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e- ! ? Drifting: On. In tbo dark or in the dawn. Drifting on I In tho mill and Kind of life? In the suuliKht, in the strife. Drifting on! Hills to climb, nud rivers wide. But the starlight's on the tide? Green banks on the other side. Driftiugon! Where tho ocean wanders far, Drifting on! In tho stormiest skies a star ? Bells that ring across the bar, Drifting on! In the darkness of the nights Faith the distant haven sights; And, behold?the harbor lights* Drifting on! ?F. L. Stanton. THE CAPTAIN'S PARTY. i> i .uui/nr. i i' " i. Tlio Captain made up his mind to givo a party. llo first thought of a dinner?R dinner it is callod in that part of the world ? hut upon mature consideration decided that an evening party with a dance would ho better. "You can get more people in the house that way," he reasoned, "an l Iheu, Mammy is right, it don't take so many dishes." "Whur yer gwine tor git 'nough for all dem folks t<? eat?" demanded his dictator, for the Captain like many another southerner, was still uuder the care of his "Mammy" and she ruled him and his house with a rod of iron. 011c una never even Ureumcil ?>i leaving tlio old plantation. Freedom had no charms away from all her lifetime associations, and the comfort of her "chile" was far more important to her than personal independence. So she stayed at her post with her old huslmnd?who would possibly have hail some revolutionary ideas if Mammy had allowed hi'.i the luxury of a private opinion?ami she co.-ko.l for her one lamb left m the old fold, nursed ami cared f..i- him. though In; was forty as she ha I done wLeu lie was four. It was (he first Christmas after the war, dreary, sad and hopeless; too Soon after the stunning blow of defeat for inueh reaction even in the healthiest nature. The terrible poverty, the desperate outlook over many lields loft fallow, crushed even the most buoyant souls. The Captain was "pretty ldne," he declared, and felt th it sonn l) >dy must Come to the front with something to cheer ii|> the m ighhoriiood ami as ywas a bachelor, wiiu a leg iioiiso untouched by tin; clianci s of war, :i w is convinced that lie was the one to do it; but M imiuv'-. ipiestioit about supplies was pertinent ami must be answered. "Well, M iminv, I reckon there's a wild turkey or so in the hollow, ai d T*nel .lake can set all iiis hare traps ami he can atoh lis a lot of i ! ! Ill re-.'*-- tic ('aptaiu called lie la "ole livarcs'* -"ami I c.iii get some ijuirrels ami partrul "S, and 1 don't think We'll star\ c on i hat. " "Hull! War ver game t r gj{ no cake, an' no ic cream ii"i' nuthiii'.' "Weil, every tiling von e . .a tastes i so good. Mummy,the folk-, won't know j t lie 11 i 11". reui'c. " . . ...... I 1 :n*' I . !.i_, ii!-. iir<"?st. ii ''ll tW lllllll ill' I ii iiS ilk'' I'ii. 11 ! W iii i v. i ii-: I-. liko vnii ton, Molly - I' 11;k vuii I?niiii I whi'ii I'usn an 1 I ilrvw ti -: i ias in s!',< v.Jiii'li nt ii-. s!in:i|.| -.junk ? lit- . ' Sin; liHikcii 11j? i|iiii'kly. | "I > i 1 it * i i 11 r o v i r till vuii? Wfii, \ on h'i', I iiui'Ii' lit in |ir"inisi! In- ui'iililn't ! wlniii I f.iiinil In- whs t a** Iiii'k v fine; '' i'ii', nil tin' - mi , I can't forgot it ; 1 '* in v r Ii hvi'. " iii' ii nt forward over tin; child 1 again, kisM'ii ill'! -loopy little month, ' ' n t iit'ii ia Mi-* iiiiii hi in- mo. iir ? .- iii ii-, 1 -hi I <|ni iiy: "Moilv, I till In- a ' 111' ill'I' t til I) 111! II Villi W .il Ui't Till', ami I 11 iv iijv I \ oil til iiiy ''\'' "M. i Mo!ly, M iinii) . K i\|i ciii'i .t ? 'i. * r ; i a i;i i :i it. ' 1 I the opportunity, and everybody made i merry. The host's request to "corao early and stay late" was obeyed to the letter, before "? o'clock, a nondescript procession of vehicles began to tilo in the i "big gate." Horses were very scarce, i mules almost as much so; therefore, 1 the carriage ? where olio survived? I was out of the question, if the whole 1 family were to come which they did in most cases, so the usual chariot ' was the farm wagon, drawn by the i mule and horse with rope harness, or 1 what had once been a "sure enough" < harness, tied up iu a multitude of < places with a collection of strings; \ mamma nud the children inside upon < straw, pillows or auythingthat could soften the hard wooden floor; papa ] driving, and the whole party bent on enjoying themselves to the utmost. A few young meu rode a farm horse i or mule, but many of them walked, , miles and miles, and danced nil night atterwuriL l he old colonial