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TIRI-WEEKLY EDITION. -VINNSBORO, S. C., FEBRUARY 1880 VOL. I ---- ---- --.-....-....--........ .. V .-N O. 9. LOSING AND LIVING. , eorver the sun is pouring its gold On a hundred worlds that bog and borrow; "V1 warmth he squandere on Buimits co:d; His wealth on tov homes of want and sor row; his largness of preoloui light bilmself in oternal nlighL To give Is to livo. r shines not for itself at all; is the joy it fr-oly diffises; and balm It is prodigal, t lives in the light it froly losgs, oo for the roso but glory or doomt, alo or smother, to witbor or bloom. To dony Is to die. ses i t-nd silvery rays to the land, e land Its sapphire-streanus to the ocean; hesit sends blood to the brain of oom mand, o brain to the heart its lightning motion; d over and ever we foli I our breath. I tho mirror is dry and Imago - death. To live l8 to give. e Is dead whose hand Is not open wide To help th , need of a humtnain brother; e doubles the longth of us life-long rido Who gives his fortunate place to anothor; And a thousand million lives are his Who carrios the world in his sympathies. To deny Is to die. Little Love. Bessie, come ; nurse is waiting I Run. now, and let her attend to your curls; you must look very neat, or Mr. Irving will not love you. It is almost dinner-time," said Bessie's mother. Immediately the chill rose, raised her sweet lips to kiss mamma, and followed the nurse from the room. "It is perfectly wonderful how much in filuence Mr. Irving has over that child Just tell her to (o angthing, and sa. it will pleaso hih, and that is enough. I never saw any thing like it.," said Mrs. Wallace to a friend sitting beside her, who answered: "I have, and would not oncourage-or rather would strenuously endeavor to over come-that influence. " "Now, my dear Georgie, what is troub ling that wise head of yours? What means that grave look and anxious light in your eyes?" "Fannie, I'm perfectly astonished at peo ple whose duty it is to watch over and guard their little ones, especially their ghis fron sorrows, planting in their young hearts seeds which may grow to be thorns, and treating children as though they were void of any deeper thought and feeling than the appreciation of a (loll or box of toys. I am sure that some children at five years have hearts that love as devotedly and suffer as keenly as many at mature years. You are shaking your head. I want to tell you a little story to prove my assertion. We have half an houi before dinner. Will you listen l'' "Yes, certainly; but it must have a hap py ending," answered Mrs. Wallace. "1 cannot promise: perhaps tWe end has not yet come. You know Ilattle Roy ?" "I do, certainly, a lovelier girl I never know. Why she has never married has been a source of wonder to me." "Ay, and to many who knew her not so well as I. It is of her I am going to tell you. "Twenty-five years ago, when just at the age of your IBessie-and just as loving, too- a young man crossed her path. We will call him Joe Hewberry. He was the class mate and dearest friend of Hattie's brother. "At a party given during the ChrIstmas holidays by Mrs. Roy, Joe, to pique one of the girls, attached himself for the eveeina: to little ihattie, (lancing with her, promen ading through the rooms, with her tiny hands, claspedl in his, much to the annoy ance of many bright eyed maidens, who -really were envious of the baby- girl. "Joe was handsome and very tasmatmng, a universal favorite with the ladies, young and old. "Several miammas endeavored to draw hhin away from his 'little-love''as he called her, and manmurved to get her from him ; but all in vaIn, until wearily the sunny head drooped and with her arms around his neck, her swveet, lips giving the good-night kiss, she sank to sleep. Gently then ho resigned her to her nurse's care. "Every day from that tine he came to the house. IHis home was quite near. At the sound of lisa voice, Hattie sprang for wvard with outstretched arms to meet hin. I have seen her, with her hands in lis, look ing up into his face for hours, seemig per fectly happy. "Of course, this was noticed by the fain tly and comnpiented upon. Tihe child's 0:d er sisters and and brothers could~ win her to their will by saying: " 'I'll tell Mr. JHewberry if you don't, and be won't love you then.' "Daily shs gathered a little bouquet for him, and when the autumn days came and the tiowers were few, the Slittie love, would watch closely the slowly opening buds, lest someone else should get them. "So'the days passed by for two years, and then for a time she was-to be separated from the one she had grown to lovo so dear ly. "She clung round his neck, and begged to be with hinm wvhen the hour of partinug - came. With promises of a speedy return ho managed to soothe her, "His absenceewas short, lie returned, bringinghe~r for.a Chistmias present a pret ty little chamn, to which was attached a locket with his portrait. "For Joe she learned to read to write; for him she wduid grow brave, aqd, with' his band holding hers, had lher first tooth drawn. "When ll with fever, tossing: restleesty from side to side, his hand 'could always quiet, his voice soothe. Without a murmaur she would