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1337"
VOLUME XX
NEW SPRING
AN HL
5iJA81A . r.43,0,31.
GEORGE . STOVER
HAS RETURNED FROM pun-ADEL
PIIIN WITH A SUPPLY OF.
GOODS,
NOTIONS, QUEENSWRE
GROCERIES,
C... - 53". To which be invite's the attention of
of his patrons and the public generally.
Mareh.:3o, 1866
AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE AND
TRUST CO,',
Corner Fourth and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia
Incorporated 1850. Charter Perpetual Author
ized Capital, $500,000. Paid Up Capital,s2s.o,oo
Philadelphia, Feb. 4, ; 1861.
The Trustees have this day declared n Dividend
of FIFTY PER CENT, on all premitnns received
upcm MuTum, POLICUM during the year ending De.
cember 31st, 1863, anti in force at that date, the a.
hove amount to be credited to said Policies, and
have also ordered the Dividend of 1860 on Policies
is,ued during that year to be paid, as the annual
premiums On said Policies are received.
OFFICERS.
President—Alexander Whilldin.
&erctary and Treasurer—John S. IA ilst n.
Actuary—John C Sims.
BOARD OF TRESTEES.—Alexander Whig
,litt. J. Edgar Thomson, George Nugent, lion..las.
Pollock. Albert C. Roberts, P. B. Mins*. Samuel
Work. William .1. ilevrard, Hon. Jescpli Allison,
Samuel T Bodine, John A ikman, Charles F. Hear,
litt, Isaac 11 aelehurst.
Wrs, 0. limo; Chamberaburg Pa., is the general
Agent of the American .. L4l, !nem-ince and Trust
Company for-Franklin Co.
" Joe. Vommas, Agent for Waynesboro' and skin.
it v.
11E iI"..IIENCES.—Joita - PHILIPS and Wit.maat
11 liecrtrawrms.
Call and get a pamphlet.
JOS. DOUGLAS, Agent.
Ort7.1:118651
LADLE MOTEL.
Central Square, HagerAown, Md.
MBE 'above well-known and established frotel
has brim re-opened and entirely renovated: by
the utn and now offers to the public every
comfort and attraction found in the best. hotels.—
THE TABLE is bountifully supplied with every
41iCarY tite market will afford, THE, - SALOON
contains that 'choicest liquors. and is earlstanilY ntol
slalitiflY, attended: THE STA BLE itillirtroushly
repaired, and car Cul 'Ostlers alwayi ready to - ac-,
commodute 'Cuatotin.rs.
_3pus Fl§llER,Tziointr.
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TO. MILLERS 'AND MILL
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near Waynesboro%) • bus
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County, is -prepared': revgiee-ifistricetioner-bi
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ralifirapter Asith,the same geterpf
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end,blittifreer, make, better ficur,unit_nrore of it
l'or;..petticulats call, %vibe subscriber.
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NIzFAQ":
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"And gizeart For it:3 said, The Lord wa,tch
tweenme and thee, Whett we are absent One Front :
another."—Genesis ]qtt..p.
When far from the hearts where our fondest thoughts
~centre,
Denied
,foe n time their loved presence to share,
In spirit we meet, when the closet we enter,
And hold sweet communion together in prayer !
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-Oh ! fondly T think,'' as night's ctirtaind -Surround
'them; "• • .
The Shepherd of Israel tendelly keeps,
The angels of - light are eneamping . thieund them,'
'They are watched by the eye that ne'eri3lumbers
nor sleeps.
When the voice of the morning once more :shall a
wake theni.• - • ,
And sutrimon them foith to the call of the day,
I wilhhink of that God who will never forsake
them, , , .
The friend ever near, though all else be away.
Then wliy shthilti one thought Of 'anxiety seize us,
Though distaiiim divide `wo
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Thr:y rest in the covenant mereY ofJesul,
•7 heir prayers mt:ctaith ours in the mansion a-
swce on' 75' 0 7 ' T. •.. • • ,ay Ctigl
Though on life's stormy billow our barite may be
• driven,
Though distance, or trial, or death may _divide us,
-Eternal reunion awaits us in Heaven
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7Mr.IM MI-st.a.E!Ll4s3r.
