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Home Circle.
Haute is the sacred refuge of our life.
" Dryden.
, ; . a . wire's PRAYER. '
For three (lays a terrible gale drove be
fore it tie ahip' 1'einbrokc, . bound to Liver
pool from the Sandwich Islands. Under
bare poles, with every timber-groanin"-and
creaking, with the tall masts" bending
like reeds, with heavy seas and blinding
spray sweeping her decks fore and aft, tLe
vesseMmomed on, rolling, planning and
quivering i l,fcr desperate struggle? with
the tempest.
. At mindight, just before the ending of
t.to third day, u fearful cry, not loud but
bonne and deep, went through the ship:
'.'Wo have sprung a leak j"
Then tho lightsfrom the two lanterns
bung up iuthe main and mizzen shrouds
ten upon the sturdy forms of seamen hur-
rving to rig the pumps. -Soou the dismal
clang was heard, as tho stout fellows toiled
and toiled; I. ut all to no purpose.
"Oh, Henry, what shall we dot The
leak is gaining upon tf!" nie.l despairing
ly the young wile of Mr. -linger, the fnt
mate.
"SI io was a fine, noble-looking woman,
And w us liked and, respected by every man
aboard tthip. A'truo dangnter of Eve, her
Kve for her husband was so deep and ab
sorbing that she would have followed him
thr.mgh any hanUhip or peril sooner than
Bfpaidte from Ijirn for a long period. j
Now, as the sturdy, good-looking vonW
mate beard his wiieV cry of alarm, ho" flung
an arm around her waist and bade her be
of good cheer.
4,If it who ild come to the worst," said he,
"wo will probaldy fall in, etc long, with
Home oilier 'era ft."
M eu n luW. lUw X
The .'captain tseiit his
hold.
carpenter into
tho
"Captain!'' ermd. the latter, when he re
turned, "it is all up with us! There must
be a big hole in the ship, as tho water in
"her is already seven feet deep.-"
A look of dismay settled on everv face.
"fret the boats ready P said the skipper.
While tho tneu w ero obeying the or;ler,
the ship's hull, settling lower and lower,
was goon nearly engulfed in tho rushing,
roaring seas. The Bailors had barely tiuTe
to put ft bag of sea biscuit, a couple of
cans of prepared meat and a breaker of
fresh water in each of tho boats, when,
with a sidelong sheer, the vessel rolled
half way over to leeward, us helpless as a
log, preparatory to going down.
Tho mate and his wife, w ilhs eight men,
took tho long loat; the rest of the ship's
occupants, amounting to ten sailors, enter
ed the quarter boat. J list ns the two light
vessels put aw ay from the doomed craft,
tho latter plunging her bow s under, a dull
report was heard, as tho hatches w ere burst
open by tho rising water in the hold. A
. minute later, elevating her stern, the ship
sank out of sight in the stormy ocean.
In tho darkness and amongst the heavy
peas the mate's boat soon became separa
ted from tho other. At dawn no sign of
the latter could lo discovered by those
who looked for it. Keeping the boat dead
ull day against tho wind, the mate, with
his companions, vainly watched for a sail.
Thu4 day after day passed,; until nearly
n week had elapsed, by which tiiuo the
scanty allowaueo of sea biscuit having
given out, there was nothing to cat left in
tho Iniat, while in tho breaker (n small
t-ask) the'o remained hardly two quarts of
water. Three days later, neither land nor
n sail having yet been fallen in with, tho
n tiering of the people in the boat, reduced
nlruost to a stafo of starvation, were ter
rible. , .
'Oh, Harriet 1" gasped the mate, on the
morning of tho tenth day alter the ship
had been abandoned, "if I could only ob
tain food for you even provided the rest
of us had none it would be a great com
fort to me."
''Nay," answered the young woman, in
n faint voice, while tears streamed down
her hollow, flushed cheeks, "you should
havo my share, Henry. I could manage
tof wait for a sail, which I trust we shall
soon behold." '
Later in Alio day a wild, fierce expres
sion gleamed in tho eyes of the men. They
exchanged significant glances, but at the
timo-siiid ;not a word. Each, however,
guessed tho horrible thought that had en
tered the mind of every sailor, although
they hesitated, as yet, to express it At
last a man named Michael Bruno- a half
breed betwien a t Englishman and a Por
tuguese lot Iojso ti e dreadful idea.
"It must be done !" he almost screamed.
"Two houra uaoro without food will set the
death seal upon us! One of us must die F
'Oh, rol no!" cried Harriet. ""We can
wait' still. Wo shall see a sail before
long. I feel sure wo shall."
But all her pleadings were in vain.
Some paper was cot into strips, and, these
being held by Bruno, the drawing of Iot.s
to see who should die wasornmenced, it
having been arranged that he who drew
the shortest slip was. to yield up his life
for tho benefit of the "rest.
As pale as death. T To rr?f
the drawing A moment later she lbelfl
her husband looking af a small bit of pa
per , his hand, while v the hoarse voiee of
Brnno grated on her ear:
jj "Mr- Rgers has drawn the short slip !
lie must die P 1
v "Ayl a& men Rogers, "I will soon
be ready!" : 4
ife flunS herself npon his bosom.
