first knew that we must part.
It has passed?and God has promised
Ail iliy footsteps to attend !
' He that's more than friend or brother,
1 ......
lit' 11 ue Willi you iu iiic cuu.
' There's no shadow o'er the poitals,
Lending to my heavenly home?
| Christ has promised life immortal,
j And 'lis He that bids mc come.
When life's trials wnit around thee,
And its chilling billows swell,
Thou'it thank heaven that 1 am spared then,
Thou'lt then feel that "all is well."
I Bring our boys unto my bedside ;
My last blessing let them keep?
I But they're sleeping?do not wake them;
They'll learn soon enough to weep.
Tell them often of their mother.
Kiss them tor me when they wake:
Lead them gent'y in life's pathway,
Love them doubly for my sake.
Clasp my hand still closer, darling.
This, the last night of mv life,
, For to-morrow I shall never
Anuu-ur u-ln.n mil call me " wife."
Far? tliee v eil, inj noble husband.
Faint not 'neath tbechastening ro<l;
Throw your strong nrra 'reuti<l our children
:
Keep them close to thee nn.l God.
THE LITERARY WIFEIt
was n 1"W thatched cottage, troliiscd
in vin<*, that stood upon a vtrdant
i green sward. This cottage was white a.:
tl?e dripping snow, pr?.sentipg a fine
I contrast with the gre< niKHn around it ?
i white-veined ivy and other vines hung
jgricefully fmin the low, drooping caves.
: their tendrils clingit g to thn snowy
boards. Upon the whole, the exterior
I el this cottage was romantic and picItttresque,
the interior neat and tidy,
and the iutnatrs consisting of throe,
liaby Nelly is sleeping in her downy
crib, in dreamy cuu.nninii n with I lie
I angels that hover near lor. Nelly is
the household pet, a sunbeam to her
parent-' existence.
A y-'ung looking mother is seated at
i her desk, dashing off with unussutned
i rapidity, page altet page, in a hold and
regular chimgraphy. 'Tis Emma Clayland.
a "literary wife." She, the once
spiightly ano lovable Kmuia, is sonie[
what changed from strenuous thoughts
nd close confinement; and. dc-pite her
husband's fr? (ju<-nt retjucsts for In r to
'desist ftoni wtiting. sliu resolnt? iy
dines, with a tenacious spirit, to her
. heart's idol, literature.
Herbert Clayland was a matt of cultivate
<i tastes; a lino and prepossessing
:' xtcrior was his. A titan of business
tact, but not of talent, he aspired uot to
tiic knowledge of a Newton, nor the
, genius of a Socrates. Therefore, h?-1
could in do wise set a true value I
" !,.? t.klanf rioc. !
oi apprcciuiion up'u niv iinviiv j/..,
sesscd by his wile Kruma; and while
viewing it in a light of deprceiution, he
did not r:ghtl) balance her woiih?did
not duly consider the genius that lay
buried in her uclive mind, only awaiting
the proper touch to call it into motion,
which touch would in coutse of time
germinate into beautiful and sublime
thoughts, and weave for her a never
i lading laurel.
Herbert Clayland entered into his
wife's room, and, with a voice whose
; tone battled 'twist smile- and frowns, he
said ?
"Emma put up your writing! I
wonder at your patience in remaining
at the desk so constantly, scribbling
away on a nonsgusieal essay; it would
; kill me."
Etuuia, puslu d her manuscript aside,
! and, turning to her husband, replied,?
" 'Tis not a laborious task to me, dear
husband; 1 derive a pleasure from this
occupation; writing Is my forte, and,
with p<-n, ink and paper around mo,
' and little Nelly asleep, 1 aui perfectly
happy."
Herbert smiled, and r pea ted,?
"Perfectly happy ! If it makes you
happy, Emma, continue to write; hut i
estimate it as a labor that will yield y<ni
no profit, ami I would m t wear my life
out at the desk fur a mere pleasure."
"Do not discourage me. Herbert; I
might derive profit from i*. some day.
Pearl divers do not cxpc;t to clear tin
bottom of the ocean at a mii^io iiivo.
neither would ihey rxp-ct to suppl)
the queen's palace with pearls; repeated
dives must bo made bef're
the sought-for prize i> pained. Patience
and perseverance are twin sisters
to success. The intcllectu d trade is a
tediouf. one, but the delight and pleasure
that an active iuiat: nation affords
counterbalances the numerous pitfalls
that darken the way of the ambitious."
