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THE LUTHERAN VISltOR, COLUMBIA, 8. C., OCTOBER 19, 1870 rather have seen him «kk, than to B*‘ur such thing! of him. ftb© sank, it if crashed, dews an » dtMCf and All she could do was to mrtnnnt: “O, my Ood, my Ood P Yes, poor widowed, stricken moth or, Ood is your rod sod your staff; sow your son has left you. Bbe returned home, put on her black dress, in which she had mourn *1 her dead husband. Was her only Son sot dead also f We hare a God who helps, and a Ismi who raises from the dead. Nhe then took down her Bible, turned to the history of the Prodigal Boo ia the fifteenth chnpter of the that we*! that no one saw him do it. He also thought himself perfectly naft*, lieciuisc his thefts had not been found out. But ho was not ss unsuspected AS he thought. Ilia employer kept s watchful eye upon him. He knew that Henry spent his evenings st the restaurant, he knew also that Hen ry’s mother was not side to give him spending money; where then did Henry get itf Mr. Winter watched his young clerk with a hawk's eye, kinds of drtulgery, hot It ia uot long before lie is promoted to A place behind the counter, and to wait on customers, which is more pleasant, than to have to roll barrels up in the loft, and to clean bottle*. Look sharp, Henry I Do right! Thera are raisins, and candies, and other sweet things to tempt yoo. • And you do not pray 5 Lead us not into tempta tion. Henry therefore, fads as soon as liis appetite begins to worry him. He takes fyow and then a handful of raisins, a stick of oefldy, or a lump of sugar, of course only when ho can do it nnscen, and be eats hi* pilfering* by stealth. What harm is there in that) says be to himself, every barrel and box in KtASTbSI TOASTbSl As Seng of tbs 1 2 Sam. it 17481 Beauteous hills of Israel li ') The slain are on thy skla: The mighty and the beauiif Work, Sod consequently U not due, us is the cast is many other caverns, to censes which here long ceased O, tell Hr Nor yet Philiatia’i Aud boast the battle w Upon GilboaV silent hift Tull not, ye gently sho Cease your rippling, cry* 0 dews’ bathe not the For there (the shield of 8) Aakelou! An amusing instance of miateken Identity lately occurred to Bock, the well known music dealer uf Berlin. With thousands of others, he had 8EVEN GOLD MEDAL* HAYS JUST BRKK AWARDKD TO Unas. ui. UMivfe te (Motor aai ifo«wter, IMS, far THE BENT PIANOS NOW MADE ora BsWiMre, Mew Turk, snd PhiliwicIfAk Ijcstc Columbia fffhfth “ Alston 9s§em r:: ‘toff ** Aiiflmi*.............m. ASbggi ** Urrcnvillr 5 00 ■■ DOVK. I.rave GnenviDf 7 OOi'a Aiwlentou 7 29Am ** AMsvffA|....« 0 bo ii, ** Newhmy -IT I?pm ** Alstoa t Sop m Arrive st Columbia............ JOHN II. MOR|^ w from the drawer, and the suspiciou became sure conviction, lie hud, however, So proofs $ he had never seen Henry do it. Mr. Winter there fore said nothing, but waited and watched. Henry did not dream of this. Mr. Winter one day took several pieces of money, notched the edges, anti put them back eguiu to the drawer. He stayed in the store us long as there were anJ customers, and watched closely to see if nay of the marked piecr* sere paid out Passion Play jierformed there by the peasantry once every ten years. Har ing reached the spot he ttotiend that he was the object of moeh respect Ail observation. Whispers greeted him in every direction as he passed among the assembled audience, who rever ently saluted him and pointed him out to their friends. At first puzzled b* know to vital he was indebted for tbeae natnoked for attmtions. he at ingth n* TVs* in a sudden (ifjb* ami Mm Wardrooms, Xo. ft .Yarik Liberty, war lialtimorr St., Jtaltimvrc, Maryland* priBA* This had be brought upon ■Hall* Gy bow she prayed, that tin remainder of the Parable might , — * also come true. fttrifT* Pianos Imre nil the latest prennoiU. tudadiairtbe Agraffe Tre- 1, Ivunr Front*, sod the improved rmcfc Acboa rally wairaatrd for five irs. with the privflaflps ef exHuuige lluu twelve months, if not teUrrly sat- wrtorr to tlw pure-tiswr. wail -bead M*n<* aid Puriur < irfHM vajr# on luuiil. st from t*V) to gauo. rVrrn *, ho bars oar Pin not fm nor: Gen % Lr«V lraiogttm. Vs; Hen X Usa*•»■», t' i (Ira D Ulf HI. rhaibstc^N Cj (fov ♦rher. fjedbmton. Vs; V W Melton, ram. * C; J H Smith. Chratar, H V; ipoiiriw, WiaaehofV, 8 Cj (* Uouk- rbt, (muwM*. ft CrW Ihnufl A Hou. nude I u«uou*% t'hsriMWs VC ^lt**»nl f«»r s Qlirw omtoiMp jw uhm -»»**«• (hr elwse of the war. «s are et ?