-Never shall they tear vou f o'rn me!"
she cried, twining her arms ntout his neck.
. . But, Harriet," he said, "it is neeessarv.
It is only fair that I should die."
'Too ranst not; you shall not!" exclaim
ed, the young woman. "We can ajl sn
without food somo hours longer, durimr
which we may see a ssail." ; ; .
simuluneously. "We must have food now."
Tlunger had driven them to desperation.
1 heir teeth were clenched, their eves wihf
and bloodshot, their faces more like those
of wolves than of human beings. "
"Let? me go, dear Harriet," said' the
young man to his wife. "Let me bid vou
good-bye, .and may Heaven, bless yonP
Somof the young men alvanced to
ward Harriet, w ho still held her husband
in an embrace from which he could not
disengage himself. Turning towards the
sailors, she said :
I "'Back ! back ! ; Never shall you tear me
from him ! But if yon must have a human
life, take mine instead of my husband's!"
At this the men drew back. Even at
that.dreadfnl momentthev could not en
dure the thought of killing'a woman. The
first officer, who had watched his chance,
now by a 'sudden movement, taking ad
vantage of his vvife's head being turned,
and nerved to additioo.-il tr,.,,.,ti. t...r. '
, . "'vui v nix?
harrowing thought that his shipmates
u.gut hl lengui come to the conclusion of
accepting Harriet's noposition to sacrifice
her life, broke from her entwiuiu arms
and ran towards the bow of boat. There
he was quickly joined by the other men,
one of whom now placed himself as a bar
rier .between, the young woman and her
husband, whom she was making frantic
efforts to reach. j
Perceiving that she could not pass the
man, she tell upon her knees, and, in a
voice of the most heart-rending a"-ony, a
gain begged the others to takelierown'in-
stead of her husband's lifv. But her sup
plications were in vain. ; She saw hvj hus
band leaning lick, prepared to .lie, while
Bruno proceeded to sharpen his knife for
the dreadful purpose on one of the hoops
of tho breaker. J 1 , ; 1
Having at length prentire.'l tlio w.-w,.,.,,
m ni'inii m.tn mi nu nig
throat, while a conip;Tnion stood by with a
tin cup-to catch the blood.
"lor
mercy's s1;e, wait!" she cried.
"Jjook nr'st aud SL'e if. there, is not a s.iil in
sight." : !
The men-obeyed . her request. Thev
scanned the ocean far and pear, but t o
sign of a sail was to bo seen. :
"How do you know that there is not
one hidden by that mist?" she inquired,
pointing toward a small fog-bank a league
to windward. -
"x nere is none," one
of tl
le men an-
swered. "I feel sure; I looked at that
very spot before the fog settled there, ab
out fifteen minutes since."
"No, no; yon may be mistaken. T con
jure you, I implore yon, to wait till the fog
clears up, when you may see a sail."
The rneu exchanged glances, r
"It's no use ! " cried" Bruno. "But, to
satisfy yon, we will wait a. few' minutes
before we take your husband's life."
At this Harriet started up. ' With her
hands clasped and her hair streaming
down her 'back, she stood, her eyes
turned toward the sky.
In this position there came upon her
face an expression thaj, had never been
seen there before. It was almost divine,
filling the conntenance with an unearthly
beauty',, lighting the eyes with such a ra
diant gleam -a look of such strong, con
centrated will, bletfled with heavenlv sup
plication, that the rough men drew'" back
with mingled respect and awe,' trembling
under a sort of supernatural influence. A
moment the young woman stood thus, and
then from her parted lips came her voice,
full of strange, weird power, making the
blob I leap in everv vein:
j "Oh, heaven 1 A sail ! a sail !"
The words were simple enough' but the
manner in which they were uttered thrilled
her listeners, to the heart. Instinctively
they all glanced around upon the oceat",
as if expecting that the. prayer would be
answered. North, south, east and west
they looked, but the saw no sign of a
vessel. When about five minutes had
passed, however, Brnno was seen pointing
toward the strip of' -fog, which, slowJy ris
ing like a enrtain, revealed a sail. '
Yes, there it was, sure enough, and with
a cry of joy, Harriet, no longer kept from
her husband, flung herself upon his breast,
w hile the others gave expression to their
feeli ngs by hoarse shouts, sobs and frantic
laughter. Signals were made, the vessel
bore down for the boat, and the occupants
were soon on deck, to bo kindly treated by
the captain of the bark Jam, bound to
London.) The half Starved men were a
greeably surprised to find aboard this ves
sel their shipmates of the quarter-boat,
which, it seetys,, had been picked op four
days previously.
" In dne time ' the vessel arrived at her
home port, where the sailors related how
Harriet Rogers ha 1 aved the life f her
husband. Some of , the men insisted that
ten or fifteen minutes befo.e she uttered
her prayer there had been no vessel at the
point w here it was discovered. Of course
they were- m'staken, having doubtless
looked in f some other direction; but this
they firmly denied, with the ommon su
perstition of seafaring men, declaring that
the sail appeared just when and where it
did, in answer to tha "Wife's Praver. 7
SSLi
From the Hornet Annual.
