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'r.jiit rfsrbush only on Ihe mound U hiljfr i! tributes of its blossoms st-cct " ' : ; i - j. 0 r tin he:lvnc creeps tlie hiding moss, .! Il!--Mii?5 th prarca wrrds willi fingers' p1w; Ti-: var;t!tri;. vine there hangf unchcekd its veil None h-c k u read ihe mournful record' nor. Wh- there ? No answer from., the stone; ,X iii'i';rr.if rwnrive tender, i;vd rcpy; ! Thr et h-K-s knew the name Hje:!bat Ihe breeze licirs rfo nxn.se upijn i! ltd 11$.- ing sig j. Thi. L'mve i.rjce d.irkcntd earth for many hearts; IMv lt ijlu-jtru nd thcnt it gold; Xiul tv-jxcI W-rj?Tj w.nihwl. ''Console u, Death ! lulh UuUih Jio txuxoilioii."' Nov, behold J . T k ' T"or;:'teu ! iJr the i!eatli-t)ed ta.nd DeHwir: ' Tl:en c;i;i a pp m- of agony amd weeping ; . , . - . !-iifvrM pxtun, the mourner smilo, Ad J ji cfrakes, although the JoveJ ie kfeiing. "j fj ... . Ah : vir.q r; tlut Vrlng'it Time's healing balm T . l.r:Lsiit he:irU that el-c would brestk with i i m -rrow "!-'.;, r-;-tr. iioft iIumliers to tho nightof Grief, - - ' ; 77.. . iht not -will it so that we should'.-wfcp It gr-tves forerer and forever p ) T : "iJi'jihA wlnNperrrt tt rwlerlv, ,4tVtac da:, " V."h.-H .we j)i angutsh cry, "Ah, never ! never ! !;--!', ve!al!forget, when kindly Timb il in !:d )vzin. to cejise de?ialr aud weeping; irr.tw tiiriv tK:ri!u. tool wiunn our ncaris L vv.vt:ljIw,i.err--Li)ve, mil detid but sleeping. KY STXP-M0THER. - . . b4r whnt aua has rronc to Gleavllle - s.io.Tagiin for ! Do voti knoW, Jlrs. Al- i kiJu-d of the Jadv who hi aclel -as ltonc .1 kpeief in our family for the four years t.'iat wu. taree. cniktreiii liaa oeeu ; wniieii : 4,I hv.k ask hi um, sue replica i Her nivastve rejJyuicreased my suspicion. aiui aftei- twirling ta y xaf-iaji a. ii.1: fi ' t ! - Moment, I WeilJ 1V sometimes kioic the reason of tlt:tgsrtiiertre, ari 4 Urged to : ftr K:f.irniatiui." After a nionie4it ilet asR uce tJ.iv r.-jtiii.Hl t I !.:-' j '""o-Keli:e, do not know for what pur ose yotiV father visits Gleiiville.'' 'jut'Vob strongh" suspect," J persisted "and Jdo'L Do you not ?';'. "If s-j I klo not think best to aV anything ;: :-.ib"ai ith .'; : .-.'! .-' f ' . . t Two j data afux apa Tetumed and -after ' K-a Jvel ittretl "in the parhii, for papa is a luwver sWijdi'i not Uiy. in his otlite evenings. :dr Alien 'took-.her knitting,' Florie vas em- broidcruigi5aud I took up a '.magazine, but " iht to v&iiiV I ba.I toldiFlorie that tbe next tiine- p:i:aUked me to sing I Should sing Abe pice cixlJed "I tWiqot ClaU hfr Milker :".n I as J v?as liiomeutarily expecting such a re'uct, Lmvhs trying to get nj sufficient k " i oura-e" ti: do so. But papa siUjin hi fia8 ; chaVr ?rtV noatl lnrovn back and his 5 c vei eh.:V'd!, I stole a look at him and whis- t:e:el uj-hturie, "Doubtless papa is. thinking .f the r.i4;tnating lady who is ttMbe ; tbi fu ture Alrv. GurdttU. Kf'firr KJrle tvh1 Te to 1 . tl?. KfllCHl Ilia eves, ami iykei me httle Iluttering of the .I. .ay, heart !' ! I . . to? del so.' I took vii'4t music in lll llt'l J t a m " i I v5u" il ifU'ii'iipoti the mtiic-stand I struck the titj noL- lo thc lwUide of the piece I had faid I nlw:;ill plav. J?efor'e I began the wonts, .:-.!? Mrs. Alicnlleft tho room. tne k lew u.u n .Was, and thought it might lead to remarks that !. 4ouhl not like to hear My voice jiever onceUlered as I sang it With as much feelin.'jasl I-could thnm into tho wards. When I hiul finished, tucto ff.M Jence irf th riKm for a few monfents. I fin idiv begana lively march, but pa)a interrupt Ifine, iand said in a pleasant tone: Vftii iwmm! not tuav anvmore this evening, piay any: .Nellie,' .for rue. I . hope you fid not sing " :thoe ures because - they Jexpressed y -Vwn KoittinitMitS- did VOU ?!' I 't '"' our ' I do not kuow what differenei it ban make o any o;e whether these lines express our feelings or not," I replidl, rathet cjdj. "I t wi I j ma ke some il ike with you r Juture happiness," he continue. - "lam to ile marrieil.soon, and of course that will malus tthe lady ou r mother. : Are yod not prepar - uh to 1 revive as such any oue t may select, JUKI give-uerju-o ixievi.iou uinoauMici Florie .hurst into tears, and though l felt -VI-trJ. c.nifinn In tlin throAt.. f rillpd n'i 'i t - .i rr. ' a ..u.. 9 elt) wr ome s'pifU : . s j- . "Of ; cbarse" I 'shall treat thej future Mr s Gordei with respect if she ear? nirnand i' Jint I ' hair a s Mother, though shfl is in h 1,-irrsveJ whom-1 cannot forge; if others ci .rrith. ench . apparent .es?c ; "Nellie, yon forget yourself if you mean to isinuate.that I have forgotten 