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VOL. 2
06 JG?R N. 0 ,tTUESILY ; lIOKHmG; J3ECEMBEK, l' 1874, ;
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'?-i ; Only-Wting. - ' -.
A very aed man in an almshouse
ivas asked what he was doing now.' lit
rcplied,uOnly waiting." : ' -Only
waiting till the shadows i
Arc a little longer growuV t r. : :f
Only waiting till the glimmer -
Of the day's last beam is flown ! j
Till the night of earth is faded " "
From tlic heart, once full of day ;
Till the stars of Heaven is breaking ;
Thro' the twilight soft and gray.
Only waiting tillthe reapers
IIa-e the last sheaf -gathered home ;
For the summer
lmer-timc is faded . !
And the autumn' winds have come,
Quickly reapers; t gather quickly
The last inpe hours of my heart, -'.
For the bloom of life is? withered, t - ,
And I liasten to depart. 1
Only waiting, till the arigi'ls
Open wide the mystic gnte
By viiose side I long have lingered,
AVeafy, poor and desolate. '
Even now I hear their footsteps,
And their voices far away ;
If thej' cidl me, I am wetting, ;
Only waiting to obey. ; ', ; - ,
Only waiting till the shadows 1
Arc a little longer grovn; .
nly waiting till the glimmer. , :
r Of the" day's liist beam is flown.
.."Then ffom out the gathering darkness
j IloljV'deathless stiirs shall rise,
fjBy whose light mj' soul shall gladly
! Tread its patywa) t tlu; skies.
- : - " Tiigsty Folks; y "
Messrs. Editors . - , : '
It has been said that it takes a
great many sorts of folks to make
a world; I ama-Satisfied of one
thing ; there are several - sorts'of
folks dn this little rolling ball we
live on. They arc too numerous
to mention, so I will pass them by
for the present, si mply presen ti ng
a few of the feat u res of the class
named at the head of this article.
When I speak of 'fidgety folks I
make no allusion to little bovs
who are so 'unfortunate, as to have
parents that do not feel it their
duty to instruct them in the way
they should go. . . When I see such
pinching and hunching' each oth
er slily during church service, I
feel that they are to be pittied, and
-hope, wlieu they , grow older they
may be improved in their manner
by mixing iii well behaved society:
'Such little fellows generally mean
. no harmi'fbut are " lhischievoiisly
exercising a privilege granted
them by parents who thiuk s'ich
conduct is pretty in ctnldrenf The
class I wish a to tlescri bo - are , those
who think thev are old-enough-to.
walk'witlt the "girls" to church,
with a little down just- beginning
to peep, out on their "upper lips. If
they knew what a gosling appear
ance they made while twisting,
peeping, -ogling and grinning at
the "girls" in church, disturbing
wrell behaved persons hear, them,
they surely would quit acting in
that way. - Would , it not be best
for smart young men, who wish
to indulge-in lifiguring grimaces
of the nhiz in church; to take a
little pocket lookipg-glass ith
them, so they could enjoy the full
benefit of their iU-tim ed distor
tions. ; '-" f ' " ,' :" '
On one occasion I was in church
with two young fellows
sittins:
near mo. They were slily
erriu-
ning and peepmg at; some i)ue, on
the ladies' side of the house. "1 ex
pected that of theni; H Soon one of
them slily doubled up his fist and
punched the other under the short
ribs ; pushing him "np agaiiist me.
Kot -wishing to be disturbed by
them, X moved further oli to give
them more room for their sports.
Pretty ' soon one them, who had
evid ently come 1- a near v way,
through : sorne rgr6g:alley Jon his
way to church,-, showed sonie dis
position -to use me as a resting
post to lean against for rehose. I
reminded '-him that' a' upright pol
sitioh would bef more indicative of
a gentleman r iii cliurch: ,s For the
honor of; my. village,- I will state
that he -was not a native sprout;
although a few sprouts of bacchus
miht be.fobnd, by. close inspec
tion, of native grown .among us.
Some of our .fidgety fellows don't
seem to mean any harm by' It. It
seems to be a . habit; with . theni,
and I can'f help . liking them, al-
f" " ; -i ' mV.,..' -v
Hhey canio with, they don't seem
tnVnnw nr ohro whrth tbov.orn
Rittino- on snmfi nnns ; W. nr tlio
ri t: J. !l 1J . I'l ill 11
ueucn. i uon i Know wnemer ail
hats mashed by fidgety fellows are
fell Kats or not, but one , thing I
know, many a gentleman hasc
for his hat and failed to find it un
til he found it on some vacated
seat in pan-cake shape. Would
it not be best for such fidgety, cu-pid-stung
3oungters to whet off the
wiry - edge of. their curiosity by
constant employment in some use
ful calling I do not think such
fidgety. folks: should keep away
from church. ; -By ino means. But
think thev miarht, learn somethms:
by watching more closely the con
duct of discreet and quiet ones
around them. I ; ; Oxford.
