Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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An A t ght. 'Taas iniihe g deu a atti4 -Am4 the mfgnonet - :She with her snowy tatting, I with my cigarette. II still can see her 4agers Flit softly in and out ; 'With rapture membry lingers To view her lips a-pout. .A happy sunbeami glanolng Upon a wgyward curl, :Set every pulse to dancing, And turned my brain awirl ; And when she looked up shyly, I could not help, you see, .1ut btoop and kiss her slyly, Behind the apple tree. .dtrange that some mote forever Should mar the rays of bliss? Though conscious I had never Yet won so sweet a kiss; Alas I the act of plunder So gracefully she bore, I could not help but wonder, Had she been kissed before ? "NORAII, AN-IRISH HEROINE. She was very handsome, this nurse irl of ours. She was fashioned on a :eneral scale, and her movements were uill of grace. Smith, our artist fr;end, spoke of her is our nursery godnes$, and surrepti dously introduced her into a number of is sketches. Her disposition was very amiable, and she behaved in a sweet, modest way fhat quite won our hearts. She never flrted in the park, never --ogled, simpered or invany way acted 'he part of the female fool. She car ied herself with a gentle dignity befit ing a queen, so that it would have eon a thoroughly worthless person who ' vould have dared offer her any insult. Among others, the grocer's young c.nan, at protr .3ing, wide-awake youtht, vould fain have been a devotee at her -;hrine, but she promptly refused to cep his company. .'I canmot love him, na'am," she taid with frank conlldence. "In truth, t do not think I shall ever care to . atrry. I will tell you why." As to general facts, I was conversant iith her history, but of, any romance in aer life 1 was ignorant. I knew she - aas Irish horn and bred, one of the >easantry in an over-crowded portion Ireland where land troubles were revalent, and ndture not always a )eneficent, mother, for they had fre .quent wet seasons when the "small )atches" failed and famine was wont - ;o stalk unpleasantly near. She pictur -d vividly their small cabin--the one .Mig room with its mud floor and the .urf fire smouldering in the chimney, 'ho pot of stirabout hanging on the :rano, the children's mother standing in a row on the white-scoured table, the lutcks and chickens cackling about the 10or; the father, slackc, easy-going, ntuoking his pipe i the sun; the mother, . he stay of the family, busy spinning. There were seven children of them; *Norah, the oldest; then Larry, Stephen, Nileen, Mickey and the two babies, liary and Ellen Blawn. Larry herded * 'atsy Quinn's cattle; Ito was a sober 'ad, thoughtful, observant, lookmng *ontginigly over to America as the only :loor to prosperity to poor, down-trod dlen peasants like thtemselves. T1he rest wvere all bright, p)romising ::bIilren, with the exception of Mickey, who was a poor, unfortunate imbecile, with big head and slavoring mouth, a * eat" e one could pity but not love. W*. Norah was twelve her mother fued, and her father, his prop gone, fell into more shiftless ways than ever, Hie 'took a drop too much, the stock dwvind * ed, the rent was behindhand--he ran ~up long scores at tihe town and it wvas onuly because of the energy of the older children that they managed to live. 'Ihy cared for the cowv and the sheep ,h~oed anal dug the potatoes, anid kept th~lings going. When Larry wvas fifteen lhe went to *Amecrica, and twvo years after sent over ~hardly and bravely-earned passage -money for Stephen. A year later both boys sont over for their sister, Aileen, - so that the family in Ireland had dwin dled to Norah, Mi1ckey, Mary and Ellen llawnC . But for the'i came harder times thani wver; the father lost heart entirely and *'died of a low fever, the .two little girls Fdilwed him, and there was only Norahm ~and Mickey left. And here comes in Norah's love story. "1 will tell you. a biit about Owney, - Jmmey Delaney's boy, ma'am," she said,' a beautiful - blush suffusing her soit cheeks. "Joem imey wa's' a, Canney farmer-lhe had a farm of forty acres, good stock, anc(a >big cabin, and his home was kept by his sister Katy, for