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ESTABLISHED 1856.
BROWN VLLLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1871.
rEaMNG HATTER OX EVERY PAGE Oldest Paper In the State
VOL. 15.-N0. 23.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUSTY.
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SOCIAL DIREC i O ft Y.
LODGES.
2P lit Carnn1! uoniniaDoen ivnigiu icn
WCO ,ir 'o. :l. Meets in Masonic Hall on the
eomd .- Btunlay nlRlit in ench month. 11.
" .. ..... .f..itt it. A,atf.ri miinrn m v Knn.
Sa. Km. O.m JXt !". ivccuruer.
-ca. ..-.! ii!r 'Isiiptrr '. 4. It. A. 31.
itruiat I'liitminicatiuiisJtrst.MonunynlRhl
nlKA. J..nxn'.'KK. M. E. H..P. RUKUST.
lUIS'.V Jj
srp e iinhn i nlle Lodge No. -1, A. F. &
&D n ,ti. Regular Communications firetand
third Saturday nights in each month, lxle ol
Instruction rver' Saturday lilsht. John Cuke,
. t swmky Fkknch, Secy.
Ilrownvillr Lotlee No. .1. I. O. O. F.
Ri-KUlar meetings Tuesday evening ol each
u cfV. J.TKKSKOif, J.Q. I). O. Cbqss, Secy.
CHURCHES.
ff-.TPrrnhrrerlnii Church. Services each
""' Sabbath
i at 10:30 a. in., and
30 p. in. Prayer
Sabbath School
"Meetine Wednesday venlnir,
atlo'clock i. m. J. T. Pahir. Pastor.
'.lletbodlat K. Church. Services each
KaMinth at 10:3(1 a. m.. and 7:3U ti. 111. Sun-
dy School at 8 a. m. Prayer Meetlntr Thursday
gvenlnic. W. It. M. Colt. Pastor.
:5tClirl't, Cburch Episcopal. Corner
Atlantic and Second streets. Seo'ices every
nnday Mornlnff at 10JJ o'clock- p. in. Sunday
Wctiool at :s o'clock. EveninKServieent"li o'clock.
Holy Communion administered on the xlrstSonday
vt each montli. Seats frH-. O. It. HA VIS. Hector.
Ilnptlst (Hmrch. Comer Fourth and At
lantic streets. Services every sabBath ex
cept the third in eacn monm, at ii o ciock a. m.,
ard To'clortt T. u. Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Trayer MeetingTVednesday evening. T.S. LOWE,
Pastor.
PChrliitlnnOnircht Loi
m vice every Sabbath at 11
4-vcninK.
London. Divine ser-
a. m., and In the
day
raptor.
ItGSrM. E. f'linrcb. London.-Services every
tither Sabbath. Rev. J. W. Martin, Pastor.
IKSP-.M. E.CTiurcb. Pern. Services every Sab
44' bath. Rev. Mautin PniTniAKii. Pastor.
g?"3I. K. Cliurch. Nemnlin 'Ity.-Ser-Ices
' every other Sabbath. R. HrnoK. Pastor.
CITY OFFICALS.
r?S?t'Ur foiinciL-Meets the First Thun-day in
VB' each month, liaynr. C F. Stewart. Al
lermeii. F. A. Tixlel, W. li. Lewis. F. E. Johnson
1i Neldhanlt.D. Piasters. Marshal. I) Cupmbcll
Ocrk.J. II IHx-ker Attorney. S. French. Trvos
war. J. tt Middleton. Eiigiueer. T. V. Hedford.
HAILS.
Xurlhrrn Daily via Phelps: Departs ut 8a.m.
Arriws at 12 p. m.
Southern Daily via Phelps: Daparts at 8 a.in.
Jtrnvmat3 p.m.
.Nnrtheru-Via Peru
Southern -Via Nemaha Tri-Weekly : Departs
Monday. Wcdiieday ami Saturday at 7 a.m. Ar
rives iiinie day at ti p.m.
Western via Tectimseh to Reatrice Daily:
Departs ;t 7 a.m. A rrivert at . p.m.
Northern Via London to Sprinc Creek Week
lj Departs Friday in , a.m. Arrives Saturday at
A p.m.
Southwestern Via Sherman to Table Rock
V-eklj : Depurts Moudax at.'n.m. Arrives Tues
1 t ti p.m.
I'.en l!lce Hr5 from 7a. m.. to?.1, p. m. Sun
.i lruiu luloti) . a. ui. W..V. lOLOCK.l'. M.
BUSINESS CARDS.
ATI (lil.EYS.
? .'
li.-
vP6-
,!, .. . jrf.iiili.
H 4. ... , cat-. juisctKy ftMd eimnciors
t. w. m-tiatiillMK
th. m -u atm MHw m. mitei
-MIM to any le
VHmv in Court
. 4eAtriiite3 to mn
iur nasalb;, itrwvm.cb'.-
'3
J OK A. DILLON. Attorney and Oiiiir -Jorut Law,
j.p-1 Itent list.i'e Auent, 'IVcum-eii, JoliliMin
J. nty.Neb.
. it M.V-.(. IIHOAIIY,
i. i ,-itnr ill t liaueery,
.:.:, Ilmftiiviile, Neb.
.itTiiecx at Law and
l!tc; in District Court
UTi5
II McLIINNAN.Aitiirney
.'ja NetriHK .ity. Ne'i.
am: Counselor
. iICMPl'.ttKY.
j. P.iu iiee tlj
At'onieys and Coiin'IoM
. Pawnee County. Neb.
. ..Ul-;.-.. Attorney at Iiw alid Iiiul Agent,
.; t rice. !n;;e t'..unty. Nebraska.
PHYSICIANS.
i -.'fllWARf.M. Ik, Physician and Surseon.
2!ruV. lit ilie. -ell. Dlticr hours from 7 toUa.m.
. I .:ttKii'. to 7'. p. in. lillirein II C lA-tt's
-i.e.
i..l
lr j
: '. ..:. I'ln mimri! and Suriiein. St.
f i -o "XatliMte Ciiirinnati Eclec-
, &-
v' '- ' . "!i 'ci:iiiandrurgi-oii
a L ud i.ir iniiriiiiry.
o. .,l. i. -..-. !r iii..Ie, Neb. lillice lioiir-.
Jrum ." a.m. ti.op. n:.
H.
. TUURMAN. Pinslciaii and SurKCin. No.
h. Jluln Mrw-5. Hrownville. Neb. Ollioe huiirs
roru f. to 11 u.ni. uiid innii I tu-1 p. in.
HL MATHEWS. riiyMc'.nn and Surgeon. Ollice
. iu City Drug Store, No. 32 Main street, Hrown
ville, Neb.