We differ with Oxford" in that
respect. , We think tthcy should
stay away . until .they know how. to
act like gentlemen1, and; not stand
around church - doors smoking,
chewing and spitting their nau&iat
ing filth over steps and every ap
proach to the Sanctuary , A gen
tleman goes to the , house of God,
he goes in, behaves himself-!dur-ingtlm
services, not : whispering
all the time, as some do. "There's
a chcil amang ye takin1 notes, an
fuitli he 11 prent em? K"ames: and
all ! Eds.' -w::.vH -tv ,.,.-.
Xo cross no crown. ,v
Qui of debt out of danger. " -
Diligence is a fair fortune and
in d ust ry-a good estate; , :: ; V;
Be not; too prodigal ; tiro kettle
when too full puts out the fire.
Wlieii; the tree is , fallen every
man goeth to it with his hatchet.
Never do auy thing hastily re
member it is the last cup' of tea
which is the strongest. .
Xive near to God, but let your
communion with the soii3 of men
be joyous and cheerful.
The light of friendship is like
the light of - phosphorus seen
plainest when all around is dark.
; The pieasantcst ps tliVa in the
world arc pleasant thoughts, and
the greatest art ' in life is to have
as many of them' as possible.
Habits of thousrht as well as
speech get control olVus, and more
upon the'forde of habit than the
power of will, depends the success
and failure". "A .. ; a..':-::
; 'The true way tol feel .for the
poor is to teet in yonr pocKet; yet
r how many move feelingly in that
direction ? The sordid hut of
cheerless poverty is rarely invaded,
by those who wear 1 the badge of
pppulence on tbeiK'8leeye.'J,-'And,
iu this connection jwe would.- re
mind ihose who" are able thaOhe
season, o dispensing charity is up
on us with a wild field for favors.
Deeds of charity don't stay - with
us forever and nien cannot jdo bet
ter than to sometimes court the
offices of soft humanity.--JLTto
Chrcriicle. ' ' ; ! ' : -
A young blood at a hotel was
requested to pass a dish near him
"Do you mistake me for a waiter?"
said the; exquisite "No, sir
mistookyou tor a gentleman, was
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:j ' BeTiew cf th Oxford l!ari8ts.. : t
Su.gar. Sweetened- sand l is at
10 cents and upward, according to
quality. . .f, ,; ..... :
Coffee.0 wing to ;. a , fire . rose
suddeuly; an order, for ten cups
unsettled; the market ;:
. Tea.--; Wishy-washy at a spoon
ful for each person and one for the
pot. -.,y,; l. -v;, : ,
-! WnEAT.The-inquiry has been
very husky. . ,:
: Coiix.-rIIa3 sufiered from, .the
pressure of leather,' ; the reapers,
however, are ready. '.. . ' ,'r , Jvr
Candles. Dull in the forenoon,
but towards evening! brightened
up. considerably, f . J . .' .; '
Fish.--A few, transactions iii
Cat principally for. -account of
Biddy k Co. . Flounders ' are flat
but dispose d to t come roun d.
Lobsters claw lazy at the opening
and closed' heavily ; . those' who
had a hand in them wished them
selves out again. . " v
Spices.- A party who kept, too
close-an eye - 'oh pepper sufiered
greatly. - :
Eggs. Looked promising yes
terday, . but .opend . badly this
morning. - " - j ; ' . :
; Butter. Not so firm as last
month, market it soft r , 'r-
Milk. A late . rise , in . chalk
has unsettled prices of "fresh from
the cow!" . -,. :; -
Coal. There has been a furth
er reduction in the size of the ton
to meet small demand; to spare
the horses it is proposed that here
after a ton of coal small nearly fill
a hand-barrow. . . t , .. .
, Pigs. Taken by, the leg, ; are
stationary; by the whole hog, are
Uveiy. - . .
' PuyrY.-One cent's worth of this
article can still be had. at the same
price if applied:for soon. . - ?
; Pea-Nuts. Were . freely tak
en by doubtful parties when the
owers backs.', were turned.
; Grapes- Unusual sour at a
dollar per pound to parties who
could not purchase.
