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VOLUME XXXVI.
ONE BY ONE.
BY CHARLES DICKENS.
One by one the sanrls are flowing,
One by one the moments fall;
Some are coming, some are going?
To not strive to grasp them all.
One by one thy duties wait thee ;
Let thy whole strength go to each ;
Let no future dreams elate thee .
Learn thou lirst what these can teach.
One by one bright gifts from Heaven,
Joys are sent thee from above ;
Take them readily when given,
T?? 1 -- *lrtf tUni TTIHVO
xtuuuv, iuu, iv ivi .......
One by one these gifts shall melt thee?
Do n?t fear an armed buna :
One will fade as others greet thee,
Shadows passing through the land.
Do not laugh at life's long sorrow,
See how small each moment's pain;
God will help thee for to-morrow ;
Every day begin again.
Every ?lay that fleets so slowly,
Hns its task to do or bear:
Luminous the crown, and holy.
If they set*each gem with care.
Do not linger with regretting.
Or for pa=?ing hours despond ;
Nor the daily toil forgetting,
Look too eagerly beyond.
Hours are golden links. God's token,
Reaching heaven?but one by one,
Take them, lest the chain be broken,
Ere thy pilgrimage be done.
Hampton at Anderson.
The readers of the Journal will rejuire
of us 1:0 tip dopy (or laying before
them the speech made by Gov, Hamp*
ion at Anderson on the 27th ultimo. It
'ounds the keynote of the n"Xt campaign.
and every patriotic citizen will
read it and inculcate the lesson it teach
is:
Myf riondji of Anderson?Tf my voice
;ou!d reach this vast crowd, and give I
itteranee to 'lie emotion that fill my '
)rea?t, I could not thank you adequate* '
y for this hearty welcome and great '
lenionstratinn. I canic not to inaugu-11
ate the political campaign; I came not r
o dictate to you who should be your J
Mndidutes for office in flic coming cam '
aaign. I come to meet the people of 1
Anderson and to express to them my 1
hanks for the unanimous support rcn- 1
lered rue in the campaign inaugurated 1
it this p'aec, to remind them of the
dodges made two years ago. The flag 1
hey then placed in my hands on that '
right September dav was carri? d sue '
;essfully ami peacefully throughout the f
state, and was placed victoriously upon
he capital at Columbia. Tt was the |
uost startling campaign in the history 1
if this country. It was because you. '
he people of Anderson, came out then '
n your determination to succeed that 1
rictory crowned our efforts. When 1
? i t._ i
>aw stalwart men wno siooj uj m-j uu
:lie battle field enlisting in that eanse;
when I heard men. women and children !
ihouting the battle cry of freedom, I
said that we would be successful. I then
determined to be true to the people who '
inaugurated this grand movement. You
know the result, and all that followed;
?jd that though wr> passed through the
whole State, and through every county
af the State, there was no bloodshed, no
riot, no disturbance: no, not even a fi<t
fight. The people dedicated themselves
to the service as thev would to the stvicc
of tlieir God. When on the 7th of
November tho news was flashed across
the wires that we had been successful 1
in our efforts to redeem South Carolina,
when we knew that a peaceful victory 1
was perched upon our banner, we looked
about us and found armed troops taking
possession of tho capitol building; the 1
legislative halls were filled with I'nitcd
States troops; the legal House of Heprcsentativrs
were kept out of their place
of meeting at the point of the bayonet,
and tlie office of Governor was occupied
by a man who had not been elected. It
looked then as if the country would be
deluged in blood, and a revolution inaugurated,
for the people were determined
not to be cheated out of their rights. I
know that we had won tho victory, and
said that we shou'd secure tho fruits of
it, or have a military government. If
but a single shot had been fired in Columbia
civil war would have begun, and
would have spread not only over this
State, but over all the country. Blood
would have flowed like water. I knew
that if a revolution was begun that republican
government would go down to
a.bloody grave, and cur hopes as l room on
forever destroyed. At this critical time
I appealed to a people who bad been
faithful to me so lung to trust tuc a little
longer. And they did trust me. and
whatever may befall me hereafter, I am
amply compensated for all that I have
had to endure. I am notable to tell all
that transpired during that time. Hie
lower House of the Legislature was not
allowed to take possession of their hall,
and therefore could pass no laws. We
determined to call for a contribution of
ten per cent, of the tax paid the year
previous. I now tell you for the first
tim* ilint I have ever told it in public,
that wo expected about 81*?0,000, but ;
we received 8142,(K)0. The people paid
more tlian their (junta. and I had In slop
the collection. We had more money
than wc wanted, as it was used only for
State purposes, and the State officers
did not propose to steal it.
