S i . . mm .fa-'. - -.J!lff"-.',.,'. 1 . . 1 '- JI'lMW' ...L? Caolini:,1t V; Sri $160 per Annuity "Advance, Vol. 2. 3STc. 24. IJT ..r r - . , , . ,', , A ' Brother solcllv?9?ome up nearer, j For ny limbs are growing cold And thy presence seemeth dearer, j When .thy arms Around me fold. ! S . I am dying, soldier dvme : i Neath the earth so cold and damp. ' Listen, brother soldier's listen, I hater sometk-rng-J Wrtriu say E're my eve? are closed forever - To the lately light of day ; ' i I am dying, surely dying, -( rtfai5ihkong i That he doeth nothing wrong. Tell my father, when you see him, That in death' 1 prayed for him, Af lfre jai WtoTiinf In a world free from fin: ; TeirmVnfcpoVlblesN Now tbat she ii growing old ; Say her boy would glad have kissed her When his lip grew pale and cold. 'Listed vnoier's, catch each whisper, 'Tis my wife I'd speak of now, Tell her, tell her how I missed her When the fever burned my brow ; Tell her she must kiss iny baby i jke the kiss I last impressed, Hold her as when last .(held her Closely folded to (ay breast. ten my who my uuu mu er 14 t . i : 1 1 1.1 I I I She was ever deartoiwa-. A nil herlovoiy fane could see ; . Tell ny dear ones I remember word, '" " And mjC.boart has been kept tendor. By the tiliiglit thjjir Wamory ni. red. Brother soldie let me see y.u Pres ohcTi liiirf'f fi'omrS I iu-; JIv kin I friends I'm lo.it! to loavo you, 'I'll' ro'-H my Ion, iny liA, good-bye, il.u k! I hear my Sivioiir c.ilIing, Tis bin viiictylHOW- it well : l'h.n Tin gone, oh! don't bo woi-pihg-- Soldier', bore's iny lt farewell. t . . . . 1 u . . . . "Do yon think it is 1cst for us t g, Lottie f Mr. uniMi.ittkfSceMcIlfn hud hecu" luan-iod scamly nioro tluiti i 3'e:ir not lung enough for tlu'lirtit gloss, to bp wojji bQt;xuJ4ijg- ling "Iiottoag enough to 1'orgl t tin; cncliiintcd jgohl shino of the honey moon; a'nd now, upon this clear lOvLaUec mifiiiifgho young wifi sat at the breakfast table, in a most becoming' ticgGge fese-ribbonij u:id dove-colored cashmere, witlxa.n open ncttV ft?iici'. 1ian(1,"ah1l'ltcrl1iie eyes sparkling with delighted ani mation. A pretty picture to look upon, for Mrs, Melk'ii was very prettyr-a tall, velvet-checked blonde, ; with lic;ltt?I9aaTi" Wred unbearn8 beneath, the ; coquettish little breakfast-cap she wore. 'Cost, Clarence ? Why of course it lfttf'Kif9 iVbulfi ilk Vr ite her ears to get cardj to Mrs. Bene dict's ball.: ' r 'I darfay?IJt3lr7SSfcJten, dryly. . 'But did you aver read La . Fontaine) Fables vv , , ; . "hat do you mean, Clare?' 'Only that it contains r story concerniug an iron pot and a crock eery, pot, thaj swuin,.down stream together. 'Oi course the china pot gotNsmashcd.' - old'iaules navo to ao vith me. 'A greatalimJ9vAL,,Mr. - Benedict is a rich banker; I am '. only confidential clerk in his broth er's employA TSIts33e3iWt kas a -thousand dollars where I have one. . Omsphere's lio apart. . Is it best, in any. ono respect ?'- ; 'Because wc attend a ball at their Louse we needn't necessarily com- pete HinlI3SJg fjJ0thjf$C natural to suppose that they want -JIprt8mef,m.'dcai,-Wriire i In- vited J0litofl-otoiittietitrtMr. Be- to think fayrlilof your humble 'And it woiildbe 'ery "rude not 'W' thihkii-'jregreto?i iroal4 be takoiiyiiiW;;iartCIwrIotto feiojBS' what Imwo you to wear tliat would Comnare . witli the trtilcts of Mi's. Bently Bcaeilict's fashionable ''.' (..; '-ii----. XI 1CIIUD I . V"- ' J' '.Tiiat'B just what I: was goinjy to speak about,' 'said ' Mrs,' Mellen, 'j-ealily d need- a new silk dress. Tliultii-eVffiis actualy ginning k t jooic siiawoyj ii auu me black1 sflk l liad' i-hcit we were mar' Kied.is poatutlvQly I okl-f ashionetl by c.' ' r !'Iit k-V V..i.l-:fi ' 'It is only thirteen moaths, Lot- 4Biit;JfsUions alter so, Clarence, y61 "kt'ov?..' Now there's a lilac niofre antique at Grant's the loveli est shade you ever saw, and a jSosp five bargain, on account of there being only twenty-two yards in the ittern.