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Ho, raapara <* *«„•, hartart a*ij ataU lam n*M
Ontll Ota alglit^dtmi. toon4 ttifce UU«*1L
fade?
Whj «Und y* Idle, waiting for reapers mora to come, (
la, waiting for reapers mois to come.
The golden morn Is passing,
Thrust In your sharpened eic\1e"and gstf er til ths
Rrain;
Tha night Is fa^ approschlng, and soon will coma
The Mutf r^u| frj r rsaparsj^tnd shall Hs 'Sill In
email sheaves lie thei
“"■Wt’;
’Mount np tho hrlght
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Keep back so words of kno
should know.
Se faithful to thy mlMlmili
And then a gnldon ohuplut ■
AUNT SUKIE’S LUCK,
“ Well/jttf#, jVii IpokTsort of sickly,
Bpindlint;yW add'd hearty, *m> ye,
mister 7’ The speulter 1 was a tall, gaunt
specimen of a woman, past middle ago,
almost masculine in physique. Her
-complexion guide you think of a russet
npple With tlio sunshine on it, so bronzed
was it, and tho hair was too gray for
J w ogfldition. I sniil it is
q ;< crqeV Ife'danft oaro. I hoard some
' *iioiJiijbolow li/ftl Ihfen I thought, how
sinful; perhaps Josiah will die; ho
needs you now, affl hero jffiu'ilrii, fciviug
smy to dfwpair. t tUd udb sea riy tolly,
but I picked up a little c6itfngr> Mid went
down.
' 44 What a summenthftt wns ! Josiah
kept growing worse, until ho seamed
dead in all but breathing. Crazy! Oh,
how bo raved 1 Homo of the time ho
1 to think I had .married tho B<
young a wgtpan. At Jj^t you thought.,,™ u'a 1 i&f B tll ° Bos-
she waK did,•'but a pearUr apnftmcfe re? ton mm aud lit* w.u’living alone on I’l/s
minded*JAH*thnt nhe ftrald wlhtnavc* ’fttrrh', and ‘tint# he'wotiUl pray.' Thcfcfc
passed 40. Tho calico- drcs§ jwas sowi-
n-teftd, altlfbuglfiiot m tbV
pulously dlban
mode, beoaihe her* with striking gruco.
The faded shawl seemed
wearer. She ldbl^« &
she talked, audit
her lips as if she hod some liiddeu foui
v:
What a striking and unique clmracte
**•««
deem rough lmefl-,) flnilj ul|til ff)(l !ln,j
tliem suffused frith an inner' grace, tin
magic touch ef* acdfidhAaHIkfr^I w in
waiting at a liftlo station among tin
bins
solitary find*, Vnly teae heftse-in Vjlrtj
the horizon outlined by darkened pine.*
and the sandy bluff, on which th^ deso
late structure stood, affording one u
™ w off
down r *
in the
beginning to burn with strange 11 res.
Qtaunine, emerald and russet flickered
crow mingled their contented note's “p
tho sunny air. I hail an hour and a hull
to wait, and, because I had nothing boti
ter to d6, 1 1 Was dtroifiliy il>uf$ktvW“’an,l
forward on the platform nursing my
own ^riof, ^ vilrfah/ fnV liWvy '<5n rh,V
heart. Tlie^Ardtf of too wdniftil- halted
less
_ -iAlted 1
my 1 self-fAi posed taekWd a’
iriosity: ciiuaeit i mo'ttf» HiMri'lfit# 1 ! [
come to me hasttt»ngo disguise.
44 Yes, mister, wlmt you say is true
The Lord " r “’~- *
dreadful dark!
o-en a star t>r
night. It bouts all how kind o’ rough
He appears." “You know something
_away agpre^joB,, a»,i| f+°
»11 about it, if you will."
i’tfw
In sight of the glowing woods, tlio
light flittering through the clear moiti-
ing uir(ra f r»Ht, of,
| tho ycjr, -‘XqR.mii.J V»VWM>««. W;
! i ' Ijil
mui fr
JCIC
AIL-Jhli.
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VOLUMli VI.
BUi’LER, .G'EOJUriA, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 113. 1881.
NUMBER 11.
prayors vorol^qJiiiuihing^^okiV .Josiah
waj3*n<ft a 1 ^rofessttr. I had ddnoUny duty,
but all the time I rebelled 1 ;'^ almost
cursed ^ojl.. Agftin ftn^.ug^jn I ^oje up
to tlu^fwiith olia^ibeCi p-lmfi?, was
'quiet^idh Ytirtupht AiHrthrmtftft'mttil it
Hcemcd as if I should go mad. One
iihftlt I camb doWapr* dfiiuii'nle than
i Jo.sithi Helmed’to Mlwp, and
tittle ’3/ah was^busideiunu The moon*
myself by the bei), ,au^ Jopiuii fail,
once began to pray. Hd *i<Mir di«< ftfleh
a thing before. His delirium bud not
left him,, but lie seemed inspired. . i
to^haHpesowiVUnsfrwispyT ...