■ with<»t Miscellaneous. or better give it to me. I will keep it for yon. You will want a new coat soou, and I am not able to buy you one.” Henry consents, and Is glad when over he can add a little to his sav ings. lie has already a whole dollar, and, proud of it, shows his utoiriry to an acquaintance, who, that same evening, after the store is closed, asks him to go to a saloon to drink a glass of beer. Henry refuses; he knows that he needs his money, and does not wont to spend his dollar. -It shall not cost you Anything,” says the tempter. “I am able to pay for two glasses of beer.* Henry goes along \—that evening, the next evening, and, at lust, every evening after the store is closed. But be has had to pay for more than one glass of beer. Other young men collect there, the even mgs are long, J they have not learned to employ their leisure hours profitably, and cards are introduced. True they do uot play high, but they nevertheless gamble, and Henry is almost a con stant loser. , His dollar has departed long ago, and ho owes another to his couipan ions, bnt neither he nor his mother has any money. Ills mother! Henry does not wnut to see her; am! he is ashamed to let her see him. When she complain* of hi* h»tc boors, he makes all kind* of excuses, and at hud avoids her, no she can not questiou him. He no longer spends bis Sundays with hi* mother. He has to do what the bad boys tell him, because be owes them mouey, and they tlireatou that they will toil Ilia employer if he does not pay what be owes theim Heury is at his wit’s ends. What is to be tloue f He handles every day a good deal of .money. He puls it In the money drawer. No one eonld find out if he kept a few pieces. No one! Heury hesitated, however, for s few days; but his creditors torment ed him ; he is beside himself. O, if he had only gone to his employer aud told him the whole truth ; he would have helped him. Whoever docs not fear God, feass man; such an one is Hhvay* a coward. One day iieury is all aloue in tin* store. Quick—bis hand is in the drawer—the money is clutched— dowu in liis pocket; he looks ull around with seated look* and a beat ing hearto-he breathe* freely—no one has seen hup—no One. No one, Henry f At night be counts Die money by the light of a- lantern in a yard in an out of the way street; there is j a whole dollar and over. He hasten* toliis comjianions, pay* his torrnen i tor*—lmt hi* wind is not st esse. ‘hour did In*red that on bis way through Munich he hud been told that both in form find feature he strikingly renrmhird the King of Bavaria. Before long hr heard him self addressed as -Your Mnjratyf and It was in vafn that hi* euiphat fealty rruonneed s* claim to royalty, protesting that he was only a music dealer from the banks of the ftprre. The people insisted that he Wns the King himself, bat as hi* Majesty wished to travel Usnymit*, bk priva- ry should not be infringed u|sm. The anperstithms pnurr, however. Iwd anon to learn that if the brad Is a newsy that wears a crown, the head may he no lens so that Is only flkppsosil to wear otic. He had hired A cArriage for the paqione of cxjdor- iAg the Aeighhorhoml, in com|mny with A friend and trOow-travricr, who bad at once been set down ss on adjutant. To this vehicle he lie look hlaisrif, hoping tlu rHorr to enenpe the uaw ,-Wxmi. and <*on«Unt- O