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Who shall judge man from his manner?
Who shall know him by his dress?
Paupers may be fit for princes,
Princes fit for something less.
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket
May beclothe the golden ore ;
Of the deepest thoughts and feelings—
Satin vest can do no more.
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Ever flowing out of stone ;
There arc purple beds and golden,
Bidden, crushed and overthrown,
God, who counts by souls, not by dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me,
While he values thrones the highest
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man upraised above his fellows,
Oft forgets his fellows then ;
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That your meanest hinds are men ;
Men of labor, men of feeling,
Men of thoughts, and men of fame,
Claiming equal rights to sunshine
In a Man's ennobling name.
There are foam-embroidered oceans,
There are little wood-clad rills ;
There are feeble inch-high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills.
God, who counts by souls, not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me ;
For to Him all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
Of a nation's wealth and fame ;
Titled laziness is pensioned,
Fed and fattened on the same;
By the sweat of other's foreheads,
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly lifts its feeble voice.
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loveliness and light;
Secret wrongs shall never prosper
While there is a sunny right.
Cod, whose world wide voice is singing
Boundles love to you and me,
Links oppression with its titles,
But as pebbles in the sea.
Norg-aeller.
it BITTER TRIAL;
- OR -
A HUSBAND'S TEMPTATION.
CHAPTER I
We came down earlier than usual to
the "shore" that season, and took rooms
at a cottage not liking the bustle of a large
hotel. We were to occupy the cottage
jointly with another family, consisting of
a gentleman, his wife and little daughter,
about six years old. Our landlady was a
pleasant Quaker, of middle age and all the
appointments.of her house were neat and
comfortable. We were the first on the
ground, and would have the nice little
home all to ourselves for two weeks,, when
our fellow-boarders would arrive. •
"I hope they are pleasant people," said
my wife, as we sat at the tea-table on
the evening before the day on which Mrs.
Rawlings expected them. "You said
their name was Clare ?" turning to our
landlady.
"Yes."
"Who are they ?"
"People of standing, I believe," was the
quiet answer.
"Were they ever here before ?"
Mrs. Rawlings said—" No." _
"I feel a little nervous about our fellow
boarders," said my wife when we were
alone. "If they shall prove agreeable, we
shall have a very cosy time ; but if dis
agreeable, only annoyance. Two families
thrown together as closely as our will be,
need, fur comfort to themselves, affinity of
taste and temperament."
"We shall have to make the best of what
comes," I answered. "Nn doubt they will
prove agreeable enough."
We were on the porch next day, waiting
for the new arrival, when the omnibus from
the depot drove up.
Mr. Clare was a man of about thirty-five.
He had one of those fine, but marked
faces, which once seen you would never
forget. It was frank, but strong in fea
ture—with a sweet mouth—firmly set for
all its sweetness. His eyes were large and
gentle, and just a little sad, I thought,
as I looked into them for the first time.
As he lifted his wife from the omnibus
—she was small and light—with almost
lover-like gentleness, I felt my heart going
out towards the man, and drew a deep
breath af relief.
"The right kind of people," said I, as
they passed into the cottage, and left, me
alone with my wife on the porch. "Did
you get a good look at Mrs. Clare? I did
not."
"Yes."
"Well, what did the look tell you ?"
• "She's lovely."
"And Me Clare—what do you think of
him ?"
"lie's a splendid lovking man," answer
ed my wife, with an emphasis on one word
in the sentence that left an impression of
a doubt in her mind.
"Did you notice his mouth ?"
"Yes."
"It was strong, yet : , weet, like a wo
man's."
A slight veil of thought drooped down
over my wife's face. She did not answer
for some moments ; then said, in a kind
of absent way, as if she were turning over
some doubt in her mind—"yes ; the mouth
was gentle and firm—but has lines of suf
fering."
"fou think so."
"They were very plain to my eyes."
And now, looking thro'igh my wife's
eyes, they were plain to me."
We met Mr. and Mrs. Clare at the din
ner table, and found them all we could de
sire—quiet, refined, and just social enough
to make intercourse pleasant. The lady
was charming, although you could call her
beautiful. She was petite in figure, with
a short oval face, and brown eyes that
were lustrous, yet tender ! I noticed, a 3
she sat beside her husband at the table,
that she leaned a little toward him. After
wards, I observed the same attitude, always
when they were together, sitting or stand
ing. And she had a way of looking into
his face that was peculiar—a sober, loving
kind of a way—questioning, and I some
times thought touched with a doubt, or
shadowed by some ever-present memory.
Mr. Clare was very gentle towards his
wife, and, it was plain to see, very fond of
her. Nay, "fond" is too weak a word.—
He loved her with pure and deep affec
tion.