W’i 8 ' f
‘and mo "ho took right up fo Qoa X>" A
mighty. Tho mooubenms seemed a
shilling ladder, ’ and tlio Lord himHelf
ame right down. Flo pointed to his
t'j^diiijdhido
were widHu^ for him, add ho 'seemed to
see them as he dreW near the end, ami,
at mi.lnighf, Lwas*a-Widow. \ • > ' •rf.T’Tt .
‘‘ You sAy.t musdobiiv • felUtoMakaiWif- ,^«'t
TTpiil not feel I^'ll for v . l w . I aimnly
OUJi JUVENILES.
4ThaamaUv4i>i .u< i>-whowasto*rotirieve
‘vdih.isi-i^ot tye Houth, and wipe
t tlie last vestige of Hie planting aris*
...cklhntl : h.« -lien m tho ,01-iy W uJ*a “
T’emwled T al‘.*W whole ' there w “ ! 'M kthi,
tho sif mourlfe- >«o)loginning to grow k *'«l n,l « Ll t ™ t'™
11,-hroul fin .niwn Iho S pot, I'luft no J »«IW*M'»i, ->»'l u»ing hired lain
fiA-fnr Tiiirdon nt tho fo.it of 1
only
nicnt to his oahi—is stiillleld
nuiJo immortality »\ue,- do- was-Gini’ir), ^ lu A>Pi cu J cottonruisyr.
way and it was well. • do I not niomii ? i Jut - 11,6 t who car6*to look be-
l’os, null no ; no! for them, but for my- . n ' " lh tLe 8Ul tace wi " ,lelect 8i P“ of »
self, and yet I lojoItwP - r w • :i | ll:vl,nre ourrogt.. He will discover that
‘‘AaMl uovor. iorget tho'«npr»* i! .)<tn ^“ e8, i“ » kuro^ though
|/at flitted across her faco ns she told
— tory. There was a grout pence
ni Lr heard the4ilm Wste.l
< U her brd^. 41 Thf'aftHhe i\%istlfi ft tlio
eoiping train and knew wo parted soon
"9 .TIE A
“ ygu seepf *ort of ifjwn-
^earted, as if you aro a little rebtdli-
thqre is something better than eltildreu
4 lnmband—it’s Him// Acquaintthy-
1^ wUb
The next noisy train parted us; I to
the East and she to the .West, but, ,tli»
setjmon hod been proached and I
iss isssffivgssawai
Sfa-fSfS!
I don't know, mister, nut you are
d. Josiah went to death’s door. Ho
. , . nod to cross over, aud then, for love
blue. Ihfl'POMft, llie-Ymfd-bu-fl auinTn tho fr()Ht Cft310 t ] mt ho could do any
he could do any
W<AdL' * lAgaiU ami again I rebelled, but
fosiah’s prayers brought me back, for.
strange as.lt-.nvif,«quliil whu» the fLulqi-,
Mm lilt him ho kept on proyiiig, andit
pt W ^rrfying,
lyus ^iq^oprs ,vpice culling .mo. Ww^
ruid'up'nb money Unit- year. ‘/The doc-
to^’s bil,f gild tlio w^iges #f Aielpred hi'iii
^iik all tho profits’ and left us a Jit (hi
f„ t fcl)ti Lflljo’ ’Siali. 1idrf Tieeh
v "" , “ ^ -/T,, more m debt. Liilljo Hiali. had hc. n
MBTuihlkunb^ How otic* StMiagWI H’wuVriMSWufl;
im-l nevgr ^ailietf Juiy >lr. : n^tli t and ho
-folt'it Uotv WO Ibvoil him as ho would
therV
:&r“yIhSst£t;i
Josiah could just crawl about to do his
chores, little ’Hiali grew worse and
HM,it op'll, nk r.iiV.r, nu Qa'kii4iW -ho-
d(ttifjliin,XoiVJcjiinh iiu.jiriliv-.f.'aliil lire
ifiloMn poeittud-Idt'o/fou tho giitek to tin it
city wlioro the cliildrer. are, aftd his
-Ip in J jlu-nttk '/[j death. Weeks
pafifeelli hut I Toy ill » m!ti.n stnt.ir; the
.-vilrA.fu tn.i.,*ist hu-IhrtktilHit lHn.'- 1 !"
f the bride’s tin tuoh MrmnunXl
J “ ,n- . -j ■ * jn.' . ny, jl me onuo o evil mo
when VnhimnmoJ.ipf Pfl,,WOO JUf^ Esq .-UrKi liowH-
powerf^^, ? ,.XIo hwll,«Mht»fM o( . p , ht %Ulu .: j^ iab , w ^i.tw, lrf
tho mortgug. was to l,o wo^ off., w J ofi
ft wife, vTh^y aid vVSrrfV' ' - —
’t bef|oV9 'it—ttl&t f wiis hupiT-
chap bad .a ki'd iiif- to
/. ikjrVtl*i\kHfi.l. * God watches
4ne IHlfcty.lHb 4w4i'^W'l
needed
wouldn\
some. ‘ a iJttetb'U chap
marry him before -that,—-and the folks
were rather anxious, for ho
but JoBiah anil I had loved •anli-.’Vilvr jo'-e . - +.
