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VOL. VIII.
I'll Think of Thee.
11 f think ol thrse when waves of night
Are floating to tlioir oaves away I
Whon rosy Morn, at boavon's light,
Relumes the glil'ring torch ol day.
And whon 'mill noontide's glowing tiours
Mute wurblor seek the leafy trw,
And sunbeams kiss the nodding Mowers,
I'll think of theo I'd think ol theo.
When stars, like angels-' eyes, shnll uhltio
At evening o'er the t.rampll sea,
Ai.d Night's pnlo brow in beauty twine
With nlveo wroaibs, I'll tkiiik'af then.
Morn, unon and night each moment brings
As oim by ono thov come In me
Upon their blight and golden wings ,
Homo holy, tender thought of tl.ee. '
DAVID SWAN.
Could wc iiidei'd know all the vicissi
tudes of Olir lottlltK'P, I i lu woul I ho too
lull of liope ami lcr, exultation or tl i -appointineDt,
to iitf.nl us a single hour of
true bcrcuity. This idea in iy be illustra
ted by a single pae liom the scurct tiis
totv of David 3wan.
Wu have rothing t ilo with David
until we find him at the auo ot tweuty, on
the high road Irom his native place lo the
city of Boston, where Ins uncle, a small
dealer in the grocery line, nn to tike
him behind the com ter. lie it etionjh to
ay that be was a native ol New llatnp
shire, b.ro of respectable pareutH, ami had
received an ordinary school education
with a classic fjm-li ol a year at Oilman
too A1 adi-my. A ter journeying on loot
from runrijc till near noon ol a summer's
day, his weariness and the inrreasiti heat
determined him to sit down and await
the coming ol the tdage coach. As it
planted on purpose for him, th ;re soon ap
peaiel a little clump ol map'es, with a
(telii'lit ul rcccst in the midst, and such a
fresh bubbling spring tli.it ii fceuied nev r
to have epaikled lor uny waylmer but
D .did Swan. Virgin or n it, he kissed it
with hid thirsty lips, nud then flung liim
fc!I along the brink, pillowing his h ad
upon Mime shirts and a puir ol panta
loons tied up in a striped colton luiod
kerchicl. "The iinhams could not icncli
him; l lie dust di l not lise Irom the road,
alt. r the heavy rain ol ytsterd iy; and his
orussy lair suited I tie young in m bttier
than a bed nf down. The spring mur
mured diowsily beside him; the birds
fl iated iicios the blue tky ove rhead, and
a deep sleep, perehunce hiding dreams
within its deptns, lell up 'D David
Swan.
While ho lay sound asleep in the fhade,
other people were wide awake, and passed
to and Iro on horseback, and in ad sons
ol vehickl'8. alon the sunny road by his
bed-chamber, Some looked neither to
the right oor lelt, and knew not llmt he
was then ; onie uii.rely gUnced that way,
without admitting the slmuberer among
tliuir busy thought!-; some laughed to see
ho v s-niind y lie slept; several whose hearts
were brimming lull ol scorn ejected their
venomous supeill iity on David Swan. A
midille-agel widow, when nobody else
was near, thru-t hei head a little wsy into
the roeis, and vowed th.it the joung
le'low IooICimI charming in his sleep. A
tempirance le du er saw iiiin, and wrought
p ior David into the t'Xture ol his even
iiw's dire ourse. as in awtul insutn e to
iltad-dicukenness by ihi road-ide. But
censure, nu rr ill nt. p ais soru ami in
A ffe. eiie.e were all "U0. or rather all noth-
inl' tn David Swan.
He had slept only a fe v mo.nents when
a brown ca'niiije drawn by a In. d ome
nair ol hors;s. bowled easily along, and
wu- I rought to 4 stand-still nuaily in lto.it
,d David's resting pi n e. A linchpin hl
a'len OU', and permitted one ol the
wheels to Blide i if. Tiie (iamagu was
slight, an I occasioned in -rely a momen
tary slarin tu an elderly gentleman and
wile, wh i were returning to B iteon in
thu cart u"c, W hi'i the coachman and a
seryaut weie replacing the wheel, the lady
and gentleman rlieltered themselves be
neath thu insple tree, and there espied the
bubbling lountaiu iind Dvid Swan aaliep
be-i le it. Itnprisn-tl with the awe which
the humblest sleeper sheds around him,
the me cnaut trod as lighdy us fie gout
would allow; and his pon-o took goo I
heed no' to rustle her slik gown, left
Divid should start up ad at a su ldun.
