BY D. A. & 0. IL BUZIMEIL.
VOLUME XXIV. I
TRIM JOYLESS SIPILIRIY ,
BY MRS. WARY Z. HALL.
Yes, Ibis wand is add end dreary,
And a chill is on my heart;
And my trembling' soul is enemy,
ream the oh repeated den.
I've wept o'er faded friendebiPe
till my eyes have, eisrime grown ;
Na Imigte bitter aro he wont',
Mowed; for, and alone.
I've oared Ihnehoicest buds of hope.
And watched the opening glower ;
Inhaled the fragrance or its breath—
Oh ! Woeful was the hour.
But as I raised the dewy cup,
'Miramar drops 'to sip,
Dart dirippointment rudely game
And dardit hem my lip.
The fadeless wombs that fancy twined,
To bind upon my brow,
Like withered, lettered gadends lie,
Nor nen be withered now I
The gilded hues the future wore,
tito dueling to my Sight,
Eluded each my aster gray,
And sent in ruler night!
My heart has grieved at others' grief,
Mine eyes hells wept to see
The 'offerer vainly seek relief,
But no one weeps for use ;
I've oh rejoicesd st others' joy.
Yet why should I repine,
That no one cares In heave a sigh,
Urresuse no joy is mine 1
Tar friendship is a smiling mesh,
Worn only to deceive,
And ma I thrust it from my heart,
nay wherefore should I grieve ?
Its harried words and winsome arra,
Fire rainbow hoes it wore,
A 11, all are past forever past,
ro charm me never more
For the world is cold and dreary,
And ■ chill is on my heart,
While my trembling stout is weary,
And longing to depart.
No ties have 1 to bind tne here,
Or chain me down to earth,
F.,, those that fasten round my soul.
Are all of heavenly birth.
Female Piety.
The gem of all others which enriches
the coronet of a lady's character, is noel
fleeted piety. Nature may lavish much
oil her person—the enchantment of the
co tttt mottoes—the grace and strength of
lier intellect. yet her loveliness is uncrown
ed till piety throws around the sweetness
and power of her charms. She then be
comes unearthly in her di - sires and asso
ciation.. The spell which bound her af
feetions to the things below is broken,
and she mounts on the silent wings of her
fancy and hope, to the habitation of her
God. where it is her delight to hold coin
with the spirits that have been
rota - id from the thraldom of earth, and
wreathed with a garland of glory. frier
beauty may throw a magical charm over
m.oly princes and' conquerors may bow
with admiration at the shrine of her love;
the bone of science and poetry may em-
Kam her memory in history and song, but
her piety must be her ornament- r iher
pearl. Her name must be written' in the
••Ilook of liter' and when the mountains
13,10 away, and every memento of earthly
greatness is lost in the general wreck of
nature, it ins, remain and swell the list of
the mighty throng who have been clothed
with the mantle of righteousness, and their
voice attuned to the melody of heaven.—
ith ouch a treasure, every lawful gratifi
cation on earth may be purchased; friend
clops will be doubly sweet, pain and Bor.
row will loose their sting, and her charac
ter will posses e price fat above riches;
life will he hut a pleasant visit to the earth,
and death the entrance to a joyful and per
petual home. And when the notes of the
last trump shall he heard, and sleeping
millions wake to judgement, its possessors
shall h. presentedfaultless before the
throne of (31,d, with exceeding glory and
erowt. that shall never fade away. Pi
ety eciiintimicstes a divine lustre to the
female mind ; wit and beauty, like the
flowers of the field, may flourish end
charm for a season ; but like the Bowers,
those gilts are frail and fading; age will
nip the bloom of beauty ; siekeeoi and
nitafortime will stop the current of wit
and humor. In the ,gloomy seasons, piety
33 ill support the drooping soul like the re
trashing dew upon the parched earth.--
Such is piety, like a tender flower, planted
in the fertile soil of • womap:a heart, it
grows, expanding its foliage rind impart
ing its fragrance to all around, till trans
pinned and set to bloom in ?arpetual vig
or, and unfailing beauty in the paradise of
God. Pollclw this'stae--‘it will light you
through every lybnnth m the wilderness
of life, gild the gloom that gathers around
the dying hour, and bring you safely over
the tempestuous Jordan of death, into
the haven of promised rest.—Presbyte.
Tian.
KINDRIIIC—WouId it snot please you
to pick up a string of pearls, drops otgold,
diamond., and precious stones. as you
pass along the street t It would make
you feel happy for a month to come.—
Such happiness you can give to others.—
liow, do you task l By dropping sweet
word...kind remarks, and pleusant,amiles
as you pus along. These are true pearls
and previous stones which can never be
lost of which none can deprive you. Speak
to , tibt orphan. eltild.—bright pestle flash,
in his eyes. Smile on the , and de
jected—a jay entrusts bin cheek more
brilliant than the most splendid piashitis
SUMS. ay the wayside, mid As sity'w
4 1ilicliatkot 10 1.1 61re•14 ,01 :i the Peers drop
wordily and emilips ,to chger and Wee.—
Yoh 4111 OW happier When 'resting on
yimiopillois' it the dose of day, than if
you had picked up a score of perishing ,
.itiviipnde. ;The hitter fade and imitable
an thni—lhe 'former 'grow brighter with
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TUE 'MAIDEN'S CHOICE. 1
A TALZ 01 111 LL AUI7IIOTION.
