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; THE - Glv J) E hi mi SHE JOHN DUCKETT, Editor. Vol. 4. No.l. """pESIDE TIIE SEA. BT MAM AIKOK VIM.. . edo the oa one Bummer day Three merry children were atplny, The great warm sua was singing low, ; The wares were beating to and fro, jlnd silvery shells and pebbles white pj glij-teiing in the rosy light' Around the rocks, like ribbons hung, The pretty 'ringing sea-moss clung, . And green sea grasses geptly swayed ' Vith every throb the ripples made ; . .' i. y; ' ' " ,: ..'-,,.'. And like a snow-field, smooth and wide, The beach sloped down to meet the tide. Ah me t that hour was passed sweet Afar from town and crowded street, fo look across the ocean's space, And feel the rough wind on my face j To hear the ripple's measured song.' The ohildrsn's voices, fresh and strong, Half drowning on the eager breeze Tho old, old music of the seas 1 ... ,. ......... . V S) merry hoarts! O voices gladj The sad sea is no longer ftadr- , A chnrm is lent to rock and wave Jlore fair than nature ever gave, The while your joyance echoes so. And light young footsteps come and go. Pear happy henrted children thice, At ply beside the summer sea! Christian Union (ttLY A COUNTRY CilUL. 1 BV JAMES LUSTER. "Ton are' mistaken-; I had rath er die than marry mere conntn "But, Fred, supposeBhewas In telligent, full of natural" poetrv. 'tender-hearted, jiracefnl, unspoiled ; by admiration, a gniless, simple. Living creature V 0,' said Fred, laughing, "choice selection of virtue and grace. Cunntry beauties are always sweet, and so are country cows. No, 1 tell yon if she was as lovely as an angelwith the best senco in the world,-still if; unskilled in litera lure and music, with no soul above churns, aiid knitting needles, 1 would not marry her for a fortune.' "IIh, ha!" laughed Helen Irvinij Hidden by the trunk of a tree, Bhe tat redinr within a few feet of the egotist. - In another 'moment the young lady came in sight. Fred's fao.e crimsoned, and ho whispered in Tible trepeda'tion, "do you think she heard me!" '" '.' ' . ;? "Noi" rejoined the other audibly, I'Slio has hot even looked from her look. You are safe." , j Leaninjr on one whito arm, the , 1 old oak tree in the back-cround, powers strewed around her, - she fat quite at ease apparently uncon scious that the two handsome young men were near her. Approaching with a low bow, Ppon which his mirror had set the Stamp of faultless elegance, Fred eric Lane took the liberty of asking if the young lady would inform hnn where Mr. Irviner livedo , - Width an innocent " Binile the Jontiff ladv looked no. "Mr. Ir- t " j r - 'ng, the inly one living in the village, is my father," she said " ri sing ia b graceful nd charming manner. - Th I liW: bouse- on - ... - . e . . l"gh ground, half hidden; by trees ud thick shrubbery, there is where venve. . - red replied with a very grace- ulbow ' ,.-'- "Tell your fnther that I will do 'fljself the honor to call on him to- ROCKINGHAM,: ISTORTJEl GAKOLTIST-A DECEMBER 16. 1876. morrow.5 IIo will remember me Frederic Lane, at jour service. "Yes sir, I wilftelL. Mm,' said Helen, tucking her sleeves around her pretty arms, and making rath er a formal courtesy.1 Then, catch ing up her books and gathering the scattered flowers she hurried home: "Now, father, mother, aunt arid Bis," exclaimed the merry girl, bounding into the room where the family were at supper, so sure as you and L live, that MrLane you spoke so much about is in the vil lage.' lie will call here to-morrow, the finest specimen of ft city . l)eau, as of course, he will be, all senti ment, faultless in kid " and" dickey, important ,and self absurd as ' one of the kind can possibly- be. 