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VOLUME XXXVI.
, - * -iff
A STERLING OLD FOFM.
Who shall judge men from'his manners?
Who shall know him by his dress ?
Paupers rnnj be tit for princes.
Princes fit for something less.
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket
May hoclothe the golden ore,
l)r the deepest thought and feelings?
Fat in Test can do no more.
There nre streams of crystal nectar,
K?cr Hewing out of stone:
Eh-rearc purble beds of golden.
Hidden, crushed arid overthrown,
jo-1. who counts by souls, not dresses, ^
Loves and prospers you and me,
IVhile lie values thrones the highest
Hut as pebbles in the sea.
dan upraised above his fellows.
Oft forgets his fellows then:
Wasters, rulers, lords remember
That your meanest hinds are men !
Sien oTinbor. men of feel:ng.
Men of thoughts and men of fame,
Claiming rqr.nl rights to sunshine
In man's ennobling natnr.
Hiore are foam-embroidered ncaans,
Tberr nre little wood-clad rills;
ritere arc feeble inch-liigli saplings,
There are cedars on the bills
3od. who counts by souls, not station,
Loves and prospers yon and rue ;
For to him all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles in the sea,
roiling hands alone are bniklera
Of? nation'* fame ;
Titled laziness is pensioned.
Fed and fattened on the same ;
By the sweat of other's foreheads,
Living only to rejoice,
IVIiile the poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly lifts its feebie voice.
Tnitb and justice are eternal.
Horn witli loveliness and light:
Secret wrongs sball never prosper,
While there is a sunny right.
3od, whose world-wide voice is singing
Boundless love to you and me,
Linfcn oppression with his titles
Hut as pebMesfin tbesea.
A FIERY STEED.
For once May gave promise of being j
t May worthy of the many beautiful ;
tonga which have been sung in htr I
iraine. Hhe twme dancing along after
ler tiafer April?who had just left ir a i
thower of tears?with a bright smile
jpon her lips, and wondrous rainbow
Halo about her head.
aL.n<* ? nlcnaant winding, lonely
IWII^ .t r. ?f
'ountry road, with splendid prwat apple !
ind pear trees lininp either side of the j
road, arid the sprint.' flower." dottinp the 1
rrpen carpet so thickly that the preen
a utmost hidden, conies slowly, on this
joef's May day. a little, diminutive, oldookintr,
white horse, drnwinp a small j
narkrt wspon filled with household
WrHiijre. jtxsoopinicd by an eimitnmis
Vewfoundlnnd do?, and as pp-ttv a
naid as ever milked a cow or inudo a |
pat of po'den butter.
The hroad-briinmed sfnw hat that '
ihades her low brow to which eli njr?i '
jahyiah curls of hair, the color of tie
flossy, (tatin. smooth buttercups, a pair
tf innocently ropu'sh eves, cheeks ,
brown with an underlying tiiee of n ,?e.
a ehcrjjiinp. red-lipped mouth, and a
Srm round chin,
Acro?? the brow, boweyey, ;it this j
moment flits the shadow of a frown. :
md a look of comic perplexity comes i
iufd if'O Street, round face. The oddlook
ioe horse has stopped in the middle !
of /he rood, and remains p*?fr pf!y mo-'
lionVf#, atarinp directly before liitp.
save wHcp he bends bis bead to take a 1
nibble of the flower.tliick ?riu?, us if I
thoroughly oblivious of everythinp un- i
m:?? ?r it, i
der the sun. save mo CrHIHJllIlil v <; Kic )
June-like afternoon.
'Oh, Charley ! Chnrlev ! go cn?do!
that's a dear/coaxe* tho young trirl. j
coming to hi* side nnd jr^nfly pitting j
his head wi?h tier little )>rown ungloved
hand; but Charley merely whi.kej .7 '
too familiar fly nway with his forlorn old I
tail and made do further sign.
