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TBS ELM AtfD SHX rift*.
•Uphold my feeble branches ..
With thy atroDK arm*, 1 pray
Thu to the Kim, l • neighbor—
m The Vine—wa heard to say )
••Elh, lying Tow and helpless,
A weary lot is mine ;
■‘Crawled o’er by every reptile,
And browsed by hungry kine.”
The Elm was moved to pity ;
Then spoke the generous tree :
“My hapless friend, come hither.
And find support in me.”
The kindly Elm, receiving
The grseefnl Vine’s embrace,
Became, with that adornment.
The garden’s pride and grace;
Became the chosen.covert
In which the wil'd birds sing ;
Became the love of shepherds,
And the glory of Bprh.g. ,
O beautiful example
For youthful minds to shed 1
The good we do to others
Shall never miss its meed ;
The love of those whose sorrows
We lighten shall be ours,
And o’er the path we walk in
That love shall scatter flowers.
—William C. Brynnt,
Miscellany.
TBS EXCLAIMED.
Sweeter than the son gw o t thrushes,
When the winds are low.
Brighter that the tulip’s blushes,
- Reddening out of snow,
Were the form and face o fair.
Of the little child at prayer.
—Alia Cary.
The only one in the houee, a little
child, knelt by her bedside praying alone.
SVrhnps the experiences of ten years had
aid their weight upon her young heart
fehe certainly was not dldet I *—and were it
not for lhe imorfeAfckfeft which sorrow
always leaves upon ilk victims she would
YinVe passed foY a yong'er child. It was
hot a large house, for there were but
three rooifis in it, and, besideS her Self, It
had but one occupant. He was away ;
fcbe Knew nowhere, only that her fears
told her he was where he ought not to be.
Bl>e had prepared their frugal supptr
hours ago, and had waited anxiously and
hopefully for her fath< r’s returning foot
steps, but night crept on apace, ami he
came not to cheer the solitude or relieve
the anxiety of his waiting child.
Tears had been falling f" om the bright
bine eyes, dimming their lustre, and sobs
*iad burst front the roseate lips, telling
her licart’sagony ; and now near the inid
of the night, the little one knelt, as
her sainted mother had taught her to do
tthd prayed for the absent one.
‘•Dear God, bless my poor, dear fa
ther, Make hint'good ami holy *s my I
'dear, dead mother was. Keep him from
drinking the wicked brandy any more,
hud make him love his little Mary as ho
tired to.” . j
This was the burden of her prayer.
But bow caii we tell the expression of
her weeping eyes and little b inds raised
imploringly to heaven in the earnestness
of her petition ? Her golden hair fell
loosely down upon her shoulders, and it
was a picture which made glad the
hngels who beheld it. They had seen
the picture before, and the Lonu bad seen
it, and heard the earnest petition of the
L'latneloss one.
Chailes Hansom had been prosperous
and well to-do. lie had began life with
bright) prospects) and with a loving wife
and interesting children) his home was
otse bt the bright Spots af earth. But
sickness and death came and robbed him
of his heart’s jewwls—of all but one—and
left himdrsolate and disconsolate. Truly,
lie loved Mary, the one left him by a
tt'iie Provideuce i but his devotion to his
tkitb liHtl beeh sd entire and dd absorbing
she had become so tt uly a part of his
own existence—that when she was taken
from hiih life Seethed a dismal dungeon)
aud he colild See bb “Veiling” to the
fclohdS Which mantled life's skyi
Deßpbndency took possession Of him
and; to drown the poigna&y ot hi* grief;
hte resorted to tiie wine-cUp; a* many an
Unfortunate one has done before him,
deludeii with false hopes. Having once
began in this way, he soon went to ex
bees. At first ihe piteous appeals ot the
bhild, and the advice and warning of
iricuds who loved him, seemed to have
some restraining effect; but at length;
these gradually lost power, and one by
bne liis •‘friends" gave up his case as
hopeless, and ceased striving with him,
wrapping themselves in the mantle of
their own fancied perfection and invinci
ble power* to resist temptation, Add re
signed hint to hisolate.
