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1 AM DYING*
liaise rav pillow, husband dearest,
Faint and fainter comes my breath ;
And these shadows stealing slowly,
Must. I know, be those of death.
Sii down close beside me, darling,
Let me clasp your warm, strong hand,
Yours that ever has sustained me
To the borders of this land.
For vour God and mine -our t other.
Thence shall ever lead me on,
Where upon a throne eternal,
isits his loved and only Son.
I've had visions and been dreaming
O'er the past (f joy and pain ; j
Year by year I’ve wandered backward,
Till I was a child again.
Dreamed of girlhood, and the moment
When I stood your wife and bride--- j
How my heart thrill’d with Love’s triumph,;
In that hour of woman’s pride.
Dreamed of thee and all the earth-chord
Fir.nly twined about my heart;
Oh ! the bitter, burning anguish,
When I first knew we must part.
It baa passed : and God has promised
All thy footsteps to attend ;
He that’s more than friend or brother.
He’ll be with thee to the end.
There's no shadow o'er the portals
Leading toiny Heavenly home :
Christ hath promised life immortal,
And ’tis He that bids me come.
When life’s trials wait around thee,
And its chilling billows swell,
Thou'lt thank Heaven that I’m spared them, ;
Thou It then feel that “all is well.
our boys unto my bedside ;
My last blessing let them keep :
But they’re sleeping—do not wake them,
They 11 learn soon enough to weep.
Tell them often of their mother,
Kiss them for me when they wake,
Lead them gently in life’s pathway,
Love them gently for my sake.
Clasp my hand still closer, darling,
This, the last night ot my life,
For to-morrow. I shall never
Answer when you call me “wife.”
Fare the well, my noble husband,
Faint nf>t ’neath the chast’ning rod :
Throw your strong arm round our children.
Keep them close to thee, and God.
The Relief Hill.
The following is the Relief Bill as it
passed the Logisbi ,iv :
A Bill to be entitle*. l an Act for the relief j
of debtors, and La authorize the adjust- j
meet of debts upon principles of equity.
Section 1. The General Assembly of;
the State of Georgia enacts, That in all j
suits which shall be brought for the re
covery of debts in any of the Courts of i
this State, or upon contracts for the pay
ment of money, made prior to the first of
June, 1865, except for the sale or hire of j
slaves, it shall and may be lawful for the j
defendant or defendants, in all such cas-!
es, to give in evidence before the jury
empannelled to try the same, the consid
eration of thejj debt or contract which
may be the subject of the suit, the amount
ayd value of the property owned by the 1
debtor at the time the debt was contract-!
ed or the deb* entered into, lo show upon
the faith of what property credit was
given to him, and wiiat tender or tenders
of payment lie made to the creditor at
any time, and that the non payment ofi
the debt or debts was owing to the r* fu
sal of the creditor to rece ve the money
tendeted or offered to be tendered, the;
destruction nr loss of the property upon
the faitti of which the credit was given,
how and in what manner the property
was detroyed ot lost, and by whose de
fault : and in all such cases the juries
which try the same shall have power to
reduce the amount of the debt or debts
sued for, according to ihe equities of
each case, and render such verdicts as to
them shall appear just and equitable.
Sec. 2. That in all cases in winch ver
d cts fiave been rendered, or judgment
entered upon debts contracted prior to
the first day of June, 1865, and the judg
ment remains unsatisfied, it shall be law
ful tor the defendants, by motion in the
Court in which the judgment was obtain
ed, to have the same submitted to a jury
for trial, upon the same terms and con
ditions as contained in the preceding
section, with like powers to Hie jury ti
re luce the amount of the judgment ac
cording to the equitiesoi each case ; and
render such verdicts as to them shall ap
pear equitable and just, and the judg
ment rendered in such case shall super
i cede the prior judgment. Provided, That
in all such cases twenty days notice ahull
he given to the plaintiffs iti tne execu
tion in c isos in the Superior Court, and
in cases transferred lo that Cmi't from
Inferior and County Courts, and in the
Justices Court, tc i days notice shall Ik
given, in order to. the trial at list term
at which the tnoti in may Ik; made, lull
shall tie subject t> continuance, as cases
upon the appeal.