- EXECUTION BY' IJIPALEMEXT.
Oae Horrible Method of Administering Jastice
in Japan.
One morning, while.I was at Yokohama
as mfonned that a criminal was about
to be publicly put to death, and tho mor
bid curiosity which has more or less a
strong hold upon most of os induced me to
sally forth and witness the execution.
a Jus is what I saw. When I reached the
place appointed for carrying into effect the
capital senteTfcerth-mifr'tunate convict
a ,fane-koking Japanese itfnho prime of
youth and strength', was standing under a
huge post, m the midst of a little -posse of
'9
toba cr
Iv ia ii'oj :fn.i.1.' i
tmnless as a statue, while his fearless but
dreamv eyes gazed straight into tho dis
tance before him, as irhe was looking at
-.. ,,w ,,,ta cLiniuiii"- ereei. tint nc ms
nc iha,
some iar-ott object looming upon a horizon
visible only to his abstracted vision. There
wa no toKen of tetTor m his determined
lace, uo sign of shrinking in his quiescent
but tensely-strung body. Presently there
was a movement among the little knot of
t nose surrounding him. . His jailors moved
aside, and there strode into tho circle a
gaunt, repulsive-looking, native, clad from
head to foot in a dress of din y vellow.
rPl HVtitlttAl... : t. ' I
- vuvv.uiuuti -mi ii vvas ce was ac
companied by a couple of assistants, who
carried some half-dozen long, round bam
boo rods, about a couple of r fingers thick
cosine largest end, and tapering to half
mat-size at the other, which was ' sharply
pointed. The rods ;were laid upon the
gmuml, and the trinity of death clapped
hol.l of tho living statue lefore them. In
a trice the human effigy, who made no at
tempt at resistance, and who, as far as I
observed, never even opened his lips, was
grimly dangling on the post, his arms
stretched out right and left along the cross
piece. There was now a slight pause.
The executioner dallied with the bamboos,
and the poor creature spread-eagled on the
post still looked into the slui.loxvv distanee,
still was dumbj but I thought I could de
tect a yellow palK.r stealing up his face.
Perhaps he wa collecting all his resolu
tion to meet the terrible ordeal he knew
was close upon him.. The principal execu
tioner, who meanwhile had selected. a cou
ple of bamboos to his mind, now stepped
to the left side of his expectant victim,
spafnpon the point of one of his weapons,
ami with a twisting, thrusting motion,
pushed it easily into the. arm pit. The poor
wretch tqum the cross, turned . his gaze
lips slightly opeue.l. But he "made no
st ruggle," and he uttered no cry. His res
olution, his courage, were superhuman. I
looked at the executioner. He was calm
ly c niinuing to push the bamboo further
aMi further into the' body. In a couple ef
miuu'es, though it seemed much longer,
the bloody point of the instrument emerged
from the top of the sufferer's shoulder.
Tliere was a slight exclamation of satisfac
tion from the crowd; just the sort of hum
that escapes from those watching the dar
ing swimmer w hen his head appears above
the surface after a long dive- ami the fiend
at the other end "of - the bamboo stopped
wriggling, let go his hold and stepped
back. Now, I hourhr, he is going to give
the poor, toituieil creature hiscowf) k grace.
Not a bit of it. He crossed to the oppo
site side of the post, calmly inserted the
second weapon iu the same spot on the suf
ferer's other flank, and worked
away
till it
too came out above the armpit. All this
time not a single groan, not one despairm"
try for mercy, escaped the man thus doubly
impaK-d.' His head drooped a little upon
his chest, and hh eyes were half closed,
but, he was evidently alive and conscious.
At this mome nt, to my amazement, the ex
eemtioner a fid. his assistants, picking up the
unused bamboos, began to walk away.
"What," I asked, "is the execution ended f
Are they going to leave the man in that
fearful agony P "Oh, yes," I was told,:
"all is over. The criminal is finished with.
He, will die . presently in an hour, two
hours, three hours, - or, "as he seems very
strong, perhaps not till nightfall; but no
body will touch him any more. The bam
boos will be left in him, and when he is
quite exhausted "then tie. will expire." I
could bear no more. ' I was powerless to
interfere, but, sick 'at heart, I turned on
my heel; loathing the, barbarous cruelty I
had just w itnessed, .aud cursing tho damna
ble civilization that permitted it. I learned
afterwards that the unfortunate wretch had
lingered ten hours before death (which in
Jap.in would seem as brutal as justice) re
membered and released him.
His slow death is "accounted for bv the
fact that a' Japanese executioner is "care
fully taught to -"ayx-id the vital organs of
the victim he has to impale. The more
slowly the victim expires, the greater the
reputation ot bis butcher. ' .
i The Bab Room, as a Bank. Yon
deposit your money and lose it. Your
timeand Jose'' it. . Your character and
lose it. You ; health and lose it, - Your
strength ami lose it. Your manly inde
pendence ar d lose it. Your self-c.outrol
and lose it. Your home comfort and
lose it. Your witeV happiness and lose
it. Your children's happiness and lose
itv Your own soul and lose it.