I was !? ft alone at the adjournment of
the Legislature, wilhovt an officer in his
position, whilo t/haiiiherlain and his sub-j
ordinat e were in possession of the gov* !
eminent upheld and supported by the
United Stites army. I was left like a
mariner sailing in the dark on an un-1
known ecu, with nothing to guido mo 1
I
but hope and an humble tru-t in Almighty
God. One falsr?stop would have
ruined all, and, people of Anderson, iff
have made mi-takes. btnr this in mind,
that 1 was working for the pood of South
(Carolina. I callol to my aid the other
State officer.", an 1 if I innde mistakes
they made them too. We have always
bcou united in our opinion. There was
never a shadow of difference between u?,
and all shared the mistakes if any were
made. We all make them. If any
man does not believe it. let him try it. |
' It is human to err, and divine to forgive."
And I know the people, realalizing
the circumstances at that time,
will forget tiic mistakes for the prood of
South Carolina.
There is one point to which I desiro
to refer, because of muttering in this
State and throughout the United States
concerning bargains and compromises, i
Men of Anderson, I tell you there was
not the shadow of a bargain or compro- j
nnsc with Mr. Hayes or any one who ;
represented him looking to the seating i
of the Governor of South Carolina. I
went to Washington because I was in- j
vited there, and through respect to the j
President. I asked no recognition at !
his hands, except that he remove the i
troops from the State House, and that
if my government could not stand let it '
fall. I will do Mr Hayes the justice J i
to say that lie had too much respect for i
his own position and for the people of
South Carolina to make any bargain.
There was no compromise with the Uni- 1
ted States authorities, and there was I
none with our predecessors. I have 1
never spoken to Chamberlain but once ]
in my life, and never intend to speak to <
liitu again. ]
If the Investigating Conimitti-e can <
find sufli<i.-nf evidence against Chamberlain.
he shall he sent lor. All those
leaders of that party shall answer b'-fore
the courts fir their crimes, though they
bo pardoned the next moment. While j
I Think the leaders should he tried and
punished for their crimes, I believe that!1
those who were corrupted by them j1
should be overlooked and forgiven. I
think (lie wisest statesmanship is amnesty.
I want the cases in the United .
States Courts against our people dismis- (
?ed?the Ku Klux, Hamburg and El- t
teuton cases. If we give general am- (
nesty for our own people, I want the (
ibsent ones of our State to come back, j
ind the carpet-baggers to stay where ]
they arc. i
While on that subject 1 do not think i ,
t improper to touch upon National t
juestiocs. I do uot think it exactly ; |
nanly to denounce Mr. Hayes as a |
Vau 1. He did uot propose the t (
K ccto'-al Conim'ssion. and is not res- ! _
poufublc for its result. The Democratic |
i<artv is responsible for the Electoral .
? * - T .ti i.L. i .i-i
K UlllllFMOn. 1 iuiu I)IUi ucioic me i 1
immense crowcs we met on my return ; .
trip from the West that I voted against ' j
liiin. and I was the first one in South '
Carolina who raised a voice against the (
Klcctoru) Commission. Tito Cumniis- 1 j
uon gave Mr. Hayes the office, and the ]
Democrats were a party to it, and in ,
accepting it he did as any American ;
citizen would hare done, an J it is well ,
for us that he did accept the office, f-r |
if he had declined it, Mr. Wheeler .
1 |
would have becu the m-xt ni in. and if lie ?
had refused Mr. Ferry would have becu |
put in, either one of whom would have <
been worse than the first. So far he t
has obscivod the Constitution, and so {
long as he continues to do so lie shall ,
have my hearty support, fi.r he is the
first President since the war who has < (
observed it. j ,
While 1 was in H'urhington last win- j ]
tor I was present at an entertainment at ,
which many distinguished men were also }
present, both Democrats and Republi- .
cans Secretary Kvarts was making ,
considerable sport at the expense of the |
Democrats about the way they whipped j
ns out of the Presidency. I told Mr. (
Kvarts that the Kleetorial Onuunissinn ,
reminded mo of an anecdote that oc- ,
curred on a steamboat on the Mississip- (
pi ltivcr some years ago. On board the ,
steamboat was a barrel of whiskey, the ,
brand of which was the seven spot of;
clubs. A gentleman observed that it j,
was a very dangerous brand. "Why ?" , (
asked the own< r "liveause," says be,
"somebody might c nne along with the ' ,
eight sjiot and take it."