take from him the moa't nauscous doses. " 'hiow will all this end?' I asked her mother once. "And lightly she replied, 'Oh, all right, of course, She will learn to love someone nearer her own age wyhen the proper time - comes; anid hme wIl be married long before then. He has a distant ousain, to whom, I. am inclined to think, he is engaged. I am sure their patente are sakious for their -un Aso Uattle 41wuer~ ljflle ahyness crept gradually into her manner. Stit the love was there. "Once, in a moment of confidence, ehe came to me, and asked, 'Do you believe Mr. Hewberry likes anyone better thani me? Fred says he'does--that le renmained by her all the time at the party last night. I wish I was old enough to go to parties I And I wish---indeed I do " 'Wha.t, 1 lettie?' I asked, as she elsi tated. " '1 wish Cora Cushing didn't live in this world-indeed I do ?' nodding her head decidedly, while striving to force back the tea rs. "Oh, 1ettia I this is dreadful 1' I said, drawing her within my arms. " 'Well then, I wish Mr. llowberry and I lived somewhere else, where Cora Cush ing wouldn't come,' she sobbed. "I assured her that Joe did not love Cora Cushing; that Fred was only teasing her. "When she was ten years old, Joe was called suddenly away by the severe illness of his nearest relative, an uncle. "There was only time for a hasty Good bye, my little love I Make haste to grow fast, and be a tall girl when I come back,' he said, kissing her. "llis going was so sudden, she did iot seem to realize it. I was glad that It was so. But how I pitied the little thing when, day after day. as she had done for years, she sat and watched ! "Time passed on; the pretty child grew to be a beautiful naiden. Youths gather ed about her, ind friends ceased to talked of Joe. Other names were mentioned as his hand been ; yet none could win an ans wering smile or blush. I knew for whom her love was kept. "The waiting, yearning look in her eyes gave way at last, and a joyous light broke forth. Joe was coming back. A letter to her brother Fred brought the glad tidings. He w'rote: "I've a secret to tell you, dear boy! But. no ; I'll keep it for a surprise, in which you will rejoice for my Sake, I ait sure. In a few days I shall be with you.' . 1 'Jo' . "Again, as in her baby days, Hattie be gan her watching. Oh, I knew tier Heart was singing a joyous song, though the sweet hps gave forth no sound. "She stood in the porch, waiting his com ing, clothed in fleecy white, roses in her hair, and a bright smile playing on her face. "4 'l1attie ! "Fred came towards her. The boy's face had lost its usual look of merriment, his voice its careless toie. "1 'Ilettie, Joe canie by the train aw'hile ago"--he paused, (art Ing an anxious, Bealrch ing glance at his sister's face-and he was not alone. I'll not let him surprise you, lit tle sis. I've hurried home to tell you his wife is with him.' "The light went out. of eye and heart. The blush faded quickly on the young face, and, whiter than the dress she wore, was the hand put forth to grasp the balustrade. "Fred sprang forward to catch her faint ing form. Like a broken liiv ho bore her in. And when Joe came she knew it not. "For many days her gentle spirit hover ed between lire and death. Sometines, since, I've almost regretted that it passed not away. "Site has never seen Joe Iewberry since his marriage. Three years after, she sent to his little girl, who bears her name, the chain and locket she used to wear." "Where is lie now?" Mrs. Wallace In quired. "I've not heard of him for years; I know not if lie lives." "'hainks for your story, Goorgie. But I wish its ending had not been so sad." "Then its lessons would have been less powerful." True. I must profit by it without delay. I will send Bessie home with mother to morrow. The change will do her good, and break the spell." A few (lays after this, Georgi Clark camne to see Bessie's mother and said, with a bright anmilc; "I've come to change the ending of my story.of the other day. Ini fact, the end had not then come. Here are Hattie's wecd (ing cairds; her Joe has bueen a widowecr over two years. Hear what she writes to nme: "Forgive mec for keepig my happiness from you, my (lear friend, but I have not been able to reahize sufficiently that this great joy wvas for me to speak to others. Now thant it is so near, and he is with me, surely niust it be. You wvho have known so much, must know all now. Ho loved and was pledged to her before he know nme. You will be glad to know this; I was. Had I kiiown it. it would have soothed greatly the agony of bygone (lays.' "We were at liaittie's wvedding yesterday ; a happier, lovelier 1)rid1 I never saw." Workizng the ioneer Itacket. "Yes, gentlemen,'' said a seedy-looking customer with 'a long beard, wh'lo had rung in oii a party of tourists in' the Baldwin bar room the other evening, "I was the first white American who set foot oii the site of San Fr sco. MIany's the night I've roasted ectenak for supper, and slept with the sand fOr a blanket, right where thuis hotel now stands. I owed the entire country clear down to San Jose, and I traded the whole business one day for ten pounds of tobacco." "Five pounds," nt in the lyar-keeper