'your , mother, hare not nor ever shall; but yoa coald 'nat murttnit mv faaMrtrra if T . nVirtnlil . arnlilin tnenf; therefore :I wDl say no';; more. : You can , act yoar own pleasure aboutjoviiig ; her, but yon must not forget that she will be mis tress; of the house. . llmr .U it With jroo, my dantrhtpr ?w tarnincr to Klorie. and his voice had a tenderer tone than when he - spoke to me ; Jo.yoa share your sister's feelings ?" ' "O, papa I; I do uot waqt a npw mamma." Why do you care, Florle ?" ? ; 1 i ; i "Because she will spoil all pur plans 'and make us do just what we do not Wish to, and watch us all the time, and and ' . !U -"Who told you all that, my; dear ' V "Nellie.". .r:. -i; p:?.' $ "Why, Xelliu, I thought yon had too much sense to, talk to a younger f ii&ter; in such a wav as that ! . . . . - : '-: 'y t ' t "Well," I replTed angrily, "ij would, like to know if there ever: was a step-mother who was not as cross, and disagreeable, and hate ful as she could be. , I never heard of one." "By what means did you become so' exten sively informed on thp'stihjectiof Xstep-iuoth ers?" aked papa, ironically, il 5 , "I , "Well, there is a description; of .one; in 'ClaudiJies Trials, and one inj 'Jlercy Mer ton:' besides, I have known.two young ladies who were blessed with such usurpers at home, ana l camea some oi ray extensive miorma- tiwifrom them." ,-;!: ff ! v I "So. from the overdrawn' nurtures of trash v novels,' and the sensation stones- of schooL misses you judge of the whole.; If your nitud is so prejudiced,; it will take a more able advocate than myself, to show you. uponj what a fiimsey base your opinions are constructed; therefore we will say no more about it." j Tlie evening-came oh which papa imd his wife how my lip curled as'- spoke i the wonl I were exptcted. I hud just said jj to Florie, '"What can't be curd innst bo i en dured,' but she will soon learn what frigid politeness means from me, tmd I hope jyou too. I'll own I'm anxious tb; see her for i cannot exactly determine what course to purr sue till I do.' . "I wanted to ask papa how she! looked, but li.lnt,-dare to after you sang that song I to him," returned Florie," when jj wc heard he earriaire at the door. -X ft I Smooth your hair now anM ) your! col lar straight," I hastily excliitmed. "Don't lot Mrs. Gordon think you ajyoung hcathenj to whom she is to act the part of missionary." We had taken tea and w'ere in the I parlor; I had taken tnammnV portrait and hungiit iii the room Florie and : I-occupicd.' - We had one there then, but I, remarked to Florie, j I " carried it up stairs, ."Ain't II ! good ) save Mrs. (ionlon all ' the trouble j possib Now we ran have itui ajtir-e ' I ' ' ' f I a-1 to: e? J ftill rcsllr c4-vous . when the earnajrn stotsied lit the door, but I dilimt follow Ned and Flo as they rushed into the ball to ineet them. They lid not come into the parloViilt after they I. ad becii to' the diniiig-ropmj anc uarU'ikcu vl some' refreslmient ; As papa pre sented his "ildePt daughter";to hisl wife I rose and cold I - offered mv hand.. The htdy who was hereafter to occup'v mv dear moth er's place in the household was about thirty years of age, of medium heightsgood look ing, and a pleasant smile lighted her 'face, as she held my hand a moment; and "hoped 'I was well." Later iu the evng !ie express ed a desire to hear me play. I did not rise immediately; but when she said : "Do! not unless it is perfectly agreeable tp "you," "Most certainly it is' I replied, and select injj tbo one, "I Sit and , Weep by Mother's Grave,'" as the most inappropriate . one I ' a a f- a ' could find, I sung it with much pathos, for my-feeart w;us full of grief and-my. eyes of .'un shed tears. I rose from; the jiiano and glanc ed at papa and his new wife. Her eyes were full of tears as she said ' to mh in a low tone: "Vou sung it with much f eeli ng,' Nellie ; probably more because you 'can' sympathize xtitm ute at:itQr, faux l ean symjauii2e vim botlu 1 have no mother, andjl too have roved , " " '".Mil f ;. .' : t ' 'To sit and weep . j IVsidc dear mother's grave. ' Tliis was so different from svlat I expect ed that I could not reply, and pnerely; bowed my head. As we enter tte breai.f;n.t-ropm the Tdllowiug iuiiig, Mrs. Gbrdon of corirse took thc hed the table, and,1 foolish :;hild that I xvas, I fe't ike anry odTnsh To my face. I had occupied that place six months ever since I had donned long dn;sscs nncl I tha trt, i?he takeii mamma's place and .mine too." After papa IhmI gone-down Jowri, and 3lrs. Gordon, Florie, and myself j were left at home, she chattcsl so' pleasantly