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'. WfiTWdeatii.
Spring was busy in the Woodlands,
Climbing up from, peak to peak,
As an old man sat and brooded,
With a flueh upon his check.
Mony years pressed hard upon him,
And. his living friends wero.fotv,
•And from out the sombre future
; Troubles drifted into view.
There is something moves on strangely-.
In old ruins gray with years ; '
Yet there’s something far more touching
In an old-face wot with tear& -
And ho sat there, sadly sighing .
O’er his feebleness and wrongs; .
Though the birds outsido his window
Talked of .summer in their songs.
Bnt, Tjehold! a change comes o?er him,:
. Whore are all his sorrows bow? •
• ’Could they leave hia heart as quickly
•> As the gloom.clouds lol’t his brow ?
Up the green slope.of his garden, [■
, Past the dial, ho saw run
Three young girls, with bright eyes shining,
Like their brown beads, in the sun 1.
There was Fanny, famed for wisdom j
And'fair Alioo, fumed for pride;
And ono that ■“ My uncle,"
‘ And said little else beside. .
Apd that vision startled.mozAbtfok,
(That soon hid all scenes of strife,
Bonding floods of hallowed sunshine
Through the ragged rents of life.
Then they took him from his study,-
Through long lanes and tangled bowers.
Out into tho shaded-valleys,'
.Richly tinted o’er with flowers.
"And he blessed their merry
Singing round him as he wont,
For the sight of their'wild gladnosß
, FUlyd his own-heart with content.
And, that night, there came about him
Far-off meadows pictured fair,
Mimiteoac
Brant's Discoveries.
, Captain Grant, Nile discoverer, Jiis b'deii
giving the public some more details of his
experience among the' African tribes. He.
lays:
, ’Many curious barbarous customs prevail
Uganda.- One is that if a page does not
oomey properly the king’s orders, dr mis
conveys them, the poor boy hns.liis intellect
■narpened by having one or bot i ears cut
Pa. Maimed boys and hatidless men, not
seemingly disgraced, were, therofiire, not at
all uncommon ; and on seeing' my hand, it
at once struck him that I had been a page,
for he asked me. He pdnishes by torture to
death. The lives of men and WOiiUin Are tft
»en for the most trivial offences—a coiriiiioO
saying being that he never looks bright, or
'to bfieiness can be done" till the day bits
commenced with a few being led to execiV
tion. Not a day passed without our hearing
of or actually seeing some poor victim. A
mlfeabte young girl, or handsome woman,
from the palace gate’might be seen walking
~9 WD the road perfectly alone and unheeded
py passers-by, wailing nya-wd, &o„ mother,,
jo the most bitter, agonizing tones, perhaps
meeding from a spenr wound, and mournful
ly following a single palace guard,” walking
“hy.yards m front of her to the place of ex
ecution j others would have a whip-cord
ound the wrist, and follow the man along
>« » dog; while others pull. I have seen
wost reluctantly, against the cord by which
Bey are being led to death, screaming most
ruelly. Princesses by birth had several
privileges—they could not be executed like
. , cr . B ~ ari( l the king’s sistef, the K&ndSoiii
« girl in the palace, had the privilege of
“Iso being his wife.’ . . * 6
also narrated the fol-,
l . 8 inoidert't which occurred while the
f.;. J,,Y e rA B*ay 8 *ay’ n ft in the territory of a very
P r . ln ®? : ‘ The king had a little child,
ed n . a P tam Ccant, for its amusement, carv
er ’tVK C * )resen *.' n S a m an dangling in the
' ucu.tho king saw this toy he wits sb
*t that he appropriated it to
treh f n na B ? nt a carpenter to out down a
tlm ,i° r rP.*, a ' n Crant to make a similar toy
that th* °* Cf course the Captain said
furniul. l^™ 8 ,™ 1 * 161, beyond fits.capabilities,
Captain s nB i he 'T as with » penknife only.—
InJ nr, .1 ■,a* Bo c »rved a toy represent-
With L S" drawing a piece of artillery!
Th B Vi„ tllIar ? man seated on the gun.—
h„ dBTn gWa . 3 ' m mensely taken with this,
which P, r . esaa d h's surprise that elephants (of
proving , r 0 " ere “any wild ones ih his
bount 6 ?i c .°V*d he turned to so good ao
a >atnni„ ®f ant t°ld him that this was
f Urn „;„ ct ingenuity and prowess of
“c had » nS, ,,^' lla king hereupon said that
fed Canin" °n gun — a “ ix pohnder—and ttSfe
it, it; : la , rapt to tbake it giln carriage for
Medina « Captain was again obliged to
knife ’ 10 hid nd tools beyotfd bis jfen
bam^tTr" ,‘“'' u S ua t. 1861, a Herman, Whoso
tfou. , tor hear mentioning at the request
, avin "'ermant, left this city as a volunteer,
th' 0u ?, b °hind him a wife and a house-oat he
lhat°r inu °h of. He made his wifa-promise
Sfaui, aenov , e r his favorite oat had kittens she
|„a "°t kill them, but keep them, and their
|v o i na 3a . unt 'd his return. Faithfully the
®s \ve " as * £e P t her word, and this forenoon,'
ah e aurse lvos, has about her house in
| hej „j. . . a rdi in. which she lives, in ft
s s &9 an d raping about the prem->
I 'cu, nr , ° at anl * her children, grand chil
| u, ui)ernft r! l ehiidren, etc., eto., to the
s I’li, ttwo hundred and nine oats, oattets,
I io Omm Democrat.
Ja'ttesn nv f n i>i his cquting room
?» ■ am! onm ° nly ()f " t *‘° ,l6st J’ oars of his
iflWo of n .l!l e 01lt ‘V* n,lle * l °f"a. m«n irnd as
i 1 i mole as when ho wont in.
Brbel Women.
