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POWELL'S frro Store in "Law Building," t"rner store, north end, keeps con f!"tly in &tock Fresh Drugs, Patent iicines, &c. Prices as low as at any store in the ity. Also oilers Lis professional services to uif- M:rroundin community, at day or i .At-". rvA J r . ,5 p p ' - - -,C i , -r- .r r f f ?. l 4 f ' G a 'o I o r r LIFE'S JOURNEY. As we speed out of youth's sunny station The track seems to shine in the light. But it suddenly shoots over cb asms Or sinks into tunnels of night. And the hearts that were brave in the morn ing Are filled with repining, and fears As they pause at the City of Sorrow Or pass thro' the Valley of Tears. But the road of this perilous journey The hand of the Master has made; With all its discomforts and-dangers, We need not be sad or afraid. Paths leading from light into darkness, Ways plunging from gloom to despair, Wind out thro' the tunnels of midnight To fields that are blooming and fair. Tho' the rocks and the shadows surround us, Tho' we catch not one gleam of the day Above us, fair cities are laughing And dipping white feet in some bay, And always, eternal, forever, Down over the hills in the west. The last final end of our journey, There lies the Great Station of Rest. Tis the Grand Central point of all railways, All roads centre here when they end , 'Tis the final resort of all tourists, All rival lines meet here and blend. All tickets, all mile-books, all passes, If stolen or begged for or bought, On whatever road or division, Will bring you at last to this spot. If you pause at the City of Trouble Or wait in the Valley of Tears, Be patient, the train will move onward And rush down the track of the years, Whatever the place is you seek for, Whatever your aim or your quest, You shall enme at the last with rejoicing To the beautiful City of Rest. You shall store all your baggage of worries, You shall fal perfect peace in this realm, You shall sail with old friends on fair waters, With joy and delight at the helm. You shall wander in cool, fragrant gardens With those who have loved you the best, And the hopes that were lost in life's journey You shall find in the City of Rest. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. An UnsusDected Heroine. You think him a coward, said the old doctor, but how can you be sure that he is one? Courage shows itself unexpected ly in many different ways and places. I have seen men who had been brave sol diers turn pale when they sat down iu a dentist's chair, aud I have seen women, who would scream tit the sight of a mouse, bear without a groan the pain of a terrible surgical operation. The other day, in an old station on the New Jersey coast, I saw a queerly shaped boat which reminded me of something that happened to me once. Some years ago I took passage in a large emigrant ship, the Ayrshire, for this country. I had been at the Univer sity of Edinburgh, and Avas impatient to reach home. There was on board over three hundred emigrant passengers in the pteerage, and six or seven passengers in the cabin. One of the cabin passengers was an in valid, a Arery small, delicate young girl of twenty years, attended by her mother and nurse. She was not a patient suf ferer. Her medicine was alvvavs too sweet or too sour; her pillows were too j hard or too soft, and at the wind or a peal of thunder she would tremble and cry like a child from fear. There were two young men in the cabin besides myself, and I am afraid that they found a good deal of amusement in pro voking her terrors by telling horrible stories of corpse-lights on the rigging, or of sharks and devil-fish and other sea monsters, or the sailors' yarn of the great shadow of a fish which follows a ship on which is a human being appointed soon to die. She used to stand by the hour at the stern of the ship looking down into the cool, green depths to see if the shadow pursued her. Her nervous system was shaken by long suffering, and I sympathized with her; but the other men voted her a nuisance. They were strong, and full of health and fun, ami thought it a hardship that the cabin should be. co they said, turned into a hospital ward, with bottles and pillows. One of them, Frank Lowe, had served in the French army iu Algiers out of sheer lights nor, with the Avind blowing to lovc of excitemeut and adventure; the ! Avard shore, hear the firing of their mor othci, Bernard Knott, had been a volun- tar. It was after hours of mortal agony ii 'ty ! 