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PrognoRlication,
The etono w hush-d—4nd will it W»kea no toOle
Our apirite er* rruthari—ar* it* *tr«g*fC8 all evert
No nation «’*»i bluah-d for more pitiful »neu,
if our heart* he not flurhed by that rpirit again
Even now, though al air**, wt ehouhi leaf for the
' *
Mer, ■ .. ■* *
Thai nurtured and *av« d, yet we ehed not a tSaf;
To duogeona or gravea though our tyrants condemn.
Our old uud young brave, yet we w-ep u«* for them.
But sorrow shall burst a companiou to our
lake waters uur*ed near a mountain oa fire;
Then sages who taught mairly nature* to shame.
May war for (he worst with hot blood aud hot flame
The weak whh the strong, how could they hav, elriv
en,
rhougli vainly, so long without succor from heaven;
A hatred to wrong is assistance iuspired
Into trumpet aud tougue, and no more is required.
For strength gathers fast when oppression ie told,
Ti l young nations at lust a e a match for the old;
But Ood never g iv« uutn nations a boon,
To be tu’tied into wuete by possession to swoon.
If the sun from me gloom of dark midnight arise,
If the dead from tho tomb eoar away to the skies,
If the tree gather bloom upon bra. ches tong bare,
Tb-re cannot be room for the South to despair.
A, Ttr.
SORCIt M CONO TUGL6HT.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “ TEN NIGHTS IN A
BAB-ROOM.”
‘ 1 must have it, Churles,’ said the
handsome little wife of Mr. Whitman.
* ‘o dont put on that sober face.’
‘ Did I put on a sober lace?’ ask¬
ed the husband, with an attempt to
smile that was anything but a success.
* Yes, gober as a man on trial for bis
life. Why, it’s as long as the moral
luw. There, dear, clear it up, and look
as il you had at least one friend iu the
world. What money lovers you men
are !’
* How much will it cost ?’ inquired
Mr. Whitman. There was another ef¬
fort to look cheerful and acquiescent.
‘ About foi’ tx<y larsAMf as answered,
with just a little falteiing in the lady’s
voice, tor she ,ku«w s the sum would
sound extravagant.
* Fort^jf dollsnf? Why, Adn, <io you
think I am paiie ol money ?’ Mr. \\ hit
Ulan's counteiniu. e underwent a remark
able changeof expression.
, j declare, Charles,’ said his wife, ’ a
mile impatiently, , <you look nt T
me as
»•««. . n Jont ^ 0 f 1 ,^ 4 ,.f«f
I think this is kind of
I ve only had three silk dresses
we were niurried, while Amy
Blight has luuisix or seven during the
Porlo.l. and nvery oue ,.f her’, coat
more than mine- I know you think me
extravagant, but I wish you had a .wife
like some womeh I could name. I ra¬
ther think you’d find out the difference
before long.’
1 There, there, pet, dont talk to me
after this fashion ! I’ll bring you the
money at dinner time,-that is, if—
‘ No ‘ifs’ nor ‘buts’if you please. The
sentence is c mplete without them.—
Thank yon, thwir! I’ll go this after
HOOtl and buy the silk. So dont fail to
bring the mdn%. I was in at Silkskiiis
yesterday, arid saw one ■z
Patterns I RVt>r laid III} 8 on. Just
suits my style and complexion. I shall
be inconsolable if it’s gone. You wont
disappoint me r
And Mrs. Whitman laid her soft,
white hand on the arm of her husband,
and smiled with sweet persuasion in his
face. , ■ ”
4 Oh, no. You shall have the money,’
said Mr. Whitman, turning from hfk
wife, as she thought a little abruptly,
and hurrying from her presence. Iu his
precipitation he had forgotten the usual
parting kiss.
‘That’s the way it is always!’ said
> rs Whitman,her whole manner chang
ing, ns lhe sound of the closing street
doorsjcame jarring upon her ears. 4 Just
say money to Charles, and at once there
iu a cloud in,the sky.’
She sat down pouting and half angry.
* Forty dollars for a new dress I* men
tally ejaculated 1,16 husband of vain,
pretty, thoughtless Mrs. Whitman, as he
shut trie door ufter him. 4 1 promised
to settle Thompson's coal bill to-dav—
thirty three dollars—but dont know
where the money is to ctmie from. The
coal ** burnt u pf and more uma r be or
dered. Oh, dear I I’m discouraged.