-" I can get it for eiglity-fi ve dollars, and sister Helen will lend rne lier'point- lacef flounoes to trim "p, j- " "r V Vf" f,?" : Eighry'-fivc dolhtrs, Lottie ! And for a pigire antique dress!. Io you know, wi v ilertr, -that tliaf Is almost a j'euthjof .jay year's salary iy 'OijeiHitet1' look 'decent, once in a way,'-,. iu ...' He shook his liend xr;ively. : i- - ' 2so, Lottu.v 1 am sorr.' to seem liatdjjrjiii kiudbutlbis. w-soovild- at kleu that I can only conclude yon have not thought stiUiciently about it yourself. Mrs. lienedict is verv 'tiiid to invito" &i to the ball, but! yiirmust write decliinuioTK' Charlotte burst into '"'tears, and 6or the first time, jsinca their wed- (ling djfyM:;, lellcai stalked out of the-room' without a goot!-bye kiss. ..." , stoortMr. Peppw,t!ic painter, in the Tlutt, afternoon .came up ahwritiit fydl. r note, from his oiKce, as follows : . j . 'Iegging your pardon, mn'tim fDAftMKo s Lori'p; : Please send,' for interrupting you,' said he, lnim Y the bearer, my vulise, with a few - My dotting his cap ; 'but Mr. Mel changes "Of ,2 lhich And, bthcrjiecet- L-n' told iae you would me hr.ve sariee,. for - an absence of eight or the money on my littla 'account !' ten days; on business I6r the firm. Inclosed you, will find a fifty lollar bilj for "the painfc- 'debt which ought to hai-e been attended to be fore." ?Takc rccc'M. :'"' Be careful of yourself while 'X am gone. I wjsli "I 'colild ' have1 'run lip'to say adieu ll but .time 'presses r If :'0u are lonelyj get. pne:.of your sisters to come and 6tay with you.' -' ,rrv' Affectionately. t J . .id;iP-H . CLAPvEXCE.' T.oYt?A h.aVl been frvin-"snlfrthp! mbrning'butinmv he r eyetjlilterbd, A! ew 1 lnnuhtness'came into Iiei face,vas'sic hurried hither and thi therj ; putting ; ip her husbands's things. & Aad after tlie.messenger was gone, she looked down at the fifty dollar bill in her hand. : " 'Eight or ten ttays,' she said to hergelf." 'I'll go to "the ball, after all, .with Hslen and her husband. I ll take this money' arid buy the moire antique. Grant " will trust mo foi' tlio other thirty-five, lam sure ; and as forth painter, jilst as not he's in ,no hurry for .hit moneys and if heis, I'll write to nnclo Jesse to lecj 'ty.jdollars. ,1 was al wayv'iincie Jesse's' favorite niece.' : Anil this eagQ5' young woman thiwr on her beanet fend shawl, and ImWed-do wfl to Grart W to buy the reifinants ,:p f tj&p IHivc. moiro. halt quo. ; :d. ' '- ' 'Oh, ccrtaiulyj.. eertainly I ilr, rint wa noiiurry at 'all for Jus ijirl'ho Wiolde'd'tKo rich fabric skillfully 'holding it tip so that the liH slioubi btrike its rosy eheen to 'tho bost'si j, How,; beautiful' it'jwf Ame thysts shot .wijh'gliniirieririg lines of silver i)uda of spring violets in the sunshine midsummer sunsets ! Lot tie( 'thoJTJitJ of "alj Hk esp leauhful things as she looked at it. . . ' 'Pray send it home at once,' she said,, laying down her fifty dollar bill, 'and credit this to my account.' ,,svA.nd then she tripped around to the dressmaker's. 5 Mrs. Parkerson was-at the dress makeis na plitmp, rbsy Widow, with more money than tie knew bow to spend. She had al ways likedyoung Mj;,,itelleiij (nd ftow entered with ahicrilpr into. hcj plaii3. ' ' 'A nice places to gofmy dear,' said she; 'Once let yourself be seen at one 'of Mrs. Benedict's par ties, and your positicSn in society is settled at once. I have cards my. self, but, of course, so soon after my brother's death I couldn't go tHTt. Arid you're to go in lilac moire antique, eh? my dear? I'll tell you what I want yon to look nice, and I'll lend you my diamonds !' Lottie's cheeks flushed exultingly as she thought of Mrs. Parkerson's diamond necklace, with its flitter ing pendant, and the bracelets, studded with gems, to say notliing of the great solitaries, like drops of dew that lmng from lierear:ri:igs 'Oh, Mrs. Parkerson !' die utter ed breathlessly ; 'how can I ever thank you V '' 'Look .as pretty as you can, my rdear,J'-"RTU :iM KT'P.'fflrSrso!