sternly. "I guess I know how many pounds," said the oldest inhabi tant, somewhat abashed. "You said five pounds last night," retorted the bar-keeper; "and I've told you more than fifty times that if you intend to work the pioneer racket in thIs here bar, you must stick to thme same story. If you dlon't. i'll let Joe Barker work the house instead; you hear ine ?" And the relic of the good old Argonati days drifted saly off to the lunch counter. '"rJhe Klsinig lush." Onie of the gentle customs that ,has becen permitted to exist, in Emnglish homes since the time of thepruids finsa expresshon in what Is known as the "kieding bush." ft is generally a neat bough of mnistleto, and when the household decorations are goinig tip It is rarely ever forgotten, especially where there are young mn and maidens; It hangs in the hall, and the 'charm lies In loading your fair friend bqneathi it and kiss ing her. Among tihe middle class this feat ture of thme holidays is never neglected, and. at friendly and family reunions it occasions much merriment. In . Elmira, however, the tree has been discarded. The way to do Is not to lead your fair friend beneath a ttee and kissher thtere, buzt to kise her where she id; for nine-times cut of ten, when shte ets unuder the tre, she'll change her mbiid. POrastination is the thief of many euolt an onperuntty Tricking the Devil. 'rhe people of an Austrian town prayed the abbot of Eiuledlin to build them a bridge, and lie advertised for a builder. A number answered the advertisement, but when they saw how the Reuss roared and foamed over the rocks, they shook their heads and departed. Only two reminhied; one was a tall, handsome man in black and the other a poor young fellow, well-known in the country as a clever mill-wright. The tall man asked the young man. who gave his name as Christian. if lie was . the architect. The answer was that lie had only built mill-dams, as yet, and he bd studied the project for two days, but could make nothing of it. The tall man In black assured him lie could make a suc cess, as ie would throw an arch simply across the torrent and that lie would finish it In one evening. "Alh?" said Christian, laughing, ''why you must be the devill" "At your service," he answered politely. "'Now, if you would like the credit, I will do the work for the consideration that you sign a contract giving me your soul." A cold chill ran over Christian, and he was just going to conimence his papers when a young peasant girl passed along the montain, singing a melodiousair. The. poor fellow thought of the blue eyed mai den at home, and thinking the other man was some architect amusing himself with his country simplicity, half-afraid, half laughing, lie signed the contract in full. Christian went to the cove below and passed the night. To his infinite horror he saw the bridge was built and his own name on it as architect. 1ie hastened to Abbot Gerald and besought his assist ante, who promised to do what he could. Soon after the tall man in black appeared at the monk's house, and saluting him said: "Abbot, you have a piece of my prop erty here. " "I ushi ". was the reply; "don't waken the younn man; let us talk the matter over. Come in." The devil glanced Into the room and saw nothing but ah old woman, and in a bed at tho other end a form which lie recognized for the young millwrighits by his clothes. On taking a seat by invitation lie noticed a chess-board on the table and lie asked the Abbot if he played. "'A little," said the Abbot; "but it is not worth speaking of. The chief matter in you cannot have that yoiungster." "Oh," said the devil, "we will see about that. The contract is in perfectly good condition." "It is little I care about that," said the Abbot. "But the scandal of the thing; and you know that if I set myself to work you'll have a tongh time of it." "Be reasonable, now," said the tall man. "I'll pay you for hini." "Two souls from my parishes," said the Abbot, thoughtfully; "It's too much." "Two? Who then?" cried Satan. Abbot Gerald pointed at the old woman. "Ah," thought the other, ."I did not know that I had claims upon her. But I do not mind her much, and always get one gaine out of two." lie then added aloud, "I'll play for both, and that's fair." "'Well, I don t like to be hard," said Ab bot Gerald, "I agree; but it's dry business playing chess." The Abbot called the old woman and or dered her to sit in a chair by the stove. "It Is your first move, and we play for this one first." "After you," said the devil politlely. "By no means, I am at home," said Ger ald. So the devil took the move, and after a pretty tough game the Abbot oheokmated him completely. "You are strong at ehess, Abbot Gerald -you have won that one there," and lie pointed to the old woman. "So you give up all claim, now and for ever?" "Oh, honor bright. Would you have me cheat you after so much politeness? I yield every Inch. But nowv for the- o her" "1 am tired," uaild Abbot Gerald; "I think that we will not play any further. I'll give you the other-only take him quietly." "You are very courteous,'' said the devil, as he walked to the bed and tapped the sleeper as lie breathed heavily. "ilumphil" said the sleeper. "That's not thme best of good manners," said the other; "get up when I bid youl" and lie pulled away the clothes. The sleeper was a great pig, with the millwright's clothes ranged about It; and as Satan turned round, lie sawv the old wvom ani strippedl of her mask, and there wvast Christian, pale enough but smiling. "That's a shabby trick you have played me, Abbot Gerald," saidl the devil, ''but i'll batter your bridge agaIn." "Try it," said Abbot Gerald laughing heartily, as the other flew out banging the door In his rage. The devil got half way to the place, when lie met the processIon returnIng. 