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VOLUME XXXVI.
INS ANITOUTS.
[The following lines, written in a lady's
album nearly a quarter of a century ago by
a gentleman who has since cast his lot with
us and become a prominent and respected
citizen of our county, will doubtless be recognized
by their author, though it is probable
that he has not seen them since his
hand traced them upon the rose-tinted
page of his lady-lore's album. They prove
that it is possible for even wise and settled
old men to hare been once saaceptltle to
the gentler influonees, and in some instances
as completely enraptured a^-thO; young
gentlemen of the present day and generation
ever beoome. Our friend was "sbch
an put and ooter - then;" lie ig such- a
"ilraipJd-otUtr" now as one likes to see.
We may incur his displeasure, and have a
'fight or a footrace' when we meet; but we
make no'apology for publishing his effusion,
which has found its way into our posses-,
sion.?Rd.]
I'm out of cash, so of course
I've puoket reom to let;
1 in uui ui pnutuvc, juo*
I'm never cut of debt.
Besides, I'm dreadfully io love.
And more than half in doubt
Which is (he greater evil?that
Of laiog la or out.
I'm deeply in my tailor's books,
Bat I don't mind a dun :
But, if I wasn't out of funds,
I'd pay bim out of fun.
He always gave me fits he said,
> But Leaven bless his eyes,
'Twould put him in a fit I guess,
He d be in such surprise.
I'm out at. elbows, in distress ?
In sooth a sorry tale ;
I'm out of favor, oat of sorts,
But then I'm oat of jail.
Hj landlord ssyl my tfme is oat,
And thinks I'd better ihint ;
I'm such an out and outer ho
Wont have me in his inn.
I'm out of office, but in hope.
To get put in seme day;
If 1 d-jn't run for something soon,
I'll have to run awsy.
I'm out of spirits, and am out
Of more that I can think;
I'm out of temper; bang me pen,
Ye Qoda ! I'm out of ink. L.
ROSAMOND GIFFORD.
'Good-bye, mamma, and wish me
pood lack, please!'
'Good bye. Rosamond ; but, as for
my wishes, they can't signify one way
or the other. I'm nothing but a forlorn
remnant of the olden time '
Rosamond Gifford tamed away from
the cracked mirror in its frame of stained
wood, and went smillingly out in the
nipping November nir?a tall, blooming
dnmsel, with deep lyown eyes, and *
lovely pink and whitecomplexion whose
simple black alpaca dress set off ht-r
fresh beauty, as an antique vase might
relieve a cluster of full-blossomed
roses.
'Mamma.'said little Helen Gifford,
aha put another shovelful of coals ot>;
the carefully husbanded fire, 'do y?u
feel sorry that Rosa is going to work
the sewing machine at the Exhibi*
tion ?'
Mrs. Gifford withdrew behind ber
pocket handkerchief.
'Ah; child, it is well for you that you
haven't my sensitive feelings !'
'But, mamma, why sbooldn't Rosa
sew at the Exhibition fair, just the same
as in the sewing machine room in Oxford
street? Where's the difference, so
L.?i? n* tbi?v nav her for it f
"v -~j r v
Mrs. Gifford shook hor cap borders
hysterically.
*1 never thought to see the day when
a Gifford should be compelled to work
fryr a living?and to work in public,
tdo ! I only wish I bad been d%ad and
buried first /'
'Mamma, don't!' pleaded poor little
Helen.
'It would have been a great deal better
!' groaned Mrs. Gilford, '^shouldn't
have been in the way, with my oldfashioned
ideas and notions, then ! I
hope Sir Walter Morton sleeps peace,
fully in his bed that is all ! I know I
couldn't, if I cheated my cousin's cbil*
dren out of their inheritance 1'
'But, mamma, how was it Cousin
Walter's fault, if the law gave him the
estate, instead of us V
Law, indeed I Nonsense! When
your poor dear papa always brought rnc
up in expectation that some day Morton
Place would be ours. And for him to
j?: ?
