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Invariably is Adtahce.
ar® THE CHILDREN AT HOME?
tjch day when the glow of sunset
Ka-les in the Western sky, # *' '
n d the wee ones, tired of playing,
Go tripping lightly by,
I steal away from my husband,
Asleep in his easy chair.
And watch from the open doorway
Their faces fresh ana fairf
Alone in the dear ogd homestead
That once wa. full# %
wU^ith 'girlish tfugßTer,
Echoing boyish strife.
U'e two ate waiting together;
And oft, as the shadows come, .
With tremulous roioe he ohlls me,
It is night! are the children home
• Y<* love,” I answer him gently,
*• They're all home long ago
And I sing, in my quivering treble,
A song so soft and low,
Till the old man drops to slumber,
With his head upon his hand,
And I tell to myself the number
At home in a better land.
Horne, where never a sorrow
Shall dim their eyee with tear*!
Where the amile of God is on them
Through all the summer years!
1 know!—yet my arms are empty
TTiat fondly folded seven,
And the mother heart within me
Is almost starved for Heaven.
Sometimes in the dusk of evening,
I only Bhut my eye*,
And the children arp all about me,
A vision from the skies ;
Tire babes whose dimpled fingera
Ix*t the way to my breast,
And the beautiful ones, the angels,
Passed to the world of the blest.
With never a cloud upon them,
1 see their radiant brows;
Afy boys that I gave to freedom
The red sword sealed their vows l
In a tangled Southern forest,
Twin brothers, bold and brave,
They fell; and the flag they died for.
Thank God! floats o’er their grave.
A breath, and the vision is lifted
Away on the wings of light,
And again we two are together,
AH alone in the night.
They tell me his mind is failing,
lint 1 suiile at idle fears;
lie is only back with the children.
In the dear and peaceful years.
Ami still as the summer sunset
Fade* away in the We£>‘t, 1 ~
* \»d the «-ee n»es tilwGf W
Go trooping home to rest,
My husband calls from his corner.
•* Say. love, have the children come .
And 1 answer, with eyes uplifted,
•• Yes. dear, they're all at home!
BOUND TO WIN,
n\ FRANCKS llffiNSnAW BADEN.
- Clara.”
Her head vu in sadness bent, and so lost in
thought she van, that neither the approaching
footstep nor the pleasant voice was heard. A mo
ment more and a gentle touch fell on her shoulder,
and she raised her eyes to the handsome, noble
looking man standing over her.
" What troubles you, my child?” he asked, gat
ing lovingly into her eyes.
•• Why do yon think I am troubled ?*’ she asked,
trying to smile.
-ltrcauv, my child, I just a few moments ago
met Albert Morrill. He was looking very misera
ble. 1 come in here, and find you looking much
the same. So 1 know there is trouble between
you." j, ■
“ «, dear sir, there is—trouble that can never
grow l«s,! think. Albert has gone away ill much
sorrow and I grieve that it must be so,” said Clara,
in i low. tremulous voice.
•• lie loves you truly, I believe, my child, and I
have thought you not indifferent toward him; in*
deed hail hoped to 6ee you united. .He is most
worthy, surelv. Tell me why you have sent him
off-
For a few moments the young girl remained si.
lent. Then, glancing up into his eyes, with a wav
ering look in her own, she asked :
“ Ih> you uot think, when a girl marries, if there
u any difference in their ages, the husband should
T e that advantage ?”
There was a merry twinkle in the gentleman’s
f . T e then, as he answered :
' That depends entirely on the character of both,
as far as 1 am interested, I prefer the advan
on the wife's side."
tiara looked astonished but said gravely !
"1 do uot. That is why I shall never many
-Albert. lam older than he by quite five years,
**»d $o I have told him.”
“ Clara, this very decision proves how yonng in
experience and child-like you are. Albert is older
wxi wiser by ten years, if not in days, weeks and
ownths. in constitution and experience. Have you
DeVtr seen men prematurely old, and women who
*** ev,i r young ? Thus I am sure it will be with
)ou. if you are like your mother.”
t lara shook her head, and the gentleman asked:
bat think you of your mother and me? —
Are we not very happy ?