'Charley, good horse Charley?nh !
whv didn't I bring some carrots with
me.??Charley, you h id/ had fellow, if
you don't go on I will whip jo?, ;<?
sure as you stand there. Cotnc. be a
darling/ And thus she alternately
begs and threatens, Lion utsisting in
dog language, with an occasional da?h
at the heal* of' his efjuine friend ; hut
Charley refuses to he darling/ plants
bis feet mors firmly than cycr. opd
never stirs; and at Ist-t. with an air of
resignation she goes hack to tho path,
seats herself on a rude scat formed by
nature of the gnarled roofs of a misshapen
tree and waits patiently for ten
minutes. At the end of this time CharIcy
looks about with a just-waked up
.ivnression iu his eyes, as if to say :
4]>e:?r! dear! J nuito forgot then* was
work to be done, and ct^rf; off with
(juiclc steps that gradually become
slower and slower.
With a sigh of relief the young girl
rises and follow*. J,ion bounding back
from (Iip woods where im hys been
making hasty explorations, having ft in
his mind that his mistress is not to be
left without his protection for more than
two minutes ul u time, takes his place
at her side?and the purplcxej looic
fades away into a smile that brings to
light two rows of pearly white teeth.
Hut, aius ! th?j iniile is premature,
fn an.vber ten minutes, overcome by
the loveliness and peacefulnc" of the
day; Charlie falls into a reverie, stops
once more, und once more refuses mo>t
decidedly to. 'go on.'
And in this manner does that dreadful
hors* behave for a whole hour,
making short progress and long pauses,
until finally coming to the conclusion
that there had lieen tjuitc enough of
this sort of thing h?' deliberately
,/ir^g-; /l)i' wagon to the side of the road,
lakt> ui'hi* s/ftioj, b'f'IM'h a widespv^Koff
wk, pn^koda to uMik
the young grass at his I'of. with a Tone
o his cy s th it sav? a* plainly as words,
'irVWi thfr fjM uitivb me if you fttf.'
fl..: y
(
*01i. Charley 1 Charley! how caD |
you ?' began the young gi?l. Imidlj ind |
indignantly, following him with small
! brown hands clasped beseechingly. 'Oh,
you wicked, wicked. Charley !'
Did you call m* ? asked a masculine
voice, to her great astonishment; and us
with a 9tart sh? turns towards the voice
she saw a young man walking rapidly
toward her the sound of his approaching
footsteps were lost in the inquiring
bow-wows of her canine guardian. 'Did
you call mo ?' lie repeat".
'No. sir,' she replied, blushing prettily.
and looking at him \<ifh frank,
childlike eyes. '1 was speaking to the
horse.'
'Jlcg pardon. I thought for an instant
that you was talking to me. It
seems that I have the honor of being
the namesake of your firey s'eed. Ilut
you are in trouble, what is the matter ?
Can I help you in any way?'
'There's nothing very serious the
matter.' she said witli a smile. We arc
moving to-day. and father wont on i
ahead a loug time ngo, having some
busin?ss to settle wi'h our new landlord.
j ? ?4 1al.sa *<ai? nwimnnf j
ina nc muse ov < !? ?sij
waiting Tor mo a? 'he new house, ami
wondering what in the world has become
of inc. You see we have no boys i
in our family, and the other girls are l
younger tlnn uiysclf, and father and
mother hoth thought?this being a very
quirt road?"hat Lion au I could look
after Charley and the furniture; but
Charley, who generally lehaves very
wr||, has been awfully contrary, and i
has stopped every few moment*, and the
cons quence is we have been already <
two fmnr* on n journey that should 1
have taken us hut one. ami there's just I
as long a distance to go yet; and with I
Charley?oh. you wicked horse! ?
standing under that tree, I don't know I
how we are ever to get tnfSrass'own.' I
'It's almost as hard a plight as the I
old woman was in with her pig. when <
he wouldn't go und< r the stile, and "he I
was afraid she couldn't get huuic that i
night,' laughed the young man?a nice l
looking young man he is, with gentleman
stamped on "'every feature of his t
handsome face. 'But suppose I cut you |
a switch^ sPethapS that, used with ^
discretion, might have ^mme influence i
on the fircy steed.' i
'Oh, no, that would never do,*' she '
says, shaking her head emphatically. .
