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THE IJJTHEJtAN VISITOR. COLUMiM. S. <’ “All boy® make their ‘marks’— either as good, boueet, trust worthy 'boys, or tbs opposite. They are marked by their deeds nd aetioua. Don’t you think B*U#sexS hi *rearh- cd> tn this town M Y«a sir,” said ®Wry,^svoryJ>ody knows that he §4 Mrs. Taylor*# loaches last week, and roltod lir. Harris’ orchard Jast fall; besides, being• wicked, swearing boy* drapes it to the feet, ess of which fa advanced. Hie rlnnshsd righidadis on the sever of a Bible he holds ia his left arm. The hoed is here, the fees upturned, the lips parted. Thai giant Lusher face! Aad beneath am out the wards which he uttorwl before the DieU-the heroic about, some tone of which may liars haea borne in the air as Isr as the spot when.’ the memorial now stand#— “Hen* I stand ;.I cau not do other wise j Gud help me. Ameu.*' “Two brothers,” began the Frofca- Wave dw lightship** _ 1 *k Si aw Bm- Kinking en,’ obearrad the other, ‘I have got no niece,* and he walked away. Bow, how could that ha F ! » “Why, hh a riddle P exclaimed Mr. FnauMog, dallfhtedh “And one that yon will not gneaa in a harry, simple ss It lu>” obaerrrd the Profeaaor, eaoddently. “Cone, ladies and gentlemen, solve the " TT Y_;_ V. T. In 1 a merchant received thro* la tafta «sa man asm ^ office a letter, written In a Hlll. wbo ««t to .U.™ „„ tfc. tr. Of . , ,u,0f.«0rtta.,ju. 8«» ^ T rtn , ( . ^ . olk>u> “? *T“ .! P»J I hop* to toll JO* of It pomon at twelve mga sad ^ i n the meantime I . ^ _ will mail you ten dollar* a week, th* ut of July, un 1 paid; interest and principal will be T. f ... * m ^ cover me. I send you one dollar * .. , j now: If you accept, please advertise » a £ —*■•**•1. >s Sft—irst r ’ ** v ‘ relofi was received through the *V. - . mail, mdoaiog tea dollars, with no * J* . , ** liri other writing but the number of the t! it P*J*to*t, m.tfl I hr l.o liniHln.Ith ** “T*?, T? u *1—1 t» rraaivtil, with th* fol its mmwiw dm the *°w1ng Unas written id the same di* • Th* b«) «r of lh*h**U ■ . , hang** for his bad bow . T. JTJTVIW^ 7. , . Uo dollars smut ; tf you hare gut L A thrm all, ploasr advertise iu the Trraoiiala.* If nut, please ' *. 1 . , sdvertiss how mau> are lost, ainl 1 “‘•"T-?!! • «ai—oh.®.- ole day before owe to do __ . ... _ Mai Mrw III,, M | Th* mmrhant replied; “The two ■M Mawaraav of thro* haaderdth payment la sscwdvsd, All nghL Coat sad see me, and your ■ m*- — name shall be sacredly rvnftdeo- Wheu win take toog years of repentance and good conduct on his part, to mako twepb forget hi* wickedness; and dii thro, in future yctus they will say, ‘be was a bad boy.’ So you sfe he bus made a very ‘black mark’ upon his name. Now Toot Tucker is known as a good, pious, honest, truth fol boy, nad every owe respects him. He has made his ‘mark’ al ready, and iu all future years will be remembered ss ‘a good boy.* * “How much better I like Tout than Bill,” said Harry.. “Of oourae, ami so do grown up {teople; and the children of sueh men as Tom will make, will delight to say, ‘1 had a hither who scorned to do a mean action.’ ” “Was that what Mr. Chjf meant yestefdsy, fstlier, when lm said that ‘the Moultons were good stock’ V “Yes, my son, that was jast what be meant. The Moulton family has always borne a reputation for honor aids conduct, ami fi* a high-toned sense of right. Every one esteems them. Now what do we hoar of the Rand family, of the mountains ? They are called bad stock y* and thongh they are rich, live fUst, divas well, drive tqdeqdad teams of horses, Ac., yet when people have any trans actions with them, Upy must keep their eye* opr«,j»r they will be cheat ed. XWr grand fat her was sent to the State prison for forgery, ami their marks are all black enough." “I sm sure I should hate to have that name,” said Barry. “Well, if you wish to be known as a good man, you must begin early. In everything try to leave your mark