B,a,„l I said../«ers,oyj»eTr.
since we were children, .. . - -. .
aarrle^iOnale s hkies und-d
was strong and hopeful.
any such fixings as that city ,h?j»%puh.
have bought, but we loved ^eh other
and our poverty.^iUi*no i binlfnnbo it/
that We quidQ butter and ’iitt-dyciitj
tie. Tlio next spriug’JoHiiiH'^ij^jpw^**
den sitss, and ‘tlujtflipt yeur wje
to pay$‘206 on‘ pw nioi UrV'-./lt w
hard work, and , ottt’tofcro a nttle'
tired.' I Win n)(>i in*'
summet , c^hfh'dn.* ' ’ . ' J ' ‘
nere Ahe MtoppeJ '4 rf lbfjfi ill rovqrfiV;
her face Wfc tl^t'.tistracted look again'
“ And h6W w-iYt heit ‘year t n I in
quired. r s
She gA‘ Tjijfh. •*' l&intet, tny luolc
began then d a dawning smile ilut ;
tered oiuipr thin }^ • ,r th ^ds. I oallod
it so Jr n& frith''
us 11/^ rom ^ le
I <41161 him pofsojwed ,somq days, but-
Joshua said he frfrk'powerful h/al-
tby. We loved him. He was our fllHit
horn, and he twined aliout our heM*i»
rmi,w
coming ob. 1 /! Ireii iW^iotfa/ tlllfe M
work ngain,K'loro 'mt strength
back,
like a
to flow. 1 hail
moutlis. TrioH*j~T)ijtte r ,
tiling,
pray.
hioiklai^ j ———
to live for, and I rose upVvith now cour-
ng«‘. - r Tl*e re<l leuves fell on ’Siah’H
^ruyo, but I knew he. wus bejond tlio
reach hi n tf\*ihg life. * I began to'look
jf*q‘|he Lord's face. Days oamo when I
toemed to .be in a little hell of my own..
J jut afterward there came pence. 1 T was
finding that my luck wits tlio Muster
liiuiself, terrifying us ljo was'hi the dis r
i ejplcs on tlio lake at fti'sjL hut oil*a nqgr*
er approach a deliverer."
ffuro the woman ceased. 1 had .'been
Uitoasely i^itcrestdd. I ciiunot pi\t turtif
'.iiul bharihg on pnpeH, Trt' file "winniti^
expression of lit . .
bit'nd: “But that Mas lon^ ago," I
said, hoping sho would .continue her
nnrfative. " :i ’ '
‘^es, 1 sir, the years- went on. "Thi
fa’rincr^s 'life is a" hard ono ; you can’*/
^nlrte it. 1 It is' 4‘ totigli Infttlo - to : pj»y<
'brortgnge and - lfvet Not mudtt
jiitfq for play. The cluldren cam.f, live
l)f tlidtn i6 all, hbiitby, h»»^py chlulrea,
but^ihkbr^fltit.s. Of jtvt.rk for a ipt>ther,
I/O USE IflTIl A HISTORY.
ProAidcnt’a homo nt, Wijdiu^itou, \
wltieli is officially tormqd tiie Exi eutive
Miiiwidn, 1 oi^ninDnfy b H»dMlrV
■Hi use, has a history that
Jiilety years.
hack
i fiiuf
under dho fstpcriuteitdlilice; jdi
Jatne$ Hplym,iiW'i(rchiJ[eqt,:pii Uio 113th .
of ])eoomlHn; w I702. Cupt. Hobon was
an Irish architect,- direct from Dublin,
nt ClmrlcHlnUf who took tjkft award «i
S'.OiVf.fe tmkiWi-igil.THIThliurliia'in (Aw-
CatlioMc beftmleryvat wiihiWgfrm^amD
Ujitj descendants nritatill living in that
city. The British ,destroyed. tho huihl*
ing in 1814. !rtwris afterward rebuilt by
Cant. Hobou, and was first opened for
the reception qf.Jfisitors T,Tm. n»9.
The ywwMeo of f<M»r lofty wuffinins, Hh-tlie
iiortli side, was udtled in 1S2B, during
the udministration of tlkt 8 sidtiiil0a£kjf
Hon. It is n lofty building, two storien
in heigUt,,Uiy:i>lfr'^>»ai'KM.of 17JLI.eE
and yiuiAhi.U^KJ jqbotEX T l'|o vesrt||ife)
gVhdual ri hunching of tho small furms
into lm-ge estates, aud a tetidehey toward
tho re-estabh'shment of a laud holding
oligarchy. Hero and there through all
the Cotton States, and almost iu every
Qyuidy, aro ^eappuaring tha phuitec- ,
ptiuCes of tho'.fld UiniOt aiill^ lit-ds . of ,
thongh^idt'oT hlAveS.* ’fhefe is' iu
Mi.-sissippi one planter who raises annu
ally 12,000 txules of cotton on twelve
consolidated plantations, r aggregating,
perhaps, 60,000 acres. 1^1% Onpeheart
entaH, ou Albemarle sound, originally
of ROvoral Thousand acres, had $52,000
any whero els*-, Is preserved the distinct*
;t^toiii olyntiitiop, this reabsorbing of
iniheiui^ji Into one oi
wif 1 rw tile tdbniAiduji.il Sof) in JiiliuJ
siniiH. The famous east room, which
KuJsh4d' , only' fifty y^Ars-hgl^'is'SO
fedt long ilfy* ftfl wida iuj<| 2frjfepf jdgh.
