THE TWO GRAVES.
WILLIAM 041.1,4111 ciIiYAXT
'Ma bleak wild bill, bat grows atrttl htl gh
r r , the eunttner - wareitth and the m;d r day
light;
There's the kusii"-Ofihe bee and the - ehirp of
the wren,
AO the dash of the brook from the alder
glen ;
There's the monad of • bell from the Posner-
ed nook,, .•
And the ebade of the beech lies ooltpon the
rook.
And Nth (row ttii wort 1f the free wiod'a
breath—
There ie nothing here that of death
Ile,
And dwellings cluster, 'Us there men die.
They are born, they die, and are buried near,
Where the populous grave-yard lightens the
bier i•
For etriat and oleos are the ties that bind
tho children of human-kind ;
Yea, stricatr and Glaser than thrive of life,—
'Tie a neighborhood - that known no strife.
They ire noiselesily gethered—friend and
foe—
To the still aid dark anemblles below;
Without a frown ar a smile they most,
Haab pale and stabs In his windbag-a►eet,r
In that sullen how* of peace and gloom,
Crowded, like russets In a banquet-room.
Yet there are grains in thii lonely spot,
Two bumble grawes)—but I meet them 'net.
Ilbere seen them,—eighteen ,years are past i
Sumo I ftiund their plasm in the brambles
The place where, Arty winters age,
An aged man in his looks of snow,
And an aged matron, withered with years,
Were solemnly laid !—lstat not with tears.
For none, who eat by the light of their
hearth, —„,
D o wd their coffins covered with earth ;
Their kindred were far, and their children
dead,
When the funeral prayer was coldly said.
T w o low green hillocks, lieu small gray
stones, -
Rose over the place that held their bowels ;
Hut the grassy hillocks are liFtrallini
And the keenest 'eye might search in vain,
',%long brier., and ferns and paths of sheep,
Fur the spot where the aged on l l ,lo sleep.
Yet might t h ey lay, beneath the soil
Of this lonely spot, that man of toil,
And trench the.strong herd mould with the
spade,
Where never before a gravo was made ;
For he hewed the dark old Woods away,
And gave the virgin fields to 'he day ;
And the gourd and the barn beside his door.
Illoomed where their flower , never opened
before ;
And the merge stood up, and the bearded
Bent len in the breath of 'an -unknown eky
'Ti. said that when life is ended here,
The antral' borne to • distant sphere ;
That it visits its earthly home no more,
Nor looks On the haunts It loved before.
But why should the bodiless soul be sent
Far 011, to a long, long blinlibinenfl
Talk not of the light and the living green ! ,
II will pine for the dear familiar scene
It will yearn, in that strange bright world,
to behold
The rock and the stream it knew of old.
'Tie a cruel creed ,bilieve it not'
Death to the good ie milder lot.
They aro here,—khey aro here,—that harm
less pair.
In the yellow sunshine and flowing air,
In the light cloud-shglows that slow ly pass,
In tho sounds that Hie from the murmuring
•
gT/011.
They sit where their bumble salt's , . stood,
I hey walk by the waving edge of the wood,
And lint to the long-aocustanted flow
If the brook that wets the rocks below.
Patient, and peaceful, and passionless,
An seasons on seasons swiftly prams,
They watch, and wait, And linger around,
1 tll the day when their bodies shall leave
the ground.
[ Fur the WATCIIII k
The Chronitles of Tattletown.
MEM=
CHAPTER XI
Charlie had said Eugene would risk
much in endeavoring to ranch Compton
Ball that nighr, but hod lie realized the
extent of that danger,rperliaps he would
have been more persistent in his efforts
to dissuade him. Eugene dill not con
eider ibis risk too great in the light of
its reward Had he not for many
months waited for this opi ortunity. and
now that the coveted fruit hung so near
Cite esker lips, should he not secure it,
al any silk Two y ears ago, the girl
he loved had promised to be his for life,
and now he had Conte footsore weary,
hot lighthearted, and bopefull to olaim
the fulfillment of the sweet promise,
that lied been to.. Ginz his very life. fie
doubted not he should find to!" oppos I
lion to his plans fros. 2 hint Compton, but
he wraith] (ruet t baisy's ryes, and the
ell:spit:me of a lover so ardent us himself
is over come it.
