■of Scotia,
■of duty.
■ft is reported that P. H. Winston is
now running for Congress as a Democrat
out in Idaho. O tcmjw , 0 mores !
Kiv. li. H. Collett the new pastor at
the Graham street M, E. church arrived
last week and occupied his pulpit last
Sunday
Zion church gave a festival and fair at
Carson’s Hall on Thursday and Friday
nights to aid in raising the general funds
of the church.
Wo arc glad to learn of the promotion
of Mr. A. B. Lind from a S9OO to a
SI2OO position in the Treasury Depart
merit at Washington.
Mies Ella Cantev is suffering severely
with a wounded foot. She stepped on
a n il a v eek ago that pierced the foot,
making a serious wound. "■» ■
The long prayed for rain came last
Tuesday. We had a slight shower in
the morning, and in the afternoon we
had enough to make all happy.
Mr. W. J. Tucker of Raleigh, was in
the city this week posting bills for the
colored fair week after next. He re
ports the outlook very encouraging.
Another of the best of our graded
school teachers has resigned. Miss Vic
toria Richardson has left us to accept a
position in the Asheville normal school.
The rain prevented a full meeting of
tbo Oriole last Tuesday night. The
members are all requested to meet at
Bishop Lomax’ next Tuesday night to
elect officers.
The Central N. C. Conference of the
A. M. E. Zion church has been post
poned till the first Wednesday in De
cember. It meets at Lincolnton, and
Bishop Hood will preside.
An extra term of the Superior court
has been ordered for this county to con
vene en the 22nd of November. It will
continue two weeks and try civil cases
only. Judge Montgomery will preside.
Mr. and Mrs. Albery Sutton have the
sympatoy of their many friends in the
loss of their child. It was about nine
weeks old and died last Wednesday
morning. Mrs. Sutton is 6till very ill.
Montgomery and Meßea is the i’anc
of anew (inn just opened in the grocery
business in Concord. G. V. Montgom
ery and Itobt. Mcßca are well known
citizens of Cabarrus and ought to suc
ceed.
The dust is now laid, the weather
pleasant, ootton coming in nicely, money
circulating, alt our people looking for
ward to the fairs, and all are happy ex
cept the independent, and he “cares for
nobody.”
W. E. Mayo is the Knight of I.abor
1 candidate for Congress from this District.
He is in good stand ng in the order, and
some one will be made to suffer after
this election for slandering the character
of a brother knight.
Among persons going to the colored j
fair in Raleigh, we mention Mrs. Della
Evens, Misses Mary IJarner, Anna F.
Hayes, and Eliza Houser, Dr. .1. T.
Williams, .Messrs. J. M Goode, L. P.
Perry, J. E. Ratley, J. F. White, and
Frank Henry.
We regret our inability to attend the
marriage of MUs Bettie Archibald to
Mr. G. V. Morrtjomery, on last Wednes
day night in Concord. The reception
was on Thursday night at Mrs. Eliza ;
Montgomery's. They have our best
wishes for beallh, happiness, prosperity
and long lives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith gave a very
pleasant social on Thursday night, com
plimentary to Miss liieburdson. We all
regret to see Mias Tor e leave us, and
hope she will find her new field both
pleasant and profit dile. The good peo
ple of Asheville are to be rongiatulated
on the addition to their town.
A. Deal is the ring leading In
ident. tfc is top harrow minded to
i'ov If he was not a • 'good democrat.»
A Wot fit for a Legislator
that all the candidates are
democrats,” in this county except.
— 1 anr V Salmord, let honest colored
,o .w their manhood and vote for
■st man if they vote for any one.
„ _ icndentx are no good.
I A. Deal is the man who goes to his
I »*o gather up personal accounts to
■ Aish against men. It was he that
lislied Brown with the amount we
| .Tones. Will the readers of this paper
|otc fur such a man ?