There was btft one who remained fast
and firm, staunch atid trtle to the woi'ft
Of his retuination ; and that was his
heaven-eyed, sunny-crowned Mary. She
never faltered in her prayers or her en
treaties. She heeded no repulse, aud
Was discouraged by no delay ; but with
the simple face of clnluho hJ she kept
her eye fixed steadily on #lie boon so
tondiy deairded—the retomation ot one
she held mos. dear on earth. .
Cn this particular night Charles Han
som had lingered as usual at a dram
shop, aud becoming intoxicated; Was ob
livious to his home, his waiting child,
and everything but his thirst for liquor.
This thirst it seemed impossible to
quench. Uis money was all gone; and,
alas! he had reached, too, that other
her tain stage in the drunkard’s life wiled
his credit at the bar was gone, yet he
implored the landlord for more drink.
With iiis tongue thick and his eyes loll
ing in an idiotic stare, he begged in vain
for one more glass to salisly his craving
thirst. His pleadings at last made the
virtuous landlord angry, and with a ter
ttble oath he answered the poor fnrbri
* * ** . 1 t l,| > 0 1 t . t| . ■ . h -
'
ate that if he could not be still he would j
kick him out into the street,
This wan the first time in bin msd c*-
reel- tMt Hilaries Hansom had ever re
ceived shhh a threat, and, bewildered
And stiuvficd as he was, his native pride
And selv-reipeot began to , lie aroused.
The br-roon\ was almost mil of men,
many of thetii Ills acquaintances, and Jo
bo rebuffed ltt this niaodar, and .before
them, made tne defthuTaticn doulily
poignant.
lie staggered to Ins feet and taught a
chair, but ere his faltering arms ooula
raise it high enough lor the object at
which he aimed, the infuriated dramsel
ser hurled a decanter, with such uner
ring precision that it felled the besotted
man on the floor with his head gashed,
and the blood oozing from it frightfully?
“Get out of my house, you vagabond,"
cried the landlord, as, not content with
seeing his victim helpless on ■nlw-imj
he npplied kick after kick to Ms postrate
body.
Get out with yottr villainous carcass, I
tell ye, and gel off to your pauper hovel
and your crying brat, Arid never put
foot inside this door agaiil, or, by—, I’ll
kill ye.”
This brutal speech sobered the drunk
en man almost as by magic, and, with a
bound surprised the lookers on and made
them stand hack, lie rushed upon his
assailant and strangled him till he cried,
“Help, men, for the love of Goi> f
fiend is murdering me!”
Tho infuriated man loosened hia-griUp
and broke forth :
“Oh, yes, Bill Jackson, yo t thought
I was killing you, because you knew you
richly deset ved it, not only from nte,
but hundreds of others. You sold me
drink, and encouraged me to drink ; yOii
said it would not hurt me, that it would
do me good, that it would drive Borrow
far from me and make me forget my
griefs. You were the one who, when
I said my tcmjierament was one that
could not stand much drink, told me
there was no danger ; tlut I should get
Used to it as he had done; and you
luted me oh and on, from one stage to
another, until you got all my money ard
nearly all 1 could turn into money ; and
uow when I have noth'. ;g, and am poor,
and degraded, and low and sdnkieti into
the gut er where you have dragged me,
you spurn me from your house, you kick
and beat me, and, worse than all, you
call my child, whom, w ill all my degra
dation and sin, I love better lh£n>my
life—you call nty child a btawliug brat!
Curse you, Bill Jacksrtn, for the ruin
you have wrought. Hit I will go from
your house; I will go home to my poor
child, and ntay the God whom I have so
grievously offended give me the strength
to resist the temptation ever to enter
your house or any other liquor shop
again as long as I have breath."
The penitent man was assisted to his
[ home by some of his ctmpanions, and,
i upon entering the house, there they aw
' t hat frail, fair child still kneeling on the
bare floor by her lit tle bid. She had
fallen asleep in that position after pray..
I ing long and earnestly for her absent fa
ther. Hut she awoke at their couiiug,
and with dPstartled cry she ran to her
lather, and asked what was the matter.