True. there wixr e[tiles for Mrs
Coteprena reluctance to giving - ler op :
for the corning notelet. would deprive
her of knit ore engagement of
three yen ith (;.r l) dee of Northamp
ton, w culminate in a union with
the dietiogulthed gentlemau ; the prep
aratfues for which important tiocasfou
ecoeeleo ilia absorbed tile energies and
'Aim of several provencial dress ma,
keys, end seamstreuren. The 'night was
dark, except when the faipt light of the
'tarn penetrated the gloomy forest thru'
which they were peening. No sound
broke the silence ear.. the tab istle of
aurae eight bird, aroutte4 front its slum,
beraby the crackling at dried twigs and
leaved beet/lath the tread of the two JI
lent travelers. They bad walked sever
al tubes—Alfred aottoyite guide—within/I
mulVilatleo, when vn seuergrag from the
wvtils, they (nuke • hemaelvaa near
bat [ lord, and beyond iti o a .Ave, same
hundred yards dill:tit'. en encampment,
the light or the nedehfires, shining
brightly on 'the white iehie l au'd on the
i44erque grnumeatheieditrelnitl item.
It Wlle lce, perhaps near twelve o'olook,
but few.. Lit euldletat hed ;
VOL. 13 BELLEFONTE, .PA., FRIDAY MAY 8, 1868.
game of cards occupying a few, while
the remainder stood near looking on, or
streaohea on the ground indulged in
thier beloved pipes. Eugene took in
every detail at aglance, also that:it was o
Federal clamp, and be turned to retrace
his {taps when Alfred whispered.
' , Massa Eugene, werlost salt I I dun
no how it kin be, but it am de truff
soh !"
Eugene laid a heavy hand on the sin
ewy arm of the negto, and standing
thus the truth flashed soros§ hie mind,
and his grasp lightened as he Melted
angrily. "
••Listen I If you have played me false
—have led me into this trap, you'll suf
fer for it, do you hear 1"
•Fore God! said the astonished Al
fred." Massa you's mistook ! I'd as
lief tray Massa Charlie as you ! "Fore
God Mass• I hun't did it I"
"Very well, I believe you. Now lead
the way back—but Flop ! where do you
suppose we are 1 Whose farm is tiller.
Alfred reflected a momegt, Then hie
eje brightened, and he answered en
couragingly: "We isn't •o far off de
track mass• as I reckoned we tvas !
We's only half a mile from de Hall Bah!
Die am Mania Steel's plantation. De
Lord bob mercy on die fool nigger not to
hab.knowed iit de minute I sot my eyes
on it ! I fermi to bib de Yankees notch
me, an ham siring an quarter me. fur
beiß etch a fool as all Tat !"
-How do you know it is Mr. Steel's
plantation ?" asked Charlie.
"Alfred grinned until his white teeth
were visible, even in the dark night.—
"Yon seer multi my gat Iths here, eab
She's ps fine a darky as you'll fine in de
country, she be, an when dis •cu•ed war
am ober we is gwine to take pattern long
ob you and Miss Daisy, God Mese he'r,
-
"Halt! who goes there •" interrupted
him, and a sentinel came to sight
"Answer him," whispered Eugene,
"say a friend !"
Thus instructed Alfred replied "It am
nobody but me LIMON' you need'ot be
afraid—rile a nigger sab—a
"What are you prowling around for at
tbts time of night—you- blank scoun
drel!"
•'1 otme down to dq crib, mattes, to
git some Corn for my pig."
The sentinel laughed scornfully, ••1 uu
wont gut much I guest, unless you
fetched a broom along to sweep up whits
left on the floor ! We took it all for the
Colonel'■ bosses—but who's that with
you —snot her nigger
"Yes salt!" answered.A Wed, axes
a thousand pardons, Massa Eugene," be
added in an undertone.
•'All right my good fellow!"