-gdod- naturedly. 'That's the .way to 'thank me!' .Mi.s Mouselv, the drefsmnker, and MrsMcllen were in deep con- I saltation as to wheL'icr t!ic front of . the dress should be cut a la Pom- padour, or with pointed corsage, the next day, when . the latter was 1 summoned down stairs. Theru , Lcttie cii-usoned 'I am very sorry, Jr. Pepper,' s:ud she, nervously ; 'but but von must call -again; next mouth!' 'Jr. jellen said you'd pay ir.e without delay,- ma'am.' . 'I can't help, what Jr. 2ellcn said, I havri't" "to. money, ' That is enough!' : . ' ,; 'But, r ma'am, I was assured I should have it without mistake. '. I need it, jsia'am, to ;send-my eieh wife out West to ' her mother' '1 1 havo ; lib., tiuio to stand here talking : any longer,', said Lottie, mortified, ashomcd, yet still endea voring ' to. pursued;) herself that the man had no bnsincsj to be so per sistent. 'I Avill let you havo the sum as soon as possible. In the meantime, you must wait !' Pepper went away with a sad face, which ..haunted 'Jrs, Jellen for nyinya dayr, and Lottio return ed to the dressmaking operations. The . lilac moire ...was - made, and fitted superbly. Sister Ilellen who had axKih husband, lent the point lace flounces and Mm.- ParkcrsoiiV man-scrvani brought around the satin casket ; of diamonds early in 'thftcrii6Wt"wul' Ui6''3Meii went.toilrs. Ben fly Benedict's ball, in tho same carriage witli her sister and her.sister'8 hiisband." - V "-. " 'For once, "I am epial to any millionaire's wife oil the avenue' thanilit Lottio, ; with a thrijl of tri- Her cntrarcj made a seiisatioa. j She wasTquito aAraro of that as she SAyept tawigh Uio brilliatrtly-ligh't-ed rooias ; and it was no small won der . fo she was aa-bcattUful as ai vision, iitli her- golden hair, de'op blue e:8 and queenly height, while the h7il moiro antique and dia monM tet her off raelyv . : i; r.ently Benedict leveled his eye-gltes' at her, as she passed on, after tjio usual presentation to her host afid hostess. " - 'So ftiat is tho wife of your con fi4enM clerk, .fh,-Joel' eaid ie to his brother.' : .; - A sDc own got or a royal prin cess, j tint hice that couldn't have cpst nPi less than one,( hundred dol lars jjyard, and diamonds tliat blaze, like comets 1 -1 doir't exactly fancy that sort of confidential clerk my self !, 'Let me see how mucli did you tell me you paid him ! 'Four-; teen hundred a year?' ' . Jr: J oe Benedict looked uneasily at the brilliant vision. 'I can't account for it,,' he said slowly, 'I aZways supposed Ifellcu to bf a reftabe sort of a feWow, but I must say I don't ike the ooks of this, I'm afraid, we have trusted him too far, athough the accounts seem straight enough. I'fookintotheni to-morrow. He did look into them. 'So far they are nil right,' he said to himsef. 'But it's better to be on th(f safe side. A cZerk whose wife dresses like a duchess can't be atoghther straight. VII discharge him!' So Clarence Mellen lost his situation afc-the -bpgrnntnjtjf thnffntery-Ittt Hard tiiues looking him grimly in tho face. Mr. Benedict told him why. ' 'I saw your wife at my brother Eeiitly's ball,' said he, .?dre?ffed in moire antique, pst l2Jaconji L-diamotuls. I bring iw- accusation I liavo tiO complaint to make only, in these days of embezzl merit, fogery anil defalcation, one has to look out after himselt7and 'Straws' show which way the wind blows.' When .Mellen went home, he found a lawyof'i cleik in tho hall, with a letter from poor Pepper. Ho wrote: '.My wife bcldad.