■American |9Si| 33 oluntccr. VOL. 6l> VOLUNTM. mIISBBD KTKBV TIXURSDAT JldtlWjfil Vr |OBN B. BRATTON. HISBICAN TERMS: BnioniPTioK. —Two Dollars' If paid within thti util snd Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, If not paid kUMb tho year. Those terms will bo rigidly ad- MKti'to In every instance. No subscription dls jWlßTOUhnitil all arrearages are paid unless at Hit option of the Editor. ioTßßTiaisrfßKifS —Accompanied by tho CASH, ond iSI exceeding «We will ho inserted three llao for.'?®), AHtLtwonty-fivo cents for each ‘Mional lhsotlWh. Tll'o'oO'of » greater length in iptopottion.' JoB-Paisfnth—Ebch os Hand-WlTs, Hostlng-bllls ’(Ofibliitß, 'Dl'iimfs, 'labels, Ac. An./oVocatod with (eorsiiy ana ttt'tllolahufloßt notice. |soeM. SONG. Whavo been lovers now, my door, , jt matters nothing to say how long, ill still at tho coming round o’ th’ year . 'l make for my pleasure a littlo'song, 'And thus of my lovo I sing, my dear— So much tho more by a year, by a year. ‘iii still ass 860 She day depart. And hear tho bat nit-my window flit, A dng tho little song to my ’heart. With just a change at tho close of it; iijd'llms of my lovo I sing alway— tho'lkdfo byb da’f. b'y h Hay. Whsn in the morning 'i sob’tb'oA'lliok. Breaking into a gracioUß Jjkiw, J tty you<tre not my sweetheart’s oyos, Year brightness cannot mislead mo so? And X sang of my lovo In tho So much tho more by a night, by anight. Both at the year’s sweet dawn and close. When the moon Is filling, or fading away, Every day, as it comes and goes, And every hour of ovory day, Uy little song I repeat, and repeat— So much the more by an honr, my sweet I iffiWlnittDna. HE RC'OH'OMICiji SOIREE. tottitflh’y'Jh 'hdUkehold ekpStrSha has come 0 bo 1 iU'o lettil inb dueli, *df ■HrrodtM existence ntlio'Wm'ds myself. We alolildto'bidsoly. We.tfditSr’did before since ie Wre ih'atricd that 4 '<itlh 'fdWdmbcr. But tfiJh'Butter coat "at tile'flite <)f‘five cents 'a ab;Hhd bvei |sropdrtltin, house eetiing expense's becbifae h sefidhs ihatter. 1 mis Musing upon the'fctintilittbtlltHdrtjtihat lifo.'-was a rise df thrde'behts’tllblpdhhfl dn oal'fiilice tile day before—miisjbg'bKid'dtitirng eol, at the 'breakfast tdbld When Sirs. Dabh poke': • . ‘ James,'diSysli khow to-dtty tvb'B Sttllie’s birthday!’ ‘lait I’ said 'I; ‘ flow old 'i's bhe how!’ 1 She is six years did ttd& *1 have prothisod i bold a little party fdf her this'evehing.’ 'Susan, will it cost anything !’ 1 Why, but a trifle, 'ffsraes. Besides, Sai ls has never had a 'bfiftHSay ‘party, you mow.” ’ | ‘Sallie should nor have her birthanyscotho nollon wife, tn such times as those, flow mg is it since I bought her a self-operating 1 ocomotivo for* birthday present!’ ‘That was Susie, my dear. It’s perfcdtly lislressing to m'b Wie way you da 'iltfk mlibsei hildren up,’ ■ { ‘But what will this soiree cost us, Susan! lou are forever preaching economy to mo, idl’d like you to practice it p, little, and it me prcocb. It’s more fun to preach, first! uo.‘ ‘Oh I there will baVo to be some nuts and Jplcs bought.’ 'And some candy of bourse!’ ‘No—’ ' What 1 A baby-party, and no candy f ’ ‘lf you won’t interrupt me at every word, fumes, I’ll toll you. I have bought two flirts of molasses, and am going to make tho wiily myself. 'Now there’s one of pay ecpn tmicaf shifts. I noVor get hnydrodit for it.’ 1 But What ; A'dauby jab, Susan. Stretch a body’s fingers up so.’ ' Vdh ‘didn’t mind it When yoh Wdfb A tititfc ttten, .Mr. Dobb. HaVe you forgotten : 'i ciuiify ’paftlfc'S we 'used to have at cfhr imse when I was a girt, James! Suohiglo ious times as we used to hhve in that eld iitohenf Why, it was at itpe of those candy jetties thht.you paid mo the first compliment ever received from you.’ 'Ah 1 what was that!’ 'You said I was the sweetest girl in the im.’ ; 'That was bocaußO ytih was daubed all my dafcr=-os you'll bo to !V*4hvt , James, 'that it would be a Wrfrfh t 6 reVTirb, barb ih the city, the roc leAltfti 'Jf 4iho'rib '<M 'do>rt 'hit the form house. 0 JOU remember 'those mg hoots in tho 'beii 's of the kitchen that you throfr h great >at of candy oyer to stretch it eaSJflS\ wtW/b ‘jijr Howard helped you f’ ,‘Ah, those were happy days I’ I said, mu- Hty, sipping my coffee f ‘ *ou enjoyed candy-making then, James V ‘les,’ said I, coming fcaok to the present ■ii economy, ‘ 1 enjoyed a great many fool s' things when I was young and innocent— Ming lor instance.’ ' Well, I harn’t lost my relish for simple tisiures/ ftild Mrs; D. with enthusiasm. I Skat will be splendid to make the candy. *ouldia thousand times rather make It than ’ut* . accounts for one of your eoonomi ■ ibifts that you never got any credit for.' »i my dear. “js, Dobb looked daggers at me. Soeem, Set’s see whutit will cost.— what’s molasses the mow}' J ,i paid sixty cents for two ■qoer'ta’ i And Apples!’ ' A peek will supply the party; that will 'sixty cents more.’ .And say a dollar and a half for nuts.— Ilu ** tllrBe dollars and seventy cents. I ir 1 ** «' very economical soiree.’ ,* should eay it would, Mr. Dobb.’ , « •** papal’ said Sallie, looking'up at With her spoon between her lips, i n J ou what, darling t Hove the party t W course yon can, yon little blessing (’ , helped her to another spoonful of gra ,J £°t fondness of a father’s it be bully,- air?’ dried Fred from of the table. ■ li ,* l °w that boy does’ pick up the along of vieiona age id.astonishing] It’s no use .fdiirm’ing it. • Bojs will be Dbye,’ as >a Iheim of initio once rotuili'ked 'When he sat ‘down on u 11 tint pin pluaed ih hih 'chair by 'bis ebb ih 'a frolicsome moment. ‘ Wllhta'gholl 'php'a’Ke is 1’ whispered Sal 'lie to her sWier, 'boit plhte east. ,l dh, llo’a'jfay'l’ slhnkod ‘Fred. I-gaVe Bailie some mure -gravy, “Doyou like kisses, papa?’ put in Nellie. •1 like Wdrything good, dear. Why do yon ask.?’ Because wfe’orgßrng to have nil the girls kiss you to-night.' ‘ They won’t be bigenough, Noll—not half. I prefer big girls to little ones.’ ‘ James I' said Mrs. Dobb, reprovingly. ~ ‘Oh, Mary Ann Smith isagreatboggirH’ said Nell. Her dresses almost oontb'du'Wti tb. tho ground.’ . *Do they J: That’s encouraging, la fehiy Ann coming?’ ‘Yea j and two. other big girls. They 'write ooWtibTjJllitjfasV ’ Compositions I Thoy ; ibiik't be getting very old?’ Composiflßh's are such 'h ;prbof <Jf maturity 'bithong theAe 'little bodies*] .‘Did yofferer notice it7’ "Bring the tttlfs when you come to (Hither, James,’ wafc 'th'y frife’s parting ityUnotiOfa. ‘ All right, toy'tlehir.’ I was detained dbWh-town thhJt 'hftWhbbh, later than usual and when I bAtiie home ih the evening, 1 found the (our little Dobba sit ting in solemn state in the parlor, awaiting the coming of the guests. Shortly after the doorbell rang, and the children were in a high state of commotion. Sallie jumped down from the sofa and made a dash for the door, but suddenly recollecting herself, returned to-her porch and 'smoothed her hands over her apron'. Bridget ushered into the parlor a string off seven boys of assorted sites, who ranged themselves along the wall without saying a word. But there was any amount of sub dued giggling among them. The next arrival was q cluster pf little girls, 'looking as sweet as Juno roses. 9 went out to tea, and when I looked in again ‘the roam was filled with the neighbors’ pro geny,, including Mary Ann Smith and two other big girls, ShbhVStttijd-conclave I never saw before in my-life, There thby all sat, as bashful as mice, hover uttering a loud word, and scarce ly baring' to look each other in the face. It was vastly amusing to me to observe the con ventional awe under which those boys, es pecially, labored; the very boys that had been saluting each other roughly in the street an hour before, perhaps pulling each other’s hair. As sedate os deacons now,. The ice was broken in this way. One of the big girls by the way of opening the bait, said to a youngster of some eight summers, named Joey Perry. It’s a pleasant evening. Mr. Perry.’ * Oh, how are you, Mr. Perry I’ burst forth: our Friio. 'derisively, at the top of his voice. <And then such‘a bri'hdsido of laughter!— In less time than it takeVihe to write it the youngsters wore in a hub'bh'b 't£» noisy as the meeting had before been sbdkto. ■ , They played the ‘ Post-ofee.’ atid • Cedar Swamp,’ and ‘ Forfeits,’ and all that sort of ■gomes, whoso principal feature ft 'to abun 'fitflibC'Cf'kissing. I went into my "StbiTy and Bbgkn Wifing. The merry bursts of laugh ter bnmft echoing to my ears, but they did ntit disfbrb mo. lam a fund father. One of the big girls came into my august presence and threw a cushion at my feet, on which she kneeled, pouting up at me a pair of ripe red lips. ‘ V/no'll this'?’ snid I, laying down my ’{ieh. • . . ‘ (i’hh.'t’B Mary Ah'n'l’cried Fred from the 'UWJiWay, 'Which was tlirongod with giggling little ddc&tators. She wants you to kiss 'HiTr, „ ~, •'Ah'l’Ma T, Ks rhbriinry suddenly recalled '(Kis.ftlfl (fWe.game. ■ IfthW many can I haye?’ ‘’WdlflV'!’•'.'.'hirty •!' ’“A hundred 1’ cried a diterni V/llßes. . , ‘. , O’ ‘tVoft. I’ll take three,’ said I, ‘%,'hd you rhh.VbhVo the rest, I"red.’ ,r Clth‘t atfodt,’ dhiitged the >yohcg 'hopeful, hacking #. , , , The way 'i’fi'fegglefl lifter thh 'llrtha dnx manner, handed down from genorktShn to 'generation of young ladies, and the chil dren bdfijti'tocd with delight. * Hold her, Mr. .©obbl’ * Kiss her, Mr. Dob’br t . ■i ‘flub her hose with your Whiskers, papa 1’ That labt Was from Fred, who hh.fi. memo- WoleftthoA iilono at lakt, I dWi*t boTOVe mold folks intruding too much ohth'o'dojo'y titent of tlfh dittfbohes. They get’Mo'&'ii groat deal A.orrier by theAselves, So Mrs. Sobb shot the fiiiWor door 'fend loft them itlbftft, While Ikhut myself up in Ay Study. . Abdht half-past nine I went and fotm'd tlfb little ghosts ftaa gone. Sallio was missing, bat Wo tohud her on the stairs rh the hall oryfig “bitterly. . ‘Why, what’s the rh Otter with my little | bird ?’ said I, tkking her In Ay arms. Sli'h tv as loth to tell, bat at fast the sobbed out that sbe had been kissed, too A'acb, 'had i had her six .years fin her little back in bbWhr'Olf KrtMity 'till she was sore all oVar. Added to which Oho of the boys bad caught hold of Hit dfeSS and toHi ft mi I shocking mknne'r., Sbe was soothed hna put to bod, fend then I went into the parlor. Oh 1 spectator for an economical piVent l My otatoSWi W SeWator OtteßiS—only a oast, but k si'ft Witt tb'p Soul pkfr—bid bdoU j knocked over os it stood ih It cornel", iMM Itt head broken off short. There was ii ae'ty scratch a foot long on the piano, and the mu sic was one hideous dab of molasses oandy from first to last. A lamp had been tipped over on the Brussels carpet and left spot of its in tbs middle room. And worst of all, some ambitious youngster bad been at my paintings, and had broken a bole throughtha canvass of a beautiful landscape—an original Sontag, which I valued highly I • Oh, Stfsan 1 Susan 1 cried I, * behold the havoc of this economical soiree 1’ MrS. Dobb stood aghast at the.spoetndie. . 1 Can yon compute this damage calmly?’— I aimed. - Bui Mrs. Dobb bod no answer for mo. I got out a pencil and a piece of paper, and made a reckonings Beheaded Douglas, $2l) Mutilated Sontag, 60 Uolaas'ei candy and other damages to plane and music, 10 Euinod Carpet, 100 • A total, my dear, of $185.’ • 1 think you are extravagant, James,' said my wife, . vA little Spaulding’s glue will put the statue’s bead in plane.’ • And,,you could tie a red ribbon around hit neck to hide the crack, couldn’t you, den V I said, in a tone of intense irony. _ <Ab for the painting, seems to mo you might mend it in shine way, James, since you make those things yourself.' ‘Those things 1 That’s a wife lor an ar tist 1’ ; “ OIIR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUI fttdllT OB WRONG ODtt COUNTRY." ‘ The piano and music I will see what 1 can do with j and as for the carpet, we can get a rug for the centre of the room, and tho spot will never show.’ 1 Another expense, my dear.’ * James, I have wanted a rug for thnt ibrtb* this long time. For my part, X don’t AtheSv as I’m very sorry. Al least, it 'iihlh’t to helped now ; and there are no ibtifb birth days in the family this year.’ ‘ Let us be thankful tor that, then,’ said I. Monkey in Cnonon. — There was once an 'eminent clergyman by tho name of Cassau . 'bon, Who kept in his family a,tame monkey, 'bl Svbioh he was very fond. This animal, was allowed its’iiberty, liked to follow "the minister when be wont out, but on the Sabbath was usually shut up till his owner was out of sight, on his way to churoh. But one^ Sabbath morning, when the clergyman, taking his ■sermon ■under his arm, went out, the monkey following him, unobserved, and watching the opportunity while his master was speaking to a gentleman on the steps, ran up at the back of tbe pulpit, nod grave, ly seated (himself, looking round in a know ing maundt'Ch tbekjflftgreghtion, who were ■greatly !bUfh'sed 'ht bb htfimge 'b speotacle.’-- Ttie sOiViCes proceeded, it's osual. 'Whflo the ihonkey, who evidently muah enjoyed the Bight Ofab /hhh'y 'fieob'le, Oodbßibnhllv pbbpbfi 'bVbr the Biikaititirg board, tb 'tibiotVe thbj movements of b'fsffihßtbr, 'OrUb 'fvte 'boilUfa'-1 scions of bis presence. When the serdihh: commenced, many little forms were eonval-! sed with laughter, which conduct so shocked the good pastor that he thought it his duty to administer a roprobf, whdbh trt tfidWfttictfli siderable adtifth 'tif hrifc'hifhaß'hna dfihß. The monkey, Whb bh’s'now become familiar with ‘the Bboiib, lihitated bvery motion, till at last 'b scdroely suppressed smile appeared upon ■the countenance of most of the audience.— This occurred, too, in one of the most solemn paßSkfeoS in the dieeaurseV'hnd so horrible did the Wity appohr to '(ho gbbd minister, that he 'launched forth into Viblebt rebuke, eyery Wdrd being enforced by great energy of antioh. All this time the tittle follow overhead dbimicked every movement with hi 1 - \ dor and 'exactness. The audience, witness ing this -apparent competition between the good man and his monkey, oould no longer retain the least appearance, and burst into roars of laughter, in the midst of which one of the congregation kindly relieved the hor ror of tho pastor at the irreverence and impi ety of bis flock, by jpoihtilrg bfit the cause of the merriment. Casting 'lll's 'byes upward, the minister could just 'd'tseorti ! t!W6 fofwal standing on the end of the sounding-bbbrd, and gesturing with all his might, wheb he found it difficult to control himself, though highly exasperated nt .the occurrence. He gave directions to have the monkey removed,, and sat down to compose himself, and atlo'tv; 'hiß'odOgregatidh *tb hkldover their equanimity 'Wllilb tho driier WOB begih'obbycd. IWoEttcfEs or 'Card Pi.ayino. —“ It keeps them froth dissiptitibn.” It may be; but it also njvfrtws dcivil their capacity- to one round of thought, abd diverts them fearfully from elevating refibbtiuns and I put no stress upon the ffidaocmonts of gamb ling, from indulgence iii tFis gatoe. To me its crying evil is its greedy eating up m th'b i tpreoicua hours which were given for worthier k'Sitge. My observation, largely taught, tells ■Wi that it 'is a deadly foe, amongst young men, to all spiritual tendencies. li is singu larly absorbing in its nature; and there is no form of amusement to become so easily and so generally attached. I'u'hTtooS't every recreation nature has set reasonable limits, tbrobgh 'fc’ftaritiess of the flesh. Not so with card-playing. Its devotees never seem to grow tired, never cry h >ld—enough. I see young men hero,,whoso brows are broad enough to work burfor thcmdiflves n noble destiny, playing whist every night yv.ith un-. Wearied assiduity ; and wh'eh the Sabbath coines, 1 dbo Hlffb'to IdangiTig about the ball and piazza, yawning and listless as a child without its playthings. I do not see that their “ observation,’’ or their “ memory” or their “reasoning” is strengthened by the procefeS. Co the cbn’trary, I sob Wi ttim Va pid conversation; in t,heir utter‘ lack of read ing, their indifference to passing events, their thorough ignoring of responffibility to Gud, the dissipating and. belittling oubbt 'Of their bonstant and unvaribd pastime. • I have all my days had a card’-'fiikyliig 'baffi'tbunity open to my observation, hod I am yet to be. made to believe that ] h game which is the universal resort of the Starved Hn soul and intellect, which has rib Vet in any <vhjjr linked Vrith itself fo'ridc-r, elevating or neaatifhl aesdoiatitms, 'th'b totiaWioy bf which is unduly to absorb the atton'tSb'h fififid more weighty matters, can recommend ftMtto the ! favor of Christ’s diseSjblbs. The ndb bt 'cul ture and genius may 'ota hellish, bht'c'a'h nev 'b'r 'dignify it. I haVA this motobVA ringing in. toy 'dbra the dying ini unction of toy fath er’s early fribrid 1 : “Keep Jybir sens from 'bards'; over them I’ve toaraerea Wtoo and, Ibbt KeaVon." BksfiWr.triias Ik Yooth.