Step ID-?A BeiUHU, UUUIIKCIiug, umrless?'
t
'But, mamma, darling, you hare never
aeen him.'
If he had had a solitary instinct of
the gentleman about him, he would
hare invited us all to make our home at
Morton Place for the rest of oar days.'
Helen lifted her eyebrows ahrewly.
'If we had gained the lawsuit, mamma,
I don't think you would have invited
Cousin Walter to make it hia
home at Morton.'
Go and get your -Emitting, Helen,'
said Mrs. Gilford, petulanUgr.
And Helen silcnly obeyed.
Pretty Rosamond Gilford cried a little
uuder her veil, as she hurried along
the atroct*. beeau?e her earnest efforts
to gain a livelihood were so little appreciated
by her mother ; but it was uoth.
iog more serious than the sparkle of a
summer -how?r. sod when she entered
the railed off compartment at the Exhibition,
where her sewing machine
stood, the sweet dimpling smile had
ootne back to her. lips once again.
'You're a little late this morning,
Miss Gilford,' was the comment of her
employer. 'Two or three people have
inquired about the new patent attachment
already.'
So Rosamond aat down, heart and
hands alike occupied with the business
of the bour, entirely uuoonscioua that
ho horself was the prettiest object in
the place.
Suddenly, the sound of a gentleman's
voiee close to bcr esr made her start.
'See here. Morton; 509 are interested
to thft n Vw fajfcAta&rt u jtn art go*
7^'Zj r-T.' >> r; ;.?*?*;
ing to snpply the industrial schools at
jour place with sewing machines. It is
reallj tho beat thing out.'
And Rosamond glancing up through
her long eyelashes, saw a tall, well made
gentleman, with bright brown eyes,
chestnut locks and a grave, pleasant
mouth, and heard him introduced to
her employer as 'Sir Walter Morton, of
Morten Place, Staffordshire."
The veritable Conain Walter?the
mysterious wonder of her youth and
childhood?and Rosamond felt her
heart throbbing a pulse or two faster,
aa ?kn Kmwn r>l*nr ?tM foil UDOn her
face.
"Mias Gifford, will you be kind
enough to run a strip of cloth through
tbo machine ? Then, sir, you will peroeive
the manifest improvement in this
latest attachment." '
But the stranger was looking, not at
the little silver plate and glancing
wheel, but at the fair, flushed face
which bent over them.
"Gifford !'' ho repeated, slowly. "I
have cousins by the name of Gifford."
"And <1 am one of those cousins,"
said Rosamond, courageously. "There
?you turn this screw a little, and it relieves
the tension at once, thereby improving
the stitch; for?"
"Allow mo to claim relationship,
then;" and Sir Walter Morton frankly
held out his hand. Rosamond hesitated
an instant. Her mother would
bava haughtily repulsed the overtures
of friendship; bot she and her mother
had always held differeut theories on
the subjeot of Sir Walter Morton. So
she put her hand in his
"I am glad to meet you," said Morton.
"I should have met you before,
but a letter from your mother?"
'Yes,' eaid Rosamond, coloring deeply
'I know how my mother feels. Shall
I show you about those machines
now /'
'Are you exhibiting them f
'Yes. I am earning my own living.'
Morton's fine face lit up.
'And I honor you for it. Yes, you
may show mc, if you please. I am
just ordering a few for some schools I
hare established.'
| And when Sir Walter Morton took
his leare, the man of sewing machines
came gleefully to Rosamond's side.
'Your coueiu has ordered a dozen,
Miss Gifiord. I wish we had a few more
customers like him."
Sir Walter Morton came again the
next day to examine into one or two
knotty points respecting the machinery
and stayed until Rosamond got up to
put on her shawl and bonnet.
'You are going home 7" he asked.
'Yes, Miss Morrison takes my place
in the evening,' she replied.
'But it is quite dark; you must let
me see you home,'
'Yes but?my mother ?'