I had claret on the table, and offered
my bottle to our new guests. But they de
clined, with what seemed to me almost cold
politeness.
"It is cooling to the blood," I remarked,
as I lifted a glass of the richlycolored
wine to my lips.
"It may cool the blood in some veins,
but it burns like fire in others," replied
Mr. Clare, after a moment or two of si
lence.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1874.
I said nothing in answer to this, and
the subject was dropped. I found Mr. Clare
a man of large culture, simple habits, and
fine conversational powers. We were much
together, and mutually enjoyed each other's
society.
CIIAPTER II
A week went pleasantly enough. Bath
ing, walking and driving on the beach,
sitting in the fresh sea breeze and watch
ing the surf as it came seething in upon
the shore, or gazing out upon the great
immeasurable ocean—so the time passed
almost like a dream.
Every day I took my claret, but Mr.
Clare drank only water.
"I wish you would try a glass of this
wine," said I, as we sat at the dinner-table
one day, about a week after the arrival of
our new friends, and I pushed the bottle
toward him.
"Thank you," Mr. Clare answered grave
ly and decidedly. "But lam better with
out wine."
"Are you quite sure of that ?" I que
ried. "Pure wine gives life to the blood.
It is the spurious stuff that sets the veins
on fire."
I noticed that Mrs. Clare leaned just a
little closer to her husband . and looked
sideways into his fate, iu that peculiar way
I have mentioned.
A faint but quickly fading smile rested
on Mr. Clare's lips as lie replied, "There
may be idiosyncracies of blood that will
not bear even pure wine. 1 have heard
of such."
"Yes," ha answered, .►icr a moment's
thought ; then added—" About a year
ago I saw a curious statement that impres•
sed me strongly. It was made by a phy
sician of some note, and recorded in a med
ical journal. It was to the effect, ascer
tained by dissections, that a too free use
of stimulating drink tended to enlarge the
blood globules, as well as those of the
brain and other organs, so that they stood
open-mouthed, as it were, inflamed, athirst
always and eager to drink. The physician
to whom I have ref;mTed, after clearly as
certaining the existence of this morbid
change, had an opportunity to dissect the
brain of a man who, after being a drunk
ard for many years ; reformed and lived so
berly until he died. To his astonishment,
he found that the unnaturally enlarged
globules of the blood and brain had not
shrunk to their proper size. Though they
did not exhibit the inflammation of the
drunkard's brain, they were enlarged, and
ready, it seems, on the instant to absorb
the fumes of alcohol, and resume their old
diseased condition."
A low, half stifled sigh touched my
ears. I glanced into the face of Mrs.
Clare, and saw that her eyes had the set
look of one who is gazing intently on some
mental picture on which her soft eyes
were fixed ; I needed no words to tell mo
that.
"Curious," I remarked, as Mr. Clare
ceased speaking.
"I was struck," he resumed, after a
pause, "with the impression wade by this
discovery on the physician's mind. He
thought he saw in this morbid state of the
brain the physical part of the reason why
a man who has once been a drunkard can
never again, as long as he lives, safely take
one drop of alcoholic liquor. Ile thought
he saw why a glass of wine put the man
back instantly to where he was when he
drank all the time. lie saw the citadel
free from the enemy, but undefended, in
capable of defence, and it 3 doors wide
open, so that there was no safety, except
in keeping the foe at a distance, away be
yond the outermost wall."
I thought I detected a slight shiver in
Clare's:voice, as with some warmth of man
ner he closed the last sentence.
"1 never understood the pathology of
this thing before," said I—"the physical
reason why there was no safety fbr the
drunkard only in total abstinence We
have the secret here. But I cannot un
derstand why pure wine should inflame
the blood when every globule is in its nor
mal state."
"There are such things as hereditary
conditions," remarked Mr. Clare. "Is
not a drunkard as likely to transmit the
enlarged and thirsty blood and globules to
his children, as a consumptive his tuber•
cular diathesis ?"
I was half startled by the conclusive di
rectness of the query.
"The law of truoswission," he wont on,
"acts in no partial way. Whatever we
do of habit, whether physical or mental,
goes down potentially to our children. It
is an estate of which no one can rob them.
We bless or curse them in our daily
lives."
There was a shiver in his voice now.—
My ear felt it almost painfully.
Were you always so abstemious ?" I
asked two or three days afterward:3, as my
glass of claret brought back the wine ques
tion.
"No," he answered, somewhat gravely.
"In my younger days I drank occasion
ally. But wine always was too heating
for my blood."
"Perhaps," said I, "the article was not
always pure. It has long been difficult to
get the genuine stuff."
"It was pure in my father's house," he
replied.
"Then you are familiar with the best
brands," I remarked.
"Entirely."
"And know the flavor of good wine."
