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Too poor t.<> join the Grange! So when the price was rising, He did not know’ the chaugo. And sold his wheat for a dollar ’Twas worth a quarter more, And now the man is poorer Than ho had been before. His neighbor Lookout told him, This side the market town. He should have come in sooner, ’ While Groceries were down. “But then perhaps ’tie even. Since corn is on the rise, And what you gain by waiting, Will pay for your supplies.” “Corn rising? why 1 sold it! The chap who bought my wheat, Said this year corn was plenty, But mine was hard to beat; And so he paid three shillings— What! everywhere’tie four? The difference would have made me A hundred dollars more.” He drew the reins and started, With spirits sadly down, And did a heap of th ukitig Before he reached the town. The upshot of the matter Ton easily might guess. This year ho takes two papers. And couldn't do With less. A MOI)KL BISIIMON. “And there was Ham, and there was Shorn and there wa Japlieth, all gwiae into th * Ark all.” In the autumn of 18,10 I attended a earn 11 meeting in the interior of Georgia, and hoard a sermon which 1 havo never been able to forget or describe. I have attempted several tinios to write it. But it cannot be put on paper. The main force of it was in the snuffing and spitting, and groaning, and hound-after-a-fox sort of yelp or whine, to which no pen can do justice. It must ho intoned to he appre ciated. I havo preached it. a thousand times for the amusement of my friends, and have been satisfied with my efforts. I have used it as a remedial agent in ex orcising the demons of hypochondria, ami have never failed “to send them down a steep place into the sea,’’ or somewhere else to the great relief of the sufferer. The speaker had just been licensed, and it was !ii first sermon. In person he was small; bull-headed, cf a fair, sandy complexion, and his countenance was in dicative of’ sincerity and honesty. His remark.-evinced great reverence fertile works of God, as manifested in zoology and natural history, and lie “was taking up the Bible in regular order for the first time in his life.” lie had goiten as far as the history, the ark, the flood, eto. Be sides, just before his conversion he “had been reading Goldsmith’s ‘Animated Nature,’ and the two together, by the aid and assistance of’ tie spirit, had led him into a powerful train of th.liking, just as lie stood at his work bench day in and day out.” Bu; whatever his sermon may have been, it was his own. The text was, “As it was in the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of man be.” After commenting on that portion of Genesis descriptive of the flood, he “warmed up” suddenly, and broke out in tho following strains: “Yes, my brethren, the heavens of tho windows was oponed-ah, and the floods of’ the g-r-e-a-t deep kivered the waters-ah, and there was Sliem, and there was Ja pbeth-ah, a-1 1-a-gwiuo into the Ark ah. “And there was the elephant-ali, that g-r-e-:,-t unimal-ah, of which Goldsmith describes in his ‘Animated Natur’-ah,’ wliatis as bigas a horse-ah, arid his bones as big as a tree-ah, depending somewhat on the size of tho troe-ali, a-l-i n-gwino into the Ark-ah. A.d the heavens of the windows was opened-ah, and the fioodH of the g-r e-a-t deep kivered the waters ah, and there was Ilem, and there was Sham, and there was Japheth-ah, a-l-l a-gwino into the Ark-ah. “And there was the hippotamus-ah, that g-r-e-a-t animal ah, of which Gold smith describes in his ‘Animated Natur’- ah,’ what has a g-r e-a-t horn-ah, a-stiek in right straight up out. of his foreward ali, C feet long-ah, more or less, depend ing somewhat on the length of it ah, a 1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah. “And there was the giraffee-ah, my brethciiri, that ill cent rived reptile, of which Goldsmith describes in his ‘Ani mated Natur’-ah,’ whose forelegs is 25 feet long-ah, more or less-ah, depending on the length of ’em-ah, and a neck so long as he can eat hay off the top of a barn-ali. depending somewhat on the beigth of the barn-ah, ad I a-gwine into I the Ark-ah. And the heavens of tho windows was opened ah, and the floods of the great, deep kivered the waters-ah; j aoe there was llem, and there was Sham, and there tvas Japheth-ah, a-1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah. “And there was the zebra, my breth ren-ah; that b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-1 animal of whioli Goldsmith describes in his 'Ani