"Ilo souud y he sleeps!'' whispered the
old gentleniHii. "Krom what a depth he
draws that easy breath ! Such deep as
that, braught oa without an opiate,
would be worth mote to inn than hall my
inco in ; lor it would argue health uud an
untroubled mind."
"And youth besides," faid the lady.
' Health and q liet age docs not sleep
thus. Our slumber is uu mo.o like his
than our wakeiulness "
Thus diil this elderly couple led intor-e-tii'i
in tiie uok iow youih, to wlioin the
wayside and tn imple were as a teoret
rhaiiibur, with the rtch gloom of diuia-k
suiUina brooding over lifn l'trceiving
that a stray sunbeain glini'rertil down
upon Ins bice, t'le lady conl lived to twi-t
a brat.ch aside, so ns ro Hit r.'ept it. And
havii'L do ie tiiis act of kiudiiCio, !,o b-
j-an to led like a mother to bun.
'Providence see.ns to have laid him
here." whispered she to her biis'-a -ul, "uini
to li ive brouoht us It it lit r to Iind Iiiin,
after our disappointment in our cotliin's
son. Me hmk-I can see a likeness to
deparle l Henry. Shall we w .ken limit''
"To what purpnsit" said the merchant,
hesitating. "We knsw nothing ol the
youth's character."
'That open eouutentincc!" replied the
wile, in the sune hmhe I Voice, earnestly,
This iiiiioceut sleep."
While these whispers cre passing the
sleeper's heart did not throb, ni r his
brea'h become agitated, nor his lealures
betray tint least token ol interest. Y8,
fortune was bend ng over him, just icudy
to let lull h burden ol goiu. ine oim
meichant had lo-t bis only .on, and had
no heir to his wealth cxc pt a distant
relative, with whose conduct he was (lis.
siti-liei. In such cases, people some
limes do stranger things ihao to act the
magician, ai.d awaken a young man m
solciidor who lell asleep in pnvrty.
Shall wc not waken limit" repeated
the lady, persuasivelv.
"The coaoh is leady, sir," said the aur
Tint, behind.
The old couplo started, teddened, and
1. , I I n-riiv mil tuallv wondering tnat
iai Jhnnlil ever dreamed ol doing any
.i,i,, .,, ridiculous. The merchant threw
hini'cl! back in his carriage and occupied
hi. miod with the blsn ot a liingnillcunt
.iiim lor mito'tiinRte ineD "I b
f ',,i,ii... David S.van cnocd bn
uap.
WELD ON, N.
The carriage could not have gone above
a mile or two, when a pretty young girl
enmo along, with a tfiipplug parte, which
showed precisely how her little heart was
dtvicing in her bosom. Perhaps it wus
the merry kind ol motion tint caused is
there harm in taving it! her garter to
slip itkn t. Conscious that the silken
giith-il silk it was wis relaxing its
hoi I, she turned nsnle into the shelter i f
the maple trees, an I there found a young
man asleep by the spiingl Blushing as
red as any rnse, that e should have in
triidcd into a gentlemau's bcd'chaiurcr,
and lor such a purposo, ton, she was about
to make her escape en lip-toe. Hut there
was a pet il near the sleeper. A monst.r
ol a bee had been wandering overhead
hi'K buzz buzj now auiong the leaves,
now dishing through !ho slripes of sun
shine, and now lost In the dark shade,
till tiiuilly he appeared to bn settling on
tint eyelid ot David Stvun. The sting ol
a bee is sometimes de-idly. As Itec
hearted us sliu was innocent, the girl at
tacked the intruder with her liatidker
flhiel, brushed him snun fly, and drove
him ftom beneath the ample sluidu. How
sweet it picture ! Tins good deed accom
plished, with quickened breath and a
deeper blush, she stole a glance at the
youthful attangir lor whom sho had been
battling with a dragon in the uir.
lie is handsome." thought sho, an I
blushed, redder yet, '
How could it I e th'it nrt dream nf blis"
grew so strong within him, that, sha'tered
by its very strength, it should part asm.
der, an i allow linn to perceive the girl
among its plnntonir-? Why at least, did
no smile ol welcomed brighten upon bis
f-ictt Slie was to come, the maid whose
soul, according to the old and benulilul
i do, hid been served from his own, and
whom, in nil his vigne but passionate dt-
sires. he yearned to meet. Her, only could
lie love with a perfect love him, only
citihl she receive:! into the depths of her
cart and now her image was limitlv
bliishi.ig iu the tiunUin by his sib;
should it pas away, its luster would never
gle un upon his llle again.
"How sout d lie sleeps!" murmured the
girl.
She departed but did not trip along
the road so lightly as when she came.
