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>0 HOME.
BT I* O- WILSON.
Vn time— ’tis evening -
I the swallows homeward fly—
I when the golden rays of sunset
I! (j |t anew the western sky ;
I I Whin the varied forms of life,
Throughout nature cease to roam,
I tut tor me, the weary wanderer.
I There is never more a home.
'Ifa fairest and the guyest,
Or the humblest »»i|s of toil,
Fid Mich day au hour of respite
And of rest from all turmoil,
Ad the palace or the cottage
Has a comfort all his own,
White tor me, tho weary wanderer,
There is never more a home—
A.s I ever, ever wander,
bad and lonely, to and fro,
grt-kinf,', seeking for a something
You iu vain would ask to know.
Kindly hands are oft extended,
Welcome doors are open thrown ;
But, with all their wonted kindness,
It can never be a home.
Tims maybe I’ll ever wander
While the seasons come and go,
Ji>r searching never finding.
What tny heart so longs to know.
But the searching will be ended,
And the wanderer cease L) roam,
And this weary soul shall find
At test, thank God, a home.
MLspEiiAJvr.
Whose Fault Was it ?
A FRAGMENT.
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Prom the Southern Partners Monthly.
I he briljiipit, baipjsoityc Ernest
Wainwright lay dying—his finely
chiseled features ghastly pale. Ilis
soft dark hair fell back from a broad,
high, intellectual forehead, anfil his
dark eyes closed. His attendants—
his only sister, Mrs. Atlyn, and his
Cfiis i/h wife, Mrs - Clayton.
He sleeps/ whispered Mrs. Atlyn ;
‘oh, how we deplore this terrible shock
,u his constitution. Iiris fearful/ she
continued, not thirty, and yet so bro
b'n, so help'cssly afflicted; but did not
i e n<i<*tor think him better this m >rn
iiiff /
Alice ( lay ton shook her head, and j
a pause, with reluctance added ;;
1 e Doctor does not think there is any j
h ped his recov ry‘.
-Hrs I
Atlyn pressed her hatidk rchi< f
1 1 |( | face, in the vain atten.pt to sup
IMs the out burst? eg of fier grief. It
was H’eni the heart, and t,o avoid dis
nl iug the patient, she quietly, but
quitted the room.
‘ rick man opened lvis eyes as the
i *oi gently closed behind her, and see
olii2r person present, feebly
' l u ‘" d : 'Are you alone, Alice ?*
Yes/she answered, 'but your sister
j"st left the room.*
'* know/ -)e gauj • J \y&s not
^o,ir n; idler/ eoutinued Alice, 'is
rn S dovvn I you regiember she was
i light/
‘Yes/ he answered, ‘but, Alice, I
n ,t keep any of you up ttytycli I911-1
i to night, perhaps, some friends
watch with my body for I shall
- Jive to see tlie sun set again/
,) * 1- Ernest, you are mistaken*
S Alice, alarmed, and burst
'Mo tears.
'V he said, ‘I have been thinking
all 0 >V' - r, meditating upon it this
/"'•"g when you thought me asleep,
* r c I am a fearful wreck at twenty
a devotedly pious mqtfter ; a
'er, who w as an official member of
e church before I could reinemb- r,
■ I am living of the fruits fit
a
n vklt'gK, immoral life.*
" u t Ernest/ interrupted Alice, in
! c }|0 pe of changing his melancholy
‘the Doctor said you must
1 until you struqger/
are
‘ Ah! ’t is of Jit 1 < 8 consequence
.‘he answored, 'and Alice I rn-i®t
luu to yom You have 4 son-ii
°cent cl i d ; take warning by me.
•‘“t raise him for destruction like
in do, med tei m et. From the
u -*s ten years old I allow
w^s
»ose my C unpaniqus; was sel
T’mioned as to my conduct, «r
to how I speut time allowed
my ;
Spje JriiGhmitt ciiiucs ♦
to go on the strata at night; to spend
money almost without restraint,
my manliness commented upon and
exhalted until 1 almost believed
what l recognized as crime in woman
was virtue in man.*
‘Y>ur parents idolized you, Ernest
said Alice. *
‘1 suppose so,* he answered,
their idolatiy proved my rui.i. Think
how faith fully they watched over my
sister ; how carefully guarded her
against every poss b)e comtamination.
Now see the difference ; she is noble,
pure, and happy for this life and fitted
for the life of a better world, and I—
but I will not harrow your feelings tty
inciting my life and its consequences.