house literally glowed with hospitality through every ruddy window, for tho | problem for enough light hud been solved by Uncle Fake's"eIbow grease" ut the woodpile uud countless cnuuks , of light wood were henped up to brighten up tho festivities. There were | a few caudles in tho parlor and iu the ] supper room, but tho long drawing room, which had not been used for years?tho war closed those doors? had a roaring wood tiro iu tho great chimney at each cud, upou which, j from tin*; to time, the fat piuo knots , were thrown, and the bright,flickering y lb-.110 ilium mating the largo room i with a rosy light, throwing deep > shadows m tho corners where sotnutimes a shadow (Mine handy, if a man t | and a maul ? we kuow tin; lot. Cupid j had been very busy during those four , restless years, uud it was not to bo < \I pected that he would give up his ol I i haints immediately. ' li ?ng Mosu" and "Yellow Sam" | I were tho tiddlers, uud 'Mammy's" Jake "knocked the tuuj" on tho . banjo with such good will as well as good time that to keep one's feet ( etill necessitated the loss of one of . them, or a "Yankee bullet in the knee." In the "iittle parlor were the cards ami the old folks, and in the ! halls, up the old stairs, peeping t I' turough the railing on the landings,oil n the lloor among the dancers, rotnpeil the children. From the open door a beam of rosy n light foil aero--. J he lawn, tins moon i rose int-j nr.illy over the liioiinlains i i across lue river, the ilry leaves of tne t ; old red oak near tho house soughed ? I | hi tiie mild breeze, the Potomac silver it re and (hero in the moonlight, | i gli led on is p aeetully as though its ! t i current it id never been tinged by j s oilier red than tne glow from the lire- t light in tiie lockkeep r's house under ! y the shadow of the mountain. I :i the j i. bail room "I.-iiig M'ise" was calling 1 I the ligures tor tiie Virginia reel. ! ' ' Honor to ver partners," "Fu>t , collide t'orrard and back. ' 1 M nnmy's .-upper was as great 11 tri- 1 uin| n hi tic ( ' (plain's markman-iiip \ j a > oi her cooking, ' >r powder and b ill . lj Were too scarce t > be wasted ill a sin* v gle unpt'ofituh!.- sliot, and very time I n tiie mu-ie of "Mars l>.eu s" riile bad v 1?. . ii hi-ar.1, I'.r.l or 1 n- u 11 11- I l> i!it? \\ i; i11 ?i f ill. L'h re Ii wa r. 11 i i ; i i i :V I wit Ii 1 it t If I mil-, a < 11 11! - ! v a n 1 I? i .o I - **(>!? o* mil ii in i-^ ? ua.s' tii- i". Ufj-f tlirfi: wthl'ii i ii rlii v i?oo!\f<| to a turn, a liatn ? part t ot tiifoii-' hois that Was Uiilt-il that p vi a: th?-r?; wi-to aipiirtvls ii11 I rail- t ii.t-i -i 1 ?!< , ainl i\ al collY-it w :tii Miipir ! s a::11 fts'iini. a A - t ii i ^ ii! was w a a i itt ii <" ? - h tain iw in-. vi-t.-r-in-Iaw cro>^i:i^ tin- o i:ail with It !' \ i 1111 i - -1 Ikiv fist as.?i-ii a in :i i ii ,i>. II-- i;a>l -iif I to ffiti Vf a i. ."a hitnli'ii. As tiioy tint i i h i . : i ! > i i stairs i > 11- t. I .!. 1 If'" .. .1 I'l'SS o! t h i. in l all i tii ii l it tatnilv silt |!: i .>..in a. i>, Mn.i'. so i;. I lo i -t l 1' l?y tii ti : i .. ai on; i: r arias for t ii n . 11. i. i 11 t ' t i ; i ?1. I i. > t i i i: i . In in t > h ; : : in . ait "-I \ . 11 s] 11 i i ;i i i-t til - til- .i -at tail on l!o littlo ii 1 said, as she rose, giving the child to the Captain. "For my own non?" "Don't urge me now ; let me think. ** He sat with the child on his lap for a while. Then, us Molly did not return, and a burst of laughter from the ball room reminded him of his duties,, he rose, laid the boy on the bed and went out to his guests again. They were beginning to leave. Molly was saying farewell to some of them" it the door as ho joined her. By the time the last one had gone the streak >f gray over the mountains had broud ned utmost to the zenith: the captain turned to her and said, as they watched tin- growiug light: "Well, Molly, my party wasn't so bail after all, was it?" "It was a gn at success, and I thiuk roil were right to do it. I find wo need mirth sometimes, almost us much is we need prayer." "Was it a success for me? See, the New Year ts breaking on the world with the new day. Shall a new and happier day dawn for me, too?" ' OS. " "Miss Molly, little Tom's awake, mil he's a crying for you." As she caught up the child he folded both of them in his arms. A "hai^iy New Year to you, my dear," he sa\l. ? Washington Star. ^ He Knew the Place. The man with his coat collar tinned ip and his hat pulled down over his yes, who was slouching along in the thndow of the buildings, suddenly leckoiied to the man on the other >ide of the street. "Here's a graft, llill," he said when he other had crossed over. "Wot is?" asked Bill, grutlly. "This here hoilse," replied the first -peaker. "It's just like finding things ill fixed for you. Some hloomin' diot has gone away and left his key 11 lli door. Hill took a loll"* look at tin: house iij 1 tlion siiook his head. 