Coerced innocence is like an imnrisnnP,K
lark -pen the door and it is off forever;
I he bird that roams through tho skv ami
the groves nnrestiained kuow-how to
dodge tho hawk and to protect itself; but
the caged one,, the moment it " leaves its
bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by
the fowler or vulture.
v The vain abhor the vain, but the gentle
and unassuming lovo one another. , It is
tho effect of sympathy in the latter, the
vr.nt of it in the former. '
Fayetteville. fTg
THTJESDAY, FEBljUARY
EOMAXCE" OP A . I) 1ST BAERH
The honor and fortane of a ladv
hung upon tho result of a law suit in one
of the New York courts. The most im
portant part of the ivulence in her favor
once
was iu tue contents t: ibreo letters. She
had put them away rp her desk, but when
she searched it the Ijttters were not to le
found. , They had bren stolen.
The lady's connl iuformed her that
nnless those letters d nld be produced tho
case wonui go ag;tust her.. The trial
came on, and oji the tviridiig f the third
oay tne lady did not kppear in the court
I irt . . i . i i
. . -j j "VII VII
with the cross csaminaoii of thei)laintiff
1....'.. 4 i j ' . '
iiiuumuMj ntre unioved. tint - want r
vuc inviy 8 UIISOUUU.
COnrt-I'onm nnrl svmfi.llir 'ul..: J a. I
conrt-room, and excitelly-exclaimed to her
couusel, so lond that ' the court and jury
heard her: - "I have. found them r"
Examining the; package she handed to
tnetu, the counsel fouwl three old letter;
which had been badlv
torn, but were now
skilfully patched toother.
1 uev w ere
tuny and stained
"If the court pleast
said the connsel,
"1! now oner in
evwt
ence threo b-tti.r
which, np to this mtrnent. n'e conhl i..,t
find." . '
. fLet us examine' tlcm," said the plaint
iff's counsel. They jnoked at them care
fully, and then remarked to the court :
I' We object to tli admission of these
papers. They purjjiu-t to be written bv
some person, but th are so patched anil
pasted that there, is go' tray by which they
can be identified as die genuine letters."
"Wo propose, if your" honor please, to
show-that they were "written by the plaint
iff, were lost, and fo.jnd in a most -extraordinary
manner," replied tho ladv's coun
sel, -
The court examined the letters, amid
the.silenco of the au.iienco and tho hhtii'Iu
of the husband. "Yoi rp.av i'd...,t;r.. it.
at last"said the Juiire. "and then ,,m.r
theiu in evidence."
The plaints was nguin placed on the
stand.
"Did yon ever see these letters before!"
The witness's hand 'trembled while he
held the letters, arM I.Ts face grew white.
It is possible, was his hesiatiii
plr.
rc-
'fAre they in your handwritiu" T
Vlt looks like my writing.'7
''Ave not the igiiatares vmifu f"
"Thev look Hi
IliiH ntv trniiiiir "
'jlluve you any doubt that thev are rour
Kl (rn.iln.v.u f ' -
Ho Ii.--lV t.1
"I can't say that I have" he stammered
out. -"That
is all." !
The letters-were admitted as evidence
and the woman's honor was saved.
Tt .se letters had teen throw n from n
waste-basket into a dust-barrel. A ra
picker, while searching tho barrel, was at
tracted by the signatures. He read u few
words. They excitel. his curiosity. He
searched for and found all the pieces, and
carefully put them together, for he saw
money in them.
One day he saw tie same naino in the
papers, ami connected- with the lawsuit.
He sought out the lady, Providence lead
ing him to her rather than to her husband.
Shi? paid him a good reward, and instant
ly hastened to the court-room.
The letters saved her from ruin. Few
of those who aw their exhibition in court
knew how she found them. But to-dav
that. rag-picker owns a paying stall in one
of the city markets, the result of his find
ing the pieces of three old letters in a dust
barrel. A Beautiful Allegokt. Mr. Crit
tenden, ef Kentucky, was at one time de
fending a man who had been indicted for
a chpital offence. After an elaborate and
powerful defeuce, he closed his effort with
the fallowing striking and beautiful alle
gory !
Wjlien God in His eternal council con
ceived the thought of man's creation, He
called to Him the three ministers who con
stantly waited upon the throne Justice,
Triltl. and Mercy and thus addressed
them: t'Shatl we -tnako man!" Then
said J ustice : "Oh, God,, make him not, for
he'jwill trample npon the laws." Truth
maxte answer also: "Oh, God, make him
not, for he will pollute thy sanctuaries."
But Mercy, dropping npon her knees, and
looking p through her tears, exclaimed:
"Oh, God, make him; 1 will watch over
him with my care through all the dark
paths he may have to tread." Then God
made man, and said to him, "Oh, man,
thim art the child of Mercy; go and deal
with thy brother."
Tho jury, when ho had fiuished, was
drowned in tears, ami, against evidence,
and what must have been their own con
victions, brought in a verdict of not guilty.