For your own peace of mind, however,
let me say, Alice, guard your son, and
shield him as if he were a daughter.
You heard that Miss Beckford do.
dined my introduction to her, giving
as her reason that I was an immoral
man. It reached the ears of my pa¬
rents, and they were indignant.
Would to God it hid happened fifteen
before instead of a lew months
ago. Inst, ad of petting, if the ladies
had driven me from their society as I
1 might have reformed ; but
Miss Beckford furnished the only in¬
of my rebuke, and that came
late, ft is top (rue, Alice, that your
tolerate® immorality, to a surpris¬
ing degree in mine. It has seemed to
me that not your sex, but mine, object¬
to immorality, for I have frequent¬
witnessed the marriage of the
purest Women with the most depraved
men. 'AJ any sup! refprm them !'
When was man ever k lown to marry
reform a fallen woman ? No !
demand pure wives, but women
anything.’
‘Oh ! Ernest, exc’aimed Alice, in
at his almost supernatu¬
energy, ‘there is a difference iu the
imposed by society upon the
‘J know,’ he continued, ‘that it the
but where is the authority
lor a difference in moral restraint, and
where the iyi*dorn ? Let me tel] you,
Alire, that is a damning error propa¬
by man’s h-wdness. B th sexes
have need of equal purity. ‘T/toit
not ,' was meant not f>>r one sex,
but f »,r both. Ah, women 1 women !
you; weakness destroys the youth of
the land. Brave, strong womeij would
thousands. Among all the men,
of my raising, I know but
who has liyed a pure life.'
‘And that was Frank Leyton/ ven¬
Alice.
‘Yes/ be said, ‘it was JL' yfon—the
boys ever joked him about his inno
and called him Miss Prudence.
But he was firm ; defended himself no
bly, and I still remember a rebuke he
administered to me. Several of u<
were joking him rather roughly about
Ids girlish innocence, he turned to me
and said, ‘I was taught by a pure and
noble mother ; she inspired me with a
love of virtue.' The speech closed my
lips ever after ; and yet/ continued
the sick man with a sneer, ‘that young
man was unpopular with the other
'It is of little moment who he is un¬
popular with/ answered Alice, ‘for he
loves Ella Beckford, and they are to
marry next full - '
‘Is th^t really true ?' he asked.
‘Yes/ said Alics, ‘I have it from
Miss Beckford herself, and both ? ami
lies are phased with the match/
‘And well they may be,’ added Er¬
nest Wainwright, ‘.for if any match
ever made in Heaven, that was ;
o ,ie of those w«>raen whose price
is aboye rubjes, and the heart of her
husband may safely tru$t in her;
‘their children may rise up and call
t.ftem blessed/ he said in atone
soliloquy ; and, £hen, with aty effort
which seemed to give him new -
strength, ‘Think of it, Alice,’ he said,
‘children are given to their parents
pure and innocent; hqw many .raise
them in that innocence and purity?
Mothers make :is whatever they will/
The vehemence of this spee.ch so ex
lnusted him that he lay quiet, with his
eyes closed.
‘Oh, Arthur, Ernest has talked un
til he has completely exhausted his
strength !’ exclaimed Alice, as
Juisband entered the room.
‘It was not ner fault/ resumed Er
n.-st, in a scarcely audible tone,'I de
® ire ,4 to give her some advice about
her s m. Arthur, I laughed at you fur
marrying ‘the little Quakeress/ as I
termed her, but J lotyg «g0 perceived
the wisdom of your choice. S ie is a
good wife, trying to do h j r duty ; not
stroii* 1- enough to take a stand for
liglB, like Mis?s B ckford, but you
must help her.*
EASTMAN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY S, 1S79.
'I will; but, my dear Ernest, be
composed, and let me talk to you
about the life t<> come,* answered Ar
thur Clayton, as he seated himself
near the bed and took his cousin's
hand in his own.
‘That is fixed and unalterable,* re
plied Ernest, solemnly.
‘You believe in Christ, Ernest ?*
*1 do/
‘Then look to him for salvation.*
‘The devils in hell believe and trem¬
ble,* hissed the sick man almost in a
fury. ‘Only ‘the fool hath said in his
heart there is no God !, Serve the
devij twenty-nine years, and God a
few hours/
‘And every man received a penny,*
repeated Arthur Clayton.
‘They received each a penny/ sail
Ernest, ‘because they wrought as soon
as they were hired ; they' were idle be
cause no man had hired them/
‘This day shalt thou be with me in
Paradise/ was said to the dyi >g thief
on the cross,* continued Arthur.