Charley was never whipped in hi* life,
ll?'d be so seared at the very sight of a
swi'ch tint I believe he'tj run away.^. . '
Wouldn't that be u desirable thing, | '
under the circumstances ?' asked th- j '
V' iing m-iii with a smile, the idea of I I
rho old lioise, wIno-e principal object ;
U'Cljii'd uot to move, as running away I '
s'ruck I nn no bging inexpressibly | '
C'linie. arid thinking, "bless her dear ; '
little hear'," lie continu'd: 'Will, since |
you ii'Inso switch. I will try how a ! ]
command in the masculine voice wili 1
nffoc him. then commanded ; Go j1
!i d;;. Charley !'
Charley nf.trtod, turned 1?:m head to- ; ;
waid the -penior. recnjrnizi d a master. I 1
hacked awav from tin- oak, and went
Hjjray on n qu;?*k walk.
Well, the ujei,' cidaiincJ the youut; !
mistress. 11
'And now, with your permission, T'll
accompany yon t.> the Mid i f' your
jmjrr.ey, for I -tui sure if I lraec you. j
Charley will noto niv abaencc. and stop
under the lirot chadc Uv*-'
Oh, no. indeed ! you niu-t ??( !,' say*
'lie pretty ruaid. 'You were poimr:
r.. .milMilif different direction. i
in an ? i is* it u...v. ?... ...? _
roul J not i(link of taking you so far out
of y..ur way. Many thanks for your j
kind offer, but ind'-ed T could not. i
Charley will behave well, now, won't i
yu? Charley ?'
'Good heavens. l n<yof knew ir.y |
name was so musical before, thinks tlie j
young man. and then he explains: 'I j
was going in an entirely different direction,
hut I missed my 'rain at tho '
l;,?t station, and if I had waited for
another. I would !,vp h id to stop for |
two hours for another, hut bring rattier .
impatient hy nature, and bring tempted ;
hy the fine day, I set out to walk to my I
destination, it being the next village,
and now, if I return with you, I gl all
a muoh pleasamcr walk, catch the
next train, apt} L*e p.n time at all. Lion
rpproves of tpy p'ap, dou t yow Lipp ?'
and Lion, asual'y suspicious of strangers,
cume up and rubbed his cold
sweaty nose against h is hand.
4 - 1 !?? !??. ? tfAiimr I
,/\UU l?U Jll'- l?T>>
cd along side by side, crushing the '
pretty flowers under their (bet as thny
go, and Charley looking back every uow '
and then, out of the corner of his right
eye, 10 pey jf the masculine voice
is still there, never faltering but Unsteadily
oo winding Iuh way. After a few
moments' silence the innocent little
gjqid raised her blue eyes?they huvc
been hidden u.v jb;; lop</ lashes?aud
says in u shy voice : I
'Vou said you were going to Daisy- |
ville. I havo lived there all my lifo,"
'Sol a very long time,' says the!
young man, iyi'Ji a suiile.
'Seventeen years. 1 was b^rn qnd I
my three sisters were born in the same
little farm house wo are leaving now,'
oud a teur tumbles on llio long lashes
uod rolls down the round rosy ohcelr.
The young man looks ut tlio tear with
pitying wonder.
'And were you happy thero ?' h j asks.
jiro huppy,' replies the girl, 'that we
f ar we never will be half as happy anywhere
else, And"?a sodden light
breaking nv?r her face ? 'I believe that
is whnt nils ('bailey. lie knows it isn't
ligh* that wc should ho going to a
Sinn, e ph.ee, and doos his best, poor
tell- w, to prtvan^r going.'
r?.|..uhtedlyr"i:ravely assents hep
'iu\ wh/) if ytAl Will fkt
.
_ . JJJ-1 1.J-,!!' L'J.'l L.JUJ
3AMDEN, S. C., JUNE 2
mit ne to n?lc, are vou bidding farewell
to Daisyvill<*V Clharley,' a>
(/barley evince* a desire to listen to tlm
conversation.