NIAC'S CONFESSION
THE M
A . few years ago I visited an insane asy
lum. The woman in charge conducted - us
through various apartments, giving its all the
information in regard to .tho•occupants she
was able; until we came to a room where, one
of the occupants had lately—died; and now
lay awaiting the disposal of her friends, who
had been apprised of her decease. We en
tered, and gazed reverently upon the face of
the slecper. She was a woman in the prime
of life and bore traces of great. beauty.—
What great sorrow had bereft this beautiful
creature of her reason? and by what relative
and for what motive, had she been incarcer;
ated iu this living tomb, were queries which
were in my mind as I gazed upon -her Mb
less remains.
l‘ly eyes involuntarily wandered over the
apartment. A little t...ble stood in the cor
ner beneath the grata window. A Bible
lay upon it, and as I took it up a paper slid
from between the leaves and fell at my feet.
I raised it. It was a closely written sheet,
.and a g/aticc convinced me that it was some
sort of a revelation which hail been written
there during the last hours of the life that
lia.l fled.
"What's this?" I asked, as I held the pa
per. "Oh, that is probably some of Aggy's
scribbling. Sha use to call for a pen and
paper, and' she would write over several
h re; s and then destroy them. That is
probably one of' them—of no consequence,
I presume," said the Woman.
I asked if I might retain it,
"Why, yes, if you wish to," she zeptial.
hid it away in my bosom and we soon
left the premises.
• "What could you possible . want of that
crazy woman's scribbling?" my companion
asked as we left the building.
"I fancy there is something here worth
preserving." I replied? "Let us examine
it."
As we rode homeward I read it aloud to
my friends. It was written in a trembling
hand and •rend as follows;
"I was the only and idolized daughter of
we•ilihy parents. I possessed .a haughty
and imperious temper, which was never sub-
dued or restrained. 31y, parents were not
religious, and no care was taken to -impress
upon my mind the' religious truths. Con
sequently I grew up unprincipled and ex
trendy passiewe. IV mile every pains was
taken with my education and accomplish
moots, my heart was let.' run wild, over
grown and choked by the briers and thorns
of selfishness and love of tyranny; yet I was
passionately attached to my friends, and BS+
long, as they did not cross my imperious I
will I got on nicely with tbem.
"Thus I grew'_ to womanhood. Chance
thew me into the society of a young lawyer
of----d is tinguished—abili tios,_who_lutd_begu n
what was predicted to be a brilliant• career.
I soon learned to love him with all-the depth•
of my passionate and impulsive. nature; and
was wild with joy, when one day he came to
me and asked me to be his wife.
"We were.married. if I occasionally felt
a twinge of distrust of my own qualifica
tions for a wife, I soon silenced it with the
romirk that my love was strong enough to
make up.'for ail ideffoieneies. • •
"My hitsband was all that was gool, .noble,
and generous. .1 was often passionate and
unreasonable. But he would take me to his
bosom, kiss me so tenderly, ani say gently,
"You must subdue , this unhappy — temper,
Aggy It Is thaking yon mi-serable ;
Then when :he was gone I would fly to my
ohatilber, loeVtlie drier,. and give JoYself up
to an. unocutrullable.fit of :weeping , fur very
.We had been married ahrint' one year.—
One- evening (would -to God I could blot
from the records' of - time that . fatal night;
batik lives like a bissing; fieryliterpent is nay
tneretil:s•;',4,iiii:4ooo 'OlO ~ bii.;utter
milky 34:this, world„and 'fear the net!) my
"
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, husband . did .g ot return . it :tl4 usual hour.. 7 tf
4-watehed .tni; acetWouted the,
parlor window. His slippers
_and__dressing
,gown were, warming
. koy, the grsteyee,d• every
'thing was irrreadinesxfor - in '
- 14 — diti 7
not pew., Twilight deepened into darkness
and, be~su; to groW uneasy„ selfish ,
feelings were roused, and I„,felt n3yselt,,,sore.
