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And the ; shimmering: light Of, the ,atifflott 7 • i.Oiteritis4 . o•• ' „, ; pit r,• ,11 • :t Bat never again 'shall I wait and,watelt,l In the had:Lot theffiveet 0r4, 3 11 , 'jg4t,• 11.) t .t For *stein the loPth OUP ' '4,°P l3 !?: And the gleam b a'garment w , to._ And never again, 'neath IherlieW4eisined flowers, .• vi - Lt;..ejt Shall linger my love and I; When thatremuleusstars through the flee cy ' dr , , Yet ajoyj heavenallthese.Wroogs will be righted."'" • '•• " • For two yeam , l Hied alone at 'Swan's Nest—trict years of inexpresaiblk .agony; then thenews came. , A ship homeward . bound from CalcUtta,. was lost aid' Hor-, ace Readesweinne of - the paz..Ytangers.—' That wthile death otholiel ''• Anoiher yeasAlraggetby.' One - sweet. May eveningl strolled dewnthewshore. The sun was•settingnf geld Mid the pup plef and mOon came-up,--flooding the great seOnd the long stretch or glito tering samV,with ,, misty splendor. '-The tide relies - 4.0 With a law, musical mar sakclouvon a,r o Ck. , • Pit; Out:upon the''bar a stately, vessel swung at'ancher; and a' little boat 'from it was arignicirtAtehed thetiny craft witlknkind of :fascination. "Presently it grated ,ott ,tbelgual c tutd,a um, sprang IL shores A Witiniunelein hape took 'shapein my heart ansbandtcittered fOrward,-blind and half unecitminin" n =The instant after a strong arnsclaspixtrae, 1..; I looked up in the, ilea above ine. It Was wan and, orn' and !flanged.. by', i 3 uf fe kfrig; but, kne* it in *an, instant. • "Oh Horiteel my .husbandl" • I Cried; "forgive me." . Then I felt I'lE+4ou:2,llpm my cheek, 14 -0 6 *1 Pa r.liPsi and sank into his e. • , . It is allover—the remorse; the lonely= ness And the aching heard , We' Hit at Swan's Nest=-' my.dearforgiving 'husband and myself.: .;1°:•*:, • .31 - "I had gaged my passage," she said -"in. the steamer that was lost, But I fell ill 'and could not come them and that sick .niss hureitored rne'te y ; thank God!" I thank him also daily and hourly, for this tuidefierv4 this perfect bliss.: TnouasxLESSNESa - Joungman, in the flush of early strength, stop and - think ere yra take a downward step. Many a pre mus:life is wrecked through thOughtless ness alone.' If you find yourself low company, do not sit carelessly you are .grailually,but surely drawn into the whirlpool and chasm, but.titink of the con sequences of such a course. A rational thought will lead you to seek the society of-your superlotak and ,you:anuatritupsove by the association., ?enevolent use of yoqr example and; influteit4 for the'eleva don. of :your biferiors;' 'noble twig even the Most' depraved are not beyond such help. But the young man of im pressible Outman; must; at least, think, and beware '-lest hii , fall.lrbnself. a victim. Think before you touch- the:wine; 'see the effects upon thousands, aml.know that you are no stronger than dig, Ittere in. their; youth. • Think before„,* . clerk hour of w temptation, you boqb, ,without leave, lest you become Okla: Thiplimiell ere a lie or an oath ixtsses your . k, 41 4: a . man of pure spe ech ol 4.et Intrespec u 2 ent„,.: Alt! think ou'thing3 ' rue', s and of good repoFt,tiuti there *The het* men andh4pter women I#. 4:ke . 1M14... - PAT:Ia:ND LEAN Mmr.— : -.llost, persomi wantto weigh more thtui they doy and mea sure tlmir health by their *tight,. as if. a manwere as a pig, 1;21w/bleb proportion to 11131dt. The ,racer levrtotfat o , plough.horse has butiainotlerate,funourit -efilcsb,L., , lleavy men are not those :which expeAenced-contraeters =piny :tonuild railroads and, clirditchts.:r. Tlunnien, the world over, are the for endurance, are the wiry and hatdy; ' ' ple live .the longest. The truth fittas a disease, and as a proof, fat people are never well a day at a time. For mere leak moderate rotundity is most desirable, to have enough flesh to cover all irregularitim. 'To ac complish ...this in the shortest tithe a man .should work but little, sleep a great part of the time, allow nothing, to worry him, keep always in a joyous kluging: mood, and live chiefly on albuminates, such as boiled cracked wheat, and rye, and Oak, 'and corn, and barley, with. sweet "milk, and buttermilk, and meats. Such 'is the best fattener known. A negro once gave the following toast: "De Gubernor ob our State. He come in Avid very, little opposition, he go out wid none at all." " • I , ,>-1", ,• 4 ' l4 T017411PY4 skeekM ;MtiveiSitirgice.