N sad after May 151 h. tl RhUB* upon tfw* H. C. H run the following arbednln: r F**r Chat umU>h, I^cave ColnufMs..... Arrive si fluitiSwi LcMf Chsilertso.. Arrive ut (’oliiiuls* in exchange. But hb. Tim last cus tomer left. Mr. Wintor evusoml the street, spoke a few word* to a neigh bur, all the time keeping an eye on the Ntorsi iu which Henry is left by himself. No one entered. Mr. Wintor mwrned., He#r> w«m> busy, making paj*r Iwgs. Some thing was wanted from the loft. Henry went to get it. Mr. Winter examined the drawer; seversf of the The thief chiue Tin* existence of several re mark a Me coves In tbs limestone regions of Missouri has been known te the getters! pohllr for yenra. Home of tbern* caverns hors lieew esphirrd, and A-srri|dhMw> written nf the sole hTrsnesit wonders contained therein. One of the most remarkable of these cavern* Is fair at ed on Ur Ftadwri land, about six miles and a half Smith# ast of Springfield, M<»., am.mg the (hart Mountains. II was visited last week by a party frm this rity, und, as little has heretofore hern For ;bc I* therau Vieilor. m It; A Story for Youj and Old, . • 4f>* A rr ;r... frnkm . .. 4 top Si [ Translated from tba German.) 1 Jt»rr Lohnubm . Alriie at (iiatlewl Arrive st A aco*4« IwNkSv Charleataa. l^esve An rusts... WM. KNABE A CO piece* were inisMing back. ‘‘Schroeder, you hare robbed me. Yoo bare taken money from me; uot only new, but for a long time. U*t iao sen what you bp vs frdnsi.* Henry :pahUy dmird fh« necAaw tion. Mr. Winter )>ut his hand in Henry's jMs-kct and took out several pieces of money. “Whrtv did yod get this Money f Where did this pioce come from, and this, and tbi* gold piece with these notches t It is not an hoar since I put them in the drawer. Haw did they get into your pocket V Henry was unmox od. IK* had had that money s long time. How then coukl Mr. Winter any that he had bat mom iuit it in the drawer! ' This was too tnncli. 4 *Whut, do you iue«ui to make me out a liar, too miarrahle Leave AuithhU • ut Aniff at (Ottmbu St iimmdom Train. ( nmden and Columbia Psssesger u will run on M«idsjr*s WedwrausjM GRAND 8Q0&RB AND UPRIGHT PIANO ?G£T13 mention the bunoli -of gi ii*s to Adel- hetd, who also was si enk Heury had forgo tteu bis w ick *d act, but— unfortunately—it wjis not his last He lias a sweet tooth, and he hell)* himself, whenever he t mis anything that he likes, if he cau lo jit juuseeu. He has given loose reii s to his appe tite, and! sin is no tongt r sin to him. nis conscience doe* not worry him, a; you do weak: he -•* 7 p* a* v lie k satisfied kiugvi Artivt •( CflfaaWa Leave Oriumbis Arrive at ('amdra th« eavaisat ffie bottom of a draft rsviao, to wfrtoh A rutin r sUwp ilraerat is made for nearly a auto. The cava Is an ana safe of rather an abrupt hill, and form tfa moath tht-rv hwura a clear sad cold strnam of water, thirty fort la width sad four is depth. A boat, capable of bolding ten pt-rwou*, was in readiness V> itb s gaidc to ascend the Omiu ; candles were arm idad. and sH aecrw tin*ml Frrioktand fUri t aluatius, £ U Bar. Trains Xtnik. he awed the driver how much he utoi him. -| «km*l aak nothing,” tvplied lha man, with s siy loak ; -whatever yarn Mqtrslj gives ’ll be the currrat thing.' -f am not the King, man, cried Herr Hock ; “tell n»* liirev-tiv what 1 am to pav.' “Your Migraty owl> pretends that we «W»u*t know yua," ix*plie>l tha driver^ -Well, then, If 1 must art a prior, let’s any two hundred gul dm ; (list's about the right figure for a king." The pour music dealer had quite loot luilinitce. “The devil f wrong, has liecome v r takea and cats, and <1 pleases, and feels pei f p with himself; Yes, #rass grows < v fcksneeJ ^aud iu the gi avqyard, too. Minuals grave is not the only one there; his father,Qtfr. S ehrooder, has been d?ad for years. He always imagined that ho w >s a uiau of means, bot he spent 'every year a safe in new .of,tin than as the