ly.grieved., -A:n hear more, yet w
he oe not,
I paced, up and dOWn th e, floor in a fit of hp :
patienee„. A ring nt.tkie door, I ,weited : to
hear I* step.npon,„the, stairs; but it was a
fighter step,tban i bis,incaompanied with the
rustling of Ala. Nellie B-----,
.an , intil
mate,frienci, boundad in. She ' was dressed
for,the opera . She ,sa i d 'their carriage,wait
ed at the door for
,myself. and. Earnest. I
told her,that Earnest had not- yet returned
from his, olfice, and could not go, • She
looked disappointed. A sudden thought
seized me. Would it not be a capital re
vengefor his neglect of me to find the par.
for deserted when he'came?, I wenteto. , the
.opera. We were scarcely seated.in our bax
when a party - entered a box opposite.., The
blood sashed back to my heart, and my pulse
stood still when I recognized Earnest my
husband, and leaning on his arm one of the
most beautiful .young creatures my eyes ever
beheld' This was my first impression, for,
there quickly followed so deadly and jealous
a hatred asmade her look positively ugly.---;
I quickly drew down my veil that my hus
band might not discover me, and from my
concealment I watohed• them with' glaring
eyes. Lheard7n - othin - g; -- saw nothing
and once when rallied by my .compantons '
replied that I was not well, and begged to be
left to .myself.
. 6 .. .. " 11ere-en f a
ful of losing its prey, I turned my eyes to
ward my husband and his "guilty paramour."
Sbo seemed to be enjoying the performaime
intensely, but he seemed to see nothing but
her. His head bowed toward her, and she
would occasionally raise her eyes to his face.
Then I saw him smile (just as he had smi
led upon me .a thouiand times,) while he
bent still lower over her with renewed devo
tion.
‘!Each movement was like a red hot dag
gor piercing my heart_ knew not what
demon possessed me; I think I must have
been mad when I vowed a terrible revenge:
'Twere better, I reasoned, that he should die
while. there existed in his heart a spark
of love-for Me, tharrto see him little ;by lit
tle drawn away by that syren, till perhaps I•
should be -utterly-deserted, and left with all
my heart strings likeu consuming fire.
"At my request we left the, opera at an
early hour, and with a terrible purpose I en
tered my home. Bat what was that •home
now to me? The love that had brightened
it was no longer mine. Some. demon fur
nished me with a -resolution- to execute my
desperate purpose.
"It had been
. our custom sometimes to
drink a glass of sweet wine of an evening
when we were alone. I drew the table to
the fire, placed the decanter and glasses.--
Then with trembling hands I brought a
deadly opiate the nature of which I well
knew. The first effect it produced was a
deep sleep, which in a few hours terminated
in the still.sleep of death I filled the glass.
es and into one dropped the drug.
.'Then all was ready I paced up and dein
the room, nursing the fires which raged with•
in my bosom, by recounting to myself the
wrong I had suffered. I pictured to myself
my idolized husband lying still and cold be
fore me, and I fell into a passionate fit of
weeping. Then I drew another picture. I
El%S' him draw from me giving his love to a•
nether,
.I thought of all the agony I had
suffered that night, and imagined how much.
deeper would be my wrong if 'I spared him.
At that moment I heard his night key in the
latch, arid he soon entered the room. I
stood in the recess of the window, where' he
did not at once observe me. The wine first
attracted his attention, the fatal gtass.
saw him lift it to his lips, drain its et ntents,
and I fell fainting to the floor.
"I know no 'more for several, hours
When I rallied I was lying .upon the sofa;
the lamp was burning dimly—an • easy chair
was wheeled to my side, and in it I slw the
form of my husband I sprang quickly up
The drug WAS doing its work. lie was in a
heavy slumber, and already his breath canine
thicker and shorter, and his pulse 'beat but
faintly.