` 7- • io ( ' • , ; , 111,*: ") " ""; •, SOth , e Years ilgwAßuas4 l 4, no bleman ; was traveling on,epecial 'businefs in-the t interior of RUN* , • It .was the •bagirwhig -4-winterybut-the-frost-htutset-443117 His uarnage, • rolled up te,the a n - he , demanded wrelayofiroises,to carry 'lan 'to the neatstation, where he intended to : pass. the night.. The inkeeper entreated him not to proeeed,fOr he said th.ere was 'danger in traveling So late—the' wolves. were out. 'lnt the nobleman ' thought the man merely wanted to keep him as a Sued ; he said:it was too earlyfor wolves, And ordered the horses' to be put to. Se then drove of, with his wife and , his tin" , daughter inside the carriage with him.— 'On the bog of the carriage was a serf,who had been born on the; nobleman's estate, to 'whom he . was much attached, and who loved his master as he loved his own life. They rolled over the hardened snow and there seemed no sign ofdanger. Themoon shed' her pale 'light and brought-`-out into burnished silver , the road on which they were going. .4t length the little.girl said tt! her &tiler „ , , . , ,"What Wili3 that Strangei,howlingnaise that I just heard?" • . "011; - nothing - but - the `wind - sighing through the tree,',T' the father replied.. . hild - shut - herquict, But she said again? "Listen, father ; it is not like the Wind, I think," ' The lhther listened, and far, far away in the distance behind him, through the clear,,cold,, -frosty .air, he heard a noise which he ,too well kttew the meaning of.— He then put' down the windoW and spoke to 'Servant : • "The wolves, I fear, are aftgi us; make haste,' gerell the man todrive fester, And getgur Pleas ready." The postilion . drove faster.. 'But the sank mournful mind which the child Tad heard approached nearer and nearer.".* was clear that a pack of 'wolves had scent cal eh - i — no - d - The - 4oblemantried - to - calor the ('ears of 'the wife and child, At lust the Tof, the Pack - was-distinctly hard.' So he said to his servant: ' "When 'they come up with ns,' do you single out onennd fireduld.l. will single out Another, and while the rest are devour. : nag thena. we shall get on." 1 " , . - As 1309 D, as he put - down the window he 'BIIW the pack in Kill er.behind, the large dog•Wellat dear head, TWashotiaiere fired and two of the. Wolves fell, •: The: others instantly set upon. and devoured them, and meanwhile the. carriage Oiled ground.— But. the taste:af blood only made them more ferocious, andthey were seen up with the'carriage again. Again two more shots . were fired, and twafell and-were devoured But tlaa eartiagnwas aeon overttalen, and the Peet"lrlute, was , yet far dilatant. ; The nobl then'indered the postillieit-to loose on oft hie lindens that they • might gain=s fi e tinte.l• Thiir was :done; and the , poor. s orse frantically plunged into the forest and, the wives after i him, , and was soon torn to pieces. Then .fituither horse was sent off, and shared the same fate.— The carriage labored on as fast as it•could with -the two remaining horses. But the post-house was still distant.: At length the servant paid to th'eVnister ,".1 have, served you ever sine I was a child ; 'love you as Myown self. Noth ing can Save you but one - thing. Let me save yOu. I ask you only to look after my wife and little ones," . Thenoblemanremonstrated,butin vain. When the wolves next came up, the faith ful fellow threw himself among them. The panting horses galloped on, with the ear riagelandilie gates of the post-honseitiat closed in upon at as the fearful pack were on the point 'of making the last , fatal, at tack.. But the travelers were ,safe. , • , The next retuning, they went out and saw the place Where the faithful servant had been pulled down by the- wolves. His bones -only were there and on the spot . the nobleman erected a pillar, , on which was,written; 79tepter loy6 hath no man than this, that a man lay : dowp his life fora, friend." "But God comitendeth his love toward 'us, in that, While 'we wereyet sinners, Christ -died ferns.", NOT BE Sitersi.