"Few men know it better," he replied
quietly. -
I lifted the half emptied glass of claret
that stood near my plate, held it to the
light, and then sipped a few drops, saying
as I did so, "I think this is all right, it
should be, for it came directly from the
importer's, and I paid him his own price
under the guarantee of genuineness. I am
afraid of all doctored stuff. Do me the
favor," and I poured a claret glass half
full, "just to let a few drops fall on your
tongue, and give me your opinion of its
quality."
How would he refuse so slight a request ?
For an instant there was hesitation. I
looked at him and saw a quick change in
his face. his wife leaned closer and laid
her hand very softly on his arm. Then he
took the glass I held toward him, raised it
to his mouth, and sipped a few drops of
the fruity wine. My eyes were on his face,
watching for the connoisseur's look of
pleasure. The expression I saw was more
than that. It had in it a quick thrill.
Removing the glass from his lips, he held
it poised for a moment, then lifting it
again, he drained the contents at a single
draught.
I will never forget the sudden pallor
and look of despair that struck into Mrs.
Clare's face.
"Pure wine, without question," said
Clare, in a low, changed voice, as he kept
tasting the flavor on his tongue. "Pure
wine, sir ! You are fortunate in getting so
good an article."
I noticed that lie turned himself a little
away from his wife, still holding the glass
in his hand, and reaching it, I thought, a
little forward, as if inviting me to fill it.
"Thank you! I am glad to know it," I
returned, my voice betraying the change
in my feelings.
Mr. Clare set the l.►ss down quickly,
and went on with his dinner, bending low
to his plate. The meal was finished in si
hence and embarrassment. I ventured to
look once or twice at Mrs. Clare, who was
only pretending to eat. tier face was pale
and anxious. The change in her husband's
countenance was as marked as the change
in hers. All the old sweetness had faded
from his lips, that now touched each other
in a harder pressure; and the gentleness
had gone out of his eyes.
lie arose without speaking, and left the
table, Mrs. Clara following. Our cham
her adjoined theirs, and thither, after leav
ing the dinning.roem. I went wits► my
wife.
"Did you see Mrs. Clare's face when
her husband drank that glass of wine ?"
she asked, looking at me very soberly.
"Yes, and I would give this moment
half lam worth to recall the thoughtless
act. But it never, for an instant, crossed
my mind that he was it: danger."
At this moment we heard through the
partitions that separated our chambers, the
voice of Mr. Clare pitched to an unusual
tone.
"Come, lie down and get your usual
nap," we heard Mrs. Clare say coaxingly.
"I am going to walk on the beach, I tell
you!" was roughly answered. "I can't
sleep."
"Then I'll walk with you," wad the firm,
but kind reply.
_ _ .
"Not if I wi, , l► to go alone, madam !
And I do !"
We heard no more. Everything was
silent in the room for some minutes. Then
the door opened, and the sound of heavy
feet was on the stairs. A low cry, like a
despairiug wail, thrilled upon the air. Af
terwards all was as silent as death in the
adjoininr , chamber.
"You had better go after bite," said my
wife, turning on me a pale face.
"It will be of little use, I fear," was my
reply, though, acting on her suggestion, I
went out quickly.
I looked up and down the street, as I
stepped from the cottage, but Clare was
not in sight. At the next corner, going
towards the sea, was a drinking saloon. I
went in, but did not find him. Then I
hurried down to the beach, thinkino. r he
might have gone to walk there as he had
said. To my great relief, I saw hint sit
ting alone in one of the rude arbors cover
ed with dead leaves, that were scattered
along the shore.
"Ah ! Good afternoon !" I spoke fain
ilarly. "Enjoying this delicious breeze ?"
lie looked up at me with a countenance
so altered, that I scarcely recognized a
feature ; stared scowlingly for a while;
then, with a fierce impulse in his voice,
flung out the imprecation—
" Curse you !"
T staggered as though he hod struck
me. I was not sur2rised alone—l was ap,
palled.
"If you had put a pistol to my head,
you could not have done me worse ser
vice I" lie added in a voice that was pas
sionate with despair.
_ _ _
I sat down beside him and tuck his
hand, but he flung mine away, glaring at
me with hate and loathing.
"Just leave me !" he cried. You've
done your cursed work. Leave me !"
All my efforts were in vain--and Heav
en knows I tried faithfully to soothe him,
and so get down into his confidence that I
could help him in his fierec struggle with
an awakened appetite.
Finding that I wculd nut leave hitn, he
arose and strode rapidly up the beach. f
followed near enough to keep him in sight;
but he turned into one of the streets that
came down to the beach, and I lost track
of him.
Nearly an hour afterwards, I foun:l leis
at the bar of the hotel with a glass in his
band, drinking. I went up to him, and
was about to speak, when be bent towards
TM with so evil a light in his eyes, that I
felt for the instant afraid. Lifting a warn
ing finger, lie said, in a low, passionate
voice : "Keep on your own side, sir! I
owe no good will—and Fin 11:1112,WOUS !"