"My anger had passes away, and all the
wild worshipping love which I had &relish
ed towards my husband came rushing back
upon my heart. I chafed his bands, I kiss
ed his lips, I strove to rouse him but all in.
vain: Again I paced up and down the floor,
hut oh! what different emotions possessed the
now,
"A little folded paper which I had not be
fore noticed, and Iyiti upon the table caught
my eye. Scarcely knowing or caring what
toolc - it-up-andLopened---it,-1-saw-it
was in the handwriting of my husband, and
I eagerly.read its oontents Great God, of
heaven; Whut have I done? I was a Dote
that Earnest had sent me, and which did
not arrive till after [ had gone out. It ran
as follows:
"Excuse me, Aggy, dear, from elming
home to tea. • My sister, of whom I spoke of
this morning, has come home and sent for
me to come to her. If 'she
she is not-too weary
I will 'take you both 'to the opera this eve
ning, and will call' for yon - at eight.
Your. loving
USTI - AND."
-: "Now, fnr. the first time,'l 'remembered
that he had told me in .the morning that an
only sister of his, who had been.absent sev
eral years, was expected borne that dny,—
Ills parents: resided in - another part
,of the
city. "Ile would call-for me at • eight" . I
had gone out earlier, and probably by some
carelessness of-the ,eirifor, .the note had not
tirriVe'd before the time:: "1 afterwards
o thitt he' Air62ll for - rne;, *rid told
thnti bad gale 'to.' Fha opera itoTutt
itieide, and probatbli had not teoeiYeil hie
note, hilitooeeiled t 7 the plai*Withlle,sie•
ter; :hopin i i
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"A wild :hope ;that hirulight-yet be roes:
ed - seiZed:ere; and. sptdog.: tq..h,is ,side.•!-.
Hut dlafi 1. top late. -..114 bed ge • es
breathe.
I "Oh .1i heaver! of :heavens 11 !hat evil : lied
my blin4passiotiate lemper :wrought nte,and
mine: Again I became • • ''l
. :opened my ;else:: -,Lo - ringotear-s tal aei •
faoes,tent over me.• JA :soft hatatvni.
ly stroking my temples, and I gazed into the :
face of that gentle siater,•Whom4, had, never
seeri , sive upon that fatai:night.,;:•She:hissed
me and whispered, . •:, : ,
"Dear Aggy,, youAtre the greatest suffer,-
er of its . .
"I wad told - that I was found in the Indru
ing by the'servant, lying on . tlie_floor, iusea
sible, and my husband reclining in his chair,
dead ! E
"It seemed that ,itte:,eunicion • l had , not
rested: upon myself, Tlick Coroner .Iv 4 Call
ed,. and his verdict, "Dieil tii:p ; visitation
of Cikod.'' , • . • .•
"Ileaven.noly kno3villow'.,T, leaned and
hated myself. longed to cord - esti the titith;
but tor the sake of.others forbore to reveal ;
what 'would have brought , uion the fainily
deep disgrace•and additional grief... A log
illness followed, and my reason ;reeled,
could not remain in the honk: which hail
been the scone of my sin : and punishment..
"Years passed :.
,I gy,n,w, no bttter, But 31. as
snhl trembling upon, the., verge
yet. retaining sufficient •yeasen to - distinctly
remember mysorrow, and' to upderstand
what was,,passing aroptri me,: Whit • was
3-strange, 1. was oonsciougaFin,k men
tal co nd ition. • .
"Years . paSsed, and my parents both died,
I-was placed in the care, of an uncle, %9110
was my only natural guardian.. .From him I
had inherited the selfish passion which bad
been my ruin.
"For a time I lived in his house,. but he
found me too great a-trouble, and under pre
tenee of solicitude for.irty recovery, he.,plic
ed• ree in the insane asyluin. I knew that it
was only to get me out of his way :that he
might have no hindrance in possessing him
self of my large fortune.. 13 ut .did not. hit
jeet. I felt I' deserved -it.all. t•
"Twelve years I have.apent, in: this 're-:
treat:'' Every one has 'bcen- extremely kind•
to me. During that time I have never seen•
my uncle: It is almost over. I feel that I
shall soon follow to that 'Mum where in My
frensy I sent my noble husbandnearly Wren;
ty years ago. I have read the Bible—l have•
tried. to pray."