he was.a widower. "His heart was set on his Owney, as well it might be, for Owney was the handsomest, blithest young.mem$iethe country, who could have had the pick of all the girls around for a wife; but, strange enough, ma'am, it was me, without a fortune, that he loved and courted, and Jemmey Delaney said 'he was wiling, for It would Inake Owney a ~likely wvife. i3pt Isaitd,.Owney, though II love you with' all in heart, I cannot make it right to leave father and the poor children." And ho said: "Is ]s for you- ag wiling to wait, Nordh, for ybu"'areoh o~nly woman for me in all Ireland." And so he waited patiently, 6i after 4ioor father and the little wvere dead and buried lie came and says : "Norah, anv darling, I want my. wife now." And w teady but the + ea"win shardly the heah-to 1 Q. And he said, between kisses: "Yo shall not be a sad heart fo l71g,Ti Norab, for I, aVn after, filngg -lfe witih ha piner -And yit'rfth$r and Aunt IKaty hve been p1andibg land talking, and all is ready, aualt,i'% best to take Mickey to the poorhouse." I th ,ukht I couldn't bW rfght,1y iMr4 lug. 'Mickeyl Send Mickey to the poorhouse, Owney? Why, I am his all, Owney. His would be no life WitlittV me at all." "Norah, dear, lzt Ethf id long-headed man, had laband= Auii, Katy have reasoned it all out to me. Do you think it is the thing, Norah, 'to have such a gibbering. slavering crea ture under foot in our hiome? Do'you think I want to see him hanging about my wife? Is the likes of him plesin to have or see around?.. )e,;is but , burden and a trouble, and it's not my own darling Norih I'd have hi .fset ting." .. a .*, "But, Owney," said I, all cold and trembling, feeling as if-solpe cruel blow had struqk me, "he's my brother-ny own mother's child-and on her death bed I pronised.to care for him. always.' "And, indeed it was a wrilg aid foolish promise, Norah, aid had better be broken. You have done your duty -now your duty is to me darling, and Mickey is better off in the place for such misfortunates." "But, Owney," said I, "if 'liisown flesh and blood, will not put up with him, how can strangers? Do not ask me to do this wrong to him." And just then, Mickey, who was run ning outside, fell-he was a great stum bler-and hurt himself on a stone, and he ran into me, howling with the pain, for he had little control over his feel ings. And it was with Owney's eyes I saw him then-a poor, slavering, shambling creature always a care and a burden. And Owney, sore vexed, put out his foot and pushed him ae. "Get out of this, you sniveling fool," ha said. Mickey, frightened, stood still, hold ing breath, then he turned to me with a sharp cry: Come, Mickey!" said I, and he ran and put his head in my lap. Then Owney fell right down along side of Mickey, gripping my hands hard, looking up into my face with his beau tiful eyes. "Norah, shall this miserakle creature separate us? Oh, Norah, my love, my life; look at me, look at him! It's a lov ing home I'm wanting to take you to, Norah; its the wife of my heart and the mother of my children I want you, to be. Can you refuse me this after i've waited so long and so patiently? Look at me now-choose the one of us, for the two of us can never live ini the same house together. Is It Owvney or Mickey, darling?" It seemed as if my soul were (lying within me. It's Mickey I must kee-p with me until lie dies, Owney!" Anid then Owney flung away wvith a curse, and I was alone with Mickey cry lng to break my heart. Three weeks afterward Owney mar ried Libby Quinn. I had lost him for ever. The next season came the terrible famine, and my own little trouble were as nothing to, the awful sufferings everywhere about mec. Mickey died of the famino- fever, and I -was all alone. Then came money from thme (dear boy Larry to pay my passage 'to America, and so I came over, ma'am. You've been patient with my ignorance of your ways, and, indeed, my heart is willing to learn and do. And I feel happy and content here, and It Is the peaceful conscience Idesire to keep; and wvere the choice mine to make again this day, it should be, as then, my poor, friendless Mickey. A MSweet Tooth. A Boston lady, whose sister lives In Georgia and whose