Sec. 3. That in -ill cnaes in which the
defendant may have in possession the
propei ty for which the debt sited on was
contracted, the jury shall have power to
render a verdict, returning the property
tog ther with compensation for the use
if the same: F.milled, That any ini
pi', vemeut made by the defendant shall
betaken into consideration, or any part;
ol the purchase money which may have:
Ia tl for the same, according to the val- i
ue of the property at the time of the trial.
Sec. 4. That in suits against trustees,
administrators, executors or guardians,
it shall lie lawful for the defendant or
defi ndauts to give in evidei ce the Iras
or destruction of the property which
came into their hands, or its depreciation
in value ; and the value of the property
in their hands at the commencement of
the suit shall be the measure of damages
In he rendered by the jury against them:
Provided, that no trustee, administratm,
executor, or puurdisii shall be exempt
from liability for the value of any trust,
which he may have wasted, or which lias
been lost by Irs neglect or default.
Sec. 5. Thai, in all suits which maybe
commenced by original action, or by mo
tion under this act, both parties thereto
shall be competent witn sses.
Sec. 6. That in all arbitrations toad
just and settle debts and contracts prior
to J nun Ist, 1865, the same rules and '
regulations shall apply, and the same ev
idence shall be admissible, as provided
in the first section of this act.
Sec. 7. That in all cases where levies
have becu made, and the property levied
upon has not been sold, it shall and may
be lawful for the defendant or defendants
to file their affidavits, stating that they
desire to take the benefit of the remedy
provided for in this bill ; and the Slier
ills to whom said affidavits are presented
shall receive the same, and suspend the
sale, and return the papers to the Court
from which the process under which they
act may- have issued, or to such Courtak
may, by' law, have jurisdiction ; I’iovid
cd, That Ihe property levied upon shall
be returned to the defendant, upon his
giving bond and security', us in claim
cases.
A PRACTICAL JOKE.
An eccentric French nobleman travel
ing to Paris before the time of railways,
made toe acquaintance of a young man
on the road, with whom lie became viryi
friendly', and who informed him that he j
was going to Paris to present himself!
for tli j first time to the family of a mer- 1
chant, a match having been arranged by;
the two families between himselfand the
eldest daughter. Arrived in Paris, they
went to the same hotel, and after a friend
iy' evening separated for the night. The
next morning, to his hoiror, the noble
man found that liis young friend had
died suddenly in his sleep. The noble
ma i considered it his duty under the
circumstances to call on the father
of the young man’s intended bride
and inform hint of the mclancholly ter
i ruination of her matrimonial prospects.
No sooner did he present himself at the
j house than he was taken for the anxious
; |y expected future husband, hurried in,
seated to breakfast and all without hav
-1 ing a fair opportunity allowed him to do
clare his real errand. At last the hour j
of departure came. The nobleman arose |
desired to speak privately with his host
who wished to detain him till dinner j
time, and between the dining room and !
the door ofexit, the spurious son-in law
solemnly declared that he was very sor- i
ry he could not comply with the invita
tion; the fact was that he died last night j
ami was to ho buried at three that after
noon and it would be highly impolite and
irreverent of him to keep the funeral cor j
tege waiting and disappoint the friends
who would assemble to see the last of
him. The host returned to his family, 1
laughing uncontndably at the humor of
this soon to be new member of his fanii-j
ly and congratulate his wile and daugh- !
1 ter on the accession to their circle of one i
so happily gifted. In the course of the 1
evening, however, having occasion to j
: seud a message to his future son-in law,
his messenger was informed that he had
; died the previous night and was buried
at three that very day-. Imagine the
: horror and the wonder at this grim con
firmation of what was supposed to te
; only' an exuberant joke. imagine the
astounding retrospect that he had been
convivial w th a dead man, and that his
daughter had, with coy side glance taken
; measure of a corpse!