With her own hands she dressed Itis
wound, and, pressing her to his heart, he
told her he would try not to drink any
more. ,
“O, dear papa!” she cried; “I tlibdght
God would answer my prayef. 1 have
prayed so much for you, aud. itlaiilinii
used to teacli me that nty prayers vvotild
be heard aud answered when Goo thought
it was best. Oh, won't mamma be hap
py, up iu heaven, to know that you won't
drink auy more f and little brother
Jamie? And I know God will bless
yon dear father, aud make you strong."
“May he bless you, sweet cl ild, aud
make rne worthy of such a precious
treasure.' Oh, what a sinner I have beeu!
May Gob be merciful, unto me!”
There was little sleep in that house
that night. Charles Ransom was thor
oughly aroused from tlie torpor ditto
which he had plunged so long, and he
mafVeled that he had ever fallen so low.
Hfe had been snatched as a brand from
the burning, but not by his own aflforts ;
the grace of God, so unweariediy invoked
iu his betfell by his praying child, 1 had
at last come to his Fescue. He saw how
bear the gate of destruction he had ap
proached, and in his hour of penitence
he resolved no longer to rely on his own
strength, but to seek the aid of divine
grace to help him battle with gorrow and
adversity, for be had seen that “vain was
the help of man,” an<l that human na
tllhbj unsustained and unrenewed by
gfabbj liras the veriest weakness.
The happy days pasSed into months,
the months into years, and vre behold
the rechiiised one a respected and hon
ored member of society. The beautiful
little house which he used to own, aud
which he had sacrificed iu his insane
Suasion for drink; he re-pilrclmded j and
fary, the same devoted drtfgliter to
whose prayers he owed his saltaiidd, tlow
dh'velbped into a beautihfl and gifted
ydilng lady of seventeen, tfiilns of fldvr
ei'B and vines around their happy dwel
ling; and with her love and cdte dbd
goodness makes it a home \Mitb the do ■
gels seem to watch over with p'ecrflidr
guardianship, and in her prayefd dhe
never fdrgets to say :
“My Gtfb, I thank Thee that he Who
Was nigh ilnto everlasting destruction is,
by Tar iriefCy, restored, and he whet Wfte
lost is found.”
Ste asked him >i her new dfts'sf
wasn't as sweet as a Spring rose, dnd
the brute said it was, even to the minor
attraction of still haring a little due on
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CONYERS, GEORGIA; THURSDAY, MARCH3O, 18W.
NBUrsPAPl fs.
“I'm too poor to take a pajief." If
you arc too poor to take a Jpaper, you
should ho indicted by the grand jftry tor
obtaining a family under false
Southerners are not as reliable newspa*
per supporters as they should' oi£ co ild
jie, for, iii fact, few country tako
Jliq .newspapers. Travel throiigh the
country from Kongo to ltjphniomk (Uid
in nineteen of tweutjr of the irnpaiflesH
ill-located and.unaonfM'ta6lii dikpUkiga
on the roadside, you will nnd neither
newspapers nor any * traces of oiie ever
having been there. The luwhand knows
nothing about hiftrbfets slflbptiij josV
items that he picks tip tit the country,
stoni flie wite ( is ignorant, atid bsijfiiise
slim is denied tile general itiforiffnlidri
derivable from newspapers, she descends
in the scale, and becomes a newsmon-
ger, filled with superstitious ideas aad
scandal. The children
grow up ignorant, with no ambition to
push ahead in life. '1 hey know nothing
about the world they live in, and care
less, istop at any neatly painted house,
situated in a grove cf trees with vines
on the porch and a paling feuce in front,
and on the tables, in the corners, and in
the halls, you will find the local papers
of the Nearest large city. The proprie
tor is as well j*ostod about the prices of
cotton, grain, .or stock as any traveling
speculator. He does not depend upon
the local politician for his political ideas
nor upon luck for a good .crop.- His
wife has a wider seope fot her minds
employment than neighborhood scandal,
and the childreu grow up ambitious to
suooeed in life, and (warned of the tricks,
evils, and quicksand of the world) gener
ally press onward an i upward iuto the
front ranks.