mansion there is over-run,-like every other big outhern residence, with bltck servants, receives frequently from hier.odd stories of thme always funny people. Her stout color ed cook, a charmingly loquacious per son, has two small bioys that serve as errand bearers and personal servants to the lady of the house. One of these boys whose name Is Ivy, has a devour. ing passion for molasses, and .not only. ,decorates his countenance with it on all possible occasions, but cannot pos sibly eat his food wilthout it. One day' lately Ivy wvas served with some brea4 and honey at his hinch in the kitchen, and promptly, called for molasses. "'Land sakes I".saii his iot'her. 1'o to put on de bread -'n"'honey ?" "Sartin, mammry," "Lan' ob de liv$n'! Et dat boy, Ivy, had do angel dalbr'el sarvedt up oar do table, he'd ask iight ofE fq' do 'lasses to put on him I" Whoere Hae Are Mtade. A renlarkable feature of $he hatting business is that it Is rapidl,y ,atrn over different parts of the~ country. Three yedds ago thr were but 11 places where fytr lts we imade. 'In addition to these je how l 00Zonkere, Hlaverhill, B3ridgeport, and .a shop in South Jersey, as well as orte' in St. Louis, Mo. P'ersecution is often the wind that scatt.ers the oo seed ofa ate ingdo,m. W .,gives the highest place in F t ijep)etris din ereed as g Nd eredlthd and sobt; 14w ngthe fires of his forges and sur rpunded by his chief m}nisters, the fdfops,CieXf .ghrei NV.1* t. rife and made the father of Cupid. Among the So th'ans the iron sword was a gf. 'When Jerusalem was taken by 1by,1 a made captly f p ~sI 11i thor craft%Q4$.t to ity'"H Ii oe'iievious ai thibi the tribute vie4.pn France by Ger mai at th4 6h. of t the Wa'" In 1870. For tf, be deprived of the use of iron is to be rlegked to i-etate of barbarisni. .TQ 'vulgar accounted for the keen ness of the first sword-blades on the Vopte of ?'lmgiO;'ti.4l'tfl "pi$s"of.3:# smiths who forged were sung with the chiefs of chivalry who ivialddd them. So ihly. was this m'sterlous power re garded by Tancred, the crusader, that in return for- the present of King l thtii" " r i,' lilie ;,) I'i.&id i:jue.pai fifit w th 'cfou rgrea. sliips aiin4ifAgalleysk). ; The Smith was a mighty man In England in the early time. "In the royal court of Wales he sat with the King and Queen and was entitled to a draught of every kind of liquor served." Ils person was sacred ; his calling placed him above the law. Ho was necessary to the feidalstte ; he fo-ged swords "on the temper of which life, honor and victory in battle depended." The smith, after the Norman invasion, gained in importance in England. He was the chief man of the village and the most cunning workman of the time. His name descended to more families than that of any other profession-for the origin of the name Smith is the hot, dusty, smoky smithy, and however it may be disguised in the spelling, it Is entitled to the proud distinction which it representatives sometimes seek to conceal. Th Russian Samovar. The ordinary household samovar is from one to two feet high, and ten inches in diameter, polished to the highest style of art. It is so ingenious ly constructed that, with a hot char coal fire burning in its little lurnace, it may stand on the table for hour.; v'ith our scorching the cloth. Some of the 'ery expensive samovars are as large' as a barrel and as high as a man's head, but all t re made on the same principle; that is, a straight pipe or flte runs per pendicularly through the centre of the vessel, which is filled with water. The flue projects at the top of the samovar like a little i-ound chimniey. Wihen lie charcoal is well kindled and the wyater boils, a fewv spoonfuls of black tea are put in a small china teapol, wvhich Is filled with hot wvater drawn from the faucet of the samovar. Thon the tea pot is set over the chimney: in which a series of holes just below its mouth prevents stoppage of the draught. When the tea Is thoroughly "steeped' and tihe liquid very dark, a little Is poured into the guest's glass, wich is then filled with boiling wvater from the samovar. There is a saying in Russia that hospitality never ceasexwhile there is water in the samnovar. The wvater