Now, this girl s latner w is a thriving
country merchant in the neighboil.ood,
and happened, at that identical lime, to
ho looking lor just puch a young man as
David Swan, Had David lormed a way
side a((tiainiancu with tho diinuhtcr, he
would imve become the lather's ch ik. and
ali elso in natural succession. S here
again had good fort unes thu bi8t ol for
tunes stolen so near that her garments
hrudied against linn; and be kne noth
ing ol the m itler.
The girl was hardly out of sight w hen
two men turned aside beneath ths maple
shade. Both had dai k fa es set oil by
cloth caps, which weie drawn down aslant
over their brows. Their dresses were
shabby, yet had a certain smartness
These were a couple ol rascals who got
their living by whatever Satan sent them,
ami now in the Inteiim nf other business,
had staked the joint profits ol their next
piece ol villainy on a gatna ol cards, which
w is to lu.ve been decided here under the
trees.
Hut, li:idinr Divid a!eep by Hie spring,
one o' the rogues whispeird to his leilow:
' II s ! Do jou see the bluudle und.'r
his head?''
The other villain nodded, linked and
lcer.-d.
"I'll bet on a hoin.of bra 'dy," raid the
first, "that the chap has either a pocket
litMik or eUc he Inn a snug litllu hoard ol
stnall change Mowed away among his
shirts. And il not there we shall find it
in h'S pantaloon pocket,"
"But how il he vakest" said thu
other.
His companion thrust aside his waist
coat, pointed to the handle ol a ditk and
budded.
' So be it!" multeied the sicoud vil
lain.
They approached the unconscious
Dav.d, and while one pointed the dagger
towards the hcait. tho other began to
search lh:t b indle b-neith his head their
two facts grim, wunklod and gha-tly with
uu'dt ami fear, bent over their victim,
be king terrible cnoiifh to be intstakeo lot
li n Is should he. suddenly awake. N iV,
hal thuvillians glimeert i.Bide into the
sprinir, even tlicy might not know thviu
selves as icllected there. But David Swan
hud never worn a more tranquil aspect,
even whon asleep on his mother's breast.
' I must take away tho bundle," whis
pered Ohf,
But il he Btirs, I'll Bttiko," muttered
the oilier.
But at this moment n dng scenting
along the ground, canio in beneath the
maple trees and gait 'd alternately hI each
ol those wicked men and thin at tho quiet
sleeper. He then lapped out the loun
tai".
Spha! ' said one vil'iitin. ' We can do
mil bun' now. Toe doe's master niiiat be
dose behind."
' jj"t's tuke a drink and be off," said the
other.
The man with the dagger thrust the
weapon lino his pin ket and drew lorth a
po k.-t pistol, but not of that kiud which
ki Is by a "ingle dis'jhare, It w- s a fla k
of hq i'ir, with block tin tumbler
screwed upon the mouth. Bach drank a
Ci.piforltible difttn and lelt the spot, with
so many jests, and such laughter at their
utiiioroinplished wickednigs, that they
might be said lo have gone on their way
reioin '. In a lew hours .hey had for-
i;ott,ii the w hole nil i'r, nor iniauinu'i ma-,
the recording anel had writtco down the
c.imeof murder againbt their souls in
otters as durable as eternity.
Aj for David Swan he slept quietly,
neither conscious of the shadow oi death
wlien it hung oyer htm, nor ol the glow
t im: ewed ilo when I nil simtiow was
withdiuwn.
Ho slept, but no longer quietly as at
fint. An hour's repose had snatched Irom
his elastic Irane tho weariness with which
many hours ol toil had burdened, i'. Now
he stineil; now moved his lips, without a
sound; uo.v talked, in un inward tone,
to the noonday spectres of his death.
Hut a noise of wheels cnmii rattling louder
ulong the road until it dashed through tho
disposing mist ol David's slumber; acd
there was the sUgo coach, Ho sUitc.il up
with all his ideas about him.
"Halloo, drivel I Take a passenger!"
(hooted ho.
Uiom on lop," sniweted the dnver.
1 Un mouniuJ Diivia mil bowled away
0., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1870,
merrily toward Boston, without so much
as a parting glaiKe at that fountain of
dream like vicbsitudes, -' Re knew tint
that a phantom ol wealth had thrown a
golden lino Upon its waters nor that one
ol love hal smiled softly lo their iiiirmor,
cor that one of death hurt threatened to
crimson him with hlsfilunl; all in the
briel hour sines ha lay dwn to sleep.
Sleeping or waking, we heir not the
airy Inots'cps ol I ho slrano things that
almost happen.