If the country preachers would labor
to circulate the nearest local newspaper,
the usual Sunday mortfing’s gossip, slan
der, and general conversation upon the
ohuich green and steps tVduhl CeaAA, and
the community beooiito inelligeiit. The
local newspaper iit a family is read ;
Baxter's Saints’ Best, and books of like
diameter, would do perhaps more good,
but where there is no nuwspayer, it is
not likely that any one of the family will
read books, particularly religious nooks.
‘Whitewash on the walls, honeysuckle
over the porch, and a newspaper iu the
hall;” ami tltd Character and standing of
I the family is evident td the passing strait
ger.— Ex.
POOR LITTLE TOM ; OK, ONLT A FfidfTEll
One day a poor littlb deformed fellow,
named Torn; tfho tiddid not walk, was
seated on his little chair outside the cot
tage door. Tom bad great pain to
endure often ; he could not jump and
play like tiis brothers, Willie and
George ; he knew that lie would be
helpless, and misshapen, and full of pain
as loug as he lived ; that he would bit
nothing at home but “poor Tom,'' caus
ing his mother’s heart to ache, and te *rs
to suffuse Iter eyes when she looked at
his pal?, pain worn face; and his father
to heave heavy sighs, and sometimes
even to turn aw ly and draw his coat
Sleeve hastily across his ayes, as lie
thought of his afflicted boy.
As he was seated at the door some
children came by, and vthert they saw
how deformed ho Wits, and that He could
not walk; they begad to nfake some very
mikifid remarks about him, even to taunt
liini because of his misfortune, staring
at him} and laughing rudely the while.
Now; Toid had had much of this ndiigfi
ty conduct toward him to bear before,
and he had been very braVe j but tins
morning he felt more poorly and lull of
pain lha.i usual, and the cruel words
slung him more keenly; and putting
his thin hands to his face, he burst iuto
tears. lie thought it unkind of God to
make him such a cripple, and he ffelt so
miserable, altogether be wished Unit he
might die. -
The naughty children soon ran away ;
ah 1 but they couldn’t take With them
the aiTOWS with which they had pierced
the little boy’s heart.
Hut while he was looking sad; a little
girl came along, and Tom’s heart ;<
great bound, lor fear lest site, also, tVo'dld
t ase him. She had a pretty flower in
one hand, and was admiring its beauty
very intently, and so she did not raise
her sott gray eyes until she was very
near Tom ; but when she saw him, fffte
looked so kindly at hitn, he was delight
ed and thought he might venture to
smile. Then the little girl smiled too,'
and walked to his side, aud said, giving
him the flower : “Little boy, wiil yotf
have it? It's only a flower, but I’m very
sorry for you!”
O, how pleased Tom was! And, tell
me, was it only with the flower, think
you? No, not with that only, but also
with kind words and sympathizing looks
he so rarely saw in a child’s face.
Little children, it is in your power tci
comfort and bless a sad heart, even
though it only be a simple fliwer yOii
give, a kind look, or a word ; and Jesus,
who watches the actions of little chil
dren, said: “Forasmuch as ye did it
uuto the least of these, my little ones ye
did it unto me.” O, how sweet to do
Something for Jesus!
Bishop Pierce, in his recent travels in
Texas, gives the following as a peculiar
ity ot the new settlers : “Among those
whe feel settled, it is amusing to see how
vitally they have identified themselves
with the btfuntry and its interests. They
wfl! fes'ert and criticism upon the soil, cli
mate,' Water, - population, politics, religion
or any TeXSn peculiarity, as quickly as
though you had found fault with them
or thfefr families. I like the spirit.
Thefe is' a power in it.”
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QUKKN VICTORIA'S CHO WN,
A saw JIWK, CONSTRUCT*!* OUT OS TUB rHAO
ttKNTS or uruoss INBIONIA
OF it SO \LITV.