Loving Friends. Never cast aside
your friends if by any possibility you can
retain them. Wu are the weakest of spend
thrifts if we let one drop off through iuat-
.tension, or let one push away another, or
it vve hold alooi lr.uu one through petlv
jealousy or heedless slight or roughness.
Would you throw aw ay a diamond because
it pricked youf One good friend is not
to be weighed against the jewels of the
earth. If there is cooluess or tinkinduess
between us, let us come face to face and
Miave u .ut- Qkk, before the love grows
coui. i,ne is too snort to ouarrel m. or to
carrv black thoughts of frieuds. It is easv
to lose a friend, but a new one will nol
come for calling, nor make np for the old
one.
True zeal will always inuulcto moder
ation without diminishing a CO S licuous
intrepidity.
Nothii g so prevents our being natural
as uur uesire oi appearing so,
7, 1S7S.
THE SCITAX'S RUSE.
' Sultan Hassan, wishing to see the w orld,
and lay aside for a time the anxieties and
cares cf royalty, committed the charge of
his kingdom to his favorite minister, and,
taking with hira a largo amount of trea
sure in money and jewels, visited several
foreign countries in the character of a
wealthy merchant. Pleased w itb the tour,
and becoming interested in the occupation
he had assumed as a disguise,' he was al
sent much longer than ' he originally in
tended; and in tho course of a few years
greatly increased his already large stock of
w ealth. His protracted absence, however,
proved a temptation too strong for the
virtue of the viceroy, who. rmrbmllir ft.m..
men of the country, at letrgth com inn idea
ted to the common eople tho intelligence
that the Sultan Hassan was no more and
quietly seated himself on the vacant
throne. Sultan Hassan returning shortly
afterwards from his pilgrimage,and, for
tunately for himself, still in disguise, learn
ed, as be approached his capital, the news
of his own death and the usurpation of his
minister; finding, on further inquiry, the
party of tho jisnrper to bo too strong to
render an immediate disclosure nrndnnt
he preserved his incognito, and soon be
came known in Cairo as the wealthiest of
her merchants; nor did it excite any sur
prise when he announced his pious inten
tion of devoting a Krtion of his gains to
the erection of a spacious mosque. The
work proceeded rapidly nnder the spur of
the great merchant's gold, and, on its com
pletion, he solicited the honor of tho sub
tan s presence at the ceremony of naming
it. Anticipating tho gratification of bea
ing hi own name bestowed non it, the
usurper accepted the invitation, and at
the appointed hour tho building was filled
by him and his most attache l adherent.
The ceremony had duly proceeded to the
time when it became necessary to give the
name. The chief moolah, turning to the
supposed merchant, inquired what should
in its name.
"Call it," ho Veidi.d. "tho laoson nf
the Sultan Hassan." All stared at the
mention of this name, am! the onctioner.
as thongh he could not believe he heard
aright, or to afiord an opportunity of cor
ning wi:at might be n mistake, repeat
ed ins demand. "I.jIi it." r... 1...
"the mosque of me, S iltan Hassan P and
throwing off his disgi.bo the legitimate
sultan i-toml revealed before his traitorous
servant.
He had no time for refl
c
lion; tdmult.in-
doors leafing to extensive vanlts, which
had neen prepared for the purpost, were
Hung open, and a multitude of armed tneu
issuing from them terminated at once the
reign and life of the usurper. His fol
lowers were mingled in the slaughter, aa t
Sultan Hassan was once more in posses
sion of the throne of Lis father.
AsToxisuixo Kffect of the Imagi
nation-. A strangiTaso is that of Hen
ry C. Eridiman, living near the boundary
f the county, near Saectwood, who is the
owner of considerable property. Up to
within several weeks ago tie was hale and
hearty. Notwithstanding Lis abundance
of this world's goods ho generally wore
one suit of clothes during the week and on
Sunday. Several weeks ago he was start
led because- he imagined that a very offen
sive odor either came from bis cars or
mouth or the pores of tho skin. He was
greatly alarmed, and imagined he was
sinking into galloping consumption, and
was gradually decaying. Ho was unable
to sleep, became haggard and emaciated.
and even his friends began to imagine that
his end was near at baud. Ho dressed
himself regularly, nud was determined to
keep on his feet. II went into the fields
and in the woods, determined to fi-ht
down his disease, but wherever he went
the' same dreadful stench dtid fccliii'caiiie
over him. Finally, an old wtnxlchopper
met him in the woods one day. The
woodman had a long talk with him, and
ho stood quite close to examine him. Then
the woodman asked the tick man for his
coat. It was examined. Tho woodman
carried it away twenty yards, and it was
discovered that tho stench followed. The
coat was thoroughly examined, and a dead
mouso was found in the linin;
The
monse had by some means gotten into the
lining of Lis coat and oicd there, and its
decaying body caused the unpleasant ef
fluvia. When this was known tho suffer
er gained courage, and as he slow I v reali-
zed what imagination had done, he rallied
and was soon on the road to health.
Heading (Pa.) lUnjk.