mated Natur-ah,’ which has three hun dred stripes a runniu’ right round his body ah, more or less, depending some what on the number of stripes-ah, and nary two stripes alike-all, and a-1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah. “And there was the anacondor ah, that g-r-o-a-t sarpint of which Goldsmith de scribes in his ‘Animated Natur’-ah', wliat can swallow six oxen at a meal-all, a 1-1- a-gwinc into the Ark-ah. And the heavens of the windows was opened ah, and the floods of the great deep delivered the waters ah, and there was Shorn, and there was Ham, and (hero was Japheth ah, a-1 1 a-gwino into the Ark-ah. “And thero was the antelopc-ah, uiy brethren, that frisky little critter all, of which Goldsmith describes in his ‘Ani mated Natur,-all,’ what jumped seventy five fbot right straight up-ah, and twice that distance down-all, provided his logs will carry him that l'ur-ah, a 1-1-a-gwinc into the Ark-ah. And the heavens of the windows was oponed-ah, and the floods of the great deep kiverod the waters-ah, and there was Shorn, and there was 11 am, and there was Japhoth, a 1-1-a-gwinc into the Ark-ah-” Just at this point ho stopped speaking a few moments, wiped cis forehead, turned back his wristbands, ran his fingers i through his hair, spit and rubbed bis { boot in it, drank a little water, commenced on a lower key, and proceeded as follows: “But time would fail nn , tuy bretherin, to describe all the animals that went into I the Ark-ah. Your patience and my j strength would give out beforo I got half ! through-all. We talk, my bretherin, of ] the faith of Abraham and the patience of j Joh-ah ; but it strikes me they didn’t go ! much ahead of old Noer-ah. It tuck a I right smart chance o both to gether up ! all the gopher wood and pitch and other truck for to build that craft ah- I am a sort of carpenter myself, and havo some idea of the joh-ah. But to hammer, nod saw, and maul, and split away on this one thing a hundred and twenty yenrs-ah, an’ lookin’ for pay in another worl(4-ah— T toll ye, my bretherin, if the Lord had a sot Job at that, it’s my opinion he would a-luck bis wife’s advice inside of fifty years ah. Besides, no doubt, bis righteous soul was vexed with the filthy cointnuni cations of the blasphemous set that was always a loaferin' and saunterin’ aroitnd ah, a pickin' up his tools and misplacin’ ’em, and a-callin’ him an old fool or something worse-ah; and to clap the climax, ho was a preacher, and had that ungodly generation on his hands every Sunday ah. But the Lord stood by him and seed him through the job ah; and when everything was ready ho didn’t send Nner cut to scrimmage and scout and hunt all over the wild world for to get up the critters and varmints that ho wanted saved ah. They all come to his hand of their own accord, and Nocr only had to head ’em in and fix ’em around in their placcs-ah. Then he gathcre lup his own family, and the Lori shut him in, and the heavens of the windows was opened-ah. “But, my bretherin, Noer-ah had use for patience after thir-uh. Think what a time lie uiustn-iiad a-feodin’ ami a-water in’ and a-eleanin’ out after sicli a croivd ah - Some of’em, a-'.cordin’ to Goldsmith’s ‘Animated Natur-ah, was carnivorous, and wanted fresh meaL-ah; and some was herbivorous, and wanted vegetable f'ood ah; and some was worinivoious, and swal lowed five tilings whole ah; and lie had to feed everything accordin’ to its natcr. Hence, wo view, my bretlieren ah, as the nater of’ the auiimals wan’t altered by go ing into the ark-ah, some of ’em would roar, and howl, and bark, and bray, and squeul, and bleat, the whole injurin' night ali, a drivin’ sleep from his eyes and slum ber from its eyelets ah, and at the first, streak o’ day the last hoof of 'em would set up a noise accordin' to its eater ah. I’ve often wondered bow their women stood it. Scripture is silent on this point ah; but I think I know of some that would a been vaporing and nervous under sicli circutustances-ah, and in au un guarded moment might a-said somethin’ besides their prayers-ah." Hero the speaker atopped again, spit, took water, etc., aud hastened to a con clusion: “My brethcren,” said he, “one trore word for Noer ah, and 1 will draw to a close-all. After the oulbcat.iri' time he had, first and last, for so many hundred year-all, if he did, by uceident or other wise, take a lectio too much wine on one occasion-ab, 1 think less ort to a-been said about it-ali. Besides. J think lie. was enti tled to one spree-ah, aB he made