Mr. George Sutton returned home
, from Charleston last Sunday. He gives
the same ’horrible account of the great
wreck there by the earthquake. He
thinks it will take months and months
of work by many hands to repair the
city. A number of masons and plaster
ers are there from this city, all doing
J splendidly, making from $3.50 to $5.00
per day.
* The Yelping henchmen in this county
a say that if you refuse to vote at all it is
r u vote for the Democratic ticket. Is it
true ? Dr Mott tells us to refuse to vote
the Republican State ticket ; will that be
a vote for the Democratic State ticket?
Will the great tnogul advise true Repub
licans to vote the Democratic regular
ticket? Ah, gentlemen, we are free
men. Let us be independent once and
vote as we please.
Colored men, go to. the (Kills next
Tuesday moruing and vote for men of
principles. If there are none there to
represent your principles, then leave with
a clear consience that you did not vote
for men you arc ashamed of. Vote the
Republican State ticket. Vote for T. K-
Salmond for Sheriff. Vote for Eli C.
Hinson for the Senate. Vote for Cato
Thomas for Constable. The balance are |
“all good Democrats,” and you have no
business voting for them. No one will
ask you to vote the Independent ticket
except hired strikers or candidates. The
time is now on us when we should exer
cise our manhood.
/
/Our former typo, Mr. W. C. Smith,
'of tho Charlotte, N. C Jfonnenger, having
taken Bishop S. T. Jones to task for cer
tain remarks capable of a construction
disparaging to education, is bearing him
self nobly in a doable contest against
the bishop and the Star of Zion, stand
up, brother Smith ! don’t let them give
you any better than you send Vt ash
ington Advocate.
Thanks, Bro. Cromwell. It is not
only a double fight with the “ablest
b ack bishop” and the “only man in
Zion fit to edit the Star," but we have a
number of little “yelpers” in this city
trying to follow the examples set by
men of God—personal abuse. Dancy
dodges behind the church and school
which we do not care to injure.
What Does It Mean ?
The Mettenqer may think it strange
that the leading Zionites are disposed to
watch its actions, but when it remem
bers what part its Editor played with
regard to Zion Wesley College, Ac., it
will think they have good reasons to
watch. We desist from further mention.
—Star of Zion.
Mr. Dancy has promised by letter to
explain the above in this week’s issue of
the Star. If he does, all well, if he
does not satisfactorily, we will demand
satisfaction. Such innuendoes are not
very good, and we hope brother Dancy
will not indulge in such again.
A Card.
A little personal difficulty between
L. D. Wilson and myself has been mag
nified into a slanderous rumor, by some
designing and wicked persons, who were
only actuated by enmity and hatred.
There is no foundation for such a report,
but what was constructed by the wicked
hearts aud tongues of these designing
slanderers. The |>eople who pay any at
tention to the said report waste valuable
time and breath for nothing, and those
who do not, thereby show their wisdom
L. D. Wilson will testify to the correct
ness of this statement.
Z. Haighto.n. Jr.
Off For Liberia.
There was a great scene at the Central
! depot last Tuesday evening. Two
coaches were loaded with colored men.
women and children- There were about
one hundred aboard on their way to
Liberia. They were from around
Curetons Store, Lancaster county S‘ Cl
aud they expected to be joined by fifty
others at Norfolk and go to New York
aud from there sail to-day, twelve, for
j Cape Palmas. Liberia. Their leader is
, Mr. R. A. Massey, an mtellgicnt young
! man who seemed interested in the com
I fort and welfare of his passengers.
Many citizens were at the depot to
see them off. and it was sud to think of the
perilous voyage before them We untie
e l iu the pumder old gray haired sages,
strong Jyoung men and women, and
children of ull sizes. We can only hope
they will be happier and more prosper
ous there than here. The xesstisoaß
went along with them and we expert to
| bear from them toon after their arrival
er post
They Seem Mart.
Some thing* that appeared i* this pa
per lari; week seem* to have- hwrt rex»?*l
partiee pretty severely. Wet „ wrtK*
men go upon the metro-a s* s-yeodem «
put themselves up aseeodi’att* before
the people, they may expert arecre wit.
icisms and some hard Stows aad
then. When a follow wademkv* to de
fend himself, he must be ewrefoil mt the
U-t-u ig-i h* »ks. ig-ihntS hwamtoswMst. !