Tiif. SriniT of Skt.f-Sacjmficf.. The
spirit of self-saciilico is one of the great
beauties of holiness. . Husband vieldia"
to wife, wife to husband; brother t broth
er; sister to sister; friend to friend; in great
things, but Hi small, especially. First
and foremost, see that the tqtirit is with
you at home; then carry it abroad into the
world. It is a spirit fliat will sweeten
happiness and brighten trouble, and when
the soul is ready Ut wing its flight to its
eternal home, it will have tho un.-pcak
able consolation of knowing that it ha
not lived to itself; that it has left tho
world happier and In ty r in fonio degree
than tt found it: that is has teen faithful
to its earthly mission. S will it listen
uith. nnutterable bliss to the sentence:
"Well doue, thou good and failhful wr-
vant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!'
Argjsy. -
We love much mora warmly l vtheri
iog the iiitcniioq of giving ulcasuio H ad
an hour afterwards when we have given it.
v e cannot conquer rate and necessity,
yet we can yield to tiem m stun, a way
i as to dc greater men u wo could.
a nuous tail.
Once in a while duels are fonght in which
a lady i a purely incidental anw. Such
a duel took placo in South Carolina, in
18.13, between Messr. John Duoorant and
J.I). Iygare. Thco gfntlcmert were de
vounl friend. Legare was attentive U a
ynnn-j-lady r.f K-anty nod worth in the
nppcr part of the State. The two frienda
went to the village where die lired to get
some shooting. They were, vt courw, fre
quent visitors at her f iller' house. Oae
ittv iegaru im.iniNs b .i. i.i
cnidnes on the part or the young bdv and
her family toward himfitlfj In .pinion
ing his friend an to the probable cane of
jt, bo asked hint ifte l.nd ever made an
C b';; Ujtit.f
Donorant replied, tht he bad Mi. ootbt.v'
i.l. t i . . - . . f
f cotiHcnnehc-: that on nn ":V:I
had been ?ked if Lgire ever drank, an
had answered that ho jomelimea did.
gare at once attributed the change, real t.r
eopposrd, in the behavior of tlio lady to
litis statement or admission on the nart of
... ii.cv-i. prolonged discunion en
sued. Dunorant was dhqoed to be concil
iatory, while Lcgaro was very much an
gered. Th; issue between them was fi
nally narrowed dow n to a dcmin 1 nn it
part of Legare that Dunorant put in w riting
precisely whtt he had said to the father of
the lady. J)unorant decline! to do thi.
He contendol that the tlcmand waM an
implicl insult. Legnrc pcrMstel, and, a:
on Dunorant remiining firm, -nt him a
challenge. Dunorant promptly a-ccptel
it, and the details of a meeting were ar
ranged. Dunorant was a vctv poor !jt
with the yil. It is that on the ev
ening berote the duel he nrnt out to prac
tise, and could literally not hit a b.iruU.r.
Lognro was a capital hot. Fr mi the very
first, however, Duimrnnl roiitcn that
he would kill Ivegare at the find fire. He
never mo.Jificd bis ns nion, but s,i 1 all
the time: "I will kill. Lira ttl,en I Jray
the trigger P
WLco the men were on the ground a
curious thing occurred. When the mr. I
who was to p-ive tho wonl r.illcl, "Are
yon ready, gf-ntlcmcn V I )unerant mpor..
cd in a firm and Heady t-mc, "Nn." Ht.
then drew a mrnll peu-ktifc from IU HKi
vt, opened it deliberately, an ), lixiul,i
evchq-nrcly cti Ignr'e, wnlkeltouarl
him. When be had t n vet sv only tio.
thirds of tU' ii teivcnjtig i!i:.inc he .p.
pel, and, rcneling d in, cut a nall Ut
that M.mhI ltnectl him nn I Ids q;..sie:ir.
He then returned tn hu Mii.inf hut IU
knife cief-llv nud rit it in
ho itice 1 -Kc-dy, and kiH to Its Kc. d.
I am g..;ng tr, kill Lim." The men Ik inf
ill jMi.Mri.m, l' cnamnti I, "File! one two
lime!" rang out up.ni lie air. A ling
of smoke roiled from tho iiiiu.Ie t.t .-n.-b
pistol, atid Igarc lr.pjH- flea I i.i hi
tracks. Da.'.or.iiit stool fur a tntaer.t a
if he were cr.rved in htone, r.nd then, drop,
ping 1 is arm vl.iwly, I at net to Lis rccoiid
llhhuit.
TIIC TilCEE S3XS.
Nobility of soul cLiellv ronMt in loin
g.Hwl to thofc who Lave injured in. A
worthy man, lull of rears and wealth.
wished to di Me his p"fMH us lctwecti
his three s.n, in order that be might rtt-
joy in his lifel
inem in.teiH-iKieut nn-l proiqwmn. After
making au i-qual divi.-ion of Lis proj ity,
and giving to each bis p nioai, L Kii i :
Ti. ...... , :.. ' . '
a.iv.v i-ii.i ivtii.llil ill hit 1SMKMI J
very valuable di.imnl. I i-tteiid it for
htm among yo:i who will deserve it be?,
by pet forming m3 geucrou., noble ac
tion, wi'.hia the next Ihn-e month."