That is just tho way the Electoral
Commission turned out. The Demo- I
erats went into the Commission with the ' |
seven sp't, but the Republicans held
the eight, and won the prize. i
Wo have nothing to do at the present
with National politics. If we hoj our I
own row wc will do well. Wo can af- | |
ford to difior on local affairs?such as,
the feme law?hut we cannot afford to (
be divide I on State math rs. Some say ' (
that I passed the fence law, hut I had
nothing to do with it. Your county
was the first to adopt the system of primary
elections, be governed by its result,
and allow no independents to run.
Independents may sometimes be good
men, but now they are our worst enemies.
lie united in this grand movement,
and send your best tneu to tho
I<cgi-lature. I uige you to be united
' ? *il i' I l' ...L jl
I'o this, anil you win noil .^ouui v-iuuliua
iiiiuiutably redeemed. I urge you
(o do it as the one thin-; most important.
I'lio contest this year will ho lor the
Legislature. That will he the great
battle-field. If the Convention when
it moots stands srjunre on the platform
of two years ago, and nominates a conservative
ti'iket, I say that llu Republicans
will not put a candidate in the
field, and we wili h ive the grandest triumph
evi r achicvid on this continent.
doing justice to all men. our colored
people will stand hv us. I say to you
it is far better to fail in trying to do
right than to succeed iu doing wrong.
jjjl ; ^ j|^
CAMDEN, S. C., APRIL
One of the pledges of that platform was I
that al! men were equal before the law.
I can Fay that- I have favorcJ no race,
parly or people in the administration of
the laws of the State. I defy any man
to put his finger on a single pledge of
that platform and say that I have not
carried it out. I intend to walk on in
the path that the Democratic party has
blazed out for me. I cannot deviatie
from it. I cannot turn to the right or j
to tho left without being laiso ro mem. j
I had expected and desired when my
term of office had ended, to turn over to
my successor South Carolina happy and
free. I had no idea of being called
again into public life, and can Kay to
you that I want no place or office. I
would not give to-day the place I occupy
in the hearts of the people of
South Carolina fur the office of Prcsid.
nt of the United States. I have pass
ed thcchargc9 that have been brought
acainst me by as an idle wind, trusting
all to the charity of my people. T was
willing to leave everything to the people
of the State?to the men by whomT
stood for four long years?to the old
men, fathers'cf those brave so'diers, to
the noble boys who havo grown up
Bince?and above all to the over-faithful
women, whose instincts nrc better thnn
man's reason. I can say in the presence
of this vast crowd nnd of God that
I have done my duly to South Carolina.
Had I done my duty to ray God as well,
it would have been better for me. T
have nothing to ask but justice. I
know that the poisonous seed that some
have endeavored to sow will find no
place in the hearts of the people. T
commit mv record into the hands of the
people of South Carolina, hoping that
Cod may bless them.
Hampton at Abbeville,
An esteemed friend has kindly furnished
us with the following interesting
iccount of Governor Hampton's recent
risit to Abbeville:
Abbeville, S. C.. March 29.
Thinking that perhaps your readers
ind yourselves might enjoy some acjoun',
of Hampton's visit to the up-counry,
I venture to give you a few lines on
.hat subject. Not having been at Anler^on,
I cannot say what transpired :
here, but the Xnrs and Courier's enr- '
e?pondent has already told it, and I 1
.vilI begin, like charity, at home; but
ml ike it ought to do, I will end there
;oo. A special invitation was sent from
his place to the Governor, asking him
:o visit us whilo be was In this section
>f the State, and he cheerfully complied.
\ special train brought him here yes- !
;erday, and lie was met by a consideriblc
concourse of citizens at the depot,
tccompanied by the Hand, which, I nny
idd in parentheses, is the very best antttenr
Urass Hand I liavo ever heard,
l'hus received, he went through the
:own followed by the plaudits of the (
people, to the residence of Geo. Samuel
McGowan. whose guest the Governor
ivas during his stay among U3. Gen. '
McGowan was recently elected the Democratic
County Chairman, vice Col.