If a fellow can’t take hard worst* he
must not give them, of he may hare to
take harder thing* than weed* All sort*
of lying, and osteawtom has fore*
expended on the .$ >«*■. We know
how to take and we know hew to gire
in a manner that make* the animst*
move around like vermin with heft em
bers poured on them,
We have no apology to snake to any «t
the candidates or henchmen, font we ask
the pardon of our westers few *ttowins j
certain names to appear ia war paper
last week. The offense was against the
reader and not the parties whose names
are of no special service to this paper wr
this community.
lUMJtif
Mr. Biifitvr: -Vhnisv altow sac -paw in j
your paper, to say that the Rxx ,\, R, !
Torrence.* a gradual- of lincada I'nivvcs- I
ity, was. married to Mi** Sarah !. 1
Smith. Oct. 2ffl;h Sh TV- marritai-c j
took place promptly at # eVtock pa *». 1
in the Second Presto tvroan chnrehmf
Duvidson College- The ctoarvfo was
crowded to its orer-flkvsr with eotored
and whites, A F. GraAmn odSewtxd in
the marriage eereareny. Abort the
middle of the cecemoioy- the Rev. IV S.
Baker of Datwlem Cvdleyto offered a 1
brief prayer, invoking the- Wvsdng of •
Gcd to test upon theta, aval make- them .
sensible of the NhgjaiM* and .
vows which they were abort to *stko.
Alter which the ceremony wots com
pleted. Then a fotxttrt ptnajvr- xcas j
offered up. by the Rex, 4, A. Ratstey, j
which left a long impress***. Then
part of the crowd left tor their- h-xmes j
and part remained to pta«ti.-ip>a!c ia tk* ;
banquet. Toe tabto was. toatoi with l
dainties too numerous, to mention. All !
that participated in the foauqsart coatld 1
return to their hemes tvefcog as if they
had been to the- BvtmgN. table. Alter
supper was oxer asauy xaieraldc pwosents
were given to the- parties fox- their
friend*. On the next storming the Rev.
A. E. Torrence, and wtfo left on the
Iff o’clock train foe their field of labor- in
the South. We hope the bbs-dw* of
God will fotliow them, awl help them in
their field of haboe -
A. F, fosxttxtr ;j
Rev. Etlwaid Eagles died yesterday
morning at tenoYleek. utter-a psoftraw-ted
illness.
Mr. Geo. Johns** was- ewamned hot
Thursday to Mbs Magatrc C. t'toyd, at
Sandifer.
SELECT SITTINGS,
In old calendars the -saints' days were
marked with tad letters. Amy hanky
day is now culled a “red letter- day, - "
A European rcocremiss reckon* that
there are om the tuevot the slab* tl.NtM,' -
000 head of cattle awi SOXW *MtMI sh-cr-jv
At the conclusion ms thf play, or- «l
the epilogue, it waft corawsly eewtomatj
for the actors to kneel down ow the s' agx
and pray foe the sovereign, nwhdity,
clergy, and sometime* foe the corns*v»V
An artesian well at lemwto. I3*k,,
sunk for railroad nwsc is *ttr-*.-;i»g at
teuton on account of it- meiiceJl quali
ties it » said that it* eemtinwal nse
wiil put an end to a desite left alcoholic
drinks
Three hundred native* of the Wxrt
Indies of both sexes were sent to Spain
as slave* during the reign, of Ferdinand
and 1-aJtelU. Tims was an art ms re
taliation far the murder wt Spaniards iu
the New World.
The one place in the country where
the most railroad ».-*!•>* pas* is sad to foe
the l nioa I>epo«, IdwaHvrth, N. Jt, A
man was put oa for the pwswwe last
week, and counted up XtAa ns the total,
nad in one day of twenty-town hews*
•iffff. It is n erewtmg at the sttveft level,
too.