Tile President’s olfice, which is iu^tlie
second story, is also the Cabinet room,
■rsliip is go-
u«»t one-third of them are owned by the
moil who In hi them at tho close of tho
'war, mid ttiby aro/passing,’ m/e after the
other; 4nto tho hinds bf' thi*commis»<ou
niercliants. It is doubtful if! there is'h\
neighborhootl in all the South in which
N*»hua\ Inquiry wi^p^iot briflgno'lhfc
‘front frpm tpu to a. Jdieji men whojikve
'added 1 farm after *fkrm’' to tHbir J^ssOs-
for the past several years, and now
own from six to twenty places. It must
not bo supposed that these farms are
lichccllognfher awl/un attei. tho ujd,
mtutio^aaie. Gu-tlio coiltrifry, tliP;
I cut ftitTr’oveu^tfmallt
- nted to small croppers. Tho question
ttvWvefl'iViWwIihtlief or not the old
plantation methods will Ihj revived. It
, r
HmnW4nhuiHSfluA iwownM bynnTiTftnij '
pr by the few, wlietjier we Hhnll have iu
tho South a 1 pbnsfthti’y like that “o
Pinm'ee' or a'^tortslitrVlike *tliatof 'fre-
iaiul.—Henry \V. Grady, in Harper's
Magazine,
the
•10 i feet ii
Wifie, aud
tulfie is in the middle of tho floor); with
lfiyl\or-,HvfiU“d,chairs yroy^id i,t; tht^.tivo.
one of our Presidents,
iU' i tfV shington, has lived
Kb ue.
R LOtrnXlfrnses arfjpuryenfing
t U‘|^uk4)alarm t|»• itfidifysvatli*
a iioderute iueouie. M«utVof ull kinds,
ltables, fruit,
hug even Hie ' J
uuvanced uni
sag®
elioldur liOg^V^to h^ijl^ melancholy*
krtigSuhy‘bAguf biMook hungry^
•M. comparative list of ,uneos givqn ii^ a
Oiniwul/ti pai^jr Oxllturtir ah advance
that id ay Well Wdrry Itho irugul liduW
keeper:
I'lJIlMMl »H^f, ... M ^ 10
Ilh»lliwr,vib I V- IS l"t«a5
I»e -e.l ''W cell
ms^m
IV.
n oif her calm face I h&jff 'f6nuc‘l l<
J A *" ••‘A , t iiHif.peok.
«sV h.«d..
V «lo
■ '■J0V-5T*
. waa v <
ClVe had reached the lost payment c
‘mortgage and IS
^ May was 15. We had
^irire/l^hiifd^bhtJflii yofliu* foil owed ono
not!tor wTfh~~ntr -great "Tihangesr I'
of me. I kind of murmured
heart, but Lord forgivAiJie/'fclr ^ttiftf^ds
only tlie btyflning.
done, a powerful large l#t, whou he
taken sick ; never wqq j ^t^q .ji^V ^o sudden
or said, and lie would was tlio blow, so anxious ttie days, that
phoid fever, ijoctor ,
have!<(hl«M*>'Ml 8 -ov-wi-Ht ,i hn.ir^i
laid ’Siah tiy his father and then crept But, last of all, Josiah was taken, wea-
up stJuri idt tlie Ja&th ATi4b>6Jt. .-fTliki. aieJ-oiftlfritU’WitW^biiWssJ*sofrtSy, J
moon waa full and seemed to moejj^qie;. ^^ro^po^yd^tution held at bay the terri-
the fields, groon as they were, only i
jam tmzzmsMnaBis#
«7. I pttffgii^ : |ia f , ift«, to,,^..
m
I. . 11
been in< tt 4 h
thf Pii-tnmstnr of ^Boston handled fht
idiiHs/tii lliififc he odula- iiddJIe tlm fa- <
niides just us well,,-mldrqMed tjis
ldllowihglhttJrf: ) I ■ 1 ’
Wo aro two young rnllowH, anxious jto ^|«y*
illumed. Wo were told that ull wo Had to db
^mssmsm
bftwt on tlie age^ or is biITU^ Wmm*u»»u(ii.