Tho three s:is departed, but nu t a".ain
at the end of the prcM-tilx-d time. They
present thei:it Ives before their judge, an I
the eldest begins as follows :
"Father, during mv ahx-ncc a idranTr
found hi'.nsetf s circumstance n to Ik?
oblige.l to ir.tr'i!t all Lii motiev into me
keeping. He had n rwcipt from me.
and could pnd-icc tri pr.n.f, no incnri;v:
neveiiheie!f i l uihialiv restore I Iha
w hole. a nut this pniimrnonhv V
"You did tudy your d'ltv. toy n.n. K.iid
the tdd man; "it would have I t en Maudal
ous to do i.therwiM for honehty is a dotv:
yours was an act of justice, u.t geiu-roNty.
I he secn.l Kon la h:n turn related Jus
storv: "In mv travel I ram? to the i p
der of a lake. A ct.il 1 had i it fill.-u in
to the water. I jiimjcl ia r.nd n-cue.
him 1 Tore the eves tf tho vill.geri, who
'will attest the truth of mv tlatciurut
rutrJ(
the Lth-l4!i;
That was well d me," rep!iel
cr, "but it ni imply an act of L.i.uanity.-
tal cucmv, who had waudeitd idi
l-Xl
track dun.ig the 'ght, acrp a ad uncou-
M inus on the edge of a precipice; the b-ai
movement wuld Lave been fatal, as cn a
waking Le iaut have tumbled iuto tLe
abvss. Hu life was iu mv band. I
Uk all projK-r pivcaulto.i lo awake him
geutlr, and drew Liui a a ay fiora tLe dati-
"Ah! mv aou, oicd tlo father uith
jy, and embracing biio trii.ltfly, "without
dh pule, the ting behihgi to you.
Kxtcndc.1 pre pa rations aro on foot ia
Bcriiu for the 'mni.ige of the PrinrrfK-f
Charlotte and Lliialth. TLry wilt be
the firt piinceM of the Lo;ie cf Heltn
Zollern to 1 tuarrie.1 ince it Iwame in
vc.tid with imperial dignity, and crpecial
cr .if will therefore Uj given tolhexre
tu.nies1 . The Prince of Walc, the King
and Queen uf tho Belgiar.., and fifty idler
HTons of priucvly families will be pic
eut, aud tho traditional danco with 2 Lisa -beaux
will be excxutel by twclvo Minis
ttr of Sute.
Tho world need lc philosophy and
xacro potatoes ia a hill.
on
WHOLE XQ. osi.."
-1IM TI.-
.e ttn actirg iq 1,
Ch: .mnatandr ,dyiag IlJ, CraU!t.
nfih.Wr at the ilr, tr: VU
ra aadintrrrMing manner fitted Li r i c!
Ijr balechi I a Uvt.nl. io tl19 itn-.
nan2r-ulljr.i;:il Mr.T..!e. D. tir
the fK-tfonaioco ..f the lU
f " 'viiim K.I U)IU It '!)
a. y ,o a upr t l ro;t l e an.j po n
stance
im-i
the I
1-it c-f cliont.iay lLa !- .... i
giving ihem to the ibildrct, tfarLu
and they, wlrn tlr I n! f'
1 7v r.r - r
HZ .' Iici.jtu.in.
hrcthren. .VJO w as i3.
plate for more, and alwav
i --t . . . t
n i 'j in im r.i-1
ma lean a v
more than an rdinarv adn!i
co aid rt f
srrf "ITU-romtM this coUaal m.it
with .ln.n podding f-noogh ,af m j
cn. I oxi.o gradually fcJt an av;M,
growing , L,u, for tLe cli! 1. 'Hrr tl
aa.UjckneM K-crrto Liu, .ui.alr
al.ie.1 tU ind.gotion, the firrt fni-t ,If
gluttony. He .trng-lc! again.t Hi- M.
log for a tna.. but ij mJMnrl Lim.auJUn
rou! 1 not ih.nk ki iy ,iul( c-r
Oae day, in a fit cf tligt, 1 xv 0r A
pu-ce t.f meat and lK,aes frcm ih s3 v
bird and fl;i:;g it hu her p!-te i;l,,
f plum pu l ling, nbij, b ft littlo t.r iL.
otheri. Loping that tie rLi! I f
er.ra
o..... r Kllir.ics!. 1111, Wit'l
a rtl'ulity uutlly f.f a an I!o:d. L. re
turned rvr mare. T.de Wkcl.
"My dear," Mi. Le,.yo, ij nAf vnar
wit m if vo i rat u t , t .
rr...igh for ihrra ut fur big t.
r.!l n-4 Live eaten j; fu
.... - - - - t.'ur.
..etc aro l!i lw.fw 1... vi.. i i t
ti ii. ii.
at the ttuj 'y plitc.