‘The thief probably never heard of
the Saviour until he saw Him on the
cross/ said Ernest.
‘So may you see him now,' added
Arthur.
‘Ah ; I wag born and raised in the
noon-tide of the Gospel,* uttered Er¬
nest Wainwright, despairingly; ‘mine
is not a pardonable case;' and he
closed his eyes, as if to shut out some
ho.rible visi >n.
A rapid change was visible in his
conditon, and Mrs. Cliyton glided
from the room, quickly returning with
the physician, who examined his pulse.
‘Bring his friends/ he said softly. In
a few tyiinut.s father, sister, and
brother-in-law stood about the bed.
‘Is there a chance? anxiously in
quin 4 the father.
The physician took the hand of
Colonel Wainwright.^ and placed his
fingers upon the wrist of lfis son,
The pulse was gone.
‘My precious buy !’ exclaimed the
father.
‘Is he worse I' wi <Rv asked M r$.
Waiuwrigl t, who entered the room at
moment.
‘It is pvei/ answered Arthur Clay>
ton.
With a w Id, agonizing shriek, the
mother fell fainting upon the lifeless
body of that son she had so idolized
that she could see no fault in him.
She was carried to her own room by
sympathizing friends and relatives,
where she lay for many weeks with
low, nervous f.ver, but recovered at
length to find a dark shadow thrown
across her path for life.
All honor was shown by the com¬
munity to the meu\ory ot this brilliant
young member of their society. He
belonged to several village oiganiza
tions and these turned out in the fune¬
ral procession, while the numerous
friends of the family, and all others in
the neighborhood, joined in to swell
the throng of mourners and sympathi¬
zers, and the flora.1 offering® profuse
and beautiful beyond precedent.
The minister who had known Er¬
nest from his infancy, delivered a
most impressively po.etfcal atyd sooth¬
ing discourse, dwelling upon his tal*
cuts, his honor, integrity and useful¬
ness as a citizen, and concluding with
a high commendation of his unshaken
faith in revealed religion Tender
h arted, sensitive ladies sobbed in em¬
broidered handkerchiefs. ‘How sad/
said one. 'He was so handsome/ said
another. Church members consoled
the afflicted family with, ! hc is better
off, your loss is his gain ; he is lree
from the troubles of this world/ etc.
After the funeral, the young men
who had been his boon companions,
met in the office of one of their num
her. It ha,d been the place of their
general rendezvous for years, and each
was sure of meeting the others there.
°>* this occasion there was but one of
then - number absent,
‘Poor Wainwright/ said a hand
some, dashing young gentleman, as he
P nffed at a of cigar in the endeavor
to ro-light it with a slip of paper from
the lamp, ‘he will meet us here no
np>?e.’
‘No more,’ ephoed a young man re
dining upon a couch in a meditative
mood, 'but/ he continued, (raising
himself marly to # sitting posture, and
looking at the qihcr). ‘I feel much
better about p.o.or Wainwright since 1
listened to Dr. Rady at the funeral;
he certainly believes our friepd is in a
j I better land rjo'»«\d ’ the first §pcakep,
‘from the way E> - ne#t talked to me
during hig tedious illness, I beg: til tel
_
Ufink there was but a slim chance fur
his o'd companions, kut the Doctor
has comforted us. He made the met - -
cy and lore of God so boundless, that
I do not see how any could be left out
who rationally acknowledge the truth
of the Scriptures. And the Doctor
possesses no ordinary talents ; has
made the Scriptures the study of a
long life, while his piety is unquestion¬
ed. Such a man must know what he
is teaching.*
*lt is my opinion,* said a scrims
looking young man, seated near by,
and jiving attention to the conversa¬
tion about Ei nest, ‘it is my opinion
that the Doctor will find some of the
effects of that funeral discourse await¬
ing his arrival at the judgment bar,
and how much more of it will fo'low
him there, it is, of course, impossible
to say/
‘How «>> # Watson, said the first
speaker, ‘do you think you understand
these things b tier than the parson ?*
‘I know,* answered Watson, ‘the
Bible teaches that there are certain
duties mortals must perforin before
they may hope to appear there in
peace, and Wainwright believed this
only three days ago. He told me that
he had disregarded the teachings of
the Bible all his life, and that it was
folly for him to expect salvation in the
face of such willful disobedience to¬
ward its injunctions.*
‘To my understanding,' continued
Watson, -the sum and substance of
Dr. Rady's theology is about this •
Some people get to heaven by obedi¬
ence to the commands of God, and
some get there by dissobedience.