J aro altlo to take Sire of Uitm. Ask
:i)um to ueuil ttoir i^jtif » t^jd m.
ere soon taken, ip two wectpiW-^.-
pro fresh in the orch.ird, four of
/leyt llinp(,luJo, of Hir^m College, being
ai4lp A its to the Aupt out sinee Gar*
ljvld ( Jl^at ho had always ex
pect'd ‘ to dip at 49,jflui4 : .‘‘L uyyer
heiird nnvtlifnt^ M*fx, ah'd don’t noliirve
it. - I know t lmfc -when h.vwont into the
he aye i$cled that lie \\iuttl li^j'
’ ' f-P ‘
ham
0trd. I wkH-dfcneo litii
•^1iiitun, hfter he lj|^r^iHt^l bc-
fiaugblio ti
^»uidtoumho would
ailt’o.' Saul Tio: 4 Tho bitter
iuui passed to me.”’ Whew . ¥
G.lrfieldVlleiH)rtcd snpeTfctition,ilie safdi
31110 home
-ijivof death
Thrti-e iu* L kub'w, d *£4u»i4n4i4a. for**
h stories, but they don’t come
iu huperstiti«m oil his pai't. Ho
i^iijilus in that way, and it was cu
riosity more than superstition that led
l(M^ II : bod- a long tliut went
Vty Forty-tWo.* 'Thrre whro f^rtV-tWo in
(ho class iu whieji. . he gfitduutcd at
Williams. Ilis regiment was iiuii\bqreil
forty-two. When his little ^in t1iOTl,'ln
\HUB, lie measured her for' liuritdf add
told me she measured just fojjty-two
Mc^feV ill Tli^ro w» ro lots of
those coincidences, and he hud wonder-
l.CmgenuiA in worlCTtheiinfli. Fo
U-e, ML-e
•Aiuip-e, Iddu’e btaA Mifli U'Ul jvheli he
was given room G7. He would say
.‘ Do yuq moo that six tim. H seven make
forty-two? ’ He had a chock given him
jjtJb«'d* i>o^nuinberq^l,24G v i'" wq»14,
A Lrtson for Mamma.
i inn a, It you Juat could b«
Alloy Uttlorfrtllki
Anil I jour M WpoldTe#
V-'l/oul.'.Uyourway;
1 uever fn»wn at yota«ad **7-
o« ara Vflm|^|il^.day ;
Bucli conduct will not do.’
, ♦* l|d alway* Rlye you Jalljr-cAke
• >f9r bwak/<»t 4 f t^d I'd. jtaver »baka
You Uill not make me eay you nuat
oafiafcirt ;* or * The crust—
TLMABANTRIEBm
. H.i'dJ-uy y
o« eaudy error day;
•'I’d UP d«'vi*-t»wu with yon,.and aay
4 What would my darling Ilka? You
Hare anytlilOK youaeo.’
PiVtiwr aay: * My pet, you know
’ lie tad fotjkaagh and UieUi, and imj
t I cannot wt you b«v* Ik- Ho;
It would be wrong la tufc'
■^-An’d everyday ^d lel^oa wear
Your nUe-t - <tre»*, and UM*r cats
> 1/ ‘il i044ilif |Wa great tig *h*r;
I'd osly aag |’>yo»
• Iffy'frrtsHona ttniahfi*, ireVrf mind,
'ItMtUsttkShoe will War, I find.'
N’nw, lyamiiui, wouldn't thatl»w kind?
Tluila Jwnt what I ehuuld do.
rays 4
S ''Well, Jnat a fow l
yiu<rie*fOp«. top;
l "^\ ' t.o- U^rd/iW you,
r! P'»r ctilld, to imdwaland.'
I'dyut tfii> Imelra and-Nlatee away
,txn You alKutldn’t do a tldUR but I>lay,
And liave a party>very day.
Ali-Jk-h, aroi%l4u’t that l>o grand!
“ nut, mnmmadear, you cannot grot
j... Ijt|fl o.gUli! girl, youjtuow;
Anrtil>*an41 o your matnm*; »o
** ‘fiftihdij'tWpgtd'qp, , • .
, !■Juat lor you,to try aud re®
\ C|
lb W- K^ “h 1 fill" f<ft* nio. ’
''Kd^/Wnnia. eonidiik yim ? " 4
Elberi Collius lmd never been marked
absent or tardy sinco his first going to
ijehool in September, aud it was his am
bition to finish tho wholo year without a
“mark,” partly because ho really liked
.xi ti> be prompt, and portly because lie
lt f* • thought it would bo so nico to see his
nutno iu tho paper at the end of the
School year.
December had come, and the short
morniags were very lively ones in his
mother’s little
go to sleep aiid be real good," he con
tinued, os the teacher began to unwind
Vbe shawl.
And then the wholo r- -om saw a sur
prised, half-snothered-looking little ba
by, still in her night-gown, one bare
foot sticking out, aud her little fists
tightly clenched, as if defying anybody
to send her homo.
The teacher was a good-natured young
lady, and she laugh-h1 bo that she al
most dropped the baby on the floor, and
then tho whole room laughed, and,
finally, Elbert joined in; for he was glad
he hod es -aped tlie tardy mark, and the
baby certainly did look funny iu school.
Of courso tliere could ho no order.
Nearly all the scholars had babies at
home, or wore well acquainted with
those of their neighbors; but they acted
us if they had never soon one before, and
every movement of the little pink hands
j and every turn of the small,'bald head
I made tliem scream with laughter, until
j the principal of tlio school ontne into the
l room to see what the disturbance was,
| mid, after trying »o look severe for five
| seconds, ho laughed, too.