One gem U lesitiri Jhc crown which
was iiorn before Jqpr Majesty on Tues
day is of groi\t antiquity -and of high
historic interest, Tup .large sapphire,
the partial drilling of whie)i suggests
that it may have formerly hgureu in the
turban of some eastern saltan, was pur
chased, it jB jbpicVby George lv,; hut in
the front of the diadem and in the centre
of a Jialieac cross uf diauiomjs is the
fatuous ruhhy given to EJwari!, tho
black prirtoe, by Pedro, King o 1 Castile,
after the battle of Najeva, A'. D. 1307.
This same ruby \Vas Mrdrn by Henry V.
in his helmet at Aginoourt. The gem is
pierced right through. Otherwise, albeit
each particular diamond, emerald, and
pearl in the dazzling galaxy may have|
its own pedigree and legend, no autheii-.
lie record ot the crown jewels has been ■
preserved, find Queen victoria’s crown,
structurally speaking, is a very modern
affair indued. The famous Tory crown
of Sir liohert Yvner, which tiie crazy
woman mutilated in 1815, hail served at
the coronation of William IV.; hat, ns
it weighed more than seven |R>unds troy;
it was decided that tire ponderous gow
grtiy slivijld bo broken uj> ami that anew
and permanent crown imperial should
be fashioned. The new crown after
having been examined and aonroved by
I her majesty, was exhibited during the
J hist week in June. 1838, to a large parly
jof friends by Messrs Mundell k Bridge
;at their premises in Ludgate Hill. Ong
! inally the cap w.v of purple or rather
[dark b lie velvet: but at the last moment
(tUi| \vmty changed to one of crimson.
! Purple is indeed, the proper imperial
hue ; biii it should not be forgotten that
such a purple ctp of maintenance is still
extant in the crown of’ St. Edward,
•vhioh in its actual form, only dales from
the teign of Charles 11., when it was
made to replaoe tlte coronal worn by the
(Jontessor of the altar. St. Edward’s
| crown Ims arches and fillets covered with
large muti colored jewels of no very ex.
ceptional value; and this is the one
which Colonel Wood stole. IJer majes
ty crown is court rooted out of the frag
ments of a half a dozen bygone insignia
of regality which were broken up in
i 1338, and "Which included the diadem
j worn by Mary and Modena, by Queen
Oaroliilu and Queen Cliurlotte as queen's
! Iron sort, and that ilsstUdeti by Mary 11.,
and Anne as queen’s regnant. The
j British crown may, as a comparatively
; new thing made up of very ancient nta
i icrials, be held to present a sufficiently
striking likeness to the British coiwtitu
lion, which has itself been broken into
very small pieces, which has been patch
ed and mended, enlarged and renovated
QV?r un i aver again.— Jjotulon Albion.
ACTlrift is SOT AL WA V3 EXE HOY.
There are some tflen whoso f.pltlre to
succeed in life is a problem to "others; as
well as to themselves. They are indus
trious, prudeiit and economical; yet
after a long life ot striving, old age finds
them poor. They comp'nin of ill-luok.
They say fete is always against Ihein
But tlie ldct is they miscarry because
they have mistaken iHeie activity flil'
energy. .Coufounding two things essen
tial'y different, they have supposed that
if they were always busy, they would be
certain to be advancing their fortunes.
They have forgotten that misdirected
labor is but a waste of activity. The
person who would succeed in life iS like
a marksman firing at a target; if his
shots miss the mark they are a waste of
powder. So in the great game of life,
what a man does must be made to count,
or it might almost as well have heeu left
undone. Everybody knows some oue in
his circle ot friends who, though always
active, has this want of energy.. The
distemper, it we may call it such, exhib
its itself in many ways. In some oases
the. man has merely au executive faculty
when he should have a directive one;
in other language, he should make a
capital clerk tor himself when he ought
to do the thinking tor the business. In
other cuseß, what is done is not done
either in the right time or in
the right way. Energy, correctly un
derstood, is activity proportioned to the
end.
DYING WORD S.
‘lt i well.’—Washington^
‘I must sleep now.’—lJyrorf.
‘Kiss me llrdy.’—Nelson.
•IT ad of the army.’—Napoleon.
•Don't give up the ship.'—Lawrence.
‘Let the light enter.’—Goethe.