'romiso me, all of you, ; that you will not lisp one word about 'music, reading and writing 111 his presence, jecauso I have, a plan. I'atlicr will be quiet and ask no questions will give yon that work-box you :ivc coveted so lonj'. "Wliv, on that condition, I'll be as still iis a tnousc,biff what's the reason ?" . "Oh, that's my own' business, said H'jlen. dancinir out or tlio room. Helen wit at tho open window, where roses thrust their blushing nuls, making both shade and sweet The canary .overheat burst forth every moment in wild snatches of glorious music. Helen was ut work on long bluestockings, nearly finished, and her fingers flew ke snow birds. "You knit most admirably; are von. fond of it?" "Yes, quite, I like it better than anything else that is, . 1 menu J can churn well."' "And Joj'osi read. 'much?"-- Fred's glance- had traveled from" the corner of his eves to every ta- ilo, shelf and corner, in search of lotiks and papers, but not a page, ytl!..v or red, repaid bis search. OIi, yes,' said Helen, with a -Hiietified air. - What books ? permit mcto.nsk., t-rfl the Jnderrgood deal,' slic said gravely. - 'Is that all V 'AH! of course not yet what "do yon not find in 'the Bible? llistof ry, poetry, eloquence romance, the most thrilling pathos ,'. blushing and recollecting lierself, sho added in a manlier as childish as it had icfore been dignified: 'As for oth er books; 1st me see what I have got in my libraryj there's the Primmer, counting on her lingers, Second Class : Eoader, Kybinson Crusoe, Nursery Tales,, two or three elemonts of something, Biog raphy of some " person or -other, Mother's Magazine, and Uing Wil liam III. There, isn't that a good assortment?'' Fred 6iuiled. 'Perhans I do not know as mnch as those who have been to school more,' she added, as it disappoint ed, at the mute rejoinder; 'but in making bread, churriing butter, and keeping house, f am not to be . out done.' '; - ; - The young man felt more in pity thaqjn .love, but his visits did not always result so. Ho began to feel nnnItw attrftction. and he main- ly attributed it to Helen's beauty; but the truth is, her. sweetness and artless character, engaging manner and disposition, quite won tho city bred aristocrat Fred Lane. There was a freshness alwut every tiling 'she said or-did. She perplexed as U-..11 D.4 dcliirhted him. v ; ,f ; Often, as he wondering how cnmVvhomelv expression would be received in society, some beautiful sentimeut would suddenly , drop Devoted to the Interests of Iiko a pearl from her lips, . as re markable' for originality as - for briliancy'. ." , , ,'If I should fall into the snare,' thought he. I can' educate lior ; it will be worth trying.' 1 ; It is nseless to combat tho ten der passion; so at last ho fell at Helen's feet, figuratively speaking and confessed his love for htsr. i . I care not, Helen, only bo mine,' was his invariable answer to her declaration of un worthiness, . 'how you would appear in society.' They were married; haa return ed from their wedding tonr, as yet, at tho expiration of their, honey moon, Fred was more in love, than ever. At a grand entertainment given by the relatives of the brido- grooni. Helen looked still more beautiful. Her husband did not insist that she should depart from simplicity, and indeed in tho ab sence of all jewelry in her simple white robe she was by far the most lovely creature in the room. As she entered the great saloon blazing with light, her heart fal tered. Shall I love him as dearly,' she asked herself, if I find ho is ashamed of me ? I can't bear tho thought; but should he overcome all conventional notion, then I hav 'e a husband to bo - honored, and 1 te shall be proud of his wife.' How she watched him he pre scnted her to one another. 'Simple,' whispered a magniti cent girl resplendent with diamonds, as she curled up her lips, and passjjeal. I saw them seat themselves d b"v The" observation escaped neither Helen nor her "Tfushand. She looked tit him. lie drew her Jser to his, side.'; Many.... jn that brillliant gathering pittied poor Fred, and wondered how lio had martyred himself on the slune of ignorant rusticity. The yonng bride stood near her nisbaiid, talking in a low tone, when a new comer appeared. She whs a beuiitifnl, sligliitly-formed creature, with haughty feature's. IlI-con!ealed scorn lurked m the brilliant eyes whenever she glanced at Helen. Onee she had held sway ever tho heart of Fred, and hearing whom he had married, she fancied ler time had come.' Do yon suppose she knows any thing 'whispered a low voice. Helen's eyes sparkled ; her lace flashed indignantly. 