A few months ago I visited—Ceme
tory. I found their graves. A costly mOn
urnent marks the spot. The uncole is living
in possession of his niece's wealth, and is:
seemingly prosperous. I have learned that
the *family of Etroest are all dead.
Hoping that it will serve as a warning . to•
'some who may read it, F give this history to
the world
The dear friend who shared with me the
knowledge of Aggy's confesSions also lies
"beneath the sod of the valley." •
Sorrowful Memories
There are few of' us.in the world 'who have
attained tb years of maturity, who can look
back Upon the past without calling up some
sorrowful incident in our history of a deeply
painful character, and which are calculated
to throw a kio.tia and: a sadness over' our
hours of pleasure and enjoyment. Life is
but a checkered scene, a theatre of- great
doubt and uncertainty, and although the
earth may be fair and the skies - clear above
us, cloud's will, at times; settle upon the
soul, and the burdens of ;disappointment
weigh heavily upon' us, No position which
we can gain, in life, can britg, 'to us .substan
tial happiness. Wealth has its cares, and
poverty its numberless affliction's, atie."eyen
tnediOpracy, the most enviable of all condi
tions,' frequently embittered by Tits feeses
and weighed down by its sorrows end afflic+
Lions. - There are none wino are exempt from
the vicissitudes' which 'beset us here, or can
claim an immunity from the changes which
come and - golike clouds upon our pathway,
yet living realities whick we cannot possibly
ignore. The purest amongst "us will find in
the records of, his past life,. dark spots which
soil their pages, and which they would cheer
fully obliterate, were it in their power.;--
The infirmities of'our nature are pictured
upon every leaf,"and we shrink from their
contemplation, because they furnish proof of
our rdly and evidence'cif our eondemnatiori.
After we have done our best in this world,
there is'imich remains undone, for the ornia
sion of which we will be • held responsible
according to the strict rules of justice, tem
pered, it is to be hoped, in our ease, with
the intervention of mercy. A conscience ful
ly approved before God and man is a rarity
seldom if over, met with here. Errors will
be forgiven and pardon obtained when pep
ad for, yet, the sting'of remorse is, at times,
too deeply' planted in the human heart ever
to be sneeessfell3r eradicated.:
MISAPPLIED —A n elderly gentlemen '
with whom we are acquainted and can vouch
for hisumiable disposition, informs us that
he has no ehic'etion -to grease in its proper
place. He fools sure that its proper
place is nat. on-the hair, bezause;
young nien-who'use a gem:ldeal of rub
the dirt from their heads':upon the fine pa
per in the parlors, when they. Call to see the
girls. miring the same look like • the. walls
of a drinking saloon or club-roorn. What
Bay the "boys' i _to this? : '-"
SPEAK Tp . E. MITTEL ,priutps' th ipp is
no one,Aing, my little ,friend, upptV, , WhiCh
your future reepeciability nacrhi,kppiticSs,,in
life so much depends,, as upon your uniform
lruthfaluessmew in youth. Will you ,plepse
rpmembor-this?.,
TRUE .GREATNEss:•;—Beilgreat, to - despise
the , earth-4O'groater; to honoiliti"--:
Ptatttictie , .Prayer-n.-''
;ef4l- 7.7 . 7 ,--, dived 9 poor,
Php i iaduetriegg, Wan, depenfilieg,fet... r hio, sop: ,
tiort. upon' hie - 4aitsi
atid?nOtleitim'atiftc".l6' ( iiat'ai=" fi @I
64:Obliged - to — Otiftne , ...hithfielfaiwthe eieki
bed. au& ..aupport.,ba 7 :
ing;t h ufit , 01 ; 4. off ) , : sooti, j lothl. hithseif .in
heed. Haviag a weakly faitiriet neat' pe
determined to go and liik :toirolAishal l s - he
WhWat i With-thd ptcaisivto ody istioTi . :As his
wife. became so:much:, better.) that';:he tOulti
loaxehey.aad:return, to mpik, Acecrc l -11
gls. l b f e took . .