- ttod knows whether it is j'our fault or not.' I might have t-ent her Wuft, to he.- native air. It would at least have been a chance of life for her. ' But sJiq is gone now, nml I have only to say that, if the bill ii not ett!e;l at once, I shall vesort to the extromost measures. ' Tliw was the 'tirst Mr. Mellen know tliat tho fifty-dollar bill had not been ap plied to its rightful destination. 'I hopp you are contented now Lottie,; he said, as lie went up stairs to the room where his wife lay sobbing on the sofa. 'You havo ruined me.' y And Lottje inew at -last how dear a price she had pnidfor her one niht of j triumph at Mi. Benedict' . ball. . The '1'ratlc in Oricd fl!:i-k!;r - If the Pieymont region of2iflrtk-,aro-.j lina, this has become ah enormous busi ness. A t the towns of Iteidsville,' Vin stfcniiKi Uickorv. there marketed nnfnlttly about 2,000,000 pounds. The. ga (hiring of these berries aftbrds em pwnieht to a great many poor people, ftyh fano small mutter in their slender t.3hie. The demand for tltsin is so con( a ro ll ma, tantfn the Northwest tnat, agents ent out from there in advance to o contracts fur supplies. This in ry might become as general among duhl: thsljhoor people in the corresponding re pn In this State, and we. trust they wi bo encouraged in' prosecuting ii. Wejknow how from nothing a groat bus iness has grown up among us in sumac. Sioy onci( had tho monoply of it; but tht jtrade has loasned now to value ours; indeed with more care observed in gathering it, the standard of ours will quiie reach that of Sicily. These are minor matters in our general ceremony; iu J Uy br-iag comfort- to- many 'needy pecji)le, and in the aggregate of our woik, prove to bo no insignitioant fac Uoi sensible eotenaporary says: "The woknen ought to make a pledge not to kill a man who uses tobacco, and it woiild soon break' up -tho practico. fri hil of ours says 'they ouht nlo to plfdj;3 thimselvea to kiss every man thitdou'tuseit and wo go for that, I top." -V. a , J , film t C'n r Ion 'k tor jv' 1 ;oi .soma timp . paiit, Ue. papera hove teen puhliiihiiig a story Uiatt there jwaa ft man liy Int in' Wnrren county, jiamod White who had never been able to speak to his fathifr-rt Among other,'. W did not believe the story, but it turns out to be tfue, as the following statoment from the ifditor of the IFtto) J. Jcanee whom we knor to be a. gentleman) will show : "As an old neighbor 'of Mr. White and haying known the family intimately for twenty. fiv years, as far back as w can remember) we will state n that is known inj:egard to the strange case, The state ment is oorrect1 "The ion, Mr, llohry white, ts now living at the age of about sixty five years and the father .has been been dead for thirty years ormoni- As a prattling infant in his swaddling clothos the sight of the father ; was repulsive" though every ; means was resorted to in vain by both' father and mother to coim rict the evij in tho erring young one. Fipm tho figeoftwo to five, lit tip Henry possessed jail the youthful vivacity, lo qtipciousness nnd" exhuberanco of spirit characteristic of children generally, but even amid the confusion and hilarious sports of his mother's chamber or in the yard, the appearance of his father, on the' scene made- him as dumb as an oyster. As ho grew older more persuasive and even violent coercive measures were a dopted by his father to get hira to speak to him but without avail. lie never re fused to obey his father except in this particulate Wouldaccompany him sojr tel hunting alone, and fish on the creek banks