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Xwud:-yva evtsf ?wau.-h--anjiry-;ff'ttig
about in his cage, and turning its bead
knowingly from side to side, as if it
were, in iieep, meditation njuon some sub
ject turongu au lt restics.3 nu.rry r
Well, very 'nitich after that fashion,
Miss Jemima. V'eervtcnt; fitting about
in the little drab-house under, the hill
one bright Bpring, morning. She shook
the white muslin curtains with a tender
respect for their old age,. and arranged
them so thatthe daru s sliould not pho w,
iilaced a cushion carefully OA-er dama
ges wrought bv little feet in the seat of
the5 old-fashioned rocking-chair, and
dusted the small clock in the 'comer as
faithfully as if its long hand were not
missing.- In "truth,' tlmrobin-' ra a
sort of hospital fi'. disabled furniture ;
but,iheji ihitidisi4ual3 lLha4duclia
cozj', well-cared-for looli that no one
ever thought of noticing their "defieit
euces ; and the little bruwn-haired wo
man who bustled among' them was as
bright and cherry as need be. But this
day had an unsolved problem looking
out from its eyes, and now and then
Miss Jemima would come to a momen
tary pause in her occupation, and strike
an interrogation point attitude "at the
end of some mental question. At last
she stopped by one of the windows and
drew from her pocket a somewhat faded
green-and-silver purse a lean, d3'spep-tic-looking-purse,
that flopped about in
a downcast way," as if aware that it
would be called upon to deliver up what
it had not got.. Miss Veer's thorough
finger's searched its utmost depth, then
turned it wrong side up and shook it,
that no shirking penny might be hid
den aw.ay in its corners.;. The, amount
ia her hand was small enough when all
was done. She counted- it forward and
backward, bnt it didn't grow any either
way f so she" closed her. lingers over it,
with the faintest'brehth "of a sigh, and
said, with a decided shake of the head :
"I can't do it. ' Teddy wants new
shoes, Kob musttiave Jgjacketanda
bonnet Isn't to be thought of.", i
Which didn't-follow- at all ;" for she
thought of it more vigorously , than ever
afterhaving ascertained beypnd adoubt
tliat there, was no money, to buy a! new
ouei Sbe.lid not need to look at, the
ohe 'shiMttid mmt ttw fnter: to see how
shabby it was; she; could feet th'apreven
with iVaway ;nprStair3 ra the l)indbos
It hkd' been" twisted an;l turned, made
and re-ma'd'eV frbrri yeatVyear, until
it;' was " " kr6i ' but ' ".Tefectable no
longer beside 'Being all out of a'eason ;
ami s.o,,her tead, bereft .fan ncient
shcltiarv wentrseeyng , '.cavAiribg.
When the house was all in .order, a"nd
Rob andvTekty laudably employed in
trying t plow up tho ,baok yard with a
floor, scoop,sh went4ip,st;urs, and from
among the east-6tf -treasures -of wer
tain old red x-hest in the attic fished up
a new bonhiet immense' in sizeryellow '
in 'color,' and'"of; shape1' Inde'se.ribable.'
She. laughed at the 'eiiect . as she , tried
it on 1 lore her tiny mirror-, but .after
f all, it
i , .is not a. laughable .matter ; in-!
, it seemed more like a crying one;
as she turned the anti.iuo affiiir on her
head and woiYerc-.l 'soberly what it
would be pos$iblerto make of it.
' Upon lier meditation there suddenly
broke tl.e si: '.t rustle of a stiff. dress,
and the sound of a footstep tiiatspoLe
ot digni..y t....i .iu ; 0U....0, s.ia ra-,
nouncet the coming of Aunt Heater.
It was the only announcement that ady.'
ght it necessary' to, make, pr site
ed .yithout the :foj-nialtTb? a
entered
knock', seated iierself in the. rotking-
chaiiyof attempted to"do sobdtm
mediately resumed her feet again; k!-'-'.1,
" Hum! I advise Jou. to pttt that
chair out i of the way, Jemima!., One
can't be always remembering that tlxtt
bottom ia broken out," she remarked,
severely, unless, indeed., -ou intend
it as a strap to catch your friends in."