"You seem to appreciate that yours
is an intellectual cxi-fi n *e "
"I experience delight from the belief.
An intellectual 1 tie is roaliy within the
reach of every ouc who tarncbtly desires
it."
"And you desire it ?"
' 41 do !"
"Compare your literary jewels to
j fiuWcr* ofi truiUute4 wtfvlw."
CA1V
"To me my productions arc treasure?,
hence anything but valueless."
' You indulge in a worthless pastime,
Emma."
"You may consider it such; but do
you not liuewise indulge in pastimes
that bring you no profit?"
"Sometimes."
"You have no taste P?r writing; what
arc your hobbi.'S ?" queried Emma, in
a kindly tone, at the same time drawing
her chair near Iter husband.
social game of whist, a mint-julep,
and the like, kill time pretty well
with me, Emma."
"And nre not. altogether innocent, j
llcibcrt, lor with tbcui miuglcs vice.
Writing is a harmless pastime, and, j
when perfectly free from blemish, it elevates
the mind, and adds to the intel
lectual principles ol~humanity."
' That may be true; but, tiie fact is,
I never liked literary women, nor never
shall," continued Herbert.
' Indeed!" replied Euitua, n little
piqued.
"I muke one exception."
' And that is whom ?"
"The writer bearing the mm tie
plume of Celcstia. Most lady writers
are always straining at subjects that
they know nothing about; but Ccleslia
has proven with her pen that she i? a
sensible woman."
At the termination of Herbert's
speecb, Emma trembled visibly; she
knew not what to say?she too had read
"CelestiaV productions, arid was interested
in their purport. At that moment
I>aby Xellv was awakened and
demanded attention from the young
mother, who there and then made a
firm resolution never to write in her I
husband's presence again.
Time passed, and Herbert had become
estranged; be did not love home
oUai U A lltAfltiil VTlrtl An/kllfkl V ll'ltl
Oil lie Olll'UIVi. i! UMM UI'I iiavui'vii 'i j %
settled over the better part of his nature,
and he endeavored to demolish its
reign by spending his evenings abroad.
The cloud of languor that draped
Emma's hitherto happy spirits was i
not an assuming of deceit. She
was sorely troubled, and grew weary
of her husband's late return home
on each successive evening; wire it not
for her passionate love for writing, how
drearily and slowly would glide the
wheel of time ! She thanked the All-!
wise for bestowing upon her the treas- |
ured gift that she possessed, that she had I
fortunately been reared iu the bound? of
a civilized, enlightened country, haviug
around her the advantages of culture.
One night, Herbert entered with
clothes dripping in water, haviug been
caught iu a heavy rain, i'muia hastened
to prepare dry garments for her
husband, and perloruicJ numerous other
acts of kindness.
"I expected to find you asleep, little
wife," said Herbert In a kind voice.
'Doubtless you did; but I can not
sleep when you are absent, if I were to
try."
"If you cannot sleep wliiio I aui absent.
why don't you auin^e yourself by
writing ? You used to be very fond of
it."
"Ah! you Jo not like 'literary wo
men.' and you shall not be displeased
by finding me at the desk." said Emma,
leaving Herbert ignorant of the fact
that she had been writing.
Herbert smiled reluctantly; he well
remembered his words, and would fain
recall them; for, an) thing in reason, he
thought, "to amuse Euiiua," while he
and liis comruJcs were in the height of
hilarity.
Might passed, and the rosy dawn
was breaking in the east. Knowing
>1 at Euitua had left her couch, Herbert
axcluimcd,?
"What are you doing up so early,
Emma ?"
"Attending to Nelly," wag the young
wife's reply. Hut she did not menticn
that previously she had been writing.
**** *
Weeks anil months glided into
eternity, and Herbert Cluylnnd enjoyed
the realization of another birthday. He
had been away the greater part of the
day, mingling with his friends in town.
Late at evening lie returned, and, on
entering the door, observed Emma
turning the leaves of a blue bound
book
"Another trashy novel to take up
your time." said Herbert, with a reproving
scowi upon his brow. And,
leaving the room abruptly, he braced
his chair against the broad trunk of an
?i?ed apple-tree, and pulled his hat
down over his ey. s in a morose mood.
" 'I his is your birthday present,"
said Emma, kindly, as she approached
her husband, presenting the book.
"I do not care for it!" was the gruff
ri?}iuurf.