why by are wuMfte holy. Tb» ministers and t others sinners under vain* : of holincra, or denv but because they t. easily impressed w n danger than with s i ness. This is well eu to concern about, t alsp. Bat if it go. h to produce a deem view of threatened \<\ purely selfioh. ffnch not thorough eoaogl by true oonversiou. True conviction o.j the real state of the ! the mere alarm be« . exposed os to *|n>i most lie the .oouvp wool has falleu oat of God; that in its pr< without, a ehoagv. it cuutroriety to the w if there is ia ii« Aeitiu i |*owt*r to make tin u that this condition soul involves all tha that- in this oqadite to God happiness * H«ch a conviction to coiKiern and a dc«In which is the opj^ Wftiwmt a convict m | »tate oi the ease, tli.J remedy, will not be J embraced. If men ail of danger, the. go*p to at all, will fo s« ] as a protection from danger, while the higl hoHness will not J desired. Now, may U inti | under the partial kin " to which vs have J profess tlieir aocept. 1 pal, and become m l risible church, while I they desire and look fa] from punishment in thj May not this help to J low grade of piety so i church ! May not tliii| *'hy so many “ ('bfUft Arriv* at i barfotte, h. < .. Miikisg tio*r rounoctioM nf Nnrnirarufiiia Ko»d at*1 uod Ka*». - I Trains MmsUk. !^*ave CUiloti*, X. t' 7f ., TOUCH M pUM»i »«*i **4 «*oMjr ftm tbs f mn l t» »• mauy tW I* WOHKMANSHIP il<rjr «ii UM XflvArd. m«k none tot Ito rvQ • n* tow*| nulnUl ti* btr cr|muI > «• into the recesses ofahe cavern. Thus provided, the ascent against the current wss made without moeh difficulty. The sir was cool, the light* were reflected U|ion the water, ami the mout are from the ratling, which fell is round drops, rraemblevl a shower of je-art*. The average huiglit of the roof almve Ibe stream I is about LftOO fov-t. Hundreds of lejutiful stalactite* wen* seen hoitg ing from tlto natural archway, some in cluster*. The outshW of thewr stony icicles were encuulrd with a substaucr of s “grayish yellow” hoe, (‘healer thief f* cried lie excitedly. ‘Tack up your things at one**, mid clear out. I will not keep you one moment longer in my store. If it wore not from regard for the mem- pry of your father, ami for the sake of yonr excellent mother, I would send yon to jail, ltest assured, if ysu oonttons iu this way, yoa win end in tha > peuiUmtiarv, or mavbr Arrive st Aturmta n»ir rhu con oration* utnd soil l>n*Vu 1 usli, slid sit lHiint* . (cAinuW Mcmravm •thsus. Seim*, Lhstta NsshviHe. ■ n iMonw * Sksrpum V« ThrvxfGA Tick i«rinrip;i >\ rhui ■■■■■■fipnu ML imd all (Mditt* Km 1'»Lk» SWtUtf t>» m Ttwin*. ThiwiiA ‘rtekets st gnar cheek* d to *11 t«rtnrif«;J nr IWusm North, fc-.ve choi nmu-it. ' v •» I C. BtH KNiqtfE SmyiL fL R. Dowskt, General Freight x&4 MkWN Aaftet IA IMOC, n.uAt leq Us |*>»ws ♦**.rrt |* tfartHwi to*u Iso yet toe* *** 0*9 F.«W Timki fufij- b #»♦ .row! *■ Je *1vul<«»W (is Cktijft A Kiri The man, with a very wry fara. took the caaAomary *um, slmat the twentieth part ol what he had expected, uttering, a* he did so, -Though, indeed, you are the King * ] Ou again lummg into the villugv, the truvck*r iwuard a Ilavuriaa yea farm* on duty, who at oucr pre m«M arrna. Herr Buck approach ed him; “ The pc*q.le f ” *atd he, “areai rvally to believs that I am tlm King of liavuria. Tray tell them they sir mistaken.'' -Well, replied the soltber, -if your Majesty desires it I will do so; J know yoa wmb to travel iacwfwffo.” “Bat I give you my word for it!" -Well, then, nf coarse, there must be a mistake,* said the niaa, abashed, “bat then you are certainly 1‘riuce Otto." Despairing of convincing the peo ple that the blood' of the Witteis- baeher did uot ran in bis veins, hs hastened to leave a spot where 1 s crown, st any cost, was to be forced upon him.