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FEBRUARY 16, 1871 THE LUTHERAN VI8IT0R. COLUMBIA. S. Cl f Would ym Mk« to ex wKM Amu aad ftm up your dance, and paid them ten shilling* each for their adherence to Mr. Kirill* peeoliar wish. Some strang* bcqaefito are re corded during the fourteenth and fifteenth eentnrtoe. In the will of the OaaatOM of Northampton, she leaves to thf Friar’s rharcb, “the Children’^ Miscellaneous. Curious and Characteristic Wills. There is scarcely a will of any length, which doea not afford some cine to the heact of tha pereow by I whom it was made, and the bodily I suffering under which a man fire-1 fluently labors when he makes his j will. The solemn invocation with! which it generally commences, as! well as the many associations which 1 it can not fall to excite, attach to all such documents a very peculiar in terest As the succession to property was a matter of right, and not of favor, I among the Hebrews, testamentary dispositions were unnecessary uuder the Mosaic law,'Che nearest approach to the idea being the Mrariag, which I in primitive times, conveyed tern ! pontl as well Us spiritual gifts; the fother expressing his last wishes—or will—in the presence of witnesses, and perhaps of heirs. With con'l temporary nations, the earliest form was to declare one’s will in the poB lie assemblies. However, at a later period, in the Jewish polity, the mention of wills is made by Josephus and other historians; but the practice was borrowed from the Greeks and Romans.' In the Epistles of SL Paul to the Galatiaus and to the Hebrews, we also read of them. The first instance we possess of a testamentary nature, may be found in Genesis xlviii. 4, 6, 14, 15, lfl, 18, 20, 32. Solon, the celebrated law giver, introduced written wills iuto Athens about 578 years B. C. (and Trebatius Fester, codicils in Rome B. C. 30) although they were for years discountenanced in other parts of Greece. Written wills were also required among the Romans, after the compilation of the laws of the Twelve Tables—during the latter part of the Republic and the Impe rial period. Traces of the existence of wills are found amoug the Ger mans, and other Continental nationa of Europe, at a remote age, as well as among the very earliest vestiges of judicial history in the British Isles. In the Koran they are mentioned i with many injunctions, and they were j in use with the Mexicans before the conquest. Many wills painfully exhibit the weakness and vanity of human na tore, and a morbid desire for no toriety. We find literary men be queathing their inkstands and silver pens to the Virgin Mary; others ordering their bodies, after dissoln tion, to be sold to surgeons, to liqui date their debts. One will is men tioned as most extraordinary. It is that of Louis Cortnsio, a doctor of Padua, dated. 1418. The testator forbids his friends to weep at his ftineral, on pain of being disinherit ed ; and, on the contrary, appoints him who shall laugh the loudest, the principal heir, and universal legatee. Not a stich of black must he seen, either iu the house iu which he shall die, or in the church in which he shall be buried; they are both to be strewn with flowers ami green boughs on the day of his funeral. Instead of the tolling of bells, lively music is to accompany his body to the church; fifty minstrels of the town, are to march with the clergy, some before and some after, sounding their lutes, violins, Antes, trumpets and train bones; and ‘‘Hallelujah” is to be sung, as at Easter. The bier is to be carried by twelve marriageable girls, clothed in green, and singing lively airs; to each of whom the testator gives a snui of money for her dowry. Instead of torches, green trough* are to be carried by boys and girls, wear ing wreaths of flowers, and singing. None of the clergy or men in the procession are to wear black. The most singular thing is, that these orders were absolutely carried into effect, and this by the authority of a legal judgment. This morceau is very rich: ‘ t The testament in ques tion is the deed of a celebrated doctor —a celebrated doctor can