"If that was the objectI'd fet it
just outside the gate, and., try to catch
them before they gbt in," Miss Jemima
whiskered, rebelliousl.w'io herself, i
je-o -brms; ' forwar-' -nnc '
.x.r -asairrti-substantuil" wooden
bne.v'' " .".";' "" ' '"' " .';...
Aunt Ilester survej-ed it doubtfully,
as if 'she suspected some deception, but
finally settled herself in it. shook her
black, alpaca into
said r
proper-folds, and!
" I thought I would call and see how
you were getting on."
It did occur to J emima that if she
had known of -her coming she would
have got so far on as to be out of sight;
but she .only answered quietly
About as usual we are, thank you,
Aunt Hester."
.."Aunt Jem! Aunt Jem!" cried Rob
and Tedd y, making a rush t from the
vard, getting terribly mixed up in the
doorway, and each trying to explain
the other's mark3 before he had made
any.: " Deed, Aunt Jem, we won't hurt
it any- a rumbreller, to build a barn
with ; 'cause we can't put our horses
nowhere 1 and we want it top o" the
ehicken-coop. Say,maywef" :
" i es, ttear, yes ; but don't be so
noisj-, boys. Don't you see Aunt Hes
ter is here ? ' answered -Aunt Jem, in
dulgent but distressed. .
- A' ires ; .that's what we don't want to
come it ' forf" - ahswered Teddj', with
refreshing tranknesss. -; Won't yon
please "to hand the- umbrella, Aunt
Jem?" ' " r' "''
; Aunt Jem produced tlc prabrelTa, in
full onscipusnes3.that;.Jier visitor was
watching ;withi grim disapproval, and
was -prepared for the speech -that, came
nest. - ,
"', " Ybrr'are spoiling those children,
aomima complately spoiling them. 4
am re'allv" astonished at vou." r
Jti wiis a txunti upon wuicu iiie.iaoy s
astonishment-, had - become chronic, so
Jemim-iidid.uot attempt to lessen it,
Hand a momentaPv silence ensued.
I i . ... V - , . .. .. .
" Ah I" said Aunt Hester, m-a more
gracvous tone,aiter ner eyes naa scaunea
every .other artiole. m the-room, and
rested fin ally, on. tlie bonnet. J'.What
do you proiose to do with, that, my
' a I don't know," answered Jem ima
rather1 disconsolately.?-1 ' " vyi-f
" I recollect that bonnet. ' I thought
it looked .familiar, and I remember now,
It was one my daughter Susan wore for
a seasoa or so, and then gave to your
mother,?' pursued Munt Hester, grow
ing cornplacent over the memory of by
gone benevolence. " "It is a very excel
lent braid, with a great deal of wear in
it. Out of shape, , to be sure, but I
think it could bo made over into a very
suitable bonnet for you." , -;
- The " very -excellent " article had
appeared old enough and ugly enongh
before, but it looked , a trifle older and
uglier still to poor Jemima now, though
she scarcely knew why. . She turned it
about on her hand, and' fell to wonder
ing a little drearily why it was she
never had anything new anything all
her own. It seemed to her that all her
life she had been obliged to build upon
other people's foundations, and make
straight when, others had blundered,
and take up things where others had
stopped, .,-; Her work never came to her
in the raw material; it was always what
somebody had used, or spoiled, or be-'
gun. - Back through the twenty-eight
years of her fife, so nearly as she could
remember, it had been the same.1 House
keeping cares had fallen early upon her
childish shoulders, when her invalid
mother died. Then there had been the
constant planning and working to pro
cure what her careless, improvkled
father did. not provide, to economize
where he wasted; a pretty sister. to be
snubbed by and worked for, until he
made a runaway marriage with a gen
tlemanly scamp ; and the same sister
to console and care for duriug what re
mained of her brief life, when she caflie
back,-- deserted '. and broken-hearted.---Rob
and Teddy were the legacies she
left. Well, they .were . not Jemima's
own -either ; but they wve a wonder
ful comfort to her. ' V ery thought of
them made her pause suddenly in the
midst of her, questioning whether she
wo"uId riot have builded better and more
successfully, if , she .could have laid her
awn-ccruer-stones --reared a structure
of her own instead of filling breaches
in the broken walls 'ot others. ' Those
two -little "faces stopped; the train of
" might have beeiis,' and made her
raurmur,;. woman, that .she was, " Dear
boys L J wonkin't, give them up for-any-
tll'lllg." .-r ?: ' .'-'-:
It' can- ha whitened press id into
stiape,' and made very presentable,'
DroKe in Aunt Hester's voice.