Babies at a "Disc uxt. —A coachman in
Brooklyn speaks of the section called
Dublin, and say's : “It you run over a
youngster down there in the ward, the
folks don’t say nothin’—kase they have
got more children than vittles for ’em—
hut you just run over a goat, ora sow,
or a pig, and blast rnc if a mob ain’t af
ter you in two minutes/’
A Kentuckian has sold $5,800 worth of
>■ atcrmelons this season.
HERB SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN. UNAWED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GKO., OCTOBER 9, 1868.
! An Addressl»y ihe Central Kvecu
five Committee of the Democrat
ic I’nrty of Georgia.
! Rooms Dr.kmt.atic ok<tiui. Ex. Com , )
| Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26, 1808. )
The pot i ion of the Democratic party
of Georgia in relation to the Reconstruc
tion measures of Congress for the esiab
lishment of govern ment in the Southern
States being umleistond, it is believed
j that an authoritative declaration of what
1 the party holds in regard to those Micas
! -ires will not b - deemed inappropriate in
the present juncture of political affairs
The Central Ex cutive Committee in
the following declaration of principles,
do not hesitate to Ray that they speak
truly the sentiments and feelings of the
party they represent, and they desire to
speak for themselves and their party,
and their true position may be known.
The I)(*m< cratia party South is charg
jed w th rti’-l being rebellious in spirit,
: and in the event of the election of the
i Den ocratic can lidateu to the Presidency
■ and Vice Presi loiicy of the Cnited States
with an intention to arrest the further
enforcement if the Reconstruction Acts
of i ougress without awaiting the action
df the Judicial Department of the Gov
ernment upon the questioner their un
constitiitioiiality, and thus to inaugurate
another civil war.
This charge places us in a position we
do not occupy.
We claim the right to define our true
position.
We hold the Reconstruction Acts of
Congress to lie unconstitutional that is
to sav, they are unauthorized by any
grant of power in the Constitution. To
believe an act of Congress unconstitu
tional does not imply an intention to re
sist its enforcement by viol n e nr to get
rid of it liy revolutionary measures Dif
ferent views of the constitutionality of
Congressional legislation will necessarily
exist but the sword is not the arbiter of
such disputes, else the country would be
in a state of continual war.
There is a tribunal for the settlement
of all such questions, and when its adjii
dictations are pronounced acquiescence
becomes ih duty of all the people. In
dividual opinions must yie’d to official
and authoritative decisions of the Judi
ciary.
I Notwithstanding we hold that the lie
construction Acts of Congress were en
acted “outside ol the Constitution,” and
■ without constitutional authority wo do
! not pr ipose, or intend to maintain our
j position by a resort to force. The Con
stitutionality id these nets is a question
to he decided by the Federal Judiciary
upon apm p rjcasi “made. II their do*
j visions should be adverse to the constitu
j tionality of that legislation wo will claim
j all the consequences which will legiti
| matoly rosn't from sue a decision and
| it will not he unreasonable in us to ex
; pect that those who hold opposite views
will acquiesce in the decision and accord
j to us all the rights lo which it may lo
i gaily entitle us.
On the contrary, if the constitntionali
- ty of the Reconstruction measures should
| lie sustained by the Supreme Federal
! Judiciary, as peaceable law abiding citi
zens we will yield obedience to that de
cision, and cease all further opposition
to those measures.
And in another contingency, if the Su
preme Court should refuse to entertain
jurisdiction of cases presented under
! these acts, the only alternative left will
| lie to yield them obedience as lawsobliga
j tury and binding or to resist them by
revolution and the latter we unhesita
-1 tingly reject. We desire a peaceable
j solution ot the complications arising un
der these acts and a finality to agitation
J which they have produced
, In mir own State we recognize the
government which Inn been organized
by authority of these acts and will recog
nizo it now and henceforth if it should
i not be sup reeded by authority of law.