A London paper **y*; “tiphteva
hundred and eightx-sav forgna res a Fri
day, will end on a Friday, and vow ait
fifty three Fridays Fonr wreaths in the
year have tee l rislays Fixe ehasexa
of the moon occur «a n Frii iax, and l-mth
the loogest and shortest da * ia the
twelve months are e* Fridnxn. This
might, indeed, be teesned n Fraday ye«r, v
In England bach tten-res wa*reave p*n
i-hed by dragging et the hwne'h tail,
through the streets (ten* the pern.-* to
the place es execution; we soy pfow-ktac
out and horniag the saunas s, while lb.
, prisoner wae-ye;’ fthve; nr- by hanging
by the neck so a- net to destroy Tito;
aso by beheading, quartering nad
the exposure of the hngmxrfo. es «hr
body in such place* a* the kins sheotd
direct.
It has keen found by to. Tail that Ur
ear in women can perceive higher notes
—that in sound* with n greater cumber
es xihratinia* per Irani—than the ear
of men. The highest limit es tinman
hearing is some*hetv i between forty one
and forty two thouwaad xibtntioas |er
second. Few persons bate e wal »raf
ts. I ities to acute x wa U in tmth ears the
right ear usually heurieg a higher note
thm Ike hit The fowv-t ewat nuwua
sound* have about sixteen xibumurea* per
second
A poodle was buried wader a grata
s ack in baa leftqnia tore*-tv. CaU’eran,
for 1* r week* It had tired during
I at urn- wilkent red *• water. Rt
r-n-eful aueriag the dug hm has* placed
m a hearty conditio*
WOT BY HIS OWN TROOPS, j
a vrrm acoodnt of the beath
OF STONE WALL JACKSON.
* tied Fpon tsv Mistake While Re
t ammg I'vom the Front at Chan
vettorsvtlle-lfls Last Moments.
Captaia Jala-* Fewer smith describes
'tvn<w-*ll J.n-kson’s last battle in the
1 FVnfl rom his articic we quote tho
following: “Wbcn Jackson had reachc l
ilhe )-*iat where liis line now ero-sed
ihe turnpike, scarcely a mile west of
. hwßcclloTsvil'c, nnd not half a n ilo
from a line of Federal troops, he liad
found his front line unfit for the farther
aud vita:out advance he desired, by
reason of the irregular character of flic
fighting, now right, now left, and bo-
CSU--V of the den-e thickets, through
which it was impossible to preserve
alignment. Division eommand rs found
; it more and more difficult as the twilight
ileejienel to hold their broke i brigades
an hand. Regretting the m eos-ity of
relieving the troops in front. General
Jackson hal ordered A. I’. Hill’s di
va-son, his thrd and reserve line, to be
plneol in fiont. While this change was
being effected, impatient end ansious,
the a enct-al rode forward on tho turn
auko. followed by two or three of his
-tail and a number of couriers and
. sacral-sergeants. He passed the swampy
demb-sion an 1 began the ascent of the
j hill toward Ohaneellorsville, when he
cine upon a line of the Federal infantry
' lying on their arms. Fired at by one or
I two muskets -two musket balls from the
i «»rmy whi-tlcd over my head as I eamo
jto the ftont, he turned and came bark
toward his line, upon the aide of the road
to his left. As he rode near to the Con-
Wclerstv iroo) * just pla-ed in position,
and icnorant tliat he was in the front,
i f: eom)<any betran firing to the
Stoat, and two of his party fell from
their saddles dead—Captain Boswell, of
ibe i nginoers, and Sc ge.int Cunliffe, of
the Signal Corps. Spurring his horse
actor* the r< ad to his right, he was met
by a second volley from the right com
jva-iy »f l ender's North Carolina Brigade.