Everybody goes to Heaven, according
to the funeial services I hear. The
Gospel teaches, however, that
straight and narrow is the way and
few theie be that find it/
There is also another way, said to be
‘broad, and many there be that walk
therein/ It seems to me that modern
theologists, or many of them at least,
have exactly reversed this order, hav¬
ing the multitude pouring throug the
narrow straight gate, and the few
straggling on the highway. This is a
matter of serious consideration, when
we rea l that another Scripture pro¬
pounds the fearful question : *Il the
righteous scarce be saved, where will
the sinner against God appear ?* If
my observations of the age are cor¬
rect, morality atyd feligion, as gener¬
ally practiced, are degenerating into
nationality, which, analyzed and sifted
down, means liiiuvtfsalisni. Whose
fault is it ?
This hold speech which, by i^bs alli¬
es tty ess attracted the attention of aft
the comrades present, seemed to de¬
stroy the sufficiency of the funeral ser
mon, and they separated ajftei an unu¬
sually brief social interchange of
thought.
L'*t us hope to read the Scriptures,
each for himself, ami profit by the sad
dteath of a brilliant companion.
Why Some People are Poor.
Silver spoons are used to scrape keb
tics.
Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are
left to stand open and lose their
strength.
Potatoes in the cellar grow, and
sprouts are not removed until the po¬
tatoes become worthies®.
Brooms are never hung up and are
soon spqjlc.d.
Nice handled knives are thrown into
hot water.
The flour is sifted in a wasteful man¬
ner, and the bread pan is ,wjih the
dough sticking to it.
Clothes are left on the Ijiue to be
whipped U pieces in Jke wind.
Tubs and barrels are left in the sun
to dry and fall to pieces..
Dried fruits not always taken care
of in season, and become wormy.
R^gs, strings and paper -are thrown
into the fire.
Pork spoils for want of salt, and
beef because the brine needs scald¬
ing.
Bits of meat, vegetables, bread and
cold puddings are thrown away when
they might be wanned, stta ned aud
served good as new.
A man a,ay declaim aho.it religion
without hayipg much of it. It doesn’t
follow that hjs stomach is full of food
because he talks with victuals in his
n ,Q U th
An old maid is a handy tiling-to have
about the hoys/2. ft saves the money
otherwise spent for vinegar and red
pepper.
Many a mau spends money enough
on a single yice to bring up two e: il
divn and give each of them a hand
some dowry.
LIFE ON THE HAIL.
Pen Pictures of Travelers Bob
Burdett Has Met.
A woman with three bird cages and
a little girl has just got on the train.
She arranges the bird cages on a seat,
and then she and the little girl stand
up in the aisle and she glares aronnd
upon the ungallant men who remain
glued to their seats and look dreamily
out of the window. I bend my face
down to the table and write furiously
for I feel her eyes fastened upon me.
Somehow or other. I am always the
victim in cases of this delicate nature.
Just as I expected. She speaks, fast¬
ening her comanding gaze up* n me:
'Sir, would it be asking too much
if I begged you to let myself and my
little girl have that seat? A gentleman
can always find a seat so much more
easily that a lady/
And she smiled. Not the charm
ingest kind of a smile. It was too
triumphant to be very pleasing. Of
course I surrendered. I said:
Oh, certainly, certainly. I could
find another seat without any trouble.
She thanked me and I crawled out
of my comfortable seat and gathered
up tny overcoat, my manuscript, my
shawl strap package, my valise, my
over shoes, and the little girl went in¬
to the vacant premises as soon aa t|, e
writ ot ejectment had been served, and
they looked happy and comfortable.
Toon I stopped across the aisle,
took up those bird cages and set them
along on top of the coal box, and sat
down in the seat thus vacated. I ap¬
ologetic illy remarked to the woman,
who was gazing at me with a look
that boded trouble, that ‘it was much
warmer for the canaries by the stove/
She didn't say anything, but she gave
rile a look that male it much warmer
for mentor about five minutes, than the
stove could make it for the canaries.
I don't believe she likes me, and I am
uncomfortably confident that she dis¬
approves of nay conduct.
A friendly passenger wants to talk.
I am not feeling particularly sociable
this morning, and consequently do not
propose to talk to anybody. He asks
how I like this kind of weather, and I
say, 'splendidly.'
He laughs feebly, but encouragin¬
gly, and says there has been a little
too much snow. I say:
‘Not for health; it was jus f what we
needed.’