‘lr to thy hands, O Lord.’—-^J’asso.
‘lndependence forever.’— Adams.
‘The artery ceases to beat.’—llalier.
‘ls this .your fidelity.’—Nero.
‘God preserves the Emperor.'—Hay
den.
‘lt is tho last ot earth.’—J. Q. Adams.
‘Give Dayrales a chair.’—Lord (Jhes
teffield.
‘A dying man does Nothing well.’—
Franklin.
‘Let uot poor Nelly starve.’—Charles
‘What! is there no brib?:ig death !’—
Cardinal Beaufort.
‘Ail my possessions for a' rnoin’ent of
lime.’—Qdetn Elitabeth;
‘ft matters not how the head lfeth.’—
Sir Walter Raleigh.
•Clasp my bauds, my dear friend, 1
die.’—Alfieri.
‘1 ftll as it I were to be myself again,’
—Siir Waltrr Scott.
‘Let rife die to the sound of delicious
music.’—Mirabeau.
What letter in the alphabet, if lod
would make you sick Of Music ? The
letter M.
CENTENNIALS AND MILLENN7AMS.
100 years ago—American independ
ence.
200 yearf ago—.ljing Philip (the
Indian) defeated and slain 5 ; habeas cor
pus in England.
800 years agoi—Massacre of St. l)ar
tholoinew i Spanish armada preparing.
400 years ago—Printing invented;
Isabella the eomini' Qieen.
500 ye.ihs ago—The <Jjys of Tamer
lane, the Turk, and Cllauoer, tho "English
poet.
"7 ($0 years ago—lialiol and Hrucc t 1
Richard llacon ; Thomas Aquinas:
house of Hapsburg founded.
700 years ago— Richard (hear do Lion
and Saladin, sultan of Egypt, measuring
swords in Palestine.
Bdo years ago—Williitrti the Conquer.
or - ' •'*■■■
000 years ago—Hugh Capet the
French man.
1,000 years ago—Allred |ho Great.’
1,100 years ago—Charlemagne aud
Ilaromi Al Rascliid.
1,200 years ago—Moiiainmcdatiism
making lively work iu Constantinople
and other places,
1,300 years ago—Old,[Ch >sroes, the
Persian, lives by murder, and the pope
is made a secular judge among kings’.
1,400 years ago—The Saxons lively in
Brita : n. Clovts establishes the French
monarchy, And the Visigoths conquer
Spain.
1 ,t>T) 4 ml "NgU— I 'ftw Romifn empire,
having feg'slated mnnV yearn in favor Nil
capital against labor, begins to fall to
pieces. ,
1,60 ) years ago—Tlie world has noth
ing l etter to do than tojiroaoh and de
nounce heresies ana get tip religious
persecutions.
1,700 years ago—Marcus Aurolnts,
Tacitus, and Plutarch.
1 8302 years ago—Jerusalem destroyed
an l Her culaneu i) and l’oinpei buried.
1,876 years a^o— Ail tile world at
peace anti Christ born;
O.ood years ago—Adam rose to the
dignity of a large real estate owner, but
by poor management was diiven into iic
voluntary baukrupey.
THE MOOS AND THE iV&A Tti £ ft.