1 They had blessed the bridge wvhle the game of chess lasted, and lie had no more < power over It. t It was so that Abbot Gerald tricked the devil. Where did Lo Come Ifrom. r Thie origin of the American Indians, who are aLways a theme of painful interest with c us, continues to be vat-lously discussed by anthropologIsts. Recently a German writer hoe put forwvard one theory on the subject, and an English writer has put forward an other and directly opposite theory. The I difference of opinion concerning our abor imals among authors who have made a I profound studly of races is at once curious t and interesting. Bllumenbachi treats them C In his classifications as a distinct variety of the human family; but, In the threefold C division of Dr.. Latham, they are ranked t among the Mongoldte. Other writers on race regard them as a branch of the great Mongolian fatnily, wvhich, at a distant per- I lad, found its was from Asia to this conti nent, and remained here for centuries sop- I arate from the rest of mankind, passing, meanwhile,' through divers phases of bar- t barlem and civilization. Morton, our enil' C nent ethnologist, and his followers, Nott t and Glidden, claim for our native red men < an origin ardiatinct as the flora andi fauna of this continent. Prichard, whose views ' are apt to differ from Morton's, find reason to believe, on comparing the American c tribes together, that they must halve formetd 1 a separate department of nations from the I earliest period of the world. Tihe era of their existence as a distinct and insulated s people must probably be dated back to the thmhe which separated Into nations the i-n' liabitatst of the Old World, and gave to eseh its ipdividuality and primitive lang. I unge. Dr. Robert Brown, the latest auth ority, attributes, in his "Races of Mankind,' an Asiatic origin to our oboriginals. lie says that the Western Indians not only per sonally resemble their iearest neighbors lie orthiealsterni Asiat ics--but they'reassenm ble ietu in language and traditions. The Esquimaux on the American and the Teiucktchis on the Asiatic side inderstand one another perfectly. Modern ithriope logist, indeied, are disposed to think tnat Japan, the Kiriles, and neighboring regions, may be regarded as the original home of the greater part of the native American race. It is also admited by them that be tween the tribes scattered from the Arctic Sea to Cape Ilorn there is more uniformity of physical feature than is seen in any other quarter of the globe. The weight ot evid enco and authority is altogether in favor of the opinion that our sacalled Indians are t branch of the Mongolian family, and all ad ditional researehes strengihen the opinion. The tribes of both North and South America are unquestionably homogencons, and, in all likelihood, had their origin in Asia, though they have been allered andI modified by thousands of years of total separation from the parent stock. .'enaitoriiai Iteima ~iVucnjs. Ex-Senator McCreary, of Kentucky. Is a great lover of tobacco in its natural state, but es the price of the weed was a little too high for his itleas of luxury, lie always brought a supply with him to Wash ingtun from his farm in old "Kentuck." One day in the Senate lie put his hand in the pocket of his 'swallow-taiL" for the scrap of plug which was generally to le found there, but it was missing. So he called a riding page anu told him1 to go to his hotel in Georgetown (you can live in Georgetown for ninety cents per day), and bring a piece of tobacco about two inches long, which lie said would lie found on his bedroom table. Well, the boy rode over to the hotel, three miles distant, and re turned with the fragraut plug. The Ken Lucky statesman looked first at the youth and then at the tobacco. "*Young man," said he. "you can't come it that way. Theres a chew missing." Oin another occasion a package was ro xeived for him at the Senate postofice, and the clerk in charge paid the duties, which were thirty-cents. lie t( ok the piackage o the silver-longued apostle of the biue ,rass region, and told him the circtim tances. "Too much," replied McCreery ; "I never pay more than t wenty-Ilve cents Foi a package like thlit. Here's a quarter. l can't atrord to pay the other flive. You'll trave to stand it yourself." Ex-Senator Goldt iwaite, ofAlabauna, was ioted for his absent-mindedness, and he was >ceasionally seen runinig about the senate ,rying to get out, and not being able to find he door. Ile would ho ve tle paaxe-boys in ;he Sennte looking for his iat or cane, wvhich would be all the while firmly clasped in his hand. lie wias