Ile stood, bending forward. gazing steadily
at me, without cbanging a muscle of his
face, or varying its expression in the
smallest degree.
I turned slowly and went away - . my
heart like lead in my bosom.
CHAPTER 111
- Mr. Clare was absent at tea-time, and
his wire did not comedown from her room.
I sat out upon the porch until nearly ten
o'clock waiting fur his return.
"Isn't that him ?" asked my wit::. who,
troubled as I was, sat on the porch with
me
A nian, walking unevenly, came into
the light of the nearest lamp, took hold of
the post and studied hinisclffor a moment,
and then moved on toward the cotta! , e.
Yes, it was Clare. lie came forward,
planting his steps carefully, stumbled a
little as he ascended the porch, but recov
ered himself, and, without speaking, came
in and went up to his chamber, u►aking
but little noise on the way.
We soon followed, anxious and heavy
hearted, and sat down in our room with no
thought of retiring. The souuds that
came from tha next room were not intel
ligible nor satisfactory. Some one was
moving about uneasily, and either putting
things right or changing the old order.
This went on steadily for perhaps a quar
ter of an hour, without a voice being heard.
Then we were startled by a low, quick
cry of; fear, and knew the voice to be that
of Mrs. Clare. A dead silence followed.
We listened in painful suspense.
'•I have a mind to do it," we heard Mr.
Clare say, and following the sentence came
the clear click of the pistol lock.
The next few minutes seemed an age,
as we waited for the deadly report, afraid
to stir or cal!, lest our interference should
work the fatal catastrophe we sought to
avert.
"Shoot if you will I" It was the clear.
steady voice of Mrs. Clare. "I am ready."
All was hushed as death again, and we
sat, scarcely breathing, in an agony .)f
dread. What would 1 not have given to
know just how it was in that chamber, so
that 1 might determine whether it were
safe to interfere. But the impenetrable
walls hid everything, and left us in doubt
and irresolution.
Silence ! silence for nearly a quarter of
an hour. Then old sounds began again,
and the uneasy movements and disturbance
went on.
"I'll throw you from the window if you
do that again !" There was something
savage in the voice of Clare as he said this,
in a loud unguarded voice.
Then we heard a struggle. I could
bear it no longer, but ran out into the
hal:, and tried to enter their mom ; but
the dwmwas fastened. I rattled the leek,
and struck the door loudly two or three
times.
"What's wanted ?" was growled from
within. I would never have recognized
the voice as that of Mr. Clare.
"Open the door," I said.
A hand was laid upon the leek inside,
and the key began turning in the wards.
"Don't, for heaven's sake !" 1 heard.
in a low cry of terror, from Mrs. flare.
This was answered by a wicked impre
cation, followed by a struggle, a heavy fall
upon the floor, and a silence deep as death.
I threw myself against the door, but
the lock and hinges were struig, and did
not yield. I was about repeating the ef
fort, when I found myself' standing Gee to
thee with Clare, his eyes wild awl fierce.
like the eyes of a wad wan, and his coun
tenance fearfully distorted. Ile held a
pistol in his hand. pointin g it di rec tly a t
my head. Ile did not speak, but looked
the personification of murder. I was par
alyzed by this apparition. and we stood
like two statues, for I cannot say how long
—a second or a minute—when flare
seemed to vanish like a spectre, and the
shut door was again between ns.
I went back into my room and sat down.
weak and trembling, great beads of sweat
rolling front my forehead.
"Ilark !" said my wife. and we both
listened anxiously. The noise that came
from our neighbor's room was like that of
a body dragged across the floor, and then
lifted upon the bed. It was the last sound
that reached our ears. For over an him
wc sat listening with strained senk , A. Not
the slightest movement was apparent.
"They arc asleep." said my wife. in a
husk whisper. It was after midnight.
"The sleep to one of them may have no
waking in this world," was my troubled
answer.
My wife shuddered.
_ _
"Cost what it will. I must have the se
cret of that room !" I exclaimed. starting
up under the sudden spur of keen self-ac
cusation. "I am a dastard to sit here and
leave a poor weak woman to the mercy of
a drunken maniac !"
I would hear to no remonstranc-i in the
part of my nife. but went out quickly.
How was 1 to enter the room ? I stood
close to the door. canvassing in thought
the ways and means of passing the barrier
that intervened, when to my surprise
saw that it was slightly ajar, not having
been fastened by Clare when ho shot it in
my face. Softly I pushed it open. step
ping noiselessly into the room. A lamp
still burned on the mantle. The sight
that met my eyes, so unlooked for and so
touching, I shall never forget.