" ,'qie," r answered' Jemima, slowly,
thinkfng of her life instead of her bon-.
net. . .".Ves, 1 hope it will.be made pre
sentable at-last, though it does.not look
so now.'! i J Ji,'-;'-, t-'-.t'.ri
"Why, it's the. best of braid," .intor-
posed Aunt Hester, with some severity.
the" fancied - the' remark, was a stl.-'at
j disparagement .of- d aughter Susan's
.taste a thing not to be tolerated." ' "
!..' That tone a roused Aunt Jemima from
j her re very at- pnoe.- She discovered the
good qualities cf t'!;e Vaid.immcJiate
h'.an lAuut Hester, somewhat molii-
jfied
tied, tof- tier cisparture.
" Send it to a milliner's and have it
bleached and made over; advice very
thong
oasy to give, but hot so easy to take,
nnderj the i ren m stances," cOmmeu ted
J,ernimal jeftto herself again. " No,
most excellent bonnet, yon will have to
subm'it-.tq being sewed over by my own
fingers and vno other, and take such
bleaching as I can gi e you, pity, con
sidering .your, past, grandeur -but it
cn't.be helped
I f ,She was an ener jetic little woman,
and so in a very e, irt space , of. time
she had. arranged i:i the back-yard n
clpsely-cjVered bar- with, a pan of
coals sprinkled wit nstone placed
in the bottom of" i he antiquated
f.rai wtcne, .
whityn in the smok. .
were duly advised, of " the . contents of
the barrel, and warned not to molest
it ; and then Miss Jemima went cheeri
ly back to the house and her work of
darning small stockings and planning
for diminutive jackets.
Theout-of-door world was very lovely
that spring morning, and she stole
glances at it now and then through the
little window -delighting in the
fresh
green rass and blossom-laden trees of
the tiny yard in. front, and watching
with kindly human Interest the occa
sional passers-by on ,the road beyond,
These last were not .many, for it was
only a quiet village road ; but present
ly there passed a team with an unusual
load a large, heavy millstone. The
driver walked . beside it as it moved
slowly along, and following it a short
distance behind was another , person
whom Jemima scanned more closely
a man some thirty-three or four years
or. age, medium-sized, bronzed and
bearded, and dressed in a plaiu suit of
gray. . I hero was ; nothing very re
markable in his appearance ; neverthe
less, he was a, personage of some inter
est to the .villager, as being the new
owner of. the mill .over, the hill. YThe
former, owner had failed to make it pro
fitable, and for a year or two it had
stood, idle., When, therefore, .it .was
known, that it had , been , sold, and was
to be repaired and put i'n ..running .or
der, there was a variety", of opiu ions and
some shaking of heads among the sages
of the ,-little, place., , .There were; some
who parried , their disinterested kind
ness so lar as to. inform the new, comer
that it "vouktu't p-iy," hp, would, "siulc
money," etc.- To aiU of., which Cade
Barclay listened livod naturetllv, an
sv. eringbut little, ejcotpt with his frank,
sunny smile, and hq went steadily on
his wavy apparently ow;te undisturbed
bv the'irndietioiis.;";rT'r i'itrjU
Of the merits of the question or the
man Jemima, knew, nothing ; but there
was a quiet, resolute -ai r.-about himv fl
certain self-reliance-and determination
botraying itself even in his firm, quick
step, as he passed, that gave her the im
pression that. he saw quite as clearly in
to his own affairs as others- could see
for him. aud made her fancv that she
should trust his judgment as soon as
the wisest oft hem all. The road wound
around the little house, and up over
the hill at the back of the- garden, so
that the great wheel and its owner dis
appeared from her view at the front win
dow while she was still thinking of
them., -So little that was new came to
disturb the serenity d the place that it
was. not marvelohs that the people' in
dulged ill speculations Concerning -this
enterprise, or- that Jemima, in her nook,
should. feel some, interest in.it. Her
meditations were still tending in that
diiection. when suddenly there came a
rushing, rolling sound, a crashing as of
breaking bushes, a scteam from: Rob
and Teddy that would have done credit
to , two Indians, and" then something
struck the corner of the house so heavi
ly as to make it all jar and tremble.