not do a foolish thing: therefore the testament is valid." We are reminded of Dr. Cortusio , s singular wishes by the behest of an Mr. John Knill— sun SQUARE AID PIANO FOB spirited horses^ dashed past the win down of a low, brown cottage that! stood upon the out skirts of a large town. May aad Lacy James were taking a sleigh ride. They were well wrapped ap with eoatly his, robes aad cloaks, sad their rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes showed hour auch they et^oyed their ride. Bob, the drives, was very careful of the little girts, and understood quite wed how to manage the fine horses, so that they were very safe with him to drive ibem. Am they passed the cottage, a little girt about their own age was looking discontentedly out of the window, “There go May and Lucy James. I wish I could have a sleigh ride. I wish my lather was rich. I wiah I had such beautiful fur* and di cases as they have. I wish—•" “Mary, stop P said her mother, looking up from her sewing. “Is It possible that I have such a disooa tented little daughter f “la there any harm in wishing I had things just like those girls, mo ther T “lee, my child j you are showing an euvioua aad covetous spirit. God has not seen fit to give your paps wealth, , aa he has Mr. James, sod you are finding (halt with His, when you speak as you dUT Just now.— Ovine here, sad I will tell you a story. “When 1 was about your age I went with my father and mother to a neighboring town one day, aad while (ether was si trod me w his cross made of the very wtpd of our aavtoaris cross.*’ ft* tha Bari of Huntingdon’! is (Ms clause t "I trill that my heart he taken out of my body sod niwrtiii with spices.* The Karl of Warwick left “to Mr John Beauchamp a cross of gold, wherein part of the very cross of our Saviour is contained, and also his , best tilting horse.* The will count? must run VMS to glad nature’s' Arrive ty sweet that on t|e Arrive at Columbia quests we find these -“Item ? t give my deer to the Earl of Salisbury, who, I know, will preserve them, because he denied the king a bock out of his own parka. Item : I give uothiug to Lord Say, which legacy I give him, because I know be will bestow it ou the poor. Item: To Tom May I give five shillings; I intended him more, but whoever has seeu his ‘History of the 1’arliameut’ thinks five shillings too much. Item: I give Lieutenant General Cromwell one won! of mine, because hitherto be never kept his own.” There are many wills breathing a sincere spirit of benevolence. The will of Dame Alice Wyehe, the widow of a Lord Mayor of London, is replete with good sense and meri torious charity. We must recollect that it was made nearly 400 years ago, and we shall perceive its extent: “2001. to poor diligent laborer* in poor villages; to 100 poor house holders, a cow and 13s., W. each, with three ewes; and for the mar riage of four maidens of good con versa!ton, lOOi.” in that of Lady Alice Brugti is this clause: “1 will that my executors And an honest priest to pray aad sing for my soul, and the souls of both my buahaud*, and also for the souls of my falhrr aud mother, duriug the spare of seven years." On Good Friday beauty manifests the praise 5 SS: 8? SK - e Minister*. W*fe»‘ < S?SSrE ga&g&Bei Diligent study was s on His throne; effhlgence of celestial light, artb seems thrown, ! JK] j silver beams asked me numberless questions, na til, wearied out in the vain attempt to fix my mind on the subject before me, I said in. a foet/hl‘tuna, ho! what plagues children are 1 Bhs turned to me with another question. I said peevishly, do go down stairs and let me alone! A shadow fell ever the sweet baby (ace. the bine eyes dilated and £ as is to me the Si as rayless seem*, i and mellow light Arrive at Charleston Arrive tt f oiumuMk*. On me Their ( For mi With f Arrive at Augusts Lesve Augusts... Arrive at Oolumbil 3 the glowing thoughts it * ajar.” U sway depressing thou Wit. Kh’ABK A CO. Ka 140 W«t Bakueure 6c oear Bulsw, ocean's strand, 11 in majesty o’er gem ■r* and; o’er sand, hty dashing waters BURT0S ft IRVING White I Which! As quit Of ihoi the purest