in the teapot is never allowed to boil, and only the-~ best tea that the host can afford is used. It costs all thme way from $1 to $30 a pound, and :mnerchants make it a business of bringing it over land across the deserts from China by extensive tea caravans. It is generally believed in Russia thait a sea voyage destroys the peculiar flavor of the chal. The best quality-such as is used fer the Imperial table-is transported in leather, bags, enclosed 'In carefully segled cases to prevent cdntact with,the atmosphiere..:'This tea is worth fromi $30 to $40 a pound. , Various grades of Russian tea ar3 sold In Paris, where also samovars of beimiuiful dgsigns can be purch'ased for $20 or $30 apiece. The -ord,ingry tea of Russia is far superior to any tea drank In this country or in England; in fact, its beautiful flavor is unknown, and cannot be imitated by the most skillful preparation of English tea.2 Crystallized white sugar is used by the Ridssian tea drink era, and a, slce of lemion give the liquid an exqisite flrvoi, inith cdatn or milk is never seen on a table. Wealthy peo ple ofteri uahe'jellies.' Fyoni 8ix to twenty glasses of chal are often drank by a single person at. a i .nepadl at privatdPlartieh the gOdts'rxhid 1ntil very late. E eoxations iii rance. in France. The executioner Is neither a flerg nog an outcast, as in) Qther coun. trfes; TNbh system ofekciutionif %pa~ been simplified as much as possible. th. instrutJet eoa'eto ih* night be fore, and tried on a dumamy to see that twork well. or4peylsthe condemn ed was often 'tOrtiuted id torn and baqlhed, Atdugts 4ye.4p enpowggd by having.Agood loolt at.:theoggearnidg knif as a gacoahed'tlied hastly lik ptrut6* teide Site is hidden, th6 vict.im is $ sitr t io Od hrtee id ~Iii Vr. . IN P~ QRISitt AeR the t of Simple " e b. i n and Reasoning, o soon tclligent curiosity begahi Wlahk, the dul] wonder with ., h&ab ings had long regarded unusual natural events-such as, for instance, an eclipse, a flash of light piggg*- I f4og0t4 e Oly: explanation" that could suggest themselves,woul4 be the logical result of the Itrevalent habits of thought, of such simple analogical epi reepsred t, All thought of as sick or wounded ; the :lightniinias aerb'uro like' the rattle. snake thatimakes a noise, glides swiftly andrstrlkes huddenly; the flood as the river itself in a rage or passion. Such vague explanations as these of the natpre gf the, oeeral universe, or of special evients in it-explanations so little self-c9nsclous and'so little reason ed as htrdly to deserve the n ume of "explanations"-would seem to be in the natural courso of evolution the first notions thatcould' be called -religious; but such nations are pure fetichism. The characteristlcs of 'stch a sthte of thought is that the movini princiule 'Is not thought of as -separate from the moving thing, nor the .living principle as separate from the living being, nor the spirit of other men or animals as separate from their bodies. The obser 'ances appropriate to such a religion would consist in, appeals to those ex ternal beihgs or. imprecations- upon them, similar to, tl!ose appropriate be tween man and man, because those things would' be regarde i as living, and so not'felt to be wholly different from men ; but in every case the thing or object itself, and not any thing un seen, would be the object of any cere monial observance. - A community of children between thQ ages- of 2 and 5 might naturally evolve a somewhat similar religious system. The baby who cries out "Naughty door I" when it pinches its fingers in its hinges; the child who urges a spinning top to continue spin ning, or is angry with it for stopping, or .wlio listens with wondering awe to a watch and asks if it is alive, long before any of them have any notion of spirit or ghost, or of unseen cause of action-all illustrate how naturally fetichism results from simple modes of thinking and reasoning. Similar habits of thought account for much of both ancient and modern mythology, without the intervention of ~spiritism; they ap pear as $ yviyal hi civilized nations In the astrology and alchemy of thomid die ages, alid may to-day be traced among many savage