Jemima sprang to her feet, and was
ont at the door in an instant.. The boys
were certainly not killed ; she saw that
at a glance ; neither were they injured
in lung or limb, for tke shouting and
gesticulations were wid and furious. .
"Aunt Jem! Uut.AunB Jem, look I
Just look ! " . ,.,.,::., , - ,.; ....
i Aunt Jem did look at the broken
back fence, leveled currant-bushes, flat
tened flower-beds, last at the front yard,
where reposed the cause of all the mis
chief the large millstone. , : . . : - .
it corned tumbling the bill right
down on to our back yard, and some of
the fence was there,' jjcithe eurrant-
Dusnes, ana rioo ana me we yeuea,
you'd better believe ! " luckily exclaimr
ed the astonisfced ied.ty. i
It's a mercy you were not killed,"
began. Aunt .Jem's trembling lips j but
Rob interrupted her with another vo
ciferous " Oh, look !", and pointed to a
brisk bonfire that was springing np in
front of them,i:' Jemima's bleaching ap-
paratus.had.been vei turned.r and the
coals emptied out of the- pan. had set
the barrel m a blaze. - A bucket pr two
of water soon extinguished the fire ; but
alas for the bonnet 1 4tf w woefully
blackened instead of whitened, and
burned beyond all possibility "of mak
ing over. . s ' ... - i .-'.;...:.-,
The group gathered about the ruins
in dismay, for the children w;ere diiick
to detect the look of trouble in 'Aunt!
Jem's face, and even they" understood
the case' well enough d. know that ar
ticles destroyed were' not always easily
replaced. . . ' ' 'j
" o one hurt, 1 hope ;j' satd a roice
justrbehind them a manly yoicel tho''
a trifle hurried. and anxious. .. ,, ; i
. ' Jemima looked .up, met . the kindly, !
questioning glance of a pair of blue
ej-es, and recognized Mr. Barclay. She
started a -little, not 'having noticed his
approach, but she a: --vere 1 promptly,
No," sir, no one hu. i-i tl.e least."- '
' " Really, I (' ;.i't Lu.r ho.v such' an
accident could have
yppene-l," he re
. bewlldere-.l by
i.iust Lave beta
marl
if tVl T
the a...
Tht
some carelessness m ioa-air. j tue stone, ,
I suppose; for when we were part wny ;
, 1. .
up the hill the wagon tilted a little, and
the stone slipped off and came crashing
down. Its force was mostly spent be
fore it reached your place, but I see it
has done damage enough as it is ;" and
a: swift, comprehensive glance -swept
flower-beds and broken bushes. , ,
" Nothing very serious nothing but
what a little labor will make right
again,? courageously and politely re
sponded Miss Jemima, noticing the di
rection his eyes had taken., -, ,, ,
".2sOw.it won't," interposed Master
teddy:
"'cause 'Aunt Jem's bonnet
what she had ableachin' in the barrel is
y, and left tojall burned up". t. was goln to b her
ob and Teddy Sunayest oue, tod; an' now she can't
go to meeun7, nor, nothing;, only Jl 1
lend you my hat Aunt J em,''j ... .