with us that I had Juwt regrerted -rl)ejai t I had determ ined to act; but when the gardener camel in, and, directing his remarks to me,, asked if he s.honM take np all tlie dahlia roots for, win ter, I grew angry again and -said : "You can ask Mrs. Gordon ; t ?hall not direct any more about the flowers." I did not look at hcrj to uotice thc effect of my.words but Florie said her face colored.. However, her voice was calm as she said : "I. will go iuto the garden :in a moment and tell you,"; arid --'taking a snawi sne .passeu om, jeaving me asuamea that I did not speak in i less ungracious niau- spe: JOQT. t ; I need ndt merffion ci ery little" act, of ' hers that slowly bnt surely midcnriiried the preju dice against step-mothers which; I had im bibed from early childhood. I A few weeks after she became a member of ,our household she tapped at my chamber and, after cprning in . and sitting a few" 'moments, .which ,was spent in pleasant conversation, she said tome.' "Was not one of these portraits of .your mother taken from the parlor, Nellie ?" j . ! tSTha eno ovr the table was," I replied ; "I hung it here a few week ago." "Well,. if yon are willuig l will replace it," she contin-i lied. Sso that all the fahiily can have the sjime pleasure -you io. 1 inmic your roreneaa; re sembles hers verv much " she;added, as she o.r tj -1 A-aich.' inr'LOllkj tj own. thiak of it," he returned ; but when' .we v. ere alone he said to me : -; A '.- - r " - . ; "Ellen, if you will caU my wdfe 'mothsr, I willget these for you t ;I do4not like to hear you call her 'Mrs. Gordon, especially b c fore strangers." " ' !. W.--: . V-:"r: - "Very well," I returned ; "I can do with out them ; they are not absolutely necessary to my happiness." 1 j r - .J.'. I ; The morning of the exhibition-day came, and as I was leaving the institution I saw Mrs. Gordon come 'out of the jeweller's and walk hastily toward home, I followed, vex ed and almost angry. I thought to myself, "If I call her f mother' at dinner, napa will notice it and get me thp . ornaments whild I airi dressing, and I can wear them to; the ex hibition "this afternoon and to the party tlis evening.' ' I wonder wjiat Emnia Andre would' fay-if I'should as I told hertlrnevei would while I lived, and. I won't, so that's de-cided."";1;;-;f." .,;". r. 'T-' ! Dinner oyer,' I went up to; my. room to dress, for the ?xercises were tocommence alt two. Asj I stood j by the table, I noticed a small kid case with1 a slip: of paper oir it. I opened the paper, whleri' bore my name on the outside, and read : ,c 'Will ! Nellie accept this from her friend. Alice Gordon ?" In the box; lay the lorig-coveted oi-nameutsXin their satin bed.: j Tins last act ot torucarance ana love wis more than even I could endure, and l 8obbed bitterly,. while conscience upbraided me for tho past. I did not wish to go down, arid. as hlone was dressed 1 wrote u a slip of paper, " Vecept the thanks of your daugh ter, Ellen, and carried it to mother, as l tnen determined to call her. ' j''"'; f j In a few moments I heard steps 'approach ing, and turning I laid ray head oil her shoul der and murmuretl :-"Forgive 'me, mother" f ;Gently $!ic smoothed back the heavy bands of hair from my forehead. "I did not j do this to buy your love, Nellie," she said. "I hope you ivould have given that without thi testinioriylof my affectibn." i 111 j From that day the most perfect confidence existed, between us, and I ever .found her ; a truefriend a faithful advisor. ..And now,' though a jdecade of years have; passed aw ay, I still remember the look of satisfaction that rested on! her face, at the result of her labor of love, when-1 yielded to the dictates of imy better natjure, andrgaye her a daughter's! love and respect! -". . - - U: -- -1;' J ,-- !;A little child, ! whose ilips have; but just learned to ppeak that sweetest, or all; wpras M mamma-is sleeping. in her tiny couoh atjny' side ; and 4 when 1 think of the future of jthe little one! God has committed to my cave,; I pray to toe Arreat disposer soi an nu in an events, thktj if I be called to leave .her, while 1 . ' . ( y-l ' . TV' -riii yet ner leetjare in tne tnorny pains or, cnii hood andyoutl, that she inay find as fatlif ' . .a . t r - I a a frieml, 'though a sleprpiothpr, as she yhoni iu mv early vouw) 1 1 ' . t ' T t 1.1. earued toLealij by that lianAe. 1 'iThis:wide and unfounded prejudice agaiust the class j referred- toj has caused much un happiness; iri many families.. let alii who -have the Care ot children do ail iri their power iii disabusp their 70 rirM rainas or sucn a leenng.. n , - i ' .. j Experience has tatight me that tone may find a true, faithful, and loving friend eveii in the person of a step-mother. f,- ; i v;i 1 - . M - LHJES WEITTEU ON A VISIT TO THE TABLE ROCK, S. C. 