much given to walking up ind down the lobby, plunged ia deep houghtn often sniokinga fragrant llavana, mnd entirely oblivious of all about him. Mften some cheeky page of tile senate ,vould walk ill) and ask the Senator for a ight. Mr. Goldthwaite would mchannm :ally hand over his cigar, the boy would ake a light, put the choice weed in his >recious mouth, and hand over his old tump to the old gentleman, who would :ontinue his stroll in blissful ignorance. It related on good authority that, in one of is fits of abstraction, lie walked into the senate Plovator, dropped a nickel Into the iole back of the mirror, and caluly ro inested to be let out at "'l' street. Ninm Edlucaition. The following rules are worthy of being rin!ed n letters of gold, and pliced in a onspieuous place ini every hlousehlold: 1. From your children's earliest iinfaniey, eculeate the necessity of instant obedience. 2. Unite firmness with gentleness. Let Our children always understand that you icaln whait you say. 8. Never p~romnise thlem anything uniless On arc quite sur6lyou can give what you ay. 4.- If you tell a child to do somethIng, ho0w him11 howv to do it,, and see that it is one. 5. Always punish your child for willfully lisotleying you, but never punish them in nger. 6. Never let them perceive that they vex on, or miake you lose your self commnud. 7. If they give way to petulance or ill umper, wvait till they get calm, and then ahmly reason withl them on the impljro niety of their coniduct. 8. Itememlber that a little presen~lt pun1 ihmnent, when tile o'ccai~on arIses is much *ioro efl'ectful than the threatening of a reiater punishmnent shouildi the fault be 9. Never give your children anything ecauso they cry for it. 10. On nio account allow them to do at no time what y'ou havc forbidden, under lbe samle circumstances, at aniotheir. 11. Te'ach them that the only sure and asy way to appear goodi is to be0 goodl. 12. Accustom them to make their little ecials with perfect truth. 18. Never allow talc-bearing. 14. Teach them self-denial, not self-in uilgence of an angry and( resentful spirit. In School. A schoolboy beIng asked by the teacher ow lhe should flog hIm, replied: "If you please, sir, I should like to have ulponl the Italian systemn of penmlanshipl ho heavy strokes upward, and the down nes light.". Schoolmistress (pointing to the first letter f tho alphabet): Conme, now, what is bat?" Scholar: I shan't tell you. Schloohnlstress: You won't, but you iust: Comne, no0w, what is Iti Scholar : I shan't tell you. I dIdn't conme elre to teach you, but for you to tealch Ime. A counatry school master had ti o puipils, o one of whlom lie was partial and to the ther severe. One morning it happened hat these two boys were late, and were alled tup to account for it. "You must have hleard the bell, boys; ,hy dad you not come ?" "Please, sir," said the favorite, "I was reaming that I was going to Margate, and thought the school boll was the steamboat eli." "Very well," said the master, glad of fly pretext to oeuse his favorIte. "Ag~d now, sir," turning to the othor, 'what hlave you tonsy t" "Please, ah, said the tuzled boy, '-. was waiting torse Toan ef1 rn a late trial in EvanIsville, Indiana, Wiechel was sworn nid put on the stamt, and lie-an to explain to court, jury and couisel, not to speak of a curious audience, the mysteries of the gamc of draw-poker. "Well, you see,'' saidl he, "the players sit around the table, and the man -next to the detaler puits up his ante-'' "I lol on," exclaimed Mr. Brownlee. "If your honor please, I don't under staind-. 'Nor do 1," said the Court, warmly. "I can searcely believe tint evenI imien smut il enougl to play at cards for money would put, their own feituale relations upon a table for sport. The jilry groatm aloud. "I don't mean thit," said the witnes.. "When a inan put.9 ip his anute, he puts up a certai amiount of money as an earnest of play. 'I'len tle cards are dealt. Those who want to come in-' "()h, I see," said the court, with a bland smile ; "it, resembles the old game of ''inmiltcni," where the young men are kept out of the room-" 'No," snapped the witness. "it ain't that. Wlen a imanx colles Iml lie puts nlp twice the amount of ante, and is entitled to a Iraw." I '"It is something like a lottery, and this money purclillses ticket ?" suggrested 1)Ir. Brownlee, with a look of profound curiosi ty. . "No, a dnw menus that if you have come in oi a pair, you have a right to an other leal of cards. We were plaving jack pots, and there was a good-sized pot on tile table." '")Who placed that pot Onl the table ?" inquired 11r. Browile Ie, sternly. "Why, all of 'emi" anzisWered tho wit ness. "Who were all of 'em ?" persisted the couisel, with i a griu determiintion. TIeIn Court was leaning anxiously over tie fable. "All that were playing," said the witness. I ''Give the names of all playinig," shouted the cotunsel, while the excitement in court wunt up to fever pitch. The Court was leanig on both elbows, with his spectacles oil ; tihe jury priek((ed 111p their cars, while I one professional, who was a little incapable, adjusted his open hand to his ear. "Must I give the names ?" pleaded the witness.I "Yes I'' thundered