How. wr. lie opened the book, and
saw belbr- linn, " Poems and Sketches,
By Emma Cluyland."
"Did you write this, Emma ?"
" Ves !''
{ Foolish child! Vou have ruined
3ours?'H !"
"Why so? Ex pi ii in !"
"Vou have copi.d from Celestia."
"I urn Colcstia, dear husband. my articles
first appearing in periodicals under
tlie 1101,11/1 and next as you
' see tin tn hefiire you "
; "Why did you not tell tne this."
"Vou do not like literary women,
I consequently I kept it a secret from
})
! you
I On finishing the sentence, s',e drew
from her pocket an envelope of raftron
; hue, placing it in her husband's hands,
; who upon opening it, found it to eon
, tain a chock on the bank of E ,
calling for live hundred dollars, payublc
I to Mrs Ennna Clu\land.
"You see. Herbert, the ambitious
I pear 1 diver, ? will ^ow U^iu to ewut
itlen
[DEN, S. C., FEBRUARY
my profit.'' said Kmma. with a smile. I
Herbert eamc to tlie wise conclusion
that literary women were not so bad,
after all; and, after this memorable
birthday, he always enrouroged Kmnva
in her writing, by which she soon rts
alized enough money to malce the* low
thatched cottage the treasured home
j _i .1
sicau, wn^ruiii uiujr c*uu uuopmcu
for many years, thus proving to Herbert
Clayland that there was something
i in a man's having a literary wife.
j PA11TY ORGANIZATION, j
Proceedings of the Ntnfe l)emo> I
orotic Executive ce. I
The meeting of the State Democratic j
j Executive Committee in Colambia on
Thursday and Friday lust, whs one of
great importance, as being tho initiat-ory
step of the campaign of 1878. The
first business of the meeting was the
election of a chairman to fill the vacancy
occasioned by tbe resignation of the
Hon. A. C. Haskell. ?>u motion of
Gen. John sun Hagood.v Gen. J. D.
Kennedy was unanimously elected, and
thus was accomplished the first and oae
of the most vital movrtf in tho campaign.
Popularity, intelligence, liberal
views, eapcrienco in anga nidation are
the chief requirements of llie position, j
and Gen. Kennedy unites all tbrso in a
,-nr,.*i rL'nl.l? doirrpn \.
young man, a successful military commander
and a popular political loader,
lie lias been most fitly cltoscn to prepare
the Democracy of the State for victory
in the approaching campaign.
It rrill he seen by the recorumcndai
lions which the committee make that
they have come out stjuarely for nominations
by primary elections, in placo of
the old and much alu-ed club meetings.
Tne committee, after a full and earnest
discussion of the situation, and the
various propositions received and submitted
bv ti.e vaiious members, finally
adopted the lnllowiug recommendations:
That the State Executive Committee
I of the Democratic party of South Carolina
recommends an immediate reotv
gatiizalion of the snuie, in view of the 1
campaign of 1878, and that county I
conventions be called as soon practice- j
ble in the several counties, to elect offi- j
: errs to serve for the next two years.
I Where local clubs of the last cam- 1
' paign are in existence, that they be re* j
organized by the election oi officers to ;
serve for the cu-uing two years, and as i
many additional clubs formed as may be j
deemed essential to the success of-tl>e |
party. Also, thut the committee on
registration forthwith malic a complete
registration or all voters, classifying
them as white and black, Democrat ajid
Republican.
That the county executive committee
consist of lit* county chairman and
the presidents of the local clubs.
TL.? .1 - l... fl!
i nut i in: cvjuui > i'iiiui in?iII uf uuicio
chairman of tlie county executive
committee, and of all county convention*.
That the system of primiry elections
by ballot be adopted as the mode of
nominating candidates for county officers
and members of the General Assembly.
While the principle of primary
elections should bo at once announced,
it is the decided judgment of
the Slate Executive Committee that the
nominations by primary elections should
not take place until a later period in the
campaign, and in regard to vwhich further
recommendations will be made
hereafter as to the details for conducting
i lie said elections.
The following instruction to county
chairmen was also adopted :
When the county convcnt'ons have
elected officers, the new county chairman
will at once report to the secretary
of tho Slate Executive Committee,
giving the names and postofficc addresB
ol the officers chosen, together with the
nanus and postofficcs of thu presidents
of the local clubs, and the number and
memberohip of the several clubs.