..11un't. you know" said the'sentinel
"that I uught to arrest you, mod put you
in the guard tent, for coming. into camp
at this time of night?"
• -No nab, I nebber knowed
fYell you know it now, and what's
mote I will if you dont oleos off to Os
house and get me something to Eat.—
Come, double quick u, and I'll keep airs
other darkie for security for Lim ;nits's."
• tother darkie-gO, mesas, l'se got
de t humati?.bad, slide:mat go feet. Ile's
Fleecier dit;i I is an can go quicker."
What do you say dambo 1" said the
sentinel, for the first time addressing
Eugene. • .
Ilia limos betrayed him, although he
had adopted the icegro language, and
time sentinel approached, and stood with
in a few feet of them. "Who are you?"
he aaksd, “you're not a nititir,
swear to IL Come forward
With spring Eugene cleared the high
barnyard feneeisestr whioh he had been
standing, and Ind few motsents Would
here MOWS good his esospe, but is be
started off en a quiok rub, be fell across
the trunk of au old pine tree, and ere
he Gold regain, hi■ footing, a report
Prod the sentinel's gun rang out on the
tlr, and lie fell again shot, through the
shoulder, and ere he Gould rise, found
hlmeelf surrounded by sesertl soldiers,
brought to the spot bj the si.arm of the
sentinel's gun.
Eugene was Doti uneoneolous of all
that was golitg on around him, but he
felt that he 'wee test lulling that con- ,
soloueuese, sind.seelug Alfred standing
by him, the tears rtreamlng down his
honest face, be motiontl him to' some
nea er. aud whieperad hurriedly.
—They with me Alfred. sad if I should
die, let ihetd liowif at the Nail how I
Lied, AO ask; them 'Le bury me Where
Ift, spirit ien be user. bet Vlore best—
will' you V'
t'l will oases-1 will, de Lord in hob-
"S'A'TE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION."
ben hear me make you die promise!"
answered Alfred earnestly, and seeing
some other soldiers approsehing he step•
ped back, waiting to see what they would
do with their wounded prisoner, and de
termined to remain pith Om' at all bas
tard.
"Hallo! why "we've got a Confederate
here, I do declare You've brought
down a game chicken thi■ time; tom,"
said a soldier who had brought • lan-
tern •long.
"You're right Siruton," said the senti
nel 'who bad brought *down the game
chicken, "I did not know until this mo
ment who my prisoner was "
"The 00461%1 of the guard now came
up, and stooping over to examine the
prisoner exclaimed : "why he is wound
ed, and several,' too, I aril afraid "
Is he V asked a rough looking sol
dier standing near. “Then it is the first
time Tom has ever done anyiling on
that line, I'li bet."
'•Come," said th• officer, ••stop all
this nonsense, and lend a hand to help
me get him in camp "
"Not ll' The cursed rebel may lie
there until doomsday for all the help
he'll got from me "and he sauntered off,
leaving the corporal alone with the
prisoner, if we may except the sentinel
who considered be had won sufficient
glory in capturing him, seemed content
to rest up his laurels."
m ,, •Tbere's no help for it said the nor :
poral," you must wall if possible, my
man, and I'll assist ycu all I can, and
he stooped and raised • Eugene up, who
having but partially regained ounscious
neva, soils fainted from -ereestivo
loss of blooJ caust.rl by change of posi
tion. -
- "let me take .him mesa! I'm as
strong as hose," said Alfred coining for
trier.' much to the corporals surprise,
who until now was ignorant of his pros-
CCM
•'Where did you oeme from V
'long to de place, eah ! I head de
gun shoot an thought de soldiers was
shooting floater pig, so 1 tamed to see
if was so '•
—Very well, you oat) carry ' him,"
said-the corporal, much relieved st_this
timely assistance'.
Alfred raised him on his strong arms,
and bore him to the guard tent, and laid
him on a blanket that the corporal had
spread on the floor While Alfred
watched the wounded man, and a senti
nel paced before the tent door, the kind
hearted corporal went in scaroh of the
surgeon, and asked him ts examine and
dress the prisoner's wound, as he feared
it was serious
The surgeon swore terAbly on being
aroused, and declared the "Confederate
cuss, might go to the de•il, before he'd
stir out before morn:ng, l ' end turned on
hie soldier's oouoh and went to sleep
again.