Morton laughed. 'I comprehend.
I am no speoial favorite with her. Bnt
I can preserve a prudent incognito.
Let me be Mr. Walters.'
And Rosamond, who was really a little
timid concerning that long lonoly
walk in the dusk, and who was beginning
to iiko and trust ber new-found
relative, consented.
Mrs. Oifford received the new-comer
with stately dignity.
'I'm sure, I'm very happy to meet
you sir,' she said. 'Any friend of Rosamond's
will always be welcome to me,
sod I wish I could receive you in a more
fitting manner. Wc have uot always
been what we are?nor should we be
now if law and justice wero anything
bat more meaningless names.'
'Indeed !" said Morton, smiling curiously,
while Rosamond felt as if her
face was all on fire.
"No, sir," said Mrs. Gifiord, the bows
on ber lace cap quivering with the emphasis
she used. 'If we had our rights
we should bare been the Giffords of
tho Morton Place, and my daughter
Rosamond, instead of exhibiting sewing
machine", would have been sitting in
silks and velvets. But wc hare been
deprived of our rightful inheritance by
a fiend in homan shape, named Walter
Morton. Perhaps you have beard of
the great law suit V
"I think I have a faint recollection of
it," said Mr. Walters, gravely.
"Mamma," interrupted Rosamond,
in a voice of distress, "these?these
family matters cannot be interesting to
a strnnger, and?"
"Excuse me!" said Mrs Cifford,
drawing herself up primly. "Of course,
I am in the wrong?I always am?only
it isn't exactly pleasant to be told of it
by my own daughter!"
"Matuuia, you know I didn't mean
that!"
Hut Mrs. Gifford declined to be pro"
pitiated on any terms, and eat stiff and
prim the remainder of the evening, full
of unspoken ruminisoenoo of "the great
lawsuit."
"He will never come to see us again,"
was Rosamond's regretful thought, as
she luid her flushed checks on the pillow
that night, with little Helen's fra*
grat breath mingled with her own.
Hut Rosamond was mistaken. "Mr.
Walter's" did come again, the very next
evoning but one ; and again, and yet
aRain! , ...
"Yeu are looking very pale, Miss
Gifford," he said, the last time.
'It is one of the misfortunes of our
-- a-* _J I
reduced elation in liie,' Mr*, uinun
ighod, 'that Roeamond it obliged to
lead a too aedontary life !'
'A little walk would bring tha roeca
back to your ohatk,' ?aid Mr. Walters.
It ia a lo?e!y moonlight night. Will
you come?'
Mm. Gifford nodded her aanctioo ,
i and Koiatnond put on the tarlotan shawl,
Ihb Dlttk rvuntt hw with (to rttt- |
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\
CAMDEN, S. C., MAY 1bird's
wing in front, and slipped her
arm through that of her cousin.
Rosamond.' said Sir Walter Morton,
after they had walked a little way in
silence, 4 the Exhibition closes to-morrow.'
i
' Y en' said she, regretfully. i
4 And with it closes your work V I
' Yes, 1 wish I could bear of some i
new engagement/ I
Morton drew her arm closer in his. I
'I know of one, Rosamond, but I don't
know whether it would exactly suit i
you' <
' What is it ?' i
' I want to engage you, Rosamond? <
to bo my wife/ i
* * * m * * *
**? 1.Utk iin at i
iuro. uiuuiu iiau iuvB?a ... .w.
clock half a dozen times, true to her i
instinct of always worrying about some- '
thing, before Rosamond came back.
Child J" she croaked, 'do you see what
time it is T Where is Mr. Walters?'