'Father didn't own the place. He ;
had it on a long lease, which ran out
flip very week (a month ago) our old
landlady died, and lr rhoir?a nephew? (
and his mother are coining to take possession
of 'he estate, and they wunt our ,
farm-house for tlie'r gardener. When
Mrs. Marks was alive h- r gardener had j1
rooms over 'he stable*, and very comfort- ,
able rooms they were to", and ih?* (
kilfben-pardon was just back of the big I
house, Hut T suppose the new people |
are more stylish than the old ones, and j (
want their kitchen pa'den larg-r and ,
farther away than Mrs. Marks's was |
a"d sn ftiry i ike us from our homo. ti?d ,
- - -* . i-v ?
re are obliged to move to irrowowii. 1 {
'And nr** your father and mo'her n? ,
much attached to Daisyvillc as you ami ,
your sisters are ?' ho nsk?. (
'livn more attached to it " sho an- ,
*wpr?, 'if that be possible. It almost .
breaks my heart to see mother's md fa<v. |
Hut I must fry to make my new hem* ,
is bright f"r them as I can?that is, if ,
ever I get there! Oh, dear! how very ,
unfortunate that Charley should liave |
taken it into his hpsd to be so naughty |
this day*of oil others !' I
'On the contrary, I think, Miss Gray' ,
? it hss transpired that her nanio i? ,
Bessie Gray?'that is the most fortunate
thing that could have happened.' I
Ihr bine ryes and red uiouth open (
in wonder.
H'cause'?answered the look?'If 1
Ohsrley had behaved well instead of (
badly, you w-?n'd I.are been at Grass- j
town long before this, nnd I should t?"t j
have had the pleasure of meeting you ,
And now I am about proposing some- ,
ihing*which will seetn extremely absurd |
to you. although in reality the wisest |
thins that could be done under the eir- ,
?um?tancts Suppose we turn Charley's \
bend in the direction of his old home. (
ind see .what speed he will make
hen ?' "|
'Hot.' looking at him half frightened ,
is l,ion bounds forward with a loud jf?V- (
lul bark to meet a stalwnrfc old man who (
*omrs suddenly around a corner, his fist ,
0 one hand nnd a Ted silk handkerchief
n the other, and who phouts the moment
! I s .f L.
no oajeoes tugni ?i iirr.
, 'Why. where have you boon 7
VVhat on onmi's the mutter!1'
Bessie leaves unfinished ihe 'Bat'?
legun speech, and runs laughingly to
liiui. qml taking 'he h?r Ohm hr- li..nd,
ran? him energetically while she explains,
'Oharl. y was the mutter. father.
Vou can't think how aggravating he's
t?cen. lie wouldn't no until litis gentleman''?with
another pretty blush ?
'\rns kind enough to make him go.'
The old man looked keenly at the
young on?. 'And pray whore did you
:o?n? from and who may you h>* ?' he
ngked slv?rplv.
'T will tell \ou where I c?me from
and how I happened t" meet your daughter.
at some future time. Meanwhile
you will learn from this who I nut'?
handing a card to tho old farmer, en
which was engraved, '(jh.irlis Marks,'
dun.'
Our ol i landlady's nephew and
lieir?'
'The same, at your service ; and having
no desire, in spite of my agent's ar
ranjr-uiPiits to Il?o contrary, to bepin my |
lift in J):it?yville l>y turning so worthy
n teuunl' (in bin heart lie added, 'with {
so pretty a daughter') 'out of the house!
lie has occupied so ni my ymrs, I was!
just propositi,: to Miss Gray, as yon!
inndo your appearance that Charley
should be stopped in his mad career, and
once fur all lie turned toward his old
home.'
'Are yofi quite in earnest, sir?'
'Never mere so in my life. Whoa.
Charley, poor old b<>y!' and around
went horse and wagon, and on started
the Cory steed so fu?t that they could no
lonpcr follow him, Lion, "leaping a yard
in the nir" in the exuberance of his delight,
palh ping by his sjdq.
'lie's all right,' said the old man, his
face beaming with happiness. 'And
won't mother look wonderfully surprised
when she see? hiui couiing up the lane.
T don't know how to thank you sir.'
'Don't thank me T deserve no
iimnki?/ ffay? Charley Marks, holding I
aside a low-hanging tree braucii that j
Bessie may pass under.
'And (ho new gardener V asks Bessie,
looking hack at him
'Will have the rooms over the stable.
You know i/nu said they were 'very
comfortable."
Hut your train ?' persists Heseie,
with the first gleam of Coquetry that
ever sparkled in h<-r blue eyes.
'I'd much rather walk/ says Mr.
Marks.