'He has gone at a distance with a friend.' , Do youTplayTMrsrtauo V asked the haughty 'bell. There was a mocking tone in her voice. A little,' answered Helen, her cheeks blushing 'And sing?' A little'was the half, reply. 'Then do iis a favor,' exclaimed Miss Somers, looking askance at her companions. "Come, I myself will lead you to the piano.' 'Hark 1 whoso masterly touch t Instantly was the half spoken sen tence arrested ; "the cold ear and head was turned in listening sur prise"' 'Such melody I such breath! deep and vigorous tones! who, is she ? She playes like an angel I "Wh.o can she She turned from the piano, anct the unknown was his wife. L How well she talks ! Who would have thought it 1 lie ha9 f onnd a treasure,' was whispered all around the room. . ' ; 'Tell me,' said he, when they were alone, 'what does this mean I I feel like one awakened from a dreamj 'Only a eountry girl,' said Helen, then folded m her husbana s arms, iuiiiuiu... i she added, 'I am that little rustic that you had rather die than wed.' North Carolina. BURNING OF BROOKLYN THEATRE Miss Kate Claitoa's Account of the ' Fire. . i FromN. Y. Time " -'When the act went up the filth act at the seventh tableau I was lying on a palet of straw, with Pierre (Mr. Murdoch) leaning over me. As the curtain rosa I heard it whispered from tho wing behind me: "The tneatro is on nro. x lis tened again,? almost dazed, and then recognized Miss Clevis' voice repeat ing: 'The theatre is on. fire; look be hind, for God's sake.": Still I did not awake to the pcriL The information of flirt firn was whiskered to all on tho staw, but not on 3 of U3 moved to im off..' The t)lav continued. The o- 1 ,. old woman, Pierre's mother (Mrs Farren'j rushed upon me and in the savanro ' manner necessary to the ac tion caught hold of my hair and pullsd it. -As my head went back I glanced up tb the canvas ceiling of the room in which we were playing, and then I saw little tongues of flame lickius through the canopy. Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Studley, and Mrs. Far them at the "same time. Then wo heard a horrible roaring noisa behind the scenery. This alarmed me mora than tho sight of the flrx Still.none of us moved until t!io audience caught sight of the flames. When tho cry of 'Fire' rang .le l;ody of the theatre and the audience rose en masse wo acted altogether without the slightest knowldgp of ono anct'icr's-intentions. We four clasped handi and stood al most at the foot-l.'g'its, and cried out: Wo .are between you and the fire; sijt -still; for God's sake, sit still.' The lpeoi)lo in the lront rows nearu our again, and noticed one lady pull the gentleman beside her down into his chair. The body of the house was not very well filled, but the gallery was crowded. I am .convidced that our .action prevented a panic, and en abled the people near the door3 to get out without being pressed upon by those from the front so .is. In this way, too, more persons got out with out hurt than would have escaped if all the gallery people had crowded against the other3 at the doors. As soon as we saw the people getting out we turned to escape ourselves, ihen we -found W3 Wire hemmed in by fire The flames -raged above and around except on tho side of the auditorium Wo could see the red rafters above threatening to fall. I dashed. dowh stairs and got under the stage. Thcro I met Miss Maude Harrison. She bad gone' to her room to some get niiWps. T cried to her: 'Let thosa things go, and coma onrihaabeen !rcg.irded as an apostate God's sake. We must go out the front way. The fire is gaming on us now. Look !" As I uttered this last exclamation I pointed to the ceiling tho Rtacre. The flames were showing through, and we could mark their course along the cracks of tuo v - o the flooring. Mrs. Harrison, Mrs, Farren and myself then dashed