LAND AGENTS.
t P. OO'SSWr.LL. Real Estate and Tax Paying
a". Anetit. ORiiv in Cociivoh RIonk, corner First
and Atlautlc streets. Will give;rwm4irfteiitionto
thealeof Rei Estate and the Payment -of Tuxes
UirouKlKnrtllrNeniamljind District, 7tf
1)ICHARDV
HVOII ES. Real Estate Agent and
-LV Notary IMblrc. OW-4n JIap.oalord&McFaU'8
Vurniture Store. Rrowni-rlre, NcT).
IVILLIAM II. HOOVER. Real Estate auflTax
Paying Agent, onice in District Court feaom.
ill glv prompt attention to the pale of Real Es
tate and Iayiueuiof Taxes throughout tke Nemaha
Ln.l District.
GRAIN DEALEIIS.
"Ln'AN WOitTIUNO, Forwarding and Commi.s
U i s!in Merchant, and Dealer iu all kiudsof Crain
aiidCoimiry I'riwliice. OCice and Wareroom. No.
j Main street. Hrownville. Neb.
;). (. START A HRO.. Dealers in Ocain. Pro
x duce. .tc., Aspinwsill, Neti. Higliev. market
price id for anything the farmer can raise. We
wtll buy and sell everything known to the market.
MERCHANDISE.
TOIIN MCPHERSON. IValerin General Merch
' andtse. Sales room in Mcpherson Rlock. No. fi6
Main itreet. itrownville. Neb. l.ViSy
P E JOHNSON a CO., Dealers inC.eneral Merch
A . andise. No. 71 Main street. Hrown Ille. Neb.
"WILLIAM T. DEN. Dealer in Ceneral Merchan
s J flise and Forwarding and Commission Merch
ant. No. ar. Main street. Hrownville. Neb. Corn
iiaiiiers. Plows, Moves. Furniture, ela. alwav, on
i-?,ir- I1n,?l""l market price paid for Hides, Pelts,
iursandCoutmy Produce.
NOTARIES.
V Ji.tnI'Jf5"T. Notary Iubllcand Conveyancer,
: I 2"'Ti Main street, vecond lloor, Rrowiivllle,
Neb .Agent for the Equitable and American Ton
tine Lile Insurance pouipauies.
-JUSTICES.
A W.MORGAN. ProbateJudgenmiJustleeorthe
. m. i'eace. OlliceinCourtHouseHullding.Browii
vHle.Neb. COUNTY SURVEYOR.
TULIUS G.LHERT. Count vSurvevor.
iress, CJiftou. Ncnuxha County, No
Portofilce
braka.
SADDLERY.
T ;ll.XUEP" Harness. IJridlea, Collars. Etc.. No.
tn'rS Mnlu'itwet.BrownvIlIe.Neb. Mendingdone
to ort n. SatiwsijaBaninieed.
BLACICS5IITIIS.
I ;EM)N..;rtwrai
Hlacksmstii. Main street.
' aruA tii mi.. ,v". -... ! i.t.;
f
keeoi'i" .-V ' ' nirt notice, ana at prices in
---- B 1'4 UUilU IO r fitl( 1
" .u I,
He times.
-7W
h - - .-....--i... mai k'.iiiiiii .oiti noise
uw vim x"11 ":""', between Mam and Atlantic.
A I 1" r,,o..v. .,... i !.. i tr
Jlruw.
ciun in, ...'.'. '" "orioniooraerrtiiastiiijac-
.ueea.
IHtlU.JE BUILDINO.
O.ii", -IJ,':I'E"- Hndge Rullder and Contractor
Pa'eit t .Xeh- sIe -W"1 '"r ll-w- Sm" h's
brt'ke mmV '" T"estroiiBetnndbiStwo.iden
HOOTS AND SHOES.
A h- !IOI5INSON. Boot and Shoe Maker. No.
Ii ?'lrM- Hrownville. Neb. Hasconstant-MkJL-
'! a -'"'vl assortment or Gent's, Lady's,
w.iri oldren's Hoots and Shoes. Custom
do.P r ,? k wit" '"'atness and dispatch. Reieairing
HARDWARE.
QHLLLEXBEltGEIt BROS.. Dealers in Hard-sn.iViT'i,love,-T'nare.
Carpenter Tools, Black
rUfe y "rojshliigs. Etc. No. 71 Main street, Brown
Dtf & SHIRTS. Hani ware Merchants. No.
Kin 'J. -f1" reet. Hrownville. Neb. Dealers in
TAILORING.
II.HS. 1IAUHOLDT. Merchant Tailor. No.
.,i .,'? s: et. Hrownville. Neb. Has on hand a
tN. i . 1,oc!c of t;oods. and will make them up in
tru l slJ',tei. " short notice aud reasonable
SALOONS.
tTEPI1 UUDDARD & CO.. Pence nnd Quiet
bJ w!i' No-47 Mal Mreet. Brownvll'.c. Neb. '
a-
Thc
- oiea ana j.'rjuors kept on liana.
"ICnAItD HARPSTER. Alhambra. Billiard Sa
h Vn' Xo-19 Main street. Brownvllle. Neb. Tiie
"' w Ines and Liquors constantly on hand.
RESTAURANTS.
gGZ$&: Brvl,,i: Ne
RESTAURANT.-Geo. Daugherty. Pro- ;
BUSINESS CARDS.
HOTELS.
C" HERMAN HOUSE. C, M. Kaufiman. Froprie
O tor. No. -W Main street. Hrownville. Nebraska.
Thoroughly remodeled and refurnished. Feed sta
ble in cotinect.on with the house. Stages lor all
points west and i.irm!lux.s-- :jrnll trains.
EKYNULltts HOUSE, J. X. Reynolds, Proprietor.
Nos. b A.M Ma.n street, opjMMlte Postollice.
Newlj jurjiisiied throughout; thoroughly remod
S tied troui cellar to attic First Clitss tamiIe Itoom
i on lirst Jloor. Most convenient IIoum; to thebusi-
nessjiarto! the city, i.ivery accommodation- con
venient. Staces tor all point-s leave this House
dallv. making close connections with all Hailroail
trains. - 37-y
AMERICAN HOUSE. L. I). Itobhon. Proprietor.
Front street, bt-tiveen Main and College. Hood
Feed and Livery Stable in connection with this
House.
DRUGGISTS.
M'CItEEUV c!k N1CKELL. Dealers in Hrugs,
Staiionerj-. Etc.. No. 32 Main street. Hrown
ville. Xeh. Fullaisortmeiitoi Hrugs, Paints, Oil.".
Itooks, Stationary, etc. on hand, and hold ul whole
sale or retail.
BAKE restauran
THE SHERMAN HOUSE.
4G Maln-ut., Browiivllle.