1 If our gtatc shall be remanded to the
j government existing prior to the enact
ment of the Reconstruction acts it must
I be done by operation of law, and not by
i revolution.
We bold then, that the question of the
constitutionality of the acta referred to, j
is a question for the judiciary and not j
for an appeal to arms or any violent rev
olutionary measures to he initiated by
tiic President of the United States to set
up or set aside those measures by his
own mere will.
V/ilich ol the present candidates for
the Presidency of the United States may :
be elected to that office neither should
use his arbitrary will either in enforcing
• these measures against a decision of the
(Supreme Court declaring them uncori-,
j Ktitu'.i >nal or in superceding them and
I setting them aside before the action of j
the judiciary can be had.
If the Republican candidate should
!bo elected and the Reconstruction Acts;
! .should be pronounced unconstitutional
!by a decision of the Supreme Court of!
; the United States acquiescuce in that de
cision will he his duty no less than of a
private citizen. If the Democratic can-;
j didate should be elected his election will j
not perse, authorize him to declare those j
acts unconstitutional, mill and void and 1
u ) longer of any binding force and effioa
cy ; but it will be his duty to await the
! decision of the question by the proper
j tribunal to which it belongs, and on :
which ever side it iR made to regard the!
| Jeci.-i m as obligatory ond binding as an !
| act of Gongicss which is clearly in cou
! formity to the constitution.
I We speak for the Democratic party of
I Georgia and may go luvther, and say,
that though we are not air hori/.oii to
speak lor others outside of our Stale yet
j wo believe that the sentiments and feel
ings of the Dem icratic pnry in other
Southern States are in unison with our
own.
These are the views we hold upon the
i question in which as a people arc so
deeply and vitally interested. We in
tend no war—we meditate no revolution
—we want, no civil strife. We are for
peace and intend to keep peace, and will
| not break il iT not forced to do it in sell
defense and for self preservation.
We counsel and exhort onr people to
forbear all acts of violence upon the col
mod race—even to endure provocations
which they would not tolerate
under other circumstances. They
are ignorant and led on by designing
white men to make threats and commit
acts of indiscretion lor the purpose of
producing collisions between them and
the white people—and to resist them by
violence will he to enable their white
leaders to accomplish their object. For
this and oilier reasons, we counsel the
utmost forbearance which can he exer
cised.
We advise our people to acc rd to the
freedmen all the lights and privileges i
which the present laws secure to them.
Withhold from them no right to which
they are eit I tied. Lot them not he oh
structed in the exercise of any privilege
which the laws give them. Under our ,
present laws they are entitled to the
right of sulVnige. Let them enjoy it
freely, voluntarily and without molesta
tion. On the day of the approaching I
election to avoid conflicts the polls should
not be and will not be occupied by one j
race tj the exclusion of the other: hut:
arrungcmi nts will he made whereby all
who are legally entitled lo vote shall ex
ercise that privilcg", and we believe (un
people have themagoai i nity to see to it
that no freedinan who is entitled to the
right of euffrugo is debarred from his free
exercise ol that rigli'. This is our conn
sel and advice and we trust and believe
that it will he heeded.
Having made known onr trim | notion
in regard to the reconstruction measures
of Congress and the protection which is
due to the freedmen in the enjoyment of
their rights and privileges, we assure the
people —all the people of every name and
pim-uasion, North, South, East, West
that these are onr views—the views of
the Democratic party of Georgia, and
any representations to the contrary are
! untrue and do us great injustice.
We pledge ourselves to submit to all
laws constitutionally enacted—to all de
cisions of the com ts dec-hiring laws to
be unconstitutional whose constitution
; ality may he disputed, and in return we
! claim all the rights guaranteed by the
Constitution. Wo claim protection of
| life, liberty and properly, by law, and
we claim for our State equality of rights
and privileges with other States of the
Union. We desire to see our govern
ment brought hack to its original purity
and first principles. We desire an ad
ministration of the Federal government
upon the principles upon which it was
administered in the early ages of the
Republic.