--A ;New Hamp shire man arid. a Jiaan'trom Ohio chanced torneetat a public dinnerinNewYork- The man from Ohio suggested to him of the granite State that it might be 'advan tageous to' him to'rernovelo the west, es pwially lab proposedta:follow the pur, suit of a .farmer. The_ Yanke 'could not see it ; there was no State in the Union e nual to Neiv Hampshire..of the,Buck-, eye State Could not auto this. - Ohio . was inferior toffeWT-Tonipshire ao re spect, while& many respects she was su permrelhe Yankee demanded to know afiniierior feature. The Bucke • enced to enumerate; but as, fast as he presented his claim ofsuperiority h - an= tagonist unhesitatingly swept Them away by bold and vigerous declarations to the contrary At length, when another sour' ces of argument ; had been exhausted; the Buckeye confidently observed ; "You will at halst alio*. that Ohiojust 1Y claims superiority over Now Hemp shirein point of the extent of the torrito rV?" • gNo, sir!" prOmptly and emphatically said_ t t he Yankee. "Your State emends otitbecausis it is flat. Lookat the moun tains, of' New Hampshire! Goodness Mercy! JUst'roll !eta out flat and they'd cover up the whole of Ohio and ftll'up a big slice .of Lake 'Eric!" An old lady who was never in the cars resolved last week to .visit Boston. She had no sooner alighted from the car than a man took her arni with theusual"Have a hack?" Looking him full in the face, she drawled nut, hesitatingly, "Wal, I dunno.; he they good to eat?" SDAY, - 41:ILY .13, 1871. Mystery. California furnis hes . a, story of dig, Merle and . mysteribus which it would be difficult to surpass outside the 'legends and the traditions oj'the age of ogres, 'ants,_ magiChlini - a — i inhe — r evil things„, .Accord ing to this tale of the grotesque it would . appear that some-time agoa man named GregorySummerfield, a personsaid to have been of extraordinary attainments, liter ary andscientific,-was niurdered.b being thrownfrom the xolatformlfa.car o n the Union Pacific Railroad at Cape Horn.— A San Francisco lawyer of excellent rep ute,named Leonidas Parker, being the only person on the, platform with him at the twit., suspicion was directed aga inst him, aid he was arrested as being the perpetrator-of the crime. , , Twice triefthe was both times mysteriously acquited, This Parker has recently died, and, as is said,' , has left a written statement in which, while' acknowledging that he did kill Simmer field, he explains wherefore. He.saysthat a short time before the. death of Summer field, that; person; who wisknoin as "The Man with a Secret," came into' is . office in San Francisco and told him,-with -Ake fire of the discoverer in his eye, that he had fathomed the great seciet_otmudEitig_wa 1 ter bum. He had discovered a prepara , ion_ofpotassinia-Whichi , ,would_aeparate the particles, and ignite the liberated ox ygen, thus - creating and recreating its own force, and so consuming 'until all the par ticles were destroyed.'• For the possession of this secret he demanded the:stun of $l, 000.000, to be raised. in ,San. Francisco, under the penalty, otherwise, of „the des truction oldie world by his setting fire to the Pacific ocean. Parker at first thought the.man a lunatic; but on the trial of one of his potassium.pills in a basin of water in his (ghee, he saw, to Ats surprise that by its influence the WatOras.changedinto a liquid that. blazed4Othe. ceiling.nntil it was consumed. imparted his discove ry of this, ' ,CompoUnd to,, several entlenten-of-SauLFranciseo-a_leading_ anker, a bishop, a chemist, - two &ate II niversitTProfessore,La_physician,Wudge„ and tivar Protesi. .ant divines—who, with' himself, ,witnetia. the experiment on a grand scale in a mountain lake ten miles from Safi Frandseo, the waters; of:which, in. fifteen. minutes, were entirely consumed. Summerfield growing importunate, the committee became alarmed. He demand ed the money, and finally, as a last resort; it vvas determfnedto destroy the man.who. held the fate of the world in his Parker, who knew the gorgesandthe wind= ings of the Pacifier was , .chosen as his 'executioner. Summerfield was • de '434o by Parker to the, spot, and. hence 'the tragedy. In thi conclusion of hiti doe= anent he says : "I se*W . :Capeatern as the best adapted to the purpose. and et t?P. the public knows.* rest., Having :been fully acquitted by two tribunals of the law, I. make this final appeal tomy fellow men throughout , to reverse - the' jude4ent al ready pronounced.", To - this dramatic affair but one fact remainsto be addett:ltßeef himself Iliecl" insane just after ArriUng his 'statement, a victim to newspaper comments' upon his connection With the. extraordinary case of Summer field. - ; ' . ur mouth shut and your eyes Kee] open.. The absent feel end fear every ill. Self•praisa depreciates. , The. dead; to the bief, and the living to good cheer. All women, let them be ever so homely are pleased hear themselvps celebrat ed for beauty. 