the wine himself, and accordin’ to Scripter it makes glad the heart o’ man-all. My breth- ren, as it was iti tho days of Noor-ah, bo shall the coming of the Son of Mail be-all. The world will noverbe drowned again ah. It will be sol afire, and burnt up, root and branch, with aterviontheat-ah. Oh! what will wretched, undone sinners do on that day-ali? They wont feel (it for to live, nor for to dio-ah. They will he put to their wit's end, and knock and straddle around in every dirootion-ah. For all at once, my bretherin, they will behold the heavens a darkonin-ah, the seas a roarin ah, tho tombs a bustin-ah the mountains a uieltin-ah; and everything, I think, will be in a confused and onsettlod state all. May the Lord add his blessing. Anion!” -• ♦ MUFFIN JSHT GROANS. It being generally known that no col lection would bo taken up, thero was an unusually large attendance of Lime Kiln rs, and when tho hell rang the audience to order, every bench seemed taken. Brother Gardner looked tho very picture of rosy health as ho shook the kinks out of his spine, and said: “Gem’lcn, wliat am dat object on dat sky-blue stool ober dar?” “Dat’sdo water-pail,” was the answor. “Jess so, gom’len—jess so. 1 f dat pail war painted red or blue what would it bo?” “Nnffin but a pail.” “Jess so agin. If we shud paint dat pail, an’ fresco do handle, an' silverplatc de hoops, an’ eali it do Tower of London, it wouldn’t be de tower enny moar dan it it now. We iz all a-grecd on dat —all but do woman. My ole woman, who am black as do one spot of spades, lame in de lefflog, and wid no moar bowty dan de bind eend of a butcher cart, frizzes a curl obei her leff car, ties a red ribbon aroun' her front, puts on a bustle, squeezes her corset till she can't holler, an’ sails down de street wit de ideah in her car hat slio’s a turkey of do fust water. She reckons dat nobody can gaze on her widout a shiver of administration, an’ dat folks will imagine dat I own all do corner lots on de Brush-fa’m. But she’s nnffin but my 010 woman, alter all—nuffin but a bundle o’groans an’ a heap o’aehes. Walk out on de streets, an’ what d’.yo see? Every female in de lan’ rulw paint on her checks an' powder on her facer. Dcy frizz deir ha’r, squeeze up on deir corsets, nip along on deir toes, an’ deir hull aim is to deceive de men into believin’ dat dey am hansuui an' lubly. De uglier an’ meaner lookin’ de woman am, de more she frizzes and de harder she nips De less money dey havtodross on, de richer de duds are, an’ de more jewelry dey w. roun’. A uian stuns up in de broad lido, 1 day. an’ do hull world kin see if he’s humbly an ugly an’ l ime an' snearly, but • •• woman sails along in a cloud of gor; usness, an' de lameness an’ deception dmin' come out till after site’s gut you-’ast. Ll a pig is a pig, why should we c.dl him a cook stove? Ufa woman is a woman, why do need of all din paint an’ powder, an’ nippin’ aroun’? De white man doan’ ’pi .date it, do nigger is sick of it, an’ I toll you, gem’len, dat de tuno am cornin’ when dis country am gwine to sigh mighty hard for a return of do days when a clean calico dress an’ a healthy woman wont aroun’ in company. —Free Frees. A WOMAN'S KEVENGK. Novelists in search of asensution might do worse than turn their attention to the last dwindling Maoris of New Zealand, judging by an incident of domestic life among these people that has just been published. The names and dates have been withheld, but the story is vouched tor, and is a remarkable instance of wtiat a woman wiil do for love and the revenge she will take on those who thwart it. — The peculiar sanctity field by his followers to attach to a Maori ehi* f i-i well known; and tho fact that he can taboo, (a total prohibition of intercourse with) or in ke sacred, anything lie touches, has also boon told us in a dozen volumes, It so hap pened that a llangatira chief fell in love witli a handsome girl of bis people, who loved an humbler admirer. In vain the girl and her lover protested; and without giving them long to iodi Ige in their useless efforts, the chief’ settled tin; tua ter, aud the girl became his. What made the matter worse was that by his peculiar power of taboo he could, as it were, shut out his rival forever. Against any ordinary foe the young lover would have fought on, hoping for death or sorno other cutting of ti e knot. But against the chief he was powerless. No Maori dare defy the supposed sacred at tributes of their loaders, and the young fellow gave up the girl in despair, when