A ' iL'U ' t r T. O. If. XUTTA LT i ' ,1'ttblisln'r. VOL. II. try.- w fic Pr'onvre of Postrif to hallow tlf it an odor more rxfjitirite liian the rose or ' the lilt. . I THZ SWEETEST WORD. One rvref wonl of J oly meaning, 'oir!0li li iiit'vor ; ii'l o'er, Ai d th 'rhoes of inuhic 't'rt - other i rl we nttcr .(':in'oAveet :ini j r n fouN' be, Tuni'jz alMie's junii'r discords . Intju heavei lyliiiiioivJ Clords if 1 Iii-ko.t LhkneFR pa'thered O'er D'yoniV l; ik ea olSin, - And ihenrJ of heaven wasguarded Fnhn my lily eterii!r in ; .t- Then : nie ws.lkin to me, O'vr t lie sr.rjirir waves of sin, Callinj.'. ele.ir above the teinpt, lle th.;t irus-teHi Iieaven th win.' Now, t rotiirh i H tiie sacred pajres, Where mywoe aid doom hud been, Itn.in tbo.-e j .-olden wonts, of promise, He thatjjtrt'-eth heaveii hhall win,' f IMcf-Vd. ( :ui l-! :-I-,Krtj:Id premise, Let.ire :vi K i: rH'Vs in He tltat rni.-is his iii Jesnv, "lie lh.it tr".."ti,th heaven slndl win.' TrrK oh. .-avh.r.r irive ils fullness To iik r. ti y ft ot in r;' rt ' -ir::nt my dyint' ii To hieaihe it, ' 'Lesixe i's lii irerii.r sweetness there; .Swee:.i ; s then', to stay the breaking 'Of ih1 he'ri '.s whi h lovo nie so." Whisporin.tr from' my silent cothn, 'Trurt toe h.aii! which lavs me low.' Lojetl ore, rs ye s ir the marble, Pure :d).ve my Wi.itinir dust, "irae i-o ;her word i.pon it Hut the hnliei. wee'i s Thi;kt; For thi-5 rx. -Iu rd u. w the angels,.; in: rdinr oVr the pe;.riy" door, FaFsw(rd Jo IHs-bh-s.-ed presence,' j "NVht mI tru.-t for cver.nore.' ! j The Brion Jour mil of' Chant's tiy giws the fo!!ivii:g receipt for that beaufifii! a:nl instructive par lor e::plrime:it known as iniita tion rV!nt cry-ta!:: : Dissolve 'four . 1 .., I ... . iilFi- civ rrriin; nf in. iruii .io .him iin- i. . t . i i 1 ,.: v;,! ,t,n. f water. Il t:;e sobiti'. n is turliid,- fil ter thi';.: gh pai-r. PJaee the solu tion contained in a gh?ss vessel on the table where it is intended to reni iin. and drop it leitjwo bun- dro( n.mis ot sai ammoniac in longfi-! chloride of amnions! im broi ds. S)oii small crystal - is crvsxais. 000: j ofehlonde of load .vHll dorm, and ascend though the denser liquid, presenter.: ile apearanceof r.ti ' a$ cendlrtff snoW strm. When the lead is all pi ecipitated, the crystals will 11( 21:1 i licsccna i;s n gotune miniature snow-torm. Forming grotesque .masses resembling a winters landscape, j If the vessel contain;:! z .the crvstj'ils is not dis- 9 turbed, it . often weeks; preserves -it ben at v for "1 A PAPER -FOR o c o t o S dec 1 i f cr n i i i, . - CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH;9; 1873. Cue Sioryl J! Aunt Bigwiggin'sjHeiress. BY MA11Y KYLK DALLAS j ; There was jreai amount o Mi property.. lirtry one m , i tts-vilh- ntlinitted that. Besides the j irreat Iiiirwiiririii' homestead, fhe-J m ide oi'the vi I iir'o andhe iov;JfiA"it Biwiin's unreasonable artists. anl . dam.sels ; wh( wer4 Jrtialit v tor Etlie, and her un tond of sketehiiiiT irouK; nat uife tstrrly treatment of Jemne's there was her farm at At r-, and 1.. r rnv rdV brinvii tnVii houses 111 :ev 1 ()rK, ivno: jir iiihjd.it v nrnount of money futrout iit iiiterest and never taken up. Miss Biy-wiirin's lieiress would beSU nek v iri rl. We &ny ' hei ress, 1 - t- ' " I . 1 i - .1 for the onlv livino- relatives of thb i ajred spinster were j two young women of eighteen and itvventy, both orphans, and. both children 1 I A I -r ' T ' ' il . . I 1 li . .1 .ii-nuie joon s inoiner iu:i nen(i el Miss Iigwiijiii by espou-sink; si poor young .irentlf-man ; wiip had nothimr to depend 011 ibutj a ve ry 1 i m i t e 1 p ra c t i ce as j 1 iy si ei a i( , rh materuai parent "of KfKe BI,!Ir ial amiably united herself to the husband vhosen bv her elder si ter, a well-to-do grocer with ia bald heal, and something, moiie than twice her own age. '( . ! ... 1 1 1 T ! The mover h'lh (I and aiu '4 ami the doctor died without .' sii(f-eeedino-, and when this happenej, M i ss B i g w i ir mi n pe n e d 1 it r 1 1 1 o rs to Mrs? Blair, and sent Mi4. Doon -fifty: ldiars, with a hbjt that it was all she' could do for her, and there the matter eudej. j Mrs. Doon knew that Jennie haji nothing to expect, amT brought her up to expect nothing, while Mrs. Blair tauirht Plliic i under- ii - . it 1 Utanu that she, 111 all , jinma 1 probability, would be Aunt Big- WHrrin s neiress. "Now that thev were orphans, the cousins other. Kiwi little of." each Occasionally thev metgat fir. Once in :a long while Jennie took tea at her aunt s inansiou, and sometimes Ef He called at thb school