snow, utrkle brightly o’er the y they flow, who here found their L as I did so, “Sissy, stand ap for Jeans,* was lisped in my ear in childish accents, aa the little ooe turned to leave the room. What a withering rebuke! How it burned ite way into my heart snd brain! For more than twelve months ! had been trying to walk in “that strait ami narrow way," which Christ baa appointed for lhajg who are his disciples; bsd professed “to be born agate ;* had been buried Leave Camden Arrive at Colombia Leave Columbia... Arrive it Oatndee ... H. T. PEAKE, “1 have so mss? - bat mmetidnp pre** 1 isn't one tbmir it* J look at thin begging M —aud this. No, abj you. 1 wish I could, everything.* “htosMinycalU." \ u is a vast deal h> <i< r\ which, if done at tri i, by the beoewslaMae »l God lot* entrust**! tb There is hii u The in r(oml beauty jneet* not ©y< Mi The w|e 1, the flower, the shell. upon High Street, where the band some residences were. 1 had never before seen such beautifcl yards, fiiletl with ruses aad flowers; nice C. C. ft Augusta RailreaA ■ ireueraj Freight end Ticket OMm, j Odnsbk, 8. C.. Dec. ». i*. 4 The fo jpiuK billows roaring as t ley rise. To me it* em but the knell Of tlx--#- who trust the treacherous deep. The hunlthful breeze* fan . besutifol tall trees, and. Norway Spruce, whose long branches swept the ground ; cages of birds hang oat upou the IwkWiM) sad i was sure that if 1 only aoaki have iml a boat, I should be iierfrctly happy. “As we passed our beautiful yard On Good Friday moruing, after Divine service at the church of All Hallows, Dun bard street, the quaint gift of a penny and a packet of raisins, to csch of sixty scholars of Christ 1 * Hospital, is made, in accordance with the will of Peter By moods, dated 1586.— Under the testator's will, it has also been the custom to distribute, at Whitsuntide, sixty loevee to poor persons, the distribution having, as directed, taken (dace over Hymends' grave,, iu Liverpool street, Bishops gate. The spot being now covered by the railway terminus, H takes place in the vestry ol 8t llotolph’s church, Bisbopsgate.—Fcuplr'a Msgs rise. be waves I scan, ij :ht, the ones who lonely now I had dishonored Christ, and had been reproved by a little child. The thought stupefied me for an instant, then roaring myself I fol lowed the child, aad though she did not understand why I wept, nor the peotlent words 1 uttered, she could comprehend my kind times and loving embrace, sad hex heart was eased of the burden a crons word had placed upou it, and my own heart was chastened for its good. Oh! Christians, young Christians especially, be watchful! Guard well the tougne—it is aa unruly member, and may tiring disgrace upou the cause j on\>ve so welL Remember that “ye are not your own; y* are bought with n prior.* IreuT* to glorify God in rerf as well as in deed, and thank him when he teaches you, even through the feeble instrumentality of a little chikl, to “Maud up for Jeans." are the thoughts that tliey re- mg iL of misery ami wu;<fl assuaged, a vast mu; I Suffering i« llow beings* to the benevolence! fortunate only the >■ selfishness could rviffl bomre. nsylums. lit | retreat*, to l»e l»nil; M all uf which ivquu- f <tu iitsiitttUous oi . I <h1h Wished and-end* §j aide ruble expense. v 11 be done by the l*eiu ; j who have means s»«i > I the advantage of i\ ;l erous intellectual «i jl wide diffusion oi lhc.11 edaentiou. ' Theiv :t i be built, mission*—b« fl —to be sustaine*} . I BiWe and Tra<*t So 1 thousand forms of uJB gelistic efiSurt for th I oi Christ’s kingdom. A v ifTotous operstiou. - If, then, y<t»u \ ; uonld hartily uxptv; l fruui frequent and a tions to aid in ‘doing which is devolved, ii, of God, on tiiosr- «i sliCutod bis almoner- them xv it it bis good*, you must jmy 6m \ fPMriioU from the peudence of so uia. fortuuate fellow creat f very heavy h prior— | #t ia optional with \ h devliue t ^ Moreover, if you ;.H follower of Jesus, I natural of aU thiug> ill be visited with "txii!' I various ebantics. M- I yon at year profess i I Upvsi you—siruply pnl pruleasing yoorseli a who being rich for ou;I poor—of