'I'np.i anil iTmiiiiiik,"
Wo sr.t nllen smmcd at the habit grave
'iiiddle-aed people have ul addressing
each otln r as papa do I ii.ani'i.a It is
eq-mlly us droll to hear the same appclla
lives Irom I he lips of" young genthinen
and ladies whose eldest boys have not yet
exchanged litllu ilressis lor a dibt DClive y
masculine costume.
Tiie pretty Chrisiian name ol tho youn.'
wife is as little used as though she had
never hail it. She is no longor Florence,
or E lull, or 3ti?an. but always and every
where "Mamma," as though all the woman
hood ha l hem condensed in the one ab
sorbing crucible ot the bin ill petson she
holds in her arms. Even, the occasional
Pet, or Dirling, or Migi.onne, which u-cd
to slip from the hu-hainfs tnngue in mo
ments ot inadvertence, to the covert
amusement ot the chance listener, is at
present a thing of by gon-j days. Sho is
only qiiecnilowag.T now, mother of the
reigning monarch, and n cogniz d as such
by her little win 1 I, to the exc u-ion ul
every other claim on her part for consider
ation. Si with the yonthliil lather, lie was
toniierlv Frank, Jonathan, or Hi , kiiili,
but the-e euphonious cognomen's ate
I lined hciic-tth new foundations, and are
lost to view as the primitive rock under
the sparkling mi a or the golden clinging
moss "1 upa likes tins, or "l apa dis
approves nt that," "Papa's will Is law,"
nbserves with dignity the lady of tho oeu
t etniin who is papa to tiie mi loet in the
littlu cradle, the wee, loutid faced
wrinkle mite in flinncl an I cambric, who
akes so little room ami makes so much
disproportionate noise in the world.
As the chbdreu gmw edder, it is singu
bir to nntice how ihe parents raresingly
allude to themselves alwa s in the thud
person when ppeuking to their offspring
It is : "Mamma never sits wiih her loot
undir her, II. il v ;" Papa never wears out
the knees of his trousers, Tom ; '
"Mamma's leelings are hurt, Louise
' Papa is very sorry, but he will be obliged
to whip you. Jack." It i ocs not occur to
either ol thu linn matrimonial that II is
just as strjightlotwiitd to say, "1 will do
so h i) i so," an I a trill,: more emphatic
and impressive.
The adoption of these titles was nt (list
a sign and ciorrobiiration to all ths world
ol tho happiness thiir wearero lell in In
loiiiiin" to the gleat at my nf parent.
Insensibly the trick ot their invariable use
became confirmed, and last the habit grew
too inveterate te bo noticed or dropped
even on formal occasi ns.
l'et names of all sorts should be Wept
and confined to the privacy ol the home
They are not part and parcel ol oriet)'s
knir.vlc tgc ol us :,n ! nor iV ijs ol living.
Married people as well as tithcis should
preserve iu public a certain polished
manner consistent with Using the christian
Dame iu addict-sing each other, but, except
to and among intimate Irieii is rigi-lly
cnnllee mlltu il illu-i.'ti' to the lo mal Mr.
mi I Mrs., or the dignified "My husband"
and " ly wile." As for papa and
mauimn, let children keep til iu for their
on, and ro far a:s thu persons themselves
are implicated, let 111 e iu bo used at lead
only in the uursiny.
Com! of t!i Kuuiv How.
Tlio c was much gumption evinced by
that particular darky whose muster was a
surgiou, who had performed on another
darkey an oper .t on n -quiring u Inch de
gree ol skill. Tins latter darkey was well
to do, and the surgeon charged him twenty-five
dollars lor the operation. Meeting
the doctor's fe vant alterwar l, tins di.i
hii'Ue orcurcd :
' D.it was a niii-hty steep chargo of tho
doctor's lor cutting on me tudder d iy."
1 Hot ipiicli uid de bos.; cliiigcf"
"iVell, Julius, he charged mo tvrcnty
five dollars "
"Uo 'loutf uiggah, dat aiu't much
charge "
"Well, he wasn't more dan three or four
minutes doin' it, nnd I think li va dollars
vras all ho oughter took."
"I.re.k-uhiar, Sum; you don't iinstau'
'bout dat ting. You see de boss have to
spend a great ninny year larnin' how to usu
dat knile, an' cost him heaps o' money.
Now de lact am dat be only charge V'li
five ilolla's tor tie npermion; do tudder
twenty he charge lor de kio.v how."
That's it -thu time uud money to lentil
the know bow.
JoHhi:u.
Thare :z no sure kurc for hzyncss, but I
hav knowu a beckoned wile to hurry it
sum.