Kvery year I fall behindhand. This
Sparta, (i«., March 31, 1870.
winter I did bope get'a : littlo 'T»^ 5 T“ in ad¬
to
vance, but if forty-dollar silk dressesare
in ord^r there’s an end to that devoutly
to be wlshed-for circumstance. Debt,
debt! Hoyv I have always shrunk from
it; but steadily, aijins now, it is closing its
Briserian around me, and my re¬
stricted chest labors in respiration. Oh,
if I could but disentangle ■ yself now,
while I have the strength of early man¬
hood, and the bjn«ls that hold me are
weak. If .rda could see as I see—if
cou d only make her understand my po¬
sition rightly. Alas ! that is hopeless,
I fear.’
And Mr.’Whitman hurried his steps,
because his heart beat quicker and hrs
thou Jit was unduly e.\Ctted,
Not a long time after Mr. Whitman
left his house, the postman delivered a
letter to his address. His wife examin¬
ed, the writing on the envelope, which
was in a bold, masculine hand, and said
to herself as she did so, * I wonder who
this can be from ?’
Something more than curiosity inov
ed her. There intruded on her nund a
vague feeling of disquiet, as if the mis¬
sive b r<* unpleasant news for her hus¬
band. i’he stamp showed it to be a
city leiter. A few times, of late, such
letters had come to his address, and she
had noticed that he had read them hur¬
riedly, thrust them without remark in¬
to his pocket, and become silent and
sober-faced.
Mrs. Whitman turned the letter over
and over ag i o iri her hand, in a thought¬
ful way. and as sSe (fid so, the image of
her husband, sober-faced arid silent as
he had become for the most of the time,
.of late, presented himself with unusual
vividness. Sympathy stole into her
heart.
‘ Poor CnarlesP she said, as the feel¬
ing increased ; ‘ I’m afraid something is
going wrong with him.*
Placing the letter on the mantle-piece
where he could see it when ho came in,
Mrs. Whitman entered upon some house
hold duties; but a strange impression,
i#»of a weight, luy upon her heart— ji
fed s. use of impending evil—a vague, trou li¬
disturbance of her usual inward seif
satisfaction. M 4
If the thought of Mrs. Whitman re¬
curred, as was natural, to the elegant
silk dress of whiqi^sho wa| Jtp become
the owner <*i that day,'She did not feel
the proud s itisfaction h er v>i d£frktn-t
per,fenced i^little while before. Some¬
thing of its beauty had‘faded.
• If I only knew what that letter con¬
tained,* she said, half an hour after it
had come in. her mind still feeling the
pressure which had co.v.e down upon it
so as it seemed to her.
She went tc the mantle-piece, took
up the letter and examined the super¬
scription. Ilrgave her no light. Stead¬
ily it kept growing upon her that its
contents were of a nature to trouble her
husband. * . A
‘ He’s been a little mysterious of late,’
she said to herself, This idea affected
unpleasantly. *
her very ‘ He grows
#
ifijprt silent and reserved,’ she added, as
thought, under a kind of feverish ex
citement, became active in a new
tie,, ‘ More in' ’raw,,, as it were, aud
less interested in what goes on around
him. His coldness chills me at times,
and his irritation hurts me.’ ‘
She drew a long, deep sigh? Then,
with an almost startling vivWom, came
belore her mind, in contrast, her
loving, cheerful husbandof three years
before, and her qufet^ sober faced hus
band of to-dav.
* Something has gone wrong with
him,’she said aloud, as feeling grew
stronger. • Vt hat can it be V
^Tlie letter was in her hand.
- • This may give me light.’ And
careful fingers she opened the envelope,
not breaking the paper, so that she
oouh sea it again if she desired so to
do There was a bill for sixty dollars,
and a coutmnn cat,on from the peraoh
sending 'this the bill He was at" a jewder.
‘ If is not settled once,’ Ire
wrote, 4 1 shall put the account in sttit.
It lias tired been of standing for over a year, and
I am getting excuses instead of
my money.’
.O
Mrs. Whitman had almost
her husbaiid to p-rchase.
4 Not paid for! Is it possible?’ ex
clainred the little woman, in blank na
tonishment while the blood mounted to
her forehead *
n*u Tneij.sbe 1 sftt down j to I think. Light
began to come into her fnimh As she
sat thus thinking a second letter came
In for husband from the rtenny-postman
She opened it without hesitation. An
•
. .... . another . danmng . , letttr ,
o ler 1 am .