R-E. TV, army correspondent of the Caica
go Journal ; in one of his letters from Tennes
see, says: '
~I pball neypr Tie done adfiifring the patri
otic faith 'find 'hhdying devotion of. the loyal
women of the land, but I must tell you that
the Rebel women of the South aro worthy in
everything but the sacred ,cause of their
Northern sisters, there is nothing, they will
notsurrender with a smile; the gemmed ring,
the diamond bracelet, the rich wardrobe.-,
They out jap the rich carpet for soldier’s
blankets without a sigh ; they take the fine
linin from their persons for the .bandages.
When 400 of liopgstiMet’s mien came up to
Nashville, prisoners of war, about the stron
gest, .dirtiest, ; wildest fellpw.s the sun
Shown on, and a Bight of stairs in the,build
ing they occupied Tell, killing and wounding
a; large number of, them, you. should have
seen the, fair young trnitoresses come forth
from the oldnristooratic mansions, bearing
restoratives and > delicacies in their hands,
mingling in the dingy crowd, wiping 'away
the blood.with their white handkerchiefs,
and uttering words of. cheershotflfi bjkVb
de«n-them doing this, with hundreds of Un
ion soldiers all around, gnd smiling back
upon the rough blhcckguafds of rebels as
they left. But in all there was a defiant air,
a pride in their humanity strange to see'.-
Of.a truth they carried it’off grandly.
-And almost all these girls were in mourn-,
ing for . dead Rebels, brothers,, lovers and.
'friends, whom these same girls had sheered
into ffdiiStfnS and driVen Thto rebellion, and
billowed all the South with their graves, and.
the.least they could do was to wear black for
them arid flaunt black from the window
blinds; Clothed bo their souls in sackcloth 1
I said they were worthy of their sisters nit
the North, in all but a righteous cause, but
I said wrong. There is a bitterness, there
sire glimpses of Jho Pythoness, that makes
yop shrink from them. But they are fear-. .
fully in earnest; they. are almost, grand in
self-shcridce. Oh; that ,'they were, true and ■
loving daughters of the old flag 1
A Wife’s Infltien'ee.
Judge O’Neal, in the Yorkvillo Inquirer,
tells the’ following of Judge Win. Smith', ol
SoVith Carolina’: .
lie had the rare blessing to win the love of
OHO of the piVest, bASt wotnWn-,
whO'Sd in'tff'i'oWr HAs ever been pyesefitAt) VlYa
writer. He married. Margaret Duff. In his
worst iiiys she never upbraided him by word’
look or gesture, but always met him as if he
was one of the kindest and best of husbands.
This course on her part humbled him; and
made him weep like a child. This sentence,
it is hoped, will be remembered, yriis the lan
guage of’JAdgo SnJiitti to the friend already
named,'and to those w,ho knew the St6rn, tin
bending character of the Judge, Ik Will teach
a lesson of ho\v rntlth A piitfent won! An’sieve
and devotion can do, as he himself told it;
‘The evening before the Return Day of the
Court of Common Pleas for. York District a
client called with fifty notes to be nut in suit.
Mr. Smith was not in his office—be-was on
What is now fashionably called a sprCo—then
a frolic. Mrs. Smith received the notes and
snt .down in the office to the work of issuing
the writs and processes. She spent the night
life : Work—Mr. Smith in riotoiis living. .At
daylight, on his way home from his carou
sals; he SAW a light in his office, and stepped
in, and to his great surprise shwhit tphihbln
wife; who had just completed what ought to
have been his work, with her head on the
table and asleep, His entry, awokfe
She told him what she haddobe, aha showed
him her night’s work—fifty writs and pro
cesses. This bowed the man. he> fell
on hie fehe'Os, iihplored pardon, and then
promised her never to drink another drop
while he lived. ‘ This prorhiso,’ says my
friend Col, Williams,, ‘he faithfully kept,’
&nd saiij the judge to him, ‘ from’ that day
'everything I touched turned to gold.’ ‘His
entire success in life,' says Col. Williams,
he,Set down to, his faithful observance oFlhis
hdliie promised , , ,
“ No hettef- phlngy ‘oo\lld be pronounced on
Mrs. Smith thati has just been given in the
words of her distinguished husband. The
reformation of such aonan as William Smith
is a chaplet of glory which few women have
been permitted to wear. To the people of
South .Carolina, and especially of York Dis
trict, certainly no- etronger-argument in fa
vor of temperance, total abstinence, need be
given.’ • .
Stonewali, Jackson’s Grave. —‘ Bury me
at Lexington, in the valley of, Virginia.’—
These words are said to. have been uttered
by that great, good lamented man, General
T. J. Jackson, jUst before his death ; and in
accordance With his sacred -conlnlandi all
tHdt id Wottal of the niost renowned ttnd suc
eßssnil thilUAr.y gßdilis that the War, or prob
ably mo’ddtH have prodliped, -U'dWj’ lies
inteffßd in the Walls of the Presbyterian
cemetery, located in the south western su
burbs of this delightful village... Nothing
marks the spot whore His mortal remains lie
to distinguish his grave from that of others,
save a dintiriiltivo confederate flag, not larger
than a lady’s handkerchief.
This tiny emblem is fastened to a staff not
more than two feet long, and placed at the
head of the gyave, and there waves, as if to
Illustrate the modest pretensions of the great
HOW of the Valley of Virginia. Close by his
Side a sniall grave is to be seen whioh'opn
tairiS the remains of his child, who died a
fbw years ago, and not far distant is the
grave of his first wife. ‘ Elinor, the daugh
ter of George and Julia Junkin,’ with a
plain marble slab at the head. His late res
idence is situated near the end of the town,
and like everything else planned by him, is
modest and unpretending. —Rebel Paper.
A flEAUTtfctfc FiaurtE.—tife is beautifully
cothpdred to a fountain: fed by a thousand
sterams, that perish if one bo dried. It is a
ti silver fc'ord, twinfedwith d thousand strings,
that part asunder if one bet broken. Frail
and thoughtless mortals are surrounded by
innumerable ddngers, which dake it much
more strange that they escape so long that
they almost porish suddenly at last. We
are encompassed with accidents every day to
crush the mouldering tenements we inhabit.