"Equal and exact justice to all men of
! whatever State or persuasion, religions
or political—peace commerce and honest
! friendship with nations entangling alli
ances with none—the support of the
| State governments in all their rights as
the most competent administration for
! our domestic concerns und the surest
| bulwarks against anti Republican ten
dencies—the preservation of the Goner
j al Government in its whole constitnti n
a I vigor as the sheet anchor of onr peace
;at home and safety abroad—a zealous
j care of the rights of election by the poo
; pie—a mild and safe corrective of abuses
which are lapped by the‘sword of revo
lution where peaceable remedies tire un
provided—absolute acquiescence m Ihe
decisions of the majority the vital prim
j cjple and imincdinic parent of despotism;
! a well disciplined militia, our best reli
ance in peace and for the first moments
of war, till regulars may ro'ieve them ;
the supremacy of the civil over the mili
tary authority ; economy in the public
expense that labor may be lightly btir
thened ; the honest payment of our debts
and sacred preservation if the public
faith; encouragement of agriculturcyind
of commerce as its hand maid the diffu
sion of information and arraignment of
all abuses at the bar of public reason;
freedom of religion freedom of the press;
' freedom of person under the protection
of the h ibeas corpus and trial by juries
impartially selected.”
Let the Federal Government he admin
j isteivd upon these principles and speak
ing for the people of Georgia, "we pledge
! our lives our fortunes and our sacred
honor” to maintain tire Unicn in its full
vigor. E. G. Ga ham- s.
j Clim’n* Gen. Ex. Com. Dcm. Party Ga.
A Sorry Buy.—A few months ago, as
a lady connected with a certain mission,
was visiting oue of the institutions for
the reformation of juvenile delinquents,
! she asked the different urchins for what
misdemeanors they were in there, it
went on till she came to a rather hard
looking boy, who evidently didn’t like
the system, when she inquired : “What
are you in here for ?”
i “For stealing a coat, marrn.”
! “Well, am’! V"ii sorry for it ?”
“ i es,” (grimly.)
"Won’t you uy and do better next
tim ? ’
; “Fes—l’!! steal two.”
liOOK I P.
i An idd man on Lung Island had nee
| sion some years ago, to lay up «•>'* i
money. Being exceedingly afraid that
he would lose it if he trusted his r a
; lire with any of his friends, he concluded
at last that he would bury it. Aoco>
■ dingly, lie went out into the woo lag on
night and selected a tree under wide
j to make his deposit, lie dug a hole, care
fully looked around him lo see if any me
was near buried Ids money replaced tie
earth, strewed the leaves over the spin
; that it might appear that al! was ns
usual, and returned to the house secun
in the belief that his gold was safe.
In those days deer were very aim
danl on the Island, and it was common
jto shoot them in the night. The deei
had places of resort and the hunters fie
ing fa niliar with those places would se
lect a neighboring tree and climbing il
! before nightfall would quietly await the
: coming of their game, it so happened
that a friend of the old man had for tltis
purpose climbed this very tree to vvl ich
lie came to bury his money. And being
disp /sod to see what the old man wonl
[do lie remained perfectly quirt, and who
ready to go home descended dug up tie
hag, replaced the leaves, and carried ofi
the treasure.