CM. KAUFFi5I.4JV, Proprietor
FEED SXVJLSXIs:
IX C0XXECTI0X WITH f HE HOUSE.
This House lias been remodeled and returinslicd
throughout, and affords the best accommodations in
tue city to the local unit traveling public. It is cen
trally located. Stages lor the West, and Omnibuses
for all trains, go from the Sherman House. Fair
lirst class, charges moderate. l.Vtf
W. It. Wit I GIST,
Wholesale arid Retail
Dealer in
OLD KENTUCKY
Pure Wiaes, CJitlers, &c,
G3 MAIN STREET,
IUiO WXVILLE, KEJiRASKA.
H. H. BRYANT,
House, Sign and Carriage
P A INTER,
Grnhicr 6 Puper Bltttiger.
No. GO MAIN STUEin,
BrownviUe, Nebraska..
JOHN v A.TJ& 1?T KLD,
Bricklayer and Plasterer,
Brownvillc, Nobraska.
Js prepared to takecontractslnhisllne, in city or
country. .u worK none in tiienesi 01 style. Also,
will build Cisterns, and warrant lliem perfect. JTi
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
JOSEPH SI-ITJTZ,
Wo. 52 Main Street, Browuvillo.
KVi- wis1niit! on hand a large and well
, . assorted slock of genuine articles in his line.
.5 a Repairing of Clock, Watclies and Jewelry
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uuhc .in aiiui i inline. 111 I iruAuit.iLfiv iiuiti.
ALL W'CiJtK WAJIKAXTKI)
John L. Carson, Banker.
it no villi:, skjihaka.
Exchange boitpiit and sold on all the principu
eiUi-s. A No dealer in
(IipIiI ami Silver V-tU-. (Jlil Dust, anil llovern
Tiient JJtjuils.
Deji-rfit-r-"-"-ivel j.ayub'eat -jrht. Intere-t raw'
on nine J, . .-,ii- i,j s-;al ipreciiirai. Taxes'
for lion r- oenj " All k.nrts U s. itotuls wniiirt.
FRANZ KS3L-3V1
fAGON &KLACK-MiTKVHOP
ONE DOOR W1CST OF COURT HOUSE.
W
AX503T MAKIXU, Reuiriug
Plows, and ail work done in thebesl
manner ami on short notice. Salislaction gunran
anteed. Glveliimacall. 134-1.
lr-. C. F- TIIIilAUT,
GermanPhysician & Obstetrician
OFFICE IN TIIUUMAN'S DRUG STORE,
Ilrovt nvillc, Nebrnskn.
POSSESSING an Electro Magnetic Rattery, lie
I will be fully able to attend to all Nervous and
ojlter diseases. . ,
W ilUie in Hrownville from the 1st to the. 1th. and
from the 15th to the lsth of every month. 5tf
Hrownville, .Nebraska.
STEVENSON & CROSS,
PROPRIETORS.
General R. IU& Foreign Ticket Offlce.
OMNIHUSSESTO ALL TRAINS.
Daily Stages for All Points West.
JiEST SAMPLE llOOM JX THE STA TE
JOHN Q. A. SMITH. - WI1XOX
STNUt,
AND
COMMISSION HOUSE
OF
SMITH & WILCOX.
Dealers in all kinds of Grain, for which they
pay the highest market price iu Cash.
OSonice at Store or F. E. Johns"" " JSlni
"Vremont HOUSIi
ItKOAD ST., lilvT. 3d & Hit,
FRSMOIT KSBRASKA.
PKOPRIETOR.
This House is within 50 rods of tlie V. P. It. H. and
P. C. .fc P. It. R. Depots. Hacks leave lor West
Solnt daily, and Lincoln tri-wcekiy. ft-tf
Waldter & Lesinion,
House, Sign" and Carriage
No. "if. Main St.
'SliO WXVILLE
Mixed Paints
FOR SALE.
GLLDIXG
GRAINING, SMARTING.
FKOSTING. KAIJS03IINING. ETG
i-ly
IEi. J. BL4KE,
DENTIST
rtrv&S&i.iV
V 3,'3j:v-i rrrTV-iOVk-Tr "l'rt..l.l ..-...n,!'..
; nnnounce that r.e has
located in Brown vlile
and Is now preiiared
toperfcrm.in thebest
manner. ALL oper
ations pertaining to
the science of Den
tistry. "I,
--Tr-Oi
Office Over City Drug Store. troHt room. Ifit
GEO. S. PHII-IiIPS.
LJrery,Feed(& Exchange Stables
Broitrnvillo, Nebraska.
LANTERNS, or all oescrlptlons, Kir sale by w.
I). Shellenlterger. No. 74 Main street, IcPher
son niock. Hrownville. Neb. dwtf
j RCgIIB IbrthWklr Advertiser."
GEO. DAUGHERTT, j
I PROI'RIETOR, I
I Xo.STMainSL I
BUOWXV1LLE, SEB. I
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THE ADVERTISER.
nROWSVItLE, NEB.,
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1871.
"Too Deep tor That."
"Yes,"' said Farmer Brown,
Bringing his Iiard flst ilown
On the oltl oak table ;
"They say that men can talk.
From Paris to New York,
Through the sunken cable.
"Tis perfectly nbsnrtl ;
For to hear a single word,
No man Is able ;
And it's clear enough to me.
That this wide-spread mystery
Ia a foolish fuble.
"The news we get from Rome,
Is all made up at home,
'Tin my conviction ;
And that, you see, will account
For the terrible amount
Of contradiction.
"Yes," said Farmer Brown,
Brlnini; his hard fist down
On the old oak table ;
"My wife and I have tried
The experiment ; we tied
A good, stout bit of cable
"To the fence.Just otter there,
And the rocker of this chair.
And we couldn't du It, hoarse
Though we screamed ourselves as
As tree toads; but, of course.
Not one word went through It.
"Don't talk to me, I pray.
Of fresli news every day,
Through sunken cables;
Sea yarns are always tough,
And I have heard enough
Of such old fables!"
THE PAUPER LIEUTENANT.
I did not like to seu him there. He
was too young and hatid.-oine a man.
His phrenologiettl development were
decidedly good. He hut! a fres-h com
plexion, Itlue eyes, light curly hair;
but lack tif deci.-ioii characterized his
countenance want of firmness was
apparent in his manner. He was
reading a newspaper.
"This is not one of your paupers?"
said I to the gentlemen in charge.
l am very sorry to say lie is, sir,"
he replied.
"So young! so promising iu appear
ance T really cannot understand it,"
was my repl'.
"Nor could any one not acquainted
with his hislor," was the reply ; "hut
let us resume our walk. B-and-hy,
come this way ; he will enter into
conversation with you; he is not
hack ward about it. I don't know
what to make of the man ; really.