'You k;n have it," he said. "I lou t want uuthiu' to do with the game." "Wot's the matter?" "The feiler wot lives here ain't to ie trusted. He's a low-down, mean, ricky cuss. He aiu't got no feeliu's it all." "D'ye know him?" "No; hut I was here oiiet before, in' I'm onto Ins game. He left the toy j ist like that before,an' 1 thought t was dead easy. I went up' an tried o turn it, an' thought I was beiu* dectrocuted mi re." "V\ as he watehin 'or you?'' "U'ateiiin' uuthiu'! He's, one of hese here electrie.il guys, an' he just tick* the key in there to catch suek rs, turns a inillioii-volt battery ou an' joes to bed. I wouldn't touch that ;ey if it wouid let ine into the Hank >i Huglanl." ? Chicago Host. Hussion For Horses. Tlie heroine ot a romance iu real ife has just died. Tnis was I'riuc ss "ictoria ot Capua, daughter of the irotiier of the King of Naples. A j ery handsoin woman of the Aiuazo inn type, site 11 vtv I ulotie for in mi v ears in li r eh 11'Miij near Ijiwoi, her lie imliliv iui ! ?11>j.el in iifo heitio I in; re ikin^ in of \\ ii11 hots ?. The peasn t ~ <>| t!:? iifi _ ii 1 it nliooil ii-M-il to cull r Diana. S n> wo11111 tlrivo a four* n-li uul ?il hulf-lirokeii it ii 1 in 111 h iir?>no}i tin- most ru^oeil liioiiiitnin nssfs with u resolution whieli us ni-uieil nil who met her. Kcpiallv trance i-> the story ot her l?irth. Her iotli r vmis n in niitiliil Irish "itl, who | uviii'j; attraete 1 I lie love of tin? Ijeir r^:i 11j?t:v? to tiie throne of \uplost j ee.-jiti.l ills iiilld, lint r. fll-e'l Ii^^ve^ t I'niir i>e, ii;s tarn: 1;.' ivtC 1 r t lie pri \ i sot' her rank. So i |> sir i t ir . . in > oiisei rit y null \ i na t il l e\ 'MI S ill t 11 | I ill?* I it Sii oiiiv Inn i I wo ehil.h i: ? 1 "II lift?-, W I I ' I I " I I I I I S j . Ml II !l- | . I, -i!i I a - 'ii. iv ln> Im : 111u: in* i:i" ?i\\ nr.' l?? 11.111"<- 1 of woin.'li. So \> -I u is liis ! iii ; ?11 11:1 1 (? liiuve ... I In' Ii .- >111 it a \\ i in iii i* 111111 ii -nr mi, nr whs vi 1*1 ? from tin? rsstln ; inlii w?', til it t lio w. 111 s lull ti* 1?<! uiit 11) > to mi i-\t r it - > r i i 111 i rv ii lit^lit, n ii liv hliuttiiij; out nil virw of tliu utsiilt? worlil. ('Iiw it'll ('tiroiiii'li?. Tlii> Way to Make a l.attn. ' I 11<>11> I liki; tii liuvo sin-h turf as ns," oiicu saiil an American miiIi<>ti j iii' t<? an ()\t'oril garilenor. **'i'el 1 ii-, my iniiii, how you nrniai?? it," | :nl In; ftiTiiMnl hi/nilii' nit I v in hi-, 1 oi'Ui't, as though to imlic ito u Mill- ! jijiii'ss to pay lor the rc?juire?l ::i- 1 >r111 itioii. "Well, Sir," was tin* r. plv, tie 1 vcinl wit11 tin; ipriiut hiitiio," of an i I col logo r< tainor, "it's tferrv .> m!? ; von < its it as i- mis as e\ r i I i ill rut, nil you roils it an c i??- :! I ; ! '"I i -:i lul l fiiiiiviliLy tilings \vii?'U | 1 i;: . ; i < > %, v\ i - M i: 11111 \ * I l;i >t :i - ii> Ii!! t I ll" room, < >' - > \ u i:'i .. :i I t It.- <'ii |>: :i I n I. \\ ; !ii ': . .- ircil. I U..N H .||!. Ill.it*> ! \\ 1 (011 111' t lii-? - * ; -111-1 i\\ I his in-' t ! ! i . : v, S > Ir.i'l l>cfi v. i>'>>- ! I>. i'i . an 1 *ii>- i'dIisI i i l : . j <. ". r i \ 11 v, " a * s i i < .... 1 i*. a 11 .t : I> * iir??<vf'i|ih?, i v. . . ' * " i i ; : r i * > 1 : i !. i' i. ''! > . i -> a {.:! I>> iai ' a -v *: v. i i . * 3. . 'v.. <! i II. 1 \ri.i in I l 1 . . .! - I !i-: :> 1.. >. ' VV )i < i i <1 . it ii v> ti ; v.. w ii vi i in\ .1 V" M . i v i i i . i >'. i i'.i i ri'ii t?? ii. i ii with. I : i'pii voting i it oil fj n *|.i (Itlll (*(*? HIII'i1, t II I I'll t all tiio <>-'i folks In |>! i\ III I till' i 111 i parlor, mill Wi'll li ' i II > : I ' > a;; I !; '||> It 1I|| /at.- iiiul inr > ' ! it ii?! -< : >r ?m>' Uigur, nn_vw.iv, . I 11 iin- i!i,year out 11:i<i ii. \ \ V 11 mi, us we always 11<I to <i". i' nil .s l-t i n -I :ul, poor follow, III- r liliuO ycais, yot; know." "As if I oonl I . w ;.