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HYPOCRISY,
BY G. W. EAENHABT.
How much of false piety
In “Christian society"
We constantly meet with,
And have to compete with
Though patterns are ample,
We’U take but a sample
From numerous cases
In various places.
Then truth be derided
If we have decided
To make a rash venture,
Deserving of censure.
A man will pass by us
Who claims to be pious,
Whose soul is downriddeo
With sins that lie hidden.
The Scriptures he searohea
In one of the churches;
And strange is the feature,
Lends ear to the preacher.
But still he’ll determine,
Despite of th^-sermon,
That when it is done, he
Will worship his money.
So olosely he hitohes
To fashion and riches,
And looks to bis pocket,
No scruples to lock it.
He never discloses
A farthing to Moses
Or Paul, who may meet him,
When for it they greet him.
Though poverty pinches
The beggar by inches,
Away he will turn him,
And wickedly spurn him.
How natural is it—
He never will visit
A suffering neighbor
Who lives by his labor.
Although with a person
Of wealth, he’ll converse on
The fact of his leisure
To see him with pleasured
There’s policy in it,
You’ll see in a minute,
For those are not needy
Whose purse is not “seedy.”
Where money is wanted
His conscience is haunted;
The poor may require it —
The rich don’t desire it.
How strange, but how real,
Appears the ideal,
When those who deride us—
The rich —are beside us!
Yet such is propriety
In “Christian society”
Wherever you find it
With fortune to bind it.
f New York Mercury,
UNDER THE DAISIES,
BY HATTIE TYN'G.
I haveju6t been learning the lesson of life —
The sad, sad lesson of loving;
And all of its powers for pleasure or pain
Been slowly, sadly proving.
And atl that is left of the bright, bright dream,
With its thousand brilliant phases,
la a handful of dust in a coffin hid—
A coffin under tbe daisies.
The beautiful, beautiful daisies,
The snowy, snowy daisies.
And thus forever throughout the world
Is lovo a sorrow proving;
There are many sad, sad things in life,
But the saddest thing is loving.
Life often divides far wider than death,
Circumstance the high wall rises;
But better far than two hearts estranged
Is a low grave starred with daisies.
The beautiful, beautiful daisies,
The snowy, snowy daisies.
And so I am glad that we lived as we did
Through the summer of love together,
And that one of us tired and lay down to rest
Ere the coming of winter weather;
For the sadness of love is growing cold,
And ’tis one of its surest phases,
So I bless God with a breaking heart
For that grave enstarred with daisies.
The beautiful, beautiful daisies,
The snowy, snowy daisies.
ELI GODDARD’S FORFEIT.
The youthful portion of the town of Lib
erty Centre was in a high state of excite
ment one sunny day of February, for Kitty
• Baldwin had announced to them on lemon
colored paper, with a bunch of hyacinths in
the left hand upper corner, that the pleasure
of their company was requested on the fol
lowing Thursday. Now it was a long time
sinoe a party had been givin in Liberty
Centre, for the reason that Judge Dyke’s
daughter had given the last one, and it had
been done in such a style of magnifioence
that no one could hope to surpass it, so they
;would give none at all. But Kitty Baldwin
had,been spending two weeks at her cousin’s
in Boston, and obtained some new ideas, of
which she was sure Amanda Dyke hadnever
dreamed of, so she determined, on her re
turn, to have a party several notohes above
. the Dykes. She suggested this to herfath
er, and he readily acquiesced, for he had
‘just made a speech in the legislature on the
:< Barbarism of Smoking,’ and he wanted to
know the opinions of his neighbors. So
Kitty went to work at once, and made a list
of those she wished to invite. First she
put down only those who were classed as
the ‘ upper ten’ of Liberty Centre ; but on
second thoughts, she found that if she wish
ed to amaze any one with the splendor of
her entertainment, Bbe had better include
in her invitation every one that she. knew.
' On counting them up, she found that they
numbered seventy. If they all came, the
rooms would be crowded : but she conclu
ded that some would be sick, or have
nothing to wear, or be otherwise engaged.
The notes were, therefore, despatched, and,
as already stated, the announcement was
electrifying to the town. ‘ Are you invi
ted?’ and ‘ What shall you wear V were
the only questions asked and answered..