He asks if I heard of the accident
on the Central Railroad, and I say
'Yes'
Tlien he asks me how it was, and I
.tell him ‘I don't know; didn’t read
it.'
He wants to know what I thi ik of
Ijhiyes, ajid I say ‘I think he 'made a
very good constable.
'Constable.!' lie says; ‘I mean Pres,
ident Hays/
1 say I thought he meant Deriis Hays
of Peoria.
Then he asks if I ‘am going Far.'^
I say ‘No.'
How far?' he asks.
Fourteen hundred rmlus/f say 411
blushingly,
He tl ijks that is what he would call
“far,’ and I make no response. Two
babies are rehearsing a iitTe and in
rather faulty time but with fine expres¬
sion. And the man with one or two
‘dashes' asks if it d >esn't bother me to
write with a lot of ‘brats squalling
around.'
I looked up at him severely, for it
always makes me m.id to Imar a man
cal! baby a ‘brat/ and sai 1 to him, in
a slow, impressive manner ihat ‘I
would rather listen to baby cry than
he#r a n;au swear.’
This^eminently proper and highly
moral rebuke has its ,effect. T"e man
forsakes me, and he is now wreaking
a cheap and miserable revenge on the
smiling passengers by whistling 'My
Grandfather’s Clock,' accompanying
himself b,y drumming on tfte window
with his fingers.
A woman gets on a train, and say#
a very warm-hearted gb»*4 bv,e to a
cub ° f a sixteen-year old boy,
who sets down her bundles and turns
t<J ' uave Car w 'th a gruff grout
*E.it may mean good bye or anything
else- There is a little quiver on her lips
as she calls afte r him :
*Be a good boy, write It) rge often
as * teIt
He never looks around as he leaves
tfie car. H- looks just like the kind
do just as she tells
ifim, bul she must be careful to leU
him to do just as he wants to. I
have one bright spark of consolation
as the train moves ou, a id I sec that
boy per.ormiug a clumsy satire on a
clog-dance, on the platform. Some
these days he will treat some man
gruffly and rudely as he treats
mother. Then the man wi 1 climb
to him and lick him—pound the
sawdust out of him. Then the world
will fed better and happier for
licking he gets. It may be long defer¬
red, but it will come at last. I almost
wish I had pounded hmi myself, while
he is young and I felt able to do it. He
may grow up a very discouragingly
rugged nun extremely difficult to lick
and the the world mav have to wait a
very long time for this act of justice.
It frequently happens that those bab
boys grow up into distressingly bad
men.
Josli Billings* Sayings.
I hold that a man has jist as much
rite tew spell a word as it is pronounc¬
ed as he has tew pronounce it the way
it ain't spelt
I beleave in sugar-coated pills. I
also beleave lhat virtue and wisdom
can be smuggled into a man's soul bi
a good-natured proverb deeper than
to be mortised into it with a worm¬
wood mallet and chisel.
It don't require any educashun tew
tell the truth ; hut tew lie well dns.
We are told tnat an honest man is
the noblest work of God, but the de¬
mand for the wo k has been so limited
that I have thought a large share ov
the fust edishun must still be in the
author's han Is.
If you would make yourself agreea¬
ble wherever yu go, listen tew the
grievances of others, but never relate
yure own/
Among the blu laws ov Konnektieut
(which are Jnow obsolete) are this :—
‘No man shall chaw terbakher on Sun¬
day, unless he swallers the spit.'
Aim hi, if you strike low. The man
who undertakes to jump 375 feet abed
will ceitinly maxe a good try.
'Don’t putoph till .to-morrow what
kan be did to-day.’ It is better even
to do a foolish thing at onsl, if you
have positiffiy made up your mind to
do it.
I never bet any stamps on the man
who is always telhng what he would
have did if lie had bin tliare. I have
noticed that this kind never git than*
I kant think ov any talent now that
is so apt to descend from f.«tl er to son.
untarnished, as the gift of exaggera¬
tion.
Poetri, to he excellent, wants to be
like natute, but about four times as
big.
Passion makes more mistakes than
ignorance duz.
Fools don’t know their strength.—
If they did they would keep still.
Buty is a dangerous gift ; for it is
seldom accompanied^ it h much virtue,
energy orwisduin.
I have got a dreadful poor memory,
and think I ain’t sorry for it ; for mi
experiences in li e, thus far, have 2
thirds ov them been more pleasant to
forgit than to remember.
Tru happiness seems to consist in
wanting all that we can enjoy, an then
gitting awl *ve want.