: And, while all this fun was going on,
I Elbert’s uiothur . was running wildly
' through tlie four rooms of her little
; house, calling her boy’s name and feel-
I ing sure that the children were either
| killed ami thrown into the cistern, or
else carried off liko Churley Ross and
j lost forever. Tk^ beat tered pillows
and upset rooking ohair, indeed, made
tlio kitchen appear as if there had been
1 a struggle, aud the wide-open door aud
! tlie gate creaking to and fro had a
dreadful look to El hurt’s mother. Just
then the woman whom Elbert hud met
slopped at the gate, aud biiid to tlie
mother, who was coming hurriedly out:
“Is anything tlie mutter, Mrs. Col
lins?"
44 Oh, I don’t know where my children
are | I left tliem while I ruu into Mrs.
Brown’s u minute*, and the kitchen's all
up-et, and I'm afraid—’’
“Why, we just now met Elbert with
the baby, kiting aloug like the wind,
over there by Webster k Green’s.
Leastways we suppose it wua the
baby, the way ho curried it. ^kiid he
many things
£hkv
with his
irid-wwAai'i,
rol#M'tlM>ciUdltnaftd kept lMrf-«yM <m
mim
nlraMaglj
liig&MW’ltiM JmllM Iilto-»pi6vnrMm im;
V M ,'4 V’OiPm :V' u Vtu l °; ill
luvtml' wixio.B!/ towarff. tli, cvjr.0^;, 414.I
beiikbtrt u Tmlty > uhottt, ■ to Muinmim^a.
'■“bift'rip .rWiV^’AftaWl
»•«*»«» iS5i i iiiliiy,"'if QiftwA 4b VT.’kp
ojtchmil’dJ aH,bcmHkcdl«*oUTotfluAi»rti-
dlo ; and just thbn “hie 'rttiWbttmkJeAas
heard.^JSPlhwf’.WlWw 1 Vfl?h^*4Wi^‘l)f the
irmtm ll’vwlAosJss
lie could only start. Ono thing was
ccrtuin—he would never leave his littlo
| lmby sister. Ho remembered a story of
a poor baby who was almost burned to
[death because her brother, who had
! promised to take
'Merciful rtniri 1 lnfd tiiJrerf her t»
school 1"
About ton minnt<.>»inlet a flustered lit-
tie woman fappctj pt the door of the first
primary, roqm am^l inquired for a hpby.
It was uaudml lo licr, along with du
empty milk liottle, anti, wrapping them 1
iu a red Honk* which she curried, she
thanked the smiling teacher and walked
quickly home, , ,
At first she felt vefy angry toward
Elb' rl; but, rheii she looked at the
clock, aiid Yemeni bored his horror of be
ing late, she softened.toward him con-
sitlt rnlily, and by tin* tone she luul got
theliaby home, and found her none tho
worse for her little runaway, she had her
laugh also; ami, being a fair-minded
woman, aim told Elbert whou he onnio
1 uie to dinner that it was vorythoMght-
los.--. nj l||»r to l have / slnul,sq,Jpng it Mrs.
Brown’s. Anil Elbert gave’ her' a hug,
ami said lio’Kvtu* “iflad* lie didn’t' lttafve
the baby, 'cause she Aright have burned
up, you know."—Young Pni-
l»te '*
Thk apple and the ^all boy domon-
strate cores and effect.
A dabb," sn'M^Kiter, “ is a moth
er’s anchor." wSP^e oftoi heard that V
e first tiring sl^|4oes is* * weigh it.
When a member of C^r^ress wanted
his picture in a heroic attitude the artist
paintod him in the aot of refusing a
drink.
What makes men fat?” asks a cor
respondent. Don’t know, but about a
quart of whisky will make a mun lean-
all around a lamp-post.
There L nothing like a bicycle to pat
flesh on a man. A Chicago man has
hail one only a week, and Iub left ankle
is three inches larger around than it
was when ho first rode it.
It kind of disgusts nn emigrant agent
who has worked two hours to convince
a victim that the town ho blows for U
healthy, to find that tho proposed emi
grant is by trade an undertaker.
An Irishman wrote thus to his wife of
a siek brother : 44 If Jumie isu’t dead
yet, rcmoiud him of tho twinty shillings
he owes me on _ the pigs, ami if ho is,
tell him not to give himself any con-
surran about it. ’’
A THYtnn.KN snys: 41 It is healthiest
to cat a melon right in tho field when it
is picked." Lime Kiln Club man writes
ub that it is fulse. The healthiest waj
is to ruu, and not stop to oat it till you’re
sure the farmer has 'called ill his dog
aud given up tho pursuit.
Man. PiiAixoAun, aftotf looking Thug
and thoughtfully at a piaster cost of
Shakspt are, remarked, 44 Door mail t
Hon- pale he was ! He couldn't have
been well when it was taken." “No,”
replied Fogg; “ho was dead." “All,
that accounts for it," said Mrs. P.,
drawing a sympathetic breath.