Straight hair was kept in curl papers night
and day, in order that it should be sure to
ourl on the important night. Summer
bonnets were robbed of their floral orna
ments to furnish wreaths ; kid gloves were
rubbed clean with camphene; bright red
looks were modified to * auburn’ by the
assiduous application of divers kinds of
hair grease ; breastpins were repaired, and
everything done to make it as dazzling as
possible. The busiest scene was at Squire,
Baldwin’s. Carpets were covered with
sheeting; new red damask curtains were
purchased to replace the old ones ; astral
and Bolar lamps were brought from seclu
ded closets ; spoons, blanc-mange moulds
and candelabia were borrowed from the
neighbors; Buperflous furniture was car
ried up stairs, and the whole house was
swept and garnished.
Days and nights rolled on, and the long
wished for evening arrived. Squire Bald
win lighted up the red and blue caudles on
the mantle-piece ; the solars and astrals
began to shed their radiance ; Miss Kitty,
in white muslin, trimmed with oherry-col
,,ored ribbon, sat cautiously on a chair await
ing the arrivals. Pretty soon the bell rang,
and the door being opened, a oonfused mass
of, hoods andoloaks hurried up stairs. The
’bell' fang'again and again ; sometimes a
dbzen' wonld meet on the' door-st op, • and
sometimes a solitary baohelor would coma
in. By and by an alarming knock: was
gives at the doqr,accompahiedbya vigor-j
ous pull at thebell. This was Eli God-,
dird, and 'a word or two about fern will not
be amiss. He was a son of .Parson God- ,
dard, and one of the beauxof Liberty Cen- ;
tre. He bad a noble, generous nature,.but y
was the most awkward fellowimaginable. :
Ho was always fltttm'bljng and blundering, ’
and his bands .were, like the hands on the,
clock of |the Fitchburg Railroad depot 1
in Boston, neverin therigbtplaoe. The !
girls all laughed at him, and none of:
thorn more than: Carrie Brooks—a wild,!
brilliant, fnn-loving:girl-who-had a keen i
sense of the ludicrous, which sometimes j
overcame the better feelings of her heart, j
Eli Goddard admired Carrie, and tried to j
manifest it; but he did not know how, and !
made himself ridionlons by his funny at- j
tempts. Carrie had many other suitors, and
although they were jealous of.eaoh other, |
not one of them was jealous of Eli. They j
thought so lively a girl as Carrie would not j
regard such an unsophisticated youth, so i
long as they were about with their stylish [
clothes, massive finger-rings andaoarfpins. |
In reality Oarrie cared nothing for outward j
show, and in thinking over, the character
and habits of the young men of her ac- I
quaintance, she had often deoided in her j
own mind that Eli Goddard was the most
sensible, upright and virtuous of all. He !
was never seen in idle or dissolute compa
ny ; never played billiards in the tavern;
was always posted on all snbjeots of his
tory and philosophy, and stood at the head
of the aoademy as a soholar. She lament
ed his gawky ways, and sometimes won
dered if something could not be done to
remedy them, and she would determine
not to laugh at him again ; but the next
time she witnessed one of his mistakes,
her merry laugh would burst forth.
As We were saying, Eli appeared. He
had knocked on the knooker, and then,
having espied the bell handle, and thinking
he should have pulled that instead, he
grasped it and gave it a jerk. The wire
worked very easy, and Eli came near go
ing backwark down the steps. This seemed
to disturb his equilibrium the whole eve
ning. He tumbled twice in going up stairs,
and when he oame down to the parlor, he
bowed first to the servant-girl who was just
going out, having brought iu a lamp.
At length the company being all assem
bled, it was suggested that games be
played, and ‘ Juniper tree ’ was decided
upon, and a merry time they had of it for
half an hour. Then the game of ‘ Copen
hagen’ was substituted, during which
gathers were ripped out, hoops dislocated,
hair came down, blushes oame up, and
there was a good time generally. Carrie ;
Brooks reoeived the most kisses, and Au- j
gustns Hobbs seemed to be the most active
in disbursing them. Eli Goddard suc
ceeded in slapping Anna Breck’s hand ;
and in chasing her for her reward, he
tripped over the piano stool, pulled down
the window curtain, and, after a laughable
struggle, had to content himself with kiss
ing; the back of her head
Then came ‘ Blind Man’s Buff,’ and
| Jared Wilcox was the first one blinded. —
He stood for a moment in the middle of
the room, and then made a sudden start to
; the right, followed by another to tbe left,
but they eluded his grasp. He jumped
around the room like a oolt; the girls
crowded into corners, jumped upon side
| boards, window sills and book-cases, con
; triving all manner of ways to esoape cap
ture. Just at this moment, Mrs. Curtiss,
who lived over the way, came from the old
folks’ room to the parlor door, to see what
she oalled the ‘ carrying on.’ She was a
neighborly old lady, and always liked to
be around on great ocoasions. A oancer
j had destroyed her nose many years before,
; and she wore a false one, made of silver,
covered with flesh-colored kid. Her speo-
I tacles were fastened to it in such a manner
that it was difficult to detect the deception,
i and many who had known her for a long
! while, wore not aware of the real value of
i her nose. At night, when she retired,
| nose and spectacles eame off together and
[ were resumed in the morning.