The oid man performed i daily pilgrim
ago to the tree, and perceiving every
thing as he left it, suspected no evil
After a long time, lie had oc -asion for
his money, and, to his consternation, dis
covered that it was gone. llis loss turn
ed his head and broke his heart, fb
was ashamed to have it known that In
i was so miserly as to bury money, and
therefore, concealed his I >ss. But i
- weighed deeply upon Irin, deprived him
!of tiis rest and Dually sunk his spirits
so low that in his despondency lie begat
; to doubt his hope, and to despair. A set
| tied religious melancholy followed and
in his distress In* went to his friend for
! counsel and sympathy. His friend had
understood his case perfectly and was
ready to administer the right sort of con
solution. II- inquired cautiously, whctli
er some domestic troubles had not occa
sinned his distress or some derangemeni
of his business. But not being aide to
tiling the old man to a voluntary
confession ;he asked if lie had met
with some very heavy loss of prop
erty. Thus cornered the old man was
compelled to lull the tale of his hid
treasure, but was not willing to believe
that that had any connection with his
despondency His friend invited him ro
his house, and delivered into his hands
the lost hag, and thus addressed the
delighted man:
“When you Imricd this money you
looked all around to see that no one was
! near to watch your movements. But
you forgotjto look up. Had you looked
up you would have seen me a few feet
above you and not lost your ir-oney.—
Hereafter never fail, when about to cn
! gage in any work, to look up.”
The advice thus given was useful to
j the old man who had received it, and is
of easy apphea ion. The man who is
; about to embark in an important under
taking, if possessed of common prudence
will carefully examine the subject on all
! sides, that if any danger or difficulty is
j in the way, he may foresee and avoid it,
jor abandon the undertaking. But it is
more important that he should look up.
From above cotnelli down the wisdom
that man needs to guide him in doubt,
and distress and lie who has sought from j
heaven assistance, will seldom fail ill j
) his enterprise. Christians often are |
governed so much by worldly policy that
| they look all around them in the hour of
trial and forget to look up to the hills
! whence couieth their help. When they
i are estimating the progress that will lie
made in tho work of converting, they
look only to the amount of means which
the Churches contribute now and ting
led the fact that the gold and silver are
the Lord’s. If they would look up, they
would find that God was ready and de-
termined to achieve the work.
When the wicked are embarking in sin
they fear detection, and cautiously snr
vey the ground lest some eye should see
their guilt. They forget the all seeing
eye, to which darkness and light arc all
alike. Would they look up they would
otten be deterred from sin. It. is a good
rule never to engage in any pursuit of
business or pleasure upon which you
cannot look to God for counsel. If lie
approves, go; if He frowns stay away.
Such a course would secure you from ini
measurable loss. The time will come
when you will discover, to yom eternal
shame, that you have lost an invaluable
treasure, even your pi inceless soul, by
neglecting to look up to God when his
help would have made its salvation sure.
IF THAT’S ALL, BUY IT.
Close to the lands of the Centre Oil
Company there lives an oid chap who is
worth a mint. Ignorant, of course, dumb
luck has made him rich. His household
pets consist of a terrier dog and stupid
j daughter, both of whom engage his at
tention. The former provided for, hede
termined to “accomplish” his daughter.
ITo this end he came to the city. lie
I bought a'piano and a harp, a guitar, and
a car load of music books, and so forth,
; winding up his business by engaging a
j first class intellectual and musical tutor,
| with all of which he started for the “rc
! gion.” The documents were, of course,
soon arranged for business. The tutoi
set to work and toiled like a Trojan, but
j with no success. Despairing ol ultimate
I triumph, the tutor went to the old king
[53.00 per Annum
NO. 35
uid mule a clean breast of it.
“Why, what the world is the matter?’
i-ked llie lather.
“Well,” answered the tutor, “Kitty
las git a piano, and guitar, and Imrp,
md music, and hooks, and a 1 that, lint
die wants capacity—that’s all.”
“Well, by the Lord Harry,” cried the
diking, “if that’s all, just buy it. I’ve
get the stuff, and if in mey will get it,
the shall have capacity or auythingelsc.'
From the New (trie n I'ieavuuc, Sept. “t.
A BUM Alii-A ILK WOMAN’.
A BKKTOH SR. M KKAI, l,|l’K.