*t Tom in throe years!" hut she ! > | - no further ohjiotioii, (Hoi a !i I ip'aiu o\]? ct' tl, o\s ry ore who v. is Jo I ! n hii- oiii\ i ' " : I I ? ? Colli . It \Vfl8 (bo olliv | I* ITILl. NOT DOWN. Before the State Su en?e Court. at the dispensary law i time be biinga up its ty before the State Su,nd Mr. M. A. Carlisle, e tiled with Clerk Brooks le Court, the appeal in bert \V. I'orterlield, who was ouargeu with selling liquor without a.n?euHe. The case was called at the YoYember term of coyrt for Newberry county, before Judge Carle. Br. Pope moved to quash the indictment on the ground that the law was uncouRtitutiunnl and contrary to the principles of magna charts. .Imlgc Earlo overruled these objections. l*ortertield was convicted and sentenced to the chain gang for three months or pay a tine of $100, or be confined in the penitentiary for a like period. The attorneys appealed to the Supreme Court, and pending the appeal the execution of the sentence was stayed. The following are the grounds of appeal: Because the circuit judge erred in over-ruling the motion to quash the indictment iu this case because the indictment was based upon the dispenswV net. approved January 2, 1 "Ml'l* ?law is contrary to the provisions of the constitution of the State of South Carolina and is therefore null and void. Because the said law is in eoutlict with the constitution of the United States, which is the supreme law of ffe- laud, and the acts of congress pas pursuant thereto, aud is, therefore, unconstitutional, mill and void. Because said law is contrary to the principles of magna charts, anil of the common law of Euglaud in force in this state before the adoption of the constitution, and which are the inheritance of all the citizens of the United States and of this State, over pud alV?ve the constitution of this State and of the United States. Tt will be quite a time before any fiufj decision will be reached in this . IIlAhcr Kdiieatlon ill South Carolina. will be interesting t note that tHP Winthrop Normal College expects to ask the General Assembly for an appropriation of ?52,000 for the management of the College and the payment of back indebtedness. The trustees have gone beyond the appropriations in their desire to have everything completed for the opening of the College and to have it finished 111 the best style of workmanship. The accounts show that the trustees have spout ?22,000 over the appropriation, and together with the ?.'10,000 which will be asked for the running expenses for the current year the appropriation to be asked for will be ?52,000. The C^ndel Academy will e.sk for ?21.400. tlW South Carolina College for ?40,0&0 and Claflin for ?5,000. and the (Telnsou College will run on its regular income from the Government and privilege tax funds. Last \ ear the appropriations were: Clemson ?45,000, South Carolina College ?25,000, Citadel ?1S,000, Clatlin ?5,000, Winthrop $70,510. It will be noted that the amount to be asked for this year for higher edueati >nal institutions is much less than it has been in some time. South Carolimi & Augusta. Ill* South Carolina .V Augusta Kailroad Company, which was chartered at the last session of the legislature, is attracting considerable attention at present from the fact that the company has been organized, and the indications are that the line may be built. At the time its charter was secured attention wadfcalled to the fact that if built theV road would doubtless be an exbljsion of the Louisville ,V Nnsli\ ill?, as among the incorporators are Mr. August Kclinont, chairman of the board of directors of the Louisville ,V Nashville: Mr. Milton 11. Smith, the president, also Mr. .1. I >. Probst, oik-of the directors. Hitherto the Louisville A Nashville has been usi..g the Parsons system, the South Carolina ,V Georgia, for handling its Charleston business, but there have been strong evidences for some time past that it desires its own line to Charleston, and intends making that city one of its principal terminal points The South < 'arolina A Augusta, if built, would extend between the points named, meeting one of the leased line.! ot the Louisville A Nashville at A11 X , The Poll I'a \ . Count\ auditors are now arranging fe- {lie ii.-se.-?uiu ids for the m'-w year. T' . vi will be a materiiil ehaiige in the '.i,liter ol poll taxes ai.d the following eireulai letter of Comptroller Gneeral N< rlon on the subject will la- interesting: "the new ( i'list ituti<-n. which goes into lull operation after the "lit of December. 1 Mlo, provides for a poll tax upon all male citi/.ens of this State under >!) years of age of SI, excepting Confederate soldiers ahove the age of .10 years. It will he well for you in taking returns for the fiscal year Is*.Ml to have regard to this constitutional provision ami take returns for polls accordingly and possibly save your oliice and poll taxpayers trouble and annoyance." 