The seeds of disease are planted in our con
stitutions by nature; The earthand atmos
phere, whence we draw the bred th of life'are
impregnated with death. Health is made to
operate its ottn destruction, the food that
nourishes Containing the elements of decay;
the solll that nninfatds it, by vivifying first,
tends to wear it out by its own action ; death
lurks in ambush along thepaths. Notwith
standing this is the truth, so palpably con
firmed by the daily examples before qur eyes,
how little do we lay It at heart I We see
our friends and neighbors die among us ; but
how seldom does it ecour tobur thoughts that
our knell shall, perhaps, give the next fruit
less warning to the world.
•/
TUB VEILED iIHBROB ;
Oft,
PICTURES OF THE NE'IV Veaß.
BV UonATTO ALOEnAjn.
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The Old Tear was fast drawing to a close.
But ft few.hours nnd the advent of his suc
cessor would be hailed by merry shouts hod
joyful gratulations, mingling with the merry
chime of bells ringing out a noisy welcome
from church towers and steeples.
Adam-, Hathaway, ft wealthy merchant, sat
In his coftnting rOotrr, striking ft balance be
tween bis gains anddOwfes for ,theyear which
bad nearly passed. From the While that
lighted up bis countenance, as he.drew near
the end of his task, it might safely be inferr
ed that the result proved Ba'tisTaotob'y. .
He at fongth' threw down his pen, ftftor
footing’ up the last column.-and 'exclaimed,
■joyftlhp , . .
‘ STve thousand dollars feet gain In one
year. That will do-very well—very.well,
indeed. If. I am as well prospered in .the
•year to come, it will indeed be a‘Happy
New Year.’ ’ ‘ ' -
His nfeditatiohh were interrupted by a
.knock of the door..' Ho opened the door and
saw standing before him a man ot ordinary
appearance, bearing under . his-arm some-.
String; the nUtVii'e.uf .wliioh ho ciVfl'ld not cafe-,
lecture, wrapt fep in brown.paper. •
•Mr. Hathaway, I believe?’ was the strain
gor’s salutation.
‘ Yon are correct.’ ;-.,
‘ Perhaps, if not particularly engaged, you
-will .allow ' me. a few minutes’ conversation
with you 1 ?’
1 Yes; certainly. ’ was the surprised reply ;
‘ though-1 am at a loss to - conjecture what
can have brought you here/
“You are a wealthy ,mitn,' Mr. Hathaway, -
and every year -mci'enses your, possessions.
May l ast what is your object iu accumula
ting so nmoli property V -
‘ This is a vojrj,singular question,- sir,’ said
the hivereh'ant, who lieg'ah to'entertain doubts
ns to’his visitor’s sanity, ‘ very singular. I
ynppose I am influenced by the same motives
that actuate other men—the -necessity Of pro
viding tor my physical wants, and so con
tributing to my happiness;
‘‘■And thih.fe’O.iVte.its you? But your gntfis
arc not. all' devoted to, this piirpOVc. This
last year, for ’ example, th 6 ijverplu.s has
amounted to five thoViVftnd dollars,*
‘I know not where you hnvo.gained your
information/said Mr. Hathaway, Aft sOFfd-rtie.
• However, you are right.’
‘ Ami what do you intend to '(So, wllh this j’
* You - are somewlVftt free with your ques-
I turn, sir. However, I have no objection to
answering you., I slialllay it up.’
‘ Fur wliat.purpoN'e ? 1 need. nOt . tell you
■ jhiit trtTmcy, in: irsct 1,.,is of no value. ..-ft is
only the representative of value. Why then
do you allow ii to remain idle.?’
‘ How else slinohl I employ it? .1 have a
comfortable house,well burnished—should I
purclinse one more expensive ? My 'table is
well jtrnvideil- slionld I live more luxurious
ly? .My wardrobe is well supplied!—should
I dress more expensively f’ • ,
•To those questions I answer ‘ No.’ Bat
it does not follow, because yon have n 1
h use, coni.fnrtulite clothing, ami a'weil-sup
plied.table. that others an; equally well pro
vided.' HhVe V l ii ,'tlpmglil to' give of your
abundance to those who -arc needy ; to pro
mote your own happiness by advancing that
Ofpitlicfs ?’ .
* I must confess thal ihis is ‘A duty wli’di
T lime neglected. Uiit there are almshouses
and benevolent societies: I'liei'o cilililiit be
much tbiScrv tliit e-oapus their nOlibe, 1 said
Mr Hathaway, ■
‘YmAshall Judge fur yourself.’
The stijiingiir cdninienced unwrapping the
package which ho carried under his arm.—
It wiis small mirror, with a veil hanging
before it, Ha slowly withdrew the Veil, anO
said: ‘tookl’-’
A change passed .over the surface Of the
mirror. Mr, Hathaway 1 , as he looked At it
i.itoiitl e, finind tliat itreflecteil a small room,
scantily furnished, while' a feint fire flick
ered iti the. grille., A bed stood In tine corner
of the room, on which reposed a sick ilia'll.--
By the side of it sat a. woman, with a thin
shawl over her shoulders, busily plying With
her needle. An infant liny lay in, a cradle
not fur uff.'which a little girl, called Alice,
whoso wasted form ami features spoke of
want and privation, was rocking to sleen.
• Would yi «u lieiu ViMiut they arfc
asked the stranger.
The niif.jhant nodded acfluiesceilcriJ Ini l ,
mediately thbrb cilmo to liib ear tlje coufused
noiiie of voicoh, from whieft he soon distin
guished that uf the sick man, who atiked for
some food. ,
* We have none in the house/ said his
wife, * But I shall soon get tins work finished,
and then I. shall ba abld to giime.*
husband groaned. -.‘Oh, that I should
obliged to remain idle on a sick bed, when
I might be earning money for you and the
children. The doctor says that now the.fe
ver has gone, I need'nothing but nourishing
food to raise me up again. But, alasl I see
do means of procuring it. Wouid .that some
rich man, out.of his abundance, would sup-'
tlly We with but a trifle from his board. To
him it would he nothing—to me everything/
The scene vanished, and gradually another
formed itself upon the surface of the mirror.