where Jennie taught thp young idea of Pottsville. O11V dressed in velvet aiub brocade and had a set. of (liauxmdR ; ihf other wore delaine and calico, and possessed one little gold pin ' and a pair ot sleeve hnttons lor an jewe 1 but Jennie was prettiest, and. Etiie knew it,f and liked her cousin none the better i r the knowledge. . - ? - KBHY FIHESIUH. rjMhV c lie r ;t i $ t c II ... .,- ic--'. - r i r r : 1 s- -w:is not ! pleasant" to think Pirtr. -with .hair a dozen curls ; tul rtnuds to iut!nvuy in boxes, ijrises wereliuft as Trof'uo icr J Iirl iVaV'ii"fliitiir as Jun uie't?, nor to !knVv that aH -'t lie pinehinir and . v . s 3-- . . ' ' j, t v : ' : . , -. . . i ' giit'ssin0; . t'i ; jntlo!in.o; in tHe-worhl would nev-diss- .Biwiffiini'B'i.Vr-ivi! her so small a waist .or so i t i - 'a ) u . t , a n d a little terninine snite was uwnkened lv these lhet8 On! the other lu.nd, wioflier, to say -notliin ot itfte s Jrnle r ure'ss and airs of V'Vwrioritv, made Jennie far fr m cardial to her oidy relatives. and .willinir to stav awav from them afm st altogether, j The less she came to Bigwiggin lhmKsteal jhe better, in Ff lie's ctimation. It might be oisi Idn forthe old aunt to' change hr-mind and divide her fortune, be a sau down tall. after antieiiiating aii: 80, thoucfh hereWas no fpi ar id, the girls grew more and more st rangers; to each ot her, and met jfor the first time for a-vear: j at the ir ra n d el 1 11 reli fest i vaTSt 1 1 fair, instituted for the piirposerof seiiduig 1 a .voting clergvnian ast a nossionary to the heaflien, roTh phi- r J s n a t i n a n u ra ex 1 1 rca . wipe rs ami in-cushioiis. Both were t take tables. , Kflie wore tMidid dress and Jeniiie a a sp pretty one. . At a glance leunie marked the p-orireous fabric, and thought :' x ' 44 YY e are cousins, hut mv aunt has never given nie a dress." . And EfhV said to herself: 4.J he rirrs dress fits better in the back than mine.' But they met with smiles and kissed each'. other. "ilowi are von, Efhe V Oh, verv well. ' How are you j'Xennie? Seenis to rue you don't U)OJ -1 I . J his because she never looked better. . " . ; ; "'.j- '40h, I'm veiy well. And aunt V -f 4tShe has a cold." kSo sorry to hear it." And then they talked about the weather, not observing that thev had an auditor. 1 I jV. till yonng gentleman; superbly attired, with an eyeglass and a moustache, who looked so precisely like a tailor's fashion p fate or a barber's waxen efligy. that every girl in the room had al ready whispe red : i Tl Jt USt St SOu Temr, btr icily in Ailvn4. NO ' 'Isn't he nice ?" When thev had tripped away. i ma lmiiviuuai rem rkect friend : 44Prettv girls, Perkins." to a "Who are they?" - 'tConsi us nieces of old Mi sa Bigwiggin. Tln yMI come in for the old lady's fortune when sh dies. There's no one else." "One, in white the prettiest, eh r. ..-"r.-,.,; 4 M u ch tlic prettiest. uYa as, I; think so. Perkins, introduce me to the one in white." Aiid five minuter after Miss Ji'imie Doon! was put- through the ceremonvjof introductic h to Mr. Alfred Prett'vnian. .Jennie was only eighteen verv inexperienced. In all , and her life she had never seen anthing so fully up to her ideas of perfec tiou as r. Prettynnin. made a conquest entered her liind she ! felt almost, frightened bv it. :; - P ' ''' . V - Ife,. fitted, as she fancied, "U: -bine in courts admired her? imosibIe. . , ! I fc. . r !Nevrt!ieIeSd every moment UH)vedtH-txuer, and this, Adohia oven offered TerdisL armJ and saw her home, and ca dav to ask if she had 'taken oid found a s"-it - near hrch next Sundav, i and laid siege to her heart in every way possible to an inhabitant oL the vi age of Pottsville. i Jennie was pleased and flattered, girls w ho notu ed the tiirtatiori vc re envious ami astonished, and ... uo por-oTv was quite heart-bro ken. This was youiig Thomas Hrown nobody in particular, and not astonishiuglv handsome 11 whom Jennie had deigned tc smile iivdavs'goiie by, and who loved her 'from, the virv bdttom of his heart. lie was a shy y outh . lady 1 too mint or neari t w in xair ve ry rea d i ly b u t ca j able great-ib al nf strong feeling," bf a and when the fact .that Jennie really was .wooed, and almost won, by another, burst upon him, his heart sank like lead within hie bosom. ; He went to the mill-pond, aircj looked in, and tnought of drown ing, and took V walk underi cer tain wondroiiB elms of the place, and fancied himself euspended,' in his Sunday suit, from a branch, and Jennie, coming home, from church, fainting at the sight e e(rTTrevl-! cold, I her; in'.. M