"He would not oome in. He is coming
to see you to-morrow, mamma/
' To eee we ! What for V
Mamma, he has asked me to marry
hi*/
He is a most gentlemanly person,
my dear,' said Mrs. Gilford, smiling
and bridling. < I shall consent with
the ereatest ploasnre/
You like him, then, mamma V
' Certainly I do/
Then, mamma, I may venture to
tell you that be is our cousin, Walter
Mortoo; that I shall be the mistress of
Morton Place, and that you will reign,
in very truth, in the halls of our ancestors,
you have spoken about so often/ i
And she laughed and cried, both in c
one breath, upon the old lady's neck.
Bless my soul!' said Mrs. Gilford,
dropping her spectacle case and cracking
the lense right aeroe*. (
But she made no objection to the f
fiend in human shape/ Miss Rosamond ,
Giflord soon took to herself another
local habitation and a name/ I
I
Hampton and Simpson?No time c
to Make Changes.
What little opposition there was to 1
the renomination of Governor Hampton ^
has died out, and his re-election is as t .
certain as hie renomination. The hyper- ,'
critical politicians who considered him > .
too liberal and generous have been j
silenced by the voioe of the people, i ?
' < ? L-J ? -tt i ! I
Tart words ana ruae jeers nan an cucci>
diametrically different from that whioh e
was expected. The heart of the people '
is true, and the time has not come when
political capital oan be made by carping "
at Governor HaniDtoQ. They who led c
the opposition have bowed to the Inevi- !
table. They'are as noisy m tboir praise
as they were in their condemnation, and ^
it isiafb to presume that there is as ic
much selfishness nod sincerity in the "
one as in the other. No matter how it
was brought about, the result is oauso c
for deep congratulation. The colored e
people, who form the majority of the c
voters sti South Carolina, will not op- '
pose the reflection of Hampton. No 1
candidate will be placed in tbe fild by *
the Republican party, in opposition to r
him. In two years, Demooratic rule, c
under Hampton, has worked auoh a t
revolution that a Democratic Governor 1
will be elected without a dissenting
voice. It is a grand triumph, a happy ,
omen for South Carolina and all her
people. But the renomination and the ?
re-election of Governor Hampton are J
not enough. For the good of the Democratic
party it is requisite that the whole 1
of tho State Officers be renominated,
and that the ticket be not-changed in I
any respect.
The State officers who now surrouod
Governor Hampton are those who were c
elected with him, ezoepting the Attor- c
ney-General, who was elected by the 1
Legislature, without opposition, to 611 '
the vacancy oaused by the resignation r
of Cen. Conner. There is no reason
why Mr. Youmans should not be reelected.
During the trials and Strugs 1
glcs of 1876-77 he labored as hard for '
the State as any of the actual candidates,
and a renomination is no more than a J
proper recognition of his usefulness, 1
ability and patriotism. The State '
officers, for many months, boro a burden
of anxiety aud responsibility that cannot
be adequately appreciated by those
who are not familiar with the secret
history of the period intervening be- J
twecn tho electiou of Governor Hanip
ton utid the obtaining possession of the
State House. During the canvass their *
work was hard enough. After the
canvass closed a harder task was before
them. They were deprived of their
offices for many months, and, when they ^
obtained possession, they found every
department of the Government in con- r
fusion. To plaee the several depart- 1
merits in order they havo toiled unre- P
mittiugly ; and it would bo ungenerous )!
in tho extreme, to displace them, now
thot they are familiar with their UUties, 7
and arc prepared to give tlie State the J
full benefit of the salutary changes they F
bare rnado. The condition of the pub- *
lie schools^ of the public records, of the
public accounts and of tho militia and '
volunteers is evidence how much can be
accomplished, with small means, by in*
telligoucc, leal, energy and industry. c
Who can forget the courage, constancy f
and dignity of Lieutenant Governor f
Simpson, Presidont of the Seuato ! 1
Anu if a renomination is a proper ac- 1
knowledgmont of the efficiency of the (
State officer*, it ia likewise, In our opto- 1
ion, demanded by the highest interests c
of the Democratic party. 1
They who opposed Governor Hamp*
ton, ns long as it was safe, are now ap.
parantly bent on striking down his ool- t
leagues who have sustainod him and <
wbtrm ift bus auMnhred, frota tha day i
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uifS.visiv- - - * > *_* ?.