'Midst clouds we stood upon ithe mountain height jriieiu iiaiure eui cuiuroiicu in an iier3nugui; , Around lier form such awfalj grandeur hung . j , , That man 2rinj back, o'er her features flung f . A. feaful glance, the while his hunibleoii j j . Paid homagej to theMaker of the wholeu , . j Glen sunk, in glen, and rudely shattered rock : j Ilul'd from Its bed by some convulsive sh ;ck ! ; In ancient days, when Ocean's frothy surf 1 Roar'd round each peak , and bathed each flow'ry I :, turf, i- I- : , . . . 1 - - j j ;. ... ! Perchanoe some dove in stliat forgotten age, ougfit refuge here from flood and ienipesC.s rage; And, while the battling Tfillows roar'd around, Upon thy peak a place of safety found; ; So man, when by the storms of sorrow, driv'n, Should seek a refuge near the courts of Heaven, And place his hopes in that eternal Sire, Who halls fate iwinds and hids tlie wasr-es retire. Xnxone of the Eagle I-rwJien Death's icy hand Shall crush the last of jcsortals, thou skalt stand Tlie testof iages type of works sublime, 11 lie strong, unsnaKcn monument 01 nine 1 l Master' Shrimp's Composition.- Ma! is my mother. I am her son. j Ma's name is Irs. Shrimp; she is th.e wife of Mr. Shrimp, and Mr. "Shrimp is her husband. Pa is liny father. My name is Johii George Washing ton Shrirapj Pa's name is Shrimp too; and so is Ma's. ' ' '!;";: I -V " fi,1' f My ma! has a ma. She is my grandma. She is lrioher-in-Iaw ; to( pa. i My pa says riiother-iri-laws ought to be vetoed. 1 1 like my grandma better than .pa I does. She brings me ten centl stamps and bolivars. She don't bring any, to pa. . Maybe that's why he don't 11 Ke ner. Aunt Jerusha is my aunt. .Wlien pa was a little boy she was his sister. 1 like little sis ters. Dickey Mopps has; a little sister. Her name is Rose. I take her out! riding on my isled. Aunt Jerusha don't like her. She calls her j"that Mopps girl." I .think Atnjt Jerusha ought to be asbaw?d of herself, j ; Aunt Jerusha lives with usj 1 SometimesI think' ma had rather have her live with some body else, il asked Aunt Jerusha ! ;ohce why .she didn't marry, somebody arid set upjifpr ittrsu)& iShe aid ..that ipany and many a man had wanted to marry her, Ju$ hilerhr popr Susan Jane Was in such a state of health she couldn't think of leaving 1 Besides, she said, what would becoriie of your poor, pa 2. - . Aunt Jerusha sometimes has a state o health, too.j Op .:ahiiig JiZays she has the headache, -and does her head up j in brown paper and vinegar and I have to make toast for her, at the kitchen fire ; I make some for myself, , tool- ...; ,y: r I;'; : .M. . -:-4;,ir? ; A tmt J etusb-3 xays that -noboily knows wh nt she has done for j that boy. That boy's me again. I told pa what she said. He . said it was just so; nobody did kuow. Ma said that Aunt Jeruska means! well,' aud that she's pa's dear sister. I don't! see why that's any reason she should atways scold me when I eat cabbage with a knife. "Master Shrimp.- f. iWomeuJ" of course.' Bat. 'ithey'.aotr thtS same diversity of taste that is: shown .in tbe a.ar n - a ' a ixu aaa. aim i ia . 1.11 .. iv l i m m. i - xu mistakes. They, however, gcijeraUy shbf the same sense in choosing wives that they shJoyininanagJng: other; people's Mairfcl whether it be good or bad. i ; - ; i r s Robert Bums married a farm iri wit)i whom he fell in love while'.they worked W Squirej but lived; with' her but a short tiriile.; He was an austere, exacting; literary recluse-; vhilc she fwasa -rosy; rompmgj country lass, that could not endurethe restraint imposed poa ner ; so iney. separaiea. -du usequentiy. . - - ' It :?i.r: -J '.-..; owever, sue returnea, ana iney.uvea toieiti- biy happy; i I - '2fib. 11; jQueen iVictoria aiid Prince Albert ' were cousins, and about the only example in ' tae long line of English monarchs w lterein the martial vows were sacredly observed and si 1 CP re affection existed. . u j !Shaksjieare;loVedj and married a farmers daughter.' ; She .vvas faithful toher vows, bat we could hardly say the samesj for the gretf bard himself. Like most-of the-great poe;t,j he; slewed too little discrimination in bestwH ing his airection on the other sex. ..- - '! 1 Bytou married MissMillbank to get moneyi to pay pis debts. . H turned out a bad snutj Benjainin Franklin married the girl rwhof stood 'in her lather s door amijlaughed athiu asj: h wanderpd through -the ;' -streets of .Jhil4 delphia. with rolls of bread under, his arms, arid Uh pockets filletl with dirty lothesSlie had : occasion to ij be happy when she f ouh i herself, the wife of such a great and gob 1 riian(ii-i rT. Il -i;j .