Not paid ! Is it possible?’ She re
peated the ejaculation. It was a bill of
twenty-five dollars for gaiters and slfp^
per*, which h,.d been .funding fi* three
or four month ,8 ‘
-
■ffv.l* . *il do 1 said the
w rwver
kening.wife — 4 neVer-«-nOf never l 1 And
she thrust the two letters intohei pock
e t in a resolute way Prom that bout
until .he return ol her husbmtd at
nertime Mrs. Whitman 4 did an unusual
amount of thinking, for her little brain.
She saw, the moment he entered, that
the morning cloud had not passed from
his brow >
.. Here . the . for that
is money new
dress.’ he said, taking a Small roll of bills
from his vest pocket and handing them
to Ada, as lie caine in. He did not kiah
her nor smile iu the old T bright ”, way.—
But n . h,„ . • vo.ee • wa, c»ln.,.f , ... not cheerful, . ,
A kiss and a smile would have been
fri>'re precious to the yi»«ng wife than a
hundred silk dresses, t 8 he t^ok the
money, saying :
‘ Thank you, dear! It is kind of you
to regard my wishes.’ *
Something in Ada’s voice and man
nor caused .Mr. Whitman to lift his eyes,
witli a look of inquiry, to her face. But
sliu turned aside, so that he could Hot
read its expression. .
He was graver and more silent than
usual, and ate with scarcely an api»ear
ance of appetite.
‘Come home early, dear/ said Mrs.
Whitman, as she wu!l|ed to the door
with her husband, aftertdinner. i
‘ Are you impatient Jo « me ad
.2 I with
a faint effort to smile.
•Xcs. It will be somethingaidendid,’ ° 1
she answered.
<
He turned off from her quickly, and
left the house. Ar few moments she *
stood, with a thoughtful face, her mind
indrawn, and her whole manner ' cm
plotely.changed. . . , , Th^i sh** vveot to . er
room, and comiuwftced dressing to go
I
Two hours later, and we find her in*
a jewelry store 011 Broadway. I
‘ Can I say a word to yon ?’ She ad¬
dressed jhersulf to the owner of the store,
who knew her very well. .
* Certainly,* he replied, and they mo j
v»*d to the lower end of the long show
cases.
M,s ; Wh* r !lrow from S.r pocket
a at y « watch ant chain, and laying
them on the show case, said, at the same
time holding out the bill she had taken
from the envelope addressed to her hus
.
4 1 caunot afford to wear this watch
my husband s circumstances are too lim
ited. I tell you so frankly. It should
! never have been purchased; but a too
indulgent husband yielded to the im
‘ portnuitie. take of a blame foolish young wile. I
su v this to from him. Now,
.
’ j fHirness* to sJv^how & ourself' t* 1 !, C, 'u
wa tch and much I shall ^ niv J
! besides.’
y0 u
The jeweller dropped his eyes to
thiuk. The case took him a little by
^'TC: H ,1 f ° r j 1 ™' y ,* '/""“‘I’
■.!* ,n ^ V a [! f watc '» le 8 ‘ 11 »
4
nearby Will*
4 that, do ?’ lie had come for
ward again, and now presented her with
reeetplci bill. Hts face wore a plea
se expieesion.
et-book. Mrs . Whiunan,'* driwing’ouUw * tpn
4 Nothing. The watch is not defa
a|o , ’. .j e VeMiZg * j
},Fnk „„ )er volec hope v ou . ..... 0
& uk unfavorably u't'hia" of °th'“hi my I! husband. Tl»"ai It’s
la t! u; t Wen !
Good morning, sir.’ .
.Mrs. VY hitman drew her veil over her
,! MV »'itb light steps and a
light tienvr. frmn the store The pleas¬
ure i*.nl experienewi 011 r« ceiving
h T w»reh was not to ceeuiupared w th
that now elt In parting with it. From
the jeweler's,she went to the boot mn
ker’s “id paid the bill of twenty five
do,,ar8 » fro,n thence to her milliner’s,
and 8et tled for her last bonnet.
• I know you’re dying to see my new
dress,’ said Mrs. Whitman, gaily, as she
drew her arm within that of her hus
band, on his appearance that evening,
‘ Co,ne over to our bedroom and let me
f back, 1 ' 0 " £ Charles, P°" as ,e if alo,l you 8 ! were Do afraid. "> Z ng
Charles Whitman.went with his wife
passively, looking more like a man on
his way to receive sentence, than in ex
pectation of a .pleasant sight. His
thoughts wire bitter.