"But how old i he?"
"Twenty-nine years; he looks even
joungcr. I fear he has lost all prop
er ambition, ami. it may be. will end
I.:,. ;.. :.. .1... -..,....t-i,.... '
ilia inv ill iiic ttiiainiuat. ,
W u.'ujwle're'l alongjTom.otj
her. The establishment ,?
itoilite
otho
5 fiear-i
-.-,,...- . . , . . ,,. .. M,. .. .
feet; most of the paupers wtj- 'oKlMwelve mwi'tha after that time.
andtnurm; many ot tnem
shamefacd on being noticed. Poor
old men ! I suppose they had no
children to care, tor them.
In one of the onice was the model
of a ship. It was a splendid thing.
From keel to masthead there was no
fault in her. The guns were beauti
fully carved. Officers stood on her
quarter-deck, sailors in her rigging.
Every coil of rope, every shroud, was
exquisite in finish and proportion.
The boats were secured, the sails all
eet. Truly, she was a regal object.
Behind this vessel was a painting rep
resenting the distant port. My nat
ural question was, "Who did that?"
"The poor fellow is dead," was the
reply. "He was a genius and a schol
ar. "The noblest-looking man, sir,
that you ever laid eyes on. You have
seen that fine stone mansion on
Sodgewiek street? Well sir, he built
that house ten years ago, and paid
thirty thousand dollars for it, and yet,
live years after, he wa in the poor
house." "What did it, sir?"
"Hum."
That was the brief reply. Express
ive, was it not?
Ye.-, sir, rum. The last time he
won; out (his eyes was very much in
nanud) the doctor if the in.-titution
handed him a dollar,, saying, "Bob,
if you drink any more .you will lose
vour eyes."
"Horrible, wasn't it? Tn a month's
time they were digging his grave. It
was in the corner f the church-yard.
JJobnbv followed the miserable body.
It laid "in a pine colli n. and we only
saitl as we heard of it "Poor old
Bob!" That's all the epitaph a
drunkard gets sir."
Fifteen minutes aflvr I was hunt
ing up the personage who had interest
ed me so much. I found him in the
garden, hoeing potatoes.
We talked together on Agriculture.
His line language astonished me. I
felt that he had had an intimate ac
quaintance with books, with men,
with nature.
. w:!!ki'il alonr. he showed me
the prdiiei of the soil Presently we
came to an aibor overhung with
grapes, aud sat down together.
-lluilon me." said I, "if 1 take the
liberty of asking you what, t.rought
volt here at so youihful an age?'' His
eyes dropped; "he ruis-ed them ajjuin
as he au-wered
"Hum!"
That brief word! In my mind it
is associated with till the horrors of
hell.
Present lv he continued
"I have iiisgraced an honorable
name, ir ; I am bringing my family
to shame, and yet I have not the
nerve to be a better man." .
I was indignant at this confession.
He saw it ami continued
"Do not blame me, sir; you have
not had iuv tiial. I '-V1-' falk, from
a high place. Eighteen mouths ago
I was a lieutenant in the navy. sir.
"Is it poibie!" I was startled,
oil (WlL'All
"Yes, sir, poible: a reality jir.
His lips quivered a little as lie added
"I have a brother iu the pulpit, sir;
a line preacher, a man loved and res
pected. How do you suppose .. .cc.a.
I have a rich brother in New ork.
They have both tried their best to
"I was ruined in my youth. There
is a large old store on the corner ol to.
and L. streets. You have doubtless
seen it. Before his death mv father
carried on that business. I went
there regularly after it was closed for
the arrival of the distinguished voya
gers, stealing from my home, often
from bed. lor the purpose to carouse
with three voting fellows of my own
age. We told stories, we d ran k w i u e
together till midnight, then with a
false keys I had made, I would steal
into the houne and sleep oil my ca
rouse I began that, sir, when 1 was
but ten years of age. Do you won
der r was a drunkard ? Of these boys
I alone am living. One of these boys
shot himself, another was drowned
drunk, and the thi.rd was hung for
murder onlv two months ago. The
fourth, you'see, is not much better
oft." he added, with a sickly smile.
"My habits began to be known at
lat to mv patents. It came near
killing them. BforeIwas eiguteeu
I had been brought home drunk near
ly a score of times. Sir, I fought
with my habit, but it mastered me.
The fiend had me by the throat.
"Strange to say, once when I was
in liquor I performed a daring feat. I
I caught a runaway horse, and by
sheer strength succeeded in arresting
his mad course. Would that some
power could have held me so. I was
much applauded for my heroism.
But better than all the praise I heard
were the sweet smiles upon the whito
face of the girl I had saved from a
horrible death. She was driving
alone in the city, as had been her
wont for months. I claimed the
privilege of driving her home, as she
was most thoroughly frightened. You
smile, sir; but the exertion, her grace
ful thanks, my own impulses of grat
itude, had sobered me. I sprang into
the vehicle, and in a short time we
stopped at her father's door. She in
vited me in. I thought I would at
least describe the accident, and make
some apology for my unexpected ap
pearance. "I told my story of the narrow es
cape to an old man whose brow ami
hair was whitened with the frost of
eighty winters. It was the aged
grandfather. Childish in his joy, he
tottered toward me, and throwing his
trembling arms about my neck, he
kissed me on mv cheek.
"Many times have I felt that kis3,
sir, I was unworthy of so pure an ova
tion from such a holy man. I felt
myself unworthy of that dear angel's
gratitude, as the sweet Annette came
in a few moments after, still tremb
linir. slill nale. and with misty blue
eyes and gentle lips thanked me again i
and again. In that House mat uay jl
was feasted like a prince. Tliere
were cousins and aunts there visiting
for the summer, and among them I
was a lion.
"I was a good-looking fellow then,
sir, and just on the eve of entering
college.
"Young as I was, if ever man fell
in love. I did mere anu men. j-oor
child ! She loved me and I clouded
her life.
"Well, sir. you wait for my story, I
tpe. After tins my calls upon An
nette were frequei t. I lost my relish
for vulgar dissipation and preferred
her society to that of my former asso
ciates. If I drank and I did it was
secretly, and I always slept it off.
My friends and those of Annette
prophesied a match you see my fath
er was wealthy I had good expecta
tions intended to study for the law,
and was deemed a desirable catch.
"I believo I worshiped Annette.
She was scarcely more than a child,
but such a glorious, gifted creature.
