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Selected Poetry.
Together.
Oh! tike me with you, my darling,
i'll follow where’er you lead,
To the grandest heights of triumph,
Through the darkest ways 1 11 speed.
Over the flowers of girlhood
With relentless track 1 11 press,
And the sharpest thorns M ill blossom
Like the fabled wilderness.
Trampling on ev’ry emotion,
Condemned by a gath’ring frown,
My oice mdl thrill \\ ith the music
That your smile awakes to sound.
I’ll learn from the softest zephyr
The whisper at eventide,
And the fleet wild birds will teach me
The steps I tread at your side.
I’ll borrow the light of beauty
From your loving, trusting glance,
And check with a shield of happiness
Misfortune’s chill advance.
Together we’ll bravely conquer
And write with the self-same hand
The tablet we’ll read together
111 the shadowy spirit-land.
Together enter its portals,
W hicli the warder, Death, flings wide,
Together trout the throne of God,
\\ ith your strong hand still my guide.
THE ACCEPTED OFFERING.
r J lie evening was pretty warm, so I
sat in my cabin with my window and
door open. I was reading by the light
ol a wax-candle, put in a swivel stand;
but although I was interested in the
subject, 1 could not help being aware,
in a sort ol dreamy way, ol the sounds
which reached my ear from time to
time, there was a harsh grinding
and rattling of the steam-winch at
work discharging cargo; the cries and
curses of the coarse men at work; the
striking of the hells on board; the lap
ping of the water at the wharf; the
sounds of the great ferry boats which
crossed from East Boston to Boston
proper. 1 was beginningto feel tired,
and was thinking of turning in for the
night, when the lamp that hung in the
passage revealed the figure of the
second mate/ a great rough, sulky
looki.ig fettow,' with us war-.;M hirt
as ever beat in human breast. ‘Oh,’
saiu I, come in; sit down, and spin me
that long-promised yarn of yours.—
Take a cigarette—’tis the only thing 1
smoke; 111 keep you company.* So
saying I produced two of the little
weeds, and we commenced slowly to
exhale
‘Well, Sawbones/ lie began (I was
the Doctor), ‘I hate palaver; so here
goes. I was once mate of a coolie
ship. lam not going to speak of the
coulic-tiade at ibis time; hut it’s about
coolies that the story is. I’m not go
ing to enter into time or place, but
suffice it that our ship was a good one,
and we were on a voyage with a right
heavy load of coolies. We were pretty
tightly packed. I can tell you, and no
mistake. Well, we had the blackies
on deck pretty much, and wc did all
we could to ventilate and purify them;
and as yet we had had no bad disor
der among them—all was going pret
ty" well.
The skipper was much engaged be
low—lie was one of the kind that be
lieved in keeping the steam up—high
pressure, you know. In fact, I had
command; the ‘old man’ never inter
fered. Doctor, boys arc the greatest
nuisance and torment that you can
have afloat or ashore—no mistake.—
We had two boys. They were little
dwarfish chits, but as cunning and
tricky as young apes. It took us all
our time to look after those boys.—
Sometimes tiiey fought—sometimes
they leagued in mischief ; but if they
were out of sight, you might be sure
they were doing no good. George
was the name of one, Harry that of the
other. The whole of the ship was
against them, and they against the
whole ship. It was a game, and the
little wretches played well. Of course,
they were thrashed from time to time,
but that seemed to act only as a stim
ulant.
Well, one day the coolies got up a
great affair—at least, it was a great
affair to them, poor creatures. They
were to give a sort of offering to their
god—or, at least to one of them. They
wanted to be in his good books, y r ou
see, and so they made him this gift.—
I don’t know all that was in tho bun
dle, but I think there was rice and I
know that there was money. The of
fering was fixed to the truck of the
mainmast—the truck, you know, is the
button affair at the very top-point of
the mast. Well, it was fastened up
during the day, and the sign was, that
if the god came in the night and took
away the bundle, he was well pleased,
and meant to bless their voyage. It
was fastened all right, and they set a
watch of their own to keep a tight eye
to the bundle, so that they might see
the god swoop down and cany it
away. There was also a group of
coolies at the shrouds to see that there
was no unhallowed interference by the
ships people.