—Young on their first admission to this outer world, are especially afflicted with false shame ; so tbit it may be regarded as one of the ttoral , "Of irfc'o mmd'S infancy It ft fft the bottom ofa great deal Afth'eif'ShyOOslr. They ■ cannot feel at ease, because they ttlstrust sonttlbing about themselves or their belong-1 WgS, fend have that feeling of bareness Wid 'expOttre in'the presence of unfamiliar eyes Which attaches to sensitiveness under Untried 'oiW’itt'stiUdOß. EvorythWig WAn ftSttUttS a AhgAicett, eiaggoritM chirhotcr, the, ttfeoe theyocoupy'6ntheotfe fthM.WndthW SApor tauoe. The prcSeiVt cdVA'pWiy is the world, the universe, a'convention ofAon find gods, all forming a deliberate and irreversible: judgement upon them, and deciding to their disadvantage on account of some oddness, or awkwardness, or passing slip in themselves or in the accessaries about them. But, in most persons, time and experience,bring so much humility as teaches them their insig nificance. It is not,; we soon learn, very like ly that at any given 'time a mixed assemblage |s thinking very much about us and then the horror of a conspicuous position loses its main sling. This on the oae hand ;on the award of society as we we. fiyon a roomful comprises, to our enlarged imagination, by no means lb® Wbole creation. There is some thing worth oaring lot .outside thesa walls. And also we have come to form a sdrt of es timate of ourselves. Thera is now a Ihirtfe party in the question, in .the shape of self-re spect. We realize that we are to ourselves ■of immeasurably mole Oohaequ'enod than any one else can be to ns. Thus either by reason. ok the natural hardening and strengthening process of the outer air, most people Overcome' any conspicuous displfty of the weakness.— By the time, youth is over, they have either accepted their position or set about in a bus iness-like way to nlend it. Three may keep counsel if two he away CARLISLE, FA;, THURSDAY) NOVEMBER U, 1864. A fcTOiff sNit lilTTftjß TOM, there with A little now scholar at the dia) triot echojil'tljkt'fr inter. His life had borne 'hp to its 'eighth %i. l r,'thrihgh ho did lot look ho old'; bis face whs sb'pinch'ed Andthih.’A'Ad his carefully hatched garments hhhglAp'sely ■bpon hits small ‘HiAbs. Ho kept Aloof from all tho Bcliblia'iCj, find they seemed also to lihtin him. He took his place quietly in the merg ing, and did not ones leave it, except for rec itation, till school was over. All through the long nooning he sat watching the sports of ■hisßChood-felloWs, and Charlie Harper had often noticed th'A't ho never replied, dfriyfij a little ’quiver of his small mouth, when tfj’6 ■ bovs would taunt him with being a drunk-; ard’s child, and a little Paddy. Charlie’s ; mother told him one morning, us ho was star ting for school, to koe6 h'is eyes open that { day, and sea if ItO'ioA'-la hot dp some •kbitS.j kind act, that Would Ah in'tlUeiicb up oh some of his mates ah well as hipbself; and Charles-kept it in mind ns he walked'An,'frith, his satchel on his arm. and along with tfqe j thought dashed the rourotobtAtido of the child, j Mikoy O’Connel. ■ He looked off At 'tup qbdm the long lane, where there were tow foil- ! 'prints, except the little ones that Mikey’s feet j mad made, to the small, low house, that had - Utood tenantless for a long time. It frit id , 'did Htai ruinous, and ho knew the people who | dived 'there must be very peer, and he felt grieved in his childish heart that he had net-, ‘looted the forlorn little scholar so long. He \ Was already in his place when Charles enter- i 'fld the school room, sitting by himself, as he always did, and Charles went up to him A little timidly, hardly knowing what to say to open an acquaintance. 1 , ‘ Wont you come out at noon upon the iBA7 ' I have a pair uf new skates, and a sled all, f minted green; you may use them both, ifyoffi j ike/ . I A pleased, happy look, catnq into thoift ’ great, sKd eyes, and the thin fate lighted ftp all over. ’ Thank you I’ he whispered safety, hit V6fV iwat-tiiy. ■ C would fore to ride bn your sled. I never learned to skate. But may be.if I borne dirt, thb bays drill plague me.' The old look getting Mbit in'tA JBis face. ‘No, they shall niifl’ ordained Charles, manfully— ‘ I wont let them. And say, Mi key, don’t you want the to oome over and set With you V ... . ’Oh, if you only would!’ tyith an oagbr, wishful look in his face. ‘ The Other Bbyb just take their books, and set kwty AVer, and it makes me feel as if I couldn't borne any more. But mother wants me to learA fib Bd<f, ltnd<bheers me up; sol tried to forgot it.’ Just then the teacher capie, and Charles went to his seat. It,was at the other end of the long row. He picked up his books, and Vent tip to the teacher’s desk a little reluc tantly, and as the tall man bent to hear what his pupil had to say, Charles whispered— ‘ Please sir, may 1 sit in the end of tire seat near Mikey O’Cunnel? 1 will be very quiet. The other buys do nut like to sit near him, and it mr.kes him feel bad.’ The teacher glanced towards Mikoy. He was looking at him with wishful eyes, that told how much interested he was ia the nn i swer to Charlie’s request. Ho was a kind hiek'i’ted than 1 ; so he patted Charlie’s head, called him'K cftudghtful boy, and granted his desire. Charles felt the eyhs of' the Vrhple school were upon him, and he saw the scorn- 1 I'nl smile upon the lips of many of his mates; but Mikey’s happy face repaid him for all he had lost in their friendship. When school was over fur the morning, he drew the satch el froth 'AriderfiehlU his bench, and taking from it the nice cold biscuit and' ham, the piece of cake and pie that his iWother had placed there for him, he moved a little dear er Mikey, and said— • Lot’s o_at our dinner in a hurry, and then go out and sljde. . Where is.your satchel ?’ A crimson flush shot up iPto Mikey’s ft’i’6- head, hut ho did not speak. Charles leaked at him wonderingly a moment,and then with' childish eagerness, reminded him pf his din ner. Mikey tcni’Cd his head away, and drew from his pocket a Slit ft 11 crtlst of-corn bread, which he tried to conceal from ChaHes. •Is that all the dimicryo'a’Vo got?’ alrAOst escaped Charlie’s lips; but he sa\V hOw hard be-was tring to hide tiVc meagre itficli from him; so he leaned hAck tt his seat, and said nothing; only Ins little brain tots planning —planning how he could give Mikey a part of his dinner, without making him fsel hum bled. . ta ■ ' «’Oh, mother giVcS tao so tAAAh dinner I’— he said, At length’, Wlking n long breath—‘l cannot begin to dit it Here, Mikey, see it this fin’t good,’ add ho \M4oed d liberal sup ply Upon the child’s end of the bench. < Don’t -yon want it?’ asked Mikey, looking pleased. .' • No, indeed; Von edt-it, if Von can’/' Oh, isn’t it good ?’ he said, devouring it ea gerly. Are you willing l should oarry this little piece to mother. ■ • TWtr, W .yon, wish to ; but dctfeU’t she have cake?’ asked Charles, bluntly. . l 1 No,’not now/ sighed the boy. . ‘But lam all ready to go end slide/ changing the sub ject hastily. Charles put his satchel back in its place and drawing on his warm mittens, AM tyiti'g his AAp oyer his okrt, stood waiting for Mi key. • Haven’t you got any mittens ?’ he asked, lohking at the Rttle hare htnds, that were placing the odd cap npdn the top of his head. • No, I havant/ he answered, quickly: * but Ido not need theta; ’ I’m tough.’ •Why,l should think your bands would aohe dreadfully these tfold mornings/: • They do, sottitimes/ was the quiet reply. . * Welt, you take mine, and I’ll go get my rrto'r Busan’s.. -She is two years older than I, an'd her hand is. just as bigand before Mikey could say a word, Charles was gone. He talked to his sister in a whisper, telling her about poor little Mikey’s crust of bread, his hare hands and ears, and Susan’s kind heart was touched. *T was going oat with, the girls to slide, ehejeaid, without a shadow of disappointment in her tones, ‘ but I had rothor.yoUahollld take Mikey, ind have my. mittens.’ ShS plunged her hand into her pqake.t ( and took out a pair of nice white mittens, which she put in Charles’s hand. • And atop, Charlie; Mike's oars must be alihost froze. There’s ray little woollen Scarf hanging on the peg under tHB shelf j you go and get it, and tie it over his ears. He might have it to keepi for I do not need it, and mother wouldn’t oaro, I am quite sure. Charles was delighted with bis sister’s ge- and it liras aniilsing to wateh tnh kindness with jShioh he. tied the shofl, warn ebarf beneath Mikey’s pbiked bUnij add pulled bis eip down hard to keep it on., ■ There, isn’t that nice, Mikey t' he asked, viewing his ednipanion quite proudly. , , ’Why, I should think it Uras BUrdmerl’ Was the pleased reply, and Miker rubbed his bands over his bandaged ears With great sat- Little Mismr, isfh'otlon v .■, . , . ‘Chqrlos was very .Attbhluyo'fo his hew friend that day, tried to ahield him from the thoughtless Vomarka of liic 'bbmpanionSj who, in a misohieff-lbyih’ij spiiiit''would call after him as ho dashed down the nil! upon the pretty green sled-*-. ‘ Oo it, Paddy 1 See Pat, nofr) bow he gooal Look out, little O'Oonhol) or Vod’il lose your breath 1’ , But Mikoy did hot inind it®Sch'. He was enjoying his noqnin* VAstfr, And ,it seemed 'ns if he had novAr IbAr'fied firs leibbhs so ea sily as he did that 'afternoon. , His step whs light and his face-bright', As Ho-bado Charles goad night, and started ,to run down tfie Idne ’As fast as be ounld make his fray through the deep, untrodden snow, and in a few minutes he was lifting the worn latch of the bld tum hle-down house. The room was dark" And dingy, just a glim mer of fire upon the broken hearth, and by its side his mothfer.was sewing busily, while "h£6A A 16w bed in the corner hie father was lying in a dees sleep. Mikey’s face clAdded as he glanced at the slebpeV, and he crept softly to Kismother’s side.- - ■ * Has he been off again 7 Did Ho find the f&bney V Mrs. (d’Connol replied by a sad nod of As-' Sent.. ... ‘ yh, WAT 'tfiAt, ti 6 bad J Bid he t&ke th’e whole!’ .- Another mournful nod was the mother’s. ‘Answer. Mikey had brought home fifty bb'dfA V6'b evening before; the pay for some wore Ms. 'mother hod been doing, and they had care fnlly hidden it away, lest the intemperate fitter should 'spend it for drink.. He had searched diligently for it after Mikey had gone .to school, and by fierce threads, had forced his wife to make known thb hiding place. .'She tried fb retdin a part of it, fob they had Kt'tli fbol’or food, bathe bad taken the whole, &tike off to the Village tavern, and an hoar before Mikey, had oomo staggering home. ‘ i have had a good time to-dAy,- mUtheir/ he Whispered. • See here/ and 8,0 pilled ItVo boaff froth his .neck, ‘ Charlie Harper gave me this, aid I’Ve got a piece of cake for you. He gaVe me lots ’Of good diiieV, and came Cvefr and Sat Vith, fAo i did then he let rip slidb on Ms Mid ’ill Between schools. Oh,-1 did have such dice tides. Ho is Hie Best boy I ever did seel Why, blether, yoi’PO dry-, ingl Arbi’ , t yo'i glad V The poor diother onty pit Bid idriA 'dibit her little boy, And qWV Bid! blbßa ti her and .kissed bird Very fbnderly, VBiti tie tbits, dropped upon hts b'irly Bedd. ... ‘ Yes, raothif is Very gldd f<ty n&t IftuC B6y. ft is nice cake, bat yon oat it. , ‘No, mothbr 1 brbigßt it fbt jfoW/ii'd tßi. idothir sAV.how m'Ucn It WoUld pleds’b Bar generous sAdf, Vi She dtb it dll'. . " , ‘ Bid the boya call yni nameb toddy?’ she asked, sadly, though she was very glad to see her boy happy. * Not linon/ind I did not mind it if they did, cause Charlie took my part.’ Charles went hoVnb and told bis gAAd kind mother nil about little Mikey, and what he bad done for him, and she kissed him add called him her darlidg boy, and Charles felt very happy that night, and as if he had dot kept bis eyes open ii valid. . He Wontto Moop in his nice warm .bed After eating his good supper, but Mikey only had a little Indian porridge, his method stirred upAn the coals, end be crept off to hid Bard pallet, hungry and cold. But be did not complain. Visions of smooth, slippsty hills, and sleds all paint ed green, and merry, School boys, wont dancing through his dreams, and the great round moon came up and looked into the windows of the old brown houss and fell directly across Mikey’s. loco, and his mother saW, ns she stood looking at him, be was smiling id his sloop. Charles proved a trddfriend to Mikoy, Aftd I gradually his mates eaide to tike an intefefc't 1 in the forlorn little scholar, add through bis influence Mikey was fUaab a happy boy.— Charli'd did dot repliie thib Amount of gbAdhe, had accomplished, something t 6 outlast his life UVCnv And pb On Widening fi influence j through successive generations, ~ He had 1 ffUrnbd And Üboouraged Mikey. Perhaps if: 'Be trad iVA't, the child might have Become I Weary of trying and sunk down, making just such A id an As his fAther had been, and caused more evil'than good to during from his influ ence. , So, little children, do net ho. discouraged because you do not soeta to be doing much griili, AAa ckrhing a great name ; perhaps, after all, you are like Charlie, casting an in fluence in the right that will last long after you are dead. 1 A Nan. in the Stomach. —A correspon dent of the London Daily Telegraph writes 1 Upon reading the account in the morning p - bers of the fatal result which occurred to a gentleman from swallowing a Hail, I felt much I’egi’at that I had not, fdf tb'e benefit olf the public generally, made the fallowing case known. A few years since the landlady of the bouse in which I was residing informed me, in a state of grAat Alarm, that one of her children, nboilt .Ibilir years of age, had swal lowed a nail. She said tbAt she yrtis sure of the faat, an! that it was an iWA nAU aboilt ttol Siafret lobg. She requested lAy advice as how to Wot, and as to. whether she shoikld give the child a dose of castor. I told her not to give the child anything fa relax the bowels, ana upon reflection I advised her to make the child a hard dumpling for its dinner. As I was quite aware that the ease Was dangerous, I also,advised her to consult a medioant man. This she did, and informed me that he quite agreed with my opinion ; and I was pleased to find that she bad not brought back Any “mikturo/' In the opening AhA again oonsilltod me ai to the child’s supper, and I advised another dumpling, with ns little drink-ns possible.— The next morning she informed me that the child had dept well, and bad. not exhibited any symptom* of hysterics. Upon asking me what She weald give the child for Breakfast, she could not refrain front smiling when I advised another hard dumpling. In the course of . the forbhbon, however, she smiled nlost SatisKbtdriiy upon entering ray room, at the saWe time placing before tflh ah iton spiked nail, about an inAh and A half lonj|; which the child, had passed without having shown any opnsoidllsness of its presence. 1 had much dUSohlty in persuading the moth- Air that I Wroa not connected with the medical profession, hut was merely guided by a 1 gen eral knowledge of the intestinal orgAns ttdd by common sensth . ; [CFWhy dd jrehng ladies laoo ihbdlselves so tight that they can neither Sftdllow eas ily nor digest properly T : Bocailsa they heat so mU.eh stress laid’upon “Qrdeß before nleati" O” What is the differanoe "between a but terfly and' a-matron T (jno is d aloth dnd the other is a ntother: = A MotUer's Hand.— ln orib of-thp flefbe engagements, with the near Meohati icsvillo. in May, a yb'nng Libatoriant of a Khode Island Battery had his right foot so shattered. by a fragment of a shot!, that on reaching Washington after one p'f those hor rible ambulafice rides, hiiil. A gdlirney of a freek’s duration, ho wiia obliged to ‘Undergo ampiithtion of the log. Ho telegraphed home hundreds of miles away, that all was going well, and 'frith a soldier’s fortitude composed himself fb Tbekr his sdflerings alone, Cn knoWn to hiih, hofreVbrj his mother, who had become anxious tor the Welfare of her sph, had come to Washington. She reached the city at midnight. And tfie nurses would have kopt_ her from hitri fihtil morning. One sat by his side faaqmg hiih as he slept, Her band on the' feeble fluctuating pulsations which forbodod , sad. results. But what woman's heart could resist tho pleadings bf.a'naother then 7 In the darkness, silo was Anally al lowed to glide in and take the place at bis Side. She touched his pulse As the nurse had dotuL Hot a word had been spoken; but the fileepipff 6oy_ opened Eis eyes and said':— " That foels like my mother’s band. Who is this beside ino? -It mother; turn up the gas. and let me so‘b moth'brl” The two faces Meeting in one, long, joyful, sobbing Gtbbrfio'o, and the fondness pAnt hp in eAob heart sobbed end pafried Ana Wept forth its ■expressions. , The gallant fellow, just twenty one, his l&g Amputated An 'the last day of,his three yeaTs’ service, ffiaerweht operation Af for 6’perA'tiAn, And at last, when death drew high; And fie was told Ey t'earfill friends tfiat it only toflained to make him comtort&ble, said “ho had looked death in the face too MApV .