< tutor this volley, when not two rods
from the tri-ops the General received
thi-fft Italia at the same instant. Ono
iieae'ratid the palm of his right hand
and w-.s cut out that night from the back
of his band. A second pa-sed around
the w rist of the left arm and out through
the toil h nd. But a third ball passed
wsreugh the left arm half-way from
-kni.ldeT to elbow. The large i
bone of the upper arm was splintered to I
the xdbow ;o.nt, and the wound l.led
freely. His horse turned quickly from i
tho fire, thiongh the thick bushes, wh eh I
swept the cap from the general’s head,
and set-r.tohe t his forehead, leaving
drops of h ood to stain his fare. As bo
tot his hold upon the bridle rein, ho
retie i from the saddle, and was caught
by tho arms of Captain Milbournc of the
t-irttal e oips. Laid upon the ground,
there came at Mm to his succor General
A, P. Hill and im miters of his staff. ]
i foe writer retched his side a minute af
or. to find -e; end Hill holding the
head and si oulders of the wounded eaief.
. rt. ag open the coat sleeve from wrist
to shoulder, I found the wound in the
ppor arm. and w ith my hankcrchiof I
bound the arm above the wound to stem
the ow of bloo !. Couriers were sent ;
tor i it. Hunter Me -uire, the su gcon of
the eorps and the general's trusted friend, j
and for an am mlanc.'. Being out ide of |
our lines it w.is urgent that lie
shoo'd to moved at once With dis- |
i. ulty litter-h ar rs were brought from
ihft line near bv, the general pla-cd upon i
the litter, and carefu ly raised to the I
-hiutl ter, 1 mysc f bearing one corner, i
A moment alter, artillery from the Fed
eral side was one cd upon us; great ;
broadsides tliundircl over the woods;
hi -ing -hells sear. he<l the d u-k thickets
through, and shrapnels -wept the roa l
areas winch we ttio.cd Two or three
stops farther, and the litter-bearer at my
side was stru k and fell, but, as the lit
ter- turned. Major Watkins Leigh, of
Hills -t iff, happiiy enucht it. But the
fright o the men was S i great that we
were obliged to lay the Inter and its
Isurdcu d .wn upon the road. As the
liuxr-focarcrs ran to the cover of the
the tr.es. I ihr. w myself by the General's
side, and held him firmly to the ground
*« he are npt dto vise, river us swept
the rapid fire of shot and shell—grape
shot striking fire upon the flinty rock of
the road all around us and sweeping
torn their feet ho; ses and men of the
! ftrtiUery just moved to front. Soon
toe firing vccreii to the other side
«f the r. ad, and. 1 aprang to my
foci, assisted the General to rise,
passed my arm around him and with
the wounded man's weight thrown .
heavily upon me. we forsook the road.
Ratoriaethe wood she sank to the ground j
from exhaustion ; but the litter was soon I
brought. i.ud again rallying a few men,
wv <s-4\ed to carry him farther, when
a second bearer fell »t my side. This
1 me, wlih noi.e t> assist the litter cu
tv ned.andthcGencral felltolheground,
with a giftxn of deep pain t.reatlv|
akormed, I sprang to hi- head, and, lift j
ing hi* hi ad a- « stray to m of moon
light <can;c through clouds and leaves, i
fee ojk.aed feia <y« s an ! wcarllv Raid j
'N«vct muni (aptiiu, ne cr mind
n!\' Rftidi p him to his feet. Iu |
iwiCiwtcd bv I>rij;adier*rtcncrrtl Pen {
dcr H>h, '»<ai'r,d, I hope you are noil
v nouvly wotr dcd. I n ill have to rc |
tiw mv to rc*f«>rm them, they arc j
much feiok'n bv this t'rc.' Hut Jack ;
mUjim? bis Mrcugth.witfe firm voice
'Sii 1 i ' You must hold your ground .Gen j
mil iVtodercyou mu I hold your ground.
; a.r*’ aa«l »♦> unfix'd hi* last command on ,
fef
Both Waiting.