Ttie notion that the moon exerts an
influence on the weather is ho deeply
rooted that, notwit'ktnnding aH the at
tacks which have been made against it
since meteorology has been seriously
studied, it coniinues to retain its hold
upon us: And yet there never was a
popular superstition more'utterly with
out a basis than this one. If the moon
really did possess any power over the
weather, tllat power could only bo exer
cised in one of llnve way* —by reflection
of the sun's rays, by attraction, or by
fctfldfta!ion. No other form of aeiion is
conceivable. Now, as the brightest
light of a full moon is never equal iu
intensity or qumlity to that which is re
flected loyvanls us by a while cloud on a
Summer day, it can scarcely he pretend
id that weather is affected by such a
cause. That the moon does not exert
litti'.-Ktyiuti pn us is nianilest—we see its
working in tlie tiihjs; but though it. can
move water, itis most unlikely that it
can do the same t<? nirj tor the specific
gravity ot the atmosphere is so small
that there is nothing to be attracted
Laplace calculated, indeed, that the
joipt attraction of the sun and nioo’n to
gether cb'u'd not stit tlie atmosphere at
a quicker i ale than five miles a day. As
for lutia emanations, not a sign of them
lias ever been discovered. The idea of
an influence pfoaueea by the phases of
of the moon is therefore based on no
recognizable cause whatever. Fib ther
more, it is ;iow distinctly shown that no
variations at all really occur in weather
at the moment of the changes of quar
tet-, any more tlntti at other ordinary
times. Since the establishment of lifet
eorologic.d stations all over the earth, it
has been proved by millions of observa
tions that there is no siinulluneousiiess
whatever between the supposed cause
and the supposed effect. The whole
story is a fancy and a iUpefstifitfrt
has been handed down to us uncontrolled,
and w. icti we have accepted as true be
cause our forefathers believed it. Tlie
moon exercises no more influence on the
weather than herrings do on the Ctov'"
eminent of Switzerland.— Blackwood.
I lISTO 111 C A I.Tlt AI UTIOX OK TIIB
or tub Ai*ost/.bh.— Matthew is supposed
to have suffered martyrdom, was s ain
with a sword in a city of Ethiopia.
Mark was dragged through the Btreets
ot Alexandria, Egypt, till lie expired.
Luke was hung on au olive tree in
Greece, John was put into a cauldron
of boiling oil and escaped death ; he
■itterwards died a natural death at Kohe
sus. JtCmc s tlie Great was beheaded at
(JCrffsalem. James the Lss was thrown
from a wing of the temple, and then
beaten to death with a fuller’s club.
Philip was hanged up against a pillar at
tfieropolis. harlftblom w was flayed
alive by the command of a barbunius
king. Andrew was bound to a* 6ross,
whence he preached to the people until
he expired. Thomas was run through
the body with a lance al Coromandel, in
the East Indie*', hide was shot to death
with arf'.iws'. Salmon Zbioted Was cruci
fied in Persia. Mathias was first stoned
and then .beheaded. Peter, who was
crucified, - asked that he might die with
bis head downward.
A candid old bachelor says : ‘After
all, a women's heart is the sweetest thing
in the world ; it's a perfect honeycomb
_ I iff! of sell*-*
Number* 86;
MAKE TWAIN ONBT. PATtOOX'.
The following letter was. road at the
supper ot the Knights of St Patrick in
Hartford, Cotin.. the other night:
Hartford, March 16.
liinhud JitaClvud, Ksq, ~~. ,
IJjKAti.SiH : I Am-vci‘y, sorry that I
cannot be with the Knights of St. Pat
rick id-(nor row evening. In the
tennial ye-.tr we ought
liar pleasure in doing honor to -toe
memory of a luun whose good name has
endured through fourteen centuries.
We ought to find a pleasure in it for (he
reason that at this time we naturally have
a fellow-feeling for Smrh a limn, Mtj
wrought a great work in his day. list
found Ireland a prosperous republic, and
looked about him to see if he might find
some ttt'Tul thing to turn his hand to.
He observed Hint the President of* that
republic was in the habit of sheltering
Ills great officials from lie served punish*
Uient, bo ho lifted up his staff ami tjpiqU}
him, and he died. lib tbvfid that tl;o
Secretary' of \Var had been so nnboeom
riugly economical as to ll lve laid np #12,-
j 00(1 a year out of a salary at (8,000, mid
be killed h>m. He found that llie Sfcry
tary of the luterior always prayed over
every separate and dtstim|J ( sfjt
beef that was intended for the imeori—
verted savage, ami Orbit kept the beef
himsell, so lie ki|led hiili alio, lie found
that the Secretary qj' the ijfuvy knew
more about hpnalillg suspicious, claims
j thaii he did nbortt liumlling a ship, and
he (It Unco made ah end of him. He
jfonnd that a very foul I’rivatq Sgcrjftiirjr
bad been <ti gjiieeictl through a ahum
trial, so ho destroyed him. lie discover
ed that tlie Congress wliioll pretended
to prodigious vir’.toe Was very anxious
to investigate an embassador who had
dishonored hi* country abroad, hut was
equally anxious to prevent the appoint
ment ot any spotless man in a .similar
poM ; that tills Congress Hadjiri Cod but
parly,‘no system of morals but pm ty
.policy, no vision but u b t's vision and
no reason or excuse for existing anyhow.