! Just as she appeared at the parlor door,
! Jared happened to make a dive in that
j direotion, and grasped the old lady around
I the waist. Before she could recover her
! self from the astonishment, Jared passed
! his hand over her face to ascertain whom
| he had oangfat, and in doing so, knoaked
j off the spectacles, nose and all. A loud
roar burst from the company. Wilcox
pulled the bandage from his eyes, and on
; beholding what he had done, he rolled
back on the carpet in convulsive laughter.
; Mrs. Curtiss picked up her property, and,
i without stopping to say ‘ good-bye,’
flounced out of tho house, and hurried to
her own domioil. It may be well here to
state that she never visited the Baldwins
again, and no overtures from them could
paoify her. She never forgot it.
| Another game was started, succeeded
by some playing on tbe piano and singing,
' until some one proposed playing forfeits,
| and the motion was acoepted. Eli heard
I this with dismay ; he had some experience
|in playing forfeits,, and had found that
redeeming them before a whole room full
of folks was a difficult operation. How
ever, he had to do as the rest did, and
j ‘ Twirl the Platter ’ was the chosen game.
| They each had a number.
Eli’s number was nine, and that number
was called more frequently than any other ;
but Ell was as spry as a cat, and always
oaught the platter before it was done Bpin
ning. A large quantity of handkerchiefs,
rings and penknives were accumulated as
pawns, but none of them belonged to Eli.
At last Carrie Brooks’ turn came to twirl
it; shegave the dish a gentle twist, and
calledout ‘nine.’ Eli started, but the
plate was motionless when he reached it,
and he was called upon for a forfeit. He
offered his large silk bandanna, and the
game went on. At length came the re
deeming of the forfeits. Seth Pike was
elected judge, and after being blindfolded
so that he could not' know to whom the
forfeits belonged, he took a seat. Albert
Carter held up a plain gold ring, and said:
‘ This is a lady’s pawn, and what shall
We do to redeem it?’
‘ She shall measure off four yards of love
rtybpif with,Hiram Flagg, and cut it off
every ‘Half-yard,’ said the judge.
; .Hirani“jimmediately stepped forward,
wiping, 1 a bright yellow
handkerohlef, as if it was watering in
anticipation of a delightful; treat. The
ring belonged to Almira S.tmmway, a quick,
smart littld girl, who advanoed quite brisk
ly
peare«LfcO ‘uhdergtand howito measurslove
«THAT COUNTRY Ifl ITU MOST PROSPNROUS WHTO LABOR COMMANDS THN ORNAXNST REWARD.”—-BUOHANAH.
LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1862.
ribbon, and it was rumored that an extra
yard was out off; but, of course, it was a
mistake in counting.
‘ This is a gentleman’s forfeit, and what
shall he do to redeem ?’ said Carter, hold
ing np a pearl-handled knife.
‘ He shall go to Rome,’ solemnly pro
nounced the judge.
Going to Rome means kissing every
girl in the room. The knife was Jared
Wiloox’s, so he arose, looked carefully
around as if to see which was the best end
of the room to commenoe on, and choosing'
the Carrie Brooks side, he * went in.’ The
first two or three he got pretty well; the
next one was harder, and by the time he
got through his hair was ruffled, and his
shirt unruffled, his dicky broken down, and
the bow of his cravat under his left ear,
and huge drops of perspiration stood upon
his forehead. He had done his work nobly,
and kissed every girl in the room.
The next forfeit was Joe Budd’s, to re
deem which he was ordered to stand out
in the room and repeat a verse of poetry.
Now, Joe was not a man of letters,
although he was clerk in the poßt-offioe,
and he knew nothing about poetry. He,
hesitated, and then wept forward, and after
scratching his head a moment, delivered
the following:
“ The pilgrim fathers, where are they ?
In silence and in fear 1
They still rolled in the bay, os they rolled that day,
With their hymnaof lofty oheer.”
In early ohildhood, Budd had learned
by heart the two poems by Mrs. Hemans
on the ‘ Pilgrim Fathers,’ but in his con
fusion got the two mixed together.
A loud burst of mirth from the assembly
oaused the discomfited Budd to retreat to
his seat. The idea of the pilgrims still
rolling in Massachusetts Bay was sufficient
to keep the oompany merry for some time.