It wasrt siriall roonl, neatly, bllt notex-.
pfidsiVely, furnished. There were two occu
pants—a man of middle ago, and a youth of
a bright intellectual countenance which, at
tifesbht, denied overspread with an - dir of
dejection.
Mr. Hathaway, to his surprise; recognized
in the eentltfttian Mark Aiidleyu ii follow
tddfbhHhfc; aha formerly, intimate friend, who
but & few months before, had failed in busi
ness f and, too honorable to defraud hisorod-.
jfcars I; Hftd.given up all his.propCrtyi Since
nis failure lie Hsid been reduced to Accept a
.Merkshiff,
* 1 din sdrfy, Arthtlr/ edid hfi td hia son,
Jvdrj sorry that I could not edrry out my
intflrftion of entering yod dt college. ! know
youf/astea have always led yoh to think of a
professional bflrtidr ; btlt rrty. sudden change
of difh'limstAnces has placed it out of my
power to gratify you. It is best for you to
accept the situation which has been offered
job, And enter Mr.* .Bellamy’s store. It is a
very fair situation, and will suit you as well
as any/ , ”
.*I belief yo(i arti fight; sir/ said Arthur,,
respectfully, llhbdgh it will he hard tore
sign the hopes that I have so long cherished.
I. met Henry Fulham to day. He was in my
class at school, and is to enter college next
fall. I couldn't* help envying, him. How
soon will Mr, Bellamy wish mo to enter his
store?’' * .
■‘.Day after to-morrow, I believe—that is,
with.the beginning of tho year, New Year’s
Day bring .considered a holiday.’
‘Very well; you niay tell.him that I will
borne at that time.’
Tho scene, vanished as before-—a change
passed over tho. surface of tho mirror. Again
"pUII COUNTRY MAY IT ALWAYS BE RlGHT“ij'c’c jII&HT OK WRONG OUK COUNTRY."
CARL
The young man laid doWn the letter with
an air of depression.
‘ I scarcely know how to provide for this
new contingency.’ said he meditatively.-
‘My -salary is small, anil it requires the
strictest eoonorAy ’to meet niy 'expenses. I
might ask for an advance but Mr. Hathaway
is pArticnhu on thgt point, and Tshould-hut
court a-refusal. - But to have my mother’s,
furniture taken from, the house—the whole
amount would hardly coVei- the debt. There
is one TesoArcefe'iit,.alasl that 1 should'ev
%r’think of resorting to it. I could take the
money front the till, and roturn-itwhon lam
able; But; shall.l over be able 7 It would,
be no mote ,ty<W teks tlVfOa robbery. At Ml
events I will not do it tb-hight. Who knows
hM-Something may tArn-Up to helpus ?’
The young man blew out the lamp, and
left the store. The picture faded.
‘Twill show'you another picture, some
what 'different (rorti tho'ofhers ; it will be
the hist,’stfid the stranger.
The next scene represented the interior of
a baker’s shop. The baker—a coarse feat
ured man, - .with a hard, unprepossessing as
peel—was waiting on a wninhn, thinly olud
in garments more suitable for June.than De
cember. She was purchasing two loaves of
bread and a few crackers. There was amith
ef-cyistoAVor waiting his turn". It was a gen
tleman with a pleasant,sniile on his face.'
‘ Make .hAste,’ sAld th’e. IVAker, rudely, to
the woman, who was searching for her monev
to pay fop lier purchases :-1 can’t ship all
day : and here’s a gentleman that you keep
waiting.’ ' ‘
‘ (J.never mind me; I am in no hurry,’
the gentleman said. . . ’
‘ I am afraid.’ said the woman, in an alarm
ed tone, - that ,Thave lost my money. Iliad
it herein my pocket; but it is gone.’.
‘ 'Then yon may return the broad ; I don’t
sell for nothing/ , ■ .
. ‘ Trust mo for one* 1 ; air. I will pay you
in ft. day or two. 6therwi.se my children
must go without food.to -morrow/
‘Own’t. help that. You shouldn't have
becri-so . .
The woman.waaaboutturninguway, when
the voice of the other customer arrested her
ste
4 It was hut hAlf A dollar/ was the reply ;
4 hut it was of cmsequehce to me, a« I can
get no more for a day or two; and how we
are to live till then, lloavcn knows.' s
'Perhaps V\V;it Will hull) Voil to decide the
question/ and he took from his pocketa five
dollar bill, and handed it to her.
*O,. sir/ sAid She, llbr fiVce lighting up
\Vith gratitude, 4 this is indeed generous and
ridbife.; The blessings of those you have be
friended Attend ydd {*
.She remained to make a few purchases,
and then, with a light heart, departed.
The last picture faded from the mirror;
And thfi StrAUger, Snipping it up, simply
said: «
‘ You have seen how much happiness a
rifling sum can produce. Will you not out
ifyolir abUiUhinue, make a similar experi-
Thb stranger diaanpeared; and Mr. Hath
away Awoke to find his dreapi .terminated by
the chimes of the New Year's bells.
‘.This is something more than a dream/
said he, thoughtfully. ‘ I will* at all events,
take counsel, of the mystic vision ; and it
shall not be my fault if some hearts are not
made happier through my means bdfore
another sun sets/
When the merchant arose on the following 1
morning', it was with.the light heart which
always accompanies the detenriiildtidri to do
fight. lie was determined that the enluta
lion of ‘ A Happy New Year' should not bo
with him a mere matter of. lip service;
* I believe/ said he to Hiriifielf. *1 will go
and see my old friend* Mark Aadley, If his
son, Arthur, Js really desirous of gding to
college, what .is there ,to prevtqit my bearing
the expenses? I 'l am abundantly able, and
can dispose tif ray moneyed rio bfettfif. if tty/
As he walked along with this praisewor
thy determination in his heart, his attemii n
was drawn towards a little girl who was gr.i
zing with eager, wistfill eyes into the window
of a neighboring slidp, whßretoero displayed
in tempting array some, fine oranges. He
thoiight—oily, he toils quite sure—that in
her hb recognized the little girl who figdred
in the first scene. Unfolded the evening be
fore by the mysterious mirror. By way of
ascertaining* he addressed her in a pleasant
tone*
1 lotir naftlK is .Alice, is it not V
VYes sir/ said she, looking up surprised
and somewhat awed.