[lothran resigned, on account of the
pressure of official business, lie being
Solicitor of the Kighth Circuit. Under
:hc General's leadership we confidently ;
txpoct victory to perch upon our stand- i
irds as it did two years ago, uudcr the ,
?bl^, zealous and patriotic Ieud el G'otli an.
Last nijrht the citizens tendorod the
Governor a serenade by the Hand, after
vhich they called him out. General
MeUowan introduced his distinguished ,
guest, who came forward and in a brief
>ncech returned his thnuks for the com*
pliuieot, recalling the pleasure he felt in
visiting Abbeviilo again, and advising
die people that tlicy continue to go on
iu 'he way they have already trod, securing
the fruits of Democratic victory
and toiling for the unity, peace and
prosperity of the State. In the course
jf his remarks ho referred to the fine
music rondercd hy the Hand and told
a very good story of which his host was
the hero. It appears that the General,
during the war, had returned to his
command after having boon home on n
wounded furlough, his brigade band
gave liim a serenade. Appearing in big
robe rfe unit, (the particulars are omitted j
for obvious reasons.) be thanked them
nust heirtily for their kind reccp
lion of him. and said : "Now, just to
make the thing complete, give us -Annie
Laurie.' nleasc." Whcrcunon the
- ? i , I
loader replied : Hlood heavens, General,
we have played that tutio two or three
times already." This was designed to
illustrate that he. the Governor, was not
rjuite as had as Sou. McGowan or that
other man who knew only two tunes,
one was ''Old Hundred," and the other
wasn't. 9
Jud;rc Maekey, who had accompanied
the Governor, was called for; but bcinjj
the potest of Gol. Cothran, whose dwelling
is <|uite out of town, he was not
present, much to the regret of many.
(Jen. McGowan made a capital speech,
ami called upon I.is fellow citiz m* to
adhere to the wise, conservative and just
course which they had heretofore pur*
sued, and so to secure the victory they
had, by great, self s icrificing and withal,
peaceful exertion, gained. Hon. Armistead
Hurt was also called upon, but
ho escaped making a speech by a cleverness
for which lie is quite celebrated.
A call for Democrats to "rally" having
been issued by (ron. Mcttowun sonic
days ago, this morning at an early hour
there began to pour into town a vast
and eager crowd, among whom were
many colored pc qile of both sexes and
all ages, and the rusn continued until
by eleven o'clock i lie public square was
throu?od with thorn. Just hero lot me
9, 1878.
expluin tlint the square lnrc is not of
the same kind as those in which Gamden
abounds. Here the Court House
and a few ether buildings occupy one
side of the square, stores being opposite,
a street runs through the middle
and is intersected by a croas street at
the north nnd south ends of the square,
leaving nn open plaza about 150 yard9
long by HO wide. Here, in this open
place, the audience assembled to the
number of three thousand, more or less,
?i i i i i... \i..n_
ami were auurewMj vy uuii. .'uvjuhuh,
introducing the Governor who followed
him. Judges Mackey and Thomson and
Col. Cothran. All the speakers referred
to the great changes that hnve taken
place in our commonwealth sinco 1876
?the disappearance of race hatred,
equal justice to all, lower taxation and
good government; and called upon the
people to look to it in the coming campaign
that all these things were retained
and not lost by disunity and demagogucry
and the consequent return of bad
government with all its attending evils.
The Governor was tho rccipent of
msny tokens of respect an'l regard, ond
gratified the people by holding an informal
reception and shaking the hands
of white and colored, men aud women
He leaves us to-morrow for Columbia.
It is the evident resolve of Abbeville to
do her best to elect Hampton again to
the high office he has so well filled. To
this end she has begun to organize her
cohorts and to work and her example is
commended to old KERSIIAW. We
have Iitc an ugly negro majority, hut
we overcame it by conciliation, organization.
rod. yellow and green shirt andfl
ig at ton. You can do it also, but every
man must give himself to the work and
sacrifice hituself for the common good.
I am tempted to add more, but time
fails. I intended to morlizc somewhat,
but the popular mind is averse to such
a procedure, and 1 reserve myself for a
more convenient season, though it will
also he for a smaller audience than I
would have in the many readers of your
valuable paper.
Yours kc,
Ex-Citizen of Kershaw.
Difference Between a Cold Boy
and a Warm Boy.