Alioe Dem pster was what is called 'pret
ty, comely pl. She was not ,beautiful ;
but still she could scarcely pass along
the street, even In England, where beauty
is less rare than in any other country,
without being notioed. She was the (laugh
ter of a poor widow in a village in Devoe
-1 shire—the picturesque and oharmieg coun
ty. Mrs. Demeter had been the wife of
a tailor, who, out of his earnings, had
bought a cottage in his native hamlet, in
which his widow had resided after his
death. She had littlebelse save this cot
tage, except her daughter, who was .in
deed a treasure of affection and love. Bat
then Alice was one,_of those frail and deli
cate . beings who give pain while they do
pleaeure to a parent's heart, From shoat
twelve to eighteen her mother was her de
voted nurse. Never was paleface, or hec
tic cough. or meagre form, or constant
languor, watched with more intense anxie
ty by a parent; It seemed never off the
young girl s face. Mr. Dempster had a
lodger, and he came off rather badly ; but
be never grumbled or complained ; he
would, on the .contrary, sit with the poor
widow, and comfort her under affliction
with a rude kindness of manner which
soon won her heart. John Morrison was
a railway clerk, with a small salary at a
station about a mile off. He had lived
with Mrs. Dempster six years, and had
mainly directed the education of little Al
ice. Of a studious and serious turn of
thought, he spent all his leisure hours in
reading. Mrs. Demeter had sent Alice to
School when a mere child ; but a village
educational establishment is not usually
the place to learn much in, and that of
Dame Potter was not an exception. But
John Morrison took a fancy to the little
Alice ; and finding her fond of study and
her book, took great, pains with her.
About the age of eighteen Alice out
grew her ailments. Her cheeks filled out,
her eyes became lustrous and clear ; Mrs.
Dempster began to feel the effects of her
long vigils and constant watehings. She
moved about with the tread of an old wo.
man ; her appetite began to fail her, and
positions wore gradually reversed. Very
soon a cozy arm chair in the bright sun
by an open window, was the usual place of
the mother, while Alice bustled about, did
the work of the house, and attended to
the invalid. Mrs. Dempster had no par
ticular illnesss ; she was simply worn out
with anxiety and fatigue. But if she suf
fered she had also her reward, for Alice
was now her devoted nurse.
But Alice was eighteen, and pretty, I
have said, and the men made the discovery
as well as her mother. John Morrison, a
sedate young man of eight and twenty—
himself remarked it to Mrs. Dempster, as
did many others. In the neighbor's:3od ,
ware several extensive &line, and, among'
others, one belonging to Mr. Clifton. Mr.
Clifton was very rich, and had two sons,,
Walter and Edward. Walter was a very ,
handsome, lively, pleasant fellow, hill of
generous impulses, but somewhat too fond
of riotous Rlessures, of the bottle and the
carda. With plenty of money at his die.
peal, he was the centre of a group of frol
ickers that were, on many occasions, the
alarm of the whole country, and Walter
Clifton was the wildest of the lot. It is ,
true that he was generous ; if be broke a
head or damaged a field, he paid the ex-,
perm ; and if he broke a heart he was sor- 1
row for it. One hot summer day, Alice
was sitting sowing by his mother's side ;
the window was open, and the warm air
poured in upon the face of the invalid.—
Her eyes were pleasantly fixtx!. on the
honeysuckle, Jasaman t and clematis, which
twined around the windo*, and the rose
trees that filled the strip of the garden
fo re the house, but more pleasantly still
on the innocent sweet faoe of her eihild.
Suddenly two horsemen pulled up before
the window ; they bad often been noticed
before, but this was the first time they had
ever halted. •
"Mrs. Dempster," said the dark, hand
some young man, while the other, a fair
youth, held back and blushed, owe have
pulled up to ask for a drink of milk, or
beer, or any thing you can give us. Ii is
a long time since we have drank any thing
in your house, but it will be with pleasure
we shall renew oar custom."
"Welcome, weloome, Muter Oliftotv
replid Mrs. Dempster, without rising; "it
is indeed , a long time since you used to
come and listen to my poor husband's /to.
ries, and drink his goat's milk."
"A long time ; when your daughter Al
ice there, was six years old," replied Clif
ton, "and Ned and I were strings of boys.
Poor Mr. Dempster, we missed him very
much when we tame home from school.' r
"He often talked of you when he dame
home from his voytt,ges, said Mrs. Demp
etter, as the hung men were shown in by
Alice.
"1 suppose you have forgotten us," con
tinued Walter, addressing Alice, by whom
he had at down. •
"No," exclaimed the young girl, blush
ingly ; "I have forgotten neither of my
old friends, Walter nor Ned."