When tho next blossoms are on the
orchard trees and the spring floworsaro
running wild through the grass thore is
a new mistress at the big house in Daisyville?a
pretty little thing, with lortly
blue eyes, bright go I del hair, and n
sweet cheerful voice. Her name ia Bus
sic, and she is the i?l<>1 of her husband,
and, strange it may appear, the beloved
of her mother in-law.
And in the stable, as well, r.ay, better,
cared for than tho handsoui" ponies and
the splendid chcMiiut, is and old. white, |
odd-looking horse, called Chnrb'y. his'
days of toil all over, and all his ways'
ways of pleasantness, and all l is paths
paths of peace.? ILu prnt IYakly.
Tn a recent case f.?r ns-nult tho defendant
pleaded guiity. I think f must
If guilty,' said I.e. 'lucause the plaintiff (
i d I were the only ones in tho room,
I d the first thing I knew I was fcUptd? j
gup, and lie uuj doubled oyer tho j
u bfe. YUu hkti bblUtt fcfch ft guilly. |
5, 1878.
The Confederate Monument at Columbia.
The Coi.f derate Soldier."' Monument,
which i? t'? he erected in lhe Capitol
Square in Columbia, s'iii 'i s, boxed up
and waiting the day of its r? demption,
in one of the railroad warehouses of that
city. And there it will remain until I
lhe last e"nt due for its construction j
lialj have been paid into the hands of j
'hose wlm shaped it so manv years ago
The Indies i f the iMuiiunn-utnl Assqci.v
'ion I arc honorably and ah ndl'astly re.
fitted to receive it. from the railroad
until it ( l.all have become their property ,
hy virtue of payni'r.t in full of..the.purchase
money, as thev tightly consider
'hat it wonVi a little short of dishonor
to lit" divd In mark their 1 ?.t
resting place with mortgaged stone,
more fining for an .emblem of bankrupt
put riot J.sin than of a nation's gratitude
'n th'fie who laid down life and properly
alike in her d-'f-ncc And when
he pric shall have been paid, ami the
ad monument erect"] at the la-t, tuny
if not he said in truth that it will stand
riot a memorial of the illustrious dead
i -i 1 ?* : _r ,t... ,j
inu ine mvinj; pmi'-ur: m un; ;
?nm"n of the State. than of the indifference
and parsimony of those whose
fir*t duty nod piide it would seem to
have been to contribute generously and ;
promptly to tho success of the praise- :
worthy objects of the Association.
One Can readily imagine what will j
be said by eloquent speakers on the o?- |
[ asion. y?'t to couie, of its unveiling,
when every resource of imagination and ,
language will ba summoned to the tu?k I
nf publishing anew the virtues and d?r
ing deeds of tho ' honored dead." W-ll i
it is, perhaps, that these will nc?t see
the mockcryof narade, or hear the hollow
praises that will be sounded ab >ve their
forgotten graves. And strange will it
tie for the living if they- <an look on |
without feeling a pant; of c-?rscience, or 1
listen without feeling the tell tale blood ,
iritnson each check with shame.
Not det< rred, however, by the indif- i
fcrciHc which surrounded them and
met their appeals at every s'ep, the la- '
lies nf Columbia have persevered in
iheir good work in season and out of |
Hrason for veirs. and by every laudable
means WHICH lay w until mcir reaeu uu?c
sought to accomplish their li'ghend. for j
the most p ?rt without aid to save that
which has b'cn paid for. '
Bv the labor of their hand*; by contributions
frjiu their household s'orcs.
bv their P' vs.ittal servic-s at public tali'
- sum: in public h ills,'by small adji- ,
rious which would have discouraged >
Others than themselves, or the advocates
of any icp? worthy cause, tliey have
slowly but surely decreased the d-l?t
standing b 'tween tln-ui and tlie fruition
of their plans, still the work goes uui- 1
I'tly and patiently on, for there yet reiniius
something to he done, and there
are noti" to he p.
In the 1 ijrht of such a purpose, their
wink pu-MgS'S a decree of interest >
which cn'itbs if. and them, to recopni |
lion ns i fti tt as it becomes manifest, and
the festival given by them in Columbia ,
last week presents the latest occasion '
b?r well deserved no'ice at the hands of
those ivho-e p'ensunt ?!nrv it is to perform
that grateful ?a-k.?AVr.s mul
Courier.