- '4-i: i;:"- iI" ' ilWasijington married a widow with twa children. It is enorigh to; say thatshe w-13 worthy of him, and that they lived as marrie J folks shotild in perfect harmony.1 -.' - ,; (John Adams 1 man ied the daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman. Hei" father objec it ed on account: of r John's bei ng a lawyer.; ha had a bad opinion of , the morals' of the pi'd t fession. ; .;. . - -. . . r - -.-..;. f 'Thomas ' Jfefferson 1' married'.. Mrs; "Martha Skeltph, a childless Widow; btit she brougli him a large fortune in real estate. After the crremoiiy ; she v nounted; the horse "behind himand they rode !home tosetlier," . It ws.4 soon put things in orlery ;T It . is - needless io sav thev were happy, though Jefferson died! a "e poor man, on accouiit of his! extreme; liberal i-'!- ; ty arid hospitality, j -,' 1 . n f (4 KU.H Jphn r Howard, the great phi!antJiropit, niarried ins ; nurse, f ph -was altogether; be neath hitii lit social life and; fnt4leetuaa pacijty, and besides this, was fifty-Kyo ye;j rs death, which occurred about' t wo 'years a -ward.;;:iiiK:;j , i , 4 Peter the Great of Russia married a p arit (criri. She-made au excellent wife an sagdeipns empress J j '- - ' - :j r ' 'f r J Hnmbolt married ; a poor girl because the loveld her! Of cpuHe they Were liappy.v! , lt is not generally known ..that Andrew Jackson married a' lady Whose hnsbarid Was still! living. Shef - was ' an '"'uneducated'-' but amiable vvomarl' and was" most devotedly attapneri .10 I.ne piuf warrior ana suttesmauif t I John C. Calhoun inarried I his cousiu'.'idiritl p ' :. ' ' .-i ' l -.J-.-fij. .1? 1 ctvc catei. ;-:-;;--;.- .--.-; .r. - --.-f. 1 t. 1 : il-: r li Edward Lytton Bclwer, the English states- niaij and novelist, married a girl mnch'hhfJu- ferior inposition, iind got a shrew for a xvife. She is now Insane. ' -:- .I: U---. '' -f . .s-L 1 j General Sam Houston lived happily with a squaw wife. . . .! ';..; . -.-!.; 4. 4 1 -: -- -, Edwin - Forrest, he great ir.gedianjiiaiv ried a beautiful! actress, from whom he vas divorceilJ ' . fff'-f ' ';:K ' "j. 1 I General Fremont married tlie daughter of Thomas II. Benton against the latter's wish, Which obliged him to elopewith her on a stormy night. The union proved a happy one iri spite of the squally beginning. j ! I Horace Greeley riiarried a l school-mistress whose bea uty vyas questionable, but whose sense and goodness satisfied one of the great est men of his time. ; ; -- i;-' - tj'; 1 General lermanmarriedrthe daughteif pf Th om as E wi ng, of . Ohio, who was a member of jGrenerat Taylor's Cabinet':., This alone would have been a good start in life fori 4ny young man.; i:j : : . : - jj! Jeff Davis, for his first wife, Won the hand Of aehary Taylor's daughter, ft; - If f General Grant married a Mrss Dent, of St. Louis. She apparently has more sense than show,' arid" is therefore' fit! for a Presiderit's wife. .( -. i . t V Bug g V S UGA.R-- The veditor of Hall's Jpu r- riaef Health believes that he lias eaten mpfe sugar! thari any other two! men of his iizc arid age!; and;nowf as he is" approaching a huri-; dred'years, finds himself as livel as a crlekdt or a newiyrmaae taipoie turnea into a frog; and! yet Mr. Itobert Nicol, of Greenwich, Scotland and Frof. Camfcfon, oi public, have been taking a jtnaF at' microscopy, aiwjl say that they! find in every teaspoorif id otrawisiii gar aoout a tuousana or iiie ugnesi- iiuio .jFTches !; wriggling abont ? with horns! and daggers ready; tbpoke them" th rough our) vi-i jtals at any moment, and without llie,sligiiest compunction ; in fact, they, rather Iikeil, In plain phrase; there: areabputi 40,000. of h.ese liting monsters in .every poundof raw brown sugan 1 1 What aj sigh oCthem jwe musth'fi ve devoured in our, lifetime. ! ; but we -thirikj, jit will be! rather .better to take ?to the use pfj n fined sugar,. which is perfectly) free f roll jtbp insect. -Microscopic science seem- to c! re vealing the fact; that eyery grain and f ruft-iind -vegetable -has some living -thing which rirels, eats, lives and dies in it ; tobacco, cptton, wheat,!! potatoes, f all have their depredators arid enemies. But Rcieice,w:hile she reveals dangers Which - we never dreamed of also finds? a I remedy sooner or later'; thorough cooking destrovs the trichina of port; arid ro- fined sugar nas na-"acarus ;saccnan gether in the field. 