The fiiegoing recommendations are,
based on the following unicies of the
constitution of the par y, adopted by
the istate ('onvcntiou in August, 187G.
and are intended to show what, in the
opiniou of the Executive Committee, is
the host mode of carrying out those articles
:
Article 1. There shall be one or more
Democratic clubs organized in each
election precinct, each ? f which clubs
shall have a distinct title?"'Jlic
Democratic Club"?and shull elect a
president, one or more vice presidents, a
recording and a Corresponding scciclarv
and a treasurer, and shail have the fol
lowing working committees, of not less
than three members each ; A commit
tee on registration, an executive committee,
and such other committee us to
each cH:l) may seem expedient.
Art li The meetings of the clubs
should be frequent, alter the opening
of the canvass, aid some member of the
club or invited lp> aker deliver an address
at each meeting, if practicable.
Art. Tim prcsidttit shall have
power to call an extra meeting of the
club, an 1 members of the club
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business.
Art. 4. The clubs in cacli county
, shall be held together and operate under
the control of a county executive committee.
which shall consist of one member
frjut each club, to b? nominated by
the clubs and elected by the couuty
convention, and such other members as
the convention may add.
The executive committer, when elected,
shall appoint its own officers and
fill all vacancies which may arise whon
I the convention is not in session. The
tenure of office of the cj/ewlivo . com*
giiuei ?UU b# uutii tip* twt gegtrti
r 19, 1878.
campaign. unless sooner removed orsus- [
ponded hy the county contention.
The present county executive com-;
mittces shall continue in office until the !
first, meeting of tho county conventions
under the organization.
Art. 5. County Democratic Conventions
shall be composed of delegates
elected by the several local clubs?one !
delegate for every club, and an additional
delegate for every twenty-five ;
! enrolled member.-?with the right to i
each county convention to enlarge or j
i diminish the representation, according ;
j to circumstances. This convention
j shall be called together by the chair- j
! man of the executive committee, under j
such rules as each county may adopt, i
and v/hrii assembled shall he called to j
order by the chairman of the executive
commit'ce, and shall proceed to elect
from among its members a president,
one or more vice prcsiccnts, a secretary
and treasurer The convention shall
| proceed to busincss/and when the same
< 19 llillJ.M'.llU, II aiiilll UlJjlfUIIJ Slliv UIV.
Art. 0. The mode and manner of
I nominating candidates for county offi'
ccs or for delegates to the State, Judi!
cial and Congressional C?>nvcntiou3 shall
! be regulated in each county by the rc[
spective county conventions.
A Chinese Wedding in Novada.
Evening before last u curious wed!
ding ceremony was performed in the
| city, by means of which a Chinese ccu|
pic were made one. The marriage
took place at the residenee of Mr. Lannan.
The bridegroom was Ah Wan,
atol the bride Xau Yin?. The i'ev.
father Magruth. ns-i-ocl hy a Ohin<-se
interpreter, performed the ceremony.
Ah Wan had sonto doubts regarding |
the holding powers of the 'Mclican' j
marriage ceremony, he having doubt- j
less observed that a thing called divorce j
frequently enabled the woman to takti ,
an unceremonious l-ave of her hu?band |
and openly deny him, with all the pow!
crs of the law on her side. lie was,;
therefore, unwilling to trust to the i
'Mclican' ceremony 4 straight.' lie1
wanted the big Chinese god, IIin. in* ,
voked during the busuics", us well as .
the American god, and any other grds
that a woman would be likely to be
afraid of. He had just paid S100 in
good Americau gold coin for his be
| loved, and lie wanted the b-nds such as
would bold her like hooks of steel.
It was for the purpose oi' ringing in
the Chinese god, 11 in, that he had
| brought the interpreter with hiut. Tito
| interpreter explained the Chinese part
J of the business to Father Magrath as
! Wfll as he could, when that gentleman j
concluded to make a mixture of the )
two ceremonies,
j 'Schtand up here, the pair of jces,'
[ commanded the reverend Irishman.
| 'Join yc-r hands,'said his reverence.
The pair clasped their own hands, aa
; though in prayer.
j Father Magrath stamped his foot and
i said to the interpreter : 'Let the man
1 take the woman's hand.'
'Ah Wan, tokoe suee Nan Ying shu j
mi,' cried the interpreter.
! The man then took a good strong!
grin on the woman's wrist, and Father ,
1 Magrath concluded that he could finish j
' the ceremony in pidgen English with- ;
| out the assistance of the interpreter.