‘times to be Afraid now,” and died as cMladtly os though falling under the enenly’s irb, ! 6h tfie field of batUe. p , tTs*_ or fio4Bie-O l Afe^Nci , Trees.— At ttie meeting of the British Association. Sir John Davy called attention to the VAluo of .the troa whiofe he Regarded as deserving of nlore attention than it had hith- 1 ertp,recoived, whether 'frith, respect to its bark ifA dr ftk fruit, ootdo eipfiTldientß wMoh he had ttade had shown that, with the aid of dlnini, the bark would make a brAwn dye l , warranted ’to wash, for cotton, fed 't'hht the leaves would give to cAttAh a good JVello'w djf'e, Verjr similar tA'the yelWJv'dye it awi&ey carpet. The aubstinoe Of the not has lAany Of thp drAperties of starch. That they were Asoffll ah toe food of each AAiMalsAs can rel ish it, fudging froiA its composition, could hArdly m douhtful/indeed, there is cerfAin alVAAdy of the Jaot. In Switzerland it is ‘tegnlarly given tothe sheep, ThefAAtton Af sheep thus fed is said to have ah excellent HdVor. Pigs ifcAdily oat the nuts, and some hdrses dp hot refuse thenl. Deprived of its ih'eu,-And crashed fine by grinding, the nuts afford, with wAW. an 'ptAAlsioh which is Used in Branco in 'tiVoman'afAoturoof silk, woolen And linen fabrics!. The stArAh of th'e nut, with its mucilage and alkAli', AV'o probably the ingredients, Which are liaost servicable. The refuse, it is said, mixed with an equal portion,of may be etAplAyod as food for poultry.: _ iW’t Squeeze.— While we ire growing very sensible, indeed, in the matter of dress as fair as hoots, Balmoral skirts, fvArm stock irigs; Arid'hSj|h Arioks iVe are degenerating in sOm'e other milters d[iiito as important. The 'corset is now a necessary part of a woman’s wArdfpb'e, And, aIAA 1 WUon a woman does begiA to we'Af eorsots, she will wear them too small, and will tag at the laces hntii her breath became short, and she feels itneoessa ty to refrain from anything like a comfortable meal, Wo eby Nothing against a well shaped oovsrit frornlooso, bat tberi lies the difficulty. A looke borset injures the appeafAnoo of the figure instead of improving it, and people freer corsets that they may have small waists. All we can say is, don’t sque'eze, whatever yriA do ; yon may have Small waists, but you are exposing yourself to a drizon misfortunes ns bad as a largo waist. First, foe’ll surely have dyspepsia, and grow yellofr, ‘oViVs, and Anbapy; secondly your hands will grow red thirdly, your nose ; fourthly, you will be an- Able to walk a mile at oboe ; fifthly, dlniYer will be a misery ; sixthly, yorir yfidillaor bladei Will increase in size and'Altitbdo; sev enthly, yoiir byes will grow freak Aighthly you will break do'frn At thirty of tbeieafidntr, and be.a sickly old wririiAn ftolh tbit time forth. If these truths do not frighten fvoibon from tight corsets, perhaps the information that gentleiAen do not .adiViiro what dress makers Call A ‘ptettf Agbre’ so, tAuoh as a natural one, may hAvo some iViiriVonAo. JosA Btthiririß Insures His Life. —l kuhl to the conclusioA lAtely that life was so on sAftiri, IiVW the only fray for rile to stand a fAir ohanoo frith other folfcs was to get my life insured, Arid so I called bri the agent of the Garden Arigol Life Insurance Company, Arid AAsfrofed the following questions, which were put to rri'A 6vbr the top of a pair of specs by a slick little fat old feller,With a round grey head on hint ns ever any men dwriod. 1. Are yea a mail or a female f If s'd, state hofr long yell hAVe been sd. , it. Ifad yd'li A fAther of A mother f If so, which ? 3. Are yousubjaot to fits? arid if so, dii yd haVe more than’one At A time? 4. What is yoiir precise fitting VrAto T 5. Did you AVer hare Ariy Ancestors? bad if so, bofr ulrich f 6. What is yoiit legal opinioii tif the oon stitushunAllty df'tha ten commandnionta f V. Bu y a have, any nightaibre t fl. Are yon married or single, of arfe you a bA'ohelor f ' 9. Du yu believe In a fiitttrostait? If yti, da. elait it. 10. Have you ever committed sdioido f and if so, httH dM.it affiittt you f . , After answering'the above questions, the' slick little fat old feller sed I drag insured for life, and, probably would remain so for'seind years. I (hanked him And sdlilod one ovmy most pensive smiles. . fijr* An old widower, says . Always pop the Question with a laugh : if yell ho rtooopt ed, Well and good : if not; ydu dan soy yod were only joking 1 Here’s wickedness. O”WUen ,4 person declares' that Ilia "braid la oil fird,” is it etiquette to Blow it out? ' 1 (C 7” Why is a tHief on ■ a gdrret dn HoneS I man? Booailsd hb is dbeve doing dbod no tion. ~ ... ■ A Major GenehU id this English army, Lord Stanhope; is on d Visit to. the Army of. the Potoidao.. M9* A Ltindbh physiaidn has teen arres ted for looking up hie wife in a cell for .two ybdra. - „' . ' 1 IST Why a dog’s tail like a ttlrhpike ? —Because it’d stopped adoggiil ' rrj ~ Unplb ABANt Appication.— He (Dr. Burn'- SP* visiting Boston io 1770.) records some singular,absolute, and .scarcely credible cus toms, which, with other of his observational are confirmed by Anbury hud other writers, who visited XV ew England a few yeartf after .ward, f The strict if not superstitions obsor vsnco # Sabbath *n Sew England has been 5.