5ie was irregular ia hisreme iue-owner, suojecv vo 111041 aiugruum life, and committed the most serious inistaWsl16111 for the remainder of the period, Tlie jnWnducting-hisI'doraes worklitopiw5eed foiWith.already-aOO ' Milton inaVrleii'' tho'dauffhtert. of ' k' 'nonntrv' hcuseai.tiaVe- been rapplied;f cuM The otgani- od, jwrtiie ne was pet twenty-nve. rie. would nPt take "No" for an answerj arid they,wre married, and livel happily together? 'until flier fttT- 1 eli la their children fortunately irjere'erther isjas A nor idiotic, ! but they do! . not evince the talent of the sneat " States'! Rights " a :i ' ' ' 'pwEiincGS FOB the Inddstrijjl.C.lasses. In I the f4eiglrhQp4 of, London,: tq ivhich ac cess is had by:raUway,a plan, for,rjrpviding houses for the betteV class of artisans is about - v . t tobe put in exec!utioii3' A plot of ti-acres has been leased tor f 99 years, on wuicn oou n!';Sar4ens attaehtd,! art ; ta : ;bQ if duui, some more cosuy uiau oiueraau n. ln the plan that they are to be Jet at such a ra& )"ea .th? accupant will be- zatioii ,is a species of. co-operation, assisted by ..' . 1' . 1 fit. ' 'V "l ' 1 .1 '.1 '. ?. ' ;' capitalists no, i is aeciareu jinai xnenyesi raent is as certain of fair returns 'as any' other. jOn the" Occasion of; the laying of the coruer stohc6f one of ihe buildings the 1 Earl-' of Shftesburyfdelivere he! said the; people of 1 England never would be in the condition, he hoped for until eyery fani ilyt Had a comfortable sitting-rpqni -arid three bed-rooTn. njs experience 4 taught him that men become more sober arid better members, ofjociety .wJien of ; the metropolis. He had known . drunkards, even, to reform aftefj leaving miserable lodg-j ings for better abodes. tie hated the system, in Which six: families lived in one buildingTth one staircase. The Queen upon her throne wa j not 'more :i3ignlfld ?than8pbi?rf honest, auq l;np.ifstnousjUian? unugjiig. up.. us jamny 111 vtjhfe"'ifaithvarid lpv.;pff God jiiih'oa(ided that if nelcoiild eetlte ' workingnien - of England tipiight to tlie condition to which hp referred, bei would be thefirst to propose anlversaljsuf These, certainly are' noble .sentrineuts, an.d ourcapitalisits and business men should be in- 1 1 . . 1 . j ii :i x i. :i tion s nrc its'successi r A j benevolent enterprise 'of 1 his kind' if ; managed ; Jb VI fairPi business-men. dorild not fail, because IrP idence I always as sists undertakings so conducted. Tribune.' iSTHls iJ?AUlBY.-OFi th? if Mississippi. The Mississippi is-theJjng of Jijvrs. Taking jfise almost on the. northern, limit of $h tem- perate zone,;' it pursues its? majestic course nearly due south to the verge iot' the tropic, with its tributaries jwashing thti Alleghaitjes on . the ;pne h&xia and trip L Jiopky- Mountains on the otheri throughout t he entire-length f of J ' ' ' . I . -. I - t ' I !-' ' ' . ''. intam cnams;; ine jfmazpji, v possibly bear to': the sea an equal voliirrie rof' waters ; the. NilP ' flows ;h, rough more uniformly gonial climates; and npples .over greater and nore ancient reljcs 1 )f , -the . infancy of jnarikipti ; the . Ganges, o r .he . lloang-io jniay he ir ti mutely;, blended - ith tlie' joys and griefs,' tlie fears arid hopes, af mpre'milHbns, of human beings ; while the Kuphrntcs, the Danube, or the Rhine, is far richer in historic associations and bloody, yet glorious, memories .jj nut ineiuississippi sin uHifies its proud hppellatipn of "The Fath r '!lfv'. - . i.T... -n- !i '4 : - I 4 1 or .or aters, 1 its; valley includes more than ime inillibii Square if riles of therichies soil -on earth - anti is capable of sustaining-in plehty riaf the-population ! of th! globe ; its bpjd- spiirigs sire ifrozen half thes year, while cane ; p '- . 1- - ; : - i .1 ripens, ami irost israreiy seen at its niouin -t and ldargerj arjd richer, area of its stirfao;. is w&l 1 ad ap ted a t on ce to Indian co r ri 1 0 w hjeat, tad to grass to the apple,' the peacn,ind the grape than of any other commensurate re- gioii . of earth. Its immense prairies are gi gautic natural gardens, which need but the them ,to the" growth of the plow to adapt 5ribs exacting and exhausting plants. It is .1 - . - 1 1 7 -it V .1 ' 1 '. tne congenial ana lovea nome 01 uie cuoicesi anirimls : JI judge that more game Is now rov ing at will over-its immeasurable wilds and pastures than a s found 011 an .equal area. all the world besides, j It is the geographic tains fully half the afablP ln&invthe Kew World north of theflsthmus of Darien. s ;. Horace Greedy, hx; JIarpers Magazine .s;-. .- .. 1 . 