When morning dawned, Eugene wee
delirious, and when later still the our.
gebo contynaimiled to visit him he-gave
it as biti opinion that theprisoner would
die When he bad left the tent, Alfred
who hid listened through the long night
to the wild ' ravings of Eugene ; is
which the names of those so dear to him
had mingled, could endure it no logger,
and taking the corgoial tinily. revealed
Eugene's name, also the oircumstances
of his risit to the neighborhood.'
see what can be done for him,"
said the corporal, "poor fellow ! It's a
pity to be so uear home, and to die
among strangers! I'll see 161't can be
done- for him. The Colonel has just
come into camp, and I'll go to him 'his
moment."
Colonel Bell had Just arrived from hie
unsuccessful visit to the Hall, and Was
making hitnseif oomfortable with a good
cigar, and hie papers, when •n orderly
informed him that the bortioral of they'
guard_ w Ished• to see him. '
"Shan, him Id George. I've nothing
;Ise to do, tad I supposi it will do Intp
good to listen to hie complaints. It ?fill
Jae ,to take a mere sensible vow ,
of ihings, to know that ether men base
troubies as well as myself.", "Wall ear.;
Torsi whet is it now? now maul 'dr
iuthe guard tent, awaiting a settlenOtt of
punishment? Reduce their. nvioat---
that's the only thing I can suggest the
Wilt effect their comfort tohdh:°'
-rr. only one Id theleatoilt,' kyr fill
In wounded, sail • Confederate
ehbt last oliiplikby • sentinel. It .•••••
he was 'eel' failotlik • to vleit hhlfleotin
sonnowllete thit.l4l4kborhoofl, '•#et
k4irlt
he was. The etark•Au !Make the W• 141114
will prove fetel—s 'booking *algid,. riki
in the left shoulder, and he's now deli
rious. There's a negro mau with bum
that belongs on the plantation, who rec.
lognised him as a neighbor, and says he
live, about half a mile from here—a
place called Carleton llall, or some
thing of that name."
"Slop!" said Colonel Belt springing
up, "perhaps it was Compton Buhr '
..Yes sir, tbat'■ the name—will you
see him air?"
"Certainly ! I'll be there in e minute
Ilea-th• eurgeon Been him or done coy.
thing ror him?"
"Ile has seen him, sit, but has dons
nothing, as he thinks it is timeless Ile
thinks he will certainly die."
"That's no reason why his wound
should not be attended to? Tell Dr.
Oray with my minipill:Bents that I shall
be pleased to see him iu ten minutes
in the guard tent "
While the cortihral hastened to deliver
the colonel's message to the surgeon
Colonel Bell hastened to the prisoner,
never doubting tot a moment that it was
any one but Charlie Compton, and be
felt that this was truly an apt opportu
nity to return some of the kindnes s
shown him by the flintily, both as friend
and foe, and to repay it by a generous
act if possible.
Alfred recognized him as he entered
the tent, but Eugene uidinot. Had she
he loved best on earth, entered the car
row limits of whit contained so much
suffering, Be would nut have known her
The presence of friend or foe was alike
unheeded. and as Colonel Bell looked at
him, he felt that the battle for life would
be a brief one,..and ire turned sorrowfut
away. Alfred told him the particulars
of what be had communicated to the
corporal, and felt that the corporal's in- 1
tercession In behalf or Eugene had not
been fruitless. When the surgeon came,
Colonel Bell sharply repl-oyed him for
his negligence, and &assisted biro in
dreesirtg the wound, then asked when it
would be safe to move the 'Satient
-It makes little difference" skid the
surgeon ungraciously "He'll die any
how, but perhaps he'll live longer if he
had ItOID• better plao• than this infernal- 1 1
ly hot tent." ' I
Eugene was removed is the Colonel's
own tent, and while everything was
dote fur but comfort that scamp afforde,
Colonel Bell sat down and wrote to
Mrs Compton, narrating the circum
stances of tits capture, and his being
wounded, also, of hit intention of re
moving ham to the Hall a. soon as it was
entirely mate, to do so , extending the hos
pitalities of the camp to leer if she would
prefer to co e and nurse him until he
oould be moved. This note he sent by
Alfred t en took his station beside the
y
sufferers couch, relieving the corporal
whuseemed to look upon his wounded
prisoner as his espvial charge, and who
cursed him as faithfully as though be
had been a friend instead of an enemy.