‘ And your father is sick, is ho not V
‘ Yes, sir; but hols almost well now;’
* I saw you were looking the oranges m
that window.- Now I will buy you a dozen
if you will let me help you carry them home.’
The purchase was made; and the rriefehon t
walked along, conversing vVith U is little don
duotor, who soon lost her timidity.
Arrived at the little girl’s, homo He fdiirid
that he had net been deceived id hid prfiSSri
liincuts.■ It ttas thd same room that he had
seen pictured in the mirror. The sick man
was tossing uneasily in bod when Alice en
tered.
‘ See, papa.’ said she, Joyfully ; ‘ see .wbitt
nice oranges i havo for you ; and hero is the
kind gentleman who gave them to ‘mo.’
...TJit;; merchant, before he left the htimblo
apartment, gave its occupants a timely do
nation and made New Year’s Day n day of
thanksgiving.
Mr. Hathaway soon' found himself at the
residence of ,his friend Audloy, who gave him
a warm welcome; ‘This is irtdeed kind,’
SLE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER id, l m. :
the merchant looked, nod to his surprise,
beheld the interior of his own store. A faint
light' tok burning, by the light of which a
young man whom he rccognfioJ ns Frank
Dutell, one of his own clerks, was reading a
letter, the contents of which seemed to agi
tate him powerfully. ~
The scene was,brought so near that ho
could, ‘Without difficulty, trace the lines,
written in a delicate female hand, ns follows:
‘ Dear Son You are net, probably,
expecting to hear from mo at this time:—
Alas! that I should have such an occasion to
write. : At the tiW'd ofyour father’s death, it
was supposed that, by the sacrifice of every
thing, we had succeeded, in liquidating all his
debts. Even this consolation is now denied
lis. I received a call from Mr. Berry, this
morning,,who presented, for inutiedfiito'pay
ment; a note, given by your father, for fifty
dollars. , Immediate payrdentT Ildvy, with
a salary barely sufficient to support us, can
yo'u meet shell n charge?, Can any waytbe
devised 7 Mr. Perry threatens, if the money
is not forthcoming, to seize our furniture.—
lie is a hard innW and I have no hopes of
appetising him. Ido hot, know that yod can
do anything to retard it; but I have, though!
it right to acquaint you with this now cnlura
ity.
Tour affectionate mother,
Marv Dobell.
ips.
‘ How much money have you lost? 7 ho in
ilred,
lent?'
anid he. * Tho friendship that adve'raity can
not interrupt Is Vehlly valuable/
Mr. Hathaway now introduced the objcc-
asking: ‘What do you mean to
do with Arthur? Ho vyns nearly ready
to go to college, was, ho not?’
_‘ He was; and this is one of the severest
trials attending my reversed circumstances,
that I am compelled to disappoint his long
cherished wish of obtaining a college educa
tion^’
‘ That most not be,’ said Air. Hathaway.
‘lf you and Arthur, will consent I Will my :
sell pay his charges through college.’
Mr. Hathaway,’ said Mr. Audlcy, in a
gloW of surprise had ‘this offer
evinces a noble generosity oh vour nhrt that
I shall never forgot. You tu'Ast lex Wie tell
Arthur the good news.’
Mr. Audloy summoned bis son, and point
ing to Mr. Hathaway, said: ‘ This gentle
man has offered to serid yoVi to collegeht bib
own expense.’
The eyes of the youth lighted up; and he
grasped the hand-of his benefactor, saying,
simply: ‘Oh, if yo.q btit knew how happy
•yOtvhave made the!’ . ■
•I do not deserve your thanks,’ w.Vs; tho
smiling reply;, ‘I haveleantod that to make
others happy is the VAAkV'afiWt v/Vy to se
cure niy Own happiness.’
~ Mr. ilnlb'AvVny tohk his why t 6 Vfi'6 store.;
Arrived there, he sought out Frank Huroll,
and requested him to step into his office, as
he W-ish'dd to spchk to hi'ih id
‘ Yoursalnrv is five hundred dollars ayear
I believe,’ sait{ he,
‘ Yea sir,’ said Frink DriVcll', soWowh'i't
surprised.
‘ I have come' to the conclusion that this
is insufficient, and I shall therefore advance
it two hundred dolfirS,; AVid, is a pArt of.it’
may not be unacceptable to you now, here
are a.liiindr.eJ dollars tbit yoU nliy consider
'Ari‘A'dvavce.’ . ■
_ ‘ Sir.’ said Frank Durcll, hardly believing
his senses, ‘yon cannot.estimate the benefit
I shall''derive from thia. generosity- ,My
toother, who . dep'irii'As upon mo for‘support,
Wus.about to be deprived of her furniture,
by an.extortionate; cVpditor ; but this timely
I must consider it so will remove
this terrible necessity. I thank you,-sir,
from my heart.’
‘ Yoir are qiiife, vVelcomb,’ siid 'th'e mer
chant kindly; ‘ln future consider too your
friend; and. if you should at any tinio bo in
want of advice or assistance, do not SoVAple
to confide iii the.’ . 1 ; . , . ’
‘At least,* said the merchant, thoughtful
ly. ‘ I have done something to njako this a
*. Happy Nevv'Ye,hr, for others.. The losspn
conveyed in the d'reAib of last night shall not
he thrown away upon me. I will take enfo
that many hearts shall have.cause to bless
the vision of tiie veiled Mtanoa.’
Reuarkaiile Lo.'toE'viTr.—Wo are jndebt
cd to a fiicml in .Missouri, for the following
statement in reference to an inhabitant of
Franklin county, reeiintly deceased ;.
. Micliqcl Sliookinan,' who died September
3d, 1863, at his 'farm in Bocuf township,
Franklin enmity. Mo., was born in London
county, Va., in 17511, making-liim Jlf).4yeArs
old. lie was IG or 17, July 4th, 1776, when
the Declaration of In Jcpendenoe was adopt
ed. He married ItVrfe and h;vd seyorAl ehi I
dren. He tlion removed to Tenresace.Ho
camo to Missouri about 1830, ,and has re
mained hbfe ever since.