Rhubarb By the stalk, rather
flat;, by the j pill,' could be taken
in round lots atusual" discount. .
t HoRSERApis'n.FeverishO
ions. -watery to near-sighted law
ycrs. " ; " . - ,!
Thyme.- Afuch of this article
was lost by a misunderstanding' a
mong dealers. ; f , r : vx ;".
Iron. Flat-irons brisk Tuesday
and Wednesday, but quite at close
of week; -Pig dull,- - n-
Money. Buoyant and consider
erable amounts flew , frOm the
hands of loose holders. Lenders
not so bashful as last mouth.
The acceptors of some over-due
bills were anxiously inquired af
ter, without however,' ' drawing
any out.' . A party with capital
entered the market this forenoon,
but a stranger made a rapid trans
fer of the funds and withdrew im
mediately ? 1 f
' Matrimonial. Market stead v;
Liberal ofiers difficult i to obtain :
therefore, acceptances) are at a
large discount. Kisses in great
demand and have met . with fair
returns. Maternal Frowns neg
lected and in consequence, time
bargains "are easier of settementj
Heavy purses are .wanted, but
stocks with small capital are over
looked. ;In hands the demahd
has been flat. Sly sqeezes usu
ally brisk.- Hearts to be had for
love went off unsteadily ; , those for
money are a drug. Bright eyes-i-looked
up occasionally- but t soon
fell again. " Yes's in plenty,; but
no takers. Blushes are very scarce;
none on" the .market for a' long
time. Jealousy has 'risen 'consid
erable Frce-aiid-easies have ad
vanced to a high figure and driv
en Genuine modesty out .of the
market. Other stock are qui tc,
exceptiug Scandal, which is rath
er on the advance - ' ;r-' ,
"Little Things.'.
When . Canova was about to
commence h"i9 great Statue of Na-U Recently: it occurred;, to vMr.; minccwi of visitors to one of ;our. -poleon,
his keenly observant - eye j Smilej , ' of Derby, f that it would, j beautiful cemeteries, .as, they trav
detected "a tiny red line running j be a'gobd thing to, go out' and see j eTthe avenues aud comment b " i
through the upper portion of! his if he couldn'tshoot: a rabbit or too. I thc'gbod or bail taste of tfic riionu-: 1
splendid block ot marble." Now j
without doubt this musthave cost
him" a large sum, but it is said he f
would not place a chisel on jit.- j and went out. After a wliile he
That tiny little red line came hear j saw, a rabbit, and takihg'aim, he
being the' ruin'tof this , great sculp- pulled the trigger. The gun fail
tor, i : .So it is ; written of Herschei, ed to go off. ; Then he pulled the
while working out the problem of other trigger, and the cap snapped
telescope lenses. ; Jle . made scores
upon scores ere he could get : one
to satisfy him. One little scratch
like; a spiders line, sufficed to viti
ate . what had cost him many
weeks of toil: ; We all know th e'
result of a tiny',, leak in a huge
ship and the measure of the ship,
to resist the shock or strain of
wind is .not its strongest but its
weakest part. How many . lives
would be saved' from a watery !
grave if the little leak was rem
edied as soon as discovered- in
many ships.. During the late war
a leakage was noticed in a war
ship that seemed superficial. The
omcers noticea it, out minting
it was very slight, they determined
to carry her in the conflict. With
a strong force they battled with
041 inferior, and lost the day. The
gunpowder ; magazine was. filled
with powder upon which victory
or defeat hung.: Through the lit
tle leak the sea water oozed in and
ruin ed the ' powder J 5 : Just one lit
tle fault, one sin, ist. tlie cause of
complaint.. , .Think how. easy it is,
dear reader, to remedy that one
little sin, ere it is magnified and
from its growth becomes 'yotir
eternal rum. Recollect the small
est spark has flashed into a con-
f lagration. The tiny leak,., has
sunk- the proudest. Capt's ship.
The slight ueglected sickness, has
brought down to the graved and
the smallest consciously neglected
sin unchanged, and therefore un
pardoned, must lose your soul.
Only one little ride on the Sab
bath; day one little bleak of one
commandment. fi One little chat
standing in the ; Way of j sinners,
one little departure from. Christ's
territory, one little ; evil ; associa
tion and one hour,-just one hour,
in evil company,1 one word, "one
note passed where voir go expect
ing;to meet Christ , ;Oh, that one
little sin, that faultr that could be
so easily . remedied and s hown
that "there' is nothing in or about
sin except in the relation of words."
Little sins are and ever -must be
sin and sins only, ; sin absolutely
and sin eternally, until' we take
them to the Lord in penitent'coii
fessioh and find deliverance by
placing them beneath the sprink
ling blood. :. S. A. E.