'II; re is every reason to expect a much larger collection than usual on account of the provision making registration contingent upon the payment of ta xcs. Trail Wrt-cKiuu in riala Nielli. John Tuner, a youth of o*,'ht"rn, wis arre.-l t at Ja>*\.? >n, Ohio, on tn<< har.jeof wrecking a fr 'ight train on lie- Ohi > s uith rn roaU. .\- a frcigiit train was in-aruig .!;e >11 at i'ri<* "-; S? ;lrii, turner e.-alig iron, tile htl-ihe- mill tu. ic- I the .witch.' I u?> engineer e.ailil iioi si ruo-li I incline ii^ili i ami several ir.- .. ?In n?> 1. i m ciigliinur and tireiiinn suvud (heir nvos oy jiuiu-uig. I'nrii M* liiit In* I: 1 no ii roiiUiiig n nov-'i o u train we- .or-. BILL ARP'S LETTER. WILLIAM AND HIS FItOU ARK NOW LONKSOMK. Tho Children Hhvc All Loft tho Old Homestead. Half a chicken?half adeZ'ti biscuits, a little hominy and batter and a small pot of coffie. It has been about forty year.* since wifo and I sat down to as little ns that. Of course it i- enough for its, and more than enough, hut { it looks ho stiiiav; only two of us now, cxc<pt when we send off and borrow a grandchild--our homo daughters and the little orphan have gone to Florida for the winter. My wife save she hears the rats gallo ing in their room* upstairs every night. They have found out that tho girls havo gone. My wifo nasent sure that rats made the racket, and ho about midnight, wlicu deop.shep fullcth upon a man, hut not upon a woman, hIio aroused mo and asked what it was. Being prematurely <h af on ra's I <ou!dcnt hear anything, but to satisfy Iter I took the c indlo and went upstair* in nty nocturnal gainicuts and hunted all over the rooms and closets and ! under the beds, and found nothing, of course. J I didi nt expect to tied anything, bhe is just ! lonesome and sad. that's all. ami she dident i | like t<> hear nie tutoring while alio was luminaling nh ttt tlie scattered children. All of the tell have left us at Inst,ami bv and by old Father I into wil separate us, too. Of course we could g<? and live with some of the married children, and tin y w. nld he glad to have us; but I never ; saw an old couple that liked to give up their ! own nonie and llreside. The habits ot forty years are hard tube broken. Half a chicken is I enough, hut oven that is a sign tha' we are I alone--we two. I (Intent feel like saying grace I over such a stingy meal. "Why dident yon cook it all. Aunt Ann?"' sa d I. "Co* it'll be h tier for supper, sir," she said. But wo send | for a grandchi.d now every day or two an 1 swap them around, and tlioy are always glad to come. My wife's ureal est pleasure now is pot- j , ting the grandchild*en. She says she is nearly i blind, hut I see her sewing on same hing every j , dny--lixing tip something for their Christmas j , gifts. A child without a grandmother does not have itsshareof happine-s. Every grandmoiher ( is a Eugeno Field, though they can't make , poems of their fee iugs. I was talking about Fi-ld j the other day to my friend Ferris in George Adair's office, sud he said he used to sot typo witli Field for the St. Louis Times, and tlie hovs always had a good time j'fling with him. \ "What's tliit?"said I. "Well, said ne,"arcdid* | ent th'ow dice for the cigars, but we threw em ijuads.' "What's tha V" said I. "Well,"said | lie, "type setting is eouired bv the cms. It is ( a (jiuni piece, and tt ere are three little nicks , * 11 the shank, and ji lling was played by taking j up a handful of <pt ds at random and throw* i . ing them down upon the table, and the 1 , on?- who showed up ih<; fewest nicks lost the j , wager- I ri m* mix r that Field was generally | , the unlucky hov, ami I ad to pay the cuats. 1 j There were sev? n of ns who gt neially spent our 1 leisure time togetln r after our night's work was i done. Tnere was Heiny llntl and Fatty Mintli ! * and Dummy 1', waul- ami the Monk and Betsy ' ll? yd and liene mi 1 myself. Beisv was a boy. N lie ol n> were l?ail o wild, and Gene sas as | ' am able as ! <was unlucky. There w?s innrc | in him than wo km w then, and 1 always felt a i i:?! in having liis ii one ot his c*>mpwrons. Voii know that l hail y L*w.s was alio her type ! M'tti r. and took his pen nam ot *M Quad'whilc on the Detroit Free Press. Setting typo is a ^ g> od school for a hov. 11 is obliged to learn , liteiature wli-thcr lie wants to or not, and there is mam* a one who has made his mark be- I ' sides l.'en Franklin and Eugene Field." But w! at about the '(pad?" said I. *oii, tint is a I,atiu word and means lr>w ' Illilliv. V\c W, re p.llil Hut by the lltllllhcr of ! fins l)i:' Iiv flu- m.Msuioof them. It took two 1 e's or lim e i's to make an em." "Angelin i," su:d 1 i when I t"> cl very loving ' I rail my wife Angelina, like tli-hermit <litl.) ' ' Angelina, my ilear, wouldn't you like 'o an to ' Atlanta anil lu;ir Dainroseli opera? Von hav- ' en't I.raid an 0|)i-ri -.nice 1 look \ou to hear ' Sent a : ami stetT.ui mi ami Max M.uvtz !