Mrs. Clare was lying on the bed. her
face turned towards the light. She was
very pale, her countenance having the
marble fixedness of death. But I saw that
she was sleeping. Oh! the sadness, the
grief, the helpless anguish that rested on
her lips, and moulded the lines about her
mouth ! I felt the tears creeping into my
eyes.
- Sitting in a, chair beside, the bed, was
Mr. Clare, also asleep. One arm was
drawn under and around the neck of his
wife, and her white cheek pressed closely
to his face, that was so much shadowed
that I could not get its full expression.
I stood only a moment jolt long
enough to comprehend the scene—then
noiselessly shut the door.
_
On the next morning. Mr. and Mrs.
Clare met us at the breakfast-table. Her
face was so Changed, I would scarcely have
recognized it. I noticed that she leaned
towards her husband as she 53i de hi m
at the table, in the old way. nail rinser
than before. !Pis face was that of 1 man
who had suffered a terrible butuiliation.
lie neither looked at Doer spoke to any
one. But I noticed, as he drank his coffee.
and cat, or pretended to eat, a piece of
toast. that his hearing was firm. like that
of a man self-possessed and in earnest.
()nee only since then have I (Towed
their path. though the thought of them
long remained a heavy burden on my
heart. It was a year afterwards I met
them in the Park, walking nrighe7. she
leaning on his arm. the sweetnes4 and love
I hail once seen, again resting on her
countenance. and the manly strengt4 and
gentleness of his face as marked a,. when
first saw him at the sea-shore.
They ili,l not olk4erve me. 30,1 1 pia4e,l
on. glad t, Le unohservel. ani with a
liYbter heart. 1124 I Sal , ' fervently :
"Thank
=_gattling - tor the illion.
THE 1 I.tt.t: TEMPT:ft.—No trait of
character is more valuable in a nunaie than
the posseision of a sweet temper. Home
can never be made happy without it. It is
like the &wen: that spring up on: path,
way reviving and eneermg us. I, t a wan
go home at night, wearied and worn out
by the toils of the day, and how soothingly
is a word dictated by a good disposition !
It is sunshine falling upon the heart lie
is happy and the cares of lire are fo-gottcri.
A sweet temper has a s,othing influence
over the minds of the whole family.—
Where it is found in the wife and mother.
you observe kindness and love predomina
ting over the natural feeling of a had heart.
Smiles, kind words and looks characterise
the children, and peace and love have their
dwelling there. Study. then, to acquire
and retain a sweet temper. It is more
valuable than gild, and captivates more
than beauty, and to the close of lire retains
all its powers.
A DUTCH NOTICE.—Stop diet': Look
here voice. don't it ? I rant to fint we
oud, of you got blenty dime. and don't got
nn bosopility of a clout spout it. vareapouts
a man Tiffs here rot wort away a long spell
cf veder ago. Ile lied down py an Irish
man rot keeps a Dutch grocery store; nod
runt away mit mine vile and mine nruprel
la, and I don't likes dot. c-.nuse dot makes
me aggravat;on. 'Veil, I don't rare use AO
much apout de ole romans ; but I valets de
umperella pack. Ile TM a shtond-gorn
blected yeller, apout tree huntret end forty
pounts olt, and !multi veigh apout dirty
fife years wit an ivory handle nn'l tree
rips pr.tke. Ain't it ?
"A MAN in a l'ennsyivani., lunatic
asylum," says an exchange. • imagines
himself a woman, and fur that reason
parts his hair in the middle." Several
Huntingdon young men, outside of the
lunatic asylum, part their hair in the
middle, because, as it is supposed, they
hare a reason.
"THERE," said a Effie girl, while rum
maging a bureau, "there now, grandpa
has gone to heaven and left his specta
cles."
TEMPTATIONS are a file which rub off
much of the trust of our self-confidence.
A Discouraged Boy.
This b.y was a wood h.y. tie .wits
here been an angel to-dny het C)r tie tihno
reit of this false hearted wall He impel
one of 3 set of triplets. and tberegwip
didn't hiro honors showerel Irte
him in his early days. bat .41 women said
there was riundation there for an orator,.
a great general or a phiL-s , pher. and oki
men examined his 7:ead and raid it yrs
levet,. Nothing p-i-tiontar lrippen,d t..