A
Smart Jewess.
Adolphu* Fiiznielon was a 'smart
voung man." It was his firm conviction
that with the opposite sex be was irrcsi-tulle.
One evening Fitxmelon was i
at the opera, and in nn adjoining box be j
espied a beautiful young lady, without '
a male attendant. He nodded to bis
companions, and remarked I lint ho must j
make a conqu?st. So into the adjoin* I
ing box be made his way. and uneere- i
si* If* t - -1 . I
moriiously seated nidihcii oy mo young
Indy 's side. She looked up ir. ?urpri?c.
Adolphus smiled sweetly and begged
pardon ; lie must I.are been mistaken ;
lie bad thought lie recognized in her
ari ae(|Uaintaiiec. Sbc inforuied bill) lie
had been mistaken.
' Still/' ventured Adolphus, '-I hope
I don't intrude."
The lady made no reply, but turned j
ber attention to tbe stage, where a 1
scene was transpiring in wbieb she was
much interested. At length Adolphus !
ud dressed her again. Turning quickly,
she said
"Vou annoy nie, sir !" and her bright
eyes flashed.
"Hless me !" cried Adolphus, draw. ;
ing back with a uiock terror. "Don't
oat mo!"
The lady smiled a swtet, beaming j
sniilnl IK POfllirS. ?
"He not alarmed, sir I am a Jew
osrt, and my religion forbids me to cat'
pork !''
Unfortunately for ^dolphus. his!
liicnds heard .'tie rejoinder, and lie i*!
not likely soon to hear the last of bis j
pas?ugc with the beautiful Jewess.
Don't Marry in Haste.
Girls talk all alike about marriage, us
though it was a jubilee, a gladsome
tiling, a lose without a thorn, and so it
is, if all is right, if'hey go about it us
pational beings, instead of merry-making
children, ft ij a serious thing to
marry. It is a life business. Therefore
never d it in haste; never run
away to get married; never marry for
wealth or standing, or fine personal mann?rs.
but for both, for the qualities of
mind and heart which make tin honorable
man. Take time, think longandwcll
before you accept any proposal; consult
your parents, theDsome judicious friend,
then your own judgment. licarnall that
is possible for yog to learn of your proposed
husband. When all doubts h^ve
been removed, and not till then, uc^pl
him.
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NUMBER 50
The Siesro of Sumter.
When I'ort Sumtrr had been dis?
innntled and was a jiiin. though it was
neccssarv still t?> hold it. the command,
inj; officer of the department hesitated
about putting a garrison in what was a
perfect s'atighfer pen More were ready,
however, eager to go than were required,
and 300 men rnteretj that living "rave,
and fhev held it to the last. Ry day
and by night for months shot nnd shell
were rained incessantly upon it. but
thov remained in possession, burrowing
underneath the debris of the walls like
so ma"y rabbits in a wren; an 1 in the (
heat of summer that wis nearly suffo- |
caring anil the cold of wilder that
chilled to llio Itoiio, and in <larknoss
nearly perpetual thov bold the ruined
fortress fierce rind prm. Continually
the bombardment. was kept up, and
sometimes n.oro of the broken wall
would conic tumbling down and pome
of the holder? be crushed to death, but.
reinforced at midnight, others would
lake their place.
Officer niter officer was slain; the
u-nerous rite youthful, the b-ave; Warinc.
Ilaync, Harloston and many another
noble and, even then, historic
nanm Others succeeded the dead, aod
the fort was he'd. One dark and stormy
niplit. st low twelve, armed barge? ,
of the foe approached the spot; stealthily |
they came; unheard, they reached the (
rocky ledeo upon which the fortress (
stand?, and they were even clambering ,
nn its sides before they were found oq'.