LTO MI OONTINUZIL]
Selections of a Nevispaper
Molt people think the selections ;if
suitable matter fur a newspaper, the :al
hiest part of the buiiness To. look overand
over fit ty exchange papers daily, from
which to select enough for oue,espeoLally
wheii the question is nut what 860, tut
whet *hall no: be selected,- is no very
easy task if every person who ready
a newspaper could' have edited it we
should have 'no complaint, not unfrequeu
-tly it is thecae(' that an editor looksover
ill hip exchange papers for something
interesting and can find afipplutely noth
ing. Every paper is drier than a •con-_
tributtion box, and yet something must
be had—his paper must be out with
something in it, and he does the best he
To an editor who has the least
ears cc what be selects, the writing he
has se do is the easiest part of his labor.
t real' Subscriber thinks the paper le
printed for his oWn benefit, and If there
is netbing that suite him, it must be
stopped—it is good for nothing. As
Onsev itstbooribere as as editor has, so
malty , tststee be hes le oonsult. '
thee wants something very smart and
Sailethingectund. °netlike' anecdotes,
ten end frolic_ and ti's-Lext door neigh
,lser, wonders that ',wan of will put I
such , stuff in his paper! Bonte
tbiercptcry roam ant and the - editor to
4,10 4 'surd . !lost. coMee "Wweriting
firflullwatniiiTedessithe editor ' it g thin I
faiSi• ..11.nd tee bettisen skew silt thirpoor
lilloltwietS +/lie d—l. They
, fleesl
dOes n'ot pipe skein will 1. male
1144 mpu ;:tintlpaiy, lba i 14e Dn•
pelr,does wee rsuit 41. is good fer
nothing and will atop is right of.
[ • 1 1 / 4 .
L
A GERMAN' TRUST-SONG
Jukt al God leads me, I will go; r
I would not ult to choose my way'.
Content with wbat he will bestow,
Assured be will not let me stray,
So as he leads, my path I make,
stnd step by step I gladly take, . •
A child in hita wealladlut,
Jamas God leads,, I am contact;
I rest, me calmly in Pic hands:
That Which he has decreed and set—
That which his wlli for ins commands,
I would that be should •ll fulfill,
That rshould do his gracious will
In living or In dying.
Jest Al ilud leads, I shall resign;
I trait me to my Bather's will;
Whoo reason't rays deceptive shine,
ilia counsel would I yet.fultill;
hat which his lore ordained as right,
Before he brought ma to the light,
My aII to UIM resigning.
Just as God leads pee, labide
In faith, in bop., In suffering, true,
Ills strength Is over at my lids—
Can ought my hold an him undo ?
I hold ma arm In patienoe, knowa log
That God my life is still bestowing—
The best la kindness mending.
Just as God leads, I onward go,
Oft amid thorns and briars keen ;
Clod does not yet bin guidance show ;
But In the - end it shall be seen
How, by a loving Father's will, .
Faithful and true he leads me still.
.
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHIR.
—Florence has twenty AmeriMn ■rtLte
among its residents
—lndiana pm:awl:tea mhwegnation with
3.5,000 tina and Imprisonment,
.--Stock cattle brought 25 cents-s head
at a recent sheriff's sale in Tess'.
—Jno. C. Calhoun's library brought
only $251). The sal* was at great sacrifoe.•
—The citizens of St. Louis are getting
excited %yet the question of free markets.
—Why Is a blush like a little girl t Be-
canes it becomes a woman
—The Radical party In Delaware am
squarely upon a negro fuffrage platform.