Much hi, 7. been sed about milk, but the
beat thing I hav ever aeun ou it i. kn aiu
I'luire 'Z 2 things in this world tor which
wearencvor lolly prepared, and that 17. -
twins.
1) ui't hurry things mi sweet Iticnds, the
best luiio to set a hen Z wlieu tho hen iz
ready.
There l only only one thiiiL' that kan
be Bed in bfvor ov lite bonis -they make a
man forget all his other sorrows,
The niti-k.-to iz born ov poor hut indiis-
tiius parents, but hz 111 luz vt ins sum ov
Iho best blood in thu country.
Man wnz kre itcd a little lower than the
unguis, and hu Ibiz been a fitting a ll'.llo
lower ever sinoe.
Ktiiployment iz t tic great boon ov lile. a
man with nothing to do iz not hall so 111
tern-ting nr. a ripening tuini;).
Yu kant do enn) -thing fu-t rate with a
Ilea on yu except swuro, iiiul tl.-as aim
iitradn id that.
How linn you rxpcrkt lo find two people
in this woiM who am alike, when yon
kant even Rod 000 w ho iz alike haff Iho
lime
Lieing and guessing urn f tt -t cuzin; tho
man who gits Into thu habit of guessing ut
all things will soon git iuto thu habit ol
licio i about ui'auy tUitis.
I cm-Sickness and NeltlnhuenM.
some happy fortune I was not les-
sick. That was a ihing to be 'proud ot.
I had not always escaped helorr. H thttfe(
if one thlnii in i lie wmld that will make,
a mao peculiarly an I insufferably self con
ceited, n is to have his stumach tnbae
it-sell, the lii st elay at sea, when nearly
I his comrades are ses-sirk. Soon,' a
mrrubla lossil, shawled to the chin and
bandaged like a mummy, appeared at the
door ol the alter deck house, and the next
lurch of the ship shot him ioto my srms.
I said :
"Good morning, sir. It is a fine day."
He put his hand on his stomach and
sild, ' Oh, my " and then stsguernd away
and all over the coop ol perky litht.
Presently another old gi nth-man who
projected from the same donr, with great
violence. I said s
"t'alm yoiirsell, Sir there is no hurry.
It is a line day, Sir."
He, also, put his hand on his stomach
and said, "Oh, mv I" uns1 realed away.
In a l.ttle while another veteran was
disi harge I shrnptlv Irom llle same ilnot,
clawing ut the air for a saving mppoit.
I naid:-
"Uood morning Bir. It is a fine dav
for pleasuring. Yiiu weie about to iay-"
"Oh, my I"
1 thought so, I anticipated him, and
any how. I staid theie nnd was bom
barded with old gentlemen lor an hour
perhaps ; and all I got out ol any of them
was "Oh, my I"
I went away, then, in a thoughtful
moo I. I said, tins is a good pleasure
exeiirsion. I like it. The passengers are
not garrulous but said tln v are sociable
I like there old people, but somehow thiy
all seemed lo have the 'Oh, my!"' rather
bad.
I knew what was the matter with them
They wer.i n a-sii k. And I was glad of it
We all like to see people sea-sick when
we are not, ourselves. Playing w hist by
the cabin lamps when it is storming nut
si le, is pleasant; walking the quarter
deck in the mooiiliilit, is pleasant.; smok
itL! in the hretzv forctop is pleasant, when
one is not afraid to go up there; but tlirse
a-e all Iceble and commonplace compared
with the joy ol seeing people suffering-' the
miseries ol sea sn kuess.
Word it oi' Wisdom. '
T e s veetesf tiling on earth is a liltln
child when il. hvs Icaincd to know and
love.
Alter friendship and love come heneir'o-
It nee anil that compns-ion which unites
tiie soul to the unloriuiiate.
Ho v contagious is the laugh nf somu
people, how jarritu that ol others, like
playing onajworu out piuo i
Iu general, tlie-o is no one with wlionl
lie itragsso disagreeably as with 111 in who
tiies I-, neikn it slimier.
'h in are some human to0"U a which
liavs- two sides, like that ol certain qlad
tiii d. inn- s u.iotii and the oilier rouiih.
You ca-.not chiiro buppni-ss out ol a
che-t ol s.ol I; it will never mine. You
i uin.it maki- iiiitadin ; cmwos ol fading
Il rwets.
Will n people have resolved to shut their
eve, or I i ,o .li on v "11 one side. It is
little cot s qiienco how good their cyi-s
m iv be.
Their triumohs ol truth are tho in -st
glorious, clurfly b. cause they are the most
bloodless of nil victories, deriving then
highest luster from tho number ' thu
saved, not ul the slain.