.atri
. ren t: (l3 la is
binN; 'and 4111444 whilO J :tfte, faihily"whio at 1
wawa , * I: ! !'• _ :•-
A.Cht sat: On , the door step he hoard the
man pray entnestly that_ Rad.. would .qlotho .
the naked i feed, the, hitogry,relieye tha,pea-,
thatindurn. Th"e''Pra l P?
er niau'litepped id ands'
Made known his proposing . to pay
with the availS of hie ' first labors:. 'firear
mer Was yery'sorryi he could; notaeoonatno l ;;
date him,. but ..he had . , pro.mised ~to lend,. a :
large sum of.moody, and.liad depended'uptin
this wheat to nuke it out; bet 'he 'preAunied
neikhbor A would- let • h !haviiit, •
- With:a tearful eye :and.a sad ;.beart; the.
poor,-man turn ed,a way., As, soon ,as,h . c . lkft,
,the house thofartner stttle':son steppedend Said. -
-Viither; did' you not ptartharGod would
,ofethir the naked, feed ' the • hungry, telleme
'the:,dietrvsswl, • and eonaJnrt ; thginiouynepr-,
• ' es; w I y..„
i*Cauhc, fathei, it I :had your' w
h eat I
Would'anSweirth4t iiialer.' ' '''''' '• '•''
il.tli imedlefis; to add 2 that thd Oh - ristian
'. .. •alldd- 7 bae,.k.--tho,Rllffe inf.' neighbor
and gave him , as much as he, oceLd.
answer" ,
NoW Christian readers'do you r
your own prayers?---W. .17'Eviinga'ag. ''.
The Great Mystery
• The body is to die; so mush is certain.—
What lies beyond ? No one who passes the
clammed boundary comes back to tell: the
imaginatiowvisits the realms Of Shadows—'
sent out froth some win ow in the Sotkl over
life's restless waters, but winds its ways wen
rilrback, with an olive deaf in beak .as .a!
token,of, emergiug life, beyond the closely
bending horizon. The great sun comes and
goes in the heaven', yet breathes no Beira'
Of the ethdidal vrildernees; the crescent moon
cleaves her nightly passage acrdss.the upper,
deep, but tosses over board no message .and
displays no signals. The, sentinel stars chal
lenge each other as they Walk their-nightly
rounds, bite vie catch no Syllable of:ltheir
eauntersign which , gives passage to. the heav
enly camp, , Between•this and the other life
is a gr,eat gulf fixed, across which neither
eye nor 'foot can travel. The gentle friend,
whose eyes We closed in. their litsi sleep long
years ago, died with rapture in her wonder : .
stricken eyes,
a smile of ineffable joy upan
'
her lips, and hands folded over a triumphant
heart, but her lips were past speech, and. in-.
timated nothing of the vision that enthrall
ed her.
Lincoln. Before His'Election
• It gave Mr. Lincoln great pain to think
that many religious men, even in his own ci
ty, were going to vote against. him. For
himself, he could plainly see God's hand in
the conflict. One day, speaking with tears
rolling down his cheeks, he uttered these no
ble words: know there is a God; and
that he, hates injustice ,and slavery.: I see
the storm coming, and I know that his baud
is in it. If ho has ,a place and work for ine,
—and, I think he has,—l believe I am rea-,
dy. • I am nothing, but trathis everything.
I know I 'am right, because I know that lib
erty is .right;
for Christ teaches it, and Christ
is God. I Lave told them that a house di
vided against itself cannot stand, add Christ
and. reason say, the same;..and they will find
it so. Douglas don't,eare whether Slavery
is voted up or voted down;' but God cares,
and huaianity cares, and . 1 care,' and with
God's help I. shall not:fail.-• I may not• see
the end; but it will come, and I shall be yin- ,
dicaied; and these men will „find that They
have not rend their Bibles aright."