him who I good-jvi him w bo I us, and w ho-has bni f ns are Lire what you say a m crcj-y swell “opjHWtitl If there is one (hi | beyond all oti«*re iih] h*ssed dtociplvtdiip i | cluirit>—itiiMii, un« f . iiq; charity—a hive f bodies ul follow men to bless as it has ifcselil Ion should put off, ;| “t Christ if you woui I tttouy calls." Rat especially m I. foequout “calls': if kiawii as a U‘u«wntoh I are exempt fixun theni I H you are esiwutt v ^W-itoted, relfisfj pi e gcnw uuaiy, you [ ^twUgiioo of a iibci 1 ‘wsc whose to the di^. I ot soliciting aid for . F hovoicinks wiU be huuJ Hmtld ■■■ more can see ag wave, the billow’s foam ; we were rich, and that I could do nothing all day but nut about amongst such lovely trees, aad watch those lards, and efijov the time aa the little girls here. “Before wait in vain; time goes by, that some kind l l will bring again, b j. sadness deep they wait, they Their And i taebed reft, per 4 das.. It We furnish Shirts ef other f umslin. at lower prices, and as half dnern. ss #15. Thrrrt*ew/w Metumrimp.—Km North, have choice of flve (i) riAvm routes. „ . c. BOCKNIGHT, 9mp’t E. B. Dorset, General Freight mi Ticket Agent. had liae to reply* • I»fo was opened and I saw a Lady, who said, K’onic fo my dear,* and then tokl my mother to walk ia and show me the grounds. We went to, aud I ucver ahull forget how aorprtoed and ahouk«*d I was, to eee to a low, little carriage a child of ihy own age, but perfectly help- toes. Her limbs bad sever walked; she could only rit iu her carriage open pillows; she could not run shout and play, as I could. I stood looking nt her, snd forgot the Idrds and flowers. I felt so sorry (hr her. *Sbe saw my look of sy mpathy and smiled, ami holding out her hand she said. 'Little gtri, 1 beard roar Would you like places with me T I give you my birds, and lieautifal things iuuid Spring’s beauty, swtet sod to iue the power fog trees, of smiling meadows BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD. RAINS ou tin* Blue Ridge Safins* run daily, Sunday* excepted: re Anderson nt 4 Ups ire at WaUialla at .? tt p ■ reWalhsXUat 3 Mis ire at Anderson nt .6 fits ening grain iu its rich, | WPb ■* *a f. brightly o’er the ylsin ; ilea of age, or winoing el Walking erectly not only adds to manliness uf appearance, but de velops the chest and promotes the general health in a high degree, because the lungs, being relieved of the pressure made by having the head downward and handing the cheet in, admit the sir forely snd fully down to the very bottom of the longs. * If no effort of the wind to made to throw the shoulders back, a feeling of tiredness nnd awkwardness to soon experienced, or ft is forgotten. The nse of braces to hold up the body is necessarily perniciou*; for there can be no brace which does not press npon some part of the person more than is natural, hence can not fail to impede iqjorknisly the circula tion of that part. But were there none of these objection*, the brace would adapt itself to the bodily position, like a hat, or shoe, or new garment, and would cease to lie a brace. * To maintain an erect position or recover it when lost, in a manner which is at once natural, easy and efficient, it is only necessary to walk habitually with the eyes fixed on an object ahead, a little higher than yonr own, the save of a house, the top of a man’s hat, or simply keep your ru nevfr see again, Nor the earth in her glad, snowy npxnt I But, 0|far deeper yet the heavy doom Turodsb Pickets NotJl Gen'l 8«peri m tendem C* OJiee, ) Greenville dr Columbia C. t'. Ce r > Columbia, 8 C, Sept. A 1876.) O N and after this date, thieagb T»ek •ri to New York. l>hiladelphia. Ed- tiiaoie, Washington and Richmond cm be purrhs'-d at the following fitstom on this Road, via.: Greenville, Andunsn Abbe rifle, Cokesbury, Newberry and **- JOHN H. MORI. Oem'l hep I. M. T. BaaxTKTT. Orel Ticket Af«st. « upon the blind, * forever in a living toinh, r nee human kind. t love the beat, whose pn aenro “1 don’t know why it to, Jenny, but I never can keep my room as sung ami tidy looking as yours, try aa bard as I will. I am sure I