‘Shall my Ada become lost to me?
he said in his heart—• lost to me in a
wo ,.| ( j 0 f folly, fashion and extrava
gance ?’
‘Sit down Charles.’ She led him to
® large cushioned chair. T Hcrin -nner
ha,i u " ,U : r * 0 " e ,l cha "« e - ha bri « h ‘
ness of her countenance had , . departed,
j ocr j^ something, in a hurried way,
fft>rn a drawer, and catching up a foot
stool placed it on the floor near him,
und sitting down, leaned upon him and
look tenderly and lovingly into his face.
Theft she handed him the jewe'er’s bill,
* It is receipted, you see.’ Her voice
fluttered a little.
‘ Ada ! how is this? What does it
f r ' p »n f He Hushed and grew eager.
‘ \ ret ' ,n,e 1 th ‘ ? »" d Mr * --
receipted ' the , bill, l would have i„ paid
(or d imn( , ef b „ t he Mid it wa8 Ulli r .
P( | j -md asked Ada \i nothing.’
‘Oh.
* And this is receipted also; and this,’
handing him the other bills which she
had paid. And now, dear,’ she added
quickly, ‘ how do ?* von like my dress ?
Isn’t it beautiful
W* leave the explanations and scene
that followed to the reader’s imagitia
tion * Tf any fair lady, however, who.
liko A ,‘ ,a ' , ll “ , , bee ? drawiujt too heavily
upon her husband’sydendi-r iue.oine, for
silks and jewels, is at a loss to realize
the scene, let her try Ada’s cXperi . ent.
Our word for it .she will find a new and
glad experience in life. (Jistly silks
a» d jewels may be veiy pleasant things,
but they are too dearly bought when
they come at the price of a husband’s
embarrassment.* mental disquietude, or
alien; tioife. T»>o often the guy young
wife wears them as the sign of tliese un
hnppy conditions, Tranquil hearts and
homes a/c precious things; too
precious to be burdened and clouded
this by weak mind, vauity uud love .of show. have
iu oh ye fuir oupa *^’^ 10
husbands in moderate circumstances.—
D « PT'dt? and pleasure op
“T “'“‘'"‘‘S'««t y laco
and gems, are poor substitutes for sun
j n g p t >. lC ,. and hearts overshadowed by
ca re . Take the lesson and live by it
rather than offer another illustration, in
your own experience, of the lolly we
have been trying to expose and rebuke.
[Arthur's Mugritziue.
The Great Lesson.— The first les
son that a young man should learn is
that he knows nothing. The earlier and
the more thoroughly learned this is the
better. A home-bred youth growing up
esteem, “g* is surprised fS^''“d find and often ^
to
unwilling to acknowledge the superior
ity of people. But he is compelled to
,earn own insignificance ; his airs
are ridiculed, his , blund rs a.e exposed,
His wishes disregarded, and he is made
to cut a sorry figure, until his sell-con
ceit is abuslied aud he keenly feels that
he knows nothing,
H heu a young man has thoroughly
co, “P re hended the fact that he knows
^ iS^e lhe nextiloi^'ti.at Z
wor)(] careg „othiBg about him. He is
^ ie 8 u ^j ec ^ 1,0 man’s overwhelming
ud,niration » neither petted by the one
sex nor envied by the other, lie has to
,Ld"m,td he be^mes uotie'lb"7 he
wi || uot become noticeable until lie does
something to prove that he is of some
use to society. No recommendation or
mtrodtictinn will givehim this or ought
t0 him this ; he must do something
“^.“Tte^nuThat of'patience, J,.|;
A niust | earn t „ wait as aa
wotk, and to be conteut with those
'“ eiin8 °' ai lva, !^ me !' t in lif « which he
with . and houoi. Pa
may.use integrity difficult
t,enc ® ol,e of the most les
to look for immediate results,
Let-hts then be understood at star,.
. el.wt the patient ot d, h
>"8 t,t!8 i wh,C ' n * e ,a the conquest rt-gufer und le
0 '»‘"‘ ,ais m ',1 enter
prise is not only essential in securing
the success which a young man seeks iu
lile, bnt essemial .Iso to that prepars
t»u., of the imndSbqmatte for the enjoy
ment of suecese, and for retaining it,
when gamed. It is the general rule in
all the world arid in all time, tuat tj li¬
earned succt su is a cuise.
Terms
American Wonders.— -The greatest
cataract in the world is the Palls of Ni
again, where the water from the great
upper lakes forms a river of three-quar
suddenly ters of a mile in width, and then being
contracted plunges over the
rocks in two columns to the depth of
one hundred and seventy feet each.