Then Susy Clark had to ‘ make a plough ’
with George Dewey, and Mark Adams was
bidden to read one of Artemas Ward’s let
ters aloud without laughing, which of
course he oouldn’t do, so the judge excused
hi,m after a few attempts.
1 All this time Eli sat in fear and tremb
ling, his red bandanna remained untonched
and he hoped that something woald ooour
to disturb the game before the forfeit was
proclaimed. At length all were disposed
of but his. Carter held it up and said :
‘ This is the last forfeit—a gentleman’s;
what shall he do to redeem it V
Now, Seth Pike, the judge, had been
wondering where Eli Goddard’s handker
chief was ; so when he heard that this was
the last forfeit, he felt sure it was Eli’s.
He had reserved for him a task which he
knew from experience was a hard one to
perform, especially for any one disposed to
diffidence, so he sentenoed Eli to ‘ bow to
tbe wittiest, kneel to the prettiest, and kiss
the one he loved best.’ Eli’s heart beat
violently. How could he perform suoh a
task before suoh a room full 1 How could
he dare to kiss Carrie Brooks in a public
assembly, when he had never been courage
ous enough to attempt such a thing in
private ; and he would kiss no one else, for
that would not be noting the truth, and Eli
was very strict on matters of truth. He
did not know what to do ! All eyes were
turned toward him, and every one was
calling for him to redeem his pledge. He
made an effort and stood np, wishing him
self anywhere but there, when, to his
delight, a servant announced that supper
was ready. Mrs. Baldwin requested the
gentlemen to take partners for the' supper
room, and it was decided that Eli should
redeem his forfeit afterward.
As usual on suoh oooasions, all the
pretty girls were secured by the experi
enced party-goers, and the young, timid
gentlemen had to put up with what there
was left. Fortunately Eli was quite near
to Carrie, and to her he offered his arm.
On their way to the room he found that
they were out of Btep, and in mak
ing a hop to get into step, he trod on Sarah
Blake’s dress, who was in front, and rip
ped it nearly off the waist. While stop
ping to apologize, and find a pin to repair
damage, the crowed passed on, and when
Eli reached the room with his fair compan
ion, they were obliged to station themselves
on the outer edge of the oirole, near the
door.
The table presented a dazzling appear
ance. Pyramids blanc-mange, and monu
ments of ioe cream towered above ramparts
of nice jelly and charlotte russe —sponge
cake, stewed oysters, nuts, apples and
oranges, were plaoed in admirable oonfu
sion. The gentlemen were expeoted to
help their partners. Carrie said she would
like some oysters, and some- frozen pud
ding.
Poor Eli was completely nonplussed.
He had heard of oyster-stews, and knew
them by sight, but as for frozen pudding
he didn’t know what in the world that
could be ; but he decided to do his best,
so he elbowed his way to the table, and
after some vain attempts he contrived to
fill a saucer with oyster-stew—and finding
that it took all his skill to keep it from
spilling, he thought it best to return with
with that, and then get pudding ; so he
started for his partner. He was soon
wedged in between a fat man and a pretty
large sized lady ; he waited a little for
them to move, but they did not; he made
a bold push, and would have got through
nicely had not the exertion caused him to
spill some of the hot oysters down the
back of the fat lady’s dress. She screamed
and started Eli so that he jumped and
knocked the arm of the fat gentleman just
as he had his fork raised to his mouth ;
consequently the fork was forced two-thirds
its length down the gentleman’s throat,
taking away in its oourse a large portion
of cuticle. It is needless to record the
the exact words uttered on the occasion,
bat Eli stammered out an excuse, and
struck out in another direction. At last he
reached Miss Brooks, and presented her
with a sauoer, when, lo ! there was only
one oyster remaining on it, and no spoon ;
the rest had been lost daring the perilous
passage. We oannot describe Eli’s dire
confusion. Perhaps some estimate can be
made of it, when we say that his complexion
made the new red damask onrtains look
faded. He laid the plate on the oorner of
the mantel, and uttering some inartionlate
sentences, he made his way to the table,
determined upon Securing the frozen pud
ding. Seeing a fork, he stuck it into
several nondesoript looking mixtures, but
they were all too soft to be frozen.
When Kitty was purchasing her oonfeo
tionery, she happened to see in the window
a very handsome ciroular loaf of oake, in
tensely ornamented with enpids and gilt;
on inquiring its price, she was informed
that it was eomposed of lignun-vita, and
only used as a show. Kitty thonght it
would look well in the centre of the snp-
pet-table, so she hired it for the purpose.