Politeness is dreadful simple if we
take the ceremony out ot it ; but m
si/ting out the ceiemony yu will often
sift out the politeness.
Geld jz jtfte standard ov value, but
wisdom iz the standard ov perfekshnn.
. nited, they are the standard-bearers
ov the world
What manhood stands most in need
ov just now is simplicity.
Men judge each other bi their sue 1 ’
cess, not bi their undertakings j but
the Lord judges bi the undertaking, ttfi
not bi the success.
The best kind ov perfewm for the
person that I kuo of is eh ennesa.
The world owe# most of its refine"
ment to two very diffeient things—the
Bible and the looking-glass.
Th?re are vampire bats in Brazil
that spread wings as large as a tur
keys.
An immense whale, killed by a
sworJ lisll > " a9 tho S a »
Wast o f Florida.
The diamond will always out las-j
the setting, and bright brains wi!]
wear out two sets of legs.
-
It is pleasant tfi know that you will
never b: i• itby a boa .constrictor.—
IIo swgPji >v\s jackass, s a h-tye.
■ 4 *
Does X hurt much t*» be struck by £
ibou^ht?
Woman's sphere—That she will nev¬
er get married
NO. It).
•wt&ihumor;
=v
Lub:n was a mau of scents.
When a man ha-n’l a red he got#
blue,
All journals of dentistry are full of
extracts.
Hens come into the world by the
hatch-way.
The shad is the Bony part of the
finny tribe.
If Noah was a consistent Jew,
what induced him to take II; m into
the aok ?
There was only one man spoiled by
being lionized. His name was Dm
ltd.
Grand write and left was the for¬
ger's last change as he waltzed out of
sight.i , ^
%
Girls should remember: ‘Where
ignorance is bliss ’tis folly to be
wives.'
.....
Texas papers speak of summary ex
editions. Hind ot noose summary, Mg
it were.
—
'I am going to attend a caucus/
said Limerick, as he went out to feed
the tame cow.
The police of Macon ale being vac
cinated. But what's the use of it ;
they never catch anything.
Whatever objections may be oppos¬
ed to whipping, it is at least undenia¬
ble tfiat it makes a boy smart.
The numberless one-eyed men about
the country speak volumes for the
popularity of archery.
A country blacksmith out wc.st put
np a no lice : ‘No losses slmded Sun¬
day except sickness and death.',
•-—-♦ 4^- -—
A man’s curiosity never reaches the
female standard until some one tells
him his u me was ii: yesterday‘s pa
pc - .
A man who can bend his al in
against a rocking chair and smile in
the darkness which made it possible is
on the highway to glory.
It is s rid tfiat a Chinaman eao do
almost any possible thing or impissi
bic thing except pronounce the letter
r. A Chinese cook shocks the storo
ach of people by calling it ‘boiled
lice ‘
Tucre are men who, with increasing
years, have not yet learned to view
equanimity the inevitable overflow
that fol ows the attempt, no matter
how caivfiiJiy an ,} scientifically regu¬
lated t.» pour one's off e .‘nto a sau-?
cer.
William came running into the
house the the other day and ask* d ea¬
gerly: *YN h* rc does charity begin!*
‘At home/ was replied, in the words of
the proverb. ‘Not by a good deal,' re¬
plied the boy ; ‘it begins at sea (C.‘)
A Sabbath school teacher writes to
the Biddletord Times that he was
shocked to see 111 a billiard room,
around a table, several boys from his
Sunday school. The b ys have not
beep heard fr.;ra, but it is supposed
they were shock d too.
A married lady of Chicago thus
sums up three years of experience of
marriefi life ; ‘The first year my hus*
band called rpe dear ; the second year,
Mrs. A., and the third year, old sorrel
top. The last I couldn't stand, and so
sued far a divorce and got it.‘
Governess (dcs rous ol explaing the
w - urd ‘enough*)—'Now, suppose, Fred¬
dy, that you gave pussy all the mJk
that she could lap, aU the meat she
could eat, and all the sweet cake she
cares for, what wi 1 she have ? Fred¬
dy (with surprising alacrity)—'Kit¬
tens.*
‘Here/ said the farmer, ;.s he t xh!b
ited a broken jar to the manufacturer,
‘I pack- d Hi s jar full ol butte r, and
the jar split from t ip to bottom. Per
haps # v oil can explain the phenome¬
non.* ‘Oh, yes, 1 can/ was the ready
reply, ‘tne butter was stronger than
.the jar,*