tribes. MeasurIng Time. The story is that King Alfred had no better way to tell the time than by burning twelve qandles eachx of which lasted two hours, and, wvhen all the twelve were gone, another day had passed. Many years before the time of Alfred, and many years before the time of Christ, the shadowv of the sun told the hour of the dity by means of a sun dial. The old Chaideans so placed a hollow hemisphere, \vith a bead in the center, that the shadowv of the bead on the inner surface told the hour of the day. Other kinds of dials were after ward made with a tablet of wood or straight piece of metal. On the tablets were marked the different hours. When the shadow came to the mark IX., it was nine o'clock in the morning. The dial was sometimes placed near the ground, or in towers or buildings. You see in the picture two sun dials that are on the Gray and Black Nunnery in Ottawa, the capital' of Canada. The clock on the eastern end of Faneuil Hall in Boston was formerly a dial of this kind, and in some of the old church towers in England you may see -them to-day. Aside from the. kinds idien tioned, tihe diaJs now in existence are intended more for ornament than for use. In the days wvhen dials were tised each one contained a motto of some kind, like these : "Time files like the shadow, or, "I tell no hxours butt thoso that are 'happy." But -the dial. could be used. only in the daytime, and even then it was worthless wvhen -the sun was covered with clouds, In order -to mearsure the hours of the night as well as the hours 6t the day, the Greeks and Romatis used;the clepsydra, which means, "The water steals away" and a large jar was fliled with water and a 'hole was made in thQ )Uptton through which the water .cou!# i'un. TBe glasst in those, days was not transparent. No one could see 'from the putslile ho much weker had escaped. So there were made, on the ins ibArtain marks that fod the iours as the water ran, put; pr. psp. a stick witir notesheab in.theiNedg6 Wase dipped igto.jhe.weter,paid.the qepth pf wvhat ~as I6howedda tiir., ,Sometimes the wvater dropped into another jar in ~whtoih'lbloolg of wood.~ie , ~the bitc risingi 'he hougs Anto , 7Once in' awhile, some very rich man ~had a-plepeydra that sounded a tisidal note at every hour. wjtth4 Alt tio h unse e no amanea faitb to corrupt no man's. pr%noiios, and i have written .nOthing .which' on my dathbed Ii shaotainrih hinattc 9un. Thou ihrow4nese Ppam'ssod Only by. %heir Iontr lUablo Greed, ftiPr Qornie r'eem ber once coming aeross a Iindo who. was piously,scatte'ring corn for the' monkeys, about a liui dred 6f which wore gathered round him snatching up the grain' with greedy bands and ouffing soundly aniy monkey that poached on his, neighbor's share. Swarms of otler monkeysi were sitting on. the. trees and banits close by, with faces. of ruQfpl resignation, looking wistfully at the feast before them; but the man explained to us that- they be longed to a different caste, and would be half killed if. they attempted to join the,par.y. One huge fellow we noticed particulai'ly, who sat as near as he dared and looked on, -but did not try to pick up so much as ani outlaying grain, although we were told he was "a noted wrestler." In .certain camping-grounds the monkeys were perfect pests, frequently stealing the servants' dinners, and oven snatohipg food out of their hands, or carrying off ..their copper cooking pots, rushing up a tree with them, and throwing them down, ofter eating the contents. The servants would often come and complain of their misdoings, bltt rodtess there vas none; wide as an Indian civilian's jurisdiction is, it does not extend over the monkey-world,. The natives have an ingenious way of catching monkeys, so simple that it may with truth- be said that the monkey catches himself. sA narrow-mouthed jar is filled.with corn, and accidentally, of course, left on the 'ground. The ever-watchful monkeys quickly take note of this, and no soonier is the owner of the jar out of sight than they steal up to inspect and "discuss their wind fall. Having satisfied themselves that there is no trap, one of them thrusts in his arm and snatches a handful of corn. He then finds