It was about as large as the crown ef a '
hat, and weighed three or four pounds.—
Eli aimed his fork at thD, and finding it
impenetrable, concluded that it must be a
frozen pudding, surely; so taking a knife
he endeavored to procure a slice, bat found
he oould not get off a ernmb. He then
concluded that it was not very large, and
if Miss Carrie did not eat tbe whole she
oould leave the rest; so he deposited it;
on a dish and set ont on his return trip; '
and trip it proved to be, too, for when he j
got within ten feet of his destination; his
foot qanght in a lady’s flounce and threw !
him forward a step or two; the impetus I
slid the lignum vitce oake off the dish, and |
it landed plnmp on the foot of the same |
old gentleman whose throat received suoh :
violent treatment only a few minutes be- ‘
fore. His exasperation was only exceeded !
by the laughter of the company, who, al- 1
though they sympathized with both the j
sufferers, conld not control themselves at:
such a ludicrous scene. Eli rnshed to the i
door, and hurrying to the parlor, seated
himself on a sofa, and covering his face !
with his hands, bewailed bis ill-lnok, and '
wondering how it was that he should be so '
gawky and clumsy, while all his fellows I
went through so gracefully. What would I
Carrie think of him ? How oould he bear |
to meet her again, or how could he ever j
hope that she wonld love him 1 While he ;
was asking himself these questions, he felt j
a gentle hand on his arm, and looking up, i
he saw that Carrie stood beside him. ■
‘ Eli,’ said she, in her sweet and musi
cal voice, ‘ you must not feel so bad about
your mishaps; every one is liable to them
more or less, and as they are not errors of
the heart, they arejaoon forgotten, and do
not injure the oharacter of the person. It
is much better to .commit a few awkward
blunders than to carry, under a graoeful
exterior, a deceitful, hardened, or envious
heart. For my part, I am really sorry yon
were so unluoky, and although I could not
help laughing with the rest, at old Twin
er’s grimaces, when that oake fell on his
gouty toe, 1 pitied yon both, ever so muoh.’
Eli was astonished at these words from
Carrie Brooks, the very girl he loved so
much, the belle of the party, and the one
of all others that appeared not to oare for
him. The few simple words she had uttered
had dispelled all the gloom whioh had dis
couraged him, and he felt as if, with her
to pity him, he conld encounter any quan
tity of laughter and derision.
‘ Carrie,’ said he, ‘ 1 thank you very
muoh for your kindness, both in forgiving
and pitying me for my misfortunes ; but I
am not through yet. When 1 get back,
they will be sure to call upon me for my
forfeit, and I cannot reveal the secrets of
my heart before all the oompany—what oan
I do V
‘ I’ll tell you,’ said Carrie; you oan
bow to, kneel to, and kiss the girl you sit
nearest to : it will not take a minute, and
then we are going to have a cotillion, and
no one will think anything about it.’
‘ I would willingly do that, Carrie, pro
vided that you was the one that I should
sit the nearest to.'
It was now Carrie’s turn to blush, and
Eli oould hardly believe his own voice;
but the words were uttered, and he wisely
thought he had better go on and say the
whole.
‘ For the truth is, Carrie,’ said he, ‘ I
do love you the best, and have for a long
time ; but 1 thought you did not oare any
thing for me, while so many fashionable
young men are so attentive to you. When
ever I attempted to show my preference, I
was sure to make some funny mistake
whioh would cause much laughter; but,
Carrie, if you oan assure me that I have
not loved you in vain, and that my hopes
for the future may be blended with yours,
then I will prove to you that your confidence
in me is not misplaced, and my constant
oare shall be to make myself worthy of
you.’
‘ I do assure you, Eli,’ replied Carrie,
placing her hand in his, ‘ that I feel proud
of your love, and will give yon in return
all that my poor heart can afford.’
Eli imprinted a kiss npon her mouth,
and as if by magic, his feelings of awkward
ness and embarrassment fell from him. —
He was like another man, and felt as if he
could make a speeoh in the town-hall,
kiss a room full of girls, and carve a tur
key without making a single mistake.
A few more words passed between the
lovers, when laughing voices warned them
them that somebody was coming.
‘ Well, Carrie,’ said Eli, ‘ 1 shan’t be
afraid to redeem my forfeit now.’
The parlor was now filled with guests
returned from the supper-table, and as
order was obtained, Seth Pike reminded
them that the last forfeit remainded unre
deemed ; and to redeem it, Eli Goddard
was to ‘ bow to the wittiest, kneel to the
prettiest, and kiss the one he loved best.’