He hda ever been an industilods, good cit
izen and has raised a large family.
Ho died,* leaving 2*2 children, 82 grand
children and ‘M) great gran 1 children.
His oldest child is over 80 And the young
est 8 yeafabld. '
Ho hAd doubtless more grand childrert, but
the faibily are so scattered Unit bVdny of
them have not been board front for years.—
Si. Louis Jiepuhlican.
liteati And Water.—By taking a strip of
clean lead, and placing it in a tumbler of
pure water (say rain or soft water,) in less
than an hour, by dropping in the tumbler a
little sulphide of aminooiUiU, n black precip
itate will be thrown down, coHaifctlng of til'd
sulphide of lead-~-€; <7,, lead must have boon
dissolved.and .held iri srt!Btiort in the water,
and ns the salt of lead happ'nriS hi Bd dln&Hcd
amongst eome iT the niosldiingqrrius poisohs,
we lire ndcfegsftrlly led to the conclusion that
lead pipes cOilvttyirig waiter, if Hhe latter is
pure, didst be smiieiVhllt uAiigdroUs. Wa-
ter standing in. a lead pipe for some hours
decomposes Hie tliCtfU, dhd when it is ruri off
the poison is carried with it. Water drawn
'in the rilorning thrmigh'a lead pipe should
never be USed for domestic purposes, such as
cooking or drinking, and servants id cities
should be instructed respecting this particu
lar subject, btecdli&b .they are .usually ignor
linl of thb nUtbre of lead, And IHB bffects of
water iip’dn it. Several metals taken in food
or drink accumulate slowly in the human
system and ultimately produce disease; but
it approaches so stealthily that the danger
is not Usihllljr Apprehended. Some of the
salts of lead arc. poisonous, arid the sulphide
is of this class; The interior of lead pipes
may be converted into litl iiidoUlblo Sulphide
pf lead By siiUjectiog them for some time to
the action of a hot sulph ite rif soda in solu
tion, according to tlio recent discovery ot Br.
Schwarz, of Breslau; . Those who prepare'
lead pipe for conveying writer for .domestic
purposes, eholilti test the Alleged discovery,
ns it is of the utmost importance that alb the.
safeguards to health should Bo enforced and
multiplied; * . >
heard a ernod story the other night
of two persona engaged in a duel. At the first,
fire, one of the ileborias proposed that they
shoiild pliKko Hilhfie and make Up. The oth
er second said he saw no particular necessity
for that, for their hands had been shaking
ever since they began \
loin of mutton was on the table and
the gentleman opposite to it took the carver
in hand:
'Shall I cut it saddlewisel' quoth he.
You had better cut it bridlewise.J replied
His neighbour; ' for {him we shall ml stand
a better chance to got a bit in oar mouthe I*
Useful Quality-;— A_ whg pnrohasdd a
very fine horse. Ketamine from n ride a
few days afterwards, ho eaid j)e had discov
ered a quality in his aniraqi whidh added a'
few founds te hie Valued—he shied at a lawyer
IC?* The police are after the perpetrator of
Ihe following cpnyndrum :—‘ IVhy ia a love
ly young lady lifeo if hinge 1’ ‘ BfeoauaC she
is something to a -door’
JB©“ Alwitys fight till yof/ die—Viffer Hoiftg
it five or six times' it is just as easy as any
thing else.’ - , - ,
O” The strongest words are generally the
oflooest broken.
O’* Death and the sun have this in com.
mou—tow gase at them steadily.
WHITIM FOR 4 HIS.
Madame D—, who resides at Clinton, was
a Indy of tho strictest character and,, of .a
heart proof Against allurements. She pri
ded herself upop her great insensibility, and
her profound indifference has repulsed nil
those gallants who had voluptecrctf to joffer
their nddrysjcq.. Tb.o copntry was for her a
VcWtable retreat jslio shunned reunions, and
was only happy in solitude,, The charms of
a ohosoq Mr,c(e, ..tfiOj.plpasurcs of tho world",
had for her no attraction ; and her favorite
recreation was that of angling, an amusement
worthy of an unfeeling woman, ,
, §h,9.'A!i!S.ASc'^?tomc l d,eycty pleasant day to
stqfion ligrself at the extremity of the lonely
'island of Ch'atbi, And .khepo, with a, book jo
one hand and hor.line in the other, nor time
was passed in fishing, reading or dreaming.
, A lover who had always boon intimidated
by her coolness, nnd f who had never ven
tured on a spokoA 61 wrftten deoV.iratia'n, sui
prised her nt her favorite pursuit ono day,
when he had come to the island for tho pur
pose of enjoying a swimming bath._
no observed her for a long time wiffmut
discovery, and busied himself with thinking
how he might turn.to his advantage this
lonely amusement of Angling., His. re.vorjps
wenj sp deep'andyto fortunate that he at lasi
bit upon the desired’ pinn : —anovel expedi
ent indeed—yet thev are always more spe
oessfvjl with such women as pretend to to in ;
vulnerable.
The next day our Amorous hero returned
• to. the island, studied the ground made his
arrangements, and when Madame D—. had
resumed her accustomed place, he slipped
nvyny to a remote and a retired nil cl ter, and
after divesting himself of. his ‘ctotbVngV tie
‘entered tho sttenni. " An excellent swimmer
And skillful diver, ,bo' tnujte,d ,tq. hjq aquatic
talents fpr the success of hia enterprise. Ixo
s.wam to the end of the island With the great
est precaution,, favored by the ebaneps of the
bank and bushes, whiPb h'6b'£ fitjpir dense
foliage above th‘6 wafer.- In bis lips was a
note folded and sealed, and on arriving Hoar
the spot where. Madame D—WAs sitting, be
madb’A, diver,'Arid lightly seizing the hoot lie
attached to it hia.letter.