C..m ta . ( A1% W'un vthi lik?tn tJiis !
LHIU 11 w 1111 *? ???| JUM |
1 ono piecee woman much good 7'
! "You bet,' wid Ah Wan.
| 'Nan Ying, you likeo this one piecee |
man way up good ?'
'Me likoe this piecee,' slid the gen;
tie Nan Ying.
Coom si to yc son toy mi,' chipped
iu tho interpreter.
'Si long yc son toy chowee/ said
Nan Ying.
'Flic say she likeo him all samo one
brudder,' said the interpreter.
Ali Wan,' said Father Magrath, 'you j
niver eatchee no more woman but this i
one piecec. do ye moind that ?'
'No more cntehee,'said All Wan.
'Nan Ying. you catcher no more mau i
hut Ah Wnn, do you niidcrsthund ?' j
'Niso tan-tan. fi sum ho pol tzin ?' j
I chipj i d in the int< rpn-ter.
'Mi ton wo,' said Nan Ying.
j 'She say all lightee,' explained the j
I interpreter.
'I hen in the uauie of the Almighty j
| and the great 11 in. I calico you nil sauie j
1 one piecce meat. Yo two are uion
and?'
'lliu, Ilin, mi ton, Isin chow toy,' j
yelled the interpreter, as he let oil a i
bunch of fire crackers.
lliu. Hit), my toy!' cried the man j
and woman together.
'Mai. and wife?man and wife ! Do
von uioiuil that now?' cried Father,
Magrath, coughing tho smoke of the ;
craekcis out of his throat.
'Ilin, Hin, my toy !' ciicd the inter- ,
pretcr and all hands, as they lighted
some colored paper* at the hunch of;
| spitting crackers.
Hin, Hin, my toy!' shouted Father
Magrath, 'and if that don't make you ;
man and wile, ye are a pair of tough
cases.'
? 1 IT--. 1 ........ I
several Americans?mums uuu i
tlcuien?witnessed this mixed eereuiony.
Aficr it was over, the new husband
t<>hl those present of the diffii-ulties
of his courtship, saying the owner of
bride had insisted upon having six hundred
dollars for her, but be finally got
her for four hundred, lie seemed to
think be lind made a great bargain.
Hut when a gentleman present explained
that bad bo married the woman,
American law would have given her lo
liiui without his paying a cent, Ah
Wan became 'wan' indeed. lie was
almost mad enough bito himself,
and ho look'd at tkc woman as
though he felt that bo bad been cheat*
*1 idtoi; idh? Vfcy ?hv City
NUMBER 32
A Tough Customer.
Gen. Charles Clarke. ex-Govenor of '
Mississippi, died a few days ago at the
age of sixty-five. lie served in the Mexican
war as a volunteer, but was sent
home invalided, as a consumptive, by
the surgeon* 'I heir verdict Dr. Warren
Stone, the highest authority of the Southern
faculty, confirmed, one lung having
perished completely, and the Lieutenant
was advised to go home aud lead the
q?iet life of a planter, avoidiug all excitement.
whereby he might prolong his
life for eighteen months, or perhaps two
years, lie went home, Lut did not die;
indeed, aftrr serving in the Legislature
and several public offices, he was
alive to head a Confederate brigade at
Shilnli. As lie took a parting glass with
Col. W. H. McArdlo, a veteran Mississippi
journalist, he said:
"I think you will have a good chance
of publishing that obituary which you
promised mo thirteen years ago. I huve
outlived all the doctors, but I am not so
confident that I shall escape the Yankee
balls and shells which I shall be compelled
to face to-day."
After the first day's battle Gen. Clarke
was borne to the rear wrapped in a blanket
saturated with blood.
"You can publish that obituary oow,
he has met with a soldier's death," was
the remark of one of those who bore him.
and the obituary was shortly afterwards
published in the New Orleans papers.
Shortly after the bnttlo of Baton
Rouge, however. Gen. Clarke was seen
again at New Orloau*. lie had been
shot through the body rt Shiloh and
left on the field, to be taken prisoner,
to recover and to be exchanged, and at
Baton Rouge a rninie ball broke his
thigh, near the socket. Dr. Stone was
the surgeon who now brought around
the man he had condemned to a speedy
death in 1848. and though his leg was
shortened several inches, Gen. Clarke
lived to be Governor of Mississippi, and
to die fifteen years later, (|uictly in his
bod, having buried several generations
of doctors, gone through two wars with
Ann Innrr Konn ttriffr* IaI'j TilP finnrl (in tl'.P
,,,,w "Vl " ",vv """ "w" y
fit-lil of battle, and seen his obituarj
published.