along stage, and after me troublo-gaineiVWlendid scapegrace mt j a full Hedged !. nn.lHrinm through a door. We had yet some distance to go; the fire followed' us fast, and there was still a crowd of excited people to pasa througk We got into the crowd and hashed along, heedless that now and again we felt that we trod upon a human being. Once I looked down and saw a human , face horribly dia urn! burned. Oh. my God, it was a fearful sight 11 shalT never Afterward I saw the in- iured man taken out He was hor ribly iniured. and I think must be - , dead. ; As soon as we got into the street we dashed into the police sta ticn; thera "a gentleman loaned me his overcoat, and after a short Btay at the station we walked around here." . ' A woman's hand. How beautiful- how wWte and yielding; .. i pjiuoviiuuuiuiu"" pressure conveys. Yet we don't like it in our hair. $150 BRICttAirS SUCCESSOR. The Chosen Son ofBrhjham Toons A Latter-Day Saint with Wrold ly . Tendencies. : San Franoisco Chronicle. -. ; Brijrham Younjr has finally defined his policy for the future of the Mor ula policy lor me imura ui I mon Church in selecting for his first councellor the youngest son - of hiB now-to-be-prominent young man is wen Known m-.um among' capitalists. -In personal pcarance he is very attractive to the fair S3x,-and in his manner and hab its he would pass anywhere as a man 118 ne wouia pass anvwuerc on n muu Of the world who was pretty wellsat - Med with thisterrestial no nurry -whatever Le ge, ou u, upper regions. Up to the budding of tho Pacifio railroad "Young Johnny. as hs was familiarily called, was an excellent Mormon and gave early evidence of being a first class patri arch. He had hardly got through his teens when his eyes fell kindly upon a. vovmc saintess ' and the baked V O ' . meats of the mania ge feast had hard' ly cooled before he fell desperately 'in love with another younger saintess, and married her also. The prophet thought. Jonny should 6C3 a little more of tho world before proceeding fuitlier in that tine, anu no was con sequently. sent to England on a tour of. pleasure, in company' with his d rother "Bri2 crv Junior." These two scions of tho Mormon royalty traveled all over Europe, spending lavishly the funds of the' poor, confi ding saints. On Johnny's return to the United States his first wife press ed upon .him to call v.pon herTala- tives in Philadelphia, and to gratify her wishes the young man hastened to the City of Brotherly Love, and be ha woa twvnfv-fftnr hoiirfl' BO- quaiuted with his first wiXo slfaniily he fell desperately in love with her cousin, who had only been recently married, but who was not happily ma ted. She accepted -the invitation to visit Utah, tho plains were soon trav ellcd over, tho cousin became conver ted, and in a few weeks after sho was "Mrs. Johnny No. 3." Time' passed rapidly, and No. 3 gams the ascen dency over the young mans heart. The first wife gains a divorce, and tho second is put aside with an allow anco. JNo. 3 is the iaay wuo came i ' i. frequently to San Francisco, and was received iii our best society as Mrs. Young. With her tho youngest son of tho prophet drank daeply of tha ways of the world, and was furiously cantivatod bv its fashions. For sov- eral years ho has lived so little in Uut ah -preferring San Francisco and New York to the City ofSamts that he from the faith and thus, unexpected ly to everybodv, he returned to Utah and the prophet, in utter disregard of the sentiments of the Mormon people jcs him next to his throne, and makeshimby that act the ncxtproph et of tho Mormon Church. But it is probably expecting too much to look for a commotion among the.Mormpns - this sudden conversion of a prophet, seer and regulator Retribute Justice.' From "the Raleigh ATfic We learn that Kirk, the blood thirs ty dog, whose record for infamy is so well known in North Carolina, is now almost a beggar in the Btreetaof Wash ington Ci,ty. Ho still occupies a sub ordinate position about some of the depurtmonts at the Capital, and not long since begged a North