4ii..., t -i. -.n,,. icer in iiie umicu visits vuuy l'.lJIl me rivil War. sn von se, that, notwith- .tandincr their unfeelin- behavior toward the invalid .girl, they were not cowards. It vas one day near the end of the voyage, and we hoped to see laud on the morrow. Early in the evening Knott and LoAve and I Avent down into the cabin, as the fog was so heavy that in the darkness avc could scarcely see one anoth er's faces on deck. The lamps Avere lighted, and we sat down at the table. ! 1 took up my book; the other men began I to play dominos. j Miss Murray, the invalid, was lying on j a sofa, knitting, as usu.d. at some white fluffy stfuT. The young men called the poor girl Miss Muffet to each other be cause she was always scared and shudder ing at some fancied object of terror. Set in the woodwork at one end of the saloon was a long mirror, and draped about it were some faded red and gold curtains of moreen. Mrs. Murray, who was a chatty, cheerful little body, called our attention to the drops of moisture on the glass. ''You cannot see your face in it," she f-aid. "The fog must be very heavy." "Where are we?" asked Lowe. "Did the Captain work up our position this evening?" "Yes,"' said Knott. "He figured it out by the dead-reckoning, of course. But I believe he does not know any more than I do where we are." I noticed that Knott had no jokes to make that evening, and that he wa3 rest less. Throwing down a book that he had caught up, he paced up and down the cabin. There was much shouting and tramp ling on deck, but I supposed that the crew were reefing sail in anticipation of a storm, and paid little attention to the commotion overhead. Suddenly it seemed to me as if every bone in my body had been Avrenched. I found myself ou my hands and knees, with the floor of the cabin rising like a steep wall before me. Then I saw a queer thing. The mirror broke obliquely from corner to corner, and through the rent came a torrent of foul-bilge water. People have described the wrecking of a ressel in a storm at sea as a magnificent, ;ernble spectacle, but that is all that I saw at the moment of its occurrence the mirror parting in the middle and the rnlge -water pouring into the room. But that was enough. Iknewthat the ship was doomed. The mate, Sanders, stood in the door way. "What, is this?" yelled Knott. "The ship has struck a bar and is go ing to pieces!" the mate answered. "All hands on deck!" He spoke pretty much as he might have talked if he were giving an order to holy -stone decks, yet I knew that he had a Avifc at home, and a child Avhom he had never seen, but had hoped to see on the morroAv. His coolness was habit, you see. I don't know how we got on deck. We men helped the three women up, of course. That Avas habit, too. Good habits tell in a time like that just as much as they do in an evening party in a drawing-room on shore. The Ayrshire was on the great sandbar which lies off the Avhole New Jersey coast. Hundreds of ships used to be wrecked there. Before the life-saving service Avas established the NeAv Jersey shore was streAvn with wreckage. The emigrants were swarming on the decks. A fearful surf broke over us continually. The ship Avas irremovably settled in the sands, but it was rocked incessantly by the waves. All around us Avas the impenetrable grayness of the fog, through which came the terrible thunder of the breakers on the shore. It drowned the shrieks of the women and even the hoarse shouts of the Captain's trumpet. "Surely avc arc ou laud?" piped Mrs. Murray, close beside mc. "The ship is fast." 'On a bar," said the mate. From the moment of her striking there Avas no chance of saving the vessel, which was rapidly going to pieces. The pas sengers and crew were huddled on the quarter-deck. Three boats were launched, but before one of them could be manned they were swept away like feathers in a storm. Wre found afterward that we had gone upon the bar off the village of Point Pleasant. Our guns were heard ou shore and the itcav of men along shore came at once to our rescue, but the fog was so dense that we did not sec their signal ! and susncusc that a wild veil of deliffht ( i- - ' broke fm the ships crew ; they rushed together, grappling a light cord which had fallen as if