Eli qnickly arose, and then remarked
that such a task was very easy to perform,
inasmuch as there was but one in the room
on whom he oould bestow all these homa
ges, crossed to where Carrie sat, made a
graceful bow, and then bending on one
knee, raised hijr hand to his lips and kissed
it; he then returned to his seat as easily
and safely as any dancing-master could
have done. Every one was astonished but
Carrie and Eli. No one laughed, bat
several cried ‘good!’ and ‘ that was well
done!’
Almira Shumway now seated herself at
the piano, and oommenced playing * Hail
Columbia!’ A cotillion was soon formed,
and the evening terminated with a merry
dance. When Augusta Hobbs and Wil
liam Steele, and a few other yonng men
asked the pleasure of escorting Mlbs
Brooks home, they were surprised to hear
that she was engaged, and their chagrin at
seeing Eli Goddard in that enviable office
was greatly increased the next day, when
they heard what Carrie had told them was
literally true —she was engaged.
In a pleasant house in Libeity Centre
live Mr. and Mrs. Eli Goddard and family,
and when the ohildren are unusually good
they are rewarded with an account of the
funny soenes at Kitty Baldwin’s party.
WISHES.
How many sick ones
Wish they were healthy ;
How many beggar men
Wish they were wealthy;
How many ugly ones
Wish they were pretty;
How many etapid ones
Wish they were witty;
How many baoheldrs
Wish they were married;
How many Benedicts
Wish they had tarried;
Single or doable,
life’s fall of trouble;
Blohes are stubble,
Reum's a hobble.
DAUGHTERS MAT HELP.
The expensive habits of American wo
men press down many husbands and fathers
like a mill-stone.. They find it hard to deny
the requests of their loved ones, bat harder
to acquire the means for supplying their
artificial wants. ’> Business men oame to
bankruptcy in the vain effort to appease the
the fashionable eravings of ambitions fami
lies.
The following story from the New York
Independent has its moral—
‘Now, like a dear, good mamma, will
yon please beg papa to bny me that beau
tiful set of pearls at Tiffany’s ! All the
girls in our circle have some, and sorely
you would net wish me to seem odd.’
‘ My dear child, it is utterly impossible ;
your father oannot afford it, and even if he
could it would be apieoe of useless ex
travaganoe entirely nnsuited to your age.
I consider it perfeotly ridiculous to see
children like you bedecked with trinkets,
like some South Sea Islander.’
‘ Why, mamma, how you astonish me !
Why, every person knows papa is very
rich, and there is Clara Clinton’s mother,
who is acknowledged to be a lady of su
perior taste, and. allows her Clara to wear
whatever she pleases.’
‘ Mrs. Clinton has a perfect right
to dress her daughter according to her
idea; but I prefer to see you in the
simple garb so becoming to modest girl
hood. Yonr father, darling, is very muoh
embarrassed at present, having entered
into some speculations whioh I fear will
prove disastrous ; we will then be obliged
to leave this splendid house and seek one
more suited to our means. 1 tell you this,
my ohild, that you may not be annoying
him for money for every elegant, costly
trifle you may be pleased with. You know
it hurts him to refuse you.’
‘ And I have been forever teasing him
about new dresses and jewels. I would
not have been so unkind, dear mother, had
I known what you say,’ said Metta Ban
croft, with tearful eyes.
‘ Only thoughtless, darling,’ said her
mother. ‘ Now attend to your lessons ;
perhaps you may be able to turn your ed
ucation to advantage, and assist your father,
should trouble come.’
Metta Banoroft was a noble girl. From
her infancy she had been the light of home.
With a firm will and keen perception of
right, she never wavered when she knew
| her duty, and although reared in a home
j of affluence and accustomed to be petted
| and oaressed, she was not spoiled. Yet
| she was not entirely free from that great
j error in the female character, rivalry about
j/dress ; and despite her resolution, she was
sadly disappointed about the pearls.
In the evening, when her father return
| ed, his faoe looked very troubled. There
: was a mournful tenderness in his eye, as he
j met his wife and daughter with their ac
j customed kisses. The evening passed al
j moßt in silence, and when Metta had retired
I to her room, he said to his wife.
: ‘ Alice, the blow has fallen at last.’
| ‘ I feared so, William,’ said his wife.
I ‘ But you have done all in your power to
prevent it. God’s will be done ; we will
not murmur.’
‘ And will you consent to resign this
home for one of poverty V he asked.
1 Willingly, my husband. I would scorn
to keep up a false appearanoe when we
have not the means to support it.’
‘My noble, noble wife. You have light
ened the burden of my heart. But will
our daughter be reoonoiled to such a
ohange.’