" Hush,- hush, Teddy ! " whispered
Aunt Jem, pressing the little fat hand
that slid into hers, in appreciation of
the offered sympathy, though her. face
grew suddenly rosy, and it required
some effort to betray no discomposure.
" No, sir ; there's not much harm done.
I am thankful it is no worse.", ,
"So am I. Some one might have
been killed by it," he answered, grave
ly, stealing a curious glance at the char
red barrel, meanwhile pondering Ted
dy's remark. . Not very well versed in
munnery matters was Lade Barclay
A sister he had never had, and his mo
ther had been dead now nearly a year.
Where the neat Quaker-like bonnets 6he
had worn during her lifetime came from
it never occurred to him to. enquire.
But he felt tolerably certain, that they
had not been conjured out Of a barrel
in the back yard. He knew that there
were places where such, articles were
sold, and fancied, that most ladies bought
them.. Brewing them at home, In bar
rels, pver a fire, struck him as rather an
original plan, and he strongly Buspccj
ed, Teddy's lament taken into account,
that it indicated a shortness of funds.
He was very sorry, for the mischief his
rolling stone had caused, and this par
ticular part of; it seemed the most dim
cult to remedy. - Y '" " Y
, - " You tu'uet let me compensate as far
as posaioie jor ine froiiwie i nave caus
ed you," .be .began; but Miss Jemima
so quickly and decidedly declared the
injury of no consequence that there was
nothing more to be said.;, Ilia honest
heart was still perplexing itself over
the problem, when a small specimeivof
the canine race presented itself to View,
(and leddy caught it up, ; , , , , ...
" ihis my dog; he come to live with
ua withdrtt nobwry asklrt ;hrm.:"-Annt
J em don't like him much 'cause he ain't
a Newfoundlander,; he is a rat terror.'"
" Ah I. is he l" said Mr-Barclav", be
coming suddenly interested. -."Such an
animal is very useful about a mill some
times, where there are a great many
rats and mice. I wouldn't mind giv
ing $5 for him, if you were willing to
let him go. Wouldn't you sell him for
that?" . . . .
" Yes, sir," answered Teddy, prompt
ly ; and a bill was passed into the little
palm, and the dog transferred to its
new owner. .liss Jemima viewed this
proceeding rather doubtfidly ; still, as
she was not consulted in the matter,
and the gentleman appearing as much
interested in the bargain as Teddy him
self, she did not see how to interfere.
The dog might be valuable ; she really
did, not know. Mr. Barclay seemed
wonderfully well satisfied himself, and
held fast to his purchase as if it were
a rare prize, while he discussed with
Miss Jemima the removal of the pon
derous ornament from the .front yard.
" lou will, at least, let me come and
help put this garden into order,",, he
said, as he turned away a proposition
she could not readily have declined,
even if he had given her a chance to do
so, wnich lie did not. ;
" Now, Annt Jem, now you can have
a new bonnet ; and not an old smoked
one, either,"- said Teddy. ,
And Aunt Jem did have a new bon
neta pretty white chip, with fresh,
spring-like ribbons, that it seemed a po
sitive luxury to her to put it on. You
would scarcely think a respectable bon
net could be purchased for so small a
sum. -Mr. liarclay had entertained some
fears on that subject too, though he had
offered as high as he dared for the dog;
but he was perfectly satisfied when he
saw her come into chureh the next Sun
day, leading Rob and Teddy.' Was she
to be blamed for enjoying the whole
service better because of those soft, be
coming ribbons that framed her pretty
brown hair and quiet facer ro; she
did not think about the bonnet, she on
ly felt, it ; but when she was at home
again, slowly untying the strings be
fore her little mirror,, she whispered
softly to herself,'"" T, do 'believe the
Great Love that blesses all 'onr lives
cares for onr' happiness even in .such
little things' as " these, 'else ' all 'this
wouldn't have happened so strangely."