She was fifteen ; I twenty ; five years
between fls. We were
engaged in
.. -.-- - u
while
n ioouenf1JrtnR tijmtigiMconege.
or a year 5- had successful! v re
sisted my old disease.- l?c lied it -a
disease ; I do now. BetnembSiiniid
not let. the cursed draught alone?SiiifT
should. I only kept the appetitefn
unwholesome subjection. I applied
the knife, but not in the right place,
and there came disgrace and down
fall. "One night the students had a frol
ic. I was the foremost reveler. They
tempted me with devilish pertinacity
to drink to excess. I did so, grew
quarrelsome, and raised a row. In
the melee two of the students were
injured, aud I made so much noise
that we were discovered in our rev
els. The blows that were given were
proved upon me falsely ; I was con
victed, expelled, and punished.
"The disgrace was overwhelming.
I tried to kill myself when I heard
that Annette's friends had cast me
r.ir forever. A note was put in my
hands one day just as 1 had determin
ed on the means to rid myself of ex
istence. It read thus :
Dear Richard I am sorry for
3ou. I do not believe ail they say.
aud surely a man is not to be cast off
for one false step. Come to aunt
Martha's this afternoon. They have
forbidden me to receive you at the
house, but I will receive you there.
Yours, as ever, 'Annette.
"Oh! sir, thai, twade my heart leap
into my throat with joy aud grief.
She did not know that this was far
from my first "false step."
"Dear angel, she had faith in me,
and wanted to comfort me. Besides,
she wnsyounir, impulsive, loving. At
three in the afternoon I went to the
place she had designated. It was a
poor, plain house, for her aunt Mar
tha was far from rich, and as I sat iu
the little parlor, Annette came iu and
made it light.
"Her low 'dear Richard !' was the
sweetest music I ever heard. Then
as I caught her to my bosom, she
pressed back my hair with her loving
lingers anu said with a smile that
-ecined angelic, 'They can't make me
believe you wicked, dear Richard,
while I look on that face!'
"Her voice inspired me ; her per
fect faith for the time elevated my
manhood. I silently vowed that
.-uch a thing should" never happen
again that I would not die, but
make myself worthy of her.
" "You do not believe all they say
of me, then?' I asked.
' No, Dick,' the beautiful eyes
Were raised lovingly to mine. "No,
Dick, and I wouldir't believe it though
they had made ou appear guiltier
than you are. You know, Dick ' she
added, as if to apologize, to often the
apparent reproof, it ia ver.v wicked to
do it at all."
'Hit I ilid not injure the stu
dents,' I said, evasively. 4I distinct
ively saw Hal Burt and Joe White
strike at them. It is all done through
jealously '
" 'I knew it; I told them so at
home.' said Annette, triumphantly.
'Said I, Dick is smart, and the fore
most of his class, and they hate him
for it. They will injure his good
name n mey can, hut never in iuv es
timation.' " 'God bless you, my love,' was all
I could say. There were tears in my
eyes and promises in my heart ! O !
she was so beautiful ! 'so good that
afternoon ! I can see the dear eyes
that I have made shed many bitter
tears, looking up at me now with that
same soft, loving, pleading, yet trust
ing glance. I can see the dear red
lips with my name upon them.
"We parted. I to go to my dis
graced home, to meet cold, averted
looks; she to be sheltered and netted
and loved by all who knew her. My
father, with incredible exertion, pro
cured me a situation in the service.
It was the worst thing that could
have been done for me, though, as
there were soon to be fighting, pro
motionif I lived was possible, nay.
almost certain. But temptation wits
on that vessei. on deck and in her
cabin. I took leave of Annette and
wentto?ea. Once on th ocean, I
forgot prudence, love, Annette, all
that is pure and good, in my devotion
to the cup. There was wine at the
table, A dashing young officer who
took' to me had supplied himself
with champagne and various liquors.
I was always to a certain extent
drunk. Our destination was Mexico.
There, for the exhibition of drunken
valor, I was appointed second lieuten
antbefore I had been third. Ah,
sir, I lived a gay life. I dare not tell,
nor even thin' of ray excesses they
were iiorrune. unce again x was pro
moted, ffiid came home with the hon
ors of a first lieutenant thick upon
me. Then I was lionized. Annett's
friends forgot my weakness. The
glitterof epaulets filled their vision.
They could not see the drunkard in
uniform. I went to Annett's home
as a listed.
"One night I called upon her. I
had been drinking freely, and was
not sensible of my situation, or I
would have shot myself before I had
ventured in her presence. She never
looked more beautiful. What I said
or did that night I never knew dis
tinctly. I remember her wild look
of affright her hands pushing me
rranticauy rrom ner ner springing
away, and my chasing her her cries
of affright finally her locking her
self in her room, when I made fruit
less attempts to enter, then my leav
ing the house with all the doors open,
and then comes a blank.
"The next morning dawned upon
me in the chamber of a friend. As I
looked up with aching brain a noble
face bent over me the face of one
who had been a fellow-collegian, and
who. was studyiny for the ministry.
"I asked feebly where I was.
" 'Horace and I found you pros
trate in the street a few rods from
here
You were utterly helpless. Wre
inted vou up against your most im
precating struggles, you cursed us
with every breath, but we finally
brought you here, and here you have
slept until now. It wants a quarter
to eleven. I closed the blinds, that
you might sleep it off.'
"I did not ask what he meant b' it.
I was ashamed ; to much ashamed to
look at him.
"I hinted at the effects of a south
ern fever, but from under my nearly
clor-ed lids I saw something like a
sneer on his face.
"He sat down by my bedside, and
he pleaded with me for an hour. For
God's sake, he besought me to break
from this ruinous habit. He held up
the flame of hell till I shuddered.
Then he spoke of Annette, and I
knew by the tremor of his lips, the
huskiness of his voice, that he, too,
loved my darling. I had suspected it
before, but now I was certain, and it
roused the wildest feeling of jealously.
Madly I boasted of her unconquera
ble attachment fool that I was!
With a coarse, ui skillful hand I bar
ed his own" heart to view, till he
shrunk from me in agony. Then I
arose, forgetting alratitude -for his
great fuvor'in bearu. mo, senseless,
dLsgustiniras.J svasfnum tha clutch
es of (lie pTTiee"or wntcftian ! saving
me the shame of opening my eyes in
a statjon-houseand -having my name
hruitQdaboutJn the public prints.
"T went to the dwelling of Annette.
I was ushered into a side parlor,
where she lay upon a lounge, her
cheeks as colorless as the dead, her
large eye? shining fitfully, and look
ing as if they had never been closed
in sleep.
"As I bent over her, she said, soft-
" 'Please don't come near me, Mr.
Islington; lam ill.'
"I started at that as if I had been
shot. 'Mr. Islington.'
"I repeated my own name, looking
at her with a wondering glance.
" 'Oh ! if I could believe it was not
you, but some other,' she said, sigh
ing in a weary way, and shutting her
eyes tightly, though not so as to pre
vent the tears that would ooze
through oit , ,
" 'What can you mean?" I asked ;
and my look of extreme incredulity
must have astonished her.