Well, evening shaded into night,
and deuced dark it was too—heavy
masses of cloud scudding across a
sombre sky ; not bad weather, but
rather threatening, you know. I was
on watch, feeling rather anxious as to
how the night might turn out. Our
doctor, a native, came to my side. lie
was a very intelligent fellow, I can
tell you, and well educated. lie didn’t
believe in the god coming down and
taking away the bundle; but lie wasn’t
such a fool as to express his mind be
fore the coolies They are rather dan
gerous cattle at times. You read now
and again of their rising in mutiny,
killing the officers and crew, ay, even
setting lire to the ship, and playing
the deuce generally. Coolies arc not
to be trilled with, especially when
there is a great crowd of them. Of
course, they are ignorant and super
stitious, and such are always danger
ous. Life with such people is at a
discount, and no mistake. Well, the
doctor and I were devising plans for
ventilating the ship by kindling fires,
etc., and so the watch passed. When
eight bells struck at midnight, I turned
in as soon as I was relieved. It
seemed scarcely a minute before I
heard eight.bells strike again, and 1
was forced to know that it was four
o’clock in the morning, and time for
me to be on deck to take my watch.—
1 ijmmd the ship much as I had left her.
The ‘second' said that the wind lAid
not risen higher than when I went be
low, but that the night had been in
tensely dark. It was so at the time
he spoke. I commenced to pace to
and fro—wishing heartily that my
watch was over, and. as time passed,
noticing the gradual diffusion of the
uncertain light of early morning.
‘Suddenly, m3 7 blood was nearly fro
zen in my veins by a devilish uproar
I thought at first that it was a mutiny
—then fire. While I was composing
my mind fur action, the screaming
was renewed tenfold. Coolies streamed
and crowded on deck in dozens. They
were all violenty excited, but did not
seem disposed to do any mischief. I
sent one ot the hands to ascertain
what was the row, before I gave any
command, but before lie returned,
(lie native doctor sprang to m3 7 side
with glassy terror-stricken c3 T es and
trembling limbs. ‘Mr. Topsail,’
says he ‘our lives are in danger!
What fully! what madness! Who
could do it ? You must act veiy
prudently, Mr. Topsail, or this will be
our last V 03 7 age.,
‘While I was staring at the poor
horrified doctor, unable to see his
drift, the man returned, and said that
the row was caused by the coolies
having discovered that the bundle
was gone —or as they said, thajt
their god had carried it off. It was
yet early dawn, and the great fact had
just been discovered. I had forgotten
about the affair. Now I glanced up
at the truck of the mainmast. No
bundle was there. It was gone. Ilow?
Nothing in the way of atmospheric
force could have removed it. Of
course we could not admit the super
natural (unless indeed, a half-formed
suspicion of tho possibility of the dev
il having done the thing.) Only one
other explanation remained, that of
human intervention. But how ? and
who? I felt cold and giddy, a clammy
perspiraion oozed out on me. and 1
felt shaky. I nerved myself I must
act at once, and secretly.
‘The doctor whispered : ‘Oh, Topsail
we ll all be murdered in cold blood, if
they discover the trick. Who could
it have been ?’
‘‘l could only echo his question with
a groan. I called the ‘second/ much
to his surprise and disgust; but liav-
ing left the deck in iiis charge, the
doctor and I went on a voyage of dis
cover 7 . First we repaired to inv room
and thought. Sudden^ 7 we both rais
ed our C3 7 es, and staring at each other
whispered: ‘The boys.’
‘Oh, copfound them !’ cried I ; ‘OIII3 7
wait. If we make this V 03 r agc, and
get rid of this load of gunpowder safe
13', oh, wont I give them jessy*!”
‘Let us hunt them up said the doc
tor.’
So we set out for the forecastle We
entered, noislessly, and crept in the di
rection' ,ci the boys bunk. At first
there Teemed nothing unusual. The
lamps ‘swung- ahu creaked, the timbers
strained, the water went thud, thud on
the ship’s bows. We crawled nearer.
We held our breath. Hush ! What
sound was that ? Was it not like the
chinking of money ? Oh, horror!
‘The doctor and I pinched each other
black and blue , and shuddered. We
crawled still nearer. We got behind
a coil of rope and some barrels. We
peeped into the corner where the two
young scapegraces dwelt. Yes, the
metallic sound proceeded from that
direction. We stretched our necks.
There before our eyes sat the two lit
tle creatures, with the bundle between
them) cosil3 7 but secretly dividing the
spoil. Such a combination of daring
and-fully almost made us commit our
selves. But we watched our chance,
and pounced on them, and clapped our
hands on their mouths. In a second
we had them tied up and gagged. The
contents of the bundle we quietly con
cer.ted aoout. our persons, and dropped
overboard when we went aft. We set
a watch over the bo\s, and I read
them a Lsssen in whispers, which put
the terror of death on them. It was
a dark night, 3 7 0 u know; they had
climbed up the day unnoticed, and laden
the bundle!