'*h, yes. But you are so much older than
numma. She being so young and beautiful, there
no fear of your love ever wandering from her.
bile you—l think, if she had sought the world
o' or. she could not have found one of whom she
•* so proud, or could be so happy with,” answered
looking on her step-father with pride and
fondness in her glance.
Thank you. my child. Now let me tell you,
? onr mother came into this world just seven years
| gained an entrance here; but it would be
absurd for me to say she was seven years
@itE Sm
vol; vl
older, would it not!”
“ Oh, ye*, indeed ,it #©uld. I had no idea of
this. But Mis a very {
“By no means, my dear. There are many Buch ;
and many causes why it should be. The consti
tution, disposition, exposure*, business cares and
such, may make men old beyond their years. Ah,
I see what you are about to say. Yes, certainly,
Women have their manifold cares. Some of them
sink under them. Others, like your
q- ‘with'such elasticity of spirits,'good health, and
everything else that makes women most charming,
neverjgrow t>fd.
“ Now I want to tqR you a Many
years ago, to a far Western Stated came a youhg
lady as governess in one of the best families there.
Her pupils being only three little girls, their father
proposed, so as to make this teacher's duties more
interesting, as well as remunerative, to permit
some of the neighboring children to share the ad
vantages secured for his own. Among them came
a boy of thirteen. name—well, no matter
about that; we will call him IlArry When Har
ry Vfather brought him to the jwmng teacher, he
said:
“ • Ha is not advanced'Jwell for his age. and is
not very apt. He has had a poor chance for ob
taining instruction. &But I hope he will not give
you much trouble.’
“ 4 Indeed, I’m sure he will not. He has a good
head, and if not apt at his books, neither is he apt
to do anything that is not good and right, I think,’
answered the young lady, in a sweet, encouraging
tone.
“Harry had seen, at his entering the school-:
room, how beautiful she was; but from the in-1
atant those kind, sweet words reached his ear, his
fate was decided. A love came into his heart that
would never grow less—love to be the one love of
his life. Daily with her, it grew greater, stronger.
How could it be otherwise ? She was the most
beautiful' woman he had ever seen; the most intel-1
lectual and refined, and in every way the best he
had ever known. Aye, even the mother that he
dearly loved became second in his heart then. He
studied because it pleased his loved teacher. At!
first it was very difficult for him to acquire his
tasks ; but he was [working for her, and soon it
grew easier. For her he would grow great, he de
termined ; for her, he would be good. He truly
worshipped her. Not an hour would he tos-- <"** |
her society, that he could possibly, i” 1 ® |
of recreation, w r hen the others werep ta^l^b’
go out and enjoy the sunshine,’ he’woffld plead to
remain with her. And when at last she grew to
know how much more pleasure it gave him to be
be with her, she did not bid him go. To be with j
her, was the sunshine to him ; aye, it was heaven.
How he dreaded when the time for going home
came ! The hours until seeing her the next morn
ing seemed ages. Every possible excuse he seized
to see her on Saturdays ; and Sundays, at church,
he would sit where he could watch her all the |
time. Occasionally when she would come to visit
his home, he would hover about her, watching j
every chance to offer some little attention ; fruits,
flowers, the best, were always carried to her.
« The boys, and girls jtoo, would call him the
teacher’s shadow.’ • .
“ Once he heard some one say 4 he feared Mr.
Archer would not keep the teacher long. Then
for the first time came the thought of separation.
He believed when that came he must surely die.
Just a year she had been his teacher, when the
hour of trial came. Thinking it be3t, the news,
which they knew would grieve so much the chil
dren’s hearts, was kept from them until the last
possible hour. When she came to bid him good
bye, he could not speak, but only cling to her
hand, as if to hold her back. She saw how he
Buffered. Taking from her pocket a daguerreotype
cate, she put it in his hand, saying: .
“‘Here, Harry, is my picture. Now you can
still see me every day. Say good-bye, and let me
go.’