% theme of foreign visitors'} butßurnaby giVes ns a curious illustration both of the cnstftdi and its results. He says that a captain of a merchant vessel, having reached tue'wharf at on Snnddyl there iipd afiFeotionatqly erected by his wife; which bad behavior, bh Sunday, sooatr .raged the “ moral sense of the;coffiraiiriity,’' that the ‘oflptain woe arrested; tried, and pUl£ * ,o *3f pipped for -the offense. in the justice of his punishment, he'oontinued on pleasant ternis with His mi meroua acquaintances after, its tfifticVipn, hM wben qulto prepared to sail, invited them cS Board paid; when they were cheerfully taking leave, had thorajhole party seized,.stripped to tho waist, and forty lashes bestowed on cacA by the bent swain’s qatb-nine-Wils, amid the acclamations of tfioorew; aftcr-wliich suni- ■ mary act of retaliation he dismissed hiasmar tmg guests, and instantly set sail.—Tackef nan’s “ America and Her Commentators ." ' ins Hjlioanira op the Drapv.— Ah ih stanco occurred yesterday illustrating ;ltte terrible severity with which the present en forced conscription of poor nion for the mili tary Service occasionally strikes its viotiniA. A poor German residmgihthis city, who will among the number drafted from hie w‘Ard> imported himself for 'examination on Wednes day last, and waa fit for duty.— Bor sOVho can so, which we were unable fcA Ascertain be Whs detained at the Provost Marshal’s office And no’tallowod to go horhi; 1“ the course of the ensuing nigh’t one of fiii ‘ehiidrtn ’died, Aid yoatrtday, Word also oatho to hitft. of the , deAth of Ilia wife during the morning. He was of course immediately Al lowed to Visit his afflicted UpfAe, And attend to thA,laat Sad prepAratfAhs for. the burial of nje wife Aua cTnld', and to blahethe best br’A vision possible for the remaining three chil dren, who by the alike remorseless oporAlioh of death and the drift, hid been to terribly iia deprived of their natural slip port and protection . —Quincy BeraVt. slorAl Coußaue.— YotynEinan, would Voi become morrally strong? Would you grew up perfectly bAmpblSW: to resist every footi J? ur happiness, eVeryJpnomy which ibiy dii pute yAar progrtsa in the way of hoble man hood ? Would yog fityoAraelf for haefAlheaa in this world, And for happiness in the bext r Then listen tofbe.feAbfAst vAide/of'oonsalen'oA colling yoi to d'Aty iAid W Mht., There ii no more oertiin metbo'd, of cultivating ana promoting moral strength than by heeding continually that light which “ lightoth every man which cotAeth latA the World." , ’When some apooiona teciptition is presented before you, when there is thrown over it the Witch ing gaze of fashion and show, do you not bear that gentle and precious yoioe bidding yAi lAok a wayind shun the sp'ooioosto mptation f That vAicp is soft is the whispers of angels, and as kind As the fAelting tenderness of a mother’s pure love. You cannot disregard it but at yoUr imminent peril. Eveiiy time you listen with attention, your ear becomes keen er to hear, and yoar strength more competent > to resist temptation. It will soon became oaj sy I'Ado The ahaitt of temptatlAA would lose its power over you. —Morning Star. Live Not for Thyself.—No wonder trioA are unhappy in the world. There is AlwAyA clashing when the machinery is obt of.goar.- There is always trouble when me Wheels Are “ off the track." Man seriks to life rot hiiif e'olfn-God made him to live for others, How swells Ih'At mother’s heart with joy when she can make her children hAppy 1 , What A thrill of delight crimes with that look'of grat itude. thAt leaf rif joy, and that one of love, which are All the widow arid the orphan caA render to their benefactor I The cap Of hnp idness is an overflowing cup.. It is lifeo A hdhbling fount'Ain, over poArine forth ith blessings to refresh the frearjt Ana fainting, and made pure only by its own overflow. It is like the <j u ' e t meaddfr rill, fringed nil along with flowers, yet oonceATea by the york oiriboranoe of beauty and Verdure itself doth nourish. , SeNsiAi.e Mixihs.—Never test an Atoti when you are not hungry 1 it is s'aioidA), Never hire sefVAAts whri go in pairs, W sisters, cousins, oir any thing'else'. Never of yorir father As “the old man.” , . ;, . Never reply 16 life epithets of A arnnkard or .a fool. ' . NoVot speak oontomptuoAsiy if Aroirian kiud. NeVer abuse another who was once youf losmn fri'erid, hofrrivef bittAf ApW. . ,>. No.vc'f smile at th'e 'expense of vorir frillgioA or your Bible.. 1 . , • A, goad frdrd is As soon said As A hAd rifio’.; That groAt is ill sAved thAtfehamos itk m'AA ler.. , No ono is a fool awayt; AVety brie feoiriA lim.es. • Peace frith he'AVori is In'o b'est friendship'. . Slor BeAss.— k thousand wdrni Boles; that will eAoh adniit. scarcely a gallon of wa ter in ted tiodrs; will Mdiih Matter Hdteflod n ship thaq a larg'd' hole tnroiigh Hiuohis poilred d gallon of Hater a ttlinttte., In the imanoittl duilirh of d ittidjlT, though the largo putgotts ttidy b'd ddnvdsSed. ttnd avoided, tnd Whole income tiiay be dribbled dwdy, ttnd dd advdtfo'e tH4y ; be Made toward competency; wealth 'dr poaitioh. \ ,j- titt. yet endorse a Booutt'dtei Ivted, yod bittkb yohr Mark- upon hit back ? Wbttt tlussia fetdla deottibodl is iifett d tittw ly boligbt poftthantbaa t An ukase;' . SaLf a SoVEfteidN. — fl. ft. H, th'o Prittbd of Wales; Si®* Thirteen potatoes to the halt tdshei is the Measure down Maine this year. ■ , , ~ . Play or gtlMing halt the devil at lhe bel tonl. • : 1 1 He who throHs a stone against God; id codling dOWti fells lipott hisOwnbehd. .. A Courtier is a slafe_ in d chain; : i<ove thy neighbor j yet pull not down thy hedge. ■ . . i ! (p-In tioliimbia, ihi* year, ona m'anJrtuHii l --' ~900 pounds of hisfarm. fjy- The Potato crop in' New Hans«hiti And Vendoht thie season aie good. ’ , NO 24. jii -t!
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