Christopher Colutabns until the eighth
yew of his reign. Ilis cheiih slays
were full of mud pies. the butt end of shin
gles, paregoric. Pm/4 t avid ~Tel straw
hats with th • front irrim t off 11
was a deep thinker and a ..dose .sliserzer for
a small boy. an') h.- W3ll jolt ins. tie
enough to believe thin- , 1 which other boy*
pitched nut the win.l.yr w:.thoist a •Mernia
When ehri-toplier t roinz :) It ainr
year obi he heard some one •,:c ?hat
penny !Sart.' W'tl tW110 , 11 , 19 went".' 114
therefore ki I ttnr-strran away ja a
crack under the mop tp , ard. and every day
he looked to se, grow to two e.ntA lie
hail eontilenee :tail patience, but at length
both dare war. Then he zot the eent
one day, and Nort , n's winniienneti
it. an.! that was rive last that 116001,111
The youthful Christopher .iiiin't belirte
in maxims quite as nt teh before, b e
hadn't rut his eye-teeth yet
When this boy Will 3 7 ,se .44,p e hr
hetri it 9ki:d that -trunk wan mighty and
ova,' prerail," and that a boy who a:ways
spoke the truth tr , nl.i nuke a great
and 700.1 man
coosteneed 1., veil the
truth. On.• !lay h : zt+t his father's best
razor nut and harked it -n a stun-.. sod
when the old gent eame 'lonia and asked
who in the blarys had FL. se that. Clirlsw
pher Columbus spoke tr . , and said
wa.,4 1, f,th..r—!: notebe4 your ra
zor."
eh r* the old Inns a
Inokecl op into the pearls tree; 041.
I'll fix you an you won't serer noteb =-
other razor !or me
.‘nd he cot a butidinz iimb to! ,Ireet
ell that hny down until the boy .311 gear*
That nilht Christ/Titer ralituabtai
mined never to tel the Iry h again attires
by accident, ant all thr•n,:h stair:
to that retoluti..n
When the 1:14 tw
oil h.' ra4l in a little honk that •-howeity
was the hen pulley. - He diciart mom t h us
half believe it. bat 'hooch' he'd try. lie
went to being hone... One lay his moth
er sent him to th..! 7•70 ,, ,ry te , !Ply owe.
but Bill Jon• . indoer.l hi as to sysaiwiler the
chanze f,r Whim be got
home hi. moth.r hi= ror the little
balance. anti I•isrietopher
• Spent it for soda. eb" +he rephet.l.
••liere your poor $1 mother is workinf
like a sfare. aryl yon are arrintwi wars%
sods-water ! f don't think ri.lll swill
any more. I : .oats trey
knee.**
ag;tate , i hire in the iivelieat
manner That night an he tastie.l on his
downy straw tier, the hny merle ip it s:wd
that hnneity didn't pay. amyl he rewilve.l tw
cheat the who'.. wnrki if he nnwl4
When l'hri,itoph.w ex+ a hail I year
oliier he e-one li-rem the injnnetion = ••
kind t., the poor. - H.• did not bony
eheth - w it ge.ni.l re .'r r. 4. Mat be net
about 't. Its knew 4 pow w , wase wbo
rii-e<l.4 a , priwz two s:pet. awl be took
over hi 4 ni.,ther . .. 31. W: with a few other
thin t &s. int-liplin-: We+ father's 'lrmo. pair
or hoot.. hi. own sanday *lto,. awl on no.
Ile went *mond feeling sett' bi r-kmisrteal
until the old gent wanted to go to the laalge
one night and then it eanse inst.
ae.sy my boot.. eh r tine
father ; "Tinged yonr notorber't beet bon
net off. •
eh ! ‘l', l l 1.1 -o't think yoiaTl
rettlensb,w th • :oior rel. ! wear% after to
_ _
A r pi he vna.led Chrt.t.ipher f:Astn
lati+ with 2 rirnp-bandle anti! the
fainted aw.iy. am! es,n then he ofol
reel thiorzh he hid !Fit tinonwpri
job nr it.
Thf., fieded th:9 1.1 'bare mi.. 1.0
helPI 3 rich loan *ay that everyfondy Ana;•l
••ticik , had whi! , the ante Anse. - wi,.,
there earn , a 4.inloy h • ...Ist ant. t•s , bh
his father . 4 eeythe 4;ira fr •lie piens
tree awl went t,i iiiraing hay.
lie the scythe. r-st 4.an the MT
nip and hae'ze , l hi+ +:+eer ia the Ito-% euti
his mother r •ur and led hitte aressed
by the hair in.' beeineeil bins moil he sl
must went int. 4 'err ae r4lty eneirin't
b-inationale tha boy after asst. He ;grew
wicked every day nt hw lit=►. and befare his
eighteenth birthday arrived he was Wog
for twirler if/ said ke Ain't elm s
lisekleherry abnut it. and died with
ntaling tke ~r Jail oration.
—.t. (boo/.
-........- ..... - 4.-- _
A Woman True.