< in I ' Nen York in buii. .Iiir.t ilunk o: it?th>l was forty-two years ago." "bli, it i osts loo lunch money," said she. "Only i'J." sinl I. "Two do lain for a good .-eat in tlie balcony. Suppose we go and hear Sieafiied'?" ' "Jessie ought to go," a lid she. "Jessie iiii- 1 (li-rstaiids tine inusie anil niver has heard au 1 opera on the stage." ' That sett I d it. I had heard it hinted 1 around that my wife wool I like to go. Put ' wnuldciit ask tin?so 1 had to ask h *r. \Ve have 1 been. Veni, vidi, audi?and I am sitisfied. 1 Four hours on a hard wood neat will satisfy any ' veteran?even if the angels iver making music. It was all German to me. I hear 1 Jenny Lind sing onee and that was music. 1 unders nod ' tha' and I was chained. I' thrilled me and * Idled me with unntierahle rapture and a'l I 1 Could do was to wet p with einot on. itut (his I ticruian business tired me awfully mi I I slent ' right goo I at tim s. I can si tp holt upri lit i i and nevi r move. When th music was soil and > | sweet I enjoyed it, lu I coil1.dent see anviliing li irdly. S glr < d was ni ndie.g an old broken \ sword aii I 1 like.l hat old time blacksmith Imp, i hut there was a i< 11 unman in lr<>nt of inewidi t I a big black < s'rieh filler in h r hat an I -he r hohh d it around so 1 di lent even ?? ? th- anvil i cut in two. I \s an on rage. The ladv h hiiul f me had nosiieh oh-fiele. Tin re are no feathers i oil 111V l;eol. Toe el III, of the h ill.nier III.d .hi: .* screech of ilie li e urre good and the music 1 ehillied Willi both delightfully. S eg tried is a 1 g .oil blaekslllilb and ought to follow the trade ? in my opinion. I wish they would sing in lvngIt'll. I'll he I there were not I. n in a linn hcil r of tint nudieiici- who understood a wrrd ili.it \ win -niiK- 1 '?"> to thor- lii-cau c ;t i? cumi I- < eml tin- tiling to do. It n fashionable. Of x ( our-ic there was Koine sweet mimic un? l ho I lure t iit in h elm eh or in tin parlor or in n miii -1 r<! ( show ami ;t don't dray a onjj for hours. M:ej{- n Irn-d I in I to 1.11 it crayon and it look li in n half ! i an lionr. I wax a drag on Mir-* cnoii^ii. I r could Iimvc I-ill' .I li in in a mit ado witli that ! inayio awn I- I!ul tin- Midi d'd -intr most * xWci-tly and that adv tlin' wis hdlen lip in t tin-tno??nli. that w.o> delicious. 1 tilled tiiit. i Til - diinns an I lioi in all IiimliciI f.-r that. ; Soiu- t lilt - wlu-n I lie whole orchestra Win ;u I t fill. Id.i I lid 'Iin4 a 11 olowillU alid ill U o heat- T ilUt lor d ar 'lie nli-1 In. p d .ill of a Mldih ii it I j Hear d in . I thouulit hoiiio Ion.; ha I luirstod . i I . r ill I .ill i h el i-di.ipM I or I lie ai: I r In- had ' I uncoupled. Ti c it Idoiiuc* always awaked mo i J I aid " I in . p d ho ley wile not il i an I I I nsi; d what ii is I In- mil lii. I ! ' her I li.nl a 1 j >1 :yht pal pi' ' I'U^anil tva-. I : a' n I w. 111 I . .j la Inn-, which I -m. At t n.? . i' s cm ! nu- ^ | ti e inn-iciniis Men-tr\ r to lr wvi tin v dec of j t 1 ' Ii.i' woman t'a- Irii d I mid i lc p . r .1. m', j ' ill the Wood- ii I 11uj i r to III.- ay.oil. I.tr ' they collide id d-1 It. I i . \ i le al d -ai.-li a v .i o j ill my III. l it I w . ? i ry I ii . t in- w a - lame, j 1 Sin could- at w ill. a' .-'i I..u Sly. My wit- j 'J -ins -.In w.i< j.i~t taiidcl uii in her shtouil t o: niavhe <iii- I el In ell d< ad M> emu oil liel I i I t tin- ii- <f In r ?N'rcinili - She was iIh? t Htar?? I" ill" Mi- i! Miit;- rs of tin: win |i| tin v l" Miy, liii' hli'iiml In't ilojustire fo herself uj Ii ; ! nil iliiK" lio in a lil'uvinu. S <1 ha-l r-iilliil i i In r iisl' i p in tin- woods priiiiiliK <-n a UM>ssy .1 hunk, iiiul :>s hi hail in v. i ln-fnr s hi a worn in i In- tli<>ii-lir Ii*- was mi niuol :i in I walil-ilto ( wake Ii r lait was atraiil. For u I nn,' tinui lu> tiptoed ami cirrli-1 an I hi l ist vint- r il In .< tinii-n In r an-1 liis i> aintivo vnit'it hi-i on d to t |i|ra I Willi Ii- r tn awake. I n sin- didn't. t I'.y ami l?y In- ttoi holder a nil loamn ov.