—Cor. of the Kern ing Matt. I but the tips hod a vitreous appear i ance, aud in some coses were trans lucent. The tipe were hollow, bnt the tubular form soon tierame aolkl where the stalactite was thicker. YV KSfApr. tto ■ UALi •» t IU ue»r Hotmtc. Ldiutorc, M4. O ly Henry, your Bible reads: -Broad s the way, that kunlt-th to destruc tion, aud many th-re be whu h go In thereat.” But the Bible, the book at God, waa uot iu the bundle which Henry bad urnl* o|i. A few artirlee of clothing, which hung in the ward robe of a fellow clerk, and which be put on wlieu he iu the evening went to the restaurant, was all that he owned. . ’ » lie demanded his certificate of chatartcr from Mr. Wiflter, who seeing iu hi* fnee not even the faintest sign of either repentance Itisminsed for Through Tickets North. . frVaT thqserik trade* ft OMcr, iinmrUird' Vohtmkia K. It. (fe, * <%. Columbia. 8. O* Orpt. 4, WJ4k A V* s* 1 *! Hftrr thi* date, thnuuk TW * E rt* to New Y«*rk. Ua Ham, \Trt»4nnpto>i and Kumnond ri he puielwwd •» the f«dlmriayr <st tw« on ilu* H«>*il.'is-fbnvgBviUc, Audsqm AhbrnlV, i nkewbwnr, Newberry a»d 1 MAX.XJDV HOUSE. The length ^ these jiemlant cones, 4-aunrd by the constant OcruiauL tion oi carbonate of lime gatben*d from the dripping of the water from the Ceding, was from two to five fwi After pnoeediag soam die taoce the ex|dorers came upon on arm of the cavern, which branched off into a huge pocket, or chamlier, which ws* twenty yanl* across, aud wedge shajicd. The door of this chamber was paved with a multi lode of assail basins, or cups, formed by a constant dripping of (he water a£afl the floor of the earem. Tlic drop lolling on the soft substance excavated these dish shaped vessels, tbs rims of which rose above the gwueral surfoee of the floor. These uatural cojis were filled with limpid water, from which the party draak freely . Leaving this ritigulsr spot, the voyagers resamed their trip up the underground stream, sad after proeeediug about two hundred yards they came to a small cascade. The The foil U earned by a ledge which crosses the cavern stream, aud is BLV&.iUDGK RAlLJtoAA*. T RAtNf* <m thclfine rwwdaUy.gaiMis*** Le*v* tV*lh*Us at..'.- Arrive at or shame, wrote: theft. r -You can not got another place us clerk," Kidd he to Henry. “No one will take yon on trial with such n certificate. I owe it to others and to your*elf not to giro you a false t<‘stiiu«*iiah Try to find an honest way in which to ears your daily bread, aud come to me, If you need ail vies." -Yon will have to wait a long time for that," suki Henry; and left. That was hi* farewell. Bat where was he to go I Far, for away. Here he could uot expect to find employment, for every j one would know the cause of his ! dismissal^ and no man ia disposed to take a thief In hi* bouse. But Henry did not look upon himself ms on©. He nhnAcd Mr. Winker for a sly, tricky man; and imagined lliat he had 1 imposed upon, And trapped. He had done nothing really wrong ; for ;from'Ifct,' M*- Winter was tha cause why every body potnud with the Auger at him. When the remembrance of hi* mother beckoned him, when ho thought of her love, her grief, her labor, her self denial, her sufferings, her gray hair*, her blasted expects tions, when his heart longed for her farewell kiss, and her blessing, ho quieted his soolHi demands by *nyin(| to himaeljf that Ms, departure would lessen his osfor'i hurdetiH. u. H« went away. Whew to ? When Usury dad net canto honM at night, his mother, thought with HALT! MORE, MD. C.R. HOGAN...' Proprietor. KEDTGTION OF FARE. fn rorndkitlkm of the jpc-neral derffw* in co*t of all iwnswriw uMtertoiuuiK to Hotel Ke**t>ing. the price ol Boonl w ill Is- reduced oti and after January Ut, UW«, to be a good son, and a good he feels rather iusulte l b< minister has spoken non to him than to the res t. himself too old to boi *pc that way. Is he not arg and strong enough toj tal himself I People nee ! n themselves about him,; 1 what is riglit Hi* m)»tte -Schroedcr, asks one, you all at once get so much money f