Mi u's lives should bn like day moro
heaiitilul in the evnviiJ.or like summer
aglow with promts.; mil liko autumn,
rich with gobien she ivcs.whure good deeds
have lipeeed in the field
TenderneaH is the genius nl simple mtods,
D passing knows no obstacle', ten 'erui-rS
knows no lioun Is Pa-sion is the attnhu'q
of a foul w hicli no lunger controls i'.sel'j
tendeiness.lhat of a heart which no lougi r
bplonoH to itself.
CoutenlniiMit is blesins, ana it is within
the teach ol all, but it will uot be futiud by
him who goes mil to seek it. It ts some-
ng Irom within, and until the heart is
right all i If iris alter it must be in vi.in.
John Mntudo!iirs Komur,
In his strange and passiooats youth
John Rindolpli was betrothed to a M'sl
Maria Ward, the daughter ol bis mntaer s
intimate Iricnd. For some caue theoo
gagement was broken oft. The lovers, ap
pear to have had a desperate quarrel, .and
Mr. Randolph rushed out t tne house iq
which he had been visiting the lad iq
such a rngo that h- did nnt even stop to
initio his horse's bridle 101ns, but slashed
them through with bis knile, monntsd and
rode away in a thundering gallop.. The
lon-,8 scarcely ever saw esca other again,
The la ly I) ca:ne Mrs. Peyton Rand lph.
John lU'ulolph never married. To tiie
dav ot ht death he sp ke of her as "My
angel," nrt her marriage is said to have
been Iho heavio-t blow this grievously
suffering man ever en-lute 1. Ho wis sick
all his lile, and s nietiiivs in a li verish
sleep he used to mutter her name in I In
heiring 1 f the watchers ah ut Ids bet. ' It
was a strange, heart-breaking romance,
that ol this quivering hiind'e ol nerves,
who was thu lineal descendunt ot Poca
hontas. What Motto Kill.
'I lie Frivnh Minister of Agriculture ' has
.lone a good deed in ram-big a placard to
be rm-'tcil which it would he wife for
ci! z us of all countiies to have before
their eves. It lulls humors, sportsmen,
bays ami o'hers what creatures not to kill,
as lollows : 1
lledge-hnr Lives mostly on mice,
small r i.1i tits, slugs snd grubs animals
hurtful to agriculture. Dou't kilt", the
heitge-liOL'.
To id Farm a-rstsnt ; he dustro
twenty to lliirtv insec's per hour. Don't
kill Iho toad. '
M-le-Is ronttutlally de.troilng gnths
larvm, palmer-worms and insects Injur!
mis to aer culiii'n. No trace of yegeta-
lion is ever loutid in ils sioiiiacli, Don't
kid Iho m "lo. '
IS.rts Each department loses pevrral
millions annually through iiiBncti, Birds
arc th(twonly enemies able to contrn I
uaattist ti-cni vigniosdly. They are (irrut
Chteipilhir killcti nnd agricultural ssist
ants, tu.i.ircn, aou t dii u 0 tnuir opsts.
NO. 43.
, I'uliiurly Words.
A frightened child is to be Bout lied, nnt
scolded - Any rebuke which It deserves is
unt to nut given while -it is - almost wild
wi h tenor. A despuoduut una needs,
lor thu hour, words ol cbeer ralher than
words id merited reprool, A clergyman
who valued highly his l iving, wife's criu
cisins upon his words and mauner in the
pulpit, asked her not to tell In m what she
had noticed cut of the way. when he
wns ircsh from bis exhausting service hut
to say all the encouraging words she
rnuld to begin with, saving her list ol
blunders nntil hn had n covered sufficient.
n -mills lore to meet bravely their dir-
hcariinng array. II a hi iband woild
find lault with ins wife, or a wile with
her hu-haod, kt it never, never be done
b iforeo hers, A rohuko uuler such cir
cumstances is always untimely. To do it
fittingly at any time nil lies wisdom, tact
aud grace. II an author shows you a new
bona ot his, or an artist invites you In
lovk at his latest painting, do Dot at first
point out the otro s vour qtilcko eye
observes Here; but 8)0. k al ti e pleaant
words you can ol the work be'ore you
and then, unless you hsvo some vory pood
reus n lor saving something else; unless
there is soino positive gain to he hoped for
tlnoUBh your speaking keep silence.
"lie that retrains u his lips" at such
time "is wise."
Aud il you find that you have hal
trouble, or have make it, through what
you have spoken in hearty sincerity to
others, do u t consu e yourself with tho
thought that they were true words, Irank
words, kindU intcntioned words; but
consider well il they wero fitting words;
timely words hence, prudent words.