11 b 1 ' ' '" ' ; r -j".r , A Sxake Story. Snake stones, as a rule. are so ubi versklly iricredible, that any I One wnp is doki enougn ro; relate a marvelous one, not only- subjects himself to the imputation of untruth, but even ' public ;. ridicule. The one that. wej now present c6mes. ep w.ielj jat teHted that its credibility dan not' be success fully questioned; On 'Saturday night, ' Dr. uipneiu, or nanmoai, in inis ptate, was snm mojned - to ithp bedside bf. a patient, upon whom he had been in attendance for several days, for measles, krt upon j his arrival the lady, who'was a slciider arid delicatdf female. and who hAd ;beeR tn ill-health far several years, cpiupiainea oi ;"cnoKing in ner tnroat, and that she felt something moving, and also . t . " -l : e ti 1 1 . 1 .t .- ' . . that -the throat felt very - sore, r The! flrug store! beingc losed, thp doctor ordered a strong pepper tea made, and sonle alum put in, With which to gargle. She txsod -this, and the Choking -increased;''- He directed her to swial- lovv some, thinking it was a worm, and hav- ing noining. ai nauu ociier, supposed in is would relievp ;h,er, by causing it to withdraw d ow n ward into the stomach. : Th e feel ing yet increased, and las a1 placebo until something t . . -1- .'iii.: . i. . r . 1 ii. t . . ociier couia oq ouiaipeu, sne. was directed to eat sugar. j Jh a imomerit,or .so she said something was crawling: upward, and she Foriked 'as though shp Wouhl suffocate. She ,c6righetl violeritlr, and irin(riediatelv,a squirm hig, live reptile Vas: ejected from th -mouth; whicbj on.exaniinatio'u, prjaved to bp :d yatpr snake,, about twelve ;pr j friurteen- 4nche in length, and about' five-eighths or tliree-iquar- ters' of an inch in diameter about the center of the body; ' 5 It was' yealow; motted snake, with dark or black eyes," and )Xt tpngue dart exllout iu a fearuUydisghsH j It is supposed. that at spme1 time, when , drink ing -from some! branch or'Tbrook. in Michigan, whence she hadately coirie, sli6 rinonsciotis ly swallowed the hideous reptile, whilst it Was very small. - The woman, as stated, had suffered tromj ill-health tor a year or more, ana is.npw. rapiuiy recovering. . , - -' ;- - . i Pj iri....- n i.. 1 blican. .Dickens says : "I .have Renown .vast quanti ties of nonsense! talked about . badTmen j not looking yon' in thp face. 'Don't trust that conventional dea. Dishonesty will stare hon esty out of countenance any day' in the week, r ii . ".. .tii ' -.' t : . 1 ' 11 inere is any .wiing jopei gotjoy u::. 1 aqced to place similar nomes wiinin me reacn off the mechanics of pur own city j Co-opera- to this end needs the business men to ra 7T j f 1 i' .'. 4 T. ' ' i . A Mn? rmifled from a clsrer ttofy tqd fnmt rytxt ainoo y , Mr. Wbippta(atenipcraocm.tiiiin Wattulostqa citj. ' " -.-li ! v- ; "'! ' ; 'si :' Old ohnn and wife used to 'tend, Market Town, ; Always tfring'uig the best of their garden stall down,,,- They'd supply a" creation as slick a a pin, y ; ' ' And then warm theirmsides with twolasscsof giui j ' So goo5 IPf a frostjr nplrig'l ; , j T-' j J. ; So good of a frtjsty morning,") ' t ' ' Says J ohnny, "It's good,' 4ays rollyU1 jod, ".'" It's good of a frosty morning. I ; I i J- -v r.uf i - 'hi-; !R , 1 J' ' ' One day it grew late ere they thought to go back ' - Says Johnny, "A. drop mere b'f g!o let ,us take; Then Aobhin tlcy mounted thQ wife on -behind. .$?"9or tta rtonoer. - j j j . And slnginf(her arms round Johnny's waist twin'd,) v j rOh f sWijshaa't get hoiuc till maraln, - J ...STL'i j ! We shan'rget home till mWng'; f 1 J ) ; 1 I Qee up, Qobtyn 1 trot along Dobblo, Or we shantt.get; h?tua tnoniltjg, .. 1 '1 A Now it hapiened a running brook had to tjplisedT" And just then Polly's aruv didn't hold very fast; : xt- -V.Li i. vi.-.l .lit !'-..!... The inoonlight bright, this "blessed night, f ' But we shan't get home Hill morning. - i ' uohnny rode on alonj until ho got to tha farni, ' And calledfout his boy to comi hlp down his mann , Why, Daddy l" sa.vshe. VDaddy, minn Isn't hero T, . 'Not here t the dickens 1 then jL'tc drapped cr, that's , f ' clear." '- '4 - H; :i ' f v .1; Wep, we shan't get home till morning, We.slfdn't'get homo tllj pwrahig; j I I In my ears Uiere'a" a drumming, but roily I'm , t it - coming I Though we shan't zet homo till morning. !:-v-:--.n-.-v-'-'i m; ' ). f 4 .l:' :':'" He went back to the place where his loylng wife Sato 4 In the brbbkj with am3 'ayng, and spjjits plah MWhy, Pollyiear ! I must hayo trapped you just ' j here Tj ' j; : L.;.,.'i I' ... 1''" ' I "- : TT NQt rfmj) more, my Jpuny, not a drdp Johnny' . 11 .-;! .- -i-'V ....