«* ghe bent over and kissed him, and hastened
away. Harry fled to the woods, remained all day
and at night his father found him, and carried him
home, where his sister teased, and tried to laugh
him ‘ back to his senses,’ as she said. A few days
after, he heard from Mrs: Archer that their dear
teacher had gone home to be married. A little
while longer, and he was shown her wedding cards
“ And now, Clara, dear, we must leave the poor,
almost heart-broken boy, and follow his loved
teacher. She had married one to whom she had
been engaged ever since she was scarcely more
than a child. A few months only of happiness
was hers. Easily influenced, her husband yielded
to temptation. The wine cup could not be resist
ed. Bad men called themselves his friends, and
lured him on. His once abundant means were
lost at the gaming table. His health soon failed.
Four years after, she who had been a happy, hope
ful bride was widowed and almost penniless. A
little was saved from the wreck -only sufficient,
with the amount she obtained by teaching music,
to secure for her and her three-year old little girl
a comfortable, but very humble home.
“ Time passed on. The beautiful widow was
universally admired. Suitors she would have had
—many, if she could have been drawn from her se
clusion. But she rejected all advances from a few
who, more persistent than others, obtained an in
troduction. In the society of a few old friends and
her child, she was content.
« When ten years a widow, the war broke out. —
In her far Northern home, she watched, with the
deepest interest, the career of many of the young
men from her own town. The papers were filled
with accounts of the gallant and daring deeds of
**ny brave men. For the next three years she
had work enough to do, making comfortable doth
’ ing for the absent ones.
BAINBRIDGR APRIL 27th 1872
“ One day while thus engaged, she was surprised
.by her little daughter coming up
the card of her pastor, accompanied by another
bearing the name of General , a name so well
known to her—to everybody then—a nanu- the
press never seemed tired of using, and in a very
pleasant way, too. He could not complain. Whjf
her pastor should bring him to call on her thf
wiclow could not imagine, but at length came to.
the ponclusion ftfeati the kmd^minister,' Tain wing
how much she had done for the soldiers, brought, to
thank her perhaps, one of their leaders. And so
she was well pleased. But the second day after,
the General called again, alone, and the next eve
ning' following and ere a week had passed he
seemed as quite an old friend. But what was he
coming for ? And the widow for a moment thought,
possibly her child —her little fifteen year old Clara.
Oh, I had not intended—”
“ Oh, do you not think I have discovered who
that General is ?” said Clara, laughing, and catch
ing his hand fondly in her own.
44 You do not know yet who he was,” answered
her step-father.
44 Well, on with my story. No, that grave, mid
dle-aged man could never think of such a child.—
Well, she soon knew for what he came, and I
think the knowledge was not unwelcome. She
had grown to like a little her soldier lover. But
j when he told her of his love, and asked her
his wife, she said :
“‘This is so very sudden? You have known
me scarcely more than a week— ’
44 4 Pardon me,’ he said, stopping her. 4 1 have
i known you for many years, and loved you as long.
Only you have I ever loved. Look at me 1 Try
if you cannot recall me.’
“ She shook her head.
“ 4 Nor my name ?’
“ 4 Indeed I cannot. I know your name, because
it is known to fame—only so,’ she answered.
“ 4 Only think of it. All these long years, that
you have thought you were unloved,’ he contin
ued, 4 1 have been loving you so truly, so devoted
ly, that never, for a moment, has any other woman
moved my heart. And never, during all this time,
have you thought of me,’ he said, with a touch of
sorrow in his tone. 4 You have been the star that
has guided me; you the talisman that kept me
from evil; you the goal for which I have striven-
you have made me. All I have I place
at yofei. Oh, what else could have cheered
your dear image, when suffering in the
nogpnflf —jSgV ' -3-.XLU,
fields in&ve been nerved to greater exertion, be
cause! was fighting for your country as well as
mine—fighting under and for the flag you loved.
Daily I have gazed on this’ —he drew from his
bosom an old fashioned, time-worn daguerreotype,
and placed it in her hand— 4 and renewed my vow
to be worthy of your love —aye, and win it too.”
“‘Where did you get this? Who gave it to
you,’ she asked, in great surprise.
“ 4 You gave it to me—aye, and kissed me at the
time.’
“‘You! Oh, what can you mean?’ she ex
claimed.