Therefore he massacred 111 tt Gollgr, h’3 fo
I the last man , • r
j When be llnii finished his great -\v,ork
I’he said, ill bis figurative way, “Lo, I
have destroyed all the reptiles of Ire—
lan 1."
dt. Patrick had no polities; his svm
withioe lay with the.right,—that was p<il
iiioa enough, When he came across a
reptile lie forgot to inquired wliethe? , he
; was a Democrat or a Republican, trut
1 simply ex halted Itis staff aud “let him
have it,” Honored be his name— I wirh
we bad hiui here to trim up for the
(Jenlemiml. But that cannot be. His
j staff' which was ttie simbol of real, not
j sham, reform, is idle. However, wo
1 still have witii us the symbol of truth
! heorge Washington's little hatchet—for
I know tly?y’ve buried it,
Yours truly, S. L. Ci.k.xkns.
MARK TWAINS REphxNCSS.
Hlfl OUBTSHII* AND HOW HR COITIfyIHD WITH
HJS KATHKR-IM-UW’b UiCQIIKHT.
And Mark "Twain made up hi min J
that he must mary, and no one but that
particular girl could be M'.,Twain. 110
set about that courtship' in his usual
slow, deliberate, drawling filshiorii be
- Mark Twain, in the conception and
execution of every piece of biisinessn,
rates far above ihe mere literary adven
turer! lie Iff a rtinri of inscrutable depth,
tie goes for bis game in tlie most extra
ordinary fashion. He drops on it, makes
Ins points as he does bis stories,., i>), a
maimer and from a direction least ex
pected by the looker on
Well, Inure was a father-in-law to bo
wot; as well as the girl, and the father
in-law had to lie carried, first, lilfA the
outer parallel in p line of defence., Tljp
talher-in-'ttW was immersed in business.
He hadn't much time lo think t) f
math vs, but at lasi it occur fed td limy
that Mark had become very frequent at
the house aud that his objective point
seemed to he the daughter.
So he called Mark aside one day aud
said: “Mr. Twain you seem to be pay
ing a:tendon to tnv (Iqi/jMiW.', Noi
we dll like you preuy well,' ydii Rtiowl
And we are of oourge nil acquainted wifn
ybuY refutation as a literary man Still,
in oilier respects you are a stranger >to
us, ami some references as to your char
acter and standing are desirable.”
“That's very reasonable," said Mark.
“That’s very natural and paternal. It’s
just what I should do were I in your pc’
silion. I guess I can give y<;\‘/soirjp
mimes that will satisfy yor?„ now,
there's Mr. Goodman ot tfio Territorial
Enteipriet. And there's Mr. Fro lerick
McCrellisli of ttie Alta California.
You write to them. I guess they'll y-ivw
me a good character. I guess they
lie h r me. I've done the same for them
whenever a requisition has been made
upon me.”
But Mark married the girl notwith
standing, 1
The Swuiai/ School WdrM&Ui l ‘\
teacher should never forget that in liis
' teachings he is to bo ooii'ilWab M well
as pointed, ami <the most courteous when
be is the most pointed, Any person
who cannot | n't truth with precision and
point, and' wifliout becoming uncivil or
offensive in his manner, has yet nmch to
learn as a teacher. - Ho must keep his
eye upon'.'not merely what the scholar
is doing, and the kind of truth lie wishes
to teach him, but also upon the nnAiier
and spirit in which ho teaches and tho.
neho'ar receives the truth. A sharp and*
offensive manner is oertaiU to irritat •
and repel the scholar.' Nor will it bo
easy to win his confidence or gain Ins
Respect, alter exhibiting such a spirit iff
f-VibAAiAt bin*.