Then the senrin?d perceived them, and
then th* ai?rm nnc out; and. springing
from their burrow, the little garrison
rushed f ?rth and fiercely fought their 1
assailant?, who ontnntibercd tliern at '
least three to one, fought with their '
muskets un'il the ammunition wa? pone, 1
and then with the bayonet, and then 1
with tho butts of (heir cuns and rocks '
and beat them off, heat many of them '
into the water, and the seaweed was his 1
winding sheet, ami the rest to their 1
b 'ate, which spod away. (
'J'lifi fort was saved, and. bloodV old 1
ruin that it wis held to the end; was !
never taken away from i?s brave defenders;
was only evacuated when tliat
whole set eoa>t was abandoned and all
the iroojs withdrawn. Xo poet has
sung of their gallantry and made them
famous. f>r the cause they fought for was
not crowned with the laurels of victory,
and the beaut^us banner they defended
has been furled amid a nation's
tears. Vet they we'll deservo the sweetest
strains that wero ever breathed froaa
poesy's harp
"Cannon to right of thorn, cannon to
left of them.
Cannon in front of thetn volleyed and
thundered;
Storni*d at with shot and shell, boldly,
they stood and well ;
Kieht in the jaws of death, right in the
nmuth of hell, fought the three
hundred.
Sending; a Pair of Legs.
Sometimes we ask people to "lend a
hand." and sometimes we can hear them
snv '"Lend tp.e vour eyes." Here is a
story about a hoy who lent a pair of
legs just io accommodate.
Some boys were playing at base-ball
hi a pretty, shady street. Among the
number was a lame little tet:ow, seemingly
about twelve years old. a palo,
sickly locking child, supported ou two
crutches, and who evidently found much
difficulty in walking, even wi'h such
assistance.
The lame hoy wished to join the
game; for he did not seem to see how
much his infirmity would be in his own
way. and how much it would hinder
the progress of such an active sport as
b:?se-hall.
His companions, good-naturedly
enough, tried to persuade him to stand
on one side and let unolher take his
place; none of thcui hinted that he
would he iu the way; but they all objected
for fear that lie would hurt himself.
"Why, Jimmy," said ono at last,
"you can't run, you know."
"(), liu-h !" said another, the tallest
boy in the party; "never mind, I'll run
for him, nnd you count it for him," and
lie took his place by Jimmy's side prepared
to act. ' If you wero like Lira/
be said aside to tho other boys, 'you
wouldn't want to be told of it all the
time.'
How many times loving hearts will
find a way to lend their powers and
members to the aged, the poor, the sick,
and the weak.
Anti-Doar Tax Man.
' I won't d*> It!' and he put down his
number U brogans with resouaut emphasis.
' I'm a p>' mm. It's much as I can
do to git 'long s'ppoitin' Sul, Luke.
John, Hill, Mary, an do twins, but if
ycr's gwino to lay n tax on King, Hanger,
Snip, in' Iloltight, bs good dogs as
ever shuk a varmiut. deu it ain't wuth
while for a po' man like tue to try tcr
git 'long.'
' I tell ycr, I won't do it!' *aid the
Cane toe man
' Hut,' the granger pleaded, ' if you
sign this petition you can raise sheep to
rat, get wool to clothe your children,
and he thrifty. Your dogs cat more
than the sheep would, and besides suck
nil your eggs and kill your neighbor's
sheep*'
1 U?n,?U?h ! Mighty putty talk,
hut 'taint no go. I'll eat dirt, go naked,
drink at do branch, die po' nnd go
to h?I 'lore I'll vote lor a doj?tnx, or
sign dut p<per.'
Then ho swapped Attn, ruu bis hands
in his pockets and h* ked idler the
gtangfer.?- Tar buru Sfui Ihkrn'er.
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Act from Principle.
flow few' person* there are whose
lives are governed r mit* ly from principie
rafhrr than inclination. Even those
of us who may he endeavoring to live
fur high purposes, come far short of our
nHpirutio.is; alas.! how very far short,
llnw often w?! find our convictions of
right and duty questioning if it might,
not be as well fi?r us to yield to inclinnti-tn
just for the time, promising our
disturbed consciences that wc will uiaka
up for the present indulgence by wore
vigorous self-denial and stricter uttenlion
to duty. Vain, fallacious reasoningnfa
w?ak nature! we can nev<r
make up formic neglected opportunity,
ane uii--spt-iit hour, one wrong, selfish
act. Once past, the opportunity unimrmived
the lirtnr wasted, till; act Cull!
mitred. it is beton?l "ur reach to recall,
except io thoughts of regret. We may
stone for ir. hut we can neror change
ihe past. Alas! how painruliy wc are
rware of this fact. <Then should we all
endeavor the more earnestly to make
jur lives embodiments of principle; for
are all know that. aft^r all, the path of
luiy though sometimes rugged, is not
without swe t pleasures; an I ! t
a* never follow our inclinations, if thoy 90
would lead us away from right. Then
tit all we le permitted at the last to look
back upou our lifes with satisfaction,
leeting that wo 1 have done what wo
could," an<i that our Father regards us
with approval.