the counsel. "Well, there was , and --, and --, and , besides Meyer and Mliller and myself." The names having been ejected, the Court sii(l back into his chair, the jury sank back upon their spinal points, counsel stopped to rest, and the audience sighed as if greatly refreshed. We would give the names, but they are in so many mtiorocco-covered autograph albums, and oni so many tailors' bills, that we think it un necessary. "You see, in playing jack-pote you Iusit hold as high as jacks to "Ai, yes," said Mr. Brownlee, smiling to the Court, whose lips smiled back while < ti e jury grinned responsively. "This game i is it harimless one. This comparison of 'as 1 high am jacks' doubtless refers to Jack the Giant Killer, or Jack and the Bean Sta'' '' "Jack and the-l" cried the witnebs. t "Holding jacks means that you must hokr cards as high inl denomination as two jacks in order to open the po." 6" That is, take oil the lid of the pot, " ex plained Mr. Brownlee, patronizingly to the 1 Court. t "ake off a monkey's mother I" cried the I witness, with profound contempt. "Ther's I no pot oil the table- the 11101ey up is CIlled the pot, and the man who holds jacks can C require the other to bet him or drop out." "Drop out of the window or out into the t next room V" asked counsel, blandly. "Are you giving me taffy?" asked the I witness. "Taffy ?" wonderingly. "Yes, t'iy, andi don't y'ou forget it. I doni't tak i it oni a a ick."' C'ounisel arg~ued with the Court that thme plaintiff chiargtd 3I1meyer and Mliller with having jointily won his money, and yet here wecre three or four other pei'sons admiitted .3 to have beeni in the gamie. Hie deimanded 1 that WViechel pr'ove the piartli:ular dollarsI and cents lost at sp~ec'lled times. This could not 1)e done, and, at defendant's do miand, the jury gave a finding for the de fendant. A Tiame Hleron. A wrIter says that lie has a tame heron, A heron Is a very large bird with very large wings, very long legs and( very long neck. It lives along streaims of water or by the sea in marshiy places, and eats all the fish it cani catch with itsm shar'p bill and sharper I eyes. This tamie heron is a fuinny fellow. llis master fondit him in the ne'st when younig and~ raisedc himi, tuntil hie is no0w full grown. Hie has a small 1pond( of wvater In the corner of the yard, and his great de lIght is to fish In it. Of course, thier'e aret nio fish in tho pond biut the heron will makeI believo thei'e Is, just as a cat willl play with 1 a reel of cottoiinmaking believe that theb cotton is a imouse. Theli heron spends most of his time in tihe pond(. H~e will take a small branch, or leaf, in his bIll, toss it a long ways Into the watei' and then (lash at It as though It wieire a fish. At dusk in the evening he creeps around the quiet corners oif the garden, with his lone neck stretched out and legs b~ent, In search of mice. When lhe Bees a mouse lie p)ounIces down 0on it like a cat and eats it wIth great relish. Indeed, that Is his madin fault-lhe cats too many things, oven to sparrows or other small birds. - Law lielsions.] In Pennsylvanma a (teed is, in coniteimp- ' lation of. law, recorded when it Is left for a record at the recorder's oice, and Is valid notice from that time, though it be record edl In the wrong book and omitted from all the dleed and mortgage indices. - s Lunaitics are liable for necessaries, and .t where a lunatic obtains the. property of one 5 'vho, in goodt faIth, deals with hIm In Ig- f norance of hIs condtItion, lie will not be per- I ilted to keep both the prop~erty and the prne -archItect, who makes plans and speed- v fleations for a bullding, but who does noth ng more, Is not withbin the provisions of c the mechanic's lieu law and Is not entitled -v to a lien against the building for his labor. The payment of usurious interest after h I the maturity of a debt Is not a vavid con- f sIderation for an agreement. o The satisfaction of a mortgage on the re-I I cerd may be shown to have been entered ji by mistake, and in that event- is not cort-I clusive as between tho parties to the trans-, a ation.I Reasly Men. The rarest recorded instance of readinesq was undoubtedly that of Foote, the coie (I11n. I le) had given offence to a famous dtellist of the diy, who had vowed veil geanee, land wvats only waiting to meet the luckless actor. Foote wats told of it, and kept out of his way for a long time. At lust they met at an inn where the actor gene.'ally dined, and where the duellist happened (ulite casail ly to Colie in. Foote saw his danier when it was to) late; but. a1s his enemy said notliig, did his best to entertain him aid keep him ingood liumor. No one could be more diverting when ho choose, and here lie was not only very iixiols but very successfll. lie told 011 story ifter aiinotlhcr. Ito kept the table inl a roar. The flire-enter became (liite pacilie, and was delighted with his new friend. F'oote passed from one good story to an other, and at last, took to imitating dilfer ent people, a pritice for which lie hadex tradordiiary facility. The other guests got (ite uproarious with the funl, when sid denly the luckless actor saw from the face of his enemy that lie hand inadvertently imi tated onie of his friends. The dliellist was, in f-Net, putting his hand in his pocket to pull out a card and present it as the pro lililnary to a challenge, when lie turned round to the mimic and said in a dry, lat iric voice, "leally, Mr. Foote, you are so unconmonly clever in taking other people off, I wonder whether you could take yourself tWT." "Oh, certailily," said Pool0e. and Ie walked straightway into the it reet. lere his readiness probably saved buin his life. It is noticeable how the characters of iind and body correspond, and how the ready main is grenlerally (icik in his :-iove Ients, prompt in action and fertile lin re ;ource. 