. Miidnrao D—/perceiving tlio ninvemcrit of
her line, supposed that a fish WAjs biting. ,
The young man had retired As he,canie;
lie had doubled the cape wht'cfi extended out
into (he wafer separating theni Irian each
other, and had regained, his spot without the
the least noise in his passage, under tho wil
lows, . The deed was dori'e.
Madnitte in her line, and what
was her surprise to observe dangling upon
the hook, not .the expected “ shiner,” but an
unexpected,letter. , .' ,•. -' '
Tina was, however, trifling; but her sur
prise became stupefaction when detaching
tho transfixed billet,, side read upon it—her
bamo. .
So, then, this letter which she bad fished
up "was addressed to her.
This was somewhat friirAculaua. She was
Afraid. Her troAblcd gIAAA'e scrutinized the
surrounding space, but there was nothing to
bo seen •or heard; ail was still and lonely,
both ori land and wAl'eb. ,
She 'quitted her seat, but bWk away the
letter. 'As soon as she waS alone arid close
ted h'eVs'elf.and AS soon ns the paper’was
dry—A paper perfectly, waterproof and writ-'
ten upon with indelible ink—sl)p riusealed
tho letter And commbrided its perrisi\l.
“A d'ecl'dlrition oif love!” Cried slid At
the first words. “What' insolence !” .
Still the insolence httd come to her in Shch
an extmoMinArj that Her cliriosity
wollld not suffer her to treat this letter ns
she had so iriany others—pitil'eksly burn it
without a reading. .
No—she read it'tjiiito through; The lover
who had dated this letter from the. bottom
of the river, had skillfully adopted the alle
gory and introduced himself ns a.grotesque
inhabitant of tjie waters,.. The fable was
gracefully managed, and with the jesting
tone which ho haij, adopted was mingled a
true, ■ serious. ardent sontijnent, expressed
with beauty and eloquence; ' •
The next dity, Madame D —returned to the
island, not without emotion and a trace of
fear. • .
She throw her lino with a trembling hand,
and shuddered US a woilitih Sifter she per
ceived a movement of the hook.
Is it a fish?. Is it a letter? It was. a let
ter.
Madame I)—wnk no believer in magic—
still there was something strange mid super
nhtlirnl in all this. ■
She had an idea of tliroifeing the letter
back in, the stream, but relinquished it.—
The most stubborn and haughty woman is'
always disarmed in files of the riiystcry which
captivates her ifiidginlllibH;
The second letter was.more tender, more
passionate, -more clmniiing thin the first.—
Mndnmo I)—read it several times, and could
not help thinking about fhe delightful mor
mon who wrote such bewitching letters.
On the subseijileHt day she dttaobdJ her
lino to the bank, and lolfitswimming intlio
water, while she withdrew to a landing place
Upon the extremity of. the island. She
watched for a long time h'iit saw nothing.—
She returned to the place, withdrew this lino
—and there Was the letter.
This time an answer was requested. It
was ftltlior {jfbtHiitdre: yet the nddacious re-,
quest obtained d fiilti stlccbss. The reply
was written- after some hesitation, hnd the
hook dropped into the stream, charged with
a letter that was intended to say nothing,
and- affect a Sort of bandiage—which was
nevertheless, a Bulletin of a viblory gained
over the hard severity of WotUon tilt then
unapproachable;
Mnddme D—Km tod tmioh shrewdness not
to guess that her niystorioils dorfespondont
employed instead of rongio, the art of a skill
ful diver. Scruples easily, understood re
tained lifer ftura (Hiit pqrilh'ft, iff the. bank
where she was siire tn'iit the.aifebr vfeoillii
Aiergo from the water; r
. But this game of letlfefs fiihiised her.—
first it pleased intellect, pndjher curios
ity becnmfe so lively that slip, Wrote,;— .„ ,
“liet Us give up this jesting,' which hhi
pleased me for the moment; but should con
tinue no 1 longer, and corfld With your apolo
gies to Chaton." vr ,
. The. lovbr Answered:—“ les, If yen will
add ‘Hope.’ ” .. ■ ~ T
The inexorable lady replied-,:—, ‘
“If only a word' is necessary, to .decide
you, be it s’o.” And tKjfe. W.ord wi» u Written.
The young man appeared and was riot ji
loser, The, gift of pleasing belongad, lt t 6 his
perspit as m’puh ,tls to his sljy.lei,' iina, he hnd
mkdy spelt rspld progress tinder filter that
it was pasy to ,complete his conquest on land.
They were married., .V, ,
t&it those persons, , vfho are. always In
search of news would only read, the Bible
they would find the very latest news to them..
O' Happiness is like a pig with a greased
tail which every one runs alter, but no ode
ocn hold.
A firlc't hal Eventful nislory.
The history of a Federal soldier named
Robert Limes, who entered the service, as a
private in Loomis’ Michigan Battery, has
many features which characterizes it as -one
of extraordinary qualities., Briefly summed
op,.if W-'i" follows: After bfing
pany nearly n year he,waa.disohsrgcd for
physical disability. lie then. returned to
Betroit. Ills stay here was'limited, and the
next heard of him ho was iq .Nashvilla,, con
nected with some duller. Shortly after this
he was chief clown |n a circus—swallowed
the sword and other gastronomic ,feats of
more or less wonder ml nature. He then,
according to reports, entered a Kentucky
regiment of cavalry, bdt soon closed his cons
pectmh with this troop, Whether by discharge
•or desertion is not generally known; When
next heard from ho was a sergeant in an In
diapa.regiiucnt of infantry, from which he
deserted to ojjljst in another In which great
er, bountiesw;ero paid. -Another l regiment,
offering a still larger bonus, induced him tij
the chances, again; He did. so, and the
npxt heard of him was a prisoner In the In
diana penitentiary, awaiting aoohrt martial
for his numerous enlistments. The trialre
sultod. in conviction, and he jrOs
to he shot. The extreme penalty, however,
.was commuted by ,the President to one year
at hard labor, with chain and ball. : Now 1 ,
they.e is signed hy the,commis
sioned officers of a. Kentucky' company of
artillery, sent to the head of Kxooutive clem
ency, praying fora full pardon for the da- .