that the mouth of the jar is too narrow to let him withdraw his doubled fist, but he never thinks of dropping the corn, and out rushes the owner from behind a tree and treacher ously slips a noose around the victim's neck. WHOLESALE NUPTIALS. Marriage of a Ship-Load or Slave Girls to Egyptian Soldiers. According to a letter from Alexandria, a Turkish slave-ship was captured the other day by an English vessel, and the slaves it contained,, consisting of seventy womeli and ten men, were liberated. The Wien volunteered into the Egyptian army, but it was more difficult -to dispose of the women, as they haye no notion of liberty, and if left to themselves would probably have been drafted, *withonit miakhiig any resistance, into some M[usselman's harem. Under tihe treaty concluded between the English Government and the Khedive tihe importation anld expor tation of shives are forbidden; but the detention of slaves ini thle counltry is permitted for about six years longer in Egypt, and eleven years in the Soudan. Several officers, accordingly, came to tile Pasha of the district wvith offers to buy some of the female slav'es, but the Pasha declared he would n'ot part with thlem unless they got married. HIe then announced that any soldier or civilian wlihing to marry one of the slaves would have to pay six thalers for her dowvry, but that thle women would be allowved to choose their husbands from among those whlo should present themselves for tile purpose. -A great niumber of ,men, chiefly soldiers, assembled on the day appointed for tile selection. The wvomen were so shy that they huddled together like a flock of shleep," and could not be induced to move. At last 01ne of them, taking courage, advanced slowly to a black Egyptian sergeant, whoe was anythling but young and handsome, and put her hand on is shloulder as a sign that he was tile man she wished to marry. Hecr example wvas instantly followed by the other wvomenl, who pushed forward -to choose their husbands as if they feared to be too late. It was now the men's turnl to say wheotier they .accepted the selection. 'All were satisled but flve, and even tilheiv omen wvho were consequently obliged to choose again wvere ultimately pro'vid~ed withl husbiinds. * Fish Must Eat. A false idea, which is by no means itnedninion, is that fish can live and thlrive without food. 'This is a'maistake; fish tequire food:the.slime as any other living creatute, ated in abundance, ac cording to their sizo. 'Thia wrong im 9tession.has been gained through keeps in~' gold fish G'in 'aduariums, in which hy"have 'n .'known" to Jlive for in6onths, and 'in adme cases years, with but pittting. iin'?fOd b't th, mneAis through which they live isi by sucking the greenish matter .fi'om the sides oef the acquaiim stones.' Tise -mtter boutairia mnicrystopio, plants and ant mia'id, idch siitaig them.~ :In ciganing anc aqilariimnin. bhih ,gold fsh are kept, never wash . the stones, but take the'm ot ca'tfully, 'and' when ready, #epjac'theta' *ith'themndith'out'dis (thibng thq simuy substance oni thoen, X'lterid o inferiOrs is a debt due tnwiraelves FOODI 'FOlt"rfOUG HT We muist nlevet unde,vai kn' p4r. ston. The workman loves net that hie work should- be despised. in his pres. Seek to converse in purity with youi )wn pure mnind and with God. The arat and highest purity is that of the aoul. The good deeds of life are the notea Af a beautiful song which the angeli aing to us as we walk through the val. ley of the shadow pf death. Love alone is wisdom, love alone it power; and where love seems to rail, it. Is where self has stepped between and lulled the potency of its rays. Lite has no wretchedness equal to an ill-sorted marriage-it is the sepulchre of the heart, haunted by ghosts of past affections and hopes gone forever. We gain nothing by being with sudh is ourselves. We encourage one anoth. Br in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myEelf. To feel much for others, and little foi ourselves; to restrain -our; selflsh, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human sp. ture. . It may be that luck goes up and down the world calling on meu and women, but the name has been spelled Pluck on