together day after lay. -During his father's last illness, the son then be ing over thirty years of age and a mar ried man, attended his bed side more" constantly thiui any member of the household and the scene, wherein he vainly attempted to obgy his fcther's dy-, ing wish "speak to mo only- once," was s:iid to-huve been peculiarly distressing b; ;., thaw who vitnessed4k ; Thofutheiv died, and his son who lived constmitly with him for thirty years nei-er, spoke to him. We have heard him" say often that he was never able to command tho power of speech to his father but ex-perieneod"- no itifflculty rviviii'fe'er iii speaking to othors in his futhdi'n pros ence. The brother of Mr. Henry White, Jno. V. White, was for twenty years theCoun ty (.'oiirt Clerk of - Warrencounty and died just before tho war 'at a n'pe old age, without haying taken a drink of water in his lifp. lie was succedded in office by his son, William A; White, whose peculiar traits of character consist in bin ability to pass through all the mutations of political bia before, during and since war and hold the same position, tbut of Probate Juclgr, which ho will continue to hold till the day of his death if desires it.-'"1 - - v - EM.i Romin:u ofl.otic 'ISriim- - A Cleveland drummer was in Elyria a few Sundays ao, and-whilo sitting, jn, his room hoard, from tho next room, the mysterious quostion and answer ; : - , "Whose ducky ar, you?" "I'ao your ducky !"; , ; ;:. . . 1 t After a few. moments, passed daring which the drummer sat In open-mouthed wonder, and tho silence was again-broken:- - ' -.''- - ' ' ' Whose ducky are you?" . '71. . "I'se your ducky !'' . 1 Unable to stand it much longer alone the ClevetaiiJer Jmc'.ied down to" the office, learnodtlmt a newly married couple wero iti the house, invited three other drummers to hoar the tun. and tiptoed back to hi) room. The wicked quartette crammed their Inndkerehiefs in their mouth, and during the next quarter of an hour heard that fond cou uundrum put and answered no lots than four tunes by the unconscious rostio and his blushing brido. At dinner; as luck would have it, the bride aiidjjroom were seated between two of the drummew, while tho original discoverer of the bonanza sat opposite. The table had been cleared for tho sub-stantialsjmili?ttlsJiajlhe-givein At that moment a spirit of mischief took entire possession of the Clevelandcr. Leaning across the table he looked uroh ly at his nearest friend, and iu dulcet tones propounded the connundrum: - "Whose ducky are you?" The other chap was equal to.tha emor gency, and in tones of affected swoot ness got in hi answer j , -l;i-uk "I'se your ducky," " :; : Two scarlet fce., the flutter of a white ; dross through the doorway, two. vacant seats at tho tattle, and four crazed drum mers, laughing tilPtho tears ran, tl-uthed across the viciou of the specU'or as U.0 curtain fell. .y ten man vflyb Jh be,eri ridden bix1 rail be properly iqallecj jrailrodi5i(i?(t ' I - , , What id it that which no raanwariVi wicJi, if any mau liasr he wouldnotpar(t with for untoid wealth T-r-'-A bald head.'l ' v'-r I .';'' -.1 -;" -i- 'Ll , Why is a tuning fork an improvtraont on a Musquito? Because, it sing's and, don't bite. ''. ' " "' -'".'" . -r.- - , Tat saos he calls his muln(!'Ould Mus-, ket;'',bekause.'doh't yo sco hp won't "go oft" without a kicVM iU- .-.;,..-f in ii i ,'. ,; .'ii ii, r i i ii i '..