Forethought of Swallows.
Bird stories are iu order. As a far- i
mer was er?t iris in his hay, ho noticed
in miu?uil commotion among the swallows,
which had built a long row of
aosts uuder the eaves of hi" barn. Thry
ippearet crentiy excited, flying rapid y
iliont, and filling tbeair with their crie?
>f distress As the load passed into
the bam. ho saw that a young swallow,
m a nest directly ovr the door, had
caught its neck between two shingles,
md was unable to liberate itself. IT*
stopped his team, and set the young
b:rd fr-e, restoring it to tho nest. Upon
his return to the harn with his next
bad of hay, noticing that the swallows
were quiet, he examined the crack, and
found that they had completely filled
it. with mud, so that, no matter howeotcrprisiug
or how foolish the young
swallow might be, ne coma no; again
endanger his life, or the peace of that
community, by any experiments on the
crack. Instinct is a wonderful sensf.
The Kose of Sharon.
The rose of Sharon is one of the most
exquisite flowers in shape and huo. Its
blossoms arc bell-shapcJ, and of many
mingled hues ana dyes. But its history
is legendary nud romantic iu tho
highest degree. In the Mast, throughout
Syria, Judea, and Aaabia, it is regarded
with the profoundest reverence.
The leaves that encircled the round
blossom dry and close tight together
when the season of blossom is over, and
be stalk withering completely away
from the steDi, the flow.T is blown away,
it last, froir. the bush ou which it grew,
having dried up in the shapoof a ball,
which is carried by tho sport of tho
breeze to great distances. Iu this way
it is borne over the sandy wastes and
deserts, until at last, touching some moist
place, it clings to tho soil, where it immediately
takes root and springs to lift*
and beauty again. For this very wu
son the orientals have adopted it as th*
emblem of the resumption.
Stop Tho Interest.
Daniel Webster oiicc uincu wim an
old Boston merchant, and when they
cauie to the wine, a dusty bottlo was
carefully decanted and passed to tho
host. Tnkinsr the bottle he poured out
Mr. Webster's glass and hauded it to
hint. Then pouring out another glass
for himself, lie held it to the light and
said : "llow do you like it, Mr. Webster?"
' I think it is a fine specimen
of old Port." "Now, can you gue&*
what it cost nic?" said tho host. ''Surely
not," said Mr, Webster. "I only know
that it is excellent." "Well, now, I can
tell you, for I made a careful estimate
the other Jay. When I add the interest
to the nrice. 1 hod that it cost me the
sum of oue dollar and twenty cents per
gluss ?" "(iood gracious ! you doc't say
so," said Mr. Webster; and then drain*
ing his glass, he hastily presented it
again, with the remark ; "Fill it up
again us quick as you oao, for I wau;
to stop that confounded interest,"
Always a Chanoe.
It is scarcely ncce&aary to remind rea~
sonable men that if they wish to be sad
and i.uur. to grumble and complain,
there is always a chance. Reasons for
being cist down and dejected are as
plenty as blackberries in the height of
harvest. If one thiog goes right, you
may be sure there is always something
else going wrong; and if ono thing is in
order something el so is out of joint, or
at any rate soon will be. The chief differcnce
in the feelings and dispositions
of people results from tho different way
of looking at things. Few nights are
so dark that no stars are to be scsn,
the thing is to look them out aod keep
your eyes on them, and make the most
of what you can discover.
"Learn to smile," urges a cotempo.
rary. This is protty advice for an editor
to give, whose task is to mold
public opiuion. Young men loaru to
smile soou enough without any newspa*
per instructions on the svbject. It is
suspected that the editor owns an interest
in a lafg's diillllsr/.