all of her cards that have come under our eye. Hope nothing from luck, and ,he probability is that yop will be so pre pared, so forewarned and forearmed, that all shallow observers will call you lucky. Alasi it is not till time with reckless hand, has torn out half the leaves from the book of human life, to light the fires of passion with from day to day, that man begins to see that the leaves wrlcb remain are few in number. Were hair of the effort made to 'lin prove and perfect us in what we are than we make to appear what we are not, we should be more perfect en and women than we are. Every man who rises above the om mon level receives two educations the first from his instructors; the sec nd. the.most personal and important, rem. himself. Character is the eternal temple that each one begins to roar, yet death only can complete. The finer the arcl itec ture the more fit for the irdwelli of angels. The appropriate character of a I man demands diehcacy,. of appearanc and manners, refinement of sentiment gen tleness in speech, modesty i elling and action, a shrinking from no )riety and public gaze. The wise man changes his mi , the ignorant man will not. The rmer will acknowledge his error and c rrect it, but the pertinacity with whi the latter adheres to his opinions tlways bears a just proportion to'his igno{ance. There is an old German prov rb. tt the effect that a great war leav .s the c3untry with three armies-an a my of cripples, an army of mourners, a d an army of thieves. Honor and justice, reason and uity, go a great way In procuring pro; perity to those who use them; and, in ease ol (ailure, they secure the best retrqat and the most honorable consolation. A g)Ood book and a good wom n are excellent things for those who know how to justly appreciate theIr value. There are men, however, who j (dgo of both from the beauty of their cdvring. Whoever sincerely endeavorsJ to do all the good he can, will probably do much more than he imagines, pr will ever know to the day of judgement, when the secrets of all hearts shall .be, made manifest. I love truth because I love to have an apple thought to be an apple, and a hand a hand, and the whole beauty and hop3fulness of Rlod's creation a truth instead of a lie. Speak only to be true, and you will hear truth speaking from heaven, and from the earth, and to your own being, Every one that is of the truth heareth her divine voice. To speak the truth and p)erform good offices are two things that resemble God. * * * Every .man ought tc speak and act with sucli perfect integ. rity that no one could have reason -tc doubt his simple affirmation. . A man who shows no defec is a foe. or a hypocrite, whom we ah uld mis. trust. There are defects so , d to~*.-.~42 fine qualities that they,annot Sir --defects which it is well not c Avoid the companion wh ts al everything I 8ome people di arage, by some ludicrous-association, i objects which are presented to thei thoughts, and thereby render themsel eineapa ble 'of any emotion which cn oithez elevate or soften them; the bfibg upon their moral being an infi ece tiore withering than the blastsao #e desert, Unsatisfactory occupatioz ; absorb leg, uncQngenial business, place' not seeming the'right one b r capacity; sub~ all these seeming hinances can b transmuted, and made doorwaysad aids to help uts to God. And, in b end, it, Is probable that all our life wl be seen to have been presided over )y a benefcentfatet. They who remember the benefits be stowed by parents are too graqflto reimetwbr their faults. They aelapy who ojp return tfather an%t ertb the cae 'they rc edfron tbein intatey$- still haper are they ho' can return their smiles anid caresses, ~ feel for them le~n j viebe y It ,Aust-be si rat eatisfaqtlon at the eldee.pf life, to be.able tQ iol bac)ei- '. the years which are p95e, and f~ that you have lived; nfr"y61:i~I alone, but that you have been useful to others. Xoiin ay ,be 'assur94.dtaso that the mate feeling is a souro coaforp.and happiness at any period lif.OThre i othing ini thi Wr4do it tends' to tbe. inprdte% 63 own character, and it .gives yog. zeal and' importa4ce . ine r0O e uei h be. joind that any artilloal staton can be.