" 'O Richard, Richard, yon don't
know 'what you said last night,' she
cried convulsively, pai-sionately. nu
don't you can't know what you did.
O, Richard, the very recollection cra
ze" me. Don't, don't come near me;
indeed. I can't bear it. The recollec
tionoh ! terrible, terrible V
"For God's sake, Annette, what
did I say ? What did I do ? Tell me
that I may ask your pardon on my
knees, and then I will leave yon for-
ever '
" 'Oh Richard, Richard,' she
moaned'. Then she caught my hand
with impulsive tenderne.-s, drew me
toward her. laid her head on my arm,
as she said, in a tone that haunts me
" 'I will tell vou a little, and then
you must go. It will be best for both
of us, Richard-for both. It may
break my heart; but it would be bro
ken some time, you know. Richard
I can not say in words what you said
to me Now, it would kill me to hear
them" Oh! I never thought this
would happen after all I have said
all I have felt for you. Richard, you
revealed some horrible things to me.
Oh' were you so wicked in that for
eign country? Did you love and de
ceive that poor Spanish girl? Oh,
God help you, poor Kicnaru uoii
help yu if you did!'
"I sat stupified pale with horror.
She looked once in my face, and
shudderred, as she said, brokenly
" ' I could forgive all but that.'
"I felt like a condemmed criminal.
For a while I sat there struggling for
voice, and men i uiu ner uiui, uu
ever wicked I had been, I had never
decei ed woman.
" 'Oh, I am so glad,' she said, sink
ing from my arm to the pillow of the
lounge. 'But, Richard, how can I
forget last night ? Don't get down to
me in that way; I knew then you
were not yourself ; and for that rea
son, because vou will not conquer
that fatal habit, we must part. Don't
say another word, my dear ; weak
and yielding as I seem, I can be firm.
Remember that your hand has
thrown the cup fronv your lips. I
have tried to believe' her voice
grew broken and sobbing 'I have
tried so hard to believe that you were
everything good and worthy. You
don't know how I have idolized you,
looking on you as the savior of my
life. That is what I have said so oft
en when thev reasoned with ma
'Father he saved the life of your
child. How can I help loving him ?'
Oh yes, they all know it, and evry-
body knew how I loved you. 1 never
took pains to conceal it; but now
now, I must,'
"I walked that floor in anguish of
body and spirit. Then went to her
and said.
" 'Annette, you love that canting
George Herrick better than you do
me. Don't dissemble I know it all
know what he thinks of you, the
hypocrite !'
""I had lashed myself into a fury
that was not to be calmed by hergen
tle repetition of my name her plead
ing looks.
" 'Yes, it must be so. If you loved
me you would overlook what happen
ed when I was not myself. Little
things like that would not cause you
to dismiss me.'
" 'Little things?' she repeated
with a reproachful look. 'Richard,
if you knew what you said last night,
how you insulted me, you would nev
er look me in the face again.'
" 'Farewell, then forever,' I almost
howled and I seized my hat to go I
knew not where.
" 'Richard, just.one word more,'
"If death had been the penalty I
could not have resisted that plaintive
appeal.
"She held forth her arms, pulled
me down again beside her, ami sob
bed upon my neck as if her heart
would break. Again and again she
essayed to speak, and again fresh
tears and choking sobs followed. I
was almost dying with shame, and
the hot tears pressed to my eysballs,
but I bit my lips and kept them back.
My whole frame was shaken, but not
alone with anguish. There was a
scene held up before my soul a black
disgraceful scene.
'Only to say, dear Dick she
gasped forth at last, 'that, if I live, I
shall never, never marry anybody
else; and if any time I know that
you are thoroughly reformed, oh,
then, if you will take me, and love
me stilf, I will be yours ; yours
through all time through all eterni
ty.' "I kissed her many times, and des
perate, maddened, hating myself aud
cursing mankind, I left her, for what?'
His manner startled me; his voice
was coarse and fierce.
"To come to be a beggar and a pau
per at the age of twenty-nine, through
the love of rum."
Another moment and I was alone.
A fearful page in the book of man's
history had been unfolded to me. I
shuddered as 1 left the arbor. He
who talked with me was nowhere to
be seen.
Three years after that I wa3 travel
ing in a stage-coach, when an acci
dent happened of a somewhat serious
nature. The coachman was dragged
from his seat and trampled upon by
the horses, till his body was in a hor
rible condition. He was carried to
the nearest house. I was somewhat
injured, and not thinking it advisa
ble to go on, applied for shelter at a
pretty cottage pointed out to me. The
door was opened by the same young
man who had told'me the dismal sto
ry in the N poor-house. At first
sight we recognized each other. He
led me in, saying joyfully :
"I have conquered !"
I forgot my pain iu the joy of hear
ing such news, and willingly heard
what seemed like a continuation that
had not a three years' interval since I
had listened before.
"You remember the day we talked
together," he- said. "Well, I have
liti3etfti"5ajt,Jtt.it. eeerua Tvonderful,
too wonderful for me to believe. Af
ter yott had gone, I went to work ;
but as I struck the earth a strange,
unearthly feeling caroe over me. I
seemed for the first time to open lny
eyes and look about me.
" 'Good God!' said I, as I thought
on my situation. 'Lieutenant Isling
ton, a pauper in the old N work
house, hoeing potatoes! It won't do!'
"Sir, I threw my hoe as far as I
could hurl it with this right arm,
turning straight about, walked out of
that place, redeemed my name, my
character, and my Annette; and now
I own this house, and land, and am a
happy man, thank God !' "
Great tears were rolling down his
cheeks; I williiotsay anythingabout
1113' own. The reader can judge
whether I was unmoved. Then he
told me the history of his finding
Annette an orphan and poor, earning
a livelihood by her needle; of his
waiting and working nearly three
years, and now they were just mar
ried. At that moment a blooming creat
ure entered.
"My Aunette," said the proud hus
band, presenting her. "She has come
in from a sick neighbor's."
"Your wife is a lovely creature. No
wonder you thank God," said I, aside,
just as I retired to rest.
He smiled. I couldn't blame him
that the smile was an exultant one.
He had conqnered himself. God had
written him "Greater than thoso
who take kingdoms!"