upon it as urfl done. Never cheat In marbles; never tell a lie; never play truant from school. Always act ia an honorable way.” “A little boy like me mn*t do much, father.” “Not a great deal; but if cbihkcn do «cl what is required of them, that is enough. A boy can make his mark as a Christian boy, ami be known as sack, even if be is as yonng Mvn are. It ia little things, little actions that make np the character of a boy or man. Little deeds of kindness, little thoughtful actions and gentle words that mark the good sow, and form the character of a good man.” “I am determined never to leave a ‘black mark* Upon my name, father. 1 will try not to fret mother and yoa by bad deeds, and make you feel that all your love and good ronasel were thrown away.” Mr. James kissed bis son and said, Ml aw rejoiced to hear your resolve, my boy. Yon mast ask tbs Lord to help you keep it, and to give yoa a new hearty and tbim you will he a Christian bay and a comfort Jo ns Which While of Protestantism in Germany to day. Two or three year* since, at its dedi cotton, so immense multitude came together, one of the Urgent Proteal eartring hillow* TwaiOub, gtrictir f one coiM-. mmrth» - I tTiSSter*. Widow . of I v ,(l Tbeofosieal 1 Old *al>scrib«w who ftn t 1 X ( \t>in«non of fo«r 1 • tfosN' will be ehartre*! }»• J I So w« n»™» «vv •»*#**« I ^ripumi book, wtUionf fa sdvsnrc. t KT. Wsi*A PER m < I I ^ »v person wrho Ut < nlarlv fnrtn the post oft.. 1 to hi* name or nm.t I be unbecribed or u<<t I for ths psynwut. 9 if m person order- I. tirnmed, he must pay all tgf nubliKlrer may conn aatil payment i» -mad* . srrto those wiiMirn -dnllme*." “I sne • ,** ejaculated Mr*, llnam- Wife. “Hash l whisper in my ear,* cried JPuasJetou, with all the aacitament of a child with a new top. “I>oa*t let ’em hear It Niere by marriage. Staff and nonseaae! Tlie thing ia not any foolish kind of catch at all,* and once more he glanced with hostility at Funoidog, as modi aa to say, "Such as he wonkl ask yon.” “Nothing can tie simpler than my question, 1 * said tbo IVofes- aor. “‘Fva got a niece that's ill,’ •ays oue brother. -Thunk heaven, I here not got a niece,’ says the other. How can that be f You all give it upf Well, the Invalid was his daughter.” “Oh, I ser," askl Mrs. Housewife, dcspendlagty. “How very stapld ia ns not to find it owl** “Tea, indeed, ma’am.* 1 smnrered ant gathering* of modem times, who, os they stood before the group, ritwt jast before the <b*ws. . i— " e-elw - ndeed tW Howie where love dt, joy’s sweet jM'nre whh ever seemed to rrooguiae in the s|>irit that filled the facta the auUguuiatic fire that burned in tbem*d\e»- Jfffj speeches weft* fulmiuatiou* fall of the old thunder that fell uo willing ears. There stood the brotise which the best genias of the land had made almost to live—the princes with their swords, the brows of the scholars groan spsrr with earnest ooutro versy, the hand of Ravouarola <*lo qaeat with denuDciatKm, and tower tug highest the great Hhoaldem of Lather. There were the parted lips, the lines ploughed by spiritual strng gie, the rugged brows, the clenched fist resting on the Bible, the figure braced back for a mighty shock, ss if be saw in the air brfiire him the range ou range of mighty prelates ami be! meted rulei>, sod in the back ground the stake and fagots. The msarotine, resolute hostility to ward the old enemy, embodied in the memorial. the vast multitude recog nfosd as something that belonged to itsetflo a degree unabated; and so it is that one finds even the IVns dm fbith crowned with tbe**j»tked helmet.