T li if speaking ol untimely words may be a
crying fault ol yours a fault to lie recog
n led and battled, and by Ood's help
correcte-l. The more you think it is not
so, the greater is thu probibility tint it is
your beseting sin.
Wauled to Nee Ihe I diter.
A man on the oars was offered a news
psper. Ilo took it, looko I at Ihe head
ing, and then tbrtw it aside with disgust,
and remarked :
"I don't want ony news from that
paper."
' I suppose that everybody reBil it in
tlcse parts, I answered. "Has It been
piichipg iuto vou ?"
' Pitching ii t mot Orcat Oeiarl I
should Hunk they hsd had. But you just
let. me meet the editor ol that paper."
"Y u never make suythin by striking
an editor.' I laid. ' Better grin and bear
it."
"Yes, that's all right lor you to say ;
but just let me meet that man I I'll show
him how to run a newspaper,"
. "What did he do!"
'D.t He did a deal. Here's how it
is : I olten go to Springfield in the even
ing, and conic ' onto on tin fin-r train in
the ninrniuir. Well, one night I met an
old crony, and wu went to thu Music II ill
n. I the theatre. When we cmiie o.it w
met some friends. Of course I cnul-l not
get riL'ht out, so I treated ; then Jim
treated ; and the others treated; in Isct
we were having a pretty pood lime, when
some fellows came in and b ga.ii lo raise a
row. In less than on time the police
were in and had as. The next morning
I whs hauled before the court and fined
$7 40 I did not euro much, because I
gave a la'se name, and I knew my wile
couldn't find it out ; but Ihe next morn
ing, I'll he eternally con'used il that very
pnprr didn't h ive it all in, and my name
loo."
' Did your wile see it t"
'I should say sho did."
"Did she make a loss t"
"Fuss I OodlrcvE ihttl Arc you mar
ried I"
Kliidncx ot Ilrisrt.
Goodness, or, in other words, kindness
ot heart, is the resu't ol early training, tec
ended by books, companions, judicious
counsel. H-iw its iufl ten -o brightens the
journey nf lile. aud makis smooth lit
rngucd pa'h. II ow thu heait gladdens
when riCi-ivim; enmo little act of kindness
I10111 some real nnd true Iricnd; so tlocB
one leel the glow of pleasure thrill through
his veins as an net ol kindness is done hi in
from the pmuiptiugs of ULaftected good
ness ol heart:
Then as it costs nothing to bestow kind
words, or harbor kind leelings, let all cul
tivate gondne-B nf heart and mind re
membering tout a kind word Is as easily
spoken as oue that will cause pain and
bitterness.
T be l i-ho-Uoj ,
A little boy o ce went home to his moth
er, and sal 1, 'Homer, si-tor ami l wmi ut
into 1 tic garden, and wu were Calling aloud
and thete whs some boy mucku g u
II w do you utean, Joliiinvi said hit
mother.
W by. said tho ihilil, I was calling out
Ilo! ami this boy said H. 1 So I ra d to
him. Who are you? -.nd hu answered. Who
ar .yon? I said, Wiiat is your nan.t ' lis
id, What is your nauu t Aud I said to
him, Why don't you show yoursil l He
said. Show yoursellt And ljumpid l.Vcr
the ditch, and I went i't'o '.lie woods, snd
I could not find him. snd I enmo back,
and said, Il you il. n't come out I will
punch your bead; and ho said, I wiil punch
your head,'
So Ins mot tier said, Au johnny, it you
had said, I love you, lie would have said
I love, ii vou had raid, Your voice is
sweet, hu would have said Your voice is
sweut. Wharever vou said to him, he
would have said back to you. Now, Join
ny, when you grow and get to be a man,
wha'ever jou will say to others, they will
by aud by, say back to you. and his mother
took him to that eld text in the Scripture
A Spirited Inet.
"8 oa me, ntino own," he whispered,
lovingly, ns they both ant down on the one
piano stool, "sing me, 'Oh, whisper what
thou te lest." 'T will, young man, I will,"
said the tteinnl his tones ul her papa, Irom
the riiric Ion ol the dour. . "We will sing
itasadunt, you and I. I ill fed, and
you can wliisoer what it is" And then
he lelt lor the hoy with his loot, snd went
ou, wiih u i!sling indifJunnce. ,
"And y U iitedn't confine yr.urself to
whisper, necessarily. In telling what you
leel, and what il 'ceU like U.Vtt it voice,
youuj; man ; ifo it voice."
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TALBOTT S PAFENT SPAHK-ARRE8TBt
The Invention ot the A are.