-r I |iu ssi il liis l.ps tn Ii-is atul ilii w liank as it' hn ; Inn I < mi n 1111 1 tin- iiii]iarlonali!i: sin. \V? II, I iifinii sc, ilint waked lur ? of coins" it ilitl; I ami aft-i- s|( li-nl ruins to In ix-lf sin- lon| e I 1 lovinplv toward him Hint I-ckmi tn sinu ami * nil, Hii'-li iinir-s. I don't know what she sii-1 ' anil I t'-n't eaie, 1 -ill lliere was Inve in it lots 1 nf 1 ve an I lie e.muhl 111 ina a'ly and saii'4 l> irk in le r ami jn-t s-u-li mi Inrlv 1 never hear I. f I III. k llilll Inn lull.' In wake her up, tliou ll. I I III lil- i wnitliI I an wak-al her in half the 1 tune 1 Cut a!' r?i i r.?s have nil en I s--in- wh< re, and ' liis nue finally e . . I np j i-t in tune for us tn u -ur iiam nil 1 w lia ' i w.ii' m-a. v Mir-- ' - ill's fill' ii I I \t - III This V. 1 lire I II I I 1 -I--I1 ! Ill -If I Ii'- ilijlirnl je sen, I.lit | , In't eomplaln- no, I fir-vcr < in-lain. My j ii I -la -i Ii of any i hut it was ftfaul, : n I | j . I i ik -I -> | i- -e them it is al' riiflit | I' a i . lali-l, r mum ii.-l | -Miliar. I ji. I .. :-:.il :l op ri la tire ami knew what lh singing was about, nnd (hoy told me how Tunnhauser and 1 oliengrin worecenipoaa <1 nearly liftv veal* ago, and weio introduced in I'aria and Vienna and nob"dy Id cd iliein, and tlicv went dead and slept forthhty years until Lirzt took I,old of tliem and t-pviviil them oak of Ins gr at regald lor Wagner. I! ? educated the mihicitl world up to Wagn r's s'ntulard and now tiny are plated l>v I lie we k in lJaireutli, the greatest musical renter in the world. Ity the week is nu??nt that it takes a wliolo week to go through one epera, for it is not cat or abridged like it is over licie. The company will play all the morning and have a recess for dinner and e ntiiiuo in the af erno m and again at night and tlio next dav and o on uidil the wholo thing is tun-dud. Merciful fathers? wha? worth! become of me if 1 had to < ndure the like of that.?Bn.i. Am-, in Atlanta Constitution. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR JANUARY r>. Lesson Text: "The Forerunner ol Christ." Lathe I. .V I T-thihlon Text: Luke 76?Commentary* !?. "Thore was in the days of ITornrt the king of Judtea a certain named Zaeharias." Wo are now to have six months in the gospel by Luke. lln 11tin ono losson in each chanter. This chanter may he sumniarir. ?,1 umlci* tin- ni'r >.tit?*ti..i>. Gabriel's visit to Zaoliarias an I afierward to Mary. Mary's visit to Elizabeth del tto* I?irt*i of Johtl. The nbje of the gospel is to deelere iiio ihiugs which wore "most surely behove:!" (vor.se It concerning Jesus. Tho king an I pries mention vl in this Itrst verse iuru our thoughts to Him who is the great Priest-Kim? after tho or.ler of Meloliizedek (Gen. xiv.. tH; Ps. ex.. t). What a contrast lo Herod, hut the groat antetyne of all true priests. For ourselves see Rev. v.. 10. 6. "Anil tliev wore both righteous before rtoit. walking in all the commandments and ordinances of tho Lord, blameless." They were united in the Lord (Num. xxxvi.. 6.7; I C!or. vii., 39; I Cor. vi., 14). As to their standing before God. tiiov were both righteous on tlio nriueipie of Abraham's { righteousness (Gcu. xv.. t'.: Rom. iv. 3). All who aro truly in Christ are righteous in Him, imi this perfect standing before God is tin hangeablo (Rom. x.. 4; II Cor. v., 21; Isa. Ixi.. !rt). 7. "And they had no child, because that Rlixabeth was barren, and they ! tIt were now well stricken in vears." When nature fails, then tlie hand of the Lord is mud., nore manifest, as in the case of Surah, Rachel. Hannah an ' Manoah's wife. It is written of Abraham 1 ha* he considered not lis own body, no- Sarah's bodv, but onlv i>e promise of God. aeing "nilv nersuadod hat what He huo promised tie was nlilealso o perforin" ('Horn. iv.. 19-211. When all tioshhilily as far as human eyes can see is taken iwav. then there is opnorlunilv for the Lord to magnify ilis name that He may Lo glorified. 8. "He executed the pr sis' office before flod." The two words "itcf<.re God" cover ihout everything tiiat concerns us. in Christ we are rigjueous before God. and as o our daily life we might take the word to Abraham. "Walk before me anil he thou i>er. rect or sincere or upright" (Oen. wii.. 1). Hie priest-' is fully stated in 11 O'uron. vxix.. 14. "The l.or.l hnlh chosen you to itand before Him to servo Him. anil that yo ihoulil ininiste- unto Him an t hum in?ense." Christ heeame our High Priest by he things He miIT' re t; wo aro now iu traininn for future Driesthoori. 