IWi Ni a ftufofe iu her satin oheok to-night,
And fear hea*i is iMlmtating,
feii.t fenr cyw am Ailed with love's swept
light;
For fe«r bean the maid is waiting.
fell? w. u d that a fnetxl the youth would
%ara—
Tfea \ Nt ha'll doarlv m#~
for tn r fa with a club l»?»htnd the ham
U awa.Uag h«s coming, t *v
—Hatton Courii \
Tfern Is a wi«r in Morden, Muni
twba. lie «lip|>ed hit • ollar the other
day, and whan hit master called refused
tw r«wae. avidrnt y f arinff punishment,
but in the night he returned, man.-ige I lo
the rwlor or rh t head, and in the
fceni nfwn found < ha ned to his ken
••s wagging hit tail in conscious virtue.
| NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN
Venetian beads in great variety are
coming in favor.
Black silk stockings are very stylist
with red checks.
In Paris most of the bonnets are worn
without strings.
Colored bows to match the stockings
are worn on slippers.
Flower and insert designs in jewelry
are as popular ns ever.
The moonstone grows in favor for
brooches and hairpins.
Velvet for mantles has bead tassels
arranged in various designs.
Short plumes tippdl with pearls are
revivi d for millioery purposes.
In fancy work there are two ways of
using color—in harmonics aud by con- 1
trasts.
A Dew industry in Gotham is the
stealing of cats, their skins being sold I
for fur. ,
Tho hair stripe is seen in all sorts of
fabrics, plain or rich, and is the leading
fashion.
Cashmere and camel's hair overdresses
are worn with skirts of watered or bro
caded silk.
Russian crash in fine qualities is used ;
in making bed spreads. It is a good '
background.
Bay rum is now said to be the oure
for freckles; a little borax is added to
the bay rum.
All strictly fashionable bracelets are
cither in narrow flexible bands or loops
of slender wire.
Beaded capes are. worn by young girls.
They rea- h nearly to the waist and are i
of fine net work.
At Fargo, in Dakota, good wives be-'
wail because housemaids are not to be
had at $1 per day.
Aunt Susie Grubbs, an old lady of
eighty-five, took the prize for dancing
at a recent picDic in Indiana.
Hair ornaments arc combinations of
ribbon loops thickly massed and sur
mounted by herons’ aigrettes.
Fur will be much used for trimming
both house and walking costumes, light,
soft fur taking the precedence.
Rich black faille Franca’se, plain or
oovered with bends or satin pendants,
will be much used for mantles.
Mrs. Lucy Wood, of Barre, Vt., will
be 101 years old if she lives until Janu
ary. She is now in the best of health.
A Michigan man lias invented a hair-
I pin which cannot become loose or fall
out, and is confident of making a fortune
i with it.
Mrs.. Sunderland, of Washington, be
cause of the brilliancy of the precious
stones she wears, bears the title of the
Diamond Queen.
Umbrellas with a glass look out in
front are new and of Parisian make.
They come in black and brown, and have
elaborate sticks.
Rough-looking, camel’s hair materials,
cither plain or in pekin stripes or tw
shades of color, are among the favorit i:
tissues of this autumn.
New mantles arc ve y short in tho back,
but have longer fronts, and striped,
beided and gold shot stu.fs are pre
ferred for these first fall wraps.
Striped and b.ocaded velvet will be
much employed this season for dressy
toilets. It wdl be combined with eilk
rep, plain fa lie and corded silk.
Philadelphia lias eight woman physi
cians who have each an annual practice
of over $.0,0;)0, aud a do en or more
' woman destists who make large sums.
Goods with clearly defined blocks,bars
1 and plaids in various colors promise to
be popular among Indie- who can afford
to have one or two striking costumes.
Soft woolen stuffs are frequently mado
up with full bodices, the pleats or gath
ers crossing over the bosoms and joined
to the skirt draperies in a looped sash
or plastron dropery.
The residence of Mrs. Mark Hopkins,
in process of erection at Great Barring
ton, Mass., will have a state dining
room, forty by sixty feet, two stories in
height, with a roof of glass.