Meanwhile. Alien! was , bustling *boat;'
g io
paring a , plant bat wholsoate. lunch of
" 0 4 *home, to which th e gentleman
di ample justice. This done they remain-•
l ed an hoar in 'conversation, Welter chiefly
l odinating himself to Alice, /ildnard to the
mother. A
Soon, Walter beaus* a regular, Edward
all . 000844904 visitor. Waiter toot al
lowed Itiesebninuion of Alice tO peep forth i
he lost no' opportunity of speaking with
hie eyes, and loin began to whisper words
of affection. Alice listened With down-
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Aftw'identt a Month, Mrs. Dempster asi-,
led . hies SO Übe am and meld the heal :
letup iperosived the dawning punka ~w hi
wialising ea .betli aids" ; ,emb stela ow
1 ugh 4/1 1 40) 1 9c,99 1 4 Mgt ill *tans, bpi
iva tar masa almaratur a pt4 4 , ll.
ta1 . ..". ita ina. •.itt liised foster it i
viikwitte thileorroks. " Mnt Miiit
riliginolitabbolk she:pimp >ffiettMes*.
liter 1.0440 1 404 ia him hen sorsti aid WI
set one or two object one to the character
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GgTTYSBUR43, BVE4ING, JANITARY 27, 1254:4
sent.. It washout au hoar before tea-time.
when he came to this resolution ; sn d as
soon as he had dope so he went into the
garden.
John Morrison was a pale, good - looking
H
man, of moderate et ere . e had De pre
tensions to be handsome, but none would
have looked at him without noticing its
marked and speaking countenance ; to ad.,
mire, not its beaoy, but ifs power and in
tellect. But why is he nett so overcast
and sad ? Let us listen, we may hear.
"And is it for this I have trained ler
up ? Is it for this I' have devoted
my existenoe to her for several years—for
in the girl I Saw the dawning woman—to
be the victim 'of the wild and reekletel
youth who will break her heart ? But she
will be rich, easy. comfortable. Well 1 if
she could be happy I should be glad ; bait
Walter Clifton loves with the love of s boy
—a love of impulse—give him his toy, and
he will soon tire of it and break it !"
"What are you taking to yourselfabout
so freely T" cried Alice, tripping from be
hind some bushes where she had been cut
ting flowers for the evening. "But how
pale and ill you look I Shall I get you
any anything ?"
"No Alice. lam well in body, but the
mind is ill at ease."
"Are you ill, john f—my friend, my
brother ?"
'•Ah yes I" cried he, passionately, "there
it le; I have been a fool ; I have tsught
you to treat me as a brother, and the idea
could never enter your head of thinking
of me as aught else."
"Certainly not," said Alice, anxiously.
"But it had mine, Alice 1 cried John,
forgetting all reserve and prudence, "aver
since you were twelve years old, I looked
on you as one who might be my future
wife. Six years have passed away, six
long and happy years—nearly seven--du-
ring which, each day I have loved you
more and more. I waited and watched,
putting off the day of declaration until you
were
, quite a woman ; and it is now too
late.'
Alio. groaned, astounded, hurt and pain
ed to the last degree.
"Too late," said theuenally calm young
man, in tones of deep and wildly passion
ate feeling, "and all my dreams are fled.
I hoped, if heaven blessed me with your
affection, to be united to you on your
nineteenth birthday; we oould then have
made my two rooms up stairs ours, and
left your mother yours. She would have
found no change, save that in place of one
child ehe would have two."
"Oh John, John I why did you not speak
before T I never thought—l never sup-
44'Alioe, it was not to be. So, no more
of it. I must go away, not just yet, it
would startle your dear mother, but, by and
, bZ
"My friend, My Vrother," es,olaimed
M she gaud on his pallid face ;
flashing eyes, and tembling lip.
"Say no more dear child. Be happy
with the man of your choice. You have
the prayers and good•wishes of John Mor
rison.'
And the young man turned away and
went op to his room. An hour later he
eat down to the tea-table of Mrs. Demp
ster, far cooler than poor Alioe,whesearee
ly had courage to look up. The-talk was
varied, and generally trifling, Walter not
being one of those who can think serious,
ly enough to converse any other way.—
Patiently he spoke of a grand subscription
ball for the following Thursday, to which
he invited Alice, in the name of his moth.
er and sisters, who would call for her in
the old fashioned ferriage.
"But I cannot go," said Alias, quietly,
while, despite herself,
i her eyes fleshed
with pleasure at the , des; "my mother
elkiinot remain alone; besides Idanoe very
lndifferently." . •
"My dear Alice," said John, in a kind
tone, "I will take care of your mamma.—
We will sit up for you until any hour of
l
the night; go, it will do you good, you
who never go out."
"Yes ; go by ail mauls," added Mrs.
Dempster.
"Now on cannot refuse, " continued
Walter, s i
haking Morrs on's hand, heartily,
"Ic. Mary, and Jane will be round at sev
en; so mind—be ready."