1-
Making AVIlli
There are, it may reasonably be be
lieved, other reasons than a mere tim
orous and slavish fear of death which
makes so many men reluctant to
make their wills. A man may be far
above the vulgar feeling that the act
of making his will percipitates the
hour of death, and yet may hesitate a
good deal before he commits himself
to an act which, though not final, as
sumes finality. "This is the last will
and testament ;" it may be revoked
or modified, but it has all theelemeuts
not only of solemnity, but of irrevo
cability. The words are the words of
a living man, but they will not be
heard nor take effect until the speak
er has lost the power of changing or
explaining them. Iu settling a will,
we separate ourselves trom tne most
ordinary motives which influence hu
man action. Fuither information, a
larger knowledge of facts at the mo
ment perhaps imperfectly known or
inadequately appreciated, repentance
and change of mind for better or for
worse, circumstances and motives re
arranging themselves both as to time
and importance, all have their influ
ence in forming the motives to an or
dinary action of life, but a testament
ary instrument cuts a man off from
all these. It is not, thereore alto
gether unreasonable that most people
should be willing to let these circum
stances and contingencies of the fu
ture be kept open as long as possible.
Deferred wills, and oven death-bed
wills, are not always without justifica
tion. But from this it follows that
his will displays the real man. The
ruling passion is most irresistable
when it presents itself under the most
serious circumstans. The hard and
unforgiving man is hard and most
unforgiving when he knows that the
consequences of his indisposition are
incapable of change. The boastful
and the swaggerer and the liar will
swagger and lie more defiantly when
he knows that, even if he is found
out, it will be when indignation and
censure can no longer affect him.
Therejs many a man who has gone
out of the world with a lie in his
right hand, for the mere pitiful satis
faction of bolstering up to tho very
last the fale position in which he has
lived with his fellow mem If a will,
as it often does, brings out the best of
a good man, it brings out the worst of
a bad man. What is at the bottom of
It all, we suppose, is the difficulty of
realizing what the after life is. It is
not life, but death, that settles most
weighty responsibilities. Thesacred
ness which civilization attaches to the
dying man's bequests, intentions and
declarations attests tho force which
human nature recognizes in the so
lemnity of death. It Is only under
tho most extreme and rare circumstan
ces that the provisions of a will axe
set aside. If we do not admit that a
dying man prophecies, wo attribute
to him something of that divine pow
er which makes the future immuta
ble. These are some of the more ob
vious considerations which invest the
voices from beyond the tomb with
special interest. Saturday JReviao.
IB I am
The netter the atan. the Better hla
Deed.
The nobler the disposition, the sur
er will its possessor be to deal tender
ly with inferior beings. A man of
fine instincts nnd tastes does not in
flict unnecessary pain. If ho must
destroy life it is by the shortest aud
easiest process. But wherever com
munities indulge in sports, amuse
ments, pursuits that inflict unnecess
arp pain, they are degraded, barbari
ous people in other respects. We
want no other proof that a man is a
barbarian than to see him beat a half-
starved horso. It is presumptive proof
of a kindly disposition to see one's
animals well used. If one had the
requisite acuteness of vision he could
read n man's disposition in the behav
ior of his dog or horse We seldom
see a fretful, cruel man with a docile,
tractable horse, or a kind, refined gen
tleman with a snappish, wolfiish cur
of a dog.
But the fact of chief importance to
us, as merely selfish beings is, that
we benefit or harm ourselves more
than we do the inferior auimals by
our conduct in this regard. The dan
gerous end of the weapon is that at
the shoulder. The gun kicks harder
than it shoots. We shall treat our
families and neighbors, and mankind
much as we do our own dog and cat.
me dumb animals we abuse are no
worse treated than we treat ourselves.
Cruelty, like curses, always eomes
home to roost. All experience en
dorses the philosophy of Paul, that it
is not alone for the creatures below
us, but for our own sakes, that kind
ness to the dumb animals is enjoined.
Tlie Trade of Animal.
Bees are geometricians ; their cells
are so constructed as, with the least
quantity of material, to have the largest-sized
spaces and the least possible
loss of interstices. So. also, is the
ani-iiou; uis tunnei-snapcn trnp is
exactly correct in its conformation, as
if it had been made by the most skill
ful artists of our species, with the aid
of the best instruments. The mole is
a metoorologist. The bird called the
nine-killer is an arithmetician ; so,
also, is the crow, the wild turkey, and
some other birds. The torpedo, the
ray, and the electric eel, are electri
cians. The nautilus is a navigator;
he raiscs.and lowers his sail, casts and
-weighs liia anchor, and performs oth
er nautical evolutions. Whole tribes
of birds are musicians. The bea'er
is ah architect, builder and woodcut-
ivt , iic tuu uuvru iruca nuu vrecu
houses and dams. The marmot is a
civil engineer; he not only builds:
houses, but coustructs aqueducts and
drains to keep them dry. The white
ants maintain a regular army of sol
diers. The East India ants are horti
culturalists; they make mushrooms,
upon which they feed their young.
Wasps are paper manufacturers. Cat
erpillars are silk-spinness. The bird
ploceus texlor is a weaver ; he weaves
a web to make his nest. The primia
is a tailor; he sews the leaves togeth
er to make his nest. The squirrel is
a ferryman ; with a chip or piece of
bark for a boat, and his tail for a sail,
he crosses a stream. Dogs, wolves,
jackals, and many others, are hunt
ers. The black bear anil heron are
fishermen. The ants are regular day
laborers. The monkey is a rope-dancer.
The association of beavers pre
sents us with a model of republican
ism. The bees live under a mon
archy. The Indian antelopes furnish
an example of patriarchal govern
ment. Elephants exhibit an aristoc
racy of elders. Wild horses are said
to select their leader.
Tlie Complication Tlth Turkey.
The consequences of the wars insti
gated by Napolean III. for dynastic
or national aggrandisement will not
cease with the struggle that dethron
ed him. We can trace to them al
ready, the elevation of Germany to
the rank of a leading power, the
weakening of English influence, the J
emancipation oi iiussia irom ine op
pressing restrictions of 18-56. A se
quel to all this may be an attempt to
dismember Turkey. The Sultan is
already apprehensive, and as France
can no longer help him, and England
may decline to do so, and Germany
would be neutral he is apparently
prepareing for a single handed de
fense of his territories, should Russia
threaten their integrity. As for Aus
tri that country would perhaps ben
efit by the fall of Constantinople, and
its emperor might become the head'
of an enlarged domain.
The Dan uhlan principalities are the
rule of the young Prince Charles, of
Holenzollefn, who stands under Tur
kish supremacy. He was elected to
that position by the people of Rouma
inia almost five years ago, and in
tends now to abdicate. The Rou
mains, however, have never been sin
cere abherententa to the government
in Constantinople; the majority of
them are Christians, with a fair
sprinkling of Judaism. There is, con
sequently, little or no sympathy be
tween them and the Turks, and if
Prince Charles resigns his position,
the probability is that the inhabitants
of the Danubian principalities will
either proclaim and independent ad
ministration or make overtures to the
Government in Vienna. Neither
measure would, however, meet with
the approval of the Sultan, and this"
is the reason why he has pronounced
his intention to have Roumania occu
pied by Turkish troops in case of the
withdrawal of Prince Charles.