That boy I
A pr6raishin lad is: he f . He
perambulated'5 the'streets to a late
hour last Wednesday night whoop
ing and yelling: like a Comanche
Indian. He carried not less than
a quart' under his1, shirty rBright
ycuth most 1 "promising-boy!"
He'll :- laud in the penitentiary, ere j
his ma ma knows he s out u. He
toys at midnight withv John Bar
leycorn, and John is piloting him
to that institution made for rascals
thieves and murderers hear "Ral
eigh.' - Gro it; young one ! As we
have : said, -you're a" ; "promising
boy !" Milton Chronicle.
John ITork lentil
stranger 9 a
dollar at .. Rich moud in ;1 8 56; ah d
the other day the stranger- paid
him f backV 20,000. '"Stepvthis
way . stranger.' " '
'Good morning Smith; vou
sleepy " "Yes,"? replied. !Srritli,
I - was up - all
nicrht.?;
XJpl
yhere !" "Up stairs in bed.
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Max Adellcr relates the story :
. f- - -m 1
lie always" kept his gun loaded
2Zr. Sailes Qzil
land ready fin! the;corner; of thccasi is bneyofjiicrareuriositvT ?
room, so he merely shouldered it.
again. 1 M r. - Smiley : used some 1
j extreme language, and then, tak
ing a pin, . he. pickeu the . n ipplcs.
of the gun, primed fthprn 'with a.
little . power, and started again:
Presently he saw another rabbit
but both caps snapped again.VThe
rabbit did nof see Smiley, .; so ; lie
put on moro.eaps, antl they; snap
ped too. Then Smiley cleaned
out tire nipples again, primed
them, and' fired the gun ofi a,t a
fence. Theff , the caps; snapped
again. Then Smiley became fu
rious, and In his rage, he expend
ed forty-seven caps in an effort to
make the gun go ,oft When the
forty-seventh ; cap missed also,
Smiley that there might j perhaps,
be something the matter, with the
inside of .the gun,, so he ; tried tho
barrels with his ramrod. To his
utter dismay he : discovered that i
DOtn - rjarreis were empty; Mrs;
Smiley,- who is nervous about
firearms, had- drawn the" loads'
without telling Smiley, for fear.of
making him angry: If there had
been a welkin anywhere! about, 'it
would have probably been made
to ring with; Mr. Smiley's .excited
denunciations; ; of . - Mrs. : Smiley.
Finally, ;. however, he - became
cooler, and, loading both barrels,
he started again after rabbitsl He
saw one in ' a few moments and
was about to fire -when he noticed
that there were no capsVon his
guiu. He telt for one, and found
to his dismay that he had snapped
the last one oft", i Then he ground
his teeth and walked home. Oh
his way there' he ;,saw at least six
hundred rabbits, . ;Hoi lias been
put hunting every, day since, how-
ever, , wnn nis gun ; in iirst-ratc
order, andhe has' never laid eyes
on a solitary 1 abbit Smiley is be
ginning: : to think v something r. is
wrong in the government; of the
uuiverae.
How beautiful how "noble is the
poet's art .when used to soothe the
mourning ; heart One J of 5 the
sweetest and tenderest specimens
of elegiac verse has" beencompos
mm
ed by ah English gentleman1 who
acciueniany got in :jemani9 -.oi
his four Avives vsomewhat j mixed
during - their iremoval to a new
I burial ground. IIes jvas deter
1 miiied, was Mr. Sparks, tliaf there
; should be no mistake as to the va
I rions Mrs. Sparkses' last abode ;
and-., accordingly calmed , i his
truthfulnessby the comoosition of
the following beautiful inscrip-:
tionsVK"Here lies Jane (and proh-
wounaeaspiru anu cnspiayeu sin
jably Susan) Sparks.'' r: Sacred to ?
j the memory of Maria), to say notlv- f
insrot Jane andHanhahVSnarks
"Stranger, pause and drop a tear, j
for Susaii Sparks lies buned here ; j
t m . t ' - . . , ., I
t iuingiea in some perplexing mau-
n er, wan-jane, Mana and ': por
tions of Hannah." r
"I-woundn't be a cook -for tlie
whole world,!", ; saidu -fashion abl e
young lady to her. betrothed hus
band. "Of course not? he replied;
"If you were to cook for the whole
world you would never be ablet to
get through your work'; but you'll
-! be able to manage it " nicelv. for
V7 our; little family?' - '
lookf:v:;ff'-. ------ m':--J-L -. ! : M
Josh Billing3 says: that; in the
beds' of many . hotels. I'yti sleep
nm;. ,..1 UT . - f
uui, uul rule over a.goou ucai.