Place he; 'otte-r
tender plant. an.l iii a thin.; of hairy.
way stardnein and folly —aseoyed by a dew
drop, fretted by tbi torch a hatter-11y',
wing and ready to flint .14: the sonme.l et
beet!e : an I 4h-- is overpnwerwi by dal
perfume of a rwebad. Bet let a real ca
lamity mine. ;vase her steetseets. ewhivelle
the fires of her heart. and mark bee the
how her heart strengthems itself—h)w
strong is her heart ; place her In else heat
of the battle—give her a child. a b;rd--
anything-to protect—and see her rd
ative instance: iitlinz her white arr. as a
shield, as her wen blow' crime/me the a
ttuned gwebead. prayinz Cw life to pro
tect she he1p'4.4.4.. Traissplast her is the
dark places of the earth. rail forth her en
ergies to action. and her breath bevels.. 3
healing. her presence a blessiste. She dis
pates inch by Inch the stride of stailtin7,
pestilence. when nsan. the strew and brave.
pale and affrighted. shrink. sway. 111:4-
15, rtane h al inr.4 her set ; die wears away a
life of silent endurance. and rote fiwwawfi
with leis timidity than to her built! Int
proiperity inc is a had fall of atC,rs. wait- .
ing bat fir she winds ef adversity to lea
ter them abroad rit•• g.1:1. rentable hut
untried in the forisavvi. In short. 'nesse
is a niirac:e—a mystery. the mitre frmi
which ridialeA ,hanal 4 8..11.4-
enee.
BE contest to motion.: poor. winks Ns
ers arooo.l you prow rich by crated steed
; be withoos plate of ►ems 'we
others herr their way upward.; boar tie
pain of dLappointed bors while 'Arse
gala theirs by flattarry ; forms the sr,-
eions pressure or the bassi Syr mike% adm
en cringe and crawl.
To tie.- nate:A sun. Time iw tbe sub
stance Eternity the Amber ; Moths spir
itual man. Rivalry ii+ the substaises, Time
the shallow.
A wax who is talhiwg;to 2 lady
g o=
hi, hand on her shoulder may be
too ttnieheng in his ream*.
Tie-ao. Tahoe se Se Fly.
r.swisre4l sloosselhoss » sow tee•# b
lake, am s ewe.
The shimmi DINA t L L r was kip.
been pnittpemni well die await
The irlitm-siel milkier is chimp ow
on he el...4er* by order of tilt Meyer
Jaage Jr he X irtisligaria. /IMP
ice. at.pp. “ elle* %mho nit
Nirir ..f
friss tie* !Ow
lErn.r.ir;rt sr. ti.tross lb, pass.* 4 AM
RR C.-tostasts.
.‘ 11.1.4 city itionwe. own. ogre
Li. 1 , -k No priprot imemoislp by eke signor .
firm -1 hr-a.
amelirrire gay* • Asomparr
is eirr.- thirds qv.? 4riellinet ado i. Om
fallotigil to Forest aiesp. —
Two Wm vete billed a ilbe PassayL
raiii3 ems' Cogapeinfo misery se Willinbar
rep me Frio, fry el. 11l 4 s'iv ow
.1 Losisvirler greinmes --1111 m -9
useribias aimet 4-T• I erns emit Ars
esimi 11. 11.20. peslisely
i"..wortior W. , f 71.rpt h r Ti m .
per ir , 99,4 away ...,..ices iir bis 019..
ewer an be 2114, same die awegk
men
Mira., Bins., and Slasonvi linariurr
ay. 44- , t rvirapc cradlanaus af !bard
s th. r.e.sops , owing iw. grodennr.
is 1:'..17 di.. Lam , in
...ovErrinr itiradridia i» earinially s sin
dilidate Vs' the Prlssidrsey. lie ine Apar
so Ow. Visit. 4 11 , 0111 r errimar. 'Ayr* tho
xrrt !-irk -me !Wm vetlem-e ii. Ida
Tv.: !vs,. dor ill !wawa - tits
in the'renum 4 dour T•umi Mir Claw
ties .Voneistion isAprisigisit Xis sr
keep :boa arrseller. hen min ie.
The &WO de St Lurie sal hoe
M tarn Itaimail tepee Ow 11,e,
lteviattami in teemed 111.300.ame 411 sir
mad aseand Isampir Sari
it was • -4marlias fri+roary, aim s bridal
ma* 1.1 nauslita ; it sae bar 0:04.07p"
; se 11P.trois 4 vv. naerip:*
att4 'Um dopy Xotgri NIP al
Ira.; • :Ivy r ' •
Tree Cliiegro nom imp wormair Sac
simerseut Om Or -if Abe 4geeraw
rent hatied iw Laid= binume be isms.»
fr., ass& 4 dry nessesie mull • h ours
seri eiririwr-
The Emits Adiesiems is ia sin
:steer r.viersio Causses iresti4 s sow
Wok ore tisr fielstartatt swot and se it
first, it inn be by fir tits ire hissuiry
dee civil war yet miens.