It does, not destroy the draft. It doe
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will not choke, up, and requires do cleaning-
It requires no direct dampers to a
opmod when raising steam (dampers be
ing objootionabie, an they may beleltepsta
and nllow st arks to escape )
It renulresi no water to ertlnrnWj
sparks, which, by condensation, destroy
the drait. Knaid'oa, whon Water la need, If
neglected, th i-fUuionoy Is destroyed by
nvaporntion ot tho water, and tho boiler it
kept In a filthy condition.
It is Hiinplo and durable and can be re
lied upon. It can be attached to any boiler.
No planter Hhouhl be without one of tLem,
Insiii anco companies will insure gins and
barns whnre the Talbutt Kiigiuus aad
Spai k-ArroHters are used at same rat aa
charged for water or horse power.
r-rS.itul for lHuNtrnted oirculars ni
price list.
liraneh houso, Oolduboro, N. C. , .
J. A. IIAUSKIl, (.oiisrid Manager,
T. A.URANOEK, Local Manager.
may fi 6111 ' " '
plfCDMONTNURSli..iiF.a ,
CiKEENSBOUO K. C . "
GREAT REDUCTION OF PRICH3.
I propose to Klvn. to the patrons of Pledmotai'
Niirserl -s, the iienellt of the travelling- an-mits
foniiiilsalnii 011 mv Nursery Stork, comslstlna
of Frtnt Trees Jet., and Pave reduced the prleaj
riper cent, Apples and V aeli'S, 1st Class, I to
s feet; line Improve I Fruits as are irrgwii: lu
North Carolina, aud ready '"r Inspection. -Reference
K'Veu to any Nurseryman tn Uflllforat
county Peaches. a ml Apples runiilii from th
earliest to the Islest varieties. Trees will bo
packed In (food Strom- boxes or bales, and de
livered to Uallroml liupots or Kxpreos Offlmia
wpliout any ctraehni,-e for boxes or delivery.
I will furnish at the followlinrlow rate : Peaches
and pph!Mln anyijiiaiiilly. Improved trail. IS
cents each. Pears, plums. Apricots. Nectarlnca
giiinoe, Crab Apples, Fiifs, I'herriea 83 eesta.
Ornamental Trees, Hoses and Flowers will iw
sold cheaper than can 1 so'd by any Nursery ta
North l aroilna. (' ish to ae. ouipany the orders.
Any one not httviinr essti may fill nur a note to
aeeoinoaiiy order, signed by luirchaaer, to b
paid when trees are delivered at depot specified
py purchaser, .v te 10 neeoiupaiiy iroes ua
Pild when trees ar,. .I'tiven-.l. purchasers pa
all trem-lits on same. Trees wl I i shipped In
November and pureliaser liotilled wlien to am
thetn. Persons orderim; will statp platnlv whoia,
to ship. Name the iletMits. Lelisra of Irquiay
auswereii eiieerruiiy. uriiera soiieireu anu imua
faction Biiarai.ieed. Send lu orders at iinee.
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Proprietor Piedmont Nurseries.
J'i!yl7i)in.
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CAUICIAUES AND BUdlUIES
K!ADE TO ORDER
Oil
REPASSED AT LOW PUIDC3L
All kinds of wood work and trlonmlra
done in good stylo, HlacksiiillU work dona
at short notice nnd with neatness. All
now work wnrrantod. Flno palntlnt for
buggies dons at low prices, bent piut used.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVENTO
TIIE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT.
V Ti,z-'jtWtfTi: t?j Z-'&y
Collins and Cases of all. aiaoa cousiaaUy
on baud. ...
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8 00 15 00 M
10 00 18 00 Sfl 04
in no 20 oo 4o ot
20 00 I .10 00 GO 0
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Carriage Materials kept onhand at prloo
below PotorsbuiK market.
Woldon X. Q.
Juno C ly '
J N O. T. FORD,
Takes pleasure In announcing that hav
can alill bo found at his staud ou
FIRST STREET,
1 , ,
Whrre he has on band a full Uu ot the
Finest
WINKS, ......
WHISKIES and
BK AN OlKs.
TOBACCO, CTQAR8, ' ' e
and SNUFF, . .
ORANGls. AVPT.KS,
and CONFECTIONERIES
His a oek or Canned Goods nd Qroces
ioa is unuauully .; ,;. ' -, .. :.
Fall and Complete ''
, 0u Cabinet Wnisreev A FrKciAt.iTT. ,
FRKS1I IAQKU l!EBR ON DRAUGHT, t
Ho guarauteea saUsfacUon. Call , Rd
soo him.
Nov 21 I j.