'T'lh great Napoleon used to say that no quality was so rare or so valuable is (what lie called) two-o'clock-i n-the norning courage. Tle power of suddenly hluanginlg front and altering the whole chene of a campaign was precisely what he greatest of all modern strategists would admire. Ite himself eminently possessed t. The man who had tie wit to say to he aristocrat who tauiited him with his ack of ancestry, "'Moijc SUis ancetre," )ossessed ia readiness of words as well as of kction. Ile was not likely to lose either iis heuJ or his tongue. But this kind of )rompltitide is rarely coupled with staying )ower. It is disti.ctly nudeoric, and part >f the brillianey is due to the gloom which .ollows it. And, therefore, the nations ,vho most possess it tire also purposeless, Limd without reserve of force. One very mimsing instance of military readiness is riven in Napler's "Memoirs." The troops vere detiling down a narrow gorge in India, vhen suddenly a mad bull wias seen charg ng down at full swing and with tremend >us impetus. The captain had presence of ind enough to give the word of con nand. which his soldiers mechanically fol owed. The order lie gave sounds singuliar nough. It wias this: "Prepare to. receive availry." The soldiers obeyed, and the infortunate bull was impaled on their >ayonets. This episode has always beon sled as an instance of the courage of the 3ritish soldiery. It seems rather to illus rate the courage of the Indian bull. Set Rigcht at Last. A few (lays ago a ctzen Wiho does bust less on Congress street, Detroit, was drawn o his olilee door by a windiy war of words etween two m)fenl. Both seemed rendy to ight if they had hacking, alid the (itizel vas looking as if ready to back the smaller no, When a Man with a stIff necC and a mainful gait caine along, took in the situa ion, and said to the citizen: "Keep still-don't say a word--don't >alliate a conflict I" The conflict was declared ''off1' and the Lien went their ways. and the citzen return d to his desk. Ini the course of tho after. oon, the man with the stilf neck entered bo ollice, passed the time of day and said: "'Out, liere this imorinhng I mnade use of a void which 1 want, to correct. I asked ou to ''palliate" a contlict. I meant parItilcipalte,' not pailliate. Good-day, sir," Next morning at 8 o' chock, when the it izen got, off the car, the 01(d chap was vail ing for hinm on the corner, and, halt iug him against a stone wall, he said: "I called upon you yesterdlay to explain tint I imeaint, 'particip~ate' instead of p~ali "'I now desire to inform you that I dl~in't tean either (one one. Imoianhut 'preticip~ate.' havo used the wordl a thousand time~s, nd1 1 dlon't see how I iss1poke myself as did." ''Oh, that's all right-no harm done," tughed the citizeni. "'No, no particular harm, but I want fings right if they can be made so." Tfhey separated. Near thme close of the e~condl day thereafter the o1(1 man entered me office hagainl, placed his hat on the floor, -iped off hits chin and said: "'I now dlesire to inf ormi you that I didn't mean 'preticipate' after aill, it was p~rob~a ly the excitment of the moment which made nie say 'p~alliate,' and then I got mix .1 In the othlers. WVhat 1 meant to have lid wats 'p~reciplt ate a conflict, you see. anm now set, right at last, andl I bid you Dod-by." raytig rEor aI itu,Ioa Thming. A circus wvagon, bearing the sign, Trained Animals," together with a land 3ape suppiosed to have been sketched In ie interior'of Africa, was hauled dlown to blacksmith shop on Griswold street, )etroit, for repairs to tihe running gear. 'lhe cage itrelf was closed and locked, and dozen boys soon galhiered and wondered that was Inside, Pretty soon along camne man who asked of the blacksmuith: "Whbat's in there, anyhowE" "Ohl nothing gnu," was the quiet reply. The stranger walked around tiIte cage uveral t'imes, shook his head like. one in rouble and went his way. In an hour or a he returned with an awful grin on his ice, chuckled around for awhile, and men said: "hat was a purty good thing you got. fr. 1 diidn't tumble for an hour, but It as good." "What did I got eff?" Asked the inno tnt smith as he crawled from under the ragonl. "Whati nevert Well, hsrdly ever-hal at hat I ought to have tumbled sooner, r a fellor in our town told me the jolie ver a week ago, but you looked so serious didn't mlstrtiet you! Ahi you are an olil >ker .you are an old jo ryoui ai Ia'diy ever-hal ai. hat e a go ovet ad tak* a drink Ott that 1 mi Alway rilli to pay for a $ocd thintgl FOOD FOR THOUGHr. Some hearts, like