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B. M. BLACKBURN, Plblishek.
YOL. YIII.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
MISS ANNA C. M. BLACKBURN Eihtor
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
BY ELLEN P. ALLERTON.
Beautiful faces are those that wear—
It matters little if dark or fair—
Whole-sauled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show,
Like crystal panes where hearth-fires
glow,
Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like the songs of
birds,
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is earnest and brave and true,
Moment by moment the long day thro’.
Beautiful (eet arc those that go
On kindly ministries to and fro—
Down lowliest ways, it God wills it so.
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care
With patient grace and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless—
Silent rivers of happiness.
Whose hidden fountain but few may
gness.
Beautiful twilight, at set of sun,
Beautiful goal, with race well won,
Beautiful rest, with work well done.
Beautiful graves, where grasses creep;
Where brown leaves tall, where drifts lie
deep
Over worn out hands; oh,beautiful sleep.
For the Madison Home Journal.
Popping the Ques
tion in the Dark
BY P. C.
*VG)ROBABLY every one knows
the definition of the word
"quiz.” If happy are the few who
have been led along life’s rough
path n blissful ignorance of the
individual in question. They can
never know the vexations and se
cret heart burnings they have mi
raculously escaped.
My aunt Deborah Clarendon
was my mother’s only sister. Her
father died when she was but
three years of age, and left her,
with half his fortune, in the care
of my mother, her only female rel
ative. As aunt Debby, when she
was eighteen, was a handsome
girl, with a pleasant disposition,
and known to be possessor of sev
eral thousand dollars, of course
lovers were not wanting. But the
wayward girl turned a deaf car to
all their entreaties and obstinate
ly continued in a state of single
blessedness until she reached the
age of twenty-four, when there
came a young, Horace Greenough
by name, who completely won her
heart by his affected indifference
toward her, and she consented to
become the mistress of his home
as she had long been of bis heart.
It is at this period that my narra
tive commences.
Aunt Debby was still engaged
to Mr. Greenough, and the wed
ding day looked not far distant
when occurred the unfortunate
adventure which so nearly wreck
ed my happiness for life.
My aunt, with all her good qual
ities, was—must I say it—a quiz.
With my earliest recollections
I bear iu mind my constant fear
of her witty and sarcastic tongue.
It was she who caught me with
my first cigar, and afterward ridi
culed the sickness occasioned by
my manly efforts. It was she who
discovered my strenuous exertions
to lead out the incipient mous
tache, ar.d for days afterward rub
bed her chin incessantly, directing
wicked glances at me, and irnitat
ing my manner with such perfec
tion as to convulse every one pres
ent with laughter.
O, those were days of trial, in
deed !
Being the only son of the village
lawyer, with a fair prospect of the
future before me, I am willing to
own that I had no mean opinion
of myself, besides which, I believe
a young man of twenty is as wise,
in his own estimation, as at any
period in after life.
My annt greatly delighted in
mortifying my vanity, and if I ev
er attempted retaliation, her im
perturable good humor completely
thwarted my schemes, while she
continued to torment mo with per
severing mischievousness, known
only to the astute female mind.
Of course it is understood that,
having had twenty years experi
ence iu the world, I had not been
with my little affair* de arur. —
Many, and violent (while they
lasted) had been my attachments
to bewitching but fickle damsels,
who for a time entranced my
senses.
When I had arrivod at the ma-
ture age of nineteen I put away
all these boyish follies and fell
deeply and irrevocably in love
with a pretty village maiden nam
ed Maggie Cleveland. Having
walked, ridden and danced with
her perseveringly for a whole year
(a constancy heretofore unparal
leled in the history of my flirta
tions,) I resolied to propose to her
the honor of becoming my wife,
never for a momenting she would
gladly consent to so delectable a
scheme.