nrico the taboo had made her the chief’s lurever. NUMBER 2:3. But now comes the dramatic climax of tho episode. The girl waits, and does nothing desperate, so long as there is vet a chance for the love she returned. But no sooner has he sullenly retired from tho struggle, hopeless nod broken-hearted, than she resolves on the htdoauo revenge. To kill tho chief would havo been of little use, for she would have boon tabooed still, and no one would havo dared to marry her. But ho can at least, inflict a life long revenge upon tho chief who had taken her from her love, ami this she pro ceeds to accomplish in a horribly ingen ious way. Stealing cwny one night from her lodge, she undo her way to tho but <sf a leprous hag living, shunned by the tribe, on tho outskiitsof the village. Wc arc told that she not only stayed with the diseased woman for a time, but to insure still mere oertainty of her revenge, drank tho old hag’s blood. Need we add that when sho returned to her lord and master it was not as the handsome girl sLo set out, but as a loathsome leper, to boa life-long burden and curse and an object of disgust to him! Such is the story, which, for the terri ble intensity of the passion for revenge shown by the heroine, has probably been rarely surpassed. One can better under stand, after reading it, how it was tho last wai in New Zealand was such a hotly contested one. No wonder the Maoris fought to tho bitter end, if evon their women possess tho determination shown by this dark-skinned beauty. A TALK WITH TIIIS GIBUS. I wonder why it is that we see some thing so clearly after we get into that light which lies upon the shady side of life's meridian? Is it bccauso wo wear specta cles, or because the romantic ideas of youth have been toned down by tho weight of toil and care? Anyhow, when t see a young girl slipping shyly into our great, household, I wonder if she is think ing of a smaller one over which she hopes to preside some day, and make very pleasant for the hero of her dreams? If so, 1 want her to come over here into my corner, and let me give her a few hints about insuring her future happiness. In the first [dace, my dear girl, see that your love is based upon a true es'imate of your lover’s character, ffr otherwise you will build upon tho sand. Do not look for perfection, but study him well- Weigh his faults, and learn how to help him to oveicome them, or to avoid them as he would a rock at sea. In thinking of your marriage do not look upon if is the end of all troubles. It i. but a change. Each sea-ain of your life —mi‘i'l wife, and motherhood —has :• -i hi pec-i rials and dear rewards, i t.™ there 1 jonie a time, sooner w uter, when th • vnr will mergo into tho berimed, and you will miss many of the I ear-ses and attentions so dear to a ! f mimne heart. Do nut grieve, but ro u; .infer that., though fie may omit tho ! good-bye kiss, his affection for you is just as strong. It has only settled into an an ivory day affair: and we are not apt to make much fuss over every day affairs. 1 am certain that marriage is a disap pointment to many, because the parties invest each other with imaginary quali ties, make no just estimate of character, and expect, without especial effort, to share the fate of tho good couple ill a novel who “live happy ever after.” ■. ♦ Francisco Porulto, a Mexican rider, attempted at Brooklyn, N. Y.,‘Saturday, the feat of riding 305 miles in fifteen hours, lie began at, 4A. M., having a fresh horse for every mile. He accom plished the first 100 miles in 4 hours and 20 minutes, average ]>er mile 2 minutes and 40 seconds. At. the 235th mile ho was 7 minuters ahoed of time. After this three heavy showers fell in.succession, the track became very muddy, and tho time ranged from 2:50 to 3:18 per mile, and when he was on tho 302d mile the judges declared the time was up. Peral ta continued, however, making the 305 miles in 15 hours 10 minutes. His fastest mile was the 138th in 2:13 and tho slowest the 295th iu 3:18. Ho finished in good condition and excellent spirits, and was heartily cheered. But fur tho rain ho would havo succeeded in his task. ♦ ■ A certain Deacon in one of the churches in Brooklyn, docs not appreciate “Hold the fort” as much as he did. A few even ings ago, at a Bunday-sohoolconcert, while marching around the room at the head of a procession of children, he had a forcible realization of his position after the class had sung the words, “See the mighty host advancing, Butan leading on,” and immediately retired.