After he led gone there were some rant
disoussions dim rusht. Alice had no dress
to go iq; that had never beat thought oL
Mrs. Dempster thought more of her
daughter time of herself, it is true, but a
ball draw is a serious affair with persons
of small income. After sapper the debate
was resumed, but with no satisfactory re
s nit, so all went to bed. About eleven o'-
al odt next day, while Alice was turning
out all her finery in search of something ,
suitable, a man entered with a paroel for
Mrs. Dempster. It contained a beautiful
gall dress, sent by Morison, who had risen
early, and gone into town on purpose to
purchase it. Alice turned pale, and sat
down; bat recovering herself, bent over
the kind parent to hide her tears. Mrs.
Dempster—good and proud mother—was
in weeks both at the dress and donor,
and immediately sat down to a table to'
begin gutting •oat.
When John ease home that night his
grestimg'was indeed hearty and warm.—
The mother declared that he was more
them a eon to her ',hi). Alit* said EOM 1
a word. -iler loots, however, was eloquent'
indeed. It expressed fortitude, pity, aer ,
thusarid *ogled shade/ of 401- J
in which words weld not have expressed.)
John was rather serious In his manner and '
tone, but by so word or look did he be•
tow his peculiar stets of Whir. He eat
reading to them that 'unsung, while
they worked at the dress; and even made
jocular remarks On Alla. taste tat finery
grad daaelog, with limb' sueorm SI to or.
move from the young < girl'. Waal} pp.
of uteetdtgeie.. She was the • mare
onipolod, , drat oho teased to, be : ,
her old to b e bee Niobium).
eke eta twenty, _ Zebu tiretty*gliti
Widen( wee Andsesaw Solo emir
&tame wee , liiielytteitioffote Atier.
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•Thwesesiiii ofthe ball 'muss round...—
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At semen Alice van 'assay linessed ; and
John Morison Joaked.at 6614 with undin
guised admiration, witi!* Oar was
. on .
—naturally enough—an ta . , moth •
ers always are when' Ili their
ilk Ind alarming. About
half-put seven the aarrl . There
were Walter and Ed' , . tho two
Misses Clifton, (the mn,, et, indigo°.
seci) who were all in isos th Alum
They did not stop long '' *all were
youg and all were Gagger: the hour
when the musk should in ern to loin
the deitov—an amusetneletl., OP i t bolcbt
not too often to late hours, th health
ful and 'oonduoive to Oh . illness of
mind. •
• John IMOrriaon Temakiefflll with Mrs.
7
Dempster despite the eff the Clif
ton's to take him with Abe For some
time nothing was
. spoken of t the beau
ty, gime and eleganee'ofil tle• tben 'the'
conversation turned United tie' subject ef
her marriage With Walter-h having die+
tiriptly.announoed ha, ieteption to make a
formal demand of her hand on the B.lw
day, if he obtained the young errs con
sent that eight,- John bit hit lips and.
to change . the oonvaralti i rselit a book
and read aloud. Mrs. papa, listened
a while; and then; die a vivid quiet,
the ulent night'aineited iakillitiente; and
fell asleep. John attain&ng for a
bout half an hour and then l tdown his
book and fell into a deep ramie. He was
half asleep and half awake for holm—
Suddenly he started up as the eleck struck
four, and found Mai. Dempster preparing
tea.
"Not home yet," said Job a, andling----
"tke little dissipated girl." ...,
"It is so seldom she goes o at," replied
Mrs. Dempster, "I do nos expiet her home
"
yet.
r
At this moment the sound of carriage
wheels was heard. There were two, not
ewe. They threw open thotamment. It
was daylight ; and within; a hundred
yards they discovered - duo carriage and
4.4 aide by aid& Alice wag in duo - gig
driven by Walter, while) some.friends
ed the vacant places in the other , vehicle.—
They came up at the door. Alice leaped
out ; then with a bow, and a **cid morn
ing," the party aped away: homeward.—
As she entered the room, 'both notioed
that all Alice's elasticity of 44,-41 her
spirits—all her loveliness ; a lone.
"You are tired, lore," • er mother
kindly; "here is a nice cup off tea; you
look soserious, I suppose Master Wainer
has bees proposing to you.Voue too,
I shall lose my child next. ver look
so serious. It is quite natural; and Ido
not say it by way of reproach."
"Mamma," replied Alioe, gravely, "I
have had two offers this pleek-.-one , on
Monday last and one this mwing. You
surpriaisi
'mend, look vexed. I should be 'sorry if
the conclusion of my words should pain '
you.
"On Monday, I accidently discovered
that John Morrison here had loved me
as his future wife for six years—"
"John r' exclaimed the mother looking
at them both with an air of outsized as
tonishment.
"Yes, for six years ; and I scorned his
love. I thought him too old, too grave
for me, and I owned my affectiso for Wal
ter. This morning Mr. Clifton made me
an offer of his hand and heart, and I re
jected him!"
"Rejected him 1" cried both in amazs
men t.
"I rejected him," replied Alice graye!y;
"and, dear mother and dear John, if you
both will consent, I wish from this day
to be considered the future wife of John
Morrison.