The Governor of a well-kuovn prison
extolled the liberal diet of tho conricts
under his care in the following manner :
“They have not only SO per cent, of
azoted matter, 27 of albumen, 18 of •
gelatin, 16 of flbriue, and 7 of phos
phates, but also 10 cubic yard)# of air o
day—upward of 500 gallons—a regular ,
orgic."
In a primary school the teacher un
dertook to convey to her ptipilk an
idea of tho use of tho -hyphen. HHe
wrote ou the blackboard 44 bird’s-nest,"
and, pointing to thq hyphen,, us lad the
•bool, “What is that for?" Alter ft
short pause u young son of the Emcndd
isle piped out: “Plaze, ma’am, for Hie
bird to vooshl on ! "
Dan Buyant used to tell a nogro*nfl0>
strel slbry of l»is bravery wluai ho is#- /r
longed to a riflu corps iu Mc-riv?. -J r a
declared that ho .captured ouc M- xu an
,'l>ig as a giant, and cut off hi* f- »i,
Wliy did you ent^Iris feet off?” asked
Jerry {Bryant;-/AMBoeauso n<’tne other
rificr lmd been there .before me and cut
off bis head I ’’ replied Dan. t
How QUI0KI.Y wo forget the rules of
arithmetic as learnut iu school isshmen
the fact that a pronrinent dry-gor' la
IrchaRt in Boston worked half uti h» ur
tho foiiowing propositi on ami fatled
to give nn answer H four ipep build a
all flvOj foot lijgh in four days, li -w
long will it take six inon to build a wall
iglit foot high ill seven days ?
toy;: ag^iii? Due; ftod two
uiftKe tfiFt‘^|*thYbe’ atfd Tour'TircWvciir
times seven mako forty-two,
Jiuktihit, any olio that has ingenuity
get things of thut sort*’ ’’
U eis£friUhico “tofrSr.'V-qc’
''‘ftife'-hk?! grMvn W* 1 'wlomnlWWa
sameyaimtt?.
saa&tt
frii^iv? magnet, pud .(jhp socjl, drew a
number’of onr yrmtig ‘ iAoV, who aro
ound her. One of
,udoijorB of lieauty,
the gents, seizing time by tho forelock,
t&tJftttft hti jlrtHf-dHttfi offjovtq and
•ttflnkihg it mighblm ^n4nctWiv0 Id his
|iis declaration with a
♦lu ce"*, preluced jk» 1R <ieclaration with a
aoserlpiion 7)f her ftiture homo which
slidiwoilM bo kd ito, aud, to Awke tlie
,p}ctunn,grapd, Ue.burrowfd Claude Mel-
uotte’s language, descriptive of his palace
~ry LAe Como. H»< hud froceedi
the < when she geutl,
West. Tho genuine native-born West- j gazing with tearful eyes iuto his, sho
iln young mun don't .riujif^BrRfWia fl&®r ng'dn wound liur
ot- anybody oIm to JktL4WAiuLtingX^fl<aV4(;»4fR*iKn<j4Mud: “Jolin, I can-
^IJiioy talte to it like a .luck duoa to ft at-'.i
r weeks. One night, when
qil tffffT]
» “n from $20
-- tiara,
iu!; I never went to
life-^4*i*wxv
W 1 «a
■ that i
and ran out on tho street to play.
Ho want to tho door mid shouted
again. It was something like tho case
of Cusabianca. But when two mothers
are talking ubyut, patterns .and Christ
inas trees, whoever KiioVtliera to no-
tip evary little outsif]*m>ipqtf Elher^
l^ul^lng j*, ajiig w -4,m»$XP%
to lose his entire fortune couldn’t feel
worsi IKitiV* /tils' * 1 liift tell4'v^ ilnl,* 1 <vft h
^uit dreadful “tardy" inipk honpjng
pvjDr his lv'a«h
. ,Th^q a happy thought flashed into
his mind. i. Running to the cradlo, l*c
caught up<t!|^ baby,,.,RfutIering pjllowa
and Mmikets right and left, bundled qu
oldwlmwl over her,' igiatehed hflr lisli-
fillfld 1 mitfc'bottle/ (lushed out of the
lidrtSO, hud Tflin blithe direction of that
<fltihg?ng bell os’fast'ah bln' ktout young
fligs conld enrry him.’ Th» bab.v was a
light little 'mite, only tfro-'nmba-hntf
.nhJflthk old’, alni Elbert was nearly six
years and lurgo f«»r Iris age.
lie met two women, wliqtn ho know,
and who commenced ’ maliing weak re-
miuks, ji^Q “Why Elbert!"’ and
“What on earth J" bpt he bounded
past them, witti no answer but hjs^vivt-
ipg .breath, and i^apliefl the school-
house in such good time thut tho bell
its -lest .two plunge juat aa ha-hpigl
Tan Yorktowu monument, which woh
ordered nctirly a century ago, is about
to be constructed ut. lust, Congress hav
ing made..tho uiecessury appropriation.