It took a great many evenings to get
tVose flower Iteds into perfect "order
atrain. but air. .Barclay persevere? in
UIS WOl'S WHU prUIBDWUI IHJ uwn'J
tind 'having heSIOwcd so much labor
upon theinjlt was natural thnt he should
foe! a more than ordinary interest in
I . ' .I. A.t.llHU
them, and visit them tv'I through the
Summer. There were many happy ev
enings spent in tho tiny rr.oon lit por
tico, with tho conversation wandering
to deener than fl rnl subjects Y nl be
learned to look upon that snot ns a lit
tle haven of pence, and gent c, thought-,
ful. unselfish Aunt Jem xs tho pleaii.mt-
est Cf companions. So' it happened
that when Autumn eamo ho had won
bet consent to bis taking caro ol her,
flower-beds and buying bur new bon
nets always.
Aunt Hc.-'ter, who like many nnollier
worthy lady, was an unconscious wor-
er of sticce'-s, greatly approver ol
. .. . -
;ar. Barclay, cue was very gracious ;
in her commendation of the new ar-'
rangement, remarking with an unwont
ed attempt at faceliousness, that she
did not know thutelio could " ever be
lieve Again that rolling stones gather
po moss." .... . ...
Where ttae Cold Oati. J "
. 1.1... wl". . T.l... tj - tl.I.
fi-,M -I.,. m ti. r.
weight, than silver. In the time of
Plato it was twelve times more Talua-
ble. In that of Julius Ctcsar gold was
only nine times more valuable owing,
perhaps, to the enormous quantities of
gold seized by him in his wars. It "
quiry. He says
annual gold product, fully fifteen per
cent, is melted down for manufacture ;
thirty-fire per cent, goes to Europe,
twenty-five per cent, to Cuba; fifteen
per cent, to Brazil ; five per cent. ' di
rect to Japan, China, and the Indies j
leaving bnt fire per cent, for circula
tion in this country. Of that which
goes to Cuba,-the West Indies, and
Brazil, fully fifty per cent, finds its way
to Europe, where, after deducting a
large per ccntagc nsed in manufactur
ing, four-fifths of the remainder is ex
ported to India. -Here
the transit of the precious mo
tal "is at an end. Here the supply, how
ever vast, is absorbed, and never re
turns to the civilized world. The Ori
entals consume but little, while their
productions have ever been in demand
among the Western nations.- As mere
recipients, these nations have acquired
the desire of accumulation and hoard
ing, a fashion -common alike to all
classes among the Egyptians, Chinese,
and Persians. ' ' .' i '
-'A French economist 'flay,; In his
opinion, tho former nation alone can
hide away $20,000,000 ill gold' and 'sil
ver annually, and the present Emperor
of Morocco is reportod as so addicted
to-this avaricious mania that he has
filled seventeen large chambers with the
precimla '-nietals. The' ' passion f
princes, it ts not surprising that tlie
same spirit is shared by their subjects,
and it is In this predilection 'that we
discover the solution of the problem its
to the ultimate disposition- of the pre
cious metals. 1 This absorbtfron by Km
Eastern' nations has been uninterrnpt-
edly going on since the most remete
hwwwt tKnii.-AoOetg Wl'lwr,
as much as 1100,000,000 in rolel was, in
his1 day, annually exported to the East.
The balance of trade in favor of those
nations is now given as 180,000,000.':';
' 1 1 m '
A queer Story of SiipersdlloB.
The Berlin (Wisconsin) Journal has
this story f - ' 1
A gentleman who resided in this city
has related to ns a strange story of su
perstition and barbarity,which he claim
ed, tad happened in this city recently.