"Alice, why is this ?" exclaimed MM.
Dempster, who was naturally at irst in d
eer of the rioh husband.
"MT ~ctied John, "this is too
much happiness. '
"Wit 7 is this ?" replied Alioe enemata.
ly ; becoueejohn is generous :od good,
and Walter is selfish ; because Joan loves
me, and. Walter. treats „you as as inmate.
bronco and a bore.
I declare to you, mother dear, that I
now love John as much and morel than I
do welter. es I you more tins Ido a
stianger."
"BM speak, Alice, dear," cried the en.
rapound young man, "explain alkthia."
Ti p our mother who shall judge," re.
plied AIL"; .1 / will record Mitt Converse
tkons now clearly Axed on my memory,
word by word, but only one of which I
shall recollect after this morning."
She then related, word for word, what
bad passed between her and John, and at.
terwatds the sone between Walter and
her in the gig.
"I have begged you to ride alone with
me," said Clifton, warmly, "that I may
rorout my feelings to you. I love you
dearest, with all my heart and soul t I
wish you to share my fortunes; to be toy
wife at once — immediately . M y Mends
have already consented; your mother has
hinted her gladnies to acquiesce; we wait
your walnut."
"Walter," replied Alice. with down
oestayes, "balm, you go ear . further, I
have
,something to say to you which may
Chimp lour sentiments. hare's moth
er who is alone in the world.; she' his
, nobody to love and nurse barlong is
'she linss,l can never leave her. Sits hai
beim my ilevonod nurse; "bemire*. 'I go
'there most she be."
"Oh I but this is nonsense Alice"
cried Walter, instantly; "I , have pao,ul;h
of old people at home. matte to travel
for a year'or two in Frame. in Italy, and
to 1141110 only wheal some into my prop.
arty."
"Then, Walter (Illflon," said Alice.,
raising her bead, and speaking *risky,
"I can never be year Wife '; ybte Met
differeady abeamd tb myeallt.
No I 0111 to n ., I Mould INVIrs
'M ot I her for pee have loom" (or I lion,
lea fc.r „„:.I,b,ve not :known a
!Ito every one parts with their piewnta
014" tuart7,7 mid. Waller poistily,
:19 1 1_Al9IF 4, mod op OM band PYPent•
and' Iron andrinh haibapd ; all the.plean
tirgWor a continental libr—of lea ii, ar
11141 , ea the other a • dull home, along:
side of an old ailing woman, with , the
prospect of being the wile of a sprig of a
clerk, perhapr, like John klorrionn.'
"Enough Mr. Clifton." replied Alice,
Arroly and 'lineal angrily ; "if now yon
were to consent a tho usand these. to all
could ask, I would t ot beyour wife."
"You never loved me," void Walter,
whose alter was roared almost 10fren
zy. •
"I never did ; I was dirmiled for a while
beesuse I knew yon not. I saw' yen
handsome and agreeable. 'end emintogly
generous. I Ind you selfish and ungen•
creel. But. pardon me, such , observa
tions come with very ilium, fro Mme.—.,
We air still be friends. ' '
"Friends," laughed Walter, • Immo,
*not I ; idiot that Lyrae bi Wises in wo.
man's love, in girl's I maan--not in wo•
man's—who has not yet got over her
gummy sickness."
6.lfion forget yourself. Mr. Moo,"
acid Miss, with a mnile of pity.
4.And now. mamma." asked abs altar
she had repeated both emivenutions with
serupnloso fidelity. "do you approve the
ahoice lbws made botwatts my two suit
ors I"
..Heaitily, my . dear girl," replied Mrs.
Dempster, taking their two hands. “Yen
are worthy of each other."
Hippy John Morrison! Happy Alice I
The bells are ringing, if not human balls.
those rung by amplest so bright a union,
which truly must :hate been made in Has.
yogi And then, John Morrison got pro.
'noted a week after, and the wedding took
place amid pleasant and joyous smiles
and th ree went to Pins to spend the
honeymoon s and there they are cow.—
strange to say—and there I learned their
story. Before the first month of their
marriage, John came into some property
worth flee hundred a year. Paris seem
ed to suit Mrs. Dempster. and it was a
greed to stay there. The cottage was let
and a similar one hired for the summer,
near the wood of Bologne. Here now
dwells Mrs. Dempster and her two chil
dren. The young couple are very hap
py ; they lose each other with smut if
lection, and,unlike Clifton, who hen mar
ried en heiress whom he neglects—have
never found their happiness in•any Way
marred by the presence of 'their mother
in their quiet Items.
The Ungrateful eon.
, ~ T he eye that mocketh at his father, the
ravens of the valley shall pluck it (Mt."—
Prow. xxx., 17. This is a terrible denun
elution against ingratitude to parent, and
even in the present day is sometimes vir
tuallv fulfilled.