Carolina Democrat, whom "he met in the streets sf Washington, for the loan of the tritiful BunT of $1. "Vengeance is mine' l will rcprvy, saith the Lord, ia a divine promise, - which has been wonderfully fulfilled in this case. A few Sundays ago wo heard a L'.l'niwaMier ftf t.hri OosneL : who holds J ... nurn,t i o j. " i cnticaiijurisuan can no more tfe-s ui- to heaven than a raccoon can ciimo a Btove-pipe-with a tea ketUe tied to his Ual per Annum in Advance, WholoNo,157.: How Cheap Coffee, Teas and Llquorj are Mad A recent number of the American Chemist throws a melancholy light up on CentenniaTfluids; in particular. The laboratory of Micjhigan'.IJniversi-; ty furnished the tests; the,Fh. " . . , ,. , were the, testers.. The articles. were Prize Coffee," alsolabeled "Pure Java," , .MnviXinitm pound package is liable to contain an order for ft set of 'silver spoons. It was put; under microscope, polari- ....... , , - S S oV tracted. There was twenty-two per . , . . b;,p cent of chicory. Also Borne bitter substance not! jecognized. Likewise : silica, which is never present in cof fee. JTurthermore, pcaa and oats, A Dackasre of '-Roval Java" brought out similafresults;-more chicory in pro- . portion to peas and oats, but still no particle of the coffee berry. We neg lected to Bay that each package of the , Royal Javabora the chance of being , one thatcohtained fan eorder, for a , dock. It was probably a dock with a very large escapement . At the risk of some monotony in the analyses we , will pass on to No. 6.- " arranted Pure Government Java." Breathes theretho man withsoul sojdead that Pure Government jwould have no at-" traction for him? But Ho. , o was compounded of clncory.'carrots and - peas. Again "no caffeme.' is n ever thus when Pure Government ia promised ?.01dladiest the West are said to be strong in the beliei that the ten. that reaches them from the At lantic ports is unnaturally weakened. It was among the chief incentives vj the overland traU, - that Chicago , would cet her tea direct, thus avoid-. ing thesuspicm that the leaves had done duty in NewYork teapots, and had then been dried and repacked. We are sorrv tfer lt'but two of the samples 'examined" in Michigan will ; confirm the old lady s pouon, one con taining fifty-five and the other thirty per cent of "spent tea.". Still anoth er sample consisted in part of foreign leaves, with "stomates, mostly on the under sido,"K which must have been finite distrusting under the microscope Equally abnormal .were some of the stronger fluids, "Three oars via Rvn Wliiskev." we are told, had a very pleasant odor and slightly, astrul gent tf.sto. The chemist louna law thRsa as-rocabla qualities were com municated by the extract of Tonka . bean and tho oil of bitter almonas. "Pure Imported Gin," wholesale price ' $3,75 per gallon, was' found to be fla vored with, in addition to the oil oi juniper, tho oils of cubeb and turpen-,', tine. "Apple Brandy ' naa capsicum and acetic acid. . "Pure Obi Bourbon' of a dark amber color was flavored, . with burned dried peachea Even cider was found to be sophisticated the chemists , say, by the addition of spirits from grain. " A 'a ge paper balloon has just de-' soended at a stone quarryln the up per part of New Jersey, having on it an inscription indicating that it was put afloat inlho au: by a business firm (n London. ' t ; . A Western paper has made an , es timate that at least five thousand girls in that region of Undo Sam's domin ion have taken husbands this year for the only earthly roason that they ' were thereby enabled to visit ; the Centennial at somebody clses exprnse Mr. Jeffcrsoa DaviSi "Hon. Jefferson Davis, who arrived in this city" yesterday from Europe will leave for Ticksburg this evening. ; He has by his trip to the mother land ' renewed his lease on life, is "enjoying unusual grKxt health, and looks ana strenirth and vigor. After, a fevt days spent in Yicksburg he will leava' , e .. . .- u.x 7' . I quarters.-, 1 u t b,rg A? v -
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