Our Tongue.
Mr. Washington Moon has written a
new work on bad English. Some of
the errors which he singles out are
decidedly amusing. For example :
A furrier, lamenting in nn advertisement
the tricks played on the public by
unprincipled men in his owo trade,
"Earnestly requests ladies to bring their
skins, which he promises shall bo con-!
verted into muffs and boas."
Another advertisement Tan thus :
' Two sisters war.t washing."
He must have been a f (range sight:
"lie rode into town, and drove twelve
cows on horseback."'
A gvntleuian advertising for a horrc:
"For a lady of a dark color, n good
trotter, high stepper, havingalone tail."
Better, more amusing, more instructive
and more credible is the foilowing
illustration of the inevitable ambiguities
involved in accural language. One
gentleman observed to anutlier :
"I have a wife and six children in
\r-.? i.tul T n.ipas coir ann aP I Imui "
?\Yere you ever blind ?''
"Oh. no," replied the other.
A further lapse of time, and then the
interogator resumed the subject.
"Did 1 understand you to say that
you had a wile and six children living
in New York, ur.d you had never seen
one of them ?"
"Yes, such is the fact."
litre followed a still longer pause in
the conversation, when the interogator,
fairly puzzled, said:
"IIow can it be that you never saw
one of them ?"
"Why," was the answer, "one of them
was born after I left."
The Dardnnolia.
The Dardanells, toward which so
much attention is now dirctcd. fairly
teems with historic and poetic memories.
Its navigation was first attempted by tho i
Argonauts, under Jason, in their search j
for the Golden Fleece. Abydoa Xerxes
built his famous Dridge of lioats for the j
invasion of Greece, and it was here that |
the loves of Hero and Leander, becime
world renowned. I a under, who
lived at Abydos, ou the Asiatic shore,
was in lovo with Hero, the beautiful
priestess of Venus at Scstos, and regularly
swam the strait to meet his mis-'
tress. One dark and stormy night he
failed to appear, and when the luckless
Hero visited the shore the next morning
the waves hud washed (lie d?nd body
of lior lover upon the sands. Overcome
by her loss, she plunged into the sea,
and the spot became ever alter sacred to
their memory. On the 3d of March,
1810, l.ord Byron swam the Uardauells
nt the same point in seventy minutes,
lie was accompanied by a Lieut. Akcnbead,
whose name has been handed
down to posterity in the line:
"Which Leander, Mr. Akcnhead and Idid."
The swim from Abydon to Sestos is
still repeated yearly by lLron-inspired
tourists, ar.d will probably continue to
be as long us the glamour of poetry and
tradition hangs round the spot.
There was once a mayor of an ancient
lorough who was a staunch teetotaleer,
and well known to bo so. lie attended
the festivities promoted by a neighboring
borough, aud somebody who knew
the mayor well put a glassof milk-punch
close to his plate. The mayor saw the
glass, he could nut resist it; ho took it
up aud quaffed it off, aud set it down
uguiu, ttfieg ; "iiuri, vrbvt 9 wrr 1"
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enicd with the cash to Insure in-ertkn.
The Lcafer.
Tiie loafer iz a thing who iz willing
to ho (h'spized for tho privilege ov
abusing others, lie occupies ail grades
of society, l'roui the judge <;n the bench
clear down to the ragged otittcr who
loans against the lamp posts and ti'rs
flizc in August, lie has no p;ide that
is worthy, ami no de'.ikacy tliut cuy
boddy kan hurt. During liiz boy hood
he kills kafs, and robs all tho hen nests
in the neighborhood. During his middle
life he begs all the tobacco he uses,
and drinks all the mean whisky he can
at somebody else's expense. During
biz old age lie winter's at ibe alms
houses, ar.d fuintners in the sugar hogsheads,
and when he cums ?o die, he iz
buried in a dicb, with hi:, old eh met on.
The loafer cares nothin for publik
opiuyuns, and this alone wi'.i make cany
man a loafer. The loafer rrther covets
disgrase, and when a man pits oz low
down as this, he haz got az low down
az he kan git in this wor'i without
digging. We hav no reliable r.cl onnt
ov the fust loefer, and probably shout
Kitr no jKa loo* Anfl Kill ir n.P m.ir.O!1li
they liav existed about az long na
man hnz. If Cain want a loaicr,
pray what waz he??Josh LiUvufs.