‘Ah! doctor, I’ll never forget that
voyage, I was forever thinking that
;ne b.ackies were rising, or that thc3 7
were T walked
on needles and pins ; —every sound
startled me. I had taken all possible
precautions, had my arms ready, ect.;
but it would have been madneas to
have thought of resistance. I had all
the burden on my shoulders, for I nev
er told the skipper, and the ‘second’
did not seem to understand the affair
nor to appreciate our danger. But
the native doctor did, and assisted inc
ably. Even my turn below was no
rest; I couldn’t sleep—l dozed and
started till I was called on deck again.
0 man, it was awful! Suspense, doc
tor, is a terrible thing ! I felt just as
if I were living over a volcano—nev
er sure but that an eruption might oc
cur. It would have been almost
a relief to have had the worst My
hair turned gray, doctor—no mistake.
The ‘second’ even noticed that. I
turned shaky and fanciful. No, doc
tor, I didn’t drink ; that had nothing
to do with It. How I rejoiced at the
close of each day! We made a pret
ty good voyage; and I almost felt as
if the land, when we first sighted it,
it was paradise! When we actually
got that cargo safel3 7 on shore, and I
felt my throat still uncut, I almost
thought it too good to be true—no
mistake!’
I don t know bow many of my ci
gaiettes Mr. Topsail smoked, but I
know that the was sadly reduc
ed.
‘But I say, Topsail,’ I put in ‘what
about the bo3 7 s, 3 7 0 u know? Did 3'ou
give them an awful thrashing-?
Mr. Topsail looked sulkier than usu
al as he replied: ‘Well the3 7 gut loose
as soon as we got into port—robbed
me, and deserted tne ship. That was
the last I ever saw of them.’
A Story for Yoim§ Ladies with
Little Brothers.
The moral of the following, told by
the sufferer, is too apparent to mention.
Young ladies will hereafter run their
brothers out when gentlemen call. It’s
certain that I wish somebody would
spank the young rascal.
We talked of mountains, hills, vales
and cataracts —-1 believe I said water
falls—when the boy spoke up and
said :
‘Why, sister’s got a whole trunk
full of them up stairs ; papa says they
are made of horse hair.’
This revelation struck terror into
me and blushes into the cheek of my
fair companion. It began to be ver3 T
apparent to ine that I must be very
guarded in what I said, lest the boy
might slip in his remarks at uncalled
tor places ; in fact, I turned mv con
versation to him, and told him he
ought to go home with me and see
what nice chickens I have in the coun
try. I nluckily I mentioned a yoke of
calves, which ruined all. The little
one looked up and said :
‘Sister’s got a dozen pair of them,
but she don’t wear them only when
sue goes up town of wind3 7 days.’
‘Leave the room, \ 7 oii unmannerly
little wretch !’ exclaimed Emity.—
‘Leave immediatelyA
‘I know what 3 7 0 u want me to leave
the room for,’ exclaimed he. ‘You
can’c fool me, 3 7 0 u want to sit on that
man’s lap and kiss him, just like you
did Bill Simmons the other day ; you
can’t fool me, I just tell you. Give
me some candy like he did, and I’ll go.
You think’cause you’ve got the Gre
cian bend that you’re smart. Guess 1
know a thing or two. I’m mad at you,
anyhow, because papa would have
bought me a top yesterday, if it hadn’t
been for getting them curls, dog on
3 7 er. You needn’t turn so red in the
fact', ’cause I can see the paint. There
ain’t no use a winking with that glass
eye ot yourn, for I ain’t agoing out of
here ; now that’s what’s the matter
with the pimps. I don’t care if 3 7 ou
are twenty-eight 3 7 ears old, you ain’t
no boss of mine.’
Let tsse Children Alone.
Lot your children alone when they
gather around the family table. It is
a cruelty to hamper them with mani
fold rules and regulations about this,
and that, and the other. As long as
their conduct is harmless to others,
encourage them in their cheerfulness.
If they do smack their lips, and sup
pings of milk and other drinks cun be
heard street, it Axis not
hurt the street ; let them alone. What
if they do take their soup with the
wrong end of the spoon ; let them
alone.
Suppose a child does not sit as
straight as a ramrod at the table ;
suppose a cup or a tumbler should slip
through its little finger and deluge
the plate of food below, and the goblet
is smashed, and the table cloth ruined,
do not look a thousand scowls and
thunders, and scare the poor thing to
the balance of its death, for it was
scared half to death before. It ‘didn’t
go to do it.’ Did you never let a glass
slip through yonr fingers since you
were grown? Instead of sending the
child away from the tabb in anger
with not even a threat for this or any
like nothing, boas generous as you
would to an equal or superior guest,
to whom you would say, with a more
or less obsequious smile, “It’s of no
possible consequence.” That would
be the form of expression even to a
stranger guest; and yet to your own
child you remorselessly, and revenge
fully and angrily, mete out a swift
punishment, which for the time almost
breaks its little heart, and belittles
you amazingly.