44 4 Do you not remember your pupil —your boy
adorer ?’
“ 4 No, no! ’tis not possible. Little Harry you!
the country's pride! Can it be ?’ she cried, put
ting out her hand then, as ii to welcome him.
He clasped it, drew her toward him, looked eagei
ly into her eye*. Ah. she saw in his the love and
devotion of years; for she drew not away, nor
| urned away her face, when he said :
44 4 And now may I, who. for your sake have
never pressed my lips to woman’s, save mother
and sisters—may I kiss you?
“ She smiled. He knew he had won her at last.
Clasping her to his breast, he pressed his lips to
hers, and said:
_ n I gpeak to me ! Say one little word of love, for
which I have waited, worked land prayed so long.’
4< Well, dear, she said enough to make him very
happy. And so I won.”
44 But when you knew she was married, did you
not despair then ?” Clara asked.
“ For a little while only. But I worked on.—
After I heard of her widowhood, I had greater
faith then ; I never doubted more, I knew such
entire devotion, such love as mine, must meet
Heaven’s approval, and be crowned with success
at last. Now you see why I think so favorable of
Albert's love,” answered the General.
“Ah, but your life was tried and proven. Sure
ly never did man love so well. Albert’s is not
long lived, and might grow cold ; and—”
« Xo, no, my child. If tried, lam sure it would
prove just as true. For you, my little Clara, are
enough like your mother in loveliness, to hold very
firm your husband's love. Now I must plead, and
your heart pleads with me, for Albert! And I
| must insist, and so I am sure will he, that if you
S did reach this world a few years in advance of
him, you cannot call yourself older. It’s ridicu
j lous, perfectly. lam going out now. May I make
i that poor, miserable fellow happy, by sending him
back again ?”
Sne smiled, and although she neither whispered
Yea or Nay, he knew that all would be well. —
And in his own great happiness he had helped to
make them happy also.
Though we have “ trouble enough at home,” we
can shed a sympathetic tear for poor Louisiana
when we hear that the vandals now in power
there, boast that Warmouth has more patronage
than Grant, to wit: 200 offices paying SIO,OOO a
[year each, and 50 tax collectors at $12,000 yer an
! num . A bovine Irishman once said: “It would
! have been money in my pocket if I had never been
| tom ’’—and we think that the Louisiana tax-pay
i er will soon have occasion to say, “ I would have
‘ been better off to-day if I had never owned a cent.
FOB THE RIGHT—JUSTICE TO ALL .
Dolly Wardens.
; Dfol’y Vardens are slowly advancing in. public
favor, and we may expect to see thenv sooir ujxm
! the public street. , l'h<3?e intended for .this pur
pose are-generally of black grounds, gaily broeadqd
with flowers. The most beautiful Dolly Vardens*,
however, are French patterns, which come in pale
grounds, with garlands of the most delicately
tinted flowers. _
As the ladies seem te S&se quaint and
ij<}wy Pustmnes '/take to wa
t*r, it raay be accept^ 5 * “ aw vs©rhrat women do
not always dress to please er sex, hut rath-,
er to outvie each other in splendor of toilet, for the
gentlemen have almost unanimously condemned the
Dolly Vardens! ' ; •
But to pass from *ttflS coquettish polonaise to
the Dolly Varden hat!
There is a spectacle to make yog open youteyes,
my oountrymen!
Os course you will execrate it, denounce it, but,
that will make no difference, for the Dolly Vardeii
will be worn, and you will end in falling in - love,
with its wearer! For this daintish flower of
spring is a most coquettish affair, especially adap
ted to a sweet, girlish face. Its broad brim, caught
up at the side or at the back; its clusters of great
roses or nodding plumes, its airy scarf or graceful
ribbons, all have a piquant air which cannot fail
to lend a charm to its wearer.
It is now decidedly en regie that if a hat be not
black, its color, or the color of its trimmings, must
correspond with the costume.
A black hat. either of lace or light straw, is per
haps more serviceable than any other, fer by the
simple change of a ribbon or flower it may be made
to correspond with any toilette
Some silk hats are made to match the custutoe,
or made of black silk and bordered with the prin
cipal color in the dress.—Evening Mail Fashion
Gossip.