Sunday afternoon a policeman walking
along Columbia street east caught sight
af a boy trying to pry up a kitchen window.
As the lad betrayed no alarm
when accosted, the officer mildly demanded
if he lived there, and why lie
was prying up the sash.
'I live here, but I'm locked out,' replied
the boy. 'This is about the hundredth
time this g?mc lias been played
ail me, and this is she last hair that
breaks the camel's back !'
'Where's your mother !'
'Gone over to my aunt's, I s'posc.
I've just {rot homo from Sunday school.'
'And why should she lock the doer ?'
'That's the bloody mystery ! angrily
exclaimed the lad. There's a big frosted
cake in the house, of course but would
I touch it ?' Why. I just hate the sight
of raisin cako with frosting on it.'
'You simply desire to get in to warm
your feet,' suggested the officer.
That's all, and 1'ui going in if it takes
the roof off!'
The officer wulked on, and in a few
minutes passed up the alley behind the
house to help catch a loose horse. Seated
on the fence was the hov who was working
at the window. He was now work'
ing on frosted cake.
'Ah-ha ! didn't you tell me you didn't
like oakc!' cried the officer.
'That was when I was cold,' replied
the hoy as he hunted for the raisins.
There's a heap of difference between a
cold boy and warm hoy f
'And you dou't feel as desperate as
you did ?'
'Not quite ; though I can't tell what
minute I may want some pickled peaches.
.....1 :? i.tiL-.x. mo innil In think that nil
hid this cake in a basket in the parlor
stove V?Detroit Free Press.
The Blessing of Freedom.
freedom is the natural school of enorgy
and enterprise. freedom is the
appropriate sphere of talent and virtue.
The soul was not mad-: to walk in fetters.
To act powerfully, it uiust act
freely; and if must act, too, under all
the fair incentives of an honest and
honorable ambition. This applies cspecially
to the mass of the people. There
may be minds, and there are, which find
a suilieiet incentive to exertion, in the
love of acknowledgement, in the single
aim at perfection. Hut this is not, and
cannot be. the condition of the mass of
minds. They need other impulses.
Open then, I say, freely and widely to
every individual, the way to wealth, to
honor, to social respect and to public
ofliec, and you put life into any people.
Impart that principle to a nation of
Turks, or even of Hindoos, and it will
be as a resurrection from the dead. The
sluggish spirit will bo aroused ; the
languid nerve will bo strung to new
energy ; there will be a stir of action
and a spring to industry all over the
country, because there will be a motive.
Alas ! how many poor toilers in the
world are obliged to labor without reward,
without hope, almost without motive
! Like the machinery amidst which
they labor, and of which they arc
* - * 1- tlinV firi* I
scarcely more man ?
moved by the impulso of blind necessity.
The stogie hope of bettering their
condition, which now, ulas ! never visits
them, would regenerate theni to a new
life.
"Husiness before pleasure," as the
man said who kissed his wife before
going to see his sweetheart.
Sun Francisco boasts of about 2,000
lawyers.
!
NUMBER 39
An Elephant on the Track. I
As a railroad train was passing:
through the forest, about thirty-five,
miles from Rangoon, India, a short
time ago, driven by Mr. Stono, Jocomo- j
tivc superintendent, assisted by Mr.
Stewart, locomotive fireman, a large
elephant was seen to break through the j
fence and get on the line. Steam was,'
shut off, and Mr. Stono tried to open :
the waste ccck, which bciug in front of
the engine, would, by ejectiug hot I
wafer ahead, induce "tusks" to leave I
the track. It could not be readily <
opened, and the engine was soon upon '
the unfortunate beast. The brute had \ i
turned and fled on seeing tho engine, I
but was sprcdily caught. The buffer J
beams of the engine being very low, the '
beast's hind lpgs were taken from under I
him, and he was forced to sit down as (
it were, with liis hindquarters against 1
the smoke house door, which was, of <
course, red hot. The poor beast man- i
need to keep his fore feet going, though <
hustled along faster than ever ho had
gone in his lifs before, aud in a few ,
minutes the train came to a standstill and
he got away. He moved off the Ime
at a double-quick, uprooted a clump of
bamboo, then wreaked dire vengeance '
on a tree, and wasj last seen rushing |
through the jungle, tearing and smashing
everything in his path. He was sadly ]
cut and burned in the hindquarters, i
and will probably never be of any use ^
again. The mahout luckily escaped
with his life, while those on the engine t
may safely congratulate them?elv-s on
their escape.?Ranjoon (In Vu) Times. (
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The Real Hero. 1
In 1793 the Prussian officers of the (
garrison of C'dhcrg established an eco-;J
Domical mess, oi which certain poor emi- 1
grants were ^latl to partake. 'I hey r>b- (
served 0110 day an old major of hussars. 11
who was covered with the scars of wounds '
received in the Seven Years' War, and
half hidden by enormous gray niusta* I
chios. The conversation turned on (
duels. A young, stout-built comet beg .in I
to prato in an authoritative tone on the
subject.