The greatest cave in the world is the
Ma " ,lnoth Cave in Kentucky, where
any one can make a voyage on the wn
ters of a subterranean river, and catch
fish without eyes, . V*
The greatest river in the world in the
Mississippi, |£Hfc. four thousand one huudred
nrilrji The long. largest valley _ in the world is the
Valley of ihe Mississippi. It contains and!
five hundred thousand square miles,
is one of the most fertive and profitable
regions of the globe,
The largest Jake in the world is Lake
Supcior, which U truly an island sea,
being four hundred ami thirty miles
long, and one thousand feet deep,
The longest railroad in the-wofld is
the Pa iflc Railroad, over 3000 miles ii»
length. . lW .,i ,
The greatest natural bridge in th*
world is the natural bridge Cedar ^
over
Creek, in Virginia. If extends across a
chasm eighty feet in width and25*> iettt
in depth, at the bottom of which the
creek flows.
Tluj greatest muss of solid iron in thef
world is the Iron Mountain of Missouri.
It is three hundred.anti fifly feet high,
and two miles in tifeuit. ! V
The best specimen of Dreemn archi¬
tecture in the world is the Girard Ckil*
lege for Orphans, Uiila.
A Heavy ApfEal.—^-T he Lynchburg
News makes Hie following romance
against whisky : ,. M , r . j >4 . 1
There is a sufficient quantity of fer¬
mented and distilled liquor used ill the
United States*, in one year, to Oil a Cana!
four feet deep, fourteen feet 5 wide* and
one hundred and twenty-fiifies 111 length.
The places where intoxicating liquors
are made arid sold in this country, if
placed in rows in direct lines* would
make a street one hundred miles in
leagth. If the victims of the rum traf¬
fic were there also, we should see a sui¬
cide every mile, and one hundred funer¬
als every day. If the drunkards of Atner
iea could be placed in procession, fiyg
abreast, they would make an army one
hundred miles in length. What an ar
my of vict/ms ! Every hourifi the night
adswWavons are lighted With the incen¬
diary torch of the druakard. .Every bout
in the day the earth is,st«ined with lh«
blood sited by drunken assassins. Sen
the great army of im briates, more thaO
half a mil ion stroug, marching OQ to
the sure aud swift ilestryctiou— filing
off prisons rapidly and into the the scaffold, poor-houses and and
up to yet
the ranks are constantly filled by the
moderate drinkers. Who can compute
the fortunes squandered, the hope#
crushed, the hearts broken, the homes
made desolate by drunkenness, v
Love of Country.—T he Ethiopian .
imagines that God made his sands and
deserts, while angels only were employ¬
ed in forming the balance of the world.
A tribe iu Asia believes that the sun,
moon and stars wefe made onlt for
thorn, and that all the ot' er parts of the
world are in darkness.
The Maltese think tlieir rocky island
•* the fl wer of the world,’ while the
Carribbenns believe that they alone have
a tled paradise, ana themselves alone enti¬
to be called men.
The Chinaman believes that his bones
must go buck to China in order to make
his family happy in tfie spirit world.
The people of Norway are so attach¬
ed to their country that they have in¬
scribed upon their coins, 4 Spirit, loyal¬
ty, valor, aud what ever is honorable,
let the world learn among the rocks of
Norway.’
Hard work is the grand secret ofsuc
C08S, Nuthiog but rags and poverty
ca.. cofne of idleness. Elbow grease is
the only stuff to make gold with. No
sweat no sweet. He who would have
the crow’s eggs must climb the tree.—
Every man must build up bis own for¬
tune now-a-days. . Shirt sleeves rolled \
up lead on to best broadcloth ; aud he
who is not ashamed of the apron'will
soon be able to do without it. • Dili¬
gence is the mother of good luck,* as
fioor Richard says ; but ‘ idleness is the
devil’s bolster,’ as John Ploughman
says.
Tl>e Griffin _-•*.» S'ar relates ! >-— of lad
a afe
tending wiio works the Male nights Institute and in. that plaeo
his board at and tuition. Saturdays and
pays He alwaya
li ts his lAfcauns perfectly# He uses nei¬
ther whisky, tobacco, cards nor profane
preJit “n^^'ru'turehw ‘
tUt yuuth . H e ie worthy -^ of emulation
iu #ther Ujcfilitiew.
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We never know the Wurth of wafer
till the’ well is dry. ' ~} iu