Aunt Debby had first introduc
ed me to my fair enchantress as a
particular friend of her own, and
as my affection for ‘the friend’ in
creased, so did the intimacy be
tween my aunt and little Maggie
increase proportionally. After some
time they discovered that their
tastes assimilated to such a de
gree that they often decided on
the same article of dress ; and as
they were very nearly of a height,
were not unfrequently mistaken
for each other when- walking ou
the street. This, however, was
never the case when their faces
were visible, for Maggie was a
slight, beautiful blonde of sixteen,
while aunt Debby was a fully de
veloped, noble-looking brunette of
twenty-four.
I remember particularly, they
each wore a scarlet shawl, which
as scarlet was not a favorite color
with me, I should have disliked
exceedingly, had it not been Mag
gie’s choice; as it was, however, 1
followed the shawl and its owner
assiduouslv, and it soon became
beautiful to me.
That shawl was the cause of all
my trouble.
It was late in October. All the
bright summer days had passed,
with their long, pleasant twilights,
and I looked forward io winter,
with its bright moonlight rides
and merry parties, to afford me
the wished-for opportunity of pro
posing to Maggie the momentous
question which lay so weightily
upon my heart.
The time to which I had so long
looked forward at length arrived.
Invitatious came, to a party which
aubt Debby could not attend, Mr.
Greenough being absent; and I
rejoiced secretly that everything
seemed to favor my wishes. The
party proved delightful. Maggie
seemed an angel to me, as she
moved lightly around, her white
lace dress falling like a cloud
about her, and the snowy buds iu
her hair, half hidden by the gold
en curls. ‘The by with
bright, glancing wings/ and I had
resolved to defer, until our walk
home, the great proposition which
I was about to make to the fairy
M iggie, who hud been unusually
kiud to me throughout the even
ing. But when we stood in the
great hall, Maggie wrapped in her
scarlet shawl, with her long hood
drawn over her pretty face, I
found that my overcoat needed
more arranging than usual, for I
wished to gain time before ap
proaching the subject uppermost
in my mind.
As we commenced our walk
homeward, which was but a short
one, my courage slowly oozed out
at my Augers’ ends, and we had
arrived her father’s house before
I had spoken a word. I remem
ber now', what did not occur to me
until some time afterward, that
the walk passed in complete si
lence. At last, as she bade me
good night, and prepared to enter
the house, I made a desperate ef
fort, add summoning ali rny cour
age, said—
‘Miss Cleveland, Maggie, excuse
mo ; would it be too much trouble
for you —that is to say, would it
be agreeable for you to walk a
short distance with me ?’
‘Certainly, Mr. Mariow.’
The answer coming muffled
through many wrappings, would
have been inaudible to almost any
but my expectant ear. We walk
ed a short distance in silence,
when, feeling the necessity of op
ening the conversation, I observed:
‘lt seemed strange to see you
in companv this evening without
my aunt, Miss Cleveland. I be
lieve yon are almost inseparable.’
‘Yes, Debby is a very dear
friend ; but it was a pleasant com
pony, even without her,’ replied
my fair companion ; and conceiv
ing instantly that she referred to
the pleasure my preseuco, during
the evening, had bestowed upon
her, I felt exceedingly flattered,
and observed:
‘Ah, Miss Cleveland, if we might
always live in the society we
would choose.’
I had long suspected that annt
Debby made merry iu secret with
Maggie Cleveland over wliat she
called my intense vanity ; and al
though Mr. Charles Reads tells
us that every man is a puppy
while he is young, that is before
some great event in his life has
either turned him into a placid
A Nation may toe Governed, and yet To© Free.