swept, and dusted, and worked over it this moruing, but it won't shiue, all 1 can do. How is it you manage, Jenny, to always have your room look so well, even when you Diffuses joy annual ; And liflpc.prottlerH with Mr men r jsst, And evfr joyous bound, I shall Sever set till in the glorioi \ rest. w ’ * • | Then w It thou niunuur at God's de< rees t Kpeak, ) tiiou tempted heart; Flow »11 Uh- joys around thy pat i, are the e The les ions they iiupart T O I,ord a darkness <lmible-fold is i line That a n not see Thy light; * That d n upfc see thy dazzling glory aliine Aroanil by (toy mid night, Whieh pours its holy light e’en Sn the wtolies just now to exchange sould gladly flower*, trees fur yonr strong limbs that cau run alKMit and play, and for your rosy cheeks that look aa If you were sever rick. I can never walk, but I am contented, for God knows what la beat for me.’ Then she asked her mother to give me some fruit and flower*. I walked by her side while the rerrant drew the carriage amongst the trees, and she showed me her birds and flowers and a lovely fountain of water that show ccrd its bright drops around and fell into a marble basin, and her fish of all colors that swam in the basin; but I did not enjoy seeing them all aa much aa I would if she could have walked about with me. “When we toft, my mother said, ’Jenny, don’t you are bow foolish and wrong it was to wish for all those lieautifal things yon sawt Would yon change your health and stipple timha with that snffering child, if yon could hare her money toof ‘Oh! no* mother' said I. ’I will never again envv others, but be content with what 1 have.’ ‘No one is ever perfectly happy without oon tent incut’ Haul my mother, ‘and in all stations of life there are draw backs to entire happiness. That lady would gladly give all she to worth to restore her only child to health and streogth. She can never enjoy life as you do, for site never will be able to walk, and yet she to very contented and chrerffil her mother said.’" “Now, Mary,* said Mrs. Brown, “That day taught me a lesson. Whenever 1 was tempted to com your aewiug work about T “It ia little things, t'lara, that make the- difference between an orderly awl a disorderly room.— Nov, if you will allow me the liberty, there are a u urn her of thing* I could suggest about your room, though, as you say, it to thoroughly swept and dusted." “I*touse say ou, Jenny. Yon are welcome to criticise as much as you will, for I know everything you say will be in love, snd I do really wish to improve." “Well, tlien, dear, it to a little thing to have the counterpane spread evenly and smoothly over the bed— this fashion.*' Aud she proceeded to arrange as she spoke. “But see what a much better appearance it gives to the lied. Then, too, how much better the effect when the pillows are nicely beaten up, and laid smoothly and regularly against the Itead hoard. If yon frill allow me t« atTHUgi* v«H»r Imok* over, 1 think tfisceUnneoTO AdTvrtibeiaeifls saiiiwetfc WATCHES & FINE JEWELRY. 8PBCTACLH, SPOORS. PORKS. AND 8IL vkr wark qkkkrally. May l i 1309 4Mf I nee m more the glorious sunset* 1 right, Nor th< moon’s gentle rays, Bnt yet they ahiue upon my spirit’s sight, And let d ipe Thee to praise. The vat? expanse of ocean’s might ’ flow SponkaLf eternity ; The tnflup to summon those asleep jelow Its roailng seems to me, ;, And tliy^ arise that Thou may’: t life W HY is it tu.it so away chddreai* under the age of five rears* s large propatrioti. of ebikhea die nay that age, has betm a Milycel of rewst** and without a ssttofsatory cans* twined, it is certain. Also,it is known that wona* RUPTURE CURED. Marsh's Radical Cure Truss r* fYtwusm, “fifoer MnijL awarded fo ' l A r foAuu"ll(l * Oftm-SV 3 Hobday Stmt. Bait***-*. Jh the human eyriem from it* esriiefet cy; therefore parents, especially.mWhfU. who are more constantly witfi tbeipeav dren, ran not be too ohaemngofWc find eympfom* of norm* ; for WWW* they exist, they can be Mfrb^ and 1 r removed from the moS detleate a^r by the timely use of B. A. ftM*** 1 Vermifuge. It i* jicrfoctly hartnlesR, contain* »• mercury, being a pmrefp ffprUMe ea»'\* i and tlewers bright 1 umy el see t their breath to me ; l ? 