-! l : -1 tTf .1 1 .111 .! . uesuan t get uumu uu u ... 1 nirri 1 n 19 We shan't get home fill morning ; : if that gin was good stuff, but wo' re both hail enpugh.V we shan't gel home till mornin .Lu Ghost Photography-Wheri: I it FuyT BEGUN.Years. ago a raantrasin tJibjeniploy of Bigejow r& Kennard a reat jewelery .firm iii'Bps'tpi in 'the capacity of engraver. ? lof was an ingenious fellow, and bowg)ifj among' othp'c 'things, i 'a''.)ibotbgraphic ! fippdrais anj went toj taking pictures fo'r nmiuscnt'en .Mr. Kennard tells lc 6tory, ihyji oifeday bek look ri pieturp on a platp thzit Hn4 been previously, rised anil rubbed joutandwheii ho,developi.Ml it the original picture camq out more faint arid shadowy. . As a joke he showed it o ' spiritualist! friend,-and "told hipi it was tho A'prK oi;a spirit. 1 nc.iaitcr reaauy oenevea it, cauca some oiiiis inem at it, anil pino sat for tbei pciiectly-taken arid taken ness started up, and tjip ar a- k a a. -' a a a a ' L m . . w - s iu ; all Ai ondcred .' pictures and wero in.). 0 the busii' ;stvas 'doing y,el)i One afternoon .the Hon.; Coh called at ,the artist's studio! : Colorado Jcwctt and 1 said ho wanted: the spirits of the great men of thu . past to come to his aid and iiipire bini to do: great tilings. He I wanted his picture takeq with the spirits bf thieso, jwcti ;ii thp .bock j ground and asked tie ; arlilbt . tp j put bin) through in that line. Thefartsttoll him that' he cou p riot dojt theri, but ij he would come , again he 1 would-accommodate; hin or at all eyents,jWOuld make the .effort!; Im tlioitven-' ing thejartist went but a.nd:ptacurpfj. the ppr- traits of Webster, Clay, Calhoun, lienton ain) Napoleon, and ' the next morning,, before1 Jewetti arrived, he had tho plates properly prepared. Jewett'sat for.five pictures in su,cV ' cession and one after .another, the great nut) gathered around hira. " Jewe.tt was delighted,' but he wanted Washington and begged the artist to bring thp lather of his Country , to him. I The artist! could not do it,- as he had no.: Washington Lin the jhouse, nu ljallj" Jewettf knelt, upon, the floor j ari'lj V'tyM fJ have Washington comet to his; aid. j lint Washington didn't comes the artist thpoght' it would be carrying the joke too far, and so the great American diplomat departed with out lUm.- ai l?ranoiii,GlJuUelin. . i ! T. ; . : - .i ! ; ' SI' i-.1 . Skxsible. A handsome vouner widow an pli.il to a physician, to rfliefe her of ,threy distriesping complaints with! which she was afflicfteii.1 j v -;:!', 4 .:! r-- :t-. ;; j "Iri Ithe first place, said she,' '! have lit tle or rio apietite. - What shall I take for. !thatj?':-. -.l; ! ""For that, madam, you should take air and " .1-. . ' '-J :,-! ' te fidgoty at tiighU ! "Arid, Doctor, J am qu time e, ana air aid to uo niyne. What jsnau 1 e thatch !'.:'-:-;4:i j.. -: ;2 Ifor that, I can only Tccommend that you 1 1 1 r. - p What .shall I take take !a! husband." j ! '. J j ,'. . . '! : "Fie ! Doctor, j But I have the blues crn bly. ! !What sliall I take fbr that?" aFor tiiatyinada'ra, you have, besides tak ing ttip an ana a husband, to take a newspa- GcTTiNd ReAdy.A ilcijnaiii woman re cently died at East Saginaw, who had resided with her brother,' w.fco is wclKo-jilo an tho worldjor many years.' j About two days be. fore he died the ;affectipnatc brother railed at a neighbor's house to jborrow soino joiner toolsjj being a inechaniCjf"for," said hej "tho girl can't ppssibl live bjver h.i'f an hour, and as; I cari't leave the house, I might ns well bb at ; work on her1 colli u in the menntiine." When 'she died, two days after, her(cofliu jai ready or her. T . ' . ' -' . i . .'' ' ; Impure thoughts are 4ho 'seeds- of sin. If dropped into the soil ofj thd mind and heart; they should be cast out immediately ; other, wiscitbey w4ll germinate, spring np.and bare the frnit of sinful .wordi and actsj : ' "Mi - -' - . i r j - - - . ' - . A statistician has calculated that it would require a period of nearly fourhundred veara' to read the titles of all j thc books contained iii tlie various libraries of Europe! 'allowing oue.uiuiuie ioreacn line !.....' t' 11- "il' - ti , . ' . , . O i- j.- iTiik most effective eye. water woman's t Dobbin stumbled, and off slipped poor Polly bclriad, " -, Souse inojjhe-watef, still singing, d'y trjlnd, , . JSYe shan't get homo till morning, ! "' en( i '.; "And 1.K - ! I -I-.". ! ' f 4 ' : i'-N'J.-. t r t.'i f! it. i - . : h 1 ' 1 i
Weekly Pioneer (Asheville, N.C.)
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May 20, 1869, edition 1
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