—AUmmtir Monthly. ran the f«.U«»winr nrhednlc Arrive st C I^care Cnuxlt u, An+rr st Kunr >y human warblers all dsje , H 5 ''* ,f ‘‘ a> H»fht hi mch eye «»ot*h«*e detl o’er them from brigiit flashed the niby wineV Heh tter hid the pwnon in its flow ; and joy. ami song and hope * darkest jnat before the dawn. ure only shows bow ill Ben Tt It is for ordinary mimls to gras|> more than oue idea at the same Usw. The attention is solely fUsd on the difler ent varieties of aforea" “And also,” observed Mr. Aloes, (wbo was much displeased at Iwittg classed among “ordinary mieds,'*) “and also, the attention is aatarallv distracted from the point at issue by the brutality of the father's remark. Now, that ia in itself *a catch,’ In my opinion." “Well, air, 1 will give yoa another simple exercise for the understand ing, that has no swell distracting element,” observed the Professor, coolly. “A Wind beggar had a brother. The bn*her died. What relation were they to one soother T Come, tell me that.” ' “Why, they were brothrrs,” mi claimed the Colonel, with the rsptdi ty of a small boy at the liottom of his glass, wbo hoped to gain pfowo hot. “No, air,” answered the 1‘trihsor, tegarding Tbumlertmmb with inter eat, as a significant type of some low order of intelligence ; “they were not brother*, or I should ararrety have asked the question." “They might be brothers in law,” suggested Fann»dng “Cndoubtedlj they might,” replied Puzzleton, with a pitying smite; hot they were not. “Stop a Id*,” said MePbersno, bar riadly, like one who baa not got his answer ipiite ready, but yet doesn’t wish to br ^anticipated. “The hHnd lieggar, you say, had a brother, and the brother died. Writ, of roarer, tf one was dead, von know, they mold not he Iwothrr* any longer * “The idea ia navel,” observed the Professor, gravely, “Imt j*oa have not hit mi the exact aolatioa. The fact ia, grutlenseu and ladies, a hfciad boggar may be either male or femalr Bfo were brother and afotre.** “f «sdl that a rateh,” said Aloes, %. B. PiCKias, Ora. Ticket Art What Pom|M*ii esperiolly reveals (foot revs! foe awhile, thy sorrow to iM’gude T In fan< Which Then t Now is the time wb-, sons, dissati.slic<l with borne by some of Hie: be'seen going to ami tangs iroui the good it; petghlKJi- ami ciigraU. the stems or brand.vs naaghty trees. Ail Uavt by tradition, and by that in the vegetable kiu produce's like.** Hem-, look for “grajK-s on Mui uo thistles.” Bat when i, ! - t the air carriea ami drop the seed of some unVm m can not tell wliat the, fri Horn it matures; evei* t of the ajqde tn-*- bafti gurew’s as to whet her it" or eatiy, sweet or sou . insipid. Bnt having mu its fruit, we exjiect the t to bear that kind, bat no < (’pit may < ],. ajifM-3ranee and flavor. U if* uatun*, never. so w<.*ll mui tbg vegetable kiugtlo iu j the works of creation *i. the i aspect un of man. i» any asjiect in which .1. viewer!, wlndht-r as a ■ hldfcctnal or mom! .!«*: exception - to tin* rule. ,n 1° °f tb‘* gooil tn a - heart bringeth fertli g fihd an eril man out «* ri7*as1ire of his heart ltd: >pe M s#m more for thee ! will hjkfrr on the happy Hy its ilwctnot# could wot ge fokls darkest carerns tekneKs that preswles the mnala,' and with a tramUiog i said; “I am the person mho gv«l you wbifo m yoar pmpli»>. have been making my weekly seats to yon antil I |*aid the j which f hope God hsa for w dscinasp last February. Mr. Mitchell, of Indiana, gave his expa- riessce with the Egyptian bee, of which we have the fotfowlng report ta the Ohio Comrmtum Reporter : He thought they were the preUi- mt bee be bad ever seen. last spring hr maw as |w*md of them us one cxhiUI he, and he meat m> far aa to give them a pal, and extolled them aa no other Uv oter before was pnsiaed. He moved out on Grand Prairie hwt sum but to give his hair colonies of Egyptian btvs a broad Held to labor iu. He (iiwt prepared for a fight with them, fur he had beard they were cross, bnt »h* he lifred up the ditto to hia lines they came out in a fearful tosses wild her shinisg hair, sngaish rise upon the air. rilae, and I of hope bare ft. sweet Is*iid I, I alone, tm left Jn peace beneath timorMiir like only is its sweet perffone heaven they «hine ns star* n and all ikhmU Bnt deal I know jj lifrht, Bnt far f Ah, wear an them I wander in the night, yesns and heart of throbbinK ] ■ to my lost restored again f . ml heart from the gloomy gsave North, hsve ran coont the Vases of prrfwmcry tcore and I whmh she nard. We brhohl family nhoald be re repast* m thrir searrely chaste fere- ef ^ ocm dom. The danring wamsw w ho flg tf f \ "»• *» eeremowlsl feooto, are repre this vooog mi seated to ns in their Hgbt nod hwidnrn i. {wovokiwg grace. Still further, we his ftWi * are intrndnmd behind the sresma of Trr .