"And you, major, how many duels
have you f ?u?rht!" 1
"None, thank Heaven." answered the s
old hussar, in a subdued voice; "I have t
fourteen wounds, and Heaven be praised, i
there is not one on my back ; so that I j
may be permitted to say that I feci my- \
self happy in Dever having fought a f
duel." 1
"But you shall fight one with me," j
exclaimed the cornet, reaching across to t
give him a blow. t
The niajar, agitated, grasped the table t
to assist himself in rising, when a uuani-' a
ruous cry was raised : j t
"Don't stir, major." a
All the officers present joined in soiz- a
ing the cornet, when they threw him out t
of the window, and sat down again at the ?
table as if nothing had occurred.
How to Talk.
To talk well is a talent not possessed 1
by all. Yet it is easily acquired. Fam- I
iliarize yourself with the exact meanings ; c
aud the nice uses of words by the study ;c
of synonyms. You can be careful in r
your daily conersation to avoid false, or r
vicious, or low forms of expression, un- 1
dcr which head I group everything r
which beloncs to the dictionary of slang, i'
and yuu (an be equally careful to speak c
well. A little care in the choice of '
words at home, uod in your ordinary 1
talk, would be repaid. If we were half so 1
earnest in the formation of our habits jv
of conversation as we arc in trying to I
</r?in ntlmr aeeoniDlishments. there would '1
I"'" r i ,
be a great additional charm given to '
the intercourse of society- Bear in
uiiud that simplicity is elegance, and
pedantry is generally only transparent .
self-conceit. The word which most 1
directly conveys your meaning is the c
best vehicle of your thought. Secondly J
you can read every day some good, .
strong, torse author, whose style will 1
insensibly form and color yours. Need-!f
ing to jrivo scope and vigor to your iui-! j
agination, read, after the Bible, Shakes-1
peare and Milton. Never be without :5
some volume which will help and feed 1
you. and stimulate your own thoughts to 11
new flights.
Present Happiness.
The creat secret of gaining happiuess
in life is to enjoy the present. To be
doing one thing and thinking of another, ;
is a very unsatisfactory mode of spend- |
ing life. Some people arc always wish- t
ing themselves somewhere but where; \
they are, or thinking of something else 11
than what they arc doing, or of some-11
body else than to whom they are speak- |
in<r. This is the way to enjoy nothing. ?
to do nothing well, and to please nobody. |
It is better to be interested in inferior j
persons and things than to bo indiffer- ,,
cnt with the best. A principal cause I|
of this indifference is the adoption of |
otl?cr people's tastes instead or our
own?the pursuit after that for which
we are not fitted, and to which, conse(jneutlv,
we are not in reality inclined, i
This fully pervades, nioro or less, all i
classes, and arises from errors of build- |
ing our enjoyment on the false foundation
of the world's opinion, instead of
being, with due regard to others, each
our own world.
Unselfish people are always polite,
because good manners are only the ab-!
sencc of selfishness. They are doing
unto others as wo would wish to be done i
unto. A thoughtfulness for the comfort
of those about us, a pleasant smile, j
a kind word?these are the ingredients j
of which good, manners arc chiefly com- |
posed. |
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The Laugh of a Woman.
A woman has no natural gift more bewitching
than a sweet laugh. It is
like the sound of flulcs on the water.
It leaps from her in a clear, sparkling
rill, and the heart that hears it, feels as
if bathed in a cool, exhilarating spring.