First Use of Paper Money in America. —The
first American colonists used pelting and wam
pum as substitutes for coin. In 1640, the Coun
cil in New Netherland petitioned to raise the value
of money in their colony iu order to prevent its
exportation. Afterwards, Gov. Stuyvesant tried
to introduce a specie currency and to establish a
mint at New Amsterdam, New England already
had her mint.
Massachusetts was the first of the colonies to
use caper money. In 1690, it issued bills to the
amount of seven thousand pounds to pay the sol
diers in the expedition against the French in Can
ada. Twelve years after Carolina issued paper
money to pay her soldiers. Three or four years
after a paper money act was passed in the Island
of Barbadoes. A little after, in 1703, Connecti
cut and New York passed enactments creating
bills of credit.
The new state of the currency at this time in
New York was thought to arise from the fact that
most of the foreign trade of the country cam**
through Boston wad other New England pc '
drawing thither money and produce. In I£-ClosK j
difftppice af-qdwrter
'""S’lie"present legal rate of interest in New
(? per cent.,) was established in 178$.—The Guar
dian.
“•Who’s Ahead !”—A gentleman asks the girls
the following pointed questions : “ Could you love
a tnan who wore false nair on his head, when he
had enough of his own ? Who painted his face
and improved his form as you improved (? ) yours ?
Who pinched his feet witli small shoes, his hands
with small gloves, his waste with corsets; and
then, as if he had not already deformed himself
enough, tied a huge bustle to’ his back, and thrust
tiny mountains of wire into his bosom ?” In reply
to which A lady responds : “ Could you love a girl
who defiled her mouth with tobacco and loaded
the ail- with fumes of cigars? Who staggered
home several times a week the Worse for liquor?
Who indulged in fast horses, bet high at races,
and swaggered around the streets with question
able companions?” “Which picture wears the
most alluring colors?” We also see it reported
that-Mrs. Van Cott says if she had all the money
ever paid for liquor she could buy every foot of
land in the world. Yery likely. And if she had
i t.hejnoney paid by women for back hair she could
•buy every drop of liquor in the world.
Was Morgan Killed ?
Thousands believe that Morgan was not
killed for exposing the secrets of Masonry,
others believe that he did not expose secrets,
and thousand believe that he was killed.
The whole proceeding was shrouded in
mystery. He it is said, was confined in a
Canandaigua jail for stealing a shirt, and
subsequently taken out and put in a sleigh,
and by relays was hurried towards Canada,
The body of a man was found in a lake; he
had his throat cut. Mrs. Morgan was sent
for. She hunted for a private mark on the
body by which she could distinguish him.—
She did not find the mark, and declared it
was not the body of her husband. Mr. H,
was a lawyer, and engaged in the abduction
of Morgan, and told a friend, in presence
of a son, then about twelve years of age.
that Morgan was not killed, but put on
board of a British man of-vrar. That son
is now in this city, from whom we learn the
following particulars:
In 1818 Mr. M.,. says he went to *Hobar
town, in Yan Dieman’s Land, there he met
an old friend who asked him about Morgan.
He tbld hin what he knew about him, anu
the man laughing, said: “Morganis living
here; I will introduce you to him.” —They
went to the office of the Hobartown Adver
tiser and there found him. After some
conversation and comparing recollections
of the region of country in New York where
it was supposed Morgan was killed, he re
lated the particulars of his capture, and
stated that he was put on board of a British
man of-war and kept there for four years,
when he was landed on Yan Diemans Land,
and had been there ever since. He asked
him why he did not go back.— Morgan re
plied, “I cannot, if I would, I cannot get
a permit, and if I could go back I would
either be killed or be denounced as an im
poster,” He was in good circumstances
and part owner of the Advertiser, oan
Francisco Examiner, March 23.
Fine Churches.