Parsing AayJ'
'Jk'
i;: -We have often - remarked the ?
'ft' 9 ' ' .1 . , -,'',. - -
meI(5 erected. 1 The visit in most1
lougn every taniet una msenp
ti6ris a direct fscimon to.thc liv- .
inglrrTll011 aft mortal, aud must , f
dithc. appeal reaches not Jho r
hejt as a truth hot to bo safely "4
f rid; witlcThc tact that airare ;
mMal is notMleuied; but itspeis
sOtJil application is evaded. Pe ith i
sis -egarded as - remote it 'will
'Gp'dies f In 'human - hearb the ?i
thghts , bfdeAtli?:;'fThom6s'ff;
imessive lessons aro set aside, asj; .
nomdemandihg immediate r conv
8icti6n aid are regarded j as '
Obiusive it' they for a moment 1
chC;thCv spirit of 'intense world
liis.:; Tlip 6olemh awe' which :
for?i moment- is produced by tho V
eu;iice into .the family of a stern -minger,
strikingdown its hcad; ;
is icpu replaced by the eager cal- ,
cuaions of world ly profit v hich
thq:: 'orld may bring in its train! '
It laot uncommon that disputes
arisabout the division of proper- y:
ty jtfby the Head, a nd' the house
of JuruingIjeing converted into c
a sc0e'pf angry quarrels; So Jit
tle4itho; voice of,Prbvideuce; re-,
garcd. ; The obituary columns 7 ,
of a;ieWspaperyji!iiwhich r are .re-' .
cord jd the exit of th"6 'distinguish1 '
ed j3tead"ff admohishingus of ,
thensahity 6 iiuraah; Hfet impart
feehjp:- inipressions, '. soon to bo
effaild. V The voico is silenced in
deat ofoiier ; who figured; jn' thc 4 r
fbTuiy the ;f cabinet,: the senate,
or ' pulgit andf after ;a few " '
fornmf regrets- the J- Btrire ' is who f '
shalh succeed to the place Vacated.1 ;
Mei eager for wealth and honors,
rideecklcssly over the graves'bfr
the :&ad, . hot laying ;it ;to heart y
that&e closing; history of others
will !oon become theirs. ' Kv
. Itits a . fataH error " to believe '
thato 16 vp to -pray; ajid' sing,
jaudgo rto church is religion 7:? ?
arid Jffiisa great mistake to surn
poseiUhat because cne Is iruc in . :
ais'-txlsj ; aiidjhpnest in his' deal- :
ingsfahd does to all- men; he; !;
woifp be done by, that he is a 1
chriianrv z-vn,ix 9C:x':H::
Tmt is: only; one; side of. the
Chnftlfm; life:, and the other side; ',
is rtli!. hjgher dutici:; we'; owe to ' ;
Godp)f tai th- and love, worship "
andiedience,; a iid providing for;
the ppppttf bf J lis religion among .
melathdme'ahdlibroadrC :"
y Tip Gicral Assembly, how
in H ssion may 1 be - considered '
rath5cg ?alstraiiire Boddie as the ,-i
Fintfsr and -Foote are brought so
-st - - -
closcjf ogetlier, and ion Mor?icad
than usually found on bodies of
this'phd.!jilt OintwcU bz denied, .
howter,!thcy are Alhrlnhl and
t)10U Ypung and noisy as a Par- : ,
roi iwlUoTiugyrtinh
iueawill be found as clear as the '
- 0UAft0 J
they ill;
tui i jiiLu at is 10 ne nonea -
hot be found Green iu
. . . " ' A -
theirjwoxk; but jnake a Strona
fight;4br the Good and Profit of
the atc--itoi ; Hews.
. 1 ' . .."53 -- . ' -
Hv comfortable for a young '
wyc&eHhaiher husband is a
godJ)rcider, ; and, 'that she will
lievwXt Jor the necessaries-of
life; JAhewly-married man, was
receiPyMirecteIbyis - wife to
ordeMoihe yeast, and, not having
a verYr defiuite idea of the article, -he
tafd i the bakcRto send up 5 -ulpcper
iplscrvcr. - - -
-; f lpie brother body here ??-'.
askePat othe niorgue-kceper. -"Ipinnol'Och,'
isaid Pat, :
"youj I J;n ow hi m"ina-minnte by-'
u'lcdimentihisjjeech; :
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ti