‘ She is a darling,’ said the mother, fond
ly. ‘ To-day I refused to allow her to make
some expensive purchses and intimated the
reason ; she immediately acknowledged the
justice of my refusal, and was really
troubled to think of the annoyance her
many frivolous request must have caused
you.’
The father’s eye brightened.
‘ Our reverse may be a blessing for her;
it will bring out and strengthen her ohar
aotor.’
‘ Are your hopes entirely blasted V
asked the wife.
‘ Even the furniture will be sold to satis
fy creditors. 1 may possibly have enough
to furnish a few rooms,and Mr. Green of the
insurance oompaDy has promised me a sit
uation. My salary will be barely sufficient
to support us. However, we will do the
best we can.’
Under the ruthless hand of the auction
eer scarce an article was unsold. Objects
of very great value were sacrificed at half
their cost.
With rare determination, on the day
after Mr. Bnnoroft’a failure, his wife set
ont for the first time in her life house-hunt
ing. In a quiet street in Brooklyn, she
secured the upper apartments in the house
of an old widow lady, whose family con
sisted of an only daughter. Early in the
following week they removed, and were
soon comfortably settled.
Mr. Bancroft was happier than be ex
peoted to be. The little parlor, with its
cane chairs and pretty oarpet, looked so
neat and comfortable. Never had his wife
looked so beautiful—attired in a simple
calico, her cheeks flushed, her eyes beam
ing with happiness, and singing a song as
she prepared their evening meal.
Even Metta looked more dignified as she
sat at a small table writing copies for her
soholars ; for she had obtained a position
as teacher in a school.
‘ I never felt snch contentment, before,’
said the father. ‘ Really, people of fashion
have no idea of the pleasure they miss.’
* And indeed papa,’ said Metta, ‘ I find
more enjoyment and instruction in teaching
my little class than during my association
with people of fashion. The character of
my pupils is an interesting study ; no two
are alike. I begin to think I have fonnd
my vocation.’
‘ We are all fitted to excel in some par
ticular vocation,’ said the mother, ‘ and we
should seriously endeavor to know in what,
before we enter upon any work. See, my
dear girl, the advantage of learning what
we undertake perfectly. If you had wasted
your time and talents, like many a foolish
person, you would not now be so indepen
dent.’
Metta grew up to be a true woman ; and
although she never wore the costly pearls
which she Baw at Tiffany’s, yet in the oab
inet of her heart were enshrined those rare
and richer pearls of modesty, intelligence
and virtue.
TF 1 * ‘Ah ! John since you’ve been to the
oity the blaok ox died! without any
notion whatever.’ ‘ G-raeions meroy! re
plied .Joe,; ‘ how fast we are all passing
away!’
| Contempt of Court. —Tho other day a
i young, lawyer of the W was
j employed to prosoute a man indicted for
| larceny before a oominittingoonrt 6otaprosed
lof . three magistrates. On hearingthe
| testimony, they reftised to commit
! the prisoner to jail. Our lawyer whose
j name is McKay, concluded to take revenge
| on the magistrates. He accordingly 'began
the attaek.
‘ 1 wish yonr Honors would fine me five
dollars for contempt of Court,’ he said.
‘ Why, Mr. MoKay V
< Because I feel a very deoided eontempt
for the Court.’
‘ Your contempt for the Court is not
more deoided than the Court’s eontempt
for you,’ was the response of one of the
magistrates.
This was a stinging retort, and Mao felt
it; but another worshipful member of the
Court—a dry, hard looking old blaek
smith—put in a blow that finished the
work and completely demolished the young
larger:
‘We might fine yon,’ he said, ‘ bnt we
don’t know which one of us you’d want to
borrow the money from topay it with.’
The laugh was against Mao. He was a
notorious borrower when he conld find a
lender. He has never jested with the
Coart since that rebuke.
Miracle of Honesty. —At a party one
evening, several contested the honor of
having, done the most extraordinary thing ;
and a reverend gentleman was appointed
sole judge of their respective pretensions.
One party produced his tailor bill with a
receipt attached to it. A buzz went
through the room that this oould not be
done, when a second proved that he had
arrested his tailor for money loaned him.
The palm is his, was the general ery,
but a third put in his olaim. ‘Gentlemen,’
said he ‘1 cannot boast of the feats of either
of my predecessors, but I returned to the
owners two umbrellas that they left at my
house.’
‘ I’ll hear no more,’ cried the astonished
arbitrator; this is the very ne plus ultra
of honesty and unheard' of deeds ; it is an
aet of virtue of whioh 1 never knew one
capable.
Hold, said another, ‘ I’ve done more
than that.’