Some years ago. an Irish guittleman
who was an oxhilsoivi contnietor on oar
publie worn, was reduced to Overly by
the profligacy and dishonesty of an un
grateful eon. • The old clan Wet bin wife.
end in add to his clammily. bill health (sit
ed ; and IC fill his cup of sorrow, he lost
hie sight. Thus poor, friendless. blind
and forsaken. lie found an sat lam in the
Franklin county alms-bones, Penney'.
White an inmate of this refuge for the
:slrueted, his wicked and ungraceful son
travelled that way ; he waw informed of
hie lather's alumina. and that hie parent
wished to see him; and although he pas
sed within two hundred yards of the alms
house, he refused to stop and see the kind
father he had ruined. Now, mark the re.
cult.
The very day he passed dieslens.house
on his way to Gettysburg, in an open
carriage. he was overtaken by a storm
and took a seven cold that' resulted In the
destruction of his eyes. • He lay in Clef:
tyaburg in a eritisal situation until tie
funds were exhausted. and those who had
him in charge took him to the Franklin
county abuie-hodie.
The weirdo) , be wit broeght in, bte
father, basing died do day before, was
carried out. ,He was put in the rise
room, occupied the' ame bed, end in
'hod time followed hie neglected and
broken-heitted father to the judgement seat
of.Ohrist. It is r fettetil thing to felt into
the hands ot an angry Vied.
A man's own ronerilmos is , his sole tri
bunal, and he should ears rio more for
that phanioni,aiopinidn," than he sboiskl
fear meeting s ghost if he crossed the
ehereh-rard at dark .—Bat/aee►.
An eloquent and aeotimenml loafer
leaning against a friendly lamp post for
support, lifted up his voles and cried,
"How are the mighty fallen !" A voice
at his feet replied, 4 , Lemphwise in the
gutter."
Montesquieu says, I never listen tb
calumnies, beemuse if they are untrue I
run the risk of being deceived, and if tbay
be true ul hating period nut worth think•
int abilut.
The emu who beat the drum for the
"March of Time," has goes to play on
the "born of plenty." The man who at.
tempted to look into the future. had the
dot* elemened in Ale foie, damaging bid
prottoieht badly.
As the'blesing Icie upon your cheerful
Ilre slog the song* of comfort. remember
that other amp Noreen/ by the meaning
winds without..ohrielologtAiripo of woe
through tbe , ennuis, of Um poor eirke's.
hovel.
riot- Cherokee marriage aseremoay i.
very, eiprotalva—maa and woman join
ing halide over a magi ig *rabic, ladies
tint that, their lib may Roy oat
• '
When we reneet that every nintber tias
ter dctl.PlrrisiPllo loo4l, it ilve Wit
oes I ngolty white all the twility.
ivy "anti cows from wit , ups. out path
swop' day of out life.
. --
A wo man's friendship burden mom
. nk ne ly no love than mans. Men affect
Ouch Other in the reflieniao of noble or
!tisniitY acts. Thil• "gawp, oak : few*,
proofs, and more sips end expregsions of
atisrhmeni.
• ' A
A piling roan of alginate* or,Awenty.
skidoos in a nniveraity, took* with o,
day with a prolinwor, who was ,aomiton-.
ly nailed the inadeatia 6104, *Pnb wee
hie kindness 10 the r9pni 4,011 *b° 6 i
rise hie totlineio instruct.
While they were now walking togeth
er, sad the professor Ifni eaeking to lE.d
the eretereation to grave' "abject", th!it
saw a pair Of old shcieidging Jo the path.
*filch they 'opposed belonged to i poor
man who had dearly finished his diy's
The yoen Student turned to the 'pro.
fessor, flying '
"Let tri `play the than a trick ; vie' Will
hide his shoes, aid conceal ourselves he 2 l
hind then beeves. Cod wank to she his,
perplexity When he attain 'fidd Went.
"My dear friend," answered the prn
fessor:"*o mutt never amuse ouraelvei
at the expetage'of ihe poor. But ion art'
rkkandimay givk jintniolf match greater
pleasure Mani of ildit'poor man. • RIC
a dollar in wash oboe, and then we Will'
hide ourindwia."
The student did • • • •
hhiseelf With the •proftieur, behind . ' e
bushes hard by. thmugh 'Which' they iimpltt
easily witah the laborer. and see' ishittiV.
er wonder or joy be might express. •
The ponr man soon finished his '
'work,
and came sorose the field to the path
where :is had left his coat 'and skpes.—
, While he pat on his eon he' slipped tins,
foot into one of hie shoes ; feeling into.-
thing hard, he 'moped down and found
the dollar. Astonishment and' wonder
were upon his countenance; he peed up.
on the dollar, turned it around. and look
ed again ; then he looked around on Ifni
'Meth but could see 01 one. He put the
Money in his pocket; and proceeded to
put on the other shoe ; but what was his
astonishment when he found the other
dollar l His feelings overcame him, he
fell upon his knees. looked op to heaven.
and uttered a loud and fervent thankrgiv.
ing, in which he spoke of his 'dear wife,
sick and helpless, and his children, front
some unknown hand, would be sesd
from perishing.
The young man stood there deeply af
totted, and with tears in his eyes.