The proper and more Christian
method of meeting the mishaps and
delmquincies and improprieties of
your children at the table, is either
to take no notice of them at the time,
or divert attention from them at the
very instant, if possible or to make a
kind of apology for them. But after
wards in an hour or two, or better
still, the next day, draw the child’s
attention to the fault, if fault it was,
m a friendly and loving manner: point
out the impropriety in some kindly
Vv a^s, show where it was wrong or
rude, and appeal to the child’s° self
respect or manliness. This is the best
way to correct all family errors. Some
times it may not succeed; sometimes
harsh measures may be required ; but
try the deprecating or the kindly
method with perfect equanimity of
mind, and failure will be a rare occur
rence. — Dr. Hall.
The following sentence of only thir
ty-four letters contains all the letters
in the alphabet : ‘John quickly extem
porized live tow bags.’
I 3IISKT£ 11.
HUMOROUS.
Young Simpson, just beginning
the study of natural philosophy, be
came fond of applying technical names
to common objects to impress hearers
with a sense of his profound knowl
edge, and tried the game with his
father one evening. When he men
tioned to him that lie had swallowed
some marine acephalous mollusks the
old man was much alarmed, and ho
suddenly seized Simpson and threw
him to the floor, and held him and,
screamed for help. And when Mrs.
Simpson came with some warm water
an?nhe hired man rushed in with a
garden pump, they forced half a gallon
of water down Simpson’s throat, and
then held him hv the heels over the
edge of the porch and shook him,
while the old man said: “If we don’t
get them things out of William lie
will be pizened. And when they were
out, and William explained that the
articles alluded to were merely oysters
then his father fondled him for half
an hour with a trunk strap for scar
ing the family. Subsequently Simp
son framed his language in more fa
miliar phrase. —Danbury News,
A Danbury young man, who was
once a clerk, lately went on a farm
to work, ilie first night in his new
pooition he was detailed to remove a
call Irom the apartment of its parent
to another shed, and while enframed
as thousands have been before him, in
shoving the contrary beast along, the
mother reached under the tails of his
coat with her horns and suddenly
lifted him up against the roof of the
building with a force that threatened
to shatter every bone in his body,
ihe first thing he did on returning to
earth was to rub himself, the next
thing was to throw up his place, lie
said he didn’t doubt that agriculture
was a noble pursuit, and that the far
mer needed an assistant in the
discharge of his multifarious duties,
out he didn’t believe lie was designed
lor making skylights in cow sheds.
‘I wasn’t so very late—only a quar
ter of twelve.’ ‘How dare you sit there
and tell me that lie ? I was awake
when you came in, and looked at my
watch—it was three o’clock.’ ‘Well,
isn’t three a quarter of twelve ?’
Ihe clerk of a San Francisco lawyer
guarded against the possibility of for
getting the secret of the combination
by writing it upon the knob of the
safe. lie found it hard to dodge the
well-bound law books that were
thrown at him when the lawyer dis
covered it, and is now seeking a desk
in another office.
One of our citizens went to the cars
this morning to see his wife off, and
having two or three minutes, before
starting-time, stepped around the cor
ner an instant. lie returned just :in
time to see the train moving off, and,
slapping his leg emphatically, he re
gret! uily enunciated, ‘I ought not to
have taken sugar.’
In London no man thinks of black
ing his own boots !’ said a haughty
Briton once to the late Mr. Lincoln,
whom he found polishing his calfskin
gaiters. ‘ Whose boots does he black?’
quietly responded Uncle Abe.
A young lady says that a gentleman
ought never to leel discouraged when
the ‘momentous question’ is negatived
by the object of Ins choice, ‘for in life,
as in grammar, we always decline be
fore we conjugate.’
‘My son,’ said an affectionate mother
to her son (who expected to be mar
ried soon), ‘you are getting very thin.’
Yes, mother,’ he replied, when I come
the next time you will be able to see
my rib.’
‘When I put m3 7 foot down, I’ll have
you to understand,’ says Mrs. Nojoker,
‘that there is something there.’ On
investigation it appears to be a No.
11 shoe.
Mr. Ta3*lor, of Lafayette, thought he
would shear his mule’s tail. The sur
geon is assiduous in his attentions.
J lie man who tried to sweeten his
tea with one ot bis wife’s smiles, has
fallen buck on sugar.