Have you ever passed an unseen fugitive
through trees, led on by fairy laugh?
now here, and now there, now lost, now
fouud ? We have?and wt arc pursuing
that wandering voice to this day. Sometimes
it comes to as in the mists of care,
ar sorrow, or irksome businras, and then
we turn away and listen, arid hear it
ringing through the room like a silver
bell, with power to scare away the evil
spirits of the mind. How much we owe
that sweet laugh ? It turns the prose
:o poetry. It flings showers of sunshine
)ver the darkness of the wood in which
trc are traveling ; it touches with light
;ven our sleep, which is no moro the
mage of death, but is consumed with
Ireams that are shadows of immortality.
A. New Way to Collect Whiskey
Taxes.
In Mississippi a plan has been proposed
for collecting money to run the
State government which is claimed to
>c much superior to the MofFett whiskey
egistcr now in opperation iu Virginia.
Books of coupons would be sold by the
Mississippi State auditor to all liquor
leaicrs. When the drink is sold tho
sonsumer receives a coupon, which enitles
him to receive from the State in
payment of his taxes one cent. If two
Irinks are to be paid for he receives an
range eolord coupon good for two cents,
[f five drinks a blue paper good for five
jents. Nof on'v would the S'ate enjoy
in iiiMmo fViitn tlm lar nn drinks tin!
he consumer, have a reasonable chance
>f paying off his taxes with orango
ind blue coupons. Then might the saoons
be crowded with men making out
heir taxes. Who would ever have expected
that the popularity of whiskey
:ould bo employed to overcome the unjopulaiity
cf taxes?
Attractive Homes.
There is use in beauty. It makes
tome attractive, its interior more 'repectnble,
our lives happier' onr disposiions
sweeter, and our social and domestic
ntercourse more refined. By all means
)la?t some little thing of grace to tem>er
the rugged surroundings of the
rent yard. Its silent, though eloquent
anguage, will speak to the visitor or
tasser-by a word of eulogy for you. The
carl flower or shrub will be some attracion,
n curved path winding between
rccs to the house a mound of stones
nd shell with the ivy trailing over them,
lie floweriog shrubs or the turf or fern, J
11 such things are attractive and form f
pleasing object for the eye of even
he most indifferent beholders.?Met'
erjer.
luroc iUllUUlJB Ul lUUbUOig.
There are sai.l to be three millions of
nothers in the United States : Now sup>ose
each one of these mothers should
lonccntrate and train up odc of her sons,
mly one, "in the way he should go"-a
10LI0 Christian patriot, unselfish, hunanc
and scroupulously just. What a
Doral influence there would be, with the
nuscle to back it. What Presidents,
Cabinet*, Judges and other public offi:ers
we would have ? There would be no
nore Returning Board presidents, no
nnre Justiee Bradlcys. And for "wonans
rights," what noble dutiful son
could deny to woman anything that
lertains to her sphere in life? The
Mother's power is iu the training of her
>oys
On a War Footing.
A young man was arrested in a New
rcrscy town a few days ago on the charge
if carrying concealed weapons. On
marching his person a bowie kuife waa
bund in each boot leg, a seven shooter
n his hip pocket, a slang shot in his intide
coat pocket, a cavalry sword slid
lown his back, a "billy" in each coat
ail pocket, and a dagger up each coat
ileevc. That was all. He was dis- ?
lharged wlicn he explained that he was
>n his way to Princeton College to encr
the freshhmen class, and had merely
aken some precaution to protect himself
roin the attacks of the sophomores.
A Sentimental Wife Murderer.
Gustarc Labutat killed his wife in ^
\Tow Orleans because of jealousy. In
lis account of the murder he said : "I
hen told her. your fate is sealed, but I
vill give you time to pray, and, God
iless her, she did pray." His first stab
lid not kill her, and lie continued : "I
picked her up, kissed her, and said,
God bless you, I love you ; pray again,
because I am going to fiuish you.' She
placed her arms around my ucck and
mid,/Gustavo, I love you." Then he
relentlessly completed the murder*
Give Thanks Unto the Lord.
Go i's goodness is shown us every day.
Ho makes the rain and sunshine and
Lho grain to grow, giving "seed to tho
sower and bread to the cater." He
blesses us with health and life; and for
all these tilings wc should be sincerely
thankful to him. The Psalmist tells us
that "it is a good thing to give thanks
to the Lord," and we never should forget
to thank Him every day for His
many mercies and blessings.
A lawyer not over young nor handsome,
examining n young lady witness
in court, determined to perplex her, and
said: "Miss, upon my word, you are
very pretty." The young lady very
promptly replied : "I would return the
compliment, sir, if I were not ou oath."
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