1 - , Squires and knighkerrants are subject to much It and ill-luck. Liberalit mayle earned too far in those who e children Winlaerit from them. Virtue is always more :pursecuted by thewicked than beloved' by the righteous. Every one is the son of own works. Padlock's, bolts or bars can secure a maiden so well as her own reserve. , Wit and humor belong to genius alone. There is no book so bad but something good may be found in it. , . • We are all as God made us, and often times a great deal worse. • WO'cannot all be .frinrs, and various 4 0 1: - Paths by which God ecaidacts the good to heaven._ • ' : , Covetousness Thirsts the bag. It is easy to undertake, but more difft cult to finish a thing. • c-• TIO, term is appilly applicable to, all ranks---Whiiever 'a-ignorant is vulgar. #s: the streets of, "by-and-br one orb rives it thehonse efiletiert • ' ' -- --Between the yes and no ofda Iforann 'I would'uotAndertnke to thrust the. , point of a pin. --,‘„ A soldier had better ; smell _ gunpowder than musk. her: men's'pains are eciily borne. When thing is once be ttik it •is al most half finished.. • ‘l' La' br' Silver for a ilYnn oridge o) : en . y em. The jat. that gives 'Shin is ni) randpa, where o - the people ge fashions from!" "From PhiladelPh*7 "Well, where do the Thiladelphia peo ple get them. • • "From England." . • "Ahl and where do the English get them . from?" :,,, "From France." .."'%;. "But where 00 die 'French get them from'?" ' . ._ .. "Why, right strai?ht 'from the ,devi.l-- now stop your noise! • • A man named Aron beAlbug, 'of ' Mont gomery county, intends petitioning the Legislature -to clatnp his , name. He says that his sweetheart, whose. na e is Olivia, is- unwilling that he shoul called a bedbug; herself, 0! 'lleciSteg, and the little ones, littk bcditge. el! (," r .tivr - t• • • /, •,/ 1:% OU4 IBRILD.t; . . Here is a Datehikaa's`idea.of his boy in , • by, which - will do , to read if you can get the right twist ocyour maath: Yon didn'd hearthe:newia. Veil, veil, _Dot's • *niiprA frintky_doo-- ' ' Vy; eferybodyknows id'yet— Don'd you dinkid's drue? Yes, yes, dot's so- 7 ve got a son-- ' • ' My olt woman and me-of . • Und he's der smardesd leetle tddld You ever yet kin see. ' ' ' He earned der very last night in March, -Der, sassy= leOle , _Of he'd voided a leedle vile He'd been it Aprirfool; But dot baby he know,d a ding'Or dwo Dey say so he looks like me,, Dot'so cause I'm been he's fader, , Dot corned for chit, you, see; ' • • He's got the nicest leedle shneod, Und leedle. hands and feet, Und he can virak mit both he's eyes— Oh 1 he's. • gont snuff to eat; ' Vat's dot? I• bet Yon dot Pm•broud, • I teel like of Pm gild! I vood'nd shwab him for a farm, • '•• No, he's doo nice a shild, . . Come in 'dethouse; and saw him vonce, Hush now! Don't wake him up.. He's god a 'awful hair, of lungs; . 'Hein shgiveela bisened pup. • ' See, dare, he It 3 now aind he nice? • ' Hee fixin' his mood to gry ; 77 11 e VoiiiFs to suck on somediri - gTrg -- uess . •He's leedle droat ish dry, , , ' , • For the "Village Record." - Our Future. " As every man is the architect of his own fortune, soeiery community is' for its awn' Attu*. We beast of our lilt i erty and independence yet are of necessity-, all dependent on-our neighbor. It is but the manifestation 'of a narrow mind when' we find that selfish.. penuriousness ; that will discourage everything that will not yield a handsome profit to the 'individual instead of his fellow. ' is not for us to( sip of all the Sweets of life, and if we, by our influence, era helpingliankcan cause some goo 11 fortune4o, come upan. our fel lolv_riLan,we_thus.far lighten his burden, ld , othi; fror- etract nothing 'Yes-'we aro .de) another, and that community in wine is exchanged the most synapathy and eniliour ogementos the most prosperous, the most happy; and the inostnicirai. What Of the future of our village?. - Shall it be prosper ous, happy, and moral, orshall avarice and selfishness be the ruling :elenients in our ,society? This is a critical time in our his tory, and it hecoMei all to act well their part- 7 to •be up End deing, that we may secure all the advantages