Newfoundland or a snapping bull
dog for the remainder of his days,
it is highly probable that the
young fellows themselves are not
aware of the fact; but change, as
we are told, ‘with circumstances,
and without difficulty.’ I am
aware that during the year I had
knowm Maggie Clovelaud, since I
had ‘taken to my bosom this great
and tender feeling that never yet
failed to ennoble and enlarge the
heart and double the understand
ing,’ I had thought less of myself
and almost entirely of bor. But
now as I remembered my aunt’s
keen shafts of ridicule directed so
pointedly at me, I resolved to re
venge myself ou her, and said —
‘Annt Debby’s society was no
great loss to me this evening, Miss
Cleveland, for to tell you the truth
although her disposition seems to
be naturally a kiud one, her habit
of constantly holding the faults of
others up to ridicule is very trying
to her friends, and’ —I continued,
forgetting myself as I warmed
with my subject —‘she will indeed
mako her friends feel most un
pleasantly if she sees any sport
can accrue from it. Horace Gree
nough deserves a kiader-hoarted
wife. She is an incorrigible quiz.’
As soon as I had uttered the
mean slander, I regretted it, for
the recollection of my aunt’s un
failing kindness in times of sick
ness and sorrow, came into mj
mind, and I thought of her never
failing cheerfulness and gentle
submission to whatever would pro
mote the pleasure of those about
her ; but she had tried me sorely
that day, and I was still smarting
under the recollection of her de
served sarcasm, when the ungene
rous speech escaped me. My com
panion replied, as well as her
many wrappings would allow—
‘lt is well that Debby did not
hear your last remark, Mr. Mar
low, for although we are told that
some women like to be beaten,
there is not one who likes to be
called by titles reflecting on her
discretion.’
Anxious to smooth over my
speech, which had been much
stronger than I had intended, I
said—
‘Aunt Debby is one of the kind
est and best of friends when she
lays aside this unfortunate pench
ant.’
I now remembered that it was
not to discuss the merits of my
aunt, that I had proposed this
walk. The night was quite dark,
the moon not being visible, and
under some circumstances the
walk would not have been an
agreeable one. But love bright
ens all things, and on the present
occasion served us for moon and
stars b< th.
After a lew moments’ pause, I
remarked:
‘What a delightful evening, Miss
Cleveland,’ but I observed, glanc
ing around and noticing for the
first time that it was dark and
lowering. ‘I find it is the compa
ny which I at present enjoy, that
causes me to forget whether na
ture smiles or weeps.’
Having delivered this eloquent
speech, I was rewarded by feeling
my companion lean more heavily
and trustingly on my arm, and
I thought I observed a slight pres
sure from the little hand resting
there. The very thought embold
ened me to such a degree that I
found courage to say what had so
long been trembling on my lips ;
‘Dearest Maggie, may I call
you so? and will you grant me the
privilege of walking thus through
life with you ? O,’ I continued,
my voice trembling with loving
words, for my affection for the
young girl had been the purest
emotion my heart had ever known
—‘give me one little word of hope
Maggie darling.’
‘Mr. Marlow,’ said a voice from
the wrappers, ‘don’t let us be fool
ish ; it is very damp and cold
walking in the night air; I am
glad we are so near home, and— ’
she continued, approachiug the
door and opening it with her night
key, ‘for heaven’s sake do not 'id
dress such silly nonsense to me
again ; I certainly esteem you as
a friend, sir, but do not wish to
marry you!’ With these words
she entered and closed the door,
leaving me staring after her in
mingled disappointment, grief and
mortification.
Four weeks passed away Aunt
Deborah was married, from our
house, aud had a brilliant wed
ding. Maggie Cleveland officiat
ed as bridesmaid and I as grooms
man. During the weeks that had
intervened since the walk aud the
wedding morning I had not od'-
seen Maggie, having carefully
avoided all places in which there
was a prospect of my meeting
with her. I thought, as I stole a
glance at her this morning that
she was paler, and not so happy
i looking as when 1 had last seen
MADISON, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1878.
her. My conscience chided me
for the austere bow with I had re
turned her smile of salutation; but
then I called to mind her harsh,
mocking words, and wondered
how such a fair, gentle creature
could have addressed them to any
one. My heart melted with over
flowing love, but I succeeded in
maintaining outwardly an unbend
ing frigidity, underneath which I
felt very miserable.