from the skies across the deck. It was a line shot from the life-saving men's mortar onshore. "G-nlly, men! gently!" shouted the C-mt iin hoarselv as he himself caught the cord aud pulled on it. Bv means of the line the crew pulled a rooe from the shore to the ship, and this 1 . . rone s d in tui'i to draw on board "i-eat cable. The crew- made the cable fast to the hull of our vessel, and it was pulled uut from the shore. At that period of marine history, when a cable had been stretched from the land to a Avrecked vessel it was generally sup posed that the rescuers had done all they could, and it remained for the ship's company to find their Avay to the shore if they could, clinging to this rope. But now, slung to the cable, there came out to the vessel that same queer little boat which saw the other day at Point Pleas ant. It is shaped like an egg, with a hole In the top through which the passen gers crawl to enter the boat. The oar will hold about fifteen people. When the passengers are packed away in it and the lid has been screwed down, it is drawn back to land through the break ers, turning over and over as it goes. It was a fearful trip to make, but it was the one chance for life to the people on the ship. I cannot fitly describe the awful scene on that wreck; the darkness, the wet, the thunder of the sea, the hundreds of men and Avomen standing there facing death, and fully realizing the perils that surrounded them. It was the first time that the life-car had ever been tested by actual service, and even the Captain looked doubtfully at the strange-looking craft that had come out to the ship along the cable. "Who will go in it?" he shouted. "The women have the first choice. It is not a good chance, but it is the only one." The men among the emigrants began to push their wives and children toward the car, but the poor creatures shrieked and fought against entering it. I did not blame them. It is bad enough to go down, drowned in the open Avaters, but to go doAvn locked up iu that iron coffin "Very well," cried the Captain. "There is no time for choice. If the women will not go, the men shall." At that little Miss Muffet stepped for ward before them all, actually smiling. "Come," she said to the terrified wo men, "if I go, you surely will follow me. I am nothing but a poor little cripple!" She stepped into the dark box and lay down in it. Then the others crowded into it after her. Stout English matrons and pretty Irish girls, children and ba bies. When the car Avas full, its lid was screwed down tight and it was pulled out into the Avaves. Upon the ship no man shouted and no woman cried in the few minutes that followed. We could see and hear nothing. But presently the car came ba;k empty. Then we breathed freely again, for we knew that the people it had car ried had reached the land safely. All of the other passengers were taken to the shore in the sa-me manner. Over three hundred lives Avere saved by that life-car on its first nicrht of service. Do you wonder that I took oil my hat to it the other day? Two years after the shipwreck which I have told you of, I met Mrs. Murray, and with her a plump, rosy girl who, she told mc, Avas her daughter, the one that I had known on the Ayrshire as an inA'alid. Now the girl's eyes shone asd the red blood gloAvcd in her cheeks. Miss Murray said that the voyage in the ar had given her neAv life. But I thought ;hat the new life had come rather with Ee wakening of courage and the spirit f self-sacrifice Avithin her. Youth'i Cvuipanioji. Wonderful Uwlden. Lilies. One sometimes hears of the. wonderful productiveness of the golden lilylilium auratum, Lindley. Some years ago an instance avhs recorded of one stalk, under cultivation, bearing no less than thirty- , Hearing no umu .uuy . This happened m Pitlour, five ilwers In FifpKhirr Scotland, in 18St. The ! record is quite beaten by a plant in the garden of a foreign resident at Karu izawa, (says the .Jvn Weelbj Mail) which is now bearing no fewer that fifty-seven Mowers on one stalk. The stalk itself is six feet high, and toward the upper end it fiat tens out, the buds hanging like keys on a board. The upper ?.tremity is cleft. Room is thus allowed for the remarkable luxuriance of flower cxt tor imr iust desciibed. In the For E of c j September 16, 1872, it is stated This summer there grew in the garden of Mr. ! G. C. Pearson, on the BiuiT, (IU) j Yokohama, two stems from one bulb. The two stems cut off and stuck in a j bowl of ferns arc portrayed on the tirst page of this number of our journal. Ou? was a fair specimen of the ordinary flow- ; enng oi tne plant, immg eigun-cu , "Von but lhe ot3jCr' UP0U a bron'1 flat stem, about an inch and a half m 1,; .,. ., l.li in i('.s a TJUL " " -;,-J si.iy-inr.