that nre in store for us. .Be itetive; , energetic, wide-awake now, and we shall -derive lasting benefits not only for ourselves, but for our, poster ity. Words of encouragemenCiost noth ing; so let - m . ll l / 4 , i them if nothing more-. We are in a manner isOlateefrom ' the world ofprogra-es,;let therejeaniong us , a. spirit that demands.release from the fet: tars of the past. It well :becomes the` worthy editor of our village paperii) bo the first to join with those whose wateh• word is onward and upward, and on.whose banner is inscribed Excelsior!. Ye croakers' hold thy peace, let no weird sound be ut tered' by : yciu to dampen the zealot* this unde: king, Wit subscribe at once for the - i7. 7-1 and so encourage the cause and do your own soul an everlisting good. . Railroading is now the theme every. where: Our people are aware of• the ad vantages that 'are to be derived froinn railroad connection. Whenever any eeri poration makes any,Troposal to build a road, every one is anxious *know the re sult. We have on two occasions, at least; raised the amount of money asked of us to build a Madibut owing to the defection of others, tve have thus far failed. The com mit* appointed at, the recent railroad meeting having learned wisdom 'from the past; want to know 'whether the corpora- , don can give good guanustees to track up what they propose.. This is a right :step and will save us frowmaking a useless• subscription, or from being swindledniit of one when we have made it. We hope the . consmitteis will, as soon as consistent with their proceedings, lay the whole mat-. &ter before the public: in such a manner as shall make all enthusiasticrailroiders.— What we desire, ilk ,tolnge our people to fail into line, so that when the time comes to issue the order "Forward—March," all will be ready to do: their part. , 'Do this, and the railroad is a reality. .Xliere, are no less than three companies ail] . 4ing to make our Places, point, and if we do not secure one of then the fault is Our own. A home market is always beet for the farm er: To make Chem dirket" we must encourage anddevelope our ' merinfactim ing interests.' Nothing is more needed her to _accomplish this developement• than raid facilities., Don; be toe .avari cioas,tooLselish. give, at ktast; the similes of your bounteninces ciauSci, not for your oAim sake, for the-sake 4 your neighbor:. • •• • -,•• &Emmons. '"icinah painting the &rake Of a house. in Hartford, fell frOin a ladder; and .it.was' sappesed that' he was ha* hint Imme-, diatelyafter,the-fidl a y6Fng man ram to; the store to, info the painter .of,the,nas-f 'fortune that haa,tiv.eitalmii, his Workman. Tlie,l3oSs'lkened dower the - . iind 'with the; ruling pas. sion still Strong withinlim; "asked- anxi ouslz, "Da he spill his paint ?". • • A Frencli priest, who: had "usually a small congregation, was one daypreach ing at the church in Ids village, when the doors being Open, a gander and"several geese cantalleng lip the middle' -aisle. 'the preacher;: availing himself et-the circumstance, observed that he uld ,no longer find faulewith thepeo for' non sittendance, because l : though • ey . did not come themselves, they sent their repre . entative3. Why is the letter D like a sailor.? , Be. cause it followS the a /,‘ • Artimati!at Twen ty-One. When yourig,girl reaches the age of 15 0r.16 :yam, ihe•beginalithitile of the mysteriOns liiibjeorolvalitiiitionyl a State ' the delights of which her youthffil -bnag inationLahadoinsforthinibemostf-CaPt • ing forms. It is made the topic •of light and incidental discOurse among her corn panicles,' and it is recurred to - with int:rear- mg inte rest' every time it is brought upoir the tapir. When she grows a little older; she ceases to smatter about matrininny, and thinks moreintently onthe al-impor tant subject. It ou hy . day, her dreams by night, and she pie "tures to herself the felicity of being wed ded to the youth of Whom she cherishes a secret, but consuming llime: 5h, 681 /2 3 herself in the mirrer,and; as it gene 7 "tells a flattyrinitide," she tarns from it with a pleasing conviction,tbat her beauty will enable her to. complex the , heart ofthe mostabdUrate and , that whoever else may die in a state of "single blessedness," she isfdestined to become,•ere many years roll by, a happy bride. From the age of ld to 20 is "the ,very witching time" of female life. During that , period the female