8 jirwision for grim pove ty . little above a horisontal lino, or, ft will answer to walk with your hands behind you; if either of these things is done, the necessary, easy, and legitimate effect is to relieve the cheat from pressure, the air gets in more easily, develojwi it more folly, and permeate* the Inngs more extensively, causing a more jierfcct purification of the blodd, imparting higher health, more color to the check, and compelling a throwing ont of the toes. To derive the highest benefit from walking, hold np the head, keep the mouth closed, and move lirtokly.—Journal of HeoUk. Whatever the poets pictured, ft is plain that they give immortality to none but tWtnselves; it is Homer and Virgil we revere anti admire, not Achilles oi .Eneas. With histo rians it to quite the contrary ; our thoughts nre taken up with the sc* tions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors.— /Van Nirift. eccentric man, first an attorney, then steward at 8t. Eves for the Duke of Buckingham, next collector of customs at that place, snd Anally a bencher at Gray’s inn—who bnilf a pyramidal monu- irtidit on the Kfinmiit of a lofty hill which overlooks St Ives. In the certtrc of the pyramid is a hollow, destined for Mr. Knill’s remains; bnt he was buried in 8t. Andrew’s church, Uulborn. He died iu 1811, nnd directed by his will that, at the end of five years, an old woman, aud ten girls under fourteen years of age, dressed iu white and accompanied by music, should walk In procession front the market house to this pyra mid where they should dance and . sing the 100th Psalm. For this he ! beqnenthed certsin freeholds, and vested them in the minister, to whom and the port-col lector he also left i ten {KHinds for a dinner. At a late | celebration the trustees found ten | damsels ten years old, witnessftl the biieiuUh or defect in forms t so fondly loves,* befriug blight from life’s T HE best and most effective Trow known for the cure urn! relief of Hsnde or Rapture. Tkh Trass has re ceived the sanction of the most eminent phyniriaa* of this country, who do not hesitate to recommend it totbe»r afflicted with Hernia n being superior to all other*. It is the only Trust that will retain the towels with any certainty, and the wearer «a feel assured that he is rndns s remedy that will be at all tiroes safe nml efft <; . <1 in its oiMM-utmu*. Of this we guarantee « utin aatiafartion to all who may come under our treatment. I -adii V ailk daatic ainloudnal belts for oorpaleaer, falling of the womb, sad as •a ftum»ort to the back and alidotuiiud mnectoa. Ankfots, knee caps and stock- beadminutercd wid • children of *n ages ■dtiou. aud utmost saf My tiuftsv, feelmg moves, E’en aif fttttr la-dccked w ith all y mth ■ Sffl Kiri . vJ 1 mosic of the? gentle birtl, ||| purpose of blessing the palate thM overroming ti»e disease, have been ■» factored ail over the country, *•* « short lease of life i» nearly exhaa* and B. A. Fidim-atoek'* Vermifuge t tiuuee to grow in fav*(bdajiy> CVtHhoN.—Should ts-4nss»» , to purchase B. AT Fsft eetoek** vto that has t*ccn so favorably know* d Sand pnrchttiuttldtotottoflg it, if they do not wish to. have «n rit tion forced npon them. SCHWARTZ A HASLBTT, (Formerly B. A.FnbnsstorkVSou b C will like their looks bettor.’' “Don’t neglect the trifioH, Clara, and you will find it Ik very easy to keep your room in neat order. Ijrarn to pat thingH lack iuto their places just the moment yon are through with them, and you will not have so much work accumulate on your hands It to easy to put one book back, but il takes time to arrange a whole case.” Clara learned a good lesaon that momiug, which she did not forget. 8ho learned to are many little things angels’ song, Is celestial in my slee r’ Which amt to earth belong. The rippling flow of placid rivers«ilm, i’s pvhi seems to be ; l infcafl things around 1 see the l^uub o give His life for me. ! w< r the blind doth see vis rain bright the victor’s waving 8. 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