Wheu the ceremony was ended
and I had lingered among the
company, exchanging pleasant lit
tle nothings which usually fill such
a time, someone tapped my shoul
der and informed me that my aunt
(now Mrs. Greenough) wished to
see mo a few moments in her own
room before setting out ou a long
Southern tour.
Supposing she wished to bid
me farewell in private, I proceed
ed thither aud found her awaiting
me, already dressed for her jour
ney.
Her first words addressed to me
on my entrance surprised me ex
ceedingly.
‘Come here, George ; sit down
by me and tell me what is the
trouble between you and Maggie
Cleveland. Do not -hesitate; I
have only ten minutes to spare
and shall not see you again for a
long time, possibly never.’
I hesitated a moment. I could
not own to her the mortifying
truth, yet there she sat looking
more earnestly at me than I had
ever seen in my life before; and
something in her face drew the
truth from me, and I replied—
‘l asked Maggie to become my
wife, and she did more than re
fuse me—she scorned me, aunt
Deborah.’
‘Then why not ask her again,
George. Do you not know that
above all mortal things, women
despise faint-hearted men ? They
are on the look out for something
stronger than a woman. A wo
man hates to make ihe advances.
She likes to be always retreating,
yet never be off. She is not con
tent to take what she wants and
thank God for it, and that is a
man. She must play with it like
a cat with a mouse. She must
make difficulties. The mau must
trample upon them. She made
them to no other end. If he is
such a fool as to let them trample
upon him, lie&ven have mercy on
him, for she won’t! Her two de
lights are, saying ‘no,’ half a doz
en times, and saying ‘yes’ at last.
If you take her at her first ‘no’
you cause her six bitter disap
pointments; for then she can’t get
to say the other ‘no’s,’ and worst
of all, she can’t get to say the
‘yes’ that she was looking forward
to, and that was in her heart all
along, and besides we are told
that a wife is essential to vast lon
gevity ; she is the receptacle of
half a man’s cares aud two-thirds
of his ill humor.’
‘So,’ I burst in indignantly, ‘you
would have me insult Maggie
Cleveland’s common sense by sup
posing her incapable of deciding
for herself whom she loves or
wishes to marry. Or you would
have me take her as a convenience
to vent my ill humor on. Thank
you for the advice, aunt, but I
would have you understand, that
in spite of a!l that has passed be
tween us, I love Maggie Cleveland
too well to submit as yet to any
such degrading proposal.’
‘George, calm yourself. For
once my dear boy, I have been
mistaken iu your character. You
havo truly a noble heart, although
the goodness is continually chok
ed by that pernicious weed, vani
ty. I have done you a great
wrong, although unintentionally.
I have watched you from your in
fancy, and have loved you dearly
—my sister’s only child, I have
noted your virtues, but the faults
have uot escaped my notice, Ev
erything iu your education has
conspired to render you vain aud
selfish, but I thiuk I speak truly
when I say vanity is your princi
pal fault. I have seen how heart
lessly you have flirted witli your
little female friends, even from
boyhood, aud have left them when
the novelty was worn off aud they
no longer afforded you any amuse
ment I loved my sweet frieud
Maggie too well to submit her to
any such cruel treatment. So I
formed a plau for tryiug your love.
On the evening of the Sanborn
party, I procured Maggie’s night
key, telling her that I would spend
the night with her, and then learn
ing that she had worn her scarlet
shawl, at about twelve o’clock I
arrayed myself in my own, which
is precisely like it, and went over
to Mr. Sanborn sand stood in the
hall a few moments before Mag
gie was ready to go home. As 1
had intended, you mistook me for
J her. It was to your aunt Debor
lah that you offered your heart
1 uni hand, an i* tb hdi face that
you poured out all those delight
ful compliments. lam now satis
fied that yon love Maggio truly.
She knows nothing of the decoit
I have practiced on you both, and
believing that your affection is not
unrequited, I know that she will
make you a noble, tender and lov
ing wife.’