‘ Impossible,’ said the oompany, ‘ but let
ns hear it.’
‘ I’ve been taking my newspaper for
twenty years, and pay for it in advanoe.’
ITF” One day the Duke of Newcastle and
the Duke of Cleveland were travelling to
gether in a railway oarriage. Newcastle is
a fine, noble-looking man, frank and sooia
ble; while Cleveland is a little, dried-up
old fellow, proud as Lucifer. In passing
through Nottingham, a gentleman got into
the same carriage with the two dukes.
[An English first-olass carriage will seat
but eight persons, and few common people
travel in the first class.] He proved to be
a manufacturer; and Newcastle soon enter?
ed into conversation with him—asking him
all about trade, the state of the markets,,
etc., and deriving considerable information.
Cleveland, on the contrary, was silent and
exclusive—not deigning to talk to a mere
business-man. After a while; the journey
of the Duke of Newoastle was ended, and
he left tho carriage. The Nottingham
gentleman, who had been delighted with
the easy conversation of the departed duke,
turned to the other stranger (proud Cleve
land,) and asked if he knew the gentleman’s
name with whom he had been conversing.
‘The Duke of Newcastle,’ was the reply.
‘ You don’t say sojV rejoined the aston
ished manufacturer ; ‘ well, now, only to
think that such a great gentleman should
have talked in so free-and-easy a way to
two suoh snobs as you and ll’
Cut off the Back Legs of your
Chairs. —l will tell you a seoret worth
knowing. A thousand things not worth
half as muoh have been patented and ele
vated into a business.
It is this. If you out off the baok legs
of your chairs so that the back part of the
seat shall be two inohes lower than the
front part, it will greatly relieve the fatigue
of sitting, and keep your spine in much
better shape.
The principal fatigue in sitting, comes
from your sliding forward, and thus strain
ing the ligaments and muscles in the small
of the baok. The expedient"! have advised
will obviate this tendency, and, as I have
suggested, add greatly to the comfort and
healthfulness of the sitting posture.
The front edge of a ohair should not be
more than fifteen inches high, for the aver
age man, nor more than fourteen for the
average woman. The average ohair is now
seventeen inches high for all, which no
amount of slanting in the seat oan make
comfortable.— Lewis’ New Gymnastics.
Converse not with a liar or
a swearer, or a man of obscene or wanton
language ; for either he will corrupt you,
or at least it will hazard your reputation
to be thought one like minded ; and if it
doth neither, yet it will fill your memory
with such discourses that it will be trouble
some to you in after time ; and the returns
of the remembrance of the passages whioh
you have long since heard of this nature
will haunt you when your thoughts should
be better employed. —Sir Matthew Hale.
Where are You Wounded J
It had beoome a matter of habit with the fair
ones to open conversation with the very natural
inquiry, “ Where are yon wounded ?” and accord
ingly when a party of three or four the other day
approached our cel), they launched out in the usual
way. Paddy made them believe that he didn't hear
distinctly, and replied, “ pretty well, I thank yes.
“ Where are you wounded ?” again fired away one
of the ladies. “ Faith, lam not badly hurt at all.
I’ll be thravelling to Richmond in a wake," re
plied Pat, with a peculiarly distressing look, as if
he was in a tight place. Thinking that he was
deaf, one of the old ladies in the background, put
her mouth down to his ear, and shouted again,
“ We want to know where you are hurt ?”
Pat, evidently;finding that if the bombardment
continued much-longer ne would have to strike his
flag anyhow, concluded to do so at once, kba ac
cordingly, as rosy as a boiled lobster,
and with angiy&nd of energy, he replied! “ sure,
leddies, it's safb that I am ; but since ye are de
termined to know where I've been wounded, tVs on
my sate! The bullet intered behind at> my breeches.
Plase to excuse ~my feelings and ax me no more
questions.’,*
I leave it to you to imagine the bldshing conster
nation of the inquisitors and the sudden locomotion
out of the front aoor.— Leesburgh ( Va .) Correspon
dence of the Charleston Conner.
Noticel to sugar cabb growers.
An entire new and improved
SUGAR AND MOLABBEB BOILER
for making Sorghum Sugar and Syrup, directly from the
julee of the Chinese Sugar Cane. A cut representing the
evaporation,: and samples of Sugar and Syrup can be seen
at Adam R. Barr’a Agricultural Implement and Seed
Warehouse, East King street, next door to Lanes’ Dry
Goods Store. who will attend toaltorderssent.tohixn.
W. X. WHITNEY,
' factomilli* .Wyoming .
. &>le Proprietor for the State of Pennsylvania.
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