1, 1878.
of his election to the paesent time.
Tho motive is the same. it is hoped
that a flank movement will succeed
where a direct attack must fail. And
it is evident that the usefulness of
Governor Hampton will be lessened,
and his power for irood be impaired, if
State officers be selected who are not in
accord with him, and who are chosen
because their views are different from
his. We do not say that this is intended,
[t is manifest, however, that there is
nothing in the character and conduct
)f the State officers that makes a change
necessary. The reason for ousting any
)ne of the State officers must be bought
in some other direction.
There is every reason to believe that,
if the whole State ticket be renominated
t will be elected without opposition.
This will leave the Democracy free to
concentrate their efforts upon the
deelion of Democratic candidates for
Congress, for the Legislator?, and for
County office*. Io the absence of the
tzcitemcnt that would be caused by a
ight over the State offices, the opportunity
of electing the Democratic canlidatcs
for other offices will be largely
nereascd. The Democracy can win in
November as general and complete a
victory as was won two years ago, aod
n 1880 the rule of the Democratic party
rill be so consolidated and confirmed,
he confidence of the colored people will
>e so won, that tho Democracy can then
fleet any candidates whom they choose
o nominate. Theu tho confidence will
>e in the party, wbils now the trust of
he colored people is, in a large meas.
ire, reposed ia individuals, as indiviluals
and not as party candidates.
Grant as Soldier and Civilian.
General Pabney H. Maury has con*
ributed to the Southern Historical Soiety
Papers an exceedingly clever ariclc
upon Oen. Grant, and attempts iramrtially
to fix bis place in history.
)ismi*sing all extravagant estimate, on
oth sides of the tra'er, Gen. Maury
oncedes that Grant is the most extrardinary
puppet of fortune evrr known
n America, if not one of the greatest 1
f Generals. His chief distinction at
Vest Point was horsemanship, no such
Isring equestrian ever having appeared I
icfore or sinoe at the academy. In the
dexican war he was quiet, self-reliant
nd sober. After the war he became
ntemperate, lost his commission, litrally
fell into the gutter, from which
nother and a vaster war lifted him
irora one honor to aoother notil ho had
mthing more to win. Suoh a retrieval
f destiny, Gen. Maory justly thinks, is
rithout parallel. His blunders in war
rom Belmont to Holly Springs are
rraphically recounted, and the mystery
if his not being punished for them is
dverted to as among strange things of
lis destiny. His subsequent operations
in a grander scale are oommcnted upon,
specially tho new principle introduced
if "attrition," which involved a refusal
o exchange prisoners, both compelling
acrifices of human life disgraceful to
my commander. Conscicooo aside, it
equired a most capable geueral to drive
in toward a given eud, at auy cost, and
he broadest qualities of courage and
eoaoity. ,
General Maury scouts the idea that
}rant was led to victory by other moo's
trains, and proves that he formed and
executed his own plans, often in contra*
liction of advico he had asked for. He
ind armies beaten under him, but they
lever left the field. The shining virue
accorded Grant is his freedom of
lersonal insult or cruelty to prisoners of
rar, from General Lee down to the
iumblest private soldier. When Gen*
xal Lee visited Washington at the end
if tho war, Grant hastened to pay his
espects; but Lee never returned the
risit, nud we have been told that this
notified and embitterod him more
han aught else. At any rate, from
hat moment, when civic power loomed
? - L - ~i 1
ip Dcrom Dim, ue iicuumio u vuau^cu
nan. For Grant's political career
}eneral Maury has only contempt. He
illicd himself with tho enemies of the
epublic, surronnded himself with veqal
jlundcrers, became chief gift-taker of
he land, and systematically proceeded
o feather his nest, so that he could uercr
be poor any more.
General Maury draws a gloomy horoicope
of tho future of the ex Preaidentjenera).