Yesterday you were dead broke. I hope you did not steal it T" Henry tamed us red as fire. -It is none of your bneiness where I got it. ; You are paid, let that satisfy you.” He was both augry and afraid. He emptied Ws glass of beer at oti0e, and left. But he could not stay away from the restaurant. It was not long either before be again owed money, but it did not trouble him much now. He knew where bo got it before, and it was easy work now to rob the drawer. No human being saw it; nay, pot even a sparrow. His heart did no longer beat like a sledge . i i.. »i P. B. SADTLER & SONS, OPTICIANS AND Y? under the sge of five years? s huegr pnraaa-tion of duldra die that ase, Em been s subject of n and without » mti»fn«tory aime tsiaed, it is oertsis. , > ,. t Also, it ia known that worms c the human Systran from its earliest cy: therefore parents, esi^eciall' A who are morv'cmmtoutly with tho drew, con not he too ohseremg thqroSkthey can be safeb and e life first Opened to her view. When ws look upon a good woman we nev er think of her age; she looks as . ehsnning as when the rose of youth B first bloomed on her cheek. That rose has not foded yet; it never will fede. In her neighborhood she is the friend nnd benefactor. Ia the church the devout worshiper and the WA exemplary Christian. Who does not 1 '** respect and levs the woman who has * passed her flays in sets of kindness 8rw and marry—who has been the friend oT man and God—whose whole life y\ has been a scene of kindness sud low, a devotion to truth and re- 4 ligion f Ws repeat such a woman /v mn not grow did. fibe wHl aHrays Jjg be fresh sad buoyant in spirits, and ^ sotrire to hatabto daeds of atorey and ! hrawroleaoo. If fee young lady fle-1 a£d about tlires foot higher than the level of tha stream below. The roar mg of the water of this chute wss heard at some distance. The depth of tlis water below the wall is five feet, and it waa ssUmotod that they MN half a mile froei the point. Above this fell the cavern Mfrieofed Into two branches. The main stream comes dqjrp the right fork, but leaving their boat, the explorer* went some distance up the left fork The rave narrowed and widened alternately, bat at length fee roof got so low that ibex were obliged tfiiinrets. k be belong* ei tir er. Early to-moj ro’ live* her. mry wants to bt a Is to serve an ap irii t ye.'irs. He b to ilei Ins mother has 1 > * she Will find ban to Almost entirely! bj ^bafids, and tlijey KUeuinatisui dfuw Sty and many scafilin er needle. - L xi- ■ airy commences u* with the deteru nation to con /Iiimaelf well, Mid, to learn ytbing a good m *rel ant ought jiow. Do right is li* watch- ^»y ao many seem tl. how closely they cm d world, and yet rebii . ship in the church f We certainly do apprising me^pf tb< [, it ia a great reality. God is revealed from all ungodliness aud u of men." Warn thei beseech them to “fle* to come." Offer them, a free pardon throng Ghriet. But by no ui« ignorant that panb l »euefit is, is oul\ to the higher beoefit would be of little,vui The idea of tl^ making of sinner* sain »»au lost! Holiness *tod nobility of this - bating iu likeness to dvbaaed U*. Hih worldly or tqiiritual l>rovee the debaseim n lo, far She the labor This mods of program bwwnulag too fetigning, further progtosa was Abandoned, ami the explorers art oat ou their ratam. Tbs boat float od down raifidiy, aad halt waa tmfy rara - 4-fe m dblaMKMt nhorai rairtilvi n ifeL UOII; vfi IUf TifffwV ralGrr, w mim OTIIy 2oo}*td* of tpryKm*. this apparently a ahaet oi alihqatof He expertly aiul to execute* his employet'* Hp ig abler to tell hi m< bi return, lo her at' ,igl Winter i* pleased v ith did «ay ke ‘p 1 hav^ couumeused, am y< rr ^ KTrfllD Or DllIV NniHlf-nn irOWU. TO party sorni made tlu*!r ettt to open air, much gratified wife their ex ploraUon. The excavstioa o/ this 1 The sorest road to wealth Is to bestow HbsraHy where It is most needed.