Then a voice was heard at the
door loudly demanding admit
tance, and opening the door aunt
Deborah found her newly married
husband impatiently awaiting her.
A week afterward, with the
broad noon-day’s sun pouring
down upon us, so that it was im
possible for me to again mistake
the individual, I looked into Mag
gie Cleveland’s sweet face and
asked her to become iny w ife. We
have now been married two years
and I have long since ceased to
regret the trouble which ensued
upon ray first “Popping tho Ques
tion iu the Dark ”
We take great pleasure in com
mending the following essay to
our readers. It glistens with gems
of yarest hue, with thoughts that
ennoble the mind, with sentiments
that sparkle like dew drops in the
sun. We clip it from the Bunker
Hill (Ills.) Gazette the best local
paper we ever read.—[A. C. M. B.
THE IMPORTANCE OF EAR
LY CULTIVATING THE
AFFECTIONS.
(Read before the Women’s Club of Uunker Uilj
by Mrs, Lizzie English. Published by
request of the Club.)
First it is our duty as parents
anti guardiaus to teach children
to be affectionate, as by love we
attain all good desired iu this hfo
and the life to come. Humamity,
morality and Christianity require
it, to attain maturity of true wo
manhood and true manhood : na
ture teaches it in all her laws,
physical and moral; and wo must
be affectionate to be true, loving,
kind and gentle, to bo true to our
selves, and to the world in its de
mands upon us, and all our duty
in this life, and to fulfill our duty
to our Creator. And if not taught
iu our youth, having all our affec
tions cultivated, taught the right
uses of them, by the kind, loving
and true, whom wo look up to for
love, care aud guidance, we are
deficient in our mental power of
being happy, and imparting hap
piness to tiioso around us. ’Tis
the first law of mental existence.
Does the babe not first show lovo
for the mother long before it "can
realize what she is to it?
And God has planted it within
the human heart to love. Hence
it is beyond a doubt not only
necessary but a duty, to cultivate
and nourish and protect the affec
tions of the young placed in cur
keeping. By affection all good
is attained; the mother could
scarce expect obedience from the
child did she not exercise her love
in governing and devisrag ways
aud means for the obedience, and
interesting the child aud making
if happy in complying with her
behests. Through the affections,
and affections alone, is true obe
dience gained. Ah! yes and all
true happiness in this world of
ours; and even on, and on, into
the world of God’s love—the home
of our souls. By love are we
saved aud redeemed from our
sins ; by lovo does all peace come
to our tired souls, when torn by
temptations and woe! Aud if
wo teach tho child to be loving,
will he not be gentle and kind,
forgiving, unselfish and true to
his better self? Teach the child
first, to obey because you love it,
and it you ; and then, that God
requires obedience of it through
love. A child who is taught to
lovo its paronts, brothers, sisters
and playmates, will he lovable,
pure, highmiuded, gentle and
trusting iu womanhood or man
hood.
Children so taught in their
youth will love with a truo, sin
cere, abiding, self-sacrificing love!
Not a mere weak fancy or foolish
folly at all, iu maturity ; and when
they make new ties and take unto
themselves new vows they will be
in truth and sincerity, and will be
kept by the love they boar tho
object of them.