IIis European honors will
nly defer his ultimate destiny of being
mraed by his own people. Our critic
>eliov?s (h it this man's days will be
'few and evil," that ho will seek relief
rom commonplace iu potent draughts
if whiskcv and champagne, and that
'when the morning telegrams shall aniouoco
that Grant is dead, men will lauent
and wonder that capacities so
food, with opportunities so great,
hould reach a conclusion so impotent."
Phis may be a true vision. But wo
hould not wonder if the "old man"
>incd the churoh, becamo a Good Tom>lar
and lived to be 90 years of age.
ie has disappointed the prophets boore
and may do so again.?Augusta
Jhronich aud Constitutionalist.
When Judge Black was asked how he
euld conscientiously undertake to deend
the confessed delinquent Belknap,
le rejoinod that he was a lawyer, that
iVashinton was in his fioTcl of practice,
md that there seemed to bo only two
nethods of getting along in Washington
me by robbing the government and the
ither by defending the thieves when
bey were caught. ^
The highest flamca ore the most
remulous; and so the most holy and
sminont Christians are more fall of
WtmuHi and fhar, and humility.
NUMBER 44
The Valley of Death.
In the northeast corner of San Bernardino
county, Cal., lying partly in
Inyo county, and, by the newly surveyed
line, partly also, in (lie State of
Nevada, is a region paralleled by few
other spots on tbe face of the earth. We
say the world is instinct with death. A
huee basin, whose rim is the ancient
hills, stricken with the barrenness of
eternal desoh^jon, whose bosom tho
blasted waste of the desert?treeless,
shruhlc88 and waterless, save a few b^t-'
tor pools like the lye of potash water;
surrounded by mountains tbat tower
thousands of feet above the sea level,
itself lying 3,000 feet above the sea. It
is a very "Gehenna"?a place of death
W/J ki??*A4i II Mr)a a xa! fl if nn/tM i#
uiiu uuuvo* uuua uu uub nj utci iv.
Animals do not enter it. Vegetation
cannot exist in it. The broad sand absorbs
the heat, the bare mountains re*
fleet it, the unclouded son daily adds
to it. Ninety degrees in the shade (artificial
heat, there is no other) means
winter; 130 and 140 degrees, that
means summer. The hot air grows
hotter, wavers, trembles with heat, until
nature, goaded with madness, can endare
no longer, and then, the burning ,
blast rouses itself?rouses in its might;
ronses as an angry blast, with a hoarso, ,
ominous roar; swept mile after mile, on
ever on, over the broad reach of the
desert, bearing in its black, whirling
boeom?black as midnight?dost, sand, ,
alkali and death. Sometimes murky ,
clouds gather upon the mountains ,
? it. *i * _ u - _
aijvjvej uiou muro is ? rusu ? * n.truiug (
sigh of the wind a?a low rambling in ,
the air; the hills qniver. the earth treat- ,
hies, end a torrent, half water, half mad, (
bounds from the hills, leaps in the de*> .
ert, ploughing chasms Hire river beds in ,
the loose sand. The elonds scatter, the |
sun comes again, the eternal thirst is 1
not quenched. The raging river was j
only a dream. In tne year 1849 a party ,
of immigrants entered the basin. Day |
after day they toiled on, thirsting, t
dying. The pitiless mountain walled
them in, no escape. Ono by one they
dropped and died. A few abandoned
everything, scaled the mountain and escaped.
The others lie as they felt all '
dried to mommies?no birds even to 1
devour their flc*h, no beasts to prey
upon them. Wagon tires unrusted, 1
guns bright, untarnished. Such is the
place. Mile after mils silence reigns,
silence?and death.?Kinnetom Gazette. 1
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A Mule's Wonderful Kiokin?.