heart is more suscepti- , ble to the soft and tender influences oflove than-of-any-otheriand—wompeal-to—our fair readers to say, whether, if inclination _wasalone,tonsultAidinthehusiiiesst, more - marriages would not take place during the ticklish season, than in any by which it is preceded or followed.. It is the grand climax oflOve; and she who passes it, without entering into the state matrimony, may chance to pass several 'years of her life ere she is caught in the meshes of gy men. The truth 14 that the majority of women begin to be more thoughtful when they,have turned the age of twenty. The giddiness of the girl gives place to the so briety of the woman. Frivolityis succe,ed ed by reflection ; and reason reigns where passion previously held undisputed sway.. The care and Are anxieties of life press themselvesmory palpably ? they tend to en-the-effect orthe_sasglime_autic"- ration of• led fecility in • the mar- , riagestate,_whi e-o irmiliad formed in its youthful day-dreaMS: ` In short, to use a common phrase, let worm after 20, look before they leap. _ , in our own hap ii: pendent one ,upon It is a universal statement universally , disbelieied. I have searched the graves of twenty graveyards, and not a marble' slab or shaft, plainly wrought, or. 'chisel ed in costly : design, bore this immortal.. assertion. I hays prayed above a ,hun-, .dred coffins, and watched the.thent of • the' mourners anxiously; not one betrayed a knowledge of this sentence.' I have:nar ried a bright face to the funeral chamber 'and spolmn-the*OrdS oreheerful faith ; and men'havelnarveled, revealing their scepticism then. surp •I. have • • found it latopersuade men that death , -is sunrise ;'•:but when' I compare the con-. 'ditions of this' liferwith those of the next;. when I.set the body sensual over againSt; the beitY.spiritual, the. mind in bondage ;over against the mind emlincipated`,4m nave hewed' yself over the white face :beautiful as it lay in deep, unruffiedrieiee and remembered how passionate : and pain-, fa vaii,the stoeid beside -the dying„hearCtlieir- murtaured„ wurds wonder, their , exclamation of rapture, and' seen a, light, unt4:thiti world, fall apon' their faces as theftnuched.the margin of, the great change, ivluive. said, "Death, thou•artia: H. H. idur- FORTY YEARS AGor—Forty years ago literaturemeaat learning; and was support-. noby commonsense., nonsense had no advocates, and was - tirett.y generally° kickednut of doors. Forty years ago young of the first reSpeetabilitk learned musica4ifit - 3iii the music of the spiiinirigwh'eelmid-learn4 ed the necessary: steps of dancing in lowing it..;. Their piano forte was Eti their parasol a bre . om . . handle, and their novels • - Forty years ago-the' young 'gentlemen hoed. coin, chopped wood at the, dnor,-and ,went , ton school m the.winter. to learn read- - ing„writirig_and arithmetic . .. . Forty years ago there were such thuko as balls in the summer,. and ..few in - ' the Winter exo-9ptsonwballs. ' - ;T. Forty *la tigo if a mechanic prOpoSecl ti do you , mrk, you might_depen4 on' hia word; it would be don& :. Forty years ago, whenii .-ineeharikerrin ished his work he was paid farit:•-;-.... Forty years-ago printoni . wore-taid, and were therefore enabled to , pay their;debti. What a falling _off!' . " - Some.gentlemen called upon an old wo- Man, and:inquired if she' bad "a• bibte..ear She Otta very angry at being asked aucba qttestion, and replied— • , - .. • `!Do you think, gentlemen, that I a heathen, that you sak me such ,tionr :" `• Then, calling to The little girl, she-tard .z.—" Run and fetch the Bible out of. the drawer, that I may show pit to the *Ellie men." —They desired abe I would :art tako,,tho trotible, but - she insisted that they should - Nee she was not a heathen," *Metalling ly the Bible was brought; hieelyleoliered'; on, openiatit, the . old womaaexelaimed: ."Well, how glad ' I tuiCthat you caned and asked . ' me, about the Bible 1 - 'li/ere are my 'spectacles I I luiyo gooking for them these' three' yell, and did not know where to find "John," said a poverty:stricken - num to his son, "I've made all my will to-day." replied John. ." . You*ere liber al to me, no doh t ." • ' "Yeq,John,l. .eitne'r'dibvin handsome. I've willed you the whble-ate of to make a living in, with the prnil edge of going elsewhere if you cant . 1,.,1,. ~,.; ;.. 0,0) oat TEAR EniMß 3. "To Die is Gain. 7