There would not be so many
unhappy homes if this was prac
-1 tised more in our homes. Teach
ing the children the .beauty and
- real grandeur of this Heavenly
gift; teaching them when and
how to place their affections. A
boy that is taught to love his sis
ters, aud be gentle aud kiud, aud
forgiving little offences; taught
that love must surmount all oth
er things iu his nature—love, aud
lovo alone, must rule m him, be
sole monarch. All other passions
and impulses must be sul ordinate
to lure- will uuho a gland, true
man, true to himself, to his family
and to liis God. Nothing else can
be the result of such training ;
teach the child that God gives all
the beauties of nature, all the
pleasures, physical and mental,
through lore for it, and only re
quires love in leturu for 'these
blessings. Then the child will
love and honor God ; and loving,
will obey and be happy. This
must be tho result of correct teach
ing:
When we lock into our hearts
wo find more lovo and affection
than aught else, the door may be
closed, locked and barred against
the idle world’s intrusion, but
deep down iu the recesses of our
hearts is love, love, that we scarce
understand. It is so vast a vol
ume in the human heart. The
king is there, though he may have
had his crown toru off by the rude
and ruthless hand of the invader,
and a usurper wear tho getnmed
and jewelled crown. Though
bound and broken in spirit, and
no longer able to wield his scep
ter, by long captivity made weak,
and though his own realm a pris
on-house, and never again his
voice will be obeyed ; never again
to be set free, until the soul is
released from its prison-house
of clay, and wings its flight to its
God, who is loyb, yet it is there
in each human heart, and has
been from the birth of the soul;
and it is lack of love or affection
if you would rather hear it by that
name, ’tis for loss of its require
meuts that it is so desolate. It
may have been robbed by some
unjust or ruthless hand of a love
less one, or it may have sold its
birthright for gold, and thence its
utter desolation, and it has barr
ed iis doors against all invaders.
Ah ! would we only care for the
tender plant, cherish it by the
warm fires of our heart’s love,
shield it from the cold blast of
doubt aud mistrust when young,
it would grow, bud and bloom a
flower of sweetest perfume, well
tit to be transplanted by j*ngel’s
hand on the banks of the river
that flows hv the throne of our
God to bloom in Paradise. We
could bedew them with tears of
sympathy—could we not givq
showers of happiness that their
hearts long for, and would seem
required iu the heats of life’s la
bors. Give the sunshiue of our
smiles of lovo after the dark clouds
of advetsity, if we could, and
thoreby make all the world better
and brighter. Teach children to
love ali that Christ loved and
even as lie lov<?d, putting all self
aside for good and pure love, and
we should have a world of more
beauty, with more love and truth
in it, aud this to me seems the
greater part of women’s mission
given her by the Creator.
ELOQUENT EULOGY ON
gen. McPherson.
Mayor Craven, of Indianapolis,
in his speech of welcome to the
Society of the Army of tho Tenn
essee, on Wednesday last, pro
nounced the following magnificent
eulogy on God. McPherson ;
McPherson! Brave among the
bravest, true among the truest!
When be fell, oh, my country,
what a grand libation then was
ou thy altar poured !—McPher
son’s blood! blood from a heart
as bravo as ever thrilled to bugle’s
blast! rich as battle triumph ever
drank ! Sleeping now where glo
ry’s path hath led, his tomb is a
shrine ; and when iu futuro times,
in danger’s hour, the republic her
braves to arms is calling, her
young warriors, leaping to the
call will gather at that shrine to
drink new inspiration for the
fight—a shrine so long as chival
ry girds a sword—a shrine where
patriotic knees wili bend and pa
triotic eyes will woep so long as
freedom has a worshipper. Sol
diers, thore is one sad thought
mingling with your presence here
to-night. One is absent whom
i yon would have rejoiced to see,
: and whose heart would have swell
ied with great emotions as he
greeted you. That mau of giant
intellect and mighty will and soul,
aflame with love of oounuy, al
though his name was not upon
your muster-rolls, was in truth a
comrade of the Army of the Tenn
essee, for tiie army in the field
stood upon the moral support of
the people, and that support he
was, one of the firmest, grandest
pillars. Soldiers, what a majestic
welcome wou’d be yours if stood
i iidLina's great war Governor here
this hour. The clarion voice,
alas! is hushed forever. The
grand form of the soldier’s friend
is slumbering in the dust. His
memory will live forever.—Hoi
fliers of tho Army of the Tennes
see, from the highest chieftains
whose names and fames are riug
-1 ing through the world, to the
Two Dollar./
humblest private that marched io
ragged blue, Indianapolis always
has for you a welcome, a welcome
from the heart.