-:' W hero the moth -and rust doth con, runt' and where thieves broak throusU Lorid steal-Washington, v i ' , ; 'in.. . ' v i..uiL , It i4 a pleasing sight for ona who loves v hts'couhtry to seMrsGrant busy with the needle; putting a patch on 'the seat oftho Government. " I "'-V,V 'H , '-How one thing brings up another j ' said lady, absorbed in pleasing retro' ' spectioni -. .'Yes,' replied -the-- practical'1 Dobbs, "au,emet ?or instance.". ; Prberoitinatlon has been oilled tho V thief of time tho thief of time?' - I wish it were no worse than a thief.,T Ii U ' murderer; and that which it kills is noJbM time merely, but tho immortal soul. Aeetnt.' ' , . . . . i i.X A young man in Western Wisconsin, ; . who was about to bo married tho other, day, suddenly remembored that he "" hadn't fed his horse, and the . coremony had to wait until the horso had been cared for. He explained that a good iiorso cou'tdn't be found everyday, while -r thirteen dirTerent.gjrls wanted to marry him. . : i Augusta girls won't eat shallots -until - midnight, when tho boys are gone.' And' then they walk into a cold dish of thent 5 like mouse into a cheese box. Athen Georgian. ""'? v - .. ??- L. A , little,, six-year-old giri;- wet-t6; - & birthday party the other evening. . The day following slip was overheard telling her playmate that a little boy kissed her while they we.e engaged in a plajy but said, "that's no harm 'cause it was our preacher's boy,you know.lt7 - ' Tlie NorMoh ttein.) MWoWrt saris: "An up-town man, who believes in solf improvement, suggested to his wife re cently that thoy should arguesome ques. tion franktyTtd-'frecly-every 'evening, and try to loaru more of each other, The question for the tirst night happen cd to be whether a woman could be ex. . pected to got along without a spring hat, and he took tho affirmative; but when . ho was last seen he hod climbed up into' tho ha loft and was pullhig tho ledder up after him." ' ' v '' ' ' ' - , A ,V l ulr fiaiiif, Ut 3iot.l ( J;j ' During the wara dernwh started to ' Marrietfci with soma chickens for salBfi ' fie met a squad of, soldiersy ts,ndf ; they w( bpught ajl his phickeps but ono roostor,. , Ifj in'sistou tKey should take ' him, fbu,t ,; , tbev were but 1 of money and ' couldn't buy- VU -.:A mi..t, ;i .-.f(l! pvv." Tho ol) man said he hated to go oil to . d town with only one . chicken, and.wa',':! greatly puz!ed about it, . . . -j ,( ? t ( , - At least one of the soldiers said t( t" , "Old mn,ril play youagiiino of 'sot.' en up for him'.", : ; ' "Agreed," said tho old man. :- U'vH ., They played i long and spirited game. ; i At last tho soMfe'r wbu, 'The--Utman, wrung tho rooster's neck' and tossed him to the soldier, antTmounted his swab. u Uiilod poay uid started home. i, J.fter ' getting some to hundred yards-he sod., denly stopped, turned round, and ,Pod.ftt ; back end said':" . .'.,' "Yofl plnyetl a fair game and woti' tho ' ' rocster fairley, but I'd like to knoiv what in the h 1 you put up agin, that roos-- . ter."---JfrWia Jlomesttad' . .','. . ' '.'- The Truth. ; Pinohback, one of the most prominent negre poliitcans, said in the late conven tion of colored men at Nashville, Ten. nobso: - - - -.' - -:'' ':... ' "If we consolidate the white people of this section together, or any othef section, against tdio black man and malta it ai issue, the annihilation of tho blacks is, certaiu. There is no question about it There onco belonged to "this very ' land a race that for chivalry and daring -, for true valor and courage, has not au epjal on the face of tho globe. I allude to the Indian. Wher is ha to. laj ? , There was an IrrepreMiblo. conflict be. ing between him and the white ni u, and -the result is that tha pUoo .wbioh fc.new. 1dm but a tew years ago knows . him u i. -more, And gentleman just as shuro as I speak j if this antagonism is to go on : if we are to have tLU policed w. r whioli . is now raging betwwn the races, it will not be longbeforo it will be an totuel war, and the end will be our annihil tion." ".':'-,r -v.': 1 !.

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