"Now," said the professor, "are you
not much better pleased than if you had
played your intended trick r'
4 0h, dearest eir;" answered the youth.
"you hese taught me a lesson that I can
newer forget. I feel now the truth of the
words which I never understood—"lt is
better to give than to receive."
We should never approach the poor
but with a desire to do them good.
The Phseees.
Bayard Taylor, writing for (be New
York Tribune from abroad, in • letter
from Bombay, makes the following allu
sion no thereon of Parsee• : • • •
The Parsee" settled on the Rather
Coast, shoot eight centuries *go, Sher
their expulsion from Persia. They are.
as is welPknown, the followers of Zn
meter, recognising one (turd and one Evil
Principle; who contend for the mastery
of the Universe. They worship the sun,
as the representative of God. ire to all its
forme. and the sea. Their temnlee non.
lain no images. but only' the sacred die,
and though they have fixed days for the]
performance of various rites. the repeal
their prayers every morniog. anon 'after
sunrise. 'rho - dead are neither hurled npr
burned. but exposed to air within a walled
enclosure, on the suMinit'nf a hill. Tim
bodice of the rich are protected by a wire
semen. until Wasted sway, hut tho a e of
the poor are soon devoured ,hy bird, of
prey. The children are generally **!f
ried at from two to Pre years;of age, sod
brought uptogether, unlit of a
.mlll., age
to assume thil duties of mimed 110..7,-
Most of the nt'arriageit are celebrated et
this Omani the year and the streets con
tinually resound w ith 'the
. iatds(c of ll
bridal proceasions. First 'cornea* *WM
of palequins and **crisps, tilled tenth I
ehildteh •'tif both sexes---aud very Nonni-,
ful are the Parsee 'oftildren=elsd in edit
beepanglied With gold, Ind with pearl steJ
emerald ornaments in their , ears. Then a
bend, of netive aupstelans Votertili* Oar
"Lucy Long" or "'Carry me back,"
&e:t *fief there the bridal dowry, cover
ed With massive extinguisher! , of allele.
and die proceesion is closed by a ono. :
coarse of Women. whine splendid mind,*
of activist orimetink owle t yellow and
purple eligleam in sun
"Like tot* beds of different dyes,
Ileading lassiesth, tbs welt wind's sigh.."
Row 11.0 SI • M•x....When Carlyle
wan asked by a young person to point out
what edam of reading he thought beat to
mike bin) a man. be replied in He char
notorious manner s•
dilt is not by books alone, mr by
books •ohielly, that s man is In all his
points a m e n. Study to du faithfully
whiwiessir ibinp in sour sewsl situation.
the/Vend. now. you and expressly or us
eitly laid down in your ehargw—that is
your pouf stand to it like a true soldier.
Silently devour the many chagrins dt fi—
end tees you Simon; to quit it without Ma.
'mg MI that is in your duly."
A .PALPAIIILA Hrr.-..Out west a stomp
orator wishing to describe his opppousat
u a .rout/pe, mon. l onid,
.di hate 'mord some persons hold the
*platen that just at the preciu mamma
when one human being dies. another is
born, end dist the mol enters sad ani.d
mates ilionew bora' babe. r Now I hue
niadi pert,kolii and. extensive infulrien
eoneernilig my opponent Mere, and I And
that for are time protium to hie m a im.
ty, itodedi sided/ Fellow eiusens, d you
saw draw the inference."
Anstrehant examining a hogshead of
hardware, en eomporing it with the in
voice, hums] it all right except a hattleet
feu then thcinvolee.
••Oh ! don't be trou6l4. tqtey.'!
said the lash porei; *lsere the 'Leger
took it ~ut to tiktt the 1441 w tell
with.-
TWO DOLLARNifiCa ANNUILi
I miNtER 44,
prommobeeker
, The :dimes table to the Koirksroarket
Iliapitine is the best and m net spicy read
ing of the day. If it is true that every
thus' we laugh we draiit one nail t tom oer
0411 :1 11r e doup a land o ffi ce busiiiesv when .
are get it new No. of this work. Hear
the foll Owing
I. QuitiJilirprised as well as amused this
*gibbet tf'e denouement of an anecdote
whit:6lre hewn) related of a seahms deco.
tee At esw convert it a recent pnitracted
rirkilittleting,'lnd a partner of one of
the. ravarbuiy, driving, and thrifty met
rantlitt• Amite In the town where the “hub.
jeer resided. After .enntession and ad-
Miliariou, 41e. took upon-himself at once the
novel , cbeervanees which appertained to
his duties as a *professor ; such as grace
WOW, Monti, family prayers at morning
Ind stealing, ifto. His first which
wits heard by our inhirtroint. was peculiar
'Be I phreeed w Merle this portion of food
uow in'arediness for give it to us
love vary we at and d rink with grate
futhiattst Tru1y... 7 .--P. Ho was
eittarittropoo the naive of his flan, when
he di/Initiated his blonder in hum to stop
that -etiasatataatioa r. ,
Wihed a hearty gug,aw over the Wow-
writers Is a Sherif lit Illinois who was
rather 'taken in' in that region oa ner. ne.
reason, sad *dons los.' Be made it a
Pradnineet part of -hie hominess , to ferret
art Ased , punish 'godlier* for travelling
through dna ,Bode trillion( a license; •but
cite Ailoraisig he 'Mel* bus ussish e a lire
owns •Noakes pedlar. 'What have you
god Us se4l ? auythingr asked ;he eherif.