^. T ^ a theatre, where they are gstttag op -*Bh asrd ft* 1 the spastarir \ and mt- the boose nt m Ibrgtrea. w the tragic poet, at the moment *br* fWfwrs N s ho la shoot to rcrfta Us new predoc- * c. >i;knk»bt. H. Ifoassv, Gcawswl Frendu mi AimiL it •* darkness disH emerge Uea v right dawn. sinner! in thy woeful grief, tig in thy fear like aspen leaf, garh si fee, thee t» appall? w onee so ssriet -now turned BLl £ RIDGE KAIUtUAB. RAINS* on the Rita Ridge Sii Leave Amirmno at Arrive at Walhalln at.. IwovvWathaik* at..... Am)« at Anderson at They were extremely livety. They cause oat in multiplied millions, stinging everything—himself, his assistant, bis horse*, dogs, children, the trees on his place, and, in fart, everything. {Laughter, lie want ed to do the Egyjdtan bee* credit. They gatheml honey well—there were no letter honey-gathereis than the Egyptians. But when their honey was once gathered they kept it. [Imaghtrr.] They commenced stinging on a man's fingers, and stung all the way np his arms, up his fork, and even to the top of his bahl lieiul. {Laughter.] Tliat wag lu> experieape m tlie matter. If his Hearer* knew what a yellow jacket was, he would put any Egyptian bee against it He thought of crossing them with the hornet, fig tlie piiqMisc uf making fighting stock. Tliat was all they were fit for. {Coutinoed Laughter.] IM POUT ANT NGTICE CONSUMERS OF BIT 0005ft bHfer tide thy mat «Vr Kxrrileitt art, thongh at Pompeii it seems to hgve been a good copyist, adbrned these pbame hansrs of a middle ctaan whose fortune* mast hs%e hem mis hoots. Far them were wtonght thus® hi a ns, danciag. HAMILTON EASTEJR A SOU* OF BALTIMORE, Mik» iKt I *!»fthSr at ftwSlS here estehlMirif h ^ T7 ’ ** ffAwwa.* nfsamjt, Stid Vffl, upon spidirstimi. pmpntfwml % mmtl fsHkno of Smuphw of UMife mir. , About thirty-two years ago, a poor but pious widow, the keeper of th* light,boose ou tbe Kentjah roast, obtained a ndssiouary box, and re solved to devote to the cause of Christ all tbe mouey that might be given to her before twelve every Monday morning.. On the next Monday morning a gentleman visit ed the light-boose, and seeing her in tbe attire of a widow, gave her a sovereign. Tbe poop woman was perplexed; db “large a sum would be of great service to her during her present pressing necessity; tbe doctor's bill was unpaid, too. She asked tbe advice of friends; one advised her one way, another tlie coutrary. At last sha resolved to ask God in prayer what sbe ought to do with tbe sovereign. She rose from her knees convinced tliat it belonged to the'miastooK, and site at once pat it in the box. God, who is a Hnshand to the widow and a Father to the fotberfess, was not unmindful of her faithfulness. Iu thp course of tbe day, a widow of high rank, with her daughter and several nttemhints, called to inapset the light-house. Bbe mad* several inquiries of the jioor widow, and before she left |mt * piece of gold into hfo- hands. Two days after, ono of the pages dame with a letter foam the btdy, Hating that she felt much mteresteil in tlie family, and begged their acceptance *»f £25 from herself ami £5 firom her daughter- Onr noting fenders will be djjlight ed to feam that flh noble betiefac tfes* whs the hike Duchess of Kent, whore little daughter (then the L’iincess Victoria) is now the be loved Queen pf Buglgml. whose attitude is reudeted with such astonishing SaUhm—a ia that Httl* Nareisan* wNh hia deUentr grave of self intoxiratinn, awd nqsvastly that tired Mervavy, who has all fo* aame what imlnfal «*nWneu of laasi- rers own refem d i>> Mrn r * v t* of fruit cnitari Dord warms I bis di r «re of false pn u ,b, N m text: “By their H km.w them.