0. "'His lot was to burn incense." In Ps. wii.. 2. wo roii'i: "Del my j.raver bo Ret forth before Time as incense, and the lifting t up of inv ban's as the evening sncriflee." \.nd iti Hoy. vii.. 2. 4, we read o" Incense offered with the nrnvers of saints. Tim incense Is suit festive ?. f the merits of Jesus Christ hv ivliieh alone anything we do e?u be accepted ? before God, hut hv wliieh tho feeblest servlee in His Name is accepted. JO. ''And the whole muititudo of tbo people were mrnying wit;-out at the tinr.o of Incense." The time of incense wimu the people were praying without while th 'y waited for the priest to return to tliem is luttpesiive of this whole age during which aur High Prie-t lias i?on? info the orosenoe af God for us ami vo continue in prayer, i waiting His return. lie ever Itveth to make intercession for us and savs to us. "Because I live, ye shall live nis i" (John tiv., 1 9). 11. "And there appeared unto him an ingcl of the Te?r.l. standing on the right tide of the altar of incense." The angel's inme was Gahriel. which means "Goil is nighty." He is twice inenlione 1 in Daniel is God's messenger to him (Dan. vlii., 10; x.. 21). He afterward came to Nazareth vitii a message for Mary (verses 20. 27). 12. "Ami wiien Zucharias caw hiui. lie vas troubled and fell upon liiin." We night conclude from Judges xiii.. 22, that" I ere was a superstition that the appearmee of an angel meant death, or perhaps n tiie case of Znchariiis it was tiie or linary ear of the supernal lira', as when the disdpie.s were afraid in the boat, or tun women it the Kcpuleber (Mart: vi., 42, Ify. Harv does not seen, to ha?' h*en^^Mnldod ?y his visit, 'ait rather i>v what he at fjrst aid (verse 22). ^ 12. "But the angej said unto him, F \ar lot. Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard." fa terse 20 it is "Fear not. Mnrv." and front len. xv., 1, to lti'v. ).. 17. it might almost bo aid to be a prolonged "Fear not." All God's houglits to His 'iconic arc thoughts of pence Jer. x.xix., 11). and confidence in Hiui will dways give quietness (Isa. xxw. 1">). John s one of the seven in Scripture who aro nentioned by iia no before theii birth; tbo itimrs being Ishinae". Isaae. Solomon Josinh. Jyrus ami Joins. ii is wonderful, but irno, uat tiod <-iu> us liuforti we ara born (./or. ,.5; Eph, I., 4). i't. "Ami tb'iii sb:i!t hnvo joy ami uindanil many sinll rojoioo at his birth." .i'.'bt is sown for tin- ri::ht<oii? ami yiadi - > l< rllm nnr'.iriit in luari (I's. \**vii , ll\ V.i -n Ab r -i'-ai was vralt' d, th" Jow.s bail iirht and ^'!n im-s and joy and honor < list. 'ii'.. J'il. \Yn n .I'-sus snail ho rxail" i as Cif.y ill ?I an ! Kim* of I;,m.'s and F. -rd of ords. tip* tinys of Ism d's inniii n.ny shall bo ndsd. Tic*- nil obi.lin j.iy and yladifss, ml.- irrow ; I - 'bin ; . -.hall II " a way (J-a. x., 5M* xxxv., lb-. Tho si.nl tint m.-.v roa-ivi's .Fi'.siis i.i - iv. "Tii i'i Inist put ,'iudin :ny a a < I '.-*. v., 7). j."?. "Il'saa'.l - ii *.::* a in ill" siyiil of tho '.or.!: ho shall ho 'iI < t with tho HolyOhost." ['his is snndy tho Mimmlt for any mortal v nan. .lo.sus ilioiso.f said lhat no jjroator irop'K't was ov'o* iiorn of woman than John ho i!a|itis*i. 'i'.> b llllod with tli'i Holy ?piru is ino i;ey 10 an true servo'.>, and to tear our Lore's 't\ ell done" must be tlio btfiiest reward. i! it let us remember that folia was not xrr> it in the s."lit of all peoplo mil finally lost his lifo for nis faithfulness to joif. 10. "Ami many of tho ehildren of Israel tlirtII ho turn to tho Lord their God." Ho hat win until souls is wise, and they that urn many to retii .usness shall shine as lie stars lorever and ever fl'rov. xi., 110; Dan. tiiIJ). The lives of the believer- are either urniiii; others to Go I or away from (Tel. if tiled with the Spirit and desirous of (Sods ipproval in a'l t'linys, \v siialJ turn peoplo o'loil; if full >; w tie or that whieli is syinlolized thereby. In" joys of tlil.i present. iVorl i. we-It |t| , 1 jii-ople UW.IV tlolli God. 17. ''And ii" shall ;'o o -fore iliiil in the inirit and power <; Una-, to make ready a ;n'ople prepared i rtle- Loci. ' The Spirit nroii'-pi Malum ai l.i i: Kli iah would noine 0 do e iiain thi'iys oeiore ,he ifreat and Ireadful day o to I. >:d ( Aliv. i\.. "o. but 1 oilli -a d tli'lt i" \, I ; n >t I.I , ill (John i., It), and no . a i. a - slain JesiH sui I that I'd jiiIi w all. . \ a >i ui". (Math. Kin., 11;. -L s- >< . . M:"ii Ma s.\ i . nn1; deposits bavui " i' h"d tin- So.a! >. isjj again.