scoter, that bo may receive a Lieutenancy
that company. Verily he is a ludky man,
and. tbf officers of that battery are ‘ a fun hr.
ponpl'o;'- ; , ‘
One Dif/ieall]’ Remand,
' Frequently failures' are made in . olfUlvi
tion, which arc unjustly charged to ih'd
seetipipau. , j3e<jdp ire, sown, they do, not
come, upi and they are set down as old or im
perfect. While such seeds are doubtless sold
our. experience is Al phn.t respectable
acodsnVen generally send out reliable seode;
and that the want of success is nftener tho
fault of tho sower. In treating of the vitality
of sped A in tlioi-t'ehrqnry: AffriciiKuriat, iji
was.shown that t|i,ere vyas, no.genpralpule ai
to the tim'd tlift.t,spp.\s l wonld keep ; so.seeds
after being sown, differ As to their power of
resisting decay if the,circumstances, are un
favorable; to their immediAtfl.gorjuUiatipn.'--*.
Throe conditions are necessary to tho grqwfA
of all seeds—namely, air, .moisture, afad a
sufficient temperature.' Any one, pf..jlhesj)
failing, the se.edswili not give, f lid amount
of heat reqdifed tor germination varies great
ly with different seeds ; those of the common
chick: weed will start at a temperature just
above the freezing, while those of some trop
ical plants require seventy-five or eighty de
grees. The seeds of, the .plants commonly
cultivated germinatn at a temperature of fffty
to sixty degrees. j Moisture is' required,,not
only to poftqH jli’e., seed coat,- tut to. enable
the germ to ifrowi and too little or too muol)
is equally fatal to success. If tha noil ip-tpp
dry, tho’seed remains 'unchanged'; and if an
( excess of moisture is present, tho seeds, if
delicat'o, w;l( ; 'decAy. In well drained soil
the proper amount nf water is hold by capil
lary attraction. flie third redijisSli},. iiifa is
always present in recently worked soil,, .jill
the co/iditidds being favorablfv tllere is, great
difference in the time that sepdq reqdife .for
germination'.' Placed nndor sipiilar,circum
stances,.it has been found wheat, and
millet germinate in one day v beqns, J’AdipKcjsV
and turnips in twOiandlc.ultcoin four days,
while ni'e(lods.and cucumbers require five dr
six. and parsley thirty dr forty days. The
seeds of some ! trees and shrubs remain in the
ground one, and oven two years, before they
getrtllllAld, •'■ ■ .-I .. „ ,• , '
The common causes of failure arc; too'
deep or,too early sowing and excess of mois
ture. , WJjen ; seeda prp planted tom
deeply, the vitality of tho germ is exhausted
before it can reach the light and air necessa
ry to its growth; such seeds sJiod|d. ; to,bar6r
)y covered with soil, and .if tliare is apydan
ger,of tlicisnil becoming too dry, it shpiild be
shaded. Very small seeds may bn sprinkled
on nicely prepared soil, end then lAy a Hard
hoard upon the surface until they starts
Whep saying Is,(lone . fbo early, thp group;!
is too cold, and thnny seeds rot before it be
comes of a proper temperature to oatlfeo gor,
mination. Too much moisture in the soiloxj
eludes tj>e necessary air, and thus one of the
requisites boing wanting, the seeds decay.—
American Agriculturist. '
' Itniv EJoom wk Forget. — A . leaf is torn
from Uio,tree by the rude gale, and borne'
away, to spthe desert spot to perish IVIiQ
missespt jroiji amongst i,ts .fellows.?,, tvho is
sad,that it Bits gone? . flmp Jt ip with has .
man life. The,re ape dsnr friippda; perhaps,
who.arc stricken with grief tyheti,p,lq.ve,(lpnij
is taken ; and for, hinny days the grave is
watered with tears of anguish. But, by and
by the crystal fountain is drawn.dry : tbq
last drop oor.es out; the stfern. glides of for)
gctfnlneas, fold M bnck upon the- ,exhphotcq
spring ; and time! the blessed (i Paler .ojsorr
rows, walks over tho closed sepulchre withs ‘
out waking a single echo by lieciootsteph!
.AnTciitJa Warp. was firm ' njyaplf u$
to attend the prosit war mooting ,when mj
daugjiter entered with a' young man, who
was. evidently from tho city, and who warfe
tong lihir, np.l a wil|l expression in,Hi*
eye In ono Bahd.Jie carried a.pnrtfolio. doji
in his other paw clasped n hunch of brushes!
Jlly daughter introduced him as Mr. Sweib
er. the extinguished Undsoope painter from
Plvladolphy. , t .. ,
‘ lie is nn artist, papa. Itore is one of KM
npistorpieces—a young woman gazin’ admi
rably upon her Ist born, and my daughter
showed,pie a reahy pice picture, dun in ilss
‘ls it hot beautiful, papa? He throws so
much soul into his work. ’ ' I
‘ Docs he! does, he?’ said I. ,MFoll, I.
‘.Well, reckon Td bettor hire hitq,to, white
praah pur,fimca; it. ,p r hat I Tfil}yb l u,
charge,' sir,’ I oo'ntiauoa, * to. throw some
soul into roy fence ?' , h- ,
My dnqgjjter went out pf , the room in a
tffy short mooter,,talcin' (ho artist with her,,
and from thq. very emphatic, mannerip
W|fiich the doo.Vj slamiped 1 cnr.giuded she was
sum-What at my pemarks. .. , v
: She loosed tKb (loor, I must say .in IlqUct,
I went into the closet,- acid larfod all alone
by myself for over half an'lionr.'
11C7' Kindpess is a langnngo that cron-t|ia
umb brutes can understand.
~ , ~ Tj . ■*;;-• ( . -4
. s.IJCT* A harangue in Parliaments* Cbngresj
In,favour of declaring war may be called’ e,
wivr-rant.
sy" It is not half the trouble, t(j learn in
youth that.it is to lie. ignorant in-old ago.
wo printers lie, as onr devil sai<{
when be got up to late for breathe*!
m i.