Prof. J. robe. db. elms Ishii»
phor. hap tigursos4 ea bit poi .4 eel Ts
',orris,' (Wimp. h0v..41 assimps.
witty in !imam Ihr she -4
'.-!aril oft pirßimplby Illarirdion
rpo.. to tiro , Valera IS
r.rnipr. Otoisdo to visit Ise Ashors
tit volt Ow dm parreirefiseniair:
prirmesily law she wires elf Pim* $
W.alowth. air porri...-iisp. who , a lid es its
ice,!„'
It 1. tiv.imeaft.4 Mao ems. Doi-
Icy Ware'r will ea it liwasptiii him
Gasify. :a Ur abort alms a
ys-ir tr. Warmer wir oposai mama wit
1 , 475. frma Sto.rary 'rile soy 11 ,
astiripatr4.
pPiiiirr r2804e0 s r.:...,
*Arm emir gene. led ievivell
If eir amid ton bar 4 soy s so lolliph
trair4pil. • TIPP ".
boner et few awl inf. rim rewri
amtes. *
Mr Jelin illemelk. dre SNP IVAN/
16 / 7 tileme 4 Sawass. sop: - Joie I% twit
ea. der iiiiiiticand 41 1 - Arailion. a se
ie. gee sionew vie-r IMIP WWI Irbil sr
ist•Vorite sio4 SIP Uwe as
boirnieg 4 retie.
ri.• Psis iseiwartri
that Tss or: jaw els
boom low r•ttistfir I .. 041111.101111N . F
whir!' w. firs fare Vier woe boi
wi.essAiri riffle+ if soirisify ism 'lois
!kis ikon he isms ass floss
5;,.-•. lllmams illossuss. imp if flir ors
4iss issrissiol Divas. essesomilm lbw
eisfidirar ineri. kw MI big ssoisis
iirtf. rivftises porebamil i &sod paws
rr Cara. is riortrriltil iisiosy, re*.
and sedsoll elm s Ihroor
froserso 4. brow ,f
Gewrei f:rsee 4eritiv ?Iv sesommaiii saw
prnize diet prommk4ll dr 11.11 elf
i. saw , krweisil r die evallemod pumpfosi
porp..• 0i s atiwohnese for ollikhos pv
=61,1421..4 • is ries,
Mileusso's Iseempws
limese is to be isimesui se &yew
it& the savivegfery Alf i&
4.-tskusest ti, Airy sundslw APP
owe sway Ow ~jar. Tar 1•0111111 ft Or
srs s. sw tonseire
r,,. h
Mr Mar • ? - sr - gior- urge sq.
mod proprourare r assomob spit
the r.isairm Thr how awl sodirvisil
birrisz baps ri-arniAn-1 an die Ti.....,
wk. 1. awe rerimilla aver
s No of Imre is maw ...lA. 111110111 Are
J monad hooey it. bus Altrargorr.
Trierarrie so semi of iv dim eillivw
r t. ir p. it
Tbo riseieseis ma rarer -
, or gibe tev par ,roustive 4 :awes ir wear
- Th. kiwi. are brag myseeri. w bow
dreg .
iii rem et ion zie.
ire% ermeeni. reipie ae. isying
tablet voireyeyere. roe ribmilisql dery
evaders. ervemodeeerrApe ere spibelbeg
seal Rev nehrede at- by- mi bowie.
zirt fi. Illeerbreme. 4.llieureeeme
N. armor, lery Salm et bewebiel.
pelblidre. 3 borribis lierweres et dbe
craw. The fabre lime lidoeibear
e.roret to. law WWI ledipm. mai dime
ree4 bow h& if she reselhell i iseberry.
Heeeiregnee boo air beer sea raw ha
-era}- clam beierz arnervill.
PlAilairipier flier et IP4rmae 16-
7/33 4 / 3 311161111 .111 ISO parr er
use e , 4les L • Lb. verb or rey per se"
tbe 141.11.1 tareeri Area by dr Agar
oir any istonimmest sire will laid ref.
sweet real e.wevieere 4 dir silence 'f
aborley into rl. naw WAN, semeess
r siseiree IMMO err rerrebet Ibmerupw.
ob. roe Uwe assid
Tft• srevri•ip mar Jew 4WD, 4
thee* torresse N•ve York. Imomillaups.
mimeo' learis. ebtaiekse. palm to Up.
kagb Patio glass. Tit rimie bone
evigiasity iamb die biedhps
year perviomsi it sr rib.
beim, swil imam le aft tositure IN&
asesell obi it is said am piss
itiodor im dot is wit — SOS
ettt r
possessid 11122 los fir ansai
whit*. 4 envoi. Ira .2•4 1. bunimil
No. 32.