"Speaking about males," remarked
a sisfooter in Arkansas, as hs cracked
his whip st market, "I ve got a mole
at home which knows as much as I do,
and I want to hear somebody say I am
a half a fool." No one said so, and he
went on. 'Tve stood around here sod ,
heard men blow about kicking males
till I've got disgusted* When you i
come dowa to kicking, I want to bet ,
on my mule. A friend camo along tad
took dinner with me the other day. and.
as lie setmcd a little down-hearted, I
took him out to see Thomas Jefferson,
my champion tnulo. I was telling the 1
good man how that male would flop his
feet around, and he said he would like (
to see a little fun. lie paseed bis whole '
life in the South, but had never seen 1
a mute lay his whole soul into a big I
time at kickiug. Well," he said, after
borrowing some tobacco, "I took 1
Thomas out of the stable, backed bin 1
up again a hill, gin him a cuff on the 1
ear, and we stood back to s*o the amuserneut.
It was a good place to kick
his durndest, and what d'ye s'po9e he 1
did? In ten minutes by the watch he
was out of sight. In fivo more, be
couldn't feel him with a ten-foot pole,
und?and?" The crowd began to veil
and sneer, and thd narrator looked
around and asked, 'Does any body
think I am lying? Would I lie for one
mule ? llight here under my arm is
a pound of tallow candles which are to
light the hole for to go in after Thomas;
and I got word not an hour ago that
the hind feet of a mule were sticktng
out of a hill thirty-nine miles as the
bird flies from where my mule went in.
I'm shaky on reli^on, gentlemen, but
our lanuiy uever naa a uar in 11.
Tho SlaterNo
household is complete without a
sister, She pi res the finish to tho family.
A sister's love, a sister's watchful
care?can anything be more hallowed ?
A sister's kinduess?docs tho world
show us anything purer/ Who would
live without a sister ? A sister is a sort
of guardian angel in the homo circle
Her presence condemns vice. She is
the quickener of good resolutions, the
sunshine in the pathway of homo. To
every brother alio is light and life. Her
heart is the treasure houso of confidence, i
In her ho finds a ssfo adviser, a i
charitable, forgiving, tender, though i
ofton sevoro friend. In her ho finds a i
ready companion. Ilcr sympathy is as
open as the fragrance of flowers. We
pity a brother who has no sister to
love. Wo feel sorry for the home
which is not enlivened by a sister's
presence. A sister's office is a noble
and gentle one. It is hers to persuade
to virtue, to win to wisdom's ways;
gontly to lead where duty calls, to
guard tho citadel of home with the
sleepless vigilance of virtue; to gather
graces and strew flowers around the
home altar.
A man that hoards his riches and enjoys
them not, is like an ass that carries '
bay and cats thistles.
There is a groat deal of religion that
is like a morning cloud ; as soon as the
sun gets hot it dteappttra.
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Mystery of Mueio.
A lover of music writes; I would
fain know what music is. I seek it as .
a man seeks eternal wisdom Tester*
lay evening I walked late io the moon* wgEA
light in the beautiful avenue of litne *
trees on the bank of the Khine, and I
heard a tapping noise and soft singing.
At the open door of a oottage under the
blooming litne trees sat {a mother and *
her twin babies ; the one lay on. her >
breast, the other iu a cradle, which she |5
rocked with her foot, keeping time to ?
her singing. Id every germ, then, / i|j0| ;
when the first trace of life begins to
stir music is the ourse of the soul; it *
murmurs iu tho'ear, and the child sleeps;
the tones are the companions of nw
dreams ; they are the world in which -ks; v
ho liwes. He has nothing; tho babe, ft? ^
though cradled in its mother's arms, is
alone in the spirit; bat toues find ontrance
into the half-conscious soul and- -lym -f
nourish it as the earth nourishes tho ||j
The Execution Blook.