'Yams, intriain ;. what'd ye like to her ?
Got resorts, (nitrate, that!st on ankle,
`Koos& that you want, tow, 1 skald
say , by the looke o' yoor. bishil. • Got
good. bisakin' ;'t sake thew old now.
hilipboots.o' your's shine so 'it you-eau
shear in to "em; Balm o' Klualby, sew ;
0 011, a liolbir holds; good (or, thrha'r,
And alisistin t poor nature, 'as do poet
6sYs. ) .
The sheriff - bririfil a bottle' of Hahn of
Colombia, sad in reply to thy - question
whether h• wiulted 'ettYlbinif &sor t ' that
funeftenstry laid.. he did i he wanted to
see the iiiinkee's Herniae for pedlitig in
Illinois, that being his duty. as the high
sheriff of the State. I •The pallier shooed
hintialoaurnent. 'fixed up good, in Hark
and,' whisk the officer pronounced
correct ;' - ind - handing it back to the
'ref', kyr added, , dna't know, now that
re bought this ituff, that fears anything
about it. I reckon 1 tnar as well sell it
to you again. What'll you give for it ?'
,•12/1. - 1 don't know as the darn'd store
lby use to se, but stria' it's "erns, slier
iff,yft g iv e yew about thirty•seven and
hall cents for h.' 'quietly responded der .
trader. The sheriff handed pear the bet
de and ractdiedtbe,ehinge.rthen sbs sell.;
ler !Aid : 'tray yeas. gusecree a quetw
Ikon
in ask .you., Bee chins, Oft
'Woe *boot your trowsers-r ,
..No; I talus* Illy Lute of this article. to
said the sheriff. eh I Well,
I iloriti•we'U see *boot that pretty dared
poop. Ef I onderstand • the, law, dealt,
it's a raw owe Viet you've been seadie•
wich me--liewkito and poidlio' Belo n'
,Klumby on the high .way—,.and I shall hi
("IP 9 1 1 yowl be +defied of I.don't I'.
Washing the toiro, the yank** arse se
good as WI worli. Ithdthe•choir imis
rfir peddling. Iskahout
beard afterwanlto seq.•rYou , mitt+ , ha
writ try 40 hold a goraiod fie %Km Y huh
Imo l''
Wllidlet.eraiddiadt flislemeir
• . The Key. James. Wilhelm, dm mall
known • and phliainttregsle
!dot residliein' shit Smith' lea
,Iklf!tde.
sOlvis tot altoldetfittlit lute
them ,dte.coral oftheirithedas. Tits pow.
, erfol effect produeed upon them, and
the extranrdlnary ems to whirl+ WI
,applied it, 4i thus fimetiously
ntAlier heels( laughed at the proems of
binning. which .they believed is be to cook
the mind * their ,food. what was their'
astonishment When ho. the Movaing *out
found hie cottage glinted% in the , seeing.
sun. white 'ii snow... they so* they
shouted and screamed with Joy. The
whole. Wand was In commotion, given up
to wonder end mitionitY. and the laughable
acenee .which etented: after they got pos.
misakm of ; the. brush and tub bailie descrip
tion. The.iteit len immediately voted /I
. siftmositic and hairier, end superlatively
happy did many e swarthy• etiquette con
aidetilteroalr. could she but enhance her
. charnit by a,dab of the whitebrush. And
now party , spirit ran high. a• it will do
in itiorttgleilited countries. as to who was
or nut hest entitled 10 preference. One
party urged their, superior rank ; one had
cot-,the brash. and was determined at ell
seems in keep It ; and a third vied to
unectorti the whole, that they might obtain
•itoina of the tweepinge. They did not
eves @smote Au rob each other raf the little
Share that some had been so happy to so.
cum. .But anon new lime was prepared.
and is a week not a tint, a domestic toms
ell, a. war club. or a garment, but what
oases white as snow ; not en inhabitant
but had a skin painted with the most gre•
tesoue figures ; not a pig hut what was
similarly whitened, and even mother*
might be seen in every direction with ex
travagant gestures, nod yelling with delight
at the superior beauty of their white-with.
ed infants:"
•• Why doctor," said s sift lady. ors
give MN the Rani, eieditise thee yett et*
giving ley hupthend, Why he that re
hill right," rerthed the doctor, Hebei le
sauce lot the goose to ease. her the Pa.
der."
A hlithe bean asks' $ tole;ming
le• , True t but I; won't th; roptessa
glint ?my 44101!11011 dip,eomon from •
jolly inaJivilis ot lb. heart. rip roptik,
Anintkt4l l •• tari ;Ivory dam gut
adv.