Similar movements appear to be on
foot in other remote parts of the Otto
man Empire, and everything goes to
show that the Mussulmen are deter
mined to offer energetic resistance to
Russian aggression, and to annexa
tion plans from other parts of Europe
to the detriment of Turkey. The Sul
tan is evidently unwilling to have his
possessions curtailed, and if a war
does break out between the heredita
ry enemies, it will be a more cruel and
bloody one even than that between
Germany and France; for the Turks
are relentless and indomitable sol
diers, and most of the Russian troops
would be drawn from a class not suffi
ciently cultivated to restrain their
passions in war, and particularly in a
religious and race war a war of the
cross against the crescent.
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who h'sve used theni.
Spring Is Coming,
Henry "Ward Beechar, fn a "Star
Paper" in the Christian Union, thus
greets the coming spring :
The twency-eighth of February I
What chanco has winter to prop its
falling fortunes ? Tho ground Is slid
ing out from under its feet. Those
robustuous winds of March will be
put forth merely for appearance's
sake, the desperate expedient of a
baukrupt winter to keep up a good
face, lest its creditors should pounce
upon it and seize nil its goods! The
device will fail. It has been tried a
hundred times, and every time win
ter broke down.
"When Northern winds blow let the
Southern birds sing! "When lato
snows drowse through the air, let all
the birds clap their wings and plume
their feathers. It is the old battle of
the birds against the winds. Last
autumn birds were driven away by
the winds, but it was not till they had
forgotten to sing. Prosperity had i
made the birds gross and songless,
and the winds prevailed. But now it
is spring. The birds hav found their
voices. They are coming erery day
in royal array toward the North to
avenge them'selves upou the dispos
sessing winds that drove them away.
The battle of the birds and winds !
Sing, victorious choirs! sing till
nights grow short, till long days are
full of heattill the meadows are full
of fragrance and the trees of blos
soms! Come, all of you, and bring all of
your relations! Come, sparrows,
blue-birds, and robins, earliest of all
comers! Come black -birds, thoso
with red epaulettes on your shoulders,
and those without! Come, larks,
woodthreshers, bobolinks, linnets,
nuthatches, warblers, fly-catchers,
fire-birds and orioles! Come, hun
gry hawks, and solemn old crows,
flapping funeral wings to keep time
with croaking song! Come, every
thing flies, and spiders to eat them ;
squirrels, and owls to catch them ;
worms and hunting birds to catch
them. Wake up, all beetles and dron
ing insects and larvie the birds nro
coming and you must be ready to be
eaten !
And so the world rolls on. Tho
winter consumes tho autumn, tho
spring devours the winter, summer
consumes the spring, nnd autumn
ransacks the summer. Insects are
the food of birds, and birds are de
voured by stronger birds and ani
mals, and both by man ; while Time,
the great destroyer, consumes both
man and boast. Only God is young
and unchanged. "Of old hast thou
laid the foundation of the earth, and
the heavens are the work of thy
hands. They shall perish, but thou
shalt endure. ;
As a vesture shalt tiiou chan.getliflm,
ami they shall be chaiigedDnclthaU'
art tho same, and thy years shkll
have no end."
A Sailors Description of a Dance.
Haven t had onvfun with the larifr
lubbcra till Thura'day nlglfrT otr IhlT"
dance. When I arrived in the eabin,
found 'em underway In a Spaniel
dance. Took my station- in'-thellne
with Susan Tucker fell back and
filled, then shot ahead two fathoms
hauled up on the star-board tack to
let another craft pass, and came stern
on another sail, spoke her, and boro
round against the sun, and fell -in
with another sail in full chase. Pass
ed twenty sail on same course, and
when halfacro.-a to the shore dropped
astern fell back couldn't fill, so let
go anchor and hauled up for repairs.
Next time I was drawn into the cur
rent by a cowtillian, but didn't make
much headway shot ahead with
Betsy Stark and sailed over to tho
other coast. Took a turn opposite,
ran abreast twice towards other crafts,
and back stern again moved round
to the starboard passed near to part
ner's lights, and made sail to north.
Third time ran me into port to the
tune of tempest, the Yankee tar's fa
vorite. Proceeded along up coast ac
cording to regular order of sailing
bore ahead again rounded to then
passing adversary yard arm by yard
arm, locked astern, with tlie whole
sqadron. in circular order of sailing.
Sally Jones all the time manoeuver
ing and making signals when under
full sail. Finally anchored after it
heavy squall.
Womanly Modeoty.
Man loves the mysterious. A cloud
less sky, a full blown rose, le-iva him
unmoved, but the violet which hides
its blushing beauties behind the bush
and moon when she emerges from be
neath a cloud, aro to him sources of
inspiration and pleasure. Modesty
is to merit what shade is to figures iu
painting it gives it boldness and
prominence. Nothing adds more to
female beauty tjuiN modesty ; it Bheds
around the countenance n halo of de
light, which is borrowed from virtue.
Botanists have given to the rosy hue
which tinges the cup of the white
rose, the namo of the "maiden's
blush." This pure and delicate hue
is the only paint a Christian virgin
must use it is the richest ornament.
A woman without modesty is like
a faded flower, diffusing an unwhole
some odor, which tlie prudent gard
ener will throw from him. Her des
tiny is melancholy for it terminates
in shame and repentance. Beauty
passes like the flower of the albo,
which blooms and dies in a few hours;
but modesty gives the female charac
ter charms which supply the place
of the transitory freshness of youth.
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The Origin of Ilaad-sliaklng.
The Romans had a goddess whose
name was Fid's, or Fidelity a god
dess of "faith and honesty," to whom
Numa was the first to pay divine
honors. Her only dres3 was a whito
veil, expressive of condor, frankness
and modcKy ; and her symbol was
two right hands joined, or sometimes
two female figures holding each oth
er by the right hands ; whence in all
agreements among the Greeks and
Romans it was usual for the parties
to take each other by the right hand,
as a token of there intentieu to ad
here to the compact, and this custom
is in more general use even among
ourselves, at the . present day, than
would at thought be realized.
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"Maybe you don't know what a
phenomenon is. Well. I'll tell you:
Have seen a cow no doubt. Well, a
j cow is not a penomenon. You have
ecu an appte ir?e. ten. an appie
tree h hot a phenomenon. But when
yon see the cow go up the tree tail
"foremost to pick the apples, that" is a
phenomenon."
At Des Moines, Iowa, a number of
colored men are about to establish a
newspaper.
The beauty of holiness, like; the
sun, Is seen by its own light.
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