The midnight sun is not a wearing at
traction. Mrs. Scidmorc, of Washing
ton, who has been at lievcn, Norway,
writes that site has si-cn it, aud would
give $1 for a dark night and an honest
sleep.
Buttons are in great variety. Those
of metal either have etchings and raised
designs or are of fiiiigree work. The
old fashioned way of covering button
molds with the material of the dress is
again revived.
Spirts of salts, with powdered salts ol
j lemon, in proportion to half ounce ol
j the latter to one of the former, will take
i out ink spots after they have dried.
| When the spots are removed wash in
cold water.
It is a great mistake to clean brass ar
tides with acid, as they very soon be
come dull after Ml li treatment. Bwect
j oil and putty powder, followed by soap
i nnd water, is ono of the best mediums
i for brightening brass and copper.
For wa-hing embroidery in crewels or
silk, pour a gal on of boiling water on
one jiound of bran. Let it stand for
twenty-four hours, stirring occasionally;
strain and use. A decoction of soap bark
j is also excellent for the same purpose,
j Simmer a handful of soap hark iu a quart
of water until the bark is perfectly soft;
! strniti the decoction, dilute with water, 1
and wa h the articles in it.
A Persian Judge’s“Jokr.”
A soldier had been stealing a melon i
of a peasant. Tho peasant ran complain- |
ing to the Fll, telling him the soldier j
' had refused to |ay for the melon—five
dishs— three and n half ccntsi. The |
i Fil ordered the soldier to be brought be- j
j for him ow ] li test this matter." he 1
■ mid to the peasant. “If this man has |
melon m his stomach you’ll get your live j
thftha. If not, o* g o yqirhoad." Th; j
t soldier was cut open, the melon found, ;
the peasant got his five shal s >nd went j
ion his way rejoicing. Turningto ihc ie
j mains of ihe ■ oldier ho said: “ihrow
this thing out.’ This i rince is very fond
nf irsctical jokes, and th s is the kind 1
he likes to piav.- -M o f an Sr, u. rlirant
Mrs. Miy, the wile ol riwen May. o:
Dalilonegu, > a.. 10-tb#r!if . a fewdayi
ngo, from tho sting of a hornet on t.x j
I end of her noau. tier lace, head and ■
neck were die dfully Inflam-d, and th'
lady died in excruciating pain.
RELIGIOUS__READING,
God Knows Beit.
If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And Rtana within, and all God’s working!
fee,
YYo co Id interpret nil this doubt and strife
And for each mystery finds a ready key.
But not to-day. Then be content, tad heart!
God’s plants, like lillies, pure and white
unfold,
We must not tear Ihe tender leases apart;
Time will reveal the calyxes of gold.
And if through patient toil, we reach the
land
Whero lired fe?t, with sandals loosed may
rest;
When we shall clearly know and understand
I think that we will say, “God knew the
Lest ”
• ‘Carry Him to His Mother.*’—a Kin as
The father of old led forth his young
son r.t morning amid the reapers; but
when the noontide came, and Syria's sun
bent fiercely down up tho young child’s
head, he drooped and was sick; and the
father said, “carry him to his mother.”
How true a picture of every day’s ex
perienec is thisi The father, with joy
and pride, lends forward the young,
healthful, exultant being and glories in
his beauty and strength; but when the
buoyant footsteps falter and the cheek
grows pale, ho surrenders him to othei
and tenderer guardianship—he is car
ried to his mother. And how constant
is this instinct in the heart of childhood.
Its young companions, its pleasures, any
novelty will allure It from its mother’!
side while health lasts, but tbo first
touch of illness throws it unhesitatingly
into its mother’s arms, as if there, alone,
were comfort and peace. Her presence
and attention arc all that the childish
spirit needs.
Among all that'blooms and fades iu
life’s pathway, the mother’s love stands
alone in undying beauty nnd freshness.
The world grows cold and forgets her
cherished one, calumny is busy with its
fair name, disappointment folds its qjtd
attired robe around it, but the mother is
true to her trust, loving the more, the
more her love is needed. It seems infi
nite in strength aud tenderness.