In alow, tumbed dow i holding in’
the old F.iubnrg St Mary, reeking with,
perpetual damps, aid with the mould of
nearly a century on its roof lives an o'd
woman whose career is one of the mmt
remarkable in the hlsto-v of N-w Orl
cans Once brilliant and he utiful she
yet retains graces though and timed and
lading, of that e> quisite love) ness which
made her the lelle and leader of fashion
in her native c ty. An only chi and, born
lo immense wealth and educated in every
accomplishment which the most learned
Kuropeau seminar} could supply at eigh
ecu she shone upon the world of fashion'
tiere w tlmnt a rival. Courted and flat
tered with innumerable suiters she dis
caided tlie advances of men, nud appear
'd only anxious In enjoy the society in
which she moved so conspicuous and
bri limit an ornament. But it was not
destined lor her to remain so It is said
that no woman can ex st without loving
nid she proved no exception to the gen
erality of her sox. Her attachment was
however unworthily bostowed and la
mentable in its results. Passionate and
j a'oiis she unfortunately found in her
hudiaud too much cause lor their in lul
ge-ce. Neglected her love turned to
a e—-scorned, her resentment was im-.
placable. In a moment of fiercely stim
ulated passion she aliandoned her home
and friends, and shoitly afterw lrd ap
peared at a foreign court in that most
disreputable of all characters a female
adventuress.
But if her calling was and -eri'Heoft|l her
career was distinguished. She hecfmo
die ruling spirit ti at guided and con
irolled the aoti ms of muiac v. At her
nod brilliant m •teors faded from the cal—
laxy of lastiion, and armies sw pi over
hostile borders.
But a revolution arose in the land, and
she became the inmate ol a prism Bs
caping thence liy the lenience of those
who dashed the Bourbon Charis from
power, she next appeared as the minimi
ot an Indian ltajali. Her name is yet
ahhored by the matrons of English India,
and little childien are taught to scorn
the impious treason of her example. But
as her years grew on apace her be miy
waned, and then came loss of power.—
Spurned by the virtuous ami hated by
the Court, she came hack to her native
land. Her friends were dead—tile mem
ory of her early triumphs had passed
away. She stood it solitary wreck in the
city of her birth amidst the ruins cf her
life. None knew her—none would.—
Scorned by the g oil and feared by ttie
bad, she bad led a hermit's life. Some
times o and cronies will come and gossip
with her, at others y uitli will pause t >
wonder at the wreck that time has
wrought. But recollections will stir her
heart, and from ttie shadowy aisles of
memory Comes smiles and tears lo beam
or darken on her face.
Femai.f. Logic —As a young woman
was walking alone one evening, a man
looked at her, and followed Iter. The
young woman said, “Why do you follow
me?” lie answered, “Because 1 have
fallen in love with you ” The woman
said, “ Why are you in love with me ?
My sister is much handsomer ; she is
coining after me ; go hack and make
I love to her.” The man turned back, and
saw a woman with an ugly face. Being
greatly displeased, he turned to the first
woman and said, “Why did you tell me
a falsehood ?” The woman answered
“Neither did you speak the truth ; for i
you were really in love with ine, why
did you leave me to look upon iny sister.”’
A sharp youth borrowed a stick of can
dy from a little Comrade, to slio.v him
that he could pull it out of his ear. Ho
; swallowed it, and then twisted himscit
I into various ways to extract it, but at
I length iiitormed his companion that lie
I had forgotten that part, of the trick.
A clergyman, who believes in amuse
ments if properly conducted, says it is.
curious to note how many people attend
a circus, “only because they want to
please the children hut still more cu
rious to observe that in many instances
it takes two or three able-bodied men,,
with as many women, to look alter one
little boy or girl.
A California paper speaks of an enter
prising and highly successful murder as
having “a wonderful talent for bereav
iu ; any family he (hies not happen to.
like”
A “Distant U ki.ative.”- —-“You ha voo
some fiends, gl see,” said a traveler to*
a negro whom he had met on. the road.
“Yes, massa.”
“Was it a near or distant relative?”'
“Well, pnrty distant—’bout tweuty
lour miles.”
California produces purple'ligs, a quar
ter of a pound each in xv eight, -nudaa
big as a mau’s list.