Of all the dark spots et human nature, of
all the vile acts of man towards' man, none
throw such a freezing chill over the while
body, and drive-back the purple current on
the aching heart, like base and 'damning in •
gratitude. Indifference continued, coldtiees
persevered in, favors forgotten, friend.ship
unrequitted, by one who has been the will
ing recipient of our esteem and bounty, bring
a palsying horror over the soul, that thick•
ens the blood in the veins, making the whole
head sick, and the whole 'heart faint.
Pour, upon a man of fine feeling, a noble,
generous soul, the combined diseases flesh is
heir to—lot death snatch his loved ones from
him—strip him of all his earthly goods—kt
hiuFbe-assailed-by-keen adversity and pinch
ing wants; lee prison gates confine his body
to the lonely cell-let thelmisoned arrows of
malice and revenge be hurled, and pierce him
with many wounds—these, all aro a
panacea to his bleeding heart, compared 'with
the deadly pang inflicted by base ingratitude
A VERY
,COMMON MISTAICE.SCitrie 00;
pie ihmoine that'a long walk -before break
fast, is advisable.:, , The intervalletween the
evenino , and the morning meal is a very long
one, and durindaleepodigestiouis unusually
rapid; therefore the stomach is•empty in the
morning;;Atiodsraubstenanee,!;• not'. exhausted
exercipe, is what the-system requires. Take
yonv-morning . Walk after breakfast, or if . Yon
are iiblidg'ed to'go . forth &lily ?, fortify pfur
self with at !cast some -slight refieshMent.
„
A New:York' man,:crltO had• not been' ent
of the city for iniiuy 'yearadfaieted'airtiy. in
the pure aieof the•coun'try: • ne• - was,-Ouly
rcluscitatett.lsy .. putting:a dead fish ender Lis
Whin' he'slOrity . .reiri'vea;' ex Itaijogs
that's
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litnnthitit ,
•
vulni
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don't YOn know that. dad duti'Caliois •
you:tO buy shot ?' asked a young urchin of:
a lirother . who was somewhat his senior, ift:hd'
ivad that '
mind me. I'd think yen
to,_OttOid,l2.Y.O4l On, Itusiness, Mister „80b...
/ don't:64ff ivliat - dad allows; I'll buy , *hat
r ir e a s v:Jav f! .
Little lintAlightly. ligitated:• 1 Sl'm :going;
to tell dad,' rushes out of' the store and inns,,
flown stree t bounces intplherootnAheio,
the alman:was qiiietly'readini , the Morn , ' •
;
'Dad, dad,,AtilLsitent and;got
..
1 'ClOod heavens cried the old 16013, drop-
fping theliaper-isztionaterriation; and.; boltidg
or the door. 'Where is he r • :rt ,;- ;
, 'Down to -Thompson's
,store,' responds
Bed, l ;;;•,-; o af -
olds •
,I ~itis e xciJemeoi the : man
° forgot ' 0,,
remove his 'reading
„speeke,', and going
down the steps misjudges the
ipavoinent,. steps off, .toe
.soon„
,m;id, comes
sprawling ea all "fours..
Re' getlieiC . hi mself tiP'ancre4rta tor the
store. The oveinent ' appears 't& be "about '
'the loyekof his
,knees, Consequently in his.
ivibtein'eiideb4in's To' s iteep`'it under hint;'lie
cut k .rery ltidierOus figure, -. mid ;Are* from
.the 4stontshed., .by-standers ; stlehr roar :L ai;
was 1 10v,e1113436 , t0wed r up'bn siugleindividttal,
si bed 'the Wiiihrbegati. . ,
'Say, there, old Lift Up,. 'where, are yth2 . •
going; what train do :you want to catch?'
cried-61e: - • • '• ' '
witryoit tate to give in4 l
:ingnireß! atralimiti
. . .