--9ne•third of the fractional currency
n the Welt is said to be spurious.
—Thera were 140 persons on the ex
ploded steamer Martolre, 80 of whom are
10et. ti
Virginia election so-oalled can
not be held until the 'Lump provides the
iiiiiessary greenbacks,
Bon said a careful quaker to ■speudthrift
son, thou art a sad rake. Nay, lather, thou
art the rake, and I am the ST-reader.
—Advice to parties in doubt whether
to buy or hire a horse—of two hone, choose
th• leased..
—What'e the difference between swatch
ant a feather bed ? The ticking of the
watch is inside, that of the bed outside.
—A p?bble picked up by a child at the
Capi f (loud Hope, and used as • plaything'
turns out to be a diamond worth $.1500
—Are our girls tilted for wives? inquires
• sober exchange. Are they Wed fur hus
bands, retorted a young jtainiter.
—The New York Express thinks that
young ladies have suddenly become musical,
as each carries a brass band on her head.
—A Wen Awn tailor nye %bat In smoky
Pittsburg men kiereseh other's wives and
e.rs able to tell wbieh Is their own only by
the taste,.
--There it a man in ilellefoate am Witty,
that his wife %sane fam sires all the butter
that the family uSes from the oream of his
jokes.
We adriee the gentle reader to beware e
wet feet for a moots or two. Otherwise
comes a cold, and Oen • coach—sad then •
coffin.
--oausba A. Urger, a broken down
Abolitioilet, but alai a rampant negro suff
rage advoeate, is the Chairman of the Rad
ical State Committee.
—Beid • conscientious auctioneer,
Ladies and gentlemen, there is no sham
about the carpets they are genuine oarpeta•
I bought them of ell Tapeetry himself '
--The Clearheld Ifepo6lieon says a eow
owned by Mr. Forndy of Mkat.place dropped
a calf .eoeatly aad are 'weeks thereafter
dropped another. A queer freak of nature,
certainly.
--Juan Valle, a noted Mexican bandit,
was caught antillot st aud.stker'day. Iletniet
death willingly, saying, thq the bniinema
was so crowded he eottld Icnitsr Maki*
respectable living. •
----Weddings, though gewenelly costly
airairs, are quite profitable strddriiliattleuts
rot clergymen who have! r,glosui inn of
Lt Is sasonseed. xhit acne ;Wilke
fashionable elermaan in Veer York reedit
New. year for diarriale M&
siflulet's 44,41 1 deheili 11 1 . 1 .4*
well, Mass., tastellowing teeeb we! postento
od ; flito Prldtert+-tbe tesellei WO trades;
be beats fariiii tOltb 'kW bOo,the dives
ter wills' ble iiileloo4 the 'l4O !Mb
tins hip telt ooloioles; lih.oitimprott thitle*
'weed dwiter to-titholifets•t4hOolleldseit
beets die paws in the maemoinsat of the
devil.
IM
The Belfast journal, published away
down East, in Maine, is ore of the but
Democratic papers in the mtuntgg.4
lest Issue cornea to us highly
In honor. of the Connecticut election. It
not only displays half a doyen defiant
roosters, but has the the hest cariocuitsri
we bare seen. In • beat sits* Wiwi
pulling for dear life at the oars, end *MP
which Is broken. In the stem I. • WO-%
tart looking white individtial repriaest
leg the Republican party. The - boat to
on the edge cribs dam, arid in • inonsenti
tue~{labi~-L~Asslras XideidedL—
Looking Time what has brought kt. surf
its occupant. so near ruin, we see •
licionr cask, labeled Grant, already car
ried over the daustned pulling the
Re
publioau party aukthe negro after IL
This pioture In entitled ~ R adloaliam go
ing over the Connecticut Darn ;" and
underneath appear the expressive Torch
"Samba could'nt low Ulysses against
tkeinircentof public opiates." Pwrhspa •
some people emigre think the picture, •
ought to be 'reversed,
,and that Grant
would appear more properly as oarsme t u ,
and is the dead weight behind.