*’ * When r 1 ^♦deavorwl to ^rs, jjwfe that he w«s ra d« through BeelxWxtb. : devils, bo ©ailed np essoci and to jodge u> * m: “Wtiier nut • and hi? fruit g©**! . |^(be tree ©orrepr. afHt ■^Pt* For the pn*' is * Th,,, i*. jf | ,, w *>rk, allow that it * a good source. Bvi * #Ue to onKfemn the condemn the work M P®°l>fe that it is a bad « , “ 8t «nt: doom* or tbe oti J ames also asks wi V. fiff tret*, iii ^ °Wve berries ? or i . every tree bears “**it, so tbe even PI 8 "ays shows what ki he »« «t heart. If, w f restraint, be T*® °r profane, or ” lying, cheating. <H»**reli„g, or abusi:^ jttRt snob tniit as j Rurally iwodutvs. * 10 his evil aln ■ ^ ^ such }>eraou J* 1 *® the occasions u: bi ^keof aonieat! company, *■ ¥br the Luthetun Visitor pufotnl disrlaring hiwwtf la I 1 aarrHk** of Iphigeofo, 1 ia an affecting, mod thoas Mr. James was one day looking over his |private papers. His son, Harry, flLsd by his side watching him. his eye caught sight of a piece of paper lying folded np amongH tbe rest, j»ud be said, ‘‘Fa-' tbef, in»rlppeu that paper f ret anted life I’mfeaanr, with i triumph. “Now, I will give y«*0 fh forte* of KJWofw —The New York Which will be to all rcopreSa i Jtdc. It la a dmpfo gurettou iu traction, and' all I shall ask af in—since two or three gusumn wi arrive at th* truth by mere etta ttoo to writs down th* reply < A mao w«mt into a mblf and bought a pair uf boots for teen abltlinga. Ha put duw sovereign (twfuty Jdrfllittgni, ond a frigbtfnl o»mmratar\ uo the pW (ifofeU tftBUd tnr* which Bt. l*md has tmosd mi has not even brj Ure lafsmlea of tbe Roam dn-liue,, the lapse ot time af that foadied and iuUiUalds va« | . In Use midst a hptwnusisn wbleh. sawkfog tbs ia the oM rity inllnit* la ssnanal uo- th* ssHtim*. IT, j DM, la fb* ; Art extemlrel its dnfeuia oa all memorial, one 44c*. It casld give ao sfegont form amt cosily ms ffhhr makes the following state meats respecting the salaries of edi tors of tltnt city i Tbe managing editors, C'roly of the HsrW, Reid of tbe fWforse, Rlnnkam of the Herald, i and Jennings of tbe Timm, have each notaries of tlW) a *Tek, amounting to a year. Of the editorial ( writers, those on tlie Herald reeeifs ' the smallest in New York, ranging from few to $.10 per week ; tbdsron j tbe Trihamr a re mfed at Korn $50 to #fok: two of tbe writers on tbe World» are paid $100 weekly | while on the Thom the heavy writer rereivee $140 • WurtT than money a man oweil him, te Imttum of it was this amt as name m John y. Smith. uiai k. , j J father, what a queer way i to writ© his name,*’said What did he put that H ib r : filt h did not write his muue, L* fit a very ignorant man» write at all; an he made all his ‘mark/ anti another B hia name. When people to, tti make tlmt X he ir unines apt* token of tbtjir honesty b) pay what they Psck» Areata Want [ANDWRITISG OF L Rtfuu. and Tbe ll< kept two of His Hid race; one oa pairhsM umental records, and $7$. Most of tbe writers of the /bia aaan tweeq truth n aienite. 0 l, ami uni learning to write. Al JjhS rMiwjl 4 /v I,.. , M . m- j] r ftmMimfa fo grow up ro i r Itnd n«f! be »blf to do fii that peofde would keow I gnorafct. | am surf m i«ie to make a. A between my t mv jmr a /sox- lake common rack salt, auck oa ia used far aaltiug do YU pork or beef, dry it iu au even, Ihea |ioand it fine and mix it with apfeUa ot UrpeuUue ia equal pacts. Tot it on a vug and wrap st aroaud tbe parts afleetod, and aa it get* dry ydtt—ftuu write.” “Rcfafieh a l^ofesaor, and you will find a tartar,” ubispresil Aloes. “You had bettor <lo aa ha wiabaa.” never name. “Fc make Live truly, sod thy life ska!) be a great and noble creed. imaghtod to be th* lore which the colibfer bad snstsiued, aad it*» wow