We take occasion to say there is, in our
i opinion, no unjustifiable mania in America
for building fine; costly churches. It is not
confined to the members of Wesley Chapel,
but to the members of all the churches in
this city, and every other city in -America,
Each wealthy congregation to
Others ixPbufiuin*?
worship, when only decency, comfort, con
venience and durability should be aimed
at.—Atlanta, Sun. . «, :
We are not ar little surprised to read the
above., That any money spent in the ser
vice of God and to the glory of His caqse
should be pronounced to be illy spent is a
strange opinion to be advanced in this day.
We hear no protest agsinst fine houses ’or
splendid public buildings. Such enterpris
es are considered as marks of public pro
gress. But that a costly church devoted
to God’s worship should be erected by a
prosperous community should evoke harsh
crticism, and that a noble rivalry existing:
between the various doing
honor Jo religion should be denounced as
an ’’unjustifiable mania,” are facts that we
hardly looked for from any sensible and
intelligent source.— Constitution.
A correspondent of the Griffin Georgian
comments as follows :
For a “sensible and intelligent” editor
like the one of the Constitution, to attempt
to bolster up the vanity of “church people,’ *
and sustain his position no better than he
has done in the above is a * ‘fact hardly looked
for.” Let the editor of the Constitution
read the Bible and be will find few, in any»
precepts requiring that money should be
spent in such a manner. Those who would
use money “in the service of God,” should
feed the hungry, comfort the fatherless*
clothe the naked, preach the Gospel to every
creature. If the good peoble of Atlanta as
well *- V'oes would spend money
.forks of'a notea- o d’s cause,” let them visit
oierican public anltvQ nrw-j nmviih> tlt<»w ■■■"**•
tglibh poet, but oifs l6 poor for such objects
houses in which the poor,
r. ~ j carpets and rented pews,
and nigx. " .iied are debarred
from worshipping, is doing more to extin
guish a pure religion than all the debauched
dens of devils in the universe. J.
Georgia Legislative Expenses.
Mr. Voorhees, in his late speech in the
House of Representatives, has the following
upon Legislative expenses in this State.
Sir, I hold in my hand the official statis
tics on which I make this charge. The
reports of the comptroller general of Georgia
show that for eight years, commencing with
1855, and ending with 1862, there was ex
pended for the pay of members, and officers
of all legislatures during the entire period
the sum of $866,385 53. This is the record
of the administration under the manage
ment of her own citizens. During the two
years’ existence of the Republican Legisla
ture ejected in 1868, the report of compt-
rolled general shows that there was emen
ded for the pay of its members and officers
the startling sum of $979,055, only a frac
tion less than $1,000,000, One Legislature
is thus discovered to have cost $112,668
47 more than the Legislature of eight pre
vious years in the single matter of its own
expenses. There had been no increase in
the number 0f members. On the contrary,
there are fewer now than under the former
apportionment. * ■.
In earlier times the clerk hire of the
Legislature of that State did not average
over SIO,OOO per annum. That item alone
reached the sum of. $125,000 for the one
Legislature whose conduct I am discussing;
more than equal to the expenditures on that
account af any ten years of the previous
history of Georgia. Her General Assem
bly consists Os 175 representatives and 44
Senators, making 219, taking both branches
together. The record disclose 104 clerks
in°the employ of this body while the Repub
lican party bad the ascendency there. One
clerk for every two legislators is a specta
cle which I commend to the consideration
of the American tax payer and voter, every
where. Who can. doubt that such a body
was organized for the purpose of robbery
and extortion ?
Some ingenious youngsters in Milwaukee
have organized a telegraph company, and
have in operation a line of ten blocks, or
four miles, the wire costing $1 50 per square.
It was designed for practice and pleasure,
and when the weather is unpleasant the
boys converse, and play checkers and chess
without leaving their homes.
"While indulging in this pastime they can
be really acquiring a profession that may be
of service to them in after life. In this con
nection, we have often wondered why it
had never been proposed to introduce pho
nography in our schools. A knowledge of
it is easly acquired, and the time necessary
for practice would hardly be missed from
the hours of study* The advantages of
phonography to every educated person
are palpable.
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NO 45,
FLANNEL POISON.