-u nu,s, o, nui. .s.l-i were in full flower ;tt tim. . I n MM Giutttc. - . LADIES' COLUMN. THE NEAV BONNTTf. Some of the new Paris bonnets present startling combinations of color al most appalling to refined quiet taste, but fashioned in very odd and picturesque shapes. A theatre bonnet of bright red velvet has a crown of shaded pink roses, with a decoration of black velvet. There are beautiful and artistic new shapes in Empire hats, carried out in black velvet and feathers, and the Toreador hat comes in a combination of terra cotta and black. A love of h Paris hat has a dear little crinkled brim of black cloth, with a lovr indented crown of black velvet, a liufl of white ostrich tips over the front, and nar row black streamers at the back; and an other very effective bonnet has a crown formed of two circles of red velvet, con nected by lines of jet passementerie and 4 trimming of black ostrich fcathers.,wih narrow velvet strings also of black. CUSHIONS OF PATER. TV,-?.. r w. - .1. j uuimg iiiu i lauuu-vjrtrrmau ar me j ladies in England were busy making paper cusnions wincn tney sent to r ranee to be used for the wounded iu hospitals. Hun dreds of thousands of these cushions were sent and were of great service. Xow all England is crazy on the subject of paper pillows again. They tear the paper into very small pieces, not bigger than one's finger nail, and then put them into a pillow-sack of drilling or light ticking. They are very cool for hot climates and much superior to feather pillows. The newspapers are printing appeals for them in hospitals. Newspaper is not nice to use, as there is a disagreable odor from printers' ink; but brown or white paper and old letters and envelopes are the best. As they are torn, stuff them into an old pillowcase, and you can see when you have enough. The easiest way is to tear or cut the paper in strips about half an inch wide, and then tear or cut it across. The finer it is, the lighter it makes the pillows. Mail and Exjtresi. NOVELTIES IN LIXEN. A gorgeous orange cover has large floral patterns with doves flying among the floAvers. The pink, blue, straAv, buff, ecru, and pea green covers are either fringed or deeply hemstitched. For lunch and tea cloths the delicate colored spreads are still used, and are shown iu exceedingly rich patterns. For the hemstitched borders the hem is two inches wide, and for the napkins ac companying the set one inch in width. Some covers are hand embroidered in wide patterns on perfectly plain grounds ; others display several rows of Mexican work. Among the most seviceable, and, at the same time, the newest centre pieces, doil ies and carving cloths are those which arc finished in the German spechtel work. Other doilies are of tine Avhitc or cream china silk, hemstitched or fringe, and painted Avith bits of color taken from Japanese fans here an old flower, there i mandarin or a strange foreign scene. A delicate but decided salmon colored spread is richiy covered with Egyptian de signs of sphinxes, obelisks, pyramids, aud other strange shapes, each standing out plainly from the brilliant ground. The doilies are exquisite works of art, ud some are mere scraps of white, pink, blue, buff or green satin damask, with a single pond lily, rose or daffodil spray stamped on their smooth surface, and j with fringed borders. The German p.ichtel work is a strong embroi(iCry in the linen which, being cut handsome, durable, open- i work embroidery. This embroidery is a I favorite ornamentation this season, and nppears on bedspreads and pillowthams as well. j A rose color cloth has a rustic border of wheat aud forget-me-nots drawn with irtistic accuracv. and a pretty amber loth is crowded with dancing figures of uvmphs and other graceful figures, while ;liu another represents scenes in a Roman chariot race. The choicest patterns are the ash-leaf ttern, the corn flower, large cluster u,i vines of wild roses, the red clover jt.af auj i,iOSsoms, large lozenges, clus- t,.,.s of niy cf the valley, and great pond iiiifS floating on a fine satin damask sur- face, all of natural size. j Another design in doilies is a faint J hade of pink or blue faiiie, finishing an app0intment in the Agricultural De tiiceiy with a hemstitched border and a partment.r' Maddox "What qualifica t.uiet bit of landscape painted with a few on hr.Te you? You don't know any dainty touches in monotone, or a sea thin" about agriculture, do you?" Sum view, a now scene, or a branch with a . way "Well, I'm getting pretty seedy." ohM or bird,- in :.y po,iUr arrant- ' "flles WtrVj. " i .tlit. (im-l JlnlMhitJlny. 