•Where'd yam learn. that stop?', asks .a
Ihircl• and Limy ho is assailed JII every side.
I;tit:ito hears lot t 11 seolii antrisiiirersro —
PDC; bp cares for nothing—nothiug bat
William.
At•hingthtis tedious march' is brought to
a close by arriving at the Store where 13111 is
stretched out•taking it eaisy: The old than,
* supposing him badly hurt, rushing up to
:him frantically exclaimed:
• 'Oh, William!• William'. Where are you
monocled?' •
What's the matter, dad? Ye going .era
4?' es.Oliiine Bill, rising on his elbow, and
casting a look 'iof astonishment 'at the old-
man. „ • •
'Why, Robert said you'd got shot'?
'So I did—l got half a pound of the best
duck shot in- tile store'
The old man left amid noise. enough to
drowd a thunder, clap, '
As toight be'stipposed, Bob:got the lam
ming; and 13311 didn't.
The false calves now so mach in vonne are
rendered necessary by the new: style, ;f..tilt
ing hoops, which go very for towards expos
ing what was poly in imagination. In the
langiage of an exohrange • :
• .
"Their calyes are not a fleeting stkw,.
'For rim:6'4
They're filliQ virth brari. irvstuffad 'tow,
And swell about a foot or ticr o
And look first-rate, by Heaven !"
, The false bosoms are made of fine wire, in
the sliupe of a bird's nest, with asmall spring
in them, and really look and Feel quite na
tural.,
, The tklumpers aro fasteneci on the tooth in
such a manner as to make the face look
round and plump, - and calculated to deceive
the ura;Usyetiting. 'Yo'ung gentlenien need
hate•mi lears7—They are all right and need
no artificial fizine—but we advise thorn not
to marry a Yankee girl withont investiga
tion:'
A few days since, a specimen Yankee,fresh
frOM his rural home; took a triP' to New
York. Asit'e Was-passing down. Broadway,
he, saw a : card iii ,a, window, on which. .was
priutok"Soda—ten ; cents a. glass." Jona
than thought lie Would try some 'of "that air
SOdy, he'3 heern,tell on." Entering
the.store - and calling for the :.cooling' .bever
age,, he was,startled almost , out of, his, boots,
as the druggist turned the faucet.,,Rush
fiz ! whist' went the escaping' gas and .water'!
The Yankee jimped"backwarel, with - an in
-dignaut and.startling look, exclaiming : "No.
sill no, sir-co 1 troa can't play that on me!
-When l: drink bilin', hot soap suds, I hope
to be darned, sir
A Goon STORY. --Some years age_ 8 gen:-
tlemen was traveling through lowa, and had
to remain over night at a stage -house. :Af
ter he had retired he heard the old lady say;
"John get up and turn the chicken's.' 'Our
traveller thought that was a-strange work to
be-done, andAn'the morning, he discovered
the mystery. The chickens were in,,the
habit of roosting on the edge - of the flour bar ,
rel, and bad to be turned tail out, so John
had to get 'tip to 'tarn the chickens.
. G U•I I. T Y • CONSCIENCE.-A 'colebratod
neh-preaehqr_in_a,s_er_onpen thed4tv
of wives, said, ‘,l see in this congregation a
vioninti'vrlit) tin ‘
een - gui Ity of Rao bed ien
to ber'husbaid ancrin order to point her out
to universal cocidemnatiort,xl flintniyi
breviary,at herteadi.:,.ll9 lifted hie-1)04.
and every female head instantly ditelced.
_lf every man's OrwisVcou!d be lookedio.
to there would be . founii the ima g e of some!.,,
.;The.road,to ruin 'is ,alwaya- itept in good
repair, d the,traveler,ipays the expense ,
•Theygreateit.troths'are the simplest; ' an&
so are tho'greateSt.men.
By nie'dicino life' map, be 'Prolonged ) , 'yet
40opor too.,
ionian siinetitiliSs'E:aOrns`iihsfbelitiloist
tents ner.
gc ) fliing dies siniiiir'thi) tears.' "
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