But it Is good cc it is, end we are in
debted to 13ratrer Simpson for a hearty
laugh. We hope he is receiving the
'Upped he so richly deserve..
NO. 19
A Quer+ LAW SUIT. —The Danville (N
Y.,) &pries Is responsible for the follow
ing :—One day last week a lawsuit took
place before justice MoCartaey, the Page
in point being Charles Aokly against
Michael O'lleari The action wan
brought for use of room.lighls,fuel.meals
&to., while defendant was sparking his
Lattinds at plaint E's house. The pron.
eoution showed that defendant was at
his house from three to five nights in•a
week and usually stayed until four *Week
in the morning, and sometimes till after
break filet—that he burned hie lights and
wood end used his room, and %%tumidly
ooncludid. we take it, that as he had all
the fun to be derived tom sparking at.
such lat. hours he ought to pay the privi
lege. The ease was exceedingly amus
ing, and of course attracted a large
crowd of the sparking fraternity, who
were interested necuniaily In the result
of the action brought, an it might set a
pretiodent whereby they might be sailed
upon to fork over a liberal allowance for
lights and fuel if for nothing Atietr i dead—
they felt materially 4Oliered, no doubt,
when the justice* rendered hi■ verdict of
to cause of solion.—Ex
CATHOLIC AND PeeTISTANT PHATIIIII.
—There is a difference between Catho
lies and Protestants in this. matter., of
praying. When a Protestant prays in
pubiio,he I. apt to hide his fees and bend
low to an awkward, uncomfortable atti
tude; and, when he would pray in pri
rate, he retires to some secret place,
where, if say one shortld catch him at
it he would bush like a gully thing.
It is not en with our Roman Caibollo
brethren. They kneel,it is true,but the
body above the knee;isioolt lupright,and
the face is never hidden; and as if this
were not enough, they make certain
Movements of tee hand which distinctly
announce their purpose to every behold
er. The same freedom and boldness
are observable in Catholic children. whoa
they lay their niihtly prepare. Tone
little. Protestant buries its face in the
bed and whispers its prayer to the coun
terpane ; but our small Catholic breth
ren and sisterskneel upright, make tio•
sign of the cross and lot is the Inset '
l ashamed or disturbed if' any one sees
them. Another thing strikes a Protest
lant spectator of Catholic wqrehip—the
whole congregation, without exception,
,observe the etiquette of the occasion.
When kneeling le in order, all kneel;
when it is the etiquette tostand aid stand r.
when the prayer book says bow, every
head is low These two peouliarities
are oause and effeot. A protestant ehild
often has come reason to doubt whether.
saying its prayer is, after all, "tire
thing," shied it is aware that come of
Its most valued friends and relations 'de
not says tbeirs.-411antle ittetklat
Oady Stanton. wht hae bees
canvassing among Congressmen at Wash
lepton for her new paper, says ihe ' is
surprised In Iparn, on the beet Mtelhorily t
that probably two•thirciPof theist. speech
es read from manuserlpt,are net lbw pro
ductions of those who deliver them, Itni
I are prepared by newspaper reporter%
l and the literary gentlemen •t Washing
log
—Theta Is Su' suturing sisidots
oorryet about, Lard Doiby. It 14 .7 11014.
that st oertsta wino ssorebaut pursuant**
the premier into testier • sample of *tie
which less 10 keep of the gout, 'sod 144
his Lo‘rdablp rtP l 4: " 1 1 !"" • ( 4,44 1 4
your wine, but I prefer the gout." • •
-- , —ravalvdayd : "Worms, are said to
lora stroart atiaohnienis" than
It is stylised in Iloilo lbinai. , A . man is
,fshialatlasbod 4 In old .hati:lnso-silli.--
.on over .kaow of is srokaan basing deo
altaehaioat tir an lot UMW'.Uallik;'
l inguae. l'Nevor
be would not be allowsti s R.* in Ahoy.. ,
rapipssas,-.l4,lferssis sad Ashow,. 4
.on and Monroe would alio be disfran
chised by the latter-day political saints. .
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