And what is the mother’s recompense
for such a flood of affection, poured un
reservedly upon her child’s head? Not
unmitigated joy by any m.ans. Such
love is too full of fears, 100 suspicious ol
the world’s tenderness. Could she al
ways keep her treasure bv her side and
stand between it and unkindness and
scorn, this would be all her prayer, bul
not such is God’s will. He prepares the
furnace of affliction, and takes the
child’s hand from the mother’s and leads
it through the fiery trial. His purpose
veiled. His decision inscrutable.
He requires of her to believe that His
love surpasses hers, even while he holds
th# chastening rod, and that in due time
she shall reap if she faint not. When
her child suffers, how hard the lesson of
resignation; and when it dies young,
how difficult to say, in the remembrance
of all her sufferings, toils and sacrifices,
Thy will be done. She almost feels that
she has earned the right of that young
spirit’s Bafety and continuance with her,
and her anguish seek to swallow up the
remembrance of her joy.
“Carry him so hismotherl” Aye,that
is a sweet recompense to her. She can
sooth when no other is able; her pres
ence can bring the only gleam of joy
that visits the sufferer. ’ If slumber can
cotnc at nil, it will visit the weary one
pillowed upon her b east, and her cool
hand upon the burning brow is like ben
ediction from the God of mercy.
The poor exile sinks beneath disease
where foreign skies bend over him, and
stranser faces greet him. Wealth lured
him from the covert at home, from his
mother’s counsels aud prayers, from his
father’s guidance, and he went forth
manfully to win a position among his
fellow men. Disease tracked his foot
steps and death lurked for his prey; and
while contending for life, a voice within
that will not he silenced, calls for the
friend that shielded his childhood and
prayed nnd wept for him as no othei
friend might do. “Carry him to his
mother!” but it is too late; be must await
her in heaven.
Let not, then, that love be slighted
which is so precious, so enduring, so un
like all other love in its absolute unsel
fishness. As year by year departs, the
once elastic step becomes slow nnd heavy,
the once bright eye dim; hut the heart
never withers, never forgets. It carries
to the tomb the same spirit of self
sacrifice that watched unwearily by the
cradle of the tender in fant; it bears into
eternity the same yearning fondness that
blessed youth and manhood.
Let the young seek to strengthen that
love by every endearment, by every vir
tue. The Saviour’s example is left us.
He obeyed his mother, and in the ago
nies of a cruel death commended her tc
the one He much loved; and they alone
arc blessed who followed Him in thii as
in all other of His righteous ways.
l-lrr For Homrthlna.
Thousands of men breathe, move and
live, pass off the stage of life, and are
heard of no more. Why! They did nol
a particle of good in the world, and none
were blessed by them; none could point
to them as the instruments of their re
demption ; not a line the* wrote, not n
word they spoke could to recalled, and
so they perished, their light went out in
darkness, and they were not remembered
more than the insects of yesterday. Will
you thus live and die? 6 man immortal
iive for something! Do good and leave
: behind you a monument of virtue that
the storms of time can never destroy.
, Write your name, by kindness, love and
mercy, on the hearts of the thousands
1 you come in contact with year by year,
, and you will never be forgotten. No:
| your name, your deeds, will be as legible
on the hearts you leave behind, as the
•tars on the brow of evening. Good
deeds wiil shine as brightly on ths
I earth os the stars of Heaven.
The sunlight falls upon a clod, and
the clod drinks it in, is itself warmed
fey it, but lies as biack as ever, and
sends out no light, But the sun touches
a diamond stud the diamond almost
chills itself as It sends out in radiance on
every side the light that has fallen on it.
So God helps one man bear h s psin, and
nobody but that one man is a whit th<
j richer. God comes to another stiff rer—
reverent, unselfish, humble—and the
lame leap, and the dumb speak, and the
wn Iciicil aio comforted alt around b<
| the radiated comfort of that happy aoi l ',