A story sickening in its details comes to
us from Pennsylvania. It is moro of
these fanciful horrors of Eastern fable than
a reality of our own time and nmwtrj lit ap
pears, that in 1871, Griffith Rhees, of Hew
lett’s Creek, Pennsylvania, upon
the market a peculiar brand o|,.jr ( ed flapnel,
"the prodttCT 6? a cuftitotofl fungus growth,
and this, with its coloring matter was high
ly poisonous In January* 1871, an infant
of Rhees, less than a yearold, wife threat
ened with croup and he'pfit n strip of this
flannel about its throat. ~Fev*Eh-
a crimson eruption. Rhees conferred With
his foreman, told him of jthe condition of his
child, and called his attention to. an arti
cle in a Louisville Medical joqrnal re
ferring to anew disease
styled “Mycelloidal JDermestitis” said to be
a peculiar eruption, with, great irritation of
the skin, complicated with cerebrai symp
toms, and terminating variously. It wftt
said be bs oaused by wearing red flanneL
Rhees professed not to believe it, but ‘ re
marked whether true or false it would riiin
his business, as, when this statement became
widely circulated people would decline to
purchase flannels of any descriptibfl. He wae
terribly affected when his forman informed
him that the strip of flanel on his child’s
neck was his own fabric. . *
To his horror his foreman produced a
long column of newspapaper clippings enu
merating cases of sickess and frpm wearing
red flannel, ominously remarking that npne
of them were older than 1689? adding '‘its
the fungus that does it, I’ve watched these
things some time and I know its our .{flan
nel.” Rhees directed his foreman to tele
graph to his factors to stop selling his fa
brics peremptorily, at no matter whet cost.
The order was sent too late. A,response
to the telegram informed Rhees the
fabrics had been sold to another on
advantageous terms, that thfiX ; had been
t6' oe made up in uniforms fen .Herrera’s
army. Thereupon Rhees’ doctor entered
“saying your child is dead go and Comfort
your wife,” “I am going to make reparation
to her and to all,” said Rhees, walking out of
his office, and two days thereafter his body
was found in the deepest of the mill-dams.
The merchants who had bought the flannels
and lost customers thereby, entered suit
against Rhees* estate, and the case will come
to trial as soon as the messengers who have
been despatched for witnesses from Glen.
Herrara’s army shall have returned.
The St. Augustine (Fla.) Press, has tho
following curious And interesting item: “We
witnessed a novel, interesting and beautiful
sight a few days ago, at the farm of Mrs.
Hildreth, situated on the Nbrih river, about
two. miles above the city. Mrs. Hildreth,
in the course Os a few months has sucoeed
ed in taming the wild birds that fly about
the place. While we were in the house,
Mrs. H. went put to the door And called to
the birds, which were then, in the middle
of the day, in the adjoining forest. In a
few moments, a dozen or more blue-birds
and mocking-birds cameflyir^garound her.
She s.ben came into the house and handed
each of our party a raisin, which we were
requested to hold out in our fingers/ We
remained still for a few minutes, when the
birds hopped in at the door, flew tipon our
hands, A&d picked the raisins from pur
fingers.—We were astonished, and could
not help wondering the mope, when we
were informed that none of these had
been but were thug tamed by the
gentleness and art of this lady,
What a foot-hold Americans are gaining
among the long dormant and exclusive
orientasL Gen. Horace Capron, our former
Commissioner of Agriculture, now holds a
simular position under the Mikado of Japan.
He writes that he is comfortably domiciled
in one of the palaces of the. Mikado. His
furniture is partly American and partly
Eoropean, with enough of the Oriental to
make the combination picturesque. He
has the retinue of a prince—a Carriage and
pair, saddle horse for each member of his
party, servants ad libitum, guards, hostlers,
mounetd escort when riding, with runners
on foot to clear the track. . Doubtless his
salary is in keeping with the magnificence
of his appointments.
Husbands and wives who seldom exchange
a tirind (word, need have hb fear of be
trayng too much devotion, nor keep back
any little tendency to tenderness which
may still linger in the their hearts, like the
last faint gildings of the sun over the Wes
tern lulls, ill the early Cherish
tenderness, and if the twilight *of love ap
proaches, toy to recall the full, bright day ;
for after twilight, comes the deep dark
night, and there is no light.— Elm Ortov,