Of all the objects shown to visitors io
the Tower of I*mdon, tho most impres- ' ;
ive, perhaps, are the block aod axe *
formerly u*wd for beheading of persons 'fzgSt?
convicted of treason. The block is a V.
rough mass of wood, about two feet
high, two feet thick and three feet^long, " ^
with an excavation in the upper part
to receive the breast of the soffefer, . .< , jj $
aod s corresponding excavation on the
other side for the chin. Tho marks
of the axe are still plainty visible dn . ^
the block, some of them showing by^ ? . ^
their depth, the needless foroo of the* ^ i
executioner's stroke. The axe is an ,.^v
ancient, awkward instrument, which - wemed
to me, when l handled it, to
be very ill adapted to its purpose,
fhere used to be shown an awrnl look- *S
insr black mask, which the executioner / c^s
trore when he performed hie offiee, so '
that he should not be recognized by ^
The Blaok Hills. i ^
The yirid of gold in the Black Hilla
country, acoording to evidence before. . - >
the Committee oa Territories, of the ^
Souse of Representatives, is eoormoos, <|j
iveraging 81,000,000 per month. * . ~M
Valuable silver and coal mines have P
been discovered; and also oil of snob a
superior quality that in its natural state
it can be used in lubricating machinery.
The whole region is covered with fine ^
timber. Already a population of 25, ^
000 has settled within its limits: '|5j|9H t
During the past year 20,000,000 pound? ><, *i;
of freight were carried by the Bismarck.
route alone to the biUs. Two rail roads *
are soon to be built to the hills, one .
from Bismarck to Dead vood, and the :
other from Cheyenne to the same place. $
Californiaos have already iovestecT $3,- r
000,000 in the mines, The region is
soon to be organized into a Territory.
Destroying the Idols.
Nepaul has boon swept olean of gods ^ ^Wi
aod the temples are apartments to let.
The Prince Rum Bahadur, whose
r]uepn, finding her lovely face disfigured
by small-pox, poisoned herself,
cursed his kingdom, hor doctors and the
gods of Nepaul. He had her doctors
flogged, and the nose and right ear of
eaoh cut off. He then drew up heavy
artillery before the gods, and after ac- s
casing them of having obtained from : Y'^.
him twelve thousand Croats several ' ?8
hundred weight of sweetmeats, and two ' 7$$
thousand gallons of milk under false
pretenses (njt even in retnrn saving
his wife from disfigurement and death),
he bad the guns opened upon them,
and after six hours' cannonading, the
deities of Nepaol were all reduced to
faagmeots, which no horses or men
could put together again.
Disproportion op Laborxrs.?A
Man near Pittsburgh, Pa., recently advertised
for a book-keeper, and within
twenty.four hours he had one hundred
and thirteen applicants for the position.
Subsequently he sought a man for hia
farm by somo means; and had eight responses.
These figures represent very
fairly ibo disproportion of laborers in
the various industrial pursuits. There
are men uecded in abundance for agriculture
and other manual labor, but
when a young man can write a pretty
fair hand and balance the day's transac- v ^
lions in a country store, ho feels above
the farm, the atmi or tne Dencn. inn
is all wrong, and is of a piece with the
other inflate*] notions that have crept
A good old farmer found himself one
day with his hired boy at the farther end
of the row, when the dinner horn sounded,
Anxious to make everystepcount,ho
commenced to hoo his way back, saying
to the boy as ho did so.
'Thomas, do you ever think about dy'Yes,'
said Tom, 'I think I shall die
pretty soon, if I don't have some din'Well!
well!' said the old man, drop*
ping his hoe, 'I think we'll go now.'
A Favobite Southern Dish.?Two
negroes were in the woods splitting rails
when the question of what was the best
thing in the world to eat came up. A
stake of "fo' bits" was deposited on n
neighboring stump, to bo taken by the t JI
one guessing at the most palatable dish.
After throwing "head and tails"for first
guess, the winner exclaimed, "Possum
and sweet pcrtator !'?"S-h-oo !' ejaculated
the othor, 'take de money 1 tako . ? ^
do money 1 didn't thiuk you'd guj.-s the
bfeny be?t fus' thing.'