evening primroses, open most beautifully in the biadow of life. Every man fi tempted when lie is drawn. away by his own lust, and enticed. Ile who puts bad construction upon a good act, reveals his own wickedness at heart. A propensity to hope and Joy Is rea riches. Pride that dines on vanity sup3s OIL Contempt. In minemory's mellowed light we be hold not the thorus; we see only the beautiful flowers. Caluniny would soon starve and die of itself, If nobody tot-k it in and gave it lodging. Believers have a life that death e if never touch. If misfortune hits you hard, you lilt somietlihig else hard; go into some thing with a will. Nature knows io pause in progress aind development, and attaches her curse to all inaction. Nothing 18 too hard for God-uot even my heart. It Is with our good Intentions as with our days; to-morrow is but too often the 14ash of to-day. It is lot what you have in your chest, but what you hayo in your heart, that makes you rich. God hears no more than tile heart speaks; and if tile lieart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf. If the way to heaven be narrow, it is not long; and if the gate be straight, It op1e)is into endless lif'e. There is always left enough power In a 1ni to ex. cute what Is really a mat ter of conviction with hin. It' Christ laid down his life for us, it Is a great thing for us to lay down our glass for the brethren? We see what a Man has, and envy him; bi~t if we saw how little lie en Joyed, we slouli pity him. Set a watch over thy month, and keep the door of' thy lips, for a tale bearer Is Worse than a thlef. h'lie readiest way o entangle the mind with false doctrine is first to en tie tile Will to wanton living. '1e proper way to check slander is to desp1)is it; attempt to overtake and ro fut It; and it will outrun you. Slander soaks into the mind as water inlo low and nurshy places, whero it bocomes stagnant and of'onshve. Ile that walks uprightly before God will walk honorably before men; and Is safe in every place and condition. Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. It would tire the hands of an angel to write down all the pardons that God bestows upon true penitent believers Remember when inclined to slander, that It is only he among you who Is without sin that may cast the first stoile. Tle diamond fallen into the dirt is not the less precious, and the dust raised by high winds to heaven Is not the less v le, Slander is a volee tha6 strikes a dou ble blow, wounding both him that com nwits and against whom i is commit ted. lie who tells a lie Is not sensible how great a task lie undertakes, for lie may be ferced to tell twenty more to main tain one, Sober sense, self-possession and Intel ilgent self-control, are the safeguards ot the head and heart, and make a beau tiful temnple for the soul. Sin Is a tyrant, anid its servants are slaves. There Is no escape from the dlomfinion of sin but by the participa tion in tile grace of the Gospel, 11 is wond erful1 how sedent a man can be wvhen he knows his cause is Just, anzd how bolsteroits lie becomes when le knows he is ini the wrong. A man cannlot be a 1irosperous Chris tian without settled seasons of prayer. OpportunitIes to pray wvill be found whenl thme heart is intent on the exer cise. Sin always begins with ploasure and enads wvith bitterness. It Lis lIke a colt wiich thme little boy said was very tame iln front arnd very wild behind, We should enjoy our fortune as we do our hlealh-enJoy it when good, be patient whlen it Is bad, and~ never apply violenut remedies except in an extremeo nlecessity. WVhen we sp~eak of obejience we shild alwvays speak of faith Arst. Iraithz is the first and fundamiental act of obedience. FaithI is tile mainsprIng of "bedleence. If you would relish food, labor for it before you take it; If enjoy olothing, pay for it before you wear it; if' you wvould sleep soinid(ly; take a clear con snetbed wIth you. Socially, politicall'y, and religiously, the civilized world is in a terrible un settied condition.. Ever ything appears to be in a state o1' uurest. T'here seems to be no well i tated limit to anything. Conversion Is life from the dead. It is the healthfulrnuss and growth of functions that were entirely extinct, in conltradlaumnction fronm thle notion that it is an oducation of thle heart-a moe trainIng of an inherent principle. Cheerfulness is Just as nattural to the heart of a man in strong hlealh as color to his check ; and whereyer thero is habitual gloom there mnudt b'd either b~ad air, unWholesome food, iniprdper ly severe labor, or errinlglhabits in life.. A Let us have none the less ' emotion, none the less morality, -but fromi top to bottom, within and with ut,' through out and Without end, let us have ight sousness. Tihen'our eoietidas wll be? read, our moerality will be loVe,s a~i our r'ightousnese will be holip~eas.. ~ Translate the sense of So'ri ttee int~ your lives, and expound U; e Word o~ God by'your wotks. Intetp t46It by$K. your foot and teach it by. your fiing .~y hat is, let your woknnn wvalkuigg' be Scripture psln Itifigpys144 readc And 'Vheih o Treatbletmust have gtpat%osib 4 of blessin ~ii 4pIt wot~ ' 7uao o or'tld.'ii~~t no handshdidaeilifW Y.Id, h kr