Crab Her! Grab Her I
A good story is currem in Lower Feoria.
111., which has the additional me it
of being strictly true, at least so it is
said. It seems that a Milesian gentle*
man of somewhat advanced age has a
son, who recently went to his father and
proceeded to inform him that he propnsed
to coinn it inatrimony. On reeeivi?g
the announcement the o'd gentleman
said:'Well, my sen. to whom?' 'Miss
Jane so and so,' replied the sen, naming
her. ' Do you love her?' w*,s the enquiry,
to which a satisfactory ausvrer was
iriten. 'Is she a good girl?' 'Vo; as
nice a girl as there is in Lower Peoria.'
Well my son. how are yon goin< i, sop.
port her, has she any mm oy ?' *Ves, father;
she has SI.500 that i linow "f.1
'Then/ said the old man, ri?ing from his
seat, catching hold of his ? u yellin g
out the words, 'Grab her. uy Lo\: 21 ah
hor. Don't wait to ask ou; body's eoiisent.'
Inasmuch as the wed ling "no.*
off a few days ago. wo rsruMC that in"
son followed the father s .dwic mi i
"crabbed" hor.
A Boy's Composition on Wood
chucks.
Woodchuck? is a very curiou* animal.
It is made of hair and eyes and has two
front teeth, and can fee a man with a.
gun when the eyes are shut and bwte.J.
I have seen a dog shale a woodchuck
till both were black in the lace. A
woodchuck can snivel up his nose, and
show his teeth, and look as homely as I
can without trying. They sit on ono
end and eat with the other. A woodchuck
can get home faster than a gun
shot. He is round all over except his
feet, which are black. When eaten
they retain the flavor of their nests, and
seeui to have becu cooked vitbout being
pared. A fat woodchuck, when
eaten properly, is no Iaoghiu' matter.
They come up under the head of "domestic
animals," and thin* there ain't
uo p!a"c like home when a dog gee*
for one of 'eai.
Wear a Smil-.
Which will you do? smi'c nod make
oflmrs linnnv. or be crabbed urd turkc
?rr/? 1
everybody around you miserable i on
can live uuiong flowers and sirgirjg binN
or in the mire surrounded by fog* nu<!
frogs. The amount of happier < ? which
you can produce is incalculable :t ;( :?
will only show a stniling face, a ki..d
heart, and speaking pleasant w-ird-t.
Ou the other hand, by sour looks, oro\;
words, and a fretful disposition you can
make hundreds unhappy ninicst beyond
endurance. Which will you do ? Wear
a pleasant counteoancc; let joy beam i.;
eye and love glow on your forehead.
There is no joy so great as tout which
springs from a kiud act or pleasant deed
and you may feel it at night when you
rest and at morning when v< u ris?, and
throughout the day when about your
daily business.
Our Boys.
Tenth thcu: self reliance, tea I: th. -n to
make fires, teach them how to saw and
split wood, teach them, everv d d*y,
hurd, practical common fense, teach
them how to darn stockings, teji'-ii th.ri
how to oat what is set btf'w ? them ami
bo thankful; teach them h..u ^
their boots and take proper care t' H**ir V
clothing; teach them how t m,y tie -;i:l
mean it, and yes, and stick t1 :i; > . h
thorn to wear their working clothe like,
kings, teach them that stead.* Ii tbi's no
better than riotous living, f .eli ?ht <
tlint the further one goes be; . !? ? income
the nearer he gets the jnor
house; teach them not to h:vi. thing
to do with intemperate and diamine
young men, or with idle or 1 ivoioua
young men.
Interest.
Multiply the principal by ?i?c number
of days, and divide?
If at 3 per rent., bv 7l>A0.
If at G per cent., by GuOG.
If at 7 per cent,, by ;">1 ft.
If at 8 per cent., by 4' - >.
If at 'J por cent., by iOO?j.
If at 10 per cent, by 3G00
If at 11 per cent., by ; 11711.
, If at 12 per cent., bv lit) >0.
If at 13 per cent., by 27GO.
If at 14 pei cent., by 2571.
If lit 15 j or cent., by 2400. ^
Bikcd uLy fencu posta are in use in
fc'tfiligh CoMutjr, ft.