1 fashion notes. Checks and plaids formed of checks are very popular,the more subdued colors being chosen. The large netted laces so popular dur ing the summer are still favored for evening dresses. The correct thing in umbrella handles fs braided or twisted silver, terminating in a heavy knob. Entire coats are sometimes made of leugthAvisc alternating stripes of seal skin aud Persian lamb. Silk mull underAvear is popular with th ultra-fastidious. Such garments arc made iu full sets, and are very dainty. The favorite way of arranging flowers on ball dresses is in garlands hanging at one side. Flower panels arc also fash ionable. The figures in the new and richest bro caded silks are very large, a single pat tern frequently covering an entire breadth. A low toque of pearl velvet for even ing wear was decorated with h Grecian band of silver, and strings and trimmings of white vrlvct ribbon. Long ulsters of cloth are made double oreasted, with deep cape collars of fur, that may be turned high oA-er the cars in a storm or Avheu sleighing. Felt hats edged Avith chenille are pop ular for children. Hats of plain silks, heavy corded silk and plush of all colors are also shown for the little ones. An effectiA'e toque of black velvet has a coronet of jet interlaced with pink vel vet ribbon, pink and black velvet roses, land strings of pink velvet ribbon. A pretiy bonnet recently noted was of black velvet, perfectly plain, the only garnitures being a gilt wing and a cluster of black violets directly in front on top. A combination of tAvo kinds of fur in one shoulder cape is a fashionable feat ure of the season. Sometimes alternate stripes of two furs, lengtliAvise, or car ried around the shoulders, form the en tire cape, while others haA'c different side pieces, collars or V fronts, or per haps a binding of different fur. FUN. When is a shirt liko a Aveary man? When it is done up. Farmer "What are you doing behind, that fence?" Old Hen "I'm laying for you." NeAf York Shu. Lady Friend "Do you write on space, Mr. Scribbler?" Mr. Scribbler "No,: madam, I just write on ordinary wrap ding papjr." The blizzard season has opened in the trreat Northwest, aud it looks as if the crop Avas going to be something to blow about. Union, lkrahl. Amy "What makes young De Swim scowl so all the while !" Jack "He has to, you know, in order to make his eye glass stay on." Tiiiit. One reason why a fat man doesn't catch coll as easily as a lean man, is be cause he is so much Avrapped up in him self. Burliii'jtoii Free Pnss. A woman Avho favors equal suffrage wants to know if it is a crime to be a woman. No, but it is not manly. Wo Avill say no more. B-jntoit Transcript. Dick (aged eight, with disgusted air, to Tommy aged ten, whose efforts at telling "a Avhoppcr" were not a success) "If yer agoin' ter lie, why don't yer stand up ter it like a man?" Clerk "I ee by the papers that Mr. Blifllers is going to be married." Em ployer "Great snakes! Run around to his office and collect this bill before it i too late." New York WeeMy, "I should like something a little his torical in character." "Hoav would The Last Days of Pompeii' suit you "Hum. What did he dir of?" "An eruption, I believe." J-idy. "You are a regular raiser"' exclaimed j Mrs. Snooper, when ncr nusoanu reiui , , i . -i . i j to give her twenty-live dollars she asked for. "No, not a miser," replied Snoop ked er; mereiy ;u civuu-uu.vi. ,.r. -B-xzar. William Marshall, a boy sixteen years j v$ picked up an old shell on the Chat i tauooga battlefield last week, and took it : to fe home. The next morning he fired the end of a stick and thrust it into the hell. The adjournment was sine die. Sum way "I am in hopes of getting i J
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