Our informant was a ticrman, and the
parties in the story are Polandcrs, but
their' names we could not learn. The
story as related to us is substantially
as follows : About the first of Decem
ber or last of November a young Pol
ish woman gave birth to a child. About
two days afterward she died and was
buried in the city cemetery. After
about five weeks, the wife of the broth
er of the dead woman was taken very
sick, and. it was thought she would die.
It appears that mere is a supersti
tions idea among the Polanders that if
One or a farmly dies, unless tne neaa
of. the corpse is cut oft", the whole fami
ly will be likely to follow m rapid snc-
cessian. However, ii aiier one um uicti,
another is taken sick, if some of the
blood is procured from the dead body
and administered to the patient be will
recover. In accordance with this super
stition, our informant alleges, the hus
band of the sick woman went w me
burying ground on the night of Janua
ry 2, five weeks after the interment, dug
np tlie body, cut off the head, and took
from it Mood and other liquid, which
he administered to his wife as a medi
cine. J That shortly after this tM sick
woman's malady assumed tlio form of
small-pox, from wbtcb sue reooverea
and Is now entirely welL. Our Inform
ant claimed that many witnesses could
be broughf to corroborata this story,
and from what we learned we are led to
believe tliat there U Home foundation
for the story. The person who gave us
our Information knows the name of the
Polander In question, but would .not
disclose it. 1 -'' . 1 ' --"";
SMAiiPox v Noareut-i-The Nor.
folk ( V.) Journal sayS thafc there- are
new several eases of' ama'l-pox ,t the
hospital in that city, all colored pert
anna, and adds that a strong prejudice
against vaccination exists among that
class" of the population. It saysr '
They nave a notion thai the otnect
of the doctors is to inoculate them with
tli small-pox, and resist and defy them
when they attempt to vaccinate tbtm.
One of the physicians appointed by the
Bonrd of Health to perform this duty
had to employ the sendees of a police
man, a few days ago, and succeeded
with the aid of the officer In vaccina
ting several colored people, almost by
force. : Ludicrous scenes occur when a
physician Visits some of the lanes where
they live.' The Inmates of the toue
bar their doors, and retreating to the
ripper f.oor, defy tho T.rts of the do
tr to reach tbeiru't Lit: la children,
whose n.'.nds Lave be-n filed wllb ter
ror ly the stories toll them ly their
rorei!t, fy in' horror fro:;i the tl.K'lor."
In co:'.-v.ience of this vrj 1 -Ih-o n
ordinance h.-is l.en Ir.rodaced ia tl
'".:.. PAnnnil n. nL I II . V-IM-in.) 1. Y lfim. 1
vtty vwui.. - - -
pulsory, which has pased one branch. ; 1
of the gold and silver? ' A paper read froin WjU. becnM thelr.carth! XJsy
before the Polytechnic Association by ?er? vt9 ,un'
Dr. Stephens Recently, s calculated J evfe
io meet mis innuirv. iie savs oi onr
' . ?fd people, perhaps, In the whofe his-
i tory of civilisation were sver more sud
denly overwhelmed with Borrows tban
wens onr Sootbcm people at the cioae
of the late war between the tw great
sections of the Union.. There Was hard-
I a bouaebold hi tho Ctmfederacr on
i wh,cUf ow of deat,h n? on
". n-r Umtt in ,
h,.c lber was tiot a member inhulng.
AnJl l lost wcr ot
, 8J. gatnered to the grav. as the Hp-
; T" . " r VI
wart men la the morning of manhood.
uj)on whom fathers and mothers, sisters
and brothers of 'tender years, reposed
in hope, in confidence, in affection, and
in pride. ' And, added to all the an
guish of agonising grief arising- from
this deep, bitter and sacred tour-as .of
sorrow, our people were prostrated In
moment from plenty to poverty, Erery
body was sad; almost all of us were
despondent : and it was reasonable; it
was natural;' it was Inevitable that we
should be so.' ' ." ; ' ."' ' 1
,, Seven years have passed since then,
and although the Southern peopU arf
still far from having retrieved their for
tunes, they have managed to. live, ami
right rapidly they are moving forward
to health and strength, prosperity and
happiness again. We have causa to
congratulate one another ; we have ret
son to hope on and toil on. And be
yond all, above all, we ought to feet
grateful to God for our deliverance from
the absolute want that threatened us.