The above beautiful tribute to
the gallant McPherson, will been*
dorsed by every Confederate sol
dier of the land. His fame be
longs to both sections. He nev
er tarnished the fair name of sol
dier with any disgraceful act, and
such was his gallantry, chivalry,
and moral bearing that the Sonth
in common with the North is
proud to claim him an American.
—[Editor.
WIT AND HUMOR.
*‘A little nonueuse now and then,
in relished Ay ClY* vYine*** m en.”
Why are teeth like verbs? Be
cause they are regular, irregular
and defective.
A young stock-broker having
married a fat old widow witb
£IOO,OOO, says it wasn’t his wife'*
face that attracted him so much
as the figure.
Cash helps courting amazingly.
It is astonishing what oysters, su
burban rides and balls will do to
wards expanding the feminine
heart and getting inta the parson’s
house.
‘Mr. S ’, is vour customer B
a man to be trusted?’ ‘I know
of no one more so. He is to be
trusted forever—for he never
pays.’
‘You are a Yankee,' said a fel
low tauntingly to his r eigbor.
‘Well, sir, I am no more responsi
ble for being born a Yankee, than
you aro for having been born an
ass,’ was the cute retort.
‘O, dear, Mr. Tracy, you jest
when you say that my baby is the
handsomost one you ever saw ;
you must be softsoaping it.’
t ‘Well, madam, 1 thought it nee
la! soap of some kind !'
An old gentleman, who dabbled
.all bis life in statistics, says he
never heard of more than one wo
'man who insured her life. He ac
counts for this by the singular fact
of one of the questions on every
insuapee paper being, ‘What is
your age?’
The spirit of Daniel Webster
was called up lately, in a spiritual
circle iu Northampton, Mass. He
confessed he had made mauy mis
takes iu his social and political
life while on earth and in his dic
tionary.
‘I thought you worn born on the
first of April,’ said a ‘Benedict to
bis lovely wife, who had mention
ed the 21st as her birthday. ‘Most
people would think so from the
choice I made of a husband,’ she
replied.’
“Well, Judge, how are youben
efitted by the waters, sir? and
what coarse is pursued, sir, at the
White Sulphur?’
‘Why, Kurnel,’ says the Judge,
‘you gets up, sir, in the morning,
sir, aud you drinks baif-a-dozen
tumblers; then you belches, sir,
and has a taste of bad eggs in
your mouth all day, sir.’
A mother was hugging and kiss
ing a 'four year old,’ when she ex
claimed—
“ Charley, what does make yon
so sweet?’
Charley thought a moment, and
having been told that he was made
out of tho ground, replied—
‘l think, mother, God must have
put a lktle tbugar m tbe dost,
don’t you?’
A correspondent of the Vicks
burg Sun, writing from Boliver
county, tells of a chap at Napole
on, Ark., who was drinking at a
counter, and withal being tolera
bly tight, after several ineffectual
attempts to raise tbe glass to hia
lips, succeeded in getting it high
enough to pour the contents dowta
his shirt collar, set the glass down
with the exclamation, 'that’s good,
but a little too much ice Mr. Bar
keeper.’
It is stated as a significant fact
iu the experience of prison keep
ers, that while wives constantly
visit and condole wi'h their hus
bands, when imprisoned, husbands
seldom or never visit their erring
wives in prison, but almost invari
ably desert them iu their trouble.
And yet how mauy of these poor
women have suffoied biuUliiy at
the haudß of their criminal hus
bands.
A young lady thus describee
her feelings, aud courts sympa
thy—
By heart, is sick, my heart iicl,
But O, the cause 1 dare wut tell ;
1 am not grieved, I m mil gtuii,
lam rtot ill, lam tun well !
I’m net myself—las ws ti* **m* ; *
i am Indeed, I kuum mil tul J
I'm * h*)(**J in sii> < sue pt tow*
O, when shall 1 he ehs'
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