TLc p--T iLj! t Lnng LT Lca-L Tols
"I .eaw. .;r. aul.bl f. T..
ikiio nu it a
And,
1, AdioVmg the 'irecti o t. Lcr rrc
1 the ui ig. there Le . I ,....
to a .it
little L..r.2tf c-f rag. unfiu., j iulfcg iut ,
the L -retinas cur an corffrr lUt
iti-.icatcl La mnih thry t.nd I j't. V
Ii11.? Ul "i" I-la Tj
iu La i ben, :.!li:,T the 'aatl rf Lrr
L'lagty Inilo I r. thti. so l :M r, an I tu
lc r ti a. Mif jit rr I k. at..iLr & a Itr-l
u'y l i'-4 5 b li.:t.ela:!utii.l
rnftXl.mvdj-ir!. rh t ...1 , r v
ge Mil lulf Jiff plow .t,LiiMg brlt
time!" ai. l if tic r;r .i not f dU. tlo
Leattr l :.ovt.i: kn'rm-riun ti iL
t .
li tter, l.e c u up to t,e
:-:nt
f ih-ta
aul J,tiy l,.u Um.W urvc IacLel
-ure meal duing te iun t.f lc j ;lfor.m
Tun i:trtMT:.: Yuvsa I.nr. V.l.t
belter is h f..r '.a ati . i if prrrt i:i
t-i!!in- and u 1, aa4 btm"re tum-
1IT rx-K-arcLci arnDn tie IrraAtrea
of.
Kience, r,nd fAmiliniir mill tla
thoughts t.f grtiu, are t,( w ralne If they
cannot fartiuh Lir with .ibjei f..rvo.
vets u ion mr mighty tlnti tbj gt .f
H-i ty, lie fcaa Ul ,.f ihe .Uy, an liU
probat.lo itiTrtitiona r f yo-i 'torn U
never La I an intrnti . ii tUtr Jivr, ad
are cm capable t.r one ttctil thiir Waiat
acquire m re i.lidity. Hrr atii4 m-couiplinieut-jtrc
abdotely ortl!c
n den Ley U nlit L-r L t taufy and
a -lorn Lr Lom. Low to !!.: jngMii the
f.J. fro.i the tine, Lsr to be U Lcr oa
eri..n au rmVlimeut cf that grire a.l
purity an I chae In-aaty w Lic'i tl r n1 1
T"l.ip! i i tnarldc and cntirat of the
! I i.iaMcr; uts they teach Ltr a ta.U
ril aldioiTrnre of all the Li Umi .!jor
lion f f fi.r.n; ef cmtatrd bowt mith
inward outidiuo; t.f tawdry ornate ft,:,
oblruMc fii.ery and otKlenn trailing uv
ten. I f what avail is it tUat b koa
rvrry la-r .f Lc-r own body, an I ran trac
foryo'i wi;j K-icti'.ilicr accurrr the mb
ing of every organ and tb linked : cf
cadi Won hrfiil pr.t .f life, if !. 'br
iu .Uily i daU .n ,f tl.a rH; Isrirg
tni;r b rou Lat.d rjwa ropi.-v.Soa at llir
ruJ.i:i..nf lunching a: taidjiLt o;a ftj;t,
rakr, pickle, an I drra.alng aaetier.1 J
ih:tg in a room with all tleminbn icr
tiiclically K-a!-d?
Hr. Dtnx'T
K e After.
S..tLrm iavi'.cl
a party if
ie with;L!is. Tie lonr bad arrivrb
jt,r.d, mill M exception, L-l iLe
rr nc iji.t tt f ,r ! 1- --i:'.
a
ne cmipany 4t duto, at. 1 rtijn:a.
u.ig kiuji alea lit cat ! f tit nIiig
gir.t was ban del .Sphere. A o-ldni
it.fj.".:ati..u f f jti led Liu to rc--. tt.at
Ujotu the ciilbrun riuc ia thry hculi '
a!l gtt On.U-T tb talde. V ulr.ut aji mA.
j'tlu n, au I Inuring to Stbrtn' itft
rotual tfnr twmrt,ft the cuupmie ,
fell a Lu.rit Jly ctrpt cudrr iht Laid b.t
awaiic-1 n-ali, ut!!y itj.i of ih
farl t! it tl.ir wiikcl iX till t.4 fa'loar
their rxaiiip!ef Lnt tad qtilrtly cot-lienel
Lis a p. Ti.r U'ed g-ii tje ia f.Il
of ajoh.y fr LI Ut Jitirra. lWt tutu- ,
tion it, aid Sotbrro;St Uul of tb
M CohMqurt.rt- p ttn o'Jf tt tie ;
it doa and l-e LvljoL' TLc gtt'ema
did k, bnt mail a ic4 lovk at ib 1
rta;ty chaira n1.t the table. .-)h,
S j'.l.tm. y..-i t.tlt otbrr gtctlcuM a.
1 Ley a:c ail Lcrr, Let, from k u.c txt," r
!:oJV traac.n, th-y 11 jr.t caleriLeta
b'c! What ther ert d ir- is uj'e tharj
I know. It ! ratr to iiaagit. tbaa tj
ih-Kr'.lH; tie v-riity c f ex; rt f:'..a c;. .i ilo
lacra of tha iclo.!cl tcti.ua as cue br cmv
they r.i3 crawlirg
nn '.tr the table.
ibrrj lLly out Irta . -