The design woo prepnrad under tho di
rection of 1 the I3ecri*tury of AVer, undia
thus described : Tho monument will be
composed of three principal parts. First,
u base Which is B7 feet- high uiid 38 foci
square ; second, a highly-seulptunil po
dium, 25^ feet high and-id (eet iu diam<
eter, in-tho form of a drum and supports
mg a column. This latter, which is
of"ber, lolt her I P« l “’I 0 ki « h ‘ “ ml tu<l
>n.v tilot i. I"
rattra
.•razii'i*: /aaxB , .>
I josa' ?i foot in djiuucter. Tht* four sides
ui. tl 1 e-ya»q^pahriifrt First, %c insoTip-
turn .dedicating the momimtnt asaraem
oriolob the victory ; peoond, au innorip-
tion representing u Buuciapt narrative of
the stage, piepurod in, accordance with
the original archives in the Department
of fitoto; third, tlip treaty of allifnoe
yjjj.it the King of France, uiul, foqrth*
tliq treaty of peace with the King of En
gland. Upon’the. PffJiujp, whioh risea
from the base, thirteen, typical fumolf
Ugures. urn placed, hand in liand, ou-
cireliug a drum, while upon a belt b^*
neuth tliuir feet ora the words : 44 Ona
country, ono constitution, ono destiny.!'
It is a symbol of the birth of freedom.
a poKtm kRVoxoiltaTioy.
Home timo ago a man came into
Baltimore luiv.ver’s oflleo in a state of
great ex*'itumoiit, and diked himtooom-
menoe proecodiiigs for a divorce. Mr.
Ddbbin heard him through, and then
suid, “ 1 tliiuk I have sometliiug that
will oxactlyiSuit’your coiu*. Elt still and
I will read it to you."
Tlm.innu [remained sauted, all ear,
suppoiing he was to iistcu to BlnckstoDe
or Kent, when Mr. Dobbin began to
repd “Betsey aqil L are Out.” By the
titno lie hfvd ended tho man's eyes were
full of tears. : ; ,,j
“I,believe J wifi g/9, home," he said.
And he and hi® yite have liV#<I happily
yver since.—Drawerin
JJarper'm ^fqgaxtn^) :i.
, , THU, VATICAN.
Tlie word is often used, but many do
not understand its import. Tlie term 1
refers to a collection of buildings on one’
of tiio seven hills of Romo, which cover
space of 1,200 feet iu li.ngth by 1,000
feet iu breadth. It is built on the spot
occupied* by tho garden of the
enrol Nero. It owes its origin to tho
Bishop of Romo, 'who, In tin* oMfly part
of tlm sixth century, erected amhuiiiblo,
^sideline on its site. About the .year-
1150 Popo Engenius rebuilt it <m n mag-
nificeut scale. Innocent IT., a few years
afterward, gave it up as a lodging to Pe
ter IL, KWg of Atagon. In 1805 Clein-’
ont V., at tha instigation of the King of*
France, removed the papal ,^fe fr.-m
Rome to Avignon, wheu tho Vatican re-
niaiilcd in a condition of obscurity and
neglect for more than seventy years.
But soon after the return of the poutiU-
cuj court fo Rome, on event which iiad
b<-eu./H> earnestly prayed for by •hcfivxl
Petrarch, and which filially , took ji’.ace
in 187G, the Vatican was put into astute
Of 'n p' ir, again enlarged, and it was
thenceforward considered us the rogu'-,)
palace and. rasitlqiioo of the Pop'js’ who
oue alter the other add'd fresh bityidt
iugs to^t, and grailuallronricVu-d il yrith
aiiliipiities, statin's, pictures and biNiks,
until it became the richest deposit ■
the world. Tha library of tho Vi- .«ai
was commenced (oiu'teen hundreil, ycao
agi^. It contains fourteen tliyiieani| ‘
muuuscripU, among which are sout,. l.y
Plifiy, 8t. •Tii‘otnas, 8t. Charles fl.lh-
xtt«« uud-’ttniiy’Hhbiow, Syriac, Arabua
and Arunmiau Dibles. The nholo«r t kb
immepse Miildiugs cornpo* ng tli .V. ti-
quu jue tilled wjll- -tatucs found,lfni> th
the ruins of niicieut Rome, wifi ps at*
iugs by the mnsifr*, mid with ^u ifiia
medals mid antiquitfc* of idiriilit every
description. When it is known Mult
there have been exhumed uu^re /thou
70,000 statues from the mined t.inplpp
ami palu’ces of Romo-tlm reader can
form some idea of tire rielms of the Yntj-
can. The Vatican will ovor ho he|d*jh
veneration by the student, Uw*artist* and
the scholar. . Iluplia 1 and Michael
Angelo'are enthroned tlipro, i.ijd tlieii
thrV.no will be as durable ns tlie lovo' f
beauty and genius in the hctirta t4 Mi6lr
worsliipors. I»^* • ^
A Scotch minister went up Vo Ivlin*
burgh onoo to'liropfrre a hni’inoPy of tlio
.four gospela. * r Sondy;" *uid s
tp.n humble parishioner o£ U'-s.,
is your pastor?" “ All," frvplioil Htunl^
“he’s goiio up to Edinburgh
four men agree who neven
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