The HnptmrMimewt of tnsSwutb has -fallen
with special hardship upon the
bid 'people,' - and apparently "'upon the
yoongijr children who are deprived Cf
the means of obtaining such edacatioiij
al advantages as. their parents desjrer)
for them ; but may it not be better for
flie rising generation, after all, that they
tnvt to work' nor withtketr jmtsclo
aud less with" their -miada than' tbeji
would if tbcj; 4ad -tbe fortune of their
fathers to sustaiii them? . It is popu
larly supposed that "head-work is easier
than hand-wor ;' but this i an eatAy
illusion,-'- Tberr are some peopU too
who think it is more reapcctabls to live
by mental tban by manual labor. Such,
individuals are as incapable of the on .
as Ihey are too lazy for the other.
Their heads are" soft, their hearts arc
hard, and the bona and sinew t at Oo
gave them that they miyU,isork( are
useless to themselves and to the com
nanities they encumber "with their in
dolence. Colleges and high schools are
excellent Institutions, and education to
the highest degree is desirable. But
because a man is highly educated it
does not follow that he has more prac
tical sense than be who can only read
and write correctly. Oar public schools
afford sufficient facilities for education
to enable any boy who has brains and
energy and pluck to learn enough te
enter the areua of life, even with s
coarse shirt on, as me peer or lbs
proudest and an equal competitor for
fame and fortune.
What the South needs now is not
drawing-room gentlemen and parlor
knights, but stout, sterling, wide-awake,
enterprising men to revive her indus
tries and develop her resources. She
needs in peace such men as she bad In
war. ... ... ;t
, Old men who accumulated wealth W
fore the war,and lost it In that terrible
struggle, should not mourn that tkf
have no fortune to leave to their'. el
dren, for it is often bettor, far better
for a youth to start in life dependent
upon himself. He who Jcarna to swim,
with life-preserrera to support him, will
be in much more danger of sinking if
he falls overboard than if be had been,
a swimmer from the first, on the strength
of his fearlessness and hit faith ia him
selt Let us not weep, therefore, be
cause we cant send oar children to the
high schools and colleges, and teste
them money enough when we die toes
able them to live without labor. It is
good for them to work. The necessi
ties of the times, all over the world, re
quire work. - And in the development
of the .true manhood of the tising gen
eration we tee at least a little light be
hind, the cloud. Xorfvlk Journal. , ..
Tub FaKsiirr in tub Cats VA.l!.
The Cape Fear river is now at a higher
point than has been known since IHGS.
It hat risen tomo 60 or lb fret at Fay
etteville, the water btlns nearly, to the
top of1the.bluffYtI't .full about 6cet
on Monday, b"'t y.sa rising fp; in' yes
terday. Considerable damage has been
caused along the banks by the Carrying
away of timber, stares; fence rsila, ate,
and in one or two insta-icea baxoea and
store-houses have been washed off. The
barn of Mr. Augustus filler, in Eladt-n
county, was taken up by the water and
Coated down to a point about on vile
Itelow, and there lo' 1 as eoynrrly an
if . it . had , been ..t there,,. At Tar
Heel, in Bladen county, the water has
risen, so high that a sture-houe at that
place i t'.ixxlod to nearly the t."pof tUe
counter, and at soma poiula alon-j the
line cf tho river the water hst thread
' O'r t1 a for - ry fjr at'' ' " s of
two miles from the